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Articles 9821 through 9920 of 10500:
- Optimism At Rbi (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2003)
THE SMILE IS back on Mint Street with the Reserve Bank of India certain of real GDP growth this year "significantly exceeding" the first estimate of 6 per cent in April. Credit goes to good rains heralding a sharp rise in farm output which tagged on to a
- Pre-Cancun Ploughing (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2003)
IT IS INCREASINGLY clear that agriculture, which forms the backbone of the WTO negotiations, can either ruin the Cancun ministerial meeting next month or make possible the attainment of the Doha Development Agenda. No wonder the flurry of activity over...
- Safety Net Against Share Premium (Business Line, S. Murlidharan , Aug 28, 2003)
There is no reason why a company collecting premium and whose shares are quoted at discount vis-à-vis the offer price, should not be enjoined to cough up interest to the investors
- Should Pf Subscribers Take The Varishtha Bait? (Business Line, R. Y. Narayanan, Aug 28, 2003)
THE recent announcement by the Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) that subscribers can withdraw up to 90 per cent of the accruals to invest in LIC's Varishtha Pension Bima Yojana (VPBJ) is tempting, but the proposition may not be as rewarding as
- Salute To A Champion (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2003)
THE STYLE OF leave taking in the world of sport has changed significantly since the August day 55 years ago when Don Bradman left the batting crease and walked back, eyes misting over, to the pavilion for the last time in his Test career after ...
- Good News From Rbi: Growth Is Set To Grow (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2003)
There's good news for India Inc and stockmarkets: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has turned bullish about the economy. Upgrading the growth prospects for this year, the central bank said the 6 per cent growth forecast in real gross domestic product (GDP)
- New Norms For Mr. Murdoch (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2003)
THE REVISION OR tightening of uplinking norms for television news channels by the Central Government has served three salutary purposes. First, it has effectively blocked the attempt by Rupert Murdoch-owned Star News to receive uplinking ...
- Here’s My Daily Pesticide Intake (Indian Express, Ravi Agarwal, Aug 28, 2003)
The consumer is hungry, both for safe food and water as well as for information. If anything, 2003 can be termed as a ‘‘safe food awareness’’ year. Never in the past has the increasingly powerful urban middle class been shocked as much by what it eats and
- Cancun: Heavy Mantle On Jaitley (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Aug 28, 2003)
At Cancun where WTO Trade Ministers meet to take stock of the headway made in the Doha Development Agenda, the Commerce Minister, Mr Arun Jaitley, faces a heavy responsibility in taking forward the achievements of his predecessor, Mr Murasoli Maran, who
- Five Orphans Are Black Monday’s Face (Indian Express, Sweta Ramanujan, Aug 27, 2003)
What does a 15-year-old do when she loses both parents within minutes of each other? What does she do when her younger siblings—the youngest four years old—look to her for answers?
- Beyond The Blasts (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2003)
MUMBAI CAN BE down but never out. A day after the bomb blasts shook the megapolis, the city is fast coming back to normal, with old and young crowding suburban trains and BEST buses for the long trudge to work places. The Sensex, which is more the measure
- Cancun: What Should Be India's Stand (Business Line, Dolly Mishra, Aug 27, 2003)
The issues that India should lay strong emphasis at the WTO meet in Cancun are food security, poverty reduction and economic growth. It is also time the developing countries united to put genuine pressure on the developed world to bring in such reforms as
- A Driver Talks: 5 Tourists Left A Bag In My Cab (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2003)
The police have launched a massive manhunt for five suspects, including two women, believed to be involved in planting the bombs in the taxi off Gateway of India.
- Renaissance Man (Indian Express, Mukul Dube, Aug 26, 2003)
Professor Syed Ali Mohammed Khusro Husaini died on Sunday. The various appointments he held spanned a remarkable range: He taught economics at Osmania and other universities and he conducted and supervised research at Delhi’s Institute of Economic Growth,
- Wto Farm Talks: A New Churning (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Aug 26, 2003)
DURING the past week, the most important development that has occurred at the ongoing agriculture negotiations under the auspices of the WTO is the joining hands of member-countries such as India and China with the Cairns Group, essentially an assemblage
- Lucky Americans! (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Aug 25, 2003)
HOW I wish I were born in the US — if for no other reason than making millions of dollars as compensation by suing companies for accidents. You remember 81-year-old Stella Liebeck who successfully sued McDonald's after spilling hot coffee on herself and
- Making Our People Rich (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2003)
NEARLY six decades ago momentous things happened in both our countries. We made our people free. We established institutions and secured a system of Government where the people were able to elect the Parliament and enjoy basic democratic freedoms. This...
- Economy: Course Correction Imperative (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Aug 25, 2003)
IT IS too early to judge how the economy will progress during the year. However, it is tempting, as always, to read the economy's tea leaves. I recently reviewed a copy of the Government's monthly economic report for July 2003. What do its figures tell us
- Putting My House In Order (Indian Express, Raju Santhanam, Aug 24, 2003)
Influenced by the minute-to-minute TV coverage of the no-confidence motion, my entire family suddenly moved a no-confidence vote against me. There was no prior notice but a move only to embarrass me at a time when I was about to take my afternoon nap.
- Prevention The Better Cure (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2003)
THE BIG industries, which are more easily noticed and monitored, are not always the biggest polluters. By sheer numbers, small industries can create major problems. A classic example is Tirupur in Tamil Nadu, which exports some 71,000 tonnes of ...
- Monitoring Minimal (Hindu, Anjali Malhotra, Aug 24, 2003)
The Government's regulatory system is inadequate, says Anjali Malhotra.
- Waking Up To Wto (Indian Express, P. Chidambaram, Aug 24, 2003)
One of the persistent myths in developing countries is that developing countries do not need the World Trade Organisation (WTO). And that the WTO is more pain than gain. On the eve of every Ministerial meeting convened by the WTO, there is a bout of WTO
- Indian Born Buys May Fair London (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2003)
Jasminder Singh of Indian origin, one of the richest Asian businessmen, has bought the prestigious InterContinental May Fair London Hotel at a cost of £115 million.
- How Safe Is Our Water? (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Aug 24, 2003)
Groundwater is easily polluted and restoring its quality is impossibly expensive
- Rs 678 Cr Sugarcane Package (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2003)
Government on Saturday approved a Rs 678-crore relief package for sugarcane farmers of five states. According to spokesperson Sushma Swaraj, the Centre will bring a new package for sugarcane growers of Karnataka, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu in the next Cab
- Faster, Stronger, Lighter (Indian Express, Harsh A. Desai, Aug 23, 2003)
When my doctor said I needed exercise, I promptly changed my doctor. When my mother told me a couple of days later that exercising was a good idea, I furrowed my brow. But when my wife suggested that I should start going to the gymnasium, I realised that
- Government To Murdoch: Disinvest You Must (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2003)
Star gets a month: FDI norms in TV made same as print: 51% Indian partner must; paid-up capital fixed: Rs 40 cr
- Kalam’s 2nd Call In A Week: Get Real (Indian Express, Amitav Ranjan, Aug 23, 2003)
It couldn’t have been better timed. Two days after the Parliament debate on the no-confidence motion that was high on rhetoric, low on content, President A P J Abdul Kalam has sent a reminder to all Members of Parliament on what they need to do the ...
- Hearing Is Believing (Indian Express, SHAMYA DASGUPTA, Aug 22, 2003)
After keeping their distance, Indian cricketers are finally opening up to the media. It’s good for both, and for the fans
- Panchayats In Practice (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2003)
OVER A DECADE after the 73rd Amendment to the Constitution was enacted, devolution of powers to Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) remains in many respects a distant dream. To be sure, grass roots bodies have now acquired a permanent place within ...
- A Unique Alliance At Wto (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2003)
IN A REMARKABLE display of unity at the World Trade Organisation, a group of 14 developing countries, which includes large economies like India, China, Argentina, Brazil, South Africa and Thailand, has formulated a cogent proposal on trade in ...
- Allies Make Bjp Climb Down The Cow (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2003)
TDP, Trinamool, JD (U), PMK, Left, RJD all oppose, Govt agrees to all-party meeting
- Flat Yield Curve Is Top Priority (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Aug 22, 2003)
Keeping the yield curve low and flat will be the apt objective of monetary administration and policy over the next five years. This period will be characterised by fiscal discipline imposed by Parliament and by all-round economic growth. But the flat ...
- Welcome Proposal On Short Sales, Stock Lending (Business Line, B. Venkatesh , Aug 22, 2003)
THE recommendation on short sales by SEBI's Secondary Market Advisory Committee is pragmatic and laudable. The suggested definition of short sales, if accepted, may provide the much-needed balance to the market, which clearly has an upside bias at present
- Fundamental Questions (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2003)
WITH THE STOCK market rally that began in April continuing unabated, there is understandable concern among the community of investors on how much of this is fuelled by improved fundamentals of India Inc. The first quarter performance of companies has no
- Ongc Engineer Dead, All Hospital Can Give Kin Is Grief (Indian Express, SNEHAL FERNANDES, Aug 22, 2003)
Recovering the body of his deceased brother was not the end of Venugopal’s trauma. The government-run JJ Hospital had to prolong his grief just that much more.
- Hockey Disaster: Ihf Blames Coach, Camp (Indian Express, Manish Kumar, Aug 21, 2003)
Indian hockey officials agree on one thing: the team’s poor performance so far at the Champions Trophy here is largely due to the exertions at the pre-tournament training camp in hot, humid Lucknow.
- Leander In Us Hospital For A Brain Lesion, Doctors Say Wait (Indian Express, MICKY AIGNER, Aug 21, 2003)
What seemed like a routine announcement on Tuesday took a twist with frightening possibilities on Wednesday. India’s iconic tennis player Leander Paes, yesterday said to be down with the flu, is suffering from a suspected brain lesion, or growth that ...
- Remedying Techno Lethargy (Deccan Herald, S N Roy Chaudhury, Aug 21, 2003)
Efforts in the field of science and technology are largely bereft of the spirit of invention and value addition
- Dealing With Delays Need Not Be Draconian (Business Line, K. Srinivasan , Aug 21, 2003)
SECTION 108, in the Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2003, has been shorn of sub-section (1A) providing for stamping of instruments of transfer and also the other sub-sections which have become superfluous and irrelevant. But it will be idle to pretend that...
- Mother Teresa’s Rest (Indian Express, Babu Joseph, Aug 21, 2003)
Bharat Ratna Mother Teresa has left behind very powerful images that humanity cannot easily forget; they have now become symbols for the contemporary man who would look for models in altruism in actual life.
- Uplinking Guidelines May Be Reworked (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2003)
After two inter-ministerial group meetings, 64 questions, a disheartening 600-plus page response from Star News, the Group of Ministers (GoM) comprising Ministers Finance, Law and Information and Broadcasting which met today said it was time to rework the
- South Asia’s Four Play (Indian Express, SHAHID JAVED BURKI, Aug 20, 2003)
The road to Indo-Pakistani cooperation flows through four key areas of the economy. For a start, New Delhi can trade its IT expertise for Islamabad’s energy
- Soft-Drinks And Low-Gluten Wheat - Nourishing The Bottomline (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Aug 20, 2003)
IN THIS era of unbridled globalisation — where making a fast buck has become the market mantra — two events have cast a deep shadow on the nation. While one rocked Parliament, the other has escaped the attention of most.
- Why Did The State Turn On Gujarat's Farmers? (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Aug 20, 2003)
On August 14, hundreds of thousands of farmers got on the National Highway 8 but were blocked by policemen who also used force.
- Keeping The Peace In Liberia (Hindu, Tim Weiner, Aug 20, 2003)
Liberia will not know real peace until the countryside is free of fighting.
- Less Is More (Indian Express, SUMIT PAUL, Aug 19, 2003)
If you are losing your crowning glory, don’t worry, chances are that you might wallow in intellectual glory: Professor Scott’s sage advice to his balding student in Munro’s short story Barber’s nightmare has always lifted my drooping spirits whenever I
- The Knights Too Have Changed (Indian Express, NANDITA PATEL, Aug 19, 2003)
While I appreciate Amrita Shah’s opinion (‘A heroine for our times’, IE, August 14), I disagree with her. She says Legally Blonde, the Reese Witherspoon hit, serves as an example that “not just celebrate(s) but venerate(s) an increasingly visible species
- Of Black Sheep And Vanishing Companies (Business Line, Arvind P. Datar, Aug 19, 2003)
RECENTLY, the outgoing Secretary to the Department of Company Affairs (DCA) sought to justify various provisions of the Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2003. The corporate sector has, however, severely criticised the provisions relating to, among others ...
- Adding Value To Commodity Futures (Business Line, Kalyan Raipuria, Aug 19, 2003)
THE FUTURE of futures in commodities is closely linked with the emerging trends in global economy and in prices, unlike security derivatives where national sentiments play a major role. But system improvement can do wonders. Last year commodity prices as
- For Holland Lapse, They Blame It On Humid Lucknow (Indian Express, Manish Kumar, Aug 18, 2003)
A bout of nerves and tactical blunders. As in the past, these happen to be the two convenient reasons which are again being used to explain India’s loss in the opening game against Holland. But there is another school of thought which suggests that ...
- Deficits And Debt Can Trip Growth (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Aug 18, 2003)
INDIA has been facing for nearly two decades the problem of large fiscal imbalances culminating in the balance of payments crisis of l991, which became the turning point on the road to a liberalised and market-driven economy. Fiscal adjustment was at the
- Cancun & Doha Round Prospects (Hindu, Muchkund Dubey , Aug 18, 2003)
The main negotiating challenge will be defensive — to prevent further loss of policy options in several areas.
- Insider Trading And Efficient Markets (Business Line, B. Venkatesh , Aug 18, 2003)
SEBI charging Mr Samir Arora, former Chief Investment Officer of Alliance Capital Mutual Fund (ACMF), with insider trading in Digital GlobalSoft raises the larger issue of policing the capital market. The SEBI order implicitly suggests that insider ...
- Turnaround On The Cards? (Indian Express, George Mathew, Aug 17, 2003)
Stock markets are finally out of the woods. Dalal Street has bounced back much to the relief of lakhs of investors across the country. The equity cult is catching up with the investing public once again. After remaining in hibernation for over seven ...
- Back To The Future (Indian Express, P. Chidambaram, Aug 17, 2003)
Just before Saint Valmiki wrote his Ramayana, or contemporaneously, there were other works written by Buddhist scholars on a legendary hero called Rama. Likewise, there were stories of Rama written by Jain scholars belonging to the two schools of the Jain
- Executive Order 13303 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2003)
THE OSTENSIBLE intent behind the promulgation of Executive Order 13303 is given in its title clause which reads, "Protecting the Development Fund for Iraq and Certain Other Property in Which Iraq has an Interest." The relevant clauses of the ...
- Smart Shareholders (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Aug 17, 2003)
Shareholders who own 23.64 per cent of Sterlite’s equity have turned out to be the smart guys. The share price touched Rs 370 last Friday and has been recording hefty trading volumes. This is over twice the price that Sterlite had offered as its buyback
- ‘bring Law To Curb Pesticide Use’ (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Aug 16, 2003)
The alarming presence of hazardous pesticides in our environment poses a problem no different from such ills as fake medicines and food products. As you have said in your article, the real shock of this cola episode is the fact that now we have an ...
- An Incomplete Economic Recovery (Hindu, C. Rammanohar Reddy, Aug 16, 2003)
While the economic recovery this year is encouraging, it may turn out to be a one-off event unless the Government is able to catalyse a quantum increase in investment.
- Preparing For Cancun (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 15, 2003)
The Indian policy making system has to find a way out of the dilemmas it faces in negotiating multilateral agreements. When Pranab Mukherjee went to Marrakesh to sign on behalf of India on the Uruguay Round Agreement, the Opposition political parties in
- Not The Best Bet For All Cos, Shareholders - Icai's Minimum Dividend Proposal (Business Line, B. Venkatesh , Aug 15, 2003)
THE proposal by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) that companies make compulsory minimum dividend payouts goes against the tenet of corporate finance. Companies should be allowed to adopt their shareholder value-enhancing strategies.
- Clear On Cancun (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 15, 2003)
THE WTO NEGOTIATIONS position paper circulated by the Centre reveals clearly the country's stand on a number of critical issues that will figure at the World Trade Organisation's Cancun Ministerial. The burden of the position paper is that the overall ...
- Profound Or Puerile? (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Aug 15, 2003)
PURSUIT of material comforts does not always lead to happiness". What India's sages had discovered millennia ago, is laid out in the form of a profound (or pompous, pretentious or puerile, as the case may be!) conclusion of a long-winded article under ...
- A Heroine For Our Times (Indian Express, Amrita Shah, Aug 14, 2003)
This week one of the movie channels on television screened the Reese Witherspoon hit, Legally Blonde. Those who’ve seen the film would be familiar with the story: Elle Woods, frivolous but good-natured fashion victim, gets dumped by would-be lawyer ...
- Eternity To Eternity (Indian Express, R P Subramanian, Aug 14, 2003)
A very close friend will soon die. Along with his family and friends, I too try and steel myself for the inevitable end. I have been in this state before, more than once; we all have. Yet the sense of loss, the grief that accompanies death, is always the
- Labour In The New World (Hindu, Manabi Majumdar, Aug 14, 2003)
The terms on which the new labour interacts with its employers, global or local, are highly unfavourable to it.
- Vajpayee Steps In To End Cancun Spat (Indian Express, Navika Kumar, Aug 14, 2003)
The Government’s in a spot with the Agriculture and Commerce ministries battling over issues concerning negotiations at the Cancun round of talks under the aegis of WTO next month.
- No Easy Going For India In Cancun (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Aug 14, 2003)
10 million people in four African countries are facing starvation after they implemented free market reforms
- Starved Of Personal Time (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2003)
IN THE US, lack of personal time is the biggest downside of a career in public accounting, according to a survey of CPAs at public accounting firms conducted by nationally recognised consultant Mr Steve Erickson.
- With Caution To Cancun (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Aug 14, 2003)
URUGUAY 1986, Seattle 1999, Doha 2001 and now Cancun 2003. The World Trade Organisation (WTO) seems to be inching forward on a tortuous path which may end in despair for the developing world as a whole with the possible exception of China.
- Some Good, A Few Bad And The Rest Indifferent (Business Line, K. Srinivasan , Aug 14, 2003)
The Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2003 is a mixed bag of good and not-so-good amendments to the Companies Act
- Corporate Complexities (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2003)
THE BELIEF OF the Confederation of Indian Industry in the power of market forces is reflected in its criticism of some provisions of the Companies Bill 2003 seeking to ban complex corporate organisations and investment structures. The CII wants companies
- ‘your Poison May Be My Food’ (Indian Express, CITHARA PAUL, Aug 13, 2003)
A day after the Union Cabinet okayed the move to ban cow slaughter across the country, Kerala became the first state to oppose the proposed law, saying beef constituted nearly 40 per cent of the total meat consumed in the state.
- Cancun Ministerial - Rough Edges And Loose Ends (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Aug 13, 2003)
Trade experts contend that the Cancun Ministerial may turn out to be an eventful affair if attention is focussed on access to medicine, special and differential treatment for developing countries and liberalisation of agricultural trade so as to lessen
- Per Capita Income Growth In The States (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Aug 12, 2003)
Much of the discussion of the growth performance of States stems from perceptions of aggregate output performance rather than per capita output growth. In this edition of Macroscan, investigate trends in per capita State Domestic Production of the major
- Growth Under Political Control (Deccan Herald, Ambrose Pinto , Aug 12, 2003)
The ideal combination of freedom and efficiency which people in Hong Kong want is also sought elsewhere in China
- He Left The Rig For Raksha Bandhan, But Met The Sea (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2003)
Tuesday is not the day Sushil Dangle, 35, a topman in the ONGC, returns home after his 15-day shift on the rigs. But he decided to do so only to fill his wrist with rakhis that his three sisters would tie on Raksha Bandhan. But fate wouldn’t have it and
- Why Bonds With Embedded Put Options Make Sense (Business Line, B. Venkatesh , Aug 11, 2003)
SEBI has mooted the idea that companies should consider issuing bonds with embedded put options. Such bonds will help investors manage event risk.
- Tdsat's Call (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2003)
THE TELECOM DISPUTE Settlement Appellate Tribunal has delivered a verdict that has left both basic and cellular service operators claiming victory. The former sees a recognition by the appellate body that limited mobility is a service that they can
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