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Articles 15521 through 15620 of 16647:
- Survival Lessons For Mr Sinha (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 20, 2001)
With the FM constantly shuffling his babus, it’s not surprising he gets flak for all that’s wrong.
- Falling Growth Trends In Economy, Agriculture (Business Line, P. R. Brahmananda , Oct 20, 2001)
AN important indicator of economic development is the sequential trend in the growth rate of the economy.
- The Wto And Developing Countries (Hindu, Mike Moore, Oct 20, 2001)
OF THE many obstacles facing the World Trade Organisation, the biggest is a myth - that developing countries are losing ground in the world trading system.
- Meanwhile In Bharatvarsha (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 20, 2001)
We’ve switched off everything except the TV.
- Apec Pushes For Wto Round, Omits Mention Of Qatar (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Oct 19, 2001)
SHANGHAI: Pacific Rim ministers endorsed on Thursday the launch of a new round of global trade talks next month but pointedly omitted in a communique the venue of the planned conference—the Gulf state of Qatar.
- Fast-Modernising, Present Day Beijing Holds Many A Lesson For India (The Financial Express, M. A. K. Swain, Oct 19, 2001)
The recent visit to China by a group of members of Parliament, members of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and trade union leaders gave an insight into the changes taking place in present day China.
- Bearding The Sardar (Telegraph, RUKUN ADVANI, Oct 19, 2001)
When a Sikh is mistaken for a hirsute Afghan in a turban and killed as a consequence of the possible activities of Osama bin Laden, as has just happened in the United States of America.
- Pakistan Is The Net Gainer (Indian Express, D. R. Pendse, Oct 19, 2001)
AMERICANS feel humiliated that despite their might and organisation, some obscure terrorist groups hailing from ‘faraway backward lands’ could so successfully attack the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon and kill thousands of its citizens.
- Of Terrorism And Democracy (Tribune, Hari Jaisingh, Oct 19, 2001)
A number of theories and counter-theories have surfaced in the wake of terrorist strikes at the World Trade Center twin towers in New York. Academicians look at the problem in their own way.
- India In Strategy Vacuum (Business Line, P. Krishna Rao, Oct 19, 2001)
EVEN as Afghanistan is pounded by US warplanes, there is consternation in India that its viewpoint on Kashmir has not been adequately endorsed by the American and British leadership.
- The Unkind Cut For The Middle-Class (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Oct 19, 2001)
IT IS hard times for the middle-class. First came the announcement that administered interest rates will be cut 150 basic points.
- Boosting Economy -- Export Thrust, Rate Cut Won't Help (Business Line, A. S. Firoz, Oct 19, 2001)
WHETHER the RBI would cut interest rates in its forthcoming Credit Policy, a certainty till a few days back, is now under a cloud, as the Finance Minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha, seems to have seen the limitations of this measure as an economy booster.
- Dreams And Interest Rates (Business Line, C. J. Punnathara, Oct 19, 2001)
VELYAMMACHI, the matriarch of the house, woke with a start. Angel Gabriel had confided to her in her dreams that interest rates would drop.
- Cmie Slashes Export Growth Forecast From 7% To 1% This Fiscal (The Financial Express, P Vinod Kumar, Oct 19, 2001)
Union commerce minister Murasoli Maran seems to be a die-hard optimist. “There is no need to revise our target”, Mr Maran was quoted as saying at the Economic Editors Conference held in New Delhi the other day.
- The Feint In Policy Debate Is A Matter Of Interest (The Financial Express, R K Roy, Oct 19, 2001)
A decade ago, under Fund-Bank inspiration, the policy of keeping the interest on government borrowings on the low side drew severe flak.
- Vandalism At The Taj (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 18, 2001)
THE ACTS OF vandalism perpetrated on the premises of the Taj Mahal last Sunday by some elements of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, which have prompted judicial intervention, are extremely disturbing for two reasons.
- Caste, Race And Sociologists - I (Hindu, Gail Omvedt , Oct 18, 2001)
The Durban conference has brought forward the barrenness of contemporary social sciences, especially sociology, in providing genuine intellectual input on the issue of caste and race.
- Stirring The Communal Cauldron (Hindu, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Oct 18, 2001)
A SERIES of recent events ought to awaken all those who had been lulled into complacency by the fact that the BJP appeared to have been acting as if it were a moderate party at the centre of the ideological spectrum.
- Draft Statement Against Terrorism Drops Reference To Money Laundering (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Oct 18, 2001)
Shanghai: In an apparent nod to China, a revised draft of an anti-terrorism statement to be issued by leaders at their Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation (Apec) summit dropped an earlier specific reference to fighting money-laundering.
- Does Us Have The Medicine? (Business Line, Menka Shivdasani , Oct 18, 2001)
STAND down, India and Pakistan, especially India because you are no use to us, while Pakistan is, even if it is aiding and abetting what you ill-informed people call terrorists in Kashmir.
- Sinha Is Pessimistic (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 18, 2001)
IT does not come easy to Union Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha to admit problems in his Ministry’s working.
- Snags And Contradictions (Telegraph, SHAM LAL , Oct 18, 2001)
Never before has America been in the grip of such fear and panic.
- The Learning Organisation: Getting Business Value From Knowledge (The Financial Express, Alok Khandelwal, Oct 18, 2001)
“An organization...learns faster and better than competitors through benchmarking...through sharing and implementing best practices...by learning from experience, and through continuous learning and personal growth.”
- Global Defence Spending Set To Increase (The Financial Express, Ranjit B Rai and P K Jain, Oct 17, 2001)
The dastardly unconventional attacks of September 11 in the United States killed over 6,000 innocents in New York and caused losses of billions of dollars the world over.
- A Rich Language, Though Unknown (Telegraph, Sudhir Kumar Mishra, Oct 17, 2001)
After Jharkhand, the neglect of Maithili and Mithilanchal once again seems have become a major political issue, not only in Bihar, but also in Jharkhand.
- India’s Strained Foreign Policy (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Oct 17, 2001)
JAWAHARLAL Nehru, the architect of India’s foreign policy, based it on the three pillars of socialism, nonalignment and secularism. Socialism, in particular the communist variant of it, is now in almost universal disrepute.
- Shanghai Greets With A Smile, Hides Inconveniences (The Financial Express, Tiffany Wu, Oct 16, 2001)
Shanghai greeted a week of Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation (Apec) meetings on Monday with smiles despite the significant inconveniences imposed by a massive security operation made even tighter since the September 11 attacks in the US.
- Ways To Keep Poverty At Bay (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Oct 16, 2001)
ONE thought that chronic hunger in some sections of the population was a peculiarly Indian problem. Not so. It is still an Asian malaise, not just a South Asian malaise.
- Indo-Italian Trade Ties Move Toward Non-Traditional Items (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Oct 16, 2001)
Italy is the fifth largest economy in the world which is marked by a strong services and industrial sector and predominance of dynamic family-owned small and medium enterprises. It’s foreign trade value is estimated at $440 billion.
- Exports: Needed, Urgent And Committed Policy Action (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Oct 16, 2001)
EXPORT as an engine for growth, export-led growth and `export or perish' with their intense connotations might have sounded serious mottos to developing countries intent on increasing their share of export in global trade.
- Capital Market: A Pervading Sense Of Despair (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Oct 16, 2001)
AFTER nearly a decade of reforms and furious efforts by policy-makers to put in place international best practices, the Indian capital market presents a dismal picture.
- Diagnosing A Sick System (Tribune, D. R. Chaudhry, Oct 16, 2001)
TWO news items appeared prominently on the front page of The Tribune on September 10.
- War: Severe Side Effects On India (Tribune, P. Raman , Oct 16, 2001)
INDIA will soon have to tackle severe repercussions of George Bush’s Afghan war in at least three areas.
- Universal Banking: Solution To Fis Problems? (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Oct 15, 2001)
THE fnancial istitutions (FIs), such as the ICICI and the IDBI, are reported to be exploring possibilities of conversion into universal banks as a solution for their problems.
- Us Equities Face Obstacles To Recovery (Business Line, V. Anantha-Nageswaran , Oct 15, 2001)
AFTER swooning in the week in which it opened for trade after the attacks on the WTC and the Pentagon, the US equity market had started to recover and barring a correction on Friday, it had scaled the levels that prevailed before the terrorist attacks.
- War Will Revive Economy (Indian Express, Bibek Debroy, Oct 15, 2001)
WHAT impact does the Afghanistan factor have on the Indian economy?
- A Crisis In Direction (Telegraph, MAHESH RANGARAJAN, Oct 15, 2001)
The Congress is slowly picking up the pieces after the untimely and tragic demise of Madhavrao Scindia.
- Economics, War And Peace, And The Us Vision (The Financial Express, R K Roy, Oct 15, 2001)
Year one of the 21st century has started with a challenge to policy orthodoxy in the capitalist haven, the United States.
- Delay In New Buy-Back Norms Stirs A Controversy (The Financial Express, Rashmi Das, Oct 15, 2001)
More than a month after the terrorist attacks in the United States and half a dozen statements made by two Cabinet ministers, the amendments relaxing share buyback norms are yet to see the light of the day.
- Suicide Squads Get Their Targets, But Duck Battle (Indian Express, MAJ GENERAL S. C. N. Jatar (Rtd), Oct 15, 2001)
In his two-part article on the reasons behind suicide missions (The Indian Express, October 5-6), Muzamil Jaleel has missed out some important military and psychological attributes of such missions.
- His Great Subject (Telegraph, AMIT CHAUDHURI, Oct 14, 2001)
I first heard of V.S. Naipaul when I was 12 or 13 years old, probably from my father.
- Combating Proxy War: India Can Do It (Tribune, I. D. Swami, Oct 14, 2001)
WHEN terror unleashed by an individual who entertains fanciful ambition struck America, world leaders’ attitude towards terrorism has suddenly taken a dramatic change.
- Hungary For Action Against All Forms Of Terrorism (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Oct 13, 2001)
Hungary's is a typical case of the deep commitment of the European nations to combat terrorism after the recent attacks in the U.S.
- The Changing Role Of External Commercial Borrowings (The Financial Express, Ravi Singhania, Oct 13, 2001)
The world of Indian corporate finance revolves around a three letter world —ECB (external commercial borrowing).
- Will Raising Fii Investment Levels Really Help? (The Financial Express, M. R. Mayya, Oct 13, 2001)
The recent decision of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to permit foreign institutional investors (FIIs) to invest in Indian companies beyond 24 per cent of the issued and paid-up capital up to levels permitted.
- Neck Deep, 40,000ft High (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 13, 2001)
WHAT does your average district magistrate do when trouble breaks out and he doesn’t particularly know who is behind it, where he is hiding and how to restore order?
- Jayaprakash Narayan Symbolised Humanity (Tribune, M. G. Devasahayam , Oct 13, 2001)
“QUIT India Movement” launched by Mahatma Gandhi on August 8, 1942, was only making halting progress in the initial months despite Mahatma's mass following and the efforts of the Congress to make it a massive movement.
- From Poll To Poll (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 13, 2001)
THREE elections in three years — this is the tragedy of Sri Lanka as it braces itself for a December election.
- Hungary For Action Against All Forms Of Terrorism (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Oct 13, 2001)
Hungary's is a typical case of the deep commitment of the European nations to combat terrorism after the recent attacks in the U.S.
- Balancing Act (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 12, 2001)
The Jharkhand chief minister, Mr Babulal Marandi, had to do a difficult balancing act in formulating the new state’s reservation policy.
- Policy Of National Interest (Business Line, Kuldip Nayar, Oct 12, 2001)
NATIONAL interest can change a countrys policy. This is how the Pakistani President, Gen Pervez Musharraf, has defended his decision to support America.
- Are Fears Of Global Recession Real? (Business Line, R. Srinivasan, Oct 12, 2001)
ECONOMISTS and business analysts around the world are coming to terms with the fact that the global economy has arguably entered a period of recession and uncertainty.
- Soft State, Soft Economy (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 12, 2001)
Lack of coherence to blame for sluggish growth.
- Replacing Apm In Oil Products: Tough But Unavoidable (The Financial Express, R K Roy, Oct 12, 2001)
The administered pricing mechanism (APM) for oil products is slated to end this fiscal.
- Export Credit Refinance Rate Should Be Delinked From Bank Rate (The Financial Express, Atmadip Ray, Oct 12, 2001)
So far, so good. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has scored a point or two by announcing a whole set of packages to give impetus to export proceedings.
- Regional War With Global Reach (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Oct 12, 2001)
THE air and missile attacks the US has launched on Afghanistan will have far-reaching implications for regional and global security.
- A Small Aircraft And The Clouds Of Doom (Indian Express, Hari Bhagat, Oct 12, 2001)
Flying through cumulo nimbus clouds requires both experience and nerves of steel.
- Afghanistan: Looking Beyond The Taliban (Tribune, M.S.N. Menon, Oct 12, 2001)
AT last, America has struck back. It is the first phase to take on Bin Laden and the Taliban.
- The Label Of ‘Rogue Army’ (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, Oct 11, 2001)
A number of Western newspapers like the New York Times carried announcements labelling the Pakistan army a “Rogue Army” during the Kargil conflict.
- War Impact On Economy (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 11, 2001)
UNION Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha is an inveterate votary of the feel good factor.
- Generals And Foragers (Telegraph, Bhaskar Ghose, Oct 11, 2001)
The world watches, almost as if it were mesmerized, as the taliban is punished for the carnage of September 11.
- Coal Sector Needs Rejig In Case Of Change In Energy Use Pattern (The Financial Express, Sunil Mukhopadhyay, Oct 11, 2001)
While the full impact of the terrorist attacks in the United States on the economy is yet to be assessed, one sector that is sure to be affected is energy.
- Two Years Of Mr Krishna’s Rule Leave A Mixed Bag For Karnataka (The Financial Express, K. P. Sethunath, Oct 11, 2001)
In the era of seamless images, every significant public event gets transformed into a display of self-righteous assertion or laudatory emptiness making any meaningful appraisal of the event a difficult task.
- A General And A Rogue Army (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Oct 11, 2001)
A NUMBER of Western newspapers, such as The New York Times, carried announcements labelling the Pakistan army a "Rogue Army'' during the Kargil conflict.
- Auditors And Fraud (Business Line, Pratap Ravindran , Oct 11, 2001)
THE last decade or so -- coincidental with but not necessarily causally related to -- the `liberalisation' of the Indian economy.
- The Bbc Show (Business Line, K. Ramesh, Oct 11, 2001)
THE economy of the nation is dependent upon the BBC show _ not that of the British Broadcasting Corporation _ but the anxiously watched moves of the Bin Laden-Bush-Colin Powell combine.
- Party Time (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 10, 2001)
The chief minister, Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, and his health minister, Mr Suryakanta Mishra, must be wondering who are their real enemies: their own party, the Communist Party of India (Marxist), or an opposition party like the Trinamool Congress?
- Nothing To Wear! (Tribune, Gurmeet Kanwal, Oct 10, 2001)
EVERY time a woman has to go out, she stares mournfully at her open wardrobe, usually fully stacked, and a primordial cry emanates from her lips: “I have nothing to wear.”
- Doha: Pitching For A New Round May Be Practical (Business Line, Anil K. Kanungo, Oct 10, 2001)
THE DOHA Ministerial Conference is a couple of weeks away. The mood is upbeat in India and similar in the worldover.
- Inaction And Half Measures (Telegraph, BHASKAR DUTTA , Oct 10, 2001)
The Indian economy has been in a tailspin for well over a year. All projections of growth rates for the economy have had to be revised downwards as all sectors of the economy continue to perform well below expectations.
- Fighting For Superpower Status (Tribune, Reeta Sharma, Oct 10, 2001)
THE very meaning of the ‘superpower’ America so proudly associates itself with is that it has the power to attack anyone, anywhere in the world.
- The New Lady Next Door (Telegraph, Ashis Chakrabarti, Oct 10, 2001)
As the October 1 general election day in Bangladesh approached, Sheikh Hasina Wajed and her party, the Awami League, had one fervent prayer: the United States of America’s attack on Afghanistan should not happen before the poll day.
- Will History Repeat Itself In Afghanistan? (The Financial Express, Kuldip Nayar, Oct 10, 2001)
A US official has said: “You cannot win Afghanistan and lose Pakistan.” Whatever that means, the fight against the Taliban was bound to bring this predicament in public.
- Redefining Pakistan’s National Interest (Indian Express, Husain Haqqani, Oct 10, 2001)
General Pervez Musharraf has explained that his decision to join the US-led coalition against global terrorism is in Pakistan’s national interest.
- The End Of Pakistan's Great Game? (Hindu, KESAVA MENON, Oct 10, 2001)
``WON'T ALL of Afghanistan's problems be solved if it becomes a part of Pakistan?''
- Marxists Wag Corporate Tongue In Kerala (The Financial Express, Ajayan, Oct 10, 2001)
“Each management can decide to retrench its excess staff on the basis of its evaluation of the physical state of the company...
- ‘Mere Corporatisation Will Not Help The Railways’ (The Financial Express, Jyoti Mukul, Oct 10, 2001)
Railway minister Nitish Kumar is at the crossroads, just as the Indian Railways is.
- When Your Heart Is Racing, Have Tea (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 10, 2001)
SEVERAL weeks on, people continue to respond to the scale of the recent catastrophe in America with disbelief and depression.
- Extravagant Modishness (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 09, 2001)
IF Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi’s swearing-in ceremony appeared like a tawdry dandiya ras extravaganza, blame it on the BJP’s deep insecurities after its recent reversals in the Sabarmati and Sabarkantha by-polls.
- Planting The Seeds Of Prosperity (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 09, 2001)
Although statistical issues clearly exist, differences between the 1980s and the 1990s in terms of inflation and agricultural performance do give some credence to the slowdown in poverty reduction.
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