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Articles 17921 through 18020 of 25647:
- Diseased War (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 17, 2001)
The danger of biological weapons being used by terrorist groups is no longer a figment of the imagination of science fiction writers.
- Global Coalition Later, Home Front Now (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Oct 17, 2001)
THE latest statement from the Osama bin Laden network, the al Qaeda which has not been refuted puts on record what the rest of Indians had suspected and Kashmiris had always known.
- Personal Secretariats (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 17, 2001)
IN any organisation, irrespective of whether it is part of government or private or public sector, the personal secretariat of its head occupies a pivotal position.
- Can Economics Blend Identities And Avoid Clashes? (Business Line, P. R. Brahmananda , Oct 17, 2001)
THE Nobel Committee, in awarding the literature prize to Sir Vidyadhar Naipaul, has referred appreciatingly to his portrayal of suppressed civilisations.
- One Grand Conspiracy (Hindu, Harish Khare , Oct 17, 2001)
THE ENGLISH language does not provide us with a word that would do for ``murder of republican virtues''.
- Pro-Active Firing (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 17, 2001)
Troubled times do not mean Pakistan can take advantage.
- Shepherding The Media (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 17, 2001)
REPORTING A WAR throws up several challenges to the media. More than during normal times two basic attributes are put to ruthless examination with every military escalation:
- 'Restoration Of King George' (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Oct 17, 2001)
As a subject of heated discussion, it has overtaken the war in Afghanistan, the U.S. Secretary of State, Gen. Colin Powell's visit to the sub-continent, the latest fashion show in the capital and even the newest romance in Bollywood.
- A New Wto Round Now Almost Certain (Hindu, C. Rammanohar Reddy, Oct 17, 2001)
CHENNAI, OCT. 16. The message from last weekend's `informal ministerial' meeting of the World Trade Organisation in Singapore is that the launch of a new round of negotiations is now almost a certainty.
- Clueless Despite The Clues (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 17, 2001)
Had the CIA and FBI looked more closely, they would have found clues to prevent September 11 in the rubble of the recent bombings of the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania and the USS Cole
- Still Under A Cloud (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 16, 2001)
THE RE-INDUCTION OF Mr. George Fernandes as the Defence Minister, without waiting for the findings of the Venkataswami Commission currently going into the defence purchases-related Tehelka expose.
- How Terrorists Slipped Through The Cracks In Us Intelligence (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 16, 2001)
The first of this two-part series retraces the path taken by of Al Qaeda operatives as they entered the United States, destruction on their mind and bombs and blueprints for spectacular attacks in their baggage.
- George Wins His Own War (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 16, 2001)
EVERYONE knew that Mr George Fernandes was extremely restless since he resigned as Defence Minister in the wake of scandalous revelations of the Tehelka tapes.
- On The Rampage (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 16, 2001)
THAT today's youth are tomorrow's leaders is a statement repeated at least a million times by mike-happy politicians of all hues and kinds. In a way, they are right as well.
- Guru Tegh Bahadur's Martyrdom (Hindu, Satish Chandra, Oct 16, 2001)
RECENTLY, A section among the Sikhs has been led to believe that the account in the NCERT's textbook, Medieval India, meant for class XI has cast serious aspersions on the patriotism of Guru Tegh Bahadur and has presented facts in a distorted manner.
- Now For The Booster Dose (Telegraph, Ashis Chakrabarti, Oct 16, 2001)
Among the many failures of the left’s long rule in West Bengal, those in education and healthcare have been the most glaring.
- Why The Media Loves A Good Fundamentalist (Indian Express, Rajdeep Sardesai, Oct 16, 2001)
A FEW days after the September 11 attacks, the Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid held a press conference to express his solidarity with the Taliban and Osama bin laden, who he said were being unjustly blamed for the terror campaign.
- On Permanent Alert (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 16, 2001)
These are difficult times for the easily terrified.
- Outright Mischief (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 16, 2001)
Al-Qaeda’s reference to Kashmir is a self-serving exercise.
- Emerging Dilemmas In Afghanistan (Hindu, V. R. Raghavan , Oct 16, 2001)
THE MILITARY campaign in Afghanistan has commenced on expected lines and is proceeding rapidly towards dilemmas instead of victory.
- Ways To Keep Poverty At Bay (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Oct 16, 2001)
ONE thought that chronic hunger in some sections of the population was a peculiarly Indian problem. Not so. It is still an Asian malaise, not just a South Asian malaise.
- Indo-Italian Trade Ties Move Toward Non-Traditional Items (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Oct 16, 2001)
Italy is the fifth largest economy in the world which is marked by a strong services and industrial sector and predominance of dynamic family-owned small and medium enterprises. It’s foreign trade value is estimated at $440 billion.
- Exports: Needed, Urgent And Committed Policy Action (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Oct 16, 2001)
EXPORT as an engine for growth, export-led growth and `export or perish' with their intense connotations might have sounded serious mottos to developing countries intent on increasing their share of export in global trade.
- Capital Market: A Pervading Sense Of Despair (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Oct 16, 2001)
AFTER nearly a decade of reforms and furious efforts by policy-makers to put in place international best practices, the Indian capital market presents a dismal picture.
- Not An Excess Of Activity At All (Telegraph, NIRMALENDU BIKASH RAKSHIT , Oct 16, 2001)
In a momentous judgment, the Supreme Court has recently shown that it is duty-bound to take sides with the poor people and it can rigorously direct the ruling authorities to take proper measures in the interests of the underprivileged.
- Al-Qaida's Threat (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 16, 2001)
THE warning issued by Osama bin Laden's Al-Qaida outfit to America not to back "Hindus against Muslims" in Kashmir needs careful scrutiny. It is actually meant to raise the communal temperature in India.
- Diagnosing A Sick System (Tribune, D. R. Chaudhry, Oct 16, 2001)
TWO news items appeared prominently on the front page of The Tribune on September 10.
- New Priorities (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 16, 2001)
One perceptible fallout of the events of September 11 and the the subsequent retaliatory action by the United States of America is the increased involvement of the latter in the affairs of the south Asian region.
- Protecting National Interest Not Disruptive: Maran (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Oct 16, 2001)
Singapore: The press here described him as “difficult” , “contrariant”, and “a bit of an odd ball”.
- Read Their Lips For Clues Into The Newest Great War Game (Indian Express, Sonia Trikha, Oct 15, 2001)
THE US-led coaltion is calling this mission Enduring Freedom, but the motley crowd of Taliban militia with their rag-tag army of 45,000 fighting men are making sure that before the freedom comes Enduring Fear.
- Ignorant Armies Clash By Night (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Oct 15, 2001)
Osama bin Laden, early October 2001: “The nations of infidels have all united against the Muslims...
- Unstable Isle (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 15, 2001)
Political instability seems to be an abiding feature of Sri Lanka’s parliamentary democracy.
- U.N. And A Symbolic Peace Prize (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 15, 2001)
THE UNITED NATIONS is the only global forum for waging `peace', albeit in imperfect ways that the changing moods and methods of its powerful states will allow.
- Attention Cvc (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 15, 2001)
INDIA'S political structure and the governing class in more than half-a-century of Independence have become masters in getting round every system and institution meant to call them to account.
- Us Equities Face Obstacles To Recovery (Business Line, V. Anantha-Nageswaran , Oct 15, 2001)
AFTER swooning in the week in which it opened for trade after the attacks on the WTC and the Pentagon, the US equity market had started to recover and barring a correction on Friday, it had scaled the levels that prevailed before the terrorist attacks.
- The Nobel Peace Prize (Hindu, C. V. Narasimhan , Oct 15, 2001)
Of all international awards, the Nobel Prize has acquired a special mystique.
- The Un And The Nobel (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 15, 2001)
THE Nobel Prize for Peace has gone this year to an organisation and an individual — treating them either as complementary to each other or as two entities engaged in a similar or the same task.
- Fdi: Suffering From Sectoral Infirmities (Business Line, S. Majumder , Oct 15, 2001)
THE exit of Enron and AES from the Indian power scene has generated worry.
- The Onus Is On George Bush (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Oct 15, 2001)
THE warning has been issued repeatedly by the worlds intelligentsia that if Washington does not tread warily in its campaign against the perpetrators of the September 11 outrage, the US may have to rue its decision to pursue its current military campaign.
- War Will Revive Economy (Indian Express, Bibek Debroy, Oct 15, 2001)
WHAT impact does the Afghanistan factor have on the Indian economy?
- A Crisis In Direction (Telegraph, MAHESH RANGARAJAN, Oct 15, 2001)
The Congress is slowly picking up the pieces after the untimely and tragic demise of Madhavrao Scindia.
- Heaven On A Hillside (Indian Express, Renuka Narayanan, Oct 15, 2001)
LATE one golden afternoon last month, on a green hillside in Banikhet, Chamba District, Himachal Pradesh, I was pitchforked into a trial by fire.
- Did Somebody Say Press Freedom? (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Oct 15, 2001)
The media reflects moods. There’s sobriety. There’s wonder. There’s fear.
- Wrong Cause (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 15, 2001)
Consistency is a difficult thing to achieve. Especially if it has to be displayed by a state government led by a party that seems eager to undo much of its past.
- Us Bitten By The Bio-Weapons Bug (Business Line, Pratap Ravindran , Oct 15, 2001)
JOHN and Jane Doe are worried sick about bug warfare breaking out in the US, but few are aware that the country has already experienced a proven incident of bio-terrorism.
- The Precision Of Unrelenting Images (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 15, 2001)
The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2001 is awarded to the British writer, born in Trinidad, VS Naipaul, “for having united perceptive narrative and incorruptible scrutiny in works that compel us to see the presence of suppressed histories”.
- That Bizarre State Of Affairs (Telegraph, Pathik Guha, Oct 15, 2001)
India figures in the Nobels this year, on the 100th anniversary of the most coveted prize on this planet.
- A Tainted Pak Trust (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 15, 2001)
THESE are difficult days for Pakistan and President Pervez Musharraf.
- Exposing Blair And Engaging America (Tribune, Ashok Kapur, Oct 15, 2001)
THE central issues before Indian diplomacy now flow from the statement of British Prime Minister Tony Blair that Pakistan had a valid interest in Afghanistan. This statement has far-reaching consequences for the future of Afghanistan and Pakistan.
- The Task Ahead (Hindu, Mushirul Hasan, Oct 15, 2001)
A GRIEVOUS error of judgment on September 11 led to a colossal human tragedy - the death of innocent civilians in the U.S., followed by the massive air strikes in Afghanistan.
- Economics, War And Peace, And The Us Vision (The Financial Express, R K Roy, Oct 15, 2001)
Year one of the 21st century has started with a challenge to policy orthodoxy in the capitalist haven, the United States.
- Bajaj Tempo Goes On Overdrive To Conform To Emission Norms (The Financial Express, Shikha Chadha, Oct 15, 2001)
Auto majors seem to be getting serious about emission norms.
- Delay In New Buy-Back Norms Stirs A Controversy (The Financial Express, Rashmi Das, Oct 15, 2001)
More than a month after the terrorist attacks in the United States and half a dozen statements made by two Cabinet ministers, the amendments relaxing share buyback norms are yet to see the light of the day.
- Complacency On Oil Prices Should Not Go On For Long (The Financial Express, Ardhendu sen, Oct 15, 2001)
The first of the missile showers over Kabul did not bring any relief to oil producers. Brent, which closed at $21 and 5 cents a barrel on October 5, 2001, was at $20 and 50 cents on October 9.
- When To Let Kabul Fall (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Oct 15, 2001)
WASHINGTON, OCT. 14. As Afghanistan braces for the second week of American attacks, the big questions remain.
- Genius Kids Who Did The Country Proud (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 15, 2001)
ANY person observing Preet and Nilesh indulge in the banter of youth wouldn’t notice anything special about the duo.
- Suicide Squads Get Their Targets, But Duck Battle (Indian Express, MAJ GENERAL S. C. N. Jatar (Rtd), Oct 15, 2001)
In his two-part article on the reasons behind suicide missions (The Indian Express, October 5-6), Muzamil Jaleel has missed out some important military and psychological attributes of such missions.
- Wages Of A Subaltern Policy (Tribune, Sumer Kaul, Oct 15, 2001)
IT is just a matter of time before the awesome lethality of America’s war machine turns much of Afghanistan into rubble, many of its people into dust and most of Taliban into history.
- The Bnp And India (Hindu, Padmaja Murthy, Oct 15, 2001)
ON OCTOBER 1, Bangladesh went to the polls to elect the eighth Jatiya Sangsad (Parliament).
- Pakistan Does About-Turn, Then Goes Round In Circles (Indian Express, Ayaz Amir, Oct 15, 2001)
WE are caught in the whirl of events over which we have no control. We are not calling the shots in the war raging in Afghanistan.
- Supreme Court On Secularisation And Shah Bano Ii (Tribune, Anupam Gupta, Oct 15, 2001)
EVEN as Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul was bestowed the Nobel Prize last week ostensibly for literary excellence but essentially for reviling against Islam.
- The Age Of Anxiety Has Descended (Indian Express, Abhik Siddiqui, Oct 15, 2001)
THE decade of 1930s with its bouts of global depression and political instability was termed by many as the age of anxiety.
- Pracharak In Power (Hindu, MANAS DASGUPTA, Oct 14, 2001)
A CHANGE was expected, in fact long overdue.
- Posturing For The Polls? (Hindu, Sarabjit Pandher, Oct 14, 2001)
AS PUNJAB approaches the Assembly elections, machinations are on to capture ``vote banks''.
- The Battle Has Just Begun (Hindu, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Oct 14, 2001)
THE BUSH administration is giving indications of getting into a different phase of the military operations in Afghanistan.
- Riding Out The Shockwaves (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Oct 14, 2001)
UNFORTUNATELY, THERE is no vaccine which can give immunity against the deadly terrorism virus.
- Sitting On A Powder Keg (Hindu, Muralidhar Reddy, Oct 14, 2001)
AS THE U.S.-led military campaign in Afghanistan takes an ugly turn, with claims of growing civilian causalties, the military Government in Pakistan is faced with a sensitive situation.
- His Great Subject (Telegraph, AMIT CHAUDHURI, Oct 14, 2001)
I first heard of V.S. Naipaul when I was 12 or 13 years old, probably from my father.
- Sarkaritel.Com (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 14, 2001)
Sarkar and business don’t make good company. But an enterprising Delhi entrepreneur, Ameya Sathaye, has made business out of the Government.
- New Turn In Bangladesh (Tribune, Rakshat Puri, Oct 14, 2001)
THE bombing of Taliban positions in Afghanistan should have had an expected response from Begum Khaleda Zia’s new administration in Dhaka.
- Combating Proxy War: India Can Do It (Tribune, I. D. Swami, Oct 14, 2001)
WHEN terror unleashed by an individual who entertains fanciful ambition struck America, world leaders’ attitude towards terrorism has suddenly taken a dramatic change.
- A Yankee In Downing Street (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Oct 14, 2001)
IN AMERICA, he has been dubbed a de facto member of the President, Mr. George W. Bush's Cabinet and nicknamed the ``commander-in-chief'' of the U.S.-led campaign against terrorism.
- Towards An Enduring Victory Of ‘Freedom Over Fear’ (Tribune, Ashwani Kumar, Oct 14, 2001)
FOR the first time, the United Nations Security Council has adopted a unanimous resolution under Chapter VII of the UN Charter spelling out a comprehensive anti-terrorism framework enforceable qua member states.
- Pracharak In Power (Hindu, MANAS DASGUPTA, Oct 14, 2001)
A CHANGE was expected, in fact long overdue.
- Where Are All The Maulanas? (Indian Express, Tarun Vijay, Oct 14, 2001)
The psyche war began the day President Bush addressed the senate.
- Back To The Future: Reviving Grand Council (Indian Express, Steven Mufson, Oct 14, 2001)
After the 21st century satellites and fighter jets are done in Afghanistan, Bush administration officials are planning to turn to a 2,000-year-old political model that was used by Genghis Khan in the 13th century.
- The Battle Has Just Begun (Hindu, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Oct 14, 2001)
THE BUSH administration is giving indications of getting into a different phase of the military operations in Afghanistan.
- Riding Out The Shockwaves (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Oct 14, 2001)
UNFORTUNATELY, THERE is no vaccine which can give immunity against the deadly terrorism virus.
- Arduous Task On Hand To Revitalise Govt, Party (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Oct 14, 2001)
BARELY a decade and half back, Narendra Modi was an unknown RSS worker in Ahmedabad, holding “sakhas” and propagating ideology of his organisation.
- Hungary For Action Against All Forms Of Terrorism (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Oct 13, 2001)
Hungary's is a typical case of the deep commitment of the European nations to combat terrorism after the recent attacks in the U.S.
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