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Articles 7321 through 7420 of 12047:
- Indian Workers Seek Blair's Intervention (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Oct 28, 2005)
Request for restoration of rights
- Labour Aristocrats (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 28, 2005)
The CPM, India's largest Left party, has its ideological knickers in a twist about whether trade unions should be allowed in the information technology (IT) sector. This is a major concern for the Left, a large part of whose following comes . . .
- Mid-Life Crisis Ahead For Call Centres? (Business Line, Vinod Mathew, Oct 28, 2005)
Passions run high when issues relating to Alang, the world's largest ship-breaking yard, are discussed.
- Exit Agriculture, Enter Services (Business Line, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Oct 28, 2005)
With limited opportunities in agriculture, the country must focus on areas where demand is not limited — the services sector appears to be the best bet.
- The Other Side Of The Earthquake (Greater Kashmir, GHULAM NABI HAGROO, Oct 28, 2005)
The disaster broke all walls, rendered all lines useless and raised the question of a forced separation once again, comments
GHULAM NABI HAGROO
- Cutting Wedge (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 28, 2005)
A small step for Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee but a profound shift for Indian politics.
- World Economy’S Eggs All In Us Basket (Tribune, Michael McCarthy, Oct 27, 2005)
Eggs and baskets. We all know the story. We know that, ideally, we need to spread our risks a little. Placing all our bets on just one number on the roulette wheel that makes up economic life might
- Lapses In Crisis Management (Dawn, Shamshad Ahmad Khan, Oct 27, 2005)
The overall response of our nation to the catastrophic tragedy of October 8 was both admirable and heartening.
- Changing Trends (Hindu, SURESH NAMBATH, Oct 27, 2005)
Will Globalisation end illegal migration? As the world becomes truly global, and more equal, the opportunities might no longer outweigh the risks for workers using unsafe routes to migrate to developed countries.
- A Historic Journey Down Memory Lane With Women Of India (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2005)
Seldom can "wobbly attempts'' at photography with a box camera be expected to find a place in an exhibition. Let alone, for that matter, "indifferent reproductions'' or photocopies.
- Difficult Times Ahead For Indo-Us Nuke Agreement (Hindustan Times, S Rajagopalan, Oct 27, 2005)
The Indo-US nuke deal debate on Capitol Hill is moving into an admittedly difficult second stage, with the spotlight set to turn on the formidable non-proliferation dimension.
- Tony Blair Carries On Thatcher’S Legacy (Tribune, K.N. Malik, Oct 27, 2005)
Mrs. Margaret Thatcher, who celebrated her 80th birthday earlier this month, was forced to resign as Britain’s longest-serving, post-war Prime Minister 15 years ago. She is still reviled and loved in equal measures.
- Meet The World’S Brainiest People (Tribune, Dermot Purgavie, Oct 27, 2005)
MIchael Walzer may be the world’s happiest philosopher. Tieless and wearing trainers, he seems so relaxed he could be in danger of falling apart. “When you come here you are completely free to do whatever you want for the rest of your life,” he says.
- Bird Flu: Centre To Stock Doses Of Anti-Viral Drug (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2005)
Health Ministry in touch with Swiss company Roche and Glaxo SmithKline
- India And China To Cooperate In The Field Of Social Security, Vocational Training And . . . (India Daily, Pratham Sagar, Oct 27, 2005)
India and China have started cooperating in various fields.
- India –russia Strategic Partnership Booms - . . . (India Daily, Kiran Chaube, Oct 27, 2005)
India and Russia agreed to bolster the startegic collaboration between the two countries.
- God's Easy Accessibility (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2005)
The superhuman deeds (Lila) of the Lord during His incarnation as Krishna have inspired generations of devotees and saints down the ages,
- India Aims To Become A Hub For Stem-Cell Research (Hindu, P.S. Suryanarayana, Oct 26, 2005)
The Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Anbumani Ramadoss, held discussions with policy-makers and science-administrators in Singapore and South Korea on the prospects for collaboration in the area of stem-cell research.
- Disclosures From The Mitrokhin Files (Deccan Herald, P R CHARI, Oct 26, 2005)
The failure of Indian counter-intelligence against KGB and CIA points to pervasive corruption of the system
- Avian Flu Hits India - India's West Bengal State To Test Dead Migratory Birds For Avian Flu (India Daily, Kiran Chaube, Oct 26, 2005)
India, according to sources is hit with catastrophic consequence of Avain Flu.
- British Mp Profited From Iraq Oil’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2005)
The MP, a critic of the US invasion of Iraq, was thrown out of the Labour Party for badmouthing Blair.
- Improving Teaching Through Media Technology (Daily Excelsior, Dr M P Gupta, Oct 26, 2005)
Teaching aids, in fact, cannot substitute teacher, but it is an admitted fact that these aids serve a lot in improving teaching.
- To Douse The Raging Forest Fire (Telegraph, MAHESH RANGARAJAN, Oct 26, 2005)
Instead of shelving the tribal bill, legislators can rework it to reconcile tribals’ claims to justice with the nation’s ecological concerns, writes Mahesh Rangarajan The author is an environmental historian. He has recently co-authored the book, . . .
- Rain Kills Nine, Triggers A Deluge Of Problems In Bangalore Roads (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2005)
Army help sought to rescue people in flood-hit areas; situation grim in Mysore
- Please Come Clean (Telegraph, Abhijit Bhattacharyya , Oct 26, 2005)
“It’s not easy to do business in India”, screamed the headline in a leading Indian daily in mid-September, 2005, following the World Bank report, which ranked India 116 out of 155 nations in corruption.
- Inflation Vaccine From Reddy's Lab (Business Line, Ajit Ranade, Oct 26, 2005)
The Reserve Bank's policy mandate has always been a tightrope walk between multiple objectives. These are ensuring price stability, guaranteeing adequate credit for the economy and for the government's borrowing, and sustaining high growth.
- Monsoon Rains, Flood Fury Ravage Rock City (Hindu, R. Rajaraman, Oct 26, 2005)
Colonies off Kuzhmani Road and Vayalur Road and Melachinthamani worst-affected; traffic thrown out of gear; Chathiram bus stand badly hit; people moved to safer places
- Dengue Situation Not Alarming: Expert (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2005)
11 people have died of the disease over the past two months
- Oecd's Survey Of China — Lessons From The Middle Kingdom (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Oct 25, 2005)
In its first country survey of China, OECD says that the Middle Kingdom's economic impact on the world has been accentuated by its rapidly increasing openness to trade.
- Administrative Reforms Experience (Hindu, P. K. Doraiswamy, Oct 25, 2005)
Papers on administrative reforms and good practices attempted in the urban, power, transport and social sectors in India
- Deadly Warning (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 25, 2005)
IN a chilling warning, the regional office of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared that a threat of an influenza pandemic arising out of the bird flu outbreak was not only real,
- In Search Of The Tax Rate Nirvana (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam , Oct 25, 2005)
"Bad government, inadequate infrastructure and high tax rates came in the way of India attaining the same pace of growth as China although both nations started reforms in early 1990s."
- Indian Farmers Facing Poverty And Death (Daily Excelsior, Satyendra Pratap Singh, Oct 25, 2005)
The latest statistics released on October 18 by the National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) damns the claims of successive Government's how the rural India has been impoverished.
- French Model Shows Signs Of Stress (Tribune, Sebastian Rotella, Oct 25, 2005)
After taking office this summer, French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin promised “economic patriotism’’ would drive his effort to revive a battered government and slumping economy.
- Disaster Management (Tribune, G.S. Bedi, Oct 25, 2005)
For whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee,” is an apt quote from John Donne in the present circumstances.
- India Mexico Trade Pact Provides Inda Access To North American Market Like Never Before (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2005)
India and Mexico are negotiating a Bilateral Investment Protection Agreement and a Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement. . .
- Threat From Skies (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Oct 25, 2005)
Will India including our State face this invasion? This question has started worrying the Union Government and experts alike.
- Book On South Indian Art Released (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2005)
`Southern Axis' contains biographical sketches of artists and their paintings
- Birmingham Riots: Colour Is Only Skin Deep (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Oct 25, 2005)
The myth of black-Asian solidarity in the face of white majority has an ignoble burial in the streets of Birmingham
- Pak Wants Kashmir Quake Talks With India (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2005)
Pakistan said on Monday it has invited Indian officials to talks as soon as possible about opening the de facto border in disputed Kashmir to help survivors of the shattering earthquake on the Pakistani side.
- Man Of Wisdom (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2005)
It is human nature to look up to role models for inspiration and also imitate them.
- U.S. Forging A Partnership Of Expediency? (Hindu, Sudha Mahalingam, Oct 25, 2005)
The six-country Asia Pacific Partnership on Clean Development & Climate has put paid to any hopes of getting the U.S. into the Kyoto Protocol.
- Bangaloreans' Water Woes Continue (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2005)
Chief Minister Dharam Singh calls for damage control mechanism; Rs. 55 crores for relief work
- Pakistani Nukes In Myanmar As Mayanmar Prepares For Nuke Test? (India Daily, Sonia Chopra, Oct 24, 2005)
Where did Myanmar get its nukes?
- Is India Heading For A Hunger Trap? (Deccan Herald, K P Prabhakaran Nair, Oct 24, 2005)
The Malthusian theory of population outstripping food production is proving to be correct in our country
- Pax Americana On Trial (Deccan Herald, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Oct 24, 2005)
The verdict of the Saddam trial is pre-determined, and his execution will mark only the beginning of chaos in Iraq
- India, Malaysia Review Progress On Economic Pact (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Oct 24, 2005)
India and Malaysia have opened a "new level of interaction" by initiating "Foreign Office consultations." The first meeting was held at Putra Jaya in Malaysia on Thursday.
- One Killed In Birmingham Riots (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Oct 24, 2005)
Clashes break out between Asian, Afro-Caribbean youths
- There’S A Time For Everything (Dawn, Anwer Mooraj, Oct 24, 2005)
A consultant on a visit to Pakistan, who charges by the hour, once quipped that he was thinking of retiring after working in Karachi for a month, because the clients who had hired him were invariably absent, habitually late or irritatingly indecisive. And
- Su Yee, Because Truth Prevails (Greater Kashmir, JAVED MIR, Oct 24, 2005)
But will they really come in whose wait their loved ones have lost everything they had, laments
- Grasp The Moment In Kashmir (Telegraph, Bharat Bhushan, Oct 24, 2005)
The Indian political class and civil society have failed the Kashmiris in their hour of need. Their response to the calamity that has hit the people of Kashmir has either been slow in coming or inexplicably non-existent.
- What About The Right To Care? (Hindu, VANDANA GOPIKUMAR, Oct 23, 2005)
The homeless mentally ill may be invisible but they belong to society and society needs to take care of them
- Cyber Loophole (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 23, 2005)
CONSIDER this campaign finance scenario: A member of Congress faces a tough reelection race and needs as much financial help as possible.
- Truly A Life-Changing Experience (Hindu, SHALINI UMACHANDRAN, Oct 23, 2005)
It is a warm story of a little boy, an orphan with a fairly serious health problem, who takes over the lives of an elderly, childless couple who believe they have seen, done and experienced pretty much everything.
- "I Am A Professor Who Writes Novels On Sundays" (Hindu, Mukund Padmanabhan, Oct 23, 2005)
Umberto Eco on his foray into fiction, the success of his first novel, his love for narratives, his views on translation and more...
- Man And Machine (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Oct 23, 2005)
Is it not strange that at a time when a machine is uniting the world the man is dividing and sub-dividing it? Which is this wonder mechanism that has outdone human beings? It does not need much elaboration.
- Science & Art: The Twain Do Meet (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2005)
Interesting insights into the world were the result of a project that brought together artists and scientists to promote interaction between them, says Debbie Rogers.
- India Second Most Preferred Alternative In Textiles (Press Trust of India, PTI, Oct 23, 2005)
India has now become the second most preferred alternative after China in textiles and emerged as a "one-stop shop" for retailers and apparel companies looking for a reliable destination for their sourcing solutions, a CII study has said.
- Karat’S 18-Carat Counsel For Psus (Press Trust of India, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 23, 2005)
The Communist Party of India (Marxist), which will be returning after a gap of four months to the co-ordination committee of the UPA government
- Asia Grapples With Rural Poverty Despite High Growth (Reuters, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 23, 2005)
In a remote village in northern India, a group of women try to save just 10 rupees each every month. Sometimes even that isn't easy.
- Army Submits Proposals On Pakistan Offer (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2005)
Ready to implement whatever Government decides
Some sort of acceptance of present positions essential to settle Siachen issue
Separate doctrines for low intensity conflict operations being framed
- Bill To Strip Blair Of Powers (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Oct 22, 2005)
A move to strip the Prime Minister of his powers to declare war without the prior approval of Parliament gathered momentum on Friday with the tabling of a bill in the Commons by Clare Short, a senior Labour MP and former Cabinet Minister who resigned ....
- India Is Our Fastest Growing Market (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2005)
US-based UGS is the world’s leading provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software solutions.
- The Cost Of Reconstruction (Dawn, Kaiser Bengali, Oct 22, 2005)
The October 8 earthquake will be long remembered as a cataclysmic event in Pakistan’s history for a very long time to come.
- Phantom Of The Opera (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 22, 2005)
Writing in the October 9 issue of People’s Democracy, CPI(M) politburo member Anil Biswas claimed, ‘‘The spectre of communism appears to be yet haunting the ruling classes of Europe ... and their lackeys in the corporate media.’’
- Task Before Al Chief (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 22, 2005)
Even though it is a difficult task, one should welcome Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa’s visit to Iraq to help effect reconciliation among its various parties, factions and ethnic groups.
- India And Australia Sign Mou On It (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2005)
India and Australia on Friday signed a fresh memorandum of understanding, aimed at enhancing cooperation in the field of information technology.
- Political Pollution (Statesman, Jagmohan , Oct 21, 2005)
Is the Indian President nothing but a robot according automatic approval to every resolution that his Council of Ministers submits to him? Is he totally helpless in stopping the dirty games to which our politicians sometimes resort?
- Birdflu Worries Dog Asian Stocks, But No Panic Yet (Reuters, Ian Chua, Oct 21, 2005)
The threat of avian flu has cast a shadow over Asian stock markets but has yet to rekindle fears of the same magnitude that led to sell-offs in China and Hong Kong in early 2003 when SARS hit.
- Vaccination Not A Must To Check Bird Flu’ (Deccan Herald, KALYAN RAY, Oct 21, 2005)
Even though the dreaded bird flu has spread to Southeast Asia and parts of Europe, India is not considering wide-scale poultry vaccination as an effective option to contain the outbreak at the moment.
- Bird Flu Threat Rings Alarm Bells In Eu (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 21, 2005)
The cause for concern is in Greece where test results on a case of bird flu in a turkey, detected on Monday, are yet to be made public.
- Germany's Political Uncertainties (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 21, 2005)
The future of the Federal Republic of Germany under a coalition regime in which the country's principal rivals — the Christian Democrat Union (with its Bavarian arm, the Christian Social Union) and the Social Democrat Party — share power is as much ....
- Laboured Idea (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 21, 2005)
The Government Proposal to exempt certain classes of establishments, notably information technology enterprises, and certain common work routines from the purview of the contract labour law would make little sense from a tactical stand-point of giving a
- Conservative Wisdom (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Oct 21, 2005)
As a political creed, Conservatism, with a capital C, is naturally nation-specific. Margaret Thatcher, Ronald Reagan and even Lee Kuan Yew may inspire Conservatives across national boundaries but, at the end of the day,
- Politics Poses New Threat To Indian Software: Andy Mukherjee (Bloomberg.com, editorial Bloomberg.com, Oct 20, 2005)
India's computer-software exporters are slowly sinking into the quagmire of disruptive politics, in the process losing one of their key advantages over traditional businesses such as manufacturing and banking services.
- Cisco Systems To Invest $1.1 B In India (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 20, 2005)
The company, which plans to invest in start-ups would be allocating US$100 million to Cisco System Capital to undertake these activities.
- Beware The Backlash (Business Line, S. Ramachander, Oct 20, 2005)
Economist Paul Krugman warned recently that free trade liberals have to fear a likely backlash from American labour. Faced with further cuts in the already stagnant hourly wage-rates, under competitive pressure, and seeing the executives continuing . . .
- It’S Everyone’S Fight (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Oct 20, 2005)
The fourth anniversary of 9/11 has passed amidst fresh threats by Al-Qaeda in an eleven minute video tape which was telecast by all major satellite television news channels.
- Great Leap Forward China’S Moment In History (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 20, 2005)
China entered a moment in history with another spectacular achievement — the successful return of Shenzhou 6, its manned space mission.
- Cisco To Invest $1 Bn Over 3 Yrs (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 20, 2005)
Cisco Systems Inc, the world’s largest Internet equipment vendor, today announced an investment of $1.1 billion in India over three years, making it the company’s largest investment outside the US.
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