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Articles 6721 through 6820 of 12047:
- What Bihar’S Done Today... (Indian Express, RAMESH VENKATARAMAN, Dec 01, 2005)
Is Indian politics becoming ‘middle class’? Nitish Kumar’s thumping victory in Bihar suggests that even in the darkest reaches of India’s heartland a profound political re-alignment may be afoot.
- Hiv Cases On The Rise In Shimoga (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
District brought under high-risk zones in State
911 cases reported in district from 1987 to February 2005
Voluntary testing centre set up at McGann Hospital
HIV-affected people to be provided treatment and legal advice
- State Seeks Rs. 13,685 Cr. Assistance (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
Jayalalithaa explains the magnitude of damage to the Central team that called on her
- Volunteers Stalk Hiv Ignorance On A Trek Around India (Christian Science Monitor, Scott Baldauf, Dec 01, 2005)
Activists from the AIDS Walk for Life, a 4,200-mile walk around India, perform a street play to educate people on ways to prevent the spread of AIDS.
- After The Cop Out, Let’S Find Some Cops (Indian Express, ABHINAV KUMAR, Dec 01, 2005)
K C Surendrababu was a dyed-in-the-wool Telugu bidda. When I first met him during training at Hyderabad, he spoke Hindi haltingly with a lyrical style in tune with the rest of his endearing personality.
- India's Road Map For West Asia (Pioneer, 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.
- J&k: Bsf Apprehends 15 Myanmarese Along Border (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
Fifteen Myanmar nationals, trying to exfiltrate to Pakistan, have been arrested near international border in Akhnoor sector of Jammu and Kashmir, a BSF spokesman said here today.
- India's Economy Set To Grow 7.5 Pct And More - Pm (Reuters, Kamil Zaheer, Nov 30, 2005)
India's economy is set to grow 7.5 percent in the year to March, 2006, and Asia's third largest economy should see that rising to 10 percent in 2-3 years, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Tuesday.
- Political Consensus Holds The Key (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Nov 30, 2005)
The Finance Minister's challenge lies in convincing the coalition partners on the reforms agenda.
- Forward, But In Which Direction? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 30, 2005)
Two weeks ago, on the day that the Israeli government, under pressure from its American ally in the person of US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, offered the Gaza Strip’s Palestinian residents a small but significant concession in terms. . . .
- Disaster Prevention, Mitigation, Preparedness And Relief (Business Line, D. Murali , Nov 30, 2005)
ON Monday, the Rajya Sabha passed the Disaster Management Bill. A day earlier, the Home Minister, Mr Shivraj Patil, was accompanied by the Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, and the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Mr S. Raghupathy,
- A Taste Of India (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
Your tea break was never so exotic.
- Uma On Her Way Out Of The Bjp? (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Nov 30, 2005)
All the signs are that this time Uma Bharti will not find it easy to ride out the storm.
- Dharam Singh Warns Police Against Complacency (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
`Be sensitive to needs of coalition government'
- The Starving Of India’S Farmer (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Nov 30, 2005)
When one set of instruments fails, to some the answer is to have more of the same—only larger, bigger and deadlier. I always dread those whose answer to each failure is to set up newer and bigger institutions.
- Manmohan Singh Targets 10 Per Cent Growth (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
FDI in retail to be explored; power sector to be set right
Likely to average 7.5 per cent growth in next four years
Big growth in agriculture, more investment in infrastructure required
- Nitish Asks Govt To Declare Bihar Backward State, Seeks Tax Relief (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
Asserting that Bihar deserved ‘‘special treatment’’ in view of the ills that have plagued the state, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today urged the Centre to declare it ‘‘a backward state’’ and extend all-possible tax relief to it.
- City Ignored (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Nov 30, 2005)
November 2, 2002 created history. For the first time a non-Srinagarian became the Chief Minister of the state. The worst fears of the people of this historic city came true when ministers (mostly hailing from rural areas) started discriminating against th
- Bird Flu: A New Dread - Ii (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 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,
- National Alternative (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 30, 2005)
The Volcker Report demolished the government’s credibility. The Bihar elections destroyed its authority. The Supreme Court judgment eroded its legality.
- Only 2 Officers Should Interrogate Salem: Court (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
Special TADA judge speaks to accused
Salem's brother moves SHRC
Officers should not frighten Salem: judge
- Knowledge Society And Indian Farmer (Deccan Herald, K P Prabhakaran Nair, Nov 30, 2005)
Merely putting a computer in a ‘village knowledge centre’ will not be of much help
- The Rich Are Getting Richer (Deccan Herald, Jonathan Freedland, Nov 30, 2005)
The gap between extraordinary wealth and desperate poverty is growing steadily wider in Tony Blair's Britain
- Cbi Chief Optimistic About Probe Into Dawood-Drug Mafia Nexus (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
Assuring all help to catch Dawood Ibrahim, who is a specially designated “global terrorist” in the United States, the CBI today termed the US move to probe Dawood’s links with the drug mafia as a follow-up of the Interpol and the UN’s . . .
- Nitish Plays Status Card, Says ‘Backward’ Bihar Needs Special Treatment (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
Asserting that Bihar deserves special treatment in view of its multi-faceted problems, the state’s new chief minister, Mr Nitish Kumar,
- The Us Dilemma In Iraq — Exiting Without Foul-Up (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 30, 2005)
Many in the US administration are no doubt distressed by the loss of American lives in Iraq and the drain on the exchequer. But they must also be painfully conscious that all this would turn out to an egregious waste if they do not make sure that . . .
- Germany: Much Hinges On The `New Management' (Business Line, Raghu Dayal , Nov 30, 2005)
The Germans played their own version of KBC, only it was `Kaun Banega Chancellor?'. The frenetic activity, both overt and behind the scenes, began a la Indian coalition politics,
- Cbi Scotches Salem Rumours (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
The CBI director, Mr US Mishra, today put an end to all speculation about Abu Salem turning an approver. He categorically said that the agency would not consider making the extradited Mumbai don an approver in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case.
- Delhi: Govt Launches E-Registration For Workers (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
Delhi Government today launched free e-registration for workers in the unorganised sector to enrol them under its social security scheme.
- Chine's Second Thoughts On Nuclear Issue (Daily Excelsior, SREEDHAR, Nov 30, 2005)
A People Daily article (October 26) said ''The US put forward a proposal at a meeting of Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) on Oct. 20, demanding a lift of the ban on sales of nuclear technologies to India, but was turned down."
- Withdraw Da In Phases (Daily Excelsior, Sisir Basu, Nov 29, 2005)
Government, public sector undertakings and bank employees are demanding another instalment of dearness allowances on the plea that the cost of living has gone up due to inflationary pressure in economy.
- Pak Abetting Terrorism In J&k: Azad (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2005)
Claiming that Pakistan has been abetting terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir, Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today said the Government was taking all possible measures to curb the violence.
- Jkpcc – Let’S Make It An Asset (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2005)
A scientific spirit and a passion to work - this has been and should be the manifesto of the Corporation, Suhail Qadir Baidar comments
- Whose Tea Party? (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 29, 2005)
Tea in Assam is both business and politics. Political storms over teacups are, therefore, not unexpected in the state, especially on the eve of elections. But the latest stirrings in Assam’s tea gardens have worrying signals for the industry
- Andhra Pushes It Growth (Tribune, Ramesh Kandula, Nov 29, 2005)
MR Chandrababu Naidu might have been the face of IT in Andhra Pradesh, but the ‘farmer-friendly’ government of the Congress is not lagging behind in promoting the knowledge industry in the state.
- Storming The Male Bastion (Hindu, SURESH NAMBATH, Nov 29, 2005)
Recounts the experiences of women members of the House of Commons in Britain based on interviews with 83 MPs
- Integrating Nregp With The Market (Business Line, Suman Billa, Nov 29, 2005)
The NREGP is designed to provide succour to the most vulnerable sections by providing employment. But it does not provide for them to pick up skills that will equip them for the employment market.
- Engaging With Israel (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, Nov 29, 2005)
The initiatives of Gen Pervez Musharraf to touch base with Israel were aimed at impressing US Senators and Congressmen preparing to vote on aid for Pakistan.
- Special Economic Zone Act: `Provides The Right Combination Of Facilities' (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Nov 29, 2005)
Major objectives of the SEZ Act include generation of additional economic activity, promotion of export of goods and services, investment from domestic and foreign sources and creation of employment opportunities.
- Attracting Investment In Knowledge Resources Brooks No Delay' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2005)
India lags behind in inviting FDI despite a strong economic base
- Faulty Projecs Reflect Fault Lines Within (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Nov 29, 2005)
A number of water and sanitation projects financed by multilateral agencies have been criticised for wrong assumptions or the conditionalities imposed on the borrowing governments. However, our own estimations and governance systems are also to blame.
- Faulty Projecs Reflect Fault Lines Within (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Nov 29, 2005)
A number of water and sanitation projects financed by multilateral agencies have been criticised for wrong assumptions or the conditionalities imposed on the borrowing governments. However, our own estimations and governance systems are also to blame.
- More The Merrier! (The Financial Express, Editorial, Economic Times, Nov 29, 2005)
Commodity futures markets are set for a new era. If BSE plans to kick-start a nationwide electronic commodity derivatives platform materialise, they could usher in the much-needed competition in a space that has grown by leaps and bounds . . .
- Here’S Looking At You, Bihar! (The Financial Express, Mythili Bhusnurmath, Nov 29, 2005)
It’s a week to the day Nitish Kumar defied the odds and romped home in Bihar. A week during which political analysts have discussed every twist and turn of the elections threadbare, even as economists took a back seat.
- Blair Pledges To Press On With Reforms Agenda (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Nov 29, 2005)
British Prime Minister Tony Blair has firmly rejected fresh calls for him to quit amid fresh speculation about his physical fitness saying that he intends to stay on to see through his public service reforms agenda.
- ‘Patent, Publish And Prosper’ (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Nov 29, 2005)
This man rose from humble origins to be one of India’s leading scientists and science administrators. Dr. R.A.Mashelkar, Director-General of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, speaks to The Indian Express Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta ....
- Indian Planters Get Taste For Tea Tourism (Reuters, Krittivas Mukherjee, Nov 29, 2005)
Your tea break was never so exotic.
- Bulldozer Rolls On (Deccan Herald, Aluf Benn, Nov 29, 2005)
Sharon believes that losing the support of his party is a price worth paying for reshaping Israel’s borders.
- Kurinji Blooms Again, Through Tissue Culture (Hindu, D. Radhakrishnan, Nov 29, 2005)
Taxonomists identify 31 species Over 30 species of the plant have been i
- Political Economy Of Reconstruction (Dawn, S.M. Naseem, Nov 29, 2005)
Six weeks after the October 8 earthquake, the economic effects of the natural disaster are beginning to unfold. The immediate effects of the natural disaster on the economy may well be positive, largely as a result of the stimulus provided . . .
- Bring Back The Raj (Daily Times, Syed Mansoor Hussain, Nov 28, 2005)
Under the present quasi-military government it seems that we have the worst of both worlds.
- Living In Terror (Daily Excelsior, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 28, 2005)
Corruption does not kill anybody but rather speaking up against it certainly costs dear.
- Preparing For The Flu (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Nov 28, 2005)
With the influx of migratory birds picking up with the onset of winter, the risk of the dreaded avian influenza (bird flu) hitting India is rising by the day.
- It’S India’S Turn Now. Really (Indian Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 28, 2005)
Marketing, to paraphrase Chairman Mao, is war by other means. And as such, the promos of a market leader tend to be tinged occasionally with overtones of aggression.
- The Bull-Bear Derivative Dance (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Nov 28, 2005)
The Sensex closed at an all-time high on Thanksgiving weekend, after an amazing tug-of-war between the bulls and bears in the run-up to the expiry of November futures contracts on Thursday.
- Tackling Imbalances In Global Economy (Hindu, C. R. L. Narasimhan, Nov 28, 2005)
Abrupt and sharp currency adjustments will affect emerging market economies
- Montek Math: Coalition Politics = 8% Growth (Indian Express, ENS ECONOMIC BUREAU, Nov 28, 2005)
Given the constraints of running a coalition government, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia today admitted that it would be “hugely difficult” to achieve a 10 per cent economic growth.
- In Quest Of Peace (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 28, 2005)
Israel Prime Minister Ariel Sharon seems determined to provide the people of his country what they aspire for the most —- peace.
- Dividend Boon For Wipro Shareholders (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 28, 2005)
Software giant Wipro Ltd will continue to scout around for suitable acquisitions besides sharing its $1 billion in cash by increasing dividend payouts. In a media interaction today,
- Biggest Underground Aquarium Coming Up In Jammu (The Financial Express, Ed Vulliamy, Nov 28, 2005)
The country’s first and biggest underground aquarium is coming up at a cost of Rs 8.50 crore at Bage-Bahu in Jammu.
- Cnpc Joins Ongc On Syria (The Financial Express, Reuters, Nov 28, 2005)
The flagship state energy firms of China and India, normally arch-rivals in the race for overseas oilfields, are teaming up for the first time to bid for a $1 billion package of assets in Syria.
- Govt Keen To Widen Fdi Net To Post 8% Growth: Pcnov 28 (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 28, 2005)
Finance minister P Chidambaram on Sunday said that the government was keen to open the doors for more foreign direct investment (FDI) to achieve a GDP growth of 8%. He promised to keep the government out of interfering in the fast-growing services sector,
- Laboured Worries (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 28, 2005)
THE CONCERNS raised by the International Labour Organisation about workspace health conditions in the IT services and business process outsourcing sector come as a surprise.
- Should Us Retain Control Over Net? (The Economic Times, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 28, 2005)
The internet originated as a US defense department project and certain key elements are still controlled by the US government through ICANN (Internet Corporation For Assigned Names and Numbers), an agency that sets up procedures for the assignment and use
- Making Life-Saving Discoveries (Tribune, Charu Singh, Nov 27, 2005)
In the murky world that lies hidden beneath a telescope and antiseptic laboratories, Dr Rajesh Gokhale, a young scientist and winner of the prestigious Howard Hughes Medical Institute award for path-breaking research in biotechnology, . . .
- Sharon’S New Party (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 27, 2005)
For decades, two parties have monopolized Israeli politics — Labour and Likud.
- The Way To The Fast Track (Hindustan Times, Nandan Nilekani, Nov 27, 2005)
In a seminal article in the Harvard Business Review in 1994, the late Peter Drucker gave a very convincing argument why large and successful companies often fail after a long and triumphant run.
- Ukraine’S Struggle For Law (Daily Times, YULIYA TYMOSHENKO, Nov 27, 2005)
We must not be tricked by the fact that those who gained economic power by looting state assets now employ lawyers, invoke free market nostrums, and claim to follow the letter of the law. For there is such a thing as a lawless legality.
- The Future World Order: A Vision (Tribune, Brig A.C. Prem (retd), Nov 27, 2005)
The year is 2018. The European countries comprising the EU are looking up to the power trio of China, India and Russia for economic succour as their dwindling economies and an aging population are adding to their woes.
- Left Denounces Centre's Policies (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 27, 2005)
Congress should remember that it cannot run government without Left support: Bardhan
- Pak Mps’ Plan To Visit J&k Puts Govt In Quandary (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 27, 2005)
Pakistani MPs’ planned visit to quake-hit areas of Jammu and Kashmir through the newly-opened five points at LoC has put the Government here in a dilemma as it feared this would dent its claim that the crossings were exclusively meant for Kashmiris.
- Welcome Urbanization (Daily Excelsior, Dr Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Nov 27, 2005)
Chief Minister of West Bengal Shri Buddhadeb Bhattacharya has welcomed foreign businessmen to invest in urban development of the state.
- Scientists Petition Nobel Academy, Allege Injustice (Hindustan Times, Neha Mehta, Nov 27, 2005)
Ten scientists from India and the US have made a written representation to the Royal Swedish Academy expressing their regret at the omission of physicist ECG Sudarshan from this year’s Nobel roll of honour.
- Gram Panchayats Told To Crack Down On Child Labour (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 27, 2005)
`Makkalothsava' on in Davangere
- Modifying Its Message (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 26, 2005)
Narendra Modi was eventually marked absent from Nitish Kumar’s swearing-in at Patna’s Gandhi Maidan on Thursday. Just as well.
- Benefit From The Fringes (Indian Express, SATYA PRAKASH, Nov 26, 2005)
There have been reports of the government agreeing to take a second look at Fringe Benefit Tax norms in the budget exercise. FBT was contentious from the day it was introduced, so it is welcome news that the government is willing to consider . . .
- Fight But Make It A Just War (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , Nov 26, 2005)
I have been a supporter of US intervention in Iraq and I have had good things to say about the leadership of Bush and Blair. I don’t intend to un-say any of my earlier statements, but paradoxically I must point out that I am happy about the emergence. . .
- Is Blair Shrugging Off The Bush Poodle Tag? (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Nov 26, 2005)
A leaked document on a Blair-Bush conversation throws light on the British prime minister’s sound liberal instincts.
- Musharraf’S Staying Power (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Nov 26, 2005)
It’s difficult for the Opposition in Pakistan to prevent Musharraf from returning to power in 2007.
- Buzzing Labs In A Back-Office Land (Business Line, D. Murali , Nov 26, 2005)
Globalisation and increasing speed to market are causing many manufacturing-based industries to review all aspects of their business processes including R&D and regulatory testing, writes G. Sudesh Kumar in Outsourcing Laboratory-based Services.
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