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Articles 23421 through 23520 of 26693:
- An Opportunity For Sonia Gandhi (Hindu, Harish Khare , Oct 21, 2004)
The ostentatious deadlock over the question of chief ministership in Maharashtra constitutes another opportunity for the Congress president, Sonia Gandhi, to redefine the quality of her leadership:
- Tricky Destiny (Deccan Herald, A N SUDARSAN RAO, Oct 21, 2004)
Until now, Fate seems to have decided events in my life, on which I have had little control
- Managing Natural Assets (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 21, 2004)
Punjab has had a dismal record in conserving biodiversity. That the state may soon have international assistance in this task is, indeed, welcome.
- Power Play (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 21, 2004)
India’s courting of the generals will affect Myanmar’s pro-democracy struggle
- Unshackling Rural Markets - Key Vectors Of An Overdue Agenda (Business Line, R. Gopalakrishnan, Oct 21, 2004)
The widening gap in per capita income between the farm and non-farm sectors has huge economic and social implications. Agriculture must be brought to centre-stage and, more important, the emphasis must shift from production to marketing.
- 'Our Clinics Target Lalitaji & Family' (The Economic Times, Vinay Pandey, Oct 21, 2004)
The inability of the state to provide primary healthcare has opened a window of opportunity for the private sector.
- New Leader With New Ideas? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 21, 2004)
Lal Krishna Advani was the man who first said that the BJP must move away from hindutva, to become a party of governance in order to widen its appeal beyond a core base.
- It Is A Close Race (Hindu, Bhargavi Shiva, Oct 21, 2004)
With less than two weeks to election day in America, the Bush-Cheney strategy of creating a fear psychosis seems to have had an impact.
- Nobel And Consistent (Telegraph, BHASKAR DUTTA , Oct 21, 2004)
During the first fortnight in October, economists all over the world speculate on who are likely to win the Nobel prize.
- Damage Control (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 20, 2004)
Whether Mr Advani can work his old magic again remains to be seen
- Nobel For Wangari (Tribune, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Oct 20, 2004)
Once again and for the second successive year this time the Nobel Peace Prize Committee has gone beyond the criteria laid down by the founder of the award. Alfred Nobel’s testament has directions for the awards instituted by him.
- Maharashtra Elections — War Is Over, Skirmishes Are On (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Oct 20, 2004)
That Indian voters will never cease to spring surprises has been proved yet again, in Maharashtra. In fact, they have shown their ability to spring double surprises.
- Back To Advani (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 20, 2004)
The change in the leadership of the Bharatiya Janata Party is nothing but dramatic. The explanation Mr Venkaiah Naidu proffered for quitting the post was just for public consumption.
- Victory And After (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 20, 2004)
The camaraderie that won them a brilliant victory in the Maharashtra Assembly election might have never been there, judging by the public battle between the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party over the post of Chief Minister.
- A Skewed Debate (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Oct 20, 2004)
The Western media cannot pick and choose situations for special "softly, softly" treatment and expect all to toe the line while they themselves show disregard for other people's sensitivities.
- Unshackling Rural Markets - For Authentic Engagement, First (Business Line, R. Gopalakrishnan, Oct 20, 2004)
Corporates should think about rural markets more holistically rather than from a pure consumer marketing viewpoint. There is a crucial role also for the government, which must move to authentic ...
- Old Party (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 20, 2004)
Failure seldom makes a virtue of tolerance. Mr M. Venkaiah Naidu has only himself to blame if he did not expect to be sacked by the Bharatiya Janata Party after it lost the Maharashtra polls.
- Peccadillo Polls (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Oct 20, 2004)
With precisely a fortnight to go before the presidential poll in the United States of America, you might imagine that Americans — at least the
- Top Three States - A Socio-Economic Comparison (Business Line, Jeevan Prakash Mohanty, Oct 20, 2004)
The Assembly election in Maharashtra is crucial for its possible ramifications on national politics. The election is being fought on several issues.
- Us Presidential Debates — High Point Of American Democracy (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 19, 2004)
One may not agree with the US policies and worldview, but there is no gainsaying the commitment of the nation and its people to upholding the spirit and temper of democracy.
- The Kremlin Consolidates (Hindu, VLADIMIR RADYUHIN, Oct 19, 2004)
Vladimir Putin's planned political reforms will strengthen his hold on Russia's restive regions and Parliament.
- Shot In The Arm (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 19, 2004)
Cong wrests Bidar from a BJP weakened after the death of its popular candidate
- Bidar By-Election Pointer (Deccan Herald, N C GUNDU RAO, Oct 19, 2004)
The fact that the Congress and the JD(S) did not unite against the BJP is not necessarily a bad thing
- Mulayam’S March (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 19, 2004)
THE electoral verdict in Uttar Pradesh has sent out a clear message to the Congress. It must learn to play the role of a responsible ally of the Samajwadi Party.
- Musharraf As Strong As Ever (Tribune, M B NAQVI, Oct 19, 2004)
PAKISTANI politics is deceptive. The government of the day thinks it is in full control of the situation and there are no serious problems other than the threat from Al-Qaeda and a few other terrorist groups that want to kill President Pervez Musharraf.
- Not Tuned To Change (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Oct 19, 2004)
This election in Maharashtra has once again seen the BJP/Sena leadership spouting abusive comments about the politicos they were opposing.
- Reliving Old Enmities (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Oct 19, 2004)
Mani Shankar Aiyar found a poem of Savarkar on the walls of the cellular jail in Port Blair. He had it removed.
- Back In The Saddle (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 19, 2004)
The Cong-NCP combine won despite a dismal record of governance in Maharashtra
- Rising Costs Of Transport (Tribune, Ravinder N. Batta, Oct 19, 2004)
WHILE the importance of transport in a growing economy cannot be overstated, there are related costs that need to be kept in view by policy-makers. Such costs are usually external to those who make use of transport and are often unaccounted for.
- All Eyes On The Carnival (Telegraph, Alok Ray, Oct 19, 2004)
Whoever is the next president, certain trends in the US will favour India
- Cambodian Drama (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 19, 2004)
The father of independence from France in 1953, flamboyant monarch, political expedient who took his country to the edge of destruction by his decision to join hands with Pol Pot
- Getting The Cream For Civil Services (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Oct 18, 2004)
If the quality of Indian administration is to improve, staff selection must be pushed down, even beyond the Hota panel suggestion, to the school level. Like the khoa test of dairymen, it will force colleges and
- Poll Wonders (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 18, 2004)
If the Lok Sabha elections had proved the poll pundits wrong, the Assembly results have further discredited them. The voters have pooh-poohed their calculations
- No Advantage, Global Investing (Business Line, B. Venkatesh , Oct 18, 2004)
UTI Mutual Fund proposes to launch a fund that will invest in stocks constituting the Dow Jones Global Titans 50.
- Remarkable Triumph (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 18, 2004)
The congress-Nationalist Congress Party alliance has pulled off a superlative victory in the Maharashtra Assembly election, overcoming seemingly insurmountable odds — medium-scale rebellion ...
- Women Officers In The Army (Tribune, Raj Kadyan, Oct 18, 2004)
We were raising the National Security Guard (NSG) in the mid-eighties. There was a sudden need to train officers of an elite intelligence service officered by the IPS. The joint secretary of the department and I, as the Chief Instructor of the NSG ...
- John Kerry For President (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 18, 2004)
This is The New York Times' editorial endorsement of the Democratic challenger, John Kerry, for the American presidency.
- Winning Trend (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 18, 2004)
The trend that was prominent in the general elections earlier in the year has been confirmed by the assembly elections in Maharashtra
- Significance Of China's Economy To Global Growth (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Oct 18, 2004)
It should come as no surprise that China is a dominant player in the world economy today. A huge economy that has maintained a consistent
- Telecast It (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 18, 2004)
Much dust has been kicked up over Doordarshan’s decision to withhold telecast of a film on the life of Loknayak Jayaprakash Narayan. The opposition has strongly condemned the move.
- The Role Of Diplomacy (Deccan Herald, G Parthasarathy, Oct 18, 2004)
India needs to take imaginative initiatives in its relations with its neighbours to contain extremism in its north-east
- Transparency Matters (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 18, 2004)
PUNJAB Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh can explain away the two major court orders which went against his government on Saturday.
- Trivialities To The Fore (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Oct 18, 2004)
Weird are the ways of New Delhi. At a time when the country faces many grave problems, the nation's capital — especially the antiseptic area where politics, bureaucracy, the media
- War, Peace And The People (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 17, 2004)
When the representatives of the Andhra Pradesh Government and Maoist leaders sat across the table in Hyderabad on October 15 to discuss peace, it was in recognition of the truth that they had to respect the people's wishes.
- Shabby Treatment To A Creative Genius (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Oct 17, 2004)
Anupam kher Kher is an angry man. He seems unable to come to terms with the humiliation heaped on him by Marxists who dubbed him as an RSS man. Possibly, taking a cue from the CPM General Secretary, Harkishan Singh Surjeet’s attack on Anupam Kher, the Uni
- Khushwant’S Updated Volumes On Sikh History (Tribune, Humra Quraishi, Oct 17, 2004)
Foremost, the two updated volumes of the “History of the Sikhs” (Oxford University Press) by Khushwant Singh have just hit the stands. The earlier edition had events and happenings till about 1984.
- Bush, Blair Should Find New Epithets To Flog (Tribune, Chanchal Sarkar, Oct 17, 2004)
WHAT a raft of elections we’ve just had — and all apparently to solidify democracy. For most of them even Lithuania perhaps America and Britain take the credit — making the world, they say, a “safer place”, clearing the air of the pollution emitted ...
- It Is A Matter Of Concern For All Bangaloreans (Deccan Herald, DR SURESH BALAKRISHNAN, Oct 17, 2004)
It would be naïve to take a parochial view and dismiss today's controversy about industry participation in IT.com as one that concerns only some IT companies and the government.
- ‘No’ To Mewat District (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 16, 2004)
It is indeed surprising how the Haryana government went ahead with its proposal of creating the district of Satyamev Puram in Mewat, despite an explicit ban on the creation of new administrative units by the Delimitation Commission.
- No Forecasts Will Shake This Govt (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Oct 16, 2004)
In one of his speeches delivered during the election campaign in Maharashtra, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had a dig at the Opposition for pinning its faith in forecasts made by astrologers and resorting to tantric practices in the hope of coming back to
- Poor Partisanship (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 16, 2004)
The Emergency is dead, long live the Emergency. That would be a facile comment on the row over Prasar Bharati’s reported refusal to air filmmaker Prakash Jha’s biopic on Jayaprakash Narayan, Loknayak.
- Still The General (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 16, 2004)
Musharraf’s actions ensure that Pakistan essentially remains a military regime
- The Growing Cancer (Tribune, H. K. Dua, Oct 16, 2004)
For nearly two centuries and a half India in its own ways has been contributing to richness of the English language. Over 7,000 words in the Oxford English Dictionary have been borrowed from Indian languages.
- 85th Amendment On Promotions (Tribune, Maneesh Chhibber, Oct 16, 2004)
The Punjab Government, especially Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, has been repeatedly asserting that the 85th Amendment to the Constitution would be implemented soon.
- In Thename Of The Father (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 16, 2004)
These are trying times for Uddhav Thackeray. Despite his parent’s blessings, it’s today’s Maharashtra Assembly election results that will define his true position in the Shiv Sena
- Elasticity Of Income Definition (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 16, 2004)
One does not have to be a supporter of the so-called Hindu Right to feel thrilled at the very mention of the name of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, famously known as Veer Savarkar
- Leadership Crisis In Maharashtra (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Oct 15, 2004)
Not one exit poll conducted yesterday after the end of polling for the Maharashtra Assembly has given a clear picture of what will emerge once votes are counted on October 16
- A Rude Encounter With Crude (Business Line, D. Murali , Oct 15, 2004)
Crude is getting cruder with prices rising to such record heights this week that even small retreats give much respite to markets. Oil companies are pushing the government to allow the retail rate rocket to zoom, and
- Transforming Lives Of Rural Women (Business Line, P. Srivatsan, Oct 15, 2004)
The Common Minimum Programme (CMP) lays emphasis on empowerment of women as an important socio-economic goal.
- The Tehelka Commission (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Oct 15, 2004)
The reliance on Commissions of Inquiry is misplaced. Increasingly, they are instruments of intimidation.
- Outcome In Arunachal (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 15, 2004)
THE Congress victory in the Arunachal Pradesh Assembly elections does not come as a surprise. The credit for its success should necessarily go to Chief Minister Gegong Apang.
- Incompatible Marriage (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 15, 2004)
All marriages of convenience come under pressure as soon as interests diverge. No surprise then that the Congress and the Telangana Rashtra Samiti are at each other's throats over
- Historic Process (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 15, 2004)
The willingness of the govt and the PW to work out their problems is a step forward
- Election Without Groundwork (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Oct 15, 2004)
The Afghan presidential election will change nothing and disillusion the people about democracy
- Respect The Voter (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 15, 2004)
Afghans have spoken in favour of democracy and their choice must be respected
- Iraq Survey Group's Chance Discovery (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 15, 2004)
The Iraq Survey Group has stumbled on a shocking collusion among the Iraqi regime, UN officials, and contractors in more than 40 countries, including the permanent members of the Security Council
- Women And Elections In Afghanistan (Hindu, Natasha Walter, Oct 14, 2004)
The United States and Britain used the oppression of Afghan women to justify their intervention. That is not how it is seen on the ground.
- Us Elections: Which Way Will Women Swing? (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Oct 14, 2004)
As the US presidential election juggernaut rolls on and the two rivals — the Republican incumbent, Mr George W. Bush, and the Democratic contender, Mr John Kerry — trade charges on a variety of issues ranging
- Slippery Future (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 14, 2004)
India faces a gloomy future on the oil front as international prices are on the rise
- Signs Of A Recovery (Telegraph, S. Venkitaramanan , Oct 14, 2004)
At long last, the IMF’s World Economic Outlook is cautiously optimistic about the prospects of the global economy
- Just Two (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 14, 2004)
Can “national interest” override private choice? It can, in Haryana and in a few other Indian states. The Supreme Court has now upheld the Haryana assembly’s legal competence to enact a law that could disqualify a member of the municipality if he or ...
- An Experiment In Democracy (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 14, 2004)
The first presidential election in Afghanistan's history is back on course with the candidates contesting against the incumbent Hamid Karzai giving up their demand for the polls to be annulled.
- Jacques Derrida, 1930-2004 (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Oct 14, 2004)
One of the most widely published and discussed philosophers of our time, Derrida, best known for his theory of deconstruction, was adulated and denigrated in equal measure.
- George Bush, You Are Fired (Telegraph, Gouri Chatterjee, Oct 14, 2004)
Bob Botfeld is a computer systems engineer who gave up his cushy job in a New York firm six months ago, to devote all his energies to “the most important election” of his 50-something life.
- A Tale Of Three Elections (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Oct 14, 2004)
ALL eyes and ears are, of course, fixed on the mother of all elections, the one between the US President, Mr George Bush, and his Democratic challenger, Mr John Kerry, scheduled for November 2.
- Is India Facing Argentina-Like Debt Crisis?: William Pesek Jr. (Bloomberg.com, William Pesek Jr., Oct 13, 2004)
Communist. Socialist. Pro-poor. That India's five-month old government has been called these names and worse should spook bond investors. These are, after all, people who tend to panic over politicians who spend ever-increasing amounts of . . .
- Why Dharmanomics Must Reign (Business Line, Pravir Malik, Oct 13, 2004)
It has been argued that the spread of globalisation signals the end of history. Western liberal democracy shall spread across the earth resulting in the demise of mankind's ideological evolution.
- Re-Evolving The Community (Deccan Herald, K C ABRAHAM, Oct 13, 2004)
A pluralistic civil society that is autonomous of religion and state should be commited to the liberation of the oppressed
- Tv News Limited In Range (Tribune, N. Bhaskara Rao, Oct 13, 2004)
The Doordashan News channel in its present avatar completes one year this month. As a 24-hour national news channel, it stands out for its overall performance. But news bulletins of neither of the news channels, including DD News, distinguish themselves a
- Us Report Opens Old Wounds (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma, Oct 13, 2004)
Sanctions hurt the poor and empower the targeted state, bringing the latter a new source of personal wealth
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