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Articles 1121 through 1220 of 12047:
- The Necessity Of Inequality (Daily Excelsior, Dr Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Sep 17, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh quoted Pandit Nehru in his Independence Day address to the nation to the effect that "the two challenges before a free India was to end the ancient scourge of poverty, ignorance and disease and end the inequality of . . .
- Ifc To Pick Up 19 Pc Stake In Tata Tea's New Company (Business Line, M. Ramesh , Sep 17, 2006)
The new company will have worker shareholders, holding about 15-20 per cent
- Govt Plans 30 Iiits To Tackle Manpower Crunch (Business Line, Priyanka Vyas , Sep 17, 2006)
Involves an expenditure of Rs 3,000 cr; in talks with industry
Facts and figures
India contributes a significant 28 per cent to the total talent pool of knowledge workers globally. It will be besieged by a severe skill shortage of 5,00,000 . . .
- Blame Game (News International, Ajmal Shams, Sep 17, 2006)
While the atmosphere still remains relatively tense as far as the relations between neighbouring Afghanistan and Pakistan are concerned, a window of opportunity remains open in terms of a number of commonalities that define geo-politics in the two . . .
- Books Build Character: Sheila (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 17, 2006)
12th edition of the Delhi Book Fair begins at Pragati Maidan
- Terror's Forgotten Victim (Pioneer, AJAI SAHNI, Sep 17, 2006)
Between 2001 and August 2006, India lost 23,753 people to terrorism. Tens of thousands of others were maimed and injured. Hundreds of thousands were bereaved. Millions of lives were disrupted. The direct and developmental costs of this terrorism . . .
- Concepts Of Justice (Dawn, Anwar Syed, Sep 17, 2006)
The likes of Robin Hood, who rob the rich and give to the poor, believe that their transactions are just.
- India Warns Against Use Of Illegal Immigrants For Terrorism (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 16, 2006)
Warning against illegal immigrants being used for cross-border terrorism and creating social tensions in the host country, India has asked the international community to take coordinated and concerted action against this scourge.
- Terror's Forgotten Victim (Pioneer, AJAI SAHNI, Sep 16, 2006)
Between 2001 and August 2006, India lost 23,753 people to terrorism. Tens of thousands of others were maimed and injured. Hundreds of thousands were bereaved. Millions of lives were disrupted. The direct and developmental costs of this terrorism would . .
- Simmering Nepal (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 16, 2006)
The much publicised ceasefire declared by Comrade Prachanda and his thugs in Nepal, which has been used by Comrade Sitaram Yechury and his unabashed admirers in the UPA Government to claim the mainstreaming of Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), is . . .
- Way Of Life, Study Of Death (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 16, 2006)
The Central government has, in what is the world’s biggest ever health survey, started mapping death patterns across India to understand major causes of death and how lifestyle affects mortality.
- Koda To Be Sworn In As Jharkhand Cm (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 16, 2006)
Jharkhand Governor Syed Sibtey Razi has invited UPA leader and Chief Minister- designate Madhu Koda to form the next government in Jharkhand.
- Recism In The Air (Frontline, Hasan Suroor, Sep 16, 2006)
Asian travellers are being searched for 'terror signs' in Britain's covert racial profiling.
- Take A Test First To Live In Australia (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 16, 2006)
Immigrants to Australia will now be required to pass an English language test and wait for four years instead of three to qualify for citizenship, according to a new government proposal for tougher immigration laws.
- Cbi Seeks Death Penalty For Memons (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 16, 2006)
Prosecution wants life term for Rubeena
- More Money, More Food: India Faces Diabetes Crisis (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Sep 16, 2006)
Expert says Indians are prone to diabetes because centuries of food shortages have led to genetic changes that encourage the storage of food as fat
- Why Are Investors So Complacent? (The Financial Express, V ANANTHA NAGESWARAN, Sep 16, 2006)
My last piece on September 2nd was on investor complacency. I expand on the theme here. In these two weeks, the Mumbai Sensex index has barely moved. With the summer months behind them, investors have to reassess the outlook for the last four months . . .
- On Mps' Salary Hike (Frontline, Era Sezhiyan, Sep 16, 2006)
It is high time that a high-level national commission was set up to consider the changes in the remuneration and facilities of MPs.
- Pakistan, China Vow To Expand Strategic Ties (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 16, 2006)
Pakistan and China on Friday vowed to further strengthen their strategic relationship and to expand it further in all areas including defence, security, energy and science and technology.
- '93 M'bai Blasts: Cbi Seeks Death Rap For Memons (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 16, 2006)
The CBI today sought the death penalty for Yakub Memon, brother of absconding prime accused Tiger Memon, who was found guilty in 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, even as the accused pleaded for leniency in punishment.
- India Moving Forward `On A Remarkably Stable Trajectory' (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 16, 2006)
Edward Luce's book In Spite of the Gods takes one on a quick ride across an India characterised as much by a `schizophrenic economy' and shrewd businessmen as by vedantic detachment and Gandhiji's legacy. D. MURALI recommends this meandering read.
- A New Triangle Of Trust (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 16, 2006)
A diplomatic success, the IBSA summit would be more useful if it leads to greater corporate interaction and technology-transfer deals.
- Why Yasukuni Hurts (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 16, 2006)
Many Japanese support a national shrine to mourn the dead, not just soldiers but all those killed in battles.
- Manmohan Singh To Visit Mongolia (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 16, 2006)
Bilateral ties have become stronger: Enkhbold
- Racial Tension On The Rise In Russia (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Sep 16, 2006)
A surging wave of hate crimes threatens to upset inter-racial peace and national stability. Locals fear loss of jobs. Migrants seldom integrate.
- Survey Says Brown Still Leads Race For Uk Pm (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 16, 2006)
British finance minister Gordon Brown remains the front-runner to succeed Prime Minister Tony Blair once he steps down, a poll published in the Sun newspaper on Friday showed.
- Nam Should Not Be Ambiguous On Terrorism: Manmohan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 16, 2006)
We must be united in eliminating the scourge, he says
- Nam Summit: Secretary-Level Talks May Be Revived (Times of India, Arindam Sen, Sep 16, 2006)
PM Manmohan Singh would be meeting Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf here on Saturday amid indications he might agree to revival of foreign secretary-level talks in exchange for a promise of a sincere attempt to clamp down on terror groups . . .
- Repeating Mandal Mantra (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 16, 2006)
As expected, the Bill for OBC quotas was finally introduced in the Lok Sabha on August 25. After going to the Standing Committee, it is expected to be passed in the winter session of Parliament later this year. It is likely to come into effect from . . .
- Nam More Relevant Than Ever Before (Hindu, Nagesh Kumar, Sep 15, 2006)
In a unipolar world, checks and balances can only be provided by a large grouping of countries like the Non-Aligned Movement. It can also help developing countries pursue an independent development strategy.
- Politics Of Cynicism (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 15, 2006)
The fall of the Arjun Munda Government in Jharkhand has been engineered by cynicism and deceit.
- Harmony: There’S One Way (Deccan Herald, Firoz Bakht Ahmed, Sep 15, 2006)
One could argue that it is a peculiar sense of siege that has played on the Muslim psyche forcing the community to become defensive – and insular.
- Blair Goes Ballistic At ‘Mad Anti-Americans’ Of Europe (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 15, 2006)
“The danger is if they decide to pull up the drawbridge and disengage. We need them involved,” Mr Blair said, spelling out his political vision in a pamphlet published by the Foreign Policy Centre think-tank.
- Reality Cheque (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 15, 2006)
Business is all revved up to invest; enable it
- Krishna Jayanthi Celebrated (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 15, 2006)
Colourful processions, organised by Balagokulam, marked Sri Krishna Jayanthi celebrations on Thursday. Hundreds of children dressed up as Krishna participated in the `Shobhayatra' taken out in the evening.
- Iran Open To New Conditions Over Standoff: Ahmadinejad (Indian Express, Reuters, Sep 15, 2006)
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday he was open to what he called new conditions to resolve Tehran’s standoff with the West over its nuclear programme and believed talks could end the dispute.
- The Man Who Invaded Lebanon (News International, Geoffrey Wheatcroft, Sep 15, 2006)
After Tony Blair's latest -- and perhaps final -- trip to the Levant, the TUC must have seemed almost a relief.
- A Smart Gang Of Three (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Sep 15, 2006)
Finally, the public sector banking industry seems to have found a way to blunt the political opposition to consolidation. The Mangalore-based Corporation Bank has informed the stock exchanges that the chiefs of three banks—namely the Oriental . . .
- Elaborate Rituals Mark Krishna Janmashtami At Udupi Math (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 15, 2006)
Sri Krishna Janmashtami was celebrated traditionally here on Thursday. The Sri Krishna Math was the centre of all religious activities connected with Krishna Janmashtami.
- What A Goal (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 15, 2006)
You could almost hear the collective sigh of approval from Kolkata’s Maidan and Goa’s village grounds: after years of back-passes, miskicks and professional fouls, Indian football is finally gearing up for a shot at goal.
- Special Article (Statesman, YP GUPTA, Sep 15, 2006)
In the recent past, there has been a wave of suicides by farmers in different parts of the country, prompting the Supreme Court to ask the Centre to review its farm policy.
- Satisfaction Over Stand Of Brazil, S. Africa (Hindu, N. Ravi, Sep 15, 2006)
IBSA summit to explore cooperation in peaceful uses of nuclear energy
- A Failure On The Farm? (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Sep 15, 2006)
The country has failed to produce enough to meet its food requirements.
- En`titling' The Farmers (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 15, 2006)
Conferring land titles on landless peasants could be the starting point of attempts at eradication of poverty at the grassroots level. Emphasis will have to be placed on the marginal land and a strong support structure would have to be provided . . .
- Dubai Governor, Vice-President ‘Enslaved’ 30,000 Kids (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 15, 2006)
A lawsuit was filed in a US district court alleging that the Governor of Dubai and his son enslaved some 30,000 children over the past three decades for use as camel jockeys, the US attorneys said here.
- Fdi Flipflops: Fatal Or Fatalistic? (The Financial Express, Rohit Pandit, Sep 15, 2006)
A major concern facing the Indian economy has been the near stagnant domestic savings rate. In 2002-03, for the first time, the gross domestic saving rate breached the 26% mark, touching a peak of 29.1% of GDP in 2004-05.
- Moving Up The Ranks, Koda Becomes Jharkhand Cm (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 15, 2006)
Patahatu village of Jharkhand is in the spotlight now and it does not take long to find out why. This village surrounded by the iron ore mines of Gua amid the green canopy of Saranda, Asia's largest sal forest, has got its 'Sanghi', Madhu Koda.
- Beating Resistance (Frontline, S. Viswanathan, Sep 15, 2006)
Tamil Nadu government has decided to take up the decade-old challenge from casteist forces of four panchayats in Madurai and Virudhunagar districts to the statutory empowerment of Dalits, with all the seriousness that it deserves.
- China, India To Bolster Growth In Asia: Imf (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 15, 2006)
Asia's emerging economies will grow faster than previously thought this year and next, driven by the booming expansion of China and India, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Thursday.
- Islamic Values And Human Rights (Dawn, Prof Mohammed Rafi, Sep 15, 2006)
The real worth of man lies in his deeds, and not his physical body. As human beings, all are equal although they may have different colour and religion and may belong to different culture, race and caste. (17:70). This is the basic principle of the . . .
- Roads To Global Market (Business Standard, R. Ravimohan, Sep 15, 2006)
Operating within throttling constraints is something that Indian companies have learnt well.
- Trade Pacts: Why It’S A Big Deal (Indian Express, ILA PATNAIK, Sep 15, 2006)
Does a trade agreement between India, Brazil and South Africa make economic sense?
- Can Science Bring China And India Closer? (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Sep 15, 2006)
For meaningful cooperation aimed at the realisation of both countries' scientific aspirations, a change in mindset will be necessary.
- Ford To Offer Buyouts To Over 75,000 Workers (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 15, 2006)
Ford Motor Co. will offer buyout packages of up to $140,000 to all of the more than 75,000 workers at its U.S. plants, the United Auto Workers union said on Thursday, a day before the automaker details a revised turnaround plan in response to . . .
- Do Bigha Brazil (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 15, 2006)
Brazil should mean much more to India than samba and football. With Brazil's land mass of 85 lakh sq km against India's 33 lakh sq km, and a population of 185 million as against India's over one billion, it is apparent that land is abundant in one . . .
- Road, Rail Projects Devour Thousands Of Trees (Tribune, S.P.Sharma, Sep 15, 2006)
The fragile green cover in Jammu and Kashmir has yet again become a victim of several road and rail construction projects as thousands of full grown trees are being cut on the name of development.
- Icai Is Not Averse To Opening Up Of The Accounting Sector' (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 14, 2006)
The Indian CA is second to none and we will help our members gear up to face competition not only in the domestic turf but also abroad
- Corporation Labourer’S Son, Was Trying To Go To Us For Studies (Indian Express, Divya Sama, Sep 14, 2006)
“Don’t be afraid, I will get much more than what you have spent on my studies. A job in the US as a software engineer isn’t far away. You don’t have to be insecure for our family’s future.” Rahul Kamble can almost hear . . .
- A Welcome For Indian Migrants (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 14, 2006)
There’s a large number of Indians – the fastest-growing group of migrants – heading to Australia.
- Impetus To Manufacturing (Deccan Herald, Alok Ray, Sep 14, 2006)
Indian manufacturing sector must absorb more cheap labour available in the country.
- Shaukat, Karzai Agree To Boost Trust (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Wednesday said Pakistan was keen to help Afghanistan develop its communication infrastructure as it believed that stronger economic and trade bonds between the two countries will help bring greater economic prosperity . . .
- Nazism In New Garb (Pioneer, Prafull Goradia, Sep 14, 2006)
Bush can't be faulted for describing Islamist terrorists as 'fascists'. There's similarity between Islamism and Fascism, argues Prafull Goradia
- Gst For India: Some Basic Questions (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 14, 2006)
Even after two decades of reforms the system of domestic trade taxes in the country remains deficient. Union finance minister’s announcement in this year’s budget of his intent to usher in a “national Goods and Services Tax” by 2010 is thus to be welcomed
- No One Can Harm Pak-Afghan Ties: Pm (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Wednesday said Pakistan was keen to help Afghanistan develop its communication infrastructure as it believed that stronger economic and trade bonds between the two countries will help bring greater economic . . .
- Us Muslim Wins Bid To Us Congress (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2006)
State lawmaker Keith Ellison did not let questions about his past slow down his campaign to become the first Muslim in US Congress.
- Bengal's Record (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2006)
Scavengers who carry night soil on their heads for a livelihood are more or less a thing of the past in West Bengal, according to the State government.
- `System Has Become More Pervasive' (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2006)
Interview with Martin Macwan, founder of Navsarjan.
- Captured Live (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2006)
Indian literature, both in English and in the regional languages, has recorded the practice of untouchability in great detail.
- Transit Point (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 14, 2006)
A United Nations report has described India as a key destination and transit point for trafficking of women and girls. The report ‘State of World Population 2006’ names Thailand, Pakistan, China and Cambodia as other important links in the . . .
- Seize Opportunity For Talks With Ltte, Chidambaram Urges Rajapaksa (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Sep 14, 2006)
``Talks can bring down tensions and halt flow of refugees into India''
- Rain Deficit In The Northeast (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 14, 2006)
Much of the verdant northeastern region of India, some of it ordinarily inundated at this time of the year, has experienced deficient rainfall.
- Integration Vs. Forced Assimilation (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 14, 2006)
THE MOUNTING campaign against multiculturalism by politicians, pundits, and the press, in Britain and across Europe, is neither innocent nor innocuous.
- Support For India's Nuclear Deal (Hindu, N. Ravi Kumar, Sep 14, 2006)
Brazil would be willing to cooperate on fuel supplies and technology, indicates Lula
- Bhopal Tragedy: 22 Years On, All Get Compensation (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2006)
At long last, almost 22 years after the Bhopal gas tragedy, the last compensation cheque was handed over to a claimant on Monday. With this, the process of disbursement of compensation to the gas victims has been completed.
- Lesson Of Gore Ecofilm — Don't Vote On Personality (Hindu, Jonathan Freedland, Sep 14, 2006)
The former U.S. Vice-President delivers a stunning lesson on global warming.
- New Labour’S Love Lost (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Sep 14, 2006)
British politics is in for some very interesting times, as the Labour Party gets ready to see off Tony Blair — the seventh longest-serving Prime Minister in British history.
- Maoists In Arms Charge (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2006)
Nepal’s Maoist rebels said today they suspected the multi-party government of amassing weapons for its army despite an ongoing peace process, but the government strongly denied the charge.
- Us Will Honour Nuclear Deal With India: Envoy (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2006)
Amid speculation about a delay in a vote on the India-US civil nuclear cooperation legislation, US ambassador David Mulford on Wednesday expressed hope that the Senate would not only vote on the deal this month but clear it with "a large majority."
- Pioneer In Rural Development (Tribune, Ranbir Singh, Sep 13, 2006)
S K DEV (1905 – 1989) was a rare blend of a philosopher and practitioner who played an important role in the nation-building process for more than four decades after Independence.
- Yes Bank, Intel Launch Wi-Fi Banking Network (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2006)
Yes Bank in collaboration with Intel Technology India Pvt. Ltd. on Tuesday launched their wi-fi banking branch network, the first such network in the world. Initially, 20 out of the total 30 existing branches of Yes Bank will have wireless local . . .
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