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Articles 31521 through 31620 of 53943:
- Al-Queda Transferring Bio-Attack Expertise To Pakistan Based Terror Organizations To Attack India (India Daily, Sudhir Chadda, Nov 22, 2005)
Al-Queda according to some international think tanks may be testing their bio-terror expertise on India.
- Rise Of India And China Changing Global Balance: Lee Kuan Yew (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2005)
"They should not be suspicious of each other"
Vital for India, China to understand each other
Points to difference between their literacy rates
Services alone cannot make India a major economy
- 485 Child Labourers Rescued (Hindu, Devesh K. Pandey , Nov 22, 2005)
Employers locked them in abandoned houses and underground workshops
Four teams conducted simultaneous raids
Union Labour Ministry to repatriate these children
More such raids to be conducted
- Taking His Own Call (Hindu, PRASHANTH G.N., Nov 22, 2005)
Chetan Bhagat's book, One One Night@ The Call Centre is engaging, but it is not as compelling as his first, Five-point Someone
both books are my babies and I feel happy regardless of the preference my readers have Chetan Bhagat
- Kalam Puts Forward Five-Point Agenda To Increase Gdp (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2005)
'Farmers should be empowered to earn more through value addition to produce'
- Ultras Tighten Grip On Pok (Deccan Herald, G Parthasarathy, Nov 22, 2005)
It was not the Pakistani army but the jihadis who rushed to the aid of the quake-hit first.
- Stand Firm (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2005)
Diplomacy should be used to release the hostages taken by the Taliban.
- Indian Government Succumbs To Pressure From The Communists – India Now Does Not Favor Referring Iran To Un Security Council On Nuke Issue (India Daily, Kiran Chaube, Nov 22, 2005)
Why make a political stand if you do not have the popular backing in the country? Why make India look like joker in a circus?
- Encyclopaedia Of Indian Philosophy (Hindu, Bibhuti Mishra , Nov 22, 2005)
BHARATIYA-DARSHAN-BUHATKOSHA — Part-I: Acharya Bachhulal Awasthi; `Gyan' Sharada Publishing House, 40, Anand Nagar, Inderlok, Delhi-110035. Rs. 1500.
- Migration Can Lead To Welfare Of Migrants: World Bank Report (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2005)
International migration can generate substantial welfare gains for migrants and their families, as well as their origin and destination countries, if policies to better manage the flow of migrants and facilitate the transfer of remittances are pursued, sa
- Secure Driver's Return: Pm (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2005)
Taliban threatens to kill him unless BRO pulls out
One of the three Afghans kidnapped returns
He is being interrogated
- Growing Up Is Hard To Do (Indian Express, PIYUSH MATHUR, Nov 22, 2005)
Grasping the tragedy of a youth icon such as Sania requires deconstructing the hierarchical relationship between the young and the old in India.
- Breathing Space For All: Vienna May Not Report Iran To Un (Indian Express, LOUIS CHARBONNEAU, Nov 22, 2005)
EU powers and Washington will not refer Iran to the UN Security Council this week so that Russia can pursue an initiative to ease a crisis over Tehran’s suspected nuclear arms plans, diplomats said today.
- Brazil To Invest In New Areas, Including Infrastructure And Energy, In India (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2005)
Brazil said that it was looking to invest in new areas, including infrastructure and energy, in India.
- India's First Industrial Gas Turbine For Cogeneration Is Expected To Hit The Us And East Asian Markets In The Current Fiscal Year (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2005)
India's first industrial gas turbine for cogeneration is expected to hit the US and East Asian markets in the current fiscal year with an increasing demand from the small and medium business segment.
- Taliban Threatens To Kill Indian (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2005)
Taliban guerrillas have threatened to kill an Indian they are holding hostage unless his company stops work in Afghanistan by Tuesday.
- Banking Reforms Marginalising The Small, Tiny Sectors (Business Line, DE. RAMAKRISHNAN , Nov 22, 2005)
Jean Tardif in his article The Hidden Dimensions of Globalisation: What is at Stake Geo-culturally? says:
- The Invisible Trade Barrier (The Economic Times, Tarun Das, Nov 22, 2005)
The forthcoming Hong Kong ministerial meeting of the Doha Development Agenda under the WTO has officials of member countries engaging in hectic parleys for a better deal. Attention has focused on the negotiations on agriculture,
- Sri Lanka Gets New Pm (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2005)
Sri Lanka’s new Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake has been hardliner who once asked majority Sinhalese to have more babies and produce more fighters against Tamil Tiger rebels.
- Reading It Right (Telegraph, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Nov 22, 2005)
The author is president, Centre for Policy Research The views expressed are personal
- Left Agrees With Govt's Stand On Iran (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2005)
Any dispute about Iran's nuke capability should be kept within IAEA: Karat
- Leveraging It To Ensure Energy Security (Business Line, Pradeep Roy, Nov 22, 2005)
Energy is a key building block for sustaining any nation's socio-economic development. In his address to the nation on the eve of the 59th Independence Day, the President, Mr A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, highlighted the importance of managing energy security.
- The It Difference (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Nov 22, 2005)
The growing role of the IT sector in India's economy is now well established. But the implications it has for economy-wide growth and welfare are still a source of controversy. C. P. Chandrasekhar and Jayati Ghosh examine certain struct ural features ....
- India’S Response Awaited: Fo: Kashmir Demilitarization, Self-Governance (Dawn, Qudssia Akhlaque, Nov 22, 2005)
Pakistan on Monday declared that India had taken note of its proposal on demilitarization and self-governance in Kashmir, indicating that there could be a forward movement on both proposals if New Delhi responded positively.
- Pot Calls Kettle Black (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Nov 22, 2005)
About one-fourth of the 5.8 billion dollars worth of pledges made at the Donors’ Conference for rehabilitation and reconstruction of the earthquake-hit areas reportedly came from the Muslim countries. The pledges are in the form of soft loans and . . .
- ‘Look East Policy’ Has Paid Off (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Nov 22, 2005)
About one-fourth of the 5.8 billion dollars worth of pledges made at the Donors’ Conference for rehabilitation and reconstruction of the earthquake-hit areas reportedly came from the Muslim countries. The pledges are in the form of soft loans and grants i
- The Imperatives Of Offshore Outsourcing (Hindu, M.S.S. VARADAN, Nov 22, 2005)
A country analysis shows India a clear winner for now in outsourcing
- The Northeast Exception (Hindu, Sarmila Bose, Nov 22, 2005)
Argues for a policy reorientation towards the Northeast and linking it to a new `Look East' policy
- China, Chile, And Free Trade Agreements (Hindu, Jorge Heine, Nov 22, 2005)
Chile is reaping the benefits of its "Look East Asia" policy of the early 1990s, especially in trade with China. It is now looking at South Asia, India particularly, as "the next frontier" in its international trade and investment strategy.
- Path To Liberation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2005)
The concluding teaching of Lord Krishna to Arjuna in the Bhagavad Gita is surrender to Him by resigning all duties to Him, which offers an important insight into spiritual life.
- Aziz To Attend Chogm Meet (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Nov 22, 2005)
Pakistan would take part in the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) scheduled at Malta from November 25 to 27 after a gap of six years following its re-admission to the Commonwealth in 2004. Pakistan was suspended from the.....
- The Bihar Laloo Lost (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Nov 22, 2005)
In Bihar’s most celebrated festival, Chhat, the participating men, and mostly women, must break their fast in the evening with kheer. But there is an attached ritual injunction: if the believer should come upon any gravel in the dish,
- Pakistan Ready For Talks On Self-Governance (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Nov 22, 2005)
"India had not responded to the idea so far; Islamabad was ready to engage New Delhi on the subject''
- Putin Hardens Stand On Disputed Islands (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Nov 22, 2005)
Moscow is sticking to its position that Russia and Japan must first build strong trade and economic ties and then try and resolve the territorial dispute over four Southern Kuril Islands.
- Tourism As An Engine Of Growth (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Nov 22, 2005)
The example of Hue, Vitenam's imperial capital, could hold a message for India about what can be done to boost tourism.
- Pak Proposes ‘Out-Of-Box’ Solution Of Kashmir (Pakistan Observer, Aroosa Alam, Nov 22, 2005)
Pakistan on Monday admitted that country has tabled an “out of box” solution of Kashmir issue before the Indian leadership and awaits response from New Delhi. The proposal revolves around demilitarisation of Kashmir region along with self governance....
- Design Industry Empowers Economies: Minister (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Nov 22, 2005)
Speakers stress "vision" and "creative irreverence" in strategies
Advertising key aspect of "image-making sector:" Lee
Consumer should be wooed in terms of "spirit" also: Hermawan Kartajaya
- 40.3 Million People Living With Hiv: U.N. Report (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2005)
Close to 5 million new infections were reported this year
More than half a million children victims of AIDS
HIV prevalence of over 1 per cent found in pregnant women
Prevalence among Kolkata sex workers has declined to 4 per cent
- Narayana Murthy, Mp? (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Nov 22, 2005)
Singapore leader Lee Kuan Yew recently exhorted Infosys chief N.R. Narayana Murthy to enter politics and refashion it just as he had shaped his company to become an IT leader. Even though Lee’s experience of an island state — . . .
- U.S. Marine Hunts For Iraq's Looted Treasures (Hindu, Julian Borger , Nov 22, 2005)
On April 15, 2003, in the Iraqi city of Basra, an enraged British journalist stormed up to a U.S. marine colonel and his men and denounced them in strong words. The colonel had been looking for weapons left behind by the ousted Iraqi regime, ....
- Iranian Parliament Passes Law To Curtail U.N. Inspections (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Nov 22, 2005)
Vote comes days ahead of IAEA meet on Teheran's nuclear programme
- Old Gold (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 22, 2005)
Gold prices have been scaling new heights almost every day in the domestic market, while it has reached an 18-year high in the international markets. Almost a century after John Maynard Keynes called it a “barbarous relic”, gold seems to have lost none...
- Will Naxal Surrender Package Work? (Deccan Herald, P V RAMANA, Nov 22, 2005)
Past experience shows that Naxal surrender packages cause law and order problems.
- While Gilgit Burns.... (News International, Gulmina Bilal, Nov 22, 2005)
While the newspapers have been filled with reports of the tragic earthquake and the fumbling relief efforts, the Federally Administered Northern Areas of Pakistan were confronted with a political earthquake of their own.
- Us-Based Infostep, Provider Of Business Intelligence And Corporate Governance Solutions, Would Invest Us$5 Million In New Offshore Facility In Hyderabad (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2005)
The US-based InfoSTEP, provider of business intelligence and corporate governance solutions,
- Five Soldiers Wounded In Waziristan (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2005)
Three bombs exploded in Mirali Bazaar of the North Waziristan Agency on Monday, wounding five soldiers of the Frontier Corps, officials said.
- The Hidden Costs Of Conflict (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 22, 2005)
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo deaths attributable directly or indirectly to conflict exceed the losses sustained by Britain in the First World War and Second World War combined.
- Pak Proposes Self-Governance For Kashmir (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2005)
Pakistan on Monday said it has forwarded a proposal to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for granting “self governance” to Kashmir on both sides of the Line of Control.
- The First Martyr (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Nov 22, 2005)
Today is the anniversary of a hero who gave his life for Kashmir in the 19th century. Born in England, the hero named Robert Thorp
- World Apathy And Marketing (Greater Kashmir, MINHAJ QIDWAI, Nov 22, 2005)
The earthquake that struck Pakistan on Oct. 08, is a tragedy that brought mayhem for Pakistan. With about 90,000 dead and more than 2 million left homeless,
- Can’T Forget That Horrible Day, Time And Place (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2005)
I survived, they didn’t. Sheikh Asif narrates an eye witness account of the car bomb blast near JK Bank Corporate office
- Ec Is The Winner (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 22, 2005)
By and large, the four-phase election to the Bihar Assembly was orderly and peaceful, signifying the triumph of democracy. There was less violence and no booth capturing this time.
- Burnt Out Case (Telegraph, Jay Bhattacharjee, Nov 22, 2005)
The roots of the recent violence in Paris can be traced to the functioning of the French establishment and the elite, writes Jay Bhattacharjee
- Second Group Crosses Loc (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2005)
A group of nine people, including two Pakistanis, today became the second batch to cross the Line of Control into Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir at a relief point near here.
- 'Don't Leave Afghanistan Half-Way' (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Nov 22, 2005)
Q: How do you look at Afghanistan joining the SAARC? . . .
- Bihar: Ec Orders Repoll At Two Booths In Saran (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
The Election Commission today ordered repoll at two booths in Bihar's Saran district following complaints of irregularities, election office sources said here.
- Taliban Threatens To Kill Abducted Indian Worker (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
Suspected Talibans have kidnapped an Indian driver and three of his Afghan colleagues working with Border Road Organisation (BRO) in a highway construction project in southern Afghanistan's Nimroz province on Saturday night.
- Security At What Cost? (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
The conviction of six policemen in the ‘disappearance’ and murder of Punjab human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra brings to a satisfactory end a trial with huge implications for civil liberties in the country.
- Skirting Over The Issue (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
Sexual revolutions aren’t plotted and carried out in gender studies departments.
- New Delhi Hopes To Avoid Vote On Iran (Hindustan Times, Nilova Roy Chaudhury, Nov 21, 2005)
Diplomatic efforts are on in Vienna and Tehran to ensure that there is no need for a vote when the International Atomic Energy Agency’s Board of Governors meets on Thursday.
- Iran And Our Foreign Policy (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
The latest International Atomic Energy Agency report on Iran has brought out clearly why it was necessary to threaten Iran with a referral to the UN Security Council on the subject of its nuclear cheating.
- India Expresses Concern Over Cross Border Terrorism To Pak (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
India today offered to undertake specific projects in education and health sectors in quake-hit areas of Pakistan even as it expressed concern over incidents of cross border terrorism in the aftermath of the recent serial blasts in New Delhi.
- Suspected Talibans Abduct Indian, 3 Afghans (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
Suspected Talibans have kidnapped an Indian driver and three of his Afghan colleagues working with Border Road Organisation (BRO) in a highway construction project in southern Afghanistan's Nimroz province last night
- No Mercy For Rapists (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
THE Supreme Court ruling awarding the maximum possible sentence of life imprisonment to a father for sexually exploiting his own 12-year-old daughter at the servant quarters of Himachal Pradesh Raj Bhavan in Shimla is a landmark judgement.
- Ahamed-Aziz Discuss Bilateral Issues (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Nov 21, 2005)
Five points on Line of Control can be opened on a daily basis, says Shaukat Aziz
- Reassessing Technical Education Crisis (Hindu, R. Sethuraman, Nov 21, 2005)
The Problem of acute faculty shortage in technical education raised in the article `A challenge in technical education' pointing out the chronic shortage of qualified staff' that appeared in The Hindu dated November 5, 2005, is one that is being carried..
- Saarc Politics Stunt Development (The Economic Times, C UDAY BHASKAR, Nov 21, 2005)
The 13th Saarc summit concluded in Dhaka on Sunday last (Nov 13) with a declaration, which notwithstanding its rhetorical flourish and ambitious objectives, reflected the structural constraints that have hobbled the organisation for two decades and . . .
- Ring Out The Old, Ring In The New (The Economic Times, K VIJAYARAGHAVAN, Nov 21, 2005)
An ancient Tamil adage conceives of ‘pazhayana kazhithalum, puthiyana pukuthalum’, meaning “the shedding of the old, the entry of the new”. The Bhogi ceremony in Tamil Nadu, as also particular functions observed in other parts of the country too, . . .
- Internet Control (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Nov 21, 2005)
The rhetoric centred on control of the Internet turned out to be just hot air, after a compromise was hammered out at the World Information Summit in Tunis. The US remains in unilateral control.
- 'Russia Is The Next Energy Superpower' (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
Stating that it was US leaders like Condoleezza Rice and Dick Cheney who had scripted the new geopolitics of the Caspian sea region, energy expert Dr S.K. Sharma claimed that it is Russia that is emerging as the next energy superpower.
- Avian Flu A Catastrophic Epidemic In China Now - National Alert Sounded In China For Bird Flu (India Daily, Preeti Singhani, Nov 21, 2005)
China is on national emergency on the Avian Flu as scores of deaths are coming from the interior of China.
- Iraqi Politicians Get Tentative Deal At Cairo Talks (Reuters, Mohammed Abbas and Waleed Ibrahim, Nov 21, 2005)
Iraqi politicians from across the spectrum reached tentative agreement at a conference in Cairo on Sunday that violence should stop, detainees go free and U.S. forces gradually withdraw.
- Kashmiris Credit Quake With Bridging Border Divide (Reuters, Sheikh Mushtaq, Nov 21, 2005)
Last month's earthquake killed tens of thousands in Kashmir but, for divided families in the disputed region, it also opened up new routes to reunite with long-lost relatives across the frontier.
- Mirwaiz’S Ideas (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 21, 2005)
Those seeking a solution of the Kashmir issue need to take note of Mirwaiz Umar Farooq’s speech in New Delhi on Wednesday.
- 9 To Cross Loc From Poonch Today (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
With permits being issued today after Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) clearance, a batch of nine persons including two from Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) are ready to take the Poonch-Rawalakote road to PoK via Chakan-Da-Bagh crossing point in Poonch
- Give Peace A Few More Chances (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
Set a schedule for achieving the aid to gross national income ratio of 0.7 per cent by 2015: Donors should set budget commitments at a minimum level of 0.5 per cent for 2010.
- Biggest Ever Operation Against Child Labour (Hindu, Devesh K. Pandey , Nov 21, 2005)
In what is said to be the biggest ever operation undertaken to rescue children working under inhuman condition in zari units, a joint team of the State Labour Department, Delhi police and a non-government organisation Pratham plan to mount raids at over..
- Lengthening Shadows Of Naxalites (Daily Excelsior, Sarvadaman, Nov 21, 2005)
The terror and mayhem let loose by the Naxalites/Maoists has become bloody.
- Afghan Polls And Re-Emergence Of Taliban —Eschmall Sardar (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
There is no denying that for Afghanistan elections are definitely a thing to rejoice, yet it needs to be noted that unless accompanied by important factors like keeping tried and tested hawks at bay, they are likely to amount to little more than old wine.
- World Responds To Pakistan (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Nov 21, 2005)
The outcome of the International Donors’ Conference held in Islamabad is quite encouraging with world community making pledges more than the amount indicated by the host and the multilateral institutions in their consensus assessment report of the . . .
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