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Articles 821 through 920 of 17201:
- Sonia Gandhi Calls For Pro-Farmer Policies (Hindu, W. Chandrakanth, Sep 28, 2006)
Party-ruled States asked to emulate A.P. in farm sector development
Congress president inaugurates RIMS at Kadapa
Blames TDP Government for neglecting farm sector
Congress president inaugurates RIMS at Kadapa
Blames TDP Government for . . .
- Autonomy Row (Frontline, S. Viswanathan, Sep 28, 2006)
The move to grant autonomy to JIPMER raises fears that the poor will no longer benefit from the Institute's services.
- ‘India Will Continue To Be India’ (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Sep 28, 2006)
Daryl Kimball, Director of the Arms Control Association, also cites the late Homi Bhaha to argue that nuclear assistance for civil needs could actually help military objectives.
- Four Securitymen Among Six Killed (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2006)
Four security personnel, including two policemen, and two ultras were killed and scores wounded in separate militancy-related incidents across Jammu and Kashmir during the past 24 hours, an official spokesman said today.
- Kargil Army Chief Malik To Govt: Debunk Musharraf Claims (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2006)
Describing Pakistan President Musharraf’s new book In the Line of Fire as an exercise in “megalomanical self-promotion” that has partly “turned the Kargil war on its head”, former Army chief General V P Malik, Musharraf’s Indian counterpart . . . .
- Against Reform (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 28, 2006)
Discretion is the worst part of policy. It may now have been decided that prime agricultural land will not be diverted for use as special economic zones, but distortions caused by SEZ policy encompass more than land. SEZs belong to an era when . . .
- Suicide Notes From The Country (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 28, 2006)
Farmer's suicides, a charged political issue, received a lot of attention again at the recently concluded Congress conclave. But standard political solutions are typically not informed by basic economic logic.
- Religious Pluralism (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 28, 2006)
America is an increasingly pluralistic society, an amalgam of different races, cultures, nationalities, religions. In these conditions Americans can only be grateful for the Constitution's wisdom of erecting a wall of separation between church and . . .
- The Lebanon Offensive (Dawn, Mahjabeen Islam, Sep 28, 2006)
WHO started this madness in the Middle East depends on who you talk to. Factually though, Israel killed a family picnicking in Gaza.
- Suicide Car Bombs Vs 'Precision' Bombs (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2006)
The United States' bombs that use the latest technology cause far more civilian deaths than the Taliban's suicide car bombs.
- Economic Links With India (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Sep 28, 2006)
The freezing of the composite dialogue between India and Pakistan which was to resume this week has come at a time when Pakistan was proposing to enlarge the range of goods importable from India in its ‘positive list.’
- Beyond Politics (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 28, 2006)
In New Delhi, the special investigation team (SIT) is about to wrap up its report on the omissions and commissions of the police team that investigated the Jessica Lal murder case.
- Put Some Steel Into The Relationship (Pioneer, Asheesh Shah, Sep 28, 2006)
Delhi must do much more to translate French goodwill for India into tangible gains for its economy, says Asheesh Shah.
- Unshackling Indian R&d (Pioneer, Vinayshil Gautam, Sep 28, 2006)
We need to utilise the pool of Indian talent in R&D that is providing the cutting edge to other countries, says Vinayshil Gautam.
- Development And Discontent (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Sep 28, 2006)
Michael Spence's words of praise for India's performance in increasing its gross domestic product (GDP) would no doubt thrill India Inc.
- Moily Sets Three-Year Deadline For Reservation In Iits, Iims (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2006)
The Veerappa Moily panel has recommended a review of all reservation schemes in educational institutions every five years. It has, however, steered clear of the politically volatile issue of excluding the 'creamy layer' among OBCs from the ambit of . . .
- Two Cheers For India (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Sep 28, 2006)
Is it time for India to pop the champagne yet? Hardly, it would seem, though there is plenty of room for cheer. The country has emerged as the leader of the ‘BRIC pack’ in the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report 2006. India is ranked . .
- 3g Services To Hit India In 2007 (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2006)
The government indicated that spectrum for next generation 3G mobile services would be priced and would be commercially launched in the second half of 2007.
- Us Senators Trade Blame Over India Deal Delay (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2006)
Republican and Democratic leaders on Tuesday blamed each other for the US Senate’s delay in approving the landmark US-India nuclear cooperation agreement.
- One Nationalist After Another (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 28, 2006)
Japan's new Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, appears set to add impetus to the revival of nationalist spirit that was a singular feature of his predecessor Junichiro Koizumi's tenure.
- James Connaughton On Global Warming (Frontline, T.S. Subramanian, Sep 28, 2006)
Interview with James Connaughton, Chairman, U.S. Council on Environmental Quality.
- Direct Proof Of Dark Matter (Frontline, R. Ramachandran, Sep 28, 2006)
Scientists claim that a violent cosmic collision provides evidence of `dark matter', the hypothetical dominant stuff of the universe.
- Cooperation First, Then Safeguards (Frontline, T.S. Subramanian, Sep 28, 2006)
AEC Chairman Anil Kakodkar talks about the options before India vis-a-vis the U.S. Bill on the nuclear deal.
- Sonia Praises Women Of Andhra (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2006)
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday heaped praise on Andhra Pradesh for encouraging women’s self-help groups and said that "Indiramma would have been extremely proud and happy to see this great moment of women empowerment."
- Package For Ap Soon: Sonia (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2006)
A major financial package for 16 drought-prone districts of Andhra Pradesh will be announced soon by the Centre, the UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi said today.
- Anything Goes (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 28, 2006)
That policemen are not exactly paragons of honesty is not such a big secret.
- Sack Over Head (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 28, 2006)
The Karnataka government’s move to derecognise 1420 schools for imparting instruction in the English language at the primary level is extraordinary in its short-sightedness, political cynicism and blatant parochialism.
- Parliament Attack: Afzal To Be Hanged (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
Almost five years after the Parliament attack, a special Pota court on Tuesday fixed October 20 for the hanging of Mohammad Afzal, the main convict in the case.
- Is Osama Dead? (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 27, 2006)
A newspaper report sourced to French intelligence quoting Saudi sources claimed that Osama bin Laden died of typhoid on August 23 in Pakistan.
- Educating Netas (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 27, 2006)
It was back to school for senior party functionaries and chief ministers attending the seventh Congress chief ministers' conclave in Nainital.
- U.S. Senators Trade Blame Over India Deal Delay (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Sep 27, 2006)
Republican and Democratic leaders on Tuesday blamed each other for the U.S. Senate's delay in approving the landmark U.S.-India nuclear cooperation agreement.
- Co-Founder Tells His Side Of Apple Story (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
There was excited chatter as the revolutionaries met in a nondescript garage in Menlo Park, California, but in the beginning few of them really knew how they would change the world.
- Special Article (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, Sep 27, 2006)
A newspaper report sourced to French intelligence quoting Saudi sources claimed that Osama bin Laden died of typhoid on August 23 in Pakistan.
- ‘Technology Overload (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 27, 2006)
Modern families worldwide, including those from India, are striving for equilibrium in lives overloaded with technology, according to a study released today by Internet search titan Yahoo and OMD Media Firm.
- Sideline Summits (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Sep 27, 2006)
The India, Brazil and South Africa Trilateral Cooperation Forum has helped the three democracies in trade and international politics.
- Trade Triangle Of India, Brazil, South Africa (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Sep 27, 2006)
The India, Brazil and South Africa Trilateral Cooperation Forum has helped the three democracies in trade and international politics.
- Beyond The Rhetoric (Frontline, Partha S. Ghosh , Sep 27, 2006)
To make NAM a vehicle of South-South cooperation, what is needed is not mere joint statements but their follow-ups in letter and spirit.
- The Big Bang In You Is Cosmic Consciousness (Times of India, Andrew Cohen, Sep 27, 2006)
When you awaken to the spiritual or evolutionary impulse, what begins to emerge is the dawning recognition of the fact that each one of us, at our highest level, is what I call the authentic Self, which is actually the same energy and intelligence . . .
- Oil Lingers Above $61, Shrugs Off Opec's Warning (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
Oil held above $61 on Wednesday as dealers balanced an expected swelling in robust U.S. winter fuel inventories against a warning from producer cartel OPEC that it may take action to stabilise tumbling prices.
- ‘Technology Overload On Modern Families (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 27, 2006)
Modern families worldwide, including those from India, are striving for equilibrium in lives overloaded with technology, according to a study released today by Internet search titan Yahoo and OMD Media Firm.
- United States, Who Sign Agreement For Tb Control In India (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
WHO given Rs. 19 crore for research, State-level implementation of disease control programme
- Science Must Be Harnessed In Full: Manmohan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
Presents CSIR's Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prizes for 2006 to 13 scientists
- Working On The French Connection (Pioneer, Seema Sarin, Sep 27, 2006)
India can look forward to enhanced nuclear cooperation with France once the Indo-US Agreement is through, says Seema Sarin
- 'India Should Integrate With The Global Economy' (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
India's aspiration for continuing growth would depend on a secure and stable environment and its own ability to integrate with the global economy, Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee has said.
- Sunny Mood (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Sep 27, 2006)
The key message from the ACNielsen Consumer Confidence and Opinions Survey for the first half of 2006, published in this newspaper yesterday, is that India continues to score in sunny optimism.
- India Accuses Pakistan Of Being ‘Nursery Of Global Terrorism’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
Accusing Pakistan of being a “nursery of global terrorism”, India has asked Pakistan once again to stop all cross-border terrorism as promised and dismantle the infrastructure of terrorism still intact on its soil.
- Getting Pushed To Talk About Push-To-Talk (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 27, 2006)
There is nothing inherently wrong with jargon or techno-speak. At least, as long as it doesn't invade general news; for, otherwise, we get pushed to finding out more about the new word or phrase.
- Is The Realty Valuation Plan Anti-Consumer? (The Financial Express, Kala S. Sridhar, Sep 27, 2006)
Although it will improve transparency in deals, it is still subject to myopic floor size index restrictions.
- Former Indian Army Chief Calls Musharraf ‘Timed General’ (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Sep 27, 2006)
Former India Army chief Gen VP Malik called Pakistani President Gen Pervez Musharraf a “timed general” in his response to the latter’s book ‘In the Line of Fire’.
- Hrd Ministry And Tech Experts Devise Plan For $10 Laptops (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 27, 2006)
Any proposal that aims to provide children with inexpensive access to computers can only be welcome. The plan devised by officials of the HRD and telecom ministries, along with experts from IIT and the Indian Institute of Science, aims to provide . . .
- Malegaon: Fractured Truths (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Sep 27, 2006)
Weeks after the Malegaon terror strikes, the police struggle to determine the identity of the perpetrators.
- Pm Hints At Harmonising Reservation And Merit (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
The government is in favour of taking the socially-backward classes on-board in its effort to attain technological excellence, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has said on Tuesday.
- Australia Mulling Civilian Nuclear Deal With India (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer on Tuesday said the Australian Government was considering entering into a deal with India similar to the United States-India civilian nuclear agreement.
- Senate Likely To Take Up Nuclear Deal In November (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
The U.S. Senate is unlikely to consider the nuclear cooperation deal with India before lawmakers leave for a long break at the end of this week, putting aside one of President George W. Bush's top foreign policy initiatives until at least . . .
- Indian American Develops Sensor To Detect E. Coli (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
An Indian American scientist has developed a sensor that can detect E. coli, a bacteria, whose recent outbreak in the United States killed a woman and resulted in the hospitalisation of over 90 people.
- Bomb Hunter (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Sep 27, 2006)
One of India's top crime scientists speaks out on the need for new investments in counter-terrorism technologies.
- Major Indo-German S&t Initiative Launched (Hindu, R. Ramachandran, Sep 27, 2006)
Focal areas for cooperation identified
Angela Merkel regime keen on enhancing partnership
S&T centre will take shape next year
Public-private partnership mooted.
- Let The Digital Revolution Touch All Lives (The Financial Express, Alok Sheel, Sep 27, 2006)
For, empowering the people thus will bring about a dramatic transformation in their lives.
- Government Clarifies Land Acquisition For Sezs (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
The Central Government has made it clear that not more than ten per cent of the total area required for setting up a special economic zone (SEZ) should be double crop land, while the balance 90 per cent must be single crop, waste and barren land.
- India Joins War Of Words With Musharraf (Times of India, Indrani Bagchi, Sep 27, 2006)
The India-Pakistan battle of words is now fairly joined. Barely 24 hours after Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's creative take on current history hit the stands, the Indian Council for World Affairs (ICWA), a talk shop of the foreign office, . . .
- `Integrated Approach Must To Take Technology From Laboratory . . . (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
Effective technology transfer from the laboratory to the market requires interaction between scientists, technologists, economists, sociologists, public administrators, entrepreneurs and customers.
- Lighting Up The Hills (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 27, 2006)
It is a dream come true for residents of at least 420 remote and mountainous villages in the border areas of Jammu and Kashmir, where the traditional watermills (gharats) have started generating electricity to light bulbs in the households.
- Forsyth Falters On Facts (Tribune, A.J. Philip, Sep 27, 2006)
I was inspired to buy Frederick Forsyth’s latest offering, The Afghan, by my friend and Malayalam writer N.S. Madhavan’s column in a mass-circulation Malayalam daily. The desire was solidified by a front-page report in The Indian Express which . . .
- Indo-China Business To Touch $20 B (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2006)
The bilateral trade between India and China is likely to touch $20 billion by the end of the current year–two years ahead of the target.
- Story Of A Bestseller: Fact Or Fiction? (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Sep 26, 2006)
The story of Kathy O'Beirne has a lot to do with a market driven by an almost obsessive interest in personal accounts of abuse, pain, and hurt.
- ‘India Copied Pak Nuclear Knowhow’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2006)
Putting the entire blame of Pakistan’s record of nuclear proliferation on disgraced nuclear scientist A Q Khan, President Pervez Musharraf has alleged that several Indians worked for Khan’s network in Dubai and ...
- India’S Nuke Tech Indigenous: Dae (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2006)
Responding to Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf’s charge that New Delhi’s uranium enrichment technology “could be a copy” of Islamabad’s centrifuge design, India on Monday asserted its ...
- Small Banks In A Competitive Era (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 26, 2006)
The decision to merge the troubled United Western Bank (UWB) with IDBI Bank in no way obviates the need for a wide-ranging debate on the larger issues related to small banks.
- The Blooming Indo-Brazil Ties (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Sep 26, 2006)
From food to famous sportsmen, the two countries enjoy several similarities.
- Aren’T There Better Ways To Promote A Language? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 26, 2006)
Knowledge of one language can help our knowledge of the other. It will do no harm to anyone if Kannada and English were viewed side by side.
- Atomic Energy Panel To Scrutinise Nuclear Deal (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2006)
The Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) will scrutinise the Indo-US civilian nuclear legislation slated for approval by the Senate and the Congress.
- Boost Industry For Punjab’S All-Round Growth (Tribune, V.S. MAHAJAN, Sep 26, 2006)
While the negative consequences of depending on rice as the main summer crop have often been highlighted by farm scientists, they have, at the same time, failed to develop alternative crops that consume less water as well as enjoy good marketing . . .
- Singapore To Help India Set Up Sezs (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2006)
Plans to boost bilateral economic cooperation
Consulate in Chennai getting upgraded
Simplification of visa procedures
Scope for tie-ups in IT, life sciences.
- Living With Nature (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2006)
Based on the uniquely innovative and wise (sustainable) uses evolved, the East Calcutta Wetlands were declared as a Ramsar Site in 1992.
- Gandhigram Varsity To Develop National Model For Rural Development (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2006)
Gandhigram PURA scheme seeks to give employment to 4,000 villagers
- Indian Uranium Enrichment Programme Copy Of Pakistani Centrifuge: Musharraf (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2006)
Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf has said that India’s uranium enrichment programme was likely based on the Pakistani centrifuge design.
- Mush Trading Qaeda Suspects For Cia Dollars (Pioneer, Kanchan Gupta, Sep 26, 2006)
Supplying the US with wanted al Qaeda and Taliban terrorists has turned out to be a profitable venture for Pakistan, earning it millions of dollars in bounty.
- Us 'Onslaught' Fear Forced Mush To Join Terror War (Pioneer, PAUL GARWOOD, Sep 26, 2006)
Pakistani President Gen Pervez Musharraf said in his memoir released on Monday he had no choice but to switch support from the Taliban to the US-led war on terror or face an American "onslaught" and a possible Washington-backed Indian incursion into . . .
- Making Of Poverty (Pioneer, RAHUL RAMAGUNDAM, Sep 26, 2006)
Manipur's weaving culture will be destroyed due to unfair trade practices and cause large-scale unemployment, says Rahul Ramagundam
- Media In The Light Of Scientific Temper (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 26, 2006)
Seldom do we find the issue of 'communicating science to masses' being discussed at such a practical level; though aplenty at philosophical level, unlike at a recent 'Workshop on Bio-safety for Science Journalists and Writers'.
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