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Articles 2921 through 3020 of 3437:
- Integrating Economies Into Growth (The Financial Express, Nagesh Kumar, Feb 01, 2005)
Dhaka will be hosting the 13th summit of Saarc towards the end of the week. The Islamabad summit last year adopted a landmark framework agreement on South Asian Free Trade Area (Safta).
- Horses Are Left Out (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Feb 01, 2005)
The splendid Beating the Retreat happened last Saturday at the spectacular Vijay Chowk in New Delhi. Sadly, Doordarshan had their worst cameraman filming this event.
- Justice For The Disabled (Hindu, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 31, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has issued orders for opening all non-technical Group `A' and Group `B' Civil Services to the disabled. In addition to enforcing existing legal provisions
- Growth With Social Justice, His Credo (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Jan 30, 2005)
THE “Young Turk” has grown old but the “fire of life” has not dimmed in him. His first reaction to conferment of Padma Vibhushan award sums up his personality: “This honour, though for an individual, is dedicated to all my friends”.
- Bihar As Eternal Subsidiser Of National Elite (Indian Express, Shaibal Gupta, Jan 29, 2005)
Bihar is possibly the only state in the country where bipolar politics has not taken root, inspite of one and half decades of Laloo Prasad’s rule.
- Multinationals 'Dance With Myanmar Devil' (Asia Times, Marwaan Macan-Markar, Jan 29, 2005)
Rolls-Royce, a venerated name in British corporate culture, has been put in the spotlight for making a turn that a labor group calls a betrayal of its stated commitment to social responsibility.
- Kathmandu Under Siege (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Jan 28, 2005)
If the extremist violence continues in Nepal and economic development remains on the back-seat, India may be faced with a situation of growing Maoist violence in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, coupled with a large influx of Nepalese nationals.
- Spreading Maoist Menace (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Jan 27, 2005)
Nepal's Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh YS Rajasekara Reddy seem to be afflicted by the same malady.
- Poor Little Big Cats (Telegraph, Vidya Athreya, Jan 26, 2005)
Leopards are less of a threat to humans than poisonous snakes or speeding vehicles
- Challenges In 2005 (Deccan Herald, Alok Ray, Jan 26, 2005)
Inequality and poverty (amidst plenty) are the two biggest ongoing challenges before mankind. How is the situation today? Without going into detailed numbers, you can visualise the extent of inequality across nations by an analogy or an image.
- Kathmandu Under Siege (Telegraph, G Parthasarathy, Jan 26, 2005)
Nepal’s Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Y.S. Rajasekara Reddy seem to be afflicted by the same malady. In early December 2004 Mr Deuba announced at the World Buddhist Summit at Lord Buddha’s birthplace
- In Cooperation With Others (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 25, 2005)
Promote sustainable management, and promote and cooperate in the conservation and enhancement... of sinks and reservoirs of all greenhouse gases not controlled by the Montreal Protocol, including biomass, forests and oceans as well as other terrestrial, c
- Not On Whims (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 24, 2005)
THE Supreme Court ruling against peremptory withdrawal of criminal cases against individuals is welcome as it is expected to remove arbitrariness in the actions of the government and uphold the rule of law.
- Tsunami: The Robots Next Time? (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 23, 2005)
Two news items deserve special attention as the world tries painfully to come to grips with life after tsunami. According to the first, eight elephants that take tourists around at Thailand's Khao Lak beach began to cry loudl
- Democracy A Bad Word In Bihar (Tribune, Chanchal Sarkar, Jan 23, 2005)
Who will, in Bhagalpur, save the dolphins, those wonderfully intelligent water-animals of the Ganga? And save the polluted Ganga as well? Reports say that people are catching the dolphins and eating them up.
- Need For A Mangrove Wall (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Jan 21, 2005)
Natural disasters are tragedies for the poor. But for the rich and influential, it is an opportunity — a god-sent opportunity to make more money. The killer tsunami waves that ravaged through the southern coastline open up one such great avenue.
- Murdering The Sentinels Of The Shore (Indian Express, VALMIK THAPAR, Jan 19, 2005)
God forbid if there was another tsunami wave that hit the coasts of India or a cyclone or any natural disaster. This country has created a recipe for a menu of even greater destruction. And the cooks who have originated it are our senior politicians and b
- Setback In Andhra (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 19, 2005)
THE decision by the CPI (Maoist) and Janshakti — the two main Naxalite groups in Andhra Pradesh — to withdraw from the three-month-old peace talks initiated by the state government is unfortunate.
- Beyond Tsunami: An Agenda For Action (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 17, 2005)
Relief is in full swing in all the tsunami-hit areas of India. Medium- and long-term rehabilitation demands three things all along the coast. First, strengthening the ecological foundations of sustainable human security.
- Larger Than Us (Indian Express, Harsh A. Desai, Jan 15, 2005)
Every day when I go to work, I sit in Jinnah’s chair. It’s made of solid brown leather. Solid, much used, very comfortable. The leather is a bit worn out and cracked but you could never guess its age.
- The Missing Story Of India’S Navy (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Jan 14, 2005)
Jangal mein mor nacha, kisi ne na dekha (The peacock danced gloriously in the forest, seen by nobody). Galle harbour in Sri Lanka was an unlikely place for the Indian naval officer to chant this popular film song.
- The Great Wall Of Shopping (Asia Times, Pepe Escobar, Jan 14, 2005)
This boardwalk advertisement greets at least half a million passers-by every day on Nanjing Dong Lu, Shanghai's premier commercial thoroughfare, where almost 40 years ago hordes of vigilant Red Guards waved Mao Zedong's Little Red Book.
- Post Tsunami, India Inclusive (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Jan 12, 2005)
As tribes in the Andamans come in contact with organised economy, the forest area needed to ‘sustain’ them may decline
- Ideological Pamphleteers (Indian Express, GAUTAM DHEER, Jan 12, 2005)
Senior PCC leaders in the state have fallen victim to an unknown enemy. The ammunition being used: defamatory pamphlets. First, it was Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, who was the subject of these pamphlets
- India's Bridge To East (Pioneer, Ashok K Mehta, Jan 12, 2005)
The shock of the tsunami that flattened Thailand's beach resorts was resounding. We escaped the tragedy but could not get away from its echoes.
- Taking Care Of Heritage (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Jan 11, 2005)
When you see television companies announcing their special programmes on the tsunami destruction questioning the ability of the authority in managing disasters
- A People Still At Sea (OutLook, S. ANAND, Jan 10, 2005)
When Baskaran, a fisherman in Nochikuppam, Chennai, is asked what the fisherfolk normally eat for breakfast—is it gruel with dried fish?—he gets angry.
- Death Of The Holiest River (Indian Express, SURESHWAR D SINHA, Jan 08, 2005)
Alarmed by various reports that all was not well in the Bhagirathi basin, members of a group of five NGOs led by Paani Morcha surveyed the area recently. The group of 25 volunteers
- Tsunami: The Robots Next Time? (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Jan 07, 2005)
Two news items deserve special attention as the world tries painfully to come to grips with life after tsunami. According to the first, eight elephants that take tourists around at Thailand's Khao Lak beach began to cry loudly
- An Angry Earth Wobbles (Asia Times, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 07, 2005)
Had it not been for the devastating Boxing Day tsunami that hit southern Asia, engulfing parts of India in its wake, 2004 might have passed off as a relatively uneventful year.
- 100 Days That Will Change India (Indian Express, BUNKER ROY, Jan 06, 2005)
The father of modern Punjab, Pratap Singh Kairon, was driving to Chandigarh. A dog tried to cross the road, changed its mind, tried to scramble back and got run over. Kairon observed,”
- Does The Deccan Need More Water? (Deccan Herald, SUBRATA SINHA, Jan 05, 2005)
The river-linking project would lead to degradation of land and adversely affect the rural majority
- Nreg Bill: Fine-Tuning Will Make It Work Better (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Jan 04, 2005)
The National Rural Employment Guarantee Bill goes beyond describing a set of employment generating schemes, and goes into the nitty-gritty, listing the broad responsibilities of the officials at the district, block and panchayat levels.
- Nature Retaliates (Deccan Herald, N C GUNDU RAO, Jan 04, 2005)
A heightened vigil is needed in the State, especially in the coastal regions, in the wake of the tsunami tragedy
- Stokes: No Longer Apple Of One’S Eye (Tribune, Ambika Sharma, Jan 04, 2005)
Samuel Evans Stokes, the pioneer of scientific horticulture in Himachal, was remembered as an emancipator of the poverty-ridden hill people a century ago. Today there is none to recall the contribution of Stokes
- Nature Of Man (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 04, 2005)
As devastated areas struggle to face life after tsunami, stories of how animals, with the benefit of prior awareness, survived, and helped humans to do so, are surfacing along with those of miraculous escapes
- Trust In A Time Of Trouble (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Jan 04, 2005)
The last week has been grim, truly grim. A natural disaster of enormous magnitude swallowed up thousands of people and rendered hundreds of thousands homeless.
- For The Present And Future (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 03, 2005)
Excerpts from the 10th conference of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, December 2004
- A New Year's Resolution (The Economic Times, Jeffrey D Sachs, Jan 03, 2005)
It is time for New Year’s resolutions, and this year’s are obvious. When the millennium opened, world leaders pledged to seek peace, the end of poverty, and a cleaner environment.
- The Spin That Helped Bush Into A Doosra Term (Business Line, D. Murali , Jan 01, 2005)
The film Fahrenheit 9/11 depicts the US President, Mr George Bush, as doing nothing but watching kindergarten children several minutes after he was informed of the WTC attacks.
- Teaching Lore (Deccan Herald, PRABHU HARLE, Jan 01, 2005)
In the early ’70’s, the Government middle school in Pollibetta, a very small town in Coorg, had some of the finest teachers — Kaveramma, Poovamma, Devamma and a host of others
- More Than A Million Hiroshimas (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Jan 01, 2005)
Will Governments ever spend the modest sums required along the coast to protect the millions of poorer Indians dependent on the seas?
- Warning: There Will Be (Asia Times, Eric Koo Peng Kuan, Dec 31, 2004)
Asian governments were caught totally off guard by the December 26 tsunami disaster. Now the calls are loud for the implementation in the Indian Ocean of an early warning system akin to that of the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center based in Hawaii.
- Where Forests Saved The People (Hindu, SURESH NAMBATH, Dec 31, 2004)
The Nicobar group of islands will never be the same again. Their shapes have changed. After Sunday's tsunami, some of the islands have become smaller, yielding ground to the sea on the south-eastern side.
- Tsunami Effect (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 29, 2004)
After every horrendous tragedy on the scale of Sunday's tsunami, when the mind has digested the statistics and the gory images, and the consoling words have been said...
- Assault On Hinduism (Pioneer, Anil M Dave, Dec 27, 2004)
The nation's media, whether print or electronic, has been preoccupied with various controversies related to the Kanchi Shankaracharya. The case presented a unique example of "trial by media".
- Why The Meek Must Inherit (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Dec 27, 2004)
Slums might be urban eyesores. In reality, however, they reflect on the acute myopia that afflicts the powerful sections of society. The draconian Rent Control Act, for example, is supposedly meant to protect the "welfare of the poor".
- The Bitter Truth (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 27, 2004)
Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil's admission that at least a part of the Centre's development fund for the Northeastern States goes to finance terrorist activities there, hardly comes as a surprise.
- Tragedy As Farce (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 26, 2004)
Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil's admission that at least a part of the Centre's development fund for the Northeastern States goes to finance terrorist activities there, hardly comes as a surprise.
- Images Of 2004 (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA, Dec 26, 2004)
The course of Indian politics has always been unpredictable, but it is hard to think of a year that rang in changes more unexpected than 2004.
- Forward, Backward (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 26, 2004)
Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil's admission that at least a part of the Centre's development fund for the Northeastern States goes to finance terrorist activities there, hardly comes as a surprise.
- Democracy With A Difference (Tribune, Chanchal Sarkar, Dec 26, 2004)
WITH its red soil, distant low hills,smiling tribal faces crowding the weekly haats, Bankura district in West Bengal is easy on the eyes. Next door is Midnapore, the largest district in the state but very different.
- Ayodhya And After (Pioneer, Anil M Dave, Dec 26, 2004)
The nation's media, whether print or electronic, has been preoccupied with various controversies related to the Kanchi Shankaracharya. The case presented a unique example of "trial by media".
- Beastly Tales (Telegraph, G.S. Mudur, Dec 26, 2004)
It’s the price you pay for playing God. After toying with lion-breeding programmes for years, zoo officials in India are staring at a man-made evolutionary disaster
- Road Rollers That Failed To Steamroller (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 25, 2004)
Let us roll back to 1993 when the Andhra Pradesh Government hiked road tax on vehicles. The Road Rollers Owners Welfare Association in the state objected to the rise and challenged the validity of the order.
- Property Helps Mothers, Children (Tribune, BINA AGARWAL, Dec 23, 2004)
The following is an excerpt from the report "UNICEF in India":
The development of human capabilities in childhood rests greatly on the ability of the family and of the State to ensure that children are free from deprivation.
- Sasural Party (Indian Express, Varghese K George, Dec 22, 2004)
The BJP never tires of calling the RJD a Sasural party—Sadhu, Subhash, Rabri and Laloo party. The first two are the brothers of the Chief Minister and not quite brotherly towards each other.
- Hey Presto, A New Macaque (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 21, 2004)
Nature's infinite Book of secrecy, to use Shakespeare's phrase, continues to yield treasures. The discovery of a primate species, Macaca munzala (the Arunachal macaque), in the ...
- To Make 200 Million Tonnes, India Needs `Steel Vision' (Business Line, N. Ramakrishnan , Dec 21, 2004)
"We need a long-term vision for the steel industry," says Mr B. Muthuraman, Managing Director, The Tata Iron and Steel Company Ltd.
- Behmai Revisited (Pioneer, Abhijit C Chandra, Dec 18, 2004)
It was a carnage that shocked entire Madhya Pradesh, gave Gwalior district's Bhanwarpura hamlet a dubious prominence in police records and proved a chilling reminder of the 1981 Behmai massacre when Phoolan
- Shackled King (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 18, 2004)
The king has fallen on hard times. Whereas once, born free, he roamed the forests and hills as the monarch of all he surveyed, today, sequestered in cubby spaces where smaller animals would feel cramped, the majestic beast is kept as trophy by circus-owne
- Job Guarantee — For Whom And How? (Deccan Herald, Manu N Kulkarni, Dec 17, 2004)
The Employment Guarantee Scheme of the government can succeed only if the private sector is involved
- A Place In The World (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Dec 15, 2004)
Two unrelated events, separated by several weeks, have reinforced the perception that India’s place in the world in the new millennium is full of promise
- Ethics And Short Cuts (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 15, 2004)
If the ratification of the Kyoto protocol by Russia is seen as a landmark event that ushered in a new international framework for the reduction of greenhouse gas emission
- Towards Saner Road Mobility (Deccan Herald, B V SHENOY, Dec 14, 2004)
Every day multitudes of motor vehicles traverse our roads, burning hydrocarbon fuels and spewing masses of noxious fumes. The streets of Bangalore are clogged with traffic.
- The Tiger Tops (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Dec 12, 2004)
The ‘Royal Bengal Tiger’, as Sourav Ganguly has been known for his aggression on the field, may not exactly be a role model for the ICC which has been fining the Indian cricket captain regularly for his team's slow over-rates in one-day internationals.
- Parambikulam Panorama (Indian Express, George N Netto, Dec 11, 2004)
Within minutes of passing the flaming red signboard welcoming us to the Parambikulam Wildlife Sanctuary, we were coasting along through a dense, ominously silent teak forest extending endlessly into the distance.
- Powering Up The High-Power Committees (Business Line, Mohan R. Lavi, Dec 11, 2004)
It was pranklin Delano Roosevelt who said "We want a Supreme Court which will do justice under the Constitution, not over it. In our courts, we want a government of laws and not of men."
- Bitter Medicine (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 08, 2004)
Economic development helps the people, but it does little to cure political extremists of their infantile disorders. The Maoist violence in Midnapore once again proves the point.
- Deadly Hot Summers ‘To Become The Norm’ (Tribune, Steve Connor, Dec 04, 2004)
Blisteringly hot summers similar to the one in 2003 when thousands of people in continental Europe died of heatstroke will become commonplace because of climate change, a study has found.
- Airport Restructuring — Obstacles To A Smooth Take-Off (Business Line, R. Krishnan , Dec 03, 2004)
In the Delhi and Mumbai airport modernisation, the crucial issue is the lack of adequate runway facilities. This cramps quick turnaround of aircraft and the problem is aggravated by the absence of parking bays.
- Acidic Birds And Metallic Fish (Indian Express, Bharati Chaturvedi, Dec 02, 2004)
India has still not learnt its lessons from the Bhopal tragedy. The poisoning of the environment by dumping toxic substances is disastrous for wildlife
- In Search Of A Creative Alternative (Telegraph, Vandana Shiva, Dec 01, 2004)
Terra Madre celebrated an honest agriculture that does not lie about prices and does not exploit the earth or its caretakers
- Realising Infinite Bliss Of The Self (Deccan Herald, SWAMI GURUDASANANDA, Nov 30, 2004)
The mind has to be turned back to its source and fixed steadily therein, which is the culmination of devotion
- Unhappy Days Are Here Again (Telegraph, Nalin Verma, Nov 30, 2004)
There is little reason to suspect that the BJP will have an easy time in the forthcoming state polls in Jharkhand and Bihar
- Never To Be Seen Again (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 29, 2004)
Trends in the status of threatened species: The Red List Indices show that the status of birds and amphibians continues to deteriorate...
- We Are In Denial (Indian Express, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Nov 27, 2004)
If you come across a Communist, with a Hindu name, and ask him about his identity, he will deny being a Hindu.
- In The Closed Kingdoms Of Experts (Indian Express, VIDEH UPADHYAY, Nov 27, 2004)
On a subject like environment, is there any role for the common man in shaping policy?
- Sharks, Rays And Chimeras (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 25, 2004)
The 2004 International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources Red List contains 15,589 species threatened with extinction.
- Destination India (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 25, 2004)
THE conclave of CEOs of tourism organisations held in Jaipur has recommended various measures to improve tourism in the country.
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