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Articles 8421 through 8520 of 16306:
- Malaysian Minister Hands Over Rs. 50 Lakh To Jayalalithaa (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
Towards relief and rehabilitation measures in the flood-hit areas The contribution was made on behalf of Construction Industries Development Board and Public Works Department of Malaysia
- Well-Oiled Diplomacy (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 13, 2006)
The Petroleum Minister, Mr Mani Shankar Aiyar, is in China this week and will need to use all his diplomatic skills to forge any meaningful tie-up between Indian and Chinese oil companies. India and China have emerged as two front-runners in the hunt....
- A Simple Mantra For Education (The Financial Express, Jayaprakash Narayan, Jan 13, 2006)
In the debate on employment guarantee in recent months, the real issues of skill promotion, empowerment and education were largely relegated to the background.
- Now Here’S Some Rich Advice (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jan 13, 2006)
In the latest edition of its ‘State of the World’ report, the US think-tank Worldwatch Institute warns growing economies like India and China not to try too hard to attain ‘Western living standards’, since that might consume too much . . .
- Congress Alleges Breach Of Protocol By Modi (Hindu, MANAS DASGUPTA, Jan 13, 2006)
Chief Minister's secretariat says protocol does not differentiate between senior, junior Ministers
Congress to complaint to Governor, PMO
No controversy, says Chief Minister's office
Modi flays Congress for spreading canards
- Kerry Wants Fissile Material Cut-Off Included In Nuclear Deal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
India has to join with U.S. in taking Teheran threat seriously'
Visiting American Senator John Kerry has said it is worth looking at a cap on the production of fissile material by India as part of implementing the July 18, 2005 civilian nuclear . . .
- India For Tie-Ups To Develop Medium Combat Aircraft (Hindu, Y. Mallikarjun, Jan 13, 2006)
Roadmap for futuristic weapons
With the successful development of the multi-role Light Combat Aircraft indigenously, India is ready to collaborate with friendly countries to develop the Medium Combat Aircraft to meet the future defence needs.
- Fleet Expansion In Mind, Myanmar Looks To India For Expertise (Indian Express, Shiv Aroor, Jan 13, 2006)
Myanmar is steeped in its largest ever defence project, developing indigenous stealth frigates to give the country’s small navy an expeditionary warfare fleet. While it is only to be expected that China will be a principle contractor for the technology,..
- Indian Nominated To Wtc Memorial Foundation (Indian Express, LALIT K JHA, Jan 13, 2006)
An Indian woman, a victim of terrorism in the Kashmiri valley, has been nominated to the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation Board of Directors.
- Us Senator Kerry Sees 'Enormous Benefits' In Indo-Us Nuclear Agreement (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
Implementation of the Indo-US deal on civilian nuclear cooperation will mean grant of nuclear power status to India, influential American Senator and former Democrat presidential candidate John Kerry said as he voiced support for the agreement.
- Farm Ills: Globalisation Not To Blame (Business Line, G. Chandrashekhar, Jan 13, 2006)
The Union Science and Technology Minister, Mr Kapil Sibal, is rather upset that Indian farmers are unable to obtain remunerative prices for their exports. He is convinced that globalisation, as practised under the WTO, is the reason for depressed . . .
- Nuclear Deal: Much Ado For Marginal Gain (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jan 13, 2006)
There are enough straws in the wind pointing to the so-called nuclear deal signed by the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, and the US President, Mr George W. Bush, turning out to be an albatross round India's neck.
- Iran A Worry But Indo-Us Nuke Deal Gets Kerry Backing (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
Efforts underway to carry the Indo-US nuclear deal forward received a boost today with US Senator and Democrat candidate in the 2004 presidential race John Kerry expressing his support, ‘‘in principle’’, for the July 18 understanding.
- Jain Mutt Launches Waste Management Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
ISRO, Vignana Parishat, and the Channarayapatna Taluk Panchayat are involved in the Rs. 30-lakh programme
Schools, colleges and Stree Shakti self-help groups will participate in the programme
- ‘Indo-Us Nuke Deal Beneficial’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
Backing the Indo-US nuclear deal, influential opposition Democratic Party Senator John Kerry on Thursday said the agreement would have “enormous benefits” for the two countries besides having impact globally.
- Iim-B: Sibal Raps Hrd Ministry (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
Science and Technology Minister Kapil Sibal on Thursday criticised the Human Resource Development Ministry for turning down a request from Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore (IIM-B), to open a campus in Singapore, saying it went against . . .
- Kerry Cautiously Backs India-Us Nuclear Deal (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Jan 13, 2006)
United States Senator and leading Democrat John Kerry gave cautious backing on Thursday to a controversial deal granting India access to civilian nuclear technology.
- He Helped Them Read (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
It is nearly two hundred years since Louis Braille invented a special script for the blind. M S S Murthy looks back at the genius whose invention changed the world for the blind.
- Pro-India Kerry Backs Nuke Deal (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
The defeated US presidential candidate and Democrat senator, Mr John Kerry backed the India-US civilian nuclear energy deal “in principle”, but also pointed out that this agreement had larger implications,
- Sibal Flays Govt’S Iim-B Say (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
Science and technology minister Mr Kapil Sibal today criticised the HRD ministry for turning down a request from Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore (IIM-B), to open a campus in Singapore, saying it went against the objective of “releasing the genius
- Hail The Easy User Experience (Hindu, Victor Keegan , Jan 13, 2006)
Technology is getting simpler to use and making life simpler, from free video-phone calls on the web to a range of services available on mobile phones.
- Officialese Extraordinaire (Deccan Herald, Dinesh Kumar, Jan 13, 2006)
Of the people it may be, but the govt often scrambles the commonest of languages
- Where’S The Cold Light Of Reason? (Indian Express, R.K. PACHAURI, Jan 13, 2006)
It’s never been so cold in 70 years, the Met office has told us. Before that we were told that it’s rarely been as rainy as it did get in Mumbai first and the souhern cities later.
- Letting Go (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 13, 2006)
What does it really mean for Indian institutions of higher education to be ‘autonomous’? It is a word that figures promisingly on the agenda of modern governments eager to minimalize the machinery of state.
- Fraud Shouldn’T Taint Our View Of Science (Indian Express, BETTYANN HOLTZMANN KEVLES, Jan 13, 2006)
Seldom in our history have fame, fortune or a heady mix of the two tempted so many people into committing fraud.
- Listen, Mr Chidambaram (Indian Express, ILA PATNAIK, Jan 12, 2006)
P Chidambaram will receive a million pre-budget suggestions by end-February. But the one he must take seriously, he has already received — the Left has hammered home the point that he must take a sickle to the weedy field of tax exemptions.
- When Science Turns To Wishful Thinking (Hindu, Tim Radford, Jan 12, 2006)
There is an inevitable temptation to massage results in the race for scientific status.
- Mous On 657-Cr. Investment In It Sector (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 12, 2006)
GITEX inaugurated; eight companies will set up ventures in Hyderabad and seven in Vizag
Government planning to create SEZs exclusively for IT sector
Quality of education needs improvement
Gap between Hyderabad and Bangalore very high in IT exports
- Probe Officials Must Adhere To Time Limit, Says Cbi Chief (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Jan 12, 2006)
Urges agency to think big and out of the box to face challenges
Nearly a month after taking over, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) director Vijay Shanker has outlined a "larger vision'' for the country's premier investigation agency, . . .
- Anna Varsity Signs Water Management Agreement (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 12, 2006)
MoU marks start of Rs 2.4 crore international project It will facilitate exchange of staff and students among partner institutions and field-level research projects
- All Gas In The Pipeline (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Jan 12, 2006)
India’s oil diplomacy is still in spats between the petroleum ministry and the foreign office. China meanwhile is clinching key energy deals, finds C. Raja Mohan
- Iran Removes Seals From Nuclear Plants (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 12, 2006)
Iran removed seals from its nuclear facilities on Tuesday and said it had resumed research work, intensifying its standoff with the United States and European powers over its nuclear ambitions.
- Court Reunites Boys With Families (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 12, 2006)
The Magistrate was also shocked when the children revealed in court that the home authorities did not even bother to ask the children about their family.
- Timely Operation (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jan 12, 2006)
At times unconventional situations call for unconventional remedies. The post-midnight raid carried out by Minister of State for Forests Tariq Hamid Qarra in the Kangan region in Srinagar district on Monday will come exactly in this category.
- Leap Forward In Engineering (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 12, 2006)
The Government has approved setting up of six new engineering universities of world standard in collaboration with leading international institutions of higher learning. These new centres of excellence would be established at a cost of ninety billion . .
- Vivekananda's Message And Governance (Daily Excelsior, Jagmohan , Jan 12, 2006)
"You may make thousands of societies, twenty thousand political assemblages, fifty thousand institutions. There will be no use unless there is that sympathy, that love, that heart that thinks for all. But where is the heart to build upon ? . . .
- Experts' Team In Shravanabelagola (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 12, 2006)
Members of the team inspected the statue of Bahubali for close to two hours
Rs. 3.5 crores to be spent on cable-car
ASI has accorded temporary permission for cable-car
State Government wants the facility retained even after the event
- P. C. Thomas Defends Severing Ties With Bjp (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 12, 2006)
P. C. Thomas, MP, on Wednesday said that he and his colleagues in the Indian Federal Democratic Party (IFDP) had decided to leave the NDA, dissolve the party and merge with the Kerala Congress (Joseph) when they sensed that the BJP would adopt . . .
- Sc Guidelines Enough On Phone Tapping: Patil (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 12, 2006)
Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil on Wednesday virtually disfavored any new law to check phone tapping in the wake of allegations from various political parties on the issue.
- India's Lost Daughters: Abortion Toll In Millions (International Herald Tribune, Amelia Gentleman, Jan 12, 2006)
As many as 10 million female fetuses may have been aborted in India over the last 20 years as families try to secure a male heir, according to a study published Monday in The Lancet, the British medical journal.
- Don't Stymie Services-Led Growth (Business Line, R. Vaidyanathan, Jan 12, 2006)
The rapidly-growing service sector, of which IT is only a part, currently accounts for nearly half of the GDP. In this segment, the role of the non-corporate sector, represented by millions of partnerships and proprietorships firms, has been pivotal . . .
- Lesson From Ipo Scams (Business Line, Sanjiv Agarwal, Jan 12, 2006)
Sanjiv Agarwal on reforms that can check many a market evil
- A Primer On The Evolving Durables Industry (The Financial Express, KR KIM, Jan 12, 2006)
With the Indian economy growing at the pace it is, the consumption story has been hitting the roof. Driven by a young population with access to disposable incomes and easy finance options, the consumer durables’ market has been throwing . . .
- Islam Is Not Mere Sacrificing Animals (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jan 12, 2006)
The nation is celebrating Eid-ul-Azha today and is sacrificing animals to follow the spirit of Hazrat Ibrahim’s sunnah. Eid congregations were held this morning at millions of open spaces, Eidgahs and mosques across the country, where prayers for the ....
- Infosys Q3 Profit Jumps By Third, Ups Forecasts (Reuters, Narayanan Madhavan and Rosemary Arackaparambil, Jan 12, 2006)
India's second-largest software exporter, Infosys Technologies Ltd., reported a 31 percent jump in quarterly profit and nudged up its full-year earnings forecast on Wednesday as outsourcing gained momentum.
- Iran Resumes N-Work (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 12, 2006)
Iran removed seals on its nuclear research facilities on Tuesday, allowing work to resume after a two-year suspension despite warnings from the West of possible UN sanctions, Iranian nuclear authorities said.
- Bugs In The System (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 11, 2006)
The culture of phone tapping speaks volumes — even more than politicians over the phone
- Iran Breaks Seals At Nuclear Site, Set To Begin Fuel Research (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Jan 11, 2006)
Teheran positions gas centrifuges used for uranium enrichment at Natanz facility
- Missing Millions (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 11, 2006)
The deeply entrenched bias against girls in Indian society needs to be removed.
- Gigabits And Gandhi — A Realistic Model (Hindu, S.V. Raghavan, Jan 11, 2006)
Fibre optic cables may hold the key to a rural revolution. They can create a multi-purpose infrastructure for the villages of India.
- Reliance Profit Dips In Q3 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 11, 2006)
Reliance Industries recorded a fall in net profit at Rs.1,776 crore for the third quarter ended December 31, 2005, compared to Rs. 2,091 crore recorded in the same period in the previous year.
- India Enters Supersonic Race (Hindustan Times, BR Srikanth, Jan 11, 2006)
In the first step towards faster and inexpensive travel in space, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has demonstrated the technology that propels rockets to fly at 4,560 mph — three times faster than the Concorde.
- India's Lost Daughters (International Herald Tribune, Amelia Gentleman, Jan 11, 2006)
NEW DELHI As many as 10 million female fetuses may have been aborted in India over the last 20 years as families try to secure a male heir, according to a study published Monday in The Lancet, the British medical...
- The European Union (Eu) Regards Scientific Collaboration With India As A Strategic Priority (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 11, 2006)
The European Union (EU) regards scientific collaboration with India as a "strategic priority" and is looking forward to strengthen cooperation under its Research Framework porgramme, a senior EU official said here on Jan 4.
- 'Pak Still The Hub Of Nuclear Black Market' (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 11, 2006)
Pakistan continues to be the hub of nuclear black market involved in trading surplus goods to other countries despite the uncovering of the proliferation network of disgraced former top scientist AQ Khan two years ago, a report said on Monday citing...
- The Point Of Power (Hindustan Times, Abhishek Singhvi, Jan 11, 2006)
The invitation was unique and so was the topic. ‘Katha’, a ‘profit for all’ NGO, “working in the areas of language,
- Tapping Party Lines (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jan 11, 2006)
Everybody who is anybody these days just has to announce that his or her phone lines are being tapped.
- Infosys Q3 Net Jumps 31 Per Cent (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 11, 2006)
India's second-largest software exporter, Infosys Technologies Ltd, reported a 31 per cent rise in its quarterly net profit on Wednesday, meeting forecasts, as technology outsourcing gathered momentum.
- Too Clever By Half (Hindustan Times, MANOJ JOSHI, Jan 11, 2006)
The situation between India and Pakistan may not be bleak, as Pakistani spokeswoman Tasnim Aslam clarified on Monday...
- Time To Re-Analyse Defence Planning (Daily Excelsior, M.K. Bhatnagar , Jan 11, 2006)
The arms supplies to Nepal, the reported incursion into Bhutan by the Chinese troops, the Yangon - Beijing nexus,
- Terrorists Target Centres Of Growth (Tribune, Jangveer Singh, Jan 11, 2006)
THE terrorist attack on the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bangalore on December 28 has disturbed the peace of the Garden City. The economic importance of Bangalore as also of Chennai and Hyderabad is sure to attract the attention of terrorist outf
- Coke’S Water-Harvesting Claims ‘Fraudulent’ (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Jan 11, 2006)
OVER a dozen universities in the United States have terminated contracts with the Coca-Cola company in part because of concerns that the multinational corporation is polluting the environment in India, drastically lowering the water table and selling prod
- Golfing Buddha (The Financial Express, Golfing Buddha , Jan 11, 2006)
For a capitalist, what could be a better gift than an island with a do-it-yourself golf course?
- Three Cheers For Sebi, For Its New Initiatives (The Financial Express, PRITHVI HALDEA, Jan 11, 2006)
It has announced a series of long-awaited reforms in the primary market that are major, yet simple
- Do Grids Hold Answers To Grand Challenges? (The Economic Times, D. Murali , Jan 11, 2006)
BASED on ``1,466 interviews with senior IT influencers and decision makers'', Oracle has found that India leads the world in the big jump of 52 per cent on the `Grid Index'.
- Role Of India And China — Route To Three Billion Mobile Subscribers (The Economic Times, Dan Steinbock, Jan 11, 2006)
IN THE mobile industry, the road to three billion subscribers in 2010 is paved with a global strategy that must capitalise on seemingly contradictory objectives
- Rise Of The Homegrown Terrorist (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jan 10, 2006)
The Bangalore police haven't yet released a picture of Abdul Rahman, the man suspected to be the mastermind of the attack at the Indian Institute of Science.
- Protest Lodged With Us-Led Forces In Afghanistan (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
Pakistan has lodged a strong protest with US-led forces in Afghanistan after a cross-border firing incident over the weekend in which killed eight were people.
- Dealing With Terrorism (Deccan Herald, S Krishnamurthy, Jan 10, 2006)
The militants should be made to realise that the long arm of the law will catch up with them sooner than later
- 'Pakistan Continues To Be Hub Of Nuclear Blackmarket' (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
Pakistan continues to be the hub of nuclear blackmarket involved in trading surplus goods to other countries despite the uncovering of the proliferation network of disgraced former top scientist A Q Khan two years ago, . . .
- Boost To Agriculture (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 10, 2006)
The Science Congress grappled with the problem of making science work for agriculture
- Nepalese Soldiers Used As Guinea Pigs By Us? (Deccan Herald, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Jan 10, 2006)
The fate of the volunteer soldiers is also not known. Medical researchers in the US and Nepal are now raising concerns that the US intended to use Nepal, one of the poorest countries in the world, as a guinea pig to find a drug that would help US soldiers
- Russian N-Proposal To Iran 'Sensible' - Sergei Ivanov (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
Russia has put forward a "very sensible" proposal to resolve the Iranian nuclear issue and ally international concerns about Tehran's nuclear programme within the IAEA framework, Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov has said.
- Lax Immigration Control Aids Militants: Indian Officials (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
Lax vigilance by Indian immigration officials is allowing Islamist militants to smuggle in weapons and explosives from Bangladesh, a top official with India’s border force said on Monday.
- The Mobile Revolution: Global Scale Is Critical (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
From the 1910s to the mid-1990s, the United States dominated the mobile business. It was the delay in the commercialisation of the cellular technology — from 1947 to 1983 - that opened the window of opportunity to mobile challengers in Europe and Asia.
- China And India Hold Border Talks In Beijing (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
China and India opened a second round of talks Monday aimed at ironing out difficulties over their disputed border and strengthening their strategic partnership, an Indian official said.
- Pakistan Has Evidence Of Indian Involvement In Balochistan: Fo (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
Pakistan lodges protest with US forces in Afghanistan over cross-border firing incident
No unilateral demilitarisation in Kashmir
- Draft Report On Integrated Energy Policy — Holistic Look At The Different Scenarios (Business Line, S. Narayan, Jan 10, 2006)
The Planning Commission's Draft Report on Integrated Energy Policy takes the broad approach of recommending an enabling environment for optimal energy supply, such that the relative economics of alternatives are left to the combination . . .
- Overseas Indians Unsettled Over Delhi’S View Of Them (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
Say government should be open to their ideas and innovation, not just their money
* Troubled by governmnet’s emphasis on money and investment
- It Stands For Indian Talent ! (Daily Excelsior, Dr. R.A. Mashelkar, Jan 10, 2006)
One of the most important change in recent times is the perception about India. I was reading Times magazine recently. I browsed through the interview of Peter Mandelson, who is Tony Blair’s most valued adviser. I was struck by what I read.
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