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Articles 21721 through 21820 of 22438:
- Haryana: Ias Official Took State Govt To Court (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Nov 26, 2003)
When Sanjiv Kumar took charge as Director, Primary Education in Haryana, he saw a mini steel almirah wrapped like a gift in swathes of white bandage and sealed in at least 30 places. Little did he know that a list kept inside — of 3,206 primary teachers a
- Sc: Get Cbi To Probe Selection Of Teachers By Chautala Govt (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 26, 2003)
Giving a fillip to the role of whistle-blowers, the Supreme Court today ordered a CBI probe into allegations that the Om Prakash Chautala government in Haryana subverted the selection of 4,000 primary school teachers three years ago. The inquiry is to be
- Capitalism With A Human Face (Indian Express, Anu R Aga, Nov 26, 2003)
In the past few years there has been much talk about ‘‘corporate social responsibility’’ (CSR). It has become a leading topic at World Economic Forum meetings. Economist Adam Smith, who wrote the bible of capitalism, Wealth of Nations, more importantly a
- Branding Our Iits (Indian Express, P V Indiresan, Nov 26, 2003)
The name and money are not enough to upgrade any engineering college
- Two Ministries And A Turf War (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Nov 26, 2003)
The power principle has been in overdrive between the Ministries of External Affairs and Human Resource Development for some time now, including over the much-coveted Unesco job in Paris.
- Talking With Shah Rukh Khan (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Nov 25, 2003)
‘I am Islamic, I am a Muslim... but also a true blue Indian. And nobody can take that right away from me’
- New Germany In New Europe (Indian Express, Mani Shankar Aiyar, Nov 25, 2003)
Germans are alarmed at the cowboy politics of Bush’s America
- Development Via The It Road (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Nov 25, 2003)
All efforts to build a modern India will fall flat if efforts are not made to enlist the support of the IT professional, who has demonstrated his abilities in distant shores.
- Trading Futures (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2003)
The CAT examination machinery must be put under the scanner to restore confidence
- Japan: Unique Form Of `Secular Stagnation'? (Business Line, S. Venu , Nov 25, 2003)
THE passion for fashion in Japan has helped keep Tokyo's shops bustling and prosperous. Indeed, Japanese consumers' more conventional fondness for ultra-pricey Western designer goods shows no signs of letting up at all despite a decade-long economic slump
- The Diversion Of Panchayat Funds For National A Sports Event Is Inappropriate (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2003)
The coercion of the local self-government institutions in Davangere district to divert their funds for the holding of the national level volleyball championship in Davangere is highly inappropriate and ill-advised.
- Development Via The It Road (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Nov 25, 2003)
All efforts to build a modern India will fall flat if efforts are not made to enlist the support of the IT professional, who has demonstrated his abilities in distant shores.
- Joshi Doesn’T Wait For Iims, Says Fix The Guilty (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2003)
Taking a serious view of the leak of question papers of the Common Admission Test (CAT) for entry into top management institutes, the Human Resource Development Ministry today appointed former comptroller and auditor general V K Shunglu as the one-man pro
- Cat Scam Kingpin: You Name It, And He’Ll Leak It (Indian Express, Varghese K George, Nov 25, 2003)
A doctor couple from Bihar’s Muzaffarpur desperately wanted their son to become a doctor and they were led to Dr Ranjit Kumar. Dr Ranjit Kumar Singh alias Sharawan Singh alias Suman Singh was known in Bihar as someone who could get you a medical seat—befo
- Atrophied Roots Of American Capitalism (Business Line, V. Anantha-Nageswaran , Nov 24, 2003)
From being a beacon for the free world, America could end up as an example of the anarchy that results from brute and unchecked financial Darwinism, with disclosures about the American corporate world and financial market shenanigans showing no signs of a
- Behind This Bleeding Crescent (Indian Express, Molly Moore, Nov 24, 2003)
Veysel Demirtas, his face inexpressibly sad, picked through the gaping yaw of splintered wood and glass shards that was once his small restaurant across the street from the British Consulate in the historic heart of Istanbul.
- Cat: Cancelled After Taint (Indian Express, Nirmala Ganapathy, Nov 24, 2003)
Exam paper leaked: CBI busts nationwide racket, says gang leaked medical, bank exam papers too
- On The Sidelines, A Turf War Rages (Indian Express, Diptosh Majumdar, Nov 24, 2003)
As word got out that the CAT paper had been leaked, officials of the Ministry of Human Resource Development made a beeline to Union Minister Murli Manohar Joshi’s residence this morning.
- On The Wrong Track (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 24, 2003)
THE RANSACKING OF the Railway Recruitment Board's office in Mumbai and the blockade of suburban trains at the city's nodal Churchgate station last Wednesday, by activists affiliated to the Shiv Sena deserve the most emphatic condemnation.
- Indian Versus Indian (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 24, 2003)
Recruitment tests for a pan-Indian institution like the railways must be pan-Indian
- When Silence Breeds A Crime (Indian Express, Anita Anand, Nov 24, 2003)
In October, news of the rape of a Swiss diplomat in Delhi took over the front pages of national dailies and was all over the TV networks. Reports, features and editorials pointed out how unsafe Delhi is for women, why rapes happen, and what could be done
- How Can You Say There Was Progress In J&k In One Year Of Mufti Rule? (Indian Express, Hari Om, Nov 24, 2003)
I am in full accord when you say in your editorial, ‘Mufti’s long year’ (IE, November 7) that “there is no doubt that the violence directed from across the borders in still a major handicap in turning the situation around to sustainable peace and prosperi
- Development And Democracy (Hindu, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Nov 24, 2003)
More than an institutional framework, democracy is a state of mind... a culture favouring tolerance, respect of the other and his or her differences, pluralism of opinion, freedom of expression and dialogue.
- Destination Nowhere (Indian Express, Thomas L. Friedman, Nov 24, 2003)
Terrorists are in the fear business, every time we visibly imprison ourselves, we let them win
- For Iim Hopefuls, Months’ Labour Lost (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 24, 2003)
The bad news came after they had taken the examination, preparing months for it. Candidates’ emotions ranged from shock and disbelief to anger and outrage over the cancellation of the CAT
- Iim Ahmedabad’S Director Points Finger At Mumbai Printing Press (Indian Express, Ashok Bagriya, Nov 24, 2003)
When he was asked today how did the CAT paper leak, IIM Ahmedabad director Bakul Dholakia pleaded helplessness: ‘‘Even I am unaware of the CAT question paper. It is so secretive.’’ Dholakia was telling the truth.
- Firing Line: Ashok Gehlot, Cm, Rajasthan (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 23, 2003)
'Casteism? We suggested economic reservations'
- Mauritius, Singapore, Uae Ask Govt: Give Us An Iit For Our Country (Indian Express, Diptosh Majumdar, Nov 23, 2003)
Campaign cliches and poll rhetoric may have drowned out the visit of Mauritius Prime Minister Paul Berenger but one thing he asked for has the potential to send arguably India’s biggest brand into the global education marketplace: Berenger asked the Gover
- From Mission To Mess (Indian Express, Michael Georgy, Nov 23, 2003)
Suicide bombers blew up cars packed with explosives outside two police stations north of Baghdad on Saturday, killing at least 18 people in the latest deadly strikes on Iraq’s US-backed police force.
- Us And Them (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Nov 22, 2003)
A look at the best and worst of foreign media
- An Education For The Future (Indian Express, Azim Premji, Nov 22, 2003)
When we speak of the “quality of education”, it becomes imperative to address the important issue of “what kind of education”? Education, to my mind, is an organised system that facilitates learning so that each individual imbibes the process of understan
- Double Helix Of Education (Indian Express, Azim Premji, Nov 22, 2003)
The full text of the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Lecture delivered by Azim Premji, chairman of Wipro, this week.
- Portuguese Sonnets (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Nov 22, 2003)
There was a time when besides our own regional languages, many Indians spoke three European languages fluently: English, French and Portuguese. We threw out the English but sensibly made their language one of our own.
- An Alternative Union In Europe? (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Nov 21, 2003)
While the noises about a possible Franco-German union are essentially early warning shots aimed principally at Poland and Spain, they are also a pragmatic setting-out of scenarios for possible future action if the E.U. Constitution fails to win acceptance
- The Biharis Who Never Saw Bihar Until Last Night (Indian Express, Samudra Gupta Kashyap, Nov 21, 2003)
: Twenty eight-year-old Mukti Yadav has never been to Bihar. He has only seen its outline on a map of India. And that was very long ago: he was a child then, studying in an Assamese-medium school. Home has always been Assam for Mukti, a Bihari.
- Double Helix Of Education (Indian Express, Azim Premji, Nov 21, 2003)
As much as access impacts quality, quality impacts access
- Sound Of Music Heiress Does An Encore (Indian Express, Sara Neufeld, Nov 21, 2003)
She was 16, going on 17. Now, at 90, Agathe von Trapp writes her autobiography
- Ugc And The Road Not Taken (Deccan Herald, Amrik Singh , Nov 21, 2003)
UGC has been rendered so toothless that Chhattisgarh could notify more then 50 new varsities in just one year
It has taken approximately half a century for the country to discover that the powers given to the UGC, when it was set up in 1953, were far
- More Stick For Erring Directors (Business Line, Mohan R. Lavi, Nov 20, 2003)
DISQUALIFICATION of directors of public limited companies, till date an insertion in clause (g) of Section 274 of the Companies Act, 1956, now gets legal sanction with the passing of the Companies (Disqualification of Directors under Section 274(1)(g) of
- More Stick For Erring Directors (Business Line, Mohan R. Lavi, Nov 20, 2003)
DISQUALIFICATION of directors of public limited companies, till date an insertion in clause (g) of Section 274 of the Companies Act, 1956, now gets legal sanction with the passing of the Companies (Disqualification of Directors under Section 274(1)(g) of
- That Slow Dance With The Jihadis (Indian Express, Husain Haqqani, Nov 20, 2003)
Pakistan’s generals expend energy muzzling popular politicians, while pretending to fight Islamists. It’s bound to backfire
- Do As The Us Says, Not As It Does (Deccan Herald, Joseph Stiglitz, Nov 20, 2003)
America preaches free markets to the world, but at home they rely on the government to advance their aims
- Judeo Legacy: Lonely Nameplate, Locked Room, Sheepish Staff (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Nov 20, 2003)
Dilip Singh Judeo will surely thank the Prime Minister, his deputy and all in the BJP for rallying to his defence. But wonder what he will say to his former boss and staff when he meets them next. Because a day after the Judeo video unspooled on The Sunda
- Govt Sets Up Body To Handle Corporate Governance Issues (Business Line, Richa Mishra, Nov 20, 2003)
TO provide a platform to deliberate on issues relating to good corporate governance as key to sustainable wealth creation, the Government has taken a step forward in setting-up National Foundation for Corporate Governance (NFCG).
- The Education Challenge (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 20, 2003)
THE UNESCO EDUCATION For All (EFA) report on the elimination of gender disparities in enrolments raises many questions for governments and civil society in India and other developing countries.
- Punishing Granny Slote (Indian Express, A. Balu, Nov 19, 2003)
It may sound fictional, but this is a true story narrated by US lawmaker Byron Dorgan in the Senate recently about Joan Slote, a 76-year-old grandmother and a champion cyclist, riding about hundred miles a week. She has pedalled through 21 countries. A fe
- Friendship In Deep Waters (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Nov 19, 2003)
There’s something fishy in the budding romance between India and Iran, and methinks it’s got to do with the gas pipeline that Teheran is so keen to build overland via Pakistan and into India. Of course, New Delhi has had other ideas for the longest time —
- Minority Report, Parsee Way (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Nov 19, 2003)
The community has a recipe for harmonious integration
- Review Of The Economy - The Good, Bad And Ugly (Business Line, Alok Ray, Nov 18, 2003)
The global perception about India's growth potential is changing for the better. Going by the standard indicators, the economy is in good shape.
- Capital, Labour Flows And The Women Of East Asia (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Nov 18, 2003)
The past two decades have involved huge flows of capital and labour in East Asia, which has made it the most dynamic region in the world. This has had complex and rapidly changing effects on the condition of women in the region. In this edition of Macrosc
- In Poor State (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 18, 2003)
The consumer grievance redressal system needs to be improved at the lower levels
- Review Of The Economy - The Good, Bad And Ugly (Business Line, Alok Ray, Nov 18, 2003)
The global perception about India's growth potential is changing for the better. Going by the standard indicators, the economy is in good shape.
- Capital, Labour Flows And The Women Of East Asia (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Nov 18, 2003)
The past two decades have involved huge flows of capital and labour in East Asia, which has made it the most dynamic region in the world. This has had complex and rapidly changing effects on the condition of women in the region. In this edition of Macrosc
- Talking With E. Sreedharan (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Nov 18, 2003)
‘I don’t budge just to please somebody else. When politicians find they can’t interfere, they respect’
- Before He Became Mos, Judeo Asked In House: Can Foreign Firms Get Mining Leases In India (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Nov 17, 2003)
IF it’s a coincidence, it’s a very very telling one.
Guess one of the questions Union Minister of State for Environment Dilip Singh Judeo asked in the Rajya Sabha on December 18, 2002, a month before he became Minister: He requested information on ‘‘c
- Frames Of Shame (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 17, 2003)
The NDA govt has many achievements to its credit, it should quickly clean this ugly blot
- Tolerance Paves The Way, Jaya (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Nov 17, 2003)
It is incomprehensible why Jayalalithaa, who is known to have national ambitions, chose to blot her copybook by attacking a national media institution like the Hindu. By that one act, she ended up uniting the media behind that organisation, as seldom befo
- Higher Education: Perilous Prospects (Hindu, K. N. Panikkar, Nov 17, 2003)
What is undesirable is the concept of self-financing as practised today, as it represents a clear shift towards commercialisation.
- History Repeating Itself? (Hindu, John Simpson, Nov 17, 2003)
If Donald Rumsfeld and Paul Wolfowitz had done a little light historical reading beforehand, they might have thought twice about following exactly what the British did, 83 years ago.
- Winds Of Change? (Hindu, Lalit Shastri, Nov 16, 2003)
Can the BJP take advantage of the anti-incumbency sentiment in Madhya Pradesh
- Attack On Missionary School (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 16, 2003)
Militants threw a grenade into a missionary school in Pulwama today, targeted for allegedly spreading the religion in the region. Nobody was injured.
- By People, For People (Indian Express, Diptosh Majumdar, Nov 16, 2003)
Joshi wants govt-run IIMs to downgrade ‘hefty’ fees
- Blues In Brick & Mortar (Indian Express, P. Chidambaram, Nov 16, 2003)
I recall the old adage ‘Time is money’. In India, thanks to an archaic system of governance ‘‘more time is more money.’’ This explains why there are unconscionable delays in implementation - be it policies, programmes or projects. By one account that I re
- Sai Hitch In Ncp-Bjp Pre-Poll Alliance (Indian Express, Ashwani Sharma, Nov 16, 2003)
Anxious to avoid a split of the anti-Jogi vote in Chhattisgarh, the BJP is exploring the possibility of a tie-up with the Nationalist Congress Party. One issue, however, stands in the way - the NCP which has fielded Hemwant Porte against Chief Minister Aj
- The First Battle (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 16, 2003)
The only tactic of the BJP, a house divided, is to gun for Ajit Jogi who has his own problems. AARTI DHAR on the first Assembly election in Chhattisgarh.
- Jindal A Step Away From History (Indian Express, Sujeet Rajan, Nov 16, 2003)
It is dusk as the 10-seater Cessna comes to a halt at a small airport here on Friday, and waiting supporters chant ‘‘Bobby, Bobby’’. TV cameras push forward, flashlights pop, as Piyush ‘Bobby’ Jindal emerges with wife Supriya from the plane.
- The Indo-Pak Impasse (Deccan Herald, Kushwant Singh, Nov 15, 2003)
When two parties to a dispute are determined not to see the adversary’s point of view, the chances of their resolving it are bleak. The recent overtures made by India and the response to them by Pakistan are ample proof that neither party is serious in se
- The Indo-Pak Impasse (Deccan Herald, Kushwant Singh, Nov 15, 2003)
When two parties to a dispute are determined not to see the adversary’s point of view, the chances of their resolving it are bleak. The recent overtures made by India and the response to them by Pakistan are ample proof that neither party is serious in se
- New Birds In The Sky (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Nov 15, 2003)
After a long delay, Indian Airlines and Air India have decided to bolster their fleet. Five A-320 aircraft are being inducted into IA on dry lease. This was long overdue. The airline is facing tough competition in the domestic sector.
- Reforming India Into A Powerhouse (Indian Express, N K Singh, Nov 15, 2003)
Economic reforms and growth feed on each other. Concluding a two-part series
- Advani Pitches Hard For E-Governance (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 14, 2003)
THE Deputy Prime Minister, Mr L.K. Advani, regretted that the country lagged behind in its overall electronic governance performance.
- Four-Fold Path To Nirvana (Indian Express, N K Singh, Nov 14, 2003)
A happy mix of economic and demographic factors means India is in the fast lane. First in a two-part series
- Is It Advantage Congress? (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Nov 14, 2003)
From first impressions it appears the Congress(I) is ahead in Delhi, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, which go to the polls next month along with Madhya Pradesh, where, however, the party is not so happily placed. Rasheeda Bhagat surveys the electi on scene.
- Bt Cotton Fiasco - Pushing Farmers Into A `Booby' Trap (Business Line, Devinder Sharma , Nov 14, 2003)
THE failure of Bt cotton, and that too in its very first year of planting is well-documented. So much so that even a Parliamentary Committee has put its stamp over the scientific blunder. According to an official report of the Andhra Pradesh Government on
- Is It Advantage Congress? (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Nov 14, 2003)
From first impressions it appears the Congress(I) is ahead in Delhi, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, which go to the polls next month along with Madhya Pradesh, where, however, the party is not so happily placed. Rasheeda Bhagat surveys the electi on scene
- Bt Cotton Fiasco - Pushing Farmers Into A `Booby' Trap (Business Line, Devinder Sharma , Nov 14, 2003)
THE failure of Bt cotton, and that too in its very first year of planting is well-documented. So much so that even a Parliamentary Committee has put its stamp over the scientific blunder.
- Sharon And The House Of Saud (Indian Express, Thomas L. Friedman, Nov 14, 2003)
Israel and Saudi Arabia have to do a deal to neutralise in-house conflict mongers
- Telgi’S Stamp Of Character (Indian Express, R P Subramanian, Nov 14, 2003)
Imagine, the man could have funded at least 50 missions to the moon!
- Debits Of Disintegration (Business Line, D. Murali , Nov 13, 2003)
ACCOUNTING is a post-mortem exercise, many say, because you record what has happened. Auditing happens normally after accounting, and that is, therefore, a post-post exercise. And when there is a collapse of auditing — as happens on the surfacing of a cor
- Debits Of Disintegration (Business Line, D. Murali , Nov 13, 2003)
ACCOUNTING is a post-mortem exercise, many say, because you record what has happened. Auditing happens normally after accounting, and that is, therefore, a post-post exercise. And when there is a collapse of auditing — as happens on the surfacing of a cor
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