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Articles 21921 through 22020 of 25647:
- Liberation To Hindutva (Pioneer, Suman K. Jha, Jun 16, 2001)
BJP president Jana Krishnamurty has made some significant changes in his team while assigning specific tasks to central office-bearers.
- V. P. Singh's Second Coming (Hindu, SURENDRA MOHAN, Jun 16, 2001)
IN 1995, Mr. V. P. Singh, former Prime Minister, announced that he was withdrawing from active politics for five years.
- Sbi Feels The Heat (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 16, 2001)
THE 22 per cent fall in the State Bank of India’s net profit for 2000-01 is not surprising.
- The Presentation Needs To Be Interactive (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 16, 2001)
TWO years ago, the new buzzword around town was 'convergence' — the technological marvel that would change the way we live and work.
- Sell Disinvestment To The People (The Financial Express, G. V. Ramakrishnan , Jun 16, 2001)
Disinvestment is an important component of second-generation reforms. It has not yet got off the ground on a sustained basis.
- Regional Concerns Bringing India And Australia Closer (The Financial Express, HUMA SIDDQUI, Jun 16, 2001)
It was two years after India’s 1998 nuclear tests in Pokhran, in July 2000, that the governments of India and Australia re-established military ties when Australia’s Prime Minister, John Howard, visited New Delhi.
- Curbing Aids (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 16, 2001)
Union health minister CP Thakur's statement on Thursday that India will seek more funds at the forthcoming special session of the United Nations in New York on AIDS, to check the spread of the disease in Asia, is understandable.
- Wages Of Delhi’s Arrogance (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jun 16, 2001)
THE EARLIER violence and the continuing uncertainty in Manipur have shown how a potentially beneficial step can take a dangerous turn because of political and administrative bungling.
- The Grand Bargain At Agra (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Jun 16, 2001)
WHAT WOULD it take to call the Indo-Pakistan talks at Agra a success? Depending on your perspective, the answer could be very little or a lot.
- Destination Safety (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 16, 2001)
AT LONG LAST, there is an attempt to put the Indian Railways back on the track to safety.
- Now For Corrective Steps (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 16, 2001)
THE LESS THAN two months old Jayalalithaa dispensation, which stands discredited and checkmated - politically, legally and Constitutionally.
- A Fine Start For Europe, But Us Is Worried (The Financial Express, Ranjit Bhawnani Rai, Jun 16, 2001)
These are exciting days for Europe as mergers and acquisitions within Europe’s aviation and defence companies have followed the US’s pattern of consolidation, and a sea change can be seen in the business arena.
- The Wonder Drug That Wasn't (Hindu, C. V. Krishnaswami, Jun 16, 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; 0.02 per cent for 0-20 years; 4.16 per cent for those over 20 years;
- Calling Reform (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Jun 16, 2001)
DURING the past couple of weeks, this correspondent has a difficult time with regard to his house telephone -- not for any fault of the city telephones outfit but primarily because of a lapse on his own part.
- Salt Assault (Business Line, D. Murali , Jun 16, 2001)
PERFECT Stoneware Pipes, Jabalpur, manufactured salt-glazed pipes and claimed benefit under a Central Excise Notification.
- The Mauritian Connection (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Jun 16, 2001)
The Indo-Mauritian DTAA must be renegotiated, especially to review the tax treatment of profits earned through portfolio investments.
- Proof Of The Matter -- Ii (Business Line, T. N. Pandey, Jun 16, 2001)
THE issues relating to burden of proof and onus have been the subject matter of litigation in the past and the legal position in these matters in income-tax proceedings has become fairly clear.
- Operation Steel (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 16, 2001)
IT IS TIMELY that Ficci should plan to send to the US a high-level delegation to discuss, among other things, steel-export related issues and those connected with textiles post-Multi Fibres Agreement era.
- Not Why But How (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jun 16, 2001)
ALL TOO often, the question of Air-India and Indian Airlines disinvestment is framed in the wrong terms.
- Resetting Federal Fiscal Relations (Tribune, C. Narendra Reddy, Jun 16, 2001)
IT was the Punjab Chief Minister, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, who had in 1997 persuaded the compatriot from his state.
- Faith Doomed By Religion (Pioneer, Preeti Singh, Jun 16, 2001)
For the past decade almost, ever since Mr LK Advani, embarked on his political Ram Yatra, a lot of dust has been raised in the name of Ram.
- Good Morning! Mr President (Pioneer, Shobori Ganguli, Jun 16, 2001)
Exactly a month ago, on May 23, when Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee invited then Pakistan Chief Executive Gen Pervez Musharraf for talks, the buzz in diplomatic circles was that Mr Vajpayee had called the General's bluff.
- Hurriyat: Confused Or Out Of Steam? (Pioneer, M L Kotru, Jun 16, 2001)
Was one surprised when the Valley-based All-parties Hurriyat Conference endorsed Gen Musharraf's well-reasoned rebuff to the jihadi fringe in Pakistan?
- Preserving The Taj (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 16, 2001)
The signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between National Cultural Fund, the Archaeological Survey of India, and the Taj Group of Hotels, to work towards the preservation of the Taj Mahal, is a laudable development.
- Terminator Technology In Agriculture (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Jun 16, 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.
- Tragedy In Himalayan Kingdom (The Kashmir Times, Arun Nehru, Jun 16, 2001)
Events in Nepal are truly baffling as the murder of the royal family gets into one controversy or the other.
- Practicing Untouchability (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Jun 16, 2001)
OUR former defence minister, the ever irrepressible and maverick, George Fernandes can never be accused of shying away from taking a separate stand.
- Gulls And Frauds (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 16, 2001)
Something must be terribly wrong with a society in which the passion for learning produces herds of gulls and frauds.
- Jehad Is Bad Foreign Policy, Tell Pak (Tribune, Tavleen Singh, Jun 16, 2001)
DOES a military dictator stop being a military dictator if he declares himself President?
- Signs Of New Thinking In Press (Tribune, Gobind Thukral, Jun 16, 2001)
SANER voices in Pakistan are asserting and urging anyone who cares to listen to end the five-decade long Indo-Pak conflict on Kashmir.
- Wto: A New Menace (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 16, 2001)
CHINA has cleared the last obstacle to enter the WTO and it is no good news for India.
- Diplomacy Of Cross-Connection (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 16, 2001)
DIPLOMACY is a fine art of balancing what is conveyed and what is not conveyed.
- A Washington Itinerary (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Jun 16, 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.
- Myanmar's Custodian Of The Buddhist Way (Times of India, Thelma Menezes, Jun 16, 2001)
SOME years ago, I made a trip to Yangon to visit members of my family.
- The Digital Revolution (Times of India, Rahul Sagar, Jun 16, 2001)
ALBERT EINSTEIN once said: ``I never think of the future, it comes soon enough.'' One aspect of the future that can never come soon enough is that of greater autonomy.
- Bird Song (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 16, 2001)
News that a Chinese mynah offered clues to her cuckolded mistress that her husband had been having a love affair while she was away on holiday, may give a whole new meaning to the contemptuous description, bird brain.
- Babu, Samjho Ishare (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 16, 2001)
Has the time come to disband the IAS? The Indian bureaucracy has had more than its share of the limelight:
- Restore Sanity To The System (Telegraph, Abhijit Banerjee, Jun 16, 2001)
Finally, we come to credit, perhaps the most significant constraint faced by small and new businesses.
- Alternative Medicine (Hindustan Times, Mohit Sen, Jun 16, 2001)
THE FUTURE of the NDA government would appear to have been already decided — it has no future. Even if the BJP wins handsomely in Uttar Pradesh, the NDA government will find it difficult to continue.
- The Empire Strikes Back In Up (Pioneer, Vivek Kumar, Jun 15, 2001)
As it prepares for Assembly polls, Uttar Pradesh is caught in two simultaneous processes.
- Sobering Thought (Times of India, R. Kusuma, Jun 15, 2001)
CHEER up, Arundhati. All of us who have gone out to sip the heady wine of a public cause must sober down sooner or later, one way or another.
- Restore Sanity To The System (Telegraph, Abhijit Banerjee, Jun 15, 2001)
Finally, we come to credit, perhaps the most significant constraint faced by small and new businesses.
- Proxy For The Opposition (Telegraph, Tapas Chakraborty, Jun 15, 2001)
A British journalist once remarked that every politician not in government needed to be in the opposition.
- Practicing Untouchability (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Jun 15, 2001)
OUR former defence minister, the ever irrepressible and maverick, George Fernandes can never be accused of shying away from taking a separate stand.
- Wrong Diagnosis (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jun 15, 2001)
Political servitude is what basically ails FIs
- Bollywood Or Bust? (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jun 15, 2001)
Anti-piracy movement needs all the help it can get.
- Unhappy Rescue (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 15, 2001)
THE RS 1,264-crore rescue package announced by the government for Madhavpura Bank on Wednesday is a sad commentary on how narrow party politics has been allowed to triumph over sound economic logic.
- Rollercoaster Diplomacy (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jun 15, 2001)
INDIA-PAKISTAN relations have always been marked by highs and lows. The trough of the 1965 war, for instance, was followed by the summit of Tashkent when Ayub Khan was the dictator.
- Jumbo Effort, Minuscule Value (Business Line, N. R. Moorthy , Jun 15, 2001)
THE much-touted `corporate governance', aimed chiefly at creation of wealth for shareholders on a sustainable and long-term basis, has become mandatory for all public companies with a paid-up capital of not less than Rs 5 crore.
- India Needs To Shed Caution On Compulsory Licensing Of Drugs (The Financial Express, Anju Ghangurde, Jun 15, 2001)
While the controversy in AIDS-ravaged South Africa has helped highlight the truism in drug consumption (those who need these medicines can least afford it).
- Don't Dump This Issue (Business Line, Menka Shivdasani , Jun 15, 2001)
AS someone who believed in the importance of hygiene, what would you say if you were told you generate 450 gm of garbage per day?
- Revenue Shortfalls And Reform Roadblocks (The Financial Express, Sanjaya Baru, Jun 15, 2001)
After an R&R in cool Boston, Mr Sinha’s back to heat and sweat at the fisc.
- Importance Of Building A Culture Of Innovation -- Transforming Into A Knowledge Society (Business Line, K. Venkatasubramanian, Jun 15, 2001)
THE Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, has unveiled a five-point agenda for India's development as a knowledge society.
- China In A Wto Shop (The Economic Times, Narendar Pani, Jun 15, 2001)
WITH China working out the fine print of its agreement with the US and Europe, it is likely that the communist giant will join the WTO before the Doha ministerial in November.
- Higher Education: Benign Neglect Or Malign Intent (The Economic Times, Manoj Pant, Jun 15, 2001)
THAT higher education must be de-prioritised (or better still privatised) seems to be a popular point of view. The PM’s economic advisory body endorsed it.
- The Indian Market Is Very Fragmented (The Economic Times, Rumy Mukherjee, Jun 15, 2001)
IT'S not just India, TV broadcasters face problems all over Asia.
- Status, Not Acceptability (Hindu, Kuldip Nayar, Jun 15, 2001)
It does not come as a surprise to me that Mr. L. K. Advani has been made number two in the Union Cabinet.
- Prisoners In Pak Jails (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 15, 2001)
WHILE cautious optimism is building up for the July 14 Indo-Pak summit, a small section of the population on both sides of the border looks forward to a possible announcement on the exchange of prisoners detained in both countries.
- India & Maoist Menace In Nepal (Tribune, M.S.N. Menon, Jun 15, 2001)
THE mystique of the Nepal monarchy is gone — perhaps for ever. There is now nothing to unite the Nepalese people.
- Wake Up To Realise The God Within You (Times of India, Seema Burman, Jun 15, 2001)
THESE days people change countries, jobs, houses and partners in a futile quest to live happily ever after. Those blessed with every imaginable luxury find that they cannot get happiness.
- The Sea Of Myth (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 15, 2001)
Was Plato the world's first sci-fi writer? Did he produce the story of Atlantis, the lost continent, entirely from imagination, or is there any truth in it?
- Information Roadblock (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 15, 2001)
It is a classic case of the right hand not knowing - or, more likely, being cynically unconcerned - about what the left is up to.
- Need For Fast Breeder Reactors (Hindu, S. B. Bhoje, Jun 15, 2001)
This has reference to the article entitled ``Fast breeder reactors - a dying breed'', by Mr. M. V. Ramana, (TheHindu, dated May 28). Similar misleading comments were made by Mr. Arjun Makhijani (TheHindu, April 25).
- Putin On The Defensive (Hindu, Achin Vanaik , Jun 15, 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.
- Power Mad In Delhi (Tribune, S. Raghunath, Jun 15, 2001)
THE financially strapped Delhi Vidyut Board (DVB) means business, no doubt about it.
- B2b Lessons: There’s Economic Value To Speed But Only If You Get It Right (The Financial Express, Sanjay Dawar, Jun 15, 2001)
It should come as little surprise that most predictions on the New Economy were way off the mark. One bestseller predicted that the Old Economy would be “blown to bits”.
- A President’s Pet Phobias (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 15, 2001)
BY donning a third hat, that of President of Pakistan, General Pervez Musharraf has added to his country’s and his own problems.
- Terminator Technology In Agriculture (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Jun 15, 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.
- On A New Path (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 15, 2001)
Having followed a stand-offish policy towards Russia in the early days of his administration, US President George W Bush, in his two-hour meeting last week with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Slovenian capital of Ljubljana.
- Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind (Hindustan Times, Rahul Karmakar, Jun 15, 2001)
IT IS often said that New Delhi, dominated by the Hindi belt, is ignorant of the intricacies of the India that lies south of the Vindhyas.
- Gulls And Frauds (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 15, 2001)
Something must be terribly wrong with a society in which the passion for learning produces herds of gulls and frauds.
- Conscience Trip (Pioneer, N. D. Dani, Jun 15, 2001)
He had a tall frame with broad shoulders a wheatish complexion and at eighty years was remarkably erect in comportment.
- Kingdom Come (Pioneer, Shobori Ganguli, Jun 15, 2001)
Way back in 1986, Mahesh Bhatt impressed his audience with a film called Naam.
- Seapower Creates Deterrent Waves (Pioneer, Premvir Das, Jun 15, 2001)
The successful testing of the PJ-10 missile, developed under the BRAHMOS joint venture programme, highlights a qualitative enhancement in our military profile.
- Play It Cool (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 15, 2001)
Two questions arise now that General Pervez Musharraf is Pakistan's president. To what extent he is in charge?
- Prime Cut (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 15, 2001)
Good sense and international pressure seem to be finally prevailing in Pakistan.
- Tragedy In Himalayan Kingdom (The Kashmir Times, Arun Nehru, Jun 15, 2001)
Events in Nepal are truly baffling as the murder of the royal family gets into one controversy or the other.
- A Washington Itinerary (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Jun 15, 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 15, 2001)
Finally, we come to credit, perhaps the most significant constraint faced by small and new businesses.
- Going Radio Ga-Ga In Retreat (Pioneer, Chanchal Sarkar, Jun 15, 2001)
I was exiled to a desert island recently. Not quite.
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