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Articles 22921 through 23020 of 26693:
- Autonomy For Cooperatives (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 02, 2004)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh promised a constitutional amendment to promote the autonomy of the cooperative sector on the occasion of the official completion of 100 years of the movement.
- Circles Within Circles (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 02, 2004)
In an age of reform, the Congress faces a new challenge: to recast itself in less feudal ways
- About A Chap Called Alexander (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 02, 2004)
The current pointless tussle over the bisexuality of Alexander of Macedon is only the latest and cheapest tribute paid to our fascination with him.
- Ethical Dilemmas In Decision-Making (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 02, 2004)
Like accountants, economy, busy as it is with the use of resources, has nothing to do with ethics. "However, the Chinese word for economy — Jing Ji (or Ching Chi) — is related to ethical value,"
- A Still Potent Idea (Deccan Herald, Balraj Puri, Dec 02, 2004)
As an author of the revised ‘Naya Kashmir’, I was pleasantly surprised over the reference to it by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at a public meeting in Srinagar last month.
- Laudable Move (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 01, 2004)
The Supreme Court has issued a notice to the Centre after a public interest litigation (PIL) was filed in the court seeking the expeditious trial of criminal cases against influential persons, including politicians.
- Mines Claim More Lives Than Firing (Tribune, Ramesh Ramachandran, Dec 01, 2004)
Wheelchair-bound Raj Kaur (50) rues the day she was reduced to a mere statistic. In April, 2002, she stepped on a mine while crossing a field in her village in Ferozepur district.
- Nightwatch (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 01, 2004)
Of the few things left remarkable beneath the visiting moon, the Taj Mahal happens to be one. But looking at it in moonlight is not as simple a pleasure as it sounds like.
- The European Malaise (Telegraph, Ashok Ganguly, Dec 01, 2004)
Soon after the American presidential election results were announced, the British prime minister, Tony Blair, declared to his European Union colleagues that “the American people have spoken”, and it was time to restore
- Theatre Of Abuse (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 01, 2004)
If these are the lies that the two politicians purvey about each other, the truth about them could well be more damaging.
- Formalising A Merger (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 01, 2004)
The formal merger of the Congress Jananayaka Peravai with the Congress marks the completion of a long-drawn process of reunification of the breakaway groups of the Congress in Tamil Nadu.
- Towards A Nanny State (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Dec 01, 2004)
There is concern that as a result of a package of proposals, unveiled recently by the Tony Blair Government, no aspect of a citizen's life will remain his private domain.
- In Search Of A Creative Alternative (Telegraph, Vandana Shiva, Dec 01, 2004)
Terra Madre celebrated an honest agriculture that does not lie about prices and does not exploit the earth or its caretakers
- Asbestos: Housed In Controversies (Business Line, Pratap Ravindran , Dec 01, 2004)
Are chrysotile asbestos (or white asbestos) products hazardous to health? The Chrysotile Asbestos Cement Products Manufacturers Association (CACPMA) asserts that they are not.
- Widen The Net (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 30, 2004)
Public debate, together with access to information, is of the essence of democracy.
- Silver Surfers (Business Line, R. Sundaram , Nov 30, 2004)
THE Microsoft CEO, Mr Steve Balmer, during his recent visit to India pledged to localise software here and urged the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, to take steps to increase computer penetration in the country.
- Tackling Violence (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 30, 2004)
The centre plans to make a law to deal “effectively” with communal violence. A Bill is being drafted by the Law Ministry based on a Home Ministry paper that explains what ...
- The Battle For Ukraine (Hindu, VLADIMIR RADYUHIN, Nov 30, 2004)
By winning over Ukraine the West hopes to provoke a domino effect of regime change in other ex-Soviet states.
- Time For Media Introspection (Business Line, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Nov 30, 2004)
The credibility of the Indian electronic media took a battering because of the partisan reportage of general elections earlier this year.
- Unhappy Days Are Here Again (Telegraph, Nalin Verma, Nov 30, 2004)
There is little reason to suspect that the BJP will have an easy time in the forthcoming state polls in Jharkhand and Bihar
- Valid Claims (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 30, 2004)
Justice delayed is not always justice denied. By inviting Mr Shibu Soren back into the Union cabinet, the prime minister, Mr Manmohan Singh, has rectified an injustice that had been done to Mr Soren when he was asked to resign from the cabinet.
- Without Fear Or Favour (Hindu, Nirmala Lakshman, Nov 30, 2004)
In an age where both fear and favour play an influential role in the reporting of news, journalism that stands firm against government and corporate hegemony is the last hope of democracy.
- `Shrimp Wars' In The Making (Business Line, K.G. Kumar, Nov 30, 2004)
Last week, the Kochi-based trading and seafood company Choice announced ambitious plans to make a grand entry into the UK market with its range of branded prawns.
- A Grey Eminence (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Nov 30, 2004)
The story of Indian reforms has been written many times; the more often it is written, the more it will sound the same.
- Bankable Trends (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 30, 2004)
Banks, especially those in the public sector, are doing well having "significantly" cleaned up their balance-sheets even while improving the spreads.
- Common Minimum Programme (Business Line, Raghu Dayal , Nov 30, 2004)
So very often the ubiquitous comrades remind the United Progressive Alliance Government to function within the Common Minimum Programme parameters.
- Diminishing Numbers (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 30, 2004)
Habitat destruction and associated degradation and fragmentation are the greatest threats to assessed terrestrial species.
- Issues And Options (Tribune, Pran Chopra , Nov 30, 2004)
IT is just over two months ago that Mr Manmohan Singh said something in New York which hung over India for a few weeks like a shining star of hope in the context of Kashmir. Such hopes have taken wing before as well.
- For Better Babus, Look Beyond (Indian Express, S. S. Gill, Nov 30, 2004)
An administrator’s real education begins only after he starts dealing with people
- Still Barking (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 29, 2004)
The left has had its way and the LPG price hike has been partly rolled back. But the Communist Party of India (Marxist) is still barking and wants the diesel price-hike of November 4 to be reduced as well because global oil prices have softened.
- Sour Dhoklas In Keshubhai Camp (Indian Express, TANVIR SIDDIQUI, Nov 29, 2004)
Despite the BJP’s efforts to explain it away, the rift between Chief Minister Narendra Modi and arch-rival Keshubhai Patel keeps raising its head with alarming frequency
- Soren Encashes The Bail (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 29, 2004)
THE granting of bail to Jharkhand Mukti Morcha chief Shibu Soren has turned out to be significant. Without the bail he would have been sent to jail.
- The Inanity Of It All (Deccan Herald, DAVID AARONOVITCH, Nov 29, 2004)
With Bush-bashing getting so popular, specious theories ensnare even noted writers and their gullible readers
- Who’S In Charge In Iraq? (Indian Express, Thomas L. Friedman, Nov 29, 2004)
I have never understood how an administration that wanted a war so badly and will be judged on it by history so profoundly could manage it so sloppily
- Prodigal Polls (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 29, 2004)
Transparency should be a mindset and not a set of closely guarded rules. This seems to be the principle that prompted the Election Commission to make the public aware of how much money political parties spent, or claim to have spent, for the last ...
- The Old Bjp (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 29, 2004)
The architect of Ayodhya has sought to give the impression that he has found a cause equal in electoral potential to the Ram temple movement of the early 1990s.
- Working A Democracy (Hindu, R. Viswanathan , Nov 29, 2004)
The Leftist wave in South America has opened a window of opportunity for Indian business.
- Ensuring People’S Welfare (Tribune, P. P. Rao, Nov 29, 2004)
THE Founding Fathers, after due deliberations, opted for the parliamentary form of government instead of the presidential system, preferring accountability to stability.
- An Albatross (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Nov 29, 2004)
There was no morally tenable or politically sound reason for the re-induction of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) leader, Mr Shibu Soren, into the Union cabinet, which was effected on Saturday as part of a minor reshuffle of portfolios.
- Coalition Compulsions (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 29, 2004)
The Architect of Ayodhya has sought to give the impression that he has found a cause equal in electoral potential to the Ram temple movement of the early 1990s.
- Default By Stealth: The Declining Greenback (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Nov 29, 2004)
ECONOMIC history is full of stories of rulers bringing down the value of their debt by debasing their currencies. They repay their creditors in currency of lower intrinsic value than they borrowed in.
- A Big Deal In Us Retail (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Nov 29, 2004)
While the recent announcement of the Kmart and Sears combine has raised speculation as to whether the store would be an effective challenge to Wal-Mart, the more relevant question is whether it
- Summing Up Your Words, Mr Cm, ‘Slum It’ (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Nov 28, 2004)
In Mumbai’s newspapers last week appeared a full-page advertisement issued by the Maharashtra government. The dominant image in it was of a very old woman who looked
- Uma: Rebel With A Cause (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Nov 28, 2004)
THE firebrand daughter thrown out of the house on ‘Dhanteras Day’ may soon return home after her sojourn in the Himalayas.
- Kashmir: Still In Search Of A Policy (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Nov 28, 2004)
The noises are right and the gestures appropriate, but the Manmohan Singh Government has yet to come up with a coherent policy for peace in Jammu and Kashmir
- Unnecessarily Provocative (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 27, 2004)
Ukraine might be headed for a period of intense internal strife, perhaps even civil war, if the attempt to defuse the controversy over the disputed presidential election does not succeed.
- The General’S Moves (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Nov 27, 2004)
Musharraf not only faces a threat from the domestic opposition but also has to contend with pressures from America
- We Are In Denial (Indian Express, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Nov 27, 2004)
If you come across a Communist, with a Hindu name, and ask him about his identity, he will deny being a Hindu.
- Secular Because We're Indian, Not Because We're Hindu (Business Line, D. Murali , Nov 27, 2004)
It is common for Ministers to talk gas, much to our discomfort. However, when the Petroleum Minister, Mr Mani Shankar Aiyar, talked about gas a couple of days ago, announcing that the LPG price would not go up in steady arithmetic progression, relief was
- A Heady Brew Of Religion, Law And Politics (Hindu, N. Ravi, Nov 27, 2004)
With faith-based assertions of innocence and shock contending with swift condemnation and gloating over the discomfiture of a religious leader, the notion of holding one's judgment till the trial is concluded is receding.
- Advani’S Agenda (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 27, 2004)
Those who remember history are also condemned to repeat it. So it would appear from BJP President L.K. Advani's resounding call, at the party's national executive
- An Idea To Engage With (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 27, 2004)
External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh, with characteristic flamboyance, has promised that the sky would be the limit for autonomy in J&K. Five days earlier, Union home minister reportedly stated that his ministry recommended greater autonomy for the....
- Enough Is Enough (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Nov 27, 2004)
Why ever should the Central government consider a proposal to increase the MP’s Local Area Development Fund (MPLADF) from the present Rs 2 crore per annum per member to Rs 3 crore a year?
- In The Closed Kingdoms Of Experts (Indian Express, VIDEH UPADHYAY, Nov 27, 2004)
On a subject like environment, is there any role for the common man in shaping policy?
- New Kashmir Idea (Tribune, Balraj Puri, Nov 26, 2004)
As an author of the revised Naya Kashmir document, I was pleasantly surprised over the reference to it by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at a public meeting in Srinagar on his maiden visit to the state on November 17.
- Taking The Xiith Standard Country-Leaving Exam (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Nov 26, 2004)
India’s education system is in a shambles. Unless education is made a legitimate profit-making business, the country will lose its best future citizens
- That Pantomime Artist Known As ‘The Police’ (Indian Express, Manoje Nath, Nov 26, 2004)
Arbitrary transfers, politicians with criminal connections, old laws, sympathise a little with the men in khaki
- Worth Emulation (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 26, 2004)
Can you imagine, even for a fleeting moment, Ms Jayalalithaa and Mr M. Karunanidhi, Mr Bal Thackeray and Mr Harkishen Singh Surjeet, or Mr Jyoti Basu and Ms Mamta Banerji appearing on the same platform and
- Globalising The Indian Cause (Deccan Herald, Kancha Ilaiah, Nov 26, 2004)
There is a need for getting world leaders involved, towards the abolition of castes and untouchability in India
- The Sankaracharya Case (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Nov 26, 2004)
The controversy over the arrest of the Sankaracharya of the Kanchi Mutt exposes the hypocrisy of political Hinduism.
- Hello, Silence (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , Nov 26, 2004)
I have been an unabashed admirer of the US for almost 30 years now and every time I visit the US I always seem to pick up some little nugget that vindicates my position.
- Get This Bill Passed (Indian Express, EDUARDO FALEIRO, Nov 26, 2004)
Recently a group of MPs submitted a memorandum to the prime minister, highlighting the problems of Christians of Scheduled Caste origin.
- A Moronic Gas-Guzzling Republic (Indian Express, Thomas L. Friedman, Nov 26, 2004)
Brave young US soldiers are dying defending the values of a land given over to petty politics and selfish consumerism
- Leave It To The Market (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 25, 2004)
It is just as well that the Government has rejected the proposal of a section of stock brokers for setting up an official fund for stabilisation of the market.
- Post-Arafat Era Depends On Palestinians And Us Policy (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Nov 25, 2004)
Colin L. Powell is in West Asia this week on his final visit to the region as the Secretary of State. To some, Mr Powell's trip symbolises the final flicker of American empathy for the Palestinian cause;
- Resilient Resistance (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 25, 2004)
With the Election Commission of Iraq deciding to hold parliamentary elections on January 30, 2005, the United States-led forces in illegal occupation of the country apparently believe that they have enough time to crush the freedom movement.
- Respect The Kashmiri Identity (Indian Express, Balraj Puri, Nov 25, 2004)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told the press in Srinagar that India was willing to consider any proposals from Pakistan on Kashmir, subject to two conditions. One, there would be no redrawing of international boundaries.
- Jostling For Space (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 25, 2004)
Just as power brings together parties with conflicting interests, the apprehension of losing power breaks up seemingly well-sewn political alliances.
- Why America Has Got It Wrong (Deccan Herald, Peter Beaumont, Nov 25, 2004)
There is a sense of déjà vu, of realities again being concocted for ideological expediency, regarding Iran
- Chautala Vs Centre (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 25, 2004)
With a Congress-led government at the Centre, the going has got tougher for Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala. First blow came after the Centre declared Chautala’s much-touted goodwill visit to Pakistan to bring holy waters from the village of
- Big Brother To Keep A Watch (Telegraph, Bhupal Sinha Chowdhury, Nov 25, 2004)
Late last month, the Union cabinet failed to decide on the draft Lokpal bill yet again (this was the ninth attempt since 1968), ostensibly because senior ministers like Sharad Pawar and Ram Vilas Paswan were absent from the meeting.
- 1971: Lest We Forget (Hindu, R. Hariharan, Nov 25, 2004)
Both India and Bangladesh are guilty of not working towards building a win-win relationship due to their internal and external political preoccupations.
- A Powerless Weapon (Telegraph, Ashis Chakrabarti, Nov 25, 2004)
The popular mood is against bandhs. Parties that hope to survive have to reflect this change in their strategies
- From Arafat To Abbas (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 25, 2004)
After much debate, the name of former Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas has emerged as the likely successor to Yasser Arafat...
- The Eclipse Of Management Doctrine (Business Line, R. Devarajan, Nov 24, 2004)
Management as an art and a science has been defined as "getting things done by other people".
- Of Discretion And Allotments (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 24, 2004)
By changing the allotment of a plot of land to a Calcutta High Court judge in 1987, the Supreme Court has stepped in to undo an instance of the blatant misuse of judicial authority.
- Relying On Wisdom (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 24, 2004)
Pakistan's Supreme Court, known for its earlier “doctrine of necessity” pronouncement, may have released Asif Ali Zardari — the husband of former prime minister, Benazir Bhutto, who has been in jail for the past eight years
- The Economic Fallout Of Outsourcing (Business Line, K. Subramanian, Nov 24, 2004)
IT IS a horror staring at US professionals these days: Receiving pink slips and their jobs going to lowly recruits abroad.
- The Rise Of Condi Rice (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Nov 24, 2004)
THE world has greeted with trepidation the naming of America’s first black woman Secretary of State, Ms Condoleezza Rice, to head the State Department. She climbs into the oversized shoes of Mr Henry Kissinger in jumping from the office...
- The Future Of An Illusion (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Nov 24, 2004)
The current disarray within the BJP raises a profound question. Has its historical moment passed? During the ’90s the BJP managed to express and articulate a range of resonant sentiments.
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