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Articles 4321 through 4420 of 17201:
- Foreign Trade: The Unfinished Agenda (Deccan Herald, Sachin Chaturvedi, Jun 12, 2006)
It’s time India took a policy position with regard to precautionary measures for GM products
- Ahmadinejad Turns The Tables (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Jun 12, 2006)
About wiping Israel off the map, what the Western media attributed to Ahmadinejad was a mistranslation from Farsi
- Brush With Bliss (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 12, 2006)
The headlines have been on a high for the past week, tracking Rahul Mahajan’s tryst (or not) with cocaine and broadening into how easily drugs are available, who the distributors are. On the other side, the link between spiritual experiences
- China’S Westland (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 12, 2006)
Before the highway arrived last year, threading a strip of black pavement across a moonscape of pale sand, this town in central Xinjiang province was among the lonelier places on earth.
- Chinese Reaction To Indo-Us Relations (Indian Express, K. Subrahmanyam, Jun 12, 2006)
China is the nation with the longest continuity in the practice of international relations and is therefore for more sophisticated in its international diplomacy than India is. This was evident in the reaction of Premier Wen Jiabao during his visit . . .
- Land Of His Father (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 12, 2006)
Not even Congress and BJP national leaders have the guts to speak for urban regeneration
- Postman Vs. The Courier Man (Daily Excelsior, Atul Cowshish, Jun 12, 2006)
It is astounding that more than half a century after Independence our postal services continue to be governed by a law going back to colonial days, the Indian Post Office Act, passed in 1898.
- Congress Cuts Pak Aid, Bush Nose (Times of India, Chidanand Rajghatta, Jun 12, 2006)
The US Congress and Bush administration may be parting ways over how to treat America's client state, Pakistan.
- Increase Fdi Ceiling For Small Industries: Parliamentary Panel (Hindu, Sushma Ramchandran, Jun 12, 2006)
This will ensure better technology transfer and large investments, it says
Raising general SSI excise exemption limit from Rs. 1 crore to Rs. 1.25 crore mooted
Panel for increasing SSI turnover eligibility limit from Rs. 4 crore to Rs. 5 . . .
- Canada Honours 11 Nris For Their Achievements (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 12, 2006)
A Kolkata-born scientist whose invention is powering NASA astronaut's suits, and a paramedic who reached out to tsunami-hit people and quake victims in Pakistan, are among 11 Indo-Canadians honoured by Prime Minister Stephen Harper for their . . .
- Umpiring Parliament (Tribune, L.M. Singhvi, Jun 12, 2006)
The duties of the office of Speaker and the persona of the distinguished incumbent of that office are not a riddle wrapped in mystery or encased in enigma. Both are open books.
- Cag Unveils Flaws In Mig-29 Maintenance (Tribune, Vijay Mohan, Jun 12, 2006)
Serious shortcomings in the MiG-29 maintenance and overhaul process resulted in low serviceability of aircraft in squadrons and consequent shortfalls in operational tasks.
- 'Ethanol To Save 40 Cr Litre Petrol’ (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 11, 2006)
Ethanol is being seen not just as an environment-friendly fuel additive to reduce emissions, but in these days of rising fossil fuel prices, it is also being considered critical to the country’s energy security.
- Container Insecurity (Frontline, R.K. Raghavan, Jun 11, 2006)
The U.S. leads nations that are paranoid about the possibility of terrorists using containers to smuggle explosives and equipment.
- The Future: Productivity And Sustainability (The Financial Express, NK SINGH, Jun 11, 2006)
There is a need to focus on improving factor productivity, R&D and environmental concerns
- Nation That Kills Talent (Pioneer, KPS Gill, Jun 11, 2006)
Education, Bertrand Russell remarked, is the key to the new world.
- Iran To Make Counter Offer To West (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2006)
Iran will make a counter offer in response to a Western incentive package aimed at persuading Iran to suspend uranium enrichment, the Iranian foreign minister said today.
- Rising Tide Of Terror (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 11, 2006)
For long India has been under the self-delusion that Pakistan would stop cross-border terrorism and that we should continue to negotiate and treat our neighbour with kid gloves.
- Blog Me On (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, Jun 11, 2006)
The only way to challenge the bias and arrogance of the liberal media elite is by using the power of words and the force of technology against it.
- Pak Rights Record Prompts Us Aid Cut (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2006)
The USA has slashed about 350 million dollars foreign aid to Pakistan, citing its poor human rights record and failure to to do enough to improve democracy.
- The Upsc Challenge (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2006)
Coaching centres in Delhi, which have a creditable record, attract civil services aspirants from across the country.
- Us Slashes About 350 Dollars Foreign Aid To Pak (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2006)
The US has slashed about 350 million dollars foreign aid to Pakistan, citing its poor human rights record and failure to do enough to improve democracy.
- Double Delight In Winning Start (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2006)
Party time twice over in the so-called English Garden in Munich. This is like Kew Gardens transplanted from south-west London but without the horticultural science.
- Irreplaceable Pioneer (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 11, 2006)
Outside the arcane area of legal philosophy, the name of the Oxford scholar, H.L.A. Hart (1907-92), does not ring much of a bell now. Straying from philosophy into law, he happened to write the foundational text of his discipline, The Concept of . . .
- Fast Track To The Future (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2006)
From the Great Wall to the MagLev, China presents an interesting mix of tradition and modernity.
The MagLev train flies a few inches above the tracks at speeds above 400 kmph...
- Outsourcing Wodehouse (Hindu, Ajit Duara, Jun 11, 2006)
Highly recommended for all veterans of campus life in India.
Anything For You Ma'am: An IITian's Love Story, Tushar Raheja, Srishti Publishers and Distributors, 2006, Rs. 100.
- Confession Is Best Way Out For Rahul Mahajan (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2006)
Mahajan’s lawyer, has, stoutly denied any drug abuse by his client. The denial notwithstanding, the police could prove through laboratory test results that Mahajan and Vivek Moitra, former personal secretary to the late Mahajan, had consumed drugs . . .
- Success Strategies (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2006)
A carefully thought-out plan and proper guidance can enable a focussed person to clear the tough UPSC examinations.
- Pols On The Run (Business Standard, T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan, Jun 11, 2006)
Political accountability is not the same as politicians' accountability.
- Art Of Political Lying (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Jun 11, 2006)
Words and phrases are often moulded and stated differently to leaven horrifying political acts.
- A Leading Institution With Global Standards (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2006)
Kamban Engineering College of Jeeva Educational Trust was founded by Thiru.
- Congress Leaders Rally In Support Of Reservation In Iims, Iits (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2006)
Those who are opposed to it are not keen on social justice: Dharam Singh Those who are opposed to it are not keen on social justice, says Dharam Singh
- Order On Rahul Mahajan's Bail Plea Deferred (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 10, 2006)
Court to wait for forensic report to determine quantity of drugs allegedly consumed
- Q&a: 30-40 Per Cent Air Travellers Are First-Timers (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 10, 2006)
It's been three years since Air Deccan, India's first low-cost airline, was launched and changed the face of Indian aviation. Thousands of people who probably never imagined that they could travel by air are today's frequent fliers.
- Blue-Chip Art (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 10, 2006)
The booming India art story has opened a new chapter with the launch of the country's largest art fund in Mumbai which will give private investors an opportunity to back the subcontinent's established painters and endow them with blue-chip status.
- Infosys Awards The Young Achievers (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 10, 2006)
Among the winners are an artist, a writer and a potential inventor
The young achievers got to spend time with N.R. Narayana Murthy
A 11-year-old from Chennai won a prize in Global Children's Art Competition in Oslo
- `Private Participation Needed To Boost Biotech Sector' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 10, 2006)
Undertake research in public spirit, says Jairam Ramesh
- Quota For Scs Mooted (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 10, 2006)
In the midst of the ongoing controversy on reservation, the National Commission for Scheduled Castes is pushing through a proposal on providing reservation for the SCs in the Army and other defence/scientific establishments like DRDO.
- The Egg And The Chicken (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 10, 2006)
Scientists are claiming that they have found an answer to one of the oldest conundrums.
- Infosys Honours Young Achievers (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 10, 2006)
Among the winners are an artist, a writer and a potential inventor
- When Saral Is Not Simple (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 10, 2006)
It is just as well that the Government now claims it has an open mind on the format of the new tax return for salaried individuals.
- L&t Infotech Initial Public Offering In 2008 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 10, 2006)
Global headquarters of L&TI at Powai campus inaugurated
Capex for all six centres will be Rs. 600 cr.
IT campus in Pune in the next 12-18 months
- Govt For Public Funding Of Bt Agri Research (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 10, 2006)
Stating that BT in agriculture would be doomed if driven by private players alone, Union Minister of State for Commerce Jairam Ramesh, on Friday, stressed the need for increase in public investment/public funded research in government and private labs.
- Management Quota Cannot Overlook Merit: Up (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 10, 2006)
Extending state policy to the ‘other quota’, the Uttar Pradesh Government has directed all private educational institutes to ensure that merit should be the sole criterion for availing admissions under the management quota.
- Us House Panel To Decide India’S Nuclear Deal (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 10, 2006)
After pouring over it for nine months, a powerful panel of the US House of Representatives will decide this month on a controversial civilian nuclear deal with India, a congressional staff member said on Thursday.
- Us-India Nuclear Deal Languishing On The Hill (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Jun 10, 2006)
President George W Bush and congressional supporters of the US-India nuclear agreement are “pushing to rescue the initiative and its vision of expanded strategic ties,” according to a US news service.
- Defence Spending And Development (Dawn, Vaseem Jafarey, Jun 10, 2006)
Lately, there have been references to the link between development and defence.
- After Long Night In Jail, Morning Jolt (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 10, 2006)
After a rough first night in his shared prison cell, Rahul Mahajan today learnt he must spend at least another four days in Tihar jail with a magistrate deferring his bail plea till June 13.
- Source Deep Inside Al Qaeda Betrayed Zarqawi (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 10, 2006)
Muhammad Ismael, a 40- year-old Iraqi taxi driver, was standing outside his home in the tiny village of Hibhib on Wednesday evening when something unusual caught his eye.
- Mean What You Say; Say What You Mean (The Economic Times, V B N RAM, Jun 10, 2006)
The best example of staunch adherents to the above heading are children.
- ‘Ethanol To Save 40 Cr Litre Petrol’ (The Economic Times, Pramod K. Chaudhari, Jun 10, 2006)
Ethanol is being seen not just as an environment-friendly fuel additive to reduce emissions, but in these days of rising fossil fuel prices, it is also being considered critical to the country’s energy security.
- Pols On The Run (Business Standard, T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan, Jun 10, 2006)
Political accountability is not the same as politicians' accountability.
- Art Of Political Lying (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Jun 10, 2006)
Words and phrases are often moulded and stated differently to leaven horrifying political acts.
- The Future: Productivity And Sustainability (The Financial Express, NK SINGH, Jun 10, 2006)
There is a need to focus on improving factor productivity, R&D and environmental concerns
- Water Conservation In Country (Daily Excelsior, Rattan Saldi, Jun 10, 2006)
Water resources planning and their optimal and judicious utilization is an important factor in water conservation not only for meeting the needs of the ever-growing population but also to maintain a water stock for future generations.
- Us House Panel To Decide On Indo-Us N-Deal (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
After poring over it for nine months, a powerful panel of the US House of Representatives will decide this month on a controversial civilian nuclear deal with India, a Congressional staffer said on Friday.
- India Deserves Better N-Tech: France (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
France said on Thursday that India deserved a "better status" in its access to nuclear technology for civilian use and backed a US proposal to change the rules of the Nuclear Suppliers Group to enable New Delhi achieve it.
- Iaea Says Iran Accelerated Uranium Enrichment (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
Iran accelerated uranium enrichment on the same day this week that world powers asked it to halt the work and open talks on guaranteeing it will not make nuclear weapons, the UN atomic agency said Thursday in a report obtained by AFP.
- Israel Keen On More Business With India: Consul General (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
"It has been developing strategic ties with countries including Turkey and India"
- 125 Interns Join `Instep' Programme At Infosys (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
The programme gives students valuable professional experience
- Health Ministry, Mci In A Standoff (Hindu, R. Ramachandran, Jun 09, 2006)
Diplomate of National Board degrees equated with MD/MS and DM/M.Ch for teaching jobs.
- India Abroad (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 09, 2006)
The finding that the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is one among the leading “educators” of US Senators and Congressmen is cause more for reflection than self-congratulation; reflection on how much remains to be done by India to win friends . . .
- Land And Man (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Jun 09, 2006)
Indian statisticians do a thankless job. In the present, they can only go by what the sahibs tell them. Later when the facts come in they tuck them away in their reports and get the short end of the stick.
- 'India, France Ties Entering Best Phase' (Hindu, R. Chandrakanth, Jun 09, 2006)
We were the first to support India's bid for a U.N. seat: envoy
- A 'Hole In The Wall' Helps Educate India (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
Free computers placed where children play could help bring basic education to India's 200 million boys and girls under age 15.
- Kalam Makes History By Piloting Su-30mk1 (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
Seventy-five-year-old A P J Abdul Kalam today piloted a supersonic Sukhoi-30 jet flying at speeds of over 1,200 km an hour, becoming the first President to make a sortie in a combat aircraft.
- An Opposition Without A Cause (Pioneer, Anuradha Dutt, Jun 09, 2006)
In spite of the blunders made by the UPA regime, the BJP remains too effete to derive any political advantage, says Anuradha Dutt
- Primary Capital Market Sets (The Economic Times, M Y KHAN, Jun 09, 2006)
The primary market can contribute tremendously to capital formation and growth of the economy if foreign participation in equity is further liberalised across all sectors.
- Interview:s.K.Jain, Chairman, Npcil (Frontline, T.S. Subramanian, Jun 09, 2006)
When the third reactor at Tarapur went critical, you announced that India's target was to generate 40,000 MWe of nuclear power by 2030.
- How E-Governance Can Benefit Students (The Financial Express, S SADAGOPAN, Jun 09, 2006)
Not only has it made available examination results at the click of a button, but enabled e-Testing, too.
- Remarkable Dissonance (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
Whatever be your take on the anti-reservation issue, there is no escaping the fact that the matter has triggered an unprecedented upheaval among young people.
- West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee (Frontline, SUHRID SANKAR CHATTOPADHYAY, Jun 09, 2006)
Interview with West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee.
- Ipos—a Regulated No-Brainer Creation (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jun 09, 2006)
Successive regulations have converted IPOs into a lottery, with retail investors like wildebeests.
- Kalam Makes History By Piloting Su-30 Jet (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
Seventy-five-year-old A P J Abdul Kalam today piloted a supersonic Sukhoi-30 Jet flying at speeds of over 1,200 km an hour, becoming the first President to make a sortie in a combat aircraft.
- Haryana Finds Wonder Cure In Agri-Clinics (Indian Express, RAJENDRA KHATRY, Jun 09, 2006)
Haryana has taken the lead in financing agricultural graduates to set up agri-clinics and agri-business centres to help farmers.
- A Dream Come True For President Kalam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
He flies in a Sukhoi-30 fighter plane, becoming the first President to make a sortie in a combat aircraft
Flies at speeds of over 1,200 km an hour
Takes the controls for three minutes
"It was a beautiful experience"
- 14-Day Judicial Custody For Rahul (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
Court orders registration of case against Apollo Hospital for misleading police
Police request for remand extension turned down
Rahul claims he is innocent and he had never taken drugs
- Ties With Russia (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 09, 2006)
PAKISTAN’s relations with Russia have still not acquired the level of understanding and warmth they should have in the aftermath of the break-up of the Soviet Union. Evidently, memory still rankles, for throughout the Cold War years Pakistan and . . .
- Us Okays Agni Iii Missile Test By 'Junior Partner' (Times of India, Chidanand Rajghatta, Jun 09, 2006)
The United States has given New Delhi a go-ahead to test its Agni III missile as part of an overarching plan to groom India as a "junior partner" in the Indian Ocean region, the intelligence think-tank Stratfor has said.
- When Crude Oil Runs Out ...... (Daily Excelsior, G V Joshi, Jun 08, 2006)
As the crude oil price, jumped above $70 a barrel and there is no sign of decline, a small group of geologists and planners are considering a more fundamental question:
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