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Articles 19721 through 19820 of 22438:
- Let Farmers Provide The Nuts And Bolts For Industry (Indian Express, RASHID K KIDWAI, Jan 15, 2005)
With the recent focus of a number of organisations working on developing sustainable enterprises in the social sector, a large opportunity exists for corporate and social sector collaboration, which could generate very large
- Orderly Admissions (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 14, 2005)
FOR far too long, admissions to medical and other courses have been taking place in a haphazard manner with the education boards, state governments and college managements merrily bending rules.
- Tsunami's Children (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 14, 2005)
More than any natural disaster before it, the December 26 tsunami was especially cruel on children. Large numbers of children perished because they could not run away from the
- Those Dazzling Shopfronts Of Cumin And Sesame (Indian Express, RASHID K KIDWAI, Jan 14, 2005)
The corporate sector has been active in developing the hinterland surrounding their factories. A number have established schools, hospitals, places of worship and instituted water management measures.
- A Great Rush To Give (Telegraph, NEHA SAHAY, Jan 14, 2005)
The “little emperors” of China are not all that self-centred after all. Six- and seven-year-olds — single children all — are queuing up outside embassies and Red Cross centres to donate their savings to tsunami victims.
- Impact Of Marketisation (Deccan Herald, Supriya Roy Chowdhury, Jan 14, 2005)
In recent years, the question of labour and of the labour movement has been re-defined in many ways. As globalisation proceeds, the working classes all over the world have felt the inegalitarian impact of marketisation. Labour in developed countries...
- ‘Our Govt Is Committed To Creating ... (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 14, 2005)
In a judicious choice of venue, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh chose Left Front-ruled West Bengal for a seminal statement on the economic goals of his government. Addressing the CII partnership summit 2005, in Kolkata on
- An Act Of God? (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Jan 14, 2005)
The little schoolboy who innocently quizzed the President, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, about God may have, unknowingly, joined a worldwide debate around one of the most profound philosophical questions raised by the tsunami disaster
- Be On Time (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 14, 2005)
It is only in India that as important an institution as the Supreme Court has to decide when results of school-leaving examinations should be announced.
- Distressing Trend (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 14, 2005)
The death of a 16-year old boy who committed suicide reportedly to escape punishment from his parents draws attention to a deeper malaise in society that has contributed to the rising rate of suicides among youngsters.
- Brilliance Is Not Enough (Indian Express, Raja Menon, Jan 14, 2005)
The untimely passing of J.N. Dixit has raised some old questions of why the country went in for the National Security Council/Advisor system that the US follows in a presidential system of governance.
- `Vat Is Equitable With Least Distortion On Resources' (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Jan 14, 2005)
As the preparatory process for Union Budget 2005-06 has already begun with the Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, holding the customary confabulations with various players of the economy
- Fii Flows And Rbi's Dilemma (Business Line, S. Narayan, Jan 14, 2005)
The real worry for the RBI vis-à-vis foreign institutional investments is that it cannot monitor capital flows, and, that it will not be able to continue with its exchange rate policy, which enables the central
- Memories Etched On Sand (Telegraph, Debabrata Mohanty, Jan 13, 2005)
Tsunami-struck Tamil Nadu has much to learn from Orissa, which has repeatedly faced the wrath of nature
- Keeping Good Company (Indian Express, Manoj Prasad, Jan 13, 2005)
Finally, some good news for Ranchi, Jamshedpur, Chaibasa, Latehar, Ramgarh, Saraikela and Lohardaga — long in the news for Naxalite violence or scams — which are now the focus of new investment.
- India-China Military Equations (Deccan Herald, Bidanda M Chengappa, Jan 13, 2005)
The visit of General N C Vij, Chief of Army Staff, to China in December 2004, is one more step towards military diplomacy between New Delhi and Beijing. He is the second serving army chief to visit China
- Merit Vs Money (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 13, 2005)
A Central legislation to govern admissions and fee structures in private professional colleges across the country, as announced at the state education ministers’ meeting held in Bangalore this week, is a welcome decision.
- Settlers' Fume Over Bias (Gulf News, Neena Gopal, Jan 13, 2005)
This is the showcase relief camp in Port Blair, where about 2,000 indigenous Nicorabese have everything they can ask for.
- The Artisan As Ceo (Indian Express, RASHID K KIDWAI, Jan 13, 2005)
The need for providing employment in rural India has been expressed for a number of decades now. To provide employment, enterprise would need to be set up.
- The Global Political Fault Line (Hindu, Arvind Sivaramakrishnan, Jan 13, 2005)
People all over the world have reacted immediately in providing help to the victims of the tsunami. In contrast, Governments have been less forthcoming.
- There Is No Core Issue (Indian Express, Premvir Das, Jan 13, 2005)
During a recent visit to India, many retired military officers of Pakistan, known “hawks” when in uniform, said retirement had transformed them and they now realised human values and aspirations were more important.
- For Art’S Sake (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 13, 2005)
The Supreme Court must be the most overworked institution in the country. From emissions to examinations, it has to keep a stern eye on almost every aspect of Indian life.
- A Fateful Day In 1931 (Tribune, Darshan Singh Maini, Jan 13, 2005)
Recently I saw one of the three movies made on the martyr Bhagat Singh whose saga of rise and destined cease has remained a most moving and awesome event in the history of India’s struggle for freedom.
- Help The Poor Restrain The Rich (Hindu, George Monbiot, Jan 13, 2005)
Sweden proves neoliberals wrong about how to slash poverty.
- Anxieties Of Control (Telegraph, NIVEDITA MENON, Jan 13, 2005)
So once again the Great Indian Value System has triumphed over sex, mobile phones, the internet and any or all possible combinations of the three.
- De-Bureaucratise To Attract Fdi (Deccan Herald, Amitabhaghosh, Jan 13, 2005)
If you look around Mumbai, every slum dwelling has a fridge, TV or motorcycle — but no sanitation, drinking water or protection from the monsoon.
- `We Have To Find Ways To Break Up Audit Firms' (Business Line, D. Murali , Jan 13, 2005)
IT IS the in-thing to think `out of the box'. But Vijay Govindarajan takes us into not one but three boxes. Which is how he began the hour-long chat with us a few days ago when we met VG, as he is called, in a Chennai IT company.
- Re-Engineering Capart (Hindu, Mihir Shah, Jan 12, 2005)
While "re-engineering" an institution, it must not lose its vital ethos somewhere along the way.
- Post Tsunami, India Inclusive (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Jan 12, 2005)
As tribes in the Andamans come in contact with organised economy, the forest area needed to ‘sustain’ them may decline
- India's Bridge To East (Pioneer, Ashok K Mehta, Jan 12, 2005)
The shock of the tsunami that flattened Thailand's beach resorts was resounding. We escaped the tragedy but could not get away from its echoes.
- Selective Morality? (Pioneer, Neha Mehta, Jan 12, 2005)
The pronouncement of guilt against the rapists of a student of Maulana Azad Medical College by a Delhi court is welcome. However, it would serve a larger purpose only if it is seen as a reminder of numerous other rape cases pending with the judiciary.
- A Desert Encounter (Deccan Herald, MAYA JAYAPAL, Jan 12, 2005)
She felt frail when she sat on my lap: her bones were like those of a bird. She was all of 9 years old, the same age as my grandson, and there the resemblance ended. He was stocky — solid from soccer and baseball
- Access To Education: Yet To Make The Grade (Business Line, P. Srivatsan, Jan 12, 2005)
Education is the best investment. A country's economic and social progress is determined by the quality of its human resource. It is not higher education alone that is important but raising literacy levels among the
- An Ageless Wonder (Tribune, Surendra Miglani, Jan 12, 2005)
Mughal-e-Azam is in the news once again! The movie which had never faded from the memory of the older generation has now found admirers among the younger generation as well following its colourisation.
- Delayed Honour (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 12, 2005)
The exclusive list of Phalke Award winners comprises the crème de la crème of Indian cinema and the name of Mrinal Sen is a welcome addition to this pantheon. While one feels elated at the bestowing of this signal honour on the octogenarian film-maker
- Get Ready For A Repeat Performance (Telegraph, MAHESH RANGARAJAN, Jan 12, 2005)
Laloo Yadav’s victory will not only reinforce his distinctive politics, but also that which is old and needs to be replaced
- Empowered Panchayats (Tribune, J. L. Gupta, Jan 12, 2005)
HAVE the panchayats fulfilled the promise of progress at the grassroots level? Or are these becoming a part of the petty party politics? Is the gap between promise and performance widening?
- Kolkata, Tripped By Globalization, Now Benefits: Andy Mukherjee (Bloomberg.com, editorial Bloomberg.com, Jan 12, 2005)
Shishir Bajoria has gone from being a victim of globalization to one of its beneficiaries. He wants his city to script a similar comeback.
- Overlapping Faults (Economist, Amitav Ghosh, Jan 11, 2005)
Amitav Ghosh, the internationally renowned novelist, visited the Andaman and Nicobar Islands recently to see for himself how the system and ordinary people have coped with the devastation caused by the tsunami of December 26.
- Schooling In Rural India (Hindu, Krishna Kumar, Jan 11, 2005)
One must ask why India can meet global standards in civil aviation, software, and defence, and not in its provision for rural children.
- Mad Sacred Cows (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Jan 11, 2005)
“Today, economics is separated from, and opposed to both ecological processes and basic needs. While the destruction of nature has been justified on grounds of improving human welfare
- Knowledge Reform (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 11, 2005)
The creation of a new Knowledge Commission will evoke contrary sentiments. While there is no doubt that the entire structure of education needs radical reform, India is still not as well positioned as it ought to be to benefit from a knowledge economy.
- The Spellbinding Beauty Of Aihole (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 11, 2005)
Aihole is a quiet village, about 146 kms from Hampi and 483 kms from Bangalore. As we drove up from Pattadakkal, we saw all the usual signs of rural life in progress: bright eyed children in long skirts and cholis with pigtails looped up in coloured ribbo
- Feed The Soil, Not The Crop (Tribune, Bhai Mahavir, Jan 11, 2005)
OUR green revolution that signified high yielding varieties, widespread use of chemical fertilisers and pesticides as well as far greater reliance on tractors and other mechanised farm implements presented an imposing paraphernalia which...
- Only For The Poor (Telegraph, S. Venkitaramanan , Jan 10, 2005)
Subsidies on food, fertilizers and petro-products have been a continuing and disturbing feature of our budgets.
- Seeing Sense (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 10, 2005)
AIDS is the great leveller. Yet the right tone of political leadership is crucial for fighting the epidemic nationally. The beginnings of this were heard at last in India, after decades of denial, evasion and downright cluelessness.
- Showcasing Science (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 10, 2005)
The 92nd Science Congress which has just concluded in Ahmedabad, once again saw speakers reiterating their ideas and suggestions to improve the science scenario in the country.
- Streamline State’S Admission Process (Deccan Herald, M. R. Narayana, Jan 10, 2005)
The year 2004-05 witnessed total chaos in admission and fee fixation in the State in the professional courses of higher education like engineering, medical, dental and the Indian system of medicine, homoeopathy, where the private sector’s (both aided and
- The Last Of The Ics Greats (Indian Express, Mani Shankar Aiyar, Jan 10, 2005)
My guru in the civil service is no more. K.B. Lall passed away on January 8, at the age of 88. It marks the end of an era, for he was the last of the ICS Greats.
- With A Little Warning (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Jan 10, 2005)
“We may have severely underestimated the level of the tsunami hazard along the margins of the Atlantic Ocean,” said an unnamed researcher at the Benfield Hazard Research Centre at University College London
- 50 Lakh Indians Hiv Positive (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 10, 2005)
I believe this meeting is a sequel to the Global Media Initiative hosted by the United Nations Secretary General, Mr Kofi Annan, in January 2004 in New York.
- Access To Power Provides Influence (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Jan 10, 2005)
Mr. George Bush will be sworn in on January 20 for his second term of office as President of the US. The inaugural festivities will include several lunches and dinners in the days preceding the inauguration, the actual swearing-in function, and a parade.
- How The Pictures Lie (Telegraph, PARIMAL BHATTACHARYA, Jan 10, 2005)
Urban, upwardly-mobile families may not want girls, but that does not prove that the backward classes do
- This Is Not Your Grandfather's India (Business Week Online, Editorial, Business week online, Jan 10, 2005)
It could be the setup for a Bollywood epic. Two brothers feud over the future of a company founded by their father.
- Rjd Got Its Share In Jharkhand, Says Harikesh Bahadur (Tribune, Prashant Sood, Jan 09, 2005)
Soft-spoken and friendly, Harikesh Bahadur is among the most accessible Congress leaders in the AICC office. A member of the Congress Working Committee
- Tsunami: Us Can Do More (Tribune, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jan 09, 2005)
There is a story about a British diplomat being asked what he would like for the New Year. Being a modest man, he declined a gift but on being pressed, reluctantly agreed to a small box of preserved fruit.
- The Silvery River Without Tsunami (Tribune, Chanchal Sarkar, Jan 09, 2005)
The swish of the diesel engine was feather-soft. From my chair high on the river bank I watched the two ‘ships’ pass. One had two cars on it. People were out on deck in their best clothes.
- Alvi: Befitting Honour For Noted Urdu Writer (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Jan 09, 2005)
Urdu is considered one of the sweetest languages of the world. It is spoken by about 104 million people around the globe. Its birth was the direct result of the synthesis between the invading armies of Mahmud of Ghazni with the civilian population ...
- Song Sung True (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 08, 2005)
The single-storeyed house is as anonymous as the colony it stands in. Banaswadi is on the extreme edge of Bangalore, and the no-frills house is seemingly off the map as well.
- Power Of Doubters And Their Fate (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Jan 08, 2005)
Most scriptural writing warns us against the pitfalls of dual thinking (dubhida) or doubt. All religions claim to hold the monopoly over knowledge and denounce doubters as renegades. It is ironic that every religion began by doubting the veracity of the o
- Swift Justice For Rape (Indian Express, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 08, 2005)
The public response to the rape of a Maulana Azad Medical College (MAMC) student in late 2002 was unprecedented. The fact that it took place in the heart of the Capital in daylight seemed to have touched a raw nerve and the spirited
- Mr Dixit, I Presume (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jan 08, 2005)
The first time I met J.N. ‘Mani’ Dixit, in September 1985, I had not particularly given him a reason for me to be in his good books. I had just been arrested by the Sri Lankan military for nosing around “sensitive installations” near Trincomalee.
- Tax Implications Of Software Sale (Business Line, H. P. Ranina, Jan 08, 2005)
Are pieces of software `goods' that can attract sales and other taxes? The Supreme Court held that software may be intellectual property but as the property contained in a medium is bought and sold, it is an article of value.
- The Aids Monster (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 08, 2005)
IT is ironical that while news about anyone suffering from some disease evokes sympathy, a similar piece of information about AIDS earns ridicule and shame. That is why the pandemic is growing exponentially.
- Justice Served (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 08, 2005)
The time: 2.30 in the afternoon on November 15, 2002. The venue: An old monument almost rubbing shoulders with Delhi Police Headquarters, in a neighbourhood housing several media establishments
- Love Your Body, Love Yourself (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Jan 08, 2005)
The long-distance call was from Osho’s commune in Pune. On the line was the editor of Osho Times, Amrit Sadhana.
- Aids Spreading Fast In Asia (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 08, 2005)
IT is ironical that while news about anyone suffering from some disease evokes sympathy, a similar piece of information about AIDS earns ridicule and shame. That is why the pandemic is growing exponentially.
- Barefoot In Jia (Indian Express, Lalit Mohan, Jan 08, 2005)
Jia, north of Nagrota in Kangra district, is one of the prettiest locations in Himachal Pradesh. Here, at the edge of a promontory, the state electricity board has constructed a rest house.
- Caste Away (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 08, 2005)
Disasters test a society in diverse ways. They take proof of the country’s preparedness to spring to the rescue of people struck by nature’s fury. In the relief and rehabilitation operations undertaken, they extract an account of the norms and principles
- Fostering Innovation (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 08, 2005)
"Economic change is largely a process by which knowledge is transformed into goods and services. Creating links between knowledge generation and enterprise development is thus one of the greatest challenges facing developing countries,"
- The Land Of Penny Pinchers (Indian Express, NICHOLAS D KRISTOF, Jan 07, 2005)
Americans give 15 cents per day per person in official development assistance to poor countries. The average American spends four times that on soft drinks daily
- Plane Truths (Indian Express, Ashwani Sharma, Jan 07, 2005)
The state government’s two aircraft—a five-seater plane and a four-seater twin-engine helicopter—have become the bone of contention between Chief Minister Raman Singh and Governor Lt Gen (retd) K M Seth.
- The Legacy Of Narasimha Rao (Deccan Herald, Kancha Ilaiah, Jan 07, 2005)
When P V Narasimha Rao, the former Prime Minister of India, died I was in the US working on my post-doctoral fellowship project.
- Words Were What She Had (Indian Express, SUGUNA RAMANATHAN, Jan 07, 2005)
It is now over a month since Shama Futehally passed away. The memories continue to linger, especially of the time in the eighties spent in Gujarat, where her husband Javid Chowdhury was a civil servant.
- Great Budget Expectations — Buoyant Mood, Congenial Setting (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jan 07, 2005)
With all systems go, powered by an enthusing confluence of favourable factors, the Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, must be a happy man ready to make Budget.
- Most Nris Wear Loincloths, Not Suits (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Jan 07, 2005)
Yet again, on the day Gandhi came back from South Africa, India prepares to celebrate another Pravasi Bharatiya Divas. This annual function has multiple objectives:
- A Square Circle (Deccan Herald, A S IYER, Jan 07, 2005)
I have wanted for many years to write this middle but could never get down to it. It is about an incident that took place years ago during my school days, and I kept telling myself,
- Peering Over Great Wall (Indian Express, JIM YARDLEY, Jan 06, 2005)
China's response to the tsunami disaster shows the nation’s limitations as an aspiring superpower, despite its new and growing influence in Asia. China’s offer of aid, if slightly belated, is sizable, given its often inward-looking history.
- Remembering A “noorjahan” (Tribune, R.K. Kaushik, Jan 06, 2005)
JULIA Glancy, the wife of Sir Bertrand James Glancy, Governor of pre-partition Punjab from April 8, 1945 to April 7, 1946, used to be called “Noorjahan” of Punjab at that time by the Urdu press of Lahore because of her beauty, assertiveness, prudence and
- Public Institutions (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 06, 2005)
Although it is widely if not universally endorsed and admired, democracy as a political system is still on trial in many parts of the world.
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