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Articles 14921 through 15020 of 16647:
- Deepening Crisis In Nepal (Tribune, T. V. Rajeswar, Dec 12, 2001)
Nepal is in serious crisis, and it had been in the making for a long time. There seems to be no immediate remedy for the problems facing the Himalayan kingdom.
- S. R. Asokan (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 12, 2001)
THE Government is increasingly looking towards the corporate sector to augment rural income and employment through agro-processing.
- Some Thugs And Their Fantasies (Telegraph, Ravi Rajan, Dec 11, 2001)
The Bharatiya Janata Party-led government’s decision to delete sections from history textbooks has drawn many a comparison with the much-maligned taliban.
- Vajpayee-Muivah Talks (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 11, 2001)
The meeting that Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee had with NSCN leaders T. Muivah and Isak Swu in Osaka on Saturday is an unusual development and has suddenly given a much higher profile to the Nagaland issue.
- Belt Up (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 11, 2001)
ONGOING EFFORTS BY the Supreme Court aimed at tightening road safety measures across the country deserve unqualified public support considering what a nuisance driving has become these days.
- Enron Educates India (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 11, 2001)
WHEN the new US Ambassador arrived in Delhi a few months ago, his first public statement was that the future of Indo-US economic relations could be summed up in five little letters: Enron.
- Afghan Shadow On Kashmir (Hindu, Salman Haidar , Dec 11, 2001)
The Kashmir issue has moved up on the international agenda... India is likely to face strengthened calls to engage in dialogue with Pakistan about the problem.
- Afghanistan - A Cauldron (Hindu, J. Daulat Singh, Dec 11, 2001)
No Afghan regime has accepted the validity of the Durand Line... With what is being widely perceived by most Pashtuns now as Pakistan's perfidy, Pashtun irredentism could rear its head again.
- So Far So Good (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 11, 2001)
THE Naga peace talks have entered a decisive stage with Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee holding discussions with the leaders of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland at Osaka in Japan.
- Short-Term Ratings In India -- Case For A Downward Adjustment (Business Line, Anirban Sengupta, Dec 11, 2001)
CREDIT-RATING in India is relatively new, compared to the developed economies.
- Rourkela Steel Plant -- Passing The Loss Game (Business Line, George Thomas, Dec 11, 2001)
"I fear explanations, explanatory of things explained." -- Abraham Lincoln
- Internal Efficiency Of Primary Education (Business Line, C. B. Padmanabhan, Dec 11, 2001)
UNIVERSALISATION of elementary education for children in the age group 6-14 was a constitutional obligation that had to be accomplished by 1960.
- Operator-Driven Bourses Won’t Carry Too Far (The Financial Express, Sharad Mistry, Dec 11, 2001)
A little over two months ahead of Union Budget 2002-03, domestic bourses have once again turned vibrant.
- Crouching Tigers, Sleeping Dragon (Indian Express, T. N. Gopalan, Dec 11, 2001)
Now that Sri Lanka has got a new prime minister, will peace finally wash up ashore? The LTTE has already spoken its mind.
- Russian Renascence (Telegraph, Chandrashekar Dasgupta, Dec 11, 2001)
Most Indians see our close ties with Russia as a simple extension of our “traditional” relations with the former Soviet Union.
- Ailing Economy A Key Test For New Government In Sri Lanka (The Financial Express, Chamath Ariyadasa, Dec 11, 2001)
Colombo: Putting Sri Lanka’s ailing economy on a firmer footing will be one of the main challenges facing the island’s new government, economists said on Monday.
- Trade Facilitation: Time To Put Our House In Order? (The Financial Express, Pradeep S. Mehta, Dec 11, 2001)
Amidst claims by commerce minister, Murasoli Maran, that “the Singapore issues” are back at Singapore, experts have a feeling that India has only secured a “postponement” of negotiations while conceding the principle that negotiations will take place.
- Belt Up (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 11, 2001)
ONGOING EFFORTS BY the Supreme Court aimed at tightening road safety measures across the country deserve unqualified public support considering what a nuisance driving has become these days.
- Afghan Shadow On Kashmir (Hindu, Salman Haidar , Dec 11, 2001)
The Kashmir issue has moved up on the international agenda... India is likely to face strengthened calls to engage in dialogue with Pakistan about the problem.
- Afghanistan - A Cauldron (Hindu, J. Daulat Singh, Dec 11, 2001)
No Afghan regime has accepted the validity of the Durand Line... With what is being widely perceived by most Pashtuns now as Pakistan's perfidy, Pashtun irredentism could rear its head again.
- What's Behind The Shuffling Game? (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Dec 11, 2001)
CHENNAI, DEC. 10 Another significant reshuffle of officers has taken place both on the administrative side and in the police.
- Taliban, R.I.P. (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 10, 2001)
For the Taliban, history has come full circle. If Kandahar was their launching pad, it has now proved their graveyard. In the winter of 1994, a mysterious group that was to put the mark of Cain on the world, conquered Kandahar in southern Afghanistan.
- Geopolitics And Security Of Energy Routes (The Financial Express, Jasjit Singh, Dec 10, 2001)
One of the most profound impacts of the tragic terrorist attacks on the United States on 11th September and the consequential war against terrorism has been to alter once again the geopolitics of energy and its supplies from Central Asia-Iran.
- Not To Be Banked Upon (Telegraph, S. Venkitaramanan , Dec 10, 2001)
The Reserve Bank of India has come out with yet another report on the trend and progress of banking in India. The latest report keeps up the excellent tradition of its predecessors.
- Thoughts On The Least Developed Nations (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 10, 2001)
We underscore the urgent necessity for the effective coordinated delivery of technical assistance with bilateral donors.
- Singapore Wage Body Backs Pay Freeze Or Wage Cuts (The Financial Express, Nao Nakanishi, Dec 10, 2001)
SINGAPORE: A government advisory body last week-end called upon most companies to freeze or cut wages to save jobs and remain viable as Singapore faced its worst recession since 1964.
- Challenge Of Cracking Underground Banking Networks (Business Line, Pratap Ravindran , Dec 10, 2001)
MUSLIM communities in various parts of the world are feeling quite put upon because of what they perceive as an attempt by some to Islamise terrorism.
- Irrational Exuberance All Over Again (Business Line, V. Anantha-Nageswaran , Dec 10, 2001)
THERE was unusual interest surrounding the release of November employment figures.
- How (Not) To Deliver Growth (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Dec 10, 2001)
THE Finance Minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha, has said that Indias growth in the current fiscal will not be up to the mark and that the economy can at best aim (at) a 5 per cent growth (rate).
- Boost Markets For Farm Products (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 10, 2001)
TEN YEARS AFTER the economic reforms process was kicked off, the Government seems to be waking up to the challenges posed by several entrenched, and unaddressed, issues that have stymied progress in agriculture.
- Bharatiyar: Bard Of Freedom, Minstrel Of Human Rights (Hindu, V. R. Krishna Iyer , Dec 10, 2001)
Today is Human Rights Day. Let us remember Subramania Bharathi. Never in the contemporary history of free nations did live a celestial composer of revolutionary rage so sublime as Subramania Bharathi.
- Managing Uncertainty (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 10, 2001)
The time has come for Sri Lanka's divided ruling elite for sober reflection and careful action.
- Bharatiyar: Bard Of Freedom, Minstrel Of Human Rights (Hindu, V. R. Krishna Iyer , Dec 10, 2001)
Today is Human Rights Day. Let us remember Subramania Bharathi. Never in the contemporary history of free nations did live a celestial composer of revolutionary rage so sublime as Subramania Bharathi.
- Krueger Initiative On Sovereign Debt (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Dec 10, 2001)
THE NEWS that the US energy trader, Enron, had filed for protection under US bankruptcy laws hit stock markets with unprecedented force.
- A Question Of Rights (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Dec 09, 2001)
The U.S. and Britain stand accused of trying to sweep under the carpet the Mazar-e-Sharif massacre.
- Indo-Pak Wars & The Kashmir Tragedy (Tribune, K. F. Rustamji , Dec 09, 2001)
Many military writers have written about our conflicts with Pakistan. The 1965 infiltration was an important halt in my police journey as I was appointed DG, BSF — a month before the infiltration and the war, and had to go there almost on joining.
- Terrorism Dividing World Community On Communal Lines (Tribune, P. C. Dogra, Dec 09, 2001)
After the Black Tuesday holocaust in New York and Washington, terrorism has come in sharp focus and is threatening to divide the world community on the communal lines.
- Rivals Thrown Together (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Dec 09, 2001)
For Sri Lanka, much will depend on how the mandate in the just-concluded polls is interpreted by Chandrika Kumaratunga and Ranil Wickremesinghe.
- A Minefield Ahead (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Dec 09, 2001)
Hamid Karzai will need all the luck in the world to balance the contradictions and bring a semblance of governance to Afghanistan.
- Defying The Odds (Hindu, SURESH NAMBATH, Dec 09, 2001)
Whether the political victory helped her in the legal battles or not, her victory on the legal front is set to boost Ms. Jayalalithaa's political fortunes.
- People At War (Hindu, K. Srinivas Reddy, Dec 09, 2001)
The formation of the People's Guerilla Army has led to a regrouping of the naxalites.
- A Question Of Rights (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Dec 09, 2001)
The U.S. and Britain stand accused of trying to sweep under the carpet the Mazar-e-Sharif massacre.
- Defying The Odds (Hindu, SURESH NAMBATH, Dec 09, 2001)
Whether the political victory helped her in the legal battles or not, her victory on the legal front is set to boost Ms. Jayalalithaa's political fortunes.
- Rivals Thrown Together (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Dec 09, 2001)
For Sri Lanka, much will depend on how the mandate in the just-concluded polls is interpreted by Chandrika Kumaratunga and Ranil Wickremesinghe.
- People At War (Hindu, K. Srinivas Reddy, Dec 09, 2001)
The formation of the People's Guerilla Army has led to a regrouping of the naxalites.
- A Minefield Ahead (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Dec 09, 2001)
Hamid Karzai will need all the luck in the world to balance the contradictions and bring a semblance of governance to Afghanistan.
- Sinha's Bravado? (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 08, 2001)
THE GOVERNMENT IS willing to prime the pump and risk a higher fiscal deficit than budgeted.
- Advani On Corruption (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Dec 08, 2001)
THE other day, the Union Home Minister, Mr L. K. Advani, did well to warn the nations industry and business interests generally that they should not try to violate or shortchange established laws and policies for achieving short-term gains.
- ‘If Nda-Dmk Equation Changes, It Will Be Karunanidhi’s Doing’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 08, 2001)
Cho S Ramaswamy, journalist and nominated Rajya Sabha member, is credited with a deep understanding of the rough and tumble of Tamil Nadu politics.
- The Enron Saga (Hindu, C. Rammanohar Reddy, Dec 08, 2001)
The market did not punish Enron, the company killed itself with its financial practices.
- ‘Vcs Have Fewer Proposals Now, But Quality Is Looking Up’ (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Dec 08, 2001)
The Indian venture capital industry, which holds great potential for growth, is yet to cross many milestones.
- Equity Market: Rising Above The Crises (Business Line, Virendra Verma, Dec 08, 2001)
MARKETs thrive on sentiment particularly the stock exchange, which is nothing but a pressure-cooker of emotions and biases making the best bet.
- Spread Ratios In Public Sector Banks (Business Line, P. R. Brahmananda , Dec 08, 2001)
IF WE assume that the ratio of non-interest to income to interest income is either not significant or is the same in each public sector bank.
- The Enron Saga (Hindu, C. Rammanohar Reddy, Dec 08, 2001)
The market did not punish Enron, the company killed itself with its financial practices.
- No Choice, Chandrika (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 08, 2001)
THE voters in Sri Lanka have shown greater maturity than their leaders in the just-concluded parliamentary election.
- Emerging Tasks For Mr Sinha (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Dec 08, 2001)
THE Budget time is at hand, and the Finance Minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha, is sending mixed signals.
- Nabard Best-Suited For Single-Agency Supervisory Role (The Financial Express, P. Satish, Dec 08, 2001)
In his speech at the Indian Institute of Management, Indore, last month, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) deputy governor, Y V Reddy, began with the famous opening lines of Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities:
- Japan Needs To Remodel Its Investment Outlook (The Financial Express, Smita Banerjee, Dec 08, 2001)
Japan has been a significant partner of India in terms of economic benefits. It was given overriding importance as an engine for the growth of India’s market-driven economy in the post-liberalisation period.
- Evolution Of The Debt Market -- A Long, But Rapid Journey (Business Line, Rukmani Vishwanath, Dec 07, 2001)
TILL 1991, money was collected and lent according to Plan. If planning went awry, the government sent word to its banker.
- A Continuing Exclusion (Indian Express, Seema Alavi, Dec 07, 2001)
This Ramzan I have observed more fasts than I normally do. I have thought much more about the community.
- Emerging Economic Challenges To Diplomacy (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Dec 07, 2001)
EVEN as the entire nation remained glued to television sets watching the Taliban collapse under sustained American bombings and onslaughts of the Northern Alliance.
- Too Much Emphasis On Capital Adequacy? (Business Line, M. Ramesh , Dec 07, 2001)
AMONG the more significant measures that came under banking sector reforms is the linkage of a bank's capital to its risk-weighted assets, better known as the capital adequacy ratio norm.
- China Says 2002 Exports Vital To 7 Pct Gdp Growth (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Dec 07, 2001)
BEIJING: China said on Thursday, its exports faced worse prospects than during the Asian economic crisis and that it needed to maintain measurable exports growth to help attain seven percent economic growth in 2002.
- Fdi: Putting It In Perspective (Business Line, S. Venu , Dec 07, 2001)
There is a constant refrain in many quarters that India has not seen adequate FDI inflows, despite a decade of liberalisation, to an extent comparable with China, Brazil or even Malayasia.
- Terrorist Law Again And Again - Ii (Hindu, K. G. Kannabiran, Dec 07, 2001)
The Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance (POTO), like its predecessor, the TADA, defines only a terrorist act and not terrorism. In POTO, ``overawing Government by law established'' is no longer a terrorist act.
- Afghanistan As A Land Bridge (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Dec 07, 2001)
A cooperative endeavour to build pipelines and transport corridors in the region with Afghanistan as a key transit nation will help reinforce the efforts to have a moderate regime in Kabul.
- Politics & Public Finance (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 07, 2001)
THE TAMIL NADU Chief Minister, Mr. O. Paneerselvam's announcement of a partial rollback of the recent price hikes shows the sharp conflict between politics and economics.
- Terrorist Law Again And Again - Ii (Hindu, K. G. Kannabiran, Dec 07, 2001)
The Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance (POTO), like its predecessor, the TADA, defines only a terrorist act and not terrorism. In POTO, ``overawing Government by law established'' is no longer a terrorist act.
- Sony Ceo On Head-Hunt (Indian Express, Anuradha Raman, Dec 07, 2001)
This one’s about the head of an organisation who for the moment looks like he has his throne, but very little of the kingdom he once used to lord over.
- Afghanistan As A Land Bridge (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Dec 07, 2001)
A cooperative endeavour to build pipelines and transport corridors in the region with Afghanistan as a key transit nation will help reinforce the efforts to have a moderate regime in Kabul.
- Politics & Public Finance (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 07, 2001)
THE TAMIL NADU Chief Minister, Mr. O. Paneerselvam's announcement of a partial rollback of the recent price hikes shows the sharp conflict between politics and economics.
- Emerging Economic Challenges (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, Dec 06, 2001)
Even as the entire nation remained glued to television sets watching the Taliban collapse in the face of sustained American bombings and onslaughts of the Northern Alliance.
- Madame Nui’s Toad And Other Stories (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 06, 2001)
With government debt at a whopping 130 percent of GDP, a near-recession for close to a decade, annual corporate bankruptcies close to three times those a decade ago, and unemployment at an all-time high of 5.4 percent.
- The Mystic Night (Indian Express, Syed Amir Ali Hashmi, Dec 06, 2001)
Devotion is a quality that pays rich dividends. If you are fully devoted to the Supreme Authority, He, the gracious lord, has promised to recompense profusely.
- Points Of Interest (Indian Express, T. V. R. Sher, Dec 06, 2001)
How often have you seen the elder in a family placing a gold necklace around a newborn? Don’t bother! Fate has already placed a chain around the child — an iron chain of debt.
- Lessons From The Verdict (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 06, 2001)
WITH THE MADRAS High Court acquitting the former Chief Minister, Ms Jayalalithaa, of charges of wrongdoing in the Tansi and Pleasant Stay Hotel cases.
- Financial Markets -- Buoyed By Hope Of Integration (Business Line, Rukmani Vishwanath, Dec 06, 2001)
MARKETS do not mature overnight. Ask any banker and he will say turmoil and crisis play a `development role' in their evolution.
- Let Us Make India Resourceful (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Dec 06, 2001)
ATAL Bihari Vajpayee, the Prime Minister, is regarded with esteem for his leadership, perseverance, the courage to stand up to adversity, and the determination to express protest boldly when confronted with the outrageous actions of others.
- Clear Case (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 06, 2001)
It is the acme of fulfilment for a politician when the “people’s verdict” coincides with the court’s.
- Economy In 2001: Year-End Blues (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Dec 06, 2001)
WITH barely four months left this fiscal, the signs on the economic highway seem ominous, with macroeconomic fundamentals presenting a gloomy picture.
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