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Articles 11021 through 11120 of 20587:
- Patent Remedy For India’S Health (Indian Express, PRITI RADHAKRISHNAN, Feb 10, 2006)
Just how wealthy do you have to be to buy medicines in India? The UPA government is about to decide.
- Kicked Backwards In The Name Of Progress (The Financial Express, Jayaprakash Narayan, Feb 10, 2006)
One of the disquieting features of Indian politics and public policy is the colossal damage done to the rural sector by successive governments, all in the name of the people. If the explicit objective is to undermine the rural agriculture-dependent . . .
- Wal-Mart And Monsanto On Indo-U.S. Agriculture Initiative Board (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI, Feb 10, 2006)
Will set the agenda for collaborative research to be pursued with Indian labs
- Eat This, Dieticians! (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Feb 10, 2006)
After years of reading news from the terribly exciting world of science, one healthy conclusion can be drawn: studies that confidently tell us what is good for our body and what’s not are
as predictably volatile and worth disregarding as weekly . . .
- Budget Set Against Market With High Expectations (The Financial Express, SUMANT SINHA, Feb 10, 2006)
Budget set against market with high expectations
With the government’s ability to manoeuvre quite limited, it is to be seen how it will shape reality
- Aids: 15-49 Age Group Most Vulnerable (Hindu, M. Dinesh Varma, Feb 10, 2006)
TANSACS to set up Red Ribbon Clubs in 1,000 colleges; to work with NCC
- Jaswant In Advani’S Footsteps (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Feb 10, 2006)
Only a few newspapers in this country have taken note of BJP leader Jaswant Singh’s overland pilgrimage to various shrines in Sindh and Balochistan provinces of Pakistan, and that too to record the host country’s surprise at his decision to . . .
- Battle Of The Bureaucratic Bulge (Business Line, Sumit K. Majumdar, Feb 10, 2006)
There is a significant concern in several quarters seeking to make investments in India that the country's inability to attract and implement the several schemes that would catapult it into world class economic stardom is stymied by the numerous . . .
- Telling Message (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Feb 10, 2006)
That the Army's recruitment drive in the Valley has drawn an overwhelming response sends a significant message. It puts the harsh economic truth in right perspective.
- Bulging Oilseed Stocks (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 10, 2006)
ON THE FACE of it, a modest 2.3 per cent increase in agricultural growth in fiscal 2005-06 (up from 0.7 per cent the previous year) is something to cheer about; but a closer look reveals some disturbing trends. Growth is uneven across crops.
- A Brain Drain Threatens Afghanistan's Future (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 10, 2006)
On the eve of the Soviet invasion almost 26 years ago, I left Afghanistan as a young man in search of a better life.
- Dogmatic Certitude (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Feb 10, 2006)
What began as an act of not-so-innocent bravado in Denmark last September has ceased to be a laughing matter.
- Failed Elections Pile Problems On Nepal's King (Reuters, Gopal Sharma, Feb 10, 2006)
Elections called by Nepal's King Gyanendra to convince his people he is moving towards democracy have backfired, with a low turnout signalling a rejection of his power grab and the polls triggering fresh protests on Thursday.
- Suicide Attack, Shooting, Kill 35 In Pakistan (Reuters, Ali Imam, Feb 10, 2006)
At least 35 people were killed and dozens wounded in Pakistan on Thursday in a suicide bombing on a Shi'ite Muslim procession and subsequent violence on the holiest day of the year for the religious minority.
- India's Aids Vaccine Trials Enter Crucial Stage (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 10, 2006)
India has put a group of volunteers on a year-long watch after giving them a trial vaccine against the HIV virus, marking a key phase in the search for a drug to prevent AIDS, a scientist said on Thursday.
- Indians Create Web Tool To `Search Less, Find More' (Hindu, Anand Parthasarathy, Feb 09, 2006)
It is powering leading comparison shopping and medical information services in the U.S.
- First Bird Flu Case In Africa (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 09, 2006)
A virulent strain of the bird flu virus has killed 40,000 birds on a large commercial poultry farm in Nigeria, the first documented case in Africa, authorities said on Wednesday.
- Bahubali Draped In Colours (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 09, 2006)
The millennium’s first Mahamastakabhisheka of the Gommateshwara Bhagavan Shri Bahubali Swami had all the contrasts and trappings of a high-profile religious event of the commercial age — heavy-duty security, celebrity guests, rich obeisance and . . .
- Raj Babbar’S Outbursts (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 09, 2006)
It seems all is not well with the SP
The Samajwadi Party of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav finds itself in a very awkward position today following the outbursts of actor-turned-politician Raj Babbar.
- Petrol Price: Pm To Hold Meeting (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 09, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will soon convene a meeting involving officials of the finance and petroleum ministries to discuss issues relating to pricing of mass consumption petroleum products — petrol, diesel, cooking gas and kerosene.
- Don’T Rock The Boat (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 09, 2006)
Clemenceau is a chance to revive and clean up Alang. Environmentalism isn’t a zero sum game
- Polluting Tanneries Continue To Haunt Bholakpur Residents (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 09, 2006)
Hygiene is something that is alien in these parts of the city Polluting tanneries continue to haunt this locality
- France Ready To Take Back Waste Of "Toxic" Ship (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 09, 2006)
France would be ready to take back toxic waste removed from a decommissioned carrier if India's top court allowed the ship to be scrapped in an Indian shipyard, the French envoy said on Wednesday.
- The New Year Spread (Telegraph, NEHA SAHAY, Feb 09, 2006)
The Chinese New Year holidays have just ended. This is the time every year that expat homes in China begin filling up with Chinese delicacies.
- France Offers To Take Back Toxic Waste (Hindu, MANAS DASGUPTA, Feb 09, 2006)
Inventory to be submitted to panel today
Visits Alang and says the yard has adequate facilities
Offers to get French labour
Shiv Sena men raise anti-Greenpeace slogans at site
- Gm Food Must Be Allowed Into Europe, Wto Rules (Tribune, Stephen Castle , Feb 09, 2006)
Europe faces new pressure to open its markets to genetically-modified food from the US after the World Trade Organisation ruled that the EU broke international rules with its moratorium on new licences.
- Bihar Assembly Verdict (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Feb 09, 2006)
Over the years, much criticism has been levelled against the manner in which quite a few governors have acted in discharge of their role and favouring the ruling party or parties at the Centre.
- Grand Spectacle Unfolds At Shravanabelagola (Hindu, R. Krishna Kumar, Feb 09, 2006)
First Mahamastakabhisheka of the millennium to the monolithic statue leaves pilgrims spellbound
The anointing ceremony began at 10.35 a.m. with abhisheka and offerings
The first abhisheka was performed by Ashok Patni of Rajasthan
- Points We Need To Consider (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Feb 09, 2006)
The widespread anger and anguish expressed by the majority community in the State in protest against the publication of caricatures of Prophet Mohammad in European newspapers is perfectly justified. Normally the matter would have ended after .
- Sentence Remission: Supreme Court To Examine Governor's Power (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Feb 08, 2006)
The Supreme Court on Monday indicated that it would examine laying down the requirements to be adhered to by a Governor of a State for granting pardon or remission of sentence to convicts in jails.
- Markets At A Historic High (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 08, 2006)
The 10,000 mark reached by the Bombay Stock Exchange Sensex is an important milestone representing a robust performance by the corporate sector, and in particular by the 30 companies comprising the index.
- Real Shine Must Come From Farm Sector (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Feb 08, 2006)
The Government must look at agriculture as the principal orphan of the reform process that began more than a decade ago.
- Take It Seriously (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Feb 08, 2006)
Off and on one does come across remains of a bird or animal in out-of-the-way areas including forests.
- Indian Panel On Toxic Waste Divided Over French Ship (Reuters, Kamil Zaheer, Feb 08, 2006)
An Indian environmental panel is divided on whether to allow a decommissioned French warship to be scrapped in India, and has not made a firm recommendation to the the nation's Supreme Court, a member said on Tuesday.
- Wto Condemns Eu Over Gmo Moratorium (Reuters, Sophie Walker, Feb 08, 2006)
The World Trade Organization ruled on Tuesday that the European Union and six member states had broken trade rules by barring entry to genetically modified crops and foods.
- Insured In U.S., Treated In India (Hindu, M. Dinesh Varma, Feb 08, 2006)
In a twist to the win-win outsourcing game, a U.S. insurance firm has extended cover for its Chicago client undergoing treatment in a Chennai hospital.
- Iit-M Gates Open To Commerce Students Too (Hindu, Special Correspondent, Hindu, Feb 08, 2006)
Institute to offer M.A. in Development Studies, Economics and English studies
- Public Investment In Technology (Daily Excelsior, Dr Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Feb 08, 2006)
Mainstream economists hold that the market will provide goods at the least cost if given freedom.
- Foreign Content On Television (Daily Excelsior, Ravinder Singh, Feb 07, 2006)
Media scene in the country has changed drastically over the last decade, ever since the dish and satellite signal systems took over.
- Maoist Violence: Ugly Cover Raised (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 07, 2006)
Maoist extremists raided a police station and exploded a landmine killing at least 12 policemen and 21 injured in two separate attacks early Monday in the Naxalite-wracked belt that weaves its bloody path through Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand.
- Hamas And The Palestinian Gridlock (Dawn, Shameem Akhtar, Feb 07, 2006)
The Palestinian people have rejected the Fatah party that ruled the embattled occupied West Bank and Gaza in favour of the fundamentalist Hamas in January 26 elections which were monitored by foreign observers.
- Balochistan Blast (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 07, 2006)
The deaths of 13 people, including three soldiers, in a bus near Quetta on its way to Lahore is horrifying, given that it comes on the heels of two train derailments, both of which may have been caused by sabotage.
- Kashmir Battling Low Literacy And High Corruption As Conflict Continues (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Feb 07, 2006)
The Indian-administered part of Jammu and Kashmir is one of the least literate in India, its rate of 54 percent being well below the national level of 65 percent. Ironically, it is the only Indian state where education at all levels is free.
- Drug Dilemma (Daily Excelsior, Dr. Vinayak Purohit, Feb 07, 2006)
The life-threatening stroke that Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon suffered early last month has focused attention on the treatment of strokes, in particular the use of anti-coagulants and clot-dissolving drugs.
- All Pharmaceutical And Chemical Products To Be Labelled In Hindi In Two Years (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 07, 2006)
Distribution of fertilizers high on agenda, says Ram Vilas Paswan
Minister proposes scheme to supply free medicine to poor people
2 per cent health cess likely on direct taxes to mobilise funds for the scheme
- Pm Keeping Foreign Ministry Port Folio (Daily Excelsior, Sita, Feb 07, 2006)
It should come as no surprise that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has chosen to be his own external affairs minister. Not having inducted a successor to Kunwar Natwar Singh in the last Sunday's cabinet changes, he also said that he is ''not overburdened''.
- A French Ship Kicks Up Dust (Deccan Herald, Aravind Sitaraman, Feb 07, 2006)
Le Clemenceau raises many questions that encompass critical issues like business, economy, environment, health, and labour safety.
- Asia Will Be The Future Of Business, Says Kalam (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Feb 07, 2006)
Sets out a roadmap for cooperation between Delhi and Manila
"With Western markets getting saturated, Asia provides a huge opportunity to business to expand market share"
Recommends setting up good e-business infrastructure
- No Conflict In The Decision I Have Taken As Ec, Says Navin Chawla (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 07, 2006)
"No money, whatsoever, not even from MPLADS or even from any private person has been taken ever since I was appointed Election Commissioner. Previous to that I could not dream that I was going to be appointed EC and I was preparing a life of retirement,"
- Rs.533.75-Lakh Scheme For Development Of Villages (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 07, 2006)
To fulfil goals set under `Namadhu Gramam' scheme
A four-day workshop organised by District Rural Development Agency to train village panchayat presidents about the steps to be adopted to fulfil the goals set under `Namadhu gramam scheme' commenced here
- Aids Vaccine Trial (Hindu, R. Prasad, Feb 07, 2006)
The Phase I clinical trial of the AIDS test vaccine was initiated last week at the Tuberculosis Research Centre (TRC) here.
- When Alan Meets Gordon (Dawn, Niall Ferguson, Feb 07, 2006)
They really are the odd couple of economic policy. On one side of the Atlantic is Alan Greenspan, who last week stepped down as chairman of the Federal Reserve after nearly two decades of mastering the financial universe.
- Government Doctors To Be Appointed On Contract (Hindu, A.V. Ragunathan, Feb 07, 2006)
The medical consultants will get a consolidated pay for six months
Nearly 600 vacancies to be filled
Waiting list will be maintained
Service can be terminated anytime
- All About Dementia (Hindu, MADHUMITHA BALAJI, Feb 07, 2006)
A user-friendly review of the current knowledge on dementia
With the advent of modern medicine and thereby a growth in the elderly population worldwide, dementia poses a major concern to the international community of today.
- A Succesful Fight Against Bird Flu (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 07, 2006)
Pennsylvania researchers have produced a bird flu vaccine made from a genetically engineered human cold virus which has provided cent percent protection to vaccinated mice and chickens.
- Competing Feminist Perspectives (Hindu, CAVERY BOPAIAH, Feb 07, 2006)
a critique of the conservative perception of women's issues
What do feminists really want? Johanna Brenner articulates her response in this insightful and scholarly book that those engaged with women's issues cannot ignore.
- Is There An Excess Of Cess? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Feb 06, 2006)
The levy of education cess in the 2004-05 budget and euphoria surrounding the revenue realisation from this source has encouraged the government to propose a similar cess of 2% on central taxes for health insurance policy for the poor.
- Al Qaeda Fighters Saints In Afterlife (Daily Times, Ghafar Ali, Feb 06, 2006)
The Arwali graveyard is located on the road to Parachinar, the headquarters of Kurram tribal agency
- Explosion On Quetta-Lahore Bus Kills 12 (Daily Times, Azizullah Khan, Feb 06, 2006)
* Police chief says timed device caused the blast
* Six die in latest clashes between tribesmen and security forces in Dera Bugti
- Yes, Foreigners Too Are Violating Sovereignty (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 06, 2006)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said that January 13 missile attack on Bajaur was violation of Pakistan’s sovereignty, but foreigners in the Tribal Areas are also guilty of it. In his interaction with the electronic media anchorpersons, . . .
- We Must Not Miss Chance For Kashmir Peace: Musharraf (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 06, 2006)
* President urges India to respond to demilitarisation proposal
* Says time it’s to focus on dispute resolution
* Rs 80b to rebuild schools and hospitals in quake zone
- Lic Rakes In Rs 3700 Cr Profit From Markets (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 06, 2006)
Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has earned Rs 3,700 crore profit from investment operations, equity and debt markets, till date in current financial year. It expects to make a total gain of Rs 5,000 crore by end of March 2006.
- Brazil: The Challenge Of Ecological Resource Use (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Feb 06, 2006)
Brazil's rainforest is considered the earth's most biologically diverse ecosystem. Unfortunately, about 16 per cent of this forest has been denuded in just the last four decades.
- The Need To Look Beyond Gdp (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Feb 06, 2006)
The point is not the replacement of GDP growth rate by the growth rate of educated rural population but to question age-old shibboleths, and look for alternatives. That kind of questioning, and the tolerance of such questioning are the basic . . .
- Twin Challenges: Clear Reflection In The Governor’S Address (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Feb 06, 2006)
A legislative speech by a constitutional head is almost invariably scripted by the political establishment. The customary Opposition cavil is only for the record.
- Kashmir Has A Great Future: Kalam (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Feb 06, 2006)
"Energy independence has to be the country's first priority"
``Kashmir has a great future. There are tremendous opportunities for development and during my recent visit to Kashmir I can see the commitment of the people for a developed future,' . . .
- Trial And Error (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Feb 06, 2006)
It’s easy to tell the difference between the trial of Saddam Hussein and the Nuremberg tribunal.
- Us To Withdraw Troops In Pak Quake-Hit Areas (Press Trust of India, K J M Varma, Feb 06, 2006)
Some 750 American troops in Pakistan's quake-hit areas will begin withdrawing from the middle of this month, bringing to a close the biggest ever external relief operations carried out by the US, officials said today.
- Musharraf Says Peace Linked To Kashmir (Dawn, Tahir Naqash, Feb 06, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf on Sunday called upon the Indian leadership to take advantage of the atmosphere in the wake of the Oct 8 earthquake and resolve the issue of Kashmir in accordance with the wishes of the Kashmiris.
- There Is Life After Fossil Fuels (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 06, 2006)
Budget 2006 must help to rearrange India’s energy basket, says VIKRAM SINGH MEHTA
- Hamas Asserts ‘Right To Self-Defence’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 06, 2006)
Hamas, under mounting international pressure to renounce violence, asserted the Palestinians’ “right to self defence” on Sunday after the first Israeli air raids since its election victory last month.
- Supreme Justice (Indian Express, WENDELL RODRICKS, Feb 06, 2006)
The Supreme Court rejecting a high court order on same sex relationships? Get me outta here! Am I dreaming or wot? Says a lot for Chief Justice of India Y.K. Sabharwal, and Justices C.K. Thakker and R.V. Raveendran.
- ‘Chanting Easier Than Words’ (Deccan Herald, Anirban Bhaumik , Feb 06, 2006)
In the mid-1980s, a young monk from Arunachal Pradesh joined the Drepung Loseling monastery in Mundgod in Karnataka. Very soon he caught the attention of the monastery’s Principal Chant Master who asked him to join the chanting group.
- The Pandora’S Box (Deccan Herald, Timothy Austin, Feb 06, 2006)
Our city does attract global attention, but the price for development seems heavy
- Playing By The Ear (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Feb 06, 2006)
The Pakistan constitution, bureaucracy and citizenry are too weak to keep the Army subordinate to the govt
- Water Scarcity Threat Looms Large Over Town (Deccan Herald, S Kanasogi, Feb 06, 2006)
An artificial scarcity of drinking water and an epidemic scare have hit the town which is gearing up for the Mahamastakabhisheka scheduled to take off on February 8.
- "Ours Is A Fight Against Terrorism" (Hindu, K. Srinivas Reddy, Feb 06, 2006)
Mahendra Karma, the key figure behind the anti-Maoist civilian initiative, says the Maoists are now on the `defensive.' Excerpts from a recent interview in Hyderabad:
- Making Of Independent Governors (Indian Express, Jagmohan , Feb 06, 2006)
Over the years, much criticism has been levelled against the manner in which a few governors have acted in discharge of their constitutional functions. They have been accused of playing a partisan role and favouring the Centre.
- Over 10 Lakh Pilgrims Expected For Gunadala Mary Matha Fete (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 06, 2006)
Three-day festival begins on February 9; shrine being decked-up
Grand holy mass will be held on Bishop Grassi High School grounds
City police to arrange outpost; special APSRTC counters for people
- Decks Cleared For Biomass Gasifier Crematorium (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 06, 2006)
Municipal authority relaxes norms laid down for Trust that built it
The municipality authority here has finally cleared the decks for the new biomass gasifier crematorium at Balambalpuram to become operational soon with the civic body . . .
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