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Articles 2821 through 2920 of 12047:
- Corruption As A Cultural Phenomenon (Business Standard, T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan, Jun 30, 2006)
"Factors other than legal enforcement appear to be important determinants of corruption".
- Rs 20.5b Supplementary Budget Approved (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 30, 2006)
Approving demands for grants worth Rs 20.583 billion unanimously after withdrawal of all the cut motions by the legislators, the NWFP Assembly Thursday passed the supplementary budget for the fiscal year 2005-06.
- Varsity To Improve Engineering Students' Communication Skills (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 30, 2006)
"This will enhance their job prospects and make them more industry-ready"
Anna University talking to global IT leaders for improving profile of outgoing students
Asks all affiliated colleges to set up communication and language laboratories
- Affirmative Action In The Us: The Simmering Debate (Business Line, Raghu Dayal , Jun 30, 2006)
The affirmative action concept, which has for long triggered a debate in the US, requires positive steps to be taken to provide equal employment opportunity.
- India Inc Goes On Capital Raising Spree Abroad (Business Line, Anil Sasi, Jun 30, 2006)
A record Rs 35,135 crore raised in first five months
- Mulling Over Mittal (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Jun 30, 2006)
For reasons that have as much to do with ethnicity as with national pride, Lakshmi Mittal’s doughty success in effecting the merger of the Luxembourg-registered Arcelor SA with his Mittal Steel has been widely celebrated in India.
- Asian Integration: Large Hurdles Still Remain (The Financial Express, MY KHAN, Jun 30, 2006)
If achieved, it will mean more investment, better use of economic resources and economies of sale
- Can Islam Be Democratic? (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, Jun 30, 2006)
Islam supercedes nationality," says media mogul Rupert Murdoch.
- Left Wants Parliament To Ratify Indo-Us Nuke Deal (Pioneer, Santanu Banerjee, Jun 30, 2006)
After Indo-US civilian nuclear deal got the overwhelming support from the International Relation Committee of the US House of Representatives, the Left on Thursday asked the Congress-led UPA Government to amend the Constitution so that "all bilateral . .
- My Renaissance (Indian Express, KAVITA CHOWDHURY, Jun 30, 2006)
As I crossed the English Channel on the Eurostar, public fever over The Da Vinci Code was at its peak. Right across London, posters, billboards, buses enticed the onlooker to explore the trail. Even the sleek Eurostar sported on its body Da Vinci’s . . .
- Deficit Figure Doubtful (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 30, 2006)
West Bengal Finance Minister Asim Dasgupta’s attempt to please all through his budget while keeping the deficit at Rs 6 crore is commendable although how far this will be practicable remains to be seen.
- Rbi Central Board Reconstituted (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 30, 2006)
The Union Government has reconstituted the Central Board of Directors of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) with 13 members, including Azim Premji and Kumar Mangalam Birla. Those who retired include Ratan Tata and N. R. Narayana Murthy.
- Drinking In History By The Cup (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 30, 2006)
Even if I didn’t know soccer, I thought, perhaps I could still enjoy the extraordinary show of geopolitical passion that the sport ignites.
- As China Ages, A Shortage Of Cheap Labor Looms (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 30, 2006)
Shanghai is rightfully known as a fast-moving, hypermodern city — full of youth and vigor. But that obscures a less well-known fact: Shanghai has the oldest population in China, and it is getting older in a hurry.
- We Surely Need Some Crazy People (Deccan Herald, Sakuntala Narasimhan, Jun 30, 2006)
Why are wasted hours not counted as “cost” to the community?
- More Funds For Agri Education (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 30, 2006)
The funds will be used for studies on manpower requirement and workshops to review and assess the need for new courses and for networking of facilities...
- Probe Ordered Into Allegations Of Tampering With Ice Lingam (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 30, 2006)
The Jammu and Kashmir Governor, Lt-Gen S.K. Sinha (retd), has ordered a probe by a retired judge of the High Court into the allegations, inter alia, of tampering with the ice lingam of Lord Shiva in the holy cave of Amarnath.
- Killer Cops (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 30, 2006)
Despite widespread condemnation and even stinging court injunctions, the menace of custodial deaths holds forth regardless.
- Standard Of Courtesy (Tribune, Brig Harwant Singh, Jun 30, 2006)
It was early 1965 and I was a young Second Lieutenant (2/Lt) when I had a very pleasant encounter with the pillar of civil administration, the Deputy Commissioner (DC).
- Stop Police! (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 30, 2006)
This is at the risk of sounding like a stuck record: something must be done, urgently, to ensure that those entrusted with maintaining law and order are not allowed to be outside the purview of the law.
- Peace Process At Risk (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Jun 30, 2006)
No one, except those with eyes widely shut, can fail to be alarmed at the sudden and sustained spurt in the acts of terror in Jammu and Kashmir. Not a day passes when the merchants of hate and death do not lob grenades at the security forces or . . .
- Blair Plans To Quit In 2007: Mps (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 29, 2006)
Tony Blair is ready to announce that he will step down next year, probably around his 10th anniversary in Downing Street in May.
- There Is No Honour In Killing (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 29, 2006)
I have always believed in advocacy as a tool to solve problems that afflict our society.
- 21st Century — The Age Of Charity (Hindu, Simon Jenkins, Jun 29, 2006)
The 19th century was the age of capitalism, the 20th the age of socialism. It seems that the 21st will be the age of charity.
- Dc Asked To Give Report On Cops’ Role (Tribune, Varinder Walia, Jun 29, 2006)
Taking a suo motu notice on the basis of the news, ‘Cops thrash woman in labour, killing baby’, Mr Naranjan Singh, Chairman, Punjab State Scheduled Caste Commission (PSSCC) today sought a report from the Deputy Commissioner, Amritsar in a week.
- Voting On N-Deal (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Jun 29, 2006)
President Franklin Roosevelt, as soon as he took over as President at the darkest hour of US history – the Great Depression – spoke to his countrymen in his inaugural address and told them “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”
- Engage With Open Eyes (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Jun 29, 2006)
Nothing symbolises the confusion and ambivalence in our approach to relations with China more than the contradictory statements about Sino-Indian relations that have emanated from our Defence and External Affairs Ministries over the past year.
- 'Booming Us Economy Has Pushed Up Wages' (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 29, 2006)
Michael Shelton is manager of Phoenix's international business development office. Phoenix is the capital of Arizona, the state which receives the highest influx of migrants from the Mexican border. Shelton speaks about US economy and globalisation . . .
- Imperial Apologists Peddle Poisonous Fairytale (Hindu, Priyamvada Gopal, Jun 29, 2006)
Neocon ideologues are being given free rein by the media to rewrite the history of Britain's empire and whitewash its crimes.
A wilful ignorance of other people's cultures and histories encourages the notion that freedom is intrinsically Western
. . .
- Strategic Partner Or Threat? (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Jun 29, 2006)
Nothing symbolises the confusion and ambivalence in our approach to relations with China more than the contradictory statements about Sino-Indian relations that have emanated from our Defence and External Affairs Ministries over the past year.
- Threat Rewarded, Docility Ignored (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 29, 2006)
It is strange to see the Government providing relief packages to terrorists, but leaving Hindu victims to fend for themselves, notes YK Sharma
- Poor Pakistani Children Head To Sea For A Living (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 29, 2006)
A year in an Indian jail hasn't put 13-year-old Rasool Baksh off returning to Pakistan's Arabian sea coast and going back to sea.
- Probe Police Excesses On Woman: Sad (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 29, 2006)
The Shiromani Akali Dal today demanded an independent probe into the allegations by a woman in Amritsar district that she was thrashed by police while undergoing labour pains resulting in a still birth.
- Rs.521-Crore Scheme For Wayanad Submitted To Centre (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 29, 2006)
The State Government has submitted a Rs.521-crore scheme to the Union Government for assistance to revive the crisis-ridden farm sector of Wayanad district.
- Reliance Reminder (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jun 29, 2006)
For all those politicians and academics opposed to allowing foreign direct investment in the retail sector, Mukesh Ambani’s announcement on Wednesday should come as another wake-up call.
- Research: India, U.K. Scientists To Team Up (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Jun 29, 2006)
Six-member panel to chalk out "road map"
Biotechnology, nano technology proposed for research
Initiatives in weather systems and climate change likely
Oxford, Cambridge, IIT-Kanpur, IISC, Bangalore involved
- Mukesh’S Grand Vision: Implementation The Key (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 29, 2006)
In the course of his speech at the Reliance AGM, RIL chairman Mukesh Ambani often sounded like a politician, albeit of the visionary variety — unselfconsciously linking RIL’s future to that of India and promising to inaugurate an era of rural . . .
- 'Apparel Industry Needs Rs 30,000 Cr’ (The Economic Times, SANJEEV SINHA, Jun 29, 2006)
‘Vijay Kumar Agarwal, has recently taken over as the chairman of the Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC), the nodal agency sponsored by the ministry of textiles responsible for promotion of exports of readymade garments from India.
- Desperation Of The Poor (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Jun 29, 2006)
A factory worker in Lahore killed his three minor daughters recently as he was convinced he would not be able to give them an “honourable life” with his meager earnings, however hard he may try.
- People At Peril (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 29, 2006)
The writer is a freelance columnist and former newspaper editor
While the brutal murder of journalist Hayatullah Khan has shaken people across the country, what is also shocking is the inability of his family to access justice.
- Decline Of Welfare State (News International, Simon Jenkins, Jun 29, 2006)
When the world's second-richest man gives most of his money to the world's richest man we do well to count our spoons.
- An Event To Cherish (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 29, 2006)
It cannot be over-emphasised that the short order of the Supreme Court about privatisation of the Steel Mills was one of the most important decisions in the history of Pakistan.
- Privatisation On Track: Shaukat (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 29, 2006)
The government is fully committed to the process of privatisation and respects the Supreme Court’s judgment regarding Pakistan Steel Mills’ case, said Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz while chairing a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Privatisation . . .
- Relief Commissionerate, Dmc Set Up In Baloch (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 29, 2006)
Balochistan Relief Commissioner for Crisis Management Cell and Member Board of Revenue Khuda Bakhsh Baloch has said that the government has established a Balochistan Disaster Management Commission (BDMC) and a Balochistan Relief Commissionerate . . .
- Tribal Militants Assessing Situation (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 29, 2006)
Militants in the North Waziristan tribal region on Wednesday responded cautiously to government’s decision to deploy 10,000 more troops on its border with Afghanistan, saying they would reassess the situation after the expiry of a month-long ceasefire.
- Retracing The Ancient Silk Route (Daily Excelsior, K.N. Pandita, Jun 28, 2006)
On June 18, 2006 Indian and Chinese senior officials met in Beijing to discuss among other bilateral matters the question of setting a date for the opening of Nathu La. The historic event is scheduled to take place this month (June 2006)...
- Vs: No Clout, And An Identity Crisis (Indian Express, RAJEEV P I, Jun 28, 2006)
It's a question that would beg for an answer soon in Kerala:
- European Secret Services Colluded In Cia Terror Transfers (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 28, 2006)
European secret services collaborated with CIA agents in the detention and transfer of terror suspects in or across the continent, the author of a report on the renditions told the Council of Europe rights watchdog today.
- Gandhi Accuses Raje Govt Of Discrimination In Drought Work..... (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 28, 2006)
Stepping up her attack, Congress president Sonia Gandhi today accused the BJP Government of discrimination in the drought relief work and not paying minimum wages to workers in the Congress-dominated areas.
- Tribe Against Tribe, Village Against Village (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 28, 2006)
The landscape of Bastar is gorgeous.
- The Will To Walk (Deccan Herald, Suryakumari Dennison, Jun 28, 2006)
Age is no deterrent to the determined walkers who won’t even stop for a chat with acquaintances
- The Spirit Of Free Enquiry Shaves Off Ignorance (Times of India, Pranav Khullar, Jun 28, 2006)
The spirit of free enquiry which is at the very root of the Upa-nishadic quest is perhaps best epitomised in the short and crisp Mundaka Upanishad, set amid the sylvan retreat of Sage Angiras.
- Kashmir-Eu Week In Brussels (News International, Mariana Baabar, Jun 28, 2006)
The Kashmir-EU week was inaugurated at the European Parliament on Tuesday, by Gary Titley MEP, Leader of the European Parliamentary Labour Party.
- Noon-Meal, Victers Programmes Enthuse South African Team (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 28, 2006)
Delegation studying education system in the country
Seven-member team is on a visit to India and Thailand to study human resource practices, education management information systems
- India, China To Check Animal Trade Across Nathu La (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 28, 2006)
What has the opening of the Nathu la to do with the National Wildlife Crime Control Bureau announced here last week after the National Wildlife Board meeting chaired by the Prime Minister? A lot, if one considers the trade of wildlife, especially . . .
- Govt To Discuss Rehab Measures For Ex-Servicemen (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 28, 2006)
In an effort to ensure rehabilitation of ex-servicemen, the Government will discuss issues like recruitment of former soldiers in State police forces to tackle extremism and terrorism, reservation in jobs and other welfare measures with Chief . . .
- A Mirror Up To... (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 28, 2006)
Parting thoughts of a Vice-Chancellor
The President, as the university’s Visitor, is said to be concerned over the legacy of Tagore and the need to revive the glory that was Visva-Bharati.
- Bring The Water Profiteers To Heel (News International, Will Hutton, Jun 28, 2006)
Thames Water's corporate responsibility report is a model of its type. Pictures of smiling water users beam out of its lavish pages and we are treated to page after page of worthy commitments to 'stakeholder engagement' or to water-resource management.
- Army Officers Face Disciplinary Proceedings (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 28, 2006)
Action initiated in cases of irregularities
- Human Trials Of Aids Vaccine Begins (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 28, 2006)
"The indications so far are that it is safe"
- Cops Thrash Woman In Labour, Killing Baby (Tribune, Varinder Walia, Jun 28, 2006)
In a bizarre incident, a woman constable entered ‘labour room’ and started beating up nine-month pregnant Dalit woman, Raj, a resident of Kuttiwal village in Ajnala tehsil, leading to the death of her male child after delivery.
- V.P. Is Lying About Sonia, Says Fotedar (Asian Age, Yusuf Jameel and Shafqat Ali, Jun 28, 2006)
Senior Congress leader and Gandhi family loyalist Makhan Lal Fotedar on Tuesday accused former Prime Minister V.P. Singh of spreading falsehoods in anticipation of playing a major role in the country’s future politics.
- A Chance To Do Justice By Vidarbha's Farmers (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Jun 28, 2006)
While farmers of the region are hoping for the best outcome from the Prime Minister's fact-finding visit to Maharashtra's Vidarbha district, it would be fitting and in the larger interests of the nation if agriculture is to occupy centrestage, at . . .
- Textile Exports, Post-Mfa — Bales Of Opportunities (Business Line, C. P. Ravindranathan, Jun 28, 2006)
Post-MFA, India has the opportunity to derive the maximum gains as an exporter. But for this the country must bring in reforms.
- Close To Civil War? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 28, 2006)
Militias may not be fighting each other but Iraq is teetering on the brink of civil war, with an alarming rise in killings and kidnappings.
- A Journey To Nowhere (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Jun 28, 2006)
If the number of buses started between India and Pakistan were to be the criterion, the relationship would have been normal. The fact is that the
- Much More Than Personal Drama (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 27, 2006)
For Lakshmi Mittal, the Indian-born steel magnate, the deal Sunday to acquire rival Arcelor caps decades of effort to rise from obscurity to build a global steel conglomerate.
- Computers To Become Emotionally Aware (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
MIND-READING Computer: What does it do? Analyse a combination of facial movements Applications From improving peoples driving skills to helping companies tailor advertising to peoples moods. Will help tell if driver is confused, bored or tired . . .
- S. Asia Can Reduce Poverty: Wb (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
A World Bank report says South Asian countries can significantly reduce poverty in the next 10 years by increasing investment, improving labor quality and addressing gaps in income.
- Humanising Criminal Investigation (Hindu, R. K. Raghavan , Jun 27, 2006)
A collection of articles by experts on forensic nursing which is a treat and education by itself
- We’Re Buying, Can We Sell? (Indian Express, Narayanan Madhavan and Rosemary Arackaparambil, Jun 27, 2006)
Twelve years ago I passed by a tiny Belgian mountainside town called Huy to write about an Indian steel success story.
- Pranab Seeks Report To Induct Women For Combat (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
Union Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee said here on Monday he had directed the three services chiefs to conduct a feasibility study for inducting women officers in every walk of the armed forces and expressed the hope that women would in near future . .
- Providing Social Security To Unorganised Workers (Business Line, Jayati Ghosh, Jun 27, 2006)
The lack of provision of basic social security for the vast bulk of workers in India is one of the more depressing features of Indian society. This is sought to be corrected in the recent recommendations of the National Commission for Enterprises . . .
- Universities: Renaissance Or Decay? (The Financial Express, RALF DAHRENDORF, Jun 27, 2006)
European universities, as also those in developing countries like India, need to loosen rigid structures.
- Poverty Declines In Pakistan: Wb Report (Pakistan Observer, Sharafat Kazmi, Jun 27, 2006)
The World Bank report on “Economic Growth in South Asia” says that with the resumption of high growth, poverty is again declining rapidly in Pakistan.
- Bank Official Placed Under Suspension (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
Irregularities detected in account opening procedures
- Alarming Rise In Drug Addiction (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 27, 2006)
Drug addiction in Peshawar and other major cities in the country is on the rise as a result of influx of the heroin, hashish and other drugs from Afghanistan, where poppy production has registered unprecedented increase since US occupation of the . . .
- Kalam Draws Energy Map (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam today set out the roadmap for India’s energy independence, terming it the nation’s highest priority.
- India, Sa, Brazil Collaboration On Aids Vaccine (Statesman, Devirupa Mitra, Jun 27, 2006)
India, Brazil and South Africa are planning to collaborate in the development of a HIV/AIDS vaccine.
- Rajasthan Not Doing Enough For Drought-Hit: Sonia (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
Congress President Sonia Gandhi today accused the Rajasthan Government of “not doing enough” to provide relief to the drought affected in the state, saying it has even failed to utilise the Central funds for the purpose.
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