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Articles 10521 through 10620 of 16306:
- Tcs Buys Chile Firm For $23 Mn (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Nov 09, 2005)
Chile firm is an established player in the pension processing space in Latin America.
- Basle Ii Norms: Challenge And Opportunity For Indian Banks (Business Line, Manoranjan Sharma, Nov 09, 2005)
The traditional face of banks as mere financial intermediaries has changed because of the paradigm shifts from balance-sheet to off-balance-sheet intermediation, from capital adequacy to capital efficiency, and pure banking to financial services.
- City To Have Second Garbage Power Plant Soon (Hindu, V. Geetanath, Nov 09, 2005)
RDF firm gets nod to set up unit in Chinnaravupally village of Bibinagar mandal
This is the second project for MCH after Selco in Shadnagar
RDF ties up with foreign firm to generate 11 MW of power
- Is There A Way To Safely Escrow Our Trust In Governance? (Business Line, D. Murali , Nov 09, 2005)
The volcker Report on the manipulations in the `Oil-for-Food Programme' (OFFP) is much in news. One of its chapters is titled ``The Escrow Bank and Conflicting Interests''. If you wonder what escrow is about, it is just the time for a zero base on the sam
- Iqbal And The Concept Of Knowledge (Greater Kashmir, Dr. Mushtaq Ahmad Ganai, Nov 09, 2005)
He was the one to give us a new concept of knowledge and experience, Dr. Mushtaq Ahmad Ganai writes
- Clearance Sale! Politicians Going Cheap (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, Nov 09, 2005)
The Mitrokhin Archives dealt with the Soviet period. The UN’s Independent Inquiry Committee Report investigating corruption in Iraq’s oil-for-food programme during President Saddam’s regime deals with recent events.
- Penguins Show How Climate Change Speeds Up Evolution (Statesman, Steve Connor, Nov 09, 2005)
A colony of penguins that has bred at the same site in Antarctica for thousands of years has provided scientists with a rare insight into how a change in the climate can speed up the course of evolution.
- Creeping Backward (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 09, 2005)
The progress in India’s agriculture has not been commensurate with the country’s economic needs, writes R. Gopalakrishnan The author is former chairman, Atomic Energy Regulatory Board
- Our Attitude Towards Women (Dawn, Hafizur Rahman, Nov 09, 2005)
“Haae be-chaaron ke aasaab pe aurat hai sawaar” was said long ago for the poets and writers of the subcontinent, though the name of the author escapes me at the moment.
- Iqbal: A Mirror Of Indian Muslim Psyche (Dawn, Prof Sharif al Mujahid, Nov 09, 2005)
Multidimensional are Iqbal’s thoughts as are his intellectual forays and philosophical shifts at various times in his four-decade long active career as a poet and philosopher.
- Breaking The Impasse (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 09, 2005)
There are signs that the Iran-EU-3 impasse on the nuclear issue is to be broken.
- We Are Not Afraid Of Any Probe: Natwar (Hindu, Special Correspondent, The Financial Express, Nov 09, 2005)
"I am standing here and I can answer to the whole world" "I will not do anything which will force us to hang our heads in shame"
- Opening Strategic Windows (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 09, 2005)
Microsoft launching a live version on-line of its popular operating system, Windows, and a suite of office applications is an interesting strategic initiative in the marketing of software products and should be beneficial to retail consumers and . . .
- Insat 4-A Launch Next Month (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 09, 2005)
The Indian Space Research Organisation will launch its INSAT 4-A satellite by the middle of next month that would enable Direct-to-Home broadcast services in the country, ISRO Chairman G Madhavan Nair said here on Tuesday.
- Educating Students For A Healthy Society (Hindu, R. Madhavan Nair, Nov 09, 2005)
Oushadheeyam - 2005 is an ambitious project of the Nambrathkara Upper Primary School in Kozhikode district to educate students on ways of identifying and cultivating medicinal plants.
- Khb Plans Satellite Town Off Hosur Road (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 09, 2005)
Surya City to come up on 283 acres near Iglur-Banahalli
- Make India Global R&d Hub: Kalam (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2005)
The President A P J Abdul Kalam on Monday gave a clarion call to scientists, researchers and industry to immediately move into “mission mode” for time-bound collaborative research to enable India realise the vision of establishing itself . . .
- The Caribbean: Opportunities To Be Tapped (Business Line, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 08, 2005)
THE gravity model is often used to predict movement of people, information, and commodities between cities, countries and even continents.
- Strategies For Acquiring Mutual Knowledge (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 08, 2005)
THE REPORT and interview with Umberto Eco on October 23 described the Pondicherry meeting of the group promoting Transcultura, strategies for acquiring mutual knowledge.
- The Role Of Dissidents Is To Tell The Truth As They See It" (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Nov 08, 2005)
A special Indian edition of the outspoken Canadian writer and broadcasterIrshad Manji's controversial book,The Trouble with Islam Today, will be launched by imprintOne in New Delhi on November 10.
- Evolving A New Foreign Policy (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Nov 08, 2005)
ARE we witnessing the end of India’s famed bipartisan consensus on foreign policy? The July 18 Indo-US agreement certainly represented a departure point in the country’s professed policy of non-alignment, in today’s circumstances to denote its independent
- A Wing-Wing Strategy (Indian Express, Jasjit Singh, Nov 08, 2005)
The decision of the Left parties to publicly demonstrate and try to disrupt the India-USA air exercises being held in West Bengal raises many doubts,
- Indian Shares Rise On Fund Buying (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2005)
Indian shares extended a winning streak into a fourth straight session on Monday, led by technology and auto stocks, as foreign funds returned to the market after recent falls, dealers said.
- Retain Death Penalty (Tribune, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 08, 2005)
FOR the past few days a legal controversy has been razing in the media: “should the death penalty be abolished in India?”
- From The Blurb (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2005)
The Nice Guy Who Finished First — A Biography of Rahul Dravid: Devendra Prabhudesai; Rupa & Co., 7/16, Ansari Road, Daryaganj, New Delhi-110002. Rs. 295.
- Iran Calls For Resumption Of Talks (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Nov 08, 2005)
Teheran initiative on nuclear issue timed to coincide with E.U. Foreign Ministers' meeting
- Psu Banks Join To Float Bharath Nirman Fund (Deccan Herald, DH news, Nov 08, 2005)
Canbank Venture Capital Fund launched its fourth venture capital fund, the Bharath Nirman Fund, here, on Monday with the signing of the Joint Memorandum by the core contributors.
- A Shrine With The Elephant’S Rump (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2005)
There is a tale hidden in every temple. Dr K R Srinivasan helps unravel some of the mysteries of the apsidal temple at Aihole.
- Probe Into Oil Scam Ordered (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2005)
The BJP has demanded that the CBI should inquire into the bribes alleged by the Volcker Committee.
- New Fed Chairman From February — Daunting Task Before Bernanke (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Nov 07, 2005)
To succeed the US Fed Chairman, Mr Alan Greenspan, is a challenge, especially when the successor is a comparatively unknown, albeit brilliant, economist.
- A Wing-Wing Strategy (Indian Express, Jasjit Singh, Nov 07, 2005)
The decision of the Left parties to publicly demonstrate and try to disrupt the India-USA air exercises being held in West Bengal raises many doubts,
- Protest Misplaced (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Nov 07, 2005)
The IAF stands to gain from exercises with the US air force
- Reliance Offers Hope To Haemophilia Patients (Deccan Herald, Ramesh Jahagirdar, Nov 07, 2005)
India’s premier private sector company Reliance has now embarked upon a mission for the production of anti-haemophilia factor in the country.
- A Pretty Good Deal (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Nov 07, 2005)
China’s reported opposition to the July 16 Indo-US nuclear agreement on the grounds that it is a sell-out to India is the best rejoinder that can be made to those domestic critics who claim it will harm the country.
- Ray Of Hope For Vaccine Against Aids (Daily Excelsior, Ranjana Ghosh, Nov 07, 2005)
The isolation of a new and milder strain of the aids virus has raised hopes of producing a safe vaccine against the dreaded disease, even as more cases are being reported in India
- Outsourcing Captures Europe's Imagination (Business Line, Mohan Murti, Nov 07, 2005)
Some will cringe at, though others may delight in, a dictionary that defines historic monuments as `fixed assets' and lemons as `defective capital goods'.
- A Seismic Rumble Called Earthquake (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Nov 07, 2005)
How does earth shake so violently, Syed Shah Nawaz Bukhari explains the scientific dimension of a natural disaster called Earthquake
- India-Us : On The Nuclear Track (Daily Excelsior, Pallab Bhattacharya, Nov 06, 2005)
If the vibes emanating from the first follow-up talks between India and the United States in New Delhi on October 21 on a roadmap to implement the landmark bilateral nuclear deal is anything to go by, the two countries appear determined to stay on course
- Real World Scenarios (Hindu, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Nov 06, 2005)
Levitt and Dubner staunchly refuse to take moral positions or prescribe solutions. They remain content using complex statistical tools on data compiled from diverse sources to draw unusual conclusions.
- `There Is Something Sacred About Art' (Hindu, RAKHSHANDA JALIL, Nov 06, 2005)
Fahmida Riaz, Pakistani poet, on what it means to be a woman, a poet and a socially conscious person
- The Playwright As A Dissenter (Hindu, SACHIDANANDA MOHANTY , Nov 06, 2005)
The Nobel laureate's dramatic genius rivals his concern for the world around him.
- A Case Of Too Much Of A Good Thing (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2005)
The latest book in the detective series is fairly radical in its own right, but not much new happens here, just more of the same.
- Indian Tea Trade Faces Tough Times With New Eu Norms (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2005)
The new Food Law Regime due for implementation in countries under the EU from January 1, 2006 calls for stringent measures with regard to the use of chemicals and pesticides in tea and, if India has to improve upon its 20 million kg deficit in this year’s
- Power Source That Turns Physics On Its Head (Deccan Herald, Alok Jha, Nov 06, 2005)
It seems too good to be true: a new source of near-limitless power that costs virtually nothing, uses tiny amounts of water as its fuel and produces next to no waste.....
- Forum To Focus On Mekong-India Cooperation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2005)
A forum on Mekong development is being held here next week to explore new opportunities and areas of cooperation between India and the six countries sharing the Mekong river.
- Immigrants' Progress (Hindu, RENUKA RAJARATNAM, Nov 06, 2005)
Zadie Smith's oeuvre draws inspiration from an incredibly layered complexity of life. RENUKA RAJARATNAM
- Time To Make Borders Irrelevant (Tribune, Lt-Col Bachittar Singh (retd), Nov 06, 2005)
After six decades of conflict and confrontation, rapprochement in Indo-Pak relationship is under way.
- Collective Action To Combat Terror (Tribune, Kiran Bedi, Nov 06, 2005)
Just two days before Diwali, Delhi had over 60 dead and 210 injured lying in hospital with serious burns and loss of limbs, due to bomb blasts. The photos of the dismembered were tragic and depressing.
- Oak Park's Pride (Hindu, KAUSALYA SANTHANAM, Nov 06, 2005)
Though Hemingway rejected his birthplace, Oak Park the town still fondly remembers its famous son, discovers KAUSALYA SANTHANAM.
- When Politics Gets Vile…..… (Daily Excelsior, Dr R L Bhat, Nov 05, 2005)
Polis was the city. Polites the citizens. And, politikos the 'art or science of Government, dealing with the form, organization, and administration of a State'.
- South African Delegation Will Be On A Four-Day Visit To India From November 12 . . . (India Daily, Harish Baliga, Nov 05, 2005)
This time it is South Africa that recognizes availability top class talent in India for high tech and service industries.
- Realistic Alternative Energy Can Make India Surpass China In The Next Ten Years - India's Largest . . . (India Daily, Babu Ghanta, Nov 05, 2005)
India plans to make gas out of coal that cannot be mined.
- Centre Plans To Introduce Combination Malaria Drug Soon (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2005)
The Centre plans to introduce a new combination drug in some areas soon to counter resistance to the malaria drug chloroquinine as part of its new policy for malaria control.
- Animal Experiments, With Safeguards (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 05, 2005)
By suggesting a relaxation of norms for clearance of animal experiments, President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has brought into focus an issue that has been dogging pharmaceutical companies and other institutions that use animals for scientific research.
- A Challenge In Technical Education (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Nov 05, 2005)
A majority of the engineering colleges in the southern States are said to be facing the problem of chronic shortage of qualified staff to head departments and occupy the professorial chairs.
- Altering The Rules Of The Game (Deccan Herald, PARSA VENKATESHWAR RAO JR, Nov 05, 2005)
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad is certainly going to face a tough time.
- Make India World Leader In Fashion Technology: Kalam (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2005)
President A P J Abdul Kalam has called upon the fashion community to make India a leader of fashion technology in the world.
- U.S., U.K. Can Learn From The Gandhian Way: Amartya Sen (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2005)
The Mahatma's response towards terrorism was not soft, says economist
- Russian Move To Ease Iran Standoff (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Nov 05, 2005)
Iran and Russia are holding talks that could help ease tensions surrounding the Iranian nuclear programme.
- On Finding A Genuine Mali (Tribune, Punam Khaira Sidhu, Nov 05, 2005)
Gardening as anyone will tell you is not everyone’s cup of tea. You need to know your grasses from your weeds and your aphids from your mealy-bugs. And more significantly the right poison to treat each.
- Purify Your Wealth (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2005)
who gives it, who takes it and how much?
- Us, Uk Must Learn From Gandhian Thought: Sen (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2005)
The Nobel laureate said that said that one of Gandhi’s great messages was that you cannot defeat nastiness, unless you yourself shun similar nastiness altogether.
- Benetton Plans Big India Push (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2005)
The Italian fashion giant which envisages an investment of Euro 500,000 for the purpose is also looking out for strategic partnership for local manufacturing.
- Sebi Mulls Single Online Surveillance Of Ses Soon (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2005)
Securities & Exchange Board of India (Sebi) will soon install an integrated market surveillance system to check irregularities in stock markets by monitoring tradings throughout the day.
- India Must First Begin Separation Of Nuclear Facilities, Says U.S. (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Nov 04, 2005)
Administration officials praise India's anti-Iran vote, Saran's promise on separation
Broad vision for U.S.-India relationship outlined
It must craft a credible and transparent plan: Burns
- U.S. Raises The Bar On Nuclear Deal (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Nov 04, 2005)
In their clearest detailing to date of what the Indian Government must do to see the United States uphold its side of the July 18 nuclear agreement,
- Senate Foreign Relations Committee Members Skeptical But State Department . . . (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 04, 2005)
Senate Foreign Relations Committee members who heard the two officials defend the agreement Wednesday expressed skepticism about the plan but stopped short of opposing it.
- Reconstruction And Reconciliation (Dawn, Syed Mohibullah Shah, Nov 04, 2005)
As we move into relief and rehabilitation stages of the Oct 8 quake there are fears of another tragedy.
- Caution, Please, On Fdi In Retail (Business Line, Sudhansu R. Das, Nov 04, 2005)
Much of the political class and economists across the country sing the foreign direct investment chorus
- Paris Riots (Dawn, Dr Fazlur Rahman, Nov 04, 2005)
Fasting is prescribed to you so that you may achieve Taqwa, says the Quran (2:183).
- Ramazan And Eid Message (Dawn, Dr Fazlur Rahman, Nov 04, 2005)
Fasting is prescribed to you so that you may achieve Taqwa, says the Quran (2:183). Taqwa is thus the ultimate aim of fasting.
- Peaked Over Crude Oil (Business Line, Shanmuganathan N, Nov 04, 2005)
A world Peak Oil is a near `certainty'. Even if the chances are anything more than a "possibility", the consequences of such an event are so severe that they merit immediate attention.
- Boosting Export Of Horticultural Product (Daily Excelsior, Som Dutt, Nov 04, 2005)
Horticulture sector, consisting a number of low -volume, high-value commercial crops, is of pivotal importance for increasing our export manifold. Playing a significant role in the Indian economy, horticulture sector fetches huge amount of foreign . . .
- Villain Makes Way For “Cool” Baddie (Tribune, Shakuntala Rao, Nov 04, 2005)
In 1990s, Quetin Tarantino radicalised the face of the villain in Hollywood by introducing the character of Vinny, played by John Travolta, in his film Pulp Fiction.
- Best Business Ideas (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 04, 2005)
Strategy+Business magazine has for the past three years been conducting, in conjunction with the consulting firm, Booz Allen Hamilton, a competition in leading innovations of the year, by inviting the public and Internet users to vote for 10 of the....
- In Mp, Small Farmers Face Big Troubles (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Nov 04, 2005)
Has technology, access to credit, superior quality of fertilisers, etc, improved the lot of the small/marginal farmer with a landholding of two-three acres?
- India Invited To Be Partner Country At Hannover Fair (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 04, 2005)
Kamal Nath unveils partner country logo; honour after a gap of 21 years
- Feature - Rival Tech Towns May Outrun Bangalore (Reuters, Narayanan Madhavan and Rosemary Arackaparambil, Nov 04, 2005)
There's a punchline going around in India's high-tech capital: Bangalore may be Bangalored.
- Forgotten Children Of The French Republic" (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Nov 04, 2005)
The bubbling cauldron of discontent in Paris' run-down, high-rise suburban slums, home to the dispossessed, has finally overflowed.
- Purify Your Wealth (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Nov 03, 2005)
Dr. Rouf Mohi-ud-din explains in detail the subject of an institutionalized system of charity called Zakat
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