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Articles 12921 through 13020 of 20008:
- Dismiss Tn Plea Over Water: State (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 09, 2005)
Karnataka on Tuesday submitted before the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal that Tamil Nadu had, until very recently, never questioned the State’s requirement of 408 tmc of water for irrigation.
- Heavy Rain Pounds Tn Delta Districts (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 09, 2005)
Heavy rain lashed the Cauvery delta districts of Tiruvarur and Nagapattinam besides adjoining Cuddalore in Tamil Nadu as well as the Karaikkal enclave in Union Territory Pondicherry from the early hours of Wednesday,...
- Educating Students For A Healthy Society (Hindu, R. Madhavan Nair, Nov 09, 2005)
Oushadheeyam - 2005 is an ambitious project of the Nambrathkara Upper Primary School in Kozhikode district to educate students on ways of identifying and cultivating medicinal plants.
- Sea Pollution Threatens Marine Life (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 09, 2005)
Nitrogenous fertiliser runoff cited as one of the main causes for fish-kill
Fish living near the bottom of the sea more affected by pollution
Decline in surface oxygen over Indian coastal shelf
Denitrified nitrogen may end up as potent greenhouse ga
- Saarc Leaders Set To Sign Three Pacts (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Nov 09, 2005)
E. Ahamed to attend Council of Ministers meeting
Manmohan Singh expected to meet Khaleda Zia
Meeting scheduled with Shaukat Aziz on the sidelines
Ahamed to meet his SAARC counterparts ahead of the main summit
- Slew Of Tourism Projects For Visakhapatnam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 09, 2005)
Tourism Department signs MoU with Vizag Beach Resorts
Beach resorts, theme parks, malls to come up
Marine helicopters, seaplanes (amphibians) to be provided for tourists
YSR reiterates commitment to develop Vizag as international tourist hub
- Pakistan And India: Pioneers In Global Disaster Response? (Christian Science Monitor, Mansoor Ijaz, Nov 08, 2005)
The terrorist bombs that rocked New Delhi recently must not be allowed to wreck a painstakingly crafted peace process between India and Pakistan.
- Reforms In Irrigation (Hindu, V. K. Natraj , Nov 08, 2005)
Painstaking treatise on irrigation in India showing an enthusiasm to subject the most widely accepted of conventional wisdom to scrutiny, and continuous engagement with policy
- Hospital Standards (Daily Excelsior, Dr Arun Sharma, Nov 08, 2005)
Recognizing that the care of the sick is their first responsibility, hospitals must at all times strive to provide the best care and treatment to those, who are in need of hospitalization.
- Indo-Us Air Exercise Takes Off (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2005)
The 13-day joint air exercise involving state-of-the-art aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) and US Air Force began on a robust note at this strategic eastern IAF base here on...
- Avoidable Tragedy (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Nov 08, 2005)
Restrict load in boats to prevent mishaps
- A Wing-Wing Strategy (Indian Express, Jasjit Singh, Nov 08, 2005)
The decision of the Left parties to publicly demonstrate and try to disrupt the India-USA air exercises being held in West Bengal raises many doubts,
- Impediments To Culture Of Peace (Deccan Herald, E P Menon, Nov 08, 2005)
Life for everyone in the world needs to be quantitatively and qualitatively equal
- For Those Who Love The Beauty Of Nature (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Nov 08, 2005)
It’s a charming valley which need be explored, A R Bhat writes on the topography, history and the landscape of a lovely piece of land called Gurez
- The Road To N(i)rwana! (Tribune, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 08, 2005)
A weekend visit to Sirsa with a driver new to the route turned out to be a bittersweet experience.
- U.S. Urges India To Permit More Foreign Ownership (Reuters, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 08, 2005)
India's economy could benefit greatly from permitting U.S. and other foreign firms to take a greater ownership role in its financial sector, U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow said on Monday.
- They Said It (Deccan Herald, H N ANANDA, Nov 08, 2005)
Each looks after his own interest or looks the other way when it rains in Bangalore
- Tutelary Deity (Hindu, S. N. Kandaswamy, Nov 08, 2005)
THIS BOOK is mainly based on the myths and legends of Sri Renukadevi, the tutelary deity of the Kammavar community, who migrated to Tamil Nadu from Andhra, nearly 400 years ago.
- World Energy Outlook — A Global High-Tension Act (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Nov 08, 2005)
As development triggers increasing demand for energy, the producing and using countries will have to do a balancing act so that economic growth remains unaffected.
- Mulayam’S Gamble-Left Confronted With A Tricky Choice (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 08, 2005)
The idea of a third front that cropped up when Harkishen Singh Surjeet was CPI-M general secretary was a non-starter. The next best option for the Left was to support the Congress-led UPA to check the NDA.
- We Will Tackle Naxal Problem’ (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Nov 08, 2005)
“Threatening calls from naxalites are common,” noted Chief Minister N Dharam Singh, adding that naxal activities were on the rise in the State.
- God's Manifestation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2005)
The scriptures recommend Lord Subramanya (Muruga) for worship among the Vedic deities to overcome the ills of this Kali age.
- Work Starts On Hi-Tech Weaving Park At Perumpalli (Hindu, M. Gunasekaran, Nov 08, 2005)
After a delay of nearly a year, construction work has begun at Perumpalli, 20 km from here, on the Palladam Hi-Tech Weaving Park (PHWP).
- From The Blurb (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2005)
The Nice Guy Who Finished First — A Biography of Rahul Dravid: Devendra Prabhudesai; Rupa & Co., 7/16, Ansari Road, Daryaganj, New Delhi-110002. Rs. 295.
- Voters Waking Up After Four Years (Hindu, Naomi Wolf, Nov 08, 2005)
George Bush made his white constituency feel good about themselves, but no longer. Citizens are rediscovering democracy.
- The State Withdraws — At What Cost? (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 08, 2005)
The game plan appears to be to let private players seek profit in the space vacated by the state, especially in the social sectors.
- An Agenda For Safta’S Dhaka Summit (The Financial Express, Nagesh Kumar, Nov 08, 2005)
The thirteenth summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) will be taking place over the coming weekend in Dhaka,
- India To Take A Joint Stand On Iran Nuke Issue With Russia And China (India Daily, Balaji Reddy, Nov 08, 2005)
India is holding Foreign Minister level consultation with China and Russia to oppose refering Iran to security council.
- Restoring Heritage Back To Glory (Deccan Herald, Special Correspondent, The Hindu, Nov 08, 2005)
With the signing of the MoU between the Karnataka government and the Hampi Foundation on October 18, the stage is set for the restoration of a part of the World Heritage site of Hampi, Nirmala Rao tells us.
- Indo-Us Air Exercises Begin Today (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2005)
The CPM is planning a massive demonstration in front of the airbase to protest against the exercises.
- Bonnet Macaque Tops In Wildlife Survey In Kanyakumari District (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2005)
Joint initiative by Forest department staff and students of various colleges
- Welcome Rethink On F-16s (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2005)
President Pervez Musharraf has told the BBC that his government has decided to postpone the purchase of F-16 fighter planes — worth a couple of billion dollars
- High And Dry On Vanishing Rivers (Hindu, Tom Phillips, Nov 07, 2005)
According to environmental groups, the drought in the Amazon region is a direct result of deforestation and global warming.
- Reconsideration Of F-16s Deal (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Nov 07, 2005)
President Musharraf has said that Pakistan has deferred the purchase of F-16s warplanes from the United States. He was talking to newsmen in Muzaffarabad during his visit to quake devastated areas on Eid day.
- The Aravali Region Under Threat (Hindu, Sunny Sebastian, Nov 07, 2005)
Uncontrolled mining for marble poses a grave danger to the Aravali region in Rajasthan — a barrier checking the spread of the Thar northwards.
- Iran: Building On The Revolutionary Agenda (Hindu, M.K. Bhadrakumar, Nov 07, 2005)
By saying Israel should be wiped off the face of the earth, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has underscored the point that the national consolidation of opinion is his ultimate strength.
- A Wing-Wing Strategy (Indian Express, Jasjit Singh, Nov 07, 2005)
The decision of the Left parties to publicly demonstrate and try to disrupt the India-USA air exercises being held in West Bengal raises many doubts,
- Protest Misplaced (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Nov 07, 2005)
The IAF stands to gain from exercises with the US air force
- Sleepy Elephant, Hungry Dragon (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Nov 07, 2005)
When the leaders of the subcontinent gather in two weeks at the long delayed South Asian summit in Dhaka, the venue might be more important than the easily forgettable final declaration they would put together.
- The Elusive Mass Transit (Dawn, Kunwar Idris, Nov 07, 2005)
A mass transit system for Karachi has become an excruciating joke for two generations of the residents of the city.
- India Poised To Grow In Opd Segment (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2005)
While outsourcing of works to the BPOs based in India has already stolen the sleeps of many, another key emerging area that has eyed even another greater chunk of overseas market is soon going to hit them more without making enough noise.
- Minister Bows Out (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 07, 2005)
Union Minister of State for Water Resources Jaiprakash Narain Yadav had no alternative but to resign from his post.
- No Smoke Without Fire (Tribune, Joginder Singh, Nov 07, 2005)
In 1996 the UN imposed trade sanctions on Iraq, which meant that no country could trade with it.
- Dhaka’S Coming Of Age (Dawn, Murtaza Razvi, Nov 07, 2005)
Dhaka seven years ago looked like an adolescent unsure of itself: it was a disorderly, chaos-ridden, confused and unconfident child that its parents seemed to have all but abandoned it.
- B`lore To Host Airport Infrastructure Expo In Dec (Business Standard, Mahesh Kulkarni, Nov 07, 2005)
Bangalore, which hosts India’s biggest airshow — Aero India— once in two years, is now getting ready to host yet another international event in the aviation industry.
- ‘India Gdp Growth @8-10%’ (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2005)
Adopting a "cautiously optimistic" outlook on the economy, leading economists today pitched for reforms and improvement in infrastructure to push up GDP growth to 8-10 per cent in the 11th plan period.
- What The Crisis Demands (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 07, 2005)
Wednesday's announcement by the federal relief commissioner raising the death toll for the Oct. 8 earthquake from 57,597 to 73,276 will perhaps drive home the point that the country faces a rescue, relief and rehabilitation task of enormous magnitude. . .
- No Contratualism Please (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2005)
They appoint candidates with a pack of promises that ultimately turns out to be hollow, Ghulam Nabi Faroqi appeals to the new government to do away with contractualism as it means nothing but exploitation
Mufti led government,
- Flying With Butterflies (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 07, 2005)
A lone pilot has tracked millions of monarch butterflies on their epic annual migration from Canada to Mexico, touching down near their remote highland roost at the end of a 10-week odyssey in an ultra-light plane decked out in their gaudy wing colours.
- Outsourcing Captures Europe's Imagination (Business Line, Mohan Murti, Nov 07, 2005)
Some will cringe at, though others may delight in, a dictionary that defines historic monuments as `fixed assets' and lemons as `defective capital goods'.
- Taking Risks (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 07, 2005)
What the Calcutta police give with their right hand, they take away with their left. After a splendid performance in traffic management during Durga Puja and in controlling noise pollution during Kali Puja,
- Trade Ministers Including The U.S., Brazil, India, Japan And The Eu Meet In London And . . . (India Daily, Kiran Chaube, Nov 06, 2005)
The countries look eye-to-eye trying to stop a trade storm that can devastate the whole world.
- Rs. 25 Crores To Upgrade Facilities In Dharmapuri, Krishnagiri Ghs (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2005)
Proposal to construct 30-bed hospitals in 106 panchayat unions
- Champion Of The Woods (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2005)
Sunderlal Bahuguna is 79 but he has the same fire and zing in him to protect the forests, its people and the environment as he had when he joined the Freedom movement at the age of 13. Born by the Ganga and inspired by the lofty Himalayas, . . .
- Against Insularity In Literature And Criticism (Hindu, HIMANSU S. MOHAPATRA, Nov 06, 2005)
Boulton's writing makes up in clarity and vigour for what it lacks in sleekness.
- Aspects Of Earthquake (Daily Excelsior, Dr Nater Singh Raina, Nov 06, 2005)
An earthquake is a motion of the ground surface ranging from a faint tremor to a wild motion capable of shaking buildings apart and causing gaping fissures to open up in the ground.
- Water In The Pipe (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 06, 2005)
Chennai gets Diwali gift but India faces crisis
- No Trivial Gains, These (Indian Express, Raja Menon, Nov 06, 2005)
The country’s strategic future is under debate, as it was in 1998 before the nuclear tests.
- Forum For Men Of Mind And Matter (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2005)
The Silicon Valley of India is all set to add another colourful feather to its cap when President A P J Abdul Kalam formally inaugurates on November 21 the BIC ......
- Power Source That Turns Physics On Its Head (Deccan Herald, Alok Jha, Nov 06, 2005)
It seems too good to be true: a new source of near-limitless power that costs virtually nothing, uses tiny amounts of water as its fuel and produces next to no waste.....
- Rs 500 Cr Likely For State Flood Relief (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2005)
An all-party team has asked the PM to release Rs 1,167 cr for relief work in rain-hit Bangalore and the districts and also demanded classical status for Kannada.
- Economists Pitch For Further Reforms (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2005)
GDP growth of 8-10 p.c. in Eleventh Plan `feasible'
- Big-Bang Reforms Must To Goad Growth: Experts (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2005)
Calling for speedy implementation of VAT, the economists urged the government to bring in Goods and Services Tax by integrating the Excise and Service Tax.
- Gandhian Values A Panacea, Says Gopinathan Nair (Hindu, Prachi Pinglay, Nov 06, 2005)
"Mahatma said the lowest stratum has to be uplifted first. It has not been done"
An advocate of Gram Swaraj
Refers to the absence of dignity of labour
- Immigrants' Progress (Hindu, RENUKA RAJARATNAM, Nov 06, 2005)
Zadie Smith's oeuvre draws inspiration from an incredibly layered complexity of life. RENUKA RAJARATNAM
- A Blend Of Kathakali And The Novel (Hindu, M. MUKUNDAN, Nov 06, 2005)
Anita Nair writes about man-woman relationships and complex Kathakali aesthetics with equal felicity. M. MUKUNDAN
- Development Takes A Heavy Toll Here (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2005)
Uttaranchal is fast emerging as a new “energy state” thanks to scores of hydel projects which are all set to generate 13,000 MW of power in the next three to four years.
- Environment Policy: Designed For Disaster (Deccan Herald, Bittu Saghal, Nov 06, 2005)
According to India’s 10th Plan Document: “The pricing structure for water needs a serious review to reflect the scarcity value of water.” I would paraphrase that line to read: “The pricing structure for water sources needs a serious review to reflect ....
- The Trouble With Haphazard Mining (Hindu, Sunny Sebastian, Nov 05, 2005)
Hillocks are being flattened in the Aravalis in Rajasthan in the quest for marble.
- Animal Experiments, With Safeguards (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 05, 2005)
By suggesting a relaxation of norms for clearance of animal experiments, President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has brought into focus an issue that has been dogging pharmaceutical companies and other institutions that use animals for scientific research.
- No Trivial Gains, These (Indian Express, Raja Menon, Nov 05, 2005)
The country’s strategic future is under debate, as it was in 1998 before the nuclear tests.
- Water In The Pipe (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 05, 2005)
Citizens of Chennai received a special Deepavali gift from Chief Minister Jayalalithaa - daily water supply. The chief minister said because of heavy rains, storage in the city’s reservoirs had reached nearly 50 percent of their fully capacity, and there
- When The Earth Shook And Rumbled (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Nov 05, 2005)
The Hindi word bhookump conveys the violence and horror of what actually takes place better than the Urdu words bhoochaal or zalzalaa (tremor), or the English description earthquake.
- U.S., U.K. Can Learn From The Gandhian Way: Amartya Sen (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2005)
The Mahatma's response towards terrorism was not soft, says economist
- House Arrest (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Nov 05, 2005)
It is time we change rules about allotting government (read public) bungalows and flats for MPs, eminent artists, dancers, men of letters and journalists in Delhi.
- S&p Rates Tata Steel, Infosys Above Sovereign (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2005)
Earlier, SBI and ICICI Bank were assigned ratings higher than that of sovereign rating .
- Are The Fed’S Growth Concerns Overdone? (The Financial Express, V ANANTHA NAGESWARAN, Nov 05, 2005)
The Federal Reserve raised the overnight federal funds rate to 4% this week.
- It Is Not Best That We Should All Think Alike (Business Line, D. Murali , Nov 05, 2005)
When Bombay thought of a motorbus service in the early 20th century, there were two main objections: One, the service would be expensive; and two, the accident rate would go up.
- Tea Anyone? (Hindu, SUBHA J. RAO, Nov 05, 2005)
Check out the tea estates at Kavarkal on Valparai Road
- Rbi Pitches For Growth With Stability (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Nov 05, 2005)
Even while expressing concern over inflationary expectations, the RBI's Mid-term Review of Annual Policy Statement for 2005-06 has refrained from tinkering with either the Bank Rate or the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) so as not to disturb the robust growth...
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