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Articles 2521 through 2620 of 4401:
- A Media, More User Friendly (Indian Express, Amrita Shah, Oct 24, 2005)
It is a chicken and egg situation. Without the relentless coverage by the media, many of the world’s disasters would have passed by us unnoticed.
- Heavy Rain Batters Bangalore (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2005)
Bangalore infrastructure (what’s left of it) took a battering as rain lashed the City on Saturday night.
- Plan For A Safer Nation (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 24, 2005)
Extracts from the government of India’s status report on Disaster Management in India, August 2004
- Overflowing Lakes Inundate Several Areas As Rain Continues In Bangalore (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2005)
Incessant rain lashes city through Saturday night; low-lying areas badly hit
- Lessons From The Earthquake (Daily Excelsior, Dr. Jitendra Singh, Oct 23, 2005)
Jammu and Kashmir is in news once again. For reasons not welcome by any means and yet not to be ignored by any means.
- The Man Behind Vienna’S Waltz Into Fame (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 23, 2005)
A trip through the woods of Vienna, which have a musical quality about them reminiscent of Vienna’s famous composer Johann Strauss, enchants Eva Bell.
- Terracotta Saved This Village (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2005)
With each of its residents a terracotta artisan, Mollela village in Rajasthan could rightly be called the terracotta capital of the country. Surekha Kadapa-Bose visits the unique village.
- Us Way Of Civilised Hectoring (Deccan Herald, N J Nanporia , Oct 23, 2005)
Civility is one of those English words with extended multiple meanings not entirely covered by the dictionary.
- Asia Grapples With Rural Poverty Despite High Growth (Reuters, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 23, 2005)
In a remote village in northern India, a group of women try to save just 10 rupees each every month. Sometimes even that isn't easy.
- Water Scarcity May Lead To Wars (Daily Excelsior, M M Munshi, Oct 22, 2005)
It is almost impossible to imagine that the total area of water on earth's surface is about 114 crore Square Kilometers but this immense quantity is of little use as 96.5% of it is brakish.
- Hurricane Slams Into Mexico (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2005)
Slow-moving storm expected to swing east toward Florida
- Threat To Nepal (Statesman, J R Mukherjee, Oct 22, 2005)
Nepal, sandwiched between India and China has a population of 27,070,666.
- Earthquake Lessons From China (Dawn, Maqbool Ahmad Bhatty, Oct 22, 2005)
Having experienced the worst earthquake of one’s life, and then learnt of the tragic details of widespread destruction, and the loss of precious lives in areas close to the epicentre, one cannot but feel deep sympathy for the close to three million....
- Rs. 3,000-Crore Road Development Project Will Be Launched Soon, Says Revanna (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 21, 2005)
It will be implemented under the Karnataka State Highway Improvement Project
- Day Of The Prisoners (Greater Kashmir, ZAHIR-U-DIN, Oct 21, 2005)
Seventeenth Ramadhan is an important date in the history of humankind as it changed the course of world history. On this day a handful of Muslims (313) defeated an army of infidels. The day is remembered for a variety of reasons.
- India Inc Fuels Price Pressure (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 21, 2005)
Indian manufacturers have passed on higher costs to consumers on the back of a buoyant economy, company executives and analysts say, a development which threatens to fuel inflation and push up interest rates.
- Water Scarcity (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 21, 2005)
OF late the Himachal Pradesh government has taken steps to encourage water conservation.
- Nature’S Fury, Man’S Villainy (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Oct 21, 2005)
IN the midst of the grave tragedy of the South Asian earthquake it is once again becoming clear that human contribution to aggravating a natural calamity can be shocking beyond words.
- The Columbus Debate (Dawn, Sam Wineburg, Oct 21, 2005)
These days, a good word about Christopher Columbus is about as rare as an insult was 100 years ago.
- India, China And Asean — Competing, Complementing, Cooperating (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 21, 2005)
Accounting for half the world's population but less than a tenth of global income, China, Asean and India are the emerging economic powerhouses. But India has a lot of catching up to do, both in matters economic and social. Mohan Guruswamy mak es a . . .
- Saving The Nathpa-Zhakri Project (Daily Excelsior, R N Malik, Oct 21, 2005)
Nathpa-Zhakri beats all other gigantic hydro-power projects in India in terms of generation capacity, size of underground powerhouse and length of the main tunnel.
- Politics Poses New Threat To Indian Software: Andy Mukherjee (Bloomberg.com, editorial Bloomberg.com, Oct 20, 2005)
India's computer-software exporters are slowly sinking into the quagmire of disruptive politics, in the process losing one of their key advantages over traditional businesses such as manufacturing and banking services.
- India's Fast Growth Seen Fuelling Price Pressures (Reuters, Thomas Kutty Abraham and Suresh Seshadri, Oct 20, 2005)
Indian manufacturers have passed on higher costs to consumers on the back of a buoyant economy, company executives and analysts say, a development which threatens to fuel inflation and push up interest rates.
- To Mitigate And Prevent Disasters (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 20, 2005)
Extracts from the government of India’s status report on Disaster Management in India, August 2004
- Managing Long-Term Recovery (Dawn, SHAHID JAVED BURKI, Oct 20, 2005)
What are the long-term consequences of natural disasters? John Stuart Mill, the great 19th century English economist and philosopher and the author of a classic work on economics, made some prescient observations on the long-term effects of natural disast
- India's Fast Growth Seen Fuelling Price Pressures (Reuters, Thomas Kutty Abraham and Suresh Seshadri, Oct 19, 2005)
Indian manufacturers have passed on higher costs to consumers on the back of a buoyant economy, company executives and analysts say, a development which threatens to fuel inflation and push up interest rates.
- Unsettled North-East (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 19, 2005)
Whenever North-Eastern states hit the headlines, it is invariably for all the wrong reasons, be they floods, ethnic violence or terrorist attacks. If it is Manipur today, tomorrow it may be Assam or Nagaland.
- Setting Priorities Right (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 19, 2005)
With the relief operation in full swing in the earthquake-hit areas of Azad Kashmir and the NWFP, a semblance of order seems to be emerging from the medley of activities that was witnessed in the days immediately after the calamity struck.
- Baglihar: The Points At Issue (Hindu, Ramaswamy R. Iyer, Oct 19, 2005)
The specific points of difference relate to the design of the Project, the extent of pondage, and the placement of the spillway gates and the water intake.
- The Economics Of Disasters (Dawn, SHAHID JAVED BURKI, Oct 18, 2005)
The northern areas of Pakistan and the adjoining areas of Kashmir under Indian control were ravaged by an earthquake on the morning of October 8.
- Haryana Launches Rs. 700-Crore Drinking Water Scheme (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2005)
Programme to cover 1971 villages; to be implemented by next year
- Mittal To Spend £50 M. To Rebuild Long Beach (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2005)
Steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal is expected to spend more than £50 million over the next five years in rebuilding Long Beach, Mississippi, devastated by Hurricane Katrina.
- Science And India's Agricultural Future (Hindu, M.S. Swaminathan, Oct 17, 2005)
A three-pronged strategy is needed — sustaining the gains already achieved, extending them to rainfed areas, and ensuring new gains through diversification and value addition.
- Tamil Nadu Action Welcome: Minister (Hindu, GEORGE JACOB, Oct 17, 2005)
Kerala's apprehensions addressed; both Governments should hold more talks
- Six Years Of Musharraf's Rule (Daily Excelsior, Samuel Baid, Oct 17, 2005)
The October 8 killer earthquake in parts of Pakistan and Kashmir under its control could not have come at a more inopportune time for General Pervez Musharraf than the eve of the sixth anniversary of his Military coup.
- Rainwater Harvesting Still Slumbering In City (Deccan Herald, K P N Vijayalakshmi, Oct 17, 2005)
The luke-warm response to the process is attributed to subsidised water supply, and lack of awareness.
- Earthquake Shows Possibilities (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Oct 17, 2005)
Since Musharraf continues to have a grip on the state, the earthquake is unlikely to precipitate political changes
- Coping With Nature’S Fury (Tribune, Rajesh Kochhar, Oct 16, 2005)
We have become so self-absorbed in urbanism that we seem to be losing all sense of proportion, respect for nature and its phenomena as well as the ability to empathise with fellow human beings.
- India And Us Likely To Sign S&t Umbrella Agreement Next Week (Deccan Herald, KALYAN RAY, Oct 16, 2005)
There have been several Indo-US science pacts in recent past. But they don’t include research and are limited only to exchange of scientists.
- `Rainwater Harvesting Can Help Combat Fluoride Contamination' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2005)
Suvarna Jala scheme being promoted vigorously: Minister
Villagers being asked to use stored rainwater for drinking
First phase of programme to cover 1,000 fluoride-affected villages
- National Building Code Evolved (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2005)
Can help to minimise disaster due to natural calamities
Uniform standardisation is a must
Bureau to lay down higher norms
- 2-Phase Zp, Tp Polls On Dec 19 And 23 (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2005)
With the code of conduct coming into force, the Cabinet revamp and appointments to Boards and Corporations will now have to wait till January.
- An Encroachment Into Space And Time (Business Line, S. Sridharan, Oct 15, 2005)
S. Sridharan on how the new noise on advertising service may traverse the legislation
- Water Project: Cm Promises Rs 12.5 Cr For Melapura (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2005)
Chief Minister N Dharam Singh on Thursday promised to find a solution to drinking water problem being faced by the city.
- In Another Role (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 14, 2005)
Nothing can be a true palliative for the greatest sufferings. For numerous people affected by the earthquake in Kashmir, the immense loss and devastation are only the beginning of an ordeal compounded by the cold, rain and the lack of shelter,
- Women And Indian Media (Daily Excelsior, Sweta Patwardhan, Oct 14, 2005)
Significant changes have taken place in the Indian media in the last decade, and more than a few relate to women.
- ‘Flooding Not Caused By Deforestation’ (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 14, 2005)
Deforestation cannot be blamed for widespread flooding such as recent massive deadly inundations in Central America, according to an international research report released on Thursday.
- The Great Indian Laughter Challenge (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Oct 14, 2005)
If you decide that 75 per cent of the country does not make news, you're shrinking your potential zone of coverage. And if you decree that only a small section of the other 25 per cent does, you've painted yourself into a corner.
- Farm Sector Needs A New Deal (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Oct 14, 2005)
The performance of the farm sector is worrying. Urgent measures are needed to make agriculture a profitable activity, not only to benefit farmers and a large section of the rural poor but also to give a boost to the economy through backward . . .
- Children Under The Rubble (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Oct 14, 2005)
Rubble best symbolises life after an earthquake. It transforms vibrant landscapes into monochromatic moonscapes and radically alters the familiar signposts of life.
- Rain Spell May Last Till Tomorrow (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 14, 2005)
Several parts of the State continue to receive heavy rainfall
Four deaths reported in Chennai, which received 15 cm rain
Several interior roads waterlogged
Corporation's complaints cell receives over 220 calls
- How To Make Rural Job Guarantee Plan Effective (Tribune, Puran Singh, Oct 13, 2005)
Will the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme be able to provide 100 days employment as planned, to about 20-25 million job seekers at a cost of Rs 25,000 crore annually?
- Taxation And Evasion (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Oct 13, 2005)
The World Bank has always been pressing Pakistan to increase its revenues so that it does not have to depend on large long- term loans from international lenders. In the earlier days when the GDP of Pakistan was low, the tax ratio was low to the GDP.
- The New Economics Of Ecological Capital (Hindu, John Vidal, Oct 13, 2005)
Here Is a conundrum, courtesy of Merv Wilkinson, one of Canada's oldest and wisest foresters. In 1938, he bought a few hectares of forest on Vancouver Island which, he reckoned, contained about 100,000 board feet of timber. Once every 10 years, he would h
- Wake Of An Earthquake (Daily Excelsior, Dinesh Singh Slathia, Oct 13, 2005)
The earth's surface consists of several plates, known as tectonic plates. The boundaries of these plates are known as fault lines.
- Children Under The Rubble (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Oct 13, 2005)
Rubble best symbolises life after an earthquake. It transforms vibrant landscapes into monochromatic moonscapes and radically alters the familiar signposts of life.
- The Importance Of Social Sciences (Indian Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 12, 2005)
Social science graduates need to be equipped to face the social transformation taking place across the country
- When Disaster Struck (Dawn, Zubeida Mustafa, Oct 12, 2005)
WHAT lessons did Saturday’s earthquake in the north of the country carry for us? In the initial shocking days there was not much to learn and much more to mourn.
- The Temblor's Footprint (Indian Express, Arun Bapat, Oct 12, 2005)
Every natural calamity has some new lesson to teach us. The last two - the tsunami of December 26, 2004, and the heavy flooding of Mumbai on 26th July this year brought their own insights.
- Water Crisis Ahead (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Oct 11, 2005)
The World Bank’s report on India’s water economy is not the first treatise to caution the country about its turbulent water future. Several global as well as domestic organisations have studied the issue and warned that the water crisis will become insurm
- India's Water Economy — World Bank Prescription Does Not Hold Water (Business Line, Pratap Ravindran , Oct 11, 2005)
Even while conceding that the World Bank's report is correct in stating that investments in large water infrastructure in India reflect a Build-Neglect-Rebuild philosophy, it may be prudent to bear in mind that the document has been prepared by an entity
- The Water Crisis (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 10, 2005)
PAKISTAN faces a serious water problem, the gravity and nature of which the government has apparently failed to understand. Islamabad’s inability — or unwillingness — to base its approach on authentic facts and figures on the ground and the propensity to
- Subcontinent Susceptible To Natural Disasters (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 10, 2005)
About 54 per cent of the subcontinent’s landmass is vulnerable to earthquakes, said M. Sashidhar Reddy, a member of the National Disaster Management Authority.
- How Katrina Revealed Racism (Dawn, S.G. Jilanee, Oct 10, 2005)
HURRICANE Katrina was a disaster of colossal proportions in more ways than one. It was primarily a disaster for the people of New Orleans causing massive devastation of life and property as it blew away roofs of houses and demolished the levees that prote
- Water Crisis Ahead (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Oct 10, 2005)
The World Bank’s report on India’s water economy is not the first treatise to caution the country about its turbulent water future. Several global as well as domestic organisations have studied the issue and warned that the water crisis will become insurm
- Increase Water Supply: World Bank (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2005)
Recover operation, maintenance cost through user-charges
Supports `Swajaldhara' for rural water supply
For pricing of services through sound economic principles
- Eurozone Caught In A Statistical Tizzy (Business Line, BATUK GATHANI, Oct 08, 2005)
The major European Union economies are passing through a phase of "statistical uncertainty" but the poor record of the main economies is a "side issue" for investors.
- Coping With Variations In The Monsoon (Hindu, Sulochana Gadgil, Oct 08, 2005)
Simulation and prediction of the Indian monsoon remains a tough challenge. Yet, we possess a wealth of data that can be used to derive farming strategies tailored to local rainfall variability.
- Why We Should Universalise Iodised Salt, And How (Deccan Herald, Manu N Kulkarni, Oct 07, 2005)
Iodisation of salt at the salt heads is cost-effective and will reduce public health problems due to iodine deficiency.
- Will More Money Make You Happy? (Deccan Herald, Krishna Prasad, Oct 07, 2005)
The finding by a leading research agency this week that Indians are the fourth most happy people on the planet, happier than Englishmen or Canadians, is proof, if any further proof were required, that money alone does not bring happiness.
- Dam Crest Gate Washed Away (Deccan Herald, Anand Yamnur, Oct 07, 2005)
A huge quantity of water from Narayanpur dam is gushing out into the river Krishna after crest gate number five of the reservoir was washed away on Thursday morning.
- ‘We Need To Project A Correct Image Of The Army’ (Deccan Herald, Rachna Bisht Rawat, Oct 06, 2005)
Rifles are being oiled, roads painted, boots shined. An old boy has turned 225. It’s celebration time at the Madras Engineer Group (MEG) which will today play host to more than 10,000 serving and retired officers, including three British officers, . . .
- Making Sense Of The Sensex (Business Line, Saumitra Bhaduri, Oct 06, 2005)
A nation-wide industrial strike leading to a substantial loss of production, lacklustre performance by most emerging markets, the oil price above $66 per barrel,
- Farmers' Welfare Schemes Formally Launched (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2005)
Social security scheme to benefit 86 lakh farm workers, 51 lakh small farmers
- A Canal Runs Through It (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 05, 2005)
Some of the large branches of the earlier reaches of the Sardar Sarovar Main Canal and the entire canal systems of the Ken Betwa system in the first of the interlinking of rivers project announced with considerable ceremony have a lot in common.
- Right Show, Right Time (Hindu, Naomi Wolf, Oct 05, 2005)
A new TV drama about the first woman President could change U.S. politics forever.
- "Committed To Gas Pipeline Project" (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Oct 05, 2005)
India, Pakistan say that the project will contribute significantly to their prosperity and development
India informs Pakistan that it recently appointed an expert to look into the `economic viability' of the pipeline
- Belgium Keen On Developing Indian Inland Waterways (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2005)
With the country's inland waterways ferrying barely 0.15 per cent of the country's total inland cargo, the Belgium government has expressed willingness to share its expertise with India to increase its inland water cargo transportation capacity.
- We Are Pushing For Decontrol' — Ms Rajshree Pathy, President, Indian Sugar Mills Association (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Oct 05, 2005)
With the sugar year having begun, on October 1, the industry is quite optimistic about a likely turnaround in its fortunes.
- Imminent Disaster (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Oct 04, 2005)
If the reports highlighting the miserable plight of lakes, lagoons and streams are any indicator then the one time paradise on earth is likely to face an environmental disaster shortly. Some three decades ago,
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