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Articles 20921 through 21020 of 25647:
- Will Summit Mean Better Trade? (Business Line, Kuldip Nayar, Jul 06, 2001)
IT IS understandable that New Delhi could not have continued with a rigid attitude towards Islamabad for long.
- Charitable Choice (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jul 06, 2001)
THAT is the name given to a programme by which the US President, Mr George Bush, sets much store and for which he is going all out to get financial allocation from the US Congress.
- Economic, Regional Security To Figure In Dialogue With Australia (The Financial Express, HUMA SIDDQUI, Jul 06, 2001)
By any reckoning, external affairs minister Jaswant Singh’s visit to Australia in June this year was a major event for both countries.
- Big Task , Small Talk (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Jul 06, 2001)
Paradoxically while the coming Vajpayee-Musharraf summit has generated a euphoria in both the countries a trivial issue like the invitation to Hurriet leaders by the Pakistan high commission.
- Dark Shadow Over Agra Summit (The Kashmir Times, Inder Malhotra, Jul 06, 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.
- Taming Of The Monetary Hawks (Business Line, N.A.Mujumdar, Jul 06, 2001)
THE former RBI Deputy Governor, Dr S. S. Tarapore, confesses in his new book, Monetary Management and Institutional Reforms, of being labelled a ``primordial monetary hawk''.
- Murder Most Foul (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Jul 06, 2001)
UNIDENTIFIED ASSAILANTS murdered in cold-blood an elderly couple in broad daylight in posh Trikuta Nagar Colony on Sunday.
- The Mountains Of My Life (Telegraph, Walter Bonatti, Jul 06, 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.
- Us-64: Big Daddy Throws In The Towel (Business Line, V. Pattabhi Ram, Jul 06, 2001)
WE MUST doff a hat at the Big Daddy of the mutual fund industry, the Unit Trust of India (UTI).
- Is Ai Being Sold For A Song? (Hindu, T. S. Shankar, Jul 06, 2001)
CHENNAI, JULY 5. Even as the Centre is clearing the decks for the disinvestment of Air India (AI) besides approving the disinvestment of the Government's shareholding in it by incorporating stringent security guidelines.
- How To Prevent Female Foeticide (Tribune, K.B. SAHAY, Jul 06, 2001)
EVER since the publication of the Census 2001 Provisional Report highlighting the decline in the child (0-6 years) sex-ratio from 945 in 1991 to 927 female child per 1000 male child in 2001.
- Mig Crashes Again, Pilot Killed Again (The Kashmir Times, B. K. Mathur , Jul 06, 2001)
This column was initially planned for a different subject, on what military rulers and Generals in Pakistan used to tell their sports teams and managers prior their departure for international competitions abroad, like the Olympiad and Asiad.
- ‘Let Them Have Temples!’ (Tribune, Abu Abraham, Jul 06, 2001)
A combination of missile technology and spirituality (our ancient remedy for all the ills of mankind) seems to be the driving force of our nation. Or at least that’s what I think.
- Unwrapping Kashmir (Hindustan Times, Vasant Sathe, Jul 06, 2001)
With a few days to go before President Pervez Musharraf arrives, expectations are building up in both India and Pakistan.
- The Hindu : More Than Trust (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 06, 2001)
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN the country's oldest and largest mutual fund, the UTI, leading to the abrupt exit of its Chairman, Mr. P. S. Subramanyam, are disquieting.
- 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.
- Islamabad Signals (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 06, 2001)
The significance of general Musharraf's exclusive interview to this paper cannot be overstated, containing as it does refreshing new departures from earlier Pakistani formulations.
- Political High-Handedness (Hindu, P. V. Indiresan , Jul 06, 2001)
IT IS said, set a thief to catch a thief. That has now come to pass. Ms. Jayalalithaa, herself a person convicted for corruption, has hauled up her rival, Mr. Karunanidhi, on charges of - wonder of wonders - corruption.
- Preparing For Agra (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 06, 2001)
BOTH India and Pakistan are making the right moves to ensure that the mood even after the July 14 Agra Summit remains that of love and bonhomie.
- Saving Trust Of Uti (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 06, 2001)
OPERATION Salvage has started in the UTI with the virtual sacking of chairman P.S. Subramaniam as a prelude to revamping the board of trustees. Now the government proposes to have a nominee as it used to have until the mid-nineties.
- Patents And Licensing (The Economic Times, Biswajit Dhar, Jul 06, 2001)
THE MUCH debated WTO Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights has come into full public gaze once again in recent months as controversy has raged in South Africa over access to medicines at affordable prices.
- Know Your Nature To Live Joyously (Times of India, A. S. Negi, Jul 06, 2001)
A zen master in Japan had two monks as his disciples. One day he asked one of them to observe fast for three days but he did not say anything to the other.
- `Reduce Government Debt By Rs 2000 Crore’ (The Economic Times, Shalini Singh, Jul 06, 2001)
FOR an organisation that has done its best to boost sentiment by repeatedly announcing that it expects the economy to grow by 6.5 to 7 per cent this year, the Confederation of Indian Industries.
- The Fall Guys (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 06, 2001)
The race for the top job at Unit Trust of India is on, and in many ways, it epitomises much of what has gone wrong with the Trust over the years. One of the contenders is, reportedly, favoured because he is `flexible', with all that this implies.
- On Changing The Course Of History (Tribune, M.S.N. Menon, Jul 06, 2001)
A World Bank report says that South Asia is the poorest region of the world.
- India’s Food Revolution (Telegraph, Bibek Debroy, Jul 06, 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.
- Using Police As Cms’ Private Army (Tribune, Hari Jaisingh, Jul 06, 2001)
THE barbaric show put up by the police in Chennai in the wee hours of last Saturday at the prompting of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalitha carries far darker shades than we saw during the 1975 Emergency.
- Andhra’s Tryst With Infotech In Public Health (The Financial Express, Parul Malhotra, Jul 06, 2001)
Vision 2020 is Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu’s dream, within which he sets out a blueprint for providing affordable curative and preventive health care to all.
- Mr Sinha, No Dummy Figureheads At The Uti, Please (The Financial Express, Sharad Mistry, Jul 06, 2001)
Silence is normally considered golden. But some times it can even be deafening, if used strategically. Master strategist that he is, the Unit Trust of India’s former chairman, PS Subramanyam’s, silence is of the second type.
- Just Capital: The Liberal Economy (The Economic Times, Adair Turner, Jul 06, 2001)
WE don’t actually understand some of the more subtle drivers of economic success.
- Vajpayee And Musharraf Must Talk About The Future, Not The Past (The Financial Express, Sanjaya Baru, Jul 06, 2001)
It is wise not to count one’s chickens before they are hatched, more so when there could well be a slip between the cup and the lip.
- Government Spending Can Help Revive Growth (The Financial Express, Ajit Ranade, Jul 06, 2001)
The Central Statistical Organisation (CSO), the economic data watchdog for the country, revealed last week that last year’s growth was only 5.2 per cent and not 6 as was earlier estimated and popularly believed.
- Silly As A Wheel (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 06, 2001)
``Re-inventing the wheel'' may well be the patented practice of out-of-work politicians and career-minded mandarins, but a Melbourne-based lawyer has literally ``invented the wheel'' and, just to make the point.
- Ornamentalism: How The British Saw Their Empire (Telegraph, David Cannadine, Jul 06, 2001)
The British Empire, David Cannadine argues in his new book, “was first and foremost a class act.”
- Sukhna Lake: Dam Safety Neglected (Tribune, G.S. Dhillon, Jul 05, 2001)
THE flooding of areas downstream of the Sukhna lake due to the operation of the regulator gates has led to the lodging of a complaint by the Punjab Government with the chief administrator of Chandigarh,
- Musharraf: Beginning Of End? (Business Line, B. Raman , Jul 05, 2001)
``IN THE face of such attacks on his legitimacy, there has been speculation in Islamabad that before going to New Delhi.
- Time To End The Dissonance (Business Line, T. P. Ghosh, Jul 05, 2001)
THE GLOBALISATION of capital markets and the cross-border raising of capital by companies -- more particularly by developing countries from the developed -- is facilitated by the listing of companies in foreign capital markets.
- Blind Confidence (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 05, 2001)
It is good to see confidence. The chief minister of West Bengal has it in abundance.
- Terminator Technology In Agriculture (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Jul 05, 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.
- Is Law Different For Ministers? (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Jul 05, 2001)
Long after the sound and fury generated over the Tamil Nadu happenings die down, several significant questions related to the incidents will in all probability remain unanswered.
- Not So Imperious Anymore (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jul 05, 2001)
It doesn't end till the fat lady sings, goes a familiar saying.
- Cooling A Face-Off (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 05, 2001)
TAMIL NADU Chief Minister Jayalalitha is strong-willed and never forgives or forgets. Yet on Tuesday she ordered the withdrawal of all cases against two Union Cabinet Ministers who threw their political weight behind her sworn enemy, Mr M. Karunanidhi.
- Art Of Netagiri (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 05, 2001)
Bihar and education, say the cynics, don't go together. Most recent news filtering from the state seems to confirm the grim pedagogic prognostication.
- Mind Over Management (Business Line, Orla Leonard, Jul 05, 2001)
A DISCIPLINE as ordered and professional as financial management may seem a world away from psychology, but the two are more compatible than most people think.
- How The British Saw Their Empire (Telegraph, David Cannadine, Jul 05, 2001)
The British Empire, David Cannadine argues in his new book, “was first and foremost a class act.”
- The Mountains Of My Life (Telegraph, Walter Bonatti, Jul 05, 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.
- Sop Opera (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 05, 2001)
These are tough times for the BJP in Uttar Pradesh.
- Dark Shadow Over Agra Summit (The Kashmir Times, Inder Malhotra, Jul 05, 2001)
Both: Prime Minister: Atal Behari Vajpayee and Pakistan’s military ruler.
- Deciding Kashmir's Future (Times of India, Zafar Meraj, Jul 05, 2001)
KASHMIR is not a bilateral issue, or a territory dispute between India and Pakistan and neither of the two has any moral or other right to discuss and take any decision with regard to its political future.
- Terminator Technology In Agriculture (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Jul 05, 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.
- Penning For A Pal (Times of India, G. Srinivasan , Jul 05, 2001)
BETWEEN 1942 and 1945, I was a senior member of `The Young Folks' League' (YFL), a delightful section in the good old Illustrated Weekly of India.
- Cricketers On Drugs (Tribune, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 05, 2001)
JUST when Indian cricket was beginning to emerge from the shock of the match-fixing controversy an upmarket Delhi-based English newsweekly has come out with the startling disclosure about some players taking performance enhancing drugs.
- Developments In Indian Ocean (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, Jul 05, 2001)
AS India prepares to embark on a path of accelerated economic growth of 8 per cent, reforms in two crucial areas need to be undertaken.
- A Case Of Soul-Searching For Uti Chief (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 05, 2001)
A day after the coutry’s largest mutual fund was tanked,
- The Third Factor For Scams (The Financial Express, P. N. Vijay, Jul 05, 2001)
The stock markets have been subject to so many shockwaves over the last few months that it is sometimes difficult to pin-point the actual factors that have contributed to this state of affairs.
- Debt Recovery Tribunals: There’s A Way Out For Defence Of Guarantors (The Financial Express, Ram Kishan, Jul 05, 2001)
The expeditious summary proceedings in various Debt Recovery Tribunals (DRTs) in the country have rendered the guarantors an extremely worried lot.
- Fiddle On, Mr Sinha (Hindustan Times, K. A. Badrinath, Jul 05, 2001)
The boot landed on Unit Trust of India (UTI) chairman P.S. Subramanyam on Tuesday.
- Agra Summit (Hindustan Times, Romesh Bhandari, Jul 05, 2001)
Ever since Independence, Kashmir has made adversaries out of India and Pakistan.
- Big Task , Small Talk (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Jul 05, 2001)
Paradoxically while the coming Vajpayee-Musharraf summit has generated a euphoria in both the countries a trivial issue like the invitation to Hurriet leaders by the Pakistan high commission at the high tea being hosted for the visiting Pakistan President
- Murder Most Foul (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Jul 05, 2001)
UNIDENTIFIED ASSAILANTS murdered in cold-blood an elderly couple in broad daylight in posh Trikuta Nagar Colony on Sunday.
- Arjun’s Doubts And Krishna’s Logic (Tribune, V. N. Datta, Jul 05, 2001)
IN his inaugural address distinguished for its wide learning and lucidity delivered at the Indian History Congress, Kolkata, early this year.
- A Question Of Trust (Business Line, Menka Shivdasani , Jul 05, 2001)
HOW do you leave 20 million investors completely in the lurch and still manage to justify your actions?
- Fdi In Retailing (The Economic Times, Rakesh Abrol, Jul 05, 2001)
THIS refers to the article `Government must allow FDI in retailing’ (ET, June 28) by Rumy Mukherjee.
- Spend Till You Drop (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 05, 2001)
WHAT could be more ironical than a government, strapped for funds to invest in health, education and other critical infrastructure urging its minions to spend, spend and spend some more.
- Now For Corrective Steps (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 05, 2001)
THE LESS THAN two months old Jayalalithaa dispensation, which stands discredited and checkmated - politically, legally and Constitutionally.
- Can The Commonwealth Become More Responsive? (Hindu, Garimella Subramaniam, Jul 05, 2001)
When the Commonwealth heads of government meet in Brisbane, Australia in October to consider how to make the body relevant to the new millennium.
- The Wonder Drug That Wasn't (Hindu, C. V. Krishnaswami, Jul 05, 2001)
Diabetes mellitus (the adult-type or Type 2) is indeed common in our country with an age standardised prevalence of about: 2.55 per cent for all ages.
- Good Promos (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 05, 2001)
WHEN an organisation does a bad job, heads roll and the boss gets tough with the rest, right. Clearly you are not familiar with the ethos in Sebi.
- Chennai Crisis Is Not Just A Centre-State Issue (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jul 05, 2001)
As usual the focus of the controversy created by the events in Chennai is far too much on less important questions of centre-state relations and not on the real issue at stake — human rights.
- V. P. Singh's Second Coming (Hindu, SURENDRA MOHAN, Jul 05, 2001)
IN 1995, Mr. V. P. Singh, former Prime Minister, announced that he was withdrawing from active politics for five years.
- India’s Food Revolution (Telegraph, Bibek Debroy, Jul 05, 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.
- Privatising A Public Sector Debacle? (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Jul 05, 2001)
Indeed, the operation of an effective market economy necessitates that investment funds committed to capital projects that do not accurately reflect consumer and business preferences should incur losses and ultimately be liquidated.
- The Grand Bargain At Agra (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Jul 05, 2001)
WHAT WOULD it take to call the Indo-Pakistan talks at Agra a success?
- The Guru Awakens & Heals The Mind (Times of India, Swami Chaitanya Keerti, Jul 05, 2001)
INDIA celebrates Ashadh Purnima, the full moon of July as Guru Purnima. It is the day when all disciples come together to express their gratitude towards their Guru. This is something uniquely Indian.
- Mig Crashes Again, Pilot Killed Again (The Kashmir Times, B. K. Mathur , Jul 05, 2001)
This column was initially planned for a different subject, on what military rulers and Generals in Pakistan used to tell their sports teams and managers prior their departure for international competitions abroad, like the Olympiad and Asiad.
- Paying For Pay Commission (The Economic Times, Shankar Acharya, Jul 05, 2001)
EARLY four years ago, the United Front (Gujral) government finally took the major decisions on the Fifth Pay Commission Report. As a result, central government employees received pay increases of 40 to 60 per cent.
- Destination Safety (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 05, 2001)
AT LONG LAST, there is an attempt to put the Indian Railways back on the track to safety.
- Dealing With Distress (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 05, 2001)
The knives were out for Unit Trust of India (UTI) chairman P S Subramanyam on Tuesday; they didn't take long to strike home.
- Trauma Of Seeing Your Ex-Partner (Tribune, Craig Taylor, Jul 04, 2001)
SO she’s gone forever, finally, thank God, and she’s taken that inane Dido CD with her. There will be no more scenes at restaurants where you don’t even speak until all of the penne’s gone; no more bumpy cab rides home; no more.
- Terminator Technology In Agriculture (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Jul 04, 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.
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