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Articles 421 through 520 of 500:
- Cpi Cautiously Greets Cong's 'Change Of Heart' On N-Deal (Pioneer, Santanu Banerjee, Oct 15, 2007)
The CPI central secretariat meeting held on Sunday to discuss the present political scenario in the backdrop of the Congress' relenting on the nuclear deal issue, decided to wait and watch how this sudden change of heart shapes up in the coming days.
- 50 Muslim Migrant Families At Talwara Camp Face Starvation (Tribune, Dinesh Manhotra, Oct 15, 2007)
Over 50 registered Muslim migrant families living in the Talwara camp, are sans work, thanks to the apathy of the authorities.
- Bjp’S Glass House (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 15, 2007)
L K Advani's critique of the Congress would have had more substance had his own party not been equally vulnerable to similar charges.
- 'It's Possible For Us To Have Military History Written Without Carrying Sensitive Material' (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 15, 2007)
Let me tell you the story of two young officers commissioned in the army of two neighbouring countries in 1964. They both should have retired.
- Hunger: India Lags Behind Pak (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
India still has a long way to go in eradicating hunger where it is ranked at 94th position well behind neighbouring China and Pakistan, a global report says.
- Ap Blasts: Bsf Let Isi Strikers In (Deccan Herald, Bala Chauhan, Oct 15, 2007)
In March 2007, five ISI agents sneaked into India through the Bangladesh border, allegedly with the help of the BSF.
- Can Of Worms (Asian Age, Editorial, The Asian Age, Oct 15, 2007)
It is almost inevitable that modern sport with its high stakes would be vulnerable to extraneous subversive influences.
- Australian Pm Sets Elections On Nov 24 (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
Howard (68) in power for 11 years but lagging well behind youthful Labour leader Kevin Rudd in opinion surveys, said that only he was able to lead Australia into the future and continue the country's current resource-driven economic boom.
- Threat For Traditions (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
The government of Sakha Republic, better known as Yakutia, backs the pipeline and argues that the whole region will benefit economically because of it. But the area's indigenous Evenk people are complaining that their age-old way of life is in danger.
- Terror Strikes Ludhiana; Six Killed (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
Terror struck Ludhiana on Sunday night when at least six men were killed and 30 others injured in a blast in one of the three cinema halls in a multiplex located in a busy shopping area of this industrial town in Punjab.
- What Killed Kurtz's Wife? (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 15, 2007)
The wife of a biotechnologist-cum-artist dies one night. Investigations into the microbial agents found in his house show they are all innocuous.
- Latest Terror Is Bio-Terror (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
The centralisation of food production is a major reason for many of the outbreaks of food-borne illness across the nation, a senior official from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday.
- Loose Rhymes, Fluid Funk (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
Best known for their 2003 breakthrough album Elephunk and a few years later, Monkey Business, the Black Eyed Peas (BEP) has moved on a bit.
- A Persuasive Account (Pioneer, Bidyut Chakrabarty, Oct 15, 2007)
In the context of globalisation, Indian economy is becoming more and more 'open' and subject to supra-national economic influences.
- Burma Quagmire (Pioneer, Bibhu Prasad Routray, Oct 13, 2007)
When starting a car, the driver never has a view of what lies just an inch ahead of the front wheel. India's 'Look East' policy is something like that -- we don't have a clear policy on Burma, but we have plans all the way up to glitzy Singapore.
- Lord Of The Drinks (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2007)
The Lord Bilimoria, of Chelsea, CBE, DL. “The commas are very important,” says Karan Bilimoria, handing out his visiting card from the House of Lords.
- Britain Is Built On Sugar: Our National Sweet Tooth Defines (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2007)
On Thursday night, an elderly American professor stood in front of a large audience at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London and told them about how the capsicum had reached China from its original habitat in South America.
- The Importance Of Being Brics (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Oct 13, 2007)
We believe we should work closer with the BRIC countries as they are importantly placed in the world economy. Our mandate is to make sure we contribute to the better functioning of the world economy.
- Future Of Dates (Indian Express, Mini Kapoor, Oct 13, 2007)
Benazir rejects call to delay return,” reported Friday’s Dawn from London. Benazir Bhutto’s statement at a press conference, that she would stick by her schedule to land at Karachi on October 18, was in response to President Pervez Musharraf’s . . . .
- Nobel Peace Prize For Gore, U.N. Climate Agency (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2007)
Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change jointly won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize Friday for their efforts to spread awareness of man-made climate change and to lay the foundations for fighting it.
- We’Ll Have To Consider New Strategy To Tackle Terror (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2007)
For, terrorists have the advantage of surprise: Manmohan
“Let there be no mistake about our resolve to meet this challenge head on”
Peace process with Pakistan has not slowed down
- Left Hijacks Debate On Indo-Us Nuke Deal (Deccan Herald, N N SACHITANAND, Oct 13, 2007)
The American nuclear industry may gain a market if the deal goes through, though it will have stiff competition from France, Japan, Russia and others. But without the deal, our elaborate three-stage nuclear power plan will have to be aborted.
- Left Wants Congress Surrender In Writing (Pioneer, Santanu Banerjee, Oct 13, 2007)
The Left parties on Friday welcomed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi's retreat on nuke deal, but decided to wait for October 22 meeting of the Left-UPA panel before reaching any definite conclusion.
- In A First, Cbi May Join State In Ajmer Probe (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2007)
Probe into the Ajmer blast case may herald the beginning of joint investigation of terror cases by central and state agencies as the government is planning to have an arrangement where the CBI could help Rajasthan police in the probe, provided the . . . .
- The Global Challenge Of Cyberwar (Tribune, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 13, 2007)
Estonia claimed to be under attack last spring, but not by guns or bombs. This assault came in the form of data requests from more than a million computers.
- Disturbing Trends (Tribune, B.G. Verghese, Oct 13, 2007)
Several disparate events over the past couple of weeks must cause disquiet over what appears to be a gravely disturbing trend. The nation needs to get its priorities right.
- Conspiring Ngos (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 13, 2007)
BANGLADESH’S shrimp exports seem to be running into a deep conspiracy. It appears that some NGOs have launched a smear campaign against the sector by raising slogans against what they call labour rights violations in the industry.
- Eu Thinks Of A Global Role (Dawn, Shadaba Islam, Oct 13, 2007)
EUROPEAN Union leaders head off to Lisbon next week for another bout of intense soul-searching over the future of their 27-nation bloc.
- No Early Elections, Deadline Is 2009: Sonia (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2007)
''We do not favour early election. Congress does not want confrontation with the Left, wants to understand their position on the nuclear deal. Confrontation is not coalition dharma," says Sonia Gandhi.
- Eat To Health (Hindu, NANDINI NAIR , Oct 13, 2007)
Tasty food that is healthy as well. That is the aspiration of every homemaker.
- Elections But New Themes (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 13, 2007)
The context in Gujarat in 2007 is certainly different from that of 2002 and Chief Minister Narendra Modi is doing his best to shift the emphasis from his earlier image as a Hindutva icon to one as an earnest economic reformer.
- Displaced To Be Made Stakeholders (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2007)
The Union Cabinet today gave its approval to the new rehabilitation policy that defines the role of states in the acquisition of plots for industrial activities and provides for land-for-land compensation and preference to displaced families for . . . .
- Jammu-Based Employees Blame Cong For Unfair Treatment (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2007)
Claims of the ruling coalition on equal treatment to all three regions of the state notwithstanding, government employees of Jammu region have charged the Congress-led government with giving them unfair treatment.
- Unseasonal Thoughts (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 12, 2007)
Run-of-the-mill Indian investors, mostly from middle-class households, have of late learnt to recognize the colour of money. They cannot quite believe their fortune.
- Hidden Reality (Frontline, C.T. KURIEN , Oct 12, 2007)
ECONOMICS is admittedly the most quantitative among the social sciences, and the ability to interpret numbers and draw inferences from them is a highly commended skill among its practitioners.
- Lolly A Day Wets Poll Lips (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2007)
Land and Lalu have scored in the season of lollipops, shovelling fresh fuel into the embers of early polls.
- The Distant Thunder (Pioneer, Kanchan Gupta, Oct 12, 2007)
In Ashani Sanket (Distant Thunder) Satyajit Ray brought alive, with great sensitivity, the misery inflicted by the Bengal famine of 1943.
- Anti-Modi Bjp Leaders Talking With Congress (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2007)
Continuing with their efforts to corner Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in the upcoming Assembly elections, BJP rebels led by former minister Gordhan Zadhaphia arrived in the capital on Thursday to resume talks with the Congress leadership on . . . .
- Saving Lives Is More Important Than Protecting Patents (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 12, 2007)
In January, the Thai government gave its domestic drug manufacturers carte blanche to effectively copy the formula for Abbot Laboratories’ AIDS drug, Kaletra, and reproduce it in Thailand at a fraction of the cost.
- Ensure Integrated Aircraft Development (Tribune, Vijay Mohan, Oct 12, 2007)
The long-awaited issue of the requests for proposal (RFP) for procurement of 126 multi-role combat aircraft (MRCA) for the Indian Air Force comes at a time when the country is engaged in two ambitious fighter aircraft programmes.
- Creating Viable Export Strategies (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 12, 2007)
The annual supplement to the foreign trade policy (FTP) (2004-09) has set new heights for India’s exports to ensure that merchandised export reaches a level of $160 billion by 2007-08 and $200 billion by 2008-09.
- Backward Still (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2007)
The 55th round survey (1999-2000) of the National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) has been in the news since 2005 when a few scholars and columnists thought they had made a “discovery”.
- Cabinet Approves (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2007)
The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved a new rehabilitation policy aiming at striking a 'balance' tween the need for land for developmental activities like setting up industrial projects or Special Economic Zones (SEZ) and protecting the interests . . .
- The Resistance In Iraq And Western Claims (Hindu, Seumas Milne, Oct 12, 2007)
In spite of the impact of the surge and U.S.-armed Sunni groups, resistance is bound to continue until the occupiers leave.
- Social Aspect Of Fasting (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 12, 2007)
President Pervez Musharraf’s advice to Ms Benazir Bhutto to delay her return to Pakistan serves to add to the political uncertainty prevailing in the country.
- Putting A Spin On Things (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2007)
Reggae, R&B and Hip Hop singer Akon on where he’s coming from and where he’s going.
- ‘A Successful Scheme’ (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2007)
IN an essay titled “Women Employment: An ideal system for textile industry”, K. Selvaraju, secretary-general of the Southern India Mills’ Association (SIMA), defends the “apprenticeship scheme” which is currently under attack from trade unions . . . .
- A Tale Of Woe (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2007)
CHELLAMMAL is a frail, old woman, shy otherwise, but anger surges through her as she speaks of Vijaykumar Mill in Palani. Her daughter was one of the 789 girls working there as apprentices under the “sumangali” scheme for Rs.15 as daily stipend.
- A Scheme For Exploitation (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2007)
“Earn Rs.40,000. Work as an apprentice for three years,” said the bold print in Tamil on the colour pamphlet.
- Eben Moglen On Free Software (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2007)
EBEN MOGLEN is Professor of Law and Legal History at the Columbia University Law School, founder director of the Software Freedom Law Centre, and general counsel for the Free Software Foundation, Boston.
- Government Disservice (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 12, 2007)
When the pay scales of government employees trail the cost of living, government in major economies simply mark it up. India has however set up six elaborate pay commissions to do that job.
- Where’S Tony? (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2007)
Where’s tony? The search for former British Prime Minister Tony Blair hasn’t been enshrined in a children’s book or computer game yet, but don’t rule it out.
- Political Folly And Correction (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2007)
Saying ‘mea culpa’ does not come easily to politicians. It took some courage for British Prime Minister Gordon Brown to admit in front of hundreds of television cameras that he took “final responsibility” for the political tamasha over . . . . .
- The Story Of India But Will India Buy It? (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Oct 12, 2007)
A new film on the subcontinent is being lapped up, especially by nostalgic Indian expatriates and earnest Indophiles.
- Themes Aesthetically Laid Out (Hindu, RUPA GOPAL, Oct 12, 2007)
Kalpakam Srinivasamurti’s displays emphasise the enduring beauty of our culture and heritage.
- Fidayeen Strike At Crpf Camp In J&k (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Oct 12, 2007)
A fidayeen attack in Srinagar left three police personnel injured on the eve of a 72-hour, unilateral ceasefire declared by the Pakistan-based United Jihad Council.
- Liberals At War In India (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Oct 12, 2007)
THE political scene in India is hotting up. The general election is still one-and-a-half years away.
- Path To Partion: (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, Oct 12, 2007)
IN the entire corpus of American writings on India, this book stands out in all its uniqueness.
- Karunanidhi Puts Proposal On Hold (Hindu, S. RAMESH, Oct 12, 2007)
Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi has put on hold a proposal to condone high hydrogen cyanide (HCN) content in sago.
- Us Lawmakers, Experts Urge Continued Backing Of Pak-India Dialogue (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2007)
The United States should continue to push Pakistan-India peace process as relations between the two neighbours are “fundamental to overall stability” in South Asia and also because Washington’s relationship with both countries are . . . ..
- Marxists’ Power Magnified In India’S Coalition Math (Daily Times, Somini Sengupta , Oct 12, 2007)
Though the Communists do not have the strength to rule India, they have the power to spoil the plans of those who do
- Delaying The Return (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 12, 2007)
PRESIDENT Pervez Musharraf’s advice to Ms Benazir Bhutto to delay her return to Pakistan serves to add to the political uncertainty prevailing in the country.
- Kinetic Theatre (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2007)
THIS is a slim but rich collection of interviews and essays on the drama group of the Students Federation of India.
- Failing The Foreign Policy Test (Frontline, Praful Bidwai, Oct 12, 2007)
IF the real test of the short-term success of a nation’s foreign policy lies in its neighbourhood, rather than in distant lands or remote or rarefied international fora, then India’s policy has been something of a failure in recent years . . . .
- Science In Trouble (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 11, 2007)
Those with a stake in Indian science are a worried lot. From professors to technologists to many a project manager in ISRO and DRDO labs, they are all confronted with the reality that Indian science is languishing for want of quality inputs. . .
- A World In Your Hands (Tribune, SHANKAR VEDANTAM, Oct 11, 2007)
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has honored two scientists whose discovery revolutionised digital data storage, awarding the 2007 Nobel Prize in physics for work that allows millions to sway to music on their iPods and to store a . . . .
- Uk To Milk Rich Non-Domiciles (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2007)
In one fell swoop, Britain has swept off their pedestals the world's richest Indian, Lakshmi Mittal, Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich and Egyptian grocer-to-the-great-and-good Mohammed al-Fayed in a hasty, if belated, move to crack down on wealthy non
- Say No To Child Labour Firmly' (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 11, 2007)
'Say no to child labour firmly'
- Insurance Is A Matter Of Trust (Business Line, S. Murlidharan , Oct 11, 2007)
There have been many anxious queries in various blogs as well as in the popular search engines as to the true meaning and import of the ubiquitous blurb (or is it a warning?) in insurance advertisements and Web sites: Insurance is the subject . . . .
- No Need For Ceasefire In J&k, Hints Antony (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2007)
Defence Minister AK Antony hinted in New Delhi on Wednesday that the Centre was unlikely to declare a ceasefire in Jammu & Kashmir as situation in the State was by and large peaceful.
- Washington Dissensus (Frontline, WALDEN BELLO, Oct 11, 2007)
The Washington Consensus has undergone a process of unravelling, and its former adherents have gone off in divergent directions.
- The Price Of Change (Dawn, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 11, 2007)
A CHANGE is as good as a holiday somebody once remarked, giving the idea a positive image.
- Time To Break The Silence (Dawn, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 11, 2007)
IT is time the silence was broken on the issue of child domestic labour in Pakistan. Attiqa, a 10-year-old, has been tortured viciously by her employer, a well-off contractor in Badami Bagh. Her eyelashes, eyebrows and hair were chopped off. . .
- Indian Bureaucracy Reluctant To Shed Old Ways (Dawn, Surojit Gupta, Oct 11, 2007)
When Ashok Kheny decided in 1995, after 15 years in the United States, to return to India and take up a $700 million project to build a road and new townships, he dreamed of creating something unique.
- India’S Communists Renew Threats Over Nuclear Deal (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2007)
In the new capitalist India, old-line communists are playing the spoiler, threatening to bring down the government over a nuclear energy deal with the US.
- Poor Indian Labourers Happily Scrap ‘Toxic’ Ship (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2007)
After over a year of protests by environmentalists, poor workers in west India have happily begun dismantling a controversial cruise liner, ignoring potentially serious risks to their health.
- To Poll Or Not To Poll (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 11, 2007)
The ongoing saga of intrigue and counter-intrigue by the Congress and the Left parties hidden behind the charade of elaborate discussions on the India-US civil nuclear cooperation agreement -- the next round of deliberations is now slated. . .
- Let The Policy Do A ‘Soft Landing’ (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 11, 2007)
“For the incumbent airlines, it is not reasonable to expect that overnight there will be a 180 degree switch from being a competition-sheltered organisation with protected routes, regulatory pricing, and lack of meaningful competition to being . . .
- On How To Set Up Business In Brazil (Business Line, D. Murali , Oct 11, 2007)
Brazilian companies, beyond paying dividends to their shareholders, may also pay interest on equity to them. And such interest is a deductible expense.
- Rising Tensions In West Asia (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Oct 11, 2007)
Israel’s aggression against Syria comes in the face of the Bush administration’s supplanting of Syria in place of Iraq in the “axis of evil”.
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