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Articles 7221 through 7320 of 20587:
- Bsf Jawan Injured (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
A bsf jawan was injured in an IED blast in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir today, official sources said.
- Enable Environment (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 03, 2006)
Computers are a boon to the differently abled
- Global Labour Mkt Marked By Widening Gap: Ilo Rept (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
The current global labour market is marked by a widening gap between unprecedented opportunity for some and growing uncertainty for many, with "working poverty" affecting nearly half of all workers in the world, a report by the United Nation's . . .
- A Black Eye Feels Good (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 03, 2006)
What does one do when one is male, making corporate money, installed in a home full of lovely things, and a resident of the United States of America (with health insurance taken care of), yet struck by the banality of one’s existence? One fights.
- The Many Galbraiths (Business Line, R. T. Narayanan, Jun 03, 2006)
To some he was an academic in the classical mould who enjoyed delivering his brand of economics from the exclusive Harvard pulpit.
- Under Observation For 72 Hrs (Tribune, Tripti Nath, Jun 03, 2006)
Rahul Mahajan is on a ventilator in the intensive care unit of Indraprastha Apollo Hospital.
- The Guessing Game (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jun 03, 2006)
As Tony Blair limps towards the end of his tenure, the controversy over John Prescott, his deputy prime minister and the ruling party’s deputy leader, who was 68 this week, is a reminder that oppositions do not win elections, governments lose them.
- New Test Offers Speedy Reading Of Genetic Make-Up (Hindu, Ian Sample , Jun 03, 2006)
Sequences will reveal what chance we have of developing an endless variety of diseases.
- Maoists In Nepal Accuse Govt Of Plotting With King (Deccan Herald, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Jun 03, 2006)
Always a fateful day in the history of Nepal and its royal family, this Friday struck a double blow for monarchy as the residents of Kathmandu virtually ignored the death anniversary of their king and queen and the public appearance of the current . . .
- Bad Boys Finish First (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 03, 2006)
Everyone praises the truthful and runs down liars. But when it comes to the nitty-gritty, we have to concede that liars get a better deal in life than the truthful.
- "There Is A Very Deep-Rooted Prejudice" (Hindu, Siddharth Narrain , Jun 03, 2006)
Anuradha Mohit, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Special Rapporteur on Disability, says the academic sector has been the most insensitive in affirmative action for the disabled.
- Drug Or Poison? Answer In 5 Days (Telegraph, MANAN KUMAR, Jun 03, 2006)
As forensic scientists got busy with blood and tissue samples from Bibek Moitra’s body, Delhi police are for now assuming Pramod Mahajan’s private secretary died of drug abuse rather than poison.
- Chemical Onslaught On Human Life (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 03, 2006)
There was a time when man derived all his requirements from nature. He used naturally available herbs as medicine, naturally available nutrients and colours as cosmetics, and so on.
- Presspersons Walk Out Of Assam Assembly (Hindu, Sushanta Talukdar, Jun 03, 2006)
Reporters take exception to the Speaker's ruling
- Nations Try To Patch Up Splits On Sex At Aids Meet......... (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
The president of the United Nations General Assembly has sought to break the deadlock over a UN declaration on AIDS, with Islamic countries objecting to empowerment for girls and the United States and others resisting defining financial targets.
- Caste Matters In The Indian Media (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Jun 03, 2006)
If television and newspaper coverage of the anti-reservation agitation was indulgent and one-sided, the lack of diversity in the newsroom is surely a major culprit.
- "Number Of Aids Patients Increasing" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
Activists working for their welfare motivated in meeting
- Spirituality Alone Can Contain Terrorism: Sri Sri Ravishankar (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
`Any number of legislation will be of no use if people are not spiritual'
- Eu Re-Imposes Ban On Romanian Poultry Over Bird Flu (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
The EU has re-imposed a ban on all live poultry and poultry products imported from Romania, because of the rapid spread of the H5N1 strain of bird flu.
- Too Much Reliance On Speedster Shoaib (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 03, 2006)
Shoaib Akhtar, the fastest bowler of the country, out of action since January following surgery on both knees, twisted an ankle last week and has been told to rest.
- Un Intensifies Quake Aid Efforts In Indonesia (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
The United Nations said Saturday it would intensify its efforts to deliver aid to survivors of last week's quake in Indonesia, saying it was in a "race against time" to reach the most needy.
- Un Agrees Global Aids Declaration (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
A un conference on Aids has agreed a declaration designed to be a global blueprint for tackling the disease.
- Jnu Students Union Supports Reservation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
Even as the relay hunger strike against the Central Government's decision to bring in reservation for the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in higher education continued at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) here, the JNU Students' Union (JNUSU) has . . .
- Three Children Killed In Varanasi Cylinder Blast (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
Three children were killed and two others injured in a cylinder blast in Moharganj locality in neighbouring Chandauli district, police said on Friday.
- Gears That Move The Innards Of Growth (Business Line, D. Murali , Jun 03, 2006)
Three books by Indian writers chart the course of economic growth in the country, looking at it from various angles — the sources of growth, growth theory and macroeconomic policy. Interesting and informative reads, says D.MURALI.
- Bjp To Probe All Angles (Statesman, Dipankar Chakraborty, Jun 03, 2006)
The BJP is looking at all angles, including a conspiracy theory and possible drug abuse, to arrive at its own conclusion and weigh the chances of the late Pramod Mahajan’s son’s entry into the party fold.
- Numbers And Welfare (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 03, 2006)
Social security for the unorganised sector
It was a touch ironic that the contours of a new deal for the country’s unorganised sector were unveiled at Kolkata’s New Secretariat, the bastion of a Leftist state’s organised and politically committed . . .
- Rahul Mahajan Critical After Snorting Cocaine (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
Pramod Mahajan's secretary Bibek Moitra dead; three young men who supplied drug surrender
Police looking out for three persons who had come to meet them
Some white powder, suspected to be a narcotics substance, purportedly recovered from . . .
- Maoists Lay Claim To Kathmandu (Statesman, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Jun 03, 2006)
Always a fateful day in the history of Nepal and its royal family, the day came as a blow to the monarchy, as residents of Kathmandu ignored the death anniversary of their King and Queen and the public appearance of the current King and Queen . . .
- Lifetrack In New York (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Jun 03, 2006)
My most favourite bar in New York is The Otherroom on Perry Street in West Village.
- Bhatt Masala (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 03, 2006)
For someone who first tasted success directing two future MPs - Vinod Khanna to the right and Shabana Azmi to the left - in Lahu ke Do Rang, Mahesh Bhatt has, appropriately, established himself as a deft exponent of the "rent a cause" game.
- Shocked Bjp Keeps Fingers Crossed (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
The second tragedy in late Pramod Mahajan's family on Friday left the BJP leaders stunned.
- The Myth Of Ownership Society (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 03, 2006)
No,” said former Fox News journalist Tony Snow, newly appointed as one of George W Bush’s closest aides, his press secretary, when asked recently about his retirement savings. “As a matter of fact, I was even too dopey to get in on a 401(k) pension plan.
- Time Yet To Relent (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 03, 2006)
UPA must reconsider quota policy ---- By calling off their strike and returning to work, doctors in Delhi and other cities across the country have done the right thing.
- Big Ideas Count, Not Ad Firm Profile (The Economic Times, SAMIDHA SHARMA, Jun 03, 2006)
Kamal Oberoi, chairman and managing director, M&C Saatchi Communications India Pvt Ltd spoke about the advertising agency’s entry, the competition and its strategies for India. Excerpts:
- The Skill Pool Is Drying Up (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jun 03, 2006)
It is ironical to talk of labour shortage in a country of one billion. But increasingly, the problem will be not of labour shortage, but of the skilled variety.
- Kashmiris Resent Attacks On Tourists (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
Anger is building up across the Kashmir valley against the militants who have been targeting innocent tourists over the past fortnight with the objective of hurting the northern state's economy in their quest for getting nationwide publicity.
- 36 Tourists Injured In Grenade Explosions (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
At least 36 tourists were injured, one of them seriously, when suspected militants hurled two grenades, within 15 minutes, on their buses in the Dalgate area here this evening.
- Now, Dummies Are Bad For Babies (Statesman, Jeremy Laurance, Jun 02, 2006)
It is more critical than which baby food to buy and more urgent than which school to choose. Few issues provoke fiercer debate among new parents than whether babies should be given a dummy to stop them crying.
- Doctors Resume Work After Quota Strike Ends (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
Thousands of doctors and interns were back at work at state hospitals on Thursday, ending a nearly three-week strike against a government move to reserve more college seats for lower castes.
- Many Hospitals Of Bmp In Coma (Hindu, Afshan Yasmeen, Jun 02, 2006)
Rs. 27 crore allocated for healthcare
Most hospitals spruced up with Japanese grant
Roof of D.J. Halli hospital operation theatre leaks
Two primary health centres in low-lying areas closed
- A Little Over-Optimistic (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 02, 2006)
BALOCHISTAN Governor Owais Ahmad Ghani seemed a little over-optimistic when he told a NIPA delegation on Wednesday that the province’s tribal society was “fast transforming” itself into a progressive one because of the ‘mega’ development projects . . .
- Medicos Call Off Strike (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
JNU and IIT, Delhi, students continue relay hunger strike
- Congress-Communist Camaraderie (Daily Excelsior, Kedar Nath Pandey, Jun 02, 2006)
There are moments in history when forked tongues will no do, and when overly nuanced appraisals of events amount only to equivocation.
- Survey Points To High Mental Illness Incidence In Kerala (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
Findings of an NSSO survey on disabled persons in the country
Findings of an NSSO survey on disabled persons in the country
- Hindu Temple To Come Up In Moscow (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Jun 02, 2006)
Moscow Mayor's assurance to Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dixit
To replace demolished temple
Initial opposition from church
Cultural fete involving `sister cities'
- Medicos Return To Work (Tribune, Smriti Kak Ramachandran, Jun 02, 2006)
Resident doctors who resumed work after days of hunger strike, much to the relief of the government and patients, have cautioned that though the strike has been called off, they will sustain the anti-quota movement in the larger interest of the society.
- Terror At Nagpur (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
A major attempt to attack the RSS headquarters here was foiled when three heavily-armed militants were shot dead in an encounter with the police while trying to enter the heavily-guarded sprawling premises in the wee hours today.
- Multi-Racial Fiji (Statesman, Sam Rajappa, Jun 02, 2006)
The dream of the late Timoci Bavadra of a multi-racial Fiji for which he launched the Fiji Labour Party in the 1980s providing a common platform for the indigenous Fijians and the Fiji-Indians was at last realised in the just concluded parliamentary . . .
- A Health Check For Indian Hospitals (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 02, 2006)
As the Indian healthcare sector grows at a frantic pace transforming into a $17 billion industry with an annual growth rate of 13% a year, what is clear is a picture of the Indian healthcare industry which is no longer limited to only hospitals and . . .
- Old Whine In New Bottle (Times of India, Janaki Nair, Jun 02, 2006)
In the early 1980s in Bangalore, before its high visibility as an IT destination, there were some who would react to the news of some doctor's wrong diagnoses by darkly suggesting "he must be a capitation fee doctor".
- Buoyant Economy (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 02, 2006)
Reforms are needed to sustain the GDP growth
- India Set To Undertake Study On Hiv Resistance (Times of India, Kounteya Sinha, Jun 02, 2006)
Fearing that the Indian strain of the deadly HIV virus is fast becoming resistant to anti-retroviral drugs — the only effective way to treat HIV — India is undertaking south Asia's largest multi-centre study to ascertain the type and extent of resistance.
- Midsummer Nightmare (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
Mutual fund investors will like to forget the month of May as a dark nightmare that robbed them off huge money, as none of the equity schemes managed to register positive return.
- Make No Mistake, No Stay On Quota Yet: Sc (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
Avoiding scope for misinterpretation, the Supreme Court hearing the anti-reservation petition clarified on Thursday that by subjecting the implementation of the policy to the outcome of the writ petition did not suggest a stay on implementation.
- Opening Doors To Islamists (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, Jun 02, 2006)
After sealing the fate of Indian academics with 27 per cent reservation, Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh is off on a nine-day trip to the Gulf to explore possibilities of cooperation in academics between the two countries.
- Clinton Gains Delegates’ Support For Re-Election (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
With her husband sitting a few feet away, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton accepted her party’s unanimous re-election endorsement on Wednesday — even as state Democrats denounced the ‘‘error’’ of invading Iraq, an action Clinton strongly supported . . .
- Hc Asks R V Dental College To Admit Four Students (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
The Comed-K brochure said that the fee payable by the selected candidates will be on par with fee fixed by the committee.
- Dog Show With A Difference (Deccan Herald, LALITA CHANDRASHEKHAR, Jun 02, 2006)
Without belonging to well-known pedigrees, stray dogs make it up with their intelligence and agility
- Smoke-Screen (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 02, 2006)
The government is past master at the art of diversion. If a book or a film proves controversial, it reacts by banning the work. It implements social justice by ruining our universities, instead of tackling the problem at its root — ensuring that . . .
- Voila! Viagra Makes Strides Amid Rows (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
Dr Simon Campbell – one of the key persons who was on the Pfizer team that developed Viagra after 13 years of research – was in the City recently.
- Reserve And Destroy (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Jun 02, 2006)
As the populism fire rages, Indian forests are under profound threat.
- Terror May Sour J&k Tourism Success Story (Times of India, Himanshi Dhawan, Jun 02, 2006)
The two recent attacks on tourists in Jammu & Kashmir may have soured a success story in the making. Officials and tour operators have reported cancellations ranging from 5-10% within a day of the last attack.
- Sc 'Happy' To Note Restored Normalcy (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
After blowing hot and cold over the 27% reservation for OBCs and the consequent strike by medicos that disrupted work in government hospitals, the Supreme Court on Thursday expressed its happiness over normalcy returning to health services in hospitals.
- Law On Medical Staff Transfers (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
Assam is planning a legislation to make it mandatory for medical teaching staff to work for a “certain minimum period” in each of the three colleges in Guwahati, Dibrugarh and Silchar.
- Mahajan's Secretary Maitra Dead, Son Rahul In Icu (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
Rahul Mahajan, son of late Bharatiya Janata Party leader Pramod Mahajan, has been admitted to the Indraprastha Apollo hospital in New Delhi, while the late leader's secretary, Vivek Moitra, died of suspected food poisoning.
- Buddha Takes A Brief Break (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
Vacation after victory is but natural. Only, in the case of Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, victories are more frequent than vacations.
- Yuva: Centre's 5-Yr Action Plan To Spread Aids Awareness (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
This yuva is not the Bollywood hit starring Abhishek Bachchan. YUVA is Youth Unite for Victory against AIDS, a five-year government action plan to create awareness among 450 million youth and adolescents in the country about AIDS.
- Quota Nod With Rider (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
The Supreme Court today said the government need not wait for its final judgment to goahead with reservations for Other Backward Classes but should keep in mind that the issue was before it.
- Fear And The City (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 02, 2006)
An economy growing at a brisk 8.4 per cent should be expected to celebrate confirmation of support from nature.
- Ruthless Merit (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 02, 2006)
There is an English disease, peculiar to a particular class, of using language to mask feelings rather than express them.
- Special Flight To Bring Back Injured West Bengal Tourists (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
Operators cancel group tours to Kashmir following grenade attack in Srinagar on Wednesday
Tourists expected to return today
Airport authorities to provide medical aid
- Strike And After (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 02, 2006)
It is in the nation’s interest that the anti-reservation agitation by medicos has been called off although after a stern warning of the Supreme Court.
- The Flight Of Merit (Statesman, Usha Mahadevan, Jun 01, 2006)
Do Doctors Serve The System That Subsidised Their Education?
- Medicos End Stir (Tribune, Smriti Kak Ramachandran, Jun 01, 2006)
Bringing to an end their 18-day- long hunger strike, medicos protesting against reservation have decided to comply with the Supreme Court’s directive to call off their stir.
- Ban On Tobacco Ads, Hike In Prices Can Curb Smoking: Experts (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2006)
A ban on tobacco products advertisements coupled with an increase in their prices are some of the measures which can reduce harmful habits like smoking and chewing of tobacco, say experts.
- The Stock Market Slump (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 01, 2006)
A report carried in Wednesday’s Dawn says that a hefty amount of Rs600 billion has been wiped out by plummeting share prices and falling KSE-100 index between April 17 and May 30.
- Quota Move Brings Out Caste Divide In Young Indians (Daily Times, Kamil Zaheer, Jun 01, 2006)
Modern India likes to boast about its emergence on the world stage and its booming information and pharmaceutical sectors, but the country is still grappling with the ancient Hindu caste system which divides its people
- Call Off Strike’, Indian Supreme Court Reiterates (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jun 01, 2006)
India’s Supreme Court on Wednesday directed medical students and doctors to end a strike against plans for higher college quotas for disadvantaged students as the government warned of dismissals.
- Just What The Sc Ordered: Doctors Get Back To Work (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2006)
Hours after the Supreme Court ordered them to resume work “forthwith” and called for restoration of normalcy in hospitals within three days, doctors and medical students in Delhi and Kolkata, protesting OBC reservation in premier education . . .
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