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Articles 21021 through 21120 of 25647:
- Women Try Too Hard To Get To (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 04, 2001)
WOMEN are still a rarity in the world’s boardrooms, and research released may have found the reason why — they try too hard to get there.
- Karl Popper Comes To Up (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jul 04, 2001)
No, it’s not Guru Golwalkar who is the new ideological symbol for a beleaguered Sangh parivar in UP; it’s Karl Popper, the liberal sociologist.
- A Step Back In The Balkans (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 04, 2001)
IS IT AT all possible for multi-ethnic countries, torn apart by the destructive force of hatred and vengeance, to be put back together?
- Blind Confidence (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 04, 2001)
It is good to see confidence. The chief minister of West Bengal has it in abundance.
- Planning And Innovation In R&d (Business Line, R. Augustine, Jul 04, 2001)
DEVELOPMENT and change are the mantras of life. Science has managed to decode the ``book of human life''.
- Revenge, Arrests, Videotapes... (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jul 04, 2001)
THE messy arrest of the former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Mr M. Karunanidhi, might be behind us.
- Clothing Blackmail In Legality (Business Line, Sundara K. Datta-Ray, Jul 04, 2001)
THOUGH no notice will be taken of Mr Slobodan Milosevic's refusal to recognise the jurisdiction of the war crimes tribunal at The Hague, his arrest and trial raise important and disquieting questions of legal and political significance.
- A Common Fight Against Reforms? (Hindu, W. R. Varada Rajan, Jul 04, 2001)
The 37th Indian Labour Conference (ILC), held on May 18 and 19, 2001, ended unceremoniously without any conclusions being drawn up because of the united resistance of all the trade unions.
- Betrayal Of Trust (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 04, 2001)
THE UTI DECISION to suspend sale and repurchase in its flagship US-64 comes as a nasty shock for millions of retail investors.
- Give Cabinet Secretary A Fixed (Tribune, Ram Verma, Jul 04, 2001)
ONE might say that giving extension in service to the Cabinet Secretary is no big deal. Several reasons may have prompted it.
- 'Wto Already Has A Broad Enough Agenda' (The Economic Times, Pooja Kothari, Jul 04, 2001)
THE WORLD Trade Organisation has always evoked extreme responses in India -— be it farmers crying out for protection or the industry. Yet, there are few who understand the issues involved.
- Draconian (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jul 04, 2001)
BY AN order issued on May 24, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs directed ``every householder or other person'' to report to the officer-in-charge of the nearest police station about the ``arrival or presence in his household.
- India’s Food Revolution (Telegraph, Bibek Debroy, Jul 04, 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.
- Financial Sector Reforms Lack Meaningful Political Will (The Financial Express, R. H. Patil, Jul 04, 2001)
Last decade witnessed major reforms in the financial sector.
- A Win-Win Strategy (The Financial Express, Sourav Majumdar, Jul 04, 2001)
The government is on overdrive on public sector divestment. Things appear to be moving fast, plans are being drawn up and shareholders’ pacts being readied for the purpose.
- Ten Years After, It’s Time The Country Got On With The Job (The Financial Express, S. S. Tarapore, Jul 04, 2001)
A tween is a pre-adolescent -- no longer a child but not yet a teenager; the pre-adolescent feels disorganised and growth though rapid is uneven.
- Indo-Pak Talks: It’s Time To Cut The Gordian Knot (The Financial Express, Kuldip Nayar, Jul 04, 2001)
I have covered all the summits between India and Pakistan from the one held at Tashkent in 1966 to that at Lahore in 1999. All of them, around six, failed because both sides were seeking different things.
- The Delhi-Agra Dialogue (Tribune, K. Rajbir Deswal, Jul 04, 2001)
WE generally hear on the television and radio as also read in newspapers, “New Delhi said... to which Islamabad reacted ...!” The other day after a fresh Indo-Pak summit was announced, I began wondering how cities really talked to each other!
- Too Stark For Comfort (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 04, 2001)
What has been a common refrain all these years in the debate on HIV/AIDS? That the best antidote to the killer disease is to break the silence on the subject.
- 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.
- Mig Crashes Again, Pilot Killed Again (The Kashmir Times, B. K. Mathur , Jul 04, 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.
- Dark Shadow Over Agra Summit (The Kashmir Times, Inder Malhotra, Jul 04, 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 and to turn to other significant issues.
- The Mountains Of My Life (Telegraph, Walter Bonatti, Jul 04, 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.
- Big Task , Small Talk (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Jul 04, 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
- The Centre Cannot Hold (Hindustan Times, Prakash Patra, Jul 04, 2001)
T he manner in which the NDA government humiliated and forced Tamil Nadu Governor Fathima Beevi to go, exposes the true colours of the BJP. Beevi has been virtually forced into a face-saving resignation instead of waiting for an ignominious dismissal.
- Over The Moon (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jul 04, 2001)
Critics may make the Indian Space Research Organisation’s decision to set up a lunar task force out to be a ‘mission implausible’.
- The Ceasefire With The Nagas (Hindu, Murkot Ramunny, Jul 04, 2001)
THIS IS not the first time a ceasefire has been introduced in Nagaland.
- The Summit (Hindu, Kanti Bajpai, Jul 04, 2001)
PEACE RARELY comes as a whole. More often than not, peace comes in parts.
- Betrayal Of Faith (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jul 04, 2001)
Much is made in the media about the Vajpayee government’s move away from the BJP’s Hindutva roots.
- Breach Of Trust (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 04, 2001)
If you are one of the millions of investors in US-64, you will probably be feeling indignant at your sudden loss of liquidity, furious with the Unit Trust of India (UTI) for landing into another mess barely two years after a government bailout,
- Pakistan Wants Peace (Times of India, Ayaz Amir, Jul 04, 2001)
IT is fashionable to say that Pakistan and India must lay to rest the ghosts of the past before they can move forward to anything resembling a rational relationship.
- The Prayer Of The Name (Times of India, Janina Gomes, Jul 04, 2001)
THERE is indeed something which can help us and lead us further and further into the sanctuary of the soul, something which can bring us to the summit of Mount Horeb (place where God manifests Self as a strengthening presence), says Swami Abhishiktananda,
- Flagship Units As Duds (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 04, 2001)
EVERYONE suspected that the UTI (Unit Trust of India) is ailing but the report card it presented on Monday shows it to be critically ill.
- Disgraceful Developments In Tamil (Tribune, T. V. Rajeswar, Jul 04, 2001)
THE unbelievable and atrocious acts in Tamil Nadu are as much a comment on the people of the state, who voted Ms Jayalalitha to power despite all her disgraceful past, as on the Chief Minister herself who is running amock.
- Mcdonald’s In Beef Soup (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 04, 2001)
McDonald's, the multi-national fast food chain, may indeed have been guilty of wilfully misleading vegetarian customers about the beef tallow in the oil used for making French fries.
- Ornamentalism: How The British Saw Their Empire (Telegraph, David Cannadine, Jul 04, 2001)
The British Empire, David Cannadine argues in his new book, “was first and foremost a class act.”
- Stone Age Auto Policy (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 04, 2001)
INDIA has a curious attitude to foreign investment — it says it wants the money, but then goes out of its way to make it difficult for people to invest.
- An Outrageous Act (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Jul 04, 2001)
Politics of vendetta is nothing new in this country.
- Restructure Uti (The Economic Times, S. S. Kalra, Jul 04, 2001)
YOUR editorial `UTI’s body blow’ (ET, July 3) on the performance of UTI was very mild as it failed to haul up the senior officials of UTI who have belied the confidence of nearly two crore investors.
- Murder Most Foul (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Jul 04, 2001)
UNIDENTIFIED ASSAILANTS murdered in cold-blood an elderly couple in broad daylight in posh Trikuta Nagar Colony on Sunday.
- Heads Must Roll (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 04, 2001)
WHAT’S the difference between UTI and any other mutual fund, especially a private sector mutual fund? Apart, of course, from the fact that as the largest MF it has more going for it than any other MF in the country.
- Terminator Technology In Agriculture (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Jul 03, 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.
- Wheels Of Injustice (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 03, 2001)
It is not merely that a chief minister went on the rampage on the weekend in Tamil Nadu.
- Blind Confidence (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 03, 2001)
It is good to see confidence. The chief minister of West Bengal has it in abundance.
- On Territory, People And Money (The Economic Times, Sauvik Sauvik Chakraverti verti , Jul 03, 2001)
VERY soon, a man of the sword and an old poet with two artificial knees will meet at a ‘summit’. Studying all their deliberations will be a host of security experts whose rationale is entirely territorial.
- New Wine In A New Bottle (The Economic Times, S. Chakravarthy, Jul 03, 2001)
ONE of the fears that has been voiced in the context of the proposed Competition Bill is that the new law when it comes into force will impede corporate growth that flow from mergers and amalgamations.
- Music Raises Milk Yield Of Cows (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 03, 2001)
THE sheds could soon be alive with the sound of music after researchers found that cows produce more milk when listening to soothing tunes such as REM’s Everybody Hurts and Lou Reed’s Perfect Day.
- Scapegoat Found (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 03, 2001)
JUSTICE Fathima Beevi’s exit as governor of Tamil Nadu is in keeping with the bizarre developments in Tamil Nadu over the weekend.
- Second Generation Reforms -- Implementation, The Key (Business Line, Kapil Sharma, Jul 03, 2001)
TALKING about Second generation reforms has become the fashion among people who do understand some economics.
- Terms Of Engagement (Times of India, B. S. Malik, Jul 03, 2001)
POST-KARGIL, many people were of the opinion that general Pervez Musharraf was a brilliant tactician but not a good strategist.
- Winners All (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 03, 2001)
IF WE had gone by the judgement of the 100 or so CEOs polled for the ET Awards, N R Narayana Murthy or Infosys would have bagged practically all the awards for this year.
- Economy Disinterest (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 03, 2001)
ON ANY SCALE of earnestness to battle a slowdown, the US is surely scoring more points than India with Washington unveiling huge tax cuts to back Fed's easing of interest rates.
- India’s Food Revolution (Telegraph, Bibek Debroy, Jul 03, 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. This deserves wider dissemination.
- Sowing Wind, Reaping Whirlwind (Business Line, Premen Addy , Jul 03, 2001)
THE midsummer silly season and the rioting season are as one.
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The Badla Is Dead, Long Live The Badla! (The Economic Times, Samir K Barua, Jul 03, 2001)
AN ERA came to a close on the Indian bourses on June 29, 2001. After ruling the markets for over a hundred years, badla faded away into oblivion.
- Ornamentalism: How The British Saw Their Empire (Telegraph, David Cannadine, Jul 03, 2001)
The British Empire, David Cannadine argues in his new book, “was first and foremost a class act.”
- Uti’s Body Blow (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 03, 2001)
THE UNIT Trust of India struck a body blow at its huge family of loyal investors by suspending the sale and repurchase of its flagship US-64 scheme for six months from Tuesday.
- No Excuse For Unconscionable Excesses (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jul 03, 2001)
The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Ms Jayalalithaa, no doubt, expects the people of India, in general, and Tamil Nadu, in particular, to take in their stride the excesses committed in the course of arresting the former Chief Minister, Mr M. Karunanidhi.
- Kaliyuga Has A Silver Lining (Times of India, PARMARTHI RAINA, Jul 03, 2001)
ACCORDING to Vedic scriptures, we are now living in the kaliyuga, the age of Kali.
- Vision Inc (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 03, 2001)
In a recent speech at Wharton University (which we excerpted on June 20), Infosys chairman N R Narayana Murthy spoke of how his company followed a lofty vision, ``something larger than ourselves''.
- Relevance Of Bush’s Religious Card (Tribune, P. Raman , Jul 03, 2001)
GEORGE BUSH’S plans to transfer huge federal funds for social programmes and relief to religious institutions on a regular basis have run into trouble.
- Artillery As A Fighting Arm (Tribune, Avinash Prem, Jul 03, 2001)
AT this crucial juncture where the line between conventional warfare and nuclear conflagration is blurred,
- Chennai Crisis – Part Ii (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 03, 2001)
THE Centre has exercised its softest option in the unnerving Tamil Nadu problem: to recall Governor Fathima Beevi.
- How Not To ‘Maintain’ Separated Wife And Kids (Tribune, S. S. Beniwal, Jul 03, 2001)
THE decision of the Central Cabinet to abolish the maximum limit of Rs 500 for the quantum of maintenance allowance payable to the wife and children of a separated husband was long overdue.
- The Mountains Of My Life (Telegraph, Walter Bonatti, Jul 03, 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.
- Demutualisation Is Not The Answer (The Financial Express, M. R. Mayya, Jul 03, 2001)
The knee-jerk reaction of the regulators to hasten demutualisation of stock exchanges as a solution to periodical scams is the result of confused thinking.
- Action Replay At Oliver Road (Hindustan Times, V. Gangadhar, Jul 03, 2001)
THE ONGOING melodrama in Tamil Nadu is integral to the ‘revenge theme’ glorified in Tamil history and culture. The only difference is that the characters now are from real life.
- Breakdown Of Decency (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jul 03, 2001)
IF THE Centre seems to be in a dilemma about how to react to the Tamil Nadu developments, it is because the Constitution never envisaged a situation where a chief minister will act in violation of all norms of decency.
- Short On Facts (The Economic Times, Venugopal Sharma, Jul 03, 2001)
THIS refers to the report `The fat lady is munching on’ (ET, June 27) in which a number of out of context, misinformed comments have been made on the Indian Economic Service.
- Murder Most Foul (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Jul 03, 2001)
UNIDENTIFIED ASSAILANTS murdered in cold-blood an elderly couple in broad daylight in posh Trikuta Nagar Colony on Sunday.
- A Cost-Benefit Mismatch, This Summit (The Financial Express, Prakash Shah, Jul 03, 2001)
Pakistan’s dictator General Pervez Musharraf should normally be a worried man. His unconstitutional takeover of the presidency has found few takers.
- Badla Is Back, With Vengeance! (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jul 03, 2001)
The stock market has been rife with speculation that ‘badla’ will return in some form or other, though it has been officially banned from July 2.
- Pak Under Strict Imf Scrutiny After Data Misreporting Episode (The Financial Express, HUMA SIDDQUI, Jul 03, 2001)
The day General Pervez Musharraf took over as Pakistan’s president, a critical news item got buried in the local press in Islamabad—that a team comprising the International Monetary Fund (IMF),
- Will Railtel Be Able To Live Up To Its Lofty Aims? (The Financial Express, Jyoti Mukul, Jul 03, 2001)
It reads like a familiar story. More so in a post-1991 economy. A government project, touted to give revenues to a sinking public sector company, lies in limbo for years together.
- Separation Of Telengana Is No Solution To Its Backwardness (The Financial Express, G. M. Rama Rao, Jul 03, 2001)
A separate state for Telengana region in Andhra Pradesh has again raised its ugly head after more than three decades since its first appearance.
- Strong Dollar Puts The Rupee In A Quandary (The Financial Express, R K Roy, Jul 03, 2001)
The rupee is in a quandary: it slips below Rs 47 to the dollar (say, to Rs 47.05) and then bounces back to Rs 46.97.
- Sinha’s Road To Socialism (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jul 03, 2001)
THE SOCIALIST in Yashwant Sinha seems to have resurrected once again, judging from the draft amendment that has been prepared outlining the proposed hike in taxes on perquisites.
- Big Bang Blob (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jul 03, 2001)
WITH THE launch of the Microwave Anisotropy Probe (MAP) last Saturday, scientists have hopped on board a time machine for a fantastic journey that will take them right back to when and where the cosmos began.
- Crowding Out, Courtesy Aphc (Hindu, Sajad Gani Lone, Jul 03, 2001)
THE SIMULTANEOUS announcement of the withdrawal of the ceasefire and the invitation to General Musharraf from Mr. Vajpayee has established an unequivocal relationship between the Kashmir issue and Pakistan.
- Carte Blanche? (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jul 03, 2001)
The Trips (Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights) agreement of the Uruguay Round (1986-94) was the most controversial of the World Trade Organisation agreements, with controversies spanning genetic engineering, plant and seed varieties,
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