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Articles 10021 through 10120 of 17201:
- Google's Kashmir Map Pains India (News International, Naveed Ahmad, Dec 02, 2005)
All the peace process rhetoric aside, New Delhi does not have the tolerance to acknowledge a factual description of Jammu and Kashmir map in which Google Inc. had just shown Azad Kashmir outside Indian territorial limits
- Big Pharma’S Bitter Pills (Indian Express, FARAH BARIA, Dec 02, 2005)
When my two-year old daughter started bumping into furniture and tripping over her toes, I was puzzled; she had been walking for a year with reasonable co-ordination.
- India, Us Close To Inking High-Tech Space Pact (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Taking forward the agenda of civilian space cooperation, India and US are looking at soon finalising a technology safeguard agreement (TSA) on cooperation in the sector.
- Kalam Outlines Crucial Research Areas To Foster Growth (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
President seeks the help of scientists to help solve the issues
Proteomics much more challenging than figuring out the human genome
Urgent need to track multiple parameters and predict earthquakes
- India, Russia To Sign Four Agreements During Pm’S Visit (Indian Express, Dadan Upadhyay, Dec 02, 2005)
India and Russia will sign four agreements in the spheres of defence and space, during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s annual summit with President Vladimir Putin, scheduled for December 4-6.
- Kalam Suggests A Network Of Rivers In Tamil Nadu (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
"The Cauvery could be linked with the Vaigai, Palar and Tamiraparani"
- School Students Invent Method To Clean Polluted Water (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
To present paper at State-level conference
- Think Out Of The Box, Kalam Tells Students (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Become job generators rather than just job seekers Asks them to become job generators rather than job seekers
- Treat Aids Patients With Sensitivity: Jayakumar (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Inaugurates automatic condom vending machine in city Inaugurates automatic condom vending machine in city
- Never Say Impossible, Kalam Tells Students (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Speech laced with questions and answers, anecdotes about scientists Speech laced with questions and answers, anecdotes about scientists
- Bihar Redeems Its Pledge (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, Dec 02, 2005)
The recent Assembly elections in Bihar will be treated as a milestone in the history of Indian democracy. Though all elections are important in one way or the other, Bihar elections were a cut above the rest. First, they ended the 15-year . . .
- Google's Kashmir Map Pains India (News International, Naveed Ahmad, Dec 02, 2005)
All the peace process rhetoric aside, New Delhi does not have the tolerance to acknowledge a factual description of Jammu and Kashmir map in which Google Inc. had just shown Azad Kashmir outside Indian territorial limits.
- Germany: Angela Merkel Faces Tough Challenges (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 02, 2005)
After cumbersome negotiations over several weeks, Angela Merkel got elected on the November 22, 2005, as the first woman Chancellor in Germany’s history with the votes of the Christian Democratic and Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU) as well as . . .
- Positioning Cultural Industries With Creative Intervention (Hindu, Rajeev Sethi, Dec 01, 2005)
A dynamic tradition never stops or slackens. The creative moves, nourishes, transforms, shapes, and furthers. Iqbal celebrates when he writes: "there is something that prevents our very being from being wiped out."
- Freedom Unlimitted, Disaster Indescribable (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 01, 2005)
We can call it a sexual Glasnost. A world where buggery, bestiality, adultery, incest and all such diabolic deeds of a human being have made even devil blush with himself.
- China Develops Aids Drug (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
China has developed its first AIDS drug with independent intellectual property right, the producers announced here on Wednesday.
- Pakistan Courting Israel (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Dec 01, 2005)
Just on the eve of its nuclear tests on May 28, 1998, Pakistan summoned India’s High Commissioner Satish Chandra and alleged that Israeli F-16 aircraft based in Chennai were preparing to strike at its nuclear installations.
- India And Japan On Wednesday Agreed To Set Up A Multi-Disciplinary Group To Enhance Economic Ties Focussing On Trade, Investment And Information Technology (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
India and Japan on Wednesday agreed to set up a multi-disciplinary group to enhance economic ties focussing on trade, investment and information technology.
- The Kids Aren’T Alright (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Dec 01, 2005)
Consumer studies these days go on and on about targeting the ‘youth segment’.
- A Story Of Three Peaks (Indian Express, GAUTAM CHIKERMANE, Dec 01, 2005)
In a first-ever, prices of three major asset classes are all perched at, or very close to, their all-time highs. The most high-profile of them, of course, is the Sensex, which while negotiating the 9,000-mark, has risen by 45 per cent over the past 12 mon
- Rs. 20,000 Cr. To Be Invested In Infrastructure (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
Karnataka is set for a leap in industrial growth, says Sindhia
Exports from State touched Rs. 62,000 crores last year
Bangalore international airport to become operational by December 2007
Karnataka produces over 60 per cent of construction equipment
- House Informed Of Anti-Naxal Force (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
Karnataka has informed the Centre that a force has been constituted to deal with the Naxal problem in the State, Parliament was informed on Wednesday.
- U.S. Payloads Likely To Be Accepted On Chandrayaan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
Two sides moving forward in space cooperation: Shyam Saran
S & T accord will permit collaborative research
Civil nuclear energy is a component of larger dialogue
Nuclear agreement sends clear message
- `Communication Skill In English Essential For Successful Career' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
Madan Thangavelu of Cambridge University delivered a guest lecture on `Engineering in Biology' at VPMM Engineering College for Women, Krishnankoil, recently.
- Iran Says Eu Nuclear Talks To Start Within 2 Weeks (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
Iran’s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Wednesday his country would start preliminary talks within a fortnight with EU countries over its nuclear programme.
- Looking For Good Advice (Business Line, S. Ramachander, Dec 01, 2005)
The world has moved on beyond the professional expert to a new breed — the well-informed, expert-user, rather like the motorcar buff or racing enthusiast. And the new phenomenon of buyer communities comes into its own.
- India Tests Missile (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Dec 01, 2005)
India test-fired a surface-to-surface version of the cruise missile Brahmos on Wednesday.
- Head Full Of Facts, But Where’S The Thinking? (Deccan Herald, Sheelu Rao, Dec 01, 2005)
The school curriculum needs a relook in many areas: work habits, independent learning, decision-making, critical thinking and social skills.
- Volcker Only Debating Point For Bjp: Cpm (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
Stung by the Opposition’s criticism that the Left had lost its anti-corruption steam, the CPI(M) today hit back at the BJP, saying that the saffron party only wanted to score a debating point while participating in the discussion on the Volcker issue ....
- Why Is The Media So Indifferent? (Deccan Herald, Mario Lubetkin, Dec 01, 2005)
Without adequate coverage, the MDGs cannot be carried out
- ‘Us Needs Proof Of India’S N-Separation’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
A delegation from the United States led by Senator Dan Burton today sounded optimistic about the US Congress passing a legislation to enable implementation of the Indo-US nuclear deal once New Delhi has provided ‘‘clear evidence’’ in the form . . .
- Complex Rehabilitation Task (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Dec 01, 2005)
The government has raised the total compensation for those whose households were destroyed by the Oct 8 earthquake in Azad Kashmir and the NWFP from 20 billion rupees to 80 billion rupees.
- Iict Signs Pact With Swiss Firm On Drugs Research (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
The Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT) here and Switzerland-based Evolva, a leading biotechnology drug discovery company, on Wednesday signed a five-year agreement to collaborate in medicinal chemistry and cell biology.
- Jump-Starting Reform (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
President Bush’s renewed call for a guest worker programme should prod congressional lawmakers to refocus on immigration reform.
- Volunteers Stalk Hiv Ignorance On A Trek Around India (Christian Science Monitor, Scott Baldauf, Dec 01, 2005)
Activists from the AIDS Walk for Life, a 4,200-mile walk around India, perform a street play to educate people on ways to prevent the spread of AIDS.
- India's Road Map For West Asia (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Dec 01, 2005)
Just on the eve of its nuclear tests on May 28, 1998, Pakistan summoned India's High Commissioner Satish Chandra and alleged that Israeli F-16 aircraft based in Chennai were preparing to strike at its nuclear installations.
- Slouching Tiger, Leaping Dragon (Pioneer, Chitvan Gill, Dec 01, 2005)
India lags behind China not just in its vision of urban planning but also in clarity of thought, says Chitvan Gill
- India Will Step Up Efforts To Find New Oil And Gas Fields (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
India will step up efforts to find new oil and gas fields as the country's largest oil producer Oil and Natural Gas Corp expects output from its existing fields to drop sharply in next few years.
- How To Sustain 8 Per Cent Growth (Business Standard, Subir Roy, Nov 30, 2005)
Anecdotal memory sometimes catches the flavour best. In the late eighties I recall engaging Raja Chellaiah in an extended discussion in the Planning Commission on whether a 6 per cent growth rate, as spelt out by Rajiv Gandhi, was sustainable.
- Imports From Us Double (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
US Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry & Security Under Secretary David McCormick, on Tuesday, said overall exports from the US to India has doubled from $4 billion to $8 billion from 2002 to 2005.
- Relations Between India And Ireland Are Expected To Take A Quantum Jump Forward When Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern Makes A Six-Day Visit To India In January (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
Relations between India and Ireland are expected to take a quantum jump forward when Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern makes a six-day visit to India in January with new frontiers being attempted to be opened in areas like information technology,
- Volcker Indictment Just An Opinion: Sibal (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
The UPA government on Tuesday put up a spirited defence against Opposition’s allegation that instead of getting to the bottom of the matter, it tried covering up facts related to the Volcker report that named the Congress and . . .
- Third Aids Vaccine Trial In India To Begin In 2007 (Deccan Herald, KALYAN RAY, Nov 30, 2005)
Even as India is in the middle of trying out two vaccines against HIV/AIDS, a third one may be on its way.
- Expert Panel Suggests Setting Up Of Multi-Speciality Hospitals (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
HIGH COURTROUND-UP Report to High Court recommends measures to mitigate the woes of the poor
- Disaster Prevention, Mitigation, Preparedness And Relief (Business Line, D. Murali , Nov 30, 2005)
ON Monday, the Rajya Sabha passed the Disaster Management Bill. A day earlier, the Home Minister, Mr Shivraj Patil, was accompanied by the Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, and the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Mr S. Raghupathy,
- Kannadigas Will Be Safe: Deshmukh (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh has assured his Karnataka counterpart, Dharam Singh, that his government would give full protection to Kannadigas in his state, DHNS reports from Mumbai.
- Infosys, Microsoft Unveil It Concept Centre (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
Customers can leverage the strengths of both companies
- The Starving Of India’S Farmer (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Nov 30, 2005)
When one set of instruments fails, to some the answer is to have more of the same—only larger, bigger and deadlier. I always dread those whose answer to each failure is to set up newer and bigger institutions.
- Reinventing Post Office (Tribune, L.K. Puri, Nov 30, 2005)
AN attempt has been made during the last few years to market new products and services by the post office and use the network for money transfer, mutual funds, sale of non-judicial stamps and stamp papers, distribution of social security benefits to . . .
- No Substantive Progress On Major Issues With India, Says Kasuri (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
Britain urging EU to ease trade restrictions on Pakistan’
* UK minister says actions can acquit madrassas of terror charges
- Islamabad Playing Games? (Tribune, N.K. Pant, Nov 30, 2005)
Hats off to Pakistan’s external publicity machine for churning out wierd information. One wonders how it was not in conformity with the Islamic nation’s the military establishment’s media department.
- Bsnl Mega Gsm Tender In 3g War (Indian Express, PRAGYA SINGH, Nov 30, 2005)
While telecom major BSNL is busy preparing the documents for its $4.5-billion tender for 40-60 million GSM lines, leading vendor Lucent Technologies has asked it to keep 3G out of the tender.
- Only 2 Officers Should Interrogate Salem: Court (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
Special TADA judge speaks to accused
Salem's brother moves SHRC
Officers should not frighten Salem: judge
- A Bolt From The Blue For Patients At Aiims (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
Many free medical tests now come with a charge, others come with a higher charge
- Knowledge Society And Indian Farmer (Deccan Herald, K P Prabhakaran Nair, Nov 30, 2005)
Merely putting a computer in a ‘village knowledge centre’ will not be of much help
- The Rich Are Getting Richer (Deccan Herald, Jonathan Freedland, Nov 30, 2005)
The gap between extraordinary wealth and desperate poverty is growing steadily wider in Tony Blair's Britain
- Agni-Iii Launch Likely Next Year (Hindu, T.S. Subramanian, Nov 30, 2005)
The most powerful missile, it can take out targets 3,000 km away
Preparations under way
Both stages powered by solid propellants
- Why India Is Eyeing Thorium As Nuclear Fuel (Deccan Herald, Rezaul H. Laksar, Nov 30, 2005)
India is an emerging leader in developing reactors and associated fuel cycle technologies.
- Heritage Protection (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 30, 2005)
The Chennai offices of the British Council and the Association of British Scholars recently organised a cute little function to launch an impressive photomontage titled "Madras that is Chennai: Gateway to the South" . . .
- Cbi Scotches Salem Rumours (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
The CBI director, Mr US Mishra, today put an end to all speculation about Abu Salem turning an approver. He categorically said that the agency would not consider making the extradited Mumbai don an approver in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case.
- Plainspeak From India's New Chief Justice (Business Standard, M J Antony, Nov 30, 2005)
He not only discussed the chronic problems ailing the judiciary, but held forth hopes of drastic reforms
- Chine's Second Thoughts On Nuclear Issue (Daily Excelsior, SREEDHAR, Nov 30, 2005)
A People Daily article (October 26) said ''The US put forward a proposal at a meeting of Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) on Oct. 20, demanding a lift of the ban on sales of nuclear technologies to India, but was turned down."
- Jkpcc – Let’S Make It An Asset (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2005)
A scientific spirit and a passion to work - this has been and should be the manifesto of the Corporation, Suhail Qadir Baidar comments
- Terror's Stealth Weapon: Women (Los Angeles Times, Mia Bloom, Nov 29, 2005)
An increasing number of female suicide bombers are a disturbing, confusing new element in the battle against extremists
- A Decaying Society (Daily Excelsior, Shiv Kumar Sharma, Nov 29, 2005)
Abraham Lincoln, when he was the President of America, once wrote a letter to the headmaster of the school in which his son was studying in class 8th.
- Agriculture: A Neglected Area (Daily Excelsior, Pallab Bhattacharya, Nov 29, 2005)
The report card of India's economic performance in the first quarter of the 2005-06 financial year brings out once again that agriculture continues to be the Cindrella. The sector is in a crisis of low investment, low productivity and low returns.
- Need For Care (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 29, 2005)
The technology of life-sustenance is double-edged. The question of how long a terminally ill patient, for whom treatment is indisputably understood to be futile, should be kept alive by artificial means has been growing more urgent over the years.
- Pakistan Wants Long-Term Loc Opening (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2005)
Pakistan said on Monday that it wanted the opening of points along the Line of Control (LoC) as a long-term arrangement
- Rice To The Occasion (Pioneer, Sudhirendar Sharma, Nov 29, 2005)
Sudhirendar Sharma questions why corporate profit continues to rise while farmers plunge further into the depths of despair
- Andhra Pushes It Growth (Tribune, Ramesh Kandula, Nov 29, 2005)
MR Chandrababu Naidu might have been the face of IT in Andhra Pradesh, but the ‘farmer-friendly’ government of the Congress is not lagging behind in promoting the knowledge industry in the state.
- Volcker Pointers Leave Posers (Pioneer, BULBUL ROY MISHRA, Nov 29, 2005)
As allegations over the Volcker report fly, Bulbul Roy Mishra poses questions that illuminate fact and dispel fiction
- Engaging With Israel (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, Nov 29, 2005)
The initiatives of Gen Pervez Musharraf to touch base with Israel were aimed at impressing US Senators and Congressmen preparing to vote on aid for Pakistan.
- Special Economic Zone Act: `Provides The Right Combination Of Facilities' (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Nov 29, 2005)
Major objectives of the SEZ Act include generation of additional economic activity, promotion of export of goods and services, investment from domestic and foreign sources and creation of employment opportunities.
- Farmers Breathe More Easily Now (Hindu, Nagesh Prabhu , Nov 29, 2005)
Good monsoon, pro-farmer steps check suicides
Agricultural scenario improves after good rain
The highest number of suicides was reported from Hassan district
The number came down from 708 in 2003-04 to 83 this year
- A Conflict Between Science And God (Hindu, Martin Kettle, Nov 29, 2005)
A new exhibition in New York on Charles Darwin's life and work is a defiant gesture against U.S. biblical literalism.
- Tribal People And Preserving Prime Forests (Hindu, Vikram Soni, Nov 29, 2005)
The proposed Scheduled Tribes (Recognition of Land Rights) Bill 2005 could sound the death-knell for prime forests. This could also result in the end of the tribal people's identity, which derives from the forests.
- Ysr, Mps Meet Manmohan On Mega Fab City Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2005)
All-party team presses Centre for locating the unit in Hyderabad
- Bengal Is Hungry For Fdi In Food And Farms: Buddhadeb (Indian Express, Nirmala Ganapathy, Nov 29, 2005)
West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today invited “massive foreign direct investment (FDI)” in food processing and the agriculture sector at a conference attended by top executives of international companies dealing in food and food-process
- ‘Patent, Publish And Prosper’ (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Nov 29, 2005)
This man rose from humble origins to be one of India’s leading scientists and science administrators. Dr. R.A.Mashelkar, Director-General of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, speaks to The Indian Express Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta ....
- Science For The People (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Nov 29, 2005)
It’s good to see India finally decide on setting up an Earth Commission: a panel of meteorologists, geo-physicists, oceanographers, atmospheric and space scientists to study and understand the dynamics of the monsoon.
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