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Articles 12721 through 12820 of 31829:
- India Among Top 10 Internet Users (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 06, 2006)
Here's to the coming of e-age of India. A latest survey reveals that India figures among the Top 10 nations with the highest population of Internet users above the age of 15. With an online population of 16.713 million users, India is ranked tenth . . .
- Yes, It's Terror (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, May 06, 2006)
One may not agree with many things that the United States does. But one can't find fault with what its Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia Richard Boucher says about Maoists in Nepal.
- Most Flunk Pilot Test (Times of India, Manju Vaish, May 06, 2006)
Of the thousands of pilot aspirants who gave their theory exams for a Commercial Pilots Licence (CPL) in April, no one from Mumbai seems to have cleared all the five subjects. And barely 10% have passed in two of the five subjects.
- Grain Bank Scheme To Aid Poor Families (Hindu, Ravi Reddy, May 06, 2006)
Scheme enables women to approach the bank and borrow foodgrain Scheme enables women to approach the bank and borrow foodgrain
Centre earmarks Rs. 7.7 crores towards food component
Procurement, distribution, recovery panels to be formed
Each family w
- Why Not Strike Bargain With Iran? (Toronto Star, Haroon Siddiqui, May 06, 2006)
The world is only marginally less polarized on Iran than it was on Iraq three years ago. But the big difference this time is that George W. Bush is doing his bullying more skilfully.
- Back To The Security Council (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 05, 2006)
The United States will begin a long, difficult and possibly unsuccessful campaign this week to persuade the UN Security Council to order an end to Iran’s nuclear programme — even though Iran’s president has already said the regime does “not give a . . .
- More Carnage In Iraq (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, May 05, 2006)
AS the Iraqi Parliament was convened for the first working session since elections in December, about 69 people were killed across the country in bombings and execution-style sectarian shootings. In the deadliest attack, a suicide bomber killed 15 . . .
- Sympathy For The Devil (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 05, 2006)
Moussaoui, who jeered America as he was spared death for the 9/11 bombings, is no deranged lunatic but an Islamist, says Robert Spencer
- A Swim In China's Polluted Pearl River? (Christian Science Monitor, Simon Montlake, May 05, 2006)
The mayor of China's top manufacturing city is hosting a "swimathon" this summer in the local Pearl River. Cleanup efforts to reverse years of industrial pollution have been so successful, claims mayor Guang Zhangming, that the Pearl is once again . . .
- Time To Shun The Chinese Trap (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 05, 2006)
Beijing has executed well its plan of propping up the Maoists and then making Nepal's royalty an institution of disgrace, says Bulbul Roy . . .
- Come Home, Kaavya: All Is Pirated (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 05, 2006)
It is always a great relief to find that we Indians can actually be free of bias.
- Journey Of A Lifetime (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, May 05, 2006)
The immediate fallout of Pramod Mahajan's untimely and tragic death was the cancellation of the two Bharat Suraksha yatras by Mr LK Advani and Mr Rajnath Singh.
- Fettered Fertiliser Firms (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 05, 2006)
Urea pricing regime needs a fast revamp
- Tracing Disequilibrium In The Asset Markets (The Financial Express, SUMANT SINHA, May 05, 2006)
The considerable lag between the flow of funds and the creation of assets is ensuring the imbalance.
- Indian Origin Astronaut To Make Maiden Journey To Iss (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
Three years after Kalpana Chawla's tragic space expedition, another American astronaut of Indian origin Sunita Williams will make her maiden journey to the International Space Station (ISS) as part of NASA's six-month mission.
- Silver Lining (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, May 05, 2006)
There is a silver lining in the blood-splattered atmosphere prevailing today. It is to be welcomed that both New Delhi and Islamabad have reiterated their resolve to go ahead with the peace process.
- India Rules Out Changes In Nuclear Deal With Us (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
India today made it clear that it will accept no "amendments" to the civil nuclear agreement signed with the US rejecting reported suggestions in this regard by Washington.
- Tricolour And Tears At Mahajan's Funeral (Pioneer, TN Raghunatha, May 05, 2006)
He was magnetic and lustrous even in his death. The immense popularity that senior BJP leader Pramod Mahajan had enjoyed across the country's political spectrum and among various sections of society was very much in evidence, as he was cremated . . .
- Humans Reverse Finch Evolution (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 05, 2006)
Humans are causing evolution to slip into reverse for one of the species of finches that is said to have inspired Charles Darwin after he returned from his famous visit to the Galapagos Islands.
- Ceasefire Ceases (Statesman, Sam Rajappa, May 05, 2006)
The suicide attack on the Sri Lankan Army Commander, Lt.-Gen. Sarath Fonseka, on 25 April, by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, marks the end of the 2002 Ceasefire Agreement between the government and the militant organisation.
- Nba Seeks Rights Commission's Intervention (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
We also highlighted violation of socio-economic rights: Patkar
- Globalisation Of Saarc (Daily Excelsior, Pallab Bhattacharya, May 05, 2006)
When India hosts the 14th SAARC Summit next year, it will see not only the entry of Afghanistan as a full member but also the participation of East Asian neighbours China and Japan, as observers.
- Tearful Adieu To Pramod Mahajan (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
Thousands of mourners bid a tearful adieu today to one of the country’s promising politicians and BJP’s master strategist Pramod Mahajan, who was cremated here with full State honours in the presence of a galaxy of dignitaries led by Vice-President . . .
- Pakistan, Iran, Saudi Violate Religious Freedom: Us Report ........ (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has urged Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to designate 11 nations, including Pakistan, Burma and Iran, as ''countries of particular concern'' for violations of religious freedom.
- Prioritising Civil Service Reforms (Daily Excelsior, Srinivasan K. Rangachary, May 05, 2006)
The Government proposes to introduce a bill in Parliament to amend civil services rules whereby merit and integrity will get preponderance over seniority.
- Nba Slams Nhrc; Demands Its Intervention (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
Accusing National Human Rights Commission of "turning a blind eye" towards their struggle, NBA leader Medha Patkar on Thursday demanded that the Commission intervene and take up the Narmada issue as a human rights violation case.
- Deutsche Amc Floats Investment Division (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
Deutsche Asset Management (DeAM), the global asset management business of Deutsche Bank, on Thursday launched its retail brand DWS Investments in India, taking another step towards its official entry into the Asia Pacific region.
- Tearful Adieu To Pramod (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
BJP General Secretary Pramod Mahajan, who died of gunshot wounds yesterday, was cremated today with full state honours at the Shivaji Park crematorium here.
- Vote Dpa To Power For A Better Tn: Pm (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday appealed to the people of Tamil Nadu to vote the DMK-led Democratic Progressive Alliance to power so it could work in tandem with the Centre and make it a leading state in the country.
- Medha Approaches Nhrc (Tribune, Vibha Sharma, May 05, 2006)
Terming the displacement of thousands of persons in the Narmada valley by the Sardar Sarovar Dam an “abuse of human rights”, Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) leader Medha Patkar today asked National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chairman A. S. Anand . . .
- The Pauperisation Of Palestinians (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, May 05, 2006)
The Western campaign to starve the Palestinians into submission is a losing gambit.
- Dialogue Of Religions (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 05, 2006)
In this strife-torn age, humankind is ultimately faced with two choices, dialogue or death
- Seeking Progress On All Fronts (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 05, 2006)
The people of Darfur need much more than aid. They need protection on the ground and they need peace, not just on paper but implemented and enforced throughout each and every village across the region.
- Indian Security Presence In Afghanistan (Hindu, M.K. Bhadrakumar, May 05, 2006)
The U.S. and Britain have hitherto been averse to any role for India — in deference to Pakistani sensitivities. Why, now, a change of heart?
- Cbi Raids Chautala Residences (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
The CBI, which started the raids early on Thursday, said preliminary investigation revealed that the family has both movable and immovable property worth hundreds of crores of rupees in Delhi (including four huge farm houses in . . .
- Nurturing A Child Prodigy (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 05, 2006)
The saga of the wonder boy Budhia Singh — symbolised by visuals of prodigious talent as well as end-game exhaustion — is at once moving and worrisome.
- Bush Imperilling Free Speech (Hindu, Sidney Blumenthal, May 05, 2006)
An imperial President is smothering the system of checks and balances.
- Indian-Origin Sunita Williams To Make Maiden Space Expedition (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
She will serve as a flight engineer on NASA's six-month mission
- Corrections And Clarifications (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 05, 2006)
A sentence in the lead story "Pramod Mahajan loses battle for life" (May 4, 2006, page 1) read:
- Washington Still Needs Islamabad (Hindu, Simon Tisdall, May 05, 2006)
When america's world changed after 9/11, President Pervez Musharraf adapted faster than most. He severed Pakistan's official links with the Taliban, backed the U.S. war on terror, and set about taming lawless tribal areas abutting the Afghan border. Gen.
- Hekmatyar Vows Allegiance To Bin Laden (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
A wanted Afghan warlord said he was ready to fight under the banner of the Al Qaeda terror network headed by Osama bin Laden, according to a video broadcast on Qatar-based Al Jazeera yesterday.
- Afghan Governor Escapes Assassination (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
An Afghan provincial governor said a blast at his office on Wednesday was an assassination attempt while in a separate incident, gunmen on a motorcycle shot dead a judge.
- Us Body Seeks ‘Aggressive Action’ Against S. Arabia: Pakistan Cited Among ‘Religious Freedom Violators’ (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
A US Congress-mandated commission urged the government to take ‘aggressive action’ against Saudi Arabia for alleged religious freedom violations and warned that religious rights were under threat in Iraq and Afghanistan.
- New Frontline In The War On Terror (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
As hideouts go, the Shawal Valley in northern Pakistan is a militant's dream.
- Sabre-Rattling Against Iran Unlikely To Succeed (Hindu, Tariq Ali, May 04, 2006)
Ringed by nuclear states, Teheran's atomic programme is scarcely unreasonable. So why has Washington manufactured this crisis?
- Russia's Energy Diversification Moves (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , May 04, 2006)
Irked by attempts to block it out of Europe's energy retail market, Moscow has begun to seek other export routes.
- A Man Of The Modern World (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , May 04, 2006)
There was no job in the BJP that Pramod Mahajan did not handle — and handle with some finesse. Whether he was in the party or the government, he took every job seriously, working out every detail.
- Earthquake Hits Tonga, Tsunami Warning Issued (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
An earthquake measuring 8.1 on the Richter scale hit Tonga islands, US Geological Survey (USGS) said on Wednesday. A tsunami warning was issued for Tonga, Fiji, New Zealand and other South Pacific States.
- Must Be Nipped In The Bud (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , May 04, 2006)
IMF's bid for `multilateral consultations'
The proposal to turn the IMF into a virtual Fiscal and Monetary Security Council will give it a more pervasive character, adding, significantly and disturbingly, to its considerable clout. It is a mystery . . .
- Teheran Gives Out Mixed Signals On Nuclear Issue (Hindu, Atul Aneja , May 04, 2006)
Gulf nations mull plans to cope with radiation hazard
- Iran Enriches Uranium No Danger To Neighbours, It Says (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
Iran announced that it had enriched uranium to a higher level than before, though not beyond the range required for reactor fuel, as a leading nuclear official tried to reassure neighbouring countries that Tehran's nuclear programme posed no danger.
- Rocket-Rattling Over Iran (Deccan Herald, Tariq Ali, May 04, 2006)
Till now, what has prevented the crisis in Iraq from becoming a total debacle for the US has been the open collaboration of the Iranian clerics.
- Ipo Demat Scam And Retail Reservation (The Financial Express, PRITHVI HALDEA, May 04, 2006)
The scam is not about malpractices by millions of investors but about the lack of due diligence
- Bees Better At Big Decisions (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 04, 2006)
To be or not to be — that is the question:/Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer/The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune/Or to take arms against a sea of troubles/And by opposing end them,” soliloquised the Prince of Denmark in Act Three, . . .
- Changing Geo-Politics Of Central Asia & India (Daily Excelsior, Sudhanshu Tripathi, May 04, 2006)
The Central Asian region is one of the most prominent socio-political cultural units in the contemporary world. Its location in the middle of Islamic, Christian and Buddhist radicalized civilizations makes the region as the most convenient transit . . .
- Defanging Terrorists (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 04, 2006)
In the course of its war on terror, the US has succeeded in disrupting Al Qaeda's WMD efforts with considerable success, says . . .
- Time Is Running Out For Tehran (Pioneer, Pyotr Romanov, May 04, 2006)
The US war against Saddam Hussein in Iraq was a precursor to the eventual or inevitable conflict with Iran, says Pyotr Romanov
- We Need More Education (Pioneer, JS Rajput, May 04, 2006)
The primacy of the HRD Ministry in attracting media attention remains unchallenged. Moving ahead from 27.5 per cent reservation for OBCs, it has embarked upon 100 per cent teacher recruitment in the institutions of higher learning.
- Young Americans Geographically Challenged (Statesman, Andrew Buncombe, May 04, 2006)
The US may be the world’s only true superpower but global domination does not equal global knowledge.
- Ceasefire Ceases (Statesman, Sam Rajappa, May 04, 2006)
The suicide attack on the Sri Lankan Army Commander, Lt.-Gen. Sarath Fonseka, on 25 April, by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, marks the end of the 2002 Ceasefire Agreement between the government and the militant organisation.
- Humans Reverse Finch Evolution (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 04, 2006)
Humans are causing evolution to slip into reverse for one of the species of finches that is said to have inspired Charles Darwin after he returned from his famous visit to the Galapagos Islands.
- Us Will Continue Its Offensive Against Terrorists: Bush (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
US President George W Bush has said that though the trial of Al Qaeda conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui has come to an end, Washington would continue its offensive against terrorists.
- It Is A Personal Loss To Me, Says Kalam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
A gem of a person: Shekhawat; a charismatic and youthful leader full of promise and energy, says Manmohan
- Never Too Late (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, May 04, 2006)
The Bush administration's recent decision to place Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) and Idara Khidmat-e-Khalq (IKK) in the Specially Designated Global Terrorist Designation (SDGT) category has not come too soon.
- 76% Vote In Fourth Phase Of West Bengal Assembly Poll (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
Exit poll predicts clean sweep for Left Front in three districts
Turnout high in both urban and rural areas
Fate of 288 candidates decided
- Mahajan Passes Away (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
Mr Pramod Mahajan, BJP General Secretary and former Union Minister for Telecommunications, Information Technology and Parliamentary Affairs, succumbed to the bullet injuries he sustained on April 22. The 56-year-old `Generation Next' leader of the . . .
- Nepal Announces Indefinite Ceasefire (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
Nepal’s new government announced today an indefinite truce to match a ceasefire declared by Maoist insurgents and said it would seek the withdrawal of Interpol arrest warrants against rebel leaders.
- High Risk Groups Pose Concern (Daily Excelsior, Arvinder Kaur, May 04, 2006)
The number of HIV infections in India are on the rise, and according to official figures, more than 5.2 million people are now thought to be living with the virus, the second largest number in any country after South Africa. That was an increase . . .
- India Seeks Human Rights Council Membership (Tribune, Tripti Nath, May 04, 2006)
Members of the United Nations in the race for the first election for membership of the newly established Human Rights Council, will face tough competition with revised requirement for absolute majority and reduced strength.
- Manmohan Urges Hurriyat To Propose Mechanism (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday night asked the Hurriyat Conference to suggest mechanism to address intractable issue of Kashmir.
- The Great Game In Afghanistan (Daily Excelsior, Indu Prakash Singh, May 04, 2006)
The 41-year-old telecom engineer from Hyderabad K. Suryanarayana was found beheaded in Afghanistan in a new Great Game in which tactics are becoming more cold-blooded and motives less concealed.
- Rice: Be Ready For Changes In N-Deal (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, May 04, 2006)
The Bush administration, mindful of pressure from prominent members of the U.S. Congress, has reportedly indicated that India must be prepared to accept “amendments” to a civilian nuclear deal.
- Kathmandu Spring (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 04, 2006)
For a while during the past three weeks of turmoil in Nepal, observers would have been forgiven for thinking that the crisis had more to do with Indian domestic politics than with events in the Himalayan kingdom.
- Pipeline Uncertainty (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 04, 2006)
Iran is upset, but India badly needs Iran’s gas
- Affirmative Action As Strategy (Business Standard, Kanika Datta, May 04, 2006)
Pardon me for covering old ground, but I can’t help thinking that if private corporations did not run quite so scared, there might actually find a durable, strategic solution to this affirmative action controversy.
- Chapter Closed (News International, Editorial, The News International, May 04, 2006)
Pakistan has closed the chapter on the Dr A Q Khan. At the same time, it made clear on Tuesday that it is for its own government to determine the status of a Pakistani religious organisation. "As far as we are concerned this chapter is closed,"
- A Wish List For India`s Dream Team (Business Standard, Shyam Ponappa, May 04, 2006)
What do you wish the dream team would do now.
As the unshackling of the economy and external factors combine to generate economic momentum, India is set to grow strongly despite constraints, including outdated legislation and regulations.
- Nepal’S Maoists Write Off New Leaders, Refuse To Disarm (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
Richard Boucher ignores king in a quick-fire series of meetings with Nepal’s power brokers
- Festival Of Paradise (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 04, 2006)
W ith the coming of the Bab, the prophet-herald of the Bahai faith, people were introduced to a new division of time. There would be nineteen months in a year.
- The Costs Of Plagiarism (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 04, 2006)
Plagiarism is a nasty word and offence — and literary plagiarists, when caught, tend to be subjected to long-lasting shame.
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