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Articles 11521 through 11620 of 20008:
- Politics Of Minority Commuanlism (Daily Excelsior, Fazal Mehmood, Dec 16, 2005)
The 130 million strong Muslim population in India can influence the electoral outcome in 122 parliamentary constituencies, and 1400 assembly constituencies across the country. We are aware how the recently concluded Bihar assembly polls turned . . .
- Going Glocal (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Dec 16, 2005)
Why was Japan's Kyoto being discussed in Canada's Montreal by more than 180 countries, undeterred by sub-zero temperatures? This is no frivolous question. Climate change jargon alone can fob off the most discerning audience.
- Tragedy Of Urban India (Tribune, Jagmohan , Dec 16, 2005)
Unfortunately, a culture of apathy has penetrated so deeply into our society that citizens have virtually lost all sensitivities and become oblivious of their civic obligations and also of their responsibility to the future generations.
- And We Move From Light To Darkness (Greater Kashmir, K. Asif, Dec 16, 2005)
Without electricity winter gets harsher and harsher, life unbearable and things don’t go the way we want, comments K.Asif
- Energy Conservation In India (Daily Excelsior, P. M. Sayeed, Dec 16, 2005)
India has made rapid strides towards economic self-reliance over the last few years. Impressive progress has been made in the fields of industry, agriculture, communication, transport and other sectors necessitating growing consumption of energy . . .
- Asean In Control, East Asia Takes Off (Indian Express, SUNIT ARORA, Dec 16, 2005)
With ASEAN firmly in the driver’s seat, the first-ever ‘historic’ East Asia Summit formally kicked off today as a ‘‘forum for dialogue on broad strategic, political and economic issues of common interest and concern’’.
- Forest Rights (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 16, 2005)
The Bill may have unpredictable consequences
- Thrill Of No-Frill (Indian Express, ANKUR PATODIA, Dec 16, 2005)
Feel the difference. The cerulean blue antimacassar on the seat in front of me had the words ‘EconomyAir: feel the difference’ printed in white. I was feeling it all right.
- Eu-India Spar Over Industrial Tariffs (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Dec 16, 2005)
India and the European Union on Thursday remained daggers crossed at the World Trade Organization's sixth ministerial conference on core Doha trade issues.
- Domestic Elephant Register Taking Shape (Hindu, D. Radhakrishnan, Dec 16, 2005)
With the annual rejuvenation camp for captive elephants at the Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park providing a wealth of information, the wildlife wing of the Forest department is preparing a domestic elephant register and data log.
- Encroachments Rampant Along Cooum: Survey (Hindu, Kannal Achuthan, Dec 16, 2005)
It will be taken up from Rail Nagar in Koyambedu to Annanagar arch
Focus of the survey to be on commercial encroachments
First phase of survey to be over on Monday
Surplus water released from Chembarambakkam tank Satyamurthi Sagar
- Chandy, Agriculture Department Working At Cross-Purposes? (Hindu, Roy Mathew, Dec 16, 2005)
Committee observes no link between pesticide and health problems at Padre
- Break The Impasse (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Dec 15, 2005)
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) ministerial in Hong Kong started on an uncertain note, with the developed and developing world sticking to their well-known positions.
- Where Is Osama? (Dawn, M.J. Akbar, Dec 15, 2005)
IT doesn’t surprise me that George Bush had a plan to bomb the Doha headquarters of the pesky Arabic news channel Al Jazeera back into the desert age. What shocks me is that he hasn’t sent Al Jazeera a thank you note after his re-election last year in Nov
- Wto: Corporations Vs Common Man (Dawn, Najma Sadeque, Dec 15, 2005)
MOST people struggling with their daily lives are not even aware of the sixth WTO ministerial in Hong Kong. But their fate hinges on it.
- Climate Talks (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 15, 2005)
The Montreal climate talks promised very little when they opened two weeks ago but, unlike almost every other international meeting of the past decade, they seem to have achieved a lot.
- A New Regional Architecture (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 15, 2005)
It has been a series of purposeful meetings in Kuala Lumpur this week for most of Asia. India's presence and participation, first, in a summit with the Association of South East Asian Nations and, then, in the first East Asia Summit...
- Expansion Is Only Way To Cut Eu Dole Queues (Hindu, John Grieve Smith, Dec 15, 2005)
Demand must be stimulated by the use of monetary or fiscal policy
Full employment must be given priority
Time for new pact on stability and growth
- Water And India's Constitution (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Dec 15, 2005)
Water has to be given an important place in the Constitution to guide and empower the legislature, the judiciary, and the executive to regulate its use.
- Nedcap To Extend Subsidy For Setting Up Bio-Gas Plants (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2005)
Collector flags off rally to mark Energy conservation week
2.54 lakhs biogas plants were installed all over the State
A subsidy of Rs. 2,800 would be extended to the SC's and ST's and Rs.2,300 to other sections
- `India Should Desist From Bilateral Agreements At Wto' (Hindu, Special Correspondent, Hindu, Dec 15, 2005)
More active participation on the part of Agriculture Ministry urged
- Apex Court's Notice To Coke On Kerala Panchayat's Plea (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2005)
The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice to soft drink major Coca-Cola on a special leave petition from Perumatty panchayat in Kerala seeking to stay an order of the Kerala High Court directing the panchayat to issue licence for drawing water ...
- Ongc Keen To Ink Deal With Kazakh Govt (Business Standard, Nevin John, Dec 15, 2005)
ONGC Videsh Limited (OVL) is lining up billion-dollar infrastructure development projects for Kazakhstan to secure oilfields. The company is keen to ink deal with Kazakhstan government for getting the right to explore oil.
- Maoists Declare War On Big Companies (Hindustan Times, Mammen Matthew, Dec 15, 2005)
Big corporate houses venturing into Naxalite-hit states may be in for some trouble. The extremists have said they would “step up activities” against the big companies, including MNCs, which are being set up by “forcibly displacing people”.
- Nothing Can Stop Balochistan Uplift, Says Musharraf (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2005)
President says major development projects will bring jobs to Baloch
* Announces projects worth Rs 1.5b for Kohlu district
- Indian Druckers (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2005)
That Indian management gurus continue to influence global corporate strategy has been demonstrated again in the latest bi-annual ranking of the world’s business gurus by the European Foundation for Management Development. Called Thinkers 50 2005, . . .
- More Gains In Cartels Than Free Trade Zones (Business Line, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Dec 15, 2005)
The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, has proposed a free trade zone (FTZ) with the Asean (Association of South-East Asian Nations). Like many mainstream economists, Dr Manmohan Singh thinks that free trade will beget prosperity. Indeed, for India, . . .
- Intellectual Property In A Whirl Of A Swimming Pool! (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 15, 2005)
The latest press release from the Geneva-based World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) informs that the second audit has found `no fraud or dishonest acts' in the organisation.
- Sanitation In Quake-Hit Areas (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 15, 2005)
A story in this newspaper on Tuesday reporting on the deplorable conditions in a “disease-ridden tent camp” in Muzaffarabad quoted a German relief volunteer likening the place to hell. People are living in squalor, illnesses like diarrhoea and . . .
- Rockets Fired As Musharraf Visits Pakistani Town (Reuters, Reuters, Dec 15, 2005)
Suspected separatist militants in Pakistan fired eight rockets at a paramilitary base in a troubled southwestern province on Wednesday as President Pervez Musharraf was visiting a nearby town, police said.
- Pakistan Calls For End To Discrimination In Trade (Pakistan Observer, Sharafat Kazmi, Dec 15, 2005)
Minister for Commerce Humayun Akhtar Khan, has said that all groups of World Trade Organization are agreed to the use of a Swiss formula in Non-Agriculture Market Access (NAMA) is a major step forward.
- Asean In Control, East Asia Takes Off (Indian Express, SUNIT ARORA, Dec 15, 2005)
With ASEAN firmly in the driver’s seat, the first-ever ‘historic’ East Asia Summit formally kicked off today as a ‘‘forum for dialogue on broad strategic, political and economic issues of common interest and concern’’.
- ‘No Way I Am Going Out Until December 26’ (Indian Express, Subrata Nag Choudhury, Dec 15, 2005)
TSUNAMI That’s the refrain in 15 Car Nicobar villages as residents face a cyclone with fear and foreboding
- Savari Turns Spiritual (Deccan Herald, H S Nagarajah, Dec 15, 2005)
There is no hope left for this stretch of unmotorable road that leads to our place
- Polls Again, But Problems Loom Large (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Dec 15, 2005)
Iraq’s 14 million voters go to the poll today for the third time this year to choose the first four-year national assembly since the fall of Saddam Hussein. But the election will not solve Iraq's problems.
- Bengal Ready For Fdi In Power, Consultants: Cm (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2005)
West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today gave the Planning Commission outline of the state government’s reform measures in sectors ranging from education, power to development of Sunderbans by the state government.
- Eviction Drive Along The Cooum Course Soon (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2005)
Illegal structures along water bodies will also be removed
- Orissa Government Objects To Polavaram Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2005)
150-foot high dam of the project to submerge villages and displace hundreds of tribals, says Navin Patnaik
- East Asia Summit Forum For Dialogue On Strategic Issues (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Dec 15, 2005)
Countries should strive for a seamless web of trade and ties: Manmohan
Kuala Lumpur declaration issued
EAS will be held back-to-back with ASEAN summit
Manmohan calls for greater economic integration
- Bihar Girl Does India Proud In London (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2005)
When the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) executive director Ann Venemam launched the State of the World's Children 2006 report in London on Wednesday, one of the two children who were with her was Gudiya Khatun, a 14-year-old girl . . .
- Risky Business Of Politics (Pioneer, Claude Arpi, Dec 14, 2005)
If the health of a nation is to be measured by what its media presents, then India is ill, says Claude Arpi
- India May Adopt 100 Afghan Villages (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2005)
India's proposal to adopt 100 villages in Afghanistan is being finalised in consultation with the government of Afghanistan, the Lok Sabha was told Wednesday.
- Dmk Demands Cbi Investigation Into Land Deal (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2005)
The DMK has demanded a CBI probe into the sale of 102 acres of land in State-owned SIPCOT’s industrial park at Siruseri near here, to a Singapore real estate firm for a ‘paltry sum’ for developing a township.
- Disaster Management Conclave In Davangere (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2005)
A three-day national Seminar on Disasters- prediction, prevention and management will be held as part of the 35th Annual Convention of Indian Society for Technical Education beginning here from Thursday.
- Forests Rights Bill Introduced In House (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2005)
The Tribal Affairs Minister introduced “The Scheduled Tribes (Recognition of Forests Rights) Bill, 2005” in Lok Sabha on Tuesday, for recognition and vesting of forest rights in forest dwelling Scheduled Tribes.
- Regaining One's Lost Self (The Economic Times, VITHAL C NADKARNI, Dec 14, 2005)
Many have come to ‘Cold Mountain’ through Anthony Minghella’s movie, which has stellar performances from Nicole Kidman, Renee Zellweger and Jude Law. But Charles Frazier’s fictive original, on which the film was based, has a clutch of spiritually potent c
- Ray Of Hope In Afghanistan? (Dawn, Najmuddin A. Shaikh, Dec 14, 2005)
EARLY on Tuesday morning an earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale hit north-eastern Afghanistan.
- Poor Malaria Control (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 14, 2005)
The Sindh Education Management and Information System’s (Semis) report on the annual census of the schools in the province is quite revealing. If it also reflects the pattern of school education all over the country, it is a cause of alarm.
- Extension Of Kyoto (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 14, 2005)
Environment ministers attending the UN-organized talks on pollution and climate control in Montreal last week have achieved two breakthroughs. One, the world’s biggest polluter, America, has decided to re-join the Kyoto Protocol, four years after . . .
- Proposed River-Linking Project To Benefit T.N. (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Dec 14, 2005)
Farmers will get more water from Kerala dams than those here
- "Fight Terrorism, But Be Mindful Of Human Rights" (Hindu, Siddharth Narrain , Dec 14, 2005)
A.S. Anand, Chief Justice of India between October 1998 and November 2001, became Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission in February 2003. In an interview, Mr. Anand spoke on a range of subjects including terrorism and the death penalty.
- World Trade Organisation Talks Begin Amid Huge Protests (Hindu, N. Ravi Kumar, Dec 14, 2005)
Director General Pascal Lamy urges the trade negotiators to be open-minded
- Woman Rescued Two Months After Quake (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Dec 14, 2005)
A 45-year-old woman was brought to a charity field hospital in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), on Monday after she was rescued from rubble on Sunday, 63 days after the devastating October 8 earthquake.
- Heavy Rains Continue In Tamil Nadu (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2005)
Tamil Nadu which has been witnessing heavy rains for the past few weeks, is likely to experience more rainfall, following the presence of a trough of low pressure over Southwest Bay, the weather office here said.
- Does It Pay More To Fly Empty Than Full? (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 14, 2005)
If, On reading about Kingfisher's plans to buy Air Deccan's ASKMs or available seat kilometres, you're asking for a quick grounding in airline jargon, rest assured that you aren't alone.
- The Business Of Social Responsibility (Business Line, Vidya Hattangadi, Dec 14, 2005)
THE World Business Council for Sustainable Development has defined corporate social responsibility (CSR) as the "ethical behaviour of a company towards society".
- Export Of Democracy (Daily Excelsior, N. B. Menon, Dec 14, 2005)
A group of senators in the US Congress have moved a resolution named "Advancing democratic values world over". Specifically, this draft contains a proposal to establish a special "Democratic movements department" within the State Department, . . .
- One Wonders Can This Be A Family Entertainment? (Greater Kashmir, Sheikh Asif, Dec 14, 2005)
If yes, then we don’t consider ourselves as a member of what they call Star Parivar, comments Sheikh Asif
- Hapless Souls (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 14, 2005)
Thanks to the apathy of the administration, there seems no immediate end to the woes of the crippled quake survivors from Uri and Tangdar
- Regaining Lost Glory Of Karachi (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 14, 2005)
PRESIDENT Pervez Musharraf has called for hard work and dedication to implement major projects of Karachi for providing a strong infrastructure to resolve the problems faced by the people. Inaugurating the Beach Park, he said extra resilience is required
- Poor State Of Education (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 14, 2005)
THE Sindh Education Management and Information System’s (Semis) report on the annual census of the schools in the province is quite revealing. If it also reflects the pattern of school education all over the country, it is a cause of alarm.
- Archaic Prescriptions For Agriculture (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Dec 14, 2005)
The Maharashtra Chief Minister, Mr Vilasrao Deshmukh, must be congratulated on his candidness.
- Turf War In The Valley (Tribune, A N Sudarsan Rao , Dec 14, 2005)
Though a large part of Srinagar town resembles a fortified camp with continued frisking and checking of people and vehicles, on October 18 Education Minister Ghulam Nabhi Lone was assassinated by terrorists in this high security zone.
- India Dares Big Wto Players (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2005)
Mounting pressure on developed countries, India today formed a core group with seven other developing countries on industrial tariffs to ensure that the principle of “less than full reciprocity” is fully reflected in any deal at the WTO meeting, . . .
- Talking Shop (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 14, 2005)
Yes, FDI in retail will displace some jobs. No, that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t have it
- Trading In Poison (Telegraph, Gerd Leipold, Dec 14, 2005)
As you read this, trade ministers from around the world are attending the sixth ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organization in Hong Kong to push forward with their free trade agenda.
- Change For The Better (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Dec 14, 2005)
Why the PM has to take more interest in the environment ministry
- J-K: Govt To Continue Crackdown On Corrupt Officials (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2005)
Jammu and Kashmir government will continue its "war against corruption" to bring greater accountability and transparency in the administration at all levels, Chief Minister Gulam Nabi Azad said here.
- Coming Soon To A Wildlife Reserve Near You: A Scene From 11,000 Bc (Indian Express, Nicholas D. Kristof, Dec 14, 2005)
The pronghorn antelope is North America’s speediest animal, capable of running 60 miles per hour — but why? Its predators don’t run nearly that fast, so why would the pronghorn evolve such a capability?
- Tourism Dips As Tiger Count Falls (Indian Express, Vrinda Gopinath, Dec 14, 2005)
It’s official. The shocking drop in the tfiger population in the Ranthambore National Park, Rajasthan, due to poaching, first highlighted by The Indian Express, has hit tourism in the park. Ranthambore has seen as much as a 30 per cent fall in tourist vis
- Nine Tsunami-Affected Families Get New Houses In Pondicherry (Hindu, Rajesh Nair, Dec 14, 2005)
The units have been built by an Uttaranchal-based NGO The units have been built by an Uttaranchal-based NGO
- Gated Dignities (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Dec 14, 2005)
It is no secret that the media, especially television, is polarised in Tamil Nadu on party lines.
- The Indian Scheme Of Things (News International, Shireen M Mazari, Dec 14, 2005)
It has been apparent for some time now that since the dialogue process recommenced between Pakistan and India, the latter has adopted a devious and indirect approach — the line of least resistance on the part of Pakistan, as Liddell Hart would have put it
- Breach In Gundur Lake Bund, Chengalpattu Town Inundated (Hindu, V. Venkatasubramanian, Dec 14, 2005)
Residential localities were in waist-deep water as it gushed through the broken bund
- The Sickness Bequeathed By The West To The Muslim World (Guardian (UK), Jonathan Freedland, Dec 14, 2005)
There were few memorable moments in the election campaign of 2005, but there's one I won't forget.
- Wipro Ranked As Top Offshore Vendor (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2005)
According to a new survey, Wipro Technologies, the global IT services division of Wipro Limited has been ranked as a top offshore vendor in the global delivery of infrastructure management.
- Clouded By Talk (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Dec 13, 2005)
The Montreal meet on climate change that ended last weekend lacked the commitment needed to help planet Earth.
- The Bicycle Thieves Of Oxbridge (Indian Express, RUMINA SETHI, Dec 13, 2005)
Like many university towns, Oxford and Cambridge are predominantly bike friendly. Almost every student here will have a story of a bicycle theft to tell. A bona fide Oxbridge experience must include larceny of this sort.
- Protest Against Toxic Ship Leaving For India (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Dec 13, 2005)
Greenpeace says aircraft carrier Clemenceau, which is to be dismantled in Gujarat, is contaminated with asbestos
- Spread Literacy (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2005)
It can only be a matter of regret that Jammu and Kashmir continues to be in the company of States with poor literacy rates. With only 54.46 per cent of its total population described as literate (65.75 per cent men and 41.82 per cent women) the State . .
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