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Articles 14321 through 14420 of 21907:
- Science And Technology Research – International Battle For Brain Is On – Here Are Reasons Why India Is Losing Badly And Has Little Chance (India Daily, Balaji Reddy, Nov 25, 2005)
India has finally realized that real battle is going on in research and development in science and technology.
- What Made Him Talk Like That? (Pioneer, S Gurumurthy , Nov 25, 2005)
Sudarshan's views on population control may be criticised, but what about the facts disclosed by the CPS study, asks S Gurumurthy
- Eu Challenge For New German Chancellor (Hindu, Michael Naumann, Nov 25, 2005)
Angela Merkel's greatest challenge will be to rekindle Europe's spirit.
- A Russian Focus On India (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Nov 25, 2005)
An impressive encyclopaedia of India is published in Russia
Covers a range of subjects: history to foreign policy
Indices of persons, geographic names, terms
Analysis by and viewpoints of 30 Russian scholars
- Towards Change In Iran (Deccan Herald, TIMOTHY GARTON ASH, Nov 25, 2005)
Iran has a regime wedded to violence and a society eager for peaceful change. The West must address both.
- ‘A Light Piercing The Darkness’ (Indian Express, C V Aravind, Nov 25, 2005)
The sad demise of the pioneer of mass eye surgery in India, Padma Bhushan Dr M.C. Modi, is certain to be mourned not just by the medical fraternity of the country but by the lakhs of patients who have had their sight restored by the good doctor
- Riders On The Storm (Indian Express, SATBIR SILAS, Nov 25, 2005)
News of the killing of Ramankutty Maniyappan, an official of the Border Roads Organisation, revives the feeling of insecurity I felt whenever on the road in Afghanistan.
- The Philosophic Indian (Indian Express, JAYA RAMANATHAN, Nov 25, 2005)
Just as The Argumentative Indian is now a given, we have to get equally reconciled to The Philosophic Indian—our unique ability to hold forth with profundity over most trivial issues.
- Nitish & Co Take Over In Bihar (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2005)
Senior JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar was on Thursday sworn in as Bihar Chief Minister at the head of a 27-member NDA government, marking the smooth transition of power after 15 years of Lalu-Rabri rule.
- A Thermonuclear Future (Hindu, Tatiana Sinitsyna, Nov 25, 2005)
The International Thermonuclear Energy Reactor (ITER), an international project involving countries conducting research on controlled thermonuclear fusion, could provide mankind with an unlimited source of energy.
- Report: Us Didn't Want Al Qaeda Members To Testify In Padilla Case (Christian Science Monitor, Tom Regan, Nov 25, 2005)
Evidence linking Padilla to 'dirty bomb' plot may have been obtained under 'harsh questioning.'
- Aziz Wants Uplift Plan For Northern Areas (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2005)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has asked the chief secretary of the Northern Areas to submit a comprehensive plan for the region’s economic development.
- Minority Rights Are Indivisible (Tribune, Syed Shahabuddin, Nov 25, 2005)
The August 8, 2005, judgement of a three-judge Bench of the Supreme Court in the Bal Patil case (CA 4730 of 1999), written by Mr Justice D. M. Dharmadhikari, has not received the critical attention it deserved.
- Nitish Sworn In Bihar Cm (Tribune, Ambarish Dutta, Nov 25, 2005)
All roads in Patna today converged at the historic Gandhi Maidan where NDA leader Nitish Kumar was sworn in as the 32nd Chief Minister of Bihar by Governor Buta Singh.
- Us Auto Industry: History Already? (Business Line, S. Ramachander, Nov 24, 2005)
IT WAS once the unquestioned wisdom of business. "What was good for General Motors was good for America".
- France Visit No Ritual: Merkel (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Nov 24, 2005)
Angela Merkel, Germany's youngest Chancellor, on her first official trip abroad stressed the importance of the Franco-German relationship here on Wednesday.
- ‘Our Trade With India Can Be Trebled’ (The Economic Times, Vinay Pandey, Nov 24, 2005)
We have a long historic relationship. But in economic terms, it has been an underdeveloped one. This is primarily because after Independence, India had chosen a policy of self-sufficiency. You concentrated more on internal development rather than . . .
- Why Reservations (Tribune, G.S.Bhargava, Nov 24, 2005)
Dr Ambedkar did not want the constitutional safeguards, as “reservations” were known, to last more than a decade of operation of the Constitution, as it was originally provided.
- Students Form Human Chain To Celebrate World Heritage Week (Hindu, Special Correspondent, The Hindu, Nov 24, 2005)
Rally to create awareness of heritage sites will be held in Kumbakonam A rally to create awareness of heritage sites will be held in Kumbakonam on November 24
- New Funding Pattern Likely For Bangalore Metro Rail (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 24, 2005)
The Bangalore Metro Rail Project is in the final stage of being approved under the new policy framework, and the funding is unlikely to be on the model of the Delhi Metro, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said here on Wednesday.
- Bihar: The Road Ahead (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Nov 24, 2005)
In a clear mandate, the people of Bihar have voted across caste and communal divide to send the message that they want change. It is now up to Mr Nitish Kumar, expected to be the next Chief Minister, to deliver on his promises and put his State firmly....
- Support The Creative Self-Empowered (Hindu, Rajeev Sethi, Nov 24, 2005)
Helping the talented poor cope with the new global markets will bring more meaning to our education, and help us pay back the debt for our hugely privileged and subsidised training. Citizens must support and express solidarity with what is increasingly be
- Worth Going The Extra Mile To Cut Travel Costs (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 24, 2005)
PEOPLE travel to wonder at the height of the mountains, at the huge waves of the seas, at the long course of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars, and yet they pass by themselves without wondering, said Saint A
- Made In India Model' Proposed For Advertisement Industry (Hindu, P.S. Suryanarayana, Nov 24, 2005)
As the three-day international conference on advertising, `Adasia 05', concluded here on Wednesday on a note of "creating the future," an Indian corporate executive proposed a "Made in India model" for this globalised industry.
- A Mission To Know India's Rich Past (Hindu, Alladi Jayasri , Nov 24, 2005)
30,000 people have fanned out in nine States for the first ever survey of manuscripts
- The Grandeur Of Evolution (Deccan Herald, Verlyn Klinkenborg , Nov 24, 2005)
Human beings did not understand their place in nature before Darwin.
- Angel From Across The Wall (Indian Express, Doreen Beierlein, Nov 24, 2005)
Will Merkel turn out an Iron Lady of German politics, leading the country out of economic and social crises to a better future?
- Neither Middle Nor Class Nor Indian (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Nov 24, 2005)
Perhaps contemporary India's mother of all myths has been spun around its "middle class". The latter's emergence, pace pop sociologists with vaulting imaginations, has been the most wonderful thing to happen to the country in its recent history.
- The Buck Stops With It (Pioneer, Vinayshil Gautam, Nov 24, 2005)
One of the many paradoxes of life is that no 'new' experience is ever all that new
- Narayan Rane, Oedipus Rex (Indian Express, KUMAR KETKAR , Nov 24, 2005)
How do we read the results of the by-election in the Malvan constituency of Maharashtra, in terms of the personalities of Narayan Rane and Bal Thackeray, and their long and complex relationship with one another?
- A Twist Of Fate (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 24, 2005)
Natwar Singh has exhausted his capacity to hurt himself. But he has not exhausted his capacity to hurt the Congress.
- Nitish To Be Sworn In As Cm, Modi Deputy Cm (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 24, 2005)
Senior JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar will be sworn in as Chief Minister of Bihar here tomorrow at the head of a coalition government with BJP...
- The Last Vc (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 24, 2005)
The name of Subedar Major Umrao Singh, like those of most of our war heroes, would be little known beyond the military community. Yet the death of the last Indian soldier to wear the Victoria Cross is indeed a milestone in history.
- Joy In Poonch (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 24, 2005)
Eventually the trauma of the October 8 earthquake was partially overcome in Poonch district on Monday when nine persons walked across the Line of Control.
- The King And His Courtier (Statesman, SANTANU SINHA CHAUDHURI, Nov 24, 2005)
Hameed Khan is a young man of 75. Time has not withered his agility, just as it couldn’t do much to Cleopatra’s beauty.
- Nitish’S Swearing-In Today (Tribune, Tribune News Service, Nov 24, 2005)
The NDA leader and Chief Minister designate, Mr Nitish Kumar, today officially staked claim to form the next government in Bihar before Governor Buta Singh marking the end of six months of President’s rule in the state...
- Should Press Note I Be Scrapped? (The Economic Times, M R Rajaram, Nov 23, 2005)
Press Note I of 2005 provides fair protection to Indian businesses and is not a roadblock. It safeguards local businesses from unfair competition from its own JV partners or its technology suppliers.
- Take A Roman Holiday (Hindu, APARNA KARTHIKEYAN, Nov 23, 2005)
There is something for everyone at Rome — the art lover, the fashion aficionado, the diehard romantic, the history buff and even the child in you
- 'Dirty Bomb' Suspect Indicted (Washington Post, Dan Eggen, Nov 23, 2005)
Jose Padilla, the alleged "dirty bomber" who has been at the center of fierce legal and political struggles for more than three years, has been indicted on charges that he conspired to murder individuals overseas and provide support for terrorists, accord
- Rs 2 Trillion Cash Profit In Sight (Business Standard, B G Shirsat, Nov 23, 2005)
India Inc may cross another milestone this financial year.
- Denmark, Canada & Uk Win Key Emmy Awards (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 23, 2005)
Best drama series went to “The Eagle, a Crime Odyssey,” a Danish TV series about a detective superintendent who fights organised crime and his own personal demons.
- Mfs Await Nod On Foreign Equity Investment (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Nov 23, 2005)
With market regulator Sebi having no objection, leading mutual funds including UTI AMC are now awaiting Reserve Bank of India’s nod to invest in the equity of Fortune-500 companies.
- Iran-India: Critical Times? (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Nov 23, 2005)
IS IRAN, as the Western media would have us believe, really mired in religious fanaticism and intolerance?
- Vsnl, Microsoft Tie Up For Web Conferencing Service (Business Line, Our Bureau, Business line, Nov 23, 2005)
VIDESH Sanchar Nigam Ltd (VSNL), in a tie-up with Microsoft Corporation, has launched Web conferencing services in India.
- A New Generation In Germany (News International, A. Kissinger, Nov 23, 2005)
The election of Angela Merkel as Germany's new chancellor could mark a seminal event.
- The Looming Demographic Deficit Crisis (Business Line, P. Nagarajan, Nov 23, 2005)
CHANGE, at varying intensity in different time-frames, is a fundamental aspect of human population all over the world. Demography is the study of populations, their size, composition, spatial distribution, and the interconnected causes and consequences of
- When Us Bars Its Door To Foreign Scholars (Christian Science Monitor, Alexandra Marks, Nov 23, 2005)
Concern is mounting that the US government is using antiterror laws - namely, the Patriot Act - to revive a now-discredited practice common during the cold war:
- Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd (Vsnl) In Strategic Alliance With Microsoft For Web Conferencing Market (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 23, 2005)
The company has launched the Tata Indicom Web Conferencing Service based on the Microsoft Office Live Meeting Platform,
- A Milestone On The Road To Nowhere (News International, M B NAQVI, Nov 23, 2005)
The thirteenth annual summit of the twenty years old South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation was held after two postponements on November 12 and 13.
- Bland Man’S Bluff (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 23, 2005)
THE row in Britain over the memoirs of a former ambassador to the United States would have made a little more sense had Sir Christopher Meyer’s book featured at least a few startling revelations.
- The Padilla Case (New York Times, Editorial, The New York Times, Nov 23, 2005)
Almost three and a half years ago, the Bush administration announced that it had arrested a Chicago-born man named Jose Padilla
- Jolie, Pitt To Visit Quake-Hit Pakistan For U.N. (Reuters, Stephanie Nebehay, Nov 23, 2005)
Hollywood stars Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, who have been romantically linked, plan to visit quake survivors in northern Pakistan in coming days.
- Jayalalithaa Seeks Repatriation Of 39 Tamil Youth From Uae (Hindu, Special Correspondent, The Hindu, Nov 23, 2005)
Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Tuesday urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to arrange for "smooth repatriation" of 39 distressed Tamil youth working as low-wage employees in the United Arab Emirates.
- Bihar Pins Hope On Nitish Kumar (Pioneer, Navin Upadhyay, Nov 23, 2005)
It is the dawn of a new era in Bihar. An era of hope and resurgence, an era whose foundation will be laid on the ruins of caste and communal politics, an era ushered in by a verdict whose impact will send tremors in the corridors of power in New Delhi
- War Crimes And Phosphorus Clouds (Hindu, George Monbiot, Nov 23, 2005)
We now know the U.S. also used thermobaric weapons in its assault on Fallujah, where up to 50,000 civilians remained.
- Bihar Joins The National Mainstream (Hindu, Harish Khare , Nov 23, 2005)
Lalu Prasad refused to understand that Bihar could not remain a stranger to the larger process of growth and development that characterises much of the rest of India.
- ‘Life Is Tragic But Often Beautiful’ (Deccan Herald, Utpal Borpujari, Nov 23, 2005)
Florian Gallenberger is somebody who would fit quite perfectly into the definition of a global citizen within the cinematic world.
- How Laloo Express Got Derailed (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 23, 2005)
Amidst the flickering of lantern, the RJD strongman apparently failed to read the writing on the wall, reports Abhay Kumar from Patna.
- Can The South Asian Region Do It Too? (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Nov 23, 2005)
The time to learn some political lessons from the countries of the Greater Mekong Subregion is now.
- Poised To Create History (Hindu, Jonathan Franklin, Nov 23, 2005)
MICHELLE BACHELET was a 23-year-old medical student in Chile when a gang of military men broke into her house and kidnapped both her and her mother, Angela Jeria.
- French Award Presented To Sreedharan (Hindu, Staff Reporter , Nov 23, 2005)
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation chief E Sreedharan was presented one of the most prestigious civilian awards of the French Government -- Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur (Knight of the Legion of Honour) -- in the Capital on Tuesday.
- Marketing "Asian Brands" Engages Participants At Meeting (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Nov 23, 2005)
Low-cost air carriers cannot offer round-the-world trips on budget fares for now
- People's Caravan Campaign Against Wto Agreements (Hindu, Staff Reporter , Nov 23, 2005)
The People's Caravan, or the Citizens for Justice, Dignity and Food Sovereignty, is busy consolidating popular opinion against attempts to make developing countries sign agreements on agriculture, services and intellectual property rights by the World Tra
- Nda Sweeps Bihar Poll (Tribune, Ambarish Dutta, Nov 23, 2005)
Nitish Kumar made the most of the wave for a change in Bihar when he led the NDA combine to a landslide victory in the Bihar Assembly elections, ending the 15-year Lalu-Rabri reign this evening.
- Fresh Start (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 23, 2005)
The rise and fall of leaders are not necessarily the most significant aspect of electoral verdicts.
- Buoyed By Bihar Results, Nda All Set To Take (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Nov 23, 2005)
Buoyed by its victory in the Bihar Assembly elections, the opposition NDA will cross swords with the Government in the winter session of Parliament, commencing tomorrow, on a host of issues, including the raging Volcker report controversy and the policy
- Howard Hails Indo-Pak Efforts (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Nov 23, 2005)
India and Pakistan have made progress in resolving the Kashmir issue as a result of engagements between the leaders of the two countries, visiting Australian Prime Minister John Howard said here today.
- Culture Fest At Ellora (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 23, 2005)
The Ellora Aurangabad Festival begins this November 25 and goes on till 28.
- Reliance-Ia Tie-Up (Hindu, Special Correspondent, The Hindu, Nov 23, 2005)
Indian Airlines and Reliance Infocomm on Tuesday came together to offer India's first mobile booking of a domestic airline ticket.
- Civil Aviation, Uncivil Congestion (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2005)
More planes are criss-crossing Indian skies than ever before; more Indians are also travelling in those planes than ever before.
- Beyond The Boundaries (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Nov 22, 2005)
I did not find any one from the media. But I watched the editor of an Urdu daily, Aziz Burney, offering Eid namaz at Rajghat, Mahatma Gandhi’s samadhi, to atone for the bomb blasts in Delhi.
- Nine More Kashmiris Cross Loc (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2005)
Nine more people on Monday walked across the heavily militarized border in disputed Kashmir in a further sign of easing tensions.
- Assam Moots Restaurant Chain For Vultures In Peril (Deccan Herald, Anirban Bhaumik , Nov 22, 2005)
Forest officials of the Assam government are seriously considering a proposal to set up an exclusive chain of “restaurants for vultures” in the suburban and rural areas of the state.
- Rebels Held During Bush’S China Visit (Tribune, Peter Wallsten, Nov 22, 2005)
After a two-day visit to China billed as an opportunity to advance his second-term goal of spreading freedom, President Bush left the country on Monday amid questions over how aggressively he pressed the matter.
- Canada Report On Air India Bombing Due On Wed (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2005)
A recommendation on whether a full inquiry is needed into how Canada handled the deadly bombing of Air India Flight 182 will be released on Wednesday.
- Second Meeting Point Opened (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2005)
Nine persons including seven hailing from Poonch and two from Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) today crossed Line of Control (LoC) and walked into PoK as India and Pakistan opened the second meeting point at this post in Poonch district today.
- Now Get Married (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2005)
The reality is that the Left has power over policy. Then why be the Congress’s live-in partner?
- Third Man, Silly Point (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 22, 2005)
England captain Charlotte Edwards’ summons to her girls to watch out for roaches and wildlife in Indian beds was, one would like to believe, issued in misplaced humour,
- Al-Queda Transferring Bio-Attack Expertise To Pakistan Based Terror Organizations To Attack India (India Daily, Sudhir Chadda, Nov 22, 2005)
Al-Queda according to some international think tanks may be testing their bio-terror expertise on India.
- A Bonanza For Delhi Mlas, Ministers And Chief Minister (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2005)
Notwithstanding their party president Sonia Gandhi's much talked about directive to the Congress rank and file to observe utmost austerity, the Delhi Cabinet on Monday voted for a post-Diwali bonanza of a hundred per cent increase in the salaries . . . .
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