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- Awareness Programme Against Child Labour Planned (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2007)
The State convener of Campaign against Child Labour (CACL), Y. Siluvai Vasthiyan, has urged the Government to ensure the safety of 44,000 children, who were reported missing annually. Of that only 22 per cent got traced.
- A Bit Of This, A Bit Of That (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2007)
Group shows are like the Numaish. The exhibition of assorted stuff like chapati makers, homes, TVs, furniture, and where you end up just eating at Agra Chatwala instead of making any decisions.
- India’S Shaky Coalition (Dawn, M.J. Akbar, Aug 21, 2007)
WHAT is human about nature? Bystanders enjoy conflict more than resolution. Partisans may prefer peace, but an audience can be persuaded to pay good money to watch gladiators.
- Monstrous Malls (Deccan Herald, Kanchi Kohli , Aug 21, 2007)
For the aging generation, malls represent mindless commercialism.
- The Ambush (Asian Age, M.J. Akbar, Aug 21, 2007)
What is human about nature? Bystanders enjoy conflict more than resolution. Partisans may prefer peace, but an audience can be persuaded to pay good money to watch gladiators.
- Punjab Contests Reorganisation Act Provisions In Sc (Tribune, S.S. Negi , Aug 20, 2007)
In a continued fight on the water front, the Punjab government has moved the Supreme Court challenging the validity of two vital provisions of the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966, which paved the way for the creation of Haryana and transfer . . . .
- India To Increase Farm Spending (Asia Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2007)
India announced on Wednesday that it will embark on a major industrialization policy, and at the same time it will increase farm spending by at least Rs250 billion (US$6.14 billion).
- Weathering The Storm (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 20, 2007)
Across the world, the effects of global warming are causing weather changes that are leaving people and governments alarmed.
- No Threat To Upa, But Cong Ready For Polls: Digvijay (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2007)
While denying that there was any threat to the UPA Government, Congress Secretary Digvijay Singh on Sunday said his party was not afraid of facing an election. Singh was replying to queries about the possibility of early polls following the . . . .
- Kiss And Make Up (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2007)
The BJP is having a ball. It had long been in the political wilderness, while the UPA government looked solid and likely to last its full term in power.
- Suicide Bid During Protest; Man Rescued (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2007)
A young man made a futile bid to commit suicide while a large number of people were protesting against the suspension of potable water and electricity supply in a few areas of the old city for the fourth consecutive day today.
- Rajouri Sans Water For Second Day (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2007)
With flashfloods causing severe damage to the water supply infrastructure here, supply of water in most areas of this border town remained disrupted for the second today.
- 300 Killed As Storm Ravages N Korea (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2007)
Terje Lysholm, acting delegation head of the International Red Cross in Pyongyang, said that the casualty toll appeared to be stabilizing and would likely end up around 300 for the total lives lost from the storms.
- It's Deluge Of Devastation In State (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2007)
As many as 249 people have died so far in the State due to heavy rains and floods and the loss to properties and crops has been approximately estimated at Rs 1,917 crore.
- Indian Among Six Killed In Nepal Floods (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2007)
At least six people, including an Indian, were killed in flash floods triggered by heavy rains in southern Nepal's Terai region, officials said on Friday.
- Where Concept Of A 'Pet Rock' Has Reached Its Apex (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2007)
They rise unexpectedly between glass office towers or at the base of a 12th-century fort.
- Fresh Rain Worsens S Asia Floods (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2007)
Fresh rains in north India have flooded new areas and worsened the situation in regions already badly hit by some of the worst floods in 30 years.
- Aid Worker Diary: Indian Floods (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2007)
In India, as flood waters recede, aid agencies, non-governmental organisations and governments are stepping up their efforts to help the thousands who have lost homes, livestock and livelihoods.
- Surviving On Snails And Rats In Bihar (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2007)
Daily wage labourers Shiv Sagar Sahni and his young son Sugarath Sahni had a thatched house, two goats and 2,000 rupees (£24) until a fortnight ago.
- Poor In India Hard Hit By Floods (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2007)
Losing everything he owns has become a routine disaster for Shankar, 25, a landless laborer in the northeastern state of Bihar, who this month saw his home and belongings destroyed in some of the worst floods to hit north India in decades.
- Only Modi (Indian Express, SHIV VISVANATHAN, Aug 17, 2007)
Politics is a strange business. Told scientifically, it hides its messages.
- Manic Thursday Shaves 642 Points Off Sensex (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2007)
With the bulls cringing for cover under the heavy and frenzied fusillade unleashed by the bears, the benchmark 30-scrip Sensex tanked 642-point as foreign funds sought safer havens ducking possible spread of US subprime mortgage crisis.
- India To Increase Farm Spending (Asia Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2007)
India announced on Wednesday that it will embark on a major industrialization policy, and at the same time it will increase farm spending by at least Rs250 billion (US$6.14 billion).
- ‘We Need Cathedral Thinking... To Address Climate Change Over Many Decades’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 17, 2007)
Every day, Americans plug their cell phones, iPods and laptops into the wall, unaware that most of their electricity comes from coal, the dirtiest form of energy production. Duke Energy, which operates 20 coal-fired power plants, is the third . . . .
- Plan To Tap Cauvery Surplus Flow For Southern Districts (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2007)
The Public Works Department is preparing a detailed project report (DPR) for taking flood flows in the Cauvery to dry regions in the southern districts of the State.
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 17, 2007)
The aftermath has been more explosive than the violence that blighted the launch of Taslima Nasreen’s Shodh. The attitude of the Hyderabad police has been somewhat puzzling, though one must give it to Rajsekhar Reddy that his condemnation was . . . .
- Jammu Residents Block Road (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2007)
Annoyed over the suspension of drinking water supply and erratic electricity here for the past three days, a large number of people blocked the Jammu-Srinagar highway today.
- South Korea Vows Emergency Aid For North Korea Flood Victims (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2007)
South Korea said on Friday it would send emergency aid worth 7.1 billion won (7.5 million dollars) to North Korean flood victims following what it called "massive damage."
- Misery Of Flood Victims (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 17, 2007)
THE government might be vocal in its claims to have gone all out in providing relief to the flood victims in Sindh, Balochistan and the NWFP but the general impression that has gained ground is that not enough is being done to . . . .
- Climate Change Will Trigger Hunger Crisis In India: Un Agency (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2007)
Climate change is likely to trigger a "risk of hunger" in India by affecting cereal production by as much as 18 per cent because of floods and droughts, a UN agency has warned.
- Slew Of Sops For ‘Aam Aadmi’ (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today delivered an “aam aadmi”-centric address to the nation from the ramparts of the 17th century Red Fort, focusing on a slew of developmental schemes in as diverse sectors as education, infrastructure, agriculture . . . .
- Himachal Calamity (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 16, 2007)
Himachal Pradesh has had to celebrate Independence Day in tears this year. Torrential rains and flash floods have brought in untold misery. The number of deaths may well be above one hundred.
- Bush Fuel In Left Fire (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2007)
From breakfast to dinner, Prakash Karat, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and George W. Bush kept the Prime Minister busy on the eve of Independence Day but the standoff with the Left on the nuclear deal showed little sign of ebbing.
- Enter The Dragon (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 16, 2007)
When Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama said in a recent debate that "the centre of gravity in this world is shifting to Asia," he had one nation clearly in mind.
- India Marks 60th Anniversary: (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2007)
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh marked the 60th anniversary of independence from British rule by urging the country to work harder to free itself from the shackles of poverty, ignorance and disease.
- No Flood Relief (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 16, 2007)
An editorial in the latest issue of People’s Democracy points out bureaucratic delays affecting flood relief work in the country, saying “such a massive natural disaster needs to be met by the combined effort and resources of the central government . . .
- Memorable Scenes In Madras (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 16, 2007)
THE City celebrated ‘Independence Day’ with unprecedented enthusiasm. From early morning, citizens came out in their tens of thousands in the brilliantly decorated thoroughfares of the City with the joy of a new life radiating in their faces.
- Pm Promises 8 New Iits, 7 Iims, 30 Central Varsities (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2007)
Spelling out his vision for eradicating poverty on the strength of a strong economy that is “growing at historically unprecedented rates”, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced major projects designed for a “revolution in the field of modern . . . . .
- Environmental Issues: Undo The Damage (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 16, 2007)
The new magical technologies in our hands have been used indiscriminately to damage nature.
- China, India Face Water Risk From Biofuel: Iwmi (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2007)
Present plans by China and India for biofuel production could mean they face water scarcity by 2030, a researcher said.
- India Celebrates Independence Day (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has told Indians celebrating 60 years of independence from Britain that "the best is yet to come".
- Deadly Landslide In S Asia Floods (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2007)
Five people are confirmed dead and 55 are missing believed dead after heavy rain triggered a landslide that buried Dharla village in the Indian Himalayas.
- Aid Worker Diary: Indian Floods (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2007)
In India, as flood waters recede, aid agencies, non-governmental organisations and governments are stepping up their efforts to help the thousands who have lost homes, livestock and livelihoods.
- India To Increase Farm Spend (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2007)
India announced on Wednesday that it will embark on a major industrialization policy, and at the same time it will increase farm spending by at least Rs250 billion (US$6.14 billion).
- Six Dead, 64 Missing After Northern India Floods (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2007)
Flash floods killed six people and left as many as 54 missing after triggering landslides and flattening houses in a remote village in northern India, police said Wednesday.
- Polish Vaudeville (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2007)
What do you get when two pudgy identical twins who gained fame as impish child actors become President and Prime Minister of Poland? A foolproof recipe for political vaudeville.
- Bush Calls Up Pm Over Deal (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2007)
US President Mr George W Bush tonight called up Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and reviewed the status of the Indo-US civil nuclear deal, emphasising that the country’s independent foreign policy remained unaffected.
- India And China: A Race Of Two Halves (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2007)
"China is a big country, inhabited by many Chinese" were the wise words of one of the great statesman of the 20th century, former French President Charles De Gaulle.
- Talking Water On Pages (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2007)
In the 21st century world, water is the most contentious of elements, its ownership more disputed than land and space.
- N-Deal: Flood ‘Relief’ For Now, Debate Put Off (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Aug 14, 2007)
The much-awaited debate on the nuclear deal in Parliament stands deferred to next week.
- “Strategic Programme Not Compromised” (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2007)
The Indo-U.S. civil nuclear deal issue disrupted proceedings in the Lok Sabha on Monday, but Prime Minister Manmohan Singh made his statement in the afternoon amid vociferous protests by the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and the United . . . .
- Floods Affect 1.2 Mn People In South China (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2007)
Downpours brought by tropical storm Pabuk in south China's Guangdong Province has caused massive flooding across the province, affecting over 1.2 million people and destroying more than 3,000 houses.
- Friendship With Us In Our Interest? Yes, Says Urban India, Pak No (Indian Express, Sanjay Kumar, Aug 14, 2007)
While the Prime Minister’s statement to the Lok Sabha invited posterity and future generations to judge the value of the Indo-US deal on Civil-Nuclear Energy Cooperation, the timing and the tone of the statement reflected due concern for the . . . .
- Govt Likely To Survive But Scars Won't Go (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2007)
The Manmohan Singh government on Monday got a crucial week's time to narrow down its differences with the Left over the India-US nuclear deal just after the "comrades" rejected the PM's strong defence of the deal in what is being seen as a . . . .
- Not Just Sex Education (Deccan Herald, KAMALA BALACHANDRAN, Aug 14, 2007)
It is time the new subject, "Right Living", is incorporated in the high school curriculum. The subject will cover all of the above issues, in addition to the necessary education on sex.
- Monsoon Flooding Spreads West Across India And Pakistan (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2007)
Torrential monsoon rains that have killed more than 2,000 people in north-east India, Bangladesh and Nepal in recent weeks are now devastating north-west India and neighbouring Pakistan.
- Aid Worker Diary: Indian Floods (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2007)
In India, as flood waters recede, aid agencies, non-governmental organisations and governments are stepping up their efforts to help the thousands who have lost homes, livestock and livelihoods.
- The Big Question: Sixty Years After Partition, Why Is India Doing So Much Better Than Pakistan? (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2007)
Pakistan celebrates the 60th anniversary of its independence from Britain today (14 August) while India marks the occasion precisely 24 hours later.
- How Bangladeshis See India (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2007)
In December 1971, Indira Gandhi sent Indian troops to fight the Pakistan army in support of the Bangladesh war of independence. The intervention brought a conclusion to the war in nine short days, ending a nine-month campaign of genocide and ethnic . . .
- Govt On Edge As Opp Sharpens Attack (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2007)
The politics over opposition to the Indo-US civil nuke deal came in full play in both Houses of Parliament on Monday with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh made look like a bystander and a sense of unease visible within the Government over the . . . .
- Spare The Rod (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2007)
THE conventional wisdom in India has been “spare the rod and spoil the child”. In practice, regular recourse to corporal punishment has had exactly the opposite effect.
- Brown Mulling Mid-Term Elections To Cash In On Popularity? (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Aug 14, 2007)
There is growing speculation that the new British Prime Minister Gordon Brown might call a snap election to obtain a popular mandate for his leadership.
- Sunny Monsoon Days (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2007)
The newspapers are full of reports of heavy overnight rains flooding first Mumbai, then Delhi and now Kolkata.
- On The Verge Of Financial Meltdown (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 13, 2007)
Thwarted terror attacks in London and Glasgow, floods, foot and mouth disease — and now a global financial meltdown.
- ‘Because Of Ideology, Managing Contradictions Is More Difficult For This Coalition. The Left Sticks To Its Position’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 13, 2007)
My guest today is perhaps one of the most modern ministers in the Union Cabinet, from certainly the most ancient constituency (Chandni Chowk). Kapil Sibal, welcome to Walk the Talk. Life is full of paradoxes.
- Ak47, The Coca-Cola Of Small Arms (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2007)
Michael Hodges, 'AK47: Story of the People's Gun' is a tribute to the legendary popularity of the gun in the 60th year of its inception, says Nigel Fountain.
- Yes, Mr President! (Deccan Herald, H N ANANDA, Aug 13, 2007)
Now that Pratibha Patil has become the country’s first woman President, let me narrate here my hitherto untold dream.
- Thirsting For Water (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2007)
Imagine a canal 10 metres deep, 100 metres wide, and 7.1 million km long - long enough to encircle the globe 180 times.
- Pm Assures Flood-Hit Bihar Of All Possible Help (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh On Sunday assured all possible help to Bihar, which has been hit by devastating floods.
- 60 Years Of Remembering (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Aug 13, 2007)
Partition, the largest peace-time migration in history, which involved an estimated 14 million people and saw another million killed, has been something of a meta-narrative for the subcontinent.
- Climate Change And Agriculture (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 13, 2007)
Policymakers must remember that global warming has a creeping effect that can further hurt the already fragile agricultural system.
- India Scaling Down Flood Relief Efforts (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2007)
Indian officials said Sunday they were scaling back flood relief efforts and ending airdrops of supplies, as land routes were re-established to villagers who had been cut off by the waters.
- Heavy Rain Claims 11 Lives In Hp (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2007)
Eleven persons were killed, about two dozen houses either collapsed or suffered damage, six bridges washed away as widespread heavy rain over the past 24 hours played havoc with private and public property in most parts of the state.
- Rains & Rivers Flood Vast Areas (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2007)
Flash flood caused by heavy rain in upper catchment wreaked havoc in several places of southern and western parts of the state, while heavy rains are likely to lash the northern and central Orissa, as a deep depression formed over the Bay of Bengal.
- Bihar Flood Toll 170 (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2007)
Forty-four more deaths have been reported across Bihar since Wednesday, taking the toll in flood-related incidents to 170, even as the flood situation in the state today showed signs of improvement.
- Anybody In The House? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 11, 2007)
Participation rates of MPs in Parliament have been a cause for concern for some time now. The frequency with which members rush to the well of the House appears to have increased in recent years.
- Alarmed Brazil Reconsiders Policy (Deccan Herald, Larry Rohter, Aug 11, 2007)
Brazils stance is important because it is the fourth-largest producer of greenhouse gases.
- We Can’T Be Soft On Terror (Asian Age, Arun Nehru, Aug 11, 2007)
The Sanjay Dutt case brings to focus several issues. Besides focusing attention on our legal system, it also highlights the issue of national security and our "soft" approach to matters of national security for the sake of vote banks.
- Monsoon Fools Meteorologists (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 11, 2007)
Indias 132-year-old meteorological department has miscalculated the June-to-September monsoon three of the past five years, endangering farm production in a country where agriculture accounts for a fifth of the $ 854 billion economy.
- Pm Aware Of Consequences: Left (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2007)
After threatening the Government with "serious political consequences" if it went ahead with the Indo-US civil nuclear deal, the Left parties said that the Prime Minister knew well what would be those consequences.
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