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Articles 221 through 320 of 500:
- Is The Pm’S Cii Speech Appropriate? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 30, 2007)
Before we examine the proposition in question we would do well to look at a couple of assertions made by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on two different occasions:
- Course Correction (Times of India, Arun Maira, May 29, 2007)
At the annual meeting of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), the prime minister appealed to CEOs to voluntarily reconsider their salaries and personal expenditures.
- At Our Service, For Ever (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 28, 2007)
In the civil service it is often joked that a good bureaucrat never retires. Take a roster of top posts allotted by the UPA government, and two possibilities follow.
- Naidu Skips Third Front At Tdp Meet (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, May 28, 2007)
TDP president Mr N Chandrababu Naidu today ignored his favourite “third front” concept at the party general body meeting, which is significant after the Samajawadi Party got grounded in Uttar Pradesh.
- Wealth Of A Notion (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 26, 2007)
In a more mature democracy, where each institution is confident of its strengths and responsibilities, the prime minister’s speech at CII on Thursday would have elicited a measured but mostly critical response from industry.
- Pinching The Wealth Of The Nation (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 26, 2007)
Part of a Prime Minister’s brief is to play pastor to the nation, and Manmohan Singh has done a decent job of that in his three years in the parish.
- Cpi (M): Upa Should Introspect (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 25, 2007)
Neglect of farm sector is most serious
Certain positive measures initiated
Promised laws yet to be legislated
- Pm Turns Socialist (Pioneer, Yogesh Vajpeyi, May 25, 2007)
Under fire from supporting Left parties and a vocal section within his own Congress party for his zealous pro-reform agenda, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seems to have taken a leaf out of the discourse on socialism.
- Manmohanomics Ii: Thou Shall Not Flaunt Thy Wealth And Greed (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, May 25, 2007)
Ever since he took charge as Prime Minister, in speech after speech, Manmohan Singh has been consistent in underlining the need for inclusive growth, for the poor and the marginalised to be part of the India Rising story.
- Upa Government Should Introspect, Says Cpi(m) (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 25, 2007)
The UPA Government, which has completed three years in office, will have to "seriously introspect" on areas it lagged behind against the target set in the Common Minimum Programme (CMP), the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has said.
- That ’70s Feeling (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 25, 2007)
Five years from now, will economic historians read the speech the Prime Minister delivered at the CII Annual Summit yesterday and mark it as a turning point in the reforms story?
- Fast-Track Courts For Civil Disputes (Tribune, S.S. Negi , May 24, 2007)
After experiencing success of the fast-track courts in the quick disposal of criminal cases, the Centre, as part of its judicial reforms initiatives, plans to put in place an improved contract enforcement mechanism through fast track civil courts.
- Outlook For South Asia (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 24, 2007)
ADDRESSING the Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers in Islamabad recently, President Musharraf painted a rosy picture of Indo-Pakistan relations, which he claimed had never been better.
- Key Reforms Adrift After 3 Years, Upa’S New Line: We Will Deliver In 2 Yrs (Indian Express, VIKAS DHOOT, May 23, 2007)
With coalition partners and even his Cabinet colleagues pulling in different directions and key economic reforms stalled, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, releasing a report card on three years of the UPA in office, chose to focus on the . . .
- Reforms Mothballed (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 23, 2007)
Few expected an economic miracle when the United Progressive Alliance—a jumbo alliance of a dozen parties—came to power in May 2004. But, none expected it to dump reforms either.
- A Pause In Reforms? (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , May 23, 2007)
The UPA Government has just completed three years in office, and now two remain before fresh elections to the Lok Sabha — that is, if the Manmohan Singh Government is allowed to run its full course.
- Has The Upa Delivered In Its 3 Years? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 23, 2007)
Not withstanding the best possible team at the top, the report card of the Manmohan Singh government for the last three years indicates less than ordinary performance.
- Three Years Of Upa Government (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , May 23, 2007)
It would seem that, other than the presentation of a score-card to the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson, Ms Sonia Gandhi, by the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, and the hosting of a dinner by him for the Alliance partners, there has . ..
- Half Done’S Well Begun (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, May 23, 2007)
The United Progressive Alliance assumed office three years ago with the hubris of an India Shining etched on its mind. A countryside that thought otherwise shooed out those who coined that unfortunate phrase.
- Lost In Polarisation (Deccan Herald, Prem Shankar Jha, May 22, 2007)
Congress hasnt made enough of a difference to lives to stop the pendulum from swinging away.
- Demoralisation And Depression Creeps Into Upa (Deccan Herald, K Subrahmanya, May 22, 2007)
It is not that the budget session was curtailed because of the UP assembly election. The fact, it appeared, is that the government did not have enough agenda to run the session.
- Absent Leader (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 22, 2007)
All anniversaries are not for celebrating. The third anniversary of the United Progressive Alliance government is one such.
- Upa's Third Anniversary: Cong Downslide Continues (Pioneer, Yogesh Vajpeyi, May 21, 2007)
Its Government appears jaded. Its leading party is facing continued erosion of popular support. And its constituents are fighting each other on the ground.
- Merchandise Exports: Bracing For New Challenges (Business Line, S. D. Naik, May 16, 2007)
Over the past few months, exporters have been worried at a few unfavourable developments, such as the continuing appreciation of the rupee against the dollar, firming up of domestic interest rates and slowdown in the US economy. Exporters will need . . .
- Script To Fit The Role (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, May 14, 2007)
Mayawati is being feted in the national media she has consistently scorned and which has been wary of her.
- India's Reform Programme Suffers A Blow (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, May 12, 2007)
Members of India's governing left-of-centre coalition, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA), have suffered a string of electoral defeats since taking power in 2004.
- Nigeria's Elections (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, May 12, 2007)
Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, the ruling People's Democratic Party candidate, wins a landslide victory in Nigeria's presidential election.
- Uttar Pradesh Low Caste Landslide (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, May 12, 2007)
India's low-caste Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has swept to a historic victory in assembly elections in the key northern state of Uttar Pradesh.
- And Miles To Go Before She Sleeps (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 12, 2007)
By the summer of 2001, it had become clear that something had gone very wrong. By that point, Bush had rejected O’Neill’s and Christine Todd Whitman’s advice on environmental policy, just as he had rejected Alan Greenspan’s and O’Neill’s advice on fiscal
- France Turns Right (Pioneer, Claude Arpi, May 11, 2007)
For once, the pre-poll surveys for the French presidential election have proved to be absolutely correct.
- Sarkozy To Act Very Fast (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 10, 2007)
"The platform of the president-elect has two faces," Le Monde said in an editorial. "His speeches have the imprints of a protectionist Bonapartism; his programme, much more liberal, talks of break of Blairist inspiration."
- Unelected Pm (Pioneer, Anuradha Dutt, May 10, 2007)
Manmohan Singh has been consistent on one issue: Choosing the RS route to office
- I Will Be President Of All, Says Sarkozy (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, May 08, 2007)
Internecine fights break out within socialist ranks; riots in Paris and other cities
World leaders congratulate Sarkozy
I gave it all I had: Royal
- Numbers Alone Can Be Misleading (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 08, 2007)
Swaminathan S Anklesaria Aiyar’s view (ET, April 25) that economic reforms affect regional disparity is a myth. Precisely because development is always a complex matrix, average growth rate over the periods cannot alone act as a sufficient measure . . .
- Mabruk, Gamal Mubarak (Pioneer, LEE KEATH, May 07, 2007)
The groom is the President's son and -- many Egyptians believe -- his heir-apparent. The bride is the daughter of a wealthy tycoon, and a top intelligence chief was a witness to the union.
- Left In The Past (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, May 07, 2007)
When I was young and impressionable and growing up in Delhi in the seventies everyone I knew was a leftist of some kind or other.
- Too Early To Withdraw Foreign Troops From Iraq: Russia (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2007)
It is too early to withdraw foreign troops from Iraq, Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said at an international conference on Iraq held in Egypt on Friday.
- Right Of Passage, And Left (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 05, 2007)
Suspense hangs heavy over France’s presidential election, with the two candidates and polling agencies falling silent since Friday night, after a cacophonous campaign.
- No Clear Winners In French Election Debate (Tribune, John Lichfield, May 04, 2007)
THE French presidential contestants sparred live on television earlier this week exchanging verbal blows without landing any knock-out punches.
- 4 Nations Waive Iraq Debts (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2007)
Egypt and three East European countries agreed to waive debts owed by Iraq as part of an International Compact to support Iraqi institutions in exchange for political and economic reforms by the Baghdad government.
- Three Faces Of The Right (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, May 04, 2007)
For an obsessive election-watcher, May is calculated to be a gripping month. By the afternoon of May 11, the outcome of the interminably long Uttar Pradesh election will be known.
- There’S A Pattern To Aiyar’S Ire (Indian Express, Balbir K Punj, May 03, 2007)
Mani Shankar Aiyar deserves to be congratulated for his confessions and claims at the recent CII meeting. He begins by deriding the economic reforms of his own prime minister.
- India's Democratic Challenge (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2007)
India is attempting a transformation few nations in modern history have successfully managed: liberalizing the economy within an established democratic order.
- Half Baked Reform (Deccan Herald, Prem Shankar Jha, Apr 30, 2007)
The UPA government has allocated sufficient funds to bridge growth with equity, but no progress is noticed.
- Paying For Past Follies (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Apr 30, 2007)
We often see tragic events taking place in Baghdad as car blasts kill people in hundreds. Worse, the regime in Iraq installed by the US has little credibility.
- Trillion Mutinies (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Apr 28, 2007)
India joining the trillion-dollar economy club is welcome news, but it needs to focus on where the next trillion is going to come from.
- The Other India (Frontline, C.T. KURIEN , Apr 28, 2007)
A report on rural infrastructure brings out shocking facts about the conditions in which the rural population lives.
- Cause Of Rural Distress (Deccan Herald, L C JAIN, Apr 27, 2007)
Shifting focus from small and marginal farmers to medium and large ones would wipe out much of agriculture.
- Yeltsin: Agent Of Change (Deccan Herald, Anne Applebaum, Apr 26, 2007)
Despite the rhetoric of the Yeltsin era, Russia still does not have what most of us would recognise as a free-market economy.
- How India & Canada Manage Diversities (Hindu, Jairam Ramesh, Apr 26, 2007)
India's approach to managing diversities has been somewhat unique. In fact even as India's electoral system produces new diversities, it is precisely this approach that has kept the country together.
- Russia’S Man Of Transition (Tribune, Anne Applebaum, Apr 25, 2007)
It was October 1987, three weeks before the 70th anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution. The Soviet elite had gathered in Moscow to mark the occasion.
- Reddy Hits The Pause Button (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 25, 2007)
Another April and another annual monetary policy. But this time, it’s a policy that might be remembered for not only carrying forward the reforms agenda for the markets — such as introducing credit default swaps and currency futures — after a . . . .
- Transition Man (Indian Express, Anne Applebaum, Apr 25, 2007)
It was October 1987, three weeks before the 70th anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution. The Soviet elite had gathered in Moscow to mark the occasion.
- Last Tsar Of The Empire (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2007)
Nearly 16 years after Boris Yeltsin stood atop a T-72 tank in front of the Russian Parliament to defend it against the August 1991 coup by those trying to save the Soviet Union, we are in a better position to evaluate his legacy.
- India Needs A Unique Sez Model (Business Line, S. Majumder , Apr 24, 2007)
Rather then replicate the Chinese experience, India must device its own approach to suit its circumstances, such as the high domestic consumption.
- ‘I Was Always Leftist. Economic Reforms Made Me Completely Marxist’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Apr 24, 2007)
In a speech at a CII meet, Mani Shankar Aiyar argued that policy is hijacked by a small elite. That the cabinet he belongs to is quite comfortable with this hijacking.
- Presidential Poll Begins In France (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 23, 2007)
France voted in a presidential election today, with right-wing front-runner Nicolas Sarkozy facing a strong challenge from Socialist Segolene Royal who wants to be the country’s first woman head of state.
- Retain "All-India" Outlook, Manmohan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 22, 2007)
Manmohan asks bureaucrats to remain "politically neutral and professionally competent"
Need to reorient bureaucracy in the age of economic reforms
Civil servants asked to acquire new skills, capabilities
- Delhi L-G: Man Of Guts, Imagination (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Apr 22, 2007)
Delhi has a population of over 16 million and it is known as the largest urban agglomeration in the world.
- Delhi's Lost Chance (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 22, 2007)
With the Olympic Council of Asia voting for South Korea's Incheon rather than New Delhi, the 2014 Asian Games will not, as it happens, come to India.
- Hasina Firm On Going Back Home (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Apr 21, 2007)
Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed is determined to return to Bangladesh despite the interim government's efforts to prohibit her from doing so, according to her son.
- Delhi's Lost Chance (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 21, 2007)
With the Olympic Council of Asia voting for South Korea's Incheon rather than New Delhi, the 2014 Asian Games will not, as it happens, come to India.
- Keep It Private (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Apr 20, 2007)
In March the Chinese People’s Congress finally passed a Bill legalising private property in China. This Bill sparked a massive public debate and focused attention on the deep divisions within Chinese society over the nature of communism in China today.
- Political Change Is In The Air (Asian Age, Arun Nehru, Apr 20, 2007)
Change is in the air as the UPA is demolished in four elections (Mumbai, Delhi, Punjab and Uttarakhand). It will achieve little in Uttar Pradesh and faces defeat in the next three elections in Goa, Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat.
- Birds Of A Feather (Deccan Herald, Amulya Ganguli, Apr 18, 2007)
Voters, generally, want to teach the usually inept government a lesson by voting it out.
- What’S Left? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 18, 2007)
Can a company have a soul without a body? Just how much can a company outsource and still keep its own identity?
- Unwise To Put Off Labour Reforms (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Apr 18, 2007)
All talk of liberalisation is futile without squarely facing up to the imperative of labour reforms.
- A Case For Hawkers (Times of India, MADHU PURNIMA KISHWAR, Apr 17, 2007)
The UPA government has repeatedly assured the aam aadmi (and hopefully aurat?) that the benefits of economic reforms will not remain confined to the corporate sector that provides employment to no more than 2 per cent of our workforce . . . . .
- Shaoxing — Little India In China (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Apr 17, 2007)
In 2006, India's trade with the thriving textile city was $145 million.
- The Anxiety Of Influence (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Apr 16, 2007)
There is a great current of anxiety over just how foreign ideas are influencing India. Often this can express itself in pathological forms, whether in the suspicion in some sections of the Left of everything that has an American provenance, or in the over
- Speak To The People (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 15, 2007)
The uproar on SEZs and the like is inter alia, most likely the result of a massive communication failure. Both the government and the investors do not have any strategy to address the information asymmetries, which only compound the problem and . . . .
- United States, India Taking Steps On 123 Agreement: Lavin (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 15, 2007)
The United States has said that it was taking steps with India to finalise the civilian nuclear initiative by coming to an understanding on the 123 Agreement that was currently under discussion.
- Economic Ties With India Critical: Us (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 14, 2007)
The United States has said that it is taking up steps with India to finalise the civilian nuclear initiative by coming to an understanding on the 123 Agreement that is currently under discussion by the two sides.
- Looking For A Place In The Sun (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Apr 14, 2007)
China's migrant workers have been crucial to sustaining the economic boom. Now attention is turning to their plight.
- Speak To The People (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economist, Apr 14, 2007)
The uproar on SEZs and the like is inter alia, most likely the result of a massive communication failure. Both the government and the investors do not have any strategy to address the information asymmetries, which only compound the problem and thus . . .
- Indian Rupee Futures Contract (Frontier Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 13, 2007)
Al Awad said that the economic reforms undertaken by the Saudi government in recent years had played a major role in attracting investment, and added that the private sector plays an important and growing role in advancing economic and social . . .
- N Korean Premier’S Sacking Hints At Economic Reforms (Indian Express, Reuters, Apr 13, 2007)
North Korea’s appointment of a new premier suggests the impoverished and isolated state wants to open up more and bring in real economic reform, analysts in the South said on Thursday.
- The Essence Of Democracy (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Apr 13, 2007)
For years democratic elections and constitutional liberalism have formed an intrinsic part of western political culture.
- Creating More Economic Reform Bodies (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Apr 12, 2007)
There appears to be no end to the birth of new administrative units or reform outfits in the federal government.
- Options On Iraq (Times of India, Jim Hoagland, Apr 12, 2007)
President Bush believes that his job is to persuade the American people that the war in Iraq is not a replay of Vietnam. He is failing spectacularly in that self-described mission.
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