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Articles 1921 through 2020 of 12047:
- Into The King’S Fortress (New Indian Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Aug 13, 2006)
With palaces and Rajput artistry on our mind, we chose a clear day for our road trip, making it from Delhi to Jaipur in under four hours.
- Gas Price Formula: Govt Looking At Alternatives (Business Line, Richa Mishra, Aug 13, 2006)
The committee will look at the options only when open competitive bidding route has not been adopted, or it was not feasible for the seller to follow open competitive bidding process.
- Familiar Terrain (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Aug 13, 2006)
Pankaj Mishra’s book is for the Western audience, not for the intelligent common reader in India .
- Coca-Cola Test Results Show `Lower Pesticide Residue Levels' (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2006)
Coca-Cola on Saturday released the sample test results on pesticide residues in its aerated drinks, claiming lower levels of individual pesticide residue in its soft drinks than the prescribed Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) levels of 0.1 ppb.
- Say No To Coke, Pepsi (Pioneer, MC Joshi, Aug 13, 2006)
The revelation by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) that various soft drinks are unsafe for human consumption has come as an eye-opener.
- If Only We Could Ban All Our Problems. Specially In Kerala (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 12, 2006)
Why don’t they ban toddy instead? That opaque white country liquor, served in used beer bottles, which inundates Kerala’s innards. Making it float up, right to the top, of the chart that measures alcoholism in our states.
- Evidence Mounts Of Pakistan Links (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Aug 12, 2006)
Many held in U.K. for bomb plot travelled to Pakistan
- Rights Of Children (News International, Hafizur Rahman, Aug 12, 2006)
One of the most painful facts of life with regard to young people is the presence of children in the country's prisons.
- Shujaat, Mushahid Re-Elected Unopposed (Pakistan Observer, Mahmood Hussain, Aug 12, 2006)
Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and Mushahid Hussain Sayed have been re-elected unopposed as President and Secretary General of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League (PML).
- 'Bpos Still Need Tax Benefits' (The Economic Times, SWARNAVA ADHIKARI, Aug 12, 2006)
EXL is a leading provider of BPO solutions to leading companies across the world. With more than 7,000 professionals spread across five operation centres,
- Tackling Chikungunya (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 12, 2006)
The incidence of chikungunya, the debilitating though non-fatal illness, has reached epidemic proportions in at least eight States.
- Liquid Explosives Elude Checks (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 12, 2006)
As the technology of terrorism gets more sophisticated, technology too must become more sophisticated.
- A Spurious Crusade (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 12, 2006)
As someone who is passionate about saving the environment, it angers me when environmental groups trivialise issues of deep seriousness.
- Thousands Witness Car Festival At Sevvapet Temple (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
Thousands of devotees witnessed car festival of Sevvapet Sri Mariamman Temple here on Friday to mark `Adi Peruvizha'.
- Say No To Coke, Pepsi (Pioneer, MC Joshi, Aug 12, 2006)
The revelation by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) that various soft drinks are unsafe for human consumption has come as an eye-opener.
- Indian, Pak Workers Stir Against 'Bad' Conditions (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
More than 750 Indian and Pakistani construction workers went on a strike to protest against "appalling" conditions at their labour camp here after two of the labourers collapsed due to dehydration.
- Natwar Back In Rebel Mudra (Pioneer, Akhilesh Suman, Aug 12, 2006)
praises Nehru, slams PM ---- Suspended Congress leader and former External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh on Friday gave unmistakable hints that he would not relent in his campaign against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
- Xi Plan – Beyond Platitudes (The Financial Express, NK SINGH, Aug 12, 2006)
Some critical choices now need to be made, based on clear thinking, before the Approach Paper goes to the National Development Council
- Nasrallah New Arab World Hero (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Aug 12, 2006)
"Nasser in 1956, Nasrallah in 2006" — the Arab street has found a new hero, a figure that it has been looking for to act as a catalyst to unite the Arab world and infuse it with an agenda and a common mission. Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, the . . .
- For Inclusive Growth (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 12, 2006)
The key task is not of raising the economic growth rate to 10 per cent but of sustaining it and spreading it widely.
- ‘I Was In Despite The Americans, Out Because Of Them’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 12, 2006)
You are now in a situation where you say all these nice things about your party but you are ranged against the party with the party’s bitterest adversaries.
- India’S Airports: No More Soft Landings (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 12, 2006)
In the wake of the attempted terrorist strike in the UK skies, there is renewed talk of plugging loopholes and beefing up airport security across the world. In India, too, the conversation is turning to the dos and don’ts for passengers.
- Familiar Terrain (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Aug 12, 2006)
Pankaj Mishra’s book is for the Western audience, not for the intelligent common reader in India
- Trojan Parasite (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 11, 2006)
Ever wondered why malaria, tuberculosis and cholera — diseases traditionally endemic in developing countries — have dogged us for centuries though medical innovation has helped contain other less rampant diseases?
- Recipe For A Best-Seller (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 11, 2006)
Jaswant Singh’s runaway bestseller, A Call to Honour, should be taken as a case study on what makes a best-seller in the Indian market. Obviously it is a mix — of the celebrity status of the author, the relevance of the book and a bit of sugar and . . .
- Casual Approach To Terrorism (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Aug 11, 2006)
SINCE some excellent ideas on how to combat the great and growing menace of terrorism — spelled out by noted experts, some of whom have spent a lifetime dealing with internal security, at a meeting in New Delhi over a week ago — have gone . . .
- Education: An Empty Dream (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 11, 2006)
Without the education bill underprivileged children will be affected
- Set Science-Based Standards (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 11, 2006)
The Kerala government’s decision to ban production and sale of Coke and Pepsi would make the southern Indian state one of the few places in the world, Iran is another, where the iconic symbols of Americana are not available.
- Uk Plot: 7 Held In Pak | Us Tightlipped On Role (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
The Bush administration on Friday remained tightlipped on the role played by US intelligence agencies in busting the suspected Al Qaeda plot to blow up several airliners over the Atlantic and its Pakistani links.
- Development Hurts (Times of India, Ashish Kothari, Aug 11, 2006)
When farmers in Pen and Raigarh in Maharashtra recently gathered to protest the takeover of their lands for a special economic zone, they were expressing a growing discontent among India's rural masses.
- Plot To Bomb Planes Busted (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
An alleged plot to kill thousands of people by detonating explosions on up to 10 transatlantic flights from UK airports was disrupted overnight. British home secretary John Reid on Thursday said such an attack could have caused civilian casualties . . .
- There's Much More To It (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
Kashi is not simply about its temples
- No Review Of Awards For Stf Personnel: Veerasamy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
"Reversal of previous Government's decision will not be a good precedent"
- Relevant Quranic Guidance (Dawn, Jafar Wafa, Aug 11, 2006)
IN the present global scene, non-Muslims appear to be converging on an anti-Muslim agenda because of their perceived danger from what they call `radical' Islam.
- Commercialisation Of Education (Dawn, Neal Lawson, Aug 11, 2006)
Variable tuition fees for university students are New Labour's worst domestic policy mistake.
- Blair’S Us Tilt Comes Under Glare (Telegraph, Amit Roy, Aug 11, 2006)
Is Tony Blair’s pro-US foreign policy to blame for young British Muslims turning to terrorism in protest against his actions in Iraq and now in Lebanon?
- "An Offensive Punch For Pakistan Navy" (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Aug 11, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf said on Thursday Pakistan was strengthening its armed forces as peace could be guaranteed only through force and strength and not through weakness.
- ’93 Mumbai Blasts Verdict On Sept 12 (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
The verdict in the 1993 serial bomb blasts case will be delivered on September 12, Judge Pramod Kode of the special Terrorism and Disruptive Activities Act (TADA) court ruled here today.
- Beirut: Time For Another Requiem? (Hindu, Shail Mayaram, Aug 11, 2006)
What is going to be the fallout of the most recent Israeli onslaught? A human tragedy. A colossal loss of a civilisational heritage.
- Airline Terror Plot: Us Refuses To Comment On Pak Links (Press Trust of India, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Aug 11, 2006)
The Bush administration today remained tightlipped on the role played by US intelligence agencies in busting the suspected Al Qaeda plot to blow up several airliners over the Atlantic and its Pakistani links.
- Half-Dose Will Not Do (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 11, 2006)
Government must regulate and monitor the entire healthcare sector and not zero in only on the pharma industry.
- Ril Bids Rs 288 Cr For Super Bazar (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
Reliance Industries has submitted a Rs 288-crore bid to revive Super Bazar, an ailing shopping cooperative that has several shops in and around Delhi. The bid is well above the Rs 70 crore offered by Indian Labour Cooperative Society along with . . .
- Pakistani Villagers Fall Prey To Kidney Trade (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
Amjad Ali, a poor villager from the Cholistan Desert in eastern Pakistan, was promised a job and money in exchange for a kidney.
- Food Security: China's Success Story (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Aug 10, 2006)
China has hugely improved the availability of, and access to, food through a combination of a sound agricultural policy, development of rural infrastructure, and investment in research and development in the farm sector.
- Cancer: Hope From Haldi (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Aug 10, 2006)
Research shows that turmeric and onion could help in treatment of cancer.
- Ltte Lifts Canal Siege, Army Continues Shelling (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
The government on Wednesday reclaimed control of a key canal that had been blocked by Tamil rebels in northeastern Sri Lanka in what appeared to an easing of a crisis that has sparked some of the fiercest fighting since a 2002 ceasefire.
- 'Aids Could Severely Deplete Workforce In India' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
A new UN report on India has warned that the country's booming economic growth could slow down if HIV-AIDS continues to spread unchecked. India has the largest number of infected people in the world.
- State Tosses Out Colas From Schools, Hospitals (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
The Karnataka Government has banned the sale and consumption of soft drinks in educational and health institutions from August 14. A move to ban ‘junk food’ in educational institutions will follow.
- Is West Ready To Open The Labour Market? (Business Line, R. Vaidyanathan, Aug 10, 2006)
One of the most important dimensions of globalisation is liberating the labour markets from the Western sovereign regulations and encouraging the free flow of human resource to carry out what may be termed `brown collar' work in the West, says . . .
- The Chinese In Vizhinjam (The Financial Express, Raja Menon, Aug 10, 2006)
The companies that bid for the Rs 4,360 crore Vizhinjam port are among the best in the business, for this site almost selects itself.
- Residual Problem (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 10, 2006)
The real issue is that the country simply does not have a national policy for safe use of pesticides.
- Transformation: Be Part Of A Collaborative Network (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 10, 2006)
Technology has always driven transformation, leading to paradigm shifts in mankind’s life and work. Today, such transformation is newer, faster and more pervasive than ever before.
- Cops Don't Know What’S In The Powder Seized From Suspect (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
Twenty days after arresting Kamal Ahmed Ansari in connection with July 11’s serial blasts in Mumbai, the Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) still doesn’t know what’s in the 500 grams of black powder it seized from his house in Basupatti village in Bihar’s . . .
- Government Clamps Down On 12 Brands Of Soft Drinks (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
Sale banned within 100 ft of hospitals, educational institutions
Centre's opinion sought on complete ban on sale of soft drinks
The CSE has said colas contain high levels of pesticide residues
Decision on banning junk food to be taken in 15 days
- Gene That Helps Rice Grow In Flooded Fields (Telegraph, G.S. Mudur, Aug 10, 2006)
Plant biologists have discovered a gene that allows rice plants to survive complete submergence in water for up to two weeks, a finding that might lead to flood-tolerant rice.
- A Delicate Balance (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
The debate over the principle of reservations is now over. Indeed, it was effectively over even before it began.
- India Leads Terror Charge (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
India will lead the anti-terror group formed within Bimstec, an association that also includes Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Bhutan.
- Graveyard Of Unborn Daughters (Tribune, Chander Parkash, Aug 10, 2006)
A mass grave of female foetus was detected today in a vacant plot owned by quacks Pritam Singh, an ex-serviceman and his wife Amarjit Kaur of this town, by a high-level team of state health authorities after it raided the premises of the local . . .
- Waste Plastic For Road Construction On Trial (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
Next time you throw away your plastic carry bag, you may be paving the way for the road to walk on, leading to ecology protection.
- 5 Die Trying To Save Pigeon In Gujarat (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
Five persons, including a boy, died of suffocation after falling into a pit in a village in Anand district on Wednesday, police said.
- Kerala Bans Sale, Production Of Colas (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
Kerala chief minister Mr VS Achuthanandan told reporters that the state Cabinet decided to ban sale and production of soft drinks marketed by the cola majors. The ban was imposed as many studies had stated these drinks contained elements hazardous . . .
- Justice For Children (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 10, 2006)
The Government has decided to introduce an amendment to the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act in the monsoon session of parliament. For the present a blanket ban has been imposed on the employment of children as domestic help or servants . . .
- Breaking The Code (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Aug 09, 2006)
It is a sad commentary on the state of strategic thinking in India that in all the discourse in parliament and outside about Jaswant Singh’s new book, A Call to Honour, the author’s message was lost, and . . .
- Aids Affects Economy (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 09, 2006)
THE adverse economic impact of HIV and AIDS occurs at three levels: the individual/household level, sector level, and national or macro-levels. In the early phase of the epidemic, the impacts at the sector and macro-levels are rather mild . . .
- The Romance Of Words (Tribune, Darshan Singh Maini, Aug 09, 2006)
My romance with words started at an early age, but it’s not till lately that it became for not only an expression of my deepest thoughts, dreams and disputations, but also a distinctive form of nirvana.
- Beefing About Unhygienic, Stale Indian Beef (Daily Times, Zakir Hassnain, Aug 09, 2006)
The sale of unhygienic Indian beef in Peshawar and its adjoining villages is worrying citizens and the government has not taken any step to investigate the issue so far.
- Relax, Then Revolt (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 09, 2006)
Revolution needs leisure. Take a long weekend off to understand you are being exploited
- Firing Incident: Mla’S Brother Targets Officials (Tribune, Varinder Walia, Aug 09, 2006)
After reaching a compromise with his opponent, Mr Harpinder Singh Gill (Rajan), a younger brother of the Congress MLA from Beas, who was booked for opening fire on a former sarpanch under the influence of liquor now has targeted senior officials . . .
- Aid Announced For Flood Victims (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
The Jammu and Kashmir Government has announced an ex-gratia relief of Rs 50,000 to next of kin of each victim of the floods and one month’s free ration to the affected families in Leh and Kargil districts of Ladakh region.
- Sonia’S Hoarding Evokes Protest (Tribune, Shahira Naim, Aug 09, 2006)
The launch of the Congress campaign for the Vidhan Sabha elections at the “Nav Nirman” rally here got entangled in a controversy over party president Sonia Gandhi’s depiction as Durga on a massive hoarding near the rally venue.
- Godavari Flood Banks In Urgent Need Of Strengthening (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
Work estimated to cost Rs. 3,000 crores
- Nationalism Versus Globalism In Oil (The Financial Express, Vikram S Mehta, Aug 09, 2006)
At the global level, concerns about security of the energy system are growing, while nations’ quest for securing supplies is intensifying. Is there a sustainable balance?
- Let’S Not Treat Students As Guinea Pigs (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 09, 2006)
Education has always been a happy hunting-ground for politicians. After coming to power, the first thing a party does is mould the education system in the way it thinks fit.
- Crops And Rain (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 09, 2006)
The current monsoon rains should hopefully benefit various crops like rice, sugarcane and maize.
- Themes In Art And Mysticism (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
This volume is a tribute to Bettina Baumer, a renowned Indologist, one of the foremost expounders of Kashmir Saivism and a well-known figure in the field of inter-religious dialogue.
- When Self-Defence Becomes Lawlessness (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Aug 08, 2006)
Israel's right to self-defence has never been the issue. The issue is whether its response has been proportionate.
- Ban And Beyond (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 08, 2006)
Enacting a law is not enough, it needs to be implemented.
- Down Memory Lane (Hindu, P. Sundaresan, Aug 08, 2006)
Here IS a woman nonpareil going down memory lane. The day is not far off when an interlocutor will be summoned to highlight her achievements.
- Is The Outsourcing Boom Over? (Daily Excelsior, Arvinder Kaur, Aug 08, 2006)
As companies start out sourcing more selectively and strategically and onshore providers face new pressures, questions are being raised over the future of outsourcing.
- Concentration In The Competitive Software Business (Business Line, Jayati Ghosh, Aug 08, 2006)
The success of India in the global market for software services has encouraged the view that software is a competitive industry with limited barriers to entry and space for new and small players. In actual fact, however, US firms dominate the . . .
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