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Articles 9121 through 9220 of 17201:
- Terror Strikes Iis Campus (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
Suspected terrorists today barged into the premier Indian Institute of Science (IIS) here and fired indiscriminately, killing a retired Professor of the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, and injuring three others.
- Former Iit-Delhi Professor Killed In Bangalore Shoot-Out (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
Two days after Delhi Police intercepted a group of terrorists who were planning attacks on key sites across the country including Bangalore, an armed assailant killed a retired IIT Delhi professor and injured four others in a daring assault . . .
- Gunmen Fire At Scientists, Kill Senior Iit Professor (Hindustan Times, BR Srikanth, Dec 29, 2005)
Suspected terrorists barged into the prestigious Indian Institute of Science campus here on Wednesday evening and opened fire indiscriminately killing a retired professor of IIT Delhi and injuring four others.
- India Says U.S. Sanctions Against Two Indian Firms Accused Of Aiding Iran Is Unjustified (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
India on Wednesday criticized U.S. sanctions imposed on two Indian companies accused of supplying chemical arms material to Iran, and said the action was "unjustified."
- India’S Achievements In 2005 (Dawn, Tariq Fatemi, Dec 29, 2005)
The well-known American scholar on South Asia, Professor Stephen Cohen, in his definitive study on India published in 1996, had described the country as an “emerging power”.
- Technology And Imperialism (Dawn, Richard Drayton, Dec 29, 2005)
The tragic irony of the 21st century is that just as faith in technology collapsed on the world’s stock markets in 2000, it came to power in the White House and Pentagon.
- The Marvel Of Technology (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 29, 2005)
If you’re into technology, you’re living in wonderful times. Things are developing in leaps and bounds, especially gadgets.
Celestron SkyScout Backyard star-gazing goes seriously hi-tech with the Celestron SkyScout , . . .
- Exit Kerry Packer (Dawn, Tariq Fatemi, Dec 29, 2005)
The well-known American scholar on South Asia, Professor Stephen Cohen, in his definitive study on India published in 1996, had described the country as an “emerging power”.
- Saving Lives With Mangroves (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 28, 2005)
The tsunami of December 26, 2004 that killed tens of thousands may be viewed as a natural calamity beyond human management capabilities. But new scientific evidence suggests the loss of life could have been substantially mitigated.
- Pak Bans Export Of N-Material (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 28, 2005)
Pakistan today announced banning export of technologies, material and equipment related to nuclear and biological weapons and their delivery systems.
- Naxal Menace: Military Assistance May Be Sought (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 28, 2005)
Jana Reddy extends offer to resume talks with Maoists
- The Idea Of Haryana (Tribune, Shubhadeep Choudhury, Dec 28, 2005)
Haryana is now officially the most prosperous state in the country with the highest per capita income. But the Haryanvi elites are still not happy. They are uncomfortable with the fact that the state does not have a sufficiently vibrant art and . . .
- `Need For Early Implementation Of Stem Cell Research Guidelines' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 28, 2005)
Time to translate ICMR draft guidelines into regulation: CSIR DG
Two-day symposium inaugurated
Role for INSA in policy formulation favoured
Call to allow therapeutic cloning
- Newspaper—then And Now (Tribune, Chaman Ahuja, Dec 28, 2005)
Seven ages of newspaper reading” — that, I believe, was the caption of a cartoon-strip that I remember since my student days.
- India Gives Two Radars To Sri Lanka (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Dec 28, 2005)
The supply marks the resumption of non-lethal military aid to Colombo
Indra-II radar cannot detect microlight aircraft
Manufactured by Bharat Electronics Limited
Bid to pre-empt Pakistan from supplying equipment
- A Global Financial Centre In India? (Deccan Herald, Daniel Altman, Dec 28, 2005)
India must continue to expand and open up its markets to the world, and catching up will be just a matter of time
- Intangibles Are The Tangible Assets Now (Business Line, R. T. Narayanan, Dec 28, 2005)
Today, `Intelectual property' has become the most important resource for companies.
- Kalam Calls For Accurate Monsoon Prediction (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 28, 2005)
Accurate and timely predictions about monsoons, earthquakes, energy, healthcare and water management were vital for the development of society, President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam said here on Tuesday.
- Naxal Menace: Army Help May Be Sought (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 28, 2005)
Jana Reddy extends offer of resuming peace talks with Maoists
- Us Slaps Sanctions On Two Indian Firms (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 28, 2005)
Two Indian chemical companies along with six Chinese government-run firms have been slapped with US sanctions for allegedly selling missile goods to Iran, media reports said on Tuesday.
- N-Deal To Make World 'More Secure' (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 28, 2005)
Dismissing the notion that its agreement with the US on sharing civilian nuclear technology amounts to weakening of non-proliferation regime, India has said the deal is based on a "very close" understanding of security interests of the two countries .....
- Has God Forsaken Us? - Ii (Greater Kashmir, ASMA YASRIB, Dec 28, 2005)
When happy we forget our Creator, when shaken up, we remember him. But that is not like a sincere worshipper, comments
ASMA YASRIB
- Education In India: Barely A Pass-Mark (Business Line, Pratap Ravindran , Dec 28, 2005)
In the fall of 2002, International Higher Education published a study titled `Privatisation of Higher Education in India' by Jandhyala B. G. Tilak, a senior economist at the National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration.
- Oic Bleeds For Kashmir (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 28, 2005)
For a body that has existed for nearly 40 years the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) has earned a name for being long on rhetoric and short on substance.
- Be Civil, Without Being Taxing (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Dec 28, 2005)
Reports from the Netherlands say Dutch witches are having a taxing time, of a rather different sort. While the new-age practitioners learn divination and how to enchant and cast spells, they can now claim tax deductions on the monies spent . . .
- Dth: Direct From Government? (Indian Express, ILA PATNAIK, Dec 28, 2005)
Last week saw the launch of INSAT 4A, India’s most powerful communication satellite. It will provide Direct-to-home (DTH) telecasts from early 2006.
- Importance Of Being M.P! (Daily Excelsior, MD Vazeeruddin, Dec 28, 2005)
Nothing became him so well in life as the leaving of it," says one character of another in Shakespeare’s "Macbeth". Most Indians are apt to say that of each of the 11 members of parliament who have now been expelled.
- President To Visit Norway, Switzerland Next Month (News International, Muhammad Saleh Zaafir, Dec 28, 2005)
General Pervez Musharraf will pay an official visit to Norway next month after which he will proceed to Switzerland to take part in the World Economic Forum (WEF) to be held in Davos.
- Air Force Fires Prickly Anjali (Daily Excelsior, Air Commodore (Retd.) Upendra Bajpai, Dec 28, 2005)
For the first time in the history of Indian Air Force Flying Officer Anjali Gupta (a female) has faced a court martial proceeding, and been cashiered from service.
- Indian Intimacy With Saddam (News International, Shireen M Mazari, Dec 28, 2005)
Recent revelations regarding former Indian Foreign Minister Natwar Singh's linkage to the UN oil-for-food programme scandal should not have come as a surprise to anyone who knew of the long history of close cooperation between India and the Saddam regime,
- Huge Scope For Aspiring Scientists: Dr Kalam (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 28, 2005)
President A P J Abdul Kalam said challenges and scopes were huge for the young students aspiring to be scientists in future. He was addressing a gathering of nearly 3,000 ‘child scientists’ from across the country after inaugurating the . . .
- Sense From Sensex — Don't Just Keep Count, Keep Abreast (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Dec 28, 2005)
As the stock market soars, it is the responsibility of policy-makers and stakeholders of all descriptions to steer the bourse and the goings on there in the right manner and direction. Their duty is to see that the Sensex does not soar for the . . .
- Arms Sales To Pakistan, India In 2006: Rivalry Could Put Us ‘On The Hook’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
The Bush administration is manoeuvring to balance possible big new US arms sales to archrivals India and Pakistan in the New Year.
- India Prepares Tsunami Alert Centre (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Dec 27, 2005)
A year after the tsunami waves hit Indian shores killing more than 10,000 people,
- Who Wins Over Ltte Cadre (Deccan Herald, KALYAN RAY, Dec 27, 2005)
A few months after the monster waves engulfed Sri Lanka and parts of southern India, a World Health Organisation (WHO) team landed up in the LTTE-controlled region of Sri Lanka.
- Foggy Days (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 27, 2005)
As foggy days set the stage for the same distressing winter drama of delays and cancellations as seen earlier in northern airports, particularly New Delhi, airlines are again trotting out the old excuse.
- India’S Best Fishermen Drop Anchor & Pride, Wait For Ngo Handouts (Indian Express, Samar Halarnkar, Dec 27, 2005)
His skin is leathery from decades of sun and salt. His arms are muscular from years of hauling seine nets. T Stanislaus (70) looks like he could jump into a traditional vallam and make a three-month-long fishing migration to haul in pomfret off . . .
- Budhadeb Mark Ii (Tribune, V. KRISHNA ANANTH , Dec 27, 2005)
The West Bengal Chief Minister, Mr Budhadeb Bhattacharya, seems to have emerged as an anti-Marxist leader and yet manages to remain in the CPM. The latest expression of his anti-Marxist ideas could be noticed at a seminar conducted by the CPM . . .
- For Its Mumbai Rally, Bjp Now Keys In Mms Invites (Indian Express, Reshma Patil, Dec 27, 2005)
While three chandeliers were being strung up on Monday inside a Red Fort replica designed by Bollywood’s Nitin Desai for a five-day BJP soul search, its leaders and footsoldiers were busy thumbing a 34-second MMS clip—the target is 10,000 messages by ....
- The Burden Of Memory (Hindu, Ranjit Hoskote, Dec 27, 2005)
Argues that modernity is best achieved if conditions propitious to forgetting the past are encouraged
- Us India Relation To Reach New Heights As America Eyes India As A Hedge Against China (India Daily, Balaji Reddy, Dec 27, 2005)
It started with a nuke deal and is moving towards a major arms deal. India and America is moving towards a new level of bilateral relations as Bush prepares for a visit to new Delhi in early 2006.
- Chinese Invasion (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 27, 2005)
Even an occasional consumer in any market will notice as if every item on display has been brought from China.
- A Swiftly Evolving Science (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
There isn’t likely to be much debate about the journal Science choosing research on how evolution works as the top science achievement of 2005.
- "Tsunami-Hit Still Need Counselling" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
"WHO has spent $1.5 million for health care services in South India"
75,000 people were provided psychosocial support by 5,000 community level workers trained by WHO
- Kalam To Open Children's Science Congress (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam arrived here on Monday evening on a two-day visit to Orissa. Governor Rameshwar Thakur and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik received him at the airport here.
- Dark At Noon (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 27, 2005)
The London fog was part of the atmosphere that added to the lure of the Sherlock Holmes stories.
- In Fields Of Forbidden Fruits (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
Extracts from the World Drug Report 2005, published by the United Nations Office of Drug and Crime
- Air Defence Penetrated (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Vedi, Dec 27, 2005)
The theft of magnetrons from an Army air defence regiment depot in Bhuj, Gujarat, coming in the wake of, ad nauseum, thefts/losses of computers/laptops, war-room secrets and everything else foreign powers would be interested in, underscore . . .
- Needed, A Fair Deal For Patent Seekers (Business Line, Uttam Gupta , Dec 27, 2005)
To Handle the situation arising out of a possible outbreak of Bird Flu, a number of pharmaceutical companies are gearing up to produce Oseltamivir, the drug that can effectively tackle this menace. They will have to meet two important regulatory . . .
- Wto: Hong Kong Declaration Can Be A Positive Force (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Dec 27, 2005)
It is easy to be critical of the Hong Kong Declaration and the stand taken by this delegation or the other. But the movement of a global meeting on such contentious issues as reducing export subsidies, which are politically sensitive in every country, ...
- It's Maths, Stupid (Times of India, SATISH K SHARMA, Dec 27, 2005)
The western scientists' propensity to turn to Mathematics for an answer to every question is fantastic.
- `Gurukula' System Of Education Is Giving Way To `Shishyakula' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
"Digital libraries taking education to the doorsteps of students" With learning material available online, students study from midnight to early morning and raise questions about the relevance of the conventional hours of teaching
- The Perils Of Science Fraud (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 27, 2005)
In March 2004, Hwang Woo Suk , a stem cell researcher from Seoul National University (SNU), gained worldwide fame for `successfully' cloning human embryos and extracting stem cells from one of them. About 240 eggs were collected for the research.
- Looking Forward (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 26, 2005)
Is it possible for us as believers in the Parliamentary democracy to wish away the recent agonising experience in the country? The answer will be: no. We can pinch ourselves hard
- Taint And Tainted (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 26, 2005)
The tainted were sent packing home – eleven of them in one stroke. The two Houses of Parliament deserve credit for the bold and quick action that wouldn’t have been easy considering the fact that the members were sitting in judgement on the fate of so man
- Unseen Corruption (Statesman, NB GRANT, Dec 26, 2005)
Whenever we talk of corruption, we only envisage big financial deals like those of Harshad Mehta, Rajan Pillay, the kickbacks involved in the purchase of Bofors, submarines and helicopters, and the recent names mentioned in the stamp and Tahelka scams. Al
- Shades Of Grey In A Black-And-Yellow World (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Dec 26, 2005)
Consider this: A majority of Mumbai’s taxi drivers these days are migrants from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
- All-Round Praise For Tifac's Community Sheds Built In Tsunami-Hit Coastal Hamlets Of Nagapattinam Dt. (Hindu, K. Subramanian, Dec 26, 2005)
Right from the President to the lower-rung people, all are impressed by the project
- Of Passion Fruit And Vegetables (Tribune, A N Sudarsan Rao , Dec 26, 2005)
In 1972, we were posted to Imphal. Offered the choice of three houses, I selected a cottage with a thatched roof, enraptured by its picture postcard garden. At that time, I did not know that bandycoots would run relay races on its roof all night. Also tha
- Push Infrastructure Reforms (Tribune, A N Sudarsan Rao , Dec 26, 2005)
In 1972, we were posted to Imphal. Offered the choice of three houses, I selected a cottage with a thatched roof, enraptured by its picture postcard garden. At that time...
- Insat Boosts Dth (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 26, 2005)
THERE is a latent demand for more Direct to Home (DTH) television services and a corresponding shortage in Ku-band satellite transponders, which the newly launched INSAT-4A has only begun to meet.
- Not With A Bang But A Whimper (Hindustan Times, Pankaj Vohra, Dec 26, 2005)
If any evidence were needed of the poor state of affairs in the BJP and how its president, L.K. Advani, has been made a lame duck before his imminent exit...
- Bharat Nirman: Foundation In Rural India (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Dec 26, 2005)
The ambitious Bharat Nirman project can succeed only if large industries are induced to distribute themselves in villages. For rural location imposes no serious financial liability on large industries but small ones cannot prosper in villages . . .
- Kingdom Of The Official Secret (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Dec 26, 2005)
Open Government is a contradiction in terms. You can be open or you can have a government...(‘Yes Minister’ by Jonathan Lynn and Antony Lay)
- From Children To Corporates, Singapore Education Suits All (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 26, 2005)
Attracts students who wish to pursue higher education of international quality
- At Land’S End, As Black Sunday Anniversary Rolls In, India Rolls On (Indian Express, Samar Halarnkar, Dec 26, 2005)
“Ee kaa hai (what is this)?’’ asks Babu Lal Soni of Jharkhand curiously, peering between the thatch covering of a 16-ft high steel statue of two giant hands, one holding back the waves, another cupped to cradle a lamp of hope.
- Democracy, Modernity, And The Indian Child (Hindu, Krishna Kumar, Dec 26, 2005)
At present, our schools act like factories, forcing children into a fixed, preconceived mould. They stifle natural curiosity and creativity. The fruits of democracy and modernity will remain elusive if education is not structurally adjusted . . .
- `Clinical Research Lacking In Country' (Hindu, S. Anil Radhakrishnan, Dec 26, 2005)
Indigenous medicines of India and China play vital role in cancer treatment
- Insat-4a Orbit Raised Further (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 25, 2005)
It is now closer to its space home in geostationary orbit
- Fair Treatment Sought On N-Technology Access (Dawn, Ihtasham ul Haque, Dec 25, 2005)
Pakistan has sought the support of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in its quest for being treated on a par with India by the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) which controls developing countries’ access to nuclear technology.
- Patna To Have Bit Centre (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 25, 2005)
The five-year-long controversy over admission to the prestigious BIT (Mesra) virtually came to an end with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar laying the foundation stone for the engineering college’s extension centre in Patna on Saturday.
- The Ghost Of Tsunami Haunts Them (Hindu, Ramya Kannnan, Dec 25, 2005)
Coastal communities fear that it will strike again
- White House Plans To Prevent Tsunami (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 25, 2005)
Hoping to protect US shores from being hammered by a tsunami, the White House has directed federal agencies to increase earthquake and volcano monitoring systems, deep ocean buoys and other high-tech means of alerting oceanside communities.
- ‘Huge Pollution Pool Over Bihar’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 25, 2005)
Attributing the pollution to inefficient burning of biofuel in the state, NASA says that the health of nearly 100 million people may be at stake.
- A Journey To The Heart Of Tsunami (Deccan Herald, Baban Ingole, Dec 25, 2005)
It was a scientific expedition unlike any other. The journey to the epicentre of the tsunami that devastated large parts of Asia on December 26, 2004, allowed us to plumb the depths ....
- Abu Salem To Be Brought To Bangalore For Narco Test (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 25, 2005)
The Mumbai Police will bring alleged gangster Abu Salem to Bangalore on December 27 for subjecting him to lie detection, brain mapping and narco-analysis test for his alleged involvement in the Pradeep Jain murder case.
- Supreme Irony (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 25, 2005)
Just guns, no roses in North-east
There is something ironic about the word peace in the North-east. “Give peace a chance” is a popular slogan in Nagaland, and yet this state was the first to spawn insurgency.
- Rs. 3.48 Crore Sanctioned For Computerising High Court Benches (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 25, 2005)
The Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Dayanidhi Maran, has sanctioned a sum of Rs. 3.48 crore for computerisation of the Principal Bench and Madurai Benches of the Madras High Court.
- India Fast Becoming Global Player: Advani (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 25, 2005)
Questions Congress concern for "aam aadmi"
Sees neglect of farmers, fishermen and construction workers
Questions ruling party's concern for the common man
- Police Forward 18 Suggestions To Government On Security To Women (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 25, 2005)
Proposals can be `the other condition' the State can impose on the IT and ITES firms
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