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Articles 23921 through 24020 of 25647:
- Growth Rate For 2001-02: A First Estimate (Business Line, P. R. Brahmananda , May 02, 2001)
IN ALL probability unless the fourth quarter estimate of GDP turns out to be substantially higher than the estimates for the first three quarters.
- Imf-World Bank Group Meetings -- Bretton Woods Or Birnam Forest? (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , May 02, 2001)
THE FAR-FLUNG excursions of the IMF and the World Bank Group have not only blurred the nature and scope of the responsibilities of the two institutions, but made them drift farther and farther away from their core competencies.
- Bangladesh: Worrisome Indicators (Business Line, B. Raman , May 02, 2001)
THE recent incidents on the Indo-Bangladeshi border are under enquiry by the Government.
- Knowledge-Generating Centres -- Catalysts In Exciting Transition (Business Line, M. Somasekhar, May 02, 2001)
IN INDIA, knowledge-generation is a predominantly Government-sponsored activity.
- Moment Of Truth (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 02, 2001)
Is it time for the Centre to cut its losses in Kashmir?
- The Quest For Regulatory Reforms (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 02, 2001)
The RBI deserves more than curmudgeonly support for its moves thus far.
- Agro-Symphony May Go To Seed (Hindustan Times, Nilanjan Banik , May 02, 2001)
The theme song of exim policy 2001-02 is agriculture. Commerce and Industry Minister Murasoli Maran has sought to give a boost to this sector, in the context of the ongoing negotiations on agriculture at the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
- Passage To India (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 02, 2001)
UK FOREIGN secretary Robin Cook’s recent homage to chicken tikka masala as the national dish of Britain could come as a dampener to those in India who begin their day with an omelette or two.
- Ongc Begins To Spread Its Wings (The Financial Express, Murali Gopalan, May 02, 2001)
With Ongio wrapped up and in the bag, it’ll only fly higher.
- Light For Users At Tunnel’s End (The Financial Express, Sachchidanand Shukla, May 02, 2001)
Indian telecom users never had it so good for they will be the eventual beneficiaries of long-term liberalisation in the sector, irrespective of the outcome of the current embroglio over allowing Wireless in Local Loop (WiLL) and limited mobility.
- India, Dhaka Have A Long Way To Go To Develop Mutual Trust (The Financial Express, Kuldip Nayar, May 02, 2001)
I thought I would ask Lt Gen Jagjit Singh Aurora, a key figure in the liberation of Bangladesh, how he felt about the spilling of blood at the border.
- Breach Of Promise (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 02, 2001)
The crisis of political accountability in West Bengal has been confirmed again with a rather disgraceful clarity.
- And Now, Divergence (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 02, 2001)
Weak sales, healthy profits. Sustainable?
- Money Supply Turning Into Crucial Issue In Tn Polls (The Financial Express, N. Madhavan, May 02, 2001)
Forty six cases of corruption initiated against the previous AIADMK government; judgement delivered in 20 of them, which includes conviction of the former chief minister, J Jayalalitha and many of her cabinet colleagues.
- A Washington Itinerary (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , May 02, 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.
- February The Cruellest Month (The Economic Times, Swaminathan S Anklesaria Aiyar, May 02, 2001)
INDIAN industrial growth plunged to just 0.6 per cent in February, the lowest level for years.
- Conviction Politics - Ii (Hindu, P. Radhakrishnan, May 02, 2001)
THE ROLE of the Judiciary, which is vital even under normal circumstances, is much more when the state, the political class, and the bureaucracy abdicate their responsibilities and indulge in loot and scoot.
- Gulls And Frauds (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 02, 2001)
Something must be terribly wrong with a society in which the passion for learning produces herds of gulls and frauds.
- Restore Sanity To The System (Telegraph, Abhijit Banerjee, May 02, 2001)
Finally, we come to credit, perhaps the most significant constraint faced by small and new businesses.
- The Last Frontier? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 02, 2001)
SELF-MADE millionaire Dennis Tito has made history by becoming the first tourist to go into space.
- In The Shadow Of Taj (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 02, 2001)
THE Taj spirit pervaded the second day of the Indo-Pak summit on Sunday. The day started on a highly hopeful note.
- The Advani-Geelani Duet (Hindu, Harish Khare , May 02, 2001)
WE ARE periodically invited to believe that Mr. Lal Krishna Advani is the only true deshbakht in the Vajpayee Government, which is otherwise teeming with weaklings who have no sense of national pride or honour of mother India.
- Campus Cameo (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 02, 2001)
The multiple roles which the Indian vice-chancellor is called upon to play were once succinctly described by Dr G Reddy, chairman of the University Grants Commission.
- It’s Murder, They Said (Telegraph, MADHUSHREE C. BHOWMIK, May 02, 2001)
Titli flits around her foster home. She lurches from one room to another on unsteady legs and loves to look at the Sydney harbour from the windows of her “penthouse’’ in the Australian capital.
- The Sino-Russian Entente (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 02, 2001)
MAKING COMMON CAUSE of a perceived need to overcome similar strategic adversities, Russia and China have now agreed to sign a friendship treaty next July.
- Uti Scheme For Small Investors (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 02, 2001)
ULTIMATELY a bailout package has been agreed upon for those who have invested their hard-earned money in the Unit Trust of India’s flagship scheme US 64.
- Learning From Past Mistakes (Tribune, Harwant Singh, May 02, 2001)
THE decision of the Group of Ministers to set up a separate Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) has predictably drawn flak from the country’s intelligence (not necessarily intelligent) community.
- Are Women Too Nice To Get Ahead? (Tribune, Rachel Cooke, May 02, 2001)
IT was Lily Tomlin who said: “The trouble with being in the rat race is that even if you win, you’re still a rat.’’
- Cantonment Boards Have Become Irrelevant (Tribune, Pritam Bhullar, May 02, 2001)
RECENTLY, a proposal was mooted by the Ministry of Defence (MOD) that all cantonment boards should be abolished.
- Happy Marriage Depends On Genes (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 02, 2001)
A HAPPY marriage may be largely determined by a couple’s genes, according to a published report.
- Swearing Not Always Rude (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 01, 2001)
AN expert in the English language has backed appeal judges who ruled swearing at police officer was not an act of rudeness.
- Shadow Lines (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 01, 2001)
It’s lunatic to think India is ringed with enemies.
- Fruit Of Labour (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 01, 2001)
Surely, the law of Providence is such that the wealth earned through evil means is scattered away.
- The First Rumblings (Indian Express, Darshan Desai, May 01, 2001)
Kutch in the furthest corner of western India is yet to recover from the January 26 temblor.
- Regression Of The Indian Polity (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, May 01, 2001)
THE bitter form of leave-taking of the parliamentary session was an appropriate setting for the election campaigns for four assemblies and a Union Territory. For if winning power or trying to gain it is the sole objective of the leaders and their parties.
- Explosive Situation (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 01, 2001)
WHETHER or not sabotage is behind Sunday’s explosion at an ammunition dump near Pathankot, the incident is of utmost concern because it can affect security operations in Jammu and Kashmir as well as Punjab.
- India Must Have Own National Labour Day (Tribune, Hasmukh D. Savlani, May 01, 2001)
MAY Day is observed as International Labour Day. May Day is generally celebrated by professional trade unionists and Socialists.
- Service To Mankind Is Narayana Seva (Times of India, O. P. Sharma, May 01, 2001)
SWAMI Vivekananda founded the Ramakrishna Mission on May 1,1897 in Calcutta, and, given his great Guru bhakti, it is not surprising that he named the organisation, after his august Master.
- A Joke Called Choice (Telegraph, Bhaskar Ghose, May 01, 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.
- Joshi’s Designer Purohit (Tribune, P. Raman , May 01, 2001)
‘‘WHO is he? A Punjabi? A Madrasi? A Bengali?’’ This is the routine query one encounters as soon as a body arrives at a big crematoria like Nigambodh. Every region is supposed to have a different panda or a purohit for the last rites.
- Telecom Tangle (Times of India, Vikas Singh, May 01, 2001)
THE ministerial group on telecom and information technology (GOT-IT) wished to create a consensus between basic and telecom operators.
- Sebi's Badla (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 01, 2001)
Bitter medicine is rarely popular.
- Conviction Politics - I (Hindu, P. Radhakrishnan, May 01, 2001)
GOING BY its meaning, conviction is the act of convicting, to find or prove guilty of an offence or crime.
- Markets Work Only If Laws Work (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, May 01, 2001)
CRISIS periods usually bring out the best in governance. It could be an earthquake, a cyclone, or a scam.
- Smut Cookies Don’t Crumble (Hindustan Times, Ravi Visvesvaraya Prasad, May 01, 2001)
THE CASE of a Delhi schoolboy arrested for creating a pornographic website has provided more ammunition to India’s moral busybodies who want to restrict access to the internet by adolescents.
- Shadow-Boxing (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 01, 2001)
THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF the Group on Telecom and IT on the festering Wireless in Local Loop (WiLL) technology controversy have not pleased either the basic service operators (BSOs) or the cellular mobile service operators (CMSOs).
- Say No To The Quacks (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, May 01, 2001)
BOMBAY UNIVERSITY deserves to be congratulated for rejecting the UGC’s proposal to introduce a course in astrology.
- It Ain’t Over Yet (The Economic Times, Ruchir Sharma, May 01, 2001)
ECONOMIC cycles often play out like Hindi movie productions. The ending is rather obvious but not before the mandatory twists, turns, mind-numbing swirls, head-fakes and rising from the dead sequences.
- The Election Laws (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , May 01, 2001)
THE SUSPENSE over the candidature of the AIADMK leader, Ms. Jayalalitha, ended when her nomination papers were rejected.
- Cosmos Of An Indian Storytell (Telegraph, R. K. Narayan, May 01, 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.
- Imf-World Bank Group Meetings -- Taking Over Others' Turfs (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , May 01, 2001)
I AM reporting from virtual Washington where the meetings of the Development Committee and the International Monetary and Finance Committee.
- Another Merger (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 01, 2001)
Where do you suppose corporate India headed off to Friday evening?
- Jpc To Dig The Same Old Trenches Again And Again (The Financial Express, Chandra Shekar, May 01, 2001)
As time passes us by, many policies, ideas and institutions outlive their utility, specially in the area of governance.
- Multilateral Rules On Fdi (Business Line, S. Venu , May 01, 2001)
THE surge of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and the associated expansion of MNC activities has transformed the world from what it was 15 years ago.
- Financial Reform And Bank Fragility (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, May 01, 2001)
INDIA'S post-Budget stock market collapse is still taking its toll in the banking sector.
- Targeted Subsidy? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 01, 2001)
THE COMBINATION of minimum support prices for farmers and a public distribution system was supposed to protect the peasantry from sudden dips in the price of their products and the poor from spikes in the same.
- A Convenient Memory (Indian Express, Mani Shankar Aiyar, May 01, 2001)
The unctuous hypocrisy of Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
- Best Practices Are A Bargain (The Financial Express, Manjari Raman, May 01, 2001)
When the going is bad, the good stay with the best.
- The Fairy Tale Of Good Corporate Governance (The Financial Express, G. V. Ramakrishnan , May 01, 2001)
Time to make it a reality, especially as divestment gathers steam.
- India Talks (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 01, 2001)
And gets heard, now. But gently does it.
- Cutting The Tangled Enron Knot (The Financial Express, T. L. Sankar, May 01, 2001)
Dabhol Power Company’s (DPC) power purchase agreement (PPA) with Maharashtra State Electricity Board (MSEB) is likely to become arguably the most widely discussed commercial contract world wide.
- David And Goliath (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 01, 2001)
IN WHAT could go down as a classic David vs Goliath battle, the Mumbai-based pharma company, Cipla, has won the first round in its battle against some of the world’s largest drug majors.
- Rules On Small Shareholders’ Director Lack Clarity (The Financial Express, Rajesh Ralen, May 01, 2001)
The Companies (Amendment) Act, 2000 has amended Section 252(1) of the Companies Act, 1956 by adding a proviso that a public company having a paid-up capital of Rs 5 crore.
- Ties Hot And Sour (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 30, 2001)
MANY could feel the steadily souring relations between Prime Minister Vajpayee and Opposition leader Sonia Gandhi. But on Friday they saw and heard angry words and rising temper.
- Disqualified Order On Disqualification (Hindu, Era Sezhiyan, Apr 30, 2001)
Until August 1997, the Election Commission followed the procedure that a person, convicted under one or other of the statutory provisions of disqualification and released on bail during the pendency of his appeal.
- Dubious Precedent (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Apr 30, 2001)
THE BUDGET session of Parliament will be remembered for all the wrong reasons.
- Laloo In Dire Straits (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 30, 2001)
RASHTRIYA Janata Dal (RJD) supremo Laloo Prasad Yadav continues to be the only leader in Bihar with a credible mass base despite the challenges he has faced from time to time.
- Too Many Books, Too Much Hype (Telegraph, RAVI VYAS, Apr 30, 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.”
- Liquidating Badla (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 30, 2001)
THE 134 point fall in the BSE Sensex on Friday should not scare Sebi into rejecting the recommendations of its expert group on rolling settlements.
- Dangers From Trifling With Democracy (Tribune, K. F. Rustamji , Apr 30, 2001)
I EXPECT our new doctors of astrology will be able to tell us why we are up to the neck in trouble.
- Human Rights In The 21st Century (Hindu, G. Haragopal, Apr 30, 2001)
ANY DISCUSSION on the challenges to human rights in the 21st century will be meaningful only as a part of a historical process wherein society's search for prosperity and power or happiness and freedom remained unfulfilled desires and half-finished tasks.
- Displaced And Deprived (Hindu, Kuldip Nayar, Apr 30, 2001)
THEY ARE not refugees. They are oustees of one project or the other, a dam, a powerhouse or a mining pithead.
- Cosmos Of An Indian Storytell (Telegraph, R. K. Narayan, Apr 30, 2001)
R.K. Narayan’s The Indian Epics Retold is a valuable omnibus edition of three of this important writer’s works.
- Playing Spoilsport (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 30, 2001)
THE HIGH that Indian cricket achieved after coming back from the dead in the Test series against Australia to win first at Calcutta and then Chennai may have been difficult to sustain.
- Helpful, If Not Hopeful (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 30, 2001)
DAY One of President Pervez Musharraf’s visit has breathed some life into the summit meeting.
- Case For Monetary Restraint (The Economic Times, Raghbendra Jha, Apr 30, 2001)
THE `feel good’ factor generated by the Union budget and the promise of second-generation reforms has all but evaporated.
- Finance Ministers As Pseudo-Reformers (The Economic Times, S. L. Rao, Apr 30, 2001)
IN 1986 we hailed Rajiv Gandhi’s finance minister, V P Singh, as a far-sighted reformer and visionary.
- The Crash Of Tech Stocks Is An Over-Reaction (The Economic Times, Manisha Shigh, Apr 30, 2001)
THE LAST two months have been nightmarish for the markets — both in India and in the US.
- A Joke Called Choice (Telegraph, Bhaskar Ghose, Apr 30, 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.
- Riding The Chariot Again? (Hindustan Times, Amulya Ganguli, Apr 30, 2001)
THERE IS more to L.K. Advani’s subtle change of emphasis on the tehelka.com exposé than what meets the eye.
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