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- Rationale For Protection (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Oct 02, 2001)
THE handloom sector is the only non-agricultural, commodity-producing sector (other than perhaps the manufacture of beedis) that employs a huge number of workers and yet is dispersed in rural and semi-urban areas.
- In Defence Of Handlooms (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Oct 02, 2001)
IN SEPTEMBER, Hyderabad was the location for an unusual conference organised by Dastkar Andhra, a non-governmental organisation working with handloom weavers.
- Now To Make It Work (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 02, 2001)
THE FORMAL LAUNCH of the Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana, the new Rs. 10,000-crore food-for-work programme.
- Liberalisation Paves Way For Stronger Indo-Brazil Trade Ties (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Oct 02, 2001)
Economic liberalisation in India and Brazil in the past decade has opened up vast opportunities for trade and investment.
- ‘There Is Enormous Scope For Co-Operation In Information Technology’ (The Financial Express, HUMA SIDDQUI, Oct 02, 2001)
Brazil’s Ambassador to India, Vera Barrouin Machado, spoke to Huma Siddiqui on various avenues of bilateral co-operation. Excerpts:
- Madhavrao Scindia, 1945-2001 (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 02, 2001)
TO SAY THAT the death of Madhavrao Scindia is a loss to the Congress is to understate the overwhelming tragedy of his sudden unforeseen departure.
- Economy Is The Key (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Oct 02, 2001)
THE RECENT ban on the Students' Islamic Movement of India was necessitated by allegations (probably backed by concrete evidence) of links between the organisation and outfits and individuals answering to the description of terrorist.
- U.N. And The Anti-Terror Focus (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 01, 2001)
THE UNITED NATIONS Security Council has enthusiastically spelt out a comprehensive framework of do's and don'ts to promote a global-scale campaign to combat terrorism.
- Welcome Merger (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 01, 2001)
SEVERAL years ago, when information technology and telecom policies were being formulated, the merger of these two vital ministries into a single communication information technology Ministry was mooted.
- Advani Can Learn From Bush (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 01, 2001)
It may seem ironical but it is not surprising that the day Prime Minister Vajpayee was cautioning Opposition leaders that the battle against terrorism should not acquire communal overtones.
- Second Thoughts On The Taliban! (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Oct 01, 2001)
NEW DELHI, SEPT. 30. What should the United States do with the Taliban?
- Video Games And Media Wars (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Oct 01, 2001)
‘The media,’’ spluttered Pramod Mahajan on Star News, ‘‘is fighting a war before it has started.’’
- The Many Unanswered Questions Of (Tribune, Anupam Gupta, Oct 01, 2001)
APART from a non-legislator’s appointment as Minister or Chief Minister under Article 164 (4) of the Constitution — on which I focussed last week — the September 21.
- An American Somersault (Telegraph, J. N. Dixit , Oct 01, 2001)
The world at large remains concerned and bemused by the policy statement made by the president of the United States of America, George W. Bush, on May 1 at the US National Defence University.
- There’s A Time Bomb Close By (Telegraph, Ashok Kapur, Oct 01, 2001)
The world today reveals a major fault line. It involves on one side those who attack civilian targets — something the communists did not do vis-à-vis innocent citizens of countries who opposed their policies.
- Survivor Sickness (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 01, 2001)
THE global economy has entered a bad patch, with the IMF predicting an all-round recession.
- Wto And Indian Agriculture: Trading In Food Insecurity (Business Line, Devinder Sharma , Oct 01, 2001)
FOR any tourist, Kerala is an attractive destination.
- Crime Doesn’t Pay! Nor Does Farming! (Tribune, Khushwant Ahluwalia, Oct 01, 2001)
SITTING comfortably in a bar in Delhi drinking rum with water and swallowing pork sausages on sticks, I was introduced to a rich businessman of Delhi by my host.
- Sri Lanka: Dimensions Of A Crisis (Hindu, Jayadeva Uyangoda, Oct 01, 2001)
WHILE SRI LANKA'S present political crisis deepens, the ruling People's Alliance administration of Ms. Chandrika Kumaratunga has averted a regime collapse by entering into a surprise understanding.
- Fallout From Terrorism -- Bailing Out The Us Airline Industry (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Oct 01, 2001)
FOR several months now, the US' corporate announcements of layoffs have just about become a routine event.
- Scarcity Amid Plenty: A Paradox (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Oct 01, 2001)
THE great Indian mystery of a mountain of foodgrains amidst episodes of starvation deaths has eluded answers over the years.
- America's Script For Afghanistan (Hindu, T. Sreedhar, Oct 01, 2001)
THE DEVELOPMENTS in the international system since September 11 clearly indicate that the U.S. is attempting coercive diplomacy to defeat its adversary in Afghanistan.
- Pension System Needs Separate Regulatory Body (The Financial Express, Mukul G Asher, Oct 01, 2001)
AS Indian policy makers start focussing on reforming the pension system, one of the major issues is: who should regulate the pensions industry?
- ‘India’s Battle Over Basmati Patent Not Fully Lost Yet’ (The Financial Express, Ashok B Sharma, Oct 01, 2001)
India could not present its case well before the United States Patents & Trademark Organisation (USPTO) in the recent battle over basmati rice despite ample evidence given by the country’s scientific community.
- Lifting Of Sanctions No Big Deal: Experts (The Financial Express, HUMA SIDDQUI, Oct 01, 2001)
The lifting of US sanctions on Pakistan seems ill-timed for India. For, the US seems to have arrived at the conclusion that it was imperative to keep Pervez Musharraf in power for the present, whatever the costs.
- On The Precipice (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 01, 2001)
IN THE WEEKS since the terrorist attacks in the U.S., dark clouds have quickly formed over the global economy.
- Kerala Pilot-Study On Corruption Put Borderline Cases To Shame (The Financial Express, Rohit Bansal, Oct 01, 2001)
It hasn’t got the attention it deserved. But a recent pilot study on azhimathi (Malayalam for corruption) under jurist N R Madhava Menon of Transparency International in Kerala.
- Un Bans Terrorism (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 01, 2001)
IN what is obviously a tentative first step, the United Nations Security Council has called on all member-countries to crackdown on terrorism of all types.
- Cyber Challenges & Priorities (Tribune, Satya Prakash Singh , Oct 01, 2001)
STEPHEN Hawking recently recommended in an interview to German magazine Focus “that humans change their DNA through genetic modification in order to keep ahead of advances in computer technology and stop intelligent machines from taking over the world”.
- The Itinerary Beyond Life (Pioneer, Harish C Gaur, Sep 10, 2001)
Life is a journey. It starts with birth of the body, considered to have three manifestations: gross, subtle and causal.
- Did Govt Learn Any Lesson From Agra? (Tribune, Sumer Kaul, Sep 10, 2001)
The Vajpayee government appears to be keenly looking forward to another meeting between the Prime Minister and the Pakistani President later this month in New York.
- A Head For Numbers (Telegraph, S. L. Rao, Sep 10, 2001)
The government of India (including Union territories without legislatures) has an estimated staff strength in the current financial year of 3.45 million people.
- Strong Winds In Tamil Nadu (Telegraph, MAHESH RANGARAJAN, Sep 10, 2001)
In the battle to cleanse Indian politics of corruption, few cases have been as sensational as that of J Jayalalitha.
- China Is The Shopper's Stop (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Sep 10, 2001)
BEIJING, SEPT. 9. The Indian and Chinese governments may want to argue with each other on their contested border, Pakistan, and nuclear weapons for years to come.
- Kids Cause Earthquake In Giant Jump (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 10, 2001)
Around one million British school children succeeding in causing an earthquake, jumping up and down simultaneously in the world’s largest scientific experiment.
- Understanding Barriers To Rapid Growth And Employment Creation (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 10, 2001)
Edited excerpts of the McKinsey report that tries to find out if better economic policies can significantly improve India's economic growth.
- Growth Mantras (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 10, 2001)
Revive market activity to tide over economic crisis.
- For A Better Work Environment (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 10, 2001)
In view of the increase of cases reported on sexual harassment of women, the Supreme Court of India, on a writ filed by women’s NGOs, has laid down guidelines to obviate such harassment at places of work.
- Father Of Man (Pioneer, Shubha Singh, Sep 10, 2001)
Indian parliamentarians are not known for their interest in welfare issues.
- The Picture In The Frame (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Sep 10, 2001)
When you set yourself impossibly high standards, it’s impossible to scale them. This should not inhibit you from baying at the moon but chances are you won’t land upon it. Still, if at first you don’t succeed...
- 300 Days For Murder (Indian Express, Indra Mohan Sahai, Sep 10, 2001)
Surely serious crime needs more serious punishment.
- Sound Economy The Only Deliverance (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Sep 10, 2001)
There are finally some signs of governance as the Cabinet is reshuffled and the Prime Minister has started talking tough on matters economic.
- Useless Surpluses (The Economic Times, Norma Louis, Sep 10, 2001)
THE DEBATE that took place on surplus food stocks (ET, September 4) generated much more heat than light on the issue of ‘poverty amidst plenty’.
- Personal Law Reform (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 10, 2001)
THE PASSAGE OF the Indian Divorce (Amendment) Bill last week by Parliament is welcome insofar as it incorporates current norms of gender equality into the more than a century old Indian Divorce Act that governs the Christian communities in this country.
- Recipe For Economic Revival (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 10, 2001)
AT THE END of a flurry of meetings last week on how to deal with the present slump in the economy.
- Credibility, Timeliness, Adequacy Of Statistics Key To Good Policy-Making (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 10, 2001)
The industrial sector is one of the important sectors of the economy both in terms of its spread over the economy and its contribution to the generation of income, employment, and foreign exchange earnings.
- Who Does The Small Investor Turn To? (The Financial Express, Harjeet Ahluwalia, Sep 10, 2001)
The chief of a financial institution (FI) was in good spirits as he tried to woo reporters to seek a toning down of their criticism of his organisation.
- With A View To Improving Eyesight (The Financial Express, Ruchi Sud, Sep 10, 2001)
The flip side of television watching is poor vision. And almost 35 per cent of the population have vision disorders.
- Banished (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 10, 2001)
Very few of the 430 may finally end up in Australia, if their claims to be refugees are eventually accepted as valid, but Canberra is promising that most of the “legitimate” ones will go to other countries.
- It Isn’t Just Agnihotri. Ifs Is Losing It On Many Battlefronts (The Financial Express, Rohit Bansal, Sep 10, 2001)
Incredible, but true. RSS chief KS Sudarshan has done a great favour to the Indian Foreign Service (IFS). Unwittingly though.
- Implementation Issues In The Wto (Hindu, Muchkund Dubey , Sep 10, 2001)
MOST OF the agreements and understandings reached during the Uruguay Round trade negotiations are unequal and unbalanced from the point of view of developing countries.
- Infosys And Microsoft - I (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 10, 2001)
INFOSYS SYMBOLISES the information technology (IT) economy in India.
- Rbi Annual Report, 2000-01 -- Spare Menu Of Solutions (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Sep 10, 2001)
THE RBI's Annual Report for 2000-01 is on expected lines and keeps up its tradition of excellence.
- Crank It Up (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 10, 2001)
WHEN THE PRIME Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, brought in McKinsey for a second opinion on the economy, he probably found that the consultant had precious little to add to what has already been said before.
- Rural Infrastructure Holds The Key (The Economic Times, Mythili Bhusnurmath, Sep 10, 2001)
FROM denial to acceptance to promises of concrete action. That‘s a long way for a government to travel in less than two months, but the Vajpayee government has done that.
- For Whom The Wealth Tolls? (The Economic Times, U. R. Bhat, Sep 10, 2001)
DURING the go-go days of early 2000, when the stock market created new millionaires by the day, counting the billions was a front-page journalistic sport.
- Public Money, Private Gain (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 10, 2001)
THE PARADOX of food stocks being at an all-time high while people starve may be hogging the headlines, but the government seems to be blissfully unaware.
- Is Dollarisation Superior To Dual Currency Boards? (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 10, 2001)
THE 21st century policy-makers have strived to pursue development goals in an arena that has been transformed economically, socially and politically, with the help of two prime forces.
- Churning In Assam (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 09, 2001)
The AGP is down and out, but the Congress has to give a better account of itself, says Barun Das Gupta.
- Robbed Of Their Childhood (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 09, 2001)
Eighty child-couples were married amid night-long revelry in the villages of Kotar, Beda and Jeevda in Rajasthan's Pali district. But the authorities took no notice. Sunny Sebastian reports.
- From Persecuted To Persecutor? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 09, 2001)
Is Zionism a form of racism? Kesava Menon details the conflicting standpoints.
- Hunger In A Land Of Plenty (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 09, 2001)
Even as a controversy rages over whether there were starvation deaths, what is clear is that the plight of the people of Kashipur in Orissa has worsened over the years.
- The Different Shades Of Hatred (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 09, 2001)
Xenophobia, one of the major causes of intolerance driven by racism, and the related issue of asylum-seekers, has hardly figured at the Durban Conference, writes M. S. Prabhakara.
- Time To Tackle Starvation Deaths (Tribune, V. Eashwar Anand, Sep 09, 2001)
REPORTS of 21 starvation deaths in Kashipur block of Rayagada district in Orissa are a matter of serious concern.
- Jagmohan’s Drive Proved His Nemesis (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Sep 09, 2001)
A visibly tense Jagmohan was pacing the sprawling banquet hall of the Rashtrapati Bhavan up and down.
- Farooq’s Fears (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 09, 2001)
There is apprehension in the corridors of power that a sulking Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah might once again throw a tantrum at Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee for impressing upon the law and order machinery.
- Humanity Denied (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 09, 2001)
The `new boat people' are seen as a `threat' to Australian society by the Government, says Amit Baruah.
- The Print Media: Distortions And New Challenges (Tribune, Syed Nooruzzaman, Sep 09, 2001)
IF the Press Council of India is to be believed, the electronic media has failed to pose a serious threat to the future of newspapers.
- Murder Weapon In Kashipur (Telegraph, MUKUL KESAVAN, Sep 09, 2001)
The deaths in Kashipur in Orissa have become a national scandal.
- Churning In Assam (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 09, 2001)
The AGP is down and out, but the Congress has to give a better account of itself, says Barun Das Gupta.
- ‘Lift India From The Despondency In (Tribune, Sardar Dayal Singh, Sep 09, 2001)
THE article has been excerpted from Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia’s address to the 1893 Lahore session of the Indian National Congress in his capacity as the Chairman of the Reception Committee.
- From Persecuted To Persecutor? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 09, 2001)
Is Zionism a form of racism? Kesava Menon details the conflicting standpoints.
- Caught Between Two Time-Streams (Tribune, Rakshat Puri, Sep 09, 2001)
TWO time-streams move in opposite directions in South Asia. One towards the past and the other towards the future. The people are bewildered, caught between political mumbo-jumbo and rituals.
- Robbed Of Their Childhood (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 09, 2001)
Eighty child-couples were married amid night-long revelry in the villages of Kotar, Beda and Jeevda in Rajasthan's Pali district. But the authorities took no notice. Sunny Sebastian reports.
- Hunger In A Land Of Plenty (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 09, 2001)
Even as a controversy rages over whether there were starvation deaths, what is clear is that the plight of the people of Kashipur in Orissa has worsened over the years.
- Europe To The Rescue? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 09, 2001)
THE US justice department, which pushed for the breakup of Microsoft under a Democratic administration, is now willing to back off.
- Keeping Out The Other (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 09, 2001)
A bitter row has broken out between Britain and France over a refugee camp near the Channel Tunnel. Hasan Suroor reports.
- The Different Shades Of Hatred (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 09, 2001)
Xenophobia, one of the major causes of intolerance driven by racism, and the related issue of asylum-seekers, has hardly figured at the Durban Conference, writes M. S. Prabhakara.
- Not Just A Whim (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 09, 2001)
THE LOGIC behind ITC’s proposal to merge ITC Bhadrachalam — the paper and paper-board subsidiary in which it holds 60 per cent — with itself may seem inexplicable at first glance.
- Of Yuppy Culture, Coke, Cocaine And Success (Tribune, Humra Quraishi, Sep 09, 2001)
SINCE I write this column on the eve of the International Literacy Day (Sept 8), I cannot help commenting that we are unaware of the realities around and the nexuses at work — the nexus between the ‘highs’ and people who form hi society here.
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