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- Military Action Against Pakistan (Hindu, Gautam Sen, Dec 28, 2001)
Care must be exercised to ensure that diplomacy remains in command and sabre-rattling is a calibrated adjunct and the crossover point at which the latter takes over to become war is avoided.
- High Feedstock Cost Hits Competitiveness (Business Line, Uttam Gupta , Dec 28, 2001)
RECENTLY, an editorial in a leading financial daily made the point that the country would be better off if it did not have the high-cost domestic naphtha and fuel oil-based urea plants.
- Military Action Against Pakistan (Hindu, Gautam Sen, Dec 28, 2001)
Care must be exercised to ensure that diplomacy remains in command and sabre-rattling is a calibrated adjunct and the crossover point at which the latter takes over to become war is avoided.
- Armed Response And International Law (Hindu, V. S. Mani, Dec 28, 2001)
The best legally-justifiable course open to India now is to go to the U.N. Security Council... Let us not go headlong into use of armed force.
- An Opportunity For Peace (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Dec 28, 2001)
NEW DELHI, DEC. 27. The continuing crisis between India and Pakistan need not necessarily end in a disaster, nuclear or otherwise. In fact, it could provide an opportunity for the countries to redefine their relationship.
- `People Were Fed Up With Mismanagement' -- Dr Saman Kelegama, Ed, Institute Of Policy Studies, Colombo (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Dec 28, 2001)
THE mandate for change in Sri Lanka was more for economic reasons, than for ushering in peace and ending the ethnic conflict, says Dr Saman Kelegama, Executive Director of the Institute of Policy Studies in Colombo.
- Living In A Yellow Submarine (Pioneer, Syed Ahmed, Dec 28, 2001)
George Harrison visited India in September 1966. The following year, in February 1967, he had his first meeting with his Holiness the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
- Another Legal Victory (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 28, 2001)
IN A WAY, Ms. Jayalalithaa could not have asked for more. Her second legal victory, in the coal import deal case, has come less than a month after she was judicially absolved by the Madras High Court in the TANSI and Pleasant Stay Hotel cases.
- Gsp, A Prelude To Eu’s Efforts To Bring Labour On Wto Agenda (The Financial Express, T. S. Vishwanath , Dec 28, 2001)
Core labour standards has always remained on top of the agenda for European Union.
- India Should Negotiate Cautiously To Guard Its Interests Well (The Financial Express, P Vinod Kumar, Dec 28, 2001)
A time bomb is ticking right under India’s nose but babudom, as usual, is yet to notice it.
- `People Were Fed Up With Mismanagement' -- Dr Saman Kelegama, Ed, Institute Of Policy Studies, Colombo (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Dec 28, 2001)
THE mandate for change in Sri Lanka was more for economic reasons, than for ushering in peace and ending the ethnic conflict, says Dr Saman Kelegama, Executive Director of the Institute of Policy Studies in Colombo.
- Coal Sector Growth Stifled By Sickness (Business Line, Rabindra Nath Sinha, Dec 28, 2001)
THE COAL sector closes 2001 with none of the key issues, such as unrestricted entry of the private sector, sickness of three subsidiaries of Coal India Ltd.
- Accelerate Power Reforms (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 28, 2001)
GETTING THE STATES to tone up their electricity boards or even fulfil their promises to carry out reforms continues to be one of the biggest challenges in reforming the power sector in the country.
- Designs For High Growth And Income (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Dec 28, 2001)
INDIA is zealously struggling to transform itself from a weak-strong model to a strong-weak model of economic governance.
- Disadvantage: Military Offensive (Pioneer, Urmi A Goswami, Dec 28, 2001)
After the December 13 attack on Parliament, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee told the nation that "the fight against terrorism has reached its last stage".
- Gathering Storm (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Dec 28, 2001)
Even as the nation waits with baited breath about what is going to happen next with war clouds looming, ticket seekers are getting busy with elections to four states announced on Wednesday.
- Do We Want War? (Hindu, Shail Mayaram, Dec 27, 2001)
The only ones who stand to benefit from war are those who hope for more votes in the wake of nationalist jingoism, the military-industrial complex and the hawks in India and Pakistan.
- History Sheet Of A Rogue State (Pioneer, A. Surya Prakash, Dec 27, 2001)
Within two months of its creation, Pakistan sent armed tribesmen into Jammu & Kashmir in October, 1947.
- The Madrassa Mindset (Indian Express, Mehru Jaffer, Dec 27, 2001)
TO mention the twin words ‘Muslim’ and ‘madrassa’ today is to send a chill down the spine of many.
- More, General, More (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 27, 2001)
AS political forecasters announce the possibility of war clouds, some in the Pakistani establishment would like to point to an already visible silver lining. Maulana Masood Azhar, fomenter of Deobandi demonstrations on Pakistani streets.
- Elusive Targets (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 27, 2001)
THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC slowdown is no longer a matter of learned conjectures.
- Reasons Against Restraint (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 27, 2001)
TO the average citizen of Delhi terrorist violence is a distant phenomenon, a pernicious abstraction.
- Gathering Storm (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 27, 2001)
Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee was not indulging in mere rhetoric when he told a rally to celebrate his 77th birthday on Tuesday that a war was "being thrust on us.
- Is War On The Nri Agenda? (Indian Express, Balgrim Ragoonanan, Dec 27, 2001)
MOST of the people who are calling on India to wage war on Pakistan are probably of Indian origin but living outside India.
- First Blood (Pioneer, Anil Narendra, Dec 27, 2001)
If September 11 was a turning point in the modern history of America, December 13 could well prove to be so for India.
- How Enron Connected To The Powers-That-Be (Indian Express, Dan Morgan, Dec 27, 2001)
DURING the administration of the first President George Bush, a new party fundraiser named Kenneth Lay was invited to spend the night at the White House.
- There Is No Option But To Talk (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Dec 27, 2001)
THE new government in Sri Lanka might have awakened a new hope of economic revival and an end to the civil war, but expectations of quick results are unreal, says Mr Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu, Executive Director of the Centre for Policy Alternatives.
- Working For Peace (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 27, 2001)
THE SHRILL AND threatening campaign spearheaded by the Vajpayee administration which suggests an outbreak of war with Pakistan must end.
- Mobilising Democratic Opinion For 'War' (Hindu, Harish Khare , Dec 27, 2001)
It is incumbent on the Prime Minister to ensure that warmongering does not get out of hand and to calibrate public rhetoric and posturing only as an aid to measured policy response.
- Paper Tigress (Pioneer, Mohinder Singh, Dec 27, 2001)
Every newspaper wants more women readers. Advertisers are convinced that married women make most of consumer decisions in households.
- Do We Want War? (Hindu, Shail Mayaram, Dec 27, 2001)
The only ones who stand to benefit from war are those who hope for more votes in the wake of nationalist jingoism, the military-industrial complex and the hawks in India and Pakistan.
- Argentina’s New Currency Seen Easing Move From Peg (The Financial Express, Ovais Subhani, Dec 27, 2001)
SINGAPORE: Argentina’s plan to print its way out of economic crisis by issuing a second currency will buy the country time before an inevitable devaluation and may mark the beginning of the end of the peso, analysts said on Wednesday.
- There Is No Option But To Talk (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Dec 27, 2001)
THE new government in Sri Lanka might have awakened a new hope of economic revival and an end to the civil war, but expectations of quick results are unreal, says Mr Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu, Executive Director of the Centre for Policy Alternatives.
- Saarc Should Include Afghanistan And Myanmar (The Financial Express, Ashok B Sharma, Dec 27, 2001)
The 11th summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is scheduled to take place from January 4 to 6 in Kathmandu. Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee is slated to attend the crucial meet.
- Working For Peace (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 27, 2001)
THE SHRILL AND threatening campaign spearheaded by the Vajpayee administration which suggests an outbreak of war with Pakistan must end.
- Tamil Nadu Shakes Off Lanka’s Ghost (Indian Express, T. N. Gopalan, Dec 27, 2001)
WAY back in the seventies, the then Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Srimavo Bandaranaike was received at Chennai airport by the then Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi.
- Fan Unlimited (The Financial Express, Mimmy Jain, Dec 27, 2001)
Star-Struck at 36? Sounds silly? But it’s true—I’ve been hopelessly star-mad ever since I can remember.
- Elusive Targets (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 27, 2001)
THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC slowdown is no longer a matter of learned conjectures.
- Why Not List Foreign Companies On Indian Ses? (The Financial Express, M. R. Mayya, Dec 27, 2001)
It is high time India permitted foreign companies to list on Indian stock exchanges.
- Will Reforms Power Up The Sector? (Business Line, N. Ramakrishnan , Dec 27, 2001)
...Needless to say, the power sector in India is in dire straits and needs immediate attention in order to avoid a total crisis.
- Turning Over Faster (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 27, 2001)
THE plan of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to shorten the rolling settlement cycle from five days to three is a step in the right direction.
- Promises To Keep (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 27, 2001)
AS THE economy opens up further, many enterprises are finding it difficult to survive in the marketplace.
- Pooling To Fool (Business Line, S. Murlidharan , Dec 27, 2001)
ACCOUNTING Standard 14 (AS-14) deals with the accounting nuances of amalgamation of two or more companies.
- Argentina On The Brink Of Disaster (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 27, 2001)
The resignation of Argentine President Fernando De la Rua following widespread riots in protest against the economic policies of the government marks the end of an ignominious chapter in the annals of this financially-crippled nation.
- Enemy Of The State Is Al Qaeda, Not Osama Bin Laden (The Financial Express, Prashant Bakshi, Dec 27, 2001)
As the mission of smoking out Osama bin Laden from the Tora Bora caves proved unsuccessful, the million dollar ($25 million, to be precise) question regarding the nemesis of the world’s most wanted man, still remains unanswered.
- General Musharraf’s Cosmetic Action (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Dec 27, 2001)
AT the end of his five-day visit to China, Pakistan’s military ruler and self-appointed President, General Pervez Musharraf, once again declared blandly that he would consider taking action against Pakistan-based organisations.
- Mutually Assisting A Greater War (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 27, 2001)
The state party in whose territory the alleged offender is found shall, if it does not extradite the person, be obliged, without exception whosesoever.
- Foundation For The Future (Telegraph, N.R. MADHAVA MENON, Dec 27, 2001)
Foreign direct investment is a term usually associated with trade and development in the economic sphere.
- Mining The Depths Of Decline (Telegraph, Sudhir Kumar Mishra, Dec 27, 2001)
The coal sector in India is reported to have been under tremendous pressure during the last one decade or so.
- Mobilising Democratic Opinion For 'War' (Hindu, Harish Khare , Dec 27, 2001)
It is incumbent on the Prime Minister to ensure that warmongering does not get out of hand and to calibrate public rhetoric and posturing only as an aid to measured policy response.
- Salt Loss (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 27, 2001)
The improvement of public health in India can never be a simple story.
- Border Brawls (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 27, 2001)
India’s expectations from the forthcoming visit of the Chinese prime minister, Mr Zhu Rongji, to New Delhi may well be tempered by some disturbing developments along the India-China border in the east.
- The Shadow Of War (Indian Express, KAMAL SIDDIQI, Dec 26, 2001)
GETTING into Pakistan has never been as difficult. Most international airlines have suspended their flights, with only Pakistan International Airlines, the national carrier, and a handful of others connecting the country with the rest of the world.
- Guess One Big Winner Of Afghan War: Russia (Indian Express, David Ignatius, Dec 26, 2001)
AS THE dust begins to settle in Afghanistan, it’s increasingly clear that the big winner in terms of post-September 11 energy politics is Russia, which now rivals Saudi Arabia as the world’s dominant energy producer.
- Tossing The Coin (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 26, 2001)
WITH the New Year comes the Euro, the new currency of life in the European Union.
- Not By Debt Alone (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 26, 2001)
Euro-the about to be official currency of Europe-will not be the only new arrival in the monetary world. If things happen as promised, Argentina, will soon have its new currency, the Argentino.
- Musharraf’s Arafat Act (Indian Express, Sonia Trikha, Dec 26, 2001)
ON his first day in office, Afghanistan’s new justice minister Abdul Rahim Karimi — a less well known name in the Cabinet but obviously someone with clearly defined ideas — is reported to have said, ‘‘the biggest problem in Afghanistan was terrorism.
- Terrorism From The Sea (Pioneer, Mukund B. Kunte, Dec 26, 2001)
Successive coalition governments in New Delhi have led Islamabad to believe that terrorism can be initiated and fuelled across our borders with impunity, a misconception that needs to be dispelled immediately.
- Siege Psychology In The Land Of The Free (Pioneer, Phillip Knightley, Dec 26, 2001)
It is time to assess what has happened in the United States since the terrorist attack on the twin towers on September 11 last.
- Kabul To Kathmandu (Pioneer, Abhijit Bhattacharyya , Dec 26, 2001)
What are the striking commonalities between Kabul and Kathmandu?
- Whither Peace In Sri Lanka? (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Dec 26, 2001)
THIS Christmas will be a memorable one for Sri Lanka, or so hope its people.
- Private Funding And Higher Education (Hindu, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Dec 26, 2001)
The fact that some of the greatest universities in the world grew up in opposition to and autonomous from the state should hold lessons for us.
- Pressures On India’s Foreign Policy (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Dec 26, 2001)
The tragedy of Indian foreign policy is that more than 50 years after Independence, the country’s efforts at pursuing wider objectives in the region and the world are being dragged by a legacy of Partition, animosity with Pakistan.
- Defining Neighbourly Goodwill (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 26, 2001)
THE STARK CONTRAST between the present phase of growing bonhomie between India and Sri Lanka, on one side, and the dangerous escalation of tensions in ties between Islamabad and New Delhi.
- A Neglected Task (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 26, 2001)
THE UNION LABOUR Minister, Mr. Sharad Yadav's announcement on evolving a social security programme for the country's unorganised sector comes at a time when the country can ill- afford to continue with the past in several areas of economic governance.
- Open To Evil Eyes (Telegraph, BRIJESH D. JAYAL, Dec 26, 2001)
Ever since the aborted terrorist assault on the Indian Parliament, there has been abundant speculation on the likely Indian response.
- Year Of Setback For Economy (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Dec 26, 2001)
THE ECONOMY took a downturn in 2001, after sustaining a six per cent growth over almost a decade, with recessionary trends persisting in industry, aggravated by the cyclical swings in agriculture.
- Bacteria In Waste Management (Business Line, Mahendra Pandey , Dec 26, 2001)
MICRO-ORGANISMS constitute an antique group of living organisms which appeared on earth's surface almost 3,000 million years ago.
- After The War (Hindu, Harald A Gould, Dec 26, 2001)
The United States has to abandon the permissiveness towards General Pervez Musharraf's double standard on terrorism.
- Steel: Ending On Flat Note (Business Line, Rabindra Nath Sinha, Dec 26, 2001)
THE domestic steel industry closes 2001 on a highly uncertain note. On the financial year basis, the results of the third quarter ending December 2001 will be available in the course of January.
- After The War (Hindu, Harald A Gould, Dec 26, 2001)
The United States has to abandon the permissiveness towards General Pervez Musharraf's double standard on terrorism.
- Wto Ruling No Thunderbolt (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 26, 2001)
THERE IS LITTLE doubt that the World Trade Organisation panel ruling on the auto dispute between the US and the EU, on the one hand.
- Winter Of Economic Despair (Business Line, P. R. Brahmananda , Dec 26, 2001)
THE year 2001 is coming to a close in the midst of a winter of despair. The political climate is full of fog.
- A Neglected Task (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 26, 2001)
THE UNION LABOUR Minister, Mr. Sharad Yadav's announcement on evolving a social security programme for the country's unorganised sector comes at a time when the country can ill- afford to continue with the past in several areas of economic governance.
- Private Funding And Higher Education (Hindu, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Dec 26, 2001)
The fact that some of the greatest universities in the world grew up in opposition to and autonomous from the state should hold lessons for us.
- Virtual Worker (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Dec 26, 2001)
INFORMATION technology is in the throes of rapid changes.
- Border Flashpoint (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 26, 2001)
Tension along the Indo-Pakistan border is reaching flashpoint. Both countries are deploying armed corps, tanks and missiles on the international border and the Line of Control in the Kashmir valley.
- Voices Within (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 26, 2001)
Checks and balances can help coalition politics only if they are not reduced to partisan pulls and pressures.
- ‘We Are More Concerned With Revenue Deficit Than Fiscal Deficit’ (The Financial Express, Sanjaya Baru, Dec 26, 2001)
It is not often that an interview is spread over 10 days.
- Food Through A Faster Process (Telegraph, Navin Chandra Joshi, Dec 26, 2001)
In a bid to attract foreign investment in the processed food sector, the Union government is likely to come out with a national food processing policy during the forthcoming session of Parliament.
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