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Articles 21821 through 21920 of 22438:
- A Lifer In So Many Words (Business Line, D. Murali , Nov 13, 2003)
THOUGH the ICAI cries hoarse that its members engage themselves in `continuing professional education' (CPE), and even stipulates mandatory CPE hours for the practising CAs, many see the thing as a formality to comply with. In such a context, an exposure
- Bihar Needs A Bihari Pill (Indian Express, Manoje Nath, Nov 13, 2003)
Look at points of light in heart of darkness
- Congress Poll Tickets For All Delhi Ministers (Indian Express, Kota Neelima, Nov 13, 2003)
Congress in Delhi has decided to send most of the sitting MLAs and all the ministers back into contest for the Assembly elections in a bid to retain the face of the government and count on positive incumbency.
- A Lifer In So Many Words (Business Line, D. Murali , Nov 13, 2003)
THOUGH the ICAI cries hoarse that its members engage themselves in `continuing professional education' (CPE), and even stipulates mandatory CPE hours for the practising CAs, many see the thing as a formality to comply with. In such a context, an exposure
- Look, The Hrd Ministry Has Been Working (Indian Express, S C Tripathi, Nov 12, 2003)
Investment in education is a long term one: the results are apparent only after a few years. The steps taken in the past decades have started bearing results now and changes are indeed visible.
- ‘We Started Decrying Five-Star Culture Without Realising It Was A Synonym For Excellence’ (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Nov 11, 2003)
Jaswant Singh, Union Finance Minister, spoke to Shekhar Gupta, Editor-in-Chief, The Indian Express.
- Us Tightens Grip On Education Visas (Asia Times, Siddharth Srivastava, Nov 11, 2003)
The last time that the US was strict on student visas was in the late '80s and the early '90s. US's loss will be Australia, UK, or Germany's gain.
- India Inc Goes Shopping (Asia Times, Indrajit Basu, Nov 11, 2003)
Many Indian companies are deciding India isn’t big enough for them. This is a classic path that has been followed by many other countries as their economies create investors eager to play on a world stage, with more money than the local economy can bear.
- India's Confused Privatization (Asia Times, Arun Bhattacharjee, Nov 11, 2003)
The zigzag divestiture of India's government-held businesses is starting to endanger the program, with the breakneck speed of the sale of some operations starting to come under a cloud. And with that, so is the reputation of Arun Shourie, India's minister
- 'We Can Supply Power To India Via China’ (The Financial Express, Shebonti Ray Dadwal, Nov 10, 2003)
India and Kyrgyztan have stressed the importance of enhancing trade and investment ties so as to raise current bilateral trade levels.
- Lessons In Retreat (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 10, 2003)
Last week, Unesco’s Global Monitoring Report on Education for All pointed to the country’s dismal progress towards gender parity in schools.
- Poor Grade (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Nov 10, 2003)
Instead of quibbling, India must take firm measures to correct its male-female literacy ratio.
- Power Puff Our Girls (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2003)
The majority of this country’s populace don’t think it ridiculous that their goddess of learning is a woman. Yet, the girl child in their households continues to hold a broom instead of a book in her hand.
- Express Your Voice (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 09, 2003)
With regard to P Chidambaram’s Our other northern neighbour, I have some questions to ask. You observe that ‘‘The Maoists are reported to be receiving help from China.’’ Can you give any reliable information indicating that China is helping the Nepal Maoi
- This Mrs G And That Mrs G (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Nov 09, 2003)
Indira Gandhi’s death anniversary went by almost unnoticed. There was that little fracas over grandson, Feroze Varun, being denied entry (or so he said) to her samadhi and there were the usual pictures of Sonia, family and flunkeys seated in mournful reme
- Lanka: That Sinking Feeling (Indian Express, P. Chidambaram, Nov 09, 2003)
If we have a troubled neighbour on the northern border, our neighbour on the southern border has plunged itself into a major constitutional crisis.
- Judicial Accountability (Indian Express, Soli Sorabjee, Nov 09, 2003)
Accountability is the sine qua non of democracy. Transparency facilitates accountability. No public institution or public functionary is exempt from accountability although the manner of enforcing accountability may vary depending upon the nature of the o
- No Principals, No Problem, They Are Hiring On The Spot (Indian Express, Himanshu Kaushik, Nov 09, 2003)
300 vacancies in Gujarat, 160 have been filled up in a week
- Clean Energy Brings Windfall To Indian Village (Washington Post, Himangshu watts, Nov 09, 2003)
On the southern tip of India, the once-impoverished people of Muppandal village are thanking Varuna, the Hindu god of the wind, for blowing unexpected good fortune their way.
- Jews And Israelis (Deccan Herald, Kushwant Singh, Nov 08, 2003)
I belong to a generation which witnessed the rise of Nazism in Germany and the resurgence of anti-Semitism across Europe, the United States and indeed among white nations of the world. In many European countries, particularly Russia and Poland, Jews were
- Brawn At Mr Universe Shows Off Brain Too (Indian Express, Nitin Nair, Nov 08, 2003)
From a psychologist to an engineer, they come in odd shapes and sizes
- New Delhi, New Voter (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Nov 08, 2003)
In Raipur, they throw free schoolbags at you; in the capital, lower SPM levels
- Other Headlines (Deccan Herald, Kushwant Singh, Nov 08, 2003)
I belong to a generation which witnessed the rise of Nazism in Germany and the resurgence of anti-Semitism across Europe, the United States and indeed among white nations of the world. In many European countries, particularly Russia and Poland, Jews were
- Outsource Or Perish! (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 07, 2003)
OUTSOURCING is being viewed by politicians, legislators, media and the public in the US as an unmitigated evil. Even academics who ought to know better have been denouncing it as the cause of layoffs of American personnel by corporates and erosion of grow
- Global Beauty: Mix West And Sadda Punjab (Indian Express, Sujeet Rajan, Nov 07, 2003)
Saira Mohan has been on 50 magazine covers; Newsweek is the latest
- Girls Missing Again, This Time In Schools (Indian Express, Amba Batra, Nov 07, 2003)
Drive 30 minutes from Delhi to learn why India’s at bottom of UNESCO report
- Gsp Of A Different Kind (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Nov 07, 2003)
The idea is that better market access for GSPs should lead to women's economic and social empowerment over the long haul.
- Don't Take It Out On The Roads (Business Line, Pradeep Mehta, Nov 07, 2003)
JAIPUR'S image of a city of non-belligerent road-users was dented recently. A minor mishap involving the cars of a bureaucrat and an MLA ended up in a major brawl.
- Marrakesh To Cancun... Darwinism In Trade Talks (Business Line, Devendra Mishra, Nov 07, 2003)
THE transformation of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) into a new avatar in 1995 — the World Trade Organisation — marked a paradigm shift. GATT was primarily about negotiating market access for traded goods. But the WTO's extension into n
- My Festival, Our Festivities (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Nov 07, 2003)
Sehr’’ means the crack of dawn. ‘‘Sehri’’ is the meal before the ‘‘Fajir’’ prayer at dawn to enable one to keep body and soul together during the day’s fast in the month of Ramadan. Fasting ends after the ‘‘Azaan’’ or the call to prayer at ‘‘Maghrib’’, ju
- The Woman Who Defeated Vajpayee (Indian Express, Sagari Chhabra, Nov 07, 2003)
Subhadra Joshi fought for freedom, for religious peace, for a value system slipping by
- All In The Family (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2003)
Check the list of candidates: succession continues to knock out competition
- Lotteries: Regressive Taxation? (Business Line, Pratap Ravindran , Nov 07, 2003)
Do lotteries constitute a regressive form of taxation that ruins the poor? Those who play them are generating funds for projects that benefit the public, without tax rates having to be hiked. But, as most lotteries are played by people who can least affor
- A Paradigm Shift Called Kanshi Ram (Deccan Herald, Kancha Ilaiah, Nov 06, 2003)
Kanshi Ram suffered a brain stroke on September 15 when he was travelling from Rajahmundry to Hyderabad. Since then he has remained immobile. For a few days he lost his speech but gradually regained his speech. Now both for the reasons of stroke and also
- `We And The Americans Are Looking In The Same Direction' (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Nov 06, 2003)
In the midst of chaos that is Baghdad today, its Deputy Mayor for Technical Affairs, Mr Faris Alasam, retains his calm and sense of humour. In an interview to Business Line in his office in Baghdad, he was optimistic about Iraq's future, but said the Amer
- Train To The Roof Of The World (Indian Express, Ching-Ching Ni, Nov 06, 2003)
A railroad to Lhasa from China has meant more jobs for the Chinese, few for Tibetans
- No Work For 26 Years But They Get Overtime (Indian Express, Himanshu Kaushik, Nov 06, 2003)
Even by by the standards of the scam-ridden Gujarat University, this one is the mother of all. For the past 26 years, GU has been paying, on an average, an overtime of Rs 1 lakh per month to the 25 employees of its printing press that stopped functioning
- Now, Who's Running For Cover? (Business Line, D. Murali , Nov 06, 2003)
IN A WORLD that has got addicted to accountant-bashing, we are so used to seeing CAs run for cover. But they are now getting ready to take the wraps off a new line of education that is all about covers, and can, for a change, make the others run for cover
- Business Of Nations (Indian Express, L K Advani, Nov 06, 2003)
Corporate India has helped the country shed its third world tag
- A Paradigm Shift Called Kanshi Ram (Deccan Herald, Kancha Ilaiah, Nov 06, 2003)
Kanshi Ram suffered a brain stroke on September 15 when he was travelling from Rajahmundry to Hyderabad. Since then he has remained immobile. For a few days he lost his speech but gradually regained his speech. Now both for the reasons of stroke and also
- Jogi State Worse Than Gujarat: Cec (Indian Express, Ashwani Sharma, Nov 05, 2003)
Says officials are more partisan; and he’s less confident
- Multi-Task Managers (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 05, 2003)
A SERIOUS drawback of management education imparted by business schools throughout the world is the compartmentalised approach to the various disciplines such as economics, marketing, finance, trade, investment and the like. In fact, it is not unusual for
- Tomorrow: Decision On Safety Net (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2003)
Central status for Allahabad university also on anvil
- Partnerships With Defence Firms — Hal Buffeted By Approval Process (Business Line, Gopal Ratnam, Nov 05, 2003)
WHEN the United States imposed economic and military sanctions following India's nuclear tests in May 1998, the state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL) was forced to return three US-made engines for its prototype Advanced Light Helicopter project.
- Key To The Kiss Of The Spiderwoman (Indian Express, Donald G. Mcneil, Nov 05, 2003)
Whether it’s spiders or human beings, they both play the mating game alike
- Untested Russian Docs Ok: Govt (Indian Express, Toufiq Rashid, Nov 04, 2003)
If Union Health Minister Sushma Swaraj has her way, more than 7,000 doctors who fail to satisfy the criteria of registration set by the Medical Council of India (MCI) would be treating thousands of people across the country.
- Diplomacy As Verbal Gymnastics (Indian Express, Najam Sethi, Nov 04, 2003)
India makes proposals it knows Pakistan can’t entirely accept. Pakistan responds similarly. How silly it all is
- Lessons From Track Two (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Nov 04, 2003)
As India embarks upon a new peace initiative with Pakistan, the experience of an Israeli professor who has led various experiments in Track Two or ‘Citizens Diplomacy’ worldwide might be instructive. Edy Kaufman, a professor at Hebrew University and in th
- Technology Is A Culture (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Nov 04, 2003)
There are some people who act as if economic policies, and particularly technological change, which is spawning some of our great success stories is possible, as it were, in a vacuum of cultural beliefs. Technology is not just about biotech seeds, compute
- Implications Of The Ltte Proposals (Hindu, Iqbal Athas, Nov 03, 2003)
The demands for an Interim Self-Governing Authority made by the eight-page document are clearly outside Sri Lanka's Constitution and laws.
- News Reel (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2003)
l NO one wins the latest round of Indo-Pak shadowboxing but Islamabad and New Delhi reach some agreement on another set of CBMs. Those older than 65 can now cross the Wagah border by foot and fishermen from both countries won’t get caught in the coast gua
- Our Other Neighbour In The North (Indian Express, P. Chidambaram, Nov 02, 2003)
Our neighbour, Nepal, is in acute distress.
- Shining India Or Area Of Darkness? (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Nov 02, 2003)
In a village in Maharashtra, last week, in the dak edition of a badly printed newspaper I read that by 2050 India’s economy will be number three in the world. The village has no water, erratic electricity, no sanitation, no healthcare and a shabby little
- Black Monday Orphans Strike More Than A Chord In Uk (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2003)
It may have been a quiet Diwali for the five Yadav children orphaned in the August 25 Gateway of India bomb blast, but this gift may cheer them up. Moved by their story, first reported by The Indian Express and telecast by BBC on October 27, viewers in th
- India Is A Model For Our Present Age: Hungarian Pm (Hindu, Amar Kumar Sinha, Nov 02, 2003)
ON THE eve of his official visit to India, the Hungarian Prime Minister gave an interview to
- Barely Bearable (Indian Express, Pamela Constable, Nov 02, 2003)
Afghan beauty’s pageant swimsuit rattles country
- Rajasthan Revisited: Prince Charmed (Indian Express, Anuradha Nagaraj, Nov 02, 2003)
More than 10 years after he walked through the corridors of former Maharaja Brig Bhawani Singh’s City Palace with Princess Diana, Prince Charles was back in the Pink City, walking through a heritage corridor, talking to schoolkids and getting the feel of
- Don’T Call Us War Widows, We Are Fighting, Winning (Indian Express, Anuradha Nagaraj, Nov 02, 2003)
Sudhira Devi’s life should have come to a standstill at 19, when her husband died leaving her a war widow, with a one-year-old son. Like hundreds of women in Rajasthan falling in the same bracket, she had dropped out of school, most of her adult years wer
- Pulled Up By Ec, Jogi & His Men Loudly Knock (Indian Express, Santwana Bhattacharya, Nov 01, 2003)
If you happened to be outside the Election Commission today, you would have got to see a part of the Chhattisgarh Assembly elections. Because Chief Minister Ajit Jogi showed up at the EC door in full force to present his case and counter the ‘‘trumped-up
- Farewell To The Carnatic Maestro (Indian Express, Renuka Narayanan, Nov 01, 2003)
Semmangudi was living history, linking Thyagaraja to M.S. Subbulakshmi.
- Maturity Begins At Home (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Nov 01, 2003)
Is India’s foreign policy being managed brilliantly, or poorly? You can also pose that question differently. How well is India’s leadership looking after her interests and position in a world that has changed faster than you would have imagined even after
- Yes Sir, Yes Sir No More, This Is The Strike Corps (Indian Express, Vikas Kahol, Nov 01, 2003)
No more sirring in the uniform now. Not if you happen to be in the Army’s 2 Corps, the strike formation. Address a senior officer as ‘sir’ and you will have to pay a penalty—a bottle of beer within six hours of the ‘misdeamenour’. No more late hours at wo
- Vice President Off To Myanmar With Goodwill For The Generals (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Nov 01, 2003)
Refusing dialogue with a military dictatorship on its western front, India seems to be busy courting one in the east. Vice-President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat flies out on Sunday to cement ties with the Myanmar junta, the highest-level visit since former Pr
- A Law Like This (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Nov 01, 2003)
A look at the best and worst of foreign media
- India Sends Iitians Abroad. Why Not Iits? (Indian Express, Prashant Agarwal, Nov 01, 2003)
The technology institutes are India’s best brand ambassadors. Set up IITs overseas, leverage India’s educational wherewithal
- Soldiering Silently, The Women Behind The Army (Indian Express, Vijaylakshmi Nagaraj, Oct 31, 2003)
Wives of the men in the Infantry are India’s unsung heroines
- Prescription For A Prince From A Delhi Native (Indian Express, Toufiq Rashid, Oct 31, 2003)
His patients: Christopher Superman Reeve, Claudia Schiffer, Shah Rukh Khan
- Geelani Marks Day 1 Of Freedom With Rage, Afshan With Tears (Indian Express, Nirmala Ganapathy, Oct 31, 2003)
Delhi University lecturer S A R Geelani and Afshan Guru, both acquitted in the Parliament attack case, walked out of prison after two years today. For both, it was bitterness and tragedy that drowned the first flush of freedom.
- Because The People Want It (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Oct 31, 2003)
Pakistan's response to India’s twelve proposals on the eve of Diwali has inspired a bewildering range of headlines in the English language dailies. Pak googly to India peace bid, says The Pioneer across five columns. Pak accepts many CBMs, attaches riders
- Back To Schools (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2003)
A good thing that the new bill to make schooling free and compulsory is being debated
- Justice Done (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2003)
ALL IN ALL, the Delhi High Court's verdict in the high-profile Parliament attack case will be remembered less for whom it convicted and more for whom it acquitted. In acquitting S.A.R. Geelani, a Delhi college lecturer, and Afsan Guru, wife of ...
- War-Weary `Liberators', Wary Iraqis (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Oct 31, 2003)
THE US President, Mr George W. Bush, continues to reiterate that terrorists in Iraq won't "intimidate the US or Iraqis in rebuilding that nation. Our coalition is growing in numbers and growing in strength
- Justice Speaks (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2003)
The verdict on the Parliament attack case highlights the strengths of our judicial process
- Mindwar Versus Bodywar (Indian Express, M D NALAPAT, Oct 30, 2003)
Some things the US in Iraq can learn from India
- A Brief History Of Meaning (Indian Express, John E. Mcintyre, Oct 30, 2003)
The story of the OED is a combination of period play, human drama and adventure
- Six Miles Apart, One Family Celebrates, Other Mourns (Indian Express, Mufti Islah, Oct 30, 2003)
On a cool Wednesday morning, two anxious families separated by six miles from each other, sat next to their telephones. They were waiting for a call from New Delhi which would tell the fate of their sons accused in the Parliament attack case.
- Prevent A Child From Going To School, Pay (Indian Express, Diptosh Majumdar, Oct 30, 2003)
New ‘attendance inspectors’ will ensure compliance
- Dec 13 Attack: Two Get Death, Two Get New Life (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2003)
Raising the bar for cases being tried under POTA, the Delhi High Court today acquitted two accused in the December 13 Parliament attack case while upholding the death penalty against two others
- Bull In Accounting Shop (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2003)
MS JANE MUTCHLER is bullish on accounting, and sees a bright silver lining on the corporate scandals of the last couple of years. She is the Director of the School of Accountancy at Georgia State University, and the president-elect of the American Account
- An Amendment With A Message (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Oct 30, 2003)
The Centre and the Tamil Nadu Government seem to be in a ``conflict mode'' now, with State authorities feeling the heat on two crucial and sensitive issues: the ordinance amending the controversial Prevention of Terrorism Act and the notification making
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