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Articles 20121 through 20220 of 25647:
- Smart Sanctions For Dumb People (Pioneer, Elsa S Mathews, Jul 28, 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.
- The Unspooling Of General Musharraf (Indian Express, Ayaz Amir, Jul 28, 2001)
Pakistan’s military ruler and president has found his forte: the press conference.
- Pitfalls In The Path To Peace (Pioneer, Cecil Victor, Jul 28, 2001)
The central theme of the renewed Indo-Pak dialogue was, in General Pervez Musharraf's words: "Let us forget history.
- Vanity In Rhyming Verses (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 28, 2001)
Poetry is the greatest form of literature because it is more evocative of emotions than the best prose or fiction. it is closer to music than any other form of writing.
- After Agra (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Jul 28, 2001)
THAT the Agra Summit would not deliver favourable results for New Delhi was a foregone conclusion -- even when the Prime Minister, Mr Vajpayee, sprang his `Summit surprise' on the nation on May 23.
- Staging Summits (Hindu, P. R. Chari , Jul 28, 2001)
IT WOULD be pointless to dispute whether the glass of Indo- Pakistan relations is half-full or half-empty after the Agra Summit.
- Nuts And Bolts -- Ii (Business Line, K. Srinivasan , Jul 28, 2001)
A TAX deduction is recognised as a tax expenditure or subsidy which should be available only in respect of disclosed income.
- Welcome To The Campus (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Jul 28, 2001)
True to our national character we pick up the silliest customs of the West and give them an oriental twist.
- Blazing Guns, Security In A Blindfold (Pioneer, K P S Gill, Jul 28, 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.
- In The Fire (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 28, 2001)
He is still stricken by the fever he caught at Agra. More anger than fever maybe, but the heat still casts its spell on his face even a week after Agra.
- My Best Brief (Tribune, J. L. Gupta, Jul 28, 2001)
ON March 17, 1771, Sir William Jones in a letter to Count Reviezki observed that, “The only road to the highest stations in this county is that of the law.” More than two centuries later, I experienced the truth of this statement. May I share?
- More Visas: The Route To Peace And Better Understanding (Tribune, Tavleen Singh, Jul 28, 2001)
AT the Prime Minister’s lunch for Gen Pervez Musharraf I ran into Javed Akhtar. For some reason whenever we meet conversation usually turns to matters related to secularism and communalism, Hindus and Muslims, and this time was no exception.
- Uti’s Hidden Scams (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 28, 2001)
FIRST it was the crisis of disinvestment in government-owned enterprises such as Balco and Air-India. Now it is one of investment by government-owned financial institutions (FIs) like UTI, LIC, GIC MF and several banks.
- With Love From Laloo Land (The Financial Express, Iqbal Sachdeva, Jul 28, 2001)
THANKS to several road depressions dug up by villagers to ensure that every roadways bus stops at every village, our 200 kilometre drive from Ranchi to Patna took six hours instead of four.
- A Pro-Poor Reform Agenda (The Economic Times, N. Vittal, Jul 28, 2001)
THE FIRST decade of the economic reform process is over. There is discussion in the media about the successes and failures of the policies adopted so far.
- Foreign Investors Play Big Part In Dollar’s Run (The Financial Express, Jon E Hilsenrath, Jul 28, 2001)
Those doubting the staying power of the strong US dollar earlier this year clearly weren’t in touch with Chinese investor sentiment.
- It’s Not All Over Yet For The Tech Economy (The Economic Times, Srivasta Krishna, Jul 28, 2001)
THOSE who don’t respect the logic of demand and supply, learn only the hard way, often at their own peril. The recent downswing in the US New Economy is a classic instance.
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We Offer Medical Support, Globally (The Economic Times, THOMAS ABRAHAM, Jul 28, 2001)
INTERNATIONAL SOS, is a healthcare management company. Its Indian operations are headed by Vikas Kuthiala. He has rich exposure in the FMCG and allied industries in domestic and international markets.
- More Than A Duel (Hindu, Rajmohan Gandhi, Jul 28, 2001)
LARGE NUMBERS of the public in India and Pakistan and in different parts of Jammu & Kashmir have felt saddened, disappointed and possibly even cheated by the outcome of the Agra summit.
- New Signs Of Hope In Nepal (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 28, 2001)
THE DEMOCRATIC SELECTION of Nepal's new Prime Minister, Mr. Sher Bahadur Deuba, and his initial success in humouring the `Maoist' rebels prior to his assumption of office on Thursday has stirred new hopes in the Himalayan kingdom.
- India’s Urban Future (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 28, 2001)
THE Confederation of Indian Industry has circulated a study conducted by it on urban India. The picture is depressing to say the least.
- Large-Scale Modernisation Is The Only Way Out For Iisco (The Financial Express, Sunil Mukhopadhyay, Jul 28, 2001)
BURNPUR-BASED Indian Iron & Steel Company (Iisco), the oldest integrated steel company in the country, is facing extinction unless the Centre, especially the steel ministry, takes serious steps for its survival.
- Larger Than Life (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jul 28, 2001)
A few hours after Phoolan Devi was gunned down in front of her Delhi home on Wednesday, a foreign news channel was beaming the breaking story. In its package, one of the key reference points was Shekhar Kapur’s film, Bandit Queen.
- Democratic Shock Absorbers (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jul 28, 2001)
A liberal system wins out over dictatorial swagger.
- Brothers Under The Skin (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 28, 2001)
Let’s reconcile ourselves to the differences and get on.
- Drowning Of Orissa (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 28, 2001)
There’s more to disaster management than aerial surveys.
- The Body Snatchers (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 28, 2001)
Why they will not allow Phoolan Devi to rest in peace.
- Big Surprises In Big China (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 28, 2001)
IT was a revelation visiting China as a member of a Parliamentary delegation a few weeks ago.
- Gen Shelton’s Pathbreaking Journey (Tribune, Ashok K Mehta, Jul 28, 2001)
PREOCCUPIED with Pervez Musharraf, the Indian media has ignored serious developments in Nepal and Sri Lanka.
- Attention Mr Advani (Hindustan Times, Khushwant Singh, Jul 28, 2001)
It is scarcely believed that the home minister is unaware of the proliferation of private armies being raised and trained in the use of firearms right across the country.
- Back Inside The Dressing Room (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jul 28, 2001)
Why is it that whenever India notches up a few victories on the cricket pitch, one gets the feeling of witnessing a few blips on an otherwise flat line?
- Out Of Justice’s Way (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jul 28, 2001)
The provision granting immunity to government officials from prosecution for actions taken while discharging their duties was originally intended to ensure that, first, they will not be subjected to frivolous litigation.
- Deuba's Task (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 28, 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.
- The Day Uti Went To Sleep (Indian Express, Sunil Jain, Jul 28, 2001)
On Monday, the 28th of May, after a relaxed week-end, you’d have thought Ajeet Prasad would have been wide awake, but the UTI nominee on the board of the Rs 140-crore Kalyani Steels continued to sleep.
- Forward Markets Commission -- Taking The Produce Economy Forward (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Jul 27, 2001)
When forward trading in certain items is banned, it is sought to be justified on grounds of its intrinsic undesirability.
- And Now, Scams Siphon Out The Savings Surplus! (The Financial Express, R.K. Roy, Jul 27, 2001)
The retail (household) saver has been hurt by l’affaire KP (Ketan Parekh), the Unit Scheme-64 capers and the disappointing performance of private mutual funds.
- Ias Officers' Transfer (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 27, 2001)
Sir, - The latest reshuffle of IAS officers by the Tamil Nadu Government does not bode well for the State.
- Tina Factor (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Jul 27, 2001)
Prime Minister Vajpayee seems to be a lucky man as his Government has nothing much to fear from the Opposition, at least for the time being.
- Reneging On The Promise To J&k (Hindu, Kuldip Nayar, Jul 27, 2001)
The failure of the summit at Agra was unfortunate. But the Union Home Minister, Mr. L. K. Advani's statement in the Rajya Sabha is a disaster. It has ruled out autonomy for Jammu and Kashmir.
- How Not To Handle A Summit (Tribune, Hari Jaisingh, Jul 27, 2001)
NOTWITHSTANDING the statement by Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee in Parliament on Tuesday.
- Impasse At Agra (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Jul 27, 2001)
HE CAME, he saw, he left. He did not conquer. But, he claimed a victory. This was predictable; and, indeed, inevitable. Whether the Agra summit was a success or failure is irrelevant. It collapsed. We need to know why.
- Bumpy Road To Peace (Telegraph, SHAM LAL , Jul 27, 2001)
That the prime minister’s statement in the Lok Sabha has failed to dispel the general public feeling of his government’s utter ineptitude in handling the Agra summit is not surprising.
- Building Blocks (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 27, 2001)
The appointment of Ms Megawati Sukarnoputri as IndonesiaF’s fifth president has generated new hope that economic and political stability will return to Indonesia, the world’s fifth largest country.
- Brajesh Is Back (Indian Express, Harish Gupta, Jul 27, 2001)
THE Prime Minister’s Principal Secretary Brajesh Mishra may be maintaining a low profile and may not be as much of a regular on TV any more. But he’s still calling the shots, never mind what his detractors in the Sangh Parivar say.
- Science, Interrupted (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 27, 2001)
Decisions on biotech should be based on reason alone.
- Reconstructing The Agra Summit (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Jul 27, 2001)
NEW DELHI, JULY 26. In seeking a deal on Kashmir at Agra, Pakistan counted on the ``moderate elements'' within the Indian leadership in the hope that the latter would eventually relent on the question of ``cross-border'' terrorism.
- A Presidential Accession (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 27, 2001)
INDONESIA'S DEMOCRATIC CREDENTIALS are being reinterpreted yet again in the emotion-charged context of a unanimous impeachment of the President, Mr. Abdurrahman Wahid, by the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR).
- Caste System In Un Peacekeeping (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Jul 27, 2001)
LAKHDAR Brahimi’s presence at a seminar on UN peacekeeping triggered memories of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, where the Indian police contingent played a key role in restoring peace.
- The Agra Summit Factsheet (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 27, 2001)
o The Indian draft was primarily an amalgam of the points of agreement hammered out at Shimla in 1972 and Lahore in February, 2001.
- There Is No Competition In Power Sector’# (The Economic Times, Soma Banerjee, Jul 27, 2001)
POWER sector reforms have become the new catchwords in Shram Shakti Bhavan. The first report on securitisation of bonds by the Montek Singh Ahluwalia committee is already a debating point.
- Is This A Freedom Struggle? (Hindustan Times, Prem Shankar Jha, Jul 27, 2001)
THE MURDER of 15 Hindu villagers, including five women and children in a remote village in Doda, forces one to ask if this is what General Pervez Musharraf meant when he said in his breakfast meeting with some Indian editors.
- Lessons From Agra: A White Paper On The Isi (Hindustan Times, Keki N. Daruwalla , Jul 27, 2001)
LEADERS CARRY their national pasts to summit meetings — historic stands, rhetoric, the debris of public debate, and of course, prejudices. And they face the adversary, a leader who is similarly burdened.
- Communalism Is King (Indian Express, Sukhmani Singh, Jul 27, 2001)
THE irony is so sharp it almost pierces. While the dirty, congested city of Ajmer attracts devotees from all faiths to the shrine of Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti, a magnetic symbol of peace.
- The General Stands Still To Keep Moving (The Economic Times, Narendar Pani, Jul 27, 2001)
NOW that the dust has settled in Agra, it is possible to get a clearer picture of President Musharraf’s agenda for the summit.
- Rolling Downhill (The Economic Times, Norma Louis, Jul 27, 2001)
WHEN rolling settlements came into picture, punters disappeared from the market.
- Us-Eu To Work For Stronger Rules-Based System In Doha (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jul 27, 2001)
Excerpts from the statement of US Trade Representative Robert B Zoellick, July 17, 2001 :
- Supercomputing Can Help Bridge The Digital Divide (The Financial Express, Geeta Nair, Jul 27, 2001)
Buying computer power may just be like buying electric power. There will be no need to buy a computer with all the hardware/software/peripherals just as you do not need a generator to use electricity.
- Move To Revive Silent Valley Hydel Project Raises A Storm (The Financial Express, Hari S. Kartha, Jul 27, 2001)
The decision of the Kerala government to revive the Silent Valley hydro electric project has brought back into focus the controversy that led to the project being shelved two decades ago.
- Monarchy In Nepal (Hindu, Satyabrata Rai Chowdhuri, Jul 27, 2001)
ON JULY 7, Maoist rebels shot dead 47 policemen and a civilian in a string of attacks on security posts in Lamjung, 190 km west of the capital Kathmandu, and in Nuwakot, 90 km north of the capital.
- Need To Ponder Phoolan's Caveat (Pioneer, Arijit Sen, Jul 27, 2001)
The name Phoolan Devi means the goddess of flowers. Phoolan's life, however had little similarity with the gentle existence of a flower.
- Raking It In! (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 27, 2001)
THERE’S good reason to get excited about the fact that Amir Khan’s successful film, Lagaan, has spawned a line of merchandise — posters, writing pads, jigsaw puzzles and so on.
- Omens From Katunayake (Business Line, B. Raman , Jul 27, 2001)
THE omens from Katunayake bode ill for the ultimate success of the Sri Lankan Armed Forces' counter-insurgency operations against the LTTE and even for the continued unity and territorial integrity of Sri Lanka.
- Face-Lift (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jul 27, 2001)
FOR at least one booming development in the US public life, the credit squarely belongs to politicians:
- Scams Unlimited (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 27, 2001)
IN ABOUT FIVE months since Budget day the financial system has driven the Indian middle-class into a huge sulk with stealth news every morning diminishing wallet value.
- Forward Markets Commission -- Taking The Produce Economy Forward (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Jul 27, 2001)
When forward trading in certain items is banned, it is sought to be justified on grounds of its intrinsic undesirability.
- Core Sector Projects -- Rev Up The Debt Market (Business Line, Antara Nanda, Jul 27, 2001)
WHEN Mr T. V. Rao, treasury manager of a financial institution, charts out the FI's investment line up for the day, putting money in India's infrastructure projects is an option he ponders on.
- The Summit And The Bandar-Log (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Jul 27, 2001)
The jungle people, in Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book, did not think much of the Bandar-log or Monkey people. Baloo, the bear, told Mowgli, the man-cub whom he had taught the ways of the jungle.
- Needed, Summit With A Structured Agenda (Pioneer, Brij Bhardwaj, Jul 27, 2001)
Pakistan's General Pervez Musharraf is either naive or he has very low opinion of the power of understanding of Indians.
- Down The Garden Path (Pioneer, Vandana Kumari Jena, Jul 27, 2001)
In the heart of Thamel, that exotic bazaar in Kathmandu, which is every tourist's dream-come-true, is the restaurant Rum Doodle.
- For Our Tomorrow (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 27, 2001)
July 26 is a special day for India. On this day, the country celebrates, since 1999, the courage and raw determination of its brave.
- Combat The Devastation (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jul 27, 2001)
TUESDAY’S PHOTOGRAPH in a newspaper tells it all. A mother trying to stop her daughter from rushing towards a helicopter distributing food packets at Badchana, near Bhubaneswar.
- A Partial Strike (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 27, 2001)
GOVERNMENT employees both at the Centre and in the states have grown somewhat out of their traditional exuberant enthusiasm for militant direct action and strikes.
- Why The Emperor Needs No Clothes (Business Line, M. K. Anil, Jul 27, 2001)
EVERY society has its own myths about the emperor's new clothes.
- Sos: Allahabad On Life Support (The Economic Times, Shubhrangshu Roy, Jul 27, 2001)
THERE’S this mile-long stretch of a high-street that cuts through the centre of Allahabad, bang in the heart of the Hindi heartland. The Brits first built the street and named it after one of their Viceroys, Lord Canning.
- Getting The Hang Of Biosafety (Indian Express, Monica Kaul, Jul 27, 2001)
We are not prepared for the imminent flood of genetically modified foods and organisms.
- A Breakfast Story (Indian Express, SANKARSHAN THAKUR, Jul 27, 2001)
MASOOD MALIK, till recently chief reporter of the Nawa-i-Waqt of Islamabad, should remind us how fortunate we on this side of the subcontinental fence still are — we are not demoted by our managements for asking the wrong questions at press conferences.
- She Lost Her Limb But Not Her Spirit (Indian Express, Shefali Nautiyal, Jul 27, 2001)
From writing to wearing socks, 12-year-old Prutha Desai has had to relearn everything. But she hasn’t lost either her smile or her courage.
- Lahore 1947 (Telegraph, Ahmad Salim, Jul 27, 2001)
Ahmad Salim’s Lahore 1947 structures the memory of Partition through place.
- Security In Capital (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 27, 2001)
Sir, - The murder of Samajwadi Party Member of Parliament, Ms. Phoolan Devi, in the high security zone on Ashoka Road in New Delhi raises serious questions about the security of VIPs, especially in the context of threats from militants.
- A Life Less Ordinary (Indian Express, Atiq Khan, Jul 26, 2001)
THE jury will always be out on Phoolan Devi. Was she to be empathised with for the caste and gender violence that pock-marked the early years of her life?
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