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Articles 5321 through 5420 of 20587:
- Incorporating Health Concerns Into Country's Development Goals (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 12, 2006)
Focus on National Population Policy on World Population Day
Expert says enabling conditions like literacy, access to food, work and health motivate families to keep the family size in check
She says with development, people will adopt population . . .
- Mumbai Bombing Death Toll Rises To 179, 661 Wounded (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 12, 2006)
The number of people killed in Tuesday's bombings on packed commuter trains and rail stations in India's financial capital rose to 179 after more victims died of their wounds at hospitals, police said on Wednesday.
- 'It's Not The Time To Play The Blame Game' (Rediff on the Net, SHABANA AZMI, Jul 12, 2006)
Actress Shabana Azmi called up rediff.com on Wednesday to send out a message to Mumbaikars after doing the rounds of Mumbai hospitals. She was all praise for the doctors attending to the blast victims and police working tirelessly.
- Demographic Designs (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jul 12, 2006)
How should one react to the fact that a fifth of all humans to have lived in the last 6,000 years are alive today?
- Testing Time For People Affected With Hiv (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 12, 2006)
Shortage of drug, test kits adds to their woes
- Highways Hassles (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 12, 2006)
It would seem the day is not far off when an instant bandh (read road blockade) will result if even a stray chicken or dog is run over by a vehicle on Manipur’s main lifelines ~ the 213-km Dimapur-Imphal Road (NH 39) or the alternative 214-km Silchar . .
- Terror Strikes Mumbai, Over 147 Killed (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 12, 2006)
Local trains targeted; explosions in first class compartments; 439 injured; commuters forced to walk
- Eight Killed, 37 Injured In Grenade Attacks In Kashmir (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Jul 12, 2006)
Militants target tourists at three places
- Police Pick Through Bomb-Hit Mumbai (Reuters, Krittivas Mukherjee, Jul 12, 2006)
Investigators picked through the mangled wreckage of trains and stations in Mumbai on Wednesday as millions of people commuted to work and school following a string of bomb blasts that killed at least 179.
- Aiadmk, Allies Hold Aloft The Banner Of Revolt (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 12, 2006)
Cadres stage demonstration , demanding upgrading of hospital
- Manmohan For Reconstruction Of University System (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 12, 2006)
Underlines need to recognise private sector contribution in its expansion
Lays foundation for the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research
Universities have not grown commensurate with need
- 33 Killed, 30 Injured In Bangla Train-Bus Collision (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 12, 2006)
A speeding train rammed into a passenger bus in southwestern Bangladesh today, killing at least 33 people amd injuring 30 others, police and train officials said.
- Sonia Gandhi Visits Bomb Blasts Injured[ 0204hrs ] (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 12, 2006)
Congress President Sonia Gandhi visited the injured on Tuesday evening's serial blasts in suburban trains at a local hospital late tonight.
- Cibil To Take Individual Credit Rating To Public (Indian Express, George Mathew, Jul 12, 2006)
Credit Score: Consumer data accounts to hit 100 mn soon; banks start sharing data on defaulters
- 147 Dead, 439 Injured As Blasts Rock Mumbai Trains (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 12, 2006)
At least 147 people were killed and 439 injured in a string of seven terror blasts that tore through first class compartments of suburban trains around 6 pm during the peak hour traffic here today.
- Up To Form Comm To Verify Claims Of Ayurvedic Cure For Aids............. (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 12, 2006)
Uttar Pradesh Government will consitute a team of ayurveda specialists to examine the findings of a doctor, who claimed that he had invented an ayurvedic medicine to cure HIV/AIDS.
- Hasten With Care (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jul 12, 2006)
It is heartening to note that a Union Government expert panel is quite convinced after an on-the-spot study about the existence of necessary infrastructure for setting up a super-specialty hospital in this city.
- 8 Killed, 43 Injured In 5 Grenade Attacks In Srinagar (Daily Excelsior, Ahmed Ali Fayyaz, Jul 12, 2006)
Eight persons died and 43 sustained injuries when suspected militants carried out a series of grenade attacks, targeting domestic tourists in Dalgate and Lalchowk areas of Civil Lines in this capital city today.
- Sena Packs A Punch At Pak & Cong (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 12, 2006)
Bloody Tuesday drew a dreary roar from Bal Thackeray, with the Shiv Sena supremo blaming the serial blasts on the pusillanimous policy of the Congress-led Centre towards Pakistan.
- Never Again, Say Tourists From Kolkata (Times of India, M Saleem Pandit, Jul 12, 2006)
Six people were killed and 35 injured in the attacks that followed the one at Dal Lake in Srinagar on Tuesday.
- It Cannot Be Work Of Sane Kashmiris: Tourism Sector (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 12, 2006)
Saying that the grenade attacks on tourists in Srinagar couldn’t be the work of any ‘‘sane Kashmiri’’, the tourism industry in the Valley today demanded a probe into the incidents.
- 'Reservation Is The Issue, Aiims Just An Incident' (Times of India, NARAYANI GANESH, Jul 12, 2006)
Union health minister Anbumani Ramadoss is no stranger to controversy. He claims he has never interfered in the running of AIIMS and tells Narayani Ganesh that Dr P Venugopal, AIIMS director, has himself conceded this point before the current . . .
- Peace Being Held Hostage (Deccan Herald, Robert Macfarlane, Jul 12, 2006)
Israel’s current military offensive against Gaza has two stated objectives: the release of a soldier captured by Palestinian fighters on June 25th and an end to Palestinian rocket attacks on Israeli towns near the Gaza border.
- ‘You Really Can’T Buy Happiness’ (Deccan Herald, SHANKAR VEDANTAM, Jul 12, 2006)
Joy-o-meter- Once personal wealth exceeds about $12,000 a year, more money produces virtually no increase in life satisfaction
- Maximum City, Invincible People & Their Lifeline (Indian Express, FARAH BARIA, Jul 12, 2006)
Even at the best of times, there’s one scene that never changes: battered railway coaches packed with the human flotsam of a brutal city. Men, women, and children, travelling like concentration-camp refugees to do the only thing they know: survive.
- Forced Service Will Prove Ineffective (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 12, 2006)
You can take a horse to the water, but you cannot make it drink. Then why is the Goa government proposing a compulsory five-year rural posting for doctors passing out of state-funded medical colleges?
- 163 Killed In Mumbai Train Bombings (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 12, 2006)
Seven explosions ripped through packed commuter trains during rush hour on Tuesday in India's commercial capital, killing at least 163 people and injuring over 460 in what officials said was a well-coordinated bomb attack by terrorists.
- Spilling Palestinian Blood (News International, IMTIAZ GUL, Jul 12, 2006)
If somebody believes they can force us militarily, they are befooling themselves. We defeated them in the past and we will defeat them again.
- One Year On And What Has Changed? (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 12, 2006)
One year ago, between 9am and 10am on July 7, 2005 four suicide bombers detonated their deadly bombs on a packed London transport system. 52 people lost their lives.
- Afghan Mission A Major Step For Nato: Rumsfe (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 12, 2006)
US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on Tuesday the expansion of a Nato peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan was historic for the alliance which will soon take over some of the most dangerous parts of the country.
- 7 Serial Blasts Rock Mumbai Killing 142 (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 12, 2006)
Seven bombs hit Bombay’s commuter rail network during rush hour Tuesday evening, killing 142 people and wounding more than 300 in what authorities called a well-coordinated terrorist attack.
- ‘We Shall Overcome’ (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 12, 2006)
Even as the Opposition stepped in to mobilise public anger over the attack on Mumbai, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday refrained from employing rhetoric in his address to the nation.
- Widening The Gulf Of Mexico (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Jul 12, 2006)
Last week’s presidential election in Mexico had for months been touted as a crucial stage in the phenomenon whereby Latin America has democratically been drifting leftwards during the past decade.
- Doctors’ Negligence (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 12, 2006)
While suspicions of foul play are growing by the day in the case of the doctor arrested in Karachi on charges of removing a patient’s kidney instead of his gall bladder, there is no definitive evidence as yet to prove an ulterior motive behind his . . .
- Deadly Fokker Crash (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 12, 2006)
Monday’s plane crash near Multan has revived the debate over the airworthiness of the national carrier’s ageing fleet of Fokker F-27s. The PIA chairman has been quick to insist, no doubt out of the best of motives, that the fleet is fit and will . . .
- Rice Urges Congress To Vote N-Deal Before August (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Jul 12, 2006)
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Monday urged both Houses of the US Congress to vote on the US-India civil nuclear cooperation before the month-long summer recess in August.
- Investment Banks Slug It Out For Top Indian Grads (Pioneer, Reuters, Jul 12, 2006)
The competition among investment banks to snare top students is heating up as they cast the net as far as India and China to recruit an increasing number of bright new hires this summer.
- 147 Killed As Ultras Target Suburban Trains (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 12, 2006)
One hundred and forty seven persons were killed and 439 injured in Mumbai in a series of blasts late this evening in seven 'local' trains ferrying commuters home from work and a busy suburban subway.
- 6 Tourists Among 8 Killed; 37 Hurt (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 12, 2006)
In yet another series of explosions, eight persons, including six tourists, were killed and over 40 others, were injured in six grenade explosions that rocked the uptown areas from Dalgate to the Central Lal Chowk area here today.
- Bombed: Head To Heart (Telegraph, Satish Nandgaonkar, Jul 12, 2006)
Terror coursed through India from its northern tip at noon to its financial heart at sundown, as synchronised grenade attacks in Srinagar gave way to multiple blasts on packed commuter trains in Mumbai, leaving over 147 dead.
- Gulf Kannadigas Fly High On Hope (Deccan Herald, Gopal Sutar, Jul 12, 2006)
DIRECT LINK- The Chief Minister has assured Kannadigas in the Gulf of improved infrastructure in coastal Karnataka
- 7 Bombs, 10 Minutes, 160 Dead (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 12, 2006)
Thousands of commuters fled the carnage into the monsoon rains while others helped the injured and mutilated to hospitals.
- Proper Eating Habits - Best Way To Manage Digestive Problems (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 11, 2006)
Ensuring a good diet and physical activity is a big challenge in today's fast paced world of pepperoni pizzas and sugary cereals, conferences and e-mails.
- A Taliban-Coloured Dawn In Kashmir (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jul 11, 2006)
Resurgent Islamists have used the prostitution scandal to subvert democratic institutions and processes.
- C.P.Chandrasekhar: Exorcising Inflation (Frontline, C.P. CHANDRASEKHAR, Jul 11, 2006)
Dependence on foreign finance and a worsening of the agrarian crisis seem to be the costs of using imports to deal with inflation.
- Caring For One (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jul 11, 2006)
If statistics can be scary and revealing here is a telling example.
- Ascent Of The Anti-Hindus (Pioneer, Sandhya Jain, Jul 11, 2006)
Barely a month after his visit to New Delhi for support in rebuilding his Maoist-ravaged country, Nepal's appointed interim Prime Minister GP Koirala has delivered his unhappy nation into the hands of its . . .
- 45 Killed In Pia Fokker Plane Crash (Pakistan Observer, Hussain Kashif, Jul 11, 2006)
All 45 people aboard PIA Fokker plane, PK-688, which was on its way from Multan to Lahore were killed in an air crash near here at 12.10 pm on Monday.
- 45 Die In Fokker Crash Near Multan (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 11, 2006)
A Pakistan International Airlines’ Fokker passenger plane crashed into a field shortly after take-off on Monday, killing all 45 passengers and crew, near Suraj Miani on the outskirts of Multan about four-five kilometres away from the . . .
- India Says Nearly Done On Local Bird Flu Vaccine (Reuters, Krittivas Mukherjee, Jul 11, 2006)
India is close to developing its own vaccine against avian flu in poultry with final phase trials showing 90 percent success, the head of the country's top animal disease research laboratory said on Monday.
- Mysore Shows The Way To Sonagachi (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 11, 2006)
Mr Mrinal Kanti Dutta, son of a sex worker in Kolkata, has been in Mysore for more than a month now, learning how to replicate Smartcards a local non-government organisation, Asodaya, is launching this week for this city’s sex workers.
- A 'Nalayak' Minister & A 'Murderer' Mla (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 11, 2006)
The ruckus headed to a dramatic climax after Speaker Krishna adjourned the House for lunch. Former speaker Ramesh Kumar called Housing Minister D T Jayakumar a nalayak (useless character). The Minister, in turn, swore back at the Congress . . .
- Manmohan Urged To Ban Field Trials Of Genetically Modified Food Crop (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 11, 2006)
Farmers' unions say GM technology is unsustainable and expensive
- Satirical Essays (Hindu, Sarojini Premchand, Jul 11, 2006)
Eloquence and erudition are striking in these 148 essays. This volume of 1062 pages is literally a feast for lovers of good prose. Panuganti (1865-1940) wrote several series of essays during 1913-20 which were brought out first as a series of six . . .
- High Hiv Infection At Shipbreaking Yards (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 11, 2006)
Survey shows that alcoholism is also rampant among them
38 confirmed cases of AIDS, 50-55 cases of STDs reported every week
Health problems also high due to unhygienic living conditions
- Anbumani Must Quit: Jaya (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 11, 2006)
Former chief minister and AIADMK supremo J Jayalalitha demanded on Monday that Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss step down from the Cabinet following the controversy over the sacking of AIIMS director Venugopal.
- Aiims Registrar Back In Office (Hindu, Bindu Shajan Perappadan, Jul 11, 2006)
Health Ministry says Venugopal's order cannot take effect
Governing Body must approve his removal
Gupta will have to explain salary release issue
- Centre Asks Registrar To Continue At Aiims (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 11, 2006)
The Union home ministry on Monday stalled Saturday’s move by AIIMS director P. Venugopal ordering the removal of AIIMS registrar V.P Gupta.
- Fokker Crashes; 45 On Board Killed :High Court Judges, University Vc, Brigadiers Among Dead (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 11, 2006)
A Lahore-bound Fokker of PIA crashed into a field here only a few minutes after taking off on Monday. There were no survivors among the 45 people, including five crew members, aboard the ill-fated flight Pk-688.
- Tata Halts Work On Planned $3b B'desh Investment (Pioneer, Reuters, Jul 11, 2006)
Indian conglomerate Tata has suspended work on a $3 billion investment plan in Bangladesh because of "frustrating" delays by the Bangladeshi authorities approving the project, a senior Tata official said on Monday.
- Bjp Has Double Standards On Quota, Says Jdu (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 11, 2006)
Using the recent controversy over the move for the removal of AIIMS director P Venugopal, the Janata Dal (United) here today charged the BJP with ‘‘duplicity’’ over reservations.
- The Cell Culture (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 11, 2006)
How I miss those good old days when telephone numbers were in three digits only!
- Ugly Scenes In Assembly Over Bribery Allegations (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 11, 2006)
Exchange of words between Ramesh Kumar and D.T. Jayakumar
A BJP MLC had made allegations of bribery against Kumaraswamy
The Congress demanded an adjournment motion on the allegations
Speaker Krishna rejected the demand
He said the Council . . .
- Prisoner Swap Only Option For Israel: Hamas (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 11, 2006)
Hamas leader-in-exile Khaled Meshaal said on Monday that Israel must free Palestinian prisoners in exchange for a captured Israeli soldier, asserting that Israel’s military campaign in the Gaza Strip was futile.
- Despite Differences, Jd(u) Backs Ramadoss Over Aiims ...Urges Centre To Maintain Status . . . (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 11, 2006)
Despite differences within the party, the Janata Dal (U) on Monday came out in open support of the Union Health Minister A Ramadoss in the controversy over the AIIMS director's removal and the stay granted by the Delhi High Court and called all . . .
- Lesser Appendix (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 11, 2006)
Once upon a time, I had an appendix. Actually I was born with it. But God had sealed its fate many generations ago when it was found to serve no purpose.
- Think Before You Advise (Business Line, Naina R. Desai , Jul 11, 2006)
Assumption of risk, duty to take care and special relationship are the bedrock of the Hedley Byrne Principle.
- Through The Third Eye (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 11, 2006)
Gossip mills in the top echelons of the bureaucracy continue to work overtime, notwithstanding the extension given to Cabinet secretary B K Chaturvedi. Now rumours are doing the rounds regarding home secretary V K Duggal, one of the top contenders . . .
- Q&a: 'Reservation Is The Issue, Aiims Just An Incident' (Times of India, NARAYANI GANESH, Jul 11, 2006)
Union health minister Anbumani Ramadoss is no stranger to controversy. He claims he has never interfered in the running of AIIMS and tells Narayani Ganesh that Dr P Venugopal, AIIMS director, has himself conceded this point before the current . . .
- Israel Anxious To Avoid Sinking Into ‘Gaza Swamp’ (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 11, 2006)
By wasting little time withdrawing troops from northern Gaza over the weekend after a two-day operation, Israel made clear it did not want to get bogged down in territory it quit less than a year ago.
- More Troops Are Rushed Out To Combat Threat Of The Taleban (Times Online (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 11, 2006)
Nine hundred more soldiers are being sent as reinforcements for Britain’s campaign in southern Afghanistan after a series of attacks by the Taleban in recent weeks.
- Planners Fret At Fiscal Constraints (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Jul 10, 2006)
While it is a healthy tradition to restrict fiscal deficit, the implementation is a complex task.
- 150 Die In Russian Plane Crash (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 10, 2006)
A Russian passenger jet with 200 persons on board crashed while landing at Irkutsk airport in Siberia, killing more than 150 persons, including the crew, the local authorities said.
- Child Dies, 6 Hurt In 2 Grenade Explosions (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 10, 2006)
A child died and six others were injured in two separate mysterious explosions in Kulgam and Sopore today, while as police claimed that it identified the militants, responsible for yesterday's grenade attack on National Conference rally in Kulgam.
- The Anatomy And Lessons Of Inflation (The Financial Express, Saumitra Chaudhuri, Jul 10, 2006)
In India, unlike the developed world, the price pass-through of the oil surge still looms substantially.
- Projecting Inconvenient Eco-Truths (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Jul 10, 2006)
The former US Vice-President, Mr Al Gore, has turned environment evangelist. For some years now, he has been touring the world with a slick media presentation about the damage man is causing the environment. Mr Gore says that his objective is to . . .
- But Tie Your Camel (OutLook, B. Raman , Jul 10, 2006)
The orchestrated campaign against those advising caution in the Indo-US nuke deal should be a matter of concern. The recent case of a possible CIA mole in the NSCS should temper our fascination for the US with a dose of healthy caution.
- Controlling Creativity Through Statute (The Financial Express, Sucheta Dalal, Jul 10, 2006)
But instead of regulating advertisements through laws, it is best done through self-regulation.
- Marry Accountability With Autonomy (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 10, 2006)
The Delhi High Court decision to stay the AIIMS governing body’s recommendation to dismiss director P Venugopal is welcome. The current row, which is purportedly centred on protecting the institute’s autonomy, has become a clash of egos.
- 23 Killed In Dera Bugti Operation (Dawn, Saleem Shahid, Jul 10, 2006)
Security Forces claimed on Sunday to have killed 23 militants of the Bugti tribe and injured 12 others in Sangsilla and Bhambhoor areas of the Dera Bugti district.
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