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Articles 6221 through 6320 of 16306:
- Power To The Tracks (Telegraph, R.C. Acharya, Mar 29, 2006)
What is sauce for the goose need not be so for the gander, as has been proved in the case of Indian Railways’s disastrous headlong rush to electrify the trunk routes .
- Who’S Afraid Of The ‘Israel Lobby’? And Does It Even Exist? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 29, 2006)
The idea of a powerful “Jewish lobby” that has its gnarled fingers in the machinery of the government is an old and repugnant canard.
- Bury The Congress (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, Mar 29, 2006)
The current crisis over the Ordinance controversy impels one to recall events.
- As Kalam Would Have It (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 29, 2006)
Bihar’s law-makers were today taught a “lesson” in development by the President, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, who said they could not afford to ignore the pivotal role they were required to play.
- The Challenge, And The Lesson, From China (Tribune, Major Gen Jatinder Singh, Mar 29, 2006)
China over the last few years, has been reasonably transparent in highlighting its major goals in the modernisation of its armed forces.
- Grief And Comfort (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 29, 2006)
CPM and challenges of change
A paradoxical trait of communist parties in democracies is their ability to reform and reinvent themselves to make the most of both challenges and change for furthering their political prospects.
- Travails Of The Mumbai Police (Frontline, R.K. Raghavan, Mar 29, 2006)
Finding officers who are able to handle elected officials and police cities effectively is a major challenge for India.
- Maharashtra: Mill Lands For The Builder (Frontline, Anupama Katakam, Mar 29, 2006)
There is disappointment in Mumbai as an apex court order makes 240 hectares of mill land available for private development.
- Us Won’T Renegotiate N-Deal With India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 29, 2006)
The Bush administration said on Monday that it was not prepared to renegotiate a landmark nuclear deal with India despite resistance to the agreement by legislators whose endorsement was mandatory.
- Trade With Caution (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Mar 29, 2006)
Subtle and not-so-subtle attempts to crack the lucrative Indian market open for American farm goods should come as no surprise.
- The Self-Inflicted Scarcity In Education (The Financial Express, Janmejaya Sinha, Mar 29, 2006)
), the government of India set up five Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) in India. Thereafter, in 1995, a small IIT was set up as a sop in Guwahati and then in 2001, Roorkee University was upgraded to an IIT. We set up five IITs in the Nehru . . .
- Give The Less-Favoured A Credible Chance (The Financial Express, S NARAYAN, Mar 29, 2006)
A friend quoted Confucius to me the other day: “A king must rule as you would fry a small fish— lightly.” Certainly the lightness of the current rule would do Confucius proud.
- Getting Firms Interested (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 29, 2006)
The plea in Mumbai last week by the Planning Commission’s deputy chairman, Montek Singh Ahluwalia, for taking agricultural development into areas like food processing, horticulture, life sciences and others is well-placed and merits attention.
- In Pursuit Of Excellence (Frontline, Jayati Ghosh, Mar 29, 2006)
The quality of higher education is determined by factors such as academicfreedom and physical facilities and not by salary differentials.
- Nuclear Power (Frontline, T.S. Subramanian, Mar 29, 2006)
There was no way India could have compromised on excluding its Fast Breeder Test Reactor (FBTR) and 500 MWe Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) from safeguards, according to Dr. Anil Kakodkar, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission, and Secretary, . . .
- Key States Hold Judgment On U.S.-India Nuclear Deal (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Mar 29, 2006)
Most nuclear-supplier nations are waiting to see what the U.S. Congress does with the U.S.-India civil nuclear energy deal before taking a position on the controversial agreement, Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns said on Monday.
- Window Dressing (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Mar 29, 2006)
Addressing a meeting of three Nobel laureates with Pakistani students and young scholars, Mr Shaukat Aziz could not have been more right in asserting that human resource development was essential to achieve success in research and technology advancement.
- Celebration Sans Civility (Frontline, Bhaskar Ghose, Mar 29, 2006)
Lumpen elements in different social groups have coarsened occasions of happiness and converted them into ugly events.
- Prioritizing Preventive Health Care (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Mar 29, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has reiterated resolve of the Government to continue focusing on both preventive and curative health care to improve standard of living of the people. Speaking at the ground-breaking ceremony of the capital’s modern ‘Cardiac Ce
- Human Resources,a Real Asset (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Mar 29, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that the Government is taking adequate measures to develop human capital as it’s the most important element for success in the nation’s socio-economic development.
- Bansi Lal Dead (Tribune, Yoginder Gupta, Mar 29, 2006)
The architect of modern Haryana, Bansi Lal, is no more. He breathed his last at 11 pm tonight at the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, where he had been undergoing treatment for the past few days.
- Ti’S Templeton Bets Big On India Business (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 29, 2006)
Texas Instruments is excited about the business opportunities in India and hopes to ride on the communication and entertainment boom.
- No Immediate Change In India Policy: Howard (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 29, 2006)
Nuclear deal with China likely
Supports Indo-U.S. civilian nuclear agreement
Commends India's impeccable non-proliferation record
- Raising Educational Standard In Schools (Daily Excelsior, K L Dhar, Mar 29, 2006)
In 1990, the World Conference on Education for All" (EFA) was held at Jomtein in Thailand.
- Need For Social Sustainability Of Women Shgs Stressed (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 29, 2006)
Though women self-help groups in the State have achieved economic empowerment, their social sustainability is an issue as there are limitations to growing to the level of large-scale players, N. Manimekalai, Director, Centre for Women Studies, . . .
- Australia May Sign Nuclear Deal With China (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 29, 2006)
No immediate change in policy for agreement with India, says John Howard
Supports Indo-U.S. civilian nuclear agreement
Commends India's impeccable non-proliferation record
- India's Record Is Good: Burns (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 29, 2006)
Islamabad not protecting nuclear materials: Burns
- Out Of The Cockpit (Telegraph, BRIJESH D. JAYAL, Mar 29, 2006)
The author is a retired air marshal of the Indian Air Force
- Key States Hold Judgment On U.S.-India Nuclear Deal (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Mar 28, 2006)
Most nuclear-supplier nations are waiting to see what the U.S. Congress does with the U.S.-India civil nuclear energy deal before taking a position on the controversial agreement, Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns said on Monday.
- Kashmir's Rare Red Deer To Get Hi-Tech Protection (Reuters, Sheikh Mushtaq, Mar 28, 2006)
Wildlife authorities in India's part of Kashmir plan to use satellite-tracking technology to help save the endangered red deer from poachers who target the animal for its meat and antlers.
- Sonia Wins Her Spurs (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Mar 28, 2006)
It is ironical that the two main political formations in the country, the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party, are suffering from sclerosis.
- A Streetcar Named Vision (Telegraph, Abhijit Sarkar, Mar 28, 2006)
More room for automobiles does not make roads more mobile. Abhijit Sarkar tries to find an efficient way to move a city’s people
- Setback To Indo-Us N-Deal (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 28, 2006)
The efforts of the Bush Administration to get Congress pass legislation that would allow the United States to sell nuclear technology to India and accept it as a full-time partner in the international nuclear community appear to have received . . .
- Call It Democracy Fatigue (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 28, 2006)
Could the massive anti-Thaksin street protests ahead of Thailand’s snap general election underscore a growing disillusionment with democracy in Asia?
- Infosys: Strategic Move (Business Standard, Niraj Bhatt, Mar 28, 2006)
Now that Progeon, the BPO subsidiary of Infosys, has established itself, the absence of Citigroup is unlikely to make a substantial difference to the company.
- Development Ethics (Hindu, V. K. Natraj , Mar 28, 2006)
Looks at how equating development with economic growth has been challenged
- Prospects Of Global Investment (Hindu, Raghu Dayal , Mar 28, 2006)
This investment report focusses on the internationalisation of r&d by Transnational corporations
- University Proposes Two Environmental Projects To Drdo, S&t Department (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 28, 2006)
The Manonmaniam Sundaranar University (MSU) has sent two proposals on environmental sciences to Defence Research and Development Organisation and Department of Science and Technology, Vice-Chancellor, Cynthia Pandian, has said.
- Coping With Sleepless Nights (Tribune, Oliver Duff, Mar 28, 2006)
A survey research provides reassurance for those who toss and turn in the early hours, rearranging bed clothes, counting sheep or drinking hot milk. But it also supports doctors’ concerns about the health implications of sleep deprivation.
- We Are Not Hiding Any Bomb: Iran (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Mar 28, 2006)
Unafraid of sanctions: Mashaee
"We are not hiding any [nuclear] bomb in any part of Iraq," Iranian Vice-President Rahim Mashaee said here on Monday.
- Government To Implement Rs. 350-Crore Project To Tackle Traffic Problem In Bangalore (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 28, 2006)
It is to be implemented between 2006-07 and 2010-11; Rs. 44 crores earmarked for this fiscal
10-point programme to ensure smooth movement of vehicles
Work on city roads taken up under 85 packages
41 roads to be developed under World Bank loan
- Project To Tackle Traffic Problem In Bangalore (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 28, 2006)
Focus on issues related to roads, bus stands and road safety
- Reservations On A Legislation (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Mar 28, 2006)
Legislating on reservations in the private sector will not make poverty go away or create incomes.
- Why Bulldoze Bangalore's Heritage? (Deccan Herald, Anusha Jha, Mar 28, 2006)
Can there really be a future for the capital if it cannot preserve its past?
- Nsg Refusal No Setback, Say Experts (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 28, 2006)
The failure of the Nuclear Suppliers Group to include India in the agenda for its plenary meeting in May was expected and not as big a “setback” as suggested, according to experts who have been following the path of the India-US nuclear deal.
- Leapfrogging Into Poverty (Daily Excelsior, Dr Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Mar 28, 2006)
High growth rates of India and China have become a problem for the Western countries. Till recently the developing countries were voluntarily selling their resources at low prices to them.
- Messages Of Hope From Iran (Asia Times, Pepe Escobar, Mar 28, 2006)
From Cairo to Qom, from Jerusalem to Peshawar, there is a widespread perception among 1.3 billion Muslims, Sunni or Shi'ite, that Islam is under siege.
- Pakistani Muslim Emerges As Britain's King Of The Ring (International Herald Tribune, Pat Jordan, Mar 27, 2006)
The young Asian women, with diamond studs in their noses and bindis on their foreheads, stood by the boxing ring of the Braehead Arena in Glasgow, their cellphone cameras at the ready.
- Expelling Dissidents (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Mar 27, 2006)
Taking its cue from Ch Shujaat Hussain’s decision of expelling the Balochistan PML General Secretary for violating party discipline in the Senate elections early this month, the JUI(F) has terminated the basic membership of four of its . . .
- Intellectual Capital — India's Hidden Wealth? (Hindu, S. Rajagopalan, Mar 27, 2006)
Intangibles are scoring over physical assets
Corporate leaders are looking for tools to monitor the intellectual capital of their organisations.
- "Evolve Alternatives To Nuclear Technology" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2006)
To ensure a hazard-free environment: Kroto
- India Sleeps; World Moves Ahead With Mobile Tv (The Financial Express, RAJEEV DUBEY, Mar 27, 2006)
Even as India dithers on implementing 3G and the department of telecommunications (DoT) has kept it firmly in cold storage, the world is moving on to one of the most promising prospects of leveraging 3G for higher telecom revenues—mobile TV.
- Four Sites Identified For Varsity's New Campus (Hindu, Kannal Achuthan, Mar 27, 2006)
State Government approval likely after the Assembly elections, says Vice-Chancellor
- Eat And Exercise (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Mar 27, 2006)
One problem with medical research, or any scientific research for that matter, is that it remains incomplete and inconsistent: the faster a branch of science progresses, the quicker it discards the previous ‘universal truths’.
- Karnataka To Allot 845 Acres To Infosys (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2006)
The Karnataka Government has granted "in principle" approval for allotment of 845 acres of land to software major Infosys Technologies Limited for its second campus on Sarjapur Road on the outskirts of Bangalore at an estimated cost of Rs. 1,500 crores.
- Projects: Farmers Must Get Better Deal, Says Ysr (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2006)
Several projects coming up around Hyderabad need a lot of land
- Economic Nationalism (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Mar 27, 2006)
The latest bid by Alcatel of France to take over the beleaguered Lucent Technologies of New Jersey, US, will be closely watched for two reasons. One, the merger is part of the wave of consolidation in the telecom industry. And two, it comes in the . . .
- Rs. 15 Crores Allocated For All-Round Development Of Kodagu, Says Minister (Hindu, CORPORATE BUREAU, Mar 27, 2006)
`Government will address every problem faced by the people in the district'
Rs. 1.07 crore allocated to build `Samskritika Bhavana' in Madikeri
Proposal to open a sainik school in the district
District to be developed as a tourist destination
- Business Model For Old Age (Pioneer, Shailaja Chandra, Mar 27, 2006)
India should start thinking about the welfare of the elders as, by 2050, their numbers would be larger than that of the current US population, says Shailaja Chandra
- Terror Proliferation (Daily Excelsior, Anil Bhat, Mar 27, 2006)
The terrorist attacks in Varanasi, followed by the killing of Ghulam Yazdani and Kajol - both Bangladeshis in New Delhi and one more in Lucknow as well as the capture of Siddiqul Islam, alias Banglabhai, boss of Jagrata Muslim Janata . . .
- Hiv Patients Prone To Fungal Infection Of Brain (Pioneer, Yoga Rangatia, Mar 27, 2006)
Number of cases with fungal infection of the brain is increasing, thanks to the spreading HIV.
- Nasa Plans Moon Base For Mars Trip (Telegraph, Guy Gugliotta, Mar 27, 2006)
For the first time since 1972, the US is planning to fly to the moon, but instead of a quick, Apollo-like visit, astronauts intend to build a permanent base and live there while they prepare what may be the most ambitious undertaking in . . .
- Afghan Court Drops Christian Convert Case (US News & World Report, Daniel Cooney, Mar 27, 2006)
A court on Sunday dismissed the case against an Afghan man facing possible execution for converting from Islam to Christianity, officials said, paving the way for his release.
- Osama A Big Supporter Of Nawaz Sharif (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2006)
Who cares about what ails China? The President does. The Communist Party’s propaganda apparatus is busy spreading Hu Jintao’s eight-step programme to protect the nation’s morale
- Alliances: Rhetoric And Reality (Dawn, Maqbool Ahmad Bhatty, Mar 27, 2006)
There is a growing tendency in the world to describe a friendly relationship as a “strategic alliance”.
- The Politics Of Modernity (Deccan Herald, Lata Ramaswamy, Mar 26, 2006)
The book takes a meditative yet practical look at a subject that has been much written about.
- Pakistan Links Mfn Status To India With Kashmir Solution (News International, Khalid Mustafa, Mar 26, 2006)
A 15-member Indian delegation led by SN Menon, secretary commerce, arrived in Islamabad on Saturday night for participation in the plenary session of second meeting of Pakistan-India Joint Study Group on March 27 and third round of Composite . . .
- Battle Plan For Best Effect (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Mar 25, 2006)
A recent paper of the Department of Administrative Reforms titled "Towards a Citizen-Friendly Government" is further proof that Government officials and public sector executives are still not ready to serve the way they should.
- N-Tech To India: Us Fails To Sway Nsg (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
The United States has failed to persuade the Nuclear Suppliers Group to include the issue of allowing India to buy sensitive nuclear technology from world market on its agenda for Rio de Janeiro plenary session to be held in May.
- The Perfect Self-Goal (Business Standard, T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan, Mar 25, 2006)
The correct answer is to repeal the law. Bribery takes place in cash, not from these 'offices of profit'.
- Us Lobbies For N-Trade With India (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
The USA has lobbied for allowing nuclear trade with India but failed to get a key international group to take up the matter, diplomats said.
- Where The Mind Is `Not Halved By A Horizon' (Business Line, D. Murali , Mar 25, 2006)
Amartya's Sen whips up a `stirring read' in his book Identity and Violence which talks about how people can interact with each other in a great many different ways. And Ram Puniyani's Religion, Power and Violence discusses globalisation and . . .
- India As The New Force For Peace And Stability (Daily Excelsior, N.B. Menon , Mar 25, 2006)
"What is in it for America?" That was how the national security adviser, M.K. Narayanan, reacted after the Bush administration proposed the nuclear deal to the Indians at Blair House, the official guest house of the American president, . . .
- India Nuclear Deal Meets Wary Congress (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
Bush presses for approval of a pact taking a different approach to nonproliferation.
- Us Fails To Get Nsg’S Ok For Nuclear Deal With India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
The United States lobbied on Thursday for allowing nuclear trade with India but failed to get a key international group to take up the matter, diplomats said.
- Lame Ducks Can Still Bite Back (Dawn, Niall Ferguson, Mar 25, 2006)
Teaching the history of revolutions has been easy at Harvard this semester. As if to illustrate exactly how these strange historical upheavals work, the university has obligingly staged a revolution of its own.
- It’S Overcast, Says The Broadcast (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
When was the last time you heard of a day which, if it didn’t hold ‘partly cloudy skies’ or the ‘possibility of light rain or thundershower’, was then scheduled to have ‘hot and humid weather conditions’?
- Melting Ice Spells Doomsday For Cities (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
Reuters): Miami would be a memory, Bangkok a soggy shadow of its former self and the Maldive Islands would vanish if melting polar ice keeps fuelling a faster-than-expected rise in sea levels, scientists reported yesterday.
- Assembly Adjourned Sine Die (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
Awards for Commonwealth Games winners announced
- The Game Plan On Iran Is Becoming Clearer (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Mar 25, 2006)
The Anglo-Americans want a Security Council resolution allowing for the eventual use of force. Iran must play its cards very carefully from now onwards.
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