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Articles 421 through 520 of 500:
- Children Of The Apocalypse (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 26, 2007)
In Paradise Lost, Book IV, when Satan views the created universe for the first time, he finds among the living creatures “Two of far nobler shape, erect and tall,/ God-like erect…”
- ‘There Is A Decline In Journalistic Values... However, Whenever There Is A Crisis, The Press Rises To The Occasion’ (Indian Express, ANUBHUTI VISHNOI, Oct 26, 2007)
Writing a Nation — an Anthology of Indian Journalism by Nirmala Lakshman was released on Wednesday by Vice-President Hamid Ansari. Lakshman, Joint Editor of The Hindu, traces the themes that defined national discourse from the days of . . . .
- Space Shuttle Discovery Docks With Iss (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
Space shuttle Discovery docked with the International Space Station on Thursday, and its crew prepared to embark on the most challenging construction work ever attempted in a single mission.
- Deal Beneficial To Both Countries: Paulson (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
The historic civil nuclear deal with India is an important part of the relationship between New Delhi and Washington and it will be beneficial to both countries, U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson has said.
- A Feminist Mart- Women's Empowerment (Hindu, Devaki Jain , Oct 26, 2007)
The women's market in Manipur shows that the need and search for livelihood is not only for the income.
- Q&a: 'N-Deal Will Widen The Base Of Indo-Us Relations' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
Phillips Talbot worked as India correspondent for Chicago Daily News before partition and in the early years after freedom. His recent book, An American Witness to India's Partition, is primarily a collection of his reports.
- Key Milestone (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 26, 2007)
The European Union’s tortuous effort towards agreement on rules to govern its functioning has gotten a bit smoother with its members agreeing on the text of a new treaty to replace its draft constitution.
- 3 Humility Was Never What It Used To Be (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 26, 2007)
A successful businessman friend has a point of view which can perhaps be contested. His premise is that when one’s success and fame spreads and as one wins regard, honour and respect from powerful persons, wealthy patrons and learned scholars . . . .
- Diwali To Be A Festival Of Religious Significance In Us (Pioneer, S Rajagopalan, Oct 26, 2007)
The US House of Representatives will soon take up a legislation to formally recognise Diwali as a festival of "religious and historical significance".
- A Distraught Group (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Oct 26, 2007)
Not only is history against any kind of Third Front, but its future also is bleak.
- Going 'Widget'-Happy (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 26, 2007)
If you're not plugged into the Internet, you still have to buy the whole newspaper even if you only want to do the crossword puzzle. But online, that and other stand-alone features are increasingly popping up all over the web.
- ‘Given The Nature Of Competitive Politics And Fractured Mandates... Difficult For Us To Do What Is Manifestly Obvious’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 25, 2007)
Never before has the Indian economy sustained close to 9 per cent growth year after year for so long. Most projections suggest that we should be able to sustain this rate into the medium term.
- Power Play (Indian Express, VARGHESE K. GEORGE, Oct 25, 2007)
In an article, M.D. Nalapat explains how the Congress “bowed to the CPM bully,” and why “Prakash Karat knows Sonia Gandhi better than Manmohan Singh”.
- No Country Is An Island (Indian Express, Shylashri Shankar, Oct 25, 2007)
This is the right time for India and the international community to think seriously about crafting a peace agreement in Sri Lanka.
- Ongc To Start Peak Kg Gas Production From 2012-13 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC), which is under attack from the petroleum ministry and the directorate of hydrocarbons (DGH) for production decline of onshore assets and slow pace monetising marginal fields, on Wednesday indicated that it would . . . .
- Chinese Soldiers Seal Off Tibet Monastery (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
A major Tibetan monastery has been sealed off by armed troops following an increase in security after celebrations last week over a US award for the region’s exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, an activist group said on Wednesday.
- Congress Defends Pm On Deal (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
The Congress on Wednesday came out in defence of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh against the BJP’s campaign that he is a "weak Prime Minister". It attacked BJP stalwarts Atal Behari Vajpayee and L.K. Advani and described Dr Singh as . . . .
- Singh Raises New Hope Over Nuclear Deal (Dawn, Y.P. Rajesh, Oct 25, 2007)
India’s beleaguered prime minister is determined to push a nuclear deal with the United States despite stiff opposition from his communist allies, a lobbying group quoted him as saying.
- Everything Is Proceeding As Planned, Says China (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
China launched its first lunar probe on Wednesday, the first step in its ambitious three-stage moon mission, marking a new milestone in the country’s space exploration history.
- Need For Choices In Fata (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 25, 2007)
GEARING up for the next general elections, political activists in Fata demanded on Tuesday that the Political Parties’ Act (PPA) of 1962 be extended to the tribal areas.
- For Clean Politics? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 25, 2007)
SO much positive has happened in Pakistan since July. Let us note it to make us happy:
- I Have The Blues (Hindu, NANDINI NAIR , Oct 25, 2007)
We first got peanuts. But we’re still making music. We’re not rich. But we’re rich musically.” Sitting in a dimly lit Blues club, appropriately called Haze, Rudy of Soulmate describes his musical passions.
- Amazon Sold Online — To Protect It (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 25, 2007)
How do you save the Amazon rainforest? Easy. All you need is a bit of cash and a computer.
- Climate Change And Extinction Of Species (Hindu, Alok Jha, Oct 25, 2007)
Rising global temperatures caused by climate change could trigger a huge extinction of plants and animals, according to a study.
- He Lost 22 Family Members In Tribal Invasion (Tribune, Tejinder Singh Sodhi, Oct 25, 2007)
While the entire country will be celebrating 60 years of accession of Jammu and Kashmir with the union of India, the horrific memories of Partition are still haunting 75-year-old Jagdish Lal Tandon, who lost 22 of his family members in . . . .
- Print Pick (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
Dev Anand is something of a Bollywood institution. For generations of filmgoers he has remained Hindi cinema’s most charismatic personality.
- The Far-Right Revives Old Prejudices In Europe (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
The idea that the continent is being Islamised is a figment of the imagination of the Right.
- Un Rights Official To Seek 'Free Access' In Myanmar (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
A top UN human rights official vowed on Wednesday to seek ‘free access’ during his visit to Myanmar next month, as well as a full accounting of how many people died in recent anti-government protests.
- We're Off To A Good Start (Times of India, Manmohan Singh , Oct 25, 2007)
India is a nation on the move. I am confident that our time has come.
- Book On Indian Press And Its Links With Social Reform Released (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
“A book such as this requires no marketing or promotion. It is almost like a history of modern India and raises relevant questions.
- Militant’S Family Told To Leave India (Tribune, Shariq Majeed, Oct 25, 2007)
In a damage-control exercise, the Crime Investigation Department has reportedly asked the family of a hardcore militant travelling to India to leave the country. The security and intelligence agencies had cleared their visit to India.
- Let Sensex Soar Higher (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 25, 2007)
In American writer JW De Forest's long ago novel, Honest John Vane, written in 1875 and first serialised in The Atlantic, Darius Dorman, a broker, advises Honest John, erstwhile ice-box manufacturer-turned-Republican Congressman:
- The Himank Roadsigns (Tribune, Harish Dhillon, Oct 25, 2007)
THE National Highway between Manali and Leh , maintained by the Himank project, is one of the most daunting engineering projects human beings have ever attempted.
- Ec Makes Microsoft Climb Down (Tribune, Roopinder Singh, Oct 25, 2007)
WHO wants to share confidential information that would enable competitors to compete better? Almost no one, and certainly not Microsoft, which has been resisting attempts by the European Union and earlier by US regulators, to make it part with . . . .
- Open Society (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 25, 2007)
The United States of America is a country where there are no Americans. This paradox dissolves in the face of the reality that the few original Americans who exist live in reservations.
- Boats Ply, Dolphins Die (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
Tourists visiting the Chilika Lake may soon miss the sight of the rare Irrawaddy dolphins that are in peril owing to the threat posed by unregulated operation of a large number of mechanised boats and ferries carrying tourists to the lake.
- Big Blaze Empties California Homes (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
Dying winds gave California firefighters their first big break today after four days battling wildfires, but San Diego faced more calamity as blazes there burned out of control and kept more than half-a-million evacuees from returning home.
- Monkey Menace (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 25, 2007)
Unlike other cities in India, or, for that matter, national capitals around the world, Delhi has a unique problem: A simian population that continues to grow in size despite the fast shrinking open and green spaces.
- Sudden Bonhomie (Pioneer, Ajoy Bose, Oct 25, 2007)
The Indian establishment is virtually bending over backwards in expressing dismay at the recent attack on Benazir Bhutto, officially a nobody in Pakistan at the moment.
- Iaf Carrier Of Prez, Pm Turns 60 (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
The IAF’s communication squadron, the official carrier of the President, Vice-President, Prime Minister, visiting heads of the states and a host of other dignitaries today turned 60 with eyes on modernising its fleet with the addition . . . .
- Over 5 Lakh People Evacuated As California's Wildfires Rage (Pioneer, S Rajagopalan, Oct 25, 2007)
In the biggest evacuation in California's history, more than 500,000 people have been moved out of their homes as wildfires, fanned by strong winds, raged for the fourth day across the southern parts of the state.
- Karnataka’S Thriving Tibetan Settlement (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
With heavy maroon robes flapping in the wind, auto-rickshaws speeding down an empty road, seated inside are three bald novices, Buddhist monks on their way to Kushalnagar to watch a film.
- 9-11 Not That Terrible, Says Nobel Laureate (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
Doris Lessing, the winner of this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature, has risked incurring the wrath of Americans by accusing them of overreacting to the 11 September attacks on the Twin Towers, which she said were really “not that terrible”.
- Protests Over Land Rights In India (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
On a hot, dusty highway some 40 miles (70km) from Delhi, a human column snakes its way towards the Indian capital carrying a unique message of defiance to the country's leaders: "Give us back our land."
- Poor But Defiant, Thousands March On Delhi In Fight For Land Rights (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
On a hot, dusty highway some 40 miles (70km) from Delhi, a human column snakes its way towards the Indian capital carrying a unique message of defiance to the country's leaders: "Give us back our land."
- The Unfinished Agenda Of Economic Reform (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
There is no lack of thinking on what needs to be done to sustain and further accelerate growth.
- More Intriguing Than Interesting (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 25, 2007)
WHEN a delegation of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement arrived at Bilawal House earlier this week to condole with the provincial leadership of the Pakistan People’s Party over the tragic incidents of Oct 18, it was a major step forward on the rather . . . .
- City With A Future (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
IN his “edict”, Le Corbusier summed up his own estimation of what he had accomplished with Chandigarh by saying that it was planned to “human scale”. The city’s architect had attempted to put its residents in touch with nature, while allowing for . . . .
- The Question Of Inequality (Frontline, Praful Bidwai, Oct 25, 2007)
Income and wealth inequalities are rising alarmingly in India but they barely figure in public discourse. Yet, they threaten to undermine social cohesion.
- General (Retd.) S.F. Rodrigues (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
GENERAL (retd.) S.F. Rodrigues took over as Administrator for the Union Territory of Chandigarh and Governor of Punjab in November 2004. In this interview, he speaks of his vision for the development of the city. Excerpts:
- A Disk Revolution (Frontline, R. Ramachandran, Oct 25, 2007)
THE first computer hard disk drive (HDD) was introduced by IBM in 1956. Called the 305 RAMAC (Random Access Method of Accounting and Control), this first data storage system comprised 50 disks, each about 60 metres in diameter, and stored about five . . .
- Sarabhai's Vision (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
Governments lay down policies, but their implementation depends a lot on the personality and outlook of officials who, in turn, influence policymaking.
- Southern Revolt (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
The book identifies the revolt by sepoys in Vellore in 1806 as what Hobsbawm calls “proto nationalism”.
- Other Voices Pushto Press (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 25, 2007)
ISLAMABAD has finally announced a sub-jirga tasked with implementing decisions of a Pakistan-Afghanistan peace forum, pinning down the causes of militant attacks in the region and suggesting ways of tackling extremism.
- Cinema And Real Life (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 24, 2007)
A society of castes not only creates a diabolical mind but also kills all values of humanity. The caste cultural values force us to speak morality but makes us act on immoral beliefs...
- Secure Flight Insecurities (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 24, 2007)
The US Department of Homeland Security and its Transportation Security Administration (TSA) have been going ahead with something that could keep a lot of blameless people off planes, no matter what theyre wearing, and might fill up dossiers with . . .
- Signals From Ceasfire (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Oct 24, 2007)
The United Jihad Council is desperate to join in the political dialogue on Jammu and Kashmir’s future, but it may be too late.
- Haryana Has A New Partner In U.S. State (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
A Declaration of Partnership between Haryana and the U.S. State of Minnesota was signed in New Delhi on Tuesday to promote “active exchange of ideas, knowledge, and people as it relates to trade and investment, science and . . . . .
- Save The Lions (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 24, 2007)
Efforts to save the Asiatic lion from extinction have suffered a grievous blow with five lions being electrocuted near the Gir Wildlife Sanctuary in Gujarat.
- Politics On The Move (Indian Express, D K Singh, Oct 24, 2007)
Think of a block Congress president riding a spanking new Toyota Innova on the narrow, pot-holed lanes of a Gujarat village. Senior Congress leaders are already chuckling at the thought of Life-After-Innova for all the block and district Congress . . . .
- Nasa Air Safety Survey Throws Up Disturbing Results (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
Anxious to avoid upsetting air travellers, NASA is withholding results from an unprecedented national survey of pilots that found safety problems like near-collisions and runway interference occur far more frequently than the US Government . . . .
- The Common Enemy (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 24, 2007)
THE reiteration of commitment by India and Pakistan on Monday to working together to curb terrorism in their countries is welcome.
- Shape Of Things To Come (Business Line, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 24, 2007)
The Harvard Business Online recently had an interesting write-up about a survey undertaken by Dr Tom Stewart, the editor of Harvard Business Review, and Dr Gary Hamel, Visiting Professor of Strategic and International Management at the London. . .
- Benazir Bhutto To Avoid Mass Rallies (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
The former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto said Tuesday she had received a new death threat but will start campaigning in Pakistini cities in the next couple of days, avoiding mass rallies.
- Sonia’S Kow-Tow (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Oct 24, 2007)
That Congress president Sonia Gandhi is heading to China later this week is good news.
- Did Speeding Cops Put Dutt At Risk To Evade Media? (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
Did the police escort carrying actor Sanjay Dutt risk their lives on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway by over-speeding on Monday night?
- Australian Survivor Of Garuda Crash Wants Pilots Charged (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
The pilots of the Garuda plane which crashed in Indonesia this year killing 21 people should face criminal charges, an Australian survivor of the disaster said on Wednesday.
- Merkel To Visit Next Week, Unlikely To Focus On N-Deal (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
Stuck in the domestic political compulsions, India’s nuclear deal with the United States is unlikely to figure prominently during German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s visit to the country next week which will see a range of bilateral agreements . . . .
- Sonia Plans China Visit (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
Even as the Left parties are giving sleepless nights to the UPA government led by her party over the India-US civil nuclear agreement, Congress president Sonia Gandhi is embarking on a five-day goodwill visit to Communist-ruled China from Thursday.
- Q&a: 'Cabinet Secretariat Has To Act As A Facilitator' (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 24, 2007)
In a first of its kind in federal governance, Union cabinet secretary K M Chandrashekhar travelled with 18 officials — most of them secretary-level officers in Union ministries — to Ranchi for a day in September, checked into Raj Bhavan and . . . .
- Threat To Bhutto: Qaeda Woman Will Strike (Asian Age, Shafqat Ali, Oct 24, 2007)
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has received an assassination threat from a follower of Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden.
- Big Brother Is Watching... (Tribune, KIM MURPHY, Oct 24, 2007)
GLOUCESTER, UK – The closed-circuit television camera lurking just down the street from the fast-food restaurant bellows menacingly at the first sign of a cast-off cigarette butt or fast-food wrapper. “Pick it up,” commands a booming voice . . . .
- The Bb-Musharraf Equation (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Oct 24, 2007)
Ms Benazir Bhutto has expressed dissatisfaction with the first official report submitted to President Pervez Musharraf on the October 18 suicide-bombing on her rally, and has disclosed some more information to a foreign TV network about who she. . .
- Sindh Governor For 'Two Bombers' Theory (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
The bomb blasts targeting former premier Benazir Bhutto resembled attacks by Al-Qaeda and their allied Pakistani militants and were the work of two suicide bombers, the governor of Sindh province has said.
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 24, 2007)
High-voltage talks are on this week to counter terrorism in the subcontinent, and it may just be coincidental that the move comes in the wake of explosions in Ajmer, Ludhiana and Karachi.
- The Yasukuni 'Hero' (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, Oct 24, 2007)
In a Japan of resurgent nationalism, Radha Binod Pal’s dissenting judgment in the Tokyo war trials wins easy admirers.
- Valley Of Stupas (Frontline, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 24, 2007)
The Krishna Valley region has a rich heritage of Buddhist art befitting one of the greatest centres of Buddhism.
- Award For University Hall (Frontline, LYLA BAVADAM, Oct 24, 2007)
“SUPERB interdisciplinary technical achievement … elegant renewal of one of the city’s finest Victorian buildings.”
- A Radical Legacy (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
Bhagat Singh and his comrades belong to those momentous decades in Indian history – the late 1920s and 30s – when options were more open, popular aspirations ran high and “revolution” and “national liberation” were current in the political . . . .
- Us Treasury Secretary To Visit India (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
The US Treasury Secretary Henry M Paulson Jr will be visiting India this week where he would meet senior government officials including Finance Minister P Chidambaram and business leaders.
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