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Articles 321 through 420 of 500:
- Time To Break The Silence (Dawn, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 11, 2007)
IT is time the silence was broken on the issue of child domestic labour in Pakistan. Attiqa, a 10-year-old, has been tortured viciously by her employer, a well-off contractor in Badami Bagh. Her eyelashes, eyebrows and hair were chopped off. . .
- Kashmir Quake Survivors Still In A Trauma (Statesman, Kavita Suri, Oct 11, 2007)
Monday was the second anniversary of the devastating earthquake that rocked Jammu and Kashmir.
- On How To Set Up Business In Brazil (Business Line, D. Murali , Oct 11, 2007)
Brazilian companies, beyond paying dividends to their shareholders, may also pay interest on equity to them. And such interest is a deductible expense.
- Experience Works, The Mba Way (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2007)
For young and mid-career Indian professionals, taking a break to join an MBA course in the US seems to have become a very attractive option.
- 50 More Taliban Men Killed In Waziristan (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Oct 10, 2007)
Fighting continued to rage in North Waziristan on Tuesday with fighter jets of the Pakistan Air Force bombing targets near Mir Ali on the third day of clashes between the military and pro-Taliban militants.
- Europe’S Success As A ‘Workfare’ State (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 10, 2007)
IN the global economy, today’s winners can become tomorrow’s losers in a twinkling, and vice versa.
- New Avenues For Financing Healthcare (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 10, 2007)
HEALTH policy in India has shifted its focus from being a comprehensive universal healthcare system as defined by the Bhore Committee (1946) to a policy confined to family planning, immunisation, selected disease surveillance and, to some . . . .
- Us, Russia Clash At Un Over Kosovo Future (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2007)
The United States and Russia clashed anew over Kosovo on Tuesday, as Washington's UN envoy said Serb-Albanian talks needed to end in two months while Moscow's called for them to carry on until agreement.
- Back To The Village (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 10, 2007)
On Monday, the Union Commerce Minister, Mr Kamal Nath, told a conference in New Delhi that growth was meaningless if it did not reach the rural masses who form the bulk of the nation’s population.
- Pulling Africa Out Of Low-Growth Loop (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Oct 10, 2007)
An Unctad report, analysing the low economic growth of African nations, argues that only strong state intervention can ensure efficient functioning of markets and allocate the available limited resources in an optimum manner consistent with . . . . ..
- ‘Great Potential To Leverage Synergies Between India And Latin America’ (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 10, 2007)
We have two areas of serious interest with Latin America — energy security and food security. We have started investing in the oil and gas sector in the region. There is also a lot of potential in non-conventional fuels.
- Prime Minister Asks States To Expedite Urban Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday urged all States to work closely with the Union government for effective implementation of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), which was aimed at improving the cities.
- Jerusalem May Be Divided As Part Of Deal (Hindu, Conal Urquhart , Oct 10, 2007)
Israeli Vice-Prime Minister Haim Ramon on Monday said that Israel may be willing to divide Jerusalem with the Palestinians as part of a future peace agreement.
- Limits Of The Label “Schizophrenia” (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 10, 2007)
The term was coined more than 100 years ago as a provisional category covering a wide range of psychiatric disorders. Isn’t it time we retired this vague and stigmatised label?
- A Testament To Pakistani Art (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 10, 2007)
THE nation now has its first purpose built National Art Gallery (NAG), a befitting gift on its 60th anniversary.
- Logic Of Rot (Telegraph, Dipankar Dasgupta, Oct 10, 2007)
“Something is rotten in the state of West Bengal.” The statement cries out for an explanation and I shall provide it indirectly by borrowing a trick from Tom, the narrator in Tennessee Williams’s play, The Glass Menagerie.
- Kerala's Shame (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Oct 10, 2007)
Sunday's mob attack on a 40-year-old hapless pregnant woman and her two children in Edappal, Kerala, is appalling.
- A New Middle Class? (Indian Express, Varghese K George, Oct 10, 2007)
Former Gujarat chief minister and now godfather of BJP rebels, Keshubhai Patel, returned from Delhi empty-handed early this month. During his discussions with L.K. Advani, Rajnath Singh and Arun Jaitely, he was told curtly that Modi is the supreme . . .
- Capital Market Plays A Catalytic Role (Business Line, Manoranjan Sharma, Oct 09, 2007)
India’s growth story has important implications for the capital market, which has grown sharply with respect to several parameters — amounts raised, number of stock exchanges and other intermediaries . . . .
- The Muslim Question In Gujarat (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Oct 09, 2007)
By an unspoken consensus, Muslims have been excluded from the election debate in Gujarat.
- Book-Building Exercise (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 09, 2007)
Commerce and industry minister Kamal Nath has become so adept at selling the India story to foreign investors that he has decided to write a book.
- 30 More Soldiers And 65 Militants Killed In Clashes (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2007)
Fifty troops and 130 pro-Taliban and Al Qaeda militants have been killed in fierce fighting in North Waziristan since Saturday, officials and local residents said.
- The Tragedy Of Swat (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 09, 2007)
Once the hotspot of Pakistan’s tourism, Swat is fast emerging as a stronghold of the Talibanisation that has swept most of the southern districts of the NWFP and some northern districts as well.
- People Are Important (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2007)
Listening to the testimonies of asylum seekers in Malta's detention centres, one cannot but be concerned about the fate of any migrants forced to turn back.
- Educate The Masses (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 09, 2007)
The outsourcing boom of the 21st century has transformed India. From a developing country, we are today an emerging economy and a superpower in the making.
- Blessings Of The Dirty Work (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 08, 2007)
Industrial farming has held out as its main selling point the allure of freedom: Two per cent of the population would be able to feed everyone. The rest could do as we pleased.
- Merit? What’S That? Class Still Rules Britain (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Oct 08, 2007)
Figures show that social mobility in Britain has declined over the past decade and is behind other advanced nations.
- Nayagarh’S Wells Tell You About Orissa (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
A common abuse for women who step out of line from the strict control of patriarchal communities was to ask them to drown themselves in the well: kuen mein dub mar (Hindi) or kua re budi mara (Oriya) — go drown yourself in the well.
- The Bangalore Reality Check (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Oct 08, 2007)
The squalour of India always shocks me for the first few days after returning from some foreign land but this time, because Bangalore was the first Indian city I visited, the shock sent me reeling.
- Caught Between Naxals, Salwa Judum, Tribals Left ‘Power’Less (Indian Express, Nitin Mahajan, Oct 08, 2007)
Salwa Judum, which was launched against Naxalite extremism with tacit support from the Chhattisgarh Government in the Maoist-infested Bastar region, has created a great divide in the area.
- Cong Forcing Elections: Cpi (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
The UPA-Left relations soured today, with the Communists taking umbrage to UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi’s statement on the nuclear deal, saying if a mid-term poll was thrust on the country, then the Congress alone will be responsible for it.
- High On Good Intentions (Telegraph, S.L. Rao, Oct 08, 2007)
The National Knowledge Commission has now released its summary report, primarily on higher education.
- Return To Traditional Farming (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
In my neighborhood of Southwest Virginia, backyard gardens are as common as satellite dishes.
- What's Next For Myanmar's Generals (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2007)
Soldiers are taught that anyone who opposes them is an enemy bent on returning the country to civil war.
- Dangers Ahead: Musharraf's Re-Election And After (Deccan Herald, Rajinder Puri, Oct 06, 2007)
Barring a miracle, Pervez Musharraf on Saturday will successfully bulldoze his way to another term as president of Pakistan through a vote by an assembly, largely depleted by angry legislators who resigned in protest against his constitutional violations.
- The Burmese Junta: India's Responsibility (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2007)
Humanitarian aid should pour into crisis-ridden Myanmar to relieve the suffering population.
- Better Policing (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 06, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh highlighted the threat to internal security from naxalism, terrorism, and separatist violence on Thursday while addressing a conference of state police chiefs at Delhi.
- Managing Water Resources (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 06, 2007)
ALL the signs are that the country’s growing water shortage could assume critical proportions in the coming years, especially when the effects of climate change become more pronounced.
- Quota For Muslims Not Based On Religion: Andhra (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2007)
The state of andhra pradesh on friday informed the supreme court that its Act enabling 4 per cent reservations for socially and backward classes of Muslims within the existing list of Backward Classes is “perfectly valid and legal” and not . . . . .
- Mayawati In Modiland (Indian Express, SHIV VISVANATHAN, Oct 06, 2007)
This essay is an exercise in speculation. Such an act is necessary because sometimes one needs to dream beyond the empirical because an empiricist view of politics is often limiting.
- How To Get Rich (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 06, 2007)
The world hunts for Indian talent. Can we do the same? A new World Bank study estimates that India's GDP could go up five times and the growth process become more inclusive if it could stimulate innovation in its economy.
- Narendra Modi’S New Avatar (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Oct 06, 2007)
How well placed is Narendra Modi to win the 2007 Gujarat election? The feedback from the ground suggests a tough fight ahead. However, the Chief Minister is not one to give up easily.
- Belittling Women To Boost Ratings (Tribune, Chetna Keer Banerjee, Oct 06, 2007)
Sometime back, the media went to town when a Chandigarh-based landlord was found taking a CCTV-aided sneak peak into the private moments of his female paying guests.
- State Of Vermont Seeks Secession From Usa Over Iraq, Bush (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2007)
Along the Appalachian Trail, the 2000-mile ribbon of wilderness stretching from Vermont to Tennessee, the leaves are putting on their annual display of dazzling yellows . . . ..
- History's Lessons Not Learned (Pioneer, Premen Addy , Oct 06, 2007)
Michael Wood's six-part documentary, recently telecast by BBC to mark the 60th anniversary of India's independence, is a triumph of television. Camera and narrative, themes and events, have been woven into a seamless robe of the story-teller's art.
- Going Back To The Nwfp (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 06, 2007)
THE journey from Lahore to Peshawar in April 2007 was, as ever, replete with childhood memories. As the fields grew greener on approaching Attock, and the Indus and the Kabul rivers met, the heart lifted in anticipation of the inimitable . . .
- Doha Bank Hopeful Of Getting Licence (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2007)
Doha Bank hopes to get a banking licence to operate in India, after a wait of three years, as it believes RBI would be more open to give one after ICICI Bank’s recent entry into Qatar, its top executive said.
- 2 Ropeways To Link Siaraz With State (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2007)
After the death of three teenagers by drowning in the Chenab here, the authorities have decided to take preventive measures.
- The Poisoning Of Punjab (Tribune, Sarbjit Dhaliwal, Oct 05, 2007)
IT is now being realised the world over that there is a definite relationship between the economy, the environment and biodiversity.
- The Indian Economic Boom: The Tale Of Two Cities (Deccan Herald, Nilotpal Basu, Oct 05, 2007)
The major brunt of the agrarian crisis is on the growers of commercial crops like cotton and tobacco.
- The Hill's Next Big Player Is Made In India (Deccan Herald, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 05, 2007)
The India lobby is also eager to use Indian Americans to put a human face - not to mention a voter's face and a campaign contributor's face - on its agenda.
- Secularism Politicised (Asian Age, Dr P.C. Alexander, Oct 05, 2007)
Two days ago the nation celebrated Gandhi Jayanti with the usual reiteration of its adherence to the great legacies left behind by the Mahatma, particularly the legacy of secularism.
- Nrega And Rural Employment: In Orissa, Corruption Robs The Poor (Business Line, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 05, 2007)
In reality, the Rural Employment Scheme has made virtually no impact on the livelihood security of Orissa’s rural poor. Unless transparency safeguards incorporated in the NREGS are implemented in letter and spirit, the scheme may just sound radical. . .
- General’S Re-Election Not The Real Issue (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, Oct 05, 2007)
Barring a miracle President Pervez Musharraf on Saturday will successfully bulldoze his way to another term as President through a vote by an assembly largely depleted by angry legislators who resigned in protest against his constitutional violations.
- Strong Earthquake Hits Western Indonesia (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2007)
A strong undersea earthquake rocked Indonesia's Aceh province on Thursday, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties, the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency said.
- Waiting For Justice (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 05, 2007)
A Patna trial court has sentenced three former legislators, including a powerful ex-MP, to death and given life imprisonment to two others for leading and inciting a mob to lynch an IAS officer.
- Whose Game Is It? (Dawn, Ayesha Siddiqa-Agha, Oct 05, 2007)
SEPTEMBER 29 has been marked as another dark day in Pakistan’s history. It was a day when the state’s coercion was used against innocent journalists and lawyers.
- Lobbying For India On Capitol Hill (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 04, 2007)
The fall’s most controversial book is almost certainly “The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy,” in which political scientists John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt warn that Jewish Americans have built a behemoth that has bullied policymakers . . . .
- Special Article (Statesman, Salman Haidar , Oct 04, 2007)
As the issue of climate change becomes an ever greater source of anxiety throughout the world, advocacy groups have pushed hard for the UN to step up its efforts to halt the rush towards environmental disaster.
- Govt Reverts To 27% Quota For Obcs (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
Blocked by the Supreme Court from implementing 27 per cent quota for other backward classes (OBCs) in higher education, the Centre now plans to adopt the existing list of OBCs of National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC), which had been . . . .
- States Urged To Wake Up To Terror Threats (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
"Terrorists and criminals are playing smart and are capable of using technology to their advantage,” Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil said on Wednesday.
- Intelligence Agencies Unfit To Fight Terror: Patil (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil on Wednesday said intelligence agencies of states were not strong and adequate enough to meet the challenges of terrorism.
- Old Soldier Stands In The Way Of Democracy (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
The old soldier who leads Burma is called "the bulldog" — for good reason.
- Prime Minister Who Would Be King (Indian Express, YUBARAJ GHIMIRE, Oct 04, 2007)
G.P. koirala was arguably the most powerful prime minister the country ever had, going by the powers vested in him.
- The Cost Of Inequality (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
Discrimination is more covert these days and the burden of proof in most cases initially lies on the claimant to show wrongdoing - a high hurdle to overcome.
- A Check On Population (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 04, 2007)
China might have restricted its population growth, but this has not always helped solve wider problems, as was envisaged when the policy was first introduced in 1979.
- Against The Tide (Dawn, M.P. Bhandara, Oct 04, 2007)
GENERAL Musharraf’s legal and so-called democratic credentials may be poor but his probity for good governance is superior to that of his political opponents.
- Dismembering Iraq? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 04, 2007)
EVEN though the autonomous Kurdistan government has welcomed the American Senate’s non-binding resolution calling for a decentralised, federal Iraq, the Arab majority has rejected what indeed is a dangerous move.
- Is It Contempt? (Indian Express, Jayanth Jacob, Oct 03, 2007)
The editorial in People’s Democracy deals with the subject of contempt in the context of Delhi High Court holding four Mid Day journalists guilty of contempt of court.
- Top Ltte Leader Killed In Air Raid, Says Colombo (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Oct 03, 2007)
Sri Lanka on Tuesday claimed to have killed a “very senior leader” of the LTTE in the north in an air raid.
- How To Make Poverty Sexy (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 03, 2007)
WITH everyone’s attention focussed on General Musharraf’s re-election it seems silly to bring to your notice the rather dull issue of Pakistan’s progress on the UN Millennium Development Goals.
- A Tangled Web Of Questions And Tensions (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Oct 03, 2007)
Even the most fervent partisans of a united Belgium feel that if the latest crisis born out of the June 10 legislative polls drags on for much longer, it could lead to a split in the country.
- ‘Amazon Jungle Could Be Lost In 40 Years’ (Hindu, Ian Sample , Oct 03, 2007)
The Amazonian wilderness is at risk of unprecedented damage from an ambitious plan to improve transport, communications, and power generation in the region, conservationists warned on Monday.
- Not Just An Urban Phenomenon (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 03, 2007)
Ethnographic account of the emergence of Hindu nationalism in a tribal community in Chhattisgarh
- Agriculture: Where India And China Stand (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Oct 03, 2007)
How did China manage to outstrip India in agriculture when the two countries ere more or less on a par on most parameters 25 years ago?
- Grandmaster With A Mission (Tribune, Anne Penketh, Oct 03, 2007)
The world has an abiding image of Garry Kasparov. It is that of the plucky chess grandmaster who took on Anatoly Karpov in a marathon contest and won, becoming the youngest ever world chess champion at the age of 22.
- Why China Has It Wrong On Myanmar (Asia Times, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 03, 2007)
While Myanmar's military government cracks down on peaceful protesters, China, as one of the regime's main benefactors, is being held in some quarters as tangentially co-responsible for the violence.
- Un-Habitat Report — Enhancing Urban Security And Peoples’ Safety (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Oct 03, 2007)
Issues relating to eviction of people either from their small farm-holding or squatter settlement particularly when they live on the margins of existence putting up with abject conditions, always evoke legitimate reaction not only from the. . .
- Feeling The Heat (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 03, 2007)
The contribution of emerging countries to the cause of developing clean technology must be based on per capita emissions and not intensity of economic activity.
- For South Asian Cooperation (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 03, 2007)
LOOKING at the history of South Asia, it becomes obvious that the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) has not come up with sufficient initiatives to synergise the process of cooperation and give it an institutional base.
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