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Articles 10021 through 10120 of 20587:
- Bird Flu Scare In Hyderabad (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 14, 2006)
Pakistan is investigating a possible second outbreak of bird flu after poultry farmers threw around 2,000 chicken carcasses on a dumping ground, officials said on Monday.
- Set Up National Judicial Commission (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Mar 14, 2006)
The prime minister has rightly underscored the perils of judicial activism. Institutional vacuum, often responsible for judicial activism, cannot be rectified through judicial intervention alone.
- Multiplier Effect On The Track (Business Line, Manasi Phadke, Mar 14, 2006)
Railways fortunes on a roll thanks to the freight component
While most budgets world-wide seem to rely on populism and big-ticket announcements for fetching publicity and fanfare, the Rail Budget has given thrust to apparently small and do-able moves fo
- Marketing The Need To Give (The Financial Express, Mahesh Bhatt, Mar 14, 2006)
Its dark... still very dark. I'm on my way from the airport to the heart of Colombo city. I'm here in war-worn Sri Lanka as UNICEF's special envoy to promote the corporate sectors' awareness of social responsibility and education.
- Imperialism Redux (Statesman, SUBROTO ROY, Mar 14, 2006)
Business, Energy, Weapons And Foreign Policy
- N-Energy Clean, Says Delhi (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 14, 2006)
India today emphasised that nuclear energy should be considered under the clean development mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change as it was one of the “cleanest sources of energy”.
- Our Opportunity With India (Washington Post, Condoleezza Rice, Mar 13, 2006)
The week before last President Bush concluded a historic agreement on civilian nuclear cooperation with India, a rising democratic power in a dynamic Asia.
- Winds Of Change? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Mar 13, 2006)
Should it surprise us that Jammu has witnessed the first alleged case of kidney theft? The family of a local beneficiary is exposed to the charge of having duped an unsuspecting domestic helper from Etawah in Uttar Pradesh.
- Ongc Set To Invest Rs 45,000 Cr: Cm (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2006)
Chief Minister H D Kumaaraswamy announced here on Sunday that ONGC was ready to invest in the State from Rs 40,000 crore to Rs 45,000 crore instead of the originally planned Rs 25,000 crore.
- The Middle Mart (Deccan Herald, M K Chandra Bose, Mar 13, 2006)
As exciting as handling middles is for a journalist, the pitfalls is published pieces escaping scrutiny.....
- Wall Of Worry (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 13, 2006)
Bulls will point to the 217-point drop in the Sensex on Wednesday, and its subsequent climb to an all-time high within two days, as evidence of the remarkable resilience of the Indian market.
- White Beauty (Tribune, Syed Nooruzzaman, Mar 13, 2006)
She came into our life exactly 13 years ago. But nowadays there is a lot of pressure from various quarters that I should replace her —- or pronounce “talaq”.
- What The Pictures Teach (Telegraph, UDDALAK MUKHERJEE, Mar 13, 2006)
How does one talk about sex to a group of young, painfully shy, village girls with little or no education? This was what Himalini Varma kept thinking as she sat inside a tiny hut in a village in South 24 Parganas.
- Women On The Rise (Tribune, Devi Cherian, Mar 13, 2006)
On International Women’s Day the capital celebrated it as champagne owners flew over to host high-flying women achievers at the Oberoi.
- Budget: Changes In Mat (Hindu, S. Rajaratnam, Mar 13, 2006)
Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) has undergone some major changes. The rate of tax is enhanced from 7.5 per cent to 10 per cent.
- Bush Ex-Aide In Shoplifting Net (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2006)
London, March 12: A former senior White House aide has been arrested on shoplifting charges, causing an embarrassed President George W. Bush “shock and disappointment”.
- Search For Truth (Statesman, SANKAR SEN, Mar 13, 2006)
Acquittal of all the accused in the sensational seven year old Jessica Lall murder case has rudely shocked the conscience of the nation and shattered its faith in the working of the criminal justice system.
- Once A Wetland, Now A Desert (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 13, 2006)
The delta of the great Colorado River — where once it swept into the Gulf of California — used to be the most wonder-filled wetland in the whole North American continent.
- China Renews An Old Ideological Fight (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2006)
BEIJING For the first time in perhaps a decade, the National People's Congress, the Communist Party-run legislature now convened in its annual two-week session, is consumed with an ideological debate over socialism and capitalism that many assumed . . .
- The Exploitation Of Blue Collar Temp Workers (The Financial Express, MANISH SABHARWAL, Mar 13, 2006)
Small tweaks to the Contract Labour Act could end the criminal and political nexus that exploits blue collar temp workers. Government statistics put temporary and contract jobs at 21% of India’s labour force, an astounding 80 million people.
- India, Mauritius To Ink Deal On Hydrocarbon Exploration (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Mar 13, 2006)
India will be a very reliable partner, says Kalam
Long-term strategy to cushion impact of shrinking textile, sugar sectors discussed
Kalam discusses possibility of health tourism in diversification process
India to assist in R&D in sugar sector
- Witnesses Fail To Identify Suspects (Tribune, Shahira Naim, Mar 13, 2006)
One of the art students recuperating in the ICU ward of Sir Sundarlal Hospital is confident that he would be able to draw the sketch of the culprit as soon as he is better.
- Nip It In The Bud (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 13, 2006)
Cholera and gastro-enteritis has struck the City again.
- Bush Visit: Not Just A Stopover (Dawn, Iqbal Akhund, Mar 13, 2006)
Invidious comparison is virtually built into an American president’s visit to the subcontinent. So it has been again, as President Bush has come and gone. As a foreign journalist put it, India got a hug, Pakistan a pat on the back.
- Can Our Way Of Living Save The Planet? (Deccan Herald, Lucy Siegle, Mar 13, 2006)
People are happy to talk about ethical awareness but when it comes to consumer patterns the talk is not reflected.....
- When Too Much Is A Bad Thing (Deccan Herald, Dr Gopal Dabade, Mar 13, 2006)
Inappropriate promotion of medicinal drugs remains a major public health problem both in developing and developed countries.....
- The Classic Double Act Retold (Deccan Herald, Sunil K Poolani, Mar 12, 2006)
The author has the unique ability to celebrate tragedy, not an easy task.
- All Aboard The Red Bus (Deccan Herald, Arathi Menon, Mar 12, 2006)
A compilation of Ruskin Bond’s work leaves the reader much entertained.
- 29 Die In Dera Bugti Landmine Blast (News International, Muhammad Ejaz Khan, Mar 11, 2006)
Twenty-nine people travelling to a wedding were killed on Friday, when their tractor-trolley hit an anti-tank landmine near Dera Bugti, officials said.
- Somali Piracy (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 11, 2006)
Protecting the mercantile marine and sanitising shipping lanes is often cited as part of the rationale for a strong navy.
- Understanding The Harvest Of Hate (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Mar 11, 2006)
Varanasi was just an exclamation mark in Islamist terror groups' war against India. Learning from it needs an understanding not of each outrage, but the whole.
- Murder Of Justice (The Week, Suman K. Jha, Mar 11, 2006)
Everything has been said already, but as no one listens, we must always begin again." Justice V.S. Malimath began with this Andre Gide quote while outlining the roadmap for reforming the criminal justice system in . . .
- Who To Conduct Training Exercises To Check Spread Of Bird Flu (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
The United Nations health agency plans to conduct training exercises across the world over next few months to help experts put in place measures to check the spread of bird flu should it take the form of epidemic among humans.
- Farm Extension, Key To Second Green Revolution (Business Line, S. Kumarasamy, Mar 11, 2006)
With increasing population and declining per capita land available for agriculture, the future looks bleak. Unless the second Green Revolution is ushered in soon, it will be difficult to sustain the burgeoning . . .
- Pakistan Will Collaborate With India To Fight Mental Sickness (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
Visiting Indian psychiatrists offered low cost medicines from India for psychiatric patients in Pakistan during a meeting with Saba Sadiq, adviser to the chief minister on Friday.
- Nepali Families Fight Poverty With Condoms, Pills (Reuters, Gopal Sharma, Mar 11, 2006)
One of the biggest-selling items in the tiny chemists in the rebel-held Nepali hill town of Tila are condoms -- several hundred a month for a total population of just 2,000.
- Devils On Road (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Mar 11, 2006)
The Government has clearly identified three devils causing road accidents in hilly areas notably in the twin districts of Rajouri and Poonch. These are: shortage of buses, their dilapidated condition and overcrowding.
- Deadly Bird Flu Not (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
The H5N1 avian flu virus has not yet made its way to North America, although many experts believe it will, US government researchers said.
- Damage Uncontrolled (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Mar 11, 2006)
Reports that the Kolkata police had tipped off their UP counterparts about the possibility of bomb blasts are neither here nor there.
- Unaccommodated (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 11, 2006)
It is a question of what the eye has got used to. Every day, millions of more-or-less-comfortably-off Indians encounter thousands of homeless, abandoned human beings, many of them old and sick, in every kind of public space.
- Those College Days (Tribune, Trilochan Singh Trewn, Mar 11, 2006)
About four years before his death, I along with my wife had gone for medical consultations to Dr Chuttani.
- Around The World In 180 Days (The Week, Dnyanesh Jathar, Mar 11, 2006)
Did the Maharashtra government overlook a bird flu warning around three months ago? So it seems. On November 14 last year, Dr Swati Piramal, chairperson of Confederation of Indian Industry’s national committee on biotechnology, cautioned that . . .
- Kalam Is All Smiles On The Road To Mandalay (Indian Express, Manraj Grewal, Mar 11, 2006)
My people are rich and live in a powerful country but are still not content. I have come here to ask you how to make them happy.’’ During a rare heart-to-heart,
- Malnutrition Amidst High Growth (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 11, 2006)
The imperatives of putting nutrition at the centre of development are apparent in a new World Bank report that warns that malnutrition could cost countries up to 3 per cent of their GDP.
- Sahara India Goes Global (Hindu, Madhur Tankha, Mar 11, 2006)
Offers Indian's largest travel services network under a single brand
- Fm Lists Steps To Prosperity (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Friday declared that there would be no cut in food and fertiliser subsidies and asserted that the government would spend on developmental projects in social and infrastructure projects to boosts economic growth.
- Telekom Malaysia Picks Up 49 Pc Stake In Spice (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
Malaysia’s largest telecom operator, Telekom Malaysia Bhd has picked up 49 per cent stake for $178.8 million in Spice Telecom to enter Indian market after an earlier unsuccessful attempt to buy into Idea Cellular.
- Mounting Energy Subsidies To Weigh Heavily On Dycm (Deccan Herald, B S Satish Kumar , Mar 11, 2006)
Handling the complex issue of mounting power subsidies will be a major task for Deputy Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa who is presenting the state budget on March 20.
- Kalam’S Wit, Knowledge Charm Scholars (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
Amid a hectic schedule in Yangon that kept him busy in the hurly-burly world of politics, India's scientist-President APJ Abdul Kalam on Friday found solace in the company of teachers, scholars and Buddhist monks when . . .
- Rain Toll Mounts To 71; Crops Damaged (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
Madhya Pradesh is worst affected; Snowfall in Himachal areas
- Us-India Nuclear Deal Not A Military Agreement: Boucher (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Mar 11, 2006)
Richard Boucher, the new head of South and Central Asia at the State Department, said on Thursday that the nuclear deal with India was “not a military agreement,” but one meant to “provide a clearly-demarcated, permanently . . .
- Indians Ink Peralta; Foulke Says He's Fine (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
Jhonny Peralta and the Cleveland Indians both got the security they sought Friday when the shortstop agreed to a $13 million, five-year contract with a club option for 2011.
- Educating Rahul (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
Let the Amethi MP become education minister and infuse some energy into a moribund ministry
- Bandh Total In Mangalore (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
The district bandh called by the Rashtriya Hindu Sena and other outfits on Friday against bomb blasts in Varanasi was total. Ten buses were damaged in stone-throwing incidents.
- Why Squander A Priceless Opportunity? (The Financial Express, Jayaprakash Narayan, Mar 10, 2006)
Our higher education is in deep crisis. Our human resource structure, instead of a pyramid with ever-increasing skills from base to apex, is more like an hourglass.
- Critical Need For Consensus On Economic Issues (The Financial Express, SUMANT SINHA, Mar 10, 2006)
In my article at the same time last year, I called that year’s Budget a “deliberately non-dramatic” one. That same description could very well be applied to this year’s Budget. And in this lies a pattern.
- Down Under Beckons (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Mar 10, 2006)
There is a clear change in perception, with Canberra pulling out all the stops to deepen bilateral engagement.
- Jaya At The Exit Door (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 10, 2006)
She ought to have known the law
- Bird Flu Spreads Fast Across Russia (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Mar 10, 2006)
As the bird flu spreads fast across Russia, scientists have warned that the deadly H5N1 virus is only a step away from infecting humans.
- Delhi Budget 'Pro-Woman', Says Walia (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
Delhi Finance Minister A.K. Walia said the budget he presented for the fiscal year 2006-07 on Thursday was a pro-woman one as it had several proposals aimed at improving the female ratio.
- Varanasi Youths Line Up To Donate Blood (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
In this ancient holy city, if the perpetrators of the terror on Tuesday were youngsters, so too are an increasing number of people rushing forward to donate blood to scores of victims, irrespective of creed, battling for their lives in . . .
- Professional Edn Bill To Be Tabled In Budget Session (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
The Karnataka Professional Educational Institutions (Regulation of admission and determination of fee) Bill, 2006 that seeks to reintroduce quotas in private professional colleges, will be tabled in the State Legislature during the budget . . .
- There’S A Better Way To Check Stray Animals (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
Why can’t the money be used to tackle the problem before precious lives are lost, I can’t understand. Only death and calamity stirs the authorities into action
- How Many Ways To Tie A Knot? (Indian Express, MARGARET WERTHEIM, Mar 10, 2006)
You have to hand it to mathematicians.
- Govt Staff Strike Called Off (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
Vidhana Soudha, Vikasa Soudha, M S Building and Visvesvaraiah Towers, where most of the government departments are located, recorded less than 10 per cent attendance, secretariat sources said.
- Chandigarh: Tale Of Two Cities (Tribune, Ashok Kundra, Mar 10, 2006)
Chandigarh has undergone rapid transformation during the nineties.
- State Budget Should Revive Economy (Deccan Herald, B S Satish Kumar , Mar 10, 2006)
Agri fact: Desired growth rate: 4 % Actual rate in state: 1.5 %
- All-Round Criticism Of Budget (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
Brinda Karat seeks more funds for the farm sector
- Innovative Steps In Budget To Boost Economy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
Gender auditing, outcome budgeting, protection of all stakeholders to boost economy
New policy to encourage private investments health sector soon
10 knowledge centres to be established
- Karnataka Government Staff Strike Near-Total In Many Districts (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
The strike was withdrawn two hours after it began
- Varanasi: Show Of Solidarity (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Mar 10, 2006)
All sections, cutting across religious affiliations, take out peace marches
The U.P. Government was focusing more on Mathura, Ayodhya
High-profile visits being seen more as attempts to score brownie points
Many BHU students, RSS volunteers donate bl
- No Philosopher’S Stone (Telegraph, Shree Ghatage, Mar 10, 2006)
Shree Ghatage’s first novel, Brahma’s Dream, is set in pre-independence India and ends sometime after Gandhi’s assassination. The painful progress of India into freedom is told through the life of central character, Mohini, who struggles with . . .
- Varanasi Attacks: Police Release Sketches Of Suspects (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
Uttar Pradesh Police on Thursday released sketches of two men suspected to have triggered the twin blasts that killed 15 people, even as they said they had reason to believe Pakistan-based terrorist outfit . . .
- Great Leap Sideways (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Mar 10, 2006)
The tenth Chinese National People’s Congress (NPC) has been remarkable for several reasons.
- Sabotaging The Soft Image (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Mar 10, 2006)
IT was disturbing to see the police lathi-charge a woman's rally organized by an NGO in Lahore on Wednesday to observe the International Women's Day.
- Muslims Also Donate Blood For Blast-Hit (Tribune, Shahira Naim, Mar 10, 2006)
His heart-wrenching music moves one to tears. But this time, 90-year-old Bharat Ratna awardee Ustad Bismillah Khan has decided to wipe tears of his fellow citizens hurt in the serial blasts on Tuesday in the city. Contributing his bit to relief work, he i
- 100 Years Ago Today (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 10, 2006)
— A young Hindu woman named Sarojini, of No 21 Ananda Khan’s Lane, who, it is alleged, had latterly been very unhappy over some domestic matters, was found in her room suffering from opium poisoning, to which she succumbed on Thursday at the Mayo Hospital
- Earthquake Relief: Second Phase (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 10, 2006)
The un humanitarian aid coordinating office and Erra, which have been working to provide relief to the October 8 earthquake victims, have announced that they will shortly be launching the next phase of their relief and rehabilitation programmes . . .
- Hospital Hoodlums (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 10, 2006)
The sight of political parties and social activists targeting the superintendent after an incident as ghastly as the one that took place at the Calcutta Medical College and Hospital last week is a familiar one.
- Fatal Medical Negligence (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 10, 2006)
The tragic death of a woman in Hyderabad as a result of doctors’ negligence should serve as a wake-up call for provincial health authorities who have so far done little to pull up errant doctors whose casual approach to their profession continues . . .
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