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Articles 23721 through 23820 of 25647:
- Small-Change Squabbles On Bangla Border (Tribune, Rakshat Puri, May 06, 2001)
THE setting on the India-Bangaladesh border seems tailor-made for the kind of incident that has taken place with 16 members of the Border Security Force brutally done to death.
- Lack Of Focus On Africa Day (Tribune, Humra Quraishi, May 06, 2001)
THIS week two important events didn’t really get the attention they ought to have received.
- Rich Man Running (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 06, 2001)
In Italy, it's election time again. And, says Vaiju Naravane, the country's wealthiest man, Silvio Berlusconi, is one of the main contenders for power.
- Network In A Flap Over The Dark Side Of Bugs Bunny (Indian Express, Sally Beatty, May 06, 2001)
It's a side of Bugs Bunny many fans have never seen.
- Cricket, Laloo Cricket! (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 06, 2001)
BIHAR cricket has found a new godfather after the creation of Jharkhand saw the bosses of Jamshedpur moving lock, stock, barrel and wicket into the other fold.
- Fence The Borders (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, May 06, 2001)
The unprovoked adventurism of the Bangladesh Rifles in Meghalaya has kicked off a national debate.
- Icici’s Comeuppance (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 06, 2001)
THE DROP in ICICI’s net profit for the year ended 31 March 2001 will not come as a surprise to any keen observer of the financial sector in India.
- Out But Not Down (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 06, 2001)
The disqualification of Ms. Jayalalitha is now the major issue in the Tamil Nadu elections. Suresh Nambath, M. R. Venkatesh and Radha Venkatesan look at the prospects of the fronts led by the DMK and the AIADMK.
- Ps And Qs Of The Nmd (Indian Express, Sonia Trikha, May 06, 2001)
India’s enthusiastic response to the Bush administration’s National Missile Defence (NMD) system has generated a great deal of interest, and is being described as a ‘‘shift’’ in India’s policy on space warfare.
- Din, Dust And Vanishing Decorum (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 06, 2001)
The political class resorting to abusive language and disruptionist behaviour is perhaps inevitable given the larger phenomenon of criminalisation of politics...
- India Plays A Key Role For Oracle Corp (The Economic Times, THOMAS ABRAHAM, May 06, 2001)
ORACLE India Development Center has had among the best product quality numbers in Oracle Corporation, and has moved from being a development resource to becoming a strategic partner for Oracle product divisions.
- The Smallest Players (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 06, 2001)
A RECENT seminar on liberty and livelihood hosted by Delhi-based publication, Manushi, and the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) brought into sharp focus a horrifying truth.
- Us Biz Firms Won’t Hire Mbas With Tongue-Twister Names (Indian Express, Melissa Hankins, May 06, 2001)
When Beatrix Vagacs, a 26-year-old Hungarian, was admitted to the MBA programme at the State University of New York at Binghamton two years ago, it seemed to her like a dream come true.
- Assam’s Lost Decade (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, May 05, 2001)
A ‘people’s movement’ that became a cruel joke.
- Proxy For The Opposition (Telegraph, Tapas Chakraborty, May 05, 2001)
A British journalist once remarked that every politician not in government needed to be in the opposition.
- A School For Matrimonials (The Financial Express, Iqbal Sachdeva, May 05, 2001)
A shining chauffeur-driven Opel Astra screeched to a halt in front of the Guru School of Management and out came a newly married couple, Asha and Aseem, dressed in designer clothes.
- May Day Globaloney (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 05, 2001)
Protests against globalisation have become mandatory on Labour Day, and this year was no exception.
- Clueless Congress (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 05, 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.
- Don’t Prevent Speculation; Don’t Encourage Speculators (The Economic Times, L C Gupta, May 05, 2001)
THE DEBATE on stock market speculation continues to be extremely confused in India and it is missing the central issue involved.
- Burden Of The Psus (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 05, 2001)
OF all the fields where well-thought policy is yet to enter, disinvestment is about the biggest and the most vexatious.
- Return From Exile (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 05, 2001)
Pro-Khalistan ideologue Jagjit Singh Chauhan has returned to India in a glare of publicity.
- And Quiet Flows The River? (Business Line, P. R. Brahmananda , May 05, 2001)
THE test of short period monetary policy is in the effects it produces in varying the levels of real inventory holdings.
- Food Industry Says ‘No’ To Bioengineered Sugar In Us (The Financial Express, Scott Kilman, May 05, 2001)
The food industry has soured on genetically modified sugar.
- Code For Legislators (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 05, 2001)
LOK Sabha Speaker G. M. C. Balayogi while inaugurating the three-day conference of presiding officers in Chandigarh on Thursday performed the ritual of appealing to the elected representatives of the people to exercise self-discipline.
- When Silence Is Not Golden! (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 05, 2001)
PAKISTAN has not only been waging a proxy war against India, it has also been engaged in a concerted propaganda offensive.
- Political Will For Reform (The Economic Times, N. Vittal, May 05, 2001)
GOOD economics means bad politics and vice versa in our country today. The Railway budget for the year 2001-2002 was seen as an example of ``good politics is bad economics’’ syndrome.
- Scam Behind Us-64 Crisis (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 05, 2001)
A lifeline has been thrown to all small investors in UTI’s US-64. The trust will buy back up to 3000 units at approximately Rs 12.20 a unit.
- Yes, Mr Bush (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, May 05, 2001)
THE UNCRITICAL Indian response to George W. Bush’s proposal on a missile shield has underlined the distance which New Delhi has travelled in the last few years.
- Elections In Tamil Nadu Turn Into A Farce (Tribune, T. V. Rajeswar, May 05, 2001)
THE Dravida Munetra Kazhagam (DMK) party came to power in Tamil Nadu in 1967 dethroning the Congress which had a 20-year run in the state. The Congress has not been able to recapture power there since then.
- India Plays A Key Role For Oracle Corp (The Economic Times, THOMAS ABRAHAM, May 05, 2001)
ORACLE India Development Center has had among the best product quality numbers in Oracle Corporation, and has moved from being a development resource to becoming a strategic partner for Oracle product divisions.
- Cricket, Laloo Cricket! (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 05, 2001)
BIHAR cricket has found a new godfather after the creation of Jharkhand saw the bosses of Jamshedpur moving lock, stock, barrel and wicket into the other fold.
- The Hare & The Tortoise (Business Line, Ashok Dasgupta , May 05, 2001)
EVER since the East Asian meltdown a couple of years ago, both the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have had a few good things to say about India.
- The Smallest Players (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 05, 2001)
A RECENT seminar on liberty and livelihood hosted by Delhi-based publication, Manushi, and the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) brought into sharp focus a horrifying truth.
- Icici’s Comeuppance (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 05, 2001)
THE DROP in ICICI’s net profit for the year ended 31 March 2001 will not come as a surprise to any keen observer of the financial sector in India.
- Lessons From Ranjit Singh (Hindustan Times, Khushwant Singh, May 05, 2001)
THERE COMES a time in a man’s life when he sheds all his ambitions and is unconcerned with the consequences of what he says. He speaks his mind.
- Bureaucratising The Armed Forces (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 05, 2001)
Air Chief Marshal (retd) O.P. Mehra argues that the need of the hour is not a chief of defence staff but to ensure that the defence services are made partners in policy formulation and decision making concerning national defence issues.
- Ethics Of Expose (Times of India, Mahesh Daga, May 05, 2001)
Two Wrongs don't Make a Right.
- A Catch-22 Situation (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 05, 2001)
New problems in PSU divestment.
- Cease Fire, Discuss Land: Naga Rebels (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 05, 2001)
The second part of a discussion with Sanjoy Hazarika, NSCN (I-M) leaders Muivah and Swu discuss why defining the Naga territory is crucial for peace.
- India In Bush's 100 Days (Hindu, Amitabh Mattoo, May 05, 2001)
NOT OFTEN in Indo-U.S. relations has there been a chance to pass judgment on the likely trajectory of bilateral relations after the first hundred days of a new administration in Washington.
- Indo-Us Relations In The Bush Era (The Financial Express, Prakash Shah, May 05, 2001)
Promising early signs amidst surprisingly early foreign-policy activism.
- Go For It, Mr Goenka (Indian Express, Sunil Jain, May 05, 2001)
Incoming chiefs, whether corporate or political, it is true, do tend to promise a lot when they first come to power.
- Made For Each Other (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 05, 2001)
Sonia-Mamata ties epitomise politics without principles.
- Mock Battles (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , May 05, 2001)
SELF-HELP, or swadeshi, has been the preferred course of action by the saffron brigade, among others, whenever a choice has been presented between foreign and domestic expertise in almost every sphere of national activity under the sun.
- Parting Pains: Let Us Just Be Fair To The Khaitans (The Financial Express, D. K. Taknet, May 05, 2001)
The parting of ways between the Khaitans and the Magors has prompted publication of all kinds of stories in the media about the two families who have been working together since the fifties.
- It’s The Govt’s Job To Educate Small Savers About Market Risks (The Financial Express, R. C. Murthy, May 05, 2001)
An important angle which the newly-constituted Joint Parliamentary Committee should not fail to look into is how the hard-earned savings of the public were channelled into the Ketan Parekh stock market scam.
- A Milestone In The Space Programme (The Financial Express, Prashant Bakshi, May 05, 2001)
India’s space programme — from Aryabhatta in 1975 to the recent GSLV-D1 (Geo-Synchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle) — has come a long way.
- Restore Sanity To The System (Telegraph, Abhijit Banerjee, May 05, 2001)
Finally, we come to credit, perhaps the most significant constraint faced by small and new businesses.
- A Washington Itinerary (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , May 05, 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.
- Gulls And Frauds (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 05, 2001)
Something must be terribly wrong with a society in which the passion for learning produces herds of gulls and frauds.
- Too Many Books, Too Much Hype (Telegraph, RAVI VYAS, May 05, 2001)
“Globalization had become unavoidable,” a critic said recently, “because the nation-state had become too small for the big problems of life and too big for the small problems of life.”
- A Joke Called Choice (Telegraph, Bhaskar Ghose, May 05, 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.
- Misguided Missiles (Hindu, Deepanshu Bagchee, May 05, 2001)
The new U.S. administration has finally rolled out its proposal for a national missile defence (NMD) system.
- Up The Ladder, Really? (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, May 04, 2001)
Women construction workers climbing a scaffolding.
- Sebi: Emulate Gandhiji And Not Rambo (Business Line, Anil M. Selarka, May 04, 2001)
SEBI'S activities hurt the investment community, brokers and punters, thus destabilising the market instead of supporting it.
- Up The Ladder, Really? (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, May 04, 2001)
Women construction workers climbing a scaffolding. Despite the many changes in the country's labour laws and greater emancipation, women labourers in the unorganised sector still earn dismal wages in tough and often unsafe conditions.
- Ranjan's Revenge (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 04, 2001)
The jury is still out on whether the latest challenger to Laloo Yadav's suzerainty in Bihar has it in him to deliver where others have failed in the past.
- Easier Said (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 04, 2001)
THE UTTAR Pradesh government has apparently decided to break up its power distribution system into five separate corporate units and subsequently to privatise these units.
- Thin Green Line (Hindustan Times, Bhaskar Ghose, May 04, 2001)
All of a sudden we have a problem with Bangladesh — friendly, neighbourly Bangladesh.
- Breach Of Promise (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 04, 2001)
The crisis of political accountability in West Bengal has been confirmed again with a rather disgraceful clarity.
- Refocus On Growth (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 04, 2001)
Sir, - We Indians, are trapped in a vicious circle of parochial politics, pandering stock markets, indifferent legislators, corrupt bureaucracy, overburdened Judiciary, and a fight between growth and graft which has affected.
- Start Afresh (Hindustan Times, Harbhajan Singh, May 04, 2001)
Several editors, journalists and representatives of journalists’ organisations have made critical interventions on the state of affairs prevailing in the Press Council.
- A Convicted Democracy (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , May 04, 2001)
NO DEMOCRACY can allow itself to be taken over by criminals.
- Roll On (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 04, 2001)
THE SEBI chairman, D R Mehta, must have some fond memories of July 2.
- Bengalis Are Liberal: Buddhadeb (Hindu, Mushirul Hasan, May 04, 2001)
KOLKATA, MAY 3. For a historian of Indian nationalism, Muzaffar Ahmad Bhavan on Alimuddin Street evokes memories of Bengali revolutionary past.
- India's Ugliness In The Kutchi Mirror (Hindu, Radhika Desai, May 04, 2001)
IF KUTCH'S earthquake took place on Republic Day, it was a fitting pathetic fallacy.
- In Search Of Peace (Indian Express, Sanjoy Hazarika, May 04, 2001)
The taxi took longer than expected to reach the agreed location in Bangkok.
- Igor Ivanov’s Delhi Visit: Engaging A New India (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, May 04, 2001)
A whirlwind of international engagement is on the cards. Brand new proposals to make up a brave, new world are on the anvil.
- Midsummer’s Nightmare (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 04, 2001)
It’s not drought but political lassitude that kills.
- Of A Time Long Ago (Indian Express, Letha Jose, May 04, 2001)
When summer holidays were still fun.
- Alliterative Politics (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 04, 2001)
Indian politics today, says Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav, is all about Charcha, Parcha and Kharcha.
- Geo-Politics Of World Trade (The Financial Express, Sanjaya Baru, May 04, 2001)
Economics is making countries redefine geography and forget history.
- Advantage Jayalalitha As Tn Poll Race Gets Set For Nail-Biting Finish (The Financial Express, N. Madhavan, May 04, 2001)
THEORITICALLY the DMK leader M Karunanidhi should be sitting pretty. His sworn enemy and AIADMK supremo J Jayalalitha has been convicted for corruption and disqualified from contesting the election.
- Allegations, Counter-Allegations Of ‘Tacit Nexus’ Confuse Kerala Electorate (The Financial Express, Hari S. Kartha, May 04, 2001)
As the countdown for the assembly elections in Kerala slated for Thursday next begins, the focus of the two rival political fronts and poll watchers is on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) which is in a frantic bid to open its account this time.
- The Monster Of Corruption Continues To Grow With Greater Intensity (The Financial Express, Uttam Gupta , May 04, 2001)
In a recent seminar held in New Delhi, management guru Shiv Khera made a startling disclosure.
- India Is Unfortunate In Its Neighbours (Tribune, M.S.N. Menon, May 04, 2001)
THE good neighbour — it does not exist. No is it, anyway, a choice open to us.
- Pacific Blues (Indian Express, Sanjaya Baru, May 04, 2001)
The US-China face-off.
- Arroyo As Filipina Indira (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, May 04, 2001)
She is small, like a sparrow, but has a surprisingly firm grip when shaking your hand.
- Another Madras? (Business Line, Timeri N. Murari , May 04, 2001)
A PIECE of the past came my way the other day.
- Playing Second Fiddle (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 04, 2001)
INDIA'S UNCRITICAL ACCLAMATION of the new strategic `vision' of the U.S. President, Mr. George W. Bush, has only underlined the Vajpayee administration's all too eager willingness to jettison the right to strategic autonomy,
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