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Articles 14921 through 15020 of 22438:
- Need To Build A Scientific Temper (Greater Kashmir, Showkat Rashid Wani, Nov 23, 2005)
The system of education we have available here is not adequately equipped to bring out the best from us. We need some radical changes to instill a spirit of inquisitiveness in the knowledge seekers.
- Buoyed By Bihar Results, Nda All Set To Take (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Nov 23, 2005)
Buoyed by its victory in the Bihar Assembly elections, the opposition NDA will cross swords with the Government in the winter session of Parliament, commencing tomorrow, on a host of issues, including the raging Volcker report controversy and the policy
- Borrowed Finery (Telegraph, Amaresh Bagchi, Nov 23, 2005)
The author was member of the Eleventh Finance Commission “For West Bengal Red denotes more than the colour of its ideology.
- Restless Soul - I (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Nov 23, 2005)
Amrita Pritam, the eminent Punjabi poet, novelist and short story writer and an outstanding literary figure of Southeast Asia, passed away quietly in her sleep at her residence in the afternoon of October 31, 2005.
- Development Backlog In Fata (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 22, 2005)
When it comes to any form of negotiation, there’s always some give and take. This idea wasn’t lost on the Zakhakhel tribesmen in Bazaar area of Landi Kotal in Khyber Agency, who, on Saturday, stopped army people from constructing a helipad until more.....
- Things To Learn From India (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Nov 22, 2005)
While I was in India last month I came across an American friend who had also travelled to Delhi to pursue some interest in development economics.
- Ignorance Is Not Bliss (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Nov 22, 2005)
We await the HRD Ministry’s reaction to the government’s National Sample Survey report suggesting India is a long way from achieving its dream of education for all.
- The Bihar Laloo Lost (The Financial Express, Vandita Mishra, Nov 22, 2005)
In Bihar’s most celebrated festival, Chhat, the participating men, and mostly women, must break their fast in the evening with kheer.
- A Tale Of Helplessness (Tribune, Reema Anand, Nov 22, 2005)
Today I feel helpless as a Punjabi foremost, then a helpless writer and finally a helpless filmmaker!
- Energy Conservation (Daily Excelsior, Vikram Gour, Nov 22, 2005)
It is easy to save energy by applying simple methods of avoiding misuse of the electricity and using energy only when required and thus save your money and in addition save your Government's money.
- Third Man, Silly Point (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 22, 2005)
England captain Charlotte Edwards’ summons to her girls to watch out for roaches and wildlife in Indian beds was, one would like to believe, issued in misplaced humour,
- Surgery For Hate Attacks (Indian Express, Babu Joseph, Nov 22, 2005)
The latest report of the US on International Religious Freedom has claimed, among other things, that India has bettered its record on ensuring religious freedom to its citizens. The report says that the Indian government has . . .
- Tackle The Taliban (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 22, 2005)
Saturday's kidnapping of an Indian driver along with three Afghan nationals should not be treated as an isolated incident.
- The Patriotic Sense (Hindu, S. SRINIVAS, Nov 22, 2005)
There have been times when our Municipal Councillors have been far more patriotic than national political leaders themselves
- Left Apprised Of Stand On Iran Issue (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2005)
India will strive to ensure that the issue remains within IAEA
- Rise Of India And China Changing Global Balance: Lee Kuan Yew (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2005)
"They should not be suspicious of each other"
Vital for India, China to understand each other
Points to difference between their literacy rates
Services alone cannot make India a major economy
- Laparoscopes Purchase: Cbi Raids In Several Cities (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2005)
"Public servants abused position to award contract to private company"
Searches conducted at 14 places
Technical members changed to favour firm
Sub-standard equipment supplied to hospitals
- House With Independent Access His Dream (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2005)
We are poor people and the offer of a little additional money was a great thing for my son, says the father
- 485 Child Labourers Rescued (Hindu, Devesh K. Pandey , Nov 22, 2005)
Employers locked them in abandoned houses and underground workshops
Four teams conducted simultaneous raids
Union Labour Ministry to repatriate these children
More such raids to be conducted
- Overseas Education Broadens Outlook: Envoy (Hindu, A. A. Michael Raj, Nov 22, 2005)
'British society benefiting from Indian influence; food and fashion popular'
- A Man With A Vision (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2005)
The relevance of economics in today's society is largely the efforts of visionaries, who took economics away from the dry theories into the real world of development. Dr V K R V Rao is one such person, P Ramachandran & R S Deshpande tell us.
- Kalam Puts Forward Five-Point Agenda To Increase Gdp (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2005)
'Farmers should be empowered to earn more through value addition to produce'
- Reading It Right (Telegraph, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Nov 22, 2005)
The author is president, Centre for Policy Research The views expressed are personal
- Indira Gandhi Canal Water For Nagaur (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2005)
Chief Minister Raje announces 3,000-crore scheme
- The Northeast Exception (Hindu, Sarmila Bose, Nov 22, 2005)
Argues for a policy reorientation towards the Northeast and linking it to a new `Look East' policy
- Sound And Light Show Proposed At Ginjee Fort (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2005)
Rs. 1.25 crores to improve infrastructure in Gingee Rs. 1.25 crores to improve infrastructure
- The Bihar Laloo Lost (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Nov 22, 2005)
In Bihar’s most celebrated festival, Chhat, the participating men, and mostly women, must break their fast in the evening with kheer. But there is an attached ritual injunction: if the believer should come upon any gravel in the dish,
- `Library Modernisation With People's Participation' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2005)
The new curriculum in the State's schools has triggered the reading habit in children and so the proposed library modernisation programme in schools will be implemented with people's participation, Education Minister E.T. Mohammed Basheer has said.
- The Hidden Costs Of Conflict (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 22, 2005)
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo deaths attributable directly or indirectly to conflict exceed the losses sustained by Britain in the First World War and Second World War combined.
- The First Martyr (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Nov 22, 2005)
Today is the anniversary of a hero who gave his life for Kashmir in the 19th century. Born in England, the hero named Robert Thorp
- Ec Is The Winner (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 22, 2005)
By and large, the four-phase election to the Bihar Assembly was orderly and peaceful, signifying the triumph of democracy. There was less violence and no booth capturing this time.
- Quota Questions (Statesman, Sushila Ramaswamy, Nov 22, 2005)
The demand by political parties of all shades and opinion, both within Parliament and outside, for central legislation to override the Supreme Court ruling against state quotas is surprising.
- 'Don't Leave Afghanistan Half-Way' (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Nov 22, 2005)
Q: How do you look at Afghanistan joining the SAARC? . . .
- A South Asian University? (Hindustan Times, Kanti Bajpai, Nov 21, 2005)
In his speech at the SAARC Summit, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh proposed that the region set up a South Asian University
- India Expresses Concern Over Cross Border Terrorism To Pak (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
India today offered to undertake specific projects in education and health sectors in quake-hit areas of Pakistan even as it expressed concern over incidents of cross border terrorism in the aftermath of the recent serial blasts in New Delhi.
- Reassessing Technical Education Crisis (Hindu, R. Sethuraman, Nov 21, 2005)
The Problem of acute faculty shortage in technical education raised in the article `A challenge in technical education' pointing out the chronic shortage of qualified staff' that appeared in The Hindu dated November 5, 2005, is one that is being carried..
- 'Russia Is The Next Energy Superpower' (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
Stating that it was US leaders like Condoleezza Rice and Dick Cheney who had scripted the new geopolitics of the Caspian sea region, energy expert Dr S.K. Sharma claimed that it is Russia that is emerging as the next energy superpower.
- Bihar's Most Wanted: Ajay, In 40s, Trigger-Happy And Fond Of Good Life (Telegraph, Uttam Sengupta, Nov 21, 2005)
“We should have killed him three years ago,” says an otherwise suave police officer, regretting the ease with which the erstwhile commander of the “People’s Red Army”, Ajay Sao alias Ajay Kanu alias Ravi Kanu, was rescued by Maoists last Sunday . . .
- Young Indian Man's Dreams Dashed By Aids, Drugs (Reuters, Kamil Zaheer, Nov 21, 2005)
Like any fairly healthy 30-year-old man, Lolly dreams of one day getting married and having children.
- Maoists Free Students (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
Maoists have freed all the school students they abducted from a village near a major tourist town in western Nepal, their teacher said on Sunday
- Very Well Said (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Nov 21, 2005)
In the late sixties there was violence in and around Srinagar. Some concerned young persons of the Capital city's prestigious Sri Pratap College set apart their political differences to form a peace committee for the restoration of harmony.
- Afghan Polls And Re-Emergence Of Taliban —Eschmall Sardar (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
There is no denying that for Afghanistan elections are definitely a thing to rejoice, yet it needs to be noted that unless accompanied by important factors like keeping tried and tested hawks at bay, they are likely to amount to little more than old wine.
- Loc Should Be Demilitarized: Strategic Assets Not Damaged: Aziz (Dawn, Iftikhar A. Khan, Nov 21, 2005)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Sunday called for demilitarization of the Line of Control (LoC) and reiterated that settlement of the Jammu and Kashmir dispute was essential for durable peace in the region.
- Nehru’S Lessons For Manmohan (Telegraph, Bharat Bhushan, Nov 21, 2005)
Virtually every Naga knows the story of their elders who went to Gandhi in July 1947, demanding independence.
- Oppression By Bigger Powers Makes Peace An Impossibility (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Nov 21, 2005)
Bloodshed is abhorable. But those who want to rule by force are responsible for it. Everywhere in the world, Muslims are being persecuted.
- Cat Foxes Iim Aspirants (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
This year’s test witnessed a further reduction in the number of questions. The paper consisted of 90 questions in total, having three sections of mathematics, English and data interpretation.
- Kalam Way To Robust Karnataka (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
In his special address to the joint session of the Karnataka legislature to mark the Suvarna Karnataka celebrations, the president focussed on transforming the State into an economic powerhouse by the turn of the decade.
- Hanta Virus Reported In India (Deccan Herald, KALYAN RAY, Nov 21, 2005)
One of the world’s most dreaded enemies —the killer hanta virus—has been spotted in South India.....
- Full Text Of President's Speech (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
President A P J Abdul Kalam addressed the members of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly in Bangalore on Sunday. What follows is the complete text of the speech.
- When We Are No Longer Called Muslim Indians But Indian Muslims (Indian Express, MAULANA DR SYED KALBE SADIQ, Nov 21, 2005)
By sheer strength of their numbers, Muslims constitute the second largest segment of the country’s population.
- Man Who Stopped Hindu Rashtra (Indian Express, Fali S. Nariman, Nov 21, 2005)
Excerpts from the inaugural lecture on ‘Challenges to Indian Democracy’ delivered at the Nehru Centre on November 14
- Prospects Of Peace (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
Peace process between India and Pakistan and their resolve to settle the Kashmir issue through dialogue has some how sustained many up hills during the past two years.
- Education Or Extortion? (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Nov 21, 2005)
Come admission time in private schools for elementary classes, parents get worried. Not just the exorbitant fee and the costly books the private schools prescribe empty their purses.
- Thai Zoo’S Exotic Menu Shocks Conservationists (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 21, 2005)
Kenyan conservationists are up in arms after the government agreed to ship wild animals to a Thai zoo that is offering its visitors a chance to eat giraffe, zebra and crocodile.
- No-Go Area-Ii -By Ishan Joshi (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 21, 2005)
Even those who concede that advising France to jettison its integrationist model could amount to advocating an illiberal communitarianism i.e.
- Capturing Nature’S Wonders (Tribune, Usha Rai, Nov 21, 2005)
Shrinking forests, disappearing tigers, the urban sprawl eating up green spaces, pollution levels in cities making it difficult to breathe, and the interminable cycle of floods, droughts and natural disasters, leave one with the distinct feeling that . .
- America’S Future Is Stuck Overseas (Deccan Herald, Stuart Anderson, Nov 21, 2005)
Foreign students consolidate America’s position as a world leader in science and technology.
- Growth And Equity (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 21, 2005)
Last Week, Three apparently unrelated official announcements provided an underlying text for economic growth in the medium term.
- Volcker Probe: The Big Picture (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Nov 21, 2005)
At the grassroots level, it can be argued that the seeds of corruption which ultimately affected the operation of the oil-for-food programme were sowed by the rules and guidelines drawn up to implement the programme.
- "India Will Not Succumb To Pressure" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
Kamal Nath assures Left parties in discussions on Hong Kong WTO meet
Left for re-introduction of Quantitative Restrictions on imports
Says that health and education must be kept out of the talks
- Bangalore Now Gets Wake-Up Call From Kalam (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
President: ‘City as development facilitator being eroded, needs 11-mission charter to get in shape’
- Compassion Fatigue (Dawn, James Harkin, Nov 21, 2005)
The latest buzzword in the aid industry — compassion fatigue — refers to the psychological exhaustion said to be induced by endless appeals for money and sympathy. If charity begins at home, then compassion fatigue begins when it comes to places far away.
- Language Data Consortium Coming (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
While collecting data, Tamil will be given importance Steps to be initiated to develop Tamil
Rs. 3.32 crore to create a special research centre for Tamil
Tamil scholars will be honoured with cash prize
Tamil and Sanskrit are pillars of Indian cultur
- Ncert’S New Syllabus Covers Controversial Political Issues (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 21, 2005)
With the new school syllabus approved after long-drawn controversies, the National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has speeded up the preparation of textbooks.
- Pm Calls For Self-Govt In Both Parts Of Kashmir (News International, Muhammad Saleh Zaafir, Nov 21, 2005)
Appreciating India’s response to Pakistan’s proposal for opening five crossing points on the Line of Control (LoC), Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Sunday suggested that the points should remain open every day of the week instead of only one day.
- Counter Globalisation, Karat Tells Students (Hindu, Special Correspondent, The Hindu, Nov 20, 2005)
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Saturday called upon the student community to be vigilant and gear up to counter the efforts to commercialise and privatise the education sector.
- Indira Gandhi Prize For Hamid Karzai (Deccan Herald, DH news, Nov 20, 2005)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has been chosen for the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 2005.
- Resolve J&k Issue Once For All, Musharraf Tells Pm (Deccan Herald, PTI, Nov 20, 2005)
As India joined international donors in pledging 5.4 billion dollars for relief and reconstruction efforts for earthquake victims, President Pervez Musharraf
- Kashmir: President Urges India To Grasp Fleeting Moment (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Nov 20, 2005)
President General Pervez Musharraf made an emphatic appeal to India to settle long-standing Jammu and Kashmir dispute in the wake of last month’s earthquake and subsequent goodwill existing between Kashmiris on both sides as well as between the people of
- Endangered Arts (The Financial Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 20, 2005)
India is a cultural superpower.” This assertion by current ICCR chairperson Pawan Varma may be disputed by many on grounds of comparative merits with other nations and societies.
- Committees To Tackle Ragging (Hindu, Special Correspondent, The Financial Express, Nov 20, 2005)
The State Government has decided to set up campus committees and a State-level committee to tackle ragging in educational institutions as part of the guidelines formulated at a high-level meeting convened by Education Minister E.T. Mohammed Basheer on Sat
- Kashmir Can Be Resolved In Terror Free Atmosphere: India (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Nov 20, 2005)
Shortly after Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf remarked that the earthquake offered a lifetime opportunity to settle the Kashmir issue, India today said it was willing to resolve all bilateral issues through dialogue in an "atmosphere free from terrori
- India Ready To Resolve All Issues: Ahamed (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Nov 20, 2005)
Hours after Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf said that a resolution of the Kashmir issue could be India's `donation to Kashmir' in the context of the earthquake, Minister of State for External Affairs E. Ahamed said here on Saturday that India was read
- First Batch Of Civilians From Ihk Crosses Loc (News International, Editorial, The News International, Nov 20, 2005)
India and Pakistan on Saturday opened their Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir, allowing people to cross over on foot for the first time in 58 years to meet separated relatives.
- India Races To Put Thug And Murderer Members Of Parliament Behind Bars (India Daily, Sudhir Chadda, Nov 20, 2005)
Indian mafia backed by Indian industrialist oligarchs control the politicians.
- Exploitation, Deceit Plague Healthcare, Says Amartya Sen (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 20, 2005)
Health servants prefer seeing patients privately for money: report
- We Will Restore Governance In Bihar: Nitish (Tribune, Satish Misra, Nov 20, 2005)
DISTURBED over Bihar’s plight and image, National Democratic Alliance’s chief ministerial candidate, the 54-year-old electrical engineer-turned politician Nitish Kumar
- Misuse Of Religion And Laws (Dawn, Kunwar Idris, Nov 20, 2005)
MOST laws enacted after independence to prevent crime have, ironically, given rise to bigger crimes.
- A Compelling Story (Hindu, NIMI KURIAN, Nov 20, 2005)
JUDITH LENNOX tells a crafty tale of love, war and heartbreak in the tumultuous years before and during World War I
- France Explodes (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Nov 20, 2005)
The biggest blow in the wave of violence sweeping across France has been psychological, with the country's image taking a huge dent. Giving the lie to its much-vaunted egalitarian structure, it has been a singularly rude awakening.
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