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- Still A Long Shot (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 06, 2004)
Had the India Meteorological Department been a bookmaker, it would have lost a packet. In April it predicted that rainfall in this year's southwest monsoon from June 1 to September 30 would be normal, in fact, 100 per cent of the long-term average.
- Ties With Australia Can Improve (Tribune, Girja Shankar Kaura, Oct 06, 2004)
An Australian defence think tank has urged India and Australia to join forces in the Indian Ocean as terrorism provides a common concern. Both countries need to have more bilateral exchanges.
- National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 06, 2004)
Quietly the Government has set up National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council. It has been made responsible for delivering the goods on so wide a front — evolving policies and conditions which encourage competitive, sustainable and efficient indigenous
- E.U.'S Real Problem With Turkey (Hindu, Richard Adams, Oct 06, 2004)
The real problem about Turkey joining the European Union is not religion but its size and economic weakness.
- Honour For Amrita (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 06, 2004)
Being elected Fellow of Sahitya Akademi is the acme of one's literary career. After all, the honour is limited to 21 "immortals of literature" at a time. But this ultimate recognition comes to Amrita Pritam at a time when it does not mean much to her.
- Fall Of A Forum (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 06, 2004)
Every politician goes through a lean season. That is, however, no reason to write him off, especially if that politician has been as resourceful as the former speaker of the Lok Sabha, Mr Purno A. Sangma.
- Edusat — A Teacher In The Sky (Deccan Herald, U R RAO, Oct 06, 2004)
In the absence of adequate faculty, Edusat is a tool of education to help in the transformation of society
- Inquiry As Tool (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 06, 2004)
FEW will shed tears over the scrapping of the S.N. Phukan Commission inquiring into the defence scam exposed by Tehelka. The very purpose of the inquiry was to obfuscate the issue and thereby save the skin of some of those involved in it.
- A Choice For The Tv Viewer (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 06, 2004)
The recommendations of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India on distribution of television channels can improve choice for consumers.
- India’S Vehicle For Military Deterrence (Deccan Herald, RAJIV NAYAN, Oct 06, 2004)
If India intends to create a credible deterrence to China, it should develop a 3,000 km plus range missile launcher
- Afghans Fed Up With Civil War (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Oct 06, 2004)
Amid warnings of violence in Afghanistan’s first presidential elections, human rights groups are adding their concerns to the growing morass of anxiety — that conditions for a free and fair election simply do not exist.
- Bright City, Fading Lights (Telegraph, Tapas Chakraborty, Oct 06, 2004)
The 350th anniversary celebrations of the Taj are yet another occasion for the Uttar Pradesh government to score a political point
- Advantage Rebellion (Telegraph, Madhusree C. Bhowmik, Oct 05, 2004)
While the other Naxal-infested states are trying to broker peace, Jharkhand remains strangely inert
- Agrarian Crisis In Andhra Pradesh (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Oct 05, 2004)
The extensive nature of the agrarian crisis in Andhra Pradesh is now widely known. But it is not more generally recognised that what has already happened in that State is actually replicating itself to varying degrees across rural India.
- Banking On Efficiency (Deccan Herald, M K RATHISH, Oct 05, 2004)
In the banking business, if you do not click early enough, you do not click at all
- Technocrats Ignore Political Realities (Business Line, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Oct 05, 2004)
Running a country is different from running a corporation. The crucial difference is politics. Politics is about power relationships; it is about economic ideology as well. Technocrat Dr Montek Singh Ahluwalia could have avoided the foreign experts ...
- America Is At War With Itself (Hindu, Gary Younge, Oct 05, 2004)
If Americans choose George W. Bush over John Kerry, it will be from fear, a lack of choice - and a preference for power over safety.
- Mid-Term Poll Phantom Persists (Deccan Herald, N C GUNDU RAO, Oct 05, 2004)
The glib denials will not dispel doubts on the longevity of the coalition ministry in Karnataka
- How The British Left India (Tribune, Anita Inder Singh, Oct 05, 2004)
By the end of World War II the British had realised that they would not be able to hold out against a possible Congress-led mass movement. In fact, Lord Wavell, then Viceroy, advised the Cabinet early in 1946 that the British should withdraw from India by
- Sebi Rulings: Case Of Inexplicable Inconsistency (Business Line, Dinesh Narayanan, Oct 05, 2004)
Inconsistencies in approach while making judgments can seriously impair SEBI's reputation as a fair regulator.
- Playing To Empty Galleries (Telegraph, SREYASHI DASTIDAR, Oct 05, 2004)
What about having matches featuring teams from the subcontinent outside its bounds?
- Stalemate In Nepal (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 05, 2004)
As it ponders over the possibility of another ceasefire in the country's eight-year-long war against Maoist insurgents, the Government of Nepal can be forgiven for being especially cautious.
- New Blood (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 05, 2004)
Few images of a bleeding North-east have been as agonizing as the scenes of the latest mayhem there. What makes the violence in Nagaland and Assam look particularly grim is the fact that the victims are all innocent people.
- Beyond The Khyber Pass (Hindu, M.K. Bhadrakumar, Oct 05, 2004)
Pakistan has long involved itself in Afghanistan's affairs. How will it now deal with the move towards democratic pluralism?
- India As Dustbin (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 05, 2004)
Once again, India’s import regulatory mechanism stands exposed. Whether it is the disease-infected blood or live missiles and bombs, anything can be brought into this country.
- Halt The Slaughter (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 05, 2004)
The world has not done enough to stop the ethnic cleansing in Sudan
- Beyond The Terror (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 05, 2004)
The devastating bomb blast at Dimapur railway station in Nagaland and the series of terrorist explosions in Dhubri, Darrang and Kokrajhar districts of Assam over the weekend are perhaps the clearest indication that the National Democratic Front
- Left Without Reason (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Oct 05, 2004)
The infantile questioning of government and its policies is carried on relentlessly by those men and women who opted to sit out — the classic syndrome of the big bully who wants everything his way without the responsibility.
- Press Note 18: To Withdraw Or Not? (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Oct 04, 2004)
After the issue of foreign experts in the Planning Commission consultative bodies, the next bone of contention may be the so-called Press Note 18, which denies automatic route for proposals where
- Chastened Jayalalithaa (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 04, 2004)
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa is evidently mulling over her political options and out to win friends and influence other parties with an eye on the state assembly elections scheduled for 2006.
- Cleansing Public Life (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 04, 2004)
If Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's assurance that quick and effective action will be taken to establish a Lok Pal is greeted with a touch of scepticism, it is because similar promises have been heard a number of times before.
- Crowded Skies (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Oct 04, 2004)
Increasing competition in the civil aviation sector brings its own set of problems.
- Do Violations Of Business Ethics Deserve Crime Status? (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Oct 04, 2004)
Most newspapers have a junior reporter on the `crime beat.' She is the one who reports on those car thefts, break-ins and murders as part of what is happening in the city. Reading those reports makes us squirm and complain that crime is increasing, but
- Grey Makes Vulnerable (Telegraph, SANKAR SEN, Oct 04, 2004)
Close monitoring by the police is needed to help prevent crimes against the growing numbers of the elderly in India
- Harassed By Wives (Tribune, Devi Cherian, Oct 04, 2004)
NICE to see some husbands being harassed by their wives for a change! A district of Balrampur lying in a distant corner of Uttar Pradesh boasts of a unique club with harassed hubbies as members.
- Can Contract Appointments Enliven Bureaucracy? (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Oct 04, 2004)
Is putting government officials on contract the answer to the problem of non-performing bureaucracy. It may be so but only if leads to greater functional freedom and there is judicial support. Even then, the question of selection and recruitment remains
- Rev Up Reforms (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 04, 2004)
In the run-up to the annual meetings of the World Bank and the IMF, the two multilateral agencies have come out with their annual reports — the World Development Report (WDR) and the World Economic
- Search For A New Political Culture (Deccan Herald, K C ABRAHAM, Oct 04, 2004)
Can the plurality of religious and secular faiths, through dialogue, help create a common culture?
- The Continuing Oil Shock (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 04, 2004)
The Central Government has asked the oil marketing companies not to increase the retail prices of petroleum products.
- The Other Side Of Assets (Telegraph, S. Venkitaramanan , Oct 04, 2004)
The annual report of the Reserve Bank of India for 2003-04 covers the financial performance of the central bank during the period, besides giving an exhaustive review of macroeconomic developments in the country during the year.
- Undaunted By Disability (Tribune, Vijay Oberoi, Oct 04, 2004)
AT 3 pm on September 12, 2004, history was made when Navin Gulia, a young man with a 90 per cent paralysed body and 100 per cent medical disability, did the impossible, by driving non-stop from Delhi to the highest motorable pass in the world ...
- Waiting For A Surprise (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Oct 04, 2004)
American intelligence sources are leaking hair-raising tales of Iran’s alleged nuclear weapons programme. Norman Podhoretz, editor of Commentary, and godfather of the neo-conservatives, says, “I am not advocating the invasion of Iran at this moment ...
- Will America Heed The Message? (Hindu, Hamid Ansari, Oct 04, 2004)
The brother of Morocco's King has publicly faulted the United States' policy on Iraq and the Middle East. Have Arab rulers given up on Mr. Bush?
- World Economic Outlook's Advice For India (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Oct 04, 2004)
The World Economic Outlook 2004 succinctly outlines the problems threatening the global economy and suggests solutions. Will finance ministers and central bank heads heed the WEO's cautionary advice? Or has a macro-economic crisis to hit the global ...
- Troubled Northeast (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 04, 2004)
THE situation in the Northeast is getting worse with every passing day. Nagaland, where insurgent groups had been observing a ceasefire for the past seven years, is again in the grip of violence with two major bomb blasts on Saturday, including the one
- The Contest In Vidharbha (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 03, 2004)
The Vidharbha region will be crucial to determining the battle for Maharashtra.
- Remembering Shastri (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Oct 03, 2004)
Like the guy in the famous Mae West song, the Manmohan Singh Government has taken its time to decide on a yearlong celebration of the centenary of Lal Bahadur Shastri, the country's second Prime Minister.
- Politicians Have Outlived Their Utility (Deccan Herald, ROOPA RAO, Oct 03, 2004)
Everywhere in the world, sport is managed by professionals. In India, this job is done by the unspoken bilateral agreement between the politician and the bureaucrat. Outside of India, different aspects of sport are managed by suitably qualified profession
- Haryanvi’S Moment Of Pride (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Oct 03, 2004)
ONE wonders if cricket still remains the gentlemen’s game, judging by petty manipulation witnessed in what should have been a routine election of the Board of Control for Cricket in India. Never before election to a sports body has seen intrigue of ...
- Evms Are Convenient But They Are Not Tamper-Proof (Tribune, Jagjit Puri, Oct 03, 2004)
I had the opportunity of working as the Election Commission’s Observer in many elections in Punjab, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh.
- An Election Too Close To Call (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Oct 03, 2004)
Like the guy in the famous Mae West song, the Manmohan Singh Government has taken its time to decide on a yearlong celebration of the centenary of Lal Bahadur Shastri, the country's second Prime Minister. Even if belated, the decision merits a hearty ...
- A New Agenda For Strategic Partnership: British Envoy (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Oct 03, 2004)
IN his 32-year-long diplomatic career, Sir Michael Arthur has been places, literally. He has served in the United Nations, Brussels, Kinshasa, Bonn, Paris and Washington before coming to New Delhi as the British High Commissioner last year.
- Brand Touch In Tax Law (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Oct 02, 2004)
Over 75,000 brands are said to be fighting it out in the Indian consumer market. Differentiation is the order of the day, with micro-niche, niche and mass products jostling for a share of the market pie.
- How The Myth Crumbles (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Oct 02, 2004)
Two myths have been exploded in recent years — one is that you have to be cast in the heroic role to become a hero; the other is that all people are basically peace-loving.
- Freeing Our Heroes (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA, Oct 02, 2004)
In his autobiography, Ravi Shankar writes that “being Bengali, of course, makes it natural for me to feel so moved by Tagore; but I do feel that if he had been born in the West he would now be as revered as Shakespeare or Goethe
- Dope Goats (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 02, 2004)
The glitter of Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore's first-ever Olympic silver for India was overshadowed by the dark deeds of some athletes who failed to clear the dope test in Athens last month.
- Democracy In The Maldives (Hindu, V. Suryanarayan, Oct 02, 2004)
There is a growing demand for political reform in the Maldives where power is concentrated in a strong executive.
- Ballad Of A Thin Man (Telegraph, Bob Dylan, Oct 02, 2004)
His memoirs have found their way to the press weeks ahead of their appearance between covers. And everyone’s hoping they’ll unwrap a bit of the riddle
- A Cold Wind From The Caucasus (Deccan Herald, A MADHAVAN, Oct 02, 2004)
Neocons in the US want Russia broken up. It is in India’s interest to oppose such an eventuality
- "Nssp: U.S., India Interests In Action" (Hindu, Matthew S. Borman, Oct 02, 2004)
In the article entitled, "India, U.S. & Trade in Technology" (The Hindu, September 27), Mr. R. Ramachandran argues that the recent announcement by President Bush and Prime Minister Singh on Phase One of the U.S.-India Next Steps in Strategic
- Oh, What A Lovely Election! (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 02, 2004)
Cricket has long been a metaphor for fair play, even if William Gilbert Grace (1848-1915), the English progenitor of modern batting and crowd-puller nonpareil, exhibited an approach and spirit that seem almost contemporary.
- Market Discipline Can Get Stuck In Mint Street Controls (Business Line, D. Murali , Oct 02, 2004)
A familiar scene in kindergarten classes is a general restlessness of children indulging in all sorts of noisy pranks till the teacher arrives to start, not with words, but with a few thundering thrashes on the table to bring in some discipline.
- Disciplinarian To The Core (Tribune, K. S. Parthasarathy, Oct 02, 2004)
We joined the Atomic Energy Training School, Trombay on August 14, 1964.We would like to forget the first few days in Bandra where our hostel was located. BEST workers went on strike.
- The Brighter Side Of Stalemate (Tribune, Pran Chopra , Oct 02, 2004)
After over half a century of talks on Kashmir, Pakistan came up with the first original idea a few weeks ago. With the talks stalemated for quite some time by each side rejecting the other’s demands for a settlement, Pakistan floated the idea that ...
- Whose Game Is It Anyway (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 02, 2004)
The state has an inherent propensity to increase its jurisdiction and area of operation.
- Kyoto Protocol (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 02, 2004)
Russia’s decision to ratify the Protocol saves it from collapse
- They Also Serve, But By Making Things Difficult (Business Line, Mohan R. Lavi, Oct 02, 2004)
The Roos' law states thus: "If there is a harder way of doing something, someone will find it." The makers of service tax law in India seem to fit the bill perfectly.
- When Milk Mixes With Water, Won't Software Merge In Hardware? (Business Line, D. Murali , Oct 02, 2004)
The Acer India case that was decided by the Supreme Court on September 24 was about a simple dispute: When you load software onto a computer, does it become part of the hardware?
- Running Well (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 02, 2004)
If the Indian economy can sprint at 7.4 per cent in the second and third laps, as it has in the first, the effort will be worth a few cheers. The current account is in surplus while a higher trade deficit of $6.3 billion ($5.56 billion) indicates a rise
- Politicians’ Antics In The Public Eye (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Oct 02, 2004)
There are two things politicians know well how to do: One is to exploit people for their own benefit; and the other is how to remain in the public eye. The first is done by a simple trick known from ancient times: when riding on a donkey’s back have ...
- Political Compromise (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 02, 2004)
The Left is taking a confrontationist stand far too often for comfort
- New Foreign Trade Policy — How To Avoid Another Miss (Business Line, Prabhat Kumar, Oct 01, 2004)
The new Foreign Trade Policy sets an ambitious target of doubling our share of world exports from 0.7 per cent to 1.5 per cent, within five years.
- No Case To Shelve The Bureaucracy (Business Line, Devendra Mishra, Oct 01, 2004)
India's technology-driven growth, while helping the nation move towards self-sustenance and global competitiveness, has bypassed large sections of the population.
- A Terror In Every Bush (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Oct 01, 2004)
Thus spake the army chief of staff: as if the Armed Services (Special Powers) Act applies not just to Kashmir or Manipur, but to the entire country, including its judicial process.
- Sports Feuds (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 01, 2004)
The contest for the BCCI headship had all the drama and seat's-edge excitement that one associates with one-day cricket.
- Cosmetic Changes (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 01, 2004)
The Govt must have the political will to control wasteful expenditure
- Counsel Of Despair (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 01, 2004)
Efforts should be made to insulate the official machinery from political interference
- `We Come Within Our Awful Banks Again' (Business Line, D. Murali , Oct 01, 2004)
A four-letter word of current interest is `bank'. Original civilisations flourished on riverbanks — that is, "land alongside or sloping down" the waterfront.
- Gender Budgeting — The Value Of A Homemaker's Meal (Business Line, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Oct 01, 2004)
Women's groups are demanding that women be given more opportunities for earning, and that the unpaid women's domestic work is valued.
- Moving Forward On Kashmir (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Oct 01, 2004)
In moving beyond the traditional posturing on Kashmir, Manmohan Singh and Pervez Musharraf have created a template in which their representatives can explore the elements of a final settlement.
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