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Articles 53521 through 53620 of 53943:
- Will It Be An American Blitzkrieg? (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 09, 2001)
THE air strikes on Kabul, Kandahar and Jalalabad in Afghanistan launched on October 7 by the US are the long-expected culmination of a series of tragic events set in motion by the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington a month earlier.
- From Bosnia, With Terror (Business Line, B. Raman , Oct 09, 2001)
THE Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), the militant wing of the Pakistan-based Markaz Dawa wal Irshad (MDI), has been behind most of the recent terrorist attacks in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K).
- Lifting Of Us Sanctions: Type, Scope And Legal Backing (The Financial Express, G. Balachandran, Oct 09, 2001)
On September 22, 2001, George W Bush, through Presidential Determination No. 2001-28, lifted sanctions imposed on India and Pakistan in May 1998.
- Andhra Steps To Tackle Blindness On War-Footing (The Financial Express, B. V. Mahalakshmi, Oct 09, 2001)
Blindness is a major health problem in India with a disproportionately higher burden of global blindness of about 25 per cent.
- Indo-Finnish Economic Co-Operation Needs Further Deepening (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Oct 09, 2001)
Bilateral relations between India and Finland have traditionally been warm and friendly.
- Precision Is The Key (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 09, 2001)
End the war quickly, keep the anti-terrorism fight going.
- Conflicting Perceptions (Hindu, Mollica Dastider, Oct 09, 2001)
ARE WE on the threshold of Samuel P. Huntington's ``Clash of Civilizations'', an idea invented, nurtured and propogated by a section of the U.S. foreign policy advisors since the end of the Cold War in the early 1990s?
- Power Of Modern Corporations (Business Line, S. Subramanyan , Oct 09, 2001)
"CORPORATES rule Mumbai", says Mr S. S. Tinaikar, former Municipal Commissioner of Mumbai and a retired senior IAS official.
- War And The Language Of Politics (Hindu, Niraja Gopal Jayal, Oct 08, 2001)
THE ATTACKS on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon have the potential of effecting a substantial reordering of the world order.
- The Text Of Us President’s Statement Made On Sunday, Announcing The Us Had Begun Military Strikes In Afghanistan (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 08, 2001)
On my orders, the United States military has begun strikes against al Qaeda terrorist training camps and military installations of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.
- The United Nations In Afghanistan (Hindu, Siddarth Deva, Oct 08, 2001)
There is a frenzy of activity in the United Nations as it gears up for a central role in the political affairs of Afghanistan.
- Omar, Sharad Converge Today On Plight Of 3-M Indian Labour In Gulf (The Financial Express, Rohit Bansal, Oct 08, 2001)
New Delhi, Oct 7: There are three million Indians in the Gulf. Together, they remit an annual $4 billion back home in India.
- Fine-Tuning The Anti-Terror Chorus (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 08, 2001)
THE GLOBAL `CAMPAIGN' against terrorism seems to be gradually acquiring some clarity as a possible broad mission, but the signs are still far from being definitive.
- Blair’s Blank Words (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 08, 2001)
MR Tony Blair did not come to New Delhi as the British Prime Minister but as a special representative of US President Bush to drum up support for the super power’s plans on Osama bin Laden and the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.
- Draft Declaration For The Wto Ministerial Meeting In Doha (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Oct 08, 2001)
The multilateral trading system embodied in the World Trade Organisation has promoted economic growth, development and employment throughout the past 50 years.
- The Ups And Downs Of The Poverty Graph (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 08, 2001)
The historical evidence, across countries, in India over time, and across Indian states suggests that the major factors in reducing poverty.
- Vision 2020 -- Bleed Not Sick Firms To Death (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Oct 08, 2001)
NO ONE is as scared as a disillusioned optimist. These days, the stock market is full of such persons.
- Brands Under Pressure (Telegraph, S. L. Rao, Oct 08, 2001)
For over fifteen years now, the National Council of Applied Economic Research has been collecting data about ownership and purchase of many manufactured consumer products by households.
- Islamic States To Discuss Terrorism (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Oct 08, 2001)
NEW DELHI, OCT. 7. As the leaders from the Arab and Islamic world gather this week at Doha, Qatar, the United States will be looking for a collective support, even with qualifications, to its current confrontation with the Taliban regime.
- Blood-Suckin’ Good (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Oct 08, 2001)
Thank God it was Friday — the day we watched a ball being hit. Instead of human beings.
- The Blair Project (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 08, 2001)
OPINIONS may vary about British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s role in the grand coalition the US has built against global terrorism.
- What Should Have Been The Indian Response To Black Tuesday (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 08, 2001)
THE terms of reference for assessing the Indian response to the terrorist attack on America should be based on the following criteria: first, the ground realities; second, the motivations and objectives of the counter-measures planned by the US.
- Pilots Need Better Training (Indian Express, S. K. Sareen, Oct 08, 2001)
We learn from nature that the prospects of a young plant depend on how well it has been cared for, protected and nurtured as a young sapling.
- Designed To Master The Globe (Telegraph, Achin Vanaik , Oct 08, 2001)
Beyond the common condemnation of, and horror about, the tragedies of September 11 in New York and Washington DC there has emerged a serious political divide in India.
- Imf's Cautious Optimism On World Economy (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Oct 08, 2001)
THE LATEST World Economic Outlook (W.E.O.) released by the IMF is noteworthy for its forecasts that the global economy will be 2.6 per cent this year and rise to 3.5 per cent in 2002.
- A Defensive Exercise (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 08, 2001)
THE LATEST SET of consultation papers released by the National Commission to Review the Working of the Constitution (NCRWC), like those brought out last January and May.
- Hounded And Harassed (Hindu, Kuldip Nayar, Oct 08, 2001)
BEHIND THE historical Red Fort, a weekly bazaar had come up from the days of Bahadur Shah Zafar, the last Moghul ruler, more than 150 years ago.
- Usa: The ‘Evil-Doer’ Wronged? (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 08, 2001)
RECENTLY at Chicago, President Bush declared a package of air security.
- Urban Employment -- Growth-Centred Programme, The Answer? (Business Line, Kala S. Sridhar, Oct 08, 2001)
A NUMBER of changes recently occurred in the country's urban employment base.
- Coping With Promotion (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 08, 2001)
YOU may find the title intriguing, considering that promotion is what you have eagerly waited for, carrying with it the glow of recognition, higher pay and perks, greater scope for your talents and increased access to the powers-that-be.
- It's The Loyalists Now (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Oct 07, 2001)
IT IS a deep irony and has not gone unnoticed that at a time when Britain is crusading against international terrorism, in its own backyard terror is thriving with the situation in Northern Ireland worsening by the day.
- Can The King And His Men Do It? (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Oct 07, 2001)
MOHAMMED ZAHIR Shah, the former ruler of Afghanistan who turns 87 on October 15, lives in a secluded villa surrounded by gardens in the northern Roman suburb of Cassia.
- And Here Starts The 100 Metres Dash (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 07, 2001)
From ashes to races. Even before the funeral pyre of the late maharaja of Gwalior had cooled, the sprint to the post of the Congress deputy leader of the Lok Sabha had begun.
- Different Rules? (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Oct 07, 2001)
THREE DAYS ago when the hijack drama of an Alliance Air plane took place - which turned out to be a false alarm due to a miscommunication.
- Caught Unawares (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Oct 07, 2001)
AS THE attack on the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly complex left yet another tale of death and sufferings in the Valley, it became clear that the Centre had gone wrong in its initial assessment.
- Will It Ever End? (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Oct 07, 2001)
KASHMIR'S AGONY is deepening with each passing day.
- Will It Ever End? (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Oct 07, 2001)
KASHMIR'S AGONY is deepening with each passing day.
- Paradox Of Development (Tribune, B. R. Lall, Oct 07, 2001)
“AM I not a son of India?'' “Can’t we have even a single good classroom in our school?''
- Daunting Challenges Before Khaleda Zia (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Oct 07, 2001)
TWO warring Begums of Bangladesh, not on talking terms and disagreeing on almost everything, have performed a feat; they have ushered in democracy in their poverty-stricken country.
- Cutting Through The Short Cut (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 07, 2001)
Fit to size? For several decades, successive heads of the intelligence bureau of the country have enjoyed unrestricted access to the PM.
- Different Rules? (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Oct 07, 2001)
THREE DAYS ago when the hijack drama of an Alliance Air plane took place - which turned out to be a false alarm due to a miscommunication.
- Afghanistan Caught In The Crossfire (Tribune, Rakshat Puri, Oct 07, 2001)
AFGHANISTAN is passing through a crucial phase in its history.
- Caught Unawares (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Oct 07, 2001)
AS THE attack on the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly complex left yet another tale of death and sufferings in the Valley, it became clear that the Centre had gone wrong in its initial assessment.
- Concerted Global Effort Needed To Combat Terrorism (Tribune, Kuldip Singh Bajwa, Oct 07, 2001)
THE terrorist strikes in the USA on September 11 have brought the scourge of terrorism into very sharp global focus.
- Defending War And Advancing Human Freedom (Tribune, M. G. Devasahayam , Oct 07, 2001)
‘MAKE no mistake about it’ — overwhelmingly supported by its people, the mightiest nation on earth is at war for ‘defending and advancing human freedom’.
- Non-Violence Isn’t A Hollow Proclamation (Tribune, Humra Quraishi, Oct 07, 2001)
FIRST things first. Together with the keyword of the month, terrorism, it is absolutely critical to add another to it: non-violence.
- It's The Loyalists Now (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Oct 07, 2001)
IT IS a deep irony and has not gone unnoticed that at a time when Britain is crusading against international terrorism, in its own backyard terror is thriving with the situation in Northern Ireland worsening by the day.
- Fighting A Battle For India In Eu (Indian Express, Gaurav C. Sawant, Oct 07, 2001)
AMONG the few supporters of India in the European Parliament, Oliver Dupuis feels if the world wants to fight fundamentalist forces like the Taliban, it has to strengthen democracies.
- The War On Television (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 07, 2001)
"Tony Blair, in a reassuringly positive stance, told Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee that the world understood the pain that has been caused to India by terrorists, and that it was this kind of terrorism that the world was united against...
- Colour Rises (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 07, 2001)
A Bengali storyteller once constructed a fantasy in which Indians had colonized Great Britain.
- Selective Democracy (Telegraph, MUKUL KESAVAN, Oct 07, 2001)
How does the United States of America. combine democratic practice and dreadful cruelty with so little self-consciousness?
- Helpless In The Afghan Quagmire (Tribune, Syed Nooruzzaman, Oct 06, 2001)
WHILE the USA, the leader of the anti-terrorism coalition, is busy applying its energies to punishing the perpetrators of the September 11 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington.
- Hasty Offer Of Help To Usa (Tribune, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Oct 06, 2001)
TO repeat what the majority leader in the German parliament said recently, adapting John F. Kennedy’s famous words in Berlin, Wir sind Amerikaner, We are all Americans.
- Looks Brown, Thinks White (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 06, 2001)
When Dinesh D’Souza recently referred to the terrorists who attacked New York as warriors on a late night television show, it created a furore in the USA.
- Pakistan’s Anti-Osama Policy (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 06, 2001)
IN a spectacular diplomatic somersault, the second in three weeks, Pakistan has disowned the Taliban and its honoured guest, Osama bin Laden.
- Crash Of The Airlines (Business Line, Ashwini Phadnis, Oct 06, 2001)
THE SEPTEMBER 11 events have proved to be the proverbial last straw for the aviation industry worldwide.
- Economics: For, By And Of The People? (Business Line, K. Gopalan, Oct 06, 2001)
A SOCIETY is an organic whole, simultaneously active in various spheres, constantly getting transformed.
- Terrorism In Kashmir (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Oct 06, 2001)
THERE is, no doubt, whatever that Islamabad is actively engaged in aiding and abetting terrorist activity in the Kashmir Valley.
- Wanted, A United Resolve To Fight Terrorism (The Financial Express, Ashwani Kumar, Oct 06, 2001)
The terrorists’ strike of September 11, 2001, unprecedented in its fanatical savagery, is a turning point in the global endeavour against international terrorism.
- Central Bank Autonomy: Changing Contours In India (The Financial Express, Y. Venugopal Reddy, Oct 06, 2001)
Extracts from Reserve Bank of India Deputy Governor Y Venugopal Reddy’s speech delivered at the Indian Institute of Management, Indore, on October 3, 2001:
- Prepare An Iron-Clad Case Against Pak. Terrorists (Hindu, Kuldip Nayar, Oct 06, 2001)
I seldom watch Pakistan TV news. It is more biased than Doordarshan's. The other day, I was horrified to listen to Pakistan's reaction to the Jaish-e-Mohammed's attack on the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly building in Srinagar.
- This Deal Is All Gas (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 06, 2001)
FROM the very start, the $388 million deal between BG India and Enron Oil and Gas India Ltd signed on Wednesday appeared doomed based as it was on conditions to be met by a third party.
- Good Morning, America? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 06, 2001)
YOU live an entire half century cowering under the fear of ‘‘third party intervention’’.
- Osama And The Deeds Of Mass Terror (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 06, 2001)
A FORCEFUL CASE has been presented by the British Prime Minister, Mr. Tony Blair, against Osama bin Laden, the suspected evil genius behind the atrocities of mass terror that stunned the world on September 11.
- A Humane Reading (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 06, 2001)
LAST WEEK'S RULING by a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court - and earlier by lower courts in different parts of the country in recent years.
- He Never Forgot Obligations Of Nobility (Tribune, Tavleen Singh, Oct 06, 2001)
THERE are tragedies that go beyond words. The terrible, untimely death of Madhavrao Scindia is one of them.
- Comedy Of Errors (Tribune, P. Lal , Oct 06, 2001)
ERRORS generally lead to trouble. Sometimes, however, they add spice to life. I recount a few such episodes below.
- After The Word, What? (Indian Express, Sunil Jain, Oct 06, 2001)
Read various newspaper reports of how the government got egg all over its face in the hijack that never was, and one of the things that strikes you immediately is that of the unlocked cockpit door.
- Hit Back (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 06, 2001)
There is a time to write and a time to act. The prime minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, should recognize that the time to write polite, if pointed, letters to the president of the United States of America or the head of any other country is long past.
- Privy Purse To Politics (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Oct 06, 2001)
Summoning one of Gwalior’s sirdars, Madhavrao Scindia once showed me the swathe of cloth that hung from a peak of the man’s tilted Maratha turban.
- Away From Foreign Soil (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 06, 2001)
Most ministers, Central and state, have their proposals for foreign visits spiked by the prime minister.
- Of Rising Prices, Low Production... (Business Line, P. R. Brahmananda , Oct 06, 2001)
WHAT is the current state of the Indian economy according to the latest available information?
- Cnn Vs Bbc, Bias Vs Balance (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Oct 06, 2001)
THOSE who have been following both BBC and CNN after the September 11 attacks in New York and Washington DC, must have realised why the former is unquestionably the more professional and balanced of the two.
- Learning To Forget (Hindu, DIPANKAR GUPTA, Oct 06, 2001)
IT IS said about the Bourbon Kings that they forgot nothing and they learnt nothing.
- Suicide Terrorism (Hindu, Suba Chandran, Oct 06, 2001)
WITH THE recent attacks on the United States, one aspect of terrorism - suicide terrorism - has assumed importance. Suicide terrorism should not be seen just as the work of a maniac or a bunch of maniacs.
- Bringing Up Parents (Indian Express, Rani Sharma, Oct 05, 2001)
WE are extremely well brought up parents. We have been subjected to strict discipline by our son right from his childhood. He had a mind of his own and he laid down the rules for us early in his life.
- Handled With Much Finesse (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Oct 05, 2001)
All through the period when P.V. Narasimha Rao struggled to change the course of India’s relations with the Islamic countries by building a partnership with Iran.
- Thus Far And No Farther (Tribune, Hari Jaisingh, Oct 05, 2001)
AMIDST new-found global determination to fight terrorism the official Indian voice tends to be marginalised, notwithstanding the fact that this country, as pointed out in my last column.
- Goodbye, Good Monsoon (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 05, 2001)
WHAT promises to be the Agriculture Ministry’s gain is the Food Ministry’s grin. The monsoon has been proficient this year and, barring a few subdivisions in west Madhya Pradesh, evenly spread.
- Terror: Concentrated And Unexpected (Business Line, P. Krishna Rao, Oct 05, 2001)
NO other tragedy in recent times has evoked a reaction of this magnitude as the terror attacks in Washington and New York did, though there have been bigger catastrophes caused by nature and man.
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