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Articles 5421 through 5520 of 17201:
- Blending Socialist Ideals With Market Imperatives (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Apr 28, 2006)
China concedes that FDI has had the most favourable impact on the development of its economy in the opening up process.
- The Republic Of Deceit (Pioneer, Daniel Pipes, Apr 28, 2006)
Saddam Hussein became a victim of his past, for the world regarded his claim to removing all traces of WMD as a ruse, says Daniel Pipes
- Soft Expectations (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Apr 28, 2006)
MCA-21, the much-touted e-governance project of the ministry of company affairs, has run into muddy waters.
- Divisive Quota (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 28, 2006)
THE indefinite strike launched by the junior doctors of the five medical colleges in Delhi reflects their agony and anguish over Union Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh’s proposal to reserve 27 per cent seats for the Other Backward . . .
- Medicos Continue Stir, See Others Joining In (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 28, 2006)
Despite Arjun Singh's attempt to mislead the agitating medical students by assuring them his readiness to discuss the reservation issue with them after May 11, the students decided to continue their strike saying they were not satisfied with . . .
- Alternate Lifestyles Need A Change Of Heart (The Economic Times, MUKUL SHARMA, Apr 28, 2006)
When we talk of a consumer driven society thriving on materialistic goals we tend to blame — and quite rightly — hypermarket controls as an overriding function of greed.
- Ovl Acquires Brazilian Oil Field For $170m (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 28, 2006)
ONGC Videsh Ltd has made its maiden entry in Latin America by buying a 15 per cent stake for about $170 mn in a Brazilian oil field BC -10 from Royal Dutch/Shell. OVL had originally bought US energy giant ExxonMobil's 30 per cent stake in . . .
- Npt And Indo-Us Civil Nuclear Deal (Daily Excelsior, Brig. (Retd.) S.N. Sachadeva, Apr 28, 2006)
The Indo-US nuclear deal may get derailed if the non-proliferation lobby in the US Congress insists on India signing the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). India has always held the view that the NPT is discriminatory and it holds little . . .
- India-Cyprus : Forging New Ties (Daily Excelsior, Pallab Bhattacharya, Apr 28, 2006)
The recent visit of Cypriot President Tassos Papadopoulus to India was aimed at giving a new perspective to the country's long standing political ties with India.
- The War Of The Freebies (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Apr 28, 2006)
The battle for Tamil Nadu is being fought with rice and TV sets, as the Kazhagams go on a dole overdrive. Here, a quick measure of the people's pulse, especially vis-à-vis the Vaiko factor and the caste issues. In Tamil Nadu, so mixed is the . . .
- Medical Students' Stir To Continue (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 28, 2006)
Amidst differences, the protesting medical students on Thursday decided to continue their strike saying they were not satisfied with HRD Minister Arjun Singh's response to their demand for roll-back of the . . .
- `Urbanisation Of Poverty A Big Challenge' (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Apr 28, 2006)
Lindiwe N. Sisulu, South Africa's Minister for Housing, strongly believes that the only way to lift people out of poverty is to give them the asset of a house. Excerpts from an interview in Mumbai recently:
- Ovl To Pick-Up Stake In Brazilian Oil Field (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 28, 2006)
Signs agreement with Shell; acquisition to cost $170 m
- Extreme Makeover: New Ideas Of Mutualism (Deccan Herald, Geoff Mulgan, Apr 28, 2006)
Societies advance through innovation every bit as much as economies do.
- Strengthening A Partnership (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 28, 2006)
The long-standing friendship between India and Uzbekistan was reaffirmed during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to Tashkent.
- Confusion And Chaos In Professional Education (Hindu, T.R. Andhyarujina, Apr 28, 2006)
Between cynical politicians and contradictory judgments of the highest court, students, parents, educationists, and institutions are perplexed, awaiting the next move by the government or the court.
- Medical Students Come Together To Intensify Anti-Quota Strike (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 28, 2006)
After much ado over the quota protest outside HRD minister Arjun Singh’s residence on Wednesday, five representatives of city’s medical colleges finally got the chance to see him on Thursday.
- Looking Back~i (Statesman, BIBEKANANDA RAY, Apr 28, 2006)
Now that the Left Front is aiming at returning to power for the seventh time, it may be relevant to look at its balance sheet during 29 years of uninterrupted rule.
- Billions Waiting To Hit India: Us (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Apr 28, 2006)
Billions of dollars are waiting to flow into India as soon as the investment climate improves, according to US Treasury Under Secretary Timothy Adams, who is visiting India next week....
- Even Songbirds Can Learn Grammar (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 27, 2006)
The simplest grammar, long thought to be one of the skills that separate man from beast, can be taught to a common songbird, new research suggests.
- Medicos For Merit Take On Quota Custodians (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 27, 2006)
Medical students put aside their stethoscopes on Wednesday and raised their voice against the proposed Government move to impose quota for OBC students in centres of higher learning.
- Subex: The Asterix Of India’S Software Boom (Indian Express, Narayanan Madhavan and Rosemary Arackaparambil, Apr 27, 2006)
Sometimes, big news comes from small corners—or corners thought to be small.
- Docs Clash With Police, Threatens Strike (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 27, 2006)
Anger over the proposal to impose OBC quotas in Central institutions spilled onto the streets of the Capital on Wednesday even as doctors at some of the main government hospitals announced an indefinite strike after police fired tear gas shells . . .
- India, Uzbekistan Must Fight Terrorism Together: Manmohan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 27, 2006)
MoU for cooperation in oil and natural gas, six other agreements signed
Working groups on oil and natural gas sectors, IT
Cooperation in light industry, agriculture, tourism, entrepreneurship, etc.
Memorandum of Cooperation between GAIL and Uzbeknef
- Iit Ruled Out For A.P. Says Ysr (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 27, 2006)
Cites the changed policy of the Union Government as the reason
- A Momentous Visit (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Apr 27, 2006)
CHINA now seems to be reaching out to the Middle East in a big way, for the result of President Hu Jintao’s visit to Saudi Arabia could turn out to be seminal.
- Angry Rhetoric Iran's Brinkmanship Doesn't Help (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 27, 2006)
The closer one gets to Friday, April 28, the deadline prescribed by the Security Council for Iran to stop all uranium enrichment, the more belligerent become the statements from Tehran.
- Reservation Debate (Frontline, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, Apr 27, 2006)
The disclosure of a move to reserve seats for Other Backward Classes in the IITs and the IIMs sets off a controversy.
- The Big Fight (Frontline, T.S. Subramanian, Apr 27, 2006)
The two major alliances may be throwing caution to the winds as they make promises they may find hard to keep.
- Dimensions Of Insecurity (Frontline, Hamid Ansari, Apr 27, 2006)
The book traces the new dimensions of security by focussing on the ingredients of individual and group insecurity.
- Indo-Us Nuclear Deal Helps Non-Proliferation (Tribune, Selig S. Harrison, Apr 27, 2006)
Why should India, with a spotless non-proliferation record, be denied access to U.S. civilian nuclear technology for electricity, while China — which helped Pakistan and Iran in their efforts to acquire nuclear weapons — can have it?
- Fraud In The Name Of Social Justice (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Apr 27, 2006)
The claim that the demand for reservation of seats for members of the Scheduled Castes and Tribes in institutions of excellence and higher learning like the Indian Institutes of Management and Indian Institutes of Technology, and job reservation in . . .
- Pakistan, India Work Towards Pact To Avert N-Accident Risk (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 27, 2006)
Discuss draft text of agreement, to be finalised at next meeting
* Talks on nuclear CBMs conclude, talks on conventional CBMs today
- Russia Delivers Nuclear Fuel To India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 27, 2006)
US officials criticise Russian move ahead of NSG rule changes
* Moscow not permitted to transfer fuel to non-NPT members
- Truth & Emergency (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, Apr 27, 2006)
A new book on Jayaprakash Narayan's days as a prisoner in Chandigarh fills a major void in the literature on the Emergency.
- Comed-K's Uget Has Become `Important' (Hindu, Rasheed Kappan, Apr 27, 2006)
THE ADMISSION process for undergraduate medical, dental and engineering courses is gathering heat. After the announcement of CET dates by the Common Entrance Test (CET) Cell, the Consortium of Medical, Engineering and Dental Colleges of Karnataka . . .
- How Opaque Kumar Got Kicked, Got Wild, And Got A Lifer (Business Line, D. Murali , Apr 27, 2006)
Was Kumar `more a reformer than a wrongdoer' as his defence used to say in 2004? Is he a scapegoat?
- Corporates Need New Strategies (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 27, 2006)
The flattening of the world due to globalisation — as Thomas Friedman has famously described — has levelled the paying field, empowering individuals, companies and societies in what used to be called the Third World.
- 'Perception Of Healthcare Is Changing' (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 27, 2006)
Healthcare as a model around the world is not built to last with growing costs and questions around quality of care. Healthcare is increasingly looking at sustainable models when it comes to costs.
- Deal Draws Flak (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 27, 2006)
Administration ``reneged'' on promise to share drafts of pact, alleges Senator
- Not Saying Much (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Apr 27, 2006)
Gone are the days when monsoon rainfall prediction would immediately impact markets—both commodities and, to an extent, shares.
- Cosmetic N-Accidents Talks (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Apr 27, 2006)
Pakistan and India have held fourth round of expert level talks on nuclear confidence-building measures focusing mainly on the agreement to reduce risk of nuclear accidents. These form part of the composite dialogue process.
- Our Energy Needs (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 27, 2006)
MR Aziz’s address at the inaugural session of the three-day meeting of Pak-China Energy Forum at Islamabad on Tuesday underlined the urgent need to exploit the indigenous energy resources and tap friendly help to acquire . . .
- Gazing Into A Cloudy Crystal Ball (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Apr 27, 2006)
The India Meteorological Department's current prediction of below-average rain during the south-west monsoon could change.
- Teacher-Institution Relationship (Daily Excelsior, Dr J L Raina, Apr 27, 2006)
Every profession is expected to evolve a set of ethical Principles to guide the conduct and behaviour of its members.
- Analysts Split Over U.S.-India Nuclear Deal Fallout (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 27, 2006)
Influential defense analysts on Wednesday differed over a controversial new civil nuclear energy deal with India, with one describing it as a grave threat to nonproliferation efforts and another saying the problems it poses in this regard are "manageable.
- India Has Sold Its Nuclear Soul To The Us (Rediff on the Net, Brahma Chellaney , Apr 27, 2006)
The US waiver bill to give effect to the nuclear deal with India shows just how wide the gap is between what America promises and what it sets out to do.
- ‘Indians Abroad Must Give Back To Communities’ (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Apr 27, 2006)
Suresh Shenoy, Co-Chairman, Pan IIT: “We explained to a US Congressman and a senator how India needs energy and that nuclear power is one way to reduce the dependence on fossil fuels, and they became very sympathetic.”
- Historical Links, Civilisational Affinities (Hindu, N. Ram , Apr 27, 2006)
Uzbekistan and India share a tradition of secularism and accommodating the interests and aspirations of diverse ethnic groups.
- Delhi Medical Students Protest Obc Quota (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 27, 2006)
Students from four city-based premiere medical colleges staged a protest against the Central proposal to introduce a quota for other backward classes (OBCs) in educational institutions including medical colleges.
- Got An Idea ? Pirates Will Steal It (Deccan Herald, John Naughton , Apr 26, 2006)
We hear a lot of guff about China – lumbering giant, colossal market, a billion consumers, next hyperpower, etc. And we see huge western technology companies – Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Cisco – willing to abase themselves in any way necessary to . . .
- Friendship Films (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 26, 2006)
Could ease tensions in other spheres
In the on-going thaw in relations between India and Pakistan, a major step forward is the easing of the ban on some Indian films across the border.
- Iran May Hide N-Scheme If Hurt (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2006)
Iran threatened today to begin hiding its nuclear programme if the West takes any “harsh measures” against it, in the country’s sharpest rebuttal yet to a UN Security Council deadline to suspend uranium enrichment or face possible
sanctions.
- Corruption Propels Naxilism (Daily Excelsior, Ravindra Shukla, Apr 26, 2006)
The Naxalite affected tribal areas of Chhattisgarh are very backward. The tribal population lives on the verge of starvation.
- Weed Out Fakes (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 26, 2006)
Nursing education should not be compromised
- The Media And Defence Purchases (Deccan Herald, Raja Menon, Apr 26, 2006)
Many of the bright young people in journalism weren't around in the mid 1980s, when an artillery gun almost brought down a government. The details of the apparent scandal were that the General Staff Quantitative Requirements (GSQR) had been changed,
- Manmohan Singh Arrives In Uzbekistan (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday arrived here from Berlin and was received at the airport by his Uzbek counterpart Mr Mir Ziyoev Shavkat and Foreign Minister Elyor Ganiev.
- Bush May Resort To Legislative Ploy (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Apr 26, 2006)
Speculation is rife in Washington DC that the Bush administration may have to resort to a legislative ploy to win Congressional approval for the nuclear deal with India.
- Microsoft Corporation Vs Commission Of European Communities (Business Line, D. Murali , Apr 26, 2006)
Grande Salle of the Court of First Instance, Luxembourg, is busy with an important case. It is numbered T-201/04: Microsoft Corporation vs Commission of the European Communities.
- Can Our Brains Think In The Digital Age? (Hindu, Jackie Ashley , Apr 26, 2006)
Recently, neurobiologist Susan Greenfield asked a question in the House of Lords that affects all of us, yet which I have never heard discussed by mainstream politicians: is technology changing our brains?
- South Africa To Relax Visa Norms For Skilled Indians (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2006)
South Africa is close to signing an agreement with India on relaxing visa norms for skilled professionals, including teachers and engineers. "Currently, South Africa is facing shortage of manpower not only in the field of information technology,
- Now For A Constituent Assembly (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Apr 26, 2006)
Empowered through battle, a victorious people savour their moment.
- 500 Explosive Coalfield Sites Under Maoist Threat, Cisf On High Alert (Pioneer, Satrajit Moitra, Apr 26, 2006)
Following Intelligence reports, an alert has been sounded at all the explosive godowns of various coalfields in the Maoist-dominated mining belt of West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa and Andhra Pradesh. The Central Industrial Security Force . . .
- Resurgent India Strikes Back With Confidence (Business Line, AJAY KHANNA, Apr 26, 2006)
Smart Indian companies are emerging as smart leaders to the world.
Just a decade ago, the idea of Indian manufacturers emerging as significant competitors in the global economy might have attracted some incredulity. Today, it has become a fact of life
- Military Purchases (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Vedi, Apr 26, 2006)
The deal to purchase the Scorpene submarine from France has acquired all the hallmarks of the earlier Bofors howitzer fiasco with allegations being hurled that middlemen/agents were used by the French company to secure the contract.
- Uttara Kannada Gets Rs. 1.9 Crore Under National Horticulture Mission (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2006)
Forty farmers to be trained in new technology under the project
- What’S Really Missing In Our Infrastructure (The Financial Express, Janmejaya Sinha, Apr 26, 2006)
Education, safe property transactions and health care are just some needs that should be addressed
- Radial Literacy (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Apr 26, 2006)
Sure that the country’s best roads are in the capital city and northern metros? Golden Quadrilateral and six-laners, move aside, since competitors exist and thrive far down in the south, if the sales books of Antonio Capellini, South Asia chief of . . .
- Why Globalisation Has Stalled (Tribune, Sebastian Mallaby, Apr 26, 2006)
A few years ago, anti-globalisation rioters were clogging the streets, disrupting the meetings of the world’s multilateral organizations. Today, something more serious is afoot.
- Business With Berlin (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 26, 2006)
Germany expressing its desire for greater cooperation with India in areas like fighting terrorism, energy security and reforms in the UN Security Council is a welcome development.
- Onus Of Tradition (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 26, 2006)
The Aligarh Muslim University has a rich legacy which it is unable to reconcile with modern reality. It began life as an institution dedicated to educating Muslims in English and in the Western sciences.
- The Last Gasp Of A Monarch? (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Apr 26, 2006)
IT has been at least 20 days since the people of Kathmandu took to the streets and — surprise, surprise — their revolt against a degenerate, autocratic and anachronistic monarchy remains unlabelled.
- Urban Pollution (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 25, 2006)
WHEN it comes to pollution, India’s small towns are not lagging behind the big ones,
reveal the findings of a major 10-year study on air pollution conducted by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE).
- Fdi In Retail: Phase Ii Soon (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
Investment in cold storage welcome
- Computer Education For 10,000 More Schools: Ysr (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
Chief Minister inaugurates new Wipro facility, lays stone for another campus
- Bush’S Thousand Days (Indian Express, Arthur Schlesinger Jr, Apr 25, 2006)
The Hundred Days is indelibly associated with Franklin D Roosevelt and the Thousand Days with John F Kennedy.
- India Seeks German Investment (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
`The two countries should interlink their capability in energy security'
To enhance participation in infrastructure, manufacturing and hi-tech sectors
NEOMAN-Force Motors to set up joint venture
Indian Railways, Deutsche Bahn to step up cooperation
- At The Cutting Edge Of Technology (Hindu, Anand Parthasarathy, Apr 25, 2006)
The media guru Marshall McLuhan is credited with the aphorism: "If it works, it's obsolete." In the Information Technology (IT) arena, this remains true three decades after his death, as the computer industry churns out ideas and updates, faster . . .
- Uas Is Nation's Second Biggest Producer Of Breeder Seeds: Vc (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
Production rose to 6,628 quintals in 2004-05
UAS had initiated `Seed village concept'
Pesticide and quality analysis laboratory to be set up
Herbal gardens being raised
- Diy Fire Service (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 25, 2006)
It was a case of necessity being the mother of invention. The country’s first non-industrial private fire service is being established by major property developer DLF for its residential and commercial complex in Gurgaon ~ essentially because the . . .
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