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Articles 6321 through 6420 of 20008:
- Monsoon And The Weatherman's Woes (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Jun 03, 2006)
Rainfall prediction is a risky business as local phenomena can upset all calculations.
- ‘No Politician’ Pm (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Jun 03, 2006)
Remember Manmohan Singh, the man of impeccable credentials, of utmost humility, a do-gooder who will do no wrong, not knowingly, his admirers will tell you.
- Wake Up (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jun 03, 2006)
Only recently we had lamented the absence of a proper tourism policy for the Jammu region in these columns.
- Siachen Is Strategically Important (Daily Excelsior, J N Raina, Jun 03, 2006)
India will be deluding itself if it feels sanguine that Siachen conflict will be negotiated with Pakistan amicably.
- Positive Alert (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 03, 2006)
India has overtaken South Africa. A UNAIDS report says that with 5.7 million HIV-positive people, India has the world's largest population infected with the human immunodeficiency virus. That's two-thirds of the figure for Asia.
- Solitude Is Bliss (Deccan Herald, V Pradeep Kumar, Jun 03, 2006)
Solitude always offers a different perspective of life
- Bsf Jawan Injured (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
A bsf jawan was injured in an IED blast in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir today, official sources said.
- Rumsfeld Lauds Musharraf’S Anti-Terror Efforts (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
US Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld on Saturday lavished praise on the Pakistani president's campaign against terrorism, but sidestepped charges he has not done enough to flush out Taliban fighters hiding along the border with Afghanistan.
- India Approves Hydroelectric Projects On Indus And Soru (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Jun 03, 2006)
The Indian Cabinet on Friday approved two new hydroelectric projects to be constructed on the Indus River and its tributary, Soru River, in Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir.
- Compete, How? (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jun 03, 2006)
The dismantling of the ATC (agreement on textiles and clothing) in January 2005 was expected to hold out huge dividends for India.
- "There Is A Very Deep-Rooted Prejudice" (Hindu, Siddharth Narrain , Jun 03, 2006)
Anuradha Mohit, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Special Rapporteur on Disability, says the academic sector has been the most insensitive in affirmative action for the disabled.
- Reservoir Of Heritage (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
Lokikere has a beautiful lake and some interesting history
- Get Rid Of The Culture Police (Tribune, Shakuntala Rao, Jun 03, 2006)
In December 1998, a small group of protesters halted the screening of the movie Fire in two Mumbai theatres.
- Chemical Onslaught On Human Life (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 03, 2006)
There was a time when man derived all his requirements from nature. He used naturally available herbs as medicine, naturally available nutrients and colours as cosmetics, and so on.
- On Keeping Cool (Tribune, Raj Chatterjee, Jun 03, 2006)
As the celebrated chronicler of the activities of the Pickwick Club said a long time ago, “It is pleasant to turn from contemplating the strife and torment of political existence to the peaceful repose of private life.
- The (Vicious) Cycle Of Progress (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 03, 2006)
Chandni Chowk sees a turf battle between minister and MP, Centre and State, over a move to replace rickshaws with CNG buses
- Save Trees (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 03, 2006)
The Himachal Pradesh High Court has stood up for trees and environment and banned tree felling in the state. Surprisingly, despite indiscriminate felling over the years, the government has not taken effective measures to check the menace and . . .
- Boat Ride To Death (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 03, 2006)
Enough intentional killings are taking place in Kashmir every day. An unintentional one took place on Tuesday when a naval boat carrying schoolchildren capsized in Wullar Lake, taking 23 children and one teacher to their watery grave.
- Spirituality Alone Can Contain Terrorism: Sri Sri Ravishankar (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
`Any number of legislation will be of no use if people are not spiritual'
- Un Intensifies Quake Aid Efforts In Indonesia (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
The United Nations said Saturday it would intensify its efforts to deliver aid to survivors of last week's quake in Indonesia, saying it was in a "race against time" to reach the most needy.
- The Social `Trilemma` (Business Standard, T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan, Jun 03, 2006)
Equity, justice, efficiency-all three cannot be pursued simultaneously. One must be sacrificed.
- Gears That Move The Innards Of Growth (Business Line, D. Murali , Jun 03, 2006)
Three books by Indian writers chart the course of economic growth in the country, looking at it from various angles — the sources of growth, growth theory and macroeconomic policy. Interesting and informative reads, says D.MURALI.
- Wular Drownings (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 03, 2006)
Curious resurfacing of ill-will
There was more than one tragedy on the Wular lake that terrible Tuesday.
- Oil Spill From Vessel Continues (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
Coast Guard taking steps to contain slick from ship that ran aground off Karwar coast
Devbag beach near Karwar is affected by oil slick
Experts airlifted to the wrecked ship to locate the source of oil leak
- A Rosy Statistical Picture (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jun 03, 2006)
The National Economic Council (NEC) has projected an ambitious overall development expenditure for the next fiscal year.
- Big Ideas Count, Not Ad Firm Profile (The Economic Times, SAMIDHA SHARMA, Jun 03, 2006)
Kamal Oberoi, chairman and managing director, M&C Saatchi Communications India Pvt Ltd spoke about the advertising agency’s entry, the competition and its strategies for India. Excerpts:
- Stern Message (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jun 02, 2006)
Nothing can be more embarrassing for the State Government than a newspaper report about the reason why Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had withheld a bonanza from Jammu and Kashmir during his recent visit to Srinagar.
- Bacteria Found In Municipal Water (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
Harmful organisms indicate filtration failure, says panel
Civic body in a fix as summer storage tank is contaminated
- India, U.K. To Hold More Naval Exercises (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
``Recent exercises in Mumbai a success''
Discussions held between India and U.K. to strengthen cooperation
Sir Band lauds modernisation programme of Indian Navy
- Opting Out Of The System? (Dawn, Tahir Mirza, Jun 02, 2006)
When you retire after almost 50 years in active journalism, are you also in some way perhaps opting out of the whole system in which you have been involved, have written about and reported on?
- Hindu Temple To Come Up In Moscow (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Jun 02, 2006)
Moscow Mayor's assurance to Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dixit
To replace demolished temple
Initial opposition from church
Cultural fete involving `sister cities'
- China, Arab States Pledge Anti-Terror Cooperation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
Ministerial meeting attended by delegates from 22 Arab countries
- Focus On Agrarian Economy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
Interesting reads in Kannada...
- Raising The Networthiness Of Indian Banking (Business Line, Manoranjan Sharma, Jun 02, 2006)
The banking sector is today relatively much stronger than its Asian counterparts but it still has a long way to go.
- Nasscom Projects Lower Growth In Exports (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
India to maintain lead as offshore destination
Industry on course to meet $60 billion target
A large market opportunity exists
IT-ITES industry records 33 p.c. growth in exports in 2005-06
- India's Gains Predicated On Competitiveness (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 02, 2006)
The Free Trade Agreement with ASEAN is a link up with a group of dynamic economies that can test India's mettle in several areas of trade. More than the comfort of tariff quotas it will be the country's sustained competitiveness that would bring it . . .
- Mumbai On Alert For Heavy Rains (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
India's commercial capital of Mumbai was on alert for very heavy rains on Thursday, almost a year after a sharp cloudburst crippled the metropolis for days and killed hundreds of people in the region.
- Look Who’S Speaking (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 02, 2006)
The upside of pressure-cooker diplomacy is that there’s always some space to let off steam.
- Gdp Figures Underline Importance Of Reforms (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Jun 02, 2006)
If the economy's performance is to sustain, more reforms are needed, as the Finance Minister has called for.
- Multi-Racial Fiji (Statesman, Sam Rajappa, Jun 02, 2006)
The dream of the late Timoci Bavadra of a multi-racial Fiji for which he launched the Fiji Labour Party in the 1980s providing a common platform for the indigenous Fijians and the Fiji-Indians was at last realised in the just concluded parliamentary . . .
- National Assembly, Senate Begin Stormy Budget Sessions Today (Dawn, Raja Asghar, Jun 02, 2006)
Both houses of parliament will meet on Friday to begin what are likely to be tense budget sessions that will be keenly watched for government-promised relief in the face of one of the severest price hikes prevailing in the country.
- Governance After Enron (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Jun 02, 2006)
Most of the cases of “governance failure” in US companies a few years ago are in the process of attaining closure, with the key figures involved having been found guilty and sentenced to prison terms, one after the other.
- Jamal Mecklai: Let`s Hear It For Clause 49! (Business Standard, Jamal Mecklai, Jun 02, 2006)
Since compliance with Clause 49 of Sebi’s listing agreement became mandatory on April 1, 2005, all listed companies have, in their March 2006 accounts, certified that the CEO and CFO “have evaluated the effectiveness of the internal control systems . . .
- A Health Check For Indian Hospitals (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 02, 2006)
As the Indian healthcare sector grows at a frantic pace transforming into a $17 billion industry with an annual growth rate of 13% a year, what is clear is a picture of the Indian healthcare industry which is no longer limited to only hospitals and . . .
- Arctic Once Was Tropical, Say Scientists (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
Scientists have found what might have been the ideal ancient vacation hotspot with a 23-degree Celsius average temperature, alligator ancestors and palm trees. It's smack in the middle of the Arctic.
- Hitler's Dark Dreams (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 02, 2006)
With most Germans preferring to shun the study of their Nazi past, the German Historical Museum will encourage them to rediscover it, says David Rising
- Trinamool Fans Farmers' Ire On Land For Tatas (Pioneer, Saugar Sengupta, Jun 02, 2006)
For the first time after the elections, the Nationalist Trinamool Congress on Thursday got down to testing the political waters in Hooghly district by galvanising disgruntled farmers at Singur block to protest against the "unlawful and impetuous . . .
- Why’S Kalam Mum On Quota? (Deccan Herald, Krishna Prasad, Jun 02, 2006)
Although his decision to return the Office of Profit Bill has won him the applause of a middle-class suspicious of the motives and motivations of the political class, a good question to ask is: why has President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam been silent on the . . .
- Dog Show With A Difference (Deccan Herald, LALITA CHANDRASHEKHAR, Jun 02, 2006)
Without belonging to well-known pedigrees, stray dogs make it up with their intelligence and agility
- Smoke-Screen (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 02, 2006)
The government is past master at the art of diversion. If a book or a film proves controversial, it reacts by banning the work. It implements social justice by ruining our universities, instead of tackling the problem at its root — ensuring that . . .
- Good Schooling Need Not Be Expensive (Deccan Herald, Damodar Agrawal, Jun 02, 2006)
International schools: there’s a need to look at the larger picture.
- Nepal Maoists Revile All Things Indian (Pioneer, Akhilesh Suman, Jun 02, 2006)
Even after the establishment of an interim government in Nepal with support from Indian soil in various forms, Nepal's Maoists (Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist) are still pursuing their agenda of removing Indian influence from Nepal politics and . . .
- Sudan Is The Most Failed (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Jun 02, 2006)
The recently released annual global “failed states index” covered 146 states from all continents. Each country was scored from one to ten according to a dozen criteria and was ranked according to its score. Those scoring highest were rated the most . . .
- Reserve And Destroy (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Jun 02, 2006)
As the populism fire rages, Indian forests are under profound threat.
- Rule And Ruin (Telegraph, Ashis Chakrabarti, Jun 02, 2006)
This is the story of a day that shook India as few other events have done since 1947.
- Gentle And Contained (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 02, 2006)
In today’s globalized world, water is a scarce resource, which is being privatized, marketed and sold.
- Buddha Takes A Brief Break (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
Vacation after victory is but natural. Only, in the case of Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, victories are more frequent than vacations.
- No Illusions (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 02, 2006)
India’s relationship with China is never free of baggage: faith or mindless hostility.
- Fear And The City (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 02, 2006)
An economy growing at a brisk 8.4 per cent should be expected to celebrate confirmation of support from nature.
- Development Control Rules `Outdated' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
Planning norms must reflect changing conditions: Gopinatha Rao
Development control rules are `in urgent need of reform'
Outdated rules have resulted in deviations from approved plans
- You Can’T Wall Off Immigrants (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 02, 2006)
Both the senate and House versions of an immigration bill to keep unauthorised migrants out of the US rely on the construction of hundreds of miles of new physical barriers, high-tech gadgetry and more manpower along the Southwestern border.
- Growth Surge (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 02, 2006)
If there were still some sceptics left about the Indian growth story, they can slink away into the shadows.
- Government Will Stop Undue Inflation: Pm (Daily Times, Sajid Chaudhry, Jun 01, 2006)
Aziz says budget will benefit the poor
Govt hiring foreign agriculture experts
- A Gruesome Act (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 01, 2006)
The disfigurement of Ayesha Baloch of Multan, whose husband slit her upper lip and part of her nose for bringing the family's name allegedly into disrepute, is a most gruesome act and a stark reminder of the warped sense of 'honour' that permeates . . .
- ‘Our Second Freedom Will Release Us’ (Deccan Herald, R Akhileshwari , Jun 01, 2006)
A C Kamaraj, an engineer, and an ardent believer in the interlinking of rivers, was a member of the committee of experts on interlinking of rivers set up by the Union government.
- Quotes On Quotas (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 01, 2006)
For political reasons, the BJP and even the RSS cannot afford to openly attack the idea of reservations for OBCs in educational institutions. But the Organiser (June 4) can barely conceal its support for the anti-reservation agitation spearheaded . . .
- An Unrealistic Deadline For Indus Dams (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 01, 2006)
The ground-breaking of the Diamer-Basha dam performed by President General Pervez Musharraf on April 26 caused my memory to recall the ground-breaking for the construction of the Tarbela Dam performed nearly 38 years ago on November 4, 1968 by the . . .
- Heart-Rending Tragedy (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jun 01, 2006)
The entire State has woken up on Wednesday to a grave tragedy of enormous proportions.
- Flying Fears (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jun 01, 2006)
The sharp increase in domestic air traffic at a number of non-metro airports is a sign of both greater business activity and higher incomes and reflects how demand is pulling in supply of air travel services.
- Karachi Power Crisis (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 01, 2006)
The protests seen in Karachi on Tuesday against prolonged power breakdowns are ominous and unless the KESC gets its act together there may well be more to follow.
- Reduce Reliance On Monsoons (Daily Excelsior, Ramesh Pandita and Meenakshi Koul, Jun 01, 2006)
Monsoons; of rains and suicides, may sound a bit strange and unusual to a good cross section of our society, especially to people, who dwell in urban areas of cities and towns, but holds very true to our farming community, who not just experience . . .
- Safari Tourism (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 01, 2006)
Any effort to promote tourism in Assam, or for that matter the North-east in entirety, is welcome.
- Silencing The River Sutra (Pioneer, Anuradha Dutt, Jun 01, 2006)
Once the Yamuna beautification plan gets underway, the historic association of the ghats with the Hindu tradition will be lost forever, says Anuradha Dutt
- Prachanda Seeks Release Of Leaders For Talks To Succeed (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2006)
Maoist supremo Prachanda has said that their negotiations with the government on ending the decade-old insurgency would definitely lead to a solution this time but sought release of all senior rebel leaders from jails in Nepal and India before the . . .
- Q&a: 'Mangroves Also Emit Greenhouse Gases' (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 01, 2006)
After leading a study on methane emissions from southern India's coastal wetlands, R Ramesh , director of Anna University's Institute of Ocean Management, is now one of the principal investigators for Indoflux, a pioneering initiative in India to . . .
- Decision On Baglihar Dam In November (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2006)
The Swiss water expert appointed by the World Bank to arbitrate the Baglihar dam dispute between India and Pakistan will deliver his verdict in November in Washington.
- Navy Announces Rs 20-Lakh Relief (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2006)
The Navy today regretted yesterday’s Wullar Lake incident and said “suitable disciplinary action” would be initiated against those found responsible for the boat accident in which 21 schoolchildren and a teacher were drowned during a picnic boat ride.
- Power Riots In Karachi (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 01, 2006)
Police fired tear-gas and baton charged a protest rally in Gulbahar and Rizvia Society in Karachi on Tuesday agitating against regular and prolonged power breakdowns.
- Is The Indo-Pak Nuke Deal In Trouble? (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Jun 01, 2006)
Delhi wants watertight assurances from Washington that the nuclear fuel it agrees to supply for India's civil reactors will never be suspended for political reasons
- Corrections And Clarifications (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 01, 2006)
In "Kalam sends back Office of Profit Bill" (May 31, 2006, page 1), the sub-heading was "Says focus should be on evolving a just, fair criteria", while the sentence in the text was "Mr. Kalam said the focus of the Bill should be on evolving a . . .
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