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Articles 2121 through 2220 of 12047:
- `Pesticide Levels In Soft Drinks Too High' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
New study indicates pesticides 24 times higher than Bureau of Indian Standards norms
"The levels in some samples exceeded the BIS standards by 140 times for the deadly pesticide Lindane, a confirmed carcinogen"
"Heptachlor, banned in India, . . .
- Welcome Reprieve (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 03, 2006)
As the nation's future, children must get every chance to flower into productive citizens no matter what their social or economic status.
- Ideology Or Humanitarianism? (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Aug 03, 2006)
Authorities in the North West Frontier Province are reportedly drawing up a code of conduct for non-governmental organisations working towards quake relief.
- Who Are We Kidding? (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 03, 2006)
We will not quarrel with the Labour Ministry’s notification banning employment of children below 14 years of age as domestic servants or helpers in eateries.
- Global Economic Imbalances — Can Us Continue To Feign Ignorance? (Business Line, Katuri Nageswararao, Aug 03, 2006)
The US may be happy living beyond its means but if it does not correct the imbalances it is causing world-wide, crude oil and other major commodities may soon be invoiced in non-dollar currencies. The rest of the world needs also to watch its step, . . .
- Skills Shortage (Business Standard, Sunil Jain, Aug 03, 2006)
Call it a sign of the shortage of highly skilled labour, or a sign of the aam aadmi getting left out of the gains from economic reforms, but the World Bank’s latest Development Policy Review on India points out . . .
- Hitler’S Bunker Builder Makes Home For Holocaust Survivors (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 03, 2006)
The company that built Hitler’s Berlin bunker is now making a retirement home serving mainly Holocaust survivors. A former leader of Prague’s once-thriving Jewish community said yesterday that the choice of the firm was unfortunate.
- Tata Group In Make’S Top 20 (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
In a leading achievement, Tata Group, India’s largest private sector conglomerate has made it to the list of 20 top winners from 49 finalists of 9th annual Global Most Admired Knowledge Enterprises (MAKE) study – the international benchmark for best . . .
- Inflation, Welfarism And Public Sector (Daily Excelsior, M. N. Minocha, Aug 03, 2006)
In the past inflation was associated with wars and the extraordinary influx of gold and silver. It ended with the disappearance of these specific causes. But inflation after World War II has been both universal and persistent. It must, therefore, . . .
- Backing For The N-Deal (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 03, 2006)
The nuclear deal between the US and India has received attention in the Urdu press as well. National Herald group’s Qaumi Awaz, in its editorial dated July 29, has hailed it, supporting the deal.
- Not Just About The Hat (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
Was the Vellore Revolt of 1806 only an angry outburst by a group of army personnel against poor pay, undesirable service conditions and unwarranted regulations? Or did it have any greater significance? What is its place in Indian history?
- Changing With Times (Frontline, Ravi Sharma , Aug 03, 2006)
Challenges in the form of liberalisation and global competition have steeled the units' resolve to surge ahead.
- Chemical Weapons Used By Israelis? (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
The Israeli military may have used chemical weapons against civilians in last Sunday’s deadly bombardment of an apartment block in the southern Lebanese city of Qana, a senior local Lebanese medic has told Adnkronos International (AKI).
- Bicentenary Of Vellore Revolt (Frontline, S. Viswanathan, Aug 03, 2006)
The bicentenary of the Vellore Revolt kindles memories of the first challenge to the British empire in India.
- Domestic Slaves (Frontline, Editorial, Frontline, Aug 03, 2006)
Child domestic workers are victims of various forms of abuse but the government is yet to come up with a law to protect their rights.
- Ordnance Board To Produce `Cargo Ammunition' With Israeli Company (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2006)
Ministry sees substantial export potential; rights group against cargo ammunition
- Moratorium On Delhi Demolitions Nullifies Our Judgment: Court (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2006)
"Can you take shelter under `people's interest' to violate the law?" asks the Chief Justice of Supreme Court
- Children Can't Be Hired In Eateries Or As Domestic Help (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2006)
Ban effective from October 10; violators liable to prosecution
- Challenges Of Consumerism (News International, Tayyeba Ali, Aug 02, 2006)
In today's technological boom, where inventions consistently outdo one another, it is difficult to keep pace.
- Govt Bans Employing Children Below 14 (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2006)
You have exactly 70 days to find a domestic help who is above 14 in case your current help is younger. For, the government on Tuesday banned from October 10 the employment of children as domestic servants or in the hospitality sector, including . . .
- Signals From G8 (Frontline, Vladimir Radyuhin , Aug 02, 2006)
The G8 summit proves that the West needs Russia more than Russia, with its vast oil reserves and booming economy, needs the West.
- Aliens On Home Turf (Telegraph, Nilosree Biswas, Aug 02, 2006)
The colonial rulers had decided to create a promenade parallel to the Hooghly during the raj.
- Third-Class Governance Can’T Give First-Class Response To Terrorism (Indian Express, Arun Shourie, Aug 02, 2006)
By the end of 2003, we were being told that our agencies had neutralised over 160 ISI modules — counting only those outside Jammu and Kashmir and the Northeast. Since then, up to July 11, 2006, again counting only those outside Jammu and Kashmir . . .
- Pak-India Auto Project Delayed (News International, Imran Ayub, Aug 02, 2006)
Uncertainty about South Asia Free Trade Agreement (SAFTA) has put a halt to a joint venture between the auto industries of India and Pakistan, which had targeted July 2006 to initiate a motorcycle and rickshaw assembling project in Lahore.
- Rs. 13 Crore Released To Contain Chikungunya (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2006)
The disease is prevalent in 236 villages in Hassan
- Pak Rejects Indian Allegation Over Safta (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2006)
Pakistan Foreign Secretary Riaz Mohammad Khan Tuesday rejected the Indian allegation that Pakistan was not implementing SAFTA in letter and spirit.
- Stick To Core Business, Ongc Told (Deccan Herald, Aditya Raj Das, Aug 02, 2006)
State-owned oil and gas exploration major Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has been directed by the Petroleum Ministry to stick to its core competence of oil and gas exploration rather than diverting focus on retailing of petroleum products.
- Skewed Approach (Frontline, V. Sridhar, Aug 02, 2006)
The Planning Commission's blueprint for the Eleventh Plan reflects the reformer's mindset.
- Karnataka's Mining Scandal (Frontline, PARVATHI MENON, Aug 02, 2006)
Charges of corruption against the Chief Minister forces the government to order an inquiry into the irregularities in iron ore mining.
- Hp: Trade Unionists' Murder (Frontline, T.K. RAJALAKSHMI, Aug 02, 2006)
Three trade union activists, employees of a sub-contractor for the Chamera Hydroelectric Project III, are murdered.
- Did Wild Birds Bring Avian Flu To India? (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Aug 02, 2006)
A "smoking gun" that could convincingly pin the blame on wild birds is lacking. Even at the global level, unravelling the role of wild birds in the spread of H5N1 is not proving easy.
- Of Old Strengths In A New Era (Frontline, Vijay Prashad, Aug 02, 2006)
Interview with John Bellamy Foster, editor of Monthly Review.
- Kolkata Gets Bangalored (Business Standard, Subir Roy, Aug 02, 2006)
Residents of Kolkata beware! The city they so treasure and which has undergone a rejuvenation in recent years shows early signs of being afflicted by the Bangalore disease.
- Ban On Child Help At Home (Telegraph, Monobina Gupta, Aug 02, 2006)
The Centre has finally outlawed an inescapable home truth 21st century India has learnt to live with: child labour in houses and dhabas.
- Israel's Terror (Frontline, AIJAZ AHMAD, Aug 02, 2006)
The U.S.-Israel axis goes all out to remove the last impediments to building a "New Middle East".
- Superpower Returns (Pioneer, Niall Ferguson, Aug 02, 2006)
The influence of the United States on Israeli politics is not as great as it is generally believed, says Niall Ferguson
- Lessons Of A Failed Intervention (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Aug 02, 2006)
On a midsummer’s day 50 years ago, the new president of Egypt was scheduled to make a speech in Alexandria.
- Indices Will Help Market Mature (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 02, 2006)
When Tyeb Mehta’s tryptich Celebration from The Times of India collection sold for a record $330,000 in September 2002 at Christie’s New York, Indian art had a lift-off.
- We Must Rethink The War On Terror - Blair (Times Online (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2006)
Five years into the War on Terror, Tony Blair called yesterday for a “complete renaissance of our strategy” to defeat militant Islam.
- Ranbaxy Family Resolves Feud (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
The feud between the two main branches of the Ranbaxy family appears to have been resolved with Nimmi Singh and her two sons, Malvinder Mohan Singh and Shivinder Mohan Singh, representing the Parvinder Singh group on one side . . .
- North Korea’S Missile Men (Tribune, Barbara Demick, Aug 01, 2006)
When North Korea first test-launched a missile capable of reaching Japan, the son of the country’s leader lavished praise and gifts on the researchers who had labored away on the project behind locked doors.
- Model Crorepati (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 01, 2006)
N R Narayana Murthy is a mentor in more ways than one. On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of Infosys Technologies, he announced the disbursement of Rs 126 crore to 55,000 employees, cementing his credentials as a wealth sharer.
- A Joyful First Quarter (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 01, 2006)
Sustained improvement in corporate performance and the surge in first quarter profitability in important sectors, such as cement, telecom, fertilisers and metals, have been backed by buoyant demand in both domestic and external markets.
- India-Us Nuclear Deal — Good Intentions, Bad Bargain (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Aug 01, 2006)
In their anxiety to secure the country's energy security, India's leaders seem to have convinced themselves that the nuclear deal is in the best interest of the country. Yet, the impression is unavoidable that the Government has been taking too many . . .
- Movement Of Labour Is Inevitable (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 01, 2006)
Sandeep Gopalan, associate professor of law at the Arizona State University, was recently appointed to the American Bar Association's Commission on Immigration. The only Indian on the commission, he tells Harsh Kabra that immigration reforms must . . .
- Voice Of Sanity (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 01, 2006)
It is not surprising that the latest voice of sanity has emanated from Mumbai. Having been exposed to serial blasts on two occasions
- Recipe For Renewal (Daily Excelsior, Kedar Nath Pandey, Aug 01, 2006)
Some senior Congress leaders have privately urged Ms. Sonia Gandhi to 'review the Congress ideology and policy'.
- The Creation Retold (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 01, 2006)
Charles Darwin is perhaps the world’s best known scientist. Every schoolboy knows him as the originator of the theory of evolution.
- Tsunami Godown Opens Doors To The Needy Elsewhere (Hindu, M. Dinesh Varma, Aug 01, 2006)
NGO engaged in sorting, mending and despatching clothing to several Indian States and Pakistan
- Coalition Politics In A Quasi-Military-Repub (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 01, 2006)
The writer is editor current affairs, The News, and editor South Asian Journal
Before the ruling coalition in Sindh, and at the centre, could fall apart, the arbitration by President General Pervez Musharraf worked its magic to keep the adversaries tog
- Trapped In A Web (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 01, 2006)
For at least two weeks, I've been feeling a compulsion to write in this column about the crisis in the Middle East.
- What Quota Can’T Yet Construct (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 01, 2006)
A recent advertisement depicts a yuppie standing behind his son, aged around 10 looking at him use an Intel PC.
- Contours Of Modern Terrorism (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
Terrorism leading to a deterioration of the internal security fabric has been the major security challenge to South Asian states for almost two decades.
- Rbi Staff Protest Against Transfer Of Employees (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
350 employees boycott work and march to the administrative block
- The End Of The Road In Lebanon (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 01, 2006)
Garbage. Garbage piled on garbage.
- Farm Labourer Gives Birth To Quadruplets (Hindu, Rajesh Nair, Aug 01, 2006)
"Survival of babies depends on post-natal care" "Except breathing problem that she reported three days before the delivery,everything was normal"
- 16 Indians Die In Bahrain Fire (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 31, 2006)
At least 16 Indians, all from Tamil Nadu, died of suffocation and 11 others were injured when a fire broke out in a three-storey building housing over 200 expatriates in this capital city of Bahrain early today.
- Takes Brains, Not Brawn, To Protect (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Jul 31, 2006)
How many policemen do you need to keep the prime minister of India safe? If you calculate that the Special Protection Group (SPG) details some 600 personnel per shift and there are three shifts a day, the figure comes to 1,800 people each day of the year.
- Understanding Pakistan~ii (Statesman, SUBROTO ROY, Jul 31, 2006)
I n August 1947, the new Pakistani elite hardly felt or even wished to feel free of the British ~ they merely felt independent of what they saw as Congress domination, and had now acquired some power for themselves.
- 16 Indians Perish In Bahrain Fire (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 31, 2006)
At least 16 Indians, all from Tamil Nadu, died of suffocation and 11 were injured when a fire broke out in a three-storey building housing over 200 expatriates in this capital city of Bahrain early today.
- Jack Straw Stands Up For Lebanon (Times of India, RASHMEE ROSHAN LALL, Jul 31, 2006)
The 19-day-old West Asia crisis hit the British capital and Tony Blair's cabinet on Sunday with his former foreign secretary leading a full ministerial revolt against the prime minister's refusal to blame Israel for the "disproportionate" use of force.
- When Memory Is Selective (Tribune, K.K. Katyal, Jul 31, 2006)
Narration of contemporary events and trends by a major player is not an easy task – he may be pilloried for what appear to be overstatements or understatements, may be questioned on points of fact, or may be seen as indulging in self-glorification.
- ‘Risks Covered Up’ (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Jul 31, 2006)
‘GM food risks include unexpected food allergies, toxins in food, hastening the spread of antibiotic-resistant disease. Science has been been made subservient to corporate interests.’
- Charge Sheet In Rahul Mahajan Case Likely This Week (Hindu, Devesh K. Pandey , Jul 31, 2006)
Investigations almost complete, says a police officer
- Light In Cm Yard, Darkness Next Door (Telegraph, DHIRENDRA K. JHA, Jul 31, 2006)
With its two glittering stadiums, airport, an institute of medical sciences and a post-graduate college, Sefai’s success story should have been a beacon of hope for every heartland hamlet.
- State Vs State Vs State (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jul 31, 2006)
On contentious economic and social issues, is it desirable to allow each state more discretion to frame its own law on the matter? A majority of state governments seem to have supported the case for flexibility in labour laws for the textile . . .
- Textile Stalemate (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 31, 2006)
Unions ought to take a closer look at the changing character of the textile industry and employment in India.
- ‘Safety A Prerequisite’ (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 31, 2006)
Scientists, as consumers of GM crops, are as conscious of safety as anyone else. They carry out rigorous tests to ensure that such crops are safe for human consumption’
- 'Respect Your Enemy Strategically ....' (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Jul 31, 2006)
but despise him tactically". Be cautious in planning the strategy, but implement it without second thoughts.
- Hooda To Be New Jat Face Of Congress? (Tribune, Yoginder Gupta, Jul 31, 2006)
The Congress seems to have decided to project the Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, as its “face” before the Jat electorate of Western Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan where the elections are due in a year or so.
- Pak, India Foreign Secretaries Meeting In Dhaka Today (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jul 31, 2006)
Iran has threatened to bin an international proposal over its nuclear programme if the UN Security Council passes a resolution demanding that Tehran freeze sensitive uranium enrichment.
- This Is Worse Than Iraq (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 31, 2006)
As I speak to my constituents in Tooting and people elsewhere in London, of all faiths, races and backgrounds, I hear views that are almost identical: “This is worse than Iraq.”
- Doha Round In Doldrums (Dawn, Dr Akhtar Hasan Khan, Jul 31, 2006)
The Doha Round World Trade Organisation talks was launched in November 2001 as a development round.
- All For Free Speech (Hindu, Sevanti Ninan, Jul 30, 2006)
In dealing with the media, India backs off from repression when there is publicity and pressure.
- Business Sense (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2006)
With the CII task force presenting its report on quotas in the private sector and general official feelers being given out that legislating for reservations in industry is not an active option, there’s no reason for the ill-tempered and . . .
- Bu’S Msc Course In Molecular Biology, Life Sciences (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2006)
Bangalore University (BU) will start two new post-graduate courses -- MSc (molecular biology) and MSc (life sciences) -- in addition to a post-graduate course in electronic media from this academic year.
- D-Property Targetted (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2006)
Seven illegal arcades in the Sara-Sahara shopping complex, widely believed to be owned by underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, were demolished on Saturday, weeks after the Supreme Court ruled against them.
- Centre, Delhi And Bihar Govts To Meet On Child Labour (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2006)
With the maximum number of child workers in the national capital coming from Bihar, officials from the Centre and the two state governments would soon meet to chalk out a rehabilitation programme for the children.
- It Ain’T Such A Bad World (Deccan Herald, JAYALAKSHMI K, Jul 30, 2006)
The book addresses caste-based inhibitions that still figure in the mindset of people, yet deals with the brighter side of life as well.
- Ltte Vs Unicef (Frontline, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Jul 30, 2006)
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) is listed as a terrorist or unlawful organisation in several countries.
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