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Articles 4321 through 4420 of 20008:
- Rain Emergencies (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 27, 2006)
The monsoon has arrived a bit early this year, hitting the northern parts of the country with much fury. Regrettably, its early arrival has also shown --
- Monsoon Deaths (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 27, 2006)
With the death of seven persons, including children, in parts of Lahore by Wednesday, the countrywide rain-related death toll has risen to above 30 since last Sunday.
- Sri Lanka Air Force Renews Raids On Ltte (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2006)
Sri Lankan Air Force jets pounded suspected Tamil Tiger positions in north-eastern parts of the country on Wednesday after the guerrillas allegedly closed sluice gates of an irrigation tank there, a military spokesman said.
- N-Deal Transparent, No Compromise: Pm (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2006)
Govt ready for debate, Singh assures Parliament deal in line with July 2005 Indo-US joint statement
- Not Working (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 27, 2006)
The expected has happened. The meeting of the six major members of the World Trade Organization (the United States . . .
- Tooth Wisdom (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 27, 2006)
Culturally, we Indians adapt quite easily. We take to alien customs like platypuses to water. For instance, I must confess that I celebrated Valentine's Day here in Chicago with an inexpensive gift to the wife.
- District Panchayat To Launch Development Projects (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2006)
Coconut, education, SC ST colonies top the list of projects
- Mumbai's Storm Water Drains To Be Upgraded (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2006)
Rs. 475 crores will be released soon for the first phase
Funds for the metro railway have also been approved in principle
In the last one year, there were a lot of improvements in the city and the Mithi river was cleaned up
- Department Of Posts Launches Rakhi Envelopes (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2006)
The Department of Posts has launched special Rakhi envelopes in aesthetic designs for the Rakhi festival.
- Varanasi: Cosmopolitan And A Role Model (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Jul 27, 2006)
The most spectacular yield of the recent affirmation of communal harmony in Varanasi is undoubtedly the Muslim effort at introspection — possible only because of Hindu support.
- `Freak Waves' More Common Than Thought (Hindu, Ian Sample , Jul 27, 2006)
Once dismissed as a myth, they have been recorded by ships and from oil and gas platforms.
- Interest Rates Never Cease To Hold Interest (Business Line, D. Murali , Jul 27, 2006)
Lady Macbeth, with `a heart so white' says, `A little water clears us of this deed' and exclaims, `How easy is it, then!'
- ‘Market Is Entering A Stable Phase' (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 27, 2006)
Sebi recently approved guidelines for real estate funds and the government has already relaxed norms for foreign direct investment in real estate ventures.
- A “Doggie” Tale — Fido (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 27, 2006)
Proclaiming to be owner of a mongrel could be embarrassing at times.
- "Safeguards, End To U.S. Restrictions Must Be Interlocking Actions" (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Jul 27, 2006)
M.R. Srinivasan, member of the Atomic Energy Commission, spells out his worries about new conditions being imposed on India by the U.S. Congress in its draft law authorising the resumption of civilian nuclear cooperation. Excerpts from an interview:
- Wb Calls For Better Public Sector Accountability (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2006)
The bank's emphasis is on spreading development benefits to all sections of the society
- Court In Uae Releases Indian Ship Crew In Murder Case (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2006)
An appeal court ordered the release of an Indian ship captain facing life imprisonment in the UAE, and five crew members, who were sentenced to five years in jail on a murder case.
- Of Mice And Men (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 26, 2006)
No one has any compassion for mice. We object to dogs and monkeys being dissected but the millions of mice that are mutilated and put through useless experiments from the school to the research stage have no sympathy.
- India-Pakistan Trust Deficit (Pioneer, Ashok K Mehta, Jul 26, 2006)
Although the Mumbai blasts may have clouded the India-Pakistan peace process, both sides have kept front and back channels open.
- Choked Drains Expose Development Claims (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jul 26, 2006)
Heavy rains lashed Islamabad and other parts of Pakistan on Sunday. A landslide in Azad Kashmir due to rain killed at least 12 people in the earthquake affected areas.
- Calibrated Inflation (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 26, 2006)
The policy hopes to check inflation and boost growth
- 2.5 Million Afghans Facing Food Shortage (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2006)
Situation brought about by drought; Kabul appeals for $76-million aid
- Shambolic Symbolism (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 26, 2006)
It is just another act of the street theatre. A year after the comedy of errors when Mamata Banerjee and her footsoldiers made a spectacle of themselves in trying to stop the entry of the Salim group representatives to the city, the Trinamul leader . . .
- ‘Afghanistan Drought May Boost Drug Trade’ (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2006)
The Afghan government and the United Nations on Tuesday appealed for over $76 million in aid to combat impending drought, warning that farmers could start growing opium poppies to avoid hunger.
- Time For Active Management (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 26, 2006)
The Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) has been instrumental in converting Singapore into a vibrant regional fund management centre.
- Rbi Signals Rate Hike To Fight Inflation (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2006)
Third time in current year, to retain growth estimate at 7.5-8% in fiscal 2006-07
- `Gram Swaraj' Project To Be Launched In January (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2006)
It will cover 1,343 gram panchayats in most backward areas
World Bank to give Rs. 564-crore loan: C.M. Udasi
Government to invest Rs. 61 crore
Each gram panchayat will get a grant of Rs. 38 lakh
- Feeling For Wildlife (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2006)
Two impressive perspectives on the basis of insights gained as conservationists.
- Nature’S Wrath? More Man’S Folly (Indian Express, FARAH BARIA, Jul 26, 2006)
July is Mumbai’s nemesis. Exactly one year ago on this day, Nature unleashed 944 mm of rain on the unsuspecting metropolis, claiming 400 people. This year, Mumbai has already lost over 180 innocent citizens to a dark void of insane violence.
- New Regularisation Scheme Announced For Unapproved Layouts (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2006)
It will be applicable in urban areas, except Chennai, says Stalin
The scheme will benefit 2,600 layouts
Houses in Corporation areas have to pay Rs. 5 per square foot as regularisation charges
In municipal areas, the charges will be Rs. 2 per square
- Deve Gowda Sees Big Conspiracy (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2006)
Former prime minister and JD(S) president H D Deve Gowda on Tuesday broke his long silence over the Rs 150-crore bribery charge against his chief minister-son H D Kumaraswamy and two other ministers, and described it “a conspiracy hatched by the . . .
- Varanasi In The Time Of Terror (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Jul 26, 2006)
State action against terrorism will succeed if Muslims have the confidence that the community as a whole will not be called to account for terror executed by a few. Communal harmony is not a pseudo-secular cliché, it is a necessity in the . . .
- Digitised Inventory Of Bio-Resources Is Here (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2006)
What is "sajeevani"? Where are "kurunji" flowers found? What does a Great Indian Bustard bird look like? Which are the animals used in cancer studies?
- Don’T Rush Into Full Convertibility (The Economic Times, Arvind Panagariya , Jul 26, 2006)
Tarapore Committee-II on capital account convertibility is due to table its report on July 31, 2006. Tarapore Committee-I, also appointed at the urging of Mr P Chidambaram during his first tenure as the finance minister, had recommended full . . .
- Batting For Palestine (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 26, 2006)
In the face of Israeli raids on Lebanon, the CPM believes that India cannot be a bystander.
- A Plutonium Plant? (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Jul 26, 2006)
There is more to reports in the Washington Post about plutonium reactors being set up in Pakistan than what meets the eye.
- Seeking Sanity In The Real Estate Market (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 26, 2006)
"Today, though the real estate sector is growing at a blistering 30 per cent annually, our cities are crumbling with little or non-existent infrastructure — all a result of haphazard or no urban planning." — MR DEEPAK S. PAREKH, CHAIRMAN, HDFC
- A Divisive Deal (Frontline, Praful Bidwai, Jul 26, 2006)
While undermining the cause of peace, the India-U.S. nuclear deal is dividing domestic opinion and stoking an ultra-conservative reaction.
- Immunisation Drive Against Japanese Encephalitis (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2006)
Vaccination campaign being carried out with the help of PATH
- Monetary Policy And Banking Sector Reforms (The Financial Express, CM VASUDEV, Jul 26, 2006)
The RBI governor has been doing a good job, but many areas of reform remain for needed action.
- Open Up That Fortress Of Your Mind (The Economic Times, VITHAL C NADKARNI, Jul 26, 2006)
Babanrao Haldankar’s music reflects the talim he received from stalwarts of two great traditions: Mogubai Kurdikar of Atrauli-Jaipur and Ustad Khadim Hussain of Agra.
- Rbi Raises Rates To Fight Inflation (Reuters, Anirban Nag and Surojit Gupta, Jul 26, 2006)
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) raised its main policy rate by a quarter of a percentage point as expected on Tuesday, pushing it to its highest in four years as it sought to fight mounting price pressures in the fast-growing economy.
- China's First Lunar Satellite To Be Launched In 2007: Official (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2006)
China will launch next year its maiden lunar probe satellite, costing about USD 170 million, to capture the three-dimensional images of the moon's surface, a top space official said today.
- On The Rise (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 26, 2006)
The Reserve Bank of India’s decision to hike its reverse repo and repo rates by 25 basis points was widely expected by the markets, which had priced in the increase.
- Bush Knew Of Pak N-Reactor Plan (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Jul 26, 2006)
The Bush administration on Monday acknowledged it had long known about Pakistan’s plans to develop a large plutonium production reactor and urged Pakistan not to expand its nuclear weapons programme.
- Pakistan Nuclear Expansion Raises U.S. Concerns (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Jul 26, 2006)
Pakistan is building a new nuclear reactor that could produce enough plutonium for 40 to 50 nuclear weapons a year in what would be a major expansion of its nuclear program and could prompt an intensified arms race in South Asia, a report said Monday.
- Cbi Probe Into Privatisation Of Garbage Disposal Sought (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
Firms not removing garbage properly, producing fake receipts'
- Bomb Factory (Tribune, Joby Warrick, Jul 25, 2006)
Pakistan has begun building what independent analysts say is a powerful new reactor for producing plutonium, a move that, if verified, would signal a major expansion of the country’s nuclear weapons capabilities and a potential new escalation in . . .
- State Signs Rs. 540-Crore Loan Pact With World Bank (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
The aim is to improve services in the most backward taluks of the State
- Shiva Temples Take Up Water Harvesting (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
Lord Shiva is known by many names — Shiv Shankar, Bhola Nath, Neelkanth, Umapati, Mahadeva, Pashupatinath, Mahakal — each referring to a special attribute in Lord Shiva. But it is time to worship him as a harbinger of water harvesting, . . .
- Fallout Of Climate Change (Hindu, G. ANANTHAKRISHNAN, Jul 25, 2006)
Latest scientific findings on the impact of climate change on biodiversity
- Human Toll (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 25, 2006)
Israel has to stop the bombing, it solves no purpose
- Save Water (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 25, 2006)
Nation-wide efforts needed to augment groundwater
- A Memorable Evening (Deccan Herald, MAYA JAYAPAL, Jul 25, 2006)
The vision of the bats flying out of the tree was a spectacular sight to watch
- Ib: Bereft Of Accountability (Deccan Herald, R N KULKARNI, Jul 25, 2006)
Human intelligence operations are the key to counter terrorist strikes.
- Job Scheme Off To Good Start In Haryana (Tribune, Puran Singh Yadav, Jul 25, 2006)
Being among the 200 most backward districts in the country, Mahendergarh and Sirsa districts of Haryana were selected for the implementation of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) in the first phase.
- Pak Building Powerful N-Reactor: Report (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
Pakistan is constructing a powerful new reactor for producing plutonium leading to apprehensions that this could signal a fresh arms race in the South Asian region, a media report said today.
- Literary Crossover (Hindu, Prema Nandakumar , Jul 25, 2006)
The sacred and the secular form a perfect helix in the best of Indian culture.
- Gateways To Great Careers (Frontline, T.S. Subramanian, Jul 25, 2006)
Education in Chennai is witnessing a revolution with students discovering new streams that lead to a bright careers.
- A Passage Thru Jannat (OutLook, MANJU KAPUR, Jul 25, 2006)
Occasionally the book reads like a catalogue of Kashmiri Muslim rituals from prayer to wazwan, but her compassion shines through. The telling is straightforward, the mode realist and the pace, especially in the last section, swift.
- When The Water Touches The Nose (OutLook, Dunu Roy, Jul 25, 2006)
Environmentalism isn't a luxury of the rich, sure. But when he really had to say why, he loses nerve.
- The Record Of Reforms (The Financial Express, CM VASUDEV, Jul 25, 2006)
By the 1980s, it was recognised that our growth strategy, of centralised planning with a dominant role for the public sector, was not able to fulfill national aspirations.
- P-Bomb Takes Plutonium Leap (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
Pakistan is building a powerful new reactor for producing plutonium, according to the Washington Post.
- Dinosaurs' Fossils In Danger: Sc Issues Notice To Centre (Times of India, Dhananjay Mahapatra, Jul 25, 2006)
The Supreme Court on Monday took up a PIL, which alleged that dinosaur fossils found in the North-East are facing danger from rapid industrialisation.
- "Nuclear Policy Has A Purely Defensive Orientation" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
India changed its policy and developed nuclear deterrence only after powerful nations did not give up their nuclear weapons and its neighbours began taking strides in this direction, Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee said here on Monday.
- Seeking Growth With Human Face (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Jul 25, 2006)
Growth is undoubtedly important, but not at any cost. It has to be fair and just, employment oriented and environmental friendly, not ruthless, rootless, voiceless and futureless.
- Fallacies, Silences In 11th Plan Approach (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Jul 25, 2006)
In the previous edition of Macroscan, C. P. Chandrasekhar and Jayati Ghosh considered the macroeconomic implications of the Planning Commission's Approach to the Eleventh Plan and concluded that it was bereft of planning.
- Total Lesson From Crisis (Indian Express, Pawan Agarwal, Jul 25, 2006)
Most major changes have roots in some crisis. It required a huge financial crisis in mid-1991 to deregulate imports and exports and dismantle the licence raj, thereby ushering in an era of economic reforms.
- Terror Accused Mahdani Most Valuable Ally For Left, Cong (Indian Express, RAJEEV P I, Jul 25, 2006)
If the DMK government in Tamil Nadu is arranging for 1998 Coimbatore blast accused Abdul Nasser Mahdani’s Ayurvedic massages, the Left and the Congress in Kerala have been doing the stretching—prostrate at his feet.
- 'F-16s To Pak Plus N-Reactor Equals Disaster' (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
A prominent American lawmaker on Monday asked Bush Administration to scrap the sale of F-16s to Pakistan, saying the acquisition of the US-made fighter jets plus the plutonium reactor reportedly being built by Islamabad equals a "catastrophe."
- Pak Bombshell, Doubts In India (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
Pakistan has begun building what independent analysts say is a powerful new reactor for producing plutonium sufficient for 40 to 50 nuclear weapons a year.
- Not Exactly Total Recall (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Jul 25, 2006)
Jaswant Singh provides a partial account of a key period in Indian diplomacy
- Smoke Around Nuclear Real (Daily Excelsior, Allabaksh, Jul 25, 2006)
The pitch against the one-year old-Indo-US nuclear deal will undoubtedly rise manifold as Parliament began its monsoon session and the Left has put the UPA Government on notice over emerging contours of the agreement.
- Japan Deploys Fish In War On Terror (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
Forget about Japanese technology. Japan's latest contribution to the war on terrorism is tiny fish, which will be deployed to detect contamination of water supplies.
- Pakistan Nuclear Expansion Raises U.S. Concerns (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
Pakistan is building a new nuclear reactor that could produce enough plutonium for 40 to 50 nuclear weapons a year in what would be a major expansion of its nuclear program and could prompt an intensified arms race in South Asia, a report said Monday.
- Claptrap Of The Politician (Statesman, Jagmohan , Jul 25, 2006)
Few of us realise that the issue of illegal constructions and conversion of properties in Delhi is not merely one of civic governance; it extends to a much larger realm of constitutional morality and the way our democracy is functioning in practice.
- Columbus’ Hidden Face (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 25, 2006)
Christopher Columbus was a cruel, despotic tyrant who ruled over his subjects with an iron fist, according to new documents which have emerged 500 years after his death. GRAHAM KEELEY reports from Barcelona
- Food For Thought (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 25, 2006)
English food seems to have two distinct faces: the first is the decidedly grey image of boiled meat, the very emblem of blandness.
- Vigil In Warzone Without Water (Telegraph, SUJAN DUTTA, Jul 25, 2006)
Parched and shell-shocked on the Blue Line between Israel and Lebanon, Indian and Ghanaian soldiers with a UN mission in the warzone are pleading with Tel Aviv for water to slake their thirst because there have been no supplies in the semi-desert . . .
- Public Space (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 25, 2006)
An unmanned, inflatable spacecraft financed by an American hotelier beamed back the first images since it slipped into orbit last week aboard a converted Cold War ballistic missile from Russia and expanded itself.
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