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Articles 1821 through 1920 of 20008:
- Today's Hit Is Tomorrow's Niche (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 23, 2006)
Hits are not quite the economic force they once were, declares Chris Anderson, in The Long Tail, explaining why the sales that go with Number Ones are not what they used to be.
- It’S Roses All The Way For Bharat Nirman (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
The government’s Bharat Nirman programme is on track. The progress on four components of Bharat Nirman — rural telephony, rural water supply, rural housing and rural roads — has exceeded the target. Over 18,700 km of rural roads have been . . .
- Energy Security Remains An Elusive Goal (The Financial Express, N K Singh, Sep 23, 2006)
Few will quarrel with the thrust of the Kirit Parikh Report, but implementation needs more attention.
- Naxal Menace Is In Check: Ysr (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy on Friday said recruitment into the outlawed Communist Party of India (Maoist) had stopped because of the development initiatives launched by his government.
- S. Korea's Ban Seeks To Build On Lead In U.N. Race (Reuters, Paul Eckert, Sep 23, 2006)
Informal polls showing South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon as the leading contender to succeed U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan have strengthened his resolve to press for U.N. reforms, Ban said on Friday.
- Phishing For Trouble (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 23, 2006)
Reports that the Los Angeles county is finding itself overwhelmed with a spate of identity thefts comes as no real surprise. And why should it? After all, identity theft in recent years has come to be a global phenomenon.
- Grist For The 'Degree Mills' (News International, Praful Bidwai, Sep 23, 2006)
The writer, a former newspaper editor, is a researcher and peace and human-rights activist based in Delhi
- Chinese Checkers (Business Line, R. Sundaram , Sep 23, 2006)
Unfortunately for Mr Shashi Tharoor, the winning candidate has to be the one who gets the unqualified support of either the US or China, no matter what France, the UK or Russia may think.
- Bad News From Tibet (Pioneer, Claude Arpi, Sep 22, 2006)
The extension of Tibet Railway to Nepal's border will have serious strategic implications for India, says Claude Arpi
- A Public Nuisance (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 22, 2006)
There are public rules and regulations that are useless, a waste of time, money and effort.’
- Oil & Gas Sector — Reforms Still In The Pipeline (Business Line, Uttam Gupta , Sep 22, 2006)
The need of the hour is to liberate both oil and gas from the clutches of price controls — as decided already several years back — and allow the market forces to take the lead.
- An Open Letter To American Senators (Hindu, M.R. Srinivasan, Sep 22, 2006)
The draft Senate Bill on the India-U.S. civilian nuclear deal of July 2005 has been worded as though dealing with a normal non-nuclear weapon state. Any additional obligations imposed on India are unacceptable.
- Dci Gets Further Work In Sethusamudram Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
International competitive bidding fails
- Threat Is From Those Who Accept Climate Change (Hindu, George Monbiot, Sep 22, 2006)
If the biosphere is ruined it will be done by people who know that emissions must be cut _ but refuse to alter the way they live.
- Towards Efficiency In Doing Good (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 22, 2006)
If giving is seen not as charity but more as allocation of resources, the question of efficacy and measuring the results is critical.
- Not By Judicial Fiat Alone (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 22, 2006)
The fierce protests during the day-long bandh by Delhi's traders — which resulted in the death of four people in police firing — signals an urgent need to formulate a . . .
- Miracles Of Music (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan, who intrinsically changed the way the violin sounded in Carnatic music, recalls how he was asked to invoke the rain gods
- Admission Strengthens Budapest's Hand (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 22, 2006)
The Gyurcsany Government's admission it has been lying to the people brought shocked Hungarians out on to the streets but are the politicians playing a much longer game?
- Tat Twam Asi: Reloaded (The Economic Times, MUKUL SHARMA, Sep 22, 2006)
There are three ways of living a life. The first is to believe nothing is a miracle. People who lead such lives are usually unbelievers, rationalists and atheists (not necessarily agnostics or scientists, though).
- Bush, Republicans Forge Terrorism Interrogation Deal (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
U.S. President George W. Bush bowed to pressure from leading senators in his Republican party on Thursday, revising a bill for interrogating terrorism suspects that critics had said would allow abusive treatment.
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 22, 2006)
Deaths in police firing, widespread violent public protest, disruption of normal life, all these arouse the sentiments upon which politicians thrive (induce?) but which have no place in policy formulation or administrative action.
- Training Teachers For Quality Education (Daily Excelsior, K.K. Khullar, Sep 22, 2006)
Of the famous four pillars of education teacher education occupies the prime position, the other three being pedagogy, objectivity and commitment.
- Freedom Of Thought In Islam (Dawn, Sidrah Unis, Sep 22, 2006)
Freedom of thought enables an individual to draw an independent and logical conclusion and serves to boost creativity, which is the core of progress.
- Us Nuclear Help To India Bothering Pakistan: Pm (Daily Times, Shahzad Raza, Sep 22, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Thursday that India could produce more fissile material for nuclear warheads through its civilian nuclear cooperation deal with the United States.
- Is India Compromising Dangerously On Terror? (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, Sep 22, 2006)
There are some in India who appear eager to let the Pakistani President, Gen Pervez Musharraf, off the hook, by agreeing that he has no control over the terror infrastructure in Pakistan and PoK.
- All Things Rotten (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Sep 22, 2006)
It is a Delhi phenomenon, one that is in the news, but symptomatic of the appalling urban planning, norms and regulations across urban India.
- Mining Scam: State Cong For Cbi Probe (Deccan Herald, DEVIKA SEQUEIRA , Sep 22, 2006)
The Goa government on Thursday appealed to Union Water Resources Minister Saifudin Soz to restrain Karnataka from laying the foundation stone for the Kalasa Banduri Nala project in Kankumbhi, Belgaum.
- The Conscientious Carnivores (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 22, 2006)
It is said that since every good movement needs a motto, what about: Eat the farm.
- Nod For Massive E-Governance Scheme (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
Private sector to pick up Rs. 4,093 crore
- Thai Coup Impacts Naga Peace (Telegraph, Bharat Bhushan, Sep 22, 2006)
Thuingaleng Muivah does not know Gen. Sonthi Boonyaratglin, the commander-in-chief of the Thai army who overthrew the government of caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra on Tuesday. But the military coup could not have come at a worse time . . .
- It Firms Told To Promote Renewable Energy (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
The big IT companies in the State have been requested to take up a new social responsibility now.
- Thailand Coup Lands Muivah In Visa Soup (Telegraph, Bharat Bhushan, Sep 22, 2006)
Thuingaleng Muivah does not know Gen. Sondhi Boonyartkalin, the commander-in-chief of the Thai army who overthrew the government of caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra on Tuesday. But the military coup could not have come at a worse time . . .
- Mine Blast On Bomb Experts (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
Utpal Bhakta had defused several landmines before. This time, too, he had cut the wire leading off the milk can stuffed with explosives into the dense forest.
- Bangla Storm: 73 Dead (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
The Coast Guard and civil administration recovered most of the bodies from different points on the coast stretching from Patuakhali to Khulna, the sources said adding adverse weather was hampering rescue work.
- Thai Junta Disarms Rangers Close To Thaksin (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
Thailand's new military rulers have begun disarming thousands of forest rangers who were led by a close ally of deposed premier Thaksin Shinawatra, an Army official said on Friday.
- Power At Any Cost (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Sep 22, 2006)
With politicians growing power-hungry, principles have taken a back seat. No one is an exception.
- Malaysian Firm Keen On Setting Up Power Plant In State (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
Asian Gateway Corporation, a Malaysian company, has expressed its willingness to set up a 2,400 MW thermal power plant in Andhra Pradesh.
- Should Our Cities Be Private Or Public Spaces? (Hindu, A. Srivathsan, Sep 21, 2006)
From Hong Kong to London, new towns have failed to contain the overcrowding of the parent city. And if private enclaves proliferate, we could end up with the dilution of the public nature of the city.
- Reform Of The U.N. Security Council (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 21, 2006)
Why is it that the Security Council remains so rigid and outdated?
- 76 Yrs After March, Dandi To Find Place On Tourism Map (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2006)
Seventy six years ago, Mahatma Gandhi and his followers took 24 days to walk cross five districts to break the salt law on the Arabian sea, near Dandi in Gujarat, by making it themselves after boiling sea water.
- Ushering Free Trade (Daily Excelsior, Pallabh Bhattacharya, Sep 21, 2006)
India's trade diplomacy was in full play last month as it grappled hard negotiations on two key proposals for ushering free trade in South Asia and South East Asia, producing contrasting outcomes.
- Mediation In Kashmir Will Complicate Situation: Azad (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2006)
Asking third parties to refrain from interfering in Jammu and Kashmir, Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said here today that peace in his State could be best ensured by talks between India and Pakistan and outside mediation would "complicate an . . .
- New Norms For Sez Development Soon (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2006)
Board of Approvals to meet today to advise States
- Why Such A Drastic Step At This Time Of The Academic Year, Ask . . . (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2006)
We had no choice on initiating action against schools, says Horatti
- Challenges In The Eleventh Plan (Deccan Herald, Manu N Kulkarni, Sep 21, 2006)
The Draft Outline of the Eleventh Plan can be described, at best, as the eleventh version of the First Five Year Plan because the same old paradigm and plan and non-plan schemes and Centre-state fiscal responsibilities etc are repeated.
- Encounter At Sea (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 21, 2006)
The frigate was at sea some 150 miles east of Chennai that blustery November morning. A cyclone had lashed the coast five days earlier. Many fishing craft were still missing. The lookout spotted a dark object about a mile away.
- World Bank’S Focus On Youth (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Sep 21, 2006)
GERMANY led by Chancellor Angela Merkel is initiating a move to promote a free trade area between Europe and the US — the world’s largest if it materialises. Called the Trans-Atlantic Free Trade Area (Tafta) it will be the economic equivalent of . . .
- Mumbai Gets Rs 1,200 Cr To Get Drainage Right (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2006)
Days before the Maharashtra government is scheduled to commence work on the Brihanmumbai Storm Water Drainage (BRIMSTOWAD) Project aimed at preventing the recurrence of floods in Mumbai, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh today cleared Rs 1200 crore . . .
- The Case Of The Phantom Pil (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 21, 2006)
PILs are definitely being misused... The courts have realised that they need to control them. There must be a screening process.
- Is The Grass On The Other Side Really So Green? (The Financial Express, SANDIPAN DEB, Sep 21, 2006)
Most Indian technocrats in the US would have been much better off if they had stayed back in . . .
- ......And Strategic Restraint Regime In Sa (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 21, 2006)
President Musharraf also proposed creation of a Strategic Restraint Regime in South Asia encompassing minimum nuclear deterrence and a balance in conventional forces in order to create balance of power in the region as well as an environment to . . .
- Pause On Fiscal Reform? (The Financial Express, N. Chandra Mohan, Sep 21, 2006)
Our weekly column on recent research made simple
- Crocodile Hunter: The Final Show (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 21, 2006)
A public memorial service for Crocodile Hunter’ Steve Irwin began today with an emotional tribute from actor Russell Crowe. “It was way too soon for all of us,” Crowe said in the recorded tribute.
- Kannur University To Host Science Congress Next Year (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2006)
A special theme session on paddy cultivation in Kerala will be held
Nearly 500 papers will be presented in the congress
A Young Scientist Award will be given to best paper in each subject .
- Sarvodaya Activist Hails India,pakistan Peace Initiative (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2006)
"The willingness shown by India and Pakistan at the Havana U.N. Convention to arrive at a joint mechanism to counter terror augurs well for peace in the region," said Nirmala Deshpande, Rajya Sabha MP and member of the Association for Peace of Asia.
- Rel Comm, Bharti In Talks To Share Cell Sites (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2006)
Reliance Communications and Bharti Group are in talks to share about 2,000 cell sites across the country, which will enable the two operators to cut infrastructure costs and provide more affordable mobile services to consumers.
- Closed Nuclear Fuel Cycle Central To India's Vision Of Energy Security: . . . (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2006)
Crucial for implementation of its nuclear power programme
Construction of 500 MWe PFBR on schedule
Reprocessing facility at Kalpakkam by 2012.
- International Day Of Peace (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 21, 2006)
Peace be to the Earth and to the Air!
Peace be to Heaven, peace to the Waters!
By this invocation of peace, may peace bring peace.
Atharva Veda
Seek peace, and pursue it.
Holy Bible
- Iran: Bush Keeps Options Open (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Sep 21, 2006)
One day after his UN clash with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad over Iran's nuclear ambitions, US President George is keeping his options open, including military action to counter a possible blockade of the Straits of Hormuz.
- More The Merrier (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 21, 2006)
The education scene in Haryana today is none too encouraging.
- More Noise Than Light (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 21, 2006)
The 12th Punjab Assembly has virtually completed its term.
- Karzai Asked To ‘Do More’ (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf urged Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday to ‘do more’ in Afghanistan instead of blaming Pakistan for his troubles.
- Grand Jirga Of Baloch Sardars Today (Dawn, Saleem Shahid, Sep 21, 2006)
A grand jirga of Baloch tribes convened by the Khan of Kalat, Mir Suleman Daud, will be held in Kalat on Thursday.
- Fund Of Politics (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 21, 2006)
IMF-Bank charter was sought to be expanded to allow rich countries influence the fortunes of developing nations.
- Emotional Farewell To 'Crocodile Hunter' (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2006)
Tough outback characters dressed in khaki fought back tears while mothers and their children wept as the staff of Australia Zoo in Beerwah, Queensland, and a galaxy of film stars and politicians paid tribute to the man who was arguably the most famous . .
- Accounting Problems Can Grow Unnoticed Like Mozo Bamboo Plant (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 21, 2006)
It may be tough to believe, but `money is in accounting', as one learns from a recent posting on http://accounting.smartpros.com, sourced from The Topeka Capital-Journal.
- Musharraf For Peace, Justice, Harmony (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 21, 2006)
IN his wide-ranging address to the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, President Gen Pervez Musharraf has called for resolution of the Palestine . . .
- Calling A Spade A Spade (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 21, 2006)
To all the great self-serving sardars, who are falling over each other to politicise the death of Nawab Bugti, a simple question needs to be asked: is Balochistan's development and the rights of its people synonymous with the actions of the . . .
- Manufacturing Needs A Policy Crank-Up (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Sep 20, 2006)
India can become a global manufacturing base, notably in automobiles, components, electronic hardware and pharmaceuticals.
- Medical Tourism And Its Side-Effects (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 20, 2006)
India may be a destination for medical care-seekers from abroad, but where will that leave domestic patients?
- What India And China Can Learn From Each Other (The Financial Express, ILA PATNAIK, Sep 20, 2006)
Continuing its focus on India and China, the IMF launched two new books on the sidelines of the IMF World Bank annual meetings in Singapore on Tuesday.
- Congress Dares Janata Dal (S) To Go In For Assembly Elections (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2006)
Charges made by Deve Gowda against the Congress are baseless, say party leaders
- Cross-Eyed (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 20, 2006)
At the swearing-in ceremony in Ranchi on Monday, the new Jharkhand chief minister, Madhu Koda, tried to avoid his ousted predecessor, Arjun Munda’s eye. Munda, too, looked everywhere else. Finally, both gave in, gave each other a weak smile . . .
- Finding A Way Out Of Attributional Errors (The Economic Times, VITHAL C NADKARNI, Sep 20, 2006)
In the late ’sixties, Cuban leader Fidel Castro, now in the news due to the NAM summit in Havana, figured in a classic experiment. Subjects listened to pro- and anti-Castro speeches. They were then asked to rate their pro-Castro stance.
- Question Of Development (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2006)
The three books under review deal with important questions using development economics as the focus.
- Mechanism Is A Positive Development: Pakistan (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Sep 20, 2006)
It will help prevent acts of terror in both countries
- 15 Killed In Flash Floods In Andhra Pradesh (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2006)
Incessant rain plays havoc in Karimnagar district
- Kerala Govt Trying To Save 'Criminal' Comrades (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2006)
Four months into power, the CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) Government in Kerala has launched in right earnest a devious ploy to save Marxist comrades involved in various criminal cases from the clutches of the law.
- Israel Keen On R And D Pact With State (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2006)
Looks forward to free trade pact with India
- Keeping Pace With Industry Dynamics (Hindu, Meera Srinivasan, Sep 20, 2006)
MBA course gives students a chance to observe global markets
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