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Articles 22921 through 23020 of 25647:
- Elections And Ethics: The Jayalalitha Case (Business Line, V. K. Srinivasan, May 23, 2001)
THE `appointment' of Ms Jayalalitha as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu following her election as the leader of the AIADMK, which won 133 seats in the 234-member Assembly.
- Apex Court Shows The Way (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 23, 2001)
Law is said to be an ass. There is some substance in this observation. Since interpretation of legal provisions is not only a matter of detail but also of manipulation, those familiar with the system do often make an ass of law.
- Hastening Towards Vat (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 23, 2001)
THE NEAR-UNANIMITY AMONG the States on switching over to the Value Added Tax (VAT) system from next April can at best be seen as a new resolve to clear the sales tax ``jungle'' which has operated against economic progress.
- What The Assembly Verdicts Foretell (Telegraph, SURENDRA MOHAN, May 23, 2001)
The assembly elections for the states of Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and the Union territory of Pondicherry have caused great joy within the Congress.
- Balancing Act (Telegraph, S. Venkitaramanan , May 23, 2001)
The planning commission has been at the receiving end of much abuse and criticism.
- Aids To Development (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 23, 2001)
The chief minister of Andhra Pradesh seems to have hit upon a unique method of measuring development in his state. Mr N. Chandrababu Naidu thinks that the rise in the incidence of AIDS in Andhra Pradesh is the result of its high development profile.
- A Gentle Way With Words (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, May 23, 2001)
A week before he died at 95, news of his precarious health began appearing in all our national dailies.
- Ape And Essence (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 23, 2001)
As the Capital reluctantly lays to rest the bizarre spectre of the mythical monkey-man, a number of intriguing questions remain unanswered.
- What They Can Agree On (Hindu, Zia Mian, M. V. Ramana & Hui Zhang , May 23, 2001)
IN AGRA, the Pakistan President, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, and the Indian Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee, can agree on many issues that would build mutual trust, which is much-needed given the dismal relationship between the two countries.
- Stop Struggling & Become Free (Times of India, Andrew Cohen, May 23, 2001)
MOST people are lost in what seems to be an almost endless struggle.
- There Is No Oasis For The Elderly (Telegraph, P. S. M. Rao, May 23, 2001)
The government, following the economic reforms, has a much reduced role in the problem areas of poverty, unemployment and social security.
- Electoral Eccentricities (Hindu, P. Radhakrishnan, May 23, 2001)
CALL IT eccentricities, aberrations, usurpation of power.
- Use The Homing Instinct (The Economic Times, Arvind Panagariya , May 23, 2001)
CAN the Indian diaspora play the same role in the economic transformation of India that the Chinese diaspora has played in the People’s Republic of China (PRC)? At first blush, the answer would seem to be “no”.
- Of Murder, Parallel Banking & Police Inaction (Tribune, Reeta Sharma, May 23, 2001)
Chandigarh: In a sensational killing, Naresh Mahajan, a young bank officer, was found murdered in his car on October 22, 1998, at Amritsar.
- The Space Sellers (The Financial Express, Iqbal Sachdeva, May 23, 2001)
If advertising is the life blood of a newspaper, space sellers are those articulate men and women who provide the daily blood transfusion to many publications.
- Oil Psus Have Role To Play In Frontier Basins (The Financial Express, Santanu Saikia, May 23, 2001)
UNION Petroleum Minister Ram Naik loves to believe that private sector participation in oil exploration is a huge success. He has reasons to be optimistic.
- China Gets The Attention, But The Returns Are In India (The Financial Express, Philip Segal, May 23, 2001)
China and India each promise markets of more than a billion people. But somehow. China gets all the attention, even though there’s little evidence that it’s more profitable to invest in Beijing than in Bombay.
- Laughing Buddha(deb) (The Financial Express, Sourav Majumdar, May 23, 2001)
After the clear mandate, it’s time for performance.
- Midas Gone Wrong (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, May 23, 2001)
AS BJP leaders return from Mussoorie after agonising over the recent Assembly elections, they could ask themselves the question: what is the reason that the state parties touched by the ‘blossoming lotus’ came to grief?
- Drugged By Patents (Hindustan Times, Vandana Shiva, May 23, 2001)
THE AIDS epidemic has made evident the fact that the cost of health care and drugs is becoming prohibitive in the entire world as a result of implementing US-style patent regimes.
- Grains Of Truth (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 23, 2001)
Paradox after paradox. That's what you encounter when you survey the food sector in India.
- Good Ambition (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 23, 2001)
A Silicon Valley can’t lack an international airport.
- Why The Cash Reserve Ratio Had To Be Cut (The Financial Express, S. S. Tarapore, May 23, 2001)
Use every possible excuse to lower it further, slowly.
- A Habitat For The Hangul (Indian Express, Mufti Islah, May 23, 2001)
Debate over where the hangul belongs, to Dachigam or Kishtwar?
- The Growing Sino-Pakistan Nexus (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, May 23, 2001)
All Pakistan’s military rulers have invariably professed their commitment to improving relations with India, especially to gullible visitors from India.
- Design For Disassembly -- Vital To Green Manufacturing (Business Line, Pratap Ravindran , May 23, 2001)
CONSIDER this: Over 90 per cent of the resources taken out of the ground globally enter the waste stream within months. India, for various reasons.
- 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).
- Need For Nuanced Diplomacy (Business Line, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, May 23, 2001)
THE word `crisis' in Mandarin is composed of two syllables that stand for `danger' and `opportunity'.
- This Is No War Room (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, May 23, 2001)
IN A MOVE that is bound to reflect rather poorly on the Centre's decision-making and implementing skills, the port of entry regulation imposed on 300 sensitive items early this month has been withdrawn in less than three weeks.
- What Makes Anti-Technology People Tick? (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , May 23, 2001)
`TECHNOLOGY' has become a foul word.
- Amma Knows Best (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, May 23, 2001)
Jayalalitha’s role of a lifetime.
- Elections And Ethics: The Jayalalitha Case (Business Line, V. K. Srinivasan, May 23, 2001)
THE `appointment' of Ms Jayalalitha as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu following her election as the leader of the AIADMK, which won 133 seats in the 234-member Assembly.
- New Delhi’s Bungle In Kashmir (Indian Express, SANKARSHAN THAKUR, May 23, 2001)
Kashmir must truly not be ours, else we wouldn’t feel the need to incessantly chant claims to it from our tank tops: Kashmir hamara hai, Mera Bharat Mahaan.
- Post-Wto Farming (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 23, 2001)
Farmers can’t remain oblivious of the world market.
- Logo Politics (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 23, 2001)
The BJP could lose more than it gains in Manipur.
- Investors Are Looking For Fixed Incomes (The Economic Times, James Mathew, May 23, 2001)
K R Mohan, CEO, Way2Wealth is enthusiastic about the burgeoning retail investment scenario in the country.
- Minus Power Reforms, Forget India’s It Revolution (The Economic Times, Roopen Roy , May 23, 2001)
INFORMATION technology has emerged as one of the big guzzlers of electrical energy.
- Family Feuds (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 23, 2001)
THE FACE-OFF between the Samata Party and the BJP over events in Manipur seems less threatening to the survival of the union government than it initially did.
- The Soul Of The New Consumer (The Economic Times, David Lewis, May 22, 2001)
SHORTLY before midnight of every new leap year, a secret club of Oxford professors gathers and, as the clock strikes midnight, they all start walking backwards in an effort to stop time!
- There’s No Stopping The Demolition Man (Indian Express, Vived Deshpande, May 22, 2001)
Dr T Chandrashekhar’s reputation preceded his arrival in Nagpur as Municipal Commissioner on May 22 last year.
- Messier And Messier (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, May 22, 2001)
GIVEN THE LEVEL of acrimony and mutual distrust, it is no surprise that Dabhol Power Company chose to issue a preliminary termination notice to the Maharashtra State Electricity Board, initiating the process to invalidate the power purchase agreement.
- For Australian Farm Exporters... -- India Is Big Market And A Bigger Gamble (Business Line, K. Venugopal , May 22, 2001)
THE BANKS of the Yarra river that flows lazily through Melbourne's central business district are home to flocks of sea gulls.
- Proxy For The Opposition (Telegraph, Tapas Chakraborty, May 22, 2001)
A British journalist once remarked that every politician not in government needed to be in the opposition.
- It’s Not Just Manipur (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 22, 2001)
WHEN Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee became Prime Minister for the first time he coined the highly evocative expression "the dharma of coalition politics".
- Ways Of Seeing (Indian Express, Anita Rana, May 22, 2001)
The village has changed, and so have the villagers.
- Punchy Start To The British Election (Business Line, Premen Addy , May 22, 2001)
MR JOHN Prescott, Britain's Deputy Prime Minister, is neither of agile mind nor of nimble feet.
- Is All Well In Rajasthan? Ask The Government (Indian Express, Sandeep Pukan, May 22, 2001)
DRIVING through the barren mountains and parched lands of Rajasthan, the one question that comes to your mind is: When is the last time it rained?
- Restore Sanity To The System (Telegraph, Abhijit Banerjee, May 22, 2001)
Finally, we come to credit, perhaps the most significant constraint faced by small and new businesses.
- Shgs: Lending's New Avatar (Business Line, Navin Bhatia, May 22, 2001)
THE ALLEVIATION of poverty has for long been the cherished goal of all planners, administrators and decision-makers in India.
- Myanmar's Custodian Of The Buddhist Way (Times of India, Thelma Menezes, May 22, 2001)
SOME years ago, I made a trip to Yangon to visit members of my family.
- The Digital Revolution (Times of India, Rahul Sagar, May 22, 2001)
ALBERT EINSTEIN once said: ``I never think of the future, it comes soon enough.''
- Aids To Development (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 22, 2001)
The chief minister of Andhra Pradesh seems to have hit upon a unique method of measuring development in his state. Mr N. Chandrababu Naidu thinks that the rise in the incidence of AIDS in Andhra Pradesh is the result of its high development profile.
- No-Frills Narayan (Times of India, Anvar Ali Khan, May 22, 2001)
YEARS ago, I saw myself as an aspiring author. And it was in that avatar that I once spent a morning with R K Narayan.
- Where Are The Jobs? (Hindu, C. Rammanohar Reddy, May 22, 2001)
ONE OF the mysteries of the experience with reforms in the past decade is the slower growth of employment alongside a more rapid growth of the Indian economy.
- It: No More Dollar Dreams (Business Line, J. Nanda Gopal , May 22, 2001)
THE loud burst of the dotcom bubble and the disconcerting slowdown of the US economy seem to have a sobering effect on India's IT babus who, till recently, had a feeling they were on the crest of a wave.
- Maoist Uprising Brings Nepal To New Crossroads (The Financial Express, Daniel Lak, May 22, 2001)
I remember reading for the first time—in early 1997—that a violent insurgency by people who called themselves Maoists had gripped the western hills of Nepal. It was an international news agency report, carried in an Indian newspaper.
- Nobody Talks To The General (Indian Express, Sonia Trikha, May 22, 2001)
The Pakistan economy, without being a willing player, is so strapped that General Musharraf will still be President when peace returns to Afghanistan!
- What Happens When Ignorance Is Bliss (The Financial Express, G. V. Ramakrishnan , May 22, 2001)
Ministry of Power ignored Planning Commission’s advice on direct sale.
- A Washington Itinerary (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , May 22, 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.
- For Australian Farm Exporters... -- India Is Big Market And A Bigger Gamble (Business Line, K. Venugopal , May 22, 2001)
THE BANKS of the Yarra river that flows lazily through Melbourne's central business district are home to flocks of sea gulls.
- Diplomacy Of Cross-Connection (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 22, 2001)
DIPLOMACY is a fine art of balancing what is conveyed and what is not conveyed.
- Wto: A New Menace (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 22, 2001)
CHINA has cleared the last obstacle to enter the WTO and it is no good news for India.
- Resetting Federal Fiscal Relations (Tribune, C. Narendra Reddy, May 22, 2001)
IT was the Punjab Chief Minister, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, who had in 1997 persuaded the compatriot from his state, Mr I.K. Gujral who was the Prime Minister for seven months, to waive all the outstanding loan the state had taken from the Centre.
- Jehad Is Bad Foreign Policy, Tell Pak (Tribune, Tavleen Singh, May 22, 2001)
DOES a military dictator stop being a military dictator if he declares himself President? Don’t bother answering that, its meant to be a rhetorical question. Suffice it to say that the ways of Pakistan are different to ours and that is that.
- Signs Of New Thinking In Press (Tribune, Gobind Thukral, May 22, 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.
- Gulls And Frauds (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 22, 2001)
Something must be terribly wrong with a society in which the passion for learning produces herds of gulls and frauds.
- The Failed Swayamsevaks (Hindu, Shamsul Islam , May 22, 2001)
WITH RECURRING electoral setbacks to the BJP in different parts of the country in the last one year, we have been witnessing a spate of media reports claiming that the RSS is not happy with the NDA Government led by Mr. Atal Behari Vajpaee.
- Connect To The Consumer (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, May 22, 2001)
THE ENDGAME of the unedifying Enron saga may have begun with the power company serving a preliminary termination notice to the Maharashtra State Electricity Board on the power purchase agreement (PPA).
- Crouching Dragon’s Hidden Armoury (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, May 22, 2001)
LAST MONTH’s incident involving the US reconnaissance aircraft has prompted security analysts to closely study the report, The US military’s soft ribs and strategic weaknesses, prepared by the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of China in October 2000.
- Airline Disinvestment Runs Into Rough Weather (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI, May 22, 2001)
NEW DELHI, JULY 7. From the looks of it, the disinvestment of Air
India and Indian Airlines has run into heavy turbulence.
- Time For Kutiyattam (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 22, 2001)
Will people’s recognition follow UNESCO’s recognition?
- Bird Song (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 22, 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.
- Enron Unplugged (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 22, 2001)
An effective dialogue can still save the Dabhol project.
- Winners Are Often Losers (Indian Express, Kuldip Nayar, May 22, 2001)
But will these two women get the message?
- Middle Path Won’t Do For Bengal’s Buddha (The Financial Express, Umesh Anand, May 22, 2001)
It needs more than average political sorcery to revive the state.
- Destination Moscow (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, May 22, 2001)
IT must feel good to party alternately in Washington and Moscow, having faced the ignominy of international isolation for about two years after the nuclear tests.
- For A Friendly Neighbourhood Trap Inspector (The Economic Times, Prabhu Ghate, May 22, 2001)
WATCHING the Tehelka tapes I found myself wondering whether technology had evolved to the point where it is now possible for any citizen to capture a bribery transaction on video.
- Fdi Reforms: Why India Still Lags (Business Line, S. Majumder , May 22, 2001)
FOREIGN direct investment flows into India have remained dismal.
- It Spearheads India’s Changed Outlook On Australia (The Financial Express, C. Sarat Chandran, May 22, 2001)
The Sydney Olympics was not merely the first major sporting event of the new century. For Australia it was an occasion to showcase its glittering new economy.
- New Demographics Force Strategy Shifts (The Financial Express, Lisa Vickery, May 22, 2001)
IN this age of target marketing, there isn’t a group of Americans that escapes sales pitches as each group has its own needs and wants.
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