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Articles 13621 through 13720 of 20008:
- Foreign Funding For Political Parties (Dawn, Sartaj Aziz, Oct 08, 2005)
The year 2005 was expected to be a landmark year for shaping the global economic and security system.
- Thiruvattaar: Treasure House Of Art And Architecture (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2005)
There are three famous Vaishnavite shrines in Kanyakumari district: while at Parakkai Lord Vishnu is in the standing pose, he is in the sitting pose at Thiruppathisaram.
- On Record (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 08, 2005)
India has always supported anti-imperialist struggles in other countries and taken a leading role in the non-aligned movement. It’s a pity that today the UPA government is supporting the USA which wants to stop Iran from developing nuclear energy . . .
- A Happy Lot (Tribune, Amar Chandel, Oct 08, 2005)
We have reasons to rejoice. An international survey has found that Indians are the fourth happiest population in the world. Our happiness quotient is far higher than that of First World countries like England and Canada. Only Australia, the US and Egypt a
- Running A Business Is Tougher Than Chess (Business Line, D. Murali , Oct 08, 2005)
"Failure is all around us. Failure is pervasive... Failure is the most fundamental feature of all systems," writes Paul Ormerod in Why Most Things Fail: Evolution, Extinction and Economics.
- The True Role Of Religion (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Oct 08, 2005)
Founders of every major religion of the world addressed themselves to the problems facing human societies of their time. They were clear in their priorities. Hebraic religions like Judaism, Christianity and Islam made one God the centre-piece of their....
- Careless Management (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2005)
Attention to detail would have avoided the disaster
- Coping With Variations In The Monsoon (Hindu, Sulochana Gadgil, Oct 08, 2005)
Simulation and prediction of the Indian monsoon remains a tough challenge. Yet, we possess a wealth of data that can be used to derive farming strategies tailored to local rainfall variability.
- Health Officials Directed To Check Spread Of Dengue Fever (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2005)
A request has been made to the Government to provide more spraying machines
Two machines to undertake spraying in Harpanahalli taluk
District Health Officer asked to ensure availability of IV fluids at general hospitals, primary health centres
- Kassia Plans Industrial Estate For Small Units In Bangalore (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2005)
Problems of small units ignored, says association president Hareesh Prasad Hegde
Industrial clusters of small units lack facilities
The last meeting between the Government and small units was held in 1990
- Rs. 5.24-Crore Adb Aid For Water Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2005)
TWAD project to modernise water supply system in Cuddalore
16 types of works to be undertaken, including setting up telemetric system
Rs. 1.53 cr project to remove iron content from water
Pipeline network to be replaced for 60 km stretch
- India To Build Six French Submarines Under Pact (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2005)
The first French Scorpene submarine will be ready for service within seven years
The contract will just about fill the breach in submarine force levels that are poised to decline
French Scorpene is `best suited' to the Navy's requirements
- Kashmir, Taiwan And North Korea Are Potential Hotbeds: John Reid (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2005)
British Defence Secretary condemns terrorism; favours Kashmir dialogue
No attempt to "contain" China
Islamic terrorism on the rise across Asia
- Fasting To Ward Off Evil (Dawn, Sirajuddin Aziz, Oct 07, 2005)
The literal meaning of Saum (fasting) is to be at rest and it implies abstinence. The word Ramazan is derived from the word “Ramz” which means “to burn” and here it applies to the burning of selfish desires.
- Flextronics To Set Up Unit In State (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2005)
U.S. firms signs MoU with State Government to establish a $100 million facility
- The Monsoon — Still Unpredictable (Hindu, P.S. Suryanarayana, Oct 07, 2005)
"In China, a communist country, the labour commissioner is not a problem in regard to the flow of FDI""In India, which is not a communist country, when will we be able to hire and fire workers?"
- Lee For Better Investment Climate In India (Hindu, P.S. Suryanarayana, Oct 07, 2005)
"In China, a communist country, the labour commissioner is not a problem in regard to the flow of FDI""In India, which is not a communist country, when will we be able to hire and fire workers?"
- Shrinking Capacity Of Dams (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 07, 2005)
The water storage capacity in the country’s dams has reportedly shrunk by about four million acre feet due to silting. A considerable quantity of water had to be discharged to go into the sea in the Kharif season that has resulted shortage of water . . .
- Why We Should Universalise Iodised Salt, And How (Deccan Herald, Manu N Kulkarni, Oct 07, 2005)
Iodisation of salt at the salt heads is cost-effective and will reduce public health problems due to iodine deficiency.
- Impact On India (Deccan Herald, Bhamy V Shenoy And A Madhavan, Oct 07, 2005)
Unless India corrects its oil pricing anomalies, it cannot really hope for a sustained rate of economic growth
- No Panacea For All Ills (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 07, 2005)
And now the army may be asked to control traffic. Speaking at a press conference in Karachi on Wednesday at the Press Club, where the police chiefs were present, Sindh Law Minister Rauf Siddiqui said the army’s help may be sought for “providing relief to
- Climate Change And Storms (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2005)
On one side are those who openly blame the Bush administration for hurricanes Rita and Katrina:
- Thailand Invited Indian Firms To Explore For Oil And Gas In Its Offshore Region And Invest In Setting Up Cng Distribution Network For Automobile Sector (India Daily, P. Hakim, Oct 07, 2005)
Thailand on Wednesday invited Indian firms to explore for oil and gas in its offshore region and invest in setting up CNG distribution network for automobile sector.
- Intel Inititaes Second Phase Of Outsourcing Expansion In India (India Daily, Babu Ghanta, Oct 07, 2005)
Intel Corporation starts the next phase of Indian outsourcing expansion.
- World Bank To Lend Indian Water Related Projects Us$4 Billion In The Next Four Years (India Daily, Praful Maity, Oct 07, 2005)
According to media sources, the World Bank on Wednesday announced its decision to step up by five times, its lending for water related projects to US$4 billion in the next four years.
- American Pie, Sliced Up (Deccan Herald, JAITHIRTH RAO , Oct 07, 2005)
I write this from America, from what is today a troubled country possessed of over-articulate television anchors, a country bombarded and persecuted by a plethora of inane channels.
- Indo-Us Warmth: Navy Chief Visits Us Base In Japan (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2005)
Confirming the new Indo-US strategic partnership, Navy chief Admiral Arun Prakash became the first Indian service chief to visit the US Naval base in Yokosuka, Japan, as part of his three-day visit to the country.
- Mou On Mysore Airport (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2005)
The project is expected to be completed in two years time once the land is handed over to the AAI by the State government.
- Dam Crest Gate Washed Away (Deccan Herald, Anand Yamnur, Oct 07, 2005)
A huge quantity of water from Narayanpur dam is gushing out into the river Krishna after crest gate number five of the reservoir was washed away on Thursday morning.
- Union: A Most Potent Social Insurance (Business Line, D. Murali , Oct 07, 2005)
The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is the largest and fastest growing union in North America, with 1.8 million members, according to www.seiu.org.
- Managing Knowledge Security (Business Line, Tharun Kumar, Oct 07, 2005)
Some time in the 1980s organisations woke up to the fact that employees no longer joined a place to retire from it.
- A Brief History Of Development Economics (Business Line, Alok Ray, Oct 07, 2005)
An economist's answer to the question `how to promote growth' has substantially changed over time.
- Leave Kids Alone (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 06, 2005)
Whenever politicians decide to stage a grand public spectacle, they know where to pick up extras, without having to pay for their services.
- Nobel Chemistry For French, American Scientists (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2005)
France’s Yves Chauvin and Americans Robert H Grubbs and Richard R Schrock won the 2005 Nobel prize in chemistry today, for their work to reduce hazardous waste in forming new chemicals.
- Many Faces Of Islamism (Hindu, Soumaya Ghannoushi, Oct 06, 2005)
Islam is the second-largest and the fastest-growing religion in the world. In its heartlands in Asia and Africa,
- Protest Today Is Criminalised (Deccan Herald, George Monbiot, Oct 06, 2005)
The police use terror laws to penalise dissent while we insist that civil liberties are West’s gift to the world
- Too Important To Be Left To Political Compulsions (Business Line, Kausik Datta, Oct 06, 2005)
Adherence to good corporate governance principles will make the public sector stronger, say Kshama V. Kaushik and Kaushik Dutta
- ‘We Need To Project A Correct Image Of The Army’ (Deccan Herald, Rachna Bisht Rawat, Oct 06, 2005)
Rifles are being oiled, roads painted, boots shined. An old boy has turned 225. It’s celebration time at the Madras Engineer Group (MEG) which will today play host to more than 10,000 serving and retired officers, including three British officers, . . .
- Sappers Plan To Celebrate 225 In Style (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2005)
The crowd that assembled at Ulsoor lake had a glimpse of the adventures of the Madras Engineering Group as it held a full dress rehearsal.
- Fasts Are Spiritually Cleansing (Deccan Herald, Firoz Bakht Ahmed, Oct 06, 2005)
My mother, a wise old woman, once told me, “You need to sacrifice to achieve great things.” Ramzan fasting, not only to me but to Muslims globally, is a reiteration of the same saying.
- Pollution: Transport Dept. Officials Can Levy Fine (Hindu, V. S. Palaniappan, Oct 06, 2005)
Offence to be recorded in RC book; fine will be Rs. 100 for first-time offence and will go up to Rs. 500
- India, Pak Hire Foreign Experts To Fight Water War (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2005)
Both India and Pakistan are leaving no stone unturned in the final battle over the 450 MW Baghliar dam in Jammu and Kashmir.
- Economic Growth And The Millennium Goals (Hindu, John M. Alexander , Oct 06, 2005)
With continued vigilance and determination, we should be able to banish hunger-poverty from India by 2015. But the attainment of other poverty-related millennium goals calls for conscientious and effective delivery of services in basic education and prima
- Moving Closer, Yet Staying `Neutral' (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 06, 2005)
The Confederation of Switzerland, which joined the United Nations only in 2002 and has kept out of the European Union, voted recently to allow citizens from the 10 new E.U. member-states to work in the country.
- Heartening Progress On Siachen (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2005)
While India and Pakistan did not achieve a breakthrough on the issue of demilitarising the Siachen Glacier, there is clearly reason for optimism.
- Forest Encroachment Unabated In Idukki, Says Panel Report (Hindu, P. Venugopal, Oct 06, 2005)
`Irretrievable loss to biodiversity, destruction of watersheds'
- Biotechnology: It's Advantage India (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2005)
Exports have grown by 42 per cent, says Madhan Mohan There are 300 biotechnology-based industries in India, with an investment growth of 50 per cent per annum
- Invisible In Paradise (Dawn, Pamela Nowicka, Oct 06, 2005)
My Balinese friend Ida texted me about the Bali bombs. When we spoke she expressed anger and dismay about what she called the Saudi Arabianization of Indonesia over the last 20 years.
- Are Tax Lures To Woo Investment Passé? (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 06, 2005)
If you push on a piece of putty it will assume a new shape, and when you remove your hand it will not return to its original shape, or at least not immediately and not entirely.
- In News Again (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2005)
The part of the State christened by Pakistan as the Northern areas with Gilgit as headquarters is in news again.
- Civic Elections In Andhra (Tribune, C. Narendra Reddy, Oct 06, 2005)
The elections to the 11 corporations and 96 municipalities in Andhra Pradesh are a watershed in many ways.
- Emotional Link (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Oct 06, 2005)
The report that Sri Pratap College in Srinagar has just finished century of its glorious existence has stirred many an emotional chord across the sub-continent.
- The Rare Fibre Of An Artist (Deccan Herald, Deepti Ganapathy, Oct 06, 2005)
E P Alamelu has mastered a rare art. She paints with fibre and has nearly 80 works in her collection.
- Python Devours Alligator (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2005)
A National Park Service handout photo released on Wednesday shows the carcass of an alligator as it protudes out to the right from the curved body of a dead Burmese python in Everglades National Park, in south Miami-Dade, Florida.
- French, American Scientists Win Nobel Prize For Chemistry (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2005)
The trio won the prize for work in metathesis, where molecules “dance round and change partners” to create new molecules.
- A Cultural Kaleidoscope (Deccan Herald, Shankar Bennur, Oct 06, 2005)
The Mysore Dasara is an occasion that has earned a place in travel itineraries of not only people of Karnataka, . . .
- Frenchman, Two Americans Share Nobel Chemistry Prize (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2005)
Stockholm, Sweden: France's Yves Chauvin and Americans Robert H. Grubbs and Richard R. Schrock won the 2005 Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for discoveries that let industry develop drugs and plastics more efficiently and with less hazardous waste.
- Farmers' Welfare Schemes Formally Launched (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2005)
Social security scheme to benefit 86 lakh farm workers, 51 lakh small farmers
- Forest Encroachment In Idukki District: Cec Report (Hindu, P. Venugopal, Oct 06, 2005)
Land grabbing by `the rich, the powerful and the influential' is continuing unabated in the Cardamom Hill Reserves (CHR) of Idukki district in Kerala, according a recent report of the Central Empowered Committee (CEC) of the Supreme Court.
- Fresh Us Offensive Leave Sunnis Fumming In Iraq (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Oct 05, 2005)
Sunnis see in the Iraqi parliament’s move to amend election laws, another bid to marginalise them from determining their future.
- 'Celebrate Wildlife Week As Festival' (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2005)
Pilikula Nisargadhama must indeed be developed but at the same time the fundamental rights of people living in the nearby areas must also be retained.
- A Canal Runs Through It (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 05, 2005)
Some of the large branches of the earlier reaches of the Sardar Sarovar Main Canal and the entire canal systems of the Ken Betwa system in the first of the interlinking of rivers project announced with considerable ceremony have a lot in common.
- Death Of Governance (Business Line, Vinod Mathew, Oct 05, 2005)
Pangs was the outpouring of the pent up angst of hundreds of thousands of ordinary Mumbaites. The ones who came forward were those who decided that they would no longer remain indifferent to the ills that they see all around them.
- More Equal (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2005)
Children have no votes. This alone explains the way they are often treated by politicians.
- Gandhi Jayanthi With A Difference (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2005)
Several youth organisations, schools and colleges observed Gandhi Jayanthi in Tumkur on Sunday in a meaningful manner.
- Air India's Moment (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 05, 2005)
When a public sector unit is slotted for an initial public offer of its shares, it is invariably a signal of the Government's confidence in, first, the stock market and, then, in the organisation.
- Indo-American Conservation Project Spells Green Success (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2005)
Wildlife Service provided Rs.26.4 crores to 40 projects identified by Centre
All the projects originated in India, were designed to address conservation issues
18 of the projects went to the Bombay Natural History Society
- Power Regulation: Remedy Worse Than The Malady? (Hindu, Sudha Mahalingam, Oct 05, 2005)
It is nobody's case that the existing power regulatory regime is satisfactory. But is installing private sector-friendly regulators the answer?
- Centre Aims At 4 Pc Growth In Agri Sector (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2005)
Pawar said the government aims at improving soil moisture retention and ground water recharging.
- Tourism As A Wholesome Experience (Deccan Herald, Rashmi Vasudeva, Oct 05, 2005)
When you drink that coffee freshly brewed in a Kodagu estate standing on the portico of a 100-year-old structure, you see the point of it all — of the breathless ephemeral thing we call life and the force that rekindles it — wanderlust.
- India Embroiled In Irangate (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Oct 05, 2005)
India should come up with a plausible reason for having voted against Iran, if it wants to retain its credibility.
- Chief Justice Roberts Takes Charge (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 05, 2005)
The appointment of John G. Roberts as the 17th Chief Justice of the United States was not a surprise.
- "Committed To Gas Pipeline Project" (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Oct 05, 2005)
India, Pakistan say that the project will contribute significantly to their prosperity and development
India informs Pakistan that it recently appointed an expert to look into the `economic viability' of the pipeline
- Belgium Keen On Developing Indian Inland Waterways (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2005)
With the country's inland waterways ferrying barely 0.15 per cent of the country's total inland cargo, the Belgium government has expressed willingness to share its expertise with India to increase its inland water cargo transportation capacity.
- More The Merrier (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Oct 05, 2005)
Few roads carry such challenges by way of construction as the one 83.9-kilometre long across the Pir Panjal between Bafliaz in Poonch district and Shopian in Pulwama district.
- Scientist Who Poisoned Himself To Prove His Ulcer Theory (Tribune, Steve Connor, Oct 05, 2005)
The discovery that bacteria rather than stress cause stomach ulcers and that antibiotics can cure the condition has won this year’s Nobel prize in physiology or medicine.
- Positive Outcome Of Talks (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 05, 2005)
The latest round of meetings between the Indian and the Pakistani foreign ministers has produced positive results which vindicate the guarded optimism that had been expressed on the eve of the talks.
- Relevance Of Integral Humanism To World (Daily Excelsior, Jagmohan , Oct 05, 2005)
If we subject the contemporary world- the world that has come into being after World War II-- to close scrutiny, we will find that it is full of complexities and contradictions.
- Price Of Mental Disorientation (Dawn, Zubeida Mustafa, Oct 05, 2005)
October 2 was observed as mental health day (instead of October 10 on account of Ramazan). As in previous years, the Pakistan Association for Mental Health (PAMH) used the occasion to create awareness about an important area of human health.
- Not Good Enough (Telegraph, Bhaskar Ghose, Oct 05, 2005)
Why do most products with the ‘Made in India’ label continue to be so shoddy and unreliable? asks Bhaskar Ghose The author is former secretary, ministry of information and broadcasting
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