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Articles 11621 through 11720 of 16647:
- Left Beset With Contradictions (Tribune, R. Suryamurthy, Dec 31, 2004)
As the country enters the New Year 2005, the Left parties, who play a crucial role in the survival of the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre, have a daunting task of re-defining their role in the future.
- Get Babudom On The Treadmill (Business Line, Raghu Dayal , Dec 31, 2004)
Despite the constant refrain that the country's flabby bureaucracy needs trimming, efforts towards this end seem to lack sincerity. The over-manned establishment, besides adding to the disguised employment, acts as a huge drain on resources
- Industrial Boom Ahead (Deccan Herald, Prem Shankar Jha, Dec 31, 2004)
The future looks good for India, on the economic front, with foreign investments higher than ever before
- Moscow And Multipolarity (Hindu, VLADIMIR RADYUHIN, Dec 30, 2004)
Russia is building new alliances and using oil to counter the United States' attempts at regime change in its neighbourhood.
- Not A Reluctant Reformer (Hindu, C. Rangarajan, Dec 30, 2004)
How much of a reformer was P.V. Narasimha Rao? Was he a reluctant reformer or was he an enthusiastic reformer? These questions have been posed to me by several friends
- This Is Not Just Another Story (Telegraph, Gouri Chatterjee, Dec 30, 2004)
Barkha Dutt has it so right. She is visibly moved as she speaks about the bereft children of Nagapattinam, as she pleads with businessmen in Mumbai for help, as she shares her experiences with her colleagues in other tsunami-devastated spots in India.
- Hope Floats Where All Else Drowns (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Dec 30, 2004)
The Iraq war is no more important in the global scheme of things than poverty or climate change.
- Banking Consolidation Must Be Synergy-Driven (Business Line, Manoranjan Sharma, Dec 30, 2004)
Consolidation emerged as a defining characteristic of the modern banking world, primarily to leverage the benefits of large size, expanding and diversifying bank loan portfolios to lessen the likelihood of failure and harnessing core competencies.
- Bias Against The Self-Employed (Business Line, R. Vaidyanathan, Dec 30, 2004)
The policies the Government is pursuing could well render unemployable all those who are self-employed now. There appears to be an inherent bias against the self-employed
- Bittersweet Saga (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 30, 2004)
The unseemly controversy within the government over import of raw sugar and the manner of fulfilling the export obligation is in poor taste, to say the least.
- India’S Flawed Approach (Deccan Herald, S N CHARY, Dec 30, 2004)
Not just economic policy but political friendship with the US and other nations, is crucial for economic growth
- It’S Not Laloo, Stupid (Indian Express, T.V.R. Shenoy, Dec 30, 2004)
The year 2004 has been a horrible year, hasn’t it? Twelve months ago the hottest topic in Delhi was the mandate to use set-top boxes if we wanted to watch India challenging Australia.
- Pension: Thinking Into The Future (Indian Express, N K Singh, Dec 29, 2004)
The panic about pensions is rising around the world. The United States, Europe, Japan, China and other countries are seeing the graying of their populations, and the steady march of the demographic bulge towards pensionable age.
- The Trouble With Outsourcing (Business Line, K. Subramanian, Dec 29, 2004)
Information technology professionals in India greeted with jubilation the re-election of Mr George W. Bush as the US President. Their joy was in the hope that the new administration
- They Need Food, With Thought (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Dec 29, 2004)
Often I get asked what makes a woman journalist different to a man. What is it we bring to the trade that men cannot? I can speak only for myself and will say that I look at political issues differently to my male colleagues.
- Was It A Human Failure? (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Dec 29, 2004)
Whether it is natural disasters or medical emergencies... it is precious minutes that make the difference between life and death. In the recent tsunami catastrophe, those precious minutes were squandered away by ignorant bliss resulting in the loss thousa
- We Failed To Stitch In Time, But... (The Economic Times, Raghu Dayal , Dec 29, 2004)
A gatt derogation will finally lapse as the world rings out the MFA (Multi Fibre Arrangement) on January 1. It will free the $360-billion global textiles and apparel
- War And Peace In Sri Lanka (Pioneer, Ashok K Mehta, Dec 29, 2004)
The light at the end of the tunnel in the Sri Lankan peace process, burnt out in the last 18 months of static, is flickering again.
- Fdi Khichdi: Pile On The Ketch-Up (Indian Express, Raju Santhanam, Dec 29, 2004)
Mr P Chidambaram, the country’s reformer—‘reformer’ in every sense of the term—began smelling a rat the day FDI (foreign direct investment) was sought to be increased in the tomato ketch-up industry.
- Broadband Versus Narrow Elitism (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Dec 28, 2004)
Farming and farm-related activities are exposed to high risks and low incomes. By contrast, easy profits characterise a major part of the commerce that underpins the rural economy.
- Global Commodity Boom Set To Continue (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Dec 28, 2004)
Strong demand and rise in investments globally in 2004 in the wake of the world economy's upswing fuelled a price boom for key commodities, both oil and non-oil, especially metals and minerals.
- Earth And Sea (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 28, 2004)
Few disasters in living memory have achieved in scale of intensity and spread the devastation in seven countries caused by the rubbing of the Indian Ocean and Eurasian tectonic plates off the Sumatran coast.
- Bjp: A Year Of Disappointments (Tribune, Satish Misra, Dec 28, 2004)
One year is hardly of any consequence in the life of a political party, but 2004 would definitely be remembered as a year of catharsis in the 24 years’ existence of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
- A Shaky Start (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 28, 2004)
For all the political strength that United States President George W. Bush gained at the end of the last electoral cycle, there are enough signs that the early months of his second term will not be trouble-free.
- India Should Read Tsunamis Right (Indian Express, Arun Bapat, Dec 28, 2004)
The Asian Marine Disaster (AMD) on December 26 has no parallel in recent history. The Sumatra earthquake, with a magnitude of 8.9, is the fifth largest since 1900.
- At Saarc, In Charge (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Dec 28, 2004)
As he packs his bags for the first foreign policy venture in the new year — the annual summit of the South Asian nations in Dhaka
- Armenia's Isolation Grows Deeper (Hindu, Susan Sachs, Dec 28, 2004)
As winter closes in, bringing the risk of new hardships in a country heavily dependent on imports and foreign aid, the prospects appear grim without outside intervention.
- Trading With China (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 28, 2004)
In recent months, India-China trade has been on a high, and estimates are that the overall figure for calendar 2004 could well cross the target of $10 billion to touch $12 billion.
- Defining Hindutva (Pioneer, Prafull Goradia, Dec 28, 2004)
The championing by the BJP of the Hindu ethos at its Ranchi meeting would be welcomed by all supporters of Hindutva.
- The Tired Old Subsidies Debate (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Dec 28, 2004)
Once again, the Finance Ministry has prepared a document which proposes that the Central Government cut explicit and implicit subsidies, without adequate attention to the possible negative implications.
- Timely Reminder (Telegraph, Rita Manchanda, Dec 28, 2004)
From the reports on the “historic” return of the top Naga leaders — Thuingaleng Muivah and Isak Chishi Swu
- Finance Minister's Report On Fiscal Management (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Dec 27, 2004)
The midyear review recently presented by the Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, to Parliament is a welcome addition to the periodic reports that the Government has been providing.
- Revolutionaries Of Another Kind (Telegraph, Achin Vanaik , Dec 27, 2004)
Hugo Chavez has done much to improve the lot of poor Venezuelans but, in the process, he has also gathered many enemies
- Return Of The Prodigal (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 27, 2004)
THE factors which made Ms Uma Bharati lash out publicly right in front of Mr L.K.Advani have not vanished. She herself has expressed regret at the gross indiscipline only in a roundabout manner.
- Promote Fdi For Higher Growth (Business Line, M. Y. Khan, Dec 27, 2004)
THE recent moves in opening the economy to foreign direct investment deserve fulsome praise. When an economy wants to grow at 8-9 per cent based on a savings rate of 24-25 per cent, it would surely need 5-6 per cent of GDP as foreign investment.
- Pension: Thinking Into The Future (Indian Express, N K Singh, Dec 27, 2004)
The panic about pensions is rising around the world. The United States, Europe, Japan, China and other countries are seeing the graying of their populations, and the steady march of the demographic bulge towards pensionable age.
- Out Of The Box (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 27, 2004)
Mr Manmohan Singh has realized that the project of liberalization that he initiated in his finance minister avatar cannot remain confined to the economy.
- Guaranteeing Employment (Hindu, Amit Bhaduri, Dec 27, 2004)
If this Government still has eyes to see and ears to hear the poor, it must be bolder with a much larger employment programme.
- Fdi Khichdi: Pile On The Ketch-Up (Indian Express, Raju Santhanam, Dec 27, 2004)
Mr P Chidambaram, the country’s reformer—‘reformer’ in every sense of the term—began smelling a rat the day FDI (foreign direct investment) was sought to be increased in the tomato ketch-up industry.
- Demolition Myths (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 27, 2004)
It was a nerve-racking selection process that culminated in Vilasrao Deshmukh becoming chief minister of Maharashtra again. Intrigue and factional jockeying carried well into the evening hours of the day his name was announced as leader of the Congress-NC
- Argentina's Comeback (Hindu, Larry Rohter, Dec 27, 2004)
Three years after Argentina declared a record debt default, the economy has grown by eight per cent for two consecutive years without a debt settlement or the standard measures required by the International Monetary Fund for its approval.
- Woes Of Kofi (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 27, 2004)
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has full two years to go, yet he has started counting his days. Though he asserted that he would complete his second tenure...
- They Need Food, With Thought (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Dec 27, 2004)
Often I get asked what makes a woman journalist different to a man. What is it we bring to the trade that men cannot? I can speak only for myself and will say that I look at political issues differently to my male colleagues.
- The Halo Effect (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Dec 27, 2004)
There is a kind of halo effect around the European Union. Even though the EU doesn’t actively push its values on its neighbours, the mere fact that a majority ...
- Attracting Fdi, Chinese Style (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 26, 2004)
Time and again, successive Governments and their leaders have been shouting from the rooftops about the need to tap more Foreign Direct Investment in core sectors, above all infrastructure.
- The Institutions Of Education (Hindu, Romila Thapar, Dec 26, 2004)
The crisis of education was in part created by the collapse of those institutions that had neither the democratic nor the professional autonomy to sustain themselves against government directives. This has to be corrected. Such a correction should be ...
- Pervez Musharraf Under Pressure (Tribune, Gurmeet Kanwal, Dec 26, 2004)
Pakistan is living through turbulent times and, General Musharraf, its self-styled President, is under tremendous pressure. The United States-led anti-terrorism campaign in Afghanistan has shaken Pakistan’s polity like no other event in its troubled ...
- We Were Being Sidelined In Bjp: Shastri (Tribune, S. Satyanarayanan, Dec 26, 2004)
ON December 10, 2004, Sunil Shastri, the third son of former Prime Minister (late) Lal Bahadur Shastri, made a quiet exit from the BJP to float his own political party
- Images Of 2004 (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA, Dec 26, 2004)
The course of Indian politics has always been unpredictable, but it is hard to think of a year that rang in changes more unexpected than 2004.
- Crisis Drives The Bus To Kutta (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Dec 26, 2004)
The bus journey from Mananthavady in Kerala to Kutta in Karnataka is a tense one for B.J. Mani. His colleagues are missing. In the estate where he must labour on the Karnataka side of the border, Mani won't be allowed to work without the three-man ...
- ‘Not Just A Tarnish On Bangalore But Shame On All Of India’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 26, 2004)
We have received a massive response from readers to The Indian Express series ‘Bangalore Crumbling’, IE December 5 onwards. Here we present some very angry, disappointed and agitated voices
- ‘I’M Absolutely Optimistic... (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Dec 26, 2004)
In an interview conducted before the general election in May 2004, former prime minister P V Narasimha Rao talked to SHEKHAR GUPTA, Editor-in-Chief of The Indian Express, about the crucial period in 1991 when he took over the reins of the country...
- My Letters To Laloo Prasad Yadav (Indian Express, Mohammed Wajihuddin, Dec 25, 2004)
Somewhere in my house is hidden a letter published in now the defunct Illustrated Weekly of India in the early 1990s. Titled No Magic Wand, it defended Laloo Prasad Yadav whom the Weekly’s Patna correspondent had attacked for lapses in the early phase of
- Licence To Shoot (Indian Express, PAVAN DUGGAL, Dec 25, 2004)
Only in effectively regulating the use of hidden cameras lies the way ahead for a vibrant IT economy like ours
- The Reformer And Sage (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Dec 25, 2004)
Even as fulsome praise has been lavished on P. V. Narashima Rao for his evangelical zeal in the pursuit of economic reforms when India was close to bankruptcy in the early 1990s
- The Dice Man (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 25, 2004)
Uncertainty is at the root of excitement. Human beings have added to this excitement by putting money on uncertainty. Gambling originates from this impulse.
- Tackling The Maoists (Hindu, K. Srinivas Reddy, Dec 25, 2004)
The success of any counter-revolutionary strategy depends on the right mix of policies aimed at reducing the relevance of revolutionary politics to even a small segment of society.
- Unlikely Helmsman (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 25, 2004)
"A small Indian village, like a thousand others; an obscure child, like a million others; a non-descript childhood, like any other's; climbed ladders and more ladders, feeling all the while
- When It's Society In The Boardroom (The Economic Times, Rushi C Bakshi, Dec 25, 2004)
Simply put, social sector comprises activities with primary focus to “make a better society” as against the traditionally understood for-profit activities.
- Work Is Worship (Indian Express, SIDDHARTHA AGARWAL, Dec 25, 2004)
Not only will the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act provide employment to the poor but will also boost rural welfare
- The Crusade For Monoculture (Asia Times, Chanakya Sen, Dec 25, 2004)
The prophet-provocateur of international relations, Samuel P Huntington, is back to rattle some bones with a combative teaser on American identity.
- Product Patents: Far From Public Good? (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Dec 24, 2004)
Unless New Delhi sees the priority of public health, both domestically and overseas — especially in countries with vulnerable economies — drug prices will rise dramatically and will not be within easy reach of the poor.
- The Chanakya Of Reform (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 24, 2004)
P V Narasimha Rao became prime minister in the shadow of tragedy. Rajiv Gandhi had been assassinated and India was struggling with a political as well as economic crisis.
- Narasimha Rao (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 24, 2004)
Pamalaparti Venkata Narasimha Rao, who left for hereafter at the age of 83, will be remembered mainly for two significant achievements.
- Rao: The Astute (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 24, 2004)
Of all of India’s prime ministers, P.V. Narasimha Rao has left the most paradoxical legacy. He assumed office in the midst of an unprecedented national crisis. Rajiv Gandhi had just been assassinated, the Indian economy was on the verge of a fiscal meltdo
- The Mind Of The Insider (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Dec 24, 2004)
Narasimha Rao was not the most accessible or charismatic of PMs. But he was always on the job
- The Outsider (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 24, 2004)
India’s first prime minister was born great and his daughter achieved greatness, but P.V. Narasimha Rao, who died yesterday, had greatness thrust upon him as prime minister.
- Where Osama Bin Laden Went Wrong (Asia Times, Vikram Sood, Dec 24, 2004)
By the middle of 2001, the Taliban, along with their friends in al-Qaeda and the powerful Pakistani establishment, had begun to get weary of the unending resistance from the Northern Alliance in Afghanistan.
- A Ghost Election For Iraq (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Dec 24, 2004)
The only Indian journalist to have visited Iraq in recent weeks, Mohammad Ahmad Kuzmi, has just returned with fascinating insights.
- Father Of Reforms (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 24, 2004)
The management expert will style Pamulaparti Venkata Narasimha Rao as the only Prime Minister of India who thought out of the box. Indeed, starting 1991
- Father Of Reforms (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 24, 2004)
Former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao was a bundle of contradictions. He had retired from politics when destiny catapulted him to the leadership of the country.
- India As Japanese See It (Tribune, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Dec 24, 2004)
Nary a word did Japan’s Ambassador, Mr Yasukuni Enoki, breathe, when speaking in Kolkata under Bengal Initiative auspices, about the far-reaching defence policy guidelines unveiled in Tokyo only a few hours before.
- Joining The Elite (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 24, 2004)
Turkey has reached an important milestone in its efforts to join the European Union. After decades of reluctance to open membership talks with Turkey, the EU has finally decided that it will do so.
- Global Warming And Us Stance (Deccan Herald, K Jayalakshmi, Dec 23, 2004)
America appears to see politics in the action to control global warming but is the threat imagined?
- Complexities Of Monetary Policy-Making (Business Line, A. Vasudevan, Dec 23, 2004)
Contrary to common belief, monetary policy-making is more difficult than devising the fiscal plan. For, in open economies, the monetary policy has to interface with the uncertain market behaviour and expectations.
- Is There An Alexander In The House? (The Economic Times, T. K. Arun, Dec 23, 2004)
A woman on a diet who radiates love and longing at plateloads of sinful calories but doesn’t touch anything — that would have summed up India’s response to the deluge of dollars coming its way, but for one thing.
- Third Front: A Non-Starter (Hindu, Harish Khare , Dec 23, 2004)
The third front idea promotes a certain kind of unappetising political leaders and seeks to reward their equally unhealthy impulses and interests.
- Nothing But The Ire Of The Mediocre (Indian Express, VIJAY NAMBISAN, Dec 23, 2004)
It is utterly ridiculous to ask for a moratorium on non-Kannada films, which shows a paranoia about outsiders
- Afloat Only On Good Intentions (Indian Express, N K Singh, Dec 23, 2004)
The Pension Bill solves only part of the fiscal problem. It does not address the larger social issue
- Wheel Is In Experienced Hands (Pioneer, VK Grover, Dec 23, 2004)
Russian President Vladimir Putin and United States Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld were both in New Delhi this month. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was in Vientiane, Laos, interacting with South East Asian leaders.
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