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- `Insuring' Against Nature's Fury (Business Line, James T. Morris, Aug 03, 2004)
As audiences worldwide ponder the dramatic scenes in The Day After Tomorrow, Hollywood's much-talked-about climate change disaster movie
- An Unsteady Boat (Deccan Herald, N C GUNDU RAO, Aug 03, 2004)
The Congress-JD(S) coalition govt in Karnataka is dithering on most administrative matters
- Recall Provision — People's Leash, Short And Tight (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Aug 03, 2004)
It will be a folly for the political class to assume that its sovereign masters, the people, will put up indefinitely with oppression and hardship.
- Terrorism And Regional Economics (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 03, 2004)
Compared with the often-tense atmosphere at meetings of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, which invariably became a prisoner of India-Pakistan equations
- The Message From Geneva (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 03, 2004)
THE dominant concern at the just-concluded WTO ministerial summit in Geneva was to reach a settlement of sorts. A failure, as witnessed at the last of round of talks
- Why Do The Rich Not Take Unctad Seriously? (Business Line, Pradeep S. Mehta, Aug 03, 2004)
EVER since the World Trade Organisation came into being in 1995, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad) has been under attack from the rich countries for doing excellent work for the developing countries in the international ...
- Problems Before The Pm (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Aug 03, 2004)
Conventional wisdom has it that a new government is assessed on its performance after the first 100 days. Yet the coming to power of a Congress-led coalition relying on outside support is a circumstance unique enough to bend the rule.
- A Government Settles In (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Aug 02, 2004)
The shape of the new Government's agenda is getting clear - and so is the nature of change and continuity.
- Cutting Our Noses… (Tribune, Pran Chopra , Aug 02, 2004)
THE early years of Indian Independence gave us the priceless gift of federalism, without which "India" might have remained a dream.
- `Our Challenge Is To Mechanise Small Farms' (Business Line, N. Ramakrishnan , Aug 02, 2004)
At a time when tractor manufacturers should be celebrating, they are looking up to the skies. The handsome growth in sales in the first quarter of this year — nearly 48 per cent — was followed by a slump post-Budget.
- Ceremonial Send-Offs (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 02, 2004)
CONVENTIONS ARE NOT easily overturned, as the genteel, publicity-shunning Manmohan Singh discovered to his dismay on the morning of his departure for the BIMST-EC summit in Bangkok.
- A Communist Rishi (Hindu, Gopal Gandhi, Aug 02, 2004)
A tribute to Hiren Mukherjee, lifelong Communist, accomplished Parliamentarian and scholar, who passed away on July 30.
- What’S Uncle Sam Up To? (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Aug 02, 2004)
The American effort is to absorb both India and Pakistan in its power system by managing their rivalry.
- Cold Shoulder (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 02, 2004)
Sometime ago, the Samajwadi Party threatened to turn "watchdog" over the conduct of the Union Government. In doing so, it signalled that it was fed up with the UPA big brother's no-holds-barred attacks on its UP citadel.
- The Wages Of Neglect (Hindu, PRAFULLA DAS, Aug 01, 2004)
Eleven children died in just over a month for lack of proper health care in an Adivasi hamlet in Orissa.
- Target Approach To Family Planning Won’T Work (Tribune, Usha Rai, Aug 01, 2004)
With several state governments advocating a target-driven approach to family planning and the public being wooed with incentives to go in for sterilisations, health activists fear a return to an Emergency-like situation.
- Lamba: Champion Of Solar Energy (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Aug 01, 2004)
Comments of two farmers from Punjab best sum up the remarkable achievement of Hemant Lamba, a young Indian executive, who has won the prestigious Green Oscar Award.
- Hardly Hospitals (Hindu, Meena Menon, Aug 01, 2004)
Government hospitals in rural areas struggle to serve the target population.
- An Open Letter To All Indians Anywhere (Tribune, Kiran Bedi, Aug 01, 2004)
Watching Americans celebrate their Independence Day on July 4 was an experience of sorts for me. It naturally made me compare how we celebrate our own Independence Day back home.
- Npas: Why The Undue Anxiety? (Business Line, M. Sitarama Murthy, Jul 31, 2004)
If not for the accelerated provisions made to bring down the non-performing assets (NPAs) below the 3 per cent mark to comply with the last minute diktat of the Reserve Bank of India for declaring dividends, the profits of many banks would have been ...
- Human Traffickers Target Children (Tribune, Aditi Tandon, Jul 31, 2004)
Although trafficking of women and children is not new, the number of trafficked persons from South Asia, estimated at 200,000 annually, is alarming.
- Pot Calling The Kettle Black (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Jul 31, 2004)
Two topics which generated much heat and hangama in Parliament caused me much amusement. One was the opposition’s denunciation of ‘tainted ministers’ in the treasury benches.
- Leap Into Time (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 31, 2004)
Blackholes may have more information to reveal than science knows about them
- Mind Your K’S And Q’S (Tribune, Saroop Krishen, Jul 31, 2004)
THE British rulers never missed an opportunity to proclaim that Hindi is the language of the Hindus and Urdu of the Muslims. In fact that was a major plank in their policy of divide and rule and they liked to make the maximum use of it.
- Nariman’S Bill (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 31, 2004)
EMINENT jurist and Member of Parliament (Nominated) Fali S. Nariman’s introduction of the Judicial Statistics Bill, 2004, in the Rajya Sabha assumes special significance in the context of the huge backlog of cases and the courts’ inability to ensure ...
- Bush, Blair: Without Friends In The World (Tribune, K.N. Malik, Jul 31, 2004)
There is no doubt that the three recent reports, one investigating the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the other two — the US congressional report and the UK’s Butler report — were given fudged intelligence.
- Pity The Man Who Wins (Hindu, LARRY ELLIOT, Jul 31, 2004)
Given the state of the American economy, it would be better for John Kerry if he lost the presidential election.
- Was Iraq A Mutual Charade? (Hindu, HAROLD A. GOULD, Jul 31, 2004)
Saddam Hussein's bluff proved to be so successful that it set him up for George W. Bush's counter-charade.
- The Elusive Me (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 31, 2004)
India could consider fighting terrorism with international co-operation
- The Collapse Of Green Revolution (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Jul 31, 2004)
The harmful combination of chemical outputs with water-guzzling crops has played havoc with agriculture
- The Challenge Of Mass Hunger (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 31, 2004)
The spate of hunger-related deaths reported across different States is now a national scandal; this can no longer be dismissed as an aberration or a passing seasonal setback.
- Problems A Tonne In Tonnage Tax (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jul 31, 2004)
The flip side of being a journalist is that at any gathering or party you will find at least a few people who seem to think that you are responsible for all the ills of the media and will take you to task for that.
- Privatisation Is At Sea, Let's Push It To The Ocean (Business Line, D. Murali , Jul 31, 2004)
From the heights that privatisation was taken to, we now see it wallowing in the chasms of uncertainty.
- A Fishy Business (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 30, 2004)
The FTP has a roadmap for the growth of the country’s economy
- A Gay Drama In New York (Tribune, Darshan Singh Maini, Jul 30, 2004)
MY two-year stint at New York University (1988-90) was in many ways full of events and surprises, for New York, also called “the Big Apple” by the Americans, appears to be perpetually on show, what with bands and banners and buntings
- Corporates To Better Village Life (Deccan Herald, ANIL CHAKRADEO, Jul 30, 2004)
Corporates can be involved in rural development by offering them income tax incentives
- Detoxify Education (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 30, 2004)
President A P J Abdul Kalam’s suggestion regarding the setting up of a standing council for school text books merits serious consideration.
- A Cloud Over Civilisation (Deccan Herald, J K GALBRAITH, Jul 30, 2004)
Corporate power is the driving force behind US foreign policy — and the slaughter in Iraq
- Karzai's Gambit (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 30, 2004)
Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai ran a political risk when he refused to take Vice-President and Defence Minister Mohammed Qasim Fahim as his running mate for elections to be held on October 9.
- Lopsided Development Of Agriculture (Tribune, Gurbhagwant Singh Kahlon, Jul 30, 2004)
THE key to economic development in Punjab is agriculture. Crops and livestock cannot exist in isolation and, therefore, have to be developed side by side. In many developed countries, animal farming dominates the agricultural scenario as it
- Monsoon Anxieties (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 30, 2004)
India has to brace itself to deal with the caprices of the 2004 monsoon. After an early onset and reasonably good rainfall in June, the monsoon's progress has been uneven during the agriculturally crucial month of July.
- Salaried Middle-Class — Provident Fund No Longer A Lifeguard? (Business Line, R. Y. Narayanan, Jul 30, 2004)
Even as a decision on the interest rate on provident fund (PF) contribution is proving elusive (the decision has been postponed to August 9 after the PF trustees, at their July 20 meeting, could not arrive at a
- Pw: Government Shedding Its Soft Approach? (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Jul 30, 2004)
The issue is not whether the Bahujan Samaj Party will get any seats at all. The question is whom will it hurt more.
- Morgan Stanley Says India Is Asia's `New Tiger': Andy Mukherjee (Bloomberg.com, Andy Mukherjee, Jul 29, 2004)
New Tigers of Asia,'' Morgan Stanley's appropriately titled study of economic growth prospects in China and India, contains a message for William Clay Ford Jr.
- The Threat Of Transnational Terrorism (Hindu, Alexander Downer, Jul 29, 2004)
Long-term success in the fight against terrorism will depend on winning the battle of ideas.
- Petro Pricing, Beyond Politics (Hindu, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 29, 2004)
With the process of aligning petroleum product prices to costs becoming so sensitive to the point of even threatening the survival of the government, the Centre's latest decision to allow public sector oil
- Lower Is Better (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 29, 2004)
Clinical guidelines issued recently in the United States on the management of cholesterol levels have been tightened in two broad ways.
- J.R.D. Tata — The Humane Entrepreneur (Hindustan Times, T. Damu , Jul 29, 2004)
A hundred years ago on July 29 was born one of the heroes of Indian industrial revolution — Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata.
- India And China: A Shifting Paradigm (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Jul 29, 2004)
Until recently politics had been in command of Sino-Indian ties. Now economics has begun to drive the relationship.
- Hostage Taking As Psychological War (Deccan Herald, Sudha Ramachandran, Jul 29, 2004)
Hostage taking is psychologically deadly but counter-productive if used indiscriminately
- Disruptive Opposition (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 29, 2004)
The National Democratic Alliance's decision to boycott all parliamentary committees marks a new low, even measured by the rather lax standards of legislative decorum in India.
- A Piece Of History (Deccan Herald, INDU SUBRAMANIAN, Jul 29, 2004)
At 60 plus, we braved the heat and travelled up north, for a chance to be together again
- A Few Urgent Items For The Accountants' Agenda (Hindustan Times, D. Murali , Jul 29, 2004)
Shibu Soren has gone underground but the issues that occasioned such an inconvenience for him and everybody else are still alive.
- The Spirit Of The 20th Century (Deccan Herald, A V S Namboodiri, Jul 29, 2004)
Neruda captured the blood on the 20th century’s streets, soaked his words in it and recreated them into flowers of fire
- Farm Risk Management — Solution In Search Of Problems (Hindustan Times, B. S. Murthy, Jul 28, 2004)
AS MANY as 1100 farmers committed suicide. This is not about Andhra Pradesh or any part of India. These tragic suicides occurred in the most developed country in the world.
- Why Pseb Is In A Financial Mess (Tribune, Harbhajan Singh, Jul 28, 2004)
The present financial woes of the Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) are caused primarily by two major factors: (i) free supply to the agricultural sector and (ii) the Thein Dam project: The responsibility for the financial mess rests entirely on the
- Why Derail Lalu's Godhra Probe? (Hindustan Times, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jul 28, 2004)
Trust the Bihar strongman and Railway Minister, Mr Lalu Prasad, to know how to rattle the BJP and its allies.
- Whales Win A Reprieve (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 28, 2004)
Environmentalists worldwide must feel a sense of relief and achievement that a proposal to lift the ban on hunting of whales for commerce was defeated at the annual conference of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) held recently in Sorrento, Italy.
- State Budget Breaks New Ground (Deccan Herald, M. R. Narayana, Jul 28, 2004)
The new State budget tries to bridge the gap between allocations and requirements in school education
- Sea Tigers — Threat To Indian Security (Hindu, V. Suryanarayan, Jul 28, 2004)
India should work with the objective of neutralising the Sea Tigers at the earliest.
- Dot, Dot, Dot (Deccan Herald, SNEHLATHA BALIGA, Jul 28, 2004)
It is everywhere. It is the common place sticker bindis, the modern convenience cosmetic that are so commonly found, not only on the places they are expected but in all possible and odd places.
- Move For Quota In Private Sector (Tribune, Amulya Ganguli, Jul 28, 2004)
THE misuse by the political class of one of the positive aspects of modern governance — affirmative action in favour of the underprivileged — is a distressing feature of India’s post-1947 history.
- Kelkar's `Grand Bargain' (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 28, 2004)
Two years ago, Vijay Kelkar, Adviser to the Union Finance Minister, recommended a bold — some called it impractical — plan to overhaul the Centre's tax regimes.
- Get An Ethical Shopping Plan (Tribune, Lucy Siegle, Jul 28, 2004)
IT WAS about five years ago that my eco conscience began to form. There was no epiphany. It was more down to the drip drip drip effect of images of melting polar icecaps, landfills spewing rubbish
- Drought-Proof The Economy (Hindustan Times, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 28, 2004)
After the lull of nearly four weeks, the revival of the South-West monsoon last weekend should bring some relief, if not cheer, to farmers and policymakers alike.
- Crusading Courts (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 28, 2004)
Right to protest should not infringe on another’s fundamental right
- Budget: Poor Get A Hearing (Hindustan Times, Dharmalingam Venugopal, Jul 28, 2004)
The Government's Budget may be faulted for what it has not done but it can hardly be blamed for what it has done. The Budget had a clear-cut objective
- Private-Public Partnership (Hindustan Times, B. S. Raghavan , Jul 28, 2004)
Although comparatively of recent origin, the idea of organisations in the private and public sectors collaborating to make a success of important projects has taken strong root and is paying both business and social dividends in many countries.
- The Re-Emergence Of Bird Flu (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 27, 2004)
Avian influenza has reared its menacing head again. It has been just a few months since the worst-ever attack of a highly virulent form of bird flu swept through poultry in eight Asian countries.
- Us Policy In South Asia (Tribune, M B NAQVI, Jul 27, 2004)
India and Pakistan looked at the recent tour of US Assistant Secretary of State Richard Armitage in bilateral terms. This is natural. But the overall impact of the US foreign policy on South Asia as a whole demands special attention.
- Trust At Stake (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 27, 2004)
GTB’s action of defrauding shareholders has damaged the image of private banks
- To Save Polity, Pm Must Assert His Authority (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jul 27, 2004)
In the few weeks Dr Manmohan Singh has been Prime Minister, he has given the impression of being a self-effacing bystander helplessly watching the happenings around him, rather than one at the helm of affairs enjoying
- The Iraq Dilemma Once Again (Deccan Herald, A MADHAVAN, Jul 27, 2004)
India's place in the world involves the difficult choice of engagement with the problem of Iraq
- Informed Debate, Mellowed Mood (Deccan Herald, N C GUNDU RAO, Jul 27, 2004)
From the days when a mere walk-out shocked Dewan Mirza Ismail, the legislative council has come a long way
- India And Pakistan At Saarc (Hindu, K.K. Katyal, Jul 27, 2004)
Despite the posturing by the two neighbours during the recent SAARC meet, the bilateral dialogue goes on.
- How To Solve Syl Dispute (Tribune, Gurcharan Singh, Jul 27, 2004)
The competing demands of Punjab and Haryana over the waters of the Beas and the Ravi have escalated into tension after the Punjab Vidhan Sabha passed the Bill terminating the water accords with the neighbouring states.
- Fiscal Responsibility Versus Democratic Accountability (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Jul 27, 2004)
The UPA Government has notified the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act, and declared that it will abide by it. In this edition of Macroscan, C. P. Chandrasekhar and Jayati Ghosh argue
- Drought, Flood, Seeds And Suicides (Hindu, M. S. Swaminathan , Jul 27, 2004)
The science and technology dimensions of the problems leading to suicides among farmers need concurrent attention along with the socio-economic and political aspects.
- Ending India-Bangladesh Impasse (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Jul 26, 2004)
In a happy diplomatic accident, the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, will have the rare opportunity this week to interact with both the women who dominate the political landscape in Bangladesh — the Opposition leader, Sheikh Hasina, and the Prime Minister,
- Civil Service Reform (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jul 26, 2004)
The recent happenings in the UK have led to a general sense of dissatisfaction with the calibre and quality of the civil service, ascribed to the erosion of the age-old canons of anonymity
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