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Articles 9521 through 9620 of 16306:
- Militants Rule The Roost In Waziristan: Report (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Dec 13, 2005)
Videos show militants training openly
* Govt authority weakened since Feb peace deal
- Made In India (Business Line, R. Sundaram , Dec 13, 2005)
Nowadays, willy-nilly, be it the economist, the technologist, the social scientist or the political pundit, everyone has to be a China watcher. China has already won the race in manufacturing. No doubt, India is a front-runner in the services sector.
- `The Us Is Not Losing Its Competitiveness' (Business Line, D. Sampathkumar , Dec 13, 2005)
On terrorism and new approach to manufacturing: "The FDA wants to know, ``what's in them?'', ``who made them (right down to the worker who was on the line at that point of time)?'' and ``where did they come from?"
- ‘Made In India’ Label On Relief Goods Irks Pakistan (News International, Mariana Baabar, Dec 13, 2005)
Pakistan has expressed "political sensitivity" towards certain relief items coming from India with the label of "Made in India" for use in the earthquake devastated areas.
- The `Real Face' Of Free Trade (Business Line, Gerd Leipold, Dec 13, 2005)
As you read this, trade ministers from around the world are arriving to attend the Sixth Ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in Hong Kong. At the Convention Centre, overlooking the city's beautiful harbour, they aim to push . . .
- Now, Act On Labour Law Reform (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Dec 12, 2005)
That the prime minister should choose to bring up the touchy issue of labour reform at the Indian Labour Conference deserves to be welcomed.
- The Foreign Hand (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Dec 12, 2005)
$10 billion foreign direct investment in 11 weeks, $9 billion in IT/telecom alone in the first 11 months of the year! Those are the mind-boggling numbers being bandied by a host of investors making a beeline for India.
- Reliance To Ink Sez Pact With Haryana Today (Business Standard, PRAKASH JHA, Dec 12, 2005)
The Haryana government will tomorrow sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Reliance Industries for the development of a special economic zone (SEZ) in the state.
- Nurm Must Be A Pura Mission (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Dec 12, 2005)
The Government's ambitious National Urban Renewal Mission hopes to tackle all blight — sanitation, roads, transport, power, water, and governance. But NURM will succeed only when it stimulates out-migration of people from cities even as it makes living...
- Keep An Eye On All Invisibles (Indian Express, Veena Jha, Dec 12, 2005)
India has everything to play for this week at the WTO Hong Kong Ministerial, says Veena Jha
- Charity Begins As A Brainwave (Indian Express, Sukhmani Singh, Dec 12, 2005)
Unsung Good Samaritans continue to be innovative about getting in the moolah
- The Growing Lure Of Gold (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Dec 12, 2005)
Gold prices in India closed at an all-time high on Friday at Rs 7,900 per ten gram, in tune with a global Bull Run in the coveted yellow metal. Spiralling gold prices had given the jitters to lakhs of Indian households as wedding budgets went . . .
- A New Role For India (Business Line, S. Ramachander, Dec 12, 2005)
From about October to March, the leadership of Corporate India is busy with visiting dignitaries from their counterparts from the big corporations of the advanced economies.
- It’S Called Be Or Bankruptcy Of Education (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
The striking thing about the professional education scenario in Andhra Pradesh is that is is messy.
- India, Sweden Agree To Cooperate In S&t (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
India and Sweden have signed an agreement on cooperation in science and technology, which seeks to give a major thrust to promote joint research in frontier areas such as information technology, and biotechnology, as also environment-related technologies.
- Human Factor In Branding Makes Products Successful' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
A brand needs to be remembered to sell, Kartikeya Kompella tells K. Satyamurty
- `Educated People Should Protect Human Rights' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
Educated people in the country should volunteer to protect and promote human rights, speakers at the State- level seminar on Human Rights and Civil Society organised by the Department of Political Science, Thiruvalluvar, Government Arts College here . . .
- Education, Innovation Key To Competitiveness (Hindu, R. GOPALAKRISHNAN, Dec 12, 2005)
Intel chief wants India to build on existing strengths in software and analytical skills
While the cost of computers will continue to fall, preoccupation with computing costs is a waste of time.
- Kalam Asks Punjab Farmers To Usher In Second Green Revolution (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
Go in for extensive farming of Jatropha, says the President
Cotton growers achieve world record
Rs. one crore announced for Bhatinda village
`Village adoption programmed successful'
- Agni Three Missile: Sino-Centric? (Deccan Herald, RAJIV NAYAN, Dec 12, 2005)
The Agni missile was developed to counter the potential Chinese strategic threat.
- Quick Diagnosis Kit For Filariasis To Go Commercial (Hindu, K. Ramachandran, Dec 12, 2005)
Developed by Anna University's Centre for Biotechnology
A rapid action kit that helps in quick diagnosis of filariasis, developed by Anna University's Centre for Biotechnology and ready after years of trial, will be commercially launched by . . .
- Us Offers Sops For Iaf Aircraft Deals (Times of India, RAJAT PANDIT, Dec 12, 2005)
The US is now dangling the bait of spin-offs from its futuristic fifth-generation fighter programmes if its F-16 'Falcons' and F/A-18 'Super Hornets' bag India's lucrative $6.5-billion project to acquire 126 multi-role combat aircraft.
- Education And E-Mpowerment (Hindu, VANI DORAISAMY, Dec 12, 2005)
Initiative to provide education resources electronically can transform learning
- Challenging Times For Banks (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 12, 2005)
The Reserve Bank of India's report on `Trend and Progress of Banking in India' for 2004-05 captures the broad features of commercial banks' performance and the policy measures undertaken to keep their operations on track.
- India Making Progress On U.S. Nuclear Pact - Reports (Reuters, Reuters, Dec 12, 2005)
India has made good progress separating the military and civilian parts of its nuclear programmes, a move critical to a deal with Washington for help with nuclear technology, newspapers said on Monday.
- Makkahal-Mukarramah Declaration (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 11, 2005)
Yes, we reject terror in all forms and manifestations, but we are passionately concerned about the stigmatization which Muslims are being subjected to. Let’s pledge to protect our identity without compromising on the basic principles of Islam.
- Chidambaram's Arithmetic Not Acceptable, Says Bardhan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2005)
There can be a strike if EPF rate is not restored to 9.5 per cent: Bardhan
- Contested Terrain (Deccan Herald, Sakuntala Narasimhan, Dec 11, 2005)
While one book is neither insightful nor brilliant, the other is interesting and provides food for thought on the matter of alternate sexuality .
- Commemorating A Genius And 100 Years Of E=mc2 (Indian Express, SUDHEENDRA KULKARNI , Dec 11, 2005)
With the sun soon to set on 2005, I cannot resist the temptation of devoting this week’s column to a man, one of my heroes, whose memory was honoured by the United Nations by observing this year as the International Year of Physics.
- Science Foundation Project Awaiting Parliament Nod (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2005)
Two institutes will start functioning in June 2006
- Nuclear Weapons A Threat To Mankind's Survival: Elbaradei (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2005)
Nobel Committee wants peril eliminated through broad international cooperation
- Skipping Borders (Deccan Herald, M K Chandra Bose, Dec 11, 2005)
The author feels that global media corporations are not driven by nationalistic cultural agendas but by market imperatives which transcend borders.
- Courts Should Ensure Speedy Justice: Kalam (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2005)
Holding that the “dynamism and innovativeness” of the judicial system is vital for the country’s development, President A P J Abdul Kalam on Saturday asked the courts to ensure speedy delivery of justice.
- How Time Changes (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 11, 2005)
There was a time when a Union Minister who had resigned his portfolio of Railways following an accident became the most powerful when he was appointed Minister without Portfolio.
- Growing Concern For The Environment (Dawn, Akhtar Mahmud Faruqui, Dec 11, 2005)
About a week ago the world witnessed a sudden surge in concern for the environment. Environmentalists occupied centre stage in 30 countries as they staged vociferous marches from Sydney to London to urge governments to lower emissions of heat- trapping...
- Farmers Deserve A Better Deal: Dr Swaminathan (Tribune, Prashant Sood, Dec 11, 2005)
Among the world’s leading agricultural scientists, Dr M.S. Swaminathan has played a catalytic role in India’s green revolution.
- Going Up In Smoke (Hindustan Times, Vir Sanghvi, Dec 11, 2005)
Most kids go through a phase when they think that cigarette smoking is glamorous. Sometimes it represents an act of rebellion. And for some women, it is — dare I say it? — a mark of independence and self-sufficiency.
- Kremlin To The Rescue Of Iran (Daily Excelsior, V.N. Paranjape, Dec 11, 2005)
The Kremlin’s intervention in the Iranian nuclear stalemate, which took one difficult problem off Manmohan Singh’s table, must open the eyes of those Indians who have lately found it fashionable to run down Russian diplomacy and jumped onto . . .
- In Search Of A Book (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2005)
It all began with an inborn curiosity of the eye
The author will be speaking at G.D. Birla Sabhagar on December 12 at 7 pm as a guest of The Telegraph
- As Microsoft Fails To Make Headway In New Software – Bill Gates Tries To Woo Indian Students To Find Some Answers To His Frustration (India Daily, Harish Baliga, Dec 11, 2005)
Bill Gates is in India. But Microsoft with huge resources and power – almost a monopoly has miserably failed to create any success in the world of software in the last five years.
- `Educated People Should Protect Human Rights' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2005)
Educated people in the country should volunteer to protect and promote human rights, speakers at the State- level seminar on Human Rights and Civil Society organised by the Department of Political Science, Thiruvalluvar, Government Arts College here . . .
- His Dream Project Comes True (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Dec 11, 2005)
Each time Bill Gates visits India, he casts a renewed spell over Indian masses. Each time he comes to Delhi, this columnist makes it a point to be present at the interaction he has with the capital’s press corps, business magnates or IT “Mughals”.
- A Clash Of Cultures (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Dec 11, 2005)
Often on my travels, these days, I meet Muslims who complain about being misunderstood by the world. Islam is a religion of peace, they say, it can never condone violence and yet on account of a handful of bad people, the world labels all Muslims ...
- India, Us To Conduct Biggest Ever Army Level Exercise Using High Tech (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2005)
In a step up of service-to- service engagement, India and US will conduct the biggest-ever army level exercises near Ranikhet in Uttaranchal in January as American officials today indicated that Washington was working to open doors to high-technology ....
- Engg Research Foundation On Anvil (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2005)
The Foundation will come up at a cost of Rs 1,000 crore, C N R Rao, chairman of the Scientific Advisory Council to the Prime Minister, said. Discussions were being held on a note from the Union Cabinet to set up the Foundation.
- A New Era Of Cell Progress (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 11, 2005)
Leading mobile phone companies Ufone, Telenor and Warid Telcom have signed an interconnection agreement that will enable the subscribers of the three cellular companies to exchange HMS or multimedia messages with zero interconnection charges.
- Karzai Appoints Mujaddedi, Fahim To Afghan Upper House (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2005)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Saturday decreed the appointment of 34 people, already cleared by the Joint Electoral Management Body (JEMB), to the Meshrano Jirga (upper house of parliament).
- Rs. 1,000-Crore Science Foundation Awaiting Parliament Sanction: C.N.R. Rao (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2005)
Two scientific institutes will start functioning in Pune and Kolkata in June 2006
Cabinet note on foundation approved
It is to be set up on the lines of bodies in the U.S. and China
- India, Us Plan Biggest Army-Level Exercise (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
In a step up of service-to-service engagement, India and US will conduct the biggest-ever Army level exercises near Ranikhet in Uttaranchal in January as American officials on Friday indicated that Washington was working to open doors to . . .
- Chennai On Top Of Microsofts Expansion Plans, Says Bill Gates (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
All praise for "inherent strengths" and "exciting talent pool" in Chennai
- Forgetting Sheikh Abdullah At 100 ! (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Dec 10, 2005)
''It happens only in India'' That's the refrain of a song picturised some years ago on the late Amrish Puri.
- Fiscal Foozle (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 10, 2005)
In accord with such crucial sectors as health and education, fiscal management now emerges as a significant failing of the West Bengal government.
- Good Bye Teacher (Greater Kashmir, Dr Bashir Ahmad Khan, Dec 10, 2005)
It’s good you bid them a farewell and remember the contributions of those who have taught you, Dr Bashir Ahmad Khan writes
- India, Us To Conduct Biggest Ever Army Level Exercise (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
In a step up of service-to- service engagement, India and US will conduct the biggest-ever army level exercises near Ranikhet in Uttaranchal in January as American officials today indicated that Washington was working to open doors to high-technology tran
- Kodagu Bsnl To Set Up 20 More Towers (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
Cellphone connections to go up by 12,000; improvement in efficiency promised
There 15 working mobile stations now
Cellphone connections number 14,600
CDMA-enabled WLL technology commissioned
Over 100 applications received for Broadband connections
- Kerala Can Have An Indigenous Growth Path: Mgs (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
Calls for `an imaginative politics of industrial development'
- `Research In Kannada, Tulu To Be Promoted' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
Kannur University Pro-Vice-Chancellor K. Kunhikrishnan has said that the university will promote research in Kannada and Tulu languages at the regional centre here.
- Slow And Steady (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 10, 2005)
The Indian space technology has progressed successfully focusing on spin-offs
- Gates In India: Making A Difference (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
In an exclusive interview,BillandMelinda Gatesshare their thoughts on their commitments to furthering health equity in India withJaya Shreedhar. Excerpts:
- Chevrolet Car Launched (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 10, 2005)
Nexus Automative (Pvt) Ltd, has launched its Pakistani assembled 1000cc Chevrolet ‘Joy’ car at a function in Karachi on Thursday.
- Biggest India-Us Exercise In January (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
India and the United States will conduct the biggest-ever army exercises near Ranikhet in Uttaranchal in January as American officials on Friday indicated that Washington was working to open doors to high-technology transfers.
- In Chennai, Gates Impressed By Amma’S It And Hiv Initiatives (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
If Union Minister Dayanidhi Maran failed to whiz through Chennai’s rain-battered IT corridor with Bill Gates, then Chief Minister Miss J Jayalalithaa ‘‘thoroughly impressed’’ the Microsoft chief with her IT and AIDS initiatives in the state and . . .
- Generation Ex (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Dec 10, 2005)
Geriatrics are becoming history Left and Right. What are they doing in the Congress, at the expense of young talent?
- New Forests Could Make Climate Change Worse (Hindu, Tim Radford, Dec 10, 2005)
Scientists warn that expanding forests in temperate zones could add to global warming.
- Gates Opened To Digital Lifestyle (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
You are in a foreign country and you have no idea what is written on the sign board. Take out your camera phone, take a picture of the sign and an embedded software will send it to a server and bring it back to your screen, fully translated!
- Win Win Ties (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 10, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s recent visit to Moscow has further strengthened India’s bilateral relations with Russia, especially in defence technology co-operation and energy security.
- Tata Motors, Hitachi, Telcon Sign New Pact (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
Tata Motors, Hitachi Construction Machinery (HCM) and Telco Construction Equipment Company Limited (Telcon), an 80:20 joint venture company between Tata Motors and HCM, on Friday signed an agreement, expanding their scope of cooperation and partnership...
- Implications Of Indo-Us Alliance (Dawn, M. Tayyab Siddiqui, Dec 10, 2005)
The July visit of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to the US was hailed by both sides as a “historical watershed”. The true import of this visit, however, has not been sufficiently grasped by Pakistan, in particular the long-term adverse impact . . .
- Makkah Declaration (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 10, 2005)
Unlike the declarations issued in the past by Islamic summit conferences, the joint communique released by the summit at Makkah on Thursday is focussed on a reform of the Muslim world.
- Oic: Road-Map For Ummah (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 10, 2005)
The OIC Extraordinary Summit has adopted Makkah Declaration and Ten-Year Programme of Action envisaging road-map for Ummah to face the challenges of 21st century.
- We Won't Allow Centre To Bury Volcker: Advani (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
BJP president and Leader of Opposition LK Advani on Friday demanded that the UPA Government must constitute a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) to investigate the Iraqi Oil-for-Food scandal.
- Iaf Band Regales Tihar Inmates (Tribune, Girja Shankar Kaura, Dec 10, 2005)
With all efforts being made by the Tihar jail authorities to reform the prisoners, it was yet another opportunity for the inmates to enjoy some good music, even though it was more of instrumental. For the first time ever, the Indian Air Force symphony....
- Economics Of Ipr (Pioneer, BC Dutta, Dec 10, 2005)
The idea of protection for Intellectual Property Rights emanated from the Uruguay Round of talks, which also gave birth to World Trade Organisation. The concept behind intellectual property rights is that the individual, who by the dint of his . . .
- Nuclear Democracy (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Dec 10, 2005)
Partnership with Moscow will be vitally necessary to meet India's growing energy needs, as Russia can help with oil and gas on the one hand, and nuclear fuels and technology on the other.
- India In Iter: All-Round Support Helped (Hindu, R. Ramachandran, Dec 09, 2005)
To give the entire credit to the U.S. for India's inclusion in the prestigious project is misplaced.
- Coca Farmer Turned Saviour Of The Left (Hindu, Dan Glaister, Dec 09, 2005)
High up on the Bolivian altiplano near Lake Titicaca, an Aymara priest holds a green plastic lighter to a carved wooden cup containing strips of paper.
- Historic Treasure A Click Away (Hindu, Mandira Nayar, Dec 09, 2005)
The dark caves of Ajanta will now come to life at the click of a button. Experimenting with "reel" for the first time, the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) recently released a CD-ROM that gives people a virtual walk-through of the . . .
- You May Say They Were Dreamers (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Dec 09, 2005)
I wonder if the bead counting mendicants on the other side of Lakshman Jhoola in Rishikesh have any recollection (on the 25th anniversary of John Lennon’s death) of how their peace was shattered by the arrival of the Beatles in the spring of 1968, . . .
- Living Fossils (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Dec 09, 2005)
For anyone who wants to travel in time — especially if it’s up and down time — there’s an elevator in Old Delhi Railway Station which awaits you.
- More Than A Gesture (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
A picture published in Dawn showing Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg playing with child survivors of the Oct 8 earthquake should warm any heart.
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