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Articles 6621 through 6720 of 31829:
- Political Long And Short Of Disinvestment (Daily Excelsior, Sunil Gatade, Aug 11, 2006)
Disinvestment is turning out to be a difficult proposition for the two-year-old Manmohan Singh Government with every passing day.
- Tests Probe If Pill A Day Can Keep Aids At Bay (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
Can the drugs that keep HIV-positive people alive also make it safer to enjoy carefree sex -- much as during the pre-AIDS 1970s?
- Sri Lanka Vows To Continue Offensive, Probe Calls Grow (Reuters, Peter Apps, Aug 11, 2006)
Sri Lanka's military vowed on Friday to push on with an offensive to win control of a water supply from the Tamil Tigers, as demands for an independent probe into the slaughter of 17 aid staff grew.
- Drugs Don't Work For Many India Aids Patients (Reuters, Jonathan Allen, Aug 11, 2006)
The drugs Shyamal Kumar Dey takes to fight AIDS don't work anymore.
- Icici To Market 1st Indian Tier 1 Issue (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
ICICI Bank, India's second-largest lender, will begin marketing its first hybrid tier I offering next week, market sources said on Friday.
- Reverse Signal (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 11, 2006)
How did public sector bank boards okay their lending rate hikes despite the government’s intervention, directing renewed approval by their boards? In the case of Punjab National Bank, it was easier: the board met, but without the government nominee.
- Dammed For A Deluge? (The Financial Express, HIMANSHU THAKKAR, Aug 11, 2006)
It is the water released from dams that has led to floods in some states
- Pak Locks Up Lashkar Founder (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
Pakistan on Thursday put Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) founder Hafeez Sayeed, who figures in the list of wanted persons forwarded by India, under one month house arrest at his Lahore residence.
- British Troops In Afghanistan 'In Most Intense Conflict In 50 Years' (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
British soldiers in Afghanistan are engaged in fighting that is more intense and prolonged than any other conflict during the past 50 years, the British commander of all foreign troops in Afghanistan warned yesterday.
- Terror Camps Continue To Run In Pak: Herald (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
Contrary to claims by Islamabad, training camps of various militant groups continue to be run in different parts of Pakistan with militants attempting to infiltrate into India through the Line of Control (LoC).
- Nat-War Goes On (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Aug 11, 2006)
It oscillates between the second and third slot in the industry, depending upon which parameters you use, but Indian Airlines’ chief Vishwapati Trivedi is still important enough for market leader Jet Airways chief Naresh Goyal to buttonhole him . . .
- Food Security: China's Success Story (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Aug 10, 2006)
China has hugely improved the availability of, and access to, food through a combination of a sound agricultural policy, development of rural infrastructure, and investment in research and development in the farm sector.
- Revolution In A Bottle (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 10, 2006)
Kerala’s Marxists are silly banning Coke-Pepsi. Plus, they could be doing their state great harm
- Avoiding Annual Floods (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 10, 2006)
The widespread floods across parts of Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, and Maharashtra come as a distressing reminder of the continuing lack of intelligent water management policies as well as disaster preparedness.
- Tamil Nadu's Decision To Send Back Sri Lankan Police Officers Hasty, . . . (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 10, 2006)
Sri Lankan officers were undergoing training in Coimbatore
- Cancer: Hope From Haldi (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Aug 10, 2006)
Research shows that turmeric and onion could help in treatment of cancer.
- An Excess Of Privilege (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 10, 2006)
A lively debate has begun on whether the premature leakage of some conclusions of the Pathak Report constitutes a breach of privilege.
- Crocker’S Fake Balm Therapy (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 10, 2006)
The US Ambassador to Pakistan Ryan C Crocker Tuesday claimed that the Press comments on reported remarks of Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher during his visit to India were ‘wildly exaggerated’.
- Ltte Lifts Canal Siege, Army Continues Shelling (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
The government on Wednesday reclaimed control of a key canal that had been blocked by Tamil rebels in northeastern Sri Lanka in what appeared to an easing of a crisis that has sparked some of the fiercest fighting since a 2002 ceasefire.
- "We Are Still Interested In Dialogue Based On Justness And Fairness" (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Aug 10, 2006)
Those who think only about bombs, war, and attacking others are the root cause of everything that is wrong in the world, Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad tells The Hindu in an exclusive interview.
- Here Drinking Water Is Worse Than Cola (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
Pesticides in aerated drinks is just not palatable to the State government. But the fact that thousands of people in Bangalore urban district continue to consume water from “poisoned” borewells fails to attract the same concern.
- State Tosses Out Colas From Schools, Hospitals (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
The Karnataka Government has banned the sale and consumption of soft drinks in educational and health institutions from August 14. A move to ban ‘junk food’ in educational institutions will follow.
- The Lord's Supremacy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
Spiritual tradition accords great significance to the worship of the Padukas (sandals) of the Lord.
- Who Killed The Vidarbha Farmers? (OutLook, Smruti Koppikar, Aug 10, 2006)
Heartbreaking as they are, suicides - over 90 last month - are only a symptom of the larger and deep agrarian crisis, reminds the award-winning journalist, touching on the role played by our policy-makers and politicians - from Montek Singh . . .
- Is West Ready To Open The Labour Market? (Business Line, R. Vaidyanathan, Aug 10, 2006)
One of the most important dimensions of globalisation is liberating the labour markets from the Western sovereign regulations and encouraging the free flow of human resource to carry out what may be termed `brown collar' work in the West, says . . .
- Need No Crutches (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 10, 2006)
The public hearing called by the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to review the eligibility of 13 countries—including India, Argentina, Brazil, Indonesia, the Philippines, Russia, South Africa, Turkey—for tariff-free imports . . .
- Nurture Venture Capital (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 10, 2006)
It can play a crucial role in bringing together technology innovation and entrepreneurship.
- Residual Problem (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 10, 2006)
The real issue is that the country simply does not have a national policy for safe use of pesticides.
- Lebanon's Agony (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 10, 2006)
"Lebanon now, however, faces the risk that Hizbollah may intervene more directly in the Israeli-Palestinian war and the resulting conflict may spread to the Israeli-Lebanese border areas and lead to Israeli reprisals that strike deep into Lebanon…"
- Transformation: Be Part Of A Collaborative Network (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 10, 2006)
Technology has always driven transformation, leading to paradigm shifts in mankind’s life and work. Today, such transformation is newer, faster and more pervasive than ever before.
- Slouching Towards The Apocalypse (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 10, 2006)
What with killer heat waves, killer hurricanes and killer droughts, it's arguable that we've already passed that point.
- A Satellite Eye On The Neighbourhood (Indian Express, Ajay Lele, Aug 10, 2006)
India has to use its satellite network to expose the support Pakistan extends to terror outfits
- Is There Too Much Time To Fill? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 10, 2006)
"There are too many channels, not enough news and reporters just out of their teens."
- No To Patent (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 10, 2006)
Drugs for AIDs should continue to be in the generic area
- Magnificent Menus (Deccan Herald, Deepa Mohan, Aug 10, 2006)
Menus of some of the five-star hotels sometimes resemble a photo album
- Lessons From L'affaire Natwar Singh (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Aug 10, 2006)
The sooner Mr Natwar Singh sheds his hubris which has brought him to this pass the better will he be able to salvage what little political respectability he still thinks he can lay claim to.
- Natwar’S Comeuppance (Deccan Herald, PARSA VENKATESHWAR RAO JR, Aug 10, 2006)
The former External Affairs minister, Mr Natwar Singh, has nobody but himself to blame for his troubles
- ‘Lebanon To Become Graveyard Of Israelis’ (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
A defiant Hezbollah chief vowed on Wednesday to turn south Lebanon into a ‘graveyard’ for invading Israeli troops, hours after the Jewish state ordered an expanded ground offensive.
- 85 Cops Illegally Occupying Govt Houses In I (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
The National Assembly was informed on Wednesday that 85 officials of the Islamabad police were unauthorised occupants of government houses in the federal capital.
- North American Kerala Association To Build Airport (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
An umbrella organisation of Malayali associations in North America and Canada has decided to take the lead in building a domestic airport in Kerala's Pathanamthitta district.
- Inside Israel (Times of India, Vikas Singh, Aug 10, 2006)
"Qana has turned global opinion against you", I told an Israeli diplomat as we drove to Qirat Shemona, the border township that has been hit the hardest by Hezbollah rockets in the past few weeks. "Tell the world what's happening here", he retorted.
- 1993 Blast Case: Court To Deliver Verdict Today (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
The 1993 serial bomb blasts case has finally come to an end with a TADA court all set to start dictation of its verdict from today in the presence of all the 123 accused, including actor Sanjay Dutt.
- Bark And The Bite (Telegraph, NEHA SAHAY, Aug 10, 2006)
It’s in the Year of the Dog that China has embarked on its dog-killing spree after alarming outbreaks of rabies: half a lakh bludgeoned to death in one county alone, and thousands more on death row in another city.
- Enervating Israel's Neighbourhood (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 10, 2006)
The ongoing Israeli attack on Lebanon is only one episode in the long battle started more than six decades ago between the band of mountebanks and political usurpers put together by industrial nations of the West and the members of one of the most . . .
- Kudos For Karat (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 10, 2006)
A rather unexpected recipient of some praise — albeit left-handed — in the pages of Organiser is CPM general secretary Prakash Karat. It appears in a long article on the government’s “total isolation” over the nuclear deal issue.
- Boucher Pak Pitch To Muslims (Asian Age, Ramesh Ramachandran, Aug 10, 2006)
United States assistant secretary of state for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher kept a busy schedule in New Delhi but found time to hardsell Pakistan to the Muslim intelligentsia of India.
- The Foreign To Bjp Policy (Pioneer, ASHOK MALIK, Aug 10, 2006)
Why are nuclear nationalists prancing around with KGB hand-me-downs? ---- Since the Monsoon Session of Parliament began in the final week of July, three issues and a subtext have engrossed it:
- Putting Priorities In Perspective (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 10, 2006)
The frenzied hooliganism that marks Independence Day in most major cities across the country, most particularly Lahore, is now only days away.
- Dhaka's Sham Struggle (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 10, 2006)
Virtually unnoticed over the years, Bangladesh has today grown to become a leading sanctuary for jihadis, says Hiranmay Karlekar.
- Japan Renews Calls For Global N-Disarmament (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
Japanese city of Nagasaki on Wednesday marked the 61st anniversary of its atomic bombing with renewed calls for global nuclear disarmament and criticism of the India-US civilian nuclear cooperation.
- Russia For 'Humanitarian Ceasefire' In West Asia (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
Russia called on Tuesday for the immediate adoption of a short United Nations Security Council resolution on a "humanitarian ceasefire" in Lebanon if differences persisted over the draft resolution currently on the table.
- ‘Sex Scam’ Accused Dysp Had Info Of Mumbai Blasts (Daily Excelsior, Ahmed Ali Fayyaz, Aug 10, 2006)
A junior Police official, handling counter-intelligence in Jammu & Kashmir Police, had warned the State Government on June 14th about the Mumbai serial blasts that left nearly 200 people dead and hundreds wounded on July 11th.
- Crisis In West Asia - Iran's Nuclear Ambitions (Daily Excelsior, Indu Prakash Singh, Aug 10, 2006)
As the war in West Asia escalates India seems to be ducking for cover from the crisis. It appears to be Samuel Huntington’s ‘Two Civilizations" conflict.
- Indo-Us Deal Caps India's N-Freedom, Bjp To Tell Prez (Pioneer, Rajeev Ranjan Roy, Aug 10, 2006)
In view of the Left's flip-flop over a joint resolution reiterating India's independent nuclear policy, the BJP has decided to share its concerns about the Indo-US nuclear deal with President APJ Abdul Kalam. The party will submit a memorandum to . . .
- Ministreal Incompetence (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 10, 2006)
These columns on November 6 were the first to call for Natwar Singh’s resignation as Foreign Minister.
- Left Warns Of Serious Rift On Nuke Deal (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
Left parties today warned the UPA government of an imminent confrontation if it failed to address their concerns on the Indo-US nuclear deal, toughening their stand on the sensitive issue.
- Seeking Invulnerability (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 10, 2006)
The US must not overthrow rogue regimes but, in exchange of nuclear guarantees, leave their fate in the hands of their own people, says Gwynne Dyer.
- 'Mumbai, Delhi Cheapest Cities, Workers Among Least Paid In World' (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
In an interesting new revelation for Indian urbanites - Mumbai and Delhi are among the world's least expensive cities and so people living in two of the biggest cities in India can shop till they drop.
- Nuke Deal: Left Warns Of Serious Confrontation (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
Left parties on Wednesday warned the UPA government of an imminent confrontation if it failed to address their concerns on the Indo-US nuclear deal, toughening their stand on the sensitive issue.
- Us Refuses Comment On Israel's Expanded Operations (Press Trust of India, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Aug 10, 2006)
The Bush administration has refused to comment substantively on the expanded military opertions in Lebanon by Israel, saying Washington has counselled the Jewish state in public and in private that utmost care must be taken to avoid loss of innocent . . .
- American Senator Defeated Over Iraq War (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
Prominent US senator Joseph Lieberman has been defeated in primary elections in what is largely being seen in America as a backlash against President Bush and the war in Iraq.
- Yet Another Traffic Jam (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 10, 2006)
While road conditions in Karachi seem to be getting worse all the time, few traffic snarls could have matched the one witnessed on . . .
- Israel To Push Even Deeper Into Lebanon (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
The Israeli security cabinet on Wednesday gave the green light for the army’s ground offensive to push deeper into south Lebanon, Deputy Prime Minister Eli Yishai said.
- Lebanon Will Be Israel’S Graveyard: Nasralla (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
A defiant Hizbollah chief vowed on Wednesday to turn south Lebanon into a “graveyard” for invading Israeli troops.
- 60 Per Cent Americans Oppose Us War In Iraq: (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
US Blackhawk helicopter goes down in Iraq; Twenty civilians killed in bomb blast, four Iraqis held for allegedly kidnapping US journalist
- Lebanon's Offer (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 10, 2006)
Lebanon rejected the US-French draft resolution -- the text didn't call for a total ceasefire and an Israeli withdrawal -- and now the United States disagrees with France: the proposed text resulting from the French revision after the Lebanese . . .
- Elephants Show Capacity For Compassion (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 10, 2006)
Elephants pay their respects to lost loved ones and venerated leaders in a way that suggests a human-like capacity for compassion, scientists have said.
- Retreat In The Face Of Extremism? (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Aug 10, 2006)
The ruling PML had a case of cold feet at the National Assembly on Tuesday while trying to pass an amendment to the Hudood Ordinance by a simple majority.
- Justice For Children (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 10, 2006)
The Government has decided to introduce an amendment to the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act in the monsoon session of parliament. For the present a blanket ban has been imposed on the employment of children as domestic help or servants . . .
- Connecting Farmers' In India (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Aug 10, 2006)
Silent revolution is taking place in the communication systems in rural India. The farmers are browsing the net and getting general, technical and marketing information from the Information kiosks set up by a number of pioneers across the country.
- Taliban Militants Hang Old Woman, Son In Southern Afghanistan....... (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
Suspected Taliban militants hanged an old woman and her son from a tree in southern Afghanistan, after accusing them of spying for the government, an official said today.
- Indian Floods Worsen, 4.5 Mln People Homeless (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
Swollen rivers swamped thousands of villages and towns across India's south and west on Wednesday, forcing 4.5 million from their homes as rescuers struggled to bring them food and drinking water, officials said.
- Nikkei Edges Down On Profit-Taking, Topix Firm (Reuters, David Dolan, Aug 10, 2006)
The Nikkei average finished the morning down 0.18 percent as continued concerns about a slowdown in the key U.S. market prompted investors to take profits in some recent winners such as TDK Corp.
- Buffett And Hezbollah (The Financial Express, Thomas L Friedman, Aug 10, 2006)
The most important thing you need to know about Israel today and how it has performed in the war with Hezbollah is Warren Buffett.
- India Responsible Nuclear Actor: Us (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
The Bush administration has said that the sanctions imposed on two private Indian firms for allegedly providing Iran with nuclear material did not reflect New Delhi’s non- proliferation record and hailed India as a “very responsible actor” in the field...
- India Among Top Borrowers (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
India and Pakistan are among top ten borrowers of the World Bank as its lending commitments to South Asia reached $3.8 billion for the financial year that ended this June.
- Three Conflicts, One Solution (Deccan Herald, Marwan Bishara, Aug 09, 2006)
The cause for unrest in West Asia is misunderstanding of each others’ sentiments.
- Police To Play ‘The Guide’ (Deccan Herald, P M Raghunandan, Aug 09, 2006)
The ubiquitous policemen in Mysore City are set to don the role of ‘guides’ and, of course, they will be as polite as any hired guide.
- Rakhi Brings Tears Of Joy From Jail Inmates (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
Call it the magic of kinship or a touch of homesickness, many a stone heart melted on Tuesday when a group of students from the Ranchi Women’s College tied rakhis around the wrists of inmates languishing at the Birsa Munda Central jail here.
- Breaking The Code (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Aug 09, 2006)
It is a sad commentary on the state of strategic thinking in India that in all the discourse in parliament and outside about Jaswant Singh’s new book, A Call to Honour, the author’s message was lost, and . . .
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