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Articles 22821 through 22920 of 26693:
- Ec Expertise In Demand (Tribune, Ravi Bhatia, Dec 11, 2004)
THE expertise acquired by the Election Commission is in demand globally. The United Nations and the Commission Electoral Independante of Cote de’ Ivoire have signed memorandums of understanding with the Election Commission for cooperation in electoral mat
- Party And The Party (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 11, 2004)
The day after the raucous party, are some leftover questions. Like, who picks up the tab for the fun and frolic, the flamboyant sycophancy of Congress men and women?
- Iron Man Rumsfeld (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Dec 11, 2004)
The timing could have been much better, but we can still see some positives out of US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld’s visit to India.
- Bhopal Remembered (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Dec 11, 2004)
Although in the immediate aftermath of the disaster a number of environmental laws were enacted, they are inadequate in content and implementation.
- Checking Martian Health Threat (Hindu, Seth Shostak, Dec 10, 2004)
Just as the plague came to Europe from Asia's distant habitats so too might Nasa unwittingly import extraterrestrial pathogens from Mars for which we have no defence, fear scientists.
- Human Rights: A Sad Anniversary (Deccan Herald, MARIO SOARES, Dec 10, 2004)
Without respect for human rights, the opponents of terrorism will be on the same moral level as terrorists
- The Patent Controversy (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Dec 10, 2004)
By rushing through the Third Patents Amendment without proper parliamentary scrutiny, India is short changing its post-Doha obligations to both its own and the world's poor
- Musharraf’S Ploys (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Dec 10, 2004)
A whole lot of political wheeling and dealing is going on in Pakistan to prevent a revolt against the dictatorship
- A Gleam In The Eye (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Dec 10, 2004)
It is the “in” thing currently. About everybody in the creamy layer is forecasting the rate of growth of India’s gross domestic product: the International Monetary Fund
- Forget Efficiency. Let’S Do It (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , Dec 10, 2004)
In the normal course, I would oppose any new government activity on the grounds that it is probably unnecessary, is likely to increase the power and the influence of an already ...
- Iraq: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Dec 10, 2004)
Since there is a total ban on reports of the inch-by-inch decimation of all life and property in Falluja (for the sake of democracy, of course).
- The Trial Of A Seer (Tribune, J. Sri Raman, Dec 10, 2004)
From the whodunit and the ‘howdunit’ to the unholy mess of it all — the arrest of Kanchi Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswati has raised a host of issues.
- Kill The New Bill (Telegraph, Gyan Pathak, Dec 10, 2004)
The Lok Sabha has finally scrapped the controversial Prevention of Terrorism Act, but made way for another controversy in the form of the unlawful activities (prevention) bill.
- Temples Of Dissent (Indian Express, S. M. A. Kazmi, Dec 09, 2004)
The Uttaranchal government has proposed a move to bring a legislation in the next Assembly session to bring the famous Char Dham temples under direct government control.
- The Buzz Over The Bus (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 09, 2004)
The differences between India and Pakistan over the travel documents required for the proposed bus service between Muzaffarabad and Srinagar exemplify contradictory views of Kashmir’s status.
- The Favourite Whipping Boy (Telegraph, Ashis Chakrabarti, Dec 09, 2004)
Is India conspiring to wipe a neighbour called Bangladesh out of the face of the earth through “desertification” of the country or
- Why Dollar Is In The Doldrums (Business Line, Pratap Ravindran , Dec 09, 2004)
While a major withdrawal from the US market has not taken place so far, there is a limit to the investment by foreign banks because of the ever-increasing risk of over-exposure to a fall in the dollar.
- Unhappy Cohabitation (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 09, 2004)
The Local body election in Andhra Pradesh is turning out to be an opportunity for both the Telugu Desam Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party to review alliance options after the
- Laloo Yadav Well Entrenched In Bihar (Tribune, Satish Misra, Dec 09, 2004)
THE Bihar assembly elections early next year are a subject of intense debate. Anyone after a visit to the state would have convincingly predicted the end of the 15-year-rule, rather misrule, of the Rashtriya Janata Dal.
- In Election Mode (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 09, 2004)
THE three Haryana Bills facilitating municipal and panchayat elections 120 days before the end of a local body’s term have got the Governor’s assent after an avoidable standoff.
- Valley Of Individual Trauma (Indian Express, Humra Quraishi, Dec 08, 2004)
In J&K, there are still over 6000 ‘missing’ young men. They were taken for interrogation by security agencies. Never to return home. Needless to add this violation of human rights is just one of the factors that widens the alienation of the civilians in t
- Banking On Foreign Funds (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 08, 2004)
By going for a sponsored ADR (American Depository Receipt) issue, which will lift foreign shareholding in ICICI Bank from 70 per cent to 74 per cent, the Chief Executive
- Wanted: Jawaharlal 2005 (Indian Express, Sagarika Ghose, Dec 08, 2004)
The year of The Great Political Turnaround is drawing to a close. A few months ago the BJP was the invincible party of India Shining.
- High-Level Exercise In Futility (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Dec 08, 2004)
The report of the body set up by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan in the hope of recovering some of the world body’s lost prestige after US President George Bush had treated it as irrelevant and launched his unlawful war on Iraq on false pretences, is out.
- Al-Qaeda Again (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 08, 2004)
The attack by suspected militants with links to the al-Qaeda on the US consulate at Jeddah in Saudi Arabia indicates that contrary to claims by the Saudi government, the militant infrastructure and network in the kingdom remains in a position to strike ev
- Rising Cost Of Petrol (Tribune, S.K. Sharma, Dec 08, 2004)
Considerable interest has been generated among political parties, the media and the general public in petroleum products due to the rise in their prices and the subsequent rollback.
- Democracy On Decline (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 08, 2004)
The Punjab Assembly holds fewer sessions and spends much less time on debating matters of public interest than before. These are the findings of its own secretariat.
- No Fresh Air (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 08, 2004)
Can West Bengal afford to make its students environmentally aware? Those in charge of carrying out the Supreme Court’s directive earlier this year to make environmental studies compulsory in schools and colleges seem to be having a very difficult time wit
- Orchestrating Crisis In Ukraine (Hindu, Mark Almond, Dec 08, 2004)
People power is on track to score another triumph for western values in Ukraine. Over the last 15 years, the old Soviet bloc has witnessed recurrent fairy tale political upheavals.
- Constitution, Parliament, And The People (Hindu, Somnath Chatterjee, Dec 08, 2004)
Unless we eliminate the nexus between politics and crime and also between politics and religion, the country is in danger of losing its identity.
- Raman Loves Montek (Indian Express, Ashwani Sharma, Dec 08, 2004)
‘‘Raman Singh has neither a vision nor mission. He has ruined the state, reversing its development pace,’’ said Mohinder Karma, CLP leader. Karma’s observation may be not be wrong from the Opposition’s point of view but there are no takers in the ruling p
- Remembering Jack Gibson (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Dec 07, 2004)
IT is tragic that the most important reform of the United Nations in recent times should have come at a time its Secretary-General Kofi Annan is in America’s gun sight. Now in his final second term, the man who reached the top after the
- Strike It Off (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 07, 2004)
Bandh has become a bad word of Indian politics. The awareness of the destructive and wasteful aspects of bandhs has been driven by the judiciary, which has rightly seen a bandh as a coercive instrument that infringes on the freedom of individuals.
- The Price Of Rice (Business Line, K.G. Kumar, Dec 07, 2004)
Not many people may be aware that this year has been declared the International Year of Rice by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations.
- What’S In A Name? (Indian Express, Varghese K George, Dec 07, 2004)
My friend Jaya Prakash was born in the early ’70s, two decades after Laloo Prasad, in a neighbouring area of Bihar, into a Yadav family. Jaya Prakash is J.P. Yadav in school records
- A Wedding For The Aam Aadmi? (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Dec 07, 2004)
Orchids from Thailand, a different decor for each wedding function, fancy invitation cards, costing a couple of hundreds apiece; garments glittering with crystals
- Institutions Must Survive Us All (Business Line, S. Ramachander, Dec 07, 2004)
The emergence of the large, impersonal organisation built on egalitarian contracts between people is a recent development in human history, more so the 20th Century.
- Crucial Vote (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 07, 2004)
While the Ukrainian Supreme Court ruling calling for a repeat of the second round of the presidential election might end for now the massive street protests that have rocked the country over the past fortnight, the political crisis is far from over.
- In A Make-Believe World (Indian Express, Kuldip Nayar, Dec 07, 2004)
I have known BJP president L.K. Advani from the days he was in journalism. I was then information officer at the Press Information Bureau of the Government of India.
- Politicians With God On Their Side (Hindu, Max Hastings, Dec 07, 2004)
These American hijackers have made the world a more dangerous place.
- Prabakaran's Warning — Text And Context (Hindu, V. Suryanarayan, Dec 07, 2004)
Anything the LTTE leader says has to be viewed against his uncompromising commitment to the establishment of a separate, independent state.
- India Shifts Gear On Iraq Policy (Asia Times, Editorial, Asian Times, Dec 07, 2004)
India's relations with Iraq appear poised for transformation, with Iraq's interim foreign minister, Hoshiyar Zebari, scheduled to visit New Delhi this month.
- Market On Mid-Cap High (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 06, 2004)
As the stock market reaches new highs, investors have reason to look ahead at 2005 with optimism and relief especially after the knock they took this May, post the election verdict.
- Impoverishing The Poor (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Dec 06, 2004)
The Bank’s unswerving faith in agribusiness displaces poor farmers and will only add to burgeoning poverty globally
- Double Delight (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 06, 2004)
The eight-wicket victory over South Africa in the second Test at Eden Gardens last week marked India’s first Test series triumph at home for more than two years, while Anil Kumble’s dismissal of Makhaya Ntini on the final day of the game took his tally of
- Faith And Fact (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 06, 2004)
Those who thought Uma Bharti might have been subdued by her suspension from the Bharatiya Janata Party after her televised clash with Lal Krishna Advani were evidently wrong.
- Care Givers (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 06, 2004)
Reverence can be overdone. Especially if it is public reverence for a religious official in a secular country. The arrest of the sankaracharya of Kanchi
- Drifting Backwards (Tribune, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Dec 06, 2004)
Reports of Anil Ambani dashing to Tirupati while his mother rushed to her guru in Gujarat and of the new Union Labour Minister’s inaugural puja are a reminder that only a dwindling minority is concerned about the “scientific temper” that inspired the....
- Of Many Forked Tongues (Hindu, Jyotirmaya Sharma, Dec 06, 2004)
The BJP has begun to speak of Hindutva and Bharatiyata interchangeably to make its ideology more acceptable to allies.
- Security Council Expansion (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 06, 2004)
THE United Nations Secretary General, Mr Koffi Anan, had formed a panel of 16 experts a year ago in the midst of the Iraq crisis and asked it to come up with solutions for dealing with the challenges to global security in the 21st century.
- The Brethren In Goa (Telegraph, GITHA HARIHARAN, Dec 05, 2004)
Since their defeat in the parliamentary elections, the BJP seems to be losing one mask a day, and in full public view.
- Uk Most Conducive For Indian Companies, Says Swaraj Paul (Tribune, Tripti Nath, Dec 05, 2004)
Lord Swaraj Paul, one of the most successful Indians in the UK, is the third Asian to be nominated to the House of Lords.
- Religious Centres And Public Scrutiny (Deccan Herald, G K GOVINDA RAO, Dec 05, 2004)
History has illustrated from the time of Buddha that criminals, thiefs and murderers would run to the fold of religion downing saffron robes to escape the hand of law.
- What Can President Bush Do In His (Tribune, Maj-Gen Himmat Singh Gill (retd) , Dec 05, 2004)
THE foreign policy contours of President Bush's second term slated for mid-January next year, are beginning to emerge in some detail.
- Dignified Debates (Indian Express, Soli Sorabjee, Dec 05, 2004)
The Indo-Pak student seminar Manzar, organised by Miranda House this week at the IIC, was an enjoyable event. Three students each from the Indian and Pakistani side debated the motion
- I’M Ready But Will They Talk To Someone As ‘Prejudiced’ As Me? (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Dec 05, 2004)
If you read this newspaper last Thursday you would have seen your humble columnist’s name splashed across this page in six columns.
- Media’S Into The Gasp Quotient (Indian Express, Amrita Shah, Dec 04, 2004)
What a salacious few weeks these have been! India’s most powerful corporate duo slugging it out in public. A venerated and elderly religious figure facing allegations of murder and friendly relations with a single woman.
- Politicians And Their Party-Hopping (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Dec 04, 2004)
The best time to watch antics of politicians on the make are elections: before the names of candidates are announced by the parties, during the campaign and after the results are announced.
- Punjab Under Fiscal Stress (Tribune, Upinder Sawhney, Dec 04, 2004)
Punjab was among the first few states to enact a fiscal responsibility Act. The Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act, 2003, attests to the commitment of the Government of Punjab towards the problems of revenue and fiscal deficits and
- The Civilians Killed In Iraq (Hindu, Michael Hoffman, Dec 04, 2004)
The chaos of war should never be understated. On the way to Baghdad, I saw bodies by the road, many in civilian clothing.
- Tigers Beware! (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 04, 2004)
THE female of the species is more dangerous than the male. That is only too obvious from the way the tigress, Chandni, in the Pipli zoo attacked Krishna when the tiger sought to mate with her.
- A Beach Eye View (Indian Express, RAJU NAYAK, Dec 04, 2004)
Celebrated artiste Subodh Kerkar has presented half a kilometre of installations at Miramar beach, Panaji, as part of the celebrations of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI), Goa.
- A Palestinian Democracy (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 04, 2004)
The succession to Chairman Yasser Arafat appeared to be proceeding smoothly with former Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas on course to take over the various posts the departed leader had held.
- Bhopal: 20 Years After (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 04, 2004)
Twenty years after the world’s worst industrial disaster at Bhopal left some 20,000 dead and one lakh suffering from chronic, untreatable diseases, relief is yet to reach
- Darkness Visible (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Dec 04, 2004)
Reports of Anil Ambani dashing to Tirupati while his mother rushed to her guru in Gujarat and of the new Union labour minister’s inaugural puja are a reminder that only a dwindling minority is concerned about the “scientific
- Ever Changing Situation (Deccan Herald, T SREEDHAR RAO, Dec 04, 2004)
The J&K problems have to be dealt with at two levels, by separating out Pakistan from the Hurriyat and the jehadis
- Globalisation: Need For Fairness (Hindu, Juan Somavia, Dec 04, 2004)
More fairness should be injected at all levels. That includes respecting core labour standards, promoting basic social protection, and reducing unbalanced patterns of investment and trade.
- Deadly Hot Summers ‘To Become The Norm’ (Tribune, Steve Connor, Dec 04, 2004)
Blisteringly hot summers similar to the one in 2003 when thousands of people in continental Europe died of heatstroke will become commonplace because of climate change, a study has found.
- Parochialism At Its Worst (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 03, 2004)
True to form, the Shiv Sena has betrayed parochialism of the worst kind by objecting to the appointment of the former Karnataka Chief Minister, S.M. Krishna, as Governor of Maharashtra.
- Tough Task For Musharraf (Tribune, M B NAQVI, Dec 03, 2004)
Pakistan politics is always interesting. To start with, political initiative continues to be held by President Gen Pervez Musharraf. Reports are that the six parties’ religious alliance, the MMA, is trying to snatch this initiative.
- Look Who’S Painting Kiev Orange (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Dec 03, 2004)
It will be talked about on the margins, but Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will not discuss it.
- Global Action Against Terrorism Should Be Concerted And United (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Dec 03, 2004)
The Russian President, Vladimir Putin, is not a leader who flinches from answering difficult questions. In a written response to questions provided by The Hindu, President Putin does not believe that it is possible...
- Horizontal Fiscal Imbalances (Business Line, N. Sreedevi, Dec 03, 2004)
The Twelfth Finance Commission (TFC) must be toiling on different criteria for the horizontal distribution of shareable tax revenue — the most crucial and critical part of the recommendations.
- Muscle Drill (Telegraph, ABHIRUP SARKAR, Dec 02, 2004)
The season of bandhs is back again. Political parties, covering virtually the whole ideological spectrum, are calling them all over the country over various issues and at the
- Wanted Watchtowers, Not Ivory Towers (Business Line, K. P. Joseph, Dec 02, 2004)
The Central and State governments together will be spending around Rs 9,00,000 crore this year. The responsibility for auditing this massive expenditure rests entirely with the Comptroller and Auditor General of India
- Panel On Telangana (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 02, 2004)
The Centre has announced the setting up of a three-member sub-committee of the United Progressive Alliance to study the issue of the creation of Telangana, a separate state to be carved out of Andhra Pradesh.
- Poisoned Futures (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Dec 02, 2004)
The apex court's guidelines on dealing with hazardous waste are observed more in the breach.
- No Cleaner Man Than L K Advani (Indian Express, Balbir K Punj, Dec 02, 2004)
The fracas over a recent letter issued by the BJP president’s daughter-in-law and its subsequent use by the RJD is a shocking manifestation of media and political irresponsibility
- Dazzling Divali Of Mughals (Tribune, Roshni Johar, Dec 02, 2004)
Divali without fireworks? Unthinkable. But this is precisely how it was before the advent of Mughals to India. Celebrating Divali with fireworks is of recent origin, dating back to Mughal times.
- Acidic Birds And Metallic Fish (Indian Express, Bharati Chaturvedi, Dec 02, 2004)
India has still not learnt its lessons from the Bhopal tragedy. The poisoning of the environment by dumping toxic substances is disastrous for wildlife
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