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Articles 18021 through 18120 of 25647:
- A Scuttled Initiative (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 13, 2001)
IT was a bold and profoundly significant initiative by a Chief Minister but his party high command scuttled it, and it is a pity.
- Of Monkeys And Old Memories (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 13, 2001)
Late September, early October, not a flower is to be seen on the hill side.
- False Premises (Hindu, C. Rammanohar Reddy, Oct 13, 2001)
MINISTERS FROM some 20 countries begin a two-day meeting in Singapore today in another attempt to launch a new round of negotiations at the World Trade Organisation.
- Will Raising Fii Investment Levels Really Help? (The Financial Express, M. R. Mayya, Oct 13, 2001)
The recent decision of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to permit foreign institutional investors (FIIs) to invest in Indian companies beyond 24 per cent of the issued and paid-up capital up to levels permitted.
- Away In The World (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 13, 2001)
Mr V.S. Naipaul, this year’s Nobel laureate in literature, “doesn’t represent anyone but himself”.
- Beyond Challenge (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Oct 13, 2001)
No tears will be shed for either a murderous Osama bin Laden or a fanatical taliban, and only a legalistic few might quibble that the law of nations casts its protection over even rogue states and repugnant governments.
- Brave Old Words (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 13, 2001)
SILENCE is golden. And when it is made an element of state policy, particularly for dealing with sensitive issues like the security of the country, it often proves more precious than real gold.
- How Prepared Are Our Defence Forces? (The Financial Express, HUMA SIDDQUI, Oct 13, 2001)
These are very sensitive times for the Indian government and its defence forces.
- Jayaprakash Narayan Symbolised Humanity (Tribune, M. G. Devasahayam , Oct 13, 2001)
“QUIT India Movement” launched by Mahatma Gandhi on August 8, 1942, was only making halting progress in the initial months despite Mahatma's mass following and the efforts of the Congress to make it a massive movement.
- Leaping On To Anti-Us Bandwagon (Tribune, Tavleen Singh, Oct 13, 2001)
IT is, said the Taliban’s Ambassador to Ismalabad, an illegal action by the tyrant America.
- A Date With Naipaul In Chandigarh (Tribune, Sanjeev Gaur, Oct 13, 2001)
EVERYTHING remains so vivid.
- Backwards Into The Future (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 13, 2001)
Punjab opposing the WTO policy on constitutional grounds shows how low the state has sunk.
- Right Place, Right Time (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 13, 2001)
Wordsmith Laloo Prasad Yadav recognises a member of his word-weavers’ ilk when he spots one.
- A Nobel For Mr. Naipaul (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 13, 2001)
FORTY-FIVE YEARS after he published The Mystic Masseur - the hilarious journey of a failed school teacher who becomes a revered mystic - Mr. V. S. Naipaul has been decorated with the Nobel Prize for Literature.
- 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.
- I Felt A Stinging Blow On My Back And I Looked Around To See The Policeman Swinging His Rifle At Me. I Turned And Bang! (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 13, 2001)
With four foreigners in custody, Omar Sheikh sends ransom notes to the embassies and the media. But an unexpected encounter with the police foils the plan.
- What Sheikh Could Not Write (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Oct 13, 2001)
Omar Sheikh erred in assuming that the policemen accosting him and his associates were on a routine patrol.
- Balancing Act (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 12, 2001)
The Jharkhand chief minister, Mr Babulal Marandi, had to do a difficult balancing act in formulating the new state’s reservation policy.
- Their War, Not Ours (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 12, 2001)
SINCE the yardstick of the success or failure of India’s foreign policy is linked to Pakistan’s standing in the international community.
- Bihar, Post-Wtc (Indian Express, Nirmala Ganapathy, Oct 12, 2001)
WHILE the world talks about terrorism and Enduring Freedom, Bihar talks about Bihar and of course Laloo Yadav.
- Competitive Advantage: Alternative Scenarios (Business Line, S. Venu , Oct 12, 2001)
COMPETITIVE advantage is now an accepted buzzword in the strategic management jargon.
- World Bank Shift Gears Unobtrusively (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Oct 12, 2001)
WITH the Washington Consensus of policy-based lending strategy of the Bretton Woods institutions such as the International Monetary Fund.
- Policy Of National Interest (Business Line, Kuldip Nayar, Oct 12, 2001)
NATIONAL interest can change a countrys policy. This is how the Pakistani President, Gen Pervez Musharraf, has defended his decision to support America.
- Making A Business Of Books (Telegraph, RAVI VYAS, Oct 12, 2001)
Hardly any business has a longer, deeper tradition of pessimism than the Indian book trade.
- Crusading Is The Idea (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Oct 12, 2001)
Circa fifty years ago, the United States of America was in the midst of a frenzy of patriotism: a general call to arms, Korea-ward ho, Syngman Rhee, the devil incarnate, had to be installed as that country’s absolute ruler.
- Vision Thing (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 12, 2001)
I now understand why the senior Mr George Bush, when he was the US President, was riled by the `vision thing'.
- Afghanistan After The Taliban (Hindu, T. Sreedhar, Oct 12, 2001)
SINCE THE last week of September, the media has been debating the post-Taliban scenarios for Afghanistan.
- Replacing Apm In Oil Products: Tough But Unavoidable (The Financial Express, R K Roy, Oct 12, 2001)
The administered pricing mechanism (APM) for oil products is slated to end this fiscal.
- Counter-Strikes And The Law (Hindu, V. S. Mani, Oct 12, 2001)
LOSS OF innocent human lives resulting from terrorist acts anywhere in the world must shock the conscience of humankind everywhere.
- “The American Realised We Were Leaving The City... Shah Pulled Out A Pistol And Looked At Him The Way Cat Does A Mouse” (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Oct 12, 2001)
‘I had to put the burqa on the American since there was a checkpost on the way to the house in Ghaziabad’
- The Opiate (Business Line, Timeri N. Murari , Oct 12, 2001)
DO TERRORISTS make good rulers?
- ‘Green Corporate Practices Will Pay In The Long Run’ (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Oct 12, 2001)
At a time when environmental concerns are gradually showing up in corporate boardrooms, the Tata Energy Research Institute (Teri), in an effort to encourage this trend, has constituted the Corporate Environmental Awards.
- Export Credit Refinance Rate Should Be Delinked From Bank Rate (The Financial Express, Atmadip Ray, Oct 12, 2001)
So far, so good. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has scored a point or two by announcing a whole set of packages to give impetus to export proceedings.
- Regional War With Global Reach (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Oct 12, 2001)
THE air and missile attacks the US has launched on Afghanistan will have far-reaching implications for regional and global security.
- When The Media Battle Is Joined (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 12, 2001)
MEDIA attitudes on the battering of Afghanistan fascinate me quite as much as they did when Operation Desert Storm began a decade ago in spectacular style.
- History By Fiat (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 12, 2001)
THE LATEST DIRECTIVE by the Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister, Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi, to the National Council for Education Research.
- A Small Aircraft And The Clouds Of Doom (Indian Express, Hari Bhagat, Oct 12, 2001)
Flying through cumulo nimbus clouds requires both experience and nerves of steel.
- New Politico-Strategic Equations (Tribune, Hari Jaisingh, Oct 12, 2001)
WHAT will be the fallout of Afghan developments in the light of the changing politico-strategic setting in India's neighbourhood? What will be the nature of new alignments in the region?
- Walkers-In-Law (Tribune, V.K. Kapoor, Oct 12, 2001)
PEOPLE have an inherent need to feel connected and they will do it in whatever ways are easiest for them. Need to connect with others is a deep emotional need. People seek relationships that enrich life.
- Afghanistan: Looking Beyond The Taliban (Tribune, M.S.N. Menon, Oct 12, 2001)
AT last, America has struck back. It is the first phase to take on Bin Laden and the Taliban.
- Know It Better (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 12, 2001)
Giri Pickbrain Balasubrama-niam’s Know It Better is the first comprehensive quiz book on information technology in India, covering the entire gamut of IT’s history and applications.
- The Myth About Islamic World (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Oct 11, 2001)
SINGAPORE, OCT. 10. The ``Muslim'' world has come under scrutiny after the September 11 terrorist attacks in the United States.
- Treading More Cautiously (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 11, 2001)
THE UNITED NATIONS Secretary-General, Mr. Kofi Annan, has aptly assessed the worldwide mood of dismay over the killings of four U.N.-contracted civilian workers during the ongoing American aerial and missile attacks on Afghanistan.
- Here Is His Quota Of Trouble (Telegraph, MADHUSHREE C. BHOWMIK, Oct 11, 2001)
Reservation still remains a thorn in Babulal Marandi’s brittle bed of roses.
- Where Is The Reconciliation? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 11, 2001)
ONE of the consequences of the end of the cold war is that it is no longer possible to cast global conflicts in simplistic ideological terms.
- New Resolve For A Thankless Exercise (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 11, 2001)
THE PUBLIC SECTOR disinvestment programme received a shot in the arm with the Government announcing on Friday the strategic sales of two undertakings.
- Towards A Better Life (Tribune, Acharya Mahaprajna, Oct 11, 2001)
THANKS to our sense organs, to observe others and learn about them is one of our natural habits.
- The Label Of ‘Rogue Army’ (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, Oct 11, 2001)
A number of Western newspapers like the New York Times carried announcements labelling the Pakistan army a “Rogue Army” during the Kargil conflict.
- Thank You, Kapil (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 11, 2001)
SOMETIMES a small gesture is all that it takes for someone to show his true worth. On Tuesday Kapil Dev did just that and in the process earned the respect of the cricket-crazy nation.
- Generals And Foragers (Telegraph, Bhaskar Ghose, Oct 11, 2001)
The world watches, almost as if it were mesmerized, as the taliban is punished for the carnage of September 11.
- Out Of Tune (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 11, 2001)
It was a common assumption that utopian ideas had made an exit from the Congress after Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi withdrew from the party’s affairs.
- Caught On The Blind Side (Telegraph, Sumantra Banerjee, Oct 11, 2001)
Pakistan just can’t believe its luck. If it isn’t a multi-million dollar gift cheque, then it’s the rescheduling of even larger amounts of debt.
- Beyond Rhetoric (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 11, 2001)
Electoral politics is not necessarily a dependable guide to a government’s diplomatic priorities.
- Coal Sector Needs Rejig In Case Of Change In Energy Use Pattern (The Financial Express, Sunil Mukhopadhyay, Oct 11, 2001)
While the full impact of the terrorist attacks in the United States on the economy is yet to be assessed, one sector that is sure to be affected is energy.
- Reporting From Trenches (Business Line, Menka Shivdasani , Oct 11, 2001)
WAR and television have always had a very strange and intimate relationship.
- Early Sightings (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 11, 2001)
I made several acquaintances and convinced a British chap called Trevor to come to the village after a few days.
- Burqa, By Choice Vs Decree (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Oct 11, 2001)
FOLLOWING the terror attacks in the US, and Osama bin Laden and his hosts, the Taliban, becoming dirty words across much of the world.
- Links In The Terror Chain (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 11, 2001)
The sooner Jaish-e-Mohammed is termed terrorist, the better.
- Nailing The Pak Lie (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Oct 11, 2001)
In September-October ’94, Sheikh combs Delhi to kidnap foreigners as part of the conspiracy to force the release of Jaish chief Masood Azhar. He catches a Briton but loses an American
- Re-Engaging Pakistan (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Oct 11, 2001)
ABOUT THREE weeks ago the Pakistan President, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, in defending his decision to support American military action against Afghanistan, called on India to lay off Pakistan.
- Two Years Of Mr Krishna’s Rule Leave A Mixed Bag For Karnataka (The Financial Express, K. P. Sethunath, Oct 11, 2001)
In the era of seamless images, every significant public event gets transformed into a display of self-righteous assertion or laudatory emptiness making any meaningful appraisal of the event a difficult task.
- Will The Graft Work? (Business Line, K. Srinivasan , Oct 11, 2001)
CO-OPERATION and competition are concepts which cannot be dovetailed.
- Reality Check On Afghan Front (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 11, 2001)
THE US Defence Secretary, Mr Donald H. Rumsfeld, and the Chairman, US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen Richard B. Myers, could scarce forbear gloating over the pounding of the Afghan cities for the fourth day and night in succession.
- Keystone Cops Go To War (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 11, 2001)
What our police urgently need: a sense of proportion.
- A General And A Rogue Army (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Oct 11, 2001)
A NUMBER of Western newspapers, such as The New York Times, carried announcements labelling the Pakistan army a "Rogue Army'' during the Kargil conflict.
- Women Oppose War (Hindu, Mythili Sivaraman , Oct 11, 2001)
``We have all been overwhelmed by the attacks in the USA...
- Auditors And Fraud (Business Line, Pratap Ravindran , Oct 11, 2001)
THE last decade or so -- coincidental with but not necessarily causally related to -- the `liberalisation' of the Indian economy.
- The Bbc Show (Business Line, K. Ramesh, Oct 11, 2001)
THE economy of the nation is dependent upon the BBC show _ not that of the British Broadcasting Corporation _ but the anxiously watched moves of the Bin Laden-Bush-Colin Powell combine.
- The London Connection In The Plot That Killed Ahmed Shah Masood (Indian Express, Mohamad Bazzi, Oct 10, 2001)
The men who assassinated Afghan opposition leader Ahmed Shah Massood succeeded where the Soviets failed at least 15 times.
- Testing Time For Musharraf (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 10, 2001)
IN the US-led war against terrorism, Pakistani ruler General Pervez Musharraf is fighting his battle on two major fronts.
- Degrading Treatment (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 10, 2001)
The “reasonable chastisement” defence breaches the European law on human rights, and article 3 of the convention:
- Islam And Freedom (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 10, 2001)
THE Italian Prime Minister, Mr Silvio Berlusconi, has been at the centre of a storm.
- Taliban: The Passing Phase? (Tribune, Parshotam Mehra, Oct 10, 2001)
FOR both the jittery Taliban regime and the hapless, harried Afghan people the end of another short interlude, of a little over five years, appears to be close at hand.
- More Global Trade Will Heal The World (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Oct 10, 2001)
``The main reason for the absence of a serious challenge to American hegemony is that it is so benign.
- Party Time (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 10, 2001)
The chief minister, Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, and his health minister, Mr Suryakanta Mishra, must be wondering who are their real enemies: their own party, the Communist Party of India (Marxist), or an opposition party like the Trinamool Congress?
- Nothing To Wear! (Tribune, Gurmeet Kanwal, Oct 10, 2001)
EVERY time a woman has to go out, she stares mournfully at her open wardrobe, usually fully stacked, and a primordial cry emanates from her lips: “I have nothing to wear.”
- Doha: Pitching For A New Round May Be Practical (Business Line, Anil K. Kanungo, Oct 10, 2001)
THE DOHA Ministerial Conference is a couple of weeks away. The mood is upbeat in India and similar in the worldover.
- Encroachments In Mohali (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 10, 2001)
IN Delhi Mr Jagmohan removed encroachments and lost his job.
- Why Some Failed To Track The Poverty Line (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 10, 2001)
Since the mid-1970s, a number of states have managed to reduce poverty, while in some low income states, notably Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, growth and poverty reduction have lagged.
- Fighting For Superpower Status (Tribune, Reeta Sharma, Oct 10, 2001)
THE very meaning of the ‘superpower’ America so proudly associates itself with is that it has the power to attack anyone, anywhere in the world.
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