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- Al-Qaeda Again (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 08, 2004)
The attack by suspected militants with links to the al-Qaeda on the US consulate at Jeddah in Saudi Arabia indicates that contrary to claims by the Saudi government, the militant infrastructure and network in the kingdom remains in a position to strike ev
- A Void In The Ranks (Telegraph, Arshi Khan, Dec 08, 2004)
Yasser Arafat’s death on November 11 was a real setback to the west Asia peace process. The French president, Jacques Chirac, who went to the Paris hospital after hearing of the death
- Rising Cost Of Petrol (Tribune, S.K. Sharma, Dec 08, 2004)
Considerable interest has been generated among political parties, the media and the general public in petroleum products due to the rise in their prices and the subsequent rollback.
- Little Buddy (Tribune, D. R. Sharma, Dec 08, 2004)
I read somewhere that when a Jewish child finds Hebrew alphabet cast in the shape of honey cakes he begins to associate learning with sweetness.
- Democracy On Decline (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 08, 2004)
The Punjab Assembly holds fewer sessions and spends much less time on debating matters of public interest than before. These are the findings of its own secretariat.
- The Corporate Road To An Industrial Disaster (Business Line, K. Subramanian, Dec 08, 2004)
Words cannot capture the magnitude of the disaster that struck Bhopal on that fateful night of December 2, 1984. One author describes it as `the Hiroshima of chemical industry.'
- Making Food Processing Viable (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Dec 08, 2004)
In Rural India those trying food-processing with help of plant and machinery quickly realise that the `value-added' is less than the `cost-added' as all the advantage is creamed off by the equipment manufacturer.
- Constitution, Parliament, And The People (Hindu, Somnath Chatterjee, Dec 08, 2004)
Unless we eliminate the nexus between politics and crime and also between politics and religion, the country is in danger of losing its identity.
- Terror In Jeddah (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 08, 2004)
Monday’s terrorist attack on the US consulate at Jeddah shows that something is seriously wrong somewhere in Saudi Arabia.
- Overhaul The Epf Act (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 08, 2004)
The Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) board has accepted an 8.5 per cent rate of interest on the provident fund.
- Prisoners Of Another War (Telegraph, SANKAR SEN, Dec 08, 2004)
Only greater vigilance and activism of the US judiciary can assure that detainees at Guantanamo Bay get justice
- British Home Secretary In The Dock (Tribune, K.N. Malik, Dec 08, 2004)
One always admired the British Home Secretary, Mr David Blunkett, a blind person, who has admirably handled two of the most important and challenging portfolios of education and home affairs.
- The Dollar's Fall (Rediff on the Net, editoral, rediff on the net, Dec 08, 2004)
The reaching of the milestone of $125 billion in our foreign exchange reserves was noted with much satisfaction by commentators in India. But what does the effort to increase the reserves mean in the context of the dollar's near free fall over the . . .
- Remembering Jack Gibson (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Dec 07, 2004)
IT is tragic that the most important reform of the United Nations in recent times should have come at a time its Secretary-General Kofi Annan is in America’s gun sight. Now in his final second term, the man who reached the top after the
- Sc Order On Pappu (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 07, 2004)
THE Supreme Court order for a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation into the unruly behaviour of Rashtriya Janata Dal MP Pappu Yadav in Patna’s Beur Central Jail on December 1 is timely.
- Switch On Parliament (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 07, 2004)
The idea of televising the entire proceedings of the House has walked the corridors of the Indian Parliament for some time. It seems, now, that Speaker Somnath Chatterjee may have decided to open the doors and let it in.
- Tariff Regime Awaits Next Quantum Jump (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Dec 07, 2004)
While we have come a long way in terms of duty structures, there is much to be covered. The aim should be for a structure that calls for one standard rate on all dutiable articles, except one or two.
- The Challenges Before Indian Banks (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 07, 2004)
The Reserve Bank of India's Report on Trend and Progress of Banking (2003-04) released recently places the major issues of Indian banking in a sound perspective.
- The Patiala Spirit (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 07, 2004)
THE ongoing Indo-Pak Punjab Games and the World Punjabi Conference that concluded at Patiala last week cannot be treated as ordinary events.
- Turning A Blind Eye (Deccan Herald, N C GUNDU RAO, Dec 07, 2004)
The status quoist elements in the polity are to be blamed for perpetuation of the regressive customs in society
- The Price Of Rice (Business Line, K.G. Kumar, Dec 07, 2004)
Not many people may be aware that this year has been declared the International Year of Rice by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations.
- Ties Re-Defined (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 07, 2004)
The old bonhomie, based on ideological ties, between New Delhi and Moscow is a thing of the past. In the new, post-Cold War environment, hard-nosed economic and business considerations are wh
- A Wedding For The Aam Aadmi? (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Dec 07, 2004)
Orchids from Thailand, a different decor for each wedding function, fancy invitation cards, costing a couple of hundreds apiece; garments glittering with crystals
- A Space Of Delusions (Telegraph, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Dec 07, 2004)
Swapan Dasgputa’s article, “On another plane” (Dec 3), argues that “India will be better served by carving out our own definite space within Pax Americana”.
- Rehabilitate Oustees (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 07, 2004)
The suffering of the people displaced by the backwaters of the Almatti dam has gone on for far too long. Though there is supposed to be a Rs 638 crore package for the development of Bagalkot and for the oustees
- The Us Dollar Versus The Chinese Yuan (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Dec 07, 2004)
China is under increasing pressure from the US to revalue the yuan. With the US Government unwilling or unable to halt the decline of the dollar, this is seen as the means to prevent a dollar crash that can
- Computers And Rural Poverty (Deccan Herald, Sudhirendar Sharma, Dec 07, 2004)
As some of the leading development protagonists wield the magic wand of information and communication technology to root out rural poverty, the poor are being targeted yet again for another round of experimentation.
- Coughing Up An Epidemic (Indian Express, MEETA LALL, Dec 07, 2004)
Tuberculosis remains a scourge in India, increasingly complicated with its partner-in-death: the HIV virus.
- Enforcement Without The Force (Telegraph, N.R. MADHAVA MENON, Dec 07, 2004)
A responsible way to promote higher standards of policing is to professionalize the force and upgrade training
- Festival Amid The Ruins (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Dec 07, 2004)
A wonderfully sunny, early-winterish December morning in Delhi was the setting that launched the Old World Theatre Festival supported by Mahindra and Mahindra.
- From One Ancient Civilisation To Another: Stop That Bomb (Indian Express, RYAN FLOYD, Dec 07, 2004)
India could win valuable concessions if it brokers peace between Iran and the West
- Garden City Loses Bloom (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 07, 2004)
I have known BJP president L.K. Advani from the days he was in journalism. I was then information officer at the Press Information Bureau of the Government of India. He would come to my room, pick up the handout and leave quietly. His connections with the
- Malnad Splendour (Deccan Herald, Padma Ramachandran, Dec 07, 2004)
Shimoga is one of the rainiest and most scenic districts of Karnataka. This is where the river Sharavathi has its source (there is a small Shiva temple on top of that source). Called ‘Ambutheertha’,
- Politicians With God On Their Side (Hindu, Max Hastings, Dec 07, 2004)
These American hijackers have made the world a more dangerous place.
- Powering Projects With Forex Reserves (Business Line, S. Padmanabhan , Dec 07, 2004)
In the power sector, the equity investment climate has always been buoyant. But the expected investment has not flowed into this area because of viability and bankability issues.
- Prabakaran's Warning — Text And Context (Hindu, V. Suryanarayan, Dec 07, 2004)
Anything the LTTE leader says has to be viewed against his uncompromising commitment to the establishment of a separate, independent state.
- India Shifts Gear On Iraq Policy (Asia Times, Editorial, Asian Times, Dec 07, 2004)
India's relations with Iraq appear poised for transformation, with Iraq's interim foreign minister, Hoshiyar Zebari, scheduled to visit New Delhi this month.
- Friendship Reaffirmed (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 06, 2004)
Russia and India used the opportunity presented by President Vladimir Putin's visit to sort out differences that could have damaged the time-tested and healthy relations between them.
- Weak Dollar Serves The World Right (Business Line, V. Anantha Nageswaran, Dec 06, 2004)
If American demand can be supported only by a weaker dollar, the rest of the world has no option but to play along, until the costs of that policy become intolerable. Growth has halted in Europe and in Japan.
- Market On Mid-Cap High (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 06, 2004)
As the stock market reaches new highs, investors have reason to look ahead at 2005 with optimism and relief especially after the knock they took this May, post the election verdict.
- Impoverishing The Poor (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Dec 06, 2004)
The Bank’s unswerving faith in agribusiness displaces poor farmers and will only add to burgeoning poverty globally
- A Beijing-Delhi-Moscow Axis? (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Dec 06, 2004)
In the post-Cold War world, the rule governing the flow of long-term international relations appears to be one where politics follows economics. In the earlier dispensation
- Double Delight (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 06, 2004)
The eight-wicket victory over South Africa in the second Test at Eden Gardens last week marked India’s first Test series triumph at home for more than two years, while Anil Kumble’s dismissal of Makhaya Ntini on the final day of the game took his tally of
- Blending Diesel Benefits Into Petrol Performance (Business Line, B. S. Murthy, Dec 06, 2004)
Understandably, diesel (compression ignition, or CI) engines have gained significant and well-deserved attention for their superior and efficient performance at all speeds and loads....
- Like The Rest Of Us (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Dec 06, 2004)
“He could be very entertaining,” Stalin’s niece, Kira Allilueva, told biographer Robert Service in 1998. The dictator had her jailed in his last round of purges after World War II
- Entry Into The Club (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 06, 2004)
President Vladimir Putin's visit to New Delhi has, no doubt, brought India and Russia closer. As many as nine agreements between the two countries have been signed
- Drifting Backwards (Tribune, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Dec 06, 2004)
Reports of Anil Ambani dashing to Tirupati while his mother rushed to her guru in Gujarat and of the new Union Labour Minister’s inaugural puja are a reminder that only a dwindling minority is concerned about the “scientific temper” that inspired the....
- Growing Bond (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 06, 2004)
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to India seems to have cleared some of the doubts that had crept in regarding the future of the India-Russia relationship.
- The Importance Of Asset Allocation (Business Line, B. Venkatesh , Dec 06, 2004)
AT "Funds World India 2004," a conference on mutual funds and alternative investment, fund houses blamed the high coupon rate on government relief bonds for the lack of investor interest in equity funds
- Mission Horticulture (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 06, 2004)
Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, who was in Chandigarh on Friday to open the CII’s Agro Tech fair, made two significant statements. One, a National
- Touch Of Class (Telegraph, S. L. Rao, Dec 06, 2004)
Corporate training and development is a major activity conducted by business schools, consulting firms, human resource departments of companies, management associations and others.
- More Oil For The Wheels (Indian Express, Samudra Gupta Kashyap, Dec 06, 2004)
The Assam government last week announced it would levy a cess on crude oil produced in the state. Minister of State for Planning Himanta Biswa Sharma said oil-producing companies like ONGC and Oil India would now have to pay Rs 200 per metric tonne of cru
- Navy For The High Seas (Indian Express, RANJIT B. RAI, Dec 06, 2004)
This piece may read like a footnote to Navy Day but it concerns the nation at large. Every year the navy chooses a theme as its mission statement for the coming year and pursues it vigorously.
- Of Many Forked Tongues (Hindu, Jyotirmaya Sharma, Dec 06, 2004)
The BJP has begun to speak of Hindutva and Bharatiyata interchangeably to make its ideology more acceptable to allies.
- Peace Comes Knocking Once Again (Telegraph, Bharat Bhushan, Dec 06, 2004)
Thuingaleng Muivah, the general secretary of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Isak-Muivah) is given to saying
- State Of The Art (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 06, 2004)
Films are an important part of Calcutta’s self-image as a city of distinction. There are the film buffs, the Festival, Nandan and a state government long known to have its own stakes in “art cinema”.
- The Only Show In Town (Deccan Herald, Martin Jacques, Dec 06, 2004)
The left, as history knew it, is dead but the concerns that gave rise to it remain as relevant as ever
- Time To Get Serious On Kashmir (Hindu, Howard B. Schaffer, Dec 06, 2004)
New Delhi and Islamabad need to agree on concrete steps that could change the situation on the ground in Kashmir.
- How To Enjoy A Joke (Deccan Herald, CLIFFORD MARTIS, Dec 06, 2004)
However funny a joke may be, a joke-teller hopes to make you laugh, so you should humour him
- Security Council Expansion (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 06, 2004)
THE United Nations Secretary General, Mr Koffi Anan, had formed a panel of 16 experts a year ago in the midst of the Iraq crisis and asked it to come up with solutions for dealing with the challenges to global security in the 21st century.
- Uk Most Conducive For Indian Companies, Says Swaraj Paul (Tribune, Tripti Nath, Dec 05, 2004)
Lord Swaraj Paul, one of the most successful Indians in the UK, is the third Asian to be nominated to the House of Lords.
- Religious Centres And Public Scrutiny (Deccan Herald, G K GOVINDA RAO, Dec 05, 2004)
History has illustrated from the time of Buddha that criminals, thiefs and murderers would run to the fold of religion downing saffron robes to escape the hand of law.
- Treatment Travails (Hindu, Ramya Kannan , Dec 05, 2004)
Accessibility and affordability of the drugs to treat HIV/AIDS are a major issue
- What Can President Bush Do In His (Tribune, Maj-Gen Himmat Singh Gill (retd) , Dec 05, 2004)
THE foreign policy contours of President Bush's second term slated for mid-January next year, are beginning to emerge in some detail.
- Tide Of Misfortune (Telegraph, Debashis Bhattacharyya, Dec 05, 2004)
Five years after the super-cyclone, many women survivors along coastal Orissa live in a nightmarish world, stalked by human predators.
- A Ticking Time Bomb? (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Dec 05, 2004)
The HIV/AIDS epidemic in India is no longer confined to high-risk groups. There are warning signs that it is women, especially the young, who are among the most vulnerable
- Chitra Mudgal: A Rare Writer In Hindi (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Dec 05, 2004)
Chitra Mudgal is a rare writer in Hindi literature, combining many facets in her personality. She is a born rebel, a dedicated trade unionist, social activist, virtual demi goddess to slum dwellers and, at the same time, a dedicate house wife.
- The Key Institutional Weaknesses (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 04, 2004)
At the third `ASEAN + India Summit' held in Vientiane, a few days ago, there was talk of `deepening' of the `partnership'.
- Look Around, God Is Everywhere (Indian Express, Teja Shrikant Lele, Dec 04, 2004)
An oblong bit of stone, a smear of vermilion. A few grains of rice came one day, a diya was lit on another. A few days later, the oblong bit of stone was a stone no more: it had attained iconic status. God had been born.
- Media’S Into The Gasp Quotient (Indian Express, Amrita Shah, Dec 04, 2004)
What a salacious few weeks these have been! India’s most powerful corporate duo slugging it out in public. A venerated and elderly religious figure facing allegations of murder and friendly relations with a single woman.
- Needed: Perestroika (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 04, 2004)
Relations between Russia and India are badly in need of repair and hopefully Putin’s visit contributed to this.
- Politicians And Their Party-Hopping (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Dec 04, 2004)
The best time to watch antics of politicians on the make are elections: before the names of candidates are announced by the parties, during the campaign and after the results are announced.
- Punjab Under Fiscal Stress (Tribune, Upinder Sawhney, Dec 04, 2004)
Punjab was among the first few states to enact a fiscal responsibility Act. The Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act, 2003, attests to the commitment of the Government of Punjab towards the problems of revenue and fiscal deficits and
- Sweet Ideas (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 04, 2004)
The committee on Revitalisation of Sugar Industry, headed by the Food and Consumer Affairs Secretary, Mr S. K. Tuteja, deserves to be complimented for examining well the issues impacting the sector and making recommendations to rejuvenate it.
- Justice Denied (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 04, 2004)
It is 20 years since a lethal gas escaped from the Union Carbide Plant in Bhopal, which changed the lives of those living in the ill fated city forever for the worse.
- Pangs Of Parenting (Deccan Herald, VEENA PRADEEP, Dec 04, 2004)
Sometimes, it’s the simplest of questions that stumps you. Take my four-year-old’s for instance. Every morning, he wants to know why he has to go to school.
- Towards Asean + 4? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 04, 2004)
India's look east policy, which was initiated in 1991, is all about making up for time and opportunity lost. The signing of the ASEAN-India Partnership for Peace, Progress and Shared
- Us Dollar: Hard Landing Ahead? (Business Line, Alok Ray, Dec 04, 2004)
Unless the US government changes its profligate policies, a big fall of the dollar is a real possibility. The US budget deficit this year is put at $430 billion and is expected to exceed $1 trillion by 2010.
- When Attachment Causes Misery (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Dec 04, 2004)
Income-tax law permits the income-tax officer (ITO) to enforce collection from persons who owe money to the tax defaulter. This is known as the resort to garnishee proceedings.
- Woody, Ill-Seeming, Thick, Bereft Of Beauty (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 04, 2004)
There are at least two views on `visual appeal'. Thus, according to some, you can see beauty if only you see right, while for others, it is too superficial to talk about.
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