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Articles 3921 through 4020 of 20008:
- What Ails Pakistan? (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 04, 2006)
Another Pakistan Independence Day already! My goodness, how the years have gone by! Ah, yes, the summer of 1947, when Pakistan appeared on the world map.
- Gas Exploration In Nwfp (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 04, 2006)
Nwfp Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani has said that a massive search for oil and gas is in progress in the Karak, Kohat, Bannu and Lakki Marwat districts of the province. Talking to Nazims in Peshawar on Wednesday, he said that the discovery of oil . . .
- Is The Proposed Hudood Amendment A Charade? (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Aug 04, 2006)
In its Wednesday meeting, the federal cabinet approved “in principle” the draft bill seeking to amend the Hudood laws.
- Passing The Buck (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 04, 2006)
The first three inches of monsoon rains in Karachi have laid bare some telling realities for its civic and land-owning agencies to ponder upon.
- Climate Change (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 04, 2006)
The setting up of an electronic facility for incorporation of companies within one hour, much faster than in the United States or in the United Kingdom, is a landmark reform in India’s regulatory procedures.
- Land Sharks Change Course Of Rivulets (Tribune, Ajay Banerjee, Aug 04, 2006)
The plunder of the ecologically fragile Shivalik foothills in Punjab continues unabated. Unscrupulous residents are altering the course of rivulets to suit their own ends while land-hungry persons are either buying the rights to these stream beds . . .
- Cse’S Needed Alert (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 04, 2006)
Whistle blowers should be commended. The Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) deserves it yet again, for its renewed findings on dangerous levels of pesticides in colas and other packaged soft drinks.
- Bjp Targets Aamir Khan For Cola Ads (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
The BJP on Thursday launched a fresh attack on Bollywood star Aamir Khan and ridiculed him for being a brand ambassador of the soft drink Coca-Cola, which the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), an NGO, claims contains a high quantity of pesticide.
- Civilians Die In Lanka (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Artillery fire killed at least 15 civilians sheltering from fighting in Sri Lanka today, the army said, as troops battled Tamil Tiger rebels and the island slipped back towards civil war.
- Doha’S Collapse Is Good And Bad (Indian Express, DHIRAJ NAYYAR, Aug 04, 2006)
So, countries of the developing world, what would you like to hear first, the good news or the bad news? Actually, in this case, it does not matter. The good news is that the Doha Round of the WTO talks has failed.
- Bharti Airtel To Invest $100 M On New System (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Bharti Airtel, on Thursday, announced an investment of $100 million to develop a “service delivery platform” (SDP) that will enable all Airtel subscribers to access a range of products, services and applications.
- Farm Crisis Brooks No Delay (Deccan Herald, B G Verghese, Aug 04, 2006)
The problems of farmers are multi-pronged. They face more problems when they try to come out of them.
- To Do Or Not To Do (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 04, 2006)
Privatisation of defence industry would serve to strengthen it.
- Tattered Truce (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 04, 2006)
Both Sri Lankan military and the LTTE need to revert to talks.
- Sri Lanka On The Brink (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 04, 2006)
Sri Lanka's four-year-old ceasefire is in critical condition, and with the resumption of full-scale hostilities, all that separates it from death is an official declaration by one or the other side, with the required two-week notice, of withdrawal . . .
- 200-Acre Recreation Centre To Come Up On Yamuna Bank (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Ministers visit Signature Bridge site at Wazirabad in East Delhi
- Straight From Hawking (Hindu, Ian Sample , Aug 04, 2006)
The scientist-Professor fails to answer his own question
- Integrating The U.S.-India Circuit (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 04, 2006)
Newer areas of convergence may be emerging between the two countries.
- 638 Ways To Kill Fidel Castro (Hindu, Duncan Campbell, Aug 04, 2006)
The CIA's attempts to bump off the Cuban strongman would put a James Bond novel to shame . . . exploding molluscs, poison pills and hitmen. Once he even offered to shoot himself.
- Uniform Not The Real Issue (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 04, 2006)
The Pakistan Air Force's unilateral decision to take over almost 23,000 acres of the country's largest national park comes as no real surprise.
- Make Them Entrepreneurs (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 04, 2006)
The Government must devise a plan to promote enterprise development among the SC/STs, as industry organisations suggest.
- Nato's Challenge In Afghanistan (News International, Rahimullah Yusufzai, Aug 04, 2006)
Within 24 hours of the transfer of command from the US-led coalition to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in six southern provinces in . . .
- Don't Pick On Colas Alone: Set Uniform Norms (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 04, 2006)
The sudden eruption of the ‘pesticides in colas’ controversy on Wednesday continues an extraordinary saga, which began three years ago when the Centre for Science and Environment released its first report on the subject.
- Peace Dam Bursts In Sri Lanka (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Aug 04, 2006)
With the `water war' spilling over, the period of political engagement is over and yet another phase of military confrontation has begun in Sri Lanka. In Colombo, RASHEEDA BHAGAT traces the genesis of the latest conflict and gauges the mood in the . . .
- Foul Moles And Pleasing Blots (Business Line, D. Murali , Aug 04, 2006)
These are days when people are close to calling each other names, all because of an unnamed mole. If the question top on your mind is not `who', but `what', is a mole it's time we came to terms with the word.
- Dangerous Medicines (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 03, 2006)
Medicines and drug combinations that have been banned globally for their potential for harmful side-effects continue to be available in the Indian market.
- Industries Warned Not To Pollute Sankarabarani (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
CM orders police to book cases against those who violate rule
Rs. 3.75 crore for agricultural college at Karaikal
Master plan soon to replace drinking water pipelines
- Tigers Started It, Says Army (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 03, 2006)
Four locations overrun in Trincomalee, says TamilNet
- Fierce Fighting In Sri Lanka (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 03, 2006)
The "water war" between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the Sri Lankan Government on Wednesday spread to new areas in the east. It claimed the lives of 40 and injured scores, according to an official count.
- Ltte Takes War Deep Into Govt Territory (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
Sri Lanka’s civil war appeared to have resumed in all but name on Wednesday as Tamil Tigers attacked three army camps and pushed into government territory while the military said dozens of rebels were killed.
- Us Prepares Plans For Post-Castro Cuba (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
After waiting nearly half a century for Fidel Castro to relinquish power, Washington is warily monitoring the provisional transition in Havana, confident it has plans in place to assist pro-democracy groups in Cuba and to head off any mass exodus . . .
- Army Teams For Nuke Attack (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
The army has set up special teams designed to respond to nuclear attacks both in border areas and in the capital, the defence ministry has said in response to queries from a standing committee of Parliament.
- Privilege Notice Against Jaswant (Tribune, Satish Misra, Aug 03, 2006)
Despite his party coming to his defence, Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Jaswant Singh’s book ‘A Call to Honour’ is turning out to be his Waterloo as the Left, along with the Samajwadi Party and the Congress, today moved a privilege . . .
- Undeclared War In Lanka (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
Sri Lanka’s civil war appeared to have resumed in all but name today as Tamil Tigers attacked three army camps and pushed into government territory and the military said dozens of rebels were killed.
- 47 Killed As Tigers Go On Offensive (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tigers attacked three army camps and pushed into government territory in the east today, as an artillery duel killed at least 47 persons a day after suicide bombers tried to sink a ship with 850 troops aboard.
- Gas Hydrates - The Fuel Of The Future (Daily Excelsior, G V Joshi, Aug 03, 2006)
As of today, the world is dependent on oil and coal but these resources are finite and once they are depleted there has to be a different source to meet the increasing global energy needs.
- Karachi-Hyderabad Railway Traffic Remains Suspended (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
The railway traffic could not be restored from Hyderabad to Karachi till Wednesday, the 4th day when a bridge between Ran Pathani and Dhabeji was damaged due to heavy rains.
- Crisis Deepens In Sri Lanka (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 03, 2006)
As things stand, it appears that only a miracle can prevent Sri Lanka’s ceasefire agreement with the Tamil Tiger rebels from collapsing altogether.
- Gulbarga Ryot Washed Away (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
A farmer has been washed away in swirling waters in Surpur in Gulbarga district even as the flood situation continued to be grim on the third day on Wednesday with the water level in the Krishna river rising by two feet in the last 24 hours.
- Attique Passionate Appeal To Saarc Leaders (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 03, 2006)
AJK Prime Minister Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan has appealed to the SAARC leaders, meeting in Dhaka to discuss the Lebanese situation, to help resolve the Kashmir dispute.
- Tale To Remember (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 03, 2006)
It should not surprise anyone that a group of Kashmiri militants has surrendered to the Army.
- `Pesticide Levels In Soft Drinks Too High' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
New study indicates pesticides 24 times higher than Bureau of Indian Standards norms
"The levels in some samples exceeded the BIS standards by 140 times for the deadly pesticide Lindane, a confirmed carcinogen"
"Heptachlor, banned in India, . . .
- President To Dedicate Upper Krishna Project To The Nation . . . (Hindu, Suresh Bhat , Aug 03, 2006)
Alamatti Dam is a multi-purpose component of the project conceived 42 years ago
- Illogical, Illegal And Ill-Fated (News International, Nasim Zehra, Aug 03, 2006)
Continuing with her theme on the pangs of birth of a new Middle East the US Secretary of State aboard her plane en route to Asia tried to downplay the expectations of a quick fix in Lebanon or the Middle East.
- Value Of Human Birth (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
Scriptures stress the value of human birth as an extraordinary opportunity to attain Brahma Jnana — knowledge of the highly esoteric eternal truth that can liberate the Jivatma from mortality and bestow immortal bliss.
- Horror Stories From The Conflict Zone (Hindu, Ghaith Abdul-Ahad, Aug 03, 2006)
Huge numbers of children are being killed, injured or displaced in south Lebanon.
- India's Concerns On N-Deal Debated At Rood Hearing (Press Trust of India, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Aug 03, 2006)
India's objections to certain sections in the Senate bill on the Indo-US nuclear deal came up for discussion at the nomination hearing of John Rood, the US Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Non-Proliferation.
- Amd Says Gaining Market Share, Prices Stabilising (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. is seeing prices for computer processors stabilising after a price war with AMD's bigger rival, Intel, AMD's sales chief said.
- Global Economic Imbalances — Can Us Continue To Feign Ignorance? (Business Line, Katuri Nageswararao, Aug 03, 2006)
The US may be happy living beyond its means but if it does not correct the imbalances it is causing world-wide, crude oil and other major commodities may soon be invoiced in non-dollar currencies. The rest of the world needs also to watch its step, . . .
- Exploring The Inflation, Interest Rate, Growth Nexus (Business Line, A. Vasudevan, Aug 03, 2006)
The question whether growth is related to interest rate and inflation has always been one of interest for policymakers. Through an empirically study, A. VASUDEVAN finds out when interest rate goes up, growth could indeed slow down. Also, the lack . . .
- 'Retail Is A Capital-Intensive Business' (The Economic Times, MANOJ GAIROLA, Aug 03, 2006)
Ashustosh Garg, founder and chairman of Guardian Lifecare Pvt Ltd and previously managing director Hughes Network Systems, has jumped tracks from telecom to pharma retailing and has set up a chain of health care retail stores.
- Another Book Brings House Down (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
After Jaswant Singh's A call to Honour, yet another book surfaced on Wednesday, triggering instant chaos in the Rajya Sabha over noisy demands for Finance Minister P Chidambaram to resign.
- Blowin' In The Hot Air (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 03, 2006)
The decision of British PM Tony Blair and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to work together on reducing greenhouse gases (GHGs) and promoting low carbon technologies deserves a big cheer.
- Pesticides Still Found In Coke, Pepsi - Indian Study (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
An environmental group said on Wednesday bottles of Coca-Cola Co. and PepsiCo Inc. soft drinks in India still contained traces of pesticide, highlighting weak food safety laws in the country.
- Sri Lanka Fighting Rages, Aid Workers Cannot Help (Reuters, Peter Apps, Aug 03, 2006)
Artillery pounded Tamil Tiger positions in northeast Sri Lanka while rebels fought firefights with troops early on Thursday as the island slipped back towards civil war.
- Marooned For 90 Hrs, 135 Gujarat Kids Rescued In Marathon Mission (Pioneer, R.K. Misra, Aug 03, 2006)
Marooned for almost 90 hours in their residential school, 135 children of a lesser god and their 18 guardian angels were rescued from their watery perch after an operation that stretched human endeavour to its limits and tested the tensile strength . . .
- Tata Group In Make’S Top 20 (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
In a leading achievement, Tata Group, India’s largest private sector conglomerate has made it to the list of 20 top winners from 49 finalists of 9th annual Global Most Admired Knowledge Enterprises (MAKE) study – the international benchmark for best . . .
- Tamil Tigers Run Amok, Train Guns On Army Camps (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
The Tamil Tigers, on Wednesday, mounted major pre-dawn attacks on at least three key army camps in the Eastern port city of Trincomalee, leaving over 47 killed on both sides and several more wounded.
- Gender Parity (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 03, 2006)
The armed forces now seek to give equality to women.
- Backing For The N-Deal (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 03, 2006)
The nuclear deal between the US and India has received attention in the Urdu press as well. National Herald group’s Qaumi Awaz, in its editorial dated July 29, has hailed it, supporting the deal.
- Changing With Times (Frontline, Ravi Sharma , Aug 03, 2006)
Challenges in the form of liberalisation and global competition have steeled the units' resolve to surge ahead.
- Expansion And Division Games (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Aug 03, 2006)
The Moily Oversight Committee, entrusted with coming up with a strategy to implement the proposed OBC quotas in Central institutions, had a thankless task: to come up with a plan to expand current institutional strength by almost 30 per cent within . . .
- Unusual Clouds Seen Over Antarctica (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
Extreme weather conditions have produced a rare cloud formation over Australia’s Mawson station in Antarctica.
- Secrets Of Comet Tempel 1 (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
The NASA space mission to investigate the composition of Comet Tempel 1 brings revolutionary findings.
- Reduce The Tax Burden On Aviation (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 03, 2006)
The rapid growth in Air Deccan’s marketshare and indeed that of the other start-ups underlines the potential of low-cost air travel in India.
- Cooperation And Hurdles (Frontline, R. Ramachandran, Aug 03, 2006)
The U.S. administration initiates moves towards opening up international nuclear cooperation and trade with India.
- A Choice For The Rogues (The Financial Express, Thomas L Friedman, Aug 03, 2006)
The Bush team needs to resolve a contradiction that has been at the heart of its administration: Is it for a change of regime or a change of behaviour in Iran and North Korea?
- Institutional Inertia (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 03, 2006)
Nehru Memorial Museum & Library’s decline shows why political involvement and scholarship don’t mix
- Change Pse Pay System (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 03, 2006)
Public sector enterprises (PSEs) are competing in a globalised environment. Most of these, particularly navratna and mini-ratna central PSEs, have consistently demonstrated good performance in a dynamic and uncertain business environment.
- Now A Different Feast Every Day Aboard The Rajdhani (Hindu, Sandeep Joshi, Aug 02, 2006)
Travelling by Rajdhani Express trains turned into a whole new experience for passengers on Tuesday.
- No Purges Please (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 02, 2006)
Scattered reports have come in of harassment of Indians in Nepal by Maoists. The ministry of external affairs has not taken a public position so far, but it must act before such complaints become a deluge.
- Children's World (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 02, 2006)
You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.
- Tigers Shell Strategic Harbour, Target Ship (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2006)
Tamil Tiger rebels shelled a strategic harbour in eastern Sri Lanka today and tried to sink a transporter ship with 850 troops aboard, the military said, killing four sailors as a low intensity war spiralled.
- Prince’S Ordeal, And Mine (Tribune, K. Rajbir Deswal, Aug 02, 2006)
Prince’s ordeal in a 60-foot hole reminded me of a “similar” experience that I went through.
- 7 Kids Die As School Bus Falls Into Canal (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2006)
Seven children were killed and five others went missing when a school bus carrying 25 of them fell into a canal today.
- Rains Erode 50 Acres In Two Villages (Tribune, Arun Sharma, Aug 02, 2006)
The rains during the last week left residents of Nimbri and Chhajpur villages high and dry when their more than 50 acres of land with the standing crop of paddy caved in and converted into a 22-feet deep gorge due to accumulation of water.
- Bill Gates' Charitable Pretensions (Daily Excelsior, Dr Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Aug 02, 2006)
Bill Gates is not only the richest man in the world but also the biggest philanthropist.
- Saving India's Extincting Wildlife (Daily Excelsior, G L Khajuria, Aug 02, 2006)
We deserve no right to live over this globe, if we don't bear sympathy in mind for a variety of animal life that surrounds us, and definitely God will be unhappy at our activities of merciless and wanton destruction of this . . .
- The ‘Dying City’ Vis-A-Vis The ‘National Capital’ (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 02, 2006)
Sir, ~ I have just shifted to Delhi after living in Kolkata for the last forty years and I would like to make a comparative study of the so-called “Dying city of Calcutta” and our “National Capital ~ Delhi”.
- Sri Lanka Rebels Attack Army Camps Near Eastern Port (Reuters, Simon Gardner, Aug 02, 2006)
Sri Lanka's army and Tamil Tigers battled with mortars and artillery on Wednesday after rebels attacked three eastern military camps, a day after suicide bombers tried to sink a troop transport ship with 850 aboard.
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