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- Environment Pays Progress Price (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2007)
India's growth towards economic prosperity has put its environment in stress, the State of Environment Reports from 32 states indicate.
- Tech To Breed Endangered Species (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2007)
Scientists in Hyderabad have developed a technology to induce pregnancy by artificial insemination in endangered animals, which led to the birth of an antelope.
- Birth Of Classic Form (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2007)
ALL archaeological evidence points to the fact that the early river valley civilisation in India was remarkable in being a cooperative culture without the rule of kings. The emphasis appears to have been on peaceful trade and not on the . . . . .
- Ltte Alleges Ambush (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 29, 2007)
The Tamil Tigers on Tuesday alleged that nine boys and five girls being taken to be handed over to their parents in Amparai district by the LTTE political division and the Child Protection Authority (CPA) were “ambushed” by security forces in. . . . .
- Indian Fined For Selling Shawls Made Of Rare Tibetan Antelope (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2007)
A Thailand court convicted an Indian national on Monday of violating Thailand's wildlife protection law by selling shawls made of endangered Tibetan antelopes, although the trader escaped with a US$300 fine and his store remains open.
- As Brazil Defends Its Bounty, Rules Ensnare Scientists (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2007)
Marc van Roosmalen is a world-renowned primatologist whose research in the Amazon has led to the discovery of five species of monkeys and a new primate genus.
- A Rediscovery Of India (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2007)
It sounds like a thinking youngster’s grand dream – hop on to a train, travel the country, meet its real people in the smaller towns, take a peek at history and gaze into the future - with hope, and perhaps a plan.
- India And China Urged To Cut Emissions (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2007)
A UN climate change conference began yesterday with a call from the most vulnerable developing nations for large and rapidly developing countries such as China and India to do more to tackle global warming.
- Spicejet Mulling To Fly To Asean Countries (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2007)
SpiceJet which is hiking its fleet strength from the existing 15 to 34 by October 2009, has been deliberating on its plan to foray into some key ASEAN destinations by ...
- Strategic Partners (Pioneer, A Surya Prakash, Aug 28, 2007)
Leader of Opposition LK Advani's statement on Sunday that the BJP was in favour of a strategic partnership between India and the US and that it would have no objection to the India-US nuclear deal if the Government was willing to ensure the . . . .
- Indian Fined For Selling Shawls Made Of Rare Tibetan Antelope (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2007)
A Thailand court convicted an Indian national on Monday of violating Thailand's wildlife protection law by selling shawls made of endangered Tibetan antelopes, although the trader escaped with a US$300 fine and his store remains open.
- Thailand Strikes (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 28, 2007)
A Thai court has convicted an Indian national of violating Thailand's wildlife protection law by selling shawls made of endangered Tibetan antelopes - although the trader escaped with a $300 fine and his store remains open.
- Just Deserts (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 27, 2007)
The law has caught up with yet another celebrity ‘bad boy’. The Jodhpur district court has upheld the sentence awarded by a lower court to actor Salman Khan for killing a chinkara nine years ago. Khan will have to serve five years in prison.
- Peter Pan Syndrome (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 27, 2007)
Early last year, Prakash Karat met Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and told him not to allow US firm Warner Brothers to build multiplex cinemas in Calcutta.
- Red Alert For Ltte Operatives Sounded Along South-Eastern Coast (Hindu, C. Jaishankar, Aug 25, 2007)
Search operations by Navy and Coast Guard following message from Sri Lanka
Police conduct combing operation
Landing points for smugglers searched
- To Extend Presence (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 25, 2007)
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) announced on Friday that it had agreed to extend its presence at Omanthai crossing in Vavunia in the north from three to five days a week.
- Salman Faces Jail, To Appeal (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2007)
The district and sessions court in Jodhpur on Friday dismissed Bollywood star Salman Khan’s appeal against the five-year jail sentence handed down by a lower court for poaching two black bucks at Ujiyala Bhakhar, near Ghoda Farm, on September 28, 1998.
- Jail For Salman (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 25, 2007)
THE Jodhpur Sessions court has rejected the appeal of Bollywood actor Salman Khan against his conviction in the chinkara (black buck) poaching case.
- Rajasthan Police Team Being Sent To Arrest Salman (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2007)
He strolled out to the first-floor balcony, white T-shirt familiarly stretched across brawn, coolly surveyed the dusk sea and a street crowd suddenly spurred to raptures, and went inside to a room full of friends.
- Acronyms Anonymous (Tribune, S. Raghunath, Aug 25, 2007)
I am hopelessly lost and bewildered and if I am going batty, it is due to the taut nerves caused by having to hack through a dense thicket of acronyms in a bid to get a Half-Nelson on the Sri Lankan Tamil ethnic conundrum.
- Poacher Salman On The Run (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2007)
Yet another Bollywood star Salman Khan today faced arrest after a Jodhpur court dismissed his appeal against a five-year jail term given to him for poaching an endangered chinkara.
- Rs 80 Cr Riding On Salman (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2007)
Yet another Bollywood star Salman Khan today faced arrest after a Jodhpur court dismissed his appeal against a five-year jail term given to him for poaching an endangered chinkara.
- Poor Dear? No (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 25, 2007)
Salman’s prison sentence should raise the costs of destroying wildlife in a biodiversity rich country.
- Abe Brings Grandfather’S Legacy To House (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2007)
Fifty years ago, Nobusuke Kishi was the first Japanese Prime Minister to visit India. Then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru introduced him at a grand civic reception as “the Prime Minister of Japan, a country I hold in great esteem”.
- Sea Tiger Base “Destroyed” (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 23, 2007)
The Air Force on Wednesday claimed to have destroyed a “key Sea Tiger base” in Mullattivu district in the north which has been the scene of intense battles with the LTTE in recent days.
- Sri Lanka Hunt Turns To Tigers In (Singapore Times, AJAI SAHNI, Aug 23, 2007)
With the eviction of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) from Batticaloa, capital of Sri Lanka's Eastern Province, and the Tigers' eventual collapse in the Thoppigala jungle area (Barron's Rock) on July 11, the expulsion of the. . .
- Sri Lankan Warplanes Attack Rebel Base (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2007)
Sri Lankan warplanes bombed a Tamil Tiger base in the northeastern district of Mullaittivu on Wednesday causing heavy damage, the defence ministry said.
- Sri Lankan Warplanes Hit Tiger ‘Naval Base’ (Asian Age, A N Sudarsan Rao , Aug 23, 2007)
Sri Lankan Air Force fighter jets bombed rebel-held northern Mullaitivu district on Wednesday, and the defence establishment later said heavy damage was inflicted on "a key strategic naval base" of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). . .
- Killing Them For Pleasure (Pioneer, Maneka Gandhi, Aug 22, 2007)
Deer are mercilessly killed for ornamental pieces like knife handles and chandeliers
- Tigers Launch Artillery Attacks (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 22, 2007)
Aid worker shot dead in Jaffna
- 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.
- Nothing Works (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Aug 21, 2007)
A glance at the reader’s address in I. R. Shankar’s novel “An Adolescent Mind”, feels like a poor attempt at poetry and even if the author is trying to be amusing, it does not work
- Horror Of '47 Revisited (Pioneer, MV Kamath, Aug 21, 2007)
One can say with utter confidence that there has never been a history of India from the time the British left the country to Jawaharlal Nehru's death, written with such openness, insight and daring as Alex Von Tunzelmann's Indian Summer.
- Wildlife Management: A Case Study (Hindu, Kumaran Sathasivam, Aug 21, 2007)
A Strategy to Mitigate Human-Elephant Conflict (A Study): C.H. Basappanavar and K.M. Kaveriappa; Vanasuma Prakashana, 1423/2, 2nd Main, ‘B’ Block, Sahakarnagar, Bengaluru-560092. Rs. 750.
- Conservation Of Biodiversity (Hindu, G. ANANTHAKRISHNAN, Aug 21, 2007)
Study of the complexities involved in evolving integrated forest landscape management strategies
- 60, And At The Crossroads (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Aug 20, 2007)
As India celebrates the Diamond Jubilee of Independence, the picture is a mixed one. On the one hand is the path to prosperity, but administrators and politicians threaten to pull the nation away from it, says P. V. INDIRESAN.
- Free This Weekend? (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2007)
How about whitewater rafting in Barpole, Coorg? Or a chilly afternoon in a vanilla estate near the Wayanad wildlife sanctuary.
- Horror Of '47 Revisited (Pioneer, MV Kamath, Aug 20, 2007)
One can say with utter confidence that there has never been a history of India from the time the British left the country to Jawaharlal Nehru's death, written with such openness, insight and daring as Alex Von Tunzelmann's Indian Summer.
- Wordsmith Of Wit And Wisdom (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2007)
Thomas Burleigh Kurishingal turns Descartes’ quote on its head. ‘I am what I am’ at his hands becomes “I am what I am not!” Reverence, it appears is not part of Thomas Burleigh Kurishingal’s makeup.
- Cloudburst Of Colour (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2007)
A last-minute change in RLT plan: The place we decided earlier on is heaving with wild elephants, so late in the night, we zero in on Papanasam river.
- The Fluttering White Ribbon (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2007)
An arduous walk to behold the gushing water is well worth it, declares W. Sreelalitha
- Indian Elephants Get Photo Ids (Chicago Sun Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2007)
Wildlife groups have created photo ID cards for wild elephants in India to help track the effects of poaching, conservationists said Thursday.
- 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.
- Justice Is No Halfway House (Frontier Post, Praful Bidwai, Aug 18, 2007)
Convictions for the 1993 Mumbai bombings have deepened Muslim despondency about securing justice for the victims of the far worse riots that preceded them.
- An Amnesty Offer And New Problems (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 18, 2007)
How will the Rajapaksa Government’s offer of amnesty to the LTTE’s “stranded cadres” in the east play out?
- Colombo For Global Efforts Against Terror (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 17, 2007)
Sri Lanka is to host an “International Conference on Countering Terrorism” (ICCT) from October 18 to 20 here to compare experiences and discuss strategies required to counter such threats through enhanced international cooperation.
- Cs, Boards Take Over (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2007)
As cabinet approved formation of Scheduled Castes Advisory Committee, the state government appointed P.P. Sharma the chief secretary and promoted two other aspirants — A.K. Basu and Mukhtiyar Singh — to CS scale today.
- Eternal India (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2007)
AN artist presents the world around him, shaped by how he sees it: by his perceptions and beliefs.
- Muslim Concerns (Frontline, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 16, 2007)
IT was a breezy July evening. At a seaside club close to the Presidential Palace in Colombo, the city’s elite had gathered to enjoy the performance of a foreign cultural troupe. As the show ended, a Tamil businessman sighted a fellow Muslim . . . . .
- I-Day Celebrated With Fervour (Tribune, S.P.Sharma, Aug 16, 2007)
Call to boycott Independence Day celebrations given by separatists was generally ignored in Jammu and Kashmir where the day passed off peacefully with people turning up to witness the parade and cultural functions.
- Jail For Sanjay Dutt (Frontline, Anupama Katakam, Aug 16, 2007)
“SIX years rigorous imprisonment and Rs.25,000 fine … bail bond stands cancelled … take him into custody,” ruled Judge P.D. Kode, of the specially designated Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) Court in Mumbai on July 31.
- 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.
- 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.
- Pm For An Education Revolution, Says End To Poverty Is In Reach (Asian Age, Venkat Parsa, Aug 16, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday asserted that the goal of poverty-elimination was no longer a mere slogan but was well within reach.
- 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.
- Eastern Cauldron (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2007)
ON July 11, soldiers of Sri Lanka’s elite Special Forces hoisted the national flag at the summit of Baron’s Cap (Thoppigala /Kudumbimalai in Sinhala/Tamil), a rocky hill in the Eastern province.
- Israel To Tap Cochin Connection For Tourism (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2007)
Israel will tap Cochini-Indian tradition to promote tourism in southern Negev.
- Minority Hurt Seeps Out On Delayed Action (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2007)
The Maharashtra government’s move to implement the recommendations of the Srikrishna commission may have come a shade too late.
- Troops 'Kill' Tamil Tiger Rebels (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2007)
Three Tamil Tiger rebels and a soldier have been killed in fighting in Trincomalee district in northeast Sri Lanka, the military says.
- Advocate Of Conservation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2007)
At a time when an average Indian’s interest in wildlife remained either commercial or gastronomical and when hunting was still a respectable pastime, M. Krishnan was pleading for conservation.
- Why I Put My Money On The Elephant Over The Dragon (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2007)
With the sixtieth anniversary of independence, enthusiasm for India in the West is at an all-time high.
- Amnesty Offered To Trapped Tigers (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 14, 2007)
Sri Lanka has offered “amnesty for Tiger cadres trapped” in the eastern jungles to lay down their weapons and join the mainstream.
- How Pakistanis See India (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2007)
Earlier this year, while in Delhi for a writers' conference, I met one of my compatriots from across the border. "It's such a relief, isn't it?" he said. "Coming to India and discovering that, despite the hype of the past couple of years . . . . .
- Star Of India (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2007)
Known as the 'Star of India' in the contraband animal products and pets market, the Indian star tortoise, which fetches $ 40 in Singapore and up to $ 150 in the US and Europe, is hurtling towards extinction.
- Navy, Sea Tigers In Fierce Battle (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2007)
A major sea battle broke out between Sri Lanka’s Navy and the Sea Tigers wing of the LTTE off the eastern coast late on Sunday night, leaving one rebel boat destroyed and several other boats damaged as the confrontation ended by early Monday . . . .
- Cloudburst Of Colour (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2007)
A last-minute change in RLT plan: The place we decided earlier on is heaving with wild elephants, so late in the night, we zero in on Papanasam river.
- Hiss! There Are Snakes In The Pm’S House (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2007)
Politics may be a snakepit but politicians are not the only people who have been hissing at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
- Left's Bluff Called (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2007)
So, all it takes to make our comrades turn tail and discard their ideological pretensions is for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to dare the Left to withdraw support to the UPA Government.
- Fungus Croaking Frogs (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 13, 2007)
A fungus is wreaking havoc on California's frogs, according to a new study, and it is quickly spreading in other countries.
- 11 Die In Sri Lanka Violence (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 13, 2007)
At least 11 persons, including four soldiers of Sri Lanka Army (SLA) and five cadres of the Tamil Tigers, were killed in continuing fighting in the north in the last 24 hours.
- Chennai To Host Malaysian Trade Fair (Hindu, K. Venkiteswaran, Aug 13, 2007)
Chennai will host an international trade fair, organised by the Malaysian External Trade Development Corporation (MATRADE) in October first week.
- A Vacation In Victoria (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2007)
The Yarra, the predominant river in Victoria, is a river of many colours. A bright green running through forests, a clear blue running through the sparsely populated but fine-looking suburbs, silver and glass reflecting off the skyscrapers in Melbour . .
- 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.
- Victoria’S Secret (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2007)
The Yarra, the predominant river in Victoria, is a river of many colours. A bright green running through forests, a clear blue running through the sparsely populated but fine-looking suburbs, silver and glass reflecting off the skyscrapers in Melbour. . .
- A Dam And A Forest (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2007)
All right the whole world goes to Pechiparai, and I did too. But the world stops at the Pechiparai dam, built across the Kodayar river, to view the white columns of water crash down angrily from a height of 120 metres along the 425 metre long dam.
- Not Just Dawood, Cbi To Send Pak Entire Dossier Of India’S Wanted (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2007)
A day after the Central Bureau of Investigation wrote to its counterpart in Pakistan asking for confirmation of the “detention” of Dawood Ibrahim, its top bosses said they will send more such missives through the Interpol asking about the . . . . . .
- 6 Killed In Lanka Violence (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2007)
Tamil Tiger rebels today claimed killing four elite police commandos in the east of Sri Lanka, while the military blamed the rebels for killing two security personnel in an attack elsewhere.
- Sixty Bitter Years After Partition (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2007)
As the 60th anniversary of Indian Partition approaches, the BBC's Andrew Whitehead looks back at how and why independence from Britain meant the creation of two separate countries, India and Pakistan.
- Night Curfew In Border Villages (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2007)
To prevent infiltration of terrorists from Pakistan, the district magistrate, Jammu, today ordered imposition of night curfew in all villages along the international border within the district.
- Defence Ties With Mongolia Expanded (Tribune, RAHUL BEDI, Aug 10, 2007)
India is quietly expanding its defence and security links with Mongolia in a bid to monitor China’s space and military activities in the region.
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