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Articles 4621 through 4720 of 20587:
- Filipino Students Hurt By Overcrowding, Underfunding (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2006)
From overcrowded classrooms with children studying in shifts to a shortage of books and a weak grasp of English, mathematics and science, the education system in the Philippines is struggling to get a passing grade.
- One Killed, Six Injured In Doda Grenade Attack (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2006)
One girl was killed and six others injured when militants hurled a greande at a house in Doda district today, officials said.
- The Road Less Travelled (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jul 27, 2006)
Man may be able to move mountains, but there’s one man with a will, a hammer and a chisel who has moved a hill. Dasrath Manjhi dug a passage through a 25-feet high land mass that blocked his village, Gahlaur in Bihar, from civilisation.
- Israel, Hizbollah Battle For South Lebanon (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2006)
Four UN observers killed in Israeli airstrikes, Tyre bombed; 13 Israelis killed: Hizbollah
- Great Wall Of Thought Control (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 27, 2006)
A new media law in China aims at scanning every news report before it goes to print.
- Growing Gap (Times of India, Andre Beteille , Jul 27, 2006)
India and China embarked upon somewhat different courses of development at roughly the same time. Comparisons between the two countries, their achievements so far and their prospects for the future are inevitable.
- Somebody Stop Him (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 27, 2006)
Ramadoss has learnt nothing ---- Hard as the Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Anbumani Ramadoss may try to pretend that the Delhi High Court's dismissal of the Central Government's petition . . .
- Ensuring Proper Healthcare (Pioneer, BC Dutta, Jul 27, 2006)
In a recent verdict on whether striking doctors should be paid their salary, the Supreme Court has held that the right of patients to get treatment is on the same footing as the right to life guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution.
- Operation Sukoon (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Jul 27, 2006)
India’s evacuation of its citizens from Lebanon is set to conclude on Thursday when 376 Indians, 400 Sri Lankans and 17 Nepalese make the crossing from Beirut to Larnaca in Cyprus on three warships engaged in the sea and air lift dubbed ‘Operation Sukoon’
- Aids: Policemen Told To Take Preventive Steps (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2006)
Commissioner of Police Neelam Achuta Rao urged the police force to be more responsive to the challenge of HIV/AIDS.
- Saddam Thinner, Combative (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2006)
A thinner but combative Saddam Hussein told the court on Wednesday he would prefer to die by firing squad rather than hang ``like a common criminal,'' as the defiant ex-President made his final scheduled appearance before the tribunal until it . . .
- Fundamentalism Versus Science (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 27, 2006)
With a stroke of the pen, President George Bush has dealt a body blow to science and dashed the hopes of countless human beings round the world who look to human embryonic stem cell research as a possible cure for their afflictions.
- Varanasi: Cosmopolitan And A Role Model (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Jul 27, 2006)
The most spectacular yield of the recent affirmation of communal harmony in Varanasi is undoubtedly the Muslim effort at introspection — possible only because of Hindu support.
- Plans Drawn Up To Promote Medical Tourism (Hindu, S. Anil Radhakrishnan, Jul 27, 2006)
Kerala Tourism initiates process of granting accreditation to hospitals
- Aiadmk Seeks 50 Pc Quota In Private Medical Colleges (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2006)
Asks Lt. Governor to intervene in the issue
850 MBBS seats available in seven private colleges in Pondicherry
50 per cent reservation already fixed in private engineering colleges.
- Jmi’S Education Department To Resume Classes (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2006)
Jamia Millia Islamia's Faculty of Education will resume classes from Thursday even as agitating students continue with the indefinite hunger strike for the third day on Wednesday. ...
- Wb Calls For Better Public Sector Accountability (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2006)
The bank's emphasis is on spreading development benefits to all sections of the society
- 3 Killed In Assam Blast (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2006)
Three people were killed and four others were injured in an explosion at Maibong Railway Station in Assam’s North Cacher Hills district on Wednesday.
- Ancient, Royal, Pilgrimage Town (Hindu, A. Srivathsan, Jul 26, 2006)
Kumbakonam was part of a large royal complex of the Chola period
- Of Mice And Men (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 26, 2006)
No one has any compassion for mice. We object to dogs and monkeys being dissected but the millions of mice that are mutilated and put through useless experiments from the school to the research stage have no sympathy.
- A Complex Scene (Frontline, R.K. Raghavan, Jul 26, 2006)
The anniversary of the July 7 bombings provides the occasion for a renewed scrutiny of the Blair government's state of preparedness.
- India-Pakistan Trust Deficit (Pioneer, Ashok K Mehta, Jul 26, 2006)
Although the Mumbai blasts may have clouded the India-Pakistan peace process, both sides have kept front and back channels open.
- The Ageing Dictator (Pioneer, Francisco Wong-Diaz, Jul 26, 2006)
Cuban dictator Fidel Castro turns 80 years old on August 13, and will be hosting the September 15-16 annual conference of the so-called Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in Havana.
- Teaching Them Young (Business Standard, Mridusmita Bordoloi, Jul 26, 2006)
It is often said that the future of the country lies in its youth, but when it comes to planning and programme implementation, this idiom is more often than not ignored.
- Mother-In-Law Told To Pay Damages (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Jul 26, 2006)
Incomprehensible personal attack: court
Campaign of abuse began soon after marriage: Gina
Forced to clean toilets with bare hands
No problem with husband .
- Wait For October (Indian Express, Bibek Debroy, Jul 26, 2006)
RBI released “Macroeconomic and Monetary Developments: First Quarter Review 2006-07” on Monday.
- Nature’S Wrath? More Man’S Folly (Indian Express, FARAH BARIA, Jul 26, 2006)
July is Mumbai’s nemesis. Exactly one year ago on this day, Nature unleashed 944 mm of rain on the unsuspecting metropolis, claiming 400 people. This year, Mumbai has already lost over 180 innocent citizens to a dark void of insane violence.
- ‘Indo-Pak Talks Being Derailed’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 26, 2006)
The National Herald group’s Qaumi Awaz, in its editorial dated July 24, says that ‘‘after the war of words breaking out between India and Pakistan post the Mumbai blasts, not only is the attention on the war against the cancer . . .
- Custodial Death Of Financier Alleged (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2006)
Police official suspended; MIM activists, others stage rally
- Relatives' Long Wait For Naxal Bodies (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2006)
Court orders post-mortem of bodies in Guntur hospital; 7 out of 8 victims identified .
- Varanasi In The Time Of Terror (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Jul 26, 2006)
State action against terrorism will succeed if Muslims have the confidence that the community as a whole will not be called to account for terror executed by a few. Communal harmony is not a pseudo-secular cliché, it is a necessity in the . . .
- Kashmiri Migrants To Get More Relief (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2006)
U.P. gives cent per cent exemption on stamp duty
Regularisation of illegal acquisition of Nazul land into free holdland stopped
Kerosene oil lanterns have been exempted from trade tax
Legislators can buy audio-visual aids for schools from their fund
- Digitised Inventory Of Bio-Resources Is Here (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2006)
What is "sajeevani"? Where are "kurunji" flowers found? What does a Great Indian Bustard bird look like? Which are the animals used in cancer studies?
- Batting For Palestine (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 26, 2006)
In the face of Israeli raids on Lebanon, the CPM believes that India cannot be a bystander.
- Talking Aimlessly (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, Jul 26, 2006)
Stephen Miller's book is a lament on and an elegy for the declining art of conversation.
- Seeking Sanity In The Real Estate Market (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 26, 2006)
"Today, though the real estate sector is growing at a blistering 30 per cent annually, our cities are crumbling with little or non-existent infrastructure — all a result of haphazard or no urban planning." — MR DEEPAK S. PAREKH, CHAIRMAN, HDFC
- Limits Of Power (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 26, 2006)
The Union Cabinet’s decision to reject President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam’s suggestion for a comprehensive legislation on the office of profit issue and present
- Immunisation Drive Against Japanese Encephalitis (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2006)
Vaccination campaign being carried out with the help of PATH
- Monetary Policy And Banking Sector Reforms (The Financial Express, CM VASUDEV, Jul 26, 2006)
The RBI governor has been doing a good job, but many areas of reform remain for needed action.
- He Left 2 Dead, 11 Wounded For Rs 2,100 (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2006)
After arresting Lashkar-e-Toiba's most wanted militants, Mudasar Gujri alias Raju and Hanief Bengali alias Faheem, Police today claimed to have arrested yet another militant of the organisation who had lobbed two grenades at Ganderbal and left two . . .
- Creating More Jobs For The Unemployed (Daily Excelsior, Sisir Basu, Jul 26, 2006)
A matter of serious concern is the long-term trend regarding the link between the growth rate of the economy and the growth of employment.
- Misery And Anger (Tribune, Robert Fisk, Jul 26, 2006)
They are in the schools, in empty hospitals, in halls and mosques. They are arriving in Sidon by the thousand, cared for by Sunni Muslims and then sent north to join the 600,000 displaced Lebanese in Beirut.
- Sabarimala Priest Files New Complaint (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2006)
A day after the Sabarimala tantri was sacked, following allegations of immoral activities, the Kerala government on Tuesday asked the state intelligence to ascertain the details of the priest's new complaints and the progress of the probe.
- Govt Tells Sc: Undecided On Pvt Job Quota (Indian Express, G. ANANTHAKRISHNAN, Jul 26, 2006)
The UPA Government has told the Supreme Court that it has not yet firmed up any policy on job reservation in the private sector.
- Rbi Did Right, Avers Chidambaram (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2006)
Finance Minister P Chidambaram, on Tuesday, justified RBI’s decision to hike short term interest rates saying “it is needed to control inflation.”
- Joining Hands To Spread Aids Awareness On Television (Hindu, Mandira Nayar, Jul 25, 2006)
Music video and album telecast on DD "I was the first one to be approached for this song a year ago," says Sonu Nigam
- Bloated Babudom (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 25, 2006)
Punjab has a bloated bureaucracy. This fact is not unknown to the government either.
- Ansari Was Urged To "Do Something" In Mumbai: Ats (New Indian Express, PTI, Jul 25, 2006)
With the arrest of Tanvir Ansari in the Mumbai serial blasts case, police on Monday claimed to have busted an important sleeper module of Lashkar-e-Toiba in the city.
- Prince Responding Well To Treatment: Doctors (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
He has no external or internal injuries
- State Signs Rs. 540-Crore Loan Pact With World Bank (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
The aim is to improve services in the most backward taluks of the State
- Prospects Abroad (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
There is an overwhelming preference among Indian students to pursue engineering courses in the United States.
- Saddam On Hunger Strike, Trial Resumes Without Him (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
The trial of Saddam Hussein resumed on Monday without the ousted Iraqi leader, who has been receiving medical attention for his hunger strike.
- Prince Howls At Sight Of People (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
Six-year-old Prince, rescued from a 60-foot-deep borewell last evening, was put under mild sedatives today after he began to cry uncontrollably in the afternoon.
- Job Scheme Off To Good Start In Haryana (Tribune, Puran Singh Yadav, Jul 25, 2006)
Being among the 200 most backward districts in the country, Mahendergarh and Sirsa districts of Haryana were selected for the implementation of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) in the first phase.
- Dangers Of A Time Lag (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Jul 25, 2006)
The recent poll conducted across the country has given the benefit of doubt to the prime minister, Manmohan Singh.
- Prevention Of Heart Ailments (Hindu, Ramya Kannan , Jul 25, 2006)
There is no overemphasising the importance of preventing lifestyle-related diseases according to diabetologists and cardiologists.
- Act Of Promise In Kerala (Frontline, R Krishnakumar, Jul 25, 2006)
A Kerala Act on self-financing professional educational institutions raises the hackles of many who run such institutions.
- Gateways To Great Careers (Frontline, T.S. Subramanian, Jul 25, 2006)
Education in Chennai is witnessing a revolution with students discovering new streams that lead to a bright careers.
- Private Players' Role (Frontline, T.S. Subramanian, Jul 25, 2006)
Education in Tamil Nadu, especially engineering education, has benefited much from the efforts of the private sector.
- A Reminder To The President (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 25, 2006)
The letter to President Pervez Musharraf by some intellectuals, retired generals and serving and former parliamentarians breaks no new ground and states the obvious.
- When The Water Touches The Nose (OutLook, Dunu Roy, Jul 25, 2006)
Environmentalism isn't a luxury of the rich, sure. But when he really had to say why, he loses nerve.
- Tell Me, Mirror... (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jul 25, 2006)
Despite all that India has achieved, as credible commentators such as Clive Crook and S Narayan point out (FE, July 24, ‘15 years of economic reforms’), it needs to do much more. ‘The petty done, the undone vast,’ (transposing Thomas Hardy’s . . .
- Sowing Fdi (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 25, 2006)
With farm investment falling, the Government must explore ways to augment finances.
- National Health Accounts (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jul 25, 2006)
Will improve policy and services
- The Dead Have To Wait (Deccan Herald, HASSAN M FATTAH, Jul 25, 2006)
Lebanon carpenters are running out of wood for coffins. Bodies are stacked three or four high in a truck at the hospital morgue.
- Once Bitten (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 25, 2006)
One could argue that M. Karunanidhi is simply adhering to the acute concern political parties have expressed for Abdul Nasser Mahdani in neighbouring Kerala.
- It Began With Stamps (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 25, 2006)
All boys want to be engine drivers when they grow up and are ardent stamp collectors, and I was no exception to this general rule.
- Employee Burnout (Business Line, C. V. Aravind, Jul 25, 2006)
One of the problems facing organisations, big and small, is that of `employee burnout'.
- Seeking Growth With Human Face (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Jul 25, 2006)
Growth is undoubtedly important, but not at any cost. It has to be fair and just, employment oriented and environmental friendly, not ruthless, rootless, voiceless and futureless.
- Fallacies, Silences In 11th Plan Approach (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Jul 25, 2006)
In the previous edition of Macroscan, C. P. Chandrasekhar and Jayati Ghosh considered the macroeconomic implications of the Planning Commission's Approach to the Eleventh Plan and concluded that it was bereft of planning.
- Terror Accused Mahdani Most Valuable Ally For Left, Cong (Indian Express, RAJEEV P I, Jul 25, 2006)
If the DMK government in Tamil Nadu is arranging for 1998 Coimbatore blast accused Abdul Nasser Mahdani’s Ayurvedic massages, the Left and the Congress in Kerala have been doing the stretching—prostrate at his feet.
- Saddam's Trial To Resume Despite Hunger Strike » (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
The trial of Iraq's ousted president, Saddam Hussein, was to resume on Monday with or without him, after he was admitted to hospital suffering from the effects of a 16-day-old hunger strike.
- 22 Dead, 24 Hurt As Bus Falls Into River In Nepal » (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
At least 22 people were killed and 24 others were hurt on Sunday when a bus carrying passengers from Kathmandu to Jalbire skidded off a mountain road and fell into a river in northeast Nepal's Sindhpalchowk district, police said.
- For An Office With Profit (Pioneer, Sandhya Jain, Jul 25, 2006)
It is a well-known maxim that the questions one asks determine the nature of the responses elicited.
- Claptrap Of The Politician (Statesman, Jagmohan , Jul 25, 2006)
Few of us realise that the issue of illegal constructions and conversion of properties in Delhi is not merely one of civic governance; it extends to a much larger realm of constitutional morality and the way our democracy is functioning in practice.
- Oversight Committee On Quota Approves Interim Report (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
The Oversight Committee, set up to prepare a roadmap for the implementation of 27 per cent reservation for OBCs in elite educational institutions from next year, today approved an interim report to be presented to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in . . .
- Sensex Rebounds As Bank, It Shares Lead Recovery Rally (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
The benchmark Sensex, rebound reversing earlier losses on the Bombay Stock Exchange today, on revival of buying by funds in banking and IT shares, placing it higher by over 129 points.
- The President Has No Red Cards (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jul 25, 2006)
He has no mandate to set himself as a constitutional referee.
- The Reforms Experience (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
This volume, a befitting honour to C.H.Hanumantha Rao, contains 19 papers of high quality by eminent economists on the broad theme of economic reforms.
- Sme Gold Card Scheme From Corporation Bank (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2006)
Will provide hassle-free and immediate assistance; opens 842nd branch
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