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Articles 13121 through 13220 of 20587:
- Wb Approves Over $27m For Ajk (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
The World Bank (WB) has approved a $27.153 million project to assist Azad Jammu and Kashmir government to restore vital economic and social infrastructure damaged or destroyed by the October-8 earthquake. The AJK-Community Infrastructure and . . .
- Purity Is Precious (Pioneer, Ajit Bishnoi, Dec 06, 2005)
Valmiki muni, who compiled the epic, Ramayana, had a different name when he was younger. He was also diametrically opposite of what he later became. His name was Ratnakar, and he was a robber. One day, he chanced to catch hold of Narad Muni.
- Facade Of Inclusiveness (Pioneer, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Dec 06, 2005)
Economic policy should liberate not just business but also people from bureaucracy, says Bharat Jhunjhunwala
- Foreign Contributions And Congress (Pioneer, A Surya Prakash, Dec 06, 2005)
With a defiant Mr Natwar Singh deciding to dig in and several key figures in the Iraq oil vouchers scam suddenly choosing to play their own little discordant notes, the Congress party's gameplan to make Mr Singh a scapegoat and insulate . . .
- Budget Strategy For 2006-07 — Consolidate, Optimise, Deliver (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Dec 06, 2005)
The Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, would do well to devote the 2006-07 Budget to the improvement and consolidation of the outcome of the initiatives and schemes already taken up and the restoration of the fiscal health, . . .
- Allow Fdi In Retail With Vigilance In Detail (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
Should FDI in retail be allowed? This at present is the hottest economic subject on which the government and its allies are debating persistently. Aditya Raj Das takes a close look at the contentious issues and weighs the arguments in favour and against.
- Problem Of Rabid Proportions (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Dec 05, 2005)
Rabies, caused by rabid dog-bite, is a fatal disease and major public health problem. India gets about three million cases of dog bite annually.
- Cultivating Healthy, Benign Indifference (The Economic Times, K VIJAYARAGHAVAN, Dec 05, 2005)
Bernard Shaw observed: “Indifference is worse than hatred.” However, well-placed indifference is healthy unlike hatred, which is always damaging
- Sensitising Society On Aids (Tribune, Devi Cherian, Dec 05, 2005)
The UNDP held, on the eve of Worlds AIDS Day, a well attended book launch function
at the IIC Rock Garden. “Quite Storm,” jointly published by UNDP and Penguin was released in an effort to sensitively create a feeling that HIV/AIDS . . .
- Pedestrian Injured, Gets Summons (Tribune, Paul Schwartzman, Dec 05, 2005)
District of Columbia police issued a $5 jaywalking ticket to a renowned urban designer after a car sent him hurtling through the air as he crossed a busy street in Washington, DC.
- Focus On Youth And Rural Areas (Tribune, Tripti Nath, Dec 05, 2005)
Sujata Rao, the new head of the National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO), was engaged in a flurry of activity to mark the World AIDS Day soon after she took over.
- Bihar Docs Practise By Raj Rules (Hindustan Times, Anirban Guha Roy, Dec 05, 2005)
If fancy foreign degrees are what inspire your confidence in doctors, you better be in Bihar. The state’s health system might be on life support but all government doctors are certified as fit for work by no less than officials of the British Raj.
- Left Goes Soft On Poll Panel (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
With Chief Election Commissioner B B Tandon maintaining his no-nonsense tone, the CPM-led Left Front in Bengal has toned down his anti-Election Commission rhetoric.
- Naxals Target Police Outpost In Raid On Border Village (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
Some families, which had information about the raid, leave the village
No harm caused to any villager
Villagers summoned, warned against allowing revival of police outpost
Tough task for police to continue the outpost in operation
- Money Money (Deccan Herald, Meera Seshadri, Dec 05, 2005)
It’s ironical how we hoard all our lives when we cannot carry anything along in the end
- Sonia Calls For Change In U.P. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Sunday said she was concerned about the state of affairs in Uttar Pradesh and sought people's support for a change.
- Development, Market And Government (Business Line, Arindam Banik, Dec 05, 2005)
Experience suggests that rather than there being a conflict between governance and institutional accountability, the two should be complementary.
- Gentle Persuaders (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Dec 05, 2005)
THE Indian Liberal Group, headed with great dedication by Mr S. V. Raju, deserves a big salute for holding aloft the values (freedom, fair play, tolerance, intellectual honesty, ....
- Can Global Warming Be Controlled? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Dec 05, 2005)
The scientific evidence on human induced climate change is now overwhelming and generally accepted across the world. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a credible body with objective processes, has so far brought . . .
- A Tale Of Evolving Wto Drafts (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Dec 05, 2005)
A comparison between the two drafts prior to the upcoming WTO ministerial meeting at Hong Kong helps to throw light on the pressures being exerted on the ministerial conference, thus yielding an important clue to the state of play of the conflicting . . .
- Measles Breaks Out In Pakistani Quake Camp (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
Health authorities in northern Pakistan were racing to control an outbreak of measles at a camp for earthquake survivors on Sunday after a 10-month old baby died of the disease, a doctor said.
- Mission To Save Planet Is `Failing' (Hindu, Heather Stewart, Dec 05, 2005)
Sports stars join campaign for trade justice as report says governments are not doing enough to protect environment
- Customer-Centric Approach By New Breed Of Financial Planners (Hindu, Oommen A. Ninan , Dec 05, 2005)
Goal of certification is to convert savers into investors
Organisers of financial planning are collaborating to unify the profession around accepted standards.
- Cameron Promises A Different Kind Of Politics (Hindu, Jackie Ashley , Dec 05, 2005)
David Cameron hopes to lead the Tories and his target is not Tony Blair but Gordon Brown.
- Public-Private Partnership Proposed To Fight Aids (Hindu, V. Ravi, Dec 05, 2005)
Decentralisation of AIDS control programme to the district-level is essential, says expert
Number of Voluntary Counselling and Testing Centres increased to 57
52,598 of 1,90,433 people examined at the centres have tested positive
- Against A Sea Of Troubles (Telegraph, S. L. Rao, Dec 05, 2005)
The author is former director-general, National Council for Applied Economic Research
- Where The Mind Is Without Fear... (Indian Express, NIRMALA SRINIVASAN, Dec 05, 2005)
December 3 was World Disability Day. The Persons with Disability Act (PWD Act), passed by Parliament in 1995, recognises mental illness as a disability on par with physical disabilities.
- Honoured In Afghanistan (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
It was a mission that stood oddly with the violence, terror and arms culture of Afghanistan.
- Uma Threatens War As Axe Dangles (Telegraph, RASHEED KIDWAI, Dec 05, 2005)
Raisen (Madhya Pradesh), Dec. 4: Uma Bharti was today back at her blistering best, threatening to unleash a virtual Mahabharata in the Sangh parivar if she is thrown out of the BJP.
- No Access To A Q Khan For Iaea (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
Pakistan has ruled out permission to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to directly interrogate A Q Khan in order to unravel the proliferation network led by him, claiming it has been co-operating with the UN nuclear watchdog’s investigations.
- Stamp Paper Racket Refuses To Be Stamped Out (Deccan Herald, R Krishnakumar, Dec 05, 2005)
The government restriction on the use of stamp papers is, ironically, proving fodder to an industry on the other side of law.
- Over Population: Mother Of All Problems (Daily Excelsior, Swati Sharma, Dec 05, 2005)
These days, our country is facing a lot of problems. If solution of one problem is found out then other one starts cropping up. What is the reason that our country is facing a series of unending problems? Because problem of all problems is still . . .
- India Assures Afghanistan Of Assistance (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
Minister of State for External Affairs E Ahamed, Sunday, met Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah and ...
- Manmohan Yet To Make Up Mind On External Affairs (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Dec 05, 2005)
Cabinet reshuffle only at the end of current session of Parliament
`The BJP itself knows there is no substance in what it is saying in Parliament'
No difference in approach between Ms. Gandhi and himself on Natwar's status
- The Architect Of An Idea Called Naya Kashmir (Greater Kashmir, Sheikh Ghulam Rasool, Dec 05, 2005)
Today we remember a man who shaped the modern history of state and influenced Kashmiris for more than four decades.
- Watching The Watchdogs (Pioneer, Shailaja Chandra, Dec 05, 2005)
Media needs to observe the NGO sector more actively and objectively, says Shailaja Chandra
- Ia To Appear In 'Indian' Avatar (Hindustan Times, Sandeep Bamzai, Dec 05, 2005)
when you fly what you reckon is a stodgy legacy carrier — Indian Airlines — you will be greeted by a spanking new branding and transformed attitude which will reflect the new ethos at the airline.
- Dealing With Trauma (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 05, 2005)
A Report in Saturday’s Dawn focussed on how many young female teachers in Balakot are still traumatized two months after the earthquake, making the need for emotional counselling even more pressing.
- Taking Liberties With English (Dawn, Anwer Mooraj, Dec 05, 2005)
Every once in a while a political columnist suffers from what is known in the fourth estate as writer’s cramp’. This is more a mental than a physiological condition and describes his sudden inability to come up with a worthwhile subject on which . . .
- India Accelerating (International Herald Tribune, AMY WALDMAN, Dec 05, 2005)
In the middle of the old Grand Trunk Road a temple sits under a peepul tree. The surrounding highway is being widened to four lanes, and vehicles barrel along either side. But the temple and tree thwart even greater speed, and a passing contractor . . .
- Needed, More Whistle-Blowers (Pioneer, Joginder Singh, Dec 05, 2005)
Wherever one looks one sees rampant corruption. In India there is no department which does not offer an opportunity to a person to make a climb from rags to riches. Revenue earning departments are well known for offering vast opportunities for corruption.
- Kashmiris Protest Power Disruption (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
Braving chilling cold waves, people took to streets in most of the towns in north Kashmir continuously on Saturday against the deteriorating power situation.
- Soura Fidayeen Died While Planning Attack On Radio Kashmir (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
While eliminating five more cadres of Lashkar-e-Toiba in Kashmir valley today, Police and security forces have learned that the three Pakistani militants of the organisation, who were killed in Soura area the other day, had planned a high-profile suicide
- Saarc Psychiatric Moot Begins In Agra (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
The first International Conference of Saarc Psychiatric Federation began in Agra on Saturday with a call for cooperation and coordination between regional members to deal with mental health problems in the South Asian region.
- He Walks Into News (Hindu, Amita Malik, Dec 04, 2005)
Every page, paragraph and sentence in this book is an irresistible quote
News from No Man's Land: Reporting the World, John Simpson, Pan/ Macmillan, £7.99.
- Failure And Futility Of Mid-Day Meal Scheme (Daily Excelsior, A S Bahar, Dec 04, 2005)
Mid-day meals scheme was launched previously during the year of 1995 and withered away in the year of 1997 as a total failure scheme I remember it well when the mid-day meals scheme was announced by the Government and the teachers were asked to furnish th
- Pak Tries To Divert (Daily Excelsior, Samuel Baid, Dec 04, 2005)
The October 8 earthquake appears to have infused a fear in Pakistani rulers about their future ability to maintain their traditional lordship over the people in occupied Kashmir once this region recovers from its present trauma.
- Old Wine In Very Old Bottles (Hindustan Times, Ashok Row Kavi, Dec 04, 2005)
Here we go again! Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code cannot be abolished or read down because (1) It protects our children. (2) To protect public morality. (3) To prevent obscenity. Choose any, or all, of the three to stop those nasty homosexuals from o
- Big Cat Breathes Its Last (Hindu, M. Gunasekaran, Dec 04, 2005)
The tiger that attacked a mahout's assistant near the elephant rejuvenation camp in Chinnar in the Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary on Tuesday morning died on Saturday.
- Residents Had Little Inkling Of Water Release From Canals (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
Many colonies submerged, causeways cut off
Senior citizens and women put to lot of hardship
Chennai Corporation issues flood warning in low-lying areas
Residents unhappy with relief distribution at Mogappair
- Financial Support For Balochistan (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 04, 2005)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has ordered release of Rs 2.5 billion for development of Balochistan. The decision was taken at a high level meeting held under the Prime Minister’s chairmanship in Islamabad on Friday. Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Mohammad
- Wife Seeks Protection From Hiv+ Husband (Tribune, Tripti Nath, Dec 04, 2005)
The U.N. food agency said on Saturday it had enough supplies to feed thousands of Pakistani earthquake survivors through the winter but it needed more money to maintain food distribution until spring.
James Morris, the head of the World Food Programme
- Spice Of Life : Military Bands: Pjo Taylor (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 04, 2005)
Martial music is not a modern invention: primitive drumming and sounding of such “instruments” as rams’ horns goes back centuries, indeed millennia.
- Custodians Of The Trust You Repose, They Uphold - Ii (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
Without robbing Peter, paying Paul, here they mean justice at any cost, progress on all counts, accountability on every front. Without leveling all legal and illegal, they mean getting it from those who usurp and giving to those who deserve.
- Kalam Doc Booted Out For Fainting (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
Prize for travelling with the President — sack.
- She Creates A Rainbow In Each Teardrop (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
On World Disabled Day, here’s the story of a woman who decided to overlook her own inabilities and make a difference in the lives of others. Jayalakshmi K is moved by the message of hope & determination that stands out in Naseema’s life.
- A Gandhian Committed To Women's Cause (Hindu, V. Parukutty Amma, Dec 04, 2005)
She is a Gandhian, biographer, painter and woman of strong political conviction committed to women's cause. In conversation withMaleeha Raghaviah
- Voice Of The 'Common Man' (Hindu, Anita Joshua, Dec 04, 2005)
Brushing up the Years: A Cartoonist's History of India 1947-2004, R.K. Laxman, Penguin, p.304, Rs. 750.
- Snuffed Out Too Early... (Deccan Herald, Sarjit Ramesh, Dec 04, 2005)
The author relates the lives of children who spend their childhood days eking out a living.
- Chief Minister Orders Relief Package To All Affected People (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
District and village level committees to oversee relief and restoration work
Ration cards not an issue
Priority for drinking water supply
MPs, MLAs in monitoring committees
Ration cards not an issue
Priority for drinking water supply
- Goa To Make Hiv-Free Certificates Must For Marriages (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
The Goa Government will introduce a Bill in the next session of the State Assembly to amend the State Civil Code, making it mandatory for couples getting married to produce HIV/AIDS-free certificate before registering their marriages, . . .
- Hiv Incidence High Among Workers (Hindu, S. Prasad, Dec 04, 2005)
If preventive measures are not taken, Krishnagiri may soon be in `very high category'
- Students' Procession Marks World Aids Day (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
Students of various schools took out a procession to create awareness of prevention of AIDS, as part of `World AIDS Day' observed under the auspices of the NSS Unit, Pudukottai, on Friday.
- Campaign On Safe Bio-Waste Disposal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
NGC to educate hospitals and labs of danger
- Play Of Shadows (Hindu, SUBASH JEYAN , Dec 04, 2005)
Poems and a Novella is a quest for a sense of the self, to nail it down and define it, to oneself.
- Bhopal Remembers Gas Tragedy Victims, Effigies Burnt (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
All-religion prayer meeting marks 21st anniversary of the 1984 tragedy
- Performance Appraisal (Tribune, Girish Bhandari, Dec 03, 2005)
PAR for the course. Yet another periodic exercise in cosmetics, though anticipated. The aim, ostensibly, to bring transparency and purpose to that holy grail of babudom — the annual confidential report, in short, the ACR.
- One Hurdle Too Many (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Dec 03, 2005)
The home Ministry’s response to a petition filed in the Supreme Court for removing homosexuality as an ‘offence’ is myopic in its approach.
- On Record (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 03, 2005)
The EC took certain steps in Bihar to ensure peaceful and fair polls. It does not mean we will follow the same model everywhere. Nevertheless, lessons learnt in Bihar will be enforced and similar action will be taken if the situation warrants.
- How Europe Is Choking Itself (Tribune, Stephen Castle , Dec 03, 2005)
Europe’s claim to the moral high ground over the environment has been comprehensively challenged in a devastating report on its failings in the battle against global warming and pollution. It says Europe is devouring the world’s natural resources at twice
- Getting Past Denial (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Dec 03, 2005)
China once put AIDS activists in prison for spilling state secrets, but now hands out pamphlets at train stations telling passengers how to go about avoiding HIV/AIDS in their lives.
- New Sgpc President (Tribune, S.S. Dhanoa, Dec 03, 2005)
By nominating Mr Avtar Singh Makkar as President of the SGPC, Mr Parkash Singh Badal has proved himself to be true to his reputation as the leader of the Shiromani Akali Dal that always had his ear to the ground.
- Has India Crossed The Inflection Point? (The Financial Express, V ANANTHA NAGESWARAN, Dec 03, 2005)
The Indian economy registered an impressive 8% growth rate in the second quarter of the current fiscal year, 2005-06.
- Most Pakistan Quake Tents Can't Withstand Winter (Reuters, Robert Birsel, Dec 03, 2005)
Most of the tents handed out to Pakistani earthquake survivors are incapable of withstanding the winter and the focus of relief efforts is now on other ways to ensure people stay warm, aid officials said on Friday.
- 'Miss Positive' Hiv Speaks On Aids (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
Activists have organised a "Miss Positive" beauty contest here with 33 HIV infected participants in an effort to highlight the rampant spread of AIDS in Russia.
- Spinal Stretches For Spiritual Energy! (The Economic Times, SANDEEP DESAI, Dec 03, 2005)
During my first visit to Friezing, Germany, my teacher Dr Bob Bacher, told me that if I were to practise do just two T’ai Chi spinal stretches every day, it would greatly improve my physical and mental health.
- On Dec. 3... (New York Times, Sanjoy Hazarika, Dec 03, 2005)
Toxic gas leaking from an American-owned insecticide plant in central India killed at least 410 people overnight, many as they slept, officials said today.
- Pay More To Be Less Able (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
In the morning, Venkateshappa and Kempamma had 30 per cent and 20 per cent disability respectively. By evening, it became 50 per cent and 70 per cent thanks to a doctor at the SNR DNT Government Hospital, Kolar, reports Shiva Kumar N D from Bangalore .
- Aids Awareness Programme (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
The Pondicherry State office of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) on Thursday conducted a special programme to create awareness about HIV and AIDS as part of the highlight of the World AIDS Day.
- Patient Dies In Aids Care Centre (Hindu, K.P.M. Basheer, Dec 03, 2005)
Neglect and funds misuse alleged
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