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Articles 2821 through 2920 of 4401:
- If God Exists, Why Did The Tsunami Happen? (Deccan Herald, Krishna Prasad, Sep 02, 2005)
After last year’s tsunami, believers have been grappling with a couple of simple questions: How does God allow something so devastating as this to take place? If it was “karma”, how is it that nearly 300,000 people from 46 countries, many of them . . .
- Bangarappa Sings Mulayam’S Tune (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2005)
The Samajawadi Party State Unit Chief and MP Mr S Bangarappa favoured reserving only 10 percent of seats for women in Parliament and legislative assemblies as it was difficult to find “suitable women” for contesting elections.
- Unending Sugar Crisis (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 02, 2005)
In the wake of persistent rise in the prices of sugar in the open market,
- Japan Likely To Fund Modernisation Of Rivers (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2005)
Rs. 5,600 crores earmarked for irrigation projects in State
- Managing Wastelands (Daily Excelsior, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 01, 2005)
Over the years, the forests have been over exploited in many a ways at all levels much for human greed than his needs result being rueful and dismal.
- Keeping Check On Inflation (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Sep 01, 2005)
AS Shaukat Aziz completes his first year as prime minister he finds persistent inflation and large scale unemployment among his major problems.
- Carbon Trading No Solution (Dawn, Darryl D Monte, Sep 01, 2005)
SO the cat’s out of the bag: one reason why China and India were invited to the G8 summit in Scotland recently was not the recognition that they (especially India) had become major economic players on the world market but that President Bush was roping
- Centre To Release 2 Lakh Tonnes Of Rice To A.P. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2005)
State had made this request for creating jobs in drought-hit districts
- The Hidden Inflation (Daily Excelsior, Sisir Basu, Aug 31, 2005)
The monster of hidden inflation has raised its ugly head once again, though the government statistics claim that the inflation is on the decline. It is eating up real wages and salaries,
- Gains Of Cooperation (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2005)
The Chief Ministers of Punjab and Haryana shared a common platform after jointly inaugurating the new Bhakra-Beas Management Board building in Chandigarh on Monday and,
- Flood Alert Issued As Mettur Reaches Full Level (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2005)
Eleven days after the PWD and the Salem Collector gave a flood alert saying that the Mettur dam was likely to reach full level within a few hours, the officials, on Tuesday, admitted that the reservoir filled up to its maximum level and the surplus . . .
- Premji’S Panchatantra (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2005)
The Wipro chairman feared that water scarcity would hinder growth, be it in agriculture, industry or urban infrastructure.
- Flood Alert In Tn Districts (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2005)
A flood alert has been sounded in the 11 Cauvery delta districts of Tamil Nadu as water level in the Mettur dam exceeded the full level on Tuesday following copious flows.
- A Disaster’S Peace Dividend (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 31, 2005)
The tsunami that devastated large swathes of Asia last December also sparked hope that it would force opponents in civil wars to abandon armed struggle in favour of cooperation and rebuilding. That has been true in Indonesia but not in Sri Lanka.
- Looking For A Winning Colour Combination (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Aug 30, 2005)
The uncertainty over how voters will behave on September 18 has convinced Germany's two main parties, the Christian Democrats and the Social Democrats, that they have to keep all their options open.
- M’Rashtra Govt Submits List Of Flood Victims To Bombay Hc (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2005)
A PIL had requested for directions to furnish a list of people who died as a result of the floods and to put in place a mechanism to ensure that compensation is paid.
- Hyderabad Blues (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 30, 2005)
The image of Hyderabad as India’s happening city has started to erode.
- The Committed State (Telegraph, BHASKAR DUTTA , Aug 30, 2005)
The author is professor of economics, University of Warwick
- State Turns Investors' Favourite (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2005)
We are running out of space on industrial estates, says Jayalalithaa We are running out of space on industrial estates: Jayalalithaa
- Automated Control For Water Scheme (Hindu, M. Soundariya Preetha, Aug 30, 2005)
As a voice crackles over the wireless radio, a young engineer, who is the data controller, glances through the computer screen to ensure that everything is fine at the water distribution stations (WDS).
- Ilo Urges Ban On (Daily Excelsior, Subhashis Mittra, Aug 30, 2005)
In 1999, Markapur in Prakasham District of Andhra Pradesh, where slate mining is the prime occupation, there were 4584 children involved in mining and related activities.
- State Turns Investors' Favourite (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2005)
We are running out of space on industrial estates, says Jayalalithaa We are running out of space on industrial estates: Jayalalithaa
New industrial estates needed to meet torrent of demand
Work on desalination plant to start shortly
- Rs. 2.2 Crores Allocated For Recharging Groundwater In Four Taluks In Hassan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2005)
Minister for Information B. Shivaram has said that the Government has decided to spend Rs. 2.24 crores for recharging groundwater in Arsikere, Channarayapatna, Alur and Hassan taluks in the district.
- Floods Wreak Havoc On 220 Bihar Villages (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2005)
Breaches on the embankment of the Kamala Balan river; train services affected
- Building Around Rural Employment (Tribune, B.G. Verghese, Aug 29, 2005)
The passage of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Bill could mark a decisive step towards poverty alleviation with the assurance of 100 days of employment to every rural household at a wage of Rs 60 per day spread over 200 districts for a start.
- Ken-Betwa Link, The Litmus Test (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 29, 2005)
In a small first step in the grandiose project of linking up India's rivers, the Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, along with the Union Water Resources Minister,
- First Step (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 29, 2005)
The first step in India’s ambitious river-linking project has been taken with the Centre and the governments of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh signing a memorandum of understanding on linking the Ken and Betwa rivers.
- Interlinking Rivers: Is It The Solution? (Hindu, V. Rajamani, Aug 29, 2005)
The long-term ecological consequences of interlinking rivers should be evaluated before any such project is taken up in India.
- India's Power Reforms Stall As Foreign Funds Keep Clear (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2005)
Power-hungry India faces a stifling energy crisis after a decade of halting, half-hearted reform and payment problems, contract disputes and political interference that have sent most foreign investors packing.
- Single Phase Power Supply In Rural Areas Soon: Revanna (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2005)
In a relief to farmers, Minister for Energy H D Revanna on Saturday directed the managing directors of all power supplying companies in Karnataka to ensure single phase power supply for five-hours in rural areas.
- Belgaum Floods: Pm Urged For Rs 947-Cr Package (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has agreed to consider a request by a team of legislators from Belgaum to release a separate Rs 947 package for the flood-ravaged district.
- Rs. 947 Crores Sought For Relief Work In Belgaum (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2005)
Minister for Agriculture Marketing Prakash B. Hukkeri on Saturday called on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and urged him to release Rs. 947 crores for relief, rehabilitation and restoration of infrastructure in flood affected areas of Belgaum district.
- Revolutionary Initiative (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Aug 28, 2005)
A Delhi-based NGO's unique progamme may be the first step in finding a solution to a major health hazard.
- A Guarantee To Work? (Hindu, NITIN JUGRAN BAHUGUNA , Aug 28, 2005)
The National Rural Employment Guarantee Bill has been passed by Parliament.
- Slipshod Work (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 27, 2005)
The govt should give top priority to execution of the remaining Krishna basin projects
- Beacon Of Hope Fades (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 27, 2005)
When the US and Britain begin to pull out troops from Iraq next year, as they hope, George Bush will do everything he can to ensure his three-year Iraq adventure is not portrayed as a total failure. That is why events in Baghdad this week, with Iraqi poli
- India's Power Reforms Stall, Foreign Funds Keep Clear (Reuters, Hiral Vora, Aug 27, 2005)
Power-hungry India faces a stifling energy crisis after a decade of halting, half-hearted reform and payment problems, contract disputes and political interference that have sent most foreign investors packing.
- Rescue Work In Full Swing As Floods Hit Azamgarh (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2005)
Relief and rescue operations were going on in full swing in the flood affected Azamgarh district of Uttar Pradesh where 21 people have lost their lives in the past two days.
- Govt Spends Rs.700 Crore In State Annually For Pds’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2005)
The State Government has been spending Rs.700 crore every year to distribute rice and wheat at much cheaper rate to 74 lakh families having ration cards under Public Distribution System (PDS), said Deputy Chief Minister and also Revenue Minister. . . .
- Vipitis (Tribune, Anurag, Aug 27, 2005)
Patrolling on highways was introduced to check crime on roads but vehicles inducted for the purpose have failed to yield results.
- Government Released Rs 250 Crore For Flood Relief In State: Dy Cm (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2005)
State Government has sent a proposal for Rs 3,285 crore to meet the losses and damages due to recent floods and rainfall havocs in State, said Deputy Chief Minister and Revenue Minister M P Prakash on Thursday.
- Centre Assures Relief For Coffee Growers Soon (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2005)
The Centre will look into the problems faced by coffee growers and work out a long-term package for the revival of coffee industry, Commerce Minister Kamal Nath has said.
- Swiss Brace For More Floods (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2005)
Floods across Romania have killed 67 so far this year and the government estimates the damage at 1.5 billion euros.
- River Linking: Up, Mp Take The First Step (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2005)
The Rs 4,000 crore project will divert surplus water in Ken river basin to water deficient Betwa basin through a dam on Ken river and a link canal.
- River Sutra (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 26, 2005)
For years, the idea of linking rivers has had a sci-fi quality to it — one that is constantly dismissed as being too expensive and politically fraught to work.
- Not Without Consensus (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 26, 2005)
Disappointment is in store for those who believe that the fate of the Kalabagh dam is to be announced in the next few days.
- Flood Relief Norms May Be Relaxed’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2005)
Deve Gowda held talks with several Central leaders and demanded help on the lines of what was extended to tsunami affected states last year.
- Rajasthan, M.P. Agree On Interlinking Of Rivers (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2005)
Issues relating to Gandhi Sagar, Banas basin to be taken up later
Both States to draw up a master Plan
Farmers on both sides to benefit
Efforts to be made for environmental clearance of projects
Financial advisors to both sides to meet soon
- Privatise Water Management (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2005)
The next world war, predicted a cheerful soul some years ago, will be fought over water. That may or may not turn out true but local skirmishing has certainly started in India.
- In And Out Of Gaza: Coping With A Depleted Inheritance (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2005)
The recent watershed development in the Middle East brings with it a huge challenge that the Palestinian Authority must now face.
- Agreement On Linking Of Ken And Betwa Rivers Signed (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI, Aug 26, 2005)
It will change the water management paradigm in the country, says Vajpayee
Project estimated to cost Rs. 4,263 crores
231 km-long link canal to be constructed
About five dams to be built
- Bandh Karo Bandh Ko (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Aug 25, 2005)
is obviously because of our common past that we in the Indian sub-continent have certain identical traits --- positive as well as negative --- whether we are in this country or in Pakistan or Bangladesh on our two sides.
- Enactment Of Ega (Daily Excelsior, Sisir Basu, Aug 25, 2005)
The process of enactment of the ambitious National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme' - UPA's pro-poor programme - entered its last lap with a debate in the Lok Sabha on August 18, kicking off a scramble among different players to claim credit for it.
- Bittersweet Fruits Of Incorporation (Business Line, S. Murlidharan , Aug 25, 2005)
Corporatisation has mixed results, says S. Murlidharan
- Lollipops Are No Solutions (Dawn, Syed Mohibullah Shah, Aug 24, 2005)
The rising oil prices and the post-9/11 environment, coupled with the success of the industrial revolution now unfolding in major parts of Asia, have been pushing increasingly large investment flows towards Asian markets
- Vanishing Equity In Higher Education (Hindu, M. Anandakrishnan, Aug 24, 2005)
If the Supreme Court judgment on abolition of quota in private unaided colleges comes into force next year, many deserving socially backward students will be deprived of access to higher education.
- A Scheme In Search Of A Plan (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Aug 24, 2005)
The employment guarantee scheme is caught in religious debates in Delhi. According to one canonical proposition,
- 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,
- Hyphenated Americans (Tribune, F.S. Aijazuddin, Aug 23, 2005)
The phrase “Cablinasian” was coined by Tiger Woods, the US golf phenomenon, to describe his parentage....
- Why Wait For A Calamity? (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 23, 2005)
Extracts from the government of India’s status report on Disaster Management in India, published in August, 2004
- Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind (Telegraph, PARIMAL BHATTACHARYA, Aug 23, 2005)
Image is all and hand-pulled rickshaws must go. But, asks Parimal Bhattacharya, what of the other sordid sights that Calcuttans must live with?
- Minimum Wage Must Be Treated As Sacrosanct (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Aug 23, 2005)
The guarantee of employment at a wage rate less than the statutory minimum — as the draft EGA stipulates — will undermine the broad purpose of the law and set a bad precedent.
- 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,
- Delay In Mettur Dam Filling Up (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2005)
There has been a slight delay in the Mettur dam reaching its full tank level of 120 ft owing to a drastic fall in the inflow from Kabini and K R Sagar reservoirs in Karnataka in the last 24 hours, according to public works department officials
- India Seeks Flag Meeting (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2005)
BDR told that `unprovoked' firing to stop embankment work was `unacceptable'
- Corporation Bank Donates Rs. 1 Crore (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2005)
The Corporation Bank has donated Rs.1 crore to the Maharashtra Chief Minister's Relief Fund for the relief and rehabilitation of victims of the recent floods
- Enraged Flood Victims Pelt Stones At Visiting Officials (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2005)
Two Revenue Department officials were seriously injured when the people at flood-hit Takli village in the taluk resorted to stone pelting on them when they had gone to disburse the relief fund on Friday.
- Mettur Dam Full, Flood Alert Sounded (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2005)
The Mettur dam on Friday reached its full tank level of 120 feet for the first time in five years thanks to heavy inflows from the reservoirs of Karnataka, prompting the authorities to issue flood warning to people in the delta region of Tamil Nadu living
- Mettur Reservoir All Set To Touch Full Level (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2005)
If the present inflow is sustained, it will surplus on Saturday
- A Geologist Survives Flash Floods (Tribune, Arun D. Ahluwalia, Aug 20, 2005)
Little knowledge is dangerous. Incorrect or mixed-up knowledge can be potentially disastrous, especially when it is about the flash floods which affected the entire Sutlej valley in the summers of 2000 and 2005.
- China, Bangla Ink Pact For Oil, Gas (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2005)
Sino-bangladesh relations entered a new phase with both sides signing Memorandums of Understanding to develop natural gas and petroleum as well as water resources in Bangladesh.
- China, Bangladesh (Asia Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2005)
Sino-Bangladeshi relations have entered a new phase with both sides signing memorandums of understanding to develop natural gas and petroleum as well as water resources in Bangladesh.
- The Morality Lesson (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Aug 19, 2005)
The fault does not lie in nature but in the manner human societies organize themselves.
- Central Teams Visit Flood-Hit Areas In Gulbarga, Belgaum, Bijapur Districts (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2005)
To present report to the Union Government next week
- Jobs Bill Will Give Them What Is Their Right, Says Sonia Gandhi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2005)
Time to effect changes in government expenditure to support social goals
Bill draws from Maharashtra scheme
Will bring about fundamental changes in villages
Panchayat bodies have been given a pivotal role
Engaging contractors prohibited
- Rural Job Bill Moved In House (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2005)
Ms Gandhi observed that as the nation’s economy was growing at seven per cent the implementation of the job scheme would not pose any problem.
- Central Team To Submit Its Report On Monday (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2005)
The Central team which is undertaking a survey of the flood affected areas along the Bheema and Krishna banks in the five districts of north Karnataka would be submitting its report to the Centre on Monday, or latest by Tuesday.
- Flood-Stricken Are Now Plunged In Grief And Fear Struck (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2005)
Chaotic conditions prevail in many temporary rehabilitation centres for the thousands of flood affected families in Athani taluk.
- Maharashtra Seeks Rs. 8,576-Cr. Relief (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2005)
Additional Rs 2,400 cr. sought for two projects
Central team coming on August 21
15,000 houses destroyed fully and over four lakh houses partially
Leptospirosis and dengue claim 270 lives
- Pusa Rohini, Tomato Variety Shows Promise (Hindu, M.J. PRABU , Aug 18, 2005)
About 40 tonnes of fruits can be harvested from one hectare
The ideal TIME for sowing the seeds in the nursery is during October
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