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Articles 12121 through 12220 of 17201:
- The Emerging Asian Triangle (Dawn, Maqsudul Hasan Nuri, Aug 28, 2005)
That the Pakistan-China friendship is time-tested, enduring and of a strategic rather than tactical or transitory nature cannot be doubted.
- India: A World Power? (Dawn, Anwar Syed, Aug 28, 2005)
Many of India’s spokesmen assert that it is, or that it is on the way to becoming, a major world power.
- Waste Water Treatment Plant In Mysore (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2005)
It is resource-efficient, non-dependent on energy and requires minimum maintenance
The plant is first of its kind to be set up in Mysore
- ``Find Ways To Make Economy Dynamic'' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2005)
There was a need to bridge the critical gaps in education, health and infrastructure
- Pm Gives Credit Where It Is Due (Tribune, Kishore Gandhi, Aug 28, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s presentation at Oxford raised many a storm in the academic tea cup of India International Centre, New Delhi. Among others, the Cambridge celebrity, Khushwant Singh,
- Breakthrough In Anti-Sars Vaccine (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2005)
Chinese scientists have claimed a breakthrough in the treatment of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) which killed nearly 800 persons worldwide in 2002.
- Indian Communists Finally Start To See Light In Economic Reforms In India – West Bengal Chief Minister Head Of Eastern States Wants Controlled Reform Like China (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2005)
As reforms in eastern state of West Bengal make political waves in India, Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee . . .
- Learning To Relearn (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2005)
The politician shook his head and looked with pity at the young woman who had introduced herself as a student of political science (honours) in a prestigious institution. He said matter-of-factly: "I wish you all the best. I had also studied Aristotle, Pl
- Iob, Sidbi Sign Mou To Co-Finance Small, Medium Enterprises (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2005)
The Nationalised Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) and the Small Industries Development Bank Of India (SIDBI)) today signed a MoU for co-financing projects in the Small and Medium Enterprises(SME).
- Time To Be Artificially Intelligent.You Game? (Greater Kashmir, SHABIR AHMAD MIR, Aug 28, 2005)
In the Animal Kingdom everyone is good at something. This is how each species survives. The Grizzly Bear is very strong.
- India, Afghanistan Sign Three Agreements (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2005)
Cementing their ties, India and Afghanistan on Sunday signed three accords covering areas of education, healthcare and agricultural research.
- Genuine Bidding Gets A Sebi Shot (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2005)
The new norms will now bring down the inflated demand for shares in a public issue allowing retail investors to make a better assessment before applying.
- Bhel Eyes Tie-Up With Global Major (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2005)
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) will soon tie up with a global player in the power sector for technology collaboration to manufacture 800 MW supercritical thermal sets.
- Meeting India’S Energy Needs (Tribune, M.V. Kamath, Aug 27, 2005)
After more than four decades of economic stagnation, India in recent times has been growing at a modest rate of about 7 per cent.
- Sebi Amends Norms For Institutional Bids For Ipos (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2005)
The Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI) said on Friday it will amend its initial public offering rules to eliminate discretionary share allotments and boost the number of shares going to local mutual funds.
- Novell Takes Over Indian Operations (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2005)
Novell Inc, a leading provider of infrastructure software and services, on Friday, announced that it had acquired the 50 per cent stake held by its Indian sales and distribution arm, Onward Novelle.
- Cooperative Cane Production Alone Will Help Farmers Get Better Price' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2005)
Mills should also follow Brazilian model of massive production'
- Sethusamudram Project Dredging Cost Will Go Up, Says Scientist (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2005)
Re-survey of the depth and the nature of sediments is emphasised by Rajamanickam If the pre-tsunami dredgers approach this now, they would find a quite contrasting change in the nature of the present sediment.
- Bhel To Tie Up For 800 Mw Thermal Sets (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2005)
After the end of disinvestment controversy, public sector navratna Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has announced to enter into a technical collaboration with a foreign company for production of 800 MW supercritical thermal sets.
- Ibs Launches 'Next-Generation Air Cargo System' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2005)
iCargo was executed in collaboration with three leading airlines
- Rs.100 Cr. Plan For Development Works In Tsunami Hit Areas (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2005)
Proposal to construct a protective wall along the coastal belt
- Novell Sees Big Opportunity In India (Hindu, Anand Parthasarathy, Aug 27, 2005)
To leverage Linux for consolidation; buys out Indian partner
- Left To Multinationals (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 27, 2005)
Anil Biswas quotes from capitalist manual!
- Guarding The School Gates (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 27, 2005)
Today, as students, my children face the same learning experiences as me 20 years ago.
- "Storm Threat Has Doubled" (Hindu, Paul Brown, Aug 27, 2005)
New findings suggest the power of tropical storms has increased due to global warming.
- Adopt Bengal's Policies On Fdi, Disinvestment: Karat (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2005)
The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) should adopt West Bengal's policies on disinvestment in public sector undertakings (PSUs) and allow foreign direct investment (FDI) into the country, Left leader Prakash Karat said here on Friday.
- Brand Iit: The People Behind The Image (Hindu, Dinesh Mohan, Aug 27, 2005)
IITs have justly been ranked as the top educational institutions in India and Asia. A little known fact is that more than 80 per cent of their products live and work in India. The next stage is to restructure and reinvent IITs so that they can become. . .
- Google Finds Its Voice (Hindu, Anand Parthasarathy, Aug 26, 2005)
New free tool combines instant messaging and Net telephony
- Water Harvesting To Become Mandatory In Mangalore Soon (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2005)
Model rainwater harvesting unit inaugurated
Civic bodies directed to include rainwater harvesting clause in licence document
Recharging will help improve groundwater quality
- National Defence Academy To Have New Curriculum (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2005)
The National Defence Academy, Khadakvasla, is in for some sweeping changes in the academic curriculum beginning “next season”. Moving on from the traditional classroom teaching to having IT-powered classrooms for its 1700-odd cadets is just one of them.
- Infotech Sets Up Design Centre For Hs (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2005)
Infotech Enterprises Ltd, a leading global product engineering and IT solutions provider, announced a dedicated centre of excellence for design engineering services and product engineering services for Hamilton Sundstrand (HS).
- Infotech Sets Up Design Centre (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2005)
Infotech Enterprises, a leading global product engineering and IT solutions provider,
- Next Stage In Nuclear Reactors (Business Line, M. Somasekhar, Aug 26, 2005)
The stress on conserving fossil fuels and a scale-up in renewable energy technology seems to be narrowing the options for high energy consuming countries such as India.
- Crude Oil Prices Reaches $68 A Barrel, A New Record (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2005)
Crude oil prices hit a record $68 a barrel on Thursday after the United States reported a decline in gasoline stocks and China said its crude imports spiked in July, as strong demand on the mainland shows no signs of easing.
- What We Like To Believe (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Aug 26, 2005)
Let me make an honest but terrible confession. My deep and abiding interest in history began through reading Combat comics.
- Faith In Women Demands That You Trust Them Without Reservation (Business Line, D. Murali , Aug 26, 2005)
These are days when almost half the news is reserved for reservation, be it about quota in private colleges, or of seats of power for women.
- Hp To Launch Sub-Rs 20,000 Computers (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2005)
Joining the bandwagon of low-priced PCs, Hewlett-Packard India would launch sub-Rs 20,000 consumer desktops within the next three months.
- To Accommodate The Curious Mind (Telegraph, NIVEDITA MENON, Aug 26, 2005)
To withdraw the national curriculum framework is to silence dissent against orthodoxies — both that of the left and the right, says Nivedita Menon The author is reader in political science, Delhi University
- Hewlett Packard Plans Sub-20k Pc (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2005)
Hewlett Packard (HP), leading IT infrastructure company, will shortly roll out its cheapest version of personal computer at sub Rs 20,000 price level, General Manager (consumer sales) V Krishnan announced here on Thursday.
- ‘It Sector Didn’T Object To B’Lore-Hosur Road Project’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2005)
The National Highway Authority of India has faced no opposition from IT companies against the project to construct elevated highway on Bangalore-Hosur road, Parliament was informed on Thursday.
- We Are Not Seeking Concessions In Public Policy: South Korean Steel Major (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2005)
POSCO says its interest lies in steel making and not in iron ore trading
"The only place that offers both a mineral source and a sea port is Orissa"
Concerns over the possibility of exhaustion of India's iron ore reserves are "exaggerated"
- Intel Plans Viiv For Pcs (Deccan Herald, San Jose, Aug 26, 2005)
Trying to repeat the success of its Centrino brand for notebook computers, chip-maker Intel Corp said it will launch a set of technologies geared specifically for entertainment PCs.
- Musharraf’S Discloser On A.Q. Khan Raises Questions (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Aug 26, 2005)
General Musharraf has now disclosed for the first time that Dr A.Q. Khan, the Pakistani metallurgist who confessed to having proliferated to Iran and Libya also provided centrifuge technology to enrich uranium to North Korea.
- Relieving Their Pain (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2005)
We want to establish dentistry in rural areas and this is the theme of 8th State dental Conference to be held on August 27th & 28th, 2005 by Indian Dental Association, J&K State, writes Dr. H U Malik
- Intel Enters Entertainment Device Market (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2005)
Takes market leaders head-on
- Accord With United States Not To Halt Indigenous Nuclear Programme (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2005)
Technology denial forced country to develop facilities for entire nuclear cycle: BARC official
- India Moves To Spread Wealth (Christian Science Monitor, ANUJ CHOPRA , Aug 25, 2005)
A $9 billion plan guarantees the country's rural poor 100 days of work per household every year.
- Mutiny’S Bounty (Indian Express, Ashok Malik, Aug 25, 2005)
Each time an Indian filmmaker attempts to recreate the past, the resident bore stands up and yelps, ‘‘But this is not history.’’
- Managers Have To Resolve The Ethical Debate And Take Decisions (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 25, 2005)
Tapping into the `the world's second largest collection of decision-oriented, field-based business cases' of Ivey Business School, here's David J. Sharp's Cases in Business Ethics, from Sage
- Cruise Missiles In Neighbourhood (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Aug 25, 2005)
On July 18 President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asserted that India and the United States would “work together to provide global leadership in areas of mutual concern and interest.”
- Intense Contests Bring Back The Crowds (Hindu, Mike Marqusee, Aug 25, 2005)
In an era of instant gratification, a 25-day Test series is still one of the supreme forms of spectator sport.
- Accounting's Key Role In Human History Is Of Creating Institutionalised Memory (Business Line, D. Murali , Aug 25, 2005)
In Chapter XX, titled `Of the tradesman's keeping his books, and casting up his shop', of The Complete English Tradesman, Daniel Defoe writes about a tradesman who could not write, but could still manage `with so many ingenious knacks of his own'.
- Wireless Infidelity Can Fail In Wi-Fi Hotspots To Put You In A Spot (Business Line, D. Murali , Aug 24, 2005)
Chennai has always been a political hotspot, it is said, providing lively entertainment to people, what with intense activity in party offices.
- The Ever-Elusive 8 Per Cent Growth Rate (Business Line, Rabi N. Mishra, Aug 24, 2005)
That higher growth is essential to improve the quality of life of the people is no more a topic for debate.
- Gm Rice — Top Of The Crops (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 24, 2005)
While we in the West are preoccupied with cloning sheep, pigs, dogs and, of course, ourselves,
- Acquiring Missile Defence (Tribune, Maj Gen (retd.) Jatinder Singh, Aug 24, 2005)
Recent newspapers reports have suggested that during the Defence Minister’s visit, the US offered to provide India details of Patriot anti-missile system,
- Khan And Us Perfidy (Daily Excelsior, Atul Cowshish, Aug 24, 2005)
We have it now on the authority of Ruud Lubbers, a long-serving former Prime Minister of Holland,
- Is It A Cure For Everything? (Deccan Herald, JAYALAKSHMI K, Aug 24, 2005)
Even as some claim miraculous cures from stem cells, there are others who would wait and watch
- Reining In The Madressahs (Dawn, Zubeida Mustafa, Aug 24, 2005)
Last week the government issued an ordinance requiring all the madressahs in the country to get themselves registered with the authorities.
- Celebrate 250+ And Counting (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2005)
Addyaita, the peerless one, must rank among the true wonders of the natural world.
- Posco Venture: Capital Investment Or Exodus? (Hindu, Aditi Roy Ghatak , Aug 23, 2005)
The Orissa Government's memorandum of understanding with the Korean steel major, Posco, means that, among other things, India is set to alienate a billion tonnes of iron ore in favour of a global competitor
- Globalization Of Education (Dawn, Niall Ferguson, Aug 23, 2005)
More will mean worse.” It was the British novelist Kingsley Amis who prophesied that expanding universities would lower standards.
- Providing The Knowledge Edge (Daily Excelsior, Arvinder Kaur, Aug 23, 2005)
To sharpen India's knowl-edge edge in the 21st cen-tury, the Government has set up a Commission which will suggest how knowledge can be used to change the lives of average citizens.
- Skin Cells Converted To Stem Cells (Tribune, Rick Weiss, Aug 23, 2005)
Scientists for the first time have turned ordinary skin cells into what appear to be embryonic stem cells —without having to use human eggs or make new human embryos in the process, as has always been required in the past, a Harvard research team ....
- Engage Positively With Iran (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 23, 2005)
The resumption of Iran's uranium conversion and enrichment activity, with the potential to produce nuclear weapons, after a nine-month freeze and the consequent International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) resolution. . .
- Cruise Missiles In Sub-Continent — The Sino-Pakistani Nexus (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, Aug 23, 2005)
India cannot be too careful about the manner in which China is supplying Pakistan with missiles to give latter the capability to strike at cities all across India.
- What Chance Ipi? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 23, 2005)
Reports emanating from Islamabad suggest that Pakistan, Iran and India are expected to start trilateral negotiations on the IPI gas pipeline by November.
- Europe To Go Into Huddle On Chinese Textiles Quota (Business Line, BATUK GATHANI, Aug 23, 2005)
Realisation that the quota system on Chinese textiles has backfired, has led European officials to "drastically review" the situation. Traders are faced with mounting and, perhaps, unwanted inventory and banks are under pressure to call back overdraft. .
- Demand-Driven Supply Networks — Collaborative Enterprise, The Key (Business Line, Pawan Sohi, Aug 23, 2005)
As a manufacturer, wouldn't you welcome a system where there are no warehouses, inventories or paper invoices, just plug-ins that monitor your supplier network automatically, in real-time, everywhere, simultaneously?
- Eloquent Eyes (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2005)
The evening is quiet as I sit alone in the dim light of my room. Scenes long forgotten come crowding back
- Life Beyond Kyoto Protocol (Times of India, DAMANDEEP SINGH, Aug 22, 2005)
Has India succumbed to US pressure and become an unwitting partner to a process that buries the Kyoto Protocol?
- Creating Cities Within Metros (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Aug 22, 2005)
A modified system of City of London-type municipal administration may be the answer for India's metros. Divided into small neighbourhoods,
- India's Strides In The Services Sector (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Aug 22, 2005)
India has turned a full circle — from opposition to trade in services to its show of enthusiasm for it .
- Intelligent Design (Dawn, George Monbiot, Aug 22, 2005)
All is not lost in America. When George Bush came out a couple of weeks ago in favour of teaching “intelligent design”
- True Islam Or Islamic Formalism? (Dawn, Mansoor Alam, Aug 22, 2005)
Bernard Lewis, a western scholar of Islam recently wrote a book with the title “What went wrong?”
- Power Play In Central Asia (Dawn, Tariq Fatemi, Aug 22, 2005)
While most of the world, and especially local analysts like us, have remained focused (for understandable reasons)
- The West And Asia's Perceived Dominance (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Aug 22, 2005)
Many observers of the global economy have noticed the rising importance of Asia in the global power equation.
- World Bank`s Loan Cap At $3 Billion (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Aug 22, 2005)
The World Bank is willing to lend up to $3 billion over the next three years to help develop rural infrastructure. This amount would, however, come from the bank’s existing lending commitment of $9 billion for the next three years.
- This Is How We Perceive The Problem Of Kashmir-Iii (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Aug 22, 2005)
We are reproducing the full text of the discussion between Muhammad Yasin Malik, Chairman Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front and Omar Abdullah,
- Pm Targets Adding 1.5 Lakh Mw Power Capacity In 10 Years (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2005)
Concerned over electricity still not reaching all villages, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday set an ambitious target of adding 1,50,000 MW of electricity generating capacity in the next 10-years to overcome acute energy shortage in the country.
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