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Articles 24421 through 24520 of 25647:
- Green Laws (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Apr 16, 2001)
First, it was the turn of polluting industries in the Capital. In its relentless endeavour to improve the quality of life, the Supreme Court directed that they relocate to outlying areas.
- Games People Play (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Apr 16, 2001)
THE PAKISTAN Table Tennis Federation’s ‘sudden’ decision to pull out of the Commonwealth tournament being held in India is just not cricket.
- In Diplomat’s Garb (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 16, 2001)
THE detention and the subsequent expulsion of a Pakistani diplomat from Kathmandu following the recovery of 16 kg of explosives from his possession confirms how deep the penetration of Pakistani intelligence in Nepal is.
- Why Dr Bimal Jalan Prefers To Be Unfashionable (The Economic Times, Mythili Bhusnurmath, Apr 16, 2001)
HOW will the US slowdown affect India? Till fairly recently, that was seen more as an academic question.
- Graceland Geek (Times of India, Chidanand Rajghatta, Apr 16, 2001)
HOW typical of Dewang Mehta to walk out on us from a hotel room in Sydney. He was always a difficult guy to catch.
- Apex Court Shows The Way (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 15, 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.
- 'Two Many' Fronts (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 15, 2001)
The Antony-Karunakaran feud is decades old. The difference this time is in the reversal of roles with Mr. Karunakaran now the underdog. GIRISH MENON reports.
- Crafting An Alliance (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 15, 2001)
A lot of diplomatic work lies ahead before the idea of strategic cooperation between India and the U.S. is translated into reality, writes C. RAJA MOHAN.
- Will She, Won't She? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 15, 2001)
Will Benazir Bhutto end her self-exile and return? How will the military react? These are questions, writes B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, that are exercising Pakistan society.
- Food For Thought (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Apr 15, 2001)
Now it can be told. Only the uninformed would assume that Uttar Pradesh chief minister Rajnath Singh won the recent by-election on the strength of the political messages he beamed from his campaign platforms.
- India, The U.S. And China's Long Shadow (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 15, 2001)
For all the arguments by Indian officials on the need to see Mr. Jaswant Singh's Washington visit on its own merits, there is no getting away from the Beijing angle, says SRIDHAR KRISHNASWAMI.
- A Joke Called Choice (Telegraph, Bhaskar Ghose, Apr 15, 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 Indian Epics Retold (Telegraph, R. K. Narayan, Apr 15, 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.
- Committed Clinton (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 15, 2001)
Former US President Bill Clinton came to India with a single point agenda — that of getting relief for quake-hit Gujarat.
- Congress Leader With Solid Base (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Apr 15, 2001)
SOME people never give up and octogenarian K. Karunakaran is one of them. Completing 83, he has always thrived on controversies and once a challenge is thrown to him, he enjoys the fight.
- Too Many Books, Too Much Hype (Telegraph, RAVI VYAS, Apr 15, 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.”
- Perennially Unsafe Delhi (Tribune, Shyam Ratna Gupta, Apr 15, 2001)
BEFORE attempting a survey of the current messy situation in Delhi after the Gujarat earthquake, it is relevant to recapture the memories of Delhi and its history in 1945-55.
- J&k Elephant And Blind Men (Tribune, Rakshat Puri, Apr 15, 2001)
THE Vajpayee Government has announced a general and open invitation for talks to all those sections and groups in Jammu-Kashmir that want peace.
- In Search Of A Homeland (Hindu, Harish Khare , Apr 15, 2001)
NOTTINGHAM (U.K.): Have you ever seen a flag of Kashmir?
- Aids To Development (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 15, 2001)
The chief minister of Andhra Pradesh seems to have hit upon a unique method of measuring development in his state.
- The Stray Pixels (Times of India, Vinay Kamath, Apr 15, 2001)
THE geek have become meek. The revolution is an evolution.
- In Nepal, Every God Has His Day (Times of India, Dubby Bhagat, Apr 15, 2001)
ON September 1, 2001, the Virgin Goddess of Kathmandu, in a tradition that goes back some three hundred years, will anoint the King of Nepal with vermillion on his forehead allowing him yet another year to rule.
- Unholy Musings (Times of India, Vijayalakshmi Balakrishnan , Apr 15, 2001)
CRISP copies of the Lalita Sahasranamam in English, Sanskrit and Tamil were efficiently circulated amongst all the people who had congregated in the basement of the Ramanathans.
- Female Infanticide And Falling Status Of Women (Tribune, D. R. Chaudhry, Apr 15, 2001)
PATRIARCHY in social organisation has been the dominant reality to define the nature of gender relations in human society that rendered it male-dominated in most parts of the world since the dawn of human civilisation.
- Pipe Of Peace (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Apr 15, 2001)
The declaration issued during Atal Behari Vajpayee's visit to Teheran signals to the world that India and Iran, together with other concerned countries of the region, are resolved to contain jehadi terrorism centred in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
- Hey Guys, Vat’s The Way To Go (The Economic Times, Mohit C Purhoit, Apr 15, 2001)
ALTHOUGH World Trade Organisation prohibits quantitative restrictions of quotas, licenses, or canalisation to be used in multilateral trade, the GATT provides exception to this principle on grounds of balance of payment.
- Proxy For The Opposition (Telegraph, Tapas Chakraborty, Apr 14, 2001)
A British journalist once remarked that every politician not in government needed to be in the opposition.
- Blind Confidence (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 14, 2001)
It is good to see confidence. The chief minister of West Bengal has it in abundance.
- It’s Not Just Manipur (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 14, 2001)
WHEN Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee became Prime Minister for the first time he coined the highly evocative expression "the dharma of coalition politics".
- Diplomacy Of Cross-Connection (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 14, 2001)
DIPLOMACY is a fine art of balancing what is conveyed and what is not conveyed.
- Converge To Untangle (Hindustan Times, Ravi Visvesvaraya Prasad, Apr 14, 2001)
THE COMMUNICATION Convergence Bill 2000, which ought to have been passed last year, is now expected to be introduced in Parliament in the first week of May.
- No-Frills Narayan (Times of India, Anvar Ali Khan, Apr 14, 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.
- Resetting Federal Fiscal Relations (Tribune, C. Narendra Reddy, Apr 14, 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.
- Wto: A New Menace (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 14, 2001)
CHINA has cleared the last obstacle to enter the WTO and it is no good news for India.
- Unholy Musings (Times of India, Vijayalakshmi Balakrishnan , Apr 14, 2001)
CRISP copies of the Lalita Sahasranamam in English, Sanskrit and Tamil were efficiently circulated amongst all the people who had congregated in the basement of the Ramanathans.
- In Nepal, Every God Has His Day (Times of India, Dubby Bhagat, Apr 14, 2001)
ON September 1, 2001, the Virgin Goddess of Kathmandu, in a tradition that goes back some three hundred years, will anoint the King of Nepal with vermillion on his forehead allowing him yet another year to rule.
- The Stray Pixels (Times of India, Vinay Kamath, Apr 14, 2001)
THE geek have become meek. The revolution is an evolution.
- Spy Plane Compromise (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 14, 2001)
IT was a befitting Easter gift for the families of the 24-member crew of the US spy plane detained in China. After 11 days of detention, the crew members are now back in the USA.
- Stars Don’t Talk (Hindustan Times, Khushwant Singh, Apr 14, 2001)
WHEN MURLI Manohar Joshi first announced his proposal to introduce astrology as a course of study at the university level.
- Flagship Units As Duds (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 14, 2001)
EVERYONE suspected that the UTI (Unit Trust of India) is ailing but the report card it presented on Monday shows it to be critically ill.
- Mcdonald’s In Beef Soup (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 14, 2001)
McDonald's, the multi-national fast food chain, may indeed have been guilty of wilfully misleading vegetarian customers about the beef tallow in the oil used for making French fries.
- Wto: Institutionalising Double Standards (The Economic Times, Raatnakar Adhikari, Apr 14, 2001)
THE HISTORY of international economic policy making is replete with instances of double standards. The Bretton Woods institutions are a prime example.
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Sleeping Elephant (The Economic Times, Vinnie Mehta, Apr 14, 2001)
ON AN official visit to India earlier this year, Li Peng, Chairman of the People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China graciously complimented India for its, ``edge over China, especially in the software sector’’.
- India’s Food Revolution (Telegraph, Bibek Debroy, Apr 14, 2001)
M.S. Banga, chairman, Hindustan Lever Limited, delivered a talk titled “Food Revolution — A Win Win for Farmer and Consumer” at the annual general meeting on June 22.
- How Uk Was Turned Around (The Economic Times, S. J. Masty, Apr 14, 2001)
MAKING his first major speech on privatisation recently, Andhra Pradesh chief minister Chandrababu Naidu told 100 of India’s top civil servants that only privatisation can cure.
- The Anatomy Of Corruption (Hindu, K. T. Thomas, Apr 14, 2001)
NO ONE has really defined the word ``corruption'' because it is not possible to contain all its ramification within a definition.
- After The Qrs (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 14, 2001)
IN THE fortnight since the last of the quantitative restrictions (QRs) were removed there has been a pathetic display of the Indian craving for all things ``phoren''.
- Aids To Development (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 14, 2001)
The chief minister of Andhra Pradesh seems to have hit upon a unique method of measuring development in his state.
- Arrest A Pointer To Crackdown On Isi (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Apr 14, 2001)
NEW DELHI, APRIL 13. In the arrest of the Pakistani First Secretary in Kathmandu, Mohammed Arshad Cheema, and the recovery of 16 kgs of RDX from his residence.
- In Search Of Hafez Shirazi (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Apr 14, 2001)
SHIRAZ, APRIL 13. It has been a sentimental journey for the Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee, who arrived here this morning after a ceremonial farewell last evening at Teheran.
- Gulls And Frauds (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 14, 2001)
Something must be terribly wrong with a society in which the passion for learning produces herds of gulls and frauds.
- A Washington Itinerary (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Apr 14, 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.
- An Embarrassing Expose (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 13, 2001)
IT IS AN embarrassment the Congress(I) and its Government in Karnataka, headed by Mr. S. M. Krishna, could well have done without.
- Stir In The Grassroots (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Apr 13, 2001)
THAT THE panchayati raj elections are being held at all in Bihar — after 23 long years, a record of sorts — is something to rejoice.
- A Conflict Continues (Hindu, Chinmaya R. Gharekhan, Apr 13, 2001)
A TRAGEDY on a huge scale is being played out in West Asia. Scores of innocent civilians are being killed, many more are being maimed and everyone is getting bruised mentally and psychologically.
- Run Khatami, Run! (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Apr 13, 2001)
TEHERAN, APRIL 12. Will he or won't he? The big political question debated in Iran is whether the hugely popular Syed Mohammed Khatami will again run for President in the elections slated for early June.
- Too Many Books, Too Much Hype (Telegraph, RAVI VYAS, Apr 13, 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.”
- The Cng Changeover (Hindu, P. V. Indiresan , Apr 13, 2001)
THE KIND of tussle that has erupted between the Supreme Court and the Delhi Government was long in coming but considering the proclivities of both politicians and the Judiciary that was inevitable.
- It’s Murder, They Said (Telegraph, MADHUSHREE C. BHOWMIK, Apr 13, 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.
- New-Look Secularism (Times of India, Rahul Shivshankar, Apr 13, 2001)
THE recent communal riots in Kanpur that claimed more than a dozen lives raise some disturbing questions.
- Breach Of Promise (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 13, 2001)
The crisis of political accountability in West Bengal has been confirmed again with a rather disgraceful clarity.
- The Good Wife (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Apr 13, 2001)
The latest on the corruption-combating front in Thailand is that interior minister Purachai Piemsomboon wants the wifey to check out the wealth of his colleagues' mistresses.
- A Joke Called Choice (Telegraph, Bhaskar Ghose, Apr 13, 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.
- Perils Of Diplomatic Dinner Parties (Hindustan Times, Bhaichand Patel, Apr 13, 2001)
THE BAD news this week is that the new French ambassador in New Delhi is serving Indian food at his diplomatic parties.
- “Kharkoo” In The Net (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 13, 2001)
WASSAN SINGH Zaffarwal is a faded memory, but a very painful memory. Many have forgotten him simply because remembering him means reliving the terror days of the Khalistan movement when fear reigned and bloodletting was routine.
- Where Is Indian Intelligence? (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 13, 2001)
THE crude bomb found in a parking lot near North Block in Delhi has again exposed the inefficiency of the intelligence agencies. The improvised explosive device was placed inside a lunch box.
- Exploring New Way-Outs In Kashmir (Tribune, Hari Jaisingh, Apr 13, 2001)
WHITHER Kashmir? The problem has been with us for the past 53 years and no one has yet provided a reasonable answer to this question. This, in a way, sums up the tragedy of the state.
- American Chop Suey (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Apr 13, 2001)
EVEN IF the US did finally avoid using the ‘A’ word, all its regrets along with the frequent use of the word ‘sorry’
- A Congruence Of Interests (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 13, 2001)
THE TEHERAN DECLARATION, enunciated by the Iranian President, Syed Mohammed Khatami, and the Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee, is being portrayed by them as the virtual manifestation of a timely strategic handshake.
- Imports And Being Earnest (Hindustan Times, Prem Shankar Jha, Apr 13, 2001)
Tehelka’s exposure of corruption in defence deals, and the NDA’s.
- Strength Of Sikhs In Iran Falling (Tribune, T.R. Ramachandran, Apr 13, 2001)
Teheran: The resident Indian community in this country predominantly comprises Sikh families, mostly in business, who have faced the vicissitudes of the Iranian Revolution of 1979 with an element of stoic realism.
- Speaking In Tongues (Times of India, Rashmee Z Ahmed, Apr 12, 2001)
LONDON: Like vegetarianism and the campaign for oceanic biodiversity and the Kyoto Protocol, Amitav Ghosh's fight for our organic local linguistic link to the past is a magical thing.
- Revitalising The Indian Railways (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 12, 2001)
NEVER BEFORE HAS the need to revitalise the Indian Railways (IR) assumed greater importance as in its present state of rapidly declining financial health.
- Kerala Conundrums (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 12, 2001)
THE CONGRESS(I) HIGH command could not have bargained for worse.
- Bahadur Shah Zafar’s “Dastar Khwan” (Tribune, R. S. Dutta, Apr 12, 2001)
The last Mogul emperor, Bahadur Shah Zafar, was the king of Delhi in name only. The real governance was in the hands of Britishers.
- Ranjit Singh’s Place In History (Tribune, Amrik Singh , Apr 12, 2001)
In 1799 Ranjit Singh captured Lahore. Two years later, in 1801 on the Baisakhi day to be precise, he held some kind of a coronation. Indeed it could not be described as one for, according to the Sikh tradition, he could not be the sovereign.
- Growing Up Pains (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 12, 2001)
MARKETS can be harsh masters. Infosys, long the darling of the Indian market, discovered this to its cost on Wednesday.
- Old Ties, New Thrust (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 12, 2001)
India is rejigging its old relations with Iran to face today’s problems.
- To Mars, With Hope (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Apr 12, 2001)
With a checklist of 220,000 items to be crossed out before blast-off, NASA's scientists were taking no chances.
- India And The Islamic World (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Apr 12, 2001)
THE PRIME Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee's on-going visit to the Islamic Republic of Iran brings into bold relief one of the more exciting aspects of India's current foreign policy.
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