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Articles 14821 through 14920 of 20587:
- Rising Death Toll Of Deadly Quake (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 18, 2005)
Federal Relief Commissioner Maj Gen Farooq Ahmed has said that death toll in the killer earthquake has risen to 39,422 with 65,000 persons suffering injuries.
- Additional Funding For Quake Victims (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2005)
The European Commission on Monday decided to allocate another 10 million euros for the victims of the quake a week after the killer temblor devastated parts of India and Pakistan.
- Politicising Aids (Daily Excelsior, Jyotsna Pandit, Oct 18, 2005)
The global spread of Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is triggering a dangerous epidemic of blame and racial prejudice.
- The Killer Wave And Its Aftermath (Hindu, SURESH NAMBATH, Oct 18, 2005)
First person account of the tsunami from the time this journalist was shocked out of his holiday in Sri Lanka
- Sebi Squashes Private Takeovers Of Ses (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2005)
Reacting to news that the Delhi Stock Exchange (DSE) was working on a deal to give up 51 per cent stake in the exchange to strategic investors,
- They Were Progressive (Hindu, S. SRINIVAS, Oct 18, 2005)
Councillors in the pre-Corporation era exhibited amazing sensitivity to issues far beyond their immediate geography
- Banks Must Re-Invent Sme Financing (Business Line, P. P. Pathrose, Oct 18, 2005)
Small and medium enterprises are the engines of growth in an economy. But as the sector is characterised by information asymmetries and high processing costs, banks are reluctant to lend to SMEs.
- Haryana Launches Rs. 700-Crore Drinking Water Scheme (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2005)
Programme to cover 1971 villages; to be implemented by next year
- India To Help Vietnam Develop Energy, Healthcare To Boost Overall Development (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2005)
Indian Minister of State for External Affairs Rao Singh said India is willing to help Vietnam develop the energy industry in addition to health care, education and science.
- Many More To Die If Not Taken Care Of (Daily Times, Irfan Ghauri and Zulfiqar Ghumman, Oct 17, 2005)
With death, destruction and disease all around, the homeless survivors of the catastrophic earthquake in Azad Kashmir are faced with further misery as the winter sets in, with the rain already pouring and snow expected in a few weeks.
- On A Wing And A Prayer (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 17, 2005)
It would be wrong, though understandable, for public concern about the threat from avian flu to be rising. It would be understandable because even international experts have given widely different estimates of the risk.
- Shoot Down The Flu (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Oct 17, 2005)
It would be funny if it were not so serious. As migra-tory birds carry the avian influenza virus west across Europe, Britain is following in the footsteps of Russia, Ukraine, Romania and Turkey and asking hunters to shoot down as many incoming ducks. . .
- Now And Again: Live Well, Live Long (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 17, 2005)
Where no physical violence is involved, I am a reasonably courageous person.
- People’S Welfare (Statesman, AK BASU, Oct 17, 2005)
The Right of Citizens to Information has come into operation. Withholding information from natives suited the rulers of India before 1947.
- Quake-Proof Construction (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 17, 2005)
The damage reportedly caused to a number of buildings as a result of the powerful earthquake that also shook Islamabad, Lahore and Peshawar besides causing extensive damage in the Frontier and Azad Kashmir should serve as a wake-up call for the civic. . .
- Why Every Community Needs Capital (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Oct 17, 2005)
Beyond the stage of economic infancy, every community needs capital (and capitalists) to grow higher. At that stage, a wise polity will cultivate capitalists;
- Making Good Manners A Part Of Core Competence (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Oct 17, 2005)
Bringing about change can be tough. New CEOs come in hoping to put their stamp on the organisation and some even last long enough to try their hand at it.
- Sonia’S Code (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 17, 2005)
The party may just need such counsel
- Wto: The Countdown To Hong Kong (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Oct 17, 2005)
The developing countries — which have a strong stake in the continued healthy functioning of the WTO — are placed in a tight corner in that they will have to make major compromises if they want the Hong Kong ministerial to succeed and, in the process, ...
- Banking On Technology (Business Line, K.G. Kumar, Oct 17, 2005)
Last week, a quartet of interesting developments pointed to the possibility of a developmental shift in favour of a technology-driven thrust to Kerala's industrialisation.
- Relief Helicopter Crashes In Pok, Six On Board Killed (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Oct 17, 2005)
Torrential rain, early snowfall disrupt relief operations
Bad weather, technical fault could have caused crash
Death toll likely to rise further: Musharraf
- Science And India's Agricultural Future (Hindu, M.S. Swaminathan, Oct 17, 2005)
A three-pronged strategy is needed — sustaining the gains already achieved, extending them to rainfed areas, and ensuring new gains through diversification and value addition.
- Now They Have To Battle The Cold (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Oct 17, 2005)
Survivors of the Kashmir earthquake face a brutal challenge: the Himalayan winter.
- Nobel For Elbaradei (Tribune, T.P. Sreenivasan, Oct 17, 2005)
Nobel Prizes, particularly the Peace Prize, have not been free of controversies.
- Future Of Relations With China (Dawn, Javid Husain, Oct 17, 2005)
'China-Pakistan relationship is coming to an end?’ was the provocative title of the paper presented by a Chinese scholar at a seminar on Pakistan-China relations, recently organized by the Area Study Centre, . . .
- Mixed Signal From Economic Front (Hindu, C. R. L. Narasimhan, Oct 17, 2005)
Premature to infer a higher growth trajectory
The key issue is really one of sustaining the high growth seen in the first quarter. That is going to be challenging if the past is any guide.
- Divisions In Sunni Ranks (Hindu, Peter Beaumont, Oct 17, 2005)
Many in Iraq's minority feel that after boycotts the time is ripe for compromise. That is why some voted for the constitution on Saturday.
- High-End Durables Set For Higher Growth (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2005)
Growing preference among consumers for high-end, branded technology products would lead the Indian consumer durables segment to achieve a healthy double digit growth in 2005-2006 fiscal, according to a survey by FICCI.
- Parties Sans Democracy (Deccan Herald, G S Bhargava, Oct 17, 2005)
Most political parties in the country today are either family affairs or are plagued by infighting
- There Is Greater Scope For Joint Tourism Package: Jayakumar (Hindu, T.S. Shankar, Oct 17, 2005)
`Deccan tourism circuit package covering southern States mooted'
- An Effective Legal Remedy To Check Domestic Violence (Tribune, Mandeep Tiwana, Oct 16, 2005)
The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Bill, passed by Parliament recently, represents a watershed for women’s rights.
- How Growers Can Earn More (Tribune, P.S. Rangi, Oct 16, 2005)
The farm technology introduced in Punjab in the mid-1960s has resulted in a manifold increase in agricultural production, particularly in the case of wheat and rice.
- U.S. Approves Home Test Kit For Hiv (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2005)
The first rapid home test kit for HIV has been approved in the U.S., after years of controversy and fears that people who find they are infected may kill themselves
- Bird Flu May Mutate To Humans: U.N. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2005)
The Asian flu of 1957-58 and the Hong Kong flu of 1968-69 each killed more than 1 million people
- To Have Yet Not To Hold (Deccan Herald, Rosalind Ezhil K , Oct 16, 2005)
The book deals with tricky matter and gives an impression that inter-country adoptions are unqualified successes.
- Kalam On Improving Medicare For Rural Areas (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2005)
The eye hospitals across the country should be networked to offer teleopthalmology services particularly in rural areas.
- Gail Plans Petro Complex (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2005)
Kochi project to have Rs. 7,000 cr. outlay
- Curioser And Curioser... (Deccan Herald, CHITTARANJAN ANDRADE, Oct 16, 2005)
The story of an autistic boy’s journey to find a killer that ends in personal discovery and a surprising revelation.
- Smoking On Screen (Daily Excelsior, Dr. Jitendra Singh, Oct 16, 2005)
Many years ago, in his heyday, when someone asked Dilip Kumar why he was never seen smoking on the screen,
- Bar Condemns Attack On Detainees (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Oct 16, 2005)
The Jammu Kashmir High Court Bar Association has strongly condemned manhandling of detainees in centraljail by the jail authorities and guards last week.
- Pakistan Puts Earthquake Toll At 38,000 (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2005)
Rain has hit rescue and relief operations in Muzaffarabad. There were also reports of landslides which blocked many a road.
- Kalam Meets Tanzanian Children (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2005)
After initiating the process of transforming their lives, President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, in a touching gesture on his birthday, briefly met Tanzanian children, who were in the city to undergo surgeries to correct congenital heart defects (CHDs).
- Who Will Take Care Of The Quake-Hit Children? (Hindu, Luv Puri , Oct 16, 2005)
If things had been normal, six-year-old Majaz Khan with his wounds would have returned to his home with his parents.
- State Will Consider Cut In Luxury Tax: Jayalalithaa (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2005)
Master plan incorporating development features for Chennai being finalised
- Pok Pm Says Toll In Worst-Hit Region Over 40,000 (Press Trust of India, K J M Varma, Oct 16, 2005)
Over 40,000 people have died in Pakistan occupied Kashmir alone in last week's devastating earthquake and the toll in the region could go upto 80,000, PoK Prime Minister Sikander Hayat Khan was today quoted as saying.
- India And Us Likely To Sign S&t Umbrella Agreement Next Week (Deccan Herald, KALYAN RAY, Oct 16, 2005)
There have been several Indo-US science pacts in recent past. But they don’t include research and are limited only to exchange of scientists.
- A Generous Response (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 16, 2005)
The news from earthquake-stricken Pakistan gets steadily worse. Initially the death toll was estimated at 20,000, making the disaster 20 times more lethal than Hurricane Katrina.
- Taking The Peace Process Forward (Dawn, Talat Masood, Oct 16, 2005)
As India and Pakistan prepare to enter the third phase of the composite dialogue, it is important to asses how far the two countries have moved forward since the initiation of the peace process, and what impact this has had on the security and strategic.
- Save Skims (Greater Kashmir, DR. IMTIYAZ, Oct 16, 2005)
DR. IMTIYAZ ADDRESSES HIS WORDS TO THE PRESIDENT OF INDIA AND APPEALS HIM TO SAVE A PRESTIGIOUS INSTITUTION FROM FURTHER DESTRUCTION
- Pinter To Continue Anti-War Campaign (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Oct 15, 2005)
Acceptance speech to deal with the "state of the world'' in the light of Iraq and Afghanistan
- It, Prosperity And Equity (Deccan Herald, Rajesh Kochhar, Oct 15, 2005)
IT firms should catch people young and train them to their own requisites, rather than lose talent to one another
- Hope In Hell (Indian Express, Mansoor Ijaz, Oct 15, 2005)
This weekend’s devastating earthquake in northern Pakistan reminds us once again of Mother Nature’s overpowering capacity to humble mankind.
- Who Shakes World Conscience (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 15, 2005)
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), the earthquake which struck northern Pakistan and Azad Kashmir on Saturday last, was a bigger catastrophe than last year’s tsunami in terms of the number of people made homeless and the extent of destructi
- An Attack That Was Waiting To Happen? (Hindu, Akhmet Yarlykapov, Oct 15, 2005)
By mid-2004 the situation had changed dramatically. The actions of the law-enforcement authorities were feeding discontent.
- Air Pollution Research Centre Opened (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2005)
This is sixth of 22 centres planned by GAIL in as many cities
Centre set up at a cost of Rs.20 lakhs at MNJ Institute of Oncology
To work as R and D to develop facilities for research and diagnosis besides treatment
- Focus Turns To Survivors As Rescuers Pack Up (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2005)
International rescue teams began leaving Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) on Friday, nearly a week after the devastating earthquake, as efforts shift to keeping survivors alive with a Himalayan winter just weeks away.
- Tentage Cities (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 15, 2005)
The Federal Cabinet, in its meeting on Thursday, decided to establish tentage cities and villages in the quake affected areas of the NWFP and Azad Kashmir.
- Remote Villages Cry For Aid (Deccan Herald, Zahoor Malik, Oct 15, 2005)
It’s almost a week since the deadly quake stuck but relief is yet to reach some remote villages of this border belt. Reason: Rough terrain accompanied by bad weather.
- The Rupee Flux (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 15, 2005)
Not many share the fret in the foreign exchange market over the rupee dropping to Rs 44.96 against the dollar as forward premiums, a sure indicator of dollar demand, are still low at between 0.75 per cent for three months and one per cent for a year.
- Hostages Saved, 70 Rebels Killed In Russian City (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2005)
The deployment of hundreds of troops in Nalchik, the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, has turned the region into a war zone.
- Politics Of Food Set To Heat Up (Tribune, John Hepburn, Oct 15, 2005)
World Food Day (October 15) is a time of the year to reflect on where our food comes from,
- Seduction Of Solitude (Tribune, Suchita Malik, Oct 15, 2005)
Almost everybody, rich or famous, the page 3 stuff or VIP or even otherwise, is a regular with brisk walks along the lake in all seasons.
- Sparser South (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 15, 2005)
SMALL family, happy family” is the fount on which India’s family welfare nee planning campaign is based.
- Inequality In India (Daily Excelsior, Ramesh Kanitkar, Oct 15, 2005)
It will take India another hundred years to become part of the developed world.
- Thoughts On A Quake (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Oct 15, 2005)
The Recent terrestrial shock in the north-western part of the subcontinent is said to have taken 40,000-50,000 lives, a toll which is by no means final and could rise even higher if the view of eyewitnesses is taken into account.
- Craving For Power (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Oct 15, 2005)
There was this former President of India, a very distinguished man indeed he was.
- Forgotten Pioneer By Jagmohan (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 15, 2005)
Hardly anyone in present-day India knows that the Grand Old Man of India, Dadabhai Naoroji, and the legendary English “Lady with a Lamp”,
- Taking Care Of The Orphans (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 15, 2005)
As officials scramble to ascertain the number of children killed during last week’s earthquake, images of dazed and bewildered children are particularly heart-wrenching.
- Mere Rhetoric Will Not Do (Dawn, Afzaal Mahmood, Oct 15, 2005)
Despite the positive role on which the recent talks between the foreign ministers of Pakistan and India ended, and notwithstanding the claim that the second round of the composite dialogue was more successful than the first one, the fact remains . . .
- Who’S Gouging Whom? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 15, 2005)
If you think the five major oil companies are gouging you, you are not necessarily paranoid.
- Silence Of Oic (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 15, 2005)
Pakistan — an important member of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) — is passing through a most critical phase of its existence.
- Time For Stocktaking (Dawn, Prof Mohammed Rafi, Oct 14, 2005)
Ramazan comes every year to remind us that it is not a month of mere fasting but a time to re-assess our commitment to God for upholding and practising His directives as revealed in the Quran.
- Survivors’ Health Problems (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 14, 2005)
Six days after Saturday’s devastating earthquake hit northern Pakistan and threw the country in a state of shock, the survivors are still in desperate straits.
- Propagate Gandhi's Views On Hinduism (Daily Excelsior, Jagmohan , Oct 14, 2005)
On Gandhi's birthday (Oct 2), instead of going round the 'Samadhis' and attending prayer meetings ritualistically, . . .
- Rural Love, Urban Life (Hindu, HI. SHI. RAMCHANDRE GOWDA, Oct 14, 2005)
In H.L. Nagegowda's passing away, the world of folk arts has lost one of its most ardent votaries
- In Search Of Money, We Lose Peace (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 14, 2005)
A bad bargain indeed. We leave our parents to die. We push ourselves to desperation by leaving our home to earn more and more outside.
- Tu Hi Kashi Tu Hi Kaaba (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Oct 14, 2005)
India is a mystic land which has given birth to a number of spiritual luminaries amongst whom Sai Baba of Shirdi shines like a dazzling pole stat.
- Women And Indian Media (Daily Excelsior, Sweta Patwardhan, Oct 14, 2005)
Significant changes have taken place in the Indian media in the last decade, and more than a few relate to women.
- The Great Indian Laughter Challenge (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Oct 14, 2005)
If you decide that 75 per cent of the country does not make news, you're shrinking your potential zone of coverage. And if you decree that only a small section of the other 25 per cent does, you've painted yourself into a corner.
- Doing Business The Boeing Way (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Oct 14, 2005)
The company offers product-related facilities and joint ventures to offset part of the cost of a purchase.
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