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Articles 3421 through 3520 of 12047:
- Remarkable Thrillers (Hindu, Pradeep Sebastian, Jun 04, 2006)
Five new novels offer suspense, scholarship and stylish writing.
- Farmers Are Saviours, Not Beneficiaries (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 04, 2006)
“Everybody, including the PM, says that if agriculture goes wrong, nothing will go right. But that is yet to get translated into political action.” Agro scientist M S Swaminathan
- ‘No Politician’ Pm (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Jun 03, 2006)
Remember Manmohan Singh, the man of impeccable credentials, of utmost humility, a do-gooder who will do no wrong, not knowingly, his admirers will tell you.
- Mahajan's Son Battles For Life (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
The police have not completely ruled out a “conspiracy angle” to the incident, sources told Deccan Herald. Rahul and Moitra were rushed to the Apollo Hospital after their condition deteriorated, with both vomiting.
- Global Labour Mkt Marked By Widening Gap: Ilo Rept (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
The current global labour market is marked by a widening gap between unprecedented opportunity for some and growing uncertainty for many, with "working poverty" affecting nearly half of all workers in the world, a report by the United Nation's . . .
- This Opus Dei Member Says Thank You, Ron Howard (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 03, 2006)
Code has helped me to explain my faith, and its coexistence with my material side, and helped others to understand it
- Leveraging The Small (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 03, 2006)
The challenge is to design a combination of performance and cost that defies ancient managerial dogma.
- Bonded Labour’S Tragic Plight (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jun 03, 2006)
The photograph in Friday’s Dawn of brick kiln workers protesting against the brutal treatment being meted out to them by their employers was heart-wrenching.
- New Income-Tax Return Form Introduced (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
New form seeks to capture not only assessee's income but also expenditure during financial year under assessment
Out goes "Saral"; new form to reflect actual cash flow of the assessee
Option of filing electronic or hard copy return this year . . .
- Compete, How? (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jun 03, 2006)
The dismantling of the ATC (agreement on textiles and clothing) in January 2005 was expected to hold out huge dividends for India.
- The Guessing Game (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jun 03, 2006)
As Tony Blair limps towards the end of his tenure, the controversy over John Prescott, his deputy prime minister and the ruling party’s deputy leader, who was 68 this week, is a reminder that oppositions do not win elections, governments lose them.
- Bad Boys Finish First (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 03, 2006)
Everyone praises the truthful and runs down liars. But when it comes to the nitty-gritty, we have to concede that liars get a better deal in life than the truthful.
- "There Is A Very Deep-Rooted Prejudice" (Hindu, Siddharth Narrain , Jun 03, 2006)
Anuradha Mohit, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Special Rapporteur on Disability, says the academic sector has been the most insensitive in affirmative action for the disabled.
- Nissan, Suzuki Drive Towards Plant Tieup For India (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
Automobile giants Nissan and Suzuki have decided to take their business tie up to the next level by mutually supplying vehicles and sharing plants.
- Drug Or Poison? Answer In 5 Days (Telegraph, MANAN KUMAR, Jun 03, 2006)
As forensic scientists got busy with blood and tissue samples from Bibek Moitra’s body, Delhi police are for now assuming Pramod Mahajan’s private secretary died of drug abuse rather than poison.
- Chemical Onslaught On Human Life (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 03, 2006)
There was a time when man derived all his requirements from nature. He used naturally available herbs as medicine, naturally available nutrients and colours as cosmetics, and so on.
- "Number Of Aids Patients Increasing" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
Activists working for their welfare motivated in meeting
- Us Soldier Escapes Prison Over Abu Ghraib Assault (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
A US army dog handler who was found guilty of assaulting an inmate at the Abu Ghraib jail in Iraq will not go to prison, a US military jury decided Friday.
- Gears That Move The Innards Of Growth (Business Line, D. Murali , Jun 03, 2006)
Three books by Indian writers chart the course of economic growth in the country, looking at it from various angles — the sources of growth, growth theory and macroeconomic policy. Interesting and informative reads, says D.MURALI.
- Numbers And Welfare (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 03, 2006)
Social security for the unorganised sector
It was a touch ironic that the contours of a new deal for the country’s unorganised sector were unveiled at Kolkata’s New Secretariat, the bastion of a Leftist state’s organised and politically committed . . .
- Wular Drownings (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 03, 2006)
Curious resurfacing of ill-will
There was more than one tragedy on the Wular lake that terrible Tuesday.
- Australian Minister Takes The Credit For Baby Boom (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
A senior Government lawmaker on Friday took credit for Australia's biggest baby boom in 13 years.
- The Skill Pool Is Drying Up (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jun 03, 2006)
It is ironical to talk of labour shortage in a country of one billion. But increasingly, the problem will be not of labour shortage, but of the skilled variety.
- 36 Tourists Injured In Grenade Explosions (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
At least 36 tourists were injured, one of them seriously, when suspected militants hurled two grenades, within 15 minutes, on their buses in the Dalgate area here this evening.
- Terror Deals Blow To Tourism, Cancellations Begin (Daily Excelsior, Sarwar Kashani, Jun 02, 2006)
As the Valley's biggest economic venture and back bone of its prosperity - the tourism sector, was limping to regain its lost glory, unscrupulous elements armed with explosives time and again discharged their lewd endeavours stabbing in the stomach . . .
- All Ongoing Schemes Will Be Evaluated, Says Karunanidhi (Hindu, R.K. Radhakrishnan, Jun 02, 2006)
"No mindless scrapping of projects initiated by AIADMK"
Free bicycle scheme for class 12 students to continue
Free marriage scheme for poor women to commence from June 3
- Congress-Communist Camaraderie (Daily Excelsior, Kedar Nath Pandey, Jun 02, 2006)
There are moments in history when forked tongues will no do, and when overly nuanced appraisals of events amount only to equivocation.
- Gujarat Communalised (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Jun 02, 2006)
The BJP attempted to make Gujarat chauvinism synonymous with Hindutva for better poll prospects
- Raising The Networthiness Of Indian Banking (Business Line, Manoranjan Sharma, Jun 02, 2006)
The banking sector is today relatively much stronger than its Asian counterparts but it still has a long way to go.
- India's Gains Predicated On Competitiveness (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 02, 2006)
The Free Trade Agreement with ASEAN is a link up with a group of dynamic economies that can test India's mettle in several areas of trade. More than the comfort of tariff quotas it will be the country's sustained competitiveness that would bring it . . .
- Gdp Figures Underline Importance Of Reforms (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Jun 02, 2006)
If the economy's performance is to sustain, more reforms are needed, as the Finance Minister has called for.
- Multi-Racial Fiji (Statesman, Sam Rajappa, Jun 02, 2006)
The dream of the late Timoci Bavadra of a multi-racial Fiji for which he launched the Fiji Labour Party in the 1980s providing a common platform for the indigenous Fijians and the Fiji-Indians was at last realised in the just concluded parliamentary . . .
- Ht Gets Bigger, Better & Brighter (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
Starting today, we're making two innovations in the Hindustan Times. Simultaneously, we've also expanded and revamped every section of the paper to give you quality coverage.
- India Set To Undertake Study On Hiv Resistance (Times of India, Kounteya Sinha, Jun 02, 2006)
Fearing that the Indian strain of the deadly HIV virus is fast becoming resistant to anti-retroviral drugs — the only effective way to treat HIV — India is undertaking south Asia's largest multi-centre study to ascertain the type and extent of resistance.
- Govt Wants Peace, To Refrain From Military Action: Rajapakse (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
Sri Lanka's president on Thursday told the United States that his Government sought peace with separatist rebels and would not opt for a military solution to the conflict.
- Opening Doors To Islamists (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, Jun 02, 2006)
After sealing the fate of Indian academics with 27 per cent reservation, Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh is off on a nine-day trip to the Gulf to explore possibilities of cooperation in academics between the two countries.
- Effort And Dharma (Deccan Herald, Terry Reis Kennedy, Jun 02, 2006)
We want to live successfully. We intuit it is possible. Yet, the Dalai Lama teaches there is no short-cut to conquering a negative mind that keeps us suffering.
- Law On Medical Staff Transfers (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
Assam is planning a legislation to make it mandatory for medical teaching staff to work for a “certain minimum period” in each of the three colleges in Guwahati, Dibrugarh and Silchar.
- Bears In The Woods (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 01, 2006)
If you meet a bear in the woods, try not to panic or scream; on no account should you turn your back and run.
- An Unrealistic Deadline For Indus Dams (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 01, 2006)
The ground-breaking of the Diamer-Basha dam performed by President General Pervez Musharraf on April 26 caused my memory to recall the ground-breaking for the construction of the Tarbela Dam performed nearly 38 years ago on November 4, 1968 by the . . .
- Office Of Profit: Kalam Move Has Mps On Toes (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2006)
The ghost of disqualification is revisiting several MPs, including Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee and ministers, in the light of President A P J Abdul Kalam returning the controversial Office of Profit Bill to Parliament with the main . . .
- Hurdles To Be Tackled In Indian Growth (The Financial Express, JAYANTA ROY, Jun 01, 2006)
A steady GDP expansion is essential and can’t be assured without economic and political drive
- Reduce Reliance On Monsoons (Daily Excelsior, Ramesh Pandita and Meenakshi Koul, Jun 01, 2006)
Monsoons; of rains and suicides, may sound a bit strange and unusual to a good cross section of our society, especially to people, who dwell in urban areas of cities and towns, but holds very true to our farming community, who not just experience . . .
- Virtues And Vices Of Coalition Rule (Daily Excelsior, Kedar Nath Pandey, Jun 01, 2006)
The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, in an interview to the BBC has hinted at the possibility of a new political equation and even a mid-term election in the post - poll scenario to four state assemblies.
- J&k Terrorist Groups Finding New Recruits (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jun 01, 2006)
Maharashtra, Gujarat residents training with Hizb-ul-Mujahideen
Resident of Maharashtra village killed in encounter in J&K
Was most likely being trained on behalf of Lashkar-e-Taiba
Hizb may be seeking to enhance its own pan-India capabilities
- Buddha's Team Clears Way For Administrative Reforms Panel (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2006)
In what is being viewed as a revolutionary step reportedly backed by the 'do it now' Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee to smarten up a hoary, lackadaisical administrative edifice, the West Bengal Cabinet in its first post poll meet has . . .
- New Evidence, Witnesses In Diana Probe (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2006)
A senior detective leading an official British inquiry into the death of Princess Diana said on Tuesday that new forensic evidence and fresh witnesses have been uncovered by investigators.
- Bhel-Nitt Tie-Up For Research Cooperation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2006)
Students can take up projects in welding etc.
- Corrections And Clarifications (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 01, 2006)
In "Kalam sends back Office of Profit Bill" (May 31, 2006, page 1), the sub-heading was "Says focus should be on evolving a just, fair criteria", while the sentence in the text was "Mr. Kalam said the focus of the Bill should be on evolving a . . .
- A Smart Approach To Iran (Washington Post, Editorial, Washington Post, Jun 01, 2006)
The bush administration's offer yesterday to join negotiations with Iran was well tailored.
- China Nuclear Sets Upunit For Overseasprojects:paper (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2006)
China National Nuclear Corp (CNNC), the country's largest nuclear reactor builder, has formed an engineering arm to handle overseas orders, the official China Daily reported today.
- Final Four-Lane Stretch To Chandigarh Faces Land Hurdle (Indian Express, Manraj Grewal, May 31, 2006)
The National Highway between Ambala and Chandigarh, notorious as the killer stretch, is at last taking baby steps towards safety and decongestion.
- Indian Medicos To Sue Blair Govt For Jobs (Telegraph, Amit Roy, May 31, 2006)
Junior Indian doctors in Britain are to take the department of health and the home office to court because they say the rules have been changed retrospectively making it almost impossible to get jobs they believe were promised to them.
- Energy Conservation And House Building (Hindu, George Monbiot, May 31, 2006)
For 21 years, builders in the United Kingdom have been legally bound to construct homes that conserve energy.
- Moon’S Secrets Could Be Unravelled (Deccan Herald, U R RAO, May 31, 2006)
The synergy between the two space powers should benefit the scientific community
- Big Trouble In A Small Country (Dawn, Mahir Ali, May 31, 2006)
East Timor was supposed to be a United Nations success story. Yet in recent weeks, a mere four years into its journey as an independent nation, it has exploded into violence, exhibiting many of the symptoms of state failure.
- India Shines At Hannover Tech Fair (Daily Excelsior, Ajay Kaul, May 31, 2006)
The way the world looks at India's changing fast. Viewed as a country of snake charmers a few decades back, India is now seen as a nation set to be a major power in the world, particularly in the economic field.
- Another First (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, May 31, 2006)
Mr C. Phunsog is the first direct recruit to the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) from the trans-Himalayan territory of Leh.
- High Expectations And Doubts (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 31, 2006)
Although the policy for setting up Special Economic Zones (SEZs) was mooted way back in April 2000, it is only recently, at the implementation stage, that it is coming under close scrutiny.
- 12 Sinhalese Executed By Tamil Tigers (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2006)
Assailants raided an eastern Sri Lankan village, abducted 14 ethnic Sinhalese labourers and shot 12 of them in the head, the military said on Tuesday. Officials blamed the Tamil Tiger rebels, who denied involvement.
- Bombs Kill Dozens In Iraq, Leaders Wrangle (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2006)
Bombs killed dozens of people in Iraq on Monday, adding to pressure on rival factions in the country's new government to agree on interior and defence ministers who can tackle the relentless violence.
- Separate Electorate For Dalits (Pioneer, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, May 30, 2006)
Government must consider occupational constituencies where representatives are forced to promote the interests of their voters, says Bharat Jhunjhunwala
- The Bitter Truth Of Our Politics (Dawn, Murtaza Razvi, May 30, 2006)
While the world moves on to pursue its socioeconomic and other loftier goals in the new millennium, the debate on the state of democracy continues in Pakistan.
- India’S Insecurity~ii (Statesman, Bibhuti Bhusan Nandy, May 30, 2006)
If the state of India’s external security is a cause for serious concern, the country’s internal security situation is equally dismal.
- India Inc Can Sow A Paradigm Shift (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, May 30, 2006)
Corporates can bring about a turnaround in the agriculture sector, bringing all-round benefits.
- The Great Leap Backward (Business Line, Jack Nathan, May 30, 2006)
The Cabinet room was crackling with excitement. Small groups huddled together exchanging whispers, as they waited for Mr Dharma Raja, the Prime Minister, to come in.
- Tn Poll Promise Impact (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 30, 2006)
It’s not every day that a pre-poll promise made by the winning party in one state has an immediate impact and that too in another state.
- Pakistan Rallies Around A.Q. Khan (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , May 30, 2006)
Renewed interest in America on nuclear proliferation network
- Have Income, Give Subsidies (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam , May 30, 2006)
The fault lies not in providing subsidies to the poor and the needy but in not raising enough resources. The Government provides tax exemptions, which reduce legitimate tax revenues due to it, and the variety of subsidies and sops
- When Global Capital Develops A Glad-Eye (The Financial Express, Mythili Bhusnurmath, May 30, 2006)
In a globalising economy with relatively open capital markets, large swings in portfolio flows are a given. The only way to contain the resultant volatility is to widen and deepen markets
- Jatropha Cultivation In India (Daily Excelsior, Joginder Singh, May 30, 2006)
Hope you would be aware that in India more than one lac people commit suicide every year.
- New Skills, Old Divides (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 30, 2006)
There are two curious features about the agitation against reservations for other backward castes.
- India, China Can Resolve Complex Problems: Pranab (Tribune, Anil K. Joseph, May 30, 2006)
Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said “complex” problems that existed in Sino-Indian bilateral ties could be resolved through dialogues and mutual understanding.
- Buddha's Stance Confusing (Deccan Herald, V.R. Krishna Iyer, May 30, 2006)
Marxists oppose this grave menace. of Globalisation,Liberalisation Privatisation and have they too been Yeltsinised? Never. Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, the brilliant West Bengal Chief Minister, why, the Left in India generally, has been blasphemed.
- Pro-Obc Means Anti-Cong (Indian Express, KUMAR KETKAR , May 30, 2006)
Not many people remember Charan Singh, the man who appointed B.P. Mandal to head a commission in the late ’70s to collect data on the Other Backward Classes (castes), belonged to the Congress Party till the mid-1960s.
- 78 Child Labourers Rescued (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2006)
Raids conducted in Sarai Kale Khan
One person has been detained
Children were living in unhygienic atmosphere
- The Part Is Not The Whole (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , May 29, 2006)
Exciting news. Tycoons presiding over international finance capital have taken to reading what was hitherto subversive literature; they have been bowled over by Marx.
- Doesn’T Help To Typecaste (Indian Express, Pradipta Chaudhury, May 29, 2006)
Caste as a criterion in public policy is not supported by available evidence
- No More Forced Unions (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, May 29, 2006)
Within days of Montenegro’s successful referendum on independence, prime minister, Milo Djukanovic, will be arriving in Brussels to open talks on joining the European Union, while other Montenegrin diplomats arrive in New York to seek admission as . . .
- Nuclear Wake-Up Call (Times of India, K SUBRAHMANYAM, May 29, 2006)
The US delegation to the UN Conference on Disarmament in Geneva has tabled a draft Fissile Materials Cut-off Treaty (FMCT). It has also moved for nomination of an ad hoc committee from among 65 members of the conference to start the negotiating process.
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