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Articles 221 through 320 of 500:
- Looking Good In Borrowed Feathers (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 06, 2007)
For all the hype about Indian writing in English, it is educational books that still provide the bread-and-butter for the Indian book trade.
- Foggy Past (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 05, 2007)
Indians have a strange sense of history. As long as a document reposes in a private collection, it is as if it never existed.
- Nehru Museum Hopeful Of Acquiring Gandhi's Letter (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2007)
Mahatma Gandhi's rare letter pleading for greater tolerance towards Muslims, which was saved from going under the hammer at Christie's in London at the 11th hour, is set to return to India with the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library hopeful of acquiring it
- More Foreign Cogs In The Us Engine (Asia Times, Sudha Ramachandran, Jul 03, 2007)
A report on the participation of immigrants in the US economy has trashed several myths regarding foreign workers in the US. The study reveals that the brain power and enterprising nature of immigrants, especially those from India, are an important . . .
- Middle East After Iraq (Dawn, GWYNNE DYER, Jul 02, 2007)
Israeli historian Benny Morris is famous in his country for reopening the forgotten history of the expulsion of the Palestinians during the 1948 "war of independence" and deconstructing the Israeli myth that they freely chose to abandon their homes.
- Minister Condemns Campaign Against Pratibha Patil (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 30, 2007)
BJP has come out with its ‘anti-women stand’: Renuka Chowdhury
“No court had held Pratibha guilty”
Refutes Arun Shourie’s charge
- India May Serve Legal Notice On Gandhi Letter (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 30, 2007)
India is contemplating serving a legal notice on British auction house Christies to stop sale of a rare manuscript of Mahatma Gandhi written 19 days before his assassination in 1948...
- Beyond The Silly Season (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Jun 29, 2007)
There is something patently disingenuous about that section of the media which proclaims piously that this is the “dirtiest” presidential election in India’s history, and then proceeds to highlight its own “exclusive” story centred on the alleged . . .
- What Will Change And How? (Dawn, I.A. Rehman, Jun 28, 2007)
The unprecedented campaign by the lawyers community in defence of the judiciary has spurred hope in the hearts of ordinary women and men across the land and ambition in the hearts of many who wish to be their new masters.
- The New Currency (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 27, 2007)
Scientists at the J Craig Venter Institute, Maryland, have applied for a US patent on a minimal bacterial genome that they built themselves, or a designer microbe they have claimed to assemble from scratch.
- Rushdie Declines Comment On Knighthood (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2007)
Salman Rushdie, whose British knighthood has led to worldwide protests from Muslims angered by his 1989 novel, "The Satanic Verses," is not commenting on the uproar, for now.
- Jails In A State Of Neglect (Tribune, V. Eshwar Anand, Jun 26, 2007)
RECENT deaths of seven inmates within a week in New Delhi’s Tihar Jail bring to the fore the deplorable state of affairs in the country’s premier prison.
- Innovation Or Imitation — The Hobson's Choice (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 26, 2007)
As scientists build on existing medicines, they can achieve breakthroughs that significantly improve the medicines, enhancing patients' quality of life.
- Failed Meet (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 25, 2007)
Collapse of trade negotiations is not an unusual phenomenon. It has happened time and time again.
- Too Busy To Brew A Cuppa? Try Indian Tea Pill (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2007)
Indian scientists have patented two new tea-based products - a pill and a fizzy drink they hope will give consumers the same pleasure as drinking a freshly brewed cuppa.
- Cup Of Tea? Just Drink Your Pill (Times Online (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2007)
Indian scientists have invented a pill and fizzy drink that offer all the pleasures of drinking a freshly brewed cup of tea.
- 15-Year-Old Performs Surgery In India (Chicago Sun Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2007)
The 15-year-old son of two doctors performed a filmed Caesarean section birth under his parents' watch in southern India in an apparent bid to gain a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records as the youngest surgeon.
- Importance Of Risk Capital (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 21, 2007)
Instead of subjecting current shareholders to `high-risk, high-return' strategies, corporates should be allowed to look for investors with the appetite for such risks...
- China Dreams Olympian (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 21, 2007)
The whole world, it seems, views China as the next great global power. A trip to Beijing does little to dispel that impression. Out of the welter of dust, noise, welders’ sparks, flotillas of cement mixers and construction cranes, the setting for . . . .
- To Save The Tiger, Revamp The System (Hindu, Shekar Dattatri, Jun 20, 2007)
Set up by the British Raj to exploit vast timber resources, India’s Forest Service needs to reinvent itself if the tiger is to be saved.
- The New Gods On The Horizon? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 20, 2007)
Don’t be fooled by Craig Venter’s looks. He may lack the flowing locks and beard that comes with the image of God painted on the Sistine Chapel ceiling.
- Pratibha Who? (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 19, 2007)
I did not read the headlines carefully enough. What registered in my mind was that some Patil was chosen as presidential candidate by the Congress and supported by the Bahujan Samaj Party, and that their combined numbers would ensure her election.
- Patents For Profits (Deccan Herald, GOPAL DABADE, Jun 18, 2007)
A case filed by a big drug company has attracted global attention. “Doctors Without Borders” – winner of the Nobel Prize for best medical relief in 1999, has requested people all over the world to write to the company to drop the case.
- U.S. Needs To Make Changes In Deal: Scientists (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2007)
"Tough conditions in Hyde Act and intent of the July 18, 2005 statement are at complete divergence"
"Hyde Act supercedes any bilateral agreement"
"U.S. goes about changing its mind with impunity"
- 'Us Needs To Make Changes In N-Deal' (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2007)
Senior nuclear scientists say unless the US makes substantial changes in its civil nuclear deal with India, back and forth negotiations on the bilateral 123 agreement to implement the deal are meaningless.
- For The Right Mix (Telegraph, CYRIL ARIJIT GHOSH, Jun 18, 2007)
George W. Bush desperately wants to push immigration bill, S.1348. On June 7, the Senate majority leader, Harry Reid, pulled the measure from the Senate in the face of opposition from Republicans who see the bill as an amnesty programme to legalize . . .
- The Growing India-Brazil Axis (Asia Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2007)
While their shared ambitions of getting permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council brought India and Brazil together, their common aspirations of becoming global powerhouses has contributed to the two countries joining hands to energize . . .
- India: The Price Of Choice (Dawn, GWYNNE DYER, Jun 15, 2007)
CHOICES usually involve a price, but people persist in believing that they can avoid paying it. That's what the Indian government thought when it joined the American alliance system in Asia in 2005, but now the price is clear:
- No To N-Deal (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 14, 2007)
The lead article in this week’s Organiser by M.D. Nalapat slams the United States for going back on its promise of an equitable nuclear deal with India and offering a “killer agreement” instead.
- Reliance Life Sciences Looking Out For Acquisitions (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2007)
With growth on the agenda, Reliance Life Sciences (RLS) and its fledgling subsidiary Reliance Pharmaceuticals Ltd (RPL) are looking at options, including roping in a strategic partner or an outright acquisition.
- G-5: The Davids Took On The Goliaths (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Jun 14, 2007)
The industrial giants in the west are unhappy over the threats to their monopoly.
Notwithstanding their differences on political and strategic issues, five emerging developing countries – China, India, Brazil, South Africa and Mexico – . . .
- Social Networking Sites Are A Waste Of Time (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 14, 2007)
THE YOUNG are doing it, so it must be worth doing — join Facebook! You put your little face in, or not if you can't work out how to do it.
- Calling The Bmd Bluff (Dawn, GWYNNE DYER, Jun 11, 2007)
VILADIMIR PUTIN is definitely a player, and the proposal that the Russian president sprang on George W. Bush at the G-8 meeting in Germany on Thursday was a classic political ambush.
- Asian Trauma (Frontline, WALDEN BELLO, Jun 11, 2007)
If the Doha Round of negotiations of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) is stalemated, a great part of it is because of the resistance of small farmers, including those in Asia.
- Quest For Excellence (Frontline, Purnima S. Tripathi, Jun 11, 2007)
The year-long exercise of preparing for the Civil Services examination begins.
- Bush-Manmohan Meeting `Positive' (Hindu, K. Venugopal , Jun 09, 2007)
I think the nuclear deal is do-able, we hope to do that soon: Menon
- J8 Kavitha's Agenda For G8 Summiteers (Hindu, Priscilla Jebaraj, Jun 09, 2007)
``When it comes to climate change, we are not doing enough now''
Standby all promises and pledges, urge juniors
Commit to smaller, but attainable goals that do make an impact
- Fragile State, Timid Police (Pioneer, KPS Gill, Jun 09, 2007)
The scale of institutional collapse and the fragility of the state in India have once again been demonstrated during the rogue agitation by the Gujjars in Rajasthan - with the fire spreading rapidly to parts of Haryana and Delhi.
- Changing Weather (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 09, 2007)
The G-8 agreeing to consider cuts in greenhouse gas emissions is a starting point in the battle to arrest climate change.
- First Solar-Powered Cellphone Developed (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2007)
Hi-Tech Wealth, the solar phone's makers, says a scale-like solar panel on the top side of the clamshell-designed phone can also be recharged by light from other sources including candles.
- 134 Yoga ‘Devices’ Get Us Patents (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Jun 08, 2007)
Neem, turmeric, basmati rice and now yoga. The United States is rapidly issuing patents on yoga, currently a $3 billion industry in that country, but in the face of a barrage of protests in India, and particularly from the ministries of health and . . . .
- Political Conversion In Mumbai (Frontline, LYLA BAVADAM, Jun 08, 2007)
The mass conversion rally to mark the 50th anniversary of Ambedkar's embracing of Buddhism assumes political overtones.
- India Not Ready To Cut Emissions Of Greenhouse Gases (Dawn, Praful Bidwai, Jun 08, 2007)
India is likely to cut a sorry figure on climate change issues during and after the G8 summit at Heiligendamm in Germany. As the world’s fifth largest emitter of greenhouse gases (GHG) and one of its fastest growing economies, India will come under . . .
- Focus On Greenhouse Gases At G8 (Hindu, K. Venugopal , Jun 07, 2007)
Differentiated responsibility must not be lost sight of: Manmohan
- Waking Up Too Late (Frontier Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2007)
Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has statedly accused New Delhi of using the peace dialogue with Pakistan only to buy time to crush freedom fighters in the Indian-occupied Kashmir.
- Leveraging Climate Change Concerns (Hindu, Sudha Mahalingam, Jun 05, 2007)
The time has come for developing countries to lobby for access to clean energy technologies available with the developed world.
- 'I Didn't Do It For Income' (OutLook, Smita Gupta, Jun 05, 2007)
The advisor on infrastructure in the Planning Commission on accusations of securing a personal copyright on what's described as a government document...
- Man Nabbed For Offering To Help 'Fix' Mulayam Trial (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2007)
Delhi Police on Monday nabbed from Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh's residence a man who allegedly offered help in settling a court case against party president and former Uttar Pradesh CM Mulayam Singh Yadav.
- An Important Win For Domestic Pharma Industry (Hindu, Sarah Hiddleston, Jun 04, 2007)
``Committee concludes that there is no need to change laws that govern drug registration''
Need for transparent legal mechanisms
Additions should be made to the Drugs and Cosmetics Act
- The Six-Day War Revisited (Dawn, GWYNNE DYER, Jun 04, 2007)
On the 5th of June, 1967, Israel launched a pre-emptive war against Egypt, Syria and Jordan.
- A Wto Perspective Of Indian Economy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2007)
`The decline in the share of agriculture and allied activities in country's GDP is a cause for concern'
- Forget The G8, It's Time For A Brics Summit (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Jun 04, 2007)
Instead of waiting like supplicants outside the portals of the G8, Brazil, India, China, and South Africa should realise a summit of their own would transform the world order more effectively than membership in a club of last century's powers.
- What Ails Our Steel Body (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2007)
The problem with Indian bureaucracy is systemic. We have kept a number of features of the elitist, control-oriented civil service of the colonial era, writes Har Swarup Singh.
- Artfully Choreographing The G-8 (Business Line, Mohan Murti, Jun 04, 2007)
On the issue of climate change, it appears to me that Germany and the US are moving farther away, rather than closer to each other.
- India To Challenge Us Yoga Patents (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2007)
India is scrutinising yoga-related patents and trademarks being granted by the United States in a bid to have them invalidated, an official said Thursday.
- Putting People's Health Before Company Profits (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Jun 01, 2007)
Brazil's AIDS control programme will save $30 million every year by breaking Merck's patent on Efavirenz.
- Maya Trap (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 01, 2007)
The dramatic manner in which Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati got her party MP Uma Kant Yadav arrested right at her house when he came to see her in Lucknow on Wednesday deserves to be appreciated.
- Yoga Dollarised (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 01, 2007)
Asked what he thought about western civilisation, Mahatma Gandhi is reported to have said, “It is a good idea”.
- American Attempt To Patent Yoga Puts Indians In A Twist (Times Online (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2007)
For millions around the world yoga is a source of relaxation and spiritual sustenance. Not so for the Indian Government, which has worked itself into a furious twist over efforts by American entrepreneurs – including an Indian-born celebrity . . . .
- India To Protest Grant Of Yoga Patents By Us (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2007)
The Indian government has decided to lodge its protest against yoga-related patents issued by the US Patents & Trademarks Office.
- Basmati: Grains Of Confusion (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , May 30, 2007)
Remaining rooted to the current definition of basmati rice risks ending any programme for improvement in the quality of the fine cereal. India's exporters want the Super variety notified as basmati, as Pakistan has done, with APEDA and the All . . .
- Price Controls Are The Wrong Prescription (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 28, 2007)
The government’s efforts to provide cheaper healthcare are obsessively focused on curbing cost of drugs through price controls.
- 7 Dead In India Market Blast (Chicago Sun Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 28, 2007)
A bomb went off in a crowded market in the main city of India's restive northeast Saturday, killing seven people and injuring 20, at least eight of them critically, police said.
- Pfizer Cfo Exit May've India Angle (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 28, 2007)
The recent exit of the world’s largest drug-maker Pfizer Inc’s CFO Alan Levin may have an India angle if the allegations of a US-based blog quoting a former Pfizer India employee are to be believed.
- Market Exclusivity Beyond Patents For Drugs? (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 28, 2007)
Three governments from the emerging world namely Thailand, Brazil and Malaysia have, although in varying degrees, shown aggression in recent months in the seizure of pharmaceutical patents, causing their supporters in the world to expect a cascade . . . .
- The Effects Of The Aids Epidemic On Southern Africa's Children (World Socialist Web Site, Editorial. World Socialist Web Site, May 28, 2007)
A British television documentary and a report by the charity Christian Aid entitled No Excuses—Facing up to sub-Saharan Africa's AIDS orphans crisis bring out the terrible impact of this pandemic on the children of Southern Africa.
- ‘An Outsourcing Hub For Generics’ (The Economic Times, RAJESH UNNIKRISHNAN, May 26, 2007)
Chennai-based Shasun Chemicals and Drugs is the biggest bulk and intermediaries manufacturer of Ibuprofen (anti inflammatory drug).
- Indians Now Face A Green Card Gridlock (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 25, 2007)
The fate of tens of thousands of high-skilled Indian professionals waiting to be permanent US residents is being sidelined in an immigration debate that is heavily tilted in favor of illegal workers, according to advocates of high-tech immigration . . . .
- Intellectual Property Hell (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 25, 2007)
We can use [Victor] Hugo as an example to illustrate the difference between [copyrights and software patents]. A novel and a modern complex programme have certain points in common: each is large and implements many ideas.
- Communal Quotas (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 24, 2007)
The UPA Government has a perverse, almost morbid, fetish for caste and community based reservations.
- Extreme Genealogy (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 24, 2007)
On January 10, 1969, Life magazine published striking colour photos of the earth taken from the Apollo 8 spacecraft as it was orbiting the moon.
- Sikh Schisms (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 23, 2007)
Even though the head of the Dera Sacha Sauda sect, who is at the centre of a violent controversy for reportedly dressing up as Guru Gobind Singh at a public function, has already said he didn't mean any disrespect to Sikhs, passions haven't cooled . . .
- India's Sun Pharma To Buy Taro (Jerusalem Post, Correspondent or Reporter, May 23, 2007)
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., India's biggest drugmaker, agreed to buy Haifa-based Taro Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. for $230 million in cash and an additional $224m. to refinance Taro's debt.
- Reliance Setting Up Pharma Unit At Jamnagar Sez (Business Line, P.T. Jyothi Datta, May 23, 2007)
Sees opportunities in generic space
Generic moves
Construction work on the new plant is expected to start later this year.
Globally, over $65-billion worth of medicines are estimated to go off patents by 2010.
- Patent Exploitation (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 22, 2007)
As has happened in the past with several plant products like turmeric and neem used in traditional Indian medicines, yet another application has been filed in the US for patenting a form of indigenous knowledge from India.
- Ethics And Business (Business Line, K. Gopalan, May 22, 2007)
What could have been the origin of ideals such as `morality' and `ethics' in the tortuous course of the evolution of mankind? When would have man started thinking in terms of what was right and wrong?
- Wiring Up Small Grids For Mega Power (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, May 22, 2007)
If electricity retailing is opened to private enterprise, it will gradually create space for many suppliers who in turn will compete to provide better products and services.
- Doctors Drugs And The Poor (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 21, 2007)
The history of HIV drugs has not been pretty. First, for almost a decade, we in the West ignored the possibility that anti-retroviral drugs could be used in the developing world.
- A Great Idea Lives Forever, Why Not Its Copyright? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 21, 2007)
The American constitution states unambiguously that the US congress shall have the power to promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings . . . .
- Sensitivity To Common Man's Issues Showcased (Hindu, Meera Srinivasan, May 19, 2007)
Students present projects at Intel Fair
Over 1,500 finalists, 50 countries take part
Prizes include scholarships, tuition grants, internships worth over $3million
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