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Articles 12021 through 12120 of 16306:
- Selling The United States Of America In India (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jul 21, 2005)
STATECRAFT The Government needs to prepare itself to lead an open debate in which no issue is beyond democratic scrutiny.
- Manmohan And Bush Face Domestic Critics (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma , Jul 21, 2005)
While both the Left and the Right are flaying the prime minister’s move the Bush critics are saying he has been too kind to India.
- Ge To Invest $63 M In Tech Parks Fund (Deccan Herald, DH news, Jul 21, 2005)
GE Commercial Finance Real Estate will invest $63 million (About Rs 270 crore) in a newly launched Indian technology parks fund to take advantage of a boom in the country’s services outsourcing industry, it said on Wednesday
- No Sanctity About Bush Promise: Nuclear (Hindu, T.S. Subramanian, Jul 21, 2005)
"There is nothing to shake the champagne bottle" in the Joint Statement issued by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President George W. Bush that the U.S. "will work to achieve full civil nuclear energy cooperation with India," according to former top off
- Deal To Supply Fuel To Tarapur Symbolic (Hindu, N. Ravi, Jul 21, 2005)
The Tarapur nuclear power plant had long gone past its intended life cycle and the agreement to supply fuel to the plant was more of symbolic than real long-term value. The joint statement, however, went far beyond fuel supply to providing India access to
- A New Nuclear Era (Washington Post, Editorial, Washington Post, Jul 20, 2005)
The bush administration is known for gambles, and Monday's about-face on nuclear cooperation with India qualifies as such.
- Vikram Sarabhai's Vision And Slv-3 (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 20, 2005)
Twenty-five years ago, on July 18, 1980, with the successful flight of Space Launch Vehicle-3, India became one of the few countries capable of launching satellites.
- Chandigarh Is It (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 18, 2005)
City attracts industry, needs better infrastructure
- ‘science Can Be Very Fulfilling’ (Deccan Herald, Sunil Kumar M, Jul 18, 2005)
Prof P Balaram, a distinguished scientist, has been appointed director of India’s premier research institute, Indian Institute of Science. Prof Balaram is a well-known biologist and the editor of Current Science
- Space Story That Began 25 Years Ago (Hindu, T.S. Subramanian, Jul 18, 2005)
The "fantastic success" rocketed India into the exclusive space club
- It-Based Healthcare Systems Launched (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2005)
Remote villages getting benefit of medical sciences through SatCom: ISRO chief
- Universities Are Too Important To Be Surrendered To Dictates Of The Market (Business Line, D. Murali , Jul 16, 2005)
If your kid has finished school and is now entering university, you probably have new worries to lose sleep over.
- In The Picture (Times of India, ARCHANA JAHAGIRDAR, Jul 16, 2005)
Yesterday's villain, today's hero. Camera mobile phones till recently were in the news for all the wrong reasons in many parts of the world.
- 3 Ethnic Pakistanis Named (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Jul 14, 2005)
Hunt focuses on the mastermind
- ‘we Need A Cyber Crime Law’ (Deccan Herald, KALYAN RAY, Jul 14, 2005)
First the MMS clip. Then the Bazee incident. Then the Mphasis case in Pune. And now the BPO scandal involving Karan Bahree.
- Wipro Bids For Gm’S Outsourcing Contract (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2005)
Wipro Ltd. is the only Indian outsourcing company bidding for a piece of a large General Motors contract, its US chief said on Tuesday.
- Towards Unravelling Evolution (Deccan Herald, U R RAO, Jul 14, 2005)
The successful manoeuvring of an unmanned space probe, Deep Impact, to chase and then collide head-on with the speeding comet Tempel-1,
- Motorola Sets Up R&d Centre In Bangalore (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2005)
Motorola Inc, a global leader in integrated communications, said on Wednesday it had opened two research and design centres in India and Taiwan, as part of a move to develop technology in the Asia Pacific market.
- Gas Pipeline: Pak To Include Security Issues (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2005)
Broad-based discussions were held to ensure that India and Pakistan get gas at ‘reasonable prices’
- The Power Of Mobility (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 13, 2005)
Reducing tariffs on handsets is a necessary step in closing the digital divide
- Shuttle's Back, But Is Nasa? (Yahoo! News, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 12, 2005)
The shuttle Discovery's scheduled takeoff Wednesday will return
NASA's grounded space program to flight.
- Lessons From A Collision (Times of India, DAVID GRINSPOON, Jul 12, 2005)
On Sunday night, NASA fired a three-foot-wide, 820-pound copper barrel directly into the path of a nine-mile-long, potato-shaped comet by the name of Tempel 1.
- Indians Create Rural Info System (Hindu, Anand Parthasarathy, Jul 10, 2005)
Win $6000 prize at Microsoft contest
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Four Delhi students make innovative use of FM radio to deliver vital information to farmers
- The Iceman Comet (Times of India, MUKUL SHARMA, Jul 09, 2005)
In H G Wells's 1906 novel, In The Days Of The Comet, a comet smashes into Earth releasing a green vapour that puts everyone to sleep.
- Deep Impact (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 09, 2005)
Study of Tempel 1 will give us a glimpse of the past
- Robotic (Not Human) Missions Deliver Big Bang (Yahoo! News, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 08, 2005)
Deep Impact probe, which smashed into a comet Monday, was a big hit. In fact, it was a billion hits. That's how many computer "hits" NASA's Web site recorded in just 24 hours around the event.
- What Is The Right Cell Number? (Telegraph, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 08, 2005)
THE TELECOM REGULATORY Authority of India's recent move to introduce stringent reporting norms on subscriber base by mobile companies is a step in the right direction.
- Iti's Gsm Unit In U.P. On Stream (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 08, 2005)
Sonia Gandhi inaugurates the Mankapur facility
- A Murder Mystery In Reverse (Deccan Herald, Tim Radford, Jul 07, 2005)
Nasa’s Deep Impact mission was more than a triumph in human patience. It was also a lesson in humility
- Accounting For Disappearing Coins At Unmanned Public Telephones (Business Line, D. Murali , Jul 07, 2005)
EAC or the Expert Advisory Committee is a font of wisdom that lies hidden in an otherwise bureaucratic accounting regulatory body.
- Distant Encounter (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 06, 2005)
Probing the origins of life...
- Isro To Upgrade Pslv For Carrying Heavier Chandrayaan (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 06, 2005)
Initially Chandrayaan-1’s dry mass was pegged on 465 kg, with new additions, weight of the payload without on-board fuel has increased to 490 kgs.
- Now Make Payments By Mobile! (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 04, 2005)
Thanks to Indian inventor and telecom guru Sam Pitroda you can now buy goods and pay for them through your cell phone; or send emergency medical reports to your doctor on your mobile; or wire cash anywhere in the world by clicking a few buttons on your...
- Power To The People (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2005)
Nuclear power has long been promoted as a cheap, clean source of fuel. But in fact it may be more expensive than we think. This is a good time to look at other sources of energy.
- Experimental Fusion Reactor In France (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 02, 2005)
The troubled negotiations over where to site the world's largest nuclear fusion reactor, the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), came to an end in Moscow on June 28 with the international consortium agreeing to build it at Cadarache..
- India Can Be America's Best Friend (International Herald Tribune, Brahma Chellaney , Jul 01, 2005)
At a time when anti-Americanism has spread across the globe, a new poll shows that more people in India have a positive view of the United States than in any other nation surveyed. The poll, conducted by the Pew Global Attitudes Project, raises . . .
- Connecting Villages With Low-Cost Technology (Tribune, Rajendra Prabhu, Jul 01, 2005)
A medical diagnostic kit with stethoscope, ECG, etc connects to a doctor far away for just Rs 10,000. A cash dispensing ATM costing only Rs 30,000. An entire village kiosk equipment with multi-media PC, digital camera, photo quality printer, fax...
- Non-Proliferation Today (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, Jun 30, 2005)
The Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) signed in 1968 had three essential facets. The treaty envisaged that only those powers that possessed nuclear weapons prior to its being signed could possess nuclear weapons.
- Should The Imd Monopolise Monsoon Forecasts? (Hindu, R. Ramachandran, Jun 29, 2005)
The Department of Science and Technology's directive that no agency other than the IMD can make public the annual long-range monsoon forecast could set a dangerous precedent.
- Mastery Of Mystery (Deccan Herald, Leela Ramaswamy, Jun 29, 2005)
Life’s like colour — it runs away from where it belongs and sticks where you abhor it
- Natural Gas Find Larger Than Stated, Says Modi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 29, 2005)
Gas production expected to commence by December 2007
- Speak Softly (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 29, 2005)
Cricket, for its own survival, has to reinvent itself. When in the Seventies it was perceived that test matches were becoming dull, the one day variety of the game was thought of.
- Changed Game (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 29, 2005)
Cricket, for its own survival, has to reinvent itself. When in the Seventies it was perceived that test matches were becoming dull, the one day variety of the game was thought of.
- Navy Launches Fac Vessel (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 29, 2005)
Aiming at intense surveillance in and around coastal waters and island territories, the Indian Navy’s Fast Attack Craft (FAC) vessel was launched on Tuesday.
- Complex Deal Marks Videocon’S Buyout (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 29, 2005)
This acquisition gives Videocon manufacturing facilities in Poland, Mexico and China, along with patent rights and latest technology.
- Handset Market In India Valued At 8805 Cr (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 29, 2005)
The Indian mobile handset market was worth Rs 8805 crore in 2004-05 out of which share of GSM handset was 84 per cent at Rs 7384 crore with Nokia capturing a sizable chunk of marketshare at 62.3 per cent
- Rs. 12,000 Cr. To Be Spent On Missiles (Hindu, T.S. Subramanian, Jun 29, 2005)
Investment will have a big impact on economy''
- There Was No Hidden Agenda, Mr. Nariman (Hindu, V. R. Krishna Iyer , Jun 28, 2005)
Why the Bench constituted to reconsider the basic structure doctrine in tune with the values of the secular, socialist, democratic republic was dissolved abruptly is still unclear.
- Bpo Scandal Is A Freak Case (Indian Express, Subimal Bhattacharjee, Jun 28, 2005)
The recent case involving an employee of a Gurgaon-based marketing agency, who allegedly sold privacy data pertaining to 2 lakh British citizens to an undercover operation of the British tabloid Sun has occasioned a great deal of discussion in the media..
- Protecting Farmers From World Markets (Business Line, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Jun 28, 2005)
A SPATE of suicides by the pepper farmers of Kerala's Waynad district has been reported. The price of black pepper had scaled to Rs 270 a kg a few years ago.
- Bis Platinum Jubilee Report: `Build On Financial Stability' (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Jun 28, 2005)
Central banks the world over have to shed the business-as-usual approach and consolidate the gains made so far in their quest for maintaining international financial stability through the cooperative efforts of all stakeholders.
- Exports From State Increase To Rs. 61,800 Crores In 2004-05 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 28, 2005)
Boom in computer software, biotech sector drive growth
- Isro Ties Up With Esa For Moon Mission (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 28, 2005)
The European Space Agency (ESA) will partner with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for India's unmanned mission to the Moon,
- `Privatise And Incentivise Transport Infrastructure' (Business Line, Raja Simhan T. E., Jun 27, 2005)
Norasia as a shipping line focused on the East-West trades before being acquired by the Compañía Sudamericana de Vapores (CSAV),
- Brief Case: Present Daze (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 27, 2005)
When in the chronicle of wasted sound bytes they sum up all the mindless observations made by people who should have known better, some truly outstanding ones will be discovered
- Cultural Stumbling Blocks To Excellence (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Jun 27, 2005)
India's culture — social and political — is the stumbling block to setting up a world-class research university.
- Protein Rich Oil Seed Cakes (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2005)
The economy of oilseed processing in India has been essentially geared to production of oils. However, oilseeds are also a valuable source of edible proteins.
- What Hinders Punjab’S Growth (Tribune, S.S. Johl, Jun 27, 2005)
Stagnating agriculture or even a slow-growth agriculture is not the answer to the income problems of the agricultural/ rural population of the state.
- Agenda To Put India On Stem Cell Research Map (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2005)
We will move to cell-based therapies, individualised treatment for patients: Anbumani
- Agrarian Crisis: Insights Of The Farmers (Hindu, M. S. Swaminathan , Jun 27, 2005)
Among the serious problems confronting them, farmers see access to water, credit, technology, and market as the most important.
- 3 Generations Of A Digital Chip `Made In India' (Hindu, Anand Parthasarathy, Jun 27, 2005)
As the Bangalore development centre of U.S. chipmaker Analog devices gets set to celebrate its first decade, her 120-plus engineers have notched up a significant achievement.
- Growing Discord In Europe (Dawn, Shadaba Islam, Jun 26, 2005)
The recent ill-fated European Union summit will probably be remembered as one of the worst in the bloc’s history.
- Centre Sets Up Task Force On Tigers (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2005)
``10 big cats killed in the past two years in Sariska''
- Entire Environmental Clearance Process Has Been Subverted, Says Jayalalithaa (Hindu, CP Bhambri, Jun 26, 2005)
Chief Minister expresses inability to participate in the inaugural function
- `English Must Be Taught From First Standard In Govt. Schools' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2005)
Seminar opposes depriving children of the poor of the opportunity
- Bengal Government Plans New It Hub (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2005)
Global bids would be invited within this year
- Military-Level Information Security For General Use (Hindu, Anand Parthasarathy, Jun 26, 2005)
Indian engineers have delivered a robust communication system "Now the civilian sector in India can not only access levels of security hitherto unavailable but also manage its own `keys' using a smart card"
- A Programme For Parliamentary Interns (Hindu, Vijayashri Sripati , Jun 26, 2005)
The Canadian system can be run by a respectable non-government agency free from partisan politics
- ``Ministry Bulldozed Into According Clearance'' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2005)
Startling, unseemly haste to organise launch function of Sethu Canal Project: Jayalalithaa
- Gandhi’S Bad Faith (Telegraph, MUKUL KESAVAN, Jun 26, 2005)
Gandhi returned to Indian politics in 1915. While trying to understand his politics, we should bear in mind that he was forty-six years old and had been an NRI for nearly a quarter of a century.
- Lost Energy (Washington Post, Editorial, Washington Post, Jun 26, 2005)
Here's a Prediction : At some point -- maybe 10 years from now, maybe 20 -- the energy bill currently wending its way through the Senate will be seen as an enormously significant lost opportunity.
- Improper Use Leading To Water Wastage (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2005)
Inefficient urban environmental planning has resulted in loss of available potential water resources, said Mr P S Rana, Secretary, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India.
- Singapore Alliance (Dawn, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 25, 2005)
The special economic agreement will benefit both countries in the long term.
- Hang Democracy! (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 25, 2005)
It takes little time to make a blunder — but a great deal more to undo it. It is understandable that a man of culture would feel particularly at home in Calcutta’s Nandan complex
- Life On Other Planets (Hindu, Seth Shostak, Jun 24, 2005)
Last Week, astronomers announced that they had made a giant breakthrough by finding something small.
- Scientists Take On Science Media (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Jun 24, 2005)
Sensationalim and "headline-grabbing" are more the stuff of tabloids but now an internationally respected academic journal is facing allegations of "scare-mongering" and "desperate headline-seeking"
- Times View: Genius Can Thrive At An Advanced (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 24, 2005)
In keeping with our perennial obsession with youth, a recent study has apparently established that 29 is the age at which one is likely to come up with one's first big idea.
- A Tribute To George Dantzig — To Him, Impossible Was Nothing (Business Line, Niranjan Krishnan, Jun 24, 2005)
A YOUNG student walks into the classroom. He is late and finds the professor well into his lecture. He notices two problems written on the blackboard. He thinks they are routine assignments and copies them down in his notebook.
- The Chip Master (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 24, 2005)
Jack Kilby was a giant. He became a giant because he managed to shrink electronics to a remarkable degree.
- Counterview: When You’Re Young The Light Bulb Flashes On (Times of India, HIMANI DALMIA, Jun 24, 2005)
Einstein evolved his general theory of rela-tivity in 1907, when he was 28. Picasso's most important work,
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