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Articles 121 through 220 of 500:
- Indian Agriculture At Crossroads (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 16, 2007)
India has by now had the benefit of half a century of planning on the farm front. One important way of assessing a country’s true independence is to critically examine how independent it is in terms of food security.
- Recreation With Responsibility (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 16, 2007)
THIS year’s Independence Day proved that people need more avenues of recreation and entertainment.
- Poems For Children (Hindu, P. Sundaresan, Aug 14, 2007)
Chella Ganapathy; Palaniappa Brothers, Konar Maligai, 25, Peters Road, Chennai–600014. Rs. 90.
- Witness To A Disaster (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2007)
Ganga is dying. The river which has provided 'salvation' to millions of believers is left choking due to human as well as industrial pollutants.
- Climate Change And Agriculture (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 13, 2007)
Policymakers must remember that global warming has a creeping effect that can further hurt the already fragile agricultural system.
- At The Gateway Of India (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 11, 2007)
Next week we celebrate our 60th birthday as an independent nation. There are good reasons not to describe India as 60 years old, but 60 years young — a certain amount of youthfulness has been injected in our aging body. We are in better health . . . .
- Pakistan, India To Help Fishermen (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Aug 11, 2007)
India and Pakistan here on Friday appeared committed to providing help to mariners in distress and carrying out coordinated search and rescue operations in high seas.
- Shadow Of Brown Clouds (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2007)
The retreat of the Himalayan-Hindu Kush (HHK) glaciers is one of the major environmental problems facing Asia.
- Caught In The Labyrinth Of Anyonymity (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2007)
Debutante Payal Mohanka’s “In The Shadows – Unknown Craftsmen of Bengal” is an eye-opener on our unsung craftspersons. RANA SIDDIQUI
- Discussion On Minimising Indo-Pak Maritime Violations (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2007)
The chiefs of the Coast Guard and its counterpart Pakistan Maritime Agency started two-day talks in New Delhi on Thursday to deliberate and devise a mechanism to minimise violations of each other's territorial waters by fishermen and poachers.
- No Kid Stuff (Tribune, Parbina Rashid, Aug 09, 2007)
YOU do not usually ask an eight-year-old what her vision is for India in the next two decades.
- Hazardous Waste (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 08, 2007)
It is highly disturbing that some foetuses were found in a garbage dump in Bangalore on Sunday.
- Indo-Pak Coast Guard Talks From Tomorrow (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2007)
As part of confidence building measures along the maritime border, India and Pakistan will hold high-level talks in New Delhi on Thursday that will focus on speedy repatriation of fishermen and sharing of intelligence for possible . . . .
- Pakistan Msa Delegation To Arrive In India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2007)
A delegation of Maritime Security Agency (MSA) of Pakistan led by Rear Admiral Tayyab Ali Dogar will arrive here on Wednesday to hold two-day talks with authorities of Indian Coast Guards on August 9 and 10.
- From Gas To Hot Air (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 07, 2007)
Surprisingly, venture capitalists are putting their money where their mouths haven’t been, for the most part — by investing in what are supposedly ‘green’ technologies.
- Remarkable Self-Portrait (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2007)
The book traces the transformation of a child bride into a poet and a social revolutionary.
- 10 To Go (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2007)
Melting glaciers. Eroding monuments. Vanishing beaches. Starving polar bears. There seems to be no escape from global warming horror stories;
- Giant Toxic Cloud May Bring Flood And Droughts (Times Online (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2007)
They call it the Asian Brown Cloud. Anyone who has flown over South Asia has seen it – a vast blanket of smog that covers much of the region.
- After People’S Car, A People’S Bike (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2007)
The two-wheeler version of the Tatas’ Rs 1-lakh car will soon roll out from Assam with a Calcutta-based firm ready to set up a manufacturing unit at Chaygaon near Guwahati in collaboration with a Chinese company.
- ‘Asian Brown Cloud’ And Climate Change (Tribune, Andrew Buncombe, Aug 04, 2007)
Dirty brown clouds created by millions of cooking fires in Asia contribute as much to global warming as greenhouse gas emissions and are major factor in the melting of the Himalayan glaciers, scientists have announced.
- Cutting Through Congestion (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 04, 2007)
The Mayor of New York, Michael Bloomberg, is trying to find new ways to reduce traffic congestion and pollution in his city of eight million people.
- Payments For Ecosystem Services (Hindu, Rohini Nilekani, Aug 03, 2007)
Two symbols come to mind immediately when we look at India as it is instead of through the aspirational prism of an India shining or poised.
- Will Mrts Elevate Travel Experience? (Hindu, G. ANANTHAKRISHNAN, Aug 03, 2007)
If the Ministry of Railways integrates the MRTS with other suburban rail lines running to the north, west and south west and follows the same hours of operation, it can make a qualitative difference to commuting in Chennai.
- Renewing Identity (Frontline, John M. Alexander , Aug 03, 2007)
The author makes a careful analysis of the ways in which Dalits aspire to rebuild their identity.
- ‘Spatial Balance Of India’S Economic Development Is Unclear’ (Business Line, D. Murali , Aug 03, 2007)
The boom in the Indian economy, while distributed across sectors such as Information Technology, auto and manufacturing, is leading to concerns of geographic concentration of economic activity and its consequences for economic development.
- Pollution Threatens Himalayan Glaciers (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Aug 02, 2007)
Research shows that large clouds of pollution over south and east Asia could be contributing to the heating of the lower atmosphere.
- Sparks Fly Over Acquisition Of Land For Sezs, Townships In The Legislature (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2007)
Congress threatens to launch stir if Centre’s guidelines are violated
Adjournment motion sought to be moved on issue
Acquisition of fertile land for SEZs opposed
- Move To ‘Kill’ Kolkata (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 01, 2007)
The city of Kolkata is on the verge of a civic breakdown what with uncontrollable flooding during the rains, a deafeningly high rate of decibelisation, an asphyxiating level of air pollution, an impossible transport situation, and rapacious urbanisation.
- Jaya To Protest Against Tata Project (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2007)
The incipient protest by local Nadar community against the Rs 2,500 crore titanium di-oxide plant being set up by the Tatas in southern Tuthukudi district has gained momentum with AIADMK leader J Jayalalitha announcing on Sunday that she would . . . .
- Flying Garbage Above Us (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 30, 2007)
Not only satellites that remain suspended after their lifespan is over, but also thousands of nuts, bolts, gloves and other assorted debris of space missions - some screeching along at a horrifying 30,000 kmph - form an orbitting dumpyard around Earth.
- Oasis In Desert (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2007)
In many ways, Palm Desert is the epitome of environmental excess.
- Rs. 12 Crore For Kalingarayan Canal Development (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 28, 2007)
Kalingarayan canal would be developed at Rs. 12 crore, said the District Revenue Officer, Erode, C. Manoharan on Friday.
- Forcing Change (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 28, 2007)
How much funding does the theory of global warming attract? For global warming is a theory, not a fact, say the scientists who support the thesis behind Michael Crichton’s unusual thriller about . . . .
- Innovative Thinking Can Clean Up Our Cities (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 28, 2007)
HEAPS of garbage, its stench and the chaotic vehicular jumble dispensing nauseating exhaust fumes is not uncommon to almost all our cities and the crowded core of all of our thriving metropolises.
- Blame It On Cars (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 26, 2007)
Is India following an urban transportation policy designed to inflict losses on the exchequer, pollute people, irreparably damage their health, and promote iniquity in resource use? Going by recent developments, it would seem so.
- Renewable Energy Offers Real Independence (Deccan Herald, JAYALAKSHMI K, Jul 26, 2007)
The grandiose plans of the Indian government to electrify the whole country by 2009 cant be achieved without a serious consideration of renewable energy.
- Sez: Now Developers Must Deal With Farmers Directly (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2007)
Monday’s State Cabinet decision to allow private companies to develop Special Economic Zones in the State on land measuring above 100 acres and above, is expected to partially address the issue of land acquisition for industrial areas which continues to d
- Unsafe Riders (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 25, 2007)
Children are vulnerable. And not merely to rash-driving, air pollution, bad roads and parental pressure.
- Open The Gates To Namma Global Gateway (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 24, 2007)
Is it possible to build a dream Namma Global Gateway (NGG) around the existing HAL airport?
- Govt Strict On Illegal Plastic Units (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2007)
The state government has proposed to give enforcement powers to municipal corporators to take action against illegal plastic bag manufacturers.
- Depletion Of Groundwater (Frontline, AMAN SETHI, Jul 24, 2007)
Groundwater is getting depleted fast across India and it is time the authorities thought of making and enforcing effective laws governing its use.
- Bitter Truth (Frontline, AMAN SETHI, Jul 24, 2007)
Officials at the Bijnor District Industrial Council give a sheepish smile as they admit that "the water from our handpumps is unfit for use".
- Gone With The Waves (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2007)
DANTI in Valsad district of Gujarat is being invaded. More than half the residents of this sleepy fishing village have fled already. It is not guns and troops that they are running away from.
- Gateway To Development (Frontline, SUHRID SANKAR CHATTOPADHYAY, Jul 24, 2007)
Adityapur Industrial Area Development Authority (AIADA) has been instrumental in the industrialisation of Adityapur and its surrounding areas.
- Cycles Move Paris Now (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 24, 2007)
PARIS — The Tour de France hasn’t arrived yet, but the bicycles have. Paris is awash in two-wheelers, thousands of taupe bicycles that are part of a plan by City Hall to get people out of their cars and onto more eco-friendly transportation.
- Mcd Hopes To Make Rs 400 Cr From Garbage (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 23, 2007)
The garbage dumping sites of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi are set to turn into money-spinners. The civic body has received a Japanese grant from Policy and Human Resource Development (PHRD) of US $4,89,000 to carry out a feasibility study . . .
- Simply Outrageous (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 23, 2007)
The Union Government has made an outrageous demand to the Supreme Court that it should wind up its 'green' bench and stop 'interfering' in environmental matters.
- Speaker Wants Review Of Pac Report (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 21, 2007)
The two-day Gujarat state assembly session ended on Friday with speaker Mangaldas Patel not just refusing to place the controversial public accounts committee (PAC) report on Sujalam Sufalam in the House but asking the PAC to hold a fresh meeting . . .
- China's Grip On Key Food Additive (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2007)
A sharp rise in the international price of vitamin C is focusing fresh attention on the risks of the world's growing dependence on China for essential food supplies and additives.
- The Silent Wail Of Our Marine Life (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2007)
A source of protein-rich fat, sometimes to feed the hungry fisher folk, and at times to grease their boats, or simply to be sold as curios.
- Excess Of Ethics (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 17, 2007)
Being an ethical consumer is the "in" thing the world over, irrespective of whether one really has or knows enough of what it takes to fit the bill.
- Shadows At The Tunnel’S End (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Jul 17, 2007)
Not a day passes without some controversy or the other and usually it has to do with grossly incorrect decision-making.
- Emissionary Position (Indian Express, SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI, Jul 16, 2007)
The first victims of climate change are to be found in Western politics.
- Clean Energy (Telegraph, S.L. Rao, Jul 16, 2007)
The United States of America wants India to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. Developed countries are and will remain the world’s major polluters.
- Govt Plans To Decalre 'National Rivers' (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2007)
With serious concerns being expressed over pollution of rivers and water shortages in the future, the Union water resources ministry is keen on declaring some rivers in the country as national rivers.
- Tackling Parking Woes: A Long Way To Go (Deccan Herald, JANARDHAN ROYE, Jul 13, 2007)
If driving in Bangalores traffic seems to be a nightmarish experience, getting parking space is no easy task either. In key locations such as Commercial Street or MG Road or Brigade Road in Bangalore it is almost impossible to get parking at any time . .
- Sabarimala Development Still Remains A Pipedream (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 11, 2007)
With hardly four months left for the annual Sabarimala pilgrim season, neither the State Government nor the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) has taken any serious initiative to ensure the smooth conduct of the two-month annual pilgrimage.
- Bangladesh To Review Hilsa Export To India, Says Official (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 11, 2007)
Scarcity of hilsa fish has forced Bangladesh to "temporarily" restrict its export to India and the ban would be revised with the normal availability of the delicious fish in local markets, officials said on Monday.
- Rockin All Over The World (Deccan Herald, David Smith, Jul 10, 2007)
Live Earth rocked around the globe on Saturday, with 150 acts performing on all seven continents in a bid to create a tipping point in public consciousness and action again climate change.
- Into Thin Air (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jul 10, 2007)
There was always a sting in the tail of economic growth — whether in post-Industrial Revolution Europe or the Soviet Union and China.
- Bangladesh To Review Hilsha Export To India, Says Official (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 10, 2007)
Scarcity of hilsha fish has forced Bangladesh to "temporarily" restrict its export to India and the ban would be revised with the normal availability of the delicious fish in local markets, officials said on Monday.
- Chongqing, China's Middle City (Frontline, PALLAVI AIYAR, Jul 10, 2007)
RISING from the hills that line the confluence of the Yangtze and Jialiang rivers in southwest China is one of the largest urban agglomerations in the world.
- Who Pays For It? (Telegraph, Chandrashekhar Dasgupta, Jul 10, 2007)
Global warming is no longer merely a future prospect. The latest reports of the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change show that we are already witnessing climate change caused by the burning of fossil fuels. Ironically, those least responsible . . .
- Pop Songs Solve Nothing (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 10, 2007)
Occasionally a noble attempt to galvanise action proves so ineffective that it only entrenches hopelessness.
- Environment: Time Is Running Out (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Jul 10, 2007)
Volcanoes never give notice of their eruption so impossible to estimate the extent of destruction. The same is true of environmental degradation. We never know when we will pay the price and how much.
- Averting A Water Crisis (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 09, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s advice to the States last week to take serious note of the growing water crisis has served to underline the low priority accorded over the past six decades to an issue of fundamental importance.
- Turning Into Baseland (Pioneer, Dmitri Kosyrev, Jul 09, 2007)
Kyrghizstanis are selling land for bases to other countries, just like Kazakhs are selling shares in their oil fields
- Chennigappa To Quit Government In October (Hindu, S. Rajendran, Jul 09, 2007)
‘Politics is taking a toll on my health’
Chennigappa also speaks of quitting electoral politics
Charges against his pet project has upset Minister
- Not All Are Happy (Deccan Herald, R Akhileshwari , Jul 09, 2007)
Mr Asaduddin Owaisi, Majlis MP described the 4 per cent reservation as a "poisonous chalice the Muslims are being offered to drink".
- Wah Taj (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 09, 2007)
Some months ago, it seemed as though the Taj Mahal was not going to make it to the top seven. But in a campaign that saw the government, politicians, celebrities, newspapers and television channels actively root for the marble splendour, the . ..
- Paper Or Plastic? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 07, 2007)
TAKE a walk along the Chesapeake Bay or the Anacostia River in the US, and you are likely to see plastic bags floating in the water.
- Where Are The Sparrows? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 07, 2007)
Gone are the days when sacks of wheat used to be bought and spread on the courtyard under the sun.
- Power Of Fusion (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 07, 2007)
WHILE tough negotiations towards bringing the Indo-US nuclear deal to fruition continue, India is on its way to consummating one of the items of the July 18, 2005 agreement between the two countries.
- Liveearth Vs Africa (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 06, 2007)
Few poor people will get to see Al Gore and his troupe of rock-star ecologists strutting their stuff this weekend because most have neither television nor electricity.
- Forgotten Childhood: The Chains Of Oppression (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 05, 2007)
Wisdom is lost in the jungle of information; spontaneity is denied in the name of training, writes Avijit Pathak.
- The Green Agenda (Hindu, N. R. Krishnan , Jul 04, 2007)
How to save the planet from self-inflicted ecological disaster? Have an international treaty that ticks. And how to work out such a treaty? Just mix two ingredients:
- Climate Change: Such A Domestic Matter (Indian Express, Vikram S Mehta, Jul 03, 2007)
In the din of the cacophonous multilateral dialogue on climate change and the actions that countries must take to mitigate global warming, I am concerned that India loses sight of one simple but important fact: measures to limit carbon and . . . .
- A Universal Threat, A Generational Challenge (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 03, 2007)
We the human species have arrived at a moment of decision. It is unprecedented and even laughable for us to imagine that we could actually make a conscious choice as a species, but that is nevertheless the challenge that is before us...
- Poor Mans Ecologist (Deccan Herald, JAYALAKSHMI K, Jul 02, 2007)
Anil Aggarwals writings tackle not so much the black and white but grey regions of environmental-development issues.
- No Threat Of Marine Pollution: Coast Guard (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 02, 2007)
Shipwreck will not affect ship movement
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