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Articles 3021 through 3120 of 4401:
- Set Sugar Industry Free (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 01, 2005)
As in developed economies, India's policy-makers have been particularly sweet to the sugar sector, given perhaps the direct and indirect involvement of politicians. In good times or bad,
- Pm Wants More Time For Kbd (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jul 31, 2005)
Priime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that the Government would take a decision on the construction of the Kalabagh Dam after consulting the provinces. Talking to newsmen in Islamabad on Friday, . . .
- The Best In Us (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 30, 2005)
It is a commonplace saying that a crisis brings out the best and the worst in a nation.
- A Chaos Theory For Mumbai (Indian Express, Amrita Shah, Jul 30, 2005)
There are many ways to look at the crisis brought about by the sudden and unexpected intensity of the monsoon in Mumbai last week. As a tragedy: people died, in landslides and on the streets.
- Raw Deal For The Farm Sector (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Jul 30, 2005)
While the outlay on farming remains negligible, the govt expects a high outcome from it
- Empower Centre To Solve River Disputes: Vaiko (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2005)
MDMK general secretary stresses need to amend the Constitution
- Mumbai: Still Moving (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 29, 2005)
You can’t keep a good city down. Mumbai emerged from its recent trial by water, somewhat dishevelled, but with its spirit intact.
- When Self Comes Before Spirit Of Sacrifice (Times of India, SHANTANU NAGARKATTI, Jul 29, 2005)
Once upon a time a sage and a disciple were discussing the issue of altruism versus selfish interest.
- Mumbai Shows Urban India’S Decay (Tribune, M. R. Narayan Swamy, Jul 29, 2005)
The torrential downpour that devoured Mumbai, killed innocents and crippled life, leaving India’s financial and entertainment capital gasping for breath, is symptomatic of the growing urban decay amid glitz and poverty.
- Maharashtra's Trial By Rain And Fire (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 29, 2005)
The property of rain is to wet and fire is to burn," notes Corin, a minor character, in Shakespeare's As You Like It. Mumbai and some other parts of Maharashtra have been forced to confront this banal truth in the most horrifying manner during the last fe
- After The Floods (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 29, 2005)
One would like to know more about the comprehensive plan that NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani says his government has drawn up to tackle the flood situation in the province.
- Razor's Edge (Times of India, G.K. Gupta, Jul 28, 2005)
It was a laudable decision by the government in the late fifties to stop the import of razor blades so that the Indian razor industry, then in its infancy, could flourish and progress.
- Flux And Madness In The City (Deccan Herald, VIJAY NAMBISAN, Jul 28, 2005)
The solution to Bangalore’s woes is in having a stake in its maintenance
- The Plight Of Niger's Starving Children (Hindu, Christian Allen Purefoy, Jul 27, 2005)
Over 400,000 children are at risk in Niger's worst hit area. Aid begins to trickle through but this is only the start of the nation's nutritional crisis.
- Disaster-Prone Management (Pioneer, Sudhirendar Sharma, Jul 27, 2005)
Rajesh Seth's heroism in pulling out ill-fated passengers from the train stranded in flood waters summed up the state of relief operations in flood-ravaged Gujarat
- Cauvery Row: Central Team To Visit State, Tn (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2005)
The decision was taken after Jayalalitha sought PM’s intervention in the dispute. She alleged that Karnataka was not adhering to the Cauvery Tribunal order.
- Principal Reservoirs In Cauvery Basin Receive Heavy Inflow (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2005)
Water-level at the KRS reservoir crosses the 100-ft mark
- Manmohan To Take Up Cauvery Issue (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2005)
DMK leads delegation to Prime Minister seeking his intervention with Karnataka
- Celebrate The Rainy Season And Be One With Nature (Times of India, KOMALA VARADAN, Jul 26, 2005)
Rain has been described as the link between heaven and earth. A symbiotic relation between all life and the natural environment is a prerequisite for the realisation of cosmic harmony.
- Affordable Desalination (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2005)
Solar distillation is an age old practice. But Terry Thomas of Kerala has devised a simple and inexpensive apparatus which can supply a family’s daily potable water needs for just Rs.3000.
- Finding More Space For The Asiatic Lion (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, Jul 25, 2005)
The need to create an alternative habitat for the Asiatic lions — now confined to the Gir sanctuary in Gujarat — is growing
- Golden Luxury (Deccan Herald, Meera Seshadri, Jul 25, 2005)
In these days of multiplexes, the old pleasure in watching movies seems to be absent
- 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.
- Village Growth Hit By Lack Of Road (Tribune, Gobind Thukral, Jul 23, 2005)
Jungi, a village of some 200 souls, is not an odd name. Ask anywhere, in Tatapani on the banks of the swirling Satluj, and people can direct you to this village that falls in Mandi district.
- An Alternative To Litigation (Tribune, D.N. Handa , Jul 22, 2005)
Disputes are inescapable facts of life. Many disputes end up in the cold and deep waters of litigation.
- A Fairly Comfortable Position (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 21, 2005)
According to recent Reserve Bank of India statistics, India's external debt stock rose by $ 11.6 billion during 2004-05 to touch $ 123.3 billion.
- Hope On The Horizon (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 21, 2005)
The agreement might bring peace to the people of the civil war-torn Aceh
- Irresponsible Water Management (Deccan Herald, Aravind Sitaraman, Jul 21, 2005)
India should seek the support of South Asian countries to make China behave more responsibly
- Cauvery: Jaya Takes Fight To The Streets (Deccan Herald, DH news, Jul 21, 2005)
Chief Minister J Jayalalitha has called for a state-wide demonstration on Friday in protest against the failure of the UPA Government to get Tamil Nadu its due share of water from Karnataka as per the interim order of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal.
- Improved Spinach Variety For Hilly Regions (Hindu, M.J. PRABU , Jul 21, 2005)
THE HORTICULTURAL Research Station, Ooty has released an improved spinach variety labelled Ooty Tt-1 developed from the germplasm of the old variety called New Zealand spinach
- American Idol (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Jul 21, 2005)
In the 1950s, the British people did not know that there was a new country called Pakistan. They were shocked into its existence after Fazal Mahmood, the great bowler, almost single-handedly defeated England at the Oval with his unplayable leg cutters.
- Damp Squib At Dalian (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 20, 2005)
The Multilateral Trade negotiations scene continues to be uncertain.
- Politicisation Of Culture (Hindu, Jyotirmaya Sharma, Jul 19, 2005)
The door on which a great part of this volume hangs is the rise of Hindu nationalism and what it entails in our understanding of India and Indian politics
- No Release Of Cauvery Water To Tamil Nadu For Now (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2005)
Farmers concerned over water level in Krishnaraja Sagar reservoir
- Media As Partner (Tribune, A.P.J. ABDUL KALAM , Jul 17, 2005)
INDIA has built a reputation for its democracy and for providing leadership to one billion people of diversified cultures, languages and religions.
- Cauvery: Jaya Tells Pm To Get Dharam Honour Award (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2005)
Ms Jayalalitha has sought the convening of the Cauvery River Authority. She says that Karnataka has not adhered to the tribunal’s interim award.
- Why Canada Is Praising India (Hindu, Prem Kumar , Jul 17, 2005)
I AM an NRI and have lived in Canada for more than 30 years. I went there for higher studies and stayed on.
- Defusing The ‘water Bomb’ (Dawn, Afzaal Mahmood, Jul 16, 2005)
The failure of the talks to resolve any of the river-water disputes with India (Baglihar, Kishenganga, or Wullar), followed by the recent flooding of vast areas in Punjab and Sindh, caused by the Indian decision to put 566,200 cusecs of water in the....
- The Climate And African Food Woes (Tribune, Peter Apps, Jul 15, 2005)
Africa may seem incapable of growing enough food to feed its starving millions, but in the fields of South Africa’s Free State, farmers are taking in more maize than they know what to do with. While most African countries run at a substantial food....
- Drastic Fall In Inflow Into Alamatti Dam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2005)
Outflow from Narayanpur Dam reduced Release of water from Narayanpur Dam to Krishna river reduced
- Musharraf’S Another Rhetoric On Kbd (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jul 14, 2005)
AS before, President Pervez Musharraf has once again come out with an argument in favour of the Kalabagh Dam project.In his comments after presiding over a high-level meeting in Karachi to review the flood situation, he pointed out that had the Kalabagh D
- Flood Water & Kalabagh (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 14, 2005)
President Pervez Musharraf’s view that the floods now ravaging parts of the country could have been avoided if the Kalabagh dam had been built points to this government’s commitment to the construction of a big dam on the Indus upstream.
- Promise Of Water And Power (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Jul 14, 2005)
IT is a large commitment, and a very ambitious one, if seriously meant. Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has promised electricity and drinking water to all households by the end of 2007 — two and a half years from now.
- The Not-So-Happy Harvests (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Jul 13, 2005)
Two major events have shocked India and the world. After an unbearably long and hot summer, torrential rains flooded large parts of Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh.
- Disaster Management In Shallow Waters (Business Line, Sudhirendar Sharma, Jul 12, 2005)
Rajesh Seth's heroics in rescuing passengers from a train stranded in flood waters summed up the state of relief operations in flood-ravaged Gujarat.
- Floods In Sutlej, Made In China (Deccan Herald, Sudhirendar Sharma, Jul 12, 2005)
Unless India gets hydrological data from China, flood management will be impossible
- Farm Output Concerns (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 12, 2005)
Portends on the foodgrains front are ominous. The numbers released by the Ministry of Agriculture last week
- Water Release To Andhra Pradesh Scaled Down (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 12, 2005)
The release of water to Andhra Pradesh from the Narayanpur dam in the Krishna basin was reduced to 37,076 cusecs on Monday following reduced inflow into the Alamatti dam.
- Benefits Of Rainwater Harvesting (Tribune, Manmohan Jit Singh, Jul 10, 2005)
WE get a lot of rain. Yet we face acute water crisis because of our failure to save rainwater.
- Rising Waters (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 10, 2005)
ALL the major rivers of the country are now in varying degrees of spate, with the Indus and the Chenab in high flood at several places.
- Children Turn Reporters In Orissa (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 10, 2005)
Project to create awareness among tribals about development
- A Flood Of Woes (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 07, 2005)
ANY administration would have struggled to cope with heavy floods that have wreaked havoc in Gujarat,
- Preventing A Rise In Prices (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Jul 07, 2005)
Since an immediate political compulsion of the coalition government is to win the forthcoming local bodies elections, it finds itself compelled to undertake some urgent measures to make essential goods available to people at fair prices.
- In Deep Waters (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 07, 2005)
Calling Gujarat’s leaders, keep the focus on the state
- Grow Up, Please (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 07, 2005)
Terrorism aims to destabilise countries by disrupting normal life. It seeks to break bonds that bind societies and bleed economies. Tuesday's terror strike in Ayodhya did not achieve anything tangible
- Changing Climate (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 07, 2005)
Governments have reacted to global warming in the following sequence: Incredulity, denial, anger and acceptance.
- India Thirsts For Better Water Management Practices (Business Line, P. Srivatsan, Jul 06, 2005)
WATER scarcity has become a serious problem. Much of the water supplied to the urban areas is sourced from underground wells or river systems. These run almost completely dry in summer. Inter-State tussles over supplying water further exacerbate the...
- South Asia’S Water Wars (Deccan Herald, Swaran Singh, Jul 06, 2005)
The onus lies on India to convince its neighbours that they must take a holistic view of the Himalayan river-grid .
- Wullar Barrage & Pakistan (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jul 06, 2005)
PAKISTAN has asked India to abandon the Wullar Barrage Project on Jhelum River as it would cause interference in the flow of water into Pakistan in violation of the Indus Water Treaty. Foreign Office spokesman said in Islamabad on Monday that the...
- The Monsoon Enters A Critical Phase (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 05, 2005)
The monsoon remains maddeningly unpredictable. This year, first it played truant by arriving in Kerala a few days late and then, as if exhausted by the process of getting to India, rained lackadaisically.
- The Speaking Tree: Lessons On Impermanence From Flowing Waters (Times of India, ASHOK VOHRA, Jul 05, 2005)
Muniji Chidananda Saraswati of the Parmarth Ashram was asked: "According to the Hindu shastras a person should ideally live for one hundred years
- Further Delay In Dams’ Site (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jul 04, 2005)
THE Technical Committee on Water Resources has been given two more months to finalise and submit its findings on water related issues to the Federal Government. It’s reported that the Committee chairman is to submit his report by August 30 next.
- Their Life Is Full Of Uncertainty (Hindu, Divya Ramamurthi, Jul 03, 2005)
A gaunt Jyothi, her skin and hair caked with red mud, walks more than five km every week balancing four plastic pots of water on a large bamboo stick, for her family's weekly supply of water.
- Self-Help In Full Flood, Monsoon Is No Worry In These Border Villages (Hindu, Luv Puri , Jul 03, 2005)
The people not only prevented floods but also reclaimed 300 acres of land
- Stay Declined On Sethu Project (Hindu, Special Correspondent, The Hindu, Jul 01, 2005)
The Madras High Court on Thursday declined to stay any of the Sethusamudram Ship Canal Project-related activities, but directed the Centre to appoint a Chairperson for the statutory National Environment Appellate Authority within three months.
- As You Sow, So Shall You Weep (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Jun 30, 2005)
With the rains finally here, spurious seeds and other fake inputs introduce a deadly new element in the survival struggle of the Vidharbha farmer. Fake seeds from Andhra Pradesh have come in on a large scale.
- Bjp Prepares To Confront Govt. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 30, 2005)
Legislature party examines political developments, lists Government's failures
- Faltering On Farm Front (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 30, 2005)
Is Agriculture becoming fashionable? For, with politicians and policymakers the recurring theme seems to be `farm'. At the National Development Council meeting, the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh,
- Secretariat Expands (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 30, 2005)
LAHORE: The Chief Minister’s Secretariat in Punjab, once confined only to the Punjab Civil Secretariat, has now spread over four spacious buildings, while the fifth one, the CM Complex, is under construction at the GoR-I.
- Should The Imd Monopolise Monsoon Forecasts? (Hindu, R. Ramachandran, Jun 29, 2005)
The Department of Science and Technology's directive that no agency other than the IMD can make public the annual long-range monsoon forecast could set a dangerous precedent.
- Gone With The Flood (Telegraph, V.K. Joshi, Jun 29, 2005)
Come monsoon and Kinnaur in Himachal Pradesh has to face the wrath of the rain gods
- Floods In The Nwfp (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 29, 2005)
The devastation caused by the on-going floods in the NWFP is yet another sign of the government’s inability to cope with an emergency situation.
- Myanmar Refugees Rally Against Nhpc Plant (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 29, 2005)
Project will displace 3,600 Kukis, submerge 17,000 acres of farm land'
- Implement Interim Award Of Cauvery Tribunal: Jayalalithaa (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Jun 29, 2005)
"Accord Tribunal's orders the status of an order of the Supreme Court"
- Red Alert After Heavy Rain In Gujarat (Hindu, MANAS DASGUPTA, Jun 29, 2005)
South and central parts of the State hit, 25,000 people moved to safer places
- Man-Made Monsoon! (Tribune, Vepa Rao, Jun 28, 2005)
IT'S a triangular debate on the recent drought and floods — between one well-fed Ruling Coalition Leader (Ruling Ld),
- No Free Power Link To Farmers' Suicides (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Jun 28, 2005)
Despite a strongly held belief to the contrary, Maharashtra's farmers have never demanded free power. And the suicides in Vidharbha were certainly not linked to this issue.
- Stalling The Decline (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Jun 28, 2005)
The unprecedented heat that envelopes the north of India each year makes one understand why this country has remained “underdeveloped” when the rest of the world has moved ahead.
- Flood Fury (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 28, 2005)
LAST year, the formation of a huge lake in Tibet because of the blocking of a river kept India on tenterhooks for long.
- Reliving Sylvan Heritage (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 28, 2005)
The tamarind groves of Nallur provide a soothing ambience to the narration of the town’s historical and cultural legends, say U B GITHA and MAHESH JAMBULINGAM
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