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Articles 16321 through 16420 of 16647:
- Strong Dollar Will Survive The Recession (The Economic Times, Neeraj Kaushal, Aug 07, 2001)
CAN THE mighty dollar survive in weaker times? A debate on this issue is raging among the business community, policy makers, currency traders and economists in the US.
- United Mistrust (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 07, 2001)
The appointment of a joint parliamentary committee is the last resort of a political escape artist.
- Advani The Arsonist (Indian Express, Mani Shankar Aiyar, Aug 07, 2001)
RUMOURS that the government is planning to name former Lok Sabha speaker Purno A. Sangma as its special emissary for talks with the different factions of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland and other insurgent organisations is threatening to light.
- Co-Operative, Not Corporate, Agriculture (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Aug 07, 2001)
THE just concluded agriculture committee meeting of the principal party in governance at New Delhi recommending ``contract farming'' is ominous.
- As Downturn Hits Sail, It’s Time To Focus On Improving Bottomline (The Financial Express, Sunil Mukhopadhyay, Aug 07, 2001)
The increase in first quarter (April-June 2001) losses of Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) by 63 per cent to Rs 376 crore compared to previous fiscal’s first quarter loss of Rs 231 crore has not taken anybody by surprise.
- State Of The World (The Economic Times, Lester R. Brown, Aug 06, 2001)
FOR us, the key limits as we approach the twenty-first century are fresh water, forests, range-lands, oceanic fisheries, biological diversity, and the global atmosphere.
- Global Economic Trends And India (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Aug 06, 2001)
THE latest reports of gloom in the global economy are significant for India.
- Musharraf At Home And On The Road (Telegraph, Ashis Chakrabarti, Aug 06, 2001)
Two structures — grand, glamorous and hugely wasteful — symbolize the interregnum over which Pervez Musharraf presides at home.
- Policy-Makers Should Ensure Pension Funds Don’t Go The Mf Way (The Financial Express, Sharad Mistry, Aug 06, 2001)
After a point of decay, there comes a turning point, says the 24th hexagram of I Ching, the famous Chinese Book of Changes.
- Turkey At The Crossroads (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Aug 06, 2001)
TURKEY'S economy is in deep trouble. On July 17, the lira declined 8 per cent to a level of 1.48 million to one US dollar.
- The Secular Rabble (Hindustan Times, Amulya Ganguli, Aug 06, 2001)
While the BJP-led government led by an “old” and “unwell” prime minister continues on its uncertain course, another motley group has come into being, calling itself the People’s Front (PF).
- How Old Bad Investments Crowd Out New Private Ones (The Financial Express, R.K. Roy, Aug 06, 2001)
An unaddressed issue of reform is the protection that bad investments get, and thus crowd out new investments in the real economy.
- Economic Competence: The Global Gulf Widens (Business Line, Anantha Nageshwaran, Aug 06, 2001)
US INDICATORS signal economic bottom is at hand. In the week that ended, the US dollar continued to lose ground against the euro, and, to a lesser extent, against the yen as well.
- Rethinking Bailouts (The Economic Times, Mythili Bhusnurmath, Aug 06, 2001)
WHAT is it about the recent spate of financial sector bailouts that leaves even the most cynical observers with a sense of foreboding? It could be the bailouts per se.
- Not Nibbling At, But Chewing Away States’ Powers (Tribune, Anupam Gupta, Aug 06, 2001)
“THE Union will go,” said a grim Sardar Patel, warning the Constituent Assembly on October 10, 1949, “You will not have a united India.
- Reinforce Confidence (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 06, 2001)
IN THE ONGOING crisis over the Unit Trust of India, both the Government and the Trust have won a reprieve.
- On Paper Only (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 05, 2001)
THE IRONY is rather striking. Tamil Nadu is one of the few States which has an exclusive law on the Right to Information.
- Leaking Boat, Weary Captain (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 05, 2001)
Opportunism has been given a new name by the BJP, `compulsions' of politics, says Neena Vyas.
- Phoolan’s Legacy (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 05, 2001)
Even as the police is desperately trying to cut through the web of deception and intrigue spun around the sensational slaying of the Samajwadi Party MP and former bandit queen, Phoolan Devi, another controversy has erupted around her death.
- Information Drought In Tamil Nadu (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 05, 2001)
For someone who claims the ``people's verdict is the ultimate verdict'', Ms. Jayalalithaa is unwilling to grant the people the right to information and the freedom of expression. Our Tamil Nadu Bureau reports.
- Tackling Us Presence Outside Its Borders (Tribune, V. Gangadhar, Aug 05, 2001)
THOUGH US President George Bush and the Japanese Prime Minister, Koizumi did meet at the recently G-8 summit at Genoa, Italy, it was as well that the US Secretary, Colin Powell did not include Japan during his around-the-globe trip.
- Mismanaging Money-Monetary Mechanism (Tribune, Shyam Ratna Gupta, Aug 05, 2001)
IN real life truth can be stranger than fiction in early 1980.
- From One Scandal To Another (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 05, 2001)
HERE IS a story: a man goes to the police station to complain that in the dark of night a gang of robbers came to his house, entered forcibly, assaulted him and his wife, and decamped with cash and jewellery.
- Information Drought In Tamil Nadu (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 05, 2001)
For someone who claims the ``people's verdict is the ultimate verdict'', Ms. Jayalalithaa is unwilling to grant the people the right to information and the freedom of expression. Our Tamil Nadu Bureau reports.
- Public Servants And Corruption (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 04, 2001)
THERE ARE A number of significant facets to the Supreme Court's recent ruling on public servants convicted on charges of corruption.
- Sc Hits Out At The Corrupt (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 04, 2001)
PUBLIC servants convicted of corruption charges are in for a hard time.
- The Cheerleader Brigade (Indian Express, Sunil Jain, Aug 04, 2001)
At 2:15 pm on Friday, March 17, 2000, a little-known reporter blew a sizable hole in the stock of a high-flying, high-tech outfit called the Xybernaut Corporation’’.
- Slowdown And It’s Risks (The Economic Times, Girija Upadhyaya, Aug 04, 2001)
THE CURRENT slowdown in the GDP growth rate in the US economy and in IT spending has predictably had a drastic impact on the Indian software industry.
- Urban Population Growth Way Below Official Estimates (The Financial Express, Parul Malhotra, Aug 04, 2001)
India’s urban population grew at an annual exponential rate of 2.7 per cent in the 90s, according to data recently released by the Office of the Registrar General. As it turns out, this growth rate falls way short of previous official estimates.
- The Warmth Of Four Walls (Indian Express, Shyamola Khanna, Aug 04, 2001)
Making visitors feel welcome demands special qualities.
- Should The Fm Go? (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Aug 04, 2001)
HE SHOULD, if only because of the fact that he has been in the saddle for some time now and he has nothing to show that his services are invaluable to the nation.
- Of Doubtful Wisdom (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Aug 04, 2001)
THE Finance Minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha, would like to align the tax levied with the revised pay structure of the salaried class.
- On A Wider Net (Business Line, T. A. Bhaskaran, Aug 04, 2001)
TAXATION of services acquires greater significance as India becomes more of a service economy.
- Handling Kashmir (Hindu, P. V. Indiresan , Aug 04, 2001)
GEN. PERVEZ Musharraf comes from a culture that has irrevocable faith in one, and only one, God. It is natural for him to target one single issue to the exclusion of all others.
- Operation Salvage (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 04, 2001)
Restore the confidence of investors in UTI.
- Financial Aid To Students (Tribune, Amrik Singh , Aug 04, 2001)
Dissatisfaction with the low level of fees has been growing apace during recent years.
- Disinvestment In Heritage (Hindustan Times, K. M. Shrimali, Aug 04, 2001)
THE TATAS taking over the maintenance of the Taj Mahal hogged the headlines in electronic and print media last month.
- With Malice Towards One And All: Monsoon Cloudburst (Hindustan Times, Khushwant Singh, Aug 04, 2001)
ONE EXPECTS a lot of thunder, lightning and rain during Parliament’s monsoon session — this one coming after the Agra summit and the multi-crore fiddling with investments made by 20 million middle-income earners.
- Of The Fixers, For The Fixers (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 04, 2001)
If this govt means what it says, why is Subramanyam in jail, not Manmohan.
- Lengthening Shadow Of Sectarian Violence (Tribune, Gobind Thukral, Aug 04, 2001)
In Pakistan sectarian violence is taking a heavy toll and the military dictator, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, is unable to control it.
- Issue Of Livelihood Dominates Public Hearing On Kalpakkam Pfbr (The Financial Express, Joseph Vackayil, Aug 04, 2001)
The mandatory public hearing for the prototype fast breeder reactor (PFBR), held in Kancheepuram on July 27, was like a classical play—it, too, had five distinct acts.
- Cheerless On Economy (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 03, 2001)
SERIOUS political and diplomatic developments have blinded the nation to a crisis brewing in the economy.
- Life Beyond The Market (Hindustan Times, Praful Bidwai, Aug 03, 2001)
TWO IMAGES from gorgeous Genoa, one true and the other misleading, will long remain etched on the public mind.
- India's American Alliance (Hindu, Sudhanshu Ranade , Aug 03, 2001)
Mr. Jaswant Singh has added yet another feather to his cap.
- Managing Scam-Stuck Polity (Tribune, Hari Jaisingh, Aug 03, 2001)
PRIME Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee has reasons to feel deeply hurt at the mounting criticism against him and his government from his partymen, especially those belonging to the Sangh Parivar, and some leaders of the ruling National Democratic Alliance.
- Crying Wolf (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 03, 2001)
THE BOGEY of Chinese imports refuses to die. A recent study by the Tariff Commission makes almost the same points that industry lobbyists have made in the past: that certain Chinese imports are growing fast.
- Cotton Concerns (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 03, 2001)
THE `SAVE COTTON, Save Textiles' conference held last week in Coimbatore has once again brought into sharp focus the imperative of evolving medium- to long-term strategies for building global competitiveness into the country's enormous cotton sector.
- Mncs In The New World -- How Much Do Developing Countries Gain? (Business Line, Abhimanyu, Aug 03, 2001)
THERE was a time when the developing world had little regard for multinationals and foreign investment. This was during the 1960s and the 1970s.
- Stimulating The Economy -- On The Wrong Trajectory (Business Line, Sunil S. Bhandare, Aug 03, 2001)
WHAT India needs in its current economic predicament is fiscal expansion and not interest rate reduction.
- Dismal Story (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 03, 2001)
DATA on India’s trade with the rest of the world in the first quarter of the current fiscal reflect the slump at home and abroad. Growth in exports is a paltry 1.76 per cent.
- Why Cadaver Transplants Are Still Few (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Aug 02, 2001)
DESPITE the cadaver transplant legislation being passed by the Central Government in 1994, ``a pathetic number of heart transplants -- less than 20 -- have been done in the country,''
- How Best To Manage Other People’s Affairs (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 02, 2001)
The importance of creating a more effective conflict prevention paradigm is underscored by the alarming global trends forecast in the recent National Intelligence Council’s report, Global Trends 2015.
- The Fall Guy (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 02, 2001)
With the opposition baying for a statement from the prime minister, the finance minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha, may not have had his say and has promised a point-by-point response to the charges, when given the chance.
- Centre Won’t Get Tn Ips Officers Until Jaya Wishes So (The Financial Express, Rohit Bansal, Aug 02, 2001)
The Centre is on a losing wicket in its latest salvo against Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalitha.
- Children Entangled In The Net (Indian Express, Amrita Shah, Aug 02, 2001)
HOW revolutionary really is the Net? Some years ago it was thought that the new medium would transform business, make people rich and provide a free flow of information and other goods.
- How Putin Learnt To Love Missile Defence (Indian Express, Sonia Trikha, Aug 02, 2001)
FOR those who think George W. Bush and Vladimir Putin are an odd couple engaging in a march towards a common destiny that has been called worse things than merely odd.
- All The Fm’s Men (The Economic Times, Shankar Acharya, Aug 02, 2001)
IN THE nine years since the economic crisis of 1991, economic growth has averaged 6.3 per cent, the highest decadal average in India’s recorded history.
- Monsoon Causes Rs 1,613-Cr Loss, Signals Fall In Farm Output (The Financial Express, Ashok B Sharma, Aug 02, 2001)
As the south-west monsoon completes its mid-course (July-end), it is time to take stock of the situation.
- Not Just Drama (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 02, 2001)
THE RULING NDA has survived yet another crisis with Prime Minister Vajpayee revoking his threat of resigning within an hour of his making it.
- Why Cadaver Transplants Are Still Few (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Aug 02, 2001)
DESPITE the cadaver transplant legislation being passed by the Central Government in 1994, ``a pathetic number of heart transplants -- less than 20 -- have been done in the country,''
- Cell Sweepstakes (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 02, 2001)
THE VACATION OF the stay by the Madras High Court sets the stage for the finalisation of the third and final round in the bidding process and grant of licences for the fourth cellular operator across the country.
- Risk Management By Commercial Banks -- Time To Hammer Out The Chinks (Business Line, R.G.Bhatnagar, Aug 02, 2001)
ONE of the important decisions taken recently by the RBI panel on banking supervision, under the chairmanship of its deputy governor, Mr Y. V. Reddy, was on the risk management strategies of commercial banks.
- In Search Of Mogambo (Hindustan Times, Pritish Nandy, Aug 02, 2001)
WE ARE a nation in search of villains. So obsessive is this search that when we are unable to find a big enough villain in real life, we create one.
- Obsessed With Vengeance (Hindustan Times, Prakash Patra, Aug 02, 2001)
THE NDA government’s arbitrary and unprecedented decision to transfer the services of three IPS officers, involved in the arrest of DMK leader M. Karunanidhi and two Union ministers, does not augur well for a federal polity like ours.
- Mobile Inequalities (Telegraph, Anup Sinha, Aug 02, 2001)
A full decade of economic reforms has led to many evaluations of the economy, and its prospects for the immediate future.
- Officers As Pawns (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 01, 2001)
When will the politics of vendetta end in Tamil Nadu?
- Too Early To Celebrate (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 01, 2001)
THE PROSPECTS of a good monsoon have led to predictions of the agricultural sector leading an economic recovery.
- Democracy In Indonesia -- Dogged By Rebellion (Business Line, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Aug 01, 2001)
UNFASHIONABLE though it might be to say so, the contrast between Indonesia's turbulent change of guard and the orderliness with which power is transferred in India after elections highlights the difference between Dutch and British colonialism.
- Chinese Checkers (Hindustan Times, Mohit Sen, Aug 01, 2001)
THE AGRA summit has quite naturally been at the centre of political activity and comments in recent weeks. It would be, however, ‘unifocal’ — to use Jaswant Singh’s felicitous phrase — not to take account of another summit meeting that has concluded.
- A Quiet Revolution (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Aug 01, 2001)
BETWEEN THE expanse of sand and rocky terrain without an iota of green, there are two colours which emerge from the emptiness like magic: crimson red and deep blue.
- Spillover Effect Of Pak-Sponsored Terrorism (Tribune, Cecil Victor, Aug 01, 2001)
CANADA has joined the growing list of North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) members who have identified Pakistan as the cradle of Islamic fundamentalist terrorism.
- Personal Becomes National (Indian Express, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Aug 01, 2001)
THE UTI imbroglio is due to two misconceptions. One, that the government must not do business. Two, we make an artificial separation between the individual and the family.
- Beyond Containment (Telegraph, Chandra Shekar, Jul 31, 2001)
After the end of the Cold War, many optimists expected that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization would be dismantled.
- Between Power And Politics (Hindustan Times, D.R. Goyal , Jul 31, 2001)
Despite the brave front put up at the BJP’s national executive meet in Delhi, frustration is writ large within the Sangh parivar.
- Yes, Minister (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 31, 2001)
UNION law minister Arun Jaitley has appealed to the judicial fraternity to be careful in dealing with public interest litigation against the proposed Convergence Commission.
- Structuring A National Agenda (Pioneer, Sandhya Jain, Jul 31, 2001)
The Prime Minister's assurance on a party forum that future talks with Pakistan would be held on the basis of a structured agenda is his first indirect admission that the Agra summit failed due to inadequate preparations at various levels.
- Reigning Supreme (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 31, 2001)
The prime minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, has an extraordinary guardian angel looking over him.
- Reflections On An Assassination (Telegraph, Mani Shankar Aiyar, Jul 31, 2001)
I must be among the select few to not think Seema Biswas when talking Phoolan Devi. For I never did get around to seeing the film.
- Fresh Study Of The Wto Agenda (Tribune, Sucha Singh Gill, Jul 31, 2001)
INDIA has been a member of the WTO for the last six and half years. As a successor to GATT, the WTO has a much larger agenda.
- Proper Abt Implementation Can Help Power Utilities (The Financial Express, Sunil Mukhopadhyay, Jul 31, 2001)
The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) is getting ready to give its verdict on re-introduction of availability-based tariff (ABT).
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