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Articles 14121 through 14220 of 16647:
- Musharraf's Order Or Disorder? (News International, Farhan Bokhari, Apr 25, 2002)
The success of Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan's General President, at next Tuesday's referendum may already be a foregone conclusion, thanks to the widespread state-cum-'nazim' backed struggle to make his campaign anything but a failure.
- The Emperor's New Clothes (Dawn, Iffat Malik, Apr 25, 2002)
Come April 30, Musharraf will get his new clothes. person they - and all the people of Pakistan - should be admiring is Justice (resigned) Tariq Mehmood - the only one who spoke the truth.
- Economic Ties With Us (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Apr 25, 2002)
Pakistan and the United States have signed a memorandum of understanding to set up a joint forum following a meeting between finance minister Shaukat Aziz and the US treasury secretary Paul O'Neil.
- Our Long-Term Enemy (Guardian (UK), Peter Preston, Apr 22, 2002)
General Pervez Musharraf has summoned Pakistanis to a wholly spurious referendum on April 30 so that they may vote to keep him as head of state, head of the army and head of anything meaningful for the next five years.
- A Western Ally Takes A Wrong Turn (Toronto Star, Haroon Siddiqui, Apr 11, 2002)
This week when Musharraf, now our front-line ally in the war on terrorism, announced a quickie referendum to rubber-stamp his stay for another five years, the West offered an eloquently silent assent.
- The Lost Year (Hindu, C. Rammanohar Reddy, Feb 05, 2002)
If only the Government had not been burdened by the orthodoxy against public spending, 2001 could have been very different.
- Chamber Music (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 05, 2002)
Part of the problem for any government, when it comes to policy change, is lack of consensus among different chambers of commerce.
- Extreme Measures (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 05, 2002)
It is always good policy to face up to a challenge rather than pretend it does not exist.
- Bangladesh: Worrisome Indicators (Business Line, B. Raman , Feb 05, 2002)
THE recent incidents on the Indo-Bangladeshi border are under enquiry by the Government and one has to await the results before assessing whether these were isolated incidents unlikely to have an adverse impact on the bilateral relations.
- New Great Guessing Game: Where’s Osama? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 05, 2002)
WHEN Osama bin Laden seemed to melt into the snow-capped mountains of in eastern Afghanistan more than a week ago, many speculated that he had made a simple escape, taking an obvious route.
- China And The Wto (Hindu, Raviprasad Narayanan, Feb 05, 2002)
The real test for the Chinese Government, more than the state of external trade, lies in the internal restructuring of the economy.
- Financial Reform And Bank Fragility (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Feb 05, 2002)
INDIA'S post-Budget stock market collapse is still taking its toll in the banking sector.
- `Time Ripe For Talks With Ltte' -- Ms Radhika Coomaraswamy, Director, Ices, Colombo (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Feb 05, 2002)
With the LTTE's stance turning "more conciliatory" following the September 11 attacks on the US and the ban placed on it by such countries as Canada, the US, the UK and Australia.
- Banking Variables -- Changes Over The Three Decades (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 05, 2002)
In this article, the first of a series on the developments in banking over the three decades, P. R. Brahmananda analyses various variables to conclude the following:
- As Hong Kong To China, We See Sri Lanka To India -- Mr Milinda Moragoda, Sri Lanka's Minister For Economic Reforms (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Feb 05, 2002)
Even while in the Opposition the United National Party had strong links with India.
- Principle Of Discounting Given The Go-By? (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 05, 2002)
THE Supreme Court is expected to have the last word in settling an issue.
- Poverty Of Politics (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Feb 05, 2002)
THE central point is: to what extent should political parties base their policies and actions on firm ideological considerations, which at once would rule out expediency -- of every sort -- as an acceptable yardstick?
- Debt Interest (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 05, 2002)
OVER THE LAST two-three years, the turnover in the debt market has vaulted from Rs 500 crore daily to Rs 6,000 crore now.
- Will: Going Round In Loops (Business Line, H. Kaushal , Feb 05, 2002)
NEVER has a telecom issue kicked up so much dust as the case of limited mobility through wireless-in-local-loop (WiLL).
- Moment Of Parting (Telegraph, DIPANKAR GUPTA, Feb 04, 2002)
Most historical events have heroes and villains — perhaps more villains than we actually care to record.
- Sorry State (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 04, 2002)
FEW STATES ARE in the comfort zone vis-à-vis finances. With deficits running high, their recent report cards look depressing. Its coffers empty, the Orissa Government has little breath to manage its affairs.
- The Afghan Kaleidoscope (Business Line, Premen Addy , Feb 04, 2002)
NOT FOR the first time nor, one suspects, the last, Afghanistan is playing a role in world history unmerited by its economic weight, unwarranted by its military power.
- Victory Lies In The Air (Indian Express, H. Moolgavkar, Feb 04, 2002)
THE happenings in Afghanistan triggered by the bombings of September 11 in New York City and Washington have only gone to further confirm the potential and effectiveness of air power that had already become so clear during its application in World War II.
- Rbi's Report On Currency And Finance 2000-01 -- A Welcome Tilt Against Deflation (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Feb 04, 2002)
Unconstrained by monetarist dogma, the RBI's recent Report on Currency and Finance has been brave enough to bare the difficult choices before the country.
- Will Musharraf Endure? (Business Line, B. Raman , Feb 04, 2002)
FOR nearly two months now, there have been no major public demonstrations in Pakistan over the US-led `war' against terrorism in Afghanistan and over the co-operation extended to this `war' by Gen Pervez Musharraf.
- Mine Of Problems (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 04, 2002)
PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN mining has been disappointingly slow to happen.
- Messing Up With People's Savings (Business Line, N.A.Mujumdar, Feb 04, 2002)
IT IS indeed difficult to reconcile the monetary policy measures, announced by the RBI Governor, Mr Bimal Jalan, with the prevailing macro-economic conditions.
- Oil Price Slump Could Help Global Economy (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Feb 04, 2002)
INTERNATIONAL oil prices fell to a new two-year low of less than $l8 a barrel on November 15, with Opec failing to win support from non-Opec producers, notably Russia.
- Business Vigilance In A Consumer Society (Business Line, A. V. Swaminathan , Feb 04, 2002)
AMERICAN business is full of peculiarities, hooked to a rolling economy and a fast changing consumer society.
- Will Megawati Be Her Own Person? (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Feb 04, 2002)
TWO years ago, when Indonesia's presidentship was snatched away from her by Islamic zealots, for a number of reasons, not the least of which was her gender, she had burst into tears.
- Sorry State (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 04, 2002)
FEW STATES ARE in the comfort zone vis-à-vis finances. With deficits running high, their recent report cards look depressing. Its coffers empty, the Orissa Government has little breath to manage its affairs.
- Wanted In Pakistan, A Suitable Prime Minister (Indian Express, KAMAL SIDDIQI, Feb 03, 2002)
THE biggest controversy in political circles in Pakistan today is not whether elections will be held, but who will be able to participate in them.
- Silver Lining (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 03, 2002)
The consensus seems to be that the gross domestic product growth rate this year will not touch the 6.5 or 7 per cent promised in the budget.
- A Cautionary Tale (Telegraph, MUKUL KESAVAN, Feb 03, 2002)
Reading Pervez Musharraf’s famous speech well after it was delivered, I was impressed by how craven it was. Not in the sense of being a command performance ordered by the Americans;
- Facing Up To The Facts (Hindu, Kuldip Nayar, Feb 03, 2002)
THE NATIONAL Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has come out boldly on the side of the weak and the oppressed many a time.
- Globalisation And Decentralisation (Hindu, Supriya Roy Chowdhury, Feb 03, 2002)
Where existing structures of inequality are left intact and become compounded with the disadvantages of marketisation, political empowerment is a useful slogan, not a realistic or genuine goal.
- 2001: Banks Floating In Sea Of Liquidity (Business Line, P. R. Brahmananda , Feb 02, 2002)
THE PERIOD from 1970-71 to 2000-01 has witnessed interest rates offered on deposits by banks rise and fall.
- Disturbing Changes In Banks' Asset Portfolios (Business Line, P. R. Brahmananda , Feb 02, 2002)
DEPOSITS as a ratio of GNP at current prices formed about 13 per cent in 1970-71.
- Jack Welch, A Master Ceo (Business Line, S. Subramanyan , Feb 02, 2002)
JACK-Straight from the Gut (Warner Books 2001), by GE CEO Jack Welch, has received raving reviews.
- The Silent War Within (Telegraph, ANURADHA KUMAR, Feb 02, 2002)
The meeting of the prime minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, with senior leaders of the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (Isak-Muivah) on his recent visit to Japan, has been widely welcomed as a move which would take the Naga peace process further.
- Figures, Right And Wrong (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 02, 2002)
THERE ARE NO real growth numbers for the Indian economy. Or, going by the numbers put out by the Central Statistical Organisation, they probably vary with political needs.
- `Crude' Impact Of War (Business Line, Nilanjan Banik , Feb 02, 2002)
CAN you guess the likely impact of war on terrorism in Afghanistan? A rise in oil price.
- Of Tall Claims And Unfulfilled Plans (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Feb 02, 2002)
PROJECTIONS have all gone awry in the final year of the Ninth Plan (2001-02) despite the best Budget the Finance Minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha, could craft for the economy.
- Phone Wars Begin (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 02, 2002)
THE PUBLIC SECTOR monopoly in domestic long-distance telephony has ended with Bharti Telesonics entry.
- Techniques Of Privatisation (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Feb 02, 2002)
IT IS admitted on all hands through a series of studies that output, profitability and efficiency increase significantly in the years after firms are privatised.
- Difficult Sail For India Inc (Business Line, D. Sampathkumar , Feb 02, 2002)
PERFORMANCE-WISE, it has been a forgettable year for the Indian corporate sector.
- ‘Biotech Trials On Schedule, A Decision Soon’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 02, 2002)
By several indications, it appears that this year’s Union budget will focus on agriculture.
- Steel Up The Ore Policy (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 02, 2002)
IT IS TO be hoped that New Delhi will formalise fresh policy directions for mining and export of iron ore well before the WTO norms that envisage lifting of quantitative restrictions on its external trading come into effect, from 2003.
- Income Of Charitable Trusts -- The Exemption Dimension (Business Line, V.K. Subramani, Feb 02, 2002)
WHETHER an educational institution should file a return of income under Section 139(4A) was an issue before the Bombay High Court in Director of Income Tax (Exemptions) vs Malad Jain Yuvak Mandal Medical Relief Centre (250 HR 488).
- Twice Bitten, Never Shy? (Business Line, K. Ramesh, Feb 02, 2002)
THE saying, `once bitten, twice shy', probably, excludes politicians, who, despite being repeatedly proven wrong, still pursue their selfish goals at the cost of national interest.
- Terrorism: The Two Faces Of Us (Business Line, B. Raman , Feb 01, 2002)
IN THE early 1980s, Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) had handed over to a group of Sikh terrorists, who had hijacked a plane of the Indian Airlines (IAC).
- Transparent Dishonesty (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Feb 01, 2002)
The unsinkable Molly Brown, please move over. You have competition, the defence minister of India has proved himself equally unsinkable.
- New Currency (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 01, 2002)
Since the Euro transition did not happen overnight, January 1, 2002, is more of a signal and needs to be considered in the broader context of European integration.
- Pak-Sponsored Terrorism -- Diplomacy, Not War, Is The Key (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Feb 01, 2002)
THE attack on the Parliament complex and what might have happened but for the quick response of the security guards have left the nation stunned and furious.
- E-Mail Nationalism (Indian Express, Sagarika Ghose, Feb 01, 2002)
INDIA, it was once said, was nothing but a figment of the British imagination.
- Tackling Fiscal Termites (Business Line, N.A.Mujumdar, Feb 01, 2002)
IN THE area of financial sector reforms, the policy-makers appear to be more worried about form than content.
- Rural Employment In The 1990s (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Feb 01, 2002)
WHEN the first results of the 55th Round of the National Sample Survey were released, it was already apparent that there had been some major shifts in patterns of employment, especially in the rural areas.
- India And The Global Slowing (Hindu, Pulapre Balakrishnan, Feb 01, 2002)
The prevalent tendency to link the slowing of the Indian manufacturing sector to the recession in the U.S. economy needs to be rejected as deluding.
- Argentina's Crisis (Business Line, A. Jacob Sahayam, Feb 01, 2002)
In the articles, `Argentina and India: Two sides of the same coin' (Business Line, January 5) and `Lessons from Argentina crisis' (Business Line, January 7), the authors have advocated an independent Central Bank instead of a Fiscal Responsibility Act.
- A Leap Into Uncertainty (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam , Feb 01, 2002)
Though the gates to trading in index futures have been opened, the tax law in this regard is still nebulous.
- The Art Of Looting (Business Line, J. Nanda Gopal , Feb 01, 2002)
MUCH water has flowed under the bridge after the UTI dealt small investors a body blow.
- Exports In The Time Of Recession (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 31, 2002)
AS A STATEMENT of intent, the Medium Term Export Strategy attempts to raise hopes that India can bag one per cent of the world's merchandise exports over the next five years.
- Imf's Perception Of Poverty In India (Business Line, S. Gurumurthi , Jan 31, 2002)
THE latest World Economic Outlook (WEO) brought out by the IMF carries an analysis on the growth-poverty connection in India.
- Asia Looking For Its Saviour (Business Line, V. Anantha-Nageswaran , Jan 31, 2002)
The continued, concerted global easing should considerably boost Asian liquidity.
- Us And Them (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 31, 2002)
The United States of America has been transformed by the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. So has the US president, Mr George W. Bush, if his first state-of-the-union speech is good evidence.
- India And Pak. In The New Scenario (Hindu, Muchkund Dubey , Jan 31, 2002)
THE LAUNCHING of the global campaign against terrorism by an international coalition led by the United States has already resulted in a reordering of the foreign policies of major powers.
- Talking Storms (Business Line, Timeri N. Murari , Jan 31, 2002)
IT was Chairman Mao who said: `Walk softly and carry a big stick.' Had he been an Indian, he would have said: `Talk softly and carry a big stick.'
- War Is Not Affordable (Business Line, Kuldip Nayar, Jan 31, 2002)
JINGOISM is one thing and economy quite another. War is affordable, says the Finance Minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha.
- Rbi Report On Trend And Progress Of Banking In India 2000-01 -- Focus Must Shift From Regulation To Analysis (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Jan 31, 2002)
THE latest report of the RBI on Trend and Progress of Banking in India 2000-01 brings out clearly the problems and prospects of Indias banking industry.
- Balancing Act (Telegraph, S. Venkitaramanan , Jan 31, 2002)
The planning commission has been at the receiving end of much abuse and criticism.
- Beyond Terrorism And Recession... -- Us Looks Ahead With Hope (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Jan 31, 2002)
AMERICANS opened the New Year with a renewed sense of confidence, overcoming the traumatic experience of the terrorist attacks of 2001, and with strong expectations of economic recovery in the first half of 2002.
- War Clouds And Pakistan’s Shadow (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 30, 2002)
India and Pakistan appear once again to be on the brink of war.
- Letter Of Credit: A Scam In The Making? (Business Line, R. Viswanathan , Jan 30, 2002)
"THIS corrupt Government must go right now,'' said the erudite spokesman of the main Opposition party on the March 20, adding that ``due to the lack, or more correctly, absence of supervision over banks.
- At The Edge Of Default (Telegraph, S. Venkitaramanan , Jan 30, 2002)
Eminent economists had praised Argentina’s adoption of a currency board as an effective means of depoliticizing monetary policy.
- Out On Dolly’s Limb (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 30, 2002)
Dolly the Sheep has arthritis. And once again all’s not quite well in our brave new world.
- Business Idols (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 30, 2002)
Way back in the 1970s, the South Korean economy was in shambles. Then came Park Chung Hee, the dictator, who ruled the country with an iron fist.
- What About The War On Economic Front? (Pioneer, Brij Bhardwaj, Jan 30, 2002)
With the threat of war receding from the horizon, it's time to turn the attention towards economy.
- Rooted Cosmopolitans (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA, Jan 30, 2002)
Back in the Seventies, a group of political scientists advanced the theory that India was a “multinational” state rather than a simple “nation-state”.
- Cracking The Gene Connection (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Jan 30, 2002)
IN THE last couple of weeks, the gene has made its ubiquitous presence in the minds of men and media.
- S&t As Drivers Of Economic Growth (Business Line, R. K. Pachauri, Jan 30, 2002)
THE official Web site of the Commonwealth Knowledge Network says the stock of science and technology (S&T) manpower in India is 6.3 million.
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