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Articles 12721 through 12820 of 20008:
- Un To Airlift Relief For Quake Survivors (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 15, 2005)
The United Nations will this week launch a major air operation to ferry food and other supplies to earthquake survivors high in Pakistan's mountains in frantic bid to beat the problems of winter.
- Good Governance In J&k (Daily Excelsior, Rameshwar Singh Jamwal, Nov 15, 2005)
Good governance is important for countries and states at all stages of development.
- The Means And The Goal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 15, 2005)
Scriptures that enjoin spiritual discipline as essential to God realisation are invaluable signposts to the individual caught in the worldly cycle.
- This Isn’T The Real America By Jimmy Carter (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 15, 2005)
In recent years, I have become increasingly concerned by a host of radical government policies that now threaten many basic principles espoused by all previous administrations, Democratic and Republican.
- Powerful Earthquake Shakes Japan (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 15, 2005)
A powerful earthquake shook northern Japan early on Tuesday, triggering small tsunami waves that struck towns along the northeastern coast about 350 kms away.
- Teen Tryst With Philatelic History (Telegraph, SUDESHNA BANERJEE, Nov 15, 2005)
This Children’s Day, a city girl has stamped her name on philatelic fame. A sketch by Pallavi Majumder, a Class VIII student of Bidya Bharati Girls’ High School, ...
- Regional Language (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Nov 15, 2005)
That the meeting of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) actually took place in Dhaka after two postponements is an achievement of sorts.
- Ugc & The Tale Of Two Promotions (The Economic Times, T RAVI KUMAR, Nov 15, 2005)
In the background of reports in the media relating to the institution of the salary commission for the members of Parliament, the dismal position of the teaching community in the higher education sector needs to be put forward.
- ‘(On Us) The Pm’S Going On An Absolutely Correct Line... What The Left Insists On Is Away From Reality’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 15, 2005)
‘(On US) the PM’s going on an absolutely correct line... what the Left insists on is away from reality’
- Two Rail Lines To Benefit Pilgrims (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 15, 2005)
Work on Hassan-Shravanabelagola, Sakleshpur-Subrahmanya tracks on
Rs. 13-crore water supply project for Shravanabelagola
Asphalting of roads, restoration of power lines to be completed by December
- Addressing The Literacy Problem (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 15, 2005)
Problem of poor education facilities in the government-run rural schools and the problem of poor participation of the rural and tribal communities in government schools are the major causes for drop-out. Shankar Bennur finds out more.
- Kharge Blames Sindhia For Metro Rail Delay (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 15, 2005)
'The Cabinet is yet to discuss a note from the Centre'
Sindhia told to explain the State Government's stand to the Centre
The Congress wants a Cabinet discussion on the project
Deve Gowda urged not to criticise Centre's economic policies
- Denmark "Rediscovering" India As Equal Partner (Hindu, SURESH NAMBATH, Nov 15, 2005)
Many opportunities for close cooperation between the two countries: Danish Permanent Secretary
- Bihar Seeks More Reinforcements (Hindu, K. BALCHAND, Nov 15, 2005)
Naxalite attack in Jehanabad a security failure, says Centre; paramilitary forces rushed to the State
- Poverty, Not Just An Economic Phenomenon (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Nov 15, 2005)
Despite over half a century of battle against poverty, the problem is still formidable, having acquired new dimensions with the growing rural-urban divide.
- Sound Or Light? (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Nov 15, 2005)
That the Dhaka Declaration, adopted by the 13th Saarc summit, proposes to expand the scope of Safta to include trade in services and investment, apart from its commitment to Safta’s implementation as per schedule,
- A Phenomenon Called Peter Drucker (Business Line, R. Devarajan, Nov 15, 2005)
Peter Drucker was possibly the best-known management writer of modern times.
- Saarc Summit Pledges To Fight Poverty (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 14, 2005)
The leaders of seven South Asian nations ended weekend summit talks in the Bangladeshi capital Sunday with a promise to give renewed urgency to fighting the grinding poverty that afflict millions across the region.
- Frozen Clues To Life In Space (Hindu, Robin McKie, Nov 14, 2005)
RUSSIAN RESEARCHERS are preparing to crack the secrets of a lake that has lain buried beneath a two-mile layer of Antarctic ice for 16 million years.
- Leaders Agree To Enhance Cooperation (Hindu, HAROON HABIB, Nov 14, 2005)
The 13th Summit of the seven-member regional forum, South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC), ended here on Sunday, with the leaders agreeing to realise the vision of the South Asian Economic Union in a phased and planned manner.
- Now, Heavy Downpour Down South (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 14, 2005)
Widespread rain in southern districts has resulted in a steep rise in water levels in many dams. While tanks and ponds are overflowing, there are even instances of flash floods in some places.
- `Piping' Creates Underground Tunnel (Hindu, T. Nandakumar, Nov 14, 2005)
CESS scientists who visited the spot fear threat to human habitation in the area
- Trs Plunges Into Fresh Crisis (Hindu, Special Correspondent, The Hindu, Nov 14, 2005)
Eight party MLAs address `open letter' to KCR; want to meet Sonia
- Getting Rid Of Ego (Deccan Herald, Sri Sri Ravishankar, Nov 14, 2005)
Some say the purpose of life is to ensure that one doesn’t come back to this planet because it is bereft of love. When love is there, it is painful.
- Moef Seeking To Centralise Clearance Of Projects (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Nov 14, 2005)
The ministry of environment & forests (MoEF) notification modifying the process of environmental clearance for projects has created a flutter among stakeholders.
- The Grand Old Man Of Management (Business Line, S. Ramachander, Nov 14, 2005)
THE passing of Peter Ferdinand Drucker, the grand old man of management and internationally renowned management philosopher, eight days short of his 96th birthday, will be mourned all over the world.
- Assessing Vajpayee-Ii (Statesman, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 14, 2005)
After the exchange of nuclear tests in 1998, Vajpayee took the bus across the Wagah border to meet Nawaz Sharif in February 1999.
- Children's Day Special (Daily Excelsior, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 14, 2005)
We celebrate children's day every year on Nehru's birthday on 14th November. Yet the children are going astray, increasingly taking to drugs and crimes.
- Solve Amicably (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Nov 14, 2005)
It is sad that the Ladakh region has once again been exposed to a sort of communal tension that had engulfed it briefly in the nineties
- Perils Of Parallel Processing (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Nov 14, 2005)
THE Japanese tea ceremony called chanoyu is a combination of ritual, art, flower arrangement, and Zen ideology. The idea is to focus on the present and forget everything else.
- Saarc Summit: The Same Old Predictable Shuffle? (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Nov 14, 2005)
The opening day of the 13th summit of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
- It Will Make The Process Of Clearance More Complex (The Financial Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 14, 2005)
The draft notification of September 15, 2005, will supercede the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) notification of 1994.
- Us, India Face-Off At Wto (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 14, 2005)
Top US and Indian officials will discuss how to advance troubled world trade talks and strengthen bilateral trade ties when they meet in New Delhi on Saturday, US trade officials said.
- For A Win-Win Business Plan (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Nov 14, 2005)
Surely no business can substitute for what the state can do. But large businesses can act as catalysts for good governance.
- Infrastructure Investments — Not Needed, Yet Another Financing Entity (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Nov 14, 2005)
THE Government has announced yet another entity to take responsibility for financing infrastructure investments.
- Hi-Tech's Gadgets Target New-Age Businessmen (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 14, 2005)
SPEAKERS will soon be passé. With the sound bug, you can turn your table, or windows into a speaker.
- The Return Of Abu Salem (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 14, 2005)
When the Portuguese police arrested Abu Salem, alias Abdul Saleem Ansari, in September 2002, there were grave doubts about whether he would ever be sent back to India. Three factors lay behind this extradition-pessimism.
- Rotary To Lay Focus On Water Management (Hindu, Staff Reporter , Nov 14, 2005)
Programme following emphasis by president of the organisation
- Recipe For Effective Leadership (Deccan Herald, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 14, 2005)
A good leader has to be communicative and understanding
- The Lesson From Delhi (Deccan Herald, Prem Shankar Jha, Nov 14, 2005)
Reliance submitted ambitious plans for investment but the regulator rejected 2/3rds of them
- Indian Elected Chief Of Global Science Body (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 13, 2005)
International Council of Science promotes global scientific activities
Mehta is second Indian to hold coveted post
Credited with developing new technologies for industrial applications
- Fight For Survival (Hindu, SWAPNA BIST-JOSHI, Nov 13, 2005)
Rural women bear the brunt of the problems caused by environmental degradation. So it is not surprising to find that they are trying to set things right.
- Open Up Borders, Pm Tells Saarc Nations (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 13, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called upon all SAARC member nations to develop “zero tolerance” towards the scourge of cross-border terrorism and stop harbouring insurgent groups in the greater interests of the region.
- Works Gaining Momentum In Shravanabelagola (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 13, 2005)
With the deadline for completing works set for the once-in-a-12-year Mahamasthakabhisheka, a head-anointing ceremony of Lord Bahubali in Shravanbelagola, fast approaching, the official machinery is racing against time.
- A Great Thinker Of Modern Muslim World (Greater Kashmir, PROF M YAQUB, Nov 13, 2005)
Reactions to the oil-for-food scandal have so far focussed on establishing the guilt or innocence of those mentioned in the Volcker Report. Yet there is a reference in the Report itself to something that invites an inquiry which is deeper and more signifi
- Saarc Vows To Fight Terror (Tribune, Ajay Kaul, Nov 13, 2005)
Delayed twice on account of the tsunami and Nepal crisis, the SAARC Summit opened today, favouring a united fight against terrorism afflicting the region with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh making it clear that there should be “zero tolerance” towards ....
- Paradise Revisited (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 13, 2005)
J Kamath returns to Gulmarg and is enamoured by the sights and sounds of the place, which was the favourite haunt of the Mogul Emperor Jehangir.
- Wto Woes Overshadow U.S. - India Trade Meeting (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 13, 2005)
Top U.S. and Indian officials will discuss how to advance troubled world trade talks and strengthen bilateral trade ties when they meet in New Delhi on Saturday, U.S. trade officials said.
- Indian Farm Research Sector Opened To U.S. Companies (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI, Nov 13, 2005)
India on Saturday opened its public sector agriculture research sector to U.S. private companies enabling the private sector to "help identify research areas" that have the potential for "rapid commercialisation" with a view to developing new and . . . .
- Seminar On Ecology, Conservation Inaugurated (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 13, 2005)
Officials, conservationists and bird watchers flocked together at the national seminar on bird ecology and conservation to discuss new initiatives for bird conservation
- Science Park To Come Up In Chikmagalur (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 13, 2005)
Deputy Commissioner Harsh Gupta said here on Thursday that a science park will be established on a five-acre plot near the Mahatma Gandhi Park on Ratnagiri Bore.
- Strike A Balance Between Growth, Environment To Save Birds: Minister (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 13, 2005)
`They play a vital role in maintaining ecological balance'
Many species of birds facing threat of extinction owing to decline in forest cover
Increasing urbanisation and pollution are the cause for their migration
- Loc Opened At Third Point (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 13, 2005)
Indian and Pakistan army officials on Saturday opened the Line of Control (LoC) at the third point here to facilitate efficient deployment of relief in the earthquake hit areas of Jammu and Kashmir and the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) as hundreds . . .
- Peeved, But Some Reprieve (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Nov 13, 2005)
Natwar Singh has upset party colleagues accusing them of conspiring to get his job. To some UPA allies he remarked caustically about ‘‘that four-and-a-half-feet man’’....
- The Battle For Knowledge Economy (Indian Express, N K Singh, Nov 13, 2005)
The new aggressiveness of India and China to capitalise on their demographic advantages particularly in high-quality knowledge-intensive and innovative enterprises has caused concerns elsewhere. The worry is highest in the United States.
- Sheathing The Sword Of Global Jehad (Indian Express, SUDHEENDRA KULKARNI , Nov 13, 2005)
I am a Hindu by spiritual orientation. My faith teaches me to respect, and take the best from, Islam and every other faith on this planet. I revere many noble aspects of Islam, which I believe have enriched our national life.
- Loc Demilitarisation To Lessen Trust Deficit With India, Says Shaukat (News International, Mayed Ali, Nov 13, 2005)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said Pakistan and India will have to resolve all their outstanding disputes and ease tension for helping the Saarc to materialise its objectives.
- Reconnect The Subcontinent: Manmohan (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Nov 13, 2005)
``If our region wants to be part of a dynamic Asia... then we must act, and act speedily''
- The Language Conundrum (Dawn, Anwar Syed, Nov 13, 2005)
I have seen two news items in recent weeks, one of them a bit amusing, and the other worrisome.
- Joint Effort Urged To Deal With Disasters: Saarc Summit Begins (Dawn, Nurul Kabir, Nov 13, 2005)
The 13th Saarc summit on Saturday called for greater cooperation within the region to deal with the aftermath of disasters like the Oct 8 earthquake and the last year’s devastating tsunami.
- Oic And The Muslim World (Greater Kashmir, SYED ABDUL WAHID, Nov 12, 2005)
The Organization must play its role in making Muslims understand their duties, comments
SYED ABDUL WAHID
- Just Heartening (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 12, 2005)
Thanks to the timely intervention of the Honorable High Court the otherwise imminent ecological disaster may now be prevented.
- When Tax Law Gets `Personal' (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam , Nov 12, 2005)
T. C. A. Ramanujam on how personal law can complicate interpretation of income-tax law
- Wto Woes Overshadow U.S. - India Trade Meeting (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 12, 2005)
Top U.S. and Indian officials will discuss how to advance troubled world trade talks and strengthen bilateral trade ties when they meet in New Delhi on Saturday, U.S. trade officials said.
- Partnership In Infrastructure (The Economic Times, RAGHAV CHANDRA, Nov 12, 2005)
Creating infrastructure solely through budgetary resources is not the best thing to do. Almost all infrastructure projects lend themselves to private sector participation in some manner.
- Rising Above The Gathering Storm (The Financial Express, NK SINGH, Nov 12, 2005)
The new aggressiveness of India and China to capitalise on their demographic advantages, particularly in high quality knowledge-intensive and innovative enterprises, has caused concerns elsewhere. The worry is highest in the United States.
- 'Business Travel In India Is Growing' (The Economic Times, Sudipto Dey, Nov 12, 2005)
Libby Roy, vice-president & GM, American Express Business Travel, has taken charge of Japan Asia Pacific & Australia (JAPA) region about three weeks ago.
- "Involve Nuclear Experts In Policy Decisions" (Hindu, T.S. Subramanian, Nov 12, 2005)
M.R. Srinivasan, former Chairman and now member of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), takes exception to U.S. official Nicholas Burns making it a "pre-condition" that India should first separate its civilian and military nuclear facilities before . . . .
- We Must Not Forget Fallujah (Hindu, Mike Marqusee, Nov 12, 2005)
The destruction of Fallujah was an act of barbarism that ranks alongside My Lai, Jallianwallah Bagh, Guernica, and Halabja
- Putting Incentives Under The Microscope (The Financial Express, YRK REDDY, Nov 12, 2005)
The benefits that government bestows on tiny, small and medium enterprises, the informal sector, the farmers, women, the aged and the deprived are all subsidies.
- Ecology For The People (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA , Nov 12, 2005)
Early in 2005, a vigorous debate broke out within India about the status of the country’s national animal, the tiger.
- Never Too Late (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 12, 2005)
It is good that the State Government has finally sounded bird flu alert. It has advised people "particularly those living in close proximity to water bodies" to be cautious.
- Stop Cheating (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Nov 12, 2005)
The case of Abdul Majid working as a waterman-cum-sweeper in a government primary school for the last quarter of a century in Ramnagar tehsil makes a bizarre reading.
- The Death Of A Town (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Nov 12, 2005)
A town is not made of brick. It comprises people whose feelings are crushed when they are dislocated
- Record Hydropower Generation In State (Hindu, T. Ramakrishnan, Nov 12, 2005)
Thanks to two "successive bountiful" monsoons, 25 hydel dams are full and are continuing to receive inflows
- Streamlining The System Of Lpg Distribution (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 12, 2005)
Households continue to face long waiting periods for LPG refills for cooking purposes.
- Pak To Highlight Cause Of Kashmiris At Saarc (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 12, 2005)
Ahead of the SAARC summit starting in Dhaka tomorrow, Pakistan today said it would seek to highlight the cause of the Kashmiri people and the need to resolve issues for creating an "enabling environment."
- Quake And The Blasts (Tribune, Kuldip Nayar, Nov 12, 2005)
I was in Parliament House when the terrorists struck last time at Delhi, some four years ago. Not familiar with the building, they could not find the entrance. Still they killed three security guards till they were shot dead.
- Destination Haryana (Tribune, S. Raghunath, Nov 12, 2005)
Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has claimed that the investment climate in the state is “looking up”, thanks to his government’s “dynamic” industrial policy and that the state has become the “preferred” investment destination and the . . .
- Paying The Price For Not Putting Ecological Safeguards In Place (Hindu, VANI DORAISAMY, Nov 12, 2005)
Information Technology highway reels under rain assault
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