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Articles 5621 through 5720 of 17201:
- Shame Of Kandhar And Advani (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Apr 21, 2006)
NO one can blame Mr. Atal Bihari Vajpayee for reacting sharply to his long-time comrade-in-arms L. K. Advani’s far from honourable attempt to convey to the country that, as Deputy Prime Minister, he had opposed the Kandhar tradeoff between . . .
- India Holds The Nuclear Line (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, has ruled out placing India’s nuclear reactors in the International Atomic Energy Agency’s care, reaffirming a unilateral moratorium on tests without hinting at how things would be in the “distant” future.
- Soz Welcomes Sc Verdict On Narmada Dam (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
Union Water Resources Minister Saifuddin Soz, on Tuesday, said the Supreme Court observations on Sardar Sarovar Project has brought back rehabilitation and resettlement issues to the forefront of debate on development.
- Nuke Deal Sign Of Stronger Ties, Says Rice (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
Continuing to seek Congressional support to the “path-breaking” Indo-US nuclear agreement, secretary of state Ms Condoleezza Rice has said the deal has to be seen in the context of burgeoning bilateral cooperation in military, agriculture and . . .
- When Brand Bangalore Took A Beating (Business Line, Anand Parthasarathy, Apr 21, 2006)
The violent aftermath of the death of an iconic film star may have badly dented Bangalore's claims as most-favoured IT destination. Is it a Silicon Valley or a Silicon Volcano waiting to erupt at the slightest provocation, wonders ANAND PARTHASARATHY.
- Issue Is Finding Employable Graduates, Says Ramadorai (Hindu, Ramya Kannan , Apr 21, 2006)
Lack of communication skills tops the list
`Systemic changes have to effected'
In-house training essential, says Ramadorai
- 20,000 ‘Infected’ Chickens Culled (News International, Rizwan Ehsan Ali, Apr 21, 2006)
The Ministry for Food, Agriculture and Livestock culled around 20,000 chickens in the two poultry farms in Tarlai on Thursday due to suspected outbreak of the bird flu virus.
- Us High-Tech Jobs On Upswing (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
In a reversal of a four-year trend, employment in the US high-tech industry grew by one per cent in 2005 adding 61,000 jobs in the field, according to a report released today.
- Restructuring Intelligence Apparatus (Daily Excelsior, Surendra Sharma, Apr 21, 2006)
The government of Indiais in the process of setting up a high-powered coordination committee to monitor functioning of intelligence agencies. We have half-a-dozen intelligence agencies to keep the government informed about the external and . . .
- Clean It Up (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Apr 21, 2006)
In a rapidly urbanising country like India, vehicular pollution is a silent killer — a leading cause of respiratory diseases and premature deaths.
- N-Sales: No Special Status For Us (Hindustan Times, S Rajagopalan, Apr 21, 2006)
India has dismissed the talk in some quarters that the US has sought preferential treatment for its companies in the sale of nuclear equipment and technology as a quid pro quo for concluding the nuke deal.
- $ 200 M Wb Loan For Agro Development (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 20, 2006)
The World Bank today approved two credit loans for a total of $ 200 million for the National Agricultural Innovation Project in India, which would enable this significant sector to grow at 4 per cent per annum and usher in the second green revolution.
- Just A Nudge (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 20, 2006)
Tragedy is created when two rights are thrown into conflict — love against honour for example, or obedience to the king against duty to a brother.
- Banur-Rajpura Emerging As An Institutional Zone (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 20, 2006)
Long dubbed an educationally backward area, the Banur-Rajpura belt is now emerging as a major professional educational centre.
- Officers, Not Gentlemen! (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 20, 2006)
No medals for corruption in Services
- 'Indo-Us Nuke Deal To Facilitate Greater Role For Pvt Sector' (Press Trust of India, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Apr 20, 2006)
The formalisation of the Indo-US civilian nuclear energy agreement will facilitate greater role for the private sector in the form of technology sourcing and may even lead to the opening up of the key sector to foreign investment, Deputy Chairman . . .
- Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anything” (Tribune, Anne Applebaum, Apr 20, 2006)
To my eye, they are lovely: Graceful, delicate, white against green grass and a blue sky.
- Bush Won't Rule Out N-Strike On Iran (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 20, 2006)
The United States on Tuesday failed to secure international support for targeted sanctions against Iran and president George W Bush refused to rule out nuclear strikes if diplomacy failed to curb the Islamic Republic's atomic ambitions.
- The Source Is Still With Us, Say Science And Religion (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Apr 20, 2006)
Science and technology have improved our lives by giving us material abundance. But science has also provided us with weapons of mass destruction.
- Will India ‘Give’ On The Dams? (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Apr 20, 2006)
The Indian science and technology minister, Kapil Sibal, told reporters in New Delhi on Tuesday that the Indian government had decided to convert the Kishanganga Dam project in Kashmir into a run-of-the-river scheme in the wake of Pakistan’s . . .
- Are They Bird Flu Patients? (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 20, 2006)
Three patients from Sihala suffering from fever and sneezes have been admitted in Islamabad’s Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences.
- 'Indian Market Is Not Overvalued' (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 20, 2006)
There is a lot more to Oliver Tant, global managing partner, financial advisory services, at KPMG, than being plain bullish about India.
- Take A Call On Telecom (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Apr 20, 2006)
Speaking at the annual session of the Confederation of Indian Industry on April 18, the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, spoke about the impressive developments in the information technology (IT) and telecom sectors.
- Farmers Bear The Cross (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Apr 20, 2006)
On the eve of Good Friday, five more farmers committed suicide in Maharashtra's Vidarbha, taking the farmer suicides in this region, since June 2005, to 443. On December 10, 2005 the Maharashtra Chief Minister announced a special package for the . . .
- The Future Of Nuclear Non-Proliferation (Dawn, Ali Sarwar Naqvi, Apr 20, 2006)
The objective of nuclear non-proliferation, which essentially means non-diversion of nuclear material to military uses, is enshrined in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), which is now adhered to by 188 countries.
- Technical Education To Boost Progress: Hooda (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 20, 2006)
Technical education budget hiked from Rs. 29 crores to Rs. 60 crores
- Against Intelligent Design (Hindu, Seth Shostak, Apr 20, 2006)
America's academics have joined the battle to stop a creationist takeover of outer space.
- Bush: New Jobs Will Go To India And China (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 20, 2006)
US President George Bush has warned America’s school children that if they did not have the skills needed to compete with their counterparts from India and China, new jobs would go to those countries.
- Pune Plans Wire-Free City For Internet Users (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Apr 20, 2006)
Intel Technology India Private Limited was recently appointed as chief technology and programme management consultant by Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) to build a wire-less Pune by 2007.
- Promises Galore (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 20, 2006)
Judging by the election manifestos of the different political formations in Tamil Nadu, politicians must be taking the voters for idiots. The DMK has promised to supply ration rice at Rs 2 a kilo.
- Crucial Debate (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Apr 20, 2006)
Two important documents have brought to the fore problems, fears and hopes of the Muslim community in the country.
- Building Bridges With Myanmar (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Apr 20, 2006)
India's determination to follow an independent policy on issues of its national security was clearly manifested when President APJ Abdul Kalam undertook a State visit to Myanmar within a week of the visit of President George Bush to India.
- Debating On The Future (Telegraph, Ashis Chakrabarti, Apr 20, 2006)
As in Bengal, the election campaign of the CPI(M) in Kerala shows the deep rifts within the party on . . .
- On Time (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 20, 2006)
Text books should be constantly upgraded
- Why Boast About Rich Students? (Deccan Herald, Damodar Agrawal, Apr 20, 2006)
Despite disparities, local colleges must have good infrastructure and teachers
- Nagercoil Students Devise Safety Device (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 20, 2006)
Three Nagercoil students of Raja's Engineering College at Vadakkankulam have designed a safety device that can send alerts whenever cables are cut in windmills.
- Myanmar Deserves Attention (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Apr 20, 2006)
India’s determination to follow an independent policy on issues of national security was amply demonstrated by the visit of President Abdul Kalam to Myanmar within a week of the visit of President George Bush to India.
- Left May Review Support To Upa After Polls: Brinda (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 20, 2006)
The Left will most definitely make a fresh assessment of its support to the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government at the Centre after the elections to the five State Assemblies, CPI(M) Polit Bureau member Brinda Karat has said.
- Wipro Will Hire People On Merit: Premji (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 20, 2006)
Information Technology giant Wipro Ltd. would hire people on "merit," Chairman Azim Premji said here on Wednesday, joining a long list of industry captains who are opposed to the idea of introducing reservation for weaker sections in the private sector.
- Witnessing The Great Indian Policy Push (The Financial Express, AJAY KHANNA, Apr 20, 2006)
Measures for harnessing India’s entrepreneurial spirit have made us a significant emerging economy
- Chandy Leaves `Smart City' To The People (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 20, 2006)
Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has said that the issue whether the Government should implement the Smart City project is being left to the voters.
- The Next Steps To Peace (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Apr 20, 2006)
The dialogue process is reaching an impasse. Should India now resort to a grand gesture, or take gradated steps to sustain it?
- Are We Killing The Self-Employed? (Business Line, R. Vaidyanathan, Apr 20, 2006)
The explosive growth of outsourcing and the so-called unorganised sector has seen a phenomenal expansion of the self-employed group. But faulty policies may end up leaving a huge mass of this section unemployable.
- Cabinet Clears Indo-Us Aviation Agreement (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2006)
The Union Cabinet today approved a far-reaching agreement with USA that envisages assistance by American civil aviation bodies to their Indian counterparts in modernising airports, aviation infrastructure, technology and procedures, besides . . .
- India Ready For Modification: Kishanganga Project (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2006)
In an effort to end the long-standing dispute over the Kishanganga project, India will now propose to Pakistan modifications in the 330 MW hydro-electric power plant in Jammu and Kashmir to convert it into a run-of-the-river project, instead . . .
- In Asia, How To Manage The Boom? (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2006)
In the 1990s, the free flow of money and goods turned Malaysia and Thailand into middle-class economies, made Singapore rich and helped Vietnam start transforming its centrally planned economy.
- Centre’S Go-Ahead For Indo-Us Aviation Pact (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2006)
The Indo-US agreement providing for assistance by the American Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) in developing and modernizing civil aviation information in managerial, operational and technical areas was approved by the Union Government today.
- West Bengal: Clear Choice (Frontline, SUHRID SANKAR CHATTOPADHYAY, Apr 19, 2006)
The results in West Bengal are a foregone conclusion; only the margin of victory is to be known.
- India Will Re-Design Kishanganga Dam (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Apr 19, 2006)
The Indian Union Cabinet has decided to convert the Kishanganga dam project into a run-of-the-river scheme in the wake of Pakistan’s objection to New Delhi storing 220 million cubic metres of Indus River water in the reservoir to produce electricity.
- I Broke Fast As I Am Needed In The Narmada Valley: Medha Patkar (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI, Apr 19, 2006)
Narmada Bachao Andolan leader Medha Patkar, who was on a hunger strike seeking justice for families displaced by the Narmada dam project, is helped by the affected vilagers as she leaves hospital in New Delhi on Tuesday. Ms. Patkar said she gave up the fa
- A National Authority For Rainfed India (Hindu, Mihir Shah, Apr 19, 2006)
The Government should examine the Parthasarathy Committee report, hold wide-ranging consultations on its key recommendations and act to implement a new consensus on governing rainfed areas.
- Bush Refuses To Rule Out Nuclear Attack On Iran: We’Ll Cut . . . (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2006)
US President George W. Bush refused on Tuesday to rule out nuclear strikes against Iran if diplomacy fails to curb the Islamic Republic’s atomic ambitions .
- Sslc Results Before May 10 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2006)
It will be announced simultaneously at all examination centres
Action to be taken against teacher responsible for leaking social science question paper
Free textbooks to be supplied to all schools before May 15
Uniforms to be provided to 64.86 lakh
- Produce 50,000-Mw Nuclear Power: Kalam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2006)
"Plan from now to increase capacity"
Needed: accelerated technology development for thorium-based reactors
Tap potential of renewables
- India’S Nuclear Ambitions Are Obvious (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Apr 19, 2006)
India has refused to make explicit commitment to the US not to conduct fresh nuclear tests as part of a landmark civilian atomic cooperation agreement.
- Bush Won't Exclude Iran Nuke Strike, No Sanctions Deal (Reuters, Saul Hudson , Apr 19, 2006)
The United States on Tuesday failed to secure international support for targeted sanctions against Iran and President George W. Bush refused to rule out nuclear strikes if diplomacy failed to curb the Islamic Republic's atomic ambitions.
- New Jobs Will Go To India, China: Bush Warns Students (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2006)
US President George W Bush has warned the country's schoolchildren that if they did not have the skills needed to compete with their counterparts from India and China, new jobs would go to those countries.
- Soz Welcomes Sc Verdict On Narmada Dam (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2006)
Union Water Resources Minister Saifuddin Soz, on Tuesday, said the Supreme Court observations on Sardar Sarovar Project has brought back rehabilitation and resettlement issues to the forefront of debate on development.
- Cpm Infighting May Cost Isaac Dear (Times of India, Amrith Lal, Apr 19, 2006)
Thomas Isaac is not your regular politician. In spite of working his way up in the party by heading SFI in Kerala in the 1970s, he is more known as an academic from the Centre for Development Studies in Thiruvananthapuram.
- Empowering The Handicapped (Daily Excelsior, Habibullah, Apr 19, 2006)
The founding fathers of modern India envisaged her as a welfare State where the interests and rights of the weaker and under-privileged sections of society would be fully protected and upheld.
- Indo-Us Bid For Biotech Research (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2006)
A core team with biotechnology experts in the Indo-US high technology cooperation group will decide the modalities of biological material movement within the next three months, sources said.
- H K Patil’S Warning To Govt (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2006)
Leader of the Opposition in the Council H K Patil wanted the Chief Minister under whose chairmanship the recommendation was passed to withdraw the decision within three days.
- Our Own (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 19, 2006)
Ignorance and sloppiness are the worst enemies of good English. But pedantry is its most irritating friend, and not always a friend at that. Those who dislike their language being debased must always ask themselves just what they mean by “debased”.
- New Jobs Will Go To India: Bush » (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2006)
President George W Bush has warned the country's schoolchildren that if they did not have the skills needed to compete with their counterparts from India and China, new jobs would go to those countries.
- Blair Launches Uk-India Education Programme (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2006)
British Prime Minister Tony Blair launched the UK-India Education and Research Initiative in London on Tuesday with a $22 million support from his government and $8.5 million in cash and kind from the private sector.
- Deterring Pressure (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2006)
By now critics in India should have realised that the Indo-US nuclear deal is a good one for India and that those negotiating it are not about to keel over and play dead when confronted with US pressure to do this or that.
- An Agreement And A Problem With Semantics (Hindu, R. Ramachandran, Apr 19, 2006)
India would seem to be caught in the semantics of the agreement that equates it with non-nuclear weapons states. It would rather like to see the language used for nuclear weapons states in the Indo-U.S. agreement, though operationally it matters little.
- Recognise Ground Realities: Iran (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Apr 18, 2006)
Talks on nuclear crisis to begin in Moscow today
- America's Migrants Have Overcome Their Terror (Hindu, Gary Younge, Apr 18, 2006)
A migrant community that has always tried to be invisible has become active. And politicians have to take notice.
- Ensuring Equity In Global Trade (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 18, 2006)
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) report on trends in trade in 2005 and prospects in 2006 highlights the weak spots in terms of economic growth. According to WTO economists, growth in global trade has, in the past decade, been consistently double . . .
- A People-Oriented Transport Policy (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 18, 2006)
There is global agreement today that cities can be made liveable only by reclaiming them from the grip of an automobile-based culture.
- Us Keen To Offshore R&d To India (Indian Express, Shishir Gupta, Apr 18, 2006)
Move over Silicon Valley, the new buzzword in the Indo-US lexicon is biotechnology. American biotech companies are keen to off-shore their research and development to India to reduce costs.
- Time To Move On (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Apr 18, 2006)
It is perhaps inevitable — and wholesome — that a rambunctious democracy like India’s should see passionate debates over big issues. Within the strong currents of disagreement, however, we welcome the Supreme Court’s judgement on the Sardar Sarovar Dam.
- India To Digitise Law Enforcement (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
An ambitious project to extensively use cutting edge digital technology in investigating crimes and to link police forces with the judiciary was unveiled by Science and Technology Minister Kapil Sibal here on Monday.
- Pranab Opens Army Commanders’ Conference (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
The Indian Army’s top brass are in town to discuss major issues facing the force during the bi-annual Army Commanders Conference which was inaugurated by Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee here today.
- India Of The Future (Hindu, C. G. Rishikesh, Apr 18, 2006)
This Inspirational book, based on the salient features of India 2020: A Vision for the New Millennium, details a plan to shape the India of the future.
- India And The Wto (Hindu, Raghu Dayal , Apr 18, 2006)
Comprehensive volume on issues that affect trade from an Indian viewpoint
- The Beleaguered Big Cat (Hindu, G. ANANTHAKRISHNAN, Apr 18, 2006)
An authoritative book about a powerful predator that is today threatened by plain human greed
- Crime Investigation To Be Digitised (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
In future, Bangalore Police personnel may arrive at crime scenes with portable computers for recording data that could help investigators and the judiciary to recreate the crime scene as accurately as possible, should the need arise.
- India, Asia In Globalisation Era (Daily Excelsior, Arti Dogra, Apr 18, 2006)
Some people have said the 21st century will be the Asian century while others believe the 21st century will be freedom’s century.
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