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Articles 13121 through 13220 of 20008:
- Advantage, Ftas (Business Line, Anil K. Kanungo, Oct 29, 2005)
The mid-1990s witnessed a renewed interest in regional trade agreements (RTAs).
- Netherlands Calls For Partnerships With India In Pharma, Banking, . . . (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2005)
Identifying sectors such as pharma, banking, agriculture and science and technology to play a key role in economic cooperation between India and the Netherlands, its Deputy Prime Minister L J Brinkhorst on Tuesday said "its time to shun the long . . .
- China Beckons Foreign Scholars (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2005)
When Andrew Chi-chih Yao, a Princeton professor who is recognised as one of the United States’ top computer scientists, was approached by Qinghua University in Beijing last year to lead an advanced computer studies programme, he did not hesitate.
- Security Lapse! Think Again!! (Daily Excelsior, Dr R L Bhat, Oct 29, 2005)
All who have recently been to Kashmir would tell you that everything is normal there.
- Gujarat Muslims Await Justice (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Oct 29, 2005)
One more court case failed this week at Baroda, Gujarat, to award punishment to rioters.
- Infrastructure A Drag On Aviation Sector (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Oct 29, 2005)
The number of private airlines is rising every month, but the question is whether Indian airports and their supporting infrastructure are ready for this expansion.
- The Bhopal Gamble (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 29, 2005)
On November 3, the government of Madhya Pradesh will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the creation of the state. Chief minister Babulal Gaur, who's engaged in a leadership tussle with the BJP's favourite candidate Shivraj Singh Chauhan and . . .
- Chennaiites Coping With The Aftermath Of Rain Havoc (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2005)
Inundated streets, lack of power supply and difficulty in getting relief plague residents
- Polluted Force (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 29, 2005)
It seems to have turned into a full-scale war between the RJD that is doing everything to subvert the prospects of a free and fair poll and the Election Commission that is desperate to enforce the rule of law.
- Battling For Nature (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 29, 2005)
Even if it would serve to confirm its own ineptitude, the ministry of environment and forests should have no hesitation in accepting the army’s offer to involve itself in the protection of wild life and other conservation activities.
- Chennai Battered, Army Alerted (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 29, 2005)
It was a day when the skies opened up over Chennai, pounding it with 21 cm of rain in just five hours between 3.30 am and 8.30 am, . . .
- Dharam Singh To Lead All-Party Team To Manmohan On Monday (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2005)
32,000 houses damaged; State Cabinet decides to seek Rs. 1,167 crores as rain relief
- Next Man In (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 29, 2005)
Congress has work to erase its J&K record
- Vodafone Returns To India With $1.5 Bln Bharti Deal (Reuters, Shailendra Bhatnagar and Kirstin Ridley, Oct 29, 2005)
UK-based mobile phone giant Vodafone Group Plc returned to India on Friday with a $1.5 billion deal to buy 10 percent of the country's top mobile phone company Bharti Tele-Ventures Ltd.
- B’Lore Projects To Be Ready In 2-3 Years (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2005)
The Centre has taken up projects like Bangalore International Airport, Bangalore Metro, Hi-tech city, Hardware Technology Park, elevated four-lane expressway connecting the Electronics City and Peripheral Ring Road and Cauvery Stage IV Phase II work . . .
- Tamil Nadu To Seek Assistance From Centre For Relief Work (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2005)
Detailed memorandum to be submitted, says Chief Minister Jayalalithaa
Relief operations to continue till normalcy is restored
Restoration of traffic given priority
Bus services restored substantially
- Rain Cripples Life In Chennai (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2005)
42 cm rain in 40 hours; 50,000 people in city shifted to relief centres; armed forces alerted
Depression likely to cross north Tamil Nadu coast by Friday morning
Trains leaving Chennai cancelled
Flight schedules disrupted
- City Limits (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 28, 2005)
Urban India can barely keep its head out of water. If it sinks it takes the country with it
- Tamil Nadu Govt Seeks Army's Help (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2005)
With no let up in rains, the Tamil Nadu government on Thursday sought Army's help to provide assistance to people of Chennai as normal life came to a standstill in the metropolis and its suburbs.
- Voice Of Leh (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Oct 28, 2005)
There is deafening echo of the popular vote in the recent Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) elections. Pressure is being increasingly mounted for the resignation of both the local legislators --- Mr Rigzin Jora (he is a Cabinet . . .
- The Heart Of India Inc (Indian Express, Anu Aga, Oct 28, 2005)
First we need to understand just what we mean by corporate social responsibility.
- More Storms In The Offing, Says Expert (Hindu, Vinson Kurian, Oct 28, 2005)
Cites rising sea surface temperatures, atmospheric features
- Tamil Nadu: Chennai Gets Respite From Heavy Rains (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2005)
After being battered by heavy rains yesterday, Chennai city had some respite from the rains today, following bright sunshine this morning.
- Waiting To Happen (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 28, 2005)
There is a need for a safe flying environment at the HAL airport
- Chennai's Turn To Face Rain Fury (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2005)
Normal life in the city and suburbs was virtually paralysed following incessant rains and gusty winds.
- Chennai Battered, Army Alerted (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 28, 2005)
It was a day when the skies opened up over Chennai, pounding it with 21 cm of rain in just five hours between 3.30 am and 8.30 am, paralysing normal life, leaving more than half the cityunder water, uprooting about 100 trees and claiming at least . . .
- 'India Can Grow @8+%' (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Thursday the economic environment in the country was favourable for a growth rate of more than eight per cent.
- Coordinated Response Alone Can Counter Aids, Says Minister (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2005)
The pandemic is closer to us than we thought: Jaipal Reddy
- Manmohan: Aim At 4% Farm Growth Rate (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI, Oct 28, 2005)
Country poised for higher growth
- Perils Of Fighting Insurgents (Tribune, Lieut-Gen Harwant Singh (retd), Oct 28, 2005)
Consequent on the incident of killing of Manorma Devi in Imphal by Assam Rifles personnel and the agitation for the abrogation of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) that followed, the government set up the Justice Jeevan Reddy Commission . . .
- India Submits To The Bush Doctrine? (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Oct 28, 2005)
The Government's `bold' new line on non-proliferation is full of sound and fury but signifies nothing other than the loss of our official capacity to analyse the world rationally and independently.
- Rain Cripples Chennai (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2005)
Unprecedented rain lashed Chennai today bringing life to a standstill. The state government sought Army’s help to cope with the situation even as a deep depression threatened to pound the state, coastal Andhra Pradesh and Orissa.
- Soil Erosion By Rain Major Concern For State’S Scientists (Deccan Herald, KALYAN RAY, Oct 28, 2005)
Even as heavy rain continues to lash Karnataka disrupting normal civic life, scientists are worried about soil erosion . . .
- Don't Mix Apples And Oranges (Times of India, AMITA SEN, Oct 28, 2005)
If males and females look and behave differently in so many ways the premise that they should be taught differently does make sense.
- Reconstruction: The Need Of The Hour (Dawn, M.P. Bhandara, Oct 28, 2005)
IT IS now nearly three weeks since we were traumatized by the great Kashmir earthquake of 2005. It will be long remembered by our children and their grandchildren as an event in their lives, just as the great Quetta earthquake of 1935 is remembered . . .
- Tragedy Of 1943-Ii (Statesman, AK SEN SARMA, Oct 28, 2005)
Using A Cyclone To Wreak Vengeance On Rebellious Subjects
- Rupee: Will It Defy Global Dollar Upswing? (Business Line, T. B. Kapali , Oct 28, 2005)
Defying many predictions of a disruptive breakdown, the dollar is up noticeably against all major currencies. A burgeoning trade deficit, narrowing interest rate differentials between the US and India, and a deceleration in capital flows form the .....
- Peaks Are For Scaling (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Oct 28, 2005)
We have been here before, any number of times. If the major political parties in the country continue to behave in the manner they have been doing, we will assuredly be here for any number of times in the future too.
- World Bank Loan For Vss (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2005)
World Bank has sanctioned Rs. 650 crores for 2005-06 for promotion of Vana Samrakshana Samithis (VSS) in the State, Environmental Consultant of World Bank Reena Gupta said on Thursday.
- Travel In A New Age (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Oct 28, 2005)
In India, a new entrepreneurial generation has begun to comprehend the importance of being eco-friendly. Evidence of this is seen across the many properties that have mushroomed across Rajasthan, run by local, established families who have given. . . .
- The Other Side Of The Earthquake (Greater Kashmir, GHULAM NABI HAGROO, Oct 28, 2005)
The disaster broke all walls, rendered all lines useless and raised the question of a forced separation once again, comments
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- What Discretion Demands (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 28, 2005)
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s strong statement calling for “Israel to be wiped off the map” does not come as a bolt from the blue.
- Science, Faith And The Quake (Dawn, Omar R. Quraishi, Oct 28, 2005)
Many of those affected directly by the Oct 8 earthquake or those who have stood by and watched the tragedy to unfold seem to have come to the conclusion that it came because God wanted to punish man for his sins.
- Forget Oil -- India's Bigger Problem Is Water: Andy Mukherjee (Bloomberg.com, Editorial, Bloomberg, Oct 27, 2005)
For all the hand-wringing over how much rising oil prices might hurt India's expanding economy, a dearth of water could present a bigger threat.
- Indian Union Minister Jaiprakash Narain Yadav Of Bihar On The Run As Police Tries To Nab Him, His Brother And Rjd Candidate From Jamui, Vijay Prakash And . . . (India Daily, Anil Rane, Oct 27, 2005)
Catch me if you can tells Indian Union Minister Jaiprakash Narain Yadav of Bihar to Indian cops and justice system of the country.
- Misery Persists In Bangalore (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2005)
Deve Gowda, Dharam Singh, Ministers visit affected areas; toll 13
Two BMP employees die of suffocation while cleaning manholes
People block Bangalore-Mysore Highway to protest water logging
Life yet to return to normal in severely inundated areas
- Waste To Energy: Bio Methane Plant Mooted For City (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2005)
A bio-methane plant, which is a simple, clean and cost-effective method of generating energy from waste is essential for a growing city like Bangalore, speakers at a seminar on “Solid Waste Management --
- Spend Money On Alleviating Human Distress And Not On Fuelling Arms Race (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Oct 27, 2005)
Spend money on alleviating human distress and not on fuelling arms race
- Cheney For Torture (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2005)
US Vice-President Cheney is aggressively pursuing an initiative that may be unprecedented for an elected official of the executive branch: He is proposing that Congress legally authorize human rights abuses by Americans.
- Quake Devastation: Then And Now (Dawn, Qazi Faez Isa, Oct 27, 2005)
Earthquakes can’t be stopped, but buildings can be built to withstand them. Nearly all the deaths of the October 8 earthquake were caused by tumbling buildings.
- Fair And True (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 27, 2005)
It is not impossible to save democracy from cynical politicians. Ironically, this message of hope now comes from Bihar, which has long been the state of despair.
- Gateway To Knowledge - Ii (Greater Kashmir, PROF. SYED MAHMOOD, Oct 27, 2005)
It is part of mercy of God that you deal gently with them. Were you to be severe or harsh hearted, they would have broken away from thee.” (:159).
- Great People (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 27, 2005)
History is witness to the fact that Kashmiris have offered resistance sometimes subtly and at times violently. Be it Mughals, Pathans, Sikhs or Dogras, the Kashmiris have always resisted and detested occupation of their homeland.
- We All Have A Stake In Outcome Of Plamegate (Hindu, Jonathan Freedland, Oct 27, 2005)
This scandal offers an opportunity to discredit the entire ideology used to justify the war in Iraq.
- Tn Flood Scene Grim As Toll Tops 57 (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2005)
Though the floods have inundated vast stretches of paddy fields, there hasn’t been much crop loss in the delta heartland.
- Tn Must Not Cultivate Second Rice Crop: State (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2005)
M S Swaminathan’s evidence is of no use as he has admitted that he has no knowledge of Karnataka’s requirements, the tribunal was told.
- With Badal To Hemkund (Deccan Herald, N N SACHITANAND, Oct 27, 2005)
Climbing to the Hemkund was arduous, but Badal made it interesting and sometimes scary
- Avoidable Disaster (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2005)
Infrastructure of the city has caved in to the incessant rain
- Walking The Tightrope (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Oct 27, 2005)
Two posers have been raised by the Reserve Bank of India’s mid-term review of its monetary and credit policy.
- Micro Credit Scheme For Quake-Hit People' (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 27, 2005)
The Khushhali Bank is launching a rehabilitation programme with initial capital of Rs 3 billion to help the people in the quake-hit areas to start new businesses. Mr Ghalib Nishtar, President of the Bank briefed Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz about . . .
- Alert Against Fresh Spell Of Heavy Rains In West Bengal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2005)
The death toll stood at 13, but there were fears of it rising
- Sure It Kills Birds, But It Won’T Kill You (Deccan Herald, Wendy Orent, Oct 27, 2005)
The virus flu is subject to evolution, and needs a host of factors to turn extraordinary like the virus of the 1918 flu
- Culture Afloat (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2005)
Govt, KMC must have feet on the ground
The government and the KMC are equally confused over another fancy project that the city can well do without. A floating auditorium is proposed to be built at Rawdon Square, a culture hub being promoted
- Partners In Progress (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 27, 2005)
If no consensus on sharing of waters and other vital issues emerged in the Northern Zonal Council meeting, it was only because every Chief Minister approached it with his own narrow agenda.
- Gilgit's Wounds (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Oct 27, 2005)
The picturesque region of Gilgit under Pakistan's direct occupation is once again in trouble.
- Gold Miners’ Legacy Of Devastation (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 27, 2005)
Producers had long abandoned many of the gigantic gold dumps, around Johannesburg, alias the “city of gold”. But with gold reaching a 17-year high on the international market, the miners, both large-scale and small, are returning to Johannesburg in . . .
- Focus On Renewable Energy Sources (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2005)
Energy has become an integral part of the society and the need for power has sharply increased in the recent past owing to industrialisation and massive urbanisation at a time when fossil fuels are gradually depleting.
- Chief Minister Promises Solution To City's Floods In Two Days (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2005)
Blames improper planning in city municipal council limits on the outskirts of city
- The Real Moral Lesson (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 26, 2005)
Amidst the deeply felt sorrow and concern at this month’s earthquake tragedy, strange voices have also been heard seeking to deflect the people’s attention from facing the catastrophe and preparing for the future.
- Global Aid Falls Short Of Pakistan's Relief Needs (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Oct 26, 2005)
The donations and pledges received by Pakistan for the earthquake victims from 71 countries and 159 international organisations including the U.N. and NGOs has risen to $1.246 billion.
- Throw Them Out! (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 26, 2005)
The stunningly pungent observations of the Supreme Court Bench made in exasperation at the impunity with which the top rungs of various political parties and their favourites as also, surprisingly, some media persons, . . .
- Plan For International Airport In Visakhapatnam To Be Revived (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2005)
Chief Minister vexed with frequent flooding of INS Dega airport
Officials asked to find permanent solution for flooding problem
Airport unable to cope with air traffic needs
- ‘India’S Record On Nuclear Non-Proliferation Impeccable’ (Tribune, Shyam Saran, Oct 26, 2005)
There is a vigorous, and in my opinion, a healthy debate under way currently on a range of issues that relate to nuclear non-proliferation and international security. A number of recent developments, . . .
- 25 Transformers Damaged, Power Supply In Many Areas In Bangalore Hit (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2005)
The impact of heavy rain that lashed Bangalore in the last three days was so extensive on the electricity network that it has damaged 25 transformer centres and 51 electric poles, affecting power supply in 50 sq km area covering about one lakh consumers.
- Bangalore Reels Under Rain (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2005)
Complaints rained in from all parts and the City came to a virtual standstill. Around 100 families were shifted to BMP’s relief shelters.
- Shoot-At-Sight Orders In Bihar (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Oct 26, 2005)
62 constituencies will go to the polls amid shoot-at-sight orders; red alert sounded on border
- India, Pakistan To Ratify Coast Guard Hotline (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2005)
A hotline between India's Coast Guard and Pakistan's Maritime Security Agency will be established as soon as both sides ratify a pact for creating the link, Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Tuesday.
- Rain Claims 11 Lives In Districts, Widespread Damage To Crops (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2005)
Surplus discharge from Stanley reservoir scaled down to 1.51 lakh cusecs
- `India Ready To Open Up Loc On Humanitarian Grounds' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2005)
All care would be taken to prevent possible penetration by terrorists: Patil
- Singapore Sees India, China As Pace-Setters For Economic Growth Of Other Asian Countries (Hindu, P.S. Suryanarayana, Oct 26, 2005)
"India's re-emergence to have implications for global strategic landscape"
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