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Articles 25721 through 25820 of 53943:
- Hrd Instinct (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 17, 2006)
Murli Manohar Joshi and Arjun Singh have more in common than you would imagine
- Given Our Resources, We’Ve To Adopt A Lifestyle That Leaves A Smaller Footprint On Nature Than West’ (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jan 17, 2006)
The greatest threat to our and future generations is not terrorism—it’s climate change. Dr R K Pachauri runs the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and, yes, he’s a fellow Indian.
- Consume Cautiously (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
India must consider taking steps to bring down compulsive consumption
Two recent reports have drawn attention to the threat posed by India and China to the world’s environment and ecological health.
- How To Handle Iran (Economist, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
IRAN’S Mahmoud Ahmadinejad seems to relish a showdown. As senior diplomats of the five big powers at the United Nations . . .
- Nepal Blues (Daily Excelsior, Tushar Charan, Jan 17, 2006)
All too soon it is back to square one in the Himalayan kingdom of Nepal. The Maoist rebels have announced the end of the (extended) ceasefire unilaterally announced by them four months ago, leading to fears of eruption of violence that has already . . .
- Indo-Pak Fs Level Talks Begin Today (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
The third round of Indo-Pak Composite Dialogue begins here tomorrow with the Foreign Secretary-level talks here during which the two countries will discuss "new ideas" on taking the peace process forward.
- Uphill Task For Bjp President (Daily Excelsior, Deepayan, Jan 17, 2006)
Many Indians believe that when trouble comes it comes from all directions. That seems to be the case with the Bharatiya Janata Party.
- What Is It The Customer’S Looking For? (The Financial Express, Mahesh Bhatt, Jan 17, 2006)
It wasn’t the pain of her fall, but the humiliation when she fell that made her cry.
- Britain Moots India-Eu Fta (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
The UK is India’s largest trading partner in EU with Indo-UK two-way trade estimated at 7 billion dollars during 2004-05.
- On The Brink Of Division (Hindu, Tariq Ali, Jan 17, 2006)
Had the Shia parties decided to give up their power struggles to resist the occupation, it would have been over long ago.
- Let Saboteur Sings On Terror Designs (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
Police have arrested another key activist of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) at Almatti in Bagalkot district and seized explosives and incriminating documents from him....
- Delhi Blasts Suspect Gunned Down (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
A senior ‘commander’ of the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), Abu Huzaifa, allegedly involved in the recent serial Delhi blasts, was killed at Khour-Sherabad in Pattan tehsil in north Kashmir.
- Central Queries On Desalination Plant Project Answered (Hindu, T. Ramakrishnan, Jan 17, 2006)
"Studies show there will be no adverse impact, either on marine system or fisherfolk"
- Pakistan Foreign Secretary In Delhi For Next Round Of Talks (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
Will discuss key issues of peace and security, including CBMs, and Jammu and Kashmir
- Railway Minister Urged To Make Belgaum Starting Point Of Trains (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
Dharam Singh spoke to Lalu Prasad: MP
Chief Minister N. Dharam Singh is said to have urged the Railway Minister Lalu Prasad to consider Belgaum as the new starting point of trains that are now originating from Hubli.
- Break The Shackles (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jan 17, 2006)
Some of the problem areas in economic reforms have been identified and are much discussed building better infrastructure, lowering customs tariffs, allowing FDI in retail, and so on.
- Custodial Murders (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Jan 17, 2006)
Notwithstanding Chief Minister’s promise to put an end to custodial killings, two people have been subjected to extra-judicial execution during the past six days.
- Mini-Vietnam Syndrome (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Jan 17, 2006)
Iran to gain as US plans Iraqi withdrawal
AS if by instinct, events are moving towards an era of inevitability in Iraq, the Bush administration having dramatically scaled down its bar for a “victory”.
- A Voice Called Arundhati Roy (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Jan 17, 2006)
Arundhati Roy’s turning down of Sahitya Akademi award should not surprise many. She has already denied to be a doll in the hands of those who reward their pets, reject their rivals.
- The Canvas Of Anthropology (Hindu, Shereen Ratnagar, Jan 17, 2006)
Collection of 40 papers documenting the wide sweep of anthropology
This is a collection of 40 papers in three sections — archaeological anthropology, physical anthropology, and social anthropology— dedicated to D.K.Bhattacharya who distinguished . . .
- Exam System Or System Failure? - Ii (Greater Kashmir, MAJID MAQBOOL BHAT, Jan 17, 2006)
Let’s not measure success with marks sheets, there is a world beyond that, writes Majid Maqbool
- Door-To-Door Survey Of Tamil Manuscripts From February 1 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
Union Ministry of Culture had granted Rs.20 lakh for tracing them: Bharathidasan University Vice-Chancellor
- Target Practice (Telegraph, Sumanta Sen, Jan 17, 2006)
The Maoists’ kindling of tribal discontent is likely to create more situations like the one in Kalinga Nagar, writes Sumanta Sen
- Rice Says World Must Act Fast Against Iran (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
Jack Straw says Tehran bears the burden of responsibility in clarifying nuclear intentions
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Monday Iran ‘crossed the threshold’ with its recent nuclear actions and the world must act fast . . .
- Steel Industry: To Continue Shining In 2006 (Business Line, J. Mehra, Jan 17, 2006)
Global steel demand is set to grow at a scorching pace, though certain factors could be a cause for heartburn in the sector.
- Fetters On Iims (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 17, 2006)
The question whether Indian Institutes of Management should be allowed to set up campuses abroad, has raised the combination of extreme reactions that anything of quality, catering to a small constituency inevitably draws in India.
- Reliance To Pick Up 25% Equity In Yemen Refinery (Business Line, Vinod Mathew, Jan 17, 2006)
Reliance Industries Ltd will be picking up 25 per cent equity stake in a greenfield refinery in Yemen. Reliance is expected to invest $33.78 million (about Rs 149 crore) in the $450-million refinery project.
- A Candle Light Dinner With A Touch Of Difference (Greater Kashmir, Dr Shoukat.H.Khan, Jan 17, 2006)
They have it there in London, we too have it here in Kashmir, but ours is special, narrates Dr Shoukat.H.Khan
- Violence Hits Manipur Border Trade (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
Tension mounts; traders and tourists are not able to move around
Bomb blasts at Namphalong hotels Junta seals off border Combing operations launched but no one is arrested
- Pak To Table Musharraf’S Proposals (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Jan 17, 2006)
Pakistan is expected to formally put on the table President Pervez Musharraf’s Kashmir-centric proposals during the Foreign Secretary-level talks between India and Pakistan beginning here tomorrow.
- Iisc Attack: Let Man Arrested (Tribune, Jangveer Singh, Jan 17, 2006)
A Muslim preacher from Bagalkot in Karnataka who is suspected to be a member of the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) today became the second person to be arrested in the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) attack case.
- The Audience Behind Real Consequences (The Economic Times, MUKUL SHARMA, Jan 17, 2006)
Why is it so difficult to have the courage to stand by our convictions, even though it means that by not doing so we often let misdeeds pass without lifting a finger?
- Indo-Pak Talks From Today (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
Pakistan will put forward some “proposals” and “ideas” on the Kashmir issue as also on peace and security during the foreign secretary level talks with India in New Delhi beginning tomorrow as part of the Composite Dialogue process.
- Ireland Seeks Better Ties With India (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
'Huge opportunities exist for both countries'
Irish Academy of Sciences, Indian Academy of Sciences to sign pact
Bilateral trade increased from $187.31 million in 2001-02 to $383.87 million in 2004-05
- Let All Iims Go Global (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jan 17, 2006)
The official view that IIM Bangalore faces a choice between opening a centre in Singapore and reaching out to the domestic market is mistaken. Far from being mutually exclusive, the two goals would ideally be part of a common strategy.
- Riyadh Urges Iran To Forego Nuclear Weapons (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister said he opposed any attempt by Iran to develop nuclear weapons, but alleged the West was partly to blame for Tehran’s nuclear programme
- Camaraderie Before Indo-Pak Talks (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
The third round of Indo-Pak composite dialogue begins on Tuesday with the meeting of two foreign secretaries here.
- Nitish Kumar Woos Nris (Tribune, Ambarish Dutta, Jan 17, 2006)
It was more a drive for image makeover than immediate investment by NDA Chief Minister Nitish Kumar when he attended the just-concluded three-day “Prabashi Bharatiya Sammelan” (NRI conclave) in Hyderabad between January 7 and 9.
- Making Education More Important Than A Meal (Deccan Herald, D Rajasekhar, Jan 17, 2006)
Primary education and dropouts in Karnataka: distance, infrastructure, poverty, migration and subject matter need to be addressed urgently.
- Irked India Lets Iran Have It (Hindustan Times, Nilova Roy Chaudhury, Jan 17, 2006)
The gloves are off. Or so it seemed on Monday when the Iranian National Security Adviser, Ali Larijani, sought to make an example of India's nuclear status as international double standards. India promptly hit back saying it regretted the reference.
- Going Up In Chalkdust (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jan 17, 2006)
India urgently needs to walk the talk about creating a knowledge-based economy. Last week’s conference of vice-chancellors of central universities was a continuing lament of why this is not happening.
- The End Of The Road (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
Extracts from the World Drug Report, 2005, published by the United Nations Office of Drug and Crimes
- Demise Of A Caring Brother (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jan 17, 2006)
Kuwaiti Amir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah died and was later laid to rest on Sunday marking the end of his quarter of a century of rule over the oil rich Kuwait State. Crown Prince Sheikh Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah has succeeded him.
- Iranian N-Official’S Comments Upset India (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
India on Monday expressed "regret" over comments made by Iran’s top nuclear negotiator that New Delhi received preferential international treatment on nuclear proliferation issues.
- Key Eu Powers Move To Refer Iran To Unsc (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
European powers on Monday began drafting a resolution to have Iran referred to the UN Security Council next month over its nuclear work, diplomats said, after Russia and the West neared agreement in dealing with Tehran.
- El-Baradei Says Iran Only Months Away From N-Bomb (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
The United States and its European allies pressed Russia and China on Monday to support bringing Iran before the UN Security Council, which has the power to impose sanctions over Tehran’s nuclear programme.
- Traffic Management In Capital (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
Islamabad would have new traffic police from the first week of February next. The new force, as per reports, has been equipped with the first aid training, fast vehicles, radar system, modern equipment, wireless, road speed guns and various . . .
- February Date For Iran Fate (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
Powerful members of the United Nations Security Council and Germany agreed today that Iran must fully suspend its nuclear program, Britain's Foreign Office said following a day long meeting in London.
- Taming A Gypsy (Tribune, Reena Sen, Jan 17, 2006)
I saw her tripping along, dancing to drum beats only she could hear. She was tiny, covered with fleas, eating off the dustbin, but there was such freedom and joyfulness in her demeanor you could not but notice her.
- Israeli President Says Nuclear Iran Not Acceptable (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
Israel will not allow ‘a totalitarian’ Iran which exports international terrorism to have a nuclear capability, Israeli President Moshe Katsav said in an interview published on Monday.
- General Will "Hit Balochis Hard" (Daily Excelsior, K.N. Pandita, Jan 17, 2006)
"I will hit them so hard they won't know what hit them", thundered the General in Islamabad.
- Pakistan-India Accord On N-Alert Likely (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Jan 17, 2006)
India and Pakistan will start a fresh round of their composite dialogue on Tuesday with a breakthrough expected on a mechanism to reduce their nuclear alert followed by an exchange of new ideas on ways to resolve the Kashmir dispute.
- Unhealthy State Of Prisons (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 17, 2006)
It is no coincidence that some 500 prisoners out of a total of 2,500 kept in the Sialkot district jail should have been found suffering from hepatitis.
- The Economic Decline Of Maharashtra (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Jan 17, 2006)
The economic decline of Maharashtra began in 1995-96 with the coming to power of coalition governments. The State's debt has now reached a staggering Rs 1.15-lakh crore and the debt servicing burden has risen sharply despite the lowering of interest ...
- Situating Women, Experiencing Gender (Hindu, Padmini Swaminathan, Jan 17, 2006)
Essays on the understanding of the experience of gender in India
This book is a monumental compilation comprising 24 contributors, spread, slightly over 600 pages, sweeping across two centuries, drawing together diverse disciplines and themes, but . . .
- Who Is 'Containing' Whom? (OutLook, Seema Sirohi, Jan 17, 2006)
All this neo-con talk of containing China by promoting India has only served to alert the dragon. Perhaps the most unfortunate formulation for India might have been the American offer to help it to become "a world power."
- Iaea Meeting (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
Britain, France, Germany and the European Union told the United States, Russia and China they plan to call for an emergency meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency on Feb 2 and 3 to discuss Iran.
- Sri Lanka: Threat Of Civil War (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 17, 2006)
Once again, there are ominous signs that Sri Lanka, after nearly four years of an uneasy truce, is sliding back into civil war.
- Curriculum Change Controversy (Dawn, Omar R. Quraishi, Jan 17, 2006)
Curriculam revision seems to have become a very controversial issue in the country with not a month going by without some political or religious party objecting to a reported change in some textbooks or syllabus.
- Perils Of Unchecked Power (Dawn, Nicholas deB. Katzenbach, Jan 17, 2006)
The recent controversy over warrantless national security telephone taps, coupled with Martin Luther King’s birthday, remind me of my time in the Department of Justice in the 1960s.
- The Balochistan Crisis (Dawn, Ghayoor Ahmed, Jan 17, 2006)
The long simmering ethnic passion that resurfaced in Balochistan in 2004 and has recently resumed with greater intensity is a source of great anxiety to the people of Pakistan. The security forces are currently engaged in quelling the insurgency-like ...
- Attacking Iran? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 17, 2006)
According to the western media, Israeli plans for attacking Iran’s nuclear installations are ready, and it goes without saying who has supplied the bunker-bursting bombs, most probably free.
- Getting Bihar On The Path To Progress (Business Line, Devendra Mishra, Jan 17, 2006)
Where there is no bread, there is no law; where there is no law, there is no bread. The idea that a society's moral well-being depends on its economic well-being and vice versa is well settled.
- A City To Be Proud Of (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Jan 17, 2006)
The chief minister of Delhi has been in the throes of an intensive discussion with a cross-section of city professionals, trying to understand how to address the growing urban problems that face this city.
- Time For Thought? (Telegraph, MAHESH RANGARAJAN, Jan 17, 2006)
In 2006, the BJP should reflect deeply on what went wrong
The author is an independent researcher. He has recently co-edited the book, Battles Over Nature
- Iraq’S Uncertain Future (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Jan 17, 2006)
There are several reasons why what happened in Iraq over the last three years should matter for Pakistan. The reason — or reasons — why the administration of President George W. Bush decided to invade Iraq is a matter of concern for countries . . .
- Let's Give Iran Some Of Its Own Medicine (Telegraph (UK), Mark Steyn, Jan 17, 2006)
So let me see. On the one hand, we have a regime that is pressing full steam ahead with its nuclear programme and whose president has threatened to wipe another sovereign state off the map.
- Tactics And Deals: The Options For The World (Times Online (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
Russia yesterday dangled the possibility that it can still strike a deal with Iran. That is certainly its own fervent hope.
- Iaea Urges Iran To Allow Inspection (Dawn, Masood Haider, Jan 16, 2006)
Warning Iran over the confrontation with the international community on its nuclear programme , Mohamed ElBaradei, director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Sunday that despite intensive three years of verification of Irani
- Seeking Trade, Not Aid (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 16, 2006)
The success of the forthcoming official visit of Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz to the US will be measured more in terms of its achievements on the economic front than on anything else.
- A Strange Demand (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 16, 2006)
LESS than a month after the Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy asked “western democratic forces” to restrain the federal government on the Balochistan issue, Sardar Akhtar Mengal has called for “international mediation” to resolve the crisis.
- Unchecked Abuse (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 16, 2006)
US Congress voted by an overwhelming margin last month to ban all US personnel from inflicting “cruel, inhuman or degrading” treatment on any prisoner held anywhere by the United States.
- Urgency Of Kalabagh Dam Project (Dawn, Ahmad Fraz Khan, Jan 16, 2006)
As the debate on the Kalabagh dam, essentially a technical issue, starts assuming emotional, political and subjective character far out of proportion to its core technicalities, one wonders where all this will lead us.
- Africa’S Tinderbox (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 16, 2006)
Africa's next war could be between two countries already in the middle of a devastating drought: Ethiopia and Eritrea. They are also bordered by violence and instability; to the east lies a deeply fractured Somalia, to the west is Sudan, . . .
- Self- Rule For Jammu And Kashmir....? (Daily Excelsior, J N Raina, Jan 16, 2006)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's proposal of 'self-governance' and 'demilitarization', to resolve the Kashmir issue, is ill-conceived, unintelligible and intended at balkanization of not only India, but Pakistan as well.
- Pattern In The Madness (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Jan 16, 2006)
When the International Atomic Energy Agency confirmed last Tuesday that Iran had broken the seals on its nuclear research facility at Natanz, many people reacted as if the next step was the testing of an Iranian nuclear weapon.
- Wake-Up Call (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jan 16, 2006)
Poor advance tax realisation from public sector enterprises (PSEs), many of which enjoy monopoly or significant market dominance, should set alarm bells ringing in the finance ministry.
- Jaswant Un Hope Fades (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Jan 16, 2006)
Speculation about an Indian nominee for the number two job of deputy secretary-general of the UN has been temporarily halted with a UN spokesman making it clear that the job will not be filled until the beginning of next year.
- Help Or Hindrance? (Telegraph, Alok Ray, Jan 16, 2006)
Alok Ray reflects on why the World Bank’s World Development Report 2006 lays stress on equity as an instrument of economic growth
- Defining Demilitarization (Dawn, Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Jan 16, 2006)
In an effort to comprehend ‘demilitarization and self-governance’ that has during the last two years, become Pakistan’s substitute for the Kashmiri right of self-determination, my last article (Dawn, January 9) was largely devoted to the process . . .
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