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Articles 6121 through 6220 of 20008:
- Wildlife Board Clears Polavaram Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
The National Board of Wildlife has cleared the wildlife aspect of Polavaram (Indira Sagar) project after considering various aspects of likely submergence of the Papikondalu Wildlife Sanctuary under the project.
- Anger As An Emotional Disorder (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 09, 2006)
We all get angry sometimes. Some of us, no doubt, are angry right now.
- Govt. To Generate Its Own Resources: Cm (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
"Provided we get our promised share in hydel power projects being set up in the State"
- Land And Man (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Jun 09, 2006)
Indian statisticians do a thankless job. In the present, they can only go by what the sahibs tell them. Later when the facts come in they tuck them away in their reports and get the short end of the stick.
- Media And Employment (Deccan Herald, L C JAIN, Jun 09, 2006)
When people monitor public works closely, it checks corruption and is synonymous with a bottom-up approach.
- New Entitlements For Ias Cadre And Danics Officers (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
50 per cent reimbursement of their power and water bills
All eligible officers may avail of the aforesaid facilities with effect from May 23
The move is likely to go down poorly with lakhs of electricity and water consumers
- Iraq’S Most Wanted Man Killed In Airstrike (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
Al Qaeda's leader in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, was killed in an American airstrike on an isolated safe house north of Baghdad at 6:15 pm local time on Wednesday, top US and Iraqi officials said on Thursday.
- Chinese Checkers (Indian Express, Amitabh Acharya, Jun 09, 2006)
While attending an international conference in Seoul recently, I sat next to a young Korean university lecturer.
- In Aid Of Israel (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, Jun 09, 2006)
Israel was created by systematic recourse to terror but it leaders portray it as a peace-maker.
- Rural China's Crisis (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
This scenic capital of China's southern Yunnan Province has earned itself a more unsavory sobriquet - China's AIDS capital.
- Interview:s.K.Jain, Chairman, Npcil (Frontline, T.S. Subramanian, Jun 09, 2006)
When the third reactor at Tarapur went critical, you announced that India's target was to generate 40,000 MWe of nuclear power by 2030.
- Rbi Raises Reverse Repo, Repo Rates (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
Aimed at containing inflationary pressures
RBI's prescription
Reverse repo rate raised 25 basis points to 5.75 per cent
Repo rate raised 25 basis points to 6.75 per cent
Spread maintained at one percentage point
The RBI had opted to leave . . .
- Many Sizes, None Fit (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jun 09, 2006)
The Empowered Group of Ministers’ (EGoM) decision on issues related to the SEZ Rules is a muddled outcome of ministries bargaining for their constituencies, ignoring the macro view the finance ministry was trying to bring in.
- The Politics And Economics Of Oil (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Jun 09, 2006)
One corollary of the high price of oil is the way the Middle Eastern countries have accumulated external assets of a trillion dollars.
- Indonesia: Quake And Politics (Frontline, P.S. Suryanarayana, Jun 09, 2006)
Indonesia has hardly gone off the international community's natural disaster monitors since the horrific Indian Ocean tsunami of December 2004. So, when a powerful earthquake hit Indonesia's Yogyakarta and Central Java region on May 27, the alarm . . .
- Mining Frenzy In Karnataka (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
The terrible consequences of uncontrolled iron ore mining in Bellary district prompt a demand for its curtailment.
- West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee (Frontline, SUHRID SANKAR CHATTOPADHYAY, Jun 09, 2006)
Interview with West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee.
- Azadpur Sabzi Mandi Set For A Revamp, Buzzword Is Modernisation (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
The smell of garbage and the sight of a market spilling over its sides may not be the first things to assail you when you next pass by Delhi’s Azadpur Sabzi Mandi.
- Haryana Finds Wonder Cure In Agri-Clinics (Indian Express, RAJENDRA KHATRY, Jun 09, 2006)
Haryana has taken the lead in financing agricultural graduates to set up agri-clinics and agri-business centres to help farmers.
- Time To Heal A Running Sore (Pioneer, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Jun 09, 2006)
Perhaps George W Bush thought that like Japan, Iraq would turn over a new leaf under American occupation and settle down peacefully to democratic moneymaking as a subordinate ally.
- The Oil Weapon And Iran (Asia Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
In an address to the Iranian nation last weekend, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei referred to the security of energy supplies in the Persian Gulf region being affected in the event of "the slightest mistake over Iran" made by the United States.
- 100 Killed In Congo Ferry Fire (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2006)
The ferry was travelling south from Uvira to Kalemie with several tonnes of freight, including barrels of oil and petrol, when the engine caught fire, United Nations-run Radio Okapi reported.
- The Power Of Branding (Business Standard, Arvind Singhal, Jun 08, 2006)
It would be obvious to state that brands matter, and powerful brands usually deliver superior financial performance to businesses that own such brands.
- The Public-Private Divide (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Jun 08, 2006)
The Economist, a magazine reputed for its special features on countries and global issues, among other things, recently published one on Indian business.
- Why Arjun Needs To Drop By Tifr Before He Imposes Quotas (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2006)
At frontier research institute, seat hike no solution: ‘bigger crisis’ is finding outstanding students and retaining the high talent
- You Have Made Me Feel Low Again, Mr Arjun Singh (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 08, 2006)
I am an OBC. I come from a place where discrimination on the basis of caste is common. I grew up hearing I was inferior because I was from a backward class. All through my childhood I regretted the fact that I belonged to a backward class.
- Where Have All The Taxes Gone? (Deccan Herald, Vimala RamaRao, Jun 08, 2006)
Every single problem that is making life more and more difficult day by day, is traceable to the indifference and lack of accountability of those whose job it is to attend to these things.
- Jihadi Leaders Roaming Free In Pak: Saran (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2006)
Noting that Pakistan is not trying to control ‘jihadi’ leaders roaming free on its soil, India has said that confidence between the two countries cannot be built in such circumstances.
- Watering Down Pak Tantrums (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 08, 2006)
The Indus Water Treaty is biased in Pakistan’s favour and leaves room for misinterpretation. Time, India insisted on its review
- Kanchenjungha (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 08, 2006)
How do we look at the mountains, and how do the mountains look at us? What roles do heights and distances play in the lives of our body, mind and eye?
- A Pioneering Feat (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 08, 2006)
It’s a feat unmatched in the annals of Indian wildlife history. Records show that in 1892 the Scottish pioneers who opened
Advertismentup Munnar’s tea estates successfully trapped and tamed a gaur, or Indian bison — the first ever to be so tamed.
- Big Blue And Blues (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 08, 2006)
To read a general vote of foreign investor confidence in IBM’s decision of upgrading its presence in India would be overly optimistic.
- Airport Road To Fly Into More Snarls (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2006)
Traffic on Wind Tunnel Road and a stretch of Airport Road is likely to be affected for about six weeks due to storm water drain (SWD) works in the area. The Bangalore Mahanagara ....
- China To ‘Seed’ Clouds For Olympics (Statesman, Clifford Coonan, Jun 08, 2006)
Ravaged by a seven-year drought and choked by poisonous dust storms, China will “seed” the clouds looming over its cities with rockets and chemical pellets to bring welcome rain and clear polluted skies for the Olympics in 2008.
- Dangers Of Globalisation (Daily Excelsior, Ram Rattan Sharma, Jun 08, 2006)
Just as post modernism was the concept of the 1980s, globalization may be the concept of the 1990s. We are now on the road to the formation of a global society, as the needs and interests of all human beings are universally similar.
- Government Fee For Merit Seats In Self-Financing Cooperative Colleges (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2006)
Talks with managements before bringing in legislation on fee structure
- Quotas For Obcs `For First Time Since Independence' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2006)
Constitution `provides for reservations for backward classes, citizens' Constitution `provides for reservations for backward classes, citizens'
Arguments of anti-reservationists baseless
Such move taken after 60 years of freedom
- The Yojana Module (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 08, 2006)
Why and wherefore of Maoist extremism
For every Maoist killed, two are born. After trying out almost every rule in the book to contain the phenomenon, the Centre has now opted for an academic exercise.
- "Indo-Israel Ties Should Not Be At The Expense Of Palestinians" (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2006)
Saddled with running a bankrupt Palestinian Authority, the Hamas PM faces pressure from the Israeli President's call for a referendum on the right of Israel to exist alongside Palestine.
- Shattered Hymns (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2006)
Indonesia's Hindu heritage suffers as a quake hits home
- Take The Equity Aspect Into Urban Reforms (The Financial Express, Kala S. Sridhar, Jun 08, 2006)
Cost disabilities in public service provision must be factored in reform-linked assistance to states.
- Warily, India And China To Reopen Silk Route Trade (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Jun 08, 2006)
As the rain sweeps across the high Himalayan pass, a Chinese soldier arrives at the three strands of barbed wire which separate his country's territory from that of long-time rival India.
- A Democratic Road To Reforms (The Economic Times, Prashant Govil, Jun 08, 2006)
When DERC announced the tariff hike for consumers in July, the RWAs declared a virtual civil disobedience and refused to pay the increased tariffs. Their grouse was that the electronic meters installed by the private Discoms were running fast and . . .
- Bettering The Lot Of The Disabled (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 08, 2006)
THE report carried by this newspaper some time ago that handicapped men and women in the NWFP are not getting their rightful two per cent share in government jobs comes as no surprise.
- India's Nuclear Conundrum (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 07, 2006)
The actual long-term economic costs of civilian nuclear energy tend to be obscured in discussion of its supposed limitless possibilities
- Iaf Succeeds In Reducing Accident Rate To All-Time Low (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
The Indian Air Force has managed to bring down its accident rate of aircraft to all time low of 50 per cent in 2005 as compared to the average rate during the last decade -1994-95 to 2003-2004.
- Yangtze Cofferdam Gone In Seconds (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
Demolition of the last cofferdam protecting the just-completed main wall of the Three Gorges Dam (photograph left), the world’s largest, started this afternoon in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, China’s longest, with explosives enough to . . .
- Pak Comes Closer To Asean (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
Pakistan and Asean have agreed to begin talks for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA), to boost Islamabad’s efforts towards achieving full dialogue partner status with the ten-member regional economic grouping.
- Bull Mkt Is Over; Bear Hug To Stay: Morgan Stanley (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
The three-year bull run across the global markets might be over giving way to a full-fledged bear market, leading equity research firm Morgan Stanley has warned in its latest report.
- Bengal Reformation (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 07, 2006)
Mr Bhattacharjee attempts too much, too late
- Jihad Of Several Kinds (Dawn, Hafizur Rahman, Jun 07, 2006)
IF I had the authority I would ban the use of the word “jihad” except for jihad proper.
- The Federal Budget (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 07, 2006)
The budget for the next fiscal year, presented by the minister of state for finance, Omar Ayub Khan, in the National Assembly on Monday, carries a substantial package of relief for the common man.
- Fate Of 18 Delhi Mlas Hangs In Balance (Hindu, Sujay Mehdudia, Jun 07, 2006)
Uncertainty over the fate of legislation
Amendment Bill passed by the Vidhan Sabha on May 18 is pending with the Union Home Ministry
`The Congress party is not in a position to contest any by-election in the given circumstances'
- Price Hike Not A Healing Touch (Business Line, Niraj Bhatt, Jun 07, 2006)
The vociferous opposition from within the UPA for large hikes in petroleum product prices has made it difficult for the government to effectively solve the problems of the petroleum sector.
- Talk To Tehran (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 07, 2006)
The US has jettisoned its nearly three-decade policy against direct talks with Iran. Washington's proposal to enter into a dialogue with Tehran gives a much-needed impetus to negotiations to break the diplomatic deadlock over Iran's nuclear programme.
- Biotechnology-Based Units Ideal For Hp, Says Phdcci (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
The PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PHDCCI) has urged the Himachal Government to focus on research, economic practices and a comprehensive plan with an implementable roadmap for the hill state’s transition into a knowledge-based economy.
- Carrot & Stick Policy (Pioneer, Niall Ferguson, Jun 07, 2006)
The world has witnessed a welcome change in American diplomacy in the past two weeks, more so on the issue of Iran, says Niall Ferguson
- Protect Cows To Protect Economy (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 07, 2006)
The age old system of keeping cows in households is perishing with advancement in technology and mechanisation in agriculture operations, and due to economic considerations.
- U.S. Not Expected To Directly Aid Iran Reactor Project (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Jun 07, 2006)
The United States is not expected to provide technology or equipment directly to Iran if the light-water nuclear reactor project offered in a proposal to Tehran goes forward, Western diplomats said on Tuesday.
- Iran "Positive" On Nuclear Offer (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Jun 07, 2006)
Teheran for dialogue on "some ambiguities" in the package
- Get Power Out Of Civic Waste, Says Kalam (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) can perhaps consider installing mini power plants, which will run on municipal waste.
- Eco-Friendly Toilets Turn Human Waste Into Manure (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
‘‘Don't mix, don't flush, don't waste' is the slogan of a Swedish entrepreneur selling dry toilets — a revolutionary concept that not only saves water but also converts human waste into manure.
- What Lies Hidden In The Footnotes Of The Past (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 07, 2006)
Tapan Raychaudhuri considers ways in which a legacy of mutual ill will can be transformed through honesty, memory and good sense The author is former professor of modern Indian history at the University of Oxford
- Quotas For Obcs `For First Time Since Independence' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
Constitution `provides for reservations for backward classes, citizens' Constitution `provides for reservations for backward classes, citizens'
Arguments of anti-reservationists baseless
Such move taken after 60 years of freedom
- Energy Conservation For Sustainable Growth (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jun 07, 2006)
Energy efficiency, as a concept, became a part of the public discussion in the West in the early seventies.
- Economics Of Mata Vaishno Devi Yatra (Daily Excelsior, Dr Rajendra Mishra, Jun 07, 2006)
Katra, the 1000 years old base camp of the holy cave of Mata Vaishno Devi, nestled in feet of the mighty Trikuta mountain, is all set to rise further in economic growth with the arrival of the train next year.
- Not Yet An E-Leader (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 07, 2006)
India's status as a leading global hub for information technology and business process outsourcing industries is acknowledged but the country has a long way to go before it can claim to be really "e-ready."
- ‘Jungle Lodges Displacing Tribals’ (Deccan Herald, K S Narayanan, Jun 07, 2006)
Leading NGOs working for tribals in Karnataka have accused the state government of actively promoting jungle lodges in Nagarhole National Park of Kodagu district at the cost of tribals’ interest.
- Govt Removes Hc-Indicted Ifs Officer (Daily Excelsior, Ahmed Ali Fayyaz, Jun 07, 2006)
Even as the State Government today removed him from his additional posting of Chief Wildlife Warden (CWW), High Court-indicted IFS officer R D Tiwari has been asked to continue as head of the World Bank aided Rs 300 Cr Integrated Watershed . . .
- Alcohol Becomes High Fashion (Deccan Herald, Doreen Carvajal, Jun 07, 2006)
Advertising and marketing strategies adopted by alcohol companies are increasingly turning into lifestyle entertainment
- Five Elements (Deccan Herald, PARAMAHAMSA NITHYANANDA, Jun 07, 2006)
Existence or Cosmos is made up of the five elements that are – Earth, Water, Fire, Air and Ether.
- Up Against Constitution (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Jun 07, 2006)
The PM should not allow himself to be influenced by unprincipled politicians
- Omar Pleads For Continuity (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 07, 2006)
In a spirited and forthright manner, Omar Ayub Khan pleaded for continuity of policies and leadership for the nation’s sustained economic growth.
- Is All Well In India’S Agriculture? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 07, 2006)
The just released figures on GDP growth gives the lie, as one might be incorrectly tempted to conclude, to the widely held view that all is unwell on the farm front.
- 'Excess' Land Grab To Benefit Netas? (Times of India, Sowmya Aji Mehu, Jun 07, 2006)
Why does the state government want to take over "excess" land in Bangalore Mysore Infrastructure Corridor? According to sources, certain bureaucrats and politically influential individuals are keen on a stake in the prized area.
- Camera Confession (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 06, 2006)
The bizarre turn of events at Thursday night's party at the residence of late BJP leader Pramod Mahajan resulting in the death of his secretary Vivek Moitra and a near-fatal experience for his son Rahul has thrown up a new trend.
- Sc Allows ‘Blue Lady’ To Dock (Tribune, Vibha Sharma, Jun 06, 2006)
NGOs, fighting against the entry of the Norwegian ship “Blue Lady” into the Indian territorial waters, have termed the Supreme Court’s decision to allow the controversial ship to be anchored at the Alang port in Gujarat for inspection by the Indian . . .
- Human Rights Discourse (Hindu, SHALINI UMACHANDRAN, Jun 06, 2006)
There has always been a tendency to view human rights as rather western with Asian societies having little to contribute to dialogue on this topic that is continually the focus of the contemporary world.
- Social Dimensions Of Security (Hindu, R. K. Raghavan , Jun 06, 2006)
Pleads for a very comprehensive definition of `security' that moves away from a state-centric approach
- Desert Cities Living On Borrowed Time (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2006)
The 500 million persons who live in the world's desert regions can expect to find life increasingly unbearable as already high temperatures soar and the available water is used up or turns salty, according to the United Nations.
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