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Articles 12421 through 12520 of 20587:
- Peace, South Asia And The Kashmir Dispute (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 25, 2005)
No, is the instant answer. Some historic facts, some political complicacies, some national interests and more. Everything is to be given a fair share if we are really serious in putting an end to the agony the whole sub-continent is in, comments Justice S
- For Minority State Ownership Of Banks (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Dec 24, 2005)
The government’s proffered solutions to the urgently needed capital expansion of state-owned banks are temporary fixes,
- A Christmas Beyond Santa Claus (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Dec 24, 2005)
Merry Christmas! Christmas carols, goodies from Santa Claus, sumptuous dinners, interminable shopping and keeping up with the Joneses in the exchange of customary gifts have become the hallmark of Christmas celebrations.
- 15 Sailors Killed, 15 Injured In Attack On Naval Bus In Lanka (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 24, 2005)
In the second major strike against the Sri Lankan Navy in as many days, suspected Tamil Tiger rebels today blew up a bus carrying 30 sailors in a northwestern district, killing 15 of them and injuring the rest.
- Water Of Contention (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 24, 2005)
The poet is delighted water water everywhere, but craves not a drop to drink. Abundance of it means life in full bloom, absence turns the whole world into a big wasteland.
- Breaking Barriers (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 24, 2005)
India and Pakistan discover cinematic bonds
Indo-Pakistani exchanges in the field of cinema have gone well beyond peripheral contacts.
- 15 Soldiers Die In Lanka Blast (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 24, 2005)
In the second major strike against the Sri Lankan Navy in as many days, suspected Tamil Tiger rebels today blew up a bus carrying 30 sailors in a northwestern district, killing 15 of them and injuring the rest.
- Task Before Sri Lankan President (Daily Excelsior, M Rama Rao, Dec 24, 2005)
Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapakse is coming to India a day after the Christmas in his first overseas visit. During his four-day state visit, he will take up the threads of discussions his foreign minister Mangala Samaraweera had . . .
- Major Advances In Nuclear Cooperation With Us Before Bush Visit Of India (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 24, 2005)
India and the US should be in a position to make "significant advance" on the civilian nuclear cooperation agreement before President George W. Bush makes his visit to India in the early part of 2006, visiting Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran has said.
- Measures Needed To Check Cruelty Towards Animals (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 24, 2005)
Is Kerala becoming routinely cruel to animals? Recently a camel, brought from afar, died in captivity, while a crocodile in a pond faced a shoot-to-kill order. Elephants are regular fixtures when it comes to the ill-treatment tab.
- Time Government Announced Decision On Tnpcee-2006 (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Dec 24, 2005)
Amendment Bill on quotas means little to Tamil Nadu
Parents, academics wonder whether time is running out for professional course admissions
AICTE has sought the dates for TNCPEE from the State Government
- A Divided City (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA , Dec 24, 2005)
The city I live in has two names, these captured in the title of the first chapter of Janaki Nair’s fine recent book on the city’s history: Bengaluru/Bangalore.
- Maoists Agree To Allow Aid Agencies To Work In Nepal (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 24, 2005)
Maoist rebels in Nepal have agreed to allow international aid agencies to continue their development and humanitarian work in the kingdom.
- Suspected Rebels Attack Sri Lanka Navy Bus, Kill 13 (Reuters, Peter Apps, Dec 24, 2005)
Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels ambushed and killed 13 Sri Lankan sailors in an attack on a naval convoy in northern Sri Lanka on Friday in the worst breach of a 2002 ceasefire so far, the military said.
- Ltte Blames Sl Army For Civil Unrest (Hindustan Times, PK Balachandran, Dec 24, 2005)
The LTTE has asked Norway and the international community to persuade the Sri Lankan government to put its army troops in Jaffna back into their barracks on the grounds that the activities of the troops are responsible for the current civil unrest....
- Khaki Assault (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 24, 2005)
The recent assault on a number of citizens by men in uniform in Meerut has shocked the nation. Outrageous was the conduct of the police officers who slapped and roughed up couples spending time together in a city park.
- Roche Grants Tamiflu Licence To Indian Firm (Reuters, Tom Armitage, Dec 24, 2005)
Drug maker Roche Holding AG said on Friday it had granted a sub-licence to India's Hetero Drugs to produce Tamiflu for developing nations, the second such deal to boost output of the scarce anti-viral drug.
- A Visit That Bridges A Gulf (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Dec 24, 2005)
Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah as the chief guest on India’s Republic Day, introduces a new dynamic in the regional picture.
- 13 Sailors Die In Ltte Attack (Deccan Herald, P KARUNAKHARAN , Dec 24, 2005)
At least 13 Sri Lankan sailors were killed and three seriously injured when the navy bus they were travelling in was hit by a powerful claymore mine blast triggered by suspected Tamil Tiger rebels.....
- 2005 — The Year That Was (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Dec 24, 2005)
As it is often said when it rains it pours. The adage proved tragically true with the onset of the monsoon in July.
- Crackdown Won’T Halt Immigration (Tribune, Michael A. Fletcher, Dec 24, 2005)
The bill passed by the House late Friday to step up border enforcement and crack down on the millions of undocumented workers in the country would be doomed to failure if enacted because it does not acknowledge the inexorable economic forces that . . .
- Children Need Protection: Unicef (Tribune, Aditi Tandon, Dec 24, 2005)
THE State of World’s Children Report 2006, released by Unicef in London recently, gives policy-makers plenty of food for thought.
- Doctors For Rural Areas (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 24, 2005)
Some sense finally seems to have prevailed in the corridors of power. Punjab Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi has said that his government is considering a plan to make it mandatory for new medical graduates to serve in the rural areas for a period of one yea
- Forward Looking (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 24, 2005)
The recent INSAT launch will boost the Indian space programme
- Presidential Blinkers And Real India (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 24, 2005)
No Indian city is as removed from the realities of India than New Delhi and last week I was reminded of this in the most surreal way.
- That's No Way To Treat The Sick (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Dec 24, 2005)
Doctors refusing to treat the sick, regardless of the reasons, is seen to be a case of carrying moral policing too far.
- Lanka Ceasefire In Danger As Rebel Attack Kills 13 (Indian Express, Peter Apps, Dec 24, 2005)
Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels killed 13 Sri Lankan sailors in a landmine attack on a naval convoy in northern Sri Lanka on Friday in the worst breach of a 2002 ceasefire so far, the military said.
- No Illegal Occupation Of Houses By My Kin: Laloo (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 24, 2005)
Railway Minister and RJD supremo Laloo Prasad on Friday described as misleading and vindictive Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi’s charge that his close relatives were “unauthorisedly occupying" 26 government quarters and advised Modi . . .
- Solid Waste Management Programme For 13 Panchayats (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 24, 2005)
Meet on total rural sanitation programme
Solid waste management programme will be implemented on a pilot basis in 13 panchayats identified at the rate of one panchayat from each panchayat union.
- Minister Seeks Icar Help To Evolve Better Quality Crops (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 24, 2005)
Proposal for setting up sugarcane research station at Cuddalore sent to Centre
- Why Exempt Minority Institutions? (Hindu, Swami Agnivesh, Dec 23, 2005)
The 104th Constitution Amendment could prove a curse if turned into an alibi for unbridled profiteering and commercialisation in education.
- Inviting Sleaze (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Dec 23, 2005)
The emerging consensus among senior politicians for scrapping the MPLADS scheme is welcome. The scheme is full of flaws. Besides facilitating corruption, it violates the spirit of the Constitution which envisages separate roles for the legislator and ...
- Insat-4a Launched Successfully (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
To meet the needs of Direct-to-Home (DTH) television services
- Corruption Undermining Democratic Governance (Hindu, C. Raj Kumar, Dec 23, 2005)
Corruption violates human rights, undermines the rule of law, distorts the development process, and dis-empowers the Indian state. The way forward is to increase the say of civil society in governance issues.
- Micro Planning Process Begins For Unicef Project In Krishnagiri (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
It will focus mainly on health-related aspects
- British Soldiers' Shameful Impunity (Hindu, Phil Shiner, Dec 23, 2005)
The British Government most act over Wednesday's judgement on the torture and killing of Iraqis by British forces.
- Doubts Over Bird Flu Drug (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
Virus develops resistance to Tamiflu
- Seven Killed In Waziristan Gunfight (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
Seven people were killed in a gunfight in North Waziristan Agency, as seminary students, calling themselves the Taliban, raided homes searching for rivals, residents and a representative of the students said on Thursday.
- Militants Hide In Building After Ambush In Valley (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
Militants took refuge in an official building in Jammu and Kashmir after ambushing a security patrol on Thursday, prompting police to evacuate a nearby hospital before a planned assault.
- Insat-4a Boost For Dth (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
First in series INSAT-4A is the first in a series of 7 satellites. It is India’s heaviest satellite weighing 3,080 kg at lift-off. The satellite is expected to be operational by next month-end.
- How To Re-Engineer The Civil Services (Business Line, Sumit K. Majumdar, Dec 23, 2005)
A 21st century Indian economy, on the fast growth track, needs a forward-looking administrative organisation, and the creation of a second Administrative Reforms Commission (ARC-2) is an excellent opportunity to bring about substantial organisational ....
- Sonia Wants Mps To Follow Code Of Ethics (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
Even as Parliament mulled on the action to be taken against MPs allegedly exposed for graft in the recent sting operations by television channels, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Thursday asked party MPs . . .
- Fight Xerostomia With Yoga (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
Although dry mouth can be eased through proper oral care and gum massages, seetali, sitkari and sadanta pranayamas will help resolve the condition, assures Dr R Nagarathna.
- Your Spit Will Say All About You (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
You no longer need to fear that injection. Saliva from your mouth can now be used effectively for diagnostic purposes, discovers M S S Murthy.
- The Real Meaning Of Christmas (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
What would you do if all your Christmas gifts vanished? Marianne de Nazareth finds out more about...
- View From The Left (Indian Express, ANANDA MAJUMDAR, Dec 23, 2005)
Flexibility is a dirty word for the Left when it is refers to the labour market. People’s Democracy tells you why in a report on the Prime Minister’s “servile resonance of employers’ chants” on labour market reforms at the recent Indian Labour Conference.
- Money And Morals (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 23, 2005)
They take over the streets during elections. They deface walls. Their loudspeakers shatter the quiet of our neighbourhoods. They commandeer, with suitable inducement, hundreds of persons out of their daily gainful work to cheer their rallies.
- Tying An Early Knot On Life (Indian Express, SUNIL MEHRA, Dec 23, 2005)
A high court ruling earlier this year considered the willful consent of a 15-year-old girl to marry as legally valid. This has set the cat among the pigeons for those working to end the scourge of child marriages.
- Make Jammu And Kashmir A Federation (Daily Times, M Y TARIGAMI, Dec 23, 2005)
We believe that proposals for political autonomy for both parts of Kashmir, self-governance and joint India-Pakistan control over the state should be discussed seriously. However we also believe that whatever solution is evolved should respect . . .
- Polity On Trial (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 23, 2005)
Never before have politicians especially the Members of Parliament cutting across party lines been exposed to such public ridicule as these days. Close on the heels of the televised participation of 11 of them in the cash-for-question scandal . . .
- Bad Lads (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 23, 2005)
The exposure of corrupt members of parliament demonstrates the power of visuals.
- 'Tis The Season To Be Jolly (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
Christmas is here! Bring out your stockings, keep out a glass of milk and a plate of cookies for Santa, and cuddle up in a warm blanket as Bala Chauhan tells you all about the Christmas spirit.
- Water Of Contention (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 23, 2005)
The poet is delighted water water everywhere, but craves not a drop to drink.
- Insat-4a Beams Back Signal (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
The Master Control Facility at Hassan in Karnataka, which is tracking, monitoring and controlling Insat-4A, has received the first signals from the advanced communication satellite of the Indian Space Research Organisation.
- Tiger Attack On Lankan Navy (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
Three Sri Lankan sailors were captured and feared killed by Tamil Tiger rebels who attacked a Naval patrol triggering a gun-battle off the island’s northwestern coast in an upsurge of violence that threatened to derail the fragile peace process.
- Letter From India: Bribery So Common, It's A Laughing Matter (International Herald Tribune, Amelia Gentleman, Dec 23, 2005)
Not many people bothered to feign surprise or outrage at India's latest corruption scandal: the exposé of 11 Indian members of Parliament filmed taking bundles of bank notes in payment for asking questions in Parliament.
- Parties For Mplads With Better Safeguards (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Dec 23, 2005)
At a meeting convened by the Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee here on Thursday, most party leaders favoured retaining the controversial Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS), but with new and stringent safeguards.
- Fighting "Hidden Hunger" (Daily Excelsior, B.S.Padmanabhan, Dec 23, 2005)
Of late media reports have highlighted the problem of malnutrition, especially among children, in different parts of the country.
- On An Empty Stomach (Telegraph, Jaydev Jana, Dec 22, 2005)
An advisor to the commissioner of the Supreme Court has recently informed the apex institution of two incidents of hunger death in the Jalpaiguri district. Widespread poverty resulting in chronic and persistent hunger is the single biggest scourge . . .
- India Is A Very Good Risk Country’ (The Economic Times, Mayur Shetty, Dec 22, 2005)
Among the handful of global broking firms that have set shop in India, Howden India is the only specialist. The firm, which is a part of the UK’s Hyperion Insurance Group, has been placing liability insurance programmes of Indian IT companies . . .
- Cash-For-Questions Scam — Implications For Democracy And Society (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Dec 22, 2005)
The time has come for both the classes and masses of the country to face up to, and do something about, a progressively deteriorating polity.
- Indian Economy: A Balance-Sheet (Business Line, A. Vasudevan, Dec 22, 2005)
Healthy growth estimate of around 7.5 per cent, a soaring Sensex, large forex reserves and some lull on the crude oil price front can generate euphoria about the economy. But will it last? Emphasising that growth without stability can be hurting, ....
- Lic Plans Micro-Risk Products For Rural Poor (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
The Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) is planning to forge an alliance with the four state-owned general insurance companies to jointly develop micro-insurance products affordable for the rural poor.
- India Should Be Involved In Peace Process" (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Dec 22, 2005)
Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapakse is keen on a key role for India in the peace process and rebuilding along with the U.S., the EU, Japan, and Norway.
- How Rational Is A Ban On Smoking In Movies? (Hindu, Madhu Purushothaman, Dec 22, 2005)
Responsible for millions of deaths worldwide, tobacco use is certainly the most important preventable public health problem in the world today. Banning smoking in movies takes the public health battle to the doorsteps of not only the tobacco industry, ...
- Indian Woman Becomes Tsunami Mother (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
An Indian woman whose four children were washed away in last year’s tsunami has given birth to a baby girl after doctors reversed her sterilisation, an official said on Wednesday.
- The Quake And After (Greater Kashmir, Dr. Manzoor Hussain Tantray, Dec 22, 2005)
The earthquake has given birth to a social crisis which is to be dealt with to restore normalcy to those hit by the disaster, Dr. Manzoor Hussain Tantray makes a survey
Will all affected people get justice and rehabilitation with diginity, ...
- Sexual Harassment Shatters High Life (Tribune, Jeremy Laurance, Dec 22, 2005)
It was once seen as a glamorous occupation that offered young women the opportunity to see the world. But the reality of life as an air stewardess is irregular hours, disrupted sleep, sexual harassment and tensions with their partner over child rearing.
- To Eat Or Not To (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 22, 2005)
Eating is turning out to be a complex, confusing exercise. No, we are not talking of the endless choices that we have started having because of the world becoming a global village.
- Kalam Draws Up Roadmap For 10-12 (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
Undeterred by increasing number of corruption cases in Indian politics, President APJ Abdul Kalam put great hopes in the young generation, asking them to strive for to achieve 10-12 per cent GDP growth rate to make India a developed nation by 2020.
- Pakistani Earthquake And Indian Media (Pakistan Observer, Sobia Nisar, Dec 22, 2005)
It is hard to believe that even at the critical time of earthquake tragedy that struck Pakistan and took the lives of 1 lakh people, the Indian media has not spared the incidence in gaining political mileage out of it.
- Kalam Roadmap For 12% Growth (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam today urged India Inc to target a growth of 10-12 per cent to make the country a developed nation by 2020.
- Betab: A Restless Soul Goes Out To Have Rest For Ever (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 22, 2005)
Having portrayed life in all its beauty and colour, the man now shifts to the landscape of no return, Muhammad Shafi Khan (Shopian) remembers a celebrated Kashmiri poet Muhammad Ayub Betab who is no more
- Oic At The Crossroads (Dawn, Tayyab Siddiqui, Dec 22, 2005)
The two-day extraordinary summit of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) concluded on December 9 in Makkah with a declaration and a 10-year plan of action to revitalize the organization and meet the aspirations of the Ummah.
- No Water Or Polluted Water (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 22, 2005)
At a time when water reservoirs’ issue has engulfed the entire nation, yet another water related worrisome problem has come to the fore. According to a survey conducted by a consumer protection organization, 58.6% people are consuming polluted drinking...
- Chennai Hospital Designs World's Smallest Needle (Hindu, M. Dinesh Varma, Dec 22, 2005)
"Despite the reduced incision loop, the operating time for cataract is under five minutes."
- Towards A United Asia (Deccan Herald, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Dec 22, 2005)
A second focal point of global power is not in US interest. Europe is about as much as Bush can stomach.
- Gail, Bpcl To Sign Accord For City Gas Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
GAIL opens diagnostic centre for pollution-related diseases
- One Lakh Students To Be Screened For Hepatitis-B (Hindu, K. Manikandan, Dec 22, 2005)
About 10 lakh people die of HBV complications
- Kerala Cabinet Approves Health Insurance Scheme (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
To cover 25 lakh BPL families; premium of Rs. 99 a year per family
Beneficiary to pay only Rs.33 a year as premium
Health cover of Rs.30000; Personal accident cover of Rs.1 lakh
Coverage for all diseases
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