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Articles 2521 through 2620 of 17201:
- Absconding Kar Seva Baba Holds Meeting With Dera Chief (Tribune, Sarbjit Dhaliwal, Aug 06, 2006)
The Punjab Government has directed the Health Department authorities to examine the content of pesticides in various soft drinks, including Coca Cola and Pepsi.
- Potpourri Of Thoughts (New Indian Express, V Geetha, Aug 06, 2006)
The Blindness of Insight is an elegantly argued book. It offers a provocative thesis: that communal violence, especially in northern India, represents a unique resolution of the caste question.
- Quota For Undeserving? Here's A Reality Check (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
The quota debate is often presented as a conflict between equity versus excellence. The chorus of the anti-quota protests: get in more OBCs, SC/ST’s, you dilute the standards of an institution since they are “undeserving.” The facts, however, aren’t . . .
- Sun Shines On Hill Towns, Thanks To Delhi (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
If you thought Infosys founder NR Narayanamurthy’s driver is India’s only millionaire chauffeur, here’s a surprise. “My driver is a million- aire too,” chuckles Arun Rawat, owner of Kanha Biogenetics, a tiny drug making unit in Baddi, a small town . . .
- New Face Of Jihadi Terror (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 06, 2006)
Let's not blind ourselves to the new scourge: Home-grown Islamist terror ----- Investigations into the Mumbai bombings and several other blasts over the past few months (Varanasi, Bangalore, Delhi and Ayodhya) have confirmed that Pakistan has . . .
- No Need Of A Primrose Way (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 06, 2006)
Roads as a notion are alluringly poetic — they can lead to the end of the rainbow just as efficiently as they can lead to a government office. But being tempted by the metaphorical plane has its dangers, particularly if examples of the symbolic . . .
- It Majors On Talent Hunt In Tier-Ii Cities (Hindu, S. RAMESH, Aug 06, 2006)
After the metros, it is now the Tier-II cities. Information Technology (IT) majors have started targeting campuses of various engineering colleges in Salem and Namakkal districts to source raw talents that are available in plenty here.
- Infosys Assurance To Guwahati Iit (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
Infosys Technologies Chairman and Chief Mentor N.R. Narayana Murthy on Saturday promised to consider including the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, in the company's "Campus Connect" programme.
- New Face Of Jihadi Terror (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 05, 2006)
Let's not blind ourselves to the new scourge: Home-grown Islamist terror ----- Investigations into the Mumbai bombings and several other blasts over the past few months (Varanasi, Bangalore, Delhi and Ayodhya) have confirmed that Pakistan has devised . .
- U.S. Slaps Sanctions On Two Indian Firms, Five Others (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
The United States has imposed sanctions against seven companies from North Korea, Russia, India and Cuba for their alleged arms dealings with Iran, a State Department official said on Friday.
- Rolls-Royce & Hal Celebrate 50 Years Of Partnership (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
One of the longest relationships in aerospace, between Rolls-Royce and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) recently celebrated its 50th anniversary with a ceremony at the Farnborough International Airshow.
- Pgi Seeks Rs. 100 Crores Additional Central Grant For New Facilities (Hindu, Rajesh Ahuja, Aug 05, 2006)
PGI Director K.K.Talwar is hopeful that the amount will be released shortly
- State Government Nod Likely For Tirupati-Tirumala Ropeway Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
TTD's alternate alignment survey completed
TTD suggests ropeway at a level lower than sanctum on seven hills
Alternate sites at 840 ft high surveyed keeping in view pilgrims, TTD's sentiments
Project to be implemented with Austrian technology
- Now, State Plans A Bangalorenano (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
In a bid to tap and showcase the new and emerging nano technologies, the State government is now planning to host BangaloreNano soon.
- Disclose Cola Contents: Pil (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
The controversy surrounding pesticide-laden colas is likely to take an interesting turn as a Delhi-based voluntary organisation has filed a public interest litigation (PIL) in the Supreme Court seeking disclosure of the ingredients and chemical . . .
- Environment "Needs Apollo-Scale Project" (Hindu, Ian Sample , Aug 05, 2006)
An urgent project on the scale of the Apollo moon landings is needed to boost research into green energy sources and save the planet from environmental disaster, according to Britain's top scientist.
- Oop Bill Undemocratic (Deccan Herald, N Haridas, Aug 05, 2006)
Legislators are more concerned about their own interest than that of the citizens who elect them.
- Us Slaps Sanctions On Two Indian Firms (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
The US government has imposed sanctions on two Indian and five other companies from Russia, North Korea and Cuba for allegedly supplying banned equipment and technology to Iran.
- Why The Standard Economist May Be The Emperor In New Clothes (Business Line, D. Murali , Aug 05, 2006)
Why too much credence to a version of economics that is often ridiculously at odds with our simple powers of observation, asks Nobel Laureate George A. Akerlof in Explorations in Pragmatic Economics. In Empire of Knowledge, Vinay Lal talks about . . .
- World Should Pay Heed To Oic Call (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 05, 2006)
The Putrajaya OIC summit has condemned the relentless Israeli aggression and called for immediate and comprehensive cease-fire and deployment of UN peace force in Lebanon.
- A Garrison State (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, Aug 05, 2006)
This history of the Pentagon traces the story of how the United States became besotted with military power.
- After Tobacco, Ramadoss On Anti-Cola Drive (Pioneer, Yoga Rangatia, Aug 05, 2006)
Under the attack for deliberate delay in setting standards for pesticides residue in aerated drinks, Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss is expected to make a statement in Parliament next week.
- India Not To Take Iran To Court On Lng (Pioneer, PTI, Aug 05, 2006)
India is unlikely to take Iran to court for walking out of the 22-billion dollar LNG deal but wants Tehran to take responsibility of not being able to execute the project, a top official said on Friday.
- Tackling Terrorism (Frontline, R.K. Raghavan, Aug 05, 2006)
Nothing effective can be done to tackle terrorism unless people rise as one man to help law enforcement.
- History From Below (Frontline, Shelley Walia, Aug 05, 2006)
In this new book, Howard Zinn seeks to give voices of struggle the place they deserve in history.
- Delhi Knew Us Won’T Lift N-Tech Curbs (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
The United States has had no intention of fully lifting the embargo on civil nuclear commerce with India despite signing a much-trumpeted deal on July 18, 2005.
- Satyam Sees Plenty Of Opportunities In China (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
Satyam Computer Services chairman B Ramalinga Raju on Friday said that his company would expand its operations in neighbouring country China by increasing its head count from the current 300 to several thousands in a few years.
- West Asian Crisis (Daily Excelsior, Pallab Bhattacharya, Aug 05, 2006)
The visual images of distraught Indians being evacuated from Beirut following Israeli air raids on suspected positions of militants groups Hizbullah and Hamas has once again brought to the fore India's political and economic stakes in West Asia.
- Spare Us The Whims And Fancies (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 05, 2006)
There are some good reasons why a parliamentary resolution on the Indo-US nuclear deal is a bad idea. Unlike practical legislation, resolutions reflect emotion and sentiment, things that ought to be kept in check when dealing with a country’s foreign . .
- Delhi May Ban Colas In Schools From Next Week (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
Delhi may ban soft drinks in all schools from next week, government officials said.
Plans are in process to hold a education advisory board meeting to make the ban mandatory, an official of Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit's office said.
- Us Sanctions On India Firms (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
The US has imposed sanctions against seven companies from North Korea, Russia, India and Cuba for their alleged arms dealings with Iran, a state department official said today.
- Protest In A New Theatre (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 05, 2006)
In Marginal Men, his fine history of refugee politics, Prafulla Chakrabarti recounts how Calcutta acquired its by-now-well-founded reputation as a city of protests and protestors.
- New N-Reactor To Be Used For Military Purposes, Says Pak Envoy (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Aug 05, 2006)
A new Pakistani nuclear reactor is likely to be used for “military purposes,” Pakistan’s Ambassador to the U.S. said on Thursday.
- Greed And Growth (Tribune, S.P. Seth, Aug 05, 2006)
Forty years ago China was turned upside down because Mao Zedong felt that his Party was ignoring him, treating him like a “dead parent at a funeral.”
- Pesticides In Cold Drinks: Sc Notices To Pepsi, Cola (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
After the Centre for Science and Environment came up with its fresh report on alleged presence of pesticides far higher than permissible limit in Pepsi and Coca Cola products, the Supreme Court today issued notices to the two multinational . . .
- Eudaimonia (Tribune, Harish Dhillon, Aug 05, 2006)
I woke up to the realisation that it was my birthday. The predominant feeling was one of relief - I had crossed the bar and was now, at long last, entitled to an income tax rebate.
- Talking Terms (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 05, 2006)
The "sense of Parliament" resolution on the India-US nuclear deal, which BJP and CPM are both calling for, isn't a very sensible idea on two scores.
- Www, You Changed Our Lives. Thanks (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
The world wide web, or what we popularly - and incorrectly - refer to as the internet, celebrates its 15th birthday today. To us, the acronym WWW may not mean much. But, thanks to it,we get to do some amazing things.
- Quota In One Go: Cabinet Thwarts Arjun's Bid (Times of India, Rajeev Deshpande, Aug 05, 2006)
HRD minister Arjun Singh faces near isolation over his bid to push for a one-time rollout of OBC quotas, with his determined bid to delink the proposed reservations from a hike in general category seats being firmly thwarted by his senior cabinet . . .
- No New Clauses In Senate Version Of Law: Lugar (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
No new clauses have been written into the Senate version of the legislation pertaining to the India-U.S. civilian nuclear deal to make India unhappy, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Richard Lugar said on Wednesday.
- Million Dollar Smiles (Times of India, Peter Singer, Aug 04, 2006)
Would you be happier if you were richer? Many people believe that they would be. But research conducted over many years suggests that greater wealth implies greater happiness only at quite low levels of income.
- A Passage To Indo-Us Nuclear Pact (Daily Excelsior, Arun Nehru, Aug 04, 2006)
The India/USA nuclear agreement in my opinion will be 'passed' as there are many Economic benefits on both sides and I think the Cold war arguments no longer hold good.
- Mole Draws A Hole (Daily Excelsior, Indranil Banerjea, Aug 04, 2006)
Accusations without substance are irresponsible. An accusation to play petty politics is another name for opportunism.
- Helion Venture Partners Launches $140 M Fund (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Ivy League and Internet pioneers roped in as global investors
- Ibm Bags $100 Million Deal From Bharti Airtel (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
The platform will deliver a suit of new services to 25 m customers
- ‘This Is A War About Global Values’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 04, 2006)
In a speech to the World Affairs Council in Los Angeles on Tuesday, British Prime Minister Tony Blair stresses the need to “Think ahead.” And “Think China... Russia...India” because “all of these great emerging powers want a benign relationship . . .
- War Clouds Darken The Outlook For Peace (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 04, 2006)
Sri Lanka appears headed for civil war, with the LTTE stepping up its attacks. The peace constituency has suffered a further blow with three European nations pulling out of the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission.
- Deadly Colas On Sale (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 04, 2006)
The sense of outrage evoked by the Centre for Science and Environment’s second study, “Soft Drinks, Hard Truths II”, is not as much at the finding that there were more pesticides in all the 11 cola brands tested as at the government inaction since . . .
- Agricultural Growth (Tribune, Yoginder K. Alagh, Aug 04, 2006)
The Dutch disease is known to economists as a fall in agricultural profitability as a consequence of macro developments.
- Dynamic Vertical Launches Retail Solutions (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Gurgaon-based Dynamic Vertical Solutions on Thursday announced the launch of LS Retail suite of solutions, a software built on the Microsoft Dynamics platform which ensures complete reliability and insurance against future technology disturbance . . .
- Quota At Iims, Iits Will Not Help Disadvantaged: Narayanamurthy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Infosys Chief Mentor says it will de-motivate high performers
- Kerala To Have Four Edusat Channels For School Education (Hindu, Staff Reporter , Aug 04, 2006)
Bid to broaden the reach of IT education in the State
- Rajasthan To Showcase Economic Progress At Trade Fair (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Focus would be on recent findings of huge oil reserves in Barmer: Industries Minister
- Gadget Girls (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 04, 2006)
Tradition has it that men and cooking don’t go together. At the same time, the finest chefs in the world — whether in a Michelin star restaurant or in a dhaba — happen to be men.
- Making A Meal Of Food Safety (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 04, 2006)
On Wednesday, while public attention was focused on pesticides in colas, the Rajya Sabha passed the Food Safety and Standards Bill. SONU JAIN looks at how the legislation could affect the average citizen
- Bjp, Cong Spar Over Sex Lessons In Madhya Pradesh (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
There seems to be no end to the tussle between the ruling BJP and the Opposition Congress over school syllabi in Madhya Pradesh.
- Uplift Of The Under-Privileged (Statesman, SUBHAS SARKAR, Aug 04, 2006)
Three of the most significant ingredients of higher education are an uncompromising academic freedom, a critical spirit and examination of ideas and a true intellectual climate.
- Dalal St Tested On Oil Prices, Ecb Rates (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Dalal Street on Thursday withstood the onslaughts of rising oil prices and impending interest rates hike from European Central Bank successfully as it finally ended with a gain of 46.97 points or 0.43 per cent at 10,923.16.
- Cse’S Needed Alert (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 04, 2006)
Whistle blowers should be commended. The Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) deserves it yet again, for its renewed findings on dangerous levels of pesticides in colas and other packaged soft drinks.
- Bjp Targets Aamir Khan For Cola Ads (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
The BJP on Thursday launched a fresh attack on Bollywood star Aamir Khan and ridiculed him for being a brand ambassador of the soft drink Coca-Cola, which the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), an NGO, claims contains a high quantity of pesticide.
- Digital Drive Password For New-Age Terrorism (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Not just zealots but also computer savvy. That is how the Crime Branch, Mumbai would like to describe the arrested “LeT members” and their mentors since the method of communication devised by them marked their ingenuity.
- Visual Radio: Powerful Interactive Medium (The Financial Express, S SADAGOPAN, Aug 04, 2006)
With the possibility of unusual applications, this next generation radio recently debuted in India
- The No Festival Month (Deccan Herald, Padma Ramachandran, Aug 04, 2006)
In Ashada, South Indians refrain from celebrations and indulge in spiritual activities.
- To Do Or Not To Do (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 04, 2006)
Privatisation of defence industry would serve to strengthen it.
- Straight From Hawking (Hindu, Ian Sample , Aug 04, 2006)
The scientist-Professor fails to answer his own question
- Integrating The U.S.-India Circuit (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 04, 2006)
Newer areas of convergence may be emerging between the two countries.
- ‘Oh Fire, Be Thou Cool’ In Lebanon (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 04, 2006)
Israel pressed the first full day of massive ground and air attacks on Lebanon on Wednesday pushing 8000 troops in the south, besides causing massive destruction of Lebanese infrastructure.
- Nato's Challenge In Afghanistan (News International, Rahimullah Yusufzai, Aug 04, 2006)
Within 24 hours of the transfer of command from the US-led coalition to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in six southern provinces in . . .
- Don't Pick On Colas Alone: Set Uniform Norms (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 04, 2006)
The sudden eruption of the ‘pesticides in colas’ controversy on Wednesday continues an extraordinary saga, which began three years ago when the Centre for Science and Environment released its first report on the subject.
- In A State Of Resurgence (Business Line, S. Majumder , Aug 04, 2006)
By extending its farm sector success to manufacturing and services, West Bengal can emerge the Rotterdam of eastern India.
- Peace Dam Bursts In Sri Lanka (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Aug 04, 2006)
With the `water war' spilling over, the period of political engagement is over and yet another phase of military confrontation has begun in Sri Lanka. In Colombo, RASHEEDA BHAGAT traces the genesis of the latest conflict and gauges the mood in the . . .
- Foul Moles And Pleasing Blots (Business Line, D. Murali , Aug 04, 2006)
These are days when people are close to calling each other names, all because of an unnamed mole. If the question top on your mind is not `who', but `what', is a mole it's time we came to terms with the word.
- Turbulent Weather (Business Standard, Niraj Bhatt, Aug 04, 2006)
The intense competition in skies together with soaring fuel prices has resulted in Jet Airways posting a loss of Rs 45 crore for the June quarter, though the top line grew at a reasonably good 26 per cent to Rs 1646.5 crore.
- Us Shift On India Nuclear Policy Tilts Regional Balance (Christian Science Monitor, editorial, Christian Science Monitor, Aug 04, 2006)
Perhaps nowhere else do American foreign policymakers face more contradictions than in the area stretching from Israel to Korea.
- Hot Pursuit (Tribune, Gen Ashok Mehta (retd), Aug 03, 2006)
Has hot pursuit become hot air? Gen Pervez Musharraf’s latest warning to India against hot pursuit is that it will be “paid back in the same coin”. The Pakistan Foreign Office spokesperson even said: “This could trigger a nuclear war”.
- World At Their Feet, Iitians Turn To Their Homeland (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
The IIT life story is about to change. The IIT alumni, after going abroad and meeting with phenomenal success, now want to return home.
- Breaking New Grounds (Telegraph, AMITAVA BANERJEE, Aug 03, 2006)
The world has witnessed many advances in technology which have provided dignity, safety, independence and comfort to people, in particular those who are physically or mentally challenged.
- `Pesticide Levels In Soft Drinks Too High' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
New study indicates pesticides 24 times higher than Bureau of Indian Standards norms
"The levels in some samples exceeded the BIS standards by 140 times for the deadly pesticide Lindane, a confirmed carcinogen"
"Heptachlor, banned in India, . . .
- Destruction Of Minds (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 03, 2006)
The announcement by federal education minister Javed Ashraf Qazi that 'jihad' was being retained in the new curriculum that the government plans to introduce in schools from 2007 to 2009 is a cause of concern.
- Asean No Longer Amused (Statesman, Sanjana Joshi, Aug 03, 2006)
Toilet seats, dolls and chewing gum were some items a bemused Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz, the Malaysian International Trade and Industry Minister, said had presented a hitch in the negotiations to the ASEAN-India Free Trade Agreement (AIFTA) in December . .
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