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Articles 6421 through 6520 of 20587:
- Cracks In Male Bastion (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 20, 2006)
A reported 400 plus suicides in the Army in just four years is a startling figure.
- Something Special (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 20, 2006)
The government's focus on manufacturing as a whole marks a welcome change of attitude from a sector-specific, export-focused approach to industrial growth.
- Is It Masri Or Muhajir? (Pioneer, Utpal Kumar, Jun 20, 2006)
As speculations on Zarqawi's successor are rife, Utpal Kumar finds that none of the contenders is homegrown
- Sensex Back Above 5-Figure (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
It was the same old feeling again. Sensex spurts on late buying, ends 113 pts up testing 10k mark after it was demoted well below five figure mark thanks to the liquidity crunch and interest rate hikes which spooked the markets world over for over . . .
- Carrot And Stick (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 20, 2006)
Union health ministry has developed a special software for online monitoring to make sex-selective abortions more difficult. Once installed in 28,565 ultrasound clinics in the country, it will become mandatory for them to fill up . . .
- Reliance Inks Pact With Haryana (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
Overruling objections by Opposition parties and even a ruling party MP, the Reliance Industries and the Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (HSIIDC) today signed a joint venture agreement for setting up a Rs 25,000- . . .
- Safety Concerns Over New Hiv Drugs (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
The excitement over a novel class of drugs being developed to fight HIV has been dampened by fears that they could pose serious safety risks, including the possibility that they might actually speed the progression of AIDS.
- Round 1 To Ramadoss, Says Panel Will Probe Aiims Rot (Indian Express, Toufiq Rashid, Jun 20, 2006)
While he did tone down his personal attack against AIIMS director P Venugopal, Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss announced a “high-level committee” to probe into what he called the “administrative collapse and non-functioning of the institute.’’
- All For Bomber Madani (Pioneer, K Govindan Kutty , Jun 20, 2006)
It's bewildering to see so many political personalities sympathising with a man who has been charged with serial bomb blasts ---- The world is being divided into two uneven camps
- The Ramadoss Effect (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 20, 2006)
The unsavoury press which the country’s premier medical institution, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, is courting through its public fracas with the Health Minister, would be worthy of a Bollywood spoof.
- Probe Into Functioning Of Aiims (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
The Union health minister, Dr Anbumani Ramadoss, today announced the setting up of a three member committee to look into the functioning of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences.
- Strikes: Handing The Baton? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 20, 2006)
The Left-led all-India protests against the fuel price hike makes the headlines in the latest issue of People’s Democracy.
- Is Being A Good Dad Ruining Your Career? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 20, 2006)
Even after all the battles won by feminists the career/parent equation is still a zero-sum game - as if there is a finite amount of commitment a person can muster, and if they spend it on their work, they must be depriving their kids.
- Indian Officer In Trouble For Chauvinistic Remarks (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
Women’s rights activists and opposition party leaders demanded on Monday that a top army general be fired for his reported remarks that female officers have no place in India’s army.
- Un Top Job? (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 20, 2006)
There are reports that Pakistan is seriously considering making an official nomination for the post of UN secretary-general which is going to become vacant once Kofi Annan's term expires by the end of the year.
- Nwfp Budget (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 20, 2006)
Following in the footsteps of the other federating units, the NWFP has also come out with a budget that is purported to be tax-free.
- Poor Coordination Among Udf Partners In Assembly (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
Especially between Congress and Kerala Congress (M)
- Looking For A Better Consumer Price Index (The Financial Express, ILA PATNAIK, Jun 20, 2006)
It needs to be weekly, have a good quality methodological foundation and be transparent
- The Mask Slips, The Real Cm Revealed (Deccan Herald, Venkat Krishnan, Jun 20, 2006)
After all the hype about H D Kumaraswamy being a 'people's CM', his original face is slowly becoming visible
- Sc Notice To Up Minister In Corruption Case (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to a sitting Uttar Pradesh Minister on a petition alleging that he extorted money from local contractors threatening them with dire consequences.
- Neha's Body Bore Marks Of Sexual Assault (Pioneer, Vijaita Singh, Jun 20, 2006)
The body of 19-year-old Jesus and Mary College student Neha Kakkar who fell to her death from the upper sixth floor of the District Centre in Janakpuri on Saturday evening bore telltale signs of sexual assault.
- Halfway House: Ramadoss Sets Up Aiims Panel (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
Accused of trying to arm-twist the faculty and Director of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) to follow his agenda, Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss on Monday set up a committee to look into the functioning of the . . .
- Talking Dirty (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 20, 2006)
An important scientific finding can change the way people live. At the very least, it won’t change the way some people live.
- Frontier Budget (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 20, 2006)
On the face of it, the NWFP finances for 2005-06 look much better than in previous years, having a record outlay of nearly Rs 96 billion and a development fund of Rs 26.63 billion.
- More Than Compassion For Refugees (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 20, 2006)
For millions of uprooted people, World Refugee Day on June 20 is a day like any other spent waiting in remote camps and settlements for a chance to go home.
- Suicide Attempt By Dda Stenographer (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
A senior stenographer with the Delhi Development Authority allegedly tried to commit suicide by taking poison in the office premises in South Delhi on Monday.
- Here And Now Coffee (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
Some like it hot, some like it cold... but ultimately coffee for many is absolutely their daily dose of nirvana
- In Tribal Pakistan, A Tide Of Militancy (Washington Post, Pamela Constable, Jun 20, 2006)
Influence of Taliban Said to Be Spreading Beyond Border Areas Near Afghanistan
- A ‘Save Lahore’ Initiative (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 19, 2006)
It is heartening to note that a group of prominent citizens and a number of civil society organisations have joined hands to form a ‘Lahore Bachao’ (save Lahore) committee.
- Poverty Lurks In The Shadows Of Indian Economic Boom (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Jun 19, 2006)
“The obstacles hampering India’s progress, poor infrastructure, weak government, searing inequality, corruption and crime-converge in Bombay,” according to a cover story in Time magazine’s new issue.
- Pro-Quota Body Seeks Removal Of Aiims Director (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
Condemning the signature campaign for the removal of Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramdoss, a pro-reservation doctors’ association today sought the removal of AIIMS Director P. Venugopal and some senior doctors for allegedly being behind the . . .
- Year Of The Farmer (Tribune, M.S. Swaminathan, Jun 19, 2006)
To restore farmers’ faith in farming, the National Commission on Farmers (NCF) has recommended that the agricultural year 2006-07 (June 1, 2006, to May 31, 2007) may be observed as the Year of the Farmers.
- When Life Becomes Difficult... (Pioneer, Vishvjit P Singh, Jun 19, 2006)
Since it isn't very difficult to declare a healthy person terminally ill, Government needs to tread carefully before legalising euthanasia, says Vishvjit P Singh
- Germany, Bouncing From Obscurity To Action (Business Line, Mohan Murti, Jun 19, 2006)
World Cup 2006 is big business worth billions of euros, with the sale of television transmission rights alone bringing in more than € 1 billion.
Public life in Germany has been buoyed by an unmatched World Cup mania. No station square or public . . .
- 23 Killed, 26 Injured In Bus Accident On J&k Highway (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
At least 23 people, mostly labourers from Bihar and Nepal, were killed and 26 others injured when the bus they were travelling in skidded off the road and plunged into a deep gorge near Ramban on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway today, a police . . .
- Myanmar Minorities Fear Being Dammed And Damned (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
From the ice fields of the Himalayas to the azure waters of the Andaman Sea, the Salween flows undisturbed through some of the most outwardly tranquil territory on earth.
- Russia Pragmatic On Arms But Is Trade Healthy? (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
Missiles to Syria and Iran, warplanes to Venezuela and Myanmar, helicopters to Sudan -- Russia goes its own way when it comes to selling arms, seemingly immune to ethical debates that affect the industry elsewhere.
- Falling Standard Of Education (Daily Excelsior, Shiv Kumar Sharma, Jun 19, 2006)
As most of the people in Education know that the word ‘Education' has been derived from the word ‘Educe' which means to draw out all the best that is there in a child.
- 23 Killed, 23 Injured As Bus Plunges Into Gorge (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
In a tragic road accident, 23 persons, mostly labourers from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Nepal were killed and 23 others received injuries, 13 of them critically, when a bus carrying them skidded off the road and plunged into deep gorge near Kela . . .
- Bo-Ed Out (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 19, 2006)
On the face of it, there is little that can be more embarrassing than being thrown out of a flight because of body odour.
- State To Raise Health Sector Issues With Anbumani (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
Approval for Theni Medical College may also be taken up
- Army Lady Officers Are 'Outstanding'! (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
Against the backdrop of the row set off by Army Vice-Chief Lt Gen S Pattabhiraman's reported remark that the force can do without women, the Army on Sunday mounted a damage-control exercise terming as "outstanding" the contribution of women officers . . .
- Saluting The Women (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 19, 2006)
Hard on the heels of Rahul Mahajan’s medical records being disclosed by doctors at Apollo hospital, we have the Indian army blithely revealing the psychiatric records of Lt. Sushmita Chakravorty, who committed suicide last week.
- Electronics City Does A Bill Gates (Times of India, PRASHANTH G.N., Jun 19, 2006)
As though taking a cue from Microsoft's Bill Gates who's now set to become a full-time philanthropist, Bangalore's Electronics City too has decided to do its bit for the community.
- 16 Killed In Jammu Bus Accident (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
At least 16 passengers were killed and 22 others injured when a bus skidded off a mountainous road and fell into the Chenab river along the Jammu-Srinagar national highway on Sunday.
- Quota Dialogue To Focus On Institution Building (Times of India, BHASKAR ROY, Jun 19, 2006)
The National Dialogue on July 3, being organised by the Oversight Committee to reconcile various viewpoints on the quota conundrum, will primarily focus on institution building.
- Pranab For More Women In Force (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
The defence minister and the army today praised the role of women officers and personnel and said one Susmita Chakraborthy’s death shouldn’t deter women from joining the armed forces.
- Indian Business Invasion Of Britain (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
Next month, UK Trade and Investment, the government-backed agency that encourages overseas companies to do business in Britain, will reveal how many Indian companies invested here in the year to April.
- No Mercy In Killing (Times of India, Harmala Gupta, Jun 19, 2006)
As head of an organisation that looks after the medical, nursing and psychosocial needs of people with terminal cancer, I am appalled to know that the Union government is considering legislation to legalise eutha-nasia, or as it is more . . .
- Citizen Gates (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 19, 2006)
Bill Gates, after having reinvented the computer industry, has just reinvented himself. The man closely identified with Microsoft and the PC revolution has just announced that he will disengage from day-to-day running of the company by 2008, after . . .
- Market Musings In These Volatile Times (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Jun 19, 2006)
After the roller-coaster ride in the capital market last week, only the very bold or extremely foolish would dare to predict what the coming week will bring. In the last fortnight, the Indian market has bounced up three times with a dazzling . . .
- Lasting Peace Is Not A Party (Indian Express, YUBARAJ GHIMIRE, Jun 19, 2006)
Nepal is upbeat over the government’s dialogue with the Maoists. But don’t start celebrating just yet
- It’S A Jungle Out There (Indian Express, JAY MAZOOMDAAR, Jun 19, 2006)
This week the Cabinet will probably consider the tribal bill. A joint parliamentary committee (JPC) has worked on it.
- Code That Protects (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
In the Bhagavad Gita, Lord Krishna states that when standards of Dharma fall, He would incarnate to re-establish its primacy and protect the virtuous and saintly.
- The Magic Of That Old School Tie (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Jun 19, 2006)
Fifty four per cent of Britain's top newspaper and television journalists were educated at expensive private schools.
- Brothers’ Split Turns A Booty For Shareholders (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
A year since they went their separate ways, the Ambani brothers have made a mockery of predictions that a split would do good to no one and are now the envy of the top most corporate entities by indulging in a frenzy of acquisitions, expansion and . . .
- Brainstorming Session For Bihar Mlas On Aids (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
Move to discuss ways and means for more forceful drive against the dreaded disease
Alarming rise in cases of HIV positive patients in the State
An exhibition on AIDS will also be organised
`MLAs would be told about various dos and don'ts about . . .
- More Punch For Para-Military (Deccan Herald, Bidanda M Chengappa, Jun 19, 2006)
Resources must be improved for better intelligence gathering
- Learning To Live (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
By and large, we all lead mechanical lives. We simply exist because we are alive. But, to enjoy life, we should take efforts to learn how to live.
- The Family That’S Come To Stay (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Jun 19, 2006)
It's only when you are far, far away from Delhi that you realise (a) how little of the TV news is of relevance to you outside the great capital of India, (b) how little you care about the news you cared so much about when you were . . .
- Quota Bill Seeks Right To Interfere With Iits, Iims (Indian Express, Varghese K George, Jun 19, 2006)
‘‘The UPA government will ensure that all institutions of higher learning and professional educational retain their autonomy,’’ says the National Common Minimum Programme (NCMP) of the ruling alliance.
- Catching Up On Dom (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , Jun 19, 2006)
To get to the village of Hay-on-Wye you have to drive due west from London past the lovely town of Hereford on the Welsh Marches. Why does anyone go to Hay-on-Wye?
- Docs Refuse To Buy 'Fatal Fall' Story This Time (Pioneer, Vijaita Singh, Jun 19, 2006)
Since Sept 2005, five deaths at Janakpuri District Centre ---- With doctors refusing to conduct an autopsy on the body of 19-year-old Neha Kakkar who, according to the police fell to her death in Janakpuri on Saturday the mystery has deepened . . .
- A Soldier's Suicide (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jun 19, 2006)
It is extremely unfortunate if a soldier dies in a manner other than the one he or she chooses on wearing uniform.
- Reminiscences Of The `Badla` Age (Business Standard, J. MURALI, Jun 19, 2006)
With the options market hardly working, the retail participation of the 'badla' days has died.
- A Conservation Effort In Assam (Hindu, Sushanta Talukdar, Jun 19, 2006)
Vulture decline in the Indian sub continent is the fastest of any species in the world
A 15-year project for breeding vultures
Diclofenac to be phased out for vetirinary use
- Three Cheers (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 19, 2006)
Drowning your sorrows in the cup that cheers - or, for that matter, celebrating by passing the cup around - can cost a pretty penny in this country, unless tipplers settle for what is quaintly referred to as 'Indian Made Foreign Liquor' and more . . .
- Crime And Punishment (Pioneer, Joginder Singh, Jun 19, 2006)
The recent involvement of a high profile deceased politician's son in a case of drug abuse has focussed attention on the problem and sale of narcotics in the country.
- Centre To Focus On Children With Hiv (Deccan Herald, KALYAN RAY, Jun 19, 2006)
For the first time in three decades, the Government is likely to give specific attention to HIV-positive children in the upcoming third stage of the National AIDS Control Programme.
- Nwfp To Create Over 13,450 New Jobs: Rs95.9bn Budget With . . . (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2006)
Provincial Senior Minister Sirajul Haq on Saturday presented Rs95.987 billion budget for the year 2006-07 in the NWFP Assembly with a total development outlay of Rs26.630 billion.
- Sack Ramadoss (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 18, 2006)
He is a risk to India's health sector ---- Ever since taking charge as Union Health Minister with the advent of the UPA Government, Mr Anbumani Ramadoss, whose credentials as a medical practitioner do not merit comment, has been going about . . .
- Rs. 2.86 Crore Nabard Aid For Kodagu Distrcit (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2006)
Development works to be taken up under Rural Infrastructure Development Fund
Rs. 2.31 crore would be utilised to improve five roads
Rs. 30.4 lakh would be used to construct classrooms in pre-university colleges
State Government urged to . . .
- Black’ Sweeps Awards At Dubai Festival (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2006)
“Black”, a dark exploration of the life of a deaf-blind woman, swept the prizes at Bollywood’s top film festival hosted this year in the booming Gulf city state of Dubai.
- Wages Of Intolerance (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 18, 2006)
The lynching of a mosque imam by a mob near Bahawalpur accused of committing blasphemy and the stabbing to death of another man undergoing a court trial in Muzaffargarh for the same act are a grim reminder of the high levels of intolerance found . . .
- Invert The Pyramid (Pioneer, Hari Jaisingh, Jun 18, 2006)
The nation is once again caught in two contradictory trends of performance and non-performance in several critical areas of governance.
- Pressure On Boeing Too, As Airbus Falters (Pioneer, Reuters, Jun 18, 2006)
The latest slip-up by Europe's Airbus - whose giant A380 jet is now more than a year late and mid-sized A350 set for a total redesign
- A Pilgrimage Fillip To Economy (Pioneer, Harjeet Ahluwalia, Jun 18, 2006)
The overwhelming multitude of devotees heading for Amritsar and Tarn Taran to commemorate fifth Sikh Guru Arjan Dev's martyrdom quadcentenary last week point to an astounding religious tourism potential in the state, if tapped adequately.
- Redefining Accountability (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Jun 18, 2006)
Soon, you will be paying more for your TV sets because the government wants to keep DD afloat.
- Looking At Life Beyond Grades (Hindu, ANUKRITI PANDEY, Jun 18, 2006)
Now that the dust of excitement generated by the CBSE results has settled down and `normal' life has resumed, let us all take a moment to reflect upon a very serious problem. A problem that literally is a matter of life and death.
- Tasty, Sweet And Harmful (Hindu, SREELAKSHMI GURURAJA, Jun 18, 2006)
We need to educate the public on the dangers of `junk food' consumption
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