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Articles 5321 through 5420 of 12047:
- Reservations For Minorities Will Not Help:tarlochan Singh (Tribune, T R Ramachandran, Feb 12, 2006)
Mr Tarlochan Singh bowed out as the Chairman of the National Commission of Minorities (NCM) last Wednesday, after a three year term. He has served as its Vice-Chairman as well, and was the first Sikh and non-Muslim to have headed the NCM.
- A New Survey Of Child Labourers (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
The Rajasthan Government will complete a survey of child labourers under the National Child Labour Project by February 28 to facilitate timely implementation of various schemes for their rescue and rehabilitation.
- To Sting Or Not To Sting (Hindu, POOJA GAUTAM, Feb 12, 2006)
A Journalist once said: "News is something someone somewhere does not want to be published — all the rest is advertisement." That may be considered a far-fetched definition in today's media world, which considers advertisements the lifeblood . . .
- A Gift From The Fundoos (Telegraph, GITHA HARIHARAN, Feb 12, 2006)
It’s not as if we have forgotten what the Hindu fundoos are capable of. But since the electoral defeat of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government at the Centre, many of us have been tempted to take a break from foregrounding resistance . . .
- This Ain’T No Rocket Science! (Hindustan Times, V.S. Arunachalam, Feb 12, 2006)
The nuclear debate has really heated up. Look at the number of articles, speeches and interviews.
- 2006: A Year Of Consolidation (Indian Express, N K Singh, Feb 12, 2006)
Jaipur, one of India’s prime tourist destinations, recently played host to a high-profile investors’ conference. The 10th India Investors’ Conference, organised by Merrill Lynch, witnessed high-quality presence of global institutional investors . . .
- Mending Our India Policy (Dawn, Javid Husain, Feb 12, 2006)
IT is not an exaggeration to say that Pakistan’s relations with India since its inception have been the central or rather the determining factor of its foreign policy.
- Cpm Plans Stir During Budget Session (Tribune, Subhrangshu Gupta, Feb 11, 2006)
CPM general secretary Prakash Karat today reiterated that they (Left parties) would launch agitations from February 16, the day of the opening of the Budget session of the Lok Sabha, both inside and outside Parliament against the UPA’s . . .
- Zones Of Influence (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Feb 11, 2006)
India does not need special economic zones (SEZs) for the simple reason that the whole country should be an SEZ. The government has finalised rules for SEZs after enacting a law to set them up in 2005.
- Map Products To Benefit Tourism, Business Sectors (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 11, 2006)
Kapil Sibal releases new Road Atlas developed by Survey of India
- Silver Lining In Dhaka Clouds (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Feb 11, 2006)
It was a sea of humanity. Tens of thousands of Bangladeshis converged on Dhaka early this week after trudging along for four days from different parts of the country.
- Left, Govt Clash On Economic Policy (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 11, 2006)
The Left parties today differed sharply with the government leaders on economic policy issues, but doled out an agenda to the UPA regime on how to handle its expenditures and revenues, including higher resources for the National Rural Employment Programme
- Education Has Always Been A Central Concern Of The Church: Archbishop (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 11, 2006)
Catholic bishops reiterate commitment to educating the marginalised
Over 70 p.c. of students in Catholic institutions from among the poor
Marginalised groups being targeted in education intervention programme
- Thar Express Maiden Run: Pak Arrangements Not Complete (News International, Azfar-ul-Ashfaque, Feb 11, 2006)
With only seven days remaining when the first Thar Express plies on the Khokhrapar-Munabao route, Pakistan is still in the process of completing arrangements at the Zero Point railway station.
- Safety In Schools (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Feb 11, 2006)
The State has failed to make our streets safe for women. But it is when young schoolgirls learn in a horrific way that their gender is the biggest impediment to their freedom that one begins to gauge how depraved our society has become.
- 8 Soldiers Killed, 4 Canadians Hurt In Fresh Afghan Violence (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 11, 2006)
Roadside bombs killed eight Afghan soldiers on Friday, a provincial governor said. Seven soldiers were wounded in two separate blasts in Kunar province, on the Pakistani border, said the province’s governor, Assadullah Wafa.
- Hamas Sets Terms For Calming Anger Over Cartoons (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 11, 2006)
Hamas’ political chief laid out conditions today under which it would work to calm anger in ‘‘the Muslim street’’ over cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad published in western media.
- Maoists Kill 11 In Chhattisgarh, Loot Explosives (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 11, 2006)
Close to 200 Maoist rebels stormed a state-run explosives store in Chhattisgarh, killing eight members of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) and taking away a huge cache of explosives and detonators, police said on Friday.
- India Has To Make Compromises: France (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 11, 2006)
India has to make some proposals, acceptable to us, to the Americans and all other NSG countries, says Girard
- History Will Be Kinder To Greenspan (The Financial Express, V ANANTHA NAGESWARAN, Feb 11, 2006)
On February 15, the new Federal Reserve chairman, Ben Bernanke, would testify to the US Congress on the outlook for the US economy and monetary policy. Global financial markets would be super-attentive: it would be the first time for Mr Bernanke.
- What's Special? (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 11, 2006)
The commerce minister may well be proved right in his projection of a substantial flow of fresh investments (Rs 1,00,000 crore) and consequent additional employment (one lakh) from export-oriented units in the new special economic . . .
- Hiccups In Civilian Nuclear Pact With The French Too (Indian Express, Pranab Dhal Samanta, Feb 11, 2006)
The prospects of a formal India-France civilian nuclear cooperation agreement have hit a roadblock after New Delhi declined to make any references to the International Atomic Energy Agency or the Nuclear Suppliers Group in the document. Instead, . . .
- Looking East (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 10, 2006)
Kalam’s visit to S-E Asia boosts economic relations
President A P J Abdul Kalam returned on Wednesday after his ten-day three-nation tour of Singapore, the Philippines and South Korea.
- Moa Signed With U.S. For Exchange Of Energy Data (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 10, 2006)
The arrangement to be valid for five years
India and the U.S. on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Arrangement (MoA) for exchange of information, energy data and analysis techniques in the hydrocarbon sector.
- ``Reinstated Staff Can't Claim Back Wages'' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 10, 2006)
Supreme Court Bench sets aside Andhra Pradesh High Court order on similar case
- Jobs For Rural People (Daily Excelsior, Satyendra Pratap Singh, Feb 10, 2006)
Since the early 1970s, there are signs of a major diversi-fication of economic activity away from agriculture in favour of non-agricultural sector. The share of non-agricultural sector in the "usual status" employment of the male work force . . .
- India-Us Accord On Civilian Nuclear Uses (Daily Excelsior, O.P. Sabherwal, Feb 10, 2006)
The India-US nuclear accord, agreed in principle last July, is to promote civilian nuclear power and other peaceful nuclear applications by India.
- When The State Took Flight (Indian Express, Nandan Nilekani, Feb 10, 2006)
In their sweeping book on the 20th century, The Commanding Heights, Daniel Yergin and Joseph Stanislaw trace how the world has seesawed between the state and markets at different times due to various circumstances and based on the dominant . . .
- The Burdens Of The Modern Beast (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 10, 2006)
Now all of us have increased our portable effects, if not our effectiveness.
- Suez, Hungary, Zhou And Ike (Indian Express, Inder Malhotra, Feb 10, 2006)
A new volume of Jawaharlal Nehru’s papers highlights his refusal to be bound by realpolitik, says INDER MALHOTRA
- Wal-Mart And Monsanto On Indo-U.S. Agriculture Initiative Board (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI, Feb 10, 2006)
Will set the agenda for collaborative research to be pursued with Indian labs
- Buddha’S Ark Hope For Calcutta (Telegraph, INDRANIL GHOSH, Feb 10, 2006)
Calcutta looks set to house the subcontinent’s first underground aquarium, a cavernous water world teeming with marine life from across the globe.
- A Classic Novel And The Literary View From Below (Hindu, Satya P. Mohanty, Feb 10, 2006)
Fakir Mohan Senapati's classic Oriya novel is a marvel of 19th century literary realism, complex and sophisticated. It seeks to analyse and explain social reality instead of merely holding up a mirror to it.
- It, Ites Revenues To Touch $36 B (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 10, 2006)
Domestic market expected to grow by 22 p.c. Domestic market expected to grow by 22 p.c.
Sector's share put at 4.8 p.c. of GDP in 2006 Exports to account for two thirds of the total revenue
- Sezs Act Comes Into Force Today (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 10, 2006)
Investment, jobs expected to flow into the zones, says Kamal Nath
Single window clearance on Central, State matters
Provisions for service sector SEZs
No relaxation of labour laws
- Jaswant In Advani’S Footsteps (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Feb 10, 2006)
Only a few newspapers in this country have taken note of BJP leader Jaswant Singh’s overland pilgrimage to various shrines in Sindh and Balochistan provinces of Pakistan, and that too to record the host country’s surprise at his decision to . . .
- China Backs Russia-Iran Talks To End Nuclear Impasse (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 10, 2006)
China today welcomed talks between Iran and Russia next week to help break the current impasse over Tehran's nuclear programme so as to resolve the issue within the framework of the IAEA.
- Blast At Pak N-Facility (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 09, 2006)
A technician was killed in an explosion at a top Pakistani nuclear research facility, a military spokesman said on Wednesday.
- Us Offers India Bigger Global Role In N-Research (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Feb 09, 2006)
The US today put India in an elite and small club of nations by offering membership of President George W Bush’s ambitious scheme called Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP).
- ‘Changes Come From Affected Masses’ (Deccan Herald, Bala Chauhan, Feb 09, 2006)
Medha Patkar, NBA leader: “The lakhs of people whose villages and homes have been submerged are committed to the cause. This gives me strength.”
- From Ship To Mouth: Back To Square One (Deccan Herald, K P Prabhakaran Nair, Feb 09, 2006)
India has to completely re-orient its agricultural planning
Some experts have been warning the nation for almost half a decade that the country is inching towards a hunger trap.
- India To Set Up Observatory On Moon By 2016 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 09, 2006)
Observatory will be set up near the South Pole on the moon, says former ISRO chief It will be set up near the South Pole on the moon, says former ISRO chief
The study to cover the moon's topography, mineral composition and presence of water
- When The Lights Stayed On (Hindu, Meena Menon, Feb 09, 2006)
One Evening, two years ago, Bhimrao Baburao Pawar, a lineman with the then Maharashtra State Electricity Board (MSEB), faced the wrath of school children who stopped his vehicle and deflated its tyres.
- France Ready To Take Back Waste Of "Toxic" Ship (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 09, 2006)
France would be ready to take back toxic waste removed from a decommissioned carrier if India's top court allowed the ship to be scrapped in an Indian shipyard, the French envoy said on Wednesday.
- The New Year Spread (Telegraph, NEHA SAHAY, Feb 09, 2006)
The Chinese New Year holidays have just ended. This is the time every year that expat homes in China begin filling up with Chinese delicacies.
- ‘It Is Not Enough To Excel In Services' (The Economic Times, SUMIT GULATI, Feb 09, 2006)
What do you think are the fundamental changes that Indian managements need to bring about?
- Three-Year Bounty (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 09, 2006)
Coming just after the revised estimate for 2004-05 at 7.5%, Central Statistical Organisation’s (CSO) advance estimates for 2005-06, projecting an 8.1% growth rate, reaffirm India’s potential to become, as the FM has said, an economic powerhouse.
- India Almost Invaded Pakistan In 2002 (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Feb 09, 2006)
India was all but ready to invade Pakistan in 2002 but was only held back because some of its leaders felt that the war might spin out of control and because the United States, afraid that it would become nuclear, exerted its influence on both . . .
- France Offers To Take Back Toxic Waste (Hindu, MANAS DASGUPTA, Feb 09, 2006)
Inventory to be submitted to panel today
Visits Alang and says the yard has adequate facilities
Offers to get French labour
Shiv Sena men raise anti-Greenpeace slogans at site
- Grow India, Grow! (The Financial Express, Ashima Goyal, Feb 09, 2006)
The CSO’s latest estimate suggests growth is to continue, unlike the spurt that petered in the mid-90s.
- Grand Spectacle Unfolds At Shravanabelagola (Hindu, R. Krishna Kumar, Feb 09, 2006)
First Mahamastakabhisheka of the millennium to the monolithic statue leaves pilgrims spellbound
The anointing ceremony began at 10.35 a.m. with abhisheka and offerings
The first abhisheka was performed by Ashok Patni of Rajasthan
- Psychology Of Democracy India (Daily Times, Humair Hashmi, Feb 09, 2006)
Intolerance or whims on the part of the owner/management had to be curbed, abandoned or modified to keep costs low and generate profits. This led people in the industrial era to be tolerant, patient and accommodating.
- Rich Man’S Game (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 09, 2006)
Mr Lakshmi Mittal is a rich man. And he likes not just to count his mohurs but to flaunt them too.
- Take It Seriously (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Feb 08, 2006)
Off and on one does come across remains of a bird or animal in out-of-the-way areas including forests.
- India, Korea Sign Pact On S&t Collaboration (Deccan Herald, R Akhileshwari , Feb 08, 2006)
The two countries signed a memorandum of understanding here on Tuesday on scientific and technological cooperation that will, among other things, promote technological innovation, industrial cooperation and exchange of information, research trends...
- Catch The New Nuclear Moment (Indian Express, K. Subrahmanyam, Feb 08, 2006)
The United States is initiating — in cooperation with Russia, UK, France, China and Japan — a new era of nuclear energy.
- Munabao Rail Link Meaningless (News International, Ammara Durrani, Feb 07, 2006)
It’s a classic case of putting the cart before the horse. Would-be passengers of the Thar Express would have to temper their enthusiasm for the opening of the Khokhrapar-Munabao border next week, because the historic moment is likely to come without . . .
- Pm Shows "Spine", Wins Key Battle With Left (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Feb 07, 2006)
India's government has won a crucial victory against its communist "allies" over airport modernisation, and will now move forward more confidently on its own reform agenda, analysts said on Monday.
- Wto Has Not Helped The Common Man (Business Standard, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Feb 07, 2006)
The results of the Hong Kong WTO Ministerial have been lauded not only by the Commerce Minister, Mr Kamal Nath, but also by industrialists.
- Inequality, A Necessary Price To Pay For Freedom (The Financial Express, RALF DAHRENDORF, Feb 07, 2006)
In the last two decades, the world as a whole has gotten richer, but, while some national economies have advanced sharply, others have fallen farther behind. The increase in aggregate wealth has not led to the abolition, or even reduction, of poverty.
- The Export Growth Story (Business Standard, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Feb 07, 2006)
Recent increases in exports have been hailed as indicating the emergence of India as an internationally competitive economy. In this edition of Macroscan, C. P. Chandrasekhar and Jayati Ghosh examine recent patterns of external trade, . . .
- Why Sparrows Are Dying Out (Tribune, Michael McCarthy, Feb 07, 2006)
New evidence is pointing at a solution to the greatest wildlife mystery of recent years - why the house sparrow has been vanishing from towns and cities.
- A French Ship Kicks Up Dust (Deccan Herald, Aravind Sitaraman, Feb 07, 2006)
Le Clemenceau raises many questions that encompass critical issues like business, economy, environment, health, and labour safety.
- Pravasi Centres To Be Opened In Embassies (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 07, 2006)
Emigration laws to be amended to tackle recruitment rackets
- Extraordinary Mission, Extraordinary Auction (Hindu, Mandira Nayar, Feb 07, 2006)
The stars of this "Mission Kashmir" will be some of the biggest names in the art world.
- Model Villages In Three Years, Says Ysr (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 07, 2006)
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy has promised transformation of all villages and municipalities in the State into model villages and towns within three years.
- Rs.533.75-Lakh Scheme For Development Of Villages (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 07, 2006)
To fulfil goals set under `Namadhu Gramam' scheme
A four-day workshop organised by District Rural Development Agency to train village panchayat presidents about the steps to be adopted to fulfil the goals set under `Namadhu gramam scheme' commenced here
- Aids Vaccine Trial (Hindu, R. Prasad, Feb 07, 2006)
The Phase I clinical trial of the AIDS test vaccine was initiated last week at the Tuberculosis Research Centre (TRC) here.
- A Colossal Poem In Stone (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 07, 2006)
Besides the magnificent monolith of Bahubali, Sravanabelagola also boasts of many monuments, hills and caves of interest to the discerning spiritual tourist, writes B M Chandrasekharaiah.
- India, Israel Tie Up On Next-Gen Barak Missiles (Indian Express, Shiv Aroor, Feb 07, 2006)
In an indisputable sign that Indo-Israeli defence ties have matured, the governments of both countries have signed their first-ever joint weapons development contract to design and produce the Barak-II next-generation air defence missiles for warships.
- Betty Friedan And The Problem That Had No Name (Indian Express, PATRICIA SULLIVAN, Feb 07, 2006)
Betty Friedan, the writer and activist who almost single-handedly revived feminism with her 1963 book The Feminine Mystique, died of congestive heart failure Saturday, her 85th birthday, in Washington.
- Maoists Kill 13 Policemen In Chhattisgarh (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 07, 2006)
Maoist rebels in Chhattisgarh killed thirteen policemen, including 10 from Nagaland Armed Police (NAP), in two separate attacks on Monday.
- A Succesful Fight Against Bird Flu (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 07, 2006)
Pennsylvania researchers have produced a bird flu vaccine made from a genetically engineered human cold virus which has provided cent percent protection to vaccinated mice and chickens.
- Competing Feminist Perspectives (Hindu, CAVERY BOPAIAH, Feb 07, 2006)
a critique of the conservative perception of women's issues
What do feminists really want? Johanna Brenner articulates her response in this insightful and scholarly book that those engaged with women's issues cannot ignore.
- Attracting Foreign Investment (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 06, 2006)
Speaking to heads of foreign firms on Friday, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said that Pakistan had made significant headway in trying to attract overseas investors.
- For The People (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 06, 2006)
We need a labour movement, in sweatshops not airports. Will labour leaders agree?
- Where Campaigns Fall By The Wayside (Dawn, Anwer Mooraj, Feb 06, 2006)
The old English saying ‘Well begun is half done’ apparently doesn’t apply to the people who handle administrative matters in Karachi. That, at least, is the impression one gets after reading the final chapter of the sordid tinted glass saga enacted . . .
- On To A Broader Horizon (Dawn, Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Feb 06, 2006)
My previous article tried to sketch a framework of geo-strategic and geo-economic concerns that determine the new bearings of the Saudi foreign policy.
- Lic Rakes In Rs 3700 Cr Profit From Markets (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 06, 2006)
Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has earned Rs 3,700 crore profit from investment operations, equity and debt markets, till date in current financial year. It expects to make a total gain of Rs 5,000 crore by end of March 2006.
- The Need To Look Beyond Gdp (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Feb 06, 2006)
The point is not the replacement of GDP growth rate by the growth rate of educated rural population but to question age-old shibboleths, and look for alternatives. That kind of questioning, and the tolerance of such questioning are the basic . . .
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