|
|
|
|
|
|
Articles 4421 through 4520 of 12047:
- An Ideal Opportunity To Act Decisively (The Financial Express, Jayaprakash Narayan, Apr 07, 2006)
The failure of prosecution in several cases has re-focused public attention on our justice . . .
- Cause For Concern (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 07, 2006)
The arrest of seven persons with links to the Harkat-ul Jihad-i-Islami, Bangladesh (HUJI-B) in connection with the blasts at Varanasi’s Sankatmochan Temple and railway station in March underlines the growing threat posed by Bangladesh-based . . .
- The Outsider And His City (Hindu, DEEPA GANESH, Apr 07, 2006)
Winner of Lankesh debut director award Suman Mukhopadhyay's Bengali film, Herbert is at once the tragic story of an individual alienated by history as well as the collapse of Kolkata in the last century
- Can Any ‘Reform’ Be So Perverse And Irrational? (The Financial Express, SEBASTIAN MORRIS, Apr 07, 2006)
The government has proposed an amendment to the Postal Act that would bar the private sector from carrying articles below 500 gm.
- Best Buys For Health (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 07, 2006)
In developing countries, more than 13 million children die each year before their fifth birthday.
- Where Rags To Riches Stories Are No Longer Rare (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Apr 07, 2006)
The Chinese city of Wenzhou owes its success to the development of a cluster model whereby hundreds of small enterprises work together producing complementary goods based on efficient division of labour, saysThe Hindu's Beijing Correspondent.
- Destruction Of Amazon Forest Linked To Fast Food (Hindu, John Vidal, Apr 07, 2006)
Export chain ends in big fast food outlets in Europe as farmers illegally seize virgin land in the Amazon forest for soya crops.
Scale of deforestation unprecedented, says Greenpeace
Much of the damage caused by soya farmers
Xingu basin in the heart
- ‘Pakistan, India Remain Engaged In Peaceful Dialogue’ (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2006)
The report ‘Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: The US Record 2005-2006’ released on Wednesday said Pakistan and India "remained engaged in peaceful dialogue on a range of issues" and "worked together" to assist victims in the aftermath of the . . .
- In Indira’S Footsteps (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, Apr 06, 2006)
Last week this column suggested that the Congress should be buried. Some elaboration is in order.
- India Should Adopt Brazilian Model To Check Spread Of Birdflu (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2006)
India could adopt the Brazilian model while formulating steps to check spread of birdflu to other parts of the country, according to poultry and veterinary scientists.
- The Dangers Of Uncritical Support (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Apr 06, 2006)
India should look at the long-term impact of its foreign policy in relation to terrorism.
- Common Future (Deccan Herald, B G Verghese, Apr 06, 2006)
The Prime Minister has a vision for Indo-Pak amity where borders become irrelevant
- Marx's Reserve Army Of Labour Going Global (Hindu, Andrew Glyn, Apr 06, 2006)
The eruption of the Indian and Chinese economies could shift the balance of power sharply in favour of capital in the rich world.
- Migrants And Minorities (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2006)
The scrapping of the IMDT Act has lent a new dimension to electioneering in parts of Assam, says Sushanta Talukdar
- Guru Greg's Eklavya Xi (Pioneer, Ashok Malik, Apr 06, 2006)
Chappell's much publicised experiment with young blood has only destabilised the equilibrium in Team India, says Ashok Malik
- Justice For All, For Social Stability (The Economic Times, KIRAN KARNIK, Apr 06, 2006)
It is a matter of self-interest for the power-class to quickly mend the system before it breaks.
- Nbcc Branches Out Into Powert (The Economic Times, G Ganapathy Subramaniam & Jayanthi Iyengar, Apr 06, 2006)
Buoyed by the boom in construction, National Building Construction Corporation (NBCC) plans to branch out into new areas of business including power.
- The India Hype Is Ahead Of Reality (The Financial Express, R SESHASAYEE, Apr 06, 2006)
The economic growth India has achieved, to quote the finance minister, is ‘quite a heady mix’ and we saw the effect recently in Davos, where the world looked at India with great interest. We discovered our importance in that milieu.
- A Defunct Post (Business Line, S Balakrishnan, Apr 06, 2006)
Do we need alternate directors?
An alternate director is in the same position as any other director as regards his duties, rights and liabilities.
- Pep Pill (Business Standard, Niraj Bhatt, Apr 06, 2006)
With generic pharmaceutical stocks reporting a sharp jump in prices over the last few weeks, once again attention has shifted to valuations of large Indian players versus their global counterparts.
- Courting Trouble (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 06, 2006)
Fill all vacancies of judges
- The How And Why Of Consciousness (Tribune, David P. Barash, Apr 06, 2006)
Consciousness has long been the third rail of biology: touch it and maybe you don’t die, but you are unlikely to get anywhere. Recently, however, the neurobiology of consciousness has become one of the hottest areas of research, along with genomics . . .
- The Forgotten Indian Diaspora (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2006)
With the initiative to trace the roots of “People of Indian origin” in Bhojpur and Ballia, as reported by The Indian Express on April 5, the government has begun an effort to renew the emotional bonds with these lost citizens.
- India Abroad (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
With ever increasing sums of foreign money rushing into the Indian equity market, it looks like the India story has been well and truly bought into by the rest of the world.
- We Too Need Labour Flexibility (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 05, 2006)
Should people in India bother about the massive protests that stall Paris these days, as students, unions and unemployed young people oppose labour reform? We should: there are important lessons there on adjusting to the forces of change.
- Strategic Horizon Of Indo-Us Deal (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 05, 2006)
The India-United States agreement is in line with Bush's objective of curbing Islamist strength which is dependent on petroleum, says Prafull Goradia
- Labour Pains (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Apr 05, 2006)
The inconceivable is beginning to happen in China. It is facing a labour crunch, which is pushing wages up. And the crunch isn't temporary, it's been deepening over the past two years.
- Sbi Stir Hits Customers Hard (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
State Bank of India’s operations remained crippled throughout the country for the second day today, but the government made it clear it would not oblige the bank’s employees, who have struck work indefinitely demanding higher pension.
- The Elections That Matter (Hindu, Polly Toynbee , Apr 05, 2006)
The story of the coming local polls in England and Wales will also be about how they affect Tony Blair's future.
- Sbi Turns To Other Banks' Atms For Help (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
Millions of State Bank of India (SBI) customers, tired of ATMs running dry, heaved a sigh of relief as the bank on Tuesday waived off the Rs 30 per transaction interchange fee it charges them for using ATMs of other banks.
- Narmada Becomes A Bigger Issue (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI and SUNNY SEBASTIAN , Apr 05, 2006)
It has now become an issue of water being used for genocidal agriculture policies
Suddenly it is the nerve centre of the new wave of displacements
Water is important but not at the cost of the tribal and rural people
- An Emergency For Rural Childhood (Hindu, Krishna Kumar, Apr 05, 2006)
The challenge of educational reform in the age of globalisation is very complex and rural children are especially vulnerable at a time when India is witnessing an unprecedented economic growth.
- Green Signal Now For Delhi Metro To Noida (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
Making its first foray beyond the boundaries of the Capital, the Delhi Metro is now all ready to reach Noida by June 2009.
- U.S. Lawmaker Backs India Deal As Congress Mulls Changes (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Apr 05, 2006)
A leading Democratic lawmaker on Tuesday voiced strong support for a landmark nuclear energy deal with India and predicted the U.S. Congress would eventually approve the controversial accord.
- Popularizing Science Among Children (Daily Excelsior, Arvind Gupta, Apr 05, 2006)
Before children can understand a thing, they need experience: seeing, touching, hearing, tasting, smelling; choosing ar ranging, putting things together, taking things apart experimenting with real things.
- Development Aimed At Employment (Tribune, B S Thaur, Apr 05, 2006)
Thanks to the arrival of some top industrial names followed by an organised publicity blitz, a breeze of development has started blowing in Punjab.
- Peace Won’T Come This Way (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Apr 05, 2006)
The vast majority of western commentators are convinced that last week’s Israeli election signifies a crucial break from the past: for the first time most voters rejected Eretz Israel, the long-nurtured notion that one day the territory of Israel . . .
- Indo-Us Deal Can Spoil Security In Region, Us Told (News International, Mariana Baabar, Apr 05, 2006)
Kasuri shares perspective on issue with Boucher; stresses
package approach to prevent arms race
- Faux Pas (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 05, 2006)
By not voting, Dr Singh disregards the electoral system
- In Indira’S Footsteps (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, Apr 05, 2006)
Last week this column suggested that the Congress should be buried. Some elaboration is in order.
- Life: Drop By Drop (Deccan Herald, Amrit Sadhana, Apr 05, 2006)
I always looked upon Buddha’s scriptures as something remote and incomprehensible.
- Backstory: Cultural Clash Marks India's Boom Time (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2006)
At night, villagers cross intersections to find rest in the darkened alleys behind the bright lights.
- Service Sector To The Rescue (Daily Excelsior, Dr Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Apr 04, 2006)
India was once an agricultural country.
- Court Acts But Sbi Stays Shut (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2006)
: Delhi High Court today asked striking staff of State Bank of India not to interfere in banking operations or cause inconvenience to the public, but the auto-pilot nature of such mass actions ensured the largest commercial bank in the country was . . .
- Death In The Crib (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 04, 2006)
Collective shame in Burdwan
- A Little Tact And A Sympathetic Heart (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 04, 2006)
Extracts from the ILO’s regional high-level tripartite meeting on the Role of Labour Inspections in Combating Child Labour, Harare, 2001
- Sit Gets Vital Information From Let Operative (Hindu, T.V. Sivanandan, Apr 04, 2006)
"Information corroborates facts available"
Team visited different localities in Hyderabad
Talks held with the Moulvi of a mosque
Shah fully cooperated with the team
- Indo-Japan Cancer Therapy Tie-Up (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2006)
Joint venture will also pursue research on genetic solutions to HIV infected
- Implications Of N-Deal With India (Dawn, Talat Masood, Apr 04, 2006)
The Indo-US nuclear deal signed during President Bush’s recent visit to South Asia is meant to turn the relationship between the two states into strategic partnership.
- Uncomfortable Facts On Migrants (Deccan Herald, Paul Krugman, Apr 04, 2006)
“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free," wrote Emma Lazarus, in a poem that still puts a lump in my throat. I'm proud of America's immigrant history, and grateful that the door was open when my grandparents fled R
- Will 'Martyrdom' Work For Party? (Pioneer, CP Bhambhri, Apr 04, 2006)
Emotional chorus alone cannot bring victory to the Congress in the coming Assembly elections, says CP Bhambhri
- Play On Agony Of Kashmiri Woman (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2006)
The agony of a Kashmiri woman, portrayed by an artiste from Chandigarh, moved the audience at Alhamra on Monday.
- India’S Parties Wooing Muslim Vote (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Apr 04, 2006)
An estimated 55 percent of Assam’s electorate voted in Monday in the first phase of assembly elections, where balloting was held in 65 of the state’s 126 constituencies.
- `This Is The Time To Come To Bihar' (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Apr 04, 2006)
As the rebuilding phase is on in Bihar, there is lot of scope for profit. This is what industries need. And security is not a hassle today.
- Agriculture's Role In Contemporary Development (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Apr 04, 2006)
While GDP growth in India is touching new highs, the divergence in sectoral growth rates only increases. Industry and, particularly, services record creditable or remarkable rates of growth, but the agricultural sector performs poorly.
- Google Images Have Army In Combat Gear (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2006)
The Army is taking steps to counter the menace posed by Google portal putting the layout of its strategic bases on its website, Army Chief Gen J J Singh said here on Monday .
- Ayurveda In The Dock (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 04, 2006)
Scientific scrutiny good for its health
- Breaking The Pension System Reform Logjam (The Financial Express, RAMGOPAL AGARWAL, Apr 04, 2006)
The pension system reforms, first announced in 2001, are often characterised as ‘non-reform’ and rightly so, for at least two reasons.
- Army Taking Steps To Thwart Google Threat: J.J. Singh (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2006)
Chief of Army Staff Gen J.J. Singh said today that the Army was taking steps to counter the threat posed by the Google portal by putting out the layout of its strategic bases on its website.
- Advaniji’S Neither A Hardliner Nor A Softliner. He Has No Line. And It’S A Shock I’M Still To Recover From’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Apr 04, 2006)
From ideologue to maverick, Uma Bharati has been described differently.
- The Idea On The Ground (Deccan Herald, L C JAIN, Apr 04, 2006)
Contradictions characterise the rural job scheme in terms of a project and a holistic approach
- Rss Called Atal, Advani To Push For Joshi (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Apr 04, 2006)
It took just four phone calls between Delhi and Nagpur last night to pave the way for Sanjay Joshi’s return today to the BJP as general secretary (organisation). Sources said soon after RSS general secretary Mohan Bhagwat issued a statement in . . .
- France In Ferment, Anger On The Streets (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Apr 04, 2006)
Although protests have polarised around changes to labour laws, the real discontent runs far deeper. The direct street action is born of despair, of the conviction that nothing concrete can or will ever be delivered by the political or business . . .
- Shops And Slums — A City Divided (Hindu, A. Srivathsan, Apr 04, 2006)
The traders' protest and the slum-eviction drive in Delhi can be traced to the failure of city planning and urban governance. What is required is a radical reconstruction of the concept of a city.
- India Partners U.S. In Futuregen Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2006)
U.S.-led initiative will produce non-polluting power from coal
Project likely to be commissioned by 2012
To produce power, commercial grade hydrogen from coal
Solid wastes will be converted into valuable products
- A New Trend In Historiography (Hindu, R. CHAMPAKALAKSHMI, Apr 04, 2006)
First volume of a set of interlinked studies that deploys the concept of `connected histories' to shed important light on aspects of the history of early modern Eurasia based on a variety of materials
- China May Let Dalai Lama Visit, Eyes Vatican Ties (Reuters, Benjamin Kang Lim, Apr 03, 2006)
China may approve a visit by the Dalai Lama, as long as he abandons dreams of independence for Tibet, and establish ties with the Vatican if it drops links with Taiwan, the country's top religious official was quoted on Monday as saying.
- The British Should Stop Ignoring Mainland Europe (Hindu, Martin Kettle, Apr 03, 2006)
With so much in common, to remain cut off is lazy and damaging.
- Through The Skin Of Living (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 03, 2006)
Nesa Gschwend’s performance Sing a Song, juxtaposing and permeating the artist's sensitive bodily presence with the visually evocative film and sound, let one grasp her simultaneously subtle and high-charged approach that focuses on the inner and the exte
- To The Poll: Feast And Booze (Deccan Herald, Anirban Bhaumik , Apr 03, 2006)
In the camellia land of Assam, nearly 5 million tea workers decide the candidates’ fate in at least 38 assembly constituencies.
- Assam Votes Today, Won’T Be Walk In A Tea Garden (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 03, 2006)
As they wake up to their morning cup of tea tomorrow—first day, first show of the Assam Assembly elections—Congress leaders in the state will perhaps sip it with one bitter reminder. Tea labourers hold the key to 35 of the 126 Assembly constituencies in t
- Student Power (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 03, 2006)
The French students and youths are up in arms again
- Stranded In A Place Called Impasse (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Apr 03, 2006)
Is the demilitarisation of Jammu and Kashmir a workable next-step in the dialogue process?
- India, France Hold Naval Exercises (Tribune, Ajay Kaul, Apr 03, 2006)
Adding a new chapter in bilateral ties, aircraft carriers, destroyers and submarines of India and France, supported by their air forces, today began a week-long joint exercise, off the Goa coast.
- Rebuilding Confidence (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 03, 2006)
Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) Dhruv has got a shot in the arm with the Cabinet Committee on Security clearing the purchase of 20 additional Dhruvs at a cost of Rs 955 crore.
- China, Australia Sign Uranium Deal (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 03, 2006)
Australia and China signed deals on Monday clearing the way for Beijing to buy Australian uranium - but only for use in its nuclear power stations.
- Iim Subsidy In Murthy Glare (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 03, 2006)
That is what N.R. Narayana Murthy feels and he said as much as he announced today that the new batch of postgraduate students who enrol in the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, will have to pay Rs 1.77 lakh a year, a hike of Rs 19,000.
- Stages Of Human Life (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 01, 2006)
Irrespective of the circumstances in which an individual is placed in life, the Vedic tradition envisages that he should gradually progress towards the goal of liberation from rebirths in four stages (Ashrama).
- For Smoother Appeals (Business Line, R. Anand, Apr 01, 2006)
The first appeal proceedings need streamlining
- Sanjay Joshi Set To Return To Bjp (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 01, 2006)
Former BJP organisational general secretary Mr Sanjay Joshi, who resigned from the post in December after a leaked CD showed him in a compromising position with a woman, is likely to be reinstated after forensic reports suggested that the person . . .
Previous 100 Labour Articles | Next 100 Labour Articles
Home
Page
|
|
