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Articles 18521 through 18620 of 25647:
- Railway Privatisation Is Not An Easy Proposition (The Financial Express, A. V. Poulose, Sep 07, 2001)
Analysing the Rakesh Mohan Experts Group’s key recommendations to corporatise Indian Railways (IR) and separate policy from operations.
- Down-Sizing A Summit? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 07, 2001)
THE WILD FLUCTUATIONS of the diplomatic mood in both India and Pakistan about the prospects of a constructive meeting between their leaders in New York later this month seem to suggest a disturbing trend on the bilateral front.
- India's Loss (Business Line, Timeri N. Murari , Sep 07, 2001)
I HAD a young man working for me. He was sort of a PA/accountant. He was meticulous in everything he did.
- The Man Who Gave Heart (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Sep 07, 2001)
``I DID not want to touch this girl until she was conventionally dead -- a corpse. I felt we could not put a knife into her until she was truly a cadaver.''
- Henry Viii: King And Court (Telegraph, Alison Weir, Sep 07, 2001)
The common impression of Henry VIII is that of a king who married six times and was full of bluff and hot air.
- ‘If You Can Establish The Motive, You Can Solve The Crime’ (The Financial Express, Deepak Shourie, Sep 07, 2001)
Television is reeling under the stunning expose that someone could actually scoop out the list of sample households that market agencies use to generate TV rating points (TRPs).
- Home Truths (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 06, 2001)
THE CA Institute has been trying hard to position itself as an also-ran in the I-T race by plugging in techie contents into its syllabus.
- Embarking On A Voyage Of Rediscovery -- A-Governance For India And The States (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Sep 06, 2001)
EMPIRICAL analyses contribute significantly to economic policy-making in the long run. They enable policy-makers to review the impact of past policies.
- Departure In Disgrace (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 06, 2001)
Prafulla Kumar Mahanta’s exit is a godsend for the AGP.
- How To Postpone Your Sell-By Date (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 06, 2001)
1. Understand that everyone has a sell-by date, however, brilliant or beautiful. The less you realise this, the more likely you are to meet an abrupt end in the style of French aristocrats.
- Project North-East (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 06, 2001)
IT IS PERTINENT to ask if the Home Minister, Mr L. K. Advani, realised the implications of what he said at the 45th meeting of the North-Eastern Council (NEC) in New Delhi on September 3.
- No Guiding Lights (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 06, 2001)
Among those who still appear for the IAS, there is an utter lack of commitment.
- China’s Missile Supplies To Pakistan (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Sep 06, 2001)
CHINA’S unending supply to Pakistan of missiles as well as missile parts and technology has been a major problem for this country because it enhances Pakistan’s security challenge to it.
- No Way To Treat An Officer (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 06, 2001)
THE treatment meted out to Mr Abdul Rashid, an IPS officer posted in the militant-infested state of Jammu and Kashmir, for a minor trespass is bound to have a negative impact on the morale of the police force.
- Timely Exit (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 06, 2001)
Scandals add glamour to some careers. For others they could be rather unglamorously inconvenient.
- Ideology Into Actuality (Telegraph, Jayanti Alam, Sep 06, 2001)
“Realizing economic and social advancement at the same time” is equivalent to “ensuring the coordinated development of population, resources and environment,” comments a book on China’s “socialist market economy”.
- Partners In Spite Of Themselves (Hindu, Teresita C. Schaffer, Sep 06, 2001)
AFTER SOME confusing signals, it now appears that Prime Minister Vajpayee and President Musharraf will meet at the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
- Acid Test For Tmc Chief (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 06, 2001)
The election of Mr G K Govindavasan as the president of the Tamil Maanila Congress (TMC) within two days of the death of his father and the party’s founder, Mr G K Moopanar, was not entirely unexpected.
- Should India Say Yes To Bt Crops? (Hindu, Debashis Banerji, Sep 06, 2001)
IN JUNE this year, the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC), set up by the Government of India for licensing genetically-modified (GM) crops, deferred the commercialisation of Bt cotton.
- ‘We Indians Are A Suspicious Lot, Envious To The Core Of Anyone Who Makes It Big’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 06, 2001)
As a nation, we never celebrate those who create wealth, instead our elite swears by the principle: poverty is our birthright and you shall have it.
- Turn Off (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 06, 2001)
It is true that the feudal system that still reigns in most of the towns and villages of northern and central India is almost absent in Bengal.
- Last Tango In Bihar (Indian Express, Anuradha Raman, Sep 06, 2001)
IT could have been Bihar’s first. Not since the last 15 years had the state shown its willingness to hold a film festival. But when it did say yes, the Directorate of Film Festivals (DFF) played spoiler.
- Dreams Die Twice (Indian Express, Shrikant Khandekar, Sep 06, 2001)
In Assam, Mahanta got more than one chance.
- Usa’s Somersault On Non-Proliferation Could Unsettle India (Indian Express, J. N. Dixit , Sep 06, 2001)
Two important policy decisions taken by India now become subject to doubts in the context of the likely revival of nuclear and missiles tests by the US.
- Truth Must Be Out (The Economic Times, R. S. Raghavan, Sep 06, 2001)
THE charge levelled against Mr Vajpayee by Mr D B Ray, a former BJP MP, is that the PM had been fully privy to the plot to demolish the Babri Masjid on December 5, 1992.
- Kashipur Deaths Show Utter Failure Of Welfare Schemes (The Financial Express, Dilip Bisoi, Sep 06, 2001)
Kashipur in southern Orissa, well known in corporate circles for its rich bauxite reserves, is in the news, but for the wrong reasons.
- Can Industry Recover? (The Economic Times, Shankar Acharya, Sep 06, 2001)
ONCE again the air (and the pink papers) is thick with anxiety about an industrial slowdown and what to do about it.
- The Real Thing? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 06, 2001)
FOR a corporate, its product making headlines virtually every day should be a dream come true.
- ‘We Are Not Opposed To Agnihotri. Nor Are We For Him’ (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 06, 2001)
Late last year, the government finally woke up to the huge potential locked in non-resident Indians (NRIs) and persons of Indian origin (PIOs) across the length and breadth of the globe.
- Why India Should Support A New Trade Negotiating Round (The Financial Express, Pradeep S. Mehta, Sep 06, 2001)
The reverse countdown to the fourth World Trade Organisation (WTO) Ministerial Conference has begun without any agreement on the agenda.
- The Ibm Way (Business Line, L. Jayarangan, Sep 06, 2001)
UNTIL `benching' forced HR heads to stand up and fight, what worried them was how to make them `sit in their seats' and avoid attrition! Many spent their time in office scanning employment opportunities and e-mailing applications to the US.
- The Making Of A Civil Servant (Telegraph, SAHELI MITRA, Sep 06, 2001)
Yet another girl from West Bengal, Paramita Chowdhury, has made it to the toppers’ list of the civil services examination this year, but she too felt that she would probably not have passed the test had she appeared for it from her home state.
- Catching Up With The Wireless Wave? (Business Line, Prabhat Kumar, Sep 06, 2001)
THE rate cuts by the American Fed Chief have failed to energise the slowing US economy.
- Re-Activating Economy: A Mundane Approach (Business Line, N.A.Mujumdar, Sep 06, 2001)
HAS the global economic slowdown impacted the economy? National income or GDP declined to 5.2 per cent in 2000-01, well below the annual average growth of above 6 per cent during the previous three years.
- Another Mega Marriage (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 06, 2001)
AS competition gets stiffer, survival becomes difficult, singles look for partners and married ones split.
- Disgrace Abounding (Telegraph, SHAM LAL , Sep 06, 2001)
There is something obscene about the way the Central government has denied the fact of starvation deaths in the Kashipur taluka of Orissa, one of the most backward areas in that near-destitute state.
- The Lease Tease (Business Line, S. Murlidharan , Sep 06, 2001)
THE ACCOUNTING Standard 19 (AS 19), on leases, is mandatory and comes into force for accounting periods commencing on or after April 1, 2001.
- Embarking On A Voyage Of Rediscovery -- A-Governance For India And The States (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Sep 06, 2001)
EMPIRICAL analyses contribute significantly to economic policy-making in the long run. They enable policy-makers to review the impact of past policies.
- No Quarter Given (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 06, 2001)
IF evidence that markets are merciless was needed, the stunning announcement of Hewlett Packard’s acquisition of Compaq for US$25 billion in a stock swap provided that in good measure.
- Standing Up For Falling Down (Tribune, Sophie Radice, Sep 06, 2001)
SYNCOPE is the temporary reflex loss of consciousness due to insufficient oxygen reaching the brain.
- Leading From The Heart (The Economic Times, Kay Gilley, Sep 05, 2001)
IN organisations and in life, each of us brings a unique perspective, influenced by our personal, educational, and experiential backgrounds and by the role that we play in the system.
- Teething Trouble (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 05, 2001)
The first government of a new state has the daunting task of living up to the popular aspirations that gave birth to it.
- Lahore: City Of Fading Gardens (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 05, 2001)
MUGHAL Emperor Shahjahan who built the Taj Mahal could never have imagined that 500 years after he constructed Lahore’s famous Shalimar Gardens, the latter would be on the World Heritage list as an endangered site.
- When British Cops Were Found To Be Racist (Tribune, Reeta Sharma, Sep 05, 2001)
WITH the Durban conference on racism going full swing, the word racism is talk of the universe today. Racism was born and reared, fed and patted only in the First World.
- Drawn To Many Centres (Telegraph, Indrajit Ray, Sep 05, 2001)
This is the time of the year when our 18-year olds literally step into their future lives as they take their first steps into a new college or a university building.
- The Mystery Of Kerala’s Collapsing Wells (Indian Express, Arun Bapat, Sep 05, 2001)
UNUSUAL geo-hydrological phenomena have been dogging Kerala since June.
- Cabinet Reshuffles And Aftershocks (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Sep 05, 2001)
With the exception of the fall of a Government (six of them collapsed in the Nineties) and perhaps the Budget, no other political event excites New Delhi so much as a Cabinet reshuffle. The point was proved yet again last week.
- Baying For Badal’s Blood (Indian Express, Hartosh Singh Bal, Sep 05, 2001)
The Panthic Morcha has brought together radical Akali leaders opposed to Parkash Singh Badal on a single platform.
- Judicial Injustice (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 05, 2001)
It is, of course, true that the judicial process is inherently slow because the judges must pronounce the final verdict after having heard all arguments and examined all documents. Interrogation and cross-examination also require much time.
- Changes In The Family Welfare Programme (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 05, 2001)
The Family Welfare Programme in India has undergone important changes in...the last five or six years.
- A Non-Executive President (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 05, 2001)
EMBRACING the greater evil is sometimes an occupational hazard of Presidents and Prime Ministers.
- End Of Compact Between Govt & People (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Sep 05, 2001)
THE compact between the rulers and those they govern in a democracy even as chaotic as in its Indian variation is that beyond the rules and regulations and the instruments of enforcing authority, there is an almost intangible moral force that prevails.
- If Education Is Expensive, Try Ignorance (The Economic Times, Sanjiv Kaura, Sep 05, 2001)
WHY are people averse to opening the financial black box of UEE (Universalisation of Elementary Education)?
- Judges In Their Own Cause - Ii (Hindu, Prashant Bhushan, Sep 05, 2001)
IN ITS order directing issue of the second contempt notice to Arundhati Roy for her affidavit, the Supreme Court has said that she has ``imputed motives to specific courts for entertaining litigation or passing orders against her''.
- Debating Decentralisation (Indian Express, Yogesh Vajpeyi, Sep 05, 2001)
: ‘‘Decentralisation is not merely a matter for increasing managerial efficiency as often presented in some discussions of development.
- Mapping Hunger (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 05, 2001)
Game politicians play: passing the empty plate.
- Policy Paralysis (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 05, 2001)
A fresh thrust to reforms and investments alone will work.
- The Crisis Of Our Times (Indian Express, Mushirul Hasan, Sep 05, 2001)
In 1953, Encounter’s first issue carried an article on India that concluded on the following note: ‘‘Between a past reduced to practical impotence but offering a resistance to depth, and a future only skin-deep, India’s present seems to lack substance.’’
- Moan Of The Mos (Indian Express, Arati R. Jerath, Sep 05, 2001)
The ministers of state who were dropped in Saturday’s reshuffle are as puzzled as they are angry. Non-performance?
- The Hindu Rate Of Governance (Hindu, Harish Khare , Sep 05, 2001)
THE PRIME Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee, has just effected a kind of reshuffle in his Cabinet.
- The Enemy Within (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 05, 2001)
MR L. K. Advani's statement that some portion of the funds meant for the development of the North-East may be finding its way to militant organisations raise serious security-related questions.
- Criminal Negligence (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 05, 2001)
THERE could not be a more telling commentary on the collapse of governance in India.
- ‘We Are Category Leaders In Gearless Scooters’ (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 05, 2001)
Over the last three years, Kinetic Group has grown from being a moped manufacturer with a business of about Rs 200 crore to becoming a manufacturer of a full range of two-wheelers.
- Uti-Ii: Damodaran’s Game Plan To Put The Mf Back Into Shape (The Financial Express, Sucheta Dalal, Sep 05, 2001)
Last Friday, the Unit Trust of India (UTI) under its new chairman M Damodaran reshuffled its executive cadres and set in motion the first part of a restructuring exercise that will evolve and be fine-tuned along the way.
- ‘What Turf War? See Me And Mansingh As Two Service Centres’ (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 05, 2001)
When Atal Bihari Vajpayee travelled to Louisiana way back in 1983, Bhishma Kumar Agnihotri made sure he addressed the state’s legislature.
- Hypocrisy On Downsizing? (The Economic Times, Swaminathan S Anklesaria Aiyar, Sep 05, 2001)
EVER since Ronald Reagan in the United States of America and Margaret Thatcher in the United Kingdom launched their drive to cut down the role of governments in the 1980s, downsizing has become a global mantra.
- External Debt Burden Goes Up Further (The Financial Express, Sachchidanand Shukla, Sep 05, 2001)
The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) annual report states that India’s external debt has risen by 2.1 per cent to $100.25 billion as at end March 2001.
- An Informal Chat With The Prime Minister (The Financial Express, Kuldip Nayar, Sep 05, 2001)
Summits have a devastating effect when they collapse. They evoke acrimony, recrimination, bitterness and all that.
- Disturbing Portent (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 05, 2001)
WITHIN hours of Sharad Yadav being given charge of the labour ministry, the Centre and states agreed at the National Development Council meeting that labour reforms need to be hastened.
- Quotas As Incentives (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 05, 2001)
THE TWO RECENT rulings by the Supreme Court (S.C.) in the matter of admissions to post-graduate medical courses serve as timely reminders on establishing norms and special procedures that must govern selection criteria.
- Indian Economy: Apocalypse Now? (Business Line, D. S. Mehta , Sep 05, 2001)
CONTRARY to what the Finance Minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha, claims repeatedly, the Indian economy today is in deep trouble.
- Management Tools And The New Economy (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Sep 05, 2001)
SURPRISE! Making a profit seems to be back in fashion. We were taught in business school that all businesses aimed to make a profit.
- A Hilarious Take On Laughter (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 05, 2001)
DON'T laugh, but acclaimed filmmaker Mira Nair says Indians are more humorous than Americans!
- Let Down By ‘trial’ Marriage Custom (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 05, 2001)
WHEN a young man expressed interest in her, Jamuna Das from an Orissa village agreed to try out the tepid waters of living-in without actually taking the plunge of marriage.
- Ananth Under Watch (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 04, 2001)
Shunting Jagmohan out of ministry sends a wrong signal.
- Fighting The Slowdown Requires Bold Strategies (The Financial Express, Bhanoji Roa, Sep 04, 2001)
The economy grew at just about 5.2 per cent in 2000-01, against the much-publicised forecast of 6 per cent.
- History Lesson (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 04, 2001)
This is by no means a “historic meeting”. Ms Sheila Dixit’s sense of the importance of the meeting organized by Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee to take a stand against the National Democratic Alliance’s policies on education.
- Governance By Committees (Telegraph, Bhaskar Ghose, Sep 04, 2001)
Many seasoned civil servants, wise in the ways of men and political leaders, often tell each other, half in jest, “When in doubt, form a committee”.
- Balance For The Right Exchange (Telegraph, Aniek Paul, Sep 04, 2001)
The importance of the regional stock exchanges has been diminishing since the formation of the national stock exchange in 1994.
- Mandal Served With A Pinch Of Saffron (Telegraph, MAHESH RANGARAJAN, Sep 04, 2001)
When the Bharatiya Janata Party swept the assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh in the summer of 1991, the former prime minister, V.P. Singh, made a prescient remark, “Kalyan bina kalyanva nahin.”
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