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Articles 13421 through 13520 of 25647:
- No Tears For The Onion (Indian Express, Vijaylakshmi Nagaraj, Nov 14, 2003)
Here’s the perfect recipe to beat the priceline
- Bt Cotton Fiasco - Pushing Farmers Into A `Booby' Trap (Business Line, Devinder Sharma , Nov 14, 2003)
THE failure of Bt cotton, and that too in its very first year of planting is well-documented. So much so that even a Parliamentary Committee has put its stamp over the scientific blunder.
- Rattled Rabri Cracks The Whip, Her Fingers Crossed (Indian Express, Varghese K George, Nov 14, 2003)
Bihar-Assam tension simmers, re-test soon
- Charity In The Name Of Science (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Nov 14, 2003)
Development of S&T in the Third World is not linked to charity efforts which actually strengthen the IPRs of MNCs
- Axis Of Evidence (Indian Express, G Parthasarathy, Nov 14, 2003)
The Beijing-Islamabad-Riyadh nuclear nexus poses new challenges
- Go Learn The Art Of Living, We Will Pay, Govt To Bureaucrats (Indian Express, Vrinda Gopinath, Nov 14, 2003)
Several Central ministries have issued circulars to officers and staff to instantly enrol for Sri Sri Ravishankar’s week-long ‘Art of Living’ course, with the tab of Rs 1,500 being picked up by the Government of India.
- Terrorist Threat To Saudi Arabia (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 14, 2003)
THE TERRORIST ATTACK on a residential complex in Riyadh last week is part of an intensifying campaign against a political order that has prevailed for decades. In this political scheme the royal family of Saudi Arabia, the Al Saud, keeps its subjects unde
- State Of The Economy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 14, 2003)
THE PUZZLE ABOUT the depth of the recovery in the Indian economy remains unsolved after the latest release of official statistics on industrial production. The index of industrial production has registered a growth of 5.8 per cent in the first half (April
- As Screws Tighten, Police Chief Tells Cm: Let Me Go (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 14, 2003)
Amidst a swirl of rumours that he proceeded on leave after being blamed for ‘‘acts of commission and ommission’’ in the Telgi scam, beleaguered Mumbai Police Commissioner R S Sharma today asked the chief minister to relieve him of his charge.
- Poll Iron Hot, So Naidu Strikes (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 14, 2003)
Ending weeks of speculation, the general body meeting of the ruling Telugu Desam Party today unanimously favoured early polls, setting the stage for dissolution of the Andhra Pradesh Assembly.
- China Orders Dengue Check On Passengers, Cargo From India (Indian Express, Toufiq Rashid, Nov 14, 2003)
It’s the SARS psychosis in reverse. Eight months after China was quarantined by the international community following the outbreak of the killer disease, Beijing has ordered mandatory screening of all passengers disembarking from India to check for dengue
- Jaya Gets Another Notice, This Time On Vaiko (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 14, 2003)
Testing the powers it acquired last month from an ordinance, the POTA review committee today issued notices to the Tamil Nadu Government to show cause whether the incarceration of MDMK leader Vaiko and journalist R R Gopal under the anti-terrorist law was
- Effecting Change Sans Hype & Hoopla (Deccan Herald, Binu S Thomas, Nov 13, 2003)
Civil society groups, which demand transparency in governance, need to be transparent in their own functioning
- Foothold In Central Asia: India Gets Own Military Base (Indian Express, Shishir Gupta, Nov 13, 2003)
Tajikistan:10 km from Tajik capital, Indian troops, air platforms to be stationed in Ayni; MoD staff work on runway, Rs 50-cr upgrade
- Why Miracles (Indian Express, O. P. Sharma, Nov 13, 2003)
Ramakrishna Paramahansa said no
- Effecting Change Sans Hype & Hoopla (Deccan Herald, Binu S Thomas, Nov 13, 2003)
Civil society groups, which demand transparency in governance, need to be transparent in their own functioning
- Making A Bow (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 13, 2003)
At the end of an illustrious cricketing career, Srinath remains a source of inspiration
- Police Chief Buck Stops At Cm Desk (Indian Express, Rosy Sequeira, Nov 13, 2003)
TELGI SCAM: Nine acts of ‘commission and omission’ by Sharma
- A-Plus For Big B (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 13, 2003)
Quite correct, Mr Bachchan, show biz does reflect the nation
- Bihar Needs A Bihari Pill (Indian Express, Manoje Nath, Nov 13, 2003)
Look at points of light in heart of darkness
- Wake Up, South Asia (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 13, 2003)
Saarc ministers must think out of the box if the region is to keep up with the world
- When Babus Decide Cases (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Nov 13, 2003)
While the government is forging ahead with its October 31 decision to introduce a unified licence in the telecom sector, the Supreme Court has admitted a petition that indirectly seeks to roll back the whole initiative. For all their reservations about it
- Wto Steels Up (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 13, 2003)
THE RULING BY the World Trade Organisation dispute settlement appellate body on the US steel import duties case is a clear victory for the forces of liberalisation. It is a double-whammy for Washington, which lost also the appeal against a dispute settlem
- Wto Steels Up (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 13, 2003)
THE RULING BY the World Trade Organisation dispute settlement appellate body on the US steel import duties case is a clear victory for the forces of liberalisation. It is a double-whammy for Washington, which lost also the appeal against a dispute settlem
- The Japanese Verdict (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 13, 2003)
FOR A COUNTRY where the two-party system was not even a dream for half a century, Sunday's parliamentary election result in Japan had one clear message. It announced the arrival of an opposition party that can offer an alternative to the Liberal Democrati
- Taking Reforms To The Grassroots (The Financial Express, S. S. Tarapore, Nov 12, 2003)
Committees, working groups need to adopt a collaborative rather than a confrontationist approach
- ‘We Started Decrying Five-Star Culture Without Realising It Was A Synonym For Excellence’ (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Nov 11, 2003)
Jaswant Singh, Union Finance Minister, spoke to Shekhar Gupta, Editor-in-Chief, The Indian Express.
- India's `Pamir Knot' (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Nov 11, 2003)
Although India moved quickly after the collapse of the Soviet Union to engage the newly independent republics, it was Tajikistan that drew real close to India and became New Delhi's natural ally in Central Asia.
- Resolve Dabhol (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Nov 11, 2003)
For far too long the governments at the state and central levels have sought to resolve the Dabhol mess since the project was shut down in 2001 and assets over $ 2 billion are now lying unutilised.
- India’s Bridge To Mongolia (Indian Express, Aasha Khosa, Nov 11, 2003)
In the late eighties, Mongolia was at the crossroads of history. It was the presence of Indian monk Lama Kushok Bakula Rimpoche that really helped at that crucial stage.
- A Depressing Reality Check (Deccan Herald, N C GUNDU RAO, Nov 11, 2003)
There is no escape from corruption, from the time of birth to the hour of death. But does anyone care?
- India Inc Goes Shopping (Asia Times, Indrajit Basu, Nov 11, 2003)
Many Indian companies are deciding India isn’t big enough for them. This is a classic path that has been followed by many other countries as their economies create investors eager to play on a world stage, with more money than the local economy can bear.
- The Queer Anatomy Of Inflation (The Financial Express, Saumitra Chaudhuri, Nov 10, 2003)
It is restricted to just six commodities
- Celestial Sindbad (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2003)
The electromagnetic postcards sent back by the Voyager 1 spacecraft from the edge of our solar system bear both good news and bad.
- 'We Can Supply Power To India Via China’ (The Financial Express, Shebonti Ray Dadwal, Nov 10, 2003)
India and Kyrgyztan have stressed the importance of enhancing trade and investment ties so as to raise current bilateral trade levels.
- Poor Grade (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Nov 10, 2003)
Instead of quibbling, India must take firm measures to correct its male-female literacy ratio.
- Climate Change: Think Out Of The Box (The Financial Express, Robert O. Blake, Nov 10, 2003)
For too long, the debate on climate change has been deadlocked. It’s time to move beyond that.
- Personal Policies (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Nov 09, 2003)
Minister of State for Finance A V Adsul wanted his loyal political worker Anwar Ibrahim Qasi to be appointed as his assistant personal secretary. But the Shiv Sena minister was thwarted by the Department of Personnel which turned down his candidate on the
- Remove Curbs On Movement Of Mediapersons From India, Pakistan (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Nov 09, 2003)
During discussions on confidence-building measures by India and Pakistan (and in bilateral interaction between the SAARC countries, in general), the issues related to the free flow of information and easy movement of mediapersons have received scant att
- Rising Intolerance (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 09, 2003)
Jaya doesn’t want you to read this. She wants to send its writers to jail.
- Sops Galore In Ap But Naidu Mum On Polls (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 09, 2003)
Skirting the much-awaited issue of dissolution of Assembly, the marathon four-hour-long cabinet meeting, chaired by Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, confined its focus to approving a slew of welfare packages for handloom weavers, fishermen and industr
- Reversal Times (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Nov 09, 2003)
That Industrial Development Bank of India’s (IDBI) revival plan includes a possible reverse merger with IDBI Bank is old news. But IDBI under M. Damodaran’s leadership has planned a far more ambitious future for itself and has even finalised its revival s
- News Reel 02-11-03 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 09, 2003)
SRI LANKA plunges into chaos as President Chandrika Kumaratunga sacks three key ministers of the Ranil Wickremasinghe government. Accusing the Prime Minister of yielding too much to the Tamil Tigers, she, however, asserts the peace talks will be on course
- Don Your Monkey Cap And Chew This (Indian Express, Raju Santhanam, Nov 09, 2003)
"Monkey Menace in South Block reaches alarming proportions" - News item
- This Mrs G And That Mrs G (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Nov 09, 2003)
Indira Gandhi’s death anniversary went by almost unnoticed. There was that little fracas over grandson, Feroze Varun, being denied entry (or so he said) to her samadhi and there were the usual pictures of Sonia, family and flunkeys seated in mournful reme
- Lanka: That Sinking Feeling (Indian Express, P. Chidambaram, Nov 09, 2003)
If we have a troubled neighbour on the northern border, our neighbour on the southern border has plunged itself into a major constitutional crisis.
- Judicial Accountability (Indian Express, Soli Sorabjee, Nov 09, 2003)
Accountability is the sine qua non of democracy. Transparency facilitates accountability. No public institution or public functionary is exempt from accountability although the manner of enforcing accountability may vary depending upon the nature of the o
- Jews And Israelis (Deccan Herald, Kushwant Singh, Nov 08, 2003)
I belong to a generation which witnessed the rise of Nazism in Germany and the resurgence of anti-Semitism across Europe, the United States and indeed among white nations of the world. In many European countries, particularly Russia and Poland, Jews were
- Peking Duck Beats Delhi Belly (Indian Express, Kishwar Ahluwalia, Nov 08, 2003)
Recently, CII organised an India week in China, which included two major conferences on tourism in Shanghai and Beijing. The agenda was to give travel between the two countries a substantial boost. But before the conference, one encountered a quick realit
- Repentant, Resolute (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Nov 08, 2003)
Atal Behari Vajpayee spoke to Britain’s FINANCIAL TIMES and the paper immediately spotlighted two moments: ‘‘Justice will be seen to be done’’ in Gujarat, India’s Prime Minister told the FT. He also ‘‘vehemently’’ rejected any suggestion that the economic
- New Delhi, New Voter (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Nov 08, 2003)
In Raipur, they throw free schoolbags at you; in the capital, lower SPM levels
- Ganesh Cafe: Little India On The Seine (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2003)
If everything goes to plan, the owner of the Ganesh Cafe, halfway down rue Jarry in Paris’s Indian district, could soon be sitting on a fortune. Over in Montmartre, the proprietors of an unremarkable cafe that was made famous by the film Amelie recently s
- Politics Is Not A Cantonment (Indian Express, Najam Sethi, Nov 08, 2003)
The generals in Pakistan have usurped public space and silenced their rivals. This is just not tenable
- Opening Access To Science (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2003)
Since the first scientific journal appeared in French in 1665, the publication of scientific journals has become an industry in its own right. Scientists scramble not just to be the first to publish a discovery, but also to have their work ...
- Early Elections & Tdp Calculations (Hindu, Jyotirmaya Sharma, Nov 08, 2003)
Chandrababu Naidu's main strength remains the lack of cohesion within the Congress, which is the main opposition in Andhra Pradesh.
- Amma Has Freedom To Press — Hard (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2003)
The Hindu: Citing privilege, House orders arrest of 6 journalists, MLA
- Chandrababu Wants To Logout And Reboot (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Nov 08, 2003)
Decision likely as early as today
- Accused In Dowry Death, Officer Gets Bail & His Govt Job (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Nov 08, 2003)
Women’s group says this violates Government rules, officer says it doesn’t
- Peace Through The Looking Glass (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2003)
"THE RULE IS," the Queen told Alice in Lewis Carroll's classic, Through the Looking Glass, "jam tomorrow, and jam yesterday — but never jam today." To anyone who has been following the peace process in Jammu and Kashmir since ...
- India To Host The World, Neighbour Seeks Entry (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Nov 08, 2003)
Around 100 legislators from Pakistan are planning to attend the 4th World Parliamentary Forum (WPF) to be held on the sidelines of the World Social Forum Congress in Mumbai in January 2004 - provided the Indian government issues them visas.
- Is The Euphoria Justified? (Hindu, C. Rammanohar Reddy, Nov 08, 2003)
There is simply no case for crowing about the performance of the Indian economy in 2003-04.
- Other Headlines (Deccan Herald, Kushwant Singh, Nov 08, 2003)
I belong to a generation which witnessed the rise of Nazism in Germany and the resurgence of anti-Semitism across Europe, the United States and indeed among white nations of the world. In many European countries, particularly Russia and Poland, Jews were
- Gsp Of A Different Kind (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Nov 07, 2003)
The idea is that better market access for GSPs should lead to women's economic and social empowerment over the long haul.
- Don't Take It Out On The Roads (Business Line, Pradeep Mehta, Nov 07, 2003)
JAIPUR'S image of a city of non-belligerent road-users was dented recently. A minor mishap involving the cars of a bureaucrat and an MLA ended up in a major brawl.
- What The Credit Policy Has Ignored (Business Line, V. Kumaraswamy, Nov 07, 2003)
The Credit Policy lacks action or pronouncement. Last year's GDP growth was sub-5 per cent and now there are projections for 7 per cent. The monsoon has been good; this could not have been built into the April planning. The stock market surged and forex r
- For A Chief Of Baghdad (Indian Express, Thomas L. Friedman, Nov 07, 2003)
The military process in Iraq is overwhelming the political one
- War On Terror: The Us Dilemmas (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Nov 07, 2003)
Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan... all represent the difficult challenges facing the US diplomacy in the world today, according to a recent report by a Task Force co-sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations and the Asia Society in New York. G. P arthasar
- Dalits And The Horizontal Ladder (Deccan Herald, Kancha Ilaiah, Nov 07, 2003)
In the 1984 elections, Kanshi Ram played the game of defeating the otherwise winnable Congress candidates in UP. In the name of Bahujan rhetoric he organised Dalits into an electorally confident group. Slowly in many constituencies, apart from Dalits, he
- Abolish Army Cantonments (Indian Express, Archana Joglekar, Nov 07, 2003)
Remnants of colonial rule, they have long outlived their utility
- My Festival, Our Festivities (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Nov 07, 2003)
Sehr’’ means the crack of dawn. ‘‘Sehri’’ is the meal before the ‘‘Fajir’’ prayer at dawn to enable one to keep body and soul together during the day’s fast in the month of Ramadan. Fasting ends after the ‘‘Azaan’’ or the call to prayer at ‘‘Maghrib’’, ju
- On Borrowed Prescriptions (Indian Express, Harmala Gupta, Nov 07, 2003)
We await a campaign against cancer grounded in Indian realities
- Setback For Reform As Calcutta Hc Stays Tax Tribunal (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Nov 07, 2003)
Within a week of being slammed by the apex court for appointing a bureaucrat as chairman of the Competition Commission, the Centre today suffered another setback on the reforms front as the Calcutta High Court stayed the operation of an ordinance setting
- Dalits And The Horizontal Ladder (Deccan Herald, Kancha Ilaiah, Nov 07, 2003)
In the 1984 elections, Kanshi Ram played the game of defeating the otherwise winnable Congress candidates in UP. In the name of Bahujan rhetoric he organised Dalits into an electorally confident group. Slowly in many constituencies, apart from Dalits, he
- Andhra Pradesh In Election Mode (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2003)
ALL SIGNALS FROM Andhra Pradesh say early Assembly polls. It is clear now that no sooner had Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu got over the shock of the claymore mine attack on him at Tirupati than he began to think elections. The leading factor ...
- Lotteries: Regressive Taxation? (Business Line, Pratap Ravindran , Nov 07, 2003)
Do lotteries constitute a regressive form of taxation that ruins the poor? Those who play them are generating funds for projects that benefit the public, without tax rates having to be hiked. But, as most lotteries are played by people who can least affor
- That Anywhere Feeling (Indian Express, Amrita Shah, Nov 06, 2003)
In its last issue, the newsmagazine The Week, carried an extended desi travelogue: an account of ‘‘ten fun cities for the traveling male.’’ It does seem odd for a magazine to focus solely on the male traveler when there is a surge in women traveling for w
- Sri Lanka In Crisis Again (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2003)
SRI LANKA's TWO-year-old cohabitation experiment now stands at the edge of collapse. The responsibility for precipitating the crisis lies not with President Chandrika Kumaratunga, as Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has alleged, but with his ...
- Hurriyat Is Dressed Up But Not For Mufti Party (Indian Express, Mufti Islah, Nov 06, 2003)
No Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir has done it in the past 14 years of militancy in the Valley. But when Mufti Mohammad Sayeed sent invitations to top leaders of both factions of the Hurriyat Conference to join him at an Iftar party this evening, none
- Chandrika Declares Emergency (Indian Express, Scott McDonald, Nov 06, 2003)
Adviser says truce with Tigers stands, LTTE denies rumours that North-South highway’s closed
- Accept Rupee Appreciation Gracefully (Business Line, K. Abraham Varkey, Nov 06, 2003)
While the rupee's rise has helped some exporters to rein in costs and increase their competitiveness in the global market, in general, profit margins have eroded. Indian importers, borrowers of foreign currency and the consumer have, however, all gained.
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