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- Rise Of Women Ceos In Indian Industry (Business Standard, T Thomas, Aug 25, 2006)
Despite familial and societal restrictions, Indian women executives can perform better than their western counterparts.
- Unreality Tv (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 25, 2006)
A college lecturer filing a PIL in Mumbai has led to the information and broadcasting ministry yanking adult content from television across the country.
- Voice Of Shakti (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 25, 2006)
The destinies of women can be extremely diverse. Some have freedom and power while others only survive. What they have in common, however, is an awakening sense of their potential political influence.
Chantal Boulanger
- The Threat To Native Identity (Telegraph, ARNAB BHATTACHARYA , Aug 25, 2006)
A short poem in Ladera Este, Octavio Paz’s book of poems, speaks of a man who “invented a face for himself”.
- Rmkv Launches Reversible Silk Sari With Four `Pallus' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
It can be worn in four ways and still looks different each time It can be worn in four ways and still looks different each time .
- Karma Cola (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 24, 2006)
There was no need for health minister A Ramadoss to issue a clean (of pesticides) chit to Coca-Cola and Pepsi. As Sunita Narain of the Centre for Science and Environment pointed out, he spoke the language of the cola companies.
- Kumaraswamy Dismisses `Evidence' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Says people of the State and the media have been taken for a ride
- Us Crackdown Setback For Ltte (Asia Times, M.R. Narayan Swamy, Aug 24, 2006)
The arrest of eight Tamil men in the US on charges of attempting to buy sophisticated weapons marks a new low for Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tigers, now battling the most serious military and diplomatic challenges in its three-decade history.
- Indian Activists Plan Coca-Cola, Pepsi Blockades (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
An Indian environmental group said on Wednesday it would temporarily paralyse the supply of Coca-Cola and Pepsi products in the country after another group said it had found dangerous levels of pesticides in their drinks.
- Ramadoss’ Defence Of Colas Angers Mps (Asia Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Colas seem to be losing their fizz in India, with parliamentarians, environmentalists and ordinary citizens demanding a complete ban on carbonated drinks, which according to a recent study contains high quantities of pesticides, which are health hazards.
- Quota Stir: Docs To Increase The Dose (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
The medical fraternity’s confrontation with the government over the 27% reservation for the other backward classes (OBCs) in centrally-funded educational institutions appeared to be intensifying with the resident doctors of the All India Institute . . .
- No Compromise On N-Test: Pm (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Ruling out any bilateral pact with the US that would put a cap on India’s military nuclear programme, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Wednesday that New Delhi will retain the “sovereign right” on deciding whether to carry out any atomic . . .
- 'Focus On Software And Hardware' (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 24, 2006)
Fakir Chand Kohli was at the helm of the country’s biggest software service company, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), until he retired in 2000.
- Globalisation: Seizing The Opportunities (The Financial Express, JAYANTA ROY, Aug 24, 2006)
Expedite work on trade facilitation reforms, innovative regional pacts and trade in services
- Is Living Injurious To Health? (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 24, 2006)
The renewed pesticides-in-cola controversy is an example of stoking emotions with inaccurate data and faulty analysis; it is a useful reminder of the need for accurate scientific reporting
- Quota Protests Continue As Doctors Observe 'Black Day' (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Resident doctors of Delhi's medical colleges were marking Wednesday as a black day and declared they would go on mass leave on Thursday to protest the decision to implement caste-based quotas in central universities and institutes.
- Japan’S Ito Gets 1st Gauss Prize (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Japanese mathematician Mr Kiyoshi Ito has won the first Carl Friedrich Gauss Prize for Applications of Mathematics, the International Mathematical Union said.
- The New High-Growth Sector (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 24, 2006)
A concerted effort is required by all concerned to realise the potential of engineering services outsourcing.
- The Nuke Fall Out? (OutLook, Ashish Kumar Sen, Aug 24, 2006)
A "weak" PM may suddenly have become "strong" with his speech in Parliament, but has he painted himself into a corner by publicly spelling out a rigid stance on the deal? Will Bush be able to swing the US Congress along? Hear it from the experts in . . .
- Ramadoss Denies Giving Clean Chit To Cola Companies (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss tonight said he has not given any clean chit to the soft drink companies on the pesticide issue and threatened to file a defamation case about "colluding" with the soft drink manufacturers.
- Three Cheers (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 24, 2006)
The statement of Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss seeking to clear the pesticide controversy in cola drinks must be seen in its proper perspective.
- Bottled-Up Plans (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 24, 2006)
There'sll now be bottles full of comments, not all of them objective or scientific, on whose science is better:
- Q&a:'ban On Soft Drinks Prompted By Health Reasons' (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 24, 2006)
It was the ruling Left Democratic Front led by CPM that asked the Kerala government to ban the production and sale of Coca-Cola and Pepsi. However, the other Left-ruled states, West Bengal and Tripura, have not followed the Kerala example.
- Nuke-Switch Option Not Clear: Pm (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh admitted in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday that there was a question mark over the inter-changeability option — from the civilian to military and vice versa—in the separation plan New Delhi has furnished to Washington . . .
- There Is Smoke Without Fire (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 24, 2006)
There’s been so many occasions when you, the alert reader, have spotted a baneful nexus between the media and the police. But nothing can top the report (HT Delhi, Page 5) that announced the Delhi Police having cracked a case involving two students . . .
- More Than Soft Drinks, Hard Facts (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 24, 2006)
It seems you can you have your Coke and drink it too? The controversy is getting curiouser with Minister of Health and Family Welfare Anbumani Ramadoss questioning the findings of the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) on pesticide levels in colas.
- Down But Not Out, Leading Reformist Looks Ahead (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Aug 24, 2006)
A former Speaker of the Majlis,Mehdi Karroubiwas the leading reformist contender in Iran's presidential election of 2005 but lost to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad under circumstances he considers improper. In an interview toThe Hinduin Tehran, he discusses . . .
- Quota Bill To List Exempt Institutes (Times of India, Akshaya Mukul, Aug 24, 2006)
The final Bill on SC/ST/OBC reservation in aided institutions, approved by the Cabinet on Monday, provides a list of institutes of higher learning that would be exempted from the quota regime.
- Aiims Docs On Mass Casual Leave Today (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Thursday is going to be a not-so-pleasant deja vu for patients at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).
- Pricing 3g Spectrum (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 24, 2006)
The tricky issue will be to build a consensus on the entry fee for operators and settling on a formula to share revenue with the Government.
- Nation & States: Iii (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Aug 24, 2006)
UP's economic resurgence cannot be brought about merely by bringing into the state a few industrialists or entrepreneurs.
- Ngos Should Practise What They Preach (Business Line, R. Vaidyanathan, Aug 24, 2006)
NGO activity being largely voluntary, overheads in such organisations should be minimal.
- Parity’, Did You Say? (Indian Express, Arun Shourie, Aug 24, 2006)
While India fantasises about “parity”, the US aims to acquire, in the form of an “ally”, an instrument that will do its bidding because it is dependent on the US, says Arun Shourie in the final part of his series on the nuclear deal.
- If We Require N-Tests, We Will Have Right To Decide, Says Pm (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Brushing aside speculation that India had signed away its sovereign right over its strategic programme with the Indo-US nuclear agreement, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asserted in the Lok Sabha today that the deal would not close . . .
- Natwar’S New Avatar: Chaudhary Of Jatland (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Desperate to save his political career in the wake of his suspension from the Congress, former External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh today reinvented himself as a Jat leader of Rajasthan at a huge rally organized by his supporters here.
- Organised Riots & Structured Violence In India (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 23, 2006)
What are called Hindu-Muslim riots in India are, in fact, more like pogroms, and have recently, in Gujarat and elsewhere, taken the form of genocidal massacres and local ethnic cleansing as well.
- Cola Report Lacks Fizz, Says Panel (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
Even though Kerala and Karnataka have initiated legal action against cola companies alleging high-level of pesticides in soft drinks, the Centre on Tuesday said that the Centre for Science and Environment’s (CSE) report does not conclusively prove . . .
- Now They Check What We're Thinking (Hindu, Kathryn Hughes, Aug 23, 2006)
Forget sharp objects and hair gel; our private emotions are now up for grabs at airport check-ins.
- Eight Held In U.S. For Supporting Ltte (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 23, 2006)
In two separate cases, eight persons have been arrested and charged by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) with conspiracy to provide "material support and resources" to the LTTE.
- Cse's Conditional Acceptance To Coca Cola's Talks Offer (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
``We are open to dialogue on issue of standard'' .
- Students Threaten Anti-Quota Stir (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
"Government cannot introduce the Bill when the matter is still sub judice"
- How The Cabinet Lined Up On Obc Quota (Hindu, Harish Khare , Aug 23, 2006)
Final decision will reflect Prime Minister's three concerns
T.R. Baalu makes a case for complete changeover to new quota regime for OBCs
Kapil Sibal points out legal difficulties and problems.
- Aiims Fails To Send Shahbuddin's Report (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
Much to the surprise of the Patna High Court, a sealed cover from the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences did not contain a report on the health of the Rashtriya Janata Dal MP Mohammed Shahbuddin and it directed the Registrar-General to procure . . .
- Frenzy On The Waterfront (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 23, 2006)
A willing suspension of rational thinking
We are witnessing a crisis of rationality in the country’s financial capital. And the contradictions in the nation’s psyche may not have appeared so stark had the weekend frenzy on the waterfront not . . .
- Channel For Sars Virus Release Discovered (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
Chinese scientists today announced that an international research team had made a breakthrough in the treatment of the deadly SARS disease by identifying the "channel" through which the virus enters the human body.
- Pathak Report Draws Flak In Lok Sabha (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
``Congress being protected by author"
A grey report: Gurudas Dasgupta
Natwar Singh the "lynchpin": Sibal
Authority must have looked into other entities: CPI(M)
- India Says Cola Pesticide Charges Not Proven (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
Health minister Anbumani Ramadoss said on Tuesday an environmental group that said soft drinks produced by Coca-Cola and PepsiCo contain high levels of pesticides had failed to prove its claims.
- Tv-Mediated Activism (Deccan Herald, Avijit Pathak, Aug 23, 2006)
People turn insensitive to issues in course of time due to over exposure of events on television.
- Is It A Road To Self-Reliance? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 23, 2006)
Non-proliferation aspects are vital for the US and hence they get priority in the pact.
- Graft: There’S A Way Out (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 23, 2006)
A TV channel recently held a debate on ‘How to prevent or stop corruption?’ Many distinguished speakers participated, including a minister. Many of the points that were made were purely academic in nature and nothing concrete emerged.
- Anti-Reservation Stir Comes Back To Life (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
If April was the cruellest month for anti-quota protesters in the Capital, Tuesday signalled an August replay.
- Anti-Quota Stir Comes Back To Life (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
If April was the cruellest month for anti-quota protesters in the Capital, Tuesday signalled an August replay.
- Conventional And Nuclear Submartines (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 23, 2006)
The Indian Ocean has become a centre of big power naval rivalry. At any given time, anywhere "between" 20 to 30 nuclear submarines are on the prowl, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).
- This Is About Energy, Did You Say? (Indian Express, Arun Shourie, Aug 23, 2006)
While we are being treated to lullabies — that the agreement with the US is all about nuclear energy — the laws that the US Congress is passing are absolutely clear in the objectives for which the agreement is being entered into.
- Govt Gives Colas A Clean Chit, Slams Cse Report (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
The government on Tuesday gave a clean chit to beleaguered soft drink giants Coca-Cola and Pepsi. Health minister Anbumani Ramadoss told Parliament that an expert committee, set up by his ministry, found no evidence of high levels of pesticides in . . .
- Flag Flutters Uncertainly (Pioneer, Ashok K Mehta, Aug 23, 2006)
Four months after Nepal's third revolution, nothing has changed. But nothing is the same, either.
- Death Of A Poet (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 23, 2006)
But the regime remains unforgiving
Bengali literature has received a big blow with the death of Bangladesh’s poet laureate Shamshur Rahman.
- Cse Report Wrong: Health Min (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
In a report that could provide some relief to soft drink MNCs Pepsi and Coke, an official experts committee punched holes in the report of the Centre for Science and Environment on pesticides in colas that led to total or partial ban on their sales in som
- India Plans Intact: Coke, Pepsi (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
In a day of swift developments on the cola controversy on Tuesday, the Union government gave a clean chit to the cola manufacturers over pesticide residues in their products, even as The Coca-Cola Company and PepsiCo India Holdings re-iterated their . .
- Distorting History (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 23, 2006)
Politicisation of education in the name of detoxification, will give birth to a generation of ignoramuses, says JS Rajput
- India Needs E-Surveillance (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 23, 2006)
There's no way the country can fight high-tech terrorism with antiquated laws, says Muktesh Chander.
- Is The Backdating Fraud Big In India Too? (The Financial Express, PRITHVI HALDEA, Aug 23, 2006)
Corporate America is in the grip of a major stock market scandal of backdated stock options Options are popular in India and there’s scope for misuse here .
- Putin Is Nobody’S Poodle (Tribune, Rajan Menon, Aug 23, 2006)
The Bush administration’s imposition of sanctions on two Russian companies this month for selling military technology to Iran certainly sends the Kremlin a message – but it won’t be the one the White House has in mind.
- A Village Of Hope Comes Alive In Tsunami Land (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
It is called Nambikainallur, 'a village of hope' that several hundred tsunami victims got this week-almost two years after their homes were washed away by the Dec 26, 2004 killer waves in southern India.
- Actual Hiv Numbers By Year-End (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
The country will know the actual prevalence and number of HIV-infected people by the end of this year.
- It Doesn't Pay To Keep Financial Closures Indefinitely Open-Ended (Business Line, D. Murali , Aug 23, 2006)
Financial closure may not show dramatically, the way locked vaults or barred gates do. So much so, you may be pardoned for not knowing that financial closures have been happening too closely around us.
- The Telgi Saga (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 23, 2006)
Currently CNN-IBN is telecasting taped conversations between Abdul Karim Telgi and compatriots. Mr Telgi is the public face of the hidden mafia behind the nationwide fake stamp papers scam.
- Seats Of Strife (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 23, 2006)
Nowhere do the pitfalls of ‘social justice’ make themselves as sharply felt in India as in the case of quotas in higher education. Yet this is also the sphere where the most definitive thinking and action are almost entirely politically or . . .
- The Promise Of Genetic Engineering (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 23, 2006)
When humanity acquires new knowledge our likelihood of survival increases and our appreciation of the universe become enriched. Even if the new knowledge brings certain hazards, neither the fear of abuse nor the fear of divine retribution deters . . .
- 'Us Wants To Bring India Into Non-Proliferation Regime' (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
The President of the Indian Nuclear Society Dr. Placid Rodriguez today said he believes Washington is seeking to bring India into the non-proliferation regime through the civilian nuclear deal.
- Us N-Deal Equates India With Pakistan (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
Despite the Bush administration claiming the nuclear deal symbolises a special relationship with New Delhi, a last-minute amendment inserted in the recently passed bill by the US House of Representatives equates India with Pakistan and directs . . .
- Women Need To Be Brought To The Mainstream,says Kalam (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
President A P J Abdul Kalam today asked Government, research institutions and industry to make a "conscious effort" to understand that women constitute 50 per cent of our human resource and need to be brought into the mainstream of development for . . .
- Obc Quota Bill Gets Cabinet Nod (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
The Union Cabinet on Monday night cleared a Bill providing 27 per cent reservation for other backward classes (OBCs) in Government-aided institutions of higher education from the next academic year without creamy layer concept.
- The Best Always Retire (Indian Express, GAUTAM CHIKERMANE, Aug 22, 2006)
One of my long-time colleagues never watches business channels, is unconcerned about which companies create wealth, is least interested in business personalities — they’re so boring, he says.
- Dull Dogma Doesn’T A Syllabus Make (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Aug 22, 2006)
It would be a shame if the parliamentary furore over NCERT textbooks provides yet another occasion for a display of anti-intellectualism and partisan crossfire.
- Iran To Reply To Atomic Offer (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
Iran has set itself a deadline of Tuesday to reply to a nuclear package backed by six world powers but has given no indication so far it will accept the offer aimed at dispelling Western fears it wants to make atomic bombs.
- Pm Has His Way, Quota Bill Cleared, Aided And Staggered (Indian Express, Shubhajit Roy, Aug 22, 2006)
Bill will be introduced this session and likely to go to Standing Committee, the one on unaided institutions goes back to HRD
- Create Right Atmosphere For Women Scientists: Kalam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
``Government needs to be generous in recognising and nurturing them''
- Quota Bill Rolls, Clash Brews (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
A fresh confrontation over quotas looked set to unfold with the cabinet tonight clearing a bill to introduce 27 per cent reservation for students in aided higher education institutions.
- Vaccine Pricks Hole In Health Delivery (Telegraph, G.S. Mudur, Aug 22, 2006)
The use of Chinese-made vaccine against Japanese encephalitis (JE) in Indian children without prior safety tests in India amid concerns among scientists has exposed the lack of science-based decision-making in public health, medical experts have said.
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