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Articles 20021 through 20120 of 25647:
- The Perils Of Secrecy (Indian Express, Kuldip Nayar, Jul 31, 2001)
THERE used to be a healthy relationship between editors and the government. Prime ministers would take them into confidence on matters of importance.
- Taking Students For A Ride (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 31, 2001)
THE report that Punjabi University, Patiala, and Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar, have introduced a number of unrecognised technical and professional courses.
- Mega Chhaye (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Jul 31, 2001)
IT was raining heavily the day a baby girl was born to Fatimawati and Sukarno in the late 1940s, and on hand to share the joy and celebration was Biju Patnaik — sent by Nehru to unnerve the Dutch colonialists who ruled over Indonesia till 1948.
- Lovers’ Marriages Last Longer (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 31, 2001)
DIAMOND anniversary or divorce court? Researchers suggest that the long-term health of a marriage is rooted in a couple’s level of love and commitment as they say their “I do’s”.
- Nmd: A Case Of Misplaced Logic (Indian Express, Manpreet Sethi, Jul 31, 2001)
FOR anybody who has been following the debate on the deployment of a national missile defence (NMD) in the US, and its spillover effects in Russia.
- Police Politics (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 31, 2001)
TAMIL Nadu and the Centre are inching towards an unscripted but explosive confrontation. New Delhi wants to punish three senior police officers of the state for their role in the midnight arrest of former Chief Minister M.Karunanidhi.
- Disinvestment Debates (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 31, 2001)
A FEW RECENT proposals concerning the disinvestment process are administrative in nature and by themselves will not lead to coherence either conceptually or procedurally.
- Here’s No Place Like Home (Indian Express, Janyala Sreenivas, Jul 31, 2001)
IT HAS taken six months for the Gujarat government to get its figures right on the earthquake.
- Fresh Study Of The Wto Agenda (Tribune, Sucha Singh Gill, Jul 31, 2001)
INDIA has been a member of the WTO for the last six and half years. As a successor to GATT, the WTO has a much larger agenda.
- Kyoto: Implications For India (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 31, 2001)
FINALLY, the 1997 Kyoto Protocol on controlling the emission of greenhouse gases has been saved with an agreement reached among the developed countries minus the USA.
- Undp's Human Development Report 2001 -- Biotechnology Will Bypass The Hungry (Business Line, Devinder Sharma , Jul 31, 2001)
THE former Prime Minister, Morarji Desai, strictly followed an unwritten principle. He would not inaugurate any conference -- national or international -- which did not focus on rural development.
- The Tradition Of Torture In Custody (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 31, 2001)
Serious human rights abuses include extrajudicial executions and other political killings and excessive use of force by security forces combating active insurgencies in Jammu and Kashmir and several northeastern states.
- Gadar’: Why Spread Hatred? (Tribune, Apurva Bose, Jul 31, 2001)
I saw “Gadar” last week and my instant reaction was that it was a nice movie. But later after pondering over it for some time, I asked myself: what was nice about it any way?
- Effects Of The Narmada Verdict (Hindu, Jai Sen, Jul 31, 2001)
``THE GOVERNMENT wants us to flee like the rats as the submergence water rises, as they have done all these years in the other dams.
- Decade Of Corporate Churning And Change (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Jul 31, 2001)
THE internal and external liberalisation measures introduced over the last decade and the dramatic changes that have taken place in the international business environment have had a far-reaching impact on Indian business.
- Central Pettiness (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jul 31, 2001)
In taking umbrage at the habit of the BJP’s allies to treat the ruling coalition in a somewhat casual manner, the party’s president, K. Jana Krishnamurthi, has chosen to ignore the basic reason for such behaviour.
- Why Are We Tongue-Tied? (Hindustan Times, Kanwar Sandhu, Jul 31, 2001)
Nearly three years ago, when General Pervez Musharraf was appointed the chief of army staff in Pakistan.
- By The Bullet Alone (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 31, 2001)
Crime and politics: the heady cocktail fizzes over.
- The Limits Of The State (Hindu, Supriya Roy Chowdhury, Jul 31, 2001)
WHEN STATES turn from aggression to diplomacy, typically a combination of factors account for this shift.
- Divestment Panel Gets New Life (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 31, 2001)
THE APPOINTMENT LAST week of a new chairman of the Disinvestment Commission after a lapse of over 20 months is but a feeble attempt to stop the drift in the policy of divestment that the Centre has been pursuing in the last seven-eight years.
- Committees And Commissions -- Take Them Seriously (Business Line, R. J. Venkateswaran , Jul 31, 2001)
THE Expert Group on Railways, under the chairmanship of Dr Rakesh Mohan, in its interim report submitted in March, said: ``Indian Railways is one of the most studied institutions on the planet.
- Wto Ruling Against Us On Steel Can Work In India’s Favour (The Financial Express, P.K. Vasudeva, Jul 31, 2001)
Rejection of US appeal by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) panel and its upholding a ruling that the United States had acted illegally in increasing duties on Japanese steel.
- Banking On Blind Dates (The Economic Times, S. K. Saksena, Jul 31, 2001)
THIS bears reference to Norma Louis’ letter (ET, July 27) regarding the importance of a firm date for returned/bounced cheques.
- On Chandrashekhar... And Jagmohan (The Economic Times, Sauvik Sauvik Chakraverti verti , Jul 31, 2001)
In the USSR, top bosses had dachas; here, as Chandrashekhar, arch-socialist and former PM has shown, they have 500 acre ashrams.
- What’ll Succeed On Internet? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 31, 2001)
OVER the past year, there have been a number of forums that have tried to address the very risky question: What will really succeed on the internet?
- Hard Times (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 31, 2001)
ADVERSITY has always been known to be a great teacher. Indian corporates are no exception to this rule, it would appear. The economic slowdown may have kept sales flat or nearabouts but has done no such thing to their bottom lines.
- Cynical Manoeuvres (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 31, 2001)
IN REQUISITIONING THE services of three senior IPS officers of the Tamil Nadu cadre, including the Chennai Commissioner of Police, Mr. K. Muthukaruppan, the Atal Behari Vajpayee regime has demonstrated that it would not feel `constrained' by such factors.
- Unwise And Belligerent (Hindu, V. R. Lakshminarayanan, Jul 31, 2001)
The reported transfer of three IPS officers to the Centre in a lightning stroke has rocked both police circles and citizens alike.
- How To Stop Snoring (Tribune, Jane Clarke, Jul 31, 2001)
IF snoring is blighting you or your bedfellow’s life, the following tips.
- Of Mice And Women (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jul 30, 2001)
First, the good news: you don’t have to find a member of the opposite sex to produce an offspring any longer.
- A Chat Show (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 30, 2001)
The group of eight (Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, United States) summit may have failed on Kyoto, but it did produce an action plan for Africa.
- Win Peace Back, Bit By Bit (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 30, 2001)
Centre’s negotiating tactics in Northeast need reviewing.
- Who Is Afraid Of Globalisation? (Indian Express, Ash Narain Roy, Jul 30, 2001)
IT wasn’t long ago that the most astringent critiques of globalisation came from the Left.
- Difficult Times (Business Line, J. Nanda Gopal , Jul 30, 2001)
THE economic reforms that have necessitated the dismantling of rigid institutional structures in a time-bound manner to facilitate the induction of new norms of work culture, product quality and volumes in a globally competitive atmosphere.
- Reforms: Why Things Aren't Hunky-Dory (Business Line, Gautam Murthy, Jul 30, 2001)
GLOBALISATION and marketisation of economics, politics and culture are primarily spearheaded by global capitalism. Many individuals are opposed to the crass commercialism and consumerism that globalisation brings with it.
- Centre Retreats (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jul 30, 2001)
In keeping with the habit of rolling back earlier decisions, which used to apply mainly to economic measures, the Centre has now followed the same ‘one step forward, two steps back’ routine in the North-east.
- Vision 2020 -- Grain, Grain Everywhere, But... (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Jul 30, 2001)
A MOUNTAIN of food is currently piled up in the Government's godowns. At the same time, there is an alarming level of destitution in many parts of the country.
- Standards Vs Internalisation (The Economic Times, Raghbendra Jha, Jul 30, 2001)
THE HARD fought Kyoto Protocol on curbing greenhouse gas emissions is, for all practical purposes, in a state of irreversible decay.
- We Need Protection Against Piracy’ (The Economic Times, Neena Prui, Jul 30, 2001)
THE INDIAN music resale business has undergone tremendous change in the last couple of years and has become a Rs 1,500 crore industry.
- Little To Cheer For Nda (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Jul 30, 2001)
A SERIES of curious twists has given the ruling combine at the Centre, the National Democratic Alliance, the benefit of numbers it needed badly.
- Lanka Blast Sounds A Warning Bell For Airport Security In India (The Financial Express, HUMA SIDDQUI, Jul 30, 2001)
LAX security has once again cost the Sri Lankan armed forces and government very dearly.
- Belated Fiscal Prudence In The Time Of Sustained Economic Slowdown (The Financial Express, P Vinod Kumar, Jul 30, 2001)
First the good news. Though the economy has lost the ‘feel good factor’ with the growth rate slipping to the below 6 per cent mark for the second time in the past six years.
- Peace In Our Time? (Pioneer, Shubha Singh, Jul 30, 2001)
Despite efforts made by the Central Government through its peace initiative, the situation in Jammu & Kashmir has shown few signs of settling down.
- Blind In Diplomacy And Complicit In Scams (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Jul 30, 2001)
The media is full of the 'blame factor' and everyone is trying to blame every one else for its by now infamous role in the recently concluded Agra summit.
- An Interesting Lie (Hindustan Times, Amit Sengupta, Jul 30, 2001)
It’s once again catharsis time for the media, for the male (and female) managers of middle class morality, and for the political class which is, of course, beyond good and evil.
- The Terms For Trade (Indian Express, Sanjaya Baru, Jul 30, 2001)
Which way will India sway at the Doha WTO meet?
- The Poverty Of Affluence (Indian Express, Renuka Narayanan, Jul 30, 2001)
Not money but manners win a vote!
- Agra’s Real Breakthrough, The Triumph Of Tv (Indian Express, Khaled Ahmed, Jul 30, 2001)
THE Musharraf-Vajpayee summit may not have yielded sensational results but, during the visit, what the private TV channels of India achieved cannot be ignored.
- The Show Will Go On (Hindustan Times, G Parthasarathy, Jul 30, 2001)
‘Veni, Vidi, Vici’ (I came, I saw, I conquered), proclaimed Julius Caesar as he triumphantly surveyed the scene after the conquest of Gaul.
- Death On The Box (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Jul 30, 2001)
The violent death of celebrities allows us to celebrate their lives in a way that would be impossible had they simply passed away in their sleep. Indeed, the more brutal the ending, the more we relish it.
- Obesity Linked To Watching Tv (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 30, 2001)
THE longer children watch television, the more weight they are expected to gain, according to a survey conducted recently by a Chinese hospital specialising in treating obesity.
- Dealing With A Military Ruler (Tribune, T. V. Rajeswar, Jul 30, 2001)
THE most important outcome of the Agra summit was in General Pervez Musharraf revealing himself what he really is.
- Passing Thoughts (Pioneer, Adhip Iyer, Jul 30, 2001)
Life in Delhi is governed by the principle of chaos. And nowhere is this more evident than in its roads.
- Vajpayee Under Pressure (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Jul 30, 2001)
CLOSE observers of the Prime Minister have noticed of late a certain dejection written across his mien.
- Signs Of The Times In Up (Telegraph, MAHESH RANGARAJAN, Jul 30, 2001)
The brutal slaying of Phoolan Devi, member of parliament for Mirzapur, in the national capital only drives home the situation in the country’s most populous state.
- An Exemplary Island (Telegraph, S. L. Rao, Jul 30, 2001)
Mauritius is a small island in the Indian Ocean. It has no army or navy, only a small local police force.
- Pm’s Plain-Speaking (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 30, 2001)
ON Tuesday Prime Minister Vajpayee was brief and diplomatically restrained when he made his statement in Parliament on the abortive Agra summit.
- Integration Of Banking And Insurance (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Jul 30, 2001)
THERE is a worldwide debate about the fast-growing integration of financial services.
- Classic Manila Mode (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 30, 2001)
Now look at Indonesia. The revolution that overthrew the dictator, Suharto, in 1998 was in the classic Manila mode, and the subsequent election was mostly free and fair.
- Pressuring Bureaucrats (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 30, 2001)
Sir, - This refers to the article `SC frowns on officials buckling under pressure' (July 26).
- Abuse Of Power? (Hindu, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Jul 29, 2001)
The Chandra Levy case has turned the spotlight again on the sleaze in Washington politics.
- Mapping Advantage (The Economic Times, Prasad Kajpa, Jul 29, 2001)
IT is a well-known fact that 83 per cent of M&As fail to enhance shareholder value and that culture mismatch has been at the root of many of these failures.
- Smart Sanctions For Dumb People (Pioneer, Elsa S Mathews, Jul 29, 2001)
When the oil-for-food programme for Iraq expired on June 3, 2001, the United Nations Security Council, under pressure from the US and UK, decided to impose a set of smart sanctions.
- Orissa - Laid Waste (Hindu, PRAFULLA DAS, Jul 29, 2001)
The floods have drowned the hopes of the people of Orissa, who are yet to recover from the effects of the super-cyclone and drought.
- A Whiff Of Fresh Air (Tribune, Prem Kumar , Jul 29, 2001)
TO an occasional visitor in this city, one thing that strikes is the change in lifestyle. This being one of the conservative cities in the country, the change is coming gradually.
- India Must Expose Musharraf’s Doublespeak (Tribune, R. Sharma, Jul 29, 2001)
THE Agra Summit has been like a blind ‘date’ for India ending up in a dangerous liaison with Pakistan.
- Kheer, Khichri And Kashmir (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 29, 2001)
Long after the Agra summit, details of the interaction between the two leaders continues to come in.
- New Nepal Pm Marks Change Of Generation (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Jul 29, 2001)
THE election of Sher Bahadur Deuba as Prime Minister of Nepal marks the change of generation in troubled Nepal.
- Learning The Limits Of Diplomacy (Tribune, Bharat Wariavwalla, Jul 29, 2001)
THE Agra summit was the first summit in the history of summitry that was covered from minute and hour to hour on the television.
- India’s Urban Future (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 29, 2001)
THE Confederation of Indian Industry has circulated a study conducted by it on urban India. The picture is depressing to say the least.
- Deuba's Task (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 29, 2001)
The internal churning of the Nepali Congress in recent months has finally come out in the open with the removal of Mr GP Koirala as Prime Minister, and his replacement, through Parliamentary Party elections, by Mr Sher Bahadur Deuba.
- Pitfalls In The Path To Peace (Pioneer, Cecil Victor, Jul 29, 2001)
The central theme of the renewed Indo-Pak dialogue was, in General Pervez Musharraf's words:
- Marital Status Quo (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 29, 2001)
Romancing the sanyasin. One doesn’t quite know who actually had this terrible idea.
- Blazing Guns, Security In A Blindfold (Pioneer, K P S Gill, Jul 29, 2001)
The murder of Phoolan Devi in broad daylight and in one of the relatively secure areas of the national capital, raises a number of crucial questions relating to India's internal security, policing and the health of the entire criminal justice system.
- Vice Parading As Virtue (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 29, 2001)
WHEN words die out, what happens to the concepts that they delineate? Do they die out too? Take two words: vice and virtue. These are terms one almost never encounters any more.
- Taking On Big Brother (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Jul 29, 2001)
The way the anti-globalisation protests have been handled reflects the governing elite's increasingly adversarial attitude towards the people. HASAN SUROOR reports.
- New Chapter Of Blood-Letting? (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Jul 29, 2001)
It is not only the militant whose morale has gone up after the Agra summit.
- Of Promises Made (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 29, 2001)
Mr. Advani's rejection of the `autonomy resolution' also means a rejection of the promises made by New Delhi in recent years, says HARISH KHARE.
- Wagner Among The Jews (Telegraph, RUKUN ADVANI, Jul 28, 2001)
Six major composers of the 19th century were born between 1809 and 1813: Mendelssohn in 1809; Schumann and Chopin in 1810; Liszt in 1811; Verdi and Wagner in 1813.
- The World Is One (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 28, 2001)
Anti-globalization is radical chic. This glosses over the fact that Karl Marx was the first prophet of globalization.
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