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Articles 25421 through 25520 of 27135:
- New Helmsman (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 22, 2004)
THE first orderly generational change has taken place in China with former President Jiang Zemin handing over the chairmanship of the party’s Central Military Commission to Communist Party chief Hu Jintao.
- Indian Aviation At Crossroads (Deccan Herald, A VINOD KUMAR, Sep 22, 2004)
HAL should move forward with its intentions for international collaborations in the civil aviation industry
- Education In Pakistan (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Sep 22, 2004)
The easiest thing for the establishment is to falsify history and point fingers at the enemy outside, real or created.
- China Bracing For Energy Demand (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Sep 21, 2004)
More often than not, the pace of economic growth of India and China has been a topic of keen interest among intellectuals, policy-makers and even the common man.
- Defamation Litigation: A Survivor's Kit (Hindu, Subramanian Swamy , Sep 21, 2004)
The Supreme Court judgment in the Nakkeeran case is the main tool in the survival kit for honest media and other critics of politicians against libel litigation.
- India Should Change Its Nepal Strategy (Deccan Herald, ANITA CHERIA, Sep 21, 2004)
A strong Nepal will also work in India’s interest and will help in forming a stable south Asia
- Change Of Guard (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 21, 2004)
Hu’s position in China has been strengthened with the exit of Jiang
- Us Missile Defence Plan (Tribune, R. S. Bedi, Sep 21, 2004)
Indo-US strategic cooperation has brought the two countries closer to each other in recent years. The Bush Administration has been quite liberal in granting concessions over a range of strategic issues.
- Us Presidential Sweepstakes 2004: India Can Relax Either Way (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Sep 21, 2004)
There is no gainsaying the fact that, with the advantage of his being both the head of state and the head of government, the US President can, if he so wished, make or mar relations with any country by exercising his leverage for or against it.
- How To Become Good Neighbours (Tribune, M B NAQVI, Sep 20, 2004)
The Foreign Ministers of India and Pakistan met on September 5 and 6 after many years. Their agenda virtually dated back to 1997 when eight subjects were identified by the two countries’ Foreign Secretaries for negotiations.
- Northeast As A Trade Hub (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Sep 20, 2004)
It is time to shed these suspicions and discuss a detailed partnership among Northeast India, China, Myanmar and, possibly, Bangladesh.
- Partners In Progress (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 20, 2004)
Indo-US relations entered a new phase on Saturday when Washington lifted the curbs on the export of equipment for nuclear facilities in India.
- Maharashtra Campaign Getting Shriller (Tribune, Shiv Kumar, Sep 18, 2004)
Hindutva will jostle with a host of local issues in the forthcoming Assembly elections in Maharashtra as the opposition Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party combine unleashes a shrill campaign in the state.
- Afghan Realities (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 18, 2004)
In dismissing heart Governor Ismail Khan, Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai signalled his determination to press ahead with the campaign against warlords who wield real power in most parts of the country.
- Callousness Unlimited (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 18, 2004)
If war, according to Clemenceau, is too important a matter to be left to the generals, what about the battle for the hearts and minds of a people?
- Crisis In Nepal (Tribune, Ashok K. Mehta , Sep 18, 2004)
Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba’s visit to Delhi last week was confirmed only a day before, due to the compound crisis created by the Maoist blockade of Kathmandu, street protests by political formations opposed to the government and the rioting ...
- Gorkhas Get Debt Of Gratitude (Tribune, Girja Shankar Kaura, Sep 18, 2004)
Almost six decades after World War II got over the British Government has finally recognised the services of the Gorkhas who had fought under the British Indian Army and were held prisoners of war by the Japanese.
- Iraqis Want Foreign Troops Out (Hindu, Jonathan Steele, Sep 18, 2004)
Yes, the invasion was illegal. But war crimes are still being committed.
- They're Jamming The Brakes When Montek's Pushing The Pedal (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 17, 2004)
Except serious economists, there were very few who even knew what "Plan" was currently running.
- Bangladesh Shows The Way (Hindu, Jean Dreze, Sep 17, 2004)
In India, social progress is slower and less broad-based than in Bangladesh, despite much faster economic growth.
- Much Ado About A Non-Issue (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Sep 17, 2004)
The question of the army uniform of Musharraf is insignificant in comparison with what he has done
- Science Is Not Technology (Deccan Herald, PARSA VENKATESHWAR RAO JR, Sep 17, 2004)
If India is to make technology advancements, it has to focus on strengthening its science base too
- Selective Amnesia (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 17, 2004)
FEW bureaucrats have wielded as much power as Mr P.C. Alexander. He has a knack to cultivate those in power. He was Principal Secretary to two Prime Ministers – Indira Gandhi and her son Rajiv Gandhi.
- Trying Vajpayee's Shoes For Size (Asia Times, Siddharth Srivastava, Sep 17, 2004)
September 22 is going to be a very important day in the history of India-Pakistan relations. It will be the first official meeting between Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf, on the sidelines of the . . .
- A Deepening Quandary (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 16, 2004)
The Iraqi Resistance which had until recently fought to deny ground to the occupation forces led by the United States, has now gone on the offensive by launching a wave of apparently coordinated attacks in many parts of the country.
- Abode Of Peace (Deccan Herald, Vidya Iyengar, Sep 16, 2004)
It was tragedy that brought this family to inhabit ‘Shantivilas’... and to forget...
- Caged Bear (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 16, 2004)
One of the great dilemmas of liberal democracy is putting a limit on freedom. It cannot be anybody’s case — including the advocates of absolute freedom — that one group of human beings to protest against their own perceived lack of freedom has the ...
- Found Wanting (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 16, 2004)
The NCW should put its house in order in the interest of oppressed women
- A Military Habit (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 16, 2004)
Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf has been hinting for some time that he will not relinquish the top Army post by December-end as required under an agreement with the powerful conglomerate of six religious parties, the Muttahida Majli-e-Amal.
- Rewards Of The Small Town (Telegraph, Gouri Chatterjee, Sep 16, 2004)
Harivansh wouldn’t leave Ranchi for the bright lights of Delhi or Mumbai even if you offered him the editorship of Navbharat Times or Outlook Saptahik or some such big-banner title.
- Of Bangladesh And Nepal (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Sep 16, 2004)
FOR over a week talks between the Foreign Ministers of India and Pakistan, Mr K Natwar Singh and Mr Mahmood Kasuri, had unsurprisingly hogged the headlines and kept South Block busy.
- India, U.S. Close To Deal On High-Technology Transfers (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Sep 15, 2004)
In what could be a major diplomatic triumph for the Congress-led coalition, the Government is close to clinching a deal with the United States on the liberalisation of high-technology transfers to India.
- More Growth Doesn't Mean More Jobs (Business Line, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Sep 15, 2004)
The All India Congress Committee has resolved to increase the country's growth rate to 7-8 per cent. Economic growth is seen as the self-evident route to the creation of employment and alleviating poverty.
- Iran In A Tight Spot (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 15, 2004)
The year-long US-led drive to prevent Iran from producing nuclear weapons seems to have reached a crucial stage. The US has redrafted a resolution originally prepared by Europe's Big Three
- North Korea: In From The Cold (Hindu, Glyn Ford, Sep 15, 2004)
North Korea's regime survived the Cold War and has nuclear know-how. But it is in the West's interests to help it move towards a market economy.
- Putin In Chechen Trap (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Sep 15, 2004)
After the Beslan tragedy, Putin wants American sympathy but not interference in Russia’s affairs
- Putin In Chechen Trap (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Sep 15, 2004)
After the Beslan tragedy, Putin wants American sympathy but not interference in Russia’s affairs
- The First Journey To The Front (Tribune, B K Karkra, Sep 14, 2004)
I joined the Army in the wake of the Chinese aggression in 1962. I belonged to the very first batch of the Emergency commissioned officers that had to be rushed to the border by cutting down on their training.
- Washington Is In A Fix (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Sep 14, 2004)
The central US dilemma in Iraq is gradually sinking in in America’s corridors of power. The Bush administration’s salvation lies in pulling its troops out of Iraq. On the other hand, an early withdrawal of forces can only be on humiliating terms.
- Afghan Elections: Karzai Vs Qanuni? (Deccan Herald, SREEDHAR, Sep 14, 2004)
His links with Pakistan put interim President Karzai at a disadvantage against education minister Qanuni
- Get The Numbers Right (Telegraph, Sumit Mitra, Sep 14, 2004)
Muslims in India have always grown at a faster rate than Hindus. Now the difference seems to be narrowing down
- Push For Talks (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 14, 2004)
India should nudge the Nepal government and the Maoists to the negotiating table
- Keep `Foreign Hand' At Arm's Length From Plan Panel (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Sep 14, 2004)
The induction of representatives of foreign agencies into the Planning Commission is surprising and seems ill-advised. And justifying the move on the grounds that these members would only be called upon to guide and advise
- Limited Room For Mullahs, Military But Not Mastans (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Sep 14, 2004)
If Bangladesh were Pakistan, the irrational enmity between Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and Awami League (AL) leader Sheikh Hasina might well have led to the Army and the Islamist parties
- Licence To Murder (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Sep 14, 2004)
The facts relating to Thangjam Ningol Manorama alias Henthoi are well known. A posse of soldiers from Assam Rifles, including Havildar Suresh Kumar, Riflemen Ajit Singh and T. Lotha and unidentified others entered the house of Thangjam Manorama, a
- Manmohan Singh's Pitch At The United Nations (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Sep 13, 2004)
In an unprecedented meeting next week on the margins of the annual session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, will join the leaders of Brazil, Japan and Germany to make a strong pitch for reforming the ...
- In Search Of Peace (Tribune, H. K. Dua, Sep 13, 2004)
WHILE no one had really expected that India and Pakistan would achieve dramatic results from last week’s talks between their Foreign Ministers in Delhi, it would be cynical to underplay their significance.
- It Is Bush's Turn Now (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2004)
Democrats have seized upon emerging revelations in the mainstream media to turn the spotlight on Mr. Bush's Vietnam service record.
- Investors, Frogs And Yellowstone Effect (Business Line, V. Anantha Nageswaran, Sep 13, 2004)
The current firmness in equity prices is akin to the warm glow of pleasure that a frog may feel when water begins to boil. Resistance to the fundamental deterioration through manipulation of technical indicators and through the provision of liquidity ...
- It Is Putin’S War (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Sep 13, 2004)
What would we do without Richard Perle, everybody’s favourite neo-conservative? It was he who came up some years ago with the notion that we must “de-contextualize terrorism”.
- The Roots Of Rage (Telegraph, S. L. Rao, Sep 13, 2004)
After forty years of insurgency by a few, Manipur is now boiling. The rage is universal, among young and old and especially among women.
- Russia Spars With The West (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma, Sep 13, 2004)
With looming nuclear terrorism, Mr Bush has to keep hugging Mr Putin as a comrade-in-arms
- Playing For Pride And Passion (Telegraph, Uttam Sengupta, Sep 13, 2004)
India’s dismal showing in Athens was not surprising. But a sporting boom appears to be round the corner
- Revisiting Greeneland (Telegraph, GITHA HARIHARAN, Sep 12, 2004)
I was recently invited to see a film based on Graham Greene’s The End of the Affair. I agreed because I remembered being moved by the novel as a teenage reader.
- Kashmir: Why Not A Jointly Owned Demilitarised Area? (Business Line, Sridhar Jagannathan, Sep 10, 2004)
Kashmir has been very difficult local, regional and global problem, causing three major wars and endless strife between India and Pakistan. Apart from the huge sums spent by both countries there is the loss of
- A Cut Above The Rest (Tribune, Swapan Dasgupta, Sep 10, 2004)
One of the more intriguing features of the left mentality is the innate conviction of natural superiority.
- Indescribable Barbarity (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Sep 10, 2004)
The world has lived with terrorism for many years now, and has seen the many forms of brutality it takes.
- With Love From A Pathan (Tribune, Shubhadeep Choudhury, Sep 10, 2004)
THOUGH I am Hindu by religion, ethnically I am a Pathan,” the gentleman told me with a touch of pride in his voice. He was tall but rather on the thinner side. We were both waiting for someone in an office room.
- Politics Of Psu Decision-Making (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 10, 2004)
The oil and Natural Gas Corporation Chairman, Mr Subir Raha's outburst against contractors using political influence to secure deals is remarkable not because it drew attention to the phenomenon but because
- The Chechens' American Friends (Hindu, John Laughland, Sep 10, 2004)
The Washington neocons' commitment to the war on terror evaporates in Chechnya, whose cause they have made their own.
- Beslan: Lessons For India (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Sep 09, 2004)
No terrorist attack in recent times has evoked greater horror, condemnation and revulsion than the attack in the small town of Beslan located in Russia's Caucasian Region, bordering Georgia.
- Historic Blunder (Pioneer, Ram Gopal, Sep 09, 2004)
Ms Sandhya Jain in her article, "UPA's jazia through backdoor" (Opinion, August 24), laments: "A rag-tag anti-Hindu coalition is playing with the dharma and cultural sensitivity of the people, even as a pusillanimous BJP
- Engaging Pakistan (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Sep 09, 2004)
It would be unwise for New Delhi to assume, in the wake of the successful first round of talks with Pakistan, that it can delay or avoid engaging Islamabad on Kashmir.
- A Grateful Welcome (Tribune, Bhup Singh, Sep 09, 2004)
We were engaged to be married when the Indian Army fought the Chinese in NEFA and I was involved in the fighting at Dhola Post at the Namka Chu river and had gone missing. When I finally returned in June, 1963, we decided to get married and to forget the
- The Dangers Of Retirement (Hindu, Michele Hanson, Sep 09, 2004)
Why it is that so many of us remain fighting fit until we retire and then promptly descend into ill-health?
- Surrender Is Not An Option (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, Sep 09, 2004)
No terrorist attack in recent times has evoked greater horror, condemnation and revulsion than the attack in the small town of Beslan, located in Russia’s Caucasian region, bordering Georgia. Over one thousand schoolchildren and their parents were held
- Punjab’S First Freedom Fighter (Tribune, Madan Gopal, Sep 09, 2004)
After half a century of Independence, it is worth remembering those who set out on the road to freedom. Mrs Annie Besant in her book “How India Wrought for Freedom” has given us some facts which are not often mentioned in history books.
- India And Nepal's Insurgency (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Sep 08, 2004)
The survival of democracy in Nepal is important to India. But only that country's democratic political leadership can ensure it.
- Humour In Habits (Tribune, I.M. Soni, Sep 08, 2004)
ROBERT Lynd narrates an amusing but revealing anecdote in his essay “On habits”. He was a regular visitor to a restaurant. The waiters knew him by face. Once when he visited the place, after a long lapse, a waiter came and handed him a pack of cigarettes.
- An Inld Misadventure In Haryana (Tribune, Shyam Chand, Sep 08, 2004)
THE Haryana Government’s decision to amend the Punjab Agricultural Produce Marketing Act, 1961, to allow contractors to enter the market for the purchase of agricultural produce is a retrogressive step which will throw farmers again in the money-lender’s
- Akali Dal Not Communal (Tribune, Manpreet Singh Badal, Sep 08, 2004)
Kuldip Nayar's recent indictment of the Akali Dal in these columns has hurt me. The Akali Dal is not a communal party. It has always had Hindus, Muslims and Christians as its members.
- Belated Visit (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 08, 2004)
Notwithstanding Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil’s description of his visit to strife-torn Manipur as “helpful, enlightening and encouraging”, it is doubtful whether it has achieved any significant purpose.
- Will Nuclear Energy Gain Greater Acceptability? (Business Line, M. Somasekhar, Sep 08, 2004)
WILL the 21st century see an upswing in the fortunes of nuclear power? Will this clean source of electricity be able to put behind it the lingering threat of a holocaust, and power ahead?
- Terror In Beslan — Not Justified By Any Cause (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Sep 08, 2004)
Fanaticism and fundamentalism have their limits, when these are crossed, as they were with horrific and tragic consequences in Beslan, people who rebel for a cause not only make themselves and their cause a grotesque comedy, they paint an entire community
- How Is Indian Industry Faring? (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Sep 07, 2004)
A sharp rise in the services share in India's GDP, coming at a time when services exports are booming, has been used to argue that the country is on a new growth trajectory in keeping with global trends.
- Fear And Smear (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 07, 2004)
United States President George W. Bush has apparently decided that he can secure a second term only through a campaign based on fear and smear.
- Rss And Realpolitik (Hindu, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, Sep 07, 2004)
It is too early to predict whether the recent controversies over Arjun Singh's statement, the Savarkar row, and Uma Bharti's arrest will prove beneficial to the RSS.
- Beyond Drama (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 07, 2004)
The decision of India and Pakistan to continue with the ceasefire between them will invite widespread relief. The external affairs minister, Mr K. Natwar Singh, and his counterpart, Mr Khursheed Mahmud Kasuri, have also agreed to a
- Look West, Pm! (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Sep 07, 2004)
The day Manmohan Singh was chosen to be the PM, he met journalists. On September 4 he did it again — as soon as he had got over the Parliament session.
- Working With The Kid Gloves On (Telegraph, Jyoti Punwani, Sep 07, 2004)
Thanks to the Congress’s half-hearted secularism, the Hindu right is back with a bang
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