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Articles 11021 through 11120 of 16306:
- Understanding The Emerging Media Ecology (Hindu, Sashi Kumar, Oct 11, 2005)
With both technology and the advertiser sorting the vast amorphous viewership into tiered and profiled purchasing power segments, a fragmentation takes place that may actually work against dumbing down.
- If The Peace Process Is To Succeed (Dawn, Maqbool Ahmad Bhatty, Oct 11, 2005)
WITH the visit of Indian Foreign Minister Natwar Singh, between October 3 and 6, the second round of the composite dialogue, following the landmark 2004 agreement at the summit level to restart the peace process, has been concluded.
- Quake: Ancient Sciences Hold Key To Prediction (Times of India, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 11, 2005)
Do ancient eastern sciences hold the key to earthquake prediction on the basis of unusual cloud patterns?
- Making Manufacturing More Competitive (The Financial Express, Nagesh Kumar, Oct 11, 2005)
NMCC’s draft strategy identifies key issues, but doesn’t stress enough on critical firm-level factors
- Prize And Paradox (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 11, 2005)
It is a supreme irony that the world’s greatest prize for peace, founded by the inventor of dynamite and funded by his wealth, should finally go to an organisation dedicated to cap the proliferation of explosives.
- Infosys Ups Revenue, Profit Forecasts (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2005)
India's number-two software exporter, Infosys Technologies Ltd, posted on Tuesday a better-than-expected 36 per cent rise in quarterly net profit and raised its full-year earnings forecast as western clients ramp up technology outsourcing.
- Shot In The Arm (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 11, 2005)
The peace prize award to ElBaradei and the IAEA is well deserved
- World Investment Report 2005 (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Oct 11, 2005)
China has once again emerged as the darling of investors among developing economies worldwide. For analysts drawing comparisons with China's stupendous FDI performance, India's might seem a poor record.
- West Bengal Must Work To Catch Up (Business Line, S. Majumder , Oct 11, 2005)
TRADE union, though the voice of workers, is also an institution that nurtures understanding between the labour and the management for a smooth functioning of the organisation.
- Change: Difficult Though, Possible Nevertheless (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Oct 11, 2005)
The book under review is a departure from the run of the mill academic endeavors that have reduced the real message of religion to story telling and platitudes.
- Globalisation Can Bust The Boom (Hindu, Heather Stewart, Oct 10, 2005)
ROGER BOOTLE, one of Britain's best-known economists, is perched on a satin sofa in the lavishly furnished Drapers' Hall, in the City of London — the British capital's financial district — in an expansive mood.
- New Trends In South Asian Diplomacy (Dawn, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 10, 2005)
HISTORY may well record India’s vote supporting the IAEA resolution to refer Iran’s case to the Security Council for non-compliance with NPT obligations as an event of great importance.
- Caring For Animals (Dawn, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 10, 2005)
THE celebration of World Animal Welfare Day last week by the city government in Karachi came as a pleasant surprise to many animal lovers whose appeals for the protection of domestic and wild animals
- An Improvement On The Past (Dawn, Anwer Mooraj, Oct 10, 2005)
IN most civilized countries, the issuance of a passport to a citizen is regarded as a fundamental right.
- War Of The Surveys (Business Standard, Sunil Jain, Oct 10, 2005)
It’s not easy being a policy maker these days. In the earlier days of reforms, you were told the fiscal deficit was the main thing to watch for; fix this and everything else would fall into place
- Complicating The Problem (Greater Kashmir, DR HAMID, Oct 09, 2005)
Inadequate obstetric care results in pituitary disease in huge number of young women in Kashmir valley,
- Creating Political History Through Computer Graphics (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Oct 09, 2005)
What a ‘feat’ it is - getting Hari Singh’s signatures through computer, quips Abdul Majid Mattu
- Pak-Russia Cooperation (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 09, 2005)
In a welcome development, Pakistan and Russia have signed an important Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) envisaging closer cooperation in oil and gas sector to help Pakistan meet its long-term energy requirements. Under the document initialed by the ....
- Condoleezza Logic (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Vedi, Oct 09, 2005)
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s request ( some may like to term it as a suggestion, demand or command) that India should withdraw troops from Jammu and Kashmir to please Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf’s mullah constituency at home ....
- Knowledge Is At The Core Of Growth: Prof Nigavekar (Tribune, Smriti Kak Ramachandran, Oct 09, 2005)
The remarkable increase in the number of universities, colleges and students in the last five decades are indicators of the growth of higher education in the country, emphasises Prof Arun Nigavekar.
- It’S Not Enough (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 09, 2005)
The Citu threat hasn’t vanished
- Rising Intolerance (Indian Express, Soli Sorabjee, Oct 09, 2005)
The rise of intolerance is alarming. Some years back, Zairus Banaji, because of his critical remarks about Narender Modi, was pushed out of the auditorium in Ahmedabad by Modi loyalists.
- Some Food For Thought (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Oct 09, 2005)
If I told you that all it will take to empower all of India’s destitute, dispossessed children is Rs 6,000 crores (0.2% of GDP) a year would you believe me? No, you would not.
- Uk Experts Go On Overdrive To Check Nuclear Proliferation (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Oct 09, 2005)
The timing of leaked document naming 360 bodies involved in making WMD is seen as a form of arm-twisting to push for disarming of Iran.
- More Powerful Earthquakes In The Offing? (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Oct 09, 2005)
Central Himalayan Gap' has the potential to generate more than one great earthquake, warn seismologists
- Stage Set For India-U.S. Defence Cooperation (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 08, 2005)
Defence Systems executive coming next week
- Engagement, Dialogue, Key To Improving Indo-Iran Ties: Natwar Singh (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2005)
External Affairs Minister K.Natwar Singh on Friday said that constant and consistent engagement and dialogue were the key instruments for taking relations between India and Iran forward.
- Gassed Out (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 08, 2005)
Yet another crisis in the petroleum sector and yet again a short-term solution and the bottomline — no lessons learnt from the entire episode.
- Nobel Peace For El Baradei (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2005)
Though some say Mr ElBaradei had little success in Iran and North Korea, the Nobel Committee believes this award would spur work to outlaw atomic weapons.
- Madressahs: Need For A Broader Curriculum (Dawn, Mansoor Alam, Oct 08, 2005)
The opposition of Islamic orthodoxy to the teaching of sciences, mathematics, economics, history, philosophy, other secular subjects and foreign languages, especially English, is inexplicable, for Islam places great emphasis on knowledge and learning.
- Peace Prize, In Hope (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 08, 2005)
The goal for which ElBaradei has been honoured is still some way from being achieved
- Get Rid Of Connectivity Problem (Greater Kashmir, SHABIR AHMAD MIR, Oct 08, 2005)
WAP enabled services can minimize the load on the JK Bank’s network. The inconsistency is being noticed still and should be addressed first, suggests
- Scorpenes For India (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2005)
The signing of the Scorpene deal not only means that the Indian Navy can finally look forward to bridging the submarine gap in its inventory, but that the idle facilities at the Mazagaon Docks can again buzz with activity.
- Coping With Variations In The Monsoon (Hindu, Sulochana Gadgil, Oct 08, 2005)
Simulation and prediction of the Indian monsoon remains a tough challenge. Yet, we possess a wealth of data that can be used to derive farming strategies tailored to local rainfall variability.
- Clone-Generated Milk, Meat May Be Cleared (Tribune, Justin Gillis, Oct 08, 2005)
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is expected to rule soon that milk from cloned animals and meat from their offspring are safe to eat, raising the question of whether Americans are ready to welcome one of modern biology’s most controversial . . .
- Kassia Plans Industrial Estate For Small Units In Bangalore (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2005)
Problems of small units ignored, says association president Hareesh Prasad Hegde
Industrial clusters of small units lack facilities
The last meeting between the Government and small units was held in 1990
- Young Blog Their Way To A Publishing Revolution (Hindu, Owen Gibson, Oct 08, 2005)
The changing world of the Internet poses a challenge to old media: a U.K. poll shows a third of 14- to 21-year-olds now have their own online content
- India To Build Six French Submarines Under Pact (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2005)
The first French Scorpene submarine will be ready for service within seven years
The contract will just about fill the breach in submarine force levels that are poised to decline
French Scorpene is `best suited' to the Navy's requirements
- No Compromise With Terror, Says Manmohan Singh (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Oct 07, 2005)
Emphasis on a humane police force
Police mission to give a sense of purpose to be set up "Police should enjoy the respect and the trust of the common citizens" "No group or organisation can be allowed to take the law of the land in their own hands . . .
- Scientists Resurrect Virus That Killed 50 Million (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2005)
Any biologist with expertise could recreate the microbe
- Russia-Eu Ties — A Time Of Change (Hindu, Nikolai Kaveshnikov, Oct 07, 2005)
The Europeans have accepted in principle the Russians' initiative to replace the 1994 Partnership and Cooperation Agreement.
- `India, Key Player In Space Research' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2005)
"The vision of President Abdul Kalam to provide electronic connectivity to all villages would become a reality only through space research."
- Progeon, Indiagames Among 19 Emerging Indian Companies In Asia (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2005)
Nineteen companies from India, including Progeon, Bharti Telesoft, Applabs Technologies and Indiagames figure in the top 100 upcoming private technology companies in Asia identified by US magazine Red Herring, in its first comprehensive survey of the regi
- No Reason For Iran To Be Angry With India (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Vedi, Oct 07, 2005)
After the first bitter outburst over the Indian vote on the European Union resolution on its nuclear programme Iran has moderated it attitude on economic and commercial contacts with India.
- In Need Of A Better System (Greater Kashmir, DR. RAM CHANDER SHARMA, Oct 07, 2005)
Some hard steps are to be taken to bring a derailed system back on rails in Jammu and Kashmir, suggests
DR. RAM CHANDER SHARMA
- They Don’T Teach Us Only To Learn But To Live (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Oct 07, 2005)
K. Asif takes the teacher student relation beyond the confines of a classroom
“A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops”
- Intel Inititaes Second Phase Of Outsourcing Expansion In India (India Daily, Babu Ghanta, Oct 07, 2005)
Intel Corporation starts the next phase of Indian outsourcing expansion.
- Naxalites Evading Political Responsibility (Deccan Herald, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 07, 2005)
The new anti-Naxalite strategy shaping up in South Block calls for urgent public scrutiny if it is not to boomerang. We had a conclave of concerned chief ministers on the subject.
- Uncle Sam Takes Peek At Indian Caste System (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma , Oct 07, 2005)
Having understood the differences between Shias and Sunnis, US lawmakers now examine the age-old caste system in India.
- Union: A Most Potent Social Insurance (Business Line, D. Murali , Oct 07, 2005)
The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is the largest and fastest growing union in North America, with 1.8 million members, according to www.seiu.org.
- A Base For Rural Connectivity (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 06, 2005)
The vastly neglected rural telephony market in India is at last getting the attention it deserves from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India.
- Nobel Chemistry For French, American Scientists (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2005)
France’s Yves Chauvin and Americans Robert H Grubbs and Richard R Schrock won the 2005 Nobel prize in chemistry today, for their work to reduce hazardous waste in forming new chemicals.
- ‘We Need To Project A Correct Image Of The Army’ (Deccan Herald, Rachna Bisht Rawat, Oct 06, 2005)
Rifles are being oiled, roads painted, boots shined. An old boy has turned 225. It’s celebration time at the Madras Engineer Group (MEG) which will today play host to more than 10,000 serving and retired officers, including three British officers, . . .
- India Inks Deal For French Submarines (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 06, 2005)
India on Thursday signed one of its largest ever defence deals to acquire technology from France to build six sophisticated Scorpene submarines.
- Spheris Buys Healthscribe (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2005)
US-based leading medical transcription major — Spheris, on Wednesday, announced that it has acquired HealthScribe India Private Ltd, India’s leading medical transcription company.
- You And I (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 06, 2005)
Shakeel Ahmed has retreated from the spotlight. Back home, he will consult with friends and family about the proposed surgery by a famous American doctor to separate his daughters,
- Economic Growth And The Millennium Goals (Hindu, John M. Alexander , Oct 06, 2005)
With continued vigilance and determination, we should be able to banish hunger-poverty from India by 2015. But the attainment of other poverty-related millennium goals calls for conscientious and effective delivery of services in basic education and prima
- Moving Closer, Yet Staying `Neutral' (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 06, 2005)
The Confederation of Switzerland, which joined the United Nations only in 2002 and has kept out of the European Union, voted recently to allow citizens from the 10 new E.U. member-states to work in the country.
- Biotechnology: It's Advantage India (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2005)
Exports have grown by 42 per cent, says Madhan Mohan There are 300 biotechnology-based industries in India, with an investment growth of 50 per cent per annum
- Chalk Out A Strategic Plan For Rural Development' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2005)
Chalking out a strategic plan for development of rural sector and evolving a systematic plan to tap resources of rural markets is need of the hour.
- Trishul – India’S Most Sophisticated Short Range Missile Demonstrates Its Guidance Capability (India Daily, Balaji Reddy, Oct 06, 2005)
The solid fuel propelled missile has a range of nine km and can be fitted with fragmented warhead.
- Human Rights & Development (Dawn, Syed Mohibullah Shah, Oct 06, 2005)
Can human resources be developed in societies that do not respect human rights?
- The Sighting Suspense (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 06, 2005)
On Tuesday evening, millions of the faithful lingered on in mosques even after the Isha prayers were over, because they did not know whether to offer Taraveeh.
- Ensure Faster And Simpler Justice: Manmohan (Hindu, Siddharth Narrain , Oct 06, 2005)
A stable legal system is essential to the sound economic growth of the country
- Emotional Link (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Oct 06, 2005)
The report that Sri Pratap College in Srinagar has just finished century of its glorious existence has stirred many an emotional chord across the sub-continent.
- The Rare Fibre Of An Artist (Deccan Herald, Deepti Ganapathy, Oct 06, 2005)
E P Alamelu has mastered a rare art. She paints with fibre and has nearly 80 works in her collection.
- French, American Scientists Win Nobel Prize For Chemistry (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2005)
The trio won the prize for work in metathesis, where molecules “dance round and change partners” to create new molecules.
- Frenchman, Two Americans Share Nobel Chemistry Prize (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2005)
Stockholm, Sweden: France's Yves Chauvin and Americans Robert H. Grubbs and Richard R. Schrock won the 2005 Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for discoveries that let industry develop drugs and plastics more efficiently and with less hazardous waste.
- 2 Americans, German Win Physics Nobel (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2005)
The trio’s research answered questions as how candle light differs from laser beams in a CD player and how light can measure time more accurately than an atomic clock.
- Undue Fear Of China Inc? (Business Line, Paul Mooney, Oct 05, 2005)
When Chinese companies CNOOC and Haier tried to buy Unocal and Maytag, respectively, critics saw the sinister hand of the Chinese state.
- Agriculture Knows No Caste (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Oct 05, 2005)
Politicians who are nothing but politicians are capable of limitless skullduggery.
- Which Way To Fly? (Telegraph, Abhijit Bhattacharyya , Oct 05, 2005)
For the Indian air force, completing 73 years on October 8, 2005, it is time for some introspection.
- Microbes In Cow’S Milk Enhance Plant Growth’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2005)
To the many nutritional and mythological benefits of cow’s milk, scientists at Lucknow’s National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI) have added one more use.
- Japanese Gandhian Gets Bajaj Award (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2005)
Gandhian P Gopinathan Nair, Ramon Magsaysay awardee Rajendra Singh and Japanese Daisaku Ikeda who propagated Gandhi’s ideals outside India are among four personalities selected for this year’s Jamnalal Bajaj awards.
- Two Americans, German Share Nobel Physics Prize (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2005)
Americans John L Hall and Roy J Glauber and German Theodor W Haensch won the 2005 Nobel Prize in physics for their work in advancing the precision of optic technology that could lead to clear long-distance communication worldwide and beyond
- Relevance Of Integral Humanism To World (Daily Excelsior, Jagmohan , Oct 05, 2005)
If we subject the contemporary world- the world that has come into being after World War II-- to close scrutiny, we will find that it is full of complexities and contradictions.
- If Iran Went Nuclear... (Indian Express, K SUBRAHMANYAM, Oct 05, 2005)
Some in India may raise the question why Iran should not go nuclear as Pakistan has done.
- Analysis - From Bangalore With Chips: India Eyes Semiconductors (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2005)
India is ready to move beyond software into the very heart of computing ... and make microchips.
- We Are Pushing For Decontrol' — Ms Rajshree Pathy, President, Indian Sugar Mills Association (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Oct 05, 2005)
With the sugar year having begun, on October 1, the industry is quite optimistic about a likely turnaround in its fortunes.
- Indian It Solutions Provider For Advertising And Media Industry Expanding Fast Into Middle East And Far East (India Daily, Babu Ghanta, Oct 05, 2005)
A new wave of outsourcing has started.
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