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Articles 6921 through 7020 of 20008:
- Indian Doctors Protest As Anger Over Quotas Spreads (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 16, 2006)
Services in scores of hospitals across India were disrupted on Monday as thousands of doctors and medical students launched fresh protests against a government move to reserve more places in colleges for the disadvantaged.
- Tikka Shatrujit Singh (Business Standard, Kishore Singh, May 16, 2006)
His grandfather was one of its biggest customers; his heir now plans Louis Vuitton’s market strategies.
- Displacement, The Dilemma Of Development (Business Line, Alok Ray, May 16, 2006)
Very seldom does change benefit everyone. There are usually some winners and some losers. Putting in place a credible democratic institutional structure to look after the rehabilitation and resettlement process is the need of the hour.
- A Nuclear Test For Diplomacy (Washington Post, Henry A. Kissinger, May 16, 2006)
The recent letter from Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to President Bush needs to be considered on several levels.
- Bali Declaration (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, May 15, 2006)
The Bali Declaration, issued at the conclusion of the D-8 summit held in Indonesia to explore ways of increasing trade and investment among the eight most populous Muslim countries which form the group, urged member states to overcome the . . .
- Gas For All (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, May 15, 2006)
THE President has advised the government to speed up the provision of gas to every nook and corner of the country and ensure that it reaches everyone by the end of 2007.
- End Of Dravida History? (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, May 15, 2006)
Possibly. But it is too early to bid farewell to the politics of revenge
- Global Economy On Biggest Winning Streak In Generation (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, May 15, 2006)
The global economy is on a growth streak that is shaping up to be the broadest and strongest expansion in more than three decades.
- Do State Governments Have Money To Throw? (Hindu, K. Venugopal , May 15, 2006)
State finances are in much better shape than they have been. Simply put, their revenues are growing much faster than their expenditure. In such a congenial situation, governments must prioritise basic needs.
- Openness & Accountability (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, May 15, 2006)
A basic principle that governs public affairs in a democratic country is openness.
- What’S Ethanol-Blended Petrol & More... (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 15, 2006)
Almost a century ago, the founder of Ford Motors, Henry Ford, had hoped to run the Ford Model T on ethanol. Indeed, he is even reported to have said that ethanol would be the “fuel of the future”.
- Basic Steps To Remove Baloch Grievances (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, May 15, 2006)
It is worth questioning why the situation in Balochistan has reached a point where an armed confrontation is taking place between the federation and the tribal leadership.
- Wastefulness Does Not Help (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, May 15, 2006)
At a time when Karachi is facing an acute power and water shortage, people should be encouraged to revert to the ways of their ancestors who considered extravagance a sin.
- Preying On Public Land (Tribune, Jagmohan , May 15, 2006)
The Supreme Court deserves to be saluted. It has been making a valiant attempt to bring about the rule of law in Delhi and save it from the ravages of law breakers who are destroying all norms of organised civic life.
- Unsettling (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , May 15, 2006)
As an old timer who had seen India before and after it became an independent Republic, as one brought up in the administrative culture and social environment of West Bengal, and as one who spent close to two decades at the Centre from the days of . . .
- Mumbai Erupts, Medicos Hit The Street Over Quota (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 14, 2006)
A day after the Delhi police rained batons and used water cannons on budding physicians angry over the government’s drive to hike OBC quotas, police in Mumbai on Saturday brutally beat up medicos and other protesting students,igniting a wave of . . .
- Small Screen Saver For Dmk (Indian Express, Narayanan Madhavan and Rosemary Arackaparambil, May 14, 2006)
At the age of 82, vendetta may not be a luxury that Tamil Nadu’s chief minister designate Muthuvel Karunanidhi can particularly afford.
- A New Take On The Old Time Capsule (Deccan Herald, Guy Gugliotta, May 14, 2006)
An Earth Capsule offers immortality on the cheap, which is going to be hard to turn down.
- Development Support (News International, Editorial, The News International, May 14, 2006)
The recently held two-day meeting of the Pakistan Development Forum (PDF) was a significant event as it provided the opportunity to exchange views and ideas to carry forward the process of development.
- Reviving Confidence In The Eu’S Future (Dawn, Shadaba Islam, May 14, 2006)
Pity Jose Manuel Barroso.
- Pushed To The Margins In Delh (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, May 14, 2006)
Examining the situation of the poor in the context of the Supreme Court's recent rulings on the Delhi demolitions. text and Photographs
- Australia Seeks Greater Asian Engagement (The Financial Express, NK SINGH, May 14, 2006)
While Australia finds new opportunities in Asia, India will gain from deeper ties with the former
- Show A Leg (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 14, 2006)
Money is secondary in urban transport reform
- Work On Single-Track System To Begin On August . . . (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 14, 2006)
Chief Minister H D Kumaaraswamy on Saturday announced that work on the pilot project of a monorail network spanning a length of 18 km between Kanakapura Road and Majestic area here would commence from August 15 to complement the proposed Metro . . .
- Five Indian Students Win Intel Fair Awards (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 14, 2006)
Five Indian students are among the winners at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF), the world's largest pre-college science competition. An Indian-American girl also received a $50,000 scholarship by taking top honours.
- In Poetry-Loving Yemen, Tribal Bard Takes On Al Qaeda (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, May 14, 2006)
As the dusk call to prayer fades, Amin al-Mashreqi glances at the expectant faces surrounding him and begins to read from his slim, handwritten book of verse that is helping to bring a measure of peace to this mountainous Arab country.
- China Shifts To A Drive-Through Culture (Christian Science Monitor, Simon Montlake, May 14, 2006)
As Asia adopts American meals-on-the-go, our reporter laments the loss of sit-down dinners and its social rituals.
- Top U.K. Award For Indian (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 14, 2006)
Suprabha Seshan has been conserving rare plants of the Western Ghats
- Ludicrous Delay (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 14, 2006)
The Narmada river, 92 per cent of whose water is contributed by the State of Madhya Pradesh, has a potential of being the world's largest river valley development with 29 major, 450 medium and 3,000 minor dams.
- Downstream Of Protest (Pioneer, MS Menon, May 14, 2006)
It's curtains, for the time being, on the ongoing drama against the construction of the Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP) with the Supreme Court refusing to stay the work on the plea made by the Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA).
- Endangered Turtles Returned To Vietnam (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 14, 2006)
Thirty-four rare pond turtles have been returned to Vietnam in what a conservationist said today was the first time that smuggled wildlife was repatriated to the country.
- D-8 Sign 2 Accords To Boost Trade (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 14, 2006)
Bali Declaration calls for peaceful use of N-energy
Aziz urges Muslim nations to create investment opportunities
- Unavoidable Oil Price Hike (Daily Excelsior, Ramesh Kanitkar, May 14, 2006)
confrontation is building up again between the Left and the Government on the issue of petroleum price hike.
- N-Deal Approval An Uphill Task, Says Envoy Ronen Sen (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, May 14, 2006)
Despite a lack of adequate support for the U.S.-India civilian nuclear deal in the U.S. Congress, India’s ambassador in Washington is confident that the agreement will eventually win over skeptics.
- The Monolith Of Failed Promises (Pioneer, Sudhirendar Sharma, May 14, 2006)
The Supreme Court's observation, over-ruling its previous judgement against raising the height of the controversial Sardar Sarovar Project, may have populist overtones for downstream politics and the pro-dam lobbyists, but it has inadvertently . . .
- ‘Chance To Settle Siachen Dispute’: Singh’S Visit To Islamabad (Dawn, Anwar Iqbal, May 13, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s forthcoming visit to Islamabad would be a good opportunity for India and Pakistan to resolve the Siachin dispute, said a former Indian foreign secretary.
- People Triumph In Nepal (Frontline, Praful Bidwai, May 13, 2006)
The democracy movement's glorious victory holds lessons for all of South Asia about integrating social justice issues with mainstream politics.
- Show A Leg (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 13, 2006)
It is more than a month since the Union Cabinet approved its National Urban Transport Policy (NUTP).
- Rain Fury Leaves Two Dead In City (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2006)
Thundershowers lashed the City late Friday evening, killing two men and injuring another in J C Nagar. Thousands were stranded in gridlocks on roads across the City.
- Cauvery Tribunal Releases Assessors' Reports (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, May 13, 2006)
Tamil Nadu is to get 395 tmcft of water, Karnataka, 250 tmcft
- Reliance Urged To Unveil K-G Basin Plan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2006)
RIL declines to commit itself on the quantum of supply to Andhra Pradesh
State's demand of gas put at 81.9 million cubic metres a day (mcmd) in 2010
Need likely to be the highest in the power sector (39 mcmd)
RIL seeks land, better roads and multi-p
- Space Sneakers (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 13, 2006)
A Japanese shoemaker is developing lightweight sneakers for outer space, hoping to help astronauts keep their muscles from wearing down due to the rigors of zero-gravity.
- Delhi Docs Strike Work (Pioneer, Veena Sunderam, May 13, 2006)
Resident doctors of all city hospitals, except Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital struck work on Friday evening and went on a 24-hour strike as an expression of solidarity with the medical students protesting the OBC quota proposal moved by HRD Minister . . .
- "We Are Looking Forward To Increased Cooperation With India In Space" (Hindu, T.S. Subramanian, May 13, 2006)
Nasa chiefMichael Griffinspeaks on India-U.S. collaboration, the quality of ISRO's work, and training astronauts.
- Economics Has A Way Of Catching Up With Populist Politics (Business Line, D. Murali , May 13, 2006)
There is indeed free in politics, so much so, that debate is not on whether, but which `free' is all right. But, eventually, economics catches up. Three reads provide a perspective on the politics and economics of reforms, federalism and regionalism.
- A New Take On The Old Time Capsule (Deccan Herald, Guy Gugliotta, May 13, 2006)
An Earth Capsule offers immortality on the cheap, which is going to be hard to turn down.
- A Scientist Truly Amulya (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 13, 2006)
Prof Amulya K N Reddy, who died on Sunday, the 7 May, 2006, in Bangalore, belonged to that rare breed of people who are unclassifiable.
- The Self-Centred Go Through Stress (The Economic Times, SWAMI PARTHASARATHY, May 13, 2006)
People believe work causes stress. This is not true. Stress arises from an ungoverned mind.
- Responsibilities Of Corporate Citizens (Business Line, H. P. Ranina, May 13, 2006)
Corporate ethics would not only be fulfilling but will be tax rewarding too. With many favourable court decisions, India Inc. should have no difficulty in fulfilling its social obligations.
- Cauvery Panel Report: Kabini To Be Worst Hit (Deccan Herald, B S Arun, May 13, 2006)
It is a mixed bag for Karnataka. While the report of the assessors of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal, which has put the State’s requirement of irrigation water at 251 tmc for 18.85 lakh acre (LA) in the Cauvery basin area is far better . . .
- Reliance Likely To Invest $6-7 B In Kg Basin (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2006)
First phase of gas project to be ready by mid-2008
- Watershed In Tn (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 13, 2006)
It was a contest between chemistry and arithmetic
- Happy Tidings (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 13, 2006)
News that the country has taken its first, albeit tiny, step, in the area of power generation from tidal waves may not have us uncorking the bubbly.
- Pride And Prejudice (Deccan Herald, B G Verghese, May 13, 2006)
The state should remember it has a responsibility to all citizens not only to some
- Terrorists Strike Again (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 13, 2006)
Terrorists have struck in Balochistan again, this time targeting the Anti-Terrorist Force in Quetta, killing six policemen and wounding 13 others seriously.
- Musharraf Underlines Need To Import Gas (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf on Friday stressed the need for importing natural gas from regional countries to meet growing energy requirement in the industrial and agriculture sectors.
- Scandalous Yes, But What's The Protest About? (Pioneer, Kanchan Gupta, May 13, 2006)
We got to know of the sex-for-money racket being run by a couple of pimps and young women looking for easy money at the shopping mall near our apartment complex from the morning papers.
- Ensure Gas Supply To All Dists By 2007 (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, May 13, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf has directed the government to speed up provision of gas to the people living in every nook and corner of the country by involving the private sector, as well.
- China Makes Chopsticks Dearer, Japan Worried (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2006)
Walk into any Japanese noodle shop or restaurant and chances are high you’ll soon be eating with a pair of disposable wooden chopsticks from China.
- The Monolith Of Failed Promises (Pioneer, Sudhirendar Sharma, May 13, 2006)
The Supreme Court's observation, over-ruling its previous judgement against raising the height of the controversial Sardar Sarovar . . .
- Guaranteeing Work (Frontline, Jayati Ghosh, May 13, 2006)
Social monitoring is necessary to realise the transformatory potential of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act.
- Ludicrous Delay (Pioneer, MN Buch, May 13, 2006)
The Narmada river, 92 per cent of whose water is contributed by the State of Madhya Pradesh, has a potential of being the world's largest river valley development with 29 major, 450 medium and 3,000 minor dams.
- Downstream Of Protest (Pioneer, MS Menon, May 13, 2006)
It's curtains, for the time being, on the ongoing drama against the construction of the Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP) with the Supreme Court . . .
- Rumsfeld's Ways (Frontline, Vijay Prashad, May 13, 2006)
The Defence Secretary has argued for a high-tech U.S. military with limited manpower, with personnel from "allied powers" bearing the arms.
- No Headway In Securing Congress Nod For N-Deal (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, May 13, 2006)
Extensive briefings to members of the U.S. Congress by senior officials in the Bush Administration have so far failed to win bipartisan support for a deal that would permit the United States to share civilian nuclear technology with India.
- Karachi's Worsening Power Situation (News International, Editorial, The News International, May 13, 2006)
Karachi's worsening power outages have resulted in what has now become a yearly ritual. With the onset of summer, the power situation has deteriorated to the point where people come out on the roads to protest and vent their anger.
- Anti-Quota Medicos Face Teargas, Water Cannons (Tribune, Smriti Kak Ramachandran, May 13, 2006)
Hours after they made the announcement to intensify the fight against reservation for OBCs in higher education, medical students took to the streets in the Capital demanding the Prime Minister’s intervention on the issue. Medical services in the . . .
- Ima Supports Doctors' Stir, Health Services In Tailspin (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2006)
Expressing solidarity with medical students in their anti-quota agitation, Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Friday asked resident doctors and faculty associations in hospitals in Delhi to go on a 24-hour strike with immediate effect and called a . . .
- Caroe's Lessons (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, May 12, 2006)
The book dips into archival material to trace the strategic thinking of Sir Olaf Caroe, a distinguished Foreign Secretary of the Raj.
- Whose Per Capita Income? (News International, Editorial, The News International, May 12, 2006)
The announcement by Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, during his inaugural address at the Pakistan Development Forum 2006 on Wednesday in Islamabad, that Pakistan's per capita income is likely to reach the $800 mark by end-June, is by all means great news.
- History Repeats (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 12, 2006)
BMP must get its act together to prevent disasters
- ‘Look Before You Don’T Leap’ (Dawn, M.J. Akbar, May 12, 2006)
The strife-ridden battleground of Indian politics has entered a phase of curious and paradoxical stalemate: the government is ceding space but there is no one to occupy it.
- Are We Faring So Well? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 12, 2006)
Prime minister Shaukat Aziz’s statements of late should come as great morale boosters, given the rosy picture he has been painting of the national economy and the state of social sector development in Pakistan.
- Destination Moon (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 12, 2006)
The memorandum of understanding signed on Tuesday between the Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation, Mr G Madhavan Nair, and the Administrator of the United States' National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Mr Michael Griffin, is . . .
- India's Uncared Masses Abroad (Pioneer, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, May 12, 2006)
No Government can claim a place at the world's high table if its citizens need dirty, poorly paid jobs abroad where every despot and dictator can kick them around.
- Shifting Balance Of Power (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, May 12, 2006)
The strong showing by the Left Front in West Bengal and Kerala Assembly elections, and the DMK in Tamil Nadu, will have an impact on the power balance in the Congress-led UPA Government.
- Citizens Sidelined (Deccan Herald, Sakuntala Narasimhan, May 12, 2006)
It started as a small, diffident voice over the phone asking last month if I could spare five minutes.
- Minister Appeals For Sentence Suspension (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 12, 2006)
Maharashtra Transport Minister Swarup Singh Naik, who was convicted and sentenced to one-month imprisonment along with Additional Secretary Ashok Khot, on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to suspend the sentence.
- “Boom Bust Cycles” (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, May 12, 2006)
Speaking at the Pakistan Development Forum, World Bank Vice-President for South Asia Praful Patel’s reference to Pakistan’s long history of boom-bust cycles was appropriate.
- Goa Government Invites Eoi For Oceanarium Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 12, 2006)
The Goa Government has invited Expression of Interest (EoI) for consultancy for its proposed Oceanarium project, which is to be set up on a Build Own Operate and Transfer (BOOT) basis.
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