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Articles 30421 through 30520 of 53943:
- India-Iran Energy Link Years Away: Burns (Indian Express, CHRIS BALTIMORE, Dec 02, 2005)
Any plans by the Indian government to sign energy deals with Iran are ‘‘years away’’ and exist only in the hypothetical realm, said Nicholas Burns, the No. 3 US State Department official. He did not specifically mention ongoing talks between India . . .
- No Rollback In Oil Prices: Aiyar (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
The government does not propose to bring down the rates of petrol and diesel despite the decline in crude prices in the global market, Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Shankar Aiyar informed the Lok Sabha on Thursday.
- Rallies Mark World Aids Day Observance (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
United efforts required to prevent the spread of HIV: Governor
- Focus On Relief, Rehabilitation (Hindu, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Dec 02, 2005)
The Southwest and the Northwest monsoons that brought unusually bountiful rain have also spelt destruction and misery for a large section of the people in peninsular India, thanks to the breached and swollen waterways and storages.
- Fall In Line (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Now that the Supreme Court has spoken for chiru the State Government should drop what evidently is hesitation to faithfully implement the ban on production of "shahtoosh" shawls. A three-judge bench of the apex court comprising Justice Ruma Pal, . . .
- Awareness Programmes Mark Aids Day (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
United efforts required to prevent the spread of HIV: Governor
- Organisational Health (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Dec 02, 2005)
IS IT possible to transpose to organisations the methodology of a doctor who undertakes various tests and scans to assess a person's state of health?
- School For Hiv Infected Children In Thrissur (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
The State Government has decided to start an aided school exclusively for HIV-infected children, in Thrissur, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said here on Thursday.
- Kochi Underwater Cruise Project In The Doldrums (Hindu, John L Paul, Dec 02, 2005)
Marine Department yet to give green signal
- Cope India 2005 — Lessons For Us (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Dec 02, 2005)
At Cope India 2005, the recently held two-week India-US joint air exercise, Indian pilots flying the Sukhoi-30 MKIs are reported to have outperformed the United States F-16s. Indian pilots not only came out the winners in various visible-range encounters,
- Militant Camps Still Exist In Pakistan: India (Daily Times, Ignatius Pereira, Dec 02, 2005)
India claimed on Thursday that militant training camps still exist in Pakistan and Kashmir, as well as in Bangladesh along its eastern border.
- `India Needs To Take Gcfi As Seriously As Gdp' — Mr Vinayak Chatterjee, Chairman, Feedback Ventures Pvt Ltd. (Business Line, N. Ramakrishnan , Dec 02, 2005)
The country needs to invest at least 7 per cent of its GDP in infrastructure, which at current levels works out to Rs 200,000 crore a year. It is clearly not investing enough in infrastructure but, sadder still, says Mr Vinayak Chatterjee, Chairman, . . .
- Talk About Sex, Says Pm (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Singh rings AIDS alarm, asks indians to shed inhibitions to fight disease
- How To Live With The Need To Kill For Food (The Economic Times, MUKUL SHARMA, Dec 02, 2005)
Mahatma Gandhi once said, “I do not regard flesh food as necessary for us. I hold (it) to be unsuited to our species. We err in copying the lower animal world if we are superior to it. The only way to live is to let live.”
- Killing Taxpayers Softly (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Dec 02, 2005)
The philosophy underlying the recommendations of the expert panel on the proposed exempt-exempt-tax (EET) regime, that income from tax- exempt savings would be taxed at withdrawal, is unexceptionable.
- To Madam With Love-By Sudha Palit (Statesman, SUDHA PALIT, Dec 02, 2005)
She had a rather unprepossessing appearance. Goan by birth, she was barely five feet tall and skeletally thin. her most prominent facial features were her aquiline nose and her protruding teeth
- ‘Kashmiris Died Because Pakistan Declined Indian Help’ (Statesman, Kavita Suri, Dec 02, 2005)
Accusing the Pakistani government of playing with the lives of thousands of people from PoK, a leading Kashmiri separatist in Britain said lives could be saved if Pakistan had not turned down the Indian offer of helicopters for earthquake relief.
- Wahhabi Islam: A Misnomer (Greater Kashmir, Dr. Sheikh Muhammad Iqbal, Dec 02, 2005)
Dr. Sheikh Muhammad Iqbal writes about the contribution of Sheikh Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab who rose in revolt against the socio-religious corruption prevalent during his times everywhere in Ottoman provinces
Thereafter,
- Pm Calls For War Against Aids (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said that the nation’s health delivery system would be restructured in the next two years to provide a comprehensive package of services to the community and to HIV infected persons.
- Visible Threat (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 02, 2005)
It may be hasty to see Bangladesh as another Afghanistan in the making. The geopolitical context that gave birth to the taliban regime in Kabul does not prevail in Dhaka. The two countries also have very different racial and cultural contexts.
- Not Into The Sunset (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Dec 02, 2005)
After a few pleasantries and a quick round-up of Madhya Pradesh politics, I bluntly asked Uma why she was hell-bent on tormenting Patwa. Surely she should realize that you couldn’t get anywhere in the state by alienating a powerful group in the BJP . . .
- Saarc After Dhaka Summit (Daily Excelsior, Ajay Kaul, Dec 02, 2005)
Twenty years on, SAARC finally appears poised for a take-off. The members of the seven-nation group seem to have shed the mindset that has been mired in political disputes for years and almost brought the regional grouping to the verge of collapse.
- Waste-Water Treatment: A Community Experiment (Business Line, P. Srivatsan, Dec 02, 2005)
Clean water is as important as clean air for human life and other forms of life. Recent weeks saw widespread water-logging due to the rains in Tamil Nadu and other parts of the country.
- Iran’S Nuclear Lies (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
IAEA has no authority to determine whether or not a country has a nuclear weapons programme. That is up to the UN Security Council. The IAEA’s job is to determine whether a nation has violated its safeguards agreement, and El Baradei has made it . . .
- Iran Needs Assurance: Iaea Chief (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog has expressed hope that the contentious issue of Iran’s nuclear programme could be resolved by assuring international community that ‘it is not meant for developing nuclear weapons’ and by assuring Iranians
- India, Us Pledge Greater Cooperation In Technology (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
India and the United States vowed to implement steps to promote high technology cooperation on Thursday at the fourth meeting of the High Technology Cooperation Group (HTCG).
- Kashmir Issue Must Be Resolved Bilaterally, Say Retired Soldiers (Daily Times, Ali Waqar, Dec 02, 2005)
Says SAARC should be preferred to NATO
* People be allowed to move freely across border
* NATO has no role to play in subcontinent
- Petroleum Pricing: In Defence Of Oil Marketing Companies (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Dec 02, 2005)
The Petroleum Minister defends the oil refining and marketing companies on the issue of their not reducing petrol and diesel prices
- Nothing Is More Obstinate Than A Fashionable Consensus (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 02, 2005)
Recently,the Central Board of Trustees (CBT) of the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) spent five hours debating the rate of interest payable to more than three crore subscribers. But the board could not reach a consensus on the issue.
- Pm Calls For Cheaper Aids Drugs (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Law to empower HIV patients likely: Sibal.
- Fourth Generation Of India's Combat Aircraft Joins Test-Phase (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Software-intensive fourth generation Light Combat Aircraft Tejas (second prototype vehicle), indigenously designed and developed by India, joined the test phase today with its maiden flight here.
Its maiden flight launched at 1010 hours . . .
- Meet Needs Of The Industry, Ysr Advises Universities (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
``Equip students with the skills they will require''
- Annan Disappointed Over Un Failure To Finalise Terror Convention (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Expressing disappointment at the failure of member states to finalise the Comprehensive Convention Against Terrorism, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has vowed to work for its adoption during the current session of the General Assembly . . .
- 'Indo-Pak Trade Can Touch One Billion Dollar By 2006-07' (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
With a view to increasing official trade between India and Pakistan to one billion dollar by next year, the Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry will hold a series of trade exhibitions in Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad in 2006-07.
- Roadshows, Seminars Mark World Aids Day (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Officials, NGOs and others take the lead in creating awareness
- U.S. Confident India Nuclear Deal Will Be Approved (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
The State Department expressed confidence on Thursday a controversial nuclear deal with India would be approved by Congress and said it would work with lawmakers to make it happen
- Embattled Nepal King To Return To Face New Challenge (Reuters, Gopal Sharma, Dec 02, 2005)
Nepal's King Gyanendra faces a fresh challenge to his rule on his return home from Africa on Friday after the main political parties and Maoist rebels joined hands to end absolute monarchy and restore democracy.
- Dan And Now (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Dec 02, 2005)
There is something about politics that encourages amnesia. Surely, the BJP would not like to remember how they helped a Congress government to survive a no-confidence motion in the mid-Nineties.
- Teaching The Teachers (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 02, 2005)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf has underlined the need for providing training to teachers to enhance their skills in order to improve the primary and secondary education standards in the country. Speaking at a function in Islamabad on Wednesday, . . .
- Iraq — Another Vietnam? (Dawn, Maqbool Ahmad Bhatty, Dec 02, 2005)
THE writer recalls the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearings of 1966 when Senator Fulbright brought under debate the growing US involvement in Vietnam. Though the conflict was proving costly, it was considered critical to the “war against communi
- Islam’S Pioneering Role (Dawn, Bilal Ahmed Malik, Dec 02, 2005)
Despite efforts to achieve world peace in the wake of two world wars, armed conflicts remain a prominent feature of our human landscape.
- No More Watergates (Dawn, Sidney Blumenthal, Dec 02, 2005)
In the beginning, seasoned political reporters at the Washington Post disdained the Watergate story as insignificant, implausible and unserious. But two young journalists doggedly pursued every lead, helping bring about Richard Nixon’s resignation.
- Congress Will Approve India Nuke Deal: Us (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
The State Department expressed confidence that Congress would approve a nuclear deal with India and said it would work with lawmakers to make it happen.
- Congressmen Delegation Lauds Pakistan Role Against Terrorism (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
President General Pervez Musharraf Thursday stressed on the need for the United States to lend its support to the efforts aimed at resolving the Jammu and Kashmir dispute, which was at the root of tension in South Asia.
- Us Troops Withdrawal From Iraq (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 02, 2005)
President Bush has warned that there will be violence for many years in case of US troops’ withdrawal from Iraq and thus refused to set a date for a pull out. Speaking at the US naval academy in Annapolis, Maryland, he said that the decision . . .
- Viral Fever And Sanitation (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 02, 2005)
THE crisis caused by the growing number of haemorrhagic fever cases in Karachi could have been avoided if the city’s sanitation system was not in the terrible state it has been in.
- Us Confident India Nuke Deal Will Be Approved (Hindustan Times, Reuters, Dec 02, 2005)
The State Department expressed confidence on Thursday that a controversial nuclear deal with India would be approved by Congress and said it would work with lawmakers to make it happen.
- India, Us Discuss Civilian Nuclear Cooperation Issues (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Discussions were on between India and the United States for working out modalities to realize the Indo-US understanding on civilian . . .
- India And Spain Have Reaffirmed Their Commitment To Address Issues Of Interest To Developing Countries At The World Trade Organisation (Wto) (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
India and Spain have reaffirmed their commitment to address issues of interest to developing countries at the World Trade Organisation (WTO)
- Hiv Positive Woman Lights The Lamp At Belgaum Seminar (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Gesture draws loud applause at World AIDS Day function
HIV infected need to be treated on par with others
Stress on sex education in schools
Mass campaign is the need of the hour
Individuals should be helped to develop strong moral character
- Rallies Mark World Aids Day (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
NGOs asked to take effective steps to check spread of disease
- Challenges Before The Kesc (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 02, 2005)
THE road to the KESC’s privatization has not been a smooth one, but with its handing over to a private consortium on Tuesday, the utility that has been running at huge losses for years stands a chance of improvement provided its new management is aware..
- No Reduction In Oil Prices: Government (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
The Government on Thursday told the Lok Sabha that it did not propose to reduce prices of petrol and diesel in the country even though the crude oil rate in the international market had shown a decline.
- His Way Of Spreading Aids Awareness (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Thirty-two-year old Harikrishnan observed the World AIDS Day here on Thursday in a unique way.
- Big Pharma’S Bitter Pills (Indian Express, FARAH BARIA, Dec 02, 2005)
When my two-year old daughter started bumping into furniture and tripping over her toes, I was puzzled; she had been walking for a year with reasonable co-ordination.
- Pm Sets 2008 Deadline For Aids Healthcare Revamp (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Restructuring of the healthcare system to ensure a comprehensive package of services to the community and to HIV infected persons. This, according to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, will be his government’s goal in the next two years.
- India, Us Close To Inking High-Tech Space Pact (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Taking forward the agenda of civilian space cooperation, India and US are looking at soon finalising a technology safeguard agreement (TSA) on cooperation in the sector.
- Clean Politics Is Our Birthright (Indian Express, J.S. BINDRA, Dec 02, 2005)
In your editorial of October 17, you have made some very charitable comments on Sonia Gandhi’s code of conduct. Her prescription is like giving aspirin to a cancer patient. The hypocrisy and humbug that mark our politicians today is breathtaking;
- The Iraq Policy Runs Through Iran (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Dec 02, 2005)
An earthquake in islands off Bandar Abbas in Iran sent tremors here in Dubai and other parts of the Emirates. The shockwaves felt here are a metaphor of sorts for all the GCC countries: they look with anxiety at the entire troubled arc from Iran to Iraq.
- Now Petrol Smells Of Death (Indian Express, SANJAY JHA, Dec 02, 2005)
I suffered from an acute childhood obsession, almost a fetish — love for the smell of petrol. It made be delirious, it had a macho aroma and I invariably sniffed out the closest fuel dispensing outlet.
- We’Re Like Them Only? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 02, 2005)
The world’s most illiberal regimes ban homosexuality. Include India’s in that list
- Pushing The Boats Out (Indian Express, Shiv Aroor, Dec 02, 2005)
Like post-quake diplomacy in the mountains, post-tsunami diplomacy is paying off at sea, writes SHIV AROOR, in the lead-up to Navy Day on December 4
- Kalam Outlines Crucial Research Areas To Foster Growth (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
President seeks the help of scientists to help solve the issues
Proteomics much more challenging than figuring out the human genome
Urgent need to track multiple parameters and predict earthquakes
- Lanka Committed To Ceasefire With Ltte’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
The new Sri Lankan government headed by President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Thursday assured India of Colombo’s commitment to maintaining its ceasefire with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ealam (LTTE) and negotiating with the outfit to seek a political .....
- India, Russia To Sign Four Agreements During Pm’S Visit (Indian Express, Dadan Upadhyay, Dec 02, 2005)
India and Russia will sign four agreements in the spheres of defence and space, during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s annual summit with President Vladimir Putin, scheduled for December 4-6.
- Intensive Aids Awareness Campaign Gets Under Way (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
265 voluntary counselling and testing centres in the Nilgiris
- "Parties Trying To Get Mileage Out Of Maniappan Issue" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Opposition accusation baseless, says Congress MP Jairam Ramesh
- An All-Star Line-Up For An "Aids-Free India" (Hindu, Bindu Shajan Perappadan, Dec 02, 2005)
Bollywood stars Salman Khan, Anil Kapoor, Shilpa Shetty and Sharmila Tagore and cricket star Kapil Dev took time off their busy schedules to share the stage with political leaders and policymakers here in the Capital on Thursday to stand up . . .
- India For Continued Ceasefire In Sri Lanka (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Dec 02, 2005)
Sri Lankan Foreign Minister meets Manmohan "President Rajapakse views the greatest possible degree of openness, transparency and inclusivity in the peace process...
- No Going Back On Afghan Road Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Nowhere in the world can you buy peace by compromising and surrendering to terrorists: Pranab
BRO project will be completed at all costs
Pakistan was contacted to get in touch with the Taliban to secure Maniappan's release
- Aids Awareness Camps To Be Held In 58 Places (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Do not humiliate or neglect HIV patients, says Collector
- Stars Join Leaders In Aids Campaign (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Education, awareness only vaccination against the disease: Sonia
Change in outlook towards the disease stressed
People who despise HIV-positive persons need not view my films, says Salman
We only need to be careful: Kapil Dev
- United States Inks 5-Year Afghanistan Grants (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
The US government signed an agreement here Thursday committing itself to grants over five years for development in war-ravaged Afghanistan that could amount to about five billion dollars.
- Afghan Prosperity — Still A Dream For Most (Daily Times, SAYED SALAHUDDIN, Dec 02, 2005)
A problem for President Hamid Karzai, a year after he formed a new government following a sweeping election victory, is that people’s expectations have been raised, but not met
- Musharraf Seeks Us Support On Kashmir (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Thursday stressed the need for the United States to lend its support to the efforts aimed at resolving the Jammu and Kashmir dispute, which was at the root of tension in South Asia.
- Line Up Before Pm, Sonia Tells Cms (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Congress President Sonia Gandhi has asked the chief ministers of Karnataka and Maharashtra to meet the prime minister and discuss the boundary dispute and the recent dissolution of the Belgaum municipal corporation.
- Shun Gender Violence (Pioneer, Remya Mohan, Dec 02, 2005)
The White Ribbon Campaign (WRC) began as an endeavour by a small group of Canadian men who wore White Ribbons in memory of the brutal massacre at the Université de Montreal Engineering School where on December 6, 1989, a gunman shot dead 14 female student
- Hindsight As Foresight (Pioneer, Mumtaz Khan, Dec 02, 2005)
Just when it was time for Musharraf to make a grand gesture towards the unity of Kashmir, he fell victim to his old habits, says Mumtaz Khan
- Amman Blasts: Get The Message (Pioneer, B Raman, Dec 02, 2005)
International community must tackle jihadi terror of the Al Qaeda variety by eliminating the source of its violence, says B Raman
- Left In A Lurch (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 02, 2005)
The conundrum over the Pension Fund Regulatory Development Authority Bill is only the latest manifestation of the Left's innate contradictions. At the time of its return to the UPA-Left Coordination Committee in the last week of October, the CPI(M) had in
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