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Articles 10021 through 10120 of 20008:
- Speed Up On Iran (Jerusalem Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 02, 2006)
The International Atomic Energy Agency's expected decision to refer Iran to the UN Security Council could be a ray of light in an otherwise dark saga whose potentially calamitous conclusion can hardly be exaggerated.
- Peace In Afghanistan Fragile, Says Annan: Islamabad Pledges $50m (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
Pakistan on Tuesday welcomed the joint initiative of the United Kingdom, Afghanistan and the United Nations for the ‘Afghanistan Compact’ development plan at the London Conference as UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan pointed out that recent attacks . . .
- Another Bid To Revive Chamravattom Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
State to seek Central aid for revised project
The State Government has decided to make another attempt to revive the Chamravattom project in Malappuram district which has been in the making for the last 21 years.
- New Technologies For Wastewater Treatment Must, Says Hmwssb (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
ESCI holds seminar on disinfection practices and water management
Not even 2 per cent of wastewater recycled
Drinking water supply costs mounting
Conventional chlorination method not enough: experts
- Rs. 320 Crores Sanctioned For Srsp Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
The Ministry of Water Resources has sanctioned Rs. 320 crores under The Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme for Sri Ram Sagar Project (SRSP) flood flow canal.
- Workers Of India Unite! (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 01, 2006)
We will then have nothing to lose but the notion that trying to make things better is unfair
- The Forgotten Side Of The War On Terrorism (Daily Times, Fidel Ramos, Feb 01, 2006)
The global alliance to defeat terrorism must address all aspects of human security, including well-being of people, and safety in their homes, neighbourhoods, and workplaces. It must win people’s allegiance not only by isolating terrorists and extremists,
- Iaf Chief Meets Rajapakse (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Feb 01, 2006)
Air Chief Marshal S.P. Tyagi on Tuesday met Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse and senior defence officials as part of his three-day official visit to the island-nation.
- Poor Struggle In Shadows Of India's Richest City (Reuters, Krittivas Mukherjee, Feb 01, 2006)
When authorities cleared the way for a multi-billion-dollar facelift of India's richest city last year, Mohammed Allahjan lost his home and then a daughter.
- Indian Information Communication Technology Firms In U.K. Growing (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
Workshop will bring together a technical advisory group to identify key areas of focus
- Troublesome Luggage (Deccan Herald, MAYA JAYAPAL, Feb 01, 2006)
Carrying things for dear ones during train journeys can be embarrassing at times
On train journeys there isn’t any limit on the luggage one carries. This invariably brings requests to carry excess luggage. And the packages arrive in different avatars.
- Flamingo Festival At Pulicat Lake (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
Birds flock to the lake
Flamingos have come in droves to the Pulicat lake, about 85 km from Chennai, near Sullurpet in Andhra Pradesh. At the peak of the breeding season, the Andhra Pradesh Tourism Department (APTDC) is organising . . .
- Terrorism Emanates From Long Standing Issues: Kalam (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
President A P J Abdul Kalam today said terrorism emanated from certain long-standing issues, including poverty, and suggested a three-point global plan to tackle the menace.
- Musharraf To Continue As President (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
Pervez Musharraf will continue to be Pakistan’s President and retain his post as the Army Chief even after the next general elections due in 2007 despite opposition from mainstream political parties and reservations expressed by Commonwealth.
- Going Up, Up (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Feb 01, 2006)
In his short stint in the Congress Prof Saifuddin Soz has come a long way. After his inclusion in the party's highest decision-making body, Working Committee, many observers had ruled out his induction in the powerful Union Cabinet.
- The Trouble With Tough Love (Tribune, Maia Szalavitz, Feb 01, 2006)
It is the ultimate parental nightmare: Your affectionate child is transformed, seemingly overnight, into an out-of-control, drug-addicted, hostile teenager. Many parents blame themselves. “Where did we go wrong?’’ they ask.
- Bhasha Royalty On The Basis Of Maps: Shaukat (The Nation, DILSHAD AZEEM, Feb 01, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz Tuesday asked Northern Areas administration and NWFP that Bhasha Dam’s royalty dispute would be settled in accordance with their respective jurisdictions to be determined under maps of Survey of Pakistan and . . .
- Protecting The Shores (Tribune, Premvir Das, Feb 01, 2006)
In the nearly six decades that India has been an independent country, the focus of its security concerns has centred on safeguarding the sanctity of its land frontiers from external threats as well as from terrorist movements, aided and abetted . . .
- Need To Build More Ponds (Tribune, Sanjida O Connell, Feb 01, 2006)
Creating a pond in our garden was a fantastic way to impress the neighbours. Usually disapproving of our city ways, 70-year-old Albert’s eyes lit up when he caught his first glimpse of a broad-bodied chaser.
- Outsourcing Waste Disposal (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 01, 2006)
News that Karachi’s nazim is committed to handing over the solid waste management system to the private sector by February 15 should bring some sense of relief to the city’s residents whose public and private spaces are generally littered with heaps . . .
- Before The Dream Sours (Telegraph, Raoji Bandodkar, Feb 01, 2006)
India would do better to attend to the more press- ing domestic problems than try to join the UN high table uninvited, argues Raoji Bandodkar
- Women Power (Daily Excelsior, Vijay Satokar, Feb 01, 2006)
Harshini Kanekar is like any other neighbourhood young girl. What makes her special, however, is that she is the first woman to have opted for and successfully selected to become a fire engineer. Harshini would be the first woman fireman . . .
- Failure Of Courage (Telegraph, BRIJESH D. JAYAL, Feb 01, 2006)
The author is a retired air marshall of the Indian Air Force
In the year 2004, India created a record of sorts by surpassing China for the first time in importing military hardware of around $5.7 billion.
- Welcome Khadim-E-Harmain Sharifain (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 01, 2006)
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia is arriving in Islamabad today on a two-day State visit to Pakistan at the invitation of President Gen Pervez Musharraf. He will hold wide-ranging talks with Pakistani leaders on the security environment, . . .
- Iran Opens Ex-Atomic Site For Inspection (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 31, 2006)
Iran has allowed UN nuclear inspectors to check equipment from a former military site in an apparent effort to avert a crackdown by the UN atomic watchdog (IAEA) this week, a senior diplomat said today.
- Minister's Concern Over Destruction Of Mangroves (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 31, 2006)
Sujanapal's book released
"Maranam Kathukidakkunna Kandalkadukal" ("Mangroves on deathbed"), a book that eloquently expresses the concern and deep distress of Forest Minister A. Sujanapal over the environmental degradation of mangrove vegetation, . . .
- Observations On National Curriculum Framework (Daily Excelsior, Dr Renu Nanda, Jan 31, 2006)
The process of teaching and learning under the emerging global scenario requires a curriculum framework which is not only relevant to fast changing requirements of the society but as well acts as a catalyst for the empowerment of the educated youth.
- Multi-Headed Evil (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jan 31, 2006)
Just imagine the following scenarios: (a). a corporation from the State awards contract for certain work in the national capital to a firm based in this city.
- Gearing Up For More Medical Tourists (Hindu, K. V. PRASAD, Jan 31, 2006)
Mark J. Biggers (50) is the second U.S. citizen to undergo a hip resurfacing surgery here within a month. He is convalescing at Ganga Hospital and is set to leave for home in Arizona. Gregg Dean (59) left for home in Wyoming last week after . . .
- A Good-Looking Future At Davos (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 31, 2006)
But how comfortable can business get in a turbulent political environment?
- Food Giants Target Children (Tribune, Martin Hickman, Jan 31, 2006)
Food companies have hijacked new technology such as the internet and text messaging to promote sugary and fatty food to children, a report on junk food’s “marketing tricks” claims.
- Braving The Cold (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 31, 2006)
The initial reports tickled the imagination, the much awaited follow-up drew genuine guffaws.
- Remove Gender Stereotypes (Deccan Herald, Firoz Bakht Ahmed, Jan 31, 2006)
Despite NCERT’s efforts, sexist stereotying in textbooks is on
Reinforcing sexist stereotypes, a primary school textbook depicts daddy as the king of the family and mummy as a caring deputy, thereby perpetuating the gender bias ...
- Will India Fly? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 31, 2006)
If militant unions scuttle airport reform, status quo can become the norm in badly-run state sectors
- Villages For Sale, Rural Despair Growing (Hindu, Devinder Sharma , Jan 31, 2006)
The Tally is growing. First it was confined to the frontline agricultural State of Punjab. But now the ultimate symbol of growing rural despair — putting villages up for sale — has spread to central India. Dorli, a sleepy village in Maharashtra's . . .
- The Constitution: Who, If Anybody, Is Supreme? (Hindu, K.N. Hari Kumar, Jan 31, 2006)
Interpretation of the Constitution is inevitable. And, in the current situation, the people are likely to place greater faith in the judiciary than in their elected representatives.
- Oil Spoils (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jan 31, 2006)
The terms of the coming sixth round of the New Exploration Licensing Policy (NELP) are a significant improvement over past exercises. The bid process captures the changing global environment in the oil and gas sector —the high oil price regime.
- Towards A New Society-Nature Model (Business Line, Jayanta Bandyopadhyay, Jan 31, 2006)
Attainment of higher economic growth rate on a sustainable basis presupposes a clearer understanding of the sensitive links between economic activities and the natural environment.
- Too Much Of Hip-Hopping (Dawn, Anwer Mooraj, Jan 31, 2006)
Anybody who has been a habitue of the newspaper habit would have noticed a number of important people have done a fair amount of calling during the last week.
- The World After Greenspan (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 31, 2006)
The big event in the world economy is not the Davos economic forum — which ended at the weekend — but the fact that Alan Greenspan, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, will be attending his last Fed meeting on Tuesday before retiring.
- High Tech And Zen Are Not Opposites (The Economic Times, MUKUL SHARMA, Jan 31, 2006)
I was reading an article recently about a study conducted by the University of Bonn which showed how dishwashing machines were far superior to doing the dishes manually.
- Musharraf Will Stay In Uniform After 2007: Cm (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 31, 2006)
* Elahi confident Musharraf will get second term as president
* Says Punjab fully behind president
- Indian Lawyers For Baglihar (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Jan 31, 2006)
India has appointed experts on international and constitutional law to present its case on Baglihar Dam at the World Bank. An official here stated that the Ministry of Water Resources has hired Fali S Nariman and Shankar Das for the Baglihar case.
- Pakistan And A World In Disorder (Dawn, Javid Husain, Jan 30, 2006)
THE end of the Cold War generated hopes of a new world order based on justice and fair play, and guided by the principles of the UN Charter. Later events belied these hopes.
- Environmental Degradation (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 30, 2006)
A WORKSHOP conducted by an NGO in Islamabad the other day pointed out that although it is mandatory to carry out an environment impact assessment (EIA) before undertaking a development project, this has rarely been the case, especially in the public secto
- Musharraf Wants West To See Beyond Terrorism (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 30, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf has said that the US and its allies do not understand the threat of extremism and confuse terrorism with extremism.
- Energy & Water Security (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jan 30, 2006)
PRIME Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that the Government is pursuing multi-directional policy with vigour to ensure energy and water security for the country.
- Governor's Survey Of Macroeconomy — India Must Be On Guard (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Jan 30, 2006)
The markets have taken in their stride the Credit Policy, which has been a non-event insofar as the economy is concerned, and corporates are not yet losing sleep over the tightening..
- Mbas To Revolutionise Medicare Field (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 30, 2006)
“The medical profession is changing rapidly and very soon an MBA would be needed to understand marketing strategies, financial impacts,
- 7 New Ministers In Union Cabinet — Aiyar Loses Petroleum To Murli Deora; Shinde Gets Power (Business Line, Our Bureau, Business line, Jan 30, 2006)
LEAVING the four pillars of his Cabinet - Finance, Home, Defence, and Law - untouched, and retaining the External Affairs portfolio, the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, today did the first major reshuffle and expansion of his Council of Ministers.
- Waters Of Contention (Tribune, Gurinder Randhawa, Jan 30, 2006)
Sharing of river waters by Pakistan and Afghanistan is developing into a major row between the two neighbours.
- Gas Pipelines Blown Up (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 30, 2006)
The Uch power plant was shut down while operations of the Loti gas purification plant was affected when significant portions of the pipelines supplying gas to the two units were blown up by outlaws in separate incidents on Sunday.
- Shinde, Antulay, Soz Inducted In Ministry (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 30, 2006)
Three heavyweights from Maharashtra - Sushil Kumar Shinde, A R Antulay and Murli Deora - were today brought into the Union Cabinet in a major expansion and reshuffle of his ministry by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh who stripped Mani Shankar Aiyar of...
- Three Maharashtra Heavyweights In Union Cabinet (Press Trust of India, PTI, Jan 30, 2006)
Three heavyweights from Maharashtra - Sushil Kumar Shinde, A R Antulay and Murli Deora - were today brought into the Union Cabinet in a major expansion
- Uk Assists India Address Climate Change Issues (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 30, 2006)
A study conducted jointly by Indian and British scientists will help the country's policymakers address climate change issues and carbon emissions in coastal ecosystems like Tamil Nadu.
- Soz For Resolving Water Disputes With Pak Amicably (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 30, 2006)
Newly-appointed Union Water Resources Minister Prof Saif-ud-Din Soz today expressed the hope that all water disputes with Pakistan will be resolved amicably.
- Cong’S Strident Battle Cry: We Want Rahul (Deccan Herald, Utpal Borpujari, Jan 30, 2006)
The 82nd AICC Plenary session‘s ‘Bring Rahul’ chorus in Hyderabad overshadowed everything else
- Uttaranchal:tehri Dam Rehabilitation Issue Hots Up Again (Press Trust of India, PTI, Jan 30, 2006)
The issue of rehabilitation of people displaced by the Tehri Dam is hotting up again with more areas getting submerged under the Bhaghirathi river and the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party demanding a fresh compensation package for those..
- Muftis’ Reluctance Landed Soz His Berth In Union Cabinet (Deccan Herald, Zahoor Malik , Jan 30, 2006)
Reluctance by PDP leaders Mufti Mohammad Sayeed and Mehbooba Mufti to join the union council of ministry paved way for senior Congress leader Saif-u-Din Soz to get a berth in the cabinet for the third time on Sunday.
- Pm Inducts 19 New Ministers (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 30, 2006)
Altogether 22 ministers were administered oath of office and secrecy at the Rastrapati Bhavan. While 19 of them joined Manmohan ministry in this reshuffle, three were elevated from Minister of State to Cabinet rank.
- Antulay, Shinde In Union Cabinet (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 30, 2006)
18 new faces, Shibu Soren re-inducted, three elevated to Cabinet rank..
- The Oic And India: Signals Of A Re-Think (Hindu, Hamid Ansari, Jan 30, 2006)
Neither an ostrich-like posture of ignoring the OIC nor an avid embrace would serve India's purpose. Incremental interaction, and a quiet insistence on the restoration of the original membership, would be a better alternative.
- Cabinet-Council Of Ministers (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 30, 2006)
22 Ministers take oath in UPA government expansion New Delhi, Jan 29 (UNI) The following is the new list of Council of Ministers of the Manmohan Singh government after today's expansion-cum-reshuffle:
- Asbestos: Bid To Stop Assessment (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Jan 30, 2006)
In yet another twist in the saga of the former French aircraft carrier, the Clemenceau, France is seeking an urgent court order to stop an independent panel of experts from determining the amount of asbestos on board the ship.
- Take Firm Stand Against Funding Agencies, Medha Tells Left Parties (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 30, 2006)
Environmental activist Medha Patkar has asked Left parties to take a firm position against the machinations of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), International Monitory Fund (IMF), World Bank and Asian Development Bank (ADB) whose funding programmes...
- Ten Reasons To Doubt Nuclear Deterrence (Daily Times, Ahmad Faruqui, Jan 29, 2006)
It is often said that poor countries have a right to nuclear weapons since the rich countries have them; not letting the former have them is reprehensible and reeks of double standards, a kind of nuclear apartheid.
- The Controversial Marathon Race (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jan 29, 2006)
Police clashed with MMA workers and activists demonstrating against the proposed mixed marathon in Lahore on Friday and arrested about 400 of them after resorting to lathi charge and lobbing tear gas canisters.
- It Prodigy Reaches Dizzy Heights (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Jan 29, 2006)
The architect of Infosys Technologies, Nandan Nilekani was in distant Davos when he was conferred with the Padma Bhushan, the country’s third highest honour, planning India’s strategy at the World Economic Forum.
- France Willing To Repatriate Toxic Wastes (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Jan 29, 2006)
This is a definite change in the French position on Clemenceau
- Pm To Expand Cabinet Today (Tribune, T R Ramachandran, Jan 29, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will undertake the long awaited expansion-cum-reshuffle of his Cabinet here tomorrow to fill the gaps in the Council of Ministers and provide proper representation to the states left out thus far.
- Pm Retains External Affairs, Coal Goes Back To Soren (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 29, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will retain the key External Affairs ministry portfolio and the Coal portfolio will go back to JMM chief Shibu Soren in the expansion and reshuffle of the Union Cabinet on Sunday.
- A Famous Victory (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 29, 2006)
The victory of Hamas in the Palestinian election is a watershed in the history of the Middle East. It now emerges as a dominant force in Palestine and this alone is bound to have a profound impact on the peace process with Israel.
- What Ails Wildlife Conservation? (Hindu, MOHAN ALEMBATH, Jan 29, 2006)
If our endangered denizens of the wild are to survive, a committed band of frontline staff working hand in hand with local populace is needed
- Pm Plans Big, Party Gets Cold Feet (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 29, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s intention to carry out a cabinet overhaul has run up against the Congress leadership’s inclination to play safe.
- External Forces Not Allowed To Operate Here: Musharraf: Bajaur Raid: An Issue Of Sovereignty (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 29, 2006)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said that Pakistan has condemned the Jan 13 US missile attack on a village in Bajaur Agency as “an issue of sovereignty” and cannot allow any external force to operate within its territory.
- Govt Likely To Shelve Afghanistan Power Project (Daily Times, Fida Hussain, Jan 29, 2006)
Pakistan is likely to abandon a project for the supply of electricity to Afghanistan, a senior government official said on Friday. The power supply project was part of President Musharraf’s $200 million assistance package for Afghanistan’s reconstruction.
- Forgotten Caretakers Of Our Cities (Hindu, SMITA JAIN, Jan 29, 2006)
The work of the Mumbai-based Stree Mukti Sanghatana has shown that wastepickers, despite the inhuman conditions in which they work, need not be passive victims of poverty and can lead a life of dignity.
- Mumbai, First In Ngc’S ‘Megacities’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 29, 2006)
The inhabitants of a city spend their lives attempting to make the best out of every opportunity that comes their way.
- Looking Beyond The Backwaters (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 29, 2006)
FEW articles of mine have provoked such a storm of a reaction from Keralites as my piece on Kerala's women ("Kalyanikutty's Kerala", Magazine, November 6, 2005).
- India's Passion For Clout (News International, S M H Bokhari, Jan 29, 2006)
India is an emerging world power. It is one of the world's seven nuclear states and has strong armed forces. It exudes considerable power but wants to have more of it.
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