|
|
|
|
|
|
Articles 11521 through 11620 of 16306:
- Science As Fiction (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 15, 2005)
I reach for a cardigan when the weather report says the temperature has dipped by five degrees. I take it off when told that the mercury is rising.
- United Nations To The Rescue (Of Itself) (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 15, 2005)
Humanity's ability to speak with one voice is still a recent phenomenon in history.
- Dream Merchant (Telegraph, Sumanta Sen, Sep 15, 2005)
Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee seems desperately hopeful that his state’s transformation will yield fringe benefits for all, says Sumanta Sen
- Growing Economies, Tardy Progress (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2005)
The Human Development Report 2005 of the United Nations Development Programme draws urgent attention to the need for substantial progress in meeting the Millennium Development Goals by 2015,
- Cii, Dubai Tourism Ink Mou To Boost Trade Ties (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2005)
Dubai’s Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM), on Monday, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) ...
- Work On Desalination Plant Soon (Hindu, T. Ramakrishnan, Sep 14, 2005)
100 MLD project at Manali to treat seawater through reverse osmosis
- Cm, Deputy Differ On It Boycott (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2005)
Deputy Chief Minister MP Prakash in a hard hitting response to the IT sector said the City’s strength is in its hard working people not infrastructure.
- State Of Women’S Rights (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2005)
A report says the Islamabad chapter of the Women’s Action forum (WAF) is being resuscitated. There is no mention in the report why and how it was allowed to die in the first place. Maybe the bureaucratic atmosphere of the capital was stifling.
- Rice In A Private Grip (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Sep 14, 2005)
The biological inheritance of the world's major food crop is now in the hands of a Swiss multinational
- India’S Largest Nuclear Plant To Begin Operations Shortly (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2005)
The fourth unit at Tarapur Atomic Power Plant (TAPP-4), has started its commercial operation at least six months ahead of schedule.
- Stop Fighting (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2005)
The IT.in has become an event to vent frustration
- Reuters Summit - Cisco Sees India As Most Attractive Market (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2005)
Cisco Systems Inc., the largest maker of Internet equipment, sees India at the top of its list of markets to work in, Cisco Senior Vice President Howard Charney said at the Reuters Asia Technology and Telecoms Summit on Tuesday.
- Iran Breaking Iaea Seals (Daily Excelsior, SREEDHAR, Sep 14, 2005)
On August 10, 2005 Iran has begun to remove the seals placed by United Nations at its nuclear conversion facility in Isfahan, enabling it to operate the plant more freely.
- Beware `Proactive Synergy Restructuring Teams' (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 14, 2005)
Restructuring is a happening thing.
- Communist Internationalism! (Indian Express, Balbir K Punj, Sep 14, 2005)
South Block’s nonchalant attitude towards Israel’s withdrawal from the Gaza strip betrays Leftist influence.
- Examining The Exam (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 14, 2005)
India's most prestigious competitive examination at the school-leaving level — the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) conducted by the seven Indian Institutes of Technology
- Samurai Koizumi Rides Again (Indian Express, Satyajit Mohanty, Sep 14, 2005)
The results of the 9/11 elections in Japan reconfirmed the hold of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP),
- Eat As Much As You Like (Tribune, Jeremy Laurance, Sep 14, 2005)
What would happen if, instead of eating three modest meals a day, we ate one big one? Or, instead of snacking between meals - “grazing” - we consumed all our calories once every 24 hours?
- From Paris With Love (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 14, 2005)
India's relations with France acquired greater warmth ....
- Weaving In Technology To Wrap Up Textile Exports (Business Line, Jangoo Dalal, Sep 14, 2005)
In the quota-free world, no one doubts that textile production will eventuallybecome Asia-centric and the two countries that stand to gain the most will be China and India.
- French Toast (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 13, 2005)
India's relations with France have always been overshadowed by its ties with the UK, on the one hand, and the US, on the other.
- N-Deal With Paris Too, Delhi To Buy French Subs (Indian Express, Kamlendra Kanwar, Sep 13, 2005)
New Delhi's ties with Paris, warming up after Indian Airlines opted for 43 Airbus aircraft,
- The Myth Of A Global Savings Glut (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Sep 13, 2005)
There is substantial agreement that international imbalances in growth and balance of payments performance are a source of global fragility. But disagreements persist on the source of those imbalances. C. P. Chandrasekhar and Jayati Ghosh discuss
- Rbi's Annual Report 2004-05 — Pervading Optimism, Major Concerns (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Sep 13, 2005)
Revival of the South-West monsoon, a stronger manufacturing sector, high corporate profitability, buoyant equity market, robust merchandise exports and imports, and sustained demand for non-food credit, all point to bright prospects for the economy ...,
- Measurement Of Corruption (Daily Excelsior, H C Katoch, Sep 13, 2005)
The J&K State is ranked as No. 2 in corruption amongst all the states of the country by a NGO.
- Accenture's New Facility (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2005)
The centre on Old Mahabalipuram Road can house 2,500 seats
- Power Ministry Opposes Weakening Of Regulators (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2005)
Tariff-based competitive bidding for transmission projects
- A Jewel Crafted By Nature (Hindu, G. Ananthakrishnan, Sep 13, 2005)
About a wildlife haven and a people determined to pass this living heritage on to generations unborn
- Taking Lessons In Flight From Birds And Fish (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2005)
Aviation research is looking at ways to mimic the bird in flight while reducing harmful gas emissions. Body design and materials study are two core areas.
- Amla And Turmeric Prevent Cataract Formation (Deccan Herald, KALYAN RAY, Sep 13, 2005)
Subtle dietary changes can prevent formation of cataracts, says a team of researchers at the National Institute of Nutrition in Hyderabad.
- United Neo-Imperialist Organization (Daily Excelsior, Dr Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Sep 13, 2005)
A summit of the Heads of Governments is being held at the United Nations on 14-16 September, 2005....
- India To Buy 6 Scorpenes From France (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2005)
Indo-French strategic partnership received a major boost today with India announcing its decision to acquire six Scorpene submarines at a cost of three billion US dollars (about Rs 13,000 crore)
- India To Buy Six Scorpene Submarines From France (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2005)
Indo-French strategic partnership received a major boost today with India announcing its decision to acquire six Scorpene submarines . . . ,
- Yes, We Have Done Our Level Best (Greater Kashmir, NISSAR BHAT, Sep 13, 2005)
How satisfied are you after three years?
We are happy and satisfied that we have been able to open the Uri-Muzaffarabad road, which was once a dream.
- Clean Nuclear Fusion Power (Deccan Herald, S Ananthanarayanan, Sep 13, 2005)
Russian scientists have used a laser technique to induce nuclear fusion, which shows promise of energy without radioactive fallout.
- Kalam Urges Priority For Cure Of Killer Diseases (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2005)
Stresses need for mobile clinics in rural areas
- Manmohan Defends India's Record In Nuclear Sector (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Sep 13, 2005)
"Restrictive regimes should be abandoned"
"One of our chief worries is our over-dependence on petroleum imports"
"We are not signatories to the NPT but we already fulfil most of its conditions"
- Take A Fresh Look At India, Says Manmohan Singh (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Sep 13, 2005)
It is a land of opportunity, liberalisation process "irreversible"
Prime Minister meets top French CEOs
India's growth rate expected to reach 10 per cent
India's human wealth may be successfully married to Western technology
- Regime Change In Nuclear Technology Trade, Transfer: Saran (Hindu, Harish Khare , Sep 13, 2005)
French agree to reduce "cost escalations" in Scorpene deal
- Indian Shares Hit New Peak, Techs Gain; Colombo Up (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2005)
Indian shares rose to another record on Tuesday but quickly retreated in choppy trade as investors turned wary. Software services and refiners held gains.
- Finite Ores, Implications For Mineral Policy (Hindu, Aditi Roy Ghatak , Sep 13, 2005)
India's per capita steel consumption is projected to grow from the current 30 kg to 200 kg over the next quarter of a century. One does not need to be a rocket scientist to figure out what should be the policy approach to the country's iron ore reserves.
- Homoeopathy-In The Line Of Fire (Deccan Herald, Venkat Krishnan, Sep 13, 2005)
Many allopaths argue that homoeopathy does not work and that its ‘medicine’ only has a placebo effect.
- Un World Summit 2005: What Is At Stake (Deccan Herald, Eveline Herfkens, Sep 13, 2005)
Neither the developed nor the developing countries can rest on their laurels and need better understanding
- Why India Is In Animation (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 13, 2005)
In 1988, Walt Disney produced Who Framed Roger Rabbit, a motion picture that combined animation and live action to such compelling effect that it won four Oscars and became a modern film classic.
- We Contribute Crores To State’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2005)
The IT sector which has threatened to boycott the IT.in claims it has been contributing crores of rupees to State’s....
- More It Majors Eye Mysore (Deccan Herald, P M Raghunandan, Sep 13, 2005)
The State Government has talked much about developing Mysore into the next IT destination all along. Now it seems to be on the job. The State Information Technology Department has directed Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board (KIADB) to acquire
- India For Stepping Up Ties With France: Manmohan (Hindu, Special Correspondent, The Financial Express, Sep 12, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Sunday that India was committed to further strengthening the "privileged relations of strategic partnership" with France.
- Fringe Benefit Tax: Exempted Items (Hindu, Special Correspondent, The Hindu, Sep 12, 2005)
Concessions to employees by way of allotment of shares, debentures or warrants directly or indirectly under employees stock option plan or scheme are outside the purview of FBT.
- Bhel Plans To Become A Global Player (Hindu, Sushma Ramchandran, Sep 12, 2005)
BHARAT HEAVY Electricals Limited (BHEL) is set to become a global player by acquiring niche technology companies in western Europe and the U.S. in the same way that oil companies have been making forays abroad.
- Rbi's Difficult Prescription For Economy (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Sep 12, 2005)
Even as it implies the criticality of the current upsurge being nurtured to realise the full industrial growth potential, the RBI annual report makes no bones about infrastructure bottlenecks. Here the subdued performance of the infrastructure sector, esp
- Heritage Sites Commission To Be Set Up Soon (Hindu, Staff Reporter , Sep 12, 2005)
Director-General of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) Babu Rajiv on Sunday said that a Heritage Sites Commission would be set up by the Centre to ensure conservation of historical monuments in the country.
- "Science Without Conscience Is Worse Than No Science" (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI, Sep 12, 2005)
Jacques Diouf,Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organisation, has strong views on the issue of genetically modified organisms. In an interview, he says we need to put in place an internationally agreed regulatory framework.
- Pm Meets Chirac Today, It Will Give Some Elbow Room On Iran (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Sep 12, 2005)
A strong French support for ending India’s atomic isolation and the joint exploration of ways to delay, if not prevent, a confrontation between US and Iran over Tehran’s n-programme are likely to be the highlights of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s talks
- Don’T Just Research, Use It: World Food Man (Indian Express, Nirmala Ganapathy, Sep 12, 2005)
Word has spread among Andhra’s fish farmers that the man who pioneered the Blue Revolution and won this year’s World Food Prize, now lives among them.
- N-Ties, Meetings With Bush, Hu And Musharraf Top Ny Agenda (Indian Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 12, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will look to expand ties in key sectors like nuclear energy, defence and space during his brief trip to Paris on way to New York, where he will focus on UN reforms and expansion of the Security Council. Singh will also hold
- Lessons From The Past (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 12, 2005)
It is difficult to define September 11, 2001. Was it an example of macabre poetic justice or an enactment of a revenge tragedy? To seek an answer, one must go back in time to another September 11, now almost lost in the annals of history.
- Pm Tells Pak To End Infiltration (Deccan Herald, PTI, Sep 12, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Gen Musharraf will, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session in New York, review the Indo-Pak peace process.
- Denmark's Success Formula: No Fairy Tale (Business Line, Mohan Murti, Sep 12, 2005)
ON THE 200th birthday of Hans Christian Andersen, my wife and I drove over to the quaint island of Fiona in Denmark, where Odense is located. It was here that the famous story-teller was born
- Give Them Back The Childhood They Have Lost (Deccan Herald, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 12, 2005)
The unfortunate engineering and medical students who took their own lives recently would possibly have thrived in other disciplines.
- Pm Eyes Boost In Indo-French Relations (Indian Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 11, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday left for Paris enroute New York saying New Delhi was committed to further strengthen the privileged relations of strategic partnership that exists between India and France.
- Chopping Off The Nose For Fear Of Catching Cold (Deccan Herald, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 11, 2005)
The ban on cell phones on campus by Visvesvaraya Technological University is not justified at all. This is the era of information and technology. Students and teachers need to use technology. What they should concentrate on is its use and obviously not it
- Winning The Big Fight (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2005)
In their weaker bodies lie stronger desires. In their limitations lies their greatest strength. L Subramani profiles the success stories of some 'disabled' people who broke their shackles by sheer determination and the power of their dreams.
- We Welcome Fdi, But With Some Riders’ (Indian Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 11, 2005)
We have no double standards on the issue. The CPI(M) is not opposed to FDI per se. In the last party congress we adopted the policy that we will allow FDI only if it generates employment, brings in new technology and augments the existing productive capac
- Dancing With The Red Dragon (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 11, 2005)
India and Pakistan should take a leaf out of China’s savvy economic diplomacy with Taiwan, reports Pallavi Aiyar
- Winning The Big Fight (Deccan Herald, Srivasta Krishna, Sep 11, 2005)
In their weaker bodies lie stronger desires. In their limitations lies their greatest strength. L Subramani profiles the success stories of some 'disabled' people who broke their shackles by sheer determination and the power of their dreams.
- Time To Kick The Barrel Habit (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Sep 10, 2005)
Crude prices are just below $70, twice their level of five years ago. Five years is a long time in economics, innovation and technology. Yet India, transfixed by its dependence on crude oil and obsessed with pricing formulae, has been too slow to respond
- Poised To Grow (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 10, 2005)
While the outcome of the just-concluded Sixth India-European Union (EU) summit signals that the two sides are poised to enter a phase of enhanced engagement, whether they will follow up the positive words with action remains to be seen.
- Wishful Facts (Business Standard, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 10, 2005)
In a TV poll conducted hours before Sania Mirza’s fourth round match against Maria Sharapova in the US Open, a full 82 per cent of those taking part in the poll predicted a Mirza victory. In another poll, 55 per cent felt Sharapova would be under greater
- Us Rejects Pak Demand For N-Parity With India (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 10, 2005)
Rejecting Pakistan’s demand for parity with India in accessing civilian nuclear technology, the US has said the landmark accord with New Delhi was a “mechanism to deepen” further its commitment to international non-proliferation.
- U.S. And The Middle East (Hindu, Simon Tisdall, Sep 10, 2005)
Despite claims that it is spreading democracy in the Arab world the general feeling is that the U.S. doesn't want to push the ballot box too much for fear of an unwelcome result.
- India-U.S. Deal And The Nuclear Ceiling (Hindu, R. Rajaraman, Sep 10, 2005)
India will suffer no loss of security if it were to abandon all further production of fissile materials for military purposes and declare all its power reactors open to safeguarding.
- Talk N-Issue Over: India To Iran, Us (Indian Express, Reuters, Sep 10, 2005)
India said on Friday it wanted differences between Iran and the United States on Tehran's nuclear activities to be resolved through talks, as New Delhi walks a diplomatic tightrope in its ties with both nations.
- At E-Gram Panchayat, New Windows Open (Indian Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 10, 2005)
It’s a remote area, surrounded by dense forests and the Aravalli hills. Juna Chamun and three other villages here have a population of 4,500 with most of the people belonging to Scheduled Castes and Other Backward Classes. And only 10 per cent of them own
- Surprise Handshake (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 09, 2005)
The recent meeting between the Pakistani Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri and his Israeli counterpart Silvan Shalom in Istanbul appears to be the first step towards normalisation of Pakistan-Israel relations.
- Blair For Promotion Of Indo-British Educational Links (Deccan Herald, DH news, Sep 09, 2005)
The British Govt seems keen on promoting Indo-British educational ties. This bid is in view of providing students with mutli- cultural experiences.
- Loss Of Soil Carbon "Will Speed Global Warming" (Hindu, Tim Radford, Sep 09, 2005)
ENGLAND'S SOILS have been losing carbon at the rate of four million tonnes a year for the past 25 years — losses which will accelerate global warming and which have already offset all the cuts in Britain's industrial carbon emissions between 1990 and 2002
- Communicate More, Commute Less (Business Line, T. H. Chowdary , Sep 09, 2005)
CRUDE oil prices have crossed $70 a barrel from $35 two years ago, and LNG (liquefied natural gas) at $10 per MMBTU is double that of last year
- Energy Independence (Daily Excelsior, Ajay Kaul, Sep 09, 2005)
It was quite a timely and apt slogan --- Energy Independence by 2030 --- given by President APJ Abdul Kalam considering that India's economy is growing at a fast peace and will be requiring sufficient energy in the coming years if it wants to be a world p
- Blair Announces £10 Million For Exchange Programmes (Hindu, Special Correspondent, The Hindu, Sep 09, 2005)
British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Thursday announced that £10 million would be allocated by the British Government to promote academic and educational exchanges between the two countries.
- India, Uk To Fight Terror, Call For ‘Zero Tolerance’ (Deccan Herald, DH news, Sep 09, 2005)
India and Britain on Thursday resolved to combat the growing menace of terrorism in a bid to promote global peace and security even as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called for an international norm of zero tolerance for terrorism.
Previous 100 Science & Technology Articles | Next 100 Science & Technology Articles
Home
Page
|
|
