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Articles 11221 through 11320 of 31829:
- Eco-Innovate To Combat Change In Climate (The Financial Express, MADHAV MEHRA, Jun 05, 2006)
This can often be done with minimal costs and sometimes even profitability.
- Grand Bargains And Distress Sales (Hindu, Hamid Ansari, Jun 05, 2006)
Three years ago, Iran had come up with a proposal for rapprochement with the United States. The details have only now been made public. As for the U.S., despite the grandstanding, the willingness to explore a new course is evident.
- Learning From Enron (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 05, 2006)
Post Enron, corporate governance has been spruced up, yet nobody is betting that excesses will not recur.
- Code Gets A Hostile Reception In Goa (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
Two days after a somewhat lukewarm audience response to the film, the much-publicised The Da Vinci Code was withdrawn from theatres in Goa on Sunday following threats from right-wing Christian bodies in the state.
- Sebi Move To Revive Regional Exchanges (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
An attractive proposal permits RSE members to trade on BSE like any member of the latter
Small and medium enterprises need a liquid capital market, which can be provided by RSEs through a nationwide stock exchange.
- Day Of The Big Bully (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 05, 2006)
Some things are so obvious that you feel almost embarrassed to repeat them — but if you don’t say them, the propagandists win.
- Afforestation Leads To Change Climatic Conditions In North, Global Warming (Daily Excelsior, Gopal Sharma, Jun 05, 2006)
Indian history and heritage is witness to our oldest culture which flourished in the great green Himalayan states of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttranchal as well as in other hilly areas.
- Pakistan’S Allies~ii (Statesman, SUBROTO ROY, Jun 05, 2006)
The budding US-China détente brokered by Pakistan came into full bloom here. NBC News on 7 January 1980 said “for the first time in history (a senior State Department . . .
- Rumsfeld Brands Iran As Leading Terrorist Nation (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
US Defense Secretary Donald H Rumsfeld branded Iran as the world's leading terrorist nation yet hoped Tehran seriously would consider incentives from the West in exchange for suspending suspect nuclear activities.
- It Firms Sailing Smoothly On Foreign Shores (Pioneer, PTI, Jun 05, 2006)
Even as industry titans like L N Mittal, Vijay Mallya and Ratan Tata are facing stiff opposition to takeovers on foreign turf, Indian IT firms are having a cake walk when it comes to acquiring firms overseas.
- The Rope Trick (Times of India, MUKUL SHARMA, Jun 05, 2006)
A skipping rope without a rope may sound as goofy as gobi Manchurian without the gobi but to inventor Lester Clancy it makes a lot of sense to have just a pair of handles with no interfering cord in between connecting them.
- It's The Economy, Stupid (Times of India, A SRINIVAS, Jun 05, 2006)
From a political economy point of view, there are two interesting aspects to the issue of undocumented or 'illegal' Hispanic migrants in the US. First, the business community and sections of the state do not favour a crackdown.
- Suicide Bomber Kills 28, Hurts 62 In Iraq (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
A suicide car bomber blew himself up in a crowded market in oil-rich southern Basra on Saturday, killing 28 people and wounding 62. In Baghdad, a Russian diplomat was killed and four diplomatic employees were kidnapped.
- Share Markets Gone Bust For Good? (Daily Excelsior, Dr Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Jun 05, 2006)
The Sensex had scaled the all-time height of 12,612 on May 10. That same day the US Federal Reserve Bank raised the interest rate on US Government Treasuries to 5% and gave indications of further increases in near future.
- No Regrets Over Briton’S Death: Disabled Mountaineer (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
The first double amputee to conquer Mount Everest said today he has suffered intense criticism for not rescuing a fellow climber on his ascent but has no regrets about leaving the Briton to die.
- Karachi Traffic Jam (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 05, 2006)
It is sometimes frightening to see the ease with which Karachi can be brought to a standstill. On Friday, an alliance of parties associated with the Pukhtun community decided to hold a rally that started from one end of the city and ended at the . . .
- India's Tigers In Losing Battle Against Poachers (Reuters, Krittivas Mukherjee, Jun 05, 2006)
On a routine patrol of a vast jungle in the central highlands in April, forest guards came across a gruesome scene.
- Pray For Peace And Return Of Pandits (Daily Excelsior, Sarwar Kashani, Jun 05, 2006)
It was a psychological, social and communal reunion of the "cultural brotherhood" separated by murky politics.
- 17 Nabbed On Terrorism Charges In Canada (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
Seventeen Canadian residents were arrested on terrorism charges. They were inspired by Al Qaeda, had amassed enough explosives to build huge bombs and were planning to blow up targets in densely populated Ontario, police said on Saturday.
- Foodgrains Price Hike Will Add To Inflation: Cpi (M) (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
Do not cut allocations to beneficiaries, Central Government warned
Reject Food Ministry's recommendations on prudent food management
Such anti-poor proposals to have a disastrous impact
Consult States on replacing wheat with rice, coarse . . .
- With Tears And Roses, Kashmiri Hindus Pray For Return (Reuters, Sheikh Mushtaq, Jun 05, 2006)
Thousands of Kashmiri Hindus, who fled an Islamic insurgency in the Himalayan state years ago, gathered on Sunday at a holy shrine in the strife-torn region to pray for an early return to their homes.
- Nepali Court Orders Release Of Jailed Ex-Ministers (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
Nepal's Supreme Court on Sunday freed three ministers in the royalist government of King Gyanendra arrested after the monarch gave in to mass protests and handed power back to political parties in April.
- 'Nri' Part Of Plot To Blow Up Canadian Parliament (Hindustan Times, S Rajagopalan, Jun 05, 2006)
One of the 17 suspects rounded up by Canadian authorities while uncovering the country's first major terrorist bomb plot goes by the name Steven Vikash Chand alias Abdul Shakur.
- 'Priyaranjan Dasmunshi Has Set A Bad Precedent By Viewing The Film' (OutLook, Anuradha Raman, Jun 05, 2006)
From a call to hold back its release to granting an adult certification, with a prominent disclaimer that it was a work of fiction, it was the I&B ministry which took all the decisions. The Censor Board chairperson on the parallel body.
- Efficient Usage Of Fuel Can Reduce Pollution: Study (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
A recent study by Petroleum Conservation and Research Association (PCRA) has suggested that pollution can be reduced by efficient usage of fuel. "Fuel wastage causes pollution. It also results in huge fuel and financial loss," the study suggests.
- It Could Be Drug Laced With Poison (Pioneer, Sidharth Mishra, Jun 05, 2006)
...says AIIMS autopsy report on Maitra ---- The mystery surrounding the death of Bibek Maitra and near-death of Rahul Mahajan is waiting to be unraveled, if the Delhi Police intends to uncover the conspiracy.
- Increasing South-South Exchange (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Jun 05, 2006)
The capital flow performance has been pronounced with South-South FDI flows rising from $14 billion in 1995 to $47 billion in 2003.
The pace of intra-South economic activity is expanding rapidly which, given the potential for development, could . . .
- 'Us Package For Army's Mistakes Inadequate' (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
A lawyer who had several relatives among 24 Iraqis allegedly slain by US Marines and is representing kin of other victims complained in videotape on Saturday that American compensation paid to the families was inadequate compensation of $2,500. . . .
- Pandits Pray For Peace And Return To ‘Mother’ (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
Thousands of Kashmiri Pandits who fled the Valley gathered today at a holy shrine here, 250 km from Srinagar, to pray for an early return to their homes.
- Outmanoeuvred By America? (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 05, 2006)
For the spokesperson to say that India “owed” the US certain things could just be a matter of style of spoken English.
- Dawood Reach In Consulate (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
The United States has designated India’s most wanted terrorist Dawood Ibrahim and his organisation as drug traffickers under the Kingpin Act. But this will have little effect in the Mumbai bomb blast mastermind’s former hunting grounds.
- Moving Backward (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 05, 2006)
Caste-based reservation in India has nothing to do with raising the lot of the poor, and everything to do with garnering votes, says Peter . . .
- Pretty Little Pictures Of Bastar (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2006)
Those who cherish Adivasi culture should visit Bastar in Chhatisgarh during Dusshera when all the deities from the villages congregate at the temple of Danteswari in Dantewadi, writes D B N Murthy
- A Successful Portrayal Of Conflicting Cultures (Hindu, K.N. Venkatasubba Rao , Jun 04, 2006)
Known for his dexterity in adapting novels to the screen, director Kodlu Ramakrishna successfully presents Miss California based on C.N. Mukta's novel "Megha Mandara" on the theme of cultural alienation and closeness.
- Russian Diplomat Killed In Iraq (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2006)
A Russian diplomat was killed and four diplomatic employees kidnapped in the Iraqi capital today, the Russian foreign ministry said.
- This Way To Paradise (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Jun 04, 2006)
As tourism brings in the dollars, Shangri-La is discovering anew the value of its Tibetan heritage.
This is Shangri-La. Given the visceral punch of the area's beauty, this is one marketing ploy that's easy to fall for.
- Aesthetics Of Resistance (Hindu, M. ASADUDDIN, Jun 04, 2006)
Anthems chronicles the achievements of the Urdu Progressive Writers' Movement.
- Security Forces Slay 12 Suspected Taliban, Capture 18 (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2006)
Afghan security forces said today that they had killed 12 suspected Taliban and captured 18 more in violence in insurgency-hit southern Afghanistan.
- Nuke Fusion Device For China Soon (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2006)
A nuclear fusion device will be manufactured in the country by the end of the year.
- Through Country Roads (Hindu, KISHORE IYENGAR, Jun 04, 2006)
Rolling meadows, dream villages and rugged coasts. Devon's celebrated countryside makes an ideal destination.
- Quest For Lacquer (Hindu, AMRITA SHETTY, Jun 04, 2006)
Hunting for a Vietnamese lacquer painting threw up a wealth of information.
- Cultivate Creativity (Hindu, MITA KAPUR, Jun 04, 2006)
`Through my art I want to work towards peace,' says theatre actor Salim Shah.
Theatre is not dead yet. Every time oxygen is in short supply, it has been supplied.
- Galbraith The Green (Hindu, RAMACHANDRA GUHA , Jun 04, 2006)
Galbraith's 1958 essay throws up issues which may turn out to be fundamental ones in the 21st century.
- India Is A Core State For Asian Security: Pranab Mukherjee (Hindu, P.S. Suryanarayana, Jun 04, 2006)
The country is enhancing its defence preparedness, says Minister
- Rumsfeld Warns China On Defence Modernisation (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Jun 04, 2006)
Musharraf "key ally" in war against terror
- Life And Times Of A Serial Novelist (Hindu, PARVATHI NAYAR, Jun 04, 2006)
Alexander McCall Smith admits that it is tough balancing the demands of being an accidental writer.
- Taliban-Ii More Lethal (Pioneer, B Raman, Jun 04, 2006)
Afghanistan continues to boil in the jihadi cauldron while Pakistan stokes the fire below ---- The upsurge in violence - partly conventional strikes, partly acts of terrorism - which one has been seeing in southern and eastern Afghanistan since the . . .
- Not Yet Ready For Globalisation (Hindu, SHASHI THAROOR, Jun 04, 2006)
What makes the baseball World Series, a global competition? The participation of two Canadian teams...
- Two Launch Campaigns Gathering Speed At Sriharikota (Hindu, T.S. Subramanian, Jun 04, 2006)
GSLV to put in orbit INSAT-4C in July and PSLV will deploy three satellites in August
- Factors Behind The Rally (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 04, 2006)
Friday's rally in Karachi, organised by the Pakhtun Action Committee, succeeded in bringing life in the city to a standstill, but whether it accomplished any of its goals will depend on how the city administration will address the issues at stake.
- Mr & Mrs 2006 (The Economic Times, R K NANDAN, Jun 04, 2006)
Actors and actresses who are married to each other are remarkably reluctant about performing together even if it is the cliched filmi ending of ‘And they all lived happily together ever after’!
- Musharraf Markets Pakistan At Silicon Valley Conference (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jun 04, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf said on Saturday that high growth and friendly policies had made Pakistan an ideal destination for world entrepreneurs.
- Taliban Have Safe Havens In Pakistan, Says Afghan Envoy (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Jun 04, 2006)
The Afghan ambassador to the United States, Said Jawad, was quoted here on Saturday as having stated that the Taliban have been emboldened by more advanced weaponry and greater mobility within the country and across the porous border to terrorist . . .
- Karamat Opposes Long Involvement Of Army (Dawn, Anwar Iqbal, Jun 04, 2006)
Pakistan’s outgoing Ambassador to Unites States, Gen Jehangir Karamat, has advised the government not to involve the army ‘for too long’ in Waziristan and Balochistan because it can be ‘counterproductive’ to do so.
- Another Conviction Stunt (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 04, 2006)
The conviction of Sgt Santos Cardona, who was found guilty of using his dog to intimidate a detainee at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison, can hardly be seen as a victory for the proponents of human rights.
- The (Vicious) Cycle Of Progress (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 04, 2006)
Chandni Chowk sees a turf battle between minister and MP, Centre and State, over a move to replace rickshaws with CNG buses
- This Opus Dei Member Says Thank You, Ron Howard (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 04, 2006)
Code has helped me to explain my faith, and its coexistence with my material side, and helped others to understand it
- Dr Khan: Senate Asserts Ultimately (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 04, 2006)
The Senate, Upper House of Parliament, has unanimously rejected the ‘unwarranted observations’ of some members of the US House of Representatives seeking handover of Dr AQ Khan for interrogation.
- 35 Die In Afghan Unrest As District Retaken (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2006)
Nearly 35 Taliban rebels were killed in the latest strikes in Afghanistan as Afghan and coalition troops took back a district that had been in rebel hands for days, officials said.
- Poetry Of The Nitty-Gritty (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2006)
Australian novelist, essayist and short-story writer Delia Falconer goes back into the past to find subjects for her books.
- What About Women’S Reservations? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 04, 2006)
Good things done with wrong intentions by politicians who are otherwise perfectly wise, are bound to have adverse repercussions. Every politician weighs benefits in terms of caste votes and then makes aggressive or guarded statements accordingly.
- Pakistan-Us Ties Moving Well: Karamat (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2006)
Ambassador Jehangir Karamat Friday evening said Pakistan-US relationship was on a positive track and “it’s moving well in several divergent facets.”
- Drug Conduit Sahil Zaroo Pretends Innocence (Pioneer, Khursheed Wani, Jun 04, 2006)
He was biting his lips, repeatedly moistening them with his drying tongue but still wearing a smile on his clean shaven face to float the impression that he was not what he is perceived to be.
- The Maoist-Turned Democrat (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Jun 04, 2006)
Maoists have been calling the shots in Nepal. And now Prachanda, the Maoists’ Supremo is himself leading the peace talks with the Koirala Government.
- Playtime In The Pastures Of Language (Hindu, Keki N. Daruwalla , Jun 04, 2006)
Hoskoté's sense of linguistic play comes through in this volume.
- A Time For Healing (Hindu, HIMANSU S. MOHAPATRA, Jun 04, 2006)
These poems show the vibrancy and the diversity of the Indian poetic tradition.
- A World Of Deception (Hindu, Shelley Walia, Jun 04, 2006)
Donna Leon's book explores another Venice, a complex city of intrigue and corruption.
- On The Wrong Foot (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 04, 2006)
Jyoti Basu’s reaction to the fiasco over acquisition of agricultural land for the Tata Motors factory reveals exactly what has gone wrong.
- A Place Like Any Other (Hindu, Uma Mahadevan-Dasgupta, Jun 04, 2006)
Set in Thailand, the stories focus on hopes, disappointments and everyday struggles.
- In A New Light (Hindu, A.J. THOMAS, Jun 04, 2006)
"I would not be surprised if this novel turns out to be his magnum opus eventually."
- Angrau Biotech Centre To Receive U.S. Assistance (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2006)
`MoU to this effect has already been signed'
Centre expected to be functional by 2009
Ratio of assistance to be 25:75
Research to be taken up on biotechnology aspects of rice, sesamum, horticultural crops
- Bookwatch (Hindu, Anita Joshua, Jun 04, 2006)
Prior to Dan Brown's novel The Da Vinci Code, few outside the Catholic Church
- When Language Becomes Informal (Hindu, ANAND BODH, Jun 04, 2006)
The vast number of emails in response to May's Wordspeak ("Echoes in Language") took me by surprise.
- Us Warns Iran N-Talks Won’T Be Open For Long (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2006)
The United States warned Iran it will not have much time to respond once offered an international package of rewards designed to encourage Tehran to suspend uranium enrichment, suggesting that the window could close and be replaced by penalties . . .
- Simple Sorry Can’T Wipe Out Ghraib, Guantanomo Abuses (Deccan Herald, N J Nanporia , Jun 04, 2006)
Acknowledging a mistake is not an apology, nor is it an act of contrition.
- U.S. Affirmative Action & Our Reservation (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 04, 2006)
In that country, fixing quotas or awarding preferential extra points is not allowed
- Pakistan’S Allies~i (Statesman, SUBROTO ROY, Jun 04, 2006)
From the 1846 Treaty of Amritsar creating the State of Jammu & Kashmir until the collapse of the USSR in 1991, Britain and later the USA becoming increasingly interested in the subcontinent’s Northwest.
- Payback Time (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, Jun 04, 2006)
Hamid Karzai gave the Taliban all the latitude it needed for regrouping. India made the mistake of listening to him instead of trusting its own instincts back in 2002. Now, Karzai himself speaks out against Pakistan for sponsoring Taliban-II.
- Ignoring The Silent Invasion (Pioneer, Daniel Pipes, Jun 04, 2006)
The illegal immigration of non-Western peoples, I predict, will become an all-consuming issue in every Western country.
- Walking A Tightrope (Khaleej Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2006)
While the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad has said Teheran will not abandon its right to nuclear technology under Western pressure, efforts are on to resolve the standoff as the EU foreign policy head Javier Solana will visit Iran in the next . . .
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