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Articles 19321 through 19420 of 20587:
- Has Mysterious Killer Of India's Vultures Been Found? (National Geographic News, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2004)
When Lindsay Oaks went to Pakistan in the year 2000, there were so many vultures that he got bored looking at them. Now, three years later, the raptors are nearly gone.
- Shining Example (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 23, 2004)
It is no longer enough to praise the Indian elections, which completed the first round of voting yesterday, merely on the grounds that they are being held in "the world's largest democracy".
- Over The Patient’s Body (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 16, 2004)
The doctors involved should be punished for failing to maintain the minimal ethical standards and needlessly endangering the life of a patient.
- Dramatic Progress At Islamabad (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jan 08, 2004)
Gestures and personal dynamics were as important as the bilateral Indo-Pak issues that dominated the recent SAARC Summit in Islamabad. But most significant was the joint statement issued to the media, where Pakistan said it would not allow any terror ...
- Gender Angle To An Epidemic (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2004)
Specifically, indicators such as income, asset holdings, quality of housing, occupation and the level of educational achievement were all strongly and positively associated with awareness of HIV/AIDS. The study also found that the use of disposable ...
- Trauma Of Punjab’s Jobless (Tribune, P. P. S. Gill, Jan 07, 2004)
Punjab is faced with a gigantic challenge: how to give employment to 30 lakh jobless youth? Successive governments have never cared to know why the youth went berserk during the days of militancy. There is no policy worth the name to make them employable.
- India’s Grand Obsession (Telegraph, Bhaskar Ghose, Jan 07, 2004)
Why has Pakistan become so central to all our thinking and discussions? Open a newspaper and something about that country or its leaders or what they say is bound to be somewhere in it — usually on the front page, and on the few occasions it isn’t, it’s
- Virbhadra Plans To Freeze Posts, Allowances (Indian Express, SURESH KHATTA, Jan 07, 2004)
Out to shed flab and tighten the belt, the cash-strapped Himachal Pradesh government proposes not only to freeze the number of posts of government employees but also their allowances. The other measures aimed at improving the financial health of the
- Coai Withdraws Wll Cases From Sc (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2004)
The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) on Tuesday formally filed an application to withdraw its challenge to WLL(M) limited mobility and unified access licensing that was pending before the Supreme Court. The withdrawal was unanimous as ...
- Bears Reappear, Sensex Sheds 95 Points (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2004)
The much-awaited correction pulls down stocks across the board; Sensex falls 205 points intra-day
- Steel Price Rise Puts Brakes On Auto Component Sector Growth (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2004)
THE domestic auto-component industry, which is emerging as a key global hub for auto components, has been badly hit by the rise in the steel prices, including the latest hike this month. "This is an industry that cannot re-negotiate long-term prices
- Saarc Says No To Terror (Indian Express, V.S.CHANDRASEKAR, Jan 07, 2004)
: In A significant accord on tackling terrorism in South Asia, leaders of seven SAARC countries, including from India and Pakistan, today pledged to eliminate the menace in all forms and manifestations in the region and to deal effectively with financing
- Udayan Waves Goodbye (Indian Express, Sabyasachi Bandopadhyay, Jan 07, 2004)
For the inmates of Udayan, the home for children of leprosy patients at Barrackpore near Kolkata, today was a sad day. And the main reason was not that their famous benefactor played his last Test match, but that they couldn’t watch their Steve-da (Waugh)
- Welcome To Free Trade Zone (Indian Express, Navika Kumar, Jan 07, 2004)
The seven SAARC countries on Tuesday signed a treaty that would lead to free trade and movement of goods paving the way for South Asian economic Union along the lines of EU in future. The South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) framework treaty signed by ...
- Interlinking Of Rivers: Ripples Of Concern (Business Line, Sudhirendar Sharma, Jan 07, 2004)
NEVER before has any proposal won the unstinted support of the apex court, the first citizen and the chief executive of the country all at the same time. With this unprecedented backing, the Government has pressed in all available resources to steamroll
- Shakespeare Plays With Economics (Business Line, D. Sambandhan, Jan 07, 2004)
"NO HUMAN capacity ever yet saw the whole of a thing, but we may see more and more of it the longer we look," said Ruskin. This was internalised by Mr Frederick Turner, the Founder Professor of Arts and Humanities at the University of Texas, when he made
- Agreement On Agriculture - Confrontation Among Superpowers (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Jan 07, 2004)
WTO negotiations are battles between and among nations, and their groups, with countries like the US inclined simply to ignore the mandate of the international trade body, as has happened with the Byrd Amendment repeal. But the boot may be on the other
- Unani Medicines To Be Patented (Indian Express, Toufiq Rashid, Jan 06, 2004)
Health Ministry and CSIR focus on patent applicable format in four European languages, Japanese
- For Safe Food (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2004)
FOOD SAFETY AND quality standards have been crucial in international food trade; but across the world, and especially in developed economies, the rules are becoming stricter by the day. Recent episodes of food contamination have raised the level of ...
- Amway Comes Under Scanner Of Drug Control Authorities (Business Line, Ratna Bhushan, Jan 06, 2004)
AMWAY India, wholly-owned subsidiary of the US-based Amway Corporation, has been caught in a controversial situation.
The company has, for the second time, come under the scanner of the Drug Control Authority at least in one state - Kerala — for ...
- Early Childhood Care And Education - First Steps On The Development Path (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Jan 06, 2004)
The sooner the Centre and States realise the importance of universal elementary education, the faster can a new development model be created for India, based on the blend of technical skill, superior knowledge and a population of literate Indians.
- With Saris, Us Scientists Take On Cholera (Indian Express, Reshma Patil, Jan 06, 2004)
Old saris are perfect for mopping floors. But the US-based National Science Foundation (NSF) has found another more important use for them — as a preventive tool to fight cholera. And the older the sari, the better the chances of surviving the
- Developing Nations To Block Us, Eu Move To Surpass Trips Norms (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2004)
All attempts made by the US and the EU to put in place regulations exceeding the requirements of the Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (Trips) Agreement for protecting data for registration of pharmaceuticals have to be actively resisted by ...
- After Bam Quake, Iran Thinks Over Moving Its Capital (Indian Express, Reuters, Jan 06, 2004)
Alarmed by the death count and destruction caused by the Bam earthquake, Iran’s top policymakers are considering moving the capital away from quake-prone Tehran. ‘‘The Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) will shortly discuss a plan to move the
- Fears Delay Uk Flights; Fbi Eye On Vegas Hotels (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2004)
Extra security checks delayed a British Airways flight to Washington Dulles International Airport on Sunday, the fourth in a week as the US entered a third consecutive week on a high state of alert for terrorists. ‘‘The ports of LA and Long Beach are
- Beyond Courtesy (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2004)
THE much-awaited meeting between Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan finally came about at the Presidential Palace in Islamabad on Monday. That they would interact for a short while on the sidelines of the 12th
- Beyond Courtesy (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2004)
THE much-awaited meeting between Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan finally came about at the Presidential Palace in Islamabad on Monday. That they would interact for a short while on the sidelines of the 12th
- Force Of Corruption (Telegraph, SANKAR SEN, Jan 06, 2004)
In a matter of a few decades, corruption has taken deep roots among the police, mainly owing to political interference
- Blame, But Responsibly (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2004)
Marginalization and discrimination of vulnerable groups: The fact that it is marginalized groups — sex workers, migrants, injecting drug users and men who have sex with men — who have so far been most severely affected by HIV/AIDS in south Asia has result
- India Becoming Economic Power House: Drucker (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2004)
Management guru Peter Drucker has said India is becoming an economic powerhouse very fast and its progress is far more impressive than that of China. In an interview to Fortune magazine, he said, ‘‘India is becoming a powerhouse very fast. The medical ...
- Ny, West Bengal To Be Sister States (Times of India, Nirmalya Banerjee, Jan 05, 2004)
A visiting US delegation to the city said it was keen on putting in place a "sister state" arrangement between New York and West Bengal to further strengthen business and social ties between the two regions, particularly in areas like IT . . .
- The Joy Of Human Life (Hindu, A.P.J. ABDUL KALAM , Jan 05, 2004)
Religions are beautiful gardens. But they are islands. If we can connect all the islands with love and compassion, in a `garland project' for the new millennium, we will have a prosperous India.
- The Perils Of Private Food Export (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Jan 05, 2004)
IT appears that the liberalisation and globalisation process is reaching a stage where it can do the most damage to the disadvantaged and under privileged in so vital a sector as food. What else can explain the decision of New Delhi to let private traders
- The Perils Of Private Food Export (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Jan 05, 2004)
IT appears that the liberalisation and globalisation process is reaching a stage where it can do the most damage to the disadvantaged and under privileged in so vital a sector as food. What else can explain the decision of New Delhi to let private traders
- Overcoming Social Deficits (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2004)
INDIA IS DOING very well economically and is capable of becoming a developed country in the foreseeable future, perhaps even within two decades. However, there is no question of its joining the "league of developed nations" unless there is ...
- No Choice But Limited Mobility (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2004)
In a small survey conducted among medical personnel in Sri Lanka in 1994, Bloom et al found that 75 per cent of hospital staff agreed with the statement that “AIDS patients are very infectious and should, therefore, be isolated in separate wards to reduce
- India As The Future Vaccine Hub (Tribune, N.K. Ganguly, Jan 05, 2004)
VACCINES are the desperately needed prevention tools. Owing to the enormous morbidity and mortality caused by infectious diseases, it is important that vaccines against these are made available at the earliest and at an affordable price. Efforts are being
- 2004 Cast (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2004)
There is some solution in sight for the growing city’s constant problem. Expect a flood of cheap housing this year. There will also be more 35-40 storey buildings. Affordable housing will be this year’s chant.
Education is the other area of growth. 40
- Need For A New Index Of Happiness (Tribune, Kiran Bedi, Jan 04, 2004)
THE year that has gone by has been most unusual for my family and me. It has been one of extremes both personally and professionally. From the fifth floor of my Delhi Police Headquarters I found myself on the planes and taking elevators to the 22nd floor
- The Northeast Notebook (Indian Express, Samudra Gupta Kashyap, Jan 04, 2004)
Saving the migration cycle
THIS winter, school and college students in Jorhat in Upper Assam are using their holidays to spread an important message. Working for an NGO, they are going from door to door telling people about the importance of saving the
- Still At Sea (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jan 04, 2004)
The promise of this new year allows me to atone in sackcloth and ashes for an injustice perpetrated in these columns in July 2000. I mistook “a decrepit tub strewn with rubbish beyond an ancient jetty” for “India’s first floating hotel” or floatel which
- How I Keep Fit & Light (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2004)
DIET: I ALWAYS have a healthy and filling breakfast. Generally it is cereals and milk or toast and eggs, but I make sure I’m full. I keep my lunches and dinners light and simple. Usually, I have some salads, pasta or veggies. I have almost given up on eat
- Well Healed (Indian Express, Ambrose Pinto , Jan 04, 2004)
Salsa sessions to gooey chocolate—there’s more to the wellness concept than feng shui and incense
- Nri Implements Bill Gates’ Goals (Tribune, Ela Dutt , Jan 03, 2004)
Traditional educationists may find the radical ideas and unconventional vocabulary of Indian American Shivam Mallick Shah surprising, but these fit in well with the goals of Bill Gates and his wife Melinda. The billionaire couple has hired Harvard ...
- Mad About Words (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Jan 03, 2004)
Not many of us are aware that when Shakespeare wrote his plays and sonnets, there were no dictionaries. There were some compilations of difficult words with their meanings but no one dictionary giving origins, meanings and usages of all words in the
- To Know The Road Ahead, Ask Those Coming Back (Business Line, D. Murali , Jan 03, 2004)
WOULD you add legs to a snake after you have finished drawing it? Probably not, but that is a Chinese proverb about doing something that is totally unnecessary and thus spoiling what you have already done, and perhaps also revealing one's ignorance about
- Safta: Much Effort For Little Gains? (Business Line, Sanjib Pohit, Jan 03, 2004)
SAFTA seems set for take off, but it may not as it is modelled now, liberalising commodity trade first and then services. For, apart from India, other countries have little to gain from a trading bloc; their industries would lobby against SAFTA fearing
- They're No Country Cousins Of Commercial Banks (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Jan 03, 2004)
Do NBFCs need a level-playing field
- Coming Soon, Radio-On-Campus From Chennai (Indian Express, Anuradha Raman, Jan 03, 2004)
Come January 15 and a little cubicle in a corner of Chennai will turn into what is being seen as the world’s smallest radio studio and the country’s first campus community radio. Anna University’s own radio station is likely to get kicking then with
- Year On, Kolkata Police Can’t Find Time For Bapi Sen (Indian Express, Sabyasachi Bandopadhyay, Jan 03, 2004)
On December 31 last year, Kolkata Police sergeant Bapi Sen paid with his life for trying to stop a group of drunken New Year revellers from teasing a girl. The police got cracking within hours and arrested all five who had attacked the cop.
- 200 Years Of Turmoil (Hindu, Lydia Polgreen, Jan 03, 2004)
After 200 years of independence, Haiti remains an impoverished and troubled nation.
- Drunk Pilot Almost Got To Controls (Indian Express, Pranab Dhal Samanta, Jan 03, 2004)
An Alliance Air co-pilot has been suspended after he tested positive for alcohol, minutes before entering the cockpit to fly the Chennai-Kolkata plane on New Year’s day. Yet to recover from the alcohol possibly consumed the night before, pilot
- China Bans ‘dirty’ Ads During Dinner (Indian Express, MARK MAGNIER, Jan 02, 2004)
China rang in the New Year by banning advertising during dinnertime for sanitary napkins, haemorrhoid ointments and athlete’s foot medicines. ‘‘This is really welcome,’’ said Lei Jianqiang, 33, a railway employee. ‘‘Those ads are so disgusting.
- Govt Wants To Ensure Polio Doesn’t See ’05 (Indian Express, Toufiq Rashid, Jan 02, 2004)
The Union health and family welfare minister made two resolutions for the new year — a polio-free India by the end of 2004 and more than Rs 1,100 crore to spend on the mission. The budget is close to double the 2003 expenditure of Rs 600 crore. Close
- And Terror Starts A Fresh Count In 2004 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2004)
A suspected Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) militant died when an improvised explosive device (IED) he was carrying on a bicycle exploded accidentally in the downtown area of the city, officials said here. Seven civilians were also injured, two of them critically,
- Finally, Drdo Picks Up Stress Blip On Army Radar (Indian Express, SAIKAT DATTA, Jan 02, 2004)
After conducting counter-terrorism operations for more than a decade in Jammu and Kashmir, the Army is brushing up its stress-management manuals and techniques. As part of it, the DRDO’s Psychological Research Laboratory has listed warning signals for ...
- New Year Dinner Blast In Iraq Kills 8 (Indian Express, SULEIMAN AL-KHALIDI, Jan 02, 2004)
Up to eight people were killed in a New Year’s Eve bomb attack on a Baghdad restaurant and more than 30 wounded, US Military investigators said on Thursday as they hunted for clues among the rubble. The car bomb devastated the upmarket Nabil
- Happy Days Ahead For Job Hunters (Business Line, Veena Venugopal, Jan 01, 2004)
GOOD news for job hunters. Placement agencies predict across the board hiring, in all sectors, at all levels in 2004. Business school graduates are looking forward to a placement season where the toughest choice they make will be which out of the half
- New Year Pronouncements (Business Line, S. Ramachander, Jan 01, 2004)
While India will emerge stronger in 2004, it is only political will that can bring about a real change in the economy, society and politics.
- Rules Rather Than Exceptions (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2004)
There are promising signs of change in…attitude, with examples of how judicial, legislative or policy action can readily mitigate stigma and discrimination. There have been several instances where the courts have ruled in favour of reinstating HIV
- Unmasked (Indian Express, DEVRAJ DASGUPTA, Jan 01, 2004)
Contrary to apprehensions, life for the D’Silva family, plagued by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), has been a smooth ride after the fortnight-long ordeal back in April. Though eyebrows were raised initially, it is business as usual for the
- Stepping Out (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2004)
Ideology, or even unease in partnership, can no longer be accepted as a convincing reason for exiting a power alliance. The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam has offered the second for leaving the National Democratic Alliance and giving it “issue-based” support
- Two-Child Norm (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2004)
THE Population Foundation of India’s concern in its annual report over spurt in female foeticide in 11 states including Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh is timely. Figures speak for themselves on the magnitude of the problem. From 945 per 1000 in 1991
- Mother Prayer (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Jan 01, 2004)
There is not a day someone does not lose a loved one here: Far from Saarc arclights, a Kashmiri mother prays for peace
- Towards 2004: Nothing Much To Feel Good About (Business Line, Devinder Sharma , Dec 31, 2003)
SUMITRA Behera is one of the millions languishing in the countryside. An unknown Indian, somehow surviving against all odds, she recently figured in the news when she decided to sell her one-month-old baby for a mere Rs 10 (approximately 11 US cents).
- Thank You, 2003! (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Dec 31, 2003)
NORMALLY, on December 31, the excitement is all about the New Year. The only thought for the year that has been with us for the previous 12 months is usually a la Lord Tennyson in his famous poem, Ring out, Wild Bells: "The year is dying in the night, and
- The Sri Lankan Mess (Tribune, K.N. Malik, Dec 31, 2003)
ONE is intrigued by the way all parties in the Sri Lanka triangle, President Chandrika Kumaratunga (People’s Alliance), Prime Minister Ranil Vickremesinghe (UNF), and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), expect India to facilitate ethnic conflict
- Disease And Development (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2003)
Extracts from the UNDP report, “HIV/AIDS and Development in South Asia 2003”
- Surviving The Male Gaze (Telegraph, Ambrose Pinto , Dec 31, 2003)
Violence against women can be curbed only if there is a change in the way men look at women and women look at themselves
- Making India An Economic Superpower — Stem The Rot In Governance (Business Line, Ambrose Pinto , Dec 30, 2003)
Governance failure is the single biggest impediment to achieving a higher growth rate of the economy.
- Emergence Of The Fractal Savant (Business Line, Pravir Malik, Dec 30, 2003)
INDIAN industry is at the crossroads. More and more Indian companies are coming into the global limelight. For instance, ONGC, Reliance, Hindustan Lever, IOC, Wipro, SBI, Infosys, ITC, Ranbaxy, and HDFC figure in a recent Business Week survey of the top
- Nurseries Of Alienation (Hindu, Mihir Shah, Dec 30, 2003)
Geographical enclavement in a remote pocket has provided the physical basis for a kind of "internal colonialism" faced by Adivasis throughout India.
- Shareholders: Owners Or Speculators? (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Dec 29, 2003)
EVERY time, I take my ten-year old car to my mechanic to fix a problem, he will preface his diagnosis with a question, ``How long do you plan to keep this car?'' His logic is as follows: If I plan to keep it for a long time, he will recommend using good
- Keep The Net Free (Telegraph, Subimal Bhattacharjee, Dec 29, 2003)
Keeping the cyberspace free of controls was the subject of much debate at the recent World Summit on the Information Society in Geneva, the first such gathering. Along with ensuring freedom, we also need to find ways to address the issues arising out of
- A Party’s Fine Balance (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2003)
The Congress has already heard what the Pranab Mukherjee report is going to say
- Bad News For Babus Who Pull Strings To Get Foreign Contracts (Indian Express, Shishir Gupta, Dec 28, 2003)
For babus who perhaps do not understand the meaning of the term, ‘‘conflict of interest,’’ this New Year may not bring good tidings.
- Gujarat Knows The Pain, Lends A Hand (Indian Express, PRARTHNA GAHILOTE, Dec 28, 2003)
Govt disaster team on alert, blood on stand-by, 23-member rescue unit is ready to go
- Doctored Register (Indian Express, Rakshit Sonawane, Dec 28, 2003)
At remote Dagadwadi, teachers administer medicines to boost attendance in primary classes
- Avoiding Future Shock (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2003)
ENABLING CITIZENS THROUGH education and skill enhancement is more critical today than at any other time. There is fairly well founded concern that in the next decade the country could find itself performing a difficult balancing act: catering to ...
- What Price Education? (Hindu, Ambrose Pinto , Dec 27, 2003)
The Blair Government is facing stiff opposition to its plans to allow Britain's universities to triple their annual tuition fees.
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