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Articles 20821 through 20920 of 25647:
- The Growth Illusion (The Economic Times, Upasana Bhat, Jul 09, 2001)
GROWTH only measures changes in `gross national product’ — the total sale value of all the traded goods and services produced in a country during a year — and this is a very odd animal indeed.
- Southern Confusion (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jul 09, 2001)
THE FIRST casualty of the recent events in Tamil Nadu is the cohesion of the AIADMK-led alliance.
- Buffer-Stocks Vs Poverty Alleviation (Business Line, Aldas Janaiah, Jul 09, 2001)
IN THE 1960s, two American economists, the Paddock brothers, predicted that as a consequence of its teeming millions and a halted foodgrains production, Indians would die like `flies' of hunger and malnutrition by the end of that decade.
- The Financial Express: Analysis (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jul 09, 2001)
Long-awaited measures to ease foreign currency rules in Russia would be ready by the end of summer, a source in the Russian delegation told reporters on Friday ahead of the Group of Eight’s (G8) finance ministers talks.
- Yes, No, Wait... (The Economic Times, Upasana Bhat, Jul 09, 2001)
SHOULD we rejoice at the Cabinet Committee on Disinvestment’s clearance to sell off Air-India and IBP? And wait with bated breath in anticipation of big ticket selloffs? Don’t hold your breath.
- Corruption Revisited (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Jul 09, 2001)
ON FRIDAY last, the chairman of the National Commission to Review the Working of the Constitution released three more ``sets of papers'' relating to ``probity in governance, a Constitutional mechanism for the settlement of inter-State disputes.
- Case For `Prevention Of Money Laundering Law' (Business Line, U. Pancras, Jul 09, 2001)
THE print and electronic media recently carried reports on a network of bankers and public servants, through which considerable sums of black money were laundered in certain nationalised banks in Kolkata and Port Blair. The modus operandi was that a bank.
- Shadows And Substance (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 09, 2001)
THE POLITICAL MYSTIQUE of the prospective meeting between the Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee, and Pakistan's President, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, is being fostered by them in divergent ways.
- The Rss' Sabotage (Hindu, Balraj Puri, Jul 09, 2001)
DR. SYAMA Prasad Mookerjee, founder-president of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, whose death anniversary was observed by its present incarnation, the BJP, with added fervour on June 23, had played a seminal role in the politics of Jammu and Kashmir.
- The Roads To Authoritarianism (Hindu, Neera Chandhoke , Jul 09, 2001)
WE IN India proudly brandish our credentials to be the world's largest democracy.
- Terminator Technology In Agriculture (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Jul 09, 2001)
Seedsavers of crops worldwide have been threatened as never before. A technology appropriately called the 'terminator technology', has been creating waves in agricultural circles since March.
- Grid Lock (The Economic Times, Upasana Bhat, Jul 09, 2001)
PETROLEUM minister Ram Naik believes he is doing private refineries a good turn by including them in plans for an oil marketing grid.
- Who Needs Ipos? (The Economic Times, Upasana Bhat, Jul 09, 2001)
THE DOMESTIC initial public offering activity in equities has been lacklustre, if not absent, for the last few months.
- Moth-Eaten To Failed State (Hindustan Times, Amulya Ganguli, Jul 09, 2001)
IS THE chance for peace in the subcontinent better — or worse — now when Pakistan is under its weakest leader in recent memory?
- The Financial Express: Analysis (The Financial Express, R.K. Roy, Jul 09, 2001)
The click of a mouse separates Chennai from Mumbai. The parallel to the midnight knock at Tamil Nadu’s ex-chief minister,
- Backdoor Appointments Again (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Jul 09, 2001)
A petition has been filed in the High Court for initiating contempt proceedings against Commissioner-cum-Secretary Transport, Mushtaq Ahmed Ganai and M.K. Mohanty, former Transport Commissioner currently attached with the Commissioner-cum-Secretary.
- Competition Bill May End Up Throttling Entrepreneurship (The Financial Express, Chandra Shekar, Jul 09, 2001)
Should the Indian government prevent an Indian attempting to become a Bill Gates? Should it create hurdles in the way of a company trying to emulate Nokia and become a dominant player in its chosen field?
- Managing By Values (Business Line, L. Jayarangan, Jul 09, 2001)
MANAGEMENT by exception (MBE), management by objectives (MBO) have had all the hype it deserves in the past.
- War (The Economic Times, Bob Marley, Jul 08, 2001)
WHAT life has taught me I would like to share with
Those who want to learn...
- Why Leadership Needs Nurturing (Times of India, Marguerite Theophil, Jul 08, 2001)
THE effects of leadership touch all our lives whether or not we give them much thought or attention.
- The Midnight Knock That Boomeranged (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 08, 2001)
Suddenly, the hunter became the hunted... Ms. Jayalalithaa found herself forced to make a painful climbdown. Suresh Nambath and M. R. Venkatesh report.
- Five For A Crown Of Thorns (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 08, 2001)
Five brave men have joined the race to be leader of the Tories, says Hasan Suroor.
- Blind Confidence (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 08, 2001)
It is good to see confidence. The chief minister of West Bengal has it in abundance.
- Reality Of Nuclear Missile Defence: Indian Scenario (Tribune, Praful Bakshi, Jul 08, 2001)
IT does come as a surprise, that the United States of America, without achieving the desired result in the ballistic missile interception by an anti-ballistic missile, has extended the hand of cooperation to India in the field of national missile defence.
- Damocles Sword Hangs Over (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 08, 2001)
THE last word on the standoff between Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalitha Jayaram and her immediate predecessor M. Karunanidhi is yet to be said.
- Reaffirming Faith (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 08, 2001)
Their Camp David meeting had something for both Mr. Koizumi and Mr. Bush, writes Sridhar Krishnaswami.
- Visit To Give Old Delhi A Facelift (Tribune, Humra Quraishi, Jul 08, 2001)
AS a senior colleague commented there seems to be no dearth of media focus on racy political happenings, and with that trend the rest of the news and news-makers get pushed into the background.
- Ataturk's Spirit Lives On (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 08, 2001)
Another Islamist party was dissolved in Turkey last month. And, writes Kesava Menon, as long as the Generals remain staunch secularists, the Islamists will have to live within the laid down matrix.
- The Mountains Of My Life (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 08, 2001)
Walter Bonatti’s The Mountains of My Life gathers, for the first time in English, the extraordinary writings of one of the world’s greatest mountaineers.
- He Was Patriotic, Scholarly And Fearless (Tribune, Bal Raj Madhok, Jul 08, 2001)
THE founder president of the Bharatiya Jan Sangh, first leader of the Opposition in the Indian Parliament and first martyr for the unity of truncated India, Shyama Prasad Mookerji, was born on July 6, 1901 at Calcutta.
- Many Firsts In Career Of Fathima Beevi (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Jul 08, 2001)
THE unceremonious exit of the Tamil Nadu Governor, Ms Meera Sahib Fathima Beevi, is, for the first time, seen as a setback in her otherwise highly successful career in the portals of judiciary spanning over four decades.
- An Action Thriller Is Half Way Through (The Economic Times, Aruna Srinivasan, Jul 08, 2001)
WITH the release of M Karunanidhi, Act one-Part one is over in the Tamil Nadu melodrama.
- India’s Food Revolution (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 08, 2001)
M.S. Banga, chairman, Hindustan Lever Limited, delivered a talk titled “Food Revolution — A Win Win for Farmer and Consumer” at the annual general meeting on June 22.
- Ornamentalism: How The British Saw Their Empire (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 08, 2001)
The British Empire, David Cannadine argues in his new book, “was first and foremost a class act.
- Terminator Technology In Agriculture (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Jul 08, 2001)
Seedsavers of crops worldwide have been threatened as never before. A technology appropriately called the 'terminator technology', has been creating waves in agricultural circles since March.
- Mig Crashes Again, Pilot Killed Again (The Kashmir Times, B. K. Mathur , Jul 08, 2001)
This column was initially planned for a different subject.
- Dark Shadow Over Agra Summit (The Kashmir Times, Inder Malhotra, Jul 08, 2001)
Both: Prime Minister: Atal Behari Vajpayee and Pakistan’s military ruler. General Pervez Musharraf have made it impossible for me to stick to my resolve to give the Agra summit a miss until it actually takes place.
- Airline Disinvestment Runs Into Rough Weather (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI, Jul 08, 2001)
NEW DELHI, JULY 7. From the looks of it, the disinvestment of Air
India and Indian Airlines has run into heavy turbulence.
- The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Editorial (Tribune, Bhim S. Dahiya, Jul 08, 2001)
ALDOUS Huxley once complained that tragedy does not portray the whole truth. Sherwood Anderson made a similar complaint about man’s perception of life.
- Atal's Burden (Times of India, MANOJ JOSHI, Jul 08, 2001)
THE forthcoming Vajpayee-Musharraf summit in Agra is neither the most important nor the most eventful one held between India and Pakistan.
- The Tuition Issue: Perception And The Whole Truth (Tribune, Bhim S. Dahiya, Jul 08, 2001)
ALDOUS Huxley once complained that tragedy does not portray the whole truth. Sherwood Anderson made a similar complaint about man’s perception of life. Thus, in life, as well as in letter.
- The Midnight Knock That Boomeranged (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 08, 2001)
Suddenly, the hunter became the hunted... Ms. Jayalalithaa found herself forced to make a painful climbdown. Suresh Nambath and M. R. Venkatesh report.
- Advantage Buyers (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 08, 2001)
FIRST let’s be honest - consumers have directly benefitted from the free distribution of the Internet Explorer and the bundling of Internet Explorer with Windows.
- Why Leadership Needs Nurturing (Times of India, Marguerite Theophil, Jul 07, 2001)
THE effects of leadership touch all our lives whether or not we give them much thought or attention.
- ‘Speed Dates’ To Find Mates (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 07, 2001)
FORGET the blind date, Singapore singles now go on “speed dates” that allow them to size up potential mates in seven minutes.
- War (The Economic Times, Bob Marley, Jul 07, 2001)
WHAT life has taught me I would like to share with
Those who want to learn.
- Atal's Burden (Times of India, MANOJ JOSHI, Jul 07, 2001)
THE forthcoming Vajpayee-Musharraf summit in Agra is neither the most important nor the most eventful one held between India and Pakistan.
- Flood Of Suggestions On Indo-Pak Talks (Tribune, Gobind Thukral, Jul 07, 2001)
FOR over a month what has dominated the Pakistani press, both English and Urdu, is the coming Vajpayee - Musharraf talks.
- Thaw In The Glacier (Hindustan Times, AG Noorani , Jul 07, 2001)
Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and President Pervez Musharraf do not need to spend much time at Agra on July 15 in order to settle the Siachen problem.The terms of an accord were ready in November 1992.
- Transfer Pricing -- Harassment In Store (Business Line, S. Murlidharan , Jul 07, 2001)
SECTION 92 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 has been replaced by Sections 92 to 92F through the Finance Act, 2001.
- Double Injury (Business Line, D. Murali , Jul 07, 2001)
MANY know what jobs the Customs Department does. Add to that a new one: `Acting as scrap sales agent', recently performed for Ratan Kumar Saha.
- Clean Elections: Congress Shows How (The Economic Times, Jayaprakash Narayan, Jul 07, 2001)
THE TRAGEDY in Nepal and the Indo-Pak summit have pushed other developments from the front pages.
- Russia Through A Keyhole (Tribune, Pran Chopra , Jul 07, 2001)
IT happens sometimes to countries, as more often to individuals, that a single event in their lives becomes a keyhole through which you can see a whole panorama of their lives.
- Politics And Propriety (Business Line, V. K. Srinivasan, Jul 07, 2001)
POLITICAL events in Tamil Nadu and their echoes in Delhi have been so bizarre that one should feel relieved that the Constitution and the conventions that have evolved over five decades.
- A Leap Into Uncertainty (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 07, 2001)
Though the gates to trading in index futures have been opened, the tax law in this regard is still nebulous, says T. C. A. Ramanujam.
- Jai Guru Amitabh! (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 07, 2001)
THAT film stars are treated like gods in India is well known. Now this hero-worship has been taken one step further with a full-fledged temple being dedicated to Amitabh Bachchan in Kolkata.
- Sonia's Us Visit (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 07, 2001)
RAM Manohar Lohia thought that Indira Gandhi was a "goongi guriya". Later political developments proved him wrong.
- An Impending Crisis (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 07, 2001)
THE Indian economy is heading for a rough time. The growth rate is falling and the area of concern is widening.
- Murder Most Foul (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Jul 07, 2001)
UNIDENTIFIED ASSAILANTS murdered in cold-blood an elderly couple in broad daylight in posh Trikuta Nagar Colony on Sunday.
- Think Of The Mess We Are (Tribune, Tavleen Singh, Jul 07, 2001)
WHAT is it about us as a people that makes us apathetic to things that are really important and passionate about those that are not?
- Its A Shame That The Kyoto Protocol Is No More (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 07, 2001)
US President George Bush stunned the world when he rejected the Kyoto Protocol, that addresses the issue of reducing the greenhouse gases that cause global warming.
- Where Are The Jobs? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 07, 2001)
ONE OF the mysteries of the experience with reforms in the past decade is the slower growth of employment alongside a more rapid growth of the Indian economy.
- Ignorance Unlimited (Hindustan Times, Khushwant Singh, Jul 07, 2001)
At least once a year we are reminded of the abysmal state of our education.
- Empty House (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jul 07, 2001)
India’s reputation of being ‘famously democratic’, as The Economist once wrote, has no challengers today.
- Dell Understands Customer Needs (The Economic Times, R. Subramanyam, Jul 07, 2001)
RICK Chase is the vice president, transaction customer service and support for Dell’s Americas Services organisation.
- ‘Timely Penalties More Effective Than Punitive (The Financial Express, Raghu Mohan, Jul 07, 2001)
No former central banker has been singled out for media attention as much as S S Tarapore who retired as chairman of the advisory board on banking, commercial and financial frauds at the end of last month.
- Rising Profit Rate In Us Economy (Business Line, P. R. Brahmananda , Jul 07, 2001)
THE rate of profit is an important concept in economics. In classical economics, according to Ricardo, the net product in an economy can be equated with national income minus rents. The net product is then distributed between profits and wages.
- The Failed Swayamsevaks (Hindu, Shamsul Islam , Jul 07, 2001)
WITH RECURRING electoral setbacks to the BJP in different parts of the country in the last one year, we have been witnessing a spate of media reports claiming that the RSS is not happy with the NDA Government led by Mr. Atal Behari Vajpaee.
- Revamp Commodity Boards (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 07, 2001)
THE P. P. PRABHU Committee has rightly called for a thorough overhaul of various commodity boards and refocussing of priorities.
- Consolidate And Strengthen Before Going In For M&as (The Financial Express, Ravi Singhania, Jul 07, 2001)
Till a few years ago, the takeover of one company by another was viewed as a sign of failure of the former, and an aggressive design of the latter.
- Energy For The Masses (The Economic Times, Vikram S Mehta, Jul 07, 2001)
THE MAJORITY of India’s rural populace use fuel wood, crop residues or animal dung to cook.
- Better Service From States? (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 07, 2001)
The Shome Panel is in favour of States collecting the service tax. But will this work, asks T. N. Pandey.
- Ensure Competition (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 07, 2001)
ONE aspect of mobile telecom licensing policy that has hitherto gone unnoticed is the monopoly enjoyed by operators in certain circles.
- Soaped-Up Life (Times of India, Raghu Krishnan, Jul 06, 2001)
THESE days, soap gets into my eyes, especially from a Tamil TV serial called Chithi where the noble protagonist's well-behaved hubby gets tired of everyone but everyone doing the dirty on him and his better-half.
- Terminator Technology In Agriculture (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Jul 06, 2001)
Seedsavers of crops worldwide have been threatened as never before. A technology appropriately called the 'terminator technology', has been creating waves in agricultural circles since March.
- Blind Confidence (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 06, 2001)
It is good to see confidence. The chief minister of West Bengal has it in abundance.
- Agra Summit, A Good Opportunity (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Jul 06, 2001)
It has been a year since this correspondent's assignment in Pakistan came to an end.
- Monument For The Arts (Hindustan Times, Bhaichand Patel, Jul 06, 2001)
The Siri Fort Auditorium in the capital is a disgrace to the country.
- An Article Of Faith (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jul 06, 2001)
When the central leaders re-read the Constitution during the recent Tamil Nadu crisis to find any provision to deal with it, one of the measures which is said to have come under close scrutiny is Article 355.
- Ornamentalism: How The British Saw Their Empire (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 06, 2001)
The British Empire, David Cannadine argues in his new book, “was first and foremost a class act.”
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