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Articles 16221 through 16320 of 20587:
- Tourists Quit Blast-Hit Egyptian Resort (Deccan Herald, Reuters, Jul 25, 2005)
The blasts had instant repercussions on the economy with the benchmark stock exchange index falling 4.5 per cent on Sunday.
- Services Sector Is The New Economic Growth Engine (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2005)
The growth in the services sector aided by the liberalisation in the regulatory framework has taken the country on a higher growth trajectory, writes Aditya Raj Das.
- Captain Vs Education (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 25, 2005)
The Amarinder Singh government’s decision to phase out the 95 per cent aid given to the recognised private schools in the state’s urban areas is bound to cripple their functioning and push up the cost of education for students.
- Summer Of Hope In Indo-Us Ties (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Jul 24, 2005)
Political leaders in India sometimes get carried away by the sheer scale of reception and hospitality that surround summits in the White House.
- Surpluses And Luck (Washington Post, Editorial, Washington Post, Jul 24, 2005)
LIKE SOME OTHER immodest governors nationwide who are benefiting from a surge in state tax collections, Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. (R) is claiming credit for Maryland's revenue windfall, suggesting it is the product of his administration's shrewd fiscal s
- Dark Ambrosia (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 24, 2005)
In the culture of its origins, the Aztec, chocolate was referred to as the food of the gods.
- Foreign Trade Strategy (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 24, 2005)
THE foreign trade strategy announced the other day for the current fiscal year appears sound enough to achieve the objective of enhancing export earnings to about $17 billion as against $14.4 billion last year.
- Extremists And State Power (Dawn, Kunwar Idris, Jul 24, 2005)
PRESIDENT Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan hit the nail on the head when he said the other day that terror would not end till the governments stop using extremism as a tool of power.
- Championing The Cause Of Environment (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Jul 24, 2005)
Known as one of the top five most powerful persons in Asia and recipient of the Time “Environment Hero Award”, Dr Vandana Shiva now aspires to get a Nobel Peace Prize.
- Lonely Wells Of Hatred (Telegraph, GITHA HARIHARAN, Jul 24, 2005)
When do most of us first encounter hatred? If you are lucky, as so many of us are, the early encounter in childhood is vicarious
- The Shahenshah Of Shivaji Park (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Jul 23, 2005)
Bal Thackeray started his career as a cartoonist with the Free Press Journal and so did R K Laxman. Both were self-taught and good at their jobs. Both had a sense of humour: Laxman’s was kindly, Thackeray’s acerbic. Both applied for a job with The Times o
- Raids On Newspapers (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 23, 2005)
THE raids on the offices of some newspapers and weeklies, and the arrest of several journalists and even newspaper hawkers in Karachi by the law enforcement agencies were both unwarranted and arbitrary.
- Village Growth Hit By Lack Of Road (Tribune, Gobind Thukral, Jul 23, 2005)
Jungi, a village of some 200 souls, is not an odd name. Ask anywhere, in Tatapani on the banks of the swirling Satluj, and people can direct you to this village that falls in Mandi district.
- Summer Of Hope In Indo-Us Ties (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Jul 23, 2005)
Political leaders in India sometimes get carried away by the sheer scale of reception and hospitality that surround summits in the White House. I recall scribes accompanying Rajiv Gandhi to the Reagan White House in 1985 ridiculing me when I urged a degre
- Us-India Nuclear Deal (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 23, 2005)
THE recent Indo-American nuclear deal seems to go beyond the realm of Indo-Pakistan relations and has wider implications.
- The Chase Of Deep-Sea Diving Needs In High Sea Oil Exploration (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 23, 2005)
NO HORSE gets anywhere until he is harnessed. No stream or gas drives anything until it is confined. No Niagara is ever turned into light and power until it is tunnelled. No life ever grows great until it is focussed, dedicated, disciplined.
- The Sen Prescription (Tribune, A.J. Philip, Jul 23, 2005)
I REMEMBERED the most argumentative Indian I ever met when I read Amartya Sen’s The Argumentative Indian*. He was a train passenger who, unmindful of a towel on a seat, occupied it.
- Making Ends Meet With Less (Japan Times, Editorial, Japan Times, Jul 23, 2005)
The fiscal 2005 "Annual Report on the Japanese Economy and Public Finances" pays attention to the impact on the economy of two inevitable demographic changes:
- Corruption Spreads In Russia (Tribune, Andrew Osborn , Jul 23, 2005)
Vladimir Putin’s much-publicised campaign to stamp out corruption was shown to be spectacularly failing on Thursday when an authoritative study showed Russians are being forced to bribe their way through life like never before.
- Pakistan Cracks Down On Madrasas (Deccan Herald, A N Sudarsan Rao , Jul 22, 2005)
There is still no official confirmation that Pakistan has arrested Haroon Rashid Aswad, a British Muslim sought by London.
- Strong Case For U.N. Seat (Hindu, PTI, Jul 21, 2005)
Asserting that India had a "strong case" to become a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh hoped on Wednesday that his visit could contribute to a "better appreciation" in the United States of the benefits
- Silent Night (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 21, 2005)
It may now be possible for citizens of India to sleep peacefully at night without being disturbed by blaring music from a neighbour’s stereo or loudspeakers screeching bhajans at the local jagran.
- Sticking-Plaster Attitude That Gives Law Additional Layers Of Complexity (Business Line, D. Murali , Jul 21, 2005)
THE site of Edinburgh Castle was occupied as early as 900 BC, informs www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk.
- Q&a: When The Syringe Threatens To Kill (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 21, 2005)
Every year, 1.3 million people in the developing world die of diseases spread by unsafe injections, estimates the World Health Organisation.
- Momentous Visit (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 21, 2005)
PRIME Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit to the United States was, by all means, a momentous one.
- 3 Troops, 2 Others Killed In Car Blast (Deccan Herald, A N Sudarsan Rao , Jul 21, 2005)
A person claiming to represent the Hizbul Mujahideen called a news agency and said the militant group was responsible for the blast.
- Pakistan Detains 200 Militants (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Jul 21, 2005)
Pakistan has detained more than 200 suspected militants as part of the crackdown on extremism after the London bombings.
- Improved Spinach Variety For Hilly Regions (Hindu, M.J. PRABU , Jul 21, 2005)
THE HORTICULTURAL Research Station, Ooty has released an improved spinach variety labelled Ooty Tt-1 developed from the germplasm of the old variety called New Zealand spinach
- Plastics And Male Babies (Hindu, Ian Sample , Jul 21, 2005)
SCIENTISTS IN America have found the first evidence that common chemicals used in products as diverse as cosmetics, toys, cling film and plastic bags may harm the development of unborn baby boys.
- Jakarta Confirms Bird Flu Deaths (Hindu, Special Correspondent, The Hindu, Jul 21, 2005)
Indonesia confirmed its first human deaths from bird flu on Wednesday after a man and his two daughters died, bringing Asia's toll from the disease to at least 57 persons.
- American Idol (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Jul 21, 2005)
In the 1950s, the British people did not know that there was a new country called Pakistan. They were shocked into its existence after Fazal Mahmood, the great bowler, almost single-handedly defeated England at the Oval with his unplayable leg cutters.
- The Colour Of Horror (Deccan Herald, Dipti Nair, Jul 20, 2005)
There were no gory pictures of dismembered limbs hanging from under chunks of metal mass. No heartbreaking shots of innocent women and children lying in a pool of blood.
- Bloody Good (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 20, 2005)
India should become the global banker of umbilical cord blood
- Exploring Consciousness Beyond Body And Mind (Times of India, M N KUNDU, Jul 19, 2005)
Omnipresent consciousness, an elemental essence of the ultimate Being, is no longer a subject of meditation restricted to eastern mystics
- Brain Strain (Times of India, ANSHUL CHATURVEDI, Jul 19, 2005)
Recently, a Japanese psychiatric counsellor, whose name I can't recall, broke his own record by memorising Pi to a figure that I don't exactly recollect, something like 83,000 places.
- Malaria Control (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 19, 2005)
THE news from Peshawar that public sector hospitals in the Frontier lack the resources to tackle the high incidence of malaria is reflective of the overall situation in the country.
- Nursing Dreams (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 19, 2005)
Medical caregivers to get US green card within one year
- What Exactly Is Outplacement? (Hindu, Ruth Ling, Jul 19, 2005)
Human Resources people must be particularly positive thinkers if their lexicon is anything to go by. When they mean mass redundancies, they talk about downsizing.
- Body Care (Deccan Herald, BEENA RANI GOEL, Jul 19, 2005)
Like a machine, our body needs to be serviced constantly to increase its efficiency
- Kill Pill (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 19, 2005)
Drugs authority needed to curb anarchy in pharma industry
- Shaukat’S Health Vision For Saarc (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jul 18, 2005)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has presented an 11-point agenda to serve as guideline for the SAARC Health Ministers....
- People And Pets: Having To Let Go (Hindu, Justine Hankins , Jul 18, 2005)
A DOG is for life," runs the famous slogan, so a pause for thought is needed before taking on the responsibility of a pet.
- State Of Denial (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 18, 2005)
It is not enough to introduce sex education in schools, Indians need to bring the “s” word into their homes, writes Venetia Ansell
- Aids Awareness Campaign (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 18, 2005)
THE news that the NWFP Aids control programme wants to bring in the police to help them “check” the deadly disease may run into some snags as people are generally wary of the police
- An Ngo That Nurtures Children Of A Lesser God (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2005)
Charity begins at home. But when it comes to Manav Charities, a Bangalore-based NGO, working for the overall development of the have nots, charity does not just limit itself to the home ground.
- The Second Eden? (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2005)
They hold the mirror to the past of the human race. They still are what we were some 50,000 years ago. And they came in one hop from Africa and settled on Andaman & Nicobar islands back then, says an Indian study. But... they may soon become extinct.
- Opening Up The Potential In Economic Cooperation (Hindu, N. Ravi, Jul 17, 2005)
The visit does not hang on a single peg but would reaffirm the transformation in India-U.S. ties, says Shyam Saran
- $1.5-Billion Credit To Help Africa Fight Hiv-Aids (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Jul 16, 2005)
India has earmarked $1.5 billion in lines of credit to help Africa fight HIV-AIDS and other pandemics, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said in a message to the July 4-5 African Union summit in Sirte, Libya.
- Flying Into Danger (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 16, 2005)
Paucity of bird flu vaccines could cause a pandemic
- Caution On Drugs (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 16, 2005)
It is the same story being played out and with disconcerting frequency. When the United States Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) recently wanted new labels for impotence drugs such as Pfizer's Viagra and Eli Lilly's Cialis to include information on pos
- Mind-Enhancing Drugs Are In The Offing (Tribune, Steve Connor, Jul 16, 2005)
POWERFUL stimulants that improve memory, intellectual agility and aspects of mental performance will almost certainly be developed over the next 20 years.
- Contaminated Water (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 15, 2005)
Water authorities in Pakistan will have to work very hard indeed if they are to realize President Musharraf’s promise of providing safe water for the entire country by 2007.
- Drug Companies And Medical Research (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 15, 2005)
By calling a spade a spade, Richard Smith, the former editor of the British Medical Journal for 25 years, has turned the spotlight on how medical journals, peer-reviewed journals included,
- Security Threat From Disease (Japan Times, MELY CABALLERO-ANTHONY, Jul 15, 2005)
Given the real possibility of a global pandemic, possibly from the possible outbreak of a virulent influenza, it's time to ask: Should states treat infectious diseases as security threats?
- The Last Word (Deccan Herald, M Raghavendra Bhat , Jul 14, 2005)
When it came to his principles, my father always had the final say in any matter
- Doctors Were Out On The Pavement Immediately Responding To Calls For Help (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2005)
When a terrorist bomb exploded on a bus in central London last week, a group of 24 experienced doctors were, by a quirk of fate, already at the scene.
- Ksrtc Pays Rs. 15 Crores As Accident Relief (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2005)
Lack of efficient training programmes and seriousness among drivers causes road accidents, says expert
- Epidemic Of Gastro-Enteritis (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jul 14, 2005)
At least 42 people are reported to have died and hundreds more have been hospitalized in Multan region due to gastro-enteritis over the past two weeks.
- Where Malnutrition Is A Way Of Life (Hindu, Meena Menon, Jul 13, 2005)
There is no blood bank or surgeon in the sub-district hospital at Dharni
- New Delhi Gets Serious About Cigarettes (Japan Times, B. GAUTAM, Jul 13, 2005)
MADRAS, India -- A recent study in the United States revealed that films have a powerful effect on viewers' behavior. When actors smoke on screen, they serve as a link between big tobacco companies and impressionable young people.
- There's A General Urge To Move To Generic Drugs (Business Line, D. Murali , Jul 13, 2005)
EVEN as the Prime Minister's office is busy working on a policy to develop `a world-class pharmaceutical industry', one can hear wails over the payment of reasonable royalty by generic drug manufacturers to patent-holders, courtesy an overflowing .....
- Collective Responsibility (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 12, 2005)
Globalisation has ensured that diseases can spread rapidly worldwide
- And Now, Condoms For Women (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 12, 2005)
Government will give top priority to stabilising population growth, says Anbumani "We are not going to force it [population control] on anyone and it will be a voluntary process"
- Goa Plans Food Processing Park (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 12, 2005)
The Goa government is to set up a food processing park in South Goa in a bid to attract new investments to the state which has suffered a major slump in industrial activity in the last five years.
- On The Move, And Taken Ill (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 11, 2005)
Extracts from the WHO’s revised international health regulations, adopted at the World Health Assembly, May 16, 2005
- Medical Nemesis (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 11, 2005)
TPAs, insurance companies try to reduce health insurance claims
- Snuffing Out Tobacco In Prisons (Yahoo! News, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 08, 2005)
California has just joined many other states and made its prisons smoke free. A ban on the use of tobacco by inmates, as well as by all correction officers, took effect on July 1.
- Right Remedy (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 08, 2005)
India needs a body like FDA for quality control in drugs
- Take The Findings With A Pinch Of Salt (Times of India, ARCHANA JAHAGIRDAR, Jul 08, 2005)
Fit or fat? To diet or not? These questions seem to vex much of the developed world on a daily basis where there is now, ironically, plenty to eat. Recently, yet another study done over a 30-year period seems to suggest that overweight people who diet are
- Losing Weight Is Dangerous For Your Health (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 08, 2005)
The real reason people shouldn’t put on weight is this: If, someday, they decide to diet, they’re likely to die younger than those who remain fat.
- Conscience, The Defence Against Corruption (Hindu, A.P.J. ABDUL KALAM , Jul 07, 2005)
Corruption has seeped into every stream. Can we save ourselves as a civilisation?
- Practical Politics (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 07, 2005)
The whole aim of
practical politics is
to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.
- To Contain The Spread Of Bird Flu Virus (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Jul 07, 2005)
Widespread incidence of the H5N1 bird flu virus infection among migratory birds at a lake in western China has sparked concern.
- India’S Anti-Aids Policy (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Jul 06, 2005)
The Government and the drug industry are not making an effective joint effort to contain AIDS in India
- Catch-22 (Washington Post, Editorial, Washington Post, Jul 05, 2005)
FOR AN EXCELLENT illustration of the deadlock to which the culture wars have now brought us,
- Governor Inaugurates South India's Biggest `Goshala' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 05, 2005)
Houses 2,000 cows recovered from slaughter-houses
- They Can Look Forward To A Secure Future (Hindu, Sumegha Agarwal, Jul 03, 2005)
Efforts like the Naz Foundation India Trust's Care Home give a humane touch to theHIV/AIDS Prevention programme.
- Fertility Rites (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 01, 2005)
Making babies naturally has never been more difficult. Why? Because we're sitting on an 'infertility time bomb', warn experts who met recently in Copenhagen at a European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) conference...
- Health As Someone Else's Wealth (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Jul 01, 2005)
Many in Vidharbha, like millions elsewhere, have simply stopped seeking medical help for their ailments. They just cannot afford it. Some farmers have mortgaged land to pay health bills.
- Centre To Be Set Up To Diagnose Diseases Caused By (Hindu, Sahana Charan , Jun 30, 2005)
It is part of a programme taken up by GAIL
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