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Articles 221 through 320 of 500:
- Durga Puja Festivity: A Spiritual Metaphor (Times of India, M N KUNDU, Oct 17, 2007)
Durga Puja symbolises our eternal journey to self-realisation and not just the victory of good over evil. Behind the apparent magnificence of the rituals there lies a deep spiritual significance worth contemplation.
- Hu Jintao Vows To Reverse Income Disparity (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
In a keynote speech to the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Chinese President Hu Jintao said here on Monday that China would deepen reform of the income distribution system to reverse the growing income disparity.
- “Nuclear Power Is Simply Not Necessary” (Hindu, Marcus Dam, Oct 16, 2007)
By awarding the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize jointly to Al Gore and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the Norwegian Nobel Committee has more than simply underscored the need to reduce the threat of climate change to the security of mankind.
- Instil Confidence In The Nations Food Producers (Deccan Herald, PANDURANG HEGDE, Oct 16, 2007)
A drastic shift in policy in favour of commercial and export-oriented crops is denying the countrys small farmers access to growing food crops, threatening food security.
- India's Tigers Under Siege (Washington Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
With homemade muskets, Lakhan and his brothers tracked one of India's endangered Bengal tigers as it slunk along the forested trails and lakes of Ranthambhore National Park, not far from Lakhan's village.
- Pm Moots Strategic Ties With Nigeria (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Oct 16, 2007)
For this, cooperation will also have to go beyond tangibles to cover sustainable development
- Let’S Not Be The Submissive Spouse (Indian Express, V.R. Krishna Iyer, Oct 16, 2007)
The Indo-US nuclear agreement — 123 — is a major energy refuge for India, says the prime minister. But it is of alarmingly adverse national interest according to many informed critics, and so the subject desiderates public debate.
- Same & Different (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 16, 2007)
Enough has already happened to make both Authority and agitators think again ...
- Ballot Reigns Finally (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 16, 2007)
War-ravaged Sierra Leone's peaceful transfer of power through the ballot box bodes well for a continent that has struggled against repression and conflict for half-a-century.
- Fighting Poverty (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 16, 2007)
The interim assessment of the UN Millennium Development Goals provides a reality check to India, which is currently in the grip of a growth euphoria, thanks to a booming stock market.
- A Great Communicator (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 16, 2007)
"You look at that river gently flowing by. You notice the leaves rustling in the wind. You hear the birds, you hear the tree frogs. In the distance you hear a cow. You feel the grass.
- Disturbing Diagnosis (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 16, 2007)
A recently released report by the UN and Asian Development Bank points out that India is a laggard in meeting some of the millennium development goals (MDGs) identified in 2000.
- Unleashing Little India’S Natural Enterprise (Business Line, R. GOPALAKRISHNAN, Oct 16, 2007)
We need to liberate Little India by empowering the people and promoting more local governance. That is the only way to spread prosperity to larger sections of our population, says R. GOPALAKRISHNAN.
- “War Scenario In Iran Would Be A Disaster” (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Oct 15, 2007)
Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign MinisterMassimo D’Alemafeels the first response to 9/11 should have been “peace in Jerusalem, not war in Baghdad.”
- Same & Different (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
Enough has already happened to make both Authority and agitators think again ... Violence leads quicker to death than to food.
- Legitimacy And The Indian State: Mounting Deficit (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
The country cannot boast of legitimacy of state either through nationalism or economic development.
- Sonia Got It Right This Time (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Oct 15, 2007)
Well done, Sonia Gandhi. Not words you would expect to read in this column and not words I expected ever to write.
- Ajmer Sharif Is About Unity (Indian Express, Firoz Bakht Ahmed, Oct 15, 2007)
No adequate history of Islam can be written without recording the activity and influence of Sufi saints, and Hazrat Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti Rehmatullah Alaih happens to be the most revered Sufi saint in the world.
- Social Activists To Meet Sonia (Hindu, Anita Joshua, Oct 15, 2007)
Led by Magsaysay Award winner Aruna Roy, a delegation of social activists will meet United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi on land-for-landless issue.
- The Scotland Of The East! (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
It’s such an unassuming place that you will feel humbled being there. Meghalaya has innumerable ‘heavens on earth’ yet it doesn’t go bragging. You wonder why this State doesn’t get its deserved attention, while places no t half as stunning find admirers.
- Relevance Of The World Bank (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Oct 15, 2007)
I was fascinated by a discussion telecast by BBC recently on the future role of the World Bank.
- Building The Climate Consensus (Tribune, Vibha Sharma, Oct 15, 2007)
UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) chairman Rajendra Kumar Pachauri is a firm believer in what Mahatma Gandhi had said: “Always be the change you want to be.”
- Riots+economic Growth=? (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
Narendra Damodardas Modi appears to dominate Gujarat, election-bound now, like no other political leader dominates his immediate constituency.
- Hunger: India Lags Behind Pak (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
India still has a long way to go in eradicating hunger where it is ranked at 94th position well behind neighbouring China and Pakistan, a global report says.
- Threat For Traditions (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
The government of Sakha Republic, better known as Yakutia, backs the pipeline and argues that the whole region will benefit economically because of it. But the area's indigenous Evenk people are complaining that their age-old way of life is in danger.
- A Persuasive Account (Pioneer, Bidyut Chakrabarty, Oct 15, 2007)
In the context of globalisation, Indian economy is becoming more and more 'open' and subject to supra-national economic influences.
- What Myanmar Needs From The World (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
Millions have attended marches to protest against the military crackdown in Myanmar to pressurise international leaders for change.
- Triumph Of Maximalism (Pioneer, ASHOK MALIK, Oct 13, 2007)
After scheduling the next meeting of the UPA-Left nuclear committee for October 22 -- a full two weeks from the previous one -- and after the diffidence and conciliatory statements offered at the HT Leadership Summit, it is increasingly. . .
- Singh Rules Out Snap Poll Over N-Deal (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2007)
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Friday he would not force through a controversial Indo-US nuclear deal if it meant his government’s downfall.
- Gore And Un Panel Win Peace Prize For Climate Work (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2007)
Former Vice President Al Gore, who emerged from his loss in the muddled 2000 presidential electione to devote himself to his passion as an environmental crusader, was awarded the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, sharing it with the . . . .
- ‘Politics Not As Bad As I Thought’ (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2007)
Is there any tension between you and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh?
- Against The Grain (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2007)
Economic development has resulted in loss of agricultural land to residential and industrial projects. It is clear that government will have to resort to large-scale import of wheat — which could snowball into a problem that could threaten . . . .
- 'Asia's Return To Dominance Is The Norm' (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 13, 2007)
By the year 2050, the BRIC's (Brazil, Russia, India and China) study shows that the four largest economies in the world will be China, the United States, India and Japan.
- Courting Politics, Tamil Nadu Style (Indian Express, JAYA MENON, Oct 13, 2007)
Naadorum naadi murai seyya mannavan,/Naadorum naadu kedum (when a king fails to assess his rule day by day and set right all irregularities, the country will slowly deteriorate).
- Political Constraints Cripple Growth: Pm (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2007)
Emphasising that the country is at the threshold of a new era of social and economic development, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh warned that the nation and the economy "will not move forward on their own while we dissipate our energies in . . . .
- Cut From The Same Cloth (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA , Oct 13, 2007)
In his new book, A Writer’s People, V.S. Naipaul reflects on the work of, among others, Nirad C. Chaudhuri. Naipaul praises (with some reservations) Chaudhuri’s two volumes of autobiography, but is dismissive of his other, more impersonal. . . .
- Disturbing Trends (Tribune, B.G. Verghese, Oct 13, 2007)
Several disparate events over the past couple of weeks must cause disquiet over what appears to be a gravely disturbing trend. The nation needs to get its priorities right.
- Rs. 21-Crore Slum Development Programme Launched In Tirupur (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2007)
1,582 shelters to be upgraded; 478 houses to be constructed
- Deeds And Deals Resonate (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 13, 2007)
IN the era of seesaw dismissals of their governments by the selfsame President Ghulam Ishaq Khan, there was a moment when Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif declared in parliament that their conduct had imperilled democracy and they would thenceforth . . . .
- Obstacles In Anti-Polio Drive (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 13, 2007)
THE fact that the frontier between Afghanistan and Pakistan constitutes a major reservoir for the polio virus makes it all the more necessary for vaccination drives and awareness campaigns to be joint efforts.
- Time For Us To Lie Low (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 13, 2007)
THERE seems to be no dearth of soul-searching going on in American politics regarding US policy vis-à-vis Pakistan in the war on terror.
- Haiti Floods Leave 45 Dead (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2007)
At least 45 people have died in the poverty-stricken island of Haiti as homes were swept away in floods triggered by heavy rain, the Interior Ministry said on Friday.
- Go, Figure It Out (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 13, 2007)
You would think that a book called The Tiger That Isn’t is all about vanishing tigers. But actually the tiger in the title of the recently published book refers to numbers that reveal a vague pattern rather than a full-blown maneater.
- No Early Elections, Deadline Is 2009: Sonia (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2007)
''We do not favour early election. Congress does not want confrontation with the Left, wants to understand their position on the nuclear deal. Confrontation is not coalition dharma," says Sonia Gandhi.
- Seeking An Arc Of Stability In West Asia (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Oct 13, 2007)
Iran, Syria, and Turkey, by deepening their ties in the energy sector, are working towards establishing a semi-independent zone of stability.
- Significance Of Fasting (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 13, 2007)
The ninth month of the lunar calendar, Ramazan, is considered to be holy as the Quran was revealed during this month on the “night of power” (Lailathil Qadr).
- Obc Quota Aims To Produce Qualified Persons: Govt To Sc (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2007)
The Centre told the Supreme Court on Thursday that by providing 27 per cent quota for backward classes in premier educational institutions it sought to produce highly qualified persons among OBCs, who otherwise would remain educationally backward despite
- Hidden Reality (Frontline, C.T. KURIEN , Oct 12, 2007)
ECONOMICS is admittedly the most quantitative among the social sciences, and the ability to interpret numbers and draw inferences from them is a highly commended skill among its practitioners.
- Middle Income Upper Castes And Obcs On A Par Economically, Says Survey (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2007)
The middle income groups among the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and ‘others’ (loosely referred to as upper castes) are almost on a par economically.
- The Distant Thunder (Pioneer, Kanchan Gupta, Oct 12, 2007)
In Ashani Sanket (Distant Thunder) Satyajit Ray brought alive, with great sensitivity, the misery inflicted by the Bengal famine of 1943.
- Special Article (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2007)
Where do good communists go when they fall ill ? To private nursing homes.
- Cm Help Sought To End Ration ‘Scam’ (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2007)
The food and supplies minister, Mr Paresh Adhikary, today said he would seek the chief minister’s intervention to take action against local panchayat members involved in malpractices in the public distribution system even as a report of the . . . .
- Minimum Support Price Or Vote Price? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 12, 2007)
With elections or rather the threat of elections round the corner, it’s clearly freebie time. So after extending the NREGS to all districts and announcing various insurance schemes for the poor and sops for exporters, it is now time for farmers.
- Does Corporate Social Responsibility Need Incentives? (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 12, 2007)
If CSR has to always result in added shareholder value, then the activity ceases to be social in conception or results and becomes another economic activity of the company! Such an expectation is also not consistent with the spirit of the t. . . .
- Avoid Being Swept Along By Market Manias (Business Line, D. Murali , Oct 12, 2007)
“Most people put their faith in experts and their money in mutual funds, and they get their opinions from the headlines. But if he can tune out the noise of the public spectacle altogether, an investor has a chance of at least keeping his dignity… . . . .
- Backward Still (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2007)
The 55th round survey (1999-2000) of the National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) has been in the news since 2005 when a few scholars and columnists thought they had made a “discovery”.
- The War Against Popular Islam (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Oct 12, 2007)
The highest form of worship, wrote saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti, is “to redress the misery of those in distress, to fulfil the needs of the helpless and to feed the hungry.”
- The Fate Of Special Component Plan (Frontline, S. Viswanathan, Oct 12, 2007)
The failure of governments at the Centre and in the States to genuinely implement the Special Component Plan has cost Dalits dear.
- A Scheme For Exploitation (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2007)
“Earn Rs.40,000. Work as an apprentice for three years,” said the bold print in Tamil on the colour pamphlet.
- Too Young A Breadwinner (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 12, 2007)
More than 2.5 million children aged between six and l2 are in full-time work. This figure, courtesy of the Central Auditing Agency, is rising for many reasons. However, the biggest motive for sending pre-teens out to work is poverty.
- Instant Accessibility (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 12, 2007)
ON the hillsides of Murree, the buses run at irregular intervals. There are no schedules or systems by which people may learn of prevailing road and transport conditions.
- Sensex 20,000 And The Camels, Humps (Times of India, JUG SURAIYA, Oct 12, 2007)
As the Sensex soars towards the 19,000 mark (Why stop at 19,000? Why not 20,000? Why not 25,000?), a lot of us who have nothing to do with the stock market are soaring on a surge of euphoria along with it.
- Hostage To Bandh (Tribune, V. Eshwar Anand, Oct 11, 2007)
The Supreme Court has rightly taken the Karunanidhi government to task for organising a bandh in Tamil Nadu on October 1 despite its strong warning against holding it.
- Washington Dissensus (Frontline, WALDEN BELLO, Oct 11, 2007)
The Washington Consensus has undergone a process of unravelling, and its former adherents have gone off in divergent directions.
- Time To Break The Silence (Dawn, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 11, 2007)
IT is time the silence was broken on the issue of child domestic labour in Pakistan. Attiqa, a 10-year-old, has been tortured viciously by her employer, a well-off contractor in Badami Bagh. Her eyelashes, eyebrows and hair were chopped off. . .
- India’S Communists Confident Of Blocking Nuclear Deal (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2007)
India’s Communists are confident of blocking a controversial Indo-US civilian nuclear deal, a party official said Wednesday, suggesting that the dominant Congress Party did not want to face early polls.
- Poor Indian Labourers Happily Scrap ‘Toxic’ Ship (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2007)
After over a year of protests by environmentalists, poor workers in west India have happily begun dismantling a controversial cruise liner, ignoring potentially serious risks to their health.
- The Nuclear Deal (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 11, 2007)
Jawaharlal Nehru had famously talked about Bhakra Nangal Dam as one of the temples of modern India.
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 11, 2007)
Governance has gone haywire, and the loss of face is irretrievable. A food crisis, such as the one that has gripped a vast swathe of south Bengal, would have shaken any responsible government to its foundations.
- African Needs And The Un (Deccan Herald, THABO MBEKI, Oct 11, 2007)
The world community has not lived up to the undertakings it made to the poor in Africa.
- Indian Democracy:disturbing Trends (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 11, 2007)
Several disparate events over the past couple of weeks must cause disquiet over what appears to be a gravely disturbing trend. The nation needs to get its priorities right.
- Ambedkar's Conversion To Buddhism: An Epic Event (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 11, 2007)
Practice of Ambedkar's version of Navayana could be a powerful antidote to reigning consumerism, which is debasing life today.
- Internet Revolution Reaches India's Poor (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2007)
Manohar Lakshmipathi does not own a computer. In fact, workmen like Manohar, a house painter, are usually forbidden to touch clients' computers on the job here.
- India Nuclear Talks Are Deferred (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2007)
India's government and its communist allies have agreed to hold more talks on a nuclear deal which is threatening the future of the coalition.
- Indian Growth 'Relies On Reforms' (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2007)
The Indian economy has seen strong growth in the past decade due largely to economic reforms, a report suggests.
- The Same Old Spark (Hindu, ANUJ KUMAR, Oct 11, 2007)
In conversation Kuldip Nayar on the relevance of Bhagat Singh
- Indian Children Work Despite Ban (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2007)
A year after India banned children under 14 from working as domestic servants or in food stalls, millions continue to be employed, a study says.
- Caned, Tortured, Milched (Pioneer, Maneka Gandhi, Oct 11, 2007)
Some years ago an English woman, who had the gift of being able to understand animals, came to my shelter in Delhi. Walking up to a cow, she turned to me and said, "She says that her head still hurts."
- India Wants 'More Inclusive' Globalisation (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2007)
Warning against social consequences of increasing phenomenon of jobless growth in developing nations, India has said partnerships between governments and private sector can explore means of corporate social responsibility as an instrument for . . .
- New Avenues For Financing Healthcare (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 10, 2007)
HEALTH policy in India has shifted its focus from being a comprehensive universal healthcare system as defined by the Bhore Committee (1946) to a policy confined to family planning, immunisation, selected disease surveillance and, to some . . . .
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