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Articles 2221 through 2320 of 12047:
- Nhpc Lags Behind In Meeting Power Generation Targets (Tribune, CP Bhambhri, Jul 30, 2006)
State-owned National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) has come under scanner of the government as it has so far failed to reach anywhere near the 10th Plan power generation targets.
- Tears And Triumphs (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2006)
Durga Bai's paintings show a gentle tribal world, increasingly under threat by a dominant culture.
- Bush Clears The Way For Corporate Domination (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2006)
When George W. Bush says that he wants to spread freedom to every corner of the earth, he means it.
- Friends And Sycophants (Dawn, Kunwar Idris, Jul 30, 2006)
IN the midst of hardening political stands, an advisory for conciliation and compromise issued by a group of assorted but prominent citizens comes as a whiff of fresh air. But, perhaps, it is likely to remain just a whiff.
- Inclusiveness, Not Quotas, Best In Industry (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2006)
In April this year, the Prime Minister called on private sector industry to take affirmative action in education, employment opportunities and employment for weaker sections.
- I Wish To Be Remembered As A Human Being: Kalam (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Jul 30, 2006)
``I realise our children have a dream''
Youth have to promote a scientific temper
Collective societal action needed to end the practice of child labour
- Chimpanzee's Day Out At Mysore Zoo (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2006)
A male chimpanzee escaped from its open-air fenced enclosure in Mysore zoo on Saturday creating panic among the visitors.
- Ex-Du Employee Held On Cheating Charge (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2006)
Allegedly cheated a college Reader of Rs. 3.50 lakhs
A retired Delhi University cyclostyle operator has been arrested by the Crime Branch of the Delhi police on charges of cheating a Ramjas College Reader of Rs. 3.50 lakhs on the pretext . . .
- No Fresh Outbreak Of Bird Flu: Pawar (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI, Jul 30, 2006)
Meet resolves for better coordination
Move expected to regain control of egg export market
Disease resulted in losses of $200 billion in South-East Asia alone
India developed prototype vaccine with indigenous virus strain
- Scotch For Secrets (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jul 29, 2006)
On returning to London from Delhi, one of the two British journalists covering the Congress’s 1968 split who were refused government accreditation told me that the official snub meant nothing in professional or personal terms.
- Bird Flu: India Wary Of Saarc (Deccan Herald, KALYAN RAY, Jul 29, 2006)
India is reluctant to share its container facilities with its SAARC neighbours fearing fresh outbreaks of the virus from poorly-packed cargos, even as it has agreed to cooperate with 10 other Asian nations to make South Asia impregnable against the . . .
- Internal Hurdles Hurting Performance: Pm To Industry (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 29, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today warned industry against internal hurdles — from inertia, old ways of thinking —that take away from their pursuit of excellence.
- Tata Elxsi, Finolex Cables, Cadila Health & Ipca Labs Q1 Results (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 29, 2006)
Software services provider Tata Elxsi has registered an increase of 55.08 per cent in profit after tax at Rs 10.22 crore for the quarter ended June 30 compared to Rs 6.59 crore for the same quarter in 2005-06.
- I Won`t Break The Rules (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Jul 29, 2006)
You live and you learn. Of course, in all my years I have learnt to well appreciate this old adage. But before coming to Santiniketan for me learning didn’t seem to come in such a daily dose.
- Business Sense (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 29, 2006)
Industry’s report on quotas has an important message: social uplift via entreprenuership
- Asian Officials Make Pact To Tackle Bird Flu (Reuters, Nita Bhalla, Jul 29, 2006)
Asian countries hit by bird flu made plans on Friday to join forces to fight the H5N1 virus, which killed a teenager in Thailand and was found in chickens in Laos this week.
- Protecting The Rights Of Hiv-Affected Children (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 29, 2006)
Workshop held to create awareness on HIV/AIDS-affected children
Most affected children are from poor families
Need for educating children in rail stations and bus stands on HIV/AIDS
Change of mindset towards affected children sought
- Time To End Disconnect Between Cotton Growers And Industry (Tribune, M.S. Swaminathan, Jul 29, 2006)
Prof R.C. Sobti, a renowned biotechnologist of the region, has taken over as the 11th Vice-Chancellor of Panjab University replacing Prof KN Pathak, who remained the VC for six years.
- Rs. 147 Crore Set Aside For Upgrading Bmc: Kumaraswamy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 29, 2006)
This sum is apart from the Rs. 100 crore promised by the Centre'
- Cpi(m) Volunteers Launch Padayatra (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 29, 2006)
Focusses on hardships faced by people in getting essential commodities
- In A World Of Wealth, Poverty Is A Necessity (Hindu, Jeremy Seabrook, Jul 29, 2006)
Forget Doha — the existing development model robs the poor of a meaningful role in the relief of their own penury.
- Kalam Moots 9-Point Development Plan For J&k (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 29, 2006)
President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam today suggested a nine-point developmental plan for militancy-hit Jammu and Kashmir, including a people’s movement to eliminate terrorism and the creation of an economic zone along the Line of Control.
- Inclusiveness, Not Quotas, Best In Industry (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 29, 2006)
SC/ST representation in our workforce will boost industrial growth through multiplier effects on consumption and investment
- Up's Dalit Politics At The Crossroad (Daily Excelsior, Sondip Bhattacharya, Jul 29, 2006)
As the State assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh are to be held early next year, there is a dramatic realignment of forces in the State. The Congress Party is jockeying for a piece of electoral cake.
- 10 Die As Building Collapses (Tribune, Ambika Sharma, Jul 29, 2006)
As many as 10 labourers, including three children and a women, were killed and another four injured, one seriously, when an under construction private building they were sleeping in collapsed at Bagha village in Arki tehsil last night.
- A Common Stance In Wto For South Asia (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jul 29, 2006)
Regions such as Asean, Mercosur have gained from such a strategy; is the same possible for South Asia?
- The Sindh Crisis (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 29, 2006)
Not handled carefully by the two sides, the MQM’s decision to quit the provincial and federal governments could be the precursor to a crisis greater than what appears to be the case at present.
- Peace Process Sidelined (Dawn, Tariq Fatemi, Jul 29, 2006)
The multiple bomb blasts in Mumbai on July 11 resulted in the death of nearly 200 people.
- N Korea Threat To Quit Asean (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 29, 2006)
North Korea warned today that it could quit the Association of South-east Asian Nations’ Regional Forum (ARF) if the organisation condemns the communist regime’s missile tests, a South Korean official said.
China and South Korea do not recognise . . .
- Questions Arise On Reprocessing Restrictions (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Jul 28, 2006)
Spent fuel treatment will require separate U.S. consent.
- This Land Is Their Land (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 28, 2006)
As someone who has spent several years working with aboriginal Australians, it is with great sadness that I watch the great efforts being undertaken to pass the tribal bill in India.
- Maruti Rides On Back Of High Sales (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 28, 2006)
Strong sales and enhanced cost control measures enabled car market leader Maruti Udyog report a massive 63.1 per cent rise in profits in the first quarter of this fiscal at Rs 369.5 crore, against Rs 226.4 crore in the year-ago period.
- Centre Of Controversy (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 28, 2006)
Kerala wants out of the Centre’s fiscal responsibility law that was incentivised for adoption by states. Gujarat and MP want flexibility in terms of deciding whether they must follow, as is the custom, the Centre when it restructures government pay.
- Poverty In A World Of Wealth (Deccan Herald, Jeremy Seabrook, Jul 28, 2006)
The existing model robs poor countries of a role in the relief of their own penury.
- Trick, Tax And Trade (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 28, 2006)
If you thought that the new electronic meters cannot be tampered with, think again.
- Oppn, Upa Rap Govt On Price Rise (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 28, 2006)
The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government today came under a blistering joint attack from the Bhartiya Janata Party - led Opposition partiesand its own allies, including the Rashtriya Janata Dal and Left parties , on the unprecedented price . . .
- Wto Talks Suspended Over Agricultural Tariffs (Times of India, AMIT SAXENA, Jul 28, 2006)
The WTO is not merely about signing deals. It is meant to create a climate for rules-based trading. If deadlocks are the norm in WTO talks, it is because WTO is a relatively democratic multilateral organisation, based on one-country-one-vote.
- Thomas Citation Laureate Award For Five Researchers (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 28, 2006)
Five researchers were awarded the "Thomson Citation Laureate Award" by Thomson Scientific on Thursday for their "prolific research over the past decade".
- Demand To Amend Panel's Terms Of Reference Rejected (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 28, 2006)
Commission has been empowered to probe bribery allegation, asserts Prakash
Panel set up to look into mining activity in the State
36 cases of illegal mining detected in Bellary district
Iron ore and dust valued at Rs. 1.73 crore seized in . . .
- How The East Was Won (Telegraph, Kaushik Roy, Jul 28, 2006)
The Jungle, the Japanese and the British Commonwealth Armies at War (1941-45): Fighting Methods, Doctrine and Training for Jungle Warfare By T.R. Moreman, Frank Cass, $135
- Of Growth And Deprivation (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jul 28, 2006)
The World Bank's Development Policy Review 2006, in its report in India, stresses "the importance of ensuring that public money is well spent through institutional reform of the public sector that creates effective systems of . . .
- Nabard: Cultivating The Farm Sector With Credit (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 28, 2006)
From a modest beginning, Nabard has grown into an apex hybrid organisation. It is the pioneer in the self-help group-bank linkage programme that has brought banking to the doorsteps of the poor. Into its 25th year, Nabard is at the crossroads, and . . .
- Israel Orders Heavier Air Attacks (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Jul 28, 2006)
Two Hizbollah rockets hit Haifa; Al-Qaeda vows to launch world-wide offensive
- Research Projects By Youth To Get Special Grants: Sobti (Tribune, Chitleen K. Sethi, Jul 28, 2006)
Prof R.C. Sobti, a renowned biotechnologist of the region, has taken over as the 11th Vice-Chancellor of Panjab University replacing Prof KN Pathak, who remained the VC for six years.
- Dalai Lama Colluded With Cia: China (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 28, 2006)
Denouncing the Dalai Lama as a “splittist,” China has accused him of collaborating with the CIA and the Indian military to establish the “Indian Tibetan special border troops” to reclaim authority in his Himalayan homeland from Beijing.
- War On Media (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 28, 2006)
The recent attacks on Arabic television channels namely: Al-Jazeera and Al Arabia, Al Manar and LBC in Lebanon [July 23] stems from the Tel Aviv attempts to muzzle press freedom in order to suppress media reports about growing public resistance . . .
- The Biggest Threat (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Jul 28, 2006)
In the dominant political culture of India, citizens are encouraged to treat terrorism as an unavoidable feature of modern existence and undertake no independent initiatives to counter it.
- Bpo Firm Employee Held On Charge Of Killing Colleague (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 28, 2006)
Police say Gururaj Kishore killed Tania after an argument
Gururaj Kishore was in love with Tania
He was unhappy with her "high-society lifestyle"
- India Phenomenon (Statesman, AMITAV BANERJI, Jul 27, 2006)
A couple of weeks ago, Time magazine had an eye-catching cover.
- An Honours List For The Media? (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jul 27, 2006)
The government of Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has prepared a list of about 30 columnists, writers and reporters in the English and Urdu print media and directed its spin-doctors to discreetly “soften” them up.
- The Saudi Warning (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 27, 2006)
Coming from one of America’s closest allies in the Middle East, the Saudi warning about an escalation of the Israeli war must be taken seriously.
- After Serial Blast (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jul 27, 2006)
After Srinagar-Bombay serial blasts, it is becoming increasingly clear that the terrorist organizations based in Pakistan have played the key role in planning and executing the serial blasts.
- Inclusive Growth (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jul 27, 2006)
India Development Policy Review (DPR) 2006, the World Bank flagship report for the country, unfolds a more flexible reforms package for improving delivery of services and expanding inclusive growth.
- Towards Adopting The First Best Trade Policies (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jul 27, 2006)
Industry can partner the government in this endeavour by stating clearly the constraints it faces
- A Bit Of A Loose Cannon (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 27, 2006)
The deputy prime minister, John Prescott, has lived a charmed life for the years of this Labour government.
- State Needs To Do More (The Financial Express, VINOD VYASULU, Jul 27, 2006)
There are some who argue that without high growth, this country can do little about poverty.
- Cbi Awaits Govt Nod To Book Officials In Corruption Cases (Business Line, Our Bureau, Business line, Jul 27, 2006)
Finance Ministry tops the list with 23 cases followed by Railways
- Why Farming Has Become Unviable (Business Line, Harish Damodaran , Jul 27, 2006)
Falling profitability of farming operations, the drying up of non-farming opportunities and the growing fragmentation of landholdings all make agriculture a losing proposition. Three-fourths of Indian farmers take home less than Rs 3,000 a month . . .
- Big Lessons From Small Institutes (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Jul 27, 2006)
Several educational centres in Maharashtra have gone off the beaten track on industry-academia linkage.
- Sensex Up 202 Points On Good Q1 Results (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2006)
Markets continued their upward trend for the third consecutive day on good corporate results by ONGC and Bharti Airtel.
- The Oppressed Of The World (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 27, 2006)
Like most Muslims around the world, one, after 9/11, had become convinced of the existence of a well-conceived international conspiracy to destroy Muslim states, subjugate Muslim populations mentally and economically, poison Muslim youth by . . .
- Improving Pakistan's Image (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 27, 2006)
When Pakistan emerged on the world map, it had the image of a modern, liberal and progressive Muslim state founded by a leader who was educated in England and whose lifestyle too was that of a British gentleman.
- Time For The Oic To Wake Up (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 27, 2006)
While Israeli jets continue to pound innocent Lebanese on the false pretext of tracking down Hezbollah, the Muslim countries' watchdog body, the OIC, has as usual not yet come up with a unified stand nor has it given any signal of doing so.
- ‘The Past And The Future Are For The Present’ (Deccan Herald, Sarjit Ramesh, Jul 27, 2006)
Dr David Passig doesn’t need to gaze into a crystal ball to see the writing on the wall: for he believes in the power of future time, drawing wisdom from the past, applying it to the future and bringing all of that back to the present.
- India Should Strengthen Its Database (Business Line, R. Vaidyanathan, Jul 27, 2006)
Given the lack of detailed data on the unorganised sector, much of the discussion on the economy is centred on India Inc, resulting in a distortion in policy formulation and deficiencies in resource allocation.
- Filipino Students Hurt By Overcrowding, Underfunding (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2006)
From overcrowded classrooms with children studying in shifts to a shortage of books and a weak grasp of English, mathematics and science, the education system in the Philippines is struggling to get a passing grade.
- Need To Get Agro (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jul 27, 2006)
Nearly a month since the Prime Minister visited Vidarbha and announced a relief package for its farmers, there’s not much that has changed on the ground.
- House Of Representatives Votes In Favour Of N-Deal (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2006)
The historic Indo-US nuclear deal on Thursday crossed another hurdle when the House of Representatives overwhelmingly voted a legislation to allow nuclear trade with India, a decision described by many lawmakers as a cornerstone of the new strategic . . .
- Spooked By A Mole (Indian Express, Inder Malhotra, Jul 27, 2006)
To discuss dispassionately former Foreign Minister Jaswant Singh’s somewhat curious and shifting statements about there being a mole in the PMO during P.V. Narasimha Rao’s time, it is necessary first to grasp the nature of spying, the second . . .
- Israel, Hizbollah Battle For South Lebanon (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2006)
Four UN observers killed in Israeli airstrikes, Tyre bombed; 13 Israelis killed: Hizbollah
- Soldiers Quizzed On Rebel Link (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2006)
The army today said three soldiers from one of its units in Kashmir were being interrogated and would face a court of inquiry on charges of collaborating with militants.
- Operation Sukoon (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Jul 27, 2006)
India’s evacuation of its citizens from Lebanon is set to conclude on Thursday when 376 Indians, 400 Sri Lankans and 17 Nepalese make the crossing from Beirut to Larnaca in Cyprus on three warships engaged in the sea and air lift dubbed ‘Operation Sukoon’
- Pondicherry Plans To Tap E-Learning For Toning Up School Education (Hindu, S. Nadarajan, Jul 27, 2006)
Infrastructure development to get priority; orientation courses for teachers planned
- Fundamentalism Versus Science (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 27, 2006)
With a stroke of the pen, President George Bush has dealt a body blow to science and dashed the hopes of countless human beings round the world who look to human embryonic stem cell research as a possible cure for their afflictions.
- Ensuring Elementary Education For All (Hindu, Krishna Kumar, Jul 27, 2006)
Indian society regards children not as a collective responsibility but as a parental burden. Few realise that the nation loses when children do not attend school.
- Imperative To Have Independent Auditors (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 27, 2006)
Capitalism at crossroads. Corporate misgovernance in India. Series of scams that shook investor confidence...
- The World Needs A More Democratic Un (Deccan Herald, Kumi Naidoo, Jul 27, 2006)
In its present form the UN is ill-equipped to advance humanity’s best interests.
- Wb Calls For Better Public Sector Accountability (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2006)
The bank's emphasis is on spreading development benefits to all sections of the society
- Bank Staff Stage Dharna, Call For Withdrawal Of Rbi Circular (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2006)
The circular seeks to outsource basic banking services to private agencies
One-day bank strike called on July 28
Move to outsource banking services will threaten customers' security, says AIBEA
- Democracy Must To Combat Terrorism: Speakers (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2006)
Speakers at a seminar on Tuesday said that long military rules were responsible for the increase in extremism and terrorism activities in Pakistan. They were also of a unanimous view that strong and real democracy was a must to combat terrorism.
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