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Articles 12521 through 12620 of 17201:
- L&t Plans To Exit From Jt Venture With John Deere (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2005)
Acting on its decision to move out of non-core businesses, L&T today announced that it would exit from L&T-John Deere Pvt Ltd in favour of its joint venture partner.
- Kalam Dedicates 2 New Rubber Clones To Nation — Asks Scientists To Bridge Lab-To-Land Gap (Business Line, Vipin V. Nair, Jul 30, 2005)
The President, Dr A.P.J Abdul Kalam, on Friday dedicated two new rubber clones developed by the Rubber Research Institute of India (RRII) to the nation, marking the 50th year of the institute.
- Sail Betting On Firm Price (Business Line, Jayanta Mallick , Jul 30, 2005)
Is sail finding the trade winds favourable? Price and inventory signals in the international and domestic markets suggest so.
- Corrective Policies Needed To Generate 8 P.C. Growth: Ahluwalia (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2005)
Education, health will require a substantial increase in resources
- Security Concerns Not Compromised, Says Pm (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2005)
Manmohan briefs Congress Working Committee about his U.S. visit
Prime Minister told the committee that one the high points of his U.S. visit was the accent on combating terrorism
- Warne Does Not Represent All Men (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 29, 2005)
Let's not use Darwinism to justify something that goes against Darwin's principles in action. Biological determinists claimed that male fidelity is an evolutionary impossibility.
- Unwarranted Objections (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 29, 2005)
There seems to be no change in the American opposition to the Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline project.
- Sister Of Memories (Pioneer, Abhijit C Chandra, Jul 29, 2005)
Dearest sister, it is almost a year since you left and though our chats will never take place again during this existence, you seem strangely closer in certain ways.
- Champion Of All Time (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 29, 2005)
This sportsman was not going to accept defeat easily
- Delivery Bonus (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 28, 2005)
Centre against coercive two-child norm policy
- Skating On Thin Ice (Times of India, SYED IQBAL HASNAIN, Jul 28, 2005)
Visiting the Siachen glacier, prime minister Manmohan Singh said that he wants to make the world's highest and coldest battlefield a 'peace mountain'.
- Restore With Hammer And Tongues (Telegraph, Barun De, Jul 28, 2005)
Laldighi, and not Dalhousie Square, should be the motif for the new restoration work being planned by the state government, writes Barun De
- Blissful Slumber (Deccan Herald, ELIZABETH CHERIAN, Jul 28, 2005)
My husband can fall asleep anywhere. He says you must have a clean heart to be able to do so
- The Beast In The City (Pioneer, Chitvan Gill, Jul 28, 2005)
"You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements," Lee Ouzman remarks, "its state of development by the condition of the toilets at the airport and the advancement of its people by the way they treat their animals"
- Suicide Bombing Phenomenon (Dawn, Zubeida Mustafa, Jul 27, 2005)
Suicide bombers have attacked London twice in the past month. Baghdad is the scene of such attacks on practically a daily basis. Yet not much is known about suicide bombers.
- A Power Less Exotic (Indian Express, ILA PATNAIK, Jul 27, 2005)
If India sets out to build nuclear reactors that could generate 20,000 megawatts (MW) or 40,000 MW of electricity,
- Iran And The U.S. (Hindu, Hamid Ansari, Jul 27, 2005)
An impression is gaining ground that India's American commitments seem to insist on intruding on India-Iran relations.
- Hr, No Longer A Back-End Activity (Business Line, Mirsa Viquar Ahmed , Jul 27, 2005)
In the growing global economy, the human resource function is becoming increasingly complex.
- India’S Declining Air Power (Tribune, Maj-Gen Ashok Mehta (retd), Jul 27, 2005)
India nuanced inclusion among nuclear-weapon states by the US does place it closer to becoming a “world power”.
- Trishul Test-Fired (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2005)
Trishul, India’s most sophisticated short-range surface-to-air missile, was test-fired on Tuesday from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur, 15 km from here, defence sources said.
- Is The Iranian Gas Pipeline A Pipe-Dream Now? (Deccan Herald, N. Chandra Mohan, Jul 27, 2005)
India desperately needs Iranian gas but with the promise of US cooperation in civilian nuclear energy and a broader energy dialogue, the geo-economics of this pipeline project has changed in a trice.
- Conserving Reserves Of Mother Nature (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2005)
SUNIL KUMAR M talks about the plans for conservation reserves outside protected forests and the special reserve to house our peacocks at Bankapur, to help give the national bird a new lease of life.
- New Delhi And Washington Grow Closer (Japan Times, B. GAUTAM, Jul 26, 2005)
Madras India -- It seems that India and the United States are finally on the same side.
- Spare The Whales Forever (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 26, 2005)
A large group of countries led by Japan has again failed in its campaign to pressure the International Whaling Commission (IWC) into lifting the 19-year-old ban on hunting whales for commerce.
- Problems Of Lca Management (Deccan Herald, Bidanda M Chengappa, Jul 26, 2005)
The DRDO has completed its contribution to the LCA project and the IAF, as the user, should take it over
- Umbrella Morals (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 26, 2005)
Calcutta’s tolerance towards courting couples is exceptional. Other metros would rather obliterate their presence,
- The Economics Of Crime (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Jul 26, 2005)
The causes and determinants of crime have a significant bearing on the economy and society. Demographics could also contribute to an increase in crime rates. Rapid economic growth will mean more opportunities for crime.
- The `Peak Oil' Controversy (Business Line, Pratap Ravindran , Jul 26, 2005)
Much of the public discourse on the spiralling price of crude has rested on a premise
- India Can Eat Into Bioinformatics Market, Says Industry Report (Hindu, P.K. Bhardwaj, Jul 25, 2005)
Government should bring in changes
- It Audit Exposes Weak Security (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Jul 25, 2005)
Risk of abuse, fraud in three Ministries
- Pragmatism Where Necessary (Telegraph, Bharat Bhushan, Jul 25, 2005)
The nuclear cooperation bargain with the United States of America is set to divide the Indian polity.
- I Use Astronomy As A Trojan Horse' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2005)
How to make teaching interesting
- Research Universities: Mind Is The Key (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Jul 25, 2005)
If the country can change the mindset of hypocritical politicians and "intellectual" busybodies,
- Humour: An Aid In Distress (Tribune, Bhai Mahavir, Jul 25, 2005)
Two persons were crossing a jungle in their car when a tiger took after them. Since the route was hardly motorable,
- No Threat To National Security (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Jul 25, 2005)
Of all the objections to the Indo-US joint statement, the most vociferous one is about its impact on India’s national security.
- Red In The Face (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 25, 2005)
A Rs 374 crore power fiddle comes to haunt the CPI(M). A CBI probe, comrades?
- What Does Nuclear Bargain With Us Entail? ` (Deccan Herald, Jasjit Singh, Jul 25, 2005)
If we do not separate the civilian nuclear facilities from those related to defence, international cooperation will remain a non-starter.
- Tourists Quit Blast-Hit Egyptian Resort (Deccan Herald, Reuters, Jul 25, 2005)
The blasts had instant repercussions on the economy with the benchmark stock exchange index falling 4.5 per cent on Sunday.
- Services Sector Is The New Economic Growth Engine (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2005)
The growth in the services sector aided by the liberalisation in the regulatory framework has taken the country on a higher growth trajectory, writes Aditya Raj Das.
- Pm To Clear Air On Indo-Us Pact (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2005)
Manmohan Singh will issue a statement in Parliament in the wake of criticism on the agreement.
- Pm Clears Mangalore Petro Project (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2005)
The Prime Minister also approved ONGC as a co-promoter of the Mangalore Special Economic Zone along with the State Government.
- Forwards Fit Modern Society's Needs (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 25, 2005)
When e-mails started becoming popular as a convenient and easy way of keeping in touch with friends, family and acquaintances, the 'forward' made its first appearance.
- A Dreadful State Of Mind (Dawn, Anwar Syed, Jul 24, 2005)
EVER since the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, DC (9/11), many commentators have argued that terrorism will not go away until its underlying causes are identified and removed. General Musharraf has repeatedly made this argument.
- Summer Of Hope In Indo-Us Ties (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Jul 24, 2005)
Political leaders in India sometimes get carried away by the sheer scale of reception and hospitality that surround summits in the White House.
- Championing The Cause Of Environment (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Jul 24, 2005)
Known as one of the top five most powerful persons in Asia and recipient of the Time “Environment Hero Award”, Dr Vandana Shiva now aspires to get a Nobel Peace Prize.
- Lonely Wells Of Hatred (Telegraph, GITHA HARIHARAN, Jul 24, 2005)
When do most of us first encounter hatred? If you are lucky, as so many of us are, the early encounter in childhood is vicarious
- Iran-India Pipeline Project Not To Be Abandoned: Aiyar (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2005)
India's enormous energy requirement cannot be met without Iran gas
- Summer Of Hope In Indo-Us Ties (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Jul 23, 2005)
Political leaders in India sometimes get carried away by the sheer scale of reception and hospitality that surround summits in the White House. I recall scribes accompanying Rajiv Gandhi to the Reagan White House in 1985 ridiculing me when I urged a degre
- Us-India Nuclear Deal (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 23, 2005)
THE recent Indo-American nuclear deal seems to go beyond the realm of Indo-Pakistan relations and has wider implications.
- The Chase Of Deep-Sea Diving Needs In High Sea Oil Exploration (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 23, 2005)
NO HORSE gets anywhere until he is harnessed. No stream or gas drives anything until it is confined. No Niagara is ever turned into light and power until it is tunnelled. No life ever grows great until it is focussed, dedicated, disciplined.
- The Burden Of Innocence (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 23, 2005)
YESTERDAY'S papers carried a news item that stated that the Government had announced new regulations for issuance of passports and renewal of existing ones with the objective of checking fraud
- The Sen Prescription (Tribune, A.J. Philip, Jul 23, 2005)
I REMEMBERED the most argumentative Indian I ever met when I read Amartya Sen’s The Argumentative Indian*. He was a train passenger who, unmindful of a towel on a seat, occupied it.
- A Tribute To A Formula Born 35 Years Ago (Business Line, D. Murali , Jul 23, 2005)
WHEN a professor of economics decides to narrate the story of "one man's intellectual adventure at the very centre of modern finance", blending in both quantitative finance and financial engineering, to depict the never-ending "human quest to defeat the d
- The Yuan Effect (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 23, 2005)
THE WEST MAY benefit most from the Chinese nudging their currency, the yuan, into a managed float regime.
- Spaniard And Indian (Telegraph, B.T. Ranadive, Jul 23, 2005)
In 1977, Left Fronts dominated by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) came to power in the states of West Bengal and Kerala. A year later, the CPI(M) leader, B.T. Ranadive, wrote a pungent critique of the parliamentary path to socialism. This took the
- Making Ends Meet With Less (Japan Times, Editorial, Japan Times, Jul 23, 2005)
The fiscal 2005 "Annual Report on the Japanese Economy and Public Finances" pays attention to the impact on the economy of two inevitable demographic changes:
- The British War Crimes Case Is Right (Hindu, Robin Cook, Jul 23, 2005)
The prosecution of British troops helps to protect their own lives in Iraq.
- The Harry Potter Phenomenon (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 22, 2005)
LONG BEFORE THE buzz dies down, and the cash registers stop ringing from the sale of millions of copies of Harry Potter adventures, there is enough in the phenomenon already for marketing pundits to reflect on the question:
- Sorry Sir, That’S Not My Table (Deccan Herald, Suresh Menon, Jul 22, 2005)
Mugabe has become a caricature of an African ruler who gets his way through state-sponsored torture. How can we play cricket there?
- Sc Sets Aside Election Of Cong Mla (Deccan Herald, DH news, Jul 22, 2005)
The Supreme Court has taken serious note of an interpolation (insertion) made by a Returning Officer (RO) on the nomination paper of a BJP candidate, quashing the election of a Congress MLA Surendra Singh Negi in Uttaranchal.
- Thinning Forest Cover (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, Jul 21, 2005)
THE GENERAL trend of a decline in dense forests across the country, as revealed in the State of Forest Report, 2003, is evident in the southern States too.
- Q&a: When The Syringe Threatens To Kill (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 21, 2005)
Every year, 1.3 million people in the developing world die of diseases spread by unsafe injections, estimates the World Health Organisation.
- Issues Of Industrial Expansion (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Jul 21, 2005)
INDUSTRY in Pakistan needs to be greatly diversified to accelerate its growth. That is all the more so in Sindh which has not seen the emergence of a major industrial estate for the last 20 years. That has happened despite the steady inflow of persons fro
- Momentous Visit (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 21, 2005)
PRIME Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit to the United States was, by all means, a momentous one.
- Pak Too Should Demand N Status (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jul 21, 2005)
REPORTS emanating from Washington suggest that US has decided to allow India to acquire the same facilities as accorded to an NPT member State, a move tantamount to recognizing India as a nuclear weapon State. An understanding to this effect is understood
- Gains From New Status (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Jul 21, 2005)
THE India-US nuclear deal has vindicated Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s two statements: that India was not up for sale and that his government would do nothing which would surrender its soveignty.
- A New Nuclear Era (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 21, 2005)
THE Bush administration is known for gambles, and Monday’s about-face on nuclear cooperation with India qualifies as such. By declaring that it would help India build nuclear power plants and import advanced weapons, the administration has made good on it
- Pm: Deal With Us Won’T Blunt Our N-Capabilities (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma , Jul 21, 2005)
Dr Singh said India would meet its obligations in the nuclear deal only after the US implements its commitments to New Delhi’s satisfaction.
- Vajpayee Slams Indo-Us Nuke Agreements (Deccan Herald, DH news, Jul 21, 2005)
Vajpayee said, the Indo-US understanding has caused “concern, even consternation” among nuclear scientists, which the BJP also shared.
- Biocon Q1 Net Falls By 11.3 Pc (Deccan Herald, DH news, Jul 21, 2005)
India’s largest biotechnology company, Biocon Ltd., reported a 11.3 per cent fall in its quarterly net profit on Wednesday, hit by price pressures on its cholestrol-busting statin drugs.
- Chinese Team Steps Into Textile City (Hindu, M. Soundariya Preetha, Jul 21, 2005)
Machinery manufacturers make an impression on industry representatives
- Selling The United States Of America In India (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jul 21, 2005)
STATECRAFT The Government needs to prepare itself to lead an open debate in which no issue is beyond democratic scrutiny.
- Manmohan And Bush Face Domestic Critics (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma , Jul 21, 2005)
While both the Left and the Right are flaying the prime minister’s move the Bush critics are saying he has been too kind to India.
- Ge To Invest $63 M In Tech Parks Fund (Deccan Herald, DH news, Jul 21, 2005)
GE Commercial Finance Real Estate will invest $63 million (About Rs 270 crore) in a newly launched Indian technology parks fund to take advantage of a boom in the country’s services outsourcing industry, it said on Wednesday
- No Sanctity About Bush Promise: Nuclear (Hindu, T.S. Subramanian, Jul 21, 2005)
"There is nothing to shake the champagne bottle" in the Joint Statement issued by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President George W. Bush that the U.S. "will work to achieve full civil nuclear energy cooperation with India," according to former top off
- Deal To Supply Fuel To Tarapur Symbolic (Hindu, N. Ravi, Jul 21, 2005)
The Tarapur nuclear power plant had long gone past its intended life cycle and the agreement to supply fuel to the plant was more of symbolic than real long-term value. The joint statement, however, went far beyond fuel supply to providing India access to
- A New Nuclear Era (Washington Post, Editorial, Washington Post, Jul 20, 2005)
The bush administration is known for gambles, and Monday's about-face on nuclear cooperation with India qualifies as such.
- Pm Flaunts Impeccable N-Credentials (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma , Jul 20, 2005)
US Congressmen heard from Dr Singh why they should help their President in adjusting the US laws to help India’s civilian nuclear power sector.
- Of Mandi And Teji At The Bourses — Remain Calm And Do Not Be Greedy To Make Money From The Market, Speeding Or Not (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jul 20, 2005)
Buy and sell small quantities, and have patience and discipline, you will never lose in the market.'
- Bloody Good (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 20, 2005)
India should become the global banker of umbilical cord blood
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