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Articles 4021 through 4120 of 17201:
- More Wheat In Private Hands (Frontline, V. Sridhar, Jun 21, 2006)
The decision to import wheat reflects the government's failure to procure enough wheat after the last harvest.
- Seeds And Protests (Frontline, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, Jun 21, 2006)
The UPA government's decision to allow field trials in GM food crops may have human and economic costs.
- Vice-Chief Apologises (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
In a bid to douse the controversy ignited by his observations in the wake of Lieutenant Sushmita Chakraborty’s suicide, the Vice-Chief of the Army Staff today issued a personal clarification and apology saying he had a “personal commitment and . . .
- U.S. Wants G8 To Speak On India Atomic Deal - Diplomats (Reuters, LOUIS CHARBONNEAU, Jun 21, 2006)
The United States hopes a Group of Eight (G8) summit in July will issue a statement backing its heavily criticised nuclear deal with India, which continues to divide the group, senior G8 diplomats said.
- Multiple Authorities Hindering Governance In Delhi: Sheila (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
`Unless people voice their demands, the system will not respond'
- Don't Micromanage The Sector (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 21, 2006)
Trai's consultation paper on issues relating to Direct-to-Home (DTH) TV illustrates why any policy relating to technology should not attempt to micro-manage the industry.
- Emc Corporation To Invest $250m (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
The company will double the headcount in the third phase of expansion
To set up Centre of Excellence for e-governance
Will assist Central and State governments in information management
To expand sales and marketing infrastructure
- In Strike’S Own Country, Left U-Turn: It, Tourism ‘Hartal-Free’ In Kerala (Indian Express, RAJEEV P I, Jun 21, 2006)
Desperate for an image makeover but shying clearly off Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee-model solutions, the Left Government in Kerala today declared that it would banish, but not ban, hartals from both the state’s sunrise sectors—IT and tourism.
- Bend It Like Bikram (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 21, 2006)
From a poor village in his native India, Bikram Choudhury made his name as Hollywood's fitness guru -and millions from his worldwide yoga franchise
- Unreal Estate (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 21, 2006)
Why do politicians everywhere have an objection to the land aspects of industrial/infrastructure projects?
- Education For The New Economy (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 21, 2006)
When he flipped the switch on the assembly line in 1913, it’s unlikely Henry Ford set out to change the world; his goal was to build cars faster, cheaper.
- Vice-Chief Of Army Apologises (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
Four days after his remarks on women officers stirred a hornet's nest, Vice-Chief of the Army Lt Gen S Pattabhiraman on Tuesday tendered an apology saying he had "personal commitment and healthy respect towards the role of lady officers in Army".
- 'N-Deal May Not Materialise This Year' (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
United States leading Republican Senator John McCain has expressed doubts about the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal being endorsed by the US Congress before the end of this year.
- Sick Of Politics (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 21, 2006)
There is something very skewed with a State’s political reasoning when a minister finds it more important to announce the setting up of an expert . . .
- A Damascus Diary (Daily Excelsior, M.J. Akbar, Jun 21, 2006)
The sun rises at 4.30. It is already high by 7.30 and will fade only at 7.45 in the evening.
- Mines Ministry For Ploughing Back Divestment Proceeds From Nalco (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
Ministry committed to expanding mining activity throughout the country: Subbarami Reddy
Public offer of over Rs. 6.44-crore equity shares likely
Ministry to expand mining activity by procuring global technology
- Sorry If My Remarks Hurt Women: Army Vice-Chief (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
"I have no hesitation in tendering apology," says Lt. Gen. Pattabhiraman
"I have a healthy respect for lady officers in the Army"
"The lady officers have contributed a lot"
- Reclaiming The Public Imagination (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jun 21, 2006)
Disquieting impressions are gaining ground. If these are not corrected, Manmohan Singh might be inviting dangerous challenges, not just to himself but to the interests of the Indian state.
- Bill Gatess Long Farewell (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 20, 2006)
The announcement that Microsoft founder Bill Gates is slowly withdrawing from the daily running of the company did not come as a surprise.
- It’S All About Obstruction (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 20, 2006)
On Friday a fortnight ago, I was strolling around KaDeWe (Kaufhaus des Westens, or the west’s shop). It is at Wittenbergplatz, a stone’s throw from the Gedächtniskirche, the bombed ruin of a church which is the symbol of West Berlin.
- How To End A Nightmare (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 20, 2006)
The image of a resurgent Bengal is incompatible with the mindset of its political leadership and the functioning of its slothful administrative machinery, writes A.K. Chatterjee
- Predicting The Oil Peak (Business Line, Satish Kumar, Jun 20, 2006)
Analysing Hubbert's predictions of peak oil, which happens when 50 per cent of recoverable oil has been produced, SHANMUGANATHAN. N and SATISH KUMAR argue that rather than quibble about the actual peak oil date, the sooner the inevitability of . . .
- Panel To Study Aiims Functioning (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, Jun 20, 2006)
Solution shortly, says Anbumani
Decision taken after Anbumani met Manmohan
Panel will also recommend steps to strengthen AIIMS
- Farmer Suicides: Beyond The Obvious (Business Line, Arindam Banik, Jun 20, 2006)
Extension of highly regulated institutional banking services is not the sole means of realising economic efficiency and distributive justice as far as dealings in credit markets are concerned.
- The Case Of The Two-In-One Author (Business Standard, Nilanjana S Roy, Jun 20, 2006)
It took two writers to create three interesting bylines. Kalpana Swaminathan is a surgeon working in Bombay. She is also the author of several books.
- Of Lalu, Sidhu And Gm (Business Standard, Sunita Narain, Jun 20, 2006)
Railway Minister Lalu Prasad and former cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu are the clowns of Indian politics. But with a difference. Sidhu led the protest for the BJP against the fuel price hike by riding an elephant.
- Kuwait To Set Up Refinery At Port Qasim: Musharraf, Sabah Hold Talks (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
Pakistan and Kuwait on Monday signed several agreements and memoranda of understanding to enhance economic relations, including an MoU for setting up an oil refinery at Port Qasim.
- What You Get Is Not What You See (The Economic Times, MUKUL SHARMA, Jun 20, 2006)
Students frequently have a rough time deciding between arts and science; where one involves the production of the beautiful in a graphic or plastic medium and the other the empirical observation and study of natural physical phenomenon.
- Norway Opens Arctic Vault For Seeds (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 20, 2006)
It sounds like something from a science fiction film ~ a doomsday vault, dug into a frozen mountainside deep in an Arctic island’s permafrost that will serve as a Noah’s Ark for world seeds in case of a global catastrophe.
- Blacklisting Arms Suppliers (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Vedi, Jun 20, 2006)
That there is need to blacklist as many as 118 firms involved in doing business with the various departments and public sector undertakings of the Ministry of Defence is a pointer to the extremely lucrative and extensive market that India provide . . .
- Nepal Supreme Court To Review Sobhraj Case (Hindu, Ameet Dhakal, Jun 20, 2006)
Says lower courts did not adequately investigate murder charges against him
- Sensex Back Above 5-Figure (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
It was the same old feeling again. Sensex spurts on late buying, ends 113 pts up testing 10k mark after it was demoted well below five figure mark thanks to the liquidity crunch and interest rate hikes which spooked the markets world over for over . . .
- Reliance Inks Pact With Haryana (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
Overruling objections by Opposition parties and even a ruling party MP, the Reliance Industries and the Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (HSIIDC) today signed a joint venture agreement for setting up a Rs 25,000- . . .
- Round 1 To Ramadoss, Says Panel Will Probe Aiims Rot (Indian Express, Toufiq Rashid, Jun 20, 2006)
While he did tone down his personal attack against AIIMS director P Venugopal, Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss announced a “high-level committee” to probe into what he called the “administrative collapse and non-functioning of the institute.’’
- Social Novel (Hindu, P. Sundaresan, Jun 20, 2006)
The well-documented preface provides a solid foundation to the structure of this unique social novel.
- Into An Era Of Water Governance (Indian Express, Maxine Olson, Jun 20, 2006)
Rising populations, disregard of environmental resources and their mismanagement have put huge pressure on water supplies.
- The Ramadoss Effect (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 20, 2006)
The unsavoury press which the country’s premier medical institution, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, is courting through its public fracas with the Health Minister, would be worthy of a Bollywood spoof.
- Probe Into Functioning Of Aiims (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
The Union health minister, Dr Anbumani Ramadoss, today announced the setting up of a three member committee to look into the functioning of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences.
- Revert To Type To Free The Inner Writer (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 20, 2006)
Ever suffered from writer's block? The key to success is to forget word processors and take inspiration from the typewriter.
- Development Panel Sought For Malabar (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
Chamber seeks funds to develop IT sector in north Kerala
- China To Launch First Unmanned Lunar Orbiter In 2007 (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
China will launch its first unmanned lunar exploration orbiter, "Chang'e 1" in 2007 and the plan is proceeding smoothly, chief scientist of the moon probe programme said on Monday.
- Halfway House: Ramadoss Sets Up Aiims Panel (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
Accused of trying to arm-twist the faculty and Director of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) to follow his agenda, Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss on Monday set up a committee to look into the functioning of the . . .
- Talking Dirty (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 20, 2006)
An important scientific finding can change the way people live. At the very least, it won’t change the way some people live.
- Deliver Us From Evil (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 20, 2006)
As pilgrims gather at the Amarnath cave in Jammu and Kashmir and pay their respects to the natural Shivling that has formed there every summer since, well, recorded history, a disquieting and downright dangerous frenzy is being sought to be created . . .
- Suicide Attempt By Dda Stenographer (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
A senior stenographer with the Delhi Development Authority allegedly tried to commit suicide by taking poison in the office premises in South Delhi on Monday.
- Bsnl Targets 60 Million Mobile Connections In Next Three Years (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
Tenders for installation of equipment to be finalised in two months
Triple play services soon
Satellite phone connectivity for 14,000 villages
- Poverty Lurks In The Shadows Of Indian Economic Boom (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Jun 19, 2006)
“The obstacles hampering India’s progress, poor infrastructure, weak government, searing inequality, corruption and crime-converge in Bombay,” according to a cover story in Time magazine’s new issue.
- Year Of The Farmer (Tribune, M.S. Swaminathan, Jun 19, 2006)
To restore farmers’ faith in farming, the National Commission on Farmers (NCF) has recommended that the agricultural year 2006-07 (June 1, 2006, to May 31, 2007) may be observed as the Year of the Farmers.
- Revisiting Syria’S History (Dawn, M.J. Akbar, Jun 19, 2006)
The sun rises at 4.30 am. It is already high by 7.30 and will fade only at 7.45 in the evening.
- India's Wake-Up Call In Pharma (The Economic Times, Karan Singh, Jun 19, 2006)
India’s age-old rivalry with China has suddenly turned sharp in a cutting-edge industry — pharmaceuticals. Last month (May 26), global drug maker AstraZeneca unveiled plans to invest $100 million over the next three years in an ‘innovation centre’ . . .
- Bill Closes The Gates (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jun 19, 2006)
He is the man who more than any other has shaped and defined the IT age. It no exaggeration, therefore, to say the tech world will not be the same once Bill Gates, in keeping with Thursday’s announcement, disengages from his full-time role at . . .
- Regulation Must Keep Pace With Markets (The Financial Express, Sucheta Dalal, Jun 19, 2006)
Regulators and laws are still to address the issues posed by e-wallet, an already launched product
- 'Now Duets Are Sung Alone' (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
The Dada Saheb Phalke award winner whose six-decade-long career shows no signs fading, on the changing world of Hindi film music, the new trends and the old memories
- Prayers In The Military (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 19, 2006)
The military has been making a good-faith effort to write rules on religious activities that preserve both the rights of free expression among service members and the separation of church and state.
- Musharraf For Conflict Resolution (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 19, 2006)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf has called for addressing the root causes of terrorism and underscored the need for resolution of conflicts such as Palestine and Kashmir to ensure peace, security and economic development in Asia.
- Dna Test To Identify Confucius Descendants (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 19, 2006)
People who claim to be descendants of Confucius can prove they are indeed related to the famous Chinese philosopher by giving a strand of their hair for DNA testing.
- Israel To Launch Tauvexii Aboard India's Gsat-4 By 2007 (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
Israel is likely to launch its 18.2 million USD-worth TauvexII scientific telescope for astronomical research of the galaxies aboard India's GSAT-4 satellite by mid next year.
- Sonia: Replicate Rae Bareli Victory (Hindu, Atiq Khan, Jun 19, 2006)
Says it will decide whether rule of law will prevail in State
Accuses State Government of obstructing development of Rae Bareli
Rahul Gandhi assures speedy development and resolution of water scarcity
- Russia Pragmatic On Arms But Is Trade Healthy? (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
Missiles to Syria and Iran, warplanes to Venezuela and Myanmar, helicopters to Sudan -- Russia goes its own way when it comes to selling arms, seemingly immune to ethical debates that affect the industry elsewhere.
- Falling Standard Of Education (Daily Excelsior, Shiv Kumar Sharma, Jun 19, 2006)
As most of the people in Education know that the word ‘Education' has been derived from the word ‘Educe' which means to draw out all the best that is there in a child.
- Pau Inks Mous With Two Us Universities (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
Punjab Agricultural University has signed agreements of cooperation with two American Universities to enhance academic interchange and to further the development of basic scientific and technological research and faculty-student exchange programmes.
- Al-Qaeda Planned Gas Attack In Ny: Report (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
US officials received intelligence that Al-Qaeda operatives had been 45 days from releasing a deadly gas into New York City subways when the plan was called off by Osama bin Laden's second-in-command in 2003, according to a book excerpt . . .
- America’S War For Hearts And Minds (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 19, 2006)
It seems unfair to single out the hapless Colleen Graffy.
- Indian Business Invasion Of Britain (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
Next month, UK Trade and Investment, the government-backed agency that encourages overseas companies to do business in Britain, will reveal how many Indian companies invested here in the year to April.
- Citizen Gates (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 19, 2006)
Bill Gates, after having reinvented the computer industry, has just reinvented himself. The man closely identified with Microsoft and the PC revolution has just announced that he will disengage from day-to-day running of the company by 2008, after . . .
- Physics Unlimited (Times of India, RANJIT NAIR, Jun 19, 2006)
The idea that physics is the most fundamental of all sciences and that other sciences like chemistry, biology and psychology deal with congeries of phy-sical systems is now familiar folklore.
- Market Musings In These Volatile Times (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Jun 19, 2006)
After the roller-coaster ride in the capital market last week, only the very bold or extremely foolish would dare to predict what the coming week will bring. In the last fortnight, the Indian market has bounced up three times with a dazzling . . .
- Trade As A Tool Of Geopolitics (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 19, 2006)
According to the Minutes of the U.S. Trade Policy Review meeting released recently by the World Trade Organisation, major trade partners have expressed concern over the impact of the security measures instituted by the United States on the flow . . .
- Beyond The Drama, The Real Issues (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
That was something of a record — more than 25 messages pointing out one error.
- Ai, Indian See Opportunities In Merger (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
Benefits include dominant market position and economies of scale; the new airline will also get ample scope to create joint ventures
- `Software, Hardware Must Develop In Parallel' (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
Technology, for the sake of it, is not useful in the long run, says ARM COO
- Microsoft Initiative To Promote Indian It Market (Hindu, Shanthi Kannan, Jun 19, 2006)
Strategy aims at developing tools, technologies and training
The attempt is to change India from renting intelligence quotient to owning intellectual properties.
- Blacklisted Firm Got Drdo’S ‘Super-Sensitive’ Contract (Indian Express, Ritu Sarin, Jun 19, 2006)
Shoghi: DRDO’s project now stuck after fraud concerning blacklisted firm; crucial equipment gathers dust at Customs
- U.S.' Problem Is Resisting Bush's Power Grab (Hindu, Martin Kettle, Jun 19, 2006)
As in the 18th century, America's problem is a usurping king called George.
- Qaeda Plot: Gas Attack On Ny Metro (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Jun 19, 2006)
Al-Qaeda had planned to release a deadly poison gas on the New York metro in 2003 and was only 45 days away from carrying out the attack when Osama Bin Laden’s deputy called off the operation.
- Quota Bill Seeks Right To Interfere With Iits, Iims (Indian Express, Varghese K George, Jun 19, 2006)
‘‘The UPA government will ensure that all institutions of higher learning and professional educational retain their autonomy,’’ says the National Common Minimum Programme (NCMP) of the ruling alliance.
- Defence Planning (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jun 19, 2006)
An unprecedented situation is being faced by Indian people at the dawn of 21st century.
- Ex-Raw Officer: India Can Make 50 Nuclear Warheads A Year (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
A top former intelligence official has said India would have the capacity to make about 50 nuclear warheads a year as it would be able to retain six reactors outside safeguards envisaged under the India-US nuclear agreement.
- We Can Do Without Army Vice-Chief, Says Sushma (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
Taking strong exception to remarks by the army vice-chief Lt Gen K Pattabhiraman that the force could ‘‘do without women’’, senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj today demanded that he be suspended immediately.
- "India Can Make 50 Nuclear Warheads A Year" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
Six reactors outside safeguards can produce 130 kg of weapon-grade plutonium a year
Assurance of fuel supply from U.S. and NSG will increase India's existing capacity
Potential for FBR technology huge: Sinha
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