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Articles 421 through 520 of 500:
- The Right Education For The Right Jobs (New Indian Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 17, 2007)
With a growth rate of 9 per cent and a phenomenal growth in the manufacturing and IT & ITeS (IT Enabled Services) sectors, there has been a growing demand for skilled manpower in India.
- Don’T Kill The N-Deal (Tribune, O.P. Sabherwal, Oct 17, 2007)
THE coming conclave(s) between the UPA government and the Left on October 22 and thereafter will to a large extent decide the fate of the Indo-US civilian nuclear accord.
- Direction Device (Tribune, Chetna Keer Banerjee, Oct 17, 2007)
Technology may actually steer some authors and social commentators to rewrite their works.
- No Changes In Telecom Policy For New Players (Hindu, Sandeep Joshi, Oct 17, 2007)
There is no question of changing the telecom policy to accommodate new players.
- Deal In Coma (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 17, 2007)
THE India-US civil nuclear deal is almost dead. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has informed US President George Bush about the difficulties it has run into.
- A Persuasive Account (Pioneer, Bidyut Chakrabarty, Oct 17, 2007)
In the context of globalisation, Indian economy is becoming more and more 'open' and subject to supra-national economic influences.
- Bleak, Schematic And Ideological (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2007)
To be 'gifted' is to be foredoomed to frustration and ignominy, if one's parents choose to stake everything on this asset and are hell-bent on extracting the utmost out of it.
- N-Deal Will Happen, No Timeline (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2007)
As the fate of the India-US nuclear deal hung in balance, the Manmohan Singh government Tuesday underlined its commitment to the deal, saying although there is no timeline, "it will happen eventually".
- Climate, Nobel And Al Gore (Business Line, N. R. Krishnan , Oct 17, 2007)
Nobel awards for Peace can often be contentious. But not so this year. Barring a few diehard critics who question the phenomenon of global warming itself, the world has welcomed the 2007 award to Al Gore, former US Vice-President and a . . . . .
- Nuclear Power Will Hurt India’S Development (Asian Age, V.R. Krishna Iyer, Oct 17, 2007)
The independence that India gained sixty years ago had a mission beyond liberation from the British.
- Multilateralism Is Here To Stay (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Oct 17, 2007)
Will the collapse of the Doha Round lead to the end of multilateralism? Not necessarily, as there is every likelihood of a transparent, non-discriminatory framework for international trade emerging.
- Extracting Gains From Mining (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2007)
In the light of the recent happenings in mineral-rich States of Orissa, Bihar, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh , the transformation of mineral deposits into sustainable development gains would be a daunting task if the interests of all the stakehol . . . . .
- N-Deal Has Positive Elements For India (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2007)
To emphasise the need for India to start negotiations with the IAEA on India-specific safeguards, to which Left parties are opposed, the Dutch minister made it clear that the NSG will not discuss the issue before the IAEA Board of Governors has agreed upo
- Diabetes : New Theories (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2007)
New research suggests that a hormone from the skeleton, of all places, may influence how the body handles sugar. Mounting evidence also demonstrates that signals from the immune system, the brain and the gut play critical roles in controlling . . . . ..
- Trees With Rabbit Genes Accelerate Cleaning Of Soil (Hindu, Alok Jha, Oct 17, 2007)
GM poplars break down pollutants 100 times faster but there are concerns too.
- N-Deal Will Happen, No Timeline: India (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2007)
As the fate of the India-US nuclear deal hung in balance, the UPA government on Tuesday underlined its commitment to the deal, saying although there is no timeline, “it will happen eventually”.
- Saving Newborns From Hiv: Researchers Await Trial Results (Indian Express, ANURADHA MASCARENHAS, Oct 17, 2007)
Researchers in India and United States are keenly awaiting the results of a multi-centric trial that focuses on how an HIV-infected mother can prevent the virus from being passed on to her newborn.
- Timing Was Wrong (Times of India, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 17, 2007)
Mohamed ElBaradei was in India at the wrong time. The forum he came to address on the benefits of India joining the nuclear mainstream turned out to be the burial ground of the India-US nuclear deal.
- Tokyo Turns Aid Screw On Yangon (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2007)
Japan, Myanmar’s largest aid donor, said on Tuesday it had cancelled a multimillion dollar grant to protest the military-ruled nation’s crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators.
- Tsunami Warning (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 17, 2007)
The new system takes disaster management forward.
- Pragmatic Move (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 17, 2007)
A long term food grain policy is very much required.
- Cutting Edge Of Physics (Hindu, T. Jayaraman, Oct 16, 2007)
Lee Smolin’s book is a report from the cutting edge of theoretical physics.
- New Arrivals (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
Effective Environmental Management — Principles and Case Studies: Rory Sullivan, Hugh Wyndham; Allen & Unwin, Australia. Rs. 395. All Men Are Brothers — Autobiographical Reflections – Mahatma Gandhi: Compiled and edited by Krishna Kripalani. . .
- Sibal Mum On Indo-Us N-Deal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
Range of incentives planned for scientists, says Union Minister
- Pranab For Collaboration In Tackling Climate Change (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
India has called for collaboration between developing and developed countries in creating technologies to deal with climate change while ensuring energy security and economic growth.
- Tsunami Early Warning Centre Inaugurated (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
It will take 30 minutes to analyse the seismic data following an earthquake of more than magnitude 6
- Search For A Lost Heritage (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Oct 16, 2007)
Art has always been the mainstay of the myriad cultures of India and it continues to be so.
- Us Economists Win Nobel (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
American economists Leonid Hurwicz, Eric Maskin and Roger Myerson won the 2007 Nobel for economics today for laying the foundations of an economic theory that determines when markets are working effectively.
- American Trio Wins Nobel For Economics (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
American economists Leonid Hurwicz, Eric Maskin and Roger Myerson won the 2007 Nobel prize for economics today for laying the foundations of an economic theory that determines when markets are working effectively.
- Nepal Maoists Against Polls (Tribune, Maj-Gen Ashok K. Mehta (retd), Oct 16, 2007)
Shorn of his throne and royal powers, King Gyanendra has become a commoner, virtually ending the 239-year old Shah dynasty in Nepal.
- Preventing Iran From Going The Iraq Way (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Oct 16, 2007)
The prime goal of Vladimir Putin’s visit to Iran, the first by a Russian President in over 60 years, is to deny the U.S. any pretext for attacking Iran. For that, he needs to get Iran to cooperate with the IAEA.
- 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.
- Mahindra Plans To Spend $1b To Raise Production (Frontier Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., India’s biggest sport-utility vehicle maker, plans to spend about $1 billion in the next four years to double automobile production capacity as local demand grows.
- India Outsources Outsourcing (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
From his tree-top-high office, Kris Gopalakrishnan, the head of India's giant software company Infosys, explains the rise of an economic phenomenon about to engulf the world: outsourcers are outsourcing themselves.
- Wockhardt Set To Acquire Us Firm For $70 Mn (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
Pharma major Wockhardt Ltd is in the final stages of acquiring US drug maker Morton Grove Pharmaceuticals Inc, a company that makes prescription liquid pharmaceutical products, sources close to the development said.
- What's Not Exciting To Vodafone Ceo? (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
Arun Sarin has got more than he bargained for when he paid a bomb to acquire Hutchison Essar; he’s getting a taste of ‘how they do business in India’ and he sounds bowled over. Yes, Hutch Essar is adding 1.5 million to 2 million subscribers per month.
- Reconciliation Without Truth (Dawn, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 16, 2007)
ONE of the successes of political liberalism is that it can coerce consumers to buy a shiny apple with a worm in its centre and convince them that it is still a delicious treat.
- Its A Mad Rush For Sezs By It Majors (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
Of the 15 proposals listed for the Board of Approvals meeting on October 19, 11 belong to the IT and ITeS sector, including those from TCS and DLF for their new projects in West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh...
- India Nuclear Deal Near Collapse (Washington Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
A controversial nuclear deal between the United States and India appears close to collapse after the Indian prime minister told President Bush yesterday that "certain difficulties" will prevent India from moving forward on the pact for the . . . .
- Nuclear Deal With India May Be Near Collapse (Washington Post, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 16, 2007)
A controversial nuclear deal between the United States and India appears close to collapse after the Indian prime minister told President Bush yesterday that "certain difficulties" will prevent India from moving forward on the pact for the. . .
- Now, A Dictionary Of Demons! (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
Interested in knowing about the grandfather of the demon King Ravana? Or may be his children? Ravana, the archetypal 'Rakshasa,' was a gentleman yet ogre and son of a Brahmin, a great scholar of Sanskrit and devout worshipper of Shiva and. . .
- Prize For Guessing (Indian Express, GAUTAM CHIKERMANE, Oct 16, 2007)
From Robert C. Merton’s and Myron S. Scholes’ methods to determining the value of derivatives 10 years ago, through Amartya Sen’s welfare economics in 1998 and Daniel Kahneman’s integrated insights from psychological research into economic. . .
- Ltte Defensive But We’Re For Political Solution: Lanka (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama has said military action by security forces has weakened LTTE in the past few months but the Government is looking at political negotiations to end the country’s ethnic strife.
- 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.
- Nobel For Three Us Economists (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
The academy said their research helped explain decision-making procedures involved in economic transactions including, for example, what insurance policies will provide the best coverage without inviting misuse...
- Peace & The Environment (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 16, 2007)
THE desire or need to control natural resources has been a source of conflict throughout human history.
- India To Ink New Biotechnology Policy (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
The Indian government is inking a new biotechnology policy to partner the government with pharmaceutical companies and pump large amounts of money into research for new drugs.
- Increased Dieselisation In Cars (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 16, 2007)
Turbo diesels exhibit significant advantages over naturally aspirated gasoline engines, showing typical fuel efficiency gains of 30 per cent, with CO2 reductions of more than 20 per cent.
- Toys: Time For A Better Gameplan (Business Line, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 16, 2007)
The recent recall of as many as 19.6 million Chinese-made toys by Mattel and the subsequent high drama can be analysed at different levels — company, industry and country.
- Tsunami Sentinels On Duty Under Sea (Telegraph, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 16, 2007)
Six water pressure sensors placed on the seabed in the southern Bay of Bengal and northern Arabian Sea will act as sentinels in India’s tsunami early warning system, which was formally inaugurated today.
- Strong Earthquake Hits New Zealand (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
A strong magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck southern New Zealand early on Tuesday local time, but police in the region said there were no immediate reports of injury or damage.
- Indian American In Scientist Challenge Finals (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
An Indian American student from Minnesota who got his project idea during a visit to India has reached the finals of Discovery Channel's science talent hunt show Young Scientist Challenge .
- Students Complete 7-Day Nasa Camp (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
A group of seventeen students from Karnataka are heading back home after finishing a one-week programme at the US Space and Rocket Centre in Huntsville, Alabama.
- More Tests To Crack 'Elite' Oxbridge Code (Hindustan Times, Vijay Dutt, Oct 16, 2007)
Undeterred by criticism, Britain’s Oxford and Cambridge universities have introduced a battery of tests for admission seekers, many of whom are from India.
- From Licensing To Innovation (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 16, 2007)
RIL chairman Mukesh Ambani’s AGM speech encompasses a number of narratives.
- 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.
- Richly Deserved (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
Of all those who won Nobel Peace Prize over more than a century, few have been more worthy of the honour than Al Gore and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
- More On Balance And Predilections (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
My last column, “Preferences and Prejudices” (October 1, 2007), as I expected, produced quite a few responses.
- Nuclear Double Standards (Times of India, Ramesh Thakur, Oct 15, 2007)
The India-US civil nuclear cooperation deal is as contentious within India as it has been controversial in the US and the world.
- Two Sides To The Coin (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Oct 15, 2007)
There is a story of two boys. Fond parents of one of them left a plate of sweets while the boy was sleeping.
- India Develops Its Own Tsunami Warning System (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
India has developed its own tsunami warning system that will be able to issue alerts within 30 minutes of an earthquake. The system will be inaugurated by Earth Sciences Minister Kapil Sibal in Hyderabad tomorrow.
- Judges And Public Opinion (Dawn, Anwar Syed, Oct 15, 2007)
On Sept 28, a six-to-three majority on a Supreme Court bench dismissed petitions challenging General Musharraf’s credentials as a candidate in the presidential election on technical grounds, declaring them to be non-maintainable.
- Peace & The Environment (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
The desire or need to control natural resources has been a source of conflict throughout human history.
- India To Ink New Biotechnology Policy (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
The Indian government is inking a new biotechnology policy to partner the government with pharmaceutical companies and pump large amounts of money into research for new drugs.
- Reconciliation Without Truth (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 15, 2007)
One of the successes of political liberalism is that it can coerce consumers to buy a shiny apple with a worm in its centre and convince them that it is still a delicious treat.
- ‘Doomsday Scenarios Do Not Help’ (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
Wildlife biologist, K. Ullas Karanth, heads the Centre for Wildlife Studies, Bangalore, and is a Senior Scientist with Wildlife Conservation Society, New York.
- 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.
- Let Sensex Play Itself Out! (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 15, 2007)
It is best that watchdogs of a country’s economic performance, especially, the custodians of public finance, refrain from making off-the-cuff comments on the complex happenings in bourses in motley gatherings where it is difficult to . . . . . . .
- Little Green Men (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
It is entirely in the fitness of things that the Nobel Peace Prize has been shared by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and former US Vice-President Al Gore.
- Hyderabad To Get Tsunami Warning Centre (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
Union earth sciences and science and technology minister Kapil Sibal will formally inaugurate a tsunami warning centre, set up at the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), here tomorrow.
- Antony To Review Defence Ties During Moscow Visit (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
India and Russia will review the entire gamut of defence ties during Defence Minister AK Antony's four-day visit to Moscow starting Tuesday.
- 'It's Possible For Us To Have Military History Written Without Carrying Sensitive Material' (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 15, 2007)
Let me tell you the story of two young officers commissioned in the army of two neighbouring countries in 1964. They both should have retired.
- Ap Blasts: Bsf Let Isi Strikers In (Deccan Herald, Bala Chauhan, Oct 15, 2007)
In March 2007, five ISI agents sneaked into India through the Bangladesh border, allegedly with the help of the BSF.
- On Titan, Drizzles Are Made Of Methane (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
A study by scientists in the US has revealed that on Titan, mornings are eclipsed by dreary rainfall of methane which feeds rivers and seas that carve the surface like water does on Earth.
- What Killed Kurtz's Wife? (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 15, 2007)
The wife of a biotechnologist-cum-artist dies one night. Investigations into the microbial agents found in his house show they are all innocuous.
- Final Solution (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 15, 2007)
Worldwide efforts to address climate change formally began with the adoption of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 1992, of which India is party.
- Latest Terror Is Bio-Terror (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
The centralisation of food production is a major reason for many of the outbreaks of food-borne illness across the nation, a senior official from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday.
- 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.
- Away Into The Void (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
Booker Prize winning Yann Martel reveals the origins of his audacious novel Life of Pi.
- Bleak, Schematic And Ideological (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
To be 'gifted' is to be foredoomed to frustration and ignominy, if one's parents choose to stake everything on this asset and are hell-bent on extracting the utmost out of it. Rumi, daughter of Mahesh -- mathematics lecturer at the University of . . . .
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