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- 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.
- 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...
- De-Legitimise Terror As State Policy (Pioneer, K P S Gill, Nov 18, 2001)
Most ruthless in the suppression of their own hapless people, and most cowardly in battle.
- The Most Auspicious Month For Punjabis (Tribune, Khushwant Singh, Nov 18, 2001)
WITH Divali and Guru Nanak’s birth anniversary falling close to each other, even a skeptic may be forgiven for thinking that their closeness may be auspicious. Diwali is the most important Indian festival of the year.
- Strings Attached (Hindu, Supriya Roy Chowdhury, Nov 18, 2001)
FOR a while now, the multilateral donor community has expressed concern that liberalisation policies at the State-level in India have not kept pace with the Central Government's overall drive towards economic reforms.
- Suzuki And The Wto (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 17, 2001)
The GOI-Suzuki fight provides valuable insights into government thinking on the WTO issue.
- Resting Their Case? Objection, My Lord (Indian Express, Smruti Koppikar, Nov 17, 2001)
Bharat Shah may still be behind bars, but has MCOCA really struck at the heart of Mumbai’s underworld?
- Gas Sparks In Bangladesh (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 17, 2001)
IT does not take much time or effort to organise a strike in Bangladesh. In fact, it is done so often that it appears to be a national pastime.
- The Afghan Endgame (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 17, 2001)
INDIA won two points in its Afghan policy on Thursday. It is formally recognised by the UN as a key member to decide on the future set-up in Afghanistan.
- De-Legitimise Terror As State Policy (Pioneer, K P S Gill, Nov 17, 2001)
Most ruthless in the suppression of their own hapless people, and most cowardly in battle.
- Erroneous Zone (Pioneer, G. K. Sharma, Nov 17, 2001)
The computer is as much an conduit of inaccuracies as an instrument of accuracy.
- Clearest Voice Of Dissent (Pioneer, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Nov 17, 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 17, 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.
- Re-Inventing A Political Buddha (Pioneer, Priyadarsi Dutta, Nov 17, 2001)
Through some of his dulcet poems Rabindra Nath Tagore brought Buddha and Shivaji closer to every Bengali's heart.
- Giving Readers Good Choices (Tribune, Kiran Bedi, Nov 17, 2001)
THE headlines in the newspapers and visuals on the televisions are becoming predictive and depressive at times.
- Classifieds (Tribune, Shriniwas Joshi, Nov 17, 2001)
A newspaper carries two types of advertisements — display and classifieds. The latter are for the needy who is in search of a room or a groom; a jar or a car; a bone or a loan and the former is the cackle of a hen.
- India In Today’s Global Politics (Tribune, Hari Jaisingh, Nov 17, 2001)
WHERE does India stand after the three-nation tour of Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee? The countries he has just visited are the world's major centres of power.
- Specious Arguments (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 17, 2001)
THE UNION CABINET'S proposal to replace the Foreign Contributions Regulation Act (FCRA) with a more stringent law.
- Fear And Learning In New York (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 17, 2001)
Some quiet in J&K, few red faces in Pak: shouldn’t we get more out of Sept 11?
- Where Lies Rbis Message? (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 17, 2001)
GOING BY THE Report on Trend and Progress of Banking in India 2000-01, the RBI seems to have given up on looking ahead, at least for the moment.
- Laden's Laboratories (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Nov 17, 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.
- ‘Us Wants India To Be Right In The Middle Of Talks On Afghanistan’ (Indian Express, Sonia Trikha, Nov 17, 2001)
US ambassador Robert Blackwill is currently with the US Pacific Command in Hawaii discussing proposals for military cooperation between the US and India with Admiral Dennis Blair.
- Did We Succeed In Doha? (Business Line, P. R. Brahmananda , Nov 17, 2001)
THE Fourth Ministerial Conference at Doha concluded with a few surprises. The original idea was perhaps to straight away move towards a further round of discussions.
- Maran's Finest Hour -- Doha Rescues Wto From Doldrums (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 17, 2001)
LOOKING BACK as a participant in all the international organisations, including the General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs (GATT).
- S M Krishna Factor Helps Congress Sweep Local Polls (The Financial Express, K. P. Sethunath, Nov 17, 2001)
Electoral battle, the touchstone of a functioning democracy, has ceased to be a venue for a meaningful discourse on policies and priorities with the political establishment reducing the whole process into single agenda:
- The Afghan Melon (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 17, 2001)
INDIA’S inclusion in the expanded group of countries entrusted with Afghanistan’s post-Taliban transition chimes well with Indo-Afghan historical and strategic affinities.
- Us Must Keep An Eye On Pak (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Nov 17, 2001)
HIGH time the US realised how it has been taken for a ride by Pakistan.
- Is Pakistan Marginalised? (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Nov 17, 2001)
NEW DELHI, NOV. 16. Has Pakistan been marginalised in the current war against international terrorism?
- The Demand For Autonomy (Hindu, Ajay K. Mehra, Nov 17, 2001)
THOUGH THE Indian state, even as it came into existence, became aware of the potential of pluralism and identities constituting society to articulate itself to demand a political system with an `adequate' power-sharing arrangement.
- The Inherent Contradiction (Hindu, K. Shankar Bajpai , Nov 17, 2001)
THE UNITED States' discussions with our Prime Minister and with Pakistan's leader, which must inevitably be seen together, confirm, at the summit level, the approach its other leaders have been already indicating: with India.
- Converting Dalit Politics, Udit Raj Style (Indian Express, Ajit Kumar Jha, Nov 17, 2001)
HE IS a civil servant who has not attended office for the past four years.
- No Backtracking On Fiscal Responsibility Bill (The Financial Express, Udayan Bose, Nov 17, 2001)
Ten years of economic reform. The economist Manmohan Singh started it, the lawyer P Chidambaram furthered it, and former civil servant Yashwant Sinha.
- The War On Tv (Indian Express, Kanti Bajpai, Nov 16, 2001)
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- When And How Will It End? (Pioneer, Shreedhar, Nov 16, 2001)
The US war in Afghanistan is being waged relentlessly. Before analysing its impact, three factors must be noted. For the first time, the US is fighting a faceless enemy.
- The Supreme Text (Pioneer, A. Surya Prakash, Nov 16, 2001)
The time has come to end the agony of the Muslim masses who are torn between the advice of the Imams on being part of an Islamic brotherhood transcending Indian boundaries and the constitutional mandate of subscribing only to an Indian brotherhood.
- Going After The Raiders Of The Dark (Pioneer, Anil Narendra, Nov 16, 2001)
Osama bin Laden has now threatened to use nuclear and biochemical weapons.
- Rate Cut Alone Will Not Spur Growth (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Nov 16, 2001)
DESPITE the several constraints, the RBI Governor, Dr Bimal Jalan, responded with alacrity, in the Monetary and Credit Policy to the expectations of the Finance Minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha.
- Shut The Backdoor (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Nov 16, 2001)
Russian President Vladimir Putin's frank admission, before American journalists in a recent press conference in Moscow, that the Taliban in Afghanistan and international terrorism in general were products of Cold War rivalry, is refreshing.
- Eighty-Seven And Still Batting! (Hindu, Fali S. Nariman, Nov 16, 2001)
Mr. V. R. Krishna Iyer's most outstanding contribution has been that whatever he has given to the law he has also given unstintedly to public life.
- World's 'Chief Justice' Must Stand Scrutiny (Pioneer, Debraj Mookerjee, Nov 16, 2001)
As macabre as this may sound, it is good that the US is bombing Afghanistan the way it is.
- Good Lord! (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Nov 16, 2001)
The theft of two idols from the Jagannath temple of Puri (one reportedly since recovered from a well in the temple complex) raises much more than merely law and order questions;
- Usa On A Triangular Tightrope (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Nov 16, 2001)
EVEN by the hectic post-September 11 standards diplomatic activity over the last week has been particularly hot-footed.
- Why This Exclusion Of Ex-Servicemen? (Indian Express, N.B. Grant, Nov 16, 2001)
THE ex-serviceman in India is not entitled to medical cover, even in military hospitals, as a right, but only as an obligation and favour and that too provided there is a spare capacity available in the authorised hospital establishments for serving men.
- The Sounds Of Sacredness (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 16, 2001)
No country has harmonised cultures derived from the great religions the way India has.
- Sikdar A Bangla Bangaru? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 16, 2001)
AFTER writing about nothing but Afghanistan since September 11, I turn with some relief to a domestic issue which has been bothering me for some months.
- Trade Secret Security Can Give Corporates A Competitive Edge (The Financial Express, Ravi Singhania, Nov 16, 2001)
Trade secret is any formula, pattern or a device relating to a compilation of information which is used in business.
- Trade Wins, Finally (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 16, 2001)
Only fresh negotiations could have addressed our concerns.
- China’s Sectoral Policy Overhaul A Risk: Jf Funds (The Financial Express, Sabyasachi Mita, Nov 16, 2001)
HONG KONG: The lack of clear policy direction in key business sectors in China is the major risk facing investors after Beijing’s accession to the World Trade Organisation (WTO), JF Funds said on Thursday.
- Song Of Kabul (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 16, 2001)
If music be the food of change, let it play on.
- Doha Resurrects Wto (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 16, 2001)
SEATTLE, the venue of last WTO ministerial conference, was a disaster. Doha, in Qatar and the host of this month’s meet, is a partial success.
- “Word” And The “Bureaucrat” (Tribune, Avay Shukla, Nov 16, 2001)
BUREAUCRATS have long been derided as literary Philistines who are barely able to string two words together, or condemned as windbags with a special form of oral flatulence where words are emitted in thunderous fashion without any accompanying substance.
- Two Good Jobs And One Bad Outcome (The Financial Express, Bibek Debroy, Nov 16, 2001)
Mike Moore must be delighted that the Doha talks haven’t collapsed.
- Us Generosity Or Bid To ‘Neutralise’ Pakistan’s Nuke Programme? (The Financial Express, HUMA SIDDQUI, Nov 16, 2001)
The ongoing war is not intended to capture Osama bin Laden alone. In fact, what the US is most scared about is the nuclear material—not just the bomb, but all types of fissile material.
- The Indian Flavour At Doha (Hindu, C. Rammanohar Reddy, Nov 16, 2001)
With India emerging as one of the most important players at the WTO conference, it was India's time on the last few days of the Doha meeting. Even the satire had an Indian connection to it.
- Banning Biological Weapons (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Nov 16, 2001)
AS DELEGATES from over 160 nations gather in Geneva for the three-week-long Fifth Review Conference of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BWC), beginning on November 19.
- Poto : An Assult On Democracy (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Nov 16, 2001)
ACRONYMS ARE dangerous. POTO (the Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance), is one such acronym being marketed as a panacea to fight terrorism in India for the next five years.
- U.N. And Afghanistan (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 16, 2001)
AS THE U.S.-LED coalition against terror pursues its military objective of hunting down Osama bin Laden and his outfit and bringing them to justice, the Taliban army is either regrouping around its stronghold of Kandahar.
- The Deal At Doha (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 16, 2001)
THE DOHA DECLARATION, approved by 142 countries at the fourth Ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), comes at a time when the world can ill-afford a collapse in the multilateral global trading system.
- Weakest Link, Tough Talking (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 16, 2001)
STAR’S search for the meanest female anchor for its show to be launched early next year is on.
- New Paradigms In Derivatives Trading (Business Line, R.G.Bhatnagar, Nov 16, 2001)
DERIVATIVES trading which, till recently used to be an exclusive domain of the top financial institutions and banks, now appears to have caught the fancy of other operators as well.
- Hostile Witnesses (Business Line, Timeri Murari, Nov 16, 2001)
As there seems to be a countless number of 'hostile witnesses' wandering around our judicial system today, I thought I'd better find out a bit more about this tribe.
- Beware, ‘Reformist Taliban’ Will Continue To Export Terrorism To India (Tribune, Ashok Kapur, Nov 16, 2001)
THE Afghan military campaign is reaching a point of decision or what Clausewitz called the culminating point. To him, success came from strength — both physical and moral.
- Balkan Bachelor (Pioneer, Sudhansu Mohanty , Nov 16, 2001)
The first time I spoke to Youliy was when he hit his nose against the glass-pane and had a mild concussion.
- No Duty-Free Entry For Bangladesh Textiles: Us (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Nov 15, 2001)
DHAKA: The United States cannot grant duty-free access for Bangladeshi textiles because of a recession, US Ambassador Mary Ann Peters said in Dhaka on Tuesday.
- Korea Needs Expansionary Policy: Imf (The Financial Express, Kim Kyoung-Wha, Nov 15, 2001)
SEOUL: The International Monetary Fund urged South Korea on Tuesday to frame a more active policy to counter a global slowdown and to privatise state-owned banks to keep corporate reforms in place.
- Will Futures Trading In Individual Stocks Succeed In Filling Up The Badla Void? (The Financial Express, M. R. Mayya, Nov 15, 2001)
The decision taken by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on November 1, 2001, to introduce futures in individual stocks in which options contracts have already been permitted is no doubt welcome as it has quite a few positive features.
- Global Tobacco Control Policies Needed For A Smoke-Free World (The Financial Express, Jyoti Mehta, Nov 15, 2001)
Cigarette smoking is considered one of the most harmful of all health hazards.
- Scarring Of City Beautiful (Indian Express, Manraj Grewal, Nov 15, 2001)
IT’S a dream turned sour. But the Punjab government’s recent decision to regularise unauthorised constructions on the periphery of Chandigarh is not the first scar on the face of the City Beautiful.
- Pak Needs To Address World’s Fears (Indian Express, Husain Haqqani, Nov 15, 2001)
IN THE aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks in the United States, Pakistan has come out of international isolation with a vengeance.
- Squandermania In Up (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 15, 2001)
An announcement a day keeps Rajnath Singh hopeful.
- The Difference Between A Militant And A Terrorist (The Financial Express, G. V. Ramakrishnan , Nov 15, 2001)
We frequently hear the terms militant and terrorist in newspapers and on television.
- When Putin Met Vajpayee (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 15, 2001)
Bilateral relations with Russia are coming back on track.
- South Via Kabul? (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Nov 15, 2001)
It took more than five years for the Northern Alliance to return to Kabul, and under circumstances that are completely different from those that prevailed in the past.
- Trap The Chameleon As It Changes 'Color' (Pioneer, Wilson John, Nov 15, 2001)
Finally we are saying what we should be saying. It is such a relief to hear Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, for a change shedding all diplomatic niceties in New York.
- Unconstitutional Tenets (Pioneer, A. Surya Prakash, Nov 15, 2001)
Talking about the Afghan invasion of India in 1919 and the attitude of Indian Muslim leaders to this and other related issues.
- Miss Love (Pioneer, Rahul Siddhu, Nov 15, 2001)
Even today I can feel her tender touch, her words still rings in my ears. Time hasn't succeeded in fading even the slightest of her memories.
- Drama In The House (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 15, 2001)
Drama in the House Too contrived for the people of Kerala to enjoy.
- A New Yorker (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 14, 2001)
Yet another bolt of fear is bad news for the airline industry.
- The Fall Of Kabul (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 14, 2001)
Now it must be a war for the Pushtun heart.
- Enhanced Competition (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 14, 2001)
THE TELECOM REGULATORY Authority of India (TRAI) has done well in recommending the opening up of international long distance telephony service in the country.
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