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Articles 7921 through 8020 of 31829:
- ‘The Only Time I’Ve Slept Badly In My Life Was In Gujarat. Just . . . (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 25, 2006)
‘The only time I’ve slept badly in my life was in Gujarat. Just hearing the descriptions. Never before, never after’
- Passed By (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 25, 2006)
One measure of a government’s strength is how it is perceived at home and abroad.
- Acting Up (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 25, 2006)
An overzealous minister often ends up embarrassing his own government. Several ministers in the United Progressive Alliance government have done so in recent months.
- Gateways To Great Careers (Frontline, T.S. Subramanian, Jul 25, 2006)
Education in Chennai is witnessing a revolution with students discovering new streams that lead to a bright careers.
- Warsaw Worries (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 25, 2006)
Poland and Poles are not used to attracting the sort of attention they are getting at the moment, for a mixture of reasons.
- Sensexocrats: The New Ruling Caste (Dawn, M.J. Akbar, Jul 25, 2006)
The anguish of terrorism breeds a thousand questions, each troubling, one more difficult than the other.
- Let The Guns Be Silent First (Pioneer, GWYNNE DYER, Jul 25, 2006)
The sooner the key players in West Asia realise that dialogue, not confrontation, will ensure lasting peace, the better it is for the region, says Gwynne Dyer
- Animation As Career (Frontline, T.S. Subramanian, Jul 25, 2006)
"Animation has evolved as one of the fastest growing and most in-demand industries in the world today, and has become a popular feature in movies and advertising commercials that make heavy use of special effects," says a brochure from Aptech.
- When Will A Chancy Event Be Meaningful? (The Economic Times, MUKUL SHARMA, Jul 25, 2006)
There is an anecdote concerning the French writer Émile Deschamps which is worth a re-thought. Sometime in 1805 Deschamps ordered a plum pudding in a French restaurant, waited upon by one Monsieur de Fontgibu.
- Making An Engineer (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
"Education is a man-making process, and not a job-providing process," argues Dr. E. Balagurusamy, former Vice-Chancellor of Anna University, Chennai.
- Subscriber Numbers And Spectrum (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 25, 2006)
A controversy looms in India’s telecommunications sector, which has recently recovered from a long history of bitter disputes and litigation.
- When The Water Touches The Nose (OutLook, Dunu Roy, Jul 25, 2006)
Environmentalism isn't a luxury of the rich, sure. But when he really had to say why, he loses nerve.
- P-Bomb Takes Plutonium Leap (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
Pakistan is building a powerful new reactor for producing plutonium, according to the Washington Post.
- War Israel Can't Afford To Lose (Pioneer, Daniel Pipes, Jul 25, 2006)
A leading Israeli philosopher some years back referred to his countrymen as "an exhausted people, confused and without direction.
- A Dubious Project (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 25, 2006)
Vague parameters define LSTV ---- The notion that Parliament has got its own channel with the launch of Lok Sabha TV (LSTV) is entirely misplaced.
- National Health Accounts (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jul 25, 2006)
Will improve policy and services
- Let’S Help Ian Mcewan Write (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 25, 2006)
We are, more or less, at the mid-point of the literary festival season... Thirty years ago, such events were virtually unknown.
- The Good Guys Rarely Win (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Jul 25, 2006)
It speaks volumes for US priorities that the kidnapping of two Israeli soldiers by Hizbollah generated a quality of response that only makes sense if Washington itself was under siege from extra-terrestrial satanic forces.
- Us Embassy In Delhi On High Alert, Terror Group Plans Attack (Times of India, Sachin Parashar, Jul 25, 2006)
The next few days are likely to be very tense for the US embassy here. For a top IB official has sent a letter to security agencies with a chilling message the American embassy is expected to be targetted any time between now and July 30 by . . .
- India Unruffled By Pakistan's Nuke Push (Times of India, Indrani Bagchi, Jul 25, 2006)
India has refused to be drawn into reacting to what it considers the final attempt to derail the US-India nuclear deal by the American non-proliferation lobby.
- No Beating About The Bush: A Hands-On President (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 25, 2006)
No one can accuse US President George W Bush of not practising hands-on diplomacy at the G-8 summit in St Petersburg on July 20.
- Pak Gets China's Help On Reactor (Times of India, SAIBAL DASGUPTA, Jul 25, 2006)
If Pakistan is under the scanner for trying to amass nuclear warheads, the world should also look at China's help to Islamabad in setting up a new nuclear reactor at its Khushab nuclear site, sources said.
- Eternal Truth (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 25, 2006)
By Truth is the earth sustained, and by the sun are the heavens;
By Order (Rita) the gods stand and Soma is set in the sky.
Rig Veda
- Costs Of Rejection (Times of India, K SUBRAHMANYAM, Jul 25, 2006)
The Indo-US nuclear deal under negotiation has been misunderstood as a bilateral engagement. Critics view the deal as a clever US attempt to entrap India into a junior partnership to serve US interests and cap India's strategic arsenal.
- Wracked By Inflation, Interest Rate Worries (Business Line, A. Seshan, Jul 25, 2006)
Rising domestic price levels and the increasing international interest rates are matters of concern to the Reserve Bank of India, which will review its Monetary Policy stance today.
- Bjp To Kalam: Ask Sc If You Can Bypass Cabinet (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Jul 25, 2006)
The word “liar” is a grossly unparliamentary term but charges of lying flew thick and fast in the corridors of Parliament through the day, underlining the breakdown of trust between the BJP-led Opposition and the UPA government as well as between . . .
- Rice Meets Lebanon Pm, Expresses Support (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
Us Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora in Beirut on Monday in a show of support for that country’s weakened democracy, which is struggling to contain the fighting between the Hizbollah and Israel.
- Saddam's Trial To Resume Despite Hunger Strike » (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
The trial of Iraq's ousted president, Saddam Hussein, was to resume on Monday with or without him, after he was admitted to hospital suffering from the effects of a 16-day-old hunger strike.
- The Spy Whom Jaswant Left In The Cold (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jul 25, 2006)
What could be more scary than a cockroach in the kitchen? Why, a mole in the PMO, of course.
- Rewarding India (USA Today.com, Editorial, USA today.com, Jul 25, 2006)
President Bush controversially promised to help India build nuclear power plants last week. With that step, he essentially welcomed India to the elite club of recognized nuclear powers in all but name.
- Jaswant Will Disclose Us Mole’S Name (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
Picking up the gauntlet thrown by Manmohan Singh, former foreign minister Jaswant Singh has said that he is ready to tell the PM about the mole who snooped on the PMO a decade ago.
- Bush For Aide To Lebanon But Against Ceasefire (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
President George W Bush has ordered helicopters and ships to Lebanon to provide humanitarian aid, the White House announced on Monday, but he still opposes the idea of an immediate cease-fire that could give relief from an Israeli bombing campaign . . .
- 'F-16s To Pak Plus N-Reactor Equals Disaster' (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
A prominent American lawmaker on Monday asked Bush Administration to scrap the sale of F-16s to Pakistan, saying the acquisition of the US-made fighter jets plus the plutonium reactor reportedly being built by Islamabad equals a "catastrophe."
- Not Exactly Total Recall (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Jul 25, 2006)
Jaswant Singh provides a partial account of a key period in Indian diplomacy
- Smoke Around Nuclear Real (Daily Excelsior, Allabaksh, Jul 25, 2006)
The pitch against the one-year old-Indo-US nuclear deal will undoubtedly rise manifold as Parliament began its monsoon session and the Left has put the UPA Government on notice over emerging contours of the agreement.
- Japan Deploys Fish In War On Terror (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
Forget about Japanese technology. Japan's latest contribution to the war on terrorism is tiny fish, which will be deployed to detect contamination of water supplies.
- Pakistan Nuclear Expansion Raises U.S. Concerns (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
Pakistan is building a new nuclear reactor that could produce enough plutonium for 40 to 50 nuclear weapons a year in what would be a major expansion of its nuclear program and could prompt an intensified arms race in South Asia, a report said Monday.
- 'More Than $10 Mn Needed To Help Lebanon' » (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
The United Nation's humanitarian chief has said it would take more than $100 million to help the hundreds of thousands of Lebanese who have been hurt or displaced since the Israeli bombings began more than a week ago.
- Ranbaxy, On Buying Spree, Eyes U.S. (Reuters, Lewis Krauskopf, Jul 25, 2006)
Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd., which has been on a European buying spree, is also eyeing U.S. acquisitions as it seeks to become one of the five largest generic manufacturers within six years.
- Claptrap Of The Politician (Statesman, Jagmohan , Jul 25, 2006)
Few of us realise that the issue of illegal constructions and conversion of properties in Delhi is not merely one of civic governance; it extends to a much larger realm of constitutional morality and the way our democracy is functioning in practice.
- Columbus’ Hidden Face (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 25, 2006)
Christopher Columbus was a cruel, despotic tyrant who ruled over his subjects with an iron fist, according to new documents which have emerged 500 years after his death. GRAHAM KEELEY reports from Barcelona
- Deluge Cuts Off Western Maharashtra (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
Several villages in western Maharashtra were maroo-ned as the Koyana dam swelled and Nathpa-Jhakri hydel project in Himachal Pradesh shut down today with the silt level beyond permissible limits while downpours in Uttar Pradesh flattened houses . . .
- Israel’S ‘Terrorist’ Origins (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
As Israeli forces killed more than 300 civilians and drove half a million people from their homes in the name of stamping out “terrorism”, a small, sour historical irony passed unnoticed last week in Jerusalem.
- Public Space (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 25, 2006)
An unmanned, inflatable spacecraft financed by an American hotelier beamed back the first images since it slipped into orbit last week aboard a converted Cold War ballistic missile from Russia and expanded itself.
- Differences In The Designs Of Development (Hindu, Amit Bhaduri, Jul 25, 2006)
Unless the course is changed from a corporate-led capitalism to decentralised employment-led growth, resistances will overwhelm the government.
- ‘Army Failed To Rein In Radicals In Pakistan’ (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
Pakistan army has failed to rein in radicals in the country’s restive tribal belt and Islamic clerics throughout the region continue to give jehadi sermons asking people to live by the Islamic Sharia.
- South Korea, Indian Rank First In U.N. Leader Poll (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki Moon and U.N. official Shashi Tharoor received the most endorsements in the Security Council's straw poll for the next U.N. secretary-general, diplomats said on Monday.
- Exemplar For Mankind (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
The Ramayana has been singled out in the scriptural tradition for many reasons, the most important being its authentic delineation of all that happened in the lives of Rama and Sita during their lifetime by Valmiki.
- Time For Parliament To Step In (Hindu, K.C. Pant , Jul 25, 2006)
Rarely before has a bilateral accord carried such far-reaching implications for India as the nuclear deal with the United States. It threatens to compromise the country's freedom of action. An extraordinary situation calls for an extraordinary . . .
- Pm Dares Jaswant (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2006)
In a somewhat caustic reaction to the charge by BJP leader Mr Jaswant Singh that there was “a mole” in the PMO passing on India’s nuclear plans to the USA during the tenure of PV Narasimha Rao, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh today dared him to . . .
- Why Didn’T Left Profit (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 24, 2006)
Priyaranjan Das Munshi said all the right things about respecting the president while returning the un-amended office of profit bill.
- Pm Not Keeping N-Deal Vows: Karat (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2006)
A day before monsoon session begins, CPM general secretary Prakash Karat widened the scope of opposition to Indo-US nuclear deal by issuing a detailed stand on how the promises made by PM Manmohan Singh in Parliament on the deal are being "changed . . .
- Israel Warns Of Full Scale Ground Invasion (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2006)
A besiged Lebanon continued to be bombed from air for the 10th day as Israel called up thousands of reserves after warning it could launch a full-scale ground invasion and airdropped leaflets warning civilians to leave border villages by 2 pm on Friday.
- Senators Rule Out Us Peacekeeping In Lebanon (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2006)
Top Senators have ruled out American participation in any international peacekeeping force for Lebanon saying that if indeed there are going to be troops in Lebanon they should come from other countries.
- Iran Jolt To Gas Plans (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2006)
In a major blow to India’s plans to source gas from Iran to meet its energy needs, Teheran today said there were “difficulties” in honouring the $22 billion contract to sell Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) to New Delhi.
- Cpm To Be Vocal On N-Deal In Parliament (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2006)
The CPI-M will make the Indo-US Nuclear Deal the major weapon of its attack on the government in Parliament’s monsoon session, and wants all big parties to join in the chorus.
- Bombs Kill 64 In Iraq (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2006)
Bombers killed at least 64 people today, striking a bloody blow against Iraq’s fledgling hopes for peace just one day after the government launched national reconciliation
- Karat Warns Centre On Foreign Policy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2006)
"Departures in Senate draft from original deal"
- Indian Maoists Criticise Prachanda (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Jul 24, 2006)
Multiparty democracy, U.N. supervision a "dangerous" mistake.
- Eight Suspected Maoists Shot Dead In India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2006)
Eight suspected Maoist rebels, including four women, were killed by Indian security forces in a shootout on Sunday in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh, police said.
- Nda To Submit Memorandum To President (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2006)
It will highlight the Government's "failure" to prevent the Mumbai train blasts
We won't allow any other discussion in Lok Sabha till our adjournment motion is admitted and debated
- Truth Won’T Bring House Down (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Jul 24, 2006)
Two foreign policy challenges are likely to dominate the Parliament’s monsoon session starting today.
- Syria Is The Key: Us (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2006)
As US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice heads to Israel on Sunday, Bush administration officials say they recognise Syria is central to any plans to resolve the crisis in the Middle East, and they are seeking ways to peel Syria away from its . . .
- At Meet, Left Will Press For Debate On N-Deal (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2006)
The Left parties plan to raise their objections to the Indo-US nuclear deal at the UPA-Left coordination meeting on Saturday and demand that the agreement be discussed in Parliament.
- Pm Dares Jaswant To Name Mole (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today challenged former Union Minister and senior BJP leader Jaswant Singh to prove the allegation he made in his book “A Call to Honour” that there was a mole in the Prime Minister’s Office during the premiership . . .
- Left Punches Holes In N-Deal (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2006)
The much-hailed Indo-US civilian nuclear deal could come under severe attack in the monsoon session of Parliament beginning tomorrow with Left parties raising several objections to the changes being proposed by the American Congress and the . . .
- Profane Truth (Times of India, Lalit Mohan, Jul 24, 2006)
The day after he was caught off-guard by a live microphone at the G8 summit, the four-letter profanity uttered by George W Bush, while referring to actions by Syria and the Hezbollah, became the subject of a major debate in American newspapers.
- Opinion: The Rising (Daily Excelsior, Deepti Priya Mehrotra, Jul 24, 2006)
When Narmada Bachao Andolan's Medha Patkar broke her 21-day hunger strike, a journalist asked her whether "pressure tactics" like indefinite fasts should be used to influence decisions.
- Wild Life: A Poser (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jul 24, 2006)
The report that a leopard has killed a woman in Nowshehra in Rajouri district recently will upset one and all.
- Un, Us Objectives On West Asia Similar, Annan Says (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2006)
Secretary-General Kofi Annan has pointed out that the world body and the United States both share the same long-term goals with regard to the West Asia situation.
- Riding The Third Wave (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 24, 2006)
For the first time in 200 years of globalisation, we are seeing a new third wave of globalisers driven by firms from the smaller, less developed but fast growing economies,
- Comatose Sharon's Condition Worsens: Docs (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2006)
The condition of former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has worsened, doctors said on Sunday, more than six months after the hawkish leader fell into a coma after suffering a massive stroke.
- Double Entendre (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jul 24, 2006)
In Alexander Dumas’ The Man In The Iron Mask, King Louis XIV’s identical twin brother is kept prisoner so that he may not claim his right to the throne.
- India Faces Hostile Security Environment (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jul 24, 2006)
While it is impracticable to create military as sets to every conceivable situation, there is a need to continually examine long-term possibilities and put away contingency plans to meet those eventualities.
- Us, Israel For Nato-Led Force In Lebanon (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2006)
The United States and Israel said on Sunday that they were ready to support an international force led by NATO in south Lebanon to ease tensions.
- Why N Korea Became (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jul 24, 2006)
The North Korean issue of nuclear weapons trails back to Korean War during 1950 to 1953 when United States threatened North Korea several times to use nuclear weapons.
- Stemming Medical Progress (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jul 24, 2006)
US President George W Bush seems to have seriously ‘misunderestimated’ the potential of stem cell research.
- U.N. Charter Is On Its Last Legs (Hindu, Salim Lone, Jul 24, 2006)
The U.N.'s feeble response to the Lebanon crisis shows that it can no longer protect civilians.
- Resurgent Russia At The High Table (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 24, 2006)
Russia demonstrated to the world its restored power and global status when it played host to the Group of Eight summit at St. Petersburg. President Vladimir Putin greeted his guests on the steps of a sumptuously refurbished 18th century imperial . . .
- Amendments To Hudood Ordinance Finalised (Daily Times, Mohammad Kamran, Jul 24, 2006)
The government has decided to retain all Islamic punishments in the Hudood Ordinance, including stoning to death (rajam), lashing and amputation for various offences, but has proposed procedural amendments regarding their applicability.
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