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Articles 7521 through 7620 of 17201:
- No Room For Afghan Refugees (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 15, 2006)
Participants of a conference on Afghan Population Movements agreed unanimously that Afghanistan was not ready to receive all the Afghan refugees living in neighbouring countries.
- Iran Confirms Uranium Enrichment (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 15, 2006)
Iran confirmed on Tuesday it had resumed limited uranium enrichment, as world powers warned it against any failure to cooperate over its suspect nuclear programme.
- Torture In Iraq (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 14, 2006)
Millions of people the world over have seen the video showing British soldiers beating and kicking young Iraqi boys, while a corporal watched and encouraged them.
- Karnataka Cabinet To Be Expanded On Friday (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 14, 2006)
Kumaraswamy refutes reports raising doubts over expansion
Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy has refuted reports raising doubts over the expansion of the State Cabinet and emphasised that it will certainly take place on February 17.
- Who’S Afraid Of The Nuke Deal? (Indian Express, R. Rajaraman, Feb 14, 2006)
The issue of whether or not India’s fast breeder reactor should be placed under safeguards is at the core of the storm raging in India around the Indo-US nuclear agreement.
- Kalam Nudge At Fleet Review: Time For Indigenous Subs, Longer Range (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 14, 2006)
Hinting that it was time to speed up the country’s indigenous Advanced Technology Vessel (ATV) project that will build nuclear submarines for the Navy, President APJ Abdul Kalam said this afternoon that it was time for the Navy to operate . . .
- War Mongering (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 14, 2006)
Iraq precedent must make the US desist from attacking Iran
- Techseeds For Farmland (Daily Excelsior, Rakesh Raman, Feb 14, 2006)
If the policymakers in India aspire to bridge the digital divide, there would hardly be any other potential area than agriculture where they could apply information and communication technologies (ICTs).
- ‘Dae Not At War With Govt Of India’ (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Feb 14, 2006)
When Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Anil Kakodkar accused the US government of “shifting the goal posts” on the nuclear deal agreed last year in Washington, American analysts accused him of launching a war against his own government.
- India Accelerating Towards Deal With Cern (Indian Express, Reshma Patil, Feb 14, 2006)
India's nuclear scientists are on the verge of entering into a new, intensive collaboration—estimated at five million Swiss francs—with the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN), the world’s largest particle physics centre near Geneva.
- Centre Commissions Coastal Hazard Zone Mapping Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 14, 2006)
A management system essential to protect coastal communities
- South Africa Eyes Astronomy's Top Prize (Hindu, Rory Carroll , Feb 14, 2006)
Karoo desert telescope points the way to capturing global scientific project.
- India Must Modernise Its Armed Forces (Tribune, Maj-Gen Rajendra Nath, Feb 14, 2006)
India is doing well economically. However, few realise that India is passing through a difficult period from the security point of view. China is giving weapon systems to Myanmar, Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan.
- The Knowledge Market (Telegraph, Tapas Majumdar, Feb 14, 2006)
The “knowledge market” is just a name I have chosen — it has not made the dictionary yet.
- Using Science To Save A Cat (Hindu, G. ANANTHAKRISHNAN, Feb 14, 2006)
A tour de force of science-driven conservation advocacy by a tiger biologist
- Iran Resumes Some Atom Enrichment Work - Diplomats (Reuters, MARK HEINRICH, Feb 14, 2006)
Iran has resumed some uranium enrichment work, geared to making fuel for nuclear reactors or bombs, in defiance of a vote to engage the U.N. Security Council in efforts to rein in Tehran's atomic ambitions, diplomats said.
- Cabinet To Be Expanded On Friday (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 14, 2006)
Kumaraswamy refutes reports raising doubts over expansion
- Iran Delays Nuclear Talks With Russia (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 14, 2006)
* Russian minister says Moscow’s proposal to meet the Iranian delegation on Feb 16 still stands
- Tcs' R&d Pact With Stanford University (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 14, 2006)
To work on joint projects focussing on data privacy
- Russia Pushes For Global Energy Security (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Feb 14, 2006)
Russia has scored its first victory as the 2006 G8 chairman, winning support from the other members of the group for its proposal to place energy security on top of the G8 agenda.
- A Budding Relationship Between U.S. And India (US News & World Report, Thomas Omestad, Feb 14, 2006)
Through a period of foreign policy upheaval dominated by the Bush administration's war on terrorism, a major shift in U.S. policy with enduring consequences has received far less public attention in America: Washington's embrace of New Delhi and . . .
- `Education For Holistic Development' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 14, 2006)
The right education should make students sincere, hardworking and intelligent in their chosen profession, Vice-Chancellor of the Periyar University T. Balakrishnan said.
- The Urban Mess (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 14, 2006)
Last year's public spat between Mr Deve Gowda and Mr N. R. Narayana Murthy ended in the latter's dire warning that Bangalore would regret any delay in upgrading its infrastructure.
- Dilemmas Of Us-India Nuclear Deal (Daily Times, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Feb 14, 2006)
As President George Bush prepares to visit India and Pakistan in March, negotiations between India and the United States over last July’s nuclear deal have entered a very sensitive stage.
- Court For New Panel On Clemenceau (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Feb 14, 2006)
Bench asks Centre to name retired naval officers
Earlier order that ship should not enter Exclusive Economic Zone to continue French Government to indicate quantum of asbestos on board
- No Deal Yet, But Nuclear Fight Rages (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Feb 13, 2006)
Contrary to public perception, India did not at any stage offer to put its fast-breeder programme on the civilian nuclear list to be separated from military ones in order to move forward on the Indo-US nuclear deal.
- France Adds To Pressure On India's Atomic Ambitions (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 13, 2006)
France has lined up behind U.S. pressure on New Delhi to put more of its nuclear facilities under international scrutiny, making it clear that French help for India's atomic energy programme hangs in the balance.
- Kalam Calls For Missiles On Subs (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 13, 2006)
President A P J Abdul Kalam Sunday reviewed the Indian Navy's fleet off this port city in Andhra Pradesh and urged the force to frame a long-term plan to mount cruise missiles on its submarines.....
- India And France Not To Ink Nuke Pact (Hindustan Times, Manish Chand, Feb 13, 2006)
France is more than willing to offer India its expertise in nuclear energy, but a formal civil nuclear cooperation pact may not be signed between the two countries when President Jacques Chirac comes this month.
- The Real Thing (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Feb 13, 2006)
It’s only apt that state-run companies Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) should have kicked off the uniform nationwide rates announced earlier by IT and communications minister Dayanidhi Maran . . .
- Vaunted U.S.-India Nuclear Deal Begins To Fall Apart (International Herald Tribune, Brahma Chellaney , Feb 13, 2006)
NEW DELHI With international attention focused on Iran's renegade nuclear program, a much-trumpeted nuclear deal that was to showcase the emerging global strategic partnership between the United States and India has begun to unravel virtually unnoticed.
- The Flip Side Of The Great Indian It Story (The Financial Express, Sucheta Dalal, Feb 13, 2006)
India’s information technology (IT) industry offers a curious and dangerous mix of the good, the bad and the ugly. Leading the pack are the big blue-chip companies that have set high standards of ethics, efficiency and corporate governance.
- All Doors Open To Murli Deora (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Feb 12, 2006)
Murli Deora or Murli Bhai, as he is known to his countless friends and admirers, has been a “friend of friends.”
- India Must Allow Int’L Scrutiny Of N-Facilities: France (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
* French envoy to Delhi says India will have to make compromises acceptable to the Nuclear Suppliers Group
- The First Gandhian Intellectuals (Hindu, RAMACHANDRA GUHA , Feb 12, 2006)
But only two of them would go so far as to call themselves that.
- Special Task Force To Check Working Of Projects (Hindu, S. Rajendran, Feb 12, 2006)
Give me three months to improve the situation: Kumaraswamy
- Task Force To Supervise Projects In Bangalore (Hindu, S. Rajendran, Feb 12, 2006)
Give me three months to improve the situation: Kumaraswamy
The task force will monitor the implementation of all projects
It will include representatives of IT firms and various agencies
- Kumaraswamy For Mutual Talks On Cauvery Issue (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on Saturday said the Cauvery tangle could be resolved through mutual talks and not through court of law, which would be a long-drawn process.
- A Gift From The Fundoos (Telegraph, GITHA HARIHARAN, Feb 12, 2006)
It’s not as if we have forgotten what the Hindu fundoos are capable of. But since the electoral defeat of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government at the Centre, many of us have been tempted to take a break from foregrounding resistance . . .
- Reliance-Adag Signs Mou With Wb Govt (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group today signed an MoU with the West Bengal government for setting up an IT institute in West Bengal in the memory of Reliance group founder Dhirubhai Ambani.
- France Adds To Pressure On India's Atomic Ambitions (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
France has lined up behind U.S. pressure on New Delhi to put more of its nuclear facilities under international scrutiny, making it clear that French help for India's atomic energy programme hangs in the balance.
- Dimensions Of Child Abuse (Frontline, R.K. Raghavan, Feb 12, 2006)
Nothing can be more dishonest or harmful to our future generations than underplaying an issue such as the abuse of children.
- Limits To Freedom Of Expression And Protests (Indian Express, Soli Sorabjee, Feb 12, 2006)
I am a strong proponent of freedom of expression. Nonetheless in my view the noble cause of freedom of expression was not furthered by deliberately offending religious feelings of the Muslim community by publishing cartoons of Prophet Mohammad . . .
- Telecom Psus Launch One-India Plan (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 11, 2006)
STD call at Re 1 a minute across the country
In a major bonanza to subscribers, telecom PSUs, BSNL and MTNL, today launched “OneIndia” plan charging maximum tariff of Re 1 for a call to any place in the country.
- Forward With Nuclear Deal (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 11, 2006)
US must push it through Congress
With the Iran vote behind us, the contours of the nuclear debate are gaining some clarity. There is no question that the July 18 Indo-US deal is in India’s national interest.
- Fat Is Not Too Much Of An Evil (Tribune, Rob Stein, Feb 11, 2006)
Low-fat diets do not protect women against heart attacks, strokes, breast cancer or colon cancer, a major study has found, contradicting what had once been promoted as one of the cornerstones of a healthy lifestyle.
- Map Products To Benefit Tourism, Business Sectors (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 11, 2006)
Kapil Sibal releases new Road Atlas developed by Survey of India
- Economic Zone To Be Set Up For Nris (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 11, 2006)
NRI Clubs will be constituted in Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi and Kozhikode
- Taking `Look East' Further (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 11, 2006)
President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has completed a productive three-country tour in nine days, sharpening India's focus on a dynamic region in pursuance of the `Look East' policy initiated by Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao.
- Advances In Printing Technology Showcased At `E-Age 2006' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 11, 2006)
Barnala hopes exhibition will open new avenues for entrepreneurs
- Fab City Project: All-Round Applause For Chief Minister (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 11, 2006)
State will emerge as the real hi-tech manufacturing hub of India' The real credit for this far-reaching milestone achieved by the State goes to the people, says Dr. Reddy
- Kumaraswamy Vows To Clinch Fab Project Deal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 11, 2006)
Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy said here on Friday that he will persuade SemIndia president Vinod K. Mehta to set up the $ 3-billion Fab City project in Karnataka.
- Re. 1 Call From March 1 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 11, 2006)
`OneIndia Plan' made possible with higher rentals; no free calls
Distinction between fixed line and cellular tariffs will vanish
New tariff expected to stem surrender of landlines and help growth
- Davos Gets A 'Taste Of India' (Daily Excelsior, M Karthikeyan, Feb 11, 2006)
Global business leaders, who expected a bland fare from New Delhi at the World Economic Forum, were in for a surprise at this year's annual meeting at Davos, where they finally got a real taste of the 'Indian curry', as the country dished . . .
- Indo-U.S. Space Cooperation Adrift (Hindu, R. Ramachandran, Feb 11, 2006)
If the U.S. is unwilling to relax controls in the arena of space technology, where ISRO stands to gain in commercial terms, why should India yield on the nuclear front?
- Government Mood Upbeat Over Fab, Other Projects (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 11, 2006)
Ruling Congress bid to make political gains
Finance Minister lists the projects coming up in the State
Telugu Desam asked to stop campaign against the Government
Projects termed proof of good governance
- Atomic Kitty (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Feb 11, 2006)
On the face of it, the US invitation to India to join the so-called Global Nuclear Energy Partnership, or GNEP, is worth considering. Provided Washington manages to clear its own domestic hurdles.
- Anil Ambani Group Inks Deal With Wb Govt. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 11, 2006)
To set up advanced IT training institute with an investment of Rs.100 cr.
- Call Anywhere In India For Re 1 (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 11, 2006)
BSNL and MTNL announced the “OneIndia” plan which introduces a uniform Re 1 per minute tariff for all long-distance calls made anywhere within the country anytime of the day.
- Reliance-Adag Signs Mou With Wb Govt (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 11, 2006)
Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group today signed an MoU with the West Bengal government for setting up an IT institute in West Bengal in the memory of Reliance group founder Dhirubhai Ambani.
- A New, Clear Doctrine (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Feb 11, 2006)
After 40 years of ambiguity, we took the big risk in Pokharan II. It worked. The US N-deal means reaping rewards, let’s not blow it
- U.S. Mulling More Nuclear Talks Before Bush India Trip (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 11, 2006)
The top U.S. negotiator on a landmark nuclear deal with India may soon visit New Delhi for talks on the troubled accord before President George W. Bush visits South Asia next month, U.S. officials said on Friday.
- Long-Term Strategy Needed (Deccan Herald, Gurmeet Kanwal, Feb 11, 2006)
Political compulsions is compounded by the defence ministry’s inability to fully utilise even the allotted funds
- History Will Be Kinder To Greenspan (The Financial Express, V ANANTHA NAGESWARAN, Feb 11, 2006)
On February 15, the new Federal Reserve chairman, Ben Bernanke, would testify to the US Congress on the outlook for the US economy and monetary policy. Global financial markets would be super-attentive: it would be the first time for Mr Bernanke.
- Precarious Irreversibility Of Climate Change (Business Line, D. Murali , Feb 11, 2006)
The British Prime Minister, Mr Tony Blair, terms climate change the "world's greatest environmental challenge". `Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change,' summarises the proceedings of an international symposium on the subject held a year ago.
- W Bengal Gets Ambani It Institute (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 11, 2006)
In a major morale booster for the Buddhadev Bhattacharya-led Left coalition government in West Bengal, the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group on Friday signed an MoU..
- The Battle Over A Warship Continues (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Feb 11, 2006)
Opposition is growing in France to the Government's efforts to get theClemenceaudismantled in India.
- The New Age Intermediaries (Business Line, Arindam Banik, Feb 11, 2006)
Today's intermediaries consolidate information, allow complete product sale and purchase, and provide an alternative to shopping malls and their huge infrastructure. The value proposition made by these new intermediaries is such that they . . .
- Hiccups In Civilian Nuclear Pact With The French Too (Indian Express, Pranab Dhal Samanta, Feb 11, 2006)
The prospects of a formal India-France civilian nuclear cooperation agreement have hit a roadblock after New Delhi declined to make any references to the International Atomic Energy Agency or the Nuclear Suppliers Group in the document. Instead, . . .
- India’S Eau De Cologne And Europe’S Stench (The Globalist, Ashutosh Sheshabalaya, Feb 10, 2006)
Europe's business and political establishment has been shocked by the unsolicited $24 billion bid by Indian-owned giant Mittal Steel for its European rival Arcelor.
- On The Fast Breeder Programme, Begin A Civil Debate (Indian Express, G. Balachandran, Feb 10, 2006)
With barely a month to go before the visit of US President George W. Bush to India, prospects of successfully taking forward the July 18 Indo-US agreement on nuclear cooperation seem have receded further with the latest broadside of Secretary . . .
- Searching For Et (Deccan Herald, U R RAO, Feb 10, 2006)
We study a planet as it was many light years ago, and if life exists, it may be more advanced than our own
- Slow Breeder Reactor (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 10, 2006)
The BJP should have much to say on the nuclear deal. They why this strange silence?
- Jobs For Rural People (Daily Excelsior, Satyendra Pratap Singh, Feb 10, 2006)
Since the early 1970s, there are signs of a major diversi-fication of economic activity away from agriculture in favour of non-agricultural sector. The share of non-agricultural sector in the "usual status" employment of the male work force . . .
- India-Us Accord On Civilian Nuclear Uses (Daily Excelsior, O.P. Sabherwal, Feb 10, 2006)
The India-US nuclear accord, agreed in principle last July, is to promote civilian nuclear power and other peaceful nuclear applications by India.
- Patent Remedy For India’S Health (Indian Express, PRITI RADHAKRISHNAN, Feb 10, 2006)
Just how wealthy do you have to be to buy medicines in India? The UPA government is about to decide.
- Wal-Mart And Monsanto On Indo-U.S. Agriculture Initiative Board (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI, Feb 10, 2006)
Will set the agenda for collaborative research to be pursued with Indian labs
- Reality Bites Bush's Wish, Visa Woes Haunt Indians (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 10, 2006)
Though educational institutions in the US have been open to Indian talent, students from this country face difficulties and hurdles in grant and extension of visas, Karnataka Governor TN Chaturvedi said on Thursday.
- Rs. 13,500-Crore Chip Facility For Hyderabad (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 10, 2006)
'Biggest single investment in semi-conductor sector'
A US $ 3 billion(Rs. 13,500 crores)facility for the manufacture of semiconductors used in personal computers, television sets, mobile phones and other digital devices will be set up by SemIndia Inc...
- Challenges Before New Regime (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 10, 2006)
Winning is not everything. Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy easily won, by 138 votes to 66, the confidence motion in the Karnataka Assembly.
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