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Articles 8321 through 8420 of 16306:
- Clemenceau Will Not Enter India Till Court Makes Decision (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
"We will ask the ship to stay outside Indian territorial waters till the matter is heard"
French Government sticks to its guns, says ship contains no asbestos
When the French Government had not permitted the ship to be broken there, . . .
- What Is It The Customer’S Looking For? (The Financial Express, Mahesh Bhatt, Jan 17, 2006)
It wasn’t the pain of her fall, but the humiliation when she fell that made her cry.
- Let Saboteur Sings On Terror Designs (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
Police have arrested another key activist of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) at Almatti in Bagalkot district and seized explosives and incriminating documents from him....
- Sc Bars Clemenceau From Indian Waters (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
The Supreme Court on Monday barred the entry of controversial decommissioned French warship Le Clemenceau carrying toxic wastes into India and said it would not allow the vessel to be scrapped on the Gujarat coast till the Customs department clarifies its
- For Students, Yet Another Requirement (Hindu, K. Ramachandran, Jan 17, 2006)
Compulsory `social orientation' component to be part of the undergraduate curriculum
- Sdic Says Clemenceau Will Not Enter India Till Court Makes Decision (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
"We will ask the ship to stay outside Indian territorial waters till the matter is heard"
French Government sticks to its guns, says ship contains no asbestos
When the French Government had not permitted the ship to be broken there, . . .
- N-Plant Plot Busted (Telegraph, ANIL BUDUR LULLA, Jan 17, 2006)
Bangalore police have arrested another Lashkar-e-Toiba militant in connection with last month’s terror attack on the Indian Institute of Science campus and seized explosives from him.
- Police: Lashkar Targeted Vital Installations (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
Kaiga nuclear power plant on hit-list
No evidence yet to link Abdul Rehman, Ibrahim with IISc attack
Lakshar's role confirmed in the attack
- In The Cause Of The Tiger (Hindu, G. ANANTHAKRISHNAN, Jan 17, 2006)
A valuable corpus presenting current perspectives mixed with the historical perception of the tiger
- The Canvas Of Anthropology (Hindu, Shereen Ratnagar, Jan 17, 2006)
Collection of 40 papers documenting the wide sweep of anthropology
This is a collection of 40 papers in three sections — archaeological anthropology, physical anthropology, and social anthropology— dedicated to D.K.Bhattacharya who distinguished . . .
- Elucidation Of The Gita (Hindu, K. Kunhikrishnan, Jan 17, 2006)
The importance and value of the Bhagavad Gita as an important and enduring summation of the spiritual evolution to the whole of humanity need no emphasis.
- Steel Industry: To Continue Shining In 2006 (Business Line, J. Mehra, Jan 17, 2006)
Global steel demand is set to grow at a scorching pace, though certain factors could be a cause for heartburn in the sector.
- India's Potential `Demographic Dividend' (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Jan 17, 2006)
India is and will remain for some time one of the youngest countries in the world. This "demographic dividend" is seen as offering a window of opportunity to accelerate the country's rate of growth. In this edition of Macroscan, C. P. Chand rasekhar . . .
- Reliance To Pick Up 25% Equity In Yemen Refinery (Business Line, Vinod Mathew, Jan 17, 2006)
Reliance Industries Ltd will be picking up 25 per cent equity stake in a greenfield refinery in Yemen. Reliance is expected to invest $33.78 million (about Rs 149 crore) in the $450-million refinery project.
- A Candle Light Dinner With A Touch Of Difference (Greater Kashmir, Dr Shoukat.H.Khan, Jan 17, 2006)
They have it there in London, we too have it here in Kashmir, but ours is special, narrates Dr Shoukat.H.Khan
- Pak To Table Musharraf’S Proposals (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Jan 17, 2006)
Pakistan is expected to formally put on the table President Pervez Musharraf’s Kashmir-centric proposals during the Foreign Secretary-level talks between India and Pakistan beginning here tomorrow.
- Iisc Attack: Let Man Arrested (Tribune, Jangveer Singh, Jan 17, 2006)
A Muslim preacher from Bagalkot in Karnataka who is suspected to be a member of the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) today became the second person to be arrested in the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) attack case.
- Ireland Seeks Better Ties With India (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
'Huge opportunities exist for both countries'
Irish Academy of Sciences, Indian Academy of Sciences to sign pact
Bilateral trade increased from $187.31 million in 2001-02 to $383.87 million in 2004-05
- India Should Capitalise On Power Of Youth To Face Challenges, Says Isro Chairman (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
The Golden Jubilee Foundation Award was presented to five persons
- Manmohan Announces Rs. 6,000 Cr. For Assam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
Two projects will help the State to increase power generation
New thermal power station in Kokrajjar district to generate 500 MW
Coal mining project to be set up in upper Assam's Dibrugarh district
- Iranian N-Official’S Comments Upset India (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
India on Monday expressed "regret" over comments made by Iran’s top nuclear negotiator that New Delhi received preferential international treatment on nuclear proliferation issues.
- El-Baradei Says Iran Only Months Away From N-Bomb (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
The United States and its European allies pressed Russia and China on Monday to support bringing Iran before the UN Security Council, which has the power to impose sanctions over Tehran’s nuclear programme.
- "No Joint Space Mission With U.S." (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) G. Madhavan Nair on Monday said there was no proposal to send astronauts to space in collaboration with the U.S.
- The Economic Decline Of Maharashtra (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Jan 17, 2006)
The economic decline of Maharashtra began in 1995-96 with the coming to power of coalition governments. The State's debt has now reached a staggering Rs 1.15-lakh crore and the debt servicing burden has risen sharply despite the lowering of interest ...
- Situating Women, Experiencing Gender (Hindu, Padmini Swaminathan, Jan 17, 2006)
Essays on the understanding of the experience of gender in India
This book is a monumental compilation comprising 24 contributors, spread, slightly over 600 pages, sweeping across two centuries, drawing together diverse disciplines and themes, but . . .
- Curriculum Change Controversy (Dawn, Omar R. Quraishi, Jan 17, 2006)
Curriculam revision seems to have become a very controversial issue in the country with not a month going by without some political or religious party objecting to a reported change in some textbooks or syllabus.
- Getting Bihar On The Path To Progress (Business Line, Devendra Mishra, Jan 17, 2006)
Where there is no bread, there is no law; where there is no law, there is no bread. The idea that a society's moral well-being depends on its economic well-being and vice versa is well settled.
- Seeking Trade, Not Aid (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 16, 2006)
The success of the forthcoming official visit of Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz to the US will be measured more in terms of its achievements on the economic front than on anything else.
- Pattern In The Madness (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Jan 16, 2006)
When the International Atomic Energy Agency confirmed last Tuesday that Iran had broken the seals on its nuclear research facility at Natanz, many people reacted as if the next step was the testing of an Iranian nuclear weapon.
- Sleeping Guru (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jan 16, 2006)
It is said that ‘gurus’ don’t sleep; they just close their eyes and meditate. However, that was not so at a recent seminar on corporate governance held at the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) Ltd.
- Neither Enlightened, Nor Moderate (Dawn, Anwer Mooraj, Jan 16, 2006)
One doesn’t hear the phrase ‘enlightened moderation’ as much as one did a couple of years ago except, of course, in a negative sense.
- Nasa Capsule Headed For Landing (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 16, 2006)
A space capsule carrying comet dust is headed for a landing on Earth in a mission scientists hope will ultimately yield clues to the origins of the solar system.
- Library Science In India: Vision For 2010 (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Jan 16, 2006)
Dr. Abdul Majid Baba sums up the proceedings of the 25th All India Conference of the Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centres (IASLIC) hosted by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras from 16th to 29th December 2005 at Chennai
- Off-Shore B-School (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 16, 2006)
Double-think and a travesty of autonomy
It often happens that when it comes to exercising state control over learning, the mindset of the saffronite and the secular lobbies are not wholly dissimilar.
- Biocrops Growing Worldwide (Tribune, Justin Gillis, Jan 16, 2006)
Since genetically modified crops were first planted a decade ago, the acreage devoted to them worldwide has been growing at double-digit rates, and it did so again last year, jumping 11 percent to 222 million acres, according to a new report.
- Free Universities From Govt Control: Narayana Murthy (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 16, 2006)
In the wake of the Human Resource Development Ministry turning down the plea of Indian Institute of Bangalore to start an overseas campus, Infosys Chairman and Chief Mentor N R Narayana Murthy today sought lesser "government control" and . . .
- Sea Sentinels (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 16, 2006)
Naval UAV squadron heralds the future
WITH the commissioning of the Indian Naval Air Squadron (INAS) 342, the Indian Navy has its first squadron of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs).
- No Increase In Taxation Level (Daily Excelsior, Dr Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Jan 16, 2006)
The two major political parties hold opposite views on the appropriate level of taxation of the economy.
- Employing Technology For Language Learning (Daily Excelsior, V K Srivastava, Jan 16, 2006)
A large number of private sector companies including one prominent foreign company is developing and launching Hindi and other Indian languages softwares for the Indian market.
- Isro: Commercial Launch Of Pslv (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 16, 2006)
Betting high on its cost effective and proven launch vehicle technology, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is planning to enter into launch vehicle business and aiming a 10 per cent market share over the next five years.
- Agri Technology Mission Launched (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 16, 2006)
The idea is to push up productivity level of the sector, says YSR
Farmers in Andhra Pradesh can now look forward to some assistance in fighting adverse seasonal conditions and also explore ways and means to give a boost to their productivity . . .
- Financial Inclusion An Abiding Virtue (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 16, 2006)
It is the context rather than the message that makes the Reserve Bank of India's recent exhortation to banks to follow inclusive practices particularly significant.
- Moulvi Taken Into Custody (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 16, 2006)
Bangalore City police have taken into custody a Muslim preacher from Bagalkot who is supsected to be the member of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT). The police who brought the moulvi to Bangalore on Sunday are probing if he had any role in the ....
- Iran Wants Diplomacy Not Threats In Nuclear Impasse (Reuters, Parinoosh Arami, Jan 16, 2006)
Iran said on Sunday that only diplomacy, not threats to refer it to the U.N. Security Council, could defuse a standoff over its nuclear work and warned any Western push for sanctions could force up world oil prices.
- Honorary Doctoral Degrees Conferred (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 16, 2006)
Cochin University honours ISRO's Madhavan Nair, Infosys' Narayanamurthy
- Kerry Signals Change Needed For Pakistan Nuclear Deal (Reuters, David Brunnstrom, Jan 16, 2006)
U.S. Senator and leading Democrat John Kerry said on Saturday that Pakistan ought eventually to have the same access as rival India to civilian nuclear technology, but indicated changes were needed first.
- Rs. 7.5 Crore Grant For Research In Nanoscience (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 16, 2006)
This i apart from seed money already gien This is apart from the seed money already given by the State Government to the university
- Varsities Must Be Free: Nrn (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 16, 2006)
In the wake of the Human Resource Development Ministry turning down the plea of Indian Institute of Bangalore to start an overseas campus, Infosys Chairman and Chief Mentor N R Narayana Murthy on Sunday sought lesser “government control”...
- Pakistan Should Move Towards Democracy, Says John Kerry (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Jan 16, 2006)
To have a United States-India like civilian nuclear cooperation deal
Pakistan and U.S. should explore common ground for cooperation
Supports deal between India and U.S.
- State Project For Building Capacity In E-Governance (Hindu, Roy Mathew, Jan 16, 2006)
Proposals for Rs.5.83 crores submitted to the Centre
- Us Diplomat To Visit South Asia (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 15, 2006)
A senior US diplomat travels to South Asia next week for talks aimed at firming a civilian nuclear deal with India, setting Pakistan on the road to democracy, and halting rising violence in Sri Lanka.
- Kerry For Equality Between India, Pakistan (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 15, 2006)
Former US presidential candidate Senator John Kerry advocated that the US accord equal treatment to Pakistan and India in providing nuclear technology for civilian use, if Pakistan fulfils certain requirements.
- Iran Nuclear Impasse Could Hurt Us-India Nuclear Deal (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 15, 2006)
A landmark US-India nuclear cooperation deal could be hampered by India’s reluctance to refer Iran’s nuclear programme to the UN Security Council and open enough of its own atomic facilities to inspection, US officials and experts said on Friday.
- Iran Says Not Scared Of Un Security Council (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 15, 2006)
Iran said Sunday it was "not scared" of being hauled before the UN Security Council and vowed to press on with its disputed nuclear programme regardless of mounting international pressure.
- Ahmadinejad Says Iran Does Not Want Nukes (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 15, 2006)
Claims the western states are living in medieval times
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Saturday his country had every right to possess nuclear technology but insisted it was not interested in acquiring nuclear weapons.
- More Light On The Siddhas (Deccan Herald, L SUBRAMANI, Jan 15, 2006)
Terrorism has an unlikely opponent — the philosophy of Tamil Siddhas, ancient ascetics of whom little of substance is known. A unique initiative aims at compiling their works, writes L Subramani.
- Energy Is An Eternal Delight (Indian Express, N K Singh, Jan 15, 2006)
William Blake said that ‘‘Energy is eternal delight’’. Indeed, overtime, progress has become equal to energy. That is why the future of India’s energy policy is central to our growth aspirations.
- Un Referral Will Not End Nuke Plans: Iran (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 15, 2006)
Iran will not be deflected from its right to develop nuclear technology by referral to the UN Security Council for sanctions, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Saturday.
- Kerry Backs Pak Quest For Civil N-Tech (News International, Asim Yasin, Jan 15, 2006)
Former US presidential candidate Senator John Kerry has said his country and Pakistan could explore common grounds for cooperation in civil nuclear technology on the pattern of US-India agreement.
- Tata, Fiat To Share Car Dealer Networks (Reuters, Shailendra Bhatnagar, Jan 14, 2006)
Tata Motors Ltd. and Italy's Fiat agreed on Friday to share their dealer networks in India and abroad, giving both carmakers access to new markets while keeping costs down.
- Tata Motors To Market Fiat Cars (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 14, 2006)
Tatas unveil first Indian limousine and a concept car `X-over'
- Centre Asks States For Action Plan On Bharat Nirman Project (Press Trust of India, PTI, Jan 14, 2006)
The Centre has asked all states and union territories to submit Action Plans, along with a list of habitations to be covered under the ambitious Bharat Nirman project for rural development.
- So Many Sams (Indian Express, M.P. ANIL KUMAR, Jan 14, 2006)
Sportsman, inventor, bibliophile, pianist. Speaks Cantonese. Keen astronomer and a student of Greek philosophy.
- Big Brother Is Listening (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 14, 2006)
It may be some consolation to Amar Singh to know that, as Ravi Visvesvaraya Prasad explains, phone tapping is hard to prevent in India even if you have the right technology.
- Iran Nuclear Impasse Could Hurt U.S.-India Atomic Deal (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Jan 14, 2006)
A landmark U.S.-Indian nuclear cooperation deal could be hampered by India's reluctance to refer Iran's nuclear program to the U.N. Security Council and to open enough of its own atomic facilities to inspection, U.S. officials and experts said on Friday.
- Spiteful Gesture (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 14, 2006)
The IIMs have been denied an opportunity allowed to foreign universities.
- Snails For Money (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 14, 2006)
MONEY is not only the root of all evil — it is the root of everything. Despite what you may have read in the comic strips, the first money early homo sapiens used wasn’t clams, but snails.
- U.S. Blue Chips End Lower On Iran Concerns (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 14, 2006)
U.S. blue-chip stocks ended slightly lower on Friday as tame inflation data in a government report partly offset profit warnings and fears about Iran's threat to halt U.N. nuclear inspections.
- Value Opportunities Lie At The Edges (Business Line, D. Murali , Jan 14, 2006)
Companies that "find themselves walking a fine line between significant value creation and commensurate value destruction"
- Slogans As Ideas (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jan 14, 2006)
If people in the United States are being persuaded to learn Hindi it is only because there is eventually realisation that India is a country of ideas.
- Overpopulation ‘Is Main Threat To Planet’ (Tribune, Steve Connor, Jan 14, 2006)
Climate change and global pollution cannot be adequately tackled without addressing the neglected issue of the world’s booming population, according to two leading scientists.
- Missing Statecraft In The Chinese Theatre (The Financial Express, V ANANTHA NAGESWARAN, Jan 14, 2006)
India’s relationship with Beijing is marked by naivete and a singular lack of coherence
- An Afterlife Eavesdropper (The Economic Times, V B N RAM, Jan 14, 2006)
Lethargic and lackadaisical, that is what you have become,” Mahesh tells Yamadoot in an admonishing manner, “and this is clearly visible in the earthly-type inefficiency which has crept into our hitherto perfect system”.
- Tata Motors, Fiat In Joint Drive — Marketing Tie-Up Is First Step Towards Deeper Relationship (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 14, 2006)
"This is not a joint venture, but this is the start of a relationship which could go beyond even a joint venture," Mr Ratan Tata said.
- Isro Gets Into Chip Manufacturing — Semiconductor Complex To Be Centre Of Non-Space Research (Business Line, Madhumathi D.S., Jan 14, 2006)
CHIP folk SemInd and Intel have roused Indian semiconductor dreams, but no one knows when they would be walking their fab talk.
- Accel Frontline Plans Rs 100-Crore Ipo (Business Line, Raja Simhan T.E., Jan 14, 2006)
ACCEL Frontline Ltd, a joint venture between Chennai-based Accel Ltd and the $200 million Singapore-based Frontline Technologies Corporation, plans to raise Rs 100 crore through an IPO (initial public offering), according to Mr N.R. Panicker, Chairman..
- Biotechnology Revolution (Daily Excelsior, Dr. Maharaj Krishan Bhan, Jan 13, 2006)
Biotechnology is today a growing sector with over 200 industries, market share of US$ 1 billion, investment to the tune of US$ 137 million and exports being 59% of the revenue. The Biotech sector recorded a growth of 39% during 2004.
- Blow For Discipline (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jan 13, 2006)
The Supreme Court has dealt another blow for discipline in government offices.
- Traders In Deceit (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jan 13, 2006)
A few decades ago there was a widespread activity in this city. There was hardly a street that did not have a signboard announcing the presence of a finance and chit fund company.
- Whether Report (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jan 13, 2006)
The weather is of course a slippery customer but its prediction is even more so. Just when the met department thinks it's got it right, the climatic conditions don't oblige and the weathermen go into a sulk complaining about some of their . . .
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