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Articles 5621 through 5720 of 16306:
- Us Should Recognise Pakistan And Israel As N-Weapon States’ (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Apr 24, 2006)
It was suggested here on Sunday that the United States, having implicitly recognised India as a nuclear weapons state, should now give Pakistan and Israel the same recognition by working with all three to map a scenario for progressive global . . .
- Lessons From The Nordic Nations (The Economic Times, Jeffrey D Sachs, Apr 24, 2006)
Fewer debates over economics would be needed if the world spent more time examining what actually works and what does not. Almost everywhere, debate has raged about how to combine market forces and social security. The left calls for an expansion of . . .
- Strengths And Weaknesses Of Indian Banking (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Apr 24, 2006)
Indian banks have done quite well, especially in terms of efficiency and non-performing loans. But there is still a long way to go before they can catch up with their peers in the US, the UK, Germany or China. S. VENKITARAMANAN hopes the RBI . . .
- India, Germany To Co-Operate In N-Power, Space (Business Line, Man Mohan, Apr 24, 2006)
Major force
German companies keen on setting up manufacturing units in India
- Future Of Employee Communication (Business Line, Ganesh Chella , Apr 24, 2006)
Five serious questions to answer
Mega corporations with 50,000-plus employees, the explosion of information sources, the emergence of the new breed of well-informed and networked employees, the cultural shift promoted by high employee mobility . . .
- American Empire-I (Statesman, PRASENJIT CHOWDHURY, Apr 24, 2006)
Susan Sontag spoke for many Left-wing intellectuals when she excoriated American culture as “inorganic, dead, coercive, authoritarian” and insisted that what America “deserves” is to have its wealth “taken away” by the so-called Third World.
- Meeting The Demand For Interactive Education (Hindu, B.S. Warrier, Apr 24, 2006)
Edusat is the first Indian satellite designed and developed exclusively for serving the educational sector in India.
- Nin-Developed `Atta' To Be Sold Through Pds (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 24, 2006)
`Atta' to be fortified with iron, vitamins
`Atta' to be fortified with iron, vitamins
It's being made available at Rs.12 per kg on experimental basis
NIN also takes up initiative in the area of osteoporosis
Effort aimed at addressing micronutrient
- Continue Struggle Against `Anti-People' Development" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 24, 2006)
public meeting organised by Janhastakshep on "Displacement: Development or Destruction" unanimously resolved to extend full support to displaced communities and continue its struggle against "anti-people" developmental schemes.
- Less Apparent Amendments In Service Tax Provisions (Hindu, K. SIVARAJAN, Apr 24, 2006)
It is illogical to deny cenvat credit to a builder on his input services
All the four reasons originally stated by the department for exempting software maintenance are no more applicable.
- Unlocking Creativity In Young Minds (Deccan Herald, Sharada Prahladrao , Apr 24, 2006)
Agastya attempts to raise the skill and creative potential of the poor. lt is committed to the Indian dream.
- Blair Pledges £17 Million For Uk-India Collaboration In Higher Education (Times of India, SUKANYA SUKUMAR, Apr 24, 2006)
Britain has launched a £17 million drive to link centres of academic excellence in India and the UK through research projects that will unfold over the next five years.
- Bionic Bull (Times of India, ARCHANA JAHAGIRDAR, Apr 24, 2006)
The resident bull of the Indian bourses must be a very tired creature. He started in the low valley of the 5,000 mark and has since galloped up to the 12,000 Everest.
- German Firms Commit Big Investments (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 24, 2006)
CEOs tell Prime Minister they want to participate in ultra mega power projects
BMW commits Rs. 900 crore for facility near Chennai
Siemens to invest 600 million Euros
"Germany important country in E.U.'
- Germany Lowers Reservation On Indo-Us N-Deal (Tribune, Satish Misra, Apr 24, 2006)
Germany today lowered its reservation on the issue of supply of civilian nuclear technology to India saying that developments on this issue were on “the positive path”.
- Warring Against Science (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 24, 2006)
Once, it actually worked. About 30 years ago, science pointed its solvent-stained finger at something that humans were doing wrong, something that would kill us if we kept it up.
- Iran Raises Pitch Before Key Session (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 24, 2006)
Iran’s decision to enrich uranium is irreversible, its foreign ministry said today in defiance of international demands it halt all nuclear work.
- Manmohan, Merkel Open Hanover Fair (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 24, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and German Chancellor Angela Merkel Sunday on jointly inaugurated the Hanover Fair, where the rising Asian economy that is emerging as a magnet for global investment is the partner country after 22 years.
- More German Nuclear Help For India Possible - Merkel (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 24, 2006)
Germany may offer India more help with its civilian nuclear programme subject to the ratification of a U.S. deal to provide New Delhi with nuclear technology, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Sunday.
- The Indo-German Confluence At Hannover (Business Line, Mohan Murti, Apr 24, 2006)
India at Hannover is not just about business and investment. It will glass-case a kaleidoscope of culture, cuisine, music and dance. The blossoming economic and business relationships between India's rapidly emerging market and Germany's massive . . .
- Taliban ‘Decree’ Death For Three Men (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 24, 2006)
Local radicals known here as Taliban on Sunday decreed the killing of three tribesmen of the South Waziristan Agency for disobeying and manhandling their parents.
- Nepal Developments "In The Right Direction": Manmohan (Hindu, N. Ram , Apr 23, 2006)
"The important thing is restoration of multi-party democracy and a government in place to exercise all executive powers"
- Squaring The Circle (Hindu, GEETA DOCTOR, Apr 23, 2006)
The Ramanujan-Hardy story finds a new equation with a film on their relationship.
- The Universe Isn’T About Us (Deccan Herald, Joel Achenbach, Apr 22, 2006)
‘In our obscurity, there is no hint that there is anyone who will come and save us from ourselves.’
- Usa Has To Wait Longer For Mangoes (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 22, 2006)
Among eminent US fans of the succulent Indian mango is assistant secretary of state for South and Central Asia Mr Richard Boucher, but he, along with other Americans may have to wait until next season for the arrival of the fruit in the country.
- Pm Wants Managers, Not Mandarins` (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 22, 2006)
The Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh today made the pitch for effecting appropriate “reorientation” of the civil services to inject more efficiency in governance, asking the civil servants to blend their administrator’s duty with the role of a manager.
- Time For Reorientation Of Civil Services: Manmohan Singh (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 22, 2006)
Asserting that the civil services has to reorient itself and be trained to deliver better services to the people, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today put several posers before the country’s civil servants, including whether the present method of . . .
- Little Lamb In Shadow Of Nawaz (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Apr 22, 2006)
When Gen Pervez Musharraf made that oblique reference to the presence of a foreign hand, refusing to identify the suspect in Balochistan I knew it was coming.
- Delhi Air Sickens (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 22, 2006)
If you thought the problem of air pollution in the national Capital stands solved following the introduction of CNG-run buses, you have to think again.
- Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 22, 2006)
Historically speaking, the bikini is a bad joke. Sixty years after its invention, political correctness and the end of the Cold War have made that sort of humour all but impossible to carry off. In 1946, when Louis Réard, a French engineer, strayed . . .
- Greenpeace Founder For Going Nuclear (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 22, 2006)
In the early 1970s when I helped found Greenpeace, I believed that nuclear energy was synonymous with nuclear holocaust, as did most of my compatriots. That’s the conviction that inspired Greenpeace’s first voyage up the spectacular rocky . . .
- A Decisive Verdict For Continuity (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 22, 2006)
The Supreme Court's clear verdict on the Bangalore-Mysore corridor project has come as a vindication of the argument that a mere change of government should not lead to a review or cancellation of projects cleared by the predecessor regime.
- Three Players Of Trade Game In New Economic Geography (Business Line, D. Murali , Apr 22, 2006)
"Europe is changing and reinventing itself," writes Jean-Joseph Boillot in his book Europe after Enlargement. And exploring what happens when there is `geoeconomic realignment of globalising markets' are Jagdish N. Sheth and Rajendra S. Sisodia in . . .
- Education, The Great Leveller (Business Line, C. J. Punnathara, Apr 22, 2006)
Today, the country's top educational institutions can be compared to the best in the world. Institutions such as the IIMs are being wooed to go global, with none other than the Prime Minister of Singapore championing the cause.
- Indian Army Communication Network System Launched (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Apr 22, 2006)
DZAN network to give India technological edge over adversaries
* Scientists unveil anti-nuclear, biological and chemical equipment
- Going Ganga (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 22, 2006)
Varanasi is easily among the most frequented places in the country by world-weary travellers. Artists, writers, backpackers and hipsters - from Beat poet Allen Ginsberg to pop diva Tina Turner, popular filmmakers to classical singers, thousands of . . .
- It Is Pmk Versus Aiadmk In Saidapet (Hindu, R. Sujatha, Apr 22, 2006)
No project to clear encroachments
DMK and PMK were in opposite camps in 2001
Except two occasions, DMK always won the seat
- Nuclear Numbers (Times of India, Gurmeet Kanwal, Apr 22, 2006)
One of the contentious issues that had threatened to derail the historic nuclear agreement signed by India and the US is the number of nuclear warheads that India needs for credible minimum deter-rence.
- Efficacy Trial For Aids Vaccine Likely In Two Years (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 22, 2006)
India's first AIDS vaccine is expected to take another two years to enter into the second phase of the trial to establish its efficacy. Researchers at the National AIDS Research Institute (NARI) in Pune have finished injecting the vaccine in . . .
- Manmohan For Reorienting Civil Services (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 22, 2006)
"Bureaucracy an important instrument for initiating and managing change"
Civil services provide both power and responsibility
An opportunity to guide political leadership
Poses queries on the challenges facing the civil services
- Nepal: India Exults At The Kingly Move (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 22, 2006)
India which had mounted immense pressure over the last one year on Nepal’s King Gyanendra to restore democracy in the Himalayan kingdom, welcomed the king’s Friday vow to transfer power to a government constituted by the Opposition Seven Party Alliance.
- Road To Hope (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Apr 21, 2006)
H.D. Deve Gowda should be happy — he’s saved five lakh rupees. That’s the amount the Supreme Court has asked the Karnataka government to pay as the price for unnecessarily litigating over the Bangalore Mysore Infrastructure . . .
- The Lost Reformer (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Apr 21, 2006)
Dr Manmohan Singh’s mettle as prime minister is being severely tested. Recent events have considerably dented his image.
- Bushehr No Threat To Proliferation: Russia (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
A nuclear power station being built by Russia in Iran presents no threat, Moscow’s top nuclear official said here on Thursday following a US demand for the project to be shut down.
- Russian-Built N-Power Plant In Iran 'No Threat' (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
A nuclear power station being built by Russia in Iran presents no threat, Moscow's top nuclear official said here on Thursday following a US demand for the project to be shut down.
- Manmohan Points To Unilateral Moratorium (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
Says India needs the strategic programme as China, Pakistan had nuke weapons
Feels accord holds tremendous potential for both countries
Asserts that ties with U.S. not at the cost of ties with China
On Iran, he says India does not want another nuke
- Cpm Lights Bush-Fire For Muslim Votes In Kerala (Pioneer, Kanchan Gupta, Apr 21, 2006)
In Muslim-dominated areas across Kerala, especially those where the Indian Union Muslim League till now has been the undisputed political force and its shimmering green festoons the only political colour, young and old voters stare in amazement . . .
- Indian Pm Hopes Germany Will Back U.S. Nuclear Deal (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
India hopes it can persuade Berlin to back its civil nuclear energy deal with the United States, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was quoted as saying on Thursday ahead of his visit to Germany.
- ‘Dmk Not Averse To Coalition Govt’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam would not be averse to a coalition government, if it became inevitable after the May 8 Assembly elections, party President M Karunanidhi announced on Thursday.
- B’Lore Techies Moot Remote Voting Concept (Deccan Herald, R Krishnakumar, Apr 21, 2006)
As governments across the country explore the potential of e-governance, the concept of remote voting is also gaining ground beyond theory.....
- Shame Of Kandhar And Advani (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Apr 21, 2006)
NO one can blame Mr. Atal Bihari Vajpayee for reacting sharply to his long-time comrade-in-arms L. K. Advani’s far from honourable attempt to convey to the country that, as Deputy Prime Minister, he had opposed the Kandhar tradeoff between . . .
- India Holds The Nuclear Line (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, has ruled out placing India’s nuclear reactors in the International Atomic Energy Agency’s care, reaffirming a unilateral moratorium on tests without hinting at how things would be in the “distant” future.
- Soz Welcomes Sc Verdict On Narmada Dam (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
Union Water Resources Minister Saifuddin Soz, on Tuesday, said the Supreme Court observations on Sardar Sarovar Project has brought back rehabilitation and resettlement issues to the forefront of debate on development.
- Nuke Deal Sign Of Stronger Ties, Says Rice (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
Continuing to seek Congressional support to the “path-breaking” Indo-US nuclear agreement, secretary of state Ms Condoleezza Rice has said the deal has to be seen in the context of burgeoning bilateral cooperation in military, agriculture and . . .
- When Brand Bangalore Took A Beating (Business Line, Anand Parthasarathy, Apr 21, 2006)
The violent aftermath of the death of an iconic film star may have badly dented Bangalore's claims as most-favoured IT destination. Is it a Silicon Valley or a Silicon Volcano waiting to erupt at the slightest provocation, wonders ANAND PARTHASARATHY.
- Issue Is Finding Employable Graduates, Says Ramadorai (Hindu, Ramya Kannan , Apr 21, 2006)
Lack of communication skills tops the list
`Systemic changes have to effected'
In-house training essential, says Ramadorai
- 20,000 ‘Infected’ Chickens Culled (News International, Rizwan Ehsan Ali, Apr 21, 2006)
The Ministry for Food, Agriculture and Livestock culled around 20,000 chickens in the two poultry farms in Tarlai on Thursday due to suspected outbreak of the bird flu virus.
- Us High-Tech Jobs On Upswing (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
In a reversal of a four-year trend, employment in the US high-tech industry grew by one per cent in 2005 adding 61,000 jobs in the field, according to a report released today.
- Restructuring Intelligence Apparatus (Daily Excelsior, Surendra Sharma, Apr 21, 2006)
The government of Indiais in the process of setting up a high-powered coordination committee to monitor functioning of intelligence agencies. We have half-a-dozen intelligence agencies to keep the government informed about the external and . . .
- Clean It Up (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Apr 21, 2006)
In a rapidly urbanising country like India, vehicular pollution is a silent killer — a leading cause of respiratory diseases and premature deaths.
- N-Sales: No Special Status For Us (Hindustan Times, S Rajagopalan, Apr 21, 2006)
India has dismissed the talk in some quarters that the US has sought preferential treatment for its companies in the sale of nuclear equipment and technology as a quid pro quo for concluding the nuke deal.
- $ 200 M Wb Loan For Agro Development (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 20, 2006)
The World Bank today approved two credit loans for a total of $ 200 million for the National Agricultural Innovation Project in India, which would enable this significant sector to grow at 4 per cent per annum and usher in the second green revolution.
- Just A Nudge (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 20, 2006)
Tragedy is created when two rights are thrown into conflict — love against honour for example, or obedience to the king against duty to a brother.
- Banur-Rajpura Emerging As An Institutional Zone (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 20, 2006)
Long dubbed an educationally backward area, the Banur-Rajpura belt is now emerging as a major professional educational centre.
- Officers, Not Gentlemen! (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 20, 2006)
No medals for corruption in Services
- 'Indo-Us Nuke Deal To Facilitate Greater Role For Pvt Sector' (Press Trust of India, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Apr 20, 2006)
The formalisation of the Indo-US civilian nuclear energy agreement will facilitate greater role for the private sector in the form of technology sourcing and may even lead to the opening up of the key sector to foreign investment, Deputy Chairman . . .
- Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anything” (Tribune, Anne Applebaum, Apr 20, 2006)
To my eye, they are lovely: Graceful, delicate, white against green grass and a blue sky.
- Bush Won't Rule Out N-Strike On Iran (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 20, 2006)
The United States on Tuesday failed to secure international support for targeted sanctions against Iran and president George W Bush refused to rule out nuclear strikes if diplomacy failed to curb the Islamic Republic's atomic ambitions.
- The Source Is Still With Us, Say Science And Religion (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Apr 20, 2006)
Science and technology have improved our lives by giving us material abundance. But science has also provided us with weapons of mass destruction.
- Will India ‘Give’ On The Dams? (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Apr 20, 2006)
The Indian science and technology minister, Kapil Sibal, told reporters in New Delhi on Tuesday that the Indian government had decided to convert the Kishanganga Dam project in Kashmir into a run-of-the-river scheme in the wake of Pakistan’s . . .
- Are They Bird Flu Patients? (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 20, 2006)
Three patients from Sihala suffering from fever and sneezes have been admitted in Islamabad’s Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences.
- 'Indian Market Is Not Overvalued' (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 20, 2006)
There is a lot more to Oliver Tant, global managing partner, financial advisory services, at KPMG, than being plain bullish about India.
- Take A Call On Telecom (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Apr 20, 2006)
Speaking at the annual session of the Confederation of Indian Industry on April 18, the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, spoke about the impressive developments in the information technology (IT) and telecom sectors.
- Farmers Bear The Cross (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Apr 20, 2006)
On the eve of Good Friday, five more farmers committed suicide in Maharashtra's Vidarbha, taking the farmer suicides in this region, since June 2005, to 443. On December 10, 2005 the Maharashtra Chief Minister announced a special package for the . . .
- The Future Of Nuclear Non-Proliferation (Dawn, Ali Sarwar Naqvi, Apr 20, 2006)
The objective of nuclear non-proliferation, which essentially means non-diversion of nuclear material to military uses, is enshrined in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), which is now adhered to by 188 countries.
- Technical Education To Boost Progress: Hooda (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 20, 2006)
Technical education budget hiked from Rs. 29 crores to Rs. 60 crores
- Against Intelligent Design (Hindu, Seth Shostak, Apr 20, 2006)
America's academics have joined the battle to stop a creationist takeover of outer space.
- Bush: New Jobs Will Go To India And China (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 20, 2006)
US President George Bush has warned America’s school children that if they did not have the skills needed to compete with their counterparts from India and China, new jobs would go to those countries.
- Pune Plans Wire-Free City For Internet Users (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Apr 20, 2006)
Intel Technology India Private Limited was recently appointed as chief technology and programme management consultant by Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) to build a wire-less Pune by 2007.
- Promises Galore (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 20, 2006)
Judging by the election manifestos of the different political formations in Tamil Nadu, politicians must be taking the voters for idiots. The DMK has promised to supply ration rice at Rs 2 a kilo.
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