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Articles 13821 through 13920 of 20587:
- Mau Riots: Report Criticises Civil Society's Role (Hindu, Special Correspondent, The Hindu, Nov 20, 2005)
The recent riots in Mau, according to a Citizen's Report, is indicative of the fact that "Eastern Uttar Pradesh is sitting on the mouth of a communal volcano." Basing this conclusion on the way "swift attempts" were made to incite communal violence in Bal
- Committees To Tackle Ragging (Hindu, Special Correspondent, The Financial Express, Nov 20, 2005)
The State Government has decided to set up campus committees and a State-level committee to tackle ragging in educational institutions as part of the guidelines formulated at a high-level meeting convened by Education Minister E.T. Mohammed Basheer on Sat
- ‘Salem Still Close To Dawood’ (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Nov 20, 2005)
A former member of the Dawood Ibrahim gang on Saturday claimed that mobster Abu Salem, who was extradited to India from Portugal after a prolonged legal battle, still shared ties with his mentor, the country’s most wanted criminal.
- Kashmir Can Be Resolved In Terror Free Atmosphere: India (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Nov 20, 2005)
Shortly after Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf remarked that the earthquake offered a lifetime opportunity to settle the Kashmir issue, India today said it was willing to resolve all bilateral issues through dialogue in an "atmosphere free from terrori
- India Ready To Resolve All Issues: Ahamed (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Nov 20, 2005)
Hours after Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf said that a resolution of the Kashmir issue could be India's `donation to Kashmir' in the context of the earthquake, Minister of State for External Affairs E. Ahamed said here on Saturday that India was read
- Accountability In Relief And Rehabilitation (Dawn, Maqbool Ahmad Bhatty, Nov 20, 2005)
ADVERSITY, it is said, is a great teacher. The devastating earthquake of October 8, is the biggest natural disaster to strike Pakistan.
- Anatomy Of Extraterrestrial Alien Mind Of Much Higher Order With The Help Of Statistical Physics (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 20, 2005)
Modeling phase transitions, percolation, synchronization and non-linear dynamical systems is providing clues to the functioning of the mind of an advanced extraterrestrial alien mind. Statistical physics is breaking barrier of understanding how the mind o
- Food Retail By Mfs To Contribute 10 Pc Of Fmcg Sales By 2010 (Press Trust of India, PTI, Nov 20, 2005)
Predicting India's emergence as a major world market for retail sales of food, a CII study has said that by 2010, modern format stores (MFS) would contribute an overall 10 per cent of the total FMCG sales, while it was expected to be 30 per cent in metros
- Exploitation, Deceit Plague Healthcare, Says Amartya Sen (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 20, 2005)
Health servants prefer seeing patients privately for money: report
- Significance Of October Revolution (Tribune, Rajindar Sachar , Nov 20, 2005)
The Russian Government’s decision not to observe the November 7 holiday marking the October Revolution is a sad reminder of how much US-led, pro-capitalist sentiments have spread around the world.
- Action Plan For Promoting Health Care In States (Tribune, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 20, 2005)
Surprisingly, even after 58 years of planning, we have no separate health policies for the states. After the introduction of the National Population Policy 2000, some states like Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh did prepare state population policies
- We Will Restore Governance In Bihar: Nitish (Tribune, Satish Misra, Nov 20, 2005)
DISTURBED over Bihar’s plight and image, National Democratic Alliance’s chief ministerial candidate, the 54-year-old electrical engineer-turned politician Nitish Kumar
- Bankers Spare Firms Rate Hike This Fiscal (Business Standard, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 20, 2005)
Public sector bankers today assured Finance Minister P Chidambaram that there would not be any interest rate hike this fiscal for loans raised by firms for productive purposes.
- Haryana Buffaloes To Get It Tag (Tribune, Geetanjali Gayatri, Nov 20, 2005)
After departments and land records, it is the turn of buffaloes to get the IT bug in Haryana.
- Aids: Wake-Up Call For N-E’S Politicians (Deccan Herald, Anirban Bhaumik , Nov 20, 2005)
It’s time politicians of this country woke up to the menace of AIDS, which is fast assuming epidemic proportions in the North-East, according to the chief of the United Nation’s AIDS programme
- Annan Urges World To Give Generously (News International, Editorial, The News International, Nov 20, 2005)
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Saturday urged the world to give generously towards efforts to cope with last month's "unprecedented disaster" in Pakistan.
- Elected Representatives Of Northeast Sign Aids Declaration (Hindu, Sushanta Talukdar, Nov 20, 2005)
Elected representatives of the Northeast on Saturday signed a "Guwahati declaration" resolving to draft legislation guaranteeing universal access to treatment of AIDS and ensure that people infected or affected by the epidemic are not subject to discrimin
- Moves On To Ban Use Of Lindane (Hindu, Special Correspondent, The Hindu, Nov 20, 2005)
It could be listed as Persistent Organic Pollutants under Stockholm Convention
- A Compelling Story (Hindu, NIMI KURIAN, Nov 20, 2005)
JUDITH LENNOX tells a crafty tale of love, war and heartbreak in the tumultuous years before and during World War I
- One Out Of 10 Children Sexually Abused, Says Who Study (Hindu, Special Correspondent, The Financial Express, Nov 20, 2005)
Awareness programme held, Police Commissioner meets children
- Kalam To Inaugurate Women's Conference (Hindu, Staff Reporter , Nov 20, 2005)
More than 400 scientists from around the world are expected to take part in the meet
- Chill Freezes City (Deccan Herald, DH news, Nov 20, 2005)
According to the Meteorological Department, the biting cold that has been pervading in Bangalore for the last 24 hours will continue to make its presence felt for a couple of days more.
- Ophthalmic Centres Of Excellence In India Strike Common Cause (Hindu, Staff Reporter , Nov 20, 2005)
They will set optimum standards of eye care services and help shape national policies
- U.N. Team Slams U.S. On Guantanamo Bay Access (Hindu, Owen Bowcott and Bernard O Riordan, Nov 20, 2005)
Hundreds of detenus being held at the base without trial
- 24 Cross Over To Pok Through Teetwal (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Nov 20, 2005)
A new chapter was written in the history of divided Kashmir when 24 Indians crossed over to Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) through suspension foot bridge on the Kishen Ganga river this afternoon after partition.
- Singular Girl Child (Telegraph, RUDRANGSHU MUKHERJEE, Nov 20, 2005)
Birthdays are important to Indians. They form the basis of drawing up the horoscope of an individual. But the importance of the birthday does not end there.
- Donors Pledge $ 5.9 B For Quake Affected People (Pakistan Observer, Aroosa Alam/Sharafat Kazmi , Nov 20, 2005)
The world community has so far made cumulative pledges of 5.827 billion dollars for relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction of the quake hit areas and the amount is likely to rise further.
- Elephants Arrive At Rejuvenation Camp (Hindu, Special Correspondent, The Hindu, Nov 20, 2005)
Arrangements made to ease their journey from various parts of Tamil Nadu
- What Basically Child (Daily Excelsior, Vivek Raina, Nov 20, 2005)
All over world 20th November is celebrated as Child Rights Day. What basically Child Rights mean?
- Spice Of Life -Footprints (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 20, 2005)
ONCE upon a time in old Punjab there thrived one of the oldest and most universal of human crimes:
- Maoists Tie Up With Political Parties To Cut The King To Size (Indian Express, YUBARAJ GHIMIRE, Nov 19, 2005)
In a key push towards democracy in Nepal, the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoists), spearheading a decade-long insurgency to turn Hindu Nepal into a Communist republic, has reached an understanding with an alliance of seven political parties.
- Eight Pc Growth Target For 11th Plan Feasible: Planning Comm (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
Planning Commission today said the 8 per cent annual growth target for the 11th five year plan for 2007-12 was "feasible" to achieve on a sustained basis.
- Suicide Bombers Kill 77 At Iraqi Shi'ite Mosques (Reuters, Faris al Mehdawi, Nov 19, 2005)
Two suicide bombers strapped with explosives killed 77 people and reduced two crowded Shi'ite mosques to rubble during Friday prayers in a northeastern Iraq town, deepening the country's sectarian conflict
- Glaxo Starts Development Of New Drugs And New Test Centers In India, South Asia (India Daily, Babu Ghanta, Nov 19, 2005)
Glaxo plans to open six centres on the Indian subcontinent to test promising products such as Lapatinib for breast cancer and Cervarixits,
- All-Out Vigil On Many Fronts For Avian Influenza (Hindu, Bindu Shajan Perappadan, Nov 19, 2005)
Keeping a strict vigil to check entry of avian flu into the country, the Union Ministry for Environment and Forests and the grand old Bombay Natural History Society (BHNS)-India have identified for monitoring 173 sites across India, all known points ....
- Touch Me Not (Deccan Herald, CLIFFORD MARTIS, Nov 19, 2005)
Some people are too wary of a harmless deed and suspicious of helpful gestures
- Protecting The Patient (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 19, 2005)
Behind the number is a human volunteer. And this is a reality that stake-holders in the clinical research industry will have to respect when they parade India as the ideal clinical research destination.
- Bihar Campaign Over, Now Uma Readies To Fight Gaur (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
Having kept her word by not rocking the boat of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Babulal Gaur till the end of the Bihar election campaign, BJP leader Uma Bharati has started gathering her supporter-legislators here to embark on a decisive battle to reclaim
- Reality Bites After Annan Surveys Scenes From Hell (News International, Mariana Baabar, Nov 19, 2005)
UN chief flays ‘weak’ world response; says UN wants to maintain long-term contact for reconstruction; Musharraf promises transparency in relief, rehabilitation
- 77 Killed In Iraq Suicide Bombings (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
Two suicide bombers strapped with explosives killed 77 people and reduced two crowded Shia mosques to rubble during Friday prayers in a northeastern Iraqi town, deepening the country’s sectarian conflict.
- Safe Disposal Of Waste (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 19, 2005)
Time and again, the need for proper hospital and solid waste management has been stressed but its need has never been more urgent than now in the quake-hit areas, already vulnerable to the spread of infectious diseases.
- Glimmer In Heart Of Darkness (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Nov 19, 2005)
On the last day of polling in Bihar, the question you are asked, particularly if you are just back from there, is still the same that you would have been asked in the past many elections: is Bihar ready for a change?
- 83 Killed In Iraq Suicide Bombings (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
Two suicide bombers strapped with explosives killed 77 people and reduced two crowded Shia mosques to rubble during Friday prayers in a northeastern Iraqi town, deepening the country’s sectarian conflict
- Gats' Mode 4 Rule — Imperative That India Takes Firm Stand (Business Line, Pratap Ravindran , Nov 19, 2005)
The significance of Mode 4 inheres in the fact that its scope is not restricted to the IT sector alone and it holds immense potential with regard to a range of activities that have `knowledge' in common: Finance, accountancy, health services, consultancy,
- What Jehanabad Means (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Nov 19, 2005)
On November 13 history was once again made in rural India when Maoist guerrillas wrested control of Jehanabad — a district headquarters town in Bihar
- Bjp Activists Held On Charge Of Burning Copies Of Daily (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
Eight BJP activists, including Medical College ward president Suresh Kumar, were arrested by the police in connection with the burning of the copies of an eveninger in front of Kumarapuram school at 1.15 p.m. on Friday.
- Kalam To Lay Foundation For Stem Cell Research Centre (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
President Abdul Kalam will lay the foundation for Centre for Stem Cell Research and deliver the Dr. Ida S. Scudder Founder's Day Oration at the Christian Medical College here on December 1.
- 55 Killed In Suicide Attack On Mosques (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Nov 19, 2005)
Baghdad apartment collapses after car bombs explode outside prominent hotel nearby; six killed
- Cell By Date Research (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Nov 19, 2005)
The latest breakthrough in stem cell research by scientists at the Imperial College in London spells good news for organ transplantation.
- Exclusive - Nepal Rebels Seen Ready To Accept Democracy (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Nov 19, 2005)
Nepal's Maoist rebels are ready to accept multiparty democracy, stop terrorising civilians and return to the political mainstream of the revolt-torn country, a top Nepali politician said on Friday.
- Feature - India Seeks Novel Ways To Tackle Aids (Reuters, Kamil Zaheer, Nov 19, 2005)
Lounging in a food shack next to a dusty highway, truck driver Manoj grins as he talks about having sex with prostitutes.
- Worried India Says To Get Bird Flu Drug In January (Reuters, Nitin Luthra, Nov 19, 2005)
India expects to receive its first batch of anti bird-flu drug Tamiflu from Swiss manufacturer Roche Holding AG in January, a government official said on Friday.
- Is There A Perpetual Liability To Pay Customs Duty? (Business Line, S. Murugappan, Nov 19, 2005)
S. Murugappan analyses the application of apex court decisions in a recent Tribunal ruling.
- "Freedom Lifeblood Of Digital Revolution" (Hindu, Anand Parthasarathy, Nov 19, 2005)
The Tunis summit of the Information Society has put the bigger users and developed nations on alert that the Net is not anyone's personal property.
- Goa’S Ore Turns Fodder For China (Tribune, Shiv Kumar, Nov 19, 2005)
Beyond the deceptively placid beaches of Goa dumpers and excavators are furiously ripping apart the verdant state’s bowels for iron ore to fill China’s insatiable appetite for iron ore.
- A Long Wait (Statesman, Bijay Sankar Bora, Nov 19, 2005)
Over 40,000 victims of a bloodbath and arson let loose by militants from the UPDS and DHD in Assam’s Karbi Anglong hill district still live in relief camps, unsure about their future and wary of the fast approaching winter as there have been . . .
- Cbi Reopens ’84 Riot Cases (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
The CBI today registered two criminal cases related to the 1984 riots against “some unknown persons”, which were referred to it by the Union home ministry on the recommendation of the Nanavati Commission.
- Situation In Quake-Hit Areas Serious: Annan (Pakistan Observer, Aroosa Alam, Nov 19, 2005)
The UN Secretary General, Mr. Kofi Annan has described the situation in quake affected areas of Pakistan as serious and enormous and appealed to the donors community to respond generously for reconstruction and recovery.
- Gdp Goes Down The Toilet (Times of India, Sudhirendar Sharma, Nov 19, 2005)
About the time when finance minister P Chidambaram was busy honouring India Inc in the business capital Mumbai (on November 10) for its contribution to the country's growth,
- Annan Lauds Pak Role In Un Reforms (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan Thursday appreciated Pakistan’s role in the United Nations reform process after meeting Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz here. “Pakistan has played a very important and active role in the reform process of the United Nations,” h
- Un Is With You: Annan Assures Pak (Greater Kashmir, TARIQ NAQASH, Nov 19, 2005)
United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan on Friday toured the ruined PaK capital and called for gigantic efforts to help the nation recover from this tragic and urgent situation.
- World Bank Presence Opposed (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 19, 2005)
About 20 NGOs from the North-east have expressed their opposition to efforts by the World Bank, in partnership with the Government of India, to develop a study on the natural resources of the region.
- India Health Summit From November 21 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 18, 2005)
It will discuss among other issues role of IT in enhancing healthcare research
- Falling Farm Incomes, Growing Inequities (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Nov 18, 2005)
Health spending in the average farm household is double that on education each month. Millions of India's farm households are in dismal shape. Even as the number of billionaires grows at the other end of the spectrum.
- New Cures For An Old Fever (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 18, 2005)
As an infectious disease that affects two million people in India annually, malaria continues to be a significant public health challenge. India has a much lower death rate from malaria than Africa, where nearly a million children die of the infection...
- Least Polluting Countries Will Be Hit The Hardest (Hindu, Ian Sample , Nov 18, 2005)
The change in climate will exacerbate the problems poor countries face from disease, because bacteria spread more rapidly causing greater contamination of food and water.
- Earthquake Disaster Management (Daily Excelsior, Mohan Singh Kalla, Nov 18, 2005)
It was my first experience to witness how relief was distributed to the victims of earthquake and steps were taken for their rehabilitation in Uri, where I visited twice.
- Skewed Priority (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Nov 18, 2005)
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has drawn attention to the inadequate attention given to the elimination of tropical diseases. It has identified five tropical diseases
- Criminal Neglect (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 18, 2005)
Death of patients due to the negligence of doctors in government hospitals has been happening at alarming intervals and quite regularly in Kolkata and elsewhere in the state and 55-year-old Gouri Chakraborty,
- Nepal Oppn, Maoists Hold Delhi Durbar (Deccan Herald, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Nov 18, 2005)
Leaders of major Nepali Opposition parties are reportedly holding parleys with representatives of the banned Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) in New Delhi, sources said.
- India Dispatched The Third Relief Train To Pakistan Carrying 600 Tonnes Of Relief Material, Including Tents, Sleeping Bags, Blankets And Medicines (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 18, 2005)
India dispatched the third relief train to Pakistan carrying 600 tonnes of relief material, including tents, sleeping bags, blankets and medicines.
- Pakistani Among 3 Let Militants Held In Doda (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 18, 2005)
Army, CRPF and police today arrested three militants including a Pakistani from Pul Doda and recovered three hand grenades from their possession.
- Clean, For A Change (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Nov 18, 2005)
This is the first time in a long while that the two leaders at the helm of government and party have a reputation that is squeaky clean, supported by inherent integrity and morality,
- Feature - India Seeks Novel Ways To Tackle Aids (Reuters, Kamil Zaheer, Nov 18, 2005)
Lounging in a food shack next to a dusty highway, truck driver Manoj grins as he talks about having sex with prostitutes.
- India Sends Another Quake Relief Consignment To Pak (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 18, 2005)
India today dispatched the third relief train to Pakistan carrying 600 tonnes of relief material, including tents, sleeping bags, blankets and medicines.
- Punjab Govt Will Set Up Free Dairy Zone, Says (Daily Times, Qamar Jabbar, Nov 18, 2005)
The Punjab government will set up a free dairy zone in the province to increase meat and beef production, Muhammad Khalid Mehmood, parliamentary secretary for livestock and dairy development, said on Thursday.
- Annan Appeals For More Funds (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Nov 18, 2005)
In Pakistan to attend donors meet
More resources needed for recovery and reconstruction
$5.2 billion required for rehabilitation
Actual cash flows less than pledges
- Naxals Plan Extremist Literature In Schools (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 18, 2005)
After stepping up its activities in Jharkhand, the Naxalite think tank is now planning to propagate its extremist ideology in schools in the state.
- Nabard Funds To Be Tapped For Infrastructure Development (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 18, 2005)
The State Government plans to pose infrastructure part of the remote and interior areas development programme to the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) for funding.
- Apollo Care For Ayyappa Devotees (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 18, 2005)
In an attempt to serve the devotees of Lord Ayyappa, the Apollo Speciality Hospitals will set up its full-fledged Cardiac Centre with a seven-bedded Intensive Care Unit along with state-of-the-art telemedicine facilities,
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