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Articles 7321 through 7420 of 20587:
- Child Prodigy Or Wreck? (Deccan Herald, SUJATA RAJPAL, Jun 01, 2006)
Why on earth is the world so fond of churning out child prodigies?
- Alarming Trend (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 01, 2006)
India should step up efforts to stop spread of AIDS virus
- Quotes On Quotas (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 01, 2006)
For political reasons, the BJP and even the RSS cannot afford to openly attack the idea of reservations for OBCs in educational institutions. But the Organiser (June 4) can barely conceal its support for the anti-reservation agitation spearheaded . . .
- Medicos Call Off Stir After Sc Order (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2006)
Thousands of doctors and medical students this evening called off a 20-day strike against reservations in institutions of higher learning, hours after the Supreme Court ordered them to do so immediately and resume work within three days, assuring . . .
- Wake Up To Aids (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jun 01, 2006)
We need to shed coyness on the disease
- 35 Bengalis Injured As Terrorism Takes On Tourism (Daily Excelsior, Ahmed Ali Fayyaz, Jun 01, 2006)
About three dozen tourists from West Bengal sustained injuries when unidentified terrorists carried out grenade attacks on two tourist buses in Dalgate area in this capital city today.
- 25 Years On, Anti-Aids Drive Still Falling Short (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2006)
Twenty-five years after AIDS was first recognised, the world is in better shape than ever to put an end to the disease but is falling short on many fronts, the United Nations said.
- Reduce Reliance On Monsoons (Daily Excelsior, Ramesh Pandita and Meenakshi Koul, Jun 01, 2006)
Monsoons; of rains and suicides, may sound a bit strange and unusual to a good cross section of our society, especially to people, who dwell in urban areas of cities and towns, but holds very true to our farming community, who not just experience . . .
- Stop Them (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jun 01, 2006)
In the first four months this year 141 persons including a number of security personnel have been killed in the State in 466 incidents of terrorist violence.
- India-Us Economic Relations On A High (Business Line, S. Majumder , Jun 01, 2006)
Given the instances of bounce-back of the US interests in India, it would not be over-optimistic to foresee a paradigm shift in the relations between the two countries. With China figuring as the hot topic of debate in board rooms of several . . .
- Doctors At Indian Hospitals Call Off Strike (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2006)
Doctors at leading Indian hospitals, bowing to an order by the Supreme Court, called off on Wednesday a three-week-old strike against a government move to book more college seats for lower caste students.
- Police Kill Three Militants In Nagpur, Thwart Raid (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2006)
Police shot dead three suspected Islamist militants in Nagpur on Thursday, scuttling a possible plan to blow up the headquarters of powerful Hindu nationalist group, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), officials said.
- The 'Rent A Quota' Drama (Pioneer, ASHOK MALIK, Jun 01, 2006)
Cruel as it may sound, the medical students' strike in Delhi - with occasional add-ons in other cities - hasn't really gripped middle India.
- Flawed Approach (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 01, 2006)
Is India losing the battle against AIDS? According to the UN's 2006 Report on Global AIDS Epidemic, which has deployed a new methodology to detect HIV positive people for the country, India with 5.7 million cases has overtaken . . .
- Sanskruti Township Inaugurated In Hyderabad (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2006)
A new landmark was added to the skyline of Hyderabad suburbs with Andhra Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy on Wednesday inaugurating the "Sanskruti Township" at Pocaharam, first of its kind gated housing project in partnership with a Singapore company.
- Tn Passes Act For Quota In Pvt Institutions (Pioneer, K Venkataramanan, Jun 01, 2006)
Tamil Nadu on Wednesday enacted a law in pursuance of the 93rd constitutional amendment to provide for reservation in private institutions, either aided or unaided.
- Buddha's Team Clears Way For Administrative Reforms Panel (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2006)
In what is being viewed as a revolutionary step reportedly backed by the 'do it now' Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee to smarten up a hoary, lackadaisical administrative edifice, the West Bengal Cabinet in its first post poll meet has . . .
- Reservation Row: Striking Doctors Call Off Strike (Times of India, Kounteya Sinha, Jun 01, 2006)
With the Supreme Court lacing its order asking medical students and doctors to call off their agitation against OBC quotas with an assurance that there would be no coercive action against the strikers, over 4,000 resident doctors of seven government . . .
- Await Final Outcome Before Imposing Quota, Centre Told (Pioneer, Abraham Thomas, Jun 01, 2006)
The Supreme Court on Wednesday cautioned the Government on implementation of the 27 per cent quota for OBCs in educational institutions stating it will be subject to the final outcome of the petition pending before it.
- Docs Call Off Stir As Sc Cautions Govt (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 01, 2006)
Paying heed to Supreme Court assurances that it would look into concerns of striking medicos regarding reservation, doctors at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) called off their 18-day-old strike on Wednesday evening.
- A Step Back For Justice (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 01, 2006)
The striking medical students’ decision to call off their strike is welcome.
- Minority Report (Times of India, Sanjib Baruah, Jun 01, 2006)
It is a myth that Muslims vote for the Congress because of its secular credentials. 'Minority prudence' has always been a factor. Muslims have often voted strategically for the most likely winner.
- Aids: Ignorance Is The Main Problem (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 01, 2006)
On 5 June 1981, the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention reported the first cases of what would become known as AIDS.
- Shameful Distinction (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 01, 2006)
India has achieved the dubious distinction of having more AIDS-afflicted patients than any other nation in the world.
- Take Care Of The Gap (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 01, 2006)
Alongside India’s more dubious achievements — largest number of illiterates and poor — is a new record of having the highest number of HIV-infected in the world.
- Anbumani Disagrees With Aids Figures (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2006)
Union Health and Family Welfare Minister A. Ramadoss said on Wednesday he disagreed with the biennial UNAIDS report that said India had an estimated 5.7 million people infected with HIV/AIDS in 2005, overtaking South Africa where the number stood . . .
- Tourists Attacked Again (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Jun 01, 2006)
Twenty people were injured here on Wednesday in a grenade attack on two tourist buses from West Bengal.
- Resident Doctors End Agitation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2006)
Medical students, however, say they will continue the protest on the quota issue
Supreme Court says they resume work or face contempt
Those who do not rejoin work will be served termination notice: Anbumani
- Rally Marks `World No Tobacco Day' In Mysore (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2006)
Dental and nursing students took out an "anti-tobacco" rally here on Wednesday as part of "World No Tobacco Day".
- Rs. 64-Lakh `Cholesterol Reducer' Lying Idle At Bowring Hospital (Hindu, Divya Ramamurthi, Jun 01, 2006)
The expensive machine has apparently been never used
The equipment was purchased in 1999 based on a committee's recommendation
Only AIIMS has this equipment
Each time it is operated, the hospital would have to spend Rs. 80,000
- Fears Of Senator Prof Khurshid (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 01, 2006)
Senator Khurshid Ahmed has said that Dr A Q Khan has been further isolated and even his daughter is not being allowed to meet him.
- No Signs Of Halt To Aids Pandemic: United Nations (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2006)
"World's response to disease is inadequate"
India has largest number of people living with the virus
Education programmes not reaching high-risk groups
But, drug treatment slowly reaching those in poor countries
- Unpredictable Mid-Term Verdict On Bush (Hindu, Martin Kettle, Jun 01, 2006)
In the history of editorial boo-boos, few can out-goof The Chicago Daily Tribune's "Dewey defeats Truman" front page of November 1948.
- Temples And Traditions (Hindu, A. Srivathsan, Jun 01, 2006)
Opening up of temples and the priesthood to all castes is part of the fight against discrimination based on birth.
- Re-Examination Of Cartridges' Empties Sought In Jessica Case (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2006)
Police doubt earlier report which said that they were fired from two different weapons
- Greens Move To Stall Thermal Plant (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2006)
he meeting remained inconclusive and the committee headed by Energy Secretary Dilip Rau decided to meet again in June.
- Joyride Ends In Tragedy (Tribune, Ehsan Fazili, May 31, 2006)
It was a nightmarish experience for a group of 32 schoolchildren from Handwara, whose picnic to the Wular Lake in north Kashmir ended in the death of 17 persons, including 15 students.
- Supreme Court Warns Striking Doctors (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2006)
Concerned over the plight of patients due to ongoing strike by medicos on the Centre’s decision to introduce 27 per cent reservation for OBCs in Central institutions of higher learning, the Supreme Court today held a stern warning to them to end . . .
- Quotas Are Not The Issue (Indian Express, Bibek Debroy, May 31, 2006)
Everyone flags or rather flogs India’s demographic dividend now.
- Both Sides Of Reservation (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 31, 2006)
Realising the importance of the quota debate, ‘People’s Democracy’ carries a number of comments on OBC reservations in the latest issue.
- Quirk Express (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , May 31, 2006)
As we seem to be slipping inexorably towards repressive and totalitarian ways of thinking, I believe the time has come to take a stance.
- Parliament’S 27% Mandate? Not Quite (Indian Express, T.R. Andhyarujina, May 31, 2006)
In the acrimonious controversy about the 27 per cent reservation for OBCs in centrally owned institutions a repeated justification for the move pleaded by HRD Minister Arjun Singh and later by others, including the PM, is that Parliament as . . .
- Quake Toll Rises To 5,700; Hope For Survivors Fades (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2006)
Emergency relief operation involving 22 countries picks up pace
- Eu Ban And After (OutLook, B. Raman , May 31, 2006)
The reported decision of the Europen Union (EU) countries to declare the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) as a terrorist organisation and ban its activities in their respective territories would be unimpeachable legally and on merits . . .
- Nri Docs To Do A 'Swades' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2006)
It's the real life version of Swades. As part of a pilot project, Indian doctors from the US, under the aegis of American Association of Physicians of Indian origin, will provide healthcare and training in Andhra Pradesh and Bihar.
- India Tops List Of Aids-Hit Nations (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, May 31, 2006)
The UNAIDS officials said it is difficult to offer a precise figure of how many of 5.7 million AIDS patients are receiving anti-retroviral drugs.
- Language Of Caste (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 31, 2006)
In many ways, caste is about numbers. The political consensus we have for creating OBC quotas in central educational institutions is largely because parties are aware of the electoral clout of the other backward classes.
- Kalam Charts 7-Point Mission For Sbi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2006)
Inaugurates bank's Bicentennial celebrations, urges it to create a Rs. 5,000-crore venture capital fund
- Monsoon Claims Six More Lives (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2006)
Government releases Rs. 6 crores to the districts for relief measures
- Sc Tells Students To End Quota Strike (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2006)
The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed thousands of medical students, interns and junior doctors to end a strike against higher college quotas for lower castes, saying patients were suffering.
- Why No Protests On Capitation Fees? (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2006)
The anti-quota participant in the programme was not really qualified to debate the well-known social-scientist who argued that we can point out the flaws in quotas, but to say that the entire mechanism should be scrapped would be going too far.
- Indian Medicos To Sue Blair Govt For Jobs (Telegraph, Amit Roy, May 31, 2006)
Junior Indian doctors in Britain are to take the department of health and the home office to court because they say the rules have been changed retrospectively making it almost impossible to get jobs they believe were promised to them.
- Yangze ‘Cancerous’ With Pollution (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 31, 2006)
Chinese experts have warned that the country’s longest river ~ the Yangtze ~ has become “cancerous” with pollution, threatening the safety of drinking water for millions in cities on its banks, including Shanghai.
- Quake Survivors Immunised, Hospitals Get Relief (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2006)
Indonesian authorities started to immunise thousands of earthquake survivors against measles on Wednesday and helicopters swept the devastated region on Java island to check for isolated victims.
- Goodwill, Greed And The Righting Of History (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 31, 2006)
Neither agitating medical students, nor opportunist political parties or an unscrupulous corporate sector can bar access to equal opportunity for the backward classes
- Pandora’S Box Awaits Opener (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2006)
The independent commission that students opposing the proposed 27 per cent quota for Other Backward Classes have demanded might be a Pandora’s box in India’s vote-bank politics.
- Book On Rotary Club's History Released (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2006)
It traces landmark events, including two long-term projects
- Win To Deface (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 31, 2006)
Everybody likes to win. But victory celebrations are usually followed by responsible behaviour from the winner, and the resumption of normal business.
- Mandal Ii: Doctors On Collision Course With Supreme Court (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2006)
Agitating medicos on Wednesday decided to continue their anti-quota strike, setting the stage for a face-off with the Supreme Court, which had indicated that continuation of the 19-day long protest can invite contempt proceedings.
- Earthquake Survivors Wait In Rain For Relief (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2006)
Hospitals overwhelmed with five times their normal patient load begged for more medical staff and supplies to treat the thousands of injured.
- Do Not Read This! (Deccan Herald, K V RAO, May 31, 2006)
Curiosity is so irresistible that there's little hesitation in doing the forbidden thing
- Turning Point In The Debate (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, May 31, 2006)
Developing countries pushed issues that plagued them atWorld Health Assembly
- Killing Leaves (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 31, 2006)
Passive smoking is as much a killer as smoking is
- Why Be An Addict Of A Killer? (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2006)
The Consortium For Tobacco Free Karnataka and Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiology held a panel discussion on exploring ways for implementing the Tobacco Act effectively at the Nimhans Convention Centre on Monday. Excerpts:
- Jipmer Doctors Go On Strike (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2006)
Protest against the Centre's decision to introduce quota
OPD services almost thrown out of gear, though very urgent cases were attended to
Doctors sore that no Central official visited the striking students
Medicos want expert panel to review . . .
- Masters Of The New World (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2006)
Is technology, meant to make us smarter by making information from around the world available to us at the push of a button, actually dumbing us down? DEEPA GANESH finds out
- Sbi To Acquire 2 Overseas Banks (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2006)
The President urged the bank to create and nurture five rural development projects similar to bio-fuel project and sea weed project besides adopting and innovatively fund at least one lakh sick SSI units to make them profitable ventures.
- Left Out — Children With Aids (Hindu, Sarah Hiddleston, May 31, 2006)
No India-specific guidelines for the treatment, care, and support of children living with HIV have been distributed.
- American-Indian Doctors To Help Improve Primary Health Care (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2006)
In an effort to improve the primary health care sector in India and strengthen the existing National Rural Health Mission, the Union Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs (MOIA) and the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI) have . . .
- India Steps Up Aid To Indonesia (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, May 31, 2006)
India is putting together an aid package worth $2 million for earthquake-hit Indonesia.
- India Shines At Hannover Tech Fair (Daily Excelsior, Ajay Kaul, May 31, 2006)
The way the world looks at India's changing fast. Viewed as a country of snake charmers a few decades back, India is now seen as a nation set to be a major power in the world, particularly in the economic field.
- Arjun Singh’S Politics (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, May 31, 2006)
Reservation And The Politics Of Reservation!
- Mallya, Mittal And Tata: All Bitten By Economic Patriotism (Pioneer, PTI, May 31, 2006)
What's common between Vijay Mallya, Ratan Tata and L N Mittal besides the fact that they are all India-born entrepreneurs looking to dominate global business? All three are victims of economic patriotism in foreign soil.
- Bundle Commission (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 31, 2006)
When the Mandal Commission report was thrust upon an unsuspecting nation by the VP Singh Government in 1990, its critics pointed out that the database the Commission based its assessments on was inherently flawed.
- Quota Stir On, Govt To Call Army Docs (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2006)
Striking medicos on Tuesday decided to carry on with their anti-reservation agitation despite the Supreme Court directive to call off the same.
- Cpm's Hero Runs A Police State (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 31, 2006)
Hugo Chavez has not only turned Venezuela into an authoritarian state, but also made it a land of mass destitution and inequality, says Lowell Ponte
- Divide And Rule (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, May 31, 2006)
Conceived in political lust and born in transgression, the government’s misguided reservation policy has opened up a Pandora’s Box.
- 16 Lakh Fake Ration Cards In Circulation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2006)
64 lakh families below the poverty line: survey
Temporary ration coupons to be issued from June 15
Computerised ration cards to be issued from August 1
11 lakh families to be given Antyodaya cards
- Pm Speaks To Yudhoyono, Offers Help To Indonesia (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today spoke to Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and offered India's assistance to the quake-hit country as tonnes of relief material was despatched there with an assurance that more would follow if needed.
- Highly Disquieting (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, May 30, 2006)
A report in this newspaper makes a highly disquieting reading.
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