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Articles 19621 through 19720 of 25647:
- It's The Economy, Genius! (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Aug 11, 2001)
IF you haven’t seen the recession yet, come to the boomtown.
- Writer's Bluff (Pioneer, Vandana Kumari Jena, Aug 11, 2001)
When Shankar first joined government service, he had aspirations to be not just a babu but a writer as well.
- Warning Hazards (Business Line, Timeri N. Murari , Aug 10, 2001)
SO, Mr George W. Bush is off on a month long vacation on his Texas ranch. Its the longest vacation any American president has ever taken. Especially one who's already known for being work-shy.
- A Way Of Life Demolished (Indian Express, Sukhmani Singh, Aug 10, 2001)
Was it just an ‘old wall’ that had been knocked down?
- America’s Goodwill Gesture (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 10, 2001)
TRADE relations with the USA received a boost on Wednesday when it restored the zero-duty import scheme to 42 items from India. Among them are jewellery, leather goods and carpets.
- Get The Best Trade-Offs (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 10, 2001)
The commerce ministry must rethink its strategy on WTO.
- All The Chief’s Men (Telegraph, Bhaskar Ghose, Aug 10, 2001)
A recent directive from the home ministry to the Tamil Nadu government has “requisitioned” the services of three officers of the Indian Police Service who belong to the Tamil Nadu cadre of that service for postings in the Centre.
- Crack The Code (Hindustan Times, Ravi Visvesvaraya Prasad, Aug 10, 2001)
THE LASHKAR-e-Tayyeba militants responsible for the Red Fort attack were running a cybercafe and using electronic mail to receive instructions from abroad.
- Government Lacks Political Will (Tribune, Hari Jaisingh, Aug 10, 2001)
A number of disgusted and angry persons ask me: what is the Government of India's policy on Kashmir? How can we tackle Pakistan and pin it down for spreading terrorism in the valley and beyond while pursuing soft policies towards Islamabad?
- Learning Together (Tribune, D. R. Sharma, Aug 10, 2001)
“PAPA, after retirement what?” asked our son when he learnt about the last day of my classroom contact.
- Indian Soldier Is Treated As ‘Gun Fodder’ (Tribune, Angad Singh, Aug 10, 2001)
THE gallant Indian soldier is forgotten immediately after his heroic deeds. Every war is fought by him on an unequal footing.
- Disturbed Enough To Act? (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 10, 2001)
THE latest incidents of killing of civilians belonging to the minority community in Jammu and Kashmir by Pakistan-trained groups of terrorists has forced the Centre to exercise the last option available to it.
- Valley Of Fear (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 10, 2001)
It is now clear that the hope that the Agra summit would lead to a modicum of peace and stability in Jammu and Kashmir was misplaced.
- America’s Goodwill Gesture (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 10, 2001)
TRADE relations with the USA received a boost on Wednesday when it restored the zero-duty import scheme to 42 items from India. Among them are jewellery, leather goods and carpets.
- Failed Promises, Unrealised Reforms Led To Change In Mood (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 10, 2001)
Following is the text of international credit rating agency Moody’s press release on Wednesday, downgrading India’s rating:
- Resignation Threat Has Become Stale (Pioneer, Anil Narendra, Aug 10, 2001)
Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee is a highly respected leader of this country. For over four decades he has had an impeccable record in public life.
- The World, According To Mea (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Aug 10, 2001)
IT would be a pity if lessons were not learnt from the media’s experience at the Agra summit. It has now been commonly recognised that this was the first summit covered to saturation point by TV.
- The Wages Of Delay (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Aug 10, 2001)
There is an element of deja vu about the four-month extension granted to Justice K Venkataswami Commission of inquiry whose term would otherwise have ended on July 24.
- Who Blinks First (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Aug 10, 2001)
It is not over until the fat lady sings and in the case of the BJP-Shiv Sena standoff, it is more or less certain that she won't.
- Striking At A Community’s Sense Of Self (Indian Express, Seema Alavi, Aug 10, 2001)
If those who symbolise community pride are attacked, demoralisation sets in.
- 'The Market Is Getting Segmented' (The Economic Times, Samik Dasgupta, Aug 10, 2001)
RAJIV Bajaj, managing director, Bajaj Capital, is also the chairman of the Association of Financial Planners. Samik Dasguptaspeaks to him on issues facing the intermediaries and the financial markets as a whole.
- Tamil Nadu's Task Ahead (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 10, 2001)
THE UNSAID MESSAGE in the Annual Plan allocation for Tamil Nadu is that the State has its task cut out for the years ahead in fine-tuning its economic policies even while ensuring a continuity with the past.
- The Freedom Of Information Bill (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Aug 10, 2001)
KEEPING CONTROVERSIAL issues in suspended animation is a well known evasive technique of governance.
- Can India's Growth Be Faster? (Hindu, Gilbert Etienne , Aug 10, 2001)
DATA ON GDP and GDP growth are doubtful, even in the most advanced countries.
- Back To Square One (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Aug 10, 2001)
EVEN AS India and Pakistan remain formally committed to continuing their dialogue, the recent observations by both sides indicate a hardening of positions.
- Investments And Economic Growth -- Barking Up The Wrong Tree (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Aug 10, 2001)
WHEN the future does not seem to promise good news about the economy, almost everyone turns to the Centre and the Reserve Bank of India with appeals and suggestions.
- Cng-Centric Lost Cause (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Aug 10, 2001)
THERE IS no doubt that the air quality in Delhi, one of the world’s most polluted cities, has improved since the Supreme Court forced the state government to make the bus owners switch from diesel to compressed natural gas (CNG).
- Globalisation -- No Shortcut To Development (Business Line, S. Venu , Aug 10, 2001)
AS THE debate on globalisation proliferates, it gets more confusing. Is globalisation a source of economic growth and prosperity, as most economists and many in the policy community believe?
- Paradox Of Individualistic Responses To Corruption (The Economic Times, Narendar Pani, Aug 10, 2001)
IT has not taken long for political parties to classify the crisis in UTI as a scam.
- Just How Broad Is This Broadband? (The Economic Times, Shubhrangshu Roy, Aug 10, 2001)
THEY'VE just celebrated their first bonding party. The boys and gals at Reliance Infocom, that is. A fortnight ago, folks working on the Ambanis' broadband network trooped into Delhi's Taj Durbar Hall to have their bash of the year.
- ‘Unbalanced Growth’ Strategy Is Worth A Try (The Financial Express, S. R. Kasbekar, Aug 10, 2001)
John Maynard Keynes said we are all dead in the long run.
- E-The-People (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Aug 10, 2001)
THE time is not far off when the preamble ``We, the people'' will morph into e-the- people, signifying the enormous efforts being made in true democracies to electronically integrate the people with their governments.
- Downgrades In India’s Rating Outlook (The Financial Express, Saumitra Chaudhuri, Aug 10, 2001)
We are in excellent company in the rating league table. Our peer group countries in the Ba2/BB rating include Colombia, Guatemala, Belize, Fiji Islands, Costa Rica, and Kazakhstan.
- Heroin, Taliban And Pakistan (Business Line, B. Raman , Aug 10, 2001)
PAKISTAN'S illegal heroin economy has kept its legitimate economy sustained since 1990 and prevented its collapse.
- More Air Pockets (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 10, 2001)
THE AIRLINE DISINVESTMENT programme, that was scheduled to take off by August, seems to have run into the sort of dense fog that usually cripples flights into and out of New Delhi each winter.
- Washington Is Listening (Hindustan Times, J. N. Dixit , Aug 10, 2001)
THE NEW US ambassador, Robert Blackwill, arrived in New Delhi on July 27. He has experience as a career foreign service officer and was a political campaign strategist for the Republican Party for more than a decade.
- Controlling Knowhow (The Economic Times, Biswajit Dhar, Aug 10, 2001)
WORK on exploring the relationship between trade and investment in the WTO has evoked a low profile response in the past few years.
- Grand Rivalry (Pioneer, Sushila Singh, Aug 10, 2001)
When I knitted for my yet to be born grandson, my granddaughter Mrinalini sat fascinated by my side.
- Fair Shares: (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 09, 2001)
DOES all this consumer growth lead to any real increase in human happiness? Study after study has shown that it does not.
- The Pele Of Literature (Indian Express, Shreelatha Menon, Aug 09, 2001)
He was dancing the samba, having a wonderful time, and without a word to anyone he fell over completely dead.
- Wrath Of The Gods (Indian Express, Anuradha Raman, Aug 09, 2001)
The bad news first. Doordarshan is likely to suffer a loss of Rs 150 crores on account of producers deserting its main channel.
- Sinha Gets A C Minus Card (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 09, 2001)
Times are bad for Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha. He barely escaped censure or even worse in Parliament over the UTI fiasco.
- A Question Of Credibility (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Aug 09, 2001)
THE STANDARD & Poor has evidently taken a dim view of India’s economic outlook, having downgraded it from stable to negative.
- No 'Buy'-Products (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 09, 2001)
PROTOCOL is a funny thing, as one freshly initiated IRS officer discovered in strange fashion.
- How To Deal With Massacres In J&k (Tribune, P. C. Dogra, Aug 09, 2001)
IN the last few days, jihadis from across the border have carried out massacres of innocent Hindus in the remote villages of Doda.
- Difficult Job For Pramod Mahajan (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 09, 2001)
Never has Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pramod Mahajan’s job been more difficult than it is today.
- Bought And Sold All Over The World (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 09, 2001)
Chinese, Asian, Mexican, central American, Russian and other former Soviet Union gangs are among the major traffickers of people.
- Swamy’s State Of Sorrow (Indian Express, S. M. A. Kazmi, Aug 09, 2001)
DEHRADUN DUN: It’s been less than a year since the Uttranchal state was formed. Nityanand Swamy may have many reasons to justify why his government has been running the show the way it is.
- Grim Finale To The Copper Story (Telegraph, MADHUSHREE C. BHOWMIK, Aug 09, 2001)
Moosaboni, one of the oldest copper mines in the country, is a ghost of its former self.
- The Clash Of Civilisations? (Hindustan Times, Ameena A. Saeed, Aug 09, 2001)
HOW DID Pakistanis living in America view the Pakistan-India conflict and the media hyped summit?
- Post-Agra Message From Pakistan (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Aug 09, 2001)
IT is high time to put an end to what Mr G.Parthasarathy, former High Commissioner to Pakistan, calls the “Musharraf mania”.
- Bare Pass (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 09, 2001)
India’s local currency rating has been downgraded from BBB to BBB minus by Standard & Poor.
- Unanswered Questions (Indian Express, Mani Shankar Aiyar, Aug 09, 2001)
It’s official. The Agra Summit collapsed because of two words. The first was ‘‘cross-border terrorism’’.
- Prime Time For Resurrection (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Aug 09, 2001)
THE REACTION of the public service broadcaster — in this case, Doordarshan — to the advent of private television channels is now part of broadcasting legend.
- Daddy’s Little Book (Indian Express, Mehru Jaffer, Aug 09, 2001)
BEING Muslim often becomes an overwhelming experience. Each time that happens, the natural instinct is to run to Daddy.
- Killing Fields Of Kashmir (Indian Express, J. N. Dixit , Aug 09, 2001)
A MONTH after the Agra summit, the need is to examine as to where India and Pakistan go from the impasse which occurred in the city of the Taj.
- Cbi On A Tighter Leash (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Aug 09, 2001)
CBI may soon lose the freedom to investigate senior public servants like Subramanyam.
- Subnational Vat In India: The Road Ahead (The Economic Times, M. Govinda Rao, Aug 09, 2001)
TRANSFORMING the existing complex, cascading type, partly origin based sales taxes levied by the states into a simple destination based value added taxation is not just an option, but an imperative.
- Vajpayee’s Little Drama (Telegraph, SHAM LAL , Aug 09, 2001)
The little theatrical act staged by the prime minister at the executive committee of his party was well-crafted.
- Restoring Medical System To Health (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Aug 09, 2001)
THE health needs of a large section of the population remain unmet, with access to inexpensive and assured medical care for the poor posing a big challenge to the authorities.
- Consolidation Cure (The Economic Times, K. K. Navada, Aug 09, 2001)
MOST banks are providing VRS and consolidating branches for cost reductions. To that end, I think that the entire State Bank group first should be made into one bank.
- Icrier At 20: Full Throttle, In Many Directions (The Financial Express, Rohit Bansal, Aug 09, 2001)
It started with a phone call 23 years back. The Ford Foundation telephoned the European Community commissioner for development in Brussels, Claude Cheysson, wondering if the EC would want some money to study development co-operation within the Third World
- Treaty With Nepal Should Include Flood Control, Vanaspati Imports (The Financial Express, Ashok B Sharma, Aug 09, 2001)
India should thrash out all contentious issues while renewing the trade protocol treaty with Nepal, which is likely to expire in the first week of December.
- New Wto Round & India (Hindu, Muchkund Dubey , Aug 09, 2001)
THE U.S. Trade Representative, Mr. Robert Zoellick, is in India this week for discussions on a whole range of bilateral and multilateral trade issues.
- Why Woman Gets `Special' Treatment (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Aug 09, 2001)
IN THE last few weeks the western media has been obsessed with the unpleasant incident involving a New York celebrity-publicist Lizzie Grubman, who runs a public relations firm in Manhattan.
- Deserved Downgrade (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 09, 2001)
TRUE TO THEIR hoary tradition, officials and bankers have filed for future reference the downgrade of India by Standard & Poor's even as the US-based rating agency has with some candour panned the Indian economy.
- New Head Of Npc (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 09, 2001)
A. K. Goswami, a bureaucrat of the Himachal Pradesh cadre, has been appointed Director-General of the National Productivity Council (NPC).
- Countdown To Convergence -- Ii (Business Line, Pratap Ravindran , Aug 09, 2001)
EXPLORING the implications of the potential differences between IASC-based and US GAAP filers.
- Unaccountable (Business Line, R. Sundaram , Aug 09, 2001)
ANALYSTS, financial pundits, legal luminaries, retired policemen, administrators and a host of others are on a high, creating sound bytes and pouring copious ink on paper galvanised by two events:
- One Down, Captain? (Business Line, Menka Shivdasani , Aug 09, 2001)
THE Indian team, they say, reflects the spirit of India. I entirely agree but not quite in the sense that pundits normally mean it. Imagine the plight of the Indian captain.
- Endgame For Enron (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 09, 2001)
THE FIRST part of the $3-billion Dabhol Power Company saga is hurtling towards a messy end. Houston-based Enron, which controls about two thirds of the total equity of the project, is ready to pack its bags.
- Future Of Banking And Insurance (Business Line, R. Parthasarathy , Aug 09, 2001)
REFORMING the financial sector is central to second-generation reforms.
- Tied To The Npa Stake (Business Line, S. Murlidharan , Aug 09, 2001)
``YOU borrow in lakhs from a bank, you are in trouble with the bank; you borrow in crores, the bank is in trouble with you.''
- Democracy Be Damned! (Hindu, Ajay K. Mehra, Aug 09, 2001)
WHAT HAPPENS when a star actress scripts a drama of political vengeance against a seasoned scriptwriter?
- False Alarm (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 09, 2001)
If New Delhi’s decision to backtrack on the contentious issue of “territorial limits” of the ceasefire with the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (Isak-Muivah) doused the fires of violent protests in Manipur.
- Trauma In School (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 08, 2001)
THE list of cruelties children are forced to put up with in the name of maintaining discipline in school keeps growing.
- The Poll Panel's Power & Wisdom (Hindu, Era Sezhiyan, Aug 08, 2001)
IN THE election to the Council of States from the Tamil Nadu Assembly, six candidates were elected unopposed, giving the AIADMK four members, and the TMC and the DMK one each.
- Blinkered In The Classroom (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Aug 08, 2001)
Even as HRD Minister Murli Manohar Joshi recovers from the unfortunate incident of drinking from the wrong receptacle at a function, there is more bad news for him.
- This Is Madness (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 08, 2001)
Our response to the mentally ill is mindless and heartless.
- Why The Hand Did Not Rock The Boat (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Aug 08, 2001)
Neerja Chowdhury analyses why the Congress did not up the ante against the NDA government and the finance minister on the UTI issue.
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