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Articles 6021 through 6120 of 22140:
- Goldrattspeak ... . And Theory Of Constraints (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 10, 2006)
Any complex system is based on inherent simplicity; the more data elements one needs to describe a system, the more complex it is.
- Incredibly Tied Up In Our Own Knots (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Jul 09, 2006)
Incredible India. Wish you a happy journey. These two sentences appear on the Bureau of Immigration’s new departure card. Can you think of anything more meaningless? An endeavour more futile?
- Hc Stays Venugopal's Dismissal (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 08, 2006)
The Delhi High Court on Friday stayed the July 5 recommendation of AIIMS' apex body to terminate the services of its Director P Venugopal.
- Lady Officer Commanding (Tribune, Maj Gen (retd) Rajendra Nath, Jul 08, 2006)
There has been great discussion in the press and television regarding the treatment being given to women officers in the Army, which has come in for special criticism. The Vice Chief of the Army Staff had to offer his regrets-cum-apology regarding . . .
- State Of The Nation (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 08, 2006)
A decade or so ago, when the United Front government was running the country, that MP-cum-columnist Mani Shankar Aiyar used to describe the coalition as a “United Affront”! One wonders how Aiyar would today describe the United Progressive Alliance . . .
- It Rained News This Week, But Coverage Leaked (Indian Express, SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI, Jul 08, 2006)
Thank you, Muthuvel Karunanidhi. Thank you, Anbumani Ramadoss. Thank you, Manmohan Singh. Thank you, Sonia Gandhi.
- Tatas Mulling To Invest In Punjab (Tribune, R. Suryamurthy, Jul 08, 2006)
Reliance have come to Punjab, can Tatas be far behind. Here they are with plans to set up manufacturing hub for cars with an investment of over Rs 4000 crore.
- Democracy Should Be Exercised Regularly, On Foot (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 08, 2006)
Free association in public spaces not only promotes active bodies and public boldness, it is also vital to society and a force for change.
- School Under Police Occupation (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 08, 2006)
It is not unusual for law enforcement agencies to occupy school buildings and convert them into their offices.
- Between Generosity And Toughness (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Jul 08, 2006)
In France, opposition is growing to the police storming schools to pick up children of illegal immigrants.
- Did Mumbai Really Drown? (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Jul 08, 2006)
Will the misery of the monsoon turn out to be a blessing in disguise?
- Mass-Based Sport (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 08, 2006)
Mani Shankar Aiyar, we hope, will put his money where his mouth is. And that is not to suggest that the desired goal is obscenely huge outlays.
- Elementary Steps (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 08, 2006)
Examining the challenges and recent initiatives in providing universal elementary education.
- Bleak House~ii (Statesman, Jagmohan , Jul 08, 2006)
Cities Drifting Towards Physical And Moral Degradation
The sprawling and ever-increasing jhuggi-Jhompris of Delhi, the chawls and zodapattis of Mumbai, the bustees of Kolkata, the katchi-abadi of Karachi, the baladis of Cairo, the kampunga . . .
- Berate Us, Don't Look Within (Pioneer, Daniel Pipes, Jul 08, 2006)
How do Muslims think worldwide? To find out, the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press carried out a large-scale attitudinal survey this spring. Titled The Great Divide: How Westerners and Muslims View Each Other, it interviewed . . .
- Uk Gays To Get First Prom (Statesman, Ciar Byrne, Jul 08, 2006)
When millionaire businessman Ivan Massow was growing up, he was too scared to tell anyone at school that he was gay. But 20 years on, he is about to launch the UK’s first gay prom, in a bid to give gay teenagers a celebration of their own.
- Poonch Bus Can Revive Shared Heritage (Tribune, Balraj Puri, Jul 08, 2006)
The unprecedented euphoria in Poonch on the inaugural bus service to Rawalakote on the other side of the LOC is a measure of the popular enthusiasm and expectations from opening up the first bus route in the Jammu region to the other side.
- Naga Union To Burn Manipur Textbooks (Telegraph, Nishit Dholabhai, Jul 08, 2006)
Naga students campaigning for affiliation of schools in the four hill districts of Manipur to the Nagaland Board of School Education are planning to set ablaze textbooks prescribed by the Manipur board on Monday in a show of defiance against the Okram Ibo
- Roll-Back At Neyveli (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 08, 2006)
IF the disinvestment process gets stalled just because of some workers’ protest, it simply shows lack of commitment to reforms. Only recently, the UPA government had revived the disinvestment plan and after a great deal of thought.
- Govt Initiates Schemes To Help Needy Children (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 08, 2006)
Excise and Taxation Minister Rangila Ram Rao today directed officers of the Social Justice and Empowerment Department to ensure effective implementation of the Mukhya Mantri Bal Uddhar Yojana and Mukhya Mantri Kanya Dan Yojana, which are the first . . .
- Evolution Is A Knowledge-Creation Machine, A Learning Algorithm (Business Line, D. Murali , Jul 08, 2006)
Humanity's most complex creation is the economy, according to Eric D. Beinhocker, author of The Origin of Wealth, who takes us along as he retraces the journey `from a state of nature to the stunning self-organised complexity of the modern global . . .
- Infosys To Hire More People: Hr Head (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 08, 2006)
Infosys Technologies' chief financial officer for 12 years and member of the Infosys board of directors, made a career change. Pai took over as head of human resources at Infosys.
- The Koran And Muslims (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, Jul 08, 2006)
Intellectual stagnation in the Muslim world long preceded revivalism and its hideous offshoot, fundamentalism.
- Token Gesture For Nanoscience (Frontline, R. Ramachandran, Jul 08, 2006)
The government and industry have not given enough attention to nanoscience, at the peril of losing out in the technological race.
- The Most Expensive Slum (Deccan Herald, Tavleen Singh, Jul 08, 2006)
The monsoon in Mumbai was once associated with romance… Nargis and Raj Kapoor under that famous black umbrella walking besides street-lights misty with rain...
- Lula Vs Chavez In Mexico City (Indian Express, Mini Kapoor, Jul 08, 2006)
On Sunday, 41 million voters cast their choice for the country’s next president.
- Political Sledgehammer Proves Mightier Than Surgeon’S Scalpel (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Jul 08, 2006)
The treatment of Dr Venugopal and the response to it not only expose the government yet again, it also displays the moral bankruptcy of our academic culture
- All You Need Is (Real) Love (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 08, 2006)
Hear talk- A time may come when couples will pledge to love one another ‘as long as our serotonin levels remain stable.’
- Looking At All The Levels (Deccan Herald, Swami Sukhabodhananda, Jul 08, 2006)
The word cosmos comes from the word cosmology, which means order. Mystics consider the universe as an expression of order.
- Rejectionist Worldview (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 08, 2006)
The meeting of religious parties in Islamabad on Thursday, held under the aegis of an ulema and mashaikh convention, passed a resolution condemning what the parties said was the government's encouraging of "western NGOs and so-called intellectuals" ...
- A War With Three Fronts (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jul 08, 2006)
Violence continues to decline in Kashmir, but Islamists launch new military, ideological and political wars.
- Pakistan’S Rich Blaze A Trail In Their Porsches (Deccan Herald, Declan Walsh, Jul 08, 2006)
THE UPSIDE- Luxury cars hit the showroom in Pakistan after an economic boom prompted by September 11.
- Aiims Resident Doctors, Teachers Call Off Strike, Resume Work (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 08, 2006)
High Court order "first step toward victory"
Fight is for autonomy: Venugopal
Probe into death of patient
Security strengthened
- Officials Gear Up For Flood Relief Operations (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 08, 2006)
The district administration in Koraput is geared up for relief operations in the flood-affected areas in 17 villages under Sadarang, Chandili Asana, Bansuli and Damanahandi gram panchayats that have been flooded by Suruli river, a tributary of Indravati.
- `Verdict Upholds Federal Structure Of Indian Polity' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 08, 2006)
`Verdict upholds federal structure of Indian polity'
- Central Team To Visit Kerala (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 08, 2006)
To make an on-the-spot assessment of the extensive damage caused by rain
- Rs. 15,000-Crore Central Package For A.P. Farmers (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 08, 2006)
"For ryots' welfare and for initiating steps to check suicides"
Centre gives detailed guidelines on welfare activities to be taken
Action plan to reschedule farm loans and moratorium on outstanding dues proposed
- Cardiologist Solomon Victor Dead (Hindu, R. Sujatha, Jul 08, 2006)
He conceived Rheumatic Heart Ailment Project for poor patients He is the only cardiac surgeon in India to qualify as Member of Royal College of Physicians
- Rs. 50 Lakh To Be Granted To Bhavani Temple (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 08, 2006)
A sum of Rs. 50 lakh will be granted to Bhavani Sangameswarar Temple for infrastructure development, said the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Minister, K.R. Periyakaruppan, here on Thursday evening.
- Karzai Advised Restraint (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 08, 2006)
US Ambassador Ryan C Crocker has asked Afghan President Hamid Karzai not to give statements against US allies.
- Quota Expert Groups Submit Interim Report (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 07, 2006)
The five expert groups constituted to give inputs to the Oversight Committee on quotas headed by Congress leader Mr Veerappa Moily are learnt to have submitted their interim reports.
- Ramadoss Sits On Ego As Patients Die Outside Hospitals (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 07, 2006)
With Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss making his ego an issue, patient care in the Capital has been hit hard with all the Government hospitals across the city shutting down. As OPD and emergency services across the city came to a halt, the . . .
- Sc To Hear Pvt Colleges’ Plea Against Kerala Quota Today (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 07, 2006)
The Supreme Court will hear on Friday a petition filed by Kerala Self Financing Engineering Colleges Association challenging the controversial 93rd Constitution amendment extending reservation for socially and educationally backward classes to . . .
- 50 Yrs Ago, Govt Said: ‘Future Of Aiims In The Hands Of Director, Staff, Students’ (Indian Express, Seema Chisti, Jul 07, 2006)
February 18, 1956 was an ordinary day in the history of India’s Parliament but much more than that for medical sciences in the country. On that day as the Health Minister in Jawaharlal Nehru’s cabinet, Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, rose to move . . .
- How To Help Neighbours (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 07, 2006)
The political turmoil in Timor Leste, which has led to the ouster of its Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri and plans for national elections for a new government, may not be exactly hot news to Indians, but it underlies a growing debate about intervention . . .
- Nathu La Helps To Redefine Borders (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 07, 2006)
During a recent visit to Nathu La pass recently, my students and I learnt some important lessons in diplomacy and strategy.
- Benazir-Nawaz Alliance Keeps Up The Tempo (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Jul 07, 2006)
Pakistan's opposition leaders-in-exile, Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif, have managed to keep up the tempo that their initial pact in May injected into the country's political scene.
- Who Is Perpetuating Reservation In Jobs? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 07, 2006)
In a bizarre turn, the Union Public Service Commission and the Department of Personnel and Training have transformed the policy of reservation into a policy of communal awards. They have treated general seats as seats reserved for people belonging . . .
- Ruling Party Plays Down Musharraf's `Ready To Call It Quits' Statement (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Jul 07, 2006)
President was only speaking in jest: ruling party leader
Government requested newspapers not to publish the remarks
Musharraf had more than hinted that he is looking for another term
- Mulayam Singh Appeals For A Second Term (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 07, 2006)
Blames Centre for dismal power scenario in the State
He said U.P. would be brought at par with States like West Bengal in terms of industrial development
Asks party workers to start preparations for Assembly polls scheduled early next year
- Behind The Smile, Unknown Future (Pioneer, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Jul 07, 2006)
When the Himalayas were being blasted to lay the Darjeeling road, a percipient old Tibetan remarked to the British deputy commissioner, "Sahib, the sound of that powder is heard in Lhasa!" He might have said Peking, which then claimed only shadowy . . .
- Conditioned Mindset (Pioneer, Prafull Goradia, Jul 07, 2006)
It's our colonised way of thinking that is generating unemployment and causing non-performance of assets in the country, writes Prafull Goradia
- Home And Away (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 07, 2006)
“There was always India though,” thought the young Iris Macfarlane, worried that she would never get a proposal, “the provider of husbands for girls and jobs for boys, our inevitable and face-saving destination.
- Blood Protest (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 07, 2006)
In India, students of English Literature rather than history may better know the Easter Rebellion of 1916.
- Wrong Sum (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 07, 2006)
In India, callousness can go on parading as concern. And it is deeply disturbing when children’s education is the object of this hypocrisy.
- The “Maula Baksh” (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 07, 2006)
Who was the one who said that the difference between a “student” and a ‘pupil’ was that the latter sat with folded knees before his teacher and paid obeisance in a proper way? Well, maybe it was my primary school teacher, Ustad Rustum . . .
- Should Private Tuition Be Banned? (Deccan Herald, Krishna Prasad, Jul 07, 2006)
On paper, the HRD ministry’s proposal to ban private tuition by teachers outside the classroom is like motherhood.
- Let's Just Do It (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 07, 2006)
Today, we Indians live in rare, exhilarating times. Never before in the last 1,000 years did India and Indians amount to much among foreigners as we are today. In the past, we were deemed people fit enough to be ruled by outsiders.
- Return Of Taliban (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Jul 07, 2006)
It is not only the scale of the Taliban's recent attacks but also its growing military sophistication that worries the West.
- Desperate In Guantanamo (Frontline, Vijay Prashad, Jul 07, 2006)
Law and justice, besides the many innocent prisoners at Guantanamo, are the casualties of the U.S. `war on terror'.
- Imposing Iodine (Frontline, LYLA BAVADAM, Jul 07, 2006)
The ban on non-iodised salt, reimposed this May, is criticised as being based on generalisations made by the authorities.
- Casual Approach (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 07, 2006)
The Directorate of Health Services, Government of Maharashtra, has been surveying Iodine Deficiency Disorders (IDD) since 1998.
- E-Governance Can Ease Admission Travails (The Financial Express, S SADAGOPAN, Jul 07, 2006)
The UK has used e-governance to its advantage in college admissions, why can’t we emulate it?
- Quotas And Beyond (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 07, 2006)
Reservations were born out of a concern to remedy injustices which deprived certain sections of an equal opportunity to enhance their status in society. The Constitution needed to provide a level playing field for all.
- Betting On Action To Beat The Odds (The Economic Times, MUKUL SHARMA, Jul 07, 2006)
The Bhagwad Gita and the principles of yoga have been going hoarse telling men and women to set their hearts upon their work, but never on its reward.
- Tsunami Resource Centre To Come Up In Nellai (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 07, 2006)
To act as interface between people, NGOs and Government agencies It will provide a vital link and serve as an interface between the people at grassroot level in Tirunelveli and Tuticorin districts and various NGOs and government agencies
- Mass-Based Sport (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 07, 2006)
Mani Shankar Aiyar, we hope, will put his money where his mouth is. And that is not to suggest that the desired goal is obscenely huge outlays.
- Hp Technology Grant For Anna University (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 07, 2006)
It will transform `the way subjects are taught on the campus' It will transform `the way subjects are taught on the campus'
- The Mother Teresa Of Chennai's Nsk Nagar (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 07, 2006)
Nearly quarter of a century of selfless service for destitutes and diseased, he is called the Mother Teresa of NSK Nagar here.
- Higher Education In India (Daily Excelsior, Ram Rattan Sharma, Jul 07, 2006)
The system of higher education in India is the third largest in the world after China and USA.
- Calling For Critical Care (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jul 07, 2006)
The Cabinet Committee on Appointments will no doubt be tempted to approve the dismissal of P Venugopal as the director of AIIMS for political reasons, considering that the Union Health Minister, Anbumani . . .
- `Delay In Disinvestment Will Send Wrong Signals' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 07, 2006)
Government could face major resource constraint
Large public investments required in critical areas
Sale of PSU shares had unlocked their value
- Upset Dmk Forces Government To Stall State Asset Sales (Reuters, Surojit Gupta, Jul 07, 2006)
India put all decisions to sell stakes in state-run firms on hold on Thursday after a key ally threatened to pull out of the ruling coalition, raising questions about the future of its economic reforms.
- Iskcon To Organise Heritage Fest In August (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 07, 2006)
It is open to students in classes 1 to 10 from all schools in Mysore
Contests in music, Gita sloka chanting, rangoli will be conducted
There is no entry fee
- Ministers Differ On Completion Of Underpass Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 07, 2006)
Tourism Minister Lovely declared Prem Bari Pul project to be ready by July, PWD Minister Walia says it would be over only by Sept.
- Bleak House~ii (Statesman, Jagmohan , Jul 07, 2006)
Cities Drifting Towards Physical And Moral Degradation
- Lowari Tunnel Project (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 07, 2006)
The formal inauguration of work on the much-delayed Lowari tunnel project in Chitral should be good news to Chitral's inhabitants.
- Aiims Boss Fired, Docs On Strike (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 06, 2006)
The apex decision-making body of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Wednesday sacked its director P Venugopal following which faculties and resident doctors struck work as a mark of protest thus severely affecting emergency . . .
- Israel Retaliates Hamas' Rocket Fire (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 06, 2006)
Prime minister Ehud Olmert pledged stiff retaliation for a rocket attack from Gaza on an Israeli city, the first time the weapons have reached the heart of a population centre, with Israel already stepping up its weeklong offensive in the seaside . . .
- No To Nurses (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 06, 2006)
Britain’s decision to stop the recruitment of nurses from India and other countries outside the European Union would not have deserved notice but for the fact that it smacks of discrimination. It is aimed to keep out non-EU nurses.
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