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- A Change For The Better (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 21, 2004)
Acknowledging that change in the Earth’s climate and its adverse effects are a common concern of humankind,
- A New Low Of Public Morality (Indian Express, Kuldip Nayar, Dec 21, 2004)
The question is moral, not legal,’’ said Mahatma Gandhi when a Punjab Congress leader, Sardul Singh Kaeshwar, argued that he was not legally bound to return a sum of Rs 500 since the loan was time-barred.
- Baazee.Com Case — Why Was Ipc Not Invoked? (Business Line, Pratap Ravindran , Dec 21, 2004)
The failure of the Delhi police to invoke Section 292 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) in effecting the arrest of Mr Avnish Bajaj, Chief Executive Officer of the auction Web site Baazee.com
- Can't Middle Class Pay For Lpg? Cut Subsidies, And Also Taxes (The Economic Times, J. George, Dec 21, 2004)
The scourge of “scrap trade”, reported detection of a dead lizard in the packed food served to a frequent flyer on a domestic airlines in the recent past, contaminated
- To Be Fair... (Tribune, Priyanka Singh, Dec 21, 2004)
That fair is good has been handed down to us for centuries as a near gospel truth, unquestioned. Beauty remains a sought-after virtue since ages, with the difference that now it has become a multi-billion rupee business with no dearth of takers.
- To Make 200 Million Tonnes, India Needs `Steel Vision' (Business Line, N. Ramakrishnan , Dec 21, 2004)
"We need a long-term vision for the steel industry," says Mr B. Muthuraman, Managing Director, The Tata Iron and Steel Company Ltd.
- Minnows' Mettle (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 21, 2004)
The Indian cricket team's tour of Bangladesh at the fag end of 2004 will be remembered, as much by the visitors' two facile Test victories by an innings, as by the landmarks that fell by the wayside
- Desperation In West Asia (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Dec 21, 2004)
in recent times has West Asia been as confused and uncertain about the future. America’s invasion and occupation of Iraq have been traumatic events while the threat of violence and terrorism is fuelled by the injustice of continuing Israeli occupation of
- Notes For Votes? (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 21, 2004)
The very fact that the Election Commission has spread out the forthcoming Assembly elections in Bihar and Jharkhand in three phases from February 3 to 23, against just one day in Haryana
- Why Blame Natwar? (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 21, 2004)
The prime minister, Manmohan Singh, does a disservice to his cabinet colleagues when he refuses to defend them in public.
- Unnecessarily Harsh? (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 21, 2004)
The controversy triggerged by the arrest of the Baazee.com Chief Executive Officer, Mr Avnish Bajaj, for selling objectionable material through the Internet auction site exposes the lacunae in the provisions of
- Conflicting Signals (Pioneer, Sunita Vakil, Dec 21, 2004)
The Government and the security informants seem to be locked in a controversy regarding the issue of cross-border terrorism.
- Tailor Food Safety To Our Needs (The Economic Times, J. George, Dec 21, 2004)
The scourge of “scrap trade”, reported detection of a dead lizard in the packed food served to a frequent flyer on a domestic airlines in the recent past, contaminated honey supplies and many other food items in the domestic as well as international marke
- It Is Not Boom Time In India (Telegraph, S. L. Rao, Dec 20, 2004)
The Bombay Stock Exchange sensitive index last crossed 6,000 in January 2004. It has now crossed a record of 6,400.
- Human Rights (Indian Express, Renuka Narayanan, Dec 20, 2004)
The ancient Hindu lawgiver Rishi Jaimini laid down that the law of the land is greater than personal law. English law, which the Indian Penal Code follows, is rooted in the Ten Commandments.
- How Boom Can Go Bust (Business Line, Gowthaman Muruganandan, Dec 20, 2004)
With its BPO portfolio including high-end analysis work, content management and knowledge management, India is a force to reckon with in the global BPO market.
- Gambling On Guaranteed Employment (Tribune, Nirmal Sandhu, Dec 20, 2004)
IT is an ambitious project — and hugely expensive. The aim is to provide 100 days employment to one member of a rural family below the poverty line in 150 districts in the first year, raising it annually to cover 600 districts by the fourth year. Four cro
- Democracy In The Dock (Hindu, Mary Riddell, Dec 20, 2004)
Even as the Western law is sought to be imposed on Iraq, the British Government continues to flout its tenets.
- Agricultural Credit — Case For Mitigating Lending Risks (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Dec 20, 2004)
In a significant budget announcement in July 2004, the Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, promised a doubling of the flow of agricultural credit in three years.
- A Vindictive Move (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 20, 2004)
The United States has launched an ill-judged and bloody-minded campaign to deny the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Mohammed ElBaradei, a third term after his current tenure expires in 2005.
- Jobs For All (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 20, 2004)
The UPA government’s decision to provide by legislation at least 100 days of casual employment at a prescribed wage rate annually to one member of every poor rural household is a laudable step in the direction of improving the socio-economic condition of
- The Balanced Scorecard — Manufacturing Change (Business Line, A. B. Sivakumar, Dec 20, 2004)
The balanced scorecard helps organisations to accurately measure the results of their actions. The constant monitoring of efforts galvanises the whole organisation into action.
- Sex And The Cellphone Camera (Indian Express, Subimal Bhattacharjee, Dec 20, 2004)
For the last few days, the incident of the MMS pornographic images involving students of a prestigious Delhi school has captured public attention.
- The Typewriter Of Life (Telegraph, Salman Rushdie, Dec 20, 2004)
There’s a great scene in James Ivory’s early film, Bombay Talkie, in which Jennifer Kendal as a reporter visits the set of a Bombay movie, and the set is this giant typewriter
- Us Equities Outlook Is Weakly Positive (Business Line, V. Anantha Nageswaran, Dec 20, 2004)
The outlook for American stocks is neither exciting nor gloomy, as the prices reflect lower earnings multiples. As oil prices climb, some profit-taking can be expected early in the New Year, followed by some stability.
- A Political Arabesque In Iraq (Indian Express, Thomas L. Friedman, Dec 20, 2004)
I have long believed that any American general or senior diplomat who wants to work in Iraq should have to pass a test. It would be a very simple test
- Reserving All Judgement (Indian Express, ILA PATNAIK, Dec 20, 2004)
The Reserve Bank Of India needs to become much more transparent about what exactly it does with its reserves of public money
- State Of Disarray (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 20, 2004)
While Nepal lurches towards near-chaos, the government appears to have no clue as to how to bring the deteriorating situation under control. Last week saw the Maoists carry out one of their biggest attacks in months.
- Socially Responsible Investing (Deccan Herald, HAZEL HENDERSON, Dec 20, 2004)
Global public opinion has the power to make or break the brands and reputations of companies
- Reality Bytes (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 20, 2004)
When cyber space and reality collide, it is the real world that dominates, as the individuals allegedly involved in the making, transmission and selling of an explicit video-clip of two Delhi school students have found out.
- Quest For Dignity (Deccan Herald, G R MULKY, Dec 20, 2004)
Hopes of peace in West Asia brighten as a moderate leader is set to succeed Yasser Arafat in Palestine
- Pugwash Initiative On Kashmir (Tribune, Balraj Puri, Dec 20, 2004)
Pugwash, a US-based think tank, organised an intra-Kashmir dialogue between leaders of the Indian and Pakistani parts of the state “to resolve the Kashmir issue” at Kathmandu.
- Politics On Camera And Kissa Kiss Ka (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Dec 20, 2004)
Wonder if the Speaker has done us a favour by dedicating a live Parliament channel to the nation (Doordarshan). It might be instructive to watch our representatives squabble;
- Plantation Problems (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 20, 2004)
The centre finds itself on the defensive over the continued weakness in the prices of plantation crops such as coffee, tea and pepper. Some members of Parliament, especially those from Kerala, fault the liberal import policy for this.
- Palestine After Arafat (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Dec 20, 2004)
Most Palestinians appear to have concluded that their struggle for a homeland needs a new direction.
- Of Noise, Mundane And Divine (Indian Express, E. P. Unny, Dec 20, 2004)
Chennai's morning people aren’t there at the beach on Monday. The walkers have been asked to stay away for a couple of days. We aren’t taking any chances, says a policeman, it all happened so suddenly.
- No 100 Per Cent Guarantee (Indian Express, RAGHAV GAIHA, Dec 20, 2004)
The National Rural Employment Guarantee Bill to be tabled in Parliament has sparked a debate on the desirability and feasibility of extending the innovative Employment Guarantee Scheme (EGS) in Maharashtra to the poorest 150 districts in India.
- New Territory (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 20, 2004)
Paradoxes are hard on the brain. A culture, which has for generations believed that women themselves are property, chattel that can be owned or bought or sold or given away, might find the notion of women as equal inheritors of family property paradoxical
- Bush As U.N. Peacemaker (Hindu, Simon Tisdall, Dec 18, 2004)
The Bush administration has distanced itself for the time being from congressional demands for the resignation of the United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan.
- A Real Cabinet At Last (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 18, 2004)
That it should have taken nearly seven months for Chief Minister Dharam Singh to have something like a real Cabinet speaks volumes of the state of affairs in Karnataka.
- A Ruling Weak And Flawed (Business Line, K. Srinivasan , Dec 18, 2004)
In the Airports Authority of India (2004 269 ITR 355) case, the Authority for Advance Rulings (AAR) held that the payment of $4,50,600 received by Innovative Solutions International
- Day Of The Declining Dollar (Indian Express, ILA PATNAIK, Dec 18, 2004)
Capital flows of roughly $2 billion per day go into the US every day, in funding the US current account deficit. This is a very big number. For example, in 2003-04, which was a good year for capital flows into India, roughly $20 billion came into India...
- Listen To The Pseudo-Politician (Indian Express, Amrita Shah, Dec 18, 2004)
A few days ago I was chatting with a friend, a Mumbai stockbroker. This was a man in his late thirties, sophisticated, upper class, and a fervent BJP supporter
- Thank Dear Leader For The Sunshine (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 18, 2004)
When a train carrying explosives blew up in North Korea last April, setting fire to nearby buildings, several people died trying to save portraits of their “Dear Leader”, Kim Jong Il, from the flames.
- Fuel For Taps (Hindu, R. Ramachandran, Dec 18, 2004)
Looking for alternative sources of low-enriched uranium or switching to a first-ever fully mixed oxide loaded reactor are options to keep the Tarapur Atomic Power Station running.
- Bad Food From Good Bahu (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 18, 2004)
We have received a massive response from readers to The Indian Express series ‘Bangalore Crumbling’, IE December 5 onwards.
- Prospects For Peace, Post-Arafat (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Dec 18, 2004)
It appears that once the new Palestinian President is elected, moves will commence for an Israeli withdrawal from Gaza. For any peace process to be sustainable, the Palestinian Authority should quell terrorist violence and adopt democratic governance
- The Upa's Travails (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Dec 18, 2004)
THERE are times when the morning's papers makes one think about the future of the United Progressive Alliance Government at the Centre, not whether it will stand or fall but whether Dr Manmohan Singh will continue to be the Prime Minister.
- Some Disquieting Thoughts (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, Dec 18, 2004)
I am not a famous journalist. Nobody except poor old me recalls that it was in this column, 11 months ago-113 days before May 13 to be precise-that the first hint of Mr Manmohan Singh's coming Chinese torture as the Prime Minister of a communist-backed co
- Repeated Gaffes (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 18, 2004)
The External Affairs Minister, Mr Natwar Singh’s articulation of a position that is a clear deviation from India’s position on the nuclear weapons issue was very improper. In an interview with a South Korean daily
- In Deification Of Definitions (Business Line, Sukumar Mukhopadhyay, Dec 18, 2004)
Definitions never define. That is how the saying goes. Some of the most difficult things to define in actual life are the most simple and well-known concepts, such as man, courage, reform and so on.
- In Harmony (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Dec 18, 2004)
Nary a word did Japan’s ambassador, Yasukuni Enoki, breathe, when speaking in Calcutta under Bengal Initiative auspices, about the far-reaching defence policy guidelines unveiled in Tokyo only a few hours before.
- Get Busy On A Few World Problems (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 18, 2004)
What are the ten most serious challenges we all face? Climate change, communicable diseases, conflicts, access to education, financial instability, governance and corruption, malnutrition and hunger, migration, sanitation
- Word And Action (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 18, 2004)
A brown, grimy, teak board hanging on a wall in the southwest wing of the Raj Bhavan bears the names of all governors of West Bengal since 1947.
- Welcome Dd Direct (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 18, 2004)
With its new Direct-to-Home (DTH) service, Prasar Bharati has switched on a new and refreshingly different option for the television viewer. By keeping the offering free of monthly charges...
- The Young In Pakistan Want Peace (Tribune, Chanchal Sarkar, Dec 18, 2004)
BY the time our plane took off, two hours late, for the 50-minute flight to Lahore we were handrags. For weeks Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry, Home Ministry, High Commission, Intelligence and all manner of agencies had kept us on tenterhooks with pinpricks a
- Wanted: White Paper On Nuclear Policy (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Dec 18, 2004)
It does not reflect great credit to our system of policy making that the Prime Minister had to say that a statement attributed to the Foreign Minister on nuclear policy was not a statement on foreign policy.
- Upwardly Mobile (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 18, 2004)
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has cleared Hyderabad’s plans for an international airport, and a formal pact is likely to be signed next week between the government and the consortium that will build it.
- Trial By Public Opinion (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Dec 18, 2004)
No sooner is a celebrity charged with a crime than the media and politicians take it upon themselves to be arbiters of his fate. The police and the judiciary are shoved into the background and these self-appointed judges pronounce their verdicts to the pu
- We Enjoy Strong Internal Democracy: Cpi(m) Leader (Hindu, MALABIKA BHATTACHARYA, Dec 18, 2004)
About four years ago, West Bengal's mainline Opposition parties such as Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress tried in vain to cause a rupture in the ruling CPI(M)...
- Bihar Will Test Indian Democracy (Indian Express, N K Singh, Dec 17, 2004)
The Bihar assembly elections are scheduled to be held towards the end of February. The Election Commission (EC) has already paid Bihar a visit and announced steps that are to be taken to ensure a free and fair poll.
- Pokhran Poser (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 17, 2004)
Understandably, eyebrows have been raised in Parliament and outside over Foreign Minister Natwar Singh's reported statement in Seoul asking North Korea and South Korea not to follow India's example and become nuclear powers
- Reliance And Lg: A Tale Of Two Successions (Business Line, Vinod Mathew, Dec 17, 2004)
Both the Indian and Korean giants are second-generation Asian companies that set store by corporate governance and Western management philosophies.
- Bush's Tactics Unchanged (Hindu, Sidney Blumenthal, Dec 17, 2004)
George Bush's slash and smear campaign is trying to bring all disparate elements under U.S. control.
- Fatal Error (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 17, 2004)
The train accident at Mukerian in Punjab, which has resulted in the death of around 40 people, draws attention to the continuing neglect of safety measures by the Indian Railways.
- Cabinet Expansion In Karnataka (Tribune, Sridhar K. Chari, Dec 17, 2004)
WITH the Cabinet expansion of Karnataka’s first-ever coalition government taking place on Wednesday, with the swearing in of 18 Cabinet ministers and two ministers of state rank, more than seven months after Chief Minister Dharam Singh took over
- Sustaining The Momentum (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 17, 2004)
There is nothing surprising in the Government's admission in its mid-year economic Review that it may not be able to contain the revenue deficit this year to Rs.76,171 crore or 2.5 per
- Satyameva Jayate (Tribune, Shastri Ramachandran, Dec 17, 2004)
THE law may be an ass and justice blindfolded, but truth may well tilt the scales in contempt proceedings if the Bill introduced in the Lok Sabha on December 1 gets passed. The Contempt of Court (Amendment) Bill, 2004, provides for making truth a valid de
- Re-Engaging Organised Religion (Hindu, N. Ravi, Dec 17, 2004)
The travails of the Kanchi Mutt should prompt deep reflection on the part of religious leaders in general on how best to manage the temporal affairs of the institutions they run.
- Adc: Is It Wrong Call By Trai? (Business Line, R. Krishnan , Dec 17, 2004)
Is the access deficit charge regime a case of the regulator shooting itself, and the exchequer, in the foot? The regulator admits as much but appears unable to take corrective action pleading lack of institutional structure.
- The Ticking Bomb Inside Mosque And Madrasa (Indian Express, Arun Shourie, Dec 17, 2004)
A range of authorities have pointed to the urgent danger brewing in Muslim ‘religious’ centres, the porosity of our borders and demographic threats. Yet to voice them invites the charge, ‘communal’
- Venezuela-India Ties To Centre Around Oil (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Dec 17, 2004)
With the Venezuelan President, Hugo Chavez, due to visit New Delhi in February, the stage is set for the establishment of a fruitful bilateral relationship between the two countries
- Keep It Simple, Stupid (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 17, 2004)
If you find your broker throwing a kiss at the ascendant index, and taking a break to see news bulletins airing intimate video clips of K and S, you know it is time to come to terms with kiss.
- Whither The Tax Culture? (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 17, 2004)
The Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram's call, in his Mid-Term Review of the Economy, for a stable tax regime is unexceptionable. But stability in tax structure goes hand-in-hand with a culture of full voluntary compliance among the tax paying public.
- Holding Up Arab Reform (Indian Express, Thomas L. Friedman, Dec 17, 2004)
For years now it’s been clear that the Middle East peace process has left the realm of diplomacy and started to become an industry, with its own GNP of conferences and seminars.
- People Must Know (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 17, 2004)
THE Union Cabinet’s clearance to the Right to Information Bill, 2004, is in tune with its commitment to give people the right to get information from the government. In a democracy, the right to know is the most cherished right of every citizen.
- From Crutches To Physiotherapy (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, Dec 17, 2004)
The All India SC&ST Confederation's rally at Delhi's Ram Lila Maidan in support of reservation in private sector, judiciary and armed forces portends major economic and social upheaval.
- Why A Steel Regulator Makes Little Sense (Business Line, Pradeep S. Mehta, Dec 17, 2004)
The proposal to set up a steel regulator is mainly in response to the lobby of the builders who face a double-whammy due to the moves of both the cement and the steel industry.
- Fair Share Of Property (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 17, 2004)
THE Union Cabinet’s clearance of a Bill for amending the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, to ensure a fair share of family property for daughters has not come a day too soon.
- Famous Victors (Pioneer, Yogendra Bali, Dec 17, 2004)
December 16, 1971, marked the 'Victory Day' of one of the most decisive and unique battles fought by India against an aggressive neighbour, which always sought military solutions to its own domestic and international problems.
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