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Articles 8221 through 8320 of 20587:
- Stop Wheat Imports (Tribune, Davinder Kumar Madaan, May 08, 2006)
The Indian government is planning to import 30 lakh tonnes of wheat, which is in addition to 5 lakh tonnes wheat tendered through State Trading Corporation of India Ltd. (STC) on February 10, 2006. On 1st March 2006, the wheat tender order was given . . .
- Fact Or Fiction? The Exit Lines Are Blurred (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, May 08, 2006)
Jassi’s gone but hers wasn’t the only departure that we could predict
- Business Of Age (Times of India, MUKUL SHARMA, May 08, 2006)
For various reasons not the least of them being strict birth regulation measures adopted last century, China today is faced with the problem of an ageing population.
- Fragile Peace (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 08, 2006)
'Peace is happiness', reads a Lions Club poster as our car rolls into Trincomalee on Sri Lanka's north-east coast. In peaceful times, the picturesque port city's long beaches are popular with surfers, scuba divers and whale watchers.
- As Nasa Top Man Lands, Isro Says After Moon, May Go To Deep Space (Indian Express, PALLAVA BAGLA, May 08, 2006)
With Indo-US ties on a new high, the ISRO hopes to take it well beyond the planned Indian moon mission.
- Message From Osama’ Circulating In N Waziristan (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 07, 2006)
A message from Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden was distributed in Miranshah and Mir Ali bazaars on Saturday, calling on Pakistani Muslims to help “the oppressed people of Waziristan”.
- Militants Kill 2, Lob Grenade In House (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 07, 2006)
In two separate incidents, militants in Jammu and Kashmir shot dead a person and hurled a grenade inside a house in Baramulla district injuring a woman, official sources said here today.
- Charm Of A Withering Princess (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 07, 2006)
Viceregal Lodge, a colonial structure steeped in history is the most photographed monument in Simla, writes G Brindha of her trip to Himdev.
- Knowledge Panel Meets Today To Cut Through Quota Fog (Indian Express, Shubhajit Roy, May 07, 2006)
The high-profile National Knowledge Commission (NKC) is expected to witness fireworks when it meets for a three-day meeting in Bangalore from tomorrow to discuss the hot-button “affirmative action’’ in the Education sector.
- N-Deal: Overlapping Areas (Deccan Herald, N J Nanporia , May 07, 2006)
Although his motives can be questioned Natwar Singh has made some points that can’t be brushed aside. As he sees it and, no doubt New Delhi also, India’s position on the nuclear agreement with America is that it is more about energy and considerably less
- Who Represents Whom In Kashmir ? (Daily Excelsior, Dr. Jitendra Singh, May 07, 2006)
The most interesting feature of the Valley's current scenario is that the socalled separatists are divided over separatism while the socalled non-separatists are divided over non-separatism...
- Pm For Excellence, Equity In Education (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 07, 2006)
Stating that educational and welfare institutions must strike a “fair balance between ensuring equity and pursuing excellence”, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday subtly endorsed...
- Towards Effective Rural Healthcare (Hindu, Kavery Nambisan, May 07, 2006)
Will the National Rural Health Mission succeed?
It is now up to the Government to make use of the creative faculties available in people and in groups.
- Chidambaram Seeks Strategic Shift In Adb's Lending Focus (Hindu, Ashok Dasgupta , May 07, 2006)
`Restore loan charges to pre-2000 levels'
`Facilitate larger private sector investment'
Optimistic on healthy demand for Asian output
`Commitment fee should not be treated as source of income'
- Chernobyl Twenty Years Later (Daily Excelsior, K.S. Parthasarathy, May 07, 2006)
On April 26, 1986, nearly 20 years ago, the most serious nuclear accident irreparably damaged a nuclear power reactor of 1000 Megawatt capacity at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station in Ukraine.
- Speaking Free (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, May 07, 2006)
This is one index where Western democracies aren’t necessarily better off than their poorer cousins.
- An Opportunity On Oil (Dawn, Anwar Syed, May 07, 2006)
The ruling elites in Iran and Turkey have for several centuries perceived and treated the Kurdish element in their populations as an irritant.
- Up & Down In Down South (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 07, 2006)
The answer to the question why most politicians in India do not get re-elected, is a no-brainer. It’s because of the strong anti-incumbency sentiment in the Indian voter’s mind.
- Child And Mother (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 07, 2006)
UNICEF's report card for India on child nutritional levels has, once again, highlighted the gulf that separates India's reality and aspiration.
- States Urged Not To Overdraw Power (Hindu, Special Correspondent, Hindu, May 07, 2006)
All northern States agree to maintain grid code
Proposal to impose penalty on errant States being sent for approval
Situation slowly improving, says Power Secretary R. V. Shahi
Increased power charge may act as deterrent
- Put Him Down (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 07, 2006)
Union Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh has an innate ability to unleash furious storms and he is invariably in the eye of each one of them.
- Peace In Nepal (Tribune, Gen Ashok Mehta (retd), May 07, 2006)
Neither the ten-year long Maoist war nor the 12 years of multiparty democracy nor even the one-year direct rule by the King could resolve the political crisis in Nepal.
- Deft Demagoguery In Iran (Washington Post, Jackson Diehl, May 07, 2006)
The world may be focused on Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's declamations on the Holocaust and Iran's nuclear "rights," but as spring and its heat spread through this traffic-clogged city, the popular buzz is about the president's unlikely pronouncements on the . .
- Politically Difficult, But Economically Enticing (The Financial Express, Prabhu Ghate, May 06, 2006)
Apart from greatly expanding trade, Tatas’ Bangladesh project promises to improve bilateral relations .
- Put Him Down (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 06, 2006)
Union Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh has an innate ability to unleash furious storms and he is invariably in the eye of each one of them.
- Child And Mother (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 06, 2006)
Unicef's report card for India on child nutritional levels has, once again, highlighted the gulf that separates India's reality and aspiration.
- Mediterranean, The New Hotspot (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 06, 2006)
There are new haunts for the Indian tourist as he moves away from the conventional places to the blue Mediterranean.
- Rocking The Foundation (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam , May 06, 2006)
Removal of tax exemptions for ongoing projects is unfair
This long-standing exemption available to enterprises investing in power, housing, hospitals, and so on, has been withdrawn by the latest Finance Act.
- High Oil Prices A Risk To Global Economic Growth (Hindu, Ashok Dasgupta , May 06, 2006)
Asia-Pacific nations clock 7.4 p.c. growth last year
- Jaduguda's Hapless Children (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 06, 2006)
BBC presenterMark Whitakerexplores the dark side of India's nuclear programme. In this feature, he investigates the high number of children born with health problems and birth defects in the village of Jaduguda in Jharkhand and questions whether . . .
- China — Reaching Out To The World (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, May 06, 2006)
There is a global fascination now for all things Chinese. On its part, Beijing gives due importance to cultivating soft power.
- Too-Thin Nicole Wants To Gain Weight (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, May 06, 2006)
Nicole Richie, whose drastic weight loss spawned speculation that she has an eating disorder, acknowledged in an interview with Vanity Fair magazine that she is “too thin” and is getting treatment to add weight.
- Jewelry Demand Unfazed By Surging Gold Prices (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, May 06, 2006)
Soaring bullion prices are unlikely to end rising demand for gold as the jewelry industry in India, newly found investor interest and medicinal uses all continue to defy expansion forecasts, a top gold official said on Friday.
- Explain That (Times of India, JUG SURAIYA, May 06, 2006)
In its list of 100 global notables, Time magazine has included Nandan Nilekani, the CEO of Infosys, describing him as the 'great explainer' or, in other words, 'explainer-in-chief' of Indian IT.
- Wasted Yatras (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 06, 2006)
The BJP’s decision to cancel the remaining part of the Bharat Suraksha Yatras of former Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani and party chief Rajnath Singh is the most sensible it has taken in recent months.
- Angry Protests, Firing Leave 17 Hurt In J&k (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 06, 2006)
Amid protest demonstrations, life was paralysed throughout the valley against the recently unearthed sex scandal in response to a call given by the Central Traders and Manufacturers Association and supported by several separatist organisations.
- Struggle For Justice (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 06, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s assurance to a delegation of Bhopal gas victims of his government’s willingness to provide clean drinking water and remove the toxic waste in and around the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal is welcome. Unfortunately, even .
- Challenges Before Women In Combat (Tribune, Air Marshal R.S. Bedi (retd), May 06, 2006)
The Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC), Pune has recommended women for combat duties in the armed forces. The study carried out over a period of three years has advocated that “Women be considered for combat duties” as Indian women, as else where,
- New Western Aid Plans Are Recycling Old Failures (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 06, 2006)
FOREIGN aid today perpetrates a cruel hoax on those who wish well for the world’s poor. There is the appearance of action – a doubling of foreign aid to Africa promised at the G-8 summit last July, grand United Nations and World Bank plans to cut . . .
- The Sweat On Their Brow (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, May 06, 2006)
India’s difficult task with its unskilled labourers abroad
- Site Unseen (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 06, 2006)
In H G Wells's The Invisible Man, a scientist theorises that if a person's refractive index is changed to exactly that of air and his body does not absorb or reflect light, then he will not be visible.
- Up & Down In Down South (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, May 06, 2006)
Amma’s got a lot done so why’s she worried? Is there a gleam behind those famous Karunanidhi goggles? What’s Kalam doing atop a building? Looking for answers from a limo
- Sensitising Students To Aids (Hindu, Anasuya Menon, May 06, 2006)
All questions related to HIV/AIDS can be written on a small piece of paper and dropped into this box. This is the Field Question Box, which would be found on the campuses of at least a couple of schools in various districts of Tamil Nadu.
- Nepal Panel To Probe Atrocities (Hindu, Ameet Dhakal, May 06, 2006)
Nepal's Government on Friday formed a powerful judicial commission headed by a former Supreme Court justice to probe the atrocities perpetrated on peaceful protesters during the people's movement.
- What A Pain! (Indian Express, NIVEDITA SEN , May 06, 2006)
When I was much younger and not snowed under by chronic health-related problems, it made me laugh to hear of an elderly person afflicted with what he called a ‘frozen shoulder’,
- Sc Lifts Order On Pre-Medical Admission Quota (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, May 06, 2006)
Clearing the air over admission to this year’s All-India Pre-Medical courses, the Supeme Court today vacated its earlier order asking the government to set apart 10 per cent of the seats for SC/ST candidates.
- Some Shining Moments In A Bleak Week (Indian Express, SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI, May 06, 2006)
Though Galbraith got short shrift, TV redeemed itself with its speedy, mature handling of the other tragedies
- Hospital Claims To Have Restored Hiv Count Machine (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 06, 2006)
ART medicine supply constrained by increasing number of cases
- 2 Killed, 7 Hurt In Explosion (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
Two pedestrians were killed and seven others, including three security personnel, injured in a grenade explosion at Chadoora in Budgam district this morning.
- An End Forewarned (Pioneer, Pramod Mahajan, May 05, 2006)
It was three months ago when I got the opportunity to ask Pramod Mahajan about his birth details.
- Sympathy For The Devil (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 05, 2006)
Moussaoui, who jeered America as he was spared death for the 9/11 bombings, is no deranged lunatic but an Islamist, says Robert Spencer
- A Swim In China's Polluted Pearl River? (Christian Science Monitor, Simon Montlake, May 05, 2006)
The mayor of China's top manufacturing city is hosting a "swimathon" this summer in the local Pearl River. Cleanup efforts to reverse years of industrial pollution have been so successful, claims mayor Guang Zhangming, that the Pearl is once again . . .
- ‘Peace Between India And Pakistan Must For A Prosperous South Asia’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
Pakistan and India should resolve their disputes amicably including the Kashmir issue to develop South Asia (SA), said British High Commissioner Mark Loyal Grant.
- Miles To Go For Mfs (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 05, 2006)
The latest figures available of assets under management (AUM) of domestic mutual funds show just how competitive the industry has become. The only constant factor is of the top few players swapping places among themselves in the league tables.
- A Week Of Tragedy (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, May 05, 2006)
Like their English-language counterparts, newspapers in regional languages had barely got over their coverage of Indian engineer K Suryanarayana’s killing in Afghanistan, when news came in of the death of BJP leader Pramod Mahajan in Mumbai.
- 200 Die In Malaria Epidemic In Lakhimpur District Of Assam (Hindu, Sushanta Talukdar, May 05, 2006)
Death toll in the State could be 500, say health officials
In the absence of blood slide test, official figure is low
Civil hospital is chock-a-block
- Crossing The Rubicon...Tamil Nadu Style (The Financial Express, Jayaprakash Narayan, May 05, 2006)
The state’s elections show how the process of manipulating votes has reached its nadir
- Tracing Disequilibrium In The Asset Markets (The Financial Express, SUMANT SINHA, May 05, 2006)
The considerable lag between the flow of funds and the creation of assets is ensuring the imbalance.
- Indian Origin Astronaut To Make Maiden Journey To Iss (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
Three years after Kalpana Chawla's tragic space expedition, another American astronaut of Indian origin Sunita Williams will make her maiden journey to the International Space Station (ISS) as part of NASA's six-month mission.
- Toilet Trouble (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 05, 2006)
One is not quite sure of it, but the Government of Chhattisgarh may well have created a global record by prescribing a new ground for depriving an elected member of a local self-governing body of his or her job - the absence of a loo in . . .
- India Briefs (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
The body of Shakrullah Ansari, an Indian hanged in Kuwait, will be buried in that country in keeping with the decision of his family here as it was unable to bear the cost of bringing the body back home. PTI
- For The Record (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 05, 2006)
Four-year-old Buddhia Singh of Orissa will make to the Limca Book of Records for running all of 65 kms in conditions most oppressive.
- Tearful Adieu To Pramod Mahajan (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
Thousands of mourners bid a tearful adieu today to one of the country’s promising politicians and BJP’s master strategist Pramod Mahajan, who was cremated here with full State honours in the presence of a galaxy of dignitaries led by Vice-President . . .
- Government Confident Of 8 Pct Growth, Oil A Risk (Reuters, Unni Krishnan, May 05, 2006)
The government is confident of sustaining 8 percent growth for many years but the recent rise in global oil prices poses a major risk to Asia's third-largest economy, a top government official said on Thursday.
- Sri Lanka Army Says Kills 7, Talks Remain Deadlocked (Reuters, Peter Apps, May 05, 2006)
Sri Lanka's army said it killed seven suspected Tamil Tigers after an attack on a checkpoint on Thursday, while the rebels raised new objections to a government plan aimed at ending the deadlock over peace talks.
- Prioritising Civil Service Reforms (Daily Excelsior, Srinivasan K. Rangachary, May 05, 2006)
The Government proposes to introduce a bill in Parliament to amend civil services rules whereby merit and integrity will get preponderance over seniority.
- Law Loses Speed, Lynch Mob At Large (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
More than 36 hours after 11 persons were named in the murder of Mohammed Rafiq Vohra in an FIR, not one has been arrested, raising questions about the government’s sincerity in punishing rioters.
- Justified Protest (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, May 05, 2006)
Villagers of Sungal and adjoining areas in Akhnoor tehsil are angry for right reasons. Indeed it is a matter of shame and regret that a minor girl should have her modesty outraged by her teachers.
- Crpf Director Seeks Report On Buddhia Issue (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
Under attack from various human rights organisations for making four-and-a-half-year-old Buddhia Singh run a gruesome 65-km marathon, CRPF Director-General J.K. Sinha has sought a report into the incident from the force’s Orissa unit.
- Hidden Hunger (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 05, 2006)
A Unicef report says India has the highest number of malnourished children in the world: One in three of the world's malnourished children is Indian. Of the world's 146 million malnourished children, 57 million are in India; they are 47 per cent of . . .
- Vote Dpa To Power For A Better Tn: Pm (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday appealed to the people of Tamil Nadu to vote the DMK-led Democratic Progressive Alliance to power so it could work in tandem with the Centre and make it a leading state in the country.
- Medha Approaches Nhrc (Tribune, Vibha Sharma, May 05, 2006)
Terming the displacement of thousands of persons in the Narmada valley by the Sardar Sarovar Dam an “abuse of human rights”, Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) leader Medha Patkar today asked National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chairman A. S. Anand . . .
- The Pauperisation Of Palestinians (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, May 05, 2006)
The Western campaign to starve the Palestinians into submission is a losing gambit.
- Several Targets For Arjun’S Broken Arrow (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, May 05, 2006)
HRD minister’s quota card was less a joker than a calculated ploy to improve his own lot and, via Assembly elections two years hence in Madhya Pradesh, that of his son
- Trampling On Rights (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 05, 2006)
Anjanaben of Gujarat underwent surgery for an abdominal cyst in February1996 but died due to medical negligence. Her kidney had been removed by mistake, and although her father donated his kidney for transplant, her life could not be saved.
- Indian Housemaids In Qatar Better Off Now (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
Harassment of Indian housemaids in Qatar has come down significantly after the Indian embassy intervened to legalise the recruitment process, a senior embassy official said.
- Cbi Raids On Chautala Premises (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
Property estimated at Rs. 1,467 crore
Three plots in Gurgaon Phase V worth Rs. 150 crore
A hotel and restaurant worth Rs. 150 crore, a shopping mall (Rs. 180 crore) and a plot (Rs. 55 crore) in Karol Bagh
A plot on Ring Road worth Rs. 120 crore
- Cbi Raids Chautala Residences (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
The CBI, which started the raids early on Thursday, said preliminary investigation revealed that the family has both movable and immovable property worth hundreds of crores of rupees in Delhi (including four huge farm houses in . . .
- Nurturing A Child Prodigy (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 05, 2006)
The saga of the wonder boy Budhia Singh — symbolised by visuals of prodigious talent as well as end-game exhaustion — is at once moving and worrisome.
- Jairaj Is Bmp Chief (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
With a slew of infrastructure projects lined up for Bangalore, the JD (S)-BJP Government on Thursday changed the chiefs of three civic bodies in the City, along with a major reshuffle of bureaucrats in which 53 IAS and IPS officers were transferred.
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