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Articles 5121 through 5220 of 12047:
- 'Economy To Grow By Over 7.5%' (Hindustan Times, S Rajagopalan, Feb 22, 2006)
In a gung ho projection for the Indian economy, the International Monetary Fund has forecast a growth of over 7.5 per cent this year.
- Iits' Branch Out Plans Pruned (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
Government has not given permission to open a branch of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) at Singapore, the Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday.
- Plea On Forest Rights Bill For Sts (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
Left parties, BJP demand its early tabling
Is the Government delaying the Bill, asks the BJP
The committee would do its best to submit the report early: panel chairman
- Uncertain Future Looms Large Over Navapur (Hindu, Meena Menon, Feb 22, 2006)
The only industry in the taluk has suffered a major setback
If defiant poultry farmers wanted to have a chicken party on Monday night, it was not without reason. They say their birds are in good health and fit for consumption.
- 32 Lakh Applications For Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (Hindu, Ravi Reddy, Feb 22, 2006)
13 districts selected for implementation of the programme in the first phase
Scheme aims at livelihood security to rural households
Heavy demand for job cards
Plan to identify works to emerge by March 25
- A Learning Device Of The Future (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
A cube with the universal Braille dot matrix could well be the language learning device for thousands of visually challenged students.
- Culling Of Birds Continues In Two States (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, Feb 22, 2006)
Railways ban chicken dishes and eggs, notwithstanding Centre's advisory that serving these items is safe
More than 2.5 lakh birds killed
25 tonnes of feed destroyed
Payment of compensation begins
- Industry Upbeat, Hopes For Relief (Hindu, P. K. Bhardwaj , Feb 22, 2006)
Relief in direct and indirect taxes, rationalisation of customs duty anticipated
Corporates for effective VAT regime
FBT a major concern among trade bodies
Big push likely for infrastructure sector
- Flu Response Delayed: Centre (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
The Centre today admitted that reporting of bird flu cases was late. Maharashtra animal husbandry department said they were informed two days late on 10 February about the “suspected bird flu cases” at Nandurbar.
- Maoists’ Charm Offensive (Tribune, S. D. Muni , Feb 22, 2006)
During the past couple of weeks, Nepal Maoist chief Prachanda has given three significant interviews.
- Continuity Of Economic Initiatives (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 22, 2006)
According to a report appearing in this newspaper, for the first time in the history of the country the foreign direct investment in Pakistan is likely to surmount $ 3 billion during this current financial year, more than double as compared . . .
- What Is On The Farmer's Wish-List (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 22, 2006)
If finance ministers continue to do what they have been doing the last 58 years, the fate of the farmer and his son may be like that of the match-girl of the fable, who froze to death, hungry and forlorn.
- People-To-People Contact With India: Spread Of Aids A Matter Of Concern For Pakistan (Daily Times, Ali Waqar, Feb 22, 2006)
The spread of HIV/AIDS has become a matter of concern for Pakistan because of the people-to-people contact between India and Pakistan, since India is one of the largest countries in the world with the disease, said reporters at a workshop . . .
- Armed Forces, Railways Drop Chicken From Menu (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
The Railways has decided to take off chicken and egg dishes from its menu and has banned chicken and eggs in any form on trains and stations. Instructions to this effect have been issued to all zonal railways and to IRTC.
- Speed Up Reforms, Imf Tells India (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
Ahead of the budget, International Monetary Fund today asked the Indian Government to hasten tax and labour reforms, open up the economy and raise domestic fuel prices.
- A Brand New Concept (Dawn, Hafizur Rahman, Feb 22, 2006)
In the world of today, new terms and expressions, and new institutions keep cropping up every now and then, especially in the field of trade and finance. They also get introduced in Pakistan, and this has been more noticeable ever since . . .
- Colds, Cough Trigger Scare In Bird Flu-Hit India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
Hundreds of people with cold and cough were turning up at medical camps in bird flu-hit areas of western India on Tuesday as authorities said culling of poultry would continue for at least one more day.
- Collateral Damage In War On Quails (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Feb 22, 2006)
At least it is out in the open. Everyone now knows what the vice-president of the United States enjoys doing for rest and recreation. He likes to shoot defenceless little birds. And sometimes, just sometimes.
- France To Double Trade With India In Five Years (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
Investment support to infrastructure, urban planning
Hailing India as "one of the world's main engines of growth,'' French President Jacques Chirac announced on Monday that the two countries had decided to double their trade in the next five years . . .
- India, France Seal Civil N-Deal (Deccan Herald, K Subrahmanya, Feb 21, 2006)
Formalising its position that India should be allowed to enter into civil nuclear cooperation with other leading nuclear powers, France on Monday signed a significant declaration with India on the “development of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.”
- People Chicken Out, Bird Falls Foul Of The Menu (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
Though there has been a consistent avian flu surveillance programme for south India centred in Bangalore since January 2004, the recent outbreak in Maharashtra has affected sales and the cost of poultry products marginally.
- Culling To End By Today: M’Rashtra (Deccan Herald, Parag Rabade, Feb 21, 2006)
The culling of about eight lakh chickens in 16 poultry farms at Nawapur, from where the first instance of bird flue among the hens was reported on Sunday sparking a nationwide alarm, will be completed by Tuesday evening, . . .
- Government Bans Retail Sale Of Tamiflu (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
The Centre has banned the sale of Tamiflu (only drug effective in treating bird flu in human beings) in retail outlets three days after avian influenza struck Navapur in Maharashtra. So far no human case has been reported in the country.
- Those Who Do Jobs Americans Won’T (Deccan Herald, Gary Younge, Feb 21, 2006)
Migrants do the jobs that Americans will not do, but they are vulnerable to bigots and big business
- Plight Of America's Migrant Day Workers (Hindu, Gary Younge, Feb 21, 2006)
Migrant workers do the jobs that Americans will not do, but they are vulnerable to bigots and big business.
- Power, Profit And The Politics Of Hate (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Feb 21, 2006)
Power struggles, religious clash escalated the bitter winter violence in Ladakh
- 10,000 Cr. For Irrigation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
Rs. 996-crore deficit budget presented; two-thirds share for non-plan expenditure
- Pakistan, Sri Lanka Issue Bird Flu Alerts (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
Pakistan and Sri Lanka have issued bird flu alerts in view of H5N1 virus' appearance in India.
- Culling Of Birds To End Today (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, Feb 21, 2006)
Retail sale of Tamiflu to be banned
Ministry to buy Tamiflu from pharma companies, supply to hospitals
Disposal, clean-up, disinfecting operations in progress
- Anger At Mass Slaughter Of Birds (Hindu, Meena Menon, Feb 21, 2006)
Poultry farmers in Navapur scoff at the Rs. 40 offered as compensation for every bird killed "I can understand killing the birds if they are diseased but there is nothing here."
- Rs. 10,000 Crore Allocation For Andhra Pradesh Irrigation Sector (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
Finance Minister Rosaiah presents Rs. 996-crore deficit State Budget in Assembly
- Rooting Bird Flu Out Of India (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 21, 2006)
The stakes cannot be higher. According to a statement made in the Rajya Sabha on Monday by the Union Health Minister, Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss, "the test reports of some samples from affected poultry [in Navapur taluk in the Nandurbar district of Maharashtra
- Aviation Policy In The Offing: Patel (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Feb 21, 2006)
Government for making Air India, Indian one entity
Air India and Indian had not been given a level-playing field in the past, and "we will try to bring them closer to form an even more formidable entity in the future,
- Call For Enforcing Safety Measures In Poultry Farms (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
Mayor organises discussion on avian flu threat
Disease investigation experts have highlighted the need for strict surveillance and enforcement of basic safety measures in poultry farms to prevent an outbreak of avian influenza in the city.
- Iran, Upa ‘Minorityism’ Targeted In Ls (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Feb 21, 2006)
The BJP signalled a return to full-fledged Hindutva while the Samajwadi Party and the CPI(M) sharply criticised the UPA government’s economic and foreign policies in course of the debate on the motion of thanks on the President’s address that began . . .
- 80 Per Cent Of Birds Culled (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
Not a single chicken has come out of Navapur, says animal husbandry secretary
Remaining 1.25 lakh birds to be culled by Tuesday
Officials confirmed it is avian flu
Birds not infected also to be killed
- Read My Lips, Low Taxes (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
Budget 2006 comes at a critical juncture. India has now embarked on a new growth trajectory. From an average of 5.6 per cent growth in 1990s, we have jumped to 6.7 per cent during 2000-05.
- Restrictions On Import Of Poultry (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
Poultry stock, eggs to be allowed only through designated check-posts
- Govt Bans Livestock From India, France And Iran (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
The government has decided to ban the import of poultry and live birds from India, Iran and France where cases of bird flu have been reported.
- Cage The Confusion (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 21, 2006)
The Maharashtra Government's response to the reported bird flu incident could easily be a case of locking the stables after the horses have bolted.
- Sedative Replaces Bird Stranglers (Telegraph, Satish Nandgaonkar, Feb 21, 2006)
As the government continued culling chickens today, going beyond the promised 3-km radius from Navapur, upset farm owners demanded that fresh blood samples be taken to find out if the infection was indeed the avian flu.
- Fowl Threat (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Feb 21, 2006)
Could the large-scale killing of chickens in bird flu affected areas of Maharashtra and Gujarat claim the lives of those very workers engaged in the ghastly task?
- Poultry Imports From India, Iran, France Banned (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
Pakistan has banned all imports of poultry and live birds from India, Iran and France after the countries reported cases of H5N1 bird flu, officials said on Monday.
- Safta Needs A Patron (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Feb 21, 2006)
I Need to revisit the subject of Safta. My last article on the subject appeared on January 24, less than a month ago.
- Hurriyat Turns Down Pm's Roundtable Invite (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
So-called moderate faction of the separatist Hurriyat Conference has finally turned down Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh's invitation and decided to stay away from his roundtable conference on Jammu & Kashmir. It is now abundantly clear that none . . .
- The Round Table (Tribune, B.G. Verghese, Feb 21, 2006)
The Government should not permit any person or group to exercise a veto on Jammu and Kashmir.
- Disturbing Event (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Feb 21, 2006)
A report in this newspaper that 22 members of a larger family of eight brothers have migrated from the higher reaches in Ramban tehsil to the plains makes a disquieting reading. They have come under threat from Hizbul Mujahideen (HM).
- Three Babies Quarantined For Bird Flu (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
The Maharashtra Government today quarantined three babies for suspected bird flu in Nandurbar district, health officials said here today. The cases were detected after the authorities undertook a door-to-door survey for suspected bird flu cases . . .
- Indian Town Reels As Bird Flu Hits (British Broadcasting Corporation, Monica Chadha, Feb 20, 2006)
Navapur is a tiny, underdeveloped town in the Indian state of Maharashtra that has got little attention for its many problems.
- Anti-Flu Steps Take Wing (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
Addressing reporters after holding a meeting with senior officials from various government departments, CM Kumarswamy said Karnataka was 100 per cent free from any instances of bird flu.
- Uk’S Ban On Smoking (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 20, 2006)
Parliament, so often maligned and so often ignorantly, has done itself and the nation proud by banning smoking in England. This week’s Commons debate was informed and articulate. It was also, in the end, irresistible and emphatic.
- Space Mission, Green Revolution On Bush Agenda (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Feb 20, 2006)
A keynote speech by US President George W Bush at a function hosted by the Asia Society in Washington coming Wednesday is expected to underline some of the themes and issues he will be dealing with during his visit to India and Pakistan.
- Reveries Of Equilibrium (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Feb 20, 2006)
Walras showed through his mathematical exercise that if all these conditions, which define a perfect market, were satisfied, the market would reach a state of equilibrium at the end of the day, yielding maximum possible satisfaction to all buyers and ....
- Chickens Again (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 20, 2006)
It is now time for India to be menaced by chickens. With more than 30,000 poultry dying of the avian influenza in northern Maharashtra, it has become crucial to work out the right combination of prompt action, keeping the public properly informed and ....
- Changing The Face Of Global Security (Hindu, M.K. Bhadrakumar, Feb 20, 2006)
The underlying theme, promoted by the U.S. and Germany, of the 42nd Munich Conference of Security Policy was that NATO must have the pivotal role in the 21st century's world order.
- Bird Flu: Lethal And Spreading Fast (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Feb 20, 2006)
The Government's efforts to check the spread of the H5N1 virus, first noticed at Nandurbar, Maharashtra, may not suffice.
- The Dangers And Some Dos And Don'ts (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Feb 20, 2006)
The H5N1 virus primarily affects birds. "The virus does not easily cross from birds to infect humans," observes the World Health Organisation in its fact sheet on avian influenza. "Despite the infection of tens of millions of poultry over . . .
- Nationwide Alert On Bird Flu (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
Vaccines rushed to affected areas
In a multi-pronged drive to contain the spread of the deadly “N5H1” virus of bird flu detected in the tribal Nandurbar district of Maharashtra, the Centre has sounded a countrywide alert to keep a close watch on poultry
- Samples To Be Sent To Who (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
The clinical samples of bird flu virus in humans, if found positive, would be sent for re-confirmation to the World Health Organisation (WHO) Reference Laboratory in Hong Kong, Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Anbumani Ramadoss said here on Sunday
- Poultry Owners Disregard Order To Inspect Farms (Hindu, Meena Menon, Feb 20, 2006)
Owners, workers try to keep media off farms
"They are destroying the birds on their own," says supervisor
Need to ensure dead birds are safely buried
- Indian Style Of Cooking Kills Bird Flu Virus (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, Feb 20, 2006)
It can't survive Indian summer
Virus sensitive to common disinfectants
Need to dispose of culled birds
Report sighting dead birds to authorities
- Nine Lakh Chicken To Be Culled In Nandurbar (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
Strains of avian flu virus traced in six chicken
49 out of 56 poultry farms in Nandurbar closed
Poultry farms in 10-km radius under surveillance
Monitoring posts set up at entry points to Mumbai
- Modernising The Village Economy (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Feb 20, 2006)
The fruits of economic development fall where educated people live, not where they work. Hence, if we want to enrich villages, we should induce the educated to live there. But for this to happen we need to install reliable means of social services and ...
- Flu Soldiers Cull & Scan (Telegraph, G.S. Mudur, Feb 20, 2006)
At ground zero of India’s first outbreak of avian flu, rapid response teams today began a farm-to-farm mass slaughter of chickens and a house-to-house surveillance of people.
- Does Safta Have A Future? (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Feb 20, 2006)
The signs are not at all propitious for the South Asia Free Trade Area agreement to deliver the goods. The key to successful implementation of SAFTA lies in the hands of Islamabad and, going by the hints dropped by the Musharraf regime, . . .
- Bird Flu Spreads, India Tests Dozens Of People (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
India said it was testing dozens of people for bird flu on Sunday.
- Learning To Revere Water (Business Line, K.G. Kumar, Feb 20, 2006)
If the State's Water Policy takes root, perhaps Kerala too will count among the regions and cultures that value and manage water resources responsibly.
- Help, Before Fear Takes Wing (Indian Express, Mini Kapoor, Feb 20, 2006)
Loss to life from a disease is typically computed on the basis of mortality rates. By that reckoning avian influenza, with rates up to 90-100 per cent, would be as deadly as it gets, right?
- India Tests For H5n1, France Urges "Eat Chicken" (Reuters, Krittivas Mukherjee, Feb 20, 2006)
India was testing dozens of people for bird flu on Sunday, while France sought to ease consumer fears after its first avian case of the H5N1 virus by urging people to eat chicken.
- Safety Guides (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 20, 2006)
The decision on whether to allow asbestos-laden Clemenceau to be broken down in Alang, Gujarat, is no longer ours to take.
- Call For Action Across E.U. Against Bird Flu (Hindu, Luke Harding , Feb 20, 2006)
British Ministers are expected to come under pressure to take more drastic measures to combat bird flu this week, in the wake of a suspected case in France which officials said "increases the likelihood" the disease will reach the U.K.
- To Be Free Is Not A Luxury (Telegraph, Salman Rushdie, Feb 19, 2006)
Allow me, please, one moment in this beleaguered time to savour a narrow but vital victory for freedom of speech.
- Mr Cm, End Graft, Strengthen Panchayats (Deccan Herald, Benjamin Fernandez, Feb 19, 2006)
What should be the new Chief Minister priorities? This was our question to readers last week and we were flooded with responses. We published a few letters last week. This week we publish those, mostly from outside Bangalore, on the government’s . . .
- Tasks Before The Soli Sorabjee Panel (Tribune, Doel Mukerjee, Feb 19, 2006)
The Soli Sorabjee Committee constituted by the Manmohan Singh government to review the Indian Police Act is a major boost for the civil society and the citizens who have often faced the brunt of police excesses.
- Bird Flu Ruled Out In Death Of Indian Man (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
Indian health officials said Sunday laboratory tests had shown that a man earlier suspected to have died of bird flu was in fact killed by bacterial infection.
- 27,000 Poultry Birds Died In Last 15 Days (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
India has two months' stock of vaccine imported from Europe
Poultry farms where the deaths took place are all located in a single taluka
Ring vaccine to be administered to farms within three to 10 km radius
- Clinton Lauds Cipla For Manufacturing Anti-Aids Drugs (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
The Clinton Foundation had been in partnership with it for contractual supplies
Says stigma, inability to universalise testing major impediments in treatment
About 6.2 million need medicines, but only 1-1.5 million actually get them
- Bihar Won't Change... (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Feb 19, 2006)
Nitish Kumar at best might be a good joke between bad serials
A Lot of people feel that now that we have got rid of Lalu, suddenly everything is going to be all right with Bihar. I say no Nitish or any other Kumar can change Bihar.
- Bird Flu Strikes India, Eight Hospitalised (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
Avian influenza has struck India. After the Maharashtra government on Saturday confirmed that the recent deaths of chickens in Nandurbar and Dhule districts of North Maharashtra were caused by bird flu, eight people were reportedly admitted . . .
- Bird Flu Alert Sounded In J&k, 10 Days Ban (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
In the first outbreak of bird flu in India, eight people were today admitted to a hospital with suspected deadly Avian virus after 50,000 birds had died in Nandurbar and Dhule district of Maharashtra.
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