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Articles 16021 through 16120 of 22438:
- Focus Turns To Survivors As Rescuers Pack Up (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2005)
International rescue teams began leaving Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) on Friday, nearly a week after the devastating earthquake, as efforts shift to keeping survivors alive with a Himalayan winter just weeks away.
- Tentage Cities (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 15, 2005)
The Federal Cabinet, in its meeting on Thursday, decided to establish tentage cities and villages in the quake affected areas of the NWFP and Azad Kashmir.
- M16 Now Widens Its Net (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Oct 15, 2005)
The all-white benchmark goes as the Secret Intelligence Service recruits from a much larger range of candidates. An ideal future scenario?
- Fallen Idol (Deccan Herald, Vatsala Vedantam, Oct 15, 2005)
The promised ‘evening with Salman Rushdie’ turned out to be more about his model wife
- 'After Iraq, Pak Figured On Bush Hit-List' (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2005)
Two months before the Iraq invasion, US President George W Bush had told British premier Tony Blair that he "wanted to go beyond Iraq" in dealing with the spread of weapons of mass destruction and mentioned Pakistan as one of the countries posing problems
- 2005 Likely To Be The Hottest Year (Tribune, Juliet Eilperin, Oct 15, 2005)
New international climate data show that 2005 is on track to be the hottest year on record, continuing a 25-year trend of rising global temperatures.
- American “war On Terrorism” (Tribune, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Oct 15, 2005)
History recreated mythology on October 1 as explosions rocked the deceptive idyll of Bali only three days before Balinese Hindus were due to celebrate an earlier clash of dharma and adharma.
- Sparser South (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 15, 2005)
SMALL family, happy family” is the fount on which India’s family welfare nee planning campaign is based.
- Inequality In India (Daily Excelsior, Ramesh Kanitkar, Oct 15, 2005)
It will take India another hundred years to become part of the developed world.
- Craving For Power (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Oct 15, 2005)
There was this former President of India, a very distinguished man indeed he was.
- Forgotten Pioneer By Jagmohan (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 15, 2005)
Hardly anyone in present-day India knows that the Grand Old Man of India, Dadabhai Naoroji, and the legendary English “Lady with a Lamp”,
- Taking Care Of The Orphans (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 15, 2005)
As officials scramble to ascertain the number of children killed during last week’s earthquake, images of dazed and bewildered children are particularly heart-wrenching.
- Where Are They At This Hour Of Need? (Dawn, Murtaza Razvi, Oct 15, 2005)
Not too long ago we used to see money boxes placed at shops and on street corners for collection of funds to facilitate ‘jihad’ against the ‘infidels’ who were oppressing Muslims in Palestine, Chechnya, occupied Kashmir and in the Taliban’s Afghanistan.
- Mere Rhetoric Will Not Do (Dawn, Afzaal Mahmood, Oct 15, 2005)
Despite the positive role on which the recent talks between the foreign ministers of Pakistan and India ended, and notwithstanding the claim that the second round of the composite dialogue was more successful than the first one, the fact remains . . .
- Let Leaders Unite And Solve The Dispute Together - Ii (Greater Kashmir, NISAR A PATIGAROO, Oct 15, 2005)
We need to rise above our petty political interests and find out a solution that lasts, comments Nisar A Patigaroo
- Children - Then And Now (Greater Kashmir, Manoj Pandita, Oct 15, 2005)
A lot of fun there was in being a child then, not now. The joy is gone, Manoj Pandita writes
- Blood Is Thicker Than Water (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Oct 15, 2005)
Sufferings efface identities. I thought something like that would happen when the earthquake struck Islamabad and both sides of Kashmir, more Pakistan’s than India’s.
- Ban On Heavy Vehicles (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 14, 2005)
Now that Karachi has a new nazim, it is hoped that some of the more pressing issues that the city faces will get the attention that they deserve.
- Jumping Jack Flash (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 14, 2005)
Nationalist Trinamul Congress leader PA Sangma, who resigned his Tura Lok Sabha seat, was a worried person after his Meghalaya unit of the NTC merged with the Nationalist Congress Party.
- Rural Love, Urban Life (Hindu, HI. SHI. RAMCHANDRE GOWDA, Oct 14, 2005)
In H.L. Nagegowda's passing away, the world of folk arts has lost one of its most ardent votaries
- In Search Of Money, We Lose Peace (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 14, 2005)
A bad bargain indeed. We leave our parents to die. We push ourselves to desperation by leaving our home to earn more and more outside.
- Women And Indian Media (Daily Excelsior, Sweta Patwardhan, Oct 14, 2005)
Significant changes have taken place in the Indian media in the last decade, and more than a few relate to women.
- ‘Beethoven Manuscript Found’ (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 14, 2005)
An 80-page, handwritten working manuscript score of Beethoven’s Grosse Fuge that went missing 115 years ago has been found by a librarian near Philad-elphia, Pennsylvania, the New York Times said today.
- Iran's Heritage Deserves Respect (Hindu, Martin Woollacott , Oct 14, 2005)
As the protests and demonstrations that led to the fall of the Shah swelled in 1978, Western reporters travelled to Iran to cover each new outbreak.
- Doing Business The Boeing Way (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Oct 14, 2005)
The company offers product-related facilities and joint ventures to offset part of the cost of a purchase.
- Quake Deepens Fissures In Kashmir Despite Army Help (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Oct 14, 2005)
After pulling his three daughters out of the rubble of his house and burying them, Mohammad Sadiq sat down in his village in Indian Kashmir and waited for help to come.
- Motivate Teachers (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 14, 2005)
India does not have enough good science teachers, and science students make up the largest chunk of jobless post-graduates, the India Science Report recently disclosed.
- Women To Gain Most (Deccan Herald, Devaki Jain , Oct 14, 2005)
Studies show that guaranteed wage work is more crucial for women labourers than men
- Where Is The Indian Public Intellectual? (Deccan Herald, Krishna Prasad, Oct 14, 2005)
The writer William Dalrymple created a stir with his claim two months ago that “since 1997 there has been no new galaxy of (literary) stars emerging to match the stature of those of the 1980s and ‘90s”.
- A Burgeoning Health Problem (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 14, 2005)
At a time when the World Health Organisation has predicted that the diabetes burden in India is set to double and reach 70 million by 2025, it is a matter of additional concern that the number of overweight and obese children is increasing.
- Purses And Hearts (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 14, 2005)
Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has a complaint which he has voiced several times in the media.
- Children Under The Rubble (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Oct 14, 2005)
Rubble best symbolises life after an earthquake. It transforms vibrant landscapes into monochromatic moonscapes and radically alters the familiar signposts of life.
- A Day For Kalam To Translate His Vision (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 14, 2005)
e-governance portal launched
e-learning centre uses animation to teach mathematics, science
e-governance portal connects various Rashtrapati Bhavan departments
The Dr. Rajendra Prasad Sarvodaya Vidyalaya will be linked to the Rashtrapati Bhavan
- Rain Spell May Last Till Tomorrow (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 14, 2005)
Several parts of the State continue to receive heavy rainfall
Four deaths reported in Chennai, which received 15 cm rain
Several interior roads waterlogged
Corporation's complaints cell receives over 220 calls
- Don't Place All Your Bets On One Quarter Alone (Business Line, D. Murali , Oct 14, 2005)
On October 12, Infosys posted a net profit of Rs 606 crore for Q2, short for the second quarter that ended on September 2005. The profit was 36 per cent more than what was achieved in last year's Q2, and beat street expectations, reported the media.
- Where’S The Indian Brandwagon? (The Financial Express, Sourav Majumdar, Oct 13, 2005)
Even as we celebrate the advent of the Indian corporation on the global horizon, thanks to the aggressive acquisitions by Indian firms abroad, it’s important to check out what’s happening on the brands front.
- Fringe Benefit Tax Is Here To Stay, And For Long (Business Standard, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 13, 2005)
There can be no doubt that fringe benefit tax ( FBT) is here to stay, and for a long time. Circular No 8/2005 put to rest any lingering doubts industry may have had about second thoughts on this levy.
- India Obsessed With Permanent Seat In U.N. Security Council: N. Ram (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Oct 13, 2005)
Support to the U.S.-led "provocative" resolution on Iran one of the biggest "blunders"
Sustained efforts needed to push the peace process with Pakistan
Manmohan Government too has demonstrated extreme vulnerability to U.S. pressures
- Test For East And West (Telegraph, Salman Rushdie, Oct 13, 2005)
The work room of the writer Orhan Pamuk looks out over the Bosphorus, that fabled strip of water which, depending on how you see these things, separates or unites — or, perhaps, separates and unites — the worlds of Europe and Asia.
- Legislative Heroics Not Above Rule Of Law (Business Standard, Somasekhar Sundaresan, Oct 13, 2005)
In a recent decision, the Bombay High Court has struck down as unconstitutional the Maharashtra Protection of Interests of Depositors Act (MPIDA), passed by the Maharashtra legislature, on the commendation of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to take . . .
- The New Economics Of Ecological Capital (Hindu, John Vidal, Oct 13, 2005)
Here Is a conundrum, courtesy of Merv Wilkinson, one of Canada's oldest and wisest foresters. In 1938, he bought a few hectares of forest on Vancouver Island which, he reckoned, contained about 100,000 board feet of timber. Once every 10 years, he would h
- Existential Crisis Of Pakistan (Daily Excelsior, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 13, 2005)
Pakistan’s accentuated existential crisis has made historians to write new books for school students, distorting the basic facts that the Islamic Republic was ever a part of India.
- Coping With Earthquakes (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Oct 13, 2005)
Of all natural disasters, earthquakes are the most difficult to manage because they can be neither predicted nor prevented. As such, they do not give any opportunity for shifting people to safer areas.
- Seize The Moment In Jammu And Kashmir (Hindu, Harish Khare , Oct 13, 2005)
The Congress will soon have to decide whether it wants to claim the chief ministership. Its thinking should be based on a calculus of national interest in the present geo-strategic context.
- Children Under The Rubble (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Oct 13, 2005)
Rubble best symbolises life after an earthquake. It transforms vibrant landscapes into monochromatic moonscapes and radically alters the familiar signposts of life.
- Purses And Hearts (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2005)
Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has a complaint which he has voiced several times in the media.
- Test For East And West (Telegraph, Salman Rushdie, Oct 12, 2005)
The work room of the writer Orhan Pamuk looks out over the Bosphorus, that fabled strip of water which, depending on how you see these things, separates or unites — or, perhaps, separates and unites — the worlds of Europe and Asia.
- The Importance Of Social Sciences (Indian Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 12, 2005)
Social science graduates need to be equipped to face the social transformation taking place across the country
- Coping With Earthquakes (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Oct 12, 2005)
Of all natural disasters, earthquakes are the most difficult to manage because they can be neither predicted nor prevented.
- Bjp Into The Political Twilight? (Frontline, Praful Bidwai, Oct 12, 2005)
IF proof were at all needed that the Bharatiya Janata Party can no longer summon up a half-way cogent response to major events of the day, then recent developments provide it in ample measure.
- Anti-Majoritarian, Pro-Globalisation (Frontline, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 12, 2005)
IN 2001, Madhu Purnima Kishwar, an activist and academic, published in Manushi, a periodical from New Delhi, two articles, one dealing with the working conditions of rickshaw-pullers in the capital and the other about street vendors whom she had made a fi
- Interview: Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee (Frontline, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 12, 2005)
The naxalite problem in West Bengal, though not as serious as it is in Orissa and Jharkhand, is still a matter of concern for the Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led Left Front government in the State.
- Legends On Fire (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Oct 12, 2005)
The news that the Pahalgam Club on the bank of the picturesque Liddar has been gutted in a mysterious fire is extremely disappointing.
- Captain’S Free Power (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 12, 2005)
By defending his government’s decision to give free power to the farm sector and a section of the Scheduled Castes, rather in an undignified way, the Punjab Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, has placed himself on a slippery ground. There was no need t
- The Temblor's Footprint (Indian Express, Arun Bapat, Oct 12, 2005)
Every natural calamity has some new lesson to teach us. The last two - the tsunami of December 26, 2004, and the heavy flooding of Mumbai on 26th July this year brought their own insights.
- Why Osama Roams Free: South Asia Could Soon Face Its Biggest Ever Crisis (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, Oct 12, 2005)
The Supreme Court judgment on the Bihar Assembly dissolution compels far-reaching systemic changes.
- Muzaffarabad In Ruins (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Oct 12, 2005)
Heavy rain and hail forced the cancellation of some relief flights to earthquake-stricken regions in Pakistani Kashmir Tuesday and survivors scuffled over the badly needed food — the first international aid to make it overland to this devastated city.
- Pioneering Research Into Quality Of Light (Deccan Herald, Guy Gugliotta, Oct 11, 2005)
Two Americans and a German won the Nobel Prize in physics for pioneering research in the behaviour of light and its use in creating measuring techniques accurate enough to build clocks of unprecedented precision and to probe the structure of atoms.
- Facing Natural Disasters (Hindu, Peter Preston, Oct 11, 2005)
DISASTERS ARE always most poignant, most chilling, when you know the terrain and the people.
- Legacy In Distress (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 11, 2005)
The material coming out of Visva Bharati perhaps justifies the vice-chancellor’s complaint that vested interests are controlling admissions in such a manner that mediocrity has come to stay.
- A Disaster To Remember (Dawn, Peter Preston, Oct 11, 2005)
DISASTERS are always most poignant, most chilling, when you know the terrain and the people. So I had stood on the sea wall in Galle, watching kids fly kites, a few months before the tsunami engulfed the south of Sri Lanka.
- Immigration Debate (Dawn, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 11, 2005)
THE sleeper issue in the 2008 presidential election is immigration. Actually, as a recent straw poll shows, it’s waking up.
- A New World For The Mother Of An Asian Boy (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 11, 2005)
Five days after her boy was born the London bombs went off. Being the mother of an Asian boy had suddenly become a much more complex matter.
- Golden Curtain Divides Russia (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 11, 2005)
Fears of social unrest grow as Moscow's rich keep their children under lock and key.
- Opening Of Nathula Pass (Daily Excelsior, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 11, 2005)
Much anticipated deadline for the Himalayan bar-rier between India and China was to melt
- Afghanistan: The Next Iraq (Daily Excelsior, Allabaksh, Oct 11, 2005)
Where is Afghanistan headed? Democracy, insurgency or anarchy? That the situation there is-as yet-- nowhere as bad as it is in Iraq can give little comfort.
- A Stack Of Memories (Deccan Herald, Mala Kumar, Oct 11, 2005)
The display of dolls that I put up every Dasara is more about upholding family traditions
- An Address Undelivered (Greater Kashmir, DR. SHEIKH MOHAMMAD IQBAL, Oct 11, 2005)
On the 3rd of October, 2005, S P College held a ‘gala event’ to which I was also invited. For reasons inexplicable I could not continue in the colourful Majlis, and left the place when Pran Kishore was relating the drama experience of his student days.
- Saving The Dying From Suffering (Deccan Herald, Jackie Ashley , Oct 11, 2005)
The Lords debate on assisted dying gives Britons a long-overdue opportunity to end unnecessary suffering
- Growth With Equity (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 11, 2005)
THE COMPLEMENTARY NATURE of equity and development is the central theme of the World Development Report 2006.
- World Investment Report 2005 (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Oct 11, 2005)
China has once again emerged as the darling of investors among developing economies worldwide. For analysts drawing comparisons with China's stupendous FDI performance, India's might seem a poor record.
- West Bengal Must Work To Catch Up (Business Line, S. Majumder , Oct 11, 2005)
TRADE union, though the voice of workers, is also an institution that nurtures understanding between the labour and the management for a smooth functioning of the organisation.
- `Farmer Households Spend 55 Pc On Food' (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2005)
THE average Indian farmer household spends the highest share (Rs 101.27 or 20.14 per cent) of its monthly per capita expenditure of Rs 502.83 on cereals and cereal substitutes, followed by 9.68 per cent on milk and milk products.
- Change: Difficult Though, Possible Nevertheless (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Oct 11, 2005)
The book under review is a departure from the run of the mill academic endeavors that have reduced the real message of religion to story telling and platitudes.
- Irda Beefing Up Inspection (Business Line, Radhika Menon, Oct 11, 2005)
Inspections conducted by IRDA check on compliance with guidelines such as solvency margins, breach of tariffs, claim payment procedures, commission payments, agency norms and redress of grievances. The regulator is also concerned about the quality of trai
- Indian Marxists Toss Off Chains With Hotel Sale: Andy Mukherjee (Bloomberg.com, editorial Bloomberg.com, Oct 11, 2005)
The last guests have checked out of the Great Eastern hotel in Kolkata.
- Natural Absent-Mindedness By Vandana Kumari Jena (Statesman, Vandana Kumari Jena, Oct 10, 2005)
The loss of immediate memory, scream newspapers, is a sign of early Alzheimer’s.
- A Tool In Support Of Democracy (Daily Excelsior, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 10, 2005)
Today’s democracies of the world have tremendously been influenced by the phenomenon - "Information Explosion".
- Heads I Win (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 10, 2005)
Kanti Biswas is clearly on the lookout for soft targets. Having failed to clear the mess of his own creation in the backyard of the school education department, he now makes an unabashed attempt to tighten the screws on Anglo-Indian schools.
- Taking Care Of Elderly (Daily Excelsior, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Oct 10, 2005)
The Union Government is planning to enact a law for the elderly which provides that transfer of property done by them will be rendered void if the transferee does not take care of them.
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