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Articles 6021 through 6120 of 12047:
- Restoring Real Choice (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 03, 2006)
The political situation at the start of 2006 is remarkably changed from anything that anyone alive today has known for at least a generation. Put it this way: when was the last time there was a serious case for being able to contemplate a vote for . . .
- Out Of Saudi Comfort (Dawn, F.S. Aijazuddin, Jan 03, 2006)
The story was apocryphal once but has acquired the patina of fact. It pertained to a remark by the American millionaire Mr J. J. Astor, who on seeing the shards of the fatal iceberg strewn on the decks of the Titanic, muttered: ‘I had ordered ice, . . .
- 12 Chief Ministers To Attend Pravasi Meet (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
Rajasekhara Reddy reviews arrangements for the event
Chief Ministers of 12 States will attend the prestigious Pravasi Bharatiya Divas at the state-of-art Hyderabad International Convention Centre (HICC) here from January 7 to 9.
- Now, Stem-Cell Lines In New Medium (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
Scientists at a laboratory affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed a stem-cell culture medium free of animal cells and used it to derive two new human embryonic stem-cell lines.
- Politics And Development (Hindu, A. Vaidyanathan , Jan 03, 2006)
A running commentary on India's development and economic reforms initiated in the early 1990s
- Voice Of Dissent (Hindu, Mujibur Rehman, Jan 03, 2006)
Offers an alternative to free market economic policy for restoring balance to globalisation's disequalising effects
- Alagappa University Enters Into Mou With Four Foreign Institutions (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
To conduct joint academic courses and programmes The respective faculty and students would be encouraged to pursue collaborative research programmes, besides short-term visits in the areas of common interest with funding sponsorship
- Politics Of Global Inequality Comes Of Age (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 03, 2006)
It has happened because the West is learning to question its own legitimacy
- Fo Asks India Not To Vitiate Atmosphere (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
Pakistan on Monday asked India not to vitiate atmosphere for the ongoing peace process between the two countries by issuing statements on Islamabad’s internal affairs.
- Mind Your Own Business: Islamabad (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Jan 03, 2006)
Balochistan isuue our internal affair
Criticising India for expressing concern on the Balochistan situation, Pakistan on Monday said such statements from New Delhi "betrayed the psyche of a bully."
- Politics Of Global Inequality Finally Came Of Age (Hindu, MADELEINE BUNTING, Jan 03, 2006)
There is fat chance that 2005 has made poverty history, but the west is learning to question its own legitimacy.
- Manmohan’S New Year Resolutions (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
Thrust on jobs, infrastructure
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh got down to the business of implementing various ambitious schemes encompassing the employment guarantee scheme and focussing on the direly needed infrastructure in the country’s outbacks . . .
- India In 2006: Forging Ahead To The Forefront (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jan 03, 2006)
A stable political environment, law and order, and a reasonable governance all point to an India heading with confidence into a New Year.
- The Salt And Pepper Of `Aid For Trade' (Business Line, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Jan 03, 2006)
At the Hong Kong WTO Ministerial, the developed countries agreed to enhance aid to enable developing countries trade in the global market. But expansion of every kind of trade is not necessarily beneficial for us.
- Rising Inequality In China (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Jan 03, 2006)
Spectacular economic growth in China has been accompanied by growing inequalities of income and wealth distribution. In this edition of Macroscan, C. P. Chandrasekhar and Jayati Ghosh examine recent patterns of inequality in Chin a.
- A New Thought On Petro Subsidy (Business Line, H. Kaushal , Jan 03, 2006)
It has been known for decades that subsidised kerosene does not reach the poor, for whom it is meant, but is used by unscrupulous persons who make substantial profits by adulteration.
- Kabul Orders Foreign Missions To Remove Security Barriers (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
International organisations concerned over government directive
* US officials in contact with Afghan government over the issue
- Afghanistan Aims To Cut Opium Fields In 2006 (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
Deputy interior minister claims Taliban is encouraging farmers to grow poppy
- In India, Engineering Success (Washington Post, Sebastian Mallaby, Jan 02, 2006)
The classroom of the future will feature electronic white boards.
- Will The Hr Profession Please Speak Up? (Business Line, Ganesh Chella , Jan 02, 2006)
The security departments, transport departments, the police, the taxi drivers, the CEOs, Nasscom, the various labour unions, the public at large — they all had something to say. As for the HR (human resource) community,
- A Significant Turn (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jan 02, 2006)
Manmohan Singh's meeting with People's Conference leader Sajjad Lone sends out the message that New Delhi intends to reach out not just to the APHC centrists but to all elements of the political mosaic of Jammu and Kashmir.
- Death Be Not Proud (Tribune, A.J. Philip, Jan 02, 2006)
The story of an aged couple organising their own “bhog” at Baurhai Kalan near Mandi Ahmedgarh caused shock and revulsion among those who read it. But no such sentiments were evoked when my own maternal grandfather did the same over three decades ago.
- Place Of Origin (Telegraph, S. L. Rao, Jan 02, 2006)
The author is former director-general, National Council for Applied Economic Research
- The Time When You Will Be Really Old (Daily Excelsior, Lt Col R K Langar, Jan 02, 2006)
If you are just simply good and do good to others, you are on your way to God. To reach God you have to change yourself from bad to good and then even transcend goodness to get established in Truth Absolute.
- Making A ‘Menace’ Of Migrants (Hindustan Times, Vir Sanghvi, Jan 02, 2006)
Do you know how many illegal Bangladeshi immigrants there are in India? Are there 30 million of them? What about 20 million? Or is the figure as low as 10 million?
- Examiners Face Stern Action For Lapses (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2006)
Anna University takes serious view of valuation error complaints
- India For Adding Greater Substance To Ties With China (Hindu, P.S. Suryanarayana, Jan 02, 2006)
Kalam, Manmohan send New Year messages "With shared determination and joint endeavour, we will be able to elevate and strengthen the India-China partnership in the 21st century"
- Going Lean And Lean — Surviving The German Corporate Jungle (Business Line, Mohan Murti, Jan 02, 2006)
Herbert Spencer, the British economist, is often credited with introducing the phrase `survival of the fittest' in his 1851 work relating to free market economics.
- Are Indian Exports Slowing Down? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jan 02, 2006)
Never in the history of the Indian economy did exports surge month after month for 44 months at an unprecedented 20% average growth rate. Only in the month of November, exports though valued at $6.2 billion have slipped by 11.38%. Should this . . .
- Gender Budgeting To Help Women (Tribune, V.P. Prabhakar, Jan 02, 2006)
The Government has announced its intention to gradually introduce the concept of “gender budgeting” in line with the basic principles of governance to which the Central Government is committed under the National Common Minimum Programme (NCMP), . . .
- The Bite In The Atal Soundbite (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Jan 02, 2006)
It was vintage Vajpayee at the BJP ’s 25th jubilee celebration in Mumbai. By dramatically announcing his resignation from power politics he managed to yet again steal the limelight from his long suffering comrade-in-arms, L.K. Advani, . . .
- Year Of Inflexion (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , Jan 02, 2006)
Manmohan Singh has a feel for history. In his maiden speech as finance minister, he talked about India as an idea whose time had arrived. Now in the prime ministerial hot-seat, the time has arrived to propel this idea forward with greater impetus and ...
- 2005 — Not A Good Year For Human Rights (Daily Times, Mohammad Kamran, Jan 02, 2006)
Gross violations of human rights were recorded in the year 2005 and a record number of 706 people committed suicide due to adverse circumstances, while 209 women were killed in the name of ‘honour,’ out of a total of 393 women killed in the past year.
- A Letdown (Hindu, ANJANA RAJAN, Jan 01, 2006)
THE world of Indian dance has been so short of reference books in modern times that it is always a pleasant surprise to find one more entering the market. Therefore it was with some anticipation and a ready margin of indulgence that one picked up the book
- Making A ‘Menace’ Of Migrants (Hindustan Times, Vir Sanghvi, Jan 01, 2006)
Do you know how many illegal Bangladeshi immigrants there are in India? Are there 30 million of them? What about 20 million? Or is the figure as low as 10 million?
- Terror Shadow Stalks Booming Tech Industry (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Jan 01, 2006)
A suspected militant raid on Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bangalore, India's tech capital, has confirmed fears that the country's booming information technology sector could be a new target for terror groups, officials and analysts said.
- We Need Creative Leaders’ (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2006)
In Indian history, very rarely has our nation come across positive situations all at the same time.
- Left Goes Awry! (The Economic Times, Soumya Kanti Mitra, Jan 01, 2006)
What had seemed to be common between Buddhadev Bhattacharjee and Tony Blair is that they both seemed eager, and able, to subvert Left-over doctrines.
- Expulsion Enhanced Parliament’S Image: Sharad (Tribune, Tripti Nath, Jan 01, 2006)
Janata Dal (United) leader Sharad Yadav’s maiden election to the Fifth Lok Sabha in 1974 at the age of 25 coincided with the present Speaker Somnath Chatterjee also entering the portals of Parliament.
- Stem Cells, Singing Mice Herald New Era In Genetics (Hindu, Alok Jha, Jan 01, 2006)
Highlights of an eventful year for scientists who probed deeper into space and unravelled the secrets of DNA For the first time humans managed to hit asteroids. It happens with ease in Hollywood films but doing it is tricky in real life but scientists . .
- A New Year Beyond Resolutions (Indian Express, N K Singh, Jan 01, 2006)
We usher the new year with a nominal one-second adjustment to compensate for the wobbly planet. Unfortunately, a much deeper correction is necessary to compensate for our wobbly policies.
- `Agriculture Sector Should Embrace Technology' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2006)
IT and nanotechnology can modernise agriculture: P.J. Joseph IT and nano technology can help modernise agricultures, says P.J. Joseph
- Quake Monitor Brings Good Tidings (Deccan Herald, Prasanta Paul, Jan 01, 2006)
Roger Belham is the lone scientist who had proposed a study of the tectonics of the island 15 years ago from the “micro-atoll”environment which means a probe into sections of tiny systems around which corals grow.
- Abu Salem Undergoes Test (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
"Cases will now have a new direction"
He was said to have spoken about his role in the 1993 serial bomb blasts in Mumbai
"All the tests, the lie detector [polygraph], brain mapping and narco-analysis, were successful"
- India, Sri Lanka Deplore Violations Of Ceasefire By Ltte (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
Agree that environmental implications of Sethu project must be studied
Ambitious plan for a number of joint ventures
Enhancing cooperation in the field of education
Setting up an Information and Communication Technology Park
- Tax On Google's Sale Of Website Space For Display Of Ads (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 31, 2005)
GOOGLE Online India Private Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Google International LLC in the US, submitted an application before the Authority for Advance Rulings (AAR), New Delhi (Central Excise, Customs and Service Tax).
- `Year Of Farm Resurgence' (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 31, 2005)
Is the docile elephant beginning to stir itself up for some real action? If, at the turn of the year, there is euphoria around the country, especially across industrial and services sectors, it is entirely justified, for, the economy is on a roll.
- Year Of India (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Dec 31, 2005)
It was the year of India. George W. Bush confirmed that he would make India a world power. WaterAid, the British charity dedicated to propagating proper (read Western) toilets, countered that India already leads the world in squatters in fields and . . .
- Battered But Unbowed (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
The Indian Institute of Science campus, home to some of the finest minds in the country, is also not lacking in spirit, discover BHUMIKA K. and ANAND SANKAR in the aftermath of the dastardly act
- Sri Lanka: Towards An Enduring Solution (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 31, 2005)
Environmental implications of the Sethusamudram project have to be studied and action taken.
- Enhancing Institutional Security (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 31, 2005)
Winter is the season when countless scientific conferences and meetings are held in cities across India, and many of these attract delegates from abroad.
- Mass Grave In Gujarat (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 31, 2005)
HC directs DNA test of skeletal remains
The Gujarat High Court has rightly directed the state government to collect samples of the skeletal remains, unearthed from a mass grave in Lunavada village of Panchmahal district, . . .
- India Ready For Role In Lanka Peace Process (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
With the ceasefire between the Sri Lankan government and the LTTE rebels under ‘‘strain’’, India has indicated that it is ready to ‘‘encourage’’ parties to bring the peace process back on track.
- Overdose! (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Dec 30, 2005)
The draft National Pharmaceuticals Policy marks an about-turn in the reformist stance of the past few decades.
- Evaluating What Was Decided At Hong Kong (The Financial Express, RICARDO MELENDEZ, Dec 30, 2005)
The World Trade Organisation’s (WTO’s) prospect of inspiring belief as the prime global device for the management of trade relations among nations hinges on governments’ ability to agree on specific reduction targets and finished formulas in a mere . . .
- Upa Ginger Group Takes Form (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
Wracked by dissent and rattled by a debacle in local elections, the Telengana Rashtriya Samiti (TRS) has indicated that it would form a ginger group of non-Congress, non-Left parties in the UPA to act as a “pressure lobby”.
- Science Wakes Up To A Stifling New World (Telegraph, G.S. Mudur, Dec 30, 2005)
Despite enhanced vigilance, it will not be easy to protect India’s science establishments from terrorist strikes because of their culture of unfettered interaction and openness, scientists and policy-makers said today.
- This Happens Only In India (Daily Excelsior, Lt Col (Retd) Mukund Singh Jamwal, Dec 30, 2005)
Welcome to India, that is Bharat, the land of eternal contradictions. Blessed are the souls of this country who have the good fortune of living with contradictions from morn till eve with a majority of them even making a virtue out of this.
- Mass Grave: Hc Asks Cbi To Send Samples For Dna Tests (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
Refusing to let Gujarat police examine the exhumed remains of victims of the post-Godhra riots, Gujarat High Court today said that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) should take samples and send them to Hyderabad for DNA testing.
- Killing Daughters For ‘Honour’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
Nazir Ahmed appears calm and unrepentant as he recounts how he slit the throats of his three young daughters and their 25-year old stepsister to salvage his family’s “honour” - a crime that shocked Pakistan.
- Cabinet Paves Path For Safta (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
Taking major step towards formation of South Asian single market, the Cabinet on Thursday cleared the implementation of South Asian Free Trade Area (Safta) with effect from January 1, 2006.
- How The Web Will Link Us All (Hindu, Aleks Krotoski, Dec 30, 2005)
The Internet's latest revolution creates new connections and brings people together.
- New Areas For Research Mooted At Proposed Nims University (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
First phase of the NIMS University Research and Referral Centre to be completed in two years
Chief Minister to lay the foundation for the NIMS university tomorrow
- Gender Issues In Agriculture — An Idea Refusing To Take Roots (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Dec 30, 2005)
"I hold the most prestigious name in agriculture in this country, and still I can't get an appointment with the DG, ICAR (Director-General of Indian Council for Agricultural Research)! They'll be very polite and say, `Yes, madam, very good madam.'
- An `Industrious' Year For Economy (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Dec 30, 2005)
After a hesitant recovery in 2003 and discernible signs of resurgence in 2004, Indian industry has shown unmistakable vibrancy in 2005.
- Attack On The Iisc — South India On Terror Cross-Hair (Business Line, B. Raman , Dec 30, 2005)
The Wednesday attack at the IISc does not appear to have been targeted at any scientist but generally at the IT industry for which Bangalore is best known.
- ‘Terrorists Behind Bangalore Shootings’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
Indian police stepped up patrols in the southern technology hub of Bangalore on Thursday after a professor was shot dead and four other people wounded at a top science university in what authorities said was an attack by suspected anti-India militants.
- Nuclear Energy Option (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 30, 2005)
Civil works of the Chashma Nuclear Power Plant Unit-2, known as C-2, has begun with first concrete pouring and foundation stone laying by Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz. Speaking on the occasion, the Prime Minister explained the multi-pronged strategy. . .
- Ap:cm Asks To Expedite Formulation Of Draft Of Water Policy (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
State Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy today directed officials to expedite the formulation of the draft of State Water Policy.
- Abu Salem Subjected To Lie-Detector Test In Bangalore (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
Extradited gangster Abu Salem was subjected to lie-detector test at Forensic Science Laboratory here today in connection with a murder case.
- Abu Salem Put To Lie Detector Test (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
To be subjected to brain mapping in builder murder case
Abu Salem, Mumbai underworld operator, who was recently extradited from Portugal, was subjected to polygraph (lie detector) test at the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) here on Wednesday.
- Mass Grave: Nhrc Seeks Report From Gujarat, Cbi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
DNA testing of the skeletal remains sought
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought a report from the Gujarat Government and the Central Bureau of India on media reports on the unearthing of a mass grave at Lunawada in Panchmahals district
- Invisibility Makes Them Vulnerable (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 29, 2005)
Millions of children in the world's poorest countries are invisible and remain excluded from the framework
- New Model Of Development? (Deccan Herald, Alok Ray, Dec 29, 2005)
The challenge before India today is to ensure quality education that can serve the global industry
- Salem Subjected To Polygraph Test (Indian Express, JOHNSON T A, Dec 29, 2005)
Extradited Mumbai gangster Abu Salem was today put through 65 questions over a two-hour period during his polygraph (lie detector) test—the first of the three forensic psychology tests he will be subjected to in the Pradeep Jain murder case, . . .
- Tech Capital Figured On Terror Radar (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
The terrorist attract at IISc was waiting to happen. At least, that’s what investigative agencies were told as they interrogated several terrorists arrested recently.
- Building For Children (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 29, 2005)
This report* covers the first year of UNICEF India’s 2005 to 2007 action plan to support the Government of India and partners in building back better for children after the 26 December 2004 India Ocean tsunami. It reflects on what happened to children and
- Season’S Cheer (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 29, 2005)
Christmas time again. The cliché is that it comes round quicker every year and so it seems as one gets older. As the New Year approaches too, I won’t be sorry to see the back of 2005 and will look forward to a much improved 2006.
- India Concerned Over Spiralling Violence In Balochistan (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
India on Tuesday expressed concern over the spiraling violence in Balochistan and asked Pakistan to exercise restraint and address grievances through peaceful discussions.
- Cbi Probe, Dna Test Sought (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
writ petition was filed in Gujarat High Court on Wednesday by a relative of a post-Godhra riot victim, seeking a CBI investigation and DNA testing on the skeletal remains found in a mass grave in Lunavada village of Panchmahal district of the state.
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