|
|
|
|
|
|
Articles 221 through 320 of 500:
- Let The Rupee Go (Indian Express, Bibek Debroy, Oct 31, 2007)
Market capitalisation is not the best indicator. Nor may Reliance Petroleum equity have been counted properly.
- Rise Above Your Emotions (The Economic Times, VITHAL C NADKARNI, Oct 31, 2007)
No one should have to make the choice forced upon Sophie in William Stryon’s eponymous novel.
- A New Model For Pc Penetration (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 31, 2007)
India has emerged as a global leader in the advance of information technology. Yet the country faces a fundamental challenge — building on its successes by enabling greater access to technology for its people.
- Fuel For The Hungry (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Oct 31, 2007)
The rush into “biofuels” or “agrofuels” is being described as the green gold rush of the 21st century.
- Economic Consequences Of Talibanisation (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Oct 31, 2007)
During the 1990s Pakistan’s annual growth rate averaged about 3 percent.
- Collective Punishment, Say Palestinians (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Oct 30, 2007)
Israel’s Defence Minister Ehud Barak has approved sanctions against the Gaza Strip to discourage rocket attacks from the territory on Israel.
- Elections Usher In A New Dawn In Poland (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Oct 30, 2007)
Parliamentary elections held on October 21 brought about the downfall of the extreme right Kaczynski twins, who as President and Prime Minister led the country for a disastrous two years.
- Need For Political Balance (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 30, 2007)
Each country should have a political system that suits its internal and external situation.
- Lahore’S Heritage Needs Care (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 30, 2007)
NEGLECT threatens to deprive Lahore of its archaeological heritage. Its magnificent Mughal monuments are fast running the risk of losing their splendour to the fatal combination of pollution, human intervention and a lack of money and expertise . . .
- Indian Police Block Landless Protest March (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
Police prevented thousands of poor and landless farmers and tribals from marching towards the federal parliament building in the Indian capital Monday to demand land rights.
- Poles Apart (Tribune, SATISH K. SHARMA, Oct 30, 2007)
If women were from the Venus and men from the Mars, the latter should certainly be a satellite of the former.
- The Future Is Black (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
Almost nonstop, gargantuan 145-tonne trucks rumble through China's biggest open-pit coal mine, sending up clouds of soot as they dump their loads into mechanised sorters.
- This Too Shall Pass (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 30, 2007)
Some well-meaning commentators have sought to portray the present, with China’s new emphasis on a harmonious society and a harmonious world, as being propitious for a reconciliation between Beijing and the Dalai Lama.
- 'There Are Strict Regulations On Sting Operations In Britain' (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
Nik Keith Gowing is no stranger to India and not to billions across the world. Well, it's hard to miss the main presenter on the BBC's international news and current affairs channel, BBC World for over a decade.
- Would Watson Be Different If He Were Black? (Hindu, Sujatha Byravan, Oct 30, 2007)
Does race matter for intelligence? In any case, what is race or even intelligence?
- A Firestorm, A Deluge And A Sharp Political Dig (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 30, 2007)
Efforts to reach out to victims of California's wildfires may be an attempt by the Bush administration to re-write the wrongs of Katrina.
- Fittonia Filters (Deccan Herald, Daksha Hathi, Oct 30, 2007)
The fittonia made me love all green and silver water snakes that topple expert advice!
- Demands Of Indian Landless 'Met' (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
The Indian government says it will set up a panel on land reform to meet the demands of landless farmers and indigenous people.
- Heavy Downpour Kills 11 In Andhra (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
The torrential downpour and the resultant floods under the impact of the depression in the Bay of Bengal have claimed 11 lives in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh.
- When Pilots Qualify For Sainthood (Business Line, A. Ranganathan, Oct 30, 2007)
The saintly soul, Mother Theresa, is yet to be ordained as a saint. Her followers have to establish that she saved lives by performing miracles. Pilots, on the other hand, do not have to undergo this ordeal.
- Motivating The Boss (Business Line, C. V. Aravind, Oct 30, 2007)
There is a perception in corporate circles that motivation is always a top-down affair with the boss motivating the subordinates, the premise being that the man or woman at the helm of affairs is a highly motivated individual and only . . . . .
- Delhi Stalls Protest By Thousands Of Landless (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
Thousands of landless workers, indigenous people and "untouchables" from the bottom of Indian society were yesterday prevented from taking their demands to the country's parliament - the final leg of a month-long protest march.
- India's Landless Prevented From Marching On Parliament (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
Thousands of landless workers, indigenous people and "untouchables" from the bottom of Indian society were today prevented from taking their demands to the country's parliament - the final leg of their month-long protest march.
- Dirty Business (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Oct 29, 2007)
There is déjà vu about the report that the government is preparing to remove the hurdles to the entry of Dow Chemical, which has bought Union Carbide into India in a big way.
- Fall In Love At First Sight (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
It was the lovely, sunny weather that so tempted you to step out — to walk, cycle or just stretch out on the sweet-smelling grass.
- Unaware Of Gold (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Oct 29, 2007)
Britannia has long ceased to rule the waves. No matter, thanks to the American century, English has retained its dominance on the global stage.
- Nuclear Deal Will Be Beneficial, Says Kakodkar (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
Defending the India-U.S. civil nuclear deal, Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Anil Kakodkar on Sunday said it could help in fulfilling growing energy requirements of the country.
- Unravelling The Rudy Giuliani Myth (Hindu, KESAVA MENON, Oct 29, 2007)
A new book on the former New York Mayor and Republican presidential hopeful argues that in choosing a leader, people must look beyond the valorous images he may invoke to see whether the man has real substance.
- How Many Is Enough? (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Oct 29, 2007)
Even before the 17th congress of the Chinese Communist Party began last week in Beijing, it was clear that at least one policy was not going to change: the one-child policy.
- Turning Food Crops Into Fuel Is A Crime (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
A UN expert has called the growing practice of turning crops into biofuel "a crime against humanity" because it has created food shortages and sent food prices soaring, leaving millions of poor people hungry.
- Winning In The Indian Market (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
If the ET awards had a category for the non-Indian multinational that built a businesses in India of the scale, scope and profitability of either ICICI, Bharti or Infosys, it is a reasonable guess that the jury would not have . . . . .
- Black, White And Coloured News (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 29, 2007)
A new study finds that White women more frequently take more of the life-prolonging supplemental therapies used to treat breast cancer than African-American women.
- Nothing Racist About It (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 29, 2007)
That racial discrimination is abominable is granted. But should political correctness drive us to the extent that we refuse to admit that races exist?
- Janadesh Rally Resolves To Fight For Land Rights (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
Janadesh-2007, the march of nearly 25,000 landless tillers, labourers, Dalits and tribals, who have been deprived of their land rights, reached the Capital on Sunday with the resolve that they would not return unless the Government accepted their . . . .
- U.S. ‘Encouraging India’ To Go Ahead With Nuclear Deal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
India will have to “work through its internal, political decisions” regarding the civilian nuclear deal. The U.S. government has been “encouraging it to go forward [with the deal] as quickly as possible,” U.S. Secretary of the Treasury . . . . . .
- Korea Calling (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
When a work assignment led me to Korea, I was quick to do my research.
- A Day In The Prison (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
It was our third visit to San Francisco. I was determined not to miss the visit to Alcatraz, which had somehow eluded us the first two times.
- Paulson Urges India To Resolve Differences Over N-Deal (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
US treasury secretary Henry Paulson on Sunday urged India to proceed with the civilian nuclear deal as soon as possible, but acknowledged that domestic political controversy over the deal must be resolved first.
- Inflation: The Real Measure (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 29, 2007)
With the Credit Policy barely a few days away, the Reserve Bank of India will feel a certain sense of satisfaction that its monetary policy in the recent past has paid off in the form of a drop in the inflation rate from . . . .
- India’S Poorest March On Capital For Land Rights (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
THOUSANDS of poor farmers, landless workers and indigenous people reached the Indian capital Sunday after a month-long protest march to highlight the plight of those marginalised by India’s economic boom.
- India’S Poor March For Land Rights (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
Thousands of poor farmers, landless workers and indigenous people reached the Indian capital Sunday after a month-long protest march to highlight the plight of those marginalised by India’s economic boom.
- Do Or Die (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 29, 2007)
WE are living beyond our means and courting environmental, economic and human disaster.
- Stunting The Sme (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
Currently, we are in the throes of self-doubt concerning the booming stock exchange and the soaring rupee caused by a flood of foreign investors.
- Baloch Nationalists’ Dilemma (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 29, 2007)
ELECTIONS appear to be round the corner as the incumbent — though powerless — assemblies are about to complete their term.
- Us Wages War On Child Porn Via Net (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
In a normal working day, US criminal investigator Flint Waters will surf the net, chat online with someone whose acquaintance he made a few weeks earlier, and exchange photos and videos.
- India’S Road To Intelligent Urbanism (Indian Express, Sujatha Byravan, Oct 29, 2007)
With the recent spate of flyover constructions in Chennai, pedestrians and bicyclists have been swept out of the main thoroughfares as if they don’t even exist.
- India Must Act On N-Deal: Us (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
The Indo-US nuclear deal would immensely help India in meeting its energy requirements and it is essential that India work out its own political mechanism to make the deal operational at the earliest, US Treasury Secretary Henry M Paulson . . .
- Class Apart, Some Mps (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 29, 2007)
What does globalisation have to do with caste relations in India? How does secularism differ from country to country? Can game theory be used to negotiate stable political coalitions? Read on.
- Family Tales (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
These stories reflect the lifestyle of a typical middle-class household in Kerala sixty years ago.
- In Kolkata, Us Secy Meets Buddha, Says Move Fast On Deal (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson today urged India to proceed with the civilian nuclear deal and to take a leadership role in stalled global trade talks by opening more of its economy.
- Healthcare For All (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 29, 2007)
THE health of the nation may be dismal but the health of around 18 parliamentarians and government officials is stable thanks to the prime minister using his discretionary powers and lifting the ban on certain public officials’ medical treatment abroad.
- Food Security Concerns (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 29, 2007)
“The power of population is so superior to the power of the earth to produce subsistence for man that premature death must in some shape or other visit the human race…levelling the population with the food of the world.”
- Carbon Blueprint (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 29, 2007)
Having given up on the nuclear deal and with elections in the not-to-distant future, the Congress (in particular the prime minister) has turned its attention to economic reform and governance, which should have been priorities at the beginning of . . . .
- Academia And The Energy Sector (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 29, 2007)
OVER the last couple of decades, the global energy scenario has been substantially transformed.
- Of Magic And Mythology (Hindu, Meena Menon, Oct 29, 2007)
“When I came to India, I thought there would be magicians everywhere. But it was all so modern. I kept asking people about the mango tree magic; they thought I was crazy.”
- For A Cool Splash (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
The forest guard at the Bhoothapandi checkpost told me that an uphill drive of less than five km would take me to the Vattaparai waterfalls.
- The Rizwanur Tragedy: Love And Utility (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
We are living at a time characterised by what Karl Marx once regarded as "commodity fetishism", writes Avijit Pathak.
- Slice Of Paradise Getaway (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
Signboards that promise paradise are a dime a dozen on the road to Kovalam.
- Lounge Here To Relish The Beauty Of Surroundings (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
A broken milestone, lying flat on the ground, announces that I have arrived in Chittar. But the intimidating iron gate with a huge lock instantly puts me off. RLTs are not meant to be disappointments, but pleasant surprises.
- Earth Cannot Sustain Us Any Longer: Study (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
As humankind persists with thoughtless and extravagant consumption of natural resources, the earth is hurtling towards an unprecedented resource crunch. Put differently, we are living way beyond our means, consuming 40% more than what the earth can . . .
- Supercritical Thermal Power Plant By 2011 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
A thermal power project with supercritical technology is to come up on a 900-acre ‘government poromboke’ site at Udangudi in Tuticorin district.
- Pollution Threatens Beijing Olympics (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
Children and the elderly in Beijing were advised to stay indoors as thick smog choked the city on Friday, a day after the top Olympic official warned pollution could disrupt next year's Games.
- Queen And Us (Indian Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 27, 2007)
This week a member of the Order of the Elephant came to visit the land of the elephants. Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, who belongs to this distinguished Order, is in India.
- 1984: The Dow Story (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 27, 2007)
The Union Carbide Bhopal gas leak of December 3, 1984, was the largest industrial disaster in terms of its human costs. Between 40,000 and 50,000 people died due to the tragedy, and another 40,000 to 600,000 reportedly suffered adverse health . . . .
- He Has Always Stood For The Values He Cherished (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
The leaders of the United National Progressive Alliance on Friday asked the people of the State to strengthen the hands of former chief minister S Bangarappa by supporting the Samajawadi Party as he had launched several innovative programmes . . . .
- Uk Green Fellowship For 4 Film Makers (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
Four young film-makers from India have been selected for the UK Environment Film Fellowships for 2007 for their work on subjects that primarily focus on environment-friendly and sustainable use of natural energy sources.
- Lounge Here (Hindu, SOMA BASU, Oct 27, 2007)
A broken milestone, lying flat on the ground, announces that I have arrived in Chittar. But the intimidating iron gate with a huge lock instantly puts me off. RLTs are not meant to be disappointments, but pleasant surprises.
- Book Release (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
The release of the book ‘Augustine Joseph Bhagavathar: Sangeeta Natakathile Athulya Prathiba,’ written by Qutbuddin, will be held under the aegis of Centre For Heritage Environment And Development, at the EMS Memorial Town Hall, Kochi . . . . .
- Royal Treatment (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
Pamper yourself at The Ritz-Carlton Resort and Spa in Bali
- Scotland Of The East! (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 27, 2007)
Reminiscent of the Scottish highlands, it leaves you spellbound
- Extension Of Nabard Funds Sought (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
The State government has approached National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) to extend its funding programme for provision of additional infrastructure to schools.
- The Focus On Agriculture (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 27, 2007)
In its latest World Development Report (WDR), the World Bank has made out a strong case for making agriculture the centrepiece of development strategies being pursued by developing countries.
- Sudan’S Other War A Threat To Darfur (Hindu, Jonathan Steele, Oct 27, 2007)
Failures to keep the peace in the scarcely reported north-south conflict send a terrible signal as talks begin in Libya.
- India Plans Road All Along Nepal, Bhutan Border (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
After embarking on better road links to the Chinese border, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs has turned its attention to Nepal with an ambitious plan for a road running right along the border to strengthen border surveillance.
- Cda’S Failure To Manage Its Sewers (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 27, 2007)
NOT much functions in Pakistan’s capital, not even its sewers. Years of neglected maintenance and upgrading means that human excreta fails to reach the treatment plant.
- Environment The Third Teacher (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 27, 2007)
During World War II, a future Nobel laureate as a starving, homeless four-year-old is forced to survive on the streets of Italy. The kid, Mario Capecchi, and his band of urchins eventually land up in a hospital, where the . . . . .
- Dmk Attempts To Boost Cong Ties (Asian Age, R. Bhagwan Singh, Oct 27, 2007)
The ruling DMK, which is finding itself increasingly isolated even within the Democratic Progressive Alliance that it heads in Tamil Nadu, is attempting to strengthen ties with the Congress leadership.
- Primates In Danger Of Extinction: Report (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 27, 2007)
After surviving the 20th century with no extinction, nearly a third of all the world's apes, monkeys and other primates are facing the threat of disappearing forever.
- Humans Put Humanity In Grave Danger (Telegraph, G.S. Mudur, Oct 27, 2007)
Humans are devouring the Earth’s natural resources in a manner that threatens humanity’s very survival, a UN report said today, predicting land and water shortages, deaths from pollution and disease, and extinction of species.
- Eu Plans A ‘Blue Card’ (Dawn, Shadaba Islam, Oct 27, 2007)
FORGET hopes of a new era of European harmony and unity following the agreement in Lisbon last week on a new reform treaty to whip unwieldy European Union institutions into shape: the bloc faces years of anxiety on whether the new institutional . . . .
Previous 100 Environment Articles | Next 100 Environment Articles
Home
Page
|
|
