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Articles 2021 through 2120 of 20587:
- Give The Devil His Due (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 21, 2006)
Just offering lucrative deals and concessions on tariff for loading will not improve railways earnings but it requires intensive marketing, says RC Acharya.
- Prayers For World Peace To Accompany Festival (Hindu, Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar, Sep 21, 2006)
Two-day annual celebrations of Lord Srinivasa to begin on Saturday
- Kannur University To Host Science Congress Next Year (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2006)
A special theme session on paddy cultivation in Kerala will be held
Nearly 500 papers will be presented in the congress
A Young Scientist Award will be given to best paper in each subject .
- Priority For Investment In Mysore, Mangalore: Yediyurappa (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2006)
A team of delegates from the U.S. will visit the State soon'
- Political Parties Take Out Rally Against Decision On Jipmer (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2006)
Bandh on September 26 to protest against Centre's move
- Change Lifestyle To Prevent Heart Attacks: Cardiologists (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2006)
In India cardiovascular disease epidemic has set in
Simple acts of daily walking, stopping smoking and using minimal oil in food are not difficult
In an effort to take the information to the public, an awareness walk will be held on the . . .
- Skinny Models To Vanish Into Thin Air? (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Sep 21, 2006)
The painting, The Three Graces, by the Flemish master of Baroque, Peter Paul Rubens, hangs at the Prado in Madrid, Spain. Anyone can see that the body mass index (BMI) of the three ladies depicted is way above the 18.5-25 BMI ‘safe zone’ recommended . . .
- Delhi Streets Become Battleground ...As Anti-Sealing Anger Soars (Pioneer, Neeraj Chauhan, Sep 21, 2006)
On Wednesday, Seelampur was on fire. It was a day when policemen had to run for cover from the fury of the traders who dared the mighty Delhi Police and mercilessly pelted the force with stones. Initially caught unawares, the police soon . . .
- 3 Shot, 100 Hurt In Delhi (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2006)
Three persons, including an eight-year-old boy, were killed and 100, including security personnel, injured as the traders’ bandh against the MCD’s sealing drive turned violent in many parts of the Capital today.
- More Noise Than Light (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 21, 2006)
The 12th Punjab Assembly has virtually completed its term.
- Thanks To Thaksin (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 21, 2006)
Political instability in Thailand has led to an army coup without the least resistance from anywhere.
- United Colours Of Peace (Times of India, SHASHI THAROOR, Sep 21, 2006)
When the temperature rises above 25 degrees Celsius in New York in mid-September, people respond as if they have been given an unexpected . . .
- Q&a: 'For Healthy Literature, Pulp Fiction Also Needed' (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 21, 2006)
His first novel, Red Earth and Pouring Rain, won the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Book, his second book of short stories, Love and Longing in Bombay, also won the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book and his latest, Sacred Games, . . .
- Aids To Good Health (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 21, 2006)
The International AIDS Conference is unlike any other scientific meeting. From a relatively small group of scientists meeting at Atlanta in 1985, the conference has grown into a powerful forum shaping opinion, attitudes and future response to the . . .
- Neighbours Troubling Afghans: Karzai (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2006)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Wednesday certain forces in the region were to blame for recruiting and arming the foreign fighters blamed for a resurgence of violence that has claimed more than 2,000 lives so far this year.
- Grand Jirga Of Baloch Sardars Today (Dawn, Saleem Shahid, Sep 21, 2006)
A grand jirga of Baloch tribes convened by the Khan of Kalat, Mir Suleman Daud, will be held in Kalat on Thursday.
- Corporate Caste System Crumbling (Business Standard, Kanika Datta, Sep 21, 2006)
Social hierarchies in emerging India’s corporate world are changing like never before. While executives in established blue chips are still considered the “Brahmins”, it is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore those in smaller companies.
- A Different 12k (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 21, 2006)
As the Bombay Stock Exchange’s sensitive index (Sensex) has pierced through the 12,000 mark five months after it crashed from the same level, many market observers are of the view that the worst is over and the stock markets are back to a boom phase . . .
- Accounting Problems Can Grow Unnoticed Like Mozo Bamboo Plant (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 21, 2006)
It may be tough to believe, but `money is in accounting', as one learns from a recent posting on http://accounting.smartpros.com, sourced from The Topeka Capital-Journal.
- 10% Mumbaikars Are Pre-Diabetic (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2006)
It makes for a very unhealthy equation: for every diabetic Mumbaikar, there is one with pre-diabetes — a precursor stage in the disease where a person shows higher than normal sugar levels.
- Calling A Spade A Spade (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 21, 2006)
To all the great self-serving sardars, who are falling over each other to politicise the death of Nawab Bugti, a simple question needs to be asked: is Balochistan's development and the rights of its people synonymous with the actions of the . . .
- Pmk Leader Flays Rangasamy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2006)
Pattali Makkal Katchi founder S. Ramadoss has charged Pondicherry Chief Minister N. Rangasamy with `deliberately' failing to prevent the strike by employees in the Centrally-administered Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research.
- Manufacturing Needs A Policy Crank-Up (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Sep 20, 2006)
India can become a global manufacturing base, notably in automobiles, components, electronic hardware and pharmaceuticals.
- Medical Tourism And Its Side-Effects (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 20, 2006)
India may be a destination for medical care-seekers from abroad, but where will that leave domestic patients?
- What India And China Can Learn From Each Other (The Financial Express, ILA PATNAIK, Sep 20, 2006)
Continuing its focus on India and China, the IMF launched two new books on the sidelines of the IMF World Bank annual meetings in Singapore on Tuesday.
- Get The Skinny (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 20, 2006)
Blame it on the soignée Duchess of Windsor who famously proclaimed that “you can never be too rich or too thin.” Fifty years on, the scales have tipped the other way and a British minister has actually called for the London fashion week to ban . . .
- Prevention, Better Than Cure (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 20, 2006)
Almost always, the government has stepped in whenever banks in India—nationalised and private banks—ran into trouble. In the last 15 years, the Centre has pumped in almost Rs 23,000 crore as recapitalisation bonds into nationalised banks to ensure . . .
- Hungary Pm Defies Pressure To Quit (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2006)
Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany on Tuesday defied opposition pressure to quit after anti-government riots he called “the longest and darkest night of the republic”.
- Ongc's Huge Outlay For Mangalore Sez (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2006)
PM to lay stone for petrochem complex
- 15 Killed In Flash Floods In Andhra Pradesh (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2006)
Incessant rain plays havoc in Karimnagar district
- Keeping Pace With Industry Dynamics (Hindu, Meera Srinivasan, Sep 20, 2006)
MBA course gives students a chance to observe global markets
- India Yaws-Free: Anbumani (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2006)
Eradication will take another two years
- "Delhi Bandh" Today In Protest Against Sealing Drive (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2006)
Major markets likely to remain closed; essential services, public transport exempted
- For Might, Read May (Telegraph, Stephen Hugh-Jones, Sep 20, 2006)
Any lover of the English language must be permitted his pet hate. I have several. But number one is the now epidemic use of may have and (separately) of might, in place of might have and may.
- Indians Struggle To Digest Claims Of Poisoned Foods (Reuters, Nita Bhalla, Sep 20, 2006)
Under the scorching afternoon sun, Babu Khan crouches over his crops gently pulling out stray weeds from his small plot on the fringes of Simbhaoli, a town in Uttar Pradesh.
- Empowerment Denied (Pioneer, RAHUL RAMAGUNDAM, Sep 20, 2006)
A gram panchayat, clinging steadfastly to a dynastic stranglehold since independence, still does nothing for basic amenities, says Rahul Ramagundam
- General Reply (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 20, 2006)
Let me begin by clarifying that I owe this debt of honour to S.F. Rodrigues the General and not H.E. the Governor of Punjab.
- Social Security & Reforms (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 20, 2006)
That the World Bank has taken notice of the weak state of social security nets in least developed countries and in emerging markets in volatile regions as one of its principal concerns should reassure the poor in these countries.
- Musharraf Seeks Peace, Justice For Muslims (Pakistan Observer, Aroosa Alam, Sep 20, 2006)
In a consistent pursuit to acquire peace and justice for Muslim world, President General Pervez Musharraf in his landmark speech on the opening day of 61st United Nations General Assembly session has again called upon the world community to take . . .
- Environmental Degradation (Tribune, S.S. Johl, Sep 20, 2006)
Environmental degradation today is a serious challenge to the life forms on the planet earth.
- Is Modern Life Making Children Unhappy? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 20, 2006)
A look into how adults can support children's own efforts to cope with the real challenges of modern life.
- Pervez Musharraf Exudes Confidence On Peace Process (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2006)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's ongoing second regime has been found to be the most corrupt government the country has ever had.
- ‘Pervez’S Regime Most Corrupt’ (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2006)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's ongoing second regime has been found to be the most corrupt government the country has ever had.
- Happiness:ways Of Being (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 20, 2006)
Do you really know what happiness is? We all seem to be striving for this concept called ‘happiness’ but what is it really? After all, how many people do you know who are truly happy?
- Govt, Under Fire, Vows To Eliminate Polio By 2007 (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2006)
India, which was accused last week of undermining the global fight against polio, vowed on Tuesday to eliminate the disease by 2007.
- Rioters, Police Clash Again On Budapest Streets (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2006)
Police and rioters clashed on the streets of Budapest on Wednesday for the second consecutive night after an anti-government protest sparked by Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany's admission of lying to voters in an election.
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 20, 2006)
Doc helps doc
Towards an end to sham inquiries
The circular of West Bengal’s director of health services is a belated effort to streamline investigations against doctors after incalculable harm has been done to the sick and the dying.
- A Mission Lost In Petty Politicking (Hindu, N. Ram , Sep 20, 2006)
In a de-regulated media environment, manipulative power games are proving to be the undoing of the Indian Newspaper Society.
- Europe’S No To Social Democrat Model? (Tribune, Stephen Castle , Sep 20, 2006)
Why are we asking?
Because Sweden’s voters have thrown out their Social Democratic government after 12 years in office, striking a blow to one of the most successful political parties in Europe.
- Dubious Charity (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 20, 2006)
The proposed move to amend the existing law that monitors how foreign funds received by religious organisations are used is a welcome move in the right direction.
- What’S Law Got To Do With It? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 20, 2006)
The campaign to decriminalise same-sex relations has received high visibility with the release of writer Vikram Seth’s public letter demanding a “reading down” of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code.
- So You Think, Thin Is Sin? That’S Not A Well-Rounded Argument (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 20, 2006)
Organisers banned overly thin models this Madrid fashion week. Then, Milan’s mayor asked designers to calculate the body-mass index of their catwalk models to ensure they meet healthy standards. Fashion isn’t about the female body, it’s about the garment.
- Old Ideas For The Young (Indian Express, Bibek Debroy, Sep 20, 2006)
India is supposed to be looking at a demographic dividend.
- Crowded Skies And Congested Airports (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Sep 19, 2006)
The phenomenal growth in passenger and freight traffic has stretched the country's civil aviation infrastructure to the limit.
- Embodiment Of Sri (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2006)
The Padukas (sandals) of the Lord are considered as the manifestation of the Divine Mother, Sri, in the Srivaishnava tradition. The Paduka is also the embodiment of the preceptor who mediates between man and the Lord during the performance of . . .
- Scourge Of Terrorism (Hindu, R. K. Raghavan , Sep 19, 2006)
Demolishes the theory that licence to religions has worked well for the U.K.
- Gadgets Still Shy Of Utopia (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 19, 2006)
Scientists gave us a future that sci-fi imagined for us, but couldn't give us happiness.
- Centre's Decision To Make Jipmer Autonomous Arbitrary: Bjp Leader (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2006)
The `autocratic' conclusion will be injurious to poor patients
New system will levy hefty charges on poor patients
Decision resisted tooth and nail by employees for the last ten days.
- Bound By Promises (Telegraph, Tapas Majumdar, Sep 19, 2006)
I had written a year back in these columns on the ‘promises’ in the Constitution of India, Part IV (Directive Principles of State Policy), particularly Article 45, on the children’s right to education.
- Solution To Poverty Is Less Governance (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 19, 2006)
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) yearly report for 2006, released last week, focuses on female migrants and human trafficking.
- Latin America’S Kerala (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 19, 2006)
The turn under the Cuban sun has occasioned general bonhomie and much nostalgia. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was awarded a rare one-on-one meeting with the ailing Fidel Castro and had many words of praise for one of the world’s most resilient . . .
- Terror Pandemic (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 19, 2006)
We are all Americans today, declared the French newspaper Le Monde soon after the 9/11 terror attacks. And we are all victims of terror today, could well be the conclusion of the meeting in Havana between prime minister Manmohan Singh and General . . .
- Somali's Yusuf Escapes Violence That Kills 11 (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2006)
A car bomb killed five people and wounded several others outside parliament in Somalia's provincial capital Baidoa on Monday in an assassination attempt on President Abdullahi Yusuf.
- It Is Not The Economy But Race (Hindu, Gary Younge, Sep 19, 2006)
Recent research into voting patterns in America ignores the elephant in the room.
- Ethnic Iranian Is World's First Woman Space Tourist (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2006)
Iran-born American telecommunications entrepreneur today became the world’s first private woman space tourist as a Russian rocket carrying a US-Russian crew lifted off the Baikonur space centre in former Soviet Central Asian republic of Kazakhstan.
- Need For Sanity (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 19, 2006)
Now that the Pope has apologised it is time to move on.
- Government Sanctions Rs.2.4 Crore Under Maternity Scheme (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2006)
Applications invited from families coming under BPL
Over 4,000 beneficiaries to benefit Assistance will be provided for first and second pregnancy Annual income should not exceed Rs. 10,000 .
- China: Boom Or Bust? (Tribune, S.P. Seth, Sep 19, 2006)
In a recent forum on Australian television, the participants debated if China was headed for boom or bust. China’s continued economic growth of around 10 per cent is now regarded as a given by many commentators around the world.
- Haj Subsidy Stays As Sc Vacates Hc Order (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2006)
In a major relief to lakhs of haj pilgrims, the Supreme Court on Monday vacated the Allahabad high court order that restrained the government from providing them with financial subsidies.
- Ap Agriculture - Government Must Go On Mission Mode (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Sep 19, 2006)
The farm scene in Andhra Pradesh needs some some real reforms, quickly.
- Infrastructure Financing — Accountability Is Not Axiomatic (Business Line, Ashoak Upadhyay , Sep 19, 2006)
The Plan panel Deputy Chairman, Mr Montek Singh Ahluwalia, wants forex reserves used to fund infrastructure projects. But what of accountability of which there is very little.
- Health Expenditure In India (Business Line, Jayati Ghosh, Sep 19, 2006)
There are perceptions that government spending on health in India, which is low by international standards, has been further undermined during the period of economic liberalisation since the early 1990s. In the first of a two-article Macroscan . . .
- Public Indictment Of Political Class (Pioneer, MC Joshi, Sep 19, 2006)
With Muslims forming about three-fourth of its six lakh population, Malegaon, defying its history of communal clashes, seemed to demonstrate exemplary social harmony when, on September 9, three bomb blasts killed 38 innocent people . . .
- Legislative Initiatives Against Media Undemocratic: Jacob Mathew (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2006)
In a democracy, media content should only be subject to self-regulation: Jacob Mathew
- Nepal Mps Want Us Ambassador Recalled (Indian Express, YUBARAJ GHIMIRE, Sep 19, 2006)
At least two members of Nepal’s Parliament have criticised US ambassador James Moriarty for what they called brazen “interference” in Nepal’s domestic affairs, and asked the government to send him back urgently.
- In The Name Of Honour (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 19, 2006)
Despitek een media attention and an improvement in relevant laws, cases of ‘honour killing’ continue to be reported from across the country, particularly Sindh and Punjab.
- Doctors Under Influence (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 19, 2006)
When a patient gets a prescription from her doctor, she shouldn’t have to worry that the drug was selected because of a pharmaceutical company’s marketing skills.
- Local Governments Still Dysfunctional (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Sep 19, 2006)
More than five years down the line, the local government system, brought in with so much fanfare, lies in ruins. People continue to suffer from a lack of civic amenities and good governance just as they did when this system was not in place.
- After 43 Years Locked Away, This Woman Gets A Second Shot At Justice (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2006)
On Wednesday, Sarla’s case will come up before a court of the National Human Rights Commission. It’s the second shot at justice for a woman who fell through the cracks of the judicial system 43 years ago.
- We Cannot Afford Prejudices Against Islam (News International, Karen Armstrong, Sep 19, 2006)
In the 12th century, Peter the Venerable, Abbot of Cluny, initiated a dialogue with the Islamic world.
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