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Articles 1521 through 1620 of 17201:
- Wildlife Sightings On The Decline In Bandipur National Park (Hindu, R. Krishna Kumar, Sep 07, 2006)
Increase in tourist inflow forcing animals to retreat to the interior jungles'
- Us Fears Biological, Nuclear Attacks (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2006)
While most Americans focus on the threat of another aviation attack like the September 11 hijackings, the US government is quietly working to prevent something far worse — a catastrophic strike with a weapon of mass destruction.
- Fresh Probe Into Stamp Paper Scam Hinted At (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2006)
Chief Minister criticises slow pace of CBI inquiry
Chief Minister stays at a Dalit's house in Dadada Kallahalli
`Overnight stay at remote villages is not a publicity gimmick' .
- Malfunctioning Of Regulator Led To Gslv Failure: Isro Chief (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2006)
Sudden loss of thrust in fourth liquid propellant strap-on stages was the cause
Failure Analysis Committee submits report
Recommends strict control on fabrication
For strengthening process of launch clearance.
- Pawar, Roshan Baig Feel Telgi Heat (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2006)
The can of worms opened by the belated release of VCDs of fake stamp racket kingpin Abdul Kareem Telgi’s “confessions” during a narco analysis test three years ago, continued to rock the political and police establishment mainly in Maharashtra . . .
- Youth Held For Making Bomb Threat Call (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2006)
It was made from a phone outside a jewellery showroom in T. Nagar
- Vice-Chancellor Readies Research Roadmap (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2006)
Five state-of-the-art facilities on the anvil
- ‘Gslv Failure Due To Fabrication Error’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2006)
All it took to halt the magnificent climb of the 49-metre-tall 414-tonne-heavy GSLV F02 into the skies was an “inadvertent error in the fabrication of a component”, said Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman G Madhavan Nair.
- Pak Should Shut Down Terror Camps: Paper (Tribune, Arun Kumar Jain, Sep 06, 2006)
Saying there were ‘‘dangerous international terrorists’’ hiding in Pakistan, the New York Times has suggested that among the ‘‘crucial things’’ that Islamabad could do was to ‘‘permanently shut down’’ Kashmiri terrorist groups based on its soil.
- Harsh Choice (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 06, 2006)
Looked at perversely, Ms Sonali Das, who killed her newborn daughter with her mother’s help in a small town of West Bengal, was exercising a choice.
- Business Of Words (Telegraph, Stephen Hugh-Jones, Sep 06, 2006)
I google, you google, he googles, we all google. Or do we? Not if Google has its way.
- Mma All Set To Pull Out Of Baluch Assembly (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2006)
The Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA), which is the largest party in the ruling alliance of Baluchistan, is now in the final stages of a decision to put in their resignations from the provincial Assembly.
- Start Adapting To Climate Change (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 06, 2006)
Almost all the discussion of climate change up to now has been about prevention, which, though important, is not enough. Climate change is going to happen, and we need to think more about adapting to it.
- In Touch With Time (Deccan Herald, ROGER COHEN, Sep 06, 2006)
Italy has an ambivalent relationship with modernity, which is to say with time. Whereas the United States is about constant reinvention, Italy is about preserving the threads that weave continuity's strange patterns...
- Mumbai Blast Accused Undergoes Narco- Analysis Test (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2006)
The Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) on Tuesday completed the narco-analysis test on one of the two suspects involved the Mumbai blasts.
- Teachers Are Builders Of Society, Says Kalam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2006)
Over 300 teachers receive awards; President goes down memory lane
Important to instil values in children at the primary, secondary level
Administers oath to award-winning teachers
Sarva Shikshya Abhiyan has reduced the problem of drop-outs: . . .
- Indo-French Missile Pact Signing Put Off (Daily Excelsior, A.N. Dar, Sep 06, 2006)
The signing of a crucial Indo-French agreement on transfer of technology for production of French cruise missiles by India was put off owing to last-minute hitches, official sources said today.
- India Links Partnership To Arms Sales By France (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Sep 06, 2006)
India and France are keen on jointly developing cruise missiles, Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee told presspersons after talks with his French counterpart, Michele Alliot-Marie, here on Monday.
- Transparency In Defence Procurement (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 06, 2006)
The Central Government has made a serious effort to streamline the procedures for the acquisition of weapons, equipment, and material by the armed forces.
- Greens Oppose Uranium Project At Kadapa (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2006)
Mining and processing of the ore will contaminate air, soil, surface water'
- Sonia Gandhi To Visit Kadapa (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2006)
UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi will visit Kadapa and Brahmamgari Matham on September 27.
- Of Research And Plagiarism (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 06, 2006)
“Advancement of Learning” is universally accepted as the insignia of university education. But this cannot be achieved unless there is proper coordination between teaching and research in our universities.
- Signing Of Indo-French Missile Pact Put Off (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2006)
The signing of a crucial Indo- French agreement on transfer of technology for production of French cruise missiles by India was put off due to last minute hitches, official sources said today.
- Iran's Delaying Diplomacy (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 06, 2006)
Tehran continues to toughen or soften its stand on the nuclear issue, depending on world response, without being serious about it
- Slowing Us Housing Market Is Bad News (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Sep 06, 2006)
Trend GDP growth in India has accelerated from around 5 per cent in the 1980s to 6.5-7 per cent. India has not graduated to 8 per cent trend growth. The band around the trend, of business cycle fluctuations, is around 2.5 percentage points up or down . .
- Long And Short Of Semiconductors (Business Standard, Subir Roy, Sep 06, 2006)
The long attempt to bring semiconductor manufacturing to India (currently India is non-existent in this field) has received a fillip with a successful visit by a delegation of the Taiwan Semiconductor Association. A couple of deals are expected to be . .
- Telgi ‘Deposits Rs 2,000 Cr With Police’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2006)
Abdul Kareem Telgi, the kingpin of the infamous stamp racket, has disclosed in a narco-analysis test, that he had “deposited Rs 2,000 crore with the Bangalore police.”
- French Right Crowns Sarkozy As Candidate For Presidency (Statesman, John Lichfield, Sep 06, 2006)
Mr Nicolas Sarkozy, the French interior minister, is almost guaranteed to be the main centre-right candidate for next year’s presidential elections.
- Signing Of Indo-French Missile Pact Put Off (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2006)
The signing of a crucial Indo-French agreement on transfer of technology for production of French cruise missiles by India was put off due to last minute hitches, official sources said on Tuesday.
- Accept N-Deal, Don’T Keep Bomb’ (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2006)
Hailing New Delhi’s track record as a non-proliferator, former US secretary of State Madeleine Albright on Tuesday expressed support to the civil Nuclear deal but indicated her disapproval to India’s possessing Nuclear weapon capability.
- Oops! Ramadoss Plea May Not Stand Legal Test (Pioneer, Abraham Thomas, Sep 06, 2006)
The main thrust of Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss' defence before the Election Commission on a disqualification petition for holding an office of profit as president of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) governing body may not . . .
- India's Downtrodden Disabled Find Power In The Law (Reuters, Daniel Sorid , Sep 06, 2006)
When disabled Hindu worshippers in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu were blocked from entering temples with their wheelchairs and crutches, Meenakshi Balasubramanian knew she had the law on her side.
- Reliance Comm Launches Falcon Submarine Cable (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2006)
Reliance Communications Ltd, top-ranked CDMA-mobile services carrier, inaugurated an undersea cable on Tuesday aimed at providing cheaper bandwidth to retail and commercial users.
- North-East-From Guns To Flowers (Daily Excelsior, Som Dutt, Sep 06, 2006)
Once trouble-torn North East Region (NER) has today become a vital hot spots for exploring valuable production horticulture sector. The socio-economic upliftment of the local inhabitants is seen everywhere.
- Pm Urged To Identify 'Mole' Stalling Developmental Projects (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2006)
The National Council for Civil Liberties (NCCL), a Gujarat-based NGO in the forefront of opposing Medha Patkar-led campaign against the Sardar Sarovar dam, has urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to identify the "mole" allegedly planted by . . .
- To Bapu With Love (Indian Express, BHAWANA SOMAAYA, Sep 06, 2006)
After a long time I saw you in a film, not in a documentary or a bio-pic, but in a mainstream movie with a title like Lage Raho Munnabhai.
- Empirical Inquiry Can Never Reach The Soul (The Economic Times, MUKUL SHARMA, Sep 06, 2006)
It’s amazing how the more materialistic science gets, the more it gleans evidence for the spiritual nature of man. It’s like it were playing a game of catch with reality, with reality constantly moving further and further away from its grasp.
- Pm Sounds Terror Alert (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday shared with state chief minister’s intelligence inputs warning of an escalation in terrorist activities across the country.
- Right, Or... Left? (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 06, 2006)
Expectations and elasticity shape oil prices. Low supply and demand elasticity can produce large price movements from small shifts in expectations. To support demand, the oil market is betting on gas-guzzling American consumers, and on India joining . . .
- Transforming Working Of Corporate Sector (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Sep 06, 2006)
The phenomenal growth of Corporate Sector - from 30,000 companies at work in 1956 to 7.26 lakh in March, 2006 - calls for prompt and efficient delivery of services by the Ministry of Company Affairs (MCA) to enable the businesses compete globally.
- Ball With The Wild (Indian Express, JAY MAZOOMDAAR, Sep 06, 2006)
Dinkum bloke. The moment the news of the crocodile hunter’s death flashed on the ticker, I remembered a group of ragtag Australians I’d met at Corbett.
- Priming The Private Sector (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 06, 2006)
The Government seeks to combine public sector expertise in Defence R&D with proven private sector managerial skills.
- Karnataka Sets Up Anti-Naxalite Force (Asian Age, Venkat Parsa, Sep 06, 2006)
Karnataka chief minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on Tuesday said that the state government has constituted an anti-Naxal force. It has launched combing operations to flush out armed Maoists.
- Towards Synergy In Energy (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 06, 2006)
India’s energy policies adopted so far have fostered inefficiencies in the production and use of energy. We pay the highest prices for energy, in purchasing power parity terms.
- More Stringent Laws Needed To Tackle Naxalism: Chauhan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2006)
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan on Tuesday demanded that the amount sanctioned under the National Backward District initiative should be trebled from the present Rs. 45 crore and laws made more stringent while dealing with naxalites.
- The Great American Oligarchy (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 05, 2006)
I never thought I'd ever hear the United States of America called an "oligarchy”. But now I have. My dictionary says an oligarchy is a form of government where most or all political power effectively rests with a small segment of the society.
- More Equal Than Others (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 05, 2006)
At our airports now there is a separate check-in counter for 'Parliamentarians', ostensibly to make life easier for 'ordinary' passengers.
- Kalam Advocates Functional Autonomy For Varsities (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2006)
President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam today praised the University of Madras for building a virtual university system in the country and urged the Tamil Nadu Government to integrate all other universities in the state to be part of this pioneering initiative.
- Science Festival (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 05, 2006)
Charles dickens pilloried it as the Mudfog Association for the Advancement of Everything. Samuel Taylor Coleridge attended the 1833 meeting and challenged the use of the term “philosopher”.
- Knowledge And The Asian Challenge (Business Line, Jayati Ghosh, Sep 05, 2006)
The scorching pace of expansion in exports of hi-tech manufactured products from China and software and IT-enabled services from India, has supported the view that `knowledge capital' plays a crucial role in the growing global presence of these . . .
- Draft National Policy For Farmers: Seeking An Ever-Green Revolution (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Sep 05, 2006)
The 48-page draft National Policy for Farmers is comprehensive, with its suggestions, recommendations and guidelines covering all aspects of, and activities related to, agriculture.
- States To Get Lesson On Terror (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2006)
With jehadi outfits seeking to move beyond J&K to include states like Maharashtra, Karnataka and eastern UP in their terror network, PM Manmohan Singh will sensitise chief ministers on the growing need for states to crack down on local conduits and . . .
- A Political Key To The Naxal Problem (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 05, 2006)
Andhra Pradesh despite being a star performer in growth has, according to the World Bank’s Development Policy Report-2006 for India, as abysmal a record in delivery of core public services as some of the worst Indian states.
- Dishtv Goes Active With Zee News (Pioneer, Bhagyashree Pande, Sep 05, 2006)
Dishtv, India's first DTH service provider has forayed into the interactive services with the launch of its News Active service on Zee News recently. Targeted towards its discerning viewers, Dish TV aims to change passive news watching experience . . .
- Of Research And Plagiarism (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 05, 2006)
Advancement of Learning” is universally accepted as the insignia of university education. But this cannot be achieved unless there is proper coordination between teaching and research in our universities.
- French Right Crowns Sarkozy As Candidate For Presidency (Statesman, John Lichfield, Sep 05, 2006)
Mr Nicolas Sarkozy, the French interior minister, is almost guaranteed to be the main centre-right candidate for next year’s presidential elections.
- India To Focus On Latin America, Africa (Daily Excelsior, Pallab Bhattacharya, Sep 05, 2006)
In his Independence Day speech this year, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said one of the thrust areas of India's foreign policy would be Latin America and Africa. This has been on the cards for quite some time and Singh's announcement could not have . . .
- Slow And Steady (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 05, 2006)
THE Tarapore Committee’s second report suggests “fuller capital account convertibility” (CAC) in five years.
- What Fails Us From Becoming Good Teachers (Daily Excelsior, Dr. Vishiesh Verma, Sep 05, 2006)
At the time when the very edifice of the profession of university and college teaching is caught in the eye of the storm, adrift and tossed like a toy, one can't help reminicening over the question, "What fails us from becoming good teachers?"
- Besu Student Held For Making Lewd Calls To Vc, Registrar.......... (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2006)
A student of the Bengal Engineering and Science University (BESU) has been arrested for allegedly making obscene calls and sending objectionable text messages to the vice-chancellor and registrar of the institute, police said today.
- Advantage Agassi (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Sep 05, 2006)
Andre Agassi couldn’t have hoped for a more remarkable last hurrah. Nobody seemed to care if he had just lost his last match, as multiple standing ovations rang down the curtains on his 21-year career at the US Open on Sunday.
- The Nuclear Deterrent Interest Of Iran (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Sep 05, 2006)
Historically speaking, among the more important international events in the 1950s was the First International Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy held in Vienna in 1955.
- Tourism Office's Awareness Walk (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2006)
The Tourism Office organised an awareness walk to foster national unity and social harmony to mark the National Integration and Communal Harmony Week in the city on Saturday and Monday.
- Mncs Lining Up To Join Hands With Ongc (Indian Express, Amitav Ranjan, Sep 05, 2006)
Multinationals are once again vying for an entry into existing fields of Oil & Natural Gas Corp where they would invest in improving the output from oil and gas assets for a share.
- Wisdom Of Crowds, Shared (Indian Express, GAUTAM CHIKERMANE, Sep 05, 2006)
There's something to be said about the saving and investing habits of Indians. Surprising as they may be, they have a logic that remains unseen in the short term, but when you zoom out and see the big picture, that logic, however peculiar, comes to life.
- Give Varsities Autonomy: Kalam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2006)
Urges State government to integrate all varsities under the virtual university system
Wants high bandwidth made free
Recalls his university days.
- Sociological Perspective Of Public Health (Hindu, Sarah Hiddleston, Sep 05, 2006)
Two related books examining the sociology and history of disease, and public health
- Brain-Mapping Tests Done On Two Mumbai Blasts Suspects (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2006)
Two suspects in the recent Mumbai blasts underwent brain-mapping tests in the Forensic Science Laboratory here on Monday.
- Webster University Begins Enrolment For Indian Students (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2006)
University's Bangkok centre aims at increasing student strength
- The Trouble With Jargon At Work (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 05, 2006)
If you don't know how to `raise the bar' then you're definitely not `in the loop'.
- Bsnl Ready With High-End Technologies For It Park (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2006)
It has sophisticated facilities in all the six places identified
2,000-km-long Optical Fibre Cable across the district
Managed Leased Line Network technology already in place
Data circuits can be provided immediately.
- Dream Home Come True (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2006)
Owning a house need not be a far-fetched dream, realises Shankar Bennur, after a visit to Nirmiti Kendra that provides cost-effective building solutions to make construction affordable to all.
- The Hindu Business Line Club Launched At Ipe (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2006)
The Hindu Business Line Club at the Institute of Public Enterprise (IPE) on the Osmania University campus was launched on Monday, with Sudhakar Goud, Manager, British Library, delivering a lecture on "Information literacy--resources for management . . .
- Contrarian Value Of Cover Stories (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 05, 2006)
Based on trends in the developed world, there is a general perception that traditional media — from print to television — is in secular decline. However, the growth profile of the sector in emerging markets is remarkably different, says Ruchir Sharma.
- Now In Reverse Gear (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Sep 04, 2006)
It is an indication of how far the country has moved from a reform mindset that, in one sector after another, anti-reform measures get mooted and even accepted, with little or no protest.
- Expand Dpco Coverage (Daily Excelsior, Dr Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Sep 04, 2006)
Minister for Chemicals Ram Vilas Paswan has suggested that the number of drugs covered under the Drug Pricing and Control Order (DPCO) may be increased from present 74 to 354. This is opposite to the direction being followed in the recent years.
- Gandhi, A Second Coming (OutLook, Editorial, Outlook, Sep 04, 2006)
A 100 years after he conceived the satyagraha, a breed of neo-Gandhians goes beyond the khadi and charkha to coopt Bapu in whole new ways.
- Creation And The Intelligent Design (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 04, 2006)
Our body is a perfect combination of different chemicals, but can merely collecting aquatic masses in laboratories ever produce a human body?
- Preventive Detention (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 04, 2006)
It is not strange that the Lahore High Court has ruled that the Punjab home department has detained the chief of Jamatud Dawa without producing convincing grounds for its action.
- Business School At Gju Planned (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
The state government has decided to set up a Haryana Business School on the premises of Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology here.
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