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Articles 13421 through 13520 of 31829:
- Education, The Great Leveller (Business Line, C. J. Punnathara, Apr 22, 2006)
Today, the country's top educational institutions can be compared to the best in the world. Institutions such as the IIMs are being wooed to go global, with none other than the Prime Minister of Singapore championing the cause.
- Boucher Clears Nuclear Deal Air (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 22, 2006)
The US has said India’s own moratorium on nuclear testing was one of the reasons why the civilian nuclear agreement was signed between the countries and that it looked forward to the continuance of the moratorium.
- Indian Army Communication Network System Launched (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Apr 22, 2006)
DZAN network to give India technological edge over adversaries
* Scientists unveil anti-nuclear, biological and chemical equipment
- Pakistan To Highlight Energy Needs To Washington (Daily Times, Fida Hussain, Apr 22, 2006)
US will be informed of Iran gas prices: official
- Damaging Deadlock (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 22, 2006)
Even following Iraqi PM Ibrahim Jaafari’s offer to ‘resubmit his candidacy’ to the United Iraq Alliance, it is difficult to see how a party vote to introduce a new leader can end what is being called Iraq’s ‘damaging political deadlock’ or for . . .
- Israeli Lobby And Us Interests (Dawn, Kurt Jacobsen and Sayeed Hasan Khan, Apr 22, 2006)
IN the mid-1980s an air-headed action film entitled ‘Delta Force’ popped up on American movie screens.
- In Nepal, The Beginning Of The End (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Apr 22, 2006)
People power has forced Gyanendra to cede executive power. But only a democratically elected Constituent Assembly can bring the people true sovereignty.
- Power Politics And Pipelines (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Apr 22, 2006)
The United States has given India a civilian nuclear cooperation deal that it won’t give Pakistan.
- No Alternative To Talks (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Apr 22, 2006)
Waziristan has become a festering wound for Pakistan. Operations in the tribal area are now more than two years old, but going by the results it seems the end is nowhere in sight, and the militants hiding there continue to create trouble.
- Going Ganga (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 22, 2006)
Varanasi is easily among the most frequented places in the country by world-weary travellers. Artists, writers, backpackers and hipsters - from Beat poet Allen Ginsberg to pop diva Tina Turner, popular filmmakers to classical singers, thousands of . . .
- Jaswant Grills Indian Govt Over Nuclear Deal With Us (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Apr 22, 2006)
Criticising the India-United States nuclear deal, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former foreign minister Jaswant Singh on Thursday accused the Manmohan Singh government of accepting nuclear arms control and a cap on the nuclear tests . . .
- More Of Guantanamo Excesses (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Apr 22, 2006)
THE statement by a senior Pakistani security official that the number of Pakistani nationals being held at the US military detention camp in Guantanamo Bay is higher than previously believed should be a cause for concern.
- Trs Leaders Meet Sonia (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 22, 2006)
With BJP pumping up the Telangana issue, Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) leaders mounted pressure on Congress by calling on party chief Sonia Gandhi on Friday to press their demand for a separate state.
- India Hails King's Move (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 22, 2006)
It will restore political stability
Transferring all executive powers to a government constituted by an alliance of seven political parties
Karan Singh meets Prime Minister, gives his assessment of the situation
- Human Race Plunders The Earth Planet (Daily Excelsior, Prof R D Gupta, Apr 22, 2006)
An increase in population beyond the carrying capacity of the Earth has resulted into environmental pollution, over exploitation of natural resources, scarcity of food and poor standard of living.
- India's Freeze On Nuclear Testing Must Hold: U.S. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 22, 2006)
Bush regime not to insist on new commitments
Negotiations will be held with the Indian Government directly
Congress aware of deal's benefits to non-proliferation
- Varanasi And The Puppet Masters Of Terror (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Apr 22, 2006)
Investigation into the Varanasi bombings has led to the Harkat ul-Jihad Islami, accentuating concerns about the emergence of Bangladesh as a base for Islamist terror groups.
- I Regret Having Left Aiadmk: Sarath Kumar (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 22, 2006)
Says he spoke the truth on "lack of respect" in the DMK
- More Curbs On Nuclear Activist (Hindu, Duncan Campbell, Apr 22, 2006)
Nuclear whistleblower and peace activist Mordechai Vanunu has been told that the ban stopping him leaving Israel has been extended for another year and that he is still viewed by the authorities ``as a security risk to the state.''
- Bird Flu: Like Mad Cow Disease, Is It A Revenge Of The Victims? (Indian Express, FARAH BARIA, Apr 21, 2006)
While even humans have the right to kill for food, no other species on this planet subject their victims to calculated, cold-blooded savagery because they are a source of food. One should live and . . .
- Nepal Out On The Streets; Police Fire At Protesters (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
Over 30,000 people who had walked in from surrounding villages began marching along the main road to the heart of Kathmandu
- The Lost Reformer (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Apr 21, 2006)
Dr Manmohan Singh’s mettle as prime minister is being severely tested. Recent events have considerably dented his image.
- Can Merit And Social Justice Be Compatible? (The Financial Express, Jayaprakash Narayan, Apr 21, 2006)
The nation needs preferential policies and good school education; rational solutions . . .
- Islam In The Eyes Of Dalai Lama (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, Apr 21, 2006)
What can be more astonishing between a saint confusing people and a rogue speaking the truth? Two such unexpected observations became media bytes recently.
- Russian-Built N-Power Plant In Iran 'No Threat' (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
A nuclear power station being built by Russia in Iran presents no threat, Moscow's top nuclear official said here on Thursday following a US demand for the project to be shut down.
- Ashes To Ashes (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Apr 21, 2006)
Javed’s death should not go waste and should be a reminder to society
- Manmohan Points To Unilateral Moratorium (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
Says India needs the strategic programme as China, Pakistan had nuke weapons
Feels accord holds tremendous potential for both countries
Asserts that ties with U.S. not at the cost of ties with China
On Iran, he says India does not want another nuke
- Cpm Lights Bush-Fire For Muslim Votes In Kerala (Pioneer, Kanchan Gupta, Apr 21, 2006)
In Muslim-dominated areas across Kerala, especially those where the Indian Union Muslim League till now has been the undisputed political force and its shimmering green festoons the only political colour, young and old voters stare in amazement . . .
- Facts Are Being Made The Other Casualty (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 21, 2006)
Meerut inferno is a perfect example of man-made tragedy inflicted upon the people by the negligence of the district administration . . .
- New Red Superpower (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 21, 2006)
China is working quietly and meticulously towards stealing a march, militarily as well as economically, over America, Says Frederick . . .
- Curfew Clamped, At Least 3 Killed In Kathmandu (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
Once a placid, hospitable city, Kathmandu turned into Asia’s curfew capital today as the government reportedly extended the 18-hour curfew by seven hours till Friday morning.
- Up And Still Moving (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 21, 2006)
The bullish sentiment may push the Sensex further up
- Four Protesters Killed, Over 40 Hurt In Nepal (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
At least four protesters were killed and over 40 injured in Nepal today when security forces opened fire on thousands of pro-democracy activists who defied a curfew and shoot-at-sight orders in the capital to march against King Gyanendra’s rule.
- The Truth About Fraud (Hindu, Martin Mears, Apr 21, 2006)
A play written a century ago airs the issues in the Enron scandal like nothing else.
- Indian Pm Hopes Germany Will Back U.S. Nuclear Deal (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
India hopes it can persuade Berlin to back its civil nuclear energy deal with the United States, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was quoted as saying on Thursday ahead of his visit to Germany.
- Chaos Reigns Over Nepal (Deccan Herald, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Apr 21, 2006)
Once a placid, hospitable city, Kathmandu turned into Asia’s curfew capital on Thursday as the government clamped down a draconian 18-hour curfew but seething protesters marched in thousands ....
- Pm To Discuss N-Deal On Visit To Germany (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
India, which has a strategic relationship with Nuclear Suppliers Group member Germany, will address the latter’s concerns on the Indo-US nuclear deal and solicit support when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh visits Germany on April 22.
- New Black Disenfranchisement (Hindu, Gary Younge, Apr 21, 2006)
Black and poor residents are being excluded from the mayoral ballot -- and from plans to rejuvenate New Orleans.
- Cross Your Fingers If You’Re An Uighur (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Apr 21, 2006)
Joseph K. in The Trial could not have found himself in a more terrifyingly ludicrous situation.
- First Resettle, Then Submerge (Indian Express, Nandini Sundar, Apr 21, 2006)
The Supreme Court’s refusal to suspend work on the Sardar Sarovar dam, even in the absence of rehabilitation, shows once again that law and reality do not necessarily inhabit the same universe.
- Manmohan’S Germany Visit From Tomorrow (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
The issue of energy security and Indo-US accord on civilian nuclear energy cooperation is going to figure in the discussions that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh would have with his counterparts in Germany and Uzbekistan during his five-day official . . .
- Our Past For Our Future (Indian Express, Jagmohan , Apr 21, 2006)
Fellow citizens, do not touch even one stone...the old buildings, articles, documents; all this is your history, your pride...These words are not those of a sentimental conservationist but of one of the . . .
- New Hope For Bhopal Gas Victims (Tribune, Bharat Dogra, Apr 21, 2006)
There is a new hope for Bhopal gas tragedy victims following the Prime Minister’s acceptance of some of their important demands.
- Different Tar (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 21, 2006)
People campaigning for a particular cause are prone to blindness. Their obsession with the cause often leads to a warping of perspective. The most classic example of this is the recent statement of Ms Medha Patkar, in which she equated . . .
- India Holds The Nuclear Line (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, has ruled out placing India’s nuclear reactors in the International Atomic Energy Agency’s care, reaffirming a unilateral moratorium on tests without hinting at how things would be in the “distant” future.
- Weapons In Space (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 21, 2006)
Russia And USA Must Act In A Spirit Of Openness
The United States has promised to make public in the next few months its new space doctrine, which allows for the deployment of weapons in outer space.
- Al-Qaeda Terrorist Killed In Pakistan: Sources (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
An Arab Al-Qaeda terrorist was killed in a gunbattle with Pakistani soldiers in a restive tribal area bordering Afghanistan, security sources said on Friday.
- Waste Not, Want Not (News International, Editorial, The News International, Apr 21, 2006)
Technical issues coupled with heavy usage have made unannounced loadshedding an unwelcome fact of life for most residents of the otherwise booming city of Karachi. But the past week has been particularly trying, what with summer cranking it up . . .
- India's Business School Graduates Now Are Raking In The Big Rupees (Christian Science Monitor, ANUJ CHOPRA , Apr 21, 2006)
It's spring, and at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) - a premier management school in this industrial town - the campus is abuzz with company recruiters offering fat pay packages to new grads. .
- Nba Activists Attacked In Gujarat: Patkar (Times of India, Suchandana Gupta, Apr 21, 2006)
A day after being discharged from a Delhi hospital, after breaking her fast in the wake of the Supreme Court judgment on the Sardar Sarovar Project, Narmada Bachao Andolan leader Medha Patkar on Wednesday alleged NBA activists returning to . . .
- Winning Over Defeat (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
The Match Romesh Gunesekera, Bloomsbury,
- Leader Article: Missing The Target (Times of India, RONOJOY SEN, Apr 21, 2006)
In the debate on reservation in educational institutions, it is often assumed that there is a consensus on the issue in the US. Affirmative action for racial and ethnic groups is, however, hardly a settled issue in America.
- Small Steps For Bush, Hu (Washington Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
President Bush yesterday urged Chinese President Hu Jintao to allow his people "the freedom to assemble, to speak freely and to worship," and both leaders said after an Oval Office meeting that they had agreed to work together to reduce China' . . .
- Nuke Deal Sign Of Stronger Ties, Says Rice (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
Continuing to seek Congressional support to the “path-breaking” Indo-US nuclear agreement, secretary of state Ms Condoleezza Rice has said the deal has to be seen in the context of burgeoning bilateral cooperation in military, agriculture and . . .
- When Brand Bangalore Took A Beating (Business Line, Anand Parthasarathy, Apr 21, 2006)
The violent aftermath of the death of an iconic film star may have badly dented Bangalore's claims as most-favoured IT destination. Is it a Silicon Valley or a Silicon Volcano waiting to erupt at the slightest provocation, wonders ANAND PARTHASARATHY.
- Byword For Disruption (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Apr 21, 2006)
This is the strangest assembly election ever experienced in West Bengal.The Election Commission guidelines have drained this festival of democracy of colour and the usual carnival atmosphere.
- Should India Intervene In Nepal ? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 21, 2006)
Sections of Indian media have begun to wonder whether it is the endgame for King Gyanendra. He had established a council of ministers under his chairmanship and nominated two old faithfuls of the partyless days — Dr Tulsi Giri and Kirti Nidhi . . .
- People Who Literally Die To Live (The Economic Times, MUKUL SHARMA, Apr 21, 2006)
The expression “near-death experience” was first coined by the American psychiatrist Raymond Moody in his book Life After Life.
- Us Wanted Qaeda Man Killed (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
One Levies soldier and a suspected Al Qaeda operative were killed and two Levies men seriously injured during a shootout in Bajaur Agency on Thursday.
- Russia And Turkey Engage The Muslim World (Hindu, M.K. Bhadrakumar, Apr 21, 2006)
The two powers, archrivals for centuries in the vast region stretching from the Balkans to the Caucasus, are responding with agility to the complex Anglo-American manoeuvring in their backyard.
- India Tells King To Urgently Restore Democracy In Nepal (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
A special Indian envoy on Thursday told King Gyanendra of Nepal to restore democracy urgently, as police shot dead three protesters breaking a curfew in the capital.
- Karat: Assembly Polls Will Impact National Politics (Hindu, K.V. Prasad, Apr 21, 2006)
Says progressive parties will gain strength to check Centre
- Changing Face Of Financing Models For Healthcare (Daily Excelsior, Dr Arun Sharma, Apr 21, 2006)
The healthcare system options are usually known to be of three varieties, viz Fee for services, managed care and public healthcare.
- For A Democratic Future (Dawn, Imran Khan, Apr 21, 2006)
MICHAEL SCHUEUR, former head of the CIA’s Al Qaeda Unit, warned in an opinion piece in the Washington Times that if the US keeps pushing Gen Musharraf to “do US’s dirty work against his country’s national interest”, he could be toppled and . . .
- India's Moratorium Basis For Civilian Nuclear Cooperation (Press Trust of India, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Apr 21, 2006)
The United States has said that India's own moratorium on nuclear testing was one of the reasons why the civilian nuclear agreement was signed between the two countries and that it looked forward to the moratorium continuing.
- Bush, Hu Discuss Global Security, Taiwan And Other Issues (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
Opposing any unilateral change in the status quo in the Taiwan Strait, US President George W Bush today told his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao to deepen cooperation in addressing threats to global security, including nuclear ambitions of Iran . . .
- Tyres Burn In Nepal Capital Ahead Of Curfew (Reuters, Gopal Sharma, Apr 21, 2006)
Anti-monarchy protesters in Nepal burned tyres and threw logs and barbed wire across the streets of the capital Kathmandu on Thursday ahead of a curfew imposed to prevent a march on King Gyanendra's palace.
- Us High-Tech Jobs On Upswing (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
In a reversal of a four-year trend, employment in the US high-tech industry grew by one per cent in 2005 adding 61,000 jobs in the field, according to a report released today.
- Asean Ministers Search For New Ways To Force Change In Myanmar (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
Southeast Asian foreign ministers meeting on Bali island said they are unhappy with the slow pace of democratic reform in military-ruled Myanmar, and hope to come up with new ways to force the regime to change.
- Restructuring Intelligence Apparatus (Daily Excelsior, Surendra Sharma, Apr 21, 2006)
The government of Indiais in the process of setting up a high-powered coordination committee to monitor functioning of intelligence agencies. We have half-a-dozen intelligence agencies to keep the government informed about the external and . . .
- N-Sales: No Special Status For Us (Hindustan Times, S Rajagopalan, Apr 21, 2006)
India has dismissed the talk in some quarters that the US has sought preferential treatment for its companies in the sale of nuclear equipment and technology as a quid pro quo for concluding the nuke deal.
- Bush, Hu Find No Breakthroughs On Trade, Iran (Reuters, Steve Holland, Apr 21, 2006)
President George W. Bush failed to win a commitment from Chinese President Hu Jintao on Thursday on immediate steps to reduce China's $202 billion trade surplus with the United States.
- China Sells Prisoner Organs, Say Uk Doctors (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 20, 2006)
British transplant experts accused China today of removing organs from executed prisoners without their consent in order to sell them.
- Pm May Set Up Panel To Monitor Rehabilitation (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Apr 20, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is expected to set up a three-member committee to oversee and monitor the rehabilitation work being undertaken by the Madhya Pradesh Government for those who have lost their homes and land because of the construction . . .
- Party Propaganda (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 20, 2006)
Election Commission Must Brave The Storm
- Two Aides Quit In Bush Shake-Up (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 20, 2006)
President George W. Bush’s press secretary Scott McClellan resigned today and senior adviser Karl Rove gave up the policy-development part of his job in a White House shake-up.
- India A Different Proposition: Blair (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Apr 20, 2006)
Prime Minister Tony Blair on Wednesday rejected attempts to draw parallels between India and Iran over the nuclear issue, and said that India was a "`very, very different proposition.''
- 'Indo-Us Nuke Deal To Facilitate Greater Role For Pvt Sector' (Press Trust of India, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Apr 20, 2006)
The formalisation of the Indo-US civilian nuclear energy agreement will facilitate greater role for the private sector in the form of technology sourcing and may even lead to the opening up of the key sector to foreign investment, Deputy Chairman . . .
- Pak Spanner In Safta Works (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 20, 2006)
It is not entirely surprising that Pakistan is proving to be the most reluctant to follow the South Asian Free Trade Agreement (Safta) in letter and spirit.
- Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anything” (Tribune, Anne Applebaum, Apr 20, 2006)
To my eye, they are lovely: Graceful, delicate, white against green grass and a blue sky.
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