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- Musharraf Unveils Strategy To Curb Extremism (News International, Muhammad Saleh Zaafir, Sep 24, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf has announced a six-point strategy to curb extremism and said extremism paves the way for terrorism.
- Pakistan Denies Bin Laden’S Death Reports (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
Pakistan has received no information from any foreign government that would corroborate a French newspaper report on Saturday that al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden died of typhoid in Pakistan, government official said.
- Crying Wolfowitz (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 24, 2006)
When President Bush appointed former Deputy Defence Secretary Paul D. Wolfowitz as head of the World Bank 18 months ago, it was as if John Ashcroft had been tapped to run the American Civil Liberties Union.
- Rationalising Drug Prices (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 24, 2006)
A matter of pressing concern was highlighted in Karachi on Friday when a leading physician stressed the need to “end the human greed” that is pushing the cost of life-saving medicines beyond the reach of ordinary citizens.
- Awareness About Aids Growing (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
Awareness about HIV/AIDS seems to be growing among the people in Bellary district going by the number of people, particularly women, getting themselves tested at the Voluntary Counselling and Testing Centre (VCTC) at the Family Planning . . .
- Kerala Travel Mart To Begin On Wednesday (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan will inaugurate the fourth Kerala Travel Mart (KTM) at the Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium here on Wednesday evening. The mart is held every two years to showcase Kerala to global tourism players.
- Divine Feminine (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 23, 2006)
That breast of Thine which is inexhaustible, health-giving, by which Thou nursest all that is noble, containing treasure, bearing wealth, bestowed freely, lay that bare, divine Mother, for our nurture.
Rig Veda
- A Malady And Some `Medicines' (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 23, 2006)
As chikungunya cuts a swathe through seven States, several governments seem to have adopted a desperate, scientifically dubious approach to its medical treatment.
- Tough Climb For Kannada Medium Students (Deccan Herald, Vijesh Kamath, Sep 23, 2006)
The decision of the State government to shut down schools violating a 1994 Government Order has sparked off yet another debate — the medium of instruction.
- Health Ministry Mulls Law To Mandate Rural Posting For Medical . . . (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss' latest fiat is to enact legislation which will make rural posting in first year compulsory for fresh medical graduates. This will also apply to students who pass out from private medical institutions, even having . . .
- Millitants' Execution Sparks Violence In Indonesia (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
Christian mobs freed hundreds of prisoners, torched cars, and looted Muslim-owned shops across eastern Indonesia after three Roman Catholics were executed on Friday for a 2000 attack that killed 70 Muslims, witnesses and officials said.
- Disability Within (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 23, 2006)
It is not without reason that the global polio Technical Consultative Group has singled out India as one of the few countries that continue to carry the risk of transmission of the dreaded illness.
- Where The Heart Rules The Head (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 23, 2006)
Sridhar K Chari visits the Indira Gandhi Hospital at Shimla and finds that lack of integrated planning and lop-sided development mar a place that can otherwise boast of good doctors and advanced equipment
- Court And The Cop (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 23, 2006)
The Supreme Court has directed the Centre to implement a slew of measures to streamline the police administration in the country.
- Govt Pushes Delhi Bailout Law In Sc (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
The notification allowing mixed land-use in some areas of the capital was a valid legislation under the Delhi Development Act 1957, the Centre said in an affidavit filed in the Supreme Court today.
- 'Buy The Book!' (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
Did Armitage threaten to bomb Pakistan back into the stone age? Did Mush buckle under that? Would Bush launch strikes into Pakistan? No answer, just usual book promotion that seems to be the new flavour of the week.
- Not A Walk In The Park (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 23, 2006)
Walking may not be enough to experience significant health benefits, a study has found. “Generally, low-intensity activity such as walking (on its own) is not likely going to give anybody marked health benefits compared to programmes . . .
- China's Welfare Plan For Senior Citizens (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
China plans to boost social welfare and medical services for its senior citizens as the country starts to feel the pressure from its huge elderly population.
- Farewell To Arms (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 23, 2006)
For many years, I've been involved in the peace business, doing what I can to help people overcome their differences. In doing so, I've also learnt a lot about the business of war: the arms trade. In my opinion it is the modern slave trade.
- Twiggy’S Girls (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 23, 2006)
The message must be clear — Twiggy is as bad for health as tobacco.
- Pmk Design To Change Jipmer Status, Free Medical Care Alleged (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
Leaders of political parties hold a demonstration to protest autonomy decision
Apolitical activities interrupted although other sections given full liberty, say leaders
Centre had not responded to Chief Minister's efforts to revoke suspension orders.
- Dementia Helpline Launched (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
Government urged to recognise dementia as a health problem and accord priority .
- Drop In The Ocean (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 23, 2006)
Something is seriously wrong with India's polio eradication initiative (PEI). The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has raised doubts over why, after a decade of intensive implementation of polio vaccination, the incidence of acute flaccid . . .
- Cooking Up An Identity Crisis (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Sep 23, 2006)
Give them a loophole and they will, to mix metaphors, take a mile. The passing of the Gujarat Freedom of Religion (Amendment) Bill, 2006, earlier this week, is a consequence of loophole- hunters within the state’s ruling party deciding to play . . .
- We’Ll Hunt Taliban, Qaeda: Musharraf To Bush (Daily Times, Rana Qaisar, Sep 23, 2006)
US president says Musharraf committed to fighting terrorism
Musharraf committed to holding free and fair polls in 2007
US and Pakistan want long-term broad-based strategic relationship
US willing to help resolve Kashmir
- Reckless Breeding Must Stop (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Sep 23, 2006)
There must be times when you get seriously worried over the state of affairs in our country and think, if you could help in changing them for the better, what would you do? I think it is the duty of every citizen to ponder over questions like why . . .
- Averting A Crisis In Quake Areas (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 23, 2006)
As the one-year anniversary for the October earthquake approaches, it is important to pay heed to a UNDP bureau’s warnings of a major health crisis in the quake-affected areas during the coming winter.
- West, Islam In "Conflict Of Ignorance" - Aga Khan (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Sep 23, 2006)
Ignorance and rejectionism lie at the heart of the conflict between the Western and the Islamic worlds, the Aga Khan, spiritual head of the world's more than 15 million Shia Ismaili Muslims, said.
- How Tv Missed The Bush For The Trees (Indian Express, SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI, Sep 23, 2006)
The “liberal” media, not for the first time either, demonstrated its prejudice against George W Bush. While covering the UN General Assembly session, news television was enchanted by Hugo Chavez, who doubled up as Noam Chomsky’s publishing agent, . . .
- Barbs Of Truth (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Sep 23, 2006)
Kurt Vonnegut is like Mark Twain or Chekhov, extremely funny when depressed.
Imagine there’s no country,
It isn’t hard to do.
Nothing to kill or die for,
And no religion too, John Lennon
- Can't Compel Corporate Compassion (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 23, 2006)
Theirs not to reason why, theirs but to do and die, said Lord Tennyson in another age and context. Perhaps it’s time to modify that and add a word: “Theirs not to reason why not” to level the battlefield. Every profession or calling has its own . . .
- Extend Lifestyle Experiment To Countries To Benefit All: Kalam (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
President A P J Abdul Kalam today suggested that members of the World Congress on Clinical and Preventive Cardiology extend the 'Healthy lifestyle Intervention experiment' conducted at Mount Abu in Rajasthan to their respective countries so that . . .
- Funding E-Access (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 23, 2006)
Get on with it. And never forget this is only a tool for the real thing. The reference is to the Union Cabinet’s formal approval to the earlier-announced plan for one lakh ‘common service centres’ in rural areas as part of the new National . . .
- Chinese Checkers (Business Line, R. Sundaram , Sep 23, 2006)
Unfortunately for Mr Shashi Tharoor, the winning candidate has to be the one who gets the unqualified support of either the US or China, no matter what France, the UK or Russia may think.
- Mirage At The Bottom Of The Pyramid (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Sep 22, 2006)
We need to view the poor primarily as producers, not as consumers, and emphasise buying from them, not selling to them.
- A Public Nuisance (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 22, 2006)
There are public rules and regulations that are useless, a waste of time, money and effort.’
- Towards Efficiency In Doing Good (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 22, 2006)
If giving is seen not as charity but more as allocation of resources, the question of efficacy and measuring the results is critical.
- Miracles Of Music (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan, who intrinsically changed the way the violin sounded in Carnatic music, recalls how he was asked to invoke the rain gods
- 76th Anniversary Of The National Day Of The Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
Today, 23rd September, (1st day of Libra) every year the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, its Government and people celebrate a great historical anniversary, the National Day anniversary on which the proclamation of unification of the Kingdom of Saudi . . .
- India To Launch Massive Drive Against Resurgent Polio (Reuters, Kamil Zaheer, Sep 22, 2006)
India will launch an intensive polio immunisation drive in November after an outbreak of the virus in its most populous state spread to neighbouring states and as far afield as Africa.
- Senior Citizens (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 22, 2006)
Cultures like ours, unlike those in western countries, are supposed to give considerable respect to elders and senior citizens.
- Polio Campaign To Be Held In Up (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
Following sharp criticisms from all quarters on its failure to curb the spread of polio virus, the Centre has promised to launch a special polio campaign in Uttar Pradesh – the hotbed of the virus.
- Special Article (Statesman, DIPAK BASU, Sep 22, 2006)
As the reservation system India is based on caste, the government has not been able to improve the lot of the backward or the poor as they may not belong to the castes or tribes entitled to receive aid from the state.
- Who Mulls Polio (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
Saudi Arabia has made polio vaccination a pre-requisite for travellers from polio endemic countries to prevent import of the virus. Such an advisory is also being considered by the World Health Organisation (WHO), sources said.
- Training Teachers For Quality Education (Daily Excelsior, K.K. Khullar, Sep 22, 2006)
Of the famous four pillars of education teacher education occupies the prime position, the other three being pedagogy, objectivity and commitment.
- Dangers Of Used Syringes (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 22, 2006)
It is hardly surprising to know that recycled syringes are a major cause of hepatitis B and C.
- 5 Killed, 51 Hurt As Bus Falls Into Gorge (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
Five passengers, including a woman, were killed and 51 injured when a bus rolled into a deep gorge near Rehan in Rajouri district today.
- 5 Killed, 58 Injured As Bus Falls Into Gorge (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
Five persons were killed while at least fifty eight others including a dozen students injured, when a bus skidded off the road and fell into a gorge near village Rihan on Rajouri-Kotranka road here this afternoon.
- Spread The Butter, Not Non-Usable Nukes (Indian Express, JAGAT S. MEHTA, Sep 22, 2006)
If the aftermath of the Bush-Singh agreement on civil nuclear cooperation has been tortuous, with the US Senate set to vote on it today, it may be an apt moment to recall that the original principles behind the Non-Proliferation Treaty were . . .
- 9 Militants Killed In Valley (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
Nine militants were among 13 persons killed and 12 others were injured in separate incidents in Jammu and Kashmir since yesterday, while the security forces averted a major tragedy by recovering 100 kg of RDX in Kupwara district.
- Reverse Action (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 22, 2006)
Something had been rotting away in Thailand for a while. So, weeks before the nation was to let its will be known for a second time in a year, General Sonthi Boonyaratglin, who heads the army, decided to set things right by seizing power in a . . .
- Repeal This Law (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 22, 2006)
It is time that homosexuality is decriminalised in India. Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code makes homosexuality illegal; a crime that is punishable with up to 10 years in prison.
- Neon Coloured Ice Cream (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 22, 2006)
Bill Bryson is renowned as a writer of travel memoirs.
- The Conscientious Carnivores (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 22, 2006)
It is said that since every good movement needs a motto, what about: Eat the farm.
- Two Policemen Killed In Maoist Mine Blast (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
29 persons, including journalists, injured
The dead are both constables of the bomb squad
Inquiry into incident to be held.
- Nod For Massive E-Governance Scheme (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
Private sector to pick up Rs. 4,093 crore
- Autonomy Will Result In Better Facilities: Pmk (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
Centre's decision is a welcome measure and should not be mistaken
- Over 150 Held For Riots In Delhi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
Crime Branch to probe Seelampur firing; police defend decisio
- Brand Amul (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 22, 2006)
The cooperative sector in Gujarat has been in turmoil ever since Verghese Kurien resigned as Chairman of the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF). The rumblings in GCMMF were an issue of concern for the cooperative milk . . .
- Mine Blast On Bomb Experts (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
Utpal Bhakta had defused several landmines before. This time, too, he had cut the wire leading off the milk can stuffed with explosives into the dense forest.
- Rural Policing: First Line Of Defence (Deccan Herald, Bidanda M Chengappa, Sep 22, 2006)
Director General J K Sinha of the Central Reserve Police Force recently suggested that strong rural policing would suitably tackle the escalating Naxalite threat engulfing the country.
- Increasing Cases Of Depression, Anxiety Due To Demolition Drive (Hindu, Bindu Shajan Perappadan, Sep 22, 2006)
Psychiatrists say that this is pushing several towards suicide, extreme reactions "After demolition drive started, the bread winners are coming for consultation, treatment"
- Aids Control Society Chief Dubs Trafficking A Silent Scourge (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
Very little action being taken to curb it in the absence of data
- Kalam: Make Use Of Convergence Of Technologies (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
Calls for further studies in the treatment of heart disease
- Urgent Tasks On The Polio Front (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 21, 2006)
Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss' decision to call an emergency meeting of Health Ministers and officials of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Delhi, Uttaranchal, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and . . .
- Law And Justice In An Independent Nation (Hindu, V.R. Krishna Iyer, Sep 21, 2006)
If the rule of law must run close to the rule of life, a transformation of the system is needed.
- For A Touch Reality (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Sep 21, 2006)
Probably the only village in Andhra Pradesh to have gone completely organic — no chemical fertiliser or pesticides is used — Yenabavi has taken the route to sustainable living.
- Using Tada, Pota To Check Terrorism (Tribune, R P SINGH, Sep 21, 2006)
The views of Prakash Singh (The Tribune, September 2, 2006) so far as these pertain to the fact that the State should have a clear policy on counter-terrorism are commendable.
- Friend Of India, Shinzo Abe To Be Japan’S Youngest Pm (Indian Express, SUDHEENDRA KULKARNI , Sep 21, 2006)
Some people in the Indian community in Tokyo like to describe Shinzo Abe, who won a landslide victory as the head of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party today, as Japan’s “Rajiv Gandhi”. Why? Because he will become Japan’s youngest Prime Minister . . .
- Court Ruling On Animal Sacrifice Bolsters Activists (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2006)
Animal rights crusaders in Kolkata are celebrating a recent court ruling that has called for an end to the tradition of sacrificing animals in the open at the famous Kalighat temple.
- Trust The Lies (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 21, 2006)
Is Hungary moving up or down the spiral of history?
- Mediation In Kashmir Will Complicate Situation: Azad (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2006)
Asking third parties to refrain from interfering in Jammu and Kashmir, Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said here today that peace in his State could be best ensured by talks between India and Pakistan and outside mediation would "complicate an . . .
- The Probability Game (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 21, 2006)
Around 1997, I got an interesting opportunity to work in an expert group appointed by the ministry of human resource development.
- Lashkar Ultra Arrested In Doda, One Shot Dead (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2006)
A Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militant, who was involved in supply of 23 wireless sets, one satellite telephone and a large number of SIM cards and mobile headsets, was arrested by police while another ultra was eliminated and a woman was shot dead in . . .
- Havanur Grasped Those Paradoxical Truths (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 21, 2006)
In the passing away of L G Havanur, the state has a lost a personality who has made a decisive difference to Karnataka’s politics.
- Oversight Panel Seeks Ministries' Intervention (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2006)
Final report delayed by a month
- Encounter At Sea (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 21, 2006)
The frigate was at sea some 150 miles east of Chennai that blustery November morning. A cyclone had lashed the coast five days earlier. Many fishing craft were still missing. The lookout spotted a dark object about a mile away.
- 'Digital Media Business Is Our Focus' (The Economic Times, SAMIDHA SHARMA, Sep 21, 2006)
Samsung India is unfazed by the slowdown in the white goods industry and is instead focusing on technology-led products across categories.
- Norms On Land Acquisition For Sezs Shortly (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2006)
Faced by criticism on its SEZ policy, the Centre is preparing guidelines for acquisition of land from farmers for setting up Special Economic Zones (SEZs).
- Delhi Turns Battle Zone (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2006)
Three persons were killed on Wednesday — two of them in police firing — as the city’s traders, protesting against the sealing drive by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, turned violent at Seelampur in northeast Delhi. The area turned into a battleground,
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