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Articles 1721 through 1820 of 17201:
- Moral Science (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 31, 2006)
Dazzling scientific discoveries are, alas, extremely rare. Instead, science commonly advances in a series of lesser breakthroughs that have a cumulative effect.
- Nuclear Synergy (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 31, 2006)
Despite prime minister Manmohan Singh having won over top atomic scientists who had earlier opposed the India-US nuclear deal, bureaucratic opposition to the deal remains entrenched.
- Surplus Men (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 31, 2006)
More does not necessarily make things merrier.
- Clouds Over Iranian Pipeline (Daily Excelsior, Chandra Mohan, Aug 31, 2006)
Once again reports are floating that the 2600-km Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline is very much on, recreating the dream of energy Nirvana in India. Paeans are being sung about it in Islamabad.
- Mindtree Eyes $70 Mln Ipo In Early 2007 (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
Venture capital-funded MindTree Consulting, an Indian mid-sized software services exporter, expects to raise about $70 million through a local initial public offering early next year, its top official said.
- 'Pm Has Addressed All Issues Raised On Indo-Us Deal' (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has addressed all issues raised by the scientifc community with regard to the Indo-US civil nuclear deal, Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Anil Kakodkar said today.
- China, Pak To Launch 3 Earth Resources Satellites (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
China will work with Pakistan in the development of space technology and launching of three earth resources prospecting satellites in the next five years, APP learnt from official sources here Wednesday.
- Arms Deals To Be On Net (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
The armament requirements of all three wings of the armed forces will now be put up on the ministry of defence (MoD) website so that arms vendors (suppliers) can register themselves on the Internet. There is also a new revamped "fast track . . .
- United Phosphorus: Spreading Wings (Business Standard, Niraj Bhatt, Aug 31, 2006)
United Phosphorus will buy three crop protection products from Bayer with annual sales of euro 27 million.
- Pharmaceutical Policy Draft — Must Go Beyond Price Control (Business Line, Pradeep S. Mehta, Aug 31, 2006)
The proposed pharmaceutical policy allows R&D oriented firms to have higher MAPE, meaning that for the same medicine, some firms will have 150 per cent margin while others will have 200 per cent margin.
- Reviving Economic Boycott (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 31, 2006)
TO counter the onslaught of a giant gone berserk, the prospect of a revival of the Arab Boycott, however logical, is unrealistic, but equally so is reliance on an extraordinary but still very small guerilla group.
- Death Of A Teacher (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 31, 2006)
Professor Harbhajan Singh Sabharwal's 'televised' death has had a profound impact on the nation's conscience because it is perhaps the first time ever that reality television has captured the essence of student politics in Indian campuses.
- U.S. Regulation Of Ge Foods A Bad Model (Hindu, Sujatha Byravan, Aug 31, 2006)
India should learn from the mistakes other countries have made and not buckle under pressure from international and domestic agribusiness.
- Darrell Hair And South Asian Solidarity (Hindu, Harish Khare , Aug 31, 2006)
The bottom line of the South Asian approach is that the law is to be obeyed according to our convenience. This fashionable disdain can only beget disorder and lawlessness.
- Aiims To Conduct Tests On Jharkhand Girl (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
"Initial investigations reveal nothing in the eyes that can lead to stone formations"
- New York Times Site Blocked To U.K. Visitors (Hindu, Owen Gibson, Aug 31, 2006)
The case is an example of the growing nervousness among newspapers that stories cleared for publication by lawyers in one country may fall foul of the law in another.
- Ministries Can’T Build (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 31, 2006)
The numbers are scary enough — 66 per cent jump in cost, thanks to Central government project delays, as reported by this newspaper on Wednesday. But the actual numbers are scarier.
- Autumn Of Hinduism (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 31, 2006)
The other day, I was deeply disturbed to see on quite a few television-channels idols of some Hindu gods and goddesses drinking milk. Showing the clips repeatedly and allowing a number of eyewitnesses to appear on the screen and affirm genuineness . . .
- Iran: Standing Up To The West (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Aug 31, 2006)
The Iranian leadership and people are united in their defence of the country's uranium enrichment programme.
- Liquor Is Quicker, Say Growers! (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 31, 2006)
Media reports say that some cotton growers in the Adilabad, Andhra Pradesh, are chasing away pests from their crops not with chemical pesticides but with what they term as “quarter-spraying”. A quarter is the desi reference to a 40-ml bottle of . . .
- Faster And More Inclusive Growth (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 31, 2006)
It is not fair to accuse the Planning Commission of coming out with a ‘political’ rather than an ‘economic’ document. The Commission has to be guided by the politically mandated objectives but, as an expert body, it can present feasible alternatives . . .
- Sumith Nakandala, Former Sri Lankan Deputy High Commissioner (Frontline, T.S. Subramanian, Aug 31, 2006)
Interview with Sumith Nakandala, former Deputy High Commissioner of Sri Lanka.
- Importance Of N-Deal (Tribune, T.P. Sreenivasan, Aug 31, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh stunned everyone into silence, in Parliament, Press rooms, think tanks and retirement homes with his candour and determination as he spoke in the Rajya Sabha on August 17, 2006, on the Indo-US nuclear deal.
- Consciousness, Not Conscience Matters (The Economic Times, PARAMAHAMSA NITHYANANDA, Aug 31, 2006)
From our childhood we have been told to act out of our conscience. These were just social rules that were laid down by society for some justice and peace to prevail in society. But it is very important to understand the difference between conscience . . .
- Greens Allege Dilution Of Key Notifications On Environment (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Ministry of Environment and Forests urged to put proposed amendments on hold
EIA Notification Amendment being pushed through without consultations
People's groups, voluntary organisations being kept out of talks.
- Is This What Happiness Looks Like? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 30, 2006)
A happy environment can be derived from bright colour like vivid shades of pink or canary yellow with chartreuse accents.
- From Bullets To Ballots In Kashmir? (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Aug 30, 2006)
Is the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen contemplating turning to politics? If he takes the peace road, Syed Salahuddin could face opposition from within his own organisation too.
- Instant Wedding Albums Soon (Hindu, Anand Parthasarathy, Aug 30, 2006)
Seven imaging products target both professional and `dummy' users .
- The Real Question Is Of Relevance (The Financial Express, S NARAYAN, Aug 30, 2006)
The Planning Commission has neither control over, nor responsibility for, the outcomes of its key prescriptions for ‘faster economic growth’
- The Digital Revolution (The Financial Express, Alok Sheel, Aug 30, 2006)
Computers have revolutionised the way we acquire, store and communicate information
- A Case For The Year Of Planet Earth (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 30, 2006)
We can use the riches of Earth for a living but not upset its dynamic equilibrium.
- Aiims Treating Girl Shedding Tears Of Stone (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
A 13-year-old girl said to be shedding tears of stones is being treated at the prestigious All India Institute of Medical Sciences here.
- Pm Reviews Initiatives In Punjab (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
With an eye on the forthcoming Assembly election in Punjab, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh recently reviewed the progress of infrastructure projects and directed the state and central ministers to speed up their implementation.
- The Other Questions (Telegraph, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Aug 30, 2006)
The parliamentary and public debate on the Indo-US nuclear deal has, predictably, focussed on two questions.
- For The Sake Of Quality (Telegraph, Aruni Mukherjee, Aug 30, 2006)
Here is a trivia for readers. Let us say that there is an academic institution ‘A’. Its admission criteria for post-graduation courses states that “applicants require a high 2:1 or a first class at BA level, but admission is at the discretion of the . . .
- More The Men, Less Safe The World (Telegraph, G.S. Mudur, Aug 30, 2006)
The preference for male babies in India and China has skewed national sex ratios to levels that could spawn increased anti-social behaviour and violence and destabilise society, researchers warned on Monday.
- Uzbekistan's Tryst With Human Rights (Daily Excelsior, M Rama Rao, Aug 30, 2006)
Uzbekistan is replacing death sentence with penalties like life imprisonment and long-term imprisonment for various crimes.
- Looking Fierce (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 30, 2006)
History will testify to warriors ever striving to look ferocious and scare the adversary. Before military science came up with stand-off weapons, or stealth technology, fighting at close-quarters laid emphasis on the . . .
- Chinese Strategy To Break The Iranian Impasse (Daily Excelsior, Srikanth Kondapalli , Aug 30, 2006)
China's position on Iranian WMD programme provides for several inconsistencies and inadequacies. China is critical of the proposed US sanctions against Iran as that is a step forward in forcible regime change in Tehran.
- Ramadoss Trips Over Law Again, Loses Sack Race (Pioneer, Yoga Rangatia, Aug 30, 2006)
Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss' penchant for sacking senior officials has earned him a rap from the judiciary for the third time in a row.
- Rain God Spurns Empty-Handed Pm In Orissa (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
The Prime Minister's two-day visit to Orissa was literally a damp squib.
- Iaf To Launch Operation Gagan Shakti From Sept 4 (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
The Indian Air Force will carry out Operation 'Gagan Shakti', from September 4 to September 27 in Western and South Western Air Command area of responsibility (right from Jammu and Kashmir to Gujarat and Maharashtra) to validate new strategies . . .
- Marathwada's Turn (Frontline, Anupama Katakam, Aug 30, 2006)
The Marathwada region has seen farmers' suicides and it could be another Vidarbha in the making.
- Musharraf For Cooperation With China On ‘Bro (Pakistan Observer, Mariana Baabar, Aug 30, 2006)
Brisk preparations are being made by both Pakistan and China ahead of the visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao to Pakistan.
- Judicial Rap (Frontline, Anupama Katakam, Aug 30, 2006)
The Bombay High Court directs the State government to take more responsibility regarding farmers' suicides.
- `Irrigation, The Key' (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Interview with Dr. B.L. Mungekar, member, Planning Commission.
- Have A Pure Mind To Do Great Work (The Economic Times, VITHAL C NADKARNI, Aug 30, 2006)
Imagine walking away from a medal regarded as the maths equivalent of the Nobel Prize. If that’s easy, imagine solving a hundred-year-old conundrum ranked among seven of the world’s greatest mathematical problems, each worth a million dollars.
- Harvest Of Death In Vidarbha (Frontline, DIONNE BUNSHA, Aug 30, 2006)
Mounting debt, rising cost of inputs and falling prices of their produce are driving farmers of the region to suicide.
- Is The Problem With Quotas Over? (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Aug 30, 2006)
Associate Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Delhi
The solutions to the teachers’ shortage will sound the death knell for the IITs
The Bill that sanctions 27 per cent reservations for OBCs allows the IITs, IIMs and . ..
- Law In Race With Science (Business Standard, M J Antony, Aug 30, 2006)
Technology is moving so fast these days that the words and phrases used in statutes become outdated very soon. Law-makers have always been found to be decades behind science.
- Bush Aide Says Myths About Us’ Green Policy Remain (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Defending US President George Bush’s policies on the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions is a tough job. In the eyes of environmental activists, Bush could do no right after the US opted out of the Kyoto Protocol.
- India And Eu Considering Ceca, Says Kamal Nath (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will discuss the prospects of a free trade pact with the European Union at the forthcoming India-EU summit in October. This was stated here on Tuesday by Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath after a meeting with . . .
- N-Plants: Chinese Help Sought (Dawn, Ihtasham ul Haque, Aug 30, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf has sought increased Chinese military and economic support, especially to meet Pakistan’s growing nuclear energy needs. Talking to a 17-member delegation of the Communist Party of China which met him on . . .
- Karnataka Plans Economic Zones Boost (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Karnataka will encourage private firms to set up special economic zones by offering infrastructure support and rationalising labour laws, a state policy document said on Tuesday.
- Cleaning Kali Bein: Govt To Act As Support System (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
President Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam’s recent visit to Nirmal Kuteya in Sultanpur Lodhi has expedited the cleansing process of sacred rivulet Kali Bein.
- Cbi Arrests 2 For Posing As Gavit, His Aide (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
The CBI has arrested two persons for posing as Union minister Manikrao Gavit, after the CBI gave him and his personal assistant a clean chit for allegedly chatting with an underworld don, Surinder Bhati, who is lodged in a UP jail.
- Delivery Of Public Services (Hindu, Madhura Swaminathan, Aug 29, 2006)
Case studies prepared for a World Bank report on the improvements in public service delivery in India .
- Sbicaps Launches $100 M Vcf (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
SBI Capital Markets Limited (SBICAP), the investment banking subsidiary of State Bank of India (SBI), and Softbank Investment, the venture capital arm of Japan's SBI Holdings Inc, on Monday announced their plans to launch a new $100 million venture . . .
- Feeding A Monster Called Monopoly (Business Standard, Ajai Shukla, Aug 29, 2006)
It happened at 2 a.m. on Independence Day, just as the source had said it would. Through the inky darkness on the Line of Control at Machhil, near Kupwara, nine infiltrating Lashkar-e-Toiba militants crept towards the border fence, barely a hundred . . .
- Negotiating With Subjectivity (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
One of the major tasks of philosophy is to understand the role of the individual and the relationship between the individual and others, as well as with the world.
- India And The Data Exclusivity Trap (Hindu, Sarah Hiddleston, Aug 29, 2006)
In a coda to the Patents Act, fresh attempts are under way to inhibit the growth of India's vibrant generic industry by altering the laws that govern drug registration. This could further consolidate power in the hands of the drug majors and result . . .
- His Cinema Was Idyllic And Idealistic (Hindu, Ranjit Hoskote, Aug 29, 2006)
Hrishikesh Mukherjee's strength lay in the collegiality with which he managed his gifted colleagues.
- Mou Delay May Hit Rajiv Gandhi Centre (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
Kerala recalls file relating to Centre's offer to take over the biotech institute
- World Turning A Wasteland! (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Aug 29, 2006)
In the West, few, if any, basic needs are answered locally.
- 'We Can Choose Our Friends... Not Our Neighbours' (The Economic Times, NAGESHWAR PATNAIK, Aug 29, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said peace talks between India and Pakistan can’t proceed unless the latter shows its commitment to dismantle terrorist camps on its soil. He said this while addressing a press conference here late evening.
- Net Result (Tribune, Roopinder Singh, Aug 29, 2006)
More Indians are accessing the Internet than ever before, but the nation is way down the list in the number of users internationally. The US is the leader by far, followed by China, Japan, Germany, United Kingdom, Korea.
- Pursuit Of Nuclear Tech Irreversible: Ahmadinejad (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said that his nation’s pursuit of nuclear technology was irreversible, taking a tough tone ahead of a UN deadline this week demanding his country suspend part of its nuclear programme.
- Return Of Controls (Business Line, Editorial, Business Standard, Aug 29, 2006)
Bringing back the negative prescription of a cap on wheat and pulses inventory is candid admission of a market out of government control.
- On Growth, Poverty And Opportunity (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Aug 29, 2006)
"While India's growth performance has improved there are concerns about whether this is doing enough for the poor and excluded groups.
- Re-Defining Indo-Dutch Economic Ties (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Aug 29, 2006)
The Netherlands may have been slow to wake up to India's economic resurgence, but it is making up by quickly "redefining" the trade and investment relations.
- Projects Worth Rs. 62,864 Cr. Cleared (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
They will provide employment to 6.31 lakh people in the State
- Meeting With Musharraf Not Ruled Out (Hindu, PRAFULLA DAS, Aug 29, 2006)
"Peace process cannot move forward unless Pakistan acts against terrorism"
- Being Aiims President No Basis For Disqualification: Anbumani (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
Tells EC he holds position in ex-officio capacity as Minister
Post of president of AIIMS is not office of profit
Covered by provisions of Section 3 of Parliament (Prevention of Disqualification) Act .
- `Ship-On-Campus' Laboratory Launched In Madurai Institute (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
To be used for imparting pre-sea training to students .
- Sankara Nethralaya's Research Project Launched (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
It will pioneer ophthalmic research in nano-technology and stem cell applications
- Not On, Mr Singh (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 29, 2006)
Twenty-seven months after assuming office, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has arrived in Orissa on a visit that is, really, an insult to the State.
- Amd To Invest $500 Million In Semindia Sez (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
World’s second largest computer chip maker Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is planning to invest about US$500 million in SemIndia’s proposed chip manufacturing facility near Hyderabad.
- Making The Headlines At The Frontlines (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 29, 2006)
When Olaf Wiig and Steve Centanni were picked up on August 14 in Gaza City, they were only the latest examples of journalists carrying on their trade in increasingly hostile conditions.
- Pranab, Priya Assail Left’S Handling Of Education........ (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
The CPI(M)-led Left Front Government in West Bengal was today criticised by Union Ministers Pranab Mukherjee and Priya Ranjan Dasmunshi for "politicization" of the education system and its policy on teaching english in schools.
- Chidambaram Is Right And Wrong (Business Line, M. Ramesh , Aug 29, 2006)
The Finance Minister's letter asking banks to consider keeping any hike in PLR in abeyance may have created much consternation, but he did this in a transparent fashion, which deserves credit. But his utterances on bank mergers may be a different . . .
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