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Articles 13421 through 13520 of 20587:
- Volunteers Stalk Hiv Ignorance On A Trek Around India (Christian Science Monitor, Scott Baldauf, Dec 01, 2005)
Activists from the AIDS Walk for Life, a 4,200-mile walk around India, perform a street play to educate people on ways to prevent the spread of AIDS.
- Hunt On For Peace Activists In Iraq (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Dec 01, 2005)
As combined US and British special forces hunt for four Christian peace activists kidnapped by militants in Baghdad, British relatives of the oldest member of the group describe him as a pacifist and promoter of human rights.
- She Stands Tall (Deccan Herald, Madhurima Duttagupta, Dec 01, 2005)
The reason why one decides to live life on her own terms is often unknown to others.
- After The Cop Out, Let’S Find Some Cops (Indian Express, ABHINAV KUMAR, Dec 01, 2005)
K C Surendrababu was a dyed-in-the-wool Telugu bidda. When I first met him during training at Hyderabad, he spoke Hindi haltingly with a lyrical style in tune with the rest of his endearing personality.
- Will Our Dreams Die Young? (Indian Express, David C Mulford, Dec 01, 2005)
India’s promise is threatened by a potential pandemic. A reminder from David C Mulford, the US ambassador to India, on World AIDS Day
- India Not Ready For Gays, Public Morality Supreme: Centre To Sc (Indian Express, G ANANTHAKRISHNAN, Dec 01, 2005)
That’s the upshot of the Centre’s response to a petition in the Supreme Court where the Naz Foundation has challenged the validity of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC)—it deals with unnatural offences and makes gay sex a punishable act.
- ‘There’S No Place For Women In Corporate Mindset’ (Deccan Herald, R Akhileshwari , Dec 01, 2005)
Lynette Dumble is an untiring activist. Based in Melbourne, Australia, she wears too many hats to count here. A few will do. She’s been a senior research fellow at the University of Melbourne’s Department of Surgery,
- Pneumonia Cases Up North (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 01, 2005)
With the onset of winter, the worst nightmare of doctors and health personnel working in Azad Kashmir is coming true as hundreds of cases of pneumonia are being reported in the quake-affected zone.
- India's Road Map For West Asia (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Dec 01, 2005)
Just on the eve of its nuclear tests on May 28, 1998, Pakistan summoned India's High Commissioner Satish Chandra and alleged that Israeli F-16 aircraft based in Chennai were preparing to strike at its nuclear installations.
- Singing Ocd Blues? (Pioneer, Nishtha Gomes, Dec 01, 2005)
Though Nishtha Gomes has a frustrating disorder, she has learnt to laugh at herself and hopes others do the same
- Gender Dimension Of Aids (Daily Excelsior, Jagjit Singh, Dec 01, 2005)
In 2003, 17 million women and 18.7 million men between the age of 15 and 49 were living with HIV/AIDS.
- Bombs In Two Bangladesh Cities Kill Nine (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
Nine people were killed and 65 wounded by suspected suicide bombers in two Bangladesh cities on Tuesday, apparently the latest in a wave of attacks by militants fighting to turn the country into a sharia-based Islamic state.
- Bjp Will Get Tough With Uma Bharti (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Nov 30, 2005)
She may be suspended from party
Lust for power crossed all limits: Vajpayee
Second generation leaders want Ms. Bharti out
Govindacharya's defence is the last straw
- Gandhian Body To Train Teachers On Aids (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
Coinciding with World AIDS Day, the Academy of Gandhian Studies (AGS), a Tirupati-based organisation has taken up the task of training teachers to enable them to spread the message of HIV/AIDS to the younger generation.
- Political Consensus Holds The Key (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Nov 30, 2005)
The Finance Minister's challenge lies in convincing the coalition partners on the reforms agenda.
- Relations Between India And Ireland Are Expected To Take A Quantum Jump Forward When Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern Makes A Six-Day Visit To India In January (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
Relations between India and Ireland are expected to take a quantum jump forward when Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern makes a six-day visit to India in January with new frontiers being attempted to be opened in areas like information technology,
- Third Aids Vaccine Trial In India To Begin In 2007 (Deccan Herald, KALYAN RAY, Nov 30, 2005)
Even as India is in the middle of trying out two vaccines against HIV/AIDS, a third one may be on its way.
- Expert Panel Suggests Setting Up Of Multi-Speciality Hospitals (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
HIGH COURTROUND-UP Report to High Court recommends measures to mitigate the woes of the poor
- Disaster Prevention, Mitigation, Preparedness And Relief (Business Line, D. Murali , Nov 30, 2005)
ON Monday, the Rajya Sabha passed the Disaster Management Bill. A day earlier, the Home Minister, Mr Shivraj Patil, was accompanied by the Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, and the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Mr S. Raghupathy,
- Far Too Many ‘Hang-Ups’ (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 30, 2005)
It is a source of constant surprise to me why no sycophant has yet suggested to General Pervez Musharraf that his portrait should adorn all government offices in the country. I think one can safely bet that if someone does so the general will turn . . . .
- Roots Of The Organ Racket (Dawn, Zubeida Mustafa, Nov 30, 2005)
A major international meeting opened yesterday in Karachi. This was the triennial Conference of the Asian Society of Transplantation (CAST) that has brought together 200 experts from Asian countries and a few more from Europe and America.
- Should We Stay Or Leave, Nato Asks Govt (News International, Mariana Baabar, Nov 30, 2005)
The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) approached the Pakistan government on Tuesday to enquire whether they should get ready to leave early next year after completing 90 days or their services would be required further.
- 10 Killed In Bangladesh Suicide Hits (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
Ten people were killed and 21 badly injured on Tuesday in what police said were Bangladesh’s first suicide bombings and the latest in a string of attacks by militants.
- Kannadigas Will Be Safe: Deshmukh (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh has assured his Karnataka counterpart, Dharam Singh, that his government would give full protection to Kannadigas in his state, DHNS reports from Mumbai.
- A Dangerous Conflict Of Interest (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 30, 2005)
If several pharmaceutical companies across the world have mastered the fine art of manipulating clinical trials of drugs, a new trend noticed in India is disturbing.
- `Check Spread Of Hiv Infection Among General Population' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
Phase III of AIDS control programme to begin in June
Need to address issue of HIV infection within families
District machinery to be strengthened to meet HIV challenges
Focus on school dropouts and injectible drug users
- Divide And Lose (Tribune, Amulya Ganguli, Nov 30, 2005)
While sections within two of India’s most ideologically driven and, as a result, sectarian parties — the BJP and the CPM — have recently woken up to the perils of their divisive politics, a third, the RJD of Mr Lalu Yadav, has been taught the . . .
- 'Only Two Cops Can Grill Salem' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
In an order that has left the Mumbai police fuming, TADA judge P V Bavkar on Tuesday told the Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) that it should deploy not more than two officers at a time to grill extradited gangster Abu Salem.
- Shiv Sena Faces Crisis (Tribune, Shiv Kumar, Nov 30, 2005)
Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray is not known to be at a loss for words and neither do tears of despair roll down the cheeks of this leader who sits on a gilded throne during public appearances.
- 5 Cross Over From Pakistani Kashmir (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
Five people from Pakistani Kashmir have crossed the heavily militarised LoC into this side of Kashmir today. It was the first time that people from Pakistani Kashmir had crossed into this side after the October 8 earthquake, said S.D.S Jamwal, . . .
- Golden Palanquin Arrives From India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
Borders won’t ruin friendship and vice versa, says Elahi
* Amritsar-Nankana bus service to begin soon
- Nato Asks How Long Troops Should Stay (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
Nato has asked Pakistan whether it would like the western alliance’s 1,000-strong contingent to continue earthquake relief here beyond the present 90-day mandate, a senior alliance official said on Tuesday
- Vaccines For Hajis (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Nov 30, 2005)
They have a tough journey ahead which means great rigor and exercise. For that what is needed is good health and wellbeing. Apt medication and timely vaccination are necessary to keep disease away from a pilgrim.
- Bird Flu: A New Dread - Ii (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
Bird flu is in news making a common health conscious human so concerned about what he should or he should not do, Mehnaaz Sultan Khuroo explains in detail all about the diseases,
- The Disaster Can’T Be Undone, But Managed Nevertheless (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Nov 30, 2005)
Besides the damage earthquake causes at the moment it strikes, it comes with a lot more problems in the days to come. So the need is to learn the way we can alleviate the plight of those fate bitten people who have no option but to bear it, . . .
- When Armed With The Right To Know, You Have The Right To Question The Govt (Indian Express, SHEILA DIKSHIT, Nov 30, 2005)
As a student, I had often wondered what is the true meaning of our democracy. What does democracy mean to the high-flying businessman, the trader or the daily wage earner? ....
- Lawmakers, Sports Stars, To Clash For Aids Awareness (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
Cricket match under floodlights slated for December 5
Mithali Raj, Venkatapathy Raju, Azharuddin, Rayudu, Gopichand to participate
SAAP chairman Raj Thakur to head one side
Participation of Rathore, Sania, Humpy yet to be confirmed
- A Bolt From The Blue For Patients At Aiims (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
Many free medical tests now come with a charge, others come with a higher charge
- Icu Humour (Deccan Herald, Sharada Prahladrao , Nov 30, 2005)
Making fun in dark moments not only makes them endurable but also enjoyable
- The Rich Are Getting Richer (Deccan Herald, Jonathan Freedland, Nov 30, 2005)
The gap between extraordinary wealth and desperate poverty is growing steadily wider in Tony Blair's Britain
- Timely Rule (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Nov 30, 2005)
Many nurseries and kindergartens are badly run and hence need to be regulated
- 9 Die In Bangla Twin Suicide Attacks (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
At least nine people, including two policemen and an equal number of lawyers, were killed and over 50 others injured on Tuesday in two separate bomb blasts in Bangladesh, described by police as the first ever suicide attacks in the country . . .
- `Indians Complacent About Aids' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
"It is necessary to converge AIDS awareness with family planning"
- Uma Does It Again (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
Exactly a year after she was suspended from the BJP for daring party president Mr LK Advani to take action against her, Miss Uma Bharati received a show-cause notice from the party today.
- Armymen Carrying Out Relief Work In Full Swing At Cuddalore (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
Soldiers executing tasks assigned to them by the district administration
All paddy fields have become marshy lands
Shuttle boat services being run in circuitous routes
One injured as foodpacket falls on him
- Shivraj Chauhan Sworn In Chief Minister (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
Vajpayee, Advani say his will be a stable government
The new Chief Minister promises transparency in governance
Special message to officials to cooperate with elected representatives
- Globalising The Indian Village (Business Line, Sudhansu R. Das, Nov 30, 2005)
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was a lawyer by profession. But the economic model that he offered still has the potential to address rural woes. Gandhiji wanted people to lead a healthy, simple and contented life close to nature and preserve their . . .
- Muttahida May Open Party Chapters In Ajk, Nwfp (News International, Asim Yasin, Nov 30, 2005)
The Muttahida Qaumi Movement on Tuesday hinted at opening its chapters in Azad Jammu and Kashmir and NWFP.
- Cbi Scotches Salem Rumours (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
The CBI director, Mr US Mishra, today put an end to all speculation about Abu Salem turning an approver. He categorically said that the agency would not consider making the extradited Mumbai don an approver in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case.
- Pm Announces Rs 5 Lakh Each For Quake Orphans (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh today announced a scheme for the children rendered orphans in October 8 earthquake in the State.
- Civil Service (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
While the Andhra political leadership is rolling out the red carpet for investors, here is a classic case of bureaucracy-as-usual. At the recent textile summit in Hyderabad, organised by the CII and co-sponsored by the Andhra Pradesh government, . . .
- Blood-Bath In Iraq (Daily Excelsior, B. K. Karkra, Nov 30, 2005)
One wonders whether the profiles of the present problem in Iraq are getting properly projected.
- An Opportunity To Reduce Poverty In South Asia (The Financial Express, SHANTAYANAN DEVARAJAN, Nov 30, 2005)
The Doha Development Round of trade talks will be judged by one simple test: does it enable people in poor countries to sell more of their goods overseas, creating more jobs and lifting their incomes?
- Overpriced Or Much Ado About Nothing? (The Financial Express, PRITHVI HALDEA, Nov 30, 2005)
Almost everyone seems to be suggesting that issuers are walking away with investors’ money with high offer prices. This subject is again in hot discussion because some IPOs of the recent past, despite the bull run, are quoting at a discount to . . .
- Jkpcc – Let’S Make It An Asset (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2005)
A scientific spirit and a passion to work - this has been and should be the manifesto of the Corporation, Suhail Qadir Baidar comments
- Iraq’S Road To Serfdom (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Nov 29, 2005)
What goes on in the Middle East is an interplay of forces between Jews, Arabs, Persians. In the six-day war in 1967, Israel defeated the Arabs and seized Sinai and Gaza from Egypt, the West Bank (of the Jordan River) from Jordan . . .
- Need For Care (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 29, 2005)
The technology of life-sustenance is double-edged. The question of how long a terminally ill patient, for whom treatment is indisputably understood to be futile, should be kept alive by artificial means has been growing more urgent over the years.
- Towards Soap-Box Politics (Pioneer, CP Bhambhri, Nov 29, 2005)
Why do politicians prefer TV studios to Parliament when engaging in national debates, asks CP Bhambhri
- Whose Tea Party? (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 29, 2005)
Tea in Assam is both business and politics. Political storms over teacups are, therefore, not unexpected in the state, especially on the eve of elections. But the latest stirrings in Assam’s tea gardens have worrying signals for the industry
- Judging By Performance (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 29, 2005)
Extracts from the Human Development Report 2005
- Serious Challenge (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Nov 29, 2005)
If one goes by the utterances of State Vigilance Commissioner Ashok Bhan certain concrete steps are afoot to strengthen the existing mechanism against corruption.
- Rs. 2.5 Crores Released For Total Sanitation Scheme In Schools (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2005)
Chief Executive Officer of the Chamarajanagar Zilla Panchayat M. Somashekhar has said that Rs. 2.52 crores has been released to take up construction of 233 toilets in schools in the district.
- Experts Work Out Plan For Bird Flu (Tribune, Vijay Sanghvi, Nov 29, 2005)
More than 600 health experts and economists from hundred different countries struggled for three days in negotiations at the World Health Organisation’s main office at Geneva in the last week of October to put up in place a three-year plan to meet . . .
- Banks On A Roll (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 29, 2005)
Over the last two years, the banking system in India seems to have stacked up a greater amount of critical appreciation for its operations than it ever did since the reforms began.
- Engaging With Israel (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, Nov 29, 2005)
The initiatives of Gen Pervez Musharraf to touch base with Israel were aimed at impressing US Senators and Congressmen preparing to vote on aid for Pakistan.
- Political Economics Of Globalisation (Hindu, Raghu Dayal , Nov 29, 2005)
Critique debunking several myths about the globalisation process
- Farmers Breathe More Easily Now (Hindu, Nagesh Prabhu , Nov 29, 2005)
Good monsoon, pro-farmer steps check suicides
Agricultural scenario improves after good rain
The highest number of suicides was reported from Hassan district
The number came down from 708 in 2003-04 to 83 this year
- Inner Devotion (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2005)
A joyful existence totally free of difficulties is certainly not what one can expect from life on earth.
- Faulty Projecs Reflect Fault Lines Within (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Nov 29, 2005)
A number of water and sanitation projects financed by multilateral agencies have been criticised for wrong assumptions or the conditionalities imposed on the borrowing governments. However, our own estimations and governance systems are also to blame.
- Tribal People And Preserving Prime Forests (Hindu, Vikram Soni, Nov 29, 2005)
The proposed Scheduled Tribes (Recognition of Land Rights) Bill 2005 could sound the death-knell for prime forests. This could also result in the end of the tribal people's identity, which derives from the forests.
- World Inter-Faith Meet On Aids In January (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2005)
Conference aims at establishing a formal platform
- Court Hears First Testimony As Saddam Trial Resumes (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Nov 29, 2005)
Case adjourned till December 5; Ramsey Clark joins defence team
- Faulty Projecs Reflect Fault Lines Within (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Nov 29, 2005)
A number of water and sanitation projects financed by multilateral agencies have been criticised for wrong assumptions or the conditionalities imposed on the borrowing governments. However, our own estimations and governance systems are also to blame.
- Here’S Looking At You, Bihar! (The Financial Express, Mythili Bhusnurmath, Nov 29, 2005)
It’s a week to the day Nitish Kumar defied the odds and romped home in Bihar. A week during which political analysts have discussed every twist and turn of the elections threadbare, even as economists took a back seat.
- Blair Pledges To Press On With Reforms Agenda (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Nov 29, 2005)
British Prime Minister Tony Blair has firmly rejected fresh calls for him to quit amid fresh speculation about his physical fitness saying that he intends to stay on to see through his public service reforms agenda.
- 'Tsunami Relief Or Nation-Building, Ncc Is Upfront’ (Deccan Herald, Bidanda M Chengappa, Nov 29, 2005)
The National Cadet Corps was formed on July 15, 1948. However, NCC Day is observed throughout the country on the last Sunday of November because it was on that day in 1949 that the units formed in Delhi held a formal function presided over . . .
- The Grand Goodbye (Indian Express, P.K. KURUVILLA, Nov 29, 2005)
We heaved a collective sigh of relief when the year 1984 drew to a close. The worst of the Orwellian nightmares had not materialised. No Big Brother, no newspeak, no spying telescreens.
- Science For The People (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Nov 29, 2005)
It’s good to see India finally decide on setting up an Earth Commission: a panel of meteorologists, geo-physicists, oceanographers, atmospheric and space scientists to study and understand the dynamics of the monsoon.
- After Ismail Khan, Miniskirts And Dating In Herat (Daily Times, Fridon Poya, Nov 29, 2005)
Despite the increased freedoms in the city of one million people, many are still conservative. There may be miniskirts in the shop windows but not on the street
- Fury In India Over Call For More Hindu Babies (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2005)
A leading Hindu hardliner has angered women and Muslims by pressing Hindus to have as many children as they can to avoid being swamped by Muslims.
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