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- Why Crop Diversification Will Get Stuck (Tribune, Sucha Singh Gill, Mar 18, 2005)
Supporters of the crop diversification programme (Johl, February 11, 2005 and Aulakh, February 25, 2005) and opponents (Shergill, February 18, 2005) agree on the point that the present cropping pattern dominated by wheat-paddy rotation is highly
- Rice Is Nice (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 18, 2005)
THE interactions US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice had with Indian leaders during her brief visit to New Delhi suggest that there has been a significant change in the US perception of India.
- European Anxieties (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 18, 2005)
Europe's ambitious stability and Growth Pact, conceived as the bedrock of the European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) and personified in the single Euro currency
- Gas Realities (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Mar 18, 2005)
In February, the US Ambassador in New Delhi, Mr David Mulford, had met the Petroleum Minister, Mr Mani Shankar Aiyar, to convey Washington's reservations on the proposed Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline deal.
- No Such Thing As Free Lunch (Business Line, S. Srinath, Mar 18, 2005)
All items covered by FBT will be affected either by VAT or service tax, which cannot be treated as input tax.
- Self-Inflicted Wounds (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Mar 18, 2005)
The capitulation in the late hours of March 11 does not change the context. The Indian polity is suddenly in a deep mess, mostly on account of the misdoings of the scraggy outfit still passing as the Congress.
- Shaking Hands With Us (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Mar 18, 2005)
THE US Secretary of State, Dr Condoleezza Rice, during her first visit to India indicated two likely changes in the US policy towards India.
- The Softest Pillow Is A Clear Conscience (Business Line, D. Murali , Mar 18, 2005)
Conscience. I knew I'd have to come to terms with it one day or the other, and so was consciously keeping it outside this column.
- When Tigers Go Missing (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 18, 2005)
The mysterious 'disappearance' of tigers from Sariska, a forest zone dedicated to the magnificent cat, represents a new low in the campaign to save the highly endangered species.
- Sustaining Export Growth (Business Line, P. P. Prabhu, Mar 18, 2005)
The sustained growth in exports is a vindication of the liberalisation measures and the progressive policies followed by the government in recent years and, more important
- Budget: Illusory Gains For Pensioners (Business Line, A. Seshan, Mar 18, 2005)
Democracy is a system of lobbies, for lobbies and by lobbies. It comprises vested interests who influence policy-making.
- Another Time, Another Man (Tribune, Sudarshan Agarwal, Mar 18, 2005)
I have had the privilege to serve as Secretary-General, Rajya Sabha, when Justice M. Hidayatullah was the Vice-President and Chairman of the Rajya Sabha. I fondly recall a few incidents
- Bush’S Choice For World Bank Risks Outcry (Tribune, Andrew Gumbel, Mar 18, 2005)
President George Bush risked the ire of the international community for the second time in as many weeks on Wednesday as he nominated his administration’s leading neo-conservative hawk, Paul Wolfowitz, to be the head of the World Bank.
- Space Security Under Threat (Deccan Herald, U R RAO, Mar 17, 2005)
Since the dawn of creation, earth's environment has been bombarded by meteoroids or “shooting stars”, ranging in size from 0.001 mm to several millimetres and travelling at speeds of over 20 km/sec.
- Fdi As Catalyst For Economic Growth (Business Line, S. Majumder , Mar 17, 2005)
Within six months of its coming to power, the UPA Government ushered in a slew of measures to attract foreign investors.
- Generally Accepted But Poorly Understood (Business Line, D. Murali , Mar 17, 2005)
The difference between the two acronyms is that one is on accounting practices while the other is on auditing standards, though both are `generally accepted'.
- Pak Must Deliver On Terror, Pm Tells Rice (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2005)
The US Secretary of State was effusive in her praise for India’s strengths. But on its demand for a permanent UN seat, she remained non-committal.
- Just Cricket (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 17, 2005)
Hemming and hawing takes a while. So the president of Pakistan, Mr Pervez Musharraf, will reportedly be watching the last one-day match during the Pakistan cricket team’s tour of India, in Delhi on April 17.
- Justice Variava’S Disclosure (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 17, 2005)
Tuesday's disclosure by Justice S.N. Variava in the Supreme Court that someone from the Patna High Court had called him up a day earlier to know whether the trial
- Political Perfidy In Jharkhand (Tribune, A.J. Philip, Mar 17, 2005)
NOW that Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda has "proved" his majority on the floor of the House, it is time to reflect on the role played by Governor Syed Sibtey Razi, who has been universally berated, if not condemned.
- Rice Brings Reality Check On India-U.S. Ties (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Mar 17, 2005)
In publicly expressing her concerns about the Iran-India gas pipeline during her press conference here on Wednesday, the visiting United States Secretary of State
- Rice’S Agenda: To Scuttle Pipeline? (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Mar 17, 2005)
If America succeeds in putting the pipeline on hold, it will strengthen its influence in South Asia
- Heat Of Loss Caused By `Cooling-Off' Period (Business Line, M. S. Parthasarathy, Mar 17, 2005)
The exodus of Indian professionals, particularly in the IT industry, mainly to the US, has led to a growing volume of remittances by them to their parents and other relatives or for investment in India.
- Stand Firm On The Iran Pipeline (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 17, 2005)
The statements of "concern" made by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on the proposed gas pipeline from Iran to India represent the first time the United States has gone public with its opposition to the energy project.
- Taken By Surprise (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 17, 2005)
After India stopped its arms assistance to Nepal, Pakistan has offered to help the Himalayan kingdom to combat the Maoist upsurge there. Did Indian foreign policy planners anticipate this development or were they taken by surprise?
- The Politics Of Development (Business Line, A. Vasudevan, Mar 17, 2005)
Development strategies and budgets reflect the political economy of the times. Political factors always influence and shape economic development strategies and the processes that follow from their adoption in any country.
- Towards Better Fiscal Federalism (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 17, 2005)
The report of the Twelfth Finance Commission (TFC) headed by C. Rangarajan has been remarkably free from controversy of the type that accompanied the reports of some of its predecessors.
- Warnings Loud And Clear (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 17, 2005)
Protection from exposure to tobacco smoke: 1. Parties recognize that scientific evidence has unequivocally established that exposure to tobacco smoke causes death, disease and disability.
- Pricing Issue Threatens To Stall Iran-India Pipeline Project (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2005)
The petroleum minister said that domestic users in the country cannot pay the price for natural gas as demanded by Iran.
- Serving Whose Cause? (Telegraph, Sarmila Bose, Mar 17, 2005)
The reputation and career of the former Dutch prime minister, Ruud Lubbers, lies in ruins, but his forced resignation as United Nations high commissioner for refugees amidst allegations of sexual harassment has in no way advanced the cause of women.
- N Korea Hits Out At Rice (Deccan Herald, Reuters, Mar 17, 2005)
Pyongyang, cut up with the US for branding North Korea an outpost of tyranny, has ruled out nuclear talks.
- Jharkhand And After (Tribune, Pran Chopra , Mar 17, 2005)
Six months ago I convened a high-level seminar in New Delhi to consider the following proposition by me which I put before the participants...
- Changes To Patent Act Will Cost The Poor Dear (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2005)
The leading international humanitarian agency, ‘Doctors without Borders’ (Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF) in French) on Wednesday, joined the gathering storm against the proposed amendments to India’s Patent Act of 1970 that provides full patent protection
- Enough Is Enough (Telegraph, Bhaskar Ghose, Mar 17, 2005)
When the United Progressive Alliance and the left put together their common minimum programme, there must have been lengthy discussions among the constituents ...
- A Chance For Disabled Kids (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2005)
Children suffering from speech and communication disorders attend the Vagdevi school started by Speech Language Pathologist Shantha Radhakrishna
- ‘Sc Crossed Lakshman Rekha’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2005)
Saying the Constitution is above legislature and judiciary, the Speaker justified his suggestion for Presidential reference on the Supreme Court order on Jharkhand
- After The Jharkhand Mess (Hindu, Harish Khare , Mar 17, 2005)
It is incumbent upon the entire UPA establishment to infuse a new sense of purpose and priorities at the Centre.
- Chinese New Law (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 17, 2005)
With China’s National People’s Congress passing a Taiwan-specific law on Monday, the communist giant has sent out two clear messages to the world.
- Coming Soon: Guidance Note On Accounting Of Vat (Business Line, D. Murali , Mar 17, 2005)
Felicitation functions are fertile occasions for flattery and flippant promises, and so nobody expects any truth to be told.
- Citing Indian Arsenal, Pak Says It Needs F-16s (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2005)
Islamabad told Rice that it needed the US help to maintain minimum deterrence for the sake of peace
- India Protests Possible Sale Of Fighter Jets To Pakistan (Washington Post, Glenn Kessler, Mar 17, 2005)
Indian officials objected Wednesday to the possible U.S. resumption of F-16 fighter jet sales to Pakistan,
- Scylla, Charybdis And Somnathda (Business Line, D. Murali , Mar 16, 2005)
Even as a Test Match was played in Mohali, a different tussle — `judiciary versus legislature' — engaged our lawmakers.
- Sounding Hollow (Telegraph, Ashis Chakrabarti, Mar 16, 2005)
The left’s ambivalence during the Jharkhand crisis will mark it as the Congress’s partner in the latter’s wrongdoings
- Strategic Paradigm Shift (The Economic Times, K SUBRAHMANYAM, Mar 16, 2005)
In the 1960s, India was compelled to start purchasing Soviet defence equipment, for a combination of strategic reasons and non-availability of western alternatives.
- The $600 Billion Man (Hindu, Paul Krugman, Mar 16, 2005)
Republicans appear unlikely to win public support for the plan to privatise social security in the United States. But the Republicans' loss may not be the Democrats' gain.
- Engineering Quality (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Mar 16, 2005)
The time has come to step up the level of monitoring and regulation to ensure that States are not saddled with too many sub-standard, self-financing engineering colleges.
- Through The Smokescreen (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 16, 2005)
The objective of this Convention and its protocols is to protect present and future generations from the devastating health, social, environmental and economic consequences...
- Why Implementation Fails — Seven Sins Of Public Administration (Business Line, S. Ramachander, Mar 16, 2005)
A new Budget is an occasion for commentators and policy-makers to hope that this time round at least some things will improve.
- Tackling Medium-Term Challenges — Key To Fiscal Stability (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Mar 16, 2005)
No doubt, the Twelfth Finance Commission, with its multi-dimensional restructuring of government finance, has burdened the Centre's finances.
- A Gratuitous Snub (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 16, 2005)
United States President George W. Bush begins his second term by promising to follow a multilateral approach to international affairs.
- Nepal’S Prospective Allies And Dilemma (Deccan Herald, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Mar 16, 2005)
At home it is engaged in battling the Maoist insurgents and opposition parties, both of whom have announced fresh protests. And now, Nepal is also slugging it out at the 61st session of the United Nations Human Rights Commission (UNHRC) in Geneva,
- A Good Wall Of Plants Can Reduce Highway Noise (Tribune, Joel M. Lerner, Mar 16, 2005)
If you live near any major thoroughfare, you might have noticed how the decibel levels have increased in recent years. It’s a problem that is becoming steadily worse and widely shared.
- Advanced Patriots On Offer (Tribune, Gulshan Luthra, Mar 16, 2005)
While Ms Condoleeza Rice’s talks in New Delhi are going to be wide-ranging, they can have a bearing on future defence cooperation between India and the United States.
- America Warns China On Taiwan (Tribune, Rupert Cornwell, Mar 16, 2005)
China’S new “anti-secession” law authorising the use of force against Taiwan has sent ripples of alarm throughout the region and beyond, drawing a stern reaction from the US, and casting new uncertainty on European plans to resume arms sales to Beijing.
- Choked Pipeline (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 16, 2005)
The proposed pipeline from Iran through Pakistan to India appears to have run into some trouble with the US government expressing concern over the deal India is negotiating with Iran.
- Conniving At Torture (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Mar 16, 2005)
By refusing to ratify the international anti-torture convention, the rulers in New Delhi are showing their true colours
- Despite The Distance (Telegraph, Beena Sarwar, Mar 16, 2005)
In 2004, 527 women were “assassinated” in Guatemala; this year, the figure is 238 already. It is, says the Guatemalan journalist, Marielos Monzon...
- Clean The Box (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 16, 2005)
Censorship and a mature democracy are at odds with each other. Yet a government that calls itself “progressive” has joined hands with its political ...
- Natural Gas: The Way Forward (Business Line, Nigel Shaw, Mar 16, 2005)
The natural gas industry is on the verge of change and we should not lose this momentum.
- In Asia, Rice Says North Korea More Isolated From Neighbors (Washington Post, Glenn Kessler, Mar 16, 2005)
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice asserted Tuesday that North Korea's "isolation from its neighbors has deepened" as it has bolstered its nuclear stockpile in the past year,
- Shifting Sands Of Discretion (Hindu, N. Ravi, Mar 15, 2005)
The choice of Chief Ministers based on the shifting sands of discretion of partisan governors has become increasingly more bitter and contentious, and clear guidelines need to be evolved through the political process.
- Protecting Consumers (Hindu, N.L. Rajah, Mar 15, 2005)
Changes are needed in the Consumer Protection Act and in its implementation to deal with the challenges of globalisation.
- Mild Tremors Jolt Mumbai, Parts Of North Karnataka (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 15, 2005)
The earthquake, measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale, rocked furniture and window-panes of buildings, triggering a panic.
- Nepal Comes Under Global Scanner (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 15, 2005)
The International Red Cross and Geneva-based International Commission of Jurists have sent teams to assess the situation since King Gyanendra grabbed power.
- Nobody’S Children (Telegraph, Debabrata Mohanty, Mar 15, 2005)
For the disabled women in Orissa, domestic violence is a horror they have to cope with in silence
- The Case For Reverse Mortgage (Business Line, Subasri Sitaraman, Mar 15, 2005)
One of the chief worries of the elderly is that they will outlive their savings, and this is especially true of the Indian middle-class, often called asset-rich but income-poor.
- The Pm And The Tigers (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Mar 15, 2005)
The tragedy of the extermination of tigers continues unabated. The Central ministry of environment and forests is misleading and fooling the prime minister and his government about the seriousness of the situation because when the
- Microfinance: Banking For The Poor, Not Poor Banking (Business Line, Y. S. P. Thorat, Mar 15, 2005)
Globally, over a billion poor people are still without access to formal financial services and some 200 million of them live in India.
- Twin Treat For Architecture Lovers (Deccan Herald, V S SRINIVASA PRASANNA , Mar 15, 2005)
V S SRINIVASA PRASANNA explores the beautiful Hoysala architecture of the twin temples and discovers that the antiquities of these temples are yet to be unraveled.
- Wen To Visit India To Solve Border Row (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 15, 2005)
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has announced that he will visit India soon with a three-point agenda, which includes enhancing bilateral ties to strategic levels and seeking a “fair” resolution to the vexed boundary issue on the basis of “mutual accommodation
- Yakshagana: Riding The Crest Of A New Wave (Deccan Herald, Shankaranarayana, Mar 15, 2005)
SHANKARANARAYANA analyses the new face of yakshagana and appreciates the fact that this particular form of folk art has kept itself alive by constantly reinventing itself, by roping in new ambassadors, formulating a new wave of yakshagana or conducting wo
- Time For Us And India To Go Steady (Deccan Herald, STANLEY A WEISS, Mar 15, 2005)
Washington can no longer take India for granted, as there are other suitiors waiting on the sidelines
- Budget: Innovative And Worrisome (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Mar 15, 2005)
THE Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, has introduced innovations in Budget-making.
- Not Good Enough (Telegraph, ABHIRUP SARKAR, Mar 15, 2005)
Whether we like it or not, two or three centuries co-exist side by side in our blessed land. Modern, futuristic skyscrapers have ugly shanties in their neighbourhood...
- A World Born Of Vision And Love (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 15, 2005)
Vanitha Poojary Nainwal enters the folkworld - Janapadaloka -and comes back impressed with the vision which has brought the past alive for the present and the future.
- Branding Health Tourism (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 15, 2005)
What the Union Tourism Minister, Renuka Chowdhury, outlined for promoting health tourism, and her advocacy of positioning India as a medical hub, have been on the drawing ...
- ‘Vajpayee Misled Country On River-Linking Project’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 15, 2005)
The BJP MPs said the UPA regime was trying to ‘trivialise’ the project even as water shortage was becoming a major problem.
- Centre Ready For Debate On Nepal Crisis (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 15, 2005)
Opposition members said Pakistan’s decision to supply Nepal with arms could have serious repercussions for India.
- Crude Equations (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Mar 15, 2005)
The prospect of the price of crude oil breaching the $55 a barrel mark has set alarm bells ringing. As the Economic Survey for 2004-2005 has indicated, the crude and petroleum product import bill for India this
- Law Of The Hill (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 15, 2005)
Laws are no substitutes for political will. A new law has now been put in place to change some features of the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council. But even this legislative move may not end the deadlock...
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