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Articles 6221 through 6320 of 22140:
- Leadership Needs No Authority (Deccan Herald, Manu N Kulkarni, Jul 05, 2006)
The task of leadership consists of orchestrating, guiding, inspiring and directing the learning processes
- Heartless In Gaza (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Jul 05, 2006)
The proposed Israeli military re-invasion of Gaza will destabilise the region
- Wrong Prescription, Doctor (Indian Express, Kavery Nambisan, Jul 04, 2006)
The recent interview with Dr Devi Shetty by Shekhar Gupta has spurred me to write this.
- Consensus Is Key (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 04, 2006)
Petty rivalries hamper execution of welfare projects
- An Educational Fraud (Deccan Herald, Vatsala Vedantam, Jul 04, 2006)
The SSLC-PUC system must be abolished and a 12 year schooling must be introduced to make children realise their capabilities
- Sc Refuses To Stay Gujarat Hc Order On Banerjee Panel Report (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2006)
Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today received a shot in the arm with the Supreme Court refusing to stay a Gujarat High Court order restraining the Centre from placing the Justice U.C. Banerjee Committee report on the Godhra train carnage . . .
- One-Stroke Quota (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 04, 2006)
The impatience to implement reservations in a single swoop gives affirmative action a bad name
- Unlocking The Rural Potential (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 04, 2006)
In 1992 Deng Xiaoping, China’s paramount leader, reinvigorated economic reforms during a visit to southern China.
- Rains Force Mumbai To Pack Up Early (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2006)
BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation cautions heavy rains over the next 48 hours
The city's arterial railways, with some delays and stoppages, bore the burden of taking Mumbai's residents back to their homes.
- Capt Seeks One-Time Debt Relief (Tribune, Manoj Kumar, Jul 04, 2006)
Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh today called on Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Dr Montek Singh Ahuluwalia and urged him to bail out farmers from indebtedness by recommending a financial package.
- 'Quality Education Is Not Meant For A Few Children' (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 04, 2006)
A backward class leader who rose to become the chief minister of Karnataka is heading the committee set up by the prime minister to prepare the roadmap to build a knowledge society.
- Following The Greats (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 04, 2006)
Leaders appear only at rare moments. They leave their imprint and depart. It is for their followers to carry their legacies forward.
- Monsoon Blues: Mumbai Packs Up After Mass Sms (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2006)
On Monday Mumbai applied for casual leave. But there was nothing casual about the application.
- Spain Keen To Step Up Economic Relations (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2006)
The European country offers infrastructure expertise
- Is Education For All Still A Mirage? (Hindu, S.S.RAJAGOPALAN, Jul 04, 2006)
It provides essential data to review the progress made so far in the sarvasiksha Abhiyan scheme.
- Measures To Check Antecedents Of Bpo Staff (Hindu, Sandhya Soman, Jul 04, 2006)
Arrest of HSBC employee for fraudulent transactions scares clients
Closed-circuit cameras used
Confidentiality ensured
Sensitive data encrypted
- Gandhi As Postmodern Thinker (Hindu, Jyotirmaya Sharma, Jul 04, 2006)
Writings on Gandhi... resemble a state that falls between two extremes: a passionate embrace and an autopsy
- Delhi University To Announce Its Third Cut-Off List Tomorrow (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2006)
Those opting for Science courses still stand a chance
- Parents To Meet Kalam Against Kv Demolition (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2006)
Intensifying their struggle against the proposed demolition of Central School in Clementown Cantt area by Army authority here, representatives of Kendriya Vidyalaya Abhibhavak Sangharsh Samiti has decided to call on President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.
- Evaluating The State Of Basic Services (Hindu, P. K. Doraiswamy, Jul 04, 2006)
A path-breaking study in assessing the quality of India's important public services
- Travel Pack For Students Launched (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2006)
Parry Travels, part of the Murugappa Group, has launched a students' travel pack, which comprises all travel-related items like airfare, medical insurance and foreign exchange.
- Rescheduling Of Examinations Delaying Courses (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2006)
Students in professional courses under Mahatma Gandhi University worst hit
- Develop A Positive Attitude And Work Hard, Students Told (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2006)
Teachers should evolve new ways of imparting education to children'
- Rule Of Law And Legal Education (Hindu, C. Raj Kumar, Jul 04, 2006)
Law schools ought to create greater opportunities for research on issues relating to law and justice that affect Indian society.
- Karunanidhi Presents Awards To Student Toppers Belonging To . . . (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2006)
SSLC toppers get cash award of Rs. 10,000; Plus Two students Rs. 25,000
- Girija Lokesh Says She Too Visited Sabarimala Temple In 1987 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2006)
The actor doubts Jayamala's claim of having touched the deity
Actor criticises tradition on women's entry into Sabarimala temple
Pejawar Math seer declines to comment on temple norms
- New York Times Versus The White House (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 04, 2006)
If a story is in the public interest, doesn't the press have a right to publish?
- A Young Girl’S Struggle In Stalin’S Russia (Tribune, Andrew Osborn , Jul 04, 2006)
A 13-year-old schoolgirl who kept a poignant and ultimately tragic diary during Stalinist Russia is being hailed as the Russian Anne Frank.
- Journey Of An Asm (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 04, 2006)
While glancing through the pages of The Tribune on June 19, I got stuck at the first page of “Chandigarh Tribune” carrying the photograph of the Assistant Station Master candidates waiting for the train for their return journey and found myself . . .
- Simply Scandalous (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 04, 2006)
THINGS could not have gone more horribly wrong. Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, smarting under last year’s embarrassment of the leakage of the paper for the Pre-Medical Entrance Test, outsourced the job of setting, printing and distributing . .
- South Korea Scientist Says He Was Duped By Juniors (Reuters, Jack Kim, Jul 04, 2006)
Disgraced stem-cell scientist Hwang Woo-suk testified on Tuesday saying he was duped by junior researchers into publishing bad data but South Korean prosecutors at the trial sought to prove he was guilty of fraud.
- Substandard Food At Schools (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 04, 2006)
The pcsir’s research findings regarding the quality of food and beverages served in 110 public and 380 private schools in Karachi should confirm the worst fears of parents.
- Nasa To Attempt Discovery Launch Today (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2006)
Nasa gave the green light for a shuttle lift-off on Tuesday despite worries about a piece of foam that popped off Discovery's external fuel tank while the spacecraft sat on the launch pad.
- Private Tuitions Under Arjun Scalpel (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2006)
After cracking the whip on private coaching institutions, the government is now looking to rein in teachers who neglect the classroom and devote their time to private tuition.
- Beijing Is Not Far From Delhi (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 04, 2006)
There’s nothing like Sri Lanka to concentrate the mind when it comes to a discussion on terrorism. Last week, even as the German NGO, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, was hosting a conference on the state . . .
- Hindus Persecuted In India's Neighbourhood (Pioneer, Kanchan Gupta, Jul 04, 2006)
Four Muslim men force their way into a Hindu house in Sindh, grab the young daughter of the family, carry her away, forcibly convert her to Islam and compel her to marry one of them.
- Mistrust Of Muslims Is Rising In Uk (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2006)
In a picture recently published in a British newspapers, a Muslim woman wears an England flag headscarf as she cheers on the England football team.
- Seers To Discuss Missionary Activities (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2006)
Sri Vishwesha Tirtha Swamiji of the Pejawar Mutt on Monday announced that the pontiffs of Hindu mutts would meet in Tirupati on July 15 to discuss the activities of Christian missionaries, including attempts to convert Hindus in Tirumala and Tirupati.
- Quota Gone Mad (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 04, 2006)
Doss cares a toss for the PM ---- The free-for-all that the UPA Government has become known for, was apparent yet again when, on Sunday, July 2, a self-anointed social justice convention in Delhi demanded the Manmohan Singh Governnment immediately . . .
- India’S Ailing Public Health Services (The Financial Express, ILA PATNAIK, Jul 04, 2006)
In the absence of accountability, our health outcomes are worse than those of many Asian countries.
- One Palestinian Killed, Two Injured In Israeli Air Strike In Gaza (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2006)
One Palestinian was Killed and Two others were wounded Tuesday, one seriously, in an Israeli air strike in the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahiya Tuesday, medical sources said.
- A Good First Step (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 04, 2006)
Finally, there is something positive to comment on.
- Pm For World Efforts To End Poverty (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2006)
Underscoring the pivotal role of the United Nations in advancing global development agenda, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz Monday said the world today has a rare “collective capacity” to end hunger and poverty and realize the promise of universal . . .
- India-Us Deal: On Track With Reservations (News International, Nasim Zehra, Jul 04, 2006)
The writer is an Islamabad-based security analyst and adjunct professor at SAIS Johns Hopkins University, Washington DC
- Bill Gates, Ngos And The Role Of The State (News International, Ethan Casey, Jul 04, 2006)
In mid-June, Bill Gates announced that over the next two years he will be handing over many of his duties at Microsoft Corporation to two other executives and moving into a part-time role with the company, in order to devote most of his attention . . .
- Teaching The Teacher (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 04, 2006)
Calcutta High Court passed an order holding the admission of students to the B Ed course for 2005-06 in eight north Bengal colleges as illegal because these colleges had not been recognised by the National Council of Teacher Education (NCTE).
- The Obsession With Attrition (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 04, 2006)
The entry-level attrition rate across the BPO (business process outsourcing) industry stands at 45-50 per cent for voice-based processes and 15-20 per cent for non-voice based processes, according to Nasscom data.
- Afghanistan: 20 Militants Killed In Coalition Ambush (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2006)
US soldiers killed 20 militants who ambushed a military convoy in southern Afghanistan, the coalition said on Monday.
- Easy Packs For Doctors (Pioneer, K Govindan Kutty , Jul 04, 2006)
A World Bank study says half the doctors in Government medical centres prescribe treatments that are harmful ---- It is easy to become a medico with a super speciality in South India.
- Smelling Gunpowder (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 04, 2006)
Steady violence unleashed by LTTE is fast shifting into a 'low-intensity' war in Sri Lanka, says Matthew Rosenberg in Batticaloa.
- Rescuing The Doha Round (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Jul 04, 2006)
In the last week’s column, I suggested that time may be running out for the Doha round of trade discussions to be concluded with an agreement that would satisfy the developing world.
- Ban On The Book Is Deplorable (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 04, 2006)
The fear of the word has a hoary history. Plato, the father of philosophy, while discussing the perfect curriculum for the citizens of his republic, argued in favour of banning almost all Greek literature on the pretext that it would have a negative . . .
- New Russia’S New Rich Class (Dawn, M.J. Akbar, Jul 04, 2006)
Moscow seems shamefaced about summer. Thirty degrees centigrade in the forenoon of last Wednesday is 40 degrees higher than during my last visit in December. Moscow then was a grey world flecked with snow white. The wind screamed at the fur hat and . . .
- All The Greatest Missions Have Crept Spectacularly. This Is No Exception (Times Online (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2006)
For the past decade or so, whenever there has been any substantial British military deployment, a moment comes when pundits and former generals are invited to worry about the danger of something called “mission creep”.
- Islam In Britain (Times Online (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2006)
In the anguished weeks of debate and foreboding that followed the London bombings last July, dire predictions were made.
- Haniyeh Says Attack Will Not Break People’S Will (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
Gaza City–Israeli aircraft sent missiles tearing through the office of Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh on Sunday in an unmistakable message to his ruling Hamas group to free an Israeli soldier.
- Indo-Us Nuclear Deal & Its Dark Shadows (Pakistan Observer, Rizwan Ghani, Jul 03, 2006)
Within 24 hours of US Foreign Relations Committee’s backing for the deal which now awaits voting from full Senate and House of Representatives, reportedly Indian PM had to dash to Maharashtra to have firsthand view of debt crisis that has resulted . . .
- The Pacific And The Indian Monsoon (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Jul 03, 2006)
The warming that has been occurring in the western and central Pacific, even if it does not develop into a full-fledged El Nino, is still cause for worry.
- Transforming The Art Of Giving Productively (The Financial Express, Sucheta Dalal, Jul 03, 2006)
The Gates-Buffet twin decisions to walk away from wealth have lessons beyond the money.
- Revenue Growth And Social Imperatives (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 03, 2006)
The Rs690 billion tax revenue target set for the last financial year is stated to have been exceeded by Rs10.3 billion, indicating a long-term trend in revenue growth.
- Sustenance And Surplus: The Key (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 03, 2006)
Alert, watchful, critical as our readers are, there is no part of the paper that escapes their scrutiny.
- Revealing Sketches Of Indian Culture (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
Two children from a middling suburban school have done their institution proud by having their paintings showcased at an exhibition in the U.S. that featured works from 30 countries.
- Projects Worth Rs. 3,000 Crore For Salem's `Vision Progress' (Hindu, R. Ilangovan, Jul 03, 2006)
Blueprint focuses on creation of infrastructure facilities
Salem Steel Plant Rs. 1,553 crore
National Highways Rs. 935 crore
Railway expansion Rs. 379 crore
Government Hospital Rs. 120 crore
- Don’T Delay Quota Law, Govt Told (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
Reviving the controversial quota debate, the pro-reservation political parties on Sunday asked the government to bring the legislation to implement 27 per cent OBC quota in the institutions of higher learning in the coming monsoon session of Parliament.
- The Uses Of Rhetoric (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 03, 2006)
The author is former director-general, National Council for Applied Economic Research.
- Quotas In One Stroke And In This Session Itself, Parties Tell Govt (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
Parties supporting reservation have adopted a resolution demanding that the first step of the UPA government during the monsoon session of Parliament should be the enactment of a law for 27 per cent OBC quota in institutes of higher education.
- Israeli Gunship Strikes Palestinian Pm’S Office (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
Israeli helicopter gunship fired a missile at the office of Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyeh while another missile was fired at a school in Gaza City, early today.
- Don’T Worry, Make Money (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jul 03, 2006)
Money, we were first told in a fast-tempo Lennon-McCartney tune, can’t buy you love. Now two other worthies, economist Alan B Krueger and psychologist Daniel Kahnemen of Princeton University, tell us that money doesn’t even make us happy.
- Slums Are Cities Of The Future (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Jul 03, 2006)
Even if income poverty is not so acute in urban slums as in some rural areas in India, everyone living in a slum suffers acute deprivation of water and sanitation. Then there is the fear of being forced to move at any time.
- A Journey To Remember Across China (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 03, 2006)
The feeling of being part of history in the making forms a common bond among the passengers of the Beijing-Lhasa train.
- Can Genes Explain Rising Obesity? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 03, 2006)
contrary to conventional wisdom, the obesity epidemic is not restricted to people in Western countries who eat bad diets and are not very active......
- Climate Change Can Wait, Health Can't (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 03, 2006)
With $50bn, we could make the planet a better place but money spent on global warming would be wasted.....
- Baba Farid Varsity Vc Admits To Paper Leak (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
The leaked question paper of the Punjab Pre-medical Entrance Test was an exact copy of the original.
- Control Freaks (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 03, 2006)
The Emergency may be over, but its spirit is alive and well in the current UPA government. First, there is its "progressive" and "socialist" grandstanding — the proposal to extend caste reservations to premier educational institutions and the . . .
- Pervez Orders Review Of Islamic Laws (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has ordered a review of the Islamic laws in the country and said that 2,000 women prisoners, languishing in jails for a long time without being convicted, should be considered for release in a few weeks.
- Quotas To Be Rolled Out In One Go (Times of India, Rajeev Deshpande, Jul 03, 2006)
Despite concerns over whether infrastructure will be in place to accommodate the extended OBC quotas and a 54% enhancement in seats in Central educational institutions before admissions for the 2007-08 academic year begin, reservations are likely . . .
- Power Passes To Next Generation Of Myanmar Generals In Major Reshuffle (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
Myanmar's military rulers have begun a massive shake-up with eight deputy ministers and a Supreme Court judge already relieved of their posts.
- Pro-Quota Parties For Bill In Monsoon Session (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
Stepping up their campaign, pro-reservation political parties today asked the Government to bring the enabling legislation to implement 27 per cent OBC quota in elite educational institutions and private sector, including media and judiciary in the . . .
- Travel Pack For Students Launched (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
Parry Travels, part of the Murugappa Group, has launched a students' travel pack, which comprises all travel-related items like airfare, medical insurance and foreign exchange.
- Sustaining The Pace Of Services-Led Growth (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Jul 03, 2006)
A coherent integrated services policy, in line with the agricultural and industrial policies, needs to be developed.
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