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Articles 721 through 820 of 21907:
- The Challenge Of Food Security In India (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 24, 2006)
India is a poignant example of how food sufficiency at the aggregate level has not translated into food security at the household level.
- Quest For Self-Discovery (Hindu, SHALINI UMACHANDRAN, Oct 24, 2006)
This book is largely about expressing ideas and emotions that emerge from being part of a society.
- The Same Sides Of A Single Coin (The Economic Times, MUKUL SHARMA, Oct 24, 2006)
To most of us, butterflies and daisies are acceptable; oil and grease isn’t. There’s something exotic and enchanting — almost mythical — about the former which we can romance about and even create art with.
- Australians Solve Mystery Of What Killed Phar Lap (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
For more than 70 years, Australians have been convinced American gangsters murdered their champion racehorse, Phar Lap, who died suddenly and agonisingly at the peak of his career while preparing to take on the US racing scene.
- Table Manners (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 24, 2006)
A s far as peace moves are concerned, Sri Lanka seems to be taking two steps backward for every step forward.
- How To Conduct A Geo-Political Orchestra (Telegraph, Achin Vanaik , Oct 24, 2006)
Shinzo Abe’s accession to premiership in Japan accurately expresses and symbolizes the new Japan that has been in the making over the last few years under the tutelage of his predecessor, Junichiro Koizumi.
- Tis A Coalition, Mr Cm (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 24, 2006)
It is a measure of the lack of opaqueness that still persists over as critical a matter as industrialisation that last Thursday’s cabinet meeting witnessed a row between the Chief Minister and the water investigation development minister.
- Iraq: The People Have Their Say. Bad News For Tony Blair (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
Demands for an urgent Commons debate on pulling British troops out of Iraq were stepped up last night at Westminster after an opinion poll found that 62 per cent of voters support a withdrawal before the country has been made stable.
- Fair Diagnosis (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 24, 2006)
The business community he was addressing might have been highly impressed by Dr Manmohan Singh’s analysis of what plagues the agriculture sector, but it would have raised few hopes out there in the grim reality of the farmland.
- Australian Media Scion Switches Bets (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
Sydney Gambling is in James Packer's blood, and now he is betting the house.
- Israelis, Lebanese Reach Across War's Divide (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
Aghast at the destruction that ensued as Israel's army and Hizbollah fighters waged war in Lebanon this year, Israeli David Sasson felt compelled to try to make contact with the Lebanese side.
- Water Shortage Remains Constant Headache (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
Although Jordan takes its name from the Biblical Jordan River, which runs along its western border with Israel, the name hardly reflects the reality of the water situation.
- 32 Killed As Two Warlords Clash In Herat Province (Frontier Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
At least 32 people were killed and numerous others were injured overnight when two rival commanders of Pahtun clans clashed in Shindand district of the western Herat province, officials and eyewitness said on Monday.
- Time For A Dialogue (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Oct 24, 2006)
Culture, as commonly understood, is the sum total of a country’s, or region’s, traditions, historical memory, language and evolution. Religion is part of these attributes although it has taken a larger-than-life role in today’s discourse.
- Can Ceos Make The Business Of The Nation Their Own? (Business Line, D. Murali , Oct 24, 2006)
The 20 essays in India's Economy broadly cover growth, poverty and reforms; globalisation; and sectoral development, raising important issues and stressing the importance of doing vis-à-vis planning.
- The Rights And Wrongs Of Kargil (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 24, 2006)
The controversy touched off by President Musharraf’s claims about Kargil will never end because no independent inquiry has been conducted on the episode and there is no way of knowing the truth.
- World Of Wi-Fi Web (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 24, 2006)
Applications of the Internet in everyday life, whether for business, pleasure, knowledge or mere utility, have become so much a part of American culture that companies in the information technology business are vying with one another to push ahead . . .
- The Hes And The Qius (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Oct 24, 2006)
Heiliangjiang is a little hamlet of eight families high up in the mountains of Shaanxi province in China. Five bear the family name He.
- A Romantic Holiday (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
Taj Hotels is offering a range of packaged holidays called Taj Romance Holidays.
- China Downbeat On North Korea Plans (Japan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
China is not optimistic that North Korea will end its nuclear program nor that there will be an early resumption of the six-party talks following the country's Oct. 9 nuclear test, a Japanese lawmaker who met with Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wu . . .
- Wildscreen Films Coming For Indian Event (Hindu, G. ANANTHAKRISHNAN, Oct 24, 2006)
`Green Oscars' for films on wildlife themes given away in Bristol
- Where Animals Make A Splash! (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
Nature's orchestra at work, writes Subha J Rao
- For A Memorable Trip (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
If you are a senior citizen or are travelling with older people, some sensible planning can go a long way in making it a memorable trip for them.
- Some Thrills, Some Frills (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
It's not a small country with one set of images that you can bring back home. It offers a range of experiences, says serish nanisetti
- Reservation And The Creamy Layer (Hindu, Kalpana Kannabiran, Oct 24, 2006)
The concept of creamy layer obfuscates the fact of caste discrimination within institutions of education, employment, and justice.
- How A Burgeoning Indian Diaspora Tunes Into The American Dream (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
Community of prosperous immigrants become more visible and vocal
2.3 million people of Indian ancestry in the U.S.
Their household income 35% higher than average.
- Significance Of Fasting (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
Ramadhan, the ninth lunar month in Islamic calendar, heralds the season of fasting, made obligatory by Almighty Allah.
- Travel Deal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces gives you a chance to put the sounds of the world at bay, and revive the romance in your life at spectacular leisure destinations in India and abroad this winter.
- Right-Winger In Israeli Coalition Talks (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
Avigdor Lieberman, the hard right-wing nationalist, was on the brink of joining Ehud Olmert's government after a meeting with the Prime Minister.
- Nuclear Program Oversight Increased (Washington Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
Pakistan has adopted a vast system of checks and balances in its military nuclear program to prevent nonproliferation abuses such as the nuclear black market run by top scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan, a senior Pakistani military official said yesterday.
- Iraq War 'Could Be Judged A Disaster' (Times Online (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
Iraq could break up into different parts eventually, Margaret Beckett, the Foreign Secretary, said yesterday as she acknowledged the limitations to what could be achieved by coalition forces.
- Print Pick (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
On and off the campus of Chennai University, you will encounter onion-and-garlic-free TamBrahms who rewrite Shakespeare to uphold the Hindu order, smug NRIs who call the shots in matrimonials, visiting Canadians who are aghast at the plight of . . .
- Sri Lanka Parties In Talks Pact (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
The Sri Lankan President, Mahinda Rajapakse, has signed an agreement with the main opposition party for a common policy in relation to the Tamil Tigers.
- Major Tourist Attraction (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
A view of the Athirappally-Chimni dam where a Rs.5-crore tourism development project has been envisaged. The Union Government will give Rs.2 crore, while the State Government will contribute the rest of the amount. Photo: H. Vibhu
- Meenakshi Temple To Get Facelift (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
The Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple here is all set to receive a major facelift as a sum of Rs. 2.20 crore has been sanctioned by the Tourism Department for renovation works.
- Annual Temple Festival Held (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
Hundreds of devotees witnessed the procession of Aayiram Pon Sapparam of Sri Muthalamman Temple at Agaram, 13 km from here, on Monday.
- Ropeway To A Forgotten Village In Kashmir (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 24, 2006)
Dhulanja (Uri, J&K) – In this remote village in Uri district of Jammu of Kashmir, poised precariously across the gushing Jhelum, is a lone trolley attached to a ropeway.
- Emperor’S New Prizes (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 24, 2006)
Whether or not the information and broadcasting ministry carries through its decision to challenge a Bombay High Court order on the National Film Awards, its current dilemma comprehensively establishes how anachronistic this mode of state recognition is.
- In El Salvador, The Fear Of God (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 24, 2006)
The novel and film, Da Vinci Code, have brought to international attention the Catholic organisation, Opus Dei.
- Partition Of Iraq On The Cards (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Oct 23, 2006)
As President Bush reconsiders his strategy for Iraq, a senior US diplomat has admitted the US showed “arrogance” and “stupidity” in the way it has handled the Iraq war.
- Road To Moscow: Russia’S Highway Of Contrasts (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 23, 2006)
MOSCOW – Tired travelers heading downtown after arriving at Sheremetyevo 1 airport probably don’t pay much attention to the village-style wooden houses, set behind picket fences and painted in fading shades of green and blue, that line the busy highway.
- The Achievement Trap (Indian Express, Gopal Guru , Oct 23, 2006)
As parties slowly slide into poll mode in Uttar Pradesh, the state’s performance in crucial areas at a glance. As BSP gets its act together, an analysis of its success in UP and what it means for the career of Dalit politics in the country
- Baby Losers' Fight Back (Hindu, Jason Burke, Oct 23, 2006)
They call them the `baby losers', the lost generation, `sacrificed' for the pleasure and leisure of their parents.
- The Apple Ipod Turns Five Today (Hindu, John Naughton , Oct 23, 2006)
The little white box has come to define our social age
- Remaking Cities, Changing People (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Oct 23, 2006)
Geographer David Harvey critiques the impact of neo-liberalism on the urbanisation process.
- Fair Diagnosis (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 23, 2006)
The business community he was addressing might have been highly impressed by Dr Manmohan Singh’s analysis of what plagues the agriculture sector, but it would have raised few hopes out there in the grim reality of the farmland.
- Kerala Farmers Turn To Tourism For Livelihood (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
In an effort to beat the odds following crop failure and rising debts, farmers in Kerala's spicy Waynad and rubber-rich Kottayam districts are taking the tourism route for prospects.
- Us Firms To Send Workers To India For Treatment (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
At least 40 American corporations have signed a health plan which allows sending employees abroad, including to India, Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore, where they could save more than 80 per cent on the cost of medical procedures.
- Hurley, Nayar To Wed Next Year (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
British actress-turned-beachwear designer Elizabeth Hurley will marry Indian businessman Arun Nayar in February at the 18th century Devigarh Palace in Udaipur, a media report said on Sunday.
- Corporate Dream Turns Farmers’ Nightmare (Deccan Herald, K S Narayanan, Oct 23, 2006)
Special Economic Zones are clearly demarcated industrial zone which constitutes a free trade enclave outside a country's normal customs and trading system where foreign enterprises produce principally for export and benefit from certain tax . . .
- Integrity Campaign Must Specify, Not Sermonise (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Oct 23, 2006)
The ‘Integrity India Campaign’ launched by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and headed by N.R. Narayana Murthy raises some interesting questions and possibilities.
- Ireland, Continent's Celtic Tiger (Business Line, Mohan Murti, Oct 23, 2006)
A trading nation with a global perspective, Ireland is today, one of the most globalised countries. Its economic openness, combined with low taxes, pragmatism and ambition, investment in education, and an eye on the future, is likely to maintain . . .
- Us Displayed Stupidity In Iraq' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
A senior US diplomat said the US had shown 'arrogance' and 'stupidity' in Iraq but was now ready to talk with any group except Al Qaida in Iraq to facilitate national reconciliation.
- From Light To Wealth (Indian Express, GAUTAM CHIKERMANE, Oct 23, 2006)
Diwali has just gone by. I really don’t know when a festival that celebrates good over evil — symbolised by the return of Rama and Sita after their 14-year-long vanvaas or the killing of Narakasura by Satyabhama (Krishan’s wife) — turned into a . . .
- Aliens Are Coming (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 23, 2006)
In the 1960s, anthropologist Mary Douglas argued that societies have an innate fear of strangers because, like any other polluting substance, they cause a disruption of order. Primitive communities put rituals and taboos in place to protect . . .
- Quota: Cong Wants No Whipping On Cream (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
Even as various political parties are mounting pressure on the Centre to take on the Supreme Court over its “no quota for the creamy layer” order, influential sections of the government and the Congress are averse to a confrontation with the . . .
- Meet And Greet (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 23, 2006)
Diwali and Id are the time when most Indians meet and greet their neighbours.
- Minority Report, In Numbers (Indian Express, Seema Chisti, Oct 23, 2006)
The tragedy of the family of Mr Nur Ilahi, Mrs Imrana Nur and their five children is so well documented on live TV that it needs no details filled in.
- Bombayite Goes Lateral (Indian Express, Harsh A. Desai, Oct 23, 2006)
There is a new breed of Bombayites, who are coming into their own. Facilitated by the new expressway, fast cars and the rise of Pune as a hip city, this particular city-dweller has a leg in each city.
- Terrorists Diverting Charity Funds (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
Humanitarian and religious charity for the needy is being channelled for terrorist activists by groups such as Tamil Tigers and Al Qaeda, according to a former US official and expert on terrorism funding.
- Mecca Pact Heralds Shia-Sunni Amity (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
Prominent Shia and Sunni religious scholars from Iraq took the first major step in decades toward mutual recognition of one another as acceptable versions of the same faith at a historic meeting in Mecca early on Saturday.
- Fdi Growth: India Still Below Potential (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 23, 2006)
FDI inflows into South, East and South-East Asia reached $165 billion in 2005, corresponding to 18 per cent of world inflows.
- Junk Quotas For Economic Diversification (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 23, 2006)
The Supreme Court order that the ‘creamy layer’ among the SCs/STs be excluded from the purview of reservation in public employment and promotions has not come a day too soon.
- Sri Lankan Leaders Agree On Mou (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Oct 23, 2006)
Rajapaksa, Ranil sort out glitches
- Pranab Likely To Be Foreign Minister (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh may go for a long-pending cabinet shake-up by the end of this month, amid indications that a reluctant Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee has agreed to take charge of the foreign ministry, informed sources said.
- Bush To Pm: Disarm The Militias (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
The Bush administration, alarmed by the increasing violence and lawlessness gripping much of Iraq, has decided to force the hand of the embattled prime minister, Nuri al-Maliki.
- Autonomy Issue In Focus Again (Dawn, Zamir Ghumro, Oct 23, 2006)
In the wake of Nawab Akbar Bugti’s killing at the hands of security forces in August, the issue of provincial autonomy has resurfaced.
- More Power To Provinces (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 23, 2006)
The government is to be commended for accepting the importance of provincial autonomy to stability and harmony in Pakistan.
- N Korea Links Tests To 'Pressure' (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
North Korea will not carry out a second nuclear test unless "harassed" by the US, according to media reports in South Korea and Japan.
- Indians Finding Their Niche In U.S. (Washington Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
The train-station billboards tell it all.
Local travel agents promise the best airfares from New York to Bombay. Shagun Fashions is selling dazzling Indian saris. And DirecTV offers "the six top Indian channels direct to you."
- Sectarian Siege In Balad Points To Larger Conflict (Washington Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
At midweek, Shiite Interior Ministry commandos and their Shiite militia allies cruised the four-lane hardtop outside the besieged city of Balad, trying to stave off retaliation for a deadly four-day rampage in which they had all but emptied Balad . . .
- Small Is Beautiful (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 23, 2006)
The Nobel peace prize for Mohammed Yunus of Bangladesh marks the affirmation of an idea whose time has come.
- ’tis A Coalition, Mr Cm (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 23, 2006)
Less and less about more and more
It is a measure of the lack of opaqueness that still persists over as critical a matter as industrialisation that last Thursday’s cabinet meeting witnessed a row between the Chief Minister and the water . . .
- Police Step Up Security Procedures For Eid Al Fitr (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
The Public Security Department (PSD) on Sunday said the intensified security measures during late Ramadan and Eid Al Fitr are “routine procedures dictated by the nature of the season.”
- Palestinian Students In Danger Of Losing School Year Over Open-Ended Teachers' Strike (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
Eighth-grader Thaer Shweikiyeh, who dreams of being a doctor one day, was excited about going back to school after the summer vacation. Instead, he’s been selling onions in the local farmers’ market for the past two months, and his new schoolbag . . .
- A Century On, Brazil Still Claims First Flight (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
In the United States, every schoolboy knows that the Wright Brothers were the first men to fly. In Brazil, everyone knows that's wrong - the father of flight is Alberto Santos-Dumont.
- The War Within (Telegraph, Abhijit Bhattacharyya , Oct 23, 2006)
Let us not dwell on George Fernandes for a change, and attempt to trace a brief history of India’s armament supply instead.
- In Trouble (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 23, 2006)
Jet Airways took off just over a decade ago; soon it made a reputation as an airline of quality.
- Radical Islam Finds Us To Be 'Sterile Ground' (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
The Islamist radicalism that inspired young Muslims to attack their own countries - in London, Madrid, and Bali - has not yielded similar incidents in the United States, at least so far.
- Nato Says More Troops Needed In Afghanistan (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 20, 2006)
Nato Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said Thursday that additional troops are needed in Afghanistan’s restive south, where alliance soldiers have taken heavy casualties in fighting with Taliban forces.
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