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Articles 8321 through 8420 of 20587:
- Cpi Takes Up Cause Of Indian Doctors In U.K. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
Says Centre should urgently negotiate the visa issue
- Indian-Origin Sunita Williams To Make Maiden Space Expedition (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
She will serve as a flight engineer on NASA's six-month mission
- The Curse Of Dual-Income Workaholic Consumerism (Hindu, Oliver James , May 04, 2006)
Long working hours and status consumption have the U.S. and Britain in their grip.
- Man In A Hurry (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, May 04, 2006)
For the fledgling Bharatiya Janata Party, New Year’s Day, 1985 was not the occasion to celebrate. As the general election results poured in, the anticipated victory of the Congress turned into an avalanche.
- Over 2.3 Lakh To Appear For Eamcet In A.P. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
As many as 2,34,483 candidates will be appearing for the Engineering, Agriculture and Medical Common Entrance Test (EAMCET)-2006 on Thursday.
- Teheran Gives Out Mixed Signals On Nuclear Issue (Hindu, Atul Aneja , May 04, 2006)
Gulf nations mull plans to cope with radiation hazard
- Ttd-Run Birrd Hospital Achieves Rare Distinction (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
The TTD-run Balaji Institute of Research and Rehabilitation for Disabled (BIRRD) Hospital has achieved the rare distinction of successfully performing the most advanced `Fully Constrained Modular Rotating Total Knee Prosthesis' surgery for the . . .
- Same Sc Bench Delivers Two Different Verdicts On Prohibition (Times of India, Dhananjay Mahapatra, May 04, 2006)
The Supreme Court has delivered two judgments, within a span of 10 days, on issuance of liquor licences by state governments one saying it is optional for a state to practise prohibition and the other making a positive assertion that governments . . .
- Rest In Peace (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 04, 2006)
Whenever he was buffeted by a political storm, and there were many in the two-and-a-half decades that Pramod Mahajan spent in the BJP, he would resolutely battle on, refusing to accept defeat.
- World Bank Withholds Lending To Health Project (Hindu, Nagesh Prabhu , May 04, 2006)
The decision was taken following reports of irregularities
The $148.83 million project was scheduled to be taken up last month
The bank had provided Rs. 594 crore for the first project
Under it, 204 secondary hospitals were upgraded in the State
- Components Of A Miracle That Is Attainable (The Financial Express, JAYANTA ROY, May 04, 2006)
Why we need high and sustained growth and what we need to do to make this happen
- Eco-Bird' To Monitor E-Waste Recycling (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
11 recycling units form an association to promote clean practices
- Grooming Budhia (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 04, 2006)
Five-year-old Budhia Singh had already become a celebrity before Tuesday when he qualified for an entry in the Limca Book of Records by running 65 kilometres in seven hours and two minutes.
- Pramod Was A Caring, Generous Friend (Pioneer, Kanchan Gupta, May 04, 2006)
When the mission in Cairo was informed that a parliamentary delegation would be visiting Egypt, a collective groan went up.
- Farewell Pramod (Pioneer, TN Raghunatha, May 04, 2006)
Death snatched away one of the brightest politicians that the country has produced in recent times.
- India At Odds With Unicef Kid Health Report (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
India figures among the top four countries which has the highest rate of underweight children under age of five, a United Nations report said.
- Pramod Mahajan Dies 11 Days After Shooting (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
Pramod Mahajan, a top leader of the main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) died on Wednesday, 11 days after his younger brother allegedly shot him over personal disputes, his party and hospital authorities said.
- For The Record (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 04, 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.
- More Than One-Third Of Malnourished Children Are In India: U.N. Report (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, May 04, 2006)
Millennium development goal of halving child hunger not possible till 2025
6,00,000 deaths can be averted with simple health interventions
Early motherhood is also cause for malnutrition
- Mahajan Passes Away (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
Mr Pramod Mahajan, BJP General Secretary and former Union Minister for Telecommunications, Information Technology and Parliamentary Affairs, succumbed to the bullet injuries he sustained on April 22. The 56-year-old `Generation Next' leader of the . . .
- High Risk Groups Pose Concern (Daily Excelsior, Arvinder Kaur, May 04, 2006)
The number of HIV infections in India are on the rise, and according to official figures, more than 5.2 million people are now thought to be living with the virus, the second largest number in any country after South Africa. That was an increase . . .
- Bus Crash Kills 19 In India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
At least 19 people were killed and 26 injured when their bus plunged over a bridge into a dry riverbed in India's northern Uttar Pradesh state on Wednesday, police said.
- Panjab University Scientists Achieve Breakthrough In Psoriasis Treatment .. (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
The dream of the dermatologists to surmount the serious reactive effects in patients associated with a very popular anti-psoriatic drug, Dithranol, has now become a reality at University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (UIPS) of Panjab University.
- Food Is Medicine, Psychology And Status (Deccan Herald, N SHAKUNTALA MANAY, May 04, 2006)
The way food is offered says a whole lot about the personality of the person who is offering it.
- Affirmative Action As Strategy (Business Standard, Kanika Datta, May 04, 2006)
Pardon me for covering old ground, but I can’t help thinking that if private corporations did not run quite so scared, there might actually find a durable, strategic solution to this affirmative action controversy.
- A Move Long Overdue (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 04, 2006)
The report that the federal government is thinking in terms of transferring four subjects to the provinces deserves to be welcomed because it gives an indication of Islamabad’s belated awareness of the need for greater devolution of power to the . . .
- Genetic Rules (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
The conditional permission granted for the import of genetically modified foods in the new foreign trade policy, unveiled by the commerce ministry in the first week of April, has created more problems than it sought to address on this controversial . . .
- Widow Of Indian Bandit Fights Election (Daily Times, CORPORATE BUREAU, May 04, 2006)
The widow of one of India's most notorious bandits is contesting a state election, saying she wants to fulfill her husband's ambitions by becoming a lawmaker and fighting for the poor.
- Bandh In Jammu (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, May 04, 2006)
It did not need call by any political party for people in this region to observe bandh on Tuesday in protest against massacres in Doda and Udhampur districts.
- Mahajan To Get State Funeral (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
BJP general secretary Pramod Mahajan, who passed away at 4.10 pm on Wednesday, will be cremated on Thursday at Shivaji Park crematorium in central Mumbai, Nitin Gadkari, state BJP president.
- Quotas And Social Justice (Deccan Herald, Alok Ray, May 04, 2006)
The justification for quotas should be economic backwardness and not any subjective criterion
- A Pill A Day... (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 04, 2006)
Invent a disease, and invest in worry
- Pak Uzbek Ties (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, May 04, 2006)
ON Tuesday, Uzbek President Islam Karimov held talks with General Musharraf in Islamabad after which the two leaders addressed a press conference.
- Mahajan Loses Battle For Life (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
The 56-year-old BJP general secretary is survived by his wife Rekha, son Rahul and daughter Poonam who were at his bedside when he finally gave up the most difficult battle of his life at 4:10 pm.
- Junk Food, Violent Behaviour (Dawn, George Monbiot, May 04, 2006)
DOES television cause crime? The idea that people copy the violence they watch is debated endlessly by criminologists. But this column concerns an odder and perhaps more interesting idea: if crime leaps out of the box, it is not the programmes that . . .
- Delivering On The Employment Guarantee (Hindu, Mihir Shah, May 04, 2006)
The black box of the Schedule of Rates should be opened and the rates revised upwards urgently in a transparent manner.
- Win A Trip (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
Cholayil Group, a leading FMCG player with interests in toiletries, personal and health care, has announced its "Buy & Fly to Singapore" offer with a view to rewarding its Medimix and Cuticura consumers.
- Pramod Mahajan Loses Battle For Life (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
Dies of multiple organ failure after 12 days in hospital; cremation today
A leader known for his "can do it" approach: Kalam
Manmohan says he was full of promise and energy
Cruel time snatched Mahajan away before youthfulness fully . . .
- Child Prodigy Budhia Keeps Date With Fame (Pioneer, Bhubaneswar, May 03, 2006)
It took four-year-old marathon wizard Budhia Singh seven hours and two minutes to complete the Puri-Bhubaneswar 65-kilometre marathon on Tuesday to enter the Limca Book of Records.
- Blair's Survival Trick: 'Chindia' Scare (Times of India, RASHMEE ROSHAN LALL, May 03, 2006)
Britain's embattled prime minister Tony Blair seized upon the economic successes of India and China and the threat they would leave the UK behind to ram his nine-year-old message home to mutinous workers ahead of crucial local elections - Labour . . .
- Sc Asks Centre, States To Consider Imposing Prohibition (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2006)
The Supreme Court has asked the Centre and the States to seriously consider imposing prohibition in view of the fact that more and more younger people were getting addicted to liquor.
- Indefatigable Survivor (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 03, 2006)
There are times when people change the course of their destiny with sheer will and determination. Rungeen Singh mentions one such incident
- Sc Defreezes Trust's Assets For Bhopal Memorial Hospital (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2006)
The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered release of Rs 37.65 crore, which formed the part of assets of erstwhile Bhopal Hospital Trust (BHT) and was lying frozen in a bank, to Bhopal Memorial Hospital Trust (BMHT) for the maintenance of the hospital for . .
- A Sick System (Times of India, Ritu Priya, May 03, 2006)
It is odd that medical students are far more exercised about quotas than the state of the poor in the country, the callousness of their professional brethren and India's public health system.
- India Committed To Million Development Goals: Minister (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2006)
The Government would achieve the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals, especially in the health sector, by 2015, Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Panabaka Lakhsmi has said.
- Vadodara Clashes: Centre Dispatches 500 Personnel (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2006)
As violence did not show signs of ebbing in Vadodara, the Centre on Wednesday dispatched five companies of 500 personnel belonging to paramilitary forces to assist the Gujarat police in containing the situation.
- Two Sides Of The Reservation Divide (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2006)
Quota rivals hit the streets of the capital as protests spread across the country
- Time For A Hard Look (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , May 03, 2006)
It is time for the prime minister, Manmohan Singh, to sit up and take a long, hard look at India’s foreign policy, of which he has been directly in charge now for six months. He must do it quickly for his own protection because depth and insight are . . .
- Mahajan Sinking, Doctors Cling To Hope (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2006)
BJP general secretary Pramod Mahajan's condition worsened on Tuesday morning, sending telephones lines buzzing between Mumbai and Delhi but doctors still clung on to hope and ordered nitric oxide cylinder from Delhi to revive his flagging blood pressure.
- Killings In Chhattisgarh (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 03, 2006)
The manner in which the Naxalites gunned down 15 people of Manikonta village in Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh speaks volumes for the state government’s failure to check the increasing violence perpetrated by the Maoists.
- Malaria Runs Amok... (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 03, 2006)
While nets rot in Assam godowns
It’s ironical that while people in Assam are dying of malaria ~ the toll so far is 77 ~ about a million mosquito nets are reportedly lying in various godowns.
- Call Medha's Bluff (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 03, 2006)
Whoever says 'protest' cannot be turned into a viable career option needs only to look at Narmada Bachao Andolan's Medha Patkar for advice and guidance.
- Value Of Suchness (Deccan Herald, Amrit Sadhana, May 03, 2006)
The judgmental mind stops judging every situation as good or bad, or evaluating people, things and events.
- The Young & The Old Boys’ Network (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2006)
The highly emotive debate on reservations raises an interesting question. Has there ever really been a level playing field for the youth of India? The obvious villain, the well entrenched caste system, is not the only impediment in ensuring . . .
- Rich Children Of A Poor Country (Deccan Herald, Manika Ghosh, May 03, 2006)
Children today certainly have more buying power. More freedom too is becoming the new mantra
- Highest Prevalence Of Aids In State' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2006)
Prevalence substantially higher in Andhra Pradesh than all-India average
- Pramod Mahajan's Condition Worsens (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2006)
The condition of Bharatiya Janata Party general secretary Pramod Mahajan "has further deteriorated over the last 24 hours," a hospital bulletin said here on Tuesday.
- Of Hi-Tech, Low Efficiency, And Malls (Hindu, P. SAINATH, May 03, 2006)
India's development debate has actually regressed this past decade. A single, homogenised view of development is being shoved down from above.
- "White Supremacy" Or Racism? (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, May 03, 2006)
Professor Cornel West says racism is what they have in America while in Britain the problem is essentially one of latent "white supremacy." This means that racial prejudices in Britain operate in more subtle forms than American-style in-your-face racism.
- The Perils Of Populism (Deccan Herald, Prem Shankar Jha, May 03, 2006)
The government is playing havoc with the future of the people by refusing to adjust the oil prices rationally
- Ngos Building Homes For Aids-Hit Children To Get Land Free Of Cost (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2006)
Chief Minister's call to make Andhra Pradesh AIDS-free State
Chief Minister launches Aasha-II
Many had visited testing and counselling centres after Aasha-I
The State has 5.65 lakh AIDS patients
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- Hitches In Implementing Job Scheme In Naxal-Hit Areas (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2006)
Law and order is the responsibility of States: Raghuvansh Prasad Singh
- Give Us Weapons Or We Will Migrate, Say Doda Survivors (Hindu, Luv Puri , May 03, 2006)
"We do not want to live here with a permanent scare and a feeling of insecurity."
- Contradictory Attitude (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, May 03, 2006)
People have become so accustomed to contradictions between the words and deeds of their leaders that they no longer raise their eyebrows when any such new incident comes to light.
- Us Won’T Remove Nepal Maoists From Terror List (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2006)
Indonesian anti-terror police have arrested another man suspected of links with key terrorist suspect Noordin Mohammad Top,national police deputy spokesman said on Wednesday.
- Defence Vs Development (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 03, 2006)
THE government has traditionally adopted an ambiguous stance on its defence budget.
- 10 Per Cent Seats Not Feasible This Year, Pleads Centre (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2006)
Quota for SCs/STs in postgraduate courses in medical colleges
- Of Cartoon, Quotas And Distress (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , May 03, 2006)
The complex issue of reservation can have valid for and against arguments
- The Gathering Storm Over Iran (Boston Globe, Editorial, Boston Globe, May 03, 2006)
in the heat of the crisis over German intervention in Czechoslovakia, Winston Churchill appealed to the United States to help thwart the Nazi war machine.
- J&k Ultras Kill 32 In 2 Districts (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 02, 2006)
Thirty-two Hindus, including a minor girl, were massacred and nine others injured in three separate incidents in the Doda and Udhampur districts of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday.
- Short Stories In Translation (Hindu, V. Gopalakrishna, May 02, 2006)
Ashok Kumar — Tr. in Kannada; Sahitya Akademi, 35, Rabindra Bhavan, Ferozeshah Road, New Delhi-110001. Rs. 300.
- Mcd Sacks 180 Health Workers 180 Health Workers Sacked (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 02, 2006)
These Class IV employees had allegedly got jobs through fraudulent means These Class IV employees had managed to get jobs through alleged fraudulent means
- Injured Indian Dies In Nepal (Hindu, Ameet Dhakal, May 02, 2006)
An Indian national, Mohammed Jahangir, who was injured during the pro-democracy movement at Tripureshwor in the heart of the Nepalese capital on April 22, died at the Model Hospital here on Monday.
- A Beginning Made In Wildlife Preservation (Deccan Herald, BHARATHI PRABHU, May 02, 2006)
The state machinery is ill-equipped to take on poachers but NGOs are doing a good job of increasing public awareness about wildlife
- Terrorist Violence Aimed At Dividing People: Patil (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, May 02, 2006)
The massacre of innocent people in Jammu and Kashmir yesterday and terrorist violence elsewhere are intended to scuttle peace and create divisions among various communities, designs which the Government would not allow to succeed, Union Home Minister . .
- Battling Cancer (Hindu, P. Sundaresan, May 02, 2006)
Russsi m lala is living proof that it is possible to beat cancer. Undergoing treatment for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma from 1989 onwards, he managed to write quite a few books of lasting significance thanks to the cooperation of his better half.
- Delayed, But Not Denied (Deccan Herald, Pran Chopra , May 02, 2006)
Can Koirala guide his government to a consensus with the Maoists on reaching and preserving peace?
- ‘Second Wife’ And Suicide Bid Follow Taliban Terror (Telegraph, G.S. RADHAKRISHNA, May 02, 2006)
The trauma of slain telecom engineer K. Suryanarayana’s family deepened today when his widow Manjula tried to commit suicide following the appearance of a “second wife” in the morning.
- Dargah Demolition Sparks Violence (Daily Excelsior, Sanjeev Pargal, May 02, 2006)
Striking at two places targetting minorities, the militants gunned down 28 civilians—19 in Kulhand area of Doda district and nine at Lolan Galla in Basantgarh area of Udhampur district since last night. Ten others were injured in Kulhand shoot-out.
- An Evil Mindset (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, May 02, 2006)
Each time one sees Bimal Roy's Kabuliwala one is moved to tears. It is cinematic adaptation of Rabindranath Tagore's poignant story of a seller of dry fruits from Kabul and the emotional rapport he strikes with a Bengali family.
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