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Articles 3521 through 3620 of 20008:
- Great Past, Sorry Present, Uncertain Future (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 12, 2006)
Sridhar K Chari visits the famous medical institutions of Amritsar and finds that they are far from what they used to be and are now struggling on a life-support system
- Spending On Defence (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 12, 2006)
President Musharraf's criticism of those he terms "drawing room critics and pseudo intellectuals" who want a reduction in the country's defence expenditure seems somewhat misplaced. Speaking in Karachi at the launching ceremony of the Agosta . . .
- Say No To Coke, Pepsi (Pioneer, MC Joshi, Aug 12, 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.
- Indian, Pak Workers Stir Against 'Bad' Conditions (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
More than 750 Indian and Pakistani construction workers went on a strike to protest against "appalling" conditions at their labour camp here after two of the labourers collapsed due to dehydration.
- Pm Announces Aid For Flood-Hit Areas, Mah Gets Highest (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today announced a financial assistance totalling Rs 9.50 billion to flood-ravaged Maharashtra, Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh after making an aerial survey of the affected areas in the three states.
- Middle East's Military Delusions (The Economic Times, Jeffrey D Sachs, Aug 12, 2006)
The paradox of the current violence in Israel, Gaza, and Lebanon is that the solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is not hard to see.
- The `Darwinian Element' In Supply-Demand Matters (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 12, 2006)
"The outlook for the world economy is uncertain at best — and dire at worst," warns Wake Up! But not all is gloomy: If It's Raining in Brazil, Buy Starbucks. And there are more useful tips in Controlling Currency Mismatches in Emerging Markets.
- For Inclusive Growth (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 12, 2006)
The key task is not of raising the economic growth rate to 10 per cent but of sustaining it and spreading it widely.
- Mumbai, Rude? (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 12, 2006)
Dressed in crisp black-coats, they stood on the kerb, about 60 of them. Men and women staff of Marine Plaza, stood in silent reverence in front of the glass-tinted hotel, facing Mumbai's famed Marine Drive.
- Know What They Did That Summer (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Aug 12, 2006)
One of the great mysteries of our contemporary history is, just what happened between India and Pakistan in the summer of 1990?
- What Is Left Unsaid (Business Standard, T N Ninan, Aug 12, 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.
- A City In Perpetual Crisis (Business Standard, Sunil Sethi, Aug 12, 2006)
Mumbai: 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.
- 'We Like Peace' (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Aug 11, 2006)
At least 915,000 people, one quarter of Lebanon’s population, are displaced; 565,000 are living with families, 131,000 are in 761 schools and public buildings, and 220,000 have left the country, including the 150,000 who have gone to Syria.
- The Fizz Of The Matter (Deccan Herald, Venkat Krishnan, Aug 11, 2006)
It’s important that the public debate on colas should not be limited to the pesticide content.
- Follow Your Intuition (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 11, 2006)
To develop intuition, we need to dig inside us rather than look outside for rationalisation.
- ‘World Spared Unimaginable Mass Murder’ (Indian Express, Vijay Rana, Aug 11, 2006)
It all began at 2 am this morning when British anti-terrorist squads began to raid premises in London, Birmingham and High Wycombe.
- Assume Nothing (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 11, 2006)
The issue is not whether tap water is “just as contaminated” as bottled drinks, but whether we know what we are paying for and ingesting.
- Pro And Contra (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 11, 2006)
In a parliamentary democracy, today’s opposition is often yesterday’s or tomorrow’s government.
- Arunachal Must Follow Central Norms (The Economic Times, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 11, 2006)
We do not often see eye-to-eye with the CPI(M), but we think the party has a point in regard to hydel projects in Arunachal Pradesh totalling 5,000 MW.
- Set Science-Based Standards (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 11, 2006)
The Kerala government’s decision to ban production and sale of Coke and Pepsi would make the southern Indian state one of the few places in the world, Iran is another, where the iconic symbols of Americana are not available.
- Development Hurts (Times of India, Ashish Kothari, Aug 11, 2006)
When farmers in Pen and Raigarh in Maharashtra recently gathered to protest the takeover of their lands for a special economic zone, they were expressing a growing discontent among India's rural masses.
- Kerala’S Cola Karma (Indian Express, Bibek Debroy, Aug 11, 2006)
What is common to Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, All Quiet on the Western Front, Animal Farm, Anne Frank’s Diary of a Young Girl, Arabian Nights, Black Beauty, Candide, Canterbury . . .
- The Gathering Storm (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Aug 11, 2006)
Despite Natwar Singh's flip-flops, problems of the UPA are far from over, particularly with an aggressive Left with an eye on the main chance . . .
- Ban In A Bottle (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 11, 2006)
Kerala's Coca-Cola Communism ---- The decision of Kerala's Left Democratic Front Government to ban the bottling . . .
- Water World (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 11, 2006)
It's a long wait for me every evening. I wait — all dressed up for office — to hear the hissing and spluttering that announces the arrival of my daily ration of water. Often it fails to turn up on time and I have to leave, my mind full of the fear . . .
- The Zoo’S Not A Jungle, It’S Worse (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 11, 2006)
The news is now almost routine, losing its shock value. On Wednesday, yet another tiger died at Ranchi’s Birsa Munda zoo, the seventh since July 9.
- Indian Flood Levels Recede, Risk Of Disease (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
Indian rescue workers persisted with efforts on Thursday to reach hundreds of thousands of people stranded by days of flooding, but as water levels receded in some regions, officials warned of the risk of disease.
- Rs 150-Crore For Flood-Hit Gujarat (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
The centre on Thursday announced an assistance of Rs 150 crore for flood-hit Gujarat.
- Lighting A Candle Of Hope (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Aug 11, 2006)
The people-to-people contacts between India and Pakistan should continue
- No Review Of Awards For Stf Personnel: Veerasamy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
"Reversal of previous Government's decision will not be a good precedent"
- Manmohan's Aerial Survey Today (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
Prime Minister to fly over Adilabad areas; the Krishna is rising
- 12 Students Hurt In Police Action (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
At least 12 students of a local college were injured as CRPF personnel used water cannons and batons to disperse demonstrators protesting the gunning down of a youth, who had allegedly attempted to hurl a grenade at the security forces, at Dalgate . . .
- Cm Gives Rs 50 Lakh For Flood Victims (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
Four persons lost their lives and seven others were injured in the recent floods that affected a population of 21,600 in 25 villages spread over seven blocks of Kargil district of Ladakh region.
- Manmohan To Undertake Aerial Survey In A.P. Today (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
Prime Minister to fly over Adilabad areas; the Krishna is rising
- Fuel & Fear Make Carpool Cool In Mumbai (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
India is waking up to a new way of commuting to beat soaring fuel prices, cramped public transport and, of late, terrorist strikes — the carpool.
- ’93 Mumbai Blasts Verdict On Sept 12 (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
The verdict in the 1993 serial bomb blasts case will be delivered on September 12, Judge Pramod Kode of the special Terrorism and Disruptive Activities Act (TADA) court ruled here today.
- Defunct Panels (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 11, 2006)
Supreme Court Chief Justice Y.K. Sabharwal has rightly lamented the lackadaisical attitude of the state governments towards the state human rights commissions.
- Sonia's Truck With Gujarat (Pioneer, R.K. Misra, Aug 11, 2006)
In a low key visit, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi bravely bumped over pot-holed roads to get a first hand impression of the miseries of the marooned in Surat.
- India’S Signal May Not Work (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Aug 11, 2006)
As if the current dip in bilateral relations was not enough, we now have a new “war doctrine” by the Indian military to combat what it describes as Islamabad’s “new” strategy of “attack by infiltration” into India beyond Indian-held Kashmir.
- Damage Control (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 11, 2006)
The suicide by a woman Army officer in Udhampur not very long ago had brought into sharp focus the need for providing a healing touch to disgruntled members of the country's elite force.
- Pests In Kerala (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 11, 2006)
Kerala’s decision to shut down the production units of Coke and Pepsi in response to the CSE’s study that found unacceptable levels of pesticide residue in the colas, smacks of classic political chicanery. No one can doubt that the . . .
- Top Defence Slots (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 11, 2006)
It is imperative that the defence minister initiates immediate action to thwart any snowballing of controversy over the appointment of the next Chief of the Air Staff, the seeds of which appear to have been, sadly, sown.
- 2,000 Evacuated By Army (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
More than 2,000 persons have been evacuated from the flood-hit areas of the cold desert area of Ladakh by the Army.
- Centre Announces Rs 150 Crore Aid For Flood-Hit Guj (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
The Centre today announced an aid package of Rs 150 crore for flood-hit Gujarat after Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Congress President Sonia Gandhi toured affected areas in and around Surat city.
- Lanka Army, Ltte Fight Kills 50 (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
At least 50 civilians were today killed and 200 wounded as Sri Lankan security forces launched air and artillery attacks in the embattled northeast, the Tamil Tigers said.
- Flood-Resistant Rice Gene Found (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 11, 2006)
Researchers in the Philippines and the USA have isolated a gene that will enable rice to survive flooding, it was announced today.
- How On Earth Can We Live Together? (The Economic Times, Arun Maira, Aug 11, 2006)
India's economy is performing impressively. GDP is growing fast; inflation is moderate; and Indian stock markets have done better than most.
- Sri Lankan Govt Needs Strategic Vision To Resolve Conflict (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Aug 11, 2006)
"The two main parties in the Sri Lankan conflict have to demonstrate the political commitment and resolve the conflict rather than pretend they are interested in a process of negotiations and play for time."
- International Energy Agency Report — India Must Plug Into China's Approach (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Aug 11, 2006)
At a time when the coalition government in India is finding it an arduous task to convince allies on cost-reflective prices to public utilities, the eminently workable reforms in China and the suggestions made by the IEA could provide some . . .
- Fuel In The Cell (Business Line, A. V. Swaminathan , Aug 11, 2006)
Many leading auto manufacturers are working to introduce the fuel cell concept as the alternative prime mover.
- Sail: Blowing Hot, Blowing Cold (Business Standard, Niraj Bhatt, Aug 11, 2006)
SAIL's results for the June quarter highlight the difficult operating environment in the steel industry.
- Sri Lanka Vows To Continue Offensive, Probe Calls Grow (Reuters, Peter Apps, Aug 11, 2006)
Sri Lanka's military vowed on Friday to push on with an offensive to win control of a water supply from the Tamil Tigers, as demands for an independent probe into the slaughter of 17 aid staff grew.
- Kerala’S Cola Swipe (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 11, 2006)
This is politics, not reasoned policy
- Dammed For A Deluge? (The Financial Express, HIMANSHU THAKKAR, Aug 11, 2006)
It is the water released from dams that has led to floods in some states
- Strengthening The Competition Culture (Business Line, Pradeep S. Mehta, Aug 11, 2006)
The Plan panel-set up Working Group on Competition Policy must nurture a competitive environment in the government so as to boost overall economic development.
- Setback To Indo-Pak Peace Process (Tribune, T R Ramachandran, Aug 11, 2006)
Even though India has not frozen the Indo-Pak peace process, the dialogue at the level of Foreign Secretaries has been kept in abeyance following the serial blasts in Mumbai.
- Revolution In A Bottle (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 10, 2006)
Kerala’s Marxists are silly banning Coke-Pepsi. Plus, they could be doing their state great harm
- Avoiding Annual Floods (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 10, 2006)
The widespread floods across parts of Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, and Maharashtra come as a distressing reminder of the continuing lack of intelligent water management policies as well as disaster preparedness.
- Five Killed In Sri Lankan Violence (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 10, 2006)
At least five persons were killed in Sri Lanka as an ambulance came under claymore mine attack on Tuesday night in the east amidst continuing fight between the Sri Lankan military and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
- Fixing The Afghan Wobble (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 10, 2006)
On August 1, there was an important security development in Afghanistan. By inducting an additional 8,000 troops in six southern provinces of Afghanistan, the NATO extended its security operations in what is considered to be the most challenging . . .
- Five Washed Away In Ch'garh Flood: Collector » (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
At least five persons were feared dead after they were washed away in floods at Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh, officials said on Sunday.
- Ltte Lifts Canal Siege, Army Continues Shelling (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
The government on Wednesday reclaimed control of a key canal that had been blocked by Tamil rebels in northeastern Sri Lanka in what appeared to an easing of a crisis that has sparked some of the fiercest fighting since a 2002 ceasefire.
- Brit-Sikhs Want River For Their Dead (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
Sikh campaigners in Britain have applied for a licence to allow them scatter ashes of their dead in the river Ribble as the ritual is an important part of their funeral ceremony.
- Urban Legends (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 10, 2006)
India is undergoing a radical makeover. According to projections by the census office, large chunks of the country are going to be urbanised over the next two decades.
- Here Drinking Water Is Worse Than Cola (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
Pesticides in aerated drinks is just not palatable to the State government. But the fact that thousands of people in Bangalore urban district continue to consume water from “poisoned” borewells fails to attract the same concern.
- State Tosses Out Colas From Schools, Hospitals (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
The Karnataka Government has banned the sale and consumption of soft drinks in educational and health institutions from August 14. A move to ban ‘junk food’ in educational institutions will follow.
- A Bridge To Cross (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 10, 2006)
The interest shown by multilateral funding agencies like the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank for funding phases V, VI and VII of the National Highways Development Project (NHDP) is welcome.
- Don't Blame The Monsoon For Floods (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 10, 2006)
The floods at Surat and Hazira represent a man-made rather than natural disaster. Heavy rain caused the Tapti to rise above danger level at the Ukai dam, which opened its gates and flooded areas downstream. This is an example of poor planning and . . .
- Is West Ready To Open The Labour Market? (Business Line, R. Vaidyanathan, Aug 10, 2006)
One of the most important dimensions of globalisation is liberating the labour markets from the Western sovereign regulations and encouraging the free flow of human resource to carry out what may be termed `brown collar' work in the West, says . . .
- Need No Crutches (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 10, 2006)
The public hearing called by the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to review the eligibility of 13 countries—including India, Argentina, Brazil, Indonesia, the Philippines, Russia, South Africa, Turkey—for tariff-free imports . . .
- Residual Problem (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 10, 2006)
The real issue is that the country simply does not have a national policy for safe use of pesticides.
- Valuation Thriller (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 10, 2006)
Three bullets fired point blank. A dead man left to rot in a junkyard. With that begins the prologue of Sanjay Sanghoee's thriller Merger from Manjul Books (www.manjulindia.com).
- Anti-Cola Campaigner, Now Cm, Bans Coke, Pepsi From Kerala (Indian Express, RAJEEV P I, Aug 10, 2006)
Kerala’s MNC-bashing comrades have declared a blanket ban on the sale of Coke and Pepsi, on health grounds.
- Israel For Wider Offensive (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Aug 10, 2006)
Israel’s security cabinet voted nine to three on Wednesday in favour of an expansion of its Lebanon offensive with the aim of reaching the Litani River 20-30 kilometres north of the border.
- Indian Oil: On Slippery Ground (Business Standard, Niraj Bhatt, Aug 10, 2006)
Indian Oil Corporation's June quarter results reflect the well-documented difficult operating environment for oil marketing companies.
- Lessons From L'affaire Natwar Singh (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Aug 10, 2006)
The sooner Mr Natwar Singh sheds his hubris which has brought him to this pass the better will he be able to salvage what little political respectability he still thinks he can lay claim to.
- High Tides In Indus Inundate Several Village (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
Heavy rains and intruding seawater have inundated several villages in the Indus Delta region of the district.
- Rs. 45 Lakh Released For Naxal-Affected Villages (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
Youth to be trained in tailoring, beekeeping
The strength of pre-matric hostel in Sringeri has been increased
Information centres have been opened in taluk panchayats in Koppa, Sringeri and N.R. Pura
- Little Respite For Surat, People Take Refuge On Rooftops (Hindu, MANAS DASGUPTA, Aug 10, 2006)
People were either on rooftops or forced to leave the city and take refuge on highways .
- Government Clamps Down On 12 Brands Of Soft Drinks (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
Sale banned within 100 ft of hospitals, educational institutions
Centre's opinion sought on complete ban on sale of soft drinks
The CSE has said colas contain high levels of pesticide residues
Decision on banning junk food to be taken in 15 days
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