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Articles 16321 through 16420 of 22438:
- Edusat Programme Launched In Orissa (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 02, 2005)
Four schools at Koraput, a backward district, connected through the virtual classroom
- Textbook Of Laughter And Forgetting (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 02, 2005)
Literature can define the way we perceive and express our worlds. Why then is there no wider debate on the kind of English textbooks that are prescribed, asks AMITAVA KUMAR.
Literature can define the way we perceive and express our worlds
- Fine Fusion Of Forms (Hindu, RENUKA RAJARATNAM, Oct 02, 2005)
The Accidental boldly steps outside its own formal boundaries and blends different modes of expressions.
- In Love With The Many Moods Of The Monsoon (Hindu, Prachi Pinglay, Oct 02, 2005)
The monsoon is a special source of inspiration for Alexander Frater who has followed its course in India.
- The Writings Of Another Literary Family (Hindu, C.S. Lakshmi , Oct 02, 2005)
Eunice de Souza's recent book, The Satthianadhan Family Album, is an interesting attempt to understand the life of early Tamil Christians.
- Home And The World (Hindu, Pradeep Sebastian, Oct 02, 2005)
On an impulse, I decided to read Amitava Kumar's Bombay, London, New York again. I read it in a hurry when it first came out in 2002, noting with pleasure that it was, among many other things, the first really good book on reading written by an Indian.
- Sharon’S Terms For Peace (Dawn, Anwar Syed, Oct 02, 2005)
AS a result of its first war with the Arabs (1948-49), Israel came into possession of about 80 per cent of Palestine.
- Gold On Firm Trend Ahead Of Festive Season (Hindu, Ramnath Subbu, Oct 02, 2005)
Weak dollar and dearer oil cause prices to stay high; purchases from Middle East push up market
- Hills Run Red (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 02, 2005)
Need for restraint in Meghalaya
- Crushing Rise In Pol Prices (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 02, 2005)
Prices of motor gasoline, HOBC, light diesel and kerosene oil have been raised from 7 to 12 per cent. According to an announcement by the OIL Committee Advisory Committee’s subcommittee, prices of petrol have been increased by Rs 3.68 to Rs 56.29 per lit.
- Rs. 10,000 Cr. For Irrigation Next Year (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 02, 2005)
YSR asks entrepreneurs to invest in food processing sector
Expenditure likely to overshoot estimates in 2005-06
Huge cultivation of pongamia in Mahabubnagar
Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University to set up a horticulture college
- Brutal Landscape (Hindu, Gowri Ramnarayan, Oct 02, 2005)
Jayanta Mahapatra on how he needs to find the little lights amidst desolation to keep going.
Physics taught me that time held you captive, but it also made you free.
- The Magic Of Breathing Music (Greater Kashmir, BASHEER SHAH, Oct 02, 2005)
Back home, I am sure I missed something extraordinary. You may agree with me that, we in general (for quite some time now) are immune to, or should we say attuned to ‘ordinary’ and as some one rightly said that we don’t even try to rise above the . . .
- Insular Decision-Making (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 02, 2005)
A National consultative workshop on economic literacy and budget analysis has demanded that the government should involve the parliament, civil society representatives, technocrats, opposition leaders and other sections of society in the economic . . .
- The Perfect Guru (Hindu, Aditi De, Oct 02, 2005)
This visually splendid book gives the reader a new lens with which to view pichhvais.
- Vaccine Developed For Blue Tongue Disease (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 02, 2005)
"Private industries should produce such vaccines"
- Yoga Keeps Me Going, Says Karunanidhi (Hindu, VANI DORAISAMY, Oct 01, 2005)
Praises from his yoga guru meant more to him than school certificates he never got
- Agricultural Income And Aggregation (Business Line, R. Anand, Oct 01, 2005)
If a minor has only agricultural income, there can be no clubbing, says R. Anand citing a recent Tribunal ruling
- Day Of Reckoning (Deccan Herald, V C Bhaskaran , Oct 01, 2005)
India has made a farce of Gandhi’s principles, as the gap between its rich and poor widens.
- Convergence And Divergence Of Growth (Business Line, D. Murali , Oct 01, 2005)
ECONOMICS is hardly a thriller. But Elhanan Helpman's The Mystery of Economic Growth, from Academic Foundation
- Elderly Woes-Iio Ld People’S Competence Can Be Effectively Utilised (Statesman, ANUPRIYO MALLICK, Oct 01, 2005)
The elderly can be categorised into two groups, namely pensioners and non-pensioners
- A Totalitarian Treat (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 01, 2005)
The 1951 biography of Stalin reads more like hagiography
- Heartless Heartthrobs (Tribune, Shailaja Chandra, Oct 01, 2005)
IT was the September of 1966. The setting was Mussoorie. The foundation course for the new batch of civil service trainees was in progress at the National Academy of Administration.
- Legends On Fire (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Oct 01, 2005)
The news that the Pahalgam Club on the bank of the picturesque Liddar has been gutted in a mysterious fire is extremely disappointing.
- Scientists Who Explored Antarctica (Tribune, Arun D. Ahluwalia, Oct 01, 2005)
India's quarter-century engagement with Antarctica has thrown up a number of heroes and heroines.
- Konkani Syllabus In Schools From Next Academic Year (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2005)
The Karnataka Konkani Sahitya Academy on Friday submitted the syllabus to the State government for the introduction of the same in schools from standard six to ten from the next academic year.
- How Bush's People Help Osama (Hindu, Sidney Blumenthal, Oct 01, 2005)
U.S. administration lectures about God delivered to Muslims are a dangerous folly.
- Post-Election Prospects In Afghanistan (Dawn, S. Mudassir Ali Shah, Oct 01, 2005)
As early results trickle in from the Afghan legislative elections, President Karzai’s principal political foe Yunus Qanuni — heading a 14-party alliance which is generally described as a rainbow grouping
- Will The Phoenix Rise Again? (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2005)
The Phoenix Settlement in South Africa is nothing short of a holy place. It was here that Mahatma Gandhi conceived the principles of the non-violent movement. But sadly, it's neglected and unvisited, says K.S. SHEKAR who went there to pay his homage
- Now Us Should Do More (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 01, 2005)
Situation in North Waziristan Agency seems to be pretty precarious. On Thursday helicopter gunships fired rockets on suspected militants’ hide-outs near Miranshah following a gun-battle between Army troops and tribesmen. According to witnesses score ....
- Research In Biotechnology Can Help Develop Low-Cost Medicines' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2005)
It offers novel approaches to conquering diseases, easing world hunger and reducing environmental pollution
- Moral Policing In Tamil Nadu (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 01, 2005)
A rash of recent events has exposed an ugly vein of intolerance, chauvinism, and sexism running through a section of Tamil Nadu's police, media, and polity.
- For Silicon Valley India Is The Hottest (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2005)
About half of the jobs being outsourced by Silicon Valley companies are going to India, according to a survey released here. More than 53 per cent of Silicon Valley companies surveyed this month reported that they outsource a portion, or all, . . . .
- Don’T Panic, There Is A Way Out (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Oct 01, 2005)
There was no need to break down the main gate of a doctor as this would have done no good to the patient who needed a proper consultation already available in the institute twenty four hours.
- Well Done In Tehran (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 01, 2005)
The Pakistan contingent which took part in the 4th Islamic Women’s Games in Tehran needs to be congratulated. The 73 competitors managed to win 16 medals, including five gold medals.
- Venus Express Is Set To Take Off (Hindu, Tim Radford, Oct 01, 2005)
European scientists are preparing to monitor the neighbour from hell. Venus Express, a robot spacecraft little bigger than a refrigerator, is to be the first mission in 15 years to the second rock from the sun.
- City Partially Hit (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 30, 2005)
Bangaloreans who woke up to a gloomy and wet weather on Thursday with a strike call threatening to disrupt life for rest of the day were in for a pleasant surprise.
- The Making Of Bapu (Deccan Herald, PREM PAUL NINAN, Sep 30, 2005)
Gandhi was once just a simple lawyer in South Africa. It was his perseverance against injustice and violence that made him the Mahatma, writes Prem Paul Ninan
- The Old Order (Tribune, S.S. Dhanoa, Sep 30, 2005)
Just about a decade after the British had left India, I found myself posted as the Deputy Commissioner of Dhanbad in Bihar, now Jharkhand. It came as a surprise that the British presence was there everywhere in the district as most of the coal mines . . .
- India Faces Leadership Crisis At All Levels: Official (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 30, 2005)
Technocrat Sam Pitroda on Wednesday said India as a country lacked people with strong leadership qualities at all levels,
- Un At 60 (Tribune, Anita Inder Singh, Sep 30, 2005)
The world summit in New York from September 14 to 16 took place at a time when the very relevance of the UN, the efficacy of the Security Council, the competence of Secretary- General Kofi Annan and the accountability of some of the UN’s officials . . .
- Men, More Than Material, Can Bridge Rural-Urban Divide (Business Line, Sudhansu R. Das, Sep 30, 2005)
So much potential remains untapped in rural India. But the problem that haunts planners and economists is the lack of human material to integrate the two Indias.
- Tamil Nadu, South Australia To Ink Deal On Sister State Ties (Hindu, T.S. Shankar, Sep 30, 2005)
South Australia will centre its activities out of Chennai, says Premier Rann To work together in water conservation, automobile industry and sports
- Unity, The Spiritual Law Of Our Age (Deccan Herald, A K MERCHANT, Sep 30, 2005)
We live in an age when wealth on a scale undreamed of by the Pharaohs, the Caesars,
- ‘We Need A Stick Here In India’ (Deccan Herald, Dipti Nair, Sep 30, 2005)
Arindam Chaudhuri, economist, management guru and author of the well-known bestseller, Count Your Chickens Before They Hatch (CYCBTH), has a way with words just as he has a way with management theories. He loves to twist them around.
- Low-Cost Laptop Closer To Reality (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 30, 2005)
A low-cost computer for the masses moved one step closer to reality on Wednesday.
- A Dash Of Danish (Hindu, ATHREYA, Sep 30, 2005)
A Danish painter is setting up an international art centre in Mysore, a city that has a long tradition of nurturing the arts
- Nipuna Achieves Escm Level 4 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 30, 2005)
Guide to evaluate, select and monitor service providers
- Mixed Response To Trade Unions' Strike In Karnataka (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 30, 2005)
Strike near total in urban centres; no untoward incident reported
- Trade Union Bandh Evokes Partial Response; Peaceful (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 30, 2005)
The general strike called by trade unions resulted in a partial and peaceful bandh here on Thursday.
- Like In America In Early Twentieth Century, India To Focus On Fundamental Scientific Research And Development – A Shrewd Move Overtake The West Decisively In Fifty Years (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 30, 2005)
Like in America in early twentieth century, India to focus on fundamental scientific research and development – a shrewd move overtake the West decisively in fifty years
- India's Courts: The Long Wait For Justice (Hindu, N.L. Rajah, Sep 30, 2005)
The situation in the Madras High Court highlights the truth that the Indian judiciary is distressingly understaffed and underfunded — therefore hard pressed to deliver justice.
- Coercive Diplomacy Will Not Work: Musharraf (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Sep 30, 2005)
Hopeful of an acceptable settlement on J&K
- Market Kashmir (Greater Kashmir, MEHRAJU DIN BHAT, Sep 30, 2005)
Service sectors are growing fast in this post-industrial economy and world economy is becoming more dependent upon it as 90% of USA economy and 49%of Indian economy is based on this sector.
- Before They Perish (Greater Kashmir, DR. MIR M. MANSOOR, Sep 30, 2005)
Three species of Gyps vultures (Oriental White-backed, Long-billed, and Slender-billed) occurring in South Asia have been listed as critically endangered fallowing a catastrophic crash in their populations to less than 5% since the early 1990’s.
- ‘We Need A Stick Here In India’ (Hindu, Dipti Nair, Sep 30, 2005)
Arindam Chaudhuri, economist, management guru and author of the well-known bestseller, Count Your Chickens Before They Hatch (CYCBTH), has a way with words just as he has a way with management theories. He loves to twist them around.
- Knight On A Shining Peacock! (Hindu, Mala Kumar, Sep 30, 2005)
The Purulia Chhau dancers from the region bordering West Bengal were out of this world
- The Telling Mirror (Hindu, MALINI WHITE, Sep 30, 2005)
Art historian B.N. Goswamy, who accidentally stumbled into the world of miniature paintings, maintains that the best of it comes from Lahore
- Uas Scientists’ Research Ends Pest Menace (Deccan Herald, Chamraj Savadi, Sep 30, 2005)
Besides discovering a novel approach to control the pest menace, the scientists from UAS, Dharwad have also set an example in social activism.
- Aids Is Nature’S Curse Of The New Millennium (Greater Kashmir, Tanvir Sadiq, Sep 30, 2005)
Let our Public Men set a precedent by coming forward voluntarily and demanding an HIV Test Tanvir Sadiq suggests
- Food Pyramid For Children (Tribune, Sally Squires, Sep 30, 2005)
THE federal government on Wednesday unveiled the first ``food pyramid’’ specifically aimed at 6- to 11-year-old children,
- Setting An Agenda For The Oic Summit (Dawn, Ahsan Iqbal, Sep 29, 2005)
The conference of the scholars and intellectuals representing different countries of the ummah called by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques,
- Labour Needs A New Leader (Hindu, Neal Lawson, Sep 29, 2005)
The politics of safety first, on ground defined by the Right, means that inequality continues to grow.
- Workers’ Interests (Statesman, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Sep 29, 2005)
Congress And CPI-M Should Work Out Consensus On Labour Reforms
- Reforms In Iit’S Jee (Indian Express, Prof V G Idichandy, Sep 29, 2005)
The joint entrance examination (JEE) of the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology has a long history.
- Reducing Population (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Sep 29, 2005)
If the high population growth rate of Pakistan has been adversely affecting its economic growth rate so far, will the current high economic growth rate cut down the population growth?
- A Structural Reinforcement Plan: Reorientation Of Saarc-Ii (Dawn, Shamshad Ahmed, Sep 29, 2005)
In the context of “systemic re-orientation”, Saarc must adapt itself to the new realities even if it means the rewriting of its basic charter. All institutions are susceptible to change and improvement.
- History For Children (Telegraph, Tapas Majumdar, Sep 29, 2005)
The strange twist that the study of the past takes in India
- Girls For Less (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2005)
Perhaps the girls will get to live if they cost less. This is the sort of logic — brutal, but undeniable — that the Centre addresses through the human resource development ministry’s latest set of measures.
- Harmony In The Works (Business Line, Mohan R. Lavi, Sep 29, 2005)
Mohan R. Lavi on the ongoing efforts at converging accounting standards
- Start At The Very Beginning (Telegraph, Uttam Sengupta, Sep 29, 2005)
The recent Jharkhand high court ruling raises fundamental questions about constitutional guarantees for the weak, writes Uttam Sengupta
- Vip Toppers (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 29, 2005)
The manner in which bureaucrats and their kin (including judicial officers) continue to top LL M and LL B examinations of Rajasthan University, Jaipur, since 2001 raises serious questions about the credibility of the entire examination process and the int
- The Ignored Media Issues (Tribune, N. Bhaskara Rao, Sep 29, 2005)
The Information and Broadcasting Ministry has been active, off late, to catch up with the long-pending issues related to FM radio, DTH, FDI, etc. The minister should be complimented on taking the initiative of holding a series of consultations with ....
- India Cuts China Competitiveness Lead (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2005)
: India is breathing down the dragon’s neck. Jumping five places, India was ranked 50th in the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report, released on Wednesday.
- Time For An Entrepreneurship Policy (Business Line, A. Vasudevan, Sep 29, 2005)
To generate jobs beyond the IT sector, entrepreneurial activity needs stimulation based on an integrated framework of culture, choice of occupation, as also resource and opportunity availability.
- Soft Image, Harsh Reality (Dawn, Aqil Shah, Sep 29, 2005)
On September 17, demonstrators led by the Asian-American Network Against Abuse had picketed the Roosevelt Hotel in New York where General Musharraf was staying in connection with the UN General Assembly meeting.
- Jayalalithaa Blames Centre For Delaying Law On Admissions (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2005)
Education Minister criticises AICTE for not consulting State before taking decisions
- More ‘Q’S Than ‘A’S (Deccan Herald, H N ANANDA, Sep 29, 2005)
Life offers chances for a laugh over its ironies, as for many answers we ask more questions
- The Mind: A Friend Or Foe (Deccan Herald, A R Natarajan, Sep 29, 2005)
Most people seek for the silent mind. It makes no difference if one is ‘worldly’ or ‘religious’ for this purpose.
- Manmohan Concerned Over Report On Science (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2005)
NCAER study points to shortage of motivated teachers at higher level
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