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Articles 8121 through 8220 of 17201:
- Us May Pull Out Of N-Deal If India Backs Iran (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 26, 2006)
Delhi rejects linking IAEA vote to accord
India could lose out on a nuclear deal with the United States if it does not vote against Iran at a key meeting of the UN nuclear watchdog agency, the US ambassador to India warned on Wednesday.
- Us Moves To Delink Indian Nuclear Deal With Iran Vote (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 26, 2006)
Washington moved Wednesday to unlink a landmark US-India civilian nuclear deal with how New Delhi votes on the Iranian nuclear question at a key meeting of the UN atomic watchdog agency.
- No Ifs, No Buts, No Buta (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jan 25, 2006)
Abu Abraham’s famous cartoon showing former President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed leaning out of his bathtub to sign the ordinance that would usher Indira Gandhi’s Emergency just got an update.
- Chimpanzees Closer To Humans Than To Apes (Hindu, Ian Sample , Jan 25, 2006)
They already use basic tools, have rudimentary language and star in TV commercials, but now scientists have proof that chimpanzees are more closely related to humans than other great apes. Genetic tests comparing DNA from humans, chimps, gorillas, and ...
- Bangla Blasts Accused Arrested In Bengal (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 25, 2006)
It is not known whether the West Bengal police have got in touch with the Bangladesh Government for further information on Rahman and possible extradition.
- Should Bofors Be Buried? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jan 25, 2006)
Politics, according to a textbook definition, is all about who gets what, when, and how. In contemporary Indian politics, it requires no great imagination to see how literally true this description is. But even more specific to Indian democracy . . .
- Meeting Agricultural Challenges (Daily Excelsior, Dr K S Khokhar, Jan 25, 2006)
Agriculture continues to be backbone of the Indian economy. About 65 percent of Indian population is still dependent on agriculture. Agriculture contribute significantly to National GDP (22%).
- 100 Acres Of Land Up For Grabs In Health City (Hindu, Santosh Patnaik, Jan 25, 2006)
`One can get allotment order within a week at 2 cr. an acre'
Market value of land is put at Rs. 3 cr. to Rs. 4cr. an acre
Visakhapatnam Institute of Medical Sciences to be set up on an on an extent of 150 acres at Adarshnagar
- Iaf To Shed Redundant Technology (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 25, 2006)
Fourteen nations and representatives of 21 international aviation organisation are participating in the two-day conference.
- India, Pakistan And The Oic (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 25, 2006)
The Foreign Office spokesperson, Ms TasNim Aslam, has “clarified” that Pakistan has not “rejected” a proposal by King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia that India be invited to the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) as an observer.
- Iisc Attack: 2 Held (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 25, 2006)
The Bangalore police have arrested two more alleged Lashkar-e-Taiba operatives in connection with the December 28 attack on the Indian Institute of Science campus here.
- Work On It Corridor At A Snail's Pace (Hindu, T. Ramakrishnan, Jan 25, 2006)
Official sources say less than 10 per cent of road improvement project completed
- Buta Singh, Manmohan Must Quit, Says National Democratic Alliance (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 25, 2006)
Demand follows Court comments on dissolution of the Assembly
President has every right to remove Council of Ministers: George Fernandes
Court's comments are strong, verdict has a far-reaching impact: Advani
- All The Hoopla About Wef (Business Line, D. Murali , Jan 25, 2006)
"Enjoy free Indian wine and finger food as you listen to the lovely Indian music," invites an announcement on www.davos.ch. Do you know who's paying for the party? The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), and the Indian members of the . . .
- Kalabagh On The Backburner (Dawn, Zubeida Mustafa, Jan 25, 2006)
Last week, just when the opposition’s protest had begun to reach an uncomfortably high pitch, President Pervez Musharraf decided to take the wind out of the anti-Kalabagh lobby’s sail by announcing a change in the order of dam building.
- Poetic Justice In Santiago (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 25, 2006)
For some Chileans the Pinochet era finally came to an end not when the wily old general left the presidency in 1990, after losing a referendum that had been designed to lend legitimacy to his dastardly regime as well as to extend its tenure, . . .
- K'taka: Two More Arrested In Iisc Attack Case (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 25, 2006)
Two more persons have been arrested in connection with the December 28 terrorist attack at the Indian Institute of Science here, raising the total number of arrest to six, police said.
- Abdullah’S India Visit Heralds New Ties (News International, Jagpreet Luthra, Jan 25, 2006)
King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia will be a guest of honour when he attends India’s Republic Day celebrations in New Delhi, but many are asking why it has taken a Saudi monarch 51 years to visit the country.
- Project For Academic Excellence In State (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 25, 2006)
Students will be empowered to implement IT solutions at the grassroots level
It is an initiative aimed at capacity building in the State
Local talent pool will be given a boost
- Hasty Measure (The Financial Express, PUNEET CHITKARA, Jan 24, 2006)
A competitive, rather than complementary, relationship between regulation and competition could either be driven by technology or be a result of bad policy.
- Gimme That Old-Time Religion (The Economic Times, MUKUL SHARMA, Jan 24, 2006)
Rationalists say the concept of religion arose because of supernatural interpretations given to natural phenomenon. Our cave ancestors couldn’t understand things like lightning, thunderstorms, earthquakes, volcanic fire, floods, tidal waves and other ...
- Guarded Fo Response To Saudi Proposal: Oic Observer Status For India (Dawn, Qudssia Akhlaque, Jan 24, 2006)
The Foreign Office on Monday gave a guarded response to Saudi King Abdullah’s suggestion that Pakistan sponsor India’s bid for observer status in the 57-member Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC).
- India, China And The Asian Axis Of Oil (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Jan 24, 2006)
The new Sino-Indian partnership could serve as the foundation for an Asian Energy Union and much more.
- "The Bird On The Book Does Mean Something" (Hindu, Mukund Padmanabhan, Jan 24, 2006)
Penguin's chief executive on the future of the book publishing industry and his company's plans for India and elsewhere.
- China, Saudi Arabia Agree To Strengthen Bilateral Ties (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 24, 2006)
Two sides sign protocol on cooperation in petroleum, natural gas and minerals
- Us-India Nuke Pact A Reality: Pak Official (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 24, 2006)
PTI reports from Kolkata say that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is closely monitoring the Indian healthcare model to pick up vital clues for a successful implementation of its global Programme of Action for Cancer Therapy (PACT).
- 2006 To Be 'Friendship Year' For India, China (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 24, 2006)
Putting behind the past of uneasy ties, India and China will commemorate 2006 as 'Friendship Year' to forge closeness through a series of events, including operationalisation of border trade through Nathu La besides high-level visits and exchanges . . .
- Saudi King's Visit Raises Expectations (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Jan 24, 2006)
GCC countries intelligentsia see it as a path-breaking event
India and China are political superpowers in the making
Visit could anchor the "Look East" concept advocated since the nineties
- Isro Links 400 Sites In Disease-Prevention Project (Indian Express, Toufiq Rashid, Jan 24, 2006)
Better communication to combact communicable diseases—the Health Ministry and the National Institute of Communicable Diseases will link 400 sites through satellite so that information can be freely exchanged and plans on outbreaks and epidemics . . .
- Evolve Zps As ‘Glocal’ Bodies (Deccan Herald, Manu N Kulkarni, Jan 24, 2006)
India has not allowed grassroots bodies undertake development projects
- India Is Seriously Sick (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Jan 24, 2006)
Finance minister P. Chidambaram began his budgetary peroration last year with a quote from the Tamil saint poet, Tiruvalluvar: “Health, wealth, produce, the happiness that is the result, and security.
- Demand-Side Constraints In Ssi Credit (Business Line, B. L. Chandak, Jan 24, 2006)
Supply-Side constraints affecting credit to small-scale industries (SSIs) have been extensively deliberated by various expert committees. However, of late, besides supply-side impediments, demand-side constraints too are affecting credit growth to the ...
- A General’S Dishonour (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 24, 2006)
BY invoking his right to avoid self-incrimination, Maj. Gen. Geoffrey D. Miller of the US army has avoided a much-needed cross-examination of his role in the abuse of detainees at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.
- I Expect Dharam Singh To Resign Today, Says Yediyurappa (Hindu, Alladi Jayasri , Jan 24, 2006)
BJP leader unfazed by the fast-changing political drama in the State
Agriculture, irrigation and rural development to get top priority
BJP-JD(S) to come out with a new Common Minimum Programme
BJP to be an ideal coalition partner
- Challenges To Energy Security (Hindu, T. Ramakrishnan, Jan 24, 2006)
Discusses the complex issues and problems that have a bearing on energy security
- Tap Nuclear Energy For Peaceful Uses, Says Top Iaea Official (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 24, 2006)
Health, farm sectors in India stand to gain from new research: Prof. Werner Burkart
Sterile Insect Technique can be used to combat vector-borne diseases
Irradiation processes can help crop diversity and to develop more productive plants
- Patents And Development (Hindu, Siddharth Narrain , Jan 24, 2006)
Examines development related to the IPR regime within the legal framework
- Youth, Confidence, Creativity To The Fore At `Bridging Cultures' (Hindu, Sudhish Kamath, Jan 24, 2006)
Films on subjects ranging from puppets to female infanticide were screened at the daylong film festival Short films and documentaries were screened at the film festival
- N-Capping Fears Unreal (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Jan 24, 2006)
One of the bogeys raised by those who want to mire India in the status quo of technology thraldom and prevent the Indo-US agreement on exceptionalisation from the NPT to go through is that this is an attempt to cap our credible minimum nuclear deterrent.
- Cause Of Concern (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 24, 2006)
It is a matter of serious concern that every major terrorist attack elsewhere in the country should have its roots in the State. The latest revelation in this newspaper can only make us sit up and take notice.
- The Revolution And Its Children (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 24, 2006)
Given the political insouciance of Nepal’s political leaders, Jyoti Malhotra wonders if there is anything they could learn from India’s example
- Reliance Petro For Rs 6,000 Cr Float (Business Standard, CORPORATE BUREAU, Jan 24, 2006)
RIL to invest Rs 3,375 crore in retail
Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) will go in for a public offer after a gap of 13 years. The company today announced that its newly launched subsidiary, Reliance Petroleum, would float a public issue of . . .
- Gendercide? India’S Population Distortion (Daily Times, Ishtiaq Ahmed, Jan 24, 2006)
Whereas in agrarian societies male children are preferred, until the late 20th century people could not actively choose the gender of their children. But now with the help of technology such as ultrasound they can translate that preference into a choice b
- Tcs To Buy Lifescience Service Firms In Us (Business Standard, C H Unnikrishnan, Jan 24, 2006)
Sets a target of $1 billion revenue by 2010.
The lifesciences and healthcare services division of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is scouting for major acquisitions in the US.
- News From The Schools, January 2006 (Economist, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 24, 2006)
The Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto and the Indian School of Business (ISB) in Hyderabad have agreed on a partnership that will lead to student exchanges between the two schools beginning in the 2006-07 academic year.
- Higher Technical Rducation In J&k (Daily Excelsior, O. N. Wakhlu, Jan 24, 2006)
The growth of higher technical education in Jammu and Kashmir, in the last four decades has been phenomenal. In the early thirties of the twentieth century the State had to hire Engineers from outside.
- Knights And Warriors Of Growth (Daily Excelsior, Anupam Dasgupta, Jan 24, 2006)
Worldwide, the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are being viewed as an engine of equitable economic growth and poverty alleviation.
- Glitches Ahead (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 23, 2006)
Leading nuclear scientists in the country were a bit skeptical of the civilian nuclear cooperation agreement that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh signed with US President George W Bush on July 18.
- Kalam Calls For Jain Research Centre (Deccan Herald, R Krishnakumar, Jan 23, 2006)
This year the Mahamastakabhisheka, will be performed on the 57-foot-monolith statue on Vindhyagiri, over a period of 12 days from February 8 to 19.
- Education Can Wipe-Out Terrorism: Kalam (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jan 23, 2006)
President A P J Abdul Kalam today said that ‘terrorism can be wiped off from the country only through education with value system, elimination of poverty and transformation of religion into a spiritual system.’
- Every Day, Another Life Is Less Private (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Jan 23, 2006)
Two popular names for girls, so common we don’t give them a second thought.
- Pc Shipments In Asia-Pacific Up 19 Pc: Idc India, Taiwan Perform Below Expectations (Business Line, CORPORATE BUREAU, Jan 23, 2006)
IDC said that notebooks were particularly solid as all the countries in the region recorded double-digit year-on-year growth rates in shipments in 2005.
- Greater Sensitivity Needed At Wto (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 23, 2006)
The World Trade Organisation's decision to extend, by seven-and-a-half years, the period available to least developed countries (LDCs) for bringing their intellectual property rights (IPR) rules in line with the relevant WTO agreement, is welcome for ..
- Nuclear Brinkmanship: Iran Vs West (Pakistan Observer, Ghulam Sarwar, Jan 23, 2006)
Of late, tension between Iran and the West, has assumed alarming proportions, over the nuclear issue. War of wits between the contending parties in fast escalating and Iran’s adversaries are..
- "Globalisation Does Not Mean You Have No Political Choices" (Hindu, Marcus Dam, Jan 23, 2006)
Sir Howard Davies, Director, the London School of Economics and Political Science, believes that, despite all its imperfections, globalisation is the "least bad" way to organise economic life.
- India And The Global Market For Education (Hindu, John Makinson, Jan 23, 2006)
There has been an educational explosion in various countries, including India.
- India And Talks On The Nuclear Issue (Hindu, R. Ramachandran, Jan 23, 2006)
ACCORDING TO news reports following the recent round of discussions in New Delhi between India and the United States around the Indo-U.S.
- Indo-Lankan Economic Ties (Daily Excelsior, R C Rajamani, Jan 23, 2006)
Prolonged media preoccupation- on either side of the Palk Straits with the Tamil problem has created an erroneous impression that a solution to the ethnic issue is central to the growth of Indo-Sri Lanka ties.
- Big Trouble For The Little Ones (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 23, 2006)
Extracts from the ILO’s regional high-level tripartite meeting on the Role of Labour Inspections in Combating Child Labour, Harare, 2001
- Spread Message Of Peace, Non-Violence: President (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 23, 2006)
The hills of Vindhyagiri and Chandragiri in the ancient town of Shravanabelagola resounded with chants of "Bhagawan Bahubali ki jai" as President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
- Reaching Out To Save A Blue Baby (Hindu, R. Sujatha, Jan 23, 2006)
Fifteen-month-old Maxwell, born to Qayyum and Aster, was a blue baby, whose condition worsened as he grew. "He turned blue three or four times in a day," recalls Aster.
- Fast Breeding Confusion (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jan 23, 2006)
There is persistent misunderstanding about India-US relations today.
- Energy For Assam (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 23, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s interactions in Assam have been characterised by a much-needed focus on infrastructural development that is central to the vision of an economically developed, well-integrated Northeast.
- Now And Again: Love While You Can (Statesman, JP MALIK, Jan 23, 2006)
The King of Ethopia was once invited by our ambassador to an Indian marriage.
- Pfc, Another Navratna On The Block: Fm (Business Standard, D K Singh, Jan 23, 2006)
Labour reforms and foreign direct investment in retailing are under consideration.
- Coming Out With The Real Outcome (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Jan 23, 2006)
What exactly is `outcome' and how to measure it? Raising this question vis-à-vis the Outcome Budget, P. V. Indiresan suggests that, assuming cost-benefit can be measured, there are three ways the `outcome' can be deemed better than before.
- We Want Peaceful Relations With India But Kashmir Issue Impacted The Atmosphere (Pakistan Observer, Aroosa Alam, Jan 23, 2006)
Declaring that Pakistan will always maintain minimum nuclear deterrence, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that Pakistan is an anchor of peace and stability in South Asian region, has no aggressive designs but it won’t be bullied by anyone.
- How Playboy Can Score In India (Los Angeles Times, Editorial, Los Angeles Times, Jan 22, 2006)
Despite strict obscenity laws, stricter religious mores and a fanatical element that regularly pickets and threatens to blow up movie theaters running risque movies, Playboy Enterprises is considering an Indian version of its magazine.
- Bangalore Cops In Kashmir On Iisc Terror Trail (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
A special Bangalore police team investigating the December 28 attack on the Indian Institute of Science has arrived in Jammu and Kashmir. J&K Director-General of Police Gopal Sharma, however, said that no links in the state had been established so far.
- France Yet To Provide Full Inventory (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Jan 22, 2006)
Supreme Court Monitoring Committee's queries also not adequately answered
- The Potential Of Rajasthan (Indian Express, N K Singh, Jan 22, 2006)
I have just returned from Jodhpur after speaking to a group of NASDAQ and New York Stock Exchange Advisory Board members.
- Iisc Probe Nails Bangla Blast Brain (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
Bangalore Police have seized a cache of explosives following the arrest of two more Lashkar-e-Taiyaba militants — one of them suspected to be involved in some bomb blasts in the Bangladesh capital of Dhaka in early 2003 and the other an Imam.
- Science & Creative Thinking (Hindustan Times, Simon Singh, Jan 22, 2006)
I visited India recently thanks to the British Council, who arranged for me to give science lectures at schools, colleges and universities. Over the course of a couple of weeks I spoke to budding scientists, retired professors, brilliant teachers and ....
- Rubble Rises (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
E P Menon travels to parts of Bhuj devasted by the Jan. 26, 2001, Gujarat earthquake, to catch glimpses of life sprouting back from the rubble, and is quick to note it down in his diary.
- Vhp Issues Ultimatum On Temple (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Saturday gave a one-year ultimatum to the Centre to hand over the entire disputed area of 67 acres in Ayodhya for the construction of Ram Temple, failing which it threatened to launch a nation-wide “direct action” programme
- Us Business Body To Launch Awareness Programme On Indo-Us Deal (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
US Chamber of Commerce has applauded negotiations that would lead to implimentation of Indo-US civilian nuclear deal and announced the launch of a public advocacy programme to garner support for it.
- Another Terror Bid Foiled In Bangalore (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
Police have seized a cache of explosives from the two Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists, arrested on Friday night in connection with the terror attack at the Indian Institute of Science.
- Safta Has No Article Giving Mfn Status To India (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
South Asia Free Trade Agreement (Safta) has no article to give the Most Favourite Nation (MFN) status to India and Pakistan and is not going to grant any preferential tariffs to the former.
- Iran Wants China In On Russian Nuclear Proposal: Der Spiegel (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
Iran wants China to be involved in possible enrichment of uranium with Russia aimed at ensuring Tehran does not develop nuclear weapons, according to the German weekly Der Spiegel.
- Pakistan Won’T Endorse N-Iran: Pm (News International, Salim Bokhari, Jan 22, 2006)
Vows to raise Bajaur bombing in tripartite commission meeting;
calls for moving beyond CBMs to settle Kashmir issue
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