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Articles 21321 through 21420 of 31829:
- A Conflict Between Science And God (Hindu, Martin Kettle, Nov 29, 2005)
A new exhibition in New York on Charles Darwin's life and work is a defiant gesture against U.S. biblical literalism.
- The Road To An East Asian Community (Hindu, Toshio Yamamoto, Nov 29, 2005)
The Japan-India relationship if strengthened could provide a model for integration of an East Asian community.
- Tribal People And Preserving Prime Forests (Hindu, Vikram Soni, Nov 29, 2005)
The proposed Scheduled Tribes (Recognition of Land Rights) Bill 2005 could sound the death-knell for prime forests. This could also result in the end of the tribal people's identity, which derives from the forests.
- Government Announces Special Package For The Flood-Affected (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2005)
It comprises a cash relief of Rs. 1 000, 10 kg rice, a saree, a dhoti and one litre kerosene
- ‘Patent, Publish And Prosper’ (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Nov 29, 2005)
This man rose from humble origins to be one of India’s leading scientists and science administrators. Dr. R.A.Mashelkar, Director-General of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, speaks to The Indian Express Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta ....
- Story Of Us (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 29, 2005)
India can shine, stall or slide. So, can we stop worrying about ‘poor’ Americans?
- Hurriyat For Us Intervention In J&k (Deccan Herald, Zahoor Malik , Nov 29, 2005)
The moderate faction of the Hurriyat Conference on Monday demanded direct American intervention into the Kashmir issue.
- Bulldozer Rolls On (Deccan Herald, Aluf Benn, Nov 29, 2005)
Sharon believes that losing the support of his party is a price worth paying for reshaping Israel’s borders.
- Rajapakse Invites Tigers For Talks (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2005)
Pledges to make the peace process more open and inclusive
- India, U.S. Can Contribute To Better Balance Of Power In The Asian Region: Shyam Saran (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Nov 29, 2005)
Realignment taking place with China emerging as a global economic power house
- Give Ec A Chance (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2005)
With the exception of Lalu Prasad, no one complained that the Election Commission had exceeded its brief in the Bihar election. With public opinion against him, it was expected that he would try to find an escape route.
- After Ismail Khan, Miniskirts And Dating In Herat (Daily Times, Fridon Poya, Nov 29, 2005)
Despite the increased freedoms in the city of one million people, many are still conservative. There may be miniskirts in the shop windows but not on the street
- Uma Raises Banner Of Revolt Again (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2005)
She had always claimed to be the undisputed leader of an overwhelming majority of the party MLAs but when a frustrated and dejected Uma Bharati staged a walk-out from the BJP legislature party meeting here on Monday evening, barely 10 percent . . .
- India Gets A Breather On Iran (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Nov 29, 2005)
India will now come under pressure to join a US initiative
- Why America Must Stay (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2005)
America should keep its troops in Iraq until Iraqis ask them to go
- Uma Bharti Will Continue Her Battle (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Nov 29, 2005)
Charges and counter charges over decision making in BJP
Parliamentary norms not flouted, says Malhotra
Govindacharya accuses Jaitley of planting stories
- Sufferers Call (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Nov 29, 2005)
With weather turning hostile the relief operations in quake hit areas of Uri and Kupwara may come to a halt. If the weather does not take a favourable turn immediately a race against time shall commence to see thousands of homeless survivors through ....
- Visa For Burton! (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 29, 2005)
Why is MEA sleeping with the enemy?
- 134 Killed In Chinese Coal Mine Blast (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2005)
The death toll in a massive coal mine explosion in northeast China rose to 134 late on Monday, with 15 miners still missing, the official Xinhua news agency said.
- Fundamentalism In America (Dawn, Naeem ul Haque, Nov 29, 2005)
Although Islamic fundamentalism is blamed by many in the West for being responsible for all the chaos prevailing in the world today, a close look at Christian fundamentalism in America leads one to conclude that this powerful movement has become . . .
- Local Leadership In Quake Relief (Dawn, Ahmed Sadik, Nov 29, 2005)
From what has been appearing in national newspapers since the October 8 earthquake devastated Azad Kashmir and parts of the NWFP, there seems to be little or no coverage being given to the local leaderships of these very sensitive areas and territories.
- Reforms Driving Indo-Us Ties: Saran (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2005)
The Indo-US partnership is indispensable in the globalised environment, foreign secretary Shyam Saran pointed out today. Addressing a session on India and the US at the India Economic Summit, Saran was of the view that the end of the cold war coupled....
- The Indian Feckless Service (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Nov 29, 2005)
Ramakutty Maniyappan, a driver of the Border Roads Organisation who was killed by his abductors in Afghanistan, got all the state honours when his body arrived in the capital last week.
- Rbi Norms On Credit Card Operations (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Nov 28, 2005)
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued guidelines for credit card operations in the country.
- Nepal: Democracy In Thin Air (International Herald Tribune, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 28, 2005)
Nepal's Maoist rebels and a coalition of opposition parties agreed on a program to try to end direct rule by King Gyanendra.
- Changing Climate Change (Daily Times, Jeffrey D Sachs, Nov 28, 2005)
Fossil fuels are plentiful, but harmful; renewable sources like wind are good for the climate but not plentiful. Solar power is plentiful but not cheap.
- Stop Vandalism In The Name Of Sanctity Of Quran! (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Nov 28, 2005)
The Punjab chief minister, Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, has visited Sangla Hill to see the evidence of the vandalism committed against churches there and ordered a high-level judicial inquiry to get at the root of what really transpired on November 12 after an
- Ongc To Create 10,000 New Jobs (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 28, 2005)
A Srinivas Rao, President, Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry, in a press note here has clarified that the projects coming up following the signing of MoU with ONGC by the KCCI are not only environment friendly but will add to further improvement in
- Ladders And Snakes (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Nov 28, 2005)
It took some 10,000 burnt cars to drive home one point to the French government:
- Murderous Subsidies (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Nov 28, 2005)
Cross-subsidies are one of the most favoured notions in socialist thinking: you charge the rich more than the poor for the same product (or similar class of product), and the rich therefore subsidise the poor.
- Wipro To Set Up It Centres In Far East (Deccan Herald, PTI, Nov 28, 2005)
Anticipating competition from low-cost economies in bagging IT and BPO space, the country’s third largest software exporter Wipro is planning to open up integrated centres of software development as well as BPO in Far-East and Romania
- Indian Air Force, In War Games, Gives Us A Run (Christian Science Monitor, Scott Baldauf, Nov 28, 2005)
Making a marked shift in its engine procurement for the first time in 15 years, state-owned Indian Airlines (IA) has replaced its engine supplier International Aero Engines (IAE) with CFM International for the delivery of CFM56 engines for its new fleet o
- Who Killed Manjunath? (Indian Express, ILA PATNAIK, Nov 28, 2005)
Parts of the oil economy are criminalised because fuel prices are not market-determined. The profits make murder an acceptable risk for entreprenurial thugs
- N-Deal With The Us (Tribune, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 28, 2005)
On July 18, 2005, India and the US signed a landmark strategic agreement having far reaching consequences.
- The Taliban Turns Its Attention On India (Hindu, M.K. Bhadrakumar, Nov 28, 2005)
It is entirely possible that the Taliban has decided that India is once again taking sides in Afghanistan's internal affairs.
- Scale Up Response To Hiv (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 28, 2005)
The AIDS epidemic update for 2005, published by UNAIDS and the World Health Organisation, will bring guarded optimism to policy-makers.
- Sino-Indian Boundary Impasse (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Nov 28, 2005)
The atmospherics between India and China have certainly improved. During the meetings of the Joint Working Group (JWG) on the border or the Special Representative (SR) talks, the environment is relaxed. Even when there is no forward movement, the two side
- Money In Mushrooms (Tribune, Reeta Sharma, Nov 28, 2005)
A revolution in the mushroom farming is brimming right in the backyard of Chandigarh in Lalru. Of the 25 per cent quota of mushroom exports from India 24 per cent is being grown at Lalru alone.
- The Price Of Cowardice (Deccan Herald, Prem Shankar Jha, Nov 28, 2005)
An inspector who is honest signed his own death warrant by daring to expose the underbelly of the oil mafia
- Anti-Muslim Racism? (Pioneer, Daniel Pipes, Nov 28, 2005)
My talks at university campuses sometimes occasion protests featuring Leftists and Islamists who call me names. A favourite of theirs is "racist."
- Speaker Urged To Table Volcker Papers In House (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 28, 2005)
Mounting fresh pressure on the Congress, Leader of Opposition LK Advani on Sunday wrote a letter to Speaker Somnath Chatterjee urging him to table in the House all papers obtained from the UN panel by the Virender Dayal Committee.
- Dividend Boon For Wipro Shareholders (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 28, 2005)
Software giant Wipro Ltd will continue to scout around for suitable acquisitions besides sharing its $1 billion in cash by increasing dividend payouts. In a media interaction today,
- Ban On Smoking Scenes To Be Enforced From January (Hindu, Ramya Kannan , Nov 28, 2005)
Violators to be prosecuted under the Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products Rules, 2005
- The King And We (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 28, 2005)
The continuing Chinese arms supply to Kathmandu is more than a tactical threat to India’s attempt at promoting democracy and stability in Nepal.
- The Inadequate Life-Saving Effort (News International, Nasim Zehra, Nov 28, 2005)
The donor pledges this month were a positive development for Pakistan but shortcomings on the physical relief front remain a troubling reality.
- Security Stepped Up At Embassies In Bangladesh (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 28, 2005)
Dozens of people suffering from hypothermia and respiratory illnesses were taken to hospitals Monday as rain and snow lashed Pakistan's quake-stricken part of Kashmir, blocking roads and grounding helicopters used to ferry aid to remote areas.
- Economy Will Make Russia Fight For Immigrants (Business Line, Zhanna Zainchkovskaya, Nov 28, 2005)
Russia will not be able to develop the vast expanses of Siberia and the Far East without immigrant workforce. Even the optimistic UN forecast predicts the Russian population will drop to 138 million by 2025.
- Of Intertwined Strands Of Strength... (The Financial Express, Saumitra Chaudhuri, Nov 28, 2005)
Several successful initiatives in Indian reform make for the strength of the economy today
- Cnpc Joins Ongc On Syria (The Financial Express, Reuters, Nov 28, 2005)
The flagship state energy firms of China and India, normally arch-rivals in the race for overseas oilfields, are teaming up for the first time to bid for a $1 billion package of assets in Syria.
- Breaking The City-Planning Myths (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Nov 28, 2005)
Lack of urban space, high population densities, rising land costs, and poor facilities outside cities... These are arguments that will not wash. What Indian cities lack is proper urban planning and, to address this, both the city administration and the bu
- Art In Life (Deccan Herald, Marta Jakimowicz, Nov 28, 2005)
The whole of the previous week (Nov 14 to 20) Bangalore became the centre for an unusual series of events that critically probed the impact of the information technology, business on the life and the soul of the place.
- Why Al Jazeera Was A Target (Dawn, Robert Fisk, Nov 28, 2005)
ON April 4, 2003, I was standing on the roof of Al Jazeera’s office in Baghdad. The horizon was a towering epic of oil fires and burning buildings. Anti-aircraft guns in a public park close to the bureau were pumping shells into the sky and the howl of je
- Now A Bordello For Women Clients! (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Nov 28, 2005)
Women make more money these days, they’re calling the shots, they’re more powerful. And, let’s face it, it’s hard to meet someone.”
- India Sees Pakistan’S Hand In Killing (Dawn, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 28, 2005)
Nov 27: India’s National Security Adviser M.K. Narayanan has alleged that Pakistan has a hand in the killing of an Indian worker in Afghanistan after he was taken hostage there by the Taliban, The Hindu reported on Sunday.
- Laboured Worries (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 28, 2005)
THE CONCERNS raised by the International Labour Organisation about workspace health conditions in the IT services and business process outsourcing sector come as a surprise.
- China Delivers Military Supplies To Nepal - Report (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 28, 2005)
China sent truckloads of arms to Nepal this week to help its poorly-equipped army fight a violent Maoist revolt, a newspaper reported on Friday.
- Probe Disappearances (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Nov 28, 2005)
The pain of the parents of disappeared persons has at last been felt in New Delhi.
- Indian Air Force, In War Games, Gives Us A Run (Christian Science Monitor, Scott Baldauf, Nov 28, 2005)
Foreign fighter jets performed well against F-16s in recent exercises
- Left? Congress Couldn't Care Less (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Nov 28, 2005)
Manmohan Singh has marched on with his pro-US tilt as if the comrades don't matter or exist, says Kalyani Shankar
- In Russia We Trust? (Wall Street Journal, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 28, 2005)
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reported last week that Iran possesses detailed drawings showing ways to "cast and machine enriched natural and depleted uranium into hemispherical forms," which is another way of saying the inner core . . .
- Eu Move To Cut Sugar Subsidy May Help Its Cause In Wto Talks (Business Line, BATUK GATHANI, Nov 27, 2005)
THE European Union is in the process of bolstering its negotiating stance at the WTO December global trade talks in Hong Kong with the proposed cut in sugar subsidy for the European sugar growers. The European Union has 312,000 sugar beet farmers and . .
- India, China To Bid For Oilfields In Syria (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 27, 2005)
CNPC, ONGC have jointly bid for Petro-Canada's $1-bn oil and gas fields in Syria.
- 'East Coast Of India Will Be Oil-Rich Zone' (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 27, 2005)
Can do what Gulf of Mexico did for the US: Mukesh Ambani.
- U.S. Firms Up Military Ties With Indonesia (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Nov 27, 2005)
Focus on counter-terrorism and maritime security in Asia
- Indian Team Visits Uvas (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 27, 2005)
An Indian delegation led by Punjab Animal Husbandry Development and Fisheries Secretary DS Bains called on University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Manzoor Ahmad.
- Bush And N Korea (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 27, 2005)
Finally, the Bush Administration’s diplomacy has something to cheer about. After months of protracted negotiations, that came on the verge of collapsing a number of times, North Korea finally agreed to end its nuclear weapons programme in return . . .
- Making Life-Saving Discoveries (Tribune, Charu Singh, Nov 27, 2005)
In the murky world that lies hidden beneath a telescope and antiseptic laboratories, Dr Rajesh Gokhale, a young scientist and winner of the prestigious Howard Hughes Medical Institute award for path-breaking research in biotechnology, . . .
- Iraq Nears Its Second Tipping Point (Daily Times, Ahmad Faruqui, Nov 27, 2005)
Another major reason for the American defeat in Vietnam was that the war was fought without a clearly defined objective. Interviews revealed that 70 percent of the senior American officers in the field did not know the war’s objective.
- Lee And Leadership (Hindustan Times, Karan Thapar, Nov 27, 2005)
I hadn't expected him to be so tall. Or to stand so erect.
- Us Military Admits It Burnt Taliban Bodies (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 27, 2005)
The US military admitted on Saturday that its soldiers in Afghanistan had burned the bodies of two dead Taliban fighters and taunted the guerillas about it, but had not meant it as a desecration.
- Sharon’S New Party (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 27, 2005)
For decades, two parties have monopolized Israeli politics — Labour and Likud.
- Women In Politics (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 27, 2005)
At a two-day conference titled ‘Discovering the gender face of politics’ in Islamabad, various international and national speakers called for a greater need for women to play an active role in politics.
- The Post-Earthquake Challenges (Dawn, Fateh M. Chaudhri, Nov 27, 2005)
The devastating earthquake of October 8 was sudden and colossal. Several thousand homes were flattened and a generation of school children was instantly buried under the debris of schools.
- Not A Time For Bickering (Dawn, Anwar Syed, Nov 27, 2005)
The function of opposition parties in a democracy is to examine the government’s legislative proposals, its policies and programmes, show what, if anything, is wrong with them, and suggest improvements.
- India's Energy Security (Daily Excelsior, Brig. (Retd.) S.N. Sachadeva, Nov 27, 2005)
The Indo-US nuclear agreement may get jeopardised if the US officials and lawmakers demand more and more benchmarks and placing the burden of meeting conditions associated with the deal entirely on India.
- Four U.S. Soldiers Face Disciplinary Action For Burning Taliban Bodies (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 27, 2005)
Four U.S. soldiers face disciplinary action for burning the bodies of Taliban rebels, but they won't be prosecuted because their actions were motivated by hygienic concerns, the military said after an inquiry into a videotaped incident that sparked . . .
- Highway To Hell (Telegraph, Ruchir Joshi, Nov 27, 2005)
Using his column in a Delhi broadsheet, Sitaram Yechury, CPI(M) Rajya Sabha member from Bengal, recently made some cogent points about the ominous spreading of American cultural hegemony across the world.
- The Future World Order: A Vision (Tribune, Brig A.C. Prem (retd), Nov 27, 2005)
The year is 2018. The European countries comprising the EU are looking up to the power trio of China, India and Russia for economic succour as their dwindling economies and an aging population are adding to their woes.
- Taste Your Medicine (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Nov 27, 2005)
The taste of one's medicine is always bitter. This is a time-tested adage. It means suffering the same unpleasant treatment that one gives to others. Normally those who seek to harm others by their ideas or actions should not grumble if there is a rebound
- Left Denounces Centre's Policies (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 27, 2005)
Congress should remember that it cannot run government without Left support: Bardhan
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