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Articles 3021 through 3120 of 20587:
- ‘The Middle Way Is A Pragmatic Approach’ (Deccan Herald, Anirban Bhaumik , Aug 30, 2006)
Beijing can no longer afford to ignore the issue of Tibet. We are confident that it will be resolved, if not in this decade, maybe in the next few decades.
- I Say, Three Cheers For Ayaan (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a Muslim by birth, is a daring woman. She has dared to raise questions despite knowing that a Mussalman is prohibited from raising any question on Islam.
- Withering Lives (Frontline, P. SAINATH, Aug 30, 2006)
The agrarian crisis bankrupts whole communities and drives hundreds of farmers to suicide across Maharashtra.
- Harvest Of Death In Vidarbha (Frontline, DIONNE BUNSHA, Aug 30, 2006)
Mounting debt, rising cost of inputs and falling prices of their produce are driving farmers of the region to suicide.
- Marathwada's Turn (Frontline, Anupama Katakam, Aug 30, 2006)
The Marathwada region has seen farmers' suicides and it could be another Vidarbha in the making.
- Textile Export Flaws (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 30, 2006)
THE revelations contained in the UNDP’s Asia-Pacific Development Report 2006 about Pakistan’s low standing in the region in textile exports — even compared to Bangladesh, a non-cotton-producing country — are shocking beyond belief.
- Borrowed Glory? (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 30, 2006)
Corporates may be sanguine because of the easy access to cheap global funds, but inflationary trends could spoil the party.
- Hometruths (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 29, 2006)
The finance minister’s response (letter to Montek, FE August 28) to the Planning Commission’s draft approach paper to the 11th Plan is in sync with ground realities.
- Man Found In Coma In Bahrain Is Indian (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
A 50-year-old man who was found unconscious in Manama on July 31 and admitted to a hospital has been identified as Surjit Singh Bedi, an Indian national.
- Upa Reaches Out To Rural Folk (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Aug 29, 2006)
Fiftyeight year-old Prabhavati, chairperson of the Karaikal Town Panchayat, is brimming with confidence and ideas these days.
- Child Budgeting (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 29, 2006)
India can be rightly proud of the tremendous progress it has achieved over the last decade, particularly in terms of its remarkable economic growth and increasing global political influence. Yet, it is wanting in an area closest to people's hearts . . .
- On Growth, Poverty And Opportunity (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Aug 29, 2006)
"While India's growth performance has improved there are concerns about whether this is doing enough for the poor and excluded groups.
- Re-Defining Indo-Dutch Economic Ties (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Aug 29, 2006)
The Netherlands may have been slow to wake up to India's economic resurgence, but it is making up by quickly "redefining" the trade and investment relations.
- Chidambaram Vs Ahluwalia (The Financial Express, ILA PATNAIK, Aug 29, 2006)
In his letter to Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia, finance minister P Chidambaram raised several questions about the Eleventh Plan Approach Paper.
- Not On, Mr Singh (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 29, 2006)
Twenty-seven months after assuming office, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has arrived in Orissa on a visit that is, really, an insult to the State.
- Sankara Nethralaya's Research Project Launched (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
It will pioneer ophthalmic research in nano-technology and stem cell applications
- Being Aiims President No Basis For Disqualification: Anbumani (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
Tells EC he holds position in ex-officio capacity as Minister
Post of president of AIIMS is not office of profit
Covered by provisions of Section 3 of Parliament (Prevention of Disqualification) Act .
- Al-Sadr Men Clash With Troops, 34 Killed (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
At least 34 people were killed and dozens injured in gunbattles between Iraqi troops and Shia militiamen loyal to a popular cleric in this Shia-dominated city south of Baghdad, officials said on Monday.
- Ddt Still Weapon Of Choice Against Malaria (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 29, 2006)
Men in blue coveralls and white surgical masks began their annual trek into the countryside here last week. Methodically, they sprayed one home after another with a chemical that is poised for a big expansion in the developing world: DDT.
- Thousands Displaced In Barmer (Hindu, Mohammed Iqbal , Aug 29, 2006)
Death toll in Rajasthan floods 138; rescue and relief work in full swing
- Delhi: Dystopia Or Utopia? (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Aug 29, 2006)
When a city that can claim to have hosted almost 2,500 years of human habitation confronts its future, illuminating sparks are bound to fly. A two-year project of number crunching came to an end last week with the release of the Delhi Human . . .
- Sharing The Blame (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 29, 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’.
- Chotu Doesn’T Work Here Any More (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 29, 2006)
From October, employing children below the age of 14 as a domestic worker or as help in restaurants and eating places will be illegal.
- Small Screen, Big Picture (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Aug 29, 2006)
Have you noticed how much they fidget? And speak with their hands or employ body language instead of words?
- Clipped Wings (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 29, 2006)
The failure of the West Bengal government to evict CITU, the CPM trade union, from its occupation of a building within the precincts of Kolkata international airport reveals much that is wrong with the party.
- Curbing Quackery (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 29, 2006)
While the district drug inspector in Gujranwala did well to seal over two dozen pharmacies believed to be run by quacks, the action may not have the desired effect.
- Flying To Skardu (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 29, 2006)
Our national flag carrier has the singular distinction of flying a Boing 737 aircraft to Skardu -- the gateway to what international tourists call the 'throne room of mountain gods'. On paper it is a daily 45 minute flight from Islamabad to Skardu . . .
- Balochistan Crippled By Strike, Violence (Dawn, Saleem Shahid, Aug 29, 2006)
A complete strike on Monday paralysed Quetta and other cities and towns of Balochistan and reports of more incidents of rioting and arson were received from different parts of the province.
- Body Taken To Islamabad, Says Mazari: ‘Let Me Bury My . . . (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
Veteran politician Sherbaz Khan Mazari has refuted government claims about killing Nawab Akbar Bugti in a mountain cave and said that the tribal chieftain was actually killed following a bitter shoot-out in the open.
- Salute To Professor, Governor Steps In (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
It was a rare show of public grief. Life in the ancient temple town Ujjain came to a standstill today with the ruling BJP supporting the Congress call for a bandh to mourn the death of Professor H.S. Sabharwal in Madhav College during the . . .
- World's Oldest Woman, Maria Esther De Capovilla, Dead At 116 (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
Maria Esther de Capovilla, the oldest person on Earth according to Guinness World Records, has died at 116 years of age, her granddaughter said.Capovilla died Sunday at 3 a.m. local time in a hospital in the coastal city of Guayaquil two days after . . .
- World Turning A Wasteland! (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Aug 29, 2006)
In the West, few, if any, basic needs are answered locally.
- Remembering Walcott (Times of India, BORIA MAJUMDAR, Aug 29, 2006)
It is nothing less than a morning ritual for me searching Google for all the latest cricket news of the day. August 27, however, was different.
- Riots Continue Across Balochistan, Karachi (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
Punjabi barber killed in Naushki, eight protesters injured in Pasni
Sindh-Balochistan highway blocked
10 injured in violence in Karachi
- India And The Data Exclusivity Trap (Hindu, Sarah Hiddleston, Aug 29, 2006)
In a coda to the Patents Act, fresh attempts are under way to inhibit the growth of India's vibrant generic industry by altering the laws that govern drug registration. This could further consolidate power in the hands of the drug majors and result . . .
- Allow Muslims To Sing Vande Mataram On Sept 5, Bjp Urges Speaker (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
The controversy boiling over the compulsory recital of Vande Mataram to mark the conclusion of the year-long celebrations of the national song on September 7 is refusing to die down.
- Pakistan Alleges Ceasefire Violation (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Aug 29, 2006)
Claims woman from Balakot village was hit by Indian sniper fire
- End Of A Legend (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 29, 2006)
Shamsur Rahman's death is a blow to the literary world as well as forward thinking forces in Bangladesh, says Sandip Mukharji.
- Rajasthan Flood Death Toll Reaches 138 (Hindu, Mohammed Iqbal , Aug 29, 2006)
Thousands displaced; rescue and relief operations launched on war footing
- Killing Of Rebel Sets Baluchistan Afire (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
Violence flared in Pakistan's turbulent Baluchistan province on Monday and at least one person was killed during protests over the killing of a nationalist rebel chief, police said.
- Delivery Of Public Services (Hindu, Madhura Swaminathan, Aug 29, 2006)
Case studies prepared for a World Bank report on the improvements in public service delivery in India .
- Purveyor Of Reality (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 29, 2006)
IN the sixties and seventies, the majority of the films churned out by the mainstream Bombay film factory were either violently comic or comically violent. “Formula” ruled the roost.
- Spurt In Cases Of Viral Fever (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
General Hospital here alone is receiving 50 patients a day on an average
- Mou Delay May Hit Rajiv Gandhi Centre (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
Kerala recalls file relating to Centre's offer to take over the biotech institute
- Tsunami-Hit Families To Get Assistance (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
Chief Minister N. Rangasamy told A. Anbalagan (All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam) during question hour in the Assembly on Monday that each of the families affected by the tsunami in 2004 in the coastal pockets of Kalapet, Kanagachettikulam . . .
- The Balochistan Cause Gets A Martyr (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Aug 29, 2006)
The killing of Akbar Khan Bugti has angered Balochistan. It has also sent shock waves through political circles in Pakistan.
- Ec To Send Common Opinion To Kalam On Office-Of-Profit Issue (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
Ten days after President A P J Abdul Kalam gave his assent to a Bill seeking to exempt certain posts from inviting disqualification for being ‘offices of profit’, the election commission (EC) has said it would send a common opinion to him on a . . .
- Renewed Violence In Balochistan (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Aug 29, 2006)
Balochistan witnessed renewed violence on Monday as the province shut down to protest against the killing of Jhamoori Watan Party (JWP) leader Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti in a military operation on Saturday.
- Hrishikesh Mukherjee Is Dead (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Eminent filmmaker Hrishikesh Mukherjee, whose depiction of the virtues and foibles of the middle class carved a new genre in Indian cinema and launched Amitabh Bachchan on path to superstardom, died in a hospital on Sunday of renal failure.
- Hrishikesh Mukherjee's Funeral Likely On Aug 29 (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
The funeral of legendary filmmaker Hrishikesh Mukherjee is likely to take place on August 29 after his US-based son returns to Mumbai late on Monday, family sources said.
- As Time Goes By (Tribune, Raj Chatterjee, Aug 28, 2006)
We were talking, my old friend and I, of the trials and tribulations of old age, both of us having left long behind man’s allotted span of three-score and ten.
- Cutting Through The Spin On Sin (Indian Express, ANURADHA MASCARENHAS, Aug 28, 2006)
Mussa ‘Queen’ Njoko is a jazz artist and one of the first women to disclose her HIV status in South Africa. She has been living positively with HIV for seven years and all the challenges that the virus brought into her life have not stopped her . . .
- Fountain For The Poor, Beaches For The Rich (News International, Khusro Mumtaz, Aug 28, 2006)
The federal minister for ports and shipping, Babar Khan Ghouri, like all his fellow ministers and ministers of state and the illustrious citizens of this country with the status of minister (the combined number of which is so astronomical you . . .
- Asian? Fasten Etiquette Belt (Telegraph, Amit Roy, Aug 28, 2006)
A woman in London who works as a stewardess told yesterday of an occasion when “an Asian plane passenger in first class asked for a screwdriver”.
- Our Energy Interests~ii (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 28, 2006)
This is where the oddities arise and a disjoint becomes apparent between what the Government of India is saying and what American and Indian businessmen have been doing.
- Post-Mortem Report Says Professor’S Ribs Were Broken (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Aug. 27: Two students belonging to the Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) were arrested today for allegedly manhandling a professor and throwing mud at him during students’ union elections at a college here even as one of the teacher’s former . . .
- Us Jet That Crashed Took Wrong Runway: Official (Press Trust of India, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Aug 28, 2006)
A US commuter jet that crashed in Kentucky yesterday killing 49 people used a shorter runway that was not allowed for passenger jets, a federal official has said.
- Ec To Write To Kalam On Pm, Chidambaram (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
The Election Commission is understood to have decided to write to President A P J Abdul Kalam in the next few days that it may not be possible to act against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and finance minister P Chidambaram, on the ground of their . . .
- Cant Log In (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 28, 2006)
E-governance still a half-baked endeavour
- Land Without Women (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 28, 2006)
A day after there were reports of 35 female foetuses found in a well in Patiala, there came news that the number could be hundred, even more. The police and medical authorities over three days dug out remains of babies who would have been girls.
- Remove Derogatory References To Jats In Ncert Books: Karat (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Ms Brinda Karat, MP and a member of the CPM Politburo, today assuaged hurt feelings of Jat community by seeking immediate deletion of all derogatory references to the community in the books published by the NCERT.
- Relief For Kin Of Accident Victims (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
The Chief Minister, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, announced ex-gratia to dependents of the accident victims that took place near Loharwara village on the Dadri-Jhajjar road on Friday.
- Psus Sold Cheap? (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 28, 2006)
The Comptroller and Auditor-General of India has accused the NDA government of undervaluing nine public sector units (PSUs) during their disinvestment.
- Punjab’S Poor Show (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 28, 2006)
Punjab ranks 29th in a countrywide survey on the implementation of Central programmes. Manipur is at the bottom and Punjab is one slot above. To add to the shame of . . .
- Riots Spark After Akbar Bugti’S Killing (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Curfew has been imposed was imposed in Quetta for indefinite period of time on Sunday due to unprecedented violence, which erupted after killing of Jamhori Watan Party (JWP) Chief Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti and his men.
- Peacekeeping In Lebanon (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 28, 2006)
Peacekeeping in Lebanon is not going to be a pleasant job.
- Understanding & Fighting Terrorism (Dawn, Talat Masood, Aug 28, 2006)
The news of the terror plot in Britain in which some British citizens of Pakistani origin and a few Pakistanis were allegedly involved came soon after the regrettable Mumbai train explosion that had the Indian leaders and media pointing fingers . . .
- Us Perspective On Lebanon (Dawn, Maqbool Ahmad Bhatty, Aug 28, 2006)
As the tenuous ceasefire in Lebanon holds, there is constant evaluation going on in the US about the brutal war in Lebanon that was allowed to go on for five weeks to enable Israel to achieve its strategic goals.
- The Descent Into Tribalism (Dawn, Hywel Williams, Aug 28, 2006)
Modern governments, when they try to justify their existence in historical terms, are apt to propose a rough-and-ready anthropology for human development. First came the tribe — savage in instinct, ritualistic in religion and run on the basis of . . .
- Shaping The Minds Of Intelligence Agencies (Pakistan Observer, Dr Jassim Taqui, Aug 28, 2006)
There seems to be an epidemic among the Western intelligence agencies that is spreading to others as well. Both print and electronic media have recently highlighted . . .
- Paying A Tribute To Castro (Dawn, Anwer Mooraj, Aug 28, 2006)
Every once in a while a writer gets the urge to fly off the handle and have a crack at his critics, especially when he believes they have been unfair and unnecessarily provocative.
- 49 Die In Us Passenger Plane Crash (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
A Comair flight carrying 49 people crashed a mile from Lexington’s airport Sunday morning shortly after takeoff, the Federal Aviation Administration said. At least one person survived.
- Who Aims To Reform Health System (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
The World Health Organisation has devised a health agenda (2006-15) aiming to restructure the deteriorating health system, worldwide control the transmission of infectious diseases, address loopholes in execution of global health reforms.
- Un Volte-Face On Aids (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 28, 2006)
After three years of throwing money at AIDS treatment programmes while ignoring the vital task of prevention, the head of UNAIDS announced this week that prevention is the key to defeating AIDS pandemic.
- Spiritual Festival Of Fasting (Pioneer, Acharya Mahaprajna, Aug 28, 2006)
Jains are celebrating their spiritual festival called "Paryushan Parva" all over the country. Jainism itself is essentially a "spiritual religion" considering spiritual good to be the highest goal of life. Observing long fasts up to 30 days, vow . . .
- Us Crash Kills All But Pilot (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
An airliner carrying 50 people crashed and burst into flames today shortly after taking off from Lexington’s Blue Grass Airport, killing all those on board except one of the pilots.
- 49 Die In Us Plane Crash (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Forty-nine people were killed in southern United States on Sunday when a passenger plane crashed shortly after the take-off.
- Changing Mindset Of Men (Pioneer, Shailaja Chandra, Aug 28, 2006)
Family planning is essential for women's empowerment and it can be achieved in a patriarchal society like ours only if men change their mindset about women
- 3 Killed As Riots Rock Balochistan, Karachi (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Scores of buildings and vehicles on fire
Curfew imposed, lifted in Quetta
Punjabis attacked
Nationalists announce 15-day mourning and strike today
- Israeli Fire Kills Two Hamas Men In Gaza (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Two Palestinian militants from the ruling Hamas movement were killed by Israeli fire in the Gaza Strip early on Sunday, hospital and security officials said.
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