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Articles 8121 through 8220 of 16306:
- Gendercide? India’S Population Distortion (Daily Times, Ishtiaq Ahmed, Jan 24, 2006)
Whereas in agrarian societies male children are preferred, until the late 20th century people could not actively choose the gender of their children. But now with the help of technology such as ultrasound they can translate that preference into a choice b
- Tcs To Buy Lifescience Service Firms In Us (Business Standard, C H Unnikrishnan, Jan 24, 2006)
Sets a target of $1 billion revenue by 2010.
The lifesciences and healthcare services division of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is scouting for major acquisitions in the US.
- News From The Schools, January 2006 (Economist, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 24, 2006)
The Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto and the Indian School of Business (ISB) in Hyderabad have agreed on a partnership that will lead to student exchanges between the two schools beginning in the 2006-07 academic year.
- Higher Technical Rducation In J&k (Daily Excelsior, O. N. Wakhlu, Jan 24, 2006)
The growth of higher technical education in Jammu and Kashmir, in the last four decades has been phenomenal. In the early thirties of the twentieth century the State had to hire Engineers from outside.
- Knights And Warriors Of Growth (Daily Excelsior, Anupam Dasgupta, Jan 24, 2006)
Worldwide, the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are being viewed as an engine of equitable economic growth and poverty alleviation.
- Glitches Ahead (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 23, 2006)
Leading nuclear scientists in the country were a bit skeptical of the civilian nuclear cooperation agreement that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh signed with US President George W Bush on July 18.
- Kalam Calls For Jain Research Centre (Deccan Herald, R Krishnakumar, Jan 23, 2006)
This year the Mahamastakabhisheka, will be performed on the 57-foot-monolith statue on Vindhyagiri, over a period of 12 days from February 8 to 19.
- Education Can Wipe-Out Terrorism: Kalam (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jan 23, 2006)
President A P J Abdul Kalam today said that ‘terrorism can be wiped off from the country only through education with value system, elimination of poverty and transformation of religion into a spiritual system.’
- Every Day, Another Life Is Less Private (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Jan 23, 2006)
Two popular names for girls, so common we don’t give them a second thought.
- Pc Shipments In Asia-Pacific Up 19 Pc: Idc India, Taiwan Perform Below Expectations (Business Line, CORPORATE BUREAU, Jan 23, 2006)
IDC said that notebooks were particularly solid as all the countries in the region recorded double-digit year-on-year growth rates in shipments in 2005.
- Greater Sensitivity Needed At Wto (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 23, 2006)
The World Trade Organisation's decision to extend, by seven-and-a-half years, the period available to least developed countries (LDCs) for bringing their intellectual property rights (IPR) rules in line with the relevant WTO agreement, is welcome for ..
- Nuclear Brinkmanship: Iran Vs West (Pakistan Observer, Ghulam Sarwar, Jan 23, 2006)
Of late, tension between Iran and the West, has assumed alarming proportions, over the nuclear issue. War of wits between the contending parties in fast escalating and Iran’s adversaries are..
- "Globalisation Does Not Mean You Have No Political Choices" (Hindu, Marcus Dam, Jan 23, 2006)
Sir Howard Davies, Director, the London School of Economics and Political Science, believes that, despite all its imperfections, globalisation is the "least bad" way to organise economic life.
- India And The Global Market For Education (Hindu, John Makinson, Jan 23, 2006)
There has been an educational explosion in various countries, including India.
- India And Talks On The Nuclear Issue (Hindu, R. Ramachandran, Jan 23, 2006)
ACCORDING TO news reports following the recent round of discussions in New Delhi between India and the United States around the Indo-U.S.
- Indo-Lankan Economic Ties (Daily Excelsior, R C Rajamani, Jan 23, 2006)
Prolonged media preoccupation- on either side of the Palk Straits with the Tamil problem has created an erroneous impression that a solution to the ethnic issue is central to the growth of Indo-Sri Lanka ties.
- Big Trouble For The Little Ones (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 23, 2006)
Extracts from the ILO’s regional high-level tripartite meeting on the Role of Labour Inspections in Combating Child Labour, Harare, 2001
- Spread Message Of Peace, Non-Violence: President (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 23, 2006)
The hills of Vindhyagiri and Chandragiri in the ancient town of Shravanabelagola resounded with chants of "Bhagawan Bahubali ki jai" as President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
- Reliance Infocomm Offers New Tariff Plan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 23, 2006)
Reliance Infocomm on Sunday offered free outgoing calls worth up to Rs. 2,000 on some of its new mobile handsets along with lower local and STD call charges.
- Reaching Out To Save A Blue Baby (Hindu, R. Sujatha, Jan 23, 2006)
Fifteen-month-old Maxwell, born to Qayyum and Aster, was a blue baby, whose condition worsened as he grew. "He turned blue three or four times in a day," recalls Aster.
- Fast Breeding Confusion (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jan 23, 2006)
There is persistent misunderstanding about India-US relations today.
- Energy For Assam (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 23, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s interactions in Assam have been characterised by a much-needed focus on infrastructural development that is central to the vision of an economically developed, well-integrated Northeast.
- Now And Again: Love While You Can (Statesman, JP MALIK, Jan 23, 2006)
The King of Ethopia was once invited by our ambassador to an Indian marriage.
- Tariff War Hots Up; Reliance Offers Free Outgoing Calls (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 23, 2006)
While STD rate would Rs 1.79 from Reliance to Reliance anywhere in the country and Rs 2.49 from Reliance to other phones.
- Pfc, Another Navratna On The Block: Fm (Business Standard, D K Singh, Jan 23, 2006)
Labour reforms and foreign direct investment in retailing are under consideration.
- Coming Out With The Real Outcome (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Jan 23, 2006)
What exactly is `outcome' and how to measure it? Raising this question vis-à-vis the Outcome Budget, P. V. Indiresan suggests that, assuming cost-benefit can be measured, there are three ways the `outcome' can be deemed better than before.
- Ril To Invest Rs 5000 Cr In Methane Production (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 23, 2006)
Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) will invest over Rs 5,000 crore to start commercial gas production from coal bed methane (CBM) blocks by mid-2008.
- We Want Peaceful Relations With India But Kashmir Issue Impacted The Atmosphere (Pakistan Observer, Aroosa Alam, Jan 23, 2006)
Declaring that Pakistan will always maintain minimum nuclear deterrence, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that Pakistan is an anchor of peace and stability in South Asian region, has no aggressive designs but it won’t be bullied by anyone.
- How Playboy Can Score In India (Los Angeles Times, Editorial, Los Angeles Times, Jan 22, 2006)
Despite strict obscenity laws, stricter religious mores and a fanatical element that regularly pickets and threatens to blow up movie theaters running risque movies, Playboy Enterprises is considering an Indian version of its magazine.
- Bangalore Cops In Kashmir On Iisc Terror Trail (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
A special Bangalore police team investigating the December 28 attack on the Indian Institute of Science has arrived in Jammu and Kashmir. J&K Director-General of Police Gopal Sharma, however, said that no links in the state had been established so far.
- France Yet To Provide Full Inventory (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Jan 22, 2006)
Supreme Court Monitoring Committee's queries also not adequately answered
- The Potential Of Rajasthan (Indian Express, N K Singh, Jan 22, 2006)
I have just returned from Jodhpur after speaking to a group of NASDAQ and New York Stock Exchange Advisory Board members.
- Exclusive Web Portals For Gram Panchayats (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
Exercise is aimed at e-bridging the urban-rural divide in State
NIC facility to cover 456 gram panchayats initiallly
It covers birth, death registration; pension facility
NIC ready with almost 1,000 rural technologies
- Iisc Probe Nails Bangla Blast Brain (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
Bangalore Police have seized a cache of explosives following the arrest of two more Lashkar-e-Taiyaba militants — one of them suspected to be involved in some bomb blasts in the Bangladesh capital of Dhaka in early 2003 and the other an Imam.
- Science & Creative Thinking (Hindustan Times, Simon Singh, Jan 22, 2006)
I visited India recently thanks to the British Council, who arranged for me to give science lectures at schools, colleges and universities. Over the course of a couple of weeks I spoke to budding scientists, retired professors, brilliant teachers and ....
- Rubble Rises (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
E P Menon travels to parts of Bhuj devasted by the Jan. 26, 2001, Gujarat earthquake, to catch glimpses of life sprouting back from the rubble, and is quick to note it down in his diary.
- Vhp Issues Ultimatum On Temple (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Saturday gave a one-year ultimatum to the Centre to hand over the entire disputed area of 67 acres in Ayodhya for the construction of Ram Temple, failing which it threatened to launch a nation-wide “direct action” programme
- Us Business Body To Launch Awareness Programme On Indo-Us Deal (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
US Chamber of Commerce has applauded negotiations that would lead to implimentation of Indo-US civilian nuclear deal and announced the launch of a public advocacy programme to garner support for it.
- Safta Has No Article Giving Mfn Status To India (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
South Asia Free Trade Agreement (Safta) has no article to give the Most Favourite Nation (MFN) status to India and Pakistan and is not going to grant any preferential tariffs to the former.
- Iran Wants China In On Russian Nuclear Proposal: Der Spiegel (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
Iran wants China to be involved in possible enrichment of uranium with Russia aimed at ensuring Tehran does not develop nuclear weapons, according to the German weekly Der Spiegel.
- Pakistan Won’T Endorse N-Iran: Pm (News International, Salim Bokhari, Jan 22, 2006)
Vows to raise Bajaur bombing in tripartite commission meeting;
calls for moving beyond CBMs to settle Kashmir issue
- Climate Change: Early Effects (Dawn, David Ignatius, Jan 22, 2006)
One of the puzzles if you’re in the news business is figuring out what’s “news.” The fate of your local football team certainly fits the definition. So does a plane crash or a brutal murder. But how about changes in the migratory patterns of butterflies?
- Wmds-Free Middle East (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jan 22, 2006)
Iran and Syria have called for a WMDs-free Middle East. President Bashar Al-Assad of Syria and his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmedinejad told a joint Press conference after their talks that if the issue of WMDs is the West’s pretext for its . . .
- Call To Involve Tribes In Biodiversity Schemes (Hindu, R. Madhavan Nair, Jan 22, 2006)
NBA Chairman lauds State's response
"The success of biodiversity conservation measures envisaged under the Biological Diversity Act would depend a great deal on the extent to which tribes and local people are allowed to participate in these programmes,"
- Panel Urges Centre To Set Up Ito To Protect Farmers (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
Proposed body will protect farmers from unfair trade practices
- Living On The Edge (Hindu, VENU MADHAV GOVINDU, Jan 22, 2006)
The devastating earthquake that hit Gujarat five years ago showed one the many dimensions of our innate, if imperfect, humanity.
- India Must Concentrate On Pure Research: Scientist (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
Universities have to create a situation to nourish researchers
To take up issue of collaboration with India with Fermilab director
Joint research activities on de-zero experiment on
MIPP experiment being done with participation of two Indians
- Book On Birds In Kannada To Be Released On Friday (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
The book contains information on 160 species of birds
Karnataka is home to 522 species of birds
The book contains a wealth of information on birds and their features
- Ensuring Equitable Development Through Reforms (Hindu, S. Mahendra Dev , Jan 21, 2006)
There is a lot of talk on growth and equity but there is no operational plan. What we need is an immediate plan for achieving equitable development.
- Why Economic Reforms Are Unpopular (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Jan 21, 2006)
It may be time to evolve a national consensus on the contours of a reform agenda with a human face, involving a clear targeting of subsidies and concessions.
- Safeguards For Breeder Reactors A Key Obstacle (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Jan 21, 2006)
U.S. unwilling to accept Indian stand
As India and the United States concluded their third round of technical talks on the planned separation and safeguarding of Indian civilian nuclear facilities this week, the status of the country's fast . . .
- Bangalore Police Nab Two More Suspected Lashkar Operatives (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
However, their role in the attack on IISc is yet to be ascertained
The Bangalore police, who are investigating the terrorist attack on the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), have arrested two more suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operatives.
- Regulate Bt Crops Strictly (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 21, 2006)
It may not exactly be a revolution in the strict sense of the term, but 10 years of commercial cultivation of genetically-modified crops has, without doubt, brought about notable changes in agriculture worldwide. Rising output, . . .
- Iims On A Leash (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Jan 21, 2006)
The Union Human Resources Development (HRD) Minister, Mr Arjun Singh, has called a meeting of Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) in New Delhi, on February 1, "to discuss issues of autonomy and measures needed to further strengthen them".
- Energy-Efficient Vehicles "Will Reduce Pollution" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
Students have to be hard working: Vice-Chancellor
Pollution does not recognise international boundaries, and the solution to reduce pollution and save the earth is through construction of energy-efficient buildings and vehicles and use of renewable ...
- Change Education System To Protect Literature: Bhyrappa (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
'Awards or accolades do not matter to writers'
Literature is a perennial achievement and is a pursuit of truth. To protect art, literature, culture, tradition and language, it is essential to change the education system, writer S.L. Bhyrappa said . . .
- Iisc New Palm-Top: Spy Plane (Indian Express, AMBA B BAKSHI, Jan 21, 2006)
A new innovative addition to the palm top genre is going to be the palm-top aircraft. The Aerospace Engineering department at the Indian Institute for Sciences (IISc), Bangalore, is currently working on unmanned miniature planes that could assist . . .
- Decision On French Ship Eludes Sc Panel (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Jan 21, 2006)
The Supreme Court Monitoring Committee on Hazardous Waste (SCMC) met a second time to decide the fate of Clemenceau but could not arrive at any conclusion on the amount of asbestos on the ship even after day-long depositions.
- Burns Sees Roadblocks Ahead Of Nuclear Deal (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
India and the United States still face difficulties before a landmark nuclear deal giving the South Asian giant access to previously forbidden technology can be sealed, a senior US official said on Friday.
- ``Iaea Inspections Will Compromise Breeder Research'' (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Jan 21, 2006)
U.S. reluctance to accept India as a nuclear arms state is the heart of the matter
- Us Diplomat Sees ‘Complexity’ In India-Us N-Talks (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
The United States and India face difficult negotiations on a landmark civilian nuclear pact, but officials said they remain hopeful of reaching an agreement on the deal that leaders of both countries have hailed as a centrepiece of their emerging alliance
- 54 Colleges To Be Connected With Edusat (Daily Excelsior, Mohinder Verma , Jan 21, 2006)
To provide quality education and meeting the teaching needs of the rural and backward areas of the State, 54 colleges of the State will be connected with EDUSAT—a satellite devoted exclusively to long distance learning—by next academic session.
- Talks Augur Well For Indo-Us N-Pact (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
The USA today expressed hope that the civil nuclear cooperation agreement with India would be implemented as New Delhi readied to roll out the red carpet to welcome US President George W Bush in the first week of March.
- Winning Formula (Statesman, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Jan 21, 2006)
The CPI-M government of West Bengal is making a strident pitch for the development of the Information Technology (IT) sector in the state.
- Difficulties Ahead Of Nuclear Pact With India: U.S. (Reuters, Palash Kumar, Jan 21, 2006)
The United States said on Friday there were difficulties in realising a landmark agreement on cooperation in civil nuclear energy with India but it was hopeful of clinching the deal.
- Centre Can Consider Corporatising The Iims (The Financial Express, YRK REDDY, Jan 21, 2006)
If the previous government’s move against the hike in fee was lambasted as being hawkish, intrusive and much more, the stand of the current government on IIM Bangalore’s move for an offshore facility has met a similar fate.
- Global Challenges, Local Solutions (Dawn, Syed Mohibullah Shah, Jan 21, 2006)
WHAT is the future for an economic system that is not an efficient producer of goods and services in the globalized economy?
- Ingredients Of An Integrated Energy Policy (The Financial Express, NK SINGH, Jan 21, 2006)
Every now and then when oil prices are high, we wake up to emphasise on non-conventional energy. We also begin to realise the need for an integrated energy policy.
- Boost In Exports (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jan 21, 2006)
Pakistan's export of merchandise rose by 31.1 per cent in December 2005 and 23.8 per cent during the first half of the fiscal year 2005-06, over the same periods last year. The data released by the Commerce Ministry indicates that the country’s . . .
- Jews Have Wailing Wall, We Need Ram Temple: Bjp Chief (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Jan 21, 2006)
In a two-hour speech marked by ringing confidence, elaborate articulation of the party’s philosophy and a hard-nosed realpolitik, BJP president Rajnath Singh sent a clear message that he was very much his own man—and under him the BJP . . .
- Oprah In Auschwitz: America’S Most Powerful Literary Critic Finds Recovery In The Holocaust (Indian Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Jan 21, 2006)
Among those reeling from the flap about James Frey’s memoir A Million Little Pieces — which has been exposed as an embellishment, when not outright fabrication, of the author’s life — is America’s most powerful literary critic, Oprah Winfrey.
- Reaping The Reserves (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah arrives in Delhi next week for the Republic Day parade. How much oil does his country really have, asks Leonardo Maugeri
- India Takes Steps On To The World Stage (Times Online (UK), Edotorial, Times Online, Jan 20, 2006)
Trade delegations do not always return bearing much more than holiday souvenirs but the one currently in India is looking promising. The prospect of the country liberalising its approach to overseas retailers, as the Commerce Minister is . . .
- Fraud Nags At Google's Grand Strategy (Hindu, Charles Miller, Jan 20, 2006)
The search giant has always offered its many services for nothing, but the threat of click fraud may change the way it does business.
Plan to use technology to detect suspicious click patterns
Time to be exploring new revenue streams
- Why Threats Against Iran Will Not Work (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Jan 20, 2006)
Threats to haul Iran to the Security Council on the nuclear issue could see Teheran harden its stand.
- Silviculture Conference At Forest Institute (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
The Forest Research Institute here will hold a national Silviculture Conference from February 1as part of its Centenary celebrations.
- Indian Named "Inventor Of The Year" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
An Indian-American scientist has been named "Inventor of the Year" for his pioneering work in developing a new system which utilises data to improve patient care and clinical decisions.
- Minister Holds Talks On Swapna Nagari Eco-Tourism Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
Manmohan Singh to declare the area as National Mangrove Forest
- Old New Year (Indian Express, Ruchi sharma, Jan 20, 2006)
The dawn of a New Year for me has invariably meant an unending list of resolutions. But the unwavering determination with which I begin the New Year wanes quickly. In 2006, it already has.
- Indian Scientist Named ‘Inventor Of The Year’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
An Indian-American scientist has been named ‘Inventor of the Year’ for his pioneering work in developing a new system which utilises data to improve patient care and clinical decisions. R Bharat Rao, senior director of Engineering Research Development, ..
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