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Articles 11121 through 11220 of 20587:
- Mplads Should Not Be Scrapped (Tribune, Puran Singh Yadav, Feb 05, 2006)
The objective of the Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) is to facilitate developmental works with an emphasis on the creation of durable community assets in MPs’ constituencies. It can also be sanctioned for disaster relief.
- Indians Change Strategy For Odis (Pakistan Observer, John Thakur Das, Feb 05, 2006)
While Indians are contemplating to change their strategy for one day series that commences from Monday at Peshawar, Pakistan are sitting tight with the test series success as they have made only one change in the winning squad.
- Empowering The Citizen To Fight Terrorism (Tribune, Col (Dr) P.K. Vasudeva (retd), Feb 05, 2006)
Terrorism is nothing new in India. We have been fighting insurgency since 1960s in the North East, since 1989 in Jammu and Kashmir and in the mid 1980s in Punjab. Delhi has always been a vulnerable city.
- Holistic And Healthy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 05, 2006)
A book that brings the body to centre stage. Healthy Living with Ayurveda provides an understanding of the prakruti (constitution) of the person, highlighting the necessity of personal participation and adaptations to seasonal changes, . . .
- Trial Of Avian Flu Vaccine On Mice Works (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 05, 2006)
A team of US researchers is reportedly developing an avian flu vaccine whose trials show that it offers effective protection to mice against the disease. If its efficacy is confirmed in human trials, the vaccine could prevent a bird flu pandemic . . .
- Learn We Must (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Feb 05, 2006)
Why do we revel in making our environment filthy? We throw garbage wherever we like.
- Battles At Home (Hindu, R. KRITHIKA, Feb 05, 2006)
`A TALE of war and peace', says the blurb of Nilita Vachani's HomeSpun. Well, the book does refer to the freedom struggle and the Indo-Pak war but the phrase seems to have more to do with the battles fought within the four walls of a home.
- Pitfalls Of Imitating The American Dream (Indian Express, SUDHEENDRA KULKARNI , Feb 05, 2006)
Does good literature teach us anything about what constitutes good economics? Prevailing punditry on economic reforms says no.
- Kalam Mission Is To Get Nurses Their Due (Deccan Herald, R Akhileshwari , Feb 05, 2006)
President A P J Abdul Kalam now has a new mission that will ensure that the profession of nursing will not only get its due respect but also nurses will be empowered to attain positions of power in medical profession. Driven by his mission, . . .
- Lic Keen On Health Insurance Foray, Awaits Irda Approval (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 05, 2006)
A core team of the corporation is working on identifying viable sectors
- Corporation Launches Drive To Promote New Sanitation Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 05, 2006)
Embarks on campaign for public support
The City Corporation has embarked on a public outreach programme covering different sections of society to ensure the success of the new solid-waste management system scheduled to become operational by mid-March.
- Clemenceau: Greenpeace To Register Protest (Hindu, Siddharth Narrain , Feb 05, 2006)
Social activists say the issue is also about all toxic ships being dismantled at Indian shipyards
Toxic chemicals being put into the lives of workers without basic medical facilities
Those opposing entry were not against the ship-breaking industry
- "India Will Not Be The Same Without Salesians" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 05, 2006)
He heads an organisation that is dedicated to serving the youth. Which explains the rather youthful demeanour of this respected leader of the Salesians of Don Bosco. Rector Major Pascual Chavez, who is in India for the centenary of the community's presenc
- "Power In Every House A Priority" (Hindu, T. Ramakrishnan, Feb 05, 2006)
Golden jubilee celebrations of Neyveli Lignite Corporation inaugurated
- Tamil Nadu Central Ministers Praised (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 05, 2006)
Tamil language, Tamil Nadu and Union Ministers from the State received a special mention in Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's speech on Saturday.
- Asthma: No Permanent Cure (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 05, 2006)
"Asthma needs to be treated regularly to control it," says the respiratory physician on our panel in response to readers' queries.
- Shoulder In Trouble (Hindu, DR. A.K. VENKATACHALAM, Feb 05, 2006)
Injuries of the shoulder in sportspersons can be set right with minimally invasive surgery.
- Capturing Life In All Its Hues (Hindu, LAKSHMI KANNAN, Feb 05, 2006)
In her poem, "Of Magic and Men", Shanta Acharya writes about the wave of "miracles" that swept across Hindus all over the world, when deities "drank milk" that was lovingly given by the devotees. It received a kind of media coverage that lulled . . .
- Global Nature Of Protest (Hindu, Mike Marqusee, Feb 05, 2006)
A look at the significance of February 15, 2003.
Many demonstrators who hoped to deter the invasion of Iraq probably underestimated what they were up against ... ."
- Educating Mr. Modi (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Feb 05, 2006)
No one seems to care about providing appropriate sanitation facilities for women.
- The Pilgrim's Progress ... Diverse And Truly Global (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Feb 05, 2006)
The Haj seeks to reinforce equality among fellow Muslims, irrespective of differences in race, wealth or nationality.
- Computers In Surgery (Hindu, P.V.A. MOHANDAS, Feb 05, 2006)
Computer navigated surgery reduces the scope of human error and increases the success rate of such operations.
- Private Militia In Balochistan Must Disarm: Musharraf (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 04, 2006)
President unveils four-point solution to crisis;
condemns blasphemous cartoons
President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Friday denied any military operation in Balochistan but said that the private local militia must disarm and stop hampering . . .
- Q&a: 'We Are Working To Have A Malaria Drug By 2009' (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Feb 04, 2006)
The promoter family of India's top pharmaceutical company, Ranbaxy, is back at the helm with the elevation of Malvinder Singh as chief exe-cutive, after a gap of over six years.
- Standing Tall! (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Feb 04, 2006)
Wipro has done itself and the country proud
TCS, Infosys, HCL and now Wipro. The list of big-ticket outsourcing deals bagged by Indian IT majors is growing steadily.
- Rs. 88 Crores Sanctioned For Immunisation Programmes (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 04, 2006)
Centre keen on providing health care to the masses, says Minister
To provide health sub-centre for a population of 5,000
PHCs to be set up for a population of 1 lakh
HIV/AIDS clinics for every district of the country
- Kbd: Not Without Consensus (Dawn, Athar Osama, Feb 04, 2006)
President Musharraf’s address to the nation on January 17, 2005, that called for the construction of Bhasha dam seems to have diverted an imminent national crisis in the inter-provincial and centre-province relationships.
- Pollution : A Threat To Man Kind (Daily Excelsior, Ashish Katoch, Feb 04, 2006)
Air, water and soil are the natural resources and are essential for the existence of plants, animals and mankind. These constitute our environment. Man is capable of modifying his physical environment as per his needs. He is continuously constructing ....
- Heal Thyself (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Feb 04, 2006)
The operation is successful. Doctor has survived!" There is no doubt that malice is hidden in this sentence. At a different level, however, it is meant to convey a significant message
- Don’T Call It Sycophancy (Indian Express, Jayanthi Natarajan, Feb 04, 2006)
Look again at the AICC session, you will find a party proud of its leader
If the world had indeed been there, it would have understood, at least partly, what the Congress party is all about.
- Stardust- Unravelling Space Mysteries (Daily Excelsior, G V Joshi, Feb 04, 2006)
A capsule containing particles from the tail of a comet, Wild-2 parachuted to Earth on Sunday January 15, 2006. The capsule, part of the space probe 'STARDUST' landed two minutes ahead of schedule at the American Air Force's Utah Test and . . .
- Guaranteed Jobs (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 04, 2006)
Guard against pitfalls
THE National Rural Employment Guarantee Act has come into force with the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, launching it at Anantapur in Andhra Pradesh on Thursday.
- Cure The Stigma (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Feb 04, 2006)
The media have often been accused of obsessing on the bad and the sensational. Let us, therefore, give you some good news. As of December 31, 2005, leprosy has been virtually eliminated in India.
- A Slippery Friendship (Hindustan Times, Khushwant Singh, Feb 04, 2006)
I am glad we asked King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia to be the chief guest at our Republic Day celebrations.
- Kalam Begins Philippines Visit (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 04, 2006)
India and the Philippines are set to take bilateral ties to a qualitatively higher plane by signing four accords, including the first one ever on defence cooperation envisaging among other things exchange of Air Force planes, . . .
- Karnataka Gets Its Youngest Cm (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 04, 2006)
Ending a fortnight long political uncertainty,Mr HD Kumaraswamy,46, leader of the rebel faction of JD-S and son of former Prime Minister,Mr HD Deve Gowda,today finally took oath as the youngest chief minister of the state here.
- War Is No Solution: Jaswant (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 04, 2006)
Opposition leader in the Indian Rajia Sabha and former Indian foreign minister Jaswant Singh has said war is not a solution to problems and urged the leaderships of Pakistan and India to resolve their mutual differences, including Kashmir issue, . . .
- Eaves Dropping And Taking To Task (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Feb 04, 2006)
Sometimes when I pick up the phone to ring up someone, I hear two people talking to each other. Instead of putting down the receiver, I listen to their conversation. Once when my line crossed with another I heard two women going on and on . . .
- Kalam Salaams Filipino Nursing (Deccan Herald, R Akhileshwari , Feb 04, 2006)
President A P J Abdul Kalam suggested that India could take a leaf out of the Filipino nursing education book that enables nursing graduates to become rural doctors.
- Kalam For Self-Reliance In Critical Technologies (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Feb 04, 2006)
"No nation should control what India is doing"
President begins three-day Philippines visit Indian, Filipino nurses can be caring corps
- A Battle Won (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, Feb 04, 2006)
The prevalence rate of less than 1 per 10,000 population is a significant milestone for India in its fight against leprosy.
- Self-Help Groups Told To Focus On Social Development (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 04, 2006)
Deputy General Manager (DGM) State Bank of Hyderabad (SBH) S.V. Hanumantha Rao on Friday stressed the need for self-help groups (SHGs) to take up activities related to social development.
- Eco-Tourism Project For 10 Centres (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 04, 2006)
Governor R.L. Bhatia has announced a new eco-tourism project, `Wonderful Wilderness,' to be implemented in 10 select centres. He also announced the `Habitat Forestry' scheme for planting trees in public and private land in his annual address . . .
- Islam Being Targeted As Religion Of Terrorism: Prince Of Arcot (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 04, 2006)
Appeals to students, youth to fight vested interests trying to divide nation
- Hepatitis C Virus Screening Urged (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 04, 2006)
Infection is totally preventable say medical experts Infection is totally preventable, say medical experts
Risk of transmission through sex relatively less
A vaccine is yet to be developed to combat HCV
- How To Woo The Smart Small Investor (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 04, 2006)
Without regulatory controls in place, the finance ministry’s dream of having a strong domestic pipeline of retail funds as the balancing factor against FII tides will remain just that, a dream, says Monika Halan
- Inspiring Wellness (The Economic Times, ANNA COY, Feb 04, 2006)
Breath work is any type of breathing practice that leads you to inner peace, expands your awareness and helps you create connection with your body.
- Phone Tapping System Evaluated (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 04, 2006)
The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Delhi High Court to dispose of on merits a petition filed by a non-government organisation seeking legality to homosexuality and declare as unconstitutional Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), . . .
- Successful Liver Transplants At Gangaram (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 04, 2006)
Of 34 patients operated upon, 14 were from countries like Pakistan, Nigeria and West Indies
- National Rural Employment Guarantee Act In Place (Hindu, K. Venkateshwarlu , Feb 03, 2006)
It will help us to get rid of the scourge of poverty, says Manmohan
"Match outlays and outcomes"
"Create productive assets"
"Implement guarantee in true spirit"
- The Long And The Longest (Deccan Herald, SHARBELLE FERNANDEZ, Feb 03, 2006)
Certain words in English make us pause and think how on earth they emerged
- Negotiating The N-Deal (Deccan Herald, Michael Krepon , Feb 03, 2006)
India’s concerns can be addressed by creating new standards to strengthen the rules against proliferation
- Eamcet Schedule Announced; Fee Reduced By Rs. 50 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 03, 2006)
The Engineering Agricultural and Medical Common Entrance Test (EAMCET) - 2006 will be held on May 4. A decision to this effect was taken at the EAMCET Committee meeting held on Thursday.
- Kerosene, Lpg Prices Will Not Be Hiked: Murli Deora (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 03, 2006)
According "highest priority" to safeguard the interests of the weakest and vulnerable sections in society, Petroleum Minister Murli Deora has ruled out increasing prices of kerosene and cooking gas.
- Once Burnt, But Not Twice Shy! (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Feb 03, 2006)
Another Pay Commission is the last thing we need
The government’s decision to set up the Sixth Pay Commission must be roundly condemned. Just yesterday, we had commended the government for its commitment to reform (as evidenced by Cabinet . . .
- Give Peace Its Due (Deccan Herald, Gareth Evans, Feb 03, 2006)
Once the guns go silent, what comes next? This is being asked around the world, not only in Iraq but also from Haiti to Liberia, from Aceh to Burundi, from Afghanistan to Sierra Leone.
- The Inside Story Of Ads (Deccan Herald, Sakuntala Narasimhan, Feb 03, 2006)
Nearly sixty years after we shrugged off our colonial shackles, we still suffer from the ‘foreign label’ syndrome
- A Future Of Their Own (Indian Express, ILA PATNAIK, Feb 03, 2006)
Rs 10,000 crore must be set aside in Budget 2006 for relocating tribals out of tiger reserves, says ILA PATNAIK. This is good for tribals, good for tigers, and good for India’s economic growth
- This Is How Aai Unions Revamp Their Airport (Indian Express, ANUBHUTI VISHNOI, Feb 03, 2006)
One more day of this strike and the terminal 1 B lounge will become the epicentre of an epidemic,’’ fumed A Raja S. Solomon, an advocate waiting for his Hyderabad-bound flight.
- Climate Studies Help Predict Malaria Epidemics (Hindu, Alok Jha, Feb 03, 2006)
A warning system, based on computer models of climate change, can predict outbreaks up to five months in advance.
- Lanka Names Silva For Peace Talks (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 03, 2006)
Sri Lanka’s health minister, who was once targeted by Tamil Tigers in a bomb attack, was today named as the head of the government’s team for peace talks with the rebels scheduled to resume in Geneva later this month.
- Indo-Uk Investment Meet In June (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 03, 2006)
Kamal Nath announced trade-boosting Indo-UK Investment Summit in London in June.
- Ending Leprosy (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 03, 2006)
It’s too early to celebrate
HEALTH workers can claim a pat on the back for achieving the goal of eliminating leprosy in India by the end of 2005.
- Assembly Dissolution Case (Tribune, Fali S. Nariman, Feb 03, 2006)
Enough has already been said and written about the Bihar dissolution case. For me, the most heartening feature about the judgments handed down on January 24 is the fact that all five justices have held that the decision to dissolve the Bihar . . .
- Bhuj Rebuilds Itself (Tribune, R.K. Misra, Feb 03, 2006)
The sun shines bright piercing the chill of a cold wintry morning in Bhuj district of Gujarat bordering Pakistan. The spreading warmth is symbolic as this land devastated by a massive earthquake on the Republic Day five years ago seeks to . . .
- The Dirty Harry Of Mumbai (Tribune, Justin Huggler, Feb 03, 2006)
In a court room in Mumbai this week, one of the most remarkable stories in modern policing is drawing to a close.
- Islamabad, Riyadh For Early Kashmir Solution (News International, Shakil Shaikh, Feb 03, 2006)
Pakistan and Saudi Arabia on Thursday agreed in unequivocal terms on the necessity of reaching an early resolution of all outstanding issues between Pakistan and India especially the Kashmir issue through negotiations and emphasised that durable . . .
- Continuing The Conversation (Hindu, BINA AGARWAL, Feb 03, 2006)
Amartya Senprovides insights into what led him to examine gender issues intellectually. `My early encounters, when I was a student,' he says `with the role of tilted attitudes and positional observations and slanted habits of thought did prove, . . .
- Disaster Management (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 03, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has approved establishment of the National Disaster Management Commission and the National Disaster Management Authority to quickly respond with utmost efficiency to all major natural and man made disasters.
- Sixth Pay Commission — Of Pay Parity And `Unmentionable' Salaries (Business Line, C. K. G. Nair, Feb 03, 2006)
Effective governance and delivery have become the cornerstones of governmental action, with increasing focus on performance. The basic question is not whether we need a Pay Commission or not but whether we are indeed moving to a responsive and . . .
- If Subject Is Sex, Cbse Will Teach (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 03, 2006)
Do you get a lump in your throat every time you want to talk sex with your adolescent kid? Now, sit back and let CBSE do the talking.
- Centre Rules Out Lpg Price Hike (Times of India, Sanjay Dutta, Feb 03, 2006)
Oil minister Murli Deora on Thursday dropped by finance minister P Chidambaram's residence for breakfast.
- Beneath The Embers (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Feb 03, 2006)
During the past decade — particularly since the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States — westerners have generally consi-dered international terrorism to be the most urgent threat to human security.
- Is Free Power Sustainable? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Feb 03, 2006)
Free power is not only sustainable but crucial in starving rural India. Net per capita availability of food grains has declined by 12.3% between 1991-92 to 2001-02. Per capita availability of cereals and pulses have declined . . .
- Tourism In Leh (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Feb 03, 2006)
On the face of it this may appear a small bit of information. For the number involved is not significant.
- Need For Institutional Reforms (Daily Excelsior, Jagmohan , Feb 03, 2006)
Over the years, much criticism has been levelled against the manner in which quite a few governors have acted in discharge of their constitutional functions. They have been accused of playing a partisan role and favouring the ruling party or parties . . .
- Diagnosing Underachievers (Daily Excelsior, S K Kakroo, Feb 03, 2006)
Every parent and teacher puts in the best efforts to help the child to excel in his studies. But still 20-30% of elementary level school children remain underachievers i.e. they remain scholastically backward.
- Shekhawat Opposes Commercialisation Of Education (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 03, 2006)
Vice President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat today urged the educational organisations not to "commercialise" education, but play a vital role in dispelling the darkness of illiteracy from the country as despite making tremendous progress in all spheres . . .
- Disaster Response, Management Mechanism (Daily Excelsior, M N Sehgal, Feb 03, 2006)
Constitution of State Level Committee on Disaster Management and State Crisis Management Committee (Excelsior 21 January) by Government orders, follow the reiteration of the Chief Minister in the Legislative Assembly,''
- China's Five Surprises (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Feb 03, 2006)
There have been many studies undertaken by economists and academics to unravel the secret of China's spectacular growth. The latest to join the crowd is Strategy+Business which deals at length with five "surprises" which have apparently escaped the . . .
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