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Articles 14821 through 14920 of 22438:
- Low-Cost Solution Suggested For Solid Waste Management (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2005)
Students showed how to create wealth from waste and volunteers demonstrated the utility of `effective micro-organisms
- Three Gazetteers To Be Brought Out To Mark `Suvarna Karnataka' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2005)
Volumes to mark the 50th anniversary of the reorganisation of the State
- Lip-Service To Development Of Urdu In Schools: Survey (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2005)
Muslim students denied instruction in mother-tongue: NGO
Norms flouted on appointment of Urdu teachers in 12 mandals of West Godavari
No response to parents' petition to MEO in Chebrole
Signature campaign for creation of language teacher posts planne
- Indo-Norwegian Workshop On Geo-Hazards Begins (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2005)
It will help in sharing ideas on tsunami hazard evaluation
The workshop is being organised by the Institute of Remote Sensing, Anna University
Problems of tsunami-hit areas in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, neighbouring nations discussed
- 184 Tanks Breach In Sivaganga (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2005)
Devakottai, Tiruppattur, Kalayarkovil, Sarugani and Karaikudi worst-affected
- Nitish Sworn-In, Buta Sworn At (Pioneer, Amarnath Tewary, Nov 25, 2005)
Mubarak ho satta ki khushali, 15 saal se ruki hai bahali - cries greeted Nitish Kumar as he was sworn-in as Bihar's new Chief Minister on Thursday afternoon. Sporting his trademark beige kurta-pyjama and Nehru jacket, Mr Kumar appeared as the . . .
- Seminar Syndrome (Pioneer, Abhijit C Chandra, Nov 25, 2005)
I cannot conceive of a more colossal waste of taxpayers' money," was the unlikely comment unleashed by a disguised bureaucrat when invited to make closing remarks at the end of a Government seminar that had gobbled up at least a couple of days.
- Waiting For Regulatory Legislation In Education (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Nov 25, 2005)
Will the Private Professional Educational Institutions (Regulation of Admission and Fixation of Fee) Bill, 2005 be passed in the winter session of Parliament?
- Mission 2007: Every Village A Knowledge Centre (Hindu, M.S. Swaminathan, Nov 25, 2005)
Convergence and synergy among the numerous on-going as well as emerging programmes is needed to provide knowledge connectivity to every village of India by August 15, 2007. While the green revolution helped improve the productivity and production of rice,
- Name & Shame The Card Sharps (Indian Express, GAUTAM CHIKERMANE, Nov 25, 2005)
The last line in the November 21, 2005 RBI notification titled, Credit Card Operations of Banks, says: “The RBI reserves the right to impose any penalty on a bank/NBFC... for violation of any of these guidelines.”
- Riders On The Storm (Indian Express, SATBIR SILAS, Nov 25, 2005)
News of the killing of Ramankutty Maniyappan, an official of the Border Roads Organisation, revives the feeling of insecurity I felt whenever on the road in Afghanistan.
- Iranian Students Seek Nuclear Turnaround By India (Reuters, Swapnil Rai, Nov 25, 2005)
His love of Indian freedom movement leader Mahatma Gandhi and India's cultural affinity with his homeland, Iran, brought S. Mohammad Mohammadi to New Delhi to study politics.
- Where Do We See Such Courage’ (Indian Express, Rashmi Bansal, Nov 25, 2005)
There are people who live for their jobs. And a few, very few who die for them. In the latter category you generally think: soldier. Dying to protect the motherland. Yes, we have plenty of those, making the ultimate sacrifice to protect our borders.
- Report: Us Didn't Want Al Qaeda Members To Testify In Padilla Case (Christian Science Monitor, Tom Regan, Nov 25, 2005)
Evidence linking Padilla to 'dirty bomb' plot may have been obtained under 'harsh questioning.'
- Aziz Wants Uplift Plan For Northern Areas (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2005)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has asked the chief secretary of the Northern Areas to submit a comprehensive plan for the region’s economic development.
- Rebuilding Bihar (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 25, 2005)
FOR Mr Nitish Kumar, the real battle began when he took over as Chief Minister on Thursday.
- Minority Rights Are Indivisible (Tribune, Syed Shahabuddin, Nov 25, 2005)
The August 8, 2005, judgement of a three-judge Bench of the Supreme Court in the Bal Patil case (CA 4730 of 1999), written by Mr Justice D. M. Dharmadhikari, has not received the critical attention it deserved.
- India’S Pakistan Policy Coming Apart (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2005)
The body of M.R. Kutty, who was kidnapped and murdered by the Taliban militia in Afghanistan, was brought to Delhi this evening by a special Indian Airlines flight.
- Scientist Who Made Home Pregnancy Test Possible (Tribune, K.N. Malik, Nov 25, 2005)
Eminent American scientists gathered at the State University of New York at Buffalo, USA, recently, to pay tributes to Prof Om P. Bahl, who died earlier in the year, and recall his contribution to biological sciences.
- Crocker Wants Kashmiris In Kashmir Talks (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 24, 2005)
The US ambassador to Pakistan has called for the inclusion of the Kashmiris in the resolution of the Kashmir dispute.
- Nurse Shortage Sets Off A Bidding War (Tribune, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 24, 2005)
Competition to hire nurses in California is so intense that some headhunters routinely make cold calls to nursing stations at rival hospitals, desperate for recruits.
- Gram Panchayat Members Learn To Read And Write (Hindu, H.S. Narasimha Kumar, Nov 24, 2005)
The literacy programme has been organised by Davangere Zilla Panchayat and Adult Education Department
- Why Reservations (Tribune, G.S.Bhargava, Nov 24, 2005)
Dr Ambedkar did not want the constitutional safeguards, as “reservations” were known, to last more than a decade of operation of the Constitution, as it was originally provided.
- Misconceptions About Modes Of Hiv Transmission (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 24, 2005)
Even some health workers are not fully aware about the exact way HIV is transmitted, a recent workshop showed.
- Nashik Facility To Make Missile Propellants (Hindu, Special Correspondent, Hindu, Nov 24, 2005)
To be ready in three to four years; to help in research on process engineering
- Students Form Human Chain To Celebrate World Heritage Week (Hindu, Special Correspondent, The Hindu, Nov 24, 2005)
Rally to create awareness of heritage sites will be held in Kumbakonam A rally to create awareness of heritage sites will be held in Kumbakonam on November 24
- Europe’S Problem Of Integration (Dawn, Syed Mohibullah Shah, Nov 24, 2005)
The recent riots that gripped France for three weeks have highlighted the problems of the European model of integration with regard to immigrant populations.
- Bihar: The Road Ahead (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Nov 24, 2005)
In a clear mandate, the people of Bihar have voted across caste and communal divide to send the message that they want change. It is now up to Mr Nitish Kumar, expected to be the next Chief Minister, to deliver on his promises and put his State firmly....
- Support The Creative Self-Empowered (Hindu, Rajeev Sethi, Nov 24, 2005)
Helping the talented poor cope with the new global markets will bring more meaning to our education, and help us pay back the debt for our hugely privileged and subsidised training. Citizens must support and express solidarity with what is increasingly be
- Bro Work Will Go On, Says Official (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 24, 2005)
Director-General may go to Afghanistan to review the security arrangements
- Worth Going The Extra Mile To Cut Travel Costs (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 24, 2005)
PEOPLE travel to wonder at the height of the mountains, at the huge waves of the seas, at the long course of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars, and yet they pass by themselves without wondering, said Saint A
- The Economics Of Natural Disasters (Business Line, A. Vasudevan, Nov 24, 2005)
INDIA HAS been visited by natural disasters quite frequently in recent times — the latest being the earthquake in the Kashmir region that affected thousands of people, and the floods in different States over the last three months.
- Indiscipline On Campus (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 24, 2005)
It reflects poorly on our universities and colleges that violence has returned to campuses. What is worse, teachers are being targeted by students who want to have the educational institutions run their way.
- A Mission To Know India's Rich Past (Hindu, Alladi Jayasri , Nov 24, 2005)
30,000 people have fanned out in nine States for the first ever survey of manuscripts
- People Important Than Pak Army's Budget ? (Daily Excelsior, Samuel Baid, Nov 24, 2005)
On the Eid day on November 4 General Pervez Musharraf went to Muzaffarabad in occupied Kashmir and made a statement that sounded like an Eidi (Eid gift) for the quake-smitten Kashmiris.
- Two By Three Dosa (Deccan Herald, H S Nagarajah, Nov 24, 2005)
Relishing a dosa with its gentle aroma and buttery taste is worth the wait
- Stem Cell Pioneer Faces Battle Over Ethics Charges (Indian Express, Jon Herskovitz, Nov 24, 2005)
Everything seemed so bright for pioneering South Korean stem cell scientist Hwang Woo-suk just a few weeks ago after two major breakthroughs this year.
- Neither Middle Nor Class Nor Indian (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Nov 24, 2005)
Perhaps contemporary India's mother of all myths has been spun around its "middle class". The latter's emergence, pace pop sociologists with vaulting imaginations, has been the most wonderful thing to happen to the country in its recent history.
- The Buck Stops With It (Pioneer, Vinayshil Gautam, Nov 24, 2005)
One of the many paradoxes of life is that no 'new' experience is ever all that new
- Lure Of Un Funds Drives Ngo To 'Rescue' Kids (Pioneer, Sidharth Mishra, Nov 24, 2005)
This could well be described as the fate of children rescued from a cage and incarcerated in a pigeonhole.
- Coping With Clutter (Pioneer, Mohinder Singh, Nov 24, 2005)
If you haven't touched it, worn it, sat on it, smelled it or kissed it in the last two years, then get rid of it," counsels an American Clutter Clinic.
- Blood On Road To Bypass Pak (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 24, 2005)
For Maniappan Raman Kutty’s family of five, his death means the loss of a son, husband, father and the sole breadwinner.
- Too Little, Too Late (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Nov 24, 2005)
The two UN reports, released this week by UNAIDS and the UN Food and Agricultural Organisation (UNFAO), do not reflect the enthusiastic rhetoric leaders pledge at summit after summit to improve the state of the world’s under-privileged.
- Right Sex (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 24, 2005)
Ignorance about the way sex works can hardly be the incitement behind rape. But, taken to its logical limit, the public interest litigation brought before the Supreme Court recently would seem to imply just that.
- Q&a: 'Food Is Considered A Soft Target' (Times of India, R Edwin Sudhir, Nov 24, 2005)
Vivek Kapur is with the University of Minnesota Medical School and director of the Biomedical Genomics Center, USA. He explains to R Edwin Sudhir the dangers of food terrorism and his work on portable detectors of pathogens:
- Lessons Not Learnt (Telegraph, ASOKENDU SENGUPTA, Nov 24, 2005)
The organization of training programmes for teachers on how to cope with the demands of students have become a dime a dozen in India.
- Natwar Was Sidelined In The Policy- Making Before He Lost The Portfolio (News International, R. Prasannan, Nov 24, 2005)
Whether he bought oil for food or not, fate didn’t allow Natwar Singh to touch last week’s food packets for Iraq. On November 8, he was scheduled to formally hand over a gift-consignment of fortified biscuits for the starving schoolchildren of Iraq.
- Taliban Kill Hostage (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Nov 24, 2005)
Taliban terrorists have killed an Indian hostage in Afghanistan, M R Kutty, barely within three days after taking him captive, sending a chilling reminder to the international community that the medieval mindset jihadi outfit is once again on the resurgen
- Lessons From Disasters (Dawn, Sarwar Bari, Nov 24, 2005)
The kind of destruction and devastation the Oct 8 earthquake has brought is unprecedented. In their time, the 1992 floods and the destruction that they wrought, were also unprecedented.
- Way Out Of Danger (Telegraph, Amaresh Bagchi, Nov 24, 2005)
The obvious course to get out of fiscal stress is to cut expenditures or raise more revenue or both.
- Esi Medical Benefits Can Be Availed Even After Retirement (Hindu, D A SAIT, Nov 24, 2005)
The Employees' State Insurance Corporation is operating a superannuation scheme, under which those who had contributed towards ESI for a minimum of five years while in service, can avail of medical services even after retirement.
- Senate Condemns Ajk Police (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 24, 2005)
Angry senators of both the ruling and opposition parties on Wednesday joined hands to condemn the Azad Jammu and Kashmir police for illegally entering the Punjab to "kidnap" three young college-going girls, their mother, . . .
- Howard Holds Talks With Musharraf, Shaukat; (Pakistan Observer, Sharafat Kazmi, Nov 23, 2005)
Australia has called for a peaceful settlement of Kashmir issue acceptable to both Pakistan and India and the Kashmiri people. This was stated by the Australian Prime Minister John Howard while addressing a joint news conference with Prime Minister Shauka
- Internet Scams: Lessons About Buyers (Hindu, Zoe Williams, Nov 23, 2005)
TWO THINGS have happened in the world of the wonder web. First, it emerged that Nigeria's third-largest source of hard currency, after oil and cocoa, is revenue from Internet scams.
- 'Dirty Bomb' Suspect Indicted (Washington Post, Dan Eggen, Nov 23, 2005)
Jose Padilla, the alleged "dirty bomber" who has been at the center of fierce legal and political struggles for more than three years, has been indicted on charges that he conspired to murder individuals overseas and provide support for terrorists, accord
- More Funds For Quake-Affectees (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Nov 23, 2005)
THE Government has decided to provide additional funding of Rs 125,000 for each family affected by the earthquake in Azad Kashmir and Hazara Division
- Parliament Faces A Winter Of Discord (Business Line, R. C. Rajamani, Nov 23, 2005)
At least 50 legislative measures are scheduled for introduction or consideration in the winter session of Parliament, opening today. But this appears a tall order, given the confrontationist mood of the Opposition.
- Admires Pak Role In War Against Terror (Pakistan Observer, Sharafat Kazmi, Nov 23, 2005)
Australia has called for a peaceful settlement of Kashmir issue acceptable to both Pakistan and India and the Kashmiri people.
- The Looming Demographic Deficit Crisis (Business Line, P. Nagarajan, Nov 23, 2005)
CHANGE, at varying intensity in different time-frames, is a fundamental aspect of human population all over the world. Demography is the study of populations, their size, composition, spatial distribution, and the interconnected causes and consequences of
- Unexpected Visitors (Tribune, Harish Dhillon, Nov 23, 2005)
THEY came late in the evening, three of them. I saw them through my glass door, looking at the noticeboard.
- Indians, Pakistanis Join Hands For Common Cause (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Nov 23, 2005)
MEMBERS of the US Congress were pleasantly surprised recently by rare visits from Indian and Pakistani Americans working together for a common cause.
- When Us Bars Its Door To Foreign Scholars (Christian Science Monitor, Alexandra Marks, Nov 23, 2005)
Concern is mounting that the US government is using antiterror laws - namely, the Patriot Act - to revive a now-discredited practice common during the cold war:
- Unhealthy Practice (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Nov 23, 2005)
The government is considering the imposition of a 1 per cent cess on all direct taxes to fund its health sector commitments under the Common Minimum Programme (CMP).
- When Women Are Worst Sufferers (Dawn, Zubeida Mustafa, Nov 23, 2005)
FOUR days after the devastating earthquake in Azad Kashmir and the NWFP, the UNFPA released its annual report, State of the World Population 2005, which focused on gender equality. The earthquake was a compelling pointer to the drastic implications of a h
- Sathya, Dharma Are Pillars Of Life: Baba (Deccan Herald, R Krishnakumar, Nov 23, 2005)
The elements have taken a beating in Puttaparthi. An incessant drizzle and looming clouds promising more haven’t dampened the decibels in this little big town of Andhra Pradesh.
- New Iraq Strategy: Stay In Hot Spots (Christian Science Monitor, Scott Peterson, Nov 23, 2005)
Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
FALLUJAH, IRAQ – As US Marines battle insurgents in a string of towns in Iraq's western Anbar Province, they are applying lessons learned from their experience in Fallujah: Flush out insurgents, then stay
- An Irrelevant Loc Is Not The Real Issue (News International, Humera Niazi, Nov 23, 2005)
The recent effort to make the LoC irrelevant is acceptable but far from a logical solution to the Kashmir problem.
- Scourge Of Child Abuse (Dawn, Hafizur Rahman, Nov 23, 2005)
ONE of the most painful and soul-searing problems facing society in Pakistan is that of sexual abuse of children.
- Saarc: Action Is Primary (Dawn, Muhammad Zamir, Nov 23, 2005)
THE 13th Saarc summit has come and gone. We have had a week of extraordinary security, lots of meetings at various levels, and as expected, a declaration reaffirming various steps that are expected to lead towards greater South Asian unity.
- Municipalities Told Not To Act Against State's Interests (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 23, 2005)
Dharam Singh defends Government's action in superseding Belgaum City Corporation
- Vigilance Identifies 12 Departments For Action (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Nov 23, 2005)
The Vigilance Organisation has identified about a dozen public dealing departments where a massive drive is being planned against corruption with the start of new year.
- Freed By Dna, Now Charged In New Crime (New York Times, MONICA DAVEY, Nov 23, 2005)
As three men sat nervously on a stage, preparing to recount their nightmarish journeys through a justice system that had sent them away for crimes they had not committed, the moderator had a plea for the crowd in an auditorium here.
- War Crimes And Phosphorus Clouds (Hindu, George Monbiot, Nov 23, 2005)
We now know the U.S. also used thermobaric weapons in its assault on Fallujah, where up to 50,000 civilians remained.
- Verdict For Governance, Says Nitish (Indian Express, Varghese K George, Nov 23, 2005)
It was his day all along and there was no reason for understatement. After making a clean sweep of Bihar, defeating Laloo Prasad Yadav so decisively, Nitish Kumar could well have afforded a few good soundbites. But he knew better.
- I Am Putting Back My Pistol (Indian Express, PRAKASH JHA, Nov 23, 2005)
What Laloo Prasad Yadav did during fifteen years of his ‘reign’ was nothing new. He was just trying to perfect the ploys of democracy, like the Congress has been doing for 58 years in India.
- Speeding Past The Sex Boundary (Deccan Herald, Otto Pohl , Nov 23, 2005)
Laleh Seddigh stepped on the gas, cut off a truck and blasted her Peugeot between two other cars.
- Plight Of The Less Than Equal (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Nov 23, 2005)
The Arab and black citizens of France are being prevented from retaining their cultural diversities.
- Poised To Create History (Hindu, Jonathan Franklin, Nov 23, 2005)
MICHELLE BACHELET was a 23-year-old medical student in Chile when a gang of military men broke into her house and kidnapped both her and her mother, Angela Jeria.
- Still Searching For A Strategy Four Years After Sept. 11 Attacks (New York Times, ADAM LIPTAK, Nov 23, 2005)
Four years after the terrorist attacks of 2001, the government has yet to settle on a consistent strategy for holding and punishing people it says are terrorists. Its efforts remain a work in progress, notable for false starts and a reluctance to have the
- Woman Naxal Killed In Another Encounter (Hindu, Staff Reporter , Nov 23, 2005)
Headmaster shot dead by suspected Nallamala Cobras in Mahabubnagar
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