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Articles 11321 through 11420 of 16306:
- Brain Scan May Reveal A Lie (Tribune, Jamie Talan, Sep 23, 2005)
Lying is harder than telling the truth, and that may be the key to a better lie-detection test.
- Isro To Set Up 1,000 Weather Stations Across The Country (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2005)
National MST Radar Facility upgraded into National Atmospheric Research Laboratory
ISRO chief promises to back frontline research in atmospheric sciences
Additional manpower and state-of-the art equipment for NARL promised
- Revenge Of A Warming Planet (Deccan Herald, Leonardo Fuentes, Sep 22, 2005)
Recent natural disasters have proven that we are not safe from nature’s response to our action anywhere on the planet
- Games Nations Play (Indian Express, K SUBRAHMANYAM, Sep 22, 2005)
Surely Indira Gandhi would not have reacted in the way political party leaders have done to the ‘‘Mitrokhin Archives’’.
- Pm Slams Tech Denial Regimes (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2005)
Dr Singh said he looked forward to the launch of Chandrayaan-1, India’s unmanned moon mission.
- Unsettled, Not Unstable (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2005)
DR Manmohan Singh’s government is not unstable. But it is unsettled. After the six-year stretch of Atal Behari Vajpayee’s NDA, it is not possible for a central government to be unstable anymore. Power in Delhi is now an equation in arithmetic.
- India, Canada Top Outsourcing Destinations: Study (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2005)
US businesses looking to place their technology operations offshore should give strongest consideration to India, Canada, or China, said a report released by outsourcing consulting firm neoIT.
- Focus On Importance Of Biotechnology (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2005)
Biotechnology being a very powerful and valuable source of economic strength for sustainable future of any developed or developing nation, India is pacing fast in the arena of biotechnology and genomics to harness all potentials of productivity,
- Connecting The Dots (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 22, 2005)
Professor Siegfreed Hartcroft teaches an interesting course. He is an expert in “connecting the dots.”
- Iran’S Nuclear Imbroglio (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 22, 2005)
AS confrontation with North Korea on the nuclear issue has been defused, the Iran front has begun to hot up. Since last month when Iran resumed uranium conversion, the IAEA,
- Un: Is The Tide Turning? (Dawn, A.B. Shahid, Sep 22, 2005)
The 60th meeting of the UN General Assembly currently underway in New York, is unique in one way; it is the largest ever congregation of kings, presidents and heads of government
- Making Wealth From Waste (Deccan Herald, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 22, 2005)
The need of the hour is to manage waste well because inefficient waste management could cause irreparable damage to the environment.
- An Emerging Institution (Deccan Herald, L SUBRAMANI, Sep 22, 2005)
Dayananda Sagar group of institutions challenges the student's ability to research things by themselves.
- Like A Bright Ray Of Sunshine (Deccan Herald, Vandana, Sep 22, 2005)
Started in 1995 as a home run venture, the Sunshine Autism Trust in Bangalore catering to the needs of children with autism, has now expanded to include fifteen children and six teachers.
- India Still First Choice For Global Sourcing: Gartner (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2005)
Global offshore spending on IT services to touch $50 b
- Curbs Do Not Deter Isro: Manmohan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2005)
I look forward to moon mission
International technology denial regimes have only spurred our scientists
Self-reliance is our driving force
- Ensuring Equal Rights To All Dalits (Hindu, Archbishop A.M. Chinnappa, Sep 22, 2005)
The failure to extend reservation to Dalit Christians, despite resolutions and promises, means dividing the most oppressed on the basis of religion. It means ignoring caste and economic backwardness as the determining criteria.
- Public-Private Partnership Must For Stem Cell Research (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, Sep 22, 2005)
A national cord blood stem cell bank hub and cell therapy centre are planned to be set up in Mumbai
- Cbse Spells Reforms For Class X & Xii Exams (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2005)
From revision in the pattern of question papers to implementing the grading system, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has announced wide ranging changes in the examination system.
- 'India Will Soon Be A Big Power' (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2005)
Congressman Joseph Crowley acknowledges that the US-India nuclear deal will be a tough sell in the United States Congress.
- There Are Local Variations To Fraud (Business Line, K. Srinivasan , Sep 22, 2005)
Can accounting standards and international best practices minimise malpractices, asks K. Srinivasan
- A Bitter-Sweet Season Ahead (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Sep 22, 2005)
While the fall in sugar production in 2003-04 and 2004-05 has led to a stabilisation in prices, it has aggravated the industry's infirmities.
- What The Iaea Really Found In Iran (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Sep 22, 2005)
The best way for the world to satisfy itself that there are no undeclared nuclear activities in Iran is for the IAEA to use its inspection rights under the Additional Protocol.
- India Faces High Quality Talent Shortage – Outsourcing Targets Smaller Cities But Finds Lack Of Talent There – End Of India’S Outsourcing Boom? (India Daily, Harish Baliga, Sep 22, 2005)
India has now lack of talent to fulfill the low priced outsourcing jobs knocking the door of India from the West.
- India Decides To Go For The Stars - Prime Mister Calls On Indian Space Scientists To Take Control Over The Space (India Daily, Anil Rane, Sep 22, 2005)
Aim for the high sky and make India’s presence felt in space say Manmohan Singh, Indian Prime Minister.
- Madrasa Mishmash (Indian Express, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 22, 2005)
Masquerades as culture and tradition
- Brazil, India, China And South Africa Developing A Sophisticated High Voltage Direct Current (Hdvc) Technology For Enabling Transmission Of Power From Hydro Power Resources (India Daily, Niran Chaube, Sep 22, 2005)
In a demonstration of collaborative efforts between emerging superpowers,
- Globalisation Needs Balance Of Global Social Action — Clinton (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 22, 2005)
Bill Clinton, former President of the United States, was recently interviewed at his home in Chappaqua, New York State, for Global Viewpoint byEuripedes Alcantara, editor ofVeja. On September 15, Mr. Clinton convened the first meeting of the Clinton Globa
- India Still First Choice For Global Sourcing: Gartner (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2005)
Global offshore spending on IT services to touch $50 b
- Not Enough Done For Farmers: M.S. Swaminathan (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI, Sep 21, 2005)
Lack of investment in farm sector, a big challenge: Hanumantha Rao
In China interest rate for farm credit is zero per cent whereas in India it ranges between 10 and 16 per cent
A survey says that 40 per cent farmers would quit farming given the choice
- Teheran Warns West Of Harsh Response (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2005)
West move to refer nuclear programme
The world should give Iran a chance to reach a political understanding
The U.S. and Europe should recognise Iran's right to enrich uranium now rather than later
- Another Giant Leap To The Moon Planned (Hindu, Alok Jha, Sep 21, 2005)
The new vehicle has solar panels to provide power and astronauts will use it to get into moon orbit.
- New Medical Curriculum Planned (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2005)
Diagnostic science will receive priority
Task force to examine quality of Indian system drugs
Drug testing labs for Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata
Certification mechanism coming
- Heritage Map Of Srinagar Launched (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Sep 21, 2005)
Second Indian city with a documented map on heritage structures
The five-volume cultural resource mapping has been completed in collaboration with Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage
- Heritage Map Of Srinagar Launched (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Sep 21, 2005)
Second Indian city with a documented map on heritage structures
- Isro To Launch Dozen Satellites In Four Years (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2005)
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is all set to launch 10 to 12 communication satellites into the geostationary orbit in the next four years.
- Plastic Waste To Be Used For Asphalting Roads (Hindu, Afshan Yasmeen, Sep 21, 2005)
Bangalore Mahanagara Palike to implement project this year with assistance from the World Bank
- India Plans To Dominate The Space – Indian Space Research Organization To Launch Hundreds Of Satellites In Coming Years (India Daily, Balaji Reddy, Sep 21, 2005)
India has decided that it is time to start expanding into space and advanced aerospace.
- Cotton Up, Oilseeds Down (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2005)
One More Kharif season harvest is upon us. Crop estimates — both government and private
- India And China: On A `Global Move' (Business Line, BATUK GATHANI, Sep 21, 2005)
Observers of India and China in Western capitals are often perplexed by the current obsession about these two Asian nations growing share of world trade and expanding economic profiles, which at best are rated as "modest and steady".
- Cent Per Cent Indigenous! (Tribune, S. Raghunath, Sep 21, 2005)
The proverbial cat is out of the bag. The Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) project which had been trumpetted around as a “totally” indigenous effort by the resurgent Indian aeronautical industry is running more than a decade behind schedule and with cost ....
- Boosting Defence Ties With Us (Tribune, P.K. Vasudeva, Sep 21, 2005)
Giving a big push to their defence ties, India and the United States have signed a new Framework Agreement
- Words And No Actions (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2005)
A few days ahead of last week’s annual United Nations summit, the UN Human Development Report noted that the gathering of more than 150 heads of state and government,
- Isro To Launch Dozen Satellites In Four Years (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2005)
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is all set to launch 10 to 12 communication satellites into the geostationary orbit in the next four years.
- Satellite Boom In Space To Be Expensive Affair (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2005)
A 2001 study had put a revenue loss of millions of dollars per annum to satellite operators. Cost to end users is likely to be much higher as well.
- Freedom Of Speech Non-Negotiable (Hindu, Robert McCrum, Sep 21, 2005)
Orhan Pamuk's fate is a matter of the gravest international concern. His role as his country's unofficial conscience has placed him at odds with those forces of reaction that oppose Turkey's application to join the enlarged EU.
- Some Uncomfortable Questions (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Sep 21, 2005)
ON JULY 14 and 15, Hindustan Times launched its Mumbai edition by publishing the transcripts of an alleged conversation that took place between the two famous Bollywood stars, Salman Khan and Aishwarya Rai, on its front page.
- Iran And The Invention Of A Nuclear Crisis (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Sep 21, 2005)
The world has forgotten everything and learned nothing from the charade over weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.
- Isro Plans To Launch 10 Satellites In Four Years (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2005)
A Rs. 3,000-crore investment will facilitate telecom, broadcasting and meteorological services; Cartosat launch next year
- N Korea Goes Back On 6-Nation N-Deal (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2005)
Pyongyang’s claim that it will not give up nuclear weapons until the US provides civilian atomic reactors undermines the agreement reached in Beijing.
- India Plans 12 Satellites In 4 Years (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2005)
OBSERVERS OF India and China in Western capitals are often perplexed by the current obsession about these two Asian nations growing share of world trade and expanding economic profiles, which at best are rated as "modest and steady".
According to late
- Advocate Of Human Dignity (Hindu, R. VIJAYASANKAR, Sep 20, 2005)
A tireless propagandist imbued with an extraordinary zeal for social transformation
- Icmr To Create Indigenous Stem Cell Facility (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2005)
The National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health Mumbai has been granted Rs 5 crore to establish a 6,000 sq ft stem cell section
- Pioneer Private Water Provider Makes Waves In India (Reuters, Rina Chandran, Sep 20, 2005)
Factories and homes in one Tamil Nadu town have clean, reliable water supplies for the first time thanks a new private sector plant, but while industrialists are happy, consumer groups are worried.
- Indian Pro-American (Daily Excelsior, Ravinder Vohra, Sep 20, 2005)
The world at large may be expecting a shift in the foreign policy of India by the coronation of the UPA Government in New Delhi. But the adoption of a pro American policy by Dr Manmohan Singh has confused the world in general and the western powers
- Pakistan's Cry: Parity (Daily Excelsior, T S Rao, Sep 20, 2005)
The much-anticipated Pakistani campaign for the US to treat Islamabad on par with India has finally begun.
- Navy Conducts Campus Selections In Six Dists In State (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2005)
Under its reintroduced University Entry Scheme, Indian Navy is holding campus screening to select candidates for Service Selection Board (SSB) interviews
- World Bank Expert To Mediate Pak-India Dam Row (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2005)
A World Bank-appointed expert will visit Pakistan and India next month to try to resolve a row between the nuclear-armed rivals over a dam New Delhi is building in the disputed Kashmir region, Pakistan said on Monday.
- A Diplomatic Disaster (Deccan Herald, G Parthasarathy, Sep 20, 2005)
Manmohan Singh made a blunder by getting involved in Kashmir- centric discussions with Gen Musharraf
- The Jumbo Highway (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2005)
Karnataka is the first in the country to notify an Elephant Corridor and two of them are already in place including the Kanniyanpura Corridor near Moyar River at the Bandipur National Park and the Bekkattur Arabikere Corridor that connects the . . .
- His Name Was Sukses (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Sep 20, 2005)
Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee was in Jakarta on 25 August; there he signed an agreement with Benny Santoso of the Salim group
- Demolishing Cultural Heritage (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 20, 2005)
Will somebody in government step forward and explain why Karachi’s Beaufort Building — an imposing sandstone relic dating from the Raj era — is being demolished despite its protected status?
- Waste Water A Valuable Resource (Deccan Herald, Rosalind Ezhil K , Sep 20, 2005)
The new sewage treatment plant in Cubbon park recycles 1.5 million litres of water a day. This will offset the water requirements of 10,000 people.
- Rs. 9,600 Crores For Developing Backward Areas: Dharam Singh (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2005)
Foundation stone laid for High Court circuit Bench building in Gulbarga
Budgetary allocation for irrigation projects increased by Rs. 929 crores
All ongoing irrigation projects to be completed by November
- A Premature Initiative (Dawn, Shameem Akhtar, Sep 19, 2005)
The meeting of the foreign ministers of Pakistan and Israel at Istanbul on September 1 is believed to be the first formal contact between the two governments.
- Innocents Have Nothing To Fear About Narcoanalysis’ (Deccan Herald, Dipti Nair, Sep 19, 2005)
“It is the most humane approach to upholding the criminal justice system.” Dr S Malini Forensic expert
- Non-Proliferation Is Coming Home To Roost (Daily Excelsior, Brigadier (Retd.) S. N. Sachadeva, Sep 19, 2005)
The nuclear deal between India and the US has come up with opposition among members of the US Congress, and Iran is one of the bones of contention.
- Karnataka To Spend Rs. 9,600 Crores On Backward Regions (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2005)
Foundation stone laid for High Court circuit Bench building in Gulbarga
- Space Command Proposal Shot Down (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2005)
The Government has turned down the Air Force's proposal to create a separate command for protection and better utilisation of the country's assets in space, according to sources.
- "Merkel May Favour India" (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Sep 19, 2005)
A conservative coalition between the Christian Democrats (CDU-CSU) and the Free Democrats (FDP) would,
- Need For Reproductive Health Education For Adolescents Stressed (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2005)
Study reveals delay in giving medical attention by healthcare provider
- From Physicians To Pharmacists–I (Greater Kashmir, GEER MUHAMMAD ISHAQ, Sep 19, 2005)
With the advent of complex and sedentary life styles, fast changing dietary habits, rapid increase in population and emergence of contemporary disorders,
- If The Heart Beats Too Fast (Tribune, John Briley, Sep 19, 2005)
Several readers have asked recently if their hearts were beating too fast during strenuous cardio exercise. Should they worry if their heart rates exceed 90 percent of maximum?
- Training Politicians Doesn’T Work (Indian Express, Sushila Ramaswamy, Sep 19, 2005)
Former Chief Election Commissioner T.N. Seshan has announced the opening of a school for training professional politicians under the auspices of the Maharashtra Institute of Technology modelled after the John F. Kennedy School of Government at . . .
- The Thinking Indian? (Indian Express, Ananya Vajpeyi, Sep 19, 2005)
In an interview published last month in The New York Times, V S Naipaul has pronounced that there are no thinkers in India today.
- Change Procedure (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Sep 19, 2005)
The state government could solve the problem of unemployment to a great extent if only it refers the vacancies to the recruiting agencies and makes some changes in the recruitment process. Every now and then,
- Losing Shine (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2005)
Are Bangalore’s glory days over? Is the short-sighted approach of the ruling coalition in Karnataka and its apathy towards the city ‘s infrastructure needs,
- To Be Better Prepared Next Time (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2005)
Extracts from the government of India’s status report on Disaster Management in India, August 2004
- Taking A Call On Emotional Labour (Business Line, S. Subramanyan , Sep 19, 2005)
The first conclave of call centre unions are on in Mumbai. Problems facing the call-centre workers such as `abusive client calls',
- Case Of The Lawyer Wife (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Sep 19, 2005)
The finance minister is an honourable man. We have therefore to accept, and with grace,
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