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Articles 5521 through 5620 of 12047:
- Govt Awards Bids For Delhi, Mumbai Airports (Tribune, Girja Shankar Kaura, Feb 01, 2006)
Even as employees of the Airports Authority of India (AAI) decided to go on strike from tomorrow in a bid to paralyse the airports, the government today went ahead with the modernisation programme awarding the contract for the Delhi and Mumbai . . .
- Post-Poll Prospects In Palestine (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 01, 2006)
Earthquake: that was the commonest metaphor deployed by an evidently shaken international media in describing last week’s Hamas landslide in the occupied as well as the unilaterally abandoned Palestinian territories.
- Documents Show Iran Wants To Make Nukes: Iaea (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
An extensive document obtained by Iran on the nuclear black market serves no other purpose than to make an atomic warhead, the International Atomic Energy Agency said on Tuesday.
- Prevention Is Better Than Cure (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 01, 2006)
Extracts from the ILO’s regional high-level tripartite meeting on the Role of Labour Inspections in Combating Child Labour, Harare, 2001
- Women Power (Daily Excelsior, Vijay Satokar, Feb 01, 2006)
Harshini Kanekar is like any other neighbourhood young girl. What makes her special, however, is that she is the first woman to have opted for and successfully selected to become a fire engineer. Harshini would be the first woman fireman . . .
- Failure Of Courage (Telegraph, BRIJESH D. JAYAL, Feb 01, 2006)
The author is a retired air marshall of the Indian Air Force
In the year 2004, India created a record of sorts by surpassing China for the first time in importing military hardware of around $5.7 billion.
- Retailing Is No Rocket Science (The Financial Express, S NARAYAN, Feb 01, 2006)
Last Tuesday, the Cabinet announ-ced FDI liberalisations in a slew of sectors.
- Welcome Khadim-E-Harmain Sharifain (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 01, 2006)
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia is arriving in Islamabad today on a two-day State visit to Pakistan at the invitation of President Gen Pervez Musharraf. He will hold wide-ranging talks with Pakistani leaders on the security environment, . . .
- Iran Vote To Be Based On National Interest, Says Govt (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 31, 2006)
Mr Anand Sharma Minister of State for External Affairs, today said India's vote on the Iran nuclear issue at the February 2 meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) would be based on its national interest.
- Privileges And Perils (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Jan 31, 2006)
Shortly after presenting his credentials in Rashtrapati Bhavan several years ago, an American ambassador invited his fellow heads of diplomatic missions for breakfast at his residence in Chanakyapuri.
- Observations On National Curriculum Framework (Daily Excelsior, Dr Renu Nanda, Jan 31, 2006)
The process of teaching and learning under the emerging global scenario requires a curriculum framework which is not only relevant to fast changing requirements of the society but as well acts as a catalyst for the empowerment of the educated youth.
- Pak-Trained Militant Among 2 Held At Kurla Terminus With Explosives (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 31, 2006)
Over three weeks after three suspected Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) members were nabbed here, the Anti-Terrorist Squad arrested two men carrying two revolvers and 950 gms of a high-grade explosive powder at the city’s Lokmanya Tilak Terminus at 4.45 a.m.
- Diplomatic Wisdom (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 31, 2006)
Indian diplomacy has, almost accidentally, shown some wisdom. The King of Saudi Arabia should have been long ago invited to be Chief Guest on Republic Day.
- Will India Fly? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 31, 2006)
If militant unions scuttle airport reform, status quo can become the norm in badly-run state sectors
- Shackling India’S Nuclear Dreams (Deccan Herald, K Subrahmanya, Jan 31, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is convinced that the July 18, 2005 Indo-US civil nuclear agreement, when implemented, will go a long way in addressing the country’s growing energy needs; But the scientific community is divided on the pact.
- Detach Politics And Economics (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Jan 31, 2006)
If Pakistan allows the Kashmir issue to stymie its trade with India, it could get isolated in the region
- Trade Unions Plan Campaign Against Upa Government (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 31, 2006)
"Government is reneging on promises given in Common Minimum Programme"
- Arrangements In Full Swing For Manmohan, Sonia Gandhi Visit (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 31, 2006)
National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme to be launched in Anantapur on February 2
District and State Government officials supervising preparations round the clock
Team of Special Protection Group camping at venue of launch
- The Politics Of Reform (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jan 31, 2006)
The lack of a strong political constituency for economic reforms in India was once again vividly illustrated last week. Steps announced by the government to liberalise foreign direct investment in certain areas, including single brand sales,
- N-Ties Not Linked With Democracy, Says Fo (Dawn, Qudssia Akhlaque, Jan 31, 2006)
Pakistan on Monday made it clear that while it was cooperating with the international community in the war against terrorism the effective measures it had taken to fight this scourge were primarily prompted by its own national interest.
- Keep Cmp In Mind (The Financial Express, GURUDAS DASGUPTA, Jan 31, 2006)
The Cabinet expansion is alright with us, but the newly chosen must not forget the promises made in the Common Mini-mum Programme (CMP) of the government and should take steps which are pro-poor.
- Eye In The Sky To Track Illegal Constructions In Delhi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 31, 2006)
Union Science and Technology Minister Kapil Sibal on Monday announced plans to set up a high-tech system for real time monitoring of illegal constructions in Chandni Chowk and other areas of the Capital covered by Zone I of the Municipal Corporation . . .
- Modernisation Bids To Be Opened (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Jan 31, 2006)
Airports Authority of India employees threaten to disrupt services
Forum leaders meet Praful Patel and warn of flash strike
"No satisfactory reply on Alternate Plan"
- From The Blurb (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 31, 2006)
A firsthand account of the poverty, discrimination and trampling of human rights suffered daily by billions of people across the world. It represents the collective voice of the poor and excluded people from 5000 villages across 19 countries in Africa, .
- Environmental Degradation (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 30, 2006)
A WORKSHOP conducted by an NGO in Islamabad the other day pointed out that although it is mandatory to carry out an environment impact assessment (EIA) before undertaking a development project, this has rarely been the case, especially in the public secto
- Menace Of Fake Drugs (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 30, 2006)
PAKISTAN’S inclusion in a list of nations that figure amongst the world’s counterfeiting “hot spots” will inevitably cause more harm to its already tainted reputation.
- Focus On Gender Statistics (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, Jan 30, 2006)
INDIA FIGURES among the 10 largest countries where civil registration of births is incomplete — there is a shortfall of about 10 per cent.
- 7 New Ministers In Union Cabinet — Aiyar Loses Petroleum To Murli Deora; Shinde Gets Power (Business Line, Our Bureau, Business line, Jan 30, 2006)
LEAVING the four pillars of his Cabinet - Finance, Home, Defence, and Law - untouched, and retaining the External Affairs portfolio, the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, today did the first major reshuffle and expansion of his Council of Ministers.
- `Indian Biz Models Sustainable, Innovative' (Business Line, Krishnan Thiagarajan, Jan 30, 2006)
THE momentum that was kicked-off last year with homegrown software majors TCS and Infosys biting off $400-million chunk of the ABN-Amro deal has been sustained with HCL Technologies bagging a $330-million five-year contract from DSG International.
- Rule Over Self (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jan 30, 2006)
Today our minds are clouded by delusion. In our ignorance, we quarrel with one another and indulge in rowdyism against our own brethren.
- Relevance Of The Mahatma Today (Daily Excelsior, Predhuman K.Joseph Dhar, Jan 30, 2006)
The question of relevance is a search for the meaningfulness or meaninglessness of past historic events, persons and values to the society, which owes and traces its origin to them.
- To Free The Beasts Of Burden (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 30, 2006)
Extracts from the ILO’s regional high-level tripartite meeting on the Role of Labour Inspections in Combating Child Labour, Harare, 2001
- Shinde, Antulay, Soz Inducted In Ministry (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 30, 2006)
Three heavyweights from Maharashtra - Sushil Kumar Shinde, A R Antulay and Murli Deora - were today brought into the Union Cabinet in a major expansion and reshuffle of his ministry by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh who stripped Mani Shankar Aiyar of...
- Irritating Thorn Of Democracy (Dawn, F.S. Aijazuddin, Jan 30, 2006)
PAKISTAN has one leg shorter than the other; it leans on imports to keep itself upright.
- Us Wants 'Great Majority' Of Indian N-Reactors In Civil Prog (Press Trust of India, Ajay Kaul, Jan 30, 2006)
Providing glimpses of the "difficulties" involved in implementation of the July 18 nuclear deal, the US has said if India did not put a "great majority"
- In India-China Race My Money Is On India (Bloomberg.com, William Pesek Jr., Jan 30, 2006)
If you want to shock an audience of businesspeople, make this argument: Twenty years from now, India's rise will be more impressive than China's.
- Pm Inducts 19 New Ministers (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 30, 2006)
Altogether 22 ministers were administered oath of office and secrecy at the Rastrapati Bhavan. While 19 of them joined Manmohan ministry in this reshuffle, three were elevated from Minister of State to Cabinet rank.
- Antulay, Shinde In Union Cabinet (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 30, 2006)
18 new faces, Shibu Soren re-inducted, three elevated to Cabinet rank..
- Cabinet-Council Of Ministers (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 30, 2006)
22 Ministers take oath in UPA government expansion New Delhi, Jan 29 (UNI) The following is the new list of Council of Ministers of the Manmohan Singh government after today's expansion-cum-reshuffle:
- Hdk Searching For Secularism (Deccan Herald, Asha Krishnaswamy, Jan 30, 2006)
The Hubli convention culminated in the ouster of Siddaramaiah as the JDLP leader.
- Us, India Close To N-Deal: Negotiator (Dawn, Anwar Iqbal, Jan 29, 2006)
The US official negotiating a nuclear deal with India has said that the two countries are “very close” to reaching an agreement, but “some of the most difficult issues” have arisen towards the end of the negotiating process.
- Davos: Its Creative Imperative (Indian Express, N K Singh, Jan 29, 2006)
Davos. This Alpine ski resort succeeded yet again in attracting the powerful, the rich and the colourful from across the globe. Its annual meeting which finished a few hours before I sat down to write this piece was, from my viewpoint, . . .
- India Inc’S First 40 Technopreneurs (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 29, 2006)
Kerala-based D Ramaiah is among those at the helm of pathbreaking cancer research, but he'd never thought about translating his work into a successful commercial venture ...
- Reading The Pose (Telegraph, Malavika Karlekar, Jan 29, 2006)
From the 1840s onwards, the interface with the camera was marked by the ruling elite in various colonies patronizing a growing number of photographic studios.
- Last Man Standing? (Deccan Herald, T C NARAYAN, Jan 29, 2006)
In one sentence it is an unique book in the sense that it deals with highly emotive matters of current relevance and reading it, one could almost feel the temperature of the venues of those speeches and interviews.
- Adivasis' Champion (Hindu, RAMACHANDRA GUHA , Jan 29, 2006)
IN the first week of February 2002, I got a call from the writer Mahasweta Devi. I had met Mahasweta only once — in a boarding house in Delhi where we both happened to be staying but knew, of course...
- Indo-Russia New Pact In The Offing: Nath (Press Trust of India, Raj Kumar Ray, Jan 29, 2006)
India and Russia will be working for new economic agreements that would include higher investment of Russian firms in the country's lagging infrastructure.
- Forgotten Caretakers Of Our Cities (Hindu, SMITA JAIN, Jan 29, 2006)
The work of the Mumbai-based Stree Mukti Sanghatana has shown that wastepickers, despite the inhuman conditions in which they work, need not be passive victims of poverty and can lead a life of dignity.
- Looking Beyond The Backwaters (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 29, 2006)
FEW articles of mine have provoked such a storm of a reaction from Keralites as my piece on Kerala's women ("Kalyanikutty's Kerala", Magazine, November 6, 2005).
- Cpi(m) Resents U.S. Intervention (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 29, 2006)
Acquiring Syrian oilfield: "India's national interest should be kept in mind"
India being pressured to fall in line with U.S. interests
U.S. objected to Iran pipeline too
Forge energy ties with other nations
- Farmers And Fdi (Hindu, BALAJI SHANKAR, Jan 29, 2006)
Small farms can be very profitable and we do not need GM seeds or green revolution or agricultural research to do that
- Oh, For That Great Cup Of Coffee! (Tribune, Joel Achenbach, Jan 28, 2006)
PEOPLE always say to me, “How can I make the perfect cup of coffee?” And I have to break the bad news: One does not make the perfect cup.
- Congress: Between Hope And Despair (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Jan 28, 2006)
The Congress and the Government have settled into a dither and delay routine. This is unfortunate given the unmatched potential of the Sonia Gandhi-Manmohan Singh team.
- Dharam To Go Down Fighting: Cong (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 28, 2006)
The life of the Congress-led Karnataka government seemed to have been prolonged for sometime as chief minister Mr N Dharam Singh failed to move the trust motion.
- 'Clemenceau Should Be Decontaminated In France' (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jan 28, 2006)
As part of the fight to keep Le Clemenceau out of the ship-breaking yard in Alang till its toxic material is removed, Annie Thebaud-Mony flew in from France to depose before the Supreme Court monitoring committee. Representing Ban Asbestos Network (BAN)..
- Unpalatable, But Needed (The Financial Express, ANIL BHARDWAJ, Jan 28, 2006)
From the record of recent Union budgets, another bout of de-reservation is on the cards. It is interesting to see the evolution of this policy, whereby certain products have been earmarked for exclusive manufacture in small-scale industries (SSIs).
- Open Courts To Deal With Child Labour Cases (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 28, 2006)
With a view to ensuring minimum wages and tackling the problem of child labour, open courts will be held every Friday, Assistant Commissioner of Labour B. J. D. K. Sudhakar has said.
- I Have Exceeded Expectations, Says Jayalalithaa (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 28, 2006)
Chief Minister looks back at the five years of AIADMK regime with pride and happiness
- Rice Waves Red Rag To India On Iran Vote (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Jan 28, 2006)
Barely 48 hours after US Ambassador in India, Mr David C Mulford, linked up the fate of the Indo-US nuclear deal to how New Delhi votes at the IAEA’s resolution in Vienna on February 2-3, it was today the turn of none other than Secretary . . .
- No Guarantee (Indian Express, SANDEEP PANDEY, Jan 28, 2006)
After the passage of the Employment Guarantee Act last year a journalist went to the village Purwa Maan in Hardoi district of UP, one of the 200 districts covered under the Act, to ask how the villagers felt about the new law.
- ‘Afghans Poor But Still Optimistic’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 28, 2006)
Afghans are among the most optimistic in the world when it comes to their economic future, a BBC survey has found, but such confidence is not always easy to find on the streets of Kabul.
- Whose Policy Is It Anyway? (Indian Express, ILA PATNAIK, Jan 28, 2006)
The RBI recently raised the interest rate for short-term borrowing. When do central banks raise interest rates and why did RBI make this move?
- Saudi Monarch Committed To India's Energy Security (Hindustan Times, Nilova Roy Chaudhury, Jan 28, 2006)
A pledge of complete energy security and wide-ranging collaboration to combat terrorism form the core of the new strategic partnership India and Saudi Arabia agreed to forge through a "landmark" declaration, signed on Friday by Saudi monarch . . .
- Beware, There’S No Morality In Midnight Haste (Indian Express, SOLI J. SORABJEE, Jan 28, 2006)
The recent Supreme Court judgment pronouncing dissolution of the Bihar legislative assembly to be unconstitutional has enunciated far-reaching constitutional principles.
- Boosting Agriculture Sector (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jan 28, 2006)
Minsiter for Agriculture and Livestock Sikandar Hayat Bosan has reiterated commitment of the Government to develop agriculture sector and pointed out that the public sector investment in the sector increased from Rs 750 million to Rs 9135 million . . .
- Pm Seeks Pak-Russian Cooperation In N-Energy (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 28, 2006)
Noting that the potential of Pak-Russian cooperation remained under-utilised, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Friday stressed the need for taking steps to enhance the level of cooperation between the two countries particularly in the fields of education,
- Take Control Of The Creation Of Technology (Business Line, D. Murali , Jan 28, 2006)
Neil Gershenfeld's FAB is important for two reasons: one, it's about `the coming revolution on your desktop — from personal computers to personal fabrication'; and, two, the author, who is director of MIT's CBA, or Centre for Bits and Atoms, . . .
- Canines Need Care (Deccan Herald, Christine Krishnasami, Jan 28, 2006)
A dog’s nature does not change even when someone tries to help them
- Indo-Russia New Pact In The Offing: Nath (Press Trust of India, Raj Kumar Ray, Jan 28, 2006)
India and Russia will be working for new economic agreements that would include higher investment of Russian firms in the country's lagging infrastructure.
- Lakshmi Mittal, Multibillionaire Steel Magnate (Reuters, Dan Lalor, Jan 28, 2006)
Lakshmi Mittal, the world's third-richest person and head of the world's biggest steel company, unveiled his most audacious bid on Friday -- a $23 billion takeover of his largest rival.
- Elbaradei Asks Us To Provide Iran With Nuclear Reactors (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 28, 2006)
Says resolution of Korean, Mideast, Kashmir issues to do away with 90pc
of proliferation threat
UN nuclear chief Mohamed ElBaradei on Friday called on the United States to provide Iran with nuclear reactors and urged Tehran to declare . . .
- "The Real Threat Is From Imperial Fundamentalism" (Hindu, Marcus Dam, Jan 27, 2006)
Writer and political activistTariq Alidescribes himself as a "person of the Left." In a recent interview in Kolkata, he talked about his concerns over an Asia which is "politically undetermined and economically over-determined," . . .
- Dealing With The Global Employment Crisis (Hindu, Juan Somavia, Jan 27, 2006)
In tackling the jobs crisis, it is time to revisit the commitments made by the global community to promote social inclusion and jobs as the basis of poverty reduction and deliver on them.
- ‘India Sends Out Wrong Signals’ (Deccan Herald, K S Narayanan, Jan 27, 2006)
Documentation Centre (SAHDRC) on Indian migrant workers in Saudi Arabia says that Noushad’s case is just the tip of the iceberg. in Saudi Arabia.
- Extending The Idea Of India (Indian Express, AMBA PANDE, Jan 27, 2006)
Naushad has been pardoned. His eye will not be gouged out by the government of Saudi Arabia. The news, bringing relief to the family and the nation, also brings forth the larger issue of welfare of migrant labourers and India’s policy . . .
- Secret To Future Growth: Be Creative (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 27, 2006)
Entrepreneurship and entertainment are driving economic growth as much as the tech sector, says Richard Florida
- Separation Is Not Rocket Science (Indian Express, G. Balachandran, Jan 27, 2006)
G. Balachandran on how India and the United States could agree on the list of facilities to be offered for IAEA safeguards
- Superheavy Elements Need To Researched (Daily Excelsior, Lalitha Vaidyanathan, Jan 27, 2006)
India, currently using third generation nuclear technology, cannot continue to got slow but to innovate more evolved technologies for the general advancement of industrial development. Are Indians scientists equipped to move forward is the . . .
- Lessening Urban Poverty (Daily Excelsior, S. C. Sharma, Jan 27, 2006)
In the new millennium, India has already crossed the one billion mark of population and constitutes about 1/6th of the world’s total population. With about 330 million urban population in over 5,000 cities, and nearly 67 million urban population . . .
- Regressive Demand (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jan 27, 2006)
That the steel ministry is actually considering revising, under pressure from the large steel manufacturers’ lobby, its earlier Budget proposal for a hike in customs duty on finished steel from the present 5% to 10% or 15%, is regressive.
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