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Articles 15521 through 15620 of 20587:
- Power Reforms Unplugged? (Business Line, Anjali Garg, Sep 16, 2005)
The proposed amendment to the Electricity Act, 2003 to remove the provision for elimination of cross-subsidies and give time for further extension for the reorganisation of State Electricity Boards (SEBs) will negate the very objective with which power...
- Competition Vs Regulation — The Best Way Forward (Business Line, Pradeep S. Mehta, Sep 16, 2005)
In the current draft amendment Bill on the Competition Act, the government has proposed mandatory consultation for regulators with the competition authority, as against the earlier provision of `may' consult.
- Dialogue And The Need To Transcend Conflictual Religiosity (Deccan Herald, Valson Thampu , Sep 16, 2005)
We practice our own religions so aggressively that we soon become oblivious to the need for spiritual wholeness.
- We Stand Or Fall Together: Annan (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 16, 2005)
'Millions of lives, and the hopes of billions, rest on the implementation of the pledges to fight poverty, disease, illiteracy and terrorism.'
- India Stamps On Myanmar Rebels (Asia Times, Bibhu Prasad Routray, Sep 16, 2005)
Indian police in Mizoram claim to have destroyed one of the largest Myanmar rebel bases in India, deep in the mountainous jungles of Mizoram state.
- Educating Farmers (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Sep 16, 2005)
There is a need to disseminate latest knowledge about agriculture in rural areas. That is going to reap rich dividends,
- Short Circuit Behind Bihar Blasts? (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 16, 2005)
Most of the children who died were playing outside the factories, says DIG
- Pollution Punctures The Protective Layer (Daily Excelsior, G L Khajuria, Sep 16, 2005)
Ozone layer, a protective sheeth encircling the space ship "Mother earth" is protecting all the bio-life sustaining on it from ultraviolet rays of sun.
- The Challenge Before The United Nations (Deccan Herald, Maggie Farley, Sep 15, 2005)
As Annan put it, the UN has come to ‘a fork in the road’ and must reinvent itself or fade into irrelevance
- Terrors Of The Dark (Deccan Herald, Sheila Kumar, Sep 15, 2005)
At night the mind takes stock of all that one has or has not done all life, and fears and worries creep in
- Supreme Court Summons Health Secretaries Of Five States (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Sep 15, 2005)
To explain reasons for non-implementation of order relating to sterilisation
Hearing a PIL petition seeking framing of guidelines for performing sterilisation
Order said only doctors with five years of gynaecological experience could carry . . .
- The Farmer And The Festival Lights (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Sep 15, 2005)
The Ganesh festival is the most important event in Maharashtra. This season, farm distress has hit theutsavbadly in Vidharbha. Very few have money to spend. Meanwhile, farmers' suicides there are going up.
- Poor Human Development (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Sep 15, 2005)
The annual reminder of how backward we are in the realm of human development has come again.
- Night Stains Of Tyranny (Dawn, Feryal Ali Gauhar, Sep 15, 2005)
...can darkness hide stains Which the night of
tyranny Itself has etched onto our souls?
— “Tyranny”,
by Shahryar Rashed
- Report Card Blues (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 15, 2005)
For those who were shocked to see India lag behind Bangladesh in UNDP’s Human Development Report, here is another shock.
- Dubai Invites Indian Investors (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 15, 2005)
Manufacturing, IT focus areas
- Killer Epidemic (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 15, 2005)
India should ramp up efforts to prevent diseases rather than adopt firefighting methods
- Finmin Asks Rbi, Sebi To Probe Equity Exposure Of Nbfcs, Coops (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 15, 2005)
The Finance Ministry has asked regulators RBI and SEBI to look into equity exposure of non-bank finance companies and cooperative banks, following the bull phase in the capital market with the Sensex crossing 8,200 mark.
- New Terms (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 15, 2005)
In an ideal world, a debate over conflicting principles may have direct bearing on reality.
- Cost Control Is Firmly Back In The Corporate Agenda (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 15, 2005)
The current economic climate has meant that cost control is firmly back in the corporate agenda," he writes, and lists three `surprising' realisations.
- Katrina Blows In Lessons On Good Governance (Business Line, K. Subramanian, Sep 15, 2005)
The image of the US administration as a model of good governance has taken a beating in the wake of the hurricane Katrina's devastation. When the Bush administration took over in 2001,
- Disaster As Part Of The Curriculum (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 15, 2005)
Extracts from the government of India’s status report on Disaster Management in India, August 2004
- Blasts To Avenge U.S. Attacks On Iraqi Town, Says Al-Qaeda (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Sep 15, 2005)
Highest number of casualties in suicide car explosion in Baghdad
- Treat Yourself–Ii (Greater Kashmir, DR. YAQOOB GULL, Sep 15, 2005)
In J&K it has already gained support, but more need be done so that all get benefited, comments
- Towards Ending (Daily Excelsior, S. Joshi, Sep 15, 2005)
The Government has acted on the recommendation of the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) by passing the protection of Women from Domestic Violence Bill, 2005. A laudable step, it was long....
- Divisive Politics On Onam (Indian Express, T V R Shenoy, Sep 15, 2005)
His Imperial Majesty Mahabali is conducting the annual tour of his erstwhile realm as you read this.
- State Of Relations With Kabul (Dawn, Maqbool Ahmad Bhatty, Sep 15, 2005)
With the global focus still on terrorism, the US is obviously banking on a successful completion of elections in Afghanistan scheduled for September 18.
- The Bone Setter (Tribune, C.L. Varma, Sep 15, 2005)
In a remote village in J&K, where I was born and brought up, there were no roads, no electricity and no running water. Doctor? only a word in the dictionary; that too nobody had heard it or had it in the village.
- Afghan Ballots Carry Mullahs, Jihadis, Women (Christian Science Monitor, Scott Baldauf, Sep 15, 2005)
A mullah, a feminist, a jihadi, and a communist: It sounds like the start of an Afghan joke, but instead, it is the makings of Afghanistan's first-ever elected parliament.
- Dream Merchant (Telegraph, Sumanta Sen, Sep 15, 2005)
Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee seems desperately hopeful that his state’s transformation will yield fringe benefits for all, says Sumanta Sen
- We Take Their Joy, Give Them Stress -I (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Sep 15, 2005)
This is no way we can improve the mental health of our children.
- Growing Economies, Tardy Progress (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2005)
The Human Development Report 2005 of the United Nations Development Programme draws urgent attention to the need for substantial progress in meeting the Millennium Development Goals by 2015,
- Namadhu Gramam: Training Begins (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2005)
The training and awareness component of the `Namadhu Gramam' scheme for panchayat and panchayat union presidents in the district was inaugurated by the Minister for Information and Publicity and Local Administration, K. P. Anbazhagan, here on Monday.
- Ministry Withholds Import Permits For Chinese Garlic (Hindu, T.S. Shankar, Sep 14, 2005)
Move follows detection of fungus in consignments that arrived at Chennai and Mumbai ports
- World Risks Duplication In Aids Vaccine Push - Expert (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2005)
Attempts to develop an AIDS vaccine need greater coordination to avoid duplication and increase the chances of success, a senior official of the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) said on Tuesday.
- Four Years Later (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 14, 2005)
It is tempting to use the anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001, to list, once again, the local and national errors that led to the chaotic response to Hurricane Katrina two weeks ago.
- Beware `Proactive Synergy Restructuring Teams' (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 14, 2005)
Restructuring is a happening thing.
- Make Un Effective Too (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 14, 2005)
This year’s UN General Assembly session has assumed added significance as it is preceded by a historic gathering of Heads of State and Government for a summit meeting to discuss challenges facing the globe. According to reports, out of 191 member States
- Now And Again: Three Hours Of Freedom (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 14, 2005)
He was proud to be principal of the institution that was chosen as a model school in the district.
- Ore Of Woe (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 14, 2005)
Uranium up against Meghalaya politics
- A World Of Haves And Have-Nots (Dawn, Zubeida Mustafa, Sep 14, 2005)
On the eve of the millennium summit in New York, the UNDP released its annual Human Development Report 2005 which should help governments determine their progress or lack of it towards the eight development goals they had committed themselves in 2000....
- Japanese Worry About Big Govt (Tribune, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 14, 2005)
A government bureaucrat, Kazushige Nobutani, acknowledged that he might have been signing his own pink slip when he joined the avalanche of Japanese voters who backed Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi in Sunday’s vote.
- Eat As Much As You Like (Tribune, Jeremy Laurance, Sep 14, 2005)
What would happen if, instead of eating three modest meals a day, we ate one big one? Or, instead of snacking between meals - “grazing” - we consumed all our calories once every 24 hours?
- Not A Worthwhile Victory Over Delhi Tariff Hike (Tribune, V. S. Ailawadi, Sep 14, 2005)
What began as a legitimate concern expressed by some Resident Welfare Associations (RWAs) in the later part of July 2005 against the tariff hike announced by the Power Regulator in Delhi has snowballed into a political scrabbling among politicians,
- Treat Yourself –i (Greater Kashmir, DR. YAQOOB GULL, Sep 14, 2005)
Homeopathy is a rapidly growing system of medicine and is being practiced all over the world. The system focuses on promotion of physical, mental and practical status of health.
- Un Summit In New York (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Sep 14, 2005)
The UNDP's Human Development Report contends that the UN meeting beginning in New York on Wednesday provides a crucial opportunity for governments that signed the Millennium Declaration to show that they mean business.
- Qualms After The Storm (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2005)
In the immediate aftermath of the destruction wrought by Hurricane Katrina, President George W. Bush seemed remarkably reluctant to visit Louisiana.
- Coop. Sector Revamp To Cost Rs. 15,000 Cr. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2005)
Package to be sent to Cabinet by October-end
- Naxals Raid Jharkhand Village, Shoot, Slit Throats (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2005)
Jharkhand's Left wing extremists, who have joined hands with cadres of the CPI (Maoist) of Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh,
- Schroeder Or Angela Merkel (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Sep 13, 2005)
Germany, Europe’s biggest economy and the traditional bellwether of the continent’s health, is going to the polls on Sunday in an election fraught with hope and foreboding.
- Prevent Its Doom (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Sep 13, 2005)
The apathy and inaction of the government is likely to cause an environmental disaster in the one time paradise on earth.
- Can The U.N. Summit On Poverty Deliver? (Hindu, Sarah Hiddleston, Sep 13, 2005)
The coming U.N. summit risks delivering worse prospects for action on global poverty than before the G8, wiping out the commitments made at Gleneagles.
- Rbi's Annual Report 2004-05 — Pervading Optimism, Major Concerns (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Sep 13, 2005)
Revival of the South-West monsoon, a stronger manufacturing sector, high corporate profitability, buoyant equity market, robust merchandise exports and imports, and sustained demand for non-food credit, all point to bright prospects for the economy ...,
- Setback For Sebi (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2005)
The surveillance and enforcement processes of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
- It's Raining Packages (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2005)
Before the incessant downpour gets you down, have fun with the exciting monsoon holiday packages in neighbouring Maharashtra
- Measurement Of Corruption (Daily Excelsior, H C Katoch, Sep 13, 2005)
The J&K State is ranked as No. 2 in corruption amongst all the states of the country by a NGO.
- Saving The Child (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 13, 2005)
Spurred by the recent economic growth, India today nurtures the ambition of sitting at the high table of the world community.
- Regulation Of The Banking Sector (Hindu, K. L. Khetarpaul , Sep 13, 2005)
Supervision is a critical issue apart from the issues of reforms in the banking sector today. This book examines different issues relating to banks and finance companies. It is the regulation and supervision of these intermediaries, which determine the
- It's Raining Packages (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2005)
Before the incessant downpour gets you down, have fun with the exciting monsoon holiday packages in neighbouring Maharashtra
- Getting On The Road Less Travelled (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2005)
He was Veerappan’s target till last year and was arrested by the police two decades ago for fighting for the rights of the tribal people. Veena Bharathi profiles Dr Sudarshan, who is committed to alleviating the suffering and pain of the poor.
- Amla And Turmeric Prevent Cataract Formation (Deccan Herald, KALYAN RAY, Sep 13, 2005)
Subtle dietary changes can prevent formation of cataracts, says a team of researchers at the National Institute of Nutrition in Hyderabad.
- A Yen For Change (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 13, 2005)
Prime Minister Koizumi’s impressive victory in the Japanese elections is something of a watershed in the history of economic reforms.
- United Neo-Imperialist Organization (Daily Excelsior, Dr Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Sep 13, 2005)
A summit of the Heads of Governments is being held at the United Nations on 14-16 September, 2005....
- India To Buy 6 Scorpenes From France (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2005)
Indo-French strategic partnership received a major boost today with India announcing its decision to acquire six Scorpene submarines at a cost of three billion US dollars (about Rs 13,000 crore)
- Kalam Urges Priority For Cure Of Killer Diseases (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2005)
Stresses need for mobile clinics in rural areas
- True Meaning Of Spirituality (Deccan Herald, Swami Chinmayananda, Sep 13, 2005)
The great thinkers of the past, the Rishis, were strongly against the idea of slavery. They did not want to be slaves to anyone, not even to God. Their entire system revolted against the idea that they would only be recipients, beggars at His door . . .
- 27 Permanent Houses For Tsunami-Hit Fishermen (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2005)
They were built by Mata Amirthanandamayi Trust at a total cost of Rs. 45 lakhs at Kootumangalam
- Indian Shares Hit New Peak, Techs Gain; Colombo Up (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2005)
Indian shares rose to another record on Tuesday but quickly retreated in choppy trade as investors turned wary. Software services and refiners held gains.
- Finite Ores, Implications For Mineral Policy (Hindu, Aditi Roy Ghatak , Sep 13, 2005)
India's per capita steel consumption is projected to grow from the current 30 kg to 200 kg over the next quarter of a century. One does not need to be a rocket scientist to figure out what should be the policy approach to the country's iron ore reserves.
- Defending Homoeopathy (Deccan Herald, Dr Ramanand, Sep 13, 2005)
A lot of newspapers and web-sites the world over are publishing reports and articles that homoeopathy does not work.
- Homoeopathy-In The Line Of Fire (Deccan Herald, Venkat Krishnan, Sep 13, 2005)
Many allopaths argue that homoeopathy does not work and that its ‘medicine’ only has a placebo effect.
- Working Children Demand Action (Deccan Herald, Tambake Tounkara, Sep 13, 2005)
We need to create more businesses so that mothers, as well as young people who are studying, can have job prospects. This would give them hope, because studying and then not being able to find work is very disheartening
- Kalam’S Answer To Floods (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2005)
President A P J Abdul Kalam on Monday asked the Maharashtra Government to chalk out a 25-year master plan to upgrade Mumbai’s drainage system, in the wake of the July 26 deluge that virtually turned the city into a pool of slush.
- Stop Discrimination (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2005)
The Karnataka Administrative Tribunal's judgment that a person who tests HIV positive is eligible for government jobs will go a long way in removing the stigma attached to the ailment.
- Treatable Disease Kills Up Children (Tribune, John Lancaster, Sep 13, 2005)
OVER the last two months, hospitals in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh have been overwhelmed by Japanese encephalitis, a viral infection that has sickened more than 2,000 children and killed nearly 600, making it one of the deadliest outbreaks
- As India's Economy Soars, Its Airports And Roads Can't Keep Up (Christian Science Monitor, Gretchen Peters, Sep 12, 2005)
Al Qaeda has marked the fourth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks on New York and Washington with a warning of future strikes in Los Angeles and Melbourne, and this rebuke to the American people: You don't get what we're fighting for.
- Schools Get Time Till September 30 To Comply With Safety Norms (Hindu, Special Correspondent, The Hindu, Sep 12, 2005)
Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Sunday instituted a single window system for issuing approval certificates to nursery and primary schools, which have complied with safety norms, and announced extension of the deadline for submitting applications seeking ap
- Fringe Benefit Tax: Exempted Items (Hindu, Special Correspondent, The Hindu, Sep 12, 2005)
Concessions to employees by way of allotment of shares, debentures or warrants directly or indirectly under employees stock option plan or scheme are outside the purview of FBT.
- France Looks To Firm Up Ties With India (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Sep 12, 2005)
While there is elation at India's desire to re-invest in the bilateral relationship, Paris is worried that New Delhi's rapprochement with Washington could diminish its own importance.
- Rbi's Difficult Prescription For Economy (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Sep 12, 2005)
Even as it implies the criticality of the current upsurge being nurtured to realise the full industrial growth potential, the RBI annual report makes no bones about infrastructure bottlenecks. Here the subdued performance of the infrastructure sector, esp
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