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Articles 4821 through 4920 of 12047:
- Online Encyclopedia (Hindu, Natalie Hanman, Mar 14, 2006)
At the start of this month, Wikipedia announced the creation of the millionth article in its English language edition (http://en. wikipedia.org). So far, so impressive.
- Rooting For Sharia Laws In Bradford (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Mar 14, 2006)
It is one thing to demand the democratic right in an open and free society to practise one's faith, but to want to have a parallel religious legal system is quite another.
- A Wrong Time To Tax Domestic Bpos (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 14, 2006)
The Finance Bill 2006 has withdrawn, effective March 1, 2006, the exemption from service tax enjoyed by call centres catering to the domestic market.
- Country Facing Internal Threats, Says Musharraf (Daily Times, Ali Waqar, Mar 14, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf said on Monday that he feared only internal threats to Pakistan.
- Bird Flu Scare In Hyderabad (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 14, 2006)
Pakistan is investigating a possible second outbreak of bird flu after poultry farmers threw around 2,000 chicken carcasses on a dumping ground, officials said on Monday.
- History Moves Kalam No Less Than Science (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 14, 2006)
History moves President APJ Abdul Kalam no less than science.
- Imperialism Redux (Statesman, SUBROTO ROY, Mar 14, 2006)
Business, Energy, Weapons And Foreign Policy
- Kalam Ends 3-Day Mauritius Visit, Promises Help To Its Economy (Press Trust of India, Subhashis Mittra, Mar 14, 2006)
Injecting fresh impetus to the age-old ties between India and Mauritius, President A P J Abdul Kalam today wrapped up his three-day visit to the island nation assuring it of New Delhi's firm commitment to help tide over its new economic challenges.
- Mujaddedi Survives Suicide Attack (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2006)
Former Afghan president Sibghatullah Mujaddedi was slightly wounded in a suicide car bomb attack on Sunday that officials said killed two bombers and two civilians.
- Job-Eating Potential (Daily Excelsior, Dr Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Mar 13, 2006)
The Congress won the last election on the platform of the common man. Finance Minister P Chidambaram wants to deliver on the promise.
- What The Pictures Teach (Telegraph, UDDALAK MUKHERJEE, Mar 13, 2006)
How does one talk about sex to a group of young, painfully shy, village girls with little or no education? This was what Himalini Varma kept thinking as she sat inside a tiny hut in a village in South 24 Parganas.
- Winners And Losers In The Outsourcing Game (Business Line, Mohan Murti, Mar 13, 2006)
Far from being a blot, outsourcing and offshoring are powerful tools to help solve the competitiveness problem and, provided the right structural reforms are implemented, may also assist in solving Europe's low employment problem.
Smart companies . . .
- China Renews An Old Ideological Fight (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2006)
BEIJING For the first time in perhaps a decade, the National People's Congress, the Communist Party-run legislature now convened in its annual two-week session, is consumed with an ideological debate over socialism and capitalism that many assumed . . .
- The Exploitation Of Blue Collar Temp Workers (The Financial Express, MANISH SABHARWAL, Mar 13, 2006)
Small tweaks to the Contract Labour Act could end the criminal and political nexus that exploits blue collar temp workers. Government statistics put temporary and contract jobs at 21% of India’s labour force, an astounding 80 million people.
- The State Dept Report (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Mar 13, 2006)
Governments that have been criticised in the US State Department’s report on human rights have rightly come out strong against it, considering its obvious prejudiced outlook.
- Mind-Boggling Mars Explorer (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Mar 13, 2006)
A us spacecraft with potential of revolutionizing the understanding of Mars has moved into a ‘perfect’ orbit around the Red Planet, NASA announced on Saturday.
- Ias Officers Exploit Loophole To Evade (Tribune, Chitleen K. Sethi, Mar 13, 2006)
Over 200 IAS and PCS officers of the Punjab cadre have got more than 50 acres of land registered in the name of a cooperative housing society without paying a single rupee as stamp duty.
- A Footstool In The World (Deccan Herald, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Mar 13, 2006)
The Indo-US nuclear deal has exposed inconsistencies in India’s position
- Murder Of Justice (The Week, Suman K. Jha, Mar 11, 2006)
Everything has been said already, but as no one listens, we must always begin again." Justice V.S. Malimath began with this Andre Gide quote while outlining the roadmap for reforming the criminal justice system in . . .
- Who To Conduct Training Exercises To Check Spread Of Bird Flu (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
The United Nations health agency plans to conduct training exercises across the world over next few months to help experts put in place measures to check the spread of bird flu should it take the form of epidemic among humans.
- Farm Extension, Key To Second Green Revolution (Business Line, S. Kumarasamy, Mar 11, 2006)
With increasing population and declining per capita land available for agriculture, the future looks bleak. Unless the second Green Revolution is ushered in soon, it will be difficult to sustain the burgeoning . . .
- Musharraf Rules Out Independent Kashmir (Daily Times, Mohammad Imran, Mar 11, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf ruled out on Friday the possibility of an independent Kashmir and said that the idea of self-governance was applicable in the present political scenario.
- Pakistan Will Collaborate With India To Fight Mental Sickness (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
Visiting Indian psychiatrists offered low cost medicines from India for psychiatric patients in Pakistan during a meeting with Saba Sadiq, adviser to the chief minister on Friday.
- Us Air Ceo Predicts More Airline Mergers (Reuters, Kyle Peterson, Mar 11, 2006)
A reduction in capacity at U.S. airlines lessens the need for airline consolidation, but the merger of former US Airways and America West may be a model for other carriers to make the same move, the chief executive of the new US Airways . . .
- Deadly Bird Flu Not (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
The H5N1 avian flu virus has not yet made its way to North America, although many experts believe it will, US government researchers said.
- Balancing Game (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Mar 11, 2006)
By exposing the limits of nuclear muscle-flexing, the Varanasi explosions should have pricked the balloon of euphoria generated by George W. Bush’s visit.
- 'Discussing J-K May Lead To National Security Problem' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
Strongly assailing the dicussing of the internal matters pertaining to Jammu and Kashmir outside the country, the former union minister and a senior leader of the BJP, Chaman Lal Gupta warned that this would lead to more problems on the national . . .
- Around The World In 180 Days (The Week, Dnyanesh Jathar, Mar 11, 2006)
Did the Maharashtra government overlook a bird flu warning around three months ago? So it seems. On November 14 last year, Dr Swati Piramal, chairperson of Confederation of Indian Industry’s national committee on biotechnology, cautioned that . . .
- U.K. Helped Israel Get Nuclear Bomb (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Mar 11, 2006)
Records obtained under Information Act
- Neighbours Building An It Highway (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Mar 11, 2006)
Real Sino-Indian collaboration in software is beginning to materialise, giving China a valuable chance to enhance its own capabilities. What has, however, failed to take off is any collaboration in hardware, where the Indians could learn from the Chinese.
- Anatomy Of A Partnership (International Herald Tribune, Henry A. Kissinger, Mar 11, 2006)
President George W. Bush's visit to India has brought relations between the United States and India to an unprecedented level of cooperation and interdependence.
- Musharraf Suggests Joint Management For Kashmir (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said Pakistan’s proposals of demilitarisation, self-governance and joint management offered a tenable solution to long-standing Kashmir dispute and urged the Indian leadership to come forward with . . .
- New Life (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 11, 2006)
The Supreme Court's verdict allowing development of commercial properties on the land of closed textile mills in Mumbai will have a far reaching positive impact on the city's economy.
- Musharraf Suggests Joint Management For Kashmir (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said Pakistan’s proposals of demilitarisation, self-governance and joint management offered a tenable solution to long-standing Kashmir dispute and urged the Indian leadership to come forward with a timely response . . .
- Jessica Probe Team May Look Into Role Of Big Money (Hindu, Prashant Pandey, Mar 10, 2006)
Even as the special team constituted to investigate charges of criminal conspiracy, destruction of evidence and fabrication of records in connection with the murder of Jessica Lal -- which allegedly led to the acquittal of the . . .
- Reliance Petro, Dow Pact Gets Nod (Business Standard, Utpal Bhaskar, Mar 10, 2006)
Polypropylene plant to be set up at Jamnagar special economic zone.
- Budget Low On Fdi Initiative (Business Line, S. Majumder , Mar 10, 2006)
Growth in FDI has been catalysed by the general spurt in the economy and not by special measures in the Budget. The Finance Minister should ponder over fiscal incentives to woo foreign investors.
- Critical Need For Consensus On Economic Issues (The Financial Express, SUMANT SINHA, Mar 10, 2006)
In my article at the same time last year, I called that year’s Budget a “deliberately non-dramatic” one. That same description could very well be applied to this year’s Budget. And in this lies a pattern.
- Is The System On Trial? (Deccan Herald, Deepak K Upreti, Mar 10, 2006)
Seven years ago, Jessica Lal, an upcoming model-turned-bartender was shot dead in full view of a well-heeled crowd in an eatery in South Delhi. The eatery — which was run by Bina Ramani, a Page-3 socialite — was serving liquor without a license....
- Why Children Should Learn To Type (Tribune, Hilary Wilce, Mar 10, 2006)
Students need to improve their touch-typing skills Fad fall flag flash flask. Gad gag gall gas gash glad glass. Sad sag salad sash slash shall.
- Microsoft’S Origami Pc (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
crosoft Corp, on Thursday, unveiled its ‘Origami’ project, a paperback-book sized portable computer, which is a hybrid between a laptop PC and a host of mobile devices that the world’s biggest software maker hopes will create an entirely new market.
- Born Again (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Mar 10, 2006)
All of a sudden the Joint Intelligence Committee — “subsumed” in the secretariat of the National Security Council nearly seven years ago — has been revived.
- Innovative Steps In Budget To Boost Economy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
Gender auditing, outcome budgeting, protection of all stakeholders to boost economy
New policy to encourage private investments health sector soon
10 knowledge centres to be established
- Karnataka Government Staff Strike Near-Total In Many Districts (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
The strike was withdrawn two hours after it began
- We Must Negotiate With Iaea For India-Specific Safeguards: Kakodkar (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
He does not foresee any interruption in fuel supplies, but says measures needed to deal with interruptions
Safeguards and additional protocol should be India-specific
No interruption in the fuel supplies foreseen
- Energy Security (Daily Excelsior, O.P. Sabherwal, Mar 10, 2006)
The question is often posed: why fast breeder reactors (FBRs)? What is the special place of fast breeders in India’s nuclear power programme? The simple answer is that fast breeders are the routes to India’s energy security, providing . . .
- Fast-Paced Development In Fata (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Mar 10, 2006)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said that additional funds will be made available for fast track development in the Tribal Areas. Talking to Tribal Maliks and elders, who called on him in Rawalpindi on Wednesday, he said that the Government . . .
- Banking Strike Deferred (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 09, 2006)
The all-India banking strike called tomorrow to press for restoration of compassionate ground appointment scheme has been deferred, the United Forum of Bank Unions said today.
- Easy Targets (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 09, 2006)
The terrorist attack in Varanasi (including one on an important Hanuman temple on Tuesday, in which about 15 people died) does not leave much room for doubt that these attacks follow a pattern.
- Truth Will Out, In The Right Environment (Indian Express, H. S. PHOOLKA, Mar 09, 2006)
The Best Bakery re-trial has shown that witnesses will speak the truth in a conducive environment.
- Leveraging The Mobile Phone Revolution (Business Line, R. Vaidyanathan, Mar 09, 2006)
The mobile phone is now being used for small-time financial activities, such as information on prices and billing settlements. But the important development that service providers and bankers should work towards is to make it drive a retail credit . . .
- Is The Bird Flu Over? (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 09, 2006)
Don’t just have it on your mind. Have it on your plate too!” So runs one of the series of advertisements that the ministry of health and family welfare and the department of animal husbandry are putting out in newspapers.
- Marxist Vs Maoist (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 09, 2006)
The most striking feature of the continuing wave of Maoist killings is its anti-establishment character.
- Bilateral Trade Arrangements Are The Way To Go (The Financial Express, JAYANTA ROY, Mar 09, 2006)
The recent nuclear deal with the US is a historical landmark.
- Women Addicts On Increase In Delhi (Daily Excelsior, Rajeev Sharma, Mar 09, 2006)
In a curious development, more and more women in Delhi are jumping into the narcotic whirlpool.
- Reality Dawned Upon Me: Hizb Comdr (Daily Excelsior, Sarwar Kashani, Mar 09, 2006)
"I surrendered because reality dawned upon me," said the surrendered Hizbul Mujahideen district commander before media today, while explaining his reasons why he deserted his militant outfit and joined "mainstream".
- Model Orphanages (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 09, 2006)
THE facilities provided for orphans of the Oct 8 earthquake victims at a number of orphanages run by the non-profit organization ‘Save Our Souls’ in Punjab present a model for other NGOs and philanthropic groups dealing with the aftermath of the . . .
- Pious Intentions (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Mar 09, 2006)
Of late if the annual budget of any State merits attention it is only to the extent the direction it takes.
- New Uk Rules For Low-Skilled Workers (Tribune, David Barret, Mar 09, 2006)
Low-skilled workers from outside the EU will not normally be allowed into Britain under the Government’s new immigration system, it was announced on Tuesday.
- Iaea Sending Iran Report To Unsc Today (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 09, 2006)
VIENNA MEET Tehran warns Washington of ‘harm and pain’, White House calls statement provocative
- Australia To Expand Business Operations In India (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Santos strikes deal with Reliance Petroleum
- Mills Of Justice (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 08, 2006)
The Supreme Court ruling on the Mumbai mill lands case gives everyone breathing space.
- Gender Parity: A Long Way To Go (Deccan Herald, Lola Nayar, Mar 08, 2006)
Sc pronouncement making the registration of marriages compulsory is a positive step
- Guest Control (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Mar 08, 2006)
If Manmohan Singh and his staff were to ensconce themselves in a plush hotel in Washington DC and bring the city to a standstill whenever they stepped out, what would be the reaction of ordinary Americans? You bet they wouldn't be amused.
- Women’S Lib Crib (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Mar 08, 2006)
Careful about reading this one. After all, an editorial on Women’s Day quoting a study that suggests that feminist ideals have made women in general ‘unhappier’ is likely to get the rolling pins as well as the brief cases out.
- Iaea Meets Amid Rift Over Iranian Nuclear Programme (The Nation, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Iran will not agree to a compromise over its nuclear programme that involves suspending full-scale uranium enrichment for any longer than two years, a diplomat told AFP Tuesday.
- Rising To The Defence (Business Standard, Sangeeta Singh, Mar 08, 2006)
Public-private joint ventures in the defence sector get a boost from home-grown enterprises.
- The Freight Side Story (Business Line, Vijayalakshmi Viswanathan, Mar 08, 2006)
Despite the doomsday predictions of many experts, the Railways has shown what a strategy focussed on the freight front can achieve. Continuing with this approach, the Rail Budget emphasises rationalisation of tariffs.
- Side Trips On A Visit To India (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Mar 08, 2006)
More than four years after a US-led invasion force delivered to Afghanistan the gifts of freedom and democracy, the man behind the enterprise finally plucked up the courage for a quick trip to Kabul.
- Aids And Gender: Gutsy Women Rebuild Their Lives (Tribune, A N Sudarsan Rao , Mar 08, 2006)
In a country that doesn’t even blink an eye while burning a bride for dowry, it is not hard to understand what it means to be a woman infected with HIV/AIDS. In 1986, when the first case of HIV/AIDS was identified in Chennai, the infected person, . . .
- Judicious Double Standards (Washington Post, Richard Cohen, Mar 07, 2006)
Back behind my high school one day, we all assembled to watch a fistfight. To my immense pleasure, a bully was being bested by his victim.
- El-Baradei Optimistic About Iran (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 07, 2006)
Mohammed El-Baradei the head of the UN nuclear watchdog agency, IAEA, expressed cautious optimism today on the chances of an international agreement to defuse concerns about Iran’s contentious nuclear activities that would make UN Security Council . . .
- Pm For Acceptable Iran Nuke Solution (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 07, 2006)
Hours before the crucial IAEA meeting on Iran, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday tried to assuage the Left by saying that he did not favour sanctions against Tehran nor participation in any effort towards a regime change in that country.
- Tax Free, Zero Deficit Budget Worth Rs 14436-Cr (Daily Excelsior, Sanjeev Pargal, Mar 07, 2006)
Deputy Chief Minister Muzaffar Hussain Baig, Incharge Finance and Planning didn’t impose any fresh taxes nor increased or reduced the existing taxes in his fourth successive zero deficit and revenue surplus budget worth Rs 14,436 crore presented . . .
- Budget Needs A People Orientation (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Mar 07, 2006)
If the Finance Minister is serious about responding to what people want, rather than what the coalition dharma demands, then, there may be merit in making certain critical changes.
- Joint Study On N-Deal With Us (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 07, 2006)
Howard to discuss India's need for uranium
The new deal
The two countries have signed a Trade and Economic Framework aimed at expanding bilateral economic and commercial ties.
Agreements related to enhancing air service were also signed
- Facts Are Sacred (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 07, 2006)
It was to huge saffron protests that the Justice U.C. Banerjee Committee appointed by the Railway Ministry presented, in January 2005, its interim report on the Godhra train calamity.
- Mi5 Was Warned Of Plot To Kill Attlee's Ministers? (Hindu, Richard Norton-Taylor, Mar 07, 2006)
MI5 (British counter-intelligence) was warned that Jewish terrorists planned to assassinate members of Clement Attlee's post-war British Labour Government and feared that Menachem Begin, then leader of the extremist Irgun resistance group . . .
- Jessica Can Of Worms Prised Open (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 07, 2006)
A groundswell of public outrage has compelled police to announce a probe into charges of evidence tampering in the Jessica Lal murder case and declare that the blanket acquittals would be challenged in court.
- Australia Pledges $25 Million Aid To India (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 07, 2006)
Prime Minister John Howard on Monday announced a $25 million dollar aid to India over the next five years for bilateral collaboration through the Strategic Research Fund and Exchange Scholarships.
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