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Articles 8721 through 8820 of 16306:
- You Can't Be Too Busy To Think Of Bcm (Business Line, D. Murali , Jan 05, 2006)
The basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS), the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO), and the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) have joined hands to bring forth a consultative document titled . . .
- Import Duties: Levy Of Flat Rates (The Economic Times, K VIJAYARAGHAVAN, Jan 05, 2006)
This has reference to the piece, I beg to differ with ET by Mr Rahul Bajaj The earlier ET editorial had suggested a single flat rate of duty on import goods, a reform which has been advocated by many well-meaning reformists over the years.
- Second Green Revolution (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 05, 2006)
Scientists have to lend a helping hand
The Prime Minister’s call to scientists, while addressing the Indian Science Congress in Hyderabad on Tuesday, to play a role in creating rural jobs and making technologies affordable to small farmers . . .
- Sino-Pak N-Cooperation Has To Meet Iaea Safeguards: Us (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
The United States has said it has noted reports of Pakistan trying to acquire civilian nuclear reactors from China and stressed that Beijing “understands” that any cooperation with Pakistan would have to be under IAEA safeguards.
- Expert Against Aping Pacific Tsunami-Warning System (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
Renowned earthquake expert Mr Harsh Gupta today said that India should not emulate the Pacific Tsunami Warning System as it generates seventy per cent false alarms.
- Indian System Will Rule Out False Tsunami Alarms (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
Official says mechanism to be in place by September 2007
Key elements will be in place by March
System incorporates storm surge forecast
Encompasses near-real time determination of parameters in 2 Indian Ocean zones
- Iran Trying To Assemble Nuclear Missile: Report (Hindu, Ian Cobain, Jan 05, 2006)
Syria, Pakistan also buying rocket technology
The Iranian government has been successfully scouring Europe for the sophisticated equipment needed to develop a nuclear bomb, according to the latest western intelligence assessment of the country's . . .
- India, Japan Agree On Annual N-Dialogue (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
In trying to build a greater understanding on nuclear issues, India and Japan agreed today to start an annual dialogue on nuclear matters under the framework of disarmament and non-proliferation.
- India, Japan To Hold Annual Talks On Nuclear Issue (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
India and Japan Wednesday [4 January] decided to launch high-level annual talks on nuclear issue,
- ‘Scientists’ Attitude To World Must Change’ (Deccan Herald, K Jayalakshmi, Jan 05, 2006)
As a society we are now focused only on making money with the result that our children have nothing to imbibe except the same pursuit of money.
- Moving Forward In Space (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 05, 2006)
In all probability, this will be the year the Indian Space Research Organisation completes ground testing of the indigenous cryogenic stage. ISRO will then be in a position to fly the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) . . .
- Ap A Breeding Ground For Terrorists? (Deccan Herald, R Akhileshwari , Jan 05, 2006)
At least 15 youth who have been involved in terror activities such as targeting political leaders, places of worship and making bombs are from Nalgonda district, according to police statistics here.
- Us Warns As Report Adds Fuel To Iran’S N-Fire (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
Iran has been scouring Europe for the sophisticated equipment needed to develop a nuclear bomb, according to a western intelligence assessment of the country’s weapons programme, a report in British newspaper The Guardian says.
- Reaching Science To The Farm (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 05, 2006)
From the podium at the Indian Science Congress, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called for a second Green Revolution to follow the one that three decades ago turned the country from an abject importer of foodgrain to a self-sufficient producer.
- Indo-Russian Ties (Tribune, Ash Narain Roy, Jan 05, 2006)
Till the closing years of the 20th century, neither strategic thinkers nor astrologers of power had any inkling about the rise of Asia, “Chindia” in particular, as a global economic powerhouse.
- Koreans Lost A National Hero In The Stem-Cell Scandal. But Their Scientists Still Lead The Way In Biotech Research (Indian Express, B.J. LEE, Jan 05, 2006)
The world’s stem-cell hub at Seoul National University Hospital seemed like the epicentre of global biotechnology when it was dedicated last October. The new lab was built chiefly to house Hwang Woo Suk, South Korea’s stem-cell-research pioneer, . . .
- Anna University To Undertake 3d Radar Terrain Mapping Of Coastline (Indian Express, V AYYAPPAN, Jan 05, 2006)
Institute of Remote Sensing (IRS) of Anna University will carry out Airbourne Radar Terrain Mapping along the coastline stretching from Nagapattinam to Nellore to facilitate disaster mitigation.
- In 2006, Watch This Space... (Indian Express, K. Subrahmanyam, Jan 05, 2006)
The year 2006 is likely to see a radical change in India’s foreign policy posture and status.
- Air India Looks To Iaf For Pilots (Indian Express, LEKHA AGARWAL, Jan 05, 2006)
After signing a historic Rs 35,000-crore deal with Boeing to buy 68 new aircraft, Air India is now busy shopping for pilots to fly them.
- Art Of Investing By Inertia (Indian Express, GAUTAM CHIKERMANE, Jan 05, 2006)
Self-Control, inertia, procrastination. Human, touchable, endearing terms.
- Ramachandran Divested Of Pollution Control (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
In protest, he keeps away from Cabinet meeting: Sujanapal sworn in Minister
- No Let Up (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 05, 2006)
Terrorism’s pan-Indian footprint demands a pan-Indian security strategy
- The Green Card (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jan 05, 2006)
In an economy heady with its success in information technology, it is easy to forget that industrially advanced regions like California or countries like France are also leading agricultural producers.
- Strike At The Core (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jan 05, 2006)
Bangalore police and intelligence services deserve kudos for the arrest of Mohammed Raiz-ur Rehman, head of LeT operations in south India within a week of the December 28, 2004, attack on Bangalore’s prestigious Indian Institute of Science . . .
- No More An Elite (Deccan Herald, T R SHASTRI, Jan 05, 2006)
From a bookkeeper to a discontented salesman, the profile of a manager has changed
- After Iisc Terror Attack, Meet Sees Scientists, Cops In Equal Numbers (Indian Express, PALLAVA BAGLA, Jan 04, 2006)
The shadow of the tragic shootout at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore—when terrorists shot dead a mathematics professor last week—loomed so large over the inauguration of the Indian Science Congress here, that the annual gathering . . .
- Heads Of Human Traffickers Must Roll (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jan 04, 2006)
About 400 Pakistanis, who entered Turkey illegally are reportedly languishing in the Turiksh Deport Centre. Their families back home have appealed to President Musharraf to arrange their release and repatriation. Meanwhile, FIA has reportedly . . .
- India Arrests Two For Planning Attacks On Software Firms (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
Indian police arrested two men suspected of planning attacks on software and technology companies in Hyderabad, the capital of Andhra Pradesh state, and seized a large quantity of explosives, Joint Police Commissioner Rajiv Trivedi said on Tuesday.
- Pakistan In Talks With China For Eight Nuclear Reactors (Indian Express, Reuters, Jan 04, 2006)
Pakistan is in talks to buy up to eight nuclear power reactors from China for between $7 billion and $10 billion, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday.
- Pm Unveils 7-Point Package For Second Green Revolution (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today unveiled a seven-point package to bring about second green revolution and promote integrated rural development to enhance productivity and bridge the rural-urban divide.
- Brain Drain — Oxymoron In A Global Workforce (Business Line, Alok Ray, Jan 04, 2006)
Should we bother about brain drain when the flow is moving in all directions in today's global economy, wonders Alok Ray, and cites the increasing movement to India of quite a few established professionals from countries such as the US to take up jobs,...
- Bangalore Shootings Suspect Arrested (Reuters, Reuters, Jan 04, 2006)
Police arrested a suspected member of a Pakistan-based Islamist militant group in connection with last week's shooting at the Indian Institute of science.
- No Force Can Weaken People's Resolve: Pm (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
Condemning the recent terrorist attack on Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today sought to send out a strong message to the pertpetrators of violence saying "no force on earth can weaken the resolve of Indian people"
- Pakistan To Buy 6 Nuke Reactors From China (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
Pakistan is negotiating the purchase of six to eight nuclear reactors from China during the next decade, a media report said on Tuesday
- Pm Visits Hyderabad Amid Looming Terror (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
With the Prime Minister in Hyderabad, the city has been put on high security alert. The precaution comes a day after the police managed to avert a major tragedy by foiling the plot of Jaish-e-Mohammed to trigger bomb blasts, including suicide bombings.
- No Hang Ups (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jan 04, 2006)
Here’s something that newly-crowned Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar should chew on. In the state that headquartered India’s first empire and where the Buddha walked,
- The Health Of Nations: Seeking A Way Forward (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Jan 04, 2006)
There's a clamour for `public-private' partnerships in the sphere of Indian health care. But there is very little that is public left in the sector.
- Combating Africa's Number One Killer (Hindu, Jon Snow, Jan 04, 2006)
The numbers are impossible to digest. Three million people a year die from the disease, most sufferers contract it two or three times a year and, whenever they do, are so struck down that they can neither work nor tend to their families for . . .
- Iit Soldier & Terror On Centre Stage (Telegraph, G.S. RADHAKRISHNA, Jan 04, 2006)
They came to find scientific solutions to poverty, but all the voices rose in anger against a common threat — terrorism.
- Lashkar Link Snapped Up (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
Investigators probing last week’s terror attack at Bangalore’s Indian Institute of Science today claimed a breakthrough with the arrest of a suspected member of a Pakistan-based militant group from neighbouring Andhra Pradesh.
- Tunnel Vision (Telegraph, Arkadev Chatterjea, Jan 04, 2006)
Contrary to the trend abroad, students in India’s top business schools seem overly concerned with job placements, writes Arkadev Chatterjea The author is professor of finance, IIM Calcutta, and visiting fellow, Cornell Higher Education Research . . .
- Killing Of Scientist: J&k, Bangalore Police In Touch (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
The Bangalore police is in touch with the Kashmir police for securing clues about the killing of scientist Prof M.C. Puri at the Institute of Indian Sciences on December 28, last year.
- Top Let Militant Held For Iisc Attack (Tribune, Jangveer Singh, Jan 04, 2006)
In a major breakthrough, the Bangalore police has not only established Pakistani outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba’s (LeT) involvement in the December 28 terrorist attack at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) here, . . .
- Pm Seeks A Second Green Revolution (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh today said the nation needs a second Green Revolution as the technologies and strategies unleashed by the first Green Revolution have run their course.
- Tips For Spending And Making Money (Tribune, Jasmine Birtles, Jan 04, 2006)
First of all, work out what kind of riches you are aiming for. Unless you go the traditional route and inherit it, making serious money will involve some sort of sacrifice.
- Iran To Resume N-Fuel Research (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
Iran announced on Tuesday that it would resume atomic fuel research and development next week, raising the spectre of a fresh showdown with the West suspecting Tehran wants nuclear technology to build bombs.
- Trees Planted At Bio-Park (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
The B.V.K. College, in association with the Dolphin Nature Conservation Society and R.C.D. Government Hospital, organised a tree plantation programme at the bio-diversity park at the hospital premises on Monday.
- Terror Strike Proof Of India's Emergence: Pm (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
"Prof. Puri lived a life of peace dedicated to science and education"
- Indian Chip Plans Unlimited Chip Plans Unlimited (Hindu, P. Manoj, Jan 04, 2006)
`Desi' silicon chips to bring cheers to Indians `Desi' silicon chips to bring cheers to Indians
- `Allow Pakistani Students To Pursue Studies In India' (Hindu, Y. Mallikarjun, Jan 04, 2006)
Golden opportunity for scientists to work together: academician
Pak academy signs agreement on exchange of scientists
India spending more on science, says Pak official
Almost 90 per cent of scientific institutions in Pak are not sensitive and ...
- Intelligence Failure: What And Why? (Deccan Herald, Prem Mahadevan, Jan 04, 2006)
Intelligence alone is not the answer, owing to its limitations that need to be accepted
- Security In It Destinations — No Cause For Panic (Business Line, K.G. Kumar, Jan 04, 2006)
Soon after the Bangalore attack, the Tamil Nadu Police beefed up security in various parts of the State, including armed police pickets at TIDEL Park, Indian Institute of Technology, Anna University, and the Central Leather Research Institute, among . . .
- How Did Gudiya Die? (Indian Express, RAVINDER KAUR, Jan 04, 2006)
Women are still the terrain on which turf fights between men — for power politics, religion and economics — are fought, says Ravinder Kaur
- ``No Force On Earth Can Weaken India's Resolve'' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said terrorists were targeting research and scientific institutions because of the emergence of India as a knowledge power, and asserted that no force on earth could weaken the resolve of Indians to . . .
- Bangalore Breakthrough: ‘South India Head Of Let’ (Indian Express, JOHNSON T A, Jan 04, 2006)
The Bangalore police on Tuesday announced their first major breakthrough in the investigations into the December 28 attack on the Indian Institute of Science by showing the arrest of a 35-year-old resident of Nalgonda district in Andhra Pradesh,
- Classroom Of The Future (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 04, 2006)
Sebastian Mallaby went to Vellore and found evidence of India’s ‘educational take-off’
- The End Of Journalism? Not At All (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Jan 04, 2006)
The debate on new journalism, to which sting operations are a recent addition, runs the risk of being divided along generational lines, between the fuddy-duddies and the harbingers of a new dawn.
- Green Revolution Ii Must: Pm (Deccan Herald, R Akhileshwari , Jan 04, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called upon scientists to usher in a Second Green Revolution that would “forever end the divide between Bharat and India” and one that would increase rural incomes, agricultural productivity and the quality of rural life.
- Work For Second Green Revolution, Manmohan Singh Tells Scientists (Hindu, P. Sunderarajan , Jan 04, 2006)
Focus should be on dryland agriculture; address needs of small farmers
- Gujarat Delegation In State To Study Development Of Tourism Sector (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
Chamber gives reception to Ministers and other members of the team
- `Iisc Incident Shows Indian Science's Success' (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
The Prime Minister recalled the incident where Prof M.C. Puri was shot dead by a terrorist at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, and described him "as a soldier of knowledge who lived a life of peace, dedicated to science and education."
- Involve Community In Providing Education (Daily Excelsior, S K Kakroo, Jan 04, 2006)
In our country, the vision of education was contained in article 45 of the constitution, which states, "the state shall endeavor to provide within a period of ten years from the commencement of this constitution for free and compulsory education . . .
- Security In Chennai Still Tight (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
Public places continue to be under police scanner
- Suspected Let Operative Held (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
Abdul Rehman held in Nalgonda, brought to Bangalore and remanded to custody
Rehman was in Saudi Arabia in the past few years: Commissioner
He may be subjected to narco-analysis test, if necessary
- Manmohan Outlines His Vision Of A Rural India (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
A modern agrarian, industrial and services economy co-existing side by side
- Pakistan May Buy Six Nuclear Reactors From China (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
Pakistan is negotiating the purchase of between six and eight nuclear power reactors from China during the next decade in the most ambitious expansion yet of the country’s nuclear energy capability.
- Nothing Can Stop Our March, Says Pm (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
Joining ranks with India's scientific community, shocked by the Bangalore attack that left a top scientist dead, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday warned that terrorists would target R&D institutions in a bid to stymie the country’s emergence . . .
- Birth Of A Forum For Dialogue On Asia (The Financial Express, Nagesh Kumar, Jan 03, 2006)
With the emergence of strong regional trade blocs in Europe, North America, South America, and parts of Africa over the past decade, the relevance of evolving a broader pan-Asian grouping has been attracting a lot of attention.
- Pampered, But Not Yet King! (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jan 03, 2006)
Reliance Infocomm’s Re 1/min long-distance plan is not only the most aggressive reduction in mobile call rates seen in a long time.
- Iran Firm On Enriching Uranium At Home (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
Larijani dismisses the Russian proposal as problematic
* Warns Tehran has prepared scenarios and cannot be ‘checkmated’ easily
- Rethinking Nation-Building (Dawn, Ashraf Ghani, Jan 03, 2006)
In 1945 the future of capitalism as the organizational form of the economy and democracy as the organizational form of the polity was far from certain in the advanced industrialized world. Today there is a remarkable consensus on both the . . .
- Prime Minister Arrives In City (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
To inaugurate the 93rd Indian Science Congress at ANGRAU
- Terror Plot Foiled In Hyderabad (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
Plans to target offices of DGP, Police Commissioner and Hitech city, claim police
Police arrest two, IEDs seized
Terrorist group was backed by ISI, say police
More attempts possible: Commissioner
- Notice To Cbi On Plea For Probe Into Mahajan's "Patronage" To Reliance (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
He favoured Reliance Infocomm to launch WLL service: Citizen's Forum
- 12 Chief Ministers To Attend Pravasi Meet (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
Rajasekhara Reddy reviews arrangements for the event
Chief Ministers of 12 States will attend the prestigious Pravasi Bharatiya Divas at the state-of-art Hyderabad International Convention Centre (HICC) here from January 7 to 9.
- Dharam Singh Promises Help For Research On Ancient Karnataka (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
Address on the rich past of the State impresses Chief Minister
- 250 Satellite Linked Village Resource Centres By March' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) G. Madhavan Nair has said that at least 250 villages in the country will have satellite-linked Village Resource Centres (VRC) by March this year, taking the benefits of space technology . . .
- Army Plans Hi-Tech Gear For Soldiers (Deccan Herald, Madhuprasad N, Jan 03, 2006)
The plan calls for a better 5.56-caliber assault rifle, helmet-mounted sight and observation gear, radio and data communications, load-carrying packs and protection and sustainability gear.
- Politics And Development (Hindu, A. Vaidyanathan , Jan 03, 2006)
A running commentary on India's development and economic reforms initiated in the early 1990s
- Modern Notions Of Culture And Self (Hindu, Partho Datta, Jan 03, 2006)
A peep into what is happening in India today in culture and what concerns move its most articulate citizens
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