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Articles 15221 through 15320 of 20008:
- Working Towards A Greener World (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 28, 2005)
The Alt Tech Foundation plans to plant 50,000 saplings and nurture them in local conditions to increase green cover in fertile lands. NIRMALA GOVINDARAJAN finds out more.
- Guard Against Ego (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 28, 2005)
Man's ego is responsible for his bondage as well as his sorrows.
- `Privatise And Incentivise Transport Infrastructure' (Business Line, Raja Simhan T. E., Jun 27, 2005)
Norasia as a shipping line focused on the East-West trades before being acquired by the Compañía Sudamericana de Vapores (CSAV),
- Cultural Stumbling Blocks To Excellence (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Jun 27, 2005)
India's culture — social and political — is the stumbling block to setting up a world-class research university.
- Home Of Nepal’S Ranas (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2005)
The Aurobindo Bhavan on Gangadhar Chetty Road is an unusual edifice built with no specific style of architecture.
- Co-Opting States As Exporters (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 27, 2005)
A week after setting an "international engagement" target of $500-billion two-way trade by 2010, the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh,
- Across A River (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 27, 2005)
It could be wrong to be over-optimistic about the outcome of the recent talks between the foreign secretaries of India and Bangladesh.
- Governor’S Sense (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 27, 2005)
The Maharashtra government should now quietly drop its misguided campaign on bar girls
- Monumental Sights (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 27, 2005)
Get this right and everything about handling the nation’s heritage sites will fall in place
- Accepting Children As They Are (Tribune, S. Dutt , Jun 27, 2005)
A parent once asked me, “Do you think we expect too much from our children?” How many ask themselves this question? How many teachers?
- Peacock Conservation Reserve In Bankapur (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2005)
Over the next couple of months, Karnataka will be home to the country’s first ever Peacock Conservation Reserve.
- Flood Warning (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 27, 2005)
Flood situation in Peshawar, Nowshera and Charsadda districts is deteriorating with rising water level in Kabul and Swat Rivers.
- From The Ashes (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2005)
Sometimes it seems that the most important quality an architect can possess is optimism. For example,
- Dharam Singh To Raise Illegal Projects Issue (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2005)
To seek amendment to Article 371 for quota for backward regions
- Naipaul’S Challenge (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , Jun 27, 2005)
The year 2005 will be remembered for, among other things, V.S. Naipaul’s milestone speech in which he challenged Indians to come up with a contemporary intellectual discourse.
- Throwing Conservation To The Winds? (Hindu, Bharath Kumar H, Jun 27, 2005)
`Cases of encroachment and violation of the Forest Conservation Act have been booked against two windmill operators in the district.'
- Wullar Barrage: Indo-Pak Dialogue Tomorrow (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2005)
The UNSC expansion is an issue that the existing club members are unable to dodge any longer. Thus diplomatic games are on to frustrate the major aspirants.
- Agrarian Crisis: Insights Of The Farmers (Hindu, M. S. Swaminathan , Jun 27, 2005)
Among the serious problems confronting them, farmers see access to water, credit, technology, and market as the most important.
- Alert In Himachal Pradesh As Sutlej Rises (Hindu, Kanwar Yogendra , Jun 27, 2005)
Melting of snow and Parechu breaching its banks in Tibet caused floods; no loss of lives reported
- Strengthening The Rights Of The Disabled (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 27, 2005)
Various disabilities stand in the way of millions of Indians leading a productive and personally satisfying life.
- Us Determined To Stay The Course (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma , Jun 27, 2005)
Americans have started seeing in the Iraqi sands a “quagmire” but Bush is determined to carry on regardless
- Growing Discord In Europe (Dawn, Shadaba Islam, Jun 26, 2005)
The recent ill-fated European Union summit will probably be remembered as one of the worst in the bloc’s history.
- A Trek To Heaven... (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2005)
Percy Fernandez writes about the phenomenal beauty of the Kedarnath sanctuary in the monsoons. Its sanctum sanctorum has a miniature of the Kedarnath peak. Priests say that it was this miniature that led to the building of the temple.
- Centre Sets Up Task Force On Tigers (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2005)
``10 big cats killed in the past two years in Sariska''
- Entire Environmental Clearance Process Has Been Subverted, Says Jayalalithaa (Hindu, CP Bhambri, Jun 26, 2005)
Chief Minister expresses inability to participate in the inaugural function
- Sethu Project: Mou On Dredging Signed (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2005)
Tuticorin Port Trust allotted 13.57 km to Dredging Corporation of India
- Paradise Ebbing (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2005)
Zafar Futehally finds that Kihim, once a treasure trove of exotic bird life is fast becoming denuded of their company.
- Borrowing To Fund Welfare Schemes To Continue: Ysr (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2005)
The Congress Government will not hesitate to borrow any amount to implement the welfare schemes for the poor and farmers to honour the priorities it has set for the growth of Andhra Pradesh, the Chief Minister, Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, said here on Saturda
- Centre's Policies Harming Farmers, Says Deve Gowda (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2005)
Demands `people-friendly' measures
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National Democratic Alliance Government harmed State's interest on Krishna waters issue
Bijapur aerodrom
- Social Security Bill Draft Finalised (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, Jun 26, 2005)
It offers health insurance, maternity and old age benefits for the unorganised sector
- Bengal Government Plans New It Hub (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2005)
Global bids would be invited within this year
- Reforming Police (Hindu, Maja Daruwala & Navaz Kotwal, Jun 26, 2005)
The need for police reforms has long been felt. But no one wants to do anything about it
- ``Ministry Bulldozed Into According Clearance'' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2005)
Startling, unseemly haste to organise launch function of Sethu Canal Project: Jayalalithaa
- Percussion Marvels (Hindu, G.S. PAUL , Jun 26, 2005)
Percussive rhythms are a crucial part of life in Kerala.
- Gandhi’S Bad Faith (Telegraph, MUKUL KESAVAN, Jun 26, 2005)
Gandhi returned to Indian politics in 1915. While trying to understand his politics, we should bear in mind that he was forty-six years old and had been an NRI for nearly a quarter of a century.
- How Best To Tackle The Problem Of Suicide (Tribune, Shalini Marwaha , Jun 26, 2005)
OF late, there has been an increasing number of suicides. The reasons are many — marital discord, dejection in love, failure in the examination, unemployment and non-repayment of loans.
- Lost Energy (Washington Post, Editorial, Washington Post, Jun 26, 2005)
Here's a Prediction : At some point -- maybe 10 years from now, maybe 20 -- the energy bill currently wending its way through the Senate will be seen as an enormously significant lost opportunity.
- Whither Children’S Television? (Tribune, N. Bhaskara Rao, Jun 26, 2005)
More than half the television viewers in India today are children below 15 years. Yet, there is hardly any sensitivity about the relevance and impact of television channels which operate in a competitive mode for one-upmanship in the race for viewership.
- A Celebration Of Ragas (Hindu, S. RANGARAJAN, Jun 26, 2005)
The Ragamala paintings are sublime and celestial, enhancing the colour and quality of Indian classical music.
- Older Than Us, Still Going Strong (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2005)
Usha Kris discovers the Narasimha Jayanthi, which has been celebrated every year for the past 364 years at Tanjavur.
- Master Of Miniature (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2005)
Artist Vijay Hagaragundgi steadfastly pursues traditional miniature painting in the near-extinct Surapura style, discovers Giridhar Khasnis.
- After The Launch, It’S A Climb To The Crescendo (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2005)
The new generations of the music gharanas are ready to take over the mantle. But while striving to live up to their respective father’s name, the Gen Y gurus face the daunting task of giving classical music it’s rightful space in the world of pop and remi
- Poor Overlooked In Tsunami Relief’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2005)
Reconstruction efforts to help those affected by the December 2004 tsunami have not always concentrated on the poorest, British charity Oxfam said on Saturday.
- State Apparel Park To Be Ready By 2006 (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2005)
The Rs 69 crore apparel park being developed near Doddaballapur is expected to be fully operational by 2006.
- Annan Asks G-8 To Help Tackle Poverty, Terror (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2005)
Mr Annan has praised the G-8 nations for focusing their attention on the special needs of Africa and climate change.
- Walk On The Wild Side (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2005)
The Bannerghatta National Park's main attraction is the animal rescue work.
- Jayalalitha To Boycott Sethu Project Inauguration (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2005)
Jaya maintains that further studies are needed before undertaking projects that may pose a threat to the bio-diversity of the region.
- Tanneries And Pollution (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 25, 2005)
A report from Sialkot indicating the high levels of pollution caused by the tanneries in the area should be cause for concern,
- Comrades Conspiring To Create Chaos? (Deccan Herald, Tavleen Singh, Jun 25, 2005)
The comrades claim to speak for the ‘people’ but they have never led an agitation demanding that the people get that most fundamental of human needs: water
- Taking The High Road (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 25, 2005)
The Bush administration is finally preparing to set new fuel economy rules. That’s reason to cheer, even if this hardly represents leadership.
- Improper Use Leading To Water Wastage (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2005)
Inefficient urban environmental planning has resulted in loss of available potential water resources, said Mr P S Rana, Secretary, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India.
- Healing Wounds Through Farm Research (Dawn, William D. Dar, Jun 25, 2005)
The Healing Wounds initiative aims to help mitigate present-day human suffering caused by disasters. It also generates cutting edge information and knowledge to help reduce human suffering from future calamities.
- Tanks Restoration With Central, State Funds (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2005)
The State Cabinet on Friday decided to seek aid under a Centrally sponsored project to rejuvenate 299 agricultural tanks in Gulbarga and Bangalore Rural districts in two phases.
- Politics Of Budgeting (Dawn, Kaiser Bengali, Jun 25, 2005)
The budget is a political document. It determines how much money will be taken out of whose pockets and how much of that money will be put into whose pockets.
- Price Of Cracking Confidence (Tribune, Roopinder Singh, Jun 25, 2005)
Two security breaches have highlighted international vulnerability,
- Balochistan: Social Sectors Ignored (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 24, 2005)
A Rs 46.37 billion Balochistan budget for the year 2005-06 was announced by the provincial Finance Minister Syed Ehsan Shah in Quetta on Wednesday.
- That Long Night Of Knives (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 24, 2005)
When India’s democratic structure was shaken to its roots
cutting corners ashok mitra
- Changing The Image (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 24, 2005)
GUANTANAMO Bay is getting a lot of attention lately. Some of it isn’t necessarily good. The Bush administration is now in high gear trying to change the public perception of the prison
- First Egalitarian Creed (Dawn, Jafar Wafa, Jun 24, 2005)
ISLAM, unlike some superstitious religions, introduced egalitarian creeds focussing on the uplift of society by ameliorating the lot of the slaves, the orphans and the poor as a first step to the ennoblement of human life.
- Moving Towards Closer Integration (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 24, 2005)
The sixth session of the Sri Lanka-India Joint Commission, held in Colombo recently, has taken the bilateral relationship to an enhanced level — well on the way to closer integration of the two countries and economies.
- N-Weapons In Emerging World Order — Symbols Of Power And Privilege (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Jun 24, 2005)
The differences between the signatories of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and the absence of any consensus on nuclear disarmament have created a new situation in the global nuclear architecture for India.
- Capitalism"s Future On Trial (Deccan Herald, Jeremy Rifkin, Jun 24, 2005)
EU’s crisis has obscured the fact that it has come closest to balancing market dynamism and social protection
- Drug Trial Is A Three-Legged Stool (Business Line, D. Murali , Jun 24, 2005)
When one news headline reads, `Cop accused of bribery by witness in drug trial', and another announces, `Fertility drug trial bears joyful fruit', it is obvious that the phrase `drug trial' is yet to settle down.
- The Leader Article: Failing To Harvest The Bounty (Times of India, Arun Firordia, Jun 24, 2005)
India is rich in water resources with an average annual rainfall of 1,000 mm. This translates into water availability of 10,000 litres per person per day.
- India's Drawbacks (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jun 24, 2005)
There have been copious writings comparing India and China and discussing why one or the other is more or less attractive as an investment destination in the eyes of foreign observers.
- The Railway Children (Telegraph, AVEEK SEN , Jun 23, 2005)
If the little jharu has become a symbol of how the railway children work for their life and mobility,
- A Win-Win Deal (Business Line, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 23, 2005)
The comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement between India and Singapore will mark a watershed in ties between the two countries because of the novelty surrounding the exercise.
- Master Health Check-Up Of The Big Four (Business Line, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 23, 2005)
What is the quality of audit conducted by the Big Four? On this, an important report by the Professional Oversight Board for Accountancy (POBA) was out on Monday.
- The Boss Who Disappeared From His Yacht (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 23, 2005)
In Corporate governance there are not always `right' and `wrong' answers, writes Robert Wearing in Cases in Corporate Governance from Sage (www.indiasage.com).
- Sacred Space: Karmic Destiny (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 23, 2005)
Work done with
selfish motives is
inferior by far to the selfless service or
karma-yoga.
- Brief Case: Numb And Number (Times of India, JUG SURAIYA, Jun 23, 2005)
524873? 6103421! Is that what a conversational exchange between two people look and sound like in the not-all-that-remote future?
- Middle: Making Peace With History (Times of India, ARIF MOHAMMED KHAN, Jun 23, 2005)
The controversy generated by L K Advani in Pakistan still rages. However, Advani's statements were not meant to certify M A Jinnah's politics or build a new image. They signified an earnest attempt to strengthen the peace process.
- River-Linking: India Not For Unilateral Steps (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Jun 23, 2005)
Delhi, Dhaka stress the need for convening the Joint Rivers Commission
- Hope For Siachen (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 23, 2005)
There is some hope now for Siachen. Nine days after Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh spoke of turning the glacier into a “peace mountain”, the follow-up from New Delhi is positive.
- Rural Russian Roulette In Vidharbha (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Jun 23, 2005)
For Vidharbha's farmers, the most important question is: when to sow?
- Marsh Crocodiles Set To Fly To Dhaka (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Jun 23, 2005)
Forty crocodiles have been selected from a group of 2,000; the species appears to be extinct in Bangladesh
- Is It Really Worth Going To University? (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Jun 23, 2005)
The policy of one-size-fits-all has played havoc with higher education in the countries where it has been tried, including India, and the signs are that it is not likely to work in Britain.
- Where We Stand In Bush's America (New Zealand Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2005)
Carroll du Chateau asks the ambassador to the US how he's getting on with the coveted free trade deal.
- Tsunami May Have Revealed Lost City (New Zealand Herald, Jan McGirk , Jun 22, 2005)
The mighty Boxing Day tsunami has revealed what archaeologists believe to be the lost ruins of an ancient city off the coast of Tamil Nadu in southern India.
- Bush Agrees To Sell F-16s To Pakistan, India Uneasy (New Zealand Herald, Reuters, Jun 22, 2005)
Texas - President Bush has agreed to sell F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan in a major policy shift rewarding a key ally in the war on terrorism and angering its nuclear neighbor, India.
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