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Articles 13021 through 13120 of 16306:
- Research Without Barriers (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 19, 2005)
The global movement seeking open access to credible research reports took a significant step forward when the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the United States recently unveiled its Public Access Policy that urges the scientific
- Shoot For Indo-Us Missile Ties (Indian Express, K. Subrahmanyam, Feb 18, 2005)
US willingness to share information on missile defence indicates its recognition of the realities of the globalising world and India’s role in it
- The Politics Of Aid (Tribune, Shelley Walia, Feb 18, 2005)
The growing strain on the Earth’s environment caused by global warming or the HIV/AIDS pandemic in the developing world pose a great threat to humanity. HIV alone in South Africa affects more than four million people, and 8,200 succumb to it daily around
- Two Ways To Cook The Books (Asia Times, Priyanka Bhardwaj , Feb 18, 2005)
Most observers of the Indian and Chinese economies have looked at foreign direct investment (FDI) figures as defined by the respective countries without looking at
- Bridging The Rural-Urban Divide (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Feb 18, 2005)
The Council for Advancement of People's Action and Rural Technology aims to encourage and promote voluntary action for the implementation of projects meant to increase rural prosperity, with an emphasis on using technology to make a difference.
- India Innovating To Thrive (Rediff on the Net, Arvind Singhal, Feb 18, 2005)
Despite the Tsunami-ravaged start, this New Year promises to be yet another landmark one for India in more ways than one.
- Saraswati And Spring (Indian Express, LALITA RAMAKRISHNA, Feb 17, 2005)
Vasant Panchami (February 13 this year) is celebrated to herald the beginning of Vasanta Ritu, the spring season. Although the weather is still chilly, the man in the field looks to the warmth of the approaching spring.
- Justice As Self-Purification (Hindu, Jyotirmaya Sharma, Feb 17, 2005)
The report on the anti-Sikh riots offers the Congress a chance to reinvent itself.
- Truth, Confessions And Videotape (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Feb 17, 2005)
Anara Gupta, beauty queen. S.A.R. Geelani, academic. Shankaracharya, spiritual leader. Vicky Thakur, suspected kidnapper. Jammu, Delhi, Chennai, Patna.
- Kyoto Is A Great Leap Forward (Tribune, Hamish McRae, Feb 17, 2005)
After seven years, huge international debate and the freezing out of George Bush’s United States from the international community, the Kyoto Protocol was formally ratified on Wednesday.
- A Public Thinker And His Legacy (Deccan Herald, BOB HERBERT, Feb 17, 2005)
Arthur Miller, in his autobiography, Timebends, quoted the great physicist Hans Bethe as saying, “Well, I come down in the morning and I take up a pencil and I try to think...”
- Alternative Sources Needed (Deccan Herald, Prem Shankar Jha, Feb 17, 2005)
Last month the Prime minister and the Petroleum Minister, Mr Mani Shankar Aiyar, did the nation a service by warning it, at the start of the Petrotech-2005 conference in Delhi, that the days of cheap and abundant fossil energy were behind us, possibly for
- Extracting More (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 17, 2005)
In raising the Customs duty on the palm group of oils by 15 percentage points and reducing their tariff values to reflect international market conditions, the Government has in one masterstroke tried to balance the interests of oilseed growers and consume
- Kyoto — Behind And Beyond (Business Line, N. R. Krishnan , Feb 17, 2005)
The much-debated THE MUCH-DEBATED Kyoto Protocol, which seeks to limit emission of greenhouse gases that cause global warming, came into force on Wednesday. With this, one should expect the end of the debate on the need to have such a measure but....
- India's Creaking Infrastructure (Asia Times, Kunal Kumar Kundu, Feb 17, 2005)
The world's biggest passenger plane ever built, the Airbus A380, has rolled out of the Airbus Industries factory in Toulose, France.
- India Shining (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 17, 2005)
Corporate India is on a fast track of growth. The latest financial figures for nearly 1000 companies for the quarter ended December 2004 clearly indicate that the corporate sector is doing exceptionally well.
- Universities Told To Check Plagiarism (Tribune, Sarah Cassidy, Feb 16, 2005)
UNIVERSITIES have been warned to clamp down on students who cheat because of fears that they are devaluing the status of British degrees. Guidelines sent to all universities warn that plagiarism is likely to rise given the amount of easily accessed work o
- Long Way To Go (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 16, 2005)
The recently-concluded air show ‘Aero India 2005’, held at the Yelahanka Air Force Station near Bangalore, enthralled thousands of visitors with thrilling aerobatic displays.
- Just Keep It Simple (Indian Express, M. Govinda Rao, Feb 16, 2005)
Almost 50 years ago, Stanley Surrey, an eminent tax expert, cautioned that in developing countries too much preoccupation with what to do (tax policy) may lead to too little attention on how to do it.
- Incompleteness & The Goedelian Way (Hindu, Edward Rothstein, Feb 15, 2005)
Albert Einstein and Kurt Goedel objected to notions of relativism and incompleteness outside their work. They fled the politically absolute, but believed it its scientific possibility.
- Silicon Meltdown (Telegraph, Ashok Ganguly, Feb 15, 2005)
Even though many of Bangalore’s citizens are receiving worldwide recognition, all is not well with the city
- The Importance Of Subliminal Self (Deccan Herald, N SHAKUNTALA MANAY, Feb 15, 2005)
In Aurobindo’s writing, ‘consciousness’ is a key word which is frequently used. This is a self-aware force of existence. It refers to a wakeful awareness of a dynamic creative energy.
- Panchayats & Employment Guarantee (Hindu, A. Vaidyanathan , Feb 15, 2005)
There is a far greater chance that left to themselves panchayats will implement employment guarantee schemes with a greater sense of responsibility.
- Fantasy (Tribune, Raj Chatterjee, Feb 15, 2005)
George Orwell had this to say to aspiring novelists: “Good novels are not written by orthodoxy-sniffers, nor by people who are conscience-striken by their own unorthodoxy. Good novels are written by people who are not frightened.”
- Morality Play Comes To Town (Indian Express, Rakesh Shukla, Feb 15, 2005)
THE continuing harassment of Anara Gupta even after the findings by the Central Forensic Lab in Hyderabad nudges us to go beyond the limited issue of whether she is the woman in the CD.
- Reading The Future In Tehran (Indian Express, K. Subrahmanyam, Feb 14, 2005)
Even as the US and Western European countries (UK, Germany and France) are discussing with Iran the need for Tehran to completely abjure its uranium fuel cycle activities
- No Mullah Left Behind (Indian Express, Thomas L. Friedman, Feb 14, 2005)
The Wall Street Journal ran a very, very alarming article from Iran on its front page last Tuesday. The article explained how the mullahs in Tehran
- Vague Promises (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 14, 2005)
The prime minister has set out a wish list for different ministries, listing policy changes to be carried out over the next six months. This reflects commitments made in the national common minimum programme.
- When Two Friends Meet (Hindu, Gianfranco Fini, Feb 14, 2005)
The Italy-Indian friendship is founded on a great past and aimed at a future equally full of opportunity and hope.
- Dangerous Transactions (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Feb 14, 2005)
In the week in which North Korea declared it had produced nuclear weapons, intends to go on producing them, and will not talk anymore, Time profiled the ‘‘Merchant of Menace’’.
- Matter Of Uniform Disgrace (Pioneer, Joginder Singh, Feb 14, 2005)
The degeneration of standards in the institutions of power, authority and governance seems to be all-pervasive in the country. It can either be found in the form of disorder in the UP Assembly
- Is Valentine’S Day Part Of Globalisation: Shiv Visvanathan (The Economic Times, SHIV VISVANATHAN, Feb 14, 2005)
Globalisation has few rituals and festivals to mark its events, the rhythms and transitions of its history.
- Green Darkness (Indian Express, VISSA VENKATA SUNDAR, Feb 14, 2005)
The Kyoto Protocol on global warming comes into force on February 16 and this may be the time to glance at the Sundarban islands, which are a World Heritage Site, yet where global warming is pushing a delicate ecosystem to the brink
- Between India And 21st Century, A Deep Valley (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Feb 13, 2005)
When was the last time you read about Kashmir in this column? The truth is I cannot remember when I last mentioned the K word in this space because columns need to be read to survive and I find, increasingly
- Regulation Rather Than Ban Is The Answer (Deccan Herald, RADHA RAMASWAMY, Feb 13, 2005)
“Is nothing sacred anymore?” is the anguished cry as a mobile phone goes off (to the ring-tones of Dhoom) in the middle of a tricky problem-solving class in mathematics or an impassioned lecture on the poetry of Dylan Thomas.
- Ring Out Danger On Cellphone (Indian Express, R G PRABHUDESAI, Feb 12, 2005)
India needs locally administered and centrally linked disaster warning systems, not just Tsunami Warning Systems tied to the Pacific Center
- Is Poverty The Best Policy? (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Feb 12, 2005)
The poor are engaged in a struggle within the hierarchies of poor countries. When the prospects of their succeeding in this struggle are bleak, they willingly accept poverty.
- Un As Global Science Repository (Indian Express, CALESTOUS JUMA, Feb 12, 2005)
Clinton will help the UN raise more money. But only when coupled with scientific knowledge will the efforts help reinvent the organisation
- Nuclear North (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Feb 12, 2005)
North Korea's declaration on Thursday that it had nuclear weapons does not come as a thundering surprise. There had been enough indications for several years now that it either had them
- Forging The Shield (Tribune, General (Retd) V. P. Malik, Feb 12, 2005)
THE Budget season is on. The Finance Minister is meeting important stakeholders before he decides on the Budget. Going by the past practice, however, he will not meet the Service Chiefs who are directly responsible for external and internal security, and
- Growth Zones (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 12, 2005)
LAST September, on his first visit to Amritsar, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh offered a special economic zone (SEZ) for the neglected border city.
- In Deep Waters (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 12, 2005)
SOME six weeks after the tsunami struck Asia, images of the undersea upheaval are available. What they reveal is breathtaking, if only because the images underscore how little was known about the phenomenon. The three-dimensional pictures of the ...
- New Anti-Global Warming Tool (Hindu, Kate Ravilious, Feb 11, 2005)
By bouncing more incoming sunlight back into space we could buy time to sort out global warming.
- Rethink On Modern Medicine (Deccan Herald, Avijit Pathak, Feb 11, 2005)
We often experience a paradox relating to the extraordinary achievements of modern medicine. While it has equipped us with an immense efficiency to cope with physical pain and suffering...
- Reconnecting Across The Atlantic (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Feb 11, 2005)
Does Condoleezza Rice's new, softened tone towards the French indicate a genuine change in the substance of U.S. policy or is it just a tactical response prompted by the difficulties encountered in Iraq?
- Dithering On Diversification (Tribune, S.S. Johl, Feb 11, 2005)
It was in 1985 Punjab realised that the production of foodgrains in wheat -rice rotation was neither very remunerative in view of the totality of individual and social costs involved in their production nor it was sustainable in the context....
- Good Job, But Not Enough (Business Line, Editorial, Economic Times, Feb 11, 2005)
In an economy where success stories have been so few and far between, the news that the country's Information Technology and the IT enabled services sector employ over a million people is without doubt a significant achievement.
- The Science Behind The Change (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 10, 2005)
Excerpts from the 10th conference of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, December 2004
- Press Note 1: Disadvantage, Domestic Partner (Business Line, K. Ramesh, Feb 10, 2005)
The Government's suggestion, in its latest Press Note 1, that `conflict of interests' clause may be introduced in the JV agreement to safeguard the interests of joint venture partners....
- Pure Gold (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Feb 10, 2005)
On her first day in office, within hours of moving from the White House to her new job as America’s secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice rang up Pakistan’s president, Pervez Musharraf, and discussed....
- Most Precious Commodity (Deccan Herald, Natasha Walter, Feb 10, 2005)
Here comes Jeremy Bentham echoing down the ages: “The best public policy is that which produces the greatest happiness.” The line is actually from a clever new book, Happiness...
- Strengthen Agri-Markets (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 10, 2005)
The decade and half of economic liberalisation process has left agricultural production and marketing largely untouched despite the official position that selling the farm produce is the most important economic activity
- Intelligence Needs A New Order (Indian Express, A.K. VERMA, Feb 10, 2005)
Intelligence bashing has become a worldwide sport. For erring politicians and bureaucracies what could be a better scapegoat than one which is prevented from rising to its own defense by custom, tradition or law!
- Hiv Vaccines - A Long Way To Go (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Feb 10, 2005)
Any vaccine must meet two daunting challenges. One is the enormous global diversity of HIV strains. The other is the rapidity with which the virus evolves within an infected person.
- How We Should Pursue Happiness (Hindu, Natasha Walter, Feb 09, 2005)
Here comes Jeremy Bentham echoing down the ages: "The best public policy is that which produces the greatest happiness."
- New Rules For The Game (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 09, 2005)
Science is set to prevail over subjectivity in relation to one of cricket's most contentious issues: chucking. From March 1, 2005, the new rules of the game will allow a greater latitude to players who bend their arm while bowling.
- The L Factor (Deccan Herald, Dinesh Kumar, Feb 09, 2005)
We, in India, do many premarital checks before we say, “I do.” Checks like horoscope compatibility, caste and creed comparisons, language and cultural, economic and regional factorisation.
- Growing And Yet Green (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 09, 2005)
If many theorists are convinced that economic growth is impossible without making compromises on environmental policy, those who hold a counterview can draw support from the recently ...
- Another Dream Budget? (Tribune, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Feb 09, 2005)
WHEN Finance Minister P Chidambaram gets up to present the Union Budget for 2005-06 in the Lok Sabha on the last day of February, his fourth budget in the last nine years, he will have to confront certain classic dilemmas faced by all Finance Ministers.
- Farm Policy — A Twisted Tale (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Feb 09, 2005)
The United Progressive Alliance (UPA), as the National Common Minimum Programme states categorically, stands for economic reforms with a human face, whatever it means.
- Business Process Re-Engineering: (Business Line, Manoranjan Sharma, Feb 09, 2005)
ORGANISATIONAL development is a continuous process. But the pace of change has increased manifold. In a volatile global world, organisations enhance competitive advantage through business process re-engineering (BPR) by radically redesigning selected...
- Airing New Opportunities (Indian Express, Jasjit Singh, Feb 09, 2005)
The biannual Aero India 2005 exhibition and air show starting on February 9 will probably go down in Indian aviation history as a landmark for a number of reasons.
- Scramble For The Indian Air Show (Deccan Herald, BHARAT VERMA, Feb 08, 2005)
The fifth Aero India show being organised in Bangalore from February 9 to 13 is an attempt to showcase India as a major aviation hub in Asia. The Indian aviation sector pie is as big as China’s
- The Coup In Goa (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 08, 2005)
Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil's proposal for a unified command to tackle the Naxalite menace is timely, though the idea itself is not new.
- Where Is India's Democracy Dividend? (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Feb 08, 2005)
"These people who can see right through you never quite do you justice, because they never give you credit for the effort you're making to be better than you actually are, which is difficult and well meant and deserving of some little notice."
- China's Growth Enigma (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Feb 08, 2005)
As is true currently, China's truly remarkable pace of growth for over two decades has been punctuated with concern about bouts of deflation or overheating.
- Year Of Physics (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Feb 07, 2005)
The UN has declared 2005 as the World Year of Physics in commemoration of the first path-breaking paper published by Albert Einstein in 1905 on the electro-dynamics of moving bodies.
- Transcending Rural, Urban Boundaries (Deccan Herald, SANGEETHA PURUSHOTHAMAN, Feb 07, 2005)
The peri urban interface (PUI) is a rapidly expanding, dynamic space of interaction that surrounds all our cities and lies between the rural and the urban.
- No Western Monopoly On Modernity (Hindu, Martin Jacques, Feb 07, 2005)
In his inauguration speech, American President George W. Bush pledged to support "the expansion of freedom in all the world," deploying the words free or freedom no less than 25 times in 20 short minutes.
- Euro Versus Bharat Norms (Business Line, B. S. Murthy, Feb 07, 2005)
The recent news that Maruti Udyog has rolled out Euro-III compliant cars is a welcome sign that the automobile industry is catching up with the global standards.
- How About This Dream Budget? (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Feb 07, 2005)
This is the season for dream Budgets. Joining the bandwagon, I present one of my own, which, unlike what most people suggest will make money for the government and yet offer better service to citizens.
- On Telecom, Don’T Look Left (Indian Express, Subimal Bhattacharjee, Feb 05, 2005)
The Union cabinet has finally cleared the much debated Foreign Direct Investment hike upto 74 per cent in the telecom sector. While presenting the maiden budget of the UPA government last year in July
- A Teenage Concept For The Staid Old Bank (Business Line, D. Murali , Feb 05, 2005)
A bubbly 15-year-old in the field of economics is inflation targeting. It was born in 1989 when New Zealand rewrote its Reserve Bank charter and brought in the need to make public announcement of official targets for the inflation rate.
- Evolution Takes A Backseat (Hindu, Cornelia Dean, Feb 05, 2005)
In many schools across the United States, the teaching of evolution is discouraged so as to avoid controversy.
- Faster With Telecom (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 05, 2005)
Implementing the Budget promise, the Union Government has raised the foreign investment limit in telecom to 74 per cent, apparently after reaching an understanding with the Left parties that have publicly voiced their opposition to the announcement.
- In An Undiscovered Country (Indian Express, NANDITA DAS, Feb 05, 2005)
If we switched off the TV and travelled to places where children cry themselves to sleep, cynical hearts would become awash in compassion
- Montek’S Warped Logic (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Feb 05, 2005)
At an international conference on “Policies against hunger” at Berlin in October 2004, a World Bank economist was at pains to defend the domestic subsidies being doled out to European Union farmers.
- Fight Dogma With Reason (Pioneer, K P S Gill, Feb 05, 2005)
If the US National Intelligence Council's projections for year 2020 (in its report Mapping the Global Future) are to be believed, the global war on terror is not going all that well.
- Rational Behaviour (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Feb 04, 2005)
It was the première of The Apple Cart at the Old Vic theatre. As the final curtains fell, GBS went up the stage, waves of thundering ovation from all over the hall.
- Right Call, At Last (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 04, 2005)
At long last has come the Cabinet nod raising the foreign direct investment (FDI) ceiling in key telecom services from 49 per cent to 74 per cent. Prima facie, this is a positive development
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