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Articles 17221 through 17320 of 25647:
- Straight Walk (Pioneer, Krishan Kalra, Nov 10, 2001)
On a Saturday in February 2001, Pawan Verma ruined my plans.
- History Of Conflict (Pioneer, Priyadarsi Dutta, Nov 10, 2001)
Hagia Sophia was built as a Christian Cathedral between AD 532 and 537 by the orders of the Byzantine Emperor Justin I at Constantinople, now Istanbul (Turkey).
- Non-Trade Issues: Let Investment Not Lock The Talks (The Financial Express, Anwarul Hoda, Nov 10, 2001)
As the Fourth Ministerial Meeting of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) gets under way at Doha, Qatar.
- A Gentleman, Not A Leader (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 10, 2001)
The Congress charge still lacks teeth in Lok Sabha.
- A-Customed To Sin (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 10, 2001)
Why the IRS has become a green channel for crime.
- Broke State Creaks Under Its Ministers’ Burden (Indian Express, S. M. A. Kazmi, Nov 10, 2001)
Despite its financial liabilities, for hill state’s ministers, austerity ends with home.
- Burning Farmers' Fields - Ii (Hindu, Gail Omvedt , Nov 10, 2001)
HISTORICALLY, THERE is little evidence that Indian farmers are reluctant to innovate.
- Using The Food Mountain (Hindu, M. S. Swaminathan , Nov 10, 2001)
THE PRIME MINISTER and the Government of India are to be commended for three important recent initiatives for dealing with the mounting grain stocks in a socially and environmentally meaningful manner.
- Estimate Of Gdp Growth Rates -- Why Projections Must Be Revised (Business Line, P. R. Brahmananda , Nov 10, 2001)
AS THE time for pre-Budget discussions and consultations approaches, it is usual to make some estimates about the rate of GDP growth this year, both at current and constant (1993-94 prices) prices.
- Japan Cuts Gdp Growth Forecast By 0.9 Per Cent (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Nov 10, 2001)
Tokyo, Nov 9: The Japanese government, as widely expected, on Friday cut its forecast for real GDP growth for the current fiscal year to March to minus 0.9 per cent, from a long-unrealistic forecast of 1.7 per cent growth.
- The Meaning And Importance Of Harbinson’s Words (The Financial Express, Bibek Debroy, Nov 10, 2001)
“Then you should say what you mean,” the March Hare went on. “I do,” Alice heartily replied; “at least — at least I mean what I say — that’s the same thing you know.”
- Maneka’s Salvo At Sonia, Congress! (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Nov 10, 2001)
Maneka wins a libel case and fires a salvo at Sonia and a captive Congress party reacts.
- A Jail Named Jp (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Nov 10, 2001)
It is not unusual in this country to remember and honour some hero by paying lip service to him while actually working against what he stood for or worked.
- Resolving The Food Riddle (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 10, 2001)
FOODGRAINS MANAGEMENT, BY the Centre, has unquestionably led to monstrous absurdities in recent years.
- Statutory Effect On Hindus (Pioneer, A. Surya Prakash, Nov 10, 2001)
Let us now examine some Hindu scriptural injunctions and see whether they yielded to the will of our Constitution and if they did, what remains of them after they passed through our constitutional sieve.
- From Darkness To A Mess (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Nov 09, 2001)
The sudden near-collapse of the Taliban regime -- both the Pentagon and Gen. Tommy Frank, the head of the U.S operation against Afghanistan.
- ‘Moca And Poto Are As Alike As Apples And Potatoes’ (Indian Express, Arati R. Jerath, Nov 09, 2001)
While the BJP has been on the offensive from the beginning to accuse the Congress of double standards on POTO, the Congress has been strangely slow in reacting to the charges.
- Oil Politics & Arab Experience (Tribune, M.S.N. Menon, Nov 09, 2001)
Nationalism is not a strong point of the Arabs. Fundamentalism is. It comes easily to them. And it explains why they have remained so backward, and why they have been a drag on the march of Islam.
- Indo-Russian Security Relations (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 09, 2001)
QUITE CLEARLY, THE Prime Minister's visit to Russia went far beyond the generalities of the Moscow Declaration on international terrorism and the joint statement on globally relevant strategic issues.
- The First Month Of The War (Hindu, T. Sreedhar, Nov 09, 2001)
ANY ASSESSMENT of the U.S.-led grand alliance's month-long military operations in Afghanistan must take cognisance of three factors.
- Physician, Heal Thyself (Hindu, Kuldip Nayar, Nov 09, 2001)
Some Dalits became Buddhists at a conversion ceremony a few days ago.
- Keeping The Cultural Contacts Alive (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Nov 09, 2001)
For a country that is essentially Euro- centric, Hungary's efforts to maintain contacts with India are noteworthy, particularly in the cultural field.
- Trade And Agriculture -- Case For True Reform In Farm Trade (Business Line, Devinder Sharma , Nov 09, 2001)
If you want to feed a man for a day, give him a fish; But if you want to feed him for life, teach him how to catch fish. -- a Chinese proverb.
- Reject Poto In Toto (The Kashmir Times, Praful Bidwai, Nov 09, 2001)
Nothing has recently caused as much disquiet in India’s political and journalistic communities as the promulgation of the Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance. At stake is the citizen’s freedom and the fairness of the judicial system.
- ‘We Can Give Banks A Run On The Retail Side’ (The Financial Express, Pallav Sinha, Nov 09, 2001)
JM Morgan Stanley, largely know as an investment bank, has embarked on an aggressive retail strategy. This foray is one of the most ambitious by the non-bank entity.
- India’s Strategy: You Scratch My Back, I Scratch Yours (The Financial Express, Pradeep S. Mehta, Nov 09, 2001)
For all practical purposes, the WTO’s Doha Ministerial Conference would be the “second” after the Singapore Ministerial Conference of 1996.
- Make The Wto Challenge An Opportunity (Business Line, G. Thimmaiah , Nov 09, 2001)
THE WTO meeting at Doha has again raised the issue of costs and benefits of remaining a WTO member.
- Up To Install Touch-Screen Kiosks To Attract Tourists (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Nov 09, 2001)
LUCKNOW: Adopting aggressive marketing techniques to boost tourism in the state, the Uttar Pradesh tourism department has decided to attract international and national tourists by installing state-of-the art.
- Standard Of Political Debate (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Nov 09, 2001)
NOBODY expects India’s present rulers to play by the Queensberry Rules but the recent exchanges with Pakistan indulged in by Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee.
- Can’t Dodge Doha (Indian Express, Bibek Debroy, Nov 09, 2001)
THE WTO Agreement says a ministerial meeting should be held once every two years.
- Voice The Right Farm Concerns At Doha (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Nov 09, 2001)
THAT this is no more a bipolar world is now a reality to live with. Indeed, it seems to be emerging as a `rich man's world'.
- Another Kind Of Imperialism? (Business Line, Kuldip Nayar, Nov 09, 2001)
THE Parliamentary Standing Committee for Home Affairs seldom meets outside New Delhi.
- Suffocating In Up (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 09, 2001)
Suffocating in UP Will Rajnath Singh wake up to the reality in his state?
- From Tippy To Kitcha (Indian Express, Vinita Bahadur, Nov 09, 2001)
WHEN I got married to an Indian Air Force officer I was totally ignorant of the customs and traditions of the defence services.
- Full Independence For Tibet (Indian Express, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Nov 09, 2001)
THE Dalai Lama has asked the world to prevail upon the Chinese to grant full autonomy to Tibet in exchange for the acceptance of the nominal suzerainty of China.
- It’s Our War Too (Indian Express, R. P. Subramanian, Nov 09, 2001)
IN discussing the recent visit by US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, your editorial ‘B-52 Diplomacy’ (November 6) talks about “their war”.
- Poto’s Chief Advocate (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Nov 09, 2001)
Not surprisingly Farooq Abdullah turned out to be the chief advocate of the draconian Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance at the chief ministers conference on Internal Security in New Delhi.
- Auditing The Auditor (Business Line, S. Murlidharan , Nov 08, 2001)
THE former Chief Justice of India, Mr P. N. Bhagwati, mooted the idea of institutionalising the office of ombudsman to oversee the functioning of the judiciary as also to fix judicial accountability, but the suggestion has not been implemented so far.
- Triumphant Return Of Khaleda Zia (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, Nov 08, 2001)
JUST over a week ago, National Security Adviser Brajesh Misra paid a brief and low-key visit to Bangladesh carrying a message of greetings from Prime Minister Vajpayee to his newly elected Bangladesh counterpart Begum Khaleda Zia.
- The Saving Clause (Business Line, K. Ramesh, Nov 08, 2001)
FORCE MAJEURE clauses envisage eventualities beyond the control of contracting parties. Such clauses are of two types: open and close ended.
- Snapping The Soviet Link (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Nov 08, 2001)
Today's Hungary would like to forget as a bad dream the past when it was part of the eastern or the Soviet bloc.
- Time To Turn The Clock Back? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 08, 2001)
VRINDA GOPINATH looks at whether every corner of the country is in sync with Indian Standard Time.
- India And The U.S.-Russian Alliance (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Nov 08, 2001)
THE PRIME Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee, begins his engagements in Washington today on the eve of a historic breakthrough in U.S.-Russian relations.
- The War Of Words Resumes (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Nov 08, 2001)
CHENNAI, NOV. 7. After Mr. O. Paneerselvam took over as Chief Minister, there was a lull in the State.
- Who Will Police The Police? (Hindu, V. R. Krishna Iyer , Nov 08, 2001)
Criminal justice is the cutting edge of the rule of law and its functional lancet is the police force - cadres and leaders alike.
- Avoid The 'Great Game' (Hindu, Achin Vanaik , Nov 08, 2001)
THE CENTRAL dividing line in India today is not between Left and Right, or pro and anti-American, between Islam-baiters and those who are not.
- Laloo Yadav's Travails (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 08, 2001)
THE SUPREME COURT ruling directing Mr. Laloo Prasad Yadav (along with Mr. Jagannath Mishra) to surrender before the Special Court at Ranchi and face trial is indeed in conformity with the legal requirements.
- Tough Battle Ahead In Doha (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Nov 08, 2001)
AN AIR of uncertainty surrounds the WTO's Fourth Ministerial Conference in Doha, Qatar (November 9-13), given the venue's proximity to the war zone and threat perceptions of sudden terrorist attack.
- Dual Strategy Required To Sustain Agro Exports (The Financial Express, Ashok B Sharma, Nov 08, 2001)
It is now clear that developed countries are reluctant to reduce their level of domestic support and export subsidies to sustain agriculture.
- No More Free Lunches (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 08, 2001)
MR Jagmohan has the knack of attracting media attention for all the right reasons. As Union Minister for Housing he launched a relentless campaign against unauthorised constructions and encroachment on government land.
- It’s Our War Too (Indian Express, R. P. Subramanian, Nov 08, 2001)
India too stands to gain from the current global war against terrorism.
- A Fusion Of Bhakti And Shakti (Tribune, V. N. Datta, Nov 08, 2001)
THE Bhagavad Gita is acknowledge as world’s great scripture. T.S. Eliot wrote that the Gita was the next greatest philosophical poem to Dante’s Divine Comedy.
- Bush Is No Honest Broker (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 08, 2001)
Talk to Musharraf, but not because US says so
- In Real India, There Is No Place For Religious Fundamentalism (The Financial Express, Kuldip Nayar, Nov 08, 2001)
After a miserable performance by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at the Lok Sabha polls in 1980, Atal Bihari Vajpayee observed that they could not consider any state safe like the communists who had West Bengal as their preserve.
- Complex Regulations Cutting Deep Into Trade Reform (The Financial Express, Sunil Kumar, Nov 08, 2001)
When confidence levels are down, even the best get the blues. Thus as the last vestige of quantitative restrictions (QRs) and the import-licensing regime was removed in April 2001, it was not the opening of the economy that was celebrated.
- Return Of Khaleda Zia -- Prospects For India-Bangladesh Relations (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Nov 08, 2001)
JUST over a week ago, the National Security Adviser, Mr Brajesh Misra, paid a brief and low-key visit to Bangladesh carrying a message of greetings from the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, to his newly elected Bangladeshi counterpart.
- Get Trips Out Of The Wto (Business Line, Bipul Chatterjee, Nov 08, 2001)
THE WORLD is reeling under the scare of anthrax. Every day cases are reported mainly from the US but elsewhere too.
- Life Is A Big Jumble (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 08, 2001)
The new demographics promise nothing less than a redefinition of the stages of life.
- Laloo Back In Jail (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 07, 2001)
IT may be premature to write about the amazing rise and abrupt fall of Mr Laloo Prasad Yadav as the most controversial politician of Bihar.
- Enter The Last Lap Cm (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Nov 07, 2001)
Is the BJP’s strategy too clever by half?
- For Want Of Oxygen! (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 07, 2001)
REPORTS that 11 infants died in King George's Medical College of Lucknow during the past three days because of alleged shortage of oxygen in the neo-natal ward are shocking beyond words.
- A Tale Of New City (Tribune, Madan Gupta Spatu, Nov 07, 2001)
BESIDES astrology and Nostradamus’ prophecies, there is another system of knowing the future called hypnosis.
- Harry Potter, Who? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 07, 2001)
After the movie, at least that query shall be redundant.
- Poor Governance Blamed For Up’s Dismal Record In Reducing Poverty (The Financial Express, Devsagar Singh, Nov 07, 2001)
With a population of over 160 million, Uttar Pradesh accounts for 9 per cent of India’s land and 17 per cent of its population.
- China, Asean To Create Free Trade Area In 10 Years (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Nov 07, 2001)
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN: China and 10 Southeast Asian countries agreed at a regional summit in Brunei on Tuesday to create a free trade area within 10 years, which they hope will propel their economies to new heights.
- Tall People Reach For New Heights (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 07, 2001)
With the average height of Indians shooting up with each generation, tall people across the country have formed a forum to discuss their towering problems and jointly campaign for their rights.
- Sindhis Opposed To Women Dancing (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 07, 2001)
In a move that has unnerved women of Bhopal, leaders of the Sindhi community recently passed strictures against the custom of dancing by women in weddings.
- Haryana’s Alarming Crime Graph (Tribune, D. R. Chaudhry, Nov 07, 2001)
CRIME scene in Haryana is assuming frightening proportions. This is breeding a deep sense of insecurity among its citizens.
- A Patent Problem Called Anthrax (Indian Express, Harinder Sikka, Nov 07, 2001)
THE Canadian government’s decision to manufacture the generic version of the antibiotic drug, Ciprofloxacin, has expectedly met with no voice of dissent from the patent holding MNC.
- Punjab, Pm’s Newest Headache (Indian Express, Arati R. Jerath, Nov 07, 2001)
IT’S not only Uttar Pradesh that’s on Vajpayee’s mind these days. The upcoming assembly polls in Punjab are worrying him as much.
- The Irony Of Illegal Bt Cotton (Hindu, C. S. Prakash, Nov 07, 2001)
THE ISSUE of illegal Bt cotton making headlines in the Indian media provides some valuable lessons.
- Jhootistan Strikes Against Cotton Farmers (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Nov 07, 2001)
DURING the 1965 war with Pakistan, the official radio companies of the two adversary countries carried on their own propaganda war.
- Building Indo-U.S. Trust (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 07, 2001)
AT THE END of another high profile visit to New Delhi by an American official, there is greater bilateral optimism.
- Can Saudi Arabia Cope? (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Nov 07, 2001)
NEW DELHI, NOV. 6. One of the casualties of the current American military campaign against Afghanistan has been the traditional silence in the United States on the internal politics of Saudi Arabia.
- Where Have All The Pandits Gone? (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Nov 07, 2001)
WHENEVER you travel to Kashmir and write about the alienation evident in the people of the Valley, the question that comes up is: `Where are all the Kashmiri Pandits?' Have they become refugees in their own land?
- India Should Favour A New Trade Round (The Financial Express, Anwarul Hoda, Nov 07, 2001)
With the Fourth Ministerial Meeting of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) scheduled to begin this week at Doha, Qatar, WTO’s former Deputy Director-General, Anwarul Hoda.
- States Not Playing The Desired Role In Furthering Reforms (The Financial Express, P. Raghavan, Nov 07, 2001)
The economic crisis experienced by the Indian government at the close of the financial year 1990-91 was the outcome of a combination of factors like weak balance of payments position.
- Reality Check For Us (Business Line, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Nov 07, 2001)
IN MOSCOW today, the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and the Russian President, Mr Vladimir Putin, will no doubt reflect that four weeks into the undeclared war on Afghanistan.
- Ccmb's Strides In Transgenics (Business Line, V. Rishi Kumar, Nov 07, 2001)
IN THE quest for developing cost-effective and humane alternatives to using animals for scientific research, especially in drug discovery, researchers at the Hyderabad-based Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) have made a major breakthrough.
- Wasted Rhetoric (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 07, 2001)
Sir, - `If you are not with us you are against us', `we will get him dead or alive', `smoke him out and chase him down', `we are slowly lightening the neck of the enemy' - these are the words of the head of the most powerful State.
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