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- Sc Stays Bandh, Dmk Chief To Go On Fast (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
In a major setback to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi, the Supreme Court on Sunday restrained the ruling DMK and its coalition partners from enforcing the proposed State-wide bandh on Monday and directed them not to disrupt public . . . . .
- Spiritual Teaching (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2007)
The prerequisites for a seeker of liberation have been described extensively in scriptural texts and the foremost among them is the ardent desire for liberation for which he should seek guidance from a Guru.
- Poll Whiff In Jobs For Every District (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2007)
The Centre today extended its flagship rural job scheme throughout the country two days after Rahul Gandhi had met the Prime Minister to request such a move.
- 'China, India Outpace Europe In Africa Trade' (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2007)
Europe is lagging behind Asian economic powers China and India in the race to snap up trade and investment deals in resource-rich Africa, Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade said.
- Govt Extends Nrega To Entire Country (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2007)
Two days after Congress MP Rahul Gandhi appealed to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to extend the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act to the entire country, the Government today announced its extention to all districts.
- A.P. Plans To Revive Rs. 2 A Kg Rice Scheme (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2007)
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy is planning to revive the scheme for supplying rice at Rs. 2 a kg to people living below the poverty line.
- Less Corrupt? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 29, 2007)
There has been a marginal improvement in India’s ranking on the corruption perception index (CPI), Transparency International, the Berlin-based global graft monitoring body, has pointed out.
- Kalam Sir Still Students' Fave (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2007)
Inaugurating 'Plasma-igniting the young minds,' a confluence of the library week, science fest, inter-collegiate cultural festival and sports fest of Christ Junior College, former president A P J Abdul Kalam gave students pointers on how to evolve . . .
- Britain To Switch Off Bulbs (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 29, 2007)
All high-energy light bulbs will be removed from sale in Britain within four years under a pioneering deal between the Government and major retailers.
- Economy: Growth Drivers Getting More Broad-Based (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Sep 29, 2007)
The Reserve Bank of India’s Annual Report for 2006-07 exudes optimism about the continuation of the strong growth momentum with the impulses of growth getting more broad-based.
- A Human Story (Frontline, Uma Mahadevan-Dasgupta, Sep 29, 2007)
SOME time before dawn on December 3, 1984, a cloud of toxic methyl isocyanate gas leaked out of a tank in the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal, killing thousands of people and leaving thousands of others with lasting illnesses.
- Bloodhound (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 28, 2007)
The ability to shape and influence the mass media has come to be regarded as a key aspect of modern political management. In the days of innocence, the job of handling the media used to be left to good-natured flunkeys who also doubled up as . . . .
- Of Lost Worlds And Timeless Spaces (Telegraph, SOMAK GHOSHAL, Sep 28, 2007)
In 1977, the year she passed away, Kesarbai Kerkar’s unforgettable rendition of raga Bhairavi, “Jaat kahan ho”, literally reached the celestial heights.
- India Job Scheme 'Disappointing' (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2007)
India's most ambitious scheme ever to lift people out of poverty has met with largely disappointing results in its first year, studies suggest.
- Wb Gives $64 M To State For Tank Management (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2007)
US $32 million is from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and has 20 years of maturity including five years of grace period.
- It’S The Season For Political Cross-Dressing (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Sep 28, 2007)
We’re all familiar with the idea of strange bedfellows in politics. But political cross-dressers? They are a new breed, and if you haven’t heard of them welcome to Britain where, suddenly, they are all the rage.
- Leaving Many Things To Imagination (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 28, 2007)
One of Freuds key beliefs was that there is no sharp division between the psychologically healthy and the unwell.
- Pranab, Rice Review Bilateral Relations (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2007)
They express satisfaction at growing cooperation; discuss international issues
- India At 60: Think About The Future (Deccan Herald, S N CHARY, Sep 28, 2007)
As India turns 60, some corrective measures need to be taken to change the existing system....
- Divided Realities In World-Class Cities (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 28, 2007)
We need a change in mindset to recognise the poor and the urban informal sector as assets, not burdens, as they contribute at least 45 per cent of a city’s GDP.
- Centre Sanctions Rs. 20.67 Crore To Develop Slums In Tirupur (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2007)
The Centre has sanctioned Rs. 20.67 crore to develop 27 out of 87 slums in the dollar town of Tirupur, for providing basic amenities to the areas and upgrading 1,582 shelters and constructing 478 houses.
- Afghan Soaps Hope To Go The Tulsi Way (Asian Age, Ramesh Ramachandran, Sep 28, 2007)
Safia Siddiqi is a rarity in conservative Afghanistan. She is a Member of Parliament from Nangarhar province, bordering Pakistan. She is a poetess who speaks Pashto, Dari and English. She also has a professional career to boot.
- Myanmar On Fire Again (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 28, 2007)
WHAT started off last month as a series of small protests in different Myanmar towns, including the capital Yangon, over a sharp hike in fuel prices, is fast escalating into a movement against the military dictatorship which has held power since 1962.
- Myanmar Protest Crackdown Begins, At Least Three Killed (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2007)
Seething crowds of Buddhist monks and civilians filled the streets of Myanmar's main city on Wednesday, defying warning shots, tear gas and baton charges meant to quell the biggest anti-junta protests in 20 years.
- India Calls For Immediate Un Reforms (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2007)
Determined to continue their efforts for reforms in the United Nations, India, Brazil [Images] and South Africa have called for "immediate, element-based and result-oriented" inter-governmental negotiations for the expansion of Security Council.
- Rahul Gets Job Scheme Promise From Pm (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2007)
Rahul Gandhi plunged into his role as Congress general secretary on Wednesday. He used a pro-poor agenda to do it when he, along with a delegation of AICC leaders, sought Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s intervention to immediately extend the . . . . .
- Roar Of Anger Drowns Gunfire In Yangon (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2007)
Seething crowds of Buddhist monks and civilians filled the streets of Myanmar’s main city today, defying warning shots, tear gas and baton charges meant to quell the biggest anti-junta protests in 20 years.
- Cong Rallies Behind Rahul Gandhi (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2007)
The Congress party hit election mode with its newly christened mass leader Rahul Gandhi, who sought the extension of rural job guarantee scheme to the entire country, a demand Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said would be considered seriously.
- The Cost Of Liberalisation (Deccan Herald, KATHYAYINI CHAMARAJ, Sep 27, 2007)
The bitter medicine of economic reforms has affected the developing countries badly.
- Stand By Burma (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2007)
As Buddhist monks and nuns in Burma carry on marching for the restoration of democracy, leading the biggest anti-junta protest in two decades, the situation in that country becomes increasingly worrisome for those who cherish liberty.
- To Measure Poverty, You May Have To Go Chak (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 27, 2007)
The Nayakrishi Andolon (New Agriculture Movement) in Bangladesh experiments with an alternative to micro-credit.
- Starving In Madhya Pradesh (Frontline, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 26, 2007)
Hunger and malnutrition stalk Madhya Pradesh villages despite schemes to improve the services of anganwadis and nutrition centres.
- Requiem For A Freedom Fighter (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Sep 26, 2007)
ON A midwinter afternoon in 1928, pistol shots rang out in the heart of Lahore. They were aimed at an assistant superintendent of police, J.P. Saunders.
- Stand Against Terror: Patil (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2007)
Observing that the disruptive activities of terrorists posed a serious threat to world peace, President Pratibha Patil on Tuesday said it is imperative for nations to take a "firm and unequivocal" stand against the scourge.
- Left Warns Of Big Stir If Prices Go On Rising (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Sep 26, 2007)
The Left parties have moved into election gear, with both the CPI(M) and CPI launching a strong attack on the economic policies of the government resulting in high inflation and spiralling prices.
- Belying Promises To The Unorganised Sector (Frontline, T.K. RAJALAKSHMI, Sep 26, 2007)
The UPA government is firmly committed to ensure the welfare and well-being of all workers, particularly those in the unorganised sector who constitute 93 per cent of our workforce. Social security, health insurance and other schemes for such . . . .
- 'Firm Stand Against Terror A Must' (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2007)
Observing that disruptive activities of terrorists posed a serious threat to world peace, President Pratibha Patil on Tuesday said it is imperative for nations to take a "firm and unequivocal" stand against the scourge.
- Monks On The March (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 26, 2007)
WHAT began as a protest against a fuel price hike last month appears to be taking the form of a major movement for the restoration of democracy in poverty-stricken Myanmar, earlier called Burma.
- Pratibha Patil Calls For Collective Action By Developing Countries (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2007)
President Pratibha Devisingh Patil on Tuesday said developing countries should have a greater role in the decision-making processes of international financial institutions so that the issues of development were addressed better at the global level.
- Prez Calls For Firm Stand Against Terrorism (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2007)
Observing that disruptive activities of terrorists posed a serious threat to world peace, President Pratibha Patil on Tuesday said it is imperative for nations to take a "firm and unequivocal" stand against the scourge.
- Terror: India Favours Collective Action (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2007)
A long time victim of terror, India today vowed to strengthen international cooperation to root out the scourge.
- Voices Tehran Fears (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2007)
Reporter Parnaz Azima finally made it out of Iran this week. Iranian authorities, who had blocked her exit from the country since January, returned her passport two weeks ago but then proceeded to create a series of bureaucratic obstacles . . . .
- Iceberg Ahead, Global Warming Is Real (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2007)
Just a few days ago, scientists in the United States reported that the Arctic ice cap is melting faster than ever thought possible. By their calculations, 40 per cent of the summer ice covering the Arctic sea will be gone by 2050.
- Importance Of Individual And Collective Action (Deccan Herald, E P Menon, Sep 25, 2007)
The power that erupts out of the thinking minds and feeling hearts become the primary engine that drives a human being into actions, positive and negative, constructive or destructive.
- Stealing Others Food (Deccan Herald, Sudha Narasimhachar, Sep 25, 2007)
The amount involved in the PDS scam is mind-boggling almost equal to the countrys education budget for a year!
- Political Violence & Future (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Sep 25, 2007)
If history is a determinant of political violence then Pakistan has a great deal to worry about. It has never seen a change in administration without some kind of street agitation involving a large number of people.
- Dealing With Short-Term Migration (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Sep 25, 2007)
Short-term migration for work has evidently increased rapidly in recent times in India, but our statistical systems are currently not adequate to capture such flows of labour.
- Gucci Rules Ho Chi Minh's Land (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 25, 2007)
In a country whose peasant army once marched on flip-flops cut from old tires, Gucci beach sandals priced at $ 365 can come as a shock.
- Market-Determined Price For Gas? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 25, 2007)
They call it the first mover disadvantage and one tends to agree more than disagree. Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) which is set to bring its gas from the Krishna-Godavari basin to the market by June 2008 finally received the government’s . . . .
- India Needs Reforms In Education: Lord Paul (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2007)
Pointing out that India can become a developed nation if the issues of education, health and security are dealt with, NRI business tycoon Lord Swraj Paul has emphasised on the need for reforms aimed at the poor.
- New Arrivals (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2007)
Methodology — Data Presentation: Y.K.Singh, R.B. Bajpai; Rs. 595. Biodiversity Conservation: AK Ghosh; Rs. 695. The above books pub. by APH Publishing Corporation, 4435-36/7 Ansari Road, Darya Ganj, New Delhi-110002.
- Diversity And Civic Disengagement (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 25, 2007)
Indians have long prided themselves on the singular diversity of their ancient civilisation. There were, of course, several humungous empires in the past, such as the Roman, Mongol, Ottoman, British, and more recently the former Soviet Union . . . .
- Rbi Looking At Ideal Inflation Of 3%: Reddy (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2007)
With the price index slipping below four per cent, inflation has ceased to be a matter of concern for the Reserve Bank of India, which has now started looking at an ideal rate of 3 per cent in the medium term.
- Making Of A Fundamentalist (Deccan Herald, PRASENJIT CHOWDHURY, Sep 24, 2007)
Mohsin Hamid describes the crumbling world of a 'modern-day janissary', and how America, post 9/11, makes a 'fundamentalist' of the latter.
- Tale Of Two Classes (Telegraph, ABHIRUP SARKAR, Sep 24, 2007)
With the possibility of an early general election brewing round the corner and the chance of a compromise between the Congress and the Left getting slimmer by the day, the common man is now intrigued by the obvious question: why is the . . . .. .
- Changes In Values, Lifestyles (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 24, 2007)
CHANGES in the social values and lifestyles of the elite and middle classes in Karachi are all too visible.
- Business As Usual (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 24, 2007)
IT comes as no surprise that business leaders in Karachi have wholeheartedly welcomed the announcement of the presidential polls schedule.
- The Myth Of Universal Primary Education (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 24, 2007)
All roads point to the need for quality education to save Pakistan from extremism and unsustainable growth. The paradox of high growth rates and low social sector indicators continues to plague the country.
- An Aria Of Darkness (OutLook, William Dalrymple, Sep 24, 2007)
Few would deny that V.S. Naipaul was once one of the most important, innovative and interesting writers of Indian origin; he was also, from the late 1950s until the mid-1980s, one of the towering figures of post-colonial literature the world over . . .
- Calculators Are Out But Topplers Have Got Their Timing Hopelessly Wrong (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Sep 24, 2007)
Since the Bharatiya Janata Party’s political record in opposition in the past three years has been more inclined to the occult than ordinary politics, I am going to use metaphysical language to proffer this piece of gratuitous advice.
- Virtual World Spreads Its Tentacles (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2007)
A community project to provide high speed Internet, telemedicine, e-education and e-governance services to the rural areas of Tamil Nadu was made operational on Wednesday in Vadugambadi, about 60 km south of State capital Chennai.
- Too Late To Roll Back (Deccan Herald, S.L. Rao, Sep 22, 2007)
Closeness to the US, our largest economic partner, does not make India an American lapdog.
- 'Gaza Strip An Enemy Entity' (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Sep 20, 2007)
The Israeli security cabinet on Wednesday declared the Gaza Strip an "enemy entity" and vowed to disrupt power and fuel supplies to the area in retaliation for Palestinian rocket fire on Israeli cities and settlements.
- ‘Quota Law Will Perpetuate Caste System’ (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2007)
The OBC quota law “which says the starting point for identification of socially and educationally backward classes (SEBCs) is through caste, will result in perpetuation of the caste system in the country,” senior advocate Fali Nariman argued in the . . .
- Fasting To Enrich Body And Soul (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 20, 2007)
My late mother, a wise old woman, once told me: “You need to sacrifice to achieve great things.” Ramzan fasting, is a reiteration of the same saying.
- Ramar Sethu Issue: Rss Directs Its Organisations To Work Together (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Sep 20, 2007)
A Ramar Sethu Raksha Samiti has been set up for the purpose.
BJP, VHP say there is no contradiction between what both want to do on the issue
RSS does not want the issue to be victim of political compulsions as in Ayodhya issue
- Bjp Focus On Upa’S ‘Divisive Politics’ (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Sep 20, 2007)
The Bharatiya Janata Party’s three-day national executive committee starting on Friday in Bhopal is expected to focus on what the BJP calls “divisive politics” of the United Progressive Alliance.
- ‘Accounting Was Far From Enticing’ (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 20, 2007)
In a strict historical sense, professions included theology, medicine, and law, writes Joseph Epstein in ‘Why I am not a lawyer’, an essay that comes immediately after ‘Speaking for the dead’ in In a Cardboard Belt! ( www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com ).
- Indian Communists Demand Nuclear Deal Delay (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2007)
Communist allies of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh issued a fresh warning Tuesday against implementing a controversial civilian nuclear deal with the United States.
- The Heartless Campaign (Dawn, Hafizur Rahman, Sep 19, 2007)
HAVING failed to oust influential encroachers or take action against owners of palatial mansions in Bani Gala who pollute the Rawal Lake with their effluvia, Islamabad’s Capital Development Authority has launched a jihad against the poor . . . .
- Britain Should Intervene In Zimbabwe (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 19, 2007)
Saving Zimbabwe from its current state of apathy and disaster is Britain's duty.
- Laboured Idea (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 19, 2007)
Karnataka, acting at the behest of the importers of agricultural commodities from the US and the European Union, could be stirring up a hornet’s nest by proposing a complete ban on the employment of children below 14 years of age in “any hazardous . . . .
- Waning Power Of People's Iq (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2007)
For a time, IQ was the most reliable method we had to capture mental aptitude. People had the impression that we are born with these information-processing engines in our heads, and that smart people have more horsepower than dumb people.
- Improving Mental Health (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 19, 2007)
In its call to governments on World Suicide Prevention Day this year, the World Health Organisation emphasised, among other strategies, the need to expand access to mental health services.
- The Reform Journey (Hindu, C. T. Kurien, Sep 18, 2007)
The inside story of the dramatic unfolding of Russia’s troubled transition to a market economy . . .
- Still A Long Way To Go (Hindu, CAVERY BOPAIAH, Sep 18, 2007)
A Failed Promise of Literacy: Swapna Mukhopadhyay — Editor; Social Science Press, New Delhi. Distributed by Orient Longman, 1/24, Asaf Ali Road, New Delhi-110002. Rs. 550.
- For The Joy Of Doing Nothing! (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 18, 2007)
It is around noon at Kalka railway station, not too far from Shimla. As I step towards the exit gate, a handful of taxi drivers offer their services. “Solan, Sir”, one of them enquires.
- Fo Protests Indian Siachen Tourism (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 18, 2007)
The Foreign Office on Monday summoned Indian Deputy High Commissioner Manpreet Vohra to protest against reports of an Indian plan to open the Siachen Glacier to tourists.
- Analysing Political Violence (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Sep 18, 2007)
ECONOMISTS have begun to claim some of the territories that did not really belong to them.
- Hindu Dharma Humiliated (Pioneer, Sandhya Jain, Sep 18, 2007)
Tulsidas's seminal rendition of the Ram story makes no mention of the Lakshman rekha in the episode dealing with Sita's abduction.
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