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Articles 3921 through 4020 of 20587:
- Us-France Split Delays Un Action On Lebanon War (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
Columns of Israeli tanks thrust into Lebanon on Thursday and battled Hezbollah fighters but Israel said it had put a broader offensive on hold to give diplomacy a chance to end the month-old war.
- Fuel In The Cell (Business Line, A. V. Swaminathan , Aug 11, 2006)
Many leading auto manufacturers are working to introduce the fuel cell concept as the alternative prime mover.
- India Extends Support To Peace Moves In West Africa (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
India has backed the peace efforts of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the African Union (AU) in restoring order and security in the region.
- Tests Probe If Pill A Day Can Keep Aids At Bay (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
Can the drugs that keep HIV-positive people alive also make it safer to enjoy carefree sex -- much as during the pre-AIDS 1970s?
- Sri Lanka Vows To Continue Offensive, Probe Calls Grow (Reuters, Peter Apps, Aug 11, 2006)
Sri Lanka's military vowed on Friday to push on with an offensive to win control of a water supply from the Tamil Tigers, as demands for an independent probe into the slaughter of 17 aid staff grew.
- Pakistani Villagers Fall Prey To Kidney Trade (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
Amjad Ali, a poor villager from the Cholistan Desert in eastern Pakistan, was promised a job and money in exchange for a kidney.
- Drugs Don't Work For Many India Aids Patients (Reuters, Jonathan Allen, Aug 11, 2006)
The drugs Shyamal Kumar Dey takes to fight AIDS don't work anymore.
- Paradox Of A ‘Command-Market’ Economy (The Financial Express, V ANANTHA NAGESWARAN, Aug 11, 2006)
Pushing a billion people into a different growth path is a matter of scale, which only governments can provide. China scores over India, whose politicians and bureaucrats blame the . . .
- Israel Warns Of A 'Painful' Expansion (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
Israel took control of the strategic southern hub of Marjayoun on Thursday and warned that its fight against Hezbollah could grow wider and more severe if diplomacy fails. Israeli leaders have authorised a major new ground offensive going deeper . . .
- Food Security: China's Success Story (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Aug 10, 2006)
China has hugely improved the availability of, and access to, food through a combination of a sound agricultural policy, development of rural infrastructure, and investment in research and development in the farm sector.
- Revolution In A Bottle (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 10, 2006)
Kerala’s Marxists are silly banning Coke-Pepsi. Plus, they could be doing their state great harm
- Five Killed In Sri Lankan Violence (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 10, 2006)
At least five persons were killed in Sri Lanka as an ambulance came under claymore mine attack on Tuesday night in the east amidst continuing fight between the Sri Lankan military and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
- Cancer: Hope From Haldi (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Aug 10, 2006)
Research shows that turmeric and onion could help in treatment of cancer.
- Gift From Natwar (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 10, 2006)
His attacks on the PM have brought party close to government. Will Congress remember the lesson?
- 'Aids Could Severely Deplete Workforce In India' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
A new UN report on India has warned that the country's booming economic growth could slow down if HIV-AIDS continues to spread unchecked. India has the largest number of infected people in the world.
- "We Are Still Interested In Dialogue Based On Justness And Fairness" (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Aug 10, 2006)
Those who think only about bombs, war, and attacking others are the root cause of everything that is wrong in the world, Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad tells The Hindu in an exclusive interview.
- Urban Legends (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 10, 2006)
India is undergoing a radical makeover. According to projections by the census office, large chunks of the country are going to be urbanised over the next two decades.
- ‘Call Centre Staff Diabetes-Prone’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
People working in call centres are prone to diabetes and ailments related to high blood pressure, says a new study in Delhi.
- Here Drinking Water Is Worse Than Cola (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
Pesticides in aerated drinks is just not palatable to the State government. But the fact that thousands of people in Bangalore urban district continue to consume water from “poisoned” borewells fails to attract the same concern.
- State Tosses Out Colas From Schools, Hospitals (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
The Karnataka Government has banned the sale and consumption of soft drinks in educational and health institutions from August 14. A move to ban ‘junk food’ in educational institutions will follow.
- No Assent, Kalam Keeps Suspense On Oop Intact (Indian Express, Santwana Bhattacharya, Aug 10, 2006)
President A P J Abdul Kalam is yet to give his assent to the office-of-profit Bill, returned to him a week ago after Parliament re-legislated it without any changes.
- Aids May Kill 11m In India In 20 Years: Report (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
An HIV/AIDS epidemic may kill 11 million people in India in the next 20 years, an Indian newspaper has reported.
- Roti, Kapda, Makan And Connectivity (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 10, 2006)
Consider a boy in a village in feverish, shivering delirium, surrounded by anxious parents and siblings and no doctor within a radius of 100 km. Or a girl struggling with the binomial theorem in a rural family whose no previous generation had . . .
- Is West Ready To Open The Labour Market? (Business Line, R. Vaidyanathan, Aug 10, 2006)
One of the most important dimensions of globalisation is liberating the labour markets from the Western sovereign regulations and encouraging the free flow of human resource to carry out what may be termed `brown collar' work in the West, says . . .
- Nurture Venture Capital (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 10, 2006)
It can play a crucial role in bringing together technology innovation and entrepreneurship.
- Residual Problem (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 10, 2006)
The real issue is that the country simply does not have a national policy for safe use of pesticides.
- Slouching Towards The Apocalypse (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 10, 2006)
What with killer heat waves, killer hurricanes and killer droughts, it's arguable that we've already passed that point.
- No To Patent (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 10, 2006)
Drugs for AIDs should continue to be in the generic area
- Anti-Cola Campaigner, Now Cm, Bans Coke, Pepsi From Kerala (Indian Express, RAJEEV P I, Aug 10, 2006)
Kerala’s MNC-bashing comrades have declared a blanket ban on the sale of Coke and Pepsi, on health grounds.
- Israel For Wider Offensive (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Aug 10, 2006)
Israel’s security cabinet voted nine to three on Wednesday in favour of an expansion of its Lebanon offensive with the aim of reaching the Litani River 20-30 kilometres north of the border.
- Jail Authorities Told To Provide Treatment To Prisoner (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
A Division Bench of the Andhra Pradesh High Court on Wednesday directed the authorities of the jail department to provide medical treatment to a prisoner in Warangal who is suffering from HIV.
- Kerala To Impose Total Ban On Pepsi, Coke Softdrinks (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
Ban may be extended to other products of the companies'
- Government Clamps Down On 12 Brands Of Soft Drinks (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
Sale banned within 100 ft of hospitals, educational institutions
Centre's opinion sought on complete ban on sale of soft drinks
The CSE has said colas contain high levels of pesticide residues
Decision on banning junk food to be taken in 15 days
- No Assent, Kalam Keeps Suspense On Oop Intact (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
President A P J Abdul Kalam is yet to give his assent to the office-of-profit Bill, returned to him a week ago after Parliament re-legislated it without any changes.
- Hezb Says 11 Enemy Soldiers Killed In Pitched Battles (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
A column of Israeli tanks and armoured vehicles crossed into southern Lebanon on Wednesday evening from the Israeli town of Metulla, invading under cover of artillery fire and airstrikes, shortly after Israel’s Security Cabinet decided to expand the . . .
- 'Frame A Clear Healthcare Policy' (The Economic Times, GIREESH CHANDRA PRASAD, Aug 10, 2006)
Buoyed by strong growth of medical tourism and the spread of health insurance, corporate hospitals are on the expansion mode.
- Torchlight On A Blindfolded Face (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 10, 2006)
By trying to keep the truth about missing militants and death squads under wraps, the defence establishment is seriously harming the cause of peace in Assam, writes . . .
- Rewards Programme For Consumers Launched In Bangalore (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
Loyalty Solutions and Research Ltd. (LSRL), a company funded by ICICI Venture, has launched "i-mint", a rewards programme for consumers, in Bangalore.
- 1993 Blast Case: Court To Deliver Verdict Today (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
The 1993 serial bomb blasts case has finally come to an end with a TADA court all set to start dictation of its verdict from today in the presence of all the 123 accused, including actor Sanjay Dutt.
- Bark And The Bite (Telegraph, NEHA SAHAY, Aug 10, 2006)
It’s in the Year of the Dog that China has embarked on its dog-killing spree after alarming outbreaks of rabies: half a lakh bludgeoned to death in one county alone, and thousands more on death row in another city.
- Kerala Cans Coca-Cola, Pepsi (Times of India, P K SURENDRAN, Aug 10, 2006)
Twenty-nine years after George Fernandes bundled out IBM and Cola-Cola from India to emerge as the country's top MNC-slayer, Kerala's Marxist CM V S Achuthanandan on Wednesday sought to grab the mantle from him by serving marching orders on cola . . .
- A Delicate Balance (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
The debate over the principle of reservations is now over. Indeed, it was effectively over even before it began.
- Heart Talk (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 10, 2006)
How much of medicine is gender biased? A lot, it seems, going by the findings of a recent study: Women who suffer the same symptoms of heart disease as men are being sent home with a clean chit for want of medical evidence.
- Politics In Hockey (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
Pakistan faced utmost humiliation and disappointment at the 28 Champions Trophy Hockey Tournament where it finished 5th and yet we did not see any shame or remorse from any of the hockey charlatans.
- Life-Saving Knowledge (Tribune, Aditi Tandon, Aug 10, 2006)
With her latest work, acclaimed children’s writer Manorama Jafa has made a priceless offering to the nation. Known for charting a new course in the field of children’s literature, the veteran writer has made a daring departure this time around – . . .
- Graveyard Of Unborn Daughters (Tribune, Chander Parkash, Aug 10, 2006)
A mass grave of female foetus was detected today in a vacant plot owned by quacks Pritam Singh, an ex-serviceman and his wife Amarjit Kaur of this town, by a high-level team of state health authorities after it raided the premises of the local . . .
- Putting Priorities In Perspective (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 10, 2006)
The frenzied hooliganism that marks Independence Day in most major cities across the country, most particularly Lahore, is now only days away.
- Ministreal Incompetence (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 10, 2006)
These columns on November 6 were the first to call for Natwar Singh’s resignation as Foreign Minister.
- Kerala Bans Sale, Production Of Colas (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
Kerala chief minister Mr VS Achuthanandan told reporters that the state Cabinet decided to ban sale and production of soft drinks marketed by the cola majors. The ban was imposed as many studies had stated these drinks contained elements hazardous . . .
- Yet Another Traffic Jam (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 10, 2006)
While road conditions in Karachi seem to be getting worse all the time, few traffic snarls could have matched the one witnessed on . . .
- More Facilities For Legislators (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Aug 10, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz wants to improve the quality of life of the people of Pakistan. That has been promised by successive leaders often in the past. But the promise has hardly ever materialized except in case of a small number of people.
- Israel To Push Even Deeper Into Lebanon (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
The Israeli security cabinet on Wednesday gave the green light for the army’s ground offensive to push deeper into south Lebanon, Deputy Prime Minister Eli Yishai said.
- Court Deports Indian Women, Five Children (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
The NWFP Home Department on Wednesday issued the deportation order of two Indian women and five children who were arrested by political authorities on suspicion of being Indian spies 14 months ago on Pak-Afghan border closed to Miranshah in the . . .
- Retreat In The Face Of Extremism? (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Aug 10, 2006)
The ruling PML had a case of cold feet at the National Assembly on Tuesday while trying to pass an amendment to the Hudood Ordinance by a simple majority.
- Online Resources In E-Health Era (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 09, 2006)
The Internet has matured to a point where the millions seeking medical info can prepare themselves for a serious medical encounters.
- In Afghanistan, A New Crackdown (Tribune, Pamela Constable, Aug 09, 2006)
Behind an unmarked door on a quiet residential street, a half-dozen young Chinese women in miniskirts shimmy to disco tapes or sit with beefy European men. Next to the fully stocked bar, a plastic Christmas tree pulses with tiny lights.
- Aids Affects Economy (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 09, 2006)
THE adverse economic impact of HIV and AIDS occurs at three levels: the individual/household level, sector level, and national or macro-levels. In the early phase of the epidemic, the impacts at the sector and macro-levels are rather mild . . .
- Police Goes Berserk (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 09, 2006)
The Chandigarh police disgraced itself when it teargassed and lathi-charged protesting jobless youth on Monday. One thought years of experience in handling demonstrations, so frequent at the city’s Matka Chowk, would have taught the police tact and . . .
- Aids Cases Found Among Indian Forces; Govt Plans Prevention (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
As many as 986 cases of HIV/AIDS have been detected in the Central para-military forces which included the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Border Security Force (BSF), Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and others.
- Beefing About Unhygienic, Stale Indian Beef (Daily Times, Zakir Hassnain, Aug 09, 2006)
The sale of unhygienic Indian beef in Peshawar and its adjoining villages is worrying citizens and the government has not taken any step to investigate the issue so far.
- Search For A New Way (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 09, 2006)
Since most hijras end up being stereotyped as cross-dressing men, they end up facing challenges linked with their identity.
- India To Lose 16m To Aids By '26 (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
AIDS might spell a loss of over 16 million lives in India over the next 20 years. This is the estimate put out in a recent report prepared by the office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner on future population trends in India.
- Relax, Then Revolt (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 09, 2006)
Revolution needs leisure. Take a long weekend off to understand you are being exploited
- After Bomb Kills Kin, Life Turns Ghostly (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
After a bomb hits, the remains of a life are modest
- Inside The Marvel, To The World’S Roof (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 09, 2006)
As the brand new deep green train to Tibet pulled out of the Lanzhou station, on the edge of the Gobi desert at 4.30 in the evening there was excitement among the passengers about the high rail road they were going to take.
- Anti-Corruption Drive Being Subverted (Tribune, Raman Mohan, Aug 09, 2006)
Guess who is trying to subvert Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda’s hugely popular anti-corruption campaign? It may sound unbelievable but the answer is that several police and civil officers are the culprits.
- 3 Killed, 20 Injured In Bus Accident (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
Three persons were killed and 20 injured when a mini bus carrying them veered off the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway and plunged into a deep gorge at Sempora in Pulwama district today.
- Very Cross (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 09, 2006)
Art, in its engagement with religion, has always relished hell-brink blasphemy. And Madonna is one contemporary artist whose appetite for it remains insatiable.
- Govt Walks Path Of Phased Quota (Telegraph, Monobina Gupta, Aug 09, 2006)
The human resource development ministry is likely to stagger the implementation of 27 per cent OBC quota for institutions that have pleaded their inability to introduce it at one go.
- Beirut Pleads For End Of War (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
Israeli air strikes killed 14 villagers in south Lebanon today as Beirut pleaded for a swift end to Israel’s war with Hizbollah guerrillas that has cost up to 1,000 Lebanese and 100 Israeli lives in four weeks.
- Urban Legends (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 09, 2006)
India is undergoing a radical makeover. According to projections by the census office, large chunks of the country are going to be urbanised over the next two decades.
- Israeli Warning Freezes Aid (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
UN relief aid in southern Lebanon was completely frozen today, aid agencies said after an Israeli warning that it would attack any moving vehicle south of the Litani River.
- Terror Leader: 'Nobody Can Hand Me Over To India' (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
The Kashmir issue can never be resolved through talks, believes Syed Salahuddin, leader of the Hizb-ul Mujahideen terrorist group, and chairman of the Jihad Council, an umbrella outfit comprising over a dozen Kashmiri terrorist groups.
- Godavari Recedes, No Respite From Floods (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
High tide in Bay adds to flood fury; 350 Konaseema villages marooned
- Casual Labour Problem (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Aug 09, 2006)
“If the ministry’s action weakens the system, then the Moody’s might go moody and the Standards will rate us ‘poor’”
- Rbi Should Stick To Fine Tuning (Business Standard, Subir Roy, Aug 09, 2006)
The perceptions of the finance minister and the central bank governor appear to be in a classical misalignment. P Chidambaram wants buoyant growth to continue whereas Y V Reddy has signalled higher interest rates so as to rein in incipient inflation.
- Water, Water Everywhere But Not Where Needed Most (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 09, 2006)
Half-way through the monsoon, the country’s 76 major reservoirs are almost full. Last weekend’s rain meant that some of the dams in Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh had to release their excess . . .
- Far From A Charming End (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 09, 2006)
I read in the papers that the Union Government has banned snake charmers. It is the first piece of good news that has come out of this Government in the last three . . .
- Long-Term Addicts Go For Injectable Drugs (Hindu, R. Sujatha, Aug 09, 2006)
NGOs urged to take up awareness programmes in schools, colleges
- Distress Compounded (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 09, 2006)
A comprehensive study of the socio-economic impact of HIV and AIDS in six high prevalence Indian States has yielded compelling data.
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