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Articles 14621 through 14720 of 20587:
- Crime In Uniform (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 26, 2005)
Prompt and exemplary action the only answer
- Army Can’T Lower Guard (Tribune, Gen V.P. Malik (retd), Oct 26, 2005)
ON October 8, seismic fault-lines made a mockery of the ceasefire line that was drawn 56 years ago between the Indian and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). This map delineation,
- To Douse The Raging Forest Fire (Telegraph, MAHESH RANGARAJAN, Oct 26, 2005)
Instead of shelving the tribal bill, legislators can rework it to reconcile tribals’ claims to justice with the nation’s ecological concerns, writes Mahesh Rangarajan The author is an environmental historian. He has recently co-authored the book, . . .
- Inflation Vaccine From Reddy's Lab (Business Line, Ajit Ranade, Oct 26, 2005)
The Reserve Bank's policy mandate has always been a tightrope walk between multiple objectives. These are ensuring price stability, guaranteeing adequate credit for the economy and for the government's borrowing, and sustaining high growth.
- High-Level Panel Constituted To Monitor Disaster Management (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2005)
Chief Secretary B.K. Das heads committee to coordinate administrative measures
Task forces constituted for relief measures in Bangalore and its outskirts
Thanisandra, Bommanahalli, Krishnarajapuram, Hosur Road and Puttenahalli worst affected
- Dengue Situation Not Alarming: Expert (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2005)
11 people have died of the disease over the past two months
- Administrative Reforms Experience (Hindu, P. K. Doraiswamy, Oct 25, 2005)
Papers on administrative reforms and good practices attempted in the urban, power, transport and social sectors in India
- License Must For Bird Flu Medicine (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2005)
Taking note of the threat from bird flu, which is already at “the country’s border”, the government on Monday said it was considering compulsory licensing for medicine to fight the disease so that there was no shortage of the drug in the event . . .
- World Body To Fight Bird Flu (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2005)
International Poultry Council (IPC) — a global poultry association — has been formed to fight bird flu worldwide and help poultry industries cooperate with each other to resolve issues that affect them all.
- New Weapon Against Dengue Mosquitoes (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2005)
Killing the enemy by luring it to an ambush is a well-known method used by the army.
- Correcting Time (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 25, 2005)
The sharp correction in the sensitive index over the last couple of weeks is a natural corollary of its earlier meteoric rise.
- Protecting The Vulnerable (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Oct 25, 2005)
In his October 18 address to the nation — the second in a few days — President Pervez Musharraf explained why it had taken so long for the agencies of the government to reach the entire population affected by the earthquake of October 8.
- Deadly Warning (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 25, 2005)
IN a chilling warning, the regional office of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared that a threat of an influenza pandemic arising out of the bird flu outbreak was not only real,
- Loc-Opening Talks On 29th (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2005)
* FO says Army responded promptly to quake
* India delays opening LoC relief camps
- Where Were The Nazims? (Dawn, Masud Mufti, Oct 25, 2005)
These lines are not about myself but about (a) the defunct system of district administration, and (b) the initial response to the earthquake of October 8, 2005. I am merely a narrator with first hand experience of the former.
- Honing Skills And Capabilities (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 25, 2005)
Extracts from the government of India’s status report on Disaster Management in India, August 2004
- Nato’S Unusual, Quick Response (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 25, 2005)
Two weeks after the devastating earthquake which hit Pakistan’s northern areas, European governments and relief agencies are working around the clock to deliver urgently-needed relief supplies to the quake-hit areas.
- Need For Action (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Oct 25, 2005)
The Chief Justice of India-designate, Justice Y.K. Sabharwal, has correctly summed up the prevalent general feeling in the country that the rich and mighty manage to go scot-free if corruption cases are prolonged in courts of law.
- French Model Shows Signs Of Stress (Tribune, Sebastian Rotella, Oct 25, 2005)
After taking office this summer, French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin promised “economic patriotism’’ would drive his effort to revive a battered government and slumping economy.
- Government Negligence Makes Children Die (Daily Excelsior, Vikram Sinha, Oct 25, 2005)
For the last 27-year Japanese Encephalitis (JE) takes a heavy toll in eastern Uttar Pradesh and adjoining western Bihar, and the victims are children.
- Threat From Skies (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Oct 25, 2005)
Will India including our State face this invasion? This question has started worrying the Union Government and experts alike.
- March With Time Or Stagnate (Deccan Herald, Maloy Krishna Dhar, Oct 25, 2005)
India’s intelligence agencies need to modernise themselves by changing recruitment policies and training methods
- Relief: Team To Visit Pakistan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2005)
Talks to facilitate cooperation in providing relief to the earthquake victims
Pakistan suggests five crossing points to facilitate two-way movement
India proposes relief-cum-medical centres close to the Line of Control
- Book On South Indian Art Released (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2005)
`Southern Axis' contains biographical sketches of artists and their paintings
- Open Loc (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Oct 25, 2005)
New Delhi’s reluctance to open the LoC for relief operations has shocked the people on either side of the divide. Islamabad’s proposal (in reaction to Indian offer) had come at a time when some parts of Pakistan administered Kashmir (PAK) are in dire need
- Karzai Offers Quake Help (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Oct 25, 2005)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Monday expressed grief over the deaths and destruction in PoK. After an aerial survey of the areas affected there and the North West Frontier Province (NFWP), he met President Pervez Musharraf in Islamabad and .....
- Wider Choices, Smarter Development (Hindu, Maxine Olson, Oct 24, 2005)
Solution Exchange, a unique experiment by the United Nations, provides an impartial platform for exchange of knowledge and ideas among development practitioners.
- Will Rbi Governor Stay The Course? (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Oct 24, 2005)
For the financial sector as much as for the common man, the level of interest rates and the stance of monetary policy are critical. With inflationary pressures rising and the current account gap widening, . . .
- When In Rome, Do As The Romans Do (Business Line, Mohan Murti, Oct 24, 2005)
The cultural aspects of doing business in Europe are often subtle, but they are reflected in business contracts between European and Indian enterprises. Since both cultures are deeply rooted in tradition, neither can be changed easily.
- India, Pakistan Inch Towards Quake Aid Cooperation (Reuters, David Brunnstrom, Oct 24, 2005)
International efforts to help survivors of Pakistan's devastating earthquake gathered momentum on Sunday as aid officials warned time was running out for untold numbers of survivors.
- Pakistan And India Work Towards Reconciling The Loc Crossing In Kashmir (India Daily, Sudhir Chadda, Oct 24, 2005)
Indian Foreign Ministry spokesman Navtej Sarna indicated late Saturday that New Delhi was willing to work with Pakistan's proposal,
- A Media, More User Friendly (Indian Express, Amrita Shah, Oct 24, 2005)
It is a chicken and egg situation. Without the relentless coverage by the media, many of the world’s disasters would have passed by us unnoticed.
- Pakistan's Friends, Foes Urge More Quake Aid (Reuters, David Brunnstrom, Oct 24, 2005)
Efforts to reach stranded villagers in Pakistan's northern mountains gathered pace on Monday after the country's friends and foes both urged help for up to 3 million survivors of the Oct. 8 earthquake.
- A Race To Woo The Undecided Voter (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Oct 24, 2005)
Winning over the uncommitted Sinhalese is critical given Sri Lanka's ethnic mix.
- Health For All (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 24, 2005)
The State Govt should properly utilise the World Bank aid, for rural healthcare
- Britain Presses For Eu Ban On Live Wild Bird Imports (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Oct 24, 2005)
The British Government is leaving no stone unturned to prevent an outbreak of avian flu. To begin with, it is trying to drum up support for a EU ban on import of wild birds.
- Focus On Electromagnetic Rays: Kalam (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2005)
In the wake of the devastating earthquake on the western border, President A P J Abdul Kalam has asked scientists to conduct research on the electromagnetic spectrum – consisting of the infra-red, ultra-violet and visual range of light . . .
- Battles Change, Wars Don’T (Dawn, Victor Davis Hanson, Oct 24, 2005)
Modernists like to believe that we have entered an entirely new era of armed conflict.
- Iran’S Quest For N-Energy (Dawn, Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Oct 24, 2005)
A new book Lawless World by Professor Philippe Sands of University College, London, claims that in a telephone conversation with Tony Blair on January 30, 2003, President Bush stated that he “wanted to go beyond Iraq in dealing with WMD proliferation”
- Parties Sans Democracy (Tribune, G.S. Bhargava, Oct 24, 2005)
Perhaps, it was Khushwant Singh who recently raised in his popular column two pertinent points:
- Indian Army To Use Mules, Copters To Set Up Relief Camps (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2005)
The Indian army in Kashmir will use mules and helicopters to ensure planned relief camps for earthquake survivors from the Pakistan zone of the divided region are operational by Tuesday, an army spokesman said.
- For Health Gains, High Intensity Not Necessary (Tribune, John Briley, Oct 24, 2005)
Baffled or annoyed by the federal government’s 30-minutes-per-day-of-moderate-exercise-five-days-per-week dictum? A new study suggests that clearing a lower bar offers significant health benefits.
- India Opens Aid Camps On Indian Side Of Loc. . . (India Daily, Mohammed Akhtar, Oct 24, 2005)
It was a great gestured by India. It will save a lot of life in Kashmir.
- Shock Recovery (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2005)
Government must come forward and do everything possible so that the damage can be adequately compensated, comments Iram Mushtaq
- Nato Assistance (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 24, 2005)
Pakistan has conveyed in principle its acceptance of the NATO offer of deployment of its 1000 personnel of reinforced engineering battalion for reconstruction of the destroyed infrastructure such as shelter, hospitals, roads, bridges, schools . . .
- Three Evils That Irk The World (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Oct 24, 2005)
It is no more a secret that fake currency, hawala and narcotics are playing a dirty role on either side of the Pir Panjal.
- Cooperative Societies Need Restructuring: Chidambaram (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2005)
"Newer forms of credit delivery need to be identified'
- What About The Right To Care? (Hindu, VANDANA GOPIKUMAR, Oct 23, 2005)
The homeless mentally ill may be invisible but they belong to society and society needs to take care of them
- Lessons From The Earthquake (Daily Excelsior, Dr. Jitendra Singh, Oct 23, 2005)
Jammu and Kashmir is in news once again. For reasons not welcome by any means and yet not to be ignored by any means.
- Open Up Loc At 5 Points, Urges Pak (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Oct 23, 2005)
Pakistan today finally came up with a formal proposal for the opening up of the LoC for facilitating relief and rehabilitation work in earthquake-affected areas and suggested five crossing points at the LoC, two more than what India suggested almost simul
- The Art Of Making Fine Tea (Tribune, Humra Quraishi, Oct 23, 2005)
The Foundation for Unity of Religions and Enlightened Citizenship (FUREC) which was launched last year has some prominent personalities associated with it — President of India Abdul Kalam, Jain monk Acharya Mahaprajna, academic Sudhamahi Regunathan, Maula
- Hurriyat Will Think Ten Times Before Next (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Oct 23, 2005)
India tonight responded positively to Pakistan’s proposal of opening five crossings at the Line of Control to facilitate relief and rehabilitation work in earthquake-affected areas and said these could be reconciled with the offer made by it.
- Countering The Dowry Menace (Tribune, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 23, 2005)
The practice of giving dakshina during marriage had its origin in the sublime sentiments of parents and relatives of a bride.
- Treating Women's Health (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 23, 2005)
Without formal education and facing great odds, Parmaben has succeeded in her mission to bring healthcare to Kutchi women.
- Truly A Life-Changing Experience (Hindu, SHALINI UMACHANDRAN, Oct 23, 2005)
It is a warm story of a little boy, an orphan with a fairly serious health problem, who takes over the lives of an elderly, childless couple who believe they have seen, done and experienced pretty much everything.
- India, Pakistan Joint Statement After Natwar Singh, Khurshid Kasuri Meeting (Hindu, Special Correspondent, The Hindu, Oct 23, 2005)
This is the text of the Joint Statement issued at the conclusion of the meeting of Foreign Ministers of Pakistan and India.
- The Enigma Of Values (Dawn, Anwar Syed, Oct 23, 2005)
SOME three weeks ago, a gentleman who is a member of the Human Rights Commission in Pakistan sent me the following account of an incident that had occurred in a village called Bhila Hithar (Kasur district).
- Nato Offer Accepted (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 23, 2005)
Pakistan on Saturday said it had accepted an offer by Nato to deploy its forces in quake-affected areas “mainly for reconstruction” of destroyed infrastructure.
- Threat Of Avian Flu (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 23, 2005)
ONE does not know how real is the threat of an outbreak of avian flu among humans in Pakistan, or elsewhere for that matter.
- Asia-Pacific Countries Vigilant To Avoid Bird-Flu (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2005)
The UN’s point man on bird flu has warned that migrating towl appear more susceptible to the disease, while Asia-Pacific countries banned poultry imports and discussed readiness plans that could involve sealing borders.
- Tragedy & Photo Sessions (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 23, 2005)
THE nation stands united to face the unprecedented natural calamity of its history. Every individual and every segment of the society is trying its level best to be of some help to overcome the delicate situation and extend a helping hand in relief activi
- Engaging Parliament In Tackling Aids (Tribune, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 23, 2005)
On a sultry evening last June, politicians and leaders cutting across party lines, both men and women, had come together to strategize a response to the HIV epidemic.
- A Temple Dedicated To The Arts (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2005)
Trisshur Pooram festival attracts lakhs of people to Trisshur every year. Harish Halemane visits the temple which is famous among not only pilgrims, but also theatre-lovers.
- India, Pakistan Inch Towards Quake Aid Cooperation (Reuters, David Brunnstrom, Oct 23, 2005)
International efforts to help survivors of Pakistan's devastating earthquake gathered momentum on Sunday as aid officials warned time was running out for untold numbers of survivors.
- Asia Grapples With Rural Poverty Despite High Growth (Reuters, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 23, 2005)
In a remote village in northern India, a group of women try to save just 10 rupees each every month. Sometimes even that isn't easy.
- Pakistan Death Toll Over 51,000 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2005)
Up to 51,300 people had been killed and 74,500 injured in the devastating quake that hit Pakistan and PoK on October 8.
- Fiis Are Here To Stay, Says Chidambaram (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2005)
In calendar 2005, the FDI inflows witnessed a 14 per cent growth at $2.57 billion. Despite this, the darker side to the FDI story is that India gets a fraction of what China gets.
- No Special Concessions Sought From Government, Says Infosys (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2005)
IT major comes out with details of land allotment
- Bad Economics, Worse Politics (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2005)
India must count it as a blessing that it has taken more than 50 years of Independence for elites in several parts of the country to seek to impose their `two-child norm' on the right to contest elections to local bodies.
- Tamil Nationalists Honoured (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2005)
Stamps released on Thiru. Vi. Ka., Desika Vinayakam and Ayothee Thass Pandithar
- Water Scarcity May Lead To Wars (Daily Excelsior, M M Munshi, Oct 22, 2005)
It is almost impossible to imagine that the total area of water on earth's surface is about 114 crore Square Kilometers but this immense quantity is of little use as 96.5% of it is brakish.
- Keep The Public Informed (Deccan Herald, TRILOCHAN SASTRY, Oct 22, 2005)
The real issue is about ensuring essential services like water and power supply at affordable prices for all citizens
- Bird Flu (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 22, 2005)
Vigilance in controlling the disease can arrest its spread
- Us Approves First Brain Stem Cell Transplant (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2005)
US Federal regulators have approved what would be the first transplant of fetal stem cells into human brains, a procedure that if successful could open the door to treating a host of neural disorders.
- Motor Vibrator Regulating The Flow Into A Screw Feeder (Business Line, D. Murali , Oct 22, 2005)
What is usually a simple thing for most of us is often complex for the taxman. One such problem was about `motor-vibrator with actuator', that came up in the Western India Plywoods Ltd vs Collector of Customs, Cochin case. Interestingly, . . .
- Lack Of Cohesion (Greater Kashmir, BASHIR ASSAD, Oct 22, 2005)
Disjointed system of relief won’t do. Agencies will have to cooperate and coordinate to ensure that nothing unfair happens while helping the quake hit people,
- India To Test Migratory Birds For Avian Flu (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2005)
Thousands of migratory birds due to nest near lakes in eastern India from next week will be monitored for signs of avian flu infection, authorities said on Friday.
- The Void In Mumbai’S Heart (Indian Express, MILIND DEORA, Oct 22, 2005)
The Bombay High Court’s recent judgment on Mumbai’s mill lands has sparked off a serious debate on how Mumbai should be developed.
- Two Weeks On, Some Quake Survivors Still Cut Off (Reuters, David Brunnstrom, Oct 22, 2005)
Pakistani soldiers and international aid workers were trying on Saturday to reach earthquake survivors in remote mountain hamlets still stranded two weeks after the quake killed more than 50,000.
- The Cost Of Reconstruction (Dawn, Kaiser Bengali, Oct 22, 2005)
The October 8 earthquake will be long remembered as a cataclysmic event in Pakistan’s history for a very long time to come.
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