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Articles 20321 through 20420 of 25647:
- Abdul Sattar’s Agra Formula (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jul 24, 2001)
The President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the Prime Minister of the Republic of India,
- Set An Example (The Economic Times, T. S. Sivaramakrishnan, Jul 24, 2001)
THE newly introduced Saral forms for income tax have questions akin to the ones asked when a scrutiny occurs. People fear the latter very much as they lead to harassment and corruption.
- The Agra Syndrome (Hindu, V. R. Krishna Iyer , Jul 24, 2001)
VAJPAYEEJI, I salute the statesman in you for the factum of the summit meet but feel frustrated at your team's infantile ineptitude for the dire denouement!
- Dialogue Without Illusions (Hindu, Husain Haqqani, Jul 24, 2001)
THE AGRA summit marks the revival of a dialogue that could take a long time to conclude.
- Consensus On Pak. Policy Crumbling (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Jul 24, 2001)
NEW DELHI, JULY 23. It is a pity that the national consensus on foreign policy - on Pakistan - appears to be collapsing within weeks after it found an impressive demonstration.
- Rural Employment In The 1990s (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Jul 24, 2001)
WHEN the first results of the 55th Round of the National Sample Survey were released, it was already apparent that there had been some major shifts in patterns of employment, especially in the rural areas.
- From The Base To The Apex (Telegraph, S. Venkitaramanan , Jul 24, 2001)
The United Nations development programme’s latest human development report has maintained the excellent standards of its predecessors.
- Allies In Need (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 24, 2001)
The solemnisation of the alliance between the BJP and the Rashtriya Lok Dal with the induction of Mr Ajit Singh into the Union Cabinet represents a marriage of mutual need.
- Treaty In Waiting (Hindustan Times, AG Noorani , Jul 24, 2001)
‘IT SEEMS puerile to quibble over whether it is a formal offer or not.’ It is hard to believe that this was L.K. Advani’s reaction, on November 22, 1981, to Indira Gandhi’s reservations on Pakistan’s offer of a no-war pact.
- Counter, Then Talk (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 24, 2001)
With two massacres-one of Amarnath yatris, the other of innocent civilians in Doda-and unprovoked artillery fire at the Line of Control, Pakistan has made its intentions loud and clear.
- Genoa's Three Musketeers, And... A Gen Dyer Come To Judgment! (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jul 24, 2001)
WHAT does Mr Tony Blair fancy himself to be?
- Miasma Of Misrule Overpowers All (Pioneer, Sidharth Bhatia, Jul 24, 2001)
Dramatic events make news; slow moving processes do not.
- Women's Bill: Combat Or Capitulate (Pioneer, Ashish Talwar, Jul 24, 2001)
Women as a socio-politico group are undoubtedly the biggest losers in today's democracy.
- Intricacies Of International Diplomacy (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Jul 24, 2001)
THE Chinese lost their previous bid for the Olympics to Sydney by two votes and took care to employ the best public relations firms in bidding for the 2008 games and won handsomely.
- Summit With My Neighbour (Tribune, Rajnish Wattas, Jul 24, 2001)
EVER since our two neighbouring plots were partitioned, there has been a running dispute — now called an issue — over the kachnar trees left out on the other side of the wall.
- Line Of Violence (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 24, 2001)
The setback to diplomacy in Agra has given a fillip to violence in Jammu and Kashmir.
- Economy: Clueless Pursuit (Tribune, P. Raman , Jul 24, 2001)
A prominent business editor recently lamented that Indian corporates are so frustrated that they remain utterly clueless about their investment plans for the decade.
- Barrister’S Secret Marriage (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 24, 2001)
The first Subordinate Judge of Alipore has admitted the plaint of Mirva Devi, a daughter of Mr P.L. Roy.
- Chinese Cloned Goat Pregnant (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 23, 2001)
In the first case of its kind, a cloned goat has become pregnant in China, the state media reported. Yangyang, a goat cloned from an adult goat’s body cells, is about four months pregnant, Xinhua news agency quoted the Chinese scientists as saying.
- Island Of Acrimony In The Floods (Telegraph, TILAK D. GUPTA, Jul 23, 2001)
Orissa seems to be caught in a never-ending cycle of misfortune. After the supercyclone of 1999 and last summer’s severe drought, this eastern state is now being ravaged by floods.
- A Tale Of Two It Cos (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 23, 2001)
ON two consecutive days last week, two IT companies declared their quarterly results. While NIIT, the IT education giant reported a 93 per cent fall in net profit over the same period last year, Wipro declared a 97 per cent growth in net profit.
- Crime Rate Dips In Singapore (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 23, 2001)
THE crime rate in Singapore dropped by 13 per cent in the first six months of 2001, but the percentage of Malays involved in rioting incidents is up, official data showed on Sunday.
- Phantom Of The Railways (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jul 23, 2001)
If someone was anywhere along the 119-km stretch through which an empty passenger train rushed past in the wee hours of Thursday, chances are that he would have found nothing especially odd — except that it was moving backwards.
- Indo-Pak. Tussle Over Core Interests (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Jul 23, 2001)
CHENNAI, JULY 22. A qualitatively new diplomatic clash between India and Pakistan over their differing core interests is on the cards now.
- Breach Of Promise (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 23, 2001)
The crisis of political accountability in West Bengal has been confirmed again with a rather disgraceful clarity.
- Media And Foreign Policy (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Jul 23, 2001)
NEW DELHI, JULY 22. Is there a fundamental contradiction between the necessity of talking in secret with a foreign government on the one hand and informing one's own media about that negotiation on the other?
- Problems Are Gifts (Pioneer, T. G. L. Iyer, Jul 23, 2001)
Duke Ellington said, "A problem is a chance for you to do your best." Doing the best requires energy and enthusiasm. Many go half way and abandon the project, starting a new line altogether.
- Conversion As Protest? (Pioneer, Valson Thampu , Jul 23, 2001)
Reportedly a thousand members belonging to 225 Arundhadhiar families near Coimbatore decided to convert to Christianity in protest against the caste-based discrimination they were subjected to.
- Vision And Television (Pioneer, Shubha Singh, Jul 23, 2001)
The President of Pakistan, General Pervez Musharraf, came to India with a one-point agenda that revolved around the Kashmir problem and no other issue was allowed to come in its way.
- General's 'Hurt' Rings Hollow (Pioneer, Bobby Sharma, Jul 23, 2001)
President Musharraf abused Indian hospitality at Agra.
- Reach High To Taste Success (Pioneer, Joginder Singh, Jul 23, 2001)
How is it that some people achieve whatever goal they set for themselves, while others stumble and crumble at the every step?
- Musharraf’s Handicap (Hindustan Times, Amulya Ganguli, Jul 23, 2001)
The belief that only a BJP government in India and an army chief in Pakistan can make peace between the two countries ignores one important nuance.
- Seshnag Death Dance (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 23, 2001)
THE death of 13 persons in a terrorist strike at Seshnag on the way to the holy Amarnath cave on Saturday is a grim reminder that security can be exceptionally tight but not foolproof.
- Talk Silently (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 23, 2001)
President Pervez Musharraf needs to make up his mind and clearly decide the objective of the dialogue process that has just been resumed between India and Pakistan.
- Kofi Annan's Second Term (Hindu, Chinmaya R. Gharekhan, Jul 23, 2001)
MR. KOFI ANNAN'S election to a second term as Secretary-General of the United Nations was expected from the first day of his first term.
- It’s Murder, They Said (Telegraph, MADHUSHREE C. BHOWMIK, Jul 23, 2001)
Titli flits around her foster home. She lurches from one room to another on unsteady legs and loves to look at the Sydney harbour from the windows of her “penthouse’’ in the Australian capital.
- Time To Return To The Valley (Hindu, Muchkund Dubey , Jul 23, 2001)
THE MUCH-PUBLICISED Agra summit did not live up to the expectations and ended without producing even a bald agreed statement summarising the principal events and reiterating that the dialogue will continue.
- Bring Back Trust (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 23, 2001)
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS CONCERNING the country's largest mutual fund, the UTI, can be viewed in two ways.
- Fdi Is No Panacea For India’s Growth Weaknesses (The Financial Express, R.K. Roy, Jul 23, 2001)
India nurses high hopes of attracting foreign direct investment (FDI). The best annual FDI inflow the country has attracted is $3.6 billion—in 1997-98.
- Convergence Bill May Work At Cross-Purposes With Its Objective (The Financial Express, Anees Ahmed, Jul 23, 2001)
The revised draft of the Communication Convergence Bill is expected to be introduced in Parliament in the monsoon session. The revised Bill drafted by the Fali Nariman Committee on Convergence incorporates suggestions received from various quarters.
- Avoid Rushing Into Air-India Disinvestment (The Financial Express, Prabhat Kumar, Jul 23, 2001)
Disinvestment is a laudable objective. The government has been getting a meagre return on over $50 billion of investments in public undertakings made in last 50 years.
- Referendum May Prove Divisive (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Jul 23, 2001)
COLOMBO, JULY 22. It is now becoming increasingly clear that the August 21 referendum on the need for a new constitution called by the President, Ms. Chandrika Kumaratunga, is likely to be a highly divisive exercise for Sri Lanka.
- Ready Answers To The Y V Reddy Puzzle (The Economic Times, Mythili Bhusnurmath, Jul 23, 2001)
BUREAUCRATS, we all know, will never tell you anything you don’t already know.
- From Krishna Menon To Jaswant Singh: Four Decades Of Kashmir Dialogue (Tribune, Anupam Gupta, Jul 23, 2001)
FEW summits in diplomatic history have been so one-sided, so ill-planned on the one side and so well-planned on the other, as the Indo-Pak summit at Agra.
- Agra Could Have Been Saved (Tribune, A.N. Dar, Jul 23, 2001)
BOTH Indian and Pakistani Foreign Ministers have said that the Agra talks have not failed.
- Opposition Essaying United Assault On Government Failures (The Financial Express, Rohit Bansal, Jul 23, 2001)
In terms of issues, there is no dearth of embarrassment staring the government in the face during the monsoon session of Parliament which begins today.
- Bank Frauds -- Where To Draw The Line (Business Line, V. Ramachandran, Jul 23, 2001)
THE three threats which have become a major nightmare for all banks, in general, and the public sector banks, in particular, are ballooning NPAs, high transaction costs and a sharp increase in the incidence of bank frauds.
- Greenspan's Testimony And After -- It Is Now All Up To Koizumi (Business Line, V. Anantha-Nageswaran , Jul 23, 2001)
MR ALAN Greenspan offers little comfort though he tried. As testimonies go, the Fed Chairman delivered one of his flattest in this author's memory.
- Focussed On Rhetoric (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 23, 2001)
FOR the most part, what General Pervez Musharraf served to the media on Friday evening in Islamabad was much the same menu as he had offered to editors in Agra earlier in the week.
- Can Koizumi Save Japan? (The Economic Times, Rudi Dombusch, Jul 23, 2001)
JAPAN now poses the great threat to world financial stability. Once again, its economy is in recession, its budget deficit huge, its public debts (including unfunded pensions) worse than anywhere else in the world.
- Human Development Report 2001 -- India Has A Lot Of Catching Up To Do (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Jul 23, 2001)
THE UNDP's Human Development Report (HDR) 2001 has maintained its tradition.
- Reforms: Stuck In The Talk Syndrome (The Economic Times, S. L. Rao, Jul 23, 2001)
ON July 24, it will be ten years since Dr Manmohan Singh introduced his first Budget. Until then, he was not known for radical ideas for reforming and restructuring the Indian economy.
- Crime And Punishment (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 23, 2001)
THE ARREST and subsequent remand into custody of the former UTI chairman, P S Subramanyam, for causing `wrongful loss’ to the institution raises several issues.
- Search For Chekhov’S Horse (Tribune, Narendra Kumar Oberoi, Jul 23, 2001)
THE first monsoon shower was far too exhilarating. With umbrella in hand I took myself to the Botanical Garden for my morning walk.
- Is Tony A Tory? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 22, 2001)
While pro-reformers praise Mr. Tony Blair for not pulling any punches, critics find his tone unduly aggressive. Hasan Suroor on the growing confrontation over Labour's agenda.
- Naidu Loses The Modem Link (Hindu, R. J. Rajendra Prasad , Jul 22, 2001)
The results of the local body polls in Andhra Pradesh can be seen as a verdict for change from the hi-tech approach to governance to policies focussed on farmers, Dalits and the deprived.
- The Road Stretches On From Agra (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 22, 2001)
On the Indo-Pakistan front, the emphasis now is on absorbing the lessons from Agra and finding ways to move forward, says C. Raja Mohan.
- Some Other Time, Some Other Place (Pioneer, Shobori Ganguli, Jul 22, 2001)
Why can't we be friends now ...."It's what I want. It's what you want". But the horses didn't want it, they swerved apart.
- India’s Glorious Past And Pakistan (Tribune, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jul 22, 2001)
BEGUM Sehba Musharraf’s tart but sad reply when asked if she had any memories of her birthplace, Lucknow, was a reminder of the heightened sensibilities of those whom Salman Rushdie calls “the type of Mohajir who had arrived (in Pakistan) with God.
- Different Voices From Varied Quarters (Tribune, Humra Quraishi, Jul 22, 2001)
THE day I returned ( remember I was in Srinagar) it was back to routine — talks centering around Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf and those farewell parties lined up for our writer bureaucrat Pavan Varma .
- Off-The-Record Public Conference (Tribune, Satish Misra, Jul 22, 2001)
QUOTING an off-the-record conversation is considered a sin in journalistic circles.
- How She Got There (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 22, 2001)
In Delhi, the summit doesn’t seem to have deflated too many egos. In fact, some ego balloons seem to have got further inflated.
- Rooted Cosmopolitans (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA, Jul 22, 2001)
Back in the Seventies, a group of political scientists advanced the theory that India was a “multinational” state rather than a simple “nation-state”.
- The Glass Menagerie (Pioneer, Aparna Kher, Jul 22, 2001)
It must be tough being a fish inside an aquarium.
- Doctrine Updated (Pioneer, Anuradha Dutt, Jul 22, 2001)
Former Prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujral is acknowledged as a foreign policy expert.
- Tying Times (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 22, 2001)
The decision to revive the Joint Indo-US Defence Policy Group is undoubtedly a sign of increasing warmth between the world's two most prominent democracies; the group had gone into a freeze following India's nuclear tests in May 1998.
- The Soldier Scores (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Jul 22, 2001)
At least in the short term, the summit was a big success for Gen. Musharraf.
- It Could Have Been A Better Summit (Pioneer, Ghazanfar Butt, Jul 22, 2001)
The warmth with which President Musharraf was received in India was unprecedented.
- Messages In The Media (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 22, 2001)
General Pervez Musharraf quite obviously views himself as a forceful communicator of Pakistan’s national interest.
- The Road Stretches On From Agra (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 22, 2001)
On the Indo-Pakistan front, the emphasis now is on absorbing the lessons from Agra and finding ways to move forward, says C. Raja Mohan.
- Conflict By Design (The Economic Times, Prakash Kaipa, Jul 22, 2001)
IN today’s rapidly-shifting markets, the law of nature —learn and adapt, or die -— has become the law of the marketplace.
- Drug Men Walking (The Economic Times, C. V. Aravind, Jul 22, 2001)
WHEN Ben Johnson, the Canadian sprinter, became the fastest man in the world pipping none other than the legendary Carl Lewis at the post, we watched with awe and admiration.
- Babus Complicit In Political Fights (Pioneer, Premvir Das, Jul 22, 2001)
Now that enough time has elapsed since the comedy enacted in Tamil Nadu, it is necessary to reflect dispassionately on what this portends for the nation.
- Hard Times (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Jul 22, 2001)
It is a time of trial for the ASEAN. Amit Baruah on the issues the grouping's Ministerial meeting will face.
- A Place To Preen (Hindu, BATUK GATHANI, Jul 22, 2001)
The G-8 summit is at best a giant media spectacle. The leaders and their aides are bothered more about image than any real outcome.
- Is Tony A Tory? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 22, 2001)
While pro-reformers praise Mr. Tony Blair for not pulling any punches, critics find his tone unduly aggressive. Hasan Suroor on the growing confrontation over Labour's agenda.
- Starry-Eyed About Missile Defence (Hindu, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Jul 22, 2001)
On missile defence, the U.S. administration believes that somehow or the other its allies can be won over and Moscow convinced it is no longer the enemy.
- Archer Off Target (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 22, 2001)
The "twist" in the rather sordid "tale" of Sir Jeffrey Archer's shenanigans has finally unravelled.
- Oh, For Nirvana In A Virtual World (The Economic Times, Raghu Krishnan, Jul 22, 2001)
IT was on his way to the showroom that Rajesh bumped into her. Slim, graceful, in a salwar-kameez, a green bindi on her forehead.
- Koirala Goes, Problems Remain (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 21, 2001)
NEPAL'S Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala has been swept off his perch by a political storm that had been brewing for the past several months. His mishandling of the Maoist rebel crisis only provided the immediate trigger.
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