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Articles 12621 through 12720 of 20587:
- Most Marginalised (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 19, 2005)
Governments need to be more sensitive to empower deprived children.
- Hope At Last (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 19, 2005)
It made you laugh. A big hearty laugh. To listen to BJP MP Suresh Chandal claim he knew nothing about the contents of the envelope he personally supplied to the lady seated opposite him. He sought refuge in the specious excuse that, yes, he may, indeed,
- Scientists Spot Rare Gem (Deccan Herald, KALYAN RAY, Dec 19, 2005)
For the second time in the world a rare blue gem has been spotted in the hills near Pune — almost 30 years after it was first discovered near Oregon in the US. Known as cavansite, these minerals are exquisitely priced and has big potential . . .
- Kerala's Rubber Revolution (Business Line, Tharian George K, Dec 19, 2005)
The Rubber Research Institute of India (RRII), which is celebrating its golden jubilee this year, has a number of achievements to its credit.
- Kalam Calls For Second Green Revolution (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
President A P J Abdul Kalam said the time has come for the country to usher in the second green revolution which would help it increase agricultural productivity.
- That Vanishing Past (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 19, 2005)
As the World Press Photo Exhibition 2005, showcasing prize-winning entries from 2004, stops by in Mumbai, the main frame is a timely reminder: that the past never goes away.
- Disease Surveillance Vital To Control Epidemics (Hindu, Santhosh Rajagopal, Dec 18, 2005)
Several Incidents in the recent past have highlighted the importance of early detection of disease trends.
- 60 Hurt As Bhutanese Protest At India Border (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
About 60 people were injured when Indian police used batons to push back hundreds of Nepal-based Bhutanese refugees who were trying to enter India and then return to Bhutan, police and witnesses said on Saturday.
- Rajiv Gandhi Centre Develops Cancer Drug (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
Clinical trials at the centre had shown excellent results
- Us, Allies Seek Stern Un Line On Myanmar (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
A UN official told the Security Council of Myanmar's overflowing jails, forced labour and lack of democracy as part of US efforts to take a tougher line against its ruling junta.
- Police Use Tear Gas, Fire Hoses Against Anti-Wto Protesters (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 18, 2005)
Hong Kong police on Saturday used tear gas, fire hoses and pepper spray to hold back hundreds of demonstrators, in the most violent protests since global trade talks began five days ago in the city.
- Stampede At Chennai Flood Relief Camp; 29 Killed (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
At least 41 people were crushed to death and 50 injured in a stampede at a flood relief camp in Chennai's KK Nagar area on Sunday morning, police said.
- Our Unsc Campaign Not On Back Burner: Rao Inderjit Singh (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Dec 18, 2005)
After Mr K. Natwar Singh’s exit from the Foreign Office, Rao Inderjit Singh has emerged as an important Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs.
- Kalam To Address Medical Students (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam will address the first batch of MBBS students of Sree Gokulam Medical College and Research Foundation, Venjaramoodu, on Sunday evening.
- Dowry And Related Evils (Dawn, Anwar Syed, Dec 18, 2005)
A report in an Indian newspaper (November 21) spoke of Daljit Kaur, who jumped to her death from the top floor of a house in Delhi, because her in-laws had been harassing her unceasingly about the inadequacy of the dowry she had brought upon . . .
- We Must Return To The Best Traditions Of Democracy (Tribune, Ashwani Kumar, Dec 18, 2005)
There is in the air, unmistakable flavour of an idea whose time has come — the idea of a vibrant and young India on the move, hastening to catch up with its own destiny and to play its rightful role in the shaping of a new global order in response to ....
- Building An Ugly India (Hindustan Times, Gautam Bhatia, Dec 18, 2005)
If you take the subway downtown to the Brooklyn Bridge stop in New York, it is very likely that you’ll be mesmerised by your very first sight out of the subway tunnel.
- Internal Crisis Shake Bjp, Shiv Sena (Daily Excelsior, Atul Chowshish, Dec 18, 2005)
It would have added to the discomfort of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Shiv Sena--almost simultaneously engulfed in serious internal crisis-- that no sooner had the party bosses announced steps to take disciplinary action against their star . . .
- Arjun Singh Inaugurates Edusat Supported Rajiv Gandhi Project (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
Union Human Resources Minister Arjun Singh today inaugurated the ambitious EDUSAT supported Rajiv Gandhi project, aimed at providing compulsory education to children between six years to 14 years.
- 151 Glorious Years Of Connecting People (Daily Excelsior, APARNA MOHILE, Dec 18, 2005)
Among the many things, good and bad that the modern world has produced,' wrote Jawaharlal Nehru, ''surely the Postal system which covers the world, is one of its most beneficial activities. There is nothing bad about it, it is all good and it . . .
- Fight Terrorism, Save Democracy: Shekhawat (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
Calls for a united and joint effort to root out the scourge
Globalisation should lead to equitable world order
WTO should safeguard farmers' interests
Share expertise to mitigate calamities: Somnath
- Let The Stripes Be (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
Sanjay Gubbi examines the pluses and minuses in the recommendations of the tiger task force report.
- Ngo Adopts Novel Method To Create Aids Awareness (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
MISPA holds puppet shows to educate people about the dreaded disease
- Inside A Machiavelli (Deccan Herald, Rashmi Vasudeva, Dec 18, 2005)
The author weaves a stunning tale that like a creeper, keeps growing in imaginative depth.
- Strip(p)ed Bare (Deccan Herald, JAYALAKSHMI K, Dec 18, 2005)
Whether a preservationist, conservationist or wildlifer, the consensus is that the tiger needs help. How, is the question? Three books look at it from different angles and draw a picture that merges and stands out.
- Hands Go Up, Nothing Comes Down (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 18, 2005)
What does prosperity mean in this part of the world where social degradation, moral corruption and material lust have destroyed the whole fabric of life, Abdul Waheed Faruqi explains the state of affairs in light of a prayer displayed everywhere . . .
- New Schemes Soon For Panchayats: Montek (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
Rashtriya Sam Vikas Yojana to be expanded
- Wb Okays $400m Credit For Quake Reconstruction (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 17, 2005)
The World Bank has approved a $400 million Emergency Recovery Credit (ERC) to further support the earthquake recovery and reconstruction efforts in Pakistan over a three-year period, says a press release issued from Washington.
- Gouged (Economist, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 17, 2005)
Market forces have left patients hurting
- Decline In Public Expectations (Pioneer, JS Rajput, Dec 17, 2005)
It requires no expertise or astrological skill to predict that Jehanabad could have occurred any time during the last couple of years. It was bound to happen. The next day, it was Lal Chowk in Srinagar. Are there no similarities and commonalities? ...
- India To Step Up Security For Nationals Working In Afghanistan (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 17, 2005)
India has decided to strengthen security for its nationals working in Afghanistan, weeks after an Indian was abducted and killed, an official spokesman said on Friday.
- Treating Sick Democracies (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 17, 2005)
IN THE course of a lecture in New Delhi the other day, Nobel Laureate Prof Amartya Sen is reported to have said that the cure for the ills of democracy is more democracy.
- A New Year Resolution For The Pm (The Financial Express, Malvika Singh, Dec 17, 2005)
One year older, and we should be one year more mature but alas, the endless sillinesses of life in India beset us and envelop us, attach themselves to us like leeches in an unfathomable jungle.
- More Power To Women's Elbows (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 17, 2005)
THE RATIO OF women in managerial positions has come up for discussion once again.
- More Kids On The Block (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Dec 17, 2005)
It’s all about who will be the driver and who the passenger. And the determinants are race and power.
- Longer Conception Needed For Male Child: Study (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 17, 2005)
Women who take more than a year to conceive are more likely to have a baby boy, according to a research published today.
- Un Digs Out Unhealthy Bellary Facts (Deccan Herald, KALYAN RAY, Dec 17, 2005)
The age-old ‘devdasi’ custom in north Karnataka coupled with polygamy, taboo on talks about sexual diseases and misconception about HIV/AIDS have made women in Bellary district defenceless against AIDS, the UN Foundation was informed on Thursday.
- The Shrews Commando (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Dec 17, 2005)
Thank God for having given us, scribes on either side of the Indo-Pak border, a man named Gen Pervez Musharraf, the Pakistani military ruler-cum-President
- Corruption In Kashmir (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 17, 2005)
The Transparency International had put the State of Jammu & Kashmir second after Bihar in their listing of the most corrupt States of India.
- Making Children Mentally Strong (Daily Excelsior, A N Sudarsan Rao , Dec 17, 2005)
As per WHO, 'Health does not merely means the absence of disease, but a state of physical, mental and social well being'.
- J&k Reeling Under Severe Power Crisis (Daily Excelsior, A N Sudarsan Rao , Dec 17, 2005)
Notwithstanding strenuous efforts by the State Government to get additional release of power from New Delhi, the State still seems to be reeling under a power crisis.
- Urdu Literature’S Vagabond Genius (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Dec 17, 2005)
A house full sign some days ago outside the main auditorium of New Delhi’s India International Centre was a surprise because it was an evening dedicated to an Urdu poet, Majaz. An Urdu poet drawing a full house at the IIC?
- Pakistan On Notice - India To Step Up Security For Nationals Working In Strife-Torn Afghanistan (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 17, 2005)
India has decided to strengthen security for its nationals working in Afghanistan, weeks after an Indian was abducted and killed, an official spokesman said Friday.
- Mining Mafia Still Active (Tribune, Rashme Sehgal, Dec 17, 2005)
Arriving in the village of Mahugari in Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh is akin to entering the portals of hell.
- Kuttiadi Power Project Commissioned (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 17, 2005)
Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has reiterated his Government's resolve to lay emphasis on generation of cheap power.
- Pm Launches ‘Bharat Nirman’ Scheme (Deccan Herald, DH news, Dec 17, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday launched the Rs 1,74,000 crore ‘Bharat Nirman Programme’, aimed at building rural infrastructure and giving a new deal to rural India.
- Supreme Court Extends Status Quo On Muslim Quota (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Dec 17, 2005)
The Supreme Court on Friday ordered status quo till January 4, 2006, on public appointments and admissions made in educational institutions by the Andhra Pradesh Government on the basis of an ordinance providing 5 per cent quota for Muslims.
- Your Career Health (The Economic Times, Jim Clemmer, Dec 17, 2005)
Many of us invest time once a year for an annual check-up of our physical health. But what about a regular career check-up? The popular goals of security, stability and predictability can be deadly.
- Can Azad Cut Graft? (Pioneer, Sunita Vakil, Dec 16, 2005)
For the people of Jammu & Kashmir, who have been reeling under turmoil for long, there are too many things to worry about. Pakistan-sponsored terrorism apart, the common masses have been hit hard by widespread corruption rampant at various rungs . . .
- Bangladesh: A Broken Soul At 35 (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, Dec 16, 2005)
On the anniversary of its birth, Bangladesh is gradually returning to its blood-dipped origins, says Udayan Namboodiri
- Jmb Chief Distributed Bombs (The Daily Star, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
Mohammad told the reporters Rahman himself had distributed explosives among divisional chiefs just a week before the August 17 blasts, reports UNB.
- Woman Among 2 Killed, Pdp Worker Injured (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
Two persons, including a woman, were killed and two others, including a PDP activist injured in separate incidents of violence in the Valley since last evening, while as a militant was injured when an explosive went off at Batamaloo today.
- Having The Time Of Our Lives (The Economic Times, MUKUL SHARMA, Dec 16, 2005)
It’s said that our peculiar position of being mortal and being aware of it is a major source of anxiety, but it’s also what makes our lives and the choices we make, meaningful. Time becomes important only when there is so much of it.
- The Engine To Drive India’S Future Growth (The Financial Express, SUMANT SINHA, Dec 16, 2005)
Incremental kicker to our growth rates will come from manufacturing and infrastructure development
- As Bangladesh Works Out Its Destiny (Dawn, Murtaza Razvi, Dec 16, 2005)
Time, they say, is the best of healers. This certainly seems to be the case between Pakistan and Bangladesh as the two countries have, to a large extent, moved on from the bitter memories of the civil war of 1971. Celebrated as Victory Day . . .
- Facing Up To Aids (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
So long as Pakistani society refuses to face up to the worsening AIDS situation in the country, little progress can be made on curbing the spread of the incurable disease that has extracted a heavy toll of lives in the world.
- Uncap It! (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
It’s time we doffed our cap to FDI in banking
- Higher Education: Learning From The U.S. (Hindu, Prabhudev Konana, Dec 16, 2005)
The culture of supporting educational institutions is deep-rooted in the American psyche. Indians should emulate this practice.
- Draft Recommends Rationalisation Of Fuel Pricing (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
`Pricing plays a major role in the choice of fuel and the form of energy consumed'
- "We Have Made A Difference" (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI, Dec 16, 2005)
The Narmada Bachao Andolan is observing 20 years of its struggle for a "just development paradigm" using the Sardar Sarovar dam — that displaces half a million families in four States — as a symbol. In an interview, NBA leaderMedha Patkartalks about . . .
- A Real Forum For The Future? (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Dec 16, 2005)
There was no radical departure from the script at the East Asia Summit in the Malaysian capital on Wednesday. A minimal, first step was taken in the direction of what might turn out to be the beginnings of a pan-Asian forum.
- Politics Of Minority Commuanlism (Daily Excelsior, Fazal Mehmood, Dec 16, 2005)
The 130 million strong Muslim population in India can influence the electoral outcome in 122 parliamentary constituencies, and 1400 assembly constituencies across the country. We are aware how the recently concluded Bihar assembly polls turned . . .
- Tackling Taboos (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Dec 16, 2005)
Prostitutes, it appears, have made it to Parliament. That the condition of sex workers came up for discussion in the Lok Sabha is a sign that society is beginning to officially recognise their existence. This is due to two intersecting trends.
- Seeing India In A New Light (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, Dec 16, 2005)
From being seen as a basket case, India is today viewed in the US as a vibrant democracy with a booming economy. American companies are looking to replicate the IT success in other areas. Yet, politically, many things remain unchanged, . . .
- Give Indo-Pak Friendship A Chance (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
As the small seismic movement of forty millimeter in the Himalayan region created huge
collision of the earthen plates causing vast damages to lives and property on either side
of the man made border-dividing Kashmir, . . .
- Hazard Dodging (Times of India, Samiran Chakrawertti, Dec 16, 2005)
The health ministry's latest salvo in the 'war' against tobacco consumption — increasing the size of the warning signs on cigarette packs — is laudable, at least in intent.
- Tragedy Of Urban India (Tribune, Jagmohan , Dec 16, 2005)
Unfortunately, a culture of apathy has penetrated so deeply into our society that citizens have virtually lost all sensitivities and become oblivious of their civic obligations and also of their responsibility to the future generations.
- And We Move From Light To Darkness (Greater Kashmir, K. Asif, Dec 16, 2005)
Without electricity winter gets harsher and harsher, life unbearable and things don’t go the way we want, comments K.Asif
- Catching The Small Fry (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Dec 16, 2005)
Even as late as last week, if someone of some consequence had dared to suggest either in print or on TV that parliament was full of crooks, he would have been promptly slapped with a privilege notice by indignant custodians of democratic values.
- Unrest In Northern Areas (Daily Excelsior, Sarla Handoo, Dec 16, 2005)
It has taken the world more than 58 years to wake up to the atrocities the people of Gilgit and Baltistan, popularly known as the Northern Areas of Pakistan, have been suffering. But, as they say, better late than never.
- Arms From Pak, Brains From Sri Lanka (Hindustan Times, Mammen Matthew, Dec 16, 2005)
Brains or guns, the Naxalites don't mind getting them imported as long as it helps them in their war for the people — against the "brute state".
- 71 Pc Married Women Unaware Of Hiv: Survey (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
Seventy one percent of married women are unaware of HIV/AIDS in Udaipur in Rajasthan and 40 per cent girls in the age group of 15-18 years in the city already have one or more children, according to a baseline survey carried out under a UN Foundation ....
- Flying On The Wings Of Care (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
Krishna Kumar first set up Udaan based on her experience in bringing up two children with cerebral palsy. Years later, she still is the creche’s driving force.
- Asean In Control, East Asia Takes Off (Indian Express, SUNIT ARORA, Dec 16, 2005)
With ASEAN firmly in the driver’s seat, the first-ever ‘historic’ East Asia Summit formally kicked off today as a ‘‘forum for dialogue on broad strategic, political and economic issues of common interest and concern’’.
- Forest Rights (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 16, 2005)
The Bill may have unpredictable consequences
- Encroachments Rampant Along Cooum: Survey (Hindu, Kannal Achuthan, Dec 16, 2005)
It will be taken up from Rail Nagar in Koyambedu to Annanagar arch
Focus of the survey to be on commercial encroachments
First phase of survey to be over on Monday
Surplus water released from Chembarambakkam tank Satyamurthi Sagar
- India's Tata, Reliance Among Cos Targeted By Indian Maoist Attacks (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
India's Maoist rebels vowed to intensify their attacks against multinational companies, including South Korea's POSCO, India's Tata, ...
- Bmp Issues Notices To Hotel Owners In Koramangala (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
288 deviations identified, survey of 269 properties completed
BMP files action-taken report and an affidavit before the High Court
Provisional notices issued to tenants and landlords of 50 buildings
- Rally Taken Out To Create Awareness On Aids (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
As a part of the 15-day intensive AIDS awareness campaign launched by the district administration on the World AIDS Day, non-Government organisations, Government departments and educational institutions conducted a number of HIV/AIDS awareness programmes
- Chandy, Agriculture Department Working At Cross-Purposes? (Hindu, Roy Mathew, Dec 16, 2005)
Committee observes no link between pesticide and health problems at Padre
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