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Articles 12521 through 12620 of 20008:
- Iaea Meeting On Iran On Nov 24 — Let Govt Act In Its Best Judgment (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 21, 2005)
The question before India is whether it should act as a responsible member of the IAEA Board in the light of overwhelming evidence of disregard of its obligations by Iran or whether it should isolate itself from the main body of opinion and . . .
- Which Option To Choose: Saarc Or Eco? (Dawn, Javid Husain, Nov 21, 2005)
The evolution of the European Union into a dynamic association of European states cooperating for common economic, political and security goals is enviable.
- New Water Policy Likely To Focus On Ageing Dams (Hindu, Roy Mathew, Nov 21, 2005)
Management plan to implement policy objectives
Attention on conservation of wetlands
Regulatory authority being mooted
Drip and sprinkler irrigation to be promoted
- Bangalore Now Gets Wake-Up Call From Kalam (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
President: ‘City as development facilitator being eroded, needs 11-mission charter to get in shape’
- State Water Management Plan Finds Favour With Central Team (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
Report will incorporate State's flood prevention measures, says Mishra
Might need more time to finalise drainage system improvement
Salient long-term measures to feature in Central report
Flood-hit people satisfied with relief, says Central team
- Taking A New Route To Change In The Mekong Delta (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Nov 21, 2005)
The stage for major conflict in the 1970s and 1980s, the region is now experiencing the benefits of economic linkages.
- Abdul Kalam's Vision For Karnataka (Hindu, A. Jayaram, Nov 21, 2005)
The President unveils 11-point plan, wants economic activity spread across the State
- Helping Victims Of Violence (Dawn, Anwer Mooraj, Nov 21, 2005)
In the days when Ayub Khan ruled the roost, and the 22 families set up their baronetcies, draconian press laws were introduced to keep at bay journalists who had not yet recovered from the long hangover of the Tamizuddin Khan years.
- Loc Bridge Unites, Also Divides Families (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Nov 21, 2005)
Her wrinkled face is glum though she has waited for over half a century for this moment. As Begum Jan waits to take her first step across the rope bridge, the 85-year-old says the journey ‘‘is an answer to my pleas to God for 58 long years.’’
- The Aid Pledge (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 20, 2005)
PAKISTAN has received an encouraging pledge of $5.8 billion in assistance for the relief and rehabilitation of the survivors of the Oct 8 earthquake.
- Indira Gandhi Prize For Hamid Karzai (Deccan Herald, DH news, Nov 20, 2005)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has been chosen for the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 2005.
- Ongc Bids For $1 Bln Nigeria Offshore Field - Sources (Reuters, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 20, 2005)
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - India's Oil and Natural Gas Corp. is bidding for a stake in a Nigerian offshore field with an estimated value of $1 billion as it aims to boost its overseas energy reserves, three sources familiar with the situation said on Friday.
- Isro Studying Needs Of Manned Space Mission (Hindu, T.S. Subramanian, Nov 20, 2005)
At the moment there are no firm plans, but they are evolving: Madhavan Nair
- Exploitation, Deceit Plague Healthcare, Says Amartya Sen (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 20, 2005)
Health servants prefer seeing patients privately for money: report
- We Will Restore Governance In Bihar: Nitish (Tribune, Satish Misra, Nov 20, 2005)
DISTURBED over Bihar’s plight and image, National Democratic Alliance’s chief ministerial candidate, the 54-year-old electrical engineer-turned politician Nitish Kumar
- Getting Pragmatic (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Nov 20, 2005)
In legalistic terms, the government should have rejected Hindustan Coca Cola Holdings’ (HCCH) proposal to buy back the 49 per cent shares it had earlier divested in its bottling subsidiary, Hindustan Coca Cola Beverages (HCCB).
- Moves On To Ban Use Of Lindane (Hindu, Special Correspondent, The Hindu, Nov 20, 2005)
It could be listed as Persistent Organic Pollutants under Stockholm Convention
- One Out Of 10 Children Sexually Abused, Says Who Study (Hindu, Special Correspondent, The Financial Express, Nov 20, 2005)
Awareness programme held, Police Commissioner meets children
- Kalam To Inaugurate Women's Conference (Hindu, Staff Reporter , Nov 20, 2005)
More than 400 scientists from around the world are expected to take part in the meet
- Infamies Of The Glorified Village Panchayats (Deccan Herald, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 20, 2005)
Bangalore, the Knowledge Capital of India is one of the most important cities of the World, according to British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
- Violence Can't Be Tolerated: Azad (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Nov 20, 2005)
The gruesome killing of innocent civilians, our brothers, sisters, children and individuals by throwing grenades, detonating car bombs,
- Spare Them (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Nov 20, 2005)
Some times it is good to spare the political class. It is very easy to blame it for all the ills of society, be it corruption or lack of discipline in life.
- 20 Years Of Saarc's Failures (Daily Excelsior, Samuel Baid, Nov 20, 2005)
Compared to the 12th summit meeting of the Heads of State and Government of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
- Elephants Arrive At Rejuvenation Camp (Hindu, Special Correspondent, The Hindu, Nov 20, 2005)
Arrangements made to ease their journey from various parts of Tamil Nadu
- Which Way India? (Pioneer, Rai Singh, Nov 19, 2005)
Disclosures about India in the Volcker Committee report have generated a political storm affecting Indian foreign policy as well as party politics at home.
- Ongc Bids For $1 Bn Nigeria Offshore Field (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) is bidding for a stake in a Nigerian offshore field with an estimated value of $1 billion as it aims to boost its overseas energy reserves, sources said on Friday.
- Minarets Of Taj Mahal Stable: Asi Tells Sc (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has informed the Supreme Court that the minarets and other structures of Taj Mahal were stable.
- All-Out Vigil On Many Fronts For Avian Influenza (Hindu, Bindu Shajan Perappadan, Nov 19, 2005)
Keeping a strict vigil to check entry of avian flu into the country, the Union Ministry for Environment and Forests and the grand old Bombay Natural History Society (BHNS)-India have identified for monitoring 173 sites across India, all known points ....
- Less Than Cosmetic (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
The PM lost an opportunity to revamp his team
- Protecting The Patient (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 19, 2005)
Behind the number is a human volunteer. And this is a reality that stake-holders in the clinical research industry will have to respect when they parade India as the ideal clinical research destination.
- Ongc Bids For $1 Bn Oil Field (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
India's Oil and Natural Gas Corp. is bidding for a stake in Nigerian offshore field with an estimated value of $1 billion as it aims to boost its overseas energy reserves, a person familiar with the situation said on Friday.
- Reality Bites After Annan Surveys Scenes From Hell (News International, Mariana Baabar, Nov 19, 2005)
UN chief flays ‘weak’ world response; says UN wants to maintain long-term contact for reconstruction; Musharraf promises transparency in relief, rehabilitation
- Safe Disposal Of Waste (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 19, 2005)
Time and again, the need for proper hospital and solid waste management has been stressed but its need has never been more urgent than now in the quake-hit areas, already vulnerable to the spread of infectious diseases.
- Pakistan Still A Primary Threat: Indian Air Chief (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
The Indian air chief has said that Pakistan remains a primary threat to India despite a number of confidence-building measures between the two countries, the Times of India reported on Friday.
- Glimmer In Heart Of Darkness (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Nov 19, 2005)
On the last day of polling in Bihar, the question you are asked, particularly if you are just back from there, is still the same that you would have been asked in the past many elections: is Bihar ready for a change?
- All At Sea (Indian Express, M.P. ANIL KUMAR, Nov 19, 2005)
We were in the 11th standard then at Sainik School, Kazhakootam. Yielding to our periodic entreaties, T.P. Ramachandan (TPR), our house master, sought the principal’s permission for a bicycle-hike to Kovalam, the world-famous seaside resort,
- A Great Eastern Story (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 19, 2005)
Better late than never. Better something than nothing. Better a Left-ruled government shows dogged persistence in the face of union pressure than it giving up and spinning the retreat as an advance for socialism
- Gats' Mode 4 Rule — Imperative That India Takes Firm Stand (Business Line, Pratap Ravindran , Nov 19, 2005)
The significance of Mode 4 inheres in the fact that its scope is not restricted to the IT sector alone and it holds immense potential with regard to a range of activities that have `knowledge' in common: Finance, accountancy, health services, consultancy,
- Pak Primary Threat To India: Air Chief (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
Inspite of the confidence-building measures, Pakistan would remain a primary threat to India, Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal S P Tyagi said here today.
- What Jehanabad Means (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Nov 19, 2005)
On November 13 history was once again made in rural India when Maoist guerrillas wrested control of Jehanabad — a district headquarters town in Bihar
- Bihar Poll: Final Round Today (Deccan Herald, Abhay Kumar, Nov 19, 2005)
The fourth and last round of elections in Bihar on Saturday, in 41 of the state’s 243 constituencies, will be a decisive battle. After the NDA romped home with 25 out of 41 seats in the February Assembly poll, the alliance is under pressure to retain . .
- An Invaluable Lesson (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
The primary purpose of life is to realise God and it is vital that the rare privilege of human birth is not frittered away.
- Not In Front Of The Children (Hindu, Mark Lawson, Nov 19, 2005)
That popular politeness, "not in front of the children" — employed to protect offspring from knowledge of family deaths and divorces — can now be applied to children's entertainment.
- Washington Riveted By Woodward Role (Hindu, Douglas Jehl and David Johnston, Nov 19, 2005)
More than a half-dozen Bush administration officials have sent word that they had not been Bob Woodward's source.
- Us Casualties Mounting In Iraq (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Nov 19, 2005)
Six us soldiers were killed in bombing incidents in different parts of Iraq on Thursday. This was the second major number of US casualties in one day in recent months.
- Pak Is Still Enemy No 1: Air Chief (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
Despite the confidence-building measures that Islamabad and New Delhi are attempting to implement, Pakistan remains the primary threat to India, the Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal S P Tyagi, said here on Friday
- India's 1bn-Rupee Tsunami Early Warning Systems Project Will Become Fully Operational By September 2007 : Department Of Ocean Development (Dod) (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
India's 1bn-rupee Tsunami Early Warning Systems project will become fully operational by September 2007,
- Of Leaders And Leadership (Tribune, Mahesh Chadha, Nov 19, 2005)
OUR President often recalls with pride the leadership of Prof Satish Dhawan, his chief at one time, when the former as the Director was saved the ignominy of a failed mission,
- Let Bhuppi Govern By His Rules: Ranbir (Tribune, Geetanjali Gayatri, Nov 19, 2005)
KHADI. It is one word that describes an entire spectrum — everything from Mahatma Gandhi to our freedom struggle, simplicity to nationalism, great Indian leaders and statesmen as also today’s power-hungry politicians. And, yes, of course, our story’s. . .
- Goa’S Ore Turns Fodder For China (Tribune, Shiv Kumar, Nov 19, 2005)
Beyond the deceptively placid beaches of Goa dumpers and excavators are furiously ripping apart the verdant state’s bowels for iron ore to fill China’s insatiable appetite for iron ore.
- Why More Powerful Than The Rest? (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Nov 19, 2005)
I have memorised the principal power mantras of Hindus, Christians, Muslims and Sikhs by heart but have not been able to work out why followers of these religions endow them with powers above other mantras.
- Minor Reshuffle Of Portfolios (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
Jaipal Reddy gets Urban Development, Priyaranjan Dasmunsi I&B
Oscar Fernandes holds additional charge of two portfolios
Manmohan Singh continues to hold the External Affairs portfolio
- A U.S.-Japan Equation To Counter China (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Nov 19, 2005)
The move by the U.S. and Japan to strike a "joint-operations posture" is a qualitatively new feature of the East Asian security landscape. For China and others, this is an emerging reality to reckon with.
- Nabard Potential-Linked Plan Envisages Credit Flow Of Rs.785.98 Crores For Thanjavur District (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
Priority given to farm sector with major portion of credit allotted for agriculture Priority to agricultural sector with thrust on crop production
- Evidence On Mayan Collapse Unearthed (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 19, 2005)
A team of archeologists has uncovered evidence of a 1,200-year-old massacre in Guatemala that could provide vital clues to one of the enduring mysteries of central American history — the precipitous collapse of the once glorious Maya . . .
- Dug-Up Roads (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 19, 2005)
The concern expressed by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan about fatalities in traffic accidents caused by the perpetually dug-up condition of many of Karachi’s roads is well founded.
- Mekong Lesson Ii (Statesman, Pradip Phanjoubam, Nov 19, 2005)
The mud brown, rough waters of the mighty Mekong river have been tamed somewhat. It is today navigable for a greater part of its length of over 4,000 km, giving livelihood and hope to the population along it in six nations of the Greater Mekong Subregion
- New Thinking On Kashmir (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Nov 19, 2005)
Solution begins from where occupation comes to an end
- World Bank Presence Opposed (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 19, 2005)
About 20 NGOs from the North-east have expressed their opposition to efforts by the World Bank, in partnership with the Government of India, to develop a study on the natural resources of the region.
- Too Little, Too Late-Darjeeling Cries Out For Assertive Action (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
It is Darjeeling’s misfortune that the authorities have woken up to the mess inexcusably late in the day and after incalculable damage has been caused to the hills by successive landslides and earthquakes.
- Bush, Roh Warn Dprk On Nuclear Plan (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Nov 18, 2005)
United States President George W. Bush and his South Korean counterpart, Roh Moo-hyun, on Thursday signalled that they would "not tolerate" a nuclear-armed Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
- Least Polluting Countries Will Be Hit The Hardest (Hindu, Ian Sample , Nov 18, 2005)
The change in climate will exacerbate the problems poor countries face from disease, because bacteria spread more rapidly causing greater contamination of food and water.
- Upholding A Concept That Sees World As One - I (Greater Kashmir, PROF SHARIF MUJAHID, Nov 18, 2005)
Iqbal didn’t believe in recognizing territories as identities but points of reference, writes
PROF SHARIF MUJAHID
- Issues Before The Ministerial (Deccan Herald, Alok Ray, Nov 18, 2005)
The WTO talks will focus on agricultural subsidies and services. There may be some surprises at the last moment
- A Bomb Too Many (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Nov 18, 2005)
The attitude of the Indian left to the Iran question is suspect
- Investors Balk As Indian Budget Airlines Take Off (Reuters, Rina Chandran, Nov 18, 2005)
Indian airlines are expanding operations to feed rapidly growing domestic air travel, but high valuations and tough competition are keeping investors at bay
- Ongc Bids For $1 Bln Nigerian Deepwater Asset - Source (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 18, 2005)
Oil and Natural Gas Corp. is bidding for Nigerian firm South Atlantic Petroleum Ltd.'s deepwater asset, estimated at a value of $1 billion, a person familiar with the situation said on Friday.
- Remembering Our War Dead (Indian Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 18, 2005)
Few nations have called on their armed forces to sacrifice their lives for the motherland as frequently as India has over the last 58 years. Yet India has still to build a memorial to honour those who died defending their country — a sad reflection on ...
- India Unlikely To Agree To Kyoto Emission Caps (Reuters, Sugita Katyal, Nov 18, 2005)
India is unlikely to agree to any emission caps in the next phase of the Kyoto Protocol because of its expanding energy-hungry economy, but analysts say developed nations will continue to pile pressure on the nation.
- Nabard Funds To Be Tapped For Infrastructure Development (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 18, 2005)
The State Government plans to pose infrastructure part of the remote and interior areas development programme to the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) for funding.
- Conditions Of Adb Are Unacceptable: Mayor (Hindu, K.S. Sudhi, Nov 18, 2005)
Aid for sustainable development projects in city
- Work Out Economics Of Technology For Farmers' Benefit: Swaminathan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 18, 2005)
Implement new irrigation technologies, says Dasmunshi
- A Rough Passage For Saarc (Daily Times, Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Nov 18, 2005)
SAARC’s future would be uncertain if India embraces big power bilateralism in its economic policy, as recommended by K Subrahmanyam, at the expense of regionalism.
- Population Can Be An Asset Too (Business Line, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Nov 18, 2005)
The President, Mr A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, has repeatedly stressed the importance of population control for India to become a `developed' nation. While interacting with students in Shimla last December, he said that it is necessary to control the population
- Wto Ministerial: Tough Bargaining Lies Ahead (Business Line, K. Parthasarathi, Nov 18, 2005)
The developing countries, representing 22 per cent of world agricultural production and 70 per cent of rural workers, should apply the lessons learned from the agricultural negotiations in Geneva.
- Peace In Pieces? (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 18, 2005)
If Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf’s gall in talking about a ‘final solution’ to the Kashmir question amidst escalating terrorist violence in India is breathtaking, Delhi’s passive response is stupefying.
- Sewa-Govt Row Over Jeevika Project Hots Up (Tribune, R.K. Misra, Nov 18, 2005)
THE Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) is to women in Gujarat what Amul is to rural India.
- Maoists Being Shifted From Sub-Jail (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 18, 2005)
Close on the heels of the Jehanabad incident in Bihar, steps have been taken to shift Maoist naxalites lodged in the Rairakhol sub-jail in Sambalpur district of Orissa to other jails.
- Manmohan: Let Us Fight Terror Together (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 18, 2005)
"Free trade will offer a win-win situation"
- Warning On Global Warming (Tribune, Steve Connor, Nov 18, 2005)
Scientists have compiled one of the first comprehensive pictures of what the world might be like when climate change begins to dry up water supplies and trigger a dramatic increase in epidemics, disease and death.
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