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Articles 22121 through 22220 of 53943:
- Chirac Arrives In India (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
French President Jacques Chirac arrived here today on a two-day official visit for discussions with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on giving a fresh impetus to the Indo-French Strategic Relationship and to political and economic diplomacy.
- Disgruntled Group (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
The CM and his deputy need to take all their MLAs along
In the first round of Cabinet expansion, Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy has inducted 20 ministers — nine from his party and 11 from the BJP.
- Reservations In Private Educational Institutions (Daily Excelsior, E.C. Thomas, Feb 20, 2006)
The Constitution has been amended to include reservation of seats for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and other Backward Classes citizens (OBCs) in private unaided educational institutions. The bill to amend Article 15 of the Constitution . . .
- Empowerment Of Women (Daily Excelsior, Angela Gadroo, Feb 20, 2006)
Ancient Vedas, Sastras, Aranyakas, Upanishads etc vehemently opposed any type of gender discrimination or differences due to caste, colour and nationality and highlighted the cardinal principle that all human beings are equal.
- Bush Figures In Lucknow Muslim Rally Against Prophet Cartoons (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
Thousands of Muslims gathered here today to protest against the Danish cartoons of Prophet Mohammad. While that was the focal point of the ehtejaaj ka muzahira (public display of anger), the crowds also rallied against US President George W Bush’s . . .
- Tigers At Table This Week (Indian Express, ARTHUR MAX, Feb 20, 2006)
Sri Lankan government officials and leaders of the Tamil Tiger rebels meet this week at a Swiss chateau outside Geneva to try to patch up their unraveling cease-fire, which brought three years of relative calm and the benefits of peace after decades . . .
- Israeli Cabinet Okays Sanctions On Hamas (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
Israel called a permanent halt on Sunday to its monthly transfer of funds to the Palestinian Authority but settled for a watered-down package of other sanctions after a Hamas-led Palestinian parliament was sworn in.
- Anti-Flu Steps Take Wing (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
Addressing reporters after holding a meeting with senior officials from various government departments, CM Kumarswamy said Karnataka was 100 per cent free from any instances of bird flu.
- Uk’S Ban On Smoking (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 20, 2006)
Parliament, so often maligned and so often ignorantly, has done itself and the nation proud by banning smoking in England. This week’s Commons debate was informed and articulate. It was also, in the end, irresistible and emphatic.
- City Suffers Closures And Indian Border Re-Opens (News International, Tahir Hasan Khan, Feb 20, 2006)
Protest demonstrations by the religious parties and groups against the publication of sacrilegious caricatures in various European newspapers gained further momentum last week, paralysing the life in Karachi, Sindhís capital, and other major cities . . .
- Islam From German Perspective (Dawn, Anwer Mooraj, Feb 20, 2006)
Sometimes one feels a little sorry for those European diplomats serving in Islamic countries when they suddenly discover that their country has been placed on the black list of Muslim countries because some sensation-seeking newspaper . . .
- Rationalising Petroleum Prices (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 20, 2006)
The far-reaching recommendations of the Rangarajan Committee on petroleum sector pricing and taxation ought to be seen more as a well laid out road map than as a plan for immediate action to correct the distortions.
- A Touch Of Anarchy (Dawn, Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Feb 20, 2006)
A Week ago, I expressed in this space the apprehension that injection of violence in the protests against the blasphemous cartoons that raised their ugly head in Denmark and spread rapidly like a contagion to several other European countries . . .
- Indian N-Facilities’ Separation Backed (Dawn, Anwar Iqbal, Feb 20, 2006)
A pro-Indian Democratic Congressman Frank Pallone has supported the Bush administration’s demand for separation of India’s military and civilian nuclear facilities.
- Reinforcing Ties With China (Dawn, Ghayoor Ahmed, Feb 20, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf’s current state visit to China at the invitation of the President Hu Jinato, will herald the events organized in connection with the 55th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Pakistan and ....
- Clinton Hopeful Of Better Ties Between India, Pakistan (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Feb 20, 2006)
Former US president Bill Clinton said on Sunday that the United States expected relations between India and Pakistan to improve within the framework of an economically unified South Asia.
- We Just Have To Grow Up As A Country’ (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Feb 20, 2006)
India’s ambassador to the US, Ronen Sen, explains the background to the upswing in bilateral relations between India and US in an exclusive interview with Deccan Herald.
- King Offers Talks, Parties Unmoved (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
Nepal’s King Gyanendra made his first formal approach to the country’s estranged political parties today, urging them to join talks and try to put democracy back on track.
- Indian City On High Alert After Blast Injures 25 (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
India’s western Ahmedabad city was placed on high alert on Sunday after 25 people were injured, three of them seriously, in a bomb blast at the main railway station, police said.
- Indo-French Trade To Touch 10 Billion Euros (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
The official visit of French President to India will give a big boost in acceleration of two-way trade between India and France which is expected to exceed 10 billion euros by 2010 from its current level of 3.6 billion euros, reveals a study.
- Nuclear Deal Not Lynchpin Of Indo-Us Relationship: Clinton (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
Ahead of US President George W Bush's India visit, his predecessor Bill Clinton today played down doubts on the Indo-US nuclear deal, saying it should not be treated as the "lynchpin" of bilateral ties.
- Space Mission, Green Revolution On Bush Agenda (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Feb 20, 2006)
A keynote speech by US President George W Bush at a function hosted by the Asia Society in Washington coming Wednesday is expected to underline some of the themes and issues he will be dealing with during his visit to India and Pakistan.
- Reveries Of Equilibrium (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Feb 20, 2006)
Walras showed through his mathematical exercise that if all these conditions, which define a perfect market, were satisfied, the market would reach a state of equilibrium at the end of the day, yielding maximum possible satisfaction to all buyers and ....
- Chickens Again (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 20, 2006)
It is now time for India to be menaced by chickens. With more than 30,000 poultry dying of the avian influenza in northern Maharashtra, it has become crucial to work out the right combination of prompt action, keeping the public properly informed and ....
- The Future Shocks (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Feb 20, 2006)
It’s exactly the sort of document that an American think-tank would have produced in the year 1900, if they had think-tanks in 1900. This time it’s the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the document is called China Modernization Report 2006.
- How The Stalemate Machine Works (Telegraph, Sanjib Baruah, Feb 20, 2006)
The obvious lesson of Kakopathar is that counter-insurgency operations and negotiations towards peace do not go together, writes Sanjib Baruah The author is at the Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi, and Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
- On These Same Tracks, In 1971 (Indian Express, M.L. KHANNA, Feb 20, 2006)
As a train once again speeds between Munabao and Khokrapar, M.L. KHANNA remembers a vastly different episode from that war
- Changing The Face Of Global Security (Hindu, M.K. Bhadrakumar, Feb 20, 2006)
The underlying theme, promoted by the U.S. and Germany, of the 42nd Munich Conference of Security Policy was that NATO must have the pivotal role in the 21st century's world order.
- Muslims And The Indian Army (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Feb 20, 2006)
After 60 years of Independence, we should be sufficiently confident of our collective secular beliefs and practices to examine facts.
- Another Spat Between Russia And Georgia (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Feb 20, 2006)
The row between the two countries over the breakaway Georgian territory of South Ossetia could have a wider fallout.
- Bird Flu: Lethal And Spreading Fast (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Feb 20, 2006)
The Government's efforts to check the spread of the H5N1 virus, first noticed at Nandurbar, Maharashtra, may not suffice.
- The Dangers And Some Dos And Don'ts (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Feb 20, 2006)
The H5N1 virus primarily affects birds. "The virus does not easily cross from birds to infect humans," observes the World Health Organisation in its fact sheet on avian influenza. "Despite the infection of tens of millions of poultry over . . .
- Arcelor Chief Backtracks On Remarks Against Mittal (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Feb 20, 2006)
Guy Dollet says he over-reacted but insists he was attacked too. Lakshmi Mittal's takeover bid for Arcelor, the world's second largest steelmaker, has triggered widespread opposition among the French elite.
- New Left (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 20, 2006)
It can be easier to win elections than to know what to do with power. The Left Front’s election manifesto can be meaningful to the people only if they see it as a realistic programme of action for making their lives better.
- An Advice Well Taken (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 20, 2006)
Nearly a year after the commencement of the Phase I clinical trial of an AIDS vaccine candidate in Pune, a similar trial on another vaccine candidate was initiated recently in Chennai by the Government of India and the International AIDS . . .
- Congress, Sena, Bjp Win Assembly Byelections (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Speaker Purno A Sangma on Sunday won the Tura Lok Sabha seat in Meghalaya while the Congress and the Shiv Sena bagged a seat each in the Maharashtra Assembly byelections.
- Vasant Again (Times of India, SAPNA SHARMA, Feb 20, 2006)
Until six years ago, Vasant meant only happiness to me. I felt one with birds building nests and the trees in bloom. The romance in the air was palpable, for I got married in this season.
- Firmness On Iran (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 20, 2006)
It’s indeed a matter of national interest
Far too much of political dust had been raised by Left and Samajwadi leaders on the issue of India’s Iranian vote which Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has finally set to rest.
- India, Us Fast Breeding Nuclear Deal (Times of India, Indrani Bagchi, Feb 20, 2006)
Seeking a compromise formula to cap the controversy over fast breeder reactors (FBR) which has halted progress on the India-US nuclear deal,
- French President Meets Manmohan Singh (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
India and France will take their strategic relations to a new high on Monday by signing a joint declaration on civil nuclear energy cooperation and a defence pact.
- Nepal Parties Reject Reconciliation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
King Gyanendra's appeal for democratic process is meaningless, say leaders
- Strategic Thinking (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Feb 20, 2006)
The Prime Minister speaking at the Association of Indian Diplomats, while releasing their newly launched journal referred to the dearth of strategic long-term thinking in our country.
- The Delisting Conundrum And The Need To Solve It (The Financial Express, Sucheta Dalal, Feb 20, 2006)
It is a move that the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) will certainly welcome.
- Nationwide Alert On Bird Flu (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
Vaccines rushed to affected areas
In a multi-pronged drive to contain the spread of the deadly “N5H1” virus of bird flu detected in the tribal Nandurbar district of Maharashtra, the Centre has sounded a countrywide alert to keep a close watch on poultry
- Chirac In India For Trade Talks Amid Arcelor Row (Reuters, Sophie Louet, Feb 20, 2006)
French President Jacques Chirac arrived in India on Sunday with a group of top CEOs to improve trade ties with Asia's third-largest economy amid a growing row over an Indian-born tycoon's bid for Luxembourg-based steelmaker Arcelor.
- Ipi — Firmly In Place? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 20, 2006)
To the relief of all concerned, the meeting of the oil ministers of India and Pakistan in New Delhi has confirmed that the IPI gas project is very much on. Considering the many factors that could have thrown this tripartite venture into jeopardy,
- Full Alert In District Against Avian Flu (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
Migratory water fowls are carriers of all influenza
The district Health authorities and the Animal Husbandry Department have gone on full alert following reports confirming the detection of avian influenza in poultry farms in Maharashtra.
- Danger Of Bird Flu (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 20, 2006)
Global health authorities are once again sounding the alarm bell as Africa records its first cases of avian flu. Some days ago, Nigeria, followed by Egypt, became a victim of the H5N1 virus strain.
- In The Aftermath Of Riots (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 20, 2006)
The Punjab government’s decision to compensate motorcycle owners whose vehicles were burnt by rioters last Tuesday and Wednesday in Lahore is welcome.
- Eye On Bihar (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Feb 20, 2006)
Lalu has no reason to be envious
Bihar had remained the country’s most backward state in the 15 years of Lalu power.
- Time For A Moratorium (Dawn, Aitzaz Ahsan, Feb 20, 2006)
The sense of outrage over the cartoons (which none had seen) was over-powering and all-pervasive as I entered the National Assembly Hall on February 13.
- India Not To Dilute N-Deterrent Capacity: Anand Sharma (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Feb 20, 2006)
Mr Anand Sharma, the new Minister of State for External Affairs, answers all kinds of questions and the phrase “no comments” does not seem to have entered his lexicon, at least not yet. Excerpts from an interview:
- 15 Killed In Nigerian Cartoon Protests (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
Armed mob rampages though streets, burns down 15 churches
Police and soldiers patrolled the deserted streets of this northern Nigerian town on Sunday, one day after thousands of Nigerian Muslims, protesting caricatures of the Prophet Muhammed, . . .
- Row Mars Visakha-I Bypoll (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
Congress MLA attacked allegedly by TDP men; counting put off
A nearly peaceful polling was marred by a controversy over brandishing a revolver at a polling station, allegedly by an MLA, turning the situation tense near the Old Post Office . . .
- Modernising The Village Economy (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Feb 20, 2006)
The fruits of economic development fall where educated people live, not where they work. Hence, if we want to enrich villages, we should induce the educated to live there. But for this to happen we need to install reliable means of social services and ...
- Us Freezes Assets Of Hamas-Linked Ngo (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
US authorities said on Sunday they have frozen the assets of a non-governmental organisation, KindHearts, which they say is linked to Hamas, the Palestinian group it accuses of backing terrorism.
- Human-Made Disasters Have More Impact On People: Health Care Expert (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
Natural disaster victims stoically bore losses
Human-made disasters are causing much more severe impact on the people than the natural ones. The victims are so shaken out of their wits that it would be difficult for them to get over the trauma . . .
- "Check Conversion By Christian Missionaries" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
Welfare missions are just a pretext to convert tribals and Adivasis, says Rajnath
UPA Government must frame a law to stop `proselytisation'
Bangladeshi infiltrators pose a threat to country's demography
- Steps Taken To Curb Bird Flu: Anbumani (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
The Government has taken adequate measures to control the spread of bird flu, which has infected poultry in Nandurbar district in Maharashtra, Minister for Health and Family Welfare Anbumani Ramadoss said here on Sunday.
- Talk About Globalisation (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Feb 20, 2006)
The world is in a turmoil all because of cartoons in a newspaper most have not heard of published in a country with fewer people than live in Chennai.
- India’S Junior Fm Begins 3-Day Visit To Iran (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
India’s junior foreign minister E Ahamed left for Iran on Sunday on a three-day visit for talks on bilateral ties and Tehran’s nuclear programme, officials said.
- Stress From Partner’S Condition (Tribune, Thomas H. Maugh II, Feb 20, 2006)
The elderly really can die of a broken heart not only when their spouses die, but even when they are hospitalized. But the problem reflects increased stress more than romantic loss, according to the first large study to examine the phenomenon.
- Clinton Meets Manmohan (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
Former US President Bill Clinton called on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today.
- Bird Flu Claims One Life (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
Gujarat is on high alert with cases of bird flu reported in Nandurbar district of Maharashtra, bordering the southern part of the state.
- Does Safta Have A Future? (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Feb 20, 2006)
The signs are not at all propitious for the South Asia Free Trade Area agreement to deliver the goods. The key to successful implementation of SAFTA lies in the hands of Islamabad and, going by the hints dropped by the Musharraf regime, . . .
- Norway’S Laudable Gesture (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 20, 2006)
A delegation of representatives of Norwegian Church and Muslim community in Norway is currently on a visit to Pakistan to console the Muslims in their anguish over the publication of blasphemous sketches in some European countries.
- Private Sector Performance (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Feb 20, 2006)
IT IS high time the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) undertook a comprehensive study of the performance of the private sector in the 15 years after liberalisation.
- Code Of Ethics For Protestors (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 20, 2006)
Violence in Pakistan over the publication of blasphemous cartoons has led to the several deaths, besides widespread damage to property as well as premises and businesses of multinational companies in the past few days.
- French President Arrives In India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
* Seeks to boost trade and hold nuclear talks with Delhi
French President Jacques Chirac arrived in India on Sunday for a whistle-stop visit aimed at bolstering trade and civilian nuclear cooperation with the emerging economic powerhouse.
- Over 50 Injured As Mma Defies Ban On Ralies In Islamabad (Daily Times, Shahzad Malik, Feb 20, 2006)
* 300 arrested in twin cities
* JI claims 3,463 activists arrested
* Police fire teargas at MMA leaders
* Danish ambassador leaves
- Learning To Revere Water (Business Line, K.G. Kumar, Feb 20, 2006)
If the State's Water Policy takes root, perhaps Kerala too will count among the regions and cultures that value and manage water resources responsibly.
- Report Of Panel On Energy Security — Confines Itself To Known Technologies (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Feb 20, 2006)
ThePlanning Commission had set up an Expert Committee under the Chairmanship of eminent economist and Member, Planning Commission, Dr Kirit Parikh, to prepare an energy policy linked with sustainable development that covers all sources of energy and ....
- Face The Facts (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Feb 20, 2006)
That people start resembling their pets is something that most of us, including Maneka Gandhi, already know.
- Apology Fails To Douse Cartoon Anger (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
A Saudi-owned pan-Arab newspaper printed today a full-page apology from Jyllands-Posten, the Danish daily that first published cartoons of Prophet Mohammad unleashing a wave of fury by muslims worldwide.
- Help, Before Fear Takes Wing (Indian Express, Mini Kapoor, Feb 20, 2006)
Loss to life from a disease is typically computed on the basis of mortality rates. By that reckoning avian influenza, with rates up to 90-100 per cent, would be as deadly as it gets, right?
- On Chirac's Visit, Mittal Looks To Pm (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
NRI steel magnate LN Mittal on Sunday night expressed confidence that he would succeed in his bid for takeover of Arcelor Steel plant in Luxembourg.
- Sky Goes Green: Airlines Drop Chicken From Platter (Hindustan Times, Chanchal Pal Chauhan, Feb 20, 2006)
Within a day of bird flu striking India, airlines — both international and domestic — have grounded chicken.
- Nepal Bans Indian Poultry Products On Bird Flu Fears (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
Nepal's royalist government banned imports of poultry from India after its neighbour reported its first confirmed outbreak of bird flu, an official said on Monday.
- Call For Action Across E.U. Against Bird Flu (Hindu, Luke Harding , Feb 20, 2006)
British Ministers are expected to come under pressure to take more drastic measures to combat bird flu this week, in the wake of a suspected case in France which officials said "increases the likelihood" the disease will reach the U.K.
- Comrades Vow Street Protests During Bush Visit (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Feb 20, 2006)
Come what may, Communists who keep the Congress-led government alive are determined to make President George Bush's coming visit a memorable one -- through noisy anti-US street protests.
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