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Articles 4221 through 4320 of 20008:
- Party’S Over, Birthday Ads Under Sc Glare (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 29, 2006)
The Supreme Court today issued a notice to the Centre and state governments that in essence questions why public money is spent to glorify political leaders through advertisements.
- Q&a: 'We Need A Land-Use Policy For Forests' (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 29, 2006)
Raman Sukumar , professor and chairman, Centre for Ecological Sciences at the IISc, Bangalore, recently won the International Cosmos Prize, a top international award in ecology.
- Want To Buy A Fake Vacation? (Deccan Herald, KIM MURPHY, Jul 29, 2006)
Want to buy a degree or purebred alley cat? Anything’s possible, as long as you don’t care if it’s real....
- The Meek Shall Never Inherit The Earth (Deccan Herald, Ramakrishna Upadhya, Jul 29, 2006)
In a crowded marketplace full of fiercely competing traders, it is never easy to attract the attention of potential buyers, unless you have enough lung power to be heard above the din.
- Scavengers, Bhangis Or Cleaners? (The Economic Times, V RAGHUNATHAN, Jul 29, 2006)
A lot of my current work is in small towns and villages.
- Managing Under-Performers (Business Line, A. B. Sivakumar, Jul 29, 2006)
Under-performers can be made normal performers and, sometimes, even good performers. While tolerating under-performers is an art, managing them is a different ball-game altogether.
- Farming Is Unviable (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 29, 2006)
If the best farmland can offer a profit of just Rs 2,000 a month per hectare, what of those farmers trying to coax yields from lesser land?
- Sbi: Mixed Show (Business Standard, Niraj Bhatt, Jul 29, 2006)
SBI's top line affected as interest income on securities declines. Core banking operations, however, show improvement.
- Bush Seconds Prime Minister's Concern On Nuclear Deal (Times of India, Indrani Bagchi, Jul 29, 2006)
Amid the clamour against the India-US nuclear deal on both sides of the Atlantic, two men - George Bush and Manmohan Singh - are singing from the same sheet of music.
- Has Wto Lost Its Meaning? (Business Line, Geethanjali Nataraj, Jul 29, 2006)
Collapse of the Doha Round
The bottomline is that countries should follow unilateral trade policies suited to their own domestic needs but within the framework of the changing international trade . . .
- Mega Projects Are Not Compatible With Heritage Status Of Mysore, . . . (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 29, 2006)
Multi-storeyed structures will put pressure on the existing infrastructure' `Multi-storeyed structures will put pressure on the existing infrastructure'
Residents already face shortage of water and electricity
Disposal of solid wastes is . . .
- Paltry Hike (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 29, 2006)
A small hike of Rs 10 in the minimum support price of paddy is bound to leave farmers disappointed. Regardless of the coming elections in Punjab, the Centre has stuck to its policy of avoiding a significant increase in the MSPs for cereals year . . .
- Chief Minister To Hold Talks With Nabard On Cut In Refinances . . . (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 29, 2006)
Officials told to complete distribution of ration cards before August 15
NABARD advances to district cooperative bank reduced to Rs. 40 crore from Rs. 58 crore
Sowing operations taken up in 1.1 lakh hectares of land
7,324 girls identified . . .
- A Matter Of Some Relief (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 29, 2006)
The decision of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal to close the hearing and reserve its final order in the inter-State dispute over sharing of the Cauvery waters has brought some cheer to the southern States and their farmers.
- Russia As Energy Superpower (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Jul 29, 2006)
Moscow plans an ambitious expansion of its nuclear energy sector.
- Govt. Dumps 5500 Million Tonnes Of Solid Waste Per Day (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 29, 2006)
Chief Minister advocates judicious use of pesticide by farmers
- Powerhouse Flooded At Krs, Eight Workers Escape Unhurt (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 29, 2006)
Expensive machinery of the private power station destroyed
2,000 cusecs of water reportedly entered the generating station
A wall developed cracks and then water started entering the room
After the wall collapsed, the roof of the station collapsed
- Wisdom From Nature (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 29, 2006)
In their pursuit of worldly ends human beings invariably end up losing out on what really makes human life fruitful.
- Krs Power Plant Wall Collapses (Deccan Herald, Shankar Bennur, Jul 29, 2006)
In the first mishap of its kind, over 2,000 cusecs of water per second has been gushing out of the Krishnaraja Sag-ar (KRS) reservoir since Friday morning after the protection wall of a half-complete private power plant next to the dam collapsed . . .
- Gauntlet Thrown At Media (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Jul 29, 2006)
Efforts are on to muzzle the media and this must be fought and the freedom of the press must be defended.
- 'Fly As A Guest, Not Passenger' (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 29, 2006)
Etihad Airways, based in Abu Dhabi, is the National Airlines of the United Arab Emirates. Launched in 2003, it is arguably one of the fastest growing international airlines. Geert W Boven, CEO of the airline, spoke on Etihad’s vision and future plans.
- In A World Of Wealth, Poverty Is A Necessity (Hindu, Jeremy Seabrook, Jul 29, 2006)
Forget Doha — the existing development model robs the poor of a meaningful role in the relief of their own penury.
- Hizbollah Fires Longer Range Rockets At Israel (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Jul 29, 2006)
Militant group providing relief to thousands of refugees
- J&k: Kalam Unveils 9-Point Mission (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Jul 29, 2006)
But underlines the importance of durable peace in the State
- Heartbroken In Srinagar (Tribune, SATISH K. SHARMA, Jul 29, 2006)
For those who wish to take to golf in the middle age to keep their heart healthy, here is a warning. They say it is like love. If you are not serious you won’t enjoy it. And if you are, it’ll break your heart.
- Kalam Moots 9-Point Development Plan For J&k (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 29, 2006)
President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam today suggested a nine-point developmental plan for militancy-hit Jammu and Kashmir, including a people’s movement to eliminate terrorism and the creation of an economic zone along the Line of Control.
- Inclusiveness, Not Quotas, Best In Industry (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 29, 2006)
SC/ST representation in our workforce will boost industrial growth through multiplier effects on consumption and investment
- Sinister Thoughts (Tribune, Kuldip Nayar, Jul 29, 2006)
PRIYA Ranjan Dasmunshi was a hatchet man during the Emergency in India.
- 10 Die As Building Collapses (Tribune, Ambika Sharma, Jul 29, 2006)
As many as 10 labourers, including three children and a women, were killed and another four injured, one seriously, when an under construction private building they were sleeping in collapsed at Bagha village in Arki tehsil last night.
- Israel Disgraces Itself (News International, Praful Bidwai, Jul 29, 2006)
The writer, a former newspaper editor, is a researcher and peace and human-rights activist based in Delhi
- Bush, Blair Speed Up Diplomacy On Lebanon Crisis (Reuters, Steve Holland, Jul 29, 2006)
President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair, pressured for a Lebanon cease-fire, sped up diplomacy on Friday for a U.N. resolution aimed at halting the violence and establishing a multinational force.
- U.N. Looks To Vote Next Week On Iran Nuclear Measure (Reuters, Evelyn Leopold , Jul 29, 2006)
France introduced a draft resolution to the full U.N. Security Council on Friday that demands Iran suspend nuclear activities by Aug. 31 or face possible sanctions.
- Sri Lanka Keeps Up Air Attacks For Third Straight Day (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 29, 2006)
Sri Lanka's air force bombed suspected Tamil Tiger positions in the northeast of the island for the third straight day amid a deepening crisis over water.
- Missing Education Targets (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 29, 2006)
Given how the education sector has always been neglected as a low-priority area, it is clear that Pakistan will not be able to achieve the 80 per cent literacy rate by 2015 set out as one of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG). Just how far . . .
- Developer Eyes Conan Doyle's House (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 29, 2006)
When Arthur Conan Doyle was told in 1893 that his consumptive wife had only months to live, he absorbed the diagnosis ~ then went home and built her a house.
- Us House Vote (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 29, 2006)
The overwhelming vote in the US House of Representatives ratifying the India-US nuclear deal is a reflection of America's blatant double standards.
- Musharraf For Taking Advantage From Pak Geo-Strategic Importance (Pakistan Observer, Aroosa Alam, Jul 29, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf has said that concerted efforts need to be made on a fast track to translate the geo-strategic importance of Pakistan into economic opportunities for the country. He made this observation at a high-level meeting . . .
- Housing Basics (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jul 29, 2006)
With rising interest rates, a fallout of RBI’s decision to push up the repo rates, there is concern regarding the sustenance of the growth of the real estate sector.
- Limited Limo (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jul 28, 2006)
Log on to the website of famously low-cost Deccan Aviation and up flashes the logo on the top left, proclaiming Deccan to be a “limousine in the sky.” Given that one has to pay for even a bottle of water on Air Deccan, this takes some mental adjusting.
- Undertaker’S Day (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 28, 2006)
The report of the Comptroller and Auditor-General on the PSUs in West Bengal reveals the seamy side of industrial development.
- This Land Is Their Land (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 28, 2006)
As someone who has spent several years working with aboriginal Australians, it is with great sadness that I watch the great efforts being undertaken to pass the tribal bill in India.
- Clearing The Cloud Around The N-Deal (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Jul 28, 2006)
After the thumping vote on Wednesday night in favour of the Indo-US nuclear deal in the House of Representatives, you might think a happy ending is at hand.
- Ministry Of Ocean Development Renamed (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 28, 2006)
In an announcement made on Wednesday, the Ministry of Ocean Development has been renamed as the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) and was given an additional mandate of atmospheric sciences among other things.
- Nepal Crown Prince Gets The Boot (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 28, 2006)
After King Gyanendra and Queen Komal, Nepal’s parliament has now given marching orders to their son and heir, crown prince Paras.
- Trick, Tax And Trade (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 28, 2006)
If you thought that the new electronic meters cannot be tampered with, think again.
- ‘Pak Has 25 To 50 Modest Nukes’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 28, 2006)
Pakistan currently has between 25 and 50 nuclear weapons, mostly relatively simple uranium arms with ‘‘modest’’ yields—around the size of the bombs used on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the journal Nature claimed on Thursday.
- In The Rain (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 28, 2006)
May He, the showerer, Be impregnator of the perennial plants, For in Him rests the vitality Of both the organic and inorganic worlds, May the waters sustain me For full one hundred years. May you all shower blessings on us.
Rig Veda
- Wto Talks Suspended Over Agricultural Tariffs (Times of India, AMIT SAXENA, Jul 28, 2006)
The WTO is not merely about signing deals. It is meant to create a climate for rules-based trading. If deadlocks are the norm in WTO talks, it is because WTO is a relatively democratic multilateral organisation, based on one-country-one-vote.
- Breach In Nanganjiar Dam Affects Farm Operations (Hindu, K. Raju, Jul 28, 2006)
Farmers want repair works initiated before the next rains With no water in the dam, farmers depend on seasonal rain to protect their crops .
- Corruption Has A Deterrent (Business Standard, Kanika Datta, Jul 28, 2006)
Does corruption matter in a country’s “corporate” reputation? Does it really dissuade foreign investors or hamper economic growth? India’s low ranking on the Transparency Index year after year rarely attracts more than an “I-told-you-so” comment . . .
- Of Growth And Deprivation (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jul 28, 2006)
The World Bank's Development Policy Review 2006, in its report in India, stresses "the importance of ensuring that public money is well spent through institutional reform of the public sector that creates effective systems of . . .
- Nabard: Cultivating The Farm Sector With Credit (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 28, 2006)
From a modest beginning, Nabard has grown into an apex hybrid organisation. It is the pioneer in the self-help group-bank linkage programme that has brought banking to the doorsteps of the poor. Into its 25th year, Nabard is at the crossroads, and . . .
- Ethical Values In Business — The Tata Way (Business Line, R. M. Lala, Jul 28, 2006)
In the public mind, business ethics is mainly connected with financial integrity. Tatas are not the only ones to pursue ethical values in business. But their eminent position and tradition stretching well over a 100 years makes them distinctive and . . .
- The Us And Muslims (News International, Rahimullah Yusufzai, Jul 28, 2006)
If the United States of America still hoped it would be able to win the hearts of minds of Muslims worldwide, its reaction to the events of the past few weeks in the Middle East should make it realise the futility of the exercise.
- Fill The Vacancies In The Courts (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jul 28, 2006)
Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, the chief justice of Pakistan, has breathed new life into the apex court by exercising its dormant suo motu powers to redress wrong and dispense justice.
- Supreme Court Dismisses Kerala Plea On Dam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 28, 2006)
The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed the Kerala Government's petition seeking a review of its verdict allowing the raising of the water level in the 107-year-old Mullaperiyar dam from 136 feet to 142 feet.
- Tourism Festival To Be Held In Kolli Hills (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 28, 2006)
The district administration will organise `Valvil Ori Vizha' and tourism festival in the Kolli Hills on August 2 and 3.
- Sri Lanka Launches Air Strikes In North, East (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Jul 28, 2006)
The target is an illegal airstrip under construction by the LTTE
- The Royal Rescue (Tribune, Vibha Sharma, Jul 28, 2006)
Little Prince was very lucky. Lucky because he was saved from certain jaws of death by diligent Army engineers, who worked round the clock to rescue him when he fell into a 60-foot borewell pit in a village near Kurukshetra.
- By The Wayside (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 28, 2006)
It is always the weakest link that ultimately makes nonsense of the most impressive enterprises.
- Friday Feature: The Essence Of Islam (Dawn, Haider Zaman, Jul 28, 2006)
It has become a fashion in some quarters to blame the religion of Islam for any act of violence or terrorism in which some Muslims are involved.
- How Not To Promote Tourism (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 28, 2006)
Simply declaring such and such year as the 'year of tourism' does not bring in thousands of foreign tourists.
- Dangerous Times (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 28, 2006)
Three weeks on from the start of Israeli attacks on Lebanon, there is little to be optimistic about. Not only have the attacks continued, they continue to be indiscriminate in who they target.
- Oil Spill Adds Ecological Crisis To Lebanon’ (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 28, 2006)
Along Lebanon’s sandy beaches and rocky headlands runs a belt of black sludge, 10,000 to 30,000 tonnes of oil that spilled into the Mediterranean after Israel bombed a power plant.
- Stop Burning The Future (Deccan Herald, R Akhileshwari , Jul 28, 2006)
Environment- Solar Generation, the youth wing of Green Peace, is making a big difference in a very impressive way.
- Nuke Deal Gets Us House Nod (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Jul 28, 2006)
India’s supporters are celebrating the House of Representatives’ decision to back the controversial nuclear deal that permits US nuclear fuel exports without requiring New Delhi to sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
- Prime Minister For Review Of Subsidies In Energy Sector (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2006)
`India urgently needs to define a new paradigm of development'
- India Phenomenon (Statesman, AMITAV BANERJI, Jul 27, 2006)
A couple of weeks ago, Time magazine had an eye-catching cover.
- An Honours List For The Media? (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jul 27, 2006)
The government of Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has prepared a list of about 30 columnists, writers and reporters in the English and Urdu print media and directed its spin-doctors to discreetly “soften” them up.
- Blast At Assam Station: 3 Dead (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2006)
Three persons were killed and four more, including two women and a child, were injured today in a grenade blast at Maibong railway station in Assam’s hill district of North Cachar.
- Saving Hingol National Park (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 27, 2006)
Human disdain for nature knows no bounds in an age where even wildlife sanctuaries are seen as fair game.
- What Ails Our Intelligence? (Daily Excelsior, Joginder Singh, Jul 27, 2006)
Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence has become "a state within a state", answerable neither to the leadership of the Army, nor to the President or the Prime Minister, says the Federation of Americal scientists in its report.
- Towards Adopting The First Best Trade Policies (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jul 27, 2006)
Industry can partner the government in this endeavour by stating clearly the constraints it faces
- A Bit Of A Loose Cannon (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 27, 2006)
The deputy prime minister, John Prescott, has lived a charmed life for the years of this Labour government.
- State Needs To Do More (The Financial Express, VINOD VYASULU, Jul 27, 2006)
There are some who argue that without high growth, this country can do little about poverty.
- California Grapples With Heat, 56 Dead (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2006)
Gripped by a 10th straight day of 38 degrees Celsius heat, California sweated out the possibility of more blackouts as the number of suspected heat-related deaths climbed to at least 56 and the rotting carcasses of thousands of dairy cows and other . . .
- Musharraf Rules Out Political Change (News International, Azfar-ul-Ashfaque, Jul 27, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf has ruled out any change at the Centre and provincial level and declared that the current political set-up would continue working till the holding of 2007 general elections.
- Tourism, Not Extremism (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Jul 27, 2006)
President Musharraf has appealed to people to shun extremism and promote tourism.
- Spinning Out Of Control (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 27, 2006)
The situation in the Middle East is rapidly degenerating from terrible to atrocious. Already bordering on living hell for those at ground zero in the battle zone in Lebanon, the conflagration could spread out of control. While the mainly Sunni Hamas are o
- Tariq Sees Foreign Hand In Balochistan Unres (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2006)
Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Tariq Azeem on Wednesday said that there were strong indications of involvement of foreign hand in creating law and order situation in Balochistan.
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