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Articles 14421 through 14520 of 20008:
- Ongc, Gspc To Jointly Develop Kg Gas Block (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 07, 2005)
The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and the Gujarat government-owned Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation (GSPC) will jointly develop GSPC’s 20 trillion cubic feet (TCF) natural gas block in the Krishna Godavari (KG) basin, subject to government app
- Prevention Is Better Than Cure (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 07, 2005)
Extracts from the government of India’s status report on Disaster Management in India, published in August 2004
The Yokohama message emanating from the international decade for natural disaster reduction in May, 1994 underlined the need for an emp
- Rs.20.73-Cr. Desalination Project For Ramnad (Hindu, C. Jaishankar, Sep 06, 2005)
The second largest one after Naripaiyur project
- U.S. Admits Thousands Died In Storm (Hindu, Duncan Campbell, Sep 06, 2005)
Washington appeals for food and medical supplies from Europe, Canada
- Dark Truths (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2005)
Hurricanes and floods are ‘natural’ calamities only up to a point. New Orleans has been devastated by both, working together as never before in the generally cursed Gulf Coast of the United States of America.
- The Modern Samurai (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Sep 06, 2005)
Next Sunday, Japan goes to the polls. Junichiro Koizumi, the prime minister, called an early election — an unusual move in a compromise-loving country where politicians paper over differences and keep governments going. But it is typical of this . . . .
- The Climate Change In Kolkata (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Sep 06, 2005)
"I am telling my workers — you have to change. If you fail to change, your company may fail." — West Bengal CM, Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee
- Keep It Pollution Free (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2005)
Civic sense should be observed when celebrating
- A Unique Opportunity To Find More About Animals, Birds (Hindu, G. Krishnakumar, Sep 06, 2005)
Animal lovers in schools and colleges in Ernakulam have some good news. The Ministry of Environment and Forests has come up a unique plan on animal care.
- State Stands Second In Milk Production (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2005)
Minister says Karnataka exporting milk powder to Singapore
Drinking water scheme, veterinary hospital and school building inaugurated
Services of 192 doctors appointed on contract confirmed
Animal diseases diagnostic labs to be set up in taluks
- Guidelines For An Action Plan (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 06, 2005)
Extracts from the government of India’s status report on Disaster Management in India, published in August 2004
- North Indian Classical Music Today (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 06, 2005)
This is a big book of essays and miscellaneous musings on Hindustani classical music, which straddles two worlds, one of pedagogy and the other of criticism.
- Canada To Back Initiatives For Clean Environment (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, Sep 06, 2005)
"We need to experiment with different solutions to achieve the Kyoto target"
- Who Is Afraid Of Insider Memoirs? (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Sep 06, 2005)
Even if mostly gossip, memoirs can generate damaging headlines when dressed up as privileged information and dished out by someone who had access to the keyhole.
- Not On The Label— Harmful Links In The Food Chain (Business Line, S. Subramanyan , Sep 06, 2005)
Supermarkets have been a fertile source for eminently readable new books. Felicity Lawrence's Not on the Label: What really goes into the food on your plate (Penguin, 2004) is one such. She is the Consumer Affairs correspondent of The Guardian
- Good Business From Bad Loans? (Business Line, Niranjan Krishnan, Sep 06, 2005)
With recent RBI regulations paving the way for the sale of bad loans, banks seem set to offload their heavy burden of NPAs, and make some hot cash in the process.
- The World Is One With The Us (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Sep 06, 2005)
Blocs have disappeared and yesterdays ‘cornerstones of evil’ have buried animosities, as nations across the globe rush to the aid of Katrina ravaged US.
- Illegal Immigrants Dumped In Sea (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2005)
At least 45 Africans, on an illegal cruise to Yemen, drowned when armed smugglers forced them to jump into the waters, officials said on Monday.
- India Offers Reward To Track Down Tiger Poachers (Reuters, Krittivas Mukherjee, Sep 06, 2005)
India is offering money to poor forest villagers to help catch poachers in a bid to save its endangered tiger population.
- New Water Connections In Tirupur From Saturday (Hindu, M. Gunasekaran, Sep 06, 2005)
Agonising wait comes to an end; process to prepare estimates for 10,000-odd applicants will commence Agonising wait comes to an end; process to prepare estimates for 10,000-odd applicants will commence
- India: A Super Power Or A Failing State? (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Sep 06, 2005)
The term “failed state” entered our lexicon, initially, in the context of Somalia, Afghanistan, and now, increasingly, for Iraq.
- Indigenous Products For Indian Missiles (Daily Excelsior, Jayant Muralidharan, Sep 06, 2005)
Some years ago, when three young scientist-engineers left their jobs to strike out on their own, they had little idea that theirs would be a spectacular trajectory.
- For A Child-Inspired Education System (Hindu, Yash Pal, Sep 06, 2005)
Children's questions do not respect the insularity of disciplines normally taught in our schools and colleges. Creativity often resides at the boundaries of disciplines.
- Why Milk Adulteration? (Tribune, Gurbhagwant Singh Kahlon, Sep 06, 2005)
The adulteration of milk in India has been going on for years, presumably in connivance with officials and politicians.
- World Should Help Katrina Victims (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 06, 2005)
New Orleans is still under water after a week since the killer Hurricane Katrina hit the US coastline that left behind a trail of death and destruction.
- Kargil: The Forgotten Land -I (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Sep 06, 2005)
Musavir Ahmed writes at length on history, culture and the lifestyle of Kargilites
- Scientists To Use Deadly Bug Against Deadly Weed (Hindu, Bindu Shajan Perappadan, Sep 05, 2005)
They are deadly and come dressed in tight yellow-black jackets. No ordinary insect, this imported biological terminator -- Mexican Beetle -- packs in a lethal punch for the rouge weed parthenium.
- University Of Madras Evolves Healthy Practices Charter (Hindu, VANI DORAISAMY, Sep 05, 2005)
The University of Madras has formulated a charter of healthy practices for its administrators, teachers and students to improve the delivery of education and ensure that the university remains internationally competitive,
- Rbi Report Reiterates Strong Growth Prospects (Hindu, C. R. L. Narasimhan, Sep 05, 2005)
The economy has shown the resilience to withstand supply shocks, but risks do exist
Indian industry became globally competitive and there was a pick up in investment thanks to a higher level of business confidence.
- Is Bt Cotton Unsuitable? (Hindu, K.R. Kranthi, Sep 05, 2005)
Bt cotton is the most potent and best available option for bollworm management in the country.
- Farmers' Siege Continues; Talks Inconclusive (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2005)
Up to a few weeks ago, the government had no plans to meet the All Party Hurriyat Conference. After the Pugwash Conference in Kathmandu last year, some Hurriyat leaders had wanted to meet the prime minister quietly. It was clear that his advisors did ....
- Heavy Downpour In Bangalore, Water Enters Many Houses (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2005)
Two killed, one injured as two thatched structures collapse in Byappanahalli
- Tsunami Posed The Greatest Challenge: Relief Commissioner (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2005)
"Situation was better handled than Mumbai floods and hurricane in U.S."
- India Offers Usd 5 Mn To Hurricane-Hit United States (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2005)
Rushing to the aid of the United States, India has offered five million dollars and medicines to provide relief the people of the regions devastated by hurricane Katrina on the US Gulf coast.
- Issues Unaddressed (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Sep 05, 2005)
The tourist season is about to come to an end and so is the first phase of the coalition rule.
- An Unjust Stranglehold (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2005)
When the Chief Justice of India, R.C. Lahoti, rem-onstrated with Parliament last month for its ‘‘unwarranted criticism’’ of the recent Supreme Court order ending caste-based quotas in privately run professional institutes,
- Now And Again : Summer Of ’52 (Statesman, MAITREYI CHATTERJEE, Sep 05, 2005)
My schooldays in the early fifties had one important day. November 14 was a holiday just for schools because it was Chacha Nehru’s birthday.
- Animal Form (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 05, 2005)
Man is described as a social animal. Yet, the emphasis is less on the “social” and more on the “animal” when you tell a guy that he is making a monkey or ass of himself.
- Rural And Urban Wastes (Daily Excelsior, Dr Pradeep Wali and Dr Dileep Kachroo, Sep 05, 2005)
Modern agriculture depends upon the external application of plant nutrients to meet the crop demands.
- Universities Under Siege (Tribune, Sucha Singh Gill, Sep 05, 2005)
Having reasonably played a good and successful role the Indian university system as a whole is under siege.
- Regs: How To Make It Really Work (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Sep 05, 2005)
The Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, though laudable, is an idea that is beset with problems
- Globalisation And Persistent Inequality (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Sep 05, 2005)
The agenda for globalisation is "dominated by the issues of free trade, intellectual property rights, financial and capital account liberalisation, and investment protection".
- Why Rupee May Not Fall Further (Business Line, T. B. Kapali , Sep 05, 2005)
A Little LITTLE more than a month after China revalued the yuan, the Indian rupee is again in the news.
- Stress Factors (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 05, 2005)
Sympathetic remedy needed
- A Super-Power All At Sea? (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Sep 05, 2005)
A recent front-page report in The New York Times described the extent of corruption in hospitals in Bangalore.
- Iraq At Breaking Point? (Dawn, Karamatullah K. Ghori, Sep 05, 2005)
The inability of Iraq’s current parliament, under American military occupation, to hammer out a constitution that would satisfy the aspirations of all of its major ethnic and sectarian segments
- Guidance Gone Askew (Deccan Herald, V C Bhaskaran , Sep 05, 2005)
Unlike at present, teaching was truly a noble profession in those days, as teachers led by example
- Katrina Selects Its Victims (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma , Sep 05, 2005)
The hurricane has left the US grappling afresh with issues of race and class in a society that is getting more polarised
- Bureaucrats In Karnataka - Nomads Under Duress (Deccan Herald, Asha Krishnaswamy, Sep 05, 2005)
The pressure for transfers of IAS men comes from many quarters and decisions are taken either at the bottom or at the top level
- India’S Mini-Multinationals Make Waves In Western Markets (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2005)
Large Indian business houses which are small compared to their international peers, are buying up businesses in developed economies.
- After The Storm (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2005)
What we are witnessing far away on the Gulf Coast of the US is nothing short of a human tragedy which has left hundreds, if not thousands, dead.
- Arms Control In South Asia (Dawn, Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Sep 05, 2005)
In the first half of September, foreign secretaries and foreign ministers of India and Pakistan would have set the stage for a meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Musharraf on September 14
- Revamping Of Health Services (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 04, 2005)
A high-level meeting, chaired by President Pervez Musharraf and also attended by Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Friday, approved national health strategy to revamp primary health care system and provide basic health facilities to people at the grass roots
- A Third World Scene? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 04, 2005)
Hurricane Katrina has cruelly demonstrated the awesome power of nature and the havoc it can wreak on the proudest efforts of humankind.
- Whither Justice? (Hindu, Shelley Walia, Sep 04, 2005)
A silence at the savagery that was witnessed by many around the country in 1984 "needs to be reprimanded and disciplined right away".
- Unwanted Sound (Greater Kashmir, SHAKEEL-UR-RAHMAN, Sep 04, 2005)
At long last there is some good news for all those who are concerned about the annoying levels of noise in the city.
- Should Congress And (Daily Excelsior, Kedar Nath Pandey, Sep 04, 2005)
Unconventional wisdom is rarely honoured. But what is happening in India in political permutation and combination is a rarity as yesterday’s friends and foes are friends today.
- A Home In Sight (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2005)
For the caged animals at Kharial village in Dankuni, West Bengal, relief from pain has finally come, but not without a price. As Prasanta Paul explains, the death of one of the lions has brought freedom to its fellow circus animals
- Bihar Flood Scene Not Alarming: Buta (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2005)
The Bihar governor denied the BJP’s accusations against him and said his reports were based on facts.
- Breaking Barriers In Panchayats (Tribune, Dharam Pal More, Sep 04, 2005)
Ever since Parliament passed the Constitution 73rd (Amendment) Act and empowered over a million women,
- Breast Food The Best For Babies (Tribune, Chanchal Sarkar, Sep 04, 2005)
Ibfan is a non-government organisation (NGO) which attempts to protect baby life and baby food
- Blair To Attend India-Eu Summit In Delhi (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2005)
India and the European Union are looking to achieve their trade target of $35 billion by 2005.
- We Don’T Have A Minority Status, Says Jamia Vc (Tribune, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 04, 2005)
Leading historian, academician and educationist, Professor Mushirul Hassan, the Vice-Chancellor of Jamia Milli Islamia is committed to changing the face of the university.
- Understanding The Past (Daily Excelsior, Arun Nehru, Sep 04, 2005)
As a student of History and having studied at La Martiniere School in Lucknow and spending a great deal of time studying and being surrounded by the 'relics' of 1857
- Powerful Indictment (Hindu, SHANTA GOKHALE, Sep 04, 2005)
`Kirwant' moves inexorably from a grey beginning to a black end, marked "No Exit".
- Coming Massive Petro Price Hike In India – Can India Really Survive The Oil Shock? (India Daily, Harish Baliga, Sep 04, 2005)
America and the rest of the world have already faced the oil shock of 2005. India has not.
- Role Of All Agencies Involved In Tsunami Rehabilitation, Relief Sparks Robust Debate (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2005)
Participants thrash out peculiar issues that cropped up after December 26, 2004
- No Instructions Regarding Alamatti’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2005)
Former prime minister H D Deve Gowda has said that the Union government has not issued any standing instructions to Karnataka about water storage in Alamatti reservoir.
- New Orleans Slides Deeper Into Chaos (Hindu, Gary Younge, Sep 04, 2005)
Governor warns of shoot-to-kill policy; Senator fears 10,000 deaths
- Centre's Suggestion On Alamatti Unacceptable, Says Dharam Singh (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2005)
Flooding in Maharashtra was not due to backwater pressure'
- A Clean Sweep For Congress At Delhi University (Hindu, Lakshmi B. Ghosh , Sep 04, 2005)
Defying all talk of an anti-incumbency factor playing a major role in the battle of the ballot on the campus,
- To Jungles In Search Of Him (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2005)
A Sadananda Pai writes about Chitrakoot and Sabarimala, the reigning deities of which have similarities in their life stories.
- A Myth Demystified (Hindu, Meena Menon, Sep 04, 2005)
A four-year study of the Bhakra Nangal project dared to examine the most sacred `temple' of India's development.
- How He Lost It (Hindu, BERNARD POTTER, Sep 04, 2005)
We have little personal evidence about Dyer... Collett compensates with well-researched reconstructions of the milieux.
- Buddha Ushers In Perestroika (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Sep 04, 2005)
Gorbachev made a valiant, though belated, bid to bring perestroika and glasnost in a decaying communist system, but failed.
- She Stays Away From Prime Minister's Function Again (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Sep 04, 2005)
It was a drama full of suspense till the end.
- Yes For Celebration; No For Pollution (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2005)
Jeeva Jeevanadharma is a phrase in Sanskrit which means water is the source of life. But this source of life is the most polluted and contaminated today, thanks to indiscriminate release of various forms of waste into water bodies.
- What Future For New Orleans? (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 03, 2005)
More than 150 years ago, the Illustrated London News pronounced loftily on a young American city.
- Farmers Protest Order To Reduce Water Level In Dam (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 03, 2005)
Members of farmers' associations in Bijapur district on Friday protested against the Centre's directive to the State Government to bring down the water level in the Alamatti Dam to 509.1 m as against the full reservoir level of 519.6 m.
- Hurricane: A Toxic Brew Of Sewage And Oil (Hindu, John Vidal, Sep 03, 2005)
We know there has been lots of damage to oil installations and that the sewage system is extensively damaged.
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