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Articles 2421 through 2520 of 20587:
- Exporter Of Ills (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 13, 2006)
In India, it is most natural to treat a summons with trepidation.
- Ensuring Security In The Age Of Global Terror (Hindu, A.S. Kalkat , Sep 13, 2006)
A structured two-pronged approach is needed to combat terrorism. First, a set of laws or `rules of engagement' for dealing with terrorists. Secondly, a special force with the authority to operate domestically and externally.
- In This Tech-Driven World, We Can’T Be Asleep At The Wheel (Indian Express, Arun Shourie, Sep 12, 2006)
The cost of squandering resources on populist schemes will be paid not just in missed advantages but also in the resulting social unrest. First in a three-part series.
- Freud At 150 (Times of India, ASHIS NANDY, Sep 12, 2006)
This summer the global academe has celebrated, with much flourish, the 150th birth anniversary of Sigmund Freud, one of the four eponymous individuals who have defined the dominant world image in our times the others being Darwin, Marx and Einstein.
- 16 Die In Iraq Blasts (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2006)
A mini bus exploded today near an army recruiting centre in central Baghdad, killing at least 16 people and injuring 7, the Defence Ministry said.
- Say Hello To Professional Tourists (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2006)
As India’s growth story gains ground, there’s a new buzzword doing the rounds—professional tourism. Visitors from abroad are coming in not just to explore the country, but also to take up short-term assignments while they are at it.
- Best Performers Under School Aids Education Programme Honoured (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2006)
It dawned as a special day for teachers and students involved in School AIDS Education Programme (SAEP) across the State as they were honoured with best performers awards. The SAEP was started in 1997 in about 300 schools all over the State. Now, . . .
- Sensex Plunges 368 Points (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2006)
The Bombay Stock Exchange sensitive index (Sensex) plunged on Monday on account of heavy selling across the board in line with Asian markets.
- Manmohan Writes To States On Minorities (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2006)
Chief Ministers told to fix targets for new 15-point programme
New programme to ensure equitable flow of benefits to minorities
They will get fair share in Central, State Government employment
Committee of Secretaries submit report.
- Solar Future (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 12, 2006)
Vestiges of the Cold War in United States policy towards India are evident from the manner in which American lawmakers have been shifting the so-called goal posts of the July 18 2005 agreement with US President George Bush.
- 3 Militants, Spo Killed; Pdp Activist Shot At (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2006)
Three militants, including two exfiltrators, and a Special Police Officer were killed and two soldiers injured in separate encounters in Kashmir, where radicals shot at and injured a ruling PDP’s worker in Anantnag.
- Qarra For Another Amnesty To St Defaulters (Daily Excelsior, Ahmed Ali Fayyaz, Sep 12, 2006)
Minister of Finance, Tariq Hameed Qarra, today revealed that the coalition Government was going to grant yet another amnesty scheme for recovery of Sales Tax (ST) arrears from big business houses.
- Blast Cuts Power Line, Plunges Baluchistan Into Darkness (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2006)
Baluchistan's woes show no signs of abating almost two-and-a-half weeks after the killing of Baluch leader Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti.
- Caution: Men At Work (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Sep 12, 2006)
The submission of an expert committee report to the Supreme Court on the direct link between the hazardous working conditions at the ship-breaking dock in Alang, Gujarat, and their health comes not a moment too soon.
- Changing Tracks (Tribune, Rooma Mehra, Sep 12, 2006)
Last month, my sister and I finally changed our evening walk track from the S-block to the R-block park.
- Heart Of The Matter (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 12, 2006)
A direly irresponsible attempt at post mortem
A fortnight after the heartrending tragedy, the inquiry into the death of Professor HS Sabharwal of Ujjain’s Madhav College, who died after being manhandled by students during the union election, has . . .
- Office Boy Chasing Mba Dream, Lost Son To Malaria (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2006)
For Shweta Futane, life has been harsh. A wife at 18, she lost her two-month-old son Mayank to malaria in May. Now at 19, she is a widow. Yogesh, her caring, hard-working, and ambitious husband of two years, died in the July 11 train blasts.
- Five Years On, Al-Qaeda Warns Of Gulf Attacks (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2006)
Al-Qaeda’s No 2 Ayman al-Zawahiri urged Muslims to intensify their resistance against the United States and warned of new terror strikes in a video aired by CNN early on Monday on the fifth anniversary of the September 11 attacks.
- The Proxy War (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 12, 2006)
A series of bomb blasts in suburban trains in Mumbai on 11 July has proved once again that terrorists are capable of striking at will, short-circuiting the so-called impregnable surveillance and security cover.
- Please Read The Fine Print (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 12, 2006)
In the article entitled, ‘If only we could ban all our problems’ (IE, August 12), Farah Baria has expressed her views on the banning of cola majors.
- Dangerous City (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 12, 2006)
Where there is a will, there is usually a way. West Bengal owes it to the boundless enthusiasm of the chief minister, Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, that it has almost found the way in some matters.
- 7 Killed, 16 Hurt In Bus-Truck Collision (Tribune, Lalit Mohan, Sep 12, 2006)
Seven passengers were killed and sixteen injured, three of them seriously, in a collision between a Punjab Roadways bus and a truck coming from the opposite direction this morning.
- More Surprises (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 12, 2006)
Stem cells are the one area of research that continues to spring surprises even as it holds promises of eternal cures. If last year it was the South Korean Hwang Woo-suk who created a furore with his spurious claim of cloning, this time around . . .
- Free Drugs On The Cards For Bpl (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2006)
The government is considering providing free anti-cancer drugs to patients who are below the poverty line (BPL) and half price medication for those above the poverty line (APL).
- A System For Subversion (Telegraph, Uttam Sengupta, Sep 12, 2006)
Inder Singh Namdhari has set his own rules and redefined the role of the speaker as visualized in the Constitution, writes Uttam Sengupta.
- Praising Mother, Killing Daughter (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 12, 2006)
Despite taking great strides in almost all spheres of life, the disgraceful practice of female foeticide continues in the country, says Manisha Jain.
- Musharraf Optimistic About Talks With Singh (Pakistan Observer, Mahmood Hussain, Sep 12, 2006)
The President Gen. Pervez Musharraf left here on Monday for Belgium for talks with the European Union (EU) leaders, as part of tour that will include visits to Cuba, the United Nations and Washington. Members of the Cabinet and senior officials . . .
- Five Years Later (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 12, 2006)
9/11 changed everything, Americans earnestly told themselves in the ensuing days, weeks and months. How could it not? A clash of civilizations had brought the apocalypse to ground zero of American capitalism, and the resulting hole in Lower Manhattan . .
- How Americans See The War On Terror (Dawn, Maqbool Ahmad Bhatty, Sep 12, 2006)
The fifth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attack comes at a time when the approach of mid-term elections in the US has focused attention on a number of major issues.
- Wheat Imbroglio (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 12, 2006)
Allowing wheat imports with two fungal pathogens not found in India is sacrificing food safety and plant protection.
- Short Term ‘Deals’ In Islamabad And Kabul (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Sep 12, 2006)
Islamabad’s ‘peace deal’ with pro-Taliban tribes along the Afghan border in North Waziristan was announced last Tuesday in sync with General Pervez Musharraf’s visit to Kabul the day after.
- Jyoti Basu Offers To Quit Politburo (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2006)
Veteran Marxist leader Jyoti Basu has once again offered to step down from the CPM politburo, citing age and ill health, a day ahead of the two-day meeting of the party’s decision-making body beginning on Tuesday.
- Speak Up (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Sep 12, 2006)
A reporter of this newspaper has walked through this city and come up with a problem that needs to be addressed without delay. He has found dirty water spilling over from choked drains almost all over.
- Bulls Charge, Bears Hug (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 12, 2006)
In the past two years, we’ve had more international businessmen visit us, than in the previous decade. What would my thoughts be on India as an investment destination? It’s ‘bull-and-bear’ ambivalence.
- Outlook On Economy (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 12, 2006)
The ministry of finance's economic outlook, issued on Saturday, seems a bit optimistic and relies much on validation from overseas multilateral agencies for claiming "extraordinary successes" despite external shocks.
- For Farmers, The Real Issue Is Access To Credit (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 12, 2006)
Credit is the most important resource, which the rural populace lacks. The farmers we have spoken to do not have banks they can borrow from. Despite the priority sector lending of PSU banks, farmers are still borrowing from local moneylenders at . . .
- Govt Faces Hard Fight To Beat Aids In Uttar Pradesh (Reuters, Kamil Zaheer, Sep 12, 2006)
Sitting on a wooden bench under a slowly whirring fan, 43-year-old Prempal says he urgently needs anti-retroviral drugs to fight the HIV illness in his body.
- Roadworthy Cars (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 12, 2006)
In theory there can be little objection to the proposal that regular “fitness” checks become mandatory for all motor vehicles more than three years old.
- Rdx Used In Blasts: Police (Hindu, ARUNKUMAR BHATT, Sep 12, 2006)
Forensic lab director confirms findings
Bombs were made of RDX, ammonium nitrate and petroleum
Findings of other laboratories awaited
Police release sketch of third suspect.
- Wrong On Rights (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 12, 2006)
FM holds reforms hostage to archaic ideology
- ‘Ap Uranium Project Hearing A Farce’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2006)
In a note to the member secretary of the Andhra Pradesh Pollution Board, the Movement Against Uranium Project (MAUP) which is a conglomerate of environmental and citizens groups, called the public hearing a “mockery” and said that it was a “private . . .
- Opportunities Lost (News International, Ethan Casey, Sep 12, 2006)
As I write this only one topic available to me; to write about anything else would be perverse. A world-changing event has a fifth anniversary only once. But how to write about it without being trite, or bland, or merely superficially political?
- Tackle Banking’S Big Five First (The Financial Express, ILA PATNAIK, Sep 12, 2006)
The CAC-2 report lacks a strategic perspective into what is going on in Indian macroeconomics and finance. Not only is this apparent in the recommendations about currency controls, banning participatory notes and the belief that the control raj can . . .
- Social Work In Global Perspective (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2006)
Coauthored by professionals who have had ample and rich experience in dealing with people from countries other than their own their writing has a ring of authenticity and authority.
- Fear & Anxiety (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 11, 2006)
Abandon all supports and look to me for protection. I shall purify you from the sins of the past; do not grieve.
Bhagavad Gita 18.66
- Pm To Seek Nam Nation's Support For Tharoor (Pioneer, Akhilesh Suman, Sep 11, 2006)
Other than his agenda to focus on issues like terrorism and confidence-building measures among other developing countries, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will use the opportunity of Non-Aligned Summit in Havana to lobby for the candidature of . . .
- Showpiece Of An Independent Foreign Policy (Hindu, N. Ravi Kumar, Sep 11, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's nine-day trip to Brasilia and Havana
- Khushwant Singh (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
What does this latest award mean to you?
It means more than all the others because it comes from my own people. The fact that I’m receiving an award from Punjab even though I don’t write in Punjabi is something to celebrate.
- Certificate From Government Doctors — Is It Mandatory? (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
The government considers certificate from government doctors to be more reliable than from private doctors.
- A Perilous Journey Driven By Poverty (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 11, 2006)
In the past week, around 3,000 illegal immigrants from West Africa have reached the Spanish Canary Islands by boat, taking advantage of a window of perfect sailing conditions from the coast of Senegal and Mauritania.
- Cm Emulates Pm, And How! (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
It seems Bihar chief minister Mr Nitish Kumar’s desire to follow in the footsteps of the country’s Prime Minister goes beyond copying Central government schemes and naming them after himself.
- Literacy Drive (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 11, 2006)
The government’s ‘l00 per cent enrolment for literacy’ campaign, inaugurated by the federal education minister on Friday, on the occasion of International Literacy Day, is quite ambitious.
- Dr Khan: Nation Heaves A Sigh Of Relief (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 11, 2006)
DR AQ Khan, father of Pakistan’s nuclear programme underwent a successful prostate cancer operation at the Aga Khan University Hospital in Karachi on Saturday.
- Paktia Governor Dies In Suicide Blast (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
A suicide bombing killed three people including the governor of Afghanistan’s eastern Paktika province outside his home on Sunday, police said.
- Taped To Destiny (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 11, 2006)
Decision making on large construction projects is to be decentralised once again.
- Pm Rejects Bjp Plea On Musharraf (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday virtually rejected the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party’s demand that he should not meet Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf in Havana during the NAM Summit.
- Offshore Banking Units In Sezs? (The Economic Times, L B Singhal , Sep 11, 2006)
Sez Act, 2005 has been enacted with the basic objectives of increasing exports, generating employment, attracting foreign and domestic investment and creation of world-class infrastructure.
- The Proxy War (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 11, 2006)
A series of bomb blasts in suburban trains in Mumbai on 11 July has proved once again that terrorists are capable of striking at will, short-circuiting the so-called impregnable surveillance and security cover.
- Hyderabad Too Is Paralysed (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 11, 2006)
Civil administration and troops were engaged in relief operations in Hyderabad and other parts of interior Sindh after torrential rains.
- Heart Of The Matter (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 11, 2006)
A direly irresponsible attempt at post mortem
- Roadworthy Cars (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 11, 2006)
Not by the rules alone In theory there can be little objection to the proposal that regular “fitness” checks become mandatory for all motor vehicles more than three years old.
- Hindi At The United Nations (Daily Excelsior, Arvinder Kaur, Sep 11, 2006)
More people speak Hindi than French, Russian or Arabic, but Hindi is not an official language of the United Nations.
- The One And The Many (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 11, 2006)
Amartya Sen writes in Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny, “a Bangladeshi Muslim is not only a Muslim but also a Bengali and a Bangladeshi, typically quite proud of the Bengali language, literature and music, not to mention the other . . .
- Number Of Young Indians Getting Heart Attacks On Rise (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
Changing lifestyle and increasing stress levels are taking a toll on the generation next in India, where a staggering 80 lakh people below 40 suffer heart attacks every year.
- Mit Magazine Honours Six Indian-Americans (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
They are among 35 scientists picked by MIT magazine
- Lessons From Malegaon (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 11, 2006)
The fact that Friday's terror attack in Malegaon did not instantly translate into communal riots in that divided and volatile town is no cause for euphoria.
- Employers Hold The Key (Pioneer, Shailaja Chandra, Sep 11, 2006)
Apart from providing basic healthcare facilities, it is necessary to influence the mindset of society to actively promote the idea of safe motherhood
- `Infertility Cases On The Rise In Erode' (Hindu, Karthik Madhavan, Sep 11, 2006)
This region, known for its fertile lands, efficient labour force and booming textile industry, has a dark side to it - one that is directly related to the above.
- 15 Hurt In Lathicharge (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
At least 15 people were injured on Sunday when police resorted to lathicharge to disperse a group of protesters who were demanding closure of the Alnoor meat processing factory here.
- 150 Killed In Sri Lankan Battles (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Sep 11, 2006)
28 soldiers among casualties; Jaffna facing shortages of food, medicines
- Real Estate Dealer Murdered (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
Five persons allegedly kidnapped a 62-year-old real estate dealer and murdered him near Kempayyana Palya in Bidadi police station limits of Bangalore Rural district on Saturday.
- J&k Flood Loss Put At Rs 359 Crore (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
As life limps back to normal in the flood-affected areas of Anantnag and Pulwama districts in South Kashmir, residents of Arwani township, near Beijbehara, continue to toil hard for restoring routine business by shifting back the stocks of . . .
- 'India Inc An Emerging Business Partner For Us' (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
Indian companies seem to be bullish on investing in the US with the regulatory authorities approving direct investments worth $225 million in the April 2005 to January 2006 period, a survey said.
- Malegaon Seethes With Anger A Day After Blasts (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
"Why are you giving us bheekh (alms)?"
- Investigation Underway In Malegaon; Town Buries Its Dead (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
Investigators on Saturday sifted through evidence and followed up leads to trace those responsible for multiple bomb blasts that killed 31 people and injured nearly 300 in this power loom town, which remained peaceful as grieving kin buried the dead.
- The Forgotten City (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
India has a way of reclaiming its colonial past.
- Matter Of Stomach (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Sep 10, 2006)
Invariably a good phrase conveys a lot. It can enrich one's mind. It may test one's thinking faculties.
- Copying: Weakens Fibre Of Society (Daily Excelsior, Joginder Singh, Sep 10, 2006)
The unabashed and blatant use of unfair means, both during examinations and later on in the marking is a shocking and ghastly reminder of the fact that our educational and examination system, in most places has become decayed and putrid.
- Nato Troops Kill 60 Taliban Insurgents In Afghanistan (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
NATO-led troops in a major offensive in southern Afghanistan have killed around 60 insurgents in the last 24 hours, said officials.
- Saluting The Fallen (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 10, 2006)
The military community, veterans especially, will raise only two cheers to the defence minister for visiting War Cemeteries in France and Germany and paying homage to Indian soldiers who died in 1914-18.
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