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Articles 3521 through 3620 of 20587:
- Kill Bill, Congress Style (Indian Express, D. Raja, Aug 19, 2006)
The Bill enabling reservations in educational institutions for SC, ST and OBC categories, by virtue of the 93rd Amendment, is being virtually killed by the Congress, despite sage advice from its allies in the UPA.
- 59 Years: A Sense Of Insecurity (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 19, 2006)
If you look at the list of people arrested after the train bombings in Mumbai you will see the names of doctors, teachers and software engineers. What further proof do we need of radicalisation of our own Muslims?
- G8 Failing Africa On Aids (Hindu, Sarah Boseley, Aug 19, 2006)
United nations special envoy Stephen Lewis on Thursday accused the G8 countries of betraying Africa by their failure to find the money to fulfil their Gleneagles promise on the treatment, care, and prevention of AIDS.
- Us Makes It Easier To Kill Resident Canada Geese (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2006)
They tried border collies in Virginia. They tried a stuffed coyote in New Jersey. In fact, officials have tried just about everything to get rid of large flocks of Canada geese that move in, eat the grass and leave lots of unwanted poop.
- A Peru Link To A Roman Numeral In India? (Deccan Herald, Harsh Kabra, Aug 19, 2006)
A feature on a hillock in Kutch district, Gujarat, has got archaeologists excited about a possible link to signs found in Peru.
- Bush In Babylon (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Aug 19, 2006)
Arnove has built up a powerful case for immediate American withdrawal from Iraq.
- Cc: Two Solutions To Aids Are Here (Business Standard, Devangshu Datta, Aug 19, 2006)
From the papers yesterday, I learnt that Bill Gates belongs to the pro-circumcision lobby of the IT industry and Paris Hilton belongs to the no-sex lobby of the bimbo sorority.
- Rain & Civic Collapse (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 19, 2006)
Rain, storms, earthquakes — these are nature’s visitations over which man has little control.
- Vvips To Descend On Tirupati (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2006)
Governor, YSR, a host of Ministers and MPs to attend various programmes .
- Muslim Community Tries Where Government Has Failed (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 19, 2006)
Neither isolationist nor homogeneously Asian, the Muslim community in Walthamstow in east London tried to save a generation failed by the government.
- Cpi(m): Abide By Word On Nuclear Deal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2006)
PM's detailed reply in Parliament a healthy precedent: Yechury
- Man Shot Dead In Vijayawada Court Premises (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2006)
MLA's cousin Vangaveeti Santan Kumar seriously injured, not out of danger
- Father Of British Bomb Plot Suspect In Pakistani Custody (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2006)
Pakistani authorities are holding the father of alleged London airline bomb plotter Rashid Rauf in custody, security officials have said.
- Unravelling Of Hope (Frontline, Praful Bidwai, Aug 19, 2006)
The government is drifting on numerous issues ranging from economic to foreign and security policy, and from handling of terrorism to the right to information.
- An Ip Requirement? (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2006)
IT is easy to assume that since India has safeguarded intellectual property rights it is therefore bound to allow data exclusivity (DE).
- Real Estate Rush (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2006)
The unprecedented growth of the real estate business has changed Chennai's reputation as a relatively sober market.
- Data For Leverage (Frontline, Sarah Hiddleston, Aug 19, 2006)
A new front has opened in the attack on generic drugs in the pharmaceutical industry, which could push up the prices of medicines.
- Prisons As Agents Of Change (Frontline, R.K. Raghavan, Aug 19, 2006)
Decision-makers in India can learn from the experiences of other countries and lend more than cursory attention to the state of our prisons.
- Living Under Terror Shadow (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2006)
A major breakthrough has been achieved in the probe into the July 11 serial bomb blasts in commuter trains in Mumbai, Union minister for state for home Sriprakash Jaiswal said here on Friday.
- The Real Pesticide Threat (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 19, 2006)
Now that the numbers are out on the level of pesticides we legally allow in our daily food (‘A handful of rice=34,180 colas,’ FE, August 18), several issues become clear.
- ‘Let’S Make India A Safe Nation’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 18, 2006)
On Thursday President A P J Abdul Kalam dedicated the Chandigarh War Memorial, a citizens’ initiative led by The Indian Express, to the nation. Excerpts from his speech on the occasion:
- Aiadmk,mdmk Seek Discussion In Assly On Killing Of 61 Children (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
The AIADMK and its ally the MDMK today sought to move an adjournment motion in the Tamil Nadu assembly on the killing of 61 Tamil schoolchildren in strikes by the Sri Lankan Air force at Mullaitheevu in the Tamil areas of the island nation.
- Mayhem And Cola (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 18, 2006)
We embrace computers and the internet, cable TV and cell phones, with glee, but use them largely for diversion and entertainment rather than...
- `Our Business Model Is Superior` Yo, Indra (Business Line, Subir Roy, Aug 18, 2006)
Next week, Nandan M Nilekani takes over as the head of Infosys Technologies with N R Narayana Murthy becoming non-executive chairman. Business Standard asked the new leader to look back and forward. Excerpts:
- Ias Officer Granted Interim Bail In Sex Racket Case (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
A local court today granted interim bail on health grounds to senior IAS officer M.Iqbal Khandey arrested in connection with the sex racket case here.
- Is It Safe To Dance With The Ulfa? (Indian Express, Samudra Gupta Kashyap, Aug 18, 2006)
The suspension of army operations is a major step by the government of India in Assam. It conveys to the banned United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) that New Delhi is serious about the business of peaceful negotiations.
- Nature & Human Innovation~ii (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 18, 2006)
Patent laws protect new ideas that have functional manifestations as invention, while the Intellectual Property Right (IPR), which came into effect in more recent times, protects all forms of expressed manifestation of information and ideas.
- Israeli Soldier May Be Exchanged For 600 Pal (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
An Israeli soldier taken captive by Gaza militants in June could be freed in exchange for 600 Palestinian prisoners, the Palestinian authority's diplomatic envoy in Moscow said Thursday.
- Braving All Odds (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 18, 2006)
Shilpi’s achievement in tennis is commendable.
- Area Of Darkness (Times of India, Harmala Gupta, Aug 18, 2006)
One of the major challenges we face as a palliative care team looking after people with advanced cancer in their homes is helping children prepare for the death of a parent. Nothing is more difficult and more necessary.
- The Kinky Kinkajou: Baby Luv Nips Paris (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 18, 2006)
The hoi polloi may curse after getting bitten by mosquitoes. Celebutante — a hybrid word derived by combining celebrity with debutante — Paris Hilton did not raise an eyebrow when she was bitten in the left arm by her pet kinkajou, a small . . .
- China Claims Success In Developing Aids Vaccine (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
Clinical trials indicate China's first AIDS vaccine is safe and possibly effective, a government official claimed here today.
- China Launches Etiquette Campaign (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
No spiting, littering or speaking loud at public places are part of the guidelines issued by the ruling Communist Party of China (CPC) meant for all citizens of the country to enhance hospitality ahead of the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
- Jkp's Si, Crpf's Hc Gunned Down (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
After serial blasts of April 14th and July 11th, militants today struck on J&K Police and CRPF personnel at three places in this capital city with silencer-fitted pistols, killing two of them and leaving two more wounded. Meanwhile, suspected . . .
- The Sant And Society (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 18, 2006)
He is no environmentalist of the conventional type. He does not have the backing of an NGO flush with funds. Fortysix-year-old Sant Balbir Singh of Seechewal village, near Sultanpur Lodhi, is a “karam yogi”, who has proved that determined and honest . . .
- Towards Sustainable Growth (Tribune, Mohan Dharia, Aug 18, 2006)
The Planning Commission has prepared an Approach Paper to the 11th Five Year Plan. The document titled “Approach Document Towards Faster and More Inclusive Growth” has been circulated for discussion.
- Women In Army (Tribune, Harwant Singh, Aug 18, 2006)
Intense competition amongst the press and TV channels makes them pick up the most innocuous incidents and stories and sensationalise these to no end.
- Nutritional Support For Aids Patients Vital:wfp (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, Aug 18, 2006)
The United Nations World Food Programme has called for action among all stakeholders in the fight against AIDS to make food and nutritional support part of the essential package of care for people affected by HIV.
- Seize The Moment In Assam (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 18, 2006)
By reciprocating the Central Government's Independence Day-eve offer to hold its fire, the United Liberation Front of Asom has kept alive the possibility of its becoming a dialogue partner.
- Mayor Does His `Bit' For `Stop Smoking' Campaign (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 18, 2006)
First michael Bloomberg, the Mayor of New York, conquered his addiction to smoking.
- Supplement Government's Efforts, Karunanidhi Urges Ngos (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
Appeals to the rich to spend a portion of their wealth for welfare of poor
"There is no parallel to the act of showing compassion to the poor"
"It is difficult for the Government alone to alleviate people's sufferings" .
- Unicef-Sponsored Planning Programme Yields Results (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
The district administration and the UNICEF sponsored micro-planning process involving community participation has yielded rich results in Krishnagiri district.
- An 'Honour Killing' In Italy (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 18, 2006)
The apparent 'honour killing' of a 20-year-old women of Pakistani origin near the Italian city of Brescia has understandably created quite a furore in that country, especially with reference to integration of ethnic minorities into the mainstream.
- Checking Inflation (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 18, 2006)
According to official figures, inflation for the first month of the current financial year -- July -- was 7.63 per cent.
- Make India A Citadel Against Invasions, Says President Kalam (Hindu, Rajesh Ahuja, Aug 18, 2006)
To work toward a national war memorial in New Delhi
- Only Democracy Can Break Pakistan Terror Link (Hindu, Benazir Bhutto, Aug 18, 2006)
A democratic Pakistan, free from the yoke of military dictatorship, would cease to be the petri dish of the pandemic of international terrorism.
- Terrorism And Counter-Terrorism Revisited (The Financial Express, RICHARD N. HAASS, Aug 18, 2006)
The arrests in London of 21 terrorists who appear to have planned to blow up a number of airplanes over the Atlantic reminds us of the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington of September 11, 2001. 9/11 remains the date that has come to signify . .
- Pharma Park To Come Up In Nanguneri Sez (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
Drugs worth over Rs.500 crore will be manufactured, says Health Minister
Dialysis machines to be provided in every district hospital
23 private drug factories set up in State in three months .
- National Centre For Nanosciences To Come Up In Chennai (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
University Grants Commission gives in principle clearance to Madras University proposal .
- I Head Entire Kashmir: Attique Khan (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Aug 18, 2006)
Asks India to let Kashmiris live as per their free will
- World’S Tallest Man Longs For Normal Life (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
When you stand 2.36 metres tall, you are going to stand out.
For a shy person like Mr Bao Xishun, the world’s tallest man, this can be a problem.
- Middle Stage Of Democracy (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Aug 18, 2006)
Social mobilisation that began in the south has spread throughout the country with backward classes pushing aside historically dominant castes, giving rise to regional parties
- Data For Leverage (Frontline, Sarah Hiddleston, Aug 18, 2006)
A new front has opened in the attack on generic drugs in the pharmaceutical industry, which could push up the prices of medicines.
- Venugopal Mismanaged Funds: Centre (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
Delhi High Court today extended the stay on removal of AIIMS director Mr P Venugopal but the government today sought his dismissal accusing him of committing gross financial and administrative mismanagement.
- Real Estate Rush (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
The unprecedented growth of the real estate business has changed Chennai's reputation as a relatively sober market.
- French Window (Frontline, T.S. Subramanian, Aug 18, 2006)
The French Institute of Pondicherry is emerging as a major player in Indo-French cooperation.
- Kalyan Foresees Bright Prospects For Bjp In Ensuing Up Election (Pioneer, Rajeev Ranjan Roy, Aug 18, 2006)
Against all odds, former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Kalyan Singh foresees a bright prospect for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the poll-bound state.
- Anganwadi Workers' Struggle (Frontline, T.K. RAJALAKSHMI, Aug 18, 2006)
Anganwadi workers and helpers stage an agitation for recognition as government staff.
- Charter Mark For Better Governance (The Financial Express, S SADAGOPAN, Aug 18, 2006)
It’s helped to improve service delivery by government departments in the UK
- Study Of Hiv Prevalence In Nwfp, Fata Planned (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
The Aga Khan Medical University Hospital, Karachi, is conducting a study to determine the causes of HIV/Aids prevalence among migrant workers in the NWFP and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas and outline recommendations for prevention of the . . .
- An Ip Requirement? (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
IT is easy to assume that since India has safeguarded intellectual property rights it is therefore bound to allow data exclusivity (DE).
- Speed And Content Of Economic Reforms (Business Line, A. Vasudevan, Aug 18, 2006)
The record of reforms is mixed and there is uncertainty about the process, is the consensus of economists who discussed the Indian economy recently. They are agreed that India can grow at a much higher rate, provided some sectors — farm and . . .
- 15,000 Lebanese Troops Move South (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2006)
Lebanon’s government on Wednesday ordered 15,000 troops to move south to take full control, with UN peacekeepers, when Israeli troops withdraw after a 34-day war with Hizbollah guerrillas.
- Rain Toll Rises To 58 In Mp (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2006)
The toll in rain-related incidents in Madhya Pradesh rose to 58, even as the spectre of flash floods in Ahmedabad forced evacuation of 30000 people on Wednesday.
- Afghan Opium Trade Is Latest Aids Worry (Indian Express, Toufiq Rashid, Aug 17, 2006)
Battered by decades of war, Afghanistan has become a major AIDS worry in the sub-continent, with use of opium and related drugs increasing in the country and its neighbours.
- Everyone Jumps On The `Govinda Bandwagon' (Hindu, ARUNKUMAR BHATT, Aug 17, 2006)
The Janmashtami revelry of breaking curd pots hanging from lines as high as two storeys has now become an established source of image building for political parties, corporates and even newspapers as was evident from Wednesday's celebrations here.
- Log On To Samba District (Daily Excelsior, A N Sudarsan Rao , Aug 17, 2006)
Everyone in Samba was waiting eagerly to hear about granting district status to Samba.
- Opposition Onslaught On The Cards (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2006)
Assembly monsoon session begins today; Congress too getting ready to face attack
- This War Had No Name (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Aug 17, 2006)
After four weeks of exile and a constant rain of Israeli bombs and rockets, the people of Lebanon imposed the ceasefire which took the UN Security Council four weeks to declare.
- Disaster Management (News International, Kamran Shariff, Aug 17, 2006)
On Aug. 5 nearly one hundred lives were lost in Mardan in a freak accident. Most of the victims stood on or close to a bridge on the Kalpani river as it raged.
- Storm Brewing In Icwai's Tea-Cup (Business Line, SANKAR RAY, Aug 17, 2006)
The job assigned to the ICWAI is not a post-mortem examination of income and expenditure of tea companies but essentially some kind of a live-auditing.
- Female Child Killing (Daily Excelsior, A N Sudarsan Rao , Aug 17, 2006)
A private nursing home in Punjab - a state with a relatively high per capita income but low sex ratio - has been found to be conducting illegal sex-selection tests, aborting the female foetuses, and then disposing them of in wells situated . . .
- Speed And Content Of Economic Reforms (Business Line, A. Vasudevan, Aug 17, 2006)
The record of reforms is mixed and there is uncertainty about the process, is the consensus of economists who discussed the Indian economy recently. They are agreed that India can grow at a much higher rate, provided some sectors — farm and . . .
- Musharraf Urged To Quit As Army Chief (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2006)
Politicians and jurists here have urged President Pervez Musharraf to quit army chief's office, saying the Supreme Court should conduct elections through a neutral caretaker government.
- Manipur Iskcon Temple Attacked, 4 Dead (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2006)
Janmashtami celebrations in Manipur turned bloody on Wednesday when a grenade was tossed into the Iskcon temple crowded with more than 20,000 devotees.
- The Us-Pak Weapons Deal: No Bang For The Bucks (Indian Express, Husain Haqqani, Aug 17, 2006)
America’s decision to sell F-16 Falcon fighter jets to Pakistan stands to profit no one. And doesn’t benefit long-term relations between the countries either
- Going On Sixty (Telegraph, MUKUL KESAVAN, Aug 17, 2006)
The transition from colony to republic was bridged by the generations of Indians born before independence who managed the professions, the economy and its institutions, the schools and colleges and the great engines of State for the first 50 years.
- 5 Militants, Soldier Killed In Machhil Gunbattle (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2006)
While at least five infiltrating militants and a soldier have died in a fierce gunbattle on the LoC in Machhil sector of Kupwara, troops have apprehended eight young boys, who were leaving for a militant training camp in PoK, from Kangan area and . . .
- After Doomsday (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 17, 2006)
In 1999 in an article for Ad Astra, an astronomy journal, Robert Shapiro and William E Burrows wrote that the most enduring pictures to come back from the Apollo missions to the Moon were not of astronauts cavorting on the Sea of . . .
- The Recall Roll Call (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 17, 2006)
Laptop owners around the world were thrown into a tizzy when Dell announced on Monday that it was recalling 4.1 million batteries after several incidents of laptops catching fire.
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