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Articles 14321 through 14420 of 16647:
- Us-64 Imbroglio (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 21, 2002)
The US-64, the Unit Trust of India's flagship scheme, is in the news again.
- Realty May Get Access To Overseas Borrowings (Business Line, Shaji Vikraman , Jan 21, 2002)
THE Government is considering a proposal to lift the ban on use of proceeds from `external commercial borrowings' (ECBs) for investment in real estate and property development, signalling a major policy shift.
- Insecure In The Middle (Telegraph, MUKUL KESAVAN, Jan 20, 2002)
Once, in the Sixties, being middle class meant ironed clothes to wear, enough to eat, a newspaper to read, a watch to tell time by and, perhaps, a scooter to ride to work.
- Fundamental Faultlines (Pioneer, Rajeev Deshpande, Jan 20, 2002)
Yossef Bodansky ranks as one of the pre-eminent names in the study of terrorism.
- For Peace That Passes Terrorism (Pioneer, Cecil Victor, Jan 20, 2002)
The perceptible change in tone and urgency among the leading protagonists of the war against terrorism - the US and Britain - and the consequent increase in pressure on Pakistan to take meaningful action against terrorism.
- Colour Me Black (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 20, 2002)
Colour blind? Certainly not. They know the colour white when they see it.
- Fundamental Faultlines (Pioneer, Rajeev Deshpande, Jan 19, 2002)
Yossef Bodansky ranks as one of the pre-eminent names in the study of terrorism.
- Disperse The War Clouds (Hindu, Rajindar Sachar , Jan 19, 2002)
To ease the tension, the Governments of India and Pakistan should withdraw the anti-people measures of stoppages of bus/train/air services and the ban on TV channels.
- The Fact Of The Hyphen (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jan 19, 2002)
When Afghanistan was last in the news, the military ruler of Pakistan said one thing and did another, explaining to his American mentor that “Muslims have the right to lie in a good cause.”
- For Peace That Passes Terrorism (Pioneer, Cecil Victor, Jan 19, 2002)
The perceptible change in tone and urgency among the leading protagonists of the war against terrorism - the US and Britain - and the consequent increase in pressure on Pakistan to take meaningful action against terrorism.
- Hc Asks Vellore Tanneries To Pay Up Compensation (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 19, 2002)
THE skin and hide tanners in Vellore district now have to pay a compensation of Rs 26.82 crore due to the environmental pollution caused by the tanneries.
- The Doctor's Prescription (Hindu, C. Rammanohar Reddy, Jan 19, 2002)
The RBI has come to the cautious conclusion that certain forms of Governemnt spending have a positive impact on the economy.
- Infrastructure Growth Down To 2 Pc In Apr-Dec (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 19, 2002)
REFLECTING the general slowdown in the economy, the infrastructure index of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce has registered a dismal two per cent growth during the first nine months of the current fiscal, as against 6.8 per cent during Apr-Dec.2000.
- Falling Interest Rates... -- Downward Drift In Financial Savings (Business Line, P. R. Brahmananda , Jan 19, 2002)
ACCORDING to the procedures of Raymond Goldsmith, the leading researcher in the history of literature on savings.
- Corporate Straits (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 19, 2002)
MUCH OF THE Indian corporate sector is ill and some firms may well be in the terminal stage.
- Falling Interest Rates... -- Downward Drift In Financial Savings (Business Line, P. R. Brahmananda , Jan 19, 2002)
ACCORDING to the procedures of Raymond Goldsmith, the leading researcher in the history of literature on savings.
- Corporate Straits (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 19, 2002)
MUCH OF THE Indian corporate sector is ill and some firms may well be in the terminal stage.
- Pakistan's Defining Moment? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 18, 2002)
THE REFORM AGENDA being unveiled by the Pakistan President, Pervez Musharraf, is meticulously designed to restructure his country's society and politics.
- Populist Postures (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 18, 2002)
POLITICIANS learn neither from the past nor from the present. The Congress party’s decision to include in its manifesto for Punjab the promise of free electricity is a case in point.
- Destination South Asia (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Jan 18, 2002)
US Secretary of State Colin Powell is currently on a visit, his second in the past one month. Chinese Prime Minister Zhu Rongji was also in India with his delegation.
- Revise History But Avoid Revisionism (Pioneer, Karan Singh, Jan 18, 2002)
Our national motto is Satyameva Jayate-the truth alone with triumph, but how do we ascertain what the truth is?
- Burying The Zia Legacy (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 18, 2002)
BY delivering that speech last Saturday General Pervez Musharraf has embarked on a path which will conclusively end (if he succeeds, that is) the era inaugurated by General Zia-ul Haq.
- Nabard Moots Bank Loans Against Godown Receipts -- Guidelines Awaiting Government Nod (Business Line, Rajalakshmi Menon, Jan 18, 2002)
COMMERCIAL banks can start funding farmers against godown or warehouse receipts, if the proposal put forth by the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) gets the nod from the Government.
- Out Of The Ashes (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Jan 18, 2002)
We have to brace ourselves for the experience. Each year, about this time, when the weather turns pleasant, expatriate economists, much like the migratory birds from Siberia, visit the country for a week or a couple of weeks.
- Hardware-Software Marriage -- Zhu Calls For Synergy In It (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 18, 2002)
THE Chinese premier, Mr Zhu Rongji, on Thursday suggested that India and China work together and promote each other in the information technology sector.
- What Price Growth? (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 18, 2002)
IS THE CURRENT low inflation slowing economic growth? The RBI's Report on Currency and Finance 2000-01 does seem to suggest this.
- Governance By Ordinance (Business Line, Kuldip Nayar, Jan 18, 2002)
THE Vajpayee Government may come to be known more for ordinances than Bills. Apart from POTO, there is an ordinance on shunting out the Roorkee Engineering College director before the expiry of his statutory tenure.
- Us-64 Outperforms Sensex With Nav (Business Line, Suresh Krishnamurthy, Jan 18, 2002)
THE New Year seems to have started on a bright note for the investors in the Unit Trust of India's flagship scheme US-64.
- Budget Musings 2002 — Ii: Bringing Prosperity Within Reach (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jan 18, 2002)
THE Finance Minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha, will be the first to admit that by effecting savings within the Government itself, he will be able to lessen the pressure on resources to a great extent. There are many avenues that immediately suggest themselves.
- What Price Growth? (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 18, 2002)
IS THE CURRENT low inflation slowing economic growth? The RBI's Report on Currency and Finance 2000-01 does seem to suggest this.
- `There Will Be A Move From Hot To Cold War' — Mr Jehan Perera, Director, Npcsl (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jan 18, 2002)
EVER since the departure of the Indian Peace-Keeping Forces from Sri Lanka, the average Sri Lankan's attitude towards India has changed.
- No Rewards For Pakistan (Washington Post, Jim Hoagland, Jan 17, 2002)
India and Pakistan have found something on which to agree: This is not the moment to challenge the United States by escalating their long and nasty conflict into a shooting war.
- Soothing The Bruised Lion In Lanka (Pioneer, Ashok K Mehta, Jan 16, 2002)
The mood in the New Year in Sri Lanka is upbeat.
- The Economy In A Dilemma (Business Line, Priya Mutalik-Desai, Jan 16, 2002)
India is in a dilemma. It is rated as one of the world's least globalised countries, according to the Globalisation Index compiled by AT Kearney Global Policy Magazine.
- Eliminate The Noise (Telegraph, Bibek Debroy, Jan 16, 2002)
At this time of the year, everyone’s mind turns towards the budget. Whatever for? As required by the Constitution, the budget is nothing but the Central government’s annual statement of revenue and expenditure.
- War, Protectionism And Globalisation (Business Line, Kala Seetharam Sridhar, Jan 16, 2002)
WHO SAID the war in Afghanistan would have minimal effect on India? The war will have a major impact on the reforms process in India and the extent to which India can fully integrate itself with the world economy.
- Additional Resource Mobilisation -- Innovative Ways Must Be Thought Of (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Jan 16, 2002)
GIVEN the ever-increasing need for more and more revenues, it is ironic that the Government is faced with the bizarre spectacle of falling tax revenues and a declining tax-GDP ratio.
- Look East For A Change (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 16, 2002)
The Chinese are a people who are impatient with history and misplaced sentiment.
- Musharraf Has Spoken... -- But Delhi Waits For Action (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jan 16, 2002)
The Pakistan President, Gen Pervez Musharraf's much-awaited speech on his government's initiatives in containing terrorism has been followed up with the jailing of some 1,500 terrorists.
- After 50 Years (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 16, 2002)
Opportunities, not reservation, can emancipate Dalits.
- Building A World Empire - Ii (Hindu, Achin Vanaik , Jan 16, 2002)
The key characteristic of this Pax Americana is that it operates not against the formal juridical order of nation-states but through it.
- Rbi Wants To Counter Slowdown By Boosting Aggregate Demand (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 16, 2002)
THE Reserve Bank of India has prescribed a combination of policy measurers to counter the current economic slowdown.
- Musharraf Has Spoken... -- But Delhi Waits For Action (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jan 16, 2002)
The Pakistan President, Gen Pervez Musharraf's much-awaited speech on his government's initiatives in containing terrorism has been followed up with the jailing of some 1,500 terrorists.
- Dividing The Meagre Resources (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 16, 2002)
AS THE TASK of assigning resources for the Tenth Plan gets under way, a few important issues are bound to engage the attention of policy bodies such as the two special groups constituted by the Union Finance Ministry to finalise sectoral allocations.
- Outbound Logistics And Local Taxes (Business Line, Janat Shah, Jan 16, 2002)
THE increase in competition and the swings in the economy in the last few years are forcing Indian firms to cut costs and improve customer service.
- Civil Society Hijacked (Hindu, Neera Chandhoke , Jan 16, 2002)
The claims that have been made by global civil society actors reflect perfectly the values of the most powerful states in the western world.
- Dividing The Meagre Resources (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 16, 2002)
AS THE TASK of assigning resources for the Tenth Plan gets under way, a few important issues are bound to engage the attention of policy bodies such as the two special groups constituted by the Union Finance Ministry to finalise sectoral allocations.
- No Soft Options (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 16, 2002)
Ethnic killings have long been the most deplorable aspect of militancy in Tripura.
- Resurrection (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 16, 2002)
The dreams of Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, the chief minister of West Bengal, to rejuvenate the economy of the state ride on the future of Haldia Petrochemicals Limited.
- Outbound Logistics And Local Taxes (Business Line, Janat Shah, Jan 16, 2002)
THE increase in competition and the swings in the economy in the last few years are forcing Indian firms to cut costs and improve customer service.
- Civil Society Hijacked (Hindu, Neera Chandhoke , Jan 16, 2002)
The claims that have been made by global civil society actors reflect perfectly the values of the most powerful states in the western world.
- Additional Resource Mobilisation -- Innovative Ways Must Be Thought Of (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Jan 16, 2002)
GIVEN the ever-increasing need for more and more revenues, it is ironic that the Government is faced with the bizarre spectacle of falling tax revenues and a declining tax-GDP ratio.
- War, Protectionism And Globalisation (Business Line, Kala Seetharam Sridhar, Jan 16, 2002)
WHO SAID the war in Afghanistan would have minimal effect on India? The war will have a major impact on the reforms process in India and the extent to which India can fully integrate itself with the world economy.
- The Economy In A Dilemma (Business Line, Priya Mutalik-Desai, Jan 16, 2002)
India is in a dilemma. It is rated as one of the world's least globalised countries, according to the Globalisation Index compiled by AT Kearney Global Policy Magazine.
- Building A World Empire - Ii (Hindu, Achin Vanaik , Jan 16, 2002)
The key characteristic of this Pax Americana is that it operates not against the formal juridical order of nation-states but through it.
- Antony Strikes (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 15, 2002)
Given the kid-glove treatment they are used to receiving from the state’s politicians, it was only natural that Kerala’s government employees have taken A.K. Antony’s recent cost-cutting measures as nothing short of third degree method.
- Hints Of Change (Telegraph, Chandrashekar Dasgupta, Jan 15, 2002)
Pervez Musharraf’s much-awaited speech of January 12 has received a cautious welcome in India.
- Back To Musharraf (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 15, 2002)
India's response to President Pervez Musharraf's address to the people of Pakistan last Saturday is best described as a nuanced and conditional welcome.
- Indian Power (Pioneer, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Jan 15, 2002)
Prime Minister Vajpayee ought to be congratulated for putting before the nation the objective of becoming a "strong and prosperous global power".
- The Importance Of Zhu Rongji's Visit (Pioneer, Bhabani Sen Gupta, Jan 15, 2002)
Today, January the 14th, the Prime Minister of China, Mr Zhu Rongji, spends his second busy day in New Delhi, meeting with the Indian Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, for a second round of talks.
- General Needs To Go Gently Into The Night, Roadblocks Ahead (Indian Express, Husain Haqqani, Jan 15, 2002)
President Pervez Musharraf’s address to the nation last Saturday officially marked the end of the mosque-military alliance forged by Pakistan’s previous military ruler, General Ziaul Haq.
- ‘Everyone Is Sick Of Kalashnikov Culture’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 14, 2002)
I think, these people have declared more Muslims as Kafirs (infidels) than motivating the non-Muslims to embrace Islam. Look at the damage they have caused.
- India Vision 10-20-50 (Business Line, Alex Abraham, Jan 14, 2002)
Just 10 per cent more real time for listening and 20 per cent more quality time will result in 50 per cent more Kama (enjoyment of the senses) and Artha (wealth of such enjoyment).
- India Vision 10-20-50 (Business Line, Alex Abraham, Jan 14, 2002)
Just 10 per cent more real time for listening and 20 per cent more quality time will result in 50 per cent more Kama (enjoyment of the senses) and Artha (wealth of such enjoyment).
- Hindutva Is Elst-Where (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 14, 2002)
According to a body of opinion, the handling of the KN Govindacharya affair by the RSS last week was symptomatic of a malaise that afflicts the Sangh parivar.
- Savings On The Block (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 14, 2002)
COME FEBRUARY 28, patrons of small-saving schemes will be waiting with bated breath for what the Finance Minister has in store for them. Are they in for days of less money in their wallets?
- Savings On The Block (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 14, 2002)
COME FEBRUARY 28, patrons of small-saving schemes will be waiting with bated breath for what the Finance Minister has in store for them. Are they in for days of less money in their wallets?
- ‘I Take You On Your Offer, Mr Vajpayee, Let Us Talk’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 14, 2002)
‘Alter mind-sets, jettison historical baggage’: in the second part of his address to the nation on Saturday, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf deals with Kashmir.
- Never Held To Account (Telegraph, S. L. Rao, Jan 14, 2002)
The finance minister has not learnt from past experience. In the preparation for yet another budget, he is again talking of various reforms.
- How To Break Free (Telegraph, ANURADHA KUMAR, Jan 14, 2002)
In a recent report released by the Madhya Pradesh state human rights commission, jails and lock-ups across several towns in the state were seen to openly flout the 1997 Supreme Court guidelines that had called for respectable living conditions.
- Pressure On Islamabad (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Jan 14, 2002)
THERE is no doubt whatsoever that the Army Chief, General Padmanabhan's statements, made at the Army Day Press conference on Friday.
- One Speech, Multiple Audience -- Musharraf's Bold Gambit May Pay Off (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jan 14, 2002)
SO, the General has spoken. For one long hour, he persuasively sought to win over multiple audiences.
- One Speech, Multiple Audience -- Musharraf's Bold Gambit May Pay Off (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jan 14, 2002)
SO, the General has spoken. For one long hour, he persuasively sought to win over multiple audiences.
- ‘Everyone Is Sick Of Kalashnikov Culture’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 14, 2002)
In the first part of Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf’s address to the nation, the focus is on sweeping reforms in the country. The second part deals with Kashmir.
- Pressure On Islamabad (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Jan 14, 2002)
THERE is no doubt whatsoever that the Army Chief, General Padmanabhan's statements, made at the Army Day Press conference on Friday.
- At Home (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 14, 2002)
The address to the nation by the president of Pakistan, Mr Pervez Musharraf, is imbued with deep significance.
- At The Start Of A Long Journey (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Jan 14, 2002)
“Towards the end of the year, for reasons that are difficult to find, our national currency depreciated rapidly and substantially,” said South Africa’s president, Thabo Mbeki, on January 6.
- Savings On The Block (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 14, 2002)
COME FEBRUARY 28, patrons of small-saving schemes will be waiting with bated breath for what the Finance Minister has in store for them. Are they in for days of less money in their wallets?
- Fighting Farooq (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Jan 13, 2002)
A section of mainstream politicians is pursuing plans to take on Farooq Abdullah when elections are held. Feelers have been sent to the Hurriyat Conference too.
- Can Musharraf Make It Stick (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Jan 13, 2002)
Cracking down on the jehadis is a gigantic task for Pervez Musharraf.
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