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Articles 9421 through 9520 of 20008:
- The Future Shocks (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Feb 20, 2006)
It’s exactly the sort of document that an American think-tank would have produced in the year 1900, if they had think-tanks in 1900. This time it’s the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the document is called China Modernization Report 2006.
- A Heritage Symbol Of The Indian Railways (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
Mobile Fire Fighting Vehicle dates back to 1931
Designed as an open type to enable fire fighters jump out easily
It has in built lockers
- On These Same Tracks, In 1971 (Indian Express, M.L. KHANNA, Feb 20, 2006)
As a train once again speeds between Munabao and Khokrapar, M.L. KHANNA remembers a vastly different episode from that war
- Changing The Face Of Global Security (Hindu, M.K. Bhadrakumar, Feb 20, 2006)
The underlying theme, promoted by the U.S. and Germany, of the 42nd Munich Conference of Security Policy was that NATO must have the pivotal role in the 21st century's world order.
- Bird Flu: Lethal And Spreading Fast (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Feb 20, 2006)
The Government's efforts to check the spread of the H5N1 virus, first noticed at Nandurbar, Maharashtra, may not suffice.
- Build Brand Iisc: Kalam (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
The promotion of ‘brand IISc’ through the creation of Centres of Excellence in multiple locations in the country and abroad is the presidential call to the country’s premier science research institute – Indian Institute of Science (IISc).
- Hurriyat Faction To Skip Meet (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
The moderate faction of Hurriyat Conference may not join the round table conference convened by Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh in New Delhi on February 25.
- Forest Department Hauled Up For Delaying Works (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
The department is reportedly reclaiming land set aside by gram panchayats for developmental works
- Chirac In India For Trade Talks Amid Arcelor Row (Reuters, Sophie Louet, Feb 20, 2006)
French President Jacques Chirac arrived in India on Sunday with a group of top CEOs to improve trade ties with Asia's third-largest economy amid a growing row over an Indian-born tycoon's bid for Luxembourg-based steelmaker Arcelor.
- Gods’ Politician (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 20, 2006)
Invoke the rule of law, instead
A CONCLAVE of “gods” at Naggar in Manali has said “no” to the Alfred Ford-sponsored $150-million Himalayan Ski Village project.
- Tiger Census Starts Today (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
The tiger and other predator estimate will be launched in the district on Monday.
- Full Alert In District Against Avian Flu (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
Migratory water fowls are carriers of all influenza
The district Health authorities and the Animal Husbandry Department have gone on full alert following reports confirming the detection of avian influenza in poultry farms in Maharashtra.
- Danger Of Bird Flu (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 20, 2006)
Global health authorities are once again sounding the alarm bell as Africa records its first cases of avian flu. Some days ago, Nigeria, followed by Egypt, became a victim of the H5N1 virus strain.
- Stray Jackal Rescued From Taramani House (Hindu, P. Oppili, Feb 20, 2006)
The animal is under stress: Wildlife Warden
The wildlife authorities in Chennai rescued a jackal that strayed into a house in Taramani on Saturday
- Indian Style Of Cooking Kills Bird Flu Virus (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, Feb 20, 2006)
It can't survive Indian summer
Virus sensitive to common disinfectants
Need to dispose of culled birds
Report sighting dead birds to authorities
- Modernising The Village Economy (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Feb 20, 2006)
The fruits of economic development fall where educated people live, not where they work. Hence, if we want to enrich villages, we should induce the educated to live there. But for this to happen we need to install reliable means of social services and ...
- Eco-Friendly Toilet Planned In Every Village In State (Hindu, Kannal Achuthan, Feb 20, 2006)
It uses urine and faeces as valuable resources for recycling
Eco-toilet is built above the ground with two chambers beneath the pan collecting faecal matter
Urine and wash water are diverted and let out into to a home garden
- Talk About Globalisation (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Feb 20, 2006)
The world is in a turmoil all because of cartoons in a newspaper most have not heard of published in a country with fewer people than live in Chennai.
- French President Arrives In India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
* Seeks to boost trade and hold nuclear talks with Delhi
French President Jacques Chirac arrived in India on Sunday for a whistle-stop visit aimed at bolstering trade and civilian nuclear cooperation with the emerging economic powerhouse.
- Over 50 Injured As Mma Defies Ban On Ralies In Islamabad (Daily Times, Shahzad Malik, Feb 20, 2006)
* 300 arrested in twin cities
* JI claims 3,463 activists arrested
* Police fire teargas at MMA leaders
* Danish ambassador leaves
- Learning To Revere Water (Business Line, K.G. Kumar, Feb 20, 2006)
If the State's Water Policy takes root, perhaps Kerala too will count among the regions and cultures that value and manage water resources responsibly.
- Rs. 3.15 Crores For Four New Tanks (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
768 acres of land will be irrigated
The Department of Minor Irrigation has sanctioned Rs. 3.15 crores to develop four new tanks in Tikota (Bijapur rural) Assembly segment, with which an area of 768 acres will be brought under assured irrigation.
- Report Of Panel On Energy Security — Confines Itself To Known Technologies (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Feb 20, 2006)
ThePlanning Commission had set up an Expert Committee under the Chairmanship of eminent economist and Member, Planning Commission, Dr Kirit Parikh, to prepare an energy policy linked with sustainable development that covers all sources of energy and ....
- Safety Guides (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 20, 2006)
The decision on whether to allow asbestos-laden Clemenceau to be broken down in Alang, Gujarat, is no longer ours to take.
- Olive Green Carries The United Colours Of India (Indian Express, N.N. Vohra, Feb 20, 2006)
Let the destinies of the men and women of the armed forces, of whatever creed, remain the responsibility of the chiefs of staff, says N.N. VOHRA
- Sixty Dollars A Barrel? Great (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , Feb 20, 2006)
It is the fate of over-burdened TV-watchers of the 21st century that we are deluged with low grade analysis by ill-informed experts on the small screen.
- Monsieur President, Vous Etes Bienvenue (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Feb 19, 2006)
The President of the French Republic touches base in Delhi today. I thought a welcome letter was therefore in order...
- Leopard Terror Grips Uttaranchal (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
At the fag-end of the winter season, the man-leopard conflict is raging in the Himalayan region of Uttaranchal. There had been a series of leopard attacks in various parts of the Garhwal and Kumaon regions, which had kept wildlife officials on high alert.
- Mr Cm, End Graft, Strengthen Panchayats (Deccan Herald, Benjamin Fernandez, Feb 19, 2006)
What should be the new Chief Minister priorities? This was our question to readers last week and we were flooded with responses. We published a few letters last week. This week we publish those, mostly from outside Bangalore, on the government’s . . .
- Promoting A Clean And Green Environment (Hindu, K. Shankar, Feb 19, 2006)
He has more than two decades of experience in industrial capital equipment (sales and marketing) such as machine tools, meteorology equipment, power plant machinery and plastic processing machinery.
- Priority For Farm, Irrigation Sectors, Says Ysr (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
Replies to the debate on motion of thanks to Governor
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy said that the guiding principle of his Government would be giving priority to agriculture and irrigation without neglecting other . . .
- Chirac Optimistic Over Civilian Nuclear Energy For India (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
French President Jacques Chirac said Sunday he was optimistic that France could compete with the United States in supplying nuclear power capability to India once
New Delhi reaches an accord with the international community on its civilian nuclear. . .
- Hard Work Mittal’S Mantra Of Success (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Feb 19, 2006)
WOULD you believe that the world’s richest Indian was born almost penniless, grew up in a small town of Rajasthan surrounded by thorn shrubs and sand dunes, lived in a dilapidated house and slept on concrete floors?
- Bird Flu Strikes India, Eight Hospitalised (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
Avian influenza has struck India. After the Maharashtra government on Saturday confirmed that the recent deaths of chickens in Nandurbar and Dhule districts of North Maharashtra were caused by bird flu, eight people were reportedly admitted . . .
- A Page Out Of A History Textbook (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
A single rock has been carved into a three-storeyed structure —a main mandap, two pillars and four sub-shrines. Rashmi Vasudeva writes of the Kailasa temple in Ellora, after her memorable trip to Ajanta, Ellora and Aurangabad.
- Karachi Emerges As City Of Peace (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
Contrary to Lahore and Peshawar, where violence and arson overtook the anti-blasphemous cartoon demonstrations, Karachi has certainly set an enviable example of staging a massive but peaceful and orderly protest despite the charged atmosphere.
- Is Love Really In The Air? (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Feb 19, 2006)
In middle-class families, the young still don't have much of a choice when it comes to choosing their life partners.
- Bursting With Life! (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
I feel that the only way to review this remarkable book is to describe it carefully at the macro and micro levels and let the reader judge for himself. It has the shape, size, looks and feel of the particularly splendid coffee table book . . .
- Bird Flu Has Landed (Indian Express, Reshma Patil, Feb 19, 2006)
8 samples from maharashtra farm test positive • 8 lakh birds to be culled today • no human cases, samples of 3 kids, one woman being tested • no national alert yet
- Bird Flu Hits India (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI, Feb 19, 2006)
Specialists rushed to Maharashtra
H5N2 vaccine for birds and `tamiflu' tablets for humans kept ready
No case of human infection so far
- Getting Curiouser (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Feb 19, 2006)
Helios & Matheson’s (H&M) $19 million cash deal to acquire vMoksha, which had sent its share price soaring past Rs 225 last year, is getting curiouser.
- Agribusiness Clinics (Daily Excelsior, Dr Bharat Bhushan, Feb 19, 2006)
Traditionally, Indian has been subsistence oriented with low energy and low amounts of inputs use and with very low involvement of private sector.
- Passport-Less Durand Line (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 18, 2006)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has proposed that there should not be any passports between Pakistan and Afghanistan on the pattern of European Union, as this would allow more trade and prosperity for the two countries.
- Protection Of Foreign Investment (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 18, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf has held out a categorical assurance for full protection to foreign investment, saying Pakistan’s rapidly growing economy and friendly economic regime offers profitable business prospects in a host of fields.
- The Rage And Fury Over Cartoons (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 18, 2006)
After weeks of violence and much fraught soul-searching, European Union governments are hoping that Muslim outrage over the publication of the caricatures of Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) will soon die down. Muslims have now vented their fury over the insult,
- Saving Moenjodaro (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 18, 2006)
Thefederal government’s approval of a master plan for conservation work at Moenjodaro has come not a moment too soon given the deplorable state of one of the country’s most important archaeological sites that also figures on Unesco’s world heritage list.
- A Friend & A Global Player (Dawn, Tariq Fatemi, Feb 18, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf is scheduled to pay an official visit to China in the next few days.
- Bilateral Barometer (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Feb 18, 2006)
Seafarers have always kept an eye on the “glass” to check if the weather was closing in. In recent years the fate of fisherfolk seeking a livelihood off the Gujarat coastline has become an accurate index of the health of Indo-Pak relations.
- Against Nature (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Feb 18, 2006)
Tuesday’s earthquake in Sikkim was devastating enough and serves to highlight the disastrous consequences of the ecological imbalance in the hills.
- On The Magic Of Being Work Sisters (Business Line, D. Murali , Feb 18, 2006)
What began in 1972 as a lone mission to bring women together is today a 7-lakh-strong movement. Determined to organise women workers so that they could enjoy the same benefits that organised labour received, Ela R. Bhatt founded the Self-Employed Women's
- Clean The Political Scape (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Feb 18, 2006)
There was a time, when he first came to power, that Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav used to defend his association with criminals, arguing that like his one-time political mentor Jayaprakash Narain, his aim was to reform them.
- The Silence Of Liberal Muslims (Hindustan Times, Vir Sanghvi, Feb 18, 2006)
I am sorry if you feel you have had enough of the latest religion vs freedom of expression controversy: the fuss over the Danish cartoons that featured the Prophet Mohammed.
- The Hand Shakes (Hindustan Times, Pankaj Vohra, Feb 18, 2006)
The Congress appears to be as worried about its prospects in the elections to five state assemblies later this year as about the acute factionalism and lack of strategy that is threatening to weaken its foundations in Maharashtra and Delhi.
- ‘Poaching: Do Away With Ifs And Buts’ (Deccan Herald, Utpal Borpujari, Feb 18, 2006)
Barbara Maas, chief executive of Care for the Wild International: Every Indian citizen must decide that they want tigers to survive.
- Poor Must Be Recognised:scientists (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
Social scientists today opined that poor people of the country must be given recognition as respectable citizens and also as resource persons of the society.
- Kashmir Roundtable Meet Postponed By A Day (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
The first ever roundtable conference on Kashmir, convened by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on February 24 to ascertain views of mainstream political parties and separatist groups, has been deferred by a day in view of the Railway budget.
- The General Is Here Again (Daily Excelsior, Sarla Handoo, Feb 18, 2006)
Pakistan President General Musharraf is back at his favourite game of blowing hot and cold against India these days. At the Economic Meet in Davos, he replayed the Kashmir tune and pleaded for demilitarization of Kashmir and . . .
- Smoking Death Toll Seen Doubling By 2020:study ........... (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
Global annual deaths from smoking are expected to double to 10 million by 2020 but researchers said today the real figure could be much higher.
- N-Submarine Project Finally Moves Ahead (Indian Express, Shiv Aroor, Feb 18, 2006)
With some progress finally made on the compact reactors that will ultimately power the country’s indigenous nuclear submarines, the advanced technology vessel (ATV) project facility at Visakhapatnam is being expanded for crucial tests scheduled . . .
- Judgement Day: Jail For Salman (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
Salman Khan was sentenced to a year in jail by a court here on Friday on charges of poaching endangered blackbuck deer in Rajasthan eight years ago......
- Team Hdk (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
Governor T N Chaturvedi, who returned to Raj Bhavan late on Friday night after attending the Art of Living’s Silver Jubilee celebrations is expected to sign the notification on allocation of portfolios to new ministers on Saturday morning....
- Not Dead Enough? (Hindu, Seumas Milne, Feb 18, 2006)
Fifteen years after communism was officially pronounced dead, its spectre seems once again to be haunting Europe.
- Merit Of Service (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
Philanthropy is hailed as a virtue because it enables the individual to empathise with the suffering of others.
- `Tiger Conservation Authority Planned' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
"Effort would be made to see that 33 per cent quota for women became possible"
National Plan of Action for Children approved
Commission for Protection of Child Rights to be set up
Criminal Procedure Code amended for greater protection to women
- Tamil Nadu Most Preferred Destination For Foreign Investors, Says Jayalalithaa (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
Rs. 800 crore second float glass plant of Saint-Gobain inaugurated
- Inside China’S Angry Villages (Tribune, Anthony Kuhn, Feb 18, 2006)
AT a roadside store across the street from a kindergarten in Panlong village, a local man sat beside his motorcycle having a soft drink and chatting with a visiting reporter on the recent violence the village had experienced.
- Nuke Deal Unlikely During Bush Visit (Tribune, Priscilla Huff, Feb 18, 2006)
American analysts and experts familiar with South Asian affairs have expressed scepticism over India and the United States finalising their July 18, 2005 bilateral civilian nuclear accord before or even during President George W. Bush’s first visit . . .
- Big Or Small (Tribune, Editorial, Statesman, Feb 18, 2006)
Violators are violators
THURSDAY’S Supreme Court order directing the owners of all big showrooms located in Delhi’s residential areas to vacate their premises within 30 days or face action has far reaching implications for the Capital.
- Fringe Benefit Tax: Imbroglio For Foreign Companies (Business Standard, Rajesh S Kurup, Feb 17, 2006)
While the extra-territorial limitation of the various provisions of the Income-tax Act, 1961, vis-à-vis foreign companies is still actively debated at the various appellate levels, the introduction of Fringe Benefit Tax (FBT) in the Finance Act, 2005, . .
- Spending Isn’T Shining (Indian Express, Bibek Debroy, Feb 17, 2006)
How is the economy doing? Pretty well. We have clocked real GDP growth of 8.5 per cent in 2003-04, 7.5 per cent in 2004-05 and perhaps 8.1 per cent in 2005-06.
- Indian Railways On A Fast Track (Indian Express, SUMANT CHAK, Feb 17, 2006)
The speeding up of the Delhi-Bhopal Shatabdi to 150 kph between Delhi and Agra, is an important step for the Indian Railways (IR) in its progress towards high-speed trains.
- Indian Workers Plan Protests Over French Warship (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
Indian workers plan days of protests and hunger strikes over France’s recall of the asbestos-lined warship Clemenceau amid claims the decision will devastate the country’s shipbreaking industry.
- The Politics Of Science (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 17, 2006)
It is a rare thing for the biography of a 24-year-old NASA spokesman to attract the attention of the national media. But that is what happened last week when George C. Deutsch tendered his resignation.
- Mplads Is Constitutionally Valid, Court Told (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Feb 17, 2006)
"Enough safeguards in revised guidelines"
The scheme is not bad because of irregularities in its implementation
It is a massive fraud on the public exchequer, says counsel
- Our Advantages Help Us Bag Fab City: Ysr (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
Gives credit to Manmohan, Sonia, Maran
Concessions relating to land, power and water supply prove a clincher
Special purpose vehicle to be floated to secure clearances for the project
Senior officials of Advanced Micro Devices to visit Hyderabad soon
- Avoiding A Second Disaster (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 17, 2006)
AS if things weren’t bad enough for survivors of October’s devastating earthquake, Wednesday’s news that flash floods from a giant lake could break through a dam and wreak havoc in Muzaffarabad is cause for serious concern.
- Supreme Court Orders Closure Of Illegal Commercial Complexes In The Capital (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Feb 17, 2006)
Axe to fall on big showrooms in residential areas for now; smaller shops to be targeted later
- Export Surge (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 17, 2006)
The ongoing surge in the country’s export growth rate is in tune with the current momentum of growth in the overall economy, with exports going up by nearly 19 per cent in dollar terms during April-January 2005-06.
- Tiger Conservation Authority Planned, Says President Kalam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
"Effort would be made to see quota for women became possible"
National Plan of Action for Children approved
Commission for Protection of Child Rights to be set up
Criminal Procedure Code amended for greater protection to women
- Fab City: Ap Signs Mou With Semindia (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
The Andhra Pradesh Government signed a MOU with SemIndia here on Thursday to set up the prestigious US $ 3 billion silicon chip manufacturing unit in .....
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