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Articles 6621 through 6720 of 12047:
- Brazil And India Surprise G-7 On Trade (International Herald Tribune, Graham Bowley, Dec 05, 2005)
Brazil and India have made a surprise offer of trade concessions to the world's leading industrial nations, but one that depends on those countries resolving their discord over agricultural subsidies, challenging the rich nations to find a solution.
- Safety At Any Cost (Hindu, G. Ram Mohan, Dec 04, 2005)
It is absolutely necessary for the Railways to strengthen the track patrol gangs
- A Touch Of Glamour To A Primate Existence! (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
Hugh and Colleen Gantzer live it out in a tree house in Wayanad.
- The Wisest Man In India (Hindu, RAMACHANDRA GUHA , Dec 04, 2005)
Who might it now be?
- Old Wine In Very Old Bottles (Hindustan Times, Ashok Row Kavi, Dec 04, 2005)
Here we go again! Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code cannot be abolished or read down because (1) It protects our children. (2) To protect public morality. (3) To prevent obscenity. Choose any, or all, of the three to stop those nasty homosexuals from o
- Natwar Should Quit: Cpi (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
The national executive of the Communist Party of India (CPI) today demanded the resignation of former External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh from the Union Cabinet following damaging comments by Indian Ambassador to Croatia Aneil Matherani.
- Beypore Boats Sail Into Oblivion (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
The boat yard in Beypore, once famous for supplying hand-crafted boats to the Gulf, has now fallen silent, thanks to its inability to keep step with changing market demands, says M. A. Siraj.
- Indian Ocean: Management And Maritime Security (Tribune, K.K. Nayyar, Dec 04, 2005)
Navy Davy, being observed on December 4 every year, provides us with an opportunity to introspect on the maritime issues which are linked with the destiny of our nation. It is not a mere coincidence that India is the only country to have an ocean . . .
- Yercaud: The Poor Man’S Hill Station (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
For a nature lover, this is a perfect getaway, says Marianne de Nazareth.
- Tactical Jingoism (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 04, 2005)
Is no exit strategy
Clearly worried over increasing demands to “bring the boys home”, George W Bush tried the oldest trick in the book — an obscene dose of jingoism to try and deflect queries to which he has no credible answer
- Labour Of Love (Hindu, Sonya Dutta Choudhury, Dec 04, 2005)
This book has a little bit for everybody.
City of Sin and Splendour: Writings on Lahore, edited by Bapsi Sidhwa, Penguin, Rs.395.
- Snuffed Out Too Early... (Deccan Herald, Sarjit Ramesh, Dec 04, 2005)
The author relates the lives of children who spend their childhood days eking out a living.
- Poetics Of Protest (Hindu, C.VIJAYASREE, Dec 04, 2005)
Remembering Mulk Raj Anand on his birth centenary, which falls on December 12.
- Investigation Blows Open Lashkar Overground Links (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Dec 04, 2005)
Operatives used political party workers to assist terror operations
Mainstream political parties in the State have been infiltrated by operatives
Operatives killed on Friday night had photo ID cards of political parties
- Good, Not Great (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 03, 2005)
The NCC track record
Legitimate is its claim to be the country’s premier youth organisation, yet after functioning for no fewer than 57 years the National Cadet Corps would find it difficult to quantify its contribution to national life.
- How Europe Is Choking Itself (Tribune, Stephen Castle , Dec 03, 2005)
Europe’s claim to the moral high ground over the environment has been comprehensively challenged in a devastating report on its failings in the battle against global warming and pollution. It says Europe is devouring the world’s natural resources at twice
- New Sgpc President (Tribune, S.S. Dhanoa, Dec 03, 2005)
By nominating Mr Avtar Singh Makkar as President of the SGPC, Mr Parkash Singh Badal has proved himself to be true to his reputation as the leader of the Shiromani Akali Dal that always had his ear to the ground.
- Tourism Zone At Kundli-Palwal Expressway Soon (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
A new tourism policy for promotion of religious, cultural and archaeological tourism to be unveiled
More tourist circuits to be established
ISCON temple to be built in Kurukshetra
- Industries Warned Against Employing Children (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
Administration is committed to eradicating child labour, says official
Child labour rampant in puffed rice factories
413 cases booked against people employing child labourers
- Changing Equations (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 03, 2005)
With Sharon and Peres joining hands, Israel is set for a three-way contest
- Apollo Hospitals To Partner With Johns Hopkins (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
To set up referral lab in Hyderabad
- Labour Laws Must Be Upheld: Manmohan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said that all workers have the right to form trade unions and that all laws, including labour laws are to be respected. He, however, said that the decision on the rate of interest on the Employees Provident Fund (EPF)....
- Plan To Start Aids Control Scheme (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
To curtail rapid proliferation
The Department of Health has planned to introduce AIDS disease control programme in the district from January next in order to curtail rapid proliferation of the killer disease, said the Collector, Rajesh Lakhoni.
- Bosnia’S Slow Progress (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 03, 2005)
Before the war in Iraq, Bush administration policy-makers used to deride the elaborate nation-building regime the Clinton administration and the European allies created in Bosnia.
- Pml-N Rejects Mirwaiz’S United Kashmir Proposal (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz has categorically rejected "United States of Kashmir" proposal floated by Mirwaiz Omar Farooq.
- 90% Tents In Quake Areas Inadequate (Daily Times, Irfan Ghauri, Dec 03, 2005)
UN says operations may be reduced in midwinter
* Says 40% of UN’s appeal fulfilled
* Asks NATO to leave equipment before leaving
- Et Hacking (Times of India, MUKUL SHARMA, Dec 03, 2005)
Could we be doing something terribly dangerous here in the name of cutting-edge science? According to physicist Richard Carrigan of the US Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, trying to locate evidence of extraterrestrial signals could itself signal a s
- Apollo Group Ties With J Hopkins (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
Healthcare major Apollo Hospitals group on Friday announced a strategic alliance with Johns Hopkins Medicine International for collaboration in medicine, education and research. Under the agreement, the two organisations, . . .
- Mumbai Doctor Sacked For Fainting On Kalam Duty (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
J J Hospital, Mumbai, has terminated the services of its most qualified anaesthetist, Dr Sameer Kalaniya. The doctor, according to the termination letter, was punished for collapsing while accompanying President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam on his Mumbai . . .
- Political Change In Israel (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 03, 2005)
Those who claim to be `centrists' in Israeli politics appear to have gained an edge over their rivals after Labour leader Shimon Peres ended his decades-long association with the party and announced his support for Prime Minister Ariel Sharon . . .
- Pml-N Rejects Mirwaiz’S United Kashmir Proposal (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz has categorically rejected "United States of Kashmir" proposal floated by Mirwaiz Omar Farooq.
- Bird Flu: A New Dread - Iii (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 03, 2005)
Bird flu is in news making a common health conscious human so concerned about what he should or he should not do, Mehnaaz Sultan Khuroo explains in detail all about the diseases, preventions and the reality behind
- Don’T Cut That Cord Yet! (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Stem cells from the umblical cord of a baby can cure more than 75 ailments. No wonder cord blood banking is highly recommended. Hema Anand finds out more.
- ‘India Ready To Help Lanka Peace Process’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Sri Lanka on Thursday claimed that India was ready to help it revive the peace process and said new Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse would visit New Delhi soon. India is ready to assist Sri Lanka in the way they wanted, . . .
- Talk About Sex, Says Pm (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Singh rings AIDS alarm, asks indians to shed inhibitions to fight disease
- India Tells Pakistani Cultural Group To Go Home (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
A Pakistan-based cultural action group, invited by a prominent women’s NGO to stage plays in India, has been abruptly asked to go back by the very NGO after its first performance here on grounds that it displayed an anti-US stance.
- Pm Calls For War Against Aids (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said that the nation’s health delivery system would be restructured in the next two years to provide a comprehensive package of services to the community and to HIV infected persons.
- Not Into The Sunset (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Dec 02, 2005)
After a few pleasantries and a quick round-up of Madhya Pradesh politics, I bluntly asked Uma why she was hell-bent on tormenting Patwa. Surely she should realize that you couldn’t get anywhere in the state by alienating a powerful group in the BJP . . .
- Facade Of Inclusiveness (Daily Excelsior, Dr Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Dec 02, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said in a widely published article titled "Open democracy and open economy" that objective of his Government is to empower the people of the country. Public investment in health and education will be increased . . .
- Saarc After Dhaka Summit (Daily Excelsior, Ajay Kaul, Dec 02, 2005)
Twenty years on, SAARC finally appears poised for a take-off. The members of the seven-nation group seem to have shed the mindset that has been mired in political disputes for years and almost brought the regional grouping to the verge of collapse.
- Unleash Demand By Driving Down Prices (The Financial Express, SUMANT SINHA, Dec 02, 2005)
India’s economic development model is unlike most other emerging market countries.
- Waste-Water Treatment: A Community Experiment (Business Line, P. Srivatsan, Dec 02, 2005)
Clean water is as important as clean air for human life and other forms of life. Recent weeks saw widespread water-logging due to the rains in Tamil Nadu and other parts of the country.
- Iran’S Nuclear Lies (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
IAEA has no authority to determine whether or not a country has a nuclear weapons programme. That is up to the UN Security Council. The IAEA’s job is to determine whether a nation has violated its safeguards agreement, and El Baradei has made it . . .
- Drop In Percentage Of Hiv Positive Mothers (Hindu, G.V.Ramana Rao, Dec 02, 2005)
1.6 percentage point drop in HIV positive cases in 2005
"Nevirapine" given during labour to prevent transmission of HIV to baby
Drug administered to the baby within 72 hours of delivery
Special focus on educating women on HIV, AIDS
- Aids: Inhibitions On Discussing Sex Should Go, Says Pm (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Observing that AIDS could have serious consequences for the country's economy and future, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said people should do away with traditional inhibitions on discussing matters related to safe sex rpt safe sex and all . . .
- Way "Open" For U.S. Payloads On Indian Lunar Mission (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
The way is "open" for the Indian lunar mission, Chandrayaan, to carry American payloads, Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran said at a joint press interaction with U.S. Under Secretary for Commerce David McCormick on Thursday.
- Kalam Plea To Cmc On Aids Vaccine (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
"An effective vaccine will be a cost-effective tool for control of infectious diseases"
- Farming Water (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Dec 02, 2005)
Agriculture is to India what water is to amphibious life — forming a much larger part of its existence than meets the eye.
- India, Us Close To Inking High-Tech Space Pact (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Taking forward the agenda of civilian space cooperation, India and US are looking at soon finalising a technology safeguard agreement (TSA) on cooperation in the sector.
- Now Petrol Smells Of Death (Indian Express, SANJAY JHA, Dec 02, 2005)
I suffered from an acute childhood obsession, almost a fetish — love for the smell of petrol. It made be delirious, it had a macho aroma and I invariably sniffed out the closest fuel dispensing outlet.
- Kalam Outlines Crucial Research Areas To Foster Growth (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
President seeks the help of scientists to help solve the issues
Proteomics much more challenging than figuring out the human genome
Urgent need to track multiple parameters and predict earthquakes
- Tn: Madurai Selected For 'Phase Three Aids Control Programme' (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Madurai district of Tamil Nadu has been selected for the launch of the 'Phase three' of the National AIDS Control Programme.
- Bihar: Vigilance Probe Likely Into Multi-Crore Blanket Scam (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Stumbling on "glaring irregularities" in purchase of blankets worth around Rs 30 crore by the erstwhile Rabri Devi ministry for distribution among below poverty line people in 2002, Bihar government today hinted at ordering a probe by the state Vigilance
- Call To Join Crusade Against Aids (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
A wing has been constructed in Tirunelveli to deal with HIV positive people
- Aids Awareness Camps To Be Held In 58 Places (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Do not humiliate or neglect HIV patients, says Collector
- Think Out Of The Box, Kalam Tells Students (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Become job generators rather than just job seekers Asks them to become job generators rather than job seekers
- Barnala Commends Hard Work Put In By Aids Agencies (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Urges health institutions to come out with concrete plans to step up action against AIDS
- Bihar Redeems Its Pledge (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, Dec 02, 2005)
The recent Assembly elections in Bihar will be treated as a milestone in the history of Indian democracy. Though all elections are important in one way or the other, Bihar elections were a cut above the rest. First, they ended the 15-year . . .
- Shun Gender Violence (Pioneer, Remya Mohan, Dec 02, 2005)
The White Ribbon Campaign (WRC) began as an endeavour by a small group of Canadian men who wore White Ribbons in memory of the brutal massacre at the Université de Montreal Engineering School where on December 6, 1989, a gunman shot dead 14 female student
- Left In A Lurch (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 02, 2005)
The conundrum over the Pension Fund Regulatory Development Authority Bill is only the latest manifestation of the Left's innate contradictions. At the time of its return to the UPA-Left Coordination Committee in the last week of October, the CPI(M) had in
- Left In A Lurch (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 02, 2005)
The conundrum over the Pension Fund Regulatory Development Authority Bill is only the latest manifestation of the Left's innate contradictions. At the time of its return to the UPA-Left Coordination Committee in the last week of October,
- Left In A Lurch (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 02, 2005)
Ever since Health Ministers' Conference in London in January 1988, December 1 has been observed as World AIDS Day. The global struggle against the killer virus turned 18 this year, almost universally recognised as the age of consent, when adolescents . .
- Germany: Angela Merkel Faces Tough Challenges (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 02, 2005)
After cumbersome negotiations over several weeks, Angela Merkel got elected on the November 22, 2005, as the first woman Chancellor in Germany’s history with the votes of the Christian Democratic and Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU) as well as . . .
- India, China To Resolve Boundary Dispute: Pm (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
The special representatives appointed by India and China to resolve border disputes are looking at all aspects of the issue, the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, informed the Rajya Sabha today.
- Positioning Cultural Industries With Creative Intervention (Hindu, Rajeev Sethi, Dec 01, 2005)
A dynamic tradition never stops or slackens. The creative moves, nourishes, transforms, shapes, and furthers. Iqbal celebrates when he writes: "there is something that prevents our very being from being wiped out."
- Congress Includes Job Guarantee In Panchayat Poll Manifesto (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
Party promises host of schemes and facilities for people in rural areas, launches poll campaign
Other features
Better infrastructure for rural areas
Food and shelter for all
Compulsory education of children
- Cash, Not Land, On Offer For The Displaced (Hindu, Meena Menon, Dec 01, 2005)
Despite Supreme Court orders to the contrary, Madhya Pradesh is offering cash and not land to those displaced by the Narmada project.
- Aiming For 10 Per Cent (Tribune, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 01, 2005)
When Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, not given to making wild claims for cheap applause or electoral gains, talks of India being able to achieve a 10 per cent growth rate in two or three years’ time, “skeptics, worriers and critics” may tend to dismiss ...
- The Gifted Thanedar (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 01, 2005)
The “poor thanedar” was being “cop-martialled”. The charges inter alia included his having received gifts on Divali.
- Pakistan Courting Israel (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Dec 01, 2005)
Just on the eve of its nuclear tests on May 28, 1998, Pakistan summoned India’s High Commissioner Satish Chandra and alleged that Israeli F-16 aircraft based in Chennai were preparing to strike at its nuclear installations.
- Aids Undermines Development (Tribune, Ishwar Chandra Dhyani, Dec 01, 2005)
AIDS reverses the gains of development, undermines the foundations for development and targets the most vulnerable.
- Of Many Cultures (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 01, 2005)
It seems a long time since my last ‘Westminster Gleanings’ and since my conversation with Lord Gilmour about the Middle East. Ariel Sharon’s new grab for the central ground, if such a thing really exists, of the Israeli political spectrum,
- Pm: Guru Granth Sahib’S Teachings Still Relevant (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 01, 2005)
I am delighted to be amongst you to inaugurate this international seminar on “Guru Granth Sahib and its context” to mark the 400th anniversary of the installation of the Adi Granth at Harmandar Sahib.
- Unrecognized Schools (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 01, 2005)
At last the government has risen to the occasion. By ordering closure of unrecognized private schools, the government has done a favour to the gullible parents whose purse is strained day in and day out in the name of education by these money making machi
- Campaign Against Aids (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
The health authorities in the district will observe World AIDS Day on Thursday with a variety of programmes. An awareness rally will be taken out from the Collectorate premises on Thursday morning. District Collector M. Sivasankar will flag off the rally.
- Rs. 20,000 Cr. To Be Invested In Infrastructure (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
Karnataka is set for a leap in industrial growth, says Sindhia
Exports from State touched Rs. 62,000 crores last year
Bangalore international airport to become operational by December 2007
Karnataka produces over 60 per cent of construction equipment
- U.S. Payloads Likely To Be Accepted On Chandrayaan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
Two sides moving forward in space cooperation: Shyam Saran
S & T accord will permit collaborative research
Civil nuclear energy is a component of larger dialogue
Nuclear agreement sends clear message
- Bosnia’S Slow Progress (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 01, 2005)
Before the war in Iraq,Bush administration policymakers used to deride the elaborate nation-building regime the Clinton administration and the European allies created in Bosnia.
- Doing Business In India: A Report Card (The Financial Express, NIRVIKAR SINGH, Dec 01, 2005)
In September, the International Finance Corporation published the third round of its annual rankings of countries, based on an index of ease of doing business.
- ‘Us Needs Proof Of India’S N-Separation’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
A delegation from the United States led by Senator Dan Burton today sounded optimistic about the US Congress passing a legislation to enable implementation of the Indo-US nuclear deal once New Delhi has provided ‘‘clear evidence’’ in the form . . .
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