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Articles 19021 through 19120 of 25647:
- 'Mbo Is A Win-Win Transaction’ (The Economic Times, R. Subramanyam, Aug 25, 2001)
STEVEN ENDERBY is a director at CDC Advisors, heading its Bangalore operations. He has been with CDC for nine years and held a number of managerial positions with CDC in various countries.
- Culture Vs Infrastructure (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 25, 2001)
If we want to get out of the present sense of gloom in our economy, we should systematically focus on bringing about a cultural change, says N Vittal.
- Farmers' Rights: From Laws To Action (Hindu, M. S. Swaminathan , Aug 25, 2001)
ON AUGUST 9, 2001, the Lok Sabha passed ``The Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Bill''.
- Con As In Content (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Aug 25, 2001)
AT around this time last year or, may be, the better time reference could be a week before the Army’s infamous S1 and S2 had their tryst with Tehelka’s call girls.
- Cry Of A Patriotic Pakistani (Pioneer, M L Kotru, Aug 25, 2001)
Pakistani military ruler leader, General Pervez Musharraf, has promulgated an ordinance ostensible to regulate Deeni Madaris (madarsas or religious seminaries) in the country.
- Casting Away Casteism (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 25, 2001)
Need of the hour: address the issue at home.
- ‘I Want My Client To Be Happy In All Ways’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 25, 2001)
VENUE: R K Jain’s office at Connaught Place, New Delhi
DATE: January 3, 2001.
- Rebuilding Every Unit Of Trust (Pioneer, C.M. Kulshreshtha, Aug 25, 2001)
The announcement of results for the flagship US 64 of the Unit Trust of India (UTI) on July 2.
- Saffronisation And Textbooks (Hindu, Amrik Singh , Aug 25, 2001)
TO UNDERSTAND the issue of saffronisation in the right perspective, we have to look at the decline of the Congress as a ruling party and the rise of the BJP as a rival.
- Bill Of Mortality (Pioneer, Ahtesham Qureshy, Aug 25, 2001)
The Lokpal Bill has for the eighth time been introduced in the Lok Sabha.
- Putting Conflict Before Cricket (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 25, 2001)
THE CENTRE'S REFUSAL to allow the Indian cricket team to play the Asian Test Championship in Pakistan seems driven by excessive paranoia and reflexive bellicosity towards Pakistan.
- Ajt Nowhere On The Horizon (Tribune, Amar Chandel, Aug 25, 2001)
MiGs crash out of the sky with sickening regularity. Pilots die an inglorious death. And yet the search for an advance jet trainer (AJT) continues in a leisurely, babu pace.
- Bengal Starts Happening (Telegraph, Ashis Chakrabarti, Aug 25, 2001)
When the American consultancy firm, McKinsey, made a presentation on the state’s economic recovery map two years ago, it held out the example of the amazing transformation of Pittsburgh.
- Another Great Indian Novel (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Aug 25, 2001)
The story begins in January 1977, with the arrival in Delhi of Rudyard Hart, a Coca-Cola executive, his wife, Katharine, and their two children, Priscilla and Kim.
- Star Gazing (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 25, 2001)
THE GOVERNMENT of West Bengal appears to have imbibed the advice of Cassius: ``The fault, dear Brutus, lies in our stars, not in us.’’
- Crime And Punishment (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Aug 25, 2001)
THE Tehelka.com affair -- which was (some say deliberately) relegated to the background of national affairs (thanks to the Agra summit, among other things) -- has suddenly stirred itself out of its `hibernation', and is again holding centrestage.
- World Bank Aid For Up Water Project A Boon For Farm Sector (The Financial Express, Devsagar Singh, Aug 24, 2001)
At a time when agricultural produce is stagnating in Uttar Pradesh, the World Bank’s $130 million assistance for water sector restructuring, including irrigation and drainage, has come as a boon.
- India Should Go Ahead With Stem Cell Research (The Financial Express, Parul Malhotra, Aug 24, 2001)
"Embryonic stem cell research is a white Christian man’s issue”, says Dr Uttam Pati.
- Washing Linen At Durban (Indian Express, Fali S. Nariman, Aug 24, 2001)
THE Government of India is opposed to ‘‘caste discrimination’’ being placed on the agenda of the UN Conference on Racism and Intolerance to be held in Durban later this month.
- General Window Dressing (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 24, 2001)
Pakistan’s ‘‘crackdown’’ on militants is pure PR.
- Against All Odds (Hindu, Jyoti Punwani, Aug 24, 2001)
AS MUMBAI'S former Police Commissioner, Mr. Ram Deo Tyagi, lies in the intensive care unit of one of the city's state-of-the-art hospitals, half-a-dozen constables guard him.
- Is There Need For Yet Another Hydel Power Project In Kerala? (The Financial Express, Ajayan, Aug 24, 2001)
Work on the tunnel for the 24-million unit Vagamon diversion hydel project in Keralsa began in right earnest.
- Fall From Grace (Indian Express, Samudra Gupta Kashyap, Aug 24, 2001)
OCTOBER 14, 1985 is counted as an red-letter day for regional politics.
- India's Apartheid (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Aug 24, 2001)
IT IS no disservice to the heroic struggle in South Africa against apartheid to compare it with the struggle of Dalits and tribals to fight the cumulative injustice of centuries.
- Those Prophets Of Doom (Telegraph, Bhaskar Ghose, Aug 24, 2001)
What is it that we haven’t done wrong in all these years?
- Indian Extortionate Service (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Aug 24, 2001)
Efforts are on to nullify the consequences of a great blow struck by the Supreme Court of India to ensure probity in public life.
- Such A Long Journey (Indian Express, Indra Mohan Sahai, Aug 24, 2001)
When will Sakina Begum reach her final resting place?
- Pakistan In The Dock For Rights Violations (Pioneer, ADNI, Aug 24, 2001)
The 53rd session of the Commission on Human Rights at Geneva was occasion for speakers to detail evidence of suborning of the Pakistani judiciary, regional inequities perpetrated by the military regime.
- Sales Tactics (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 24, 2001)
Russians have a distinct style of salesmanship. They would sell scrap with finesse and then blame the customer for not buying more scrap from them.
- Disentangle From Njmc (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 24, 2001)
IT IS BEST that the Union Textiles Ministry gives up its move for unit-wise sale of the six jute mills under the National Jute Manufacturers Corporation (NJMC).
- 'India Definitely Needs Transgenic Technology' (The Economic Times, Shoba Naidu, Aug 24, 2001)
TRANSGENIC technology has the potential to usher in a second green revolution but there are several apprehensions and misconceptions about this new technology.
- Basmati Patent -- Going Against The Grain (Business Line, Devinder Sharma , Aug 24, 2001)
NOTWITHSTANDING the controversy, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) ruling that upholds the patent granted to the American food company, RiceTec, is in reality a `back-door' patent on basmati rice.
- Power: Winners & Losers (The Economic Times, Sanjeev S Ahluwalia, Aug 24, 2001)
THE PRIMARY beneficiaries of the 1991 reforms were power suppliers.
- Laudable Effort (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Aug 24, 2001)
THE Tamil Nadu Government in the Finance Department has set a commendable example in transparency for all other States, and indeed, even the Centre, to follow.
- Force To Reckon With (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Aug 24, 2001)
Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee has been put on a waitlist to re-join the National Democratic Alliance.
- Save The Poor (Business Line, Timeri N. Murari , Aug 24, 2001)
THE Nobel prize winning novelist, Gunther Grass, accused the middle-class of India of being indifferent to the poor around them.
- The Cure’s Here (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 24, 2001)
WITHIN a week of Eli Lilly’s blockbuster $2.6 billion anti-depressant drug Prozac coming off patent on 3 August, nearly 80 per cent of its US users are reported to have shifted to the cheaper generic form of Prozac, fluoxetine.
- Chaff On Basmati (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 24, 2001)
THE CAPACITY OF both Parliament and the Government to obfuscate issues has been on display once again in the heat and dust that has been raised over the U.S. patent to ``Basmati-like'' rice strains developed by a U.S. company, RiceTec.
- There’s A New Mouse In Roosevelt House (Indian Express, Sonia Trikha, Aug 24, 2001)
COVERING the United States embassy in India is never going to be the same again.
- Humorous Story Turns Residents Sour (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 24, 2001)
A humorous Oriya story in a primary school textbook hasn’t quite tickled the funny bone of some western Orissa residents, who say it is a deliberate attempt to demean their culture.
- Changing Colours Of The Media (Tribune, Hari Jaisingh, Aug 24, 2001)
There has of late been considerable criticism of the way the Indian media has conducted itself on various matters of vital importance, especially during and after the flop show of the India-Pakistan summit at Agra.
- Sleaze, Not Journalism (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 24, 2001)
HAVING SHAKEN THE nation with its expose on the scandalous manner in which defence deals are struck, Tehelka now stands exposed of having employed the most ugly and detestable ways to obtain it.
- Pak Move Against Militants (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 24, 2001)
When the successive regimes in Pakistan encouraged the setting up of terrorist training camps for the proxy war in India's Jammu and Kashmir, they did not realise that they were patronising a two-edged weapon.
- Other Face Of Tehelka (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 24, 2001)
Armsgate has grown one more arm, a weak one but very freak one.
- `Human Rights Reporting Getting Ghettoised' -- Mr Val Williams, Veteran Journalist And Consultant To Thomson Foundation (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Aug 24, 2001)
ONE of the most experienced newspaper trainers in Britain, Mr Val Williams has worked for Reuters, BBC and a number of British newspapers and business magazines.
- Comparative Picture (Pioneer, Roswitha Joshi, Aug 24, 2001)
I have two friends in Germany who could not be more different from each other, and, yet, have something in common: They own stunning homes which reflect their personalities.
- Living Without A Heartbeat (Tribune, Dug Begley, Aug 23, 2001)
ROBERTS Tools, the world’s first recipient of a self-contained mechanical heart, has said the biggest adjustment had been having a “whirring sound” in his chest rather than a heartbeat.
- Each State To Its Own Growth (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 23, 2001)
This approach paper proposes that the tenth plan should aim at an indicative target of 8 per cent gross domestic product growth for the period 2002-07.
- Through The Third Eye (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 23, 2001)
HOW do you throw out a challenge and ensure you win? Taj Mahal tea can give you some useful tips.
- More Than Teachers (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 23, 2001)
The educational wing of the mission has always maintained an enviable record.
- It Is Roy’s Tirade, Not Cause (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Aug 23, 2001)
SHE got a notice alright for participating in a demonstration in front of the Supreme Court to protest its Narmada judgment. But let’s get this clear:
- Nizam’s Jewels Set To Dazzle Delhi (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 23, 2001)
WHEN an exhibition of the Nizam’s jewels opens in New Delhi next week, the common man will for the first time get a glimpse of the treasure trove meant only for princes.
- Dealing With Musharraf’s Pakistan (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Aug 23, 2001)
WITHIN a month of the failed Agra summit this country is mercifully beginning to learn how rude are the realities of having to live with a neighbour like Pakistan, especially when it is ruled by a military dictator like General Pervez Musharraf.
- Don’t Play With Cricket (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 23, 2001)
THE Union Government's decision not to allow the Indian cricket team to visit Pakistan next month is unfortunate.
- An Unacceptable Freeze (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 23, 2001)
MINOR denting and painting but no major overhaul of the rickety car of the people’s representation in the Lok Sabha.
- Falling Graph (Pioneer, Anil Narendra, Aug 23, 2001)
The popularity graph of the NDA Government in general and its leader Atal Bihari Vajpayee in particular has been on the decline. However, in the past few months, this has sunk to an all-time low.
- Functioning Anarchy (Telegraph, SHAM LAL , Aug 23, 2001)
The institutions of the state are not supposed to work at cross-purposes.
- Not By Rice Alone (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 23, 2001)
The controversy over Basmati, and other areas of intellectual property, generates more heat than light.
- Tibetans Elect Their Prime Minister (Pioneer, Vijay Kranti, Aug 23, 2001)
In the ongoing 50-year-long war of nerves between the mighty rulers of Beijing and the Dalai Lama, the latter has scored a major point.
- Where The Rivers Meet (Indian Express, R. P. Subramanian, Aug 23, 2001)
THE NCERT’s biology textbook begins by listing ‘Science Related Values’:
- Minority Rights (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 23, 2001)
However, the right is not absolute and does not mean that the state cannot regulate the administration of such institutions. In fact, some of these qualifications are inherent in the right itself.
- At The Heart Of The Matter (Telegraph, K.B. SAHAY, Aug 23, 2001)
Nongovernmental organizations can save the world from the ill-effects of a rapid population growth.
- Wheels In The Mire (Indian Express, J. N. Dixit , Aug 23, 2001)
THE last three weeks have left one with apprehensions about our country as a democracy. Atal Bihari Vajpayee, regardless of his political affiliations, is a rare exception in the current political milieu.
- Drop The ‘Yuk Factor’ (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Aug 23, 2001)
When geneticist-philosopher J.B.S. Haldane predicted in the Sixties that human characteristics would soon be engineered according to the needs of society, and human clones would walk the earth, many people thought he was talking through his hat.
- Only On Dd (Indian Express, Anuradha Raman, Aug 23, 2001)
IT can happen only on Doordarshan. Though CEO Anil Baijal has been talking tough, sending ‘Perform or Perish’ vibes all around, one hears that DD’s Metro channel officials are in auto-destruct mode.
- Degrees Of Entrapment (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 23, 2001)
Tehelka’s despicable means don’t make Armsgate less grave.
- Wages Of Trade (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 23, 2001)
The fear that the functioning of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) might turn out to be detrimental to the interests of the developing nations is voiced every now and then.
- Day Of The Underdog (Hindustan Times, Bhaskar Ghose, Aug 23, 2001)
Lagaan, the film about a group of villagers in 19th century colonial India who learn the strange English game of cricket and then take on the local team of English officers, has surprised very many people by the measure of its success.
- The Alcohol Test (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 23, 2001)
Defence lawyers in Panama, Florida, are unhappy with the technology employed by the police to test for drunken driving.
- Hardliner As Third Umpire (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Aug 23, 2001)
India’s refusal to play cricket with Pakistan is beginning to make less and less sense.
- That Yen For Cutting The Flab (The Economic Times, Harish Bijoor, Aug 23, 2001)
THE INDIAN work environment is getting obsessive. Obsessive for results and profits. Rightly so.
- Seventh Time Lucky? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 23, 2001)
FOR the seventh time in eight months, the US Federal Reserve has cut its target for the Fed funds. Tuesday’s reduction — by 25 basis points — brings the overnight rate at which banks lend to each other to 3.5 per cent, the lowest in the past seven years.
- Chinese Shadow Over Russian Far East (Pioneer, Pran Chopra , Aug 23, 2001)
For some years now, many Russians have worried about what a Russian newspaper described, in early July this year, as "A China Town the size of Siberia".
- ‘I Have Good Stuff, My Secretary Is Very Nice’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 23, 2001)
VENUE: A New Delhi hotel.
DATE: Sept 18, 2000.
T and T1 are from Tehelka, S and S1 from the Army.
- Separated From Love (Tribune, Gregor Tholl, Aug 23, 2001)
FOR many young couples being separated geographically while united in soul is an everyday situation. Whether for a long or a short period, almost everyone has experienced a long-distance relationship.
- Leading From The Heart (The Economic Times, Kay Gilley, Aug 23, 2001)
I OFTEN hear employers lament, ``People just don’t care anymore’’ or ``You just can’t get good help.’’
- The Healing Touch Of Love (Tribune, C D Verma, Aug 23, 2001)
EVERY one in the factory called Ram Bharose a guru. He was respected because he was an excellent skilled worker, always willing to help and guide others.
- Transit Moon (Pioneer, Vishwas, Aug 23, 2001)
My sister has a very good command over Astrology and in a few months from now she maybe a practising astrologer. She keeps reading books and watching TV programmes on astrology.
- Vajpayee, To The Manner Born (Indian Express, Arati R. Jerath, Aug 22, 2001)
HE may not have given the country Ram Rajya but Vajpayee’s certainly put the Hindutva stamp on Race Course Road.
- Stem Cells -- Excitement And Controversy (Business Line, M. Somasekhar, Aug 22, 2001)
IN Egyptian mythology Osiris is considered the God of regrowth and rejuvenation. Deriving inspiration from this, a Baltimore-based biotechnology firm Osiris Therapeutics is set on unravelling the mysteries of the human stem cells.
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