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Articles 1321 through 1420 of 17201:
- Takeover Bid (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 13, 2006)
Alan Turing, the British mathematician whose concepts in the early 1950s foreshadowed the modern-day digital computer, proposed a simple test to check for artificial intelligence.
- Indo-Us Nuclear Deal Faces New Hurdles (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2006)
President George W Bush's vaunted nuclear cooperation deal with India is facing new difficulties, which may prevent it taking effect this year, US officials and experts said on Tuesday.
- Bapu’S Axis Of Good (Indian Express, M Veerappa Moily, Sep 13, 2006)
On September 11, 1906, as nearly 3000 people filled the Imperial Theatre in Johannesburg, South Africa, Sheth Haji Habib delivered his maiden address, Mahatma Gandhi sat on the platform.
- Payback Time (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 13, 2006)
Non-resident Indian professionals particularly scientists who made it good abroad are now happy to plough back their expertise.
- Need To Revitalise Kashmir Issue (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2006)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said that he will focus on the Kashmir issue in his interaction with the leadership of European Union and European Parliament.
- The U.S. And Its Fading Alliance In East Asia (Hindu, P.S. Suryanarayana, Sep 13, 2006)
United States Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has told successive annual sessions of the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore that night-time satellite imagery shows North Korea in near-total darkness and its southern ethnic neighbour in bright light.
- Focus On Traits That Promote Happiness (The Economic Times, VITHAL C NADKARNI, Sep 13, 2006)
It’s a conceptual U turn of epic proportions.
- Political Parties Told To Focus On Development, Poverty Alleviation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2006)
Minister stresses need for restoration of traditional values to end social conflicts
- Philosophy Of Numbers? (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 13, 2006)
If the fetish to acquire VIP registration numbers for their cars wasn’t enough, many Indians display another disturbing trend.
- Moratorium Is `A Pre-Emptive Action' Of The Rbi (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 13, 2006)
Ever since September began, UWB or United Western Bank Ltd has been in the news.
- Pay More Attention To Mine Safety (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 13, 2006)
The proposition "accidents do not happen, they are caused" seems to be particularly true of mining industry.
- An Emerging Economic Order (Business Line, AJAY KHANNA, Sep 13, 2006)
India, Brazil and South Africa Association meet
The coming together in Brasilia of the three key economies of Asia, South America and Africa signals the first step towards looking at sustainable and inclusive model of globalisation. A great leap . . .
- Beyond The Ration Card As Identity Proof (The Financial Express, JANMEJAYA K SINHA, Sep 13, 2006)
Over the past decade, one has noticed the relative decline of the ration card as a proof of identity. Access to the public distribution shops for essential items had facilitated the spread of ration cards.
- A New Paradigm On Defence Deals (The Financial Express, S NARAYAN, Sep 13, 2006)
The recently announced Defence Procurement Policy (DPP), followed closely by the Defence Procurement Manual, is an indicator of a new direction being set in defence preparedness. There are several fresh features in the policy that signify a new . . .
- Ignoring Indigenous Drug R&d (The Economic Times, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Sep 13, 2006)
The pharmaceutical industry’s capacity to innovate and grow is often governed by the external environment.
- Brazil, India Agree To Share Energy Technology (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2006)
The leaders of Brazil and India -- two of the world's leading emerging markets -- agreed on Tuesday to share technology for deep-water oil exploration and developing alternative energy sources.
- U.S.-India Nuclear Deal Faces New Hurdles (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Sep 13, 2006)
President George W. Bush's vaunted nuclear cooperation deal with India is facing new difficulties which may prevent it taking effect this year, U.S. officials and experts said on Tuesday.
- Nun Séance (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 13, 2006)
In a city where university and college politics are defined by violence, Lucknow's better-known schools have been oases of relative peace.
- A New Bird In Indian Sky (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 13, 2006)
A new bird species has been found in India, the first time such a discovery has been made here in more than 50 years, conservation experts and a keen bird watcher said today.
- Yes Bank, Intel Launch Wi-Fi Banking Network (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2006)
Yes Bank in collaboration with Intel Technology India Pvt. Ltd. on Tuesday launched their wi-fi banking branch network, the first such network in the world. Initially, 20 out of the total 30 existing branches of Yes Bank will have wireless local . . .
- Optimize The Production Process (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 13, 2006)
An improved understanding of the physics of confined plasmas is leading to improved parameters for optimized operation of fusion power plants.
- Do We Need Fdi In Higher Education? (The Economic Times, S C Tripathi, Sep 13, 2006)
Peter Drucker has remarked that the 21st century will belong to services.
- Forgotten In Peace (Telegraph, BRIJESH D. JAYAL, Sep 13, 2006)
Government has recently announced its intention to form the sixth pay commission following which it is reported that the chairman chiefs of staff committee has requested the government to include a serviceman as a member.
- Ensuring Security In The Age Of Global Terror (Hindu, A.S. Kalkat , Sep 13, 2006)
A structured two-pronged approach is needed to combat terrorism. First, a set of laws or `rules of engagement' for dealing with terrorists. Secondly, a special force with the authority to operate domestically and externally.
- India, Brazil To Elevate Relations To Strategic Partnership (Hindu, N. Ravi, Sep 13, 2006)
Gigantic step in increased cooperation, says President Lula
- "Good Ties With U.S. Not At The Cost Of Others" (Hindu, N. Ravi, Sep 13, 2006)
Improved relations with all nations vital for development, says Manmohan .
- New Network For Indian Army (Tribune, Girja Shankar Kaura, Sep 13, 2006)
Any future combat operation will be won by the armed forces which are able to concentrate their war fighting effort at the points of decision, at the right time and before the opposing forces can do so.
- For Terror Solutions, Think Local (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 12, 2006)
The killing of innocents in Malegaon is a grim reminder that terror has no consideration for faith or penury.
- In This Tech-Driven World, We Can’T Be Asleep At The Wheel (Indian Express, Arun Shourie, Sep 12, 2006)
The cost of squandering resources on populist schemes will be paid not just in missed advantages but also in the resulting social unrest. First in a three-part series.
- Right Up There (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 12, 2006)
Once in a long while, in the world of sport, there comes a champion who possesses such a powerful combination of attributes — skill, courage, technique, reflexes, mental attitude, physical fitness — that even the most competitive and talented . . .
- Engineering Colleges Allowed To Fill 16,800 Lapsed Seats (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Sep 12, 2006)
Plus Two marks can be the basis for filling the seats, says Supreme Court
Colleges given one week time
Directions applicable for 2006-07.
- More Surprises (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 12, 2006)
Stem cells are the one area of research that continues to spring surprises even as it holds promises of eternal cures. If last year it was the South Korean Hwang Woo-suk who created a furore with his spurious claim of cloning, this time around . . .
- Free Drugs On The Cards For Bpl (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2006)
The government is considering providing free anti-cancer drugs to patients who are below the poverty line (BPL) and half price medication for those above the poverty line (APL).
- Sa Deputy President Arrives (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2006)
South African Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka arrived here this morning on an official visit to India at the invitation of Vice-President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat. As a departure from normal protocol, she was received at the airport . . .
- U.S. Says Nuclear Double-Standard On Iran Justified (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2006)
The United States acknowledged on Monday it was employing a double-standard in its divergent approaches to India and Iran's nuclear programmes, but said its policies were justified by the behaviour of the two countries.
- 92 Taliban Killed In Kandahar (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2006)
Nato airstrikes and artillery have killed a further 92 suspected Taliban fighters, the alliance reported today, pushing its toll of militant dead in a 10-day offensive past 500.
- Lab Confirms Rdx Use In Malegaon, Widens Probe Scan (Indian Express, Shishir Gupta, Sep 12, 2006)
Although investigators are not completely ruling out the hand of Hindu fundamentalists in the Malegaon blasts last Friday which killed 30 people, confirmation of the use of RDX and the discovery of an electronic circuit from the blast site have . . .
- Consortia To Buy Freescale For $16 Billion (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2006)
A consortium of investment firms was near a deal late Sunday to acquire Freescale Semiconductor Inc for more than $16 billion, the New York Times reported on Monday.
- Praising Mother, Killing Daughter (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 12, 2006)
Despite taking great strides in almost all spheres of life, the disgraceful practice of female foeticide continues in the country, says Manisha Jain.
- Mani Matters (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 12, 2006)
It’s been Mani Shankar Aiyar’s long-standing grouse that the ministry of panchayati raj has a paltry budget. His complaints have not reached the ears of the powers that be, but the minister has never been one to give up.
- How Americans See The War On Terror (Dawn, Maqbool Ahmad Bhatty, Sep 12, 2006)
The fifth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attack comes at a time when the approach of mid-term elections in the US has focused attention on a number of major issues.
- Rdx Used In Blasts: Police (Hindu, ARUNKUMAR BHATT, Sep 12, 2006)
Forensic lab director confirms findings
Bombs were made of RDX, ammonium nitrate and petroleum
Findings of other laboratories awaited
Police release sketch of third suspect.
- Business First At Summit In Brazil (Hindustan Times, MANOJ JOSHI, Sep 12, 2006)
On his way to the first summit of the India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) group and the NAM summit, being billed as a major foreign policy event, the Prime Minister cannot quite escape the pull of domestic events. Primarily, the recent terrorist . . .
- New Vistas In Innovation (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 12, 2006)
With respect to safety, work on technical improvements includes larger water inventories...lower power densities, larger negative reactivity coefficients, redundant and diverse safety systems with proven high reliability, and passive cooling and . . .
- Dgh Cautions Sebi Against Cairn Energy (Pioneer, Bhagyashree Pande, Sep 12, 2006)
The Directorate General of Hydrocarbon (DGH) has written to Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) regarding the operating violations by the British Energy company Cairn Energy in Rajasthan.
- Solar Future (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 12, 2006)
Vestiges of the Cold War in United States policy towards India are evident from the manner in which American lawmakers have been shifting the so-called goal posts of the July 18 2005 agreement with US President George Bush.
- India -Desperate Need For Energy (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Sep 12, 2006)
Just imagine that Nature took two hundred million years for the conventional fossil fuels like coal and oil to form, but this little ambitious nature of man took just two hundred years from 1850 AD to consume such natural resources to a point . . .
- Facing The Truth (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 11, 2006)
The week remembering September 11, 2001, began for us with a sad reminder, in Malegaon this time, that terrorism is truly worldwide and is alive and well.
- Ensuring Port Security (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Sep 11, 2006)
When Dubai Port World (a state-owned undertaking) bought the British firm P&O, which operates facilities at six ports in the US, there was a hue and cry in the US over security.
- Reduce Delays (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 11, 2006)
Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee recently introduced a new Defence Procurement Procedures (DPP) Manual 2006 to reduce delays in the arms procurement process to ensure that the military does not lack either aircraft, battle tanks, guns or warships.
- Making White Light (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Sep 11, 2006)
Japanese scientist Shuji Nakamura has deservedly won this year’s Millennium Technology Prize — the world’s highest honour for technology development, equivalent to the Nobel prizes for science.
- Army In 21st Century (Daily Excelsior, General (Retd) V. P. Malik, Sep 11, 2006)
For the first time in decades, no convincing reason can be given for a global armed conflict among the major nations of the world.
- Clash Of Ideologies (Deccan Herald, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Sep 11, 2006)
As Osama is gaining popularity among Muslims, leaders are hesitant in condemning fundamentalist violence.
- No Truth Is Eternal (Pioneer, Surajit Dasgupta, Sep 11, 2006)
We humans love definitions. Because that qualifies us as 'scientists'. And we try, with our limited intelligence, to formulate ideas, axioms, conjectures and hypotheses about somebody or something until he or it gets compartmentalised.
- Employers Hold The Key (Pioneer, Shailaja Chandra, Sep 11, 2006)
Apart from providing basic healthcare facilities, it is necessary to influence the mindset of society to actively promote the idea of safe motherhood
- Showpiece Of An Independent Foreign Policy (Hindu, N. Ravi Kumar, Sep 11, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's nine-day trip to Brasilia and Havana
- Iit Bombay Organising Eureka-2006 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
Aspiring entrepreneurs, working professionals eligible to contest
- Telgi 'Shocked' Over Narco-Analysis News, Denies Meeting Pawar (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
The kingpin of the fake stamp paper scam Abdul Karim Telgi has termed reports on his narco-analysis test beamed by TV channels as "false and baseless" and denied having either met Union Minister Sharad Pawar and Maharashtra Minister Chhagan Bhujbal . . .
- The Birth Of Satyagraha (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 11, 2006)
Events were so shaping themselves in Johannesburg as to make this self-purification on my part a preliminary as it were to Satyagraha.
- Mit Magazine Honours Six Indian-Americans (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
They are among 35 scientists picked by MIT magazine
- More Commuter-Friendly Coaches Coming For Metro (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
To have stronger air-conditioning, closed circuit cameras
- Real Estate Dealer Murdered (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
Five persons allegedly kidnapped a 62-year-old real estate dealer and murdered him near Kempayyana Palya in Bidadi police station limits of Bangalore Rural district on Saturday.
- Pm Leaves For Brazil, Cuba (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today left for a nine-day visit to Brazil and Cuba to attend the India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) and Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summits in Brasilia and Harana, respectively.
- Commercialisation Of Water Must Stop: Pandey (Tribune, Vibha Sharma, Sep 10, 2006)
For Magsaysay Award winner Sandeep Pandey, Mahatma Gandhi’s statement that the earth has enough resources to take care of everyone’s needs but not enough to fulfill even one person’s greed forms the basis of his fight against cola majors — Coca-Cola . .
- War Part Of Male Bonding: Study (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
Men need threats, rivalry and war for them to work together the most effectively, according to a study of the “Male Warrior Effect”.
- Mocking The Man (Telegraph, RUDRANGSHU MUKHERJEE, Sep 10, 2006)
Indians love anniversaries so much that they invent them.
- Onus On Teachers (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 10, 2006)
Government schools in Punjab are in bad shape.
- Teaching Youth The Basics Of Life (Tribune, Kiran Bedi, Sep 10, 2006)
I loved English honours as a subject in college because of my teacher Dr Urmila Nagar, a petite woman who taught so well.
- Doubts Surface Amongst Beleaguered Israelis (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 10, 2006)
Deep frustration in Palestine and humiliating failure in Lebanon. So is Israel doing a rethink? It takes time for the official leadership to change gear but it is a fair guess that some second thoughts are beginning to make their way among the less . . .
- Kalam Gives Hope To Student (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
Hopes, of pursuing higher studies, of a poor student in Orissa's Bhadrak district have been rekindled after President A P J Abdul Kalam intervened to secure him a study loan.
- `Heritage Walk' To Take Tourists Through Mysore's Culture (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
Buildings and structures in the heart of the city to be showcased
The concept of Heritage Walk was introduced in 2004
Participants will be given a detailed note on the array of structures to be showcased to them.
- Weapon Supply: Ltte Role Under Probe (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
Nellore police team in Chennai for investigating possible connection
- India, China Should Work Together: Sibal (Hindu, Ashok Dasgupta , Sep 10, 2006)
Collaboration will be mutually beneficial
MNCs entering China due to low manufacturing costs
India's USP is its large talent pool.
- Apocalypse Now (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
Eimona is Anomie spelt backwards. Anomie is what GB Prabhat’s second novel all about. Anomie is a condition or malaise in individuals, characterised by an absence or diminution of standards or values.
- Muslims Must Rebut Charges (Pioneer, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Sep 10, 2006)
Hossain Miya, a prosperous Muslim villager in Manik Bandopadhyay's novel, Padma Nadir Majhi, which the Kolkata theatre group, Pratikriti, staged last week, promises beleaguered Hindu fishermen refuge on his island where there is neither masjid nor . . .
- Anil Ambani Plans To Invest Rs 12,000 Cr In Tn (Business Line, Our Bureau, Business line, Sep 10, 2006)
Power plant linked to desalination project; IT park planned
"We believe that this proposal is an attractive proposal and look forward to working with the State Government to progress our thoughts further," Mr Ambani said.
- Curriculum With Emphasis On S&t (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 10, 2006)
Federal Minister for Education Javed Ashraf Qazi has said that the revised educational curriculum with emphasis on science and technology related contents would be notified within weeks.
- Upa Soft On Terrorism: Bjp (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
With the Malegaon blasts sending shockwaves across the country, the BJP today sought to put the ruling UPA in the dock accusing the Congress-led coalition of being soft on terrorism due to its votebank politics and appeasement tactics.
- A Lifelong Revolutionary (New Indian Express, GEETA DOCTOR, Sep 10, 2006)
It’s strange to contemplate how distant we have become from a country such as Egypt. Even Cairo — that once lively capital of intrigue and adventure, burnished by Francophile longings and Nasserite glory in the after-glow of empire — has now become . . .
- Step Down (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 09, 2006)
Blair should listen to his conscience and resign.
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