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Articles 8621 through 8720 of 16306:
- ‘Education Cannot Be Based On Money’ (Deccan Herald, K Jayalakshmi, Jan 08, 2006)
To achieve the task of making India a knowledge-based society, we simply have to decommercialise education” - Dr P M Bhargava
- Land Of The Flaming Tongue (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
Manmohan Melville writes of Jwalamukhi in Himachal Pradesh, which has many interesting legends revolving around it.
- Students' Start-Up Bags $ 100,000 Venture Capital (Hindu, K. Ramachandran, Jan 07, 2006)
Aims to offer technology and Internet-based solutions
A start-up by a group of engineering students from Chennai promising to offer technology and Internet-based solutions to students and corporates has found a venture capital of $ 100,000.
- High Expectations From Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (Hindu, S. Nagesh Kumar, Jan 07, 2006)
Manmohan Singh to inaugurate the mega event today
- On The Grow (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jan 07, 2006)
The Green Revolution which in India spanned a period of approximately 10 years, from 1967 to 1978, is considered by many to be responsible for changing the country from one bordering on starvation to one of the world's leading agricultural nations.
- 'Nuke Deal With India High On Us Priorities' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
US Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice has strongly supported the civil nuclear deal with India and said strengthening Washington's relations with New Delhi would be among the priorities in her agenda for 2006.
- Incursions Of Hindutva (Times of India, HARSH MANDER, Jan 07, 2006)
Tribals in the forested interiors of India today face a grave, new threat. Already dispossessed of land and forest, grappling with debt, hunger, exploitation and bondage, the tribals now face incursions of radical Hindutva, . . .
- Check List: Things To Do During The Year (The Financial Express, NK SINGH, Jan 07, 2006)
With the New Year festivities happily behind us, there is need for real action. The Prime Minister has over the last few weeks articulated some priorities of the government. Some of these must include the following:
- The Case For Disinvestment (The Economic Times, Surinder Singla, Jan 07, 2006)
Disinvestment has come to be a central focus of the government’s economic reforms agenda. True, there are other pressing issues such as the employment guarantee scheme (EGS) that attempt to deal with poverty eradication while creating infrastructural . ..
- Hdfc, Il&fs Sell Off Colliers Jardine Stake (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
Sell combined 30% stake to Canada-based parent.
Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC) and IL&FS pulled out of Colliers International (India) Property Services by selling their combined 30 per cent stake to the Canada-based . . .
- Invasion Of Privacy (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 07, 2006)
Telephone tapping and all that
THE exposure of telephone tapping of politicians has once again brought to the fore the larger issues of individual freedom and the right to privacy.
- Elitist Orientation Of The Economy (Dawn, Ishrat Husain, Jan 07, 2006)
Several observers have asked me to update the latest assessment of my thesis propounded in the book Pakistan: the economy of an elitist state. They are interested in exploring the question whether or not the policies and programmes pursued during . . .
- Iisc. Attack: `All Links Will Be Unearthed' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
Bangalore is safe : Ajai Kumar Singh
Commissioner of Police Ajai Kumar Singh on Friday said that the city police would unearth all links in the terrorist attack on the Indian Institute of Science (IISc.) here.
- Cit To Host Seminar On Environmental Protection (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
Conference papers to be available on icstep2006.com
Over 250 delegates from India and abroad will to attend a three-day conference on environmental protection to be organised at Coimbatore Institute of Technology (CIT), from January 7 to 9.
- `Harness Forensic Science To Thwart Terror Plans' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
Scientist advocates `preventive forensics' as traditional methods failed to handle terrorists
Crime base shifting from urban areas to rural areas
Forensic planning has to be formulated for rural and tribal population
- Now, Pc For Rs. 3,500! (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
A network personal computer costing only Rs.3,500, developed by Novatium, promoted by the faculty of IIT, Madras, is to hit the market soon.
- Iisc Attack: Madrasa Head In Custody? (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
The police investigating the December 28 terrorist attack on Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bangalore have taken into custody a head of a madrasa in Sindagi taluk in Bijapur district. The head of the madrasa is alleged to have connection . . .
- Court Poser To Karnataka On Steps Against Terrorism (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
The Karnataka High Court on Friday took note of the terrorist attack on the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore and sought to know from the Government what steps it has taken to prevent such incidents.
- A New Ruler For Dubai (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 07, 2006)
Dubai and the United Arab Emirates have lost a far-sighted leader with the death of Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid al-Maktoum.
- Despite The Obituaries, Newspapers Refuse To Die (Hindu, Simon Jenkins, Jan 07, 2006)
Newspapers have shown they can grasp each new technology and bend it to their will.
- Science For The People (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
IF the 93rd session of the Indian Science Congress, under way in Hyderabad, was to have been any different from previous meets, it should have thrown up some concrete suggestions for improving rural India.
- Manmohan To Inaugurate Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (Hindustan Times, Arvind Padmanabhan , Jan 07, 2006)
The three-day Pravasi Bhartiya Divas begins on Saturday in Hyderabad amid tight security.
- Us Endorses India's Nuclear Energy Goals (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
In a strong endorsement of India's quest to acquire technology and equipment to generate atomic power, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has said that it will have to have civilian nuclear energy and not be dependent on countries posing concerns.
- Nuclear Powers Aiming To Put Fresh Pressure On Iran (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Jan 07, 2006)
The five major nuclear powers are working on a joint warning statement that aims to show unusual unified resolve and put fresh pressure on Iran not to resume nuclear fuel research, U.S. officials and diplomats said on Friday.
- Water Scarcity? Blame It On Population Explosion (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
Water is not getting scarce. It is the demographic growth that is skewing the scenario. From a 1.6 billion in 1900 to 6 billion in 2000, the population growth has resulted in a doubling of the rate of water withdrawal.
- Another Revolution (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 07, 2006)
The second Green Revolution will require sustainable technology
Four decades after the first Green Revolution that changed India from a starving nation to one of the world’s leading agricultural nations, the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, . . .
- Kashmir Twist In Iisc Probe: Valley Teacher Picked Up After His Ec Identity Card Surfaces In Bangalore (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Jan 07, 2006)
A school teacher in Anantnag district has been picked up by the state police who are investigating whether he holds the key to what could be the first indication of a Jammu and Kashmir link to the Bangalore terror attack at the Indian Institute of Science
- Remembering Shah-I-Hamadan (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Jan 07, 2006)
The great saint is not only remembered for his saintliness but there is much more than is being read and heard about him.The great saint is not only remembered for his saintliness but there is much more than is being read and heard about him.
- Rice Endorses India’S Quest For Nuclear Energy (Tribune, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Jan 07, 2006)
In a strong endorsement of India's quest to acquire technology and equipment to generate atomic power, US Secretary of State Condoleezzza Rice has said that it will have to have civilian nuclear energy and not be dependent on countries posing concerns.
- Bjp Alleges Secret N-Deal (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
The BJP today charged the Manmohan Singh government with stealthily submitting “a plan” to the USA, “separating our civil and military nuclear facilities”.
- Indian Navy Commissions Asia’S First Unmanned Craft Squadron (Indian Express, Shiv Aroor, Jan 07, 2006)
The Navy’s long-term vision for a coastline dotted with squadrons of unmanned spy planes kicked off today, with the commissioning of its first unit-INAS 342-in Kochi, thus becoming the first Navy in Asia to raise an exclusive squadron for unmanned aerial.
- The Dream Team: A Critique-I (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 06, 2006)
Dr Manmohan Singh has spoken of how pleasantly surprised he was to be made Finance Minister in July 1991 by P V Narasimha Rao.
- Politics Rarely Takes A Vacation (Daily Excelsior, Arun Nehru, Jan 06, 2006)
The New Year is upon us and politics rarely takes a vacation. Last six months I have written consistently about the Third Front and this is more than a reality and by the middle of 2006 we will see two large groups emerging to change the current . . .
- Nalgonda, A Hub Of Militant Activity? (Hindu, K. Srinivas Reddy, Jan 06, 2006)
Police suspect that the youth received training in Pakistan, Bangladesh Youth came into contact with hardened terrorists while serving time in prison for various crimes. This helped organisations build their terror network.
- Pak- Nepal Nexus (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Vedi, Jan 06, 2006)
It should have been expected that sooner or later both China and Pakistan would want to fish in the troubled waters in Nepal and, sure enough, Beijing has already delivered truckloads of weapons for the Royal Nepal Army and Pakistan is preparing . . .
- Amu Not A Minority Institution: Hc (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2006)
Upholds striking down of 50 pc quota
The Division Bench of the Allahabad High Court today upheld with some modifications its last year’s single-judge Bench judgment terming as ‘unconstitutional the granting of minority status to the . . .
- President Kalam's Stress On Conserving Water Bodies (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2006)
First Citizen holds interaction with farmers and children
President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has stressed on the need for conserving water bodies as part of drought mitigation measures, and asked farmers in dry land areas to cultivate jatropha.
- City Flights (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jan 06, 2006)
Mumbai figured fifth and Delhi ninth in the top 10 most populated cities of the world list in a 2001 UN study.
- A Good Start, Indeed, To The New Year (The Financial Express, S SADAGOPAN, Jan 06, 2006)
BSNL, the public sector telecom giant, gave its landline customers a New Year gift by slashing rentals by as much as 28%, from Rs 250 per month to Rs 180 per month, ...
- Talaq: What? (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 06, 2006)
A mob cannot take away the rights
The nebulous entity called “community” is supposed to be the conscience keeper of a collective of persons and ensure that they adhere to certain basic decencies.
- Task Force On Global Strategic Developments — Need Unclear, Purpose Undefined (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jan 06, 2006)
If a Task Force is not to end up as a monumental wool-gathering enterprise, its purpose should be delineated in sharp and clear terms.
- Privacy `Googled'? (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 06, 2006)
Google Earth may be the `spy-in-the-sky' snooping on the globe, but Google itself has penetrated deep into individual privacy.
- Stem Cell Research In India — Still In The Embryonic Stage (Business Line, M. Somasekhar, Jan 06, 2006)
Given the huge disease burden and the need for organs, affordable diagnostics and therapies, the promise that stem cells offer needs to be exploited to the fullest.
- Kalam Greets Kids (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2006)
President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam today announced an essay competition and gave homework to students at the Indian Science Congress.
- Clandestine Nuclear Deals Traced To Sudan (Hindu, Ian Cobain, Jan 06, 2006)
Hi-tech equipment imported into the country has disappeared Intelligence agencies suspect the equipment has been traded by the nuclear proliferation racket headed by the Pakistani scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan.
- 3-D Films At Science & Technology Museum (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2006)
A 3-D movie theatre, the first of its kind in the State, has started functioning on the Science & Technology Museum campus here on Thursday.
- Nuclear Energy For India Important Step Forward: Rice (Press Trust of India, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Jan 06, 2006)
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has said the prospect of India having civilian nuclear energy could be an "enormously important step" forward as it is welcomed not only by the US but also by members in the Nuclear Suppliers Group and IAEA chief Moh
- Arrested Militant Gave Clues On Let Links: Bangalore Police (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2006)
Lashkar-e-Toiba militant Abul Rehman, arrested in connection with the Indian Institute of Science terror attack, has provided clues on his links with the Pakistan-based outfit, a top police official said today.
- 'India Having Nuclear Energy Important Step' (Hindustan Times, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Jan 06, 2006)
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has said the prospect of India having civilian nuclear energy could be an "enormously important step" forward as it is welcomed not only by the US but also by members in the Nuclear Suppliers Group and IAEA chief Moh
- Special Measures Helped Ttdc Earn Rs. 8.6 Crore Profit (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2006)
32nd edition of the Tourism and Industrial Exhibition opens
- Web-Based Education Planned By Varsity (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2006)
Faculty of private colleges can acquire additional qualifications
Anna University has proposed to introduce "web-based education" from 2006-2007 for facilitating faculty in affiliated private engineering colleges to acquire ME qualification.
- Fao Chief Sees Role For Indian Scientists In Food Security (Hindu, P. Sunderarajan , Jan 06, 2006)
They could share expertise for modernising small-scale farming
Collaborative initiative to eliminate hunger in 10 years
To be done in a phased manner with developed countries' support
- Kalam Plans Big Solar Plant (Hindu, P. Sunderarajan , Jan 06, 2006)
A five-MW solar plant will be set up in the Rashtrapati Bhavan will by the year-end, President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam said on Thursday.
- A Farmer's Record (Hindu, K. Srinivas Reddy, Jan 06, 2006)
Chinthala Venkat Reddy wanted a cost-effective way to restore soil fertility without using fertilizers. His efforts have borne fruit and the farmer from Lothukunta is now waiting for a patent for his technique.
- Scientists Must Play Leading Role In Pura Project, Says Kalam (Hindu, P. Sunderarajan , Jan 06, 2006)
They must provide scientific, technological leadership
Says the community can help set up 100 PURA centres
Must comprise village knowledge centres, agri-clinics, tele-education, water treatment plants
- Indian, Australian Experts To Meet On It Security (Hindu, K. Ramachandran, Jan 06, 2006)
Legal issues, standards among subjects to be discussed Threat of electronic warfare can paralyse a country's capabilities in delivering services including power, gas, raid, road and air transport systems and financial or banking networks
- Ncert Incentive For Dropouts To Return To School (Indian Express, NEHA SINHA, Jan 06, 2006)
There is now an incentive for school dropouts to go back to school in 2006 and stay on till the PhD degree. In an attempt to make the National Talent Promotion Scheme more inclusive, the National Council for Educational Research and Training . . .
- A Little Bit Of Modesty, Perhaps (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jan 06, 2006)
It’s heartening to hear that the country’s proposed tsunami warning system will be in place soon and will be based on state-of-the-art technology.
- Us ‘Absolutely Opposes’ Iran-India Gas Line (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2006)
‘New Delhi can oppose but might not want to sacrifice its ties with Washington’
- Halfway House In Loom Town (Indian Express, Sunita Arora, Jan 06, 2006)
India’s textile and apparel exports grew by up to 15 per cent in the first post-quota year. With a few pragmatic reforms, it could be much more, says Sunita Arora
- Turning On Genes To Treat Diseases (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2006)
However, there are concerns on account of insects becoming resistant to the Bt toxin and of a foreign gene being consistently present in the cotton plant.
- Kalam Gives Tips To Farmers (Deccan Herald, K Jayalakshmi, Jan 06, 2006)
“My theatre of action, Pokhran is beautiful to me.” It was President A P J Abdul Kalam at his candid best at the 93rd Science Congress answering a query from a farmer in faraway Rajasthan.
- Will Govt Apathy Kill Good Cinema? (Deccan Herald, Krishna Prasad, Jan 06, 2006)
On the tenth day of the screening of ‘Beru’, the national award-winning Kannada film on corruption, in Shimoga last fortnight, the movie’s director P Seshadri got a call from the theatre: “Sir, there are two people in the audience. What do we do?”
- Latin America’S Two Left Wings (Indian Express, JORGE CASTANEDA, Jan 06, 2006)
Don’t confuse those leaders who spring from a communist or socialist past with those who trace their roots to old-fashioned populism, says JORGE CASTANEDA
- Ysr Seeks Scientists' Counsel On Projects (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2006)
Modern practices is a must for farmers to reap benefits
Farmer suicides almost stopped in the State, says YSR
- Kalam Launches `Kidney Care Project' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2006)
Says it is time adequate attention is paid to the healthcare sector
Calls for solution to kidney transplant through stem cell research
Stresses the need to create awareness about cadaver kidney transplant
- Can Pakistan Reform? (Frontpagemag, Robert T. McLean, Jan 05, 2006)
For months, Pakistani President Musharraf has been locked in a fierce political struggle with leaders of Pakistan’s religious schools, or madrasas. Represented by the powerful political organization Wifaqul-Madaris, . . .
- Delhi Police On Alert (Hindu, Devesh K. Pandey , Jan 05, 2006)
Police Commissioner given inputs on presence of militants
Army HQ, Golf Course among likely targets
Groups operating from the Kashmir valley considered a real threat
Bangladesh-based militants found more inclined towards "fidayeen" attacks
- Japan, India To Start Talks To Bridge Nuclear Divide (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
India and Japan agreed on Wednesday to launch talks on nuclear issues in a bid to resolve differences as New Delhi pushes its ambition to become the world's sixth atomic power and boost energy production.
- Pakistan's Consulate Plan Scuppered In Mumbai (Reuters, Krittivas Mukherjee, Jan 05, 2006)
Tenants of a high-rise office building in India's financial capital have stopped Pakistan from reopening a long-delayed consulate there, saying crowds of visa seekers would present a security threat.
- In Search Of Excellence (The Economic Times, TOM PETERS , Jan 05, 2006)
People and organisations are not “rational” in the ways strategy, business, and organisation are typically taught. It’s dangerous to try to force a simplistic and misguided rationality on the way we manage. You cannot just manage “by the numbers.”
- Value To Rural Markets (Telegraph, Alok K. Chattopadhyay, Jan 05, 2006)
When the regulation regime came into effect, the Agriculture Produce Market Committees in India geared up to the change. West Bengal, with its rich manpower, can easily lead the way in rural development enterprises, provided there is a political . . .
- Japanese Agency To Conduct Survey On Freight Corridors (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
Japan International Cooperation Agency to conduct a survey for Delhi-Mumbai, Delhi-Howrah links
- Iisc Attack: Vital Information Gathered In Chennai (Hindu, K.V. Subramanya , Jan 05, 2006)
Two more secured from Kolar district for interrogation
The Bangalore police have reportedly gathered "vital" information from two persons in Chennai on the attack on the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) here.
- Ysr Pins High Hopes On Overseas Telugus (Hindu, S. Nagesh Kumar, Jan 05, 2006)
State to put its best forward at Pravasi Bharatiya Divas
Telugu diaspora can offer expertise in core areas such as IT, BT and pharma
The picture is not rosy on the foreign investments front
Power tariff for industries is the lowest
- For A Second Farm Revolution (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 05, 2006)
Shall we consider it a good New Year augury that at the recent Indian Science Congress, the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, called for a second Green Revolution and urged scientists to work towards it?
- Uphold Righteousness (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
The entire creation is sustained by Dharma and human beings have a moral responsibility to uphold righteousness for the sake of the welfare of the entire world.
- India, Japan One On Dialogue (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
India and Japan would set up a high-level annual dialogue on disarmament and non-proliferation, which could be used to reach a common ground for support for change in guidelines in the Nuclear Suppliers’ Group.
- Iran Trying To Make Nuke Missile: Report (Deccan Herald, Ian Cobain, Jan 05, 2006)
The leak of the intelligence report may signal a growing frustration at Iran’s refusal to bow to western demands that it abandon its programme to produce fuel for a Russian-built nuclear reactor due to come on stream this year.
- A Place For India In `Asian' Century (Business Line, A. Vasudevan, Jan 05, 2006)
China revising its GDP growth rates and the launch of SAFTA mark the arrival of Asia on the world scene. Both have implications for India. The first demanding a re-visit to the national income statistics to factor in the contribution of the . . .
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