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Articles 3421 through 3520 of 20008:
- Learn From Gujarat (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 14, 2006)
Modi shows why he's CM No. 1 ---- The Gujarat floods sent a shiver down the spine of the national economy. Production in the State's industrial belts was down to minimum and the export market was hit hard.
- Testing Colas:global Norms Made In India? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 14, 2006)
Pepsi-Cola India’s statement on Saturday that it is willing to accept safety standards for finished products marks a remarkable turn of events.
- India In The Grip Of Naxalite Movements (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Aug 14, 2006)
Naxalite movements in India are gaining popularity, as a large faction of the country’s poverty-stricken population has begun approaching the communist groups rather than government officials to redress their grievances, said a former Indian . . .
- Rains Continue To Cast Spell In Mumbai (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2006)
Rain-rage continues in Maharashtra. Over one lakh people have been evacuated to safer places from the state’s nine districts as heavy rains, in its third spell, disrupted normal life in 15 districts and killing 52 people in the . . .
- Faith Sans Works Is Not Complete (The Economic Times, K VIJAYARAGHAVAN, Aug 14, 2006)
On that kind of faith which is not backed by practical deeds, The Bible observes, “Faith without works is dead” (James: 2, 20). Practical application of the concept of “faith and works” is illustrated by Mr Malcolm Evans, a British national and a . . .
- Illusive Sezs (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 14, 2006)
India’s SEZ story is again posing questions both about gaps in the Act itself, as well as its projected outcomes. Consider recent reports ranging from the Maharashtra government canning clearances under controversies about land acquisition, to the . . .
- Can Air Travel Security Curbs Work In India? (Business Line, A. Ranganathan, Aug 14, 2006)
Commitment to aircraft security and strict enforcement is necessary. The exemption list has to pruned to the original five categories and everyone has to go through security, irrespective of their position.
- Protecting Heritage (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 14, 2006)
One hopes that Captain House, a stone building in Karachi protected by heritage laws, will not be the latest historical edifice to come under the builder’s axe.
- Making The Workplace Safe (Business Line, Ganesh Chella , Aug 14, 2006)
Given that organisations are hiring young employees in large numbers, they cannot ignore the issue of sexual harassment at workplace any longer. They must address the issue proactively, as they have a responsibility to provide a safe and healthy work . ..
- Mullahs Cannot Win Battle Of Veil For Women (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Aug 14, 2006)
Of all people, Gamal al Banna, a brother of the founder of Egypt’s Ikhwan al Muslimun, Hasan al Banna, has declared that “neither the Quran nor the authentic Sunnah demands that women wear the hijab or cover their hair”.
- Property Development, A Profit Centre (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 14, 2006)
The Indian Railways’ (IR) decision to develop its properties is an umpteenth such attempt. The latest, however, may just succeed, given that instead of doing things on its own, the IR wants to rope in a private retail player in a joint-venture . . .
- Flying Without Frills Over Europe (Business Line, Mohan Murti, Aug 14, 2006)
These are boom times for cheap air travel in Europe, with fares on some routes as low as € 10, one-way, including tax.
- Lessons Of Rain Disaster (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 14, 2006)
Nearly two weeks after rains caused much havoc in Karachi, parts of the city are still clogged with rainwater and filth.
- President, Pm Vow To Make Pakistan Islamic Welfare State (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz in their Inde-pendence Day messages called upon the nation to unite against the elements who do not want to see Pakistan on the path of progress and prosperity.
- Buddha Wants States To Have More Say In Green Clearances (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2006)
In what could reinforce the impression that its allies have a larger say in the Centre’s policy-making process, West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya on Sunday sought DMK leader M Karunandhi’s help for putting in place new norms for . . .
- Cause To Celebrate? (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2006)
Yet another independence day is before us. In the days leading to this August 14 there has been the usual welling up of patriotic fervour.
- Much Ado About The Q (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 14, 2006)
The PML-Q’s internal elections displayed that any immediate change in the status-quo would be unacceptable since it would amount to a digression from Musharraf’s decision not to disengage his support from controversial central personalities within . . .
- Fears Of A Missile Attack On Barc (Hindustan Times, SHAILESH GAIKWAD , Aug 13, 2006)
It's a terror alert that's sent the defence of the realm on to a war footing: the intelligence agencies believe missiles have been smuggled into Mumbai to attack the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC).
- Seductive Alchemy (Hindu, RAKHSHANDA JALIL, Aug 13, 2006)
East and West, past and present, old and new: opposites seem to co-exist harmoniously in Istanbul.
- A Certain Amount Of Light (Dawn, Feryal Ali Gauhar, Aug 13, 2006)
Fidel Castro Ruz, along with an armed group of 123 men and women, attacked the Moncada army barracks in Santiago de Cuba in Guatanamo province.
- Khe Kormula Kor Kuccess (Times of India, A N Sudarsan Rao , Aug 13, 2006)
I find superstitions hilarious.
- Living On Borrowed Time (Hindu, Marcus Dam, Aug 13, 2006)
The Government of West Bengal wants to ban hand-drawn rickshaws. But the rickshaw-pullers have a different take.
- Time Warp (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Aug 13, 2006)
Gulangyu island is China without the cars and the bicycles.
- Let’S Have A Discussion On The F-16 Purchase (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2006)
Pakistan is close to signing a $5 billion deal for an advanced F-16 fighter-jet package with the US.
- 100 Tigers, 27 Troops Killed In Lanka Fight (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2006)
Sri Lankan war planes bombed Tiger rebel positions on Saturday as the fiercest fighting since a 2002 ceasefire left at least 127 people dead, the military said amid mounting concern for civilians.
- Our War Against Extremism (News International, A N Sudarsan Rao , Aug 13, 2006)
With all the ritualistic routines that greet an Independence Day, we seem unusually preoccupied this time with events that cast a shadow on our future as a free country.
- When It Rains (News International, Amir Zia, Aug 13, 2006)
Karachi has witnessed a maximum of 172 millimetres of rains, starting from the end of July up to August 7, which is light to moderate on all accounts.
- Finding Common Ground (News International, Amartya Sen, Aug 13, 2006)
The Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen has consistently addressed issues such as inequality, poverty and the human costs of economic development.
- Peace Soldiers Face Starvation (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Aug 13, 2006)
Nearly 700 Indian soldiers on an altruistic mission of keeping peace in Lebanon are facing starvation and life-threatening perils of war.
- Authoritarian Rule And Democracy (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 13, 2006)
One bitter truth confronts us today on the 59th anniversary of our existence as an independent nation: in terms of democratic evolution, Pakistan today is where it was in 1953.
- Sri Lanka Says It's Winning Battle With Tigers (Reuters, Peter Apps, Aug 13, 2006)
Sri Lanka's government said on Sunday it had pushed back a Tamil Tiger offensive on the northern Jaffna peninsula, but fighting continued and analysts remained sceptical that Colombo was telling the whole truth.
- Chinese Typhoon Victims Try To Pick Up The Pieces (Reuters, Ben Blanchard, Aug 13, 2006)
A procession of mourners clad in white sackcloth wound through Jinxiang village in east China as victims picked their way through the devastation brought by Typhoon Saomai.
- Flood Hit Surat Vows To Meet Diamond Orders (Reuters, RUPAM JAIN NAIR, Aug 13, 2006)
Manufacturers in flood-ravaged Surat, a key diamond hub, vowed on Saturday to work extra hours to prevent major disruption in exports and meet orders from key markets in Europe and the United States.
- Coca-Cola Says Its Drinks In India Meet Eu Standards (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2006)
Coca-Cola Co. on Friday said independent laboratory tests showed the company's soft drinks manufactured in India met European Union purity standards for pesticides in bottled water.
- Cola Controversy Affects Softdrinks Sales (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2006)
Sales of soft drinks are estimated to have plummetted by as much as 15 per cent in the wake of the pesticides-in-cola controversy.
- Dams Blamed For Floods In India (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2006)
The sudden release of large quantities of water from several large dams has contributed to the devastating floods in India which have killed over 350 people, and authorities must take some of the blame, critics said on Saturday.
- Flood Impact: India Inc Takes A Rs 25,000-Cr Hit (Times of India, ANAND, Aug 13, 2006)
Rs 25,000 crore and counting. That's roughly the money India Inc has estimated to have gone under flood waters that inundated large parts of Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat, drowning production facilities and washing away inventories.
- Rs 450 Cr For Water In Mewat (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2006)
The Haryana Government is implementing a Rs 450-crore Rainywell Project in Mewat which will ensure per capita availability of 45 litres water to every village of the district by 2008.
- Human Rights (Tribune, Y.K. Sabharwal , Aug 13, 2006)
The growth and development of mankind depends on how well the human societies regulate their internal affairs and how they work for common welfare and the dignity of each individual.
- Quickening The Pace Of Justice (Tribune, A N Sudarsan Rao , Aug 13, 2006)
The huge backlog of cases in the courts and inordinate delay in their disposal has created an alarming situation.
- Rs.1.50-Crore Adb Fund For Drinking Water Projects (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2006)
Nagercoil: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has allotted Rs.1.50 crore for implementing drinking water projects for the tsunami-affected fisherfolk, said Collector Sunil Paliwal.
- Israeli Troops Swamp South Lebanon (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2006)
An avalanche of Israeli troops and armor roared into southern Lebanon on Saturday, reaching the Litani River and igniting some of the heaviest ground combat of the month-long war.
- Setting The Backwaters On Fire (Hindu, VIJAY GEORGE , Aug 13, 2006)
What soccer is to Brazilians, the Vallamkali is to those who live near the backwaters of Kerala.
- Nsg Commandos To Strengthen Security Around Red Fort (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2006)
Quick reaction teams to be deployed at strategic points to foil anyattack
Public to be put through series of checking
Vigil has been increased within the high security New Delhi zone
Checking of luggage intensified in railway stations
- 'Two-Nation' Theory (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 13, 2006)
How much one may like to do one can't swing furiously like Zeenat Aman to the tune of "dum maro dum".
- Metal Fuel (Daily Excelsior, Dr. S.S. Verma , Aug 13, 2006)
Cheap and constant availability of fuel is a major concern of present day civilization.
- The Valley In Between (New Indian Express, Kamini Mathai, Aug 13, 2006)
Sometimes I feel sorry for Vellore, the town I grew up in.
- Into The King’S Fortress (New Indian Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Aug 13, 2006)
With palaces and Rajput artistry on our mind, we chose a clear day for our road trip, making it from Delhi to Jaipur in under four hours.
- A City In Perpetual Crisis (Business Standard, Sunil Sethi, Aug 13, 2006)
Forty-eight hours in the megalopolis, stuck mostly in traffic jams, is enough to make one’s thoughts turn as dark and threatening as the furious black clouds rolling overhead. A few days of heavy rain and the city looks battered—as if hit by a . . .
- Coca-Cola Test Results Show `Lower Pesticide Residue Levels' (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2006)
Coca-Cola on Saturday released the sample test results on pesticide residues in its aerated drinks, claiming lower levels of individual pesticide residue in its soft drinks than the prescribed Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) levels of 0.1 ppb.
- Un Resolution On Lebanon (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 13, 2006)
QATAR’s foreign minister is right when he says that Resolution 1701, passed unanimously by the UN Security Council on Friday, contains “imbalances in favour of Israel”, but to expect anything else would be unrealistic.
- What Is Left Unsaid (Business Standard, T N Ninan, Aug 13, 2006)
It is not easy to give the full flavour of the speech that the chairman of a large company gave at his annual meeting with shareholders last month, but let me give it a shot.
- Pak, China To Undertake Joint Projects In Space Field (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2006)
Pakistan, China and some other regional countries are likely to complete legal and administrative work by the end of the year for undertaking joint projects of common interest in the field of space technology.
- Say No To Coke, Pepsi (Pioneer, MC Joshi, Aug 13, 2006)
The revelation by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) that various soft drinks are unsafe for human consumption has come as an eye-opener.
- An Elusive Peace (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Aug 12, 2006)
It is unbelievable that Israel would launch such a massive ground and air onslaught only to secure the release of the two soldiers Hizbollah captured on July 12.
- Ideal Drink? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Aug 12, 2006)
Both of them are no more but there had been an interesting meeting between Mulk Raj Saraf, Father of Journalism in Jammu and Kashmir, and Morarji Desai when the latter was the Prime Minister.
- Sri Lanka Rains Bombs As Tamils Plead For Aid (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tigers said on Friday that the military had opened a new front against them, bombing one of their training camps and killing many rebels.
- Rebels Say Break Sri Lanka Army's Northern Defences (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels said on Saturday they had broken through army defences in the island's far north and were advancing on the government-held Jaffna peninsula, in the fiercest fighting since a 2002 truce.
- 29 Killed In Fighting Between Ltte, Sri Lankan Army (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 12, 2006)
The two sides are engaged in fierce fighting for control of a waterway in the east
- In Kasauli, Civilians Face Wrath Of Army (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
Souring relations between Armymen and civilians in the last six months has polluted the pristine and peaceful environs of Kasauli, a Himachal hill station.
- ‘Journalist On Wheels’ (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 12, 2006)
The former princely state of Patiala was one of the pioneer promoters of sports in general and cricket in particular.
- No Room For Xenophobia In Hindu Philosophy (Times of India, ASHOK VOHRA, Aug 12, 2006)
Is there a philosophical justification in the tradition followed by some Hindu temples of banning the entry of women and those belonging to religions other than Hinduism?
- Ultras Were In Final Stage To Bomb Planes (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
Terrorists had planned to blow up 10 US-bound planes by mixing a British sports drink with a gel-like substance and were hoping to stage a practice run followed by actual attacks "within days", security officials said today.
- Army To Shift Camp After Floods Cause Damage (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
As Surat limped back to life, lakhs of people stuck in Rander and Adajan till Friday evening breathed a sigh of relief as relief finally poured in.
- The Coming Tsunami Of Trash (Deccan Herald, Niall Ferguson, Aug 12, 2006)
With plastic, a new kind of pollutant entered the sea; one that has taken more than a century to degrade.
- Let’S Go Beyond Colahal (Deccan Herald, Ramakrishna Upadhya, Aug 12, 2006)
How much the politicians in this country love any controversy which diverts the people’s attention from basic issues which they have failed to solve even 59 years after Independence!
- Don't Ignore The Ominous Signs (News International, Praful Bidwai, Aug 12, 2006)
The writer, a former newspaper editor, is a researcher and peace and human-rights activist based in Delhi
- Indifferent To Heritage (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 12, 2006)
Driving along the Siraj Covered Bazaar, aka Siraj Covered Market, Islamabad's first residential area market where virtually everything could be found under one roof, just two days ago, I was met by a most unsettling and worrisome . . .
- Implications Of The F-16 Deal (Dawn, Javid Husain, Aug 12, 2006)
As was to be expected, the Pakistan Foreign Office welcomed on August 3 the approval by the US Congress of the sale of F-16 aircraft to Pakistan and rejected the impression that unprecedented conditions had been accepted by Islamabad to acquire them.
- From Naltar Valley To Bronx (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 12, 2006)
There is much to celebrate in the 13-month-old snow leopard Leo’s journey to the Bronx zoo in America.
- Liquid Explosives Elude Checks (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 12, 2006)
As the technology of terrorism gets more sophisticated, technology too must become more sophisticated.
- Nuclear Deal: Why Avoid Sense Of Parliament? (Hindu, Prakash Karat, Aug 12, 2006)
Why is the UPA Government unwilling to have the nuclear deal discussed in Parliament so that a common viewpoint emerges which can be the sense of Parliament? What is clear is that the Government has begun to adjust our foreign policy to the . . .
- Army Called Out In Larkana (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
People shifting to safer places as Indus tends to change course; troops to airdrop pamphlets to warn Katcha area dwellers
- Bridge Of Sighs (Indian Express, GEORGE N. NETTO, Aug 12, 2006)
There are hardly any left today. But till the late 1960s suspension bridges were part of Munnar’s charming landscape.
- Rain Takes Heavy Toll In Maharashtra (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
Up from 144 to 255 as more reports of flood-related casualty pour in
- Two Washed Away In Floodwaters In Gulbarga, Bagalkot Districts (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
Flood situation grim along the Krishna and the Bhima; thousands of people shifted
- Krishna Water Likely To Reach State Limits By August 20 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
Government trying to get 12 tmcft water
- Gujarat To Get Rs. 350 Crore From Centre (Hindu, MANAS DASGUPTA, Aug 12, 2006)
Manmohan makes announcement; Chief Minister Modi accuses Centre of "step-motherly treatment"
- A Spurious Crusade (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 12, 2006)
As someone who is passionate about saving the environment, it angers me when environmental groups trivialise issues of deep seriousness.
- Lankan Mly Hits Ltte Positions (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
The Tamil Tigers said on Friday the Sri Lankan military had attacked their northern territory and bombed a training camp in the east, killing many rebels, as the battlefront of the worst fighting since a 2002 truce spread.
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