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Articles 521 through 620 of 20587:
- Taking The Pm For A Ride (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Nov 03, 2006)
If a Cabinet reshuffle is the government’s idea of driving out bad vaastu that may exist around the Prime Minister, it may be time for a quick re-reshuffle.
- Retire Them At 60 (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 03, 2006)
While Indians live longer than before, the Punjab Government has reportedly dropped the move to raise the age of retirement of its employees from 58 to 60.
- ‘Militants’ Kill Indian Soldier In Kashmir (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2006)
Suspected militants shot and killed a soldier and critically wounded another on Thursday in a busy market in Srinagar, the main city of Indian-held Kashmir, police said.
- India Does Not Belong To Any Single Race: Manmohan (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2006)
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Thursday that the “nation does not belong to any single race”, and called for Muslims and other minorities to get their fair share of public and private jobs in India.
- Panel Suggests Drastic Measures For Indian Muslims’ Welfare (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Nov 03, 2006)
A panel, formed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh last year to study the social, economic and educational status of Indian Muslims, has called for “drastic measures” to end deprivation and backwardness in the Muslim community.
- Astrazeneca Urged To Use £4bn Cash Pile (Times Online (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2006)
Major shareholders in AstraZeneca are demanding that executives at the pharmaceuticals group plunder its $4 billion (£2.1 billion) cash pile to rebuild its weak pipeline of new drugs with new acquisitions, The Times has learnt.
- Gunfire Mars A Night Out (Washington Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2006)
Gunfire broke out between two groups at a massive Halloween street party in the city's Castro district, wounding at least 10 persons, including bystanders, police said yesterday.
- World's Seafood Stock Depleting, Study Says (Washington Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2006)
An international group of ecologists and economists warned yesterday that the world will run out of seafood by 2048 if steep declines in marine species continue at current rates, based on a four-year study of catch data and the effects of fisheries . . .
- Lankan Jets Bomb Ltte Area, 5 Killed (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2006)
Sri Lanka’s Air Force fighter jets bombed LTTE stronghold Kilinochchi this afternoon, killing at least five persons. According to the LTTE Peace Secretariat website, the bombs exploded “on a civilian settlement” about 600 metres from a hospital, . . .
- Trade Winds (Times of India, RONOJOY SEN, Nov 03, 2006)
Helsinki had probably never seen so many Indians in one place at the same time. At the EU-India summit held in Helsinki, by virtue of Finland holding the rotating EU presidency, in October several CEOs of Indian companies besides the PM and commerce . . .
- America’S “Pay To Play” Democracy (Tribune, Johann Hari, Nov 03, 2006)
If we believe the opinion polls, it is tempting for the watching world to chill out, cheer as the Democrats reclaim at least one branch of the American state, and assume that after Katrina, after Fallujah, sanity is being slowly restored.
- Denied Quick Aid, Man Dies At Mumbai Airport (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
In an incident that underlines the need for protocol to deal with medical emergencies at airports in the country, a Bharuch resident, who suffered a heart attack at the Mumbai International Airport, died on Tuesday due to the delay in timely medical . . .
- Tropic Of Hunger (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Nov 02, 2006)
Which is the most dreaded disease today: cancer, AIDS? There could be an endless debate on this. But, by all accounts, hunger in its different manifestations is the biggest killer of all.
- Development Is About Humans, Not Just Incomes (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 02, 2006)
IN the 70s and 80s, economists believed economic growth and its trickle down effect would reduce poverty.
- Kidnap Drama Ends In Shootout (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
A team of the City Crime Bureau rescued a kidnapped person, killed two of his captors in an encounter and arrested two others of the gang in the wee hours of Wednesday.
- Beyond The Veil (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Nov 02, 2006)
Globalisation is bringing about something of a shake-out. It offers people new identities, yet they may aggressively reassert their old identities in reaction to this.
- India-Sri Lanka Forum To Discuss Economic Pact (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
The Joint Business Council likely to recommend an early partnership agreement
Sri Lanka is India's major trading partner in South Asia
Delegation going to Colombo to take part in JBC meeting
- British Airways Keen To Tap Premium Class Passengers (Hindu, T.S. Shankar, Nov 02, 2006)
India is a dynamic and vital travel market'
Efforts on to make the airlines traveller-friendly, interactive
Low-cost carriers forced BA to adopt new marketing strategies
- Lula Bounces Back (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 02, 2006)
With the re-election of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as President of Brazil with about 60 per cent of the vote in his favour, it hardly seems to matter that he had to go through the inconvenience of a second round run-off.
- Palming Off Grease (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
Along the poolside, beneath the stars, what could be more intriguing than sharpening your culinary skill! The Amatrra Spa at The Ashok hotel in New Delhi recently saw well-known Chef Sanjeev Kapoor release his 10th book, "No Oil Cooking".
- Deadly High (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Nov 02, 2006)
The adverse effects of alcohol use outweighs the gains.
- Athithi Deivo Bhava (Deccan Herald, CLIFFORD MARTIS, Nov 02, 2006)
Most hosts are adept at the act of 'browbeating' their guests into partaking food.
- Two Koreas Too Many (Indian Express, Ruchir Sharma, Nov 02, 2006)
There is a limit to how far a country can sustain a disconnect between economic and corporate performance
- Karunanidhi Urges Allies To Work With Government (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
"To achieve the aim of having Tamil in all spheres"
- ``Shgs, Women Key To Nrega Success'' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
Women's participation in social auditing is vital, says Sonia Gandhi
"If money is spent judiciously it can change the face and lives of rural India"
Government committed to implementation of the policies for uplift of the poor.
- Dengue? Kerala Rubber Farms Feel The Sting (Indian Express, Toufiq Rashid, Nov 02, 2006)
What has changing crop pattern to do with dengue? A lot, says a new study.
- Ambala Medical Student Kidnapped In Bangalore (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
Two medical students including an Ambala-based doctor’s son were kidnapped in Bangalore.
- Manmohan: No Change In Foreign Policy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
"Nation could not be tied to the past"
"There is a bid to create confusion"
Says we need peace in neighbourhood.
- Arbiters Of Morality (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Nov 02, 2006)
The French have long believed in themselves as one of the supreme arbiters of the moral history of humanity, as exercising a unique civilising mission on less fortunate parts of the world, and the ardour with which they cling to an exalted vision of . . .
- Prime Minister For Political Consensus For Development (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
He hopes that `next century will be Kerala's century'
- Pricing The Pol Less Painfully (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Nov 02, 2006)
President Musharraf has stressed the need to facilitate the common man’s access to resources through broadening the economic opportunities.
- Valiant Translator Finishes Virgil Epic (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 02, 2006)
Robert Fagles, a retired professor of comparative literature at Princeton University, feels he has come to know the poet Virgil as well as anyone in history after spending ten years translating his epic The Aeneid.
- Number Of New Hiv Cases In Quarter Is Second-Highest (Japan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
A total of 233 new HIV cases were reported in the July-September period, the second-highest quarterly figure following the record set in the previous three months, the government's AIDS Surveillance Committee said Wednesday.
- Singapore Equity Firm New Shareholder Of Sutrasegi (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
Latex-foam mattress producer Sutrasegi Sdn Bhd will form a strategic partnership with a Singapore-based private equity firm to boost sales and achieve its target of being a high-tech manufacturer.
- New Singapore Mag Takes Xxx Out Of Sex (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
Singapore's first magazine devoted to sex went on sale Tuesday, but anyone looking for lurid pictures and articles will be disappointed.
- Let The Tribals Speak For Themselves (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Nov 02, 2006)
The National Tribal Policy should be based on opening up tribal societies and giving their members the freedom to choose the lifestyle they would like to lead.
- Pm Joins Kerala Birthday Bash (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh today laid the foundation stone for a new terminal and inaugurated Air India’s maintenance base unit for its new fleet of low-cost airline ~ Air India Express ~ to West Asia.
- Global Warning (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Nov 02, 2006)
With the British Government issuing a report that indicts the US and China for activities that have resulted in a "natural calamity on the scale of world wars and the Great Depression of the late 1920s and early '30s", UK's growing dissatisfaction . . .
- Wider Dimensions Of Security (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 02, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf hit the nail on the head when he told a seminar in Islamabad on Tuesday that national security depended on pursuing defence, foreign and domestic policies in line with the needs of the regional environment.
- Stubborn Afrikaner, Unabashed Defender Of Apartheid (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Nov 02, 2006)
South Africa's last hard-line White President Pieter Willem Botha, who till his last day remained a "symbol of apartheid," died on October 31 at his home in the wilderness on the south coast. He was 90.
- Iraq War Frames '06 Vote In Last Poll Before Election (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
News, updates and insights on the midterm elections, the race for 2008 and everything in-between.
- China Throws Open Its Doors To Africa (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Nov 02, 2006)
China is hosting the leaders of more than 40 African nations in Beijing from November 3 to 5. This underscores its attempts to increase economic and diplomatic clout with a continent often ignored by the rest of the world.
- Brain Drain Or Mutual Gain? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 02, 2006)
In an increasingly shrinking world, we need a more sophisticated understanding of the national-international dynamics at work, at the workplace.
- Will Americans Hobble George Bush? (Hindu, Jonathan Freedland, Nov 02, 2006)
The November 7 elections in the U.S. cannot, alas, remove the President. But they can change the political terms of trade.
- With Iraq Driving Election, Voters Want New Approach (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
A substantial majority of Americans expect Democrats to reduce or end American military involvement in Iraq if they win control of Congress next Tuesday and say Republicans will maintain or increase troop levels to try to win the war if they hold . . .
- Priority Sector Concept In Insurance Mooted (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
Taking the cue from priority sector lending by banks, the Minister of State for Finance, Pawan Kumar Bansal, on Wednesday mooted similar exposure voluntarily by insurance companies to help the rural poor.
- New York Now Wants Calories Listed On Menus (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
As part of its assault on obesity, New York City's Health Department has a plan to require some restaurants to list the calorie content of their foods right on the menu, leaving diners no choice about seeing a meal's potential effect on their waistlines.
- Delhi’S At The Mercy Of The Mob (Indian Express, Inder Malhotra, Nov 02, 2006)
All those who had believed that the three-day Delhi bandh sponsored by the traders aggrieved by the Supreme Court-ordered sealing of illegal shops and commercial buildings would have their say peacefully, especially in view of the unanimous support . . .
- Tcs Launches Innovation Lab (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
Tata Consultancy Services has launched its "Innovation Lab" dedicated to the travel and hospitality industry.
- Metrobus Sheds Light On Early, Late Riders (Washington Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
Metro yesterday issued thousands of blinking red lights to bus riders, hoping to emphasize pedestrian safety as daylight wanes and officials count an increasing number of accidents involving buses.
- In China, A Dog's Life Comes Into Vogue (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
In most cities, taking your dog for a walk in the dead of night could be seen as a personal quirk or a byproduct of insomnia.
- Iraq War Is Top Issue For U.S. Voters (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
A substantial majority of Americans expect Democrats to reduce or end American military involvement in Iraq if they win control of Congress next Tuesday, and say Republicans would maintain or increase troop levels to try to win the war if they hold . . .
- Nigerian Crash Airline Grounded (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2006)
Nigerian crash airline grounded
Nigeria has suspended the licence of the airline involved in Sunday's crash, in which 96 people were killed.
- No 'Real Change' For Afghan Women (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2006)
An international women's rights group says guarantees given to Afghan women after the fall of the Taleban in 2001 have not translated into real change.
- Japan Must Do More To Accept, Aid Refugees: U.S. Ngo Reps (Japan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2006)
The government's support for refugees has made considerable progress compared with the 1990s, but it must do more and assist those who have already been granted asylum, according to the International Rescue Committee, a major U.S. nongovernmental . . .
- A Hidden Enemy Frustrates Efforts To Rebuild Afghanistan (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2006)
"Effing brilliant," said a Royal Marine as J Company, 42 Commando, returned to base from their heaviest clash with the Taliban since they arrived in Afghanistan a month ago. Their elation and relief was understandable, but the engagement also showed . . .
- South Africa's New, And Few, Black Rich (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2006)
Fifteen years ago, during apartheid, Lemao Motaung was a medical technician in a research lab, testing blood samples for the state hospital and watching her white colleagues move past her up the career ladder.
- Shi To Pay Redress In Shipyard Lung Suit (Japan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2006)
The Yokohama District Court ordered Sumitomo Heavy Industries Ltd. to pay a combined 210 million yen in damages Monday to former employees who say they contracted pneumoconiosis by working at its shipyards.
- 72-Hour Trade Bandh In Delhi (Tribune, Smriti Kak Ramachandran, Oct 31, 2006)
Shops in all major markets here remained closed today as traders put up the shutters to protest against the resumption of the sealing drive here on Supreme Court orders.
- J&k Lockups Safest In 17 Years: Azad (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2006)
The number of custodial deaths and disappearances have been lowest of all in the past one year in the terrorism-hit state of Jammu and Kashmir since the inception of militancy in 1990, chief minister Mr Ghulam Nabi Azad said.
- Making Sezs People-Friendly (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Oct 31, 2006)
To carry along all the stakeholders, especially the owners of farmlands, the Special Economic Zones Act should not only be investor-friendly but also people-friendly. Towards this end, some fine-tuning of the Act will help greatly, says BHANOJI RAO.
- Special Article (Statesman, Jagmohan , Oct 31, 2006)
Today (October 31) is Sardar Patel's birth anniversary. Warm tributes will be paid to him for his manifold services to the nation. But few may remember the great contribution he made in the field of civic administration.
- Delivery Huts (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 31, 2006)
Some states, it seems, are finally adopting people-friendly measures to bring down maternal and child mortality rates.
- Russia Declares (Statesman, Andrew Osborn , Oct 31, 2006)
Anton Chekhov once described vodka as a colourless drink that “paints your nose red and blackens your reputation”.
- Malappuram To Launch Aids Control Scheme (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2006)
Malappuram is the best place to experiment. Whether it is IT or health, any project can be successfully implemented in Malappuram.
- Hll Launches Two Vaccines (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2006)
Hindustan Latex Ltd (HLL), a mini-ratna company under the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, on Monday launched hepatitis-B and typhoid vaccines.
- Traders' Strike Hits Life In Delhi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2006)
Massive demonstration near Delhi Assembly; BJP joins protest
- 13k: Large Caps Fuel Surge In Sensex (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2006)
The Sensex crossed yet another milestone at 13,024.26 on Monday after hitting an all-time high of 13,035 on the back of good corporate results for the July-September quarter.
- `The Development Divide Is Widening' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2006)
Regional disparities in Karnataka are a legacy of history, as well as the consequence of agro-ecological variations.
- Americans, Americans (Indian Express, Krishan Kalra, Oct 31, 2006)
Europeans call them crazy. But are Americans really crazy or do they just want to do their own thing?
- Homing In On The Fear Factor (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 31, 2006)
A little more than a year after Parliament passed the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act (PWDVA), the long-awaited leap has been finally taken.
- How Clean Is Gujarat Anyway? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 31, 2006)
As I read the piece, ‘Gujarat brings out the scrubbers’ (IE, October 28), I wondered if the state being referred to, where the pollution control board is on its toes, was really the Gujarat in which I live.
- Meaningless Development (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 31, 2006)
Sir, Undoubtedly India is developing rapidly and getting exposure on the international platform.
- Veil Or No Veil (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 31, 2006)
Veil-wearing Muslims have suddenly become the most- feared women in Britain!
- Nigeria Suspends Airline’S Licence After Crash (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2006)
The pilot of a Nigerian airliner that crashed a day earlier did not heed air traffic controllers’ advice to wait for stormy weather to clear before taking off, the minister of aviation said on Monday.
- Using Sun To Cool Vaccines, Indian Scientist Gets Kalam As First Client (Indian Express, Toufiq Rashid, Oct 31, 2006)
The reason often given for the failure of immunisation programmes in rural areas is that implementers are unable to keep vaccines in cold storage for want of power supply.
- Another Gang Rape (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 31, 2006)
It is simply appalling. The reported gang rape of a 20-year-old woman in Multan by her former, cleric fiancé and three of his accomplices on Sunday is the latest act of violence against women in the long list of such crimes that have gone unpunished . . .
- Two Accused Over 'Fake' Hiv Tests (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2006)
Two men have appeared in court in West Bengal over the alleged mis-selling of kits which were used to test people for HIV/Aids and hepatitis.
- Haryana To Fight Aids (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 31, 2006)
Given the alarming spread of AIDS in the country, any state taking steps to control the menace deserves praise.
- A Consensus On Development (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 31, 2006)
At the 2002 International Conference on Financing for Development, held in Monterrey, Mexico, world leaders committed themselves to a new global partnership to achieve the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development . .
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