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- The Mess In Afghanistan (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Nov 21, 2001)
IF TRUTH be told, despite the success of the US-led coalitions attack on Afghanistan, the fall of Kabul.
- Towards A Terror-Free Zone? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 21, 2001)
THE UNITED STATES is beginning to exude confidence that its military campaign against the Taliban-Osama axis in Afghanistan is producing the desired results.
- What Vat? (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 21, 2001)
IT IS DIFFICULT to agree with the contention of the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers that the nation-wide implementation of a Value Added Tax (VAT) would fragment the automobile industry.
- Business Vigilance In A Consumer Society (Business Line, A. V. Swaminathan , Nov 20, 2001)
AMERICAN business is full of peculiarities, hooked to a rolling economy and a fast changing consumer society.
- South Africa-India Bilateral Trade Picks Up Well Despite A Late Start (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Nov 20, 2001)
Bilateral trade between India and South Africa started in 1993 since earlier there were trade restrictions on account of apartheid pursued by the then South African regime.
- Democracy In Dire Straits (Tribune, Bhim S. Dahiya, Nov 20, 2001)
Whenever the thought of our democracy occurs to me, and it occurs quite often, a scene from an old Hindi movie named “Railway Platform” appears on my mind’s screen.
- Fresh Opportunity In Valley (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 20, 2001)
With the ejection of the extremist Taliban regime from Kabul and the disclosure of how it was being controlled by foreign elements to the detriment of the Afghans.
- Pm’s Sangat Darshan (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 20, 2001)
Prime Minister Vajpayee turned the concluding function of the bicentenary celebration of Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s coronation into a launching pad of the coming election campaign.
- Minister For Siachen (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 20, 2001)
Defence means more than notching up frequent flier points.
- A Vvip Village Called Bathindi (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Nov 20, 2001)
Mahatma Gandhi saw the vision of new India in the villages of the country.
- Cold Facts, Bold Talks (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Nov 20, 2001)
The militants have again flexed their muscle. At Ramban on Jammu-Srinagar national highway, far away from either the I.B. or the LoC, while ten jawans and five civilians lay dead and around 30 others were left wounded.
- Gathering Pace (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 20, 2001)
THE FLURRY OF announcements by the Minister for Disinvestment indicates that the public sector sale (PSE) programme is finally gathering steam.
- View From The Fringes (Indian Express, Kuldip Nayar, Nov 20, 2001)
There is an adage that those who control Kabul rule Afghanistan.
- Don’t Kid Us (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 20, 2001)
Come clean on the child deaths in Assam.
- National Games In Punjab (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 20, 2001)
The first National Games of the millennium opened in Ludhiana on Monday. For the next 10 days athletes from across the country will rekindle the spirit of competition and sportsmanship through healthy and fair competition.
- Challenges From Doha (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 20, 2001)
THE DOHA Ministerial Meeting has been a success to the extent that it came out with a declaration, which the Seattle meet held two years ago could not achieve.
- The Shadow And The Throne (Indian Express, T. N. Gopalan, Nov 20, 2001)
The ageing M. Karunanidhi must still rue the day he chose to send his police to ferret out Jayalalithaa’s resignation letter from the residence of her confidante Sasikala’s husband, Natarajan, way back in early 1989.
- The Politics Of Poto (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 20, 2001)
IF THE UNION GOVERNMENT banked on achieving a measure of consensus on the proposed legislation to check terrorism, its plan seems to have come totally unstuck.
- A Voyage And The Elusive Vision - I (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 20, 2001)
DOES AMERICA need a foreign policy? The poser, popularised by Dr. Henry Kissinger, reflects the present status of the U.S. as the sole superpower.
- The War On Tv (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 20, 2001)
‘‘He (bin Laden) is not one single man. He is armed with very heavy bodyguards when he moves around, so it is impossible that he would have left the country and not be tracked.
- Terminator Technology In Agriculture (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Nov 20, 2001)
Seedsavers of crops worldwide have been threatened as never before.
- A Post-Taliban Dispensation (Hindu, Chinmaya R. Gharekhan, Nov 20, 2001)
DESPITE ALL the talk about establishing a broad-based, multi- ethnic, representative post-Taliban government in Afghanistan.
- Primitive Accumulation Versus The Rule Of Law (The Financial Express, Chanakya , Nov 20, 2001)
Some of the politicians and civil servants who made money used it to live well, fulfilling their feudal dreams. Some who knew the ropes sent the money abroad.
- Staff Agitations Put Tn On A Slippery Road (The Financial Express, Joseph Vackayil, Nov 20, 2001)
Not just something, but many things are rotten in the state of Tamil Nadu. What is surprising is that the decay has been so sudden, and the government seems clueless.
- Messing Up With People's Savings (Business Line, N.A.Mujumdar, Nov 20, 2001)
IT IS indeed difficult to reconcile the monetary policy measures, announced by the RBI Governor, Mr Bimal Jalan, with the prevailing macro-economic conditions.
- Trade And Environment: ‘Trade Off’ At Doha Is No Loss (The Financial Express, Pradeep S. Mehta, Nov 20, 2001)
While India is rejoicing on major gains in several areas of the hard-fought agenda of the fourth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), it is a bit upset on the inclusion of environment in the Ministerial Declaration.
- Oil Price Slump Could Help Global Economy (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Nov 20, 2001)
INTERNATIONAL oil prices fell to a new two-year low of less than $l8 a barrel on November 15, with Opec failing to win support from non-Opec producers, notably Russia.
- Organisational Renewal (Business Line, A. B. Shivkumar , Nov 20, 2001)
EVERY organisation needs to `renew' itself, in as much as it needs to re-focus on its areas of strengths, exploit opportunities, and emerge as a viable entity, and to face up to every challenge.
- The Afghan Kaleidoscope (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 20, 2001)
NOT FOR the first time nor, one suspects, the last, Afghanistan is playing a role in world history unmerited by its economic weight, unwarranted by its military power.
- Made In Pakistan (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 20, 2001)
Atal Behari Vajpayee, 77, just couldn’t decide on the right kind of jacket for himself.
- West Asia: Disquieting Signals (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 19, 2001)
The cause of the Palestinian homeland became a subject of intense discussion immediately after the unthinkable terrorist attack in the USA on September 11.
- Making Money In The Great Game Of Social Advancement (The Financial Express, Chanakya , Nov 19, 2001)
You cannot walk an inch in India, it seems, without coming near the putrid smell of corruption and nepotism. Bribery seems to be all pervading. Every one complains about it.
- I’m Back With Many Trophies From The Battlefront: Murasoli Maran (The Financial Express, Murasoli Maran, Nov 19, 2001)
With his pencil-thin moustache and his long sideburns commerce minister Murasoli Maran looks like a comical villain in a spaghetti-western movie.
- Wearing The Mantle Of Untruth (Tribune, Ram Verma, Nov 19, 2001)
The TV images of the bizarre spectacle of passenger planes going straight into the World Trade Center towers and a monstrous fireball enveloping them, billowing black clouds rising ominously to the sky.
- Feather In Mr Maran's Cap (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Nov 19, 2001)
THERE is one school of thought which holds that, after two years, the severe consequences of the Doha Declaration.
- Is Small Industry R&d-Oriented? -- Positive Evidence From Karnataka (Business Line, M. H. Bala Subrahmanya, Nov 19, 2001)
SMALL-SCALE industry (SSI) in India is now exposed to local and global competition as never before.
- Scrap The Pds! (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 19, 2001)
THE NEWS of the Centre considering the discontinuation of foodgrains procurement will gladden those who had been watching the alarming proportions this indefensibly costly racket had assumed over the years.
- Why India Is Insulated From Oil Shock (Business Line, S. Majumder , Nov 19, 2001)
IN THE fluid world situation, especially vis-a-vis the Afghan war, the oil-producing nations are in two minds about cutting production to raise prices.
- Cut Diesel Price (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 19, 2001)
THE PETROLEUM MINISTER, Mr Ram Naik, last week handed out an assurance that the Government would not increase prices of petro-products till March next year.
- No More Middle Ground On The Tamil Question (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Nov 19, 2001)
COLOMBO, NOV. 18. At a recent workshop organised by the Sri Lanka Tamil Media Alliance, one of the speakers was critical of the role of Tamil journalists in the country's ethnic conflict.
- Vision 2020 -- Making A Beeline In Wrong Direction? (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Nov 19, 2001)
MAKING a beeline is a well-known expression. It emphasises the way bees go straight to their goal.
- Every 8th Person In Bangalore Is Diabetic (Tribune, Editorial, Washington Post, Nov 19, 2001)
The consequences of rapid and mindless urbanisation are more prominent in Third World countries than elsewhere.
- Terminator Technology In Agriculture (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Nov 19, 2001)
Seedsavers of crops worldwide have been threatened as never before. A technology appropriately called the 'terminator technology', has been creating waves in agricultural circles since March.
- The Road From Doha (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 19, 2001)
THE WORLD TRADE Organisation's meeting at Doha has been quickly followed by claims and counter-claims about what the agreement on a negotiating agenda means for India.
- Feats Of Focus (Indian Express, Renuka Narayanan, Nov 19, 2001)
AS the days shorten and assorted seasonal aches afflict us, it’s normal to succumb to post-Deepavali gloom.
- Health Of The Nation (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Nov 19, 2001)
Right from our childhood we have been told that "health is wealth", and we should not need Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen and Jammu-born Mehboob-ul-Huq to regularly tell us that the best fields of investment for a nation’s development are health and education
- The U.S.- Russia Consensus (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 19, 2001)
THE U.S. PRESIDENT, Mr. George W. Bush, and his Russian counterpart, Mr. Vladimir Putin, seem eager to downplay divisive issues that can only cloud their joint commitment to combat international terrorism.
- Including The Excluded (The Kashmir Times, Kuldip Nayar, Nov 19, 2001)
Kabul, fell one day after some 500 men and women from South Asia adopted at a meeting in New Delhi a statement on the sovereignty of Afghanistan. It was a premonition or wishful thinking on their part.
- Talk Talk, Little Action (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Nov 19, 2001)
All India Women’s Conference chairperson, who attended a seminar on women in Jammu has spoken about the need for educating women about their rights so that they can fight injustice.
- The Challenges In J&k (Hindu, Balraj Puri, Nov 19, 2001)
THE WORLD, they say, changed on September 11. How does the change affect the situation in Jammu and Kashmir?
- Flawed Arguments, Sirs (Indian Express, Abhishek Singhvi, Nov 19, 2001)
Recent defences of the Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance (POTO) range from Arun Shourie’s invocation of the US law to Law Minister Arun Jaitley’s reference to the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.
- An Opportunity For India (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Nov 19, 2001)
THE DEVELOPMENTS in, and in relation to, Afghanistan have overtaken the outcome of the Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee's trip abroad, not particularly shining in any case.
- ‘Political Issues Will Take Precedence Over Economy In The Winter Session’ (Indian Express, Arati R. Jerath, Nov 19, 2001)
Former Lok Sabha Speaker Shivraj Patil’s chief asset for his new role as Deputy Leader of Opposition in place of Madhavrao Scindia is his sound grasp of parliamentary rules and procedures.
- Meanwhile, In Other News... (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Nov 19, 2001)
Advertisements for liquor may have been banned from television but when the spirit is willing, alcohol will find a way to beat prohibition.
- A Chance For Aiadmk, Bjp To Move Closer? (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Nov 19, 2001)
CHENNAI, NOV. 18 The support from Tamil Nadu and the ruling AIADMK for the Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance is born out of several considerations - chiefly political and security.
- Get Out Of Poverty Syndrome (The Kashmir Times, Vinod Mehta, Nov 19, 2001)
Higher investment is only one of the preconditions for realizing a high rate of economic growth in any country.
- Indo-U.S. Defence Dialogue (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Nov 19, 2001)
NEW DELHI, NOV. 18. The long-stalled Indo-U.S. defence cooperation appears poised for a forward movement with high level bilateral military and civilian defence talks scheduled to be held here over the next few weeks.
- Doon’s Tailors And The National Fabric (Indian Express, Anil Nauriya , Nov 19, 2001)
The Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Hindu Jagran Manch tell women not to visit Kotdwar’s male (predominantly-Muslim) tailors to give measurements...(News item)
- Ritual Of Convenience (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 19, 2001)
THERE is no likelihood of any business being conducted in Parliament today.
- A Vvip Village Called Bathindi (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Nov 19, 2001)
Mahatma Gandhi saw the vision of new India in the villages of the country.
- Fall From Grace (Hindu, KESAVA MENON, Nov 18, 2001)
WHEN the U.S. administration began mapping out its strategy against the Taliban and Al-Qaeda, after the September 11 attacks, it was clear that it believed support from Saudi Arabia was indispensable.
- Caught In The Quicksand (Hindu, Muralidhar Reddy, Nov 18, 2001)
``NEVER IN the field of human conflict have so many experts of the highest renown been so thoroughly wrong.
- Darling Of The West (Hindu, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Nov 18, 2001)
FROM being a nation shunned to a ``frontline'' ally and a coveted guest at the high table in Downing Street, and at Waldorf Astoria across the Atlantic...
- The War On Tv (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 18, 2001)
Asia Today Special (Future of Afghan Women):
‘‘The Northern Alliance has a record of abusing human rights. It was evident when the NA forces walked into Kabul. We need to stop this...They are here to help us, not to enslave us.’’
- Fishing In Troubled Waters (Hindu, ARUNKUMAR BHATT, Nov 18, 2001)
THE political games being played in the aftermath of the communal riots in Malegaon are more abhorrent than the violence itself. Political parties of all hues are engaged in scoring over each other and if the macabre manipulations lead to a fresh bout.
- This ‘Smart’ Surgeon Is More Dangerous Than Osama (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Nov 18, 2001)
NOW that the Taliban rule is coming to an end , Osama bin Laden’s days appear to be numbered.
- Re-Inventing A Political Buddha (Pioneer, Priyadarsi Dutta, Nov 18, 2001)
Through some of his dulcet poems Rabindra Nath Tagore brought Buddha and Shivaji closer to every Bengali's heart.
- Maharaja Ranjit Singh: Punjab’s Benevolent Ruler (Tribune, Mohinder Singh, Nov 18, 2001)
POPULARLY known as the Lion of Punjab, Ranjit Singh was not only the greatest man of his time in Punjab but was also among the few leading figures of the history of that period.
- Erroneous Zone (Pioneer, G. K. Sharma, Nov 18, 2001)
The computer is as much an conduit of inaccuracies as an instrument of accuracy.
- Clearest Voice Of Dissent (Pioneer, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Nov 18, 2001)
Professor Noam Chomsky is Professor of Linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with which he has been associated for four and a half decades.
- Maulana Azad (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Nov 18, 2001)
According to evidence unearthed by the Director of Archives, Government of West Bengal, Dr Pranab Kumar Chatterjee, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was born on 5June, 1888, in Mecca.
- Fishing In Troubled Waters (Hindu, ARUNKUMAR BHATT, Nov 18, 2001)
THE political games being played in the aftermath of the communal riots in Malegaon are more abhorrent than the violence itself. Political parties of all hues are engaged in scoring over each other and if the macabre manipulations lead to a fresh bout.
- Kashmir At The Crossroads (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Nov 18, 2001)
THE fallout of the Taliban's debacle in Afghanistan is bound to have its impact over the next phase of the armed struggle in Jammu and Kashmir.
- Terrorism: Don’t Allow The Momentum To Die (Tribune, M.S.N. Menon, Nov 18, 2001)
Terrorism has a long antiquity. But it never took such a macabre proportion that it has assumed of late.
- Operation Freedom Abroad, And Assault On Liberties At Home (Indian Express, George Lardner Junior, Nov 18, 2001)
Military tribunals spark fears, on left and right, that Bush is trampling on too many rights.
- Caught In The Quicksand (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Nov 18, 2001)
``NEVER IN the field of human conflict have so many experts of the highest renown been so thoroughly wrong.
- Laden's Laboratories (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Nov 18, 2001)
The reported discovery of evidence of the Al Qaida distributing to cells in its terrorist network an unknown number of CD-ROMS containing precise, deadly formulae for making chemical and biological weapons.
- Hindu Exodus From Bangladesh: It’s Economics Again (Indian Express, Subrata Nag Choudhury, Nov 18, 2001)
EARLY last week, Bangladesh Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia promised at a victory rally in Dhaka that her government would rebuild the historic Ramna Kali temple that was razed in the aftermath of the Babri demolition.
- Back To The Future In Kabul? (Indian Express, Husain Haqqani, Nov 18, 2001)
THE fall of Kabul to the Northern Alliance marks the beginning of the end of Taliban rule in Afghanistan.
- The Gloves Are Off (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Nov 18, 2001)
NEITHER Mr. Jacques Chirac, the conservative President of France, nor his Socialist Prime Minister, Mr. Lionel Jospin, have officially declared they are candidates in the next presidential election in May.
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