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Articles 18021 through 18120 of 22438:
- The Question Of Image (Dawn, S.M. Naseem, Jun 25, 2005)
The way the Pakistani government has handled the case of the gang-rape victim Mukhtaran Mai reflects the gulf between high-sounding aims and ground realities.
- Religious Scholar’S Murder (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 25, 2005)
Yet another religious scholar has been shot dead in Karachi.
- Primacy Of The Mother Tongue (Deccan Herald, Gautamaditya Sridhara and Mala Sridhara , Jun 25, 2005)
Psychologists are of the opinion that it is in the child’s interests that s/he be instructed in the mother tongue and not in an alien language
- Friends Identify Naxal’S Body (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2005)
Umesh who visited home frequently after he joined the Naxal group, told his parents that he had a job in Bangalore.
- Amu Reservation, A Good Step (Indian Express, S.M. FAIZAN AHMED AND SANJAY SUMAN , Jun 25, 2005)
The issue of reservations for Muslims at Aligarh Muslim University worries many.
- Scars Of Emergency (Tribune, Kuldip Nayar, Jun 25, 2005)
Some scars do not go away. They remind a nation of the rough period it has gone through.
- Layers Of History (Japan Times, RAMACHANDRA GUHA, Jun 25, 2005)
The histories of Indian cities are contained in the names of their streets and squares.
- Helping Africa To Help Itself (Japan Times, KAZUO OGOURA, Jun 25, 2005)
Systemic risks are factors that threaten not only individual countries themselves but also the whole global system.
- Modernising The Legal System (Business Line, R. Parthasarathy , Jun 24, 2005)
In India, litigation is time-consuming and costs the litigants a lot, with no finality in several cases.
- Eu States Also Need To Deal With Israel (Japan Times, RAMZY BAROUD, Jun 24, 2005)
DOHA, Qatar -- Hamas' electoral success since the first round of local elections in Gaza in December has signaled a dramatic shift in the way the movement is perceived both nationally and internationally.
- Life On Other Planets (Hindu, Seth Shostak, Jun 24, 2005)
Last Week, astronomers announced that they had made a giant breakthrough by finding something small.
- Balochistan: Social Sectors Ignored (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 24, 2005)
A Rs 46.37 billion Balochistan budget for the year 2005-06 was announced by the provincial Finance Minister Syed Ehsan Shah in Quetta on Wednesday.
- A Tribute To George Dantzig — To Him, Impossible Was Nothing (Business Line, Niranjan Krishnan, Jun 24, 2005)
A YOUNG student walks into the classroom. He is late and finds the professor well into his lecture. He notices two problems written on the blackboard. He thinks they are routine assignments and copies them down in his notebook.
- Aids Challenge To India (Tribune, Usha Rai, Jun 24, 2005)
When the rumour mill was at its peak about the disappearance from public life of Subroto Roy, the head of the Sahara Empire, because he was “seriously ill,” he was compelled to go public and deny that he had AIDS.
- Poor Quality Control (Telegraph, ASOKENDU SENGUPTA, Jun 24, 2005)
The All India Council for Technical Education recently made its presence felt when it cut 38,000
- Tweaking The Line On Pakistan (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Jun 24, 2005)
The UPA-NDA exchanges on the dialogue process with Pakistan are no sudden eruption.
- Jatoi-Mahar Settlement (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 24, 2005)
AN 18-year-old dispute between the Jatoi and Mahar tribes in Sindh, which started as a row over a piece of agricultural land, was resolved on Sunday at a meeting presided over by the provincial chief minister in Sukkur.
- Balochistan Budget (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 24, 2005)
BALOCHISTAN’S Rs46.37 billion budget for 2005-06 unveiled on Wednesday by finance minister Syed Ehsan Shah is a case of a poor man reeling under the heavy burden of Rs13.24 billion in deficit.
- Vc, Wrong Number (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 24, 2005)
Vijay Khole's prescriptions for student welfare are unencumbered by any complexities.
- Confession Of A Communalist (Indian Express, Vikram Kumar, Jun 24, 2005)
I met Khan Sahib at a private gathering. Urdu poetry is a passion with him.
- Today's Editorial: No Mere Quibble (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 24, 2005)
The debate on the extent of poverty in India has become too serious to be left to economists alone.
- The Scourge Of Africa (Hindu, Olusegun Obasanjo, Jun 24, 2005)
There is a pain in the belly of Africa that just will not go away. It is gnawing at our development goals and undermining our economies.
- Moving Towards Closer Integration (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 24, 2005)
The sixth session of the Sri Lanka-India Joint Commission, held in Colombo recently, has taken the bilateral relationship to an enhanced level — well on the way to closer integration of the two countries and economies.
- Africa's Debt Deal: Not Out Of The Blue (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Jun 24, 2005)
Africa is the flavour of 2005, described as a "make or break year" for the continent on which the UN, G-8 and international financial institutions are all focussed because it is where poverty is more intractable than in other parts of the developing world
- No Getting Away From The Imf (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Jun 23, 2005)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz says Pakistan is making fast progress and has achieved the target of economic self-sufficiency. The country is no longer in need of foreign co-operation in terms of foreign aid, he has stressed.
- Unfair To Students (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 23, 2005)
The two scandals that have surfaced in the SSLC exams shake our faith in the system
- Two Visions Of Rural Uplift (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Jun 23, 2005)
The need of the hour is not a technological fix but a model linked to the basic needs of the villagers
- Nuclear Threat Or Bluff? (Business Line, K. Subrahmanyam, Jun 23, 2005)
The old time-worn story of Bruce Riedel, who was on President Clinton’s National Security Council staff during the Kargil crisis and was present during the Clinton-Nawaz Sharif negotiations on July 4, 1999, has captured Indian media headlines once again.
- Developing Ideas On Development (Business Line, A. Vasudevan, Jun 23, 2005)
Good governance and sound policy reforms will not be enough if the growth rate is to go up and expand employment.
- The Boss Who Disappeared From His Yacht (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 23, 2005)
In Corporate governance there are not always `right' and `wrong' answers, writes Robert Wearing in Cases in Corporate Governance from Sage (www.indiasage.com).
- Learn To Work (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 23, 2005)
The census figures indicate that 17 per cent of India's graduates are jobless. If employment is defined as productive work, this figure goes up to 40 per cent
- Brief Case: Numb And Number (Times of India, JUG SURAIYA, Jun 23, 2005)
524873? 6103421! Is that what a conversational exchange between two people look and sound like in the not-all-that-remote future?
- Is It Really Worth Going To University? (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Jun 23, 2005)
The policy of one-size-fits-all has played havoc with higher education in the countries where it has been tried, including India, and the signs are that it is not likely to work in Britain.
- Foreign Workers Face Battle To Win Jobs (New Zealand Herald, Julie Middleton , Jun 22, 2005)
Recruiters discriminate heavily against Chinese and Indian job seekers, according to a new study which probed the behaviour of 350 New Zealand managers and professionals.
- Grieving Tsunami Mothers Turn To Fertility Surgery (New Zealand Herald, Y.P. Rajesh, Jun 22, 2005)
AKKARAPETTAI, India - Like hundreds of mothers on India’s southeastern coast, Vasantha lost all her children -- a son and two daughters -- to the Indian Ocean tsunami.
- Chinese And Indian Economies To Overtake Japan By 2020 (New Zealand Herald, Reuters, Jun 22, 2005)
China and India will be the world's second and third largest economies by 2020, pushing Japan into fourth place, according to research by Deutsche Bank.
- Nepal Slips Back To Medieval Rule (New Zealand Herald, Justin Huggler, Jun 22, 2005)
The King of Nepal has just seized absolute power, sacked the entire Government and put the country's Prime Minister under house arrest.
- Exporter Importing Talent (New Zealand Herald, Owen Hembry , Jun 22, 2005)
Fonterra is the world’s leading exporter of dairy products but, in the fight for international executives, it has shown bottle as an importer.
- Paying The Price To Enjoy Beauty Of The Himalayas (New Zealand Herald, Amanda Kyne, Jun 22, 2005)
The Maoist rebel appeared out of nowhere. It was 6.30am and I had been up at Poon Hill watching the sun rise over the Himalayas.
- Japan Set To Drop Out Of World's Big Three (New Zealand Herald, Reuters, Jun 22, 2005)
China and India will be the world's second and third largest economies by 2020, pushing Japan into fourth place,
- Australia: Regional Profile (New Zealand Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2005)
History: Australia is the world's smallest continent but the sixth largest country.
- Nepal King Names New Cabinet, World Condemns (New Zealand Herald, Reuters, Jun 22, 2005)
Nepal's King Gyanendra unveiled a 10-member cabinet under his leadership on Wednesday, a day after he sacked the prime minister
- Rice To Challenge North Korea To Return To Nuke Talks (New Zealand Herald, Saul Hudson , Jun 22, 2005)
TOKYO - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will challenge North Korea on Saturday to give up its nuclear weapons as she presses partners in Asia to make Pyongyang return to six-party arms talks.
- Rethink Reservation (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 22, 2005)
Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy would like to take credit for redeeming his poll promise to Muslims.
- Kashmir Peace Bus Passengers Cross Ceasefire Line (New Zealand Herald, Reuters, Jun 22, 2005)
India-Pakistan border - Showered with tears and rose petals from relatives thought long lost, two groups of Indian and Pakistani Kashmiris walked over the "Peace Bridge"
- Be Free And Be Creative (Indian Express, NANDITA PATEL, Jun 22, 2005)
While altogether banning smoking on the Indian screen, as recently demanded by the Health Ministry, does seem excessive,
- Reviving Circular Railway (Dawn, Zubeida Mustafa, Jun 22, 2005)
There are three elements that are essential for any development project to be executed smoothly and with the minimum of public dislocation and discontent.
- Who’S Who? (Dawn, Hafizur Rahman, Jun 22, 2005)
March 23, Pakistan Day, came three months ago, and August 14, Independence Day, is nearer — two months away.
- Caterpillar Group Boycotted For Selling Bulldozers To Israel (New Zealand Herald, Reuters, Jun 22, 2005)
From boots to baseball caps, the Caterpillar fashion range is marketed as upmarket outdoors wear for label-conscious youth.
- Meanwhile, Our Energy Consumption Keeps On Going Up (New Zealand Herald, Chris de Freitas, Jun 22, 2005)
The Kyoto Protocol, an icon of the global environmental movement, is finally taking legal effect after years of controversy since it was agreed in 1997.
- Insight Into Indonesia (New Zealand Herald, Andrew Clifford, Jun 22, 2005)
A sadfact reinforced by the Boxing Day tsunami is that our awareness of other cultures is often limited to their presence in world media headlines in times of strife.
- Women Fear Dentist More Than Men (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 22, 2005)
A new study conducted at the University of Toronto suggests that women are 2.5 times more likely than men to fear a visit to the dentist.
- Did Whale Beaching Foretell Disaster? (New Zealand Herald, Michael McCarthy, Jun 22, 2005)
On the internet it is already a spreading legend: did the mass stranding and deaths of whales and dolphins on an Australian beach signal the advent of the earthquake that caused the Boxing Day tsunami?
- Riding On Oil (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 22, 2005)
The story of oil price hikes in India is as tedious as a tale told many times over. Political parties refuse to accept the simple premise that changes in the domestic prices of petrol and diesel should reflect global oil prices.
- Tiff Over Bhel (Tribune, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Jun 22, 2005)
In the coming months, tension between the Congress and the communist parties is expected to exacerbate,
- Ascending Order (Tribune, Seema Jain, Jun 22, 2005)
MY little poppet, all of five years, is a no nonsense person when it comes to “school”.
- Tcs To Employ 13,500 This Year (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2005)
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS) will recruit 13,500 people during 2005-06, including 2,000 from abroad.
- Outsourcing Thriving In Philippines (New Zealand Herald, Stuart Grudgings , Jun 22, 2005)
There never used to be much to do after midnight in this northern Philippine university city except study or hit the lively bar scene.
- Us Being Left Behind As Locale For Tech Investment, Says Intel (New Zealand Herald, Daniel Sorid , Jun 22, 2005)
The United States may be left behind when technology companies decide where to make their next big capital investments, Intel chief executive Craig Barrett says.
- Muslims Sceptical Over Newsweek Back-Track On Koran (New Zealand Herald, Reuters, Jun 22, 2005)
Muslims in Afghanistan and Pakistan were sceptical on Monday about an apparent retraction by Newsweek magazine of a report that US interrogators desecrated the Koran and said US pressure was behind the climb-down.
- Giving A Raw Deal (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Jun 22, 2005)
“We are very sorry and apologise to viewers and other people who felt offended,”
- Annan Urges China And Japan To Resolve Differences (New Zealand Herald, Evelyn Leopold , Jun 22, 2005)
A Chinese man places flowers in front of a giant poster depicting World War II for the 60th anniversary of Japan's defeat in World War II.
- Private Aid Opportunities (Japan Times, DOUG BANDOW, Jun 22, 2005)
NIAS ISLAND, Indonesia -- The flotsam of disaster was everywhere: trash, bricks, splintered wood, household effects, clothes, debris.
- Assembly Time (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 22, 2005)
What is common to government offices, cabinet meetings and schools in Madhya Pradesh?
- Bigger The City, The Bigger The Disaster (New Zealand Herald, Michael Richardson, Jun 22, 2005)
For the first time in human history, more people will soon live in cities than do not. Urbanisation is intensifying as greater numbers of people, especially in Asia, leave the countryside in search of jobs, better living standards and wider opportunities.
- Foreign Brains Wooed With Lower University Fees (New Zealand Herald, Audrey Young , Jun 22, 2005)
Study fees for foreign PhD students will be slashed and their children will be able to attend school for free in new measures aimed at the rich education market.
- Stop The World So The West Can Get Off (New Zealand Herald, Jason Nisse, Jun 22, 2005)
Are the traditional Western capitalist economies, which felt so comfortable in their success only a few years ago,
- Just How Moral Are The Moral Police? (Deccan Herald, R AKHILESHWARI, Jun 22, 2005)
When it comes to love in India, even the neighbourhood watchman turns into a moral policeman. The concept of privacy is not understood.
- The Quest For A People's Computer (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 22, 2005)
The widespread use of computers in various walks of life has remained an elusive goal in countries where a deep digital divide exists and this is primarily due to economic poverty and illiteracy.
- A Woman With A Will Of Steel (Deccan Herald, NICHOLAS D KRISTOF, Jun 22, 2005)
How many women defy tradition like Mukhtaran Bibi who was not cowed down?
- Science In The Need Of Idiom (Deccan Herald, JAYALAKSHMI K, Jun 22, 2005)
Commercial pressures and funding drive much of research in the US today. Nothing proves this than a survey that showed that scientists indulge in fact-bending. More than five per cent of scientists admitted to having rejected data that contradicted their
- An Expansionary Budget (Dawn, SHAHID JAVED BURKI, Jun 21, 2005)
OMAR Ayub Khan, minister of state of finance, presented an expansionary budget to the National Assembly on June 6.
- Eu: More Than A Squabble (Dawn, Peter Mandelson, Jun 21, 2005)
THE Brussels summit has highlighted the stark choice before Europe: “carry on as before” or, in the light of the French and Dutch no votes, “rethink fundamentally our priorities and policies”.
- Image And Reality (Dawn, Mahjabeen Islam, Jun 21, 2005)
The Pakistani preoccupation with image and impressions has always been somewhat mystifying.
- Tsunami Leaves A World Of Ghosts' (Hindu, John Aglionby , Jun 21, 2005)
Before the December 26, 2004 tsunami I had never met anyone who had suffered so much that they had effectively lost their identity.
- Happier Stopover (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 21, 2005)
It could be that we have been spoiled. In India we grow up so cradled in remains of past grandeur and achievement that the coexistence of centuries is taken for granted.
- How The Patriarchs Speak (Telegraph, NIVEDITA MENON, Jun 21, 2005)
Not surprisingly, dramatic dialogues in any episode of the long-running sangh parivar soap draw heavily from the Ramayana,
- Realising The Eu Vision (Deccan Herald, Peter Mandelson, Jun 21, 2005)
The EU faces a fundamental choice — either to go in for painful reforms, or suffer economic decline
- Through The Prism Of Human Collectivity (Dawn, Huck Gutman, Jun 21, 2005)
William Wordsworth tells us that it is only in retrospect that one can sort out what has been most significant, most telling, in our experience.
- Make Them Pay For It (Telegraph, Tarunabh Khaitan, Jun 21, 2005)
Gujarat riot victims have claimed damages against the VHP and BJP. Tarunabh Khaitan explores the precedents and implications
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