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Articles 22321 through 22420 of 22438:
- Prof-Student Affairs Banned At Berkeley (Indian Express, REBECCA TROUNSON, Jul 20, 2003)
Spurred by a scandal that toppled the University of California, Berkeley’s law school dean last year, University of California on Thursday approved a policy prohibiting professors from having relationships with their students. With the new policy, the
- India’s Punch (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Jul 19, 2003)
Ouch, said the NEW YORK TIMES. India’s decision not to send troops to Iraq was a ‘‘sharp blow’’, it said, to ‘‘America’s post-war plans in Iraq’’. The paper tersely pointed out that the Bush administration had ‘‘exerted considerable pressure’’ on Prime
- Development Approaches (Hindu, C. Rammanohar Reddy, Jul 19, 2003)
If the human development approach is to lead anywhere in the formulation of alternative policy perspectives, its advocates have to look at taking it further than refinement of the human development index.
- Dreaming Of Change (Hindu, Patrick Bishop, Jul 19, 2003)
The Saudi Government has had little choice but to accept that there is an appetite for reform.
- Farming It Out (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 19, 2003)
Not all the recent concessions to farmers are unwarranted, but some smack of populism
- Chatur Singh’S Primrose (Indian Express, VIVEK JOSHI, Jul 19, 2003)
Uncle, do you know that a primrose is not a rose,” said my niece, not yet six, whom I was visiting. “Yes,” I said, not wanting to appear ignorant. “Have you seen a primrose?” she asked. “Of course,” I said. “There were lots in the hills where we used to
- Babaji’s Blessings (Indian Express, Ambrose Pinto , Jul 18, 2003)
On a platform raised around the sprawling banyan tree on the outskirts of the tiny town of Ambernath, sat a handsome young lad of 25, apparently in deep meditation. His soft brown hair, flowing beard, smooth, fair complexion and blue-grey eyes must have
- Education Abroad, Doctors’ Fees: You Can Spend $1 Lakh (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2003)
Buoyed by huge foreign exchange reserves—currently at $80 billion—the Reserve Bank of India has further eased the release of forex. Liberalising current account transaction norms, the RBI has raised limits for release of foreign exchange for
- A Temple Will Be Built At Birthplace Of Ram: Advani (Indian Express, Bhavna Vij, Jul 17, 2003)
Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani couldn’t have found a more receptive and gleeful audience when he today declared that the ‘‘aspirations of the people will definitely be fulfilled and a Mandir constructed at the Ram Janmasthan.’’
- Growing Up With Violence (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Jul 17, 2003)
What was associated with "normal" college and university life in India was totally absent in Kashmir over these last 13 years.
- Jogi’s Poll Pot: No Tests For Scs For Govt Jobs (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 16, 2003)
Lucky for Ajit Jogi that the model code of conduct hasn’t kicked in. The Chhattisgarh government today scrapped all mandatory pre-conditions of tests and interviews for tribals, scheduled castes and other backward castes (OBCs) applying for government job
- Looking Beyond The Roadmap (Indian Express, SILVAN SHALOM, Jul 16, 2003)
After almost three years of unrelenting violence and terrorism, the world looks to the Middle East with renewed hope propelled by the performance-based roadmap. The present prospects for progress are a direct outgrowth of the strategic changes that have
- Moving Saarc Forward (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 16, 2003)
SOUTH ASIAN COOPERATION can make headway in a meaningful manner for the region's huge population only if India and Pakistan show genuine progress towards normality in their bilateral relations. Their continuing differences have stunted the growth ...
- Sanity On Private Funding (Hindu, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Jul 16, 2003)
We need to make education broadly available, but restricting the freedoms of those who are willing to invest and willing to pay for education is self-defeating.
- Pm Has A New Formula For Naga Peace (Indian Express, Bhavna Vij, Jul 15, 2003)
In a bid to break the impasse over talks aimed at ending the decades-old insurgency in the Naga Hills, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee today gave the go-ahead to grant statutory status to Naga Hoho, the apex tribal council, with jurisdiction over
- India Rains On Us Parade, Wants Un Umbrella (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2003)
After dragging its foot for weeks, India today put it down rejecting a US request to send troops to Iraq but kept a window open, saying the deployment could be considered under a UN mandate. Growing bilateral ties with the US and its attempt to
- Advani’s Musings (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2003)
Sanity in the polity: That was the deputy prime minister’s message to the sangh parivar
- The Post-War Afghan Economy (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Jul 15, 2003)
Over the last year, a strategy to reconstruct and revive the war-ravaged economy of Afghanistan has been put in place with the support and under the influence of international donors. In this edition of Macroscan, C. P. Chandrasekhar a nd Jayati Ghosh ...
- Millennium Development Goals - Concrete Targets Needed (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Jul 15, 2003)
The Millennium Development Goals, endorsed by all members of the UN, set out a raft of time-bound and quantifiable targets ranging from halving extreme poverty to halting the spread of HIV/AIDS by 2015.
- A Stakeholder View To Ease Traffic Congestion (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Jul 14, 2003)
A COMMON complaint heard on Indian roads today is that traffic is chaotic. Drivers resort to the horn as an alternative to the brake but it does not seem to make a difference except for increasing the noise pollution. As heterogeneous vehicles jostle with
- Disappointing Record (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2003)
THE INDIAN ECONOMY grew at an impressive pace during the 1990s. India is in the top 20 of the 175 countries for which the 2003 Human Development Report of the United Nations Development Programme has estimated growth rates of per capita income ...
- Breaking Free With Reality, In Grand Style (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Jul 13, 2003)
As I watched Sonia Gandhi’s lady-in-waiting, Ambika Soni, articulate her leader’s ‘‘new vision’’ last week I realised that it was time for me to revise my political views. My main objection to Sonia being prime minister of India used to be that as she was
- Ship Of State Sails On Mirage, Drowns In Sand (Indian Express, P. Chidambaram, Jul 13, 2003)
Unlike the Catholic faith, Hinduism does not have a Pope. Nor is there the equivalent of a parish or a jamaat. The practice of Hinduism can be a very private affair. Alternatively, it can also be a very public matter. Witness the number of people who are
- Still Too Slow (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 10, 2003)
General gloom with patches of diffuse light. This is the picture afforded by the Human Development Report, 2003, released by the United Nations Development Programme a couple of days ago. It looks as if the millennium development goals, set up in 2000 and
- Change Of Role (Telegraph, Janaki Nair, Jul 09, 2003)
By forcing the sankaracharya to become their message bearer, the sangh parivar has reasserted its right to have the final say on Ayodhya
- Informed To Understand (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 08, 2003)
Although most adults do not naturally think of working in collaboration with children, many have been convinced of the value of doing so, whether by public-education campaigns or more specific training. Those who live and work most closely with children
- On A New Note (Telegraph, S. Venkitaramanan , Jul 07, 2003)
June 3, 2003 marked the end of an era of India’s dependence on aid. The government of India issued a press note on June 3, 2003, which announced that not only will India discontinue receiving grants aid from many countries, but also all outstanding
- Dark Forebodings (Telegraph, MADHUMITA BHATTACHARYYA , Jul 04, 2003)
“When any civilisation is dust and ashes… art is all that’s left over. Images, words, music. Imaginative structures. Meaning — human meaning, that is — is defined by them.” Thus spoke Snowman — not of the carrot-nosed variety, he claims, but of the ...
- Bar To Good Sense (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2003)
It is a strange situation when a higher education body decides to deprive secondary education institutions of their teachers. Authorities of the University of Calcutta have decided to debar honours graduate and postgraduate degree-holders in Urdu from
- In A Knife-Edge Position (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2003)
Adolescents inevitably find themselves at the sharpest edge of a tension between participation and protection that all children face. They are the world’s most immediate heirs: the next-age group to gain access to the advantages and opportunities of adult
- Tongues Out (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 02, 2003)
West Bengal is perhaps the only state where somebody from another state is called a “non-Bengali”. One does not usually hear of a non-Oriya, non-Tamilian or non-Malayali. Individuals are entitled to their chauvinisms, however pointless or obnoxious, but
- In Work And In Play (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 02, 2003)
States parties recognize that a mentally or physically disabled child should enjoy a full and decent life, in conditions which ensure dignity, promote self-reliance and facilitate the child’s active participation in the community. States parties agree
- The Principal Problem (Telegraph, Dev Lahiri, Jun 30, 2003)
The choice of an academic who is not a schoolteacher as the head of Doon School prompts Dev Lahiri to explore the shortage of heads in Indian schools Only recently, Doon School, a leading public school in
- Wanted: A Sportsman In Parliament Team (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 29, 2003)
Milkha Singh wants sportspeople included in the decision-making process. Shamya Dasgupta talks to some and gets their ideas for a better sporting system
- Measuring The Mood (Telegraph, Ambrose Pinto , Jun 26, 2003)
Globalization can help reduce poverty but it needs to be complemented with national and international actions
- To Build A World Fit For Children (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2003)
Most of all, authentic and meaningful participation requires a radical shift in adult thinking and behaviour — from an exclusionary to an inclusionary approach to children and their capabilities — from a world defined solely by adults to one in which ...
- The Outsourcing Backlash (Telegraph, Bibek Debroy, Jun 23, 2003)
Businessworld has just (June 16) done an excellent story on the outsourcing backlash India faces in the United States of America. Since 70 per cent of information technology exports are headed to the US and the share is even more for business process outs
- Revisiting Killing Fields (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jun 21, 2003)
While the high representatives of the great powers were deliberating global issues like security and terrorism in Phnom Penh, 13 million Cambodians were trying to come to grips with their own insecurities after their government succumbed to United Nations
- Yet It Moves (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2003)
The man who invented the wheel is the forefather of Henry Ford, whose first motor car trundled out of the factory a hundred years ago
- Officious (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2003)
There is nothing official about it. That is the pronouncement of the Union ministry of external affairs on the proposed trip to the United States of America by the chief minister of Rajasthan, Mr Ashok Gehlot, and his 14-member delegation. Invited as ...
- Get ’em To Class And Keep ’em There (Telegraph, Ambrose Pinto , Jun 17, 2003)
We are witnessing an unprecedented thrust on “empowerment” — a target pivotal in achieving the right balance between equality and social responsibility. There is no doubting the fact that education is the basic necessity for attaining such empowerment.
- Left In The Lurch (Telegraph, Ambrose Pinto , Jun 17, 2003)
A social democratic approach, rather than communist tokenism, could have seen the women’s reservation bill through
- Clio And The State (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2003)
Clio has a propensity to cling to the state. Historical narrative traditionally places state power at its centre. In part, this is related to the origins of history-writing in court chronicles and annals of kings and their wars. Alternative radical
- A Sanctioned Killing (Telegraph, Arshi Khan, Jun 12, 2003)
The instability and insecurity in Iraq are the result of US action, deliberate global ignorance and the UN’s failure to deliver justice
- Advertising Is Risky Business (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2003)
A party that is not in a position to undertake a comprehensive ban due to its constitution or constitutional principles shall apply restrictions on all tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship. This shall include, subject to the legal environment
- Package Of Information (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 10, 2003)
These may include terms such as “low tar”, “light”, “ultra-light”, or “mild”; and each unit packet and package of tobacco products and any outside packaging and labelling of such products also carry health warnings describing the harmful effects of ...
- Changing Face Of Diplomacy (Upendra Choudhury) (Business Line, Upendra Choudhury, Jun 10, 2003)
The growing interest in economic diplomacy stems from increasing liberalisation and globalisation, as well as the growth of regional trading blocs.
- The President Comes Calling (Telegraph, Tapas Chakraborty, Jun 09, 2003)
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has tried to ignite the Bihar debate again during his visit to the state. But are the state’s leaders interested
- Mortal Fears (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2003)
State-sponsored terror could be of many unexpected kinds. It would not be unduly sensationalist to talk in such terms about the kind of violence West Bengal’s government hospitals regularly administer to those who are forced to avail themselves of their
- Lessons From Us Profligacy On Fiscal Resp (S. Venkitaramanan) (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Jun 09, 2003)
The US' huge fiscal imbalance, highlighted in a recent study, is a standing example of the power of politics over economics.
- Reform In Reverse Gear? (N. Venkiteswaran) (Business Line, N. Venkiteswaran, Jun 09, 2003)
Some of the Government's recent policy announcements give the unmistakeable impression that the logic of a coherent economic philosophy has been given the complete go-by.
- Build Bridges (For Communal Harmony) (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2003)
The manner in which a minor altercation between two individuals sparked off communal riots in Hyderabad is worrying.
- Need To Manage Water (Shebonti Ray Dadwal) (The Financial Express, Shebonti Ray Dadwal, Jun 09, 2003)
Time was when water was regarded as a god-given resource, to be used freely — and thoughtlessly.
- Meeting India’S Need For Justice (Surendra Nath) (The Financial Express, SURENDRA NATH, Jun 09, 2003)
Over time, courts in India have picked up an unenviable record of delays, with trials in cases involving even serious offences taking years.
- The General’S Musharraf) Problems (M B Naqvi) (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Jun 08, 2003)
After getting himself elected as Pakistan’s President, amending the Constitution and holding a bogus election, General Musharraf should have been firmly in the saddle of power. But, his troubles are only beginning
- Mountain Work (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jun 07, 2003)
Nima Tenzing Galang’s Filipino husband, Emmanuel (Noli) Galang, a gentle artist with a mischievous sense of humour with whom I worked for several years, died on the 50th anniversary of her father’s triumph. It was not surprising, perhaps, in this ...
- Stick To The Beaten Track (Telegraph, RAVI VYAS, Jun 06, 2003)
Take a look at Sunday’s bestsellers’ lists or last week’s, or next week’s, and you’ll easily conclude that mediocrity is the key to success as in films and music and just about everything around us. The occasional appearance of a novel by Saul Bellow or
- Relaying Modernity (Telegraph, Suhrita Saha, Jun 06, 2003)
There are two dominant schools charting various dimensions of British rule in the subcontinent — the nationalist and the imperialist. Combined with the post-Orientalist and the post-colonial debate, subaltern scholars are reinterpreting and re-evaluating
- Guiding The Young Mind: Suicide Among Children (Avinash Kalla) (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2003)
When eight-year-old Arihant Jain refused to go back to his boarding school in Dehradun, his parents thought their young son was having problems adjusting to hostel life and things would settle down soon.
- Key To Coordination: Computer For The Handicapped (Sudha Hegde) (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2003)
A computer centre for the mentally challenged started by Mythri Charitable Trust in Mysore, hopes to improve motor skills and enable children to perform routine tasks independently
- Teaching Life Skills To Kids (Michael Patrao) (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2003)
Training children in life skills equips them to tackle life’s hardships and contributes to the overall development of their personality,
says Michael Patrao
- Dr Gangadhara Swamiji On A Less Trodden Path (Shyam Vattam) (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2003)
A few years ago, when communal clashes erupted in Hubli City the police found it hard to control the situation.
- The Real Test Begins Now (Telegraph, MADHUSHREE C. BHOWMIK, Jun 03, 2003)
The violence over the recruitment of primary teachers in Jharkhand gives a glimpse of the BJP’s gameplan for the state
- Probe Sought Into Atrocities Against Children (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2003)
Thiruvananthapuram June 2. The State Council for Child Welfare has urged the National Human Rights Commission to conduct a special investigation into the alleged atrocities against children during and after the police action against tribals at Muthanga. .
- Gulbarga Varsity ‘crumbling Under Pressure’! (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2003)
A phone call, a token strike or a threat from a university staff member is enough to prompt Gulbarga University to revoke any of its decisions!
The University,
- Students Turned Away From Varsities In Myanmar (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2003)
Yangon June 2. Myanmar authorities turned away students from universities on Monday, the first day of a new semester,
- Iit Graduates In The Ias (T.K. Ramachandran) (Hindu, T.K. Ramachandran , Jun 03, 2003)
The issue of IIT graduates getting into the civil services has always attracted attention and even a bit of censure. I still remember the first few days at the LBS Academy in Mussoorie in 1991:
- Iaf To Take Part In 15-Day Exercise In Alaska (Deccan Herald, A N SUDARSAN RAO, Jun 03, 2003)
At the threshold of seventy, pleasant memories of childhood remain etched in my memory.
- Protecting Kids From Peak-Hour Traffic (Hindu, Anil Sastry, Jun 03, 2003)
Bangalore June 2. Imagine this situation: about five lakh vehicles, including school buses, transporting 11 lakh schoolchildren, are off the roads during peak hours, starting 8.30 a.m.
- Coke To Raise Investment In Tn (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2003)
CoCa-Cola Company has said that it will increase its investment in Tamil Nadu and probably put up one or two more plants (bottling plants) next year.
- To Deliver A Baby That Is Europe’s Own (Telegraph, Shada Islam, Jun 02, 2003)
Notwithstanding the US’s unilateral action in Iraq, the EU has its own plans when it comes to northern Africa and west Asia
- Seat Slash Order To Colleges (Telegraph, Mita Mukherjee, Jul 12, 2002)
The pro vice-chancellor of academics, Suranjan Das, has issued a circular to over 200 colleges instructing them to limit the number of admissions at the undergraduate level to 150 for non-laboratory based pass courses.
- Seat Slash Order To Colleges (Telegraph, Mita Mukherjee, Jul 12, 2002)
The pro vice-chancellor of academics, Suranjan Das, has issued a circular to over 200 colleges instructing them to limit the number of admissions at the undergraduate level to 150 for non-laboratory based pass courses.
- Cosmology In Rigveda -- The Third Premise (Hindu, PATRIZIA NORELLI-BACHELET, Jul 11, 2002)
History is indeed recorded in the Rigveda, as well as in the Epics, but one has to use correct cosmic formulas to make this discovery, bearing in mind that the ancients were not at all concerned with keeping records for posterity as we do today.
- Discrimination At Work (Hindu, Andre Beteille , Jul 11, 2002)
Legitimate discrimination on the basis of ability and performance is obstructed by the pervasive suspicion that all discrimination, at least in India, is at bottom and by its nature invidious.
- Ec Proposes (Asian Age, Editorial, The Asian Age, Jul 11, 2002)
Rare indeed are the times when the entire political class stands up as one. But their face-off with the Election Commission raises more questions than it answers and does the political class no good at all.
- Nuclear High-Wire Act (Washington Times, Jed Babin, May 30, 2002)
Some wars are avoidable. It appears that the coming war between India and Pakistan over the disputed Kashmir region is not. We may not be able to act soon enough to stop war from breaking out, but we must take action to prevent nuclear escalation.
- Economic Ties With Us (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Apr 25, 2002)
Pakistan and the United States have signed a memorandum of understanding to set up a joint forum following a meeting between finance minister Shaukat Aziz and the US treasury secretary Paul O'Neil.
- New Great Guessing Game: Where’s Osama? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 05, 2002)
WHEN Osama bin Laden seemed to melt into the snow-capped mountains of in eastern Afghanistan more than a week ago, many speculated that he had made a simple escape, taking an obvious route.
- Bono Who? (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Feb 05, 2002)
Young Omar Abdullah, the 31-year-old minister of state in the MEA, makes no pretence of enjoying the good life outside South Block.
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