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Articles 421 through 520 of 500:
- New Arrivals (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2007)
Unlearn Before U Learn — Seven critical factors to get out of the Rut: Kamekish; Promilla & Co., publishers in association with Biblophile South Asia, C-127, Sarvodaya Enclave, New Delhi-110017. Rs. 550.
- Nudge Burma's Junta To Reform (Pioneer, Ashok K Mehta, Oct 03, 2007)
India has to do more for democracy and human rights in Burma, so says everybody.
- Pranab Hails N-Deal (Pioneer, S Rajagopalan, Oct 03, 2007)
Says it will help curb terrorism and non-proliferation of WMDs
- Dogma Vs Reality (Tribune, Amulya Ganguli, Oct 03, 2007)
In his hours of repose, Mr Prakash Karat must be harking back to his days as a student leader when he had his last encounters with elections.
- Us Gives Nod To North Korea's Nuclear Disablement Pact (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2007)
The United States has approved a six-nation agreement in which North Korea will declare and disable its nuclear arsenal in return for energy aid and diplomatic and security guarantees, the State Department said on Wednesday.
- Grandmaster With A Mission (Tribune, Anne Penketh, Oct 03, 2007)
The world has an abiding image of Garry Kasparov. It is that of the plucky chess grandmaster who took on Anatoly Karpov in a marathon contest and won, becoming the youngest ever world chess champion at the age of 22.
- Sputnik's Secret Story (Pioneer, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 03, 2007)
When Sputnik took off 50 years ago, the world gazed at the heavens in awe and apprehension, watching what seemed like the unveiling of a sustained Soviet effort to conquer space and score a stunning Cold War triumph.
- Living In Denial (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 01, 2007)
Unprecedented climate changes on a global scale during the past one decade resulting from the greenhouse effect with anthropogenic reasons have serious implications.
- Missing Link To Mystery Of Tsar's Children (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 01, 2007)
There is a "high degree of probability" that bone fragments found recently near the Russian city of Yekaterinburg are those of a daughter and son of the last Tsar, forensics experts said Friday.
- The Real Security Threat (Dawn, Aqil Shah, Oct 01, 2007)
Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto’s recent statement that she will allow the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to question Dr A.Q. Khan has created a ruckus.
- Giving Up The Free Press (Deccan Herald, Jackson Diehl, Oct 01, 2007)
The free press survived even as Mubarak moved methodically to crush other nascent centres of opposition in the past 18 months, including liberal political parties, a movement of judges seeking greater independence for courts, and the Muslim Brotherhood.
- No Extension Of 'Status Quo' In Hasina Case: Sc (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
The decks have been cleared for former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to be put on trial on graft charges after the supreme court refused to extend the time period of "status quo" on court proceedings it imposed earlier, which expired on . . . .
- Isro Looks At N-Power To Take It Deep Into Universe (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
As India’s space programme gets into its second phase, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is looking to harness nuclear energy to propel its future rockets which will explore distant planets and areas beyond the solar system.
- Iaea Safeguards Not Just For Us, Govt To Tell Left (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
With CPI(M) stalwarts like Jyoti Basu and West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee speaking out in favour of nuclear power, but against the strategic partnership with the US, the Government is looking to convey to the Left . . . . .
- Towards Darkness (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
Thee following is an excerpt from the book, Values Devalued: Indira to Rao, by BP Saha, printed here with the permission of the writer.
- Upa To Pitch Fresh Nuke Argument (Times of India, Indrani Bagchi, Oct 01, 2007)
Reconciled to the Left's uncompromising position on the India-US nuclear deal, the UPA government will try another tack at persuasion during the next joint mechanism meeting scheduled for October 5.
- India Needs A Stable Burma (Pioneer, Swapan Dasgupta, Oct 01, 2007)
It's an awkward time to be presiding over neighbourhood relations. Writing in Saturday's Guardian, Aung Zaw, a Burmese exile and Editor of the Thailand-based Irrawady magazine, proffered a view that is certain to make Indians squirm.
- Iaf Spruces Up Bareilly Maintenance Hub (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
With the Sukhoi 30 MKI slated to be the mainstay of the Indian Air Force (IAF) in the coming years, the Ministry of Defence has started developing a state-of-the-art infrastructure including a world class avionics lab for stationing and . . . .
- India Has Major Stake In Gas Pipeline: Iranian Diplomat (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Sep 29, 2007)
India has a major stake in the stability of West Asia and in the construction of the proposed Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline, a top Iranian official has said.
- Eu Should Stand Firm On Kosovo (Hindu, Jonathan Steele, Sep 29, 2007)
It must not listen to those opposing the territory’s path to independence.
- We Are Going To Take People Back To The Moon: Michael Griffin (Hindu, T.S. Subramanian, Sep 29, 2007)
Michael Griffin, Administrator, NASA, on moon landings, the missions to Mars, and the possible cooperation between India and the U.S.
- Have Rs 1.1 Crore? Go For A Space Picnic (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2007)
The European Aeronautic Defence and Space (EADS) Astrium will launch space tourism packages for global customers with a fleet of space shuttle in the next five years.
- National Security (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 29, 2007)
The nuclear deal, which India has concluded with the USA, is as historic as the Indo-Soviet Friendship Treaty which Indira Gandhi had concluded with the Soviet Union in 1971.
- Special Article (Statesman, MADAN BHATIA, Sep 29, 2007)
The nuclear deal, which India has concluded with the USA, is as historic as the Indo-Soviet Friendship Treaty which Indira Gandhi had concluded with the Soviet Union in 1971.
- We Shouldn’T Consent To A Tango With Us (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2007)
Sir, ~ After going through BC Dutta’s write-up “A renewal of friendship” (Perspective, 9 September), I am compelled to conclude that it is lopsided and blinkered, let alone a biased piece.
- Let’S Wish Them Well (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , Sep 29, 2007)
I was speaking with some NRI friends who were chuckling away with glee at the discomfiture prevailing currently in Pakistan, discomfiture that doesn’t get addressed by Pervez Musharraf being allowed to contest presidential elections.
- No Compromise On National Interest (Tribune, Premvir Das, Sep 29, 2007)
It must be granted to Prakash Karat that finally, the bottom line behind the 123 Agreement issue has been identified. The agreement, according to him, is not about civilian nuclear energy at all but a camouflage for an unequal relationship that . . .
- Dear Wheat (Frontline, C.P. CHANDRASEKHAR, Sep 29, 2007)
ACROSS the world, food prices, especially those of staples such as grains, have been rising sharply in recent months. Wheat, the staple used to make bread, pasta, chapatti and much else, epitomises this trend.
- How ‘Export Of Services’ Is Mired In Tax Complexity (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 29, 2007)
Service exporters have something more to worry about than rupee appreciation: the lack of clarity on the service tax front.
- Cold War's Lessons (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, Sep 29, 2007)
AROUND the time of President Vladimir Putin’s visit to India in January 2007, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov wrote an article on the causes of the Cold War.
- Un Sanctions Against Iran Delayed (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2007)
Six key nations agreed today to delay a new UN resolution that would toughen sanctions against Iran until November to see if Teheran answers questions about its suspect nuclear program.
- Us, Eu Want India To Put Pressure On Myanmar (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2007)
The US and European Union are piling on pressure on India and China to use their leverage on the military rulers in Myanmar to refrain from violence.
- Exercising Sovereignty (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Sep 28, 2007)
The debate on the nuclear deal in the country throws light on how poorly certain sections of the Indian elite have developed a sense of national sovereignty during the last 60 years of Independence.
- Q&a: 'Our Credibility Is Doubted To A Certain Degree' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2007)
The Chinese official multimedia news agency, Xinhua, boasts 75 million stories and two million photographs in its kitty, the largest Chinese media database in the world. Tian Congmin, Xinhua head, talks to Narayani Ganesh on how the media in China . . .
- Sukhoi Base In East To Counter China (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2007)
As part of the counter-measures against the Chinese build-up of military infrastructure in the Tibet Autonomous Region and south China, India will progressively base squadrons of its most potent fighter Sukhoi-30MKIs in the eastern sector from 2008-2009 o
- Russia Warns Us Over Arms In Space (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2007)
Russia's space forces chief said on Thursday that the nation would have to retaliate if others deploy weapons in space — a stern warning to the US.
- Top Polluters At Climate Meet In Us (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2007)
The US-sponsored meeting of major emitting countries is aimed at supporting and accelerating the UN process on climate change, secretary of state Condoleezza Rice insisted on Thursday.
- Disappearing Tongues (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 28, 2007)
In the Kayapo language spoken in Brazil there are 56 different words for as many types of bees; in Tofa, a Siberian tongue, a 'ground fish' means a snake; in Mongolian Monchak the verb 'to go' depends on the upstream or downstream flow of a local river.
- Isro Plans Manned Mission In 8 Yrs (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2007)
Almost a quarter of a century after it sent its first man into space, India is getting ready to put another person into a spacecraft—this time on its own.
- ‘If You Don’T Have Facts Or Law, Hammer On The Table. That’S What The Left Is Doing’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 28, 2007)
India always championed peaceful uses of nuclear energy right from the mid 1950s. After the first Pokharan test in 1974, it was the US that devised a network of sanctions that led to India’s isolation in the nuclear energy field from 1980 onwards.
- Russia Throws Down The Gauntlet (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Sep 28, 2007)
In challenging the U.S.-EU choice for the post of IMF head, Russia has shown that it is a champion of multipolarity and democratic reforms in global affairs.
- Tackling Myanmar’S Junta (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 28, 2007)
With several people including Buddhist monks and a Japanese journalist killed, scores brutally set upon by security forces, and many others arrested in overnight raids on monasteries, Myanmar is into an unprecedented time of troubles.
- Security Council Urges Myanmar To Show Restraint (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2007)
Expresses concern over crackdown, to send envoy.
- “Myanmar, Very Corrupt Nation” (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2007)
Myanmar was named one of the most corrupt countries in the world in a league table published by an international anti-bribery group.
- N. Korea Promises Results From Talks (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Sep 28, 2007)
Focus on Pyongyang fully disclosing and dismantling nuclear plants
Pyongyang alludes to U.S.-India deal
Uranium issue may turn contentious
- China's Crucial Role (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 28, 2007)
This year's session of the UN General Assembly has been overshadowed by the worsening political crisis in Burma. It figured prominently in the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's opening speech.
- India Plans Manned Space Mission By 2015 (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2007)
India plans a manned space mission by 2015, using indigenous systems and technology, a top scientist said Thursday.
- Myanmar On Fire Again (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 28, 2007)
WHAT started off last month as a series of small protests in different Myanmar towns, including the capital Yangon, over a sharp hike in fuel prices, is fast escalating into a movement against the military dictatorship which has held power since 1962.
- How Flanders Deals With Its Waste (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 27, 2007)
Its initiatives — from rubbish charges to keeping chickens — are dramatically cutting waste
- Russia's Bombshell (Frontline, Vladimir Radyuhin , Sep 27, 2007)
FOUR years after the United States tested its most powerful non-nuclear bomb nicknamed “The Mother of All Bombs”, Russia has responded by building a still more potent one, pointedly christened “The Father of All Bombs”.
- Cuba To China, Delhi Courts Left’S Friends (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Sep 27, 2007)
The Left parties may not yet have stopped the Manmohan Singh government from operationalising the nuclear deal, but their demand is already prompting a leftward lurch in India’s foreign policy.
- The Flames Of Insurgency (Dawn, Javed Hussain, Sep 27, 2007)
Democratic governments serve the people. They enhance their quality of life. They protect, not kill, them.
- Costlier Imports, Heavy Taxes (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Sep 27, 2007)
THE world oil prices are soaring again. After the US sweet crude crossed 80 dollars a barrel last week, it finally reached a record 84.10 dollars which revived fears of the hundred dollars a barrel approaching soon as projected earlier.
- Iran In New York (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2007)
The annual session of the UN General Assembly has commenced in New York, drawing as ever a great congregation of leaders from across the world.
- Launch Quota For Space-Farers Needed (Deccan Herald, JAYALAKSHMI K, Sep 27, 2007)
There are around 9,000 man-made objects orbiting the earth and being monitored for damage-causing potential.
- An Unwanted Hurry? (Deccan Herald, M K Bhadrakumar, Sep 27, 2007)
US haste for the operationalisation of the deal has something to do with their plan for a military attack on Iran.
- Iran Warns India Over Pipeline Deal (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2007)
Iran warned India on Wednesday that it would sign a multi-billion dollar gas pipeline deal with Pakistan alone if New Delhi did not swiftly agree terms on transit pricing with Islamabad.
- Special Article (Statesman, Salman Haidar , Sep 27, 2007)
The annual session of the UN General Assembly has commenced in New York, drawing as ever a great congregation of leaders from across the world.
- Iran Warns India Over Gas Pipeline Deal (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2007)
Iran warned India on Wednesday that it would sign a multi-billion dollar gas pipeline deal with Pakistan alone if New Dehli did not swiftly agree to terms on transit pricing with Islamabad.
- Climate Talks: Kyoto To Bali (Business Line, N. R. Krishnan , Sep 27, 2007)
Against the background of the recent UN meet on climate change, N. R. KRISHNAN points out that it is time the developed world accepted the hard reality that developing countries, including China and India, may not be able to accept any cuts in . . .
- Envoys Arrive In Beijing For North Korea Nuclear Talks (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2007)
Envoys to six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear program began arriving in Beijing today for what the North's top negotiator has called make-or-break discussions.
- Requiem For A Freedom Fighter (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Sep 26, 2007)
ON A midwinter afternoon in 1928, pistol shots rang out in the heart of Lahore. They were aimed at an assistant superintendent of police, J.P. Saunders.
- Nuke Wrangle Threatens Indian Government (Asia Times, Praful Bidwai, Sep 26, 2007)
As India's coalition government tries to complete the controversial nuclear cooperation deal with the United States, it finds itself caught between domestic opposition to the agreement from its left-wing allies and pressure from Washington to . . . .
- Outlook Bright As Steel Giant Passes The $Us100bn Mark (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2007)
"We are the first $US100billion ($115 billion) in market capitalisation steel company in history," enthused the Indian billionaire. "The fundamentals of this industry are so strong that they give us a huge number of opportunities to grow."
- Relevance Of Being ‘Non-Aligned’ And Irrelevance Of Nam (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, Sep 26, 2007)
Historian Ramachandra Guha has described Jawaharlal Nehru’s policy of non-alignment as an attempt to place India “beyond and above the rivalries of Great Powers.”
- No Russian Pakistan (Pioneer, Dmitri Kosyrev, Sep 26, 2007)
A part of Russia that is predominantly Muslim prospers happily without asking for a separate land
- On A Wing And A Prayer (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2007)
A successful space mission, like the devil, lies in the details. Decades after the first tin can was sent to space, being precise about trajectories and turning on and off knobs still remains an integral part of going up there.
- India Puts Rider For Safeguards Pact (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2007)
India wants facility-specific safeguards and perpetual fuel supply assurances built into the safeguards agreement it works out with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) at Vienna before it agrees to place its civilian nuclear reactors . . .
- Call Left’S Bluff On Nuclear Deal (Tribune, Maj Gen (retd) Himmat Singh Gill, Sep 26, 2007)
IF India’s Left powered by Parkash Karat and his garrulous band spent more of their time on the rising price of onions and other like day to day matters affecting the common man, it would enable Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to get on with . . . .
- Diversity And Civic Disengagement (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 26, 2007)
Indians have long prided themselves on the singular diversity of their ancient civilisation. There were, of course, several humungous empires in the past, such as the Roman, Mongol, Ottoman, British, and more recently the former Soviet . . . .
- Putin Leaves Many Guessing (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2007)
After a 12-day wait, President Vladimir Putin’s cabinet reshuffle surprised everyone by making few changes and kept Russia in the dark about the identity of his preferred successor.
- What Sets India Apart From The ‘Big Five’ (Business Line, Harish Damodaran , Sep 26, 2007)
If one were to single out the most significant macroeconomic development of the country’s post-‘reform’ era, the unprecedented build-up of its foreign exchange reserves would probably emerge a clear winner.
- India Ripe For Global Pension Funds, Says Pe Veteran (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2007)
While foreign institutional investors (FIIs) such as portfolio and hedge funds are already betting big on India, the country’s growth opportunity is also increasingly compelling for pension and provident funds, says a veteran private equity . . . .
- Rise Of The Junta (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2007)
Myanmar (Burma) achieved independence from the UK on January 4, 1948. On June 18, 1989, the State Law and Order Restoration Council adopted the name "Union of Myanmar".
- Us Invites Syria For Peace Talks (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2007)
The US secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice, said that key Arab states, including Syria, would be invited to Mr Bush's planned conference and she hoped they would accept the proposal.
- ‘India Is Fast Becoming Two Entities’ (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 25, 2007)
Mid 1991: The Indian economy was “teetering on the edge of collapse, reflecting more than four decades of de facto central planning,” writes Alan Greenspan in The Age of Turbulence ( www.penguin.com ).
- Neglected Instruments (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Sep 25, 2007)
In my last column I took the communists’ critique of the prime minister’s foreign policy tilt seriously, and discussed how it could be made to make sense.
- Not Heading For War With U.S.: Ahmadinejad (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2007)
Iran does not need nuclear weapons and is not heading towards a war with the United States, said President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, on a controversial visit here amid tight security.
- Man Will Land On Mars In 2037, Says Nasa Official (Hindu, T.S. Subramanian, Sep 25, 2007)
Michael Griffin, Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), U.S., is convinced that the first human being will land on Mars in 2037.
- Burma’S Saviour (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Sep 25, 2007)
While India largely ignores the unfolding political drama in Burma, where Buddhist monks and nuns have given a new boost to the pro-democracy movement in recent weeks, China seems to be rapidly repositioning itself.
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