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Articles 10421 through 10520 of 53943:
- Signs Of The Times (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 24, 2006)
Short and not always sweet — that is a fair enough description of many words derived from Old English and ‘time’ is no exception.
- Govt Sidesteps Linking U.S. Nuclear Deal To Iran (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
The government said on Friday a landmark nuclear deal with the United States should be based on the original commitments made by the two sides, sidestepping new moves to link the pact to its stand on Iran's atomic programme.
- India Refutes Reports On Nuke Deal (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
India on Friday refuted media reports that India had the capability to make about 50 nuclear warheads every year, a claim made by a retired intelligence official.
- Indo-Nepal Relations On New High (Daily Excelsior, Ajay Kaul, Jun 24, 2006)
India's gesture of announcing a Rs 1000 crore package for reconstruction and development of cash-strapped Nepal during the recent visit of Prime Minister G P Koirala amply proves that a friend in need is a friend in deed.
- Can't Contain Ocean Of Karuna In A Thimble (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 24, 2006)
The root of the English word compassion is twofold: 'com' meaning together; and 'pati', to suffer. Compassion is defined as the spiritual consciousness of another person's pain, and a feeling of unselfish tenderness directed towards him.
- Asian Labourers Toil To Build Uae For Meagre Returns (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
Construction worker B. Lal arrived in the affluent Gulf Arab city of Dubai more than a year ago, hoping to end the grinding poverty of his family in India.
- Don’T Delay Deal, Cheney To Congress (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
Pitching for the Indo-US nuclear accord, American Vice-President Dick Cheney has warned Congress that any delay in its approval would risk wasting critical opportunity to clinch the “strategically important” deal.
- Criminal Delay (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 24, 2006)
The Indian State has long been guilty of ignoring a terrible violation of human rights. In a country where those facing trial are to be presumed innocent until proved . . .
- Bosnia Power Transfer By Month-End (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
Bosnia’s international administrator said today he will close his office and hand over control of the country’s affairs to local authorities on 30 June, 2007.
- Policy Adrift (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
The PM must sack his Foreign Minister
Mr Shashi Tharoor is not an Indian diplomat and has never represented India’s foreign policy interests. He is a New York-based NRI academic who did a doctoral degree at Tufts University’s Fletcher School of Diplomac
- Killer Highway (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jun 24, 2006)
How does one describe a highway on which more than 30 persons are deprived of their lives in less than a week?
- Record Time (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 24, 2006)
For sometime now Moore's Law has been causing concern to computer specialists.
- Us Secretly Used Data To Track Terror Funds: Nyt (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
US counterterrorism officials gained access to an international database and have examined banking transactions involving thousands of Americans and others under a secret program initiated weeks after the September 11 attacks, The New York Times . . .
- Not Just Phones, Us Taps Bank Data Too (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
Under a secret Bush administration programme initiated weeks after the 9/11 attacks, counterterrorism officials have gained access to financial records from a vast international database and examined banking transactions involving thousands . . .
- Lesson In Tomato Soup: Don’T Give Up Milk For Tv (Indian Express, SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI, Jun 24, 2006)
When television news moved from animals to vegetables—the perfunctory, almost non-existent reportage on the forest commission’s assessment of tiger reserves to the kitchen wall to kitchen wall coverage of tomato . . .
- Sunk Indian Football (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Jun 24, 2006)
The World Cup is nearly past the halfway stage with the world's very best footballers in action, watched by hundreds of thousands of admiring fans, those lucky enough to get tickets to enter the various venues in leading German cities and those . . .
- Why Is It So? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jun 24, 2006)
Why have the establishments in "Azad" Kashmir and Pakistan reacted in low key to the reopening of the Poonch-Rawalakot road?
- Turn It On (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 24, 2006)
One of the biggest failings of this government is its inaction on the disinvestment front. Once seen as the cornerstone of reforms, disinvestment has fallen off the agenda.
- Legislation On Indo-Us Deal 'Top Priority' For Bush (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
Even as the US Congress prepares to vote on legislation for the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal, the White House has said President George W Bush considered it a "top priority" and wants the Senate and House of Representatives to "act affirmatively" on it.
- 'Earthquake Has Brought The Two Kashmirs Closer' (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 24, 2006)
John McDonald, a former ambas-sador, is chairman, Institute of Multi-track Diplomacy, and an active participant in peace building between India and Pakistan on the Kashmir issue. A consultant on conflict resolution and negotiation, he stresses the . . .
- Probe Into J&k Case Being Hindered (Times of India, M Saleem Pandit, Jun 24, 2006)
CBI on Friday told a Division Bench of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court that its investigations into the sensational sex scandal were being hindered by politicians, bureaucrats and policemen trying to shield their colleagues accused in the case.
- Fkcci To Present Awards To Exporters, Organisations (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
M.V. Rajasekharan to attend function
An award will be presented to an exporter from a backward district from next year
EXIM Club, a cell for the promotion of international trade, has been formed
- Manmohan Deplores Fall In Values In Public Life (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday deplored the decline of values in public life and remarked that the standard of behaviour of people in public life could be better and improved.
- People's Trust In Lawyers, Courts Fast Eroding, Laments Supreme . . . (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
Says they are taking the help of musclemen to resolve issues
- Benefits Of Technology Should Reach Rural Poor: Lakhera (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
Lt Governor M.M. Lakhera has called for utilisation of modern technologies to promote the welfare of the masses particularly those living in rural areas.
- Cheney Urges Congress To Ok U.S.-India Nuclear Deal (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Jun 24, 2006)
Vice President Dick Cheney on Thursday urged senior lawmakers to help win congressional support for a controversial U.S.-India nuclear cooperation agreement as opponents launched a grass-roots campaign to scuttle the deal.
- Bill To Protect Children (Frontline, Purnima S. Tripathi, Jun 24, 2006)
The proposed Offences Against Children Bill, 2005, attempts to address the legal loopholes through which child traffickers slip.
- Prisoners Of State Apathy (Indian Express, Maja Daruwala & Navaz Kotwal, Jun 24, 2006)
It is not for nothing that prisons are sometimes known as oubliettes: French meaning a place for the forgotten.
- Price We Pay (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
The government has reacted to the sharp rise in prices of wheat, pulses and vegetables by measures for demand and supply management. Allowing the private sector to import wheat is welcome.
- Nepal Royalists Under Close Watch, Can’T Flee (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
A judicial Commission investigating alleged rights violations during anti-king protests in Nepal said today it has ordered the government to keep a close watch on several former ministers and aides to the monarch to prevent them from fleeing the country.
- Spirit And Emotions (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 24, 2006)
The core of human personality lies in the spirit of an individual – something that relates him to the Creator.
- Indo-Us Nuke Deal In Best Interests Of America: Cornyn (Press Trust of India, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Jun 24, 2006)
Maintaining that the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal was in the best interests of America, leading US senator John Cornyn has urged fellow lawmakers to support legislation on the agreement and boost the strategic relationship between the two nations.
- Consolidate To Take On Foreign Banks (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today asked public sector banks to explore the possiblities of consolidation to take on their bigger rivals -- foreign banks in India -- and increase their presence in overseas market.
- India Confident Of N-Deal's S Passage In Us Cong (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
India today expressed confidence that its nuclear deal with the United States would win US Congress approval following the Bush administration's pledge to support a bi-partisan legislation on the pact.
- Japan Top Court Rejects Suit On Pm Shrine Visits (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
The last few decades were the warmest on Earth in the past 400 years, and may well have been warmer than any comparable period since the Middle Ages, US scientists reported.
- Not So Nice (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
Murky dealings cloud Karnataka project
- Where Was The Digest During Last Year’S Floods? (Indian Express, KUMAR KETKAR , Jun 24, 2006)
For those like me who have spent more than 50 years in Mumbai, it was a rude shock to learn that we are the “rudest” people in the world.
- Tax On Luxury Items To Mobilise More Revenue In Kerala Budget (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
LDF Government's Budget gives emphasis to farmers' issues
- The Killing Fields Of Chechnya (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Jun 24, 2006)
Moscow faces a difficult task in trying to strike a balance between rival power groups in Chechnya. Maintaining this balance is key to returning the region to normality.
- Don't Desert The Drylands (Hindu, William D. Dar, Jun 24, 2006)
In 2006, the International Year of Deserts and Desertification, a global initiative called "Oasis" will link and synergise various research efforts for dryland development.
- The Time To Get Out Is Now (Hindu, Geoffrey Wheatcroft, Jun 24, 2006)
"qandary for the Democrats," said the newsreader early on Thursday on BBC Radio's World Service.
- Immigration Bill Kicks Up Dust (Deccan Herald, Yogi Aggarwal, Jun 24, 2006)
The bill comes at a time when Europe is battling a new influx from Africa through Spain.
- Choosing The Second Best Option (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 24, 2006)
The endeavours of the European Union (EU) and the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) to clinch a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) represent a watershed in the pattern of bilateral trade deals being negotiated the world over as a response to . . .
- Manmohan Deplores Fall In Values (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
Prime Minister releases coins in commemoration of social reformer Basaveshwara
- The Forgotten Face (Frontline, Sarah Hiddleston, Jun 24, 2006)
Although the government has recognised the need to give adequate attention to HIV/AIDS, children remain excluded from its response.
- Largesse For Bhel (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jun 24, 2006)
It will further erode national competitiveness
- See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil (OutLook, B. Raman , Jun 24, 2006)
While it is gratifying to see India focus on the positive and play down the negative in its dealings with China, but in its keenness, it seems prepared to forget what happened to it in the past. The Chinese are not.
- Terms Of Engagement (Business Standard, T N Ninan, Jun 24, 2006)
The votaries of a larger role for government invented and expanded subsidies, refused to levy user charges that would recover the cost of public utilities, and embarked on state enterprises that bled white.
- Mirror, Mirror On The Wall? (Business Standard, T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan, Jun 24, 2006)
If you can't get it right after 16 attempts, how can you say your method works?
- We Need To Fight `The Fatigue Of Green Revolution' (Business Line, D. Murali , Jun 24, 2006)
Indian Agriculture in the New Millennium, edited by N. A. Majumdar and Uma Kapila, brings together articles by experts on policy and growth profile, investment and water, reforms and food security. Life and Work of M. S. Swaminathan, edited by . . .
- Concept Of Service Pe Under Indo-Us Treaty (Business Line, Surendra Bhargava, Jun 24, 2006)
The concept of service PE exists only in the UN Model and certain Indian treaties. No such concept exists in the US model, although it was incorporated in the Indo-US treaty.
- Irrational Initiatives (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 24, 2006)
New Delhi's moves on sugar, wheat and pulses can best be described as knee jerk and half-hearted.
- Govt Committed To Closing Gap In Agri Credit: Pm (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
Calls for strengthening of microfinance institutions
- Reversing Reforms: Price Control Returns (The Financial Express, BARUN MITRA, Jun 24, 2006)
There is a dark cloud gathering over the economic horizon of India. And it has little to do with the recent turmoil at the stock exchange. While most people believe the Indian economy’s fundamentals are quite sound, ...
- Gmail: Prisoner Of Its Own Success (Business Standard, Devangshu Datta, Jun 24, 2006)
IP-intensive companies tend to keep their legal departments busy. Apart from defending their own intellectual turf and challenging that of others, the legal eagles track cross-border fine print and handle the paperwork of patent filings.
- How Grandmonther Found Her Voice (Frontline, Gowri Ramnarayan, Jun 24, 2006)
Resurrecting a sepia-tinted era that evokes the eternal, primal human need for self-respect and freedom.
- Malaria Malpractice (Frontline, R. Ramachandran, Jun 24, 2006)
The Lancet' charges the World Bank in India with medical malpractice in malaria programmes, but the government is equally culpable.
- Sell Insurance As Service, Not As A Mere Product (The Financial Express, YRK REDDY, Jun 24, 2006)
In a recent address, the Insurance Regulatory and Development Auth-ority (Irda) chairman reportedly expre-ssed some concerns about marketing of insurance in our country—of it being sold more as a product and not enough as a service.
- Scrap The Two-Child Norm (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 24, 2006)
Panchayati raj minister Mani Shankar Aiyar’s position that the two-child norm for candidates seeking election to panchayat bodies is discriminatory is beyond dispute. His perseverance, considering that he reiterated his stand in Orissa recently . . .
- Food Imports Won't Help Immediately (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 24, 2006)
The government’s decision to allow the private sector to import wheat and sugar to cool domestic prices is welcome, but it is unlikely to have an immediate impact on spot prices.
- `She Has Come Alive' (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
WITH a life committed to social and political activism, why did Mythily Sivaraman, vice-president of the All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA), decide to write a biography?
- Silly Point (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 23, 2006)
The debate on whether politicians should control sports bodies is stuff of school essays.
- North Korea Warns Of Possible Air Clash (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
North Korea warned on Thursday of the danger of an aerial military clash in response to alleged US spy planes, amid tension over the Communist nation's possible missile launch.
- China Urges Iran For Response (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
China, on Thursday, urged Iran to "actively respond" to the efforts of international community for an early resumption of talks on its nuclear programme.
- Blair's Tactical Blunder (Pioneer, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Jun 23, 2006)
Despite last weekend's protest demonstration by 5,000 people, the most remarkable feature of the June 2 episode in the east London suburb of Forest Gate is the restraint so far of those at the receiving end . . .
- Invention Of A Candidate (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Jun 23, 2006)
India must take key players into confidence if it is seriously backing Shashi Tharoor's bid for the top UN post ---- Will Shashi Tharoor rule Turtle Bay in New York at the UN Headquarters next year onwards? This is the million dollar question.
- Air Sahara Seeks Aircraft Back From Jet (Business Line, Ashwini Phadnis, Jun 23, 2006)
Jet's Amritsar-London operations could be affected
- Efforts To Vacate Stay On Land Acquisition For Mysore Airport (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
High courtround-up KIADB plans to take over a layout of 16.5 acres
Hearing adjourned till Monday
Owner of layout challenges acquisition
Layout classified as agricultural land
- Bial Approves Two Catering Service Bids (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
Companies will now be asked to match turnover fee proposal
Firms to provide flight-catering services at Bangalore International Airport
Bids submitted by LSG Sky Chefs and Taj SATS Catering approved
- Power Finance Corporation, Banks Interested In Expansion Projects (Hindu, T. Ramakrishnan, Jun 23, 2006)
The plan is to put up one unit of 500 MW each at North Chennai and Mettur
- When Boundaries Disappear Between Countries (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
Chambilyal mela symbolises common cultural heritage of India and Pakistan
Pakistan rangers reach Indian territory with civilians to collect soil as per tradition
Huge rush at fair a direct consequence of ongoing peace process: Pakistani commandant
- Inconvenienced By Another Truth (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 23, 2006)
As long as pollution is ‘free’, the price for sustainability will remain too expensive for the world to buy, says Roy Morrison
- Peru: Garcia's Return (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Jun 23, 2006)
Alan Garcia wins the presidential election on a nationalistic platform, with right-wing support. By John Cherian
- Saddam On Fast Over His Lawyer’S Killing (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
Deposed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein has gone on hunger strike to protest the killing of his lawyer, his lead lawyer Khalil al-Dulaimi said on Thursday.
- A Nice Dinner For Bjp (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
The row over the Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor (BMIC) project seems to have triggered off differences within the ruling ally, BJP.
- For That British Touch To Heritage Conservation (Deccan Herald, Shankar Bennur, Jun 23, 2006)
Even as the process of documenting heritage buildings in the Royal City is nearing completion, the Department of Heritage is planning to seek professional expertise from English Heritage, a registered body in Great Britian that is into heritage . . .
- Indian Cabinet Allocates Funds For Minority Development (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Jun 23, 2006)
Indian Cabinet on Thursday decided to allocate 15 per cent funds of the Central schemes and programmes for the minorities and revised the Prime Minister’s 15-point programme for welfare of minorities.
- What News Is Moving The Markets? (The Financial Express, ROBERT J SHILLER, Jun 23, 2006)
The mid-May drops in stock prices globally seem related to tension on non-monetary issues
- Bangaladesh In Crisis (Frontline, HAROON HABIB, Jun 23, 2006)
General elections in Bangladesh are just round the corner, but how fair and free they will be remains to be seen.
- Plea For Narco-Analysis On Mahajan Withdrawn (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
But police will press for brain mapping tests
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