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Articles 25621 through 25647 of 25647:
- Safeguarding farmers rights (Daily Excelsior, Satyendra Pratap Singh, Feb 06, 2001)
The Joint Parliamentary Committee on "the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Bill, 1999" has held discussions with several interested groups to ascertain their views on the changes to be incorporated in the revised Bill.
- Jharkhand to rewrite its destiny (Daily Excelsior, Fazal Mehmood, Feb 06, 2001)
India's 28th state, Jharkhand, has waxed and waned as an idea. The political overtones of the demand have shifted, with parties engaging in fierce turf wars to retain the loyalty of Jharkhandis and champion the move for a new state. As circumstance would
- DASTARDLY ACT (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Feb 06, 2001)
Massacre of 6 people belonging to Sikh community and causing severe injuries to another eight by Pak-sponsored terrorists in Srinagar is most cowardly, dastardly and despicable act. It has been condemned by every citizens irrespective of race, creed and c
- Bureaucracy should not let it be (Pioneer, Joginder Singh, Feb 06, 2001)
The National Capital is in the midst of another crisis, where almost all political parties are making all efforts; to guard or cultivate vote banks.
- Scenario after new insurance policy Challenges and opportunities for companies (Tribune, Satya Prakash Singh , Feb 06, 2001)
THE globalisation — liberalisation — privatisation wave supported by the information and communications revolution has impacted the insurance sector in India also. After a lot of hullabaloo, the Insurance Regulatory and Development Act came into effect ab
- Waiting for a new Asian drama (Pioneer, APS Chauhan, Feb 06, 2001)
On the morrow of the twenty-first century, Asia has edged forward to claim the global centre-stage, for reason overwhelmingly geo-strategic than-geo-economic. The national missile defence (NMD) system that the newly sworn in US President, George W Bush is
- Understanding Himachal Health Vision-2020 (Tribune, Shriniwas Joshi, Feb 06, 2001)
Himachal Pradesh is ranked first among the other states of India by committing itself to Himachal Health Vision-2020. The political and administrative commitment to see that the contents of Health Vision turn into a reality was given by the Chief Minister
- Book on Rajan Pillai to open Pandora’s box (Tribune, Sanu George, Feb 06, 2001)
THE controversy over the death of business magnate Rajan Pillai in Delhi’s Tihar Jail in July, 1996, is back in the news with a new book that looks at his life, his rise and the furore over his death.
- India ho! (Hindustan Times, Ishan Chaudhuri, Feb 06, 2001)
WHILE FINGERS were kept crossed in Delhi about who would be stepping into Karl Inderfurth’s shoes as US Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia ("Please god, not that Shirin Tahir-Kheli woman! We all know what she wants!"), far far away in Washington,
- Chasnala revisited (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Feb 06, 2001)
THE BAGDIGHI mining disaster cannot but recall the Chasnala tragedy. Not so much in terms of the fatalities but in terms of the apparent reason that caused them. For one thing, both Chasnala colliery and the Bagdighi coalmines belong to the Bharat Coking
- Tyrannical servants (Pioneer, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Feb 06, 2001)
In his Republic Day eve address to the nation, President KR Narayanan has rightly pointed out that the governance of this vast country was not to be left in the hands of an "elite class". But the Honourable President fails to appreciate that his suggestio
- Mr Vajpayee, we will meet you half way -- Musharraf (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 06, 2001)
NEW DELHI, February 5: Pakistan military ruler General Pervez Musharraf today appealed for India to help end its 53-year-old dispute over Kashmir by meeting Pakistani demands halfway. ‘‘Mr Vajpayee, show statesmanship, come forward in solving Kashmir,’’ M
- Logjam in logistics (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 06, 2001)
DECONGESTING THE NATION'S economic gateways has for long remained an ignored facet of the overall reform process. The commissioning of the Ennore port by the Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee, is therefore an initial step towards expanding the infr
- Dhanbad tragedy (Tribune, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 06, 2001)
DHANBAD did not attract the attention it deserved because of the unfolding tragedy of mind-boggling dimension in Gujarat. However, a comparison of the two incidents would reveal that the science for predicting earthquakes is still imperfect. It can be sai
- The hollowness of gestures (Hindustan Times, Vir Sanghvi, Feb 06, 2001)
THE CANCELLATION of the Prime Minister’s trip to Japan and Malaysia was not entirely unexpected. However, there was an ironic note concealed within the announcement of the cancellation. The Prime Minister’s Office had decided, it was announced, to postpon
- Still in denial (Hindustan Times, Prem Shankar Jha, Feb 06, 2001)
BY EXTENDING the cease-fire in Kashmir for a third month in the face of growing misgivings in the Home and Defence Ministries, and despite mounting jehadi violence, the Prime Minister has demonstrated the sincerity of his quest for peace in Kashmir. Atal
- DISCIPLINE AND PUNISH (Telegraph, BHASKAR DUTTA , Feb 06, 2001)
What is the most persistent problem troubling the Indian economy? It is reasonably safe to bet that an overwhelming majority of respondents would answer that it is the fiscal indiscipline which is rampant in all tiers of government in India. The fiscal de
- Dialling for Delhi (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Feb 06, 2001)
General Pervez Musharraf's telephone call to Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee last Friday, which followed Pakistan's despatch of relief material for the earthquake-stricken in Gujarat, is a development to be welcomed.
- Day of the goon (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Feb 05, 2001)
IN CASE you have suffered at the hands of a goon, it always pays to have the right friends. Sanjay Singh, the partially deaf beedi-seller, who was beaten to death for being in the way of an honourable legislator’s car, obviously didn’t have friends in the
- Thaw in ties (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Feb 05, 2001)
FIRST, THERE was a plane-load of relief material from Pakistan. Then, a decision in favour of India-Pakistan cricket matches (along with Bangladesh) to raise money for the quake victims. And now the first conversation between Prime Minister Atal Bihari Va
- Is there a final option (Daily Excelsior, Gen V K Madhok, Feb 05, 2001)
The situation in Kashmir remains grim and unyielding. While con-tradictory official claims of success-due to ceasefire are being dished out for public consumption, Grenade attacks, vehicles being blown up with mines, the assassination of political leaders
- Defence strategy based on Vedas (Tribune, Rakesh Datta, Feb 05, 2001)
INDIA is a land of many virtues. It was more so during ancient times when India had contributed distinctly to philosophy, art, culture, literature, politics, medicine and defence. Though big strides in all such areas could have catapulted the country to e
- Liberalisation and culture The new aristocracy in India (Tribune, Darshan Singh Maini, Feb 05, 2001)
SINCE the “globalisation” wave in South Asian countries, which reached India a decade ago with Dr Manmohan Singh as its “high priest”, we have seen a rapid rise of what may loosely be styled as “the new aristocracy”. The new “nawabs” and “maharajas” and t
- A delayed decision (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 05, 2001)
A report card on the government’s — central and the state — response to the Gujarat earthquake will read something like this. It is the ninth day after the havoc and an all-party meeting decides to set up a national disaster management committee. Decides,
- Lucrative returns of terrorism (Daily Excelsior, K P S Gill, Feb 05, 2001)
The spoilers have got their voices back. Fifty-two years after a devastating Partition; nearly thirty years after the creation of Bangladesh gave the unequivocal lie to the "two-nation theory"; in the wake of frequent reports from Pakistan of the militant
- Feel-good diplomacy (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 05, 2001)
A NEW IDIOM, indicative of a potentially substantive bilateral engagement, has been spelt out by the U.S. Secretary of State, Gen. Colin Powell, in a warm reference to India. Responding to questions during a Senate panel's hearings over the confirmation o
- Thaw in ties (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Feb 05, 2001)
FIRST, THERE was a plane-load of relief material from Pakistan. Then, a decision in favour of India-Pakistan cricket matches (along with Bangladesh) to raise money for the quake victims. And now the first conversation between Prime Minister Atal Bihari Va
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