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Articles 37521 through 37620 of 53943:
- No Double Standards On Terrorism (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2005)
Time and again, when governments promise "strong" action against terrorism, they come up with knee-jerk responses that inevitably undermine civil liberties.
- What A Fatwa Really Means (Deccan Herald, M A K Tayab, Aug 31, 2005)
A fatwa is not a judgment. It is an opinion given by a cleric. No cleric can issue a fatwa suo motu
- Grooming A Reluctant Heir Apparent (Hindu, Harish Khare , Aug 31, 2005)
Rahul Gandhi remains a reluctant politician and this has serious repercussions for the Congress as an organisation and for its much-delayed process of renewal.
- Massive Protest Seeks Cut In Third World Debt (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2005)
Activists also demand an end to Iraq war; 300 corporate leaders around the world attend Forbes CEO conference
- Jihadism’S Roots In Political Islam (Deccan Herald, Bassam Tibi, Aug 31, 2005)
In order to combat jihadism successfully, it is necessary to seek Muslim cooperation to determine who the jihadists are.
- Sbi To Unveil Global Acquisition Plans (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2005)
Banks have to prepare themselves to grapple with challenges, says C. Rangarajan
- Uk Automotive Design Team Coming (Hindu, R.K. Radhakrishnan, Aug 31, 2005)
``The growing importance of south India to the Indian economy is obvious''
- More Business Transacted This Session: Manmohan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2005)
Somnath praises collective commitment of members
16 Bills, including important legislation, passed
Improvement in quality of debate and discourse
Breach of discipline, the only sore incident
- Dawood In Our Sights: Mulford (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2005)
Describing Dawood Ibrahim as "an individual we would like to see apprehended," U.S. Ambassador David Mulford said the underworld don was "very much in our sights." At the same time, he said there were "limitations" on what the United States could do.
- India, Pakistan Move Forward (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Aug 31, 2005)
Some civilian prisoners are to be released; CBI, FIA to cooperate
Talks between Home Secretaries were "frank and forthright"
Investigative agencies to collaborate in criminal cases
MoU between narcotics control agencies soon
- India's Nuclear Case To Come Up Before United States Congress (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2005)
Under Secretary of State to testify on the importance of India-U.S. agreement Both countries had "very delicate procedures that they have to go through with"
- Landmark Legislation (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 31, 2005)
Women will not be able to free themselves from violence unless they speak up
- Bmw Finds Chennai Site Best Bet For Assembly Plant (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2005)
German group awaits approval from Centre; MoU in the next couple of weeks
- Bidders Knew Winner Would Bag Bail Works Contract Too’ (Deccan Herald, B S Arun, Aug 31, 2005)
The Civil Aviation Ministry on Tuesday said that all bidders of the Bangalore international airport project knew that the consortium which bagged the project would get the construction contract too.
- Search For Peter Pan (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 31, 2005)
Scientists are researching possibilities of delaying ageing
- Is Science A Religion? (Deccan Herald, B M Hegde, Aug 31, 2005)
If man doesn’t develop a proper scientific temper, he will become a moral nihilist or a religious fanatic
- Spare The Child And Pay A Price (Deccan Herald, Vijesh Kamath, Aug 31, 2005)
The Compulsory Primary Education Bill seeks to take serious steps for protecting the right to education. It needs to be seen if the bill serves it purpose, though.
- Drafting Iraqi Constitution (Dawn, Najmuddin A. Shaikh, Aug 31, 2005)
AT long last the deed has been done. The committee set up to draft a new constitution has presented the document it finalized to the Iraqi parliament, not for approval but for information. In accordance with the specified procedure, this constitution
- Towards Evolving A Language Policy For Development (Deccan Herald, Vijay Padaki, Aug 31, 2005)
We need to constantly distinguish between the responsibility of identifying societal needs and that of serving them.
- Economic Inequality And Health (Dawn, Zubeida Mustafa, Aug 31, 2005)
Here is some new and very interesting information on the health of people. Professor Richard Wilkinson,
- The Preacher And The President (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Aug 31, 2005)
American televangelist Pat Robertson came up with a priceless piece of advice last week.
- Indian Official Due Today (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2005)
The Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran arrives in Islamabad on Wednesday on a three-days official visit to discuss a host of issues with his Pakistani counterpart.
- Pak Team’S Visit To Palestine (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 31, 2005)
Foreign Office Spokesman Mohammed Naeem has said that an official delegation from Pakistan will visit Gaza and Al-Quds on the invitation of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
- Cj For Alternate Dispute Resolution Mechanism (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 31, 2005)
Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, Chief Justice of Pakistan has called for promotion of alternate dispute resolution mechanism to curb unnecessary litigation and burden on courts.
- U.S. Lifts Some Curbs On India Nuclear Cooperation (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Aug 31, 2005)
The United States on Tuesday moved to further nuclear cooperation with India by allowing six Indian entities involved in civil nuclear and satellite work to purchase less sensitive U.S.-made items without special licenses.
- Centre To Release 2 Lakh Tonnes Of Rice To A.P. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2005)
State had made this request for creating jobs in drought-hit districts
- Women Lawyers Support Nalini Chidamabaram (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2005)
A group of women lawyers in the capital on Monday came to the defence of Nalini Chidambaram, wife of Finance Minister, saying the approach of those attacking her appearance in a case for the income tax department was "disturbing and regressive" . . .
- Challenges Of Disability (Tribune, Amar Chandel, Aug 30, 2005)
India happens to have the largest number of persons with disability in the world,with the 2001 census estimating their number to be 22 million. The actual number could be more than twice as much.
- Less Population, Less Poverty (Dawn, Zafar Iqbal, Aug 30, 2005)
There may be a great deal of talk about poverty alleviation but we have not been able to do much about it. There are two main reasons. The first is that left to the market,
- Indian Diplomats Meet Convicted Spy Today (Dawn, Raja Asghar, Aug 30, 2005)
Pakistan said on Monday Indian diplomats would meet a convicted Indian spy on death row in a Lahore jail on Tuesday in the latest of efforts to save his life while the two rival nations are also discussing release of hundreds of each other’s nationals. .
- Turmoil In The Bjp (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Aug 30, 2005)
TO say that the Bharatiya Janata Party is in a crisis would be an understatement. It would seem that the party has lost its mooring and is undergoing a period of intense turmoil before it can re-invent itself or revert to its traditional constraining.....
- Darwin Go Home (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2005)
What did I do this summer? Part of the time I sat on the beach discussing Darwin vs. creationism. Those who believed in Darwin sat on one side of the sand and used suntan oil, because scientists say you don’t want to burn your skin.
- Pakistan, China On Tata's International Operations Radar (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2005)
Placing Pakistan and China high on its priority list for investments and joint ventures in areas like automobile, IT and hotels, India's largest corporate house Tatas said it was waiting for Islamabad to open its doors for Indian businesses to unleash
- High-Voltage Protest (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 30, 2005)
Delhi's power crisis has pushed citizens on to the streets to protest, encouraged Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit’s detractors to play politics,
- Balancing Act (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2005)
India’s Afghan policy cannot ignore its ties with Pakistan
- `Ties With Afghanistan Will Improve If Pakistan Grants Transit Rights' (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Aug 30, 2005)
India not in the business of thrusting cooperation on any unwilling country, says Manmohan
- Indian Mission Officials To Meet Sarabjit Singh Today (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 30, 2005)
Sarabjit's photograph from prison will be sent to New Delhi for verification
Consular access is the first stage
Sarabjit's lawyer might file a review petition
Pakistan refuses to comment on Salahuddin's plea
- Voting For Reform (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 30, 2005)
The fact that both Germany and Japan will shortly be holding general elections within a week of each other means a vintage time for international psephologists.
- Will The Draft Iraqi Constitution Succeed? (Hindu, Rory Carroll , Aug 30, 2005)
Noboyd Said drafting Iraq's constitution would be easy. And nobody said Sunday's result was destined to succeed. But it was a result.
- Musharraf For Uprooting Core Causes Of Terrorism, Political Disputes (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 30, 2005)
It is a collective responsibility, says Pakistan President
- Cpi(m) Plans Protest On September 13 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2005)
Demand for Government to solve landless farmers' problems
- An Economist Dreams Of A New Capital Outside Kabul (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Aug 30, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh got to don his economist's hat on Monday when Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai's senior economic adviser, Prof. Ishaq Nadiri, came by to discuss what India could do to help Afghanistan's economy.
- M’Rashtra Govt Submits List Of Flood Victims To Bombay Hc (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2005)
A PIL had requested for directions to furnish a list of people who died as a result of the floods and to put in place a mechanism to ensure that compensation is paid.
- Parliament Versus Judiciary (Indian Express, Kuldip Nayar, Aug 30, 2005)
If this is the attitude of the government, then wind up the courts and do whatever you want.” Strong words from Chief Justice of India R.C. Lahoti,
- A Son Rise In Kabul (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 30, 2005)
Rahul Gandhi is back in business. After lying low for many months, he emerged at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s side, during his just-concluded visit to Afghanistan.
- New Approach Needed (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 30, 2005)
To end uncertainty a new oil formula should be worked out soon
- 'Afghan Oprah’ Set To Hit Airwaves (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 30, 2005)
Afghanistan is to get its own Oprah Winfrey-style chat show touching on taboo women’s issues, a TV station said today, in a move likely to anger hardliners in the conservative Islamic nation.
- Rbi Bullish About Growth, Though Oil Price A Worry (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2005)
The RBI wants a uniform 10 per cent import duty rate, insists on the government to pass on the oil price rise to consumers and expects the government to give a push to improve the urban infrastructure.
- Stem Cell End Run? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 30, 2005)
The announcement by a group of researchers at Harvard University that they have managed to turn adult skin cells into cells that behave like embryonic stem cells offers the potential for an end run around the political feud over stem cell research.
- The Burden Of Farmers' Debt (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Aug 30, 2005)
A recent NSSO report on the indebtedness of farmer households provides important information on the extent and nature of cultivators' debt.
- Unheard Of Outcomes (Business Line, S. Ramachander, Aug 30, 2005)
The Finance Minister Mr P. Chidambaram is no stranger to advocacy, paid or otherwise.
- A Review Of The Economy — Good Intentions Must Lead To Tangible Results (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Aug 30, 2005)
If the Government is to successfully launch the twin rural schemes for generating employment and ensuring basic amenities, the allies from within and without need to come on board the reform agenda.
- The Iter Fusion Experiment — Solution To A Looming Energy Crisis? (Business Line, Pratap Ravindran , Aug 30, 2005)
Leading scientists the world over are now pretty much in agreement that the world's first large-scale, sustainable nuclear fusion reactor, to be set up in France at an estimated cost of $10 billion, will prove crucial to meeting the world's future energy
- India, Pak Fail To Reach Agreement (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Aug 30, 2005)
The Home Secretaries of India and Pakistan today discussed at length the first-ever Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between them on prevention of drug trafficking, but failed to reach an agreement on it, sources disclosed to The Tribune tonight.
- Holy Texts And Unholy Strictures (Deccan Herald, Karen Armstrong, Aug 30, 2005)
It is both wrong and dangerous to believe that literal truth about life and beliefs can be found in religious texts
- Nepal King Opens Saarc Meet (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2005)
King Gyanendra on Monday inaugurated the fifth meeting of SAARC information ministers in the capital at an inauguration ceremony attended by Queen Komal, ministers,
- Kannada Books To Go Digital (Deccan Herald, K P N Vijayalakshmi, Aug 30, 2005)
The Department of Libraries will digitise 1 lakh Kannada books by November 2006, as part of the golden jubilee year since state formation
- India, Pak Swap Lists Of Wanted Fugitives (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2005)
Welcoming Pak move to grant consular access to Sarabjit Singh, India said the issue would now be pursued at diplomatic level
- India To Ask Pakistan For Transit Facility (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today rounded up his first two-day bilateral visit to Afghanistan by targeting the common man or the “aam aadmi of Afghanistan, saying that with India’s help,
- ‘Pakistan Wants Secure India’ (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2005)
Interior Secretary Syed Kamal Shah had useful and positive talks on Monday with Indian officials including Home Minister Shivraj Patil and said a peaceful and secure India was in Islamabad’s interest.
- Work Together To Bring Hope (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 30, 2005)
Extracts from the government of India’s status report on Disaster Management in India, published in August 2004
- Manipulating Basic Facts (Dawn, Jonathan Chait, Aug 30, 2005)
It was less than a month ago that President Bush and his Republican allies were celebrating a string of legislative triumphs, once again demonstrating Bush’s near-infallible ability to get his way.
- After Gaza, What Next? (Dawn, A N Sudarsan Rao , Aug 30, 2005)
No one would be have been happier at Israel’s disengagement from Gaza than Um Hussein al-’Ayidi. This 70-year old woman has fought a lone battle against the Israeli army’s attempts to force her out of her home for the last five years.
- Geography Is Destiny (Dawn, SHAHID JAVED BURKI, Aug 30, 2005)
Geography for Pakistan will prove to be its destiny. It can work both positively and negatively, depending on how policymakers act over the next several years.
- Pakistan Still In Bed With Taliban? India Blames Pak For Hampering Transit Facilities To Afghanistan (India Daily, Anil Rane, Aug 30, 2005)
India is upset with Pakistan in its obstructing transit facilities to Afghanistan.
- Rbi Wants Pass-Through Of Oil Prices (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2005)
Stresses need to contain wage-price spiral and prioritise energy conservation measures
- Population Policy And Health Care (Hindu, S. ANANDHI, Aug 30, 2005)
A powerful critique of neo-Malthusianism and neo-liberalism which continue to influence India's population policies and programmes
- Feature - Alienation Breeds Insurgency In Manipur (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Aug 30, 2005)
Nearly five years ago, human rights activist Irom Sharmila went on a hunger strike in Manipur.
- 'Opportunity Lies In Ict Domestic Market' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2005)
Application outsourcing will constitute a major component
- Tata Group's Efforts To Increase Presence In China (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2005)
Striving to globalise skill sets of its manpower
- A Piece Of History (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2005)
Simple utensils and equipment which were used in the kitchen have become a part of folk-culture and museum pieces, discovers Michael Patrao.
- Holy Texts And Unholy Strictures (Deccan Herald, Karen Armstrong, Aug 30, 2005)
It is both wrong and dangerous to believe that literal truth about life and beliefs can be found in religious texts
- Parliament Nod For Inheritance Rights Bill (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2005)
Daughters to get equal share
- Rational Approach To Music (Hindu, Sulochana Pattabhi Raman, Aug 30, 2005)
PERFECTING CARNATIC MUSIC — Level 2 — Varnams and Krtis: Chitravina N. Ravikiran; The International Foundation for Carnatic Music India Publication, 105, 2nd Cross Street, VGP Layout Part1, Palavakkam, Chennai-600041. Rs. 99.
- No Return (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 30, 2005)
In any other state, the event should have been a cause for celebration. But Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee returned from his tour of Singapore and Jakarta to find himself in the thick of controversies.
- The Committed State (Telegraph, BHASKAR DUTTA , Aug 30, 2005)
The author is professor of economics, University of Warwick
- State Turns Investors' Favourite (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2005)
We are running out of space on industrial estates, says Jayalalithaa We are running out of space on industrial estates: Jayalalithaa
- Remarkable Increase In Eye Donation (Hindu, S. Annamalai, Aug 30, 2005)
There has been a remarkable increase in eye donation in Madurai, thanks to a high level of awareness created by voluntary organisations. From depending on other eye banks, Madurai has emerged as a place from where donor eyes are being sent to many places.
- Communists Versus Leftists? (Deccan Herald, G S Bhargava, Aug 30, 2005)
The Communist Party of India (CPI) was established in 1925 — eighty years ago — as an offshoot of the British Communist Party, called the CPGB (Communist Party of Great Britain).
- Music That Is In Tune With The Divine (Deccan Herald, Vasudev Murthy, Aug 30, 2005)
Thyagaraja’s inspired dialogue with a benevolent God, via music, is made more believable because of what we know of his simple lifestyle.
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