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Articles 921 through 1020 of 12047:
- Revamped Pds (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Sep 26, 2006)
Food is a potent weapon to be used nationally and internationally to win friends and influence voting patterns.
- Peace First (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Sep 26, 2006)
Who will disagree with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh when he sees immense potential for development in every field in Jammu and Kashmir?
- Coups Rumours, Bomb Threats (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 26, 2006)
As some may have predicted, President Pervez Musharraf's visit to the US -- billed as the longest of his career -- has had its share of colourful incidents.
- More Stress On Positives (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Sep 26, 2006)
I have written this article and the few that will follow in response to a request from a senior official of a development agency based in Washington.
- General Admits: Pak Army Fought Kargil, Aq Khan Helped Iran (Indian Express, Pranab Dhal Samanta, Sep 26, 2006)
There may still be differences over the extent to which Pakistani regulars were involved in the Kargil conflict but for the first time in seven years Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has admitted — in an effusive tone — that the Pakistan Army . . .
- Let’S Talk ‘Economics Plus’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 26, 2006)
Twenty years ago, we watched from university as the Labour party conference enjoyed the difficulties of Mrs Thatcher’s second term, and deluded itself about its own route to power. Our party was obsessed with the icons and betrayals of the . . .
- Call Them By Any Name, They Are Bonded Labourers (Tribune, Ruchika M. Khanna, Sep 25, 2006)
For the past 22 years, Amarjit Singh, who is the manager of a 55-acre farm in Mansa Khurd village here, has been working from dawn to dusk for a measly daily wage of Rs 52.05.
- Elected Women Want 50 Pc Quota In Governance (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
The two-day “Open forum interface of elected panchayati raj functionaries” sought 50 per cent reservation for women in all three tiers of self-governance as part of the Uttaranchal Doon Declaration-2006 on the concluding day here today.
- An Incomplete Account Of A "Most Embarrassing Moment" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
General Musharraf's memoirs assert Dr. A.Q. Khan was "self-centred," "abrasive," and greedy; that his proliferation was a "one-man act."
- India Is Online But Most Indians Are Not (Hindu, C.P. CHANDRASEKHAR, Sep 25, 2006)
The diffusion of Internet technology in India can take one of two routes, one elite-oriented, the other democratic. The Government seems to want to promote the second but the minimum requirement for this is credible information.
- Dispossessing Farmers (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 25, 2006)
In the absence of a fair and transparent policy on land acquisition and payment of just compensation to the farmers, state governments’ plans to forcibly take over land for special economic zones (SEZs) have met with stiff opposition.
- Heart Of Terror (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Sep 25, 2006)
The Afghan President Hamid Karzai, in his address to the UN General Assembly on September 20, made it abundantly clear that US and NATO troops in Afghanistan would not be able to end attacks by Taliban militants unless steps were also taken to . . .
- A Distant Dream In Education (Deccan Herald, P Krishnamoorthy , Sep 25, 2006)
It is indeed a long wait, since Independence, for India’s disadvantaged and marginalised children, numbering about 12 crore approximately, who have not been longing for the moon, but for mere basic education. No other subject has been linked . . . .
- An Unsung Death (Tribune, Baljit Malik, Sep 25, 2006)
Independence morning came with death for this labouring adivasi (Jharkhandee) family.
- Those Terrible Twins (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Sep 25, 2006)
“I am afraid that with Jaroslaw Kaczynski as prime minister, Poland will become more extreme, more anti-European and a more xenophobic country”, warned Bronislaw Komorowski, a member of the opposition Civic Platform party, when the . . .
- Washington Summit And Its Outcome (News International, Nasim Zehra, Sep 25, 2006)
Other elements of the relationship notwithstanding, for now the key defining factor of the Pakistan-US relationship is the tackling of the “terrorist threat,” which was yet again underscored at the Musharraf-Bush Washington summit.
- Blair Is Further Humiliated (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
Tens of thousands of protesters marched in a Labour rally against Prime Minister Tony Blair in Manchester on Saturday. Activists chanting slogans against Blair and Iraq occupation marched through the city to vent their anger over the British . . .
- Scientists Turn Dead Embryo Cells Into Living Tissue (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
Scientists working at a British laboratory have achieved one of the most controversial breakthroughs ever made in the field of stem cell science by taking cells from dead embryos and turning them into living tissue.
- Call For Blair's Resignation (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Sep 25, 2006)
A mood of doom and gloom greeted the Labour Party delegates as they assembled in Manchester on Sunday at the start of their five-day annual conference billed as a "make-or-break'' event for the party which, for the first time since it came into . . .
- Indian Music Degree In Uk Soon (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 25, 2006)
Students in the UK will now be able to graduate in Indian music as for the first time a course in the subject will be introduced here soon. A four-year degree course in Indian Music will be launched in UK’s Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan in collaboration . . .
- The Expanding Turf Of Scams (Pioneer, Joginder Singh, Sep 25, 2006)
Recently, a duo posed as a Minister of State for Home and his private secretary and allegedly spoke to a gangster in a jail in Uttar Pradesh.
- Sting Jobs, Employee Surveillance And A New Work Environment (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Sep 25, 2006)
It is straight out of a Tom Clancy or Fredrick Forsyth novel.
- Lost Opportunity (Deccan Herald, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Sep 25, 2006)
It is not just fundamental Muslims who have used force for conversion but several followers of Christianity.
- Pm Defends Revival Of Dialogue With Pakistan (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday adopted a cautious stand while dealing with the issue of the proposed Indo-Pak joint mechanism against terrorism even as he defended the decision to revive the dialogue process between the two countries.
- Fund-Bank Meet: Asia's Growth Is Sustainable (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Sep 25, 2006)
The high point of the recent annual Fund-Bank meet in Singapore was the endorsement by the World Economic Outlook that Asia's growth is sustainable and its recognition that a strong policy framework has been key in enabling the Asian success story.
- Agra: Thousands Of Dead Fish, Reptiles Discovered (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
After thousands of dead sea horses, snakes, turtles, scorpions and alligator babies spilled out of formaline-filled containers at a godown in Agra, authorities have offered a Rs.10,000 reward for information on a man believed to be running . . .
- Quest For Truth In Its Entirety (Pioneer, Acharya Mahaprajna, Sep 25, 2006)
Mahavir gave the idea of anekanta and said, one who is sincere and straight can attain the truth by following the path of penance
- Fresh Print (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
Cartoon, primarily is a media tool functioning in the realm of social science and politics. The social reality of the Westerner is simpler and straight forward in comparison to ours. Even a doctor in Houston will not have to encounter the . . .
- Pm Warns Of Terror Strikes, Asks Cms To Tone Up Intelligence (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
A grim warning about "further intensification" of terrorist attacks involving greater use of fidayeen elements to target religious, economic and other "sensitive objects" was the centrepoint of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's address to the . . .
- Northern Lights (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
I guess you always ignore what is in your backyard and search for the distant mountains.
- Nato Seeks To Widen Strategic Contacts (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
Formed to contain the might of the erstwhile Soviet Union-led communist alliance, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) is now focussing its efforts to fight terrorism and was seeking to widen its "strategic contacts", including that with India.
- Trs Quits Upa; Bitter Kcr Throws Gauntlet To Congress (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
Accusing the United Progressive Alliance (UPA)Government at the Centre of betraying the people of Telangana, Telangana Rastra Samithi (TRS) on Saturday parted ways with it by withdrawing support.
- Second Thoughts (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Sep 24, 2006)
By declaring war on “worshippers of the Cross”, al Qaida militants remind us that Osama bin Laden could be an incarnation, albeit on the other side of the fence, of the 15th-century Spanish Dominican, Tomás de Torquemada, known as . . .
- The Beckoning Monoliths (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
The granite formations near Ramanagaram on the Bangalore-Mysore highway have something for everyone.
- What Lies Beneath (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 24, 2006)
Those looking for a sentimental tale on the lives of the new shift-worker brigade will be disappointed.
- Ready To Convert? (Indian Express, ILA PATNAIK, Sep 24, 2006)
India and China account for barely 2 per cent and 5 per cent of world GDP respectively, in current dollar terms. At current growth rates it will take half a century for them to find place amongst the world’s largest economies.
- Proof Of A Q Khan Network Left Musharraf Embarrassed (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf has revealed that his “most embarrassing moment” was when a US official placed in front of him concrete evidence of Pakistan’s top scientist A Q Khan leaking nuclear secrets to Iran and North Korea.
- Anti-Blair Protest In Manchester On Eve Of Labour Party Meet (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Sep 24, 2006)
Blair's policies leading the country to disaster: Galloway
- Musharraf For Direct Talks With Singh (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf has called for a direct dialogue with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to settle Kashmir and other bilateral issues.
- Drifting And Drowning (News International, Masood Hasan, Sep 24, 2006)
It's not only Murree that is collapsing. So is whatever little else that was of any value at one time. Now, like a childhood story, it is just a distant, hazy memory. Somewhere on the long and difficult highway of life, we as a people have gone off . . .
- Threatens To Unleash Inspector Raj (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 24, 2006)
The commerce ministry’s knee-jerk response to the criticisms of the SEZ policy threatens to unleash inspector raj and the attendant corruption on these so-called internationally competitive and hassle-free islands for exports.
- 'There Is A True Global Talent Market' (The Economic Times, VIVEK SINHA, Sep 24, 2006)
Indian labour market has never been this red hot. There is a massive churn in the organised market for skilled people, a reflection of the level of economic activity in the country. Global salary surveys and cross-country outlook for recruitment . . .
- Press Freedom Under Threat (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 24, 2006)
Attacks on the press and media seem to have increased in recent months and this is a most disturbing and troubling development. The first incident that comes to mind -- and probably the most tragic -- is the death of FATA-based journalist . . .
- Musharraf Unveils Strategy To Curb Extremism (News International, Muhammad Saleh Zaafir, Sep 24, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf has announced a six-point strategy to curb extremism and said extremism paves the way for terrorism.
- Military Rule: Then And Now (Dawn, Zafar Iqbal, Sep 24, 2006)
There is a great deal of clamour that General Musharraf should remove his uniform.
- Where The Heart Rules The Head (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 23, 2006)
Sridhar K Chari visits the Indira Gandhi Hospital at Shimla and finds that lack of integrated planning and lop-sided development mar a place that can otherwise boast of good doctors and advanced equipment
- Special Article (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 23, 2006)
Representation Of The Marginalised
- Bush "Taken Aback" By Purported Us Threat To Bomb Pak (Press Trust of India, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Sep 23, 2006)
A day after the spat over Pakistan's role in tracking Osama bin Laden, US President George W Bush was all praise for President Pervez Musharraf's role in the hunt for the fugitive al-Qaeda leader, with the latter responding that the relationship . . .
- China Envoy Slams India For 'Bias' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
It may be the China-India friendship year, but the Chinese strains are showing. Weeks before Chinese President Hu Jintao arrives in India on the year's most watched visit, Chinese ambassador Sun Yuxi lashed out against the "unequal" treatment to . . .
- Pakistan’S Dilemma (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Sep 23, 2006)
Despite knowing that Al Queda and Taliban are dangerous, Pakistan cannot wage a war against them.
- Economy Is Vital (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 23, 2006)
If Israel pursues the path of confrontation, the price paid by the Palestinian economy can only mount.
- Tougher Than They Thought (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 23, 2006)
According to an apocryphal account, a Taliban preacher told his Friday congregation soon after the American invasion of Afghanistan:
- Celebrate India (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 23, 2006)
It has been said that Indians'propensity to celebrate festivals is a drag on the economy. Not only does each of India's many religions contribute its share of holidays, but cities are virtually shut down during events like Ganesh Chaturthi in . . .
- Age, Money And Record Will Matter (Hindustan Times, SATYA PRAKASH, Sep 23, 2006)
Elections in colleges and universities will not be the same any more. On Friday, the Supreme Court accepted the report of the JM Lyngdoh Committee on elections to students’ unions.
- 'There Is A True Global Talent Market' (The Economic Times, VIVEK SINHA, Sep 23, 2006)
Indian labour market has never been this red hot. There is a massive churn in the organised market for skilled people, a reflection of the level of economic activity in the country.
- Today's Hit Is Tomorrow's Niche (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 23, 2006)
Hits are not quite the economic force they once were, declares Chris Anderson, in The Long Tail, explaining why the sales that go with Number Ones are not what they used to be.
- Ready To Convert? (Indian Express, ILA PATNAIK, Sep 23, 2006)
India and China account for barely 2 per cent and 5 per cent of world GDP respectively, in current dollar terms. At current growth rates it will take half a century for them to find place amongst the world’s largest economies.
- We’Ll Hunt Taliban, Qaeda: Musharraf To Bush (Daily Times, Rana Qaisar, Sep 23, 2006)
US president says Musharraf committed to fighting terrorism
Musharraf committed to holding free and fair polls in 2007
US and Pakistan want long-term broad-based strategic relationship
US willing to help resolve Kashmir
- `No Need For Curbs On Labour Rights To Attract Fdi' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
Absolute curtailment of labour rights is not necessary to attract more investments from foreigners and corporate bodies, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, West Bengal Chief Minister, said.
- Grist For The 'Degree Mills' (News International, Praful Bidwai, Sep 23, 2006)
The writer, a former newspaper editor, is a researcher and peace and human-rights activist based in Delhi
- Threatens To Unleash Inspector Raj (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 23, 2006)
The commerce ministry’s knee-jerk response to the criticisms of the SEZ policy threatens to unleash inspector raj and the attendant corruption on these so-called internationally competitive and hassle-free islands for exports.
- Indian Market Is Gathering Pace (Business Line, N. Ramakrishnan , Sep 22, 2006)
To increase localisation in the City and the Civic, we need to get involved with Indian suppliers.
- Saving Delhi (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 22, 2006)
The violence that occurred during Wednesday's bandh called by traders in Delhi, resulting in the death of three persons, including a child and a teenager, could have been avoided if authority had been more alert to the simmering anger over . . .
- Miracles Of Music (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan, who intrinsically changed the way the violin sounded in Carnatic music, recalls how he was asked to invoke the rain gods
- Labouring The Wrong End (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 22, 2006)
Make training integral to labour reform
- Special Article (Statesman, DIPAK BASU, Sep 22, 2006)
As the reservation system India is based on caste, the government has not been able to improve the lot of the backward or the poor as they may not belong to the castes or tribes entitled to receive aid from the state.
- China Wants Abe To Atone For The Past (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
China today hoped that Japanese Prime Minister-designate Mr Shinzo Abe will help improve bilateral ties by demonstrating through actions Tokyo’s contrition for its militaristic past.
- Towards Efficiency In Doing Good (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 22, 2006)
If giving is seen not as charity but more as allocation of resources, the question of efficacy and measuring the results is critical.
- Us Nuclear Help To India Bothering Pakistan: Pm (Daily Times, Shahzad Raza, Sep 22, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Thursday that India could produce more fissile material for nuclear warheads through its civilian nuclear cooperation deal with the United States.
- Major-Gen Gets 3 Yrs In Liquor Scam (Tribune, Vijay Mohan, Sep 22, 2006)
About a week after it commenced, a general court martial ordered by the Army against Major-Gen Gur Iqbal Singh for alleged siphoning off canteen liquor has held the officer guilty for his alleged crime.
- Game Of Musical Chairs (Daily Excelsior, Arun Nehru, Sep 22, 2006)
The game of political 'musical' chairs continues in Jharkhand as the NDA and Arjun Munda is thrown out and Madhu Kode a independent MLA becomes the Chief Minister as the game of 'numbers' in a coalition structure pushes the state from one disaster to . .
- Help Them (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Sep 22, 2006)
Of late there have been a spate of reports of nomadic Gujjars and Bakarwals moving down the high mountains along with their cattle. These reveal an exciting aspect of social and economic life of the State.
- Riding Into The Dark With The Cowboys (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 22, 2006)
Douglas Giles] used to teach a class on world religions at Roosevelt University, Chicago….Last year, Giles was ordered by his head of department…not to allow students to ask questions about Palestine and Israel….Students, being what they are, . . .
- Us Troops Can Enter Pak, Says Bush (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Sep 22, 2006)
President George W. Bush said on Wednesday that he would order US troops into Pakistan to hunt Osama bin Laden if he had actionable intelligence that the Al-Qaida leader was hiding there.
- Basic Human Values (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 22, 2006)
In this age of relentless pursuit of material success, human values are the commonest casualty.
- Political Promiscuity (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Sep 22, 2006)
On Monday the Madhu Koda ministry of Jharkhand — the third in less than two years, and the fifth in the six years since the state’s formation — was sworn in.
- Keshubhai's Wife Electrocuted (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
Short-circuiting suspected, forensic experts collect samples
- Should Our Cities Be Private Or Public Spaces? (Hindu, A. Srivathsan, Sep 21, 2006)
From Hong Kong to London, new towns have failed to contain the overcrowding of the parent city. And if private enclaves proliferate, we could end up with the dilution of the public nature of the city.
- Major Metros Need Special Security: Patil (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2006)
The Centre has asked the State Governments to prepare "very forward-looking futuristic plans for providing security to mega cities" to be financed jointly by the States and the Centre.
- Is It Too Much To Hope? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Sep 21, 2006)
Will Pakistan be sincere enough in setting up an anti-terrorism institutional mechanism along with India? More importantly, will it allow such a joint apparatus to work efficiently and smoothly?
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