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Articles 8321 through 8420 of 17201:
- The Measure Of All Things Ken Alder (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jan 19, 2006)
We often hear that science is a revolutionary force that imposes radical new ideas on human history. But science also emerges from within human history, reshaping ordinary actions, some so habitual we hardly notice them. Measurement is one of our . . .
- Reliance Floats Subsidiary For Refinery Project (Business Standard, Kausik Datta, Jan 19, 2006)
Reliance Petro to set up a 30 mn tpa refinery at Jamnagar.
Barely three years after merging Reliance Petroleum with itself, Reliance Industries has floated a subsidiary with the same name to set up an export-oriented refinery at Jamnagar in Gujarat.
- Wipro Net Up 27% At Rs 543 Cr (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
Underpinned by growth in all segments across the board.
Wipro Ltd’s net profit has grown 27 per cent to Rs 543 crore for the quarter ended December 2005. The top line, driven by high-volume growth and an addition of a record 61 clients . . .
- Economic Implications Of Terrorism (Business Line, Asuri Vasudevan, Jan 19, 2006)
To counter terrorism, governments and businesses have to incur additional expenditure on arrangements for safety and security, insurance payments, surveillance and intelligence gathering and training and equipping anti-terror squads.
- The Illusive Us Arms Bazaar (Daily Excelsior, Atul Cowshish, Jan 19, 2006)
Two roadblocks await the forward move in the Indo-US bilateral relations early in 2006.
- Burns In India To Discuss N-Deal (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
Less than a week after a meeting of the Indo-US ‘Civil Nuclear Energy Working Group’ here, U S Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs R Nicholas Burns today said implementing the deal of nuclear cooperation between the two countries is . . .
- Wipro Q3 Profit Jumps 24 Pct, Beats Forecasts (Reuters, Narayanan Madhavan and Rosemary Arackaparambil, Jan 19, 2006)
Wipro Ltd., India's third-largest software exporter, reported a better-than-expected 24 percent jump in quarterly profit on Wednesday, despite pay rises and fewer billing hours, as outsourcing volumes grew.
- U.S. Upbeat On India Nuclear Deal Despite Problems (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
The United States is confident of reaching a deal with India on nuclear cooperation even though differences remain over plans to separate India's civil and military programmes, a top U.S. official said on Wednesday.
- Rly To Give Funds For Goa Skybus Project (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
The Rs 1200-cr line, to run between Mallapuran and Uppal, has been cleared in principle by the Andhra Pradesh government, and an engineering survey for the project is currently on, KRC Managing Director K K Gokhale said.
- Space A Battlefield (Deccan Herald, U R RAO, Jan 18, 2006)
Despite high costs and danger involved, the US is still determined to go ahead with space weaponisation
- India And Taiwan: Moving Closer (Deccan Herald, Bidanda M Chengappa, Jan 18, 2006)
India should reconsider its approach to Taiwan in terms of foreign
India has been developing ties with Taiwan ever since the two countries established unofficial linkages with each other a decade ago.
- Leaving A Stamp On History (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , Jan 18, 2006)
The year 2008 will mark the 125th birth anniversary of Sir Mirza Ismail — a great Mysorean, an Indian who made us proud, a quintessential political conservative, a remarkable person in public life, who believed that persons entrusted with overseeing ....
- India Requires A Creative Leader: Kalam (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
In another appeal to CII, President Kalam urged the organisation to create a directory of existing partnerships commencing from 2000 and publish it giving all details of scope and progressive financial performance. c
- Nasa Pluto Probe Launch Postponed (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
NASA has postponed the launch of the world's first probe to the icy, never-explored planet of Pluto after excessively strong winds put the liftoff at risk.
- Get Started On Fixing City Roads, Says Dharam Singh (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Review meeting on infrastructure held
BMP asked to complete tender and other processes by March 31
Contractors reluctant to participate in tender process
BMP proposes reintroduction of octroi to shore up revenue
- Cheaper Servers In India By June (Hindustan Times, Shailesh Shekhar, Jan 18, 2006)
The Government is working on a plan to create speedier and cheaper servers to host websites and also create an Indian language translation browser.
- Indo-Pak Dialogue Resumes Amid Negative Publicity (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jan 18, 2006)
The foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan, Messrs Shyam Saran and Riaz Muhammad Khan, met on Tuesday to start the third round of the so-called composite dialogue after days of bilateral “misgivings” about each other’s real intent.
- Australia-India Partnership — Natural Complementarities (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 18, 2006)
Energy and resources are the drivers of the India-Australia relationship, with India importing billions of dollars worth of gold and coal, apart from diamonds and food items.
- Early Learning In Mother Tongue (Dawn, Zubeida Mustafa, Jan 18, 2006)
On October 22, the federal education minister, Lt Gen (retd) Javed Ashraf, made a presentation on the “Education scenario in Pakistan” to the president and prime minister.
- Scientist Wants Another Green Revolution (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
`It will help small and landless farmers earn a livelihood by rearing animals and birds'
First Foundation Day celebrations of the Karnataka Veterinary, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries Sciences University inaugurated
- France's First Woman President? (Hindu, Jon Henley, Jan 18, 2006)
Segolene Royal is suddenly looking like the obvious Socialist challenger to Nicolas Sarkozy in next year's presidential poll.
- Race Science Heading For Rehabilitation (Hindu, Marek Kohn, Jan 18, 2006)
As taboos fall away, there's a danger that denial of racial difference will be replaced with uncritical acceptance.
- District Gets Farm Projects Under Technology Mission (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Priority areas identified to give boost to agriculture activities
- 2020 Odyssey In 45 Minutes (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam’s Vision 2020 left everyone speechless. To be more precise, the other speakers had little to say after he made a powerpoint presentation for 45 minutes — double the time allotted.
- Puzzles Aren’T Paradoxes (Telegraph, Tapas Majumdar, Jan 18, 2006)
Happily, many among our economists are now coming out to share their professional woes through the columns of India’s leading national weeklies and dailies.
- Tamil Nadu Can "Impact India's Trade With Britain" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Chennai's robust industry makes it important for U.K. to maintain ties with State, says U.K. Minister
- Unhealthy Health (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Even as Medical Science has made strides, diseases continue to mock at our peripheral health care system which by any standards could be described as primitive one.
- Kalam For "Syllabus Of Entrepreneurship" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
To create a higher education system that would generate employment opportunities
Research and teaching should be linked
Adopt multi-pronged approach for tele-education
- Terror Reaches South (Daily Excelsior, Tukoji R Pandit, Jan 18, 2006)
The dastardly attack on the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore on December 28, 2005 which took the life of a mathematician from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, has drawn attention to the fact that after north and western India, . . .
- Role Of Sociologists Vital To Tackle Hiv (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Ways to create AIDS - free society discussed
Care and effective communication are necessary for efficient tackling of the HIV disease. Role of sociologists was indispensable to contain this killer disease, said. Dr. Lalitha Kabilan, Director, . . .
- Alarums & Excursions (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 18, 2006)
Iran’s removal of UN seals from the uranium enrichment plant at Natanz has sparked an international outcry, with a predictably knee-jerk reaction from the White House.
- No Confrontation, Please! (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 18, 2006)
Both Parliament and judiciary have to protect Constitution
The Supreme Court’s decision to refer the matter of expulsion of 11 MPs to a
Constitution Bench may trigger an avoidable confrontation between Parliament and the judiciary.
- India's Factories Are Booming, But Not Enough (Reuters, Terry Friel, Jan 18, 2006)
India's booming manufacturing sector is a major engine of growth for one of the world's fastest growing economies, but still has to pick up dramatically to hit the country's 10 percent growth target and take on rival China.
- Bertie Ahern Pitches For Joint It Initiatives With India (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Ireland's focus will be on both education and technology
Launching the Global e-School and Communities Initiative (GeSCI) in India, Ireland Prime Minister Bertie Ahern on Tuesday said India would be the focus of initiatives in education and . . .
- President Kalam Presents Blueprint For Virtual University (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
President A P J Abdul Kalam today proposed an ambitious blueprint for a tele-education revolution in the country with Rashtrapati Bhavan as the nodal hub of the project to link all major universities across India.
- Rebranding Of Bihar (Indian Express, Shaibal Gupta, Jan 18, 2006)
On the face of it, Bihar continues to make news for the same reasons — another schoolboy was abducted even as an abducted businessman was reportedly freed on Tuesday.
- Terrorism, Human Rights, And Development (Hindu, C. Raj Kumar, Jan 17, 2006)
Responses to terrorism ought to be based on a holistic understanding of security, within the human rights and rule of law framework.
- Speeding Up Bus Rapid Transit (Hindu, G. ANANTHAKRISHNAN, Jan 17, 2006)
Rail-based systems may be necessary in the metros, but bus systems offer solutions for all Indian cities staggering under the effects of unsustainable automobile use.
- Little Hope Ahead Of India-Pakistan Peace Talks (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Jan 17, 2006)
India and Pakistan begin a new round of peace talks this week but the nuclear-armed rivals are unlikely to end a stalemate that has tarnished the process, analysts say.
- India-Finland To Increase Bilateral Trade Levels (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
Buoyed by good growth registered in first five months of 2005-06 fiscal, India and Finland today agreed to work towards further increasing the levels of bilateral trade.
- Given Our Resources, We’Ve To Adopt A Lifestyle That Leaves A Smaller Footprint On Nature Than West’ (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jan 17, 2006)
The greatest threat to our and future generations is not terrorism—it’s climate change. Dr R K Pachauri runs the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and, yes, he’s a fellow Indian.
- Reliance Plans To Triple Stem Cell Units (Business Standard, C H Unnikrishnan, Jan 17, 2006)
Company intends to set up 30,000 cell units in 3-4 years.
Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Life Sciences plans to almost treble the capacity of its stem-cell enriched cord blood repository to close to 10,000 cell units in this calendar year.
- Indian Police Arrest Bangalore Suspect (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
Indian police said Monday they arrested a man in connection with last month’s shooting at a prestigious science institute in the country’s technology hub, Bangalore.
- Clemenceau Will Not Enter India Till Court Makes Decision (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
"We will ask the ship to stay outside Indian territorial waters till the matter is heard"
French Government sticks to its guns, says ship contains no asbestos
When the French Government had not permitted the ship to be broken there, . . .
- What Is It The Customer’S Looking For? (The Financial Express, Mahesh Bhatt, Jan 17, 2006)
It wasn’t the pain of her fall, but the humiliation when she fell that made her cry.
- Let Saboteur Sings On Terror Designs (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
Police have arrested another key activist of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) at Almatti in Bagalkot district and seized explosives and incriminating documents from him....
- Sc Bars Clemenceau From Indian Waters (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
The Supreme Court on Monday barred the entry of controversial decommissioned French warship Le Clemenceau carrying toxic wastes into India and said it would not allow the vessel to be scrapped on the Gujarat coast till the Customs department clarifies its
- For Students, Yet Another Requirement (Hindu, K. Ramachandran, Jan 17, 2006)
Compulsory `social orientation' component to be part of the undergraduate curriculum
- Sdic Says Clemenceau Will Not Enter India Till Court Makes Decision (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
"We will ask the ship to stay outside Indian territorial waters till the matter is heard"
French Government sticks to its guns, says ship contains no asbestos
When the French Government had not permitted the ship to be broken there, . . .
- N-Plant Plot Busted (Telegraph, ANIL BUDUR LULLA, Jan 17, 2006)
Bangalore police have arrested another Lashkar-e-Toiba militant in connection with last month’s terror attack on the Indian Institute of Science campus and seized explosives from him.
- Police: Lashkar Targeted Vital Installations (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
Kaiga nuclear power plant on hit-list
No evidence yet to link Abdul Rehman, Ibrahim with IISc attack
Lakshar's role confirmed in the attack
- In The Cause Of The Tiger (Hindu, G. ANANTHAKRISHNAN, Jan 17, 2006)
A valuable corpus presenting current perspectives mixed with the historical perception of the tiger
- The Canvas Of Anthropology (Hindu, Shereen Ratnagar, Jan 17, 2006)
Collection of 40 papers documenting the wide sweep of anthropology
This is a collection of 40 papers in three sections — archaeological anthropology, physical anthropology, and social anthropology— dedicated to D.K.Bhattacharya who distinguished . . .
- Elucidation Of The Gita (Hindu, K. Kunhikrishnan, Jan 17, 2006)
The importance and value of the Bhagavad Gita as an important and enduring summation of the spiritual evolution to the whole of humanity need no emphasis.
- Steel Industry: To Continue Shining In 2006 (Business Line, J. Mehra, Jan 17, 2006)
Global steel demand is set to grow at a scorching pace, though certain factors could be a cause for heartburn in the sector.
- India's Potential `Demographic Dividend' (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Jan 17, 2006)
India is and will remain for some time one of the youngest countries in the world. This "demographic dividend" is seen as offering a window of opportunity to accelerate the country's rate of growth. In this edition of Macroscan, C. P. Chand rasekhar . . .
- Reliance To Pick Up 25% Equity In Yemen Refinery (Business Line, Vinod Mathew, Jan 17, 2006)
Reliance Industries Ltd will be picking up 25 per cent equity stake in a greenfield refinery in Yemen. Reliance is expected to invest $33.78 million (about Rs 149 crore) in the $450-million refinery project.
- A Candle Light Dinner With A Touch Of Difference (Greater Kashmir, Dr Shoukat.H.Khan, Jan 17, 2006)
They have it there in London, we too have it here in Kashmir, but ours is special, narrates Dr Shoukat.H.Khan
- Pak To Table Musharraf’S Proposals (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Jan 17, 2006)
Pakistan is expected to formally put on the table President Pervez Musharraf’s Kashmir-centric proposals during the Foreign Secretary-level talks between India and Pakistan beginning here tomorrow.
- Iisc Attack: Let Man Arrested (Tribune, Jangveer Singh, Jan 17, 2006)
A Muslim preacher from Bagalkot in Karnataka who is suspected to be a member of the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) today became the second person to be arrested in the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) attack case.
- Ireland Seeks Better Ties With India (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
'Huge opportunities exist for both countries'
Irish Academy of Sciences, Indian Academy of Sciences to sign pact
Bilateral trade increased from $187.31 million in 2001-02 to $383.87 million in 2004-05
- India Should Capitalise On Power Of Youth To Face Challenges, Says Isro Chairman (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
The Golden Jubilee Foundation Award was presented to five persons
- Manmohan Announces Rs. 6,000 Cr. For Assam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
Two projects will help the State to increase power generation
New thermal power station in Kokrajjar district to generate 500 MW
Coal mining project to be set up in upper Assam's Dibrugarh district
- Iranian N-Official’S Comments Upset India (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
India on Monday expressed "regret" over comments made by Iran’s top nuclear negotiator that New Delhi received preferential international treatment on nuclear proliferation issues.
- El-Baradei Says Iran Only Months Away From N-Bomb (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
The United States and its European allies pressed Russia and China on Monday to support bringing Iran before the UN Security Council, which has the power to impose sanctions over Tehran’s nuclear programme.
- "No Joint Space Mission With U.S." (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) G. Madhavan Nair on Monday said there was no proposal to send astronauts to space in collaboration with the U.S.
- The Economic Decline Of Maharashtra (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Jan 17, 2006)
The economic decline of Maharashtra began in 1995-96 with the coming to power of coalition governments. The State's debt has now reached a staggering Rs 1.15-lakh crore and the debt servicing burden has risen sharply despite the lowering of interest ...
- Situating Women, Experiencing Gender (Hindu, Padmini Swaminathan, Jan 17, 2006)
Essays on the understanding of the experience of gender in India
This book is a monumental compilation comprising 24 contributors, spread, slightly over 600 pages, sweeping across two centuries, drawing together diverse disciplines and themes, but . . .
- Curriculum Change Controversy (Dawn, Omar R. Quraishi, Jan 17, 2006)
Curriculam revision seems to have become a very controversial issue in the country with not a month going by without some political or religious party objecting to a reported change in some textbooks or syllabus.
- Getting Bihar On The Path To Progress (Business Line, Devendra Mishra, Jan 17, 2006)
Where there is no bread, there is no law; where there is no law, there is no bread. The idea that a society's moral well-being depends on its economic well-being and vice versa is well settled.
- Seeking Trade, Not Aid (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 16, 2006)
The success of the forthcoming official visit of Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz to the US will be measured more in terms of its achievements on the economic front than on anything else.
- Pattern In The Madness (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Jan 16, 2006)
When the International Atomic Energy Agency confirmed last Tuesday that Iran had broken the seals on its nuclear research facility at Natanz, many people reacted as if the next step was the testing of an Iranian nuclear weapon.
- Sleeping Guru (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jan 16, 2006)
It is said that ‘gurus’ don’t sleep; they just close their eyes and meditate. However, that was not so at a recent seminar on corporate governance held at the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) Ltd.
- Neither Enlightened, Nor Moderate (Dawn, Anwer Mooraj, Jan 16, 2006)
One doesn’t hear the phrase ‘enlightened moderation’ as much as one did a couple of years ago except, of course, in a negative sense.
- Library Science In India: Vision For 2010 (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Jan 16, 2006)
Dr. Abdul Majid Baba sums up the proceedings of the 25th All India Conference of the Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centres (IASLIC) hosted by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras from 16th to 29th December 2005 at Chennai
- Off-Shore B-School (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 16, 2006)
Double-think and a travesty of autonomy
It often happens that when it comes to exercising state control over learning, the mindset of the saffronite and the secular lobbies are not wholly dissimilar.
- Biocrops Growing Worldwide (Tribune, Justin Gillis, Jan 16, 2006)
Since genetically modified crops were first planted a decade ago, the acreage devoted to them worldwide has been growing at double-digit rates, and it did so again last year, jumping 11 percent to 222 million acres, according to a new report.
- Free Universities From Govt Control: Narayana Murthy (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 16, 2006)
In the wake of the Human Resource Development Ministry turning down the plea of Indian Institute of Bangalore to start an overseas campus, Infosys Chairman and Chief Mentor N R Narayana Murthy today sought lesser "government control" and . . .
- Sea Sentinels (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 16, 2006)
Naval UAV squadron heralds the future
WITH the commissioning of the Indian Naval Air Squadron (INAS) 342, the Indian Navy has its first squadron of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs).
- No Increase In Taxation Level (Daily Excelsior, Dr Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Jan 16, 2006)
The two major political parties hold opposite views on the appropriate level of taxation of the economy.
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