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Articles 13721 through 13820 of 25647:
- Dalal Street Greets New Year With A Rally (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2003)
The bellwether Sensex rises by 45 pts in the special Muhurat trading session as investors’ confidence soars
- Peace Proposals To Pak Is Our Final Effort: George (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2003)
Defence Minister George Fernandes today said the slew of measures offered to Pakistan were part of India’s “last effort” to take Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s peace initiative to its logical end and make Islamabad sit across the negotiating table.
- Pak Opposition Intensify Strike Against General, Launch Rallies (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2003)
Stepping up their agitations against President Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan’s mainstream Opposition parties today launched their public campaign to oust the General and pledged to take action against army generals and judges, who “legalised” military takeov
- Bad Values (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Oct 26, 2003)
On October 10, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) barred 12 companies and all their directors from the capital market for five years for failing to redress investor grievances. Three out of these were Indo Biotech Herbal Remedies, Indo Biot
- Workers Worry Over Mishaps At Kandla Port (Indian Express, D V Maheshwari, Oct 26, 2003)
‘The Safety First motto is more often breached than observed at this major port in Gujarat’
- Express Your Voice (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2003)
It’s such a pity to hear from learned people like P Chidambaram to talk about infrastructure, infrastructure, infrastructure like Tony Blair harping on about education in UK (October revolution, 2003, The Sunday Express, October 19). Did you think for a m
- Kyunki, We May Soon Be A Nation Of Cry Babies (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Oct 26, 2003)
It is a great deal worse than I had feared. The unprecedented and unbounded ability of Ekta Kapoor to capture not just the eyeballs but the lachrymal glands of the nation, through her chest-heaving, hanky-soaking teledramas would, I had imagined, turn us
- Pm Trips Up Kalam (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Oct 26, 2003)
President Abdul Kalam had to be content touring Bulgaria, Sudan and the UAE on his first state visit abroad. Many of the exciting destinations he would have liked to have traveled to had already been visited by Vajpayee, or else are on the PM’s itinerary
- Law & Commerce: And The Twain Shall Meet (Indian Express, P. Chidambaram, Oct 26, 2003)
SEBI, TRAI, TAMP, SERC, MRTP — what have these in common? They are the new regulators in a liberal and competitive economy. Many more are on their way. They have also another feature in common, and that is they have generally failed to inspire confidence
- Dissent In Dadar Just Went Global (Indian Express, Sonu Chhina, Oct 26, 2003)
Packaged as a counter to the World Economic Forum in Davos, stage being set for World Social Forum in Mumbai
- He Helps Robots Spot The Difference Just Like Us (Indian Express, Sweta Ramanujan, Oct 26, 2003)
Indian heads think-tank at MIT, is named as key innovator in technology of future
- On The Ground In Gujarat (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2003)
THE GUJARAT Government and the BJP have repeatedly accused the NHRC of bias. For the Narendra Modi Government, which is accused of complicity in the 2002 communal violence, the embarrassment value of the Commission's interventions is high, particularly
- A Watchdog Weighed Down (Hindu, Anjali Modi, Oct 26, 2003)
The National Human Rights Commission is caught in a dysfunctional relationship with government and state.
- Rise And Rise Of Hegemonism (Deccan Herald, Max Boot, Oct 25, 2003)
The National Security Strategy released last month by the Government of the United States may be the most significant US foreign-policy statement since NSC-68, the 1950 paper that codified the containment doctrine. Yet oddly most of the debate has focused
- Sound Bites Are Okay, Now Bite The Bullet General (Indian Express, Najam Sethi, Oct 25, 2003)
Musharraf should live up to his worldly promises, make Pakistan a modern state
- Is The End Of The Oil Age Nigh? (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2003)
Rapid advances in fuel cell technology could usher in dramatic changes
- Ship-Breakers Ahoy: Clean Up Time (Indian Express, Milind Ghatwai, Oct 25, 2003)
Last week, as Alang celebrated the arrival of Hellespont Grand—the biggest vessel to arrive at the ship-breaking yard — the Supreme Court ordered ship-breakers and their regulators to get their priorities right: worker safety and environment protection fi
- The World Through New Eyes (Indian Express, Sanjaya Baru, Oct 25, 2003)
Trade and terrorism shape our international relationships now
- A Sparkling Season (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2003)
With caution and sense, the current optimism can be sustained well beyond these festive times
- Dressed Up For Days, Aziz Now Has Somewhere To Go (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Oct 25, 2003)
MEA moves to clear Pak envoy’s requests for meetings; works on air links, too
- Amarinder Says Centre Is Playing Games (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2003)
The Centre’s last minute decision to pull back a Punjab delegation from visiting China has given Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh another case to cite ‘‘step-motherly treatment’’ against his state.
- Rise And Rise Of Hegemonism (Deccan Herald, Max Boot, Oct 25, 2003)
The National Security Strategy released last month by the Government of the United States may be the most significant US foreign-policy statement since NSC-68, the 1950 paper that codified the containment doctrine. Yet oddly most of the debate has focused
- Welcome Aboard A Sexist Flight (Indian Express, Jayanthi Natarajan, Oct 25, 2003)
To hold ‘unpresentable’ air hostesses responsible for the woes of AI and IA is hogwash
- This Diwali, Heart Of Darkness Is Bright & Shining (Indian Express, Varghese K George, Oct 25, 2003)
Ex-Leftist, builder-turned-activist, revived water system have brought revolution
- Talking Turkey Is Not Enough, Mr President (Indian Express, Thomas L. Friedman, Oct 24, 2003)
Sending Turkish troops will only convince Iraqis they are being colonised
- Warming Relations? (Hindu, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Oct 24, 2003)
We need a political culture in both India and Pakistan that is prepared to pay a short run price for a new architecture for the subcontinent.
- Sindhis As An Indo-Pak Bridge (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Oct 24, 2003)
A few hundred Sindhis, all Hindus, who had gathered in Jodhpur for an extraordinary meeting earlier this week must be rubbing their eyes with disbelief at the announcements made by External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha to clear the Indo-Pak air. They h
- Leaving On A Jet Plane (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2003)
As the age of the Concorde and supersonic travel ends, why speed is not always sound
- Military Raj (Indian Express, Mubashir zaidi, Oct 24, 2003)
Forget sham democracy. From sports to universities to power plants, khaki runs Pakistan
- Mp Sex Scandal: Ncw Demands Probe (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2003)
The National Commission for Women (NCW) has recommended a CBI inquiry into the allegations that a local journalist sexually exploited a school teacher and forced her to have sexual relations with some serving and retired IAS and IFS officers.
- Uneasy Peace In Baghdad (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Oct 24, 2003)
THOSE who might have been delighted with the UN Security Council's unanimous resolution last Thursday authorising a multinational military force in Iraq under the single command led by the United States need to think again. The resolution, which calls for
- Change The Subject (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Oct 24, 2003)
In Uttar Pradesh, ask about the common minimum programme
- Marxists Get Foreign Funds To Mercy-Kill Their Dying Psus (Indian Express, Subrata Nag Choudhury, Oct 24, 2003)
DFID grant to Bengal to pay off workers, close14 PSUs
- A Violent Police Culture (Hindu, Anjali Mody, Oct 24, 2003)
The death in police custody of a 32-year-old telephone-booth operator, Sushil Kumar, is symptomatic of the violence that is part of the work culture of the police in the Capital, say human rights groups. Kumar's death on Tuesday triggered violent street
- Preparing For The Inflow (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Oct 24, 2003)
If the open skies policy takes off, facilities at airports and the tourism infrastructure will have to be enhanced to deal with the rise in passenger arrivals.
- Japan Rising? (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2003)
AFTER 12 YEARS of economic stagnation, Japan is showing signs of coming out of its slump. During the first six months of 2003, the economy has grown, in real terms, at an annualised rate of 3.9 per cent.
- `Roll Call Of Shame' (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 24, 2003)
THAT is the heading under which India Today in its October 20 issue has listed the major scams taken up by the CBI for investigation which are either in the doldrums or have been closed, leading to the suspicion of extraneous pulls and pressures being at
- Throwing Light On Prosperity (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Oct 24, 2003)
If India has to rediscover the magic of investments in public infrastructure, it has to generate revenue surpluses. But this can happen only if the government is sensitive to the needs of the private sector, the principal source of savings and taxes
- Sweetener For Cane Growers (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2003)
THE CENTRE's DILEMMA over fixing Statutory Minimum Price (SMP) for sugarcane — arguably the most contentious in the pricing of agricultural crops — is palpable. At a time when elections to some States are round the corner, the Centre is straining every ne
- A Strong Signal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2003)
THE LATEST VISIT by the Sri Lankan Prime Minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, to New Delhi has brought forth a perceptible change in India's approach to the peace process in that country. Instead of a plain repetition of its commitment to a negotiated ...
- The Old Man And The Trap (Indian Express, T.V.R. Shenoy, Oct 23, 2003)
What will prevent the Left from ditching Karunakaran as it sees fit?
- Anticipatory Bail And Justice (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2003)
THE SUPREME COURT observed recently that the mere filing of a chargesheet by an investigating agency or cognisance of a complaint by a court cannot in itself be a ground for declining anticipatory bail to the accused. In January this year, it ...
- Time For A Wake-Up Call (Hindu, S. Akbar Zaidi, Oct 23, 2003)
Pakistan has been left behind, in terms of economic growth, by other SAARC countries and particularly by India.
- Rape: National And International (Deccan Herald, Valson Thampu , Oct 23, 2003)
The rape of a Swiss embassy staffer must be condemned. At the same time, we cannot gloss over other rapes in the country
- Rape: National And International (Deccan Herald, Valson Thampu , Oct 23, 2003)
The rape of a Swiss embassy staffer must be condemned. At the same time, we cannot gloss over other rapes in the country
- Cancun: India's Stand Must Be Guarded (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Oct 23, 2003)
THE WTO, it is hoped, has learnt some useful lessons from the recent failure of negotiations at Cancun It should begin the work of restructuring the organisation to make the consultative process more open, and to engender a spirit of give and take between
- Asian Economic Integration: Pathway To Security And Prosperity (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Oct 23, 2003)
The obsession with Pakistan has distorted the conduct of India's foreign policy. This has not allowed the country to emerge as a constructive partner with Asean and SAARC, and other regional powers such as China, Japan and South Korea. The Prime Minister'
- Spaces The City Wants To Forget (Indian Express, Yaaminey Mubayi, Oct 23, 2003)
Urban poverty is one of the greatest challenges human society will face in the future. Worldwide, urban populations are expected to cross 2 billion within the next generation. In India, urban dwellers will constitute 50 per cent of the total population by
- Home Minister Homes In (Indian Express, CP Bhambri, Oct 23, 2003)
Providing a political dimension to the Kashmir dialogue is both timely and appropriate
- India-Thailand Fta: Who Is The Real Gainer? (Business Line, S. Majumder , Oct 23, 2003)
Thailand is one-tenth the size of India. While the goal of any FTA is market enlargement and improvement of the investment environment, how can India gain from Thailand which competes with it?
- Sino-Indian Boundary Talks (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Oct 23, 2003)
Conditions seem more propitious today than ever before for rapid progress in the border talks between the two Asian giants.
- Possessed By None (Indian Express, K K Khullar, Oct 23, 2003)
Baba Farid, the first poet of Punjabi
- Third Round At Aksai Chin Table (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Oct 23, 2003)
India and China will sit across the table today, for the third time, to discuss a lingering border dispute
- The Guilty Men Of 1962 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2003)
Forty one years ago, there was a war. And then along came a crorepati
- Bcci Moves Fast, Plans Tour To Pak (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2003)
Dalmiya to meet Pak counterpart
- October Spring (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Oct 23, 2003)
• PM Vajpayee’s daring gambit on poll-eve
• A dozen radical proposals to the General
• Talks with Hurriyat raised to level of DPM
Let Srinagar bus to Muzaffarabad
- Moderate Medium, Extreme Message (Indian Express, Daniel Drezner, Oct 23, 2003)
Mahathir sums up the Muslim world’s paradox. Western learning is fine, not western liberalism
- Georgian Mystery (Indian Express, Arati R. Jerath, Oct 23, 2003)
Something’s cooking in defence minister and NDA convenor George Fernandes’ pot. But apart from dropping hints calculated to whet appetites, he’s not letting anyone in on his secret.
- For A Few Lakhs More (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2003)
Candidates will now get to spend more on their campaign. But will we get cleaner elections
- Vhp's Specious Logic (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Oct 23, 2003)
Although the Vishwa Hindu Parishad's challenge to the rule of law and peace and tranquillity in Uttar Pradesh, especially at Ayodhya, has mercifully been defeated, it has left behind at least three sources of concern that can cause turmoil in future and
- Beijing Comes To Delhi Today To Put History Behind (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2003)
No 2 in Chinese Foreign Ministry to start boundary talks with Mishra
- A Map To Save The Metro, But... (Indian Express, Yogi Aggarwal, Oct 22, 2003)
Ever since Mumbai began its slow decline in the mid-70s, a number of plans have been formulated to save the city from further decay. One of the first such was the Ajit Kelkar Committee, set up under the managing director of the Taj group of hotels in 1982
- A New Asian Economic Integration (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Oct 22, 2003)
India's compulsions of integrating with Asean have assumed a new urgency with the recent failure of the WTO Ministerial at Cancun and the threat issued by the US of bypassing WTO for bilateral trading arrangements. Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee pushing the idea
- The General In The Jig-Saw (Indian Express, J. N. Dixit , Oct 22, 2003)
To further Indo-US ties, we need to first understand Pak-US ties
- Big Change In The Air (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2003)
The aviation sector seems to finally be emerging from a timewarp
- Canada Calling (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Oct 22, 2003)
Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien arrives in New Delhi later this week and so what if he’s perceived as a sort of lame duck back home. With Chretien promising to retire in February, a succession race within his Liberal Party has Finance Minister Paul
- Why Is This A Very Happy Diwali? Top Answer Is Reforms (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2003)
There’s something deeper to the optimism than the rain god, write Advisor to Finance Minister Vijay Kelkar and Ajay Shah, Consultant, Dept of Economic Affairs
- Carbon Credit: Valuable Virtual Commodity (Business Line, Deepak Mawandia, Oct 22, 2003)
THOUGH the Kyoto Protocol has still not entered into force, and Russia is, as usual sending conflicting signals, the carbon market has begun developing in earnest.
- Pota Weapon To Get A Safety Catch (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2003)
Review panel can over-rule states
- Diplomacy In A Cage (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2003)
Denial of visas: who is the ministry of external affairs afraid of anyway
- Following The (Business Line, George Ninan, Oct 22, 2003)
IN Patrick O'Brian's nautical yarn, the Mauritius Command, fourth in the Aubrey-Maturin series, our heroes set off to take Mauritius thereby making the Indian Ocean safe for the English East India Company. The Mauritius influence on the Indian economy app
- Opening Up The Skies (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2003)
WHETHER IT WAS planned or spontaneous, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's limited open skies offer to the designated airlines of ASEAN countries has set the ball rolling. The Civil Aviation Minister, Rajiv Pratap Rudy, has announced a limited ...
- Cornering Heathrow? (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2003)
AN AIRPORT SLOT provides a carrier with the right to take off/land from the facility. Air India and several foreign airlines are believed to be upset that British Airways, the dominant airline in London's Heathrow, continues to buy up the limited number o
- Unified Licence Regime — Raising A Spectrum Of Issues (Business Line, Jayanthi Iyengar, Oct 22, 2003)
THE Telecom Regulatory Authority (TRAI) is to make its final recommendation to the Group of Ministers (GoM) on Telecom. Central to these recommendations would be an attempt to resolve the two-year-long battle between the cellular and basic operators by re
- Neoliberalism, Investment And Growth In Latin America (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Oct 21, 2003)
The recent experience of most economies in Latin America contradicts the argument that neoliberal market-oriented policies are necessary for increasing investment and growth, even if they may have harmful effects on distribution and social sectors. In thi
- India Opens Pursestrings For Rs 50 Cr More To Iraq (Indian Express, Shishir Gupta, Oct 21, 2003)
India is set to put in an additional $10 million (around Rs 50 crore) for reconstruction and humanitarian efforts in Iraq. The announcement will be made at the donors’ conference in Madrid this week. With this, India’s contribution in post-war Iraq will b
- Stemming The Dollar Tide (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 21, 2003)
IF THE RESERVE Bank of India is for stemming dollar inflows, it should have done away with the interest rate differential between Non-Resident (External) Rupee deposits and Libor (London inter-bank offered rate). It could have gone bolder by fixing the in
- J&k Government Fights Its First Hostage Crisis (Indian Express, Tariq Mir, Oct 21, 2003)
A dozen taken hostage by militants including those who tried to negotiate peace
- Track One May Be Frozen With Pak, Mea Says No To Even Track Two (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Oct 21, 2003)
The Ministry of External Affairs has disallowed the highly prestigious Pugwash organisation, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1995, to host a workshop on ‘‘South Asian Security’’ later this month, where participants from India and Pakistan were invited.
- Iraq: No Material Change (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 21, 2003)
THE UNITED STATES has agreed to alter the profile of its unjust occupation of Iraq under the pressure of overall circumstances. A new resolution, 1511 (2003), `unanimously' adopted by the United Nations Security Council on October 16, emphasises ...
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