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Articles 17721 through 17820 of 22438:
- The Economics Of Crime (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Jul 26, 2005)
The causes and determinants of crime have a significant bearing on the economy and society. Demographics could also contribute to an increase in crime rates. Rapid economic growth will mean more opportunities for crime.
- A Hidden Scourge (US News & World Report, Terry Atlas, Jul 25, 2005)
India's huge population disguises the growing number of HIV-infected citizens
- Quality Education (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 25, 2005)
College teachers must take care to maintain high standards of education
- India Can Eat Into Bioinformatics Market, Says Industry Report (Hindu, P.K. Bhardwaj, Jul 25, 2005)
Government should bring in changes
- Tackling Poverty, Suicides (Tribune, C. Narendra Reddy, Jul 25, 2005)
The spate of suicides by farmers in several states blows in the face of the Planning Commission estimates on poverty reduction.
- Britain's Tolerance Put To Test (Japan Times, HUGH CORTAZZI, Jul 25, 2005)
The British government has backed the development of a multicultural and multiethnic society,
- I Use Astronomy As A Trojan Horse' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2005)
How to make teaching interesting
- Research Universities: Mind Is The Key (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Jul 25, 2005)
If the country can change the mindset of hypocritical politicians and "intellectual" busybodies,
- Black Spots On Zari Borders (Indian Express, NEETA LAL , Jul 25, 2005)
In the labyrinthine innards of Zafarabad, a resettlement colony in East Delhi, 25-odd kids
- Revive The Swatantra Party (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , Jul 25, 2005)
The Berlin wall fell sixteen years ago. Free market communism of the Deng variety has been in place in China with vim and gusto for about two decades
- Services Sector Is The New Economic Growth Engine (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2005)
The growth in the services sector aided by the liberalisation in the regulatory framework has taken the country on a higher growth trajectory, writes Aditya Raj Das.
- Left To Pressure Centre Into Implementing Cmp (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2005)
It is in Congress character to deviate from promises, says Yechury
- Forwards Fit Modern Society's Needs (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 25, 2005)
When e-mails started becoming popular as a convenient and easy way of keeping in touch with friends, family and acquaintances, the 'forward' made its first appearance.
- Captain Vs Education (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 25, 2005)
The Amarinder Singh government’s decision to phase out the 95 per cent aid given to the recognised private schools in the state’s urban areas is bound to cripple their functioning and push up the cost of education for students.
- Extremism: Causes And Consequences (Dawn, Talat Masood, Jul 24, 2005)
THE terrible bomb blasts in London, now described as 7/7, coming in the wake of 9/11, the Bali carnage and Madrid bombings, have once again brought into focus the hard fact that terrorism today is the single most threat to peace and stability of nations a
- Hindus Make Ideal Emigres (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 24, 2005)
This refers to the article, "Sun never sets on Indians" (The Cutting Ed, July 17), by Mr Chandan Mitra.
- A Dreadful State Of Mind (Dawn, Anwar Syed, Jul 24, 2005)
EVER since the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, DC (9/11), many commentators have argued that terrorism will not go away until its underlying causes are identified and removed. General Musharraf has repeatedly made this argument.
- Londonistan Calling (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 24, 2005)
Pakistan's President and military chief Gen Pervez Musharraf's charge that Britain must look within to discover the real instigators of Islamist terror in that country is not wide of the mark
- Population Stabilisation Not By Coercion: Pm (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2005)
Manmohan Singh said focussing on empowerment of women and eliminating poverty is the best way to achieve population stabilisation.
- Documentary Evokes Debate On Partition (Tribune, Humra Quraishi, Jul 24, 2005)
ARE we going backwards? No, not just by way of bleak power and water output, but seeing the Jinnah mania that’s gripped us. Maybe, the Partition chaos had been simmering in our psyche for too long and just about needed the go ahead by that one utterance.
- Surpluses And Luck (Washington Post, Editorial, Washington Post, Jul 24, 2005)
LIKE SOME OTHER immodest governors nationwide who are benefiting from a surge in state tax collections, Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. (R) is claiming credit for Maryland's revenue windfall, suggesting it is the product of his administration's shrewd fiscal s
- Championing The Cause Of Environment (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Jul 24, 2005)
Known as one of the top five most powerful persons in Asia and recipient of the Time “Environment Hero Award”, Dr Vandana Shiva now aspires to get a Nobel Peace Prize.
- The Answer To A Puzzle: Kvs (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2005)
Water envelops Malnad in manifold ways. It falls in sheets from the sky, snakes its way around plunging valleys, vanishes into thin smoke from Malnad’s typical ‘bath ovens’ and reflects the sky in its streams and rivers.
- Valuable Addition To Buddhist Literature (Deccan Herald, TARA KASHYAP , Jul 24, 2005)
The book would have made a greater impact on the reading public if the matter had been presented in a more organised manner.
- Falling Standards Of Research (Tribune, Vikram Chadha, Jul 24, 2005)
Universities are the inimitable refractors and fountainhead of knowledge and new information that drive and propel societies and civilisations towards higher accomplishments.
- The Shahenshah Of Shivaji Park (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Jul 23, 2005)
Bal Thackeray started his career as a cartoonist with the Free Press Journal and so did R K Laxman. Both were self-taught and good at their jobs. Both had a sense of humour: Laxman’s was kindly, Thackeray’s acerbic. Both applied for a job with The Times o
- Village Growth Hit By Lack Of Road (Tribune, Gobind Thukral, Jul 23, 2005)
Jungi, a village of some 200 souls, is not an odd name. Ask anywhere, in Tatapani on the banks of the swirling Satluj, and people can direct you to this village that falls in Mandi district.
- Londonistan Calling (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jul 23, 2005)
Pakistan's President and military chief Gen Pervez Musharraf's charge that Britain must look within to discover the real instigators of Islamist terror in that country is not wide of the mark.
- Enfant Terrible (Deccan Herald, Prabhakar Kulkarni, Jul 23, 2005)
My infant son has this knack of getting his parents embarrassed, with child-like ease
- The Burden Of Innocence (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 23, 2005)
YESTERDAY'S papers carried a news item that stated that the Government had announced new regulations for issuance of passports and renewal of existing ones with the objective of checking fraud
- Hindus Make Ideal Emigres (Pakistan Observer, Prafull Goradia, Jul 23, 2005)
This refers to the article, "Sun never sets on Indians" (The Cutting Ed, July 17), by Mr Chandan Mitra
- The Sen Prescription (Tribune, A.J. Philip, Jul 23, 2005)
I REMEMBERED the most argumentative Indian I ever met when I read Amartya Sen’s The Argumentative Indian*. He was a train passenger who, unmindful of a towel on a seat, occupied it.
- Change Of Opinion (Tribune, Vijai Singh Mankotia , Jul 23, 2005)
When I was going through my elementary and later university education I had as one of my staunchest friends Raghav Subramaniam, of excellent South Indian stock, popularly called Rags and not Raghu, as you may want to believe.
- Spaniard And Indian (Telegraph, B.T. Ranadive, Jul 23, 2005)
In 1977, Left Fronts dominated by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) came to power in the states of West Bengal and Kerala. A year later, the CPI(M) leader, B.T. Ranadive, wrote a pungent critique of the parliamentary path to socialism. This took the
- Never-Ending Story Of Never-Never Land (Japan Times, FRANK CHING, Jul 23, 2005)
The recent visits by three Taiwan opposition leaders to mainland China illustrates the new policy of Chinese President Hu Jintao, which is a marked departure from that of his predecessor, Jiang Zemin
- Making Ends Meet With Less (Japan Times, Editorial, Japan Times, Jul 23, 2005)
The fiscal 2005 "Annual Report on the Japanese Economy and Public Finances" pays attention to the impact on the economy of two inevitable demographic changes:
- Corruption Spreads In Russia (Tribune, Andrew Osborn , Jul 23, 2005)
Vladimir Putin’s much-publicised campaign to stamp out corruption was shown to be spectacularly failing on Thursday when an authoritative study showed Russians are being forced to bribe their way through life like never before.
- The Harry Potter Phenomenon (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 22, 2005)
LONG BEFORE THE buzz dies down, and the cash registers stop ringing from the sale of millions of copies of Harry Potter adventures, there is enough in the phenomenon already for marketing pundits to reflect on the question:
- Mozart Redeems Our Mediocrity (Hindu, Dylan Evans, Jul 22, 2005)
IN ANCIENT Greece, people expected their heroes to be different. The first readers of the Iliad did not imagine they could ever be as great as Achilles.
- Learning The Hard Way (Deccan Herald, Padma Ramachandran, Jul 22, 2005)
When I accepted the challenge, I knew I had to succeed or there would be disastrous consequences
- Sorry Sir, That’S Not My Table (Deccan Herald, Suresh Menon, Jul 22, 2005)
Mugabe has become a caricature of an African ruler who gets his way through state-sponsored torture. How can we play cricket there?
- Sc Sets Aside Election Of Cong Mla (Deccan Herald, DH news, Jul 22, 2005)
The Supreme Court has taken serious note of an interpolation (insertion) made by a Returning Officer (RO) on the nomination paper of a BJP candidate, quashing the election of a Congress MLA Surendra Singh Negi in Uttaranchal.
- Gurupurnima Celebrates Devotion And Love (Times of India, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Jul 21, 2005)
Gurupurnima is called the day of the Master. Actually, it is the day of the devotee. As a student you probably went to primary, middle and senior school. You collected information; you learned about the mind, about computers, mathematics, how two plus one
- Silent Night (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 21, 2005)
It may now be possible for citizens of India to sleep peacefully at night without being disturbed by blaring music from a neighbour’s stereo or loudspeakers screeching bhajans at the local jagran.
- Empires Good And Evil (Times of India, SANJAY SUBRAHMANYAM, Jul 21, 2005)
On June 1, 2004 The Royal Geographical Society in London held a debate whose motion was "The British Empire was a Force for Good".
- No Madrasa Link To London Attacks (Hindu, William Dalrymple, Jul 21, 2005)
COLIN POWELL and Donald Rumsfeld were not known for their close agreement on matters of foreign policy, but one thing that they were united upon was the threat posed by Pakistan's madrasas.
- A Largely Bourgeois Endeavour (Deccan Herald, William Dalrymple, Jul 21, 2005)
Al Qaeda-type terrorists are not the type who seek out madrasas. Most of them are highly educated
- Sunni-Shia Relations Hit Rock Bottom In Iraq (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Jul 21, 2005)
The National Dialogue Council has opted out of Iraq’s constitutional commission after the killing of two of its members.
- Terrorist Strikes (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 21, 2005)
THERE is no end to terrorist violence in Jammu and Kashmir. The number of such incidents may have come down, but terrorists continue to make their presence felt. They struck in Srinagar on Wednesday soon after Army chief General J. J. Singh gave an accoun
- Another Lesson (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 21, 2005)
Sudden changes of tune invariably hide a twisted tale. The government of West Bengal has decided that it will not support the establishment of any more madrasahs in the state.
- Four Killed In Kashmir Blast (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Jul 21, 2005)
A day after the Commander of the Srinagar based 15 Corps, Lt. Gen. S. S. Dhillon, vowed to eliminate the militant leadership in Kashmir, a suspected suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden car into an Army vehicle in the high security zone of Sonwar out
- 3 Troops, 2 Others Killed In Car Blast (Deccan Herald, A N Sudarsan Rao , Jul 21, 2005)
A person claiming to represent the Hizbul Mujahideen called a news agency and said the militant group was responsible for the blast.
- Pakistan Detains 200 Militants (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Jul 21, 2005)
Pakistan has detained more than 200 suspected militants as part of the crackdown on extremism after the London bombings.
- Speaking Silence (Hindu, Special Correspondent, The Hindu, Jul 21, 2005)
Differently-abled artist Khaled Mohammed's paintings demonstrate his penchant for bright colours and swirling lines
- Islamic Law Must Evolve (Times of India, Asif Jalal, Jul 21, 2005)
The fatwa on Imrana has raised plenty of heat and passion. Some saw it as a women’s issue, others as a fit case to push the uniform civil code. But what was lost sight of in this din was a more fundamental issue: Is the law of Islam capable of evolution?
- Improved Spinach Variety For Hilly Regions (Hindu, M.J. PRABU , Jul 21, 2005)
THE HORTICULTURAL Research Station, Ooty has released an improved spinach variety labelled Ooty Tt-1 developed from the germplasm of the old variety called New Zealand spinach
- Plastics And Male Babies (Hindu, Ian Sample , Jul 21, 2005)
SCIENTISTS IN America have found the first evidence that common chemicals used in products as diverse as cosmetics, toys, cling film and plastic bags may harm the development of unborn baby boys.
- A Legal Regime For Anxious Times (Indian Express, Chetan Dhruve, Jul 21, 2005)
How did we Indians achieve such astonishing success abroad, especially in the US? How did the likes of Infosys and Wipro make it so big?
- Guru's Charisma Leads You To Your Self (Times of India, Swami Chaitanya Keerti, Jul 20, 2005)
What is the difference between a guru, sadguru and mahaguru?
- I. G. Patel — Passing Of A Humane Economist (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Jul 20, 2005)
Dr Patel will be remembered for his constructive role in building up cooperation between India and the West, in particular the US and Bretton Woods Institutions.
- Janus-Faced Colonialism In India (Times of India, Gopal Guru , Jul 20, 2005)
Dalits, Bahujans gained from British encounter
- Of Mandi And Teji At The Bourses — Remain Calm And Do Not Be Greedy To Make Money From The Market, Speeding Or Not (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jul 20, 2005)
Buy and sell small quantities, and have patience and discipline, you will never lose in the market.'
- Janus-Faced Colonialism In India (Times of India, Gopal Guru , Jul 20, 2005)
Dalits, Bahujans gained from British encounter
- Nuclear Bargain May Prove Costly In Long Run (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Jul 20, 2005)
IAEA inspections at civilian plants will hamper nuclear programme, say experts
- The Loophole's Loophole (Washington Post, Editorial, Washington Post, Jul 19, 2005)
Every Once in a while, Congress works the way it is supposed to work. Just before the July 4 recess, an unusually decisive House voted 224 to 178 in favor of an amendment to a spending bill proposed by Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.)
- Where Cess Has Gone (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 19, 2005)
This parliamentary session, the govt must be interrogated on the education cess
- De-Stress Students (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 19, 2005)
STUDENTS can look forward to some alleviation of stress during their school-leaving examination, thanks to certain measures taken by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).
- A Culture For Teaching (Washington Post, William Raspberry, Jul 19, 2005)
One way I know I've heard a keen insight into a difficult problem is when I find myself thinking: I knew that all along .
- Asian Ecumenism (Hindu, FELIX WILFRED, Jul 19, 2005)
History of Asian ecumenism which has acquired its own identity and vibrancy
- Madras In Line And Tone (Hindu, S. MUTHIAH , Jul 19, 2005)
A curious book to be published by a Saiva Siddhanta society, this book with an even more grammatically curious title describes itself as a "Collectors (sic) Edition".
- Govt, Naxals Urged To Shun Violence (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 19, 2005)
Justice A J Sadashiva called upon the State government and the Naxals to shun the path of violence and find an amicable solution.
- Initiatives To Power The Knowledge Economy (Hindu, KIRAN KARNIK, Jul 18, 2005)
India cannot achieve its real potential unless we have large numbers of people at the highest level of research in the universities.
- State Of Denial (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 18, 2005)
It is not enough to introduce sex education in schools, Indians need to bring the “s” word into their homes, writes Venetia Ansell
- A Little ‘aristocrat’ (Tribune, Darshan Singh Maini, Jul 18, 2005)
Occasionally, I have been drawn to do little water-colour sketches of the children close to me
- Eliminating Child Labour (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 18, 2005)
There is no doubt that the ministry of information and broadcasting’s move to raise public awareness about child labour is both timely and commendable
- Winning A Battle Of Wills (Dawn, David Ignatius, Jul 18, 2005)
The real threat posed by last week’s brutal bombings in London is that the Muslim terrorists who apparently planted the bombs still think they can win.
- Outsourcing Of Education Is India's New Catch (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2005)
Capitalising on the shortage of teachers in the US, especially in subjects like mathematics, Indian tutors are finding online education a good revenue spinner in this emerging segment in outsourcing
- In Every Heaven (Indian Express, Renuka Narayanan, Jul 18, 2005)
Where do you think you’re going?
- ‘science Can Be Very Fulfilling’ (Deccan Herald, Sunil Kumar M, Jul 18, 2005)
Prof P Balaram, a distinguished scientist, has been appointed director of India’s premier research institute, Indian Institute of Science. Prof Balaram is a well-known biologist and the editor of Current Science
- Traditional Mindset Blocks Innovation (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2005)
CAN you have a circus with a tent but no animals? Can you combine circus with theatre?
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