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Articles 47221 through 47320 of 53943:
- Why Rubbish A `Standard' For The Salaried (Business Line, T. N. Pandey, Aug 28, 2004)
The Kelkar suggestion to eliminate standard deduction for salaried assessees is flawed
- Some Reprieves Are Too Short-Lived (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Aug 28, 2004)
There are many instances where the Budget takes back the very advantages that courts bestow on assessees
- Assam In Turmoil (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 28, 2004)
THE series of bomb blasts in Assam triggered by the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) that killed six persons and injured 60 in the past two days is alarming.
- “july Package” Of Wto (Tribune, J. George, Aug 28, 2004)
THE “July package” of WTO, hailed as the historic framework agreement to save the Doha mandate, has to be situated within the confines of the agriculture landscape of Haryana.
- Pharma Prices: Deregulate In Tapered Doses (Business Line, Pradeep S. Mehta, Aug 28, 2004)
Whether regulating pharma prices in a market-driven economy is correct or not continues to be a matter of debate around the world, including India.
- An Indian Non-Debate (Deccan Herald, Raja Menon, Aug 28, 2004)
Indians need to understand that there is no yardstick to judge the ethics of American unilateralism in Iraq
- India's Worsening Fiscal Imbalance (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Aug 28, 2004)
While the latest RBI Annual Report highlights the real GDP growth of 8.2 per cent during the year, it does not hide its concern over the deterioration of government finances, including those of the States.
- Children’S Games (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 28, 2004)
Sometimes, newspapers come up with bizarre juxtapositions. Last week, the top story in a Bengali daily was about the nearly fatal consequences of four children in Bankura trying to play out Dhananjoy Chatterjee’s hanging.
- Clinging To Identity (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Aug 28, 2004)
In the Fifties when Britain had National Service, my friends joked about the soldier who tried to get out of Sunday church service by professing Islam.
- Detente As An Imperative (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 28, 2004)
The high-level Agreement India and Pakistan reached in New York to press ahead with the process of détente in the spirit of the Islamabad joint statement of January 6, 2004 must be ...
- A Smear Campaign (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 28, 2004)
The war imposed on Vietnam by the United States was evil because horrendous suffering was inflicted on the people of South East Asia by a superpower for neo-colonial reasons.
- Foreign Trade Policy — Long On Intent, Short On Strategy (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Aug 28, 2004)
Though bristling with schemes and plans, the Foreign Trade Policy neither offers convincing steps to substantially cut transaction costs nor spells out international economic strategy.
- Fine-Tuning Budget (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 28, 2004)
Several small changes made in the finance bill will make the provisions more effective
- India In Us Eyes (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Aug 28, 2004)
THE leitmotif of India’s troubled relations with the United States since the dawn of Independence has been Washington’s unwillingness to grant New Delhi strategic and policy-making autonomy in the region, if not further afield.
- Unlucky Bhutanese Refugees (Tribune, H. Bula Devi, Aug 27, 2004)
Refugees are not born; they are created. It is a man-made situation and humanity perhaps takes a toll when a man is called a refugee in his own land.
- Risks Faced By The Global Economy (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Aug 27, 2004)
Doomsayers abound in the world of the dismal science of economics. Recently, there have been many economists forecasting that the end of the world is nigh. Not all of them are credible.
- Ending The Regional Drift (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Aug 27, 2004)
India might have no option but to develop a pro-active policy to encourage internal political change within the subcontinent.
- The Next Stage Of Peace Process (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Aug 27, 2004)
When tracking diplomacy, microscopic reading of joint statements often leads to a suspension of political judgment. Critics of the meeting between
- Gentlemen And Patriots (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Aug 27, 2004)
From all accounts, the Union petroleum minister, Mani Shankar Aiyar, is both a happy and troubled man these days.
- Transition Complete (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 27, 2004)
With President HU Jintao taking over as Chairman of the powerful Central Military Commission (CMC) of the Communist Party of China (CPC), the process of leadership change in China that began two years ago is now complete.
- We Can Now Cure Dutch Disease (Deccan Herald, Joseph Stiglitz, Aug 27, 2004)
For some nations, especially developing countries, natural resoures are a curse — but it need not really be so
- To Conserve Land, Go High Rise (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Aug 27, 2004)
India stands first for its people and then its land. Idealistically speaking, land (with the rivers and mountains inclusive) is a precious resource that all the people of India possess collectively.
- New Heavyweight On The Bourse (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 27, 2004)
Although not surprising, Tata Consultancy Services' (TCS) debut on the stock exchanges has been impressive by any yardstick.
- Reversal Of Fortunes (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 27, 2004)
If a week in politics is a long time, four months could be a whole era, judging by how woebegone the Bharatiya Janata Party looks these days.
- Retirement Blues (Deccan Herald, N N SACHITANAND, Aug 27, 2004)
You can retire from public life, but never from life itself, as your spouse will willingly remind you
- New Foreign Trade Policy — Will There Be A Real Paradigm Shift? (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Aug 27, 2004)
The 2002-07 Export Import (Exim) Policy, coterminous with the Tenth Plan, is now being abandoned mid-way, with the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government planning to unveil a New Foreign Trade Policy (NFT) in its place.
- Moment Of Reckoning (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 27, 2004)
The assassination attempt on the Bangladesh Opposition leader, Sheikh Hasina Wajed, was a grave assault on the country's democracy.
- Acid Healing (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 27, 2004)
The simplest of ministrations could be fatal in West Bengal’s hospitals. Mr Premananda Hazra was recovering in Howrah General Hospital from transfusion after severe injuries.
- Caution On The Patent Act (Hindu, Suman Sahai , Aug 27, 2004)
The Indian law must insist that patent applications follow the protocol of the Convention on Biological Diversity.
- Pm's Open Invitation (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 27, 2004)
The Economic High THE ECONOMIC HIGH point of the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh's visit to the US was his request to American corporate heads gathered at the New York Stock Exchange to invest $150 billion in the next few years in infrastructure project
- Airports Can Be A High-Flying Business (Business Line, Pankaj Narayan Pandit, Aug 27, 2004)
After much debate, the Ministry of Civil Aviation has floated tenders for 49 per cent stake in the Mumbai and Delhi airports, and given the green signal for the Rs 1,300-crore Bangalore airport project.
- Left In A Huff (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Aug 27, 2004)
This piece is not about the merits or otherwise of formal induction of personnel of foreign agencies and consultancy organisations as members of the review committees of the Planning Commission.
- A Bill Of Contention (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 27, 2004)
There has clearly been a bit of political grandstanding both by the Opposition, under the National Democratic Alliance umbrella, and the Government over the memorandum of changes to the Finance Bill, sought by the NDA.
- How China Keeps Defying The Doomsayers (Business Line, K. Subramanian, Aug 27, 2004)
Signs of extraordinary growth dazzle tourists, especially Indians, visiting China. They are stupefied when their buses move smoothly on interminable highways, criss-crossed by winding flyovers.
- Improving Standards Of Governance (Tribune, Gurmeet Kanwal, Aug 27, 2004)
THE Central Government is considering a proposal to select aspiring IAS and allied services candidates after the 12th standard with a view to catching them young for a career in the civil service.
- India, U.S. & Trade In Technology (Hindu, R. Ramachandran, Aug 27, 2004)
The just-concluded India-U.S. agreement on high-technology trade contains only cosmetic changes to the policy on dual-use items.
- Apples In A Jam (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 27, 2004)
Normally, a bumper apple crop is followed by a lean season. But Himachal Pradesh has had good yield for the third year in a row. Still, the growers may not have much to cheer if the truck operators' strike gets prolonged.
- Capital Formation And P&p Sector (Business Line, R. Vaidyanathan, Aug 26, 2004)
The share of the government in capital formation has fallen from 41 per cent to 31 per cent, showing that it still appropriates significant portion of household savings to carry on its capital formation activities, which mostly provide negative returns.
- A Delicate Mission! (Tribune, Vepa Rao, Aug 26, 2004)
The father was in tears: “They pronounce my daughter’s name wrongly and have forgotten even mine. Padmavati has become yajmabatti. I, instead of Vajreshwar, have become Laloo Yadav, Govinda, Sehwag, etc.
- A Slimming Exercise Or Simply Weight Shifting? (Business Line, N. R. Moorthy , Aug 26, 2004)
The concept paper on the Companies Bill, 2004 is like curate's egg — good in parts.
- Saving In Inflationary Times (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 26, 2004)
There are a number of reasons as to why savers as a class need at least policies to protect their returns if not new incentives to save.
- Wto: The Dope Trick (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Aug 26, 2004)
At the WTO, India and Brazil, along with developed countries, forced an inequitous framework on developing nations
- Warrant: Be On Guard! (Business Line, D. Murali , Aug 26, 2004)
Warrant is top news, not a House in limbo, nor the trucks off the roads. Whether or not politicians are able to come to terms with warrants, we can attempt to.
- View And Review (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 26, 2004)
Quite expectedly, the Supreme Court has dismissed the review petition of Punjab seeking reconsideration of its order asking the Centre to construct the unfinished portion of the Sutlej Yamuna Link (SYL) canal.
- To Write A Good Opinion, You Need The Right Mental Attitude (Business Line, D. Murali , Aug 26, 2004)
Finished product of an audit is an opinion, clean or qualified, adverse or disclaimer. There is a standard lingo for opinions that is spoon-fed to CAs, and one can churn opinions year after year from a boilerplate file stored in
- They Go Strictly By The Rules (Telegraph, N.J. Nanporia, Aug 26, 2004)
If Manmohan Singh will be able to reform a bureaucracy weighed down by its inheritance and lack of pragmatism
- The Due Process Clause (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 26, 2004)
The importation of the "due process clause," consciously deleted at the time of framing the Constitution, has led to a decisive supremacy of the judiciary over all other branches of Government.
- Don't Confuse Capabilities With Activities (Business Line, D. Murali , Aug 26, 2004)
About three months ago, Infosys announced that its human resource value stood at beyond Rs 20,000 crore, growing by almost 100 per cent over a year.
- Sensitive Santro (Deccan Herald, SHARADA PRAHLADRAO, Aug 26, 2004)
Although it may not be much to look at, its owners guard it jealously, with their lives
- Saint Of The Dispossessed (Hindu, Navin Chawla, Aug 26, 2004)
The miracle was Mother Teresa's life itself. She epitomised goodness and faith, reached out without being judgmental, sought no explanations, only tried to comfort and offer succour.
- Parliament And The Judiciary (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 26, 2004)
All the three wings of the state are creatures of the Constitution and are bound by it. There has to be complementarity among the constitutional institutions and no one institution can claim superiority over the other.
- Hubli Histrionics (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 26, 2004)
The mega sound effects surrounding the surrender of Uma Bharti before a Hubli court were not unexpected given the Bharatiya Janata Party's talent for making a production of the smallest event.
- Facing The Dragon (Telegraph, Chandrashekar Dasgupta, Aug 26, 2004)
New Delhi has made it clear that it does not see China as a “threat” to India. The official position reflects a correct assessment of our security environment.
- Dialogue With Pakistan (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, Aug 26, 2004)
When Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee met Gen Pervez Musharraf in Islamabad during the SAARC Summit in January this year, India agreed to the resumption of the dialogue with Pakistan following a categorical commitment by the General that he would not allow any ...
- Uma Gives Bjp A New Political Tool (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Aug 25, 2004)
The Uma Bharti episode regarding the national flag may seem like yet another scene in the political theatre of the absurd but at its core lies something more serious.
- Mera Pani, Mera Pani (Tribune, Ramesh Luthra, Aug 25, 2004)
I stand by the sandy bed......filled with wild shrubs...... oh! Love’s labour is lost. This shabby and dismal picture upsets me....... I take a puff to get over tension. But can’t.
- Nepal Under Maoist Siege (Tribune, S. D. Muni , Aug 25, 2004)
Nepal is under siege. The Maoist insurgents have declared an indefinite blockade of Kathmandu since August 18. Though the Nepal government claims to be confident in dealing with the situation, ordinary citizens are feeling the pressure. Prices of ...
- Oil Slick (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 25, 2004)
Oil is slippery. High oil prices only increase the slipperiness. In India, the problem of high oil prices was escalated by the prevailing high rate of import and excise duties.
- Redrawing The World (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Aug 25, 2004)
India’s foreign secretaries are very good at redrawing the world — with the stroke of a pen.
- Rhetoric And Reality (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 25, 2004)
Lack of political will has adversely affected the promotion of people-to-people contacts between India and Pakistan.
- Simple Problem, Simple Solution (Tribune, Karan Singh Dalal, Aug 25, 2004)
CAPT Amarinder Singh has unwittingly provided an avoidable and contentious issue to the politicians of Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan by enacting the Punjab Termination of Agreements Act, 2004.
- Beware Of Mergers (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 25, 2004)
The proposal to merge India's giant petroleum companies into megalithic corporations requires cautious appraisal. Mergers are, in theory, the very antithesis of competition, hence unwelcome
- Unique Space For A Relinquisher (Deccan Herald, Kancha Ilaiah, Aug 25, 2004)
By giving up power, Sonia now commands enormous power with which she can initiate a massive social reform
- Insulating Economy Against Surging Oil Prices (Business Line, C. J. Punnathara, Aug 25, 2004)
After much delay and heartburn, the Government finally reconciled itself to the inevitable: A cut in Customs and excise levies on petroleum products.
- Innovative Edge (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Aug 25, 2004)
IT IS a truism that corporates can survive in the era of global competition and advances in technology only by constantly renewing themselves and presenting to the customers and stakeholders convincing evidence of striving for the best standards of ...
- How To Move On Slippery Ground (Telegraph, S. Venkitaramanan , Aug 25, 2004)
India’s new goal should be energy security, so that it can save itself from the pitfalls of the volatile crude oil prices
- Forgetful Lapse (Deccan Herald, P SRINIVASAN, Aug 25, 2004)
Absent-mindedness is common to all, but only the ‘professors’ seem to get away with it
- Ensuring Speedy Justice — Reducing The Backlog Of Cases (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Aug 25, 2004)
Access to statistics on cases and their disposal can increase judicial efficiency and enhance the image of the judiciary in the public eye.
- Talking On (Telegraph, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 25, 2004)
The ongoing composite dialogue between India and Pakistan has led to high-level interaction, in the last few weeks, between officials of the two sides.
- Energy Security — Devise Alternative Strategies On War Footing (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Aug 23, 2004)
The international price of crude oil has hit an all-time high of $46 to the barrel. The reasons for the increase are many and not too well understood.
- Iran And The U.S. (Hindu, Hamid Ansari, Aug 23, 2004)
Ideological imperatives notwithstanding, practical considerations are beginning to be voiced in the United States on ties with Iran.
- Taking Power To The People (Telegraph, N.R. MADHAVA MENON, Aug 23, 2004)
With a few changes, the proposed conciliation board bill could meet the demand for legal services, at the grassroots
- Gandhi's Torch (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Aug 23, 2004)
A time there was when the nation was deemed supreme, and those who had its interest at heart were prepared to lay down their lives at its altar.
- Future Fuel (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 23, 2004)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's statement that his government would endeavour to make India a leader in the new and renewable energy sector in a short time comes in the wake of rising international oil prices.
- For The Future (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 23, 2004)
The Tata investment proposal in Bangladesh is not yet final. However, since synergies on both sides are tapped, there is no reason why it should not materialize.
- Living With High Oil Prices (Hindu, G. Ananthakrishnan, Aug 23, 2004)
Even at high production levels, the era of cheap oil may be coming to a close. Spiralling fuel prices require that public transport systems be upgraded.
- Engineering Solutions To Inflation (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Aug 23, 2004)
Conventional economic theory holds that interest rates will have to be raised to reduce money supply and curb inflation. But this is a win-lose option as it will also slow down economic growth.
- Babus Galore (Deccan Herald, CLIFFORD MARTIS, Aug 23, 2004)
‘Babudom’ is a typical example of what they call — ‘Tyranny of the subordinate’
- Fixed Maturity Plans: Managing Interest Rate Risks Through Them (Business Line, B. Venkatesh , Aug 23, 2004)
Fixed maturity plans that most fund-houses offer under their umbrella of bond funds have largely gone unnoticed. Or at least, these plans are not as aggressively marketed as the floating-rate bond funds.
- Tinkering With Tariffs (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 23, 2004)
The decision by the Government to slash import tariffs on non-alloy steel to 5 per cent is part of the multi-pronged approach to containing inflation wherever it can.
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