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- From Kiribati To New York, Billions Welcome 2004 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2004)
Millions of revellers from Sydney to Shanghai celebrated the coming of 2004 today with fireworks and parties as authorities tightened security against possible terrorist attacks. First to greet the new year were residents of Kiribati, a tiny island
- Gdp Growth Shoots Up To 8.4% In Q2 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2004)
Agriculture along with industry and services puts economy on high growth trajectory
- Stepping Out (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2004)
Ideology, or even unease in partnership, can no longer be accepted as a convincing reason for exiting a power alliance. The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam has offered the second for leaving the National Democratic Alliance and giving it “issue-based” support
- New Delhi Grills Ex-Nepal Minister For Maoist Links (Indian Express, Bhavna Vij, Jan 01, 2004)
A former Nepalese minister Ishwar Pokharel was brought down from a Nepal Airlines flight two days ago and questioned for his alleged links with the Maoist rebels. This was two days after External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha admitted, in an ...
- Allahabad Bank Plans Overseas Foray, Cuts Plr (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2004)
Allahabad Bank on Wednesday announced a slew of measures to expand its presence in overseas countries and also improve net asset base through combination of increased use of technology and productivity. The bank is also planning to raise Rs 200 crore ...
- Tdp Legislator Abducted Telgi Men In ’98: Sit Chargesheet (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2004)
Andhra Pradesh MLA C.B. Krishna Yadav, arrested in the stamp scam case, had abducted two associates of prime accused Abdul Karim Telgi in Hyderabad in 1998 and released them only after Telgi paid him a ransom amount, Special Investigation Team (SIT) has
- A Very Busy Year Ahead For The Ec (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Jan 01, 2004)
If the Lok Sabha poll is advanced, as is being speculated, to late April or early May, then the Election Commission is bound to club it with the Assembly poll in Andhra Pradesh. But if it is instead held in the second half of May, then the EC will have
- Mother Prayer (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Jan 01, 2004)
There is not a day someone does not lose a loved one here: Far from Saarc arclights, a Kashmiri mother prays for peace
- Attempts On Musharraf’s Life (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, Jan 01, 2004)
THE chickens are coming home to roost for Pakistan’s military ruler. Just after he seized power in October 1999, Gen Pervez Musharraf became the first ruler in Pakistan to justify the violence unleashed by his jihadis in Kashmir as being a noble jihad
- Securing South Asia (Hindu, Lakshman Kadirgamar, Dec 29, 2003)
Given its preponderance and centrality within South Asia, India may justifiably regard any alien presence or influence in the region, without its consent, as a potential threat to its security.
- On The Road To Islamabad (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Dec 26, 2003)
Can a major terrorist act derail this Indo-Pak peace process? Former US ambassadors Frank Wisher, Nicholas Platt and Dennis Kux, authors of the report of the Task Force on South Asia sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations and the Asia Society, were
- Could Musharraf Be Right? (Telegraph, Bharat Bhushan, Dec 25, 2003)
There are three things that Pakistan’s President General Pervez Musharraf must not do if the process of normalization of ties with India is to proceed apace.
- Nuclear Neighbours (Hindu, V.R. RAGHAVAN, Dec 23, 2003)
One effective institutional arrangement is the creation of a nuclear risk reduction centre each in India and Pakistan.
- Out Of Pokharan Shadow, India, Us To Sign Hi-Tech Deal (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Dec 18, 2003)
Agreement on Friday likely on space, civilian nuclear cooperation
- Vajpayee's Utopian Saarc (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 17, 2003)
AT A TIME when the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is struggling to finalise a South Asian Preferential Trade Arrangement (SAPTA), leading to a South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA), Prime Minister Vajpayee has spoken of a ...
- Drinking Water For All - A Mission That Needs Vision (Business Line, C. Chandramouli, Dec 15, 2003)
THE Approach Paper to the Tenth Plan went thus: "Despite good monsoons continuously for the last twelve years and high priority from the Government of India for the programme of augmenting the supply of drinking water by way of funds and attention, the...
- Japan All Set To Woo India (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Dec 12, 2003)
After years of ignoring India, Japan is now all set to woo it. Surprised by New Delhi's big power diplomacy, its growing engagement with East Asia, and the resilience of the Indian economy, Japan is now determined to make up for the lost decade in ...
- Fdi-Led Vs Entrepreneurial Growth - Divergent Paths Taken By India And China (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2003)
China's rapid growth, increasing openness, developing consumer market, and large, low-cost labour force, are all making it the global focal point for FDI. But the FDI-driven manufacturing boom has its limitations. Indeed, India's home-grown entrepreneurs
- U.S. Economy: The War At Home (Hindu, Sudhanshu Ranade , Dec 12, 2003)
The interntional flow of capital will now begin to factor in the impending and possibly large fall of the dollar.
- Not So Happy A Birthday (Telegraph, Ambrose Pinto , Dec 11, 2003)
Today marks the second anniversary of China’s accession to the World Trade Organization when it became the 143rd member of that world body. The negotiations for the accession took fifteen long years and were marked by many twists and turns. Finally, China
- Rising Expectations (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Dec 11, 2003)
For the India-Pakistan dialogue to succeed it must entail private engagement and public agreement, backed at the highest level.
- Remember Europe (Telegraph, J. N. Dixit , Dec 09, 2003)
The last week of November witnessed important meetings between leaders of the European Union and the government of India, a major event following the Indo-European summit to which the prime minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, went last year. The president of
- Singapore At Crossroads & Why A Little Anarchy Would Help (Business Line, V. Ranganathan, Dec 08, 2003)
Until now, much to the discomfort of critics, Singapore's strength has been its discipline, followed by well-conceived Government intervention, both thanks to its former Prime Minister, Mr Lee Kwan Yew. But the very same factors that were the seeds of ...
- A Five-Point Deprogramme (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Nov 29, 2003)
From cue cards etched in stone to de-hyping Saarc: rough primer on how to build on the current ceasefire
- Iit Engineer Stood Up To Highway Corruption, Shot Dead In Bihar (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 28, 2003)
That the most serious roadblocks on the Golden Quadrilateral are in Bihar and Jharkhand was underlined once again when a senior engineer of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) who had complained against allegedly corrupt contractors was shot d
- Steel Tariffs: Pitting Us Against Half The World (Business Line, K. Subramanian, Nov 28, 2003)
For developing countries such as India and Brazil, the steel sector is pivotal to growth. If it slumps due to the vicissitudes of international trade, these countries would be seriously hurt.
- This Man Wants The Idiot Back In The Idiot Box (Indian Express, Anuradha Raman, Nov 28, 2003)
Cable:Ravi Shankar Prasad directs all TV channels: you can show movies, videos, only if you get under-18 certificate from our censors
- Wah, Waugh! (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 28, 2003)
Here is a great cricketer, and a great human being too
- Aids: Act Now Or Pay Later (Business Line, Peter Piot, Nov 28, 2003)
AIDS is a problem for all. It is time to transform good words and warm sentiments into effective programmes on the ground.
- 12 Days, Still No Fir, If Only Cbi Lets The Law Take Its Course (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Nov 28, 2003)
Twelve days after The Sunday Express expose on Union Minister Dilip Singh Judeo, 10 full days after Prime Minister A B Vajpayee secured his resignation, a week after Judeo himself alluded to a money exchange—even invoking the Mahatma and Birla— the CBI ha
- The Curse Of The K Women (Indian Express, Amrita Shah, Nov 28, 2003)
A new study uncovers how women in soap operas change a society they don’t necessarily reflect
- Central Asia Is Central To India (Indian Express, P. Stobdan, Nov 28, 2003)
The ‘gas and Great Game’ region sees India as a role model
- On The Judeo Trail (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 28, 2003)
How CBI conducts the probe could be a test case for the agency to show it’s not a rubber-stamp
- Political Hiccups (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Nov 28, 2003)
A pathetic pursuit of ratings, the quest for more advertising has caused TV channels, newpapers and weeklies to focus so heavily on elections in the four northern states that Mizoram seems almost outside the Indian Union.
- A People's Car For Rs 1 Lakh — Can Ratan Tata's Dream Be Realised? (Business Line, B.S. Rathor, Nov 28, 2003)
More than one-third of the global population of six billion lives in China and India. A small car project will always be viable considering the prospective market size in the region.
- Law Day: An Occasion For Some Soul-Searching (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 28, 2003)
NOVEMBER 26, the date on which "we, the people" adopted the Constitution in 1949, is observed as the Law Day in India. (Curiously, in the US, May 1, the Labour Day, is also the Law Day!)
- Managing The Test (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 28, 2003)
THE COUNTRY'S TOP management education institutes are shaken by the discovery that the question paper for their prestigious Common Admission Test was put on the street by touts for a price, near the national capital.
- Didi Kept On Hold So She Turns In Phones (Indian Express, Diptosh Majumdar, Nov 28, 2003)
PM reminder: no dial tone
- For A U.N. Role In Iraq (Hindu, R. Kannan, Nov 28, 2003)
For the political process to succeed, it is important that any semblance of occupation is removed.
- Another Fallen Hero (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 28, 2003)
THE NAÏVETÉ OF sections of Western leaders and opinion makers stands exposed by the fading saga of Eduard Shevardnadze, with the inevitable parallels to what happened to Boris Yeltsin, another of the Western heroes, bringing them more embarrassment th
- Rural India And Media: Emerging Permutations (Business Line, Vinod Mathew, Nov 28, 2003)
It is all about the dialectics of change in the Indian media. The novelty is that for once this change is not being triggered by anything that is happening in the urban pockets of the country.
- In Pak, I Will Meet Everyone’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 28, 2003)
While confirming that he will be visiting Pakistan ‘‘very soon’’, Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee said the details of the trip are still being chalked out.
- Ambala’S Aromas (Indian Express, K K Khullar, Nov 28, 2003)
Truly does a good dhaba bring people together
- Is `Outsourcing' The New Virus Around? (Business Line, D. Murali , Nov 27, 2003)
`GIVE the goodies to those at home' seems to be the refrain of the day. The latest issue is that people are beginning to view outsourcing as a deadly virus. Whether you are against multinationals setting up shop here, or beat up people from other States c
- A Camel On A Straw's Back? (Business Line, K. Srinivasan , Nov 27, 2003)
On the public interest angle in corporate audits
- Ftas And The Para-Tariff Effect (Business Line, Sanjib Pohit, Nov 27, 2003)
It is common knowledge that inadequate physical infrastructure inhibits trade. Border delays, for instance, reflect a constraint on the volume of imports/exports that can be processed in a given time-frame.
- Fighting Hiv & Aids (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 27, 2003)
THE GLOBAL AIDS epidemic shows no sign of abating, according to the latest update issued by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the World Health Organisation (WHO). Globally, 40 million people are currently carrying the human immun
- Best Of Audits Cannot Eliminate Business Failure (Business Line, D. Murali , Nov 27, 2003)
WHEN a top-secret question paper leaks, students lose trust in the exam system. Similarly, when criminals go scot-free after prolonged trial, people stop trusting the judicial system.
- A Child Says My Friends Need To Know What I Saw (Indian Express, Arun Sharma, Nov 27, 2003)
Border, day: People relax but no one’s jumping: let’s wait, watch
- Quality Of Justice Is Not Strained (Indian Express, V. R. Krishna Iyer , Nov 27, 2003)
Don’t blindly increase the strength of the judiciary. Make the process of judge selection more rigorous
- Split Decisions (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 27, 2003)
Fernandes rightly seeks indigenous weapons systems. But he must share some of the blame
- Digital Divide And Poor Nations (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kant, Nov 27, 2003)
At next month’s Information Summit, poor countries cannot hope for major concessions to bridge the digital divide
- And Physicists Find Cold Particles Just So Hot (Indian Express, Kenneth Chang, Nov 27, 2003)
The dating habits of bosons and fermions have revved up the superconductivity debate
- At Last A Ceasefire (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 27, 2003)
THE FORMAL AGREEMENT between the armies of India and Pakistan to observe a ceasefire along the Line of Control, the Actual Ground Position Line in the Siachen Glacier and a segment of the international border is a positive development in itself.
- Digital Divide And Poor Nations (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kant, Nov 27, 2003)
At next month’s Information Summit, poor countries cannot hope for major concessions to bridge the digital divide
- The Political Crisis In Georgia Has Thrown Up Fresh Challenges For The Country (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 27, 2003)
The political crisis in Georgia has been defused for now with President Eduard Shevardnadze finally stepping down. However, Georgia is going through a tricky transition period and can expect to experience more uncertainty in the coming weeks.
- Escorts Tractor Unit Pegs Rs 175 Cr Profit In 2 Years (Business Line, Neha Kaushik, Nov 27, 2003)
RIDING on intensive cost reduction initiatives and better monsoons this year, Escorts' agri-machinery division expects to bring about a multi-fold increase in its profitability in the coming years.
- Bloated Bills At Truth's Expense (Business Line, Mohan R. Lavi, Nov 27, 2003)
On a recent instance of accounting misstatement
- House Privileges And The Courts (Hindu, V.R. Krishna Iyer, Nov 27, 2003)
When life and liberty are put in jeopardy by the House on the ground of breach of privilege, the court's verdict about the privilege is final.
- In Pok, A Mother’S 40-Yr Wait Ends (Indian Express, Zulfiqar Ali, Nov 27, 2003)
For more than four decades, Harbans Kaur had no idea of the fate of two of her children. This week, just two days before India and Pakistan began their historic ceasefire, her cross-border quest ended when she met them here for the first time since the 19
- For Whom The Polls Don’T Toll (Indian Express, Lalit Mohan, Nov 27, 2003)
Your name may figure in the voters’ list, but then again it may not
- 56 Years After Birth, Mha Hands Over Jakli To Mod (Indian Express, SAIKAT DATTA, Nov 26, 2003)
The Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry is finally coming home. An order signed and stamped recently has finally brought the regiment to the Ministry of Defence nearly 56 years after it was hastily raised to save Srinagar and other parts of the state.
- Truce Underway, Border Guns Begin To Fall Silent (Indian Express, SAIKAT DATTA, Nov 26, 2003)
Indian and Pakistani guns along the International Border, Line of Control and Actual Ground Position Line in Jammu and Kashmir were to fall silent Tuesday midnight as the two nations set out to lower the chill in relations and create conditions good enoug
- Pay And Play (Deccan Herald, Suresh Menon, Nov 26, 2003)
In the movie All The President’s Men, a source advises journalist Bob Woodward: Follow the money. If the Board of Control for Cricket in India (that ‘control’ is a dead giveaway – this is what the officials think their job amounts to) is serious about cle
- Capitalism With A Human Face (Indian Express, Anu R Aga, Nov 26, 2003)
In the past few years there has been much talk about ‘‘corporate social responsibility’’ (CSR). It has become a leading topic at World Economic Forum meetings. Economist Adam Smith, who wrote the bible of capitalism, Wealth of Nations, more importantly a
- Pay And Play (Deccan Herald, Suresh Menon, Nov 26, 2003)
In the movie All The President’s Men, a source advises journalist Bob Woodward: Follow the money. If the Board of Control for Cricket in India (that ‘control’ is a dead giveaway – this is what the officials think their job amounts to) is serious about cle
- Siachen: A Step Down (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 26, 2003)
India and Pakistan should move toward ending this meaningless high-altitude confrontation
- Branding Our Iits (Indian Express, P V Indiresan, Nov 26, 2003)
The name and money are not enough to upgrade any engineering college
- Two Ministries And A Turf War (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Nov 26, 2003)
The power principle has been in overdrive between the Ministries of External Affairs and Human Resource Development for some time now, including over the much-coveted Unesco job in Paris.
- Most Of Bihar’S Power Elite Used Ranjit ‘don’S’ Services (Indian Express, Varghese K George, Nov 26, 2003)
In this ancient seat of learning, there has been a sudden surge of doctors, bank officers, engineers and even government officers in the last decade. It is not merely a coincidence that Ranjit Singh, the kingpin of competitive exam racket, hails from Khad
- Murasoli Maran At Doha (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2003)
The late commerce minister came into his own in tricky trade negotiations
- Tansi Verdict: Sc Says She Violated Code Not Law (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Nov 25, 2003)
It condemns her but does not convict her. This is because the Supreme Court, when it exonerated Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today in the Tansi land scam cases, found her guilty of violating not the law but a purely voluntary code of conduct a
- Silencing The Guns (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2003)
Now, perhaps, India and Pakistan will be able to hear each other better
- Talking With Shah Rukh Khan (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Nov 25, 2003)
‘I am Islamic, I am a Muslim... but also a true blue Indian. And nobody can take that right away from me’
- New Germany In New Europe (Indian Express, Mani Shankar Aiyar, Nov 25, 2003)
Germans are alarmed at the cowboy politics of Bush’s America
- Our Punjab Vs Other Punjab: Cbm In Making (Indian Express, Ateet Sharma, Nov 25, 2003)
Fifty-six years after Partition, India and Pakistan finally seem ready to bury the hatchet. At least in the sports arena.
- Not Just Fire, Hold Men Too: India To Pak (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Nov 25, 2003)
Weeks before Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee travels to Islamabad to participate in the SAARC summit, India today announced it would reciprocate Pakistan’s unilateral decision to cease fire along the Line of Control by also holding its fire from Id da
- Japan: Unique Form Of `Secular Stagnation'? (Business Line, S. Venu , Nov 25, 2003)
THE passion for fashion in Japan has helped keep Tokyo's shops bustling and prosperous. Indeed, Japanese consumers' more conventional fondness for ultra-pricey Western designer goods shows no signs of letting up at all despite a decade-long economic slump
- Steps Are Needed To Restore The Credibility Of The Iim Admission System (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2003)
The prestige of the Indian Institutes of Management has been dealt a serious blow by the shocking leakage and sale of question papers for the Common Admission Test (CAT). This is the first time in the 42 years of the existence of the IIMs that CAT questio
- An Island Again At Sea (Indian Express, Shalini Chawla, Nov 25, 2003)
The LTTE’s proposals of November 1, 2003 and the president’s actions in dismissing three key ministers brought Sri Lanka to the edge of yet another precipice. Fears of war between the LTTE and the state were rampant in spite of the president’s assurance t
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