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Articles 2921 through 3020 of 20587:
- Land Of Privileges (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
IN December 2005, when the Congress government in Haryana led by Bhupinder Singh Hooda arrived at an understanding with Reliance India Limited (RIL) to set up a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in the State, it was least expected that the deal would . . . .
- Living In The War Zone (Frontline, Editorial, Frontline, Sep 01, 2006)
Instilling in the young qualities such as character and comradeship is one way to defeat the temporary triumph of terrorists.
- Make The Poor More Productive (The Financial Express, Jayaprakash Narayan, Sep 01, 2006)
Subsistence employment with low wages will neither reduce poverty nor stimulate demand. Eventually, unemployment will retard both growth and social cohesion.
- Aids Treatment: Court Pulls Up Health Ministry (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
It has failed to achieve target to provide ART to HIV positive patients'
- No Witch-Hunt Please: Bad Decisions Don’T Prove Corruption (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 01, 2006)
The CBI’s decision to chargesheet 32 persons, including the former managing director of SBI Mutual Fund and some fund managers who have gone on to high profile jobs in private MFs, has created consternation in industry circles.
- Why Minimum Wage Is Low In India (The Economic Times, Alok Sheel, Sep 01, 2006)
The National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) guarantees 100 days of employment at the rate of Rs 60 a day. According to the website of the Union ministry of labour, the minimum wage is pegged at Rs 66 per day.
- Confident Pm Hints At Bill On Women’S Quota Next (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday indicated that a Women’s Reservation Bill will be brought in the coming Winter Session of Parliament.
- Moral Science (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 31, 2006)
Dazzling scientific discoveries are, alas, extremely rare. Instead, science commonly advances in a series of lesser breakthroughs that have a cumulative effect.
- Surplus Men (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 31, 2006)
More does not necessarily make things merrier.
- People’S Poison (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 31, 2006)
Something as banal as breathing clean air is obviously not a priority in Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee’s Resurgent Bengal. Otherwise, why should Calcuttans be repeatedly denied that most basic of biological necessities, and by none other than the state . . .
- Cooperative Living (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 31, 2006)
In the early 1990s after the debilitating and insidious Cold War ended symbolized by the unification of the two Germanys and fall of the gigantic USSR, people started visualizing a 'New World Order' as George Bush Sr christened it hoping that the . . .
- Everything But The Big Picture (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 31, 2006)
Summer holidays are drawing to an end. I missed most of this year’s unusually hot weather, when temperatures rivalled Calcutta’s, while travelling in India and the last two weeks of our holiday in Scotland have been rather grey and dull.
- Omar Heckled By Pdp Workers, Azad Intervenes (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
Opposition National Conference president Omar Abdullah was today booed at a function here, calling for Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad’s intervention.
- Transplant Patients Could Soon Say Goodbye To Life-Long Medication ...... (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
Organ transplant patients, who have to spend the rest of their life taking anti-rejection drugs could soon find relief, thanks to a new path-breaking procedure which eliminates the need for medication.
- Lalu To Teach Management At Iim Ahmedabad (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
He may be the quintessentially rustic politician whose 15-year-rule in Bihar as Chief Minister was dubbed by critics as ‘jungle raj’ but RJD president Lalu Prasad is set for an image makeover when he dons the role of lecturer at the Indian Institute . . .
- Meghalaya Soliloquy (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 31, 2006)
Leadership change a constant refrain
Meghalaya Congress legislators know which side their bread is buttered. On 16 June dissidents managed to oust chief minister DD Lapang and install JD Rymbai, but hardly a month later another group, this . . .
- Epidemic Of Terrorism (Pioneer, BK Verma, Aug 31, 2006)
In the article, "Sudden jihad syndrome" (August 14), Daniel Pipes has shared a few truths that we can ignore at our own peril. The sudden jihad syndrome turns the "normal appearing Muslims unpredictably violent". His oft-repeated call for special . . .
- Muslims And Modernity (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 31, 2006)
To enjoy social dignity as rest of India, Muslims will have to switch over to modern education, says Ather Farouqui.
- Pharmaceutical Policy Draft — Must Go Beyond Price Control (Business Line, Pradeep S. Mehta, Aug 31, 2006)
The proposed pharmaceutical policy allows R&D oriented firms to have higher MAPE, meaning that for the same medicine, some firms will have 150 per cent margin while others will have 200 per cent margin.
- Government Abetting Regression (Pioneer, Anuradha Dutt, Aug 31, 2006)
Tradition coerces Muslim girls into early marriage and UPA Government intends to turn the clock further back by selective reforms, says Anuradha Dutt.
- Iraq Bombings Kill 45 Amid Surge In Bloodshed (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
Insurgents killed at least 45 Iraqis and wounded scores more in a series of bombings, including one in a crowded Baghdad market and another at a military recruitment centre.
- Journalist’S Brother Killed In Wana (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
A 14-year-old brother of Dilawar Khan Wazir, correspondent of Daily Dawn and BBC Urdu Service in the South Waziristan Agency, was killed by unidentified assailants in Wana on Wednesday.
- Containing Rural Migration (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 31, 2006)
Providing valuable insight into how migration from rural areas puts enormous stress on the urban infrastructure, speakers at a recent seminar in Karachi said that the deteriorating socio-economic conditions in Pakistani cities could be attributed . . .
- Rights, Development And Security (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 31, 2006)
The latest edition of the much-valued report on Human Development in South Asia was launched in Islamabad the other day.
- Water Quality Monitoring System To Be Launched In Krishnagiri (Hindu, S. Prasad, Aug 31, 2006)
Environmental Protection Group to be formed in each panchayat
- Govt. Seeks 3,200-Crore Relief Package (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
Memorandum sent to Prime Minister; funds sought for rescue and rehabilitation.
- Lok Ayukta Invites Ideas From People On Fighting Corruption (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
Lok Ayukta N. Santosh Hegde has invited public opinion in fighting corruption in the State and called for an awakening among the people to voice their views against corrupt officials. He was speaking after inaugurating the five-year LLB course in . . .
- U.S. Regulation Of Ge Foods A Bad Model (Hindu, Sujatha Byravan, Aug 31, 2006)
India should learn from the mistakes other countries have made and not buckle under pressure from international and domestic agribusiness.
- Cuba: Brief Break (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Aug 31, 2006)
Cuban President Fidel Castro, recovering from an illness, is expected to be back at work very soon.
- Two Abvp Leaders Surrender In Ujjain (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
In case relating to assault on professor Nath; CID begins probe into Sabharwal's death
- Imperfect Sympathy (Frontline, T.K. RAJALAKSHMI, Aug 31, 2006)
The ban on child labour in eateries and households may not become effective in the absence of adequate rehabilitation mechanisms.
- Mahfouz, First Arab Writer To Win Nobel, Is Dead (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
Naguib Mahfouz, who became the first Arab writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature for his novels depicting Egyptian life in his beloved corner of ancient Cairo, died on Wednesday, his doctor said. He was 94.
- Aiims To Conduct Tests On Jharkhand Girl (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
"Initial investigations reveal nothing in the eyes that can lead to stone formations"
- Starving Childhoods In Sheopur (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
Hunger-related deaths among children continue to afflict the tribal population of Sheopur.
- Murder, Murder (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 31, 2006)
In the years of yore, Ujjain was a seat of learning. Today the town is notorious for the virtual lynching of a professor by his own students for no other reason than that he had to postpone elections to the students union.
- Kurinji Crown (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
The Palni Hills are once again witnessing the mass flowering of neelakurinji.
- Jawans Get Relief In Medical Scheme (Tribune, S.S. Negi , Aug 31, 2006)
Lakhs of ex-servicemen superannuated before January 1996 and denied post-retirement treatment facilities in government hospitals have got a major relief from the Supreme Court.
- Andhra Pradesh: Road To Kondamodalu (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
The recent floods have provided a ruse to the government to relocate people affected by the Polavaram dam.
- Surely You’Re Joking, Dr Ahluwalia? (Indian Express, ILA PATNAIK, Aug 31, 2006)
Montek Singh says getting money for planned programmes is much more important than fiscal responsibility, but unless the Planning Commission recognises that the problem is not lack of funding, but of accountability, we will just be throwing more . . .
- The Killer Drain (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 31, 2006)
The misery being spread far and wide by Budda Nullah of Ludhiana is too lethal, too obnoxious and too obvious for anyone to miss it.
- Undertrial Has Cops Rushing For Court Relief (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
An undertrial has driven the Delhi police up the wall. The inspector in charge of Patiala house lock-up - where prisoners brought from Tihar are temporarily housed everyday for their deposition in court - filed an application before the court of . . .
- On Naxalites, State Won’T Join The Dots (Indian Express, Ajay K. Mehra, Aug 31, 2006)
The meeting between chief secretaries and director generals of police of 13 Naxalite-affected states on Wednesday places the Naxalite issue on the front burner. It must remain there.
- Hub Of Research (Frontline, PARVATHI MENON, Aug 31, 2006)
Bangalore has emerged as one of modern India's most important centres of higher education and research.
- Progressive Realism In Foreign Policy (The Financial Express, JOSEPH S NYE, Aug 31, 2006)
As this century’s largest country, the US should define its national interest in a way that benefits all
- No Progress In City Serial Blasts Probe (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
The Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) of Mumbai police said on Thursday that there was no headway in investigations into the July 11 serial blasts. The ATS released the sketch of an unclaimed body found in one of the blast sites to establish its identification.
- Importance Of N-Deal (Tribune, T.P. Sreenivasan, Aug 31, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh stunned everyone into silence, in Parliament, Press rooms, think tanks and retirement homes with his candour and determination as he spoke in the Rajya Sabha on August 17, 2006, on the Indo-US nuclear deal.
- Respect Human Life (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Aug 30, 2006)
This week could not have begun on a more tragic note. Indeed, it is highly disturbing that seven pedestrians have been mowed down by a rash driver near Dagiana ashram at the outskirts of this city.
- Fuel Pipe Explosion Kills At Least 15 In Iraq (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
At least 15 people were killed in an explosion in central Iraq late on Monday while people were collecting petrol from pools formed around a breach in a disused fuel pipeline, witnesses said on Tuesday.
- Season Of Infections (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 30, 2006)
The woes list of Delhiites seems to have gotten longer. Joining the weather, terrorism and prices is the dengue-chikungunya spreading mosquito, Aedes aegypti, which is reportedly multiplying in abnormally large numbers.
- Trouble In The Neighbourhood (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Aug 30, 2006)
Sandwiched between conflict zones in Sri Lanka and Pakistan, India has to achieve the right balance in neighbourly priorities — deciding how far to go in dealing with the Tamil Tigers while . . .
- The Real Question Is Of Relevance (The Financial Express, S NARAYAN, Aug 30, 2006)
The Planning Commission has neither control over, nor responsibility for, the outcomes of its key prescriptions for ‘faster economic growth’
- Unfolding Tragedy (Frontline, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 30, 2006)
War rages in north and east of the island, and the number of civilians displaced by war has risen to 1.7 lakhs.
- Ramadoss Trips Over Law Again, Loses Sack Race (Pioneer, Yoga Rangatia, Aug 30, 2006)
Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss' penchant for sacking senior officials has earned him a rap from the judiciary for the third time in a row.
- Balochis See Off Bugti (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Gunfire and rioting continued for the fourth straight day on Tuesday after an emotionally charged funeral service for Baloch tribal chief Nawab Akbar Bugti, who was killed by Pakistani forces on Saturday.
- Aids Forces Attention (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
In a bid to control the spread of HIV/AIDS in Central police forces, the home ministry has developed a two-year action plan. The peculiar nature of duty and tough working conditions are expected to make the armed forces vulnerable to HIV.
- 75 Killed In Iraq Oil Pipeline Blast (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Seventy-five people were killed in Iraq late on Monday when a blast ripped through scavengers siphoning petrol from pools around a breach in a disused pipeline.
- P&g Hygiene: In The Pink Of Health (Business Standard, Niraj Bhatt, Aug 30, 2006)
Procter & Gamble Hygiene (P&G)’s exit from the low margin contract manufacturing (detergents) business last October has seen its operating margin improve by 770 basis points, y-o-y, to 22.5 per cent in the June quarter.
- 10 Killed In Accident On Indus Highway (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Ten people were killed and 26 others injured in accidents involving four vehicles, including three passenger coaches, near Manzoorabad in the Khanoth area on the Indus Highway late on Monday night.
- High Risk Of Disease In Indian Flood’S Wake (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Medical teams fanned out across parts of India’s desert state of Rajasthan to check the spread of disease after floods claimed at least 150 lives in the past week, officials said on Monday.
- More The Men, Less Safe The World (Telegraph, G.S. Mudur, Aug 30, 2006)
The preference for male babies in India and China has skewed national sex ratios to levels that could spawn increased anti-social behaviour and violence and destabilise society, researchers warned on Monday.
- Bush Remembers Katrina Victims (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
US President George W. Bush on Tuesday mourned Hurricane Katrina's victims and vowed to do right by its survivors, one year after the killer storm devastated New Orleans, appalled the world, and forever scarred his presidency.
- Rail Link To Quetta Cut (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Movement of all trains towards Baluchistan, and particularly to capital Quetta from other parts of Pakistan has been suspended in the wake of more reports of mayhem in the tribal province following the death of Baluch leader Akbar Khan Bugti in . . .
- Abolished Posts In Schools To Be Revived (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
A meeting of the Punjab Council of Ministers held here under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Amarinder Singh today approved to convene two-day session of the state Assembly from September 14.
- Rot In The Roti (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 30, 2006)
In a damning indictment of the FCI, the Comptroller and Auditor General has found that in some cases 85 per cent of the rice procured during 2000-05 in Punjab and Haryana was unfit for human use.
- Violence Continues To Rock Balochistan (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Aug 30, 2006)
Family, supporters take part in funeral prayers conducted in Quetta; four killed in bomb blast
- Indian Driver Assaulted (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
An Indian driver, working for an "influential" Qatari, was given refuge in the Indian embassy after he suffered serious injuries allegedly at the hands of his employer.
- Irresponsible Insurers (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 30, 2006)
As one grows in age, the need for insurance is felt all the more acutely. This is particularly so in a country like India where few enjoy the privilege of a safety net like social security.
- Ecological Havoc In The Kasauli Hills (Tribune, Baljit Malik, Aug 30, 2006)
The Kasauli hills are at present threatened with ecological havoc. Big ticket colonisers and property developers, alongwith a network of real-estate agents, are acquiring thousands of bighas of land from peasants and farmers to put up multistorey . . .
- Mystery Over Whereabouts Of Bugti’S Body (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
The whereabouts of Baloch leader Akbar Khan Bugti’s body continue to remain a mystery, with neither the Pakistan Government nor the Bugti tribe coming out clearly with a statement on the issue.
- Sharing The Blame (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 30, 2006)
Think of the mass hysteria that gripped the citizens of Maharashtra when some semi-literate girl from a Mahim slum woke up one morning and discovered that the waters of the ocean had turned ‘sweet’.
- A Case For The Year Of Planet Earth (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 30, 2006)
We can use the riches of Earth for a living but not upset its dynamic equilibrium.
- Major Tourism Plan For Tamil Nadu (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Introduction of cable cars in Udhagamandalam and Kodaikanal hill resorts by December this year, and development of Madurai, Thanjavur, Kanyakumari and Vellore as major tourist destinations with assistance from the Union Tourism Ministry are some . . .
- Employment In Asia (Hindu, Juan Somavia, Aug 30, 2006)
If the dramatic growth rates the region has enjoyed are to continue in a stable social framework, the benefits need to be felt by all through improvements to their lives and livelihoods _ in other words, decent work.
- Secrecy Is Dead, Long Live Secrecy (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Aug 30, 2006)
In the nine months since the enactment of the Right to Information Act, 2005, the Government's Ministries have done much to undermine the Central Information Commission and, by implication, the Act itself.
- Pm Reviews Initiatives In Punjab (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
With an eye on the forthcoming Assembly election in Punjab, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh recently reviewed the progress of infrastructure projects and directed the state and central ministers to speed up their implementation.
- Aiims Treating Girl Shedding Tears Of Stone (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
A 13-year-old girl said to be shedding tears of stones is being treated at the prestigious All India Institute of Medical Sciences here.
- Ill Will (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 30, 2006)
If you are close to 55 with no medical insurance, you are in some trouble. The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) has rapped Oriental Insurance for turning away clients above 55 years of age and discouraging those above 45.
- From Bullets To Ballots In Kashmir? (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Aug 30, 2006)
Is the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen contemplating turning to politics? If he takes the peace road, Syed Salahuddin could face opposition from within his own organisation too.
- Water Being Drained In Barmer (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Rescue efforts stepped up as rain lets up; death toll increases to 139
- Editor Of Surat Eveninger Arrested (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
NIV rules out Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome in Surat .
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