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Articles 23421 through 23520 of 25647:
- Boy, What A Problem (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 13, 2001)
THIS is with reference to your edit in the dated 6th May, 2001.
- Balancing Act (Telegraph, S. Venkitaramanan , May 13, 2001)
The planning commission has been at the receiving end of much abuse and criticism.
- Settlement Commission: Benefits And Barriers (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, May 12, 2001)
As the Settlement Commission enters its twenty-fifth year, S. N. L. Agarwala looks at its relevance and limitations.
- Litany Of Economic Woes (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 12, 2001)
TOP names from the automobile, cement and construction sectors marched into the chamber of Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha on Thursday seeking cheaper finance, new projects and a forced jacking up of demand.
- Morality Be Damned (Hindustan Times, B. K. Chandrashekar, May 12, 2001)
More than 20 years ago, the well-known Oxford philosopher Prof Stuart Hampshire edited a collection of illuminating essays on politics and morality and raised such questions as: What sort of persons do we want and need to be politicians?
- Lack Of Support Price Hits Farmers (Tribune, Gobind Thukral, May 12, 2001)
FARMERS in Pakistan are a harassed lot. Drought and lack of support price have hit them hard. Although they are the majority in an agriculture society, yet their voice is heard nowhere.
- India’s Glorious Technological Future (The Economic Times, Julian Morris, May 12, 2001)
THE PAST few years have seen explosive growth in India’s IT industry. At the same time, other knowledge-based industries, such as pharmaceuticals and biotechnology, have languished.
- The Ugly Policeman (Hindustan Times, Khushwant Singh, May 12, 2001)
Periodically we hear of seminars discussing means to improve the image of the police in the public mind.
- Overhaul Of Higher Defence Management (Tribune, Ashok K Mehta, May 12, 2001)
FOR years, the defence and security community in India has clamoured for an overhaul of higher defence management. Now that it is beginning to happen, many of them are moaning and throwing a spanner in the works.
- Universal And Free Aids Care (Hindu, C. Rammanohar Reddy, May 12, 2001)
INDIAN PHARMACEUTICAL firms now offer hope to the millions in the poor countries of the world who are infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), the disease which causes the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS).
- Nuclear Backdrop (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 12, 2001)
MILITARY exercises almost always cause some disquiet among neighbouring countries, especially those with whom there is an adversary relationship.
- Of Kings And Exiles (Business Line, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, May 12, 2001)
ALL men, wrote Oscar Wilde, are kings, and, like kings, they die in exile.
- You Might As Well Live (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 12, 2001)
If dying is an art, like everything else, then the Bengalis seem to be doing it exceptionally well.
- Tale Of Two Manohar Joshis (Tribune, Rahul Singh, May 12, 2001)
I have often criticised Manohar Joshi, the former Chief Minister of Maharashtra and presently a minister in the Central Government, in print. He symbolises the dark side of Indian politics.
- Telecom Scams, The Ongoing Saga (Indian Express, Sunil Jain, May 12, 2001)
You could be excused if you felt India’s fledgling telecom revolution is turning out to be just another version of Dial-a-Scandal.
- Sentences Out Of Conviction (The Financial Express, G. V. Ramakrishnan , May 12, 2001)
The legal-ethical issues in electoral disqualification demand close scrutiny.
- Clones In The Crib (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, May 12, 2001)
One-stop shopping for made-to-order children may still belong to a distant future.
- British Is Multiracial (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, May 12, 2001)
Last week’s British census reminded me of a Chinese Singaporean wondering whether the best way of handling minorities was isolation or integration.
- M&as Get Driven By Consolidation’ (The Economic Times, Soumya Kanti Mitra, May 12, 2001)
WHEREAS once only licences dictated the size, technology and employment potential of firms, that has now yielded place to new market driven determinants like competition, technology, and factor market flexibility.
- Scratching At The Sidelines (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, May 12, 2001)
We can’t afford to be neutral in the new missile game.
- What Ails Higher Education? (The Economic Times, Prachi Mishra, May 12, 2001)
INDIANS do better than India does, noted the millennium issue of the Economist magazine.
- Musharraf Puts Mullahs On Notice (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , May 12, 2001)
``HOW DOES the world look at us? The world sees us as backward and constantly going under.
- Kaun Banega Gi Joepati? (Indian Express, Rathi A. Menon, May 12, 2001)
KBC can learn a thing or two from these children.
- The Balco Question (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 12, 2001)
The Balco case has taken a new twist, with the spotlight now on the issue of leasing of tribal land to industries.
- And The Ship Sails On (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 12, 2001)
The sweepstakes in the states over, sweeping changes are waiting to happen in Raisina Hills.
- Squeezing Substance Out Of Procedure (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, May 12, 2001)
The recent amendments to income tax law seek to make procedures less cumbersome. T. C. A. Ramanujam elaborates.
- Nuclear Power In The Us: Revival Or Relapse? (The Financial Express, Rebecca Smith, May 12, 2001)
After years in the wilderness, the U.S. nuclear-power industry is back on the march.
- Fighting Female Infanticide (Hindu, Mythili Sivaraman , May 12, 2001)
PANDIAMMA (NOT her real name), in her early Twenties, was devastated when her husband's family did not come to see her for ten days after her first baby girl was born.
- Eco-Friendly Process To Make Intermediary (Business Line, M. Somasekhar, May 12, 2001)
AN ECO-FRIENDLY process to produce mono nitro toluene (MNT), a widely used intermediary in the dyes, pharma and pesticide industries, has been developed by scientists at the Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT), Hyderabad.
- Fardeen Khan (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 12, 2001)
There is a little victory jig routine, complete with high-fives and triumphant yells, that Fardeen Khan perfects in his recently-released Pyar Tune Kya Kiya.
- All About Horses (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , May 12, 2001)
ARE you a horse fancier? Well, then, the English language has paid copious and heartwarming tributes to horses in a number of figures of speech.
- Things May Start Looking Up Again For Rsrtc (The Financial Express, M. P. Jain, May 12, 2001)
Having once again incurred a loss of Rs 80 crore during 2000-2001, the Rajasthan State Road Transport Corporation Ltd. (RSRTC), once a consistent profit-making public sector undertaking, has drawn a new road-map improve its working.
- Improprieties Galore In The Go-Between Story (The Financial Express, Inder Malhotra, May 12, 2001)
The Hinduja facilitation act is a first-rate embarrassment.
- Mother Of All Conspiracies (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 11, 2001)
Is it a case of the kettle calling the pot black in Bihar?
- The Life And Times Of Malatibai Bedekar (Indian Express, Mini Kapoor, May 11, 2001)
Why must so many of our writers remain unavailable in translation?
- Scrap This... (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 11, 2001)
OVERSEAS investors in drugs, hotels, tourism and courier services will be allowed to bring in as much money as they want without caps, and without too much red tape.
- And Shun Contrarian Talk (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 11, 2001)
ON THE very day that the Union Cabinet was approving a slew of reform measures, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee decided to shun the cold logic of the reforms for rather more populist rhetoric.
- The Right To Choose (Hindustan Times, Usha Rai, May 11, 2001)
After the tremendous setback suffered by the country’s family planning programme during the emergency, the government has been extremely cautious about every step taken on the population stabilisation front.
- Power, Populism And Lost Potential (The Economic Times, Ajay Jindal, May 11, 2001)
THE CURRENT Enron embroglio throws up two sad points: firstly, the power sector has achieved precious little in the ten years of privatisation;
- Aggressive Earnings Management -- Profit Or Loss, Whichever Way You Calculate It... (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , May 11, 2001)
THE hottest topic agitating corporate circles and regulatory agencies in the UK, the US and other industrialised nations is ``aggressive earnings management''.
- Credit Policy: A Blurred Document (Business Line, N.A.Mujumdar, May 11, 2001)
ONE is simply over-awed by the sheer size of the ``Statement on Monetary and Credit Policy for the year 2001-02'' made by Dr Bimal Jalan, Governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on April 19, 2001.
- Monitoring Imports (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, May 11, 2001)
FALLING FARM PRODUCE prices, rising import volumes and perceived threat to domestic production following the removal of quantitative restrictions on imports have all combined to make policy-makers uneasy.
- Open Logic (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 11, 2001)
But foreign private companies must rise to FDI challenge.
- The Com After The Storm (Business Line, Vijay Rangarajan, May 11, 2001)
UNDER the settling dust of the recent dotcom crash lie the symptoms that caused the hysteria and the ensuing collapse.
- Managing Styles (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , May 11, 2001)
THERE are three kinds of managers: One, the micro-manager who goes meticulously into the minutiae of the task and for that purpose, constantly breathes down the backs of his junior associates;
- Globalisation & Inequality: Lessons From Latin America (The Economic Times, Manoj Pant, May 11, 2001)
MURASOLI Maran effects a fiddle here and a faddle there and the `war heroes’.
- 3-D Technologies Are Also Marketing Tools (The Economic Times, E. Jayashree Kurup, May 11, 2001)
SGI’s Avinash Fotedar, general manager and country head, marketing and channels, is a veteran in the company.
- Credit Policy Without A Delivery Mechanism Is Incomplete (The Financial Express, Ravi Yadav, May 11, 2001)
This year’s Monetary and Credit Policy is skewed in favour of monetary measures rather than credit policy initiatives.
- Sebi Needs To Segregate Speculative And Cash Markets (The Financial Express, Sharad Mistry, May 11, 2001)
GLOBALISING domestic capital markets, in theory, is romantic. In reality, it is a nightmare for both the players and regulators. So, for lay and marginally enlightened Indian investors romanticism is amply provided by pied pipers like Harshad Mehta.
- The Triumph Of The Will (The Financial Express, Ajit Ranade, May 11, 2001)
Rapid spread of telecom services has to be the first priority.
- Nuclear Innovations (The Economic Times, Narendar Pani, May 11, 2001)
WHEN seen in isolation, the enthusiastic Indian response to President Bush’s missile defence plan is difficult to justify.
- A Happy Ending (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 11, 2001)
Now get on with divestment and an exit policy.
- Why The Hurry To Support Nmd? (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, May 11, 2001)
There is a suggestion making the rounds that the Prime Minister was not aware of the fact that External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh was about to endorse President Bush’s National Missile Defence.
- Learning From The Balco Misadventure Dialogue And Divestment (Indian Express, Vibha Pingle, May 11, 2001)
Driving through Chhattisgarh some years back, I was struck by its lush landscape.
- Cosmos Of An Indian Storytell (Telegraph, R. K. Narayan, May 11, 2001)
R.K. Narayan’s The Indian Epics Retold is a valuable omnibus edition of three of this important writer’s works — his separate retellings of Kamban’s 11th-century Tamil Ramayana and Vyasa’s Mahabharata.
- Senapati For A Nuclear Age (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 11, 2001)
Following the nuclear tests in Pokharan in May 1998, many learned defence analysts and experts have argued that although we have proven and declared ourselves a nuclear weapon state.
- Adverse Winds Blowing Away India’s Green Power Plans (The Financial Express, Joseph Vackayil, May 11, 2001)
INDIA’S green power programme, led by the wind industry, is seeing red. Reasons for this are many. Unlike normal years.
- ...And This (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 11, 2001)
IT IS a measure of how irrelevant planning has become that the Planning Commission’s just released approach paper to the tenth plan has been relegated to the inside pages of most dailies, including business ones.
- A Neat Operation (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 11, 2001)
THE siege of the Shangus mosque in Anantnag district ended on Monday. For once the terms for ending the siege were dictated by the security forces and not the militants who had turned the mosque into a mini fortress.
- Dirty Pictures (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 11, 2001)
Sometimes speculation could be fun. It would be fascinating to wonder what happens to the mayor, Mr Subrata Mukherjee, and his conservancy chief, Ms Mala Roy, every time they look at Raima Sen with her mobile phone on a billboard.
- The U.N., Racism And Caste - I (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 11, 2001)
THE WORLD Congress on Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance will be held in South Africa from August 31 to September 7, marking the culmination of the International Year of the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
- Estrada And Jayalalitha: Idols Tainted By Corruption (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 11, 2001)
ON the day the AIADMK leader, Jayalalitha Jayaram, went to file her nomination papers for the Tamil Nadu State Assembly elections, she created a stampede. Her admirers occupied every available inch of space and cheered her.
- A Joke Called Choice (Telegraph, Bhaskar Ghose, May 11, 2001)
The elections in five states have once again demonstrated that democracy is alive and well in India, that the will of the people can be exercised freely to elect their representatives, some of whom will lead them to a better life.
- The Upturn Down Under (The Financial Express, Sanjaya Baru, May 11, 2001)
Australia-India relations come in from the cold.
- High And Low (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 11, 2001)
Japan has good news in unlikely quarters. It took eight years, but the crown princess is finally pregnant.
- Dialogue On Jammu & Kashmir (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , May 11, 2001)
IT IS hard not to be repetitive on Jammu and Kashmir. That is because there is no marked advance in the efforts, initiated from time to time, to resolve this issue.
- Sisters In Conflict (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 11, 2001)
WHEN the men — fathers, husbands, sons and brothers — disappear and the state is no help, what do their families go through?
- Of Human Rights And Human Wrongs (Tribune, Shelley Walia, May 11, 2001)
ALL human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
- Mobilising “Collective Reaction” Against Militants (Tribune, Hari Jaisingh, May 11, 2001)
AMIDST confusing signals emanating from the valley, it is not clear whether New Delhi is working according to a plan to tackle the Kashmir tangle. Total clarity in policy and coordination in approach are essential ingredients for its successful handling.
- Cut And Thrust (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 11, 2001)
It's party time in America. Before this summer is out, millions of Americans will receive cheques of up to $600 each from the taxman - as refund of tax already paid earlier this year.
- Hawking Peace (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 11, 2001)
Whoever crafted Atal Behari Vajpayee's urbane invite to Pervez Musharraf might well be wringing his hands.
- Irrational Exuberance (Times of India, MANOJ JOSHI, May 11, 2001)
THE elements of the Bush administration's new nuclear doctrine, hailed so exuberantly by New Delhi, are simple enough:
- Life After Debt (Times of India, Gurudas Chatterjee, May 11, 2001)
A substantial part of my everyday mail consists of an assortment of letters from banks and financial institutions eager to send me a draft or lend money for buying a car or a house, none of which I need.
- Campaign Of Terror (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, May 10, 2001)
THE SPURT in violent attacks by the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) just before the elections is both worrying and baffling.
- Wide Of The Mark (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 10, 2001)
FINANCE minister Yashwant Sinha’s proud boast of accurate fiscal marksmanship has been debunked. One of the reasons his budget came in for effusive praise was that his year-end fiscal deficit for 2000-01 was dot on target.
- Proxy For The Opposition (Telegraph, Tapas Chakraborty, May 10, 2001)
A British journalist once remarked that every politician not in government needed to be in the opposition.
- Didi The Self-Destroyer (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 10, 2001)
MS Mamta Banerjee has only herself to blame for the electoral drubbing she and her party received in West Bengal.
- Day Of Decision (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 10, 2001)
Politics will not be the same after the polls.
- The Labour Of Voting (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 10, 2001)
Even chicken tikka masala hasn’t perked up UK’s poll scene.
- Expenditure Reform (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 10, 2001)
EXPENDITURE reform is not just a matter of slashing infructuous government expenditures.
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