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Articles 18621 through 18720 of 22438:
- Rice: Towards Enhancing Yield In Rain-Fed Areas (Business Line, Jaya Raj , May 04, 2005)
IN SPITE of the impressive gains achieved in overall food production in recent years, the food scenario in India remains a cause of concern with respect to production and consumption. Even a marginal dip in foodgrains output for one year can lead to . . .
- Burning Out (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 03, 2005)
There could not be a more vexing instance of the link between education and juvenile violence
- Epf Mismatch (Business Line, S. Venu , May 03, 2005)
Responsible global capitalism is a system comprising individuals, private commercial corporations, NGOs, governments and supranational agencies
- Goa Beyond Tourists And Those Clichés (Hindu, K. GopiNathan , May 03, 2005)
Maria Aurora Couto's book, Goa — A Daughter's Story, looks beyond the sunny beaches and wild parties
- Confusion In Indian Policy (Tribune, S. D. Muni , May 03, 2005)
India has almost blinked to the King of Nepal on the question of arms supply. These supplies were put on hold on February 1, 2005, following King Gyanendra’s coup against the democratic system and leadership.
- Who Owns Groundwater? (Hindu, T. N. Narasimhan, May 03, 2005)
Water should be held in public trust for the benefit of society at large.
- Globalisation Requires Local Citizenship Behaviour Too (Business Line, C. Gopinath , May 02, 2005)
As local communities in developing countries rush to attract factories to their neighbourhoods in the name of globalisation. . . ,
- Right To Education (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 02, 2005)
The presentation of the birth certificate at the time of seeking admission for a child in a government school was made compulsory to inculcate the habit of registering the birth of a child among the parents.
- Two’S Company (Tribune, Raj Chatterjee, May 02, 2005)
THE friends in one’s life are divided into two categories. First, there are those that spring from one’s environment; with whom you have in common the things you do. They pass in and out of your life.
- Armed Security Or Human Security? (Deccan Herald, Sylvia Borren, May 02, 2005)
The Millennium Development Goals can be met if we approach them in a rights-based and gender-based way
- Aid, Rewards Or Returns? (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , May 02, 2005)
Aid programmes provide lucrative careers to bureaucrats and benefits to the organisers but offer little to the poor. It would be better to have a system of performance-based rewards
- India's Bill Gates (US News & World Report, A N Sudarsan Rao , May 02, 2005)
If you were the richest man in India, what kind of car would you buy? Wipro Ltd. Chairman Azim Premji is the richest man in India--worth something over $8 billion--so there was some interest in what Premji would do when he recently gave up his 1996 Ford E
- Restless Poet (Hindu, S. DIWAKAR , May 01, 2005)
B.C. Ramachandra Sharma's poetry was path-breaking.
- Through The Viewfinder (Hindu, r kRITHIKA, May 01, 2005)
Wildlife, feature films, current affairs, Alphonse Roy's camera has panned them all. A freewheeling chat with the ace cinematographer
- Creating His Own Muse (Hindu, Nacy Adajana, May 01, 2005)
The body, as represented in D. Ebenezer Sunder Singh's paintings, has homed itself in many avatars. A review of his works that were on display in New Delhi recently
- Voice Of An Era (Hindu, KALA KRISHNAN RAMESH , May 01, 2005)
C.D. Narasimhaiah influenced the way a whole generation of students read, responded and critiqued English texts.
- Versatile Pioneer (Hindu, SELINE AUGUSTINE, May 01, 2005)
Through this biography Sita Anantha Raman reclaims a humanist space for Madhaviah,
- The East As A Career (Telegraph, AMIT CHAUDHURI, May 01, 2005)
At readings by Indian writers in English, two related questions, or some version of them, will invariably be asked by a member of the audience,
- The River And The Rhythm Around (Deccan Herald, Sushma Mohan, May 01, 2005)
Kalatheera’s effort to bring Indian classical music and dance closer to the common man through Tunga Mahotsava is commendable, writes Sushma Mohan
- Towards Speedy Justice (Tribune, Santokh Singh Sahi, May 01, 2005)
It is a pity that India has failed in its constitutional guarantee of ensuring speedy, accessible and accountable justice to its citizens.
- Dancing In Controversy (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , May 01, 2005)
India’s precious heritage of music, drama and dance is one which we must cherish and develop.
- These Lords Are Losing Their Splendour, Majesty (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2005)
24-foot tall Bahubali statue at Basadihalli has floral scrolls on its legs
The village does not have even one Jain family
The Bahubali statue at Bastitippur has back-support
It could have been the prototype for Gomateshwara
- Lifetime Achievement Award For Krishnaswamy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2005)
Ninth recipient over the last four decades and the first from Afro-Asian continents
- Do Not Go Gentle (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 30, 2005)
It is sometimes better to die than to have nothing to look forward to. If geriatric suicide is on the rise in urban India, then the logic behind a great many of them is surely born out of this feeling of desolation . . .
- Where Left Meets Right (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA, Apr 30, 2005)
Earlier this year, I was at the Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, where I had been asked to give an after-dinner talk to the students.
- Promoting Pc Penetration (Business Line, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 30, 2005)
The timing of the recommendations of the high-power Working Committee of the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology to improve penetration of personal computers in Indian homes could not have been better.
- Fallujah, Iraq's Very Own Guernica (Hindu, Jonathan Steele, Apr 30, 2005)
Ruined, cordoned Fallujah is emerging as the decade's monument to brutality.
- Give Them Their Dignity (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 29, 2005)
Rape has long been used by society to subjugate women
- The Maharaja Grows (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Apr 29, 2005)
Ironically, economic prosperity and higher literacy levels seem to lead to mass slaughter of the girl child in India
- Grandchildren (Tribune, Harish Dhillon, Apr 29, 2005)
We have nothing in common, the four of us. We come from different places, different backgrounds. . . .
- From Good To Great (Deccan Herald, Dinesh Kumar, Apr 29, 2005)
My efforts to ‘thrust’ greatness on my ‘good’ family weren’t very well received
- Power To The Chosen Few (Telegraph, Maja Daruwala & Navaz Kotwal, Apr 29, 2005)
As a public service unit supported by taxpayers, the Gujarat Electricity Board is obliged to act fairly and do little else but supply efficiently a commodity essential to life and livelihood. Yet it doesn’t seem keen on doing its duty, at least to . . .
- More Inward-Looking Than Warranted (Business Line, Bhaskar Ghose, Apr 29, 2005)
In its Annual Monetary Policy Statement for 2005-06, the Reserve Bank of India has recognised the importance of a number of reform-related issues.
- Limited Access To Education (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 28, 2005)
ISLAMABAD: Higher Education Commission Chairman Dr Atta-ur-Rehman said on Tuesday the government was embarking upon the Medium-Term Development Framework (2005-10) to enhance the capacity of the existing higher education institutions.
- Ozone Layer Most Fragile On Record (Deccan Herald, Paul Brown, Apr 28, 2005)
Research by Cambridge University has dashed hopes that the ozone layer is on the mend.
- Japan, China And A "Troubled Past" (Deccan Herald, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Apr 28, 2005)
The new row between Tokyo and Beijing over the past is a pointer to their future tussle for primacy in reshaping the global order.
- False Claims, Lying Politicians (Deccan Herald, Hywel Williams, Apr 28, 2005)
In power politics, it is the big lie that matters — the deceit that is so implausible no one thinks you could have had the cheek to invent it.
- Spirit Of Enquiry (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 28, 2005)
Scientific temper can be created by teaching the science subjects differently
- Science Not Getting Its Due (Tribune, Dhirendra Sharma, Apr 28, 2005)
The post-modern life is now without divine intervention. All human enterprises are now directly or indirectly based on some scientific ideas.
- Goodness Is In Fashion In Corporate Governance (Business Line, Kausik Datta, Apr 28, 2005)
CORPORATIONS today touch our lives, from the food we eat to the quality of air we breathe.
- Realm Of Virtual Reality (Telegraph, Anabel Loyd, Apr 28, 2005)
At long last May 5, polling day for the 2005 UK general election, is almost upon us and the campaign boils as lukewarm as water at an extreme height.
- A Meal And A Chance To Learn (Washington Post, RAMA LAKSHMI, Apr 28, 2005)
Munni Sahariya, a lean, shy girl with a nose ring, spread a jute mat on the floor of her first-grade classroom and sat down with her three younger siblings
- Can The U.N., Member States Enlarge Security? (Hindu, Anita Inder Singh, Apr 27, 2005)
Secretary-General Kofi Annan has set out a roadmap for the future.
- Enduring Legacy Of A Visionary (Hindu, Muthusamy Varadarajan, Apr 26, 2005)
The Jaisalmer Desert Festival -- a pot pourri of music, song and dance — should become a `must see' on everyone's travel itinerary
- The Hunger Game (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 26, 2005)
It is somewhat like a game of snakes and ladders. Ladders you eat, snakes you die.
- How Computer Educates Kids (Tribune, Rajendra Prabhu, Apr 25, 2005)
OH Grandpa, you don’t know how to operate the PC?” as the elderly faced . . .
- Elephant And Dragon: Competing To Co-Operate (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Apr 25, 2005)
THE recently concluded four-day visit of the Chinese Premier, Mr Wan Jiabao, to India has taken the bilateral relationship between the two countries to a new high as they have agreed to forge a new "strategic co-operative partnership."
- Essential Reading (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Apr 25, 2005)
WHARTON School deserves full marks for bringing out a book titled The Enthusiastic Employee: How Companies Profit by Giving Workers What They Want and jointly authored by Drs David Sirota, Louis A. Mischkind and Michael Irwin Meltzer.
- Ratzinger "Obstructed" Sex Abuse Inquiry (Hindu, Jamie Doward , Apr 25, 2005)
It has emerged that Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger "obstructed justice" by ordering that Church investigations into child sex abuse claims be made in secret.
- Kathakali's Queen (Hindu, K.K. GOPALAKRISHNAN , Apr 24, 2005)
Kottakkal Sivaraman has won recognition for his portrayal of female characters in Kathakali. A profile. K.K. GOPALAKRISHNAN
- A Mask That Was Pierced? (Hindu, RAMACHANDRA GUHA, Apr 24, 2005)
do you think there is any chance that he could have written it?'
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- Reclaiming Dharma (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 24, 2005)
If we can bring dharma into our national life, it must be to uphold, rather than at the expense of, our pluralist Indianness.'
- Campaign To Oust Sonal Mansingh (Tribune, Humra Quraishi, Apr 24, 2005)
Much before this year's World Dance Day, a full-fledged campaign started to oust Sonal Mansingh, reputed dancer, from her post of Chairperson, Sangeet Natak Akademi.
- Yoga: The New Wonder(?)drug (Deccan Herald, Surabhi Khosla, Apr 24, 2005)
Studies are proving that yoga and pranayama go a long way in preventing and curing dangerous diseases. In the words of Swami Ramdev, the time has come for the world to take note of yoga. Surabhi Khosla meditates on the truth.
- Desert Rhapsody (Hindu, RAHUL CHANDAWARKAR , Apr 24, 2005)
The Jaisalmer Desert Festival -- a pot pourri of music, song and dance — should become a `must see' on everyone's travel itinerary
- Where Are The Wives Of Policemen? (Tribune, Kiran Bedi, Apr 24, 2005)
WOMEN in police are rescuing family at the cost of their career. Men have surrendered their family to their nawkree (jobs).
- Maestro's Spell (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Apr 24, 2005)
When Zubin Mehta comes to his hometown, Mumbai, there is a ripple of excitement that runs through the city. a certain section of the city. He finds the times for a freewheeling chat.
- Vikram Seth: Writer Of Standing (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Apr 24, 2005)
PRESENTATION of 'Pravasi Bharatiya Samman' award to Vikram Seth was delayed by four months but the occasion last week to honour this great writer of the present generation was memorable.
- Worthy Attempt (Hindu, BALA CHAUHAN, Apr 24, 2005)
A little book for Hindu Child’ by Bangalore-based psychiatrist Shyamala Vatsa is an interesting introduction to Hinduism
- Hospital Services Performed Overseas (Washington Post, Rob Stein, Apr 24, 2005)
When patients needed urgent CT scans, MRIs and ultrasounds late at night at St. Mary's Hospital in Waterbury, Conn.,
- Japan Backs Off The Indefensible (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 23, 2005)
Japan's apology for the "tremendous damage and suffering" it caused "through its colonial rule and aggression ...
- All About A Grandmother (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 23, 2005)
The joint family has spawned words in Indian languages which do not exist in any other languages of the world.
- While Mom's Away, Dad Will Pay (Tribune, Joel Achenbach, Apr 23, 2005)
Go have fun, don't worry about us, the kids will be fine. You deserve a break,” I told my wife, and she flew off to Jamaica, cruelly abandoning the family and ensuring that for eight days our children would essentially have no parent.
- Slowdown In Haryana (Tribune, N.K. Bishnoi, Apr 23, 2005)
Haryana, an old success story of the Green Revolution, continues to be a relatively high per capita income state.
- Aids Spreads In Himachal (Tribune, Ambika Sharma, Apr 23, 2005)
Industrialisation of Himachal Pradesh has brought in a large population of truckers and migrants, who are among the highest transmitters of the deadly HIV virus in the state
- Mothers Of Indian Journalism (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Apr 23, 2005)
Till Independence, journalism was a male monopoly. I can’t recall a single woman who made her mark as a reporter, a correspondent or an editor of a journal.
- Keeping A Watch On Cyberspace (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Apr 23, 2005)
What can India do to protect its computer systems? Howard Schmidt, who heads the United States Computer Emergency Response Team and is former Cyber Security Adviser to U.S. President George Bush, in an interview toThe Hindu, offers some insights.
- In Letter And Spirit (Hindu, DEEPA GANESH, Apr 22, 2005)
Ankita Pustaka is a brave and heartening Kannada publishing enterprise
- The Gentleman Teacher (Hindu, N. MANU CHAKRAVARTHY, Apr 22, 2005)
TRIBUTE C.D. Narasimhaiah, one of the finest English teachers of the State, who passed away recently, believed that the university was the centre of consciousness in the modern world
- A President To Be Proud Of (Hindu, Mari Marcel Thekaekara, Apr 22, 2005)
``It feels great to get an award from your own country.. But I don't feel completely pravasi''
- Better Than A Thousand Hollow Words Is One That Brings Peace (Business Line, D. Murali , Apr 22, 2005)
Dateline Vatican City, April 20. Pope Benedict XVI delivered his first message at the end of the morning Mass with the members of the College of Cardinals in the Sistine Chapel.
- The Cars I Bought (Tribune, Darshan Singh Maini, Apr 22, 2005)
When one becomes old and begins to recall the past wistfully, one often finds onself indulging in dreams of the past, happy “affairs” with women.
- A Forceful Message, But Will It End Poverty? (Hindu, Sanjay Reddy and Antoine Heuty, Apr 22, 2005)
A practical approach to reducing human deprivations must actively foster learning about the best strategies, rather than presuming that these strategies are known in advance
- Another Set Of Horrors (Telegraph, NEHA SAHAY, Apr 22, 2005)
During the Cultural Revolution, children were encouraged to inform the “Red Guards” about their parents’ “anti-revolutionary” habits.
- Antibiotics Don’T Prevent Second Heart Attacks (Tribune, Thomas H. Maugh , Apr 22, 2005)
TREATING heart attack victims with antibiotics does not reduce the risk of having a second heart attack or dying, according to two large trials reported Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine.
- History And The Man (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Apr 22, 2005)
If there is one thing that makes Pakistan a fascinating country, it is the personalities of its leaders. From its inception in 1947 to the present,
- Software Czars, Economists And Other Animals (Business Line, Raghuvir Mukherji, Apr 22, 2005)
These are, as Charles Dickens said famously, "the best of times, the worst of times".
- The Evolution Of The Neocons (Tribune, MICHAEL KINSLEY, Apr 21, 2005)
The term “neoconservative” started out as an insult, and it is still used that way.
- Visiting Frontier Gandhi’S Country (Tribune, Dhirendra Sharma, Apr 21, 2005)
I was visiting my childhood land after five decades. In Peshawar, I collected the permit to visit the Khyber Pass and a gunman escort was provided for personal safety.
- Making Text-Books A Joy To Read (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Apr 21, 2005)
It was in stormy circumstances that Professor Krishna Kumar took charge as Director of the high-profile National Council of Educational Research and Training.
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