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Articles 12721 through 12820 of 53943:
- Picturing Pakistan (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Jun 03, 2006)
A book explains why Pakistan goes back and forth between democracy and military dictatorship.
- Dr Ghamdi Is Right, Mr Aziz Is Wrong (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
On Wednesday, at the National Education Conference in Islamabad, we heard an interesting argument.
- The Many Galbraiths (Business Line, R. T. Narayanan, Jun 03, 2006)
To some he was an academic in the classical mould who enjoyed delivering his brand of economics from the exclusive Harvard pulpit.
- Bonded Labour’S Tragic Plight (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jun 03, 2006)
The photograph in Friday’s Dawn of brick kiln workers protesting against the brutal treatment being meted out to them by their employers was heart-wrenching.
- Scold War Mindset (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jun 03, 2006)
Beijing strongly resents, and firmly disagrees with, the latest Pentagon report that claims China is rapidly extending its military reach and potentially poses a threat to other countries in the region.
- The Guessing Game (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jun 03, 2006)
As Tony Blair limps towards the end of his tenure, the controversy over John Prescott, his deputy prime minister and the ruling party’s deputy leader, who was 68 this week, is a reminder that oppositions do not win elections, governments lose them.
- The Phenomenal World Follows The Noumenal (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 03, 2006)
The Bible describes seven layers of evolution. Days refer to evolutionary stages. One after another creational activity unfolds the coming into existence of various life systems.
- Disquiet On The Western Front (Pioneer, Kanchan Lakshman, Jun 03, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf said after talks with visiting Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai in Islamabad on February 15 that terrorism was a common enemy and the two countries had to combat it together.
- Maoists In Nepal Accuse Govt Of Plotting With King (Deccan Herald, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Jun 03, 2006)
Always a fateful day in the history of Nepal and its royal family, this Friday struck a double blow for monarchy as the residents of Kathmandu virtually ignored the death anniversary of their king and queen and the public appearance of the current . . .
- Bad Boys Finish First (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 03, 2006)
Everyone praises the truthful and runs down liars. But when it comes to the nitty-gritty, we have to concede that liars get a better deal in life than the truthful.
- Nissan, Suzuki Drive Towards Plant Tieup For India (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
Automobile giants Nissan and Suzuki have decided to take their business tie up to the next level by mutually supplying vehicles and sharing plants.
- Japan Considers Adding Patriotism To School Curriculum (Tribune, Bruce Wallace, Jun 03, 2006)
If the Japanese government gets its way, educators will soon add another course to the standard curriculum of reading, writing and arithmetic: teaching students to show love for their country.
- Get Rid Of The Culture Police (Tribune, Shakuntala Rao, Jun 03, 2006)
In December 1998, a small group of protesters halted the screening of the movie Fire in two Mumbai theatres.
- Chemical Onslaught On Human Life (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 03, 2006)
There was a time when man derived all his requirements from nature. He used naturally available herbs as medicine, naturally available nutrients and colours as cosmetics, and so on.
- On Keeping Cool (Tribune, Raj Chatterjee, Jun 03, 2006)
As the celebrated chronicler of the activities of the Pickwick Club said a long time ago, “It is pleasant to turn from contemplating the strife and torment of political existence to the peaceful repose of private life.
- The (Vicious) Cycle Of Progress (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 03, 2006)
Chandni Chowk sees a turf battle between minister and MP, Centre and State, over a move to replace rickshaws with CNG buses
- Save Trees (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 03, 2006)
The Himachal Pradesh High Court has stood up for trees and environment and banned tree felling in the state. Surprisingly, despite indiscriminate felling over the years, the government has not taken effective measures to check the menace and . . .
- Terrorists Were From Pakistan (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
The three terrorists killed while attempting to attack the RSS headquarters here on Thursday have been identified as Pakistanis, CID sources said on Friday.
- Nations Try To Patch Up Splits On Sex At Aids Meet......... (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
The president of the United Nations General Assembly has sought to break the deadlock over a UN declaration on AIDS, with Islamic countries objecting to empowerment for girls and the United States and others resisting defining financial targets.
- Caste Matters In The Indian Media (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Jun 03, 2006)
If television and newspaper coverage of the anti-reservation agitation was indulgent and one-sided, the lack of diversity in the newsroom is surely a major culprit.
- China, India Will Shape Asia: Lee (Hindu, P.S. Suryanarayana, Jun 03, 2006)
Singapore's Prime Minister delivers keynote address at the Asia Security Summit
Pranab Mukherjee, Donald Rumsfeld to participate
Membership of East Asia Summit `settled for now'
- Panel Asks India, Pakistan To Ratify Ctbt (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
United Nations: An independent commission seeking to end the threat posed by weapons of mass destruction has recommended that all nuclear weapon states, including India, Pakistan, United States and China, ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty . . .
- Engineering Education Beyond 3g (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
Two students of a city college have been invited by two information-communication-technologies providers in South East Asia for presenting their ideas on improving the efficiency of third generation 3G mobile phone operations.
- System To Evaluate School Education (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
It will monitor the policies of those involved in providing education
- Oil Price Hike: "Government Should Consider People's Needs" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
Congress says people's needs must be factored into any decision
- U.S. Action Against Dawood Overdue: Cbi (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Jun 03, 2006)
Pakistan under pressure: CBI chief
Pakistan flouting U.N. resolution against sheltering "global terrorists," says former Director of Intelligence Bureau
Dawood should not be given shelter, should be deported immediately, he says
- India To Host Ipi Pipeline Talks To Break Impasse (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
India will host the next round of secretary-level talks on the Iran pipeline on July 3 with no consensus having emerged during the Islamabad trilateral meeting last month on the gas price and project framework.
- Commission Asks India, Pakistan To Ratify Ctbt (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
Independent panel seeks end to threat posed by WMD
- Eu Re-Imposes Ban On Romanian Poultry Over Bird Flu (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
The EU has re-imposed a ban on all live poultry and poultry products imported from Romania, because of the rapid spread of the H5N1 strain of bird flu.
- Cosmetic Steps To Check Rising Prices (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 03, 2006)
AS almost daily media reports suggest, the entire country is in the grip of worst kind of price hike and the situation has deteriorated to such an extent that now different segments of the society have started taking out protest demonstrations . . .
- Us Soldier Escapes Prison Over Abu Ghraib Assault (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
A US army dog handler who was found guilty of assaulting an inmate at the Abu Ghraib jail in Iraq will not go to prison, a US military jury decided Friday.
- Un Agrees Global Aids Declaration (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
A un conference on Aids has agreed a declaration designed to be a global blueprint for tackling the disease.
- Sharp Cut In Kerala's Wheat Quota (Hindu, C. Gouridasan Nair, Jun 03, 2006)
The new LDF Government in Kerala has received a body blow from the Central Government in the form of a sharp cut in the State's wheat quota for June, from 46,190 tonnes to a mere 19,113 tonnes.
- Gears That Move The Innards Of Growth (Business Line, D. Murali , Jun 03, 2006)
Three books by Indian writers chart the course of economic growth in the country, looking at it from various angles — the sources of growth, growth theory and macroeconomic policy. Interesting and informative reads, says D.MURALI.
- Numbers And Welfare (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 03, 2006)
Social security for the unorganised sector
It was a touch ironic that the contours of a new deal for the country’s unorganised sector were unveiled at Kolkata’s New Secretariat, the bastion of a Leftist state’s organised and politically committed . . .
- Payback Time (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, Jun 03, 2006)
The writing was always there on the wall. But, typically, we Indians failed to see it.
- Thirsty Earth (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 03, 2006)
With streaming clouds trumpeting like haughty tuskers,/ with lightning-banners and drum beats of thunder claps,/ in towering majesty, the season of rains/ welcome to lovers, now comes like a king, my love.
Kalidasa, Ritusamharam
- Oil Spill From Vessel Continues (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
Coast Guard taking steps to contain slick from ship that ran aground off Karwar coast
Devbag beach near Karwar is affected by oil slick
Experts airlifted to the wrecked ship to locate the source of oil leak
- No Movement On Reform By The Upa (The Financial Express, Malvika Singh, Jun 03, 2006)
The perception is of a subservient, backtracking and indecisive government.
- Panel Wants Nuke States To Ratify Ctbt (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
An independent commission seeking ways to end the threat posed by weapons of mass destruction has recommended that all nuclear weapon states, including India, Pakistan, USA and China, ratify the CTBT which prohibits all nuclear weapon testing.
- Rbi To Deal Firmly With Pml Act Non-Compliance (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
Non-compliance with Prevention of Money Laundering (PML) Act by banks will be viewed seriously, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has warned.
- Affirmative Action The Only Answer (The Economic Times, V KRISHNA ANANTH, Jun 03, 2006)
There is no basis to argue that caste identities will be sharpened by setting aside 27% of seats in institutions of higher learning to the socially and educationally backward classes.
- Tap Ceos For Top Jobs: Follow Us Example (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 03, 2006)
Is it possible for Deepak Parekh or K V Kamath to become India’s FM? The answer is likely to be no, because of perceived conflicts of interest and also because the political system doesn’t trust businessmen. That’s a state of mind, which is a . . .
- Aidwa To Step Up Agitation For Passage Of Women's Bill (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
`Delhi Chalo' to be taken out during monsoon session of Parliament
Three-day dharna to be staged pressing for early passage of the Bill
AIDWA delegation meets Lalu Prasad and Mulayam Singh Yadav
- Bjp Demands Cbi Probe Into `Bungling' In Abattoir Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
`While 80 p.c. payment has been made to contractor, only one-third of the entire project work has been completed so far'
- Mining Policy Needs To Be Liberalised (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 03, 2006)
It’s notable that Jindal Steel has reportedly bagged long-term mining rights in Bolivia’s El Mutun site, said to contain Latin America’s largest iron ore deposits. It would be the biggest contract for ore abroad, by an Indian steel producer since . . .
- If Mona Lisa Could Talk: What Would She Say? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 03, 2006)
Now that the Hollywood blockbuster “The Da Vinci Code” has reintroduced Leonardo’s most famous work of art to a whole new generation of adolescent movie-goers, the question could again be asked as to what was the secret behind the Mona Lisa’s . . .
- Lifting Oneself Above The Mundane (The Economic Times, V B N RAM, Jun 03, 2006)
Last few days have witnessed gruesome crimes, some so horrendous as to be inconceivable. A high profile politician being killed by his own brother. An Indian technocrat in Afghanistan being butchered to death. Members of a particular community . . .
- The Skill Pool Is Drying Up (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jun 03, 2006)
It is ironical to talk of labour shortage in a country of one billion. But increasingly, the problem will be not of labour shortage, but of the skilled variety.
- 36 Tourists Injured In Grenade Explosions (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
At least 36 tourists were injured, one of them seriously, when suspected militants hurled two grenades, within 15 minutes, on their buses in the Dalgate area here this evening.
- ‘Us Troops In Afghanistan Can’T Be Punished Under Local Law’ (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
A top Afghan judge said on Thursday that foreigners could be tried for crimes committed in Afghanistan, after parliament called for the prosecution of Americans involved in a road accident.
- World Bank Comes Up With Lending Prog For Pakistan (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
The World Bank has come up with a flexible three-year USD 6.5 billion lending programme for Pakistan beginning 2006 with a view to helping the country achieve its development goals.
- Manmohan, Patil Condemn Terrorist Bid (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
Soft policies of the government encouraging militancy, say BJP leaders Advani and Rajnath Singh
Remain united, Manmohan tells nation
Government will defeat terrorist designs: Patil
- Terror Deals Blow To Tourism, Cancellations Begin (Daily Excelsior, Sarwar Kashani, Jun 02, 2006)
As the Valley's biggest economic venture and back bone of its prosperity - the tourism sector, was limping to regain its lost glory, unscrupulous elements armed with explosives time and again discharged their lewd endeavours stabbing in the stomach . . .
- Police Foils Terrorist Attack On Rss Headquarters (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
major attempt to attack the heavily-guarded RSS headquarters here was today foiled when three heavily-armed terrorists were shot dead in an encounter with the police while trying to enter the sprawling complex in the wee hours today.
- Terrorists' Attempt To Storm Rss Headquarters Foiled, 3 Killed (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
A major attempt to attack the heavily-guarded RSS headquarters here was today foiled when three heavily-armed terrorists were shot dead in an encounter with the police while trying to enter the sprawling complex in the wee hours today.
- India Welcomes U.S. Offer To Join E.U.-Iran Talks (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
India on Thursday welcomed the American offer to engage directly with Iran on its nuclear programme.
- Metro Announces New Fares For Feeder Buses (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
Does away with uniform rate of Rs. 5 per trip
- Delhi Metro Runs On Best Quality Rails (Hindu, Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar, Jun 02, 2006)
"Only the top quality rails used for the Rajdhanis and Shatabdis are used in the Delhi Metro depots" DMRC trusts only the imported Harden Rails of Austrian and French make
- Bus Passes For Schoolchildren To Be Issued From June 5 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
BMTC will issue passes for colleges students only in July BMTC will issue passes for college students only in July
PUC students have to spend close to Rs. 2,000 on bus fare till passes are issued
Schoolchildren spend Rs. 20 a day on bus travel
- Naxalites Blast Phone Exchange (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
Naxalites blasted a telephone exchange at Satyanarayanapuram in Charla mandal in the early hours of Thursday. Some 25 armed persons entered the CDoT exchange installed only four months ago and asked the watchman and other members to leave the . . .
- All Ongoing Schemes Will Be Evaluated, Says Karunanidhi (Hindu, R.K. Radhakrishnan, Jun 02, 2006)
"No mindless scrapping of projects initiated by AIADMK"
Free bicycle scheme for class 12 students to continue
Free marriage scheme for poor women to commence from June 3
- Congress-Communist Camaraderie (Daily Excelsior, Kedar Nath Pandey, Jun 02, 2006)
There are moments in history when forked tongues will no do, and when overly nuanced appraisals of events amount only to equivocation.
- Police Had Information About Possible Attack (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
There was credible information for almost a year suggesting such an attack, says police officer
- Opting Out Of The System? (Dawn, Tahir Mirza, Jun 02, 2006)
When you retire after almost 50 years in active journalism, are you also in some way perhaps opting out of the whole system in which you have been involved, have written about and reported on?
- Hindu Temple To Come Up In Moscow (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Jun 02, 2006)
Moscow Mayor's assurance to Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dixit
To replace demolished temple
Initial opposition from church
Cultural fete involving `sister cities'
- China, Arab States Pledge Anti-Terror Cooperation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
Ministerial meeting attended by delegates from 22 Arab countries
- `The Da Vinci Code' Banned In Andhra Pradesh (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
High-level meeting chaired by Chief Minister takes the decision
- Medicos Return To Work (Tribune, Smriti Kak Ramachandran, Jun 02, 2006)
Resident doctors who resumed work after days of hunger strike, much to the relief of the government and patients, have cautioned that though the strike has been called off, they will sustain the anti-quota movement in the larger interest of the society.
- Mysore To Have Vtu-Bosch Rexroth Global Centre (Deccan Herald, Shankar Bennur, Jun 02, 2006)
Disclosing this to Deccan Herald, VTU Vice-chancellor Prof K Balaveera Reddy said Bosch Rexroth, the Union government and the State government will jointly fund the Bosch Rexroth-VTU International Centre.
- Focus On Agrarian Economy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
Interesting reads in Kannada...
- Raising The Networthiness Of Indian Banking (Business Line, Manoranjan Sharma, Jun 02, 2006)
The banking sector is today relatively much stronger than its Asian counterparts but it still has a long way to go.
- Tata Power Ties Up With Siemens, Doosan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
Forms consortium to bid for ultra mega projects
Submits EoI for projects in four States
Receives RFQ documents for Sasan, Mundra
- Cops Foil Terror Bid On Rss Hq (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
A major attempt to attack the RSS headquarters in Nagpur was foiled when three heavily-armed militants were shot dead in an encounter with the police while trying to enter the heavily-guarded sprawling premises in the wee hours on Thursday.
- Radhakrishnan Elected Speaker Of Pondy Assembly (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
A.V. Sreedharan is the Deputy Speaker of the House
- About Time, A Ban On Ltte (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 02, 2006)
In the 30 years of its existence, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam brazenly used Europe as an extended backyard for its war against the Sri Lankan state.
- Mumbai's Season Of Conflicts (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Jun 02, 2006)
The south-west monsoon has set in, but some of the long-term issues concerning the development of the country's commercial capital still await direction.
- The U.S. And The Strategy For Freedom (Hindu, Hamid Ansari, Jun 02, 2006)
A remarkable feature of U.S. perceptions of West Asia is an inability or unwillingness to acknowledge linkages.
- India's Gains Predicated On Competitiveness (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 02, 2006)
The Free Trade Agreement with ASEAN is a link up with a group of dynamic economies that can test India's mettle in several areas of trade. More than the comfort of tariff quotas it will be the country's sustained competitiveness that would bring it . . .
- A Conditional Offer (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 02, 2006)
It is typical of the Bush administration that it should appear to be making a conciliatory gesture but to clothe it in such language and hedge it in with such conditions that the situation should remain confusing as ever.
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