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Articles 14221 through 14320 of 20587:
- Two Pakistani Nationals Held (Tribune, Anuradha Shukla, Nov 11, 2005)
The police has claimed to arrest two Pakistani nationals from the city. The arrests were made in joint operation of the city police and the Military Intelligence.
- India, Pak Jointly “Can Restore” Stability In Nepal (Tribune, Vijay Mohan, Nov 11, 2005)
With the subcontinent witnessing improvement in Indo-Pak bilateral relations on one hand and worsening situation in Nepal and Bangladesh on the other, former Foreign Secretary, Mr Jagat S. Mehta today suggested that India and Pakistan should join hands to
- Rbi For Free-Trade Pact With Mekong Nations (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2005)
The ADB and the RBI favour India going in for free- trade agreement with China and five other nations in the Mekong region to sustain high growth.
- China Says Bird Flu Situation Alarming (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2005)
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has called on the nation to intensify efforts to fight bird flu as the country is facing a ``very serious situation'' in controlling the epidemic
- Volcker Report Not Final Word On India's Destiny: Cpi (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2005)
The Communist Party of India today asked the United Progressive Alliance Government at the Centre not to succumb to US pressure on foreign policy matters and called for a thorough probe into the Iraq Oil-for-Food programme.
- Labour Must Not Make It Worse (Hindu, Polly Toynbee , Nov 11, 2005)
Baying for the Prime Minister's blood over Wednesday night's House of Commons defeat plays into the Opposition's hands.
- New Global Agricultural Censuses Under Way (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2005)
Socio-economic data at the community level also to be includedc
Will help countries monitor progress towards Millennium Development Goals
To include issues such as soil degradation and agro-forestry
Survey to be carried out at reduced cost
- Let China Too Be Saarc Member (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Nov 11, 2005)
Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmud Kasuri has said that Pakistan supports Afghanistan’s bid for membership of SAARC. ‘I will propose Kabul’s membership at the forthcoming Dhaka SAARC Summit’, he said at a news conference in Karachi on Wednesday.
- External Affairs Of Natwar Singh (Times of India, ANAND, Nov 11, 2005)
We live in a grey world. Contemporary geo-political world, in fact, is a much darker shade of grey than what we have ever been accustomed to in recent history.
- A Revised Building Code (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 10, 2005)
The decision to revise the building code was long overdue. On Tuesday, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz asked the ministry of housing and works to draft a revised code within a month.
- Increasing Tax Revenue (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Nov 10, 2005)
Pakistan needs far more financial resources than it can readily mobilize in these difficult times. Much more funds are required than what the donors are willing to offer for relief and rehabilitation of the survivors of the earthquake of October 8.
- Why It’S China Versus Maoism? (Indian Express, Balbir K Punj, Nov 10, 2005)
Two recent gestures by the People’s Republic of China took the Indian Communists by surprise.
- Focus On Safety In India's Ship-Breaking Industry (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2005)
India's controversial ship-breaking industry will come under the scanner at a meeting being organised Thursday by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) to ensure implementation of safety and health guidelines.
- Benevolent Medical Advice (Deccan Herald, Malathy N Menon, Nov 10, 2005)
Attention during illness is a bother, and excessive advice is nothing short of pain
- Loc Crumbles At Another Point (Daily Excelsior, Sarwar Kashani, Nov 10, 2005)
Notwithstanding the political and geographical boundaries, authorities from across the Line of Control (LoC) today exchanged relief material for the quake affected victims at Kaman post in Uri.
- Rehabilitation First, Then Arms Deal (Daily Excelsior, Tanveer Jafri, Nov 10, 2005)
The death toll of killer quake that hit Muzaffarabad area of PoK has reached, through non-government sources, about one lac. Pakistan government itself has confirmed that about seventy three thousand persons have lost their lives in this earth tremor.
- Terrorists Can't Be Freedom Fighters: Manmohan (Daily Excelsior, Sarwar Kashani, Nov 10, 2005)
Notwithstanding the political and geographical boundaries, authorities from across the Line of Control (LoC) today exchanged relief material for the quake affected victims at Kaman post in Uri. This is the second point on the ceasefire line between India
- Open Secret (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 10, 2005)
All the good boys and girls live in India. According to the latest sex survey by Durex, Indians are the last to lose their virginity
- Well Plotted Protest (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2005)
Back in 2002, Shatrughan Sinha had done what he was originally made for: performed in a solo stage play that had not so cleverly concealed innuendoes against BJP leaders he believed were ignoring him.
- Saarc Spotlight On Poverty & Terror (Telegraph, Radhika Ramaseshan, Nov 10, 2005)
Three days before the Saarc summit begins in Dhaka, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh identified poverty and terrorism as the big challenges for the region.
- This November (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Nov 10, 2005)
November 6 has come and gone and November 25 is around the corner. These two days are written in blood in the 1947 history of our State.
- Manmohan For More Regional Cooperation (Tribune, Prabhjot Singh, Nov 10, 2005)
Saying that the destiny of South Asia was interlinked, the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, today called upon India’s immediate neighbours to learn to work together to deal with the challenges of poverty, disease, natural disasters and terrorism.
- Kashmir Dialogue Process Has To Be Broad-Based, Says Azad (Hindu, Luv Puri , Nov 10, 2005)
The new Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister,Ghulam Nabi Azad, is aware of the challenges facing the State. In an interview, he calls for including all sections in the dialogue to resolve the Kashmir dispute. He also speaks in favour of administrative....
- Keeping A Watch On Winged Visitors (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Nov 10, 2005)
A key part of the Union Government's strategy to protect the country from bird flu outbreaks is to monitor wild birds for signs that they might be diseased or infected.
- Space Tech For Development, Says Isro Chief (Hindu, Special Correspondent, The Financial Express, Nov 10, 2005)
Chairman of the ISRO G. Madhavan Nair has said that India's space programmes exemplify how space can be the harbinger of societal transformations.
- Republican Ideal Pickled Into Dogma (Hindu, Jonathan Freedland, Nov 10, 2005)
The French model of colour-blind integration gives racism a free hand.
- Indo-Pak Diplomatic Row Erupts (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Nov 10, 2005)
A teenaged son of a non-diplomatic staffer of Pakistan High Commission here was allegedly kidnapped by unidentified persons last evening — an incident which triggered diplomatic reverberations today.
- Building Education City (Tribune, Abhai Maurya, Nov 10, 2005)
The idea of creating an education city in Haryana is both a novel and classic one. The notion has extremely distinguished genealogical lineage. Oxford University, for instance, is basically a university city.
- Politics Can Wait, Hunger Can’T - Ii (Greater Kashmir, DR. ABID HUSSAIN, Nov 10, 2005)
Politicians help them no doubt, but in doing that their security creates a big hurdle. Better is to sympathise with victims at home and let volunteers do the ground work, suggests Dr. Abid Hussain
- Space To Grow (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Nov 09, 2005)
It’s not surprising that the Washington-based Spacenews questions the credentials of the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) as a commercial success.
- Games Of Life And Death (Telegraph, Tapas Majumdar, Nov 09, 2005)
What game theory says about terrorism and global warming
- Tcs Buys Chile Firm For $23 Mn (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Nov 09, 2005)
Chile firm is an established player in the pension processing space in Latin America.
- Private Hospitals (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 09, 2005)
From all that I hear of experiences of relatives and friends with the functioning of private hospitals, I get the impression that they are getting to be a law unto themselves.
- Success Of National Literacy Mission (Daily Excelsior, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 09, 2005)
The educational scene in 1947 was dismal. The literacy rate was just 14 per cent.
- Un Optimistic About Relief Efforts In Quake-Hit Areas (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Nov 09, 2005)
The United Nations has expressed optimism over relief efforts for the first time since the October 8 earthquake as the world has started fulfilling its pledges.
- Editorials (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 09, 2005)
No job to do
But this cloud may have a silver lining
- He Was In Search Of A Perfect Man (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Nov 09, 2005)
How did he portray the man who could reach perfection, Nasir Malik writes on Iqbal’s concept of Mard-e-Moomin
The idea of Perfect Man, Mard-e-Momin, Mard-e-Khuda, Sheikh, Kamil, Faqir, Band-e-Haq, Qalander and Banda-e-Hur are not unfamiliar.
- To Chart A New Course Of Action (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 09, 2005)
What are the implications of the current global human development trajectory for the millennium development goals?
- How Not To Woo Women Readers (Tribune, Jane Thynne, Nov 09, 2005)
All girls are housewives at heart. They like things to be pretty. They love baking and yoga. And while they enjoy their careers, what most secretly want is to stay at home and knit their own breast cancer cure.
- Well Begun (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Nov 09, 2005)
Ever since he has taken over on November 2 the new Chief Minister, Ghulam Nabi Azad, has been making all the right noises.
- Three Accords To Be Signed At Saarc Summit (Indian Express, PTI, Nov 09, 2005)
Three new trade facilitation agreements are expected to be signed at the 13th SAARC summit in Dhaka on November 12-13, which will be attended by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
- It’S Time We Saved Lives On Our Roads (Deccan Herald, JANARDHAN ROYE, Nov 09, 2005)
Improving infrastructure and awareness can only prevent loss of more lives on roads
- Tcs Buys Chilean Bpo Firm (Hindu, Special Correspondent, The Financial Express, Nov 09, 2005)
Tata Consultancy Services has acquired Comicrom, a Chilean business process outsourcing company (BPO) in banking and pensions, for $23 million.
- The Challenge Of Mental Illness (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 09, 2005)
Mental illness is deeply stigmatising. It cruelly deprives a large number of people of a socially satisfying and economically productive life.
- Tcs Picks Up Chile Bpo Firm For $23 M (Deccan Herald, DH news, Nov 09, 2005)
Tata Consultancy Services, on Tuesday, said it had acquired Chilean-based business process outsourcing (BPO) firm – Comicrom for US$23 million.
- Saarc To Focus On Terrorism (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 09, 2005)
The seven-nation South Asian summit, scheduled for Nov 12-13, is likely to focus on combating terrorism which is under international and regional spotlight. The necessity of stressing on terrorism was felt after the recent serial blasts in Bangladesh ....
- Locked Approach (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 09, 2005)
The symbolic opening at the Line of Control yesterday at Chakan da Bagh in the Poonch Sector, as part of Indo-Pak quake diplomacy, ended in security forces on the Pakistani side (Titrinote) firing tear gas shells on the large number of people who were ...
- Piercing The Veil On Volcker Committee And Iraq (Hindu, Prakash Karat, Nov 09, 2005)
The inquiries announced by the Government into the charges in the Volcker Committee report represent a correct step. But the exercise has brought Iraq and the brutal regime of U.N. sanctions back into the limelight.
- Educating Students For A Healthy Society (Hindu, R. Madhavan Nair, Nov 09, 2005)
Oushadheeyam - 2005 is an ambitious project of the Nambrathkara Upper Primary School in Kozhikode district to educate students on ways of identifying and cultivating medicinal plants.
- Media Minimising War Crimes In Iraq (Hindu, George Monbiot, Nov 09, 2005)
The reporting of the Iraqi death toll - both in its scale and account of who is doing the killing - is profoundly dishonest
- Slew Of Tourism Projects For Visakhapatnam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 09, 2005)
Tourism Department signs MoU with Vizag Beach Resorts
Beach resorts, theme parks, malls to come up
Marine helicopters, seaplanes (amphibians) to be provided for tourists
YSR reiterates commitment to develop Vizag as international tourist hub
- ‘Profit’ And ‘Education’ Do Go (Indian Express, S S Gill, Nov 09, 2005)
For most of us, “profiteering” is a dirty word. It becomes positively sinful when used in the context of education. The rapacity of private professional colleges charging exorbitant capitation fees has attracted great censure.
- Convert Pledges Into Commitments (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Nov 09, 2005)
Under-Secretary General of United Nations’ Humanitarian Assistance Programme Jan Egeland has made an urgent appeal to the UN member States to convert over one billion dollars of pledges into commitments and contribution in order to meet the ongoing . . .
- Liquidity Overhang — The Financial Reality (Business Line, Sumit K. Majumdar, Nov 08, 2005)
Even as India is starving for investments, especially in infrastructure, education and heath-care, there is enormous liquidity overhang in the economy.
- Increasing Public Expenditure On Education (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Nov 08, 2005)
The UPA Government has committed itself to increasing the share of public spending on education to 6 per cent of GDP. In this edition of Macroscan, C. P. Chandrasekhar and Jayati Ghosh assess the implications of this in relation to the evident social need
- Ill-Prepared For Bird-Flu (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 08, 2005)
India escaped Sars (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) in 2003 and remains as yet unaffected by the avian-flu. Mercifully, because the country is barely prepared to meet such health emergencies.
- Hospital Standards (Daily Excelsior, Dr Arun Sharma, Nov 08, 2005)
Recognizing that the care of the sick is their first responsibility, hospitals must at all times strive to provide the best care and treatment to those, who are in need of hospitalization.
- The Caribbean: Opportunities To Be Tapped (Business Line, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 08, 2005)
THE gravity model is often used to predict movement of people, information, and commodities between cities, countries and even continents.
- Goodbye Statutory Warning? (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Nov 08, 2005)
Off to a good start — with hot spiced tomato soup. And then — for digestion’s sake. . .
- Strategies For Acquiring Mutual Knowledge (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 08, 2005)
THE REPORT and interview with Umberto Eco on October 23 described the Pondicherry meeting of the group promoting Transcultura, strategies for acquiring mutual knowledge.
- The Virtues Of Fractionating Blood (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 08, 2005)
Approximately seven million units of human blood are needed in India every year for transfusion purposes but only 4.5 million units are available, according to the Union Health Minister.
- A Wing-Wing Strategy (Indian Express, Jasjit Singh, Nov 08, 2005)
The decision of the Left parties to publicly demonstrate and try to disrupt the India-USA air exercises being held in West Bengal raises many doubts,
- For Those Who Love The Beauty Of Nature (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Nov 08, 2005)
It’s a charming valley which need be explored, A R Bhat writes on the topography, history and the landscape of a lovely piece of land called Gurez
- The Hit And Run Media (Daily Excelsior, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 08, 2005)
The Oxford dictionary explains it as 'denoting a road accident from which the perpetrator escapes before being discovered and without lending assistance or, denoting an attack or aggressive enterprise from which the aggressor withdraws rapidly on achievin
- The Road To N(i)rwana! (Tribune, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 08, 2005)
A weekend visit to Sirsa with a driver new to the route turned out to be a bittersweet experience.
- Insurgency In Nepal -By Jr Mukherjee (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 08, 2005)
According to Prachanda, general secretary Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), the Nepalese Maoists see their armed struggle, based on Marxism-Leninism-Maoism, from three perspectives — international, Nepalese and Indian.
- A Wise Decision (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 08, 2005)
The Pakistan government has done well to delay the deal with the US for the purchase of 75 F-16s.
- Freedoms Under Attack (Dawn, Charles Kennedy, Nov 08, 2005)
A crucial division of opinion is opening up in Britain between the party of civil liberties and the party of authoritarianism.
- China’S War On Terrorism (Dawn, Anwer Mooraj, Nov 08, 2005)
Tragedy does at times bring adversaries closer together, even those with vastly different ideologies.
- Pandemic Planning (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 08, 2005)
President Bush has called it a “crash programme.” Mike Leavitt, the secretary of health and human services, used the word “blueprint.” Unfortunately,
- Caring For The Injured (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 08, 2005)
That about 200 earthquake survivors have died while under treatment for their injuries is disturbing but not all that unexpected given the magnitude of the problem and shortage of facilities for care.
- The Two Modern Scourges (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 08, 2005)
At the start of the 21st century we live in a divided world.
- Politicking On Human Misery (Greater Kashmir, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 08, 2005)
Let’s not fish in the troubled waters by making political use of a sheer human tragedy, comments Col. Riaz Jafri (Retd)
- Pleasing The Boss (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 08, 2005)
A stunning and incisive indictment of the system of assessment and selection for promotion in the armed forces, among other things, has been published in the War College Journal of the Army War College (AWC) in Mhow.
- Why Is The Economy Doing So Well? (Business Standard, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 08, 2005)
The gap between commentary and performance could hardly be starker. As the UPA government enters its middle period, the absence of political support for economic reform has been widely noted.
- India Opens Border, Pok Shouts For Freedom, Pakistan Cops Shoot (Express India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2005)
Pakistani police fired tear gas and shots to disperse hundreds of villagers trying to approach a border crossing with India alongside Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir after it was opened to facilitate earthquake relief efforts.
- Afghan Governor Survives Suicide Attack (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2005)
A suicide bomber tried to kill the Helmand governor on Monday by detonating an explosives-filled vehicle as he was going to work, officials said.
- Voters Waking Up After Four Years (Hindu, Naomi Wolf, Nov 08, 2005)
George Bush made his white constituency feel good about themselves, but no longer. Citizens are rediscovering democracy.
- The State Withdraws — At What Cost? (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 08, 2005)
The game plan appears to be to let private players seek profit in the space vacated by the state, especially in the social sectors.
- Natwar Favours Reversal Of Iran Vote (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Nov 07, 2005)
"Nothing will prevent us from raising our voice"
Not an apologist for government of Saddam Hussein
Hopes U.S. will be able to see nuclear deal through
Appeals to African countries to close ranks with India
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