|
|
|
|
|
|
Articles 17121 through 17220 of 20587:
- Mig-21 To Continue To Be Iaf's Mainstay (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Apr 02, 2005)
NEW DELHI, APRIL 1. Putting its trust in MiG-21 fighters, the Indian Air Force (IAF) is planning to modernise 12 of its squadrons as against the original plan of six, a senior official said here today.
- Historian Calls For Abolition Of Ichr (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 02, 2005)
BANGALORE, APRIL 1. N.S. Rajaram, eminent historian, has called for the abolition of Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR), which has caused ``rot in the Indian history establishment.''
- National Milk Policy Has Failed (Tribune, Gurbhagwant Singh Kahlon, Apr 02, 2005)
Healthy human beings are the real capital of a nation
- Terri’S Right To Live (Or Die) Generates Debate (Tribune, Elizabeth Mehren, Apr 02, 2005)
She was in the middle of a business call, and had mounds of work. But the minute Sue Kelman heard Terri Schiavo had died on Thursday, she couldn't wait any longer.
- Preparing For The Succession (Asia Times, Viju Naravane, Apr 02, 2005)
While electing a successor to Pope John Paul II, will the Church return to the old tradition of electing an Italian pope or will the Cardinals take into account the fact that most Church followers now come from outside Europe and opt for an African, Asian
- Preparing For The Succession (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Apr 02, 2005)
While electing a successor to Pope John Paul II, will the Church return to the old tradition of electing an Italian pope or will the Cardinals take into account the fact that most Church followers now come from outside Europe and opt for an African,...
- National Milk Policy Has Failed (Tribune, Gurbhagwant Singh Kahlon, Apr 02, 2005)
Healthy human beings are the real capital of a nation.
- Pumping Up The Infrastructure Sector (Business Line, Subhasish Roy , Apr 01, 2005)
Faster progress on infrastructure largely depends on both effective demand for projects and proper usage of funds
- School For Joy (Deccan Herald, B. K. Chandrashekar, Apr 01, 2005)
The trimester system introduced for schools test the competency of the learner rather than the ability to memorise
- Small Investor’S Bounty (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 01, 2005)
A larger part of the IPO cake for retail investors is good
- Squeeze The Import Power (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Apr 01, 2005)
STUNG BY INDIA raising sharply the Customs duty on the palm group of oils, major producers in Asia have decided to band together to strengthen their bargaining power.
- West Bengal: The Perception And Reality (Business Line, Mohan Guruswamy, Apr 01, 2005)
MOST times, economic development is viewed in terms of industrialisation. While the latter is essential for economic transformation, it is not as if economic growth is not possible without industrialisation...
- `Baby Is A Blank Cheque Made Payable To The Human Race' (Business Line, D. Murali , Apr 01, 2005)
NAUGHTY as always, some celebrity wags are watching the waistline of Britney Spears, and speculating `baby on board', but Johnson & Johnson, and Wipro have a different `baby' on their boards' agenda.
- Child, Interrupted (Pioneer, Aarti, Apr 01, 2005)
The Supreme Court's directive to Collectors and Superintendents of Police in every district to initiate immediate steps to prevent child marriages is commendable.
- Infrastructure Or Sez Investment? (Business Line, Vinod Mathew, Mar 31, 2005)
IT COULD be another `chicken-and-egg' story.
- Search For Ways To Keep Marx Alive (Telegraph, Sumanta Sen, Mar 31, 2005)
Given the steady decline in the number of full-time workers and the apparent disinterest among its cadre, isn’t it time for the CPI(M) to decide on some new kind of action? asks Sumanta Sen
- Social Audit Of Privatisation (Tribune, B. S. Ghuman, Mar 31, 2005)
Privatisation policies have been advocated as a panacea for the poor performance of public enterprises. In the initial phase, the philosophy of privatisation was postulated as synonymous to efficiency, quality, more choices, people’s capitalism and boon..
- The Silent Sage Of Arunachala (Deccan Herald, RAMNATH NARAYANSWAMY, Mar 31, 2005)
Sri Ramana Maharishi, in his immortal philosphy, described self-enquiry as the aircraft route to realising the self
- Women At Work (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 31, 2005)
Decision on night shift is an important reform measure
- Malayalam Fiction Loses Its Legend (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 31, 2005)
Vijayan’s novel Khasakinte Ithihasam (The Legend of Khasak) marks an epoch in Malayalam literary history and divides it into post and pre Khasak.
- 7 Npcb Operated Patients Turn Blind In Lucknow (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 31, 2005)
Lucknow’s King George’s Medical University has put the blame on postoperative care at community health centres where the surgeries were carried out.
- A Step Forward (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 31, 2005)
The Centre’s decision to enact a law to help women work in night shifts was long overdue. It is a progressive step, aimed at removing gender discrimination in employment and making women self-reliant.
- Troubled Times? (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Mar 30, 2005)
One of the most animated whispers on the corporate grapevine is about tensions at a large, shadowy conglomerate, whose businesses are all as public as its finances are private.
- When Poverty Doesn’T Count (Deccan Herald, ABRAHAM M GEORGE, Mar 30, 2005)
We need to offer realistic definitions of the poverty situation, if the issue is to be taken seriously by the Govt
- Budget Ignores Dalits (Tribune, Udit Raj, Mar 30, 2005)
On no occasion 119 Dalit MPs have ever debated the fund allocations made for Dalits in the Central Government Budget, and if it was done by someone, replies prepared by bureaucrats and the answer of the Finance Minister would have silenced him.
- More Than A Lakh Aids Patients In India: Naco (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 30, 2005)
NACO is planning a two-year programme to deal with the problems faced by AIDS-affected children and orphans.
- The Rot At The Core (WhatIsIndia Publications, Prem Shankar Jha, Mar 30, 2005)
The crisis in Jharkhand is over. But the crisis it triggered in our Constitution is only just beginning.
- Gats And Freedom Online (Agence-France Presse, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Mar 29, 2005)
India must use the Internet to expand the reach of its online services and open a wider market for its professionals, who can offer their talent to overseas clients
- A Brand For `India Tourism' (Agence-France Presse, B.S. Rathor, Mar 29, 2005)
Tourism will arguably be one of the drivers of India's economy into the 21st Century.
- Crumbs For All (Agence-France Presse, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 29, 2005)
Politicians have their ways of bending laws to help themselves. What Assam’s chief minister, Mr Tarun Gogoi, has planned to reward a dozen former ministers with is nothing but a fraud on the law that deprived them of their ministerial posts.
- Punjab Budget: Privatise To Prosper (Agence-France Presse, Nirmal Sandhu, Mar 29, 2005)
STATE budgets are usually unremarkable and stingy, crafted by unenthusiastic bureaucrats who have limited cash to play with and few avenues are left for fund raising by electoral considerations. Rising salaries, pensions and debt repayments have wrecked..
- Aids Awareness & Yakshagana (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 29, 2005)
Dharwad: Jai Jawan, Jai Kisaan - a popular slogan is never forgotten by Indian farmers. Our country celebrates the birth anniversary, birth centenary or death anniversary of almost every freedom fighter and national leader.
- Pranab Reiterates Concern Over F-16s (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 29, 2005)
F-16s are no anti-terror arsenal. They are more suited for full fledged wars. Given Pakistan’s proclivities, the target can only be India, the minister stated.
- Vat — On Slippery Track Still (Agence-France Presse, V. K. Srinivasan, Mar 29, 2005)
The States are poised to undertake the most important tax reform attempted in the country. But the VAT regime will succeed only if they legislate to get the necessary administrative machinery moving
- The Dollar And Its Shaky Pedestal (WhatIsIndia Publications, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 29, 2005)
The U.S. dollar's pre-eminence that has remained unchallenged since the Second World War in global trade and commerce and in the currency markets is now under threat.
- The Rise Of Religion In Africa (Agence-France Presse, MADELEINE BUNTING, Mar 29, 2005)
The answers to Africa's problems increasingly lie with religion rather than politics.
- Systemic Fault (Agence-France Presse, H P Misra, Mar 29, 2005)
It is amusing, to say the least, that the recent intervention of the Supreme Court in l'affaire Jharkhand led certain political leaders to the sudden (re)discovery of the fact that the separation of the legislature, executive and judiciary happens to...
- Automobile Exports Move In Top Gear (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 28, 2005)
Commercial vehicles segment continued to witness the maximum jump in terms of percentage mainly due to large demand from the foreign markets.
- City Hospitals To Tap Stem Cell Potential (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 28, 2005)
Bangalore is on the verge of a stem cell therapy boom, Shuba Narayanan reports for Deccan Herald.
- High Hiv Incidence Among Mumbai Sex Workers: Survey (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 28, 2005)
A high percentage of commercial sex workers in the metropolis are HIV infected, according to the Economic Survey of Maharashtra.
- New Hiv Strain Keeps Medical World On Toes (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 28, 2005)
Bangalore researchers have discovered the emergence of a recombinant HIV strain in southern India.
- A Profile In Courage (Deccan Herald, VATSALA RADHAKRISHNAN, Mar 28, 2005)
I always knew that my beautiful mother was a very courageous person but it took me the last few months of her life to realise the depth and magnitude of that courage.
- Germany: Caught In An Economic Gridlock (Business Line, Mohan Murti, Mar 28, 2005)
Last week my flight to Moscow was delayed by three hours and as I walked into the Lufthansa Senator Lounge of Germany's Frankfurt International Airport, the news anchor on German ZDF TV announced with studied alarm that the German Institute of Economy...
- India Critic Eyes Top Us Post (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Mar 28, 2005)
Congressman Dan Burton, an inveterate critic of India and a strong supporter of the dwindling Khalistani movement, is lobbying hard to become the next Chairman of the influential House International Relations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington.
- Litmus Test On Patents Act (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Mar 28, 2005)
The Indian Govt should now be able to prove to the world that it can stand up for its public health goals
- Labour Reforms Hanging Fire (Deccan Herald, Prem Shankar Jha, Mar 28, 2005)
Despite comprising JNU trained economists, the Left has not learned anything from data of over 15 years
- Keeping Vultures Alive (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 28, 2005)
AS A BIRD that is synonymous with death in the popular imagination, the vulture is an improbable candidate for a widely supported conservation campaign.
- The Rot At The Core (OutLook, Prem Shankar Jha, Mar 27, 2005)
The crisis in Jharkhand is over. But the crisis it triggered in our Constitution is only just beginning.
- Hum Aise Kyoon Hain? (Deccan Herald, Meera Seshadri, Mar 27, 2005)
Flouting rules, poor work ethics, looking for short-cuts and anything for free... MEERA SESHADRI despairs over what constitutes the ‘pukka Hindustani’!
- Remembering The Shock (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Mar 27, 2005)
Protests marked the second anniversary of the US ‘Shock and Awe’ campaign in Iraq.
- Troubled Times? (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Mar 27, 2005)
One of the most animated whispers on the corporate grapevine is about tensions at a large, shadowy conglomerate, whose businesses are all as public as its finances are private
- Tibet: The Negation Of A Nation (Deccan Herald, SUMAA TEKUR , Mar 27, 2005)
With the recent launch of the Edusat programme some district schools in Karnataka can look forward to watching education programmes on
- Keeping The Spirit Of The Potato Happy (Deccan Herald, R AKHILESHWARI, Mar 27, 2005)
Farmers from different parts of the world compare notes with women farmers in India.
- Bjp Flays Left ‘Volte-Face’ On Patents Bill (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 26, 2005)
Former BJP president Venkaiah Naidu said the new law would limit the scope for producing affordable versions of life-saving medicines.
- Migration From Nepal Continues (Deccan Herald, Prasanta Paul, Mar 26, 2005)
There is concern that GNLF leader Subhas Ghising may use the state of conflict in the neighbouring country to revive the agitation for Gorkhaland.
- Migration From Nepal Continues (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 26, 2005)
There is concern that GNLF leader Subhas Ghising may use the state of conflict in the neighbouring country to revive the agitation for Gorkhaland.
- Teacher Registers Record Eye Donation Pledges (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 26, 2005)
‘Donate your eyes; give sight to the blind, give light to their life’. This message is normally seen in hospitals and eye banks. But eradication of corneal blindness has become a daunting task in the wake of an acute shortage of donor eyes in India.
- Stem Cells And The Religious Right (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 26, 2005)
The recent approval by the United Nations General Assembly of a non-binding declaration urging member states to ban all forms of human cloning
- An Ill-Conceived Chase Of Ill-Gotten Wealth (Business Line, S. Murlidharan , Mar 26, 2005)
The other day Mr Laloo Yadav went on record in front of TV cameras giving syrupy details about the huge amount of black money allegedly stashed away in Swiss banks by his bete noire...
- Consensus Is The Diplomatic Key (Pioneer, Hari Jaisingh, Mar 26, 2005)
India seems caught up in its own contradictions in foreign policy postures, with the result that it is unable to acquire its rightful position in the comity of nations.
- Balochis Fight Back (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Mar 25, 2005)
Balochi nationalists step up violence as their region is in danger of being swamped by outsiders
- When Ms Rice And Mr Wheat Came Calling (Business Line, R. C. Rajamani, Mar 25, 2005)
Dr Norman E. Borlaug, Nobel Laureate and father of the Green Revolution, turns 91 today. Never one to toe the establishment line, he has been particularly critical of the US' ...
- The Politicising Of Terri Schiavo (Hindu, Sidney Blumenthal, Mar 25, 2005)
The Republicans have cynical motives for trying to stop Terri Schiavo being taken off life support.
- State To Seek Ban On Naxal Outfit (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2005)
The Centre had banned 32 organisations in the country, but not the CPIML (Maoists). With increased Naxal activities in the State, the government has decided to seek a ban.
- Scribes Assaulted During Cm’S Visit To Gulbarga (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2005)
In the wake of increasing high-handedness of the police, it has become impossible for journalists to cover Chief Minister N Dharam Singh's visits to Gulbarga City, reports DHNS from Gulbarga.
- Play Safe Holi (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 25, 2005)
Holi is a festival of colours. It is a celebration of joy and hope. It celebrates the arrival of spring with music and song, mirth and bhang. It celebrates the death of demoness Holika, signifying the victory of good over evil.
- Nationwide Access To Cure For Tuberculosis Soon (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2005)
Death can come to a HIV patient suffering from tuberculosis within weeks, if left undiagnosed and untreated.
- Right Prescription (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 25, 2005)
When Parliament passed the Patents Bill for introducing a product patent regime for pharmaceutical and agro-chemicals, it appeared as if the Government had merely succeeded in regularising an ordinance that was promulgated in December 2004.
- State To Seek Ban On Naxal Outfit (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 25, 2005)
The Centre had banned 32 organisations in the country, but not the CPIML (Maoists). With increased Naxal activities in the State, the government has decided to seek a ban.
- Patent Solution (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 24, 2005)
The issue of patenting has always been controversial, ever since trade-related intellectual property rights became part of trade negotiations through the Uruguay Round.
- Where Science Is A Dirty Word (Hindu, Tristram Hunt, Mar 24, 2005)
In America's right-to-die controversy the facts were not allowed to get in the way of evangelical populism.
- Just Don’T Get Too Sick (Tribune, Joe Robinson, Mar 24, 2005)
Even if you can’t make it to the local craps tables or you’ve spent your budget for Lotto tickets this week, chances are you’re still doing your part for the new Roulette Economy, thanks to an in-cubicle gaming program sweeping the American workplace.
- No Reply (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 24, 2005)
It is a truism that there is no such thing as a voluntary strike. A handful of activists enforce a strike and keep others from doing their work.
- Patently Petty (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 24, 2005)
Passing the Bill on patents was necessary for the UPA government to meet a WTO obligation, but the five-hour debate in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday was revealing in more than one way.
- The Aha Experience (Deccan Herald, Dinesh Kumar, Mar 24, 2005)
My GP has been nonplussed. There seemed no explanation for my medical situation. Here was a person, who had once run half a marathon and who jogged 12 kilometres at the crack of dawn everyday, but who still had a high lipid profile.
- Two Cheers For Patents (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 24, 2005)
The passage of the Patents (Amendment) Bill, 2005, in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday is not just proof of the political strength of the United Progressive Alliance Government.
- New Role Models In America (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 24, 2005)
In the wake of increasing high-handedness of the police, it has become impossible for journalists to cover Chief Minister N Dharam Singh's visits to Gulbarga City, reports DHNS from Gulbarga.
- Lending Sound And Vision To Learning (Deccan Herald, SUMAA TEKUR , Mar 24, 2005)
With the recent launch of the Edusat programme some district schools in Karnataka can look forward to watching education programmes on TV.
- For The Good Of All (Tribune, J. L. Gupta, Mar 24, 2005)
It was March 2004. Indian cricketers were playing in Pakistan. The government of Pakistan had relaxed the rules and permitted the people to pass the border without any problem.
- Great Falls Woman Found Slain In Home (Washington Post, Tom Jackman, Mar 24, 2005)
A 52-year-old Great Falls woman was found stabbed to death in her home by her
Previous 100 Health Articles | Next 100 Health Articles
Home
Page
|
|
