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Articles 6521 through 6620 of 12047:
- Why Support To R&d Is Crucial (Business Line, A. Vasudevan, Dec 08, 2005)
If India is to compete in the international markets for goods and services, it must give top priority to high quality advanced education in science and technology with a sharp focus on research and development.
- Epf Interest Rate Reduced To 8.5 P.C. (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, Dec 08, 2005)
Unions to take up matter with Manmohan
- What Has Been Ailing The Tax-Gdp Ratio? (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam , Dec 08, 2005)
The more you earn, the less you keep.
And now I lay me down to sleep.
I pray the Lord my soul to take, if the
tax-collector hasn't got it `fore I wake.
Ogden Nash
- Llp Is No Lollypop (Business Line, S. Murlidharan , Dec 08, 2005)
S. Murlidharan on the issues of concern in the proposed limited liability partnership regime
- Eton: School That Connects Rulers (Tribune, Terry Kirby, Dec 08, 2005)
The 19 former prime ministers produced by Eton include Robert Walpole, William Pitt the Elder, Gladstone, Sir Anthony Eden, Harold Macmillan and Sir Alex Douglas-Home, not to mention countless ministers, top civil servants and diplomats.
- Party Must End (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 08, 2005)
When will we learn something better?
- Natwar Hands Over Resignation To Pm (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2005)
Having been pushed to the wall to quit the UPA government after being removed as a member of the high power Congress Steering Committee late at night on Monday, Union Minister without Portfolio K Natwar Singh called on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh . . .
- Nonalignment Today (Tribune, Anita Inder Singh, Dec 08, 2005)
One unintended outcome of the Volcker report is the debate it has sparked off on whether, in the 21st century, India should continue to define its foreign policy as a nonalignment country.
- Manmohan Calls For Strong Health Set-Up (Indian Express, Toufiq Rashid, Dec 08, 2005)
A decentralised need-based mechanism which does not work top downwards and a strengthened public health system is Manmohan Singh’s prescription for India’s ailing immunisation programme.
- Indo-Russian Energy Ties To Be Strengthened (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2005)
Building on strategic partnership, India and Russia have agreed to actively explore opportunities to further expand their cooperation in the field of peaceful use of atomic energy.
- True Brit (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2005)
The Queen, it has been observed, has changed her speech over the years. From an accent that bore the unmistakeable signature of her class, she has slipped into the more reassuring RP (Received Pronunciation).
- Developing People For Info-System (Pioneer, Vinayshil Gautam, Dec 08, 2005)
The ability to source information holds the key to continuous growth, says Vinayshil Gautam.
- The Odd Couple (Dawn, F.S. Aijazuddin, Dec 08, 2005)
Nothing succeeds like success, however simulated, and at the moment two persons — President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz — are savouring their own personal brand of success.
- A New Urban Lifestyle Lures India's Rural Poor (International Herald Tribune, AMY WALDMAN, Dec 08, 2005)
This western city has at least 300 slum pockets, with grimy industry, factory-fouled air and a spiraling crime rate. A 1994 epidemic - reported as pneumonic plague - that originated here caused national panic.
- Telelogic Opens Second Facility In Bangalore (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2005)
Telelogic, a development tools vendor with a strong presence in the defence and aerospace sectors, on Wednesday announced the opening of its second facility in Bangalore.
- The Wages Of Corruption (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Dec 08, 2005)
Around 4.30 pm on Friday December 2, 2005, officials of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested Subhash Bhowmik, football coach of Kolkata's famous East Bengal Club and a former international footballer, on the charge of accepting a bribe . . .
- Mou To Promote Higher Education (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2005)
Twenty universities in the United States will join the Mata Amritanandamayi Math's Amrita University, Indian Space Research Organisation and the Department of Science and Technology through TIFAC and the Indo-US Science and Technology Forum for . . .
- Venezuela: Opposition Plays Truant (Hindu, Richard Gott, Dec 07, 2005)
A tiny ragbag of opposition groups threatens to undermine the credibility of the parliamentary system.
- India For `Visionary' Outlook On Summit (Hindu, P.S. Suryanarayana, Dec 07, 2005)
It is an important "building block for community-building in East Asia"
India looking for ways to fashion governing document
ASEAN goes well with Manmohan's proposal of Asian economic community
- Opening Up The Socialist Space In Indian Politics (Hindu, Harish Khare , Dec 07, 2005)
In the coming post-George Fernandes era, the socialists will have many opportunities in various parts of the country to tap the alienation of the poor from the mainstream economy.
- Changing Tack To Stay In The Fray (Hindu, K. Srinivas Reddy, Dec 07, 2005)
The Naxalite leadership in Andhra Pradesh has ushered in strategic and tactical changes in the functioning of its cadre. It has shifted its local guerrilla squads (LGSs) deep into the forest and brought in three-member teams of armed cadres to . . .
- Joining The Venture To Harness Fusion (Hindu, R. Ramachandran, Dec 07, 2005)
The aim of the ambitious multi-billion dollar International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) is to demonstrate the scientific and technological feasibility of fusion as a sustained long-term energy source.
- Manmohan-Putin Summit (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Declaring the determination of India and Russia to jointly combat terrorism, President Vladimir Putin today expressed his country’s readiness to cooperate with New Delhi in the field of nuclear energy and said Moscow was also prepared to increase oil. . .
- The Farooq Show (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
If ever an award is instituted for a political leader of the State employing tongue like a double-edged weapon it will certainly go to National Conference patriarch Farooq Abdullah.
- A Double Paradox (Telegraph, Dipankar Dasgupta, Dec 07, 2005)
The sensitive index we are told is climbing new heights simultaneously with growing signs of industrial prosperity. Interest rates on bank deposits, however, continue to be low, suggesting that banks are not beneficiaries of the industrial bonanza. . . .
- Status Of Biological Sciences In India (Daily Excelsior, Pragya Khanna, Dec 07, 2005)
Human knowledge of Biology began with prehistoric people and their experiences with edible vs. inedible, or even poisonous, plants and animals, their habits and habitats and how best to capture them, etc. This information was verbally passed on to . . .
- Bill Gates, Maran Discuss Areas Of Cooperation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
To create an enabling environment for adoption of IT
Progress on other projects reviewed
To launch English edition of Windows XP Starter Edition
- Bharti Janata Party? (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Something tells us that the relationship between sanyasin Uma Bharti and the BJP is not quite over.
- Reconsider Expulsion, Says Uma (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Appealing for reconsideration of her expulsion, Ms Uma Bharati today sent a petition to the BJP disciplinary committee requesting she be given a chance to explain her viewpoint. “Acquiescing to the BJP parliamentary board’s decision to expel . . .
- Campaign On Aids Awareness In State From February (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Anti-AIDS volunteers to make house visits and talk to people on dreaded disease
Collectors asked to prepare comprehensive action plans
Counselling to be provided at PHCs
Supply of drugs at Government hospitals from January 1
- India, Russia Evoke ‘Strategic Partnership’ (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Russia and India intensified cooperation on defence and energy as Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Russian President Vladimir Putin met at the Kremlin on Tuesday and evoked a ‘strategic Partnership’. “We have a very special relationship . . .
- Question Of ‘Image’ (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 07, 2005)
A major problem to be tackled by the Islamic summit conference opening in Makkah today is one of image of the Muslims, especially in the West.
- New Thrust To Indo-Russian Defence Cooperation (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Dec 07, 2005)
Focus on joint development and manufacture of futuristic weapon systems
- India, Russia Ink Three Pacts (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Cementing their strategic partnership, India and Russia on Tuesday signed three agreements, including the one on protection of intellectual property rights to regulate joint defence work.
- Microsoft Innovation In B’Lore (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Global software giant Microsoft, will establish an innovation centre in Bangalore early next month.....
- Microsoft Centre In Bangalore To Open In Jan (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Microsoft Corporation, the world's largest software company, today said it would set up its first innovation centre in Bangalore. It also announced the launch of low-cost operating system Starter Edition in English
- Wto Draft Ministerial Text — One Step Forward, Two Steps Back (Business Line, Pradeep S. Mehta, Dec 07, 2005)
The release of the WTO draft text document does not mean that the deadlock over agriculture and other issues has been resolved. Members are still at loggerheads over several issues pertaining to market access, and special and differential treatments . . .
- Tulsi, Come Back (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 07, 2005)
fortnight after the grand Diwali celebrations comes what the Hindu calendar describes as the tulsi vivah. The deities, who have gone into hibernation during the shraadh period, now re-emerge. It is after the deity is wedded to the herbal plant that the m
- Indian-American Scientist Wins Energy Tech Prize (Indian Express, SEEMA HAKHU KACHRU, Dec 07, 2005)
Indian American scientist Subhendu Guha, noted for his pioneering work in amorphous silicon, has won the 2005 World Technology award in Energy.
- Ariel Sharon, Escapist (Pioneer, Daniel Pipes, Dec 07, 2005)
Ariel Sharon overturned Israel politics on November 21 when he announced his departure from the very Likud Party he had helped establish 32 years earlier.
- India Invited To Join International Thermonuclear Project (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
In a landmark development, the US and other partners in International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) project have decided to invite India as a full partner in the ambitious multi-billion energy venture.
- Gates’ Date With Indian Leaders (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Beginning his fourth visit to India, Microsoft Corporation Chairman & Chief Software Architect Bill Gates met President A P J Abdul Kalam and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday.
- Uma Seeks Personal Hearing (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
After her expulsion from the BJP, firebrand leader Uma Bharti on Tuesday appealed to the party’s disciplinary committee for granting her a personal hearing on charges of indiscipline and anti-party activities against her after the completion . . .
- India Invited To Join Mega N-Project (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
In a landmark development, the US and other partners in International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) project have decided to invite India as a full partner in the ambitious multi-billion energy venture.
- Trauma Of The Toffs-Yasmin Alibhai-Brown (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 06, 2005)
As far as I know, no goldfish ever willingly chooses the bowl it wants to reside in. Cherie Blair, though, is absolutely convinced that the partners of past, present and future Prime Ministers of Britain — her own good self most of all — were or . . .
- Labour And Politics (Hindu, K. Kunhikrishnan, Dec 06, 2005)
THERANJEDUTHA KRITHIKAL — Political Thoughts: B.T. Ranadive; Chintha Publishers, Deshabhimani Road, P. B. No 172, Thiruvananthapuram-695001.
- Ltte Warns Colombo Of War Again (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
A group allied with Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tiger rebels threatened today to force the military and “traitors’’ from the country’s Tamil-dominated northeast if violence continues against the ethnic group there.
- Everyone Loves A Lord (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Dec 06, 2005)
The rampant titles bazaar has been eroding the credibility of the new House of Lords, argues Sunanda K. Datta-Ray.
- Follow The Leader (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Dec 06, 2005)
With the next act of the Natwar Singh drama having unfolded and with the prime minister having taken off for a session with Putin, this week in parliament is going to be sheer chaos.
- The Employment-Poverty Link In Bangladesh (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekar, Dec 06, 2005)
The reduction in poverty in Bangladesh has not been commensurate with the expectations generated by the macroeconomic pattern of relatively stable and non-inflationary growth. In this edition of Macroscan, C. P. Chandrasekar and Jaya ti Ghosh say . . .
- National Interest Or American Interest? (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Dec 06, 2005)
A U.S. official claims India has assured the Americans that energy deals with Iran are years away.
- German Tech To Spruce Up City Roads (Deccan Herald, Ashwini Y S, Dec 06, 2005)
Bangalore roads may soon wear a brand new look, if the Bangalore Mahanagara Palike has its way. The BMP is set to venture into a ....
- Thought-Provoking Articles (Hindu, P. K. Doraiswamy, Dec 06, 2005)
Collection of articles on general issues relating to people and society at large
- Intel To Invest $1 B In India (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
Intel, on Monday, announced investing $1 billion in India, the lions share of which – $800 million to be precise – would be pumped into Intel’s research and development activities in Bangalore
- The Legacy Blair Will Leave Behind (Dawn, Max Hastings, Dec 06, 2005)
Tony Blair is working overtime to reform education, commission nuclear power stations, bring stable government to Northern Ireland, impose a new vision on Europe, create stability in Iraq, all within the span of two or three years before he quits the . .
- Can The Eas Realise The Asian Dream? (The Financial Express, Nagesh Kumar, Dec 06, 2005)
The East Asia Summit (EAS) scheduled to be held in Kuala Lumpur later this month, and attended by leaders of Asean10, Japan, China, South Korea and India, and of Australia and New Zealand, is a landmark event in the history Asia’s regional economic ....
- Uma Bharati Expelled From Bjp (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
On the eve of 13th anniversary of the demolition of the disputed structure in Ayodhya, one of the most vocal and prominent Hindutva leaders of the BJP, Ms Uma Bharati, was today expelled from the primary membership of the party for indiscipline and anti-p
- British Council Keen To Attract Students From The U.K. To India (Hindu, A. A. Michael Raj, Dec 06, 2005)
10-day `Education UK Festival' concludes
- Unfair Trade Threatens Small Peasants (Tribune, Bharat Dogra, Dec 06, 2005)
In most developing countries the overwhelming majority is small farmers. For example, the data on Indian agriculture and farmers contained in the Tenth Plan document reveals the extent to which India’s farming community is dominated by small peasants.
- ‘India Is Important To Show You Can Reach 8 Pc Economic Growth, Because You Are A Democracy’ (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Dec 06, 2005)
For thirty years Klaus Schwab has been gathering heads of government and industry in Davos for the World Economic Forum. As they commingle with thinkers and economists each year, key issues of globalisation and interdependence are thrashed out and . . .
- Facade Of Inclusiveness (Pioneer, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Dec 06, 2005)
Economic policy should liberate not just business but also people from bureaucracy, says Bharat Jhunjhunwala
- Sinister Stockpiles (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 06, 2005)
It has been known for quite some time that terrorist organisations like the Laskhar-e-Toiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) and Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) have used the devastation caused by the earthquake on October 8, 2005, to escalate infiltration . . .
- Budget Strategy For 2006-07 — Consolidate, Optimise, Deliver (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Dec 06, 2005)
The Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, would do well to devote the 2006-07 Budget to the improvement and consolidation of the outcome of the initiatives and schemes already taken up and the restoration of the fiscal health, . . .
- B. R. Ambedkar, The Economist (Business Line, R. C. Rajamani, Dec 06, 2005)
As the nation observers his 49th death anniversary today (December 6), it may surprise many to know that Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar, celebrated as the "Father of Indian Constitution," found economics closest to his heart and got his doctorate for a thesis . . .
- Focus On Youth And Rural Areas (Tribune, Tripti Nath, Dec 05, 2005)
Sujata Rao, the new head of the National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO), was engaged in a flurry of activity to mark the World AIDS Day soon after she took over.
- Some Patience Needed (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Dec 05, 2005)
The Volcker affaire is becoming a riddle wrapped in mystery inside an enigma. Weeks after the first charges surfaced and he described them as ‘ludicrous’,
- Bihar Docs Practise By Raj Rules (Hindustan Times, Anirban Guha Roy, Dec 05, 2005)
If fancy foreign degrees are what inspire your confidence in doctors, you better be in Bihar. The state’s health system might be on life support but all government doctors are certified as fit for work by no less than officials of the British Raj.
- Decision On Bifurcating Gail's Marketing, Transmission Biz Soon (Business Line, Richa Mishra, Dec 05, 2005)
A Final decision on bifurcating the gas marketing and transportation business of GAIL (India) Ltd seems to be near with the Government hoping to get Parliamentary approval for setting up the proposed Petroleum Regulatory and Natural Gas Board (PRNGB).
- Anger And Red Faces In Europe Over Cia Flights (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Dec 05, 2005)
The Blair Government especially is under pressure over allegations that it allowed CIA covert flights to ferry suspected terrorists to secret interrogation centres.
- Customer-Centric Approach By New Breed Of Financial Planners (Hindu, Oommen A. Ninan , Dec 05, 2005)
Goal of certification is to convert savers into investors
Organisers of financial planning are collaborating to unify the profession around accepted standards.
- Cameron Promises A Different Kind Of Politics (Hindu, Jackie Ashley , Dec 05, 2005)
David Cameron hopes to lead the Tories and his target is not Tony Blair but Gordon Brown.
- Public-Private Partnership Proposed To Fight Aids (Hindu, V. Ravi, Dec 05, 2005)
Decentralisation of AIDS control programme to the district-level is essential, says expert
Number of Voluntary Counselling and Testing Centres increased to 57
52,598 of 1,90,433 people examined at the centres have tested positive
- Where The Mind Is Without Fear... (Indian Express, NIRMALA SRINIVASAN, Dec 05, 2005)
December 3 was World Disability Day. The Persons with Disability Act (PWD Act), passed by Parliament in 1995, recognises mental illness as a disability on par with physical disabilities.
- No Access To A Q Khan For Iaea (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
Pakistan has ruled out permission to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to directly interrogate A Q Khan in order to unravel the proliferation network led by him, claiming it has been co-operating with the UN nuclear watchdog’s investigations.
- Outcome Budget A Good Beginning (Daily Excelsior, SUMEDHA SUDHAMAN, Dec 05, 2005)
Government recently came out with the first-ever outcome budget aimed at keeping a tab on public spending by evolving a mechanism to measure physical targets to be achieved on outlays provided in the five lakh crore rupee General Budget to ministries . .
- Watching The Watchdogs (Pioneer, Shailaja Chandra, Dec 05, 2005)
Media needs to observe the NGO sector more actively and objectively, says Shailaja Chandra
- Paying For Terror (US News & World Report, David E. Kaplan, Dec 05, 2005)
How jihadist groups are using organized-crime tactics--and profits--to finance attacks on targets around the globe
- Air Assault Kills Qaeda Top Plotter (Washington Times, Munir Ahmad, Dec 05, 2005)
One of al Qaeda's top five leaders, said to be responsible for planning overseas strikes, was killed by Pakistani security forces, with U.S. help, in a rocket attack near the Afghan border, American and Pakistani officials said yesterday.
- Issue Of Farm Subsidies (Dawn, Editorial, Economic Times, Dec 05, 2005)
AS the year draws to a close, the European Union faces trouble on at least three key fronts. EU governments are embroiled in an increasingly acrimonious row over a new 2007-2013 budget, and hopes that EU leaders will be able to clinch a deal on the . . .
- India Accelerating (International Herald Tribune, AMY WALDMAN, Dec 05, 2005)
In the middle of the old Grand Trunk Road a temple sits under a peepul tree. The surrounding highway is being widened to four lanes, and vehicles barrel along either side. But the temple and tree thwart even greater speed, and a passing contractor . . .
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