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Articles 21221 through 21320 of 25647:
- The Satraps Run Amuck In The States (The Financial Express, Malvika Singh, Jun 30, 2001)
And now it is S M Krishna, a Congressman, spearheading the destruction of forests in Karnataka for unfathomable reasons.
- How Musharraf May Gain From India Visit (Tribune, Syed Nooruzzaman, Jun 30, 2001)
NO one is expecting much from the coming Indo-Pak summit. Yet there is great enthusiasm in Pakistan.
- Nuclear Risk Reduction (Hindu, Michael Krepon , Jun 30, 2001)
THE COLD War experience with nuclear risk reduction was obviously unique, playing out in the context of a bipolar strategic and ideological competition. A great distance separated the antagonists.
- India Needs To Redouble Efforts To Fight Aids (The Financial Express, Vidya Deshpande, Jun 30, 2001)
Even as global political leaders talk of taking the AIDS bull by the horn, India’s response has been stereotypical: denial, blind panic and victim blaming.
- A Passage To Tension-Free Relations (Pioneer, Gazanfar Bhatt, Jun 30, 2001)
Ever since Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee assumed office in 1998, he has been making continuous efforts to improve India's relations with its neighbours in the subcontinent.
- Roles Rolled Into One (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 30, 2001)
T. C. A. Ramanujam says that bias creeps in when officers perform divergent tasks.
- Gulls And Frauds (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 30, 2001)
Something must be terribly wrong with a society in which the passion for learning produces herds of gulls and frauds.
- Measuring Income Inequalities (The Financial Express, Bhanoji Roa, Jun 30, 2001)
Widening income gaps could be an inevitable consequence when a society moves from a relatively closed socialist state to an open market-based system.
- Flighted Delivery (Pioneer, Kamal Kant Gouri , Jun 30, 2001)
Union Civil Aviation Minister and Janata Dal (United) leader Sharad Yadav has displayed an uncanny instinct to survive the ups and downs of politics.
- Slowdown: It’s Now Official (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 30, 2001)
THE GDP growth estimate for 2000-01 has been revised from 6.0 per cent to 5.2 per cent by the CSO, confirming that the slowdown businessmen are complaining about is a reality.
- Food For Thought (The Economic Times, N. Vittal, Jun 30, 2001)
THE FOOD Corporation of India is nursing a record 53 million tonnes of foodgrains incurring huge costs for carrying the inventory.
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After Neem & Basmati It’s Hessian Now (The Economic Times, P.K. Vasudeva, Jun 30, 2001)
AFTER neem, turmeric, and basmati, India has now successfully warded off the European Union patent threat on the usage of hessian -— jute cloth/sheet as a material to cover wastes and dumping grounds, which India has been using since ages.
- Luckless Third Generation Wireless Falters Again (The Economic Times, Prabhat Kumar, Jun 30, 2001)
THIRD generation (3G) wireless was set to revolutionise the markets everywhere from Japan to Europe to the US.
- The Sparrows In Captivity (Tribune, N. S. Tasneem, Jun 30, 2001)
THE caged sparrows that we have in our house long for liberty, but we intend to provide them security in these troubled times.
- ‘Volumes May Drop Temporarily In Rolling Mode’ (The Financial Express, J. R. Varma, Jun 30, 2001)
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) board member, J R Varma, is back to his academic world at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. During his stint with Sebi.
- Bill Gets Bigger (Times of India, Vikas Singh, Jun 30, 2001)
JUNE 28, 2001 is undoubtedly a red-letter day for Redmond - and all the other offices of software giant Microsoft.
- A Washington Itinerary (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Jun 30, 2001)
When Brajesh Mishra, national security adviser and principal secretary to the prime minister, walked into the Central Intelligence Agency’s headquarters near Washington a few days ago for his scheduled,
- Restore Sanity To The System (Telegraph, Abhijit Banerjee, Jun 30, 2001)
Finally, we come to credit, perhaps the most significant constraint faced by small and new businesses.
- Submarine Power (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 30, 2001)
Much more than the transfer of technology, the Indo-French project to build state-of-the-art submarines at the Mazagon Dockyard will herald a paradigm shift in the Asian subcontinent's maritime security environment.
- Terminator Technology In Agriculture (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Jun 30, 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.
- Practicing Untouchability (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Jun 30, 2001)
OUR former defence minister, the ever irrepressible and maverick, George Fernandes can never be accused of shying away from taking a separate stand;
- Clueless Congress (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 30, 2001)
The paradox of the Indian political scene today is that while the BJP, the principal ruling party, finds itself in a state of serious drift, even disarray, the health of the main opposition party is hardly anything to write home about.
- Talks, And Then What? (Hindustan Times, Khushwant Singh, Jun 30, 2001)
DESPITE THE fanfare with which President-General Musharraf will be received in India, there is little likelihood of a positive outcome of his talks with our Prime Minister.
- Put Faith In Trust (Hindustan Times, Prem Shankar Jha, Jun 30, 2001)
IN NOVEMBER 1998, a small closed-door conference was held at the Army Training Command Centre in Shimla.
- Playing With Fire (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Jun 30, 2001)
THE Cabinet's decision on Tuesday to give the Cabinet Secretary -- traditionally the senior-most officer in the bureaucracy -- a mandatory two-year term, subject to an age ceiling of 62 years.
- An Equal Governance (Hindu, Pulapre Balakrishnan, Jun 30, 2001)
WE ARE on the eve of the passing of one decade since a pronounced turn in the national economic policy.
- At Last, A Tyrant On Trial (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jun 30, 2001)
REVENGE, UNLIKE Revolution, devours other people’s children. If one considers how justice has been meted out in history, it will be obvious that the judges unerringly deliver their sentences from a position of victory.
- A Decade Of Lurching From One Financial Scam To Another (The Financial Express, Sucheta Dalal, Jun 30, 2001)
In terms of reform and development, the Indian capital market and financial sector have been the fastest to grab every opportunity presented by the paradigm shift in India’s economic policy.
- A Giant Is Born (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 30, 2001)
EXCITING things are happening in the world of cellular telephone.
- Manipur: Another Story Of Neglect (Tribune, Tavleen Singh, Jun 30, 2001)
THE Indian North-East remains a mystery to me as it does to most Indians.
- Code For Legislators (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 30, 2001)
LOK Sabha Speaker G. M. C. Balayogi while inaugurating the three-day conference of presiding officers in Chandigarh.
- Return From Exile (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 30, 2001)
Pro-Khalistan ideologue Jagjit Singh Chauhan has returned to India in a glare of publicity.
- The Financial Express: Editorial (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jun 30, 2001)
AscertainING the Cement Manufacturers’ Association’s (CMA) claim -- based on the Crisil Advisory Services (CAS) study commissioned by it,
- What’s In A Name, Anyway? (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jun 29, 2001)
MRecently, a film club in the capital organised a screening of some of actor Farooque Shaikh’s films. But unfortunately for the organisers, things didn’t really go according to plan.
- Krishnamurti, The Rational Mystic (Times of India, S. Ramachander, Jun 29, 2001)
JIDDU Krishnamurti was one of the most original religious minds of the 20th century.
- Terminator Technology In Agriculture (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Jun 29, 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.
- Proxy For The Opposition (Telegraph, Tapas Chakraborty, Jun 29, 2001)
A British journalist once remarked that every politician not in government needed to be in the opposition.
- Dissolve The Corporation (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 29, 2001)
AFTER Wednesday's fiasco Union Territory Administrator J. F. R. Jacob may have to perform the unpleasant duty of recommending the dissolution of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation.
- Three Cs To Save Marriage (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 29, 2001)
U.S. couples got a dose of three Cs to save their marriages: communication, common sense and conflict resolution.
- Commodity Derivatives Trading -- Looking To A Brighter Future (Business Line, C K G Nair, Jun 29, 2001)
WHILE the global commodity markets are experimenting with various new products and forms of derivatives, the Indian commodity market is still in a state of flux.
- Chasing A Mirage (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 29, 2001)
IT IS GOOD to be ambitious about the targets for economic growth, but such ambitions must be based on what is possible and not the impossible.
- Putin On The Defensive (Hindu, Achin Vanaik , Jun 29, 2001)
AT THE recent summit meeting in Ljubljana, Slovenia, Russia's President, Mr. Vladimir Putin, said he saw the U.S. as a partner and did not see NATO as a threat.
- Terminator Technology In Agriculture (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Jun 29, 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 Jalan Listening? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 29, 2001)
THE US Federal Reserve has cut US interest rates 0.25 per cent to 3.75 per cent, the lowest for seven years.
- Ban On Badla, Take 2 (The Economic Times, Susan Thomas, Jun 29, 2001)
JULY 2 will see badla banned once again. In addition, equity trading will move to rolling settlement for the largest stocks. Settlement will be done on a T+5 basis.
- How To Make Transfer Pricing Effective (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Jun 29, 2001)
The Finance Ministry has woken up to the large-scale leakage of revenue due to the abuse of the transfer pricing mechanism.
- The Missing Pieces In Hll’s Agrarian Jigsaw Puzzle (The Economic Times, Narendar Pani, Jun 29, 2001)
THE CASE that has been built by the chairman of Hindustan Lever for agricultural reform will, hopefully, prompt reformers to extend the process into this sector.
- Tied To A Leash (Hindustan Times, Prakash Patra, Jun 29, 2001)
It is political expediency which has driven the Union government to give a two-year extension to cabinet secretary T.R. Prasad.
- Defence To Development (The Financial Express, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 29, 2001)
Last year the union finance minister allocated Rs 58,587 crore to the defence budget but ended spending much less. Some of the unspent money was distributed around to various defence research organisations and most of it lapsed.
- The Importance Of Travel (The Financial Express, Sanjaya Baru, Jun 29, 2001)
Time was when you lost your caste if you crossed the seas. Today, Indians who don’t travel are jealous of those who do.
- Censorship Of Foreign Ideas (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Jun 29, 2001)
CENSORSHIP OF the flow of ideas from and into India is not new.
- `Help Growers Overcome Price Variations’ (The Economic Times, Raghu Krishnan, Jun 29, 2001)
AS SOMEONE who retired as commerce secretary a year ago and was chairman of the Coffee Board in the early 1990s,
- Whose Truce Is It In West Asia? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 29, 2001)
A `COMPLETE CESSATION' of all potential acts of anti-Jewish violence by the Palestinians is the latest definitive demand from the Israeli side.
- Patent Regime And Pricing Innovations (Business Line, Sudhirendar Sharma, Jun 29, 2001)
BY SMEARING a cake on Mr N K Sharma, Managing Director, National Research Development Corporation (NRDC), inventor Sandeep Jaidka gave vent to the growing frustration of inventors and innovators.
- Worldjam (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jun 29, 2001)
IN the era of globalisation, companies are getting bigger and bigger with thousands of personnel manning offices at far-flung locations within a country and round the globe.
- Save The Tiger (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jun 29, 2001)
What happened to the high profile Project Tiger meant to save the magnificent creature hounded by the organised mafia of poachers?
- Practicing Untouchability (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Jun 29, 2001)
OUR former defence minister, the ever irrepressible and maverick, George Fernandes can never be accused of shying away from taking a separate stand;
- Has Internet Advertising Failed? (The Financial Express, R. Jagannathan, Jun 29, 2001)
I recently read this statement by a fund manager in a business daily:
- Blank Call (Hindustan Times, R. Krishnan , Jun 29, 2001)
Communications Minister Ramvilas Paswan announced that the government would approach the Supreme Court for restoring the powers of the Telecom Dispute Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT).
- The More Things Change, The More They Remain The Same (The Financial Express, Shefali Misra, Jun 29, 2001)
Ten years on almost to the day since India’s historic economic reforms were kicked off, there is consensus that their biggest beneficiary has been the external sector, most notably foreign exchange reserves which today stand at a healthy $43 billion.
- Revenue Mop-Up Fails To Match Up To Revised Estimates (The Financial Express, Chandra Shekar, Jun 29, 2001)
Subdued economic growth, especially the industrial slowdown witnessed towards the close of last fiscal, has cast its shadow on the revenue-expenditure figures for the financial year 2000-01.
- While Laloo Fiddles (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 29, 2001)
The word 'burn' as a metaphor in the context of Bihar has assumed a clearly literal connotation.
- Restore Sanity To The System (Telegraph, Abhijit Banerjee, Jun 29, 2001)
Finally, we come to credit, perhaps the most significant constraint faced by small and new businesses.
- Gulls And Frauds (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 29, 2001)
Something must be terribly wrong with a society in which the passion for learning produces herds of gulls and frauds.
- Arresting The Slowdown Is Possible (Pioneer, Brij Bhardwaj, Jun 29, 2001)
The serious implications of the economic slowdown on the nation at large are generally being ignored.
- Campus Cameo (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 29, 2001)
The multiple roles which the Indian vice-chancellor is called upon to play were once succinctly described by Dr G Reddy, chairman of the University Grants Commission. ``To survive'', Dr Reddy said,
- Anticipatory Planning For Policing (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Jun 29, 2001)
Delhi Police's official report that the 'monkey man', whose alleged attacks on people had sent waves of panic in many parts of the Capital, never existed, has important implications for policing all over India.
- Countering Terror (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 29, 2001)
The decision to set up a joint Indo-US Centre for Counter Terrorism has been long overdue.
- A Washington Itinerary (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Jun 29, 2001)
When Brajesh Mishra, national security adviser and principal secretary to the prime minister, walked into the Central Intelligence Agency’s headquarters near Washington a few days ago for his scheduled,
- Recession Created By A Messy Fiscal Policy (The Financial Express, R K Roy, Jun 29, 2001)
Because we have not been able to bring about fiscal restructuring along the lines we ought to have done, we have not been able to increase public investment in infrastructure and in public health and education”—
- Plan Platitudes (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 29, 2001)
AN approach paper to a five-year Plan is a road map to economic and social development during the next few years.
- Armchair Analysis (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 29, 2001)
MMCB’s revival with a massive infusion of Rs 1,264 crore of good money may not appear at first sight to be a prudent measure from economic point of view, as pointed out in your editorial `Unhappy rescue’
- The Cat That Can Catch Mice (Tribune, Hari Jaisingh, Jun 29, 2001)
AS two ancient civilisations in Asia, India and China, are always special themes for a comparative study of their progress and performance in critical areas of economy and technology.
- States Should Concentrate On Being More Competitive (The Financial Express, P.K. Vasudeva, Jun 29, 2001)
A meeting of state chief ministers was held in May 2001 to apprise them about India’s point of view regarding the World Trade Organisation (WTO) agreement, especially on agriculture,
- Will China Back Maoists In Nepal? (Tribune, M.S.N. Menon, Jun 29, 2001)
AFTER the conquest of Tibet by China, the Chinese Communist Party sent a message to the Communist Party of Nepal in the middle of 1951 saying: “After the liberation of Tibet,
- Kadalundi Tragedy (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 29, 2001)
Sir, - Your Editorials and the news reports on the Kadalundi train accident have raised a number of points.
- Terminator Technology In Agriculture (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Jun 28, 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.
- At A Precipice (Hindu, Ajay K. Mehra, Jun 28, 2001)
SWAMPED COMPLETELY in the storm over saffronisation of education, little news items appearing in the media relating to principals of colleges of the Delhi University (D.U.) drew little attention.
- Memory Block (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 28, 2001)
Soren Keirkegaard, the existentialist philosopher, wrote about a professor who had forgotten that he was alive until the moment of his death.
- Shift The Paradigm (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 28, 2001)
THE SELECTIVE manner in which extensions are being handed out to senior civil servants who should be retired has raised many hackles, especially among junior officers.
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