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Articles 10221 through 10320 of 17201:
- Iaea Puts Off Referring Iran To Unsc (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2005)
US warns referral will happen if Tehran does not meet NPT obligations
- Russian N-Plan For Iran Unites Iaea (Indian Express, MARK HEINRICH & LOUIS CHARBONNEAU, Nov 25, 2005)
Governors of the UN nuclear watchdog broadly agree it is better to explore a Russian compromise over Iran’s nuclear activities than to report Tehran to the Security Council, Western board members said on Thursday.
- Us, Moscow Eye Buyer India (Indian Express, Shiv Aroor, Nov 25, 2005)
India is being aggressively wooed both by Washington and Moscow as a buyer for a multirole fighter, with the US even willing to offer top-of-the-line F-16s made for Israel while Russia is ready to sign an MoU for joint production of a fifth-generation...
- Iran Gets More Time, But On Notice (Pioneer, Michael Adler, Nov 25, 2005)
The European Union has agreed to give Iran more time to negotiate on its nuclear programme in a move that postpones taking Tehran to the UN Security Council for violating non-proliferation safeguards, a British envoy said on Thursday.
- India's Tcs To Establish Asia Pacific Head Quarters In Jakarta (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2005)
India's largest software company Tata Consultancy Services wants to open an Asia Pacific representative head office in Jakarta, to serve as a software production center for the region.
- Iran Preparing To Start Nuclear Enrichment - Diplomats (Reuters, Louis Charbonneau and Mark Heinrich, Nov 25, 2005)
Iran is pushing ahead with plans to enrich uranium in defiance of international pressure to give up sensitive nuclear technology to ease fears it is seeking a nuclear bomb, diplomats and intelligence sources say.
- Indo-Norwegian Workshop On Geo-Hazards Begins (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2005)
It will help in sharing ideas on tsunami hazard evaluation
The workshop is being organised by the Institute of Remote Sensing, Anna University
Problems of tsunami-hit areas in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, neighbouring nations discussed
- Science And Technology Research – International Battle For Brain Is On – Here Are Reasons Why India Is Losing Badly And Has Little Chance (India Daily, Balaji Reddy, Nov 25, 2005)
India has finally realized that real battle is going on in research and development in science and technology.
- Mission 2007: Every Village A Knowledge Centre (Hindu, M.S. Swaminathan, Nov 25, 2005)
Convergence and synergy among the numerous on-going as well as emerging programmes is needed to provide knowledge connectivity to every village of India by August 15, 2007. While the green revolution helped improve the productivity and production of rice,
- A Russian Focus On India (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Nov 25, 2005)
An impressive encyclopaedia of India is published in Russia
Covers a range of subjects: history to foreign policy
Indices of persons, geographic names, terms
Analysis by and viewpoints of 30 Russian scholars
- Name & Shame The Card Sharps (Indian Express, GAUTAM CHIKERMANE, Nov 25, 2005)
The last line in the November 21, 2005 RBI notification titled, Credit Card Operations of Banks, says: “The RBI reserves the right to impose any penalty on a bank/NBFC... for violation of any of these guidelines.”
- Iranian Students Seek Nuclear Turnaround By India (Reuters, Swapnil Rai, Nov 25, 2005)
His love of Indian freedom movement leader Mahatma Gandhi and India's cultural affinity with his homeland, Iran, brought S. Mohammad Mohammadi to New Delhi to study politics.
- Growing Wealth Gap In Blair's Britain (Hindu, Jonathan Freedland, Nov 25, 2005)
If you want to be deeply unfashionable, just read on. If you want to enter terrain so wildly out of date that mere mention of it has become taboo, then you have come to the right place.
- Where Do We See Such Courage’ (Indian Express, Rashmi Bansal, Nov 25, 2005)
There are people who live for their jobs. And a few, very few who die for them. In the latter category you generally think: soldier. Dying to protect the motherland. Yes, we have plenty of those, making the ultimate sacrifice to protect our borders.
- Scientist Who Made Home Pregnancy Test Possible (Tribune, K.N. Malik, Nov 25, 2005)
Eminent American scientists gathered at the State University of New York at Buffalo, USA, recently, to pay tributes to Prof Om P. Bahl, who died earlier in the year, and recall his contribution to biological sciences.
- Biotic Machines (Times of India, MUKUL SHARMA, Nov 24, 2005)
Speculative fiction often talks about a time when our bodies will routinely be reinforced by non-organic materials technology so that physiological processes can be aided or controlled by electromechanical or electronic devices.
- Nurse Shortage Sets Off A Bidding War (Tribune, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 24, 2005)
Competition to hire nurses in California is so intense that some headhunters routinely make cold calls to nursing stations at rival hospitals, desperate for recruits.
- The Next Global Stage (The Economic Times, KENICHI OHMAE, Nov 24, 2005)
What are the characteristics of the new global economy? Before attempting to define it, let’s just say at the outset what the global economy is not
- Iaea May Not Refer Iran To Security Council (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 24, 2005)
The UN nuclear watchdog is expected on Thursday to forgo hauling Iran before the UN Security Council as the United States and Europe want to give Russia time to press Tehran to compromise on its atomic programme.
- India Sends Out Signals To Us (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 24, 2005)
Any moves by the US Congress to alter a landmark US-India nuclear agreement could undermine the “finely balanced” deal, according to Indian ambassador to Washington Ronen Sen.
- Rodriguez Is Indian Nuclear Society President (Hindu, Special Correspondent, Hindu, Nov 24, 2005)
Placid Rodriguez, former Director, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR), Kalpakkam, was elected president of the Indian Nuclear Society for a two-year term from 2005 to 2007 at its annual meeting held on November 18 in Mumbai.
- Nashik Facility To Make Missile Propellants (Hindu, Special Correspondent, Hindu, Nov 24, 2005)
To be ready in three to four years; to help in research on process engineering
- Support The Creative Self-Empowered (Hindu, Rajeev Sethi, Nov 24, 2005)
Helping the talented poor cope with the new global markets will bring more meaning to our education, and help us pay back the debt for our hugely privileged and subsidised training. Citizens must support and express solidarity with what is increasingly be
- Kyoto Holds The Key (Hindu, Tony Juniper, Nov 24, 2005)
Next week 10,000 people will start to gather in Montreal for what are expected to be the most important climate change negotiations since the agreement of the Kyoto protocol in 1997 (United Nations Climate Change Conference, Montreal...
- The Economics Of Natural Disasters (Business Line, A. Vasudevan, Nov 24, 2005)
INDIA HAS been visited by natural disasters quite frequently in recent times — the latest being the earthquake in the Kashmir region that affected thousands of people, and the floods in different States over the last three months.
- A Mission To Know India's Rich Past (Hindu, Alladi Jayasri , Nov 24, 2005)
30,000 people have fanned out in nine States for the first ever survey of manuscripts
- We Must Triple Trade, Indonesia Tells India (Deccan Herald, DH news, Nov 24, 2005)
Visiting Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, on Wednesday, sought to establish a comprehensive strategic partnership between India and Indonesia to triple the existing bilateral trade from $5 billion in next 5 years.
- Angel From Across The Wall (Indian Express, Doreen Beierlein, Nov 24, 2005)
Will Merkel turn out an Iron Lady of German politics, leading the country out of economic and social crises to a better future?
- India Envoy Warns On Changes To Us N-Deal (Indian Express, Carol Giacomo, Nov 24, 2005)
Any move by the US Congress to alter a landmark US-India nuclear agreement could undermine the ‘‘finely balanced’’ deal, according to Indian ambassador to Washington Ronen Sen.
- A Faustian Bargain? (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 24, 2005)
The Indo-US nuclear agreement on July 28, followed by India's vote in Vienna against Iran on September 20,
- Neither Middle Nor Class Nor Indian (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Nov 24, 2005)
Perhaps contemporary India's mother of all myths has been spun around its "middle class". The latter's emergence, pace pop sociologists with vaulting imaginations, has been the most wonderful thing to happen to the country in its recent history.
- The Buck Stops With It (Pioneer, Vinayshil Gautam, Nov 24, 2005)
One of the many paradoxes of life is that no 'new' experience is ever all that new
- Why The Crowned Head Lies Uneasy (Telegraph, Sumanta Sen, Nov 24, 2005)
As if the tasks ahead are not daunting enough, Nitish Kumar might soon find that the BJP is in no mood to make his going smooth,
- Should Press Note I Be Scrapped? (The Economic Times, M R Rajaram, Nov 23, 2005)
Press Note I of 2005 provides fair protection to Indian businesses and is not a roadblock. It safeguards local businesses from unfair competition from its own JV partners or its technology suppliers.
- Internet Scams: Lessons About Buyers (Hindu, Zoe Williams, Nov 23, 2005)
TWO THINGS have happened in the world of the wonder web. First, it emerged that Nigeria's third-largest source of hard currency, after oil and cocoa, is revenue from Internet scams.
- Rs 2 Trillion Cash Profit In Sight (Business Standard, B G Shirsat, Nov 23, 2005)
India Inc may cross another milestone this financial year.
- Is There A Law Governing Electronic Fund Transfers? (Business Line, D. Murali , Nov 23, 2005)
ON MONDAY, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) commenced the live operation of the National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT).
- Should Bangalore Intl Airport Design Be Changed? (Deccan Herald, Srinidhi Sampath, Nov 23, 2005)
Union civil aviation minister Praful Patel has reportedly sought change in the design of the international airport at Bangalore.
- Iran-India: Critical Times? (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Nov 23, 2005)
IS IRAN, as the Western media would have us believe, really mired in religious fanaticism and intolerance?
- Parliament Faces A Winter Of Discord (Business Line, R. C. Rajamani, Nov 23, 2005)
At least 50 legislative measures are scheduled for introduction or consideration in the winter session of Parliament, opening today. But this appears a tall order, given the confrontationist mood of the Opposition.
- Retention Club To Counter Attrition (Business Line, Vinod Mathew, Nov 23, 2005)
RETENTION of talent is the single biggest challenge facing corporates world over.
- Data Protection — A Win-Win For All Stakeholders (Business Line, Uttam Gupta , Nov 23, 2005)
With data protection in place, we will not only avoid all the pitfalls of the present regulatory environment, but also reap a host of potential benefits for the economy and society. It will be a win-win for all.
- Infosys Bets Big On Finacle In Europe, Africa, West Asian Markets (Business Line, Our Bureau, Business line, Nov 23, 2005)
INFOSYS expects Finacle, its banking solution, to grow in a big way in the EMEA (Europe-Middle East-Africa) region and particularly, in the European banks in 12-18 months.
- Vsnl, Microsoft Tie Up For Web Conferencing Service (Business Line, Our Bureau, Business line, Nov 23, 2005)
VIDESH Sanchar Nigam Ltd (VSNL), in a tie-up with Microsoft Corporation, has launched Web conferencing services in India.
- 35,000 It Jobs In Chennai This Year (The Economic Times, N S RAMNATH, Nov 23, 2005)
The software sector in Chennai is well poised to develop a talent pool of rare technology skill-sets.
- When Bullying Is Not Enough, Try Disinformation (News International, Siddharth Varadarajan, Nov 23, 2005)
In the run-up to the crucial November 24 International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting in Vienna,
- New Iraq Strategy: Stay In Hot Spots (Christian Science Monitor, Scott Peterson, Nov 23, 2005)
Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
FALLUJAH, IRAQ – As US Marines battle insurgents in a string of towns in Iraq's western Anbar Province, they are applying lessons learned from their experience in Fallujah: Flush out insurgents, then stay
- Carbon Finance: Realigning Business Thinking (News International, Malik Amin Aslam, Nov 23, 2005)
The ratification of the Kyoto Protocol earlier this year heralded the official start of the carbon finance business on a global scale.
- Saarc: Action Is Primary (Dawn, Muhammad Zamir, Nov 23, 2005)
THE 13th Saarc summit has come and gone. We have had a week of extraordinary security, lots of meetings at various levels, and as expected, a declaration reaffirming various steps that are expected to lead towards greater South Asian unity.
- Indian Envoy Warns On Changes To Us Nuke Deal (Hindustan Times, Ronen Sen, Nov 23, 2005)
Any moves by the US Congress to alter a landmark US-India nuclear agreement could undermine the "finely balanced" deal, according to Indian ambassador to Washington Ronen Sen
- India, Us High-Tech Trade Talks Next Week (Hindustan Times, PTI, Nov 23, 2005)
Ways to reduce barriers to Indo-US high-tech trade as also specific matters in the areas of defence technology, information technology, biotechnology and nanotechnology will top the agenda of the two-day meeting of the High Technology Cooperation Group to
- Vsnl To Invest $230 Mn Over 3 Years In S Africa (Business Standard, Rajesh S Kurup, Nov 23, 2005)
To operate national long distance and fixed wireless networks.
- Bland Man’S Bluff (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 23, 2005)
THE row in Britain over the memoirs of a former ambassador to the United States would have made a little more sense had Sir Christopher Meyer’s book featured at least a few startling revelations.
- India Envoy Warns On Changes To U.S. Nuclear Deal (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Nov 23, 2005)
Any moves by the U.S. Congress to alter a landmark U.S.-India nuclear agreement could undermine the "finely balanced" deal, according to Indian ambassador to Washington Ronen Sen.
- India, Us High-Tech Trade Talks Next Week (Press Trust of India, Sridhar Krishnaswamy, Nov 23, 2005)
Ways to reduce barriers to Indo-US high-tech trade as also specific matters in the areas of defence technology, information technology, biotechnology and nanotechnology will top the agenda of the two-day meeting of the High Technology Cooperation Group to
- Offshoring: India Continues To Be Most Attractive Destination (Press Trust of India, PTI, Nov 23, 2005)
India continues to hold on to the top spot in being the most attractive location for offshoring of such services as information technology, business processes and call centres, according to a global management consulting firm.
- Molecular Imaging And Nano-Technology Used To Understand The Extraterrestrial Origin Of Terminal Diseases – Cancer, Avian Flu, Hiv … (India Daily, India Daily Technology Team, Nov 23, 2005)
Terminal diseases that have no cure, no effective vaccine – what is the original source? What triggered it in the first place? What really happens when an endemic like Avian Flu starts and spreads all over the world?
- Advanced Electron Synchrotrons Ready To Crack The Barrier Of Hyperdimension – What Is Out There In The Parallel Universe? (India Daily, India Daily Technology Team, Nov 23, 2005)
Science is moving fast and finally allows scientists to take a quick snapshot at the parallel universes in the hyper dimensional space. Advanced electron synchrotrons ready to crack the barrier of hyper dimension.
- India Calls For Bridging Digital Divide At Malaysia Non-Aligned Meeting (Indian Express, Media Release, Nov 23, 2005)
Expressing concern over "extremely uneven" access to information and communication technologies, India on Tuesday [22 November] said unless their use was made available to everyone the "digital divide" will continue to exist, hampering economic and social
- Us Asks India To Evolve A ‘Credible Nuclear Plan’ And Make A Distinction Between Military And Civilian Nuclear Policies To Facilitate Exchange Of Atomic Energy Technologies (India Daily, Media Release, Nov 23, 2005)
The United States on Monday asked India to evolve a "credible nuclear plan" and make a distinction between military and civilian nuclear policies to facilitate exchange of atomic energy technologies between the two countries.
- We Are What We Don't Eat (Hindu, ANAND SANKAR, Nov 23, 2005)
Scientists have no right to irrevocably change the genetic makeup of a species, says veteran biologist Arpad Pusztai, who has bravely campaigned against GM foods for decades
- Freed By Dna, Now Charged In New Crime (New York Times, MONICA DAVEY, Nov 23, 2005)
As three men sat nervously on a stage, preparing to recount their nightmarish journeys through a justice system that had sent them away for crimes they had not committed, the moderator had a plea for the crowd in an auditorium here.
- Bihar Joins The National Mainstream (Hindu, Harish Khare , Nov 23, 2005)
Lalu Prasad refused to understand that Bihar could not remain a stranger to the larger process of growth and development that characterises much of the rest of India.
- Us Gives Away Nothing On Net (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Nov 23, 2005)
The US can easily shut down the Internet service of any country it has a conflict with.
- Marketing "Asian Brands" Engages Participants At Meeting (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Nov 23, 2005)
Low-cost air carriers cannot offer round-the-world trips on budget fares for now
- Indonesia Wants To Jointly Manufacture Defense Items With India (India Daily, Media Release, Nov 23, 2005)
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Tuesday [22 November] said his country is interested in exploring joint manufacturing possibilities with India in the industrial sector, particularly in the defence field, by leveraging Indian technologies.
- Need To Build A Scientific Temper (Greater Kashmir, Showkat Rashid Wani, Nov 23, 2005)
The system of education we have available here is not adequately equipped to bring out the best from us. We need some radical changes to instill a spirit of inquisitiveness in the knowledge seekers.
- Terminal Hospitals For Terminally Ill (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 23, 2005)
Sir, — Your editorial “Criminal neglect” (18-19 November) is a piece of constructive journalism on the state of affairs in government hospitals.
- Danger Signals From Us (Tribune, T.P. Sreenivasan, Nov 23, 2005)
FOR those of us who walked the corridors of the Capitol in May 1998 in a bid to “sell” Pokhran II to the US Congress, the danger signals from there on the nuclear deal come as no surprise.
- Ec Wins (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 23, 2005)
The long election schedule had its share of criticism but in retrospect, perhaps, it was necessary to maintain peace through a proper deployment of security forces.
- Let’S Pray He Doesn’T Punish Us For Our Misdeeds (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Nov 23, 2005)
and if he does it always, we will have no right to breathe a moment.
- Missiles Export (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 23, 2005)
It is not easy to share the optimism of the head of the Integrated Missile Development Programme that a substantial market exists in African, Gulf and South-east Asian countries for the Akash, Trishul, Nag and Brahmos missiles.
- Things To Learn From India (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Nov 22, 2005)
While I was in India last month I came across an American friend who had also travelled to Delhi to pursue some interest in development economics.
- More Power For Woman Scientists (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2005)
Union Minister for Science and Technology Kapil Sibal on Monday announced the setting up of a task force for woman scientists.
- Hong Kong Ministerial — Time To Restore Faith In Wto (Business Line, Harish Anand, Nov 22, 2005)
Greater trade offers enormous opportunities for human development.
- Movement Mires (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Nov 22, 2005)
In all the talk of consolidation and growth of the trucking industry (FE Insight, Nov 18), the underlying assumption seems to be that growth in road cargo will drive reforms in the maintenance of connectivity.
- Parliament Approves Bill To Block Un Nuclear Agency Inspections (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2005)
Raising the stakes before a possible showdown at the UN nuclear agency, Iran's parliament on Sunday approved a bill requiring the government to block in-depth inspections of its nuclear facilities if the nation is referred to the Security Council for poss
- Why Us Hates France (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Nov 22, 2005)
Weeks of rioting by France’s underclass in poorer neighbourhoods have opened up another front: a new cross-Atlantic war of words, with American commentators, many of them in the neoconservative ranks, . . . .
- Hi-Tech Porn (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Nov 22, 2005)
Pornography exists for the lonesome, the ugly, the fearful; it's made for the losers", said American writer Rita Mae Brown. Such losers may well have discovered their best alibi yet in technology.
- Birth Of Bihar The Poll Model (Telegraph, Uttam Sengupta, Nov 22, 2005)
Fairest poll ever and the most peaceful by far. Even hard-nosed politicians, cutting across party lines, grudgingly admit that the election for the Bihar Assembly this time has been different and “clean”.
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