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Articles 24221 through 24320 of 26693:
- The Designer Babies Debate (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Jul 26, 2004)
Any new medical or technological breakthrough can be abused but should that become an argument against scientific progress?
- The Soren Drama (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 26, 2004)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has done the right thing in asking Coal Minister Shibu Soren to submit his resignation. It would have been much better had he acted earlier.
- Politics Sullies Water Disputes In India (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 26, 2004)
Seven Christian missionaries were attacked allegedly by RSS workers at a Scheduled Caste colony on Saturday in Kerala, for providing material assistance to a Dalit family.
- Left Provides Life Support To Manmohan (Tribune, Tripti Nath, Jul 25, 2004)
D. Raja, National Secretary of the Communist Party of India perhaps knew that he was a cut above the rest in his student days when he earned the distinction of being the first graduate in his village, Chiththoor in Tamil Nadu.
- A Democracy Without Leaders (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 25, 2004)
FOURTEEN GOVERNMENTS in as many years, a crippling insurgency and a constitutional impasse — democracy certainly brought Nepal freedom from the yoke of an absolute monarch but...
- Punjab’S Decision On Syl Sticks In Centre’S Throat (Tribune, Rajinder Puri, Jul 25, 2004)
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh protected his political interests by rushing through the Punjab Termination of Agreements Act (2004), abrogating water-sharing agreements with neighbouring states.
- Continuing The Indo-Pak Peace Process (Tribune, Swarnjit Singh Sidhu, Jul 25, 2004)
Close on the heels of the exercise of confidence building measures between experts and foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan, the talks between External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh and his Pakistan counterpart Khurshid
- Nepal's Expanding Insurgency (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 25, 2004)
Nepal is in the grip of a Maoist insurgency that has claimed nearly 10,000 lives since 1996. On a visit to the mountain kingdom, Nirupama Subramanian found people unhappy with both the monarchy and the politicians.
- Kurdish Warlords Delay Unity (Hindu, Jonathan Steele, Jul 24, 2004)
Kurdistan's two big party leaders may end up producing a deal with Baghdad that their own people denounce.
- Gp Koirala Emphasises Restoration Of Pratinidhi Sabha (Statesman, PARMANAND, Jul 24, 2004)
Girija Prasad Koirala, the Nepali Congress president, celebrated his 80th birthday on 4 July in New Delhi’s general and political heat.
- Gender Budgeting (Hindu, Brinda Karat, Jul 24, 2004)
Gender budgeting, if it is to be useful as a tool for women's advance, has to be implemented in conjunction with an egalitarian and democratic vision.
- Gender Budgeting (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Jul 24, 2004)
So may be it's safe now to speak about the market without its leaping off a cliff, screaming. (Or maybe not quite. By close on Monday, share prices recovered nearly half the losses they logged soon after opening.)
- Decongest Shimla (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 24, 2004)
Grandiose plans, launched with official fanfare, to decongest Shimla have often floundered at the implementation stage. The 1977-2000 development plan for Shimla has remained on paper.
- Siding With Beasts In Wildlife Habitats (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Jul 24, 2004)
Recently there have been reports of leopards entering bustees on the outskirts of Mumbai and taking human lives. Elephants are known to emerge from their forests and destroy crops, hutments and trample people underfoot.
- To All Those Missing Daughters (Business Line, D. Murali , Jul 24, 2004)
On that fateful Friday last week, the Kumbakonam calamity was already top on international news feeds, reporting of the blaze in an ill-fated girls school.
- Poor Economy Threatens Berlusconi (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 23, 2004)
If any further confirmation was needed that India's one-day cricketing status has hit a disquieting low, its mediocre performance in the ICC Champions Trophy provided this.
- Pappu’S Health (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 23, 2004)
Seldom has any court of law taken a special interest in the whereabouts and welfare of a single accused. However, Pappu Yadav is not an ordinary person. The stocky individual who answers to this name is a politician from Bihar.
- Men And Words (Deccan Herald, KALPANA M NAGHNOOR, Jul 23, 2004)
There’s something about the creativity of great writers that makes one muse on life
- How To Desaffronise Education (Deccan Herald, Kancha Ilaiah, Jul 23, 2004)
India suffers from both religious and caste communalism. So education should decasteise society as a whole
- India Retries Pivotal Hindu-Muslim Hate Crime (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 23, 2004)
When a Hindu mob stormed a bakery and killed 14, including two Muslims burnt alive in ovens, the gruesome crime became the symbol of religious violence that gripped India two years ago and left nearly 1,000 dead.
- Afghan Electoral Delays (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 22, 2004)
EARLIER THIS month (July), it was announced that the elections in Afghanistan were to be delayed for a second time, with the country now supposedly choosing a president in October and a new parliament next spring.
- Bush’S Electoral Compulsions (Deccan Herald, G Parthasarathy, Jul 22, 2004)
Since Bush attaches utmost importance to Pak assistance to nab Osama, the US is unlikely to do much about Kashmir
- Democratise The Boardrooms (Business Line, S. Murlidharan , Jul 22, 2004)
The Indian polity is only as democratic as the Indian corporate sector. Both have been persisting with British models that leave a lot to be desired.
- Time To Renew The Congress (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jul 22, 2004)
The Congress, as the oldest political outfit in the country and still the only all-India party, has to take the lead in reviving itself as a political organisation.
- The Pressure For Accountability (Deccan Herald, SUBRAMANIAM VINCENT, Jul 22, 2004)
Right to Information can help even citizens to keep tabs on government expenditure and behaviour
- Testimony Or Convention Speech? (Business Line, V. Anantha Nageswaran, Jul 22, 2004)
Yes, I am aware that the US President, Mr George Bush, as the Republican Nominee, will deliver his convention speech in August. But reading the testimony of the Federal Reserve chairman, Mr Alan Greenspan
- Show Him The Door (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 22, 2004)
Law is finally catching up with Union Coal Minister Shibu Soren. Reports suggest that a police team from Jharkhand is already on his trail. The UPA government is at the receiving end for retaining him as a minister when an arrest warrant is pending ...
- Quota For Muslims (Tribune, Ramesh Kandula, Jul 22, 2004)
For the rudderless BJP weighed down by the electoral defeat, the issue of quota on the basis of religion has come as a potential political weapon for launching a long-drawn conflict with the UPA government.
- Sanatani Sonia: Subtle Shakti Of Renunciation (Times of India, K SUBRAHMANYAM, Jul 22, 2004)
This is a shining moment for India, its civi-lisation and culture, because a unique act of renunciation has occurred that upholds the quintessential tradition of the Sanatana Dharma.
- India Somersaulting (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 22, 2004)
Congress win symbolises the yearning for change
That gloriously unpredictable entity - the Indian electorate - has astonished spectators and participants alike by executing a perfect somersault and neatly reversing the foregone conclusion of . . .
- Military Rules, Not Okay (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Jul 21, 2004)
The nation's political parties and politicians are continuously losing credibility as a result of increasing criminalisation of politics.
- Caste Iron (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 21, 2004)
The Bombay High Court has sent a strong message to bandh organisers-too strong perhaps to serve as a holistic answer to the problem at hand.
- Karnataka's Predictable Budget (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 21, 2004)
After the Central and Andhra Pradesh budgets, it was very much on the cards that the Congress-led coalition Government in Karnataka would also come up with what it could project as a "pro-farmer, pro-poor budget."
- Israel Pooh-Poohs World Courtvv (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Jul 21, 2004)
With overt US support, Israel has consigned a World Court judgment against it to the trash bin
- What India Has To Learn From China (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Jul 20, 2004)
We have deviated from the path of self-reliance by putting all our eggs in the corporate basket
- Revitalising Panchsheel (Hindu, K. R. Narayanan, Jul 20, 2004)
As co-originators of the Panchsheel, it is the internationalist duty of China and India to march forward, revitalise their friendly relationship, and project the Five Principles for the peace, progress, and stability of the world.
- Is There Political Will? (Deccan Herald, N C GUNDU RAO, Jul 20, 2004)
The State CMP lacks foresight, but its pro-poor measures could be effective if the corrupt are weeded out
- Budget 2004-05: Mirage Of Goodies For Farm Sector (Business Line, Devinder Sharma , Jul 20, 2004)
Despite the Government's right noises on support to the agriculture sector, there is no clear roadmap to boost farm growth. Addressing the debt-related crisis by promising more credit can only lead to greater indebtedness.
- A Growth-Oriented Budget (Tribune, D.N. Patodia, Jul 19, 2004)
Mr. P. Chidambaram deserves to be complemented for presenting a progressive and growth-oriented budget for 2004-05. Comfortably placed with impressive performance in the preceding year, achieving a growth rate of 8.2 per cent, inflation
- Testing The Waters (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 19, 2004)
In giving the district units in Andhra Pradesh a free hand in deciding whether or not to have an electoral understanding with the Telugu Desam Party for the local body polls, the Bharatiya Janata Party has sought to use these low-stake elections as a test
- Aicc Revamp: Reward And Punishment (Hindu, K. V. PRASAD, Jul 19, 2004)
Nearly two months after the Congress came to power at the Centre via the coalition route, the party president, Sonia Gandhi, set herself to the task of re-building a team to run the affairs of the All-India Congress Committee.
- Gorbachev's Ghost (Pioneer, Ajoy Bagchi, Jul 19, 2004)
Saddam Hussein gave international currency to the phrase "mother of all battles" during the first Gulf War. The Elections 2004 could be, in a manner of speaking, described as the mother of all electoral battles in Independent India.
- Peace On The Guillotine, Again (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jul 19, 2004)
Dialogue in Jammu and Kashmir cannot succeed unless the central precondition for democracy exists: a commitment by all parties to resolve differences through discourse, not military means.
- Making `Delivery Mechanism' Deliver (Business Line, V. Anantha Nageswaran, Jul 19, 2004)
Post Budget, there is much talk of `delivery mechanism' being the key to make a difference for Rural India. Delivery mechanism is the channel through which government spending on social priorities flows — ministries, departments and district officials.
- Reformed Regime-I A Ploy To Deprive The Poor (Statesman, DIPAK BASU, Jul 19, 2004)
According to the media, corporate world, and private institutional finance houses, everything was fine in India because the balance of payment was in surplus, the growth rate was high, the foreign
- No Benchmark For Morality (Pioneer, Joginder Singh, Jul 19, 2004)
Notwithstanding the laws against corruption, the country has witnessed a steep rise in corrupt practices. Both the volume of money and people involved have reached an all-time high.
- Continuity In Foreign Policy (Hindu, K.K. Katyal, Jul 19, 2004)
There are various ways of looking at the recent discussions in New Delhi of the two visiting dignitaries — the German Foreign Minister, Joschka Fischer, and the U.S. Deputy Secretary of State, Richard Armitage, but one point was striking
- Cet Imbroglio — What Next? (Deccan Herald, H K SHIVANANDA, Jul 19, 2004)
While Karnataka has much to do in the Supreme Court, it should immediately provide relief to students
- Incomplete Investigations (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 19, 2004)
A political compromise in one case and bureaucratic reticence in the other saved United States President George Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair from being held responsible for invading Iraq on false pretences.
- Intelligence Loses Its Reputation (Hindu, William Pfaff, Jul 19, 2004)
The findings of the British and American intelligence services on Iraq were edited to deliver the conclusions Tony Blair and George W. Bush wanted.
- Rebel With A Cause (Statesman, Sam Rajappa, Jul 18, 2004)
While differences between Tamils in the North and East are very old, Col Karuna has achieved what was unimaginable by bringing about a split in the LTTE
- Republic Of Bihar (Pioneer, Kumud L Das, Jul 18, 2004)
That Biharis are born with the highest emotional quotient in India was proved on May 22, 2004. Eleven ministers sworn-in from Bihar turned most Biharis and non-resident Biharis (NRB) settled in Delhi emotional
- Green Oscar: Befitting Award For Rathore (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Jul 18, 2004)
Few have heard the name of Goverdhan Rathore and fewer know the outstanding work he has done in providing greener alternative to firewood in the form of biogas.
- Controversy Over History Writing: Time For A Consensual Approach (Tribune, Syed Nooruzzaman, Jul 18, 2004)
Very few students read history after completing their school education. And fewer opt for history as a subject at the undergraduate level and beyond. But they cannot escape studying this subject till the matriculation stage.
- Amarinder Singh's Terminator Act (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Jul 18, 2004)
Never before has any Chief Minister in this country acted so outrageously as has Amarinder Singh in Punjab by enacting — suddenly and somewhat surreptitiously
- Adverse Balance (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 18, 2004)
It was good of the United States Deputy Secretary of State, Mr Richard Armitage, to have owned up in Islamabad his observation in New Delhi that some-not all-of the infrastructure in Pakistan for supporting...
- Ib’S Role Has Not Been Understood Properly (Deccan Herald, R N KULKARNI, Jul 18, 2004)
Former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda’s recent statement that the Intelligence Bureau (IB) and the Research & Analysis Wing (RAW) should monitor the activities of state ministers, is fraught with dangerous consequences.
- Reality Bites (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 18, 2004)
As a Finance Minister concerned with projecting his Budget as investor-friendly, Mr P Chidambaram did the right thing by announcing hikes in FDI caps in telecom, civil aviation and insurance.
- The Lure Of Democracy (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Jul 17, 2004)
The latest issue of the `Human Development Report' says that Indians have a very high regard for their institutions, higher than what people have in the US, Germany, Switzerland and Australia.
- Adverse Balance (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 17, 2004)
It was good of the United States Deputy Secretary of State, Mr Richard Armitage, to have owned up in Islamabad his observation in New Delhi that some-not all-of the infrastructure in Pakistan ...
- Bane Of Ad Hocism (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 17, 2004)
Annulment of the CET seat selection process has put students in a quandary
- Budget 2004 — Wait For The Next (Hindu, C. Rammanohar Reddy, Jul 17, 2004)
The contents and approach of Budget 2004 are a far cry from the unique model of economic reform that Manmohan Singh said the UPA would offer to the world.
- Essays In Honour Of Manmohan, The Professor (Business Line, D. Murali , Jul 17, 2004)
Last week, the Finance Minister presented the first Budget of the new government, factoring in all that is dear to the Prime Minister.
- Reality Bites (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 17, 2004)
As a Finance Minister concerned with projecting his Budget as investor-friendly, Mr P Chidambaram did the right thing by announcing hikes in FDI caps in telecom, civil aviation and insurance.
- Sarkari Scandal (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 17, 2004)
It is only coincidental that Dilip Sinha, former vice-chancellor of Visva-Bharati, was arrested for alleged foul play over the appointment of a lecturer a few days prior to the shocking revelation ...
- Republic Of Bihar (Pioneer, Kumud L Das, Jul 17, 2004)
That Biharis are born with the highest emotional quotient in India was proved on May 22, 2004. Eleven ministers sworn-in from Bihar turned most Biharis and non-resident Biharis (NRB) settled in Delhi emotional.
- Reducing Poverty — Choosing The Right Technologies (Business Line, Kumar Venkat, Jul 16, 2004)
Thirty years after the publication of E. F. Schumacher's celebrated book, Small is Beautiful, which proposed matching the cost and scale of technologies to the people and resources of developing nations, a basic question remains
- Incendiary Act (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 16, 2004)
Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav's as yet fledgling tenure has been spotted by several grave incidents of violence and dacoities on trains. But, evidently, his mind is elsewhere
- Making The Cess Work (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Jul 16, 2004)
Among Eurpeans, it is a resounding 'Yes' for America and 'No' for George W. Bush.
- Globalisation And Blake’S Big Brother (Deccan Herald, LARRY ELLIOT, Jul 16, 2004)
The triumph of the multinational corporation has spawned a pallid, deracinated culture
- Don’T Ignore Urban Development (Deccan Herald, A RAVINDRA, Jul 16, 2004)
There is a need to view urbanisation as an instrument of agricultural and rural development
- From Green To Hyderabad Blues (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, Jul 16, 2004)
One small step for man on moon was a giant leap for mankind. "Secularists" might be dismissive of five per cent reservation in education and employment for Muslims in Andhra Pradesh.
- Heading For Change (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 16, 2004)
With over two-thirds of the votes in Indonesia's first direct presidential elections already counted, the results may be known in the next few days.
- Goodbye Mrs Staines! (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 16, 2004)
Had Gladys Stuart Staines left in January 1999 when her husband and two little sons were burnt to death in what President K.R. Narayanan described as mankind's blackest deed, it would have been painful but understandable.
- India Considers Historic Rewrite (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 16, 2004)
In the past five years, Indian schoolchildren of all faiths have learned quite a bit about the culture of the Hindu majority.
- India Playing With Maoist Fire (Asia Times, Sultan Shahin, Jul 01, 2004)
India appears to be taking a big gamble with Maoist insurgents. Encouraged by the central government in Delhi, the ruling Congress-led coalition government in the state of Andhra Pradesh has removed a nine-year-old ban on the People's War Group . . .
- Behind The Facade Of Indian Subsidies (Asia Times, Kunal Kumar Kundu, Jun 29, 2004)
Good politics is quite often bad economics, and nothing epitomizes this better than India's subsidy system. The subsidy policies in India are being advocated by those same policy makers who appear in public as pro-poor, but are driven by the . . .
- Professionals Need Crutches In Politics (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Jun 26, 2004)
The other day, in his first address to the nation on television, the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, said that "well-meaning citizens" who had strong views on the decline of "morals and ethics in public life" should ...
- India's Gandhi Must Burn Mother-In-Law's Recipe: Andy Mukherjee (Bloomberg.com, Andy Mukherjee, Jun 22, 2004)
Since last month's surprise change in India's federal government, the Mumbai stock exchange Sensitive Index has shed 13.6 percent in dollar terms, more than any other benchmark equity index in the world.
- Investment In Peace (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 22, 2004)
BY all accounts, the two-day India-Pakistan talks on nuclear confidence-building measures (CBMs) ended on Sunday on a positive note.
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