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Articles 16021 through 16120 of 20587:
- Krishna - Ideal Role Model For Humankind (Daily Excelsior, Lt Col R K Langar, Aug 27, 2005)
Understanding Krishna is understanding Dharma, understanding Krishna is understanding work ethics, understanding krishna is understanding true devotion and understanding Krishna is understanding detachment.
- Naco Sanctions 1,705 Condom Vending Machines To Be Installed All Across State (Hindu, Sahana Charan , Aug 27, 2005)
94,502 condoms dispensed through 50 machines placed in Bangalore since December 2004
NACO to proved Rs. 100 lakhs for the project this year
Project to be implemented by Karnataka State AIDS Prevention Society
- Conferences: Work Or Play? (Business Line, R. Anand, Aug 27, 2005)
Where is the `enjoyment' of benefit, collective or otherwise, in a business conference, asks R. Anand
- Back On The Backburner (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Aug 27, 2005)
There is now little doubt that the Women's Reservation Bill will not see the light of day for some time which, clearly, will be a setback for the United Progressive Alliance Government if one is to go by its Common Minimum Programme (CMP).
- Rescue Work In Full Swing As Floods Hit Azamgarh (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2005)
Relief and rescue operations were going on in full swing in the flood affected Azamgarh district of Uttar Pradesh where 21 people have lost their lives in the past two days.
- The Guise Of Contingent Payments (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam , Aug 27, 2005)
T. C. A. Ramanujam discusses a curious case of tax planning which almost succeeded
- Rs.100 Cr. Plan For Development Works In Tsunami Hit Areas (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2005)
Proposal to construct a protective wall along the coastal belt
- Left To Multinationals (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 27, 2005)
Anil Biswas quotes from capitalist manual!
- Cakes Or Bread (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 27, 2005)
He won’t be removed. He is my nominee.’ Thus spake the ex-CM, who recently lost a state election, of the Governor, who now rules the state in the name of president under the constitution. Does this head of the state rule at the behest of his former Chief
- Outcome: Transparency (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 27, 2005)
Outcome Budget 2005-06 — the first exercise of its kind — is an excellent idea. Presented in Parliament on Thursday, it attempts to link government expenditure to expected outcomes.
- Vipitis (Tribune, Anurag, Aug 27, 2005)
Patrolling on highways was introduced to check crime on roads but vehicles inducted for the purpose have failed to yield results.
- Some Questions About Homeopathy (Hindu, Sarah Boseley, Aug 27, 2005)
A fourth study says it is no better than a placebo
Acupuncture: Insertion of fine needles into the body
Aromatherapy: Using oils to improve well-being
Osteopathy: Manipulation to correct body structures
- Are Wild Birds Villains Or Victims? (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Aug 27, 2005)
Have migratory wild birds been responsible for carrying bird flu? Or are they merely victims of the virus and therefore unlikely to spread it?
- Reforms Slow But Durable: Manmohan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said that "extreme rigidities" of the labour market have affected
Says "extreme rigidities" of the labour market have affected the country's growth potential
- Centre Assures Relief For Coffee Growers Soon (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2005)
The Centre will look into the problems faced by coffee growers and work out a long-term package for the revival of coffee industry, Commerce Minister Kamal Nath has said.
- The Warriors Against Democracy (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 26, 2005)
In the immediate aftermath of the liberation of Bangladesh, Islamist forces were despised in the country for siding with Pakistan. These forces are now back with vengeance.
- Fate And Future Of Cabinet Decisions (Daily Excelsior, H C Katoch, Aug 26, 2005)
The Cabinet took certain decisions of far reaching consequences for socio-economic development and the legislature also passed certain bills aiming at bringing reformation of the system functioning in the State leading to welfare of the people in general.
- Improving Ties With Afghanistan (Tribune, Maj-Gen Himmat Singh Gill (retd) , Aug 26, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit to Afghanistan can be a turning point for better Indo-Afghan relations. Afghanistan is not just another neighbour, but a buffer to an ever turbulent South Asia where terrorism, religious animosity and civilisational c
- He Wants To Change Latin America's History (Hindu, Richard Gott, Aug 26, 2005)
He's a friend of Fidel Castro, a fierce critic of the war in Iraq, and wants to spread revolutionary fervour throughout South America. Venezuela's President, Hugo Chavez, has long been a thorn in the side of the U.S.
- Excess Quota (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 26, 2005)
It was one of the sharpest rebukes for the government from the highest court of the land
- India To Give Rs 7 M To Nepal For Eye-Care (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2005)
India has pledged support to the tune of Rs 7 million to Nepalese eye-care, including free transplantation of lenses on cataract patients, in the kingdom’s rural and remote areas.
- War Of Words (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2005)
The stand-off is unseemly and does not bode well for both judiciary and legislature
- A Dalit Perspective On Reforms (Deccan Herald, TRILOCHAN SASTRY, Aug 26, 2005)
The Constitutional obligations can be met by giving Dalits a voice in policy-making to help in their upliftment
- Save The Tram : Kolkata Needs Rethinking On Modes Of Transport (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2005)
A lot has been said and heard about the problems of congestion that trams of Kolkata have caused.
- Relieving Their Pain (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2005)
We want to establish dentistry in rural areas and this is the theme of 8th State dental Conference to be held on August 27th & 28th, 2005 by Indian Dental Association, J&K State, writes Dr. H U Malik
- Reforms Slow Moving But Durable, Says Manmohan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2005)
Limitations of a coalition government a constraint to reforms in a big way
Says "extreme rigidities" of the labour market have affected the country's growth potential
- Sunday Revelation (Deccan Herald, Sudha Narasimhachar, Aug 25, 2005)
We suddenly feel old after our children, who have been the sole purpose of our lives, leave home
- Surviving Expensive Oil (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Aug 25, 2005)
The new World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz came on his first visit to Pakistan and has gone back after promising 1.5 billion dollars as development aid for each of the next three years.
- For An Effective Human Rights Commission (Dawn, Omar R. Quraishi, Aug 25, 2005)
In May 2005, the federal government introduced in the National Assembly a bill to provide for the establishment of a ‘National Commission on Human Rights’.
- Enactment Of Ega (Daily Excelsior, Sisir Basu, Aug 25, 2005)
The process of enactment of the ambitious National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme' - UPA's pro-poor programme - entered its last lap with a debate in the Lok Sabha on August 18, kicking off a scramble among different players to claim credit for it.
- Road To Hell (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Aug 25, 2005)
Better roads mean better life, but what can be said of a road that takes life of human beings who make the mistake of plying over it, Khursheed Ahmad Trali narrates
- The Drama And Trauma Of Gaza (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Aug 25, 2005)
A great media circus is being played out in Gaza as the Israeli army evicts Jewish settlers to return the strip of land to the Palestinians, who were dispossessed in 1967.
- Fenced In (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Vedi, Aug 25, 2005)
Suddenly we have discovered to our dismay that the fence that we are setting up to keep the Bangladeshis out could very well keep them in.
- Concrete Measures (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 25, 2005)
The state has the dubious distinction of being the fourth-highest in AIDS cases
- World Watch: A Surging Demand For Education In India (US News & World Report, Divya Watal, Aug 24, 2005)
Before the golden goose of globalization laid its eggs in India, the poor thought twice about sending their kids to school. Sons needed to work to earn extra money for the household. And daughters, they figured, didn't need an education to cook, clean,
- Vanishing Equity In Higher Education (Hindu, M. Anandakrishnan, Aug 24, 2005)
If the Supreme Court judgment on abolition of quota in private unaided colleges comes into force next year, many deserving socially backward students will be deprived of access to higher education.
- The Ever-Elusive 8 Per Cent Growth Rate (Business Line, Rabi N. Mishra, Aug 24, 2005)
That higher growth is essential to improve the quality of life of the people is no more a topic for debate.
- Streamline Health Insurance (Tribune, Aditi Tandon, Aug 24, 2005)
The health insurance sector in India has long been riddled with problems.
- Institutional Diseases (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Aug 24, 2005)
It Is wrong to assume that only the animate — birds, animals and human beings — are prone to diseases and attacks by viruses and germs.
- Kindness Gone Awry (Tribune, Saroop Krishen, Aug 24, 2005)
For a very very long time people have followed the practice of placing on the Wailing Wall of Jerusalem letters addressed to God to seek divine help for their problems.
- Durbar Days (Deccan Herald, NUGGEHALLI PANKAJA, Aug 24, 2005)
A large crowd would gather at the Mysore Palace grounds to participate in the celebrations
- Walking To School (Hindu, Nicholas Bakalar, Aug 24, 2005)
Walkers have been found to be more active than those who come by car, bus or train.
- Gm Rice — Top Of The Crops (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 24, 2005)
While we in the West are preoccupied with cloning sheep, pigs, dogs and, of course, ourselves,
- How The G8 Lied To The World On Aid (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2005)
World Leaders are now preparing for the millennium summit to be held in New York next month,
- Add Security To The List, Mr President (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 24, 2005)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf has reiterated Government’s commitment to provide safe drinking water and electricity to the entire country by 2007.
- Is It A Cure For Everything? (Deccan Herald, JAYALAKSHMI K, Aug 24, 2005)
Even as some claim miraculous cures from stem cells, there are others who would wait and watch
- Celebrate 250+ And Counting (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2005)
Addyaita, the peerless one, must rank among the true wonders of the natural world.
- Wanted: A Barefoot Minister (Indian Express, BIMAL JALAN, Aug 24, 2005)
By any reckoning, this is one of the most important pieces of socio-economic legislation in post-Independence India. If the purpose of the amended Bill can be achieved in the next five years, we should be able to reduce poverty to less than 10 per cent...
- Let's Increase Poverty (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2005)
The 55th Round of the National Sample Survey (1999-2000) led to a lot of debate on poverty levels, mostly centred on the method of collecting data compared to earlier rounds. Poverty has many dimensions and income poverty is only one indicator.
- Pak Weaponisation Programme (Daily Excelsior, Samuel Baid, Aug 24, 2005)
Three days before Pakistan celebrated its 58th Independence Day on August 14, 2005, it successfully test-fired the Babur Cruise Missile obviously in an attempt to reassure the countrymen that with the military at the helm of affairs their country was. . .
- India : Democracy Eroded (Daily Excelsior, Rakesh Bahl, Aug 24, 2005)
The constitution of In-dia is known to be the best document written and enacted in the world of democracy, but practically the facts on ground seem to be diametrically opposite to the principals of government formation and governance.
- Asylum And Terror (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Aug 24, 2005)
There is a small but important piece of information coming from London, the latest battlefield of terrorists.
- Sense And Consensus (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Aug 24, 2005)
Anyone looking at political debate on economic issues recently might be forgiven for thinking that politics in India is all sweetness and light.
- India's Wadia Plans Low-Cost Airline; In Talks With Boeing, Airbus For 50 Jets (National Post, S. Srinivasan, Aug 24, 2005)
India (AP) - Indian industrial conglomerate Wadia group, best known for its textile brand Bombay Dyeing, will launch a low-cost airline in October and is in talks with Airbus and Boeing Co. to buy 50 new jets over the next five to seven years, . . .
- Lollipops Are No Solutions (Dawn, Syed Mohibullah Shah, Aug 24, 2005)
The rising oil prices and the post-9/11 environment, coupled with the success of the industrial revolution now unfolding in major parts of Asia, have been pushing increasingly large investment flows towards Asian markets
- Children Caught In The Crossfire (Deccan Herald, JANARDHAN ROYE, Aug 23, 2005)
In war-torn countries, children lose their lives and some their childhood as they are forced to become combatants
- King Fahd’S Many Legacies (Dawn, SHAHID JAVED BURKI, Aug 23, 2005)
Following his assassination by a royal prince, King Faisal bin Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud was succeeded by Khaled, the deceased king’s half brother.
- Skin Cells Converted To Stem Cells (Tribune, Rick Weiss, Aug 23, 2005)
Scientists for the first time have turned ordinary skin cells into what appear to be embryonic stem cells —without having to use human eggs or make new human embryos in the process, as has always been required in the past, a Harvard research team ....
- Urban Security In India (Daily Excelsior, Rameshwar Singh Jamwal, Aug 23, 2005)
The recent bomb blasts in London and the subsequent solving of the cases within few days and identification of the accused within couple of days shows
- Indonesia's Burning Problem (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Aug 23, 2005)
Mechanisms need to be put in place to create a permanent system to handle crises on a continuing basis.
- Minimum Wage Must Be Treated As Sacrosanct (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Aug 23, 2005)
The guarantee of employment at a wage rate less than the statutory minimum — as the draft EGA stipulates — will undermine the broad purpose of the law and set a bad precedent.
- The Freedom-Development Interface (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Aug 23, 2005)
Just over a week ago, Independent India became 58 years old. The Mahatma is remembered fondly for all the sacrifices he personally made and inspired thousands to make,
- Poor Joke (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 23, 2005)
What do India’s poor want and what keeps them poor? If the poor are those in the workforce of 400 million,
- Ideal Doctor (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Aug 22, 2005)
Everyone has visions of the ideal spouse, ideal politician, or ideal employer or employee. If you look searchingly around, you might even find one.
- Drug Menace (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Aug 22, 2005)
Abuse of drugs has become a way of life in the Valley especially in the urban areas
- Erring Blood Banks (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 22, 2005)
The Sindh governor Ishratul Ibad’s displeasure at the slow process of registration of blood banks in the province and his instructions for the formation of a high-level task force to keep a strict eye on erring units should hopefully shake . . .
- Revitalising Micro-Finance Sector (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 22, 2005)
The concept of micro-financing has gained currency in the country providing a base for its expansion in the years ahead. The performance record of the sector reveals that the number of beneficiaries of the micro-financing facility has more than doubled in
- Poisoned Planet (Statesman, YP GUPTA, Aug 22, 2005)
It is seriously questioned these days whether petroleum, the harbinger of modern civilisation,
- Pm Exhorts Naxals To Join Mainstream (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today did some tough talking on Naxalite movement, even while asking the ultra Left organisations to prove their mettle in the battle of the ballot rather than pursuing a policy of bullets.
- The Milk That Waters Life (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Aug 22, 2005)
You can’t have a better gift for a child than this, Tariq A. Rather writes on the importance of mother’s milk for a new born baby
- India's 'Hugging Saint' Escapes Attack (Sacramento Bee, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2005)
Three followers of an Indian religious leader known as the "hugging saint" overpowered an assailant who tried to attack her on Sunday during a prayer meeting in southern India, a state official said.
- World Bank`s Loan Cap At $3 Billion (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Aug 22, 2005)
The World Bank is willing to lend up to $3 billion over the next three years to help develop rural infrastructure. This amount would, however, come from the bank’s existing lending commitment of $9 billion for the next three years.
- This Is How We Perceive The Problem Of Kashmir-Iii (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Aug 22, 2005)
We are reproducing the full text of the discussion between Muhammad Yasin Malik, Chairman Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front and Omar Abdullah,
- Should Putin Have A Third Term In Office? (Hindu, VLADIMIR RADYUHIN, Aug 22, 2005)
While Vladimir Putin has stated time and again that he intends respecting the Constitution, which allows only two consecutive terms, there are many who keep proposing ways of extending his stay in power.
- Surgery Deserves Due Attention (Tribune, Chanchal Sarkar, Aug 21, 2005)
Whether it is at the Capital’s Sir Ganga Ram Hospital or at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS),
- Jharkhand Renews Tata Steel Lease Pact (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2005)
The Tata Group has also signed an MoU with the government of Jharkhand for the creation of infrastructure for the national games of 2007.
- Lifestyle Cause For Rising Heart Cases, Says Dr Lal (Tribune, Parmindar Singh, Aug 21, 2005)
DR Purshottam Lal, Chairman of Metro Group of Hospitals in Noida, is a renowned cardiologist.
- Racial Health Gap In U.S. (Hindu, Jamie Wilson, Aug 21, 2005)
Black Americans get fewer operations, tests, medications and other life-saving treatments than white Americans and have less access to the best doctors,
- Treating Cancer With Yoga (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Aug 21, 2005)
Medical science has made amazing progress over the years.
- Ban On Cigarette Ads In Media Challenged (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2005)
The Madras High Court has admitted a writ petition challenging the Centre’s ban on cigarette advertisements in the media.
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