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Articles 14221 through 14320 of 20008:
- ``Green Building Technology Should Reach All'' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 16, 2005)
It is key to harnessing benefits of development and preserving environment: Kalam
Every individual should conserve 10 to 15 per cent of energy, water
Buildings should be environment friendly, aesthetically beautiful and economically viable
- Pollution Punctures The Protective Layer (Daily Excelsior, G L Khajuria, Sep 16, 2005)
Ozone layer, a protective sheeth encircling the space ship "Mother earth" is protecting all the bio-life sustaining on it from ultraviolet rays of sun.
- Icici To Auction Bad Loans (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 16, 2005)
Move follows RBI's July guidelines on the purchase of bad loans by banks.
- As India's Economy Soars, Its Airports And Roads Can't Keep Up (Christian Science Monitor, Scott Baldauf, Sep 15, 2005)
Indian airlines just ordered a fleet of new planes. But red tape and bureaucracy mean infrastructure lags.
- Jayalalithaa Inaugurates Phase-I Of Ascendas Technology Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 15, 2005)
"We would like to be a State with the right attitude towards investors"
- Week-Long Rainfall Triggers Floods In Orissa (Deccan Herald, S T BEURIA, Sep 15, 2005)
The rail-road traffic was disrupted and the municipal corporation asked its workers to remain on high alert after the city witnessed a Mumbai-like situation.
- The Challenge Before The United Nations (Deccan Herald, Maggie Farley, Sep 15, 2005)
As Annan put it, the UN has come to ‘a fork in the road’ and must reinvent itself or fade into irrelevance
- 12 Villages Flooded In Bihar (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 15, 2005)
At least 12 villages were submerged when the embankment of Kamala-balan river breached in Darbhanga district of Bihar on Sunday, while several other rivers were flowing above the danger level in the state, official sources said.
- B’Lore A Naxal Haunt? (Deccan Herald, BALA CHAUHAN, Sep 15, 2005)
An intelligence report suggests that Bangalore is among the 13 Naxal-hit districts of the State, and that Naxals use it as a temporary hide-out
- Fall In Inflow Into Idukki Dam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 15, 2005)
The inflow into the Idukki reservoir appears to be on the decline with rainfall subsiding in the catchment area on Tuesday night and Wednesday.
- Be Firm On Alamatti Water-Level Issue, Government Told (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 15, 2005)
Ananth Kumar wants Union Government to appoint a committee to examine the safety of Koyna Dam
- Dialogue Format Inadequate (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Sep 15, 2005)
Unless South Asia is rid of nuclear weapons and mutual mistrust, there will be little scope for a Kashmir solution
- Natural Disasters And Man (Deccan Herald, JANARDHAN ROYE, Sep 15, 2005)
The recent extreme weather fluctuations, as in the case of the Katrina disaster, have raised the fear of an environmental catastrophe.
- Should The Police Role Be Expanded Further? (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Sep 15, 2005)
The more immediate need is to retrain and reorient the force.
- Ensure Aircrews' Capabilities Are Not Over-Stretched: Arun Prakash (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 15, 2005)
"High-performance aircraft overloaded the pilot with so much sensor information"
- Closing Of The American Mind (Dawn, A.B. Shahid, Sep 15, 2005)
In 1987, Allan Bloom authored a book with the same title pointing to the intellectual deficit in US educational system which was imparting knowledge based on superficial coverage of disciplines.
- Poor Human Development (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Sep 15, 2005)
The annual reminder of how backward we are in the realm of human development has come again.
- Steps To Check Pollution Of Pugalur Channel (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 15, 2005)
Heeding a long time demand of the farmers, efforts are under way to prevent pollution of the Pugalur Channel in Karur district.
- Un General Assembly Okays Watered-Down Goals (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 15, 2005)
Mr Annan termed the missing of the issue of non-proliferation and disarmament as a real disgrace and urged leaders to discuss it this week.
- Katrina Blows In Lessons On Good Governance (Business Line, K. Subramanian, Sep 15, 2005)
The image of the US administration as a model of good governance has taken a beating in the wake of the hurricane Katrina's devastation. When the Bush administration took over in 2001,
- Disaster As Part Of The Curriculum (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 15, 2005)
Extracts from the government of India’s status report on Disaster Management in India, August 2004
- Reliance's Offshore Gas Find Up To 5.5 Tcf - Niko (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 15, 2005)
Reliance Industries Ltd.'s block off India's east coast may hold in-place gas reserves of up to 5.5 trillion cubic feet, compared with 1 trillion previously, partner Niko Resources Ltd. said.
- Dress Code For Muslim Women (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Sep 15, 2005)
Hijab does not suppress, but liberate a women from all traps which she can otherwise fall into, Irshad Ahmad Hakak comments on the concept of modesty and ethics in the dress code for Muslim women
- How Britain Copes With Costlier Fuel (Tribune, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 15, 2005)
They're back, As in the autumn of 2000, a motley collection of farmers, hauliers and aggrieved motorists is threatening to bring chaos to Britain’s case.
- Revamping Of Saarc (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 15, 2005)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has underscored the need for reinvigorating SAARC by sharing the best practices among the regional States.
- Bharti Posted Chief Wildlife Warden (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 15, 2005)
The Government today ordered transfers and postings of 13 senior officers in the Forest Department with immediate effect.
- Time For A Change (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 15, 2005)
The UN General Assembly session, which opened in New York on Wednesday and marked the 60th anniversary of the world body, is expected to adopt a reform package that a committee has been working on for the last six months.
- Times Ahead (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Sep 15, 2005)
Scenes of jubilation witnessed at the Wagah border in Punjab following the biggest ever exchange of prisoners between India and Pakistan represent the current mood prevailing in the sub-continent.
- Hard For Business (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 15, 2005)
Despite years of reforms and a steady inflow of foreign direct investment, India remains a pretty difficult place to do business.
- The Bone Setter (Tribune, C.L. Varma, Sep 15, 2005)
In a remote village in J&K, where I was born and brought up, there were no roads, no electricity and no running water. Doctor? only a word in the dictionary; that too nobody had heard it or had it in the village.
- Science As Fiction (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 15, 2005)
I reach for a cardigan when the weather report says the temperature has dipped by five degrees. I take it off when told that the mercury is rising.
- United Nations To The Rescue (Of Itself) (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 15, 2005)
Humanity's ability to speak with one voice is still a recent phenomenon in history.
- Environment Ministry Works On Second Tribal Land Bill (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 15, 2005)
With wildlife enthusiasts and tribal rights activists divided on the proposed bill to recognise tribals' right on forest land, the Ministry of Environment is drafting an alternate bill to tone down the existing one.
- We Take Their Joy, Give Them Stress -I (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Sep 15, 2005)
This is no way we can improve the mental health of our children.
- Breathtakingly Beautiful (Deccan Herald, B V Prakash, Sep 15, 2005)
A weekend visit to the beautiful Tonnur lake just off the Mandya - Mysore Road, promises to bring you back refreshed
- Congress Promises 24-Hr Water Supply In All Towns (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2005)
Development to go hand-in-hand with interests of poor
- Cii, Dubai Tourism Ink Mou To Boost Trade Ties (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2005)
Dubai’s Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM), on Monday, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) ...
- Work On Desalination Plant Soon (Hindu, T. Ramakrishnan, Sep 14, 2005)
100 MLD project at Manali to treat seawater through reverse osmosis
- Cm, Deputy Differ On It Boycott (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2005)
Deputy Chief Minister MP Prakash in a hard hitting response to the IT sector said the City’s strength is in its hard working people not infrastructure.
- Parleys In New York (Dawn, Najmuddin A. Shaikh, Sep 14, 2005)
President Musharraf and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will have a meeting in New York to carry forward what both of them have agreed is an “irreversible” peace process.
- Namadhu Gramam: Training Begins (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2005)
The training and awareness component of the `Namadhu Gramam' scheme for panchayat and panchayat union presidents in the district was inaugurated by the Minister for Information and Publicity and Local Administration, K. P. Anbazhagan, here on Monday.
- Democracy Activists Arrested In Nepal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2005)
U.S. to continue arms embargo
- Notice To Pawar On Model Code (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2005)
Announcement on revival of sugar mills in Bihar a violation
Pawar asked to reply by Friday
CEC Tandon promises thorough probe
- Desalination Plant To Be Set Up Near Chennai (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2005)
The Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (CMWSSB) and a Hyderabad-based firm on Tuesday signed an agreement for bulk purchase of water from a 100-million-litres-a-day sea water desalination plant to be set up at Minjur on the outskirts
- It's Time For Boldness On The Siachen Issue (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Sep 14, 2005)
The India-Pakistan peace process will get the credibility and longevity it needs if Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Pervez Musharraf find a way to bring their soldiers down from the world's highest battlefield.
- Bhel Disinvestment: Left Wants Govt’S Written Word (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2005)
Left parties on Tuesday said they would resume participation in the coordination committee meetings only if they get a written communication from the UPA government that they would not go for disinvestment of the “Navaratnas” including BHEL.
- Better Disposal Of E-Waste Soon (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2005)
A nodal agency for the management of e-waste in Bangalore was set up on Tuesday under the aegis of the Hazardous Waste Management Project, Karnataka (HAWA).
- India’S Largest Nuclear Plant To Begin Operations Shortly (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2005)
The fourth unit at Tarapur Atomic Power Plant (TAPP-4), has started its commercial operation at least six months ahead of schedule.
- Let Streams Roar (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2005)
Water means life. With it we live, without it the very fountain of existence dries up.
- Bigger Lok Sabha? (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Sep 14, 2005)
Increasing the strength of the Lok Sabha is one of the suggestions mooted by some political parties for getting round the controversy over providing adequate reservation for women.
- Timely Move By G-20 (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 14, 2005)
After their two-day conference in Bhurban last week, the G-20 ministers called upon the richer countries in general,
- An Indiscreet Act (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 14, 2005)
Monday was the day of reckoning for the Palestinians.
- War On Terror (Statesman, Vladimir Inozemtsev, Sep 14, 2005)
Let The Islamic World Follow Its Own Path
- A World Of Haves And Have-Nots (Dawn, Zubeida Mustafa, Sep 14, 2005)
On the eve of the millennium summit in New York, the UNDP released its annual Human Development Report 2005 which should help governments determine their progress or lack of it towards the eight development goals they had committed themselves in 2000....
- Not A Worthwhile Victory Over Delhi Tariff Hike (Tribune, V. S. Ailawadi, Sep 14, 2005)
What began as a legitimate concern expressed by some Resident Welfare Associations (RWAs) in the later part of July 2005 against the tariff hike announced by the Power Regulator in Delhi has snowballed into a political scrabbling among politicians,
- Gratefully Yours (Tribune, A.J. Philip, Sep 14, 2005)
Every time I meet Radhe Shyam Sharma, Director of Haryana Sahitya Akademi, I get the jitters. He usually has bad news for me.
- Treat Yourself –i (Greater Kashmir, DR. YAQOOB GULL, Sep 14, 2005)
Homeopathy is a rapidly growing system of medicine and is being practiced all over the world. The system focuses on promotion of physical, mental and practical status of health.
- Weaving In Technology To Wrap Up Textile Exports (Business Line, Jangoo Dalal, Sep 14, 2005)
In the quota-free world, no one doubts that textile production will eventuallybecome Asia-centric and the two countries that stand to gain the most will be China and India.
- Caught In A Cleft Over Clusters (Business Line, Vinod Mathew, Sep 14, 2005)
Clusters did exist in India even before Michael E. Porter analysed their virtues or before the Chinese had the SEZ brainwave in a bid to inject badly needed capital.
- Un Summit In New York (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Sep 14, 2005)
The UNDP's Human Development Report contends that the UN meeting beginning in New York on Wednesday provides a crucial opportunity for governments that signed the Millennium Declaration to show that they mean business.
- Ultimatum On Farm Sops (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 14, 2005)
Three months ahead of the Hong Kong Round of the World Trade Organisation, major economies including India,
- Prevent Its Doom (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Sep 13, 2005)
The apathy and inaction of the government is likely to cause an environmental disaster in the one time paradise on earth.
- Can The U.N. Summit On Poverty Deliver? (Hindu, Sarah Hiddleston, Sep 13, 2005)
The coming U.N. summit risks delivering worse prospects for action on global poverty than before the G8, wiping out the commitments made at Gleneagles.
- Way To Go From Good To Better (Greater Kashmir, Aatif Ahmed Mehjoor, Sep 13, 2005)
Nature has blessed Kashmir with some of the most beautiful and breathtaking natural beauty in the world, as well as endowing it with many natural resources such as water power and forests.
- The Myth Of A Global Savings Glut (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Sep 13, 2005)
There is substantial agreement that international imbalances in growth and balance of payments performance are a source of global fragility. But disagreements persist on the source of those imbalances. C. P. Chandrasekhar and Jayati Ghosh discuss
- Rbi's Annual Report 2004-05 — Pervading Optimism, Major Concerns (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Sep 13, 2005)
Revival of the South-West monsoon, a stronger manufacturing sector, high corporate profitability, buoyant equity market, robust merchandise exports and imports, and sustained demand for non-food credit, all point to bright prospects for the economy ...,
- It's Raining Packages (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2005)
Before the incessant downpour gets you down, have fun with the exciting monsoon holiday packages in neighbouring Maharashtra
- Measurement Of Corruption (Daily Excelsior, H C Katoch, Sep 13, 2005)
The J&K State is ranked as No. 2 in corruption amongst all the states of the country by a NGO.
- Accenture's New Facility (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2005)
The centre on Old Mahabalipuram Road can house 2,500 seats
- Saving The Child (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 13, 2005)
Spurred by the recent economic growth, India today nurtures the ambition of sitting at the high table of the world community.
- Exploring Fragile Himalayan Grasslands (Deccan Herald, Shishir Prashant , Sep 13, 2005)
The Tibetan woolly hare, the Tibetan argali and the Tibetan wild ass have been sighted in the ‘bugyals’ of Uttaranchal for the first time.
- A Jewel Crafted By Nature (Hindu, G. Ananthakrishnan, Sep 13, 2005)
About a wildlife haven and a people determined to pass this living heritage on to generations unborn
- It's Raining Packages (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2005)
Before the incessant downpour gets you down, have fun with the exciting monsoon holiday packages in neighbouring Maharashtra
- What Sort Of A Saving Is This? (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2005)
The World Bank-aided JSYS project to restore tanks in Karnataka does not have effective people’s participation. The money that is spent on the tanks and the surplus that is supposed to remain in the villages for maintenance are now being appropriated
- Getting On The Road Less Travelled (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2005)
He was Veerappan’s target till last year and was arrested by the police two decades ago for fighting for the rights of the tribal people. Veena Bharathi profiles Dr Sudarshan, who is committed to alleviating the suffering and pain of the poor.
- Taking Lessons In Flight From Birds And Fish (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2005)
Aviation research is looking at ways to mimic the bird in flight while reducing harmful gas emissions. Body design and materials study are two core areas.
- A Yen For Change (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 13, 2005)
Prime Minister Koizumi’s impressive victory in the Japanese elections is something of a watershed in the history of economic reforms.
- Yangon-Beijing Nexus Threatens Indian Security (Daily Excelsior, Col. (Retd.) Surendra Sharma, Sep 13, 2005)
There is a global pressure on the Myanmarese junta, which goes by the name of State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC),
- United Neo-Imperialist Organization (Daily Excelsior, Dr Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Sep 13, 2005)
A summit of the Heads of Governments is being held at the United Nations on 14-16 September, 2005....
- Sri Lanka: India Dithers, China Waits (Asia Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2005)
With India dragging its feet on a defense cooperation agreement (DCA) with Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan commentators are now calling on the government to consider other options.
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