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Articles 5221 through 5320 of 17201:
- Hu’S Eight Commandments (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, May 08, 2006)
After Hu Jintao, the President of China and Chairman of the CPC, issued a set of eight do’s and eight don’ts to improve the moral standards of Chinese people, the party has gone into an overdrive.
- Punish The Guilty (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 08, 2006)
Friday's violent protest in the Kashmir Valley that left 17 injured reinforces the belief that the state is a tinderbox, which requires just a spark to explode. And that spark came when the media reported about a sex racket involving some top . . .
- Business Of Age (Times of India, MUKUL SHARMA, May 08, 2006)
For various reasons not the least of them being strict birth regulation measures adopted last century, China today is faced with the problem of an ageing population.
- As Nasa Top Man Lands, Isro Says After Moon, May Go To Deep Space (Indian Express, PALLAVA BAGLA, May 08, 2006)
With Indo-US ties on a new high, the ISRO hopes to take it well beyond the planned Indian moon mission.
- Japan May Back Indo-Us Nuclear Deal In Nsg (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 07, 2006)
Ahead of the Nuclear Suppliers Group's meeting in Brazil next month, a key politician from Japan's ruling party has indicated that Tokyo will consider supporting the India-US nuclear deal...
- Access Is The Key, We Have To Hike Seats, From Itis To Iits: Pm (Indian Express, RAJU NAYAK, May 07, 2006)
Calling for an increased role of the private sector in higher-education, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said that the Government has to increase the number of seats at “all levels of technical education, from ITIs to IITs, ...
- Eviscerating A Holy Cow (Hindu, Nisheeth Srivastava, May 07, 2006)
LET US NOT DELUDE OURSELVES. IIT IS A VERY EFFICIENT AND CONSISTENT BREEDING GROUND FOR PRODUCTIVE MEDIOCRITY
- Pm For Excellence, Equity In Education (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 07, 2006)
Stating that educational and welfare institutions must strike a “fair balance between ensuring equity and pursuing excellence”, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday subtly endorsed...
- Pm Witnesses Naval Fire Power At Sea (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 07, 2006)
Breaking from his routine, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday made a foray into the high seas with the men in battle blues to witness first hand the efforts being undertaken by the armed forces to combat the threat of missiles.
- Opportunity That Was Lost (Deccan Herald, Sonya Dutta Choudhury, May 07, 2006)
The world’s hotspots have never been more beautiful. Afghanistan, Slovakia, Sri Lanka, Kashmir. And India’s North East.
- Chernobyl Twenty Years Later (Daily Excelsior, K.S. Parthasarathy, May 07, 2006)
On April 26, 1986, nearly 20 years ago, the most serious nuclear accident irreparably damaged a nuclear power reactor of 1000 Megawatt capacity at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station in Ukraine.
- Call To Ban Commercialisation Of Education (Hindu, Anita Joshua, May 07, 2006)
Educationists say privatisation of education cannot be for profit-making purposes
Private sector not a solution to problems of quantity, quality
It could create imbalance among various streams of learning
Concern over access to the marginalized section
- Focus On Navy's Influence On Land Operations (Hindu, ARUNKUMAR BHATT, May 07, 2006)
Future naval wars will be of high intensity: Admiral Arun Prakash
- Emulate The Tatas: Manmohan (Hindu, Special Correspondent, Hindu, May 07, 2006)
"In the context of human resource development, the Tatas have set an example"
- Training Women To Become Leaders (Tribune, Kiran Bedi, May 07, 2006)
This fortnight was full of creative happenings for me from which I drew greater learning and inspiration.
- Monsoon To Be Normal In The State (Deccan Herald, Satish Shile, May 06, 2006)
A normal monsoon has been forecast for the year and is expected to enter the state by June 5.
- Multicultural Parody Along Info Highway (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 06, 2006)
The Internet is today’s version of the Silk Road, the great east-west trading route.
- Tata, Marcopolo Float Jv (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 06, 2006)
Tata Motors, and Marcopolo, Brazil-based global leader in body-building for buses and coaches have joined hands to manufacture fully-built buses and coaches.
- Infinite Power Of Bhakti (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 06, 2006)
The Bhagavata Purana claims that the path of Bhakti is a sure promise for liberation. Innumerable and exemplary accounts of devotion laying stress on love, faith and service to God bear testimony to this truth and serve to inspire devotion.
- Tata Motors, Marcopolo To Form Jv (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 06, 2006)
To manufacture fully built buses and coaches
New plant to go on stream in a year's time
Total investment envisaged at Rs. 150-200 crore
- Jaduguda's Hapless Children (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 06, 2006)
BBC presenterMark Whitakerexplores the dark side of India's nuclear programme. In this feature, he investigates the high number of children born with health problems and birth defects in the village of Jaduguda in Jharkhand and questions whether . . .
- Upa Core Panel Meets Today On Quota Issue (Tribune, Anita Katyal, May 06, 2006)
Now that Science and Technology Minister Kapil Sibal is back from his foreign visit, the next meeting of the Union Cabinet may well witness some sparks when he comes face to face with Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh on the latter’s . . .
- Tv For Your Vote (Tribune, J. Sri Raman, May 06, 2006)
MR Muthuvel Karunanidhi, patriarch of ‘Dravidian’ politics, of course, does not bear the palest resemblance to Marie Antoinette. But he has come out with a message to the electorate that his critics can make sound remarkably like the reported . . .
- Pm Favours Increase In Number Of Seats In Itis, Iits (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 06, 2006)
Apparently keeping in mind the ongoing controversy over reservation, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today favoured increase in the number of seats at all levels of technical education from ITIs to IITs.
- Cbi Fir Or Cong Report Against Chautala? (Times of India, Vishwa Mohan, May 06, 2006)
In what is sure to trigger a controversy, CBI's decision to lodge an FIR against former Haryana CM Om Prakash Chautala and his family members in a disproportionate assets case looks like a photocopy of Congress "chargesheet" against the INLD leader . . .
- Site Unseen (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 06, 2006)
In H G Wells's The Invisible Man, a scientist theorises that if a person's refractive index is changed to exactly that of air and his body does not absorb or reflect light, then he will not be visible.
- Sonia Pleads For Repeat Massive Mandate For Dpa (Hindu, G. Satyamurty , May 06, 2006)
"Tamil Nadu needs a Government which cares for the people"
- Police On Fast Track, Sarangi In Shock (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, May 06, 2006)
Mumbai police swung into action on the day of Pramod Mahajan’s funeral, securing sanction to prosecute brother Praveen for murder and moving to fast-track the case.
- Focus Will Be On Improving Infrastructure, Says New Bda Commissioner (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 06, 2006)
All projects will be completed on schedule, promises M.K. Shankarlinge Gowda
- Bridge Manpower Gap, Says Manmohan Singh (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 06, 2006)
Appeals to private sector to increase its participation, investment in higher education
- A Swim In China's Polluted Pearl River? (Christian Science Monitor, Simon Montlake, May 05, 2006)
The mayor of China's top manufacturing city is hosting a "swimathon" this summer in the local Pearl River. Cleanup efforts to reverse years of industrial pollution have been so successful, claims mayor Guang Zhangming, that the Pearl is once again . . .
- Comply Or Face “Further Measures”, Security Council Tells Iran (Tribune, DHARAM SHOURIE, May 05, 2006)
Britain and France have moved a resolution in the UN Security Council demanding that Iran suspend nuclear enrichment or face the threat of unspecified “further measures”, setting the stage for a possible confrontation with Russia and China who . . .
- King Faizal Prize For M.S. Narasimhan (Hindu, S. Ramanan, May 05, 2006)
The acclaimed mathematician's contributions are profoundly original
- Foreign Trade Policy Needs Fdi Flavour (Business Line, S. Majumder , May 05, 2006)
It is time for the Foreign Trade Policy to adopt a new strategy in the wake of a dramatic change in the global trade pattern.
- Indian Origin Astronaut To Make Maiden Journey To Iss (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
Three years after Kalpana Chawla's tragic space expedition, another American astronaut of Indian origin Sunita Williams will make her maiden journey to the International Space Station (ISS) as part of NASA's six-month mission.
- India Rules Out Changes In Nuclear Deal With Us (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
India today made it clear that it will accept no "amendments" to the civil nuclear agreement signed with the US rejecting reported suggestions in this regard by Washington.
- Fiction As Fact (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 05, 2006)
The Supreme Court's stay order on Thursday, putting on hold further demolition of illegal structures described as "places of worship", may have fetched a temporary reprieve for fanatics in Vadodara who have nothing but contempt for authority.
- South Indian Red Herring (Telegraph, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, May 05, 2006)
The author is president, Centre for Policy Research
In his defence of further extending reservations to the other backward classes, P. Chidamabaram, a late and curious convert to the new reservation mania sweeping the government, predictably . . .
- Hrd Minister Pays Ec A Visit (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
A day after having met President APJ Abdul Kalam, Union Human Resources Development Minister Arjun Singh visited the Election Commission on Thursday over his alleged announcement declaring quota for other backward classes (OBC) in elite educational . . .
- Fish Fossils Found In China May Shed Light On Origin Of Man ....... (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
Chinese scientists have announced that fossils of fish species that lived over 405 million years ago in southern China may shed exciting new light on the origin of human beings, the state media reported.
- Prioritising Civil Service Reforms (Daily Excelsior, Srinivasan K. Rangachary, May 05, 2006)
The Government proposes to introduce a bill in Parliament to amend civil services rules whereby merit and integrity will get preponderance over seniority.
- Hazardous Task Of Monsoon Forecasting (Daily Excelsior, Jyotsna Pandit, May 05, 2006)
After a nine-year spell, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted that there is a 22 per cent chance that the coming monsoon (2006) would be some 7 per cent below normal.
- China Church Row Worsens (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
Pope Benedict said today China’s appointment of two Catholic bishops without his blessing was a “grave violation of religious freedom” as a standoff with Beijing over control of church posts escalated.
- Road To Nowhere (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 05, 2006)
A few villagers refusing to vote may make no difference to the election results. It may even work towards the greater glory of the winning parties, since India does not have a system in which the percentage of abstentions is taken into account.
- Global Warming Unprecedented In 20,000 Years (Tribune, Steve Connor, May 05, 2006)
Global warming is made worse by man-made pollution and the scale of the problem is unprecedented in at least 20,000 years, according to a draft report by the world’s leading climate scientists.
- Not Quite Mainstream (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 05, 2006)
As a long-time reader and occasional contributor to Mainstream, I was dismayed at the personal attack launched on the eminent journalist B.G. Verghese by three writers, one of whom is this journal’s editor (Prashant Bhushan, Suhas Borker, Sumit . . .
- Love Is The Undying Flame That Sets Life Aglow (Times of India, AVATAR MEHER BABA, May 05, 2006)
Of the forces that can best overcome all difficulties, love is the most potent force because the greatest law of God is love, which holds the key to all problems.
- Serious About Educating Rita (Indian Express, Ashok Ganguly, May 05, 2006)
am strongly of the opinion that women should have the same facilities as men and even special facilities where necessary — so observed Mahatma Gandhi while making an impassioned plea for according a special emphasis on educating the girl child as . . .
- Record Numbers (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 05, 2006)
A good show by India Inc, but some worry ahead
- A Pursuit Of Pure Passion (Hindu, S. DIWAKAR , May 05, 2006)
Did you know that Gauhar Jaan was not actually the first Indian musician to have a gramophone recording?
- `Insist On E-Waste Disposal Facilities For Approving It Parks' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
Information Technology (IT) parks should have e-waste disposal facilities.
- Indian-Origin Sunita Williams To Make Maiden Space Expedition (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
She will serve as a flight engineer on NASA's six-month mission
- Haryana Plan For Development Of Sugarcane (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
Farmers to get 50 per cent subsidy
- Sabre-Rattling Against Iran Unlikely To Succeed (Hindu, Tariq Ali, May 04, 2006)
Ringed by nuclear states, Teheran's atomic programme is scarcely unreasonable. So why has Washington manufactured this crisis?
- A Man Of The Modern World (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , May 04, 2006)
There was no job in the BJP that Pramod Mahajan did not handle — and handle with some finesse. Whether he was in the party or the government, he took every job seriously, working out every detail.
- Rocket-Rattling Over Iran (Deccan Herald, Tariq Ali, May 04, 2006)
Till now, what has prevented the crisis in Iraq from becoming a total debacle for the US has been the open collaboration of the Iranian clerics.
- On The Fast Track (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 04, 2006)
The Union Government has given the green signal to the metro rail project in Bangalore.
- One Dish Haunts Nation (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, May 04, 2006)
May 2 was yet another ‘memorable’ day in the parliamentary history of the country when lawmakers from both sides showed rare unanimity in allowing introduction of an amendment Bill envisaging grant of permission for one dish on the occasion of marriages.
- Rest In Peace (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 04, 2006)
Whenever he was buffeted by a political storm, and there were many in the two-and-a-half decades that Pramod Mahajan spent in the BJP, he would resolutely battle on, refusing to accept defeat.
- Changing Geo-Politics Of Central Asia & India (Daily Excelsior, Sudhanshu Tripathi, May 04, 2006)
The Central Asian region is one of the most prominent socio-political cultural units in the contemporary world. Its location in the middle of Islamic, Christian and Buddhist radicalized civilizations makes the region as the most convenient transit . . .
- Components Of A Miracle That Is Attainable (The Financial Express, JAYANTA ROY, May 04, 2006)
Why we need high and sustained growth and what we need to do to make this happen
- Eco-Bird' To Monitor E-Waste Recycling (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
11 recycling units form an association to promote clean practices
- Private Firms Eyeing Defence Sector (Tribune, P.K. Vasudeva, May 04, 2006)
THE Indian defence budget is estimated to cross $20 billion by 2008, and 26 per cent FDI inclination towards gradual indigenisation of defence supplies.
- Mahajan Passes Away (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
Mr Pramod Mahajan, BJP General Secretary and former Union Minister for Telecommunications, Information Technology and Parliamentary Affairs, succumbed to the bullet injuries he sustained on April 22. The 56-year-old `Generation Next' leader of the . . .
- High Risk Groups Pose Concern (Daily Excelsior, Arvinder Kaur, May 04, 2006)
The number of HIV infections in India are on the rise, and according to official figures, more than 5.2 million people are now thought to be living with the virus, the second largest number in any country after South Africa. That was an increase . . .
- Accelerating Investment (News International, Editorial, The News International, May 04, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that the Board of Investment (BOI) will be restructured and transformed into a vibrant organisation providing one-window operation for expeditious finalisation of local and foreign investment projects.
- Panjab University Scientists Achieve Breakthrough In Psoriasis Treatment .. (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
The dream of the dermatologists to surmount the serious reactive effects in patients associated with a very popular anti-psoriatic drug, Dithranol, has now become a reality at University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (UIPS) of Panjab University.
- Food Is Medicine, Psychology And Status (Deccan Herald, N SHAKUNTALA MANAY, May 04, 2006)
The way food is offered says a whole lot about the personality of the person who is offering it.
- Affirmative Action As Strategy (Business Standard, Kanika Datta, May 04, 2006)
Pardon me for covering old ground, but I can’t help thinking that if private corporations did not run quite so scared, there might actually find a durable, strategic solution to this affirmative action controversy.
- Beyond Instinct And Intellect (The Economic Times, Paramahamsa Sri Nithyananda, May 04, 2006)
Animals eat, sleep, hunt and mate with no thoughts. Instinct is their nature. Instinct keeps them happy. Human beings work at a different plane altogether.
- Bandh In Jammu (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, May 04, 2006)
It did not need call by any political party for people in this region to observe bandh on Tuesday in protest against massacres in Doda and Udhampur districts.
- Iran And The Us Share Goals In Afghanistan (Christian Science Monitor, David Montero, May 04, 2006)
The owner of this plumbing shop in Herat, Afghanistan, says his business would be crippled if Iran stopped exporting its products.
- Mummy, I'm Bored (Hindu, SHEFALI TRIPATHI MEHTA, May 04, 2006)
Want to beat boredom without feeling stressed out? Here are some tips to help kids have a blast this summer
- Iran, Us Share Afghan Goals (Christian Science Monitor, David Montero, May 04, 2006)
The smooth blacktop roads and 24-hour electricity of Herat set this Afghan commercial capital apart as a model of stability in a country still struggling to get on its feet. Much of the wealth in this western city, with its tree-lined streets and . . .
- End To Child Labour In Sight: Ilo (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 03, 2006)
A new global report on child labour indicates that the number of child labourers globally have fallen by 11 per cent over the last four years, giving hopes of a reduction in child labour, especially its hazardous forms.
- Nepal Maoists (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, May 03, 2006)
The American Connection And More
- Sacred Space, Uncommon Ground (Indian Express, AYESHA KHAN, May 03, 2006)
On Monday morning, the removal of an old dargah by municipal authorities in Vadodara was apparently a simple civic demolition exercise.
- A Sick System (Times of India, Ritu Priya, May 03, 2006)
It is odd that medical students are far more exercised about quotas than the state of the poor in the country, the callousness of their professional brethren and India's public health system.
- Fdi Can Step Up Growth (Tribune, C.L. Singla, May 03, 2006)
PRIME Minister Manmohan Singh, while inaugurating the Hannover Trade Fair in Germany on April 24 said that “India is in tune with new realities of the global economic order…and it is at the cusp of a historic transformation”. Having emphasised . . .
- His Economics Aimed At Public Good (Tribune, Robert Skidelsky, May 03, 2006)
FOR 20 years in the middle of the last century, John Kenneth Galbraith, who died on Sunday at 97, was the “best known living economist”.
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