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- Excise Sans Logic (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 10, 2002)
THE CABINET DECISION to amend the Central Excise Tariff Act and confer on the Finance Ministry the power to hike existing rates without any cap is not only an abuse of the trust placed on it by Parliament but also goes against the accepted principles.
- Against Terror (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 10, 2002)
Chinese diplomatic duplicity is somewhat confounding. The communist regime in the past few years has worked hard to build up the Shanghai Cooperative Forum comprising China, Russia and four other central Asian states.
- Chinese Operation On The Borders (Telegraph, N K Pant, Jan 10, 2002)
During the American air strikes in Afghanistan, China which projects itself as a future superpower, watched helplessly.
- Smiles And Handshakes (Telegraph, SHAM LAL , Jan 10, 2002)
Pervez Musharraf is as smart at staging public relations coups as at masterminding seizure of power from an elected government in his country.
- Hurried And Ill Considered (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 10, 2002)
THE SUDDEN TURNABOUT in the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology's stand on foreign investment in the print media would seem more the result of high pressure lobbying from both within and without and the political parties' fear.
- Kerala Unveils Harsh Steps To Overcome Financial Crisis (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 10, 2002)
Under the voluntary off-duty scheme, the employees will be given 75 per cent of their basic salary and dearness allowance in the first year and 50 per cent in the second year.
- `Scrap I-T Sops On Small Savings' (Business Line, Hema Ramakrishnan, Jan 10, 2002)
THE high-level committee on tax policy chaired by Mr N.K. Singh, Member, Planning Commission, has recommended scrapping of income-tax incentives on small savings.
- The Share And Dividend Match (Business Line, Donna Okell, Jan 10, 2002)
Shareholder value is becoming ever more important, but how do the experts identify a sound investment? Donna Okell explains the analysts' view and offers some tips to boost returns.
- Import Duty Hike May Firm Up Cotton Prices (Business Line, G. Gurumurthy, Jan 10, 2002)
Industry watchers feel that the latest hike in cotton import duty is designed to cause sympathetic reaction in the local market and thereby increase the prices of indigenous cotton.
- Defining The Concept Of Sexual Assault (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 09, 2002)
“The ‘precise issues’ submitted by the petitioner before the court and which have been sent to the Law Commission for consideration are divided into three parts.
- Baker’s Attitude Can’t But Prejudice Indo-Uk Relations: Nehru (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 09, 2002)
The first of a two-part series from War and Diplomacy in Kashmir 1947-48 by India’s former Ambassador to China and the EU, C DASGUPTA
- An Epistle To Mr Advani (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Jan 09, 2002)
Dear Advaniji,
You have begun what is unquestionably the most profound and consequential interaction between our country and the United States of America.
- Our Own War Against Terror (Telegraph, Mohit Sen, Jan 09, 2002)
The shock of the terrorist attack on Parliament has begun to abate.
- Improve On It (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 09, 2002)
Together with better intelligence it is equally important to ensure a degree of awareness about how dangerous terrorism actually is.
- To Douse The Home Fires (Telegraph, Kamalika Mukherjee, Jan 09, 2002)
“It is better to die in one go than a little everyday” had been the last few words recorded in a diary by Vijayalakshmi, a victim of domestic violence in India.
- Vulnerable Areas (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 09, 2002)
The above mentioned distinction is relevant in the case of India today.
- No Truck With The Ltte (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 09, 2002)
THE STRENUOUS ATTEMPT by or on behalf of the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to secure a new foothold within India's territory for the ostensible purposes of a ``direct dialogue'' with Sri Lanka is neither innocuous nor simply stupid.
- The Opportunity In Kashmir (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jan 09, 2002)
It is now for the Hurriyat Conference leaders to prove their democratic credentials in a democratic contest (the Assembly elections due in seven months) under the watchful international eye.
- An Agenda For Cultural Action - I (Hindu, K. N. Panikkar, Jan 09, 2002)
Cultural action is an intervention in daily life, directed to the transformation of social consciousness... Its main agenda is to bring the individual, who is increasingly being alienated, into the social fold.
- Slipshod Indian Diplomacy (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Jan 09, 2002)
Handshakes - or lack of them - have been leaving their imprint on diplomacy long before the SAARC summit at Kathmandu.
- In The Divided Desert (Indian Express, Seema Alavi, Jan 09, 2002)
I love to watch the birds fly. The uninhibited freedom they enjoy inspires me. Following the flight paths of these unrestrained bundles of joy has sensitised me to the constrained existence that we lesser mortals lead.
- A Distant Dream (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 09, 2002)
THE KATHMANDU SUMMIT of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) saw yet another pledge to work towards a free trade area.
- The Opportunity In Kashmir (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jan 09, 2002)
It is now for the Hurriyat Conference leaders to prove their democratic credentials in a democratic contest (the Assembly elections due in seven months) under the watchful international eye.
- Despondency Before And After (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Jan 09, 2002)
On the face of it, bracketing Agra and Kathmandu may not be proper, but there is a connecting link because of which a comparative analysis is in order.
- Handshake Or Crossing Of Swords? (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jan 09, 2002)
ONCE again it is time for the media, and through it, the nation to interpret the body language, or rather, the handshakes of the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayeee, and the Pakistani President, Gen Pervez Musharraf.
- Going Ga-Ga Over Management Guru! (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jan 09, 2002)
THE theme: Managing in Turbulent Times. Venue: Taj Coromandel. Audience: Academics, corporate chiefs and distinguished persons by invitation, starry-eyed and keyed up.
- Tactics To Combat Cyber-Attacks (Business Line, Prem Kumar , Jan 09, 2002)
INFORMATION networks are the lifelines of any organisational set-up, be it military or corporate.
- Frost At Saarc (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 09, 2002)
CONSIDERING THAT SAARC is completely dominated by the relations between its two biggest members — India and Pakistan — and these have not been too good.
- Ordinance To Give Govt Blank Cheque On Excise -- Cap On Commodities To Go (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 09, 2002)
THE Cabinet today authorised the Finance Ministry to fix any rate of excise duty on commodities under emergency powers, scrapping the existing provisions that limited hikes to a maximum of 100 per cent.
- Defence Canteen Supply -- Mcdowell's Signature Takes On Royal Challenge Whisky (Business Line, Boby Kurian, Jan 09, 2002)
LIQUOR major McDowell & Co Ltd's premium flagship brand, Signature whisky, has entered the Canteen Stores Depot (CSD) for defence services, raising a brawl with arch-rival Shaw Wallace & Co (SWC)'s iconic whisky, Royal Challenge.
- Relevance Of Gadgil's Economics (Business Line, P. R. Brahmananda , Jan 09, 2002)
Indian economics has a rich tradition. Even economists such as Lewis and Nurkse had recognised that the Indian scene had specificities and heterogeneities in its geographical, historical, political, economic and social settings.
- Frost At Saarc (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 09, 2002)
CONSIDERING THAT SAARC is completely dominated by the relations between its two biggest members — India and Pakistan — and these have not been too good.
- Tricolour Excise (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 09, 2002)
How patriotic are you, and what kind of hardships are you willing to put up with for your country?
- Handshake Or Crossing Of Swords? (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jan 09, 2002)
ONCE again it is time for the media, and through it, the nation to interpret the body language, or rather, the handshakes of the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayeee, and the Pakistani President, Gen Pervez Musharraf.
- Archival Truths (Indian Express, Mani Shankar Aiyar, Jan 09, 2002)
My college guru and Foreign Service colleague, Chandrashekhar Dasgupta, erstwhile ambassador to China and later to the European Union, timed to perfection the release of his War and Diplomacy in Kashmir 1947-48 (Sage, Rs 440).
- Our Future Is In The Forests (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Jan 09, 2002)
The finance minister has been well advised to concentrate strategic thinking in the budget on agriculture.
- Slipshod Indian Diplomacy (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Jan 09, 2002)
Handshakes - or lack of them - have been leaving their imprint on diplomacy long before the SAARC summit at Kathmandu.
- No Truck With The Ltte (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 09, 2002)
THE STRENUOUS ATTEMPT by or on behalf of the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to secure a new foothold within India's territory for the ostensible purposes of a ``direct dialogue'' with Sri Lanka is neither innocuous nor simply stupid.
- A Distant Dream (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 09, 2002)
THE KATHMANDU SUMMIT of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) saw yet another pledge to work towards a free trade area.
- An Agenda For Cultural Action - I (Hindu, K. N. Panikkar, Jan 09, 2002)
Cultural action is an intervention in daily life, directed to the transformation of social consciousness... Its main agenda is to bring the individual, who is increasingly being alienated, into the social fold.
- Tactics To Combat Cyber-Attacks (Business Line, Prem Kumar , Jan 09, 2002)
INFORMATION networks are the lifelines of any organisational set-up, be it military or corporate.
- Despondency Before And After (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Jan 09, 2002)
On the face of it, bracketing Agra and Kathmandu may not be proper, but there is a connecting link because of which a comparative analysis is in order.
- Relevance Of Gadgil's Economics (Business Line, P. R. Brahmananda , Jan 09, 2002)
Indian economics has a rich tradition. Even economists such as Lewis and Nurkse had recognised that the Indian scene had specificities and heterogeneities in its geographical, historical, political, economic and social settings.
- Going Ga-Ga Over Management Guru! (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jan 09, 2002)
THE theme: Managing in Turbulent Times. Venue: Taj Coromandel. Audience: Academics, corporate chiefs and distinguished persons by invitation, starry-eyed and keyed up.
- Spin Doctors And A Shy Pm (Indian Express, Arati R. Jerath, Jan 09, 2002)
VAJPAYEE’s spin doctors are regularly frustrated by the Prime Minister’s reluctance to have informal discussions with the media.
- Pc Sales Forecast Scaled Down By 32 Pc (Business Line, S. Devarajan, Jan 09, 2002)
REELING under the impact of the economic slowdown, the hardware sector has scaled down its personal computer (PC) sales forecast for the current fiscal by more than 32 per cent, at 1.65 million units, over its earlier estimate of 2.45 million units.
- Ominous Signals (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 08, 2002)
THE VIOLENCE IN a village near Beypore in Kerala that left five people killed, several others injured and property worth a couple of crores (including fishing vessels) destroyed may have been contained.
- Taking Out The Taliban - Ii (Hindu, Gail Omvedt , Jan 08, 2002)
Dealing with worldwide terrorism requires looking at each specific sore spot. For India and Pakistan this means taking up their responsibility for nurturing terrorism in Kashmir.
- A Hand Of Friendship And After (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Jan 08, 2002)
KATHMANDU, JAN. 7. That the India-Pakistan tensions would dominate last week's SAARC summit was expected but what form it would take was not clear.
- Silk Industry Reels Under Falling Exports, China Threat (The Financial Express, Rajeev Jayaswal, Jan 08, 2002)
The Indian silk industry, which is yet to arrest the recessionary trend in exports, is fearing a Chinese onslaught after Beijing’s entry into the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
- ‘Co-Operation In Biotech And Pharmaceuticals Can Do Wonders’ (The Financial Express, HUMA SIDDQUI, Jan 08, 2002)
Expertise in sugarcane production notwithstanding, Cuba is fast catching up in other areas as well, says the Cuban ambassador Jose Eloy Valdes.
- The Bjp's Game Plan In U.P. (Hindu, Zoya Hasan, Jan 08, 2002)
The intertwined issue of temple and terror is designed to redirect the electorate's attentions from the problems of governance and economic development.
- Taking Out The Taliban - Ii (Hindu, Gail Omvedt , Jan 08, 2002)
Dealing with worldwide terrorism requires looking at each specific sore spot. For India and Pakistan this means taking up their responsibility for nurturing terrorism in Kashmir.
- The Bjp's Game Plan In U.P. (Hindu, Zoya Hasan, Jan 08, 2002)
The intertwined issue of temple and terror is designed to redirect the electorate's attentions from the problems of governance and economic development.
- Entangled In Steel (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 08, 2002)
IT IS PERTINENT to ask if financial institutions did their home work properly when they decided in mid-2001 to take over the management of debt-ridden Malavika Steels and Bellary Steels and rescue the half-finished projects in which the FIs had sunk.
- Agenda For Agricultural Reforms (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Jan 08, 2002)
AGRICULTURE continues to remain the most important sector of the economy from the perspective of employment generation and poverty alleviation and also because of its causal links with the factor and product markets.
- Budget As A Binding National Covenant (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jan 08, 2002)
IT IS Budget time again. The defining moment has arrived for the Finance Minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha. His luck will run out if he does not get his sums right this time.
- The Military And The Militants (Telegraph, Sudhir Kumar Mishra, Jan 08, 2002)
The attack on Parliament might appear to have brought comrades with the same goals in power politics onto a common platform.
- Terrorism: The Two Faces Of Us (Business Line, B. Raman , Jan 08, 2002)
IN THE early 1980s, Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) had handed over to a group of Sikh terrorists, who had hijacked a plane of the Indian Airlines (IAC).
- An Anti-Terror Dialogue (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 08, 2002)
THE PRIME MINISTER of the United Kingdom, Tony Blair, may have hoped to exert a ``calming influence'' on India and Pakistan so as to encourage them to pull back from the brink in their latest confrontation.
- To Chase The Crooked Line (Telegraph, SRINJAY CHAKRAVARTI, Jan 08, 2002)
There is good news on the inflation front, or at least that is what the Central government claims.
- An Anti-Terror Dialogue (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 08, 2002)
THE PRIME MINISTER of the United Kingdom, Tony Blair, may have hoped to exert a ``calming influence'' on India and Pakistan so as to encourage them to pull back from the brink in their latest confrontation.
- A Hand Of Friendship And After (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Jan 08, 2002)
KATHMANDU, JAN. 7. That the India-Pakistan tensions would dominate last week's SAARC summit was expected but what form it would take was not clear.
- Net Telephony: Onto A New Frontier (Business Line, Asha Ram Sihag, Jan 08, 2002)
THOUGH it prohibited Internet telephony when it came into force, the National Telecom Policy (NTP 99) allowed the government to take appropriate action in response to developments in the sector.
- Why India Must Get Into The Equine Race (Business Line, Anil Mukhi, Jan 08, 2002)
A COUPLE of weeks ago, a momentous event took place. An Indian- bred horse, Saddle Up, became the first thoroughbred racehorse born and reared in this country to participate in an international Group 1 horse race, the pinnacle of equine achievement.
- Not-So-Great Middle-Class (Business Line, A. B. Shivkumar , Jan 08, 2002)
JUST a decade ago, major MNCs in India were going ga-ga over the size of the `Great Indian middle-class' (GIMC), and many an Indian organisation.
- Get The Arms For The Man (Telegraph, BRIJESH D. JAYAL, Jan 08, 2002)
As war cries once again reverberate across the sub continent, one cannot help but ponder over the state of preparedness of our armed forces.
- Why India Must Get Into The Equine Race (Business Line, Anil Mukhi, Jan 08, 2002)
A COUPLE of weeks ago, a momentous event took place. An Indian- bred horse, Saddle Up, became the first thoroughbred racehorse born and reared in this country to participate in an international Group 1 horse race, the pinnacle of equine achievement.
- Qualcomm To Pick Up Stake In Reliance Telecom Venture (Business Line, G. Rambabu, Jan 08, 2002)
RELIANCE has finalised a multi-million dollar deal with technology major Qualcomm Inc, whereby the US-based pioneer of CDMA technology would pick up strategic equity stake in its telecom venture, Reliance Communications Ltd.
- Net Telephony: Onto A New Frontier (Business Line, Asha Ram Sihag, Jan 08, 2002)
THOUGH it prohibited Internet telephony when it came into force, the National Telecom Policy (NTP 99) allowed the government to take appropriate action in response to developments in the sector.
- Not-So-Great Middle-Class (Business Line, A. B. Shivkumar , Jan 08, 2002)
JUST a decade ago, major MNCs in India were going ga-ga over the size of the `Great Indian middle-class' (GIMC), and many an Indian organisation.
- Agenda For Agricultural Reforms (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Jan 08, 2002)
AGRICULTURE continues to remain the most important sector of the economy from the perspective of employment generation and poverty alleviation and also because of its causal links with the factor and product markets.
- Entangled In Steel (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 08, 2002)
IT IS PERTINENT to ask if financial institutions did their home work properly when they decided in mid-2001 to take over the management of debt-ridden Malavika Steels and Bellary Steels and rescue the half-finished projects in which the FIs had sunk.
- Wah Taj (Indian Express, Monirupa Bhattacharya, Jan 08, 2002)
So you see the Taj Mahal everyday?’’ People have often asked me this question on learning that I belonged to the city of Taj.
- Ominous Signals (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 08, 2002)
THE VIOLENCE IN a village near Beypore in Kerala that left five people killed, several others injured and property worth a couple of crores (including fishing vessels) destroyed may have been contained.
- Budget As A Binding National Covenant (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jan 08, 2002)
IT IS Budget time again. The defining moment has arrived for the Finance Minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha.
- India, Cuba Need To Go In For More Expertise Exchange Programmes (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jan 08, 2002)
India and Cuba are closely linked through ties of friendship, solidarity and mutual co-operation. Since 1960, both the countries have established diplomatic ties and have shared close and cordial relations.
- Us Afghan Envoy To Land In Delhi (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Jan 08, 2002)
President George Bush will be sending his special assistant to South-West Asia and Middle East and envoy to Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, to New Delhi on January 16-17.
- Integrate Or Perish (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 08, 2002)
The pledge taken by the leaders of the seven South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries at their 11th summit in Kathmandu to establish a South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA).
- To Chase The Crooked Line (Telegraph, SRINJAY CHAKRAVARTI, Jan 08, 2002)
There is good news on the inflation front, or at least that is what the Central government claims.
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