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Articles 14621 through 14720 of 22438:
- Germany: Much Hinges On The `New Management' (Business Line, Raghu Dayal , Nov 30, 2005)
The Germans played their own version of KBC, only it was `Kaun Banega Chancellor?'. The frenetic activity, both overt and behind the scenes, began a la Indian coalition politics,
- Pm Announces Rs 5 Lakh Each For Quake Orphans (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh today announced a scheme for the children rendered orphans in October 8 earthquake in the State.
- Memories From Muzaffarabad (Daily Excelsior, Mohan Singh Kala, Nov 30, 2005)
Five Sikhs and three Hindus were also permitted from Jammu for the first time to go to Muzaffarabad to see their seperated near and dear ones, who travelled alongwith their Muslim brethren by Carvan-e-Aman Bus in the first week of October.
- An Opportunity To Reduce Poverty In South Asia (The Financial Express, SHANTAYANAN DEVARAJAN, Nov 30, 2005)
The Doha Development Round of trade talks will be judged by one simple test: does it enable people in poor countries to sell more of their goods overseas, creating more jobs and lifting their incomes?
- Aali Sinha & Laveesh Bhandari: Backward Education (Business Standard, Aali Sinha, Nov 30, 2005)
The relationship between education and caste isn’t always linear. It is important to remember that caste-based deprivation may be experienced in the form of poverty and low social status.
- Tender Souls Tortured (Greater Kashmir, PROF. AB RASHID DAR, Nov 29, 2005)
By burdening them too much, we are only crushing their innocence. Parents must act and save their children from the disaster they are being pushed towards, suggests
PROF. AB RASHID DAR
- Terror's Stealth Weapon: Women (Los Angeles Times, Mia Bloom, Nov 29, 2005)
An increasing number of female suicide bombers are a disturbing, confusing new element in the battle against extremists
- A Decaying Society (Daily Excelsior, Shiv Kumar Sharma, Nov 29, 2005)
Abraham Lincoln, when he was the President of America, once wrote a letter to the headmaster of the school in which his son was studying in class 8th.
- Need For Care (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 29, 2005)
The technology of life-sustenance is double-edged. The question of how long a terminally ill patient, for whom treatment is indisputably understood to be futile, should be kept alive by artificial means has been growing more urgent over the years.
- Taste Of Dhaka (Telegraph, Jyoti Malhotra, Nov 29, 2005)
By all indications, Saarc countries do not seem to have taken Manmohan Singh’s railing against ‘failed states’ seriously, writes Jyoti Malhotra
- Pakistan Wants Long-Term Loc Opening (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2005)
Pakistan said on Monday that it wanted the opening of points along the Line of Control (LoC) as a long-term arrangement
- Grace Under Fire (Pioneer, Vinod Deepak, Nov 29, 2005)
When Vinod Deepak attended his dear friend's birthday, he was reminded that every sad story holds a lesson to be learnt
- Whose Tea Party? (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 29, 2005)
Tea in Assam is both business and politics. Political storms over teacups are, therefore, not unexpected in the state, especially on the eve of elections. But the latest stirrings in Assam’s tea gardens have worrying signals for the industry
- Judging By Performance (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 29, 2005)
Extracts from the Human Development Report 2005
- Satyam To Launch Leadership School (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Nov 29, 2005)
Satyam Computer Services is set to launch the Satyam School of Leadership, a corporate university to develop leaders within the company.
- Rs. 2.5 Crores Released For Total Sanitation Scheme In Schools (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2005)
Chief Executive Officer of the Chamarajanagar Zilla Panchayat M. Somashekhar has said that Rs. 2.52 crores has been released to take up construction of 233 toilets in schools in the district.
- I Witness (The Week, Antara Dev Sen, Nov 29, 2005)
Is it necessary to be dogmatic in some of our views in order to be liberal in others? Is this a more realistic but invisible version of the baffling wisdom of ‘being cruel to be kind’? It didn’t seem too bizarre, . . .
- Special Economic Zone Act: `Provides The Right Combination Of Facilities' (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Nov 29, 2005)
Major objectives of the SEZ Act include generation of additional economic activity, promotion of export of goods and services, investment from domestic and foreign sources and creation of employment opportunities.
- Political Economics Of Globalisation (Hindu, Raghu Dayal , Nov 29, 2005)
Critique debunking several myths about the globalisation process
- Farmers Breathe More Easily Now (Hindu, Nagesh Prabhu , Nov 29, 2005)
Good monsoon, pro-farmer steps check suicides
Agricultural scenario improves after good rain
The highest number of suicides was reported from Hassan district
The number came down from 708 in 2003-04 to 83 this year
- Attracting Investment In Knowledge Resources Brooks No Delay' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2005)
India lags behind in inviting FDI despite a strong economic base
- A Conflict Between Science And God (Hindu, Martin Kettle, Nov 29, 2005)
A new exhibition in New York on Charles Darwin's life and work is a defiant gesture against U.S. biblical literalism.
- Faulty Projecs Reflect Fault Lines Within (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Nov 29, 2005)
A number of water and sanitation projects financed by multilateral agencies have been criticised for wrong assumptions or the conditionalities imposed on the borrowing governments. However, our own estimations and governance systems are also to blame.
- Education Debate-Ii -By Madan Bhatia (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 29, 2005)
The Supreme Court did not lose sight of merit in selection of students.
- Pakistan Pleaded Inability To Help In Maniappan Rescue (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2005)
M.K. Narayanan was misquoted, Pranab Mukherjee tells Lok Sabha
- World Inter-Faith Meet On Aids In January (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2005)
Conference aims at establishing a formal platform
- Faulty Projecs Reflect Fault Lines Within (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Nov 29, 2005)
A number of water and sanitation projects financed by multilateral agencies have been criticised for wrong assumptions or the conditionalities imposed on the borrowing governments. However, our own estimations and governance systems are also to blame.
- A Late Move By Bse (The Financial Express, CJ GEORGE, Nov 29, 2005)
The effort of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) tying up with seven leading regional or single commodity exchanges to launch a new nationwide commodity derivatives exchange, to give competition to the existing national exchanges, seems late in the day.
- Here’S Looking At You, Bihar! (The Financial Express, Mythili Bhusnurmath, Nov 29, 2005)
It’s a week to the day Nitish Kumar defied the odds and romped home in Bihar. A week during which political analysts have discussed every twist and turn of the elections threadbare, even as economists took a back seat.
- ‘Patent, Publish And Prosper’ (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Nov 29, 2005)
This man rose from humble origins to be one of India’s leading scientists and science administrators. Dr. R.A.Mashelkar, Director-General of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, speaks to The Indian Express Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta ....
- Pakistan Wants Long-Term Loc Opening (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2005)
Pakistan said on Monday that it wanted the opening of points along the Line of Control (LoC) as a long-term arrangement.
- After Ismail Khan, Miniskirts And Dating In Herat (Daily Times, Fridon Poya, Nov 29, 2005)
Despite the increased freedoms in the city of one million people, many are still conservative. There may be miniskirts in the shop windows but not on the street
- Window On The World Of Modern South Indian Art (Hindu, SHALINI UMACHANDRAN, Nov 29, 2005)
Showcases the works of artists from the Southern States of India reflecting their distinctive visual language
- Tale Of Two Big Brothers (Indian Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 29, 2005)
The irony could not have been greater. The venue for the 13th SAARC Summit was the newly constructed Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Center in Dhaka.
- Pre-Primary Schools To Be Leashed (Deccan Herald, Vijesh Kamath, Nov 29, 2005)
The State government is planning to regulate admissions, fee structure and monitor quality in pre-primary schools such as nurseries, play homes and kindergartens from the next academic year.
- Commonwealth’S Rebuke (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 29, 2005)
It is highly embarrassing for the nation that the communiqué issued in Valetta by the Commonwealth summit conference on Sunday should have mentioned Pakistan specifically as a country whose progress towards democratization will be watched . . .
- Private Health Care A Growing Sector For Financing By Ifc (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2005)
Global trends point to a significant role for the private sector in health care
- The Lalu Phenomenon (Tribune, A.J. Philip, Nov 29, 2005)
IT is easy to rubbish Lalu Prasad Yadav, now that he is down in the dumps. For 15 years, he has been a subject of ridicule for cartoonists, middle writers and humourists. In journalism, the maxim has been, “if you are short of subjects, . . .
- Political Economy Of Reconstruction (Dawn, S.M. Naseem, Nov 29, 2005)
Six weeks after the October 8 earthquake, the economic effects of the natural disaster are beginning to unfold. The immediate effects of the natural disaster on the economy may well be positive, largely as a result of the stimulus provided . . .
- An Institutional Graveyard (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Nov 29, 2005)
There is good news from Islamabad. Some 80 potential donors met in the city and pledged over $6 billion to help the country recover from the ravages of the earthquake of October 8.
- Delhi Shows The Way In Battle Against Aids (Hindu, Bindu Shajan Perappadan, Nov 29, 2005)
Students of Delhi University, Jawaharlal Nehru University and Jamia Millia Islamia in the Capital now have the option of finding out their HIV/AIDS status within the confines of the university clinic where all the data would be kept confidential.
- Terror Highway (The Week, Kavita Bajeli-Datt, Nov 29, 2005)
It was clear from the beginning that unlike the kidnappers of three Indian workers in Iraq last year, Maniappan Raman Kutty’s abductors didn’t want to negotiate. Despite India opening every channel to talk to them the kidnappers didn’t leave . . .
- The Indian Feckless Service (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Nov 29, 2005)
Ramakutty Maniyappan, a driver of the Border Roads Organisation who was killed by his abductors in Afghanistan, got all the state honours when his body arrived in the capital last week.
- Stop Vandalism In The Name Of Sanctity Of Quran! (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Nov 28, 2005)
The Punjab chief minister, Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, has visited Sangla Hill to see the evidence of the vandalism committed against churches there and ordered a high-level judicial inquiry to get at the root of what really transpired on November 12 after an
- Earthquake Melts Boundaries In Kashmir (Tribune, Mannika Chopra, Nov 28, 2005)
Two adjacent villages separated by history, and a river, are now sadly united by a sense of grief and loss.
- Caste Panchayats (Daily Excelsior, Abha Chauhan, Nov 28, 2005)
It was reported in the media a few days back that the divorced parents of a little girl in a village of Uttar Pradesh (U.P.) refused to accept the girl.
- Ladders And Snakes (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Nov 28, 2005)
It took some 10,000 burnt cars to drive home one point to the French government:
- Who Killed Manjunath? (Indian Express, ILA PATNAIK, Nov 28, 2005)
Parts of the oil economy are criminalised because fuel prices are not market-determined. The profits make murder an acceptable risk for entreprenurial thugs
- Militants Threaten Bangladesh Judges (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Nov 28, 2005)
Jab Hamara Naya Ghar Ban Jayega...Kya Aap Hamare Ghar Aayenge? (Will you come to our house when we reconstruct it?)," asked 5-year-old quake survivor, Simran, to President A P J Abdul Kalam during his visit to Uri today.
- Kalam Meets Quake-Hit Kids (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 28, 2005)
The President, Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, has emphasised the need to encourage creativity among children to ensure the all-round development of the country.
- China Example, We Need More Fdi: Fm (Indian Express, Kandula Subramaniam, Nov 28, 2005)
Outlining a host of reform measures needed to sustain and even go beyond the 8 per cent growth rate, Finance Minister P Chidambaram today called for opening the banking and education sectors..
- Montek Math: Coalition Politics = 8% Growth (Indian Express, ENS ECONOMIC BUREAU, Nov 28, 2005)
Given the constraints of running a coalition government, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia today admitted that it would be “hugely difficult” to achieve a 10 per cent economic growth.
- Education Debate-I (Statesman, MADAN BHATIA, Nov 28, 2005)
The sharp reaction by political parties against the judgment of the Supreme Court in Inamdar’s case relating to reservation of seats by the states in private professional educational institutions, the mode of admission of students and their fee structures
- Money In Mushrooms (Tribune, Reeta Sharma, Nov 28, 2005)
A revolution in the mushroom farming is brimming right in the backyard of Chandigarh in Lalru. Of the 25 per cent quota of mushroom exports from India 24 per cent is being grown at Lalru alone.
- Anti-Muslim Racism? (Pioneer, Daniel Pipes, Nov 28, 2005)
My talks at university campuses sometimes occasion protests featuring Leftists and Islamists who call me names. A favourite of theirs is "racist."
- Fast Mutating Hiv Virus Poses New Challenge (Pioneer, Yoga Rangatia, Nov 28, 2005)
Even before the treatment of HIV positive persons takes off on a large scale in India, the virus is mutating too rapidly and is likely to make the first line treatment ineffective for a significant number of patients, a first India-specific HIV sub-type C
- Paintings On Aids Awareness (Hindu, Staff Reporter , Nov 28, 2005)
Two painting competitions were organised in Pondicherry on Sunday.
- Ban On Smoking Scenes To Be Enforced From January (Hindu, Ramya Kannan , Nov 28, 2005)
Violators to be prosecuted under the Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products Rules, 2005
- The Inadequate Life-Saving Effort (News International, Nasim Zehra, Nov 28, 2005)
The donor pledges this month were a positive development for Pakistan but shortcomings on the physical relief front remain a troubling reality.
- Security Stepped Up At Embassies In Bangladesh (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 28, 2005)
Dozens of people suffering from hypothermia and respiratory illnesses were taken to hospitals Monday as rain and snow lashed Pakistan's quake-stricken part of Kashmir, blocking roads and grounding helicopters used to ferry aid to remote areas.
- Fdi In More Sectors, Says Chidambaram (Hindu, Special Correspondent, The Hindu, Nov 28, 2005)
"Key to sustaining higher GDP growth is larger investment in infrastructure "
- Of Intertwined Strands Of Strength... (The Financial Express, Saumitra Chaudhuri, Nov 28, 2005)
Several successful initiatives in Indian reform make for the strength of the economy today
- The Elusive Goal (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 28, 2005)
TO no one’s surprise, Unicef has come out with its pessimistic assessment that the millennium development goal of achieving gender parity in primary education by the end of 2005 will not be met.
- Art In Life (Deccan Herald, Marta Jakimowicz, Nov 28, 2005)
The whole of the previous week (Nov 14 to 20) Bangalore became the centre for an unusual series of events that critically probed the impact of the information technology, business on the life and the soul of the place.
- Music And Dance (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 28, 2005)
Commemorating the silver jubilee celebration of the Chowdiah Memorial Hall, the Academy of Music organised a mega event from 21st to 24th November.
- It's Elementary, Education Matters (The Economic Times, Rohini Nilekani, Nov 28, 2005)
Apparently, Indians have begun to believe in themselves. We all think we belong to a country with a future. For 50 years we were not quite sure. All our actions demonstrated that uncertainty.
- Govt Keen To Widen Fdi Net To Post 8% Growth: Pcnov 28 (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 28, 2005)
Finance minister P Chidambaram on Sunday said that the government was keen to open the doors for more foreign direct investment (FDI) to achieve a GDP growth of 8%. He promised to keep the government out of interfering in the fast-growing services sector,
- Poll Countdown: Chandy Told To Lower Private Capital Pitch (The Financial Express, M SARITA VARMA, Nov 28, 2005)
Another bypoll debacle, and the Kerala Assembly election countdown has finally driven the development agenda of the Congress-led UDF government along the familiar roti, kapda, makaan lines.
- Will Congress Do It Again? (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Nov 28, 2005)
An all important question that will be answered out in the due course of time, Dr. Sheikh Showkat Hussain comments
- Preparing For Winter (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 28, 2005)
HOLLYWOOD star and UNHCR goodwill ambassador Angelina Jolie’s visit to the earthquake-affected areas reflects the worldwide concern over the tragic plight of the quake victims.
- Scars That Don’T Heal (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Nov 28, 2005)
DIscussions on the occasion of the UN International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
- Fast Mutating Hiv Virus Poses New Challenge (Pioneer, Yoga Rangatia, Nov 28, 2005)
Second line drugs could be deployed soon--- Even before the treatment of HIV positive persons takes off on a large scale in India, the virus is mutating too rapidly and is likely to make the first line treatment ineffective for a significant number . . .
- Cong Rejuvenates In Chandigarh (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Nov 28, 2005)
Manmohan Singh has marched on with his pro-US tilt as if the comrades don't matter or exist, says Kalyani Shankar
- Jaundiced History (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Nov 28, 2005)
In an ideal situation, the state should not get involved with the writing of textbooks, especially those dealing with history. But the situation that prevails in India is far from ideal - although we claim to be an open, democratic society,
- Politicians Should Leave Belgaum Alone (The Financial Express, Sucheta Dalal, Nov 28, 2005)
The HD Deve Gowda-Narayana Murthy spat that made national headlines recently had one interesting takeaway. It was the former Prime Minister’s suggestion that information technology (IT) companies crowding Bangalore and complaining about poor infrastructur
- A Clean Image Is His Biggest Asset (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Nov 27, 2005)
Nitish Kumar was a much sought after and much publicised man last week.
- Indian Team Visits Uvas (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 27, 2005)
An Indian delegation led by Punjab Animal Husbandry Development and Fisheries Secretary DS Bains called on University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Manzoor Ahmad.
- Making Life-Saving Discoveries (Tribune, Charu Singh, Nov 27, 2005)
In the murky world that lies hidden beneath a telescope and antiseptic laboratories, Dr Rajesh Gokhale, a young scientist and winner of the prestigious Howard Hughes Medical Institute award for path-breaking research in biotechnology, . . .
- Kalam Assures All Help To Quake-Hit In Kashmir (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 27, 2005)
The President, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, today assured the quake-affected people in Tangdhar near the Line of Control (LoC) of all help and assistance and expressed concern for the sufferers. He expressed sympathies with the residents of the area who had . . .
- Bihar: Nitish Keeps Home, Modi Gets Finance (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 27, 2005)
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today retained the key Home portfolio while giving the crucial Finance ministry to his deputy Sushil Kumar Modi, in an indication of the newly-elected NDA government's intent to control the state's spiralling crime-graph and pu
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