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Articles 15721 through 15820 of 22438:
- Rehabilitation Phase To Be Crucial (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Oct 27, 2005)
The reconstruction of the quake-devastated areas of Azad Kashmir and the northern NWFP would cost well beyond $5 billion. That is to cover the total destruction inclusive of the infrastructure caused to the vast area in both the regions by the October 8..
- Earthquake Leaves 200 Children Orphaned, 300 Women Destitute In Tangdhar And Uri (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Oct 27, 2005)
They need special package, says coordinator of preliminary survey
Home set up for children
Rs. 5 lakhs sanctioned under short-term plan
- Educated Unemployables (Daily Excelsior, Ramesh Kanitkar, Oct 27, 2005)
The recent decision of the University Grants Commission in not allowing "unplanned proliferation" of in stitutions of higher education is quite understandable.
- Two Sides Of The Same Coin (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 27, 2005)
The CPI(M) has found it difficult to ‘discipline’ Subhas Chakraborty since he is supported by the less ideologically-driven cadre
- It Is Introspection Time For Congress In J&k (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Oct 27, 2005)
It is introspection time for the Congress vis-à-vis its turn to take on the reins of administration in Jammu and Kashmir.
- Micro Credit Scheme For Quake-Hit People' (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 27, 2005)
The Khushhali Bank is launching a rehabilitation programme with initial capital of Rs 3 billion to help the people in the quake-hit areas to start new businesses. Mr Ghalib Nishtar, President of the Bank briefed Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz about . . .
- Difficult Times Ahead For Indo-Us Nuke Agreement (Hindustan Times, S Rajagopalan, Oct 27, 2005)
The Indo-US nuke deal debate on Capitol Hill is moving into an admittedly difficult second stage, with the spotlight set to turn on the formidable non-proliferation dimension.
- U.S. Lawmakers Cautious On India Nuclear Deal (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Oct 27, 2005)
Key U.S. congressional leaders said on Wednesday they would resist hasty action on an agreement President George W. Bush has reached with India allowing U.S. nuclear cooperation with the Asian state.
- Tony Blair Carries On Thatcher’S Legacy (Tribune, K.N. Malik, Oct 27, 2005)
Mrs. Margaret Thatcher, who celebrated her 80th birthday earlier this month, was forced to resign as Britain’s longest-serving, post-war Prime Minister 15 years ago. She is still reviled and loved in equal measures.
- Meet The World’S Brainiest People (Tribune, Dermot Purgavie, Oct 27, 2005)
MIchael Walzer may be the world’s happiest philosopher. Tieless and wearing trainers, he seems so relaxed he could be in danger of falling apart. “When you come here you are completely free to do whatever you want for the rest of your life,” he says.
- Europe Is Hanging By A Thread (Hindu, Will Hutton, Oct 27, 2005)
The European Union today is a bit like a Tom and Jerry cartoon. Tom has run over the cliff edge chasing Jerry and his legs are still pumping furiously in thin air, he's yet to plummet to earth to meet some grizzly end.
- Change Of Chief Minister In Jammu And Kashmir (Daily Excelsior, Swami Raj Sharma, Oct 27, 2005)
Come November, the debate and discussion over the change of Chief Ministerial incumbent in Jammu and Kashmir has become a hot subject of discussion.
- Making A Will: Why And For Whom? (Hindu, Sujoy Gupta, Oct 27, 2005)
The law in India on wills and succession is fraught with complications. The time has come to include adequate safeguards.
- Focus On Renewable Energy Sources (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2005)
Energy has become an integral part of the society and the need for power has sharply increased in the recent past owing to industrialisation and massive urbanisation at a time when fossil fuels are gradually depleting.
- Chief Minister Promises Solution To City's Floods In Two Days (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2005)
Blames improper planning in city municipal council limits on the outskirts of city
- Earthquake As ‘Wrath Of God’? (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2005)
A section of the national media has aired the apocalyptic view that the October 8 earthquake was a curse from God punishing the misdeeds of the state of Pakistan.
- Human Concern Comes First (Dawn, Najmuddin A. Shaikh, Oct 26, 2005)
How catastrophic has the earthquake been? A total of 53,000 dead, 75,000 injured was the estimate on October 22.
- The Real Moral Lesson (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 26, 2005)
Amidst the deeply felt sorrow and concern at this month’s earthquake tragedy, strange voices have also been heard seeking to deflect the people’s attention from facing the catastrophe and preparing for the future.
- Pak Army Fails To Fight Natural Calamities (Daily Excelsior, Dr Golam Yazdani, Oct 26, 2005)
There is mounting anger and frustration in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir over the complete failure of the Pakistan establishment to react to the calamitous earthquake of October 8 that caused extensive damage. The 7.6 magnitude earthquake killed more than....
- India Expresses Concern Over Gilgit Situation (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Oct 26, 2005)
Hopes Pakistan will observe human rights
"Clashes" between Pakistani forces and Shia students reported in Gilgit
Indian delegation to visit Pakistan on relief camps for the quake-hit
India awaiting Pakistan response
- Disclosures From The Mitrokhin Files (Deccan Herald, P R CHARI, Oct 26, 2005)
The failure of Indian counter-intelligence against KGB and CIA points to pervasive corruption of the system
- Improving Teaching Through Media Technology (Daily Excelsior, Dr M P Gupta, Oct 26, 2005)
Teaching aids, in fact, cannot substitute teacher, but it is an admitted fact that these aids serve a lot in improving teaching.
- You Won't Be Discriminated Against, Kalam Tells Children (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2005)
HIV/AIDS affected children air their grievances
- A Brand New Landmark Soon For The Capital (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2005)
To the Capital's many tourist destinations will be added one more this coming month.
- India Calls For Un Peace Building Commission (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2005)
Reiterating its commitment to UN peacekeeping missions, India on Tuesday sought a peace building commission to enable post-conflict countries to build effective institutions for their development and stability.
- Crime In Uniform (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 26, 2005)
Prompt and exemplary action the only answer
- Vikram Seth’S “Guru” (Tribune, Rajnish Wattas, Oct 26, 2005)
As all the limelight falls on the celebrity writer Vikram Seth at the release of his recent book Two Lives; in the quiet shadows of Chandigarh lives “Guru” - his erstwhile housemaster at the Doon School.
- Rain Kills Nine, Triggers A Deluge Of Problems In Bangalore Roads (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2005)
Army help sought to rescue people in flood-hit areas; situation grim in Mysore
- High-Level Panel Constituted To Monitor Disaster Management (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2005)
Chief Secretary B.K. Das heads committee to coordinate administrative measures
Task forces constituted for relief measures in Bangalore and its outskirts
Thanisandra, Bommanahalli, Krishnarajapuram, Hosur Road and Puttenahalli worst affected
- Strive To Improve Agricultural Productivity, Ysr Tells Scientists (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2005)
Chief Minister inaugurates `lab-to-land' workshop at farm varsity
Scientists urged to visit fields and help farmers
Government to ensure seed production centres in each mandal
ANGRAU Vice-Chancellor presents a report on academic activities
- Monsoon Rains, Flood Fury Ravage Rock City (Hindu, R. Rajaraman, Oct 26, 2005)
Colonies off Kuzhmani Road and Vayalur Road and Melachinthamani worst-affected; traffic thrown out of gear; Chathiram bus stand badly hit; people moved to safer places
- Chandy Seeks Sonia's Intervention For Aid (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2005)
A Congress delegation from Kerala, led by Chief Minister Oommen Chandy,
- Administrative Reforms Experience (Hindu, P. K. Doraiswamy, Oct 25, 2005)
Papers on administrative reforms and good practices attempted in the urban, power, transport and social sectors in India
- Cultural Heritage Of Andhra Region (Hindu, M. L. Nigam, Oct 25, 2005)
Panoramic sweep of the art, literature and performing arts of Andhra region
- Priority To Education (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 25, 2005)
The government’s decision to commit at least four per cent of the GDP to education in the next fiscal year will be highly welcomed, though with a measure of scepticism.
- Protecting The Vulnerable (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Oct 25, 2005)
In his October 18 address to the nation — the second in a few days — President Pervez Musharraf explained why it had taken so long for the agencies of the government to reach the entire population affected by the earthquake of October 8.
- Loc-Opening Talks On 29th (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2005)
* FO says Army responded promptly to quake
* India delays opening LoC relief camps
- Of Blacks And Blues (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Oct 25, 2005)
What does it mean to be a black women in a society steeped in the evil of racism, The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison has the answer. Here is an excerpt from the book
- A Fairy Tale (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Oct 25, 2005)
There have been more books written on Napoleon Bonaparte than any other figure in history.
- Abduction And After (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 25, 2005)
Doesn’t change the climate in Bihar
- In Search Of The Tax Rate Nirvana (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam , Oct 25, 2005)
"Bad government, inadequate infrastructure and high tax rates came in the way of India attaining the same pace of growth as China although both nations started reforms in early 1990s."
- Curb Corruption, Nepotism (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Oct 25, 2005)
Nepotism, favouritism and unackowledged but transparent corruption in every Govt. institution/office big or small, has become most deplorable feature of governing system of our democracy.
- Government Negligence Makes Children Die (Daily Excelsior, Vikram Sinha, Oct 25, 2005)
For the last 27-year Japanese Encephalitis (JE) takes a heavy toll in eastern Uttar Pradesh and adjoining western Bihar, and the victims are children.
- March With Time Or Stagnate (Deccan Herald, Maloy Krishna Dhar, Oct 25, 2005)
India’s intelligence agencies need to modernise themselves by changing recruitment policies and training methods
- National Disaster Response Force Soon (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2005)
It will be positioned at eight locations across of the country
There will be 15 regional response centres
State-of-the-art gadgets to be used to tackle situations
Talks on with States
- Shedding More Light On Vijayanagar Era (Hindu, M. Ahiraj, Oct 25, 2005)
Seven copper plates of the Vijayanagar period and pertaining to the reign of Immadi Harihar (1397)have been secured by D.V. Parashivamurthy of the Department of Epigraphy of Kannada University, Hampi, from a family in Hubli.
- Love For Politics To Cost Yale Professor His Job (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 25, 2005)
By all accounts, Yale anthropology professor David Graeber is one of the brightest minds in his field. His books are taught worldwide, and the London School of Economics recently asked him to give a lecture reserved for the most promising young anthropolo
- Of Fish, Fishermen And Tigers (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Oct 25, 2005)
A significant contribution to the Kachchathivu debate analysing the problems of the Palk Bay fishermen on both sides of the maritime boundary
- Archimedes' Killer Rays Probably A Myth (Hindu, Ian Sample , Oct 25, 2005)
The Greek mathematician "harnessed sun's rays to burn Roman fleet" — U.S. scientists manage small blaze that fizzles out.
- Mufti Must Remain Cm (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 24, 2005)
The Congress party’s coalitional arrangements with most of its allies are under severe strain.
- Price Of Corporate Responsibility (Business Line, S. Ramachander, Oct 24, 2005)
Some peculiar and entirely unworthy rewards await anyone living up to one's sense of corporate social responsibility in India, as Mr Narayana Murthy, Chief Mentor and founder of Infosys Technologies, must realise by now.
- Wider Choices, Smarter Development (Hindu, Maxine Olson, Oct 24, 2005)
Solution Exchange, a unique experiment by the United Nations, provides an impartial platform for exchange of knowledge and ideas among development practitioners.
- New Cultural Idioms For Man-Woman Relationship (Daily Excelsior, Uma Ramachandran, Oct 24, 2005)
The recurrences of sati puja, the rape of a minor girl in a Mumbai local train, and the anguish of Manisha Koirala over Ek Chhotisi Love Story - all these events demonstrate once again that we are far away from a sane society that celebrates the beauty...
- A Media, More User Friendly (Indian Express, Amrita Shah, Oct 24, 2005)
It is a chicken and egg situation. Without the relentless coverage by the media, many of the world’s disasters would have passed by us unnoticed.
- Setting Up Tent Schools (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 24, 2005)
The federal government’s decision on Friday to set up tent schools in the earthquake-hit areas is a sound one and should be implemented as early as possible.
- High-Heeled Woes (Deccan Herald, N SHEREEN, Oct 24, 2005)
Almost every girl in her teens has had a secret desire to walk the well-heeled path
- Health For All (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 24, 2005)
The State Govt should properly utilise the World Bank aid, for rural healthcare
- Focus On Electromagnetic Rays: Kalam (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2005)
In the wake of the devastating earthquake on the western border, President A P J Abdul Kalam has asked scientists to conduct research on the electromagnetic spectrum – consisting of the infra-red, ultra-violet and visual range of light . . .
- Heavy Rain Batters Bangalore (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2005)
Bangalore infrastructure (what’s left of it) took a battering as rain lashed the City on Saturday night.
- "Equal Pay For Equal Work Not For Daily Wage-Earners" (Deccan Herald, J. Venkatesan, Oct 24, 2005)
The principle can't be applied mechanically in every case; High Court did not examine relevant factors "The application of the principle of `equal pay for equal work' requires consideration of various dimensions of a given job.
- Land Is Green, Air Is Pure By Sunrit Mullick (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 24, 2005)
From the air, Manipur looked like a lush green jewel surrounded on all sides by verdant hills, the tops of some of which were lost in fluffy white clouds fixed and suspended in space.
- Education Gets Priority Ultimately (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 24, 2005)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has announced that the allocation for education will be raised to 4 per cent of the GDP from the present 2.7 per cent.
- Battles Change, Wars Don’T (Dawn, Victor Davis Hanson, Oct 24, 2005)
Modernists like to believe that we have entered an entirely new era of armed conflict.
- Iran’S Quest For N-Energy (Dawn, Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Oct 24, 2005)
A new book Lawless World by Professor Philippe Sands of University College, London, claims that in a telephone conversation with Tony Blair on January 30, 2003, President Bush stated that he “wanted to go beyond Iraq in dealing with WMD proliferation”
- For Health Gains, High Intensity Not Necessary (Tribune, John Briley, Oct 24, 2005)
Baffled or annoyed by the federal government’s 30-minutes-per-day-of-moderate-exercise-five-days-per-week dictum? A new study suggests that clearing a lower bar offers significant health benefits.
- Grasp The Moment In Kashmir (Telegraph, Bharat Bhushan, Oct 24, 2005)
The Indian political class and civil society have failed the Kashmiris in their hour of need. Their response to the calamity that has hit the people of Kashmir has either been slow in coming or inexplicably non-existent.
- Crackdown On Single Mothers (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 24, 2005)
Single mothers on benefits are to be made to actively seek a job as soon as their youngest child reaches 11, in a government clampdown on unemployment in lone parent households.
- Nato Assistance (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 24, 2005)
Pakistan has conveyed in principle its acceptance of the NATO offer of deployment of its 1000 personnel of reinforced engineering battalion for reconstruction of the destroyed infrastructure such as shelter, hospitals, roads, bridges, schools . . .
- Kalam For Cheaper Broadband Connection (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2005)
Says all parts of the country could be connected more effectively
- Overflowing Lakes Inundate Several Areas As Rain Continues In Bangalore (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2005)
Incessant rain lashes city through Saturday night; low-lying areas badly hit
- Shot In The Foot (Telegraph, S. L. Rao, Oct 24, 2005)
The author is former director-general, National Council for Applied Economic Research
- Where Is Osama (Daily Excelsior, SREEDHAR, Oct 24, 2005)
Before discussing Osama's whereabouts, three factors need to be noted. First, since the beginning of 2005 Osama has not given any clue about his whereabouts.
- Mahadev ... (Hindu, RAMACHANDRA GUHA , Oct 23, 2005)
... was officially Gandhiji's secretary, but actually "he was much more than that." It was his special privilege to be able to show the world the Mahatma off the stage and below the platform
- Across Histories (Hindu, Mukund Padmanabhan, Oct 23, 2005)
A trunk in the attic unexpectedly coughed up a fascinating body of material ... In an exclusive interview, Vikram Seth talks about Two Lives, and agrees that his latest book would not have happened if he hadn't stumbled on the cache.
- What About The Right To Care? (Hindu, VANDANA GOPIKUMAR, Oct 23, 2005)
The homeless mentally ill may be invisible but they belong to society and society needs to take care of them
- Right Weapon (Hindu, Sevanti Ninan, Oct 23, 2005)
The Right to Information Act is a media tool with infinite and tremendous potential
- Practical Approach To Rehabilitation (Dawn, Kunwar Idris, Oct 23, 2005)
THERE are practical lessons to be drawn from the tragedy of the earthquake. The reactions of the people who must learn the lessons, however, range from fatalism to pipe dreams.
- Condemnation To Commendation (Tribune, Kiran Bedi, Oct 23, 2005)
Another police commemoration day has gone by and things have not changed for the better for the families of brave policemen and women in our country who made the supreme sacrifice in the call of duty.
- Slow Foxtrot With India (Dawn, M.P. Bhandara, Oct 23, 2005)
GIVEN our roller-coaster relationship with India, most people are curious if the current ‘Slow Fox Trot detente’ will lead to a settlement on Kashmir.
- A Seeker Of Justice (Tribune, Charu Singh, Oct 23, 2005)
Fiery Pakistani poetess, novelist, journalist and celebrated feminist Fahmida Riyaz was in the capital recently researching for her latest novel.
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