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Articles 6421 through 6520 of 17201:
- If Bill Has His Way, H-1b Gates Will Open (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Mar 20, 2006)
Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates is among those lobbying for a substantial increase in the number of H-1B visas that would benefit Indian techies and others hoping to work in the US. Another linked proposal up for ...
- India, Japan To Benefit From Tax Pact (Hindu, PRADEEP NARAYANAN, Mar 20, 2006)
Changes in treaty provisions will boost two-way investments
- Isro Developing Rlv To Put Satellites Into Orbit (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 20, 2006)
Opening new frontiers, ISRO is developing a unique Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV) to put satellites into orbit at substantially reduced costs.
- Decision On It Sector Expansion To Be Announced Today (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 20, 2006)
Shankarlinge Gowda stresses need to offer quality education
- Is India Being Let Into The World’S Nuclear Family? (Deccan Herald, Thomas L Friedman, Mar 20, 2006)
People want an objective that is hardly outdated to be served: preventing nuclear proliferation
- Old And New (Deccan Herald, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Mar 20, 2006)
The general understanding of evolution presents human development as linear. The thinking goes that man evolved from an uncivilised, barbaric being and over a long period of time...
- Aiyar Moots India, China Joint Effort On Panchayats (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 20, 2006)
Pointing out that China had more than five times the number of Panchayats in India, Union Minister for Panchayati Raj Mani Shankar Aiyar called for a collaborative effort between India and China in this year which has been declared “The Year of . . .
- Nothing Beats Experience (Deccan Herald, Sushma Mohan, Mar 19, 2006)
Sometimes from within the murky bureaucratic setup, a lone voice of integrity may be heard.
- You’Re Burning Calories Right Now (Deccan Herald, Janet Cromley, Mar 18, 2006)
The point to keep in mind about calorie estimates is that they’re useful for comparing activities....
- Louise Brown Will Turn 28 This Year (Indian Express, Sujatha Byravan, Mar 18, 2006)
When a beaming friend held up her twins born recently through in-vitro fertilisation (IVF), I was reminded that couples are increasingly encouraged to view this technology as just another option in addressing infertility.
- Indo-Us Nuclear Deal (Daily Excelsior, Ajay Kaul, Mar 18, 2006)
The cold war chill is history. A clear indication in this regard was visible during the just-concluded visit of American President George W Bush to India when the two countries clinched the civil nuclear deal.
- Kalam For Marketing Brahmos (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
President APJ Abdul Kalam said on Friday that the time had come for marketing of BrahMos cruise missile, jointly produced by India and Russia.
- Suzlon: Bold Shopping (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Mar 18, 2006)
Indian companies are getting quite bold about their overseas purchases. Just a month after Dr Reddy’s acquisition of Germany-based betapharm for an enterprise value of euro 480 million (approximately Rs 2,540 crore), Suzlon has acquired . . .
- ``Russia Can Help In Pipeline Project'' (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Mar 18, 2006)
We'll consider suggestions: Fradkov
Enhanced civilian nuclear cooperation figures in talks
No separate accord for Tarapur supply: officials
Study group set up for economic cooperation
$10 billion trade target for next five years
- India, Russia Sign Seven Accords (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
New Delhi, Mar 17 (PTI) India and Russia today signed seven agreements to bolster cooperation in space, banking and other sectors.
- Charting A New Path (Frontline, CR Jayachandran, Mar 18, 2006)
For the first time perhaps in the history of the State, a specific policy on labour has been formulated by the government. This move is the result of the realisation that for rapid and smooth industrialisation, harmonious industrial relations are an imper
- State In Transition (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
the government led by Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda completed one year in office. In keeping with its electoral promises of solving issues such as law and order, unemployment and retrenchment of workers, one of the first things the . . .
- Gender Sops (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 18, 2006)
In a rare display of ministerial concern for the girl child, the Union Human Resources Development ministry has exempted single girl children from paying tuition fees from classes six onwards in Kendriya Vidyalayas.
- Fighting Flu (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 18, 2006)
The Maharashtra government has clearly been wise after the event. After the initial pussyfooting in the wake of the bird flu deaths, the administration has been remarkably prompt in tackling the renewed scare.
- Indo-Us N-Deal Poses 'Great Challenge' To Non-Proliferation (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
The Chinese media has questioned the impact of the historic Indo-US civilian nuclear energy deal and said it poses a "great challenge" to the non-proliferation regime.
- Bird Flu Awareness Campaign Launched In Jalgaon (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
The district adminstration here has started a special health education campaign in the region's four bird flu infected zones to create awareness among the locals about the disease.
- India, Russia Sign Seven Agreements (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
ISRO, Russian space agency to develop navigation satellites
- China Turns To Nuclear Power To Fuel Growth (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Mar 18, 2006)
Over the next 15 years, China is planning to increase its nuclear power capacity four-fold. For, its burgeoning economy has led to a gargantuan appetite for energy.
- Vaccines For An Influenza Pandemic (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Mar 18, 2006)
Two companies join forces to make the manufacturing process more efficient.
- Nuke Test Ban Via Backdoor (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Mar 18, 2006)
India has undertaken not to test any more nuclear weapons as part of its deal with the Bush administration for access to civilian nuclear technology .
- India Can Make 50 Weapons A Year After N-Deal With Us (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Mar 18, 2006)
The Indo-US nuclear cooperation agreement, as drafted and submitted to Congress, will allow India to make enough fissile material to produce 50 weapons a year.
- India, Russia To Expand Nuclear Ties (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
Opportunities beckoned Russia to enhance its participation in India’s civil nuclear energy field, as Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and his Russian counterpart Mikhail Fradkov identified the sector as one of the “key priority” areas for long-term . . .
- Industry Hopeful Of Uniform Tax, Better Infrastructure (Deccan Herald, R Krishnakumar, Mar 18, 2006)
Finance Minister B S Yediyurappa, all through the run-up to his maiden budget presentation on March 20, has maintained that the budget would be pro-people, with a focus on agriculture and infrastructure.
- Significance Of Computer Education Emphasised (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
"Video conferencing, networking, internet good for learning process"
- Pink Is The New Red (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Mar 18, 2006)
Only a month away from the assembly elections in Kerala, the opposition Left Front looks all ready to explode in the face of the electorate.
- A Counter-Culture (Deccan Herald, Avijit Pathak, Mar 18, 2006)
Students who protest for a cause suggests that their thought process has been stimulated by pedagogy..
- `India-Asean Trade Potential Remains Underutilised' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
Both are trading with the rest of the world but not enough with each other Timely action will boost economic relations, says official
- Suzlon To Acquire Belgian Company (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
All-cash transaction for 465 m euros ($565 m)
- Government Committed To State's Development, Says Kumaraswamy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
`Plan worked out for improving infrastructure in Bangalore'
- Indian Court Reinstates 4 Crpf Men In Srinagar Case (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Mar 18, 2006)
Delhi High Court has reinstated four Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel dismissed for alleged indiscriminate firing in Srinagar in 1991 that killed 11 civilians and wounded 20, saying they deserved reward and not punishment.
- ‘Afghan Attacks Similar To Iraq Insurgency’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
US general says military still trying to find insurgents’ origins
- Persisting In Folly (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 18, 2006)
Three years after its invasion of Iraq, the US has again deployed force on a massive scale in an assault billed as a flushing-out operation in the Samarra region.
- Killing Of Intellectuals In Iraq (Dawn, Asma Rashid, Mar 18, 2006)
Ali Hussein al-Khafaj, dean of the engineering college at Al-Mustansiriya University in Baghdad, was kidnapped on March 7. Before him, Dr Ali Abdul Razaq al-Naas, a Shia political analyst at Baghdad University’s school of information and an outspoken crit
- Us Must Accord Pakistan Nuclear Deal Like India: Kasuri (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
Warns US refusal pushing Islamabad towards ‘other options’
Hints Pakistan moving towards China to counter Indian hegemony
- India, Russia Sign Accords To Boost Cooperation (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
India and Russia have identified new growth areas like auto components, IT, food processing, telecom and biotech to push bilateral trade to $10 billion by 2010 from the current level of $2 billion, Union Commerce Minister Kamal Nath has said.
- No Danger To Flag (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 18, 2006)
Perceived dangers to India’s sovereignty are most of the time ill-founded. Such perceptions acquire dimensions of the ludicrous when their proponents lace them with a visceral anti-Americanism, and a suspicion that the government led by Mr Manmohan Singh
- Burns Warns Congressmen Against Amending N-Deal (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Mar 18, 2006)
A senior Bush administration official has cautioned members of the U.S. Congress against meddling with a civilian nuclear deal with India saying the administration was not in favour of renegotiating the agreement.
- Change Would Doom Us-India Nuclear Deal, Says Burns (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
Change would doom US-India nuclear deal, says Burns
- 60 Tonnes Of Uranium Fuel For Tarapur (Tribune, T.R. Ramachandran, Mar 18, 2006)
In a development of significant import, Russia agreed to supply 60 metric tonnes of uranium fuel for the Tarapur atomic power plant in Maharashtra and get the Kudankulam project in Tamil Nadu operational by 2007-08, coupled with strengthening . . .
- Saving The Daughter (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 18, 2006)
There is hope at last. A small civil society organisation called Upkaar has changed the mindset of the people at Khothran in Nawanshahr in Punjab. What it has done is to persuade the people to turn their back on female foeticide, which was rampantly pract
- Harvest Of Hate (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Mar 18, 2006)
For Hindu fundamentalist politicians and their Islamist doppelgangers, the jehad has offered an opportunity to make political gains from violence.
- India To Boost Trade With Russia To $10 Bn (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2006)
India will focus on new areas like auto-components, IT, telecom and bio-technology to increase trade with Russia to $10 billion by 2010, Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath said here on Thursday.
- The Flip Side Of Culture (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 17, 2006)
Ever thought of culture as a consumer issue? I didn’t either, till I saw this report from a health activist circulated on a listserve in the wake of the recent bird flu scare.
- 'Dump Old Laws, Make Way For India' (Times of India, Chidanand Rajghatta, Mar 17, 2006)
: President Bush on Wednesday urged US Congress to rewrite old laws for a "new partner", citing India's proven record of not spreading nuclear technology, even as critics of the Indo-US deal continued to question the basis for the agreement.
- A Realistic Cmp? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 17, 2006)
The proposals are both doable and achiveable
- Australia To Send Team To India On U.S. Nuclear Deal (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2006)
Australia will send a team of officials to India to find out more about a deal with the United States on nuclear energy, but said on Friday there would be no immediate change in its policy on uranium sales.
- Lawsuit Claims Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code Plagiarised Earlier Book (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Mar 17, 2006)
Best selling author Dan Brown being sued for violating copyright laws when he wrote The Da Vinci Code has been grabbing headlines. The case brings up the oft-debated issue of what is truly original and what is imitation.
- Whatever Happened To The One-Hit Wonder? (Deccan Herald, Victoria Shannon, Mar 17, 2006)
Some of those products were a voice for the consumer, but where are they now?
- Pak Warns Indo-Us Nuke Deal Will Unravel Npt (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2006)
The main international treaty aimed at stopping the spread of atomic weapons will fall apart in the wake of the US civil nuclear deal with India, Pakistan warned on Friday.
- Us Has Reservations On Russian Fuel For India (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2006)
The USA has expressed reservations over the proposed Russian supply of nuclear fuel to India indicating that any such move should await compliance by India of its obligations under the civilian nuclear technology agreement between the two countries.
- N-Deal Bills Moved In Us Congress (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Mar 17, 2006)
Chairmen of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the House International Relations Committee today introduced bills in the US Congress aimed at amending the Atomic Energy Act and facilitating nuclear trade with India.
- Tackling Unemployment In Himachal Pradesh (Tribune, Ambika Sharma, Mar 17, 2006)
With unemployment figures reaching a whopping 8.59 lakh making a provision of jobs for the educated youth has become a major challenge for the Himachal Pradesh government.
- Bills To Facilitate N-Trade With India (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Mar 17, 2006)
The chairmen of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the House International Relations Committee today planned to introduce bills in the US Congress aimed at amending the Atomic Energy Act and facilitating nuclear trade with India.
- 'No Plans To Change Policy On Uranium Sale To India Soon' (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2006)
Standing by Australia's policy of not selling nuclear fuel to countries which have not signed the NPT, Prime Minister John Howard today ruled out any immediate plans of supplying uranium to India, but left the door open for future negotiations
- Pakistan Warns Against U.S.-India Nuclear Deal - Ft (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2006)
Pakistan has said a civilian nuclear energy deal between its arch rival India and the United States would wreck international agreements to stop the spread of nuclear weapons, the Financial Times reported on Friday.
- The China Model (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 17, 2006)
With the exception of Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, few in the CPI-M are likely to be impressed with P Chidambaram’s latest feelers.
- Hurdles Ahead (Frontline, R. Ramachandran, Mar 17, 2006)
Now that Washington has accepted India's Separation Plan, the next hurdles are Congress and the NSG.
- Unequal Partners (Frontline, R. Ramaseshan, Mar 17, 2006)
Many elements in the initiatives in the areas of agriculture and economic cooperation can be harmful to the national interest.
- Saddam Trial Hitting Its Stride At Half-Time (Jordan Times, Paul Schemm , Mar 17, 2006)
As the stormy trial of ousted Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein reaches its halfway point, the nature of the prosecution case is finally beginning to emerge, but grave concerns over the court's procedure and impartiality remain.
- The Importance Of Fbrs (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2006)
India's first breeder reactor, called Fast Breeder Test Reactor (FBTR), with a capacity of 13Mwe, was built at the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) at Kalpakkam near Chennai. The FBTR has been operating for the past 21 . . .
- The Bear Hug (Frontline, John Hepburn, Mar 17, 2006)
The visit of George Bush was marked by huge protest rallies against him and his administration's hegemonic designs.
- Managing A Trillion Dollar Economy (The Financial Express, VIVEK BHARATI, Mar 17, 2006)
Some time in 2008, India will join the select group of countries with a trillion dollar economy.
- Land Records: E-Governance At Work, Successfully (The Financial Express, S SADAGOPAN, Mar 17, 2006)
A lot of attention has been paid to the computerisation of land records across the country.
- U.S. Says Nuclear Deal With India Will Take Months (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Mar 17, 2006)
U.S. Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns predicted on Thursday it will take several months to complete action on a controversial U.S.-India civilian nuclear energy deal and warned anew that attaching conditions could scuttle the agreement.
- `History Is The Short Trudge From Adam To Atom' (Business Line, D. Murali , Mar 17, 2006)
Atoms `have stories to tell that span billions of years, linking us with the entire cosmos'
The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything save our modes of thinking and we thus drift toward unparalleled catastrophe.'
- The Importance Of Being Unimportant (The Economic Times, MUKUL SHARMA, Mar 17, 2006)
How important is Earth in the intergalactic context? Apparently not very.
- Saved By The Budget? (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Mar 17, 2006)
Bharatiya Janata Party vice-president and former Delhi Chief Minister Sahib Singh Verma on Thursday announced the launch of a weeklong "Dilli Bachao Jansangharsh Yatra" across Outer Delhi to protest against the Delhi Government's "anti-people" . . .
- White House Wants Congress To Okay N-Deal With India By May (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Mar 17, 2006)
The Bush administration would like Congress to ensure final passage of the draft proposal it has submitted to the Senate relating to the US-India nuclear cooperation agreement by May.
- Us-India N-Deal Bill Introduced In Congress (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2006)
US lawmakers on Thursday introduced in Congress legislation that would provide India access to key US nuclear technology.
- Reforms, Bose Need To Initiate (Daily Excelsior, Dr R R Dubey, Mar 17, 2006)
&K Board of School Education is an important institute of the State. It is headed by the Chairman at State level. However, for the entire functioning of Divisional level offices, the Secretary Board of School Education along with abundant . . .
- Nuclear Power For India Is Good For Us All (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2006)
If the deal to supply India with nuclear technologies goes through, future generations may remember it for quite different reasons than the debate over nuclear proliferation.
- Us Gears Up For Bill On Nuke Deal With India (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Mar 17, 2006)
As a legislation is introduced in the US Senate and the House of Representatives to implement the Indo-US civilian nuclear agreement, it has become evident that the battle to win hearts and minds on the issue is being fought at many levels.
- "Reactors Put Under Safeguards Should Get Fuel From The International Market" (Hindu, T.V. Sivanandan, Mar 17, 2006)
Anil Kakodkar, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission and Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy, says the eight indigenous Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors (PHWRs) that India will put under safeguards should get natural uranium as fuel from . . .
- India A Non-Proliferator, Says U.S President (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2006)
United States President George W. Bush asserted that India had been a non-proliferator, and said Congress should pass a law that would allow sale of nuclear technology to New Delhi.
- India Inc. Hails Pact With U.S. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2006)
Deal will meet demand for clean power
Turning point in U.S. ties: Assocham survey
Global giants will make a beeline for India
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