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Articles 15121 through 15220 of 16647:
- A Matter Of Priority (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Nov 26, 2001)
THE Fiscal Responsibility and Managament Bill 2000, which had been referred to a parliamentary standing committee.
- Significance Of Nam Today (Tribune, A.N. Dar, Nov 26, 2001)
NAM (Non-Aligned Movement) almost died recently. The new government of Bangladesh which was to host the next summit of the movement in Dhaka decided that it would not do so.
- If Capital Can Roam The World Freely, Why Not Labour? (The Financial Express, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Nov 26, 2001)
Why should a developing country in dire need of capital yet oppose the inclusion of an investment regime in the World Trade Organisation (WTO)?
- From Plenty To Penury (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 25, 2001)
WHEN PROSPERITY takes the road of profligacy, populism and corruption, the destination clearly is bankruptcy.
- Selling The Family Silver? (Hindu, SUSHMA RAMACHANDRAN , Nov 25, 2001)
THE PRIVATISATION of public sector companies has always been accompanied by vociferous protests on the ground that the country is selling off valuable ``crown jewels''.
- A Game Of Oneupmanship (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Nov 25, 2001)
MR. JOHN Howard is back as Australia's Prime Minister for the third time.
- Lessons From Doha (The Kashmir Times, SURENDRA MOHAN, Nov 25, 2001)
The Union Commerce Minister Murasoli Maran, on his return from Doha ministerial conference of the World Trade Organisation has underlined in particular two courses of action to be followed in the future.
- War Against Terror: The Public Opinion Conundrum (Tribune, Sreeram Chaulia, Nov 25, 2001)
There is a fundamental contradiction in the renewed love fest that the present war against terrorism has contrived between the United States and its old Cold War ally, Pakistan.
- Chomsky And The American Political Fraud (Tribune, Shelley Walia, Nov 25, 2001)
“War on Afghanistan constitutes a greater terrorist act than the September 11 attacks”.
- Problems That The Army Faces (Tribune, S. S. Sandhu, Nov 24, 2001)
There are two main problems which armies all over the world have always faced and have never been able to find satisfactory solutions to.
- Sloth At The Core (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 24, 2001)
WHEN THE ECONOMY is in slow motion and industrial growth iswitnessing a slump, the performance of infrastructure industries as a whole cannot be in a different mode.
- The Left And The Wto Regime (Hindu, V. KRISHNA ANANTH , Nov 24, 2001)
A REPORT on the rally organised in New Delhi recently by the ``Indian People's Campaign Against WTO''.
- Trading Illusions (Hindu, C. Rammanohar Reddy, Nov 24, 2001)
MUCH LIKE the characters in the Japanese film classic, Rashomon, there have been as many verdicts delivered on the Doha conference of the World Trade Organisation as there were participating governments.
- Capital Account Convertibility -- Necessary To Save The Savers? (Business Line, S. K. Shanthi, Nov 24, 2001)
CAPITAL account convertibility means that the people of a country can invest in foreign assets, financial or otherwise.
- Are Public Sector Banks Inefficient? (Business Line, P. R. Brahmananda , Nov 24, 2001)
THE Reserve Bank of India has just published its statutory report on Trend and Progress of Banking in India -- 2000-01.
- Where Is The World Economy Headed? (Business Line, P. Nagarajan, Nov 24, 2001)
THE US, accounting for 28.5 per cent of the world's gross output, compared with Japan at 13.5 per cent and Germany at 7.0 per cent.
- ‘Supachai Will Spend More Of His Time With The Oecd’ (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Nov 24, 2001)
Pascal Lamy gives one last look to a somewhat unflattering piece on him in The Financial Express.
- Beijing Could Shine As Asia Biotech Star, Says Sg Sec (The Financial Express, Amy Tan, Nov 24, 2001)
SINGAPORE: China could well become Asia’s brightest biotechnology star but the region first needs to develop its venture capitalists’ market to support the fledgling industry, the Singapore arm of SG Securities says.
- A Matter Of Time (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Nov 23, 2001)
Mankind's most intrepid journey to trace the pristine condition of the universe-the moment at which everything we know as the natural cosmos took birth-began a little more than a decade ago.
- Travails Of An Intellectual (Indian Express, Atul Chaturvedi, Nov 23, 2001)
FRANCE has a problem with its writers and intellectuals — there are simply too many of them.
- Floating Rates (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 23, 2001)
THE CENTRE SHOULD easily complete its borrowing programme this year and if possible exceed it.
- Making Punishments Punitive (Business Line, Kuldip Nayar, Nov 23, 2001)
How far the corporate world is criminally responsible for its acts of omission and commission is the question awaiting the answer of the Attorney-General, Mr Soli Sorabjee.
- Making The Market Economy Work (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Nov 23, 2001)
"WE are all socialists now." That was what was said in the heydays of socialism.
- Search For A Suitable Head For Sebi Gets Tough (The Financial Express, Sharad Mistry, Nov 23, 2001)
Here's a golden chance for all those who love challenges and controversies, are adept at walking the tight-rope doing a fine balancing act between the strong corporate lobby and a status quo-loving finance ministry.
- Building New Strategic Ties (Tribune, Hari Jaisingh, Nov 23, 2001)
Moscow: "Shout for us across the Himalayas whenever you need us."
- The Evil Empire And The Crusader-Turned-Gladiator (The Financial Express, Ravi Kapoor, Nov 23, 2001)
With the government announcing the sale of CMC Ltd and HTL Ltd in October and hotels of India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) and Hotel Corporation of India this month, the privatisation process is at the threshold of the take-off stage.
- India-Pakistan Talks: Yes, No, Maybe (Hindu, Kanti Bajpai, Nov 23, 2001)
WITH THE Northern Alliance's dramatic gains in the ground war in Afghanistan, India must turn its attention to relations with Pakistan.
- Poor Rating (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 22, 2001)
OKAY, the Taliban are near-destroyed and India’s stand on terrorism has been vindicated, but now what? Well, just in case you forget, here’s a timely warning from global credit-rating firm Standard & Poor’s:
- Pakistan: Reaping The Whirlwind? (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Nov 22, 2001)
PAKISTAN today is in the unenviable position of having two enemies, vis-`-vis the developments in Afghanistan.
- Win-Win At Doha (Hindu, Amit Dasgupta, Nov 22, 2001)
SELF-INTEREST motivates all negotiations, but good negotiators know that the only successful strategies are those that strive for win-win solutions.
- Eu's Single-Market Directives -- Potion For Global Competitiveness (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Nov 22, 2001)
Europe must become a globally competitive economy built on knowledge and innovation and on a strategy of sustainable economic development.
- Reviving India's Economy: Judo Strategy May Pay High Dividends -- Ii (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 22, 2001)
FOR far too long, Indias policy-makers have been building their growth models on parameters applicable to industrial countries whose understanding of the economic laws was coloured by their specific contexts and cultures.
- Fdi Is Welcome In Retail Trade, But Is It Really Needed? (The Financial Express, Sachchidanand Shukla, Nov 22, 2001)
Retailing is one of the largest private industries the world over, with annual sales exceeding $6 trillion, accounting for a sizeable share in gross domestic product (GDP) besides being a major employment generator.
- Pakistan's Debacle In Afghanistan (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Nov 22, 2001)
Speaking on Pakistan's independence day on August 14, General Pervez Musharraf proclaimed: "The Taliban are the dominant reality in Afghanistan and the international community should engage.
- Campaign Against Taliban, Al-Qaeda (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, Nov 22, 2001)
Speaking on Pakistan’s independence day on August 14 less than a month before the horrendous terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, General Pervez Musharraf proclaimed:
- Chaos Continues In North East (The Kashmir Times, Arun Nehru, Nov 21, 2001)
The North East contin-ues in the chaos, which has entered political life as Meghalaya goes the Manipur way, and the fact remains that ideology (long gone), political parties (extinct) are long forgotten.
- Radical Changes In Suffrage (Pioneer, Anuradha Bhattacharjee, Nov 21, 2001)
Bangalore is witnessing some hectic campaigning by 'hooch queen' Marimuttu. A veteran of 27 cases, she is harbouring political ambitions inspired by the late Bandit Queen Phoolan Devi.
- Unfair! (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 21, 2001)
Here is Dalmiya’s chance to stand up for Indian players.
- When Elephants Fight, The Grass Gets Trampled (Business Line, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Nov 21, 2001)
WHEN elephants fight, runs an old saying, it is the grass that is trampled.
- Eu-India Initiative For Corporate Social Responsibility (The Financial Express, Navtej Dhillon, Nov 21, 2001)
Indian and European business representatives are meeting in New Delhi today* (Wednesday) to see how best to meet their responsibilities to society at large.
- Reviving India's Economy: Time To Think Of Offbeat Recipes -- I (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 21, 2001)
THERE has been no letup in the bad news on the economic front. India, in common with the rest of the world, is face to face with the spectre of a recession -- a word that nobody dares even to breathe.
- The Mess In Afghanistan (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Nov 21, 2001)
IF TRUTH be told, despite the success of the US-led coalitions attack on Afghanistan, the fall of Kabul.
- Divali Minus Crackers (Tribune, Iqbal Singh Ahuja, Nov 20, 2001)
“Hi Doc! How are you?, enquired my friend Satish. “What a paradox? “I thought. A non-medico enquiring about a doctor’s health. Before I could come out of his kind gesture — he blurted: “Doctor, tum bimaar nahi hote.”
- Poto: Pity It Is Confrontation, Not Consensus (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Nov 20, 2001)
NEW DELHI, NOV. 19. It will be a pity that just when the country needs consensus on core issues of national interest, the ruling side and the opposition head towards a sharp confrontation.
- Young India Takes The Reins (Tribune, P. Raman , Nov 20, 2001)
A decade ago it was fashionable to deride the CPM for its gerentocratic leadership. In those days, the party politburo’s average age was as high as 75 plus.
- Business Vigilance In A Consumer Society (Business Line, A. V. Swaminathan , Nov 20, 2001)
AMERICAN business is full of peculiarities, hooked to a rolling economy and a fast changing consumer society.
- Jayalalitha’s Terms Of Engagement (Indian Express, B. S. Nagaraj, Nov 20, 2001)
After enduring separation pangs, the AIADMK seems to getting close to the BJP all over again. Is an alliance afoot?
- Yesterday’s Dream Machines (Indian Express, Shymola Khanna, Nov 20, 2001)
On the 8th of October, as the Indian Air Force celebrated its 69th anniversary, the Hunter flew for the last time.
- South Africa-India Bilateral Trade Picks Up Well Despite A Late Start (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Nov 20, 2001)
Bilateral trade between India and South Africa started in 1993 since earlier there were trade restrictions on account of apartheid pursued by the then South African regime.
- Democracy In Dire Straits (Tribune, Bhim S. Dahiya, Nov 20, 2001)
Whenever the thought of our democracy occurs to me, and it occurs quite often, a scene from an old Hindi movie named “Railway Platform” appears on my mind’s screen.
- A Vvip Village Called Bathindi (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Nov 20, 2001)
Mahatma Gandhi saw the vision of new India in the villages of the country.
- Gathering Pace (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 20, 2001)
THE FLURRY OF announcements by the Minister for Disinvestment indicates that the public sector sale (PSE) programme is finally gathering steam.
- Poto: Pity It Is Confrontation, Not Consensus (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Nov 20, 2001)
NEW DELHI, NOV. 19. It will be a pity that just when the country needs consensus on core issues of national interest, the ruling side and the opposition head towards a sharp confrontation.
- Primitive Accumulation Versus The Rule Of Law (The Financial Express, Chanakya , Nov 20, 2001)
Some of the politicians and civil servants who made money used it to live well, fulfilling their feudal dreams. Some who knew the ropes sent the money abroad.
- Messing Up With People's Savings (Business Line, N.A.Mujumdar, Nov 20, 2001)
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, Nov 20, 2001)
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.
- Mine Of Problems (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 20, 2001)
PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN mining has been disappointingly slow to happen.
- The Afghan Kaleidoscope (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 20, 2001)
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.
- Made In Pakistan (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 20, 2001)
Atal Behari Vajpayee, 77, just couldn’t decide on the right kind of jacket for himself.
- Making Money In The Great Game Of Social Advancement (The Financial Express, Chanakya , Nov 19, 2001)
You cannot walk an inch in India, it seems, without coming near the putrid smell of corruption and nepotism. Bribery seems to be all pervading. Every one complains about it.
- Feather In Mr Maran's Cap (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Nov 19, 2001)
THERE is one school of thought which holds that, after two years, the severe consequences of the Doha Declaration.
- Is Small Industry R&d-Oriented? -- Positive Evidence From Karnataka (Business Line, M. H. Bala Subrahmanya, Nov 19, 2001)
SMALL-SCALE industry (SSI) in India is now exposed to local and global competition as never before.
- Why India Is Insulated From Oil Shock (Business Line, S. Majumder , Nov 19, 2001)
IN THE fluid world situation, especially vis-a-vis the Afghan war, the oil-producing nations are in two minds about cutting production to raise prices.
- Cut Diesel Price (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 19, 2001)
THE PETROLEUM MINISTER, Mr Ram Naik, last week handed out an assurance that the Government would not increase prices of petro-products till March next year.
- Doha Ministerial: A Triumph Of Sorts? (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Nov 19, 2001)
PREDICTABLY, the fourth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) that wound up on November 14.
- Vision 2020 -- Making A Beeline In Wrong Direction? (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Nov 19, 2001)
MAKING a beeline is a well-known expression. It emphasises the way bees go straight to their goal.
- An Opportunity For India (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Nov 19, 2001)
THE DEVELOPMENTS in, and in relation to, Afghanistan have overtaken the outcome of the Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee's trip abroad, not particularly shining in any case.
- Get Out Of Poverty Syndrome (The Kashmir Times, Vinod Mehta, Nov 19, 2001)
Higher investment is only one of the preconditions for realizing a high rate of economic growth in any country.
- A Vvip Village Called Bathindi (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Nov 19, 2001)
Mahatma Gandhi saw the vision of new India in the villages of the country.
- Re-Inventing A Political Buddha (Pioneer, Priyadarsi Dutta, Nov 18, 2001)
Through some of his dulcet poems Rabindra Nath Tagore brought Buddha and Shivaji closer to every Bengali's heart.
- Clearest Voice Of Dissent (Pioneer, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Nov 18, 2001)
Professor Noam Chomsky is Professor of Linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with which he has been associated for four and a half decades.
- Kashmir At The Crossroads (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Nov 18, 2001)
THE fallout of the Taliban's debacle in Afghanistan is bound to have its impact over the next phase of the armed struggle in Jammu and Kashmir.
- The Gloves Are Off (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Nov 18, 2001)
NEITHER Mr. Jacques Chirac, the conservative President of France, nor his Socialist Prime Minister, Mr. Lionel Jospin, have officially declared they are candidates in the next presidential election in May.
- Their Cupboard Is Bare (Hindu, J. P. SHUKLA, Nov 18, 2001)
THE Bharatiya Janata Party has enjoyed an uninterrupted position of power in Uttar Pradesh for the past five years.
- Where Modernisation Is Seen As An Enemy Of Islam (Tribune, Tavleen Singh, Nov 17, 2001)
LAST week my travels took me to a couple of Muslim villages near the Rajasthani town of Nagaur.
- Clearest Voice Of Dissent (Pioneer, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Nov 17, 2001)
Professor Noam Chomsky is Professor of Linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with which he has been associated for four and a half decades.
- Re-Inventing A Political Buddha (Pioneer, Priyadarsi Dutta, Nov 17, 2001)
Through some of his dulcet poems Rabindra Nath Tagore brought Buddha and Shivaji closer to every Bengali's heart.
- Classifieds (Tribune, Shriniwas Joshi, Nov 17, 2001)
A newspaper carries two types of advertisements — display and classifieds. The latter are for the needy who is in search of a room or a groom; a jar or a car; a bone or a loan and the former is the cackle of a hen.
- India In Today’s Global Politics (Tribune, Hari Jaisingh, Nov 17, 2001)
WHERE does India stand after the three-nation tour of Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee? The countries he has just visited are the world's major centres of power.
- Specious Arguments (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 17, 2001)
THE UNION CABINET'S proposal to replace the Foreign Contributions Regulation Act (FCRA) with a more stringent law.
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