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Articles 13921 through 14020 of 25647:
- Breaking Free From Industrial Agriculture (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Oct 15, 2003)
WHAT are the real costs of food? When we buy a kg of rice or wheat, have we at any time wondered what its real cost could be against what we pay in the shop? We only are concerned about the `market' price of food, and not what it costs to produce.
- Iraq... Where There Are More Questions Than Answers (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Oct 15, 2003)
ONE of the saddest and, perhaps in the long term, the most horrific, aspects of the ouster of the Saddam Hussein regime in Iraq is the push the country seems to be getting in the direction of religious fundamentalism. About 60 per cent of the country's po
- Dial Reform (Indian Express, Arun Shourie, Oct 15, 2003)
First in a four-part series on the bureaucratic, legal mess that’s crippling the future of Indian telecom
- `One Country, Two Systems' Formula Under Test (Business Line, Dharmalingam Venugopal, Oct 15, 2003)
AS IF to test the tenacity of its unique "one country, two systems" paradigm, Hong Kong has been constantly buffeted by challenges — economic, political and social ever since its reunification with China in July 1997.
- Indo-Us Defence Ties Come Alive (Indian Express, SAIKAT DATTA, Oct 14, 2003)
Indo-US observers love to tell this story. Secretary of State John Forster Dulles once explained American interests in Pakistan. Pakistan, said Dulles, in an interview to Walter Lippmann given in the fifties, were the true fighters in South Asia. After al
- Hindutva Rate Of Growth (Indian Express, Mani Shankar Aiyar, Oct 14, 2003)
There is hype and hypocrisy in economic projections
- Govt In Sc And Naik Are Like Oil And Water (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 14, 2003)
Soli tells court in Jessop case to reconsider HPCL/BPCL sale verdict
- Smelling The Tokyo Rose (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Oct 14, 2003)
Defence Minister George Fernandes makes no attempt at hiding his affection for Japan. Apart from a painting of Mahatma Gandhi — said to be painted by a Burmese refugee who lives in his house — the only other decoration on the walls of Fernandes’ South....
- Market Forces In The Animal Kingdom (Indian Express, Alan C. Miller, Oct 14, 2003)
The US may allow trade in endangered animals if it subsidises conservation projects
- Boost To India-Thailand Ties (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 14, 2003)
BUT FOR THE 1997 economic meltdown, Thailand might have emerged as the leading Asian Tiger among the Southeast Asian countries. Its economy was growing at a robust eight per cent of GDP. The country has now recovered from the problem, though the ...
- Cong Lowers Pawar Heat As It Rushes To Douse More Fires (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 14, 2003)
Drops NCP ultimatum, works on Jogi back-up
- Oil Smoothens A Dynasty's Rule (Hindu, VLADIMIR RADYUHIN, Oct 14, 2003)
The big game in the Caucasus is bound to gain momentum after the presidential elections in Azerbaijan where both Russia and the U.S. have decided dynastic succession is the best option.
- 50-Yr Record Haul Of Tiger, Leopard Skins In Tibet; India Likely Source (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Oct 14, 2003)
When the Prime Minister convenes the annual Indian Wildlife Board meeting on Wednesday, it will be under the shadow of the largest-ever seizure of tiger and leopard skins since 1951.
- Amitabh, My Friend (Indian Express, M. K. Das, Oct 14, 2003)
Want to make friends in Egypt? Here’s how...
- Corporate Credit Portfolio — Baking Assets On The Fire Of Securitisation (Business Line, Venkat Ramaswami, Oct 14, 2003)
The Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act (SRFESI) was definitely a strong indication that the corridors in New Delhi were waking up to calls from Wall Street. It is time for the wake-up signal to b
- Stretching Exercises And Real Yoga (Deccan Herald, Dipankar Khanna, Oct 14, 2003)
Yoga can bridge the distance between the physical and mental sheaths through advanced psychic work-outs
- A Nobel For Techniques (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 14, 2003)
ECONOMICS PROPOUNDS MANY theories but has few tools to test the validity of hypotheses proposed. It is inevitable that the discipline often comes up short in offering empirical proof for its theories. For one thing, while economics claims to be a ...
- Bellwether For 2004? (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 13, 2003)
THE elections scheduled to be held in November-December for the State assemblies of Chattisgarh, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram and Rajasthan are bound to be keenly watched by psephologists, media pundits and political players for any clues they may ...
- Patents For Peace And Happiness (Hindu, M. S. Swaminathan , Oct 13, 2003)
Indian scientists should be encouraged to assign their patents to a bank to be used for the common good.
- Mulayam Sends Ayodhya Sos, Pm Says Trust Vhp (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2003)
VHP MEET: MoS Chinmayanand’s role shameful, says angry CM
- Ganguly-Bcci Spat Queers The Pitch (Indian Express, S. Santhanam, Oct 13, 2003)
The dull draw in the first India-New Zealand Test at Motera has triggered a ‘pitch battle’ of sorts in the host camp. While Indian skipper Saurav Ganguly backed his bowlers and blamed the pitch for the missed victory, those in charge of preparing the 22-y
- Govt Gets First Chance To Make Sc Think Again (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Oct 13, 2003)
HPCL-BPCL: Jessop hearing today may end Centre’s dilemma on disinvestment verdict
- Trains, Buses Diverted To Keep Out Kar Sevaks (Indian Express, Amit Sharma, Oct 13, 2003)
As the Sabarmati Express pulled in at the Ayodhya railway station this evening, very few got off. And not a single one from S-6, the infamous Godhra coach. In the near empty coach, a passenger said police in Jhansi forced people off the train. He was not
- Please Spare Us Our Silly Points (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Oct 13, 2003)
Hurry back, all is forgiven. Ditch MAX for Morrison or Atul Wassan. Bring with you, your lovely, moist smile, your transparent saris and ignorance of cricket. Rescue the India-New Zealand cricket series from the commentary of men more dead than alive and
- Intelligence At A Premium? (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Oct 13, 2003)
The controversies surrounding the Blair Government's Iraq policy have stripped the intelligence establishment of its mystique.
- Getting Back On The Growth Path (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Oct 13, 2003)
What the developed world needs to do is to "coordinate" monetary policy, which will bring about stability in capital flows and an orderly realignment in exchange rates but only if it is "combined with coordinated fiscal expansion".
- Industrial Policy Options — Going Beyond Mere Reforms (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Oct 13, 2003)
I RECENTLY came across a seminal contribution to the ongoing debate on economic reforms in India, written by a bright economist, Dr R. Nagaraj of Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research.
- New World Disorder (Deccan Herald, LARRY ELLIOT, Oct 13, 2003)
It’s 30 years since oil prices soared and monetarism triumphed - and there could be more upheaval to come
- Stamps Of Dishonour (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2003)
A LOCAL PUNE court recently remanded Krishna Yadav, the Telugu Desam MLA and former Andhra Pradesh Minister, to custody in connection with the fake stamp papers scam. Mr. Yadav, who was arrested last month by the Maharashtra police under the ...
- Hayden's Grand Symphony (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2003)
THE HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL Test score is a cricket record that has been celebrated over the years by schoolboy and seasoned critic alike. It is hardly a surprise, then, that the latest champion to conquer that peak, the Australian opener Matthew ...
- ‘we Made Mistakes Like Discouraging Private Sector, We Are Changing Now’ (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Oct 13, 2003)
You are the only Marxist ruler, if I could call you so, in the whole world. Isn’t it so, and an elected one at that, barring the small government in Tripura
- Technical Problems? (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Oct 12, 2003)
A large number of investors to United Commercial Bank (UCO) bank’s recent initial public offering (IPO) were in for a surprise when they received physical share certificates instead of credits to their depository accounts. Usually, physical certificates..
- Industry Split Over Fta With Thailand (Indian Express, Rajeev Jayaswal, Oct 12, 2003)
The ink is hardly dry, but some sections of the domestic industry are already taking stock of how the just signed Indo-Thailand free trade agreement (FTA) will impact their fortunes.
- Ebadi Selection Political: Radicals (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2003)
While reformers have hailed the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to an Iranian human rights lawyer as a boost for democratic reforms, powerful hard-liners denounced it as an act of interference in Iran’s internal affairs that supports secularism over the
- Egyptian Conjoined Twins To Go Under The Knife (Indian Express, Jon Herskovitz, Oct 12, 2003)
US doctors began surgery on Saturday to separate two-year-old Egyptian twins joined at their heads. The operation will involve about 20 surgeons and could take as long as two days.
- Presidential Shuttle (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Oct 12, 2003)
It's not just the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister who are bitten by the travel bug. President Abdul J. Kalam is also constantly on the move, shuttling between Delhi and other parts of the country
- Ministry Size: Bjp Proposes New Ceiling (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Oct 12, 2003)
There is a change in the BJP stand on the size of ministries. Having proposed a ceiling of 10 per cent of the strength of legislatures on ministries in the 97th Constitution Amendment Bill, it has now mooted a ceiling of 15 per cent. The amendment bill mo
- Jaipur Foot Gets Spring In Its Step (Indian Express, Anuradha Nagaraj, Oct 12, 2003)
It’s going to be lighter, better and cheaper
- Govt Turns New Reforms Leaf (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Oct 12, 2003)
Radical Act is ready to let farmers sell directly to the buyer
- Contempt Of Quote (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Oct 12, 2003)
She was in charge of Advani’s security on the day Babri fell. Her testimony is the most damning against him. And yet, Rae Bareli magistrate quotes her to discharge Advani
- Express Your Voice (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2003)
P. Chidambaram, commenting on the attack on Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, advocates a separate Telengana state as a solution to the endemic Naxalite violence that is plaguing the state for the past two decades (An attack seeks answers,
- The Shia-Sunni Equation (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Oct 12, 2003)
THE EXIT of Saddam Hussein's Baathist regime has set off a power struggle among Iraq's two main Muslim sects. The Shias, who form the single largest community in Iraq and constitute 62 per cent of the population, are the chief contenders.
- A Land Under Siege (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Oct 12, 2003)
Signs of anger at the American occupation are visible all over Baghdad.
- Kurds Bide Their Time (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Oct 12, 2003)
The relationship between the Kurds and the Arabs is uneasy.
- Suspicious Times (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2003)
CBI would do well to remember that it, finally, is accountable only to the public
- The Elephant & Panicking Flamingos (Indian Express, Trevor Chesterfield, Oct 11, 2003)
Bowling to a teenager who was then just plain Gary Sobers and barely an emerging force in the West Indies side in the mid-1950s was a frightening experience for this writer, a leg-spinner who had his own dreams of glory.
- Groping For Answers (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Oct 11, 2003)
Why did they do it, the Californians? It’s not just the Indian media that is asking questions. The American media is asking them too.
- Balloons In The Bourses (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2003)
What has helped shore up market enthusiasm are growth projections of over 7 per cent
- The Road Less Travelled (Indian Express, Vikram Kumar, Oct 11, 2003)
Detours through unexpected bursts of kindness
- In The Land Of Pure, Law Is On Trial (Indian Express, Najam Sethi, Oct 11, 2003)
Pakistan’s justice system, based on blind enforcement of Islamic provisions, outdoes even Arab countries
- Policing The Net? Not Possible (Indian Express, Subimal Bhattacharjee, Oct 11, 2003)
Come October 14 and you will be unable to chat in MSN messenger, Microsoft’s chat services. Many in India and in some 30 odd countries will find this harsh. Microsoft claims that the reason for the move is to reduce the criminal solicitation of children..
- Myanmar's Easy Ride (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2003)
THE MILITARY RULERS of Myanmar have snatched a diplomatic victory at the just concluded Bali summit of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN). When the junta rearrested Aung San Suu Kyi last May, the 10-nation grouping made a ...
- Can Mumbai Become Shanghai? (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Oct 11, 2003)
Cities are increasingly a joint enterprise of the rich and the poor. A vision for their future must integrate the needs of both.
- A Bother For Bush (Hindu, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Oct 11, 2003)
The row over the leak of an undercover CIA operative's name to the media refuses to die down, much to the Bush administration's discomfort.
- An Nri Family Gets Faith Amid Its Grief (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2003)
Death Row for man who killed Sikh in post-9/11 hate crime
- The Curdled Controversy (Business Line, Harish Damodaran , Oct 10, 2003)
IT IS now almost a year since the simmering tensions between Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF or Amul) Chairman, Dr Verghese Kurien, and his counterpart at the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), Dr Amrita Patel, came out in the..
- The Painful Reality Imf Ignores (Deccan Herald, Joseph Stiglitz, Oct 10, 2003)
The Fund has again failed in its most urgent task of reforming itself and has dealt with issues beyond its mission
- Appointments & Disappointments (Hindu, V. R. Krishna Iyer , Oct 10, 2003)
Every judge must be an activist who shares the vision, the mission and the passion of the Constitution.
- Return Of The Hawala Calculations? (Hindu, Harish Khare , Oct 10, 2003)
Suddenly, the BJP's political rivals find themselves having to answer to the investigative agencies.
- The Use And Misuse Of Pota (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Oct 10, 2003)
The curious case of the Union Minister of State for Non-conventional Energy Sources, M. Kannappan, should have woken the country to the problems being created by the use and misuse of the draconian Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) but it evidently has
- Avoidable Confrontation (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 10, 2003)
THE people of the Bengal Presidency, during the British regime, as also of the successor State of West Bengal, in independent India, have always been politically aware and in the forefront of mass movements for causes which they regarded as important.
- At Big B B-Day, Look Who’s Company (Indian Express, Shradha Sukumaran, Oct 10, 2003)
ABCL’s new avatar AB Corp headed by ex-IAF officer
- Arnie, The Son-In-Law Of Camelot (Indian Express, Elizabeth Mehren, Oct 10, 2003)
At a family conclave, the largely Democrat Kennedys resolved to help Republican Schwarzenegger
- The Man Who Refused To Go Quietly (Indian Express, M. G. Devasahayam , Oct 10, 2003)
As JP’s centenary year ends, politicians barely bother with him. But to anyone who remembers the Emergency, he is immortal
- Army Scraps 87,000 Swadeshi Shells Meant For T-72 Tanks (Indian Express, SAIKAT DATTA, Oct 10, 2003)
The Indian Army’s main strike formations are staring down an empty barrel. It is understood that the Army has rejected as defective a massive consignment of 87,000 shells for its mainstay T-72 Main Battle Tank.
- Reality Check On Corporate Governance (Business Line, K. Suresh, Oct 09, 2003)
CORPORATE governance seems to have caught the imagination of the corporate world. Aided by the plethora of reports, notifications and circulars by various regulatory bodies.
- Bombay Echo In Bali Over Janis Joplin And Rap (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Oct 09, 2003)
A tourist paradise turns on the music and dances to forget nightmare
- Here Comes The New Prime Minister (Indian Express, Balbir K Punj, Oct 09, 2003)
A swadeshi Don Quixote is on the loose with his magic lathi, promising to make a Bihar out of everything he touches
- Look East Policy: Phase Two (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Oct 09, 2003)
Phase two of the Look East policy will help break out of the political confines of the subcontinent that have severely limited India's strategic options.
- Books And Papers Redefined (Business Line, S. Kannan, Oct 09, 2003)
On the company law provisions relating to accounts and audit on the anvil
- Mr. Jogi In A Fix (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2003)
ONE CAN SPECULATE about why Ajit Jogi, the intelligent Congress Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh, chose to accuse the Intelligence Bureau, evidently without any basis, of fabricating information with a view to dragging him and his family into ...
- A First-Time Stain On A Fair Name (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2003)
If it outraged Delhi that four from the President’s Body Guards (PBG) had been held for the rape of a college student, officers and ranks, retired and serving, were stunned as word spread
- Pakistan: The Siege Within And Without (Indian Express, Shireen M Mazari, Oct 09, 2003)
Pakistan is caught between an India waiting to cash in on the doctrine of premption and a society fast imploding
- Uncertain Times In Afghanistan (Hindu, M.K. Bhadrakumar, Oct 09, 2003)
Afghanistan continues to fragment politically. The blame is being put on the warlords but the malaise runs deeper.
- Arnie Swaggers In (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2003)
Does the Californian result symbolise the best of democracy? Or the worst?
- Amethi Nama (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2003)
Mulayam Singh Yadav is quite right on this one
- On A Genetically Modified Diet (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2003)
Why environmentalists are bound to embrace biotechnology
- Making Services Work For Poor (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Oct 09, 2003)
Broad improvements in human welfare will not happen till poor people receive wider access to affordable services in health, education, water, sanitation and electricity, warns WDR 2004. Rightly concluding that no one size fits all, it describes eight, and
- How American States Tax Services (Business Line, S. Venu , Oct 08, 2003)
Service tax in the US is levied at the State level. In India, it is levied at the Centre, and plans are afloat to extend it to the States.
- `Strength Of Indo-British Ties Lies In People-To-People Link' (Business Line, Vinay Kamath, Oct 08, 2003)
SIR ROB YOUNG, British High Commissioner to India since January 1999, returns to the UK after four tumultuous years when powerful events gripped the world stage. As he says, the last few months of his assignment have been spent in defending his government
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