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- Frozen Frame (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 08, 2002)
It is too early to say if the tension between India and Pakistan has been reduced after the recent summit of the south Asian association for regional cooperation at Kathmandu.
- Want It Experience? Well, Pay Up Buddy (Business Line, Bharat Kumar, Jan 08, 2002)
A FREEZE on recruitments resulting from cost cutting is often the prime challenge to a company aspiring to build software products. So what do you do? Simple: Make programmers pay you for the experience they gain in building a product.
- Limited By Law (Indian Express, Anil Divan, Jan 08, 2002)
Over 50 years of the working of the Constitution have brought about a radical change in our democratic institutions. There is a steep fall in the values of public men.
- Thinking Again About Rape (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 08, 2002)
Under an order dated August 9, 1999 made in Writ Petition (Crl) No.33 of 1997, the Supreme Court of India requested the Law Commission “to examine the issues raised by the petitioners.
- A Few Home Truths (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 08, 2002)
With Home Minister L.K. Advani setting off for the United States, India’s war against terrorism has entered its second phase.
- 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).
- Why Flog A Dead Nam? (Indian Express, Subramaniam Narasimhan, Jan 08, 2002)
This is apropos of recent columns invoking the ‘glorious days of the Non Aligned Movement’ by Kuldip Nayar and Mani Shankar Aiyar in this paper. Messrs Nayar and Aiyar, both members of Parliament, are excellent men of letters.
- Tax Consumption, Not Income (Indian Express, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Jan 08, 2002)
Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha believes in increasing income tax because that is more equitable.
- Resume The Dialogue (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 07, 2002)
THE `INFORMAL MEETING' that the leaders of India and Pakistan have engaged in with a flourish of statesmanship during the latest South Asian summit in Kathmandu assumes a salience beyond the compulsions.
- Domestic Agenda For India (The Financial Express, Pradeep Mehta, Jan 07, 2002)
• Need to set up/strengthen a fully equipped patent systems which will deal with the registration of IPRs such as patents, copy rights.
- Taking Out The Taliban - I (Hindu, Gail Omvedt , Jan 07, 2002)
There is not, and never has been, a government in the world which would not at least take police action to defend its people... At the same time, I thought there would be no bombing.
- Time-Out For Reforms (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 07, 2002)
IN A WAY, the Cabinet Committee on Reforms, under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister, A. B. Vajpayee, has its task cut out on more than one front.
- Resume The Dialogue (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 07, 2002)
THE `INFORMAL MEETING' that the leaders of India and Pakistan have engaged in with a flourish of statesmanship during the latest South Asian summit in Kathmandu assumes a salience beyond the compulsions.
- Greetings With A Purpose (The Financial Express, Manik Gupta, Jan 07, 2002)
Ever wondered what to do with your used greeting cards? Re-address these cards to TNT India.
- Kamzor Cable Kyon? (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Jan 07, 2002)
We are told there are 36-38 million cable TV households in India.
- Lessons From Argentina Crisis (Business Line, V. Anantha-Nageswaran , Jan 07, 2002)
IN MY last column, I had written that the biggest risk to Asian bourses and perhaps to global markets could come from Japan this year.
- Out On Dolly’s Limb (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 07, 2002)
Dolly the Sheep has arthritis. And once again all’s not quite well in our brave new world.
- Corporate Tax Rate Cut, Mat Withdrawal -- Sinha Must Bite The Bullet, Say Ceos (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 07, 2002)
A MAJORITY of the respondents of a CEO snap poll conducted by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) wants the Union Finance Minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha, to reduce corporate tax rate from 35 to 30 per cent.
- Preparing For Net Future (Business Line, A. M. Sakkthivel, Jan 07, 2002)
E-COMMERCE is an evolving mantra every citizen of global business must chant to keep with it.
- Blair Lauds Ap On Tech Initiatives -- Inaugurates Centre For Good Governance (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 07, 2002)
THE British Prime Minister, Mr Tony Blair, on Sunday inaugurated the first-of-its-kind Centre for Good Governance (CCG), which is being positioned as a centre of excellence for the State, country and the region.
- Imf: It's Monetary Fratricide! (Business Line, Alex Abraham, Jan 07, 2002)
WHEN the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was established many years ago, its founding fathers enshrined within its constitution great and noble ideals and intentions.
- 2001: A Year Of Maturity For Hp (Business Line, Vipin Kumar, Jan 07, 2002)
SALES managers are accustomed to handling new product/brand launches all the time.
- Eyewash, Whitewash... (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jan 07, 2002)
OR hogwash? That is the question in one's mind on reading the report of Reuters that a `peer review' by Deloitte & Touche, an accounting firm in the Big Five league, has given a "clean bill of health" to Anderson.
- Economy And Elections (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Jan 07, 2002)
CURRENT conventional wisdom has it that much of the drumming up of the "conflict situation" with Pakistan is directed at whipping up support for the BJP in the Assembly elections scheduled to be held in the next few months in states such as Uttar Pradesh.
- Ethical Behaviour In The Throes Of Difficulty (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Jan 07, 2002)
LUCENT Technologies Inc., the telecommunications company, announced that it was paying two executive vice-presidents a total of $7.58 million (Rs 36 crore) as retention bonus to stay with the company.
- War Is A Chilling Word (Indian Express, Ajey Lele, Jan 07, 2002)
In 1941, the Germans saw a defeat at Moscow because of the terrible Russian winter.
- Saarc Snapshots (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 07, 2002)
The Eleventh SAARC Summit proved yet again that it is India and Pakistan, and the tortured relationship between the two nations, that continues to set the South Asian agenda.
- Will Yashwant Sinha Gamble On Growth In Budget 2002-03? (The Financial Express, Chandra Shekar, Jan 07, 2002)
Finance minister Yashwant Sinha has his task cut out for himself. He has to stimulate growth of the manufacturing sector, which has been stagnating, through a set of fiscal and non-fiscal measures in the forthcoming Budget.
- After The Expose (Indian Express, Tarun J Tejpal, Jan 07, 2002)
In my 18 years in journalism, had I spent more time hanging around with politicians, and less with other kinds of achievers, I would have known better.
- Complexities, Contradictions (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Jan 07, 2002)
KATHMANDU, JAN. 6. The heights of Nepal provide a perfect view of the political panorama of South Asia, with all its details - its charming characteristics as also its complexities and contradictions.
- Because Mrs G Didn’t Bargain (Indian Express, ARVIND KALA, Jan 07, 2002)
India’s biggest defence and foreign policy blunder was committed by Mrs Indira Gandhi after the 1971 Bangladesh war.
- Labouring Men (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 07, 2002)
Labour is in the concurrent list of the Constitution and both the Centre and the states can legislate on labour.
- At The Edge Of Default (Telegraph, S. Venkitaramanan , Jan 07, 2002)
Eminent economists had praised Argentina’s adoption of a currency board as an effective means of depoliticizing monetary policy.
- Making It With Dolly (Telegraph, Indranil Basu, Jan 07, 2002)
From gene therapy to genetically modified foods, issues involving DNA evoke ethical rhetoric and fiercely polarized opinions.
- King Solomon’s Mind (Indian Express, Renuka Narayanan, Jan 07, 2002)
Enshrined in the heart of the Old Testament, is a jewelled cluster comprising, in order, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and the Song of Solomon. They are numbers nineteen to twenty two in the thirty nine sections of that grand old book.
- Lessons In Disaster Management (The Financial Express, HUMA SIDDQUI, Jan 07, 2002)
It's nearly one year since one of the worst ever earthquakes rocked Gujarat. Relief work is still on. The progress report on the education front is impressive, though.
- Us-64 Nav-Repurchase Price Difference -- Budgetary Grant For Uti To Bridge Gap (Business Line, Shaji Vikraman , Jan 07, 2002)
The bail-out cost to the Government for the next fiscal could work out to around Rs 6,400 crore, assuming that the net asset value of US-64 stays at the current level of Rs 6.21 in May 2003.
- Shipping Corporation Of India -- What Will The Strategic Sale Really Achieve? (Business Line, N. K. Kurup, Jan 07, 2002)
The Government has finally decided on the strategic sale of 51 per cent of the Shipping Corporation of India's equity, with foreign bidders allowed as long as an Indian partner picks up a higher stake.
- Mr Yen Revisits The South Asian Crisis (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Jan 07, 2002)
As long as a financial crisis remains limited to one country or region, unaffected countries, particularly those at the centre.
- Taking Out The Taliban - I (Hindu, Gail Omvedt , Jan 07, 2002)
There is not, and never has been, a government in the world which would not at least take police action to defend its people... At the same time, I thought there would be no bombing.
- Economy And Elections (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Jan 07, 2002)
CURRENT conventional wisdom has it that much of the drumming up of the "conflict situation" with Pakistan is directed at whipping up support for the BJP in the Assembly elections scheduled to be held in the next few months in states such as Uttar Pradesh.
- Time-Out For Reforms (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 07, 2002)
IN A WAY, the Cabinet Committee on Reforms, under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister, A. B. Vajpayee, has its task cut out on more than one front.
- Complexities, Contradictions (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Jan 07, 2002)
KATHMANDU, JAN. 6. The heights of Nepal provide a perfect view of the political panorama of South Asia, with all its details - its charming characteristics as also its complexities and contradictions.
- Ethical Behaviour In The Throes Of Difficulty (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Jan 07, 2002)
LUCENT Technologies Inc., the telecommunications company, announced that it was paying two executive vice-presidents a total of $7.58 million (Rs 36 crore) as retention bonus to stay with the company.
- Lessons From Argentina Crisis (Business Line, V. Anantha-Nageswaran , Jan 07, 2002)
IN MY last column, I had written that the biggest risk to Asian bourses and perhaps to global markets could come from Japan this year.
- Imf: It's Monetary Fratricide! (Business Line, Alex Abraham, Jan 07, 2002)
WHEN the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was established many years ago, its founding fathers enshrined within its constitution great and noble ideals and intentions.
- Rights, Requests And Executions (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 07, 2002)
If the request relates to a person already convicted and sentenced, it shall also be accompanied by a certificate of the conviction and sentence and a statement that the person is not entitled to question the conviction.
- Credit Paradigm (Business Line, R. S. Raghavan, Jan 07, 2002)
In the matter of credit appraisal and management, instead of being responsive.
- The Calm Before A Storm (Hindu, KESAVA MENON, Jan 06, 2002)
For a fortnight in December, it seemed that the dialogue between the Israelis and the Palestinians was dead and buried... But now the two sides are back to jockeying for advantage.
- Sparring At Saarc (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Jan 06, 2002)
KATHMANDU, JAN. 5. India was not surprised at the dramatic public relations exercise by the President of Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf, at the Summit of the South Asian leaders here today.
- The Calm Before A Storm (Hindu, KESAVA MENON, Jan 06, 2002)
For a fortnight in December, it seemed that the dialogue between the Israelis and the Palestinians was dead and buried... But now the two sides are back to jockeying for advantage.
- War At What Cost? (Hindu, ALOK MUKHERJEE, Jan 06, 2002)
The Indian economy can no doubt survive a war, but the sacrifices it will have to make in terms of development will be substantial.
- Running On Empty (Hindu, SUSHMA RAMACHANDRAN , Jan 06, 2002)
The country is already paying a price on the energy front for the recurrent tensions with Pakistan.
- Refugees In Their Own Land (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 06, 2002)
For the people along the border in Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab and Rajasthan, the war clouds have cast a shadow on their lives. Shujaat Bukhari, Sarabjit Pandher and Sunny Sebastian report.
- Tying Up Against Terrorism (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Jan 06, 2002)
With the increased terrorist threat, there has been a dramatic escalation in U.S.-Philippines military cooperation.
- Sparring At Saarc (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Jan 06, 2002)
KATHMANDU, JAN. 5. India was not surprised at the dramatic public relations exercise by the President of Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf, at the Summit of the South Asian leaders here today.
- Tying Up Against Terrorism (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Jan 06, 2002)
With the increased terrorist threat, there has been a dramatic escalation in U.S.-Philippines military cooperation.
- Running On Empty (Hindu, SUSHMA RAMACHANDRAN , Jan 06, 2002)
The country is already paying a price on the energy front for the recurrent tensions with Pakistan.
- Where There Is No Will (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 06, 2002)
Even the Maoists seem to pose less of a problem. For Nepal, the SAARC summit is proving to be a nightmare.
- To Feel Most Wanted (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 06, 2002)
For sometime the most wanted host of India’s Most Wanted, a serial that sought to nab the country’s hardcore criminals, Sohaib Ilyasi made waves when he was arrested for the alleged murder of his wife.
- War At What Cost? (Hindu, ALOK MUKHERJEE, Jan 06, 2002)
The Indian economy can no doubt survive a war, but the sacrifices it will have to make in terms of development will be substantial.
- Refugees In Their Own Land (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 06, 2002)
For the people along the border in Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab and Rajasthan, the war clouds have cast a shadow on their lives. Shujaat Bukhari, Sarabjit Pandher and Sunny Sebastian report.
- The Comfort Of Sameness (Telegraph, MUKUL KESAVAN, Jan 06, 2002)
If you subtract Russia from it, Europe is a sub-continent roughly the same size as British India.
- Forensic Justice And Aids (Hindu, V. R. Krishna Iyer , Jan 05, 2002)
India, like South Africa, has, high on its health agenda, the pathology of HIV and AIDS. So human rights are in jeopardy and, vis-a-vis jural relief, judicial obscurantism is forensic folly, the vanishing point of curial vigilance.
- Disturbing Changes In Banks' Asset Portfolios (Business Line, P. R. Brahmananda , Jan 05, 2002)
DEPOSITS as a ratio of GNP at current prices formed about 13 per cent in 1970-71. By 1980-81, this proportion had risen to 26.4 per cent, at a growth rate of about 7.34 per cent per annum.
- Microcredit: Globalisation Unlimited (Business Line, Sudhirendar Sharma, Jan 05, 2002)
IT is a two-edged sword. While it supposedly takes the rural poor into a new domain of economic freedom, it keeps the corporate sector hopeful of exploiting this freedom.
- Telecom Sector: Fast Forward (Business Line, H. Kaushal , Jan 05, 2002)
THE telecom scene has changed dramatically in India. The pace accelerated in the early 1990s with the introduction of value-added services and the privatisation of telecom services.
- The Many Faces Of `Restraint' (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Jan 05, 2002)
THE Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee has played his diplomatic cards so deftly that Pakistan is now feeling the heat of international diplomatic opinion vis-a-vis its Kashmir policy.
- Bharti To Join The Cellular Brandwagon In Mumbai (Business Line, Kripa Raman, Jan 05, 2002)
WHILE the fourth cellular operators have started the spadework for launching services in their respective circles, one question that plagues the Mumbai user is how many brands will the metropolis eventually have?
- All Houses Are Not Equal (Business Line, S. Murlidharan , Jan 05, 2002)
AS IT is, there is a uniform tax-free limit of Rs 50,000 applicable across the board to, among others, all individuals.
- Resurrecting Afghanistan (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 05, 2002)
Afghanistan has suffered heavily as the object and subject of great power politics, internecine war and destruction of everything civilised, mostly due to Pakistan’s atavistic policies for nearly three decades.
- The Spectre Of Examinations (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 05, 2002)
BY DECIDING TO conduct common examinations for over 42 lakh students who go to Tamil Nadu's Government and aided schools between classes V and IX.
- All Houses Are Not Equal (Business Line, S. Murlidharan , Jan 05, 2002)
AS IT is, there is a uniform tax-free limit of Rs 50,000 applicable across the board to, among others, all individuals.
- Globalisation And Decentralisation (Hindu, Supriya Roy Chowdhury, Jan 05, 2002)
Where existing structures of inequality are left intact and become compounded with the disadvantages of marketisation, political empowerment is a useful slogan, not a realistic or genuine goal.
- Bank Strike Hits Operations (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 05, 2002)
ALL major branches of Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) in Mumbai were closed on Friday following the strike called by the All-India Bank Employees' Association (AIBEA) in protest against the bank's alleged ``anti-labour policies''.
- Swinging Any Which Way (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 05, 2002)
It is a measure of the confusion that characterises the administration’s response to the extremist activities of the People’s War Group in Andhra Pradesh that while the Centre has banned the outfit under Poto.
- Reaching Out To Conquer (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jan 05, 2002)
What wisdom do you glean from the way Musharraf and Vajpayee have routed their flights to Kathmandu?
- The Power To Change Reality (Indian Express, Sunil Jain, Jan 05, 2002)
By June this year, you could be sitting in the office of the distribution circle at Faridabad, Haryana, and be able to see, on the computer screen, just how much power is going into the cluster of houses in Sector 16.
- The Region And The World (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 05, 2002)
For many decades, regional integration was viewed as a panacea.
- Delusions Of Grandeur (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jan 05, 2002)
A regional conference in Kathmandu is an appropriate time to reflect that stability and prosperity will elude southern Asia until its physical map is allowed to shape its politics that are still determined by the West’s Cold War aims.
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