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Articles 9721 through 9820 of 16306:
- India, Russia Ink Three Pacts (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Cementing their strategic partnership, India and Russia on Tuesday signed three agreements, including the one on protection of intellectual property rights to regulate joint defence work.
- Microsoft Innovation In B’Lore (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Global software giant Microsoft, will establish an innovation centre in Bangalore early next month.....
- Three Common Myths About Bank Consolidation (The Financial Express, JANMEJAYA K SINHA, Dec 07, 2005)
There are three myths on public sector bank consolidation in India that are obtaining currency. First, that as many bank mergers destroy shareholder value globally, public sector bank merger is a bad idea in India.
- Rivers As Life-Giving Resources (Business Line, K.G. Kumar, Dec 07, 2005)
Last week Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan, Kerala Minister for Water Resources, announced that under no circumstances would the Government agree to the interlinking of the Pampa and Achancoil rivers to the Vypar in Tamil Nadu.
- Microsoft Centre In Bangalore To Open In Jan (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Microsoft Corporation, the world's largest software company, today said it would set up its first innovation centre in Bangalore. It also announced the launch of low-cost operating system Starter Edition in English
- India, Russia To Expand N-Energy Ties (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Dec 07, 2005)
Russia today responded positively to India's request for expansion of their nuclear energy ties but, at the same time, indicated that any forward movement on cooperation in this area will depend on New Delhi meeting the conditions laid down by the United
- Khushboo: A Larger Question (Tribune, J. Sri Raman, Dec 07, 2005)
After Ms. Jayalalithaa, no actress of Tamil cinema has provoked so much political discussion as Khushboo has done. And, strangely, it is the lesser of the two stars, who raises a larger political question, though it has not figured so far in the furore
- Forest Cover Falls In Himachal Pradesh (Tribune, Ambika Sharma, Dec 07, 2005)
With merely five of the 12 districts in Himachal, including the two tribal districts of Lahaul Spiti and Chamba, registering an increase in the forest cover in the latest report of the Forest Survey of India (FSI), the foresters have a challenging . . .
- Agreements On Space, Defence Signed (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
India and Russia today signed four agreements, including one on Reciprocal Protection of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) in the field of Military Technical Cooperation, at the end of the annual summit meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh ....
- Us Presses Russia On Iran Missile Deal (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
The United States on Monday said Russia’s plans to sell $1 billion in tactical missiles and other arms to Iran would not serve US or regional interests.
- India And Russia Seal Defence Deal At Moscow Summit (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Russia and India paved the way for intensified defence cooperation on Tuesday as Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Russian President Vladimir Putin talked up a “strategic partnership” between the two Soviet-era allies in Moscow.
- Bill Gates To Back Vaccine Project (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Mr Bill Gates, co-founder of Gates Foundation, today committed support to the development of vaccines for TB and malaria in India.
- Promotion Policy -By Jk Dutt (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 07, 2005)
The Centre’s decision to appoint a special appellate tribunal for redressing the grievances of our armed forces’ personnel has come like the proverbial answer to a maiden’s prayer.
- War Of Coded Words In The Ongoing Trade Game (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 07, 2005)
With only a week to go, the WTO Ministerial is much in the news. For instance, http://news.xinhuanet.com reports that despite anti-globalisation groups' warning to stage demonstrations, "Hong Kong is gearing up to hold a ministerial meeting of the . . .
- On The Fast Lane To Chennai (Indian Express, Sebastian Mallaby, Dec 07, 2005)
As outsourcing acquires wheels, Detroit worries about the Indian car industry, says Sebastian Mallaby
- Indian-American Scientist Wins Energy Tech Prize (Indian Express, SEEMA HAKHU KACHRU, Dec 07, 2005)
Indian American scientist Subhendu Guha, noted for his pioneering work in amorphous silicon, has won the 2005 World Technology award in Energy.
- Pm Gets Putin's Vote On N-Cooperation (Pioneer, Shobori Ganguli, Dec 07, 2005)
India's attempts to win friends in the influential Nuclear Suppliers' Group (NSG) received a sound boost on Tuesday when Russian President Vladimir Putin issued an all out assurance on this front, acknowledging that India had taken the necessary . . .
- India Invited To Join International Thermonuclear Project (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
In a landmark development, the US and other partners in International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) project have decided to invite India as a full partner in the ambitious multi-billion energy venture.
- Gates’ Date With Indian Leaders (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Beginning his fourth visit to India, Microsoft Corporation Chairman & Chief Software Architect Bill Gates met President A P J Abdul Kalam and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday.
- You May Count On Us For N-Energy, Putin Assures Pm (Indian Express, Pranab Dhal Samanta, Dec 07, 2005)
Backed by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s assurance that Moscow will help India in building its civilian nuclear energy capabilities, experts on both sides sat across the table soon after Putin and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh held a lengthy . . .
- India Invited To Join Mega N-Project (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
In a landmark development, the US and other partners in International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) project have decided to invite India as a full partner in the ambitious multi-billion energy venture.
- Pm Talks Nostalgia & Business With Russia (Telegraph, Radhika Ramaseshan, Dec 06, 2005)
Raj Kapoor, Awara Hoon and Mera Naam Joker were the staple of India’s relations with Russia in the days when a humungous USSR was a counterweight to the US.
- Madrasa Reforms (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 06, 2005)
Will Bengal take leaf out of Musharraf’s book?
- Promotion Policy -By Jk Dutt (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 06, 2005)
The Centre’s decision to appoint a special appellate tribunal for redressing the grievances of our armed forces’ personnel has come like the proverbial answer to a maiden’s prayer. Excessive cases, mainly dealing with promotions, have burdened . . .
- Follow The Leader (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Dec 06, 2005)
With the next act of the Natwar Singh drama having unfolded and with the prime minister having taken off for a session with Putin, this week in parliament is going to be sheer chaos.
- Doing It Together (Telegraph, BRIJESH D. JAYAL, Dec 06, 2005)
The recently concluded joint India-US air force exercise at Kalaikunda air base in West Bengal drew public attention not for its far-reaching tactical and strategic implications but for the rather farcical opposition to it by none . . .
- Natwar Meets Sonia, Offers To Quit (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
day after his removal from the Congress Steering Committee, Union Minister Natwar Singh, who has been in the thick of Volcker controversy, tonight offered to resign, Congress spokesperson Anand Sharma said.
- Volcker Ripples Cripple Parliament Again (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
A reinvigorated opposition, determined not to allow the Volcker report tremors to die down, stalled proceedings in both Houses of Parliament today demanding ouster of both UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Minister without portfolio Natwar Singh.
- Quality Higher Education Equals Opportunity (Daily Excelsior, Prof. Ashok Kumar Manwati, Dec 06, 2005)
If liberalization has to stay and economy is integrated to the global market forces and out sourcing holding huge opportunities, there is an urgent need to prompt to harness on energies for a crusade for excellence for Indian students.
- Pm Woos Russian Businessmen (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Dec 06, 2005)
With people-to-people contact between India and Russia on the wane and bilateral trade between the two far below expectations, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today went all-out to sell India as an attractive business, academic and creative destination. . .
- Manmohan: Seize Business Opportunities (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Dec 06, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday called for more active business-to-business contacts between India and Russia to expand bilateral trade and economic cooperation.
- Faculty Improvement The Key (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 06, 2005)
Technical education in India is expanding steadily with new institutions being opened and the intake into colleges being raised, but not much attention has gone into improving the quality standards. An anomalous situation has arisen of a large number . .
- National Interest Or American Interest? (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Dec 06, 2005)
A U.S. official claims India has assured the Americans that energy deals with Iran are years away.
- The Information Pagdandi As Bridge Across Social, Economic Divides (Indian Express, KIRAN KARNIK, Dec 06, 2005)
Knowledge is now the currency of power. No longer does power flow out of the barrel of a gun; rather, it flows from the barrel of a picture tube (TV or computer screen) or the barrel of a pen. Since knowledge derives from information, . . .
- German Tech To Spruce Up City Roads (Deccan Herald, Ashwini Y S, Dec 06, 2005)
Bangalore roads may soon wear a brand new look, if the Bangalore Mahanagara Palike has its way. The BMP is set to venture into a ....
- Intel To Invest $1 B In India (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
Intel, on Monday, announced investing $1 billion in India, the lions share of which – $800 million to be precise – would be pumped into Intel’s research and development activities in Bangalore
- Human Rights Education To Start In Select Schools In State (Hindu, K.P.M. Basheer, Dec 06, 2005)
To begin this month; part of national programme in schools
- When Silence Speaks Louder Than Words (Dawn, M.J. Akbar, Dec 06, 2005)
If you want to understand the big story, look for the small detail. When the action is being broadcast in the merciless way that television adopts, get out of the din and check the silence.
- Delhi Bomb Blast Hero On Road To Recovery (Hindu, Bindu Shajan Perappadan, Dec 06, 2005)
Much public support and sympathy aside, it's cutting edge medical technology that is coming to the aid of Kuldeep Singh, the Delhi Transport Corporation bus driver whose grit and courage helped save many lives during the serial blasts that rocked . . .
- War In Waziristan (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 06, 2005)
THE Pakistan Army’s war on terror in the tribal agency of Waziristan is nowhere near an end. Every few weeks the military authorities claim ‘major successes’
- Bharti Offloads 10% Stake In Bharti Telesoft (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
US-based Westbridge Capital, Sequois Capital and Cisco jointly buy it for $13.5 million.
- Can The Eas Realise The Asian Dream? (The Financial Express, Nagesh Kumar, Dec 06, 2005)
The East Asia Summit (EAS) scheduled to be held in Kuala Lumpur later this month, and attended by leaders of Asean10, Japan, China, South Korea and India, and of Australia and New Zealand, is a landmark event in the history Asia’s regional economic ....
- Intel To Invest $1 Bn In India (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
To spend $800 million on expanding its business operations.
- Intel To Invest $1bn In India (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
Leading chipmaker Intel Corporation on Monday announced a multi-year investment plan for India, totalling over $1 bn, including $800 mn over the next five years for business expansion.
- Bill Gates To Visit Chennai On Thursday (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
Microsoft chief Bill Gates is scheduled to visit Chennai on Thursday as part of his four-day India visit.
- Bill Gates In Town, Talks Shop With Maran (Times of India, PERCY FERNANDEZ, Dec 06, 2005)
Microsoft founder chairman Bill Gates kick-started his four-day India visit by meeting Union Information Technology and Communication Minister Dayanidhi Maran to discuss various areas of cooperation.
- Ireland To Liberalise Visa Regime For Indian Professionals (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
Ireland, called the ''Celtic Tiger'' for its booming globalised economy, is now in the process of putting in place a legislation to liberalise its visa regime to facilitate the entry of Indian professionals and students as the country's
- Intel To Invest $1 Bln In India R&d, Venture Fund (Reuters, Shailendra Bhatnagar and Kirstin Ridley, Dec 06, 2005)
Intel Corp., the world's largest chip maker, plans to invest more than $1 billion in India to strengthen its research and development and invest in telecoms and technology start-ups, its chairman said on Monday.
- Clear ‘Conscience’ Natwar Gives It Up, Offers To Quit (Hindustan Times, Vinod Sharma, Dec 06, 2005)
Former external affairs minister K. Natwar Singh on Monday night responded to the party’s diktat by calling up Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and offering to step down as minister without portfolio.
- Democracy As Ambedkar Wanted It (Tribune, Shyam Chand, Dec 06, 2005)
Abraham Lincoln says; “As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.” Various philosophers, political scientists and writers have given numerous definitions of democracy.
- Indian Ethos In Management (Business Line, R. Devarajan, Dec 06, 2005)
The ability to do the right thing and, what is more important, doing it every time is the noblesse oblige in the managerial milieu. It must become the done thing, the insignia and talisman of a professional manager.
- Pm For Cooperation In Energy, Space, Information Techonologies (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
On the eve of his summit-level talks with President Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said India and Russia must initiate dialogue to widen their cooperation for energy security and asserted that working together in the space . . .
- Sc Forms Committee For Rehabilitation In Taj Corridor (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
The Supreme Court today constituted a high-level Committee to look into the removal of debris and rehabilitation of the affected people in the area due to construction of the controversial Rs 175 crore Taj Heritage Corridor, which has now been stopped.
- Where Is Mathrani? ‘The Country Is Being Sold And Criminals Are Being Protected’ : Nda (India Daily, Sudhir Chadda, Dec 06, 2005)
Situation in New Delhi is serious. Taking strong exception to the whisking away of Indian Ambassador to Croatia Aniel Mathrani on his arrival at Delhi airport,
- Iran Not Interested In Talks With Us (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
Says US intervention in nuclear talks complicated the issue
- Reality Of Coal Security (The Economic Times, T L SANKAR, Dec 05, 2005)
A recent article in these columns (“The myth of coal security”, ET, November 16) ends with the sane conclusion that “it would be prudent to have a balanced mix of both imported coal and gas in India’s energy economy to enhance overall energy security”.
- Allow Fdi In Retail With Vigilance In Detail (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
Should FDI in retail be allowed? This at present is the hottest economic subject on which the government and its allies are debating persistently. Aditya Raj Das takes a close look at the contentious issues and weighs the arguments in favour and against.
- The Debate Goes On (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Dec 05, 2005)
While chewing a roll of film at a studio, a goat was asked by its companion how it tasted. And the goat bleated, “The book was better!” That old joke may have to be updated in today’s context where the same book is filmed over and over again.
- Up Needs A Makeover (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Dec 05, 2005)
Mulayam Singh Yadav’s bluster of fast tracking industrial and social development in his ‘Uttam Pradesh’ has been silenced — by political killings no less than by Japanese encephalitis. The murder of BJP MLA Krishnand Rai of Ghazipur is merely . . .
- Sensitising Society On Aids (Tribune, Devi Cherian, Dec 05, 2005)
The UNDP held, on the eve of Worlds AIDS Day, a well attended book launch function
at the IIC Rock Garden. “Quite Storm,” jointly published by UNDP and Penguin was released in an effort to sensitively create a feeling that HIV/AIDS . . .
- Ppmhs School Emerges Champion In Youth Fete (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
PPM Higher Secondary School at Kottukara, near Kondotty, won the overall championship in the 18th sub-district school youth festival held on the campuses of Padma AUP School and GLP School, Karad.
- Behind Chennai's Music Season (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 05, 2005)
Chennai's annual music festival — led by the Music Academy, which was founded in 1928 following an inspired decision taken at the first All-India Music Conference held in South India — is among the world's largest entertainment extravaganzas devoted ....
- Against A Sea Of Troubles (Telegraph, S. L. Rao, Dec 05, 2005)
The author is former director-general, National Council for Applied Economic Research
- Novel Ways To Mate (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 05, 2005)
Bad writing on sex could mean great insights into Man
- Between The Facts And A Hard Place (Indian Express, SAIBAL DASGUPTA, Dec 05, 2005)
The outcome of the present assembly election in Bihar can be analysed from two angles — one statistical and the other social.
- Ancient Legends Warn Of Modern Disasters (Hindu, Robin McKie, Dec 05, 2005)
The new science of geomythology is being harnessed by researchers who believe folklore can save lives
- Central Scheme Revives Hopes On Infrastructure Front (Hindu, K.V. Prasad, Dec 05, 2005)
Major proposals for Coimbatore include sewer scheme
Rs.110-crore drinking water scheme
Flyovers to decongest roads
Solid waste management
Subways in key areas
- Mauled Sena (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 05, 2005)
It does not take much political wisdom to recognise that the Shiv Sena is in a deep crisis. All the straws afloat in the wind suggest that Mr Raj Thackeray, nephew of the Shiv Sena supremo, Mr Bal Thackeray, is toying with the idea of starting . . .
- 'India Seeks Russian Cooperation In Energy' (Pioneer, Shobori Ganguli, Dec 05, 2005)
Asserting that energy security is high on the agenda during his Russia visit, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said, "There have been some important developments. We are partners in Sakhalin I. I will discuss with President Putin how we can enlarge our ....
- Interview - Iran's Patience Running Out Over Nuclear Issue (Reuters, Paul Hughes, Dec 05, 2005)
Iran's patience regarding Western opposition to its nuclear programme is wearing thin and Tehran will give the EU only a few months to settle the issue through talks, the country's chief nuclear negotiator said on Sunday.
- Space Pact With Russia On The Anvil (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
India will be signing four major agreements in areas like defence and space cooperation during the forthcoming visit of Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, to Russia. It will also likely provide momentum for closer energy ties, . . .
- India Allows Govt Servants To Use Private Phone Companies, Airlines (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Dec 04, 2005)
The Indian government has asked its officials to use the cheapest phones and budget airlines for communication and travel
- Mathrani Revelations Spell Trouble For Natwar (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
K Natwar Singh's stock dipped to dangerously low levels today after Indian Ambassador to Croatia Aniel Mathrani's claims involving him in the Iraqi oil-for-food programme were published by a newsmagazine.
- He Walks Into News (Hindu, Amita Malik, Dec 04, 2005)
Every page, paragraph and sentence in this book is an irresistible quote
News from No Man's Land: Reporting the World, John Simpson, Pan/ Macmillan, £7.99.
- Harmonising Trade Agreements (Daily Excelsior, M.N. Minocha, Dec 04, 2005)
The developed countries protect self-interest and violate agreements. For example, all importing countries had agreed that the multi-fibre agreement and the detailed textiles and garments quotas that resulted from it, would expire in 2005.
- Pak Tries To Divert (Daily Excelsior, Samuel Baid, Dec 04, 2005)
The October 8 earthquake appears to have infused a fear in Pakistani rulers about their future ability to maintain their traditional lordship over the people in occupied Kashmir once this region recovers from its present trauma.
- Celebrating A Timeless Epic (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
The nine-day Mahabharata Utsav celebrated Mahabharata, the epic for all times and all people, writes Mala Kumar.
- Pm’S Visit: India Sounds Out Russia Over N-Fuel (Indian Express, Pranab Dhal Samanta, Dec 04, 2005)
With the July 18 Indo-US nuclear deal gradually easing restrictions on India, New Delhi has sounded Moscow ahead of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s Russia visit that it can be the first country to do nuclear business with India by agreeing to . . .
- Indian Ocean: Management And Maritime Security (Tribune, K.K. Nayyar, Dec 04, 2005)
Navy Davy, being observed on December 4 every year, provides us with an opportunity to introspect on the maritime issues which are linked with the destiny of our nation. It is not a mere coincidence that India is the only country to have an ocean . . .
- The Challenge Facing Punjab’S Cotton Growers (Tribune, J.N. Vohra, Dec 04, 2005)
The cotton harvesting and ginning season is on. The expected production of 22 lakh bales of ginned cotton (170 kg each) in Punjab compared to 17.31 lakh bales last season is a record. The Agriculture Department has attributed this to the introduction . .
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