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Articles 1021 through 1120 of 4401:
- Middle India Under Siege (Tribune, B.G.Verghese, Jun 21, 2006)
Middle India is under siege along a long-neglected, exploited, underserved, ill-governed, poorly connected poverty belt of forest and hill country covering contiguous areas in nine states “from Pashupati to Tirupati”.
- Ultra Mega Projects May Not Be A Powerful Idea (Business Line, S. Padmanabhan , Jun 21, 2006)
Large power projects may be good politics but raise serious questions of viability — economic and ecology. Instead, a more realistic development model would be to build small power plants distributed evenly across the country so that . . .
- Indian Plan To Dam Northeast Rivers Stirs Critics (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Jun 21, 2006)
Ambitious plans to build dams and hydro power projects throughout the hills of the remote northeast have trodden on some sensitive toes in the troubled region.
- Food At Stake (Frontline, Brinda Karat, Jun 21, 2006)
The new proposals of the Department of Food and Public Distribution constitute an assault on the right to food.
- Rs 59.7 Bn Balochistan Deficit Budget (Pakistan Observer, Ghulam Tahir, Jun 21, 2006)
Syed Ehsan Shah, Provincial Finance Minister Tuesday presented deficit budget for the fiscal year 2006-2007, of Rs. 59.700 billion against the anticipated receipts of Rs 48 billion 730 million showing deficit of Rs 11 billion.
- Talks Within Purview Of Indian Constitution: Sonia (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
Reiterating Central Government resolve to hold dialogue with different sections of the society to solve vexed problems, chairperson of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Sonia Gandhi today said talks and not violence, is the solution of any issue.
- The Iraqi Mess (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Jun 20, 2006)
US Senator Patrick Moynihan once described the United Nations as the theatre of the absurd.
- India, Pak To Write New Chapter Of Friendship Today (Daily Excelsior, Dinesh Manhotra, Jun 20, 2006)
Initiating one more step in the direction of further strengthening heart to heart relations on two sides of the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, India and Pakistan are all set to launch second Karvan-e-Aman bus service tomorrow.
- Fire-Fighting Funds (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 20, 2006)
It did not require a parliamentary committee to conclude that fire-fighting services across the country are far below international standards..
- Indian Plan To Dam Northeast Rivers Stirs Critics (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Jun 20, 2006)
Ambitious plans to build dams and hydro power projects throughout the hills of the remote northeast have trodden on some sensitive toes in the troubled region.
- Nature, Nurture: Supreme Power Of Prakriti (Times of India, SHANTANU NAGARKATTI, Jun 20, 2006)
The inner temperament determined by nature, and the quality of work developed by nurture, define a man. The physical and mental characteristics of an individual are supreme; they determine his interactions with the world, overriding all other . . .
- Smells Of Caffeine (Indian Express, SAPNA SHARMA, Jun 20, 2006)
The other day, when I had gone out for shopping with the family in Ahmedabad, my daughter suggested we have coffee.
- Into An Era Of Water Governance (Indian Express, Maxine Olson, Jun 20, 2006)
Rising populations, disregard of environmental resources and their mismanagement have put huge pressure on water supplies.
- Missing Indus Water (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 20, 2006)
A recent report in an English-language daily reported the loss of about 20,000 cusecs of water between Taunsa and Guddu.
- Putting The Media Under The Scanner (Hindu, Arvind Sivaramakrishnan, Jun 20, 2006)
A book on the mainstream media shows how there is a widespread sense among professional journalists that the world is as the powerful and the wealthy say it is. All other accounts are seen as marginal or as some form of fringe dissent.
- Rainforests Should Be Forever (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 20, 2006)
The montane forests of the western ghats are among the last remaining global biodiversity hot spots.
- Poverty Lurks In The Shadows Of Indian Economic Boom (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Jun 19, 2006)
“The obstacles hampering India’s progress, poor infrastructure, weak government, searing inequality, corruption and crime-converge in Bombay,” according to a cover story in Time magazine’s new issue.
- Year Of The Farmer (Tribune, M.S. Swaminathan, Jun 19, 2006)
To restore farmers’ faith in farming, the National Commission on Farmers (NCF) has recommended that the agricultural year 2006-07 (June 1, 2006, to May 31, 2007) may be observed as the Year of the Farmers.
- Myanmar Minorities Fear Being Dammed And Damned (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
From the ice fields of the Himalayas to the azure waters of the Andaman Sea, the Salween flows undisturbed through some of the most outwardly tranquil territory on earth.
- Sonia Asks Partymen To Gear Up For Up Poll (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
Congress President Sonia Gandhi virtually swung into election mode today, urging party workers in her constituency to replicate her record win and wipe out opponents.
- The Family That’S Come To Stay (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Jun 19, 2006)
It's only when you are far, far away from Delhi that you realise (a) how little of the TV news is of relevance to you outside the great capital of India, (b) how little you care about the news you cared so much about when you were . . .
- Rs. 38 Crore For Development Of Hassan City (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2006)
Funds to be used for improving water supply and underground drainage system
Karnataka Urban Infrastructure Development Finance Corporation has sanctioned the project
It is part of Karnataka Municipal Reformation Programme
- Game In Shanghai (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 18, 2006)
Ignore SCO, but not Central Asia ---- In criticising Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for not attending the fifth summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), the Indian Left has yet again made evident its craven surrender to blind . . .
- Olympics Nostalgia (Hindu, Meena Menon, Jun 18, 2006)
Lausanne, the birthplace of the modern Olympics, has a few other attractions as well.
- Nitish Kumar Seeks More Central Forces For Bihar (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2006)
Calls for disaster management institute in the State
- Rs. 590 Crore Sanctioned For Development Works In Belgaum (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2006)
Officials told to give priority to relief works in flood-affected areas
Rs. 226.43 crore to be spent under the planned sector
Zilla panchayat sanctioned Rs. 22 crore under the Twelfth Finance Commission plan
Detailed report on the works taken . . .
- Assam Asks Army To Be On Standby For Floods (Pioneer, Syed Zarir Hussain, Jun 18, 2006)
The authorities on Saturday asked Army soldiers to remain on standby in Assam where floods that began last month and marooned 30,000 people overnight killing 16 and displaced 5,30,000, officials said.
- Urban Ecology (Daily Excelsior, Dr Pragya Khanna, Jun 18, 2006)
Healthy forests, streams, and wetlands contribute to clean air and clean water by enabling impurities to settle out or be converted to harmless compounds by plants or soil.
- Facing Up To The Indian Challenge (Dawn, Anwar Kemal, Jun 18, 2006)
Coping with the challenge of India on several fronts — strategic, economic, cultural, psychological and more recently technological .
- Nitish Asks For More Central Forces (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2006)
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday demanded more Para-Military forces from the Union Government and early establishment of the proposed CRPF training Centre in Bihar.
- Desertification In India (Daily Excelsior, G V Joshi, Jun 17, 2006)
There are two deserts in India. The Thar Desert (also known as the Great Indian Desert) is a desert mainly located in the State of Rajasthan in northwest India. It continues into Pakistan as the Cholistan Desert.
- Sindh Budget (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 17, 2006)
Sindh's senior minister Syed Sardar Ahmad presented a Rs193.1 billion budget for fiscal 2006-07 before the Sindh Assembly on Thursday.
- Game In Shanghai (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 17, 2006)
In criticising Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for not attending the fifth summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), the Indian Left has yet again made evident its craven surrender to blind anti-Americanism.
- Floods In South Asia Hit 1.5 Mln People, Kill 17 (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
Floods and landslides caused by heavy monsoon rains have left more than 1.5 million people in northeast India and neighbouring Bangladesh marooned or homeless, and killed at least 17, officials said on Friday.
- Courts Intervene To Deal With Building Violations (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Jun 17, 2006)
A monitoring body to deal with unapproved layouts is the need of the hour
Authorities must deal with all violations even-handedly
Absence of adequate parking space in complexes a cause for worry
- Reservation Policy (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 16, 2006)
India’s first Census was conducted in 1901 under the leadership of WW Hunter.
- Social Security In Islam (Dawn, Sidrah Unis, Jun 16, 2006)
An efficient system of social security is one of the main features of a welfare state.
- Sindh Budget Proposes Salary, Pension Raise (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
Provincial Senior Minister Syed Sardar Ahmad presented in the Sindh Assembly on Thursday Rs193.1 billion budget for the year 2006-07 that shows a small surplus of Rs302.24 million.
- Bsf On High Alert Along Tripura Border (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
The Border Security Force (BSF) has increased its strength in Tripura and put the entire border on high alert following the killing of 10 National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) militants in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh recently.
- Development Plan For Malampuzha Gardens Gets Central Clearance (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
The Rs.5.88-crore proposal includes renovation of Rock Garden
Illumination system to be revamped at Rs.3.38 crores
Tourist facilitation centre-cum-bus shelter to be built
A modern musical fountain to be set up
- Pakistan, India To Exchange Flood Data This Month (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Pakistan and India are expected to exchange flood data by the end of June, said an official statement issued by the Ministry of Water and Power on Wednesday.
- Don’T Allow Ghaggar Water To Go Waste (Tribune, G.S. Dhillon, Jun 15, 2006)
The Ghaggar river basin, measuring 42,174 sq kms, is located between the two mega basins of Indus and Yamuna river systems.
- Political Vendetta (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 15, 2006)
Bachchans are being harassed ---- There is something rotten about the manner in which the Income Tax Department is seeking to overwhelm filmstar Amitabh Bachchan and his wife Jaya Bachchan with a flood of notices.
- `Stock Essential Medicines, Antibiotics' Stock Medicines: Collector (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
Measures to tackle rain, flood discussed
Southwest monsoon to begin in district shortly
`Conduct mock drills; keep rescue equipment ready for emergency'
Public can contact control room on 1077
`Keep sufficient stock of essential commodities'
- Floods Continue To Reek Havoc In India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
Flash floods and mudslides triggered by heavy monsoon rains have killed eight people and displaced some 75,000 in India’s northeastern states of Assam and Tripura, officials said on Tuesday.
- A Taste For Luxury (Deccan Herald, Amrit Sadhana, Jun 14, 2006)
Maybe you've noticed it, too: despite a belt-tightening economy, many more men and women today are reaching up for high-style luxury goods.
- 8 Killed, 75,000 Displaced In Indian Floods (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
Flash floods and mudslides triggered by heavy monsoon rains have killed eight people and displaced 75,000 in India’s northeastern states of Assam and Tripura, officials said on Tuesday.
- Digesting The Rbi’S Unexpected Rate Hike (The Financial Express, Rajeev Malik, Jun 13, 2006)
The portents are clear for at least another hike between now and the end of the calendar year.
- Too Much At Stake (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 13, 2006)
Biotechnology is not merely a business proposal
- Markets And Macro Diverge, Hike Infrastructure Spending (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 13, 2006)
The stronger than expected industrial growth in April predictably failed to impress the markets, which again tanked on Monday.
- Chinese Lessons (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 12, 2006)
Pratap Bhanu Mehta This is the final part of a two-part article
The author is president, Centre for Policy Research
Those, like Qin Hui, calling for political reforms sooner rather than later make one additional argument. In China, much . . .
- Human Distress In Thar (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 11, 2006)
A recent seminar on the prevailing drought conditions in Sindh’s Tharparkar district has focused attention on the misery of the million-plus inhabitants living in one of the country’s most arid and poverty-stricken zones.
- Fast Track To The Future (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2006)
From the Great Wall to the MagLev, China presents an interesting mix of tradition and modernity.
The MagLev train flies a few inches above the tracks at speeds above 400 kmph...
- Almatti: Karnataka Under Pressure? (Deccan Herald, B S Arun, Jun 11, 2006)
Is the Central Government, along with Maharashtra, putting pressure on Karnataka when it comes to water storage in Almatti reservoir?
- Demand To Review New Benefits Given To Delhi Bureaucrats (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 10, 2006)
RWAs accuse Government of squandering public money
Both the Centre and State are increasing the burden on the citizens'
Chief Minister urged to extend the same facility to other Government servants and residents of Delhi
- Lessons From Grievance (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 10, 2006)
After Operation Bluestar made Bindranwale temporarily into a Sikh hero, vendors of religious paraphernalia used to sit on the pavement outside the serais and sell pictures of him.
- Damming Spree In China (Frontline, PALLAVI AIYAR, Jun 10, 2006)
The main dam of the Three Gorges reservoir was completed in May, ahead of schedule, and China is planning another massive dam, also on the Yangtze.
- Don't Desert Drylands (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jun 10, 2006)
Drylands, cover more than 40% of the planet’s surface and affect more than 1 billion people.
- Water Conservation In Country (Daily Excelsior, Rattan Saldi, Jun 10, 2006)
Water resources planning and their optimal and judicious utilization is an important factor in water conservation not only for meeting the needs of the ever-growing population but also to maintain a water stock for future generations.
- U.S. Air Strike Kills Al Qaeda's Zarqawi In Iraq (Reuters, MARIAM KAROUNY, Jun 09, 2006)
U.S. warplanes killed Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the al Qaeda leader in Iraq blamed for bombings, beheadings and assassinations, in a strike which President George W. Bush said on Thursday had delivered justice.
- Israel Keen On More Business With India: Consul General (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
"It has been developing strategic ties with countries including Turkey and India"
- Land And Man (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Jun 09, 2006)
Indian statisticians do a thankless job. In the present, they can only go by what the sahibs tell them. Later when the facts come in they tuck them away in their reports and get the short end of the stick.
- Mining Frenzy In Karnataka (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
The terrible consequences of uncontrolled iron ore mining in Bellary district prompt a demand for its curtailment.
- Traps In A System? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 08, 2006)
You will have to look into the lives of hundreds of such students in our country, incidents that occur at the same time, every year, to see a pattern is emerging in a disturbing fabric.
- Watering Down Pak Tantrums (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 08, 2006)
The Indus Water Treaty is biased in Pakistan’s favour and leaves room for misinterpretation. Time, India insisted on its review
- China To ‘Seed’ Clouds For Olympics (Statesman, Clifford Coonan, Jun 08, 2006)
Ravaged by a seven-year drought and choked by poisonous dust storms, China will “seed” the clouds looming over its cities with rockets and chemical pellets to bring welcome rain and clear polluted skies for the Olympics in 2008.
- Inflationary Pressure Bad For Commonman (Daily Excelsior, Sisir Basu, Jun 08, 2006)
The latest bulletin issued by the Reserve Bank of India on May 26 cautions the Government against the rising graph of inflation, which touched 4.75 per cent against 3.75 per cent in the previous month.
- Time To End Human Trafficking (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 08, 2006)
The trafficking of men, women and children is a bane Pakistan must firmly curb.
- Yangtze Cofferdam Gone In Seconds (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
Demolition of the last cofferdam protecting the just-completed main wall of the Three Gorges Dam (photograph left), the world’s largest, started this afternoon in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, China’s longest, with explosives enough to . . .
- Ebay Users Need To Be Streetwise (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 07, 2006)
The man in charge of fraud-busting at internet auction company eBay is under no illusion as to the scale of the challenge.
- The Pds And Eroding Food Security (Hindu, Brinda Karat, Jun 06, 2006)
The proposal to further cut down on quotas and to hike the issue prices of foodgrains in the public distribution system will spell disaster.
- Make Haste When It Rains (Deccan Herald, JAYALAKSHMI K, Jun 06, 2006)
But then, what better time to sell rainwater harvesting than when it is raining?
- Tds On Interest Under Senior Citizen Savings Scheme (Hindu, S. Rajaratnam, Jun 05, 2006)
Ministry's clarification requires to be dropped as it serves no purpose and only adds to the burden of post offices and banks
The limit of Rs. 5,000 itself is abnormally low requiring tax deduction in most cases with the least likelihood of . . .
- Afforestation Leads To Change Climatic Conditions In North, Global Warming (Daily Excelsior, Gopal Sharma, Jun 05, 2006)
Indian history and heritage is witness to our oldest culture which flourished in the great green Himalayan states of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttranchal as well as in other hilly areas.
- Environment Day: Afforestation Is The Mantra (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
With "Deserts and Desertification" as the focus of the World Envrionment Day , State Governments and NGOs are undertaking massive tree plantation drives, all with an aim to restore the dwindling forest cover.
- Raha`s Fire Refuses To Die Down (Business Standard, Sunil Jain, Jun 05, 2006)
While the ministry of petroleum and natural gas is now readying for a new ONGC chief, the fire lit by the unceremonious departure of Subir Raha refuses to die down.
- Water-Level In Krs Touches 90 Ft Owing To Early Monsoon (Hindu, Sharath S. Srivatsa , Jun 04, 2006)
Water in the reservoir usually touches this level by the second week of June
- Management Of Water Resources (Daily Excelsior, Satyendra Pratap Singh, Jun 04, 2006)
The need for achieving the highest possible standards in the management of India's water resources is self-evident.
- People Stories And The Public Interest (Indian Express, SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI, Jun 04, 2006)
If President Kalam were media-obsessed — there’s absolutely no suggestion of this in this most serious-minded head of state —
- Playtime In The Pastures Of Language (Hindu, Keki N. Daruwalla , Jun 04, 2006)
Hoskoté's sense of linguistic play comes through in this volume.
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