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Articles 4421 through 4520 of 11444:
- Towards Universal Guidelines On Water Use (Hindu, Ramaswamy R. Iyer, Dec 27, 2005)
There is a need for fundamental and holistic re-thinking about water at the international level and the adoption of a basic Water Declaration or Convention.
- Lankan Pro-Rebel Mp Gunned Down (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 26, 2005)
A Sri Lankan legislator allied to Tamil tiger rebels was shot dead by unidentified gunmen during the midnight mass at a church in the island’s east.
- Season Of Risings (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Dec 26, 2005)
Bolivia has had more presidents by far than any other country in South America, mainly because so many of them were overthrown long before their terms ended.
- Careful Advance (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 26, 2005)
Diehard romantics may see it as the end of an idyll. But the decision by King Jigme Singye Wangchuk to usher in parliamentary democracy in Bhutan speaks of his astute political sense.
- Disputed Durand Line (Tribune, Gurinder Randhawa, Dec 26, 2005)
The British during their long rule over the subcontinent drew three lines on the map — the McMahon Line between India and China, the Radcliff Line between India and Pakistan and the Durand Line between India and Afghanistan. All three became . . .
- What Is The Mplad Scheme? (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 26, 2005)
It was introduced by the the Narasimha Rao government to help MPs execute small works of a local nature to meet the urgent needs of their constituents. It began with an initial annual grant of Rs 50 lakh per MP.
- Notes From The Washington Merry-Go-Round (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 26, 2005)
Jack Anderson’s journalism comforted the afflicted and afflicted the comfortable. Inderjit Badhwar remembers his days with a scam-busting colleague
- Kingdom Of The Official Secret (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Dec 26, 2005)
Open Government is a contradiction in terms. You can be open or you can have a government...(‘Yes Minister’ by Jonathan Lynn and Antony Lay)
- Peace, South Asia And The Kashmir Dispute (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 26, 2005)
No, is the instant answer. Some historic facts, some political complicacies, some national interests and more.
- Judiciary And Fair Elections (Dawn, Kunwar Idris, Dec 25, 2005)
The judiciary and the legal fraternity of the country have come into focus once again for a variety of unrelated reasons like the new-found judicial activism and bar elections.
- Reflections On Two Military Presidents (Dawn, M.P. Bhandara, Dec 25, 2005)
I count Ayub Khan among the tragic heroes of Pakistan. Much good and some bad happened in his time.
- Hope In The Heart Of Darkness (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 25, 2005)
Black can be the colour of hope,creativity and celebration of human resilience, finds Ranjita Biswas as she spends time with Blind Opera, a theatre group of the visually challenged in Kolkata.
- Sting Operations Must Be In Public Interest, Says Justice Ray (Tribune, Tripti Nath, Dec 25, 2005)
Justice G.N. Ray, Chairman of the Press Council of India (PCI), enjoys the challenging task of keeping a watch on more than 13,000 publications to ensure that the Fourth Estate adheres to its code of ethics.
- Merry X’Mas. No, Sorry, Merry Winterval! (Indian Express, SUDHEENDRA KULKARNI , Dec 25, 2005)
There are 196 families in the highrise building in which I live in central Mumbai, and none of them is Christian. Yet, when December arrived, the housing society put up a banner inviting families to participate in upcoming Christmas celebrations.
- Chidambaram's 2006-07 Budget (Daily Excelsior, Sisir Basu, Dec 25, 2005)
Our ministers and parliamentarians take bribe. Naturally bureaucrats can't be behind.
- Stop Wasting Money Over Earthquake Trips ! (Daily Excelsior, Dr. Jitendra Singh, Dec 25, 2005)
It has been over two months since one of the worst ever earthquakes rocked the State of Jammu and Kashmir
- Focusing On The Urban Poor (Daily Excelsior, Allah Bukhsh, Dec 25, 2005)
An increasing share of our population now lives in urban India, notwithstanding the fact that India by and large still lives in villages. About 65 million persons were added to our urban population in the decade of the ‘90s alone.
- Image And Imprint Of The Father-Lord Jesus Christ (Daily Excelsior, Predhuman K Joseph Dhar, Dec 25, 2005)
JUDAISM, independently of its priesthood, had three kinds of mediators: the prophets, the angels, and Moses.
- Peace, South Asia And The Kashmir Dispute (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 25, 2005)
No, is the instant answer. Some historic facts, some political complicacies, some national interests and more. Everything is to be given a fair share if we are really serious in putting an end to the agony the whole sub-continent is in, comments Justice S
- The Great Bubble Of World Economics (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 24, 2005)
Consumerist excesses have made the US the great bubble of the world of economics. As the book Empire of Debt rues, running an empire is a disastrously expensive business — "You pay in cash. You pay in blood. And you pay with your own so ul."
- Measures Needed To Check Cruelty Towards Animals (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 24, 2005)
Is Kerala becoming routinely cruel to animals? Recently a camel, brought from afar, died in captivity, while a crocodile in a pond faced a shoot-to-kill order. Elephants are regular fixtures when it comes to the ill-treatment tab.
- Milching Of Zilch Has Gone A Bit Too Far (Business Line, S. Murlidharan , Dec 24, 2005)
S. Murlidharan on situations of `zero' cost in capital gains
Let us say a company is in trouble with the tax authorities, and its secretary rushes to pick up a senior advocate from his residence.
- On Israel, Still In Denial (Indian Express, SUDHEENDRA KULKARNI , Dec 24, 2005)
The OIC has to come to terms with the Jewish state, says Sudheendra Kulkarni
Eloquent silence over democracy and secularism
- Bjp Stung As Voice Vote Ejects 11 Mps (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Dec 24, 2005)
Creating history, Parliament expelled 11 members in a sweeping, simultaneous, fast-track exercise here today, capping 11 days of high drama following the cash-for-questions scandal.
- Expulsion Of Mps Unconstitutional (Deccan Herald, N Haridas, Dec 24, 2005)
There is no constitutional provision enabling the expulsion of a member on the authority of a majority vote
- Dam: Questions To Answer (Dawn, Mahmood Hasan Khan, Dec 24, 2005)
How is it that the representatives of almost all parties and groups in Sindh-nationalists, urban, rural, and what have you — and many in the NWFP are not persuaded that building the proposed reservoir on the Indus at Kalabagh would be good . . .
- With Interest: Waiting For India (International Herald Tribune, Daniel Altman, Dec 24, 2005)
It's something of a puzzle: India's enormous economy is growing at a feverish pace, but the nearest global financial center is still a five-hour plane ride away. Even with its wealth of expertise and strong financial infrastructure, . . .
- No Let-Up In Feudal Attitude (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Dec 24, 2005)
A Fringe of liberals is emerging in Pakistan. They need to be supported by India through unilateral steps in the way of liberalizing visas and reducing tariffs on products from across the border.
- Hc Stops Sale Of Ngef Assets (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
In a nutshell: * Govt gets 3 months to place revival package * Revival should be aimed at employment generation, economic growth * If package is not satisfactory then Govt should be ready to pay either Rs 1,599.66 cr or bear loss due to termination . . .
- Why Exempt Minority Institutions? (Hindu, Swami Agnivesh, Dec 23, 2005)
The 104th Constitution Amendment could prove a curse if turned into an alibi for unbridled profiteering and commercialisation in education.
- A Subversive Story Of Self-Sacrifice (Hindu, Karen Armstrong, Dec 23, 2005)
To celebrate the nativity story with a consumerist orgy is to misunderstand a muth that venerates the dispossessed.
- Corruption Undermining Democratic Governance (Hindu, C. Raj Kumar, Dec 23, 2005)
Corruption violates human rights, undermines the rule of law, distorts the development process, and dis-empowers the Indian state. The way forward is to increase the say of civil society in governance issues.
- Solution To An Objective Problem That Didn't Exist? (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 23, 2005)
Excitingthings are happening in the patent field, both as new findings and fresh lawsuits. Thus, the site of EPO (European Patent Office) http://ep.espacenet.com speaks about `Electronic component mounting apparatus and electronic component . . .
- We, The Law-Abiding Losers (Indian Express, GAUTAM CHIKERMANE, Dec 23, 2005)
For the past 18 months, I’ve been trying to buy a house in Delhi. In vain. I, therefore, have many stories to tell. On how we’ve had to reject a beautiful, well-located, parking-friendly DDA flat that had been turned into an encroached palace . . .
- Make Jammu And Kashmir A Federation (Daily Times, M Y TARIGAMI, Dec 23, 2005)
We believe that proposals for political autonomy for both parts of Kashmir, self-governance and joint India-Pakistan control over the state should be discussed seriously. However we also believe that whatever solution is evolved should respect . . .
- Tiger In Trouble (Daily Excelsior, Dr Pragya Khanna, Dec 23, 2005)
The tiger is one of the most charismatic and evocative species on earth. It is also one of the most threatened. Recognized throughout the world for its ferocity and unmistakable beauty, the tiger faces an uncertain future.
- Rotting Away Within (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Dec 23, 2005)
Sting upon sting revealing some political representatives of the Indian people brazenly taking illegal ‘remuneration’ for doing their legitimate jobs.
- Concept Of Justice (Dawn, Sidrah Unis, Dec 23, 2005)
Most of the recent western legal concepts such as supremacy of law, equality before law, judicial independence and impartiality, juristic personality, non-retroactivity, legal representation, presumption of innocence, etc., were never alien to Islam.
- Iraq: Democracy Must Work (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 23, 2005)
With Iraq’s election commission having rejected the demand for re-polling, the country seems to be heading towards a new spurt of violence.
- Bjp For Adopting ‘Proper Procedures’ (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
Asserting that it was in favour of stern action against MPs caught demanding money for raising questions in Parliament in a television expose, the BJP said it would oppose the expulsion of 10 Lok Sabha Members as recommended by the House Committee, ...
- Karnataka High Court Stops Ngef Land Auction (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
Government told to submit comprehensive revival package
Court calls for Cabinet note and proceedings
Government will have to make good losses to NGEF
Earnest money deposit of bidders to be returned
- Parties For Mplads With Better Safeguards (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Dec 23, 2005)
At a meeting convened by the Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee here on Thursday, most party leaders favoured retaining the controversial Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS), but with new and stringent safeguards.
- Election Commission Not Under Political Pressure: Naresh Gupta (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
Stuffing of electoral rolls: Filing of complaints with Magistrates has started
EC acted in accordance with the law, says Chief Electoral Officer
Magistrates can proceed with the case if they are satisfied with the complaint
- Focus On The Farm Sector (Hindu, S. Nagesh Kumar, Dec 22, 2005)
The Ramachenna Reddy panel report highlights the dangers of neglecting the agriculture sector in Andhra Pradesh.
- Cash-For-Questions Scam — Implications For Democracy And Society (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Dec 22, 2005)
The time has come for both the classes and masses of the country to face up to, and do something about, a progressively deteriorating polity.
- Debate On Oil Prices (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Dec 22, 2005)
The National Assembly is to hold a debate the oil pricing policy of the government and related energy issues. That will follow the sustained high price of oil, which has not come down following a fall in international oil prices.
- A Little Money Here, And A Little Favour There (Telegraph, Sumanta Sen, Dec 22, 2005)
Bribe has long been a part of India’s socio-political life. And yet, a collective hypocrisy stops us from acknowledging this, writes Sumanta Sen
- Insecure Minorities (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 22, 2005)
A Sikh becoming officer is no big deal
- Let Truth Triumph (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 22, 2005)
Whistleblowers need protection
IF truth alone triumphs, as the government motto avers, the Satyendra Dubeys and S. Manjunaths shouldn’t be getting themselves killed or committing suicide like Sanjay Rathi, the chief accounts officer in the Akola . . .
- Encircling China By Gwynne Dyer (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 22, 2005)
If I were a Chinese strategic analyst of a moderately paranoid disposition — and all strategic analysts are paranoid by nature — I would be twitching uncontrollably by now.
- Betab: A Restless Soul Goes Out To Have Rest For Ever (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 22, 2005)
Having portrayed life in all its beauty and colour, the man now shifts to the landscape of no return, Muhammad Shafi Khan (Shopian) remembers a celebrated Kashmiri poet Muhammad Ayub Betab who is no more
- Reliance Split Comes Into Effect Officially (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
The Reliance group has been officially split into two with the demerger scheme of India’s largest company coming into effect from Wednesday.
- The Plot Thickens (Indian Express, NALINI SINGH, Dec 22, 2005)
One afternoon in the early ’70s the phone rang in the manager’s office in Patna’s Pearl cinema, which was reputed to be raking in profits.
- Mafia Rules, Ok? (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
Let us demolish one thing in Delhi — the belief it has a modern, efficient chief minister
- Curb Indiscipline At Workplace With An Iron Hand: Apex Court (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
Dismissal of lecturer of a Karnataka college upheld In view of the change in economic policy, it may not be proper to allow employees to break discipline with impunity.
- Gandhi & Ambedkar-I (Statesman, SUBRATA MUKHERJEE, Dec 22, 2005)
With the establishment of the Indian National Congress in 1885, the social discourse which began with Raja Rammohan Roy in the 1820s slowly moved towards the political.
- The Problem Of Child Labour (Daily Excelsior, A K Sharma, Dec 21, 2005)
How many of us ever care at the sight & on the plight of child labours. It is a heart rending scene to see tender aged young blossoming kids working in a scooter, car workshops, on roadsides.
- Cash For Questions (Daily Excelsior, Deepayan, Dec 21, 2005)
The cash-for-question members of parliament are out in the dock, thanks to a TV sting operation.
- Party Time In Mumbai And Hyderabad (Hindu, Harish Khare , Dec 21, 2005)
The recent sting operations only confirm the rot in the political arena, which can be traced directly to the crisis in the party system. The onus is on the BJP and the Congress to show the way for a re-vitalisation.
- Changes In Leh (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 21, 2005)
To protect women against cervical cancer, India would try a brand new foreign vaccine for which the manufacturer has filed the licensing agreement with US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) just 15 days ago.
On Tuesday, the manufacturer — pharma giant
- What's The Racemate In `Formula 1' Of The Pharma Race? (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 21, 2005)
Almost every court verdict creates winners and losers in equal measure. For instance, the December 16 verdict of the US District Court of Delaware has www.pfizer.com announcing as the latest news headline, . . .
- Democracy Gets Royal Sanction (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Dec 21, 2005)
King Jigme Singye Wangchuk’s announcement that he would abdicate as soon as Bhutan holds its first democratic elections in 2008 gives a big boost to the democratic experiment already underway in the Himalayan kingdom.
- Fight Them On The Beaches? (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Dec 21, 2005)
Last week, the day after Sydney witnessed some of its worst racial violence in living memory, a woman in the affected suburb answered her doorbell only to find a pair of men, of “Middle Eastern appearance”, wishing to be let in.
- Bush And Iraq Elections (Dawn, Najmuddin A. Shaikh, Dec 21, 2005)
The much-awaited Iraqi elections are over. The Iraqi administration and the Americans can take satisfaction from the fact that there was a large turnout in the Sunni majority provinces and that the insurgents lived up to the expectations created . . .
- Flawed System (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 21, 2005)
In Kuala Lumpur last week Prime Minister Manmohan Singh indicated that India would soon open its retail sector to foreign investment.
- ‘Problems Should Not Defeat Me. I Should Defeat The Problems And Succeed’ (Indian Express, VARGHESE K. GEORGE, Dec 21, 2005)
From the imposition of President’s rule in Bihar, to the valiant sacrifices of India’s Manjunaths and Satyendra Dubeys, President A P J Abdul Kalam fielded questions as diverse as they were pointed at the India Empowered Conclave
- India, Run With The Big Guys Now! (The Financial Express, S NARAYAN, Dec 21, 2005)
The media and the government breathed a sigh of relief that the agony of the Hong Kong WTO ministerial is over, and that the agreed text of Sunday night did not cause any political damage at home.
- India-Bharat Connectivity And Logging In To Hope (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Dec 21, 2005)
A mother fights back tears and asks the highest Constitutional authority in the land: Do you have a plan to ensure that no honest young Indian ever faces the hapless fate of my murdered son?
- Nato, Eu Hail First Afghan Assembly Session (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2005)
Reaffirm commitment to help Afghanistan meet its aspirations
* Japan pledges support for Afghan nation-building
- Omar Raps New Delhi On ‘Fake’ Talks, Calls Congress ‘Mistress Of Mistakes’ (Daily Excelsior, Ahmed Ali Fayyaz, Dec 20, 2005)
Elected as president of Jammu & Kashmir National Conference (NC) for the second consecutive term of three years, Omar Abdullah today asked both, militants as well as security forces, allow peace to return without any more mayhem and bloodshed. Describing
- India Cautious On Bhutan (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Dec 20, 2005)
India today came out with a cautious response on Bhutan King Jigme Singye Wangchuk’s December 17 announcement that his son Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuk will be enthroned as the next King before 2008 and wished the prospective King “all success” . . .
- Look Back With Sapience (Telegraph, Tapas Majumdar, Dec 20, 2005)
This is retelling a story of Modern Man that we probably have all grown up with — the story of the rise of a species specially endowed with sagacity, created by god or nature to be the ruler of this earth and all other creatures.
- Cultivate Patient Friendly Culture (Daily Excelsior, Dr Arun Sharma, Dec 20, 2005)
Any hospital's performance is dependent on multiple factors like capital structure, available infrastructure, technological acquisition, spectrum of clinical services, specialists and culture of the hospital.
- Krishna Tribunal: Karnataka Moves Supreme Court (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Dec 20, 2005)
Directive to Centre sought for effective functioning of tribunal
- Ap Media Under Fire (Tribune, Ramesh Kandula, Dec 20, 2005)
Andhra Pradesh has a vibrant print and visual media, with five major newspapers and three news channels in Telugu. The governments have been in awe of the power of the Press, especially the vernacular dailies, which relentlessly pursue and expose ...
- Indo-Pak Talks On J&k Next Month (Daily Excelsior, Ahmed Ali Fayyaz, Dec 20, 2005)
Elected as president of Jammu & Kashmir National Conference (NC) for the second consecutive term of three years, Omar Abdullah today asked both, militants as well as security forces, allow peace to return without any more mayhem and bloodshed. Describing
- Cheney Hails Afghan Parliament (International Herald Tribune, Richard W. Stevenson, Dec 20, 2005)
Vice President Dick Cheney arrived here Monday with words of praise and encouragement for Afghanistan as it convened a new Parliament.
- Open The Indian Legal Marketplace (The Financial Express, A FRANCIS JULIAN, Dec 20, 2005)
Globalisation has thrown open the legal marketplace for players from across the world. Along with that comes the question of whether globalisation is the best competitive model for such a demanding and specialised service as legal advice, . . .
- Keeping The Faith (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Dec 20, 2005)
The Ministerial text that emerged on Sunday after six days of wrangling among 149 nations in Hong Kong is, at best, a compromise document. Judged against the yardstick of the expectations with which the Doha Round was launched in 2001, . . .
- India Empowered To Me Is... (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 20, 2005)
They spoke with conviction and passion. They talked grand ideas. They talked about small people. You could agree with them or not. But you couldn’t be indifferent. For, the contributors strove to think big for India.
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