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Articles 12221 through 12320 of 20587:
- Back To Basics: Bjp Finds Silver Lining In Bad Times (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
The BJP on Friday decided to go back “to the basics”, announcing its commitment to Uniform Civil Code, abrogation of Article 370 and Ayodhya issue and asked party workers to constantly exercise caution against “contagious diseases” like corruption.
- Kalam Brings Cheer To Bihar (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
On his first visit to Bihar after the NDA came to power, President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam today said smiling leads to creativity which in turn can foster development.
- Sri Lanka: Towards An Enduring Solution (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 31, 2005)
Environmental implications of the Sethusamudram project have to be studied and action taken.
- A Capital Decision (The Financial Express, UR BHAT, Dec 31, 2005)
The reported decision of the government to infuse capital into two public sector banks merits a public debate.
- No Progress On Kashmir (Tribune, Rajindar Sachar , Dec 31, 2005)
For far too long, the progress on talks between the Government of India and Kashmiri leaders is in limbo. Though Indo-Pak talks are taking place on Sir Creek and Siachen glacier, they do not seem to have made any progress.
- Chauffeur-Driven Car (Tribune, Iqbal Singh Ahuja, Dec 31, 2005)
My friend and I, always dreamt of a nice luxury car — chauffeur driven — and a well dressed tall man with a “tuledar turban” opening and closing the door for us.
- Atally Confusing (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
As PM, Vajpayee could have been a fine statesman. Why he couldn’t, he showed in Mumbai
- Centre Will Maintain Growth Rate: Chidambaram (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Friday said the Centre was going all out to maintain a growth rate of 7.5 per cent for 2006-07 and hoped to set the pace for a better economy in the coming years.
- Army ‘Boards Out’ 100 Aids Patients In 2 Yrs (Indian Express, BHAVNA VIJ-AURORA, Dec 31, 2005)
The Army has removed from service nearly 100 of its personnel, infected with AIDS, in the past two years. Though government norms prevent any discrimination against those infected by the disease, the Army says it has no place for them.
- India Ready For Role In Lanka Peace Process (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
With the ceasefire between the Sri Lankan government and the LTTE rebels under ‘‘strain’’, India has indicated that it is ready to ‘‘encourage’’ parties to bring the peace process back on track.
- Kalam’S Bihar Vision: Progress By 2015 (Indian Express, J P Yadav, Dec 31, 2005)
President A P J Abdul Kalam today presented his vision for Bihar to emerge as a developed state by 2015 and expressed his confidence on Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s leadership to achieve the goal.
- India's Year Of Shame (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Dec 30, 2005)
As the first anniversary of the tsunami trauma reminds us, the year now mercifully drawing to a close had begun with a monumentally destructive disaster. Others followed, most notably the earthquake, far more catastrophic in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir ....
- Overdose! (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Dec 30, 2005)
The draft National Pharmaceuticals Policy marks an about-turn in the reformist stance of the past few decades.
- A New Year Compact For Laggard States (The Financial Express, VIVEK BHARATI, Dec 30, 2005)
With the economy on track to achieve a growth rate of over 7.5% this fiscal, it is not surprising that our planners have set their sights on raising the bar.
- Reclaiming The Earth For All (Daily Excelsior, Deepti Priya Mehrotra, Dec 30, 2005)
Three decades after 1975 - the UN International Year of Women - women are still demanding equality and freedom, both goals having proved elusive! But they are asserting something else as well, even more passionately - the right to save humanity from destr
- This Happens Only In India (Daily Excelsior, Lt Col (Retd) Mukund Singh Jamwal, Dec 30, 2005)
Welcome to India, that is Bharat, the land of eternal contradictions. Blessed are the souls of this country who have the good fortune of living with contradictions from morn till eve with a majority of them even making a virtue out of this.
- Security Cover For Seminars, Says Cm (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
Chief Minister N Dharam Singh on Thursday said there were no definite clues about the involvement of any particular extremist organisation in the gun attack outside the J N Tata Auditorium ...
- Chakri Sirindhorn: Honoured For Serving The Mankind (Daily Excelsior, R C Rajamani, Dec 30, 2005)
Thai Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, who received the prestigious Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 2004 recently, is an Indologist who has a special love for India and its people.
- Musharraf Sees Foreign Hand In Balochistan (News International, Mayed Ali, Dec 30, 2005)
President Pervez Musharraf has said that the recent Indian concern over the situation in Balochistan has revealed the channel providing funds for hiring mercenaries and supplying arms for carrying out subversive activities in the province.
- No Breakthrough Yet In Iisc Attack Case (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
Over 24 hours have passed since a suspected militant attack in IISc campus killed a scientist in Bangalore and the police are “clueless”. However, a breakthrough is expected in the next few days, sources assert.
- Puri Kin Unhappy With Govt (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
A night after suspected terrorists gunned down Prof M C Puri at Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore, the tragedy-struck members of the Puri family and thier relatives in the national capital weren’t too happy with the Government’s attitude . . .
- Air Traffic Management Foggy (Hindu, A. Ranganathan, Dec 30, 2005)
The outdated procedures in vogue at Indian airports to tackle regular occurrences such as a fog have to be replaced with modern practices.
- New Areas For Research Mooted At Proposed Nims University (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
First phase of the NIMS University Research and Referral Centre to be completed in two years
Chief Minister to lay the foundation for the NIMS university tomorrow
- Soft Target (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
With Karnataka chief minister Dharam Singh confirming that the attack at the prestigious Indian Institute of Science (IISc) campus in Bangalore was indeed the work of terrorists, any hope that Thursday’s shootout might have been the work of a stray . . .
- Did Iisc Ignore Police Advice? (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
On three occasions police officials had advised the Registrar to change the existing security apparatus
Institute was told to switch security agency
Security breached during Chinese premier's visit
- Terrorist Attack Was Predicted (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Dec 30, 2005)
Architect of Lashkar's Akshardham temple attack had visited Bangalore
Officials, institutions were slow to address vulnerabilities
Bangalore has been on the Lashkar's list of targets for a while
- A Terrorist Strike: Dharam Singh (Hindu, K.V. Subramanya , Dec 30, 2005)
Sophisticated arms were used
Karnataka Chief Minister N. Dharam Singh has confirmed that Wednesday's attack on the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) here was the handiwork of terrorists.
- Maoist Leader 'Arrested' In Chhattisgarh (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Dec 30, 2005)
Safeguard human rights of arrested person, says PUCL
Following the "disappearance" from Raipur on Wednesday night of a senior leader of the Communist Party of India (Maoist), civil liberties organisations in Chhattisgarh and Delhi fear that he . . .
- Naxalite Violence, Tribal Movement Dominate Events In Chhattisgarh (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
Amid Chhattisgarh’s continued struggle to raise the new state’s visibility even in the fifth year after its formation , spurt in Naxalite violence, tribal uprising against left wing extremism, paddy and rice scams and expulsion of a BJP . . .
- Tourism In Jammu Province (Daily Excelsior, Anil Gour, Dec 29, 2005)
Being closely associated with the tourist trade since long, at present one can only lament on the opportunities missed by all the State Govt till date in developing Jammu province to its fullest potential.
- The Marrying Kind (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Dec 29, 2005)
Every other day there is a survey done in some western city or the other which shows up statistics of people choosing to live-in rather than marry or how divorce rates have risen dramatically indicating the possibility that marriage as an . . .
- A Polio Free India (Daily Excelsior, G V Joshi, Dec 29, 2005)
International experts have appreciated the progress made on polio eradication by India and hoped that the country would be rid of it by next year.
- Not Faqs (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Dec 29, 2005)
These are not FAQs (frequently asked questions) about our State. Yet, they are important. They give us rare insight into certain unconventional spheres of life.
- Good (And Not So Good) To Great (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Dec 29, 2005)
The year is coming to a close, with the world economy having dodged several bullets: natural disasters, terrorist attacks and spiking oil prices, all failed to cause significant problems for growth. Structural imbalances and political instability . . .
- Can Indian Corporate Management Mature? (Business Line, S. Ramachander, Dec 29, 2005)
The prevalent holiday season all over the world prompts one to ask whether Indian managers ever take regular breaks at all. Or, are they always chasing deadlines, driving themselves to the point of taking sick leave?
- Sense From Sensex — Removing Infrastructural Bottlenecks (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Dec 29, 2005)
Regardless of the upswing in the market sentiment, the danger of infrastructural bottlenecks making a shambles of the economy is real. The stark fact is that the country does not simply have on the ground infrastructure capable of underwriting . . .
- Take The Knowledge Cover Before Heading To The Great Wall (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 29, 2005)
A Combination of plenty of people growing richer, and the emergence of a friendlier insurance regime has made China too good to resist, writes Sam Baillie, Editor of China Law & Practice in Insurance Law in China, from Asia Law & Practice distributed. . .
- The Year That Was (Greater Kashmir, Sheikh Muhammad, Dec 29, 2005)
A mixed bag of some good and bad events for Kashmir and Kashmiris, Sheikh Muhammad Shafi sums up
- Hospital For Aids Patients Soon (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
A 150-bedded hospital, exclusively for persons affected with HIV/AIDS, will come up soon at a four-acre site on the outskirts of Guntur, according to Harvest India, a Tenali-based Christian charity organisation director, Sudhir Kumar.
- Bangalore, Soon A Medical Hub: Dharam Singh (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
Says the private sector has contributed immensely in this regard
Bangalore is the fastest growing city in Asia, and after information technology and biotechnology, the city is emerging as a medical tourism destination, as quality service is available....
- Challenge From Alternative Therapy (Times of India, Harmala Gupta, Dec 29, 2005)
Every now and then we hear about a cure some practitioner of unconventional medicine has found for cancer. Interestingly, this is no longer confined to any one geographical region.
- Breast Cancer Detection Project Launched (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
Cancer among women rising in city, says expert
The Radiotherapy department to set up a `breast clinic'
Expert says 20 to 25 per cent of the cancers occurring in women are related to the breast or the cervix
- Doctor Freed On $1-Lakh Bond (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
A doctor of Indian origin, facing charges of using insecticides and unauthorised drugs to treat cancer patients, was released on a $1-lakh bond on Tuesday after he pleaded not guilty in a federal court in Atlanta, Georgia.
- Invisibility Makes Them Vulnerable (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 29, 2005)
Millions of children in the world's poorest countries are invisible and remain excluded from the framework
- The Lingering Terror (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
Money, housing, relief material, tools of trade and some government assistance have all made their way to this tsunami-hit hamlet of the fishing community, about 38 km from Port Blair, for rehabilitation and starting life afresh.
- Terror Hits Bangalore, Target Is Iisc (Indian Express, JOHNSON T A, Dec 29, 2005)
Terror struck an international conference at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) campus on Wednesday night killing a retired Mathematics professor from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, M.C. Puri, and seriously injuring four others ...
- Building For Children (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 29, 2005)
This report* covers the first year of UNICEF India’s 2005 to 2007 action plan to support the Government of India and partners in building back better for children after the 26 December 2004 India Ocean tsunami. It reflects on what happened to children and
- Terror In Home Of Science (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
A masked gunman opened fire from an AK-47 on a group of scientists here tonight, killing a professor from Delhi IIT and injuring four others.
- Uttaranchal Police On A Queer Chase (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
A lesbian couple from Kolkata has become a headache of sorts for the Uttaranchal police these days.
- Islamic Jihadists Behind The Bangalore Iisc Shootout? Is India’S Outsourcing Industry And High Tech Education Centers Under Terrorists Target Lists? (India Daily, Kiran Chaube, Dec 29, 2005)
The Islamic jihadidts and ISI of Pakistan is eyeing the Indian Institute of Technology, Indian Institute of Science and outsourcing hubs of India for a long time.
- Vitamin D: Miracle Pill Against Cancer (Tribune, Jeremy Laurance, Dec 29, 2005)
A growing body of evidence in recent years has shown that lack of vitamin D may have lethal effects. Heart disease, lung disease, cancer, diabetes, high blood pressure, schizophrenia and multiple sclerosis are among the conditions in which it is . . .
- Terror Strikes Iis Campus (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
Suspected terrorists today barged into the premier Indian Institute of Science (IIS) here and fired indiscriminately, killing a retired Professor of the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, and injuring three others.
- Italians "Dumping Grandparents" (Hindu, Barbara McMahon, Dec 29, 2005)
The number of Italian grandparents living alone because their families do not want them is increasing.
- Gunmen Fire At Scientists, Kill Senior Iit Professor (Hindustan Times, BR Srikanth, Dec 29, 2005)
Suspected terrorists barged into the prestigious Indian Institute of Science campus here on Wednesday evening and opened fire indiscriminately killing a retired professor of IIT Delhi and injuring four others.
- Sarpanch Shot At By Maoists; Condition Critical (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
P. Babu, sarpanch of Khajapur village, Chinnasankarampet mandal in Medak district was shot by four men believed to be Maoists on Wednesday night.
- Improving Access To Justice (Dawn, Naeem Sadiq, Dec 29, 2005)
Our obsession with beggary has taught us the skills needed to put forward compelling reasons, dressed in nebulous grammar, in order to procure a few hundred million dollars from international institutions.
- Atrocities Of The British Empire (Hindu, George Monbiot, Dec 28, 2005)
In Reading reports of the trial of the Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk, you are struck by two things. The first, of course, is the anachronistic brutality of the country's laws.
- India And Sri Lanka: So Near, Yet So Far (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Dec 28, 2005)
While New Delhi seems clear about what it cannot do in relation to Sri Lanka's search for peace, there is no clarity on what it should do.
- A New World Of Corporate Information (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 28, 2005)
A lender wishes to find details of all orders passed by courts, CLB and NCLT against a specific company.
- Russia, Opec Agree To Promote Energy Security (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Dec 28, 2005)
Russia and the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) have agreed to institute a mechanism of permanent dialogue to increase transparency in the oil market and promote energy security.
- Saving Lives With Mangroves (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 28, 2005)
The tsunami of December 26, 2004 that killed tens of thousands may be viewed as a natural calamity beyond human management capabilities. But new scientific evidence suggests the loss of life could have been substantially mitigated.
- `Need For Early Implementation Of Stem Cell Research Guidelines' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 28, 2005)
Time to translate ICMR draft guidelines into regulation: CSIR DG
Two-day symposium inaugurated
Role for INSA in policy formulation favoured
Call to allow therapeutic cloning
- On The Front Line (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 28, 2005)
A good year for Marxists in Tripura
This has been a good year for Tripura’s ruling Left Front. Only two weeks ago it swept the Agartala municipality and nagar palika polls with large margins.
- Stigma Bogs Down Pre-Marital Hiv Screening (Hindu, M. Dinesh Varma, Dec 28, 2005)
Infrastructure is in place for anyone who wishes to have a check-up done
- War Fear Grips Lanka As Tigers Kill 11 Soldiers (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 28, 2005)
Fuelling fears of a return to civil war, suspected Tamil Tiger rebels today killed 11 soldiers in the island’s far north in the second mine attack in less than a week, the military said.
- One-Third Wealth, Two-Third Squalor (Telegraph, Satrujit Banerjee, Dec 28, 2005)
Satrujit Banerjee lists some of the things not revealed by figures projecting India as the next economic giant
- Kalam Calls For Accurate Monsoon Prediction (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 28, 2005)
Accurate and timely predictions about monsoons, earthquakes, energy, healthcare and water management were vital for the development of society, President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam said here on Tuesday.
- India Meets Many Of Criteria For Disaster Preparedness: Who (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, Dec 28, 2005)
"Need to strengthen early warning and surveillance systems"
Disaster preparedness is still at the inception stage in Bhutan and the Maldives
India's response to October 8, 2005 earthquake in Jammu and Kashmir comes in for appreciation
- Lost In Development (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 28, 2005)
A year after the Asian tsunami devastated large parts of the Indian Ocean coastline, countries and governments continue to learn painful lessons.
- Anaemic Future (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 28, 2005)
If children are indeed the future of the nation hen we need to take better care of their health. The present scenario is far from happy. Nobody, for instance, can draw any pleasure from the fact that an overwhelming majority of the population . . .
- Oic Bleeds For Kashmir (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 28, 2005)
For a body that has existed for nearly 40 years the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) has earned a name for being long on rhetoric and short on substance.
- Suspected Rebel Attack Kills 10 Lankan Soldiers (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 28, 2005)
Fuelling fears of a return to civil war, suspected Tamil Tiger rebels killed 10 soldiers in the island’s far north on Tuesday in the second mine attack in less than a week, the military said. “It was a claymore attack,” said military spokesman Prasad Sama
- Kuwait Sentences Six Qaeda-Linked Militants To Death (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 28, 2005)
22 other suspects receive jail terms of between 4 months to 15 years
- Importance Of Being M.P! (Daily Excelsior, MD Vazeeruddin, Dec 28, 2005)
Nothing became him so well in life as the leaving of it," says one character of another in Shakespeare’s "Macbeth". Most Indians are apt to say that of each of the 11 members of parliament who have now been expelled.
- Wave Of Future (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 28, 2005)
One year ago, amidst churning oceans, India’s diplomacy tacked its sail differently
- Tsunami: Lessons To Learn (Dawn, Najmuddin A. Shaikh, Dec 28, 2005)
This week the world marked the first anniversary of the catastrophic tsunami that devastated large areas of Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, India and the Maldives.
- Beat Stress With `Yoga Nidra' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 28, 2005)
A compact disc and audiocassette on complete relaxation, titled `Yoga Nidra' was recently released in the city.
- Bajaj Allianz Launches Four Products (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 28, 2005)
Bajaj Allianz, a major player in the private life insurance sector, has announced the launch of four new life insurance products.
- Untrained Birth Attendants (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 28, 2005)
Focussing on the state of maternal and neo-natal health care in the country, a workshop in Karachi drew attention to the high number of births that are being attended to by untrained midwives.
- Huge Scope For Aspiring Scientists: Dr Kalam (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 28, 2005)
President A P J Abdul Kalam said challenges and scopes were huge for the young students aspiring to be scientists in future. He was addressing a gathering of nearly 3,000 ‘child scientists’ from across the country after inaugurating the . . .
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