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Articles 22821 through 22920 of 25647:
- Attaboy, Godbole (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 25, 2001)
AFTER an initial fit of pique directed at NCP boss Sharad Pawar, Madhav Godbole has decided to stay on with the committee that will renegotiate the deal that the Dabhol Power Company has with the Maharashtra State Electricity Board.
- Why Is It Centre Versus State? (Business Line, Kuldip Nayar, May 25, 2001)
IN THE first three decades since Independence, elections to the Lok Sabha and the State Assemblies were held simultaneously.
- How To Make Bureaucracy Work Effectively (Business Line, S. Subramanyan , May 25, 2001)
LAST fortnight, a Select Committee of British Parliament published a report on its civil services.
- Trips And The Drug Regime (Business Line, B. J. Krishnan, May 25, 2001)
THIRTY-nine multinational pharmaceutical companies recently filed a law suit against the South African Government in the Pretoria High Court.
- Untenable Palm Lines (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 25, 2001)
THE PRIME Minister’s remarks in Malaysia were to the effect that India will review its high duties on palm oil. But trade relations within the WTO framework need to go beyond protocols, and be based on multilateral trading terms.
- Ungrasped Nettle (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, May 25, 2001)
WHILE NO cavil will be raised about the revamp of the intelligence network.
- When Will Sebi Learn? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 25, 2001)
IT IS unfortunate that the capital markets’ regulator, Sebi, should choose not to learn from its past mistakes.
- National Missile Defence -- Right Question, Wrong Answer (Business Line, B. Raman , May 25, 2001)
NOT only to the rest of the world, but even to many in the US, the over-enthusiasm of the Bush Administration for the National Missile Defence (NMD) and the Theater Missile Defence (TMD) project is a mystery. Why?
- The Route Not Taken (Indian Express, Sonia Trikha, May 25, 2001)
ON the 50th anniversary of what China calls the ‘‘peaceful liberation’’ of Tibet, Beijing has called for reopening of Tibet’s largest land port in Yardong with India.
- The Tamil Nadu Verdict (Hindu, P. V. Indiresan , May 25, 2001)
THE DUST is slowly settling on the election battle in Tamil Nadu.
- Babus Selling Movies In Cannes (Hindustan Times, Bhaichand Patel, May 25, 2001)
INDIAN FILMS were again ignored by the Cannes Film Festival which concluded this week. Not one film in the competition from the world’s largest film producing country.
- Generally Speaking (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 25, 2001)
Indo-Pak talks must not end up as talks about talks.
- India's Response To The Nmd (Hindu, Achin Vanaik , May 25, 2001)
WHEN GOVERNMENTS adopt a particular course of action, rationalisations and justifications offered by them and their acolytes must be separated from the more accurate and deeper analysis of why such a course has been adopted.
- Condon, Cricket, Corruption (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 25, 2001)
THE MOST COMMENDABLE aspect of Sir Paul Condon's interim report on cricket match-fixing is that it has not fought shy of holding the game's administrators responsible for failing to check the menace.
- A Welcome Initiative (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 25, 2001)
DRAMATIC INVITATION to Pakistan's Chief Executive, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, for parleys is welcome and is reflective of the Vajpayee administration's apparent decision to think afresh about ways to address the widening estrangement on the bilateral front.
- Reform Needs Leadership, Consensus Will Follow (The Financial Express, Montek singh Ahluwalia, May 25, 2001)
Joining the Union ministry of finance as an economic advisor in 1980 after a decade at the World Bank, Montek Singh Ahluwalia soon moved to the centre stage of policy making.
- No Rate Cut Without Fiscal Responsibility (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 25, 2001)
After a decade of economic reforms, the fiscal deficit is back to being 10 per cent of GDP. This is the combined figure for centre and states.
- Era Of The Econocrats (The Financial Express, Sanjaya Baru, May 25, 2001)
Big picture development economists yield field to sector specialists in government.
- The Chickens Come Home (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 25, 2001)
Accountability before any new UTI bailout.
- Agriculture Price Policy In An Open Economy (The Economic Times, Manoj Pant, May 25, 2001)
NEXT year, major agricultural states like Uttar Pradesh and Punjab are due to go to the polls.
- Ascent Of Advani (Indian Express, Harish Gupta, May 25, 2001)
EVER since the lunch that Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee had with Home Minister L K Advani at his Pandara Road residence, things have never been the same. Advani seems to have considerably cheered up.
- Invite Musharraf But No Cricket (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, May 25, 2001)
EYEBROWS may be raised that neither the hurried response to the NMD project nor issuing an invitation to General Pervez Musharraf and calling off the cease-fire in Kashmir has been preceded by a sufficient debate.
- Welcome Invitation (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 25, 2001)
THE GOVERNMENT’S decision to invite Pakistan’s Chief Executive, General Pervez Musharraf, for talks is a welcome step, even if it does not hold out any promise of substantial progress towards peace between the two south Asian neighbours.
- High Cost Recession (The Economic Times, Narendar Pani, May 25, 2001)
IT DOES not require great insight to recognise the role that global trends have played in the current economic slowdown.
- Privatise And Depoliticise Uti (The Economic Times, Yassir A Pitalwalla, May 25, 2001)
THE OVER Rs 6,000 crore gap between the sale price of units of Unit Scheme 1964 (US-64) and the net asset value (NAV) of the scheme’s units has now raised the prospects for another bailout of the country’s largest mutual fund by the government of India.
- Erp Will Continue To Be A Focus Area (The Economic Times, Manisha Shigh, May 25, 2001)
CHENNAI-based Polaris Software has been doing phenomenally well for the last few years.
- The Vultures Of Manipur (Indian Express, T.V.R. Shenoy, May 24, 2001)
I HAVE always considered ‘honour among thieves’ to be a vastly overrated concept. I am grateful to the legislators of Manipur, as also to their sponsors in Delhi, to prove that my instincts were correct.
- New Cross-Currents In West Asia (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 24, 2001)
A COLLECTIVE SHOW of political unity by the Arab states over the basic Palestinian question is their direct answer to Israel's act of sending F-16 combat aircraft on a bombing mission.
- Proxy For The Opposition (Telegraph, Tapas Chakraborty, May 24, 2001)
A British journalist once remarked that every politician not in government needed to be in the opposition.
- Consolidators: The Commercial Issues (Business Line, David Moodie, May 24, 2001)
MR BRENDT Munro is a director and partner in Brisbane firm Ashley & Munro, specialising in corporate financial management, corporate taxation and corporate services.
- Finance Act 2001 -- Economic Consequences For India Inc (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, May 24, 2001)
THE Finance Act 2001 has had a serious impact on the structure of corporate finance.
- Elections In Iran (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 24, 2001)
YESTERDAY the process of electing a new government was completed in Britain. Today it is the turn of Iran to undertake a similar exercise. The contrast in the values the two countries share is instructive.
- Myanmar's Custodian Of The Buddhist Way (Times of India, Thelma Menezes, May 24, 2001)
SOME years ago, I made a trip to Yangon to visit members of my family.
- Linking India, Pak Through Music (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , May 24, 2001)
MUSIC and poetry transcend the barriers of caste, creed and religion and cut across divide between people.
- Power Reforms Electrocuted (Business Line, P. Raman , May 24, 2001)
NO ONE expected that the fast-track Dabhol power project, promoted by the US utility giant Enron, and once a model for an efficient power regime, would so suddenly become a bitter pill for all the players concerned.
- Peace And Prosperity In The Pipeline? (Tribune, Rakshat Puri, May 24, 2001)
REPORTS indicate that among the important subjects for discussion between Pakistan's military ruler Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee when they meet in July will be the pipeline to be laid for bringing Iranian gas to India.
- Ah, For Confusion! (Tribune, Prem Kumar , May 24, 2001)
WE in this country love confusion. And the ruling class, being the true representatives of the people, that is us, love it all the more. It is only natural that we are fond of creating a situation to our liking.
- Us Search For Strategic Primacy: Bush Missile Defence (Tribune, Bharat Wariavwalla, May 24, 2001)
STRATEGIC primacy is what the USA under George Bush Jr. aspires to. In his speech before the national Defence College on May 1 he sketched a hazy design of American primacy.
- India’s Inverted Pyramid (Indian Express, Rajinder Puri, May 24, 2001)
In which direction is India headed? When I was a child, the nation was partitioned.
- Gee, Mantriji (Times of India, Anvar Ali Khan, May 24, 2001)
AN interesting guessing game is to try and figure out who exactly the mantri in Ji Mantriji is.
- Nmd Yes, Abm Also Yes (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 24, 2001)
INDIAN diplomatic tradition shuts out playing from both sides of the court. It is often loud and blunt but never the sly wink-and-nod variety.
- Taxing Patience (The Economic Times, Shishir Kant Jain, May 24, 2001)
THIS is apropos of the finance minister’s statement that he was considering introducing a new income-tax law to replace the present Income-tax Act, 1961 in order to simplify matters.
- A Tale Of Unbearable Heat (Indian Express, Bulbul Sharma, May 24, 2001)
THE lotus-eyed Samjna, beloved daughter of Visvakarma, was married to Surya Vivasvat — the deity of the Sun. They had three children, Manu, Yama and Yamuna.
- Correcting Impressions (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 24, 2001)
The talk about the Vajpayee Government being dictated by US interests with regard to the dialogue with Pakistan did not last long as the Prime Minister himself dispelled the impression.
- Women In The Corporate World -- The Success Stories (Business Line, Menka Shivdasani , May 24, 2001)
A FEW years ago, I met a soft-spoken, self-effacing woman -- the sort who wouldn't be given a second glance on the street.
- Brokers Sulk As Markets Modernise (The Financial Express, P. N. Vijay, May 24, 2001)
But they can be winners once they understand the options market.
- Sermons And Sneers From Mahathir (The Financial Express, Subhash Agrawal, May 24, 2001)
It is sad that Mr Vajpayee’s trip to Malaysia will be remembered as a fiasco only because of the failed attempt to bring back Ottavio Quattrocchi.
- Import Curbs Remain On Many Agricultural And Ssi Goods (The Financial Express, P.K. Vasudeva, May 24, 2001)
INDIA has still retained import curbs on as many as 518 items on safety and security considerations in this year’s Export-Import (Exim) Policy effective from April 1, 2001.
- More Rigour Needed On Bank Appointments (The Financial Express, Harjeet Ahluwalia, May 24, 2001)
A great deal of stress is being laid nowadays on “integrity” and “responsibility” when it comes to top-level appointments in banks.
- Restore Sanity To The System (Telegraph, Abhijit Banerjee, May 24, 2001)
Finally, we come to credit, perhaps the most significant constraint faced by small and new businesses.
- Pakistan Welcomes Talks On Kashmir (Washington Post, Pamela Constable, May 24, 2001)
The government's surprise invitation to Pakistan's military ruler to visit India for talks on the disputed territory of Kashmir has received a cautious welcome from Pakistan, making it likely that the leaders of the world's two newest nuclear powers will
- Indian It & Japan’s I-Mode (The Economic Times, P. S. Thomas, May 24, 2001)
IN January 2001, Fortune magazine named K Tachikawa (61), the president of DoCoMo, NTT’s mobile communication subsidiary, as the Asian Businessman of the Year 2000.
- In Memory Of A Soldier And A Braveheart (Indian Express, General (Retd) V. P. Malik, May 24, 2001)
SUDHIR Kumar would have been 33 years old on May 24 this year. Balraj Kakkar, my ADC (Security), recommended him to me as his own relief before quitting the Army.
- Dollarisation: When... And Not If (Business Line, Pratap Ravindran , May 24, 2001)
I WONDER when they will begin to talk about it.
- Pointless Ranting (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, May 24, 2001)
BEYOND SAYING THAT the WTO's Agreement on Agriculture will result in infinite harm to the Indian farmer and is, therefore, detrimental to the agriculture sector, the recent meeting of Chief Ministers in New Delhi sprang no surprises.
- Lift The Ban (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 24, 2001)
THE GOVERNMENT is reportedly initiating a big crackdown on foreign firms that are retailing their products in India under the garb of test marketing them.
- Of Heads And Tales (Indian Express, Bajinder Pal Singh, May 24, 2001)
How other countries have tackled the issue of sikhs wearing helmets.
- Now For The Hard Part (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 24, 2001)
Governing will take more than winning did in Tamil Nadu.
- Completely Rubbish (Hindustan Times, Bharati Chaturvedi, May 24, 2001)
pla1.jpg IMAGINE INDIA without its kabariwalas. The men who buy the waste that ragpickers pick that consumers throw away.
- Through The Third Eye (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 24, 2001)
S M KRISHNA may have been `christened’ Somanahalli Malliah Krishna by his fond parents but in bureaucratic circles in Karnataka he’s known by a better name — Simply Marvellous Krishna.
- A Washington Itinerary (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , May 24, 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.
- The Mahabharata: Epic For All Time (Times of India, P. Venkatraman, May 24, 2001)
THE realities of life are idealised by genius and given the form that makes drama, poetry or prose.
- Out Of The Cold (Hindustan Times, MANVENDRA SINGH, May 24, 2001)
A REFERENCE to the archives is necessary if only to update one’s memory as to how times are changing and where they are headed. For it is certain that most of what has been written about missile defences is based on memories rooted in the Cold War.
- Mobbing The Pitch (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, May 24, 2001)
IT READS like a report investigating the Cosa Nostra. It is actually the latest preliminary report on the murky affairs of international cricket match-fixing.
- Gulls And Frauds (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 24, 2001)
Something must be terribly wrong with a society in which the passion for learning produces herds of gulls and frauds.
- The Digital Revolution (Times of India, Rahul Sagar, May 24, 2001)
ALBERT EINSTEIN once said: ``I never think of the future, it comes soon enough.''
- Burying The Indira Doctrine (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, May 24, 2001)
AS IT draws closer to the United States, India must prepare to deal with the inevitable political consequences in the Subcontinent of its romance with America.
- The Cds Appointment (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 24, 2001)
THE APPOINTMENT OF the country's first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) has been marred by unfortunate controversy.
- Three Women (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 24, 2001)
The story of contemporary Indian politics can be written up as an account of the relationship of three powerful women: Ms Sonia Gandhi, Ms J. Jayalalitha and Ms Mamata Banerjee.
- Vajpayee’s Dialogue With Pakistan (Tribune, Hari Jaisingh, May 24, 2001)
WILL the forthcoming dialogue between Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and Pakistan’s Chief Executive Pervez Musharraf be different from such exercises in the past?
- Looking Alright (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 24, 2001)
Mr Tony Blair thinks his landslide victory is remarkable and historic.
- Birendra's Finest Moment (Times of India, Sanjoy Hazarika, May 24, 2001)
IN April 1990, a small demonstration in Kathmandu demanding the restoration of democracy in Nepal was fired upon by security forces.
- Wages Of Maladministration (Hindu, Amrik Singh , May 24, 2001)
THE INDIAN school system is steeped in stagnation. Both its history and its statutory status make this abundantly clear.
- Ambiguities In Law Relating To Auditors (Business Line, S. Murlidharan , May 24, 2001)
SECTION 224 (1B) declares that ``no company or its board of directors shall appoint or reappoint any person who is in full-time employment elsewhere.
- Shrouded Open Secrets (Tribune, D. P. Sabharwal, May 23, 2001)
The armed forces have a mystique of their own. Colourful uniforms, amazing weaponry, interesting games like squash and polo, and fascinating club-life, all contribute to it.
- Bad Old Punjab Police (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 23, 2001)
It is evident from the manner in which the protesters on the Kharar-Morinda highway were manhandled on Monday that personnel of the Punjab Police derive some kind of a vicarious pleasure in the excessive use of force for dealing with any situation.
- Allergies And Slimming Tips (Tribune, Jane Clarke, May 23, 2001)
Research by Prof John Warner at Southampton University shows that it is unfamiliar or exotic foods that are the cause of allergies in an increasing number of children.
- Fruits Of Indiscipline (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, May 23, 2001)
THE RECENT meeting of chief ministers with central leaders in New Delhi to discuss the WTO agreement on agriculture and problems of food security has led to an impasse.
- Post-Verdict, Introspection Is The Need Of The Hour For Bjp (The Financial Express, Kuldip Nayar, May 23, 2001)
WHATEVER the BJP may say in defence, it has to admit that it has been decimated in the recent state elections. True, the party has had no base at these places.
- Coating Surfaces With The D-Gun (Business Line, M. Somasekhar, May 23, 2001)
SAI Surface Coating Technologies is a small and medium enterprise (SME) parked in the technology entrepreneurship park promoted by the International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI).
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