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Articles 11921 through 12020 of 16306:
- Providing The Knowledge Edge (Daily Excelsior, Arvinder Kaur, Aug 23, 2005)
To sharpen India's knowl-edge edge in the 21st cen-tury, the Government has set up a Commission which will suggest how knowledge can be used to change the lives of average citizens.
- Skin Cells Converted To Stem Cells (Tribune, Rick Weiss, Aug 23, 2005)
Scientists for the first time have turned ordinary skin cells into what appear to be embryonic stem cells —without having to use human eggs or make new human embryos in the process, as has always been required in the past, a Harvard research team ....
- Engage Positively With Iran (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 23, 2005)
The resumption of Iran's uranium conversion and enrichment activity, with the potential to produce nuclear weapons, after a nine-month freeze and the consequent International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) resolution. . .
- Cruise Missiles In Sub-Continent — The Sino-Pakistani Nexus (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, Aug 23, 2005)
India cannot be too careful about the manner in which China is supplying Pakistan with missiles to give latter the capability to strike at cities all across India.
- What Chance Ipi? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 23, 2005)
Reports emanating from Islamabad suggest that Pakistan, Iran and India are expected to start trilateral negotiations on the IPI gas pipeline by November.
- Europe To Go Into Huddle On Chinese Textiles Quota (Business Line, BATUK GATHANI, Aug 23, 2005)
Realisation that the quota system on Chinese textiles has backfired, has led European officials to "drastically review" the situation. Traders are faced with mounting and, perhaps, unwanted inventory and banks are under pressure to call back overdraft. .
- Demand-Driven Supply Networks — Collaborative Enterprise, The Key (Business Line, Pawan Sohi, Aug 23, 2005)
As a manufacturer, wouldn't you welcome a system where there are no warehouses, inventories or paper invoices, just plug-ins that monitor your supplier network automatically, in real-time, everywhere, simultaneously?
- Power Play In Central Asia (Dawn, Tariq Fatemi, Aug 22, 2005)
While most of the world, and especially local analysts like us, have remained focused (for understandable reasons)
- The West And Asia's Perceived Dominance (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Aug 22, 2005)
Many observers of the global economy have noticed the rising importance of Asia in the global power equation.
- World Bank`s Loan Cap At $3 Billion (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Aug 22, 2005)
The World Bank is willing to lend up to $3 billion over the next three years to help develop rural infrastructure. This amount would, however, come from the bank’s existing lending commitment of $9 billion for the next three years.
- This Is How We Perceive The Problem Of Kashmir-Iii (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Aug 22, 2005)
We are reproducing the full text of the discussion between Muhammad Yasin Malik, Chairman Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front and Omar Abdullah,
- C.N.R. Rao Hailed As Role Model For Young Scientists (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2005)
India is hoping that he gets the world's greatest recognition, says President Kalam
- A New Nuclear Era (Washington Post, Editorial, Washington Post, Aug 20, 2005)
The bush administration is known for gambles, and Monday's about-face on nuclear cooperation with India qualifies as such.
- It.In 2005 To Showcase India As Compelling It Destination (Hindu, Anand Parthasarathy, Aug 19, 2005)
Focus on places other than Bangalore; Mysore incubation centre most successful
New section to highlight `Beyond Bangalore' message
Over 300 participants, including those from abroad, expected
- Digital Pavilion To Be Star Of Mega It Event (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2005)
The four-llane Bangalore-Mysore expressway will be operational from the first week of October to coincide with the event.
- Pvt Mobile Players See Fair Rise In Revenues (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2005)
With GSM mobile tariffs becoming more and more affordable for the common man, private operators have recorded a rising revenue intake.
- Bangalore Remains It Hub Despite Govt Apathy (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2005)
It was around 2002-03, when Bose Corporation, giant in audio components, decided to set up its shop at Hyderabad. But it realised that it will not get professionals with expertise and shifted its operations to Bangalore.
- Kalam For Relaxation Of Norms In Animal Experimentation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2005)
Pharma sector asked to gear itself to face competition in the new IPR regime
- Pc Sales Cross 10 Lakh In Q1 (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2005)
Indian PC market crossed yet another milestone, with sales touching 10.5 lakh units in the first quarter of the fiscal, reports PTI from New Delhi.
- Lack Of Career Growth Forcing People To Leave Bpo Firms (Hindu, Rasheed Kappan, Aug 17, 2005)
Providing education opportunities to staff may help in retaining them: expert
India has one of the lowest retention rates
Indian BPO sector's attrition rate at 25 to 35 per cent
e-learning emerges as an attractive proposition
- The Ever-Growing Impact Of It (Business Line, Mirza Viquar Ahmed, Aug 16, 2005)
The Rapid growth of ITES-BPO (Information Technology-Enabled Services-Business Process Outsourcing) and the IT industry as a whole is having a deep impact on the socio-economic dynamics of India.
- Tn Student Extracts Bio-Diesel From Vegetable Oil (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2005)
A student of Madurai Kamaraj University here, helped by a research scholar, has successfully extracted bio-diesel from residual vegetable oil
- Sme Package: Lingering Lacunae (Hindu, P. M. Mathew, Aug 15, 2005)
The basic issue is a lack of vision of the Government on the role of a vital sub-sector of the economy
There is need for a professional approach to SME policy through proper coordination of initiatives of different agencies
- Institution-Industry Partnership (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Aug 14, 2005)
Senior Faculty members and administrators from academic institutions, technical and management institutions attended the NASSCOM-HR Summit in Chennai on July19 and 20. Except the Vice-Chancellor of Anna University and the Director of a Management School,
- The Saga Of Discovery (Deccan Herald, U R RAO, Aug 13, 2005)
No mistakes can be allowed in space, as even the smallest of faults can lead to a major catastrophe
- Playing God (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 12, 2005)
All countries must ban reproductive cloning while allowing therapeutic cloning
- Worldwide Wonder (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2005)
The 10th 10th birthday of the internet as a mass phenomenon is rightly being celebrated this week to mark a decade since the explosive stock market debut of Netscape,
- Icici To Roll Out 200 Micro-Credit Entities (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2005)
ICICI Bank which has decided to roll out 200 micro-credit organisations by 2008-09,
- Shuttle Difference (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 11, 2005)
Robotic space missions should be the norm now
- India Could Lead In Stem Cell Technology (Times of India, NARAYANI GANESH, Aug 11, 2005)
A century ago, the human body was perceived as the "sacred vessel of the soul" and surgery was considered sacrilege.
- India's Marxists Learn Dialectic For Software: Andy Mukherjee (Bloomberg.com, editorial Bloomberg.com, Aug 11, 2005)
Answering calls from U.S. customers who need help troubleshooting computer bugs or tallying company accounts is a common task in India's outsourcing centers, where such work is usually devoid of political meaning.
- Iran’S N-Conversion Under Iaea (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 10, 2005)
Iran has resumed uranium conversion at its facilities near Isfahan under the IAEA supervision, Mohammad Saeedi, deputy head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organisation told newsmen on Monday.
- Science Fiction With A Local Flavour (Hindu, Murali N. Krishnaswamy, Aug 09, 2005)
Ten sci-fi stories with a local touch, some with a contemporary echo
- Impact Of Crude Price — Rbi May Prefer Status Quo Monetary Policy (Business Line, T. B. Kapali , Aug 08, 2005)
The RBI has stated that an upturn in the inflation numbers would be countered with prompt and effective (monetary policy) action.
- Planet N (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 08, 2005)
Ever since Pluto was discovered in 1930 and designated to be the 9th planet of our solar system, astronomers have looked for the elusive No 10. And discovered a problem.
- Why People Leave (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 05, 2005)
Employee retention is posing a big headache to organisations, especially in the corporate sector, and more particularly in the context of global mobility of talents and skills.
- Us Shift On India Nuclear Policy Tilts Regional Balance (Christian Science Monitor, editorial, Christian Science Monitor, Aug 04, 2005)
Perhaps nowhere else do American foreign policymakers face more contradictions than in the area stretching from Israel to Korea.
- Reliance To Double Refining Capacity (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2005)
Project will be completed in 2008-09
- A Bad Deal With India (Washington Post, Lawrence J. Korb and Peter Ogden, Aug 03, 2005)
Many of the people who are made uncomfortable by President Bush's ideologically driven foreign policy have been pleasantly surprised by his recent decision to supply India with nuclear energy technology.
- Open Source Software Is A Movement That Is Gathering Momentum (Business Line, D. Murali , Aug 03, 2005)
It may be a matter of time before the Rs 9,990-price tag of HCL on the people's PC launched a couple of days ago loses its sheen,
- Mind And Matter (Times of India, MUKUL SHARMA, Aug 02, 2005)
In the science fiction novel The Janis Drive, Earth astronauts come across a derelict alien spacecraft with the skeletal remains of the extraterrestrial pilot still sitting at the controls.
- Power Of The Image (Times of India, KIRAN KARNIK, Aug 01, 2005)
Lessons from satellite broadcasting in India
- Uti-I To Exit From Subsidiaries (Business Line, Sarbajeet K. Sen, Aug 01, 2005)
While the future of UTI Mutual Fund remains hazy, clarity is emerging on the roadmap for its twin outfit - the Specified Undertaking of Unit Trust of India (SUUTI) also called UTI-I.
- Fear Of Job Loss Due To Outsourcing — It Career Loses Sheen Among Us Students (Business Line, Moumita Bakshi Chatterjee, Aug 01, 2005)
Rising salaries and a growing software industry may have made IT one of the most sought-after careers for Indian students.
- Solar Power Can Be Used For Desalination: Kalam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2005)
"Space technology can also solve power shortage"
Information Technology can be used for solving ailments
Edusat will give a boost to spreading knowledge
"The syllabus in colleges should include the latest in different fields"
- Sister Of Memories (Pioneer, Abhijit C Chandra, Jul 29, 2005)
Dearest sister, it is almost a year since you left and though our chats will never take place again during this existence, you seem strangely closer in certain ways.
- Insipid Excuses (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 28, 2005)
The reverberations of the Gurgaon police barbarism continue to rock the nation and Parliament, and understandably so.
- Blissful Slumber (Deccan Herald, ELIZABETH CHERIAN, Jul 28, 2005)
My husband can fall asleep anywhere. He says you must have a clean heart to be able to do so
- President Kalam Reminisces (Hindu, T.S. Subramanian, Jul 28, 2005)
Twenty-five years ago, on July 18, 1980, India joined the space club with the successful flight of the 22-metre-tall, 17-tonne Satellite Launch Vehicle - 3.
- India's Race To Space — From Slv-3 To Chandrayaan (Business Line, Sankar Radhakrishnan , Jul 27, 2005)
From the outside, the building that was once St Mary Magdalene's church at Thumba looks very much like the other churches that dot Kerala's landscape.
- The Iter Project And Energy Security (Hindu, M. R. Srinivasan, Jul 27, 2005)
India with its growing economy and improving living standards is looking for a large source of energy. The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor project could be the way forward
- Problems Of Lca Management (Deccan Herald, Bidanda M Chengappa, Jul 26, 2005)
The DRDO has completed its contribution to the LCA project and the IAF, as the user, should take it over
- Humour: An Aid In Distress (Tribune, Bhai Mahavir, Jul 25, 2005)
Two persons were crossing a jungle in their car when a tiger took after them. Since the route was hardly motorable,
- What Does Nuclear Bargain With Us Entail? ` (Deccan Herald, Jasjit Singh, Jul 25, 2005)
If we do not separate the civilian nuclear facilities from those related to defence, international cooperation will remain a non-starter.
- Tourists Quit Blast-Hit Egyptian Resort (Deccan Herald, Reuters, Jul 25, 2005)
The blasts had instant repercussions on the economy with the benchmark stock exchange index falling 4.5 per cent on Sunday.
- Services Sector Is The New Economic Growth Engine (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2005)
The growth in the services sector aided by the liberalisation in the regulatory framework has taken the country on a higher growth trajectory, writes Aditya Raj Das.
- Pm Clears Mangalore Petro Project (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2005)
The Prime Minister also approved ONGC as a co-promoter of the Mangalore Special Economic Zone along with the State Government.
- Forwards Fit Modern Society's Needs (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 25, 2005)
When e-mails started becoming popular as a convenient and easy way of keeping in touch with friends, family and acquaintances, the 'forward' made its first appearance.
- Championing The Cause Of Environment (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Jul 24, 2005)
Known as one of the top five most powerful persons in Asia and recipient of the Time “Environment Hero Award”, Dr Vandana Shiva now aspires to get a Nobel Peace Prize.
- Lonely Wells Of Hatred (Telegraph, GITHA HARIHARAN, Jul 24, 2005)
When do most of us first encounter hatred? If you are lucky, as so many of us are, the early encounter in childhood is vicarious
- Us-India Nuclear Deal (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 23, 2005)
THE recent Indo-American nuclear deal seems to go beyond the realm of Indo-Pakistan relations and has wider implications.
- The Chase Of Deep-Sea Diving Needs In High Sea Oil Exploration (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 23, 2005)
NO HORSE gets anywhere until he is harnessed. No stream or gas drives anything until it is confined. No Niagara is ever turned into light and power until it is tunnelled. No life ever grows great until it is focussed, dedicated, disciplined.
- The Burden Of Innocence (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 23, 2005)
YESTERDAY'S papers carried a news item that stated that the Government had announced new regulations for issuance of passports and renewal of existing ones with the objective of checking fraud
- The Yuan Effect (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 23, 2005)
THE WEST MAY benefit most from the Chinese nudging their currency, the yuan, into a managed float regime.
- Spaniard And Indian (Telegraph, B.T. Ranadive, Jul 23, 2005)
In 1977, Left Fronts dominated by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) came to power in the states of West Bengal and Kerala. A year later, the CPI(M) leader, B.T. Ranadive, wrote a pungent critique of the parliamentary path to socialism. This took the
- Making Ends Meet With Less (Japan Times, Editorial, Japan Times, Jul 23, 2005)
The fiscal 2005 "Annual Report on the Japanese Economy and Public Finances" pays attention to the impact on the economy of two inevitable demographic changes:
- The British War Crimes Case Is Right (Hindu, Robin Cook, Jul 23, 2005)
The prosecution of British troops helps to protect their own lives in Iraq.
- The Harry Potter Phenomenon (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 22, 2005)
LONG BEFORE THE buzz dies down, and the cash registers stop ringing from the sale of millions of copies of Harry Potter adventures, there is enough in the phenomenon already for marketing pundits to reflect on the question:
- Sorry Sir, That’S Not My Table (Deccan Herald, Suresh Menon, Jul 22, 2005)
Mugabe has become a caricature of an African ruler who gets his way through state-sponsored torture. How can we play cricket there?
- Sc Sets Aside Election Of Cong Mla (Deccan Herald, DH news, Jul 22, 2005)
The Supreme Court has taken serious note of an interpolation (insertion) made by a Returning Officer (RO) on the nomination paper of a BJP candidate, quashing the election of a Congress MLA Surendra Singh Negi in Uttaranchal.
- Thinning Forest Cover (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, Jul 21, 2005)
THE GENERAL trend of a decline in dense forests across the country, as revealed in the State of Forest Report, 2003, is evident in the southern States too.
- Q&a: When The Syringe Threatens To Kill (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 21, 2005)
Every year, 1.3 million people in the developing world die of diseases spread by unsafe injections, estimates the World Health Organisation.
- Issues Of Industrial Expansion (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Jul 21, 2005)
INDUSTRY in Pakistan needs to be greatly diversified to accelerate its growth. That is all the more so in Sindh which has not seen the emergence of a major industrial estate for the last 20 years. That has happened despite the steady inflow of persons fro
- Momentous Visit (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 21, 2005)
PRIME Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit to the United States was, by all means, a momentous one.
- Pak Too Should Demand N Status (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jul 21, 2005)
REPORTS emanating from Washington suggest that US has decided to allow India to acquire the same facilities as accorded to an NPT member State, a move tantamount to recognizing India as a nuclear weapon State. An understanding to this effect is understood
- Gains From New Status (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Jul 21, 2005)
THE India-US nuclear deal has vindicated Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s two statements: that India was not up for sale and that his government would do nothing which would surrender its soveignty.
- A New Nuclear Era (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 21, 2005)
THE Bush administration is known for gambles, and Monday’s about-face on nuclear cooperation with India qualifies as such. By declaring that it would help India build nuclear power plants and import advanced weapons, the administration has made good on it
- Pm: Deal With Us Won’T Blunt Our N-Capabilities (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma , Jul 21, 2005)
Dr Singh said India would meet its obligations in the nuclear deal only after the US implements its commitments to New Delhi’s satisfaction.
- Vajpayee Slams Indo-Us Nuke Agreements (Deccan Herald, DH news, Jul 21, 2005)
Vajpayee said, the Indo-US understanding has caused “concern, even consternation” among nuclear scientists, which the BJP also shared.
- Chinese Team Steps Into Textile City (Hindu, M. Soundariya Preetha, Jul 21, 2005)
Machinery manufacturers make an impression on industry representatives
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