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Articles 421 through 520 of 500:
- Denial As Strategy (Frontline, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Oct 24, 2007)
AS the undeclared one-and-a-half-year-old war in the east and the north rages on, Sri Lanka is faced with a paradoxical situation. By all accounts, the Mahinda Rajapaksa government has cornered the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam . . . .
- Road Overbridge To Be Ready In 20 Months (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2007)
Work on a Rs.27-crore road overbridge (ROB) along the alignment of the Uppanar Drain (UD) canal will be completed in 20 months, according to Public Works Department officials.
- India, Iran Move Beyond Pipeline Dream, Turn To Power (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2007)
With the future of the proposed tri-nation gas pipeline uncertain due to political and economic factors, India and Iran are exploring co-production and transmission of power through an underwater cable.
- Wb Bids Emotional Farewell To Durga (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2007)
The five-day Durga Puja celebrations in West Bengal finally ended as the state bid a tearful adieu to the goddess and her children on Sunday.
- Grassroots Governance (Hindu, Arvind Sivaramakrishnan, Oct 23, 2007)
These papers, originally presented at a UNDP and UN-Habitat conference in New Delhi in 2002, dispel many myths about Indian democracy.
- Army Commanders To Discuss Space Vision (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2007)
In a bid to catch up with developed nations in protecting its ‘space assets’, the Indian armed forces are planning to use space technology for military applications to meet the challenge of ‘space wars’.
- “We Would Like To See The Transition To A Democratic Government” (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Oct 23, 2007)
Thant Myint-U, 41, grandson of the former United Nations Secretary-General U. Thant, was in New Delhi this week, having recently completed The River of Lost Footsteps, an account of the rise and fall of Burma from a histo rian’s perspective.
- Steep Decline In Oil Output May Cause War (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2007)
Production peaked in 2006 and will fall 7 per cent a year, says new study
- Muddling Through In The Maelstrom (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 23, 2007)
Like a kayaker caught in the midst of swirling currents, the RBI has been struggling to stay afloat and not get swept away by the surging tide of capital inflows. And the waters are treacherous, with sharks of all stripes lurking and hungry for blood.
- Focus On The Farm (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 23, 2007)
Agriculture can bring development to countries only if the governments reversed years of policy neglect and remedied investment strategies in the sector.
- The Wages Of Sin (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 23, 2007)
SO then, the American-brokered Mother of All Deals, or MAD, has spawned the first of its many malformed babies.
- Grandeur Marks Jamboo Savari (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2007)
Tradition, pageantry and pomp marked the grand finale of the nadahabba, the Jamboo Savari, in the city on Sunday. The procession began after the governor, his wife, Narmada Thakur, scion of the Mysore royal family, Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar...
- No Room For Complacency (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2007)
Difficult as it may be to believe, India could soon move from the status of a gas-deficit country — even though gas accounts for only 8 per cent of the country's primary energy consumption, against 24 per cent globally — to a gas-sufficient . . . ..
- Courting Trouble (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 23, 2007)
It is a measure of the complete evaporation of the Prime Minister's authority that senior ministers quite brazenly ignore not just Government's decisions but also think nothing of defying the Supreme Court.
- Ongc-Mittal Jv Gets 30% In Caspian Sea Block (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2007)
ONGC Mittal Energy Ltd (OMEL), a joint venture between ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL) and Mittal Investment Sarl (MIS), has acquired 30 per cent stake in an exploratory Block 11-12, Offshore Turkmenistan in the Caspian Sea.
- No News Is Good News (Pioneer, Pyotr Goncharov, Oct 23, 2007)
Mr Vladimir Putin has said that he was pleased with his historic visit to Iran, the first by a Russian head of state since 1943.
- Lions Endangered (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 23, 2007)
The death of three lionesses and two cubs by electrocution at the edge of Gir National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary last week has once again drawn attention to the plight of this critically endangered species.
- Cost Of The Reverse (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Oct 23, 2007)
The prime minister’s abandonment of his campaign to take India into the nuclear club has been a sensation. Since he had himself initiated and steered the manoeuvre, the media have taken its abrupt termination to be a personal defeat for him.
- Power Play In China (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2007)
President Hu Jintao of China has emerged as the man in total control of the Communist Party of China (CPC) after the conclusion of its 17th congress on Sunday.
- At Anti-Terror Meet, India Seeks Pak’S Help In Tracking Bombers (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2007)
The Pakistani link to the recent terror strikes in Hyderabad, Ajmer and Ludhiana came to the fore on Monday as India sought Pakistan’s help in tracking down suspects who are believed to have cross-border links.
- ‘Germany Respects Any Decision Of The Indian Side Regarding The Specific Mix Of Energies Deemed Appropriate’ (Indian Express, Kandula Subramaniam, Oct 23, 2007)
Bilateral ties between India and Germany are closer than ever before. We have established a strategic partnership which is far more than establishing close economic ties that traditionally exist between our countries.
- Encephalitis Toll Approaches 400 (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2007)
Nearly 400 people are known to have died from encephalitis this year in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and neighbouring areas, officials say.
- Winning Over Evil (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Oct 23, 2007)
Dussehra and the worship of Durga is over but the imagery of the goddess stamping out evil remains embedded in our psyche.
- Dont Fear (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 23, 2007)
In the 19th century, there were more than 4,000 breweries in the US, brewing almost every sort of beer made in Europe and a few indigenous American varieties besides.
- Modi Ends Tv Interview Abruptly (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2007)
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi cut short a television interview in a huff after he was asked questions repeatedly on the 2002 post- Godhra riots, for which he has often been blamed by his critics.
- Investigation In Karachi Bomb Blasts (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2007)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said that PML and its coalition partners are confident of their success in the upcoming elections due to their performance and quality of candidates.
- Turkey Sends More Troops To Iraq Border (Yahoo! News, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2007)
Turkey - Dozens of Turkish military vehicles streamed toward the Iraqi border with heavy artillery and ammunition Monday after Kurdish guerrillas killed a dozen soldiers and claimed to have captured eight in an intensifying crisis . . . . . .
- Kalam Conferred Honorary Doctorate Of Science (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2007)
NRI industrialist Lord Swraj Paul, Chancellor of the University, presented the Doctorate to 76-year-old Kalam at a special ceremony at Wolverhampton last evening.
- Lounge Here (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 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.
- Magnificent Madrid (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
Madrid, the capital city of Spain has a lot going for it, giving you more than just one reason for it to be added to your ‘Europe in 14 days’ itinerary.
- Scotland Of The East! (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
It’s such an unassuming place that you will feel humbled being there. Meghalaya has innumerable ‘heavens on earth’ yet it doesn’t go bragging. You wonder why this State doesn’t get its deserved attention, while places no t half-as-stunning find admirers.
- I Never Talk About My Image: Modi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi told CNN-IBN that “there are only two or three persons” who labelled him a mass murderer and accused him of being prejudiced against Muslims.
- Singapore Can Be A Bridge Between India And Growing Economies: Nathan (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Oct 22, 2007)
The City-State can “become a bridge between India and other fast-growing economies,” said Singapore President S.R. Nathan here on Saturday.
- Detroit Gambles On Casinos (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 22, 2007)
Even by the standards of America’s poorest major city, Bagley Street has seen better days.
- Cpc Constitution Adopts Scientific Development (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
The 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on Sunday adopted a resolution to amend the CPC Constitution, enshrining “scientific outlook on development” and other strategic thoughts as enunciated by Party leaders since 2002.
- Royal Treatment (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
Take in the natural beauty of the tropical island of Bali while enjoying the award-winning service, spa treatments and dining experiences at The Ritz-Carlton Resort and Spa.
- Deal: Bali This Month (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
How about booking a trip to Bali this month? Enjoy the spas, the resorts, the Barong dance performed by the locals, and the beautiful wooden carvings and spa furniture you can bring back, all very affordable.
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 22, 2007)
It might be another case of too little too late, yet the Iraqi government’s move to bring the “contractors” ~ private mini-armies engaged by the Americans to provide security to their personnel ~ within the purview of its legal system will have . . . .
- In Meditative Mode (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
Temples today are surrounded by concrete structures. But there was a time when places of worship and Nature co-existed beautifully.
- Row Hotting Up Among Mobile Operators (Hindu, Sandeep Joshi, Oct 22, 2007)
Following DoT’s decision on TRAI recommendations, including dual use of technology
CDMA operators welcome DoT’s move
GSM operators worried by over 500 new applications
- Hyderabad-Born Scientist In Pentagon Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
A Hyderabad-born research scientist at the University of Louisiana, Suresh Golconda, is part of a prestigious self-directed motor vehicle race, traversing a tough course from Los-Angeles to Las Vegas, a length of 336 kilometres of rough terrain.
- 'Ganga Has More Life In It Than A Forest' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
Despite pollution from industrial effluents, garbage and sewage, the Ganga riverine system teems with life.
- Sethu Project Keeps Political Pot Boiling (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
The Sethusamudram Shipping Canal Project (SSCP) continues to keep the political pot in Tamil Nadu boiling with the DMK asserting that the first ship in the new channel would sail by November, 2008, and its rival AIADMK claiming that it would . . . . .
- Look Northeast Policy (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Oct 22, 2007)
Amidst the Incredible India@60 blitzkrieg in New York was an event that didn’t attract the attention it should have.
- Northeast Monsoon In A Day Or Two (Hindu, T. Ramakrishnan, Oct 22, 2007)
“Near normal” rainfall predicted; districts record scanty rainfall
Nil rainfall in Perambalur, Tiruvarur
Storage comfortable in many reservoirs
- Into This Side Of Eden (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
The Grand Nirvana Lake Resort situated on National Highway 47 is 16 km. from Alleppey and 65 km.
- Classic Rock (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
A. L. Basham’s book “The Wonder That Was India” may not be the most authentic or exhaustive account on ancient India. Many contest the historian’s conclusions.
- Sex Education Can Save Lives (Tribune, Usha Rai, Oct 22, 2007)
THE Indian adolescent is no different from young people in other countries in his sexual curiosity and half-baked knowledge about sex and its dos and don’ts.
- Water Scarcity Is Man-Made (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
Ramaswamy Iyer is a well-known scholar with vast experience in the field of water science and river hydrology.
- Muddling Through In The Maelstrom (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
Like a kayaker caught in the midst of swirling currents, the RBI has been struggling to stay afloat and not get swept away by the surging tide of capital inflows.
- Developing Cities (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 22, 2007)
THE Punjab Chief Minister on Friday promised Rs 250 crore for the development of Amritsar.
- Quizzed On Riots, Modi Walks Out (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi walked out of a television interview with Karan Thapar on CNN-IBN’s Devil’s Advocate after he was questioned about the post-Godhra carnage and if he had an “image problem”.
- On Dashmi, Baalu Says Sethu Project To Be Ready By '08 (Pioneer, K Venkataramanan, Oct 22, 2007)
Union Shipping Minister TR Baalu on Sunday claimed that the Sethusamudram shipping canal project would be completed by November 2008 and thrown open for commercial use soon after, dismissing criticism that the project was as good as shelved.
- Red Light Ahead (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
Tata Motors, Renault, General Motors and now Hyundai - the number of companies promising India a car that costs $ 3,000 (roughly Rs 1.25 lakh) or less has shot up in a matter of weeks.
- Sting In The Stink (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
A World Health Organisation official has claimed that the current chikungunya outbreak in northern Italy is the result of climate change. Paul Reiter finds this widely reported statement absurd, saying it's used tyres, not global warming . . . ..
- This Year's Nobels For Science (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2007 to Gerhard Ertl of the Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Berlin, "for his studies of chemical processes on solid surfaces."
- A380: In A Class Of Its Own (Business Line, Mohan Murti, Oct 22, 2007)
Europe is one of the world’s foremost exporters of aeronautics-related products and services. The EU aeronautics and aerospace sectors represent multi-billion euro industries in the European economy, sustaining millions of jobs for the citizens.
- Nuclear Power Corpn Stepping Up Uranium Mining (Business Line, Anil Sasi, Oct 22, 2007)
Turns focus to indigenous reactor programme
N-power plans
The company has targeted installed nuclear capacity of 20,000 MWe by 2020.
The company has plans to double indigenous uranium availability during the Eleventh Plan.
Jaitapur in Maharashtr
- Bridge Over Troubled Waters (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
In Palangal (Bridges), well-known Tamil writer Sivasankari observes three generations of women from traditional ‘Tam Bram’ families — unconnected to one another — as they steer their lives through changing times and mores.
- Do The Right Thing In Northern Areas! (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Oct 22, 2007)
If the latest “package” for the Northern Areas turns out to be a mere “proliferation” of the malfunctioning “local bodies” system in the rest of the country, then the people of Gilgit-Baltistan would be greatly disappointed.
- The Politicians’ Dilemma (Dawn, Aqil Shah, Oct 22, 2007)
THE gruesome terrorist attacks on Benazir Bhutto’s convoy in Karachi is likely to strain the mutual understanding between the PPP and General Musharraf, given the suspected involvement of state officials.
- Cong Ulb Members' Meet In November (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2007)
Congress party, oscillating between the choices of an Assembly election and another coalition government, is planning to put together a show of strength in early November.
- Is It Pause, Halt Or End? (Hindu, M.R. Srinivasan, Oct 19, 2007)
A look at the possible scenarios in the event that the Indo-U.S. nuclear deal is put on the back burner.
- Dimensions Of Rural Poverty In Tamil Nadu (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 19, 2007)
In Tamil Nadu, the rural poor are the marginal and small farmers and landless agricultural labourers. A comprehensive agricultural strategy should include conferment of land ownership with increased public investment in agriculture.
- How ‘Vulture Funds’ Prey On Poor Nations (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 19, 2007)
They buy up sovereign debt issued by the countries at a fraction of its face value then sue them in courts for the full face value plus interest.
- War Of Words On Food Security (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2007)
A war of words has broken out between Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar and the Bharatiya Janata Party on issues related to food security, wheat import and the minimum support price for paddy.
- Left Parties Will Not Allow India To Be Junior Partner Of U.S., Says Karat (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2007)
CPI (M) general secretary Prakash Karat said here on Thursday that the Left parties were firmly against the India-U.S. nuclear deal and would not allow India to be a junior partner of the United States.
- Arrival Of The 'Asian' Century (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 19, 2007)
The ultimate strategic effect of the Iraq war has been to hasten the arrival of the Asian Century.
- Child 'Suitcase Murder' Shocks Australia (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2007)
The murder of a young boy whose body was stuffed in a suitcase and thrown into a lake in a Sydney park has shocked Australia's biggest city.
- A Quiet Generation (Deccan Herald, Thomas L Friedman, Oct 19, 2007)
Activism can only be uploaded, the old-fashioned way - by young voters speaking truth to power, face to face, in big numbers, on campuses or the Washington Mall. Virtual politics is just that - virtual.
- Still Not Open Enough (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
The ongoing 17th Communist Party Congress in Beijing is all over the news space.
- Australia To Review Plans To Sell Uranium To India (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Oct 18, 2007)
The UPA government’s decision to put off the Indo-US nuclear deal in view of the Left parties’ unrelenting opposition to it has started having repercussions internationally.
- Hunger Stalks (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
There could, after all, be some substance in the prediction that a substantial part of India would turn into sub-Saharan Africa while the rest prospered like California as the country proceeded on the path of economic progress.
- Jarring Notes (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
October 17 was a day of drama and poor policymaking. The Sensex crashed over 1,700 points when the markets opened, but made up most of its losses later in the day to finish 336 points lower than Tuesday's close.
- Cpi Demands Notification Of Forest Act (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Oct 18, 2007)
The Communist Party of India (CPI) has demanded that the Government notify Scheduled Tribes and other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act immediately.
- Increased Military Spending Keeps South Asia On The Boil (Deccan Herald, Gobind Thukral, Oct 18, 2007)
Rising defence spending will not only aggravate South Asias internal and external disputes, but also exacerbate human security.
- Chavez Talks Of Cuban And Venezuelan Confederation (Hindu, Rory Carroll , Oct 18, 2007)
Proposal stems from his dream of uniting Latin America along Simon Bolivar’s principles.
- A New Mood Of Confidence In The Party (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Oct 18, 2007)
'Shahzeb "Sunny" was only 17 years old when Benazir Bhutto left Pakistan, but the pharmacy shop assistant in Layari, a vast Dharavi-like neighbourhood in this city, is in no doubt the Pakistan People's Party leader is "the best".
- World’S Largest Aircraft Touches Down In Singapore (Hindu, S. Annamalai, Oct 18, 2007)
The world’s largest commercial aircraft, A380, landed at the Changi airport here on Wednesday from Toulouse, France, to an impressive water salute from fire tenders, a colourful Chinese lion dance and the beating of traditional drums.
- The Lesser Known North-East Monsoon (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Oct 18, 2007)
A La Nina, the oposite of an El Nino, is generally beneficial for the south-west monsoon but could it weaken the north-east monsoon?
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