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Articles 8421 through 8520 of 17201:
- Satellite Tech To Mark Structures (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 16, 2006)
As the controversy over the demolition of illegal structures in Delhi continues, the Union science and technology ministry has come up with a hi-tech solution ....
- Employing Technology For Language Learning (Daily Excelsior, V K Srivastava, Jan 16, 2006)
A large number of private sector companies including one prominent foreign company is developing and launching Hindi and other Indian languages softwares for the Indian market.
- Isro: Commercial Launch Of Pslv (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 16, 2006)
Betting high on its cost effective and proven launch vehicle technology, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is planning to enter into launch vehicle business and aiming a 10 per cent market share over the next five years.
- Smooth Landing For Nasa Space Capsule Carrying Comet Dust (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 16, 2006)
A space capsule loaded with comet dust completed a 2.9 billion-mile journey on Sunday, landing safely in the Utah desert, to the relief of NASA scientists who have waited seven years for the return of particles they hope will give them clues about the ori
- Agri Technology Mission Launched (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 16, 2006)
The idea is to push up productivity level of the sector, says YSR
Farmers in Andhra Pradesh can now look forward to some assistance in fighting adverse seasonal conditions and also explore ways and means to give a boost to their productivity . . .
- Financial Inclusion An Abiding Virtue (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 16, 2006)
It is the context rather than the message that makes the Reserve Bank of India's recent exhortation to banks to follow inclusive practices particularly significant.
- Moulvi Taken Into Custody (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 16, 2006)
Bangalore City police have taken into custody a Muslim preacher from Bagalkot who is supsected to be the member of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT). The police who brought the moulvi to Bangalore on Sunday are probing if he had any role in the ....
- Iran Wants Diplomacy Not Threats In Nuclear Impasse (Reuters, Parinoosh Arami, Jan 16, 2006)
Iran said on Sunday that only diplomacy, not threats to refer it to the U.N. Security Council, could defuse a standoff over its nuclear work and warned any Western push for sanctions could force up world oil prices.
- Honorary Doctoral Degrees Conferred (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 16, 2006)
Cochin University honours ISRO's Madhavan Nair, Infosys' Narayanamurthy
- Kerry Signals Change Needed For Pakistan Nuclear Deal (Reuters, David Brunnstrom, Jan 16, 2006)
U.S. Senator and leading Democrat John Kerry said on Saturday that Pakistan ought eventually to have the same access as rival India to civilian nuclear technology, but indicated changes were needed first.
- Rs. 7.5 Crore Grant For Research In Nanoscience (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 16, 2006)
This i apart from seed money already gien This is apart from the seed money already given by the State Government to the university
- Varsities Must Be Free: Nrn (Deccan Herald, 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 on Sunday sought lesser “government control”...
- Pakistan Should Move Towards Democracy, Says John Kerry (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Jan 16, 2006)
To have a United States-India like civilian nuclear cooperation deal
Pakistan and U.S. should explore common ground for cooperation
Supports deal between India and U.S.
- State Project For Building Capacity In E-Governance (Hindu, Roy Mathew, Jan 16, 2006)
Proposals for Rs.5.83 crores submitted to the Centre
- Us Diplomat To Visit South Asia (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 15, 2006)
A senior US diplomat travels to South Asia next week for talks aimed at firming a civilian nuclear deal with India, setting Pakistan on the road to democracy, and halting rising violence in Sri Lanka.
- Kerry For Equality Between India, Pakistan (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 15, 2006)
Former US presidential candidate Senator John Kerry advocated that the US accord equal treatment to Pakistan and India in providing nuclear technology for civilian use, if Pakistan fulfils certain requirements.
- Iran Nuclear Impasse Could Hurt Us-India Nuclear Deal (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 15, 2006)
A landmark US-India nuclear cooperation deal could be hampered by India’s reluctance to refer Iran’s nuclear programme to the UN Security Council and open enough of its own atomic facilities to inspection, US officials and experts said on Friday.
- Iran Says Not Scared Of Un Security Council (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 15, 2006)
Iran said Sunday it was "not scared" of being hauled before the UN Security Council and vowed to press on with its disputed nuclear programme regardless of mounting international pressure.
- Ahmadinejad Says Iran Does Not Want Nukes (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 15, 2006)
Claims the western states are living in medieval times
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Saturday his country had every right to possess nuclear technology but insisted it was not interested in acquiring nuclear weapons.
- More Light On The Siddhas (Deccan Herald, L SUBRAMANI, Jan 15, 2006)
Terrorism has an unlikely opponent — the philosophy of Tamil Siddhas, ancient ascetics of whom little of substance is known. A unique initiative aims at compiling their works, writes L Subramani.
- Energy Is An Eternal Delight (Indian Express, N K Singh, Jan 15, 2006)
William Blake said that ‘‘Energy is eternal delight’’. Indeed, overtime, progress has become equal to energy. That is why the future of India’s energy policy is central to our growth aspirations.
- Un Referral Will Not End Nuke Plans: Iran (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 15, 2006)
Iran will not be deflected from its right to develop nuclear technology by referral to the UN Security Council for sanctions, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Saturday.
- Kerry Backs Pak Quest For Civil N-Tech (News International, Asim Yasin, Jan 15, 2006)
Former US presidential candidate Senator John Kerry has said his country and Pakistan could explore common grounds for cooperation in civil nuclear technology on the pattern of US-India agreement.
- Infy On Expansion Mode In Kerala (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 15, 2006)
The Kerala Government has handed over 50 acres of land near Technopark here to Infosys Technologies to set up its software development centre....
- Tata, Fiat To Share Car Dealer Networks (Reuters, Shailendra Bhatnagar, Jan 14, 2006)
Tata Motors Ltd. and Italy's Fiat agreed on Friday to share their dealer networks in India and abroad, giving both carmakers access to new markets while keeping costs down.
- Tata Motors To Market Fiat Cars (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 14, 2006)
Tatas unveil first Indian limousine and a concept car `X-over'
- Centre Asks States For Action Plan On Bharat Nirman Project (Press Trust of India, PTI, Jan 14, 2006)
The Centre has asked all states and union territories to submit Action Plans, along with a list of habitations to be covered under the ambitious Bharat Nirman project for rural development.
- So Many Sams (Indian Express, M.P. ANIL KUMAR, Jan 14, 2006)
Sportsman, inventor, bibliophile, pianist. Speaks Cantonese. Keen astronomer and a student of Greek philosophy.
- Big Brother Is Listening (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 14, 2006)
It may be some consolation to Amar Singh to know that, as Ravi Visvesvaraya Prasad explains, phone tapping is hard to prevent in India even if you have the right technology.
- Iran Nuclear Impasse Could Hurt U.S.-India Atomic Deal (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Jan 14, 2006)
A landmark U.S.-Indian nuclear cooperation deal could be hampered by India's reluctance to refer Iran's nuclear program to the U.N. Security Council and to open enough of its own atomic facilities to inspection, U.S. officials and experts said on Friday.
- Spiteful Gesture (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 14, 2006)
The IIMs have been denied an opportunity allowed to foreign universities.
- Snails For Money (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 14, 2006)
MONEY is not only the root of all evil — it is the root of everything. Despite what you may have read in the comic strips, the first money early homo sapiens used wasn’t clams, but snails.
- U.S. Blue Chips End Lower On Iran Concerns (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 14, 2006)
U.S. blue-chip stocks ended slightly lower on Friday as tame inflation data in a government report partly offset profit warnings and fears about Iran's threat to halt U.N. nuclear inspections.
- Value Opportunities Lie At The Edges (Business Line, D. Murali , Jan 14, 2006)
Companies that "find themselves walking a fine line between significant value creation and commensurate value destruction"
- Slogans As Ideas (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jan 14, 2006)
If people in the United States are being persuaded to learn Hindi it is only because there is eventually realisation that India is a country of ideas.
- Overpopulation ‘Is Main Threat To Planet’ (Tribune, Steve Connor, Jan 14, 2006)
Climate change and global pollution cannot be adequately tackled without addressing the neglected issue of the world’s booming population, according to two leading scientists.
- Missing Statecraft In The Chinese Theatre (The Financial Express, V ANANTHA NAGESWARAN, Jan 14, 2006)
India’s relationship with Beijing is marked by naivete and a singular lack of coherence
- An Afterlife Eavesdropper (The Economic Times, V B N RAM, Jan 14, 2006)
Lethargic and lackadaisical, that is what you have become,” Mahesh tells Yamadoot in an admonishing manner, “and this is clearly visible in the earthly-type inefficiency which has crept into our hitherto perfect system”.
- Tata Motors, Fiat In Joint Drive — Marketing Tie-Up Is First Step Towards Deeper Relationship (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 14, 2006)
"This is not a joint venture, but this is the start of a relationship which could go beyond even a joint venture," Mr Ratan Tata said.
- Isro Gets Into Chip Manufacturing — Semiconductor Complex To Be Centre Of Non-Space Research (Business Line, Madhumathi D.S., Jan 14, 2006)
CHIP folk SemInd and Intel have roused Indian semiconductor dreams, but no one knows when they would be walking their fab talk.
- Accel Frontline Plans Rs 100-Crore Ipo (Business Line, Raja Simhan T.E., Jan 14, 2006)
ACCEL Frontline Ltd, a joint venture between Chennai-based Accel Ltd and the $200 million Singapore-based Frontline Technologies Corporation, plans to raise Rs 100 crore through an IPO (initial public offering), according to Mr N.R. Panicker, Chairman..
- Man-Made Language (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jan 14, 2006)
Language is our means of classifying and ordering the world: our means of manipulating reality.
- Biotechnology Revolution (Daily Excelsior, Dr. Maharaj Krishan Bhan, Jan 13, 2006)
Biotechnology is today a growing sector with over 200 industries, market share of US$ 1 billion, investment to the tune of US$ 137 million and exports being 59% of the revenue. The Biotech sector recorded a growth of 39% during 2004.
- Blow For Discipline (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jan 13, 2006)
The Supreme Court has dealt another blow for discipline in government offices.
- Traders In Deceit (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jan 13, 2006)
A few decades ago there was a widespread activity in this city. There was hardly a street that did not have a signboard announcing the presence of a finance and chit fund company.
- Malaysian Minister Hands Over Rs. 50 Lakh To Jayalalithaa (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
Towards relief and rehabilitation measures in the flood-hit areas The contribution was made on behalf of Construction Industries Development Board and Public Works Department of Malaysia
- Well-Oiled Diplomacy (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 13, 2006)
The Petroleum Minister, Mr Mani Shankar Aiyar, is in China this week and will need to use all his diplomatic skills to forge any meaningful tie-up between Indian and Chinese oil companies. India and China have emerged as two front-runners in the hunt....
- A Simple Mantra For Education (The Financial Express, Jayaprakash Narayan, Jan 13, 2006)
In the debate on employment guarantee in recent months, the real issues of skill promotion, empowerment and education were largely relegated to the background.
- Now Here’S Some Rich Advice (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jan 13, 2006)
In the latest edition of its ‘State of the World’ report, the US think-tank Worldwatch Institute warns growing economies like India and China not to try too hard to attain ‘Western living standards’, since that might consume too much . . .
- Congress Alleges Breach Of Protocol By Modi (Hindu, MANAS DASGUPTA, Jan 13, 2006)
Chief Minister's secretariat says protocol does not differentiate between senior, junior Ministers
Congress to complaint to Governor, PMO
No controversy, says Chief Minister's office
Modi flays Congress for spreading canards
- Kerry Wants Fissile Material Cut-Off Included In Nuclear Deal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
India has to join with U.S. in taking Teheran threat seriously'
Visiting American Senator John Kerry has said it is worth looking at a cap on the production of fissile material by India as part of implementing the July 18, 2005 civilian nuclear . . .
- India For Tie-Ups To Develop Medium Combat Aircraft (Hindu, Y. Mallikarjun, Jan 13, 2006)
Roadmap for futuristic weapons
With the successful development of the multi-role Light Combat Aircraft indigenously, India is ready to collaborate with friendly countries to develop the Medium Combat Aircraft to meet the future defence needs.
- Fleet Expansion In Mind, Myanmar Looks To India For Expertise (Indian Express, Shiv Aroor, Jan 13, 2006)
Myanmar is steeped in its largest ever defence project, developing indigenous stealth frigates to give the country’s small navy an expeditionary warfare fleet. While it is only to be expected that China will be a principle contractor for the technology,..
- Indian Nominated To Wtc Memorial Foundation (Indian Express, LALIT K JHA, Jan 13, 2006)
An Indian woman, a victim of terrorism in the Kashmiri valley, has been nominated to the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation Board of Directors.
- Us Senator Kerry Sees 'Enormous Benefits' In Indo-Us Nuclear Agreement (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
Implementation of the Indo-US deal on civilian nuclear cooperation will mean grant of nuclear power status to India, influential American Senator and former Democrat presidential candidate John Kerry said as he voiced support for the agreement.
- Techno Music (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jan 13, 2006)
From the initial results for the third quarter, the Indian IT sector is on track. By Thursday, the two biggies, TCS and Infosys, and the smaller MphasiS BFL and iGATE Global Solutions, had declared results showing all of them were pretty much on course.
- Farm Ills: Globalisation Not To Blame (Business Line, G. Chandrashekhar, Jan 13, 2006)
The Union Science and Technology Minister, Mr Kapil Sibal, is rather upset that Indian farmers are unable to obtain remunerative prices for their exports. He is convinced that globalisation, as practised under the WTO, is the reason for depressed . . .
- Nuclear Deal: Much Ado For Marginal Gain (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jan 13, 2006)
There are enough straws in the wind pointing to the so-called nuclear deal signed by the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, and the US President, Mr George W. Bush, turning out to be an albatross round India's neck.
- Iran A Worry But Indo-Us Nuke Deal Gets Kerry Backing (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
Efforts underway to carry the Indo-US nuclear deal forward received a boost today with US Senator and Democrat candidate in the 2004 presidential race John Kerry expressing his support, ‘‘in principle’’, for the July 18 understanding.
- Jain Mutt Launches Waste Management Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
ISRO, Vignana Parishat, and the Channarayapatna Taluk Panchayat are involved in the Rs. 30-lakh programme
Schools, colleges and Stree Shakti self-help groups will participate in the programme
- ‘Indo-Us Nuke Deal Beneficial’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
Backing the Indo-US nuclear deal, influential opposition Democratic Party Senator John Kerry on Thursday said the agreement would have “enormous benefits” for the two countries besides having impact globally.
- Iim-B: Sibal Raps Hrd Ministry (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
Science and Technology Minister Kapil Sibal on Thursday criticised the Human Resource Development Ministry for turning down a request from Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore (IIM-B), to open a campus in Singapore, saying it went against . . .
- Kerry Cautiously Backs India-Us Nuclear Deal (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Jan 13, 2006)
United States Senator and leading Democrat John Kerry gave cautious backing on Thursday to a controversial deal granting India access to civilian nuclear technology.
- He Helped Them Read (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
It is nearly two hundred years since Louis Braille invented a special script for the blind. M S S Murthy looks back at the genius whose invention changed the world for the blind.
- Pro-India Kerry Backs Nuke Deal (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
The defeated US presidential candidate and Democrat senator, Mr John Kerry backed the India-US civilian nuclear energy deal “in principle”, but also pointed out that this agreement had larger implications,
- Sibal Flays Govt’S Iim-B Say (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
Science and technology minister Mr Kapil Sibal today criticised the HRD ministry for turning down a request from Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore (IIM-B), to open a campus in Singapore, saying it went against the objective of “releasing the genius
- Hail The Easy User Experience (Hindu, Victor Keegan , Jan 13, 2006)
Technology is getting simpler to use and making life simpler, from free video-phone calls on the web to a range of services available on mobile phones.
- Officialese Extraordinaire (Deccan Herald, Dinesh Kumar, Jan 13, 2006)
Of the people it may be, but the govt often scrambles the commonest of languages
- Where’S The Cold Light Of Reason? (Indian Express, R.K. PACHAURI, Jan 13, 2006)
It’s never been so cold in 70 years, the Met office has told us. Before that we were told that it’s rarely been as rainy as it did get in Mumbai first and the souhern cities later.
- Letting Go (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 13, 2006)
What does it really mean for Indian institutions of higher education to be ‘autonomous’? It is a word that figures promisingly on the agenda of modern governments eager to minimalize the machinery of state.
- Fraud Shouldn’T Taint Our View Of Science (Indian Express, BETTYANN HOLTZMANN KEVLES, Jan 13, 2006)
Seldom in our history have fame, fortune or a heady mix of the two tempted so many people into committing fraud.
- Listen, Mr Chidambaram (Indian Express, ILA PATNAIK, Jan 12, 2006)
P Chidambaram will receive a million pre-budget suggestions by end-February. But the one he must take seriously, he has already received — the Left has hammered home the point that he must take a sickle to the weedy field of tax exemptions.
- When Science Turns To Wishful Thinking (Hindu, Tim Radford, Jan 12, 2006)
There is an inevitable temptation to massage results in the race for scientific status.
- Mous On 657-Cr. Investment In It Sector (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 12, 2006)
GITEX inaugurated; eight companies will set up ventures in Hyderabad and seven in Vizag
Government planning to create SEZs exclusively for IT sector
Quality of education needs improvement
Gap between Hyderabad and Bangalore very high in IT exports
- Probe Officials Must Adhere To Time Limit, Says Cbi Chief (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Jan 12, 2006)
Urges agency to think big and out of the box to face challenges
Nearly a month after taking over, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) director Vijay Shanker has outlined a "larger vision'' for the country's premier investigation agency, . . .
- Anna Varsity Signs Water Management Agreement (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 12, 2006)
MoU marks start of Rs 2.4 crore international project It will facilitate exchange of staff and students among partner institutions and field-level research projects
- All Gas In The Pipeline (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Jan 12, 2006)
India’s oil diplomacy is still in spats between the petroleum ministry and the foreign office. China meanwhile is clinching key energy deals, finds C. Raja Mohan
- Iran Removes Seals From Nuclear Plants (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 12, 2006)
Iran removed seals from its nuclear facilities on Tuesday and said it had resumed research work, intensifying its standoff with the United States and European powers over its nuclear ambitions.
- Court Reunites Boys With Families (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 12, 2006)
The Magistrate was also shocked when the children revealed in court that the home authorities did not even bother to ask the children about their family.
- Timely Operation (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jan 12, 2006)
At times unconventional situations call for unconventional remedies. The post-midnight raid carried out by Minister of State for Forests Tariq Hamid Qarra in the Kangan region in Srinagar district on Monday will come exactly in this category.
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