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- Iit Students Teach Migrant Children (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2007)
Hamirpur, Uttar Pradesh: The children of Bidokhar village call it Apna Skool, or our school.
- Awaiting Inauguration (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 27, 2007)
THE photograph in this newspaper of a new children’s complex at a hospital in Vehari that has yet to be opened because it is awaiting an electricity connection is a reminder of how little importance is given to healthcare in this country.
- Food Insecurity, Drying Rivers Stare Kashmir In The Face (Kashmir Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2007)
Kashmir is teetering dangerously on food insecurity as precious paddy land shrinks by conversion to rain-fed orchards and climate change wreaks havoc with rivers, reducing their level by two-thirds over the past forty years, a recently conducted . . . .
- Development Hijacked (Dawn, Najma Sadeque, Sep 24, 2007)
THE ‘war on terror’ has been very good for authoritarian governments worldwide, especially those that pose as democracies.
- Bangladesh Seeks Us Help For Release Of Abducted Worker (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2007)
Bangladesh has sought US help for the release of an aid worker in Afghanistan, who was kidnapped by unidentified gunmen last week.
- Bangladesh Appeals For Release Of Abducted Worker In Afghan (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2007)
Bangladesh has appealed for the release of its aid worker kidnapped in Afghanistan as police said they arrested three men over the abduction of BRAC official three days ago by unidentified gunmen.
- Ngos Serve 'Quota Blow' To Social Justice Ministry (Pioneer, Rajeev Ranjan Roy, Sep 18, 2007)
The quota fiasco seems to have hit hard none other than the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (SJ&E), a key agency dedicated to the welfare of Scheduled Castes (SCs) and other backward classes (OBCs).
- There For The Knowing (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 14, 2007)
The Rights and Wrongs of It: the Right to Information, edited by Bhabesh Das and Rajiv K. Bhattacharyya, is an anthology of essays that rumble with discontent, questioning the amended RTI law. In the Preface, the editors admit that they . . . .
- Where Are The Ngos? (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2007)
THE question that hit the mind as one went round government health centres and cholera-affected villages in the two backward blocks of Kashipur and Dasmantpur in Orissa was: Where are the NGO leaders?
- No Place To Go (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 12, 2007)
AS WE approach the two-year anniversary of the Oct 8, 2005, earthquake, it is important to take stock and raise some questions about the progress made on reconstruction efforts and how effectively the foreign aid/loans have been utilised.
- No End To Quake Victims’ Pain (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 12, 2007)
AS WE approach the two-year anniversary of the Oct 8, 2005, earthquake, it is important to take stock and raise some questions about the progress made on reconstruction efforts and how effectively the foreign aid/loans have been utilised.
- In A World Of Apathy (Deccan Herald, C V Aravind, Sep 11, 2007)
Two recent incidents, unrelated but reveal deeply the apathy that we, the able bodied, display when it comes to dealing with the physically or mentally challenged.
- Our Achilles Heel (Times of India, Gurcharan Das, Sep 11, 2007)
A friend of mine, who hikes frequently in the Himalayas, showed me a solar torch the other day which gives light for seven hours before you need to recharge it in the sun.
- Toys That Can Kill (Pioneer, Surajit Dasgupta, Sep 10, 2007)
The sequels of the horror movie Child's Play have a diabolical doll that comes to life when anybody is left all alone at home with the toy as the only company, and attacks him mortally.
- Website On Suicide Prevention Launched (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2007)
The majority of women who committed suicide in the Union Territory were in the 15-29 age group, according to the statistics available with a non-governmental organisation working for suicide prevention here.
- Barbers Turn Aids Educators (Statesman, Manoj Chaurasia, Sep 10, 2007)
It takes just a knick or cut from your friendly neighbourhood barber’s unsterilised razor for you to contract the deadly HIV virus.
- Tdsat Seeks Trai Reply (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 08, 2007)
Telecom tribunal TDSAT on friday pulled up the regulator Trai for not taking any steps till now in the matter of recent tariff hike by three major telecom players — Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Essar and Idea.
- Bombay's Innocent Victims Of Destitution (Japan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2007)
With its fast-growing economy, IT engineering advancements and well-trained workforces, India, for me, was the image of an up-and-coming, modernizing, efficient and affluent society. Media coverage on India seemed to confirm this.
- Only Contempt Threat Spurs Executive Into Action: Sc (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2007)
Less than 30 days of the Supreme Court threatening to initiate contempt proceedings against the chief secretaries of five states for below par performance in setting up sanctioned anganwadi centres, the states last week reported back that over . . . .
- Sonia’S Emissary Meets Nepal Maoist Chief (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2007)
Congress party spokesman Abhishek Manu Singhvi on Monday met Nepal’s top Maoist leaders here, marking the first open contact between the party that leads the ruling alliance in New Delhi and the Communist guerrillas who till last year . . .. . .
- Travelogue, Ode, Lament (Hindu, Ramaswamy R. Iyer, Sep 04, 2007)
A journey down the Ganga portraying life along its banks and the issues the river faces today
- Mughal Road: Sc Nod Denudes Forest Cover (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 03, 2007)
Armed with a “go-ahead” order from the Supreme Court, the state government has deployed a large manpower and machines for constructing the much-politicised Mughal Road between Poonch and the Kashmir valley that has denuded the so far untouched . . . . .
- 'Australia Can't Export Uranium To India' (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2007)
Australia will be in breach of an international anti-nuclear treaty as well as specific undertakings given by its Foreign Minister if the government goes ahead with plans to sell uranium to India, the world's largest NGO working against nuclear . . . .
- Australia Will Breach Treaty If It Sells Uranium To India: Ngo (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2007)
Australia will be in breach of an international anti-nuclear treaty and also specific undertakings given by its Foreign Minister if it went ahead with plans to sell uranium to India, the world’s largest NGO working against nuclear proliferation has said.
- 'Australia Can't Sell Uranium To India' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2007)
Australia will be in breach of an international anti-nuclear treaty as well as specific undertakings given by its Foreign Minister if the government goes ahead with plans to sell uranium to India, the world's largest NGO working against nuclear . . . . .
- Tigers Launch Artillery Attacks (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 22, 2007)
Aid worker shot dead in Jaffna
- Faith, Charity And The Money Trail To Pakistan's Islamist Militants (Guardian (UK), editorial, Guardian UK, Aug 21, 2007)
Lolling on a ragged carpet in his cupboard-sized shop in the heart of old Peshawar, Wahhab the money-changer beckoned customers with a sly smile. "Best rate," he said, fingering a fat wad of banknotes over a low glass counter.
- Russia, China Display Military Prowess (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2007)
Fighter jets swooped overhead, commandos jumped from helicopters onto rooftops and the boom of artillery shells shook the firing range in central Russia as Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Hu Jintao looked on smiling.
- Fresh Rain Worsens S Asia Floods (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2007)
Fresh rains in north India have flooded new areas and worsened the situation in regions already badly hit by some of the worst floods in 30 years.
- A Humanitarian Crisis In Iraq (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 18, 2007)
The report finds that the immediate needs of Iraqis are being neglected by international funding agencies.
- The Caste System — India’S Apartheid? (Hindu, Balakrishnan Rajagopal, Aug 18, 2007)
Having taken a principled stand in foreign policy against racial discrimination and apartheid, India should not hide behind a false sense of Third World sovereignty in discussing the real problems of how to effectively end caste discrimination in . . . .
- Dutt Bail Plea: Nikam Unlikely To Appear For Sc Hearing (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2007)
Special Public Prosecutor and the Central Bureau of Investigation's counsel Ujjwal Nikam on Friday hinted that he may not appear in the Supreme Court on August 20, to oppose the bail application of 1993 Mumbai blast case convict and actor Sanjay Dutt.
- Sanjay Dutt Bail Plea: Nikam Unlikely To Appear For Sc Hearing (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2007)
Special Public Prosecutor and the Central Bureau of Investigation's counsel Ujjwal Nikam on Friday hinted that he may not appear in the Supreme Court on August 20, to oppose the bail application of 1993 Mumbai blast case convict and actor Sanjay Dutt.
- Muslim Concerns (Frontline, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 16, 2007)
IT was a breezy July evening. At a seaside club close to the Presidential Palace in Colombo, the city’s elite had gathered to enjoy the performance of a foreign cultural troupe. As the show ended, a Tamil businessman sighted a fellow Muslim . . . . .
- Tackling Child Abuse (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2007)
THE figures provided by a local NGO for child abuse in the country should convince both the government and society at large of the need to openly debate a topic that is considered taboo by most.
- Talking Water On Pages (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2007)
In the 21st century world, water is the most contentious of elements, its ownership more disputed than land and space.
- Four Faces (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 14, 2007)
There are stereotypes. And then there are stereotypes that are awfully close to reality. Roam the streets of urban
- Babus' Day Out (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 14, 2007)
At a fund-raising performance of Dear Liar, by the Bombay-based theatre group, Motley, in support of CanSupport, an NGO providing palliative care to terminally ill cancer patients in the capital, many who had bought tickets found there were no . . . .
- Serious View On 'Small Acts' (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2007)
The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has expanded the definition of corporal punishment and included "small acts" like making a student kneel down or stand for hours or slapping him.
- Hiss! There Are Snakes In The Pm’S House (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2007)
Politics may be a snakepit but politicians are not the only people who have been hissing at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
- Five-Spice Rural Finance (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 13, 2007)
Returning from Beijing with a set of five pairs of chopsticks from the Yun Hong Chopstick Shop, this writer was faced with the inevitable question: “Why five?” The answer is that the number five plays an essential part in the traditional Chinese . . . .
- Indian Prosthetics For Quake Victims (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2007)
A team of 16 Indian technicians, mostly handicapped, will reach Pakistan this month to provide prosthetics to almost 700 people who lost their legs in the 2005 earthquake.
- Five-Spice Rural Finance (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 11, 2007)
Returning from Beijing with a set of five pairs of chopsticks from the Yun Hong Chopstick Shop, this writer was faced with the inevitable question:
- Bangalore Needs A Tree Authority (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 10, 2007)
Bangalore is proud of its greenery, only for the trees in Cubbon Park and Lalbagh, but so many trees disappear every month.
- The First Real Milestone (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 10, 2007)
THE Supreme Court’s unprecedented ruling last month that threw out the government’s case against the Chief Justice is the first real milestone in 60 years in the country’s journey towards integration and democracy.
- Afghanistan, A Post-Imperial Spasm (Hindu, Simon Jenkins, Aug 09, 2007)
This war against the Taliban is part of apost-imperial spasm. The longer it is waged,the graver the consequences.
- Need To Develop Gas Sector (Deccan Herald, Bhamy V Shenoy, Aug 08, 2007)
Natural gas industry failed to develop due to the misguided approach of authorities.
- It Takes Inane Optimism To See Victory In Afghanistan (Guardian (UK), editorial, Guardian UK, Aug 08, 2007)
The British government is lining up Paddy Ashdown to rule Afghanistan. This is not a silly season story or a Gilbert and Sullivan spoof, merely a measure of the lunacy now polluting British foreign policy.
- U.N. Official Faults Muttur Killings Probe (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 07, 2007)
United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator, John Holmes, on Monday made a strong plea to the Sri Lanka Government to investigate with “full weight and force of justice” the execution style killing of 17 aid workers of a French NGO in Muttur. . .
- Sethusamudram Project Is Anti-Religious, Uneconomical (Deccan Herald, DIPAK BASU, Aug 07, 2007)
The minister of shipping, through his decisions, has shown his ignorance of Indias maritime history and the religious importance of Ram Sethu...
- Khartoum Is No Friend (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2007)
The decision of the UN Security Council (UNSC) to authorise the deployment of a new peacekeeping force of 20,000 troops in Darfur is a positive step forward after four years of lethal inaction by the international community.
- Threat To Ngo In Kohat (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2007)
IT will be a big blow to this country if NGOs in the tribal or remote areas were to cease their work for security reasons.
- Critical Thinking And Education (Deccan Herald, Bhamy V Shenoy, Aug 01, 2007)
We need to encourage independent thinking and critical questioning abilities in students.
- Sanjay Dutt's Bail Hopes Rest On Sc (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2007)
And approaching the apex court, and setting the ball rolling for the bail, could start as early as Wednesday as Dutt's legal team has a copy of the operative part of the sentencing order.
- Sri Lanka’S Muslims: Out In The Cold (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Jul 31, 2007)
As the Mahinda Rajapaksa Government trumpets its “liberation of the east” after the ouster of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) from the Thoppigala jungles, the Muslims of Sri Lanka are faced with new dilemmas with regard to their place . . . .
- Oxfam Report Reveals Iraqs Humanitarian Crisis (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Jul 31, 2007)
Oxfam International and the NGO Coordinating Committee in Iraq issued a highly critical report on Monday on Iraqi and global handling of the growing humanitarian crisis in Iraq...
- Suffering Of Iraqis (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 31, 2007)
IN the violence that has taken hold of Iraq ever since the American invasion of 2003, the scale of suffering endured by ordinary citizens tends to be overshadowed by the debate on the political upheaval there.
- Spare Us The Caveman Tactics (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2007)
Acute activism has become endemic to urban India. Now their victims have begun to react.
- Upa Shows An Iron Fist For ‘Foreign Hand’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2007)
In 2002, the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, chaired by Congress president Sonia Gandhi, honoured former IAS officer Harsh Mander with the Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavna award for what it called his “commendable work” in Gujarat after the riots.
- Skdrdp To Invest Rs. 150 Crore On Rural Development Schemes (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2007)
L.H. Manjunath, executive director of the Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala Rural Development Project (SKDRDP), said here on Tuesday that his organisation intended to invest about Rs. 150 crore in the next three years for its rural development programmes.
- China’S Experiment With Village Elections (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Jul 24, 2007)
Are they simply a limited experiment aimed at ensuring better compliance with central government directives in the potentially restive countryside or do they hold within them the seeds of genuine political change across the system?
- Zero Tolerance (Frontline, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Jul 24, 2007)
The government targets the international group that oversees the probe into human rights violations.
- Ltte Is Targeting South Now: Colombo (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Jul 24, 2007)
The Sri Lankan Government on Monday warned that the LTTE, following its ouster from the east, the LTTE is “attempting to cause destruction and panic” in south with the objective of disrupting “development works” in the east and urged people to be . . . .
- Shahrukh Khan Goes Green, But For A Just Cause (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 23, 2007)
While other celebrities are doing their bit for the environment, talking about global warming or posing as caged animals, Shahrukh Khan will be doing his bit, telling the country about the hardships faced by the forest guard to protect its wildlife.
- Financial Inclusion Via Exclusion? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 19, 2007)
The government is about to come out with a microfinance Bill which will be infructous from the very start. The Micro Financial Sector Development and Regulation Bill, about to emerge from the parliamentary standing committee on finance, seeks to do three
- Rational Choice Is A Fiction (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 13, 2007)
The country’s first school voucher programme was implemented in Delhi earlier this month. Is this the solution to the crisis in our schools? Or do school vouchers promote state irresponsibility in a crucial arena? What does ‘choice’ mean in this context?
- Yamuna Flood Plain In Danger (Asian Age, Rashme Sehgal, Jul 13, 2007)
With no Central government notification banning construction along the river flood plains, this land is up for grabs. The Delhi Yamuna river bank is a prime example of how land use is being subverted to suit vested interests.
- Lawlessness In Oil City (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 11, 2007)
Set in lush swamps with palm trees on every street corner, southern Nigerian port town Port Harcourt was once known as the Garden City. But security has sharply deteriorated in recent years.
- India Firm Plans Hiv Health Cover (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 11, 2007)
A private insurance company has announced India's first-ever health cover for HIV-positive people.
- Sowing Success On Farm (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Jul 11, 2007)
How did agriculture in India, once the most advanced in the world, degenerate to its present state, asks, pointing out that if left to grow without interference, the sector will flourish.
- Not All Are Happy (Deccan Herald, R Akhileshwari , Jul 09, 2007)
Mr Asaduddin Owaisi, Majlis MP described the 4 per cent reservation as a "poisonous chalice the Muslims are being offered to drink".
- It Is Patil Versus Shekhawat (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2007)
The stage was set today for a straight contest between Congress-led UPA-Left candidate Mrs Pratibha Patil and BJP-led NDA backed Independent nominee Mr Bhairon Singh Shekhawat for the post of President following rejection of nomination papers of . . . .
- Putting The Cart Before The Horse (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Jun 30, 2007)
There is a saying in Punjabi: “Pind vasay nahin, shareek phela e aagaye” (villages have not yet taken root, but the claimants have already arrived).
- Now, Babies Survive Their Initial Years (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 30, 2007)
In Orissa, at least 75 children in every 1,000 die before they complete their first year.
- Water Access And Citizens’ Movements (Hindu, G. ANANTHAKRISHNAN, Jun 28, 2007)
The predicted disruptions to the water cycle over the subcontinent in the
coming years as a result of climate change make citizen sector intervention
even more of a necessity.
- Seeking To Make Fire Without Smoke (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Jun 28, 2007)
Efficient biomass-burning cooking stoves that give out less smoke would be hugely beneficial. But designing such stoves
that also get public acceptance is
quite a challenge.
- Wto Negotiations — The Potsdam Setback (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Jun 27, 2007)
It is simplistic to think that the Potsdam failure signals the end of G-4 or of the Doha Round.
- Mom & Dad In Dock For Child Abuse (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2007)
When three-year-old Ketan Rana came to school covered with bruises, his teachers suspected something was wrong. What they never imagined, till Ketan (name changed) broke down and told them, was that the abusers were his parents.
- That Foreign Alibi (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , Jun 25, 2007)
I was talking to a friend of mine who shall remain un-named. He has recently been appointed a ‘full’ secretary to our majestic Government of India — not an under or a deputy or a joint or an additional, mind you, a real full . . . .
- The Right To Information Act: Need For Awareness (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 23, 2007)
The awareness of the RTI Act is very low in rural india. It continues to be an urban phenomena.
- Ear To The Ground (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 22, 2007)
When a cop dared to remove his bicycle from the porch when the Governor’s car drove in, an enraged Sandeep Dikshit, currently Congress MP and Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit’s son, bathed him with urine. Literally.
- Jet Tenders Apology For Offloading Patient (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2007)
A day after it strongly defended its role, JetLite, a division of Jet Airways, on Thursday apologised to cerebral palsy patient Rajiv Rajan for offloading him from a Delhi-bound flight in Chennai on Monday.
- Unwarranted Fury (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 21, 2007)
There is an air of unreality about the protests that have consumed some countries against Britain’s decision to confer a knighthood on Salman Rushdie.
- Water Woes (Frontline, PALLAVI AIYAR, Jun 21, 2007)
Pollution aggravates China's natural water scarcity, and climate change threatens to aggravate it.
- Airline Is Pulled Up For Not Flying Disabled (Asian Age, Sridhar Kumaraswami, Jun 20, 2007)
The directorate-general of civil aviation (DGCA), the regulator in the civil aviation sector, has sought an explanation from the airline Jetlite (known till now as Air Sahara) for refusing entry on board one of its flights from Chennai to New Delhi . . .
- Create Awareness (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 19, 2007)
Lack of public awareness is standing in the way of thousands of people being able to secure a new lease of life through cadaver transplants.
- Home But Not Alone (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 19, 2007)
The government’s proposal to permit child offenders below 18 years of age to stay with their families with the provision that they observe certain restrictions is a welcome step.
- Come, Feel Pulse Of People: Gogoi To Ulfa (Indian Express, Samudra Gupta Kashyap, Jun 18, 2007)
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has asked the ULFA top bosses—the outfit’s chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa and commander-in-chief Paresh Barua—to come and feel the pulse of the people about their demand for a sovereign state.
- Sri Lanka Launches Last Phase Of Resettlement (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Jun 18, 2007)
Over 31,000 people who have been internally displaced to benefit
IDPs provided transport facilities and dry ration
Special identity card issued to prevent infiltration by Tigers
- The Day The President Waited (Deccan Herald, Bharathi Ghanashyam, Jun 16, 2007)
As President Kalam reaches the end of his tenure, some moments are hard to forget.
- Ulfa Blames Rss-Backed Ngo For Bullut Blast (Indian Express, Samudra Gupta Kashyap, Jun 16, 2007)
A day after two people were killed in a blast at Bullut Bazar, a weekly market in a Muslim-dominated area of Kamrup district, the outlawed ULFA held the RSS responsible for the incident.
- A Single-Handed Fight, Literally (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2007)
In the congested lanes of Vishwas Nagar, 14-year-old Pramod Kumar can be seen manoeuvring a rickshaw with great difficulty, using the only hand he has. He lost his other hand in an accident at a plastic factory in November.
- Ulfa Blames Blast On Rss (Tribune, Bijay Sankar Bora, Jun 16, 2007)
The banned United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) has accused hand of the Rashtriya Sawayamsevak Sangh (RSS) behind June 13 bomb blast at a market near Hajo in Kamrup district in which 2 persons were killed and over 30 injured.
- Tiger By The Tale (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 15, 2007)
Wildlife enthusiasts will be elated to hear that 70 per cent of the participating nations, including India, at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) meet being held in The Hague, have rejected China’s proposal to lift . . . .
- Red Cross Officials Meet Rajapaksa (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Jun 15, 2007)
Officials of the International Red Cross (IRC) and Red Crescent Movement met Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa in Geneva on Thursday to seek information on action taken over the murder of two staff members of the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society in . . .
- Carter In Nepal On Peace Mission (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2007)
Flanked by Secret Service men, security personnel provided by Nepal government and US officials,
- Afghan Women’S Journey Of Broken Promises (Tribune, Terri Judd, Jun 14, 2007)
In a filthy corner of a clinic in Lashkar Gah, a heavily-pregnant 12-year-old lies wailing at a curt, dismissive doctor. Down the road some of the thousands of widows in the area beg in the mud.
- The Bane Of Child Labour (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 13, 2007)
As we learned on World Day Against Child Labour yesterday, the plight of children forced to work is depressing.
- Condoms For Indian Porn Watchers (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 12, 2007)
A year after a programme was launched to sell condoms at theatres showing porn films in India, health officials say the response has been overwhelming.
- Naxalites Today (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 11, 2007)
Forty years after the Naxalbari uprising, it is remarkable that Maoism remains a potent political force. It has survived the disappearance of Maoism in the land of its origin and the collapse of the Soviet bloc.
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