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Articles 6321 through 6420 of 16306:
- Desalination, The Best Bet To Quench Chennai's Thirst (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
It will reduce dependency on neighbouring States for water
- Convertibility Parameters Within Reach: Chidambaram (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
Pats nationalised banks for becoming financial malls
- Corrections And Clarifications (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 25, 2006)
Referring to the report "Amend Hindu Marriage Act" (March 23, 2006), a reader has doubts about the amount of compensation the court had ordered the appellant to pay (in the Naveen Kohli versus Neelu Kohli case).
- Sonia Resigns, Now Will Congress Reinvent Itself? (The Financial Express, Malvika Singh, Mar 25, 2006)
She has done it yet again. She is the leader of those few individuals who are symbols of probity, integrity and decency in the political space.
- Become Financial Malls, Banks Told (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram, on Friday, said, that the committee on inclusion, set up to look into why people are not able to easily access institutional credit and financial products, would submit its report shortly
- The Inner Voice (Statesman, RAVINDRA KUMAR, Mar 25, 2006)
Do not be surprised if Sonia Gandhi soon acquires an honorific that may not make much sense to her Italian relatives.
- Government Gives Nod For Eight It, Bt Special Economic Zones (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
Mega projects with Rs. 27,000 crores investment cleared Mega projects worth Rs. 27,000 crores cleared by the State Government
Six of the special economic zones will come up in Bangalore and two in Mysore
Wipro has been allotted 100 acres of land in My
- Sonia Gandhi Quits Lok Sabha (Tribune, T R Ramachandran, Mar 24, 2006)
Also resigns as NAC chief
To contest again from Rae Bareli
- Underwater Archaeology Centre At Mandapam To Be Revived (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 24, 2006)
To function as extension research centre of Tamil University
- Price Of Honour (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Mar 24, 2006)
The suffix MP has been on sale for the past fifty years
- Us Lobbies For Nuclear Trade With India (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 24, 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.
- 'India Needs To Market Itself Better’ (Deccan Herald, K S Narayanan, Mar 24, 2006)
To be a journalist or a business tycoon in China is not an easy job. The reason is simple: The Chinese do not like to part with either information or profits.
- All About The Gods Of Cosmology (Deccan Herald, Tim Radford, Mar 24, 2006)
Questions about why we and the universe exist are worth asking even if there are no answers
- Pak Was Told Of N-Deal: Burns (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 24, 2006)
Firmly rebuffing Islamabad’s complaints on Indo-US nuclear deal, the US has said Pakistan was kept “very fully” informed as negotiations in this regard progressed and asserted the accord would cause no arms race in South Asia.
- Bush Admn Briefs Nsg (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Mar 24, 2006)
Even as two Bush Administration officials today briefed members of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) in Vienna on the details of the US-India civilian nuclear agreement, a senior US official admitted that many members of the group will wait to see . . .
- Cpm In A Mess In Kerala (Tribune, V. KRISHNA ANANTH , Mar 24, 2006)
CPM General Secretary Prakash Karat has talked about an international conspiracy against his party and its poll prospects in West Bengal and Kerala.
- Indian Farmers On Strike In Israel (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 24, 2006)
Seventeen Indian farmers, led by this year's prestigious Pravasi Diwas Samman winner, Eliyahu Bezalal, are on an indefinite strike protesting against the Israeli Government's alleged insensitivity in keeping some promises made to them 10 years
- A Rancid Relationship (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 24, 2006)
Britain's close alliance with the U.S. has become one-way traffic.
- Pakistan Was Aware Of Indo-Us Nuke Deal: Burns (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 24, 2006)
Firmly rebuffing Islamabad’s complaints on Indo-us nuclear deal, the us has said Pakistan was kept “very fully” informed as negotiations in this regard progressed, and asserted the accord will cause no arms race in South Asia.
- 'Amend Atomic Energy Act To Formalise Indo-Us Nuke Deal' (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 24, 2006)
A Republican Congressman has mooted a proposal to amend the US Atomic Energy Act, 1954 so that it could formalise the civilian nuclear deal reached between India and the United States early this month.
- Defenceless Defence Of Indo-Us N-Deal (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Mar 24, 2006)
Us ambassador in Pakistan Ryan C Crocker has said that Indo-US nuclear deal will enhance security and stability in South Asia. Talking to a selected group of journalists in Islamabad on Wednesday, he asserted that the agreement will not in any way . . .
- Witness Protection (Statesman, AMIYA K SAMANTA, Mar 24, 2006)
Comprehensive Criminal Justice Reform Desirable
- N-Deal Will Put India In Npt Loop: Burns (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 24, 2006)
India has been kept out of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and America’s civil nuclear deal with it would bring it into the global regime, according to US under-secretary of state for political affairs Mr Nicholas Burns.
- India's Prosperity (Washington Times, Editorial, The Washington Times, Mar 24, 2006)
Economic growth has been integral to India's rising geopolitical influence.
- Us Chamber Of Commerce Supports Indo-Us Nuke Deal (Press Trust of India, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Mar 24, 2006)
Ahead of a crucial meet on Indo-US nuclear deal in the US Congress next week, the Chamber of Commerce has asked the American lawmakers to support the agreement as it would foster strategic ties that will yield significant commercial opportunities . . .
- Vtu Completes 1,000th `E-Class' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 24, 2006)
Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) on Thursday completed the 1,000th `e-class' beamed through EDUSAT. It was the first university to use the satellite for beaming lectures to its affiliated colleges.
- Reduced Allocation For Education In Budget Draws Flak (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 24, 2006)
Government criticised for `neglecting' education
Government criticised for allowing private managements to introduce courses in agriculture
Legislation sought on the fee structure for professional courses and sharing of seats
- U.S. Urges Suppliers To Back India Nuclear Deal (Reuters, Francois Murphy, Mar 24, 2006)
Washington on Thursday lobbied the world's top suppliers of nuclear technology to back a U.S.-India civilian nuclear energy deal that critics say threatens the global arms control regime, diplomats said.
- Iran And Us: A Replay Of Iraq Unlikely (Arab News, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 24, 2006)
Let me begin by saying that I belong to the group of people who reject the use of weapons of mass destruction.
- Good Versus Evil Isn't A Strategy (Los Angeles Times, Editorial, Los Angeles Times, Mar 24, 2006)
The Bush administration's newly unveiled National Security Strategy might well be subtitled "The Irony of Iran."
- Indian Maths Genius’S Role In Digital Age To Be Filmed (Tribune, Leonard Doyle, Mar 23, 2006)
Srinavasa Ramanujan, whose ideas underpin the internet revolution, was a poor Indian college dropout who nearly starved to death before he ended up at Cambridge in the early 1900s.
- "Tobacco Is Not A Crop Of Future" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 23, 2006)
Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Jairam Ramesh, has asked the Tobacco Board to prepare an action plan to reduce the tobacco crop size by 50 per cent in the next 10 years by encouraging farmers to try other crops like Bengal . . .
- Isro Signs Agreement For Collimator (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 23, 2006)
Collimator is used for testing lenses in cameras on board remote sensing satellites
- Expert Calls For A Policy To Protect Indian Languages (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 23, 2006)
`English has grown into a killer language decimating many regional languages' `The cutthroat competition in the corporate sector is demanding native fluency in English, and it is here that the majority of rural students find the going tough'
- Fuelling A Needless Controversy? (Hindu, R. Ramachandran, Mar 23, 2006)
It makes little logical or diplomatic sense to get Russian fuel for Tarapur bypassing the Indo-U.S. nuclear agreement and violating Nuclear Suppliers Group Guidelines.
- Paramedical Students Told To Update Knowledge On Hiv (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 23, 2006)
"1 lakh pregnant women are infected with HIV"
- Strategic Partnership (Deccan Herald, U R RAO, Mar 23, 2006)
After the Bush visit, there are new opportunities for commercial space cooperation with the US
- You Surely Can’T Be Serious, Mr Friedman (Deccan Herald, Venkat Krishnan, Mar 23, 2006)
Keeping the Indo-US nuke deal in mind “what you haven’t realised is that it is not just the world but the nuclear world itself that’s getting flatter by the day.”
- Ordinance Likely On Friday (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 23, 2006)
The Union Government would promulgate an ordinance on Friday to identify some posts as office of non-profit, sources said here late on Wednesday.
- Mixed Signals About India? (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Mar 23, 2006)
Just as the Pak-India Peace Initiative organisation held its session in Lahore on Monday, underlining the need to carry forward the peace process between India and Pakistan, Pakistan test-fired its “Babur” Hatf-7 cruise missile capable of carrying . . .
- Indian Companies Slow In Outsourcing (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 23, 2006)
While Indian technology giants have been successful in getting global corporations to outsource work, they haven't had much headway with companies in their own backyard, with over 50 per cent of them spending their IT budgets in-house, says a study.
- International Indo-French Relations On New High (Daily Excelsior, Ajay Kaul, Mar 23, 2006)
Though the relations between India and France have always been good, these have never been better than what they are after the recent visit of President Jacques Chirac. The signing of the nuclear declaration during his visit opened a new . . .
- Early Warning (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 23, 2006)
The success or failure of a popular movement is not always reflected in the politics of the day. Bhrigu Kumar Phukan, who died earlier this week, represented the best and the worst of student power in recent Assamese politics.
- Srinagar To Varanasi (Statesman, Jagmohan , Mar 23, 2006)
Overriding Need To Move Towards National Consensus
- Solidarity With Iran (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Mar 23, 2006)
Pakistan has assured Iran of its continued support for peaceful resolution of its nuclear stand-off with the United States. Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmud Kasuri, who met his Iranian counterpart Monuchehr Mottaki in Islamabad on Tuesday, reiterated . .
- Natural Allies ? (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Vedi, Mar 23, 2006)
India needs to be careful not to become euphoric over US President George Bush’s description of our new emerging relationship as being one among "natural allies". Because it has taken so long for the most powerful democracy in the world to . . .
- It's Naïve To Think Tainted Money Becomes Clean When Donated (Business Line, D. Murali , Mar 23, 2006)
There are times when Mammon encounters sobering morals. One such occasion happened last week, when The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston disengaged itself from a $2.3-million contribution, and volunteered to give the amount to a . . .
- Questions Without Answers Are Worth Asking (Hindu, Tim Radford, Mar 23, 2006)
For the third year running, a physicist has won the Templeton prize. This is the one that is not just bigger than the Nobel — it is worth £795,000 — but also more imprecise: it is awarded for "progress toward research or discoveries about spiritual . . .
- Belgian Amos Signs Pact With Isro (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 23, 2006)
Belgium-based aerospace system manufacturer AMOS (Advanced Mechanical and Optical Systems) on Wednesday entered into a contract with ISRO Space Application Centre, Ahmedabad, for production of a one-metre diameter collimator to test spacecraft . . .
- Pakistani Muslim Emerges As Britain's King Of The Ring (International Herald Tribune, Pat Jordan, Mar 23, 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.
- Refining Missile Deterrence (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Mar 23, 2006)
Pakistan on Tuesday carried out second successful testing of the cruise missile named Hataf-VII — Babar. The missile can carry different kinds of warheads to a range of five hundred kilometres. Apart from land, it can also be launched from ship and . . .
- Fuelling A Relationship (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Mar 23, 2006)
There is more to Indo-Russian ties than nuclear fuel supply, but not much progress has happened.
- The Bottomline On Learning From China (The Financial Express, NIRVIKAR SINGH, Mar 23, 2006)
More than matching China in nuclear prestige, India must learn from its global economic policy
- Common Heritage (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 22, 2006)
Only token bilateral response was evoked by the earthquake that flattened villages on either side of the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir last year, but now there is opportunity to salvage something from that missed opportunity.
- Sri Lanka Rebels May Postpone April Crunch Talks (Reuters, Simon Gardner, Mar 22, 2006)
Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels will view any further attacks by renegades they say are military-backed as an act of war and may postpone crunch talks unless the state disarms them, their chief negotiator has warned.
- Convergence Cannot Wait (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Mar 22, 2006)
Latina singer Shakira has just released a single, Hips don’t lie, complete with a music video, solely as a mobile phone download.
- A Hero, Never Mind The Bitter End (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Mar 22, 2006)
The bitterness that marked the resignation of Dr Varghese Kurien as head of the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation should not stop us from celebrating one of the most inspiring careers in the history of independent India.
- Women In Agriculture (Daily Excelsior, Prof R D Gupta, Mar 22, 2006)
When women move forward, the family moves, the village moves and the Nation moves’’,
- India To Help Africa Fight Aids Epidemic (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2006)
India today offered to set up a pharma unit to manufacture anti-HIV/AIDS drugs in a least developed country to deal with the spread of the deadly disease in Africa, as part of its efforts to promote south-south cooperation.
- Pakistan Clamours For Same U.S. Nuclear Deal As India (Reuters, ZEESHAN HAIDER , Mar 22, 2006)
Stung by U.S. President George Bush's refusal to grant access to American nuclear know-how, Pakistan accused the United States of discriminating against it and of upsetting the balance of power in South Asia.
- Payback Policy (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Mar 22, 2006)
The euphoria over the Indo-US nuclear deal has vanished. With the legislation having been tabled in the US Congress last week for validating the agreement between the prime minister, Manmohan Singh, and the president of the United States of America . . .
- Odd Men Out (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Mar 22, 2006)
The flap kicked up over M.S. Dhoni’s dismissal at the Wankhede Stadium was unnecessary .
- Scaling Up Kurien (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Mar 22, 2006)
One statistic captures the change brought by Dr Verghese Kurien in India’s villages.
- Russia's Glonass Satellites Available By 2009 (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Mar 22, 2006)
It will end India's dependence on U.S.' Global Positioning System
- Who's Stone Age, U.K. Politicians Or Bushmen? (Hindu, George Monbiot, Mar 22, 2006)
Stone aged and primitive are what you call people when you want their land.
- A State Beyond Words (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2006)
Vedic literature comprises two sections — the Karmakanda on the work of sacrifices made up of the Rig, Sama, Yajur and Atharva Samhitas and their Brahmanas, and the Jnanakanda on Knowledge, made up of the Aranyakas and the Upanishads.
- Ensuring Water And Food (Deccan Herald, G S Dasog, Mar 22, 2006)
The writer is coordinator, Community-based Tank Management Consultancy project, UAS, Dharwad.
- The End Of Farmers (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Mar 22, 2006)
The second Green Revolution will serve the interests of the American agribusiness corporations
- Chauhan Announces New It Policy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2006)
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan on Tuesday announced in the Assembly a new Information Technology (IT) policy. It is aimed at improving the life of the common man by leveraging the strengths of e-governance, Mr. Chauhan said.
- Political Parties Demand Mixed Land Use Policy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2006)
`If need be this provision of the new Master Plan may be notified immediately to protect the livelihood of lakhs'
All-party meeting convened by Union Urban Development Minister to discuss the repercussions of the apex court order on sealing commercial e
- Exposition Highlights Jobs In It Sector Abroad (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2006)
It brought together foreign buyers, Indian representatives
- ‘Us-India Nuclear Deal Could Be Bad News For Kashmir’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2006)
Nuclear cooperation between the United States and India could have severe implications for the Kashmir issue, lead to an arms race in South Asia and strategic regional instability, speakers at a public talk said.
- Bush Briefs Australian Pm On India Nuclear Deal (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2006)
US President George W Bush has briefed Australian Prime Minister John Howard on a U S nuclear deal with India in a move seen as groundwork by Canberra for a possible policy change to allow uranium exports to India.
- Dell To Double Its Workforce In India (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Mar 22, 2006)
American information technology companies appear to be making a beeline for India, the latest being Dell, the world’s largest laptop maker, which plans to double the number of its employees in India to 20,000 in three years.
- Bush Briefs Howard On India Nuclear Deal (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2006)
Discusses nature and reasons for the agreement
Analysts say Howard could be signalling a policy change
- `Orissa Let Down By Its Intelligentsia' (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Mar 22, 2006)
The main reason (for Orissa's backwardness) is lack of proper planning in development of some sectors. Those participating in the decision-making process don't have a clear vision. — Mr D. K. Mohanty, Lecturer in Political Science at Rayagada . . .
- Vigyan Rail Awaits Pakistan Response (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2006)
Proposal for joint working group meet
Kapil Sibal has a name for the train — CBM Express
Proposal to have 12 coaches, six each from each country
Exhibits from defence, atomic energy and space may be excluded
- The Gm Foods Divide (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 21, 2006)
In a draft ruling, the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) panel in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) has upheld a 2003 complaint by the United States, Canada and Argentina that the European Union's (EU) de facto moratorium on authorisations for . . .
- Identity Of The Self (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 21, 2006)
When a human being begins to speculate on the what, why and how of one's life, he enters into the most baffling yet meaningful enquiry.
- Nda Alleges Graft In Scorpene Deal (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 21, 2006)
The Opposition on Monday alleged corruption in the multibillion-dollar Scorpene submarine deal.
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