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Articles 29721 through 29820 of 53943:
- Party Must End (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 08, 2005)
When will we learn something better?
- Natwar Hands Over Resignation To Pm (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2005)
Having been pushed to the wall to quit the UPA government after being removed as a member of the high power Congress Steering Committee late at night on Monday, Union Minister without Portfolio K Natwar Singh called on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh . . .
- Nonalignment Today (Tribune, Anita Inder Singh, Dec 08, 2005)
One unintended outcome of the Volcker report is the debate it has sparked off on whether, in the 21st century, India should continue to define its foreign policy as a nonalignment country.
- Fusion Partner (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 08, 2005)
India has joined the worldwide effort to harness thermonuclear fusion and create a potentially endless, and environment-friendly, source of energy. The consortium building the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) has admitted India ....
- Bharatiya Janata Party (Bjp) Has Demanded That Gandhi Resign Her Post As Head Of The National Advisory Council, An Important Government-Appointed Body (India Daily, Anil Rane, Dec 08, 2005)
BJP has decided to go all out against the super PM – Sonia Gandhi.
- A Taste Called Strawberry (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 08, 2005)
It has got taste, use, beauty and more. In J&K the fruit is grown in a small scale as it doesn’t last longer Syed Mudasir Shafi writes on the history, botany and agronomy of a fruit called strawberry
- Indian ‘Arms Dealer’ Gets Suspended Term (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2005)
An Afghan court convicted an Indian and two Britons of gun smuggling and gave them two-year suspended sentences today, following a one-day trial one of the men called a “circus.”
- Lanka Wants Oslo To Broker Peace (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2005)
In a U-turn, Sri Lanka’s new government has invited Norway to keep up its efforts to broker peace with the LTTE despite a poll vow to review Oslo’s role even as a fresh explosion rocked the island nation today taking the toll in the recent upsurge. . .
- Let A Thousand Children Bloom (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 08, 2005)
The slow and limited international response to the HIV/ AIDS crisis has contributed directly to the deepening of global health inequalities.
- Poverty And Inflation (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Dec 08, 2005)
Pakistan's economic future is bright despite the setback caused by the October 8 earthquake, says a senior IMF official. In saying that he rhymes with the optimistic predictions of the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank, which have made intense
- Who Cares About The Litigant? (Indian Express, Fali S. Nariman, Dec 08, 2005)
The statement of the chief justice of India about there being 27 million pending cases has set off alarm bells. First, about what society expects from lawyers and from judges, and next, about the so-far-neglected plight of litigants.
- Moscow’S Civil About Nuclear Energy (Indian Express, K. Subrahmanyam, Dec 08, 2005)
During Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit to Moscow, President Putin made it clear that Russia expects to play a major role in future civil nuclear energy projects in India. But he saw this as part of a broader international cooperation on enabling...
- A Letter To Mr Gates (Indian Express, Ravi Agarwal, Dec 08, 2005)
Bill Gates has joined the illustrious list of American businessmen philanthropists, from Rockefeller to Ford. With over 200 million USD to be given for the health sector alone and an expected over 1 billion USD investments in India, . . .
- Bihar Cops Flog Youth For Eloping With Aunt (Indian Express, J P Yadav, Dec 08, 2005)
It was public display of police brutality in a state where, after the regime change, there are high hopes from law enforcement agencies. Ranjit Kumar was suspended from a tree as the officer-in-charge of Nimchak Bathani police station in Gaya . . .
- Manmohan Calls For Strong Health Set-Up (Indian Express, Toufiq Rashid, Dec 08, 2005)
A decentralised need-based mechanism which does not work top downwards and a strengthened public health system is Manmohan Singh’s prescription for India’s ailing immunisation programme.
- Wind Can Fight Global Warming (Tribune, Andrew Buncombe, Dec 08, 2005)
Wind power has far greater potential than previously thought for providing countries in the developing world with access to cheap and clean energy, new data suggests.
- How Al Qaeda Uses The Internet (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Dec 08, 2005)
Al Qaeda’s sophisticated and fast-paced use of the Internet while effective in getting its message across is both risk-prone and challenging.
- Singh Mid-Air Missile Flies At Bjp (Telegraph, Radhika Ramaseshan, Dec 08, 2005)
Natwar Singh leaves the Prime Minister’s residence on Wednesday. At a book release event later in the evening, Natwar termed the UN a “quasi-bankrupt” organisation with no ability to carry out its political responsibilities efficiently.
- Justice Blinded (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 08, 2005)
An eye for an eye, Gandhiji famously pronounced, can turn the whole world blind. When the same principle is brought to bear on a judicial verdict, it is comment enough on the blindness of that criminal justice system.
- India Tests Akash Missile (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2005)
India successfully tested on Wednesday a surface-to-air missile for the second time in five days from a coastal range in the east of the country, a defence official said.
- The Controversy Goes On (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Dec 08, 2005)
With Sind and Punjab arguing over the construction of the dam, it is now enmeshed in provincial politics
- No Substitute For Cutting Back (Deccan Herald, George Monbiot, Dec 08, 2005)
We have missed the fact that biodiesel is worse than the fossil-fuel burning it replaces
- Sena: The Tiger Whimpers (Deccan Herald, Venkat Krishnan, Dec 08, 2005)
The Shiv Sena is a party in trouble. Unless the party reinvents itself, it has no future.
- When A Shoe Is Not A Shoe! (The Economic Times, Paramahamsa Sri Nithyananda, Dec 08, 2005)
Nirvana means extinction, extinction of vasanas and karmas. Only when vasanas and karmas die will you start living. As long as they are alive in you they live through you, and never let you enjoy life.
- The Protege Who Came In From The Cold (Indian Express, Shiv Aroor, Dec 08, 2005)
The protege who came in from the cold
- There Are No Zero Sum Games On The Edge Of This Forest (Indian Express, JAY MAZOOMDAAR, Dec 08, 2005)
It WAS my second trip to Ranthambhore last month.
- Kashmir Violence Down Due To ‘Changed Attitude’ Of Pakistan (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Dec 08, 2005)
Indian Home Minister Shivraj Patil conceded on Wednesday that “the changed attitude of the neighbouring country” has contributed significantly to the reduction of violence in Indian-held Kashmir, but that Pakistan still has not disbanded . . .
- Russian Model, European Bovine (Pioneer, Dmitri Kosyrev, Dec 08, 2005)
The price of one European cow symbolises the difference between global economic policies of the Pacific and Eurocentric West, says Dmitri Kosyrev.
- Certain Place (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 08, 2005)
Mr Subash Ghisingh has his way again. A special status for Darjeeling under the sixth schedule of the Constitution has significant political implications. It will give far more financial and administrative powers to the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council.
- In The Safety Net (Telegraph, MONI NAG, Dec 08, 2005)
The 2005 UNAIDS global report, which was released in New Delhi last month, has drawn attention to the unique success of the STD/HIV intervention project, (popularly known as Sonagachi project) in curbing the spread of HIV among sex workers in Sonagachi,..
- United States Looks To India As New Global Ally (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2005)
The Bush administration is looking increasingly to India as a core ally as it seeks to engineer what could be a major diplomatic shift away from the power alignments forged after World War Two.
- Indo-Russian Energy Ties To Be Strengthened (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2005)
Building on strategic partnership, India and Russia have agreed to actively explore opportunities to further expand their cooperation in the field of peaceful use of atomic energy.
- Naxalite Menace: Finding A Way Out (Daily Excelsior, V M Gokuldas, Dec 08, 2005)
The ''Compact Revolutionary Zone'' that provides the north-south link between the Nepalese Maoists and the Andhra Pradesh naxals is stealthily moving eastwards to cover Orissa in a major push that has worried the Union Home Ministry.
- Behind Enemy Lines (Pioneer, Abhijit C Chandra, Dec 08, 2005)
Abhijit C Chandra recounts the exploits of an IAF officer who flew across the Tibetan territory just before the 1962 war
- Calendar Year Of Indian Navy (Pioneer, Anil Bhat, Dec 08, 2005)
Anil Bhat recapitulates the achievements of the wing of the armed forces that rules the waves.
- Best Is Yet To Come (Pioneer, BK Verma, Dec 08, 2005)
The Bihar saga is one of the murkiest in the history of independent India. Before its people delivered a knock out punch to a thoroughly venal dispensation on November 22, it appeared as if Bihar had descended in the dark valleys of doom, . . .
- No Visa Power For India Inc In Russia (Pioneer, Shobori Ganguli, Dec 08, 2005)
Russia must ease up its visa regime for Indian businessmen if it is serious about enhancing the economic content of its relations with India. While Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh have given a united call . . .
- Putin Signals Hope (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 08, 2005)
In keeping with the tradition of annual summits, Tuesday's meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Vladimir Putin was not expected to yield any results of far-reaching consequences, either in terms of bilateral relations . . .
- The Odd Couple (Dawn, F.S. Aijazuddin, Dec 08, 2005)
Nothing succeeds like success, however simulated, and at the moment two persons — President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz — are savouring their own personal brand of success.
- Delhi To Be Thermonuclear Club Partner (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2005)
India said on Wednesday it has been accepted as a full partner in the elite International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) project by consensus. The foreign ministry said the decision was taken at a meeting of the ITER partner countries . . .
- Visit To Moscow A "Landmark" In India-Russia Relations: Pm (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived here today after a "landmark" three-day visit to Moscow during which Russia extended all help to India in meeting its energy needs, including civilian nuclear power.
- A New Urban Lifestyle Lures India's Rural Poor (International Herald Tribune, AMY WALDMAN, Dec 08, 2005)
This western city has at least 300 slum pockets, with grimy industry, factory-fouled air and a spiraling crime rate. A 1994 epidemic - reported as pneumonic plague - that originated here caused national panic.
- The Wages Of Corruption (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Dec 08, 2005)
Around 4.30 pm on Friday December 2, 2005, officials of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested Subhash Bhowmik, football coach of Kolkata's famous East Bengal Club and a former international footballer, on the charge of accepting a bribe . . .
- Politics All Around (Telegraph, SURENDRA MUNSHI, Dec 08, 2005)
In an article that appeared in this paper recently, I argued that a crippling contradiction in Indian society is between visionaries in different spheres and routine politicians.
- Buddhadeb To Inaugurate Meet On Kerala Studies (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2005)
Meet will cover issues relating to the State's development
- Focus On Central Asia (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 08, 2005)
Is Russia a partner of the United States in the war on terrorism? You wouldn’t know it from the bitter campaign Moscow is waging to thwart President Bush’s democracy agenda in Muslim Central Asia.
- Railway Link Discussed With Indian Envoy (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2005)
The Muttahida Qaumi Movement on Wednesday discussed Pakistan-India relations and other issues with the Indian High Commissioner here on Wednesday. According to a party press release, the MQM coordination committee hosted a luncheon meeting with Indian Hig
- Bjp Asks Govt Not To Succumb To Pressure At Wto (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2005)
The opposition BJP today demanded a catgorical assurance from the UPA government that it would not succumb to pressure of developed countries at the Hong Kong WTO Ministerial and that India's interests, especially of farmers, would be fully protected.
- Healthcare Accreditation Standards (Daily Excelsior, Dr Arun Sharma, Dec 08, 2005)
Addressing the need for a uniform accreditation system for healthcare institutes, the draft on standards of healthcare accreditation, prepared by technical committee of National Accreditation Board of Hospitals and Healthcare Providers (NABH),
- Threat From East (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 08, 2005)
Often in the past we have expressed concern in these columns over the arrival of unauthorised immigrants from Bangladesh in this city. It is indeed surprising that they manage to travel from one end of the country to the other without being detected.
- Sri Lankan Govt Asks Norway To Keep Up Peace Bid (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2005)
In a U-turn, Sri Lanka's new government has invited Norway to keep up its efforts to broker peace with Tamil Tiger rebels despite an election vow to review Oslo's role even as a fresh explosion rocked the island nation today taking the toll . . .
- Russia Offers Tu-22m3 Strategic Bombers To India (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2005)
Russia has offered to sell several long-range Tupolev Tu-22M3 bombers to India, Russian Vice Premier and Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov said today.
- Venezuela: Opposition Plays Truant (Hindu, Richard Gott, Dec 07, 2005)
A tiny ragbag of opposition groups threatens to undermine the credibility of the parliamentary system.
- Russia Sees India As Long-Term Partner In Energy Sector (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Dec 07, 2005)
Iran pipeline vital for energy security, regional cooperation: Manmohan
Sakhalin-I project clear indication of a good beginning: Putin
Manmohan, Putin discuss Iran nuclear issue
Possibility of Economic Cooperation Agreement with Russia to be studied
- India For `Visionary' Outlook On Summit (Hindu, P.S. Suryanarayana, Dec 07, 2005)
It is an important "building block for community-building in East Asia"
India looking for ways to fashion governing document
ASEAN goes well with Manmohan's proposal of Asian economic community
- Get Serious About Flood Assistance (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has very good reason to complain about the unsatisfactory nature and lackadaisical pace of the United Progressive Alliance Government's response to the flood-ravaged State's plea for financial assistance . . .
- Being Realistic Over Hong Kong (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 07, 2005)
The second draft text for the forthcoming ministerial meet of the World Trade Organisation at Hong Kong might be an improvement over the first but the generally lukewarm response to both conveys a significant message.
- Opening Up The Socialist Space In Indian Politics (Hindu, Harish Khare , Dec 07, 2005)
In the coming post-George Fernandes era, the socialists will have many opportunities in various parts of the country to tap the alienation of the poor from the mainstream economy.
- Situation In Sri Lanka Grim: Irene Khan (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Dec 07, 2005)
Secretary-General of Amnesty International, Irene Khan, on Monday described the current Sri Lankan situation as "grim, volatile and ready to implode." She called upon "all sides" to the conflict — the Sri Lankan Government and the Liberation Tigers . . .
- Joining The Venture To Harness Fusion (Hindu, R. Ramachandran, Dec 07, 2005)
The aim of the ambitious multi-billion dollar International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) is to demonstrate the scientific and technological feasibility of fusion as a sustained long-term energy source.
- Madrasa Reforms (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 07, 2005)
Will Bengal take leaf out of Musharraf’s book?
The ordinance promulgated by President Parvez Musharraf to regulate the functioning of 25,000 madrasas in Pakistan is a bold step that recognises realities.
- A Legacy Of Cultural Dissent (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 07, 2005)
Thirty-six years ago — on November 15, 1969, to be precise — an estimated half a million Americans gathered in the heart of Washington D.C. in one of the largest protests against the war their government was waging in Vietnam.
- Natwar Announces Resignation (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Minister without portfolio K Natwar Singh tonight announced his resignation from the Union Cabinet saying he did not want to be an excuse for paralysis of Parliament after the opposition stalled both the Houses insisting on his immediate exit.
- Manmohan-Putin Summit (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Declaring the determination of India and Russia to jointly combat terrorism, President Vladimir Putin today expressed his country’s readiness to cooperate with New Delhi in the field of nuclear energy and said Moscow was also prepared to increase oil. . .
- The Farooq Show (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
If ever an award is instituted for a political leader of the State employing tongue like a double-edged weapon it will certainly go to National Conference patriarch Farooq Abdullah.
- Bangladesh Scene: Cause For Concern (Daily Excelsior, M Rama Rao, Dec 07, 2005)
Anam Khan who is the Defence and Strategic Affairs editor of the Dhaka daily, The Daily Star, says it is time to come to grips with 'the frightening prospect of combating an ideologically motivated group, prepared to kill themselves for the sake . . .
- More Reforms (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 07, 2005)
The World Trade Organization’s sixth ministerial conference is due in Hong Kong soon, that is on December 13-18. The Doha work programme started in 2001, and had an initial deadline of January 2005 for completion.
- A Double Paradox (Telegraph, Dipankar Dasgupta, Dec 07, 2005)
The sensitive index we are told is climbing new heights simultaneously with growing signs of industrial prosperity. Interest rates on bank deposits, however, continue to be low, suggesting that banks are not beneficiaries of the industrial bonanza. . . .
- Coming To Terms With The Pandemic (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 07, 2005)
Extracts from the Human Development Report 2005
- Pak Beats India To Lady Bank Boss (Telegraph, IMTIAZ GUL, Dec 07, 2005)
Musharraf picks accomplished Shamshad to take care of coffers
- Healthcare In India — Caught Between A Rock And A Hard Place (Business Line, Vinod Mathew, Dec 07, 2005)
Mr. Deshpande was in the Military Engineering Service for over two decades before he opted for VRS last year to start a business.
- 120 Die As Plane Crashes In Iran (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
An Iranian military plane carrying scores of journalists crashed into a Tehran apartment block and exploded on Tuesday, killing up to 120 people on board the aircraft and on the ground, police and witnesses said.
- Spirit Of Inquiry (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Dec 07, 2005)
f you can't beat 'em, join 'em. After failing to stall the Right to Information Act, the bureaucracy is all set to become its custodian.
- Status Of Biological Sciences In India (Daily Excelsior, Pragya Khanna, Dec 07, 2005)
Human knowledge of Biology began with prehistoric people and their experiences with edible vs. inedible, or even poisonous, plants and animals, their habits and habitats and how best to capture them, etc. This information was verbally passed on to . . .
- Bill Gates Picks Up Seattle Threads With It Minister (Hindustan Times, Prerna K Mishra, Dec 07, 2005)
Even as the first day of Bill Gates’ four-day visit to India was to be dedicated to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, politics took precedence as Gates went to meet Communications and IT Minister Dayanidhi Maran at his residence first thing . . .
- 119 Die As Plane Plunges Into Apartment (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Ten-storey housing complex catches fire after impact; 25 residents among victims, over 90 injured
- Sahitya Parishat Plans Programmes For Suvarna Karnataka (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Major works produced by eminent Kannada writers to be published
Cultural jathas to be taken out in 52 border taluks
Seminars on unification of Karnataka to be organised
Awareness on Kannada language and culture to be created in other States
- Promising Market For Educational Software (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
ICT solutions allow for simulations and promote interactive mode of learning among students, says RM Group CEO Tim Pearson. In a chat with G. Mahadevan
- Bill Gates, Maran Discuss Areas Of Cooperation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
To create an enabling environment for adoption of IT
Progress on other projects reviewed
To launch English edition of Windows XP Starter Edition
- India Looks For Russian Nuclear Reactors (India Daily, Monica Narain, Dec 07, 2005)
India is happy with Russian reactors. India needs may of these reactors for the upcoming energy needs of the country.
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