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Articles 13521 through 13620 of 25647:
- A Paradigm Shift Called Kanshi Ram (Deccan Herald, Kancha Ilaiah, Nov 06, 2003)
Kanshi Ram suffered a brain stroke on September 15 when he was travelling from Rajahmundry to Hyderabad. Since then he has remained immobile. For a few days he lost his speech but gradually regained his speech. Now both for the reasons of stroke and also
- `We And The Americans Are Looking In The Same Direction' (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Nov 06, 2003)
In the midst of chaos that is Baghdad today, its Deputy Mayor for Technical Affairs, Mr Faris Alasam, retains his calm and sense of humour. In an interview to Business Line in his office in Baghdad, he was optimistic about Iraq's future, but said the Amer
- Train To The Roof Of The World (Indian Express, Ching-Ching Ni, Nov 06, 2003)
A railroad to Lhasa from China has meant more jobs for the Chinese, few for Tibetans
- Landmark Bill Today, Leaves Out Your Maid (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Nov 06, 2003)
Unorganised Sector Workers’ Bill takes care of 122 sectors but not domestic helps
- Sri Lanka: Uncertainty Over Issues Of Governance (Hindu, V. S. Sambandan, Nov 06, 2003)
By asserting her constitutional powers, the Sri Lankan President, Chandrika Kumaratunga, has jolted the ruling United National Front (UNF) into reviewing the status of the island's first real cohabitation government. Tuesday's rapid developments are lik
- Past Imperfect, Present Tense (Indian Express, Raghav Gupta, Nov 06, 2003)
Iraq’s problems have more to do with Saddam’s legacy than with Bush’s intervention
- Corporate Governance — Govt Should Set Example (Business Line, Jayanthi Iyengar, Nov 06, 2003)
Instead of trying to put in place an arms-length relationship between outside directors and the managements of companies that pick up their tabs, the government, by leaving certain slots open, signals that it is above the law and upholds corporate non-gov
- Viruses Are Getting Under The Skin Of Regulators (Business Line, Paul Gosling, Nov 06, 2003)
THE Securities and Exchange Commission in the US could be required to monitor listed companies' exposure to software contamination as part of their regulatory function, under proposals reportedly being considered by the White House.
- Where India Scores Over China (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Nov 06, 2003)
THE World Economic Forum has once again published its annual report on Global Competitiveness, the fundamental objective of which is to "evaluate the economic competitiveness of a large sample of countries". In the latest report - for 2003 - 102 countries
- Fission And Fusion (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2003)
THE LEADERS WHO were part of the Janata Party experiment in the post-Emergency period have been part of an endless cycle of squabbling among themselves and coming together to form new political formations. The merger of the Samata Party and the ...
- Business Of Nations (Indian Express, L K Advani, Nov 06, 2003)
Corporate India has helped the country shed its third world tag
- Giving Peace A Second Chance (Indian Express, Arati R. Jerath, Nov 06, 2003)
The Defence Ministry took the unprecedented step last weekend of going to the press twice, on consecutive days, with details of Vajpayee’s address to the Corps Commanders. Yesterday’s news is rarely recycled like this but the ministry’s public relations d
- Babus And The Ballot (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2003)
The bureaucracy and the polity are separate entities: the CEC’s useful reminder
- A Paradigm Shift Called Kanshi Ram (Deccan Herald, Kancha Ilaiah, Nov 06, 2003)
Kanshi Ram suffered a brain stroke on September 15 when he was travelling from Rajahmundry to Hyderabad. Since then he has remained immobile. For a few days he lost his speech but gradually regained his speech. Now both for the reasons of stroke and also
- India And Sino-Pak. Ties (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Nov 06, 2003)
In the past India had tried, without much success, to keep China out of the subcontinent. If India can now think out of the box, leveraging Chinese power to restrain Pakistan becomes an interesting option.
- Jogi State Worse Than Gujarat: Cec (Indian Express, Ashwani Sharma, Nov 05, 2003)
Says officials are more partisan; and he’s less confident
- Multi-Task Managers (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 05, 2003)
A SERIOUS drawback of management education imparted by business schools throughout the world is the compartmentalised approach to the various disciplines such as economics, marketing, finance, trade, investment and the like. In fact, it is not unusual for
- India's Bleeding Head Wound (Hindu, Subramanian Swamy , Nov 05, 2003)
A workable solution to the Kashmir dispute must begin with an ambience for peace and the two countries cutting down rhetoric, and increasing normal diplomatic and political relations.
- Mumbai Traffic? Just Fly Over It (Indian Express, Pranab Dhal Samanta, Nov 05, 2003)
Ministry plans chopper service from airport to city by Jan
- Chandrika Strikes Back (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Nov 05, 2003)
For long in corrosive cohabitation with Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe, President Chandrika Kumaratunga today dropped a thunderbolt on her island nation when she fired his key ministers, ordered troops out, blocked all roads leading to Colombo and su
- Foreigners Molested In Taj City By Govt Staff (Indian Express, Siraj Qureshi, Nov 05, 2003)
Barely a month after the national outcry over a Swiss diplomat’s rape in Delhi, three South Korean tourists were reportedly molested by forest department employees yesterday near the Taj Mahal
- Commission And Omission (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2003)
THE SUPREME COURT'S scathing observations on the appointment of a top-ranking bureaucrat as chairperson of the Competition Commission of India (CCI) have resulted in the Centre scrambling for cover. Deepak Chatterjee, who was scheduled to retire ...
- After 16 Months In Prison, Vaiko Rues The Day He Supported Pota (Indian Express, Jayaraj Sivan, Nov 05, 2003)
Sixteen months is a long time, longer if it is in the loneliness of a prison cell. ‘‘It has given me enough time for introspection. Two major mistakes I committed in my political career were supporting POTA in Parliament and aligning with the AIADMK in th
- `Plantation Sector Needs Structural Change' (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Nov 05, 2003)
"The new thinking is that the plantation sector, comprising the farm and manufacturing segment, should be prepared for a structural change in the 21st century. This means that productivity levels should be linked to the labour employed and marketing strat
- Partnerships With Defence Firms — Hal Buffeted By Approval Process (Business Line, Gopal Ratnam, Nov 05, 2003)
WHEN the United States imposed economic and military sanctions following India's nuclear tests in May 1998, the state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL) was forced to return three US-made engines for its prototype Advanced Light Helicopter project.
- Look Beyond Yuan Revaluation (Business Line, Dharmalingam Venugopal, Nov 05, 2003)
China has to evolve its own market-related exchange rate in keeping with its growing economic stature. It is too big an economy to keep its currency pegged to the dollar. Before doing that it has to raise its financial, legal and corporate systems to acce
- Blame Not The Rupee (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2003)
WITH THE MID-TERM Review of Credit and Monetary Policy coming close on the heels of the release of trade data that revealed a slower export growth of 10 per cent (in dollar terms) in the first half of this fiscal, compared to 18 per cent in the correspond
- Key To The Kiss Of The Spiderwoman (Indian Express, Donald G. Mcneil, Nov 05, 2003)
Whether it’s spiders or human beings, they both play the mating game alike
- Staying The Course (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2003)
In his first monetary and credit policy statement the RBI governor shows he is in charge
- The Horror Still Haunts (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2003)
Naina Sahni’s murder marked the beginning of India’s disenchantment with its ruling class
- Laugh, And Then Think (Indian Express, Bibek Debroy, Nov 05, 2003)
A dead man walks, we refuse to set our records straight
- Poison Myths (Indian Express, Anil Chamadia, Nov 05, 2003)
There’s no correlation between religion and population growth
- A Vote For Continuity (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 04, 2003)
THE RBI GOVERNOR, Y.V. Reddy's first review of the annual monetary and credit policy was widely expected to emphasise continuity, in both style and substance. The expectation has not been belied. Under his predecessor, Bimal Jalan, the policy ...
- Untested Russian Docs Ok: Govt (Indian Express, Toufiq Rashid, Nov 04, 2003)
If Union Health Minister Sushma Swaraj has her way, more than 7,000 doctors who fail to satisfy the criteria of registration set by the Medical Council of India (MCI) would be treating thousands of people across the country.
- Will Keep Market Cool (Business Line, P. S. Shenoy, Nov 04, 2003)
THE RBI Governor, Dr Y. V. Reddy, in his first Mid-term Monetary and Credit Policy, has signalled a strong positive outlook for the economy on both the domestic and external fronts. The GDP growth is placed higher, the outlook for inflation is more benign
- Delineating Four Distinct Strands (Business Line, N. Nagarajan, Nov 04, 2003)
INSTEAD of examining individual measures in detail, which would amount to missing the woods for trees, let us concentrate on the basic macro aspects of the policy. There are four distinct strands in the policy announced today. First and foremost is the op
- Silence Louder Than Clang Of Instruments (Business Line, Shanti Ekambaram, Nov 04, 2003)
THE suspense over the RBI Governor, Dr Y. V. Reddy's first Credit Policy had the markets volatile in the past 10 days. Expectations had yo-yoed from "cut" to "no cut".
- Not A Rainmaker (Business Line, CP Bhambri, Nov 04, 2003)
DR YAGA VENUGOPAL REDDY's debut on Mint Street will not get a standing ovation, not from borrowers, at least. In his first essay on the Credit Policy for the busy season, now called a Mid-term Review, the new Reserve Bank of India Governor has preferred t
- Mid-Term Review Of Monetary And Credit Policy — Has Not Rocked The Boat (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Nov 04, 2003)
The RBI Governor, Mr Y. Venugopal Reddy's first Credit Policy has few surprises, treading as it does the beaten path by leaving interest rates and the CRR unchanged. While the Policy is optimistic about higher GDP growth, it sounds a little too euphoric o
- Cheaper Capital Still Elusive (Business Line, Anil Singhvi, Nov 04, 2003)
THE Mid-Term Review of the Monetary and Credit Policy has skipped practically all the developments that took place during the past six months. The Review statement, by and large, maintains the same stance of the monetary policy of April 2003.
- Feel-Very-Good Factor: Sensex In 5000 Zone (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 04, 2003)
Dalal Street created history again after over three and a half years when the 30-share BSE Sensitive Index smashed through the 5,000-mark and the NSE S & P CNX Nifty Index crossed the 1,600-mark as euphoric buying continued in stocks almost unabated.
- Qualitative Measures (Business Line, M. Venugopalan, Nov 04, 2003)
THE RBI Governor, Dr Y. V. Reddy, has lived up to what he had indicated while taking over office. He has maintained and continued the stance of the RBI announced in April.
- Russia Flexes Its Muscles (Hindu, VLADIMIR RADYUHIN, Nov 04, 2003)
Reference to pre-emptive use of force is a new element in Russia's defence strategy. It sends a clear warning to the U.S. to accept Russia's dominant role in the former Soviet states.
- Captain Pulls Up Top Cop In Public (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 04, 2003)
Punjab Transfers: CM says let him go, DGP says no defying CM
- Making A Cautious Debut (Business Line, V. Anantha-Nageswaran , Nov 04, 2003)
Interest rate competitiveness is key to improving industrial competitiveness. At another level, the Governor might have left himself room to guide rates lower should global recovery falter and affect India's.
- Diplomacy As Verbal Gymnastics (Indian Express, Najam Sethi, Nov 04, 2003)
India makes proposals it knows Pakistan can’t entirely accept. Pakistan responds similarly. How silly it all is
- Judges Dominion (Hindu, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Nov 04, 2003)
There is a danger that a perception will grow that the judiciary is needlessly enlarging its domain
- A Liberation From Lies (Indian Express, Prabhakar Sinari, Nov 04, 2003)
In a bid to rewrite history, the RSS appropriates credit for the liberation of Goa. But its role in the state’s freedom struggle was only marginal
- Lessons From Track Two (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Nov 04, 2003)
As India embarks upon a new peace initiative with Pakistan, the experience of an Israeli professor who has led various experiments in Track Two or ‘Citizens Diplomacy’ worldwide might be instructive. Edy Kaufman, a professor at Hebrew University and in th
- Spoilers In The Peace Process (Indian Express, Kuldip Nayar, Nov 04, 2003)
Indians and Pakistanis have got caught between provocation and arrogance
- Had Govt Kept Its Word, It Would Have Avoided Sc Fire (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Nov 04, 2003)
Competition panel: Draft Bill said CJI or nominee would head appt panel, this was dropped
- Reading Maketh The Man (Indian Express, Harsh A. Desai, Nov 04, 2003)
I don't find the book on my side of the bed. So I look at the other side of the bed and still don’t find it. I look for it on the small glass table behind my bed. No book. No Donna Tartt’s Secret History. I have been reading it for the last two days and t
- Favouring A Few? (Hindu, W. Chandrakanth, Nov 02, 2003)
Complaints abound about the way the liquor industry is run in Andhra Pradesh.
- News Reel (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2003)
l NO one wins the latest round of Indo-Pak shadowboxing but Islamabad and New Delhi reach some agreement on another set of CBMs. Those older than 65 can now cross the Wagah border by foot and fishermen from both countries won’t get caught in the coast gua
- Plugging Leaks (Hindu, A. Jayaram, Nov 02, 2003)
Karnataka has made efforts to check tax evasion and the sale of "seconds".
- Our Other Neighbour In The North (Indian Express, P. Chidambaram, Nov 02, 2003)
Our neighbour, Nepal, is in acute distress.
- Shining India Or Area Of Darkness? (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Nov 02, 2003)
In a village in Maharashtra, last week, in the dak edition of a badly printed newspaper I read that by 2050 India’s economy will be number three in the world. The village has no water, erratic electricity, no sanitation, no healthcare and a shabby little
- Fashioning A Comeback (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Nov 02, 2003)
Shahnawaz Hussain went into deep depression when he was first transferred from the high profile Civil Aviation Ministry to the less visible Ministry of Textiles. The general consensus in the media was that he had been demoted. Officials in his new ministr
- Black Monday Orphans Strike More Than A Chord In Uk (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2003)
It may have been a quiet Diwali for the five Yadav children orphaned in the August 25 Gateway of India bomb blast, but this gift may cheer them up. Moved by their story, first reported by The Indian Express and telecast by BBC on October 27, viewers in th
- Deep-Rooted Connections (Hindu, Girish Menon, Nov 02, 2003)
In Kerala, the liquor tade has its roots in caste and communal politics.
- A Dangerous Mix (Hindu, SURESH NAMBATH, Nov 02, 2003)
While the liquor lobby is powerful in all the States, the cartels formed by the retailers have of late begun to tell on Government revenue.
- Barely Bearable (Indian Express, Pamela Constable, Nov 02, 2003)
Afghan beauty’s pageant swimsuit rattles country
- Exports Bounce Back To Double-Digit Growth (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2003)
After slowing down in August, India’s merchandise exports bounced back to register a double digit growth at 16 per cent in September at $4.98 billion as against $4.29 billion in September, 2002.
- Your Q, His A :Personal Law (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2003)
My father was allotted a flat by the DDA. My father has expired now leaving behind a will in my favour, which has not been probated. I have two brothers. I applied to DDA for mutation of the flat in my name but DDA is insisting on ‘‘no-objection affidavit
- Tigers Point To Indo-Lanka Accord For Federal State (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2003)
: The historic power-sharing plan announced by Tamil Tiger guerrillas on Saturday relies heavily on a amendment based on the 1987 Indo-Sri Lanka Accord which the rebels repudiated at the time.
- The Unfolding Indian Role In Sri Lanka (Hindu, Iqbal Athas, Nov 01, 2003)
New Delhi's task is unenviable. It is to make sure that a Government that has ignored its security forces and remained complacent does not continue to do so.
- Farewell To The Carnatic Maestro (Indian Express, Renuka Narayanan, Nov 01, 2003)
Semmangudi was living history, linking Thyagaraja to M.S. Subbulakshmi.
- Maturity Begins At Home (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Nov 01, 2003)
Is India’s foreign policy being managed brilliantly, or poorly? You can also pose that question differently. How well is India’s leadership looking after her interests and position in a world that has changed faster than you would have imagined even after
- Hot Destination: Central Asia (Indian Express, P. Stobdan, Nov 01, 2003)
After successful diplomacy in Southeast Asia, India is now primed to replay its historical role in Central Asia after a gap. A series of initiatives are on the anvil. These visits underline India’s new policy towards Central Asia.
- Stats Say Aussies Should Win Today (Indian Express, Chandresh Narayanan, Nov 01, 2003)
World champs lose when it really doesn’t matter
- Long Overdue (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 01, 2003)
THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT'S draft notification requiring urban property developers to obtain environmental clearance for large projects is a welcome step. Under the terms of this notification, developers of building projects for more than a thousand ...
- Vice President Off To Myanmar With Goodwill For The Generals (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Nov 01, 2003)
Refusing dialogue with a military dictatorship on its western front, India seems to be busy courting one in the east. Vice-President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat flies out on Sunday to cement ties with the Myanmar junta, the highest-level visit since former Pr
- A Law Like This (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Nov 01, 2003)
A look at the best and worst of foreign media
- A Tycoon Is Taken Down (Hindu, Sergei Blagov, Nov 01, 2003)
Mikhail Khodorkovsky's supporters link his arrest to the larger corporate game. There were reports that Yukos was in multi-billion dollar tie-up talks with the U.S. oil majors.
- Retain The Initiative (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 01, 2003)
INDIA HAS WISELY decided to persist with the latest peace initiative, taking in its stride the less than wholesome response from Pakistan to the proposals made on October 22. It is in India's strategic interest to promote normalisation of ...
- Telecom Tangle (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 01, 2003)
In a competitive market, corporates should anticipate changed business conditions
- Sugarcoating Pota (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Oct 31, 2003)
What has been proposed is an embarrassing gimmick to counter the mounting criticism of gross abuse of POTA by empowering powerless committees to prescribe ineffective remedies.
- Nuclear Bridge Over The Persian Gulf (Indian Express, Manpreet Sethi, Oct 31, 2003)
Tehran’s ambitions can’t be dismissed. Addressing them will set precedents for other nuclear wannabes
- Hindutva Versus Hinduism (Indian Express, SARAL JHINGRAN, Oct 31, 2003)
Hinduism is the most difficult religion to define as it does not have a Book, a prophet or a common creed. Consequently, both its supporters and critics can take up any one of its various aspects and present a conception of it that is nowhere near the rea
- From Economy To Security (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2003)
IN ITS FIRST major diversion from the focussed economic agenda, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum has decided to take a closer look and step up cooperation on security issues. With the push for a security-related agenda coming ...
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