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Articles 421 through 520 of 500:
- Will The Generals Step Aside? (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Oct 03, 2007)
DESPITE indications of popular unease since mid-August, recent events in Myanmar (Burma) took the world by surprise.
- Special Article (Statesman, YP GUPTA, Oct 03, 2007)
The import of 50 lakh tonnes of wheat for the second consecutive year (2007-08) and 55 lakh tonnes during 2006-07 imply that our food security is at risk.
- We Must Pay More To Farmers: Chidambaram (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
Finance Minister P Chidambaram has favoured paying higher prices to farmers for their produce to help them lead better lives.
- Pakistan Army And The Nation (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Oct 01, 2007)
The politics in Islamabad today is posited by the opposition as a battle for civilian rule and the confinement of the Pakistan army to its constitutional role.
- Gambling For Public Funds (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Oct 01, 2007)
Unfortunately, when you are close to a subject such as gambling, you are never too far from a moral slippery slope. The moral issues become stark when we see the impact of it among the poor who can ill-afford to spend their money gambling but seem . . . .
- Housing’S Tough Challenge (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 01, 2007)
THE United Nations commemorates World Habitat Day on the first Monday of October every year, thus providing an opportunity to take stock of the housing and shelter situation and community issues across the globe.
- Hindu Gods In Hindi Cinema (Pioneer, MV Kamath, Oct 01, 2007)
Indian cinema is probably the most analysed, dissected and diagonised aspect of the country's values and culture. Rachel Dwyer, the author of this excellent work, refers to some three hundred odd books and articles on the subject which shows the . . . .
- Living In Denial (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 01, 2007)
Unprecedented climate changes on a global scale during the past one decade resulting from the greenhouse effect with anthropogenic reasons have serious implications.
- Mega-City Plans For Hong Kong (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 01, 2007)
Hong Kong may seem crowded enough to the seven million people, who live in small flats in high-rise neighbourhoods. But government-backed planners say the citys future lies in numbers, big numbers.
- ‘If The Grandfather Had 10 Acres, The Grandson Gets Half An Acre.It’S Hard To Sustain A Family On That. The Alternative Is Industrialisation’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 01, 2007)
It’s back to my small-town college for me, and my guest is the most illustrious alumnus of the same college, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, the Chief Minister of Haryana. Welcome back to our old college, the Government College, Rohtak.
- Two Held For Maldives Blast (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
Maldives police arrested two local men after a nail-packed bomb exploded in a busy park and wounded 12 foreign tourists, a government spokesperson said today.
- Indian Brain To Guide Ge's Innovation Drive (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
It’s another feather in the cap of Indian academia. Vijay Govindarajan, the Earl C Daum 1924 Professor of International Business at Dartmouth Colleges Tuck School of Business, will soon join General Electric (GE) as professor in Residence and chief . . .
- What Upa Won’T Tell You (Indian Express, Bibek Debroy, Oct 01, 2007)
Inequality is an important issue for the UPA government. The Approach Paper to the 11th Five Year Plan (2007-12) adopted in December 2006, mentions “inclusive growth” in the title itself.
- Rajapaksa Reiterates Commitment To Talks (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Oct 01, 2007)
Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa has asserted that terrorism in the country is nurtured by funds from overseas and urged the international community to help his government cut off the flow of funds to the terrorists.
- Trapped By Birth, Liberated By Death (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
Poignant tales of young British Asian women committing suicide have cast a sad reflection on the state of the Asian, in particular, UK's Indian community.
- Let’S Wish Them Well (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , Sep 29, 2007)
I was speaking with some NRI friends who were chuckling away with glee at the discomfiture prevailing currently in Pakistan, discomfiture that doesn’t get addressed by Pervez Musharraf being allowed to contest presidential elections.
- Special Article (Statesman, MADAN BHATIA, Sep 29, 2007)
The nuclear deal, which India has concluded with the USA, is as historic as the Indo-Soviet Friendship Treaty which Indira Gandhi had concluded with the Soviet Union in 1971.
- A Country Up For Sale... (Dawn, Shadaba Islam, Sep 29, 2007)
POLITICIANS and journalists may engage in cold-hearted debate over the possible break-up of Belgium but many ordinary citizens are filled with dismay over the increasingly acrimonious sparring among angry Flemish and French-speaking political . . . .
- Superpower State (Frontline, Ravi Sharma , Sep 29, 2007)
Karnataka has evolved into one of India’s most dynamic States thanks to, among other things, a vibrant industrial base.
- National Security (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 29, 2007)
The nuclear deal, which India has concluded with the USA, is as historic as the Indo-Soviet Friendship Treaty which Indira Gandhi had concluded with the Soviet Union in 1971.
- Sc Stops Andhra Muslim Quota (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2007)
The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Andhra Pradesh government not to make any further admissions to professional and educational institutions under the controversial ordinance providing four per cent reservation for Muslims until . . . .
- Wake-Up Call (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2007)
Bangalore has been conferred with A-1 city status. The Census of India classifies an urban area with over 50 lakh population as an A-1 city.
- No Compromise On National Interest (Tribune, Premvir Das, Sep 29, 2007)
It must be granted to Prakash Karat that finally, the bottom line behind the 123 Agreement issue has been identified. The agreement, according to him, is not about civilian nuclear energy at all but a camouflage for an unequal relationship that . . .
- Below B++ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2007)
The FICCI-Ernst & Young Real Estate Report 2007 can be read in many ways. But of course what has attracted notice is Delhi vs Mumbai.
- More Species In The Red (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 29, 2007)
The 2007 Red List of endangered plants, animals, birds, and sea life released by the World Conservation Union (IUCN) offers a gloomy forecast for many species that make the earth unique.
- Eu Should Stand Firm On Kosovo (Hindu, Jonathan Steele, Sep 29, 2007)
It must not listen to those opposing the territory’s path to independence.
- We Are Going To Take People Back To The Moon: Michael Griffin (Hindu, T.S. Subramanian, Sep 29, 2007)
Michael Griffin, Administrator, NASA, on moon landings, the missions to Mars, and the possible cooperation between India and the U.S.
- The Rising Cost Of Nature (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2007)
The triple threat of rising world demand, conversion of food into fuel, and climate shocks have conspired to push world food prices much higher than anticipated even a couple of years ago.
- Round Two To Musharraf! (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2007)
The 9-member bench of the Supreme Court has announced, by a “six-three” majority, that the constitutional petitions by Qazi Hussain Ahmad, Imran Khan and others challenging President General Pervez Musharraf’s bid to be re-elected . . . . .
- Economy: Growth Drivers Getting More Broad-Based (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Sep 29, 2007)
The Reserve Bank of India’s Annual Report for 2006-07 exudes optimism about the continuation of the strong growth momentum with the impulses of growth getting more broad-based.
- Cold War's Lessons (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, Sep 29, 2007)
AROUND the time of President Vladimir Putin’s visit to India in January 2007, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov wrote an article on the causes of the Cold War.
- The Question Of Faith (Frontline, Praful Bidwai, Sep 29, 2007)
The UPA’s capitulation to the Sangh Parivar on Ram Sethu violates its obligation to defend secularism and hands a victory to majoritarian politics.
- Unhealthy State (Frontline, Jayati Ghosh, Sep 29, 2007)
India’s health system is iniquitous and inefficient. Only cooperative and communitarian solutions can lead to sustained growth and development.
- Rural Job Scheme For Entire Country (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, Sep 29, 2007)
The Union government on Friday announced the extension of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), which guarantees 100 days of wage employment to rural households, to all districts in the country.
- Iim Population Jump On Centre Table (Telegraph, CHARU SUDAN KASTURI, Sep 28, 2007)
The Centre is setting up a committee of experts to prepare for a three-fold increase in student intake at the IIMs without giving them more land.
- Delhi Villagers' Existential Dilemma Continues (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2007)
Nearly 15,000 families in a Delhi locality are living in constant fear of being rendered homeless in a couple of years.
- Ramban Pds Outlets Face Shortage Of Ration (Tribune, Dinesh Manhotra, Sep 28, 2007)
Acute shortage of ration in government-run depots has added to the woes of the inhabitants of Ramban as major portion of this district has been facing severe drought -like situation.
- Why Not Spend On Basic Education First, Sc To Centre (Tribune, S.S. Negi , Sep 28, 2007)
The Supreme Court today raised questions over the Centre’s education policy proposing to spend Rs 36,000 crore for upgrading infrastructure with institutions of higher learning to implement the OBC quota while the elementary education was in “doldrums” ev
- Arjun Vs Autonomy (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 28, 2007)
The HRD minister has evidently had enough of the IIM talking back to him. There has been a series of faceoffs between the ministry and the IIMs, and the former has not always been able to bend the latter satisfactorily to its will.
- Government Defends Quota Law (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2007)
Concluding his arguments, Mr Vahanvati said according to the Mandal Commission report, the reservation should be 27 per cent....
- Food Versus Fuel: The Emerging Debate (Business Line, G. Chandrashekhar, Sep 28, 2007)
Following the sudden emergence of demand from the energy sector, food prices globally have spiked like never before. Concerns over shortage of food are emerging. This has fuelled a ‘food versus fuel’ debate across the world.
- Divided Realities In World-Class Cities (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 28, 2007)
We need a change in mindset to recognise the poor and the urban informal sector as assets, not burdens, as they contribute at least 45 per cent of a city’s GDP.
- India At 60: Think About The Future (Deccan Herald, S N CHARY, Sep 28, 2007)
As India turns 60, some corrective measures need to be taken to change the existing system....
- Burma's Saffron Army (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 28, 2007)
Monks command such respect in Burma because some 80 to 90 per cent of the country's population is Buddhist, and even those who do not choose to become a 'career monk' usually enter the orders for short periods of their lives, giving the . . . .
- Unhcr Hails Breakthrough On Millions (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2007)
United Nations refugee agency has welcomed as “major breakthroughs” recent decisions by Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka to grant citizenship to some three million people who live in the three Asian nations without any official identity.
- Pakistan On The Brink Again (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Sep 28, 2007)
Two decisions to be made today may decide which way Pakistan is likely to go in the days to come.
- Microsoft Targets India’S Young Guns (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2007)
Microsoft Corp flagged off Thursday customised domains for the huge market of young Indians in a bid to boost revenues from free e-mail services a decade after it acquired Hotmail.
- Myanmar In A Mess (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 27, 2007)
As expected, the military government in Myanmar is cracking the whip on pro-democracy protesters in the country. Latest reports suggest that police have fired warning shots and dispersed protesters by using tear gas shells.
- A Party Game Called Musical Chairs (Indian Express, SANDEEP SHASTRI, Sep 27, 2007)
The intrigue and uncertainty that Karnataka politics has been witness to in recent months will reach a climax in the first week of October when the transfer of chief ministership is scheduled to take place.
- How Flanders Deals With Its Waste (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 27, 2007)
Its initiatives — from rubbish charges to keeping chickens — are dramatically cutting waste
- Deeper Into Morass (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Sep 27, 2007)
AS predicted by many analysts and commentators in the United States, the much-touted report by General David H. Petraeus, top commander of the U.S. forces in Iraq, has only provided a pretext for the George W. Bush administration to stay on in the . . . .
- U.S. General In Denial (Frontline, Vijay Prashad, Sep 27, 2007)
General Petraeus defends the U.S. strategy in Iraq but the hardest thing to understand about the occupation is the objectives, since they keep changing.
- Confident State (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Sep 27, 2007)
THE election of Abdullah Gul as the new President has opened a new chapter in Turkish politics. Gul, who until recently was the Foreign Minister, won the election despite the undisguised hostility of the Army, which views itself as the sole guardian . . .
- Roar Of Anger Drowns Gunfire In Yangon (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2007)
Seething crowds of Buddhist monks and civilians filled the streets of Myanmar’s main city today, defying warning shots, tear gas and baton charges meant to quell the biggest anti-junta protests in 20 years.
- Culture Policing In Schools (Frontline, T.K. RAJALAKSHMI, Sep 27, 2007)
The nationwide Adolescence Education Programme (AEP), conceived by the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development and the National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO), is under review following protests from some State governments.
- The ‘Ultimate Prize’ (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 27, 2007)
THE question most often asked these days is why the US is continuing with its occupation of Iraq.
- Stiff Upper Lip Loosens (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2007)
Britain's young foreign policy chief has promised a shift in its international relations, acknowledging lessons of the Iraq war and signalling a different approach from those of his graying predecessors.
- Congress Hints At Rahul As Pm Candidate (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2007)
The Congress on Wednesday hinted that Rahul Gandhi, just appointed All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary, might soon be projected as the Prime Ministerial candidate....
- The Cost Of Liberalisation (Deccan Herald, KATHYAYINI CHAMARAJ, Sep 27, 2007)
The bitter medicine of economic reforms has affected the developing countries badly.
- The Flames Of Insurgency (Dawn, Javed Hussain, Sep 27, 2007)
Democratic governments serve the people. They enhance their quality of life. They protect, not kill, them.
- Home For Elephants (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 27, 2007)
It will be recalled that Maharashtra had earlier this year banned 'tamed' elephants in Mumbai.
- Climate Talks: Kyoto To Bali (Business Line, N. R. Krishnan , Sep 27, 2007)
Against the background of the recent UN meet on climate change, N. R. KRISHNAN points out that it is time the developed world accepted the hard reality that developing countries, including China and India, may not be able to accept any cuts in . . .
- Starving In Madhya Pradesh (Frontline, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 26, 2007)
Hunger and malnutrition stalk Madhya Pradesh villages despite schemes to improve the services of anganwadis and nutrition centres.
- Stop Murdering The Girl Child (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2007)
Punjab loses every fourth girl. By the 2011 census, we would be killing off 10 lakh girls a year.
- High Cost For Cheap Flights (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 26, 2007)
Old aircraft are cheap to buy, but expensive to operate due to soaring oil prices.
- The Not So Good News On Inflation (Indian Express, ILA PATNAIK, Sep 26, 2007)
The latest figures show that inflation based on the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) fell to 3.32 per cent in the first week of September.
- Centre Sticks To Existing Data (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2007)
Centre today justified in the Supreme Court its move to implement the controversial OBC Reservation Act on the basis of available figures on OBC population, saying there was no need for collection of a fresh data as the existing one was . . . . .
- Special Article (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2007)
After 60 years of independence Pakistan’s leaders apparently have yet to emerge from the dependent mentality they acquired during colonial rule and its wrenching aftermath.
- Stand Against Terror: Patil (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2007)
Observing that the disruptive activities of terrorists posed a serious threat to world peace, President Pratibha Patil on Tuesday said it is imperative for nations to take a "firm and unequivocal" stand against the scourge.
- Sample Of Democracy (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2007)
After 60 years of independence Pakistan’s leaders apparently have yet to emerge from the dependent mentality they acquired during colonial rule and its wrenching aftermath.
- Meet Prince Charming (Pioneer, Maneka Gandhi, Sep 26, 2007)
During the monsoons in my constituency, the frogs cross the road. The car-drivers keep a 'frogwatch' because I get paranoid if I think we are going to squash one.
- Belying Promises To The Unorganised Sector (Frontline, T.K. RAJALAKSHMI, Sep 26, 2007)
The UPA government is firmly committed to ensure the welfare and well-being of all workers, particularly those in the unorganised sector who constitute 93 per cent of our workforce. Social security, health insurance and other schemes for such . . . .
- 'Firm Stand Against Terror A Must' (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2007)
Observing that disruptive activities of terrorists posed a serious threat to world peace, President Pratibha Patil on Tuesday said it is imperative for nations to take a "firm and unequivocal" stand against the scourge.
- Pratibha Patil Calls For Collective Action By Developing Countries (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2007)
President Pratibha Devisingh Patil on Tuesday said developing countries should have a greater role in the decision-making processes of international financial institutions so that the issues of development were addressed better at the global level.
- Energy Security: It Is All About Economics! (Deccan Herald, Sudha Mahalingam, Sep 26, 2007)
Whether the nuclear deal will augment the flow of nuclear power, will depend on how expensive it is going to be.
- Relics Of The Raj (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2007)
Even as the British delegation here to pay homage to their ancestors involved in the events of 1857 has reached Lucknow, protests against them have mounted.
- Was The Affidavit Gaffe A Concerted Move? (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2007)
Sir, ~ No political wisdom or clairvoyance was required to foresee the reaction that would follow over the affidavit filed before the Supreme Court questioning the existence of Lord Ram in flesh and blood in this land of the Ramayana.
- No Russian Pakistan (Pioneer, Dmitri Kosyrev, Sep 26, 2007)
A part of Russia that is predominantly Muslim prospers happily without asking for a separate land
- Icici Gets Full Commercial Licence In Bahrain (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2007)
India's largest private sector bank, ICICI Bank has been granted a full commercial branch (FCB) licence by the Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB), the second Indian bank after State Bank of India to offer full banking services in the kingdom.
- Prez Calls For Firm Stand Against Terrorism (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2007)
Observing that disruptive activities of terrorists posed a serious threat to world peace, President Pratibha Patil on Tuesday said it is imperative for nations to take a "firm and unequivocal" stand against the scourge.
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