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Articles 8621 through 8720 of 17201:
- Indo-Us Deal On Track (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 09, 2006)
IT is heartening to learn that the US Administration remains determined to implement the July 2005 civilian nuclear deal it entered into with India.
- What It Means When You Fall, Die Or Cheat (Tribune, A N Sudarsan Rao , Jan 09, 2006)
DREAM experts have much to say about the meaning of common dreams. Ultimately, it’s up to the dreamer to figure out how a dream applies to his or her life.
- Significance Of The Oic Summit (Dawn, Maqbool Ahmad Bhatty, Jan 09, 2006)
THE usual diversity of assessments has followed the Third Extraordinary Summit of OIC held at Makkatul Mukarrama on December 7-8 2005.
- Among The Believers (Indian Express, GAUTAM CHIKERMANE, Jan 09, 2006)
Do Ramdev’s medicines contain animal bone powder? Is he trying to hoodwink the masses by giving vegetarians a dose of non-veg diet? He says ‘No’.
- Needed A Soil, Not Green, Revolution (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Jan 09, 2006)
Agriculture can never be salvaged with a "trickle down" approach, which stands debunked now after four decades of the so-called Green Revolution.
- India, Us To Hold High-Level Nuclear Talks This Month (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 09, 2006)
India and the US will hold the next round of high-level talks on the nuclear issue in national capital later this month amid efforts by the two countries.
- Behind Bangalore: The Origins Of The Long Jihad (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jan 09, 2006)
The first part of an investigation into how the Lashkar-e-Taiba's terror campaign against India was born, and the forces that drive it today.
- Four Militants Killed In Manipur Encounter (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 09, 2006)
Four Naga militants were killed in an encounter with Central Paramilitary Forces at Kalapahar area in Senapati district of Manipur, official sources said in Imphal.
- Central Institutions And Regional Disparity (Business Line, A N Sudarsan Rao , Jan 09, 2006)
There is a need for educational institutes of national repute in backward States such as Orissa to bridge regional disparity and trigger local development.
- Listing The Tools Of Management (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Jan 09, 2006)
I REMEMBER a popular textbook on Indian economics that I was required to study as an undergraduate.
- The Confirmation: Female Foeticide In India Crossed 1 Cr In 20 Yrs (Hindu, PALLAVA BAGLA, Jan 09, 2006)
The first-ever systematic scientific study on female foeticide by an Indo-Canadian team in India presents a shocking picture.
- Redeeming Lost Glory (News International, A N Sudarsan Rao , Jan 09, 2006)
Ideology is born, develops and has its being in dialectic — that is, dynamism fuelled by the struggle to overcome contradictions which come to the fore in its onward march.
- Focus On Farms (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 09, 2006)
When Prime Minster Manmohan Singh called for a second green revolution during his address at the Indian Science Congress earlier this week, he was not doing so for the first time
- Indo-Us Talks On N-Issue In Third Week Of Jan (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jan 09, 2006)
India and the US will hold the next round of high-level talks on the nuclear issue here later this month amid efforts by the two countries to expedite implementation of the July 18 nuclear deal before the visit here by President George W Bush expected nex
- Still Reading (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 09, 2006)
The link between private pleasures and technology has always been ambivalent.
- Pranayamarx (Indian Express, SANDIPAN DEB, Jan 09, 2006)
Ramdev fans willing to eat crushed bones; CPM fighting for vegetarians. What next?
- Parliament Under Cloud (Daily Excelsior, Sunil Gatade, Jan 09, 2006)
It was black December for In-dian Parliament as its worst nightmare came true for the largest democracy in the world.
- Generating Rural Wealth By Marrying Commerce, Tech (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Jan 09, 2006)
Last week I wrote about how major retailers and consumer product companies were opening up employment opportunities across a large swathe of urban and semi-urban India without emphasis on education and technical skills.
- Last Of Gang Of Four, Yao Wenyuan, Dies In Obscurity. It Remains An Uncomfortable Subject For China (Indian Express, Ching-Ching Ni, Jan 09, 2006)
Yao Wenyuan, the last living member of the Gang of Four blamed for the chaos and political extremism of China’s decade-long Cultural Revolution, has died, state media reported on Friday.
- Between Two Stools (Telegraph, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Jan 09, 2006)
If you want to play the chess of power politics on a global scale, the first rule is this: you have to consider the position and the moves of every single piece on the chessboard.
- Scanning The Seas (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 08, 2006)
Some gaps persist
The Indian Navy has valid reason for pride in the commissioning of its first squadron of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) which will upgrade what has traditionally been a somewhat patchy job of aerial maritime . . .
- Manmohan Hands Over Oci Cards (Hindu, Y. Mallikarjun, Jan 08, 2006)
It is a big honour to be given the Overseas Citizen of India card: Nivruti Rai
- Special Economic Zone For Service Providers To Oil And Gas Sector (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
SEZ type concessions to be extended, says Aiyar
Petroleum Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar has said a proposal is being considered to set up an exclusive petroleum economic zone for service providers in the oil and gas industry.
- Bangalore Police Seek Nbdc Help In Probing Terrorist Attack On Iisc. (Hindu, K.V. Subramanya , Jan 08, 2006)
Report on December 28 incident soon, says Dharam Singh
- Project To Conserve Water Wins Them A National Berth (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
Rural students' project selected for National Science Congress
Getting entry into National Science Congress and winning the appreciation of the evaluators for the project done by students from a rural area is no mean achievement.
- Iisc Attack: National Bomb Data Centre's Help Sought (Hindu, K.V. Subramanya , Jan 08, 2006)
Report on December 28 incident soon, says Dharam Singh
The Bangalore police, who are yet to achieve a major breakthrough in the terrorist attack on the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), have sought the assistance of the National Bomb Data Centre ....
- `Strengthen Sino-Indian Ties' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
Improve trade and diplomatic relations between the two countries: Governor
- Higher Education In J&k (Daily Excelsior, Parkash Parihar, Jan 08, 2006)
The history of higher education in Jammu and Kashmir can be traced back to 1904 when two colleges were established- Prince of Wales College in Jammu now GGM Science College and SP College in Srinagar.
- Low Agriculture Growth May Hit Economy (Daily Excelsior, Satyendra Pratap Singh, Jan 08, 2006)
The parliamentary review committee on agriculture has suggested that in the eleventh plan a sum of Rs. 3, 60,000 should be invested to propel agricultural growth in the country, which has remained stagnant over the last 10-years.
- Shotgun Weeding (The Week, R. Prasannan, Jan 08, 2006)
Television stings have caused a stir; the big battles will follow
- After Kisan-Speak, Pm, Rajnath Must Walk The Talk (Indian Express, SUDHEENDRA KULKARNI , Jan 08, 2006)
Those who wish to see India emerge as a developed nation in a holistic sense—prosperous, harmonious, egalitarian and culturally vibrant—know very well the critical importance of two large but long-neglected sections of our economy:
- Taking Too Many Medicines Is Risky (Tribune, Dr N.N. Wig, Jan 08, 2006)
Paradoxically, people’s health has never been so good as it is today. The scourge of small pox has been eradicated. Polio is on its way out. Most common communicable diseases are far better controlled than before. People are living much longer.
- Religious Leaders Strengthen Resolve To Intervene In Aids Prevention (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
Faith-based organisations needed at district level: former Chief Election Commissioner
- Science Research Institute For Punjab Okayed (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has approved the setting up of an Indian Institute of Science Education and Research in Punjab, an official announcement said today. The institute, which would come up near Chandigarh, would be the third in the series and...
- Tehran To Resume Nuclear Research Tomorrow (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
Iran will end its more than two year suspension of nuclear fuel research Monday or Tuesday by removing the seals in the presence of UN inspectors, a senior Iranian nuclear official told AFP.
- Pm Says Expats In Gulf Will Vote (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
India plans to allow millions of its nationals working in West Asia to vote for elections back home as they have a vital stake in the governance of the country, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Saturday.
- Warning Wasted In Bangalore (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jan 08, 2006)
Poor communication, bureaucratic delays
ID card of suspect referred to J & K police more than three months after it was found
Common-sense procedure not followed
Weapons transported from J & K
- Science In The Muslim World (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 08, 2006)
Speakers at a conference in Karachi have called on the OIC to establish institutes for scientific research.
- Iran Resumes Nuclear Fuel Research Tomorrow (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
Iran is to end its two-and-a-half year suspension of nuclear fuel research on Monday or Tuesday, a senior official announced, overshadowing the launch of talks with Russia on compomise proposals to end the nuclear stand-off with the West.
- This Rumpus Over The Dam (Dawn, M.P. Bhandara, Jan 08, 2006)
I happen to be in the ranks of the ordinary citizenry that is baffled by the passionate rhetoric on the passions aroused by the current debate on new large water reservoirs. Needless to say, when tongues lash one another, the flickering candle of . . .
- India Considering To Set Up Petroleum Economic Zone : Aiyar (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
India is considering setting up of exclusive petroleum economic zone for service providers in the oil and gas industry, Petroleum Minister Mani Shanker Aiyar today said.
- Tap For Excellence (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jan 08, 2006)
Right now we are in the midst of a controversy triggered by the tapping of telephone of a politician active in the country's most populous State of Uttar Pradesh.
- Us To Push Nuke, Hydrogen Power At Climate Confab (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
U.S. Energy Secretary Sam Bodman will meet with officials from five Asia-Pacific countries in Australia next week in a U.S.-led pact promoting technology such as nuclear energy and hydrogen that could cut greenhouse gases, an aide to the official . . .
- Priority Action For 2006 (Indian Express, N K Singh, Jan 08, 2006)
With the New Year festivities behind us there is need for real action. The Prime Minister has over the last few weeks articulated some priorities of the Government. Some of these must include the following:
- India’S Killing Fields (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Jan 08, 2006)
The first politician I met in 2006 was Sharad Pawar. It was a fortuitous meeting because this column now has a new cause. Agriculture.
- Daniel Pearl And The Body Of Evidence (Hindustan Times, B Raman, Jan 08, 2006)
Every year, as we enter a New Year, my mind goes back to Daniel Pearl, the Mumbai-based American correspondent of Wall Street Journal, who met with a brutal end to his young life during a visit to Karachi in January 2002 to enquire, inter alia, . . .
- Nuclear Powers Planning ‘Joint Warning’ To Iran (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
The five major nuclear powers are working on a joint warning statement that aims to show unusual unified resolve and put fresh pressure on Iran not to resume nuclear fuel research, US officials and diplomats said on Friday.
- ‘Education Cannot Be Based On Money’ (Deccan Herald, K Jayalakshmi, Jan 08, 2006)
To achieve the task of making India a knowledge-based society, we simply have to decommercialise education” - Dr P M Bhargava
- Land Of The Flaming Tongue (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
Manmohan Melville writes of Jwalamukhi in Himachal Pradesh, which has many interesting legends revolving around it.
- Students' Start-Up Bags $ 100,000 Venture Capital (Hindu, K. Ramachandran, Jan 07, 2006)
Aims to offer technology and Internet-based solutions
A start-up by a group of engineering students from Chennai promising to offer technology and Internet-based solutions to students and corporates has found a venture capital of $ 100,000.
- High Expectations From Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (Hindu, S. Nagesh Kumar, Jan 07, 2006)
Manmohan Singh to inaugurate the mega event today
- On The Grow (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jan 07, 2006)
The Green Revolution which in India spanned a period of approximately 10 years, from 1967 to 1978, is considered by many to be responsible for changing the country from one bordering on starvation to one of the world's leading agricultural nations.
- 'Nuke Deal With India High On Us Priorities' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
US Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice has strongly supported the civil nuclear deal with India and said strengthening Washington's relations with New Delhi would be among the priorities in her agenda for 2006.
- Incursions Of Hindutva (Times of India, HARSH MANDER, Jan 07, 2006)
Tribals in the forested interiors of India today face a grave, new threat. Already dispossessed of land and forest, grappling with debt, hunger, exploitation and bondage, the tribals now face incursions of radical Hindutva, . . .
- Check List: Things To Do During The Year (The Financial Express, NK SINGH, Jan 07, 2006)
With the New Year festivities happily behind us, there is need for real action. The Prime Minister has over the last few weeks articulated some priorities of the government. Some of these must include the following:
- The Case For Disinvestment (The Economic Times, Surinder Singla, Jan 07, 2006)
Disinvestment has come to be a central focus of the government’s economic reforms agenda. True, there are other pressing issues such as the employment guarantee scheme (EGS) that attempt to deal with poverty eradication while creating infrastructural . ..
- Hdfc, Il&fs Sell Off Colliers Jardine Stake (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
Sell combined 30% stake to Canada-based parent.
Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC) and IL&FS pulled out of Colliers International (India) Property Services by selling their combined 30 per cent stake to the Canada-based . . .
- Invasion Of Privacy (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 07, 2006)
Telephone tapping and all that
THE exposure of telephone tapping of politicians has once again brought to the fore the larger issues of individual freedom and the right to privacy.
- Elitist Orientation Of The Economy (Dawn, Ishrat Husain, Jan 07, 2006)
Several observers have asked me to update the latest assessment of my thesis propounded in the book Pakistan: the economy of an elitist state. They are interested in exploring the question whether or not the policies and programmes pursued during . . .
- Iisc. Attack: `All Links Will Be Unearthed' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
Bangalore is safe : Ajai Kumar Singh
Commissioner of Police Ajai Kumar Singh on Friday said that the city police would unearth all links in the terrorist attack on the Indian Institute of Science (IISc.) here.
- Cit To Host Seminar On Environmental Protection (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
Conference papers to be available on icstep2006.com
Over 250 delegates from India and abroad will to attend a three-day conference on environmental protection to be organised at Coimbatore Institute of Technology (CIT), from January 7 to 9.
- `Harness Forensic Science To Thwart Terror Plans' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
Scientist advocates `preventive forensics' as traditional methods failed to handle terrorists
Crime base shifting from urban areas to rural areas
Forensic planning has to be formulated for rural and tribal population
- Now, Pc For Rs. 3,500! (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
A network personal computer costing only Rs.3,500, developed by Novatium, promoted by the faculty of IIT, Madras, is to hit the market soon.
- Iisc Attack: Madrasa Head In Custody? (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
The police investigating the December 28 terrorist attack on Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bangalore have taken into custody a head of a madrasa in Sindagi taluk in Bijapur district. The head of the madrasa is alleged to have connection . . .
- Court Poser To Karnataka On Steps Against Terrorism (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
The Karnataka High Court on Friday took note of the terrorist attack on the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore and sought to know from the Government what steps it has taken to prevent such incidents.
- A New Ruler For Dubai (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 07, 2006)
Dubai and the United Arab Emirates have lost a far-sighted leader with the death of Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid al-Maktoum.
- Despite The Obituaries, Newspapers Refuse To Die (Hindu, Simon Jenkins, Jan 07, 2006)
Newspapers have shown they can grasp each new technology and bend it to their will.
- Science For The People (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
IF the 93rd session of the Indian Science Congress, under way in Hyderabad, was to have been any different from previous meets, it should have thrown up some concrete suggestions for improving rural India.
- Manmohan To Inaugurate Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (Hindustan Times, Arvind Padmanabhan , Jan 07, 2006)
The three-day Pravasi Bhartiya Divas begins on Saturday in Hyderabad amid tight security.
- Lashkar Terrorists Arrested In Mumbai (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
The Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) of Mumbai Police arrested three suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists from Nagpada area on Friday morning.
- Us Endorses India's Nuclear Energy Goals (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
In a strong endorsement of India's quest to acquire technology and equipment to generate atomic power, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has said that it will have to have civilian nuclear energy and not be dependent on countries posing concerns.
- Nuclear Powers Aiming To Put Fresh Pressure On Iran (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Jan 07, 2006)
The five major nuclear powers are working on a joint warning statement that aims to show unusual unified resolve and put fresh pressure on Iran not to resume nuclear fuel research, U.S. officials and diplomats said on Friday.
- Water Scarcity? Blame It On Population Explosion (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
Water is not getting scarce. It is the demographic growth that is skewing the scenario. From a 1.6 billion in 1900 to 6 billion in 2000, the population growth has resulted in a doubling of the rate of water withdrawal.
- Another Revolution (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 07, 2006)
The second Green Revolution will require sustainable technology
Four decades after the first Green Revolution that changed India from a starving nation to one of the world’s leading agricultural nations, the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, . . .
- Kashmir Twist In Iisc Probe: Valley Teacher Picked Up After His Ec Identity Card Surfaces In Bangalore (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Jan 07, 2006)
A school teacher in Anantnag district has been picked up by the state police who are investigating whether he holds the key to what could be the first indication of a Jammu and Kashmir link to the Bangalore terror attack at the Indian Institute of Science
- Remembering Shah-I-Hamadan (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Jan 07, 2006)
The great saint is not only remembered for his saintliness but there is much more than is being read and heard about him.The great saint is not only remembered for his saintliness but there is much more than is being read and heard about him.
- Rice Endorses India’S Quest For Nuclear Energy (Tribune, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Jan 07, 2006)
In a strong endorsement of India's quest to acquire technology and equipment to generate atomic power, US Secretary of State Condoleezzza Rice has said that it will have to have civilian nuclear energy and not be dependent on countries posing concerns.
- Bjp Alleges Secret N-Deal (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
The BJP today charged the Manmohan Singh government with stealthily submitting “a plan” to the USA, “separating our civil and military nuclear facilities”.
- Indian Navy Commissions Asia’S First Unmanned Craft Squadron (Indian Express, Shiv Aroor, Jan 07, 2006)
The Navy’s long-term vision for a coastline dotted with squadrons of unmanned spy planes kicked off today, with the commissioning of its first unit-INAS 342-in Kochi, thus becoming the first Navy in Asia to raise an exclusive squadron for unmanned aerial.
- The Dream Team: A Critique-I (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 06, 2006)
Dr Manmohan Singh has spoken of how pleasantly surprised he was to be made Finance Minister in July 1991 by P V Narasimha Rao.
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