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Articles 8621 through 8720 of 20008:
- Natural Allies ? (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Vedi, Mar 23, 2006)
India needs to be careful not to become euphoric over US President George Bush’s description of our new emerging relationship as being one among "natural allies". Because it has taken so long for the most powerful democracy in the world to . . .
- Unesco Award For Manorama (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 23, 2006)
Malayalam daily Malayala Manorama has been awarded the prestigious $20,000 UNESCO-IPDC (International Programme for Development of Communication) prize for rural communication...
- ‘Karnataka Lagging In Sanitation Campaign’ (Deccan Herald, K S Narayanan, Mar 23, 2006)
About 770 (761 gram panchayats and 9 block panchayats) Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRI) from 14 states – AP, Assam, Bihar, Chattisgarh, Gujarat, Kerala, Orissa, TN, Tripura, UP, Uttaranchal and WB – will be given the award.
- Famine Threat To Somalia (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 23, 2006)
SOMALIA COULD relive the devastating famine that claimed 300,000 lives in the early 1990s unless emergency relief arrives soon, a senior United Nations official warned on Tuesday.
- Making Poverty History In Asia By 2015 (The Financial Express, SHANTAYANAN DEVARAJAN, Mar 23, 2006)
Asia is a puzzle. China, India and several other countries are enjoying rapid economic growth. Yet, some 600 million Asians—more than the entire population of Latin America—live on less than a dollar a day. But this puzzle is also an opportunity:
- The Bottomline On Learning From China (The Financial Express, NIRVIKAR SINGH, Mar 23, 2006)
More than matching China in nuclear prestige, India must learn from its global economic policy
- Call To Cull (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 22, 2006)
The West Bengal government has emerged as a bundle of contradictions in trying to wriggle out of an intricate situation following the discovery of 5,000 dead chickens in Birbhum district.
- Pm Case For A Strong Bangla (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2006)
Stating that a “strong, stable and economically strong Bangladesh” was in India’s interest, the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, today signed two agreements with the visiting Bangladesh PM, Begum Khaleda Zia, on trade and co-operation to . . .
- The Welcome Spring In Mca’S Feet (The Financial Express, PRITHVI HALDEA, Mar 22, 2006)
The ambitious flagship project of the ministry of company affairs, MCA 21, is now a reality.
- A Premature Idea (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Mar 22, 2006)
The Reserve Bank of India’s report on Currency & Finance has opened the debate on the merits of a “super-regulator” once again—and the Sebi chairman has immediately thrown cold water on the idea.
- Women In Agriculture (Daily Excelsior, Prof R D Gupta, Mar 22, 2006)
When women move forward, the family moves, the village moves and the Nation moves’’,
- Help The Child (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Mar 22, 2006)
Some time ago we had highlighted in these columns the need to end the curse of child labour.
- Twin Challenges (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Mar 22, 2006)
There are many issues that confront society at large and continue to pose a challenge to it. The plight of women is one. Another is the condition of undertrials in jails.
- Reliance Industries Eyes Agri-Business (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2006)
Raises mangoes and medicinal plants in refinery greenbelt
- Scaling Up Kurien (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Mar 22, 2006)
One statistic captures the change brought by Dr Verghese Kurien in India’s villages.
- Us Congress Must Approve N-Deal With India: Bush (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Mar 22, 2006)
Admitting his decision to broker a civilian nuclear agreement with India was a controversial one, President George W. Bush says he is comfortable recommending it to the US Congress for approval and believes the lawmakers ought to approve it.
- Haryana Needs Economic Council (Tribune, M.M.Goel, Mar 22, 2006)
The power shortage in Haryana calls for more attention of the state government for improving transmission and distribution efficiency in addition to Rs 2104.93 crore allocation for the power sector, including renewable energy, out of the total . . .
- Delhi, Dhaka Sign Pact To Boost Trade (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2006)
India and Bangladesh today signed two bilateral agreements aimed at boosting trade and economic relations between the two countries and jointly combating the menace of drug abuse and illegal trafficking.
- India Raises Terror Issue With Bangladesh (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Mar 22, 2006)
India and Bangladesh had their first bilateral summit meeting here this evening ever since Begum Khaleda Zia became Bangladesh Prime Minister in October 2001, but no breakthrough could be achieved.
- India, Bangla Stand United Against Terror (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2006)
With Bangladesh today making the case that it is on the same page as India on terrorism, New Delhi made it clear that Dhaka should then cooperate in ensuring that its territory is not used by elements acting against New Delhi’s interests.
- New Mining Policy Soon, Promises Hdk (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2006)
The State government will announce a new mining policy soon to check illegal mining and vehicles unauthorisedly transporting the minerals without valid permits, Chief Minister H D Kumaaraswamy told the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday. Replying . . .
- Privatisation: Come Hell Or High Water (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Mar 22, 2006)
Converting water to a commercial good to be sold for profit invites disaster. Most of all for poor people whose already pathetic access to water will shrink swiftly.
- India's Water And Sanitation Challenges (Hindu, David C. Mulford, Mar 22, 2006)
Public-private partnerships can accelerate solutions, and enhance operations and service.
- Delhi, Dhaka To Fight Terrorism (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Mar 22, 2006)
Khaleda seeks duty-free access to set right trade imbalance
Sealdah-Devpura railway link to be made operational
Two agreements, a trade accord and one to prevent illicit drug trafficking, signed
Common approach for sharing river waters needed
- The Power Of Tantra (Deccan Herald, Amrit Sadhana, Mar 22, 2006)
Usually people complain of their miseries. They exaggerate and blow up their problems. There is a morbid satisfaction in imagining that there are big problems that cannot be resolved. First, such people create misery mentally, then they somatise . . .
- Ensuring Water And Food (Deccan Herald, G S Dasog, Mar 22, 2006)
The writer is coordinator, Community-based Tank Management Consultancy project, UAS, Dharwad.
- Royal Repast (Deccan Herald, D V GURUPRASAD, Mar 22, 2006)
Royal breakfast, princely lunch and a pauper's dinner-that’s the cops fare
- China Simply Unstoppable (Deccan Herald, K P Prabhakaran Nair, Mar 22, 2006)
India should emulate China to avoid the mismatch between foodgrain production and fertiliser use
- The End Of Farmers (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Mar 22, 2006)
The second Green Revolution will serve the interests of the American agribusiness corporations
- Water Day (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 22, 2006)
A natural resource, we have been guilty of commodifying water
- India And Pakistan Consider Saarc Police (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Mar 22, 2006)
Top investigation officials of India and Pakistan began two-day’s of technical level talks here on Tuesday for the first time in 17 years.
- ‘Inter-Linking Rivers Is No Solution’ (Deccan Herald, Bala Chauhan, Mar 22, 2006)
"While multinational companies have exacerbated the water situation at the deep level, big farmers have misused water in the underground." - Water Gandhi Rajendra Singh
- The Gm Foods Divide (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 21, 2006)
In a draft ruling, the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) panel in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) has upheld a 2003 complaint by the United States, Canada and Argentina that the European Union's (EU) de facto moratorium on authorisations for . . .
- Rural Tilt, Urban Edge (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 21, 2006)
Deputy Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa seems to have got his basics right. The maiden budget of the Karnataka Development Front (KDF) Government presented by Mr Yediyurappa on Monday has a rural tilt with an urban edge.
- Wto: China And Decision-Making (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Mar 21, 2006)
There is a top down approach while only lip service is paid to a bottom up . . .
- Right To Clean Air And Water (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 21, 2006)
Rising nitrogen oxide (NOx) levels in Gurgaon’s air and worsening ground water contamination in several districts in Haryana are testimony to the slow poisoning that we are all living with.
- India In Us Eyes (Tribune, Anita Inder Singh, Mar 21, 2006)
The us has surprised the world by admitting India into the nuclear club although India is not a signatory to the Non-Proliferation Treaty.
- Saving The Girl Child (Tribune, Manmohan Kaur, Mar 21, 2006)
I have retired from government service with a good pension. My three daughters are highly educated and are working. My son-in-laws are well placed. I own a house in the city. Because of my old age, my wife and I have decided to shift to the . . .
- Tourist Season: Traders' Delight, Citizens' Nightmare (Hindu, D. Radhakrishnan, Mar 21, 2006)
People are unhappy that environment, civic amenities will be affected
- Khaleda Assuages Indian Concerns On Terrorism (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 21, 2006)
The Bangladesh Prime Minister, Ms Khaleda Zia, who arrived here this afternoon on a three-day state visit, assured New Delhi that no part of Bangladeshi territory would be allowed to be used for fomenting terrorism against India.
- Nepal Violence Claims 16 Lives (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 21, 2006)
Communist rebels ambushed an army patrol in Nepal on Monday, sparking a clash that killed at least 13 soldiers and an insurgent, while a booby trap killed two civilians, officials said.
- Fo Asks India To Be Serious About Peace (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 21, 2006)
Rejects Narayanan’s allegations g Says US-India N-deal ‘no good’
- Let’S Not Take 8% Growth For Granted (The Economic Times, CHETAN AHYA, Mar 21, 2006)
There is a strong case to reverse the present trend of consumption-led growth by stepping up public spending on infrastructure..
- Spiritual Master (Hindu, C.S. Ramakrishnan, Mar 21, 2006)
Sri ramakrishna used to call the Ganges, on whose banks most of his life was spent, as Brahmavari, the Tide Divine.
- Notions Of Water Scarcity (Hindu, Ramaswamy R. Iyer, Mar 21, 2006)
Case study exposing the social and power relations which usually underlie water crises
- Bangladeshi Prime Minister Arrives In India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 21, 2006)
Trade, terror to top Khaleda Zia’s visit
- Soil And Water (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Mar 21, 2006)
To many it may come as a surprise that forest cover in the State has gone up by 30 square kilometres. According to the latest available official statistics it is up from 21237 sq kms in 2001 to 21267 in 2003.
- India, B'desh Set For Talks As Border Issues Loom (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 21, 2006)
Neighbours India and Bangladesh begin talks on Tuesday that are expected to focus on New Delhi's concerns over illegal immigration and Islamic militants operating from Bangladeshi soil.
- Economic Interests And Foreign Policy (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Mar 21, 2006)
Foreign policy, like monetary or fiscal policy, should be seen as the means to ensure jobs for the millions.
- Violence As Iraq Enters 4th Year Of War (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 21, 2006)
Suspected insurgents marked the third anniversary of the US-led invasion of Iraq Monday with roadside bombings that killed at least eight policemen, and authorities reported finding 15 more bullet-riddled bodies, one of them a 13-year-old girl, . . .
- India To Be Fastest Growing Economy (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 21, 2006)
India has the potential to be the fastest growing large economy in the world in the period to 2050, with a GDP close to 60% of the US at market exchange rates in 2050, similar in size to the US in PPP (purchasing power parity) terms, according . . .
- Right To Survive (Statesman, KISOR CHAUDHURI, Mar 21, 2006)
Many political ecologists tend to remain rigid in judging poverty as the prime factor in environmental degradation overlooking the effects of trade reforms in countries like India where, to match the global industrial pattern, there is increased . . .
- Urban Infrastructure: Only Devolution Will Work (Business Line, Ashoak Upadhyay , Mar 21, 2006)
Cities are the most deprived of allocations by State or Union Budgets; witness the largely abysmal condition of their basic infrastructure such as roads, water, sewerage and power, that are the States' responsibility. One solution is to . . .
- India Keen To Mend Ties With Bangladesh (Times of India, Indrani Bagchi, Mar 20, 2006)
When Bangladesh prime minister Khaleda Zia arrives on Monday on her first visit to India in the five years that she has been in power, she will get the same treatment that US president George W Bush received, including the same suite at the Maurya . . .
- Prison With A Difference (Tribune, Upneet Lalli, Mar 20, 2006)
Recently I had an opportunity to visit prisons in Tamil Nadu and Hyderabad. I realised that prison administration that responds to challenges head on, can be changed and can contribute effectively to a better society.
- Confusion Over Bt Cotton (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 20, 2006)
Rampant sale of spurious seed
- Avian Flu Catastrophe (Daily Excelsior, Jyotsna Pandit, Mar 20, 2006)
The deadly H5N1 bird flu virus has claimed its first canine victim.
- Chandigarh Airport To Go International (Tribune, Naveen S. Grewal, Mar 20, 2006)
The Chandigarh Administration's proposal to upgrade Chandigarh Airport to international level has been cleared in principle, with the Union Government allocating a sum of Rs 40 crore for the purpose.
- For Best View (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Mar 20, 2006)
If one drives to Akhnoor from this city and looks on the other side of the mighty Chinab in the last leg one will see a historic citadel and a couple of shrines.
- Synthetic Diamonds Here To Stay (Daily Excelsior, Kusum Mehta, Mar 20, 2006)
Synthetic diamond are produced through chemical or physical process in a factory.
- Ratios And A Ray Of Light (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Mar 20, 2006)
It is said that a ray of hope is all that’s needed to light the way ahead. In India, which has repeatedly failed to correct its appalling sex ratio, community action in an unknown village near Ludhiana may be that first beam.
- Pak Still Hopeful Of Nuke Deal With Us (Hindustan Times, S Rajagopalan, Mar 20, 2006)
Despite the US's emphatic rejection of its demand for a copycat nuke deal, Pakistan is still not reconciled to the India-specific pact.
- Bangladeshi Pm To Discuss Trade, Transport With India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 20, 2006)
Khaleda Zia to meet Manmohan Singh on Tuesday
- A Pipeline To Wrap Around My Neck (The Financial Express, Saumitra Chaudhuri, Mar 20, 2006)
The Iran-India gas pipeline idea was not viewed as a non-starter due to lack of professionalism
- Selling India: A Look At The Complete Picture (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Mar 20, 2006)
Export-related direct tax concessions for software parks and export-oriented zones can are demonstrably good value for money. If sympathetically implemented, they will make a big difference to our level of export earnings.
- Overwhelmed By A Guest (Frontline, Bhaskar Ghose, Mar 20, 2006)
George W. Bush's recent visit to India is a clear instance of hospitality being accepted and then turned inside out.
- Appreciating Argentina (Frontline, Jayati Ghosh, Mar 20, 2006)
The recent changes in the Argentine economy point to a wider range of progressive possibilities for people across the developing world.
- Angkor Vat And Much More (Statesman, Nivedita Ganguly, Mar 20, 2006)
“Temple fatigue’’ gripped my husband and me on the third day of our tour of Angkor Vat.
- Trade, Terror To Top Bangladesh Pm's India Visit (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Mar 20, 2006)
India and Bangladesh will be trying to rebuild confidence and end distrust that has crept into their relationship during Bangladesh Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia's first visit in five years beginning on Monday.
- New Delhi, Dhaka Looking At `Cbms' Route (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Mar 20, 2006)
India may raise alleged presence of training camps of insurgent groups; water management will also figure in talks Both sides are anxious to get the bilateral agenda on to a firmer political footing
"We want to make sure there is sustained . . .
- Cis Indologists To Coordinate (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Mar 20, 2006)
Meeting for the first time since the break-up of the Soviet Union, indologists from the former Soviet States have decided to set up a coordinating council in studying the modern day India.
- A University Created Over Cyberspace (Hindu, Ramya Kannan , Mar 20, 2006)
How Sevalaya linked up with Stanford for rural varsity project
- "Islamabad Will Not Accept Discriminatory Treatment" (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Mar 20, 2006)
Karamat urges U.S. to devise a plan for both India and Pakistan
Package should be in the interest of balance of power in South Asia
"Minimum deterrence" is pillar of Islamabad's security strategy
- Maoists Lift Blockade (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 20, 2006)
Maoists have called off the road blockade of Kathmandu and other major towns in Nepal from tomorrow after signing the second Memorandum of Understanding today with the seven-party alliance to establish full-fledged democracy in the Himalayan Kingdom.
- Dhaka Hopes Visit Will Be A "Milestone" (Hindu, HAROON HABIB, Mar 20, 2006)
"Begum Khaleda is going with an open mind"
Trade and economic cooperation to take centrestage
Border demarcation, terrorism to be discussed
- A New Twist To The Growth Debate (Hindu, N. Ravi, Mar 20, 2006)
It is ironic that the economy should have entered a new, higher growth phase when reforms in the conventional sense appear to be in the pause mode. Can the economy coast along with a reform-less growth?
- Negatives That Can Slow Down China's Growth Momentum (Hindu, R. GOPALAKRISHNAN, Mar 20, 2006)
Both democracy and demographics favour India in the long run
Fifty per cent of India's population is under 20 years and people in this age group are likely to face the future with confidence.
- Ongc-Mrpl Investment To Cross Rs 50,000 Crore (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 20, 2006)
The Oil & Natural Gas Company (ONGC) investment in Mangalore may cross Rs 50,000 crore, informed ONGC-MRPL Chairman Subeer Raha.
- ‘Pay Penalties, Betterment Fee’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 20, 2006)
Chief Minister H D Kumaaraswamy has appealed to the residents staying in revenue pockets to pay up penalties and layout betterment charges so as to facilitate improvement of infrastructure in their respective areas.
- Help Of Software Companies Sought To Protect Trees In Kodagu District (Hindu, P. Manoj, Mar 20, 2006)
Deforestation is affecting flows into the Cauvery
Firms will be requested to adopt trees in Kodagu villages
The Kodagu Model Forest Trust has identified villages
Financial incentives will be sought for retention of native trees
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