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Articles 8221 through 8320 of 16306:
- Nasa Finally Launches Probe Into Pluto (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
NASA has launched a trailblazing probe into Pluto, at the solar system's outermost limits, after two days of delays.
- Breakthrough In Facial Recognition Software (Hindu, Anand Parthasarathy, Jan 20, 2006)
Bangalore unveiling comes one month before international launch
Rare coming together of Indian, Pakistan and Turkish entrepreneurs
Indians help create world's first facial recognition tool
- India-Us Hold Talks On Implementing Civilian Nuclear Deal (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
Seeking to implement the landmark nuclear deal ahead of American President George W Bush's visit here expected in March, India and the US today held talks on the roadmap for completing the process.
- India, Us Hold Talks On N-Cooperation (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
Seeking to implement the landmark nuclear deal ahead of American President George W Bush's visit expected in March, India and the US on Thursday held talks on the roadmap for completing the process.
- Clean Promise (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jan 20, 2006)
It's like asking the fox to guard the henhouse, declares a blogger, commenting on the solution proferred by the Asia-Pacific group of six (AP6) — the US, Australia, China, India, South Korea and Japan — to deal with greenhouse gas emissions.
- Necessary? Is It? Who Says So? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jan 20, 2006)
There is "a theory of necessary noises" that is always at work in our State's politics.
- Toppling Games (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 20, 2006)
WEDNESDAY’S developments in Bangalore have cast a shadow on the stability of the 18-month-old Congress-led Dharam Singh government in Karnataka.
- Last Remains To Last Less (Tribune, Saroop Krishen, Jan 20, 2006)
The problem of appropriate disposal of the human remains is, naturally enough, as old as man himself and the solutions worked out show very considerable variety. And occasionally some difficulty:
- Diplomats Finetune N-Template (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
Seeking to implement the landmark nuclear deal on 18 July, ahead of American President Mr George W Bush’s visit here expected in March, India and the US today held talks on the roadmap for completing the process.
- Computer Science Growing Into A Basic Science (The Financial Express, S SADAGOPAN, Jan 20, 2006)
Computer science has evolved over many decades. While the early decades were dominated by mechanical calculating machines, today’s computers have evolved from the 1960s into a finite automaton that realises a Turning Machine, . . .
- Us Undersecretary Arrives For Talks On Iran’S Nuclear Plans (Daily Times, Umer Farooq, Jan 20, 2006)
Iran’s nuclear programme will be up for discussion when US Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs R Nicholas Burns arrives here on January 22 for talks with Pakistani officials.
- High-Level India-Us Talks On N-Accord (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
Officials from India and the United States held talks on Thursday on closing a landmark deal that would give India access to previously forbidden civilian nuclear technology. Indian foreign secretary Shyam Saran met Under-Secretary . . .
- India And Us Discuss Nuclear Deal (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
Officials from India and the United States held talks on Thursday on closing a landmark deal that would give India access to previously forbidden civilian nuclear technology.
- Towards Peace In West Asia (Deccan Herald, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Jan 20, 2006)
Sharon’s incapacitation gives India and other countries an opportunity to work for peace through the UN
- Wipro Q3 Net Profit At Rs. 543 Cr. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
Hires 5,189 people during October-December
IT business crosses Rs. 10,000 cr. annual run-rate
61 new clients added during the quarter
U.S. continues to be the major market
- Dasara March To Feature In State Tableau For R-Day (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
The State tableau will contain, behind the palace, the Chamundi Hills with the Mahishasura statue atop it. While the elephant, the howdah, the palace and the hills would be mounted, the tableau would also feature traditional artists from the State . . .
- Mukesh, Anil, You & Me (Indian Express, GAUTAM CHIKERMANE, Jan 19, 2006)
A late riser, I sat there, at 8.00 a.m., bleary-eyed, fuzzy-minded, watching the exclusive special trading session on the company, live on three screens — the TV, the Internet and my mobile.
- Pluto Probe Set To Blast Off (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
A probe destined for the frozen edge of the solar system was set to blast off on Wednesday from Cape Canaveral in Florida after its launch was delayed on Tuesday night by high winds. Its mission is to rendezvous with Pluto before heading further . . .
- Schoolchildren Envisage Cleaner, Greener Chennai (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
50 city schools present their projects on a `Zero Carbon City' 50 city schools present their projects on a `Zero Carbon City'
- Northeast To New East (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 19, 2006)
IIM Shillong is great news. IIMs & IITs elsewhere will be better. Start with Bihar, minister
- Why Did Nasa Kill A Project? (Deccan Herald, Robert L Park, Jan 19, 2006)
The most important lesson from our exploration of the solar system is that the most terrible place on Earth is a Garden of Eden compared to the best place anywhere else.
- Iim-B Has Exceeded Its Brief, Says Arjun Singh (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
No move to persuade the IIMs to increase student intake
Says higher education is "under-funded"
Planning Commission asked to increase allocation
Government in no position to open more IITs
- Stardust Memories (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
NASA's Stardust spacecraft, which was launched in 1999, travelled nearly five billion kilometres, looping three times around the Sun, before parachuting back to Earth on Sunday with its tiny booty of heavenly material safe in an aluminium canister.
- Power Point (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 19, 2006)
Many important people were whizzing around Calcutta on Tuesday — including the most important of them all.
- U.S. Aims To Set Aside India Reactor Controversy (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Jan 19, 2006)
The Bush administration, confronting a potential threat to its 2005 nuclear deal with India, has signaled it will set aside concerns that New Delhi violated a previous agreement with the United States.
- Sowing Seeds Of Prosperity - I (Greater Kashmir, Dr. M P Gupta, Jan 19, 2006)
Dr. M P Gupta writes on the effect of WTO on Indian Agriculture
Nature has endowed India with diversified physiographic, climatic and soil characteristics suitable for growing a wide variety of crops, throughout the year and rearing . . .
- The Tiger Deserves Better (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 19, 2006)
The announcement that a 13-member National Tiger Conservation Authority with the Union Minister for Environment and Forests as its head will be formed to protect India's national animal is a step forward, but only a feeble one given the nature and . . .
- 100 Terminals To Be Commissioned Through Edusat (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
The Department of Science and Technology of the Union Government, which currently has around 20 terminals being commissioned through EDUSAT under Vigyan Prasar network, will augment this facility to around 100 terminals across the country soon.
- Stone Laid For Villivakkam Vehicular Subway (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
Railways, Corporation will share the cost of the project
The Union Minister of State for Railways, R. Velu, on Wednesday laid the foundation stone for a vehicular subway at Villivakkam Railway Yard (West). The subway will replace a manned level crossing.
- Civilised Way Out Of Iran-Iaea Deadlock (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
Statute of the International Atomic Energy Agency and the Charter of the United Nations offer the most civilised course of action to resolving the controversy regarding Iranian compliance with its obligations as a non-nuclear state party to the Non-Prolif
- Human Rights Festival Planned (Hindu, K. SATYAMURTY, Jan 19, 2006)
The Department of Sociology, Christ College, is organising the annual Human Rights and Sambandh Festivals from January 23 to 25.
- India Rejects Pervez Proposals On Kashmir (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Jan 19, 2006)
Pakistan today formally presented President Pervez Musharraf’s “out-of-the-box” proposal on demilitarisation of Kashmir which India disposed, saying that New Delhi wanted to be “more ambitious” than demilitarising just three cities of Kashmir and . . .
- Make The Indo-U.S. Nuclear Deal More Transparent (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Jan 19, 2006)
If the civil-military separation plan is good enough to share with a foreign power, it is certainly good enough to share with the Indian public.
- Multiple-Feed Bio-Diesel Plant To Be Set Up In Mysore (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
It will have the capacity to produce ten million litres a year
The proposed plant is an Indo-U.S. venture
It will be able to process a wide variety of feedstock into bio-diesel fuel
- Pakistan, India To Ease Tensions Over Kashmir (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
Nuclear rivals India and Pakistan agreed on Wednesday to implement fresh measures to lower tensions over Kashmir and confirmed their commitment to keep their stuttering peace process on track.
- It-Enabled Revenue Raising (The Economic Times, KIRAN KARNIK, Jan 19, 2006)
System improvements for efficiency, monitoring for accountability and results, technology for productivity and analysis: the combination of these will help cut costs and raise revenues on a substantial scale,
- Seismic Factor Goes Against Kalabagh (Dawn, Fatehyab Ali Khan, Jan 19, 2006)
This article is not a comment on issues pertaining to the rights of riparians and the political and social repercussions of the construction of dams. The main aim of this endeavour is to highlight the technical, . . .
- Us Upbeat On India N-Deal (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
The United States is confident of reaching a deal with India on nuclear cooperation even though differences remain over plans to separate India’s civil and military programmes, a top US official said on Wednesday.
- Efforts For Un Referral Will Fail: Iran (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
Iran said on Wednesday that it was confident US-European efforts to refer it to the UN Security Council would fail amid reluctance from Russia, China and Arab countries to take the step.
- The Measure Of All Things Ken Alder (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jan 19, 2006)
We often hear that science is a revolutionary force that imposes radical new ideas on human history. But science also emerges from within human history, reshaping ordinary actions, some so habitual we hardly notice them. Measurement is one of our . . .
- Reliance Floats Subsidiary For Refinery Project (Business Standard, Kausik Datta, Jan 19, 2006)
Reliance Petro to set up a 30 mn tpa refinery at Jamnagar.
Barely three years after merging Reliance Petroleum with itself, Reliance Industries has floated a subsidiary with the same name to set up an export-oriented refinery at Jamnagar in Gujarat.
- Wipro Net Up 27% At Rs 543 Cr (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
Underpinned by growth in all segments across the board.
Wipro Ltd’s net profit has grown 27 per cent to Rs 543 crore for the quarter ended December 2005. The top line, driven by high-volume growth and an addition of a record 61 clients . . .
- Economic Implications Of Terrorism (Business Line, Asuri Vasudevan, Jan 19, 2006)
To counter terrorism, governments and businesses have to incur additional expenditure on arrangements for safety and security, insurance payments, surveillance and intelligence gathering and training and equipping anti-terror squads.
- The Illusive Us Arms Bazaar (Daily Excelsior, Atul Cowshish, Jan 19, 2006)
Two roadblocks await the forward move in the Indo-US bilateral relations early in 2006.
- Burns In India To Discuss N-Deal (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
Less than a week after a meeting of the Indo-US ‘Civil Nuclear Energy Working Group’ here, U S Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs R Nicholas Burns today said implementing the deal of nuclear cooperation between the two countries is . . .
- Wipro Q3 Profit Jumps 24 Pct, Beats Forecasts (Reuters, Narayanan Madhavan and Rosemary Arackaparambil, Jan 19, 2006)
Wipro Ltd., India's third-largest software exporter, reported a better-than-expected 24 percent jump in quarterly profit on Wednesday, despite pay rises and fewer billing hours, as outsourcing volumes grew.
- U.S. Upbeat On India Nuclear Deal Despite Problems (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
The United States is confident of reaching a deal with India on nuclear cooperation even though differences remain over plans to separate India's civil and military programmes, a top U.S. official said on Wednesday.
- Rly To Give Funds For Goa Skybus Project (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
The Rs 1200-cr line, to run between Mallapuran and Uppal, has been cleared in principle by the Andhra Pradesh government, and an engineering survey for the project is currently on, KRC Managing Director K K Gokhale said.
- Space A Battlefield (Deccan Herald, U R RAO, Jan 18, 2006)
Despite high costs and danger involved, the US is still determined to go ahead with space weaponisation
- India And Taiwan: Moving Closer (Deccan Herald, Bidanda M Chengappa, Jan 18, 2006)
India should reconsider its approach to Taiwan in terms of foreign
India has been developing ties with Taiwan ever since the two countries established unofficial linkages with each other a decade ago.
- Leaving A Stamp On History (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , Jan 18, 2006)
The year 2008 will mark the 125th birth anniversary of Sir Mirza Ismail — a great Mysorean, an Indian who made us proud, a quintessential political conservative, a remarkable person in public life, who believed that persons entrusted with overseeing ....
- India Requires A Creative Leader: Kalam (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
In another appeal to CII, President Kalam urged the organisation to create a directory of existing partnerships commencing from 2000 and publish it giving all details of scope and progressive financial performance. c
- Nasa Pluto Probe Launch Postponed (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
NASA has postponed the launch of the world's first probe to the icy, never-explored planet of Pluto after excessively strong winds put the liftoff at risk.
- Get Started On Fixing City Roads, Says Dharam Singh (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Review meeting on infrastructure held
BMP asked to complete tender and other processes by March 31
Contractors reluctant to participate in tender process
BMP proposes reintroduction of octroi to shore up revenue
- Cheaper Servers In India By June (Hindustan Times, Shailesh Shekhar, Jan 18, 2006)
The Government is working on a plan to create speedier and cheaper servers to host websites and also create an Indian language translation browser.
- Indo-Pak Dialogue Resumes Amid Negative Publicity (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jan 18, 2006)
The foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan, Messrs Shyam Saran and Riaz Muhammad Khan, met on Tuesday to start the third round of the so-called composite dialogue after days of bilateral “misgivings” about each other’s real intent.
- Australia-India Partnership — Natural Complementarities (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 18, 2006)
Energy and resources are the drivers of the India-Australia relationship, with India importing billions of dollars worth of gold and coal, apart from diamonds and food items.
- Early Learning In Mother Tongue (Dawn, Zubeida Mustafa, Jan 18, 2006)
On October 22, the federal education minister, Lt Gen (retd) Javed Ashraf, made a presentation on the “Education scenario in Pakistan” to the president and prime minister.
- Scientist Wants Another Green Revolution (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
`It will help small and landless farmers earn a livelihood by rearing animals and birds'
First Foundation Day celebrations of the Karnataka Veterinary, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries Sciences University inaugurated
- France's First Woman President? (Hindu, Jon Henley, Jan 18, 2006)
Segolene Royal is suddenly looking like the obvious Socialist challenger to Nicolas Sarkozy in next year's presidential poll.
- Race Science Heading For Rehabilitation (Hindu, Marek Kohn, Jan 18, 2006)
As taboos fall away, there's a danger that denial of racial difference will be replaced with uncritical acceptance.
- District Gets Farm Projects Under Technology Mission (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Priority areas identified to give boost to agriculture activities
- 2020 Odyssey In 45 Minutes (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam’s Vision 2020 left everyone speechless. To be more precise, the other speakers had little to say after he made a powerpoint presentation for 45 minutes — double the time allotted.
- Puzzles Aren’T Paradoxes (Telegraph, Tapas Majumdar, Jan 18, 2006)
Happily, many among our economists are now coming out to share their professional woes through the columns of India’s leading national weeklies and dailies.
- Tamil Nadu Can "Impact India's Trade With Britain" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Chennai's robust industry makes it important for U.K. to maintain ties with State, says U.K. Minister
- Unhealthy Health (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Even as Medical Science has made strides, diseases continue to mock at our peripheral health care system which by any standards could be described as primitive one.
- Kalam For "Syllabus Of Entrepreneurship" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
To create a higher education system that would generate employment opportunities
Research and teaching should be linked
Adopt multi-pronged approach for tele-education
- Terror Reaches South (Daily Excelsior, Tukoji R Pandit, Jan 18, 2006)
The dastardly attack on the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore on December 28, 2005 which took the life of a mathematician from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, has drawn attention to the fact that after north and western India, . . .
- Role Of Sociologists Vital To Tackle Hiv (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Ways to create AIDS - free society discussed
Care and effective communication are necessary for efficient tackling of the HIV disease. Role of sociologists was indispensable to contain this killer disease, said. Dr. Lalitha Kabilan, Director, . . .
- Alarums & Excursions (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 18, 2006)
Iran’s removal of UN seals from the uranium enrichment plant at Natanz has sparked an international outcry, with a predictably knee-jerk reaction from the White House.
- No Confrontation, Please! (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 18, 2006)
Both Parliament and judiciary have to protect Constitution
The Supreme Court’s decision to refer the matter of expulsion of 11 MPs to a
Constitution Bench may trigger an avoidable confrontation between Parliament and the judiciary.
- India's Factories Are Booming, But Not Enough (Reuters, Terry Friel, Jan 18, 2006)
India's booming manufacturing sector is a major engine of growth for one of the world's fastest growing economies, but still has to pick up dramatically to hit the country's 10 percent growth target and take on rival China.
- Bertie Ahern Pitches For Joint It Initiatives With India (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Ireland's focus will be on both education and technology
Launching the Global e-School and Communities Initiative (GeSCI) in India, Ireland Prime Minister Bertie Ahern on Tuesday said India would be the focus of initiatives in education and . . .
- President Kalam Presents Blueprint For Virtual University (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
President A P J Abdul Kalam today proposed an ambitious blueprint for a tele-education revolution in the country with Rashtrapati Bhavan as the nodal hub of the project to link all major universities across India.
- Rebranding Of Bihar (Indian Express, Shaibal Gupta, Jan 18, 2006)
On the face of it, Bihar continues to make news for the same reasons — another schoolboy was abducted even as an abducted businessman was reportedly freed on Tuesday.
- Terrorism, Human Rights, And Development (Hindu, C. Raj Kumar, Jan 17, 2006)
Responses to terrorism ought to be based on a holistic understanding of security, within the human rights and rule of law framework.
- Speeding Up Bus Rapid Transit (Hindu, G. ANANTHAKRISHNAN, Jan 17, 2006)
Rail-based systems may be necessary in the metros, but bus systems offer solutions for all Indian cities staggering under the effects of unsustainable automobile use.
- Little Hope Ahead Of India-Pakistan Peace Talks (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Jan 17, 2006)
India and Pakistan begin a new round of peace talks this week but the nuclear-armed rivals are unlikely to end a stalemate that has tarnished the process, analysts say.
- India-Finland To Increase Bilateral Trade Levels (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
Buoyed by good growth registered in first five months of 2005-06 fiscal, India and Finland today agreed to work towards further increasing the levels of bilateral trade.
- Indian Police Arrest Bangalore Suspect (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
Indian police said Monday they arrested a man in connection with last month’s shooting at a prestigious science institute in the country’s technology hub, Bangalore.
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