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Articles 421 through 520 of 500:
- Growth: Its Meaning (Deccan Herald, Kamal Nayan Kabra, Aug 28, 2007)
The poor labouring masses whose lands, forests and water resources have been usurped and who have toiled on the projects contributing to growth, have been denied not only in reality but even at the level of stated objectives and yardsticks minimum . . . .
- Let It Go All (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2007)
Nepal’s kings had truly been monarchs of all they surveyed. But King Gyanendra now faces the prospect of losing not just his palaces and powers, but also a lot more to the republican rage.
- Subprime Lessons For India (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 28, 2007)
It’s like a bushfire. It starts in one corner of the forest, takes hold of the undergrowth and blazes its way across the expanse in no time. In somewhat similar fashion, the subprime word has suddenly entered our everyday vocabulary.
- Meet Not Required, Says Dycm (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2007)
Deputy Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa has stated that there is no need for a Co-ordination Committee meeting between the coalition partners.
- Rebels Kill Two, Injure 18 In Relief Camp (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2007)
Taking advantage of a major security breach, Maoists stormed into an unguarded relief camp in newly formed Bijapur district and killed two persons besides injuring 18 others last night.
- Retreating Reefs (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 27, 2007)
Some of Earth’s most vivid landscapes are underwater — and they are vanishing twice as fast as tropical rainforests.
- Need To Address The Root Causes (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Aug 25, 2007)
Agricultural indebtedness
The root cause of the farm crisis is not indebtedness alone; that is just a symptom. The Expert Group on Agricultural Indebtedness has suggested that rejuvenation of the farm sector lies in addressing basic. . .
- Gyanendra Moves Out Of Palace (Telegraph, J. HEMANTH, Aug 25, 2007)
A day after the Nepal multi-party government decided to nationalise royal properties, King Gyanendra and Queen Komal moved out of the Narayanhitti Palace.
- Salman Gets 5 Yrs For Chinkara As Blackbuck Shadow Stalks Him Too (Indian Express, PALAK NANDI, Aug 25, 2007)
The District & Sessions Court, Jodhpur, today upheld a lower court’s order sentencing actor Salman Khan to five years rigorous imprisonment in the chinkara poaching case.
- Using And Misusing The Power Of Knowledge (Deccan Herald, A N Sudarsan Rao , Aug 25, 2007)
Sex education should be an exercise in whetting childrens curiosity with information, removing misperceptions if any, and dispelling notions that talking sex is wrong.
- Medical Test Shows Tribals Not Raped (Tribune, Ramesh Kandula, Aug 23, 2007)
The Andhra Pradesh police finds itself in the dock over the alleged rape of 11 tribal women by police personnel attached to anti-Naxalite wing in Visakhapatnam district.
- Killing Them For Pleasure (Pioneer, Maneka Gandhi, Aug 22, 2007)
Deer are mercilessly killed for ornamental pieces like knife handles and chandeliers
- Rs.3-Crore Project To Develop Anna Nagar Tower Park (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2007)
6,000 saplings to be planted in the city before the onset of the monsoon
- Celebrated Novelist Qurratulain Hyder Dead (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Aug 22, 2007)
Celebrated Urdu novelist Qurratulain Hyder, 80, died here on Tuesday following complications from an old breathing problem.
- Keeping A Closer Eye (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 22, 2007)
IT is a crisis, we are told. There are borrowers in distress; hedge funds blowing up; banks not sure how much collateral damage they have on their balance sheets.
- Metro To Take Advantage Of Kyoto Protocol, Trade Carbon Bonds (Hindu, Govind D. Belgaumkar, Aug 21, 2007)
BMRCL hopes to acquire ‘lakhs’ of carbon bonds from UNFCCC
- Speaking On Freedom (Daily Times, A N Sudarsan Rao , Aug 21, 2007)
For centuries, Europeans dominated the African continent. The white man arrogated to himself the right to rule and to be obeyed by the non-white; his mission, he claimed, was to “civilise” Africa.
- Disrespect To Courts (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 21, 2007)
Hurling of shoes or abuses at a judge in a courtroom by a disgruntled litigant may hurt the judge, but a calculated disdainful attitude to the court’s authority would damage the judiciary as an institution — surely so if defiance . . . . .
- Wildlife Management: A Case Study (Hindu, Kumaran Sathasivam, Aug 21, 2007)
A Strategy to Mitigate Human-Elephant Conflict (A Study): C.H. Basappanavar and K.M. Kaveriappa; Vanasuma Prakashana, 1423/2, 2nd Main, ‘B’ Block, Sahakarnagar, Bengaluru-560092. Rs. 750.
- Conservation Of Biodiversity (Hindu, G. ANANTHAKRISHNAN, Aug 21, 2007)
Study of the complexities involved in evolving integrated forest landscape management strategies
- No Compromise On Country's Sovereignty: Bardhan (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2007)
CPI general secretary A B Bardhan today said if the N-deal between India and US were operationalised, then this country's economic and foreign policy would be controlled by the US and this nation would stand to lose its sovereignty.
- Weekend Getaway (Hindu, Shonali Muthalaly, Aug 20, 2007)
Singapore makes an ideal destination. Endless shopping, more shopping and of course, six meals a day. And, did we mention shopping?
- The Unforgivingness Of Forgetfulness (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2007)
Understaniding how subprime mortgages led to the current market meltdown is a bit like figuring out a card trick.
- “Left Will Not Save Government At The Cost Of India’S Freedom” (Hindu, MANAS DASGUPTA, Aug 20, 2007)
Communist Party of India general secretary A.B. Bardhan has ruled out the possibility of the Left budging on the nuclear deal issue and said the Manmohan Singh government could survive only if the Congress agreed not to operationalise the 123 agreement.
- Operation Dr Singh (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , Aug 20, 2007)
Why did Prime Minister Manmohan Singh give the interview to the Calcutta paper? Opponents of the PM within his own party (who says there aren’t any?) have started a whisper campaign that the real problem is not with the 123 Agreement but with . . . .
- The Tasmanian Outdoors (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2007)
We hadn’t meant to court danger that day. But here we were, staring straight over a Tasmanian cliff at a lake 200 feet below and wondering how to get there on a trail that seemed headed into thin air.
- Cloudburst Of Colour (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2007)
A last-minute change in RLT plan: The place we decided earlier on is heaving with wild elephants, so late in the night, we zero in on Papanasam river.
- Happy Birthday Mother India! (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 18, 2007)
We have yet to exploit solar and wind energy potential, writes Khushwant Singh.
- The Fluttering White Ribbon (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2007)
An arduous walk to behold the gushing water is well worth it, declares W. Sreelalitha
- Food For Peace (Frontier Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2007)
IN this inspiring biography of Dr. Norman Borlaug, to whom the world owes a lot, Leon F. Hesser pays glowing tributes to the tireless and dedicated work of an individual against a background of constant pessimism and scaremongering.
- Peoples’ Will And Indo-Pak Relations (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2007)
A “people-to-people” survey conducted by CNN-IBN news television channel, the Indian Express and Pakistan’s Dawn newspapers says a majority of urban Indians and Pakistanis favour closer relations between India and Pakistan, but “many do not . . . .
- How To Ru(i)n Agriculture (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 18, 2007)
In 1908, the 350-acre Thuthampara Estate in the Palakkad district of Kerala was leased out by the then Dewan of Cochin for 99 years.
- I-Day Experience For New Districts (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2007)
Independence Day was a new experience for the people at four newly created district headquarters in Kashmir valley, which started functioning from April this year.
- Climate Change Will Trigger Hunger Crisis In India: Un Agency (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2007)
Climate change is likely to trigger a "risk of hunger" in India by affecting cereal production by as much as 18 per cent because of floods and droughts, a UN agency has warned.
- Indians Overseas Celebrate I-Day (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2007)
Indians abroad today celebrated the 60th anniversary of India’s independence amid patriotic fervour with flag-hoisting ceremonies, rendition of the national anthem and cultural programmes.
- Land Allotment: Modi’S Ultimatum To Centre (Hindu, MANAS DASGUPTA, Aug 16, 2007)
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi threatened to adopt a confrontationist course against the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government at the Centre even as his archrival and predecessor, Keshubhai Patel, opened a front against him . . .
- Rescuing Rainforests (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2007)
Rainforests are acknowledged treasures of nature, harbouring remarkably diverse life forms.
- Environmental Issues: Undo The Damage (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 16, 2007)
The new magical technologies in our hands have been used indiscriminately to damage nature.
- India Celebrates Independence Day Amid Tight Security (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Aug 16, 2007)
India celebrated its 60th Independence Day on Wednesday amid customary tight security, but unlike the previous year when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh spoke of improving ties with Pakistan and other neighbours, the focus this year was on domestic . . . .
- Pm For An Education Revolution, Says End To Poverty Is In Reach (Asian Age, Venkat Parsa, Aug 16, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday asserted that the goal of poverty-elimination was no longer a mere slogan but was well within reach.
- Indians In Malaysia Celebrate I-Day (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2007)
More than 400 Indians thronged the India House in Malaysian capital city of Kuala Lumpur to witness the unfurling of the national tricolour.
- Advocate Of Conservation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2007)
At a time when an average Indian’s interest in wildlife remained either commercial or gastronomical and when hunting was still a respectable pastime, M. Krishnan was pleading for conservation.
- India Fears Violence May Mar Independence Day Bash (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2007)
From the mountains of Kashmir to the forests of central India and the troubled towns of its remote northeast, troops are on the streets in a major security crackdown ahead of Independence Day celebrations.
- Star Of India (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2007)
Known as the 'Star of India' in the contraband animal products and pets market, the Indian star tortoise, which fetches $ 40 in Singapore and up to $ 150 in the US and Europe, is hurtling towards extinction.
- Beyond Cartesian Metaphor (Hindu, Mihir Shah, Aug 14, 2007)
In his classic Science and the Modern World (1925), the British philosopher Alfred Whitehead suggests that with the industrial revolution, “the mechanical explanation of nature finally hardened into a dogma of science.” Robert Frenay argues that . . . .
- Cloudburst Of Colour (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2007)
A last-minute change in RLT plan: The place we decided earlier on is heaving with wild elephants, so late in the night, we zero in on Papanasam river.
- Counting Apples (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2007)
Thanedar is very close to Shimla, about 80 km away. In fact, with an early start you can reach just in time for a late lunch. An option, if you are running late, is to take your lunch break at the HPTDC hotel at Fagu, a little beyond Shimla.
- Jug Suraiya: Danube Sutra - Ii (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2007)
Last week you left me on a cruise of the Danube (Bum, bum, bum, Bum! tit, tit, tit, tit, as Johann Strauss would have it) on board the good Merchant Steamship Poetry wondering how I was going to fit myself into the shower stall of the loo . . . .
- At The Gateway Of India (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 11, 2007)
Next week we celebrate our 60th birthday as an independent nation. There are good reasons not to describe India as 60 years old, but 60 years young — a certain amount of youthfulness has been injected in our aging body. We are in better health . . . .
- Train Memories (Deccan Herald, Leela Ramaswamy, Aug 11, 2007)
Air fares may have become cheaper, but no one can take the charm away from trains.
- Alarmed Brazil Reconsiders Policy (Deccan Herald, Larry Rohter, Aug 11, 2007)
Brazils stance is important because it is the fourth-largest producer of greenhouse gases.
- A Vacation In Victoria (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2007)
The Yarra, the predominant river in Victoria, is a river of many colours. A bright green running through forests, a clear blue running through the sparsely populated but fine-looking suburbs, silver and glass reflecting off the skyscrapers in Melbour . .
- Victoria’S Secret (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2007)
The Yarra, the predominant river in Victoria, is a river of many colours. A bright green running through forests, a clear blue running through the sparsely populated but fine-looking suburbs, silver and glass reflecting off the skyscrapers in Melbour. . .
- A Dam And A Forest (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2007)
All right the whole world goes to Pechiparai, and I did too. But the world stops at the Pechiparai dam, built across the Kodayar river, to view the white columns of water crash down angrily from a height of 120 metres along the 425 metre long dam.
- Sezs In Goa Face Landing Trouble (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2007)
Goa wants to develop special economic zones (SEZs), but does not know how to acquire land for them.
- Courting Emergency (Indian Express, Murtaza Razvi, Aug 11, 2007)
ARE they going to impose emergency rule or not? This was the question that rattled everyone in Pakistan for much of Wednesday night and Thursday morning.
- India Should Rope In The Neighbours (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 11, 2007)
Floods are as much a natural phenomenon in India as they are in the rest of the world. But their calamitous impact on large parts of the country is clearly a problem of political will; or more precisely its absence.
- Bangalore Needs A Tree Authority (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 10, 2007)
Bangalore is proud of its greenery, only for the trees in Cubbon Park and Lalbagh, but so many trees disappear every month.
- Pvt Company To Build Ropeway At Patnitop (Tribune, Dinesh Manhotra, Aug 10, 2007)
The first ever project of its kind in the tourism sector in Jammu and Kashmir is being undertaken with 100 per cent private financial support.
- India Should Rope In The Neighbours (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2007)
Floods are as much a natural phenomenon in India as they are in the rest of the world.
- Used As Labourers, Abandoned (Tribune, A N Sudarsan Rao , Aug 09, 2007)
Johan Bage is an octogenarian who cannot remember when he retired as a labourer from the Forest Department.
- True Devotion Religion (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2007)
The spiritual path is not a stereotyped one and is both expansive and inclusive, that is, it has room for every individual’s predilection.
- Mining Giant Faces Tribal Protest (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2007)
Until he came to London Kumti Majhi had never worn shoes before - he had never needed to. A member of the Dongria Kondh, one of India's most traditional tribes from the forested hills in the state of Orissa, he had never had any need to put any . . . .
- An Indigenous Fight For Inclusion (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 09, 2007)
Indigenous peoples of Africa are seeing success in their struggle for inclusion.
- Supplement Tradition With Technology For Green India (Deccan Herald, JANARDHAN ROYE, Aug 09, 2007)
The future of the urban areas requires vision and a will to tackle issues promptly and with imagination.
- The Decade Of Our Discontent (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Aug 09, 2007)
Sixty years on, rural India is a shambles. The most severe agrarian crisis since the eve of the Green Revolution rages on.
- Insulating India’S Reactors From Fuel Disruption Reality Check (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Aug 08, 2007)
In the tussle between test and text, what will be decisive is the political resolve to defend the sovereign rights enshrined inthe 123 agreement.
- Victoria’S Secret (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Aug 08, 2007)
In Victoria, you can just sit back and enjoy the beauty of Nature
- Mere Mortals (Deccan Herald, S V Vijayan, Aug 08, 2007)
Recently I had been to my village to attend the annual Pooram of the local deity. This festival is nothing but the Ooraba in Karnataka.
- Greening India Project On Sandhavasal Hills (Hindu, P.V.V. Murthi, Aug 08, 2007)
About 50,000 tree saplings will be planted in Kalpattu and Ananthapuram village panchayats on Sandhavasal hills in Tiruvannamalai district at a cost of Rs.13.5 lakh under the Greening India project being implemented by the . . . .
- Pacific Reefs Dying (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 08, 2007)
Coral reefs in much of the Pacific Ocean are dying faster than previously thought, according to a study released on Wednesday, with the decline driven by climate change, disease and coastal development.
- Kaziranga Gets Back Ngo Saviour (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2007)
When two rhinos die in Kaziranga National Park on an average every month, Anwaruddin Choudhury is the last person to develop a thick hide.
- Mining Giant Faces Tribal Protest (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2007)
Until he came to London Kumti Majhi had never worn shoes before - he had never needed to. A member of the Dongria Kondh, one of India's most traditional tribes from the forested hills in the state of Orissa, he had never had any need to put . . . .
- Bodies Of Five Avalanche Victims Found (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2007)
Residents of the Chatroo area of Kishtwar district yesterday recovered the bodies of five persons who were buried under an avalanche in November, 2006.
- Tiger Trial (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2007)
TIGER conservationists have been shouting themselves hoarse for a couple of years now, and it was apparent ever since the Centre started dithering on the findings of its own tiger task force, that the news is quite bad.
- Pm For Immediate Steps To Arrest Decline In Tiger Population (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2007)
Dr Singhs concerns probably rise from an estimate by the Dehradun-based Wildlife Institute of India, which has pegged the national tiger count between 1300 and 1500 a drop of more than 50 per cent, when compared to the 2001-02 tiger census...
- Exploring Essences (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2007)
This collection testifies that Primo Levi is much more than a reporter of the Holocaust.
- An Evening In Bangkok (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2007)
The city of Bangkok is most welcoming to two kinds of people — the tourist with dubious intentions and the serious shopper.
- Congress Grapples With Two Fears (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2007)
The Congress is grappling with two fears -- the prospects of the BSP expanding its area of influence from UP to other states and the party’s inability to translate the UPA government’s achievements into political benefits for the party.
- Nostalgia For Old Pleasures (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2007)
My wife’s life has been made more complicated than it should be by the simple fact of living in this world.
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