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Articles 6221 through 6320 of 17201:
- University Proposes Two Environmental Projects To Drdo, S&t Department (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 28, 2006)
The Manonmaniam Sundaranar University (MSU) has sent two proposals on environmental sciences to Defence Research and Development Organisation and Department of Science and Technology, Vice-Chancellor, Cynthia Pandian, has said.
- Coping With Sleepless Nights (Tribune, Oliver Duff, Mar 28, 2006)
A survey research provides reassurance for those who toss and turn in the early hours, rearranging bed clothes, counting sheep or drinking hot milk. But it also supports doctors’ concerns about the health implications of sleep deprivation.
- Technology Park To Come Up Rai (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 28, 2006)
It will be set up in an area of 56 acres
The Haryana State Industrial Development Corporation (HSIDC) has decided to develop another Technology Park in the Industrial Estate at Rai in Sonipat district on the lines of the parks being set up at . . .
- We Are Not Hiding Any Bomb: Iran (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Mar 28, 2006)
Unafraid of sanctions: Mashaee
"We are not hiding any [nuclear] bomb in any part of Iraq," Iranian Vice-President Rahim Mashaee said here on Monday.
- Government To Implement Rs. 350-Crore Project To Tackle Traffic Problem In Bangalore (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 28, 2006)
It is to be implemented between 2006-07 and 2010-11; Rs. 44 crores earmarked for this fiscal
10-point programme to ensure smooth movement of vehicles
Work on city roads taken up under 85 packages
41 roads to be developed under World Bank loan
- Project To Tackle Traffic Problem In Bangalore (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 28, 2006)
Focus on issues related to roads, bus stands and road safety
- Mortgaging India's Sovereignty (Pioneer, CP Bhambhri, Mar 28, 2006)
The policy of liberalisation and now the nuclear deal has made India dependent on the US, says CP Bhambhri
- A Policy Push For Petrochem (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Mar 28, 2006)
The Centre, according to the finance minister, is seeking multiple petroleum, chemicals and petrochemicals (PC&P) investment regions with global-scale operations.
- Reservations On A Legislation (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Mar 28, 2006)
Legislating on reservations in the private sector will not make poverty go away or create incomes.
- Why Bulldoze Bangalore's Heritage? (Deccan Herald, Anusha Jha, Mar 28, 2006)
Can there really be a future for the capital if it cannot preserve its past?
- Nsg Refusal No Setback, Say Experts (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 28, 2006)
The failure of the Nuclear Suppliers Group to include India in the agenda for its plenary meeting in May was expected and not as big a “setback” as suggested, according to experts who have been following the path of the India-US nuclear deal.
- Leapfrogging Into Poverty (Daily Excelsior, Dr Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Mar 28, 2006)
High growth rates of India and China have become a problem for the Western countries. Till recently the developing countries were voluntarily selling their resources at low prices to them.
- Pakistani Muslim Emerges As Britain's King Of The Ring (International Herald Tribune, Pat Jordan, Mar 27, 2006)
The young Asian women, with diamond studs in their noses and bindis on their foreheads, stood by the boxing ring of the Braehead Arena in Glasgow, their cellphone cameras at the ready.
- Expelling Dissidents (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Mar 27, 2006)
Taking its cue from Ch Shujaat Hussain’s decision of expelling the Balochistan PML General Secretary for violating party discipline in the Senate elections early this month, the JUI(F) has terminated the basic membership of four of its . . .
- Intellectual Capital — India's Hidden Wealth? (Hindu, S. Rajagopalan, Mar 27, 2006)
Intangibles are scoring over physical assets
Corporate leaders are looking for tools to monitor the intellectual capital of their organisations.
- "Evolve Alternatives To Nuclear Technology" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2006)
To ensure a hazard-free environment: Kroto
- India Sleeps; World Moves Ahead With Mobile Tv (The Financial Express, RAJEEV DUBEY, Mar 27, 2006)
Even as India dithers on implementing 3G and the department of telecommunications (DoT) has kept it firmly in cold storage, the world is moving on to one of the most promising prospects of leveraging 3G for higher telecom revenues—mobile TV.
- Four Sites Identified For Varsity's New Campus (Hindu, Kannal Achuthan, Mar 27, 2006)
State Government approval likely after the Assembly elections, says Vice-Chancellor
- Eat And Exercise (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Mar 27, 2006)
One problem with medical research, or any scientific research for that matter, is that it remains incomplete and inconsistent: the faster a branch of science progresses, the quicker it discards the previous ‘universal truths’.
- Karnataka To Allot 845 Acres To Infosys (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2006)
The Karnataka Government has granted "in principle" approval for allotment of 845 acres of land to software major Infosys Technologies Limited for its second campus on Sarjapur Road on the outskirts of Bangalore at an estimated cost of Rs. 1,500 crores.
- Projects: Farmers Must Get Better Deal, Says Ysr (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2006)
Several projects coming up around Hyderabad need a lot of land
- Economic Nationalism (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Mar 27, 2006)
The latest bid by Alcatel of France to take over the beleaguered Lucent Technologies of New Jersey, US, will be closely watched for two reasons. One, the merger is part of the wave of consolidation in the telecom industry. And two, it comes in the . . .
- Rs. 15 Crores Allocated For All-Round Development Of Kodagu, Says Minister (Hindu, CORPORATE BUREAU, Mar 27, 2006)
`Government will address every problem faced by the people in the district'
Rs. 1.07 crore allocated to build `Samskritika Bhavana' in Madikeri
Proposal to open a sainik school in the district
District to be developed as a tourist destination
- Business Model For Old Age (Pioneer, Shailaja Chandra, Mar 27, 2006)
India should start thinking about the welfare of the elders as, by 2050, their numbers would be larger than that of the current US population, says Shailaja Chandra
- Terror Proliferation (Daily Excelsior, Anil Bhat, Mar 27, 2006)
The terrorist attacks in Varanasi, followed by the killing of Ghulam Yazdani and Kajol - both Bangladeshis in New Delhi and one more in Lucknow as well as the capture of Siddiqul Islam, alias Banglabhai, boss of Jagrata Muslim Janata . . .
- Hiv Patients Prone To Fungal Infection Of Brain (Pioneer, Yoga Rangatia, Mar 27, 2006)
Number of cases with fungal infection of the brain is increasing, thanks to the spreading HIV.
- Nasa Plans Moon Base For Mars Trip (Telegraph, Guy Gugliotta, Mar 27, 2006)
For the first time since 1972, the US is planning to fly to the moon, but instead of a quick, Apollo-like visit, astronauts intend to build a permanent base and live there while they prepare what may be the most ambitious undertaking in . . .
- Afghan Court Drops Christian Convert Case (US News & World Report, Daniel Cooney, Mar 27, 2006)
A court on Sunday dismissed the case against an Afghan man facing possible execution for converting from Islam to Christianity, officials said, paving the way for his release.
- Do We Submit To Quasi-Colonial Surrender? (Deccan Herald, V. R. Krishna Iyer , Mar 27, 2006)
Every office – executive, judicial, legislative or other – is a constitutional trust, and the nation’s sovereignty is non-negotiable.’
- Osama A Big Supporter Of Nawaz Sharif (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2006)
Who cares about what ails China? The President does. The Communist Party’s propaganda apparatus is busy spreading Hu Jintao’s eight-step programme to protect the nation’s morale
- Alliances: Rhetoric And Reality (Dawn, Maqbool Ahmad Bhatty, Mar 27, 2006)
There is a growing tendency in the world to describe a friendly relationship as a “strategic alliance”.
- The Politics Of Modernity (Deccan Herald, Lata Ramaswamy, Mar 26, 2006)
The book takes a meditative yet practical look at a subject that has been much written about.
- Pakistan Links Mfn Status To India With Kashmir Solution (News International, Khalid Mustafa, Mar 26, 2006)
A 15-member Indian delegation led by SN Menon, secretary commerce, arrived in Islamabad on Saturday night for participation in the plenary session of second meeting of Pakistan-India Joint Study Group on March 27 and third round of Composite . . .
- Battle Plan For Best Effect (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Mar 25, 2006)
A recent paper of the Department of Administrative Reforms titled "Towards a Citizen-Friendly Government" is further proof that Government officials and public sector executives are still not ready to serve the way they should.
- N-Tech To India: Us Fails To Sway Nsg (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
The United States has failed to persuade the Nuclear Suppliers Group to include the issue of allowing India to buy sensitive nuclear technology from world market on its agenda for Rio de Janeiro plenary session to be held in May.
- The Perfect Self-Goal (Business Standard, T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan, Mar 25, 2006)
The correct answer is to repeal the law. Bribery takes place in cash, not from these 'offices of profit'.
- Us Lobbies For N-Trade With India (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
The USA has lobbied for allowing nuclear trade with India but failed to get a key international group to take up the matter, diplomats said.
- Where The Mind Is `Not Halved By A Horizon' (Business Line, D. Murali , Mar 25, 2006)
Amartya's Sen whips up a `stirring read' in his book Identity and Violence which talks about how people can interact with each other in a great many different ways. And Ram Puniyani's Religion, Power and Violence discusses globalisation and . . .
- India As The New Force For Peace And Stability (Daily Excelsior, N.B. Menon , Mar 25, 2006)
"What is in it for America?" That was how the national security adviser, M.K. Narayanan, reacted after the Bush administration proposed the nuclear deal to the Indians at Blair House, the official guest house of the American president, . . .
- Sound Revolution (Times of India, SHARMISTHA GOOPTU, Mar 25, 2006)
This year happens to be the 75th year of the Indian talkie. On March 14, 1931, Ardeshir Irani released Alam Ara, the first full-length Indian sound film in Bombay.
- India Nuclear Deal Meets Wary Congress (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
Bush presses for approval of a pact taking a different approach to nonproliferation.
- Us Fails To Get Nsg’S Ok For Nuclear Deal With India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
The United States lobbied on Thursday for allowing nuclear trade with India but failed to get a key international group to take up the matter, diplomats said.
- Lame Ducks Can Still Bite Back (Dawn, Niall Ferguson, Mar 25, 2006)
Teaching the history of revolutions has been easy at Harvard this semester. As if to illustrate exactly how these strange historical upheavals work, the university has obligingly staged a revolution of its own.
- It’S Overcast, Says The Broadcast (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
When was the last time you heard of a day which, if it didn’t hold ‘partly cloudy skies’ or the ‘possibility of light rain or thundershower’, was then scheduled to have ‘hot and humid weather conditions’?
- Melting Ice Spells Doomsday For Cities (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
Reuters): Miami would be a memory, Bangkok a soggy shadow of its former self and the Maldive Islands would vanish if melting polar ice keeps fuelling a faster-than-expected rise in sea levels, scientists reported yesterday.
- Assembly Adjourned Sine Die (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
Awards for Commonwealth Games winners announced
- The Game Plan On Iran Is Becoming Clearer (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Mar 25, 2006)
The Anglo-Americans want a Security Council resolution allowing for the eventual use of force. Iran must play its cards very carefully from now onwards.
- Desalination, The Best Bet To Quench Chennai's Thirst (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
It will reduce dependency on neighbouring States for water
- Convertibility Parameters Within Reach: Chidambaram (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
Pats nationalised banks for becoming financial malls
- Corrections And Clarifications (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 25, 2006)
Referring to the report "Amend Hindu Marriage Act" (March 23, 2006), a reader has doubts about the amount of compensation the court had ordered the appellant to pay (in the Naveen Kohli versus Neelu Kohli case).
- Sonia Resigns, Now Will Congress Reinvent Itself? (The Financial Express, Malvika Singh, Mar 25, 2006)
She has done it yet again. She is the leader of those few individuals who are symbols of probity, integrity and decency in the political space.
- Become Financial Malls, Banks Told (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram, on Friday, said, that the committee on inclusion, set up to look into why people are not able to easily access institutional credit and financial products, would submit its report shortly
- The Inner Voice (Statesman, RAVINDRA KUMAR, Mar 25, 2006)
Do not be surprised if Sonia Gandhi soon acquires an honorific that may not make much sense to her Italian relatives.
- Government Gives Nod For Eight It, Bt Special Economic Zones (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
Mega projects with Rs. 27,000 crores investment cleared Mega projects worth Rs. 27,000 crores cleared by the State Government
Six of the special economic zones will come up in Bangalore and two in Mysore
Wipro has been allotted 100 acres of land in My
- Sonia Gandhi Quits Lok Sabha (Tribune, T R Ramachandran, Mar 24, 2006)
Also resigns as NAC chief
To contest again from Rae Bareli
- Underwater Archaeology Centre At Mandapam To Be Revived (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 24, 2006)
To function as extension research centre of Tamil University
- Price Of Honour (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Mar 24, 2006)
The suffix MP has been on sale for the past fifty years
- Us Lobbies For Nuclear Trade With India (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 24, 2006)
The United States lobbied on Thursday for allowing nuclear trade with India but failed to get a key international group to take up the matter, diplomats said.
- 'India Needs To Market Itself Better’ (Deccan Herald, K S Narayanan, Mar 24, 2006)
To be a journalist or a business tycoon in China is not an easy job. The reason is simple: The Chinese do not like to part with either information or profits.
- All About The Gods Of Cosmology (Deccan Herald, Tim Radford, Mar 24, 2006)
Questions about why we and the universe exist are worth asking even if there are no answers
- Pak Was Told Of N-Deal: Burns (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 24, 2006)
Firmly rebuffing Islamabad’s complaints on Indo-US nuclear deal, the US has said Pakistan was kept “very fully” informed as negotiations in this regard progressed and asserted the accord would cause no arms race in South Asia.
- Bush Admn Briefs Nsg (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Mar 24, 2006)
Even as two Bush Administration officials today briefed members of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) in Vienna on the details of the US-India civilian nuclear agreement, a senior US official admitted that many members of the group will wait to see . . .
- Cpm In A Mess In Kerala (Tribune, V. KRISHNA ANANTH , Mar 24, 2006)
CPM General Secretary Prakash Karat has talked about an international conspiracy against his party and its poll prospects in West Bengal and Kerala.
- Indian Farmers On Strike In Israel (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 24, 2006)
Seventeen Indian farmers, led by this year's prestigious Pravasi Diwas Samman winner, Eliyahu Bezalal, are on an indefinite strike protesting against the Israeli Government's alleged insensitivity in keeping some promises made to them 10 years
- A Rancid Relationship (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 24, 2006)
Britain's close alliance with the U.S. has become one-way traffic.
- Pakistan Was Aware Of Indo-Us Nuke Deal: Burns (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 24, 2006)
Firmly rebuffing Islamabad’s complaints on Indo-us nuclear deal, the us has said Pakistan was kept “very fully” informed as negotiations in this regard progressed, and asserted the accord will cause no arms race in South Asia.
- 'Amend Atomic Energy Act To Formalise Indo-Us Nuke Deal' (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 24, 2006)
A Republican Congressman has mooted a proposal to amend the US Atomic Energy Act, 1954 so that it could formalise the civilian nuclear deal reached between India and the United States early this month.
- Defenceless Defence Of Indo-Us N-Deal (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Mar 24, 2006)
Us ambassador in Pakistan Ryan C Crocker has said that Indo-US nuclear deal will enhance security and stability in South Asia. Talking to a selected group of journalists in Islamabad on Wednesday, he asserted that the agreement will not in any way . . .
- Ties Strengthened, Made More Meaningful (Dawn, Anwar Kemal, Mar 24, 2006)
Rarely if ever has such a major visit to Pakistan as that of President Bush taken place against a background so laden with negative overtones and a sense of foreboding.
- Witness Protection (Statesman, AMIYA K SAMANTA, Mar 24, 2006)
Comprehensive Criminal Justice Reform Desirable
- N-Deal Will Put India In Npt Loop: Burns (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 24, 2006)
India has been kept out of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and America’s civil nuclear deal with it would bring it into the global regime, according to US under-secretary of state for political affairs Mr Nicholas Burns.
- India's Prosperity (Washington Times, Editorial, The Washington Times, Mar 24, 2006)
Economic growth has been integral to India's rising geopolitical influence.
- Us Chamber Of Commerce Supports Indo-Us Nuke Deal (Press Trust of India, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Mar 24, 2006)
Ahead of a crucial meet on Indo-US nuclear deal in the US Congress next week, the Chamber of Commerce has asked the American lawmakers to support the agreement as it would foster strategic ties that will yield significant commercial opportunities . . .
- Vtu Completes 1,000th `E-Class' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 24, 2006)
Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) on Thursday completed the 1,000th `e-class' beamed through EDUSAT. It was the first university to use the satellite for beaming lectures to its affiliated colleges.
- Reduced Allocation For Education In Budget Draws Flak (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 24, 2006)
Government criticised for `neglecting' education
Government criticised for allowing private managements to introduce courses in agriculture
Legislation sought on the fee structure for professional courses and sharing of seats
- U.S. Urges Suppliers To Back India Nuclear Deal (Reuters, Francois Murphy, Mar 24, 2006)
Washington on Thursday lobbied the world's top suppliers of nuclear technology to back a U.S.-India civilian nuclear energy deal that critics say threatens the global arms control regime, diplomats said.
- Indian Maths Genius’S Role In Digital Age To Be Filmed (Tribune, Leonard Doyle, Mar 23, 2006)
Srinavasa Ramanujan, whose ideas underpin the internet revolution, was a poor Indian college dropout who nearly starved to death before he ended up at Cambridge in the early 1900s.
- "Tobacco Is Not A Crop Of Future" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 23, 2006)
Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Jairam Ramesh, has asked the Tobacco Board to prepare an action plan to reduce the tobacco crop size by 50 per cent in the next 10 years by encouraging farmers to try other crops like Bengal . . .
- Isro Signs Agreement For Collimator (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 23, 2006)
Collimator is used for testing lenses in cameras on board remote sensing satellites
- Expert Calls For A Policy To Protect Indian Languages (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 23, 2006)
`English has grown into a killer language decimating many regional languages' `The cutthroat competition in the corporate sector is demanding native fluency in English, and it is here that the majority of rural students find the going tough'
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