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Articles 2021 through 2120 of 20008:
- Could This Crop Save The Planet? (Hindu, Robin McKie, Sep 18, 2006)
Cars that run on sugarcane, fuel made from palm trees — it sounds like an oil-free future that could solve global warming. But the critics are gathering.
- Al Qaeda Involved In '99 Indian Plane Hijacking (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 18, 2006)
Al Qaeda operatives were behind the hijacking of the Indian Airlines plane in 1999 which culminated in the release of Jaish-e-Mohammed leader Maulana Masood Azhar and two other militants, a former bodyguard of terror mastermind Osama bin . . .
- Make Knowledge Utilitarian (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Sep 18, 2006)
For the poor, utility is what counts most. Insisting that the poor must have ten years of academic schooling, is like asking them to eat cake when they do not have bread.
- Can Nam Show Its Teeth? (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Sep 18, 2006)
It remains to be seen how the future will unfold for the Non-Aligned Movement which has lost its moorings but which is loathe to be cast into the limbo of history.
- The Great Land Grab (Frontline, Praful Bidwai, Sep 18, 2006)
Huge swathes of land are being handed over to corporations in `sweetheart' deals and scams centred on Special Economic Zones.
- Diluted Commitment (Frontline, V. VENKATESAN, Sep 18, 2006)
The Bill meant to provide legal support to reservation gives rise to misgivings that the elite sections have snatched several concessions.
- Revisit Growth, Oil Prices And Inflation (The Financial Express, Saumitra Chaudhuri, Sep 18, 2006)
That high oil prices did not dent growth is important, not because it proves past research wrong, but because it affirms how the world is growing with productivity gains from globalisation.
- Little Elation In India, Pakistan Over Peace Moves (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Sep 18, 2006)
India and Pakistan have only ended a two-month hiatus in their fragile peace process by agreeing to resume talks, and a pact to fight terrorism together would be a challenge to implement, analysts said on Sunday.
- Record Number Of Bids For Oil Acreage (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 18, 2006)
The latest round of bidding for oil blocks pan-India has seen a veritable sea change in investor response. A record 165 bids have been received for the 55 oil blocks on offer for exploration and production (E&P) of crude and gas.
- Mahant’S Resignation Face-Saving Exercise, Says Board Ceo (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 17, 2006)
Mahant Deependra Giri, custodian of Chhari Mubarak of Lord Shiva, has cited “the raising of artificial Shivalingam having hurt the sentiments of pilgrims and the decision to preserve the holy Lingam through artificial means” as reasons, among others, for
- Diplomacy Speaks (Deccan Herald, Dr Sunil Kothari , Sep 17, 2006)
The career diplomat H E Surendra Kumar, Indian High Commissioner to Kenya, Ambassador to Eritrea and Permanent Representative of the United Nations Environment Programme and UN-Habitat, is an avid lover of Indian classical music and dance.
- To Catch A Virus And Miss The Disease (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 17, 2006)
The WHO recently said that India has suffered a resurgence in polio this year with 283 new cases, and is ‘actively exporting’ the virus to Nepal, Bangladesh and Africa. Surely, it is reason for concern. But our concerns must not stop at polio.
- Navy To Have Second Base Near Visakhapatnam (Hindu, Santosh Patnaik, Sep 17, 2006)
The futuristic base to be set up between Rambilli and Elamanchili .
- India, Pakistan To Set Up Anti-Terror Mechanism (Hindu, N. Ravi, Sep 17, 2006)
Breakthrough at Manmohan Singh-Musharraf talks
Manmohan likely to ask Musharraf help reduce cross border terrorism
India, Pakistan should seize historic opportunity: Musharraf
- Forced Departures (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Sep 17, 2006)
When women, of whatever class, are forced by circumstance to migrate, they expose themselves to new forms of violence and exploitation.
- Dena Bank To Raise Rs. 250-300 Crore (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 17, 2006)
Ties up with UAE Exchange
Dena Bank on Saturday said that it would raise Rs. 250-300 crore next month through the upper Tier-II route to meet its capital requirements.
- Maids Of The Moors (Hindu, Usha Mukunda, Sep 17, 2006)
A visit to Haworth sheds light on the life of the Bronte sisters.
We stood there marvelling at the spirit of the sisters who wrote such masterpieces while living in such a dark and heavy atmosphere.
- Protracted Dawn (Hindu, Mike Marqusee, Sep 17, 2006)
While there is no end in sight to the war on terror, the living conditions of the Afghans have only worsened in the last five years.
- It — Some Issues In Stress Management (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 17, 2006)
This is with reference to N. Gopalakrishnan's article "IT boom — boon or bane?" (Open Page, September 3).
- Where The Past Still Lives (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 17, 2006)
It is very difficult to escape the past in Mussoorie, pervaded by a genteel colonial air.
- Box-Office Suicide (Telegraph, Ruchir Joshi, Sep 17, 2006)
Often simple moments are the most revealing. In 1993, I made a film called Tales from Planet Kolkata and was invited to show it at the Oberhausen Film Festival in Germany.
- On Cloud Nine (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Sep 17, 2006)
Whatever the dispute about the origin of phrase "on cloud nine" one finds its meaning "blissfully happy" coming true during a drive through the Sanasar hills. One literally floats through heavy fog in a salubrious environment soon after crossing Kud.
- Can Atma Bring Real Extension Reforms? (Daily Excelsior, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 17, 2006)
Worldwide, extension work has provided a needed respite to the farming community and always assisted them to avail the wholesome benefits of the innovative agricultural and other associated technologies at their doorsteps.
- Centre To Set Up Six . . . (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 17, 2006)
The Centre is planning to set up six institutes similar to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in different parts of the country, Union Minister for Health Ambumani Ramadoss has said.
- Books Build Character: Sheila (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 17, 2006)
12th edition of the Delhi Book Fair begins at Pragati Maidan
- Who For Old ‘Hand’ To Battle Malaria (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 17, 2006)
The World Health Organisation has recommended a return to the use of indoor sprays of DDT to fight malaria, reversing its own three-decade-old policy of phasing out indoor spraying of the insecticide.
- What’S In A Nam Summit? Plenty, If... (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Sep 17, 2006)
As the 14th summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (Nam) gets underway in Havana, its relevance has come under the scanner like never before. Two questions hang over all the atmospherics and photo-ops: will the Nam be able to shrug . ..
- Draft Declaration To Raise Taliban Aid Issue (Asian Age, V.S.CHANDRASEKAR, Sep 17, 2006)
In a formulation that can still cause discomfort to Pakistan, the draft declaration of the Nonaligned Movement disapproves of support to Taliban from "whichever" source, an apparent reference to Islamabad, and has deleted some description of terror . . .
- To A Sensible Sensex (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 17, 2006)
The Sensex has managed to breach the 12,000 mark for the second time. The good news is, the second scaling of the peak has come after a rather chastening correction of more than 3,700 points suffered by the markets since this May.
- Peak Season (New Indian Express, JAYA RAMANATHAN, Sep 17, 2006)
Just six nights in Switzerland?” asked an incredulous husband who had lived and worked in the picturesque country for two years. Well it had to be just that since our good friends from Mumbai had initiated the package tour and having them for company . .
- Pervez Tells India To Seize Opportunity (Asian Age, PTI, Sep 17, 2006)
Hours ahead of his meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here, Pakistan President Gen. Pervez Musharraf said a "historic opportunity" existed for the two sides to "close the chapter of tensions" and asserted that Islamabad was determined to . . .
- Bp, Cairn, Ongc Bid For Indian Oil, Gas (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 17, 2006)
Global energy firms BP, BG, and Italy’s ENI are among bidders for oil and gas exploration rights in India’s latest and largest ever licensing round, government officials said on Friday.
- Befitting Honour For Shabana Azmi (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Sep 17, 2006)
Shabana Azmi looked different than other members whenever she raised an issue or participated in a debate in the Rajya Sabha.
- Battle With Darkness (News International, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 17, 2006)
When they, the recipients of donated kidneys, lit their candles and raised them in the courtyard of the Karachi Press Club on Friday evening, the sight was truly inspiring.
- Blame Game (News International, Ajmal Shams, Sep 17, 2006)
While the atmosphere still remains relatively tense as far as the relations between neighbouring Afghanistan and Pakistan are concerned, a window of opportunity remains open in terms of a number of commonalities that define geo-politics in the two . . .
- Nam Meet "Historic" Chance For India, Pak: (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 17, 2006)
Hours ahead of his meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf said a "historic opportunity" existed for the two sides to "close the chapter of tensions."
- Musharraf For ‘Closing Chapter Of Tension’ With India (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 17, 2006)
Hours ahead of his meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf said that a “historic opportunity” existed for the two sides to “close the chapter of tension” and that Islamabad was determined to pursue the . . .
- What Ails Our Foreign Policy (Dawn, Javid Husain, Sep 17, 2006)
Pakistan's foreign policy currently suffers from problems of substance and image, a combination that has made the country vulnerable to the challenges of the 21st century.
- Musharraf Feels Heat Of India’S Blame-Game (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 17, 2006)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said that India should stop the ‘blame-game’ and should adopt a ‘constructive approach’ towards Pakistan.
- Nam Should Not Be Ambiguous On Terrorism: Manmohan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 17, 2006)
"A message must emanate from us that we are united in our desire to fight and eliminate the scourge of terrorism''
Vital concerns such as poverty, ignorance and disease should not be ignored
`Our problems are global, so must our solutions be' .
- Tata Tea: Wait And Watch (Business Standard, Niraj Bhatt, Sep 17, 2006)
Tata Tea plans to fund its equity requirement of Rs 890 crore to buy 30 per cent in Glaceau through a preferential allotment to the parent, Tata Sons, which will fetch it between Rs 420-460 crore. It may raise more funds by selling some of its . . .
- Panipat`s Never-Ending Battle (Business Standard, Geetanjali Krishna, Sep 17, 2006)
Legend has it that Panipat has the dubious distinction of having the largest number of flies in the world. A Sufi saint Bu Ali Shah Qalandar once came to Panipat and saw that locals were being bugged by flies. He offered to get rid of all of them in . ..
- India Of Our Dreams? (Daily Excelsior, V.Y. Kantak, Sep 16, 2006)
What was all this tamasha about celebrating the 100th anniversary of Satyagraha, a movement led by Mahatma Gandhi in South Africa for truth and non-violence?
- Third-Rate Realities (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 16, 2006)
we cannot have governance, national security or dream of being an economic superpower as long as we have public buildings that look like garbage dumps.
- Iran, Venezuela Try To Forge Anti-U.S. Front At Summit (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 16, 2006)
Iran, Venezuela and other states opposed to U.S. policy sought to forge a common front on Friday at a Non-Aligned summit that Cuban leader Fidel Castro was too ill to chair.
- Activists Slam Birth Control For Elephants In West Bengal (Reuters, BAPPA MAJUMDAR, Sep 16, 2006)
Wildlife groups have slammed a move by West Bengal to give contraceptives to domesticated elephants to control their numbers saying it would hurt the pachyderm population already under threat.
- The Widening Hole (Daily Excelsior, G L Khajuria, Sep 16, 2006)
Ozone layer, a protective sheath encircling the spaceship "Mother Earth" is fostering all the bio-life sustaining on it from ultraviolet rays of sun. The atmosphere surrounding this bio-cushioning life is being surrounded by two different . . .
- What’S In A Nam Summit? Plenty, If... (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Sep 16, 2006)
As the 14th summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (Nam) gets underway in Havana, its relevance has come under the scanner like never before.
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 16, 2006)
Do the UN, NATO, USA know what they are doing?
- Nam Must Stand United In Fight Against Terror: Pm (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 16, 2006)
Warning that NAM cannot be ambiguous on the issue of terrorism if it wants to be relevant, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today told its leaders to unitedly fight the scourge and not allow the forces of extremism to distract the world’s attention . . .
- Way Of Life, Study Of Death (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 16, 2006)
The Central government has, in what is the world’s biggest ever health survey, started mapping death patterns across India to understand major causes of death and how lifestyle affects mortality.
- Greater Team Work? (Deccan Herald, Ramakrishna Upadhya, Sep 16, 2006)
Kumaraswamy government needs to be congratulated for showing the necessary political will to go ahead with Greater Bangalore, even if belatedly, despite reservations being expressed in some quarters.
- There Is Freedom From Fear (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 16, 2006)
Thinking born out of fear is always negative and destructive. A fearful man is incapable of right thinking; fear dulls his mind and heart; his thinking becomes blunted.
- To Catch A Virus And Miss The Disease (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 16, 2006)
The WHO recently said that India has suffered a resurgence in polio this year with 283 new cases, and is ‘actively exporting’ the virus to Nepal, Bangladesh and Africa. Surely, it is reason for concern. But our concerns must not stop at polio. Much . . .
- Koda To Be Sworn In As Jharkhand Cm (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 16, 2006)
Jharkhand Governor Syed Sibtey Razi has invited UPA leader and Chief Minister- designate Madhu Koda to form the next government in Jharkhand.
- Ongc Leads Race With 45 Bids (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 16, 2006)
A total of 66 companies, including 35 foreign and 31 Indian companies, have bid for the 55 oil and gas blocks offered under the sixth auction of the New Exploration Licensing Policy (NELP).
- Civic Failure In Hyderabad (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 16, 2006)
Contrary to what the Hyderabad nazim would have us believe, nature alone is not responsible for turning his city into a disaster zone. Karachi’s rain-related misfortunes, bad as they were, seem trifling now compared . . .
- Pakistan, China Vow To Expand Strategic Ties (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 16, 2006)
Pakistan and China on Friday vowed to further strengthen their strategic relationship and to expand it further in all areas including defence, security, energy and science and technology.
- Voices Of Colour (Frontline, Shelley Walia, Sep 16, 2006)
Interview with Toi Derricotte, Professor of English and writer. By Shelley Walia .
- Disaster Capitalism (Frontline, Vijay Prashad, Sep 16, 2006)
A year on from Hurricane Katrina, a few honest words from George W. Bush fly in the face of corporate profiteering from reconstruction efforts.
- To A Sensible Sensex (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 16, 2006)
The Sensex has managed to breach the 12,000 mark for the second time. The good news is, the second scaling of the peak has come after a rather chastening correction of more than 3,700 points suffered by the markets since this May.
- Beach Development (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 16, 2006)
While much of the country has seen local government in the form of a system of elected representatives -- led by nazims and naib nazims and so . . .
- Reliance Seeks Spectrum For 3g Trials (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 16, 2006)
Reliance Communications has sought permission from the Department of Telecom for conducting trials for 3G services. Reliance Communications has applied for 3G spectrum in seven circles — Orissa, West Bengal, Kolkata, Madhya Pradesh, North East and . . .
- The Senate Says No To Mr Bush (Economist, Editorial, Economist, Sep 16, 2006)
For A while, George Bush seemed confident of getting his way. In a speech earlier this month he said interrogators of terrorist suspects should be free to use “alternative techniques” to gather information to foil pending plots. Suspects, he added, . . .
- Right Ahead (Economist, Editorial, Economist, Sep 16, 2006)
Swedish elections are usually humdrum affairs that take place in September every fourth year and are comfortably won by the Social Democrats. But the election on Sunday September 17th is breaking the mould in two ways. One is that the closing weeks . . .
- India Moving Forward `On A Remarkably Stable Trajectory' (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 16, 2006)
Edward Luce's book In Spite of the Gods takes one on a quick ride across an India characterised as much by a `schizophrenic economy' and shrewd businessmen as by vedantic detachment and Gandhiji's legacy. D. MURALI recommends this meandering read.
- Cyber Crime Becoming More Organised (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 16, 2006)
Cyber scams are increasingly being committed by organised crime syndicates out to profit from sophisticated ruses rather than hackers keen to make an online name for themselves, according to a top US official.
- Kofi Airs World’S Deep Concern (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 16, 2006)
UN Chief Kofi Annan has said that most Middle East leaders he recently conferred with considered the Iraq war ‘a real disaster’.
- Asit K. Biswas (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 16, 2006)
This IIT, Kharagpur alumnus 2006 Stockholm World Water Prize laureate and now founder-president of Third World Centre of Water Management, Mexico City, fostered a critical rethink among UN agencies and governments over water resources management . . .
- A Toxic Trail Of Pollution And Profiteering (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Sep 16, 2006)
The recent dumping of toxic wastes around the Ivory Coast city of Abidjan by a Greek-owned ship is another example of how developing countries are exploited by greedy and unscrupulous business interests.
- Isro To Create Disaster Database (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 16, 2006)
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is creating a national database for disaster management. The digital database will keep all emergency management-related information, from the availability of JCBs to rescue shelters, across the country.
- State Will Strengthen Cooperation With Isro, Says Chief Minister (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 16, 2006)
Chief Minister V. S. Achuthanandan has said that the State Government will further strengthen its association with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to use various applications of space technology for the development of the State.
- New Dam Only Solution To Mullaperiyar Row: Expert (Hindu, Ignatius Pereira, Sep 16, 2006)
Points out that Central Water Commission recommended it in 1979
- Back To Gondwanaland (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 16, 2006)
An expedition starting in Asia and across the length of Africa by road, in an effort to retrace the long-lost land link between the continents.
- Nam Should Not Be Ambiguous On Terrorism: Manmohan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 16, 2006)
We must be united in eliminating the scourge, he says
- Sixth Nelp Expects To Garner $8-10 B (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 16, 2006)
In a marked improvement over previous efforts to lure foreign oil majors, the sixth oil and gas exploration round has yielded bids from British Gas, British Petroleum, ENI of Italy, Total of France and Petronas of Malaysia. An estimated $8-10 . . .
- Repeating Mandal Mantra (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 16, 2006)
As expected, the Bill for OBC quotas was finally introduced in the Lok Sabha on August 25. After going to the Standing Committee, it is expected to be passed in the winter session of Parliament later this year. It is likely to come into effect from . . .
- Pm: Nam Must Work For Confluence Of Civilisations (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 16, 2006)
Urging the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) to reject extremes and be the voice of “moderation, harmony and reason,” Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday said it should deal with urgent trans-national issues like terrorism, pandemics, energy security . . .
- People Not For Labelling (Tribune, Manmohan Kaur, Sep 16, 2006)
Madam, it is not a safe place for you to go. We may even have to inform the police of your visit.
- Not By Lathis (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 16, 2006)
Anyone who would have seen the police in action at Chandigarh’s Matka Chowk on Thursday would have definitely thought that he had strayed into a war zone. Lathis, water canons and tear gas shells were freely used.
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