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- U.S. Gave `Blueprint' On Nuclear Facilities (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2005)
Shyam Saran denies receiving any such document; allegations of DAE being sidelined in the discussions
- Etiquette Training Sessions For The Global Indian (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2005)
Global Adjustments recently launched its Global Indian course where top international cross-cultural and etiquette trainers will hold classes.
- Indo-Norwegian Workshop On Geo-Hazards Begins (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2005)
It will help in sharing ideas on tsunami hazard evaluation
The workshop is being organised by the Institute of Remote Sensing, Anna University
Problems of tsunami-hit areas in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, neighbouring nations discussed
- Two More Let Militants Held For Delhi Blasts (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2005)
Two more Lashker-e-Toiba activists have been arrested in connection with the Delhi serial blasts, raising the number of persons apprehended in the case to three.
- Nitish Sworn-In, Buta Sworn At (Pioneer, Amarnath Tewary, Nov 25, 2005)
Mubarak ho satta ki khushali, 15 saal se ruki hai bahali - cries greeted Nitish Kumar as he was sworn-in as Bihar's new Chief Minister on Thursday afternoon. Sporting his trademark beige kurta-pyjama and Nehru jacket, Mr Kumar appeared as the . . .
- What Made Him Talk Like That? (Pioneer, S Gurumurthy , Nov 25, 2005)
Sudarshan's views on population control may be criticised, but what about the facts disclosed by the CPS study, asks S Gurumurthy
- Alienating The King To Little End (Pioneer, Supriyo Gupta, Nov 25, 2005)
India has had far greater flexibility in securing its interests with the King at the helm than with the political parties, says Supriyo Gupta
- Delhi Blasts Case (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2005)
Delhi Police have arrested a man in Srinagar in connection with the October 29 serial blasts here, reports PTI from New Delhi. Ghulam Ahmed Khan, who was picked up from Srinagar by a team of the Delhi Police Special Cell on Thursday, . . .
- Waiting For Regulatory Legislation In Education (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Nov 25, 2005)
Will the Private Professional Educational Institutions (Regulation of Admission and Fixation of Fee) Bill, 2005 be passed in the winter session of Parliament?
- Eu Challenge For New German Chancellor (Hindu, Michael Naumann, Nov 25, 2005)
Angela Merkel's greatest challenge will be to rekindle Europe's spirit.
- Mission 2007: Every Village A Knowledge Centre (Hindu, M.S. Swaminathan, Nov 25, 2005)
Convergence and synergy among the numerous on-going as well as emerging programmes is needed to provide knowledge connectivity to every village of India by August 15, 2007. While the green revolution helped improve the productivity and production of rice,
- King Gyanendra On Notice (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 25, 2005)
The King was in the counting house counting out his money but unlike the blackbirds in the nursery rhyme that hit back at a palace servant, Nepal's political parties and the Maoists have pecked off the royal nose.
- A Russian Focus On India (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Nov 25, 2005)
An impressive encyclopaedia of India is published in Russia
Covers a range of subjects: history to foreign policy
Indices of persons, geographic names, terms
Analysis by and viewpoints of 30 Russian scholars
- New Probe Into Kanishka Tragedy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2005)
Former Ontario Premier Bob Rae to head public inquiry
Independent investigator recommended focussed probe
"We cannot leave any issue unresolved"
- Rail, Road Links To Tiruchi, Madurai Cut Off (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2005)
Southern districts lashed, many tanks breach or surplus
Traffic on Chennai-Dindigul National Highway snapped
Another 36 hours needed to set a timeframe for the restoration of traffic
At least 14 persons have died in the past 24 hours
- Towards Change In Iran (Deccan Herald, TIMOTHY GARTON ASH, Nov 25, 2005)
Iran has a regime wedded to violence and a society eager for peaceful change. The West must address both.
- Riders On The Storm (Indian Express, SATBIR SILAS, Nov 25, 2005)
News of the killing of Ramankutty Maniyappan, an official of the Border Roads Organisation, revives the feeling of insecurity I felt whenever on the road in Afghanistan.
- The Philosophic Indian (Indian Express, JAYA RAMANATHAN, Nov 25, 2005)
Just as The Argumentative Indian is now a given, we have to get equally reconciled to The Philosophic Indian—our unique ability to hold forth with profundity over most trivial issues.
- This System Of Ours (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2005)
Just as The Argumentative Indian is now a given, we have to get equally reconciled to The Philosophic Indian—our unique ability to hold forth with profundity over most trivial issues. Very often relevance is sacrificed at the altar of hastily . . .
- Body Of `Soldier Of Peace' Brought To Delhi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2005)
Maniappan given military honours of the kind reserved for Kargil martyrs
Government did not act promptly: Kerala MPs
All possible efforts were made: E. Ahmed
Manmohan to make statement in Parliament on Friday
- Iranian Students Seek Nuclear Turnaround By India (Reuters, Swapnil Rai, Nov 25, 2005)
His love of Indian freedom movement leader Mahatma Gandhi and India's cultural affinity with his homeland, Iran, brought S. Mohammad Mohammadi to New Delhi to study politics.
- India, Chile Conclude Preferential Trade Agreement (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2005)
In a significant step towards furthering economic cooperation,
- Growing Wealth Gap In Blair's Britain (Hindu, Jonathan Freedland, Nov 25, 2005)
If you want to be deeply unfashionable, just read on. If you want to enter terrain so wildly out of date that mere mention of it has become taboo, then you have come to the right place.
- A Thermonuclear Future (Hindu, Tatiana Sinitsyna, Nov 25, 2005)
The International Thermonuclear Energy Reactor (ITER), an international project involving countries conducting research on controlled thermonuclear fusion, could provide mankind with an unlimited source of energy.
- India Signs Mou With Turkey In Oil Sector (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2005)
Turkish companies to be allowed to bid for NELP rounds
- Where Do We See Such Courage’ (Indian Express, Rashmi Bansal, Nov 25, 2005)
There are people who live for their jobs. And a few, very few who die for them. In the latter category you generally think: soldier. Dying to protect the motherland. Yes, we have plenty of those, making the ultimate sacrifice to protect our borders.
- Terror Brotherhood (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Nov 25, 2005)
The major gains scored by the Muslim Brotherhood in the Egyptian parliamentary polls is bound to cheer Islamists who wish to see freedom replaced by religious bigotry, intolerance and dogma around the world.
- Retail Folly Guilty In Ioc Staffer’S Killing (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Nov 25, 2005)
The murder of a young Indian Oil Corporation officer by a petrol pump owner for daring to check adulteration of fuel in the badlands of Uttar Pradesh is both tragic and shocking
- Citings (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Nov 25, 2005)
The third wave of business process management (BPM) is a fundamentally new approach to business process innovation and management. Where last decade’s “reengineering” meant “starting all over, starting from scratch,” process management builds on and . . .
- Report: Us Didn't Want Al Qaeda Members To Testify In Padilla Case (Christian Science Monitor, Tom Regan, Nov 25, 2005)
Evidence linking Padilla to 'dirty bomb' plot may have been obtained under 'harsh questioning.'
- Mirwaiz, Others May Join Ajk Relief Efforts (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2005)
Hurriyat Conference Chairman Mirwaiz Umer Farooq is likely to lead a 15-member delegation to Azad Kashmir in the coming days to undertake relief work in the quake-hit areas, Hurriyat sources said on Thursday.
- Aziz Wants Uplift Plan For Northern Areas (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2005)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has asked the chief secretary of the Northern Areas to submit a comprehensive plan for the region’s economic development.
- Govt Starts Pursuing Creditors For Pledged Money (The Nation, MEHTAB HAIDER, Nov 25, 2005)
Pakistan has initiated dialogue process with multilateral and bilateral creditors for finalizing modalities to materialize over 6 billion dollars pledges announced by them during the November 19 conference, sources told The Nation Thursday.
- A Very Taxing Exercise, This (The Economic Times, Lubna Kably, Nov 25, 2005)
Zenobia aunty was in a very foul mood the other day. The reason — I was to celebrate Dipavali with her but woke up with a severe cold and missed my 7 a.m. flight to Mumbai. When will an antidote for the common cold be created?
- A Helping Hand In A Foreign Land (Tribune, Inderdeep Thapar, Nov 25, 2005)
I was in the land of kangaroos and koalas. The brown of the marsupials merged with the brown landscape for it was a parched country when we first set foot in this land. Gradually the brown earth gave way to fresh green as the bulbous clouds finally brough
- Enter Angela (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 25, 2005)
There are many firsts as Germany’s new chancellor, Ms Angela Merkel, assumes office. She is the first woman and the first from erstwhile East Germany to rise to the high office.
- Save The Chiru (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 25, 2005)
THE international craze for shawls made of Shahtoosh, “the wool of kings”, will make the Chiru (Tibetan Antelope) extinct in a few years.
- Reaching Out To The Dragon Will Benefit Saarc (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Nov 25, 2005)
Given India's unflattering record in SAARC — no paragon of successful multilateral association itself — the country's reported opposition to the inclusion of China would appear more counter-productive than beneficial to its own cause.
- Minority Rights Are Indivisible (Tribune, Syed Shahabuddin, Nov 25, 2005)
The August 8, 2005, judgement of a three-judge Bench of the Supreme Court in the Bal Patil case (CA 4730 of 1999), written by Mr Justice D. M. Dharmadhikari, has not received the critical attention it deserved.
- Scientist Who Made Home Pregnancy Test Possible (Tribune, K.N. Malik, Nov 25, 2005)
Eminent American scientists gathered at the State University of New York at Buffalo, USA, recently, to pay tributes to Prof Om P. Bahl, who died earlier in the year, and recall his contribution to biological sciences.
- Retail Investors To Get 5% Discount In Icici Bank's Public Issue (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2005)
ICICI Bank has decided to offer shares to domestic retail investors (investing up to a maximum of Rs 1 lakh) at a five per cent discount to the issue price in its public issue opening on December 1.
- Iaea Puts Off Iran Un Referral (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2005)
The UN nuclear watchdog has postponed the referral of Iran to the UN Security Council, according to an official statement summarising a Thursday meeting in Vienna obtained by AFP.
- Crocker Wants Kashmiris In Kashmir Talks (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 24, 2005)
The US ambassador to Pakistan has called for the inclusion of the Kashmiris in the resolution of the Kashmir dispute.
- Three Into Two (Economist, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 24, 2005)
The battle-lines in Nepal's bitter triangular conflict have become clearer. After talks in Delhi last week, two of the three sides—the Maoist insurgents and the mainstream political parties—announced on November 22nd that they were ganging . . .
- Tigers And A Hawk (Economist, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 24, 2005)
Any election in Sri Lanka is in part a referendum on how to bring a permanent end to the country's civil war, which began in 1983.
- A Vote For Development (Tribune, Ambarish Dutta, Nov 24, 2005)
It is a common belief that “Justice delayed is justice denied” and nothing perhaps sums up the 15 years of RJD rule in Bihar better than this. The decisive positive mandate in favour of Mr Nitish Kumar, one of the three champions of the cause . . .
- Anti-Naxal Drive To Be More Focussed (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 24, 2005)
State police asked to change strategy with the help of intelligence reports
- A Strong Rope Is Lifeline For Quake-Hit (Tribune, John M. Glionna, Nov 24, 2005)
Dressed in a white turban and flowing blue robe, Amraz Khan climbed into a small steel basket suspended 400 feet above the Jhelum River. As the basket swung in a stiff wind, he and another passenger pulled on a rope for a nail-biting ride to the river’s f
- Us Auto Industry: History Already? (Business Line, S. Ramachander, Nov 24, 2005)
IT WAS once the unquestioned wisdom of business. "What was good for General Motors was good for America".
- Worker's Killing Exposes India's Vulnerability (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Nov 24, 2005)
India has plenty of hands wielding shovels in Afghanistan but no boots on the ground there.
- Volcker Probe: Dayal In Possesion Of Documents (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 24, 2005)
Special envoy Virendra Dayal said on Wednesday that he has received full cooperation from UN regarding the Volcker report. Virendra Dayal said he has all the required documents but can not reveal any information now.
- Why Doesn’T The Upa Strategise? (The Financial Express, P VAIDYANATHAN IYER, Nov 24, 2005)
The star-studded Cabinet’s reformist credentials may be impeccable, but it has failed to deliver
- Why Reservations (Tribune, G.S.Bhargava, Nov 24, 2005)
Dr Ambedkar did not want the constitutional safeguards, as “reservations” were known, to last more than a decade of operation of the Constitution, as it was originally provided.
- Leave It To The Market (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Nov 24, 2005)
The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) insistence that banks must provide a ‘no frills’ alternative that makes banking accessible to all, stems from the central bank’s confusion over a fundamental issue: are banks commercial undertakings ...
- Talabani Extends Hand To Insurgents (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 24, 2005)
Insurgent attacks took their toll on coalition forces Sunday, with a roadside bomb killing a British trooper in southern Iraq and a US soldier slain by gunfire northwest of Baghdad. A US Marine also died of wounds, the US command said
- Volcker: Nda Plans Adjournment Motion (Hindu, Special Correspondent, The Hindu, Nov 24, 2005)
To demand resignation of Sonia as UPA chairperson and that of Natwar Singh from Cabinet
- Operations Against Naxals To Be More Focussed (Hindu, Special Correspondent, Hindu, Nov 24, 2005)
The police have been asked to change their present pace of anti-naxal operations to a more "focussed operation" with the help of intelligence inputs from across the State and the country on the naxal activity.
- Nashik Facility To Make Missile Propellants (Hindu, Special Correspondent, Hindu, Nov 24, 2005)
To be ready in three to four years; to help in research on process engineering
- Congo Virus Death (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 24, 2005)
The tragic death of a young Karachi Civil Hospital doctor, Yusra Khalil, on Monday,
- Europe’S Problem Of Integration (Dawn, Syed Mohibullah Shah, Nov 24, 2005)
The recent riots that gripped France for three weeks have highlighted the problems of the European model of integration with regard to immigrant populations.
- Support The Creative Self-Empowered (Hindu, Rajeev Sethi, Nov 24, 2005)
Helping the talented poor cope with the new global markets will bring more meaning to our education, and help us pay back the debt for our hugely privileged and subsidised training. Citizens must support and express solidarity with what is increasingly be
- Iran And The Iaea (Hindu, R. Ramachandran, Nov 24, 2005)
In a report dated November 18 on the Iran nuclear issue, the director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Mohamed ElBaradei, has said: "Since [the time of the September 2005 Report]
- Germany's Grand Coalition (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 24, 2005)
The priorities of Germany's grand coalition — the second in nearly four decades, comprising the Christian Democrat Union (CDU ) and the Social Democrat Party (SPD) and headed by the country's first woman Chancellor Angela Merkel, who was elected ...
- Worth Going The Extra Mile To Cut Travel Costs (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 24, 2005)
PEOPLE travel to wonder at the height of the mountains, at the huge waves of the seas, at the long course of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars, and yet they pass by themselves without wondering, said Saint A
- Made In India Model' Proposed For Advertisement Industry (Hindu, P.S. Suryanarayana, Nov 24, 2005)
As the three-day international conference on advertising, `Adasia 05', concluded here on Wednesday on a note of "creating the future," an Indian corporate executive proposed a "Made in India model" for this globalised industry.
- The Economics Of Natural Disasters (Business Line, A. Vasudevan, Nov 24, 2005)
INDIA HAS been visited by natural disasters quite frequently in recent times — the latest being the earthquake in the Kashmir region that affected thousands of people, and the floods in different States over the last three months.
- Tata Steel Eyes South African Firm (Business Standard, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 24, 2005)
In talks with Anglo American to acquire 79% stake in Highveld Steel.
- India, Us To Further Strengthen Defence Co-Operation (Press Trust of India, PTI, Nov 24, 2005)
India and the United States agreed to further strengthen bilateral defence cooperation and emphasised the importance of service-to- service ties at the meeting of the Defence Policy Group (DPG) which concluded here today.
- Indiscipline On Campus (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 24, 2005)
It reflects poorly on our universities and colleges that violence has returned to campuses. What is worse, teachers are being targeted by students who want to have the educational institutions run their way.
- India, Indonesia To Establish "Strategic Partnership" In Tune With Realities (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 24, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Wednesday agreed to establish a "strategic partnership" between their countries in keeping with contemporary realities.
- Taliban Kill Hostage, Pm Says No Giving In (Indian Express, PRANAB DHAL SAMNATA , Nov 24, 2005)
In the past 72 hours, India opened every channel it could in Afghanistan to reach out to the abductors of Ramankutty Maniyappan, 36, a driver with the Indian Border Roads Organisation
- We Must Triple Trade, Indonesia Tells India (Deccan Herald, DH news, Nov 24, 2005)
Visiting Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, on Wednesday, sought to establish a comprehensive strategic partnership between India and Indonesia to triple the existing bilateral trade from $5 billion in next 5 years.
- People Important Than Pak Army's Budget ? (Daily Excelsior, Samuel Baid, Nov 24, 2005)
On the Eid day on November 4 General Pervez Musharraf went to Muzaffarabad in occupied Kashmir and made a statement that sounded like an Eidi (Eid gift) for the quake-smitten Kashmiris.
- What Should India Do? (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Nov 24, 2005)
India must take the US and the EU to the dispute panel over rice, cotton and dairy subsidies.
- Two By Three Dosa (Deccan Herald, H S Nagarajah, Nov 24, 2005)
Relishing a dosa with its gentle aroma and buttery taste is worth the wait
- The Grandeur Of Evolution (Deccan Herald, Verlyn Klinkenborg , Nov 24, 2005)
Human beings did not understand their place in nature before Darwin.
- Angel From Across The Wall (Indian Express, Doreen Beierlein, Nov 24, 2005)
Will Merkel turn out an Iron Lady of German politics, leading the country out of economic and social crises to a better future?
- ‘Iran Is A Threat To Peace’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 24, 2005)
Tony Blair has voiced “genuine” concerns over Iran, saying the government in Tehran poses a potential threat to world peace.
- Soldier Blues (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 24, 2005)
Narayan Rane’s famous victory in the Malvan-Kankavali by-election may be bad news for Vilasrao Deshmukh.
- Lights On! (Indian Express, Jamila Verghese, Nov 24, 2005)
Drama had always been in young Inder’s life blood, but his father, a practical man, decided that the General Electrical Company in the UK was to be his son’s destination.
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