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- Think Up Security Anew (Tribune, M.S.N. Menon, Nov 02, 2001)
INDIA is unfortunate in its neighbours. More because of encouragement from two sources: America and China.
- Poto, The Government’s Excuse For Abuse (Indian Express, Rajindar Sachar , Nov 02, 2001)
Terror masquerades as an anti-terrorism ordinance, piggy-backing on the September 11 attacks.
- A Blanket Ban That Hasn’t Worked (Indian Express, Bhaskar Sinha, Nov 02, 2001)
Let people cut trees without destroying their forests.
- ‘Don’t Allow Terrorists To Live Another Day’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 02, 2001)
Tough words and tougher measures are the only ways to deal with terrorists, says Minister of State for Home I D Swami.
- When Bollywood Goes To Bc (Indian Express, Renuka Narayanan, Nov 02, 2001)
Or, how to watch ‘Asoka’ sorrow-free!
- Breakfast Boosts Memory (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 01, 2001)
For anyone in need of a memory boost, breakfast is, indeed, the most important meal of the day.
- `We Are Not Sold To India Or Pakistan' -- Mr Abdul Gani Lone, Former Chairman, All Party Hurriyat Conference (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Nov 01, 2001)
For Mr Abdul Gani Lone, former chairman of the All Party Hurriyat Conference, Kashmiris have reached a point of no return.
- Revised Draft Wto Ministerial Declaration For The Doha Meet (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Nov 01, 2001)
12. We attach the utmost importance to the implementation-related issues and concerns raised by Members and are determined to find appropriate solutions to them.
- Gm Cotton: To Kill Or Not To Kill (Business Line, Vinod Mathew, Nov 01, 2001)
THE cotton growers of Gujarat may be excused if they feel caught in the freeze frame of a surrealistic movie that has suddenly taken a sinister turn.
- Revised Draft Wto Ministerial Declaration For The Doha Meet (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Nov 01, 2001)
The attached draft Ministerial Declaration has been prepared by the Chairman of the General Council, in cooperation with the Director-General, for transmission to the Fourth Session of the Ministerial Conference.
- Teaching And Research (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 01, 2001)
INDIA'S POOR record in literacy and primary education is nothing short of a scandal. Despite the many problems with which it started at Independence, a country with India's material and intellectual resources could have done better.
- Who Only Stand And Wait (Telegraph, J. N. Dixit , Nov 01, 2001)
Pakistan has again trounced India diplomatically and politically by joining the anti-terrorist campaign of the United States of America.
- India's Technology Priorities (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Nov 01, 2001)
IN MODERN times, when a country's technological strength translates into economic growth and power, how research and development are focussed and carried out cease to be matters of merely academic importance.
- Rev Up The Policy (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 01, 2001)
THE DRAFT OF the long-awaited auto policy will shortly go before the Union Cabinet for a final decision.
- `We Are Not Sold To India Or Pakistan' -- Mr Abdul Gani Lone, Former Chairman, All Party Hurriyat Conference (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Nov 01, 2001)
For Mr Abdul Gani Lone, former chairman of the All Party Hurriyat Conference, Kashmiris have reached a point of no return.
- Off Season (Business Line, C. J. Punnathara, Nov 01, 2001)
IT WAS pouring cats and dogs as the train eased into the cute little railway station in Ooty.
- Revised Draft Wto Ministerial Declaration For The Doha Meet (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Nov 01, 2001)
24. In the light of the increasing application of these instruments by Members, we agree to negotiations aimed at clarifying and improving disciplines under the Agreements on Implementation of Article VI of the GATT 1994.
- Don't Take Russia For Granted (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Nov 01, 2001)
NEW DELHI, OCT. 31. As the Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee, heads for Moscow, Washington and London at a critical moment in world affairs, India needs to consolidate the diplomatic gains in the last three years.
- Balking At Talking (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 01, 2001)
Don’t allow Pakistan to win the PR exercise over talks.
- External Sector: Emerging Challenges (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 01, 2001)
There is no room for complacency as the external sector now faces new challenges because of the slowdown of the domestic and world economies.
- Boosting Indo-German Ties (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 01, 2001)
GERMANY'S READINESS TO assume a bigger global role was in full evidence during the Chancellor, Mr. Gerhard Schroeder's two-day visit to India when he proved an impeccable spokesman of the U.S.-led alliance against terror.
- Gm Cotton: To Kill Or Not To Kill (Business Line, Vinod Mathew, Nov 01, 2001)
THE cotton growers of Gujarat may be excused if they feel caught in the freeze frame of a surrealistic movie that has suddenly taken a sinister turn.
- Language And Its Depth (Tribune, Darshan Singh Maini, Nov 01, 2001)
THIS piece is a modest attempt to understand the sublime in its prodigious spread and depth, for as I’ve sought to aver in the earlier efforts, the feel, the touch, the perfume of sublimity leaves an abiding imprint on the mind at different levels.
- Time For Good Riddance (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 01, 2001)
THE chief of the UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP), Maj-Gen Hermann Loidolt, has said goodbye to international decorum and personal propriety by making uncivil comments in respect of Kashmir.
- Challenges Ahead (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 01, 2001)
PUNJAB and Haryana happily celebrate the anniversaries of their statehood today. It is a historic occasion for the two states which have had the distinction of several firsts — some laudatory and some not so flattering.
- Exploring The Available Options (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 01, 2001)
The share of trade in India’s gross domestic product has been low, less than half of southeast Asia’s in the Eighties, or even China’s. Between 1977 and 1986, India’s share of world exports declined from 0.61 per cent to 0.47 per cent.
- The General Feels The Pain (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 01, 2001)
As the US warplanes attack the Taliban.
- Hatred Cannot Resolve Any Conflict (Indian Express, Parimal Y. Mehta, Nov 01, 2001)
To regard the church killings as the beginning of a crusade is to misread the event.
- Pointless Talk (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 01, 2001)
The call of the Pakistan president, Mr Pervez Musharraf, for the resumption of the India-Pakistan dialogue cannot be taken very seriously.
- Needed Change (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 01, 2001)
The Union cabinet, as is its wont, has conflated two issues in its efforts to clean up elections to the Rajya Sabha.
- ‘Changing Cms Is Like Passing The Baton In A Relay Race. It Can Be For The Pm As Well’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 01, 2001)
Jana Krishnamurthy became the BJP president by default, thanks to the Tehelka tapes. But the unassuming Tamil lawyer was quick to find his feet.
- Heart Is Where The Homeland Is (Telegraph, ANURADHA KUMAR, Nov 01, 2001)
For two decades or more, different adivasi groups in Kerala have petitioned and agitated for the return of their land that had been taken over by the new settlers and non-tribals.
- Why Defend The Indefensible? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 01, 2001)
LAW MINISTER Arun Jaitley and Information and Broadcasting Minister Sushma Swaraj have assured journalists that they have nothing to worry about the Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance (POTO).
- Peace Moves At Panchvati (Indian Express, Arati R. Jerath, Nov 01, 2001)
WHAT’S in a name, one could ask. But Panchvati, the newly constructed auditorium complex at Race Course Road named after Ram’s home-in-exile, seems to have changed the atmospherics between Vajpayee and his estranged Sangh parivar members.
- Power Shock In Himachal (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 31, 2001)
THE 15 per cent power tariff hike in Himachal Pradesh announced by the state electricity regulatory commission on Monday against the 30 per cent increase sought by the HPSEB will hurt the domestic consumer more than the corporate user.
- Dialogue Helps, But... (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 31, 2001)
SHOULD India and Pakistan hold talks on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session to begin soon in New York? The question is being discussed again after President Pervez Musharraf has expressed his desire “to pick up the threads left at Agra”.
- Exploring The Available Options (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 31, 2001)
The share of trade in India’s gross domestic product has been low, less than half of southeast Asia’s in the Eighties, or even China’s. Between 1977 and 1986, India’s share of world exports declined from 0.61 per cent to 0.47 per cent.
- When Terror Takes The Hawala Route (Indian Express, Ritu Sarin & Sunil Jain, Oct 31, 2001)
Discovered by the US, rediscovered in India: after gangsters, exporters and expatriates, terrorists are lining up to raise funds through the “efficient, cost-effective and private” illegal parallel banking system.
- Terrorists Or Scriptwriters? (Indian Express, Sonia Trikha, Oct 31, 2001)
THIS may come as a surprise to Ariel Sharon but Indian air force base at Avantipora is used to hide Israeli planes in Srinagar.
- Heart Is Where The Homeland Is (Telegraph, ANURADHA KUMAR, Oct 31, 2001)
For two decades or more, different adivasi groups in Kerala have petitioned and agitated for the return of their land that had been taken over by the new settlers and non-tribals.
- Prodding People To Improve Productivity (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Oct 31, 2001)
FINANCIAL engineering and restructuring have been regarded by many as showy shuffles and superficial manoeuvres that fail to improve the core of corporate business affairs.
- Who Only Stand And Wait (Telegraph, J. N. Dixit , Oct 31, 2001)
Pakistan has again trounced India diplomatically and politically by joining the anti-terrorist campaign of the United States of America.
- Shahi Imam, You’ve Got Mail (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 31, 2001)
The prayer call behoves you, not politics and jihad.
- Sharecroppers, Stoneless Rice And The Nobel (Hindu, Achin Chakraborty, Oct 31, 2001)
THREE AMERICAN economists, George Akerlof, Michael Spence and Joseph Stiglitz, have won the Nobel Prize in economics for their contributions to information economics.
- Pointless Talk (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 31, 2001)
The call of the Pakistan president, Mr Pervez Musharraf, for the resumption of the India-Pakistan dialogue cannot be taken very seriously.
- In The Shadow Of A Heinous Crime (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 31, 2001)
PAKISTAN'S CIVIL SOCIETY faces a qualitatively new challenge in the aftermath of the gruesome murder of 16 worshippers and a security guard at a church at Bahawalpur in the country's premier province of Punjab on Sunday.
- Universal Prescription (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 31, 2001)
The impending merger of ICICI with its own banking affiliate ICICI Bank, is certain to set off a wave of consolidation within the financial services industry.
- Pakistan Says Debt Relief Will Give Fiscal Space (The Financial Express, Sabyasachi Mita, Oct 31, 2001)
HONG KONG: Pakistan is seeking to convert bilateral debt owed to Paris Club creditors to easier terms and stretch it out over a longer period to provide the economy with some breathing room, its finance minister said on Tuesday.
- In Walled City, Open House On Hawala (Indian Express, Dalip Singh, Oct 31, 2001)
VERY, very long ago, it was the crucible for Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib’s imagination. Today, the bustling blind alley of Balliraman in old Delhi’s Walled City is a favoured hunting ground of hawaladars, as hawala operators are also known.
- The Long Journey From Joi Bangla To Zia’s Bangla (The Financial Express, Kuldip Nayar, Oct 31, 2001)
Even if history repeats itself, it is nowhere so true as in Bangladesh. One of the two women, Khaleda Zia and Sheikh Hasina Wajed, alternately come to head the country and indulge in the same rhetoric, make the same promises and weave the same dreams.
- Needed Change (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 31, 2001)
The Union cabinet, as is its wont, has conflated two issues in its efforts to clean up elections to the Rajya Sabha.
- Highly Retrograde (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 31, 2001)
THE UNION CABINET'S decision to initiate a statute change to dispense with the `domicile' qualification for election to the Rajya Sabha is a highly retrogressive one and, worse, it seeks to undermine its Constitution-endowed distinctive character.
- The Post-Wtc Peacenik: Soft Words, Softer Stick (Indian Express, Elizabeth Mehren, Oct 30, 2001)
As never before, their dance cards are full. Scholars of peace and diplomacy say that with little effort — and no exaggeration — they could schedule three speaking engagements per night.
- A Blow To Human Rights (Hindu, K. G. Kannabiran, Oct 30, 2001)
The Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance 2001 (POTO) has notified all the militant organisations we have been hearing about all these years operating in Jammu and Kashmir.
- The Failure Of Indian Diplomacy (The Financial Express, Chanakya , Oct 30, 2001)
Here we are. The whole world knows that Pakistan had nurtured the Taliban.
- Norway And India Share A Lot, But Trade Yet To Reach The Desired Level (The Financial Express, HUMA SIDDQUI, Oct 30, 2001)
For Norway, India is still an untapped market. With over 60 joint ventures in India, it is willing to invest more in this country.
- The Cost Of Eternal Youth (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 30, 2001)
MOST frequently sought in fountains and springs, eternal youth has been the Holy Grail for cultures throughout time.
- Death Of An It Project (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 30, 2001)
THE DEATH OF Sankhya Vahini, which is what the withdrawal of the U.S.-based IUNet implies whatever the Department of Telecom Services may claim about reviving it in another form.
- No Islam This (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 30, 2001)
Murderous hordes cannot be allowed right of way in Pakistan.
- Change Of Guard In Bangladesh - Ii (Hindu, Muchkund Dubey , Oct 30, 2001)
ANOTHER MAJOR concern in India is that the BNP's accession to power would adversely affect Indo-Bangladesh relations.
- ‘Us Shouldn’t Hit Where It Hurts Us’ (Indian Express, Husain Haqqani, Oct 30, 2001)
The US must not waver from its avowed target — bringing global terrorism to heel — and its awoved enemy — bin Laden and the Al Qaeda network — if it wants to win the battle of the Muslim mind.
- ‘India Still Miles Away From Making Housing Constitutional Right’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 30, 2001)
He has several path-breaking judgements to his name and credit, on issues as diverse as housing and homosexuality.
- By George, He Got It Right (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 30, 2001)
Introspection has saved the raksha mantri from himself.
- Indian Textile Industry Fears Ec-Type Us Trade Package For Pak (The Financial Express, Ajit Kumar V, Oct 30, 2001)
The Indian textile industry is apprehensive about the United States extending an European Commission (EC)-like trade package to Pakistan. Going by all available indications, their fear does not seem unfounded.
- Creepy Move (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 30, 2001)
THE SEBI DECISION to raise the limit for creeping acquisition from 5 per cent of the paid-up capital to 10 per cent is a setback to enhanced corporate control.
- Abu Salem's Escape (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 30, 2001)
IT IS DISTRESSING that one of the most notorious figures of Mumbai's underworld has been permitted to escape after being detained, possibly as a result of official bungling.
- Relevance Of Pm’s Russian Visit (Tribune, P. Raman , Oct 30, 2001)
MR Atal Behari Vajpayee will be on a four-day visit to Russia beginning Sunday next. From Moscow, he will go to the USA for talks with President George Bush.
- New Great Game In Afghanistan (Tribune, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Oct 30, 2001)
TWO men who need watching so far as Afghanistan’s post-war future is concerned are the errant and enigmatic Foreign Minister, Maulawi Wakil Ahmad Muttawakil, and Commander Jalaluddin Haqqani.
- Cotton Is Not For Burning (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 30, 2001)
COTTON growers in Punjab and Haryana are protesting against the loss of their crop to the American bollworm and demand Rs 10,000 an acre as compensation from the Centre.
- Christians’ Killings: The Lessons (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 30, 2001)
THE shocking massacre of 18 innocent Christians in Pakistan's Bahawalpur on Sunday provides yet another proof of dehumanisation of society in that country.
- Quest For The Moderate Taliban (Telegraph, MANVENDRA SINGH, Oct 30, 2001)
At first it was l’affaire Muttawakil, and now it is the name of Haqqani that is doing the rounds.
- Clean-Shaven Nationalism Needs A Beard (Indian Express, Ashok Lal, Oct 30, 2001)
What’s the difference between being terrorised by Shiv Sena or Dawood, Bush or Osama?
- Cotton And A Tale Of Two Cities (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Oct 30, 2001)
The genetic cotton seed issue is creating a furore in Gujarat in particular and western India in general. Behind it is a tale of two cities.
- Fdi: Heeding The China Model (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Oct 30, 2001)
THE Union Commerce and Industry Minister, Mr Murasoli Maran, deftly combined industry and trade in his portfolio since his return to the Union Cabinet under the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in 1999.
- Deregulation Is The Magic Word (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 30, 2001)
Sustained poverty reduction depends on rapid growth in both quantity and quality of labour demand.
- Change Of Guard In Bangladesh (Hindu, Muchkund Dubey , Oct 29, 2001)
THE WAY the recent parliamentary elections were conducted in Bangladesh once again confirmed its position as one of the largest functioning democracies of the world. On the basis of my observance of the 1996 elections.
- Fighting Tamas (Indian Express, Renuka Narayanan, Oct 29, 2001)
For the last few months, my little office cabin looked like a war zone. Books, papers, cards, faxes and packages piled up in mountains. I don’t understand what ‘tamas’ or force of dark inertia made me allow this.
- Winnie Mandela’s Nine Lives (Telegraph, ANSU DATTA, Oct 29, 2001)
Once eulogized as “the mother of the nation”, then denounced by some as an inveterate populist and a huge embarrassment to the party.
- Who Wants Charity? (Indian Express, Sanjaya Baru, Oct 29, 2001)
Demand markets, attract investment, forget aid.
- Unconverted (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 29, 2001)
Intimidation is no friend of logic. The Vishwa Hindu Parishad and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh were never known for logic, simply because intimidation is the only mode of communication they know.
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