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Articles 921 through 1020 of 16306:
- While India Sleeps, Uruguay Steps In (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 06, 2006)
A tiny country of 3 million people, wedged between Brazil and Argentina, Uruguay has come from nowhere to partner with India's biggest technology company, Tata Consultancy Services, to create in just four years one of the largest outsourcing . . .
- Importance Of The Starry Effect (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 06, 2006)
Astrology is not a matter of belief; the correct scientific attitude is based on truth. The law of gravity for example, worked as efficiently before Newton as it did after him.
- Air Chief’S Anguished Cry (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Oct 06, 2006)
The biggest surprise about Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal S.P. Tyagi’s agonised and agonising letter to the Defence Minister, Mr Pranab Mukherjee, is not that it was written but that so little notice has been taken of it and of the deeply . . .
- Twist Of Fate (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 06, 2006)
It was 2 a.m. when the earth rumbled with fury and the township of Latur in Maharashtra lay in shambles.
- ‘Dengue Not An Epidemic’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2006)
Under attack from his Cabinet colleagues over the handling of dengue in the country, Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr Anbumani Ramadoss blamed large scale construction activity, poor sanitation and weather conditions for the spread of the . . .
- Get On The Job (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 06, 2006)
That dengue can affect anyone, whatever his class or standing, was proved when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s son-in-law and two grandsons were admitted in the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Wednesday and diagnosed with the disease.
- Two More Dengue Patients Die At Aiims In Delhi: Toll Now 18 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2006)
One suspected dengue death in a private hospital; hundreds line up for screening
- 673 Dengue Cases In Delhi, Nearby Areas (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2006)
Death toll rises to 18; 84 more patients admitted; AIIMS casualty services fully equipped
AIIMS starts helpline, email service to provide information
Screening camps being conducted.
- "Adjudication Without Hearing Against Natural Justice" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2006)
Right to be heard is most elementary protection: court
Right to litigation is paramount
Even God did not pass sentence before Adam made his defence.
- Silent Healing (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 06, 2006)
The idea of swapping a disease-causing gene with a normal one has been a much-heralded breakthrough which, however, is turning out to be far more complex and problem-ridden than believed earlier.
- People Can't Be Compelled To Participate In Bandhs (Business Line, D. Murali , Oct 06, 2006)
In July 1997, the Kerala High Court delivered a path-breaking verdict declaring forced bandhs illegal.
- Modern Dualism Isn't An Ancient Lifestyle (The Economic Times, MUKUL SHARMA, Oct 06, 2006)
Our “primitive” ancestors seemed to have had no problem coexisting with their technology and religiosity — that is, with their external and internal environments.
- Bug The Toilets! Monitoring Employee Reactions (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 06, 2006)
Neocons in the world’s leading economic and military superpower may live out the belief that what’s good for business is good for America and see that as a rationale for everything from keeping banana republics in line to monitoring employees’ . . .
- There Is No Need For Alarm Or Panic Over Dengue: Anbumani (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2006)
Coordinated efforts being made with State Governments
- Sensible Approach (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Oct 06, 2006)
For many years, a truly agreeable meal in London meant only one thing for me: lunch at the Grill Room in The Connaught. A combination of what a friend used to call an “honest meal”, a not too outrageously-priced wine list and a charming ambience . . .
- Time Runs Out For The ‘Middle Sea’ (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Oct 06, 2006)
The major oil spill caused by Israel’s bombing on July 13 of a power plant on the Lebanese coast highlighted dangers pollution posed to the Mediterranean Sea, the basin of European civilisation.
- You Like Tomato And I Like ‘Tomahto’ (Deccan Herald, Daniel Altman, Oct 06, 2006)
When people talk about the forces that make globalisation happen, the first things that come to mind are often information technology, transportation and trade. But there's another important factor that connects all of them: standards.
- Four Decades Going Nowhere (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 06, 2006)
Much of today's swirling management activity adds no value. It exists only because the main management effort of the past four decades has been perversely channelled up a dead end.
- Use Science Career For Social Development, Students Told (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2006)
US official bowled over by city school students' questions
- Consumer Versus Citizen (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Oct 06, 2006)
The statement for Toyota in North America says: “As an American company, contribute to the economic growth of the community and the United States. As an independent company, contribute to the stability and well-being of team members.
- Pakistan Watching Afzal Case (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Oct 06, 2006)
"The sentence on Afzal will set a bad precedent"
- Nimhans Acquires Gamma Knife (Hindu, Sahana Charan , Oct 06, 2006)
It helps in conducting non-invasive brain surgeries
- Aiims Hygiene Under Scrutiny (Hindu, Bindu Shajan Perappadan, Oct 06, 2006)
NDMC claims to have served 30 notices on the Institute this year for not maintaining proper sanitation and hygiene levels It has earned the dubious record of registering highest dengue cases of its own.
- Dengue In Pm’S House (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 05, 2006)
The dreaded dengue virus has not spared even the Prime Minister’s residence with two of his grandsons and his son-in-law admitted at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences here, suspectedly for dengue.
- Hinglish Gets Going (Pioneer, RADHAKRISHNA RAO, Oct 05, 2006)
Polyglot India has always been an innovator in enriching languages in a style that is both inimitable and distinct.
- Coping With Terrorism (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Oct 05, 2006)
Muslim community leaders have a responsibility to isolate terrorists, and help in intelligence gathering and counter-terrorist operations, says Hiranmay Karlekar.
- India Reviews Pakistan's Military Capabilities (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2006)
The strategic environment in the Indian sub-continent and the military capabilities of neighbours like Pakistan were reviewed here on Wednesday by a panel headed by Cabinet Secretary BK Chaturvedi.
- Genetically Modified Rules (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Oct 05, 2006)
India has come a long way since the first genetically modified cotton seeds were approved for cultivation in 2002.
- Dengue Sign In Pm Grandsons (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2006)
Aedes mosquitoes have infected Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s family as well. On Wednesday, authorities at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences were on tenterhooks as the Prime Minister’s grandsons, Madhav and Rohan, and his son-in-law were . . .
- E-Delivery Of Quality Public Services (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Oct 05, 2006)
Access to efficient and responsive government is no longer a privilege to be enjoyed by a few; it is now the rightful expectation of all citizens, especially those previously disadvantaged.
- China Restraint Call To Korea (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2006)
China, the closest North Korea has to an ally, today called for restraint after the reclusive state said it planned a nuclear test in a move the US said would threaten world peace.
- Dengue Strikes (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Oct 05, 2006)
Dengue fever is one of the oldest arthropod-born viral diseases known in the country.
- Mush’S Cheap Shot: General 1, Pakistan 0 (Indian Express, Husain Haqqani, Oct 05, 2006)
There is a reason why heads of state and government avoid writing tell all memoirs until after they are out of office.
- Pm’S Grandsons Hit By Dengue (Tribune, Tripti Nath, Oct 05, 2006)
The dengue-causing Aedes Egypti mosquito has landed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s son-in-law and grandsons at the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).
- Indian Writing In English (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Oct 05, 2006)
In the first few years after Independence, most Indian probably thought it right that English should be largely removed from the face of the country, and believed that this would happen within a decade or two.
- Get It Right (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 05, 2006)
Although the ministry of agriculture has not rung alarm bells, its first advance estimates of the kharif crop should cause acute alarm.
- Aiims Struggles To Cope With Dengue, Toll Rises To 17 (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2006)
The country's fight with the deadly disease dengue continues as the toll went up to 17 in the Capital alone.
- Fissures In The Society (Telegraph, Ardhendu Chatterjee, Oct 05, 2006)
The offer of help from the Union human resource development minister, Arjun Singh, to Balaram Tudu, a scheduled tribe candidate from Orissa, with his admission to the ‘preparatory course’ for 2006-07 at the Indian . . .
- Shadow Of Dengue On Pm Family (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2006)
Two grandsons of the Prime Minister have been admitted to the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences with suspected dengue.
- Delhi: Dengue Death Toll Rises To 16 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2006)
AIIMS postpones semester examinations; task force to monitor situation.
- Stanford Professor Wins Nobel Chemistry Prize (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2006)
Nearly a half-century after his father was awarded a Nobel Prize, a Stanford University professor won his own on Wednesday for groundbreaking research into how cells read their genes, fundamental work that could help lead to new therapies.
- Demand To Commute Afzal's Sentence (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2006)
Arundhati Roy says Parliament attack case is full of fabricated stories and evidence
Execution will widen the rift between communities: Medha
No direct evidence to link him to the incident: Yasin Malik.
- Karnataka Bandh Total, Peaceful (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2006)
Pro-Kannada organisations take out processions; schools, colleges closed
- Niit In Pact With Dsta (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2006)
To market `GeBiz' in India, other countries
- Service Innovations (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 05, 2006)
E-Seva is the name of a massive e-governance project of the Andhra Pradesh Government.
- When Floods Are Not News (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Oct 05, 2006)
Floods in West Bengal have taken a toll of 78 lives in the last few weeks and have affected the lives of over seven million people in 16 districts of the state. But leaving aside a few notable exceptions (unhappily, this newspaper was not one of them),
- Trips And Innovation (The Financial Express, N. Chandra Mohan, Oct 05, 2006)
The Centre for Development Studies (CDS) in Thiruvan-anthapuram is currently hosting a fascinating seminar that draws together scholars dedicated to the strengthening of learning, innovation and competence-building in the south.
- The Rise And Rise Of India’S Private Sector (The Financial Express, AJAY KHANNA, Oct 05, 2006)
Just over a decade ago, India Inc. was written off as inefficient. Today, Indi-an companies are scaling new heig-hts. Many are now recognised as world-class—Bharat Forge, Ranbaxy, Tata Steel, Asian Paints, the AV Birla group, Tata Motors, Infosys, to. . .
- A Flight Plan For Growth (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Oct 05, 2006)
As India looks seriously at how the overall civil aviation sector can grow stronger and more profitable, it is an opportune time to look at the possibility of outsourcing in this sector and understand its potential benefits.
- Going Global: The Choice Is Ours (The Economic Times, KIRAN KARNIK, Oct 05, 2006)
Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam, this world is one family, is an ancient and core part of Indian philosophy.
- Katrina's Fairer Than Fair Feet: And The Lankeshwar's Laptop (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 05, 2006)
Our hallowed traditions have, over the past one week, been under concerted attack.
- Dengue Death Toll In Delhi Goes Up To 16 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2006)
589 reported cases in hospital; many more screened for symptoms at AIIMS.
- As Delhi Toll Climbs To 14, Three From Pm’S Family Admitted With Dengue Symptoms (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2006)
As the dengue death count in Delhi touched 14 with three more persons succumbing in the last 24 hours, the scare even gripped the Prime Minister’s family with two of his grandchildren and a son-in-law being admitted to the All India Institute of . . .
- Think And Act (Deccan Herald, PARSA VENKATESHWAR RAO JR, Oct 05, 2006)
No political party or leader is explaining to the people the actual effects of SEZs.
- Indian Team ‘Narrowly Missed’ Nobel (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2006)
An Indian researcher at the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) in Hyderabad believes that he and members of his former group “narrowly missed” this year’s Nobel Prize for medicine...
- Old Must Give Way To New (Deccan Herald, Bidanda M Chengappa, Oct 03, 2006)
There’s been undue delay in the finalisation of modernisation plans.
- Travel In Tigerland (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2006)
The tiger is the world’s largest cat. Sadly, relentless poaching and habitat loss threaten their very existence. Jayalakshmi K travels to the Bandipur National Park to do a reality check.
- Illness Of The Soul (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 03, 2006)
There are many illnesses: short, longstanding, terminal and even imagined ones.
- When The Enemy Lies West (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2006)
Pankaj Mishra dredges up gigantic civilisations locking horns with the West in his ‘angry’ book.
- India, South Africa Vow To Push For U.N. Reform (Reuters, Paul Simao, Oct 03, 2006)
The leaders of South Africa and India renewed their commitment on Monday to push for expansion of the United Nations Security Council to include more developing nations from Africa, Asia and Latin America.
- American Duo Shares Medicine Nobel (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2006)
Americans Mr Andrew Z Fire and Mr Craig C Mello won the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine today for discovering a method of turning off selected genes, an important research tool that scientists hope will lead to new treatments for HIV, cancer . . .
- India, Sa See Eye To Eye On Unsc, Nuke Cooperation (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2006)
The leaders of India and South Africa made a strategic trade-off on Monday.
- Two Us Scientists Win Nobel For Work On ‘Silencing’ Gene (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2006)
Americans Andrew Fire and Craig Mello won the 2006 Nobel Prize for medicine on Monday for their groundbreaking discovery of how to “silence” genes, which has opened up potential new paths to treating disease.
- Railways Must Go Global To Boost Exports, Says Lalu (Asian Age, Ramesh Ramachandran, Oct 03, 2006)
Indian Railways is giving wheels to New Delhi’s Neighbourhood Policy and Africa Policy by making forays into countries that have of late been looking beyond New Delhi for appropriate technology and funds.
- 'Sick Of War, Young Americans Are Drawn To Gandhi (OutLook, Ashish Kumar Sen, Oct 03, 2006)
Democrat Congressman from Georgia, USA, on the Civil Rights Movement and the need to use non-violence as a tool of foreign policy and fighting terror
- Planning In Conditions Of Oil Price Volatility (The Financial Express, Vikram S Mehta, Oct 03, 2006)
Our oil companies need to adopt scenario planning, a widely used tool amongst global players today
- 2 Americans Share Nobel In Medicine (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2006)
Americans Andrew Z. Fire and Craig C. Mello won the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for their work in controlling the flow of genetic information.
- Diy Hinduism (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 03, 2006)
Dalits in UP villages are reinventing Ambedkarism in the golden jubilee year of Bhim Rao Ambedkar's conversion from Hinduism to Buddhism.
- Creative Accounting (Times of India, KAMALA BALACHANDRAN, Oct 03, 2006)
On being told of the starting salary of my niece, my octogenarian mother regressed to the tough old days and told me yet again what father's first and last salaries were.
- Centre Mulls Shortcut To Get Multi-Role Aircraft (Tribune, T.R. Ramachandran, Oct 03, 2006)
Considering the desperate need of the IAF to replace its ageing Russian inventory of fighter aircraft with 126 multi-role combat aircraft to meet its growing strategic needs, the government is actively considering overriding the “request for . . .
- South Africa Backs India (Tribune, A.J. Philip, Oct 03, 2006)
South Africa declared today that once the US Congress cleared the Indo-US nuclear accord and it reached the nuclear suppliers’ group, it would fully support India’s case.
- Another `Symbolic Start' For Much-Awaited Metro Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2006)
Bescom begins shifting of cables on Mahatma Gandhi Road
- An `Alternative History' (Hindu, C. T. Kurien, Oct 03, 2006)
A fervent plea to freedom-loving people to reject the logic of armed, competitive capitalism
- Rationalising Bank Charges (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 03, 2006)
The report of an RBI-appointed working group on the reasonableness of bank charges is bound to elicit a great deal of interest all round.
- Another Tiger In The Cross-Hairs (Indian Express, Amar Farooqui, Oct 03, 2006)
Not much ingenuity is required to grasp the divisive political agenda that prompted D H Shankaramurthy, Karnataka Minister for Higher (!) Education, to declare recently that all references to Tipu Sultan should be deleted from school textbooks . . .
- Not In The Holmes League (Hindu, PARTHA CHATTERJEE , Oct 03, 2006)
Saradindu Bandyopadhyay's detective stories may seem tame, even naïve, to those familiar with other such stories.
- Good, Not Great (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2006)
Drizzle of yesteryears and other stories; M K Ajay, Frog Books, 2006, pp 113, Rs 195.
- How To Avoid The Oil Slick Of Volatile Prices (Indian Express, Vikram S Mehta, Oct 03, 2006)
One month is a long time in today’s oil industry. My last column, four weeks ago, was written against the background chatter of $100/barrel oil and deepening concern that the government’s refusal to allow their marketing companies to recover the . . .
- Hello! Hello! (Tribune, Shriniwas Joshi, Oct 03, 2006)
The telephone is the greatest nuisance among conveniences, the greatest convenience among nuisances”, says Robert Lynd. I have stories to agree with this dictum.
- Gandhi Peace Prize For Tutu (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2006)
Archbishop Desmond Tutu has been awarded the Gandhi Peace Prize for 2005 in recognition of his "invaluable contribution towards social and political transformation through dialogue and tolerance", Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced on Monday . . .
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