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Articles 17421 through 17520 of 25647:
- Restraint On Border Tension (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 03, 2001)
VIPs from the USA, Europe, Russia and Japan are making a beeline to New Delhi. It will appear as though India is becoming a new centre of international diplomacy as Geneva was at one time.
- Salvaging The Wto’s Future! (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 03, 2001)
It’s so Indian, we’re concerned about saving the WTO even while we remain in deep trouble.
- State Of The War (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 03, 2001)
A war, by definition, is unpredictable. It is impossible to foresee eventualities and the nature of resistance to aggression.
- Two Trinidadians (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA, Nov 03, 2001)
In 1938, the Trinidadian writer, C.L.R. James, published The Black Jacobins, a study of a successful uprising by Haitian slaves inspired by the ideals of the French Revolution.
- Living With Her Memory (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Nov 03, 2001)
She died in the early hour of Friday, October 19. She was in the intensive care unit of the Apollo Hospital, for over a month; so her end did not come as a surprise.
- The Heart Of A Goof (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 03, 2001)
Bollywood refers to him as “captain”. He is the voice on the phone that meddles with multi-crore blockbusters, decides casts, pours in money, pumps out profits, gets two-bit starlets big roles and reduces macho superheroes to gibbering puppets.
- Vagaries Of Unilateralist Policies (Tribune, T. V. Rajeswar, Nov 03, 2001)
PRESIDENT Bush declared war on the terrorists who were responsible for the attacks on the World Trade Center, New York and the Pentagon on September 11 and swore that the war would not end till terrorism was completely eliminated from the world.
- Hostile Witnesses (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 03, 2001)
FILM actor Chunkey Pandey is not the first prosecution witness to have turned hostile.
- Give Musharraf His 15 Minutes (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 03, 2001)
Don't grudge him his red carpet, they'll keep pulling at it from under his feet.
- Remembering Unsung Heroes (Tribune, Kiran Bedi, Nov 03, 2001)
DO we know what is a Police Commemoration Day? I suspect not much is known about it.
- Air-Y Diplomacy (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 03, 2001)
The jury is still out on this war’s frequent fliers.
- Religion And Civilisation - Ii (Hindu, Mushirul Hasan, Nov 03, 2001)
INDEPENDENCE BROUGHT some relief, but the age-old issues have yet to be resolved in this era of globalisation.
- Abdullah’s Angst (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 03, 2001)
Beating one’s breast is no substitute for good governance.
- Pitch For Pithead Power (Business Line, S. Padmanabhan , Nov 03, 2001)
IT IS ten years since the new power policy was announced. Hailed as a revolutionary step, the policy attracted many foreign companies, and a large number of MoUs were signed.
- Japan Is Finally Waking Up To Missed Opportunities In India (The Financial Express, HUMA SIDDQUI, Nov 03, 2001)
The changing dynamics of India-Japan relations suggest that India is playing a “tougher” role in the relationship.
- ‘Don’t Fear A Breach. Just Don’t Sign, Mr Maran’ (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Nov 03, 2001)
Amidst uncertainty whether the World Trade Organisation (WTO) ministerial takes place at Doha, what’s certain is that Stuart Harbinson won’t win a popularity contest in Federation House, the back-glassed headquarters of FICCI.
- Finally, Some Kind Words For India (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Nov 03, 2001)
IT is reassuring to learn that the American media has finally begun to realise the basic blunder the Bush administration has been committing in its strategy to fight terror in Afghanistan.
- Governance And Security (Hindu, P. R. Chari , Nov 03, 2001)
THE DRAMATIC events following the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon have completely deflected attention from the inadequacies of our governance processes in grappling with the perennial threats to our national security.
- After Tehelka, Repression (Tribune, Tavleen Singh, Nov 03, 2001)
OUR politicians were, and still are, quite unprepared for television.
- `Don't Think Kashmir Has Only Political Problems' (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Nov 02, 2001)
PROBLEMS ofmilitancy and violence aside, Kashmiris are facing many day-to-day problems such as shortage or rice and power, says the CPI-(M) MLA, Mr M. Y.
- Beyond Belief: Islamic Excursions Among The Converted Peoples (Telegraph, V. S. Naipaul, Nov 02, 2001)
.S. Naipaul’s Beyond Belief: Islamic Excursions Among the Converted Peoples is a set of “stories” collected during five months of travel in 1995 in Indonesia, Iran, Pakistan and Malaysia.
- Us' Afghan Ops: A Critical Analysis (Business Line, B. Raman , Nov 02, 2001)
THE US air strikes on Afghanistan, with low-flying C-130 aircraft and helicopters being increasingly used, indicates that, at least till now, the US has had total control of the skies and that likely threats from the Taliban's Stinger missiles.
- B. K. Nehru (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 02, 2001)
THE death of B. K. Nehru has snapped a live link of the India of yesterday with the India of tomorrow.
- Stand Up, Be Counted (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 02, 2001)
In this war, India must not be a passive camp follower.
- India, U.S. Debate 'Deliverables' (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Nov 02, 2001)
NEW DELHI, NOV. 1. India may be in danger of losing the sense of the critical moment in world affairs and the opportunity to restructure the bilateral relations with the United States.
- Religion And Civilisation - I (Hindu, Mushirul Hasan, Nov 02, 2001)
THIS LAND of over a billion people has been the cradle of three religions - Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism.
- Healthy Move (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 02, 2001)
This is only the beginning of a long lasting test. But it is a good beginning.
- India Inc Prefers Isolation To Mr Harbinson’s 45 Bullets (The Financial Express, Rohit Bansal, Nov 02, 2001)
A worried silence has greeted the draft ministerial text released by the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
- Assault On Ayodhya (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Nov 02, 2001)
THE VISHWA Hindu Parishad's (VHP) storming the makeshift temple on October 17 was not a stray incident. It has a context, a past and an ominous future.
- `Don't Think Kashmir Has Only Political Problems' (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Nov 02, 2001)
PROBLEMS ofmilitancy and violence aside, Kashmiris are facing many day-to-day problems such as shortage or rice and power, says the CPI-(M) MLA, Mr M. Y. Tarigami.
- An Unkind Cut For Rbi (Business Line, K. Venugopal , Nov 02, 2001)
LAST week the Reserve Bank of India snipped the Bank Rate by half a percentage point, and pared the cash reserve ratio to let banks have another Rs 8,000 crore to lend.
- Second Dmd Further Dashes India’s Hopes (The Financial Express, S. Venkitachalam, Nov 02, 2001)
India and other developing countries are being “forced” to agree to “negotiations” on key issues like trade and investment and trade and competition policy during the fifth ministerial conference in 2003.
- Excess Focus On Fdi Cannot Take The Economy Too Far (The Financial Express, P Vinod Kumar, Nov 02, 2001)
The going has never been so bad for the Indian economy. Data trickling in every other day bring more and more bad news from every front; be it output, employment, revenue mop-up, fiscal situation or the capital market.
- A Terrorism-Infested Paradise (Tribune, Hari Jaisingh, Nov 02, 2001)
THE Afghan trauma continues to intensify. So does the agony in Jammu and Kashmir.
- Double A Therapy (Tribune, Shriniwas Joshi, Nov 02, 2001)
JAYALALITHA with one “a” was a disaster. She lost her chair, charm and charisma. Court case upon court case was piled on her. Then she thought to adding another “a” to her name.
- A Time To Kill (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 02, 2001)
IF Star Television could cut down Amitabh Bachchan to size and limit Kaun Banega Crorepati two days a week, so can Zee.
- A Nip Of Irritation In The Air (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 02, 2001)
My guess is that Jaswant Singh will meet Abdul Sattar and pave the way for a summit after some reasonable homework has been done.
- Losing Game (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Nov 02, 2001)
As the prime minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, embarks on his visits to Russia, the United States of America and the United Nations, nearly a month after the world’s most high profile terrorist action.
- Poto, The Government’s Excuse For Abuse (Indian Express, Rajindar Sachar , Nov 02, 2001)
Terror masquerades as an anti-terrorism ordinance, piggy-backing on the September 11 attacks.
- A Blanket Ban That Hasn’t Worked (Indian Express, Bhaskar Sinha, Nov 02, 2001)
Let people cut trees without destroying their forests.
- ‘Don’t Allow Terrorists To Live Another Day’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 02, 2001)
Tough words and tougher measures are the only ways to deal with terrorists, says Minister of State for Home I D Swami.
- When Bollywood Goes To Bc (Indian Express, Renuka Narayanan, Nov 02, 2001)
Or, how to watch ‘Asoka’ sorrow-free!
- ‘Poto Is An Easy Way Out For Govt, There Should Be No Short-Cuts For Human Rights’ (Indian Express, Kota Neelima, Nov 02, 2001)
Justice Ranganath Misra, former Chief Justice of India and the first chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission, finds the Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance (POTO) ‘‘an easy way out’’ for law-enforcing agencies.
- The Stakes At Doha (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 02, 2001)
A PROCESS THAT began more than three years ago at the World Trade Organisation and has since travelled over more than one pothole is close to completion.
- Enron Investors, Analysts Seek More Disclosure (The Financial Express, Carolyn Koo, Nov 02, 2001)
NEW YORK: Shares of Enron Corp. snapped back from 10 straight days of losses on Wednesday after investors said the deep plunge had made the stock attractive.
- A Former Journalist As Chief Minister (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 01, 2001)
THE new Chief Minister of Uttaranchal, Mr Bhagat Singh Koshiyari, is a journalist-turned-politician and a seasoned party leader with an RSS background. Fondly called as “Bhagat da” he had been a Pracharak of the RSS for several years.
- Afghan Women Remain Sidelined (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 01, 2001)
A decade ago, most Afghan women living in cities such as Kabul and Herat could choose any profession and could wear what they pleased.
- `We Are Not Sold To India Or Pakistan' -- Mr Abdul Gani Lone, Former Chairman, All Party Hurriyat Conference (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Nov 01, 2001)
For Mr Abdul Gani Lone, former chairman of the All Party Hurriyat Conference, Kashmiris have reached a point of no return.
- Revised Draft Wto Ministerial Declaration For The Doha Meet (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Nov 01, 2001)
12. We attach the utmost importance to the implementation-related issues and concerns raised by Members and are determined to find appropriate solutions to them.
- Gm Cotton: To Kill Or Not To Kill (Business Line, Vinod Mathew, Nov 01, 2001)
THE cotton growers of Gujarat may be excused if they feel caught in the freeze frame of a surrealistic movie that has suddenly taken a sinister turn.
- Revised Draft Wto Ministerial Declaration For The Doha Meet (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Nov 01, 2001)
The attached draft Ministerial Declaration has been prepared by the Chairman of the General Council, in cooperation with the Director-General, for transmission to the Fourth Session of the Ministerial Conference.
- Teaching And Research (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 01, 2001)
INDIA'S POOR record in literacy and primary education is nothing short of a scandal. Despite the many problems with which it started at Independence, a country with India's material and intellectual resources could have done better.
- Who Only Stand And Wait (Telegraph, J. N. Dixit , Nov 01, 2001)
Pakistan has again trounced India diplomatically and politically by joining the anti-terrorist campaign of the United States of America.
- India's Technology Priorities (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Nov 01, 2001)
IN MODERN times, when a country's technological strength translates into economic growth and power, how research and development are focussed and carried out cease to be matters of merely academic importance.
- `We Are Not Sold To India Or Pakistan' -- Mr Abdul Gani Lone, Former Chairman, All Party Hurriyat Conference (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Nov 01, 2001)
For Mr Abdul Gani Lone, former chairman of the All Party Hurriyat Conference, Kashmiris have reached a point of no return.
- Off Season (Business Line, C. J. Punnathara, Nov 01, 2001)
IT WAS pouring cats and dogs as the train eased into the cute little railway station in Ooty.
- Revised Draft Wto Ministerial Declaration For The Doha Meet (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Nov 01, 2001)
24. In the light of the increasing application of these instruments by Members, we agree to negotiations aimed at clarifying and improving disciplines under the Agreements on Implementation of Article VI of the GATT 1994.
- Don't Take Russia For Granted (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Nov 01, 2001)
NEW DELHI, OCT. 31. As the Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee, heads for Moscow, Washington and London at a critical moment in world affairs, India needs to consolidate the diplomatic gains in the last three years.
- External Sector: Emerging Challenges (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 01, 2001)
There is no room for complacency as the external sector now faces new challenges because of the slowdown of the domestic and world economies.
- Afghan War’s South Asian Sideshow (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Nov 01, 2001)
NEARLY a month after it began, the Afghan war isn’t progressing the way it was expected to do. No knowledgeable person had anticipated it to be a “short, swift affair”, of course.
- Boosting Indo-German Ties (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 01, 2001)
GERMANY'S READINESS TO assume a bigger global role was in full evidence during the Chancellor, Mr. Gerhard Schroeder's two-day visit to India when he proved an impeccable spokesman of the U.S.-led alliance against terror.
- Gm Cotton: To Kill Or Not To Kill (Business Line, Vinod Mathew, Nov 01, 2001)
THE cotton growers of Gujarat may be excused if they feel caught in the freeze frame of a surrealistic movie that has suddenly taken a sinister turn.
- Language And Its Depth (Tribune, Darshan Singh Maini, Nov 01, 2001)
THIS piece is a modest attempt to understand the sublime in its prodigious spread and depth, for as I’ve sought to aver in the earlier efforts, the feel, the touch, the perfume of sublimity leaves an abiding imprint on the mind at different levels.
- Time For Good Riddance (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 01, 2001)
THE chief of the UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP), Maj-Gen Hermann Loidolt, has said goodbye to international decorum and personal propriety by making uncivil comments in respect of Kashmir.
- Challenges Ahead (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 01, 2001)
PUNJAB and Haryana happily celebrate the anniversaries of their statehood today. It is a historic occasion for the two states which have had the distinction of several firsts — some laudatory and some not so flattering.
- Exploring The Available Options (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 01, 2001)
The share of trade in India’s gross domestic product has been low, less than half of southeast Asia’s in the Eighties, or even China’s. Between 1977 and 1986, India’s share of world exports declined from 0.61 per cent to 0.47 per cent.
- Uti Privatised? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 01, 2001)
A good idea but cleaning up markets will take a lot more.
- The General Feels The Pain (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 01, 2001)
As the US warplanes attack the Taliban.
- Pointless Talk (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 01, 2001)
The call of the Pakistan president, Mr Pervez Musharraf, for the resumption of the India-Pakistan dialogue cannot be taken very seriously.
- Why Defend The Indefensible? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 01, 2001)
LAW MINISTER Arun Jaitley and Information and Broadcasting Minister Sushma Swaraj have assured journalists that they have nothing to worry about the Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance (POTO).
- Peace Moves At Panchvati (Indian Express, Arati R. Jerath, Nov 01, 2001)
WHAT’S in a name, one could ask. But Panchvati, the newly constructed auditorium complex at Race Course Road named after Ram’s home-in-exile, seems to have changed the atmospherics between Vajpayee and his estranged Sangh parivar members.
- Kashmir: Why Is Delhi Becoming Shrill? (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Oct 31, 2001)
OBVIOUSLY inspired by the Americans flexing their muscles in Afghanistan, both the Home Minister, Mr L. K. Advani, and surprisingly, the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, are speaking the language of war vis-a-vis Kashmir.
- Poll Violence (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 31, 2001)
The recently held elections to local bodies in Tamil Nadu have brought out a number of ugly features.
- Voters, Not Robots (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 31, 2001)
Don’t change the character of the Upper House.
- Goodbye To A Nymph (Tribune, Trilochan Singh Trewn, Oct 31, 2001)
WE arrived Bordeaux in Bay of Biscay early June with fine weather around. Scheduled halt was for 10 days, to pick up soyabean for Naples.
- Diluting Mlas’ Rights (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 31, 2001)
INDIA is taking the wrong route to electoral reforms. Now the emphasis is on stripping the voters, even if they are honourable members of Vidhan Sabhas, of their right to vote according to their choice.
- Exploring The Available Options (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 31, 2001)
The share of trade in India’s gross domestic product has been low, less than half of southeast Asia’s in the Eighties, or even China’s. Between 1977 and 1986, India’s share of world exports declined from 0.61 per cent to 0.47 per cent.
- When Terror Takes The Hawala Route (Indian Express, Ritu Sarin & Sunil Jain, Oct 31, 2001)
Discovered by the US, rediscovered in India: after gangsters, exporters and expatriates, terrorists are lining up to raise funds through the “efficient, cost-effective and private” illegal parallel banking system.
- Terrorists Or Scriptwriters? (Indian Express, Sonia Trikha, Oct 31, 2001)
THIS may come as a surprise to Ariel Sharon but Indian air force base at Avantipora is used to hide Israeli planes in Srinagar.
- Prodding People To Improve Productivity (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Oct 31, 2001)
FINANCIAL engineering and restructuring have been regarded by many as showy shuffles and superficial manoeuvres that fail to improve the core of corporate business affairs.
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