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Articles 48121 through 48220 of 53943:
- Friendship Vista (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2004)
A new phase of India’s engagement with Pakistan has begun. The decision by India’s prime minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, to meet Pakistan’s president, Mr Pervez Musharraf, and its prime minister, Mr Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali, has, as expected, ...
- India Can Shine If It Has A Shanghai Or Two. (Bloomberg.com, Andy Mukherjee, Jan 06, 2004)
India is shining. Or so its government proclaims in full-page newspaper advertisements nowadays.
- Indo-Pak Peace Dialogue In Feb (Times of India, MANOJ JOSHI, Jan 06, 2004)
India and Pakistan have agreed "to commence" the process of resuming their stalled composite dialogue from February 2004.
- Musharraf And Vajpayee Pledge Peaceful Links (Guardian (UK), RANDEEP RAMESH, Jan 06, 2004)
The leaders of Pakistan and India, meeting yesterday for the first time since their countries almost went to war two years ago, promised to restore normal relations.
- Unani Medicines To Be Patented (Indian Express, Toufiq Rashid, Jan 06, 2004)
Health Ministry and CSIR focus on patent applicable format in four European languages, Japanese
- For Safe Food (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2004)
FOOD SAFETY AND quality standards have been crucial in international food trade; but across the world, and especially in developed economies, the rules are becoming stricter by the day. Recent episodes of food contamination have raised the level of ...
- Tata Group To Focus On Global Biz This Year (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2004)
THE Tata Group plans to expand its business internationally in 2004.
``This year we will also be focusing on expanding our business internationally. This will demand that our products and services are globally competitive and that our enterprises ...
- Sleep After Retiring (Business Line, R. Sundaram , Jan 06, 2004)
AEONS ago, it was thought that those tactically well placed to receive bribes and did so would lose their daily dose of "gentle sleep from Heaven that slid into the soul". We do not know whether those who believed in this adage, slept well or not. But
- Early Childhood Care And Education - First Steps On The Development Path (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Jan 06, 2004)
The sooner the Centre and States realise the importance of universal elementary education, the faster can a new development model be created for India, based on the blend of technical skill, superior knowledge and a population of literate Indians.
- Cas: The Fading Picture (Business Line, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Jan 06, 2004)
The script is all muddled for the Conditional Access System. Instead of rushing to implement an ill-conceived system, the Government could have waited for the enactment of the Convergence Bill, which envisages a super-regulator that could have resolved
- Bank Reform And The Rural Sector (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Jan 06, 2004)
Internal financial liberalisation has had adverse effects upon the availability of credit for farmers, adding to the various economic sources of agrarian distress. In this edition of Macroscan, consider the main elements of banking reform over the past
- Jogi Insists He Is In Congress (Indian Express, Ashwani Sharma, Jan 06, 2004)
Even as the Pranab Mukherjee panel report fans more doubts about the revocation of his suspension order, former Chhattisgarh chief minister Ajit Jogi today claimed that the Congress cannot write him off so easily. Jogi addressed a press conference at his
- Ulfa Send New Warning To Bhutan (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2004)
The proscribed ULFA has threatened Bhutan of sleepless nights for flushing out North East-based insurgents from the Himalayan kingdom even as its ideologue Bhimkanta Buragohain remanded to police custody, accused both Bhutan and the Indian Army of
- Rain Harvests And Water Woes (Hindu, T. N. Narasimhan, Jan 06, 2004)
Intensive rain harvesting over large areas can significantly disrupt the hydrological cycle.
- Don’t Need Strategy For Friendship: Pm (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2004)
In a rare interview given a few hours before his departure for Islamabad, Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee told Nasim Zehra of The News: ‘‘I think we can have a dialogue with President Musharraf and the dialogue will take us to some results.’’ A confident
- Movement Towards Peace: Parties Hoping For Results (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2004)
The BJP promptly described the meeting between Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee and Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf in Islamabad today as a ‘‘positive step’’ in the right direction. Party chief Venkaiah Naidu said: ‘‘It is a positive step in the right...
- Mistrust Brushed Under Huge, Red Carpet (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Jan 06, 2004)
If ever Prime Minister A B Vajpayee wanted to contest elections from Islamabad rather than his beloved Lucknow, remarked a wag here, winning wouldn’t be difficult. ‘‘Welcome Ataljee,’’ said the headline of an editorial article in the mass-circulated
- Cong Surprise For Kalyan B’day: Invite (Indian Express, Amit Sharma, Jan 06, 2004)
After 12 days of avoiding Kalyan Singh and 4 days of hearing him openly complain about it, guess who Mulayam Singh Yadav found when he finally dropped in at the house of his Rashtriya Kranti Party partner to wish him on his birthday today? A beaming ...
- `Change In Definition Of Resident Status Will Hit It Professionals' (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2004)
THE change in the definition of `Resident but not Ordinarily Resident' (RNOR) Indians, as effected in the Finance Act 2003, will have severe repercussion on Indian professionals and others who are employed in the software and IT-enabled services (ITES) in
- Developing Nations To Block Us, Eu Move To Surpass Trips Norms (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2004)
All attempts made by the US and the EU to put in place regulations exceeding the requirements of the Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (Trips) Agreement for protecting data for registration of pharmaceuticals have to be actively resisted by ...
- After Bam Quake, Iran Thinks Over Moving Its Capital (Indian Express, Reuters, Jan 06, 2004)
Alarmed by the death count and destruction caused by the Bam earthquake, Iran’s top policymakers are considering moving the capital away from quake-prone Tehran. ‘‘The Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) will shortly discuss a plan to move the
- Barclays Offers Lucrative Terms For Moving Jobs Abroad, India To Benefit (Indian Express, Reuters, Jan 06, 2004)
Barclays Plc said on Monday it was the first British bank to agree terms with a trade union for moving jobs to low-cost countries such as India. Britain’s third-biggest bank by assets agreed with finance trade union UNIFI to give workers at least
- Fears Delay Uk Flights; Fbi Eye On Vegas Hotels (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2004)
Extra security checks delayed a British Airways flight to Washington Dulles International Airport on Sunday, the fourth in a week as the US entered a third consecutive week on a high state of alert for terrorists. ‘‘The ports of LA and Long Beach are
- Bhujbal’s Ps Grilled On Officer Transfer (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2004)
: Even after summons were served on January 3, former deputy chief minister Chhagan Bhujbal’s nephew Sameer failed to turn up at the office of the investigators probing the fake stamp paper scandal today.
Sameer had left for the US on December 5 as
- Beyond Courtesy (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2004)
THE much-awaited meeting between Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan finally came about at the Presidential Palace in Islamabad on Monday. That they would interact for a short while on the sidelines of the 12th
- A Mullah-Military Alliance In Pakistan (Tribune, Syed Nooruzzaman, Jan 06, 2004)
GEN Pervez Musharraf has once again exposed the politicians of his country as being rank opportunists, always ready to barter their principles for political gains. He has done this by entering into a well-calculated deal with the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal
- Beyond Courtesy (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2004)
THE much-awaited meeting between Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan finally came about at the Presidential Palace in Islamabad on Monday. That they would interact for a short while on the sidelines of the 12th
- Force Of Corruption (Telegraph, SANKAR SEN, Jan 06, 2004)
In a matter of a few decades, corruption has taken deep roots among the police, mainly owing to political interference
- After Saddam, Chaos Rules (Telegraph, Arshi Khan, Jan 06, 2004)
The capture of Saddam Hussein on December 13 has raised many questions about the future of Iraq. Will the illegal occupation of Iraq by the United States of America bring peace, stability and democracy to the country? Will such democracy conform to the
- On A Home Run (Telegraph, MAHESH RANGARAJAN, Jan 06, 2004)
The new year, 2004, will witness the fourth consecutive general elections in which Atal Bihari Vajpayee will lead the Bharatiya Janata Party and its allies into battle. No former Indian prime minister, save for Indira, the original Mrs Gandhi, has done
- Blame, But Responsibly (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2004)
Marginalization and discrimination of vulnerable groups: The fact that it is marginalized groups — sex workers, migrants, injecting drug users and men who have sex with men — who have so far been most severely affected by HIV/AIDS in south Asia has result
- Australia Will Fall Or Fly On Fast Forward Theory (Indian Express, Jayaditya Gupta, Jan 06, 2004)
Six weeks ago, if anyone had offered Steve Waugh the chance of a draw in the Sydney Test, he would have laughed it off. ‘‘It’s the mug’s option, mate’’, he would have said, his crow’s-feet eyes doing the sneering. To draw is not the Australian way;
- Ibm Executives, South Korean Officials Charged With Bribery (Indian Express, Reuters, Jan 06, 2004)
Some 48 South Korean government officials and corporate executives, mainly from IBM Ventures, were charged with bribery in a case involving state contracts of computer parts and servers, prosecutors said on Monday.The indictments followed an investigation
- Ford Comes Up With New Versions (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2004)
Ford Motor Co unveiled its new flagship sedan, the Five Hundred, and a crossover vehicle called Freestyle—Two family-oriented vehicles aimed at helping the world’s second-largest automaker recapture a piece of the car market.
- Tatas To Expand Global Business This Year (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2004)
The Tata Group has drawn up a strategy to focus on expanding their business globally during the current calendar year. Stating this in a message delivered to group employees, Tata Group chairman Ratan Tata said, ‘‘This is an important new phase in the ...
- The Joy Of Human Life (Hindu, A.P.J. ABDUL KALAM , Jan 05, 2004)
Religions are beautiful gardens. But they are islands. If we can connect all the islands with love and compassion, in a `garland project' for the new millennium, we will have a prosperous India.
- Poor Politicians! (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jan 05, 2004)
YOU bet the broadside against politicians launched by the Chief Election Commissioner, Mr J. M. Lyngdoh, most certainly did not take them by surprise. Day in and day out, in season and out of season, in print and electronic media, and in public and in ...
- The Perils Of Private Food Export (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Jan 05, 2004)
IT appears that the liberalisation and globalisation process is reaching a stage where it can do the most damage to the disadvantaged and under privileged in so vital a sector as food. What else can explain the decision of New Delhi to let private traders
- The Perils Of Private Food Export (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Jan 05, 2004)
IT appears that the liberalisation and globalisation process is reaching a stage where it can do the most damage to the disadvantaged and under privileged in so vital a sector as food. What else can explain the decision of New Delhi to let private traders
- In The Stands, Too, Indians Maintain The Mental Edge (Indian Express, NEENA BHANDARI, Jan 05, 2004)
It has been days of sheer delight for the Indian fans who had booked their tickets for the fourth Test being played at the Sydney Cricket Ground here way back in August although they hardly expected their team to throw up a challenge to world champions
- Contentious Coverings (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2004)
THE recent move, endorsed by the French President, Mr Jacques Chirac, to ban the wearing of religious symbols in state schools has managed to unite the minorities there. A French commission said the Muslim headscarf, the Jewish skullcap and large crucifix
- An Esop Fable (Business Line, B. Venkatesh , Jan 05, 2004)
SEBI has sought comments from the public to amend its guidelines on Employee Stock Option Scheme (ESOPs). ESOP has been a popular form of equity-based compensation the world over. But ESOP programme may not be an optimal compensation to employees ...
- Safta: Trade Or Development? (Hindu, Nagesh Kumar, Jan 05, 2004)
To exploit SAFTA's full potential, the SAARC countries need to complement it by a customs union and then gradually move towards an economic union
- Making An India-Pakistan Deal (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Jan 05, 2004)
If the present up-beat mood here on Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's visit continues for another couple of days, it might not be entirely unrealistic to expect a broad political agreement between India and Pakistan on how to revive the peace proces
- A Jamali Show All The Way (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Jan 05, 2004)
The suspense has ended and the drama has begun. With the Prime Ministers of India and Pakistan, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali meeting soon after the SAARC inaugural session, the focus has shifted completely to India-Pakistan ...
- On Saving Face (Tribune, Girish Bhandari, Jan 05, 2004)
I had been kind of clairvoyant so far as shaving systems are concerned. When I was a student, the quality of blades was appalling. The governmental euphoria of developing indigenous industrial talent meant one had to constantly tear and hack at one’s ...
- Overcoming Social Deficits (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2004)
INDIA IS DOING very well economically and is capable of becoming a developed country in the foreseeable future, perhaps even within two decades. However, there is no question of its joining the "league of developed nations" unless there is ...
- With Irfan Alongside, K(r)umble’s The Word As India Sniff History (Indian Express, Rohit Brijnath, Jan 05, 2004)
Anil Kumble is a dignified, serious man, who calls cricket a ‘‘serious business’’, and levity is not an instinctive part of his nature. But on Sunday evening, he is, for once, chortling down the phone. It’s nothing to do with his 4-103 in the day that ...
- Year Of Some Big Decisions (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Jan 05, 2004)
History normally runs on rails, with one development following another in fairly obvious succession. It may seem like a roller-coaster ride at times, but twenty years later the outcome is just about what you would have expected at the start. Once in a ...
- Budget-Making: An Exercise In Guesstimates (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Jan 05, 2004)
IT IS that time of year when the corridors of North Block are busy with the Budget buzz. The detailed expenditure and revenue estimates would have already come in and the scrutiny of estimates with reference to actuals commenced. The first cut of estimate
- Too Easy To Manage (Telegraph, S. L. Rao, Jan 05, 2004)
The scandalous leaking of the Indian Institutes of Management admission test papers and the attempts of the ministry to gain greater control over the IIMs heighten the need for a thorough review of management education in India, its content and governance
- 6000 And Going Strong (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2004)
AS MILESTONES GO for the nation's stock market, the breaching of the 6000 mark by the Sensex — the Bombay Stock Exchange's bellwether index of equity prices — would easily rank among the more significant events in its chequered history. The palpable sense
- Reform Labour Laws, Now (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Jan 05, 2004)
India's labour laws have to work towards `drawing in' human resources — entrepreneurial talent and employees — into the market so that natural resources and savings will follow. This will boost the nation's marketable and measurable output and make India
- Science Mela (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2004)
THE Indian Science Congress (ISC), now underway in Chandigarh, encapsulates the giant strides India has made in science. Nearly 4,000 scientists representing all branches of science are taking part in the 91st session of the ISC. It is a reflection of the
- Saarc Initiative On Free Trade (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Jan 05, 2004)
In its essence, a free trade area means trading in a tariff-free environment, which should normally lead to a sharp increase in trade volume and value with the most efficient manufacturers of select products in the "area" raking in the maximum profits.
- India As The Future Vaccine Hub (Tribune, N.K. Ganguly, Jan 05, 2004)
VACCINES are the desperately needed prevention tools. Owing to the enormous morbidity and mortality caused by infectious diseases, it is important that vaccines against these are made available at the earliest and at an affordable price. Efforts are being
- Arsenal, United Recover To Record Wins (Indian Express, PHILIPPA MORETON, Jan 05, 2004)
Holders Arsenal recovered from a nearly mistake by goalkeeper Jens Lehmann to thrash Leeds United 4-1 at Elland Road in the third round of the FA Cup on Sunday. Manchester United also came from behind to beat Aston Villa 2-1 with second-half goals
- Vajpayee’s Trip To Islamabad Generates Goodwill All Around (Tribune, David Devadas, Jan 04, 2004)
There is new hope around as the curtain goes up on the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) at Islamabad. I am reminded of the Colombo summit in July ’98. No other summit attracted foreign mediapersons by the hundred. They were waiting
- Return Of The King (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2004)
What a life. As Kapil Dev turns 45, Shamya Dasgupta analyses the enduring myth of India’s icon
- ‘to Bat With Tendulkar And Still Be Noticed, You Need To Be Special’ (Indian Express, Trevor Chesterfield, Jan 04, 2004)
BARRY RICHARDS: In Laxman I saw greatness for the first time since I saw Sunil Gavaskar
- Rohan Replaces Kaif; The Big Question Is, Why? (Indian Express, Ateet Sharma, Jan 04, 2004)
If there was one question that was asked more times on Saturday evening than when India would declare, it was how Rohan Gavaskar came to be picked for the forthcoming tri-series Down Under. The decision, announced today, to pick Gavaskar (27) in place
- Pakistan: The Two-Nation Theory (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Jan 04, 2004)
ON THE plane to Pakistan, peer as hard as you like through the scratched window of PIA’s ramshackle Boeing, you still can’t see the border line that divides the democracy from the dictatorship. It’s shrouded in the fog of history, some say, others point
- 2004 Cast (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2004)
There is some solution in sight for the growing city’s constant problem. Expect a flood of cheap housing this year. There will also be more 35-40 storey buildings. Affordable housing will be this year’s chant.
Education is the other area of growth. 40
- Need For A New Index Of Happiness (Tribune, Kiran Bedi, Jan 04, 2004)
THE year that has gone by has been most unusual for my family and me. It has been one of extremes both personally and professionally. From the fifth floor of my Delhi Police Headquarters I found myself on the planes and taking elevators to the 22nd floor
- Your Money Matters (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2004)
Money. The medium of exchange. The store of value. The fuel of our life. How will it treat us in 2004? Will interest rates rise, will home loan rates fall, will the stock markets soar, will inflation suck out more purchasing power? Some predictions.
- The Maneaters Of Kumaon (Indian Express, S. M. A. Kazmi, Jan 04, 2004)
FEAR stalks the hills of Uttaranchal. As the sun goes down, people especially in villages, don’t venture out. Just a fortnight ago an eight year old boy in Kumrada village near Barhamkhal in Uttarkashi district became the 120th person in three years to
- Child's Play (Indian Express, Chandresh Narayanan, Jan 04, 2004)
Junior cricket in India is run by two bodies, which don’t play ball with each other. A miracle that any talent emerges
- Among Cricket's Ace Batsmen, Lara Is The Trump Card (Indian Express, Trevor Chesterfield, Jan 04, 2004)
For the ability to excite as much as disappoint, and score runs along the way, the West Indian has few peers
- Still At Sea (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jan 04, 2004)
The promise of this new year allows me to atone in sackcloth and ashes for an injustice perpetrated in these columns in July 2000. I mistook “a decrepit tub strewn with rubbish beyond an ancient jetty” for “India’s first floating hotel” or floatel which
- Watch The Word (Indian Express, RUPICA CHAWLA, Jan 04, 2004)
Words are complex and cunning, constantly permitting their connotations and connections to undergo change. They allow poets and writers to swing and twist them around, giving them a new meaning and a further vibrancy. But people in general too try to
- How I Keep Fit & Light (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2004)
DIET: I ALWAYS have a healthy and filling breakfast. Generally it is cereals and milk or toast and eggs, but I make sure I’m full. I keep my lunches and dinners light and simple. Usually, I have some salads, pasta or veggies. I have almost given up on eat
- In No Man's Land (Indian Express, Mini Kapoor, Jan 04, 2004)
The Second Gulf War is put in perspective in Simpson’s world
- Cereb Circuit (Indian Express, Murali K Menon, Jan 04, 2004)
THE butterflies in my stomach had butterflies in their stomachs as I waited at the poolside of a city hotel for Koneru Humpy. Mumbai’s skyline peeked far ahead from behind a smattering of mist and across a still ocean. A perfect setting for one of the
- Fog Over The Capital (Telegraph, G.S. Mudur, Jan 04, 2004)
Stuck at the airport? Be prepared for a long wait. And thank the greening of Delhi for your woes.
- Loc ... The Real Story (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Jan 04, 2004)
The rain has stopped and the sunshine peers wearily through the curtain of dense clouds. Our car slips and slides over the dirt track made muddy by the early morning downpour, as it clings to the meandering path up towards the Haji Pir mountains. Around
- Scottie Beams His Team Up (Indian Express, Reuters, Jan 04, 2004)
All-rounder Scott Styris steered New Zealand to a thrilling four-wicket victory with an unbeaten century in the first one-day international against Pakistan on Saturday. Styris performed with both bat and ball to give the hosts a1-0 lead in the five
- Cong Focus On Punjab, Mlas Called To Delhi (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2004)
The Punjab Congress imbroglio seems headed for a solution with clear indications that Chief Minister Amarinder Singh will not be shifted out at least till the general elections. At the same time, the rebels will have the satisfaction of a concession-rich
- Ava Garderner And The London Bobby (Tribune, V. N. Kakar, Jan 03, 2004)
AVA Garderner was one of the most ravishing Hollywood beauties of her time. The Lord had apparently created her in a moment of extreme ecstasy. Life magazine once commissioned her to draw the attention of the London bobby posted at the Buckingham Palace
- Nri Implements Bill Gates’ Goals (Tribune, Ela Dutt , Jan 03, 2004)
Traditional educationists may find the radical ideas and unconventional vocabulary of Indian American Shivam Mallick Shah surprising, but these fit in well with the goals of Bill Gates and his wife Melinda. The billionaire couple has hired Harvard ...
- Mad About Words (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Jan 03, 2004)
Not many of us are aware that when Shakespeare wrote his plays and sonnets, there were no dictionaries. There were some compilations of difficult words with their meanings but no one dictionary giving origins, meanings and usages of all words in the
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