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Articles 1021 through 1120 of 17201:
- Barbs Of Truth (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Sep 23, 2006)
Kurt Vonnegut is like Mark Twain or Chekhov, extremely funny when depressed.
Imagine there’s no country,
It isn’t hard to do.
Nothing to kill or die for,
And no religion too, John Lennon
- S.Korea, U.S. Working To Spur Nuclear Talks (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Sep 23, 2006)
The United States and South Korea are working on an initiative to try to restart stalled six-country talks on the North's nuclear program, South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon said on Friday.
- Funding E-Access (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 23, 2006)
Get on with it. And never forget this is only a tool for the real thing. The reference is to the Union Cabinet’s formal approval to the earlier-announced plan for one lakh ‘common service centres’ in rural areas as part of the new National . . .
- Chinese Checkers (Business Line, R. Sundaram , Sep 23, 2006)
Unfortunately for Mr Shashi Tharoor, the winning candidate has to be the one who gets the unqualified support of either the US or China, no matter what France, the UK or Russia may think.
- Grist For The 'Degree Mills' (News International, Praful Bidwai, Sep 23, 2006)
The writer, a former newspaper editor, is a researcher and peace and human-rights activist based in Delhi
- Energy Security Remains An Elusive Goal (The Financial Express, N K Singh, Sep 23, 2006)
Few will quarrel with the thrust of the Kirit Parikh Report, but implementation needs more attention.
- Pakistan Puts Off Signing F-16 Deal With America (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
Pakistan has put off signing the Letter of Acceptance (LoA) for purchase of 36 F-16 fighters from the US after complaints from its Air force that the planes were ‘bereft’ of vital electronic warfare systems.
- Karzai Should Better Mend His Own House (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 23, 2006)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said that destruction of terrorist sanctuaries beyond Afghanistan and networks that recruit, train and arm terrorists can help bring peace to his country. In his address to the UN General Assembly in New York, he . . .
- Singapore Co To Invest $1bn Timil Nadu Sezs (The Economic Times, Amiti Sen, Sep 23, 2006)
Singapore-based property developer, Ascendas, has proposed to invest $1bn in two multi-product special economic zones (SEZs) in Tamil Nadu.
- Decongesting Mobile Telephony (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 23, 2006)
What good is a service if it fails when needed most? Yes, this is the question which has been asked repeatedly after the reported collapse of mobile services in the aftermath of the 7/11 mayhem. It is known that mobile networks come under intense . . .
- It Was A March To Nowhere (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 22, 2006)
It was the invite for the midnight march by women that did me in — “come in something you always wanted to wear on the streets but could not”.
- Towards Efficiency In Doing Good (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 22, 2006)
If giving is seen not as charity but more as allocation of resources, the question of efficacy and measuring the results is critical.
- An Open Letter To American Senators (Hindu, M.R. Srinivasan, Sep 22, 2006)
The draft Senate Bill on the India-U.S. civilian nuclear deal of July 2005 has been worded as though dealing with a normal non-nuclear weapon state. Any additional obligations imposed on India are unacceptable.
- ``Opportunity To Resolve Issues'' (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Sep 22, 2006)
"Dialogue resumption another opportunity to resolve disputes"
- Miracles Of Music (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan, who intrinsically changed the way the violin sounded in Carnatic music, recalls how he was asked to invoke the rain gods
- Halt To Sealing, Demolitions In Delhi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
Sibal urges people to stay calm, hopes apex court will take note of situation
- Quota In Higher Education — Must Not Be In Perpetuity (Business Line, Jandhyala B. G. Tilak, Sep 22, 2006)
Equality of opportunities in education has been one of the most important policy objectives in civilised societies. Equity and diversity in education are noble ideals of any strong and vibrant education system and they need to be constantly nurtured.
- How Terror Corrodes The Economy (Business Line, Sudhansu R. Das, Sep 22, 2006)
Sans the trouble of terror, India would have made far greater economic strides.
- Quanta’S Unit To Make $100 Laptops (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
Quanta Computer Inc, the world’s largest supplier of notebook computers, said it will make as many as 10 million low-priced laptops in China next year for a charity that serves children in developing nations.
- Iran, Pakistan Links In Mumbai Train Blasts (Tribune, Shiv Kumar, Sep 22, 2006)
Investigators probing the July 11 serial blasts in Mumbai’s local trains have traced the bombers’ links to Iran and Pakistan, according to sources.
- Bliss, Catch It If You Can (Deccan Herald, Terry Reis Kennedy, Sep 22, 2006)
Of course you know what it is; otherwise you wouldn’t keep trying to catch it. It’s that sense of delight we experience now and again, a freedom from ourselves, you might say.
- Govt Will Go To Sc Today Over Delhi Sealing Drive (Indian Express, Shishir Gupta, Sep 22, 2006)
Rattled by the violence over the Delhi sealing drive which left four persons dead, the Government today suspended sealing operations until September 25 while a Group of Ministers, meeting within hours of being constituted after a Cabinet . . .
- Right To Education To Be A Reality By 2007: Kalam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has said right to education would be a reality by 2007. He had given assent to the Bill seeking to make education free and compulsory to children up to the age of 14.
- Kalam: Make Use Of Convergence Of Technologies (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
Calls for further studies in the treatment of heart disease
- Keshubhai's Wife Electrocuted (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
Short-circuiting suspected, forensic experts collect samples
- Increasing Cases Of Depression, Anxiety Due To Demolition Drive (Hindu, Bindu Shajan Perappadan, Sep 22, 2006)
Psychiatrists say that this is pushing several towards suicide, extreme reactions "After demolition drive started, the bread winners are coming for consultation, treatment"
- Riding Into The Dark With The Cowboys (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 22, 2006)
Douglas Giles] used to teach a class on world religions at Roosevelt University, Chicago….Last year, Giles was ordered by his head of department…not to allow students to ask questions about Palestine and Israel….Students, being what they are, . . .
- Yale Courses Now On The Net For Free (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
Yale University said on Wednesday it will offer digital videos of some courses on the Internet for free, along with transcripts in several languages, in an effort to make the elite private school more accessible.
- Lord Paul Among Top Three Entrepreneurs In Uk Manufacturing (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
Leading NRI entrepreneur Lord Swraj Paul has been voted as one of the top three most influential people in manufacturing in the United Kingdom in 2006.
- Govt Puts Off Sealing (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
A day after Delhi reeled under violent protests by traders to the municipal corporation’s sealing drive, the Centre swung into action and constituted a group of ministers (GoM) to look into the issue.
- Us To Meet Pakistan’S Economic Needs (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
The United States has assured Pakistan its complete support for its economic needs.
- Sealing Suspended In Delhi Till Monday; Govt To File Affidavit In Sc (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
Rattled by the violence resulting in four deaths on the streets of the national capital, the government on Thursday decided to suspend till September 25 sealing of unauthorised commercial units in residential areas and to approach the Supreme . . .
- Us Nuclear Help To India Bothering Pakistan: Pm (Daily Times, Shahzad Raza, Sep 22, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Thursday that India could produce more fissile material for nuclear warheads through its civilian nuclear cooperation deal with the United States.
- Karzai Should Better Mend His Own House (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 22, 2006)
AFGHAN President Hamid Karzai has said that destruction of terrorist sanctuaries beyond Afghanistan and networks that recruit, train and arm terrorists can help bring peace to his country.
- Us Threatened To Bomb Pakistan: Musharraf (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Sep 22, 2006)
Says threat came from Armitage
Armitage demanded border posts, bases for US military
White House declines to comment
Musharraf urges joint anti-terror strategy
- Training Teachers For Quality Education (Daily Excelsior, K.K. Khullar, Sep 22, 2006)
Of the famous four pillars of education teacher education occupies the prime position, the other three being pedagogy, objectivity and commitment.
- Youth And Violence (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Sep 22, 2006)
Something is really rotten about a country where a member of the teaching community is brutalised in broad daylight. On the one hand, we celebrate teachers'day with great gusto and fanfare, and on the other hand, the youth, the so-called youth, has . . .
- Lalu Satisfied With Performance Of Anti-Collision Device (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2006)
Railway Minister Lalu Prasad today expressed satisfaction at the performance of anti-collision device, developed by Konkan Railway Corporation Limited and announced awards for the KR personnel.
- Oversight Panel Seeks Ministries' Intervention (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2006)
Final report delayed by a month
- Priority For Investment In Mysore, Mangalore: Yediyurappa (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2006)
A team of delegates from the U.S. will visit the State soon'
- Kannur University To Host Science Congress Next Year (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2006)
A special theme session on paddy cultivation in Kerala will be held
Nearly 500 papers will be presented in the congress
A Young Scientist Award will be given to best paper in each subject .
- For A Touch Reality (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Sep 21, 2006)
Probably the only village in Andhra Pradesh to have gone completely organic — no chemical fertiliser or pesticides is used — Yenabavi has taken the route to sustainable living.
- I Spy; Doesn’T Everyone? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 21, 2006)
digital technology has made uncovering secrets such a painless, antiseptic process that the boundary delineating what is permissible in a relationship appears to be shifting.
- Should Our Cities Be Private Or Public Spaces? (Hindu, A. Srivathsan, Sep 21, 2006)
From Hong Kong to London, new towns have failed to contain the overcrowding of the parent city. And if private enclaves proliferate, we could end up with the dilution of the public nature of the city.
- Encounter At Sea (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 21, 2006)
The frigate was at sea some 150 miles east of Chennai that blustery November morning. A cyclone had lashed the coast five days earlier. Many fishing craft were still missing. The lookout spotted a dark object about a mile away.
- 'Digital Media Business Is Our Focus' (The Economic Times, SAMIDHA SHARMA, Sep 21, 2006)
Samsung India is unfazed by the slowdown in the white goods industry and is instead focusing on technology-led products across categories.
- Special Article (Statesman, DIPAK BASU, Sep 21, 2006)
“If our political progress is to be real, the underdogs of our society must be helped to become men” (Rabindranath Tagore, Letters from Russia)
- Closed Nuclear Fuel Cycle Central To India's Vision Of Energy Security: . . . (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2006)
Crucial for implementation of its nuclear power programme
Construction of 500 MWe PFBR on schedule
Reprocessing facility at Kalpakkam by 2012.
- Quota Glare On Foreign Institutions (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2006)
“The law of the land, whatever it is, has to be fulfilled. Nothing is above the Constitution,” the Union HRD minister, Mr Arjun Singh, said today, indicating that the reservation policy will apply to foreign institutions operating in the country . . .
- Q&a: 'For Healthy Literature, Pulp Fiction Also Needed' (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 21, 2006)
His first novel, Red Earth and Pouring Rain, won the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Book, his second book of short stories, Love and Longing in Bombay, also won the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book and his latest, Sacred Games, . . .
- Re-Orientation Of Undergraduate Courses Planned (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2006)
Vice-Chancellors of all universities in Tamil Nadu will meet here on September 27 to discuss "re-orienting the curriculum of undergraduate courses " to provide all students IT and communication skills, Higher Education Minister K. Ponmudi said on . . .
- Musharraf For Peace, Justice, Harmony (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 21, 2006)
IN his wide-ranging address to the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, President Gen Pervez Musharraf has called for resolution of the Palestine . . .
- India Offered Proposals For Kashmir Solution (News International, Muhammad Saleh Zaafir, Sep 21, 2006)
Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh came out with proposals for resolution of the Kashmir dispute during his meeting with President Gen Pervez Musharraf in Havana last week, Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri said on Wednesday.
- ‘Take Our Land, But Give Us A Place To Live’ (Tribune, Maneesh Chhibber, Sep 21, 2006)
The biggest problem that landowners, whose land is compulsorily acquired by the government, face is resettlement and earning a livelihood.
- What’S Your Last Name? (Tribune, Anurag, Sep 21, 2006)
I have a short name. One word of six letters, that is. In the heydays of Nehruvian Socialism when it was fashionable to talk of a classless and casteless society, my historian father wished his children to be known by one-word names, sans suffix or . . .
- Hp Marks 100 Millionth Printer Sale (Hindu, Anand Parthasarathy, Sep 21, 2006)
Launches an entry level version in the Indian market
A printer sold every four seconds — for 22 years!
To launch a special web site.
- Challenges In The Eleventh Plan (Deccan Herald, Manu N Kulkarni, Sep 21, 2006)
The Draft Outline of the Eleventh Plan can be described, at best, as the eleventh version of the First Five Year Plan because the same old paradigm and plan and non-plan schemes and Centre-state fiscal responsibilities etc are repeated.
- Uniform Needed For Big Issues: Musharraf (Daily Times, Rana Qaisar, Sep 21, 2006)
President says he will not touch Hudood Ordinances without uniform
Pope’s comments irresponsible g Pakistan has right to civil N-tech
- Migration Matters (Business Standard, Nitin Desai , Sep 21, 2006)
You cannot ask for more for your citizens abroad than what you give to foreigners here.
Last week the General Assembly of the United Nations held a High-level Dialogue on Migration more than a decade after the proposal was first . . .
- Sez Should Prove A Good Mechanism' (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Sep 21, 2006)
`Despite all the controversy it has raised, the Special Economic Zone should ensure high growth and remove regional imbalances. If there is misuse, it is our responsibility to see this is corrected... ' — MR S. N. MENON, COMMERCE SECRETARY
- Question Of Development (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2006)
The three books under review deal with important questions using development economics as the focus.
- Musharraf Seeks Peace, Justice For Muslims (Pakistan Observer, Aroosa Alam, Sep 20, 2006)
In a consistent pursuit to acquire peace and justice for Muslim world, President General Pervez Musharraf in his landmark speech on the opening day of 61st United Nations General Assembly session has again called upon the world community to take . . .
- Fund & Bank: Where Do Our Interests Lie? (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Sep 20, 2006)
The World Bank would do well to once again reinvent itself to shift focus to nation building.
- Kerala Govt Trying To Save 'Criminal' Comrades (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2006)
Four months into power, the CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) Government in Kerala has launched in right earnest a devious ploy to save Marxist comrades involved in various criminal cases from the clutches of the law.
- Israel Keen On R And D Pact With State (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2006)
Looks forward to free trade pact with India
- Manufacturing Needs A Policy Crank-Up (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Sep 20, 2006)
India can become a global manufacturing base, notably in automobiles, components, electronic hardware and pharmaceuticals.
- Movers And Shakers (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 20, 2006)
Adapt policy for evolving entertainment sector
- If You Are Pretending That You Know Pretexting... (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 20, 2006)
Pretexting, also known as `social engineering', is the act of creating and using an invented scenario (pretext) to obtain information from a target.
- India Yaws-Free: Anbumani (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2006)
Eradication will take another two years
- Indians Struggle To Digest Claims Of Poisoned Foods (Reuters, Nita Bhalla, Sep 20, 2006)
Under the scorching afternoon sun, Babu Khan crouches over his crops gently pulling out stray weeds from his small plot on the fringes of Simbhaoli, a town in Uttar Pradesh.
- Musharraf Upbeat On Talks With India (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Sep 20, 2006)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday said a solution to festering conflicts with India, including over Kashmir, are within reach after a recent summit with his Indian counterpart.
- The Pope On The Prophet (Pioneer, S Gurumurthy , Sep 20, 2006)
Why is Sonia Gandhi silent on the Pope's remarks against Islam and Mohammed, asks S Gurumurthy.
- Gains From N-Deal (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 20, 2006)
The Indo-US nuclear energy deal — an agreement to promote civilian nuclear energy cooperation, not nuclear weapons or military nuclear technology — has generated much public debate in India and the United States. In both countries the debate has . . .
- Pervez Sees Kashmir Solution (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Sep 20, 2006)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf told the UN General Assembly on its opening day today that a solution to the Kashmir dispute was “within reach” as the result of his meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Havana this week.
- Iaf In For Rare Presidential Peek (Telegraph, SUJAN DUTTA, Sep 20, 2006)
The Indian Air Force is set to conduct a rare review of its entire fleet by the President, the supreme commander of the armed forces, as part of its 75th anniversary celebrations at a time when air headquarters is struggling to keep up the . . .
- Us Commerce Lobby Seeks Passage Of India N-Bill (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2006)
The US Chamber of Commerce has urged the Senate to clear the India-US nuclear deal as it would cement a long-term strategic partnership with one of the world's most important emerging powers and open up investment opportunities worth over $ 170 billion.
- Back To ‘Ship-To-Mouth’? (Indian Express, K P Prabhakaran Nair, Sep 20, 2006)
Almost for a decade, warnings that the food scenario is precariously close to peril, have been brushed aside as alarmist by the agricultural fraternity.
- Acceptable (J&k) Solution Is Within Reach: Musharraf (Indian Express, LALIT K JHA, Sep 20, 2006)
Fresh from his Havana meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf today told the United Nations General Assembly that “an acceptable solution of this long-standing dispute (over Jammu and Kashmir was) within reach”.
- Rioters, Police Clash Again On Budapest Streets (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2006)
Police and rioters clashed on the streets of Budapest on Wednesday for the second consecutive night after an anti-government protest sparked by Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany's admission of lying to voters in an election.
- Help To End Conflicts Afflicting Islamic World: Musharraf (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2006)
Pakistan in the forefront of fighting terrorism, he tells U.N. Assembly
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