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Articles 19721 through 19820 of 20587:
- Prescription For A Prince From A Delhi Native (Indian Express, Toufiq Rashid, Oct 31, 2003)
His patients: Christopher Superman Reeve, Claudia Schiffer, Shah Rukh Khan
- Scare In Corbett As Nearby Villages Get Foot And Mouth (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Oct 31, 2003)
There is concern growing in Corbett National Park. A Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) outbreak has struck villages in the periphery of the reserve forest threatening to infect wild animals in the park.
- Assessing Risk (Hindu, Sagar Dhara, Oct 31, 2003)
Public discussion revolves around concentration levels of pollutants and not the risk they cause.
- Dr Mahathir Made The Right Call (Business Line, V. Anantha-Nageswaran , Oct 31, 2003)
IT IS nearly two weeks since the APEC summit ended. In the media world, that is a long time ago. The event is all but forgotten. It was a forgettable event except for those who dressed up in colourful shirts to pose for pictures.
- More Fingers Crossed Than Thumbs Up (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2003)
Pak says bus to Muzaffarabad OK but under UN supervision since it’s ‘disputed’
- Sorry To Be The Party Pooper (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Oct 29, 2003)
Will ‘Shining India’ ever breach the feel good/feel bad divide?
- Ftas, India And Asian Trading Bloc (Business Line, Alok Ray, Oct 29, 2003)
The FTA with Thailand, to be followed by similar ones with other Asean countries, will open up new opportunities as well as challenges. Along with competition from cheaper goods from other Asian countries, Indian industry will have unhindered access to mu
- Desperate Measures (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2003)
ISRAEL'S RECENT MURDEROUS assault on the Gaza Strip, in which 11 Palestinians were killed and a hundred wounded, marked a further intensification of the violent policy it has pursued. Civilians appear to have been deliberately targeted in the ...
- Smart Construction (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2003)
Green clearance to big buildings is a good start, now demand rainwater harvesting too
- Scary Report On Toxins In Food Buried For 10 Yrs (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Oct 29, 2003)
If you thought pesticides in colas was cause for alarm, drink this: an unprecedented nationwide study of pesticide levels in our food conducted by top government agencies came up with figures so shocking that the report was withdrawn soon after it was rel
- Straws In The Wind? (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 29, 2003)
A COUPLE of months ago, the Tamil Nadu Government cancelled the licences for sand quarrying granted to private parties and took over the responsibility under its own wings. The move was instantly welcomed by all sections of public opinion, except, of cour
- India Bans Diabetic Drug, 32 Years Late (Indian Express, Toufiq Rashid, Oct 29, 2003)
US study: drug behind alarming number of heart diseases
- How Green Is Your Building? Coming Soon, New Rules (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Oct 28, 2003)
Draft: All new buildings for 1,000 people or more (cost at least Rs 50 cr) set to need environmental OK & waste treatment plant
- Unvalued Water Is Wasted Water (Indian Express, Venkatesh Dutta, Oct 28, 2003)
Urban water supply in India continues to have a reputation for poor performance for citizens. The sector is often characterised by limited hours of supply, sometimes only for an hour; low pressure during the hours of supply, often less than 20 per square
- Special Forces: Shot In The Foot (Indian Express, SAIKAT DATTA, Oct 28, 2003)
The Army’s elite contingent is haemorrhaging as the best and the brightest choose corporate over combat.
- Minister Speaks Out Against Hospital Deaths (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2003)
West Bengal Transport Minister Subhash Chakraborty today spoke out against Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya and Health Minister Dr Surya Kanta Mishra over the recent incidents of deaths due to alleged negligence and mismanagement at the state-governm
- New Air Programmes For Visually Impaired (Indian Express, Anuradha Raman, Oct 28, 2003)
In chasing revenues, Doordarshan may have dropped its public service broadcaster mantle, but this is not the case with ‘‘poor cousin’’ All India Radio (AIR).
- Digi-Governance (Business Line, R. Sundaram , Oct 28, 2003)
SCEPTICS have always looked upon the idealistic view of Jeffersonian democracy as unworkable. They point out that democracies are nothing but rule of the elite in which an apathetic majority is ruled by self-aggrandising plutocracies, where vested interes
- Go Organic, Go Global (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2003)
WITH CONSUMERS BECOMING increasingly concerned and `informed' about the quality of what they consume, food safety is assuming a crucial role. Food safety, quality and hygiene standards are becoming stricter by the day, especially in developed countries. I
- Epidemiology Intelligence (Hindu, T. Jacob John, Oct 28, 2003)
Outbreaks of known diseases occur frequently but public health authorities fail to predict, prevent or interrupt them.
- Towards Integrated Health Policy (Deccan Herald, P H Reddy, Oct 28, 2003)
The state government should identify mechanisms for integration of various components of its health policy
- Economy Has Revived But .... Feeling Good And Not-So-Good (Business Line, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Oct 28, 2003)
Economic growth is meaningless unless accompanied by creation of jobs. This is where the real problem lies. India is the youngest nation and changes in demographic pattern show that it will get younger still - the 2001 Census indicated that 40 per cent of
- Monetary Policy: What Ails Rural Credit? (Business Line, C. L. Dadhich, Oct 28, 2003)
THE Reserve Bank of India is perhaps the first central bank that has the statutory provisions to maintain a team of experts to advise and impart guidance on rural credit. Since Independence, the RBI has initiated a number of measures to augment the flow o
- Towards Integrated Health Policy (Deccan Herald, P H Reddy, Oct 28, 2003)
The state government should identify mechanisms for integration of various components of its health policy
- Finding Funds For Drug R&d (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2003)
THE STRENGTH OF the Indian pharmaceutical industry can be traced to a facilitatory role played by the government three decades ago when patent laws were amended to nurture the domestic drug sector. Few, at that time, would have foreseen the biggest names
- Bonanza For The Flying Public (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Oct 27, 2003)
There can be no two views on the fact that the new open skies policy taking shape will be of great help to the flying public through lower fares and higher efficiency in inflight services, baggage handling, and more convenient connections.
- Srinagar-Jammu Highway Blast: 15 Civilians Injured (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2003)
Fifteen civilians were injured when militants detonated a powerful improvised explosive device (IED) on Srinagar-Jammu National Highway at Bijbehara today, official sources said.
- The Future Of The `Bric' Group - Brazil, Russia, India And China Will Come Into Their Own (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Oct 27, 2003)
A recent Goldman Sachs report has forecast that Brazil, India and China together with Russia (BRIC) will outstrip the current dominant members of the global economy within half a century. It will be heartwarming if the BRIC nations turn out to be affluent
- Management Of India's Forex Reserves (Business Line, V. Anantha-Nageswaran , Oct 27, 2003)
It is a matter of pride that India has moved from being a country that faced a BoP crisis to one that has official foreign exchange reserves of nearly $90 billion. The RBI has done an admirable job of managing the country's external liquidity and debt pos
- Digvijay To Encash Maya Fury, Signals Poll Pact With Bsp (Indian Express, Hartosh Singh Bal, Oct 27, 2003)
But it has BSP divided
- Wanted, Tirupati Management In Karbala (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Oct 27, 2003)
You cannot help marvelling at the manner in which the queues at Tirumala are managed. Not only are the pilgrims regulated, the Tirupati Tirumala Devasthanam management uses the money pouring into the hundis for creating more facilities for them.'
- Pm Trips Up Kalam (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Oct 26, 2003)
President Abdul Kalam had to be content touring Bulgaria, Sudan and the UAE on his first state visit abroad. Many of the exciting destinations he would have liked to have traveled to had already been visited by Vajpayee, or else are on the PM’s itinerary
- A Watchdog Weighed Down (Hindu, Anjali Modi, Oct 26, 2003)
The National Human Rights Commission is caught in a dysfunctional relationship with government and state.
- Ship-Breakers Ahoy: Clean Up Time (Indian Express, Milind Ghatwai, Oct 25, 2003)
Last week, as Alang celebrated the arrival of Hellespont Grand—the biggest vessel to arrive at the ship-breaking yard — the Supreme Court ordered ship-breakers and their regulators to get their priorities right: worker safety and environment protection fi
- Another Tiger Dies At The Nandankanan Zoo (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2003)
The mysterious death of yet another adult tiger at Nandankanan Zoological Park here today has put a question mark on the zoo’s health management system. Zoo vets said thirteen-year-old tiger Rakesh died following a kidney failure. This is the second tiger
- Welcome Aboard A Sexist Flight (Indian Express, Jayanthi Natarajan, Oct 25, 2003)
To hold ‘unpresentable’ air hostesses responsible for the woes of AI and IA is hogwash
- This Diwali, Heart Of Darkness Is Bright & Shining (Indian Express, Varghese K George, Oct 25, 2003)
Ex-Leftist, builder-turned-activist, revived water system have brought revolution
- After The Victory (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2003)
Rama returns to his kingdom, and all is well
- Warming Relations? (Hindu, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Oct 24, 2003)
We need a political culture in both India and Pakistan that is prepared to pay a short run price for a new architecture for the subcontinent.
- Marxists Get Foreign Funds To Mercy-Kill Their Dying Psus (Indian Express, Subrata Nag Choudhury, Oct 24, 2003)
DFID grant to Bengal to pay off workers, close14 PSUs
- Preparing For The Inflow (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Oct 24, 2003)
If the open skies policy takes off, facilities at airports and the tourism infrastructure will have to be enhanced to deal with the rise in passenger arrivals.
- Rape: National And International (Deccan Herald, Valson Thampu , Oct 23, 2003)
The rape of a Swiss embassy staffer must be condemned. At the same time, we cannot gloss over other rapes in the country
- Rape: National And International (Deccan Herald, Valson Thampu , Oct 23, 2003)
The rape of a Swiss embassy staffer must be condemned. At the same time, we cannot gloss over other rapes in the country
- Spaces The City Wants To Forget (Indian Express, Yaaminey Mubayi, Oct 23, 2003)
Urban poverty is one of the greatest challenges human society will face in the future. Worldwide, urban populations are expected to cross 2 billion within the next generation. In India, urban dwellers will constitute 50 per cent of the total population by
- Why Is This A Very Happy Diwali? Top Answer Is Reforms (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2003)
There’s something deeper to the optimism than the rain god, write Advisor to Finance Minister Vijay Kelkar and Ajay Shah, Consultant, Dept of Economic Affairs
- Jobs, Medical Aid Thrust Areas In Marad Package (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2003)
Job creation, infrastructure expansion, medical aid and water and power supply are the thrust areas in the massive Marad development package of which a draft was prepared today. The draft, evolved at a meeting of senior officers of various government depa
- Gandhi On Secular Law And State (Hindu, Anil Nauriya , Oct 22, 2003)
Gandhi and Nehru had differences. But they had strong mutual synergies on vital issues.
- India Opens Pursestrings For Rs 50 Cr More To Iraq (Indian Express, Shishir Gupta, Oct 21, 2003)
India is set to put in an additional $10 million (around Rs 50 crore) for reconstruction and humanitarian efforts in Iraq. The announcement will be made at the donors’ conference in Madrid this week. With this, India’s contribution in post-war Iraq will b
- Funding Higher Education (Hindu, Amrik Singh , Oct 21, 2003)
The basis for the grant should be the total income of the college. While about half the students should pay the full fee, others would be subsidised from the amount thus saved by the State Government.
- Where Has The Girl Child Gone? Latest Data Tells Grim Story (Indian Express, Toufiq Rashid, Oct 21, 2003)
Punjab, Delhi, Haryana and Gujarat are worst offenders
- A Saint For The World To Cherish (Indian Express, Navin Chawla, Oct 21, 2003)
Mother Teresa stood out not merely for her compassion but for being just so non-judgmental
- Unsaddled By Snuff (Indian Express, George N Netto, Oct 21, 2003)
Encounters with a comic character
- Mulayam And Friends (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 21, 2003)
It would take more than photo-ops with businessmen to turn Uttar Pradesh around
- Beating About The Bush (Business Line, K. Ramesh, Oct 21, 2003)
THE deposed Iraqi chief, Mr Saddam Hussein, poses "danger to the world" is the latest invention of the US President, Mr George Bush.
- Tourism Hubs To Pop Up Along 800-Km Long ‘riverbed’ (Indian Express, Vrinda Gopinath, Oct 21, 2003)
The mythical Saraswati is yet to be traced but Union Minister for Tourism and Culture Jagmohan has already announced an ambitious Rs 5-crore Saraswati Heritage Project, which aims to develop the ‘‘Saraswati river belt’’ as a ‘‘cultural-tourist’’ hub with
- Doing Business In Rich And Poor Countries (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Oct 20, 2003)
Businessmen around the world face — and complain about — the different policy regimes, especially when it comes to questions of starting a business. But doing business in poor countries, which score poorly in regulation, credit delivery and infrastructure
- Mother A Step Away From St Teresa (Indian Express, Philip Pullella, Oct 20, 2003)
Huge turnout as Vatican bends rules on fast-track to sainthood
- Pura And The Government Input (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Oct 20, 2003)
While the private sector must build on the PURA concept, the foundation itself needs to be laid by the government, especially by allocating resources. For this, it can re-look at various existing programmes and re-allocate resources for PURA. For this the
- Petrifying Prospect (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 20, 2003)
THE faint-hearted are advised to keep away from the just published Times Atlas of the World which grimly details the ravages being wrought by exploding population. The most conspicuous of them is the bursting of the cities at their seams.
- Express Your Voice (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2003)
This refers to Contempt of Quote (The Sunday Express, Oct 12). Advani’s trial by media in the Babri Masjid demolition case continues relentlessly. However, the interpretation of facts leaves a lot to be desired. Anju Gupta, who was in charge of Advani’s s
- Choosing Targets (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2003)
THREE DAYS after the abortive attempt on the life of the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, N. Chandrababu Naidu, the People's War (PW) extremists carried out a successful attack on another target in Guntur district. This time, their victim was not a ...
- And The Nominees For Best Use Of The Internet Are... (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Oct 19, 2003)
India’s e-industry takes another step forward when, over the next few days, the work of eight of the best networks, services and applications come up for scrutiny before a grand jury sitting in Dubai that will decide on nominations to the UN World Summit
- Sterilisation Gets A Good Name, That Too In Haryana (Indian Express, Toufiq Rashid, Oct 19, 2003)
Chautala’s unique scheme: get sterilised, we pay Rs 500 per month until your daughter turns 20, Rs 200 if it’s a son
- Mother Fever (Indian Express, Daniel Williams, Oct 19, 2003)
It's unlikely that the late Mother Teresa ever wore a sari with a slit up the front. But in a Rome theatre this week, she is not only so adorned but also belting out pop tunes to standing-room-only crowds. The show, Mother Teresa — The Musical, is part of
- Swaraj Saviour To Docs With Russian Stamp (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2003)
Adding more bitterness to the already soured relations between the Union Health Ministry and the Medical Council of India (MCI), Health Minister Sushma Swaraj announced today that doctors, who have graduated from recognised Russian medical colleges before
- An Insidious Campaign (Hindu, K. Srinivas Reddy, Oct 19, 2003)
From being confined to isolated backward pockets of Andhra Pradesh and Bihar, the naxalites have spread their network across several States
- Why A Canadian Town Is In Love With This Nri (Indian Express, Clifford Krauss, Oct 18, 2003)
Doctor wants to go to US, his city offers free food, hair cuts to make him stay
- Rights And Duties (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Oct 18, 2003)
In the name of freedom and Fundamental Rights we have got away with the habit of depriving others of the rights we claim for ourselves. Two glaring examples of these which came to the attention of the Calcutta High Court were the misuse of loudspeakers at
- Stop The Rot (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 17, 2003)
Far from India evolving into a casteless society, assertion of caste and community identities is becoming more and more aggressive, to the point of promoting internecine violence and vitiating orderly governance.
- Sickness In The Halls Of Healing (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Oct 17, 2003)
The Government of India’s Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) in Mumbai has asked the Union ministry of health to shut down the Radiotherapy Department of New Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital.
- Treaties And Cancun (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Oct 17, 2003)
In India, a treaty should be circulated before it is signed with information being made available to the people who, along with the States, should be widely consulted.
- India Inc, Getting Lean And Nimble (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 17, 2003)
No longer is VRS a bad word. As much as it has made corporates, banks and PSUs leaner and nimbler, it has also enriched the retirees. And, contrary to the perception that VRS means job erosion, it has made for continuous job enrichment. A Business. . .
- Eyes Wired Shut (Indian Express, Arun Shourie, Oct 17, 2003)
Decades ago, Arthur Clarke formulated two axioms about the advance of technology.
- Cancun: A Mystery Story (Indian Express, Bibek Debroy, Oct 17, 2003)
There have been several post-mortems of what happened in Cancun.
- Want To Be An Ia Airhostess? Rudy Says Your Face First, Then Iq (Indian Express, Navika Kumar, Oct 16, 2003)
Tells IA and Air India: focus less on tests, first look at looks; his reason: I am answerable to Parliament
- Winged Fears (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2003)
Dengue is a reminder that disease prevention should never go off the national radar
- Bali Raises Visions Of Asian Century (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Oct 16, 2003)
Since the "Look-East" policy was enunciated in 1993, India has made good headway in promoting greater co-operation with South-East Asia. Those gains were consolidated further at the Asean Summit, where member-nations committed themselves to creating a con
- Uncertainty After Cancun Collapse (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Oct 16, 2003)
The collapse of the ministerial signals the beginning of a tension-ridden holiday for the WTO in the immediate future
- Uncertainty After Cancun Collapse (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Oct 16, 2003)
The collapse of the ministerial signals the beginning of a tension-ridden holiday for the WTO in the immediate future
- Biotechnology: Hope & Hype (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2003)
IN SOME WAYS, biotechnology is nothing new. Breeding domestic animals and cultivable crops were prerequisites for civilisation. Less essentially perhaps, early societies discovered fermentation and alcoholic beverages. But modern biotechnology ...
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