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Articles 6821 through 6920 of 12047:
- Swedish King For Greater Collaboration (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 26, 2005)
MoU on the sidelines of Nobel Prize ceremony
Science and Technology Ministers of both countries to discuss issues
King Carl XVI Gustaf was himself part of the delegation in his capacity as patron of the academy
- Polemical Blather (Statesman, Subhas Chakraborty, Nov 26, 2005)
A thoroughly non-performing minister, almost direly comical on occasions, has now found an appropriate forum to play to the gallery, red flags fluttering amidst tight-fisted comrades.
- Diabetes Institute Planning To Expand Its Activities (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 26, 2005)
Thrust on public health aspect of disease
- Conspiring To Silence Unconventional Voices (Hindu, N. Ravi, Nov 26, 2005)
Intolerant, violent groups could pose as much of a threat to free speech as state action, and the silence of democratic opinion and the unwillingness of the state to provide protection to dissenters only serve to silence unconventional voices.
- Why Deny Education To The Have-Nots? (Hindu, V.R. Krishna Iyer, Nov 26, 2005)
The prospects are grim and the portent is a national education policy promotive of colonisation.
- German Convicted In Pak N-Tech Supply Case (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 26, 2005)
A German businessman was sentenced on Thursday to seven years and three months in prison for illegally supplying Pakistan with equipment to build nuclear weapons.
- Blair Govt Wants To Keep Secret A Hot Leak (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Nov 25, 2005)
The Labour government of the world’s oldest democracy is looking distinctly uneasy this week after threatening to prosecute any British newspaper that publishes a document proving President George Bush planned to bomb the studios of TV station Al-Jazeera.
- Secure Solutions (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Nov 25, 2005)
There’s no doubt that if the UPA government’s “most ambitious social security programme in the world,”
- Complacent India Inc (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 25, 2005)
India Inc cuts sorry figure in households," blares a headline in a popular daily. The report that follows should be disturbing both for the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) and the federations of Indian industry, business and commerce.
- Rajapakse For Consensus On Peace Process (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Nov 25, 2005)
Sri Lankan President, Mahinda Rajapakse, will "immediately invite party leaders and parties represented in Parliament" as the initial step in its peace process, Health Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva said on Thursday
- For Us, India After China (Pioneer, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Nov 25, 2005)
If George W Bush sounded censorious in a Beijing church last Sunday, he undoubtedly enjoyed cycling in the mountains. And, ultimately, it's the cycling that will pedal Sino-American relations away from the "strategic competition" (Bush's term) . . .
- Interview - India Faces Tense Winter Due To Bird Flu - Minister (Reuters, Kamil Zaheer, Nov 25, 2005)
India faces a tense winter as fears of a bird flu outbreak grow with the arrival of thousands of migratory birds from nearby Asian countries hit by the avian influenza, the health minister said on Thursday.
- Three Gazetteers To Be Brought Out To Mark `Suvarna Karnataka' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2005)
Volumes to mark the 50th anniversary of the reorganisation of the State
- Science And Technology Research – International Battle For Brain Is On – Here Are Reasons Why India Is Losing Badly And Has Little Chance (India Daily, Balaji Reddy, Nov 25, 2005)
India has finally realized that real battle is going on in research and development in science and technology.
- Waiting For Regulatory Legislation In Education (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Nov 25, 2005)
Will the Private Professional Educational Institutions (Regulation of Admission and Fixation of Fee) Bill, 2005 be passed in the winter session of Parliament?
- Eu Challenge For New German Chancellor (Hindu, Michael Naumann, Nov 25, 2005)
Angela Merkel's greatest challenge will be to rekindle Europe's spirit.
- Mission 2007: Every Village A Knowledge Centre (Hindu, M.S. Swaminathan, Nov 25, 2005)
Convergence and synergy among the numerous on-going as well as emerging programmes is needed to provide knowledge connectivity to every village of India by August 15, 2007. While the green revolution helped improve the productivity and production of rice,
- Towards Change In Iran (Deccan Herald, TIMOTHY GARTON ASH, Nov 25, 2005)
Iran has a regime wedded to violence and a society eager for peaceful change. The West must address both.
- Riders On The Storm (Indian Express, SATBIR SILAS, Nov 25, 2005)
News of the killing of Ramankutty Maniyappan, an official of the Border Roads Organisation, revives the feeling of insecurity I felt whenever on the road in Afghanistan.
- Growing Wealth Gap In Blair's Britain (Hindu, Jonathan Freedland, Nov 25, 2005)
If you want to be deeply unfashionable, just read on. If you want to enter terrain so wildly out of date that mere mention of it has become taboo, then you have come to the right place.
- Enter Angela (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 25, 2005)
There are many firsts as Germany’s new chancellor, Ms Angela Merkel, assumes office. She is the first woman and the first from erstwhile East Germany to rise to the high office.
- Nurse Shortage Sets Off A Bidding War (Tribune, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 24, 2005)
Competition to hire nurses in California is so intense that some headhunters routinely make cold calls to nursing stations at rival hospitals, desperate for recruits.
- Why Doesn’T The Upa Strategise? (The Financial Express, P VAIDYANATHAN IYER, Nov 24, 2005)
The star-studded Cabinet’s reformist credentials may be impeccable, but it has failed to deliver
- Nashik Facility To Make Missile Propellants (Hindu, Special Correspondent, Hindu, Nov 24, 2005)
To be ready in three to four years; to help in research on process engineering
- Animal Husbandry Officials Say No Reports Of Bird Flu In Thrissur District (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 24, 2005)
The Animal Husbandry Department (AHD) officials have clarified that there is no report of bird flu from anywhere in the district so far.
- Worth Going The Extra Mile To Cut Travel Costs (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 24, 2005)
PEOPLE travel to wonder at the height of the mountains, at the huge waves of the seas, at the long course of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars, and yet they pass by themselves without wondering, said Saint A
- The Economics Of Natural Disasters (Business Line, A. Vasudevan, Nov 24, 2005)
INDIA HAS been visited by natural disasters quite frequently in recent times — the latest being the earthquake in the Kashmir region that affected thousands of people, and the floods in different States over the last three months.
- Angel From Across The Wall (Indian Express, Doreen Beierlein, Nov 24, 2005)
Will Merkel turn out an Iron Lady of German politics, leading the country out of economic and social crises to a better future?
- Stem Cell Pioneer Faces Battle Over Ethics Charges (Indian Express, Jon Herskovitz, Nov 24, 2005)
Everything seemed so bright for pioneering South Korean stem cell scientist Hwang Woo-suk just a few weeks ago after two major breakthroughs this year.
- West Propelled Jihadi Factories (Pioneer, Cecil Victor, Nov 24, 2005)
The Abu Salem case in Portugal and riots in France are facets of a colonial mindset which feed subversives all over the world
- Lure Of Un Funds Drives Ngo To 'Rescue' Kids (Pioneer, Sidharth Mishra, Nov 24, 2005)
This could well be described as the fate of children rescued from a cage and incarcerated in a pigeonhole.
- Lessons From Disasters (Dawn, Sarwar Bari, Nov 24, 2005)
The kind of destruction and devastation the Oct 8 earthquake has brought is unprecedented. In their time, the 1992 floods and the destruction that they wrought, were also unprecedented.
- Esi Medical Benefits Can Be Availed Even After Retirement (Hindu, D A SAIT, Nov 24, 2005)
The Employees' State Insurance Corporation is operating a superannuation scheme, under which those who had contributed towards ESI for a minimum of five years while in service, can avail of medical services even after retirement.
- Ilo Moots Work Place Norms For It, Bpo Sectors (Business Line, Our Bureau, Business line, Nov 23, 2005)
The ILO specialist lamented that while risks triggered by degradation of indoor environment were pronounced in the case of sectors such as mining, metals, foundries and agriculture, buildings, which may appear fancy from outside, could also fail to protec
- Delhi High Court Orders Winding Up Of Data Access (Business Line, J. Venkatesan, Nov 23, 2005)
THE Delhi High Court has ordered the winding up of Data Access (India) Ltd stating that it has huge liability of over Rs 530 crore to various parties and the company is not in a position to undertake its operations and carry on the business.
- The Looming Demographic Deficit Crisis (Business Line, P. Nagarajan, Nov 23, 2005)
CHANGE, at varying intensity in different time-frames, is a fundamental aspect of human population all over the world. Demography is the study of populations, their size, composition, spatial distribution, and the interconnected causes and consequences of
- Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd (Vsnl) In Strategic Alliance With Microsoft For Web Conferencing Market (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 23, 2005)
The company has launched the Tata Indicom Web Conferencing Service based on the Microsoft Office Live Meeting Platform,
- Scourge Of Child Abuse (Dawn, Hafizur Rahman, Nov 23, 2005)
ONE of the most painful and soul-searing problems facing society in Pakistan is that of sexual abuse of children.
- Bland Man’S Bluff (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 23, 2005)
THE row in Britain over the memoirs of a former ambassador to the United States would have made a little more sense had Sir Christopher Meyer’s book featured at least a few startling revelations.
- Advanced Electron Synchrotrons Ready To Crack The Barrier Of Hyperdimension – What Is Out There In The Parallel Universe? (India Daily, India Daily Technology Team, Nov 23, 2005)
Science is moving fast and finally allows scientists to take a quick snapshot at the parallel universes in the hyper dimensional space. Advanced electron synchrotrons ready to crack the barrier of hyper dimension.
- Jayalalithaa Seeks Repatriation Of 39 Tamil Youth From Uae (Hindu, Special Correspondent, The Hindu, Nov 23, 2005)
Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Tuesday urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to arrange for "smooth repatriation" of 39 distressed Tamil youth working as low-wage employees in the United Arab Emirates.
- Vigilance Identifies 12 Departments For Action (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Nov 23, 2005)
The Vigilance Organisation has identified about a dozen public dealing departments where a massive drive is being planned against corruption with the start of new year.
- Bihar Pins Hope On Nitish Kumar (Pioneer, Navin Upadhyay, Nov 23, 2005)
It is the dawn of a new era in Bihar. An era of hope and resurgence, an era whose foundation will be laid on the ruins of caste and communal politics, an era ushered in by a verdict whose impact will send tremors in the corridors of power in New Delhi
- ‘Life Is Tragic But Often Beautiful’ (Deccan Herald, Utpal Borpujari, Nov 23, 2005)
Florian Gallenberger is somebody who would fit quite perfectly into the definition of a global citizen within the cinematic world.
- Plight Of The Less Than Equal (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Nov 23, 2005)
The Arab and black citizens of France are being prevented from retaining their cultural diversities.
- Belgaum Corpn Dissolution Angers M’Rashtra (Deccan Herald, DH news, Nov 23, 2005)
The Karnataka Government’s decision to dissolve the Belgaum City Corporation (BCC) on Monday, coinciding with the Golden Jubilee of Samyukta Maharashtra movement, has evoked angry reactions in Maharashtra.
- Still Searching For A Strategy Four Years After Sept. 11 Attacks (New York Times, ADAM LIPTAK, Nov 23, 2005)
Four years after the terrorist attacks of 2001, the government has yet to settle on a consistent strategy for holding and punishing people it says are terrorists. Its efforts remain a work in progress, notable for false starts and a reluctance to have the
- An End To `Greater Israel'? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 23, 2005)
Israeli politics has been thrown into turmoil with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon resigning from the Likud party and asking President Moshe Katsav to dissolve parliament.
- Buoyed By Bihar Results, Nda All Set To Take (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Nov 23, 2005)
Buoyed by its victory in the Bihar Assembly elections, the opposition NDA will cross swords with the Government in the winter session of Parliament, commencing tomorrow, on a host of issues, including the raging Volcker report controversy and the policy
- Quite Reassuring (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2005)
It is very reassuring that the State Government is fully geared to tackle the danger of bird flu.
- The Bihar Laloo Lost (The Financial Express, Vandita Mishra, Nov 22, 2005)
In Bihar’s most celebrated festival, Chhat, the participating men, and mostly women, must break their fast in the evening with kheer.
- Hong Kong Ministerial — Time To Restore Faith In Wto (Business Line, Harish Anand, Nov 22, 2005)
Greater trade offers enormous opportunities for human development.
- Why Us Hates France (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Nov 22, 2005)
Weeks of rioting by France’s underclass in poorer neighbourhoods have opened up another front: a new cross-Atlantic war of words, with American commentators, many of them in the neoconservative ranks, . . . .
- A Tale Of Helplessness (Tribune, Reema Anand, Nov 22, 2005)
Today I feel helpless as a Punjabi foremost, then a helpless writer and finally a helpless filmmaker!
- Now Get Married (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2005)
The reality is that the Left has power over policy. Then why be the Congress’s live-in partner?
- Up, Bihar Are Problem States: Unaids Report (Indian Express, Toufiq Rashid, Nov 22, 2005)
Densely populated Uttar Pradesh and Bihar have evoked global concern as far as AIDS is concerned. In its report on Global AIDS Epidemic update released in India, UNAIDS today expressed fears of even a ‘‘relatively minor increase’’ in HIV transmission ....
- Sharon Quits Likud, Asks For Polls (Indian Express, JEFFREY HELLER, Nov 22, 2005)
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, taking the biggest gamble of his political career, quit the ruling Likud on Monday to lead a new centrist party into early elections.
- Sharon Forms New Party, Calls For Polls (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Nov 22, 2005)
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Monday quit the governing Likud party, announced the formation of a new party and called for early polls.
- House With Independent Access His Dream (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2005)
We are poor people and the offer of a little additional money was a great thing for my son, says the father
- 485 Child Labourers Rescued (Hindu, Devesh K. Pandey , Nov 22, 2005)
Employers locked them in abandoned houses and underground workshops
Four teams conducted simultaneous raids
Union Labour Ministry to repatriate these children
More such raids to be conducted
- Ultras Tighten Grip On Pok (Deccan Herald, G Parthasarathy, Nov 22, 2005)
It was not the Pakistani army but the jihadis who rushed to the aid of the quake-hit first.
- 500 Child Workers Rescued (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2005)
In a major drive against child labour in the national capital, over 500 minors working in “inhuman” conditions in 50 embroidery units in East Delhi were rescued on Monday after simultaneous raids were conducted at these establishments.
- Encyclopaedia Of Indian Philosophy (Hindu, Bibhuti Mishra , Nov 22, 2005)
BHARATIYA-DARSHAN-BUHATKOSHA — Part-I: Acharya Bachhulal Awasthi; `Gyan' Sharada Publishing House, 40, Anand Nagar, Inderlok, Delhi-110035. Rs. 1500.
- Use Technology To Access The Knowledge India Possesses: Kalam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2005)
The President promises all help in digitising rare, precious manuscripts
State-of-the-art Digital Mobile Van for Digitisation of Manuscripts dedicated to nation
President recommends nanotechnology to preserve manuscripts
Five-day census in nine State
- The It Difference (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Nov 22, 2005)
The growing role of the IT sector in India's economy is now well established. But the implications it has for economy-wide growth and welfare are still a source of controversy. C. P. Chandrasekhar and Jayati Ghosh examine certain struct ural features ....
- Pot Calls Kettle Black (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Nov 22, 2005)
About one-fourth of the 5.8 billion dollars worth of pledges made at the Donors’ Conference for rehabilitation and reconstruction of the earthquake-hit areas reportedly came from the Muslim countries. The pledges are in the form of soft loans and . . .
- ‘Look East Policy’ Has Paid Off (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Nov 22, 2005)
About one-fourth of the 5.8 billion dollars worth of pledges made at the Donors’ Conference for rehabilitation and reconstruction of the earthquake-hit areas reportedly came from the Muslim countries. The pledges are in the form of soft loans and grants i
- The Bihar Laloo Lost (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Nov 22, 2005)
In Bihar’s most celebrated festival, Chhat, the participating men, and mostly women, must break their fast in the evening with kheer. But there is an attached ritual injunction: if the believer should come upon any gravel in the dish,
- Burnt Out Case (Telegraph, Jay Bhattacharjee, Nov 22, 2005)
The roots of the recent violence in Paris can be traced to the functioning of the French establishment and the elite, writes Jay Bhattacharjee
- A South Asian University? (Hindustan Times, Kanti Bajpai, Nov 21, 2005)
In his speech at the SAARC Summit, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh proposed that the region set up a South Asian University
- Biggest Ever Operation Against Child Labour (Hindu, Devesh K. Pandey , Nov 21, 2005)
In what is said to be the biggest ever operation undertaken to rescue children working under inhuman condition in zari units, a joint team of the State Labour Department, Delhi police and a non-government organisation Pratham plan to mount raids at over..
- Importing Trouble (Telegraph, S. L. Rao, Nov 21, 2005)
The author is former director-general, National Council for Applied Economic Research.
- Kalam Way To Robust Karnataka (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
In his special address to the joint session of the Karnataka legislature to mark the Suvarna Karnataka celebrations, the president focussed on transforming the State into an economic powerhouse by the turn of the decade.
- Iraqi Civilians Drilled To Death (Statesman, Raymond Whitaker and Kim Sengupta, Nov 21, 2005)
British-trained police operating in Basra have tortured at least two civilians to death with electric drills.
Mr John Reid, the secretary of state for defence, admits that he knows of “alleged deaths in custody” and other “serious prisoner abuse”. . .
- Full Text Of President's Speech (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
President A P J Abdul Kalam addressed the members of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly in Bangalore on Sunday. What follows is the complete text of the speech.
- Abu Salem Admits Links With Cricketer: Cbi (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
The interrogation of Abu Salem by the CBI has brought into focus the alleged links between a former Indian cricketer and the underworld, according to highly placed sources in the CBI.
- Man Who Stopped Hindu Rashtra (Indian Express, Fali S. Nariman, Nov 21, 2005)
Excerpts from the inaugural lecture on ‘Challenges to Indian Democracy’ delivered at the Nehru Centre on November 14
- Challenges Before President Rajapakse (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Nov 21, 2005)
Mahinda Rajapakse, in his self-defined role of architect of a "new Sri Lanka," has to balance several contradictions. These arise from the polarised mandate and his political allies.
- Fractured Island (Tribune, Shastri Ramachandaran, Nov 21, 2005)
The emergence of Mr Mahinda Rajapakse at the helm of the state and government in Sri Lanka marks a clear break with the tradition where a dynasty or a dominant family held the highest political office.
- Memorable Marriage (Tribune, A.J. Philip, Nov 21, 2005)
IT was an invitation I could not resist. After all, it came from then Kerala Chief Minister the late Chelat Achutha Menon.
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