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Articles 24421 through 24520 of 27135:
- Need For A Mangrove Wall (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Jan 21, 2005)
Natural disasters are tragedies for the poor. But for the rich and influential, it is an opportunity — a god-sent opportunity to make more money. The killer tsunami waves that ravaged through the southern coastline open up one such great avenue.
- Left Turns Pragmatic (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 21, 2005)
Some two months ago when Finance Minister P. Chidambaram suggested private banks should be allowed to secure foreign direct investment (FDI),
- Minor Spark (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 21, 2005)
The India-Pakistan ceasefire along the Line of Control and international border, in force since November 2003, was violated with Pakistani mortar fire on Tuesday. The issue remains shrouded in mystery, as Islamabad has stated that the
- Living With The Chandras (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Jan 21, 2005)
It's happened yet again. A window suddenly opens to a seemingly normal household and what we witness causes us to shudder in horror. So immured have we become to the routine attacks on daughters-in-law/wives
- No Escape From Party Poopers (Telegraph, Ashis Chakrabarti, Jan 20, 2005)
Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee’s toughest task lies in convincing middle-level CPI(M) leaders about the importance of capital
- Indo-Pakistan Peace Process (Tribune, P. C. Dogra, Jan 20, 2005)
According to Ayesha Siddiqua, a defence analyst at the Department of International Relations of Quaid-e- Azam University, “Since its creation in 1947, Pakistan’s security perception remains India-centric, dominated by an extreme sense of threat perceived
- Powell On Tsunami Aid (Tribune, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jan 20, 2005)
India’s stake in the effort to stamp out terrorism entitles it to feel perturbed at the implications of Mr Colin Powell’s linkage between relief and religion in stricken Banda Aceh where the tsunami killed over 100,000 Indonesians.
- Saying No To Aid (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Jan 20, 2005)
Many in the West were offended by India turning down offers of aid immediately after the tsunami. Is this a carryover of the colonial mentality?
- Will We See A New Bush? (Hindu, Jonathan Freedland, Jan 20, 2005)
Previous occupants of the White House have sometimes used their second term differently, replacing a narrow agenda with one that seeks to serve the longer term national interest.
- Hope Tomorrow? (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 20, 2005)
It may or may not be a mere coincidence that Pakistan's violation of the ceasefire in force along the Line of Control in Jammu & Kashmir occurred on the same day-Tuesday-it announced its decision to seek the World Bank's arbitration on India's Baglihar hy
- Tp Audits Have Been A Learning Experience (The Economic Times, Srinivasa Rao, Jan 20, 2005)
Recent global surveys indicate that transfer pricing (TP) is the most important international tax issue that MNCs face.
- Zhao's Death Puts Hu In A Quandary (Asia Times, Tian Jing, Jan 20, 2005)
For Chinese communist leaders, a paper political epitaph is historically more durable than a gravestone - and more powerful: it has the ideological strength to make or break reputations and those of entire innocent families.
- Cruel Witness (Telegraph, BRIJESH D. JAYAL, Jan 20, 2005)
It is premature to write on calamities even as events are unfolding. But when one is cruel witness to a comic drama being enacted by the very ones
- Egs Demands Other Reforms (Indian Express, Arvind Virmani, Jan 20, 2005)
A basic objective of economic and social policy is to ensure that all able-bodied citizens are provided a job at the prevailing market wage for unskilled work.
- Go Beyond Status Quo (Pioneer, APS Chauhan, Jan 20, 2005)
The reaction in the media to the proposal of troop pull out from Siachen was premature. Even if there were to be any agreement on the issue, its shape and modalities are yet to be worked out.
- Managing National Security (Tribune, Air Commodore Jasjit Singh (retd), Jan 19, 2005)
IF the historical record of a National Security Council (NSC) in India is any indication, it seems we are not serious about how we intend to manage our national security which undoubtedly has become increasingly complex with the passage of time.
- Murdering The Sentinels Of The Shore (Indian Express, VALMIK THAPAR, Jan 19, 2005)
God forbid if there was another tsunami wave that hit the coasts of India or a cyclone or any natural disaster. This country has created a recipe for a menu of even greater destruction. And the cooks who have originated it are our senior politicians and b
- The Magic Moment Of Accountability (Deccan Herald, Paul Krugman, Jan 19, 2005)
A charming man courts a woman, telling her that he’s a wealthy independent businessman. Just after the wedding, however, she learns that he has been cooking the books, several employees have accused him of sexual harassment and his company is about to ...
- America's Fairyland Media (Hindu, George Monbiot, Jan 19, 2005)
The U.S. media is disciplined by corporate America into promoting the Republican cause.
- Disavowal Of Responsibility (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 19, 2005)
While the first American soldier to be convicted for torturing Iraqi prisoners was unable to convince jurors that he had merely carried out the orders of his superiors, it appears unlikely that officers of higher rank will escape punishment.
- Knowing Global Power (Indian Express, K. Subrahmanyam, Jan 19, 2005)
When I read the report of the National Intelligence Council of CIA, ‘Mapping the global future’, which has assessed the rise of China and India as major global powers by year
- Gandhi And Godse (Pioneer, KR Phanda, Jan 19, 2005)
In Indian history, two Hindu leaders had changed the course of Hindu destiny for the worst. One was Raja Jaichand of Kannauj, whose treachery led to the establishment of Muslim rule in India.
- Taking Advantage Of Public Generosity (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Jan 19, 2005)
AS non-resident Indians dig deep into their pockets to help the tsunami victims, there is a heightened concern that sectarian groups are exploiting the tragedy for their own divisive goals.
- Tsunami Thaws Nuclear Chill (Toronto Star, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2005)
urgent help to India's coastal nuclear installations in the wake of last month's tsunami, setting aside a 30-year ban on atomic co-operation between the two countries, Prime Minister Paul Martin has revealed.
- Need For Vision And Rhetoric (Deccan Herald, PARSA VENKATESHWAR RAO JR, Jan 18, 2005)
It is not surprising that the next National Security Advisor (NSA) is expected to measure up to the tough reputations of the two predecessors – Brajesh Mishra and the late J N Dixit. But it is an unfair demand.
- How To Rebuild Better (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Jan 18, 2005)
On the tsunami front, the real and strenuous work on relief and other structural changes will have to be addressed. How do you rebuild? Do you leave the conceptualizing and planning of the reconstruction to the PWD and government
- Palestinian-Israeli Conflict (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Jan 18, 2005)
No one will acknowledge it, but slowly and surely the Palestinians are becoming tomorrow’s Kurds — a people without a land. It is a tragic irony that the Wandering Jews have a home, thanks in the first instance to Britain as the then colonial power.
- Elections In Iraq (Hindu, Hamid Ansari, Jan 18, 2005)
The strategy of the 16-party United Iraqi Alliance is to institutionalise Shia majority and defer confrontation with the U.S. to a later stage.
- Doubts And Assurances On Globalisation (Hindu, N. Ravi, Jan 18, 2005)
For long, mainstream economists dismissed any downside to free trade as far less significant than the benefits flowing from it. What Paul Samuelson's paper has done is to suggest that the critics might have a point after all.
- Tribals Looking Down A Barrel In Balochistan (Asia Times, Syed Saleem Shahzad, Jan 18, 2005)
With its deep, warm sea waters, extremely rich mineral resources and most vital strategic position, southwestern Pakistan's Balochistan province has been the
- Within The Law (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 18, 2005)
Nothing is so bitter as the wrangling that follows when friends fall out. The situation can get quite confusing when the chief minister of Tamil Nadu and the leader of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
- Don’T Send The Nagas Away Empty-Handed (Telegraph, Bharat Bhushan, Jan 17, 2005)
On February 2, we are likely to witness the beginning of a substantive and sustained dialogue for peace with the Nagas.
- Crisis In Balochistan (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Jan 17, 2005)
All this talk about an Iran-Pakistan-India hydrocarbons pipeline has had an unintended effect of aggravating the Balochistan crisis inside Pakistan. Baloch nationalists have long been protesting against an insensitive Centre that is insensitive to their p
- Handshake Freezeframed (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Jan 17, 2005)
They’re squinting hard at the road from Islamabad and it looks foggy. This week, it was the ECONOMIST’s turn to congratulate Vajpayee and Musharraf for their warm handclasp.
- Partners, Seriously (Indian Express, G Parthasarathy, Jan 17, 2005)
Eyebrows were raised when Colin Powell recently announced that the United States had offered its “good offices” to promote reconciliation between India and Pakistan.
- The Fine Art Of Budget-Making (Business Line, S. Venu , Jan 17, 2005)
The Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, had to do a hurried job of presenting this year's Budget on July 8, 2004, as he was called on to do so within a short period of his assuming office as Finance Minister.
- Beyond Tsunami: An Agenda For Action (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 17, 2005)
Relief is in full swing in all the tsunami-hit areas of India. Medium- and long-term rehabilitation demands three things all along the coast. First, strengthening the ecological foundations of sustainable human security.
- Blasted Greens (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 17, 2005)
Apart from the courts and a lone petitioner, nobody really seems to care about what happens to the Maidan in Calcutta. When it comes to their environment, Calcuttans have been managing without health for decades
- Playing Tactical Games (Indian Express, Najam Sethi, Jan 17, 2005)
Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif are not amused. President General Pervez Musharraf has usurped a key element of their political agenda — peace with India — without as much as nodding ‘‘thank you’’.
- After Nature (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 17, 2005)
It is not enough to say that children are the worst victims of the tsunami. They are the worst victims in many more ways than the obvious ones. Events are proving that there is no dearth of predators who fatten on vulnerability of all kinds.
- Asian Century (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 17, 2005)
The prediction by a CIA-commissioned report that India and China will emerge as major global players by 2020 is indeed heartening. According to the report titled ‘Mapping the Global Future’
- America’S Suez Moment (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 17, 2005)
Despite its unchallenged military might, the United States has an Achilles’ heel: its economy depends on foreign capital. Though hardly anyone acknowledges this publicly, China and Japan already hold so much American debt that, theoretically
- Dixit Worked Too Hard To Promote Indo-Pak Relations (Tribune, David Devadas, Jan 16, 2005)
The death of J.N. Dixit last fortnight not only created a void in the national security apparatus but also affected the negotiations with Pakistan over Kashmir. One of the first tasks Dixit addressed himself to when he took over as National Security Advis
- The Oddness Of Premier Blair (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 16, 2005)
Could anything expose the oddness of Tony Blair’s politics more starkly? Faced with the prospect of a popular centre-left American Democrat taking on one of the most reactionary Republican presidents in recent history
- Politic Saviours (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jan 15, 2005)
India’s stake in the effort to stamp out terrorism entitles it to feel perturbed at the implications of Colin Powell’s linkage between relief and religion in the stricken capital of the Indonesian province
- Show Them The Money (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jan 15, 2005)
India is among a handful of democracies that believe in total consensus and continuity in foreign policy which rarely dominates our electoral rhetoric.
- An Officer And A Gentleman (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Jan 15, 2005)
Among the least readable books I include autobiographies of retired civil servants and army officers.
- Disaster Strikes An Obscure Beauty (Tribune, Sridhar K. Chari, Jan 15, 2005)
The island of Katchal is about 425 km south of Port Blair and 150 km south of the Car Nicobar Air Force base. It is a breathtakingly beautiful place. To the Indian mainlander, to whom the remote and dispersed Andaman and Nicobar islands occupy a unique pl
- Gas From Myanmar (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 15, 2005)
Following Thursday’s trilateral agreement, India will get natural gas from Myanmar through a pipeline via Bangladesh
- Tsunami's Children (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 14, 2005)
More than any natural disaster before it, the December 26 tsunami was especially cruel on children. Large numbers of children perished because they could not run away from the
- The Missing Story Of India’S Navy (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Jan 14, 2005)
Jangal mein mor nacha, kisi ne na dekha (The peacock danced gloriously in the forest, seen by nobody). Galle harbour in Sri Lanka was an unlikely place for the Indian naval officer to chant this popular film song.
- Went Up The Hill To Fetch A Bail (Business Line, D. Murali , Jan 14, 2005)
Cases pile up not only in courts but also in news bulletins; and advocates file appeals for bail without fail. Courts hear arguments, and grant temporary respite and conditional freedom
- A Great Rush To Give (Telegraph, NEHA SAHAY, Jan 14, 2005)
The “little emperors” of China are not all that self-centred after all. Six- and seven-year-olds — single children all — are queuing up outside embassies and Red Cross centres to donate their savings to tsunami victims.
- ‘Our Govt Is Committed To Creating ... (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 14, 2005)
In a judicious choice of venue, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh chose Left Front-ruled West Bengal for a seminal statement on the economic goals of his government. Addressing the CII partnership summit 2005, in Kolkata on
- Brilliance Is Not Enough (Indian Express, Raja Menon, Jan 14, 2005)
The untimely passing of J.N. Dixit has raised some old questions of why the country went in for the National Security Council/Advisor system that the US follows in a presidential system of governance.
- India: Outside Aid Now Welcome (CNN.com, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 14, 2005)
India says it is now willing to accept foreign aid to help rebuild from the December 26 tsunami, which killed more than 10,000 people across the country and left another 5,700 missing.
- Memories Etched On Sand (Telegraph, Debabrata Mohanty, Jan 13, 2005)
Tsunami-struck Tamil Nadu has much to learn from Orissa, which has repeatedly faced the wrath of nature
- India-China Military Equations (Deccan Herald, Bidanda M Chengappa, Jan 13, 2005)
The visit of General N C Vij, Chief of Army Staff, to China in December 2004, is one more step towards military diplomacy between New Delhi and Beijing. He is the second serving army chief to visit China
- Karachi Opens Door To Us Forces (Asia Times, Syed Saleem Shahzad, Jan 13, 2005)
Having teamed up with the US to help eliminate Taliban rule in Afghanistan, Pakistan is once again proving its worth in the "war on terror", this time in Washington's quest against Iran.
- Settlers' Fume Over Bias (Gulf News, Neena Gopal, Jan 13, 2005)
This is the showcase relief camp in Port Blair, where about 2,000 indigenous Nicorabese have everything they can ask for.
- The Global Political Fault Line (Hindu, Arvind Sivaramakrishnan, Jan 13, 2005)
People all over the world have reacted immediately in providing help to the victims of the tsunami. In contrast, Governments have been less forthcoming.
- There Is No Core Issue (Indian Express, Premvir Das, Jan 13, 2005)
During a recent visit to India, many retired military officers of Pakistan, known “hawks” when in uniform, said retirement had transformed them and they now realised human values and aspirations were more important.
- Washington’S Odd Ways (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, Jan 13, 2005)
WHILE there has been concern voiced recently in India about the prospects of the sale of F-16 aircraft to Pakistan by the United States, the new Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Tyagi, has indicated that the IAF can handle the situation even if new F
- How Not To Respond To A Tsunami (Indian Express, T.V.R. Shenoy, Jan 13, 2005)
Following Christiano Junior’s death the Football Federation is insisting on ambulances at all grounds. This could make more of a difference than the Government of India’s promise to establish a tsunami warning system. If that sounds cynical there is some
- An Interim Relief For The Kanchi Acharya (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Jan 13, 2005)
The undertaking given by the prosecution in the Sessions Court here today that the Kanchi Sankaracharya, Sri Jayendra Saraswathi, would not be arrested till January 20 should provide a reprieve for the Acharya and his devotees.
- Anxieties Of Control (Telegraph, NIVEDITA MENON, Jan 13, 2005)
So once again the Great Indian Value System has triumphed over sex, mobile phones, the internet and any or all possible combinations of the three.
- Fake Encounters (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 13, 2005)
It is ironical that Naxalites, who can often be blamed for killing innocent persons, are protesting against the Andhra Pradesh government whom they accuse of killing their colleagues in allegedly fake encounters...
- The Age Of Apocalypse (AL-Ahram, Rajeshree Sisodia, Jan 12, 2005)
In Hindu mythology, Kali Yug is the apocalyptic age of darkness which sparks the annihilation of mankind. On 26 December, it seemed to many that Kali Yug had indeed descended on India -- the birthplace of Hinduism -- when an earthquake off the . . .
- Post Tsunami, India Inclusive (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Jan 12, 2005)
As tribes in the Andamans come in contact with organised economy, the forest area needed to ‘sustain’ them may decline
- India's Bridge To East (Pioneer, Ashok K Mehta, Jan 12, 2005)
The shock of the tsunami that flattened Thailand's beach resorts was resounding. We escaped the tragedy but could not get away from its echoes.
- Us-Pakistan: A Pampering Relationship (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Jan 12, 2005)
The symbolism of the proposed sale of F-16 aircraft by the US to Pakistan cannot be underestimated when terror is still the instrument of state policy for Islamabad.
- Government’S Hypocritical Stand (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Jan 12, 2005)
While rejecting foreign aid, the Government accepts funds from foreign-aided organisations, for its relief measures
- Good Spies, Bad Spies (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Jan 12, 2005)
When Atal Bihari Vajpayee said, after one of his prime ministerial meetings with President George W. Bush, that India and the United States of America were "natural allies"
- Fundamentalism, American Style (Hindu, HAROLD A. GOULD, Jan 12, 2005)
America appears to be on the brink of descending into `authoritarianism by acclamation.'
- Overlapping Faults (Economist, Amitav Ghosh, Jan 11, 2005)
Amitav Ghosh, the internationally renowned novelist, visited the Andaman and Nicobar Islands recently to see for himself how the system and ordinary people have coped with the devastation caused by the tsunami of December 26.
- Patents Ordinance 2004 — Relief For Generic Drug-Makers (Business Line, Mustafa Safiyuddin, Jan 11, 2005)
The recently amended patent legislation may be beneficial to generic drug manufacturers, who may be able to breathe easy for a few more years.
- Schooling In Rural India (Hindu, Krishna Kumar, Jan 11, 2005)
One must ask why India can meet global standards in civil aviation, software, and defence, and not in its provision for rural children.
- The Foreign Policy Hand (Indian Express, Mukund B. Kunte, Jan 11, 2005)
To engage a changing world, argued the late J.N. Dixit in these columns, India needs a flexible foreign policy. He went on to steer our foreign and security policy with an unshakeable faith in India’s unrealised potential.
- The Rani’S Domain (Indian Express, Noel Lobo, Jan 11, 2005)
Car Nicobar has sadly been in the news in this period of mourning, specially the Air Force base there. And what of the Rani of Nancowrie? Is she safe?
- Where Is Prabakaran? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 11, 2005)
Even if one were to discount reports that the leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, Velupillai Prabakaran, is among the thousands dead or missing in Sri Lanka after the December
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