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Articles 49421 through 49520 of 53943:
- On China, Just Get Real (Indian Express, G Parthasarathy, Jul 19, 2003)
Ever since the disastrous 1962 conflict with China, Indians have been either fed the impression that China is a power itching to expand its frontiers across the Himalayas, or it has been portrayed by its apologists in India as a benign neighbor who bears
- ‘our Ties Mature, Will Continue To Climb’ (Indian Express, Pranab Dhal Samanta, Jul 18, 2003)
US Ambassador Robert Blackwill today made it clear that New Delhi’s decision to keep its troops out of Iraq until there’s an explicit UN mandate would not invite any backlash from his country.
- Towards Positive Unilateralism (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Jul 17, 2003)
Taking unilateral steps on trade, economic cooperation and people-to-people contact will help India liberate itself from the limiting confines of the current negotiating framework with Pakistan.
- Us, India Aur Woh (Indian Express, J. N. Dixit , Jul 16, 2003)
There was some irrational gloating in India when Musharraf did not get the F-16s from the United States. The general assessment here was that the general’s visit to Washington was only a partial success. Wishful thinking is all very well but some ...
- Beyond Memories And Complexes (Telegraph, J. N. Dixit , Jul 10, 2003)
J.N. Dixit argues that India should distinguish between being suspicious and being alert with regard to China
- What Summits Are All About (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Jul 09, 2003)
If, instead of greeting each other with the usual handshake, Atal Bihari Vajpayee and the Chinese premier, Wen Jiabao, had hugged and kissed each other the way Leonid Brezhnev used to greet his east European counterparts, it is very likely that much of
- Leg Up For Trade (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2003)
A prime ministerial visit does not directly boost trade and economic relationships between two countries. However, any improvement in the political environment (and this is implicit in some progress on the border dispute and mutual acceptance of Tibet and
- Across Borders (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2003)
The visit of the prime minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, to China will assume real significance if it manages to inject fresh momentum into Sino-Indian relations. Relations between India and China have often shown promise, but this latent potential has
- China’s Historic Failure (Telegraph, Achin Vanaik , Jun 17, 2003)
At a time when the United Nations has obsequiously legitimized the American occupation of Iraq and erstwhile opponents like France, Russia, Germany and China have quietly gone along with this, it is hardly surprising that the voices in India calling for
- Just Dropping By (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2003)
It is too early to determine the real impact of the visit of the deputy prime minister, Mr L.K. Advani, to the United States of America on relations between India and the US. But it is clear that Mr Advani’s visit has given a fresh momentum to bilateral
- Indian Airlines: To Get It Off Ground (Danish A. Hashim) (Business Line, Danish A. Hashim, Jun 10, 2003)
The state-owned Indian Airlines is on the verge of completing 50 years of its journey.
- Changing Face Of Diplomacy (Upendra Choudhury) (Business Line, Upendra Choudhury, Jun 10, 2003)
The growing interest in economic diplomacy stems from increasing liberalisation and globalisation, as well as the growth of regional trading blocs.
- Drought-Hit Karnataka Seeks 3 Lakh Tonnnes Of Rice (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 10, 2003)
Drought-hit Karnataka today renewed its plea to the Centre to release three lakh metric tonnes of rice immediately besides sanctioning money for materials for taking up civil works.
- Has Pakistan Turned Around? (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jun 10, 2003)
When General Pervez Musharraf seized power in Pakistan from Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, his initial charge sheet was full of complaints on economic mismanagement.
- Turkmenistan Gas Pipeline: Mea Sets Stiff Terms For Partcipation (The Financial Express, HUMA SIDDQUI, Jun 10, 2003)
: The ministry of external affairs (MEA) has laid down stiff terms for Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) and Gail India participation in the Turkmenistan,
- Lanka Okays Vsnl Plan For Entry (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 10, 2003)
VSNL's voluntary retirement scheme, intimated to its employees on May 9, has found 388 takers as of May 31, said the company in its notice to the stock exchanges today.
- Karnataka Flays Formula For Distress Season (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 10, 2003)
The Cauvery Monitoring Committee has decided to set up a technical experts’ panel to hammer out differences on the draft formula for sharing water during a distress season as Karnataka refused to accept the formula straightaway at today’s meeting as . . .
- Rbi Scores A Century (P. Yesuthasen) (Business Line, P. Yesuthasen, Jun 10, 2003)
THE Reserve Bank of India has scored a century. Lest you think that the central bank has joined the Gavaskars and Borders of the world, let me hasten to set the record straight.
- Steel Against The Us (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 10, 2003)
Not content with slapping steep penal and safeguard duties so as to curb steel exports, particularly by the developing countries,
- Narayan Murthy (Infosys) Bags E&y Entrepreneur Award (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2003)
MUMBAI, JUNE 8: Infosys Technologies chairman and chief mentor NR Narayana Murthy has become the first Indian recipient of the Ernst & Young World Entrepreneur Of The Year (WEOY) award.
- Pm To Visit China During Month End (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2003)
With less than two weeks for Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee’s proposed visit to China,
- Weapons Of Mass Deception (Lk Sharma) (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma , Jun 09, 2003)
In the run up to the Iraq war, Saddam’s weapons of mass destruction (WMD) occupied acres of newsprint and bombarded the airwaves, all of which had the desired result.
- First Operational Gslv Flight By Mid-2004 (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2003)
In a significant statement, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee today asked political parties and leaders to stay away from the Ayodhya issue so that the "lingering" . . .
- Globalisation: The Great Leveller (Jayanthi Iyengar) (Business Line, Jayanthi Iyengar, Jun 09, 2003)
Business process outsourcing is the best thing that could have happened to globalisation. It is a test that the developed world will have to pass if it wants to see the continuation of free markets.
- Keep Off Ayodhya, Pm Tells Parties (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2003)
In a significant statement, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee today asked political parties and leaders to stay away from the Ayodhya issue so that the "lingering" dispute could be resolved early through talks between representatives of Hindus and. . .
- Decision To Levy Penalty Should Be Judicious (Hp Ranina) (The Financial Express, H R RANINA, Jun 09, 2003)
There are several provisions in the Income-tax Act, 1961 empowering tax authorities to levy penalties for various offences.
- Company Act Helps Monopoly (Shubha Ghosh & Vidisha Barua) (The Financial Express, SHUBHA GHOSH & VIDISHA BARUA, Jun 09, 2003)
The new Competition Act of 2002, although to a certain extent in line with the agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs), is a disappointment for many
- Lessons From Us Profligacy On Fiscal Resp (S. Venkitaramanan) (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Jun 09, 2003)
The US' huge fiscal imbalance, highlighted in a recent study, is a standing example of the power of politics over economics.
- Bhel Plans To Grow Through Acquisitions (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jun 09, 2003)
There have been conjunctures in the past when determined efforts were made to make the public sector giant, Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL), into a world class company.
- Reform In Reverse Gear? (N. Venkiteswaran) (Business Line, N. Venkiteswaran, Jun 09, 2003)
Some of the Government's recent policy announcements give the unmistakeable impression that the logic of a coherent economic philosophy has been given the complete go-by.
- Need To Manage Water (Shebonti Ray Dadwal) (The Financial Express, Shebonti Ray Dadwal, Jun 09, 2003)
Time was when water was regarded as a god-given resource, to be used freely — and thoughtlessly.
- Meeting India’S Need For Justice (Surendra Nath) (The Financial Express, SURENDRA NATH, Jun 09, 2003)
Over time, courts in India have picked up an unenviable record of delays, with trials in cases involving even serious offences taking years.
- Mismanaging Water In Farm Sector (N Chandra Mohan) (The Financial Express, N. Chandra Mohan, Jun 09, 2003)
Water resources management is one of the most important challenges confronting India.
- The General’S Musharraf) Problems (M B Naqvi) (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Jun 08, 2003)
After getting himself elected as Pakistan’s President, amending the Constitution and holding a bogus election, General Musharraf should have been firmly in the saddle of power. But, his troubles are only beginning
- Study Srisi Drinking Water Project Required(balakrishna Hegde) (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2003)
Not all development projects are steps to progress. It is important to study a project before it is implemented. The project that proposes to bring drinking water to Sirsi town from the holy Aghanashini river in the Western ghats region of Uttara Kannada
- Orchid-Apotex Marketing Pact To Sell Injectible Medicines (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 03, 2003)
Chennai , June 2
Orchid Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd signed a supply and marketing agreement today with Apotex Corp for the sale of its injectible medicines in the US.
- Reforms And Urban Poverty (Supriya Roychowdhury) (Hindu, Supriya Roy Chowdhury, Jun 03, 2003)
Several dimensions of our economic reform model reflect the impact of an abrasive marketisation policy, entirely
- It Never Rains But Pours (Prem Shankar Jha) (Hindu, Prem Shankar Jha, Jun 03, 2003)
The flood of dollars into India, which has swelled its foreign exchange reserves by $1.591 billion in a single week and taken them beyond the $80 billion mark to $80.816 billion,
- Govt To Prepay $1.6-B Worth Bilateral Loans (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2003)
AFTER prematurely retiring high-cost foreign currency loans aggregating around $3 billion from the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank
- Iit Graduates In The Ias (T.K. Ramachandran) (Hindu, T.K. Ramachandran , Jun 03, 2003)
The issue of IIT graduates getting into the civil services has always attracted attention and even a bit of censure. I still remember the first few days at the LBS Academy in Mussoorie in 1991:
- R.C. Jain Takes Over As Eicher Group Ce (Business Line, Neha Kaushik, Jun 03, 2003)
THERE has been a change of guard at Eicher Tractors. Mr R.C. Jain, Chief Executive, Eicher Tractors, has moved to Eicher Group as Chief Executive - Group Affairs and will assist the group chairman in group-level activities.
- Trafficking In Bangladeshi Women Cause For Concern (Hindu, HAROON HABIB, Jun 03, 2003)
DHAKA June 2. An estimated 20,000 Bangladeshi women and children are trafficked in every year,
- Genuine Concern (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2003)
Prime Minister A B Vajpayee’s suggestion at the G-8 summit that the international community should have some benchmarks for monitoring and evaluating the outcome of the Doha round of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). . .
- G-8 Evinces Interest On Graft In Developing Nations (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Jun 03, 2003)
Prime Minister A B Vajpayee said today that the leaders of the seven wealthiest countries and Russia at the G-8 (Group of Eight) at Evian wanted to know why the developing countries are not tackling the endemic problem of “corruption” that is undermining
- Family Businesses Stick To Core Strengths (Business Line, Preeti Mehra, Jun 03, 2003)
For family businesses and independent business owners if it is not a season for consolidation, it must be one of venturing into allied businesses where every muscle in the organisation's belly can be leveraged to climb the growth ladder.
- Companies Amendment Bill Needs Fine-Tuning, Say Analysts (Business Line, Rabindra Nath Sinha, Jun 03, 2003)
The Companies (Amendment) Bill 2003, introduced by Mr Jaswant Singh, Union Finance & Company Affairs Minister, in Rajya Sabha on May 7, has several provisions the rationale of which is not clear.
- Cellular War Takes New Turn (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2003)
The hot race to become market leaders in providing limited mobility services kicked off a corporate war on Monday between two private telephone companies -- Reliance and Tata Indicom -- in Andhra Pradesh.
- Cas And Controversy (Hindu, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 03, 2003)
By Drastically reducing custom duties on set-top-boxes, the Centre has attempted to address the main concern of consumers over the introduction of the Conditional Access System (CAS)
- An Asian Century, Perhaps (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 03, 2003)
The Half-Hour Meeting that the Prime Minister had on Saturday with the new Chinese President, Hu Jintao, was perhaps the most significant of Mr. Vajpayee's many interactions in the former imperial capital of St. Petersburg.
- Blair 'Cooked Up' Intelligence On Iraq (Hasan Suroor) (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Jun 03, 2003)
Intelligence is a bit like statistics — easy to manipulate. Just as poverty levels can be made to rise or diminish using the same set of statistics depending. . .
- Seat Slash Order To Colleges (Telegraph, Mita Mukherjee, Jul 12, 2002)
The pro vice-chancellor of academics, Suranjan Das, has issued a circular to over 200 colleges instructing them to limit the number of admissions at the undergraduate level to 150 for non-laboratory based pass courses.
- Goodwill At Any Cost? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 11, 2002)
Given the traumatic experience this country has had with the LTTE, India would have to adopt a proactive strategy of pressing Sri Lanka to extradite the terrorist leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
- Jayalalithaa: In The Eye Of Another Storm (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jul 11, 2002)
THE Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Ms J. Jayalalithaa, is right back at the centre of another political controversy. Her government has invoked POTA (Prevention of Terrorism Act) to arrest eight MDMK functionaries for their utterances eulogising the LTTE.
- Contract Farming: Sowing Promise (Business Line, Amalendu Jyotishi, Jul 11, 2002)
AGRICULTURAL commodity production is susceptible to institutional and market failure. Contract farming is often seen as an answer to these systemic imperfections.
- Cosmology In Rigveda -- The Third Premise (Hindu, PATRIZIA NORELLI-BACHELET, Jul 11, 2002)
History is indeed recorded in the Rigveda, as well as in the Epics, but one has to use correct cosmic formulas to make this discovery, bearing in mind that the ancients were not at all concerned with keeping records for posterity as we do today.
- Time For A Reality Check (Hindu, Asma Khan, Jul 11, 2002)
Kashmir is back on the world consciousness and is the focus of major world powers. This is a welcome albeit late development; nonetheless, it encompasses great scope for ending the protracted impasse in Kashmir.
- The Border Confrontation (Hindu, P. R. Chari , Jul 11, 2002)
The test of success in the present coercive diplomacy is not the discomfiture of Pakistan but the resolution of the Kashmir problem.
- Discrimination At Work (Hindu, Andre Beteille , Jul 11, 2002)
Legitimate discrimination on the basis of ability and performance is obstructed by the pervasive suspicion that all discrimination, at least in India, is at bottom and by its nature invidious.
- Conflicting Political Signals (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 11, 2002)
THE DECISION BY the two emissaries of the People's War Group (PWG) of naxalites to pull out of the ongoing dialogue with the Andhra Pradesh Government is somewhat of an anti-climax in the negotiating process.
- Cabinet Reshuffle -- Check, Checkmate (Business Line, Harihar Swarup , Jul 11, 2002)
Establishing Mr L. K. Advani's supremacy both in the government and the party, and the indication that the BJP would henceforth adopt hard line functioning, were obviously the twin objectives of the recent Cabinet and organisational changes.
- Hard Bargain (Asian Age, Editorial, The Asian Age, Jul 11, 2002)
Almost all the initial promises of a serious, across-the-table political dialogue that could curb militancy in Andhra Pradesh seems to have evaporated.
- Yawn! (Asian Age, Editorial, The Asian Age, Jul 11, 2002)
The paucity of talent at his disposal and internal contradictions that have plagued him from the very beginning have made a mess of Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee’s promise of a "new, improved look" to his Union Cabinet.
- Mamata Misfires (Asian Age, Editorial, The Asian Age, Jul 11, 2002)
Ms Mamata Banerjee’s roadshow is getting to be boring and tiresome indeed.
- Letting Kashmir Simmer (National Post, Editorial, National Post, Jul 08, 2002)
Following a brief period of what seemed like progress, relations between India and Pakistan over Kashmir have returned to their normal state of brewing animosity.
- Nuclear Brinkmanship (Providence Journal, Editorial, Providence Journal, Jun 03, 2002)
A nuclear war between India and Pakistan could cost 10 million lives or more. Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf engages in such provocative activities as testing missiles and implying that his nation might use nuclear weapons first.
- Nuclear High-Wire Act (Washington Times, Jed Babin, May 30, 2002)
Some wars are avoidable. It appears that the coming war between India and Pakistan over the disputed Kashmir region is not. We may not be able to act soon enough to stop war from breaking out, but we must take action to prevent nuclear escalation.
- The Most Dangerous Place In The World (New York Times, Salman Rushdie, May 30, 2002)
The present Kashmir crisis feels like a déjŕ vu replay of the last one. Will the outcome also be a replay of three years ago? Will the conflict be contained again?
- Caution On Kashmir (Boston Globe, Editorial, Boston Globe, May 30, 2002)
In the present circumstances the United States has no choice but to use all its influence with India and Pakistan to compel those nuclear-armed neighbors to back down from the brink of war.
- Pakistan Cannot Expect The Support Of India's Muslims (Independent (UK), M.J. Akbar, May 30, 2002)
A revealing but rarely revealed fact is that Muslims in the rest of India give no support whatsoever to the separatist insurgency in the Muslim-majority valley of Kashmir, that charming bit of paradise that could trigger off history's first nuclear war.
- Musharraf Set To Win Pakistan Poll, But At A Cost (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Apr 28, 2002)
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf is set for a comfortable victory in a referendum on Tuesday to extend his rule for five years, but in the process he has damaged his credibility both at home and abroad.
- Musharraf's Order Or Disorder? (News International, Farhan Bokhari, Apr 25, 2002)
The success of Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan's General President, at next Tuesday's referendum may already be a foregone conclusion, thanks to the widespread state-cum-'nazim' backed struggle to make his campaign anything but a failure.
- Economic Ties With Us (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Apr 25, 2002)
Pakistan and the United States have signed a memorandum of understanding to set up a joint forum following a meeting between finance minister Shaukat Aziz and the US treasury secretary Paul O'Neil.
- Time To Think Things Out (Dawn, Tahir Mirza, Apr 25, 2002)
The closest the US has come to distancing itself from the referendum is to suggest that the process should be open to review by the courts, a review that is now in progress.
- Our Long-Term Enemy (Guardian (UK), Peter Preston, Apr 22, 2002)
General Pervez Musharraf has summoned Pakistanis to a wholly spurious referendum on April 30 so that they may vote to keep him as head of state, head of the army and head of anything meaningful for the next five years.
- Musharraf Opens A New Political Front (Gulf News, Nasim Zehra, Apr 12, 2002)
Wearing army fatigues and throwing caution to the wind, Pakistan's military ruler General Pervez Musharraf launched his political career at the Lahore referendum rally.
- A Western Ally Takes A Wrong Turn (Toronto Star, Haroon Siddiqui, Apr 11, 2002)
This week when Musharraf, now our front-line ally in the war on terrorism, announced a quickie referendum to rubber-stamp his stay for another five years, the West offered an eloquently silent assent.
- Double Fault (Business Line, D. Murali , Feb 05, 2002)
TWENTY days after Gandhiji's birthday, not many years ago, a police inspector of Chalakudy intercepted Rajendra Prabhu (RP) and recovered 30 gold biscuits of foreign markings from his car.
- An Epistle To Mr Advani (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Feb 05, 2002)
Dear Advaniji,
You have begun what is unquestionably the most profound and consequential interaction between our country and the United States of America since the two meetings between the then president, Bill Clinton, and the prime minister.
- Chamber Music (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 05, 2002)
Part of the problem for any government, when it comes to policy change, is lack of consensus among different chambers of commerce.
- Air War And Ground Reality (Telegraph, V. R. Raghavan , Feb 05, 2002)
The ground offensive of the Northern Alliance has quickly cleared most of Afghanistan from the control of the taliban. The powerful air attacks could not by themselves force the taliban out of their strongholds.
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