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- Here Comes The New Prime Minister (Indian Express, Balbir K Punj, Oct 09, 2003)
A swadeshi Don Quixote is on the loose with his magic lathi, promising to make a Bihar out of everything he touches
- Jobs For The Boys (Indian Express, Arati R. Jerath, Oct 09, 2003)
Getting the numbers to form a government in Uttar Pradesh was a piece of cake for Mulayam Singh Yadav compared to portfolio allotment. His core cabinet of six remains jobless more than a month after being sworn in while he juggles their demands. Now he’s
- Look East Policy: Phase Two (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Oct 09, 2003)
Phase two of the Look East policy will help break out of the political confines of the subcontinent that have severely limited India's strategic options.
- Books And Papers Redefined (Business Line, S. Kannan, Oct 09, 2003)
On the company law provisions relating to accounts and audit on the anvil
- India And Asean (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2003)
THE SECOND INDIA-ASEAN summit in Bali has provided the much-needed thrust and framework for taking the partnership forward. Two broad agreements, for Comprehensive Economic Cooperation and combating terrorism, have been signed. India has also ...
- Pakistan: The Siege Within And Without (Indian Express, Shireen M Mazari, Oct 09, 2003)
Pakistan is caught between an India waiting to cash in on the doctrine of premption and a society fast imploding
- High On Fii (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2003)
BY FUNNELLING OVER $4 billion into the Indian markets this year, foreign institutional investors have sent strong signals about their positive perception of the Indian economy. It is true this flow has come when the rupee has appreciated by nearly 6 per..
- Uncertain Times In Afghanistan (Hindu, M.K. Bhadrakumar, Oct 09, 2003)
Afghanistan continues to fragment politically. The blame is being put on the warlords but the malaise runs deeper.
- Regional Trade Agreements — The Right Way To Go For India (Business Line, M. Ramesh , Oct 09, 2003)
BY SIGNING the Free Trade Agreement with Thailand, and announcing that it is working on another one with Singapore, India has indicated to the world that it has at last abandoned its anti-bilateralism, anti-regionalism stand, and joined the RTA bandwagon.
- Holy Waters (Indian Express, C D Verma, Oct 09, 2003)
The value of tirtha
- Making Services Work For Poor (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Oct 09, 2003)
Broad improvements in human welfare will not happen till poor people receive wider access to affordable services in health, education, water, sanitation and electricity, warns WDR 2004. Rightly concluding that no one size fits all, it describes eight, and
- Economic Reform & Judiciary’S Role (Deccan Herald, N Haridas, Oct 09, 2003)
Divestiture of State property is a regular phenomenon. Can all these be done through Acts of Parliament?
- Delhi Celebrates As China Drops Sikkim From Its ‘country List’ (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Oct 09, 2003)
There was barely concealed jubilation in the Indian camp here following the discovery that China had for the first time dropped Sikkim as a separate country on its official foreign ministry website (www.fmprc.org.cn), on the eve of the bilateral meeting..
- Rape Rattles Rashtrapati Bhavan, Army’S Elite Unit (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2003)
Kalam warns staff; George, Army chief promise action
- Cbi Enters Mayawati’S Door Making Her Fly Off The Handle (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2003)
She slams PM, his family; he responds from Bali: she saddens me
- ‘vibrant’ Gujarat Does English (Indian Express, Amrita Shah, Oct 09, 2003)
Former Gujarat chief minister, Keshubhai Patel, had to learn English in order to make himself more effective in selling investment opportunities in his state abroad.
- Sonia’S Rajniti Test (Indian Express, T.V.R. Shenoy, Oct 09, 2003)
Sonia’s rajniti test
- Economic Reform & Judiciary’S Role (Deccan Herald, N Haridas, Oct 09, 2003)
Divestiture of State property is a regular phenomenon. Can all these be done through Acts of Parliament?
- `Strength Of Indo-British Ties Lies In People-To-People Link' (Business Line, Vinay Kamath, Oct 08, 2003)
SIR ROB YOUNG, British High Commissioner to India since January 1999, returns to the UK after four tumultuous years when powerful events gripped the world stage. As he says, the last few months of his assignment have been spent in defending his government
- Green Fuels Sooner Rather Than Later (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Oct 08, 2003)
Govt says its plan on ethanol and biodiesel well on track
- Need To Engage Pakistan (Hindu, K.K. Katyal, Oct 06, 2003)
Hardliners in India and Pakistan sustain each other through their actions. How their pressures are to be de-linked from the decision-taking processes is the main task for the two Governments.
- Their Brush With Conan (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 05, 2003)
Three more women said on Friday that Arnold Schwarzenegger grabbed or groped them against their will.
- Talking To Pakistan (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Oct 04, 2003)
Raised expectations and abject failures are not prescriptions for long-term, meaningful engagement between India and Pakistan.
- Concertos In Confinement (Indian Express, Pradip Biswas, Oct 02, 2003)
It is not music alone that saves the pianist in Roman Polanski’s film on the Holocaust
- Insats - Flying High (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 30, 2003)
ISRO has demonstrated that it can build world class communication satellites. One of its aims must now be to make sure the Insat system serves much of the country's communications and broadcasting needs.
- Energy Security (Hindu, M. R. Srinivasan, Sep 30, 2003)
Even after 50 years of planning, the country has not achieved self-reliance in energy supply.
- Deprive The Villains Of Their Heroin (Indian Express, BULBUL ROY MISHRA, Sep 30, 2003)
Several hundred tonnes of opium gets refined into heroin in secret, makeshift laboratories in Afghanistan and neighbouring Pakistan. It then finds its way to the West.
- World Bank-Imf Review: Will Asia Lead The World Growth Charge? (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Sep 30, 2003)
The global economy may be on a rebound but it is not yet time for cheer because of underlying risks of the large fiscal and current deficits the US has run up and the imbalances in growth and distribution of reserves. Emerging Asia has a big role to play.
- Crowded Out Of The House (Indian Express, K S DUGGAL, Sep 29, 2003)
Are we making any use of their expertise and experience in running the Indian democracy?
- Chronicle Of A Collapse Foretold (Hindu, C. Rammanohar Reddy, Sep 29, 2003)
"Victory" or "failure" are wrong words to describe the outcome of the Cancun meeting. Cancun was just one event in a continuing struggle over the role of the WTO in the economies of the world.
- Riots In Male (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 29, 2003)
At first glance, the recent rioting in Male, bears no apparent connection to the elections. Judging by the targets the mobs chose, it seems their anger was directed not just at the prison guards but also at Mr. Gayoom's Government.
- Pakistan: Taking The Longer View (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Sep 29, 2003)
The Government has come to attach far too much political importance to bilateral meetings with Pakistan by refusing to have them on the margins of international gatherings.
- Growth Has Its Pains (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 29, 2003)
India as an economic powerhouse? Joy! But it also means there’s a lot more to be done
- For Liberty's Sake, Pota Must Go (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 29, 2003)
Political India must wake up to the truth that the only use of POTA can be its misuse.
- Silent Treatment (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Sep 27, 2003)
Now the court case has complicated matters at a time when the BJP was considering using Ayodhya as a political plank in the coming elections. But if it does so, the lawlessness underlined by the court will come into focus.
- Pm Lunch With Bush Has Joint Statement And Iraq On The Menu (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Sep 23, 2003)
A reinvented relationship between India and the US is on the anvil as both sides seek to sidestep their recent differences over Iraq and Pakistan, and move into fresh gear with the signature of a joint statement between Prime Minister A B Vajpayee and ...
- Beijing-Moscow-New Delhi Trialogue (Hindu, K.K. Katyal, Sep 22, 2003)
The significance of the upcoming trialogue is not to be underestimated because China, India and Russia represent the vast majority of the global population.
- Celebrate Cancun, But With Caution (Indian Express, P. Chidambaram, Sep 21, 2003)
Arun Jaitley, the Commerce Minister, has a neat, legal mind. Before he went to Cancun, he had identified the three possible results of the ministerial meeting: good deal, no deal or bad deal. And he had concluded that while a good deal would be the most
- A Developing Relationship (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2003)
PRIME MINISTER ATAL Bihari Vajpayee's visit to Turkey has added content to the relationship between the two countries. These secular democracies were estranged from each other till about a decade ago, largely because each perceived the other as ...
- Talking Turkey (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2003)
A great deal more has to be done if our ties with Turkey are to assume significance
- Farming A Friendship (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2003)
The India-Israel relationship is about more than just fighting terrorism
- Terror Infrastructure In Pakistan (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Sep 12, 2003)
Candlelight vigils at the Wagah border, and sentimental reminiscing about common culture and values cannot dilute the fact that the military establishment in Pakistan and the ISI are using the fundamentalist organisations and the terror infrastructure to
- India Without A Clue At Cancun (Hindu, Subramanian Swamy , Sep 11, 2003)
India has thus far made only feeble attempts to get an opportunity for professionals and semi-skilled to work anywhere in the world without visa harassment.
- Strategic Delusions (Hindu, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 11, 2003)
THOSE WHO CRITICISED the Government for its decision to host Israel's Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at this particular juncture stand vindicated by developments. There was always a strong possibility that terror outrages, akin to the two incidents ...
- Sree Narayana Guru (Indian Express, V. MANIYAN , Sep 11, 2003)
Like Adi Sankaracharya, Sree Narayana Guru (whose birth anniversary was yesterday) propagated Advaita (non-duality) in the early 20th century.
- Banking Turnaround (Hindu, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 11, 2003)
THERE ARE A number of reasons explaining the distinct turnaround in the perception, if not in the actual performance, of public sector banks. While continuing to be the dominant force in Indian banking — their share in a quite competitive ...
- Believe It Or Not (Indian Express, ANNA M M VETTICAD, Sep 11, 2003)
A colleague was sent scurrying off the other day on a mission to interview a lady who her publicist described as ‘‘India’s volleyball captain Nandita Singha.
- Cas: Bouquet Of Problems (Business Line, Pradeep S. Mehta, Sep 11, 2003)
SINCE June, consumer groups have been cautioning against the implementation of Conditional Access System without adequate safeguards.
- Confronting The Heavyweights (Business Line, K. Ramesh, Sep 11, 2003)
India, with relatively stronger fundamentals and macro-economic parameters, appears to be armed-to-the-teeth to canvas its own case and those of other developing nations at Cancun.
- Corporate Perp Walks And Conference Pep Talks (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 11, 2003)
Like the proverbial bad coin, here comes that date again, to poke at forgotten memories and restore faded visuals, and stir the embers of gloom. September 11 or 9/11 has got etched into history as much as B.C. and A.D.
- Food Standards And Market Access — Time For A New Engagement (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 11, 2003)
The cola controversy in terms of the trade negotiations at the World Trade Organisation appears well timed.
- So Who’S Winning This War? (Indian Express, Mahir Ali, Sep 11, 2003)
In the immediate aftermath of the extraordinary terrorist attacks on New York and Washington two years ago, some commentators outside the United States were sceptical of the claim that the world had changed forever.
- This War On Terror Is Bogus (Deccan Herald, Michael Meacher, Sep 11, 2003)
The 9/11 attacks gave America an ideal pretext to use force to
secure its global domination
- Indo-Pak. Rivalry In Afghanistan (Hindu, Aunohita Mojumdar, Sep 11, 2003)
Without the problems of a contiguous border, India has been able to reap the rewards of being a neighbourhood friend.
- Girl, Interrupted (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 11, 2003)
The last census had proved an eye-opener. It revealed that the sex ratio of the population in the 0-6 age group had declined in 10 years from 945 to 927 which, in turn, pointed to the widespread practice of female foeticide despite legislation banning it.
- For A Few Silvers More (Business Line, N. R. Moorthy , Sep 11, 2003)
The revision in sitting fees payable to directors for attendance at board meetings is discriminatory, says N. R. Moorthy
- Friendship Occupies All The Territory (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Sep 10, 2003)
Stepping out of its decades-old lakshman rekha with Israel, Prime Minister A B Vajpayee today set the tone for a red carpet welcome for its Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, emphasising bonds in defence, agriculture and in the fight against terrorism that both
- It’s Not About Sharon (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 08, 2003)
As the first visit by an Israeli prime minister commences, it is an opportune moment to recommend a third way on West Asia. Even in the most tranquil of times, the question of official ties with Israel instantly polarises hard-nosed pragmatists from dewy-
- When Sharon Takes The Stage, In The Wings Will Be Defence Deals (Indian Express, Shishir Gupta, Sep 07, 2003)
No bilateral defence agreement is going to be signed during Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s visit to New Delhi beginning Monday. But that doesn’t matter. For, in the sidelines of the first ever official visit of an Israeli prime minister, the issue
- India Avoids Isolating Myanmar (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Sep 04, 2003)
The Government's high-level defence engagement with Myanmar this week draws an unforgiving spotlight on to India's ties with an important neighbour whose military rulers are under growing international pressure to ease their tight grip on power.
- India And Israel Need Each Other (Indian Express, BHARAT KARNAD, Sep 02, 2003)
It was only in the mid-1990s that New Delhi, realising how injurious it was proving to national interest, jettisoned its hoary, unbalanced, West Asia policy and brought its close, covert and longstanding ties with Tel Aviv, including in the military ...
- 'We Are Not Terrorists' -- Palestinian Foreign Minister (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Sep 02, 2003)
THE PALESTINIAN Foreign Minister, Nabil Sha'ath, a Ph.D from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, U.S., is both articulate and forceful in what he says. Describing The Hindu as the "Le Monde of India," the Minister has no hesitation in ...
- Negotiating With Pakistan (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Aug 25, 2003)
This week's talks between India and Pakistan on resuming air links between the two countries are likely to reflect the enduring complexity of Indo-Pakistan relations and the impossibility of progress even on small issues.
- Making Our People Rich (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2003)
NEARLY six decades ago momentous things happened in both our countries. We made our people free. We established institutions and secured a system of Government where the people were able to elect the Parliament and enjoy basic democratic freedoms. This...
- Cooperating Against Terror (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Aug 23, 2003)
The ASEAN-U.S. Joint Declaration on combating international terrorism will be put to the test by Washington's stand on Jakarta's request regarding Hambali.
- Moving Towards One Europe (Business Line, R. Parthasarathy , Aug 19, 2003)
THE EU Council meeting in December 2002 at Copenhagen cleared the way for the accession of 10 countries — Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, the Slovak Republic and Slovania.
- Vajpayee's Pakistan Policy (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Aug 18, 2003)
Four months after launching yet another initiative towards Pakistan at Srinagar, the Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee, seems unfazed by the lack of progress on the official front with Pakistan. Patience, persistence and a series of positive gestures
- Security Council Resolution 1483 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2003)
"Noting the letter of 8 May 2003 from the Permanent Representatives of the United States of America and the United Kingdom... to the President of the Security Council and recognising the specific authorities, responsibilities and obligations ...
- A Visitor With A Past (Hindu, Hamid Ansari, Aug 15, 2003)
Some in India may discover affinities with Ariel Sharon's type of politics. They would do well to examine his track record.
- The Shimla Consensus (Indian Express, J. N. Dixit , Aug 13, 2003)
Issues related to national security were given prominence at the brainstorming session of the Congress Party in Shimla last month. Party President Sonia Gandhi emphasised many points in her inaugural address.
- The Pentagon Alternative (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Aug 05, 2003)
The man who, on behalf of the US, invited India to send combat troops to Iraq, will get together with Defence Secretary Ajay Prasad this week for the annual Defence Policy Group dialogue in Washington.
- Widen That Lens (Indian Express, Sanjaya Baru, Aug 04, 2003)
When Raj Kapoor sang, “Mera jootha hai Japani, patloon Inglistani,” he was neither singing the virtues of globalisation nor was he reaching out to the hearts and minds of the Japanese and the English. Song-writer Shailendra’s line about the “red Russian
- The Noor Effect (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Jul 30, 2003)
In symbolic terms, there is little to match this story. A two-year-old girl child in dire need of heart surgery rides the first bus after the road link between Delhi and Lahore is resumed.
- Terror And Trade On Sinha's Agenda (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Jul 29, 2003)
In their first act of concrete political cooperation in decades, India and Australia are all set to pool their resources in the war against terrorism. When the External Affairs Minister, Yashwant Sinha, arrives here next month, he will formalise a ...
- After Iraq War, The Other Debate (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Jul 29, 2003)
Just like the war in Iraq split the West down the middle, says David Mulford, a former Under Secretary at the US Treasury and currently international chairman of Credit Suisse First Boston, the question of what to do with Baghdad’s $100 billion foreign
- Divided By The Indian Ocean (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Jul 28, 2003)
As the clear blue waters of the Indian Ocean wash the shores of this city on a sun-drenched winter day, a tinge of regret tugs at your heart. For, India is conspicuous by its absence in what has become a welcoming home for its people, business and ...
- Hdr 2003 And The Millennium Development Goals - Each Country To Chalk Out Own Strategy (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Jul 28, 2003)
THE Human Development Report (HDR) 2003 brought out by the UNDP has been the subject of special attention, particularly because India's rank in terms of human development indicators has hit a new low. It stands at a disgraceful 127 among 175 countries of
- How It All Began (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2003)
THE ORIGIN of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) can be traced to the Special Police Establishment, which was formed in 1941. It was the time when huge amounts of public money were being spent on World War II, and there was tremendous
- Rebuilding Russia's Global Role (Hindu, VLADIMIR RADYUHIN, Jul 26, 2003)
Constructive engagement is the watchword of Mr. Putin's doctrine... He has skilfully used Russia's geopolitical and economic position to enhance its strategic value for the West.
- When Hawks Coo (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 21, 2003)
Maulana Fazl-ul Rahman, the chief of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam and secretary general of the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA), the major opposition party in Pakistan’s National Assembly has said all the right things that appeal to the Indian heart and mind
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