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Articles 11421 through 11520 of 12412:
- Look East, Find Friend (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 07, 2004)
The visit of Korean president Roh Moo-Hyun to India coincides with a qualitative change in economic relations between the two countries.
- India-U.S. Nuclear Ties (Hindu, M. R. Srinivasan, Oct 07, 2004)
For the U.S. to build a thriving high technology business with India that is mutually beneficial, it will have to erase the prevailing perception that it is an unreliable partner.
- Teach Agriculture To Rural Students (Tribune, Inderdeep Thapar, Oct 07, 2004)
Why is it that agriculture as a subject has not been introduced at the school level? The geography of the region, with district-wise illustrations and detailed information about the types of soil, the crops which can be sown, the depth of the watertable
- Us Knowhow Policy Discriminatory (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, Oct 07, 2004)
Unlike in the Clinton Administration, the nuclear nonproliferation mandarins in the Bush Administration have never embarked on a crusade to “cap, roll back and eliminate” India’s nuclear weapons programme.
- World Development Report — An Agenda For Peace And Prosperity (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Oct 07, 2004)
As Economic growth is the only sustainable way to raise a society's standard of living, the wherewithal to achieve this assumes overarching priority in any development strategy.
- Demography And P&p Sector — Age Bomb, A Trigger For Outsourcing (Business Line, R. Vaidyanathan, Oct 07, 2004)
The aging population of the developed countries, coupled with a desire of the workers for fewer hours, is a ticking time-bomb. The Proprietorship and Partnership sector will be tremendously impacted in the coming decades because of the tectonic shift ...
- Is Your Job Coming To India? Get Used To It: William Pesek Jr. (Bloomberg.com, William Pesek Jr., Oct 06, 2004)
George W. Bush and John Kerry sure did span the globe in their first presidential debate when they argued who would make a better U.S. leader.
- National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 06, 2004)
Quietly the Government has set up National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council. It has been made responsible for delivering the goods on so wide a front — evolving policies and conditions which encourage competitive, sustainable and efficient indigenous
- India’S Vehicle For Military Deterrence (Deccan Herald, RAJIV NAYAN, Oct 06, 2004)
If India intends to create a credible deterrence to China, it should develop a 3,000 km plus range missile launcher
- Mid-Term Poll Phantom Persists (Deccan Herald, N C GUNDU RAO, Oct 05, 2004)
The glib denials will not dispel doubts on the longevity of the coalition ministry in Karnataka
- Thank You, Comrade (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Oct 05, 2004)
I wish to acknowledge my deep debt to Comrade A.P. Bardhan. Four months ago, when the news began to trickle that the NDA was going to lose, the stock market went weak in its knees.
- Beyond The Khyber Pass (Hindu, M.K. Bhadrakumar, Oct 05, 2004)
Pakistan has long involved itself in Afghanistan's affairs. How will it now deal with the move towards democratic pluralism?
- Clinking Cacophony (Tribune, K. Rajbir Deswal, Oct 05, 2004)
It may sound absurd but England, France and Germany pounded the peace in my humble household and the happiest guy in the entire episode was from Almora.
- Rev Up Reforms (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 04, 2004)
In the run-up to the annual meetings of the World Bank and the IMF, the two multilateral agencies have come out with their annual reports — the World Development Report (WDR) and the World Economic
- World Economic Outlook's Advice For India (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Oct 04, 2004)
The World Economic Outlook 2004 succinctly outlines the problems threatening the global economy and suggests solutions. Will finance ministers and central bank heads heed the WEO's cautionary advice? Or has a macro-economic crisis to hit the global ...
- Freeing Our Heroes (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA, Oct 02, 2004)
In his autobiography, Ravi Shankar writes that “being Bengali, of course, makes it natural for me to feel so moved by Tagore; but I do feel that if he had been born in the West he would now be as revered as Shakespeare or Goethe
- Dope Goats (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 02, 2004)
The glitter of Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore's first-ever Olympic silver for India was overshadowed by the dark deeds of some athletes who failed to clear the dope test in Athens last month.
- A Cold Wind From The Caucasus (Deccan Herald, A MADHAVAN, Oct 02, 2004)
Neocons in the US want Russia broken up. It is in India’s interest to oppose such an eventuality
- New Foreign Trade Policy — How To Avoid Another Miss (Business Line, Prabhat Kumar, Oct 01, 2004)
The new Foreign Trade Policy sets an ambitious target of doubling our share of world exports from 0.7 per cent to 1.5 per cent, within five years.
- Yuan: The Hero Turns Villain (Business Line, M.R. Venkatesh, Oct 01, 2004)
Given the large trade imbalance between the US and China, a recent US Government report argues that the yuan should be revalued upward.
- End Of Textile Quota Regime (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Sep 30, 2004)
Unless huge investment and modernisation of the mills take place, and proliferation of unorganised mills is curbed, India would lose out to China in the textiles race.
- Oil On A High (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 30, 2004)
In a market already stretched, very little adverse news is necessary to make it snap. Literally hit by a hurricane last fortnight, global oil prices were swept up to $50 a barrel.
- On The Rise (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 30, 2004)
The oil price that started falling last month is back on the upswing, crossing the $50 a barrel level on Tuesday. The upturn is attributed to a number of factors.
- Korean Crisis (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 30, 2004)
North Korean Vice-Foreign Minister Choe Su Hon stunned the world when he disclosed in the UN General Assembly on Tuesday that his country had acquired nuclear weapons to serve as a deterrent against a possible US military strike.
- Create Awareness (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Sep 29, 2004)
It is extremely unlikely that the five veto-wielding powers will let any other country enter the Security Council
- Military Spending (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Sep 29, 2004)
The demise of the Soviet Union raised hopes of a "peace dividend" of enormous proportions, previously spent on waging the Cold War and creating and maintaining nuclear and conventional arsenals.
- Population Threat To Wildlife (Deccan Herald, SANJAY GUBBI, Sep 29, 2004)
If the Govt does not pay attention to the population boom, it could prove disastrous for our natural resources
- Textile Troubles (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 29, 2004)
It is well-known that textile lobbies of developed economies are making a last-ditch stand to protect their turf by trying to push back the end-2004 deadline for the abolition of quota system of exports.
- Wdr 2005 Advice To Govts (Business Line, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Sep 29, 2004)
The annual World Development Report for 2005 has come to the conclusion that in order to accelerate growth and reduce poverty, governments must reduce the policy risks...
- Asia Needs Seats At The World Tables (Business Week Online, BRIAN BREMNER, Sep 28, 2004)
The underrepresentation of China, Japan, and India at the IMF and U.N. hinders attempts to resolve critical global problems
- Ramanna & The Nuclear Programme (Hindu, M. R. Srinivasan, Sep 28, 2004)
The legacy of Raja Ramanna is that he helped build up a large pool of scientists and technologists to address the country's needs of energy and national security.
- The Missing Link (Telegraph, Dipankar Dasgupta, Sep 28, 2004)
India is emerging as an IT giant even as farmers in Andhra Pradesh are ending their lives in economic despair.
- Pharma Prices: Deregulate In Tapered Doses (Business Line, Pradeep S. Mehta, Sep 28, 2004)
Whether regulating pharma prices in a market-driven economy is correct or not continues to be a matter of debate around the world, including India.
- Detente As An Imperative (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 28, 2004)
The high-level agreement THE HIGH-LEVEL AGREEMENT India and Pakistan reached in New York to press ahead with the process of détente in the spirit of the Islamabad joint statement of January 6, 2004 must be assessed as an excellent political outcome, given
- Foreign Trade Policy — Long On Intent, Short On Strategy (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Sep 28, 2004)
Though bristling with schemes and plans, the Foreign Trade Policy neither offers convincing steps to substantially cut transaction costs nor spells out international economic strategy.
- India In Us Eyes (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Sep 28, 2004)
THE leitmotif of India’s troubled relations with the United States since the dawn of Independence has been Washington’s unwillingness to grant New Delhi strategic and policy-making autonomy in the region, if not further afield.
- Airports Can Be A High-Flying Business (Business Line, Pankaj Narayan Pandit, Sep 27, 2004)
After much debate, the Ministry of Civil Aviation has floated tenders for 49 per cent stake in the Mumbai and Delhi airports, and given the green signal for the Rs 1,300-crore Bangalore airport project.
- Transition Complete (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 27, 2004)
With President Hu Jintao taking over as Chairman of the powerful Central Military Commission (CMC) of the Communist Party of China (CPC), the process of leadership change in China that began two years ago is now complete.
- China's Growth Model Slows Asia's Rise (Business Line, V. Anantha Nageswaran, Sep 27, 2004)
The biggest drawback of China's growth model on the rest of Asia is the perpetuation of the export dependent approach. It has postponed Asia's nascent search for an indigenous or domestic demand-led growth model.
- Risks Faced By The Global Economy (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Sep 27, 2004)
Doomsayers abound in the world of the dismal science of economics. Recently, there have been many economists forecasting that the end of the world is nigh. Not all of them are credible.
- Plan And Economy: A Directional Change (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Sep 24, 2004)
While inflation remains the big worry, most other economic indicators are strong. Industry and exports have done exceedingly well. Industry is on 7-8 per cent growth path and exports are running by over 20 per cent thus boosting growth in manufacturing.
- Un Needs A Make-Over (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 24, 2004)
India joining hands with Japan, Germany and Brazil to make a joint bid for permanent seats in the expanded UN Security Council is a step forward.
- Has India Found Way Out Of Infrastructure Mess?: Andy Mukherjee (Bloomberg.com, Andy Mukherjee, Sep 23, 2004)
Two years ago, P. Chidambaram joined a discussion in New Delhi entitled, ``India's Foreign Exchange Reserves: When Is Enough -- Enough?''
- Windows Of Life (Deccan Herald, SMITHA MURTHY, Sep 23, 2004)
It took a perfect stranger to unlock the doors in my mind to those many unanswered questions
- Wincing That Our Bean Counters Are Going To Beijing (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 23, 2004)
On the web site www.china.org.cn, "China's Official Gateway to News & Information", I type `accountant' in the search-slit and click. Among the 150 or so finds, is a story titled "Educational Fund Looters Facing Charges" from China Daily dated ...
- Solution To Kashmir Problem (Deccan Herald, S N CHARY, Sep 23, 2004)
Only if Pakistan gives up insistence on the basis of their nation — division by religion — can the issue be resolved
- Positive Tone (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 23, 2004)
To sustain the warmth in India-US relations, the US needs to address key Indian concerns
- The Inhumane Face Of India's Reforms (Asia Times, Kunal Kumar Kundu, Sep 23, 2004)
With the architect of India's economic reforms, Manmohan Singh, now at the helm of the brand new coalition government that has been in power for over 100 days now, it is perhaps time to take stock of what the much-vaunted reforms have delivered.
- China Accelerates Banking Reforms (Business Line, Dharmalingam Venugopal, Sep 22, 2004)
Well before the deadline set for the full opening up of its banking sector, China has started making it easy for foreign banks to operate.
- India-Asean Fta — Small Step For A Big Stride In World Trade (Business Line, Geethanjali Nataraj, Sep 22, 2004)
An FTA with Asean will give India an opportunity to look beyond trade. This will undoubtedly bring India closer to its target of achieving 2 per cent share in global trade.
- Pumping Up Hydrogen (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 22, 2004)
The spiralling cost of crude and the finite nature of fossil fuels have brought the focus sharply back on renewable energy sources such as solar, wind and hydro.
- No Sport In Our Blood? (Tribune, Himmat Singh Gill, Sep 22, 2004)
INDIA and China together have one-third of the world’s six billion inhabitants. In the recent Olympics China carried away 23 gold, 15 silver and 12 bronze medals, and India could win just one silver.
- New Helmsman (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 22, 2004)
THE first orderly generational change has taken place in China with former President Jiang Zemin handing over the chairmanship of the party’s Central Military Commission to Communist Party chief Hu Jintao.
- Mystery Of India's Growth (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Sep 22, 2004)
India's democracy has been able to stave off the social Darwinsm inherent in the neoclassical ideology which would have transformed deprivation and subordination into a policy of systematic exclusion. Probably, the mood was set by the Nehruvian allergy
- Indian Aviation At Crossroads (Deccan Herald, A VINOD KUMAR, Sep 22, 2004)
HAL should move forward with its intentions for international collaborations in the civil aviation industry
- Fall From Us Favour (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma, Sep 22, 2004)
The Americans’ attitude towards Saudi Arabia and its radical Islam is undergoing a change
- China Bracing For Energy Demand (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Sep 21, 2004)
More often than not, the pace of economic growth of India and China has been a topic of keen interest among intellectuals, policy-makers and even the common man.
- Economic Reform And Inflation (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Sep 21, 2004)
The Government's expectations that inflation would subside with the revival of the monsoon have been belied. Analysing the factors contributing to the current inflation
- Foreboding Fears Linger On (Deccan Herald, N C GUNDU RAO, Sep 21, 2004)
A common ground on crucial issues has remained elusive for the two partners in the State
- India Should Change Its Nepal Strategy (Deccan Herald, ANITA CHERIA, Sep 21, 2004)
A strong Nepal will also work in India’s interest and will help in forming a stable south Asia
- India's Health-Care Paradox (Business Line, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Sep 21, 2004)
For a country that has not been able to eradicate many preventable diseases, India has an unusually healthy pharma industry. Most globalised of all Indian industries, the pharma sector however produces and sells huge quantities of the kinds of drugs ...
- Change Of Guard (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 21, 2004)
Hu’s position in China has been strengthened with the exit of Jiang
- Us Missile Defence Plan (Tribune, R. S. Bedi, Sep 21, 2004)
Indo-US strategic cooperation has brought the two countries closer to each other in recent years. The Bush Administration has been quite liberal in granting concessions over a range of strategic issues.
- Battling Hiv (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 20, 2004)
Richard Feachem, Executive director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, could not have been more blunt. HIV/AIDS is "a ticking time-bomb" for India, he said at a recent press conference in New Delhi.
- How To Become Good Neighbours (Tribune, M B NAQVI, Sep 20, 2004)
The Foreign Ministers of India and Pakistan met on September 5 and 6 after many years. Their agenda virtually dated back to 1997 when eight subjects were identified by the two countries’ Foreign Secretaries for negotiations.
- Northeast As A Trade Hub (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Sep 20, 2004)
It is time to shed these suspicions and discuss a detailed partnership among Northeast India, China, Myanmar and, possibly, Bangladesh.
- The Invisible Hand Of Market Is Still Groping (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 18, 2004)
Cricket is too serious a game to be left in the hands of umpires and players, so we have TV channels, lawyers, and so on actively involved. Similarly, we know that markets are not so wise that we could allow "the invisible hand" a free play, as major
- Health Of United Nations (Tribune, Brig Kiran Krishan , Sep 17, 2004)
The world spotlight is on the United Nations headquarters in New York. The 59th regular session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) commenced on September 14.
- `Big Success Comes From Sound Policies, Well Applied' (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Sep 17, 2004)
It is rare to find an economist without parochial postures and rarer still to get one steeped in Western education and part of the developed world yet critical of the unjust global economic system that perpetuates trade
- Mind Your Business (Telegraph, Ashok Ganguly, Sep 17, 2004)
A couple of months ago, the annual NATO summit was held in Turkey. As usual there were bilateral meetings on the sidelines.
- Quota Will Harm The Economy (Tribune, Amulya Ganguli, Sep 17, 2004)
The road to hell, it is said, is paved with good intentions. So is the highway to economic ruin, especially in a country like India where politics of the most opportunistic kind rules the roost.
- Imf-Bank Annual Meetings (Business Line, A. Vasudevan, Sep 16, 2004)
India must be more proactive at the forthcoming annual Fund-Bank meet, using its membership of inter-governmental groups to promote its interests as much as those of other emerging and developing economies.
- Limited Gains (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 16, 2004)
The results show that China knows how to play the election game well
- North Korea: In From The Cold (Hindu, Glyn Ford, Sep 15, 2004)
North Korea's regime survived the Cold War and has nuclear know-how. But it is in the West's interests to help it move towards a market economy.
- Will Opec Restore Stability To Oil Market? (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Sep 15, 2004)
The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries is meeting in Vienna at a time when crude prices are on a high with the ability to affect the stability of markets and impact world economic growth, especially developing countries such as India that ...
- To Ignite Growth, Put The Smile Back On Smes (Business Line, N. Seshadri Kumar , Sep 15, 2004)
The time is ripe not only for a quick revival of small and medium enterprises, badly affected by the open-door policy, but also for newer ones to bloom.
- Quota Concerns (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 15, 2004)
The move to re-think the termination of the textile quota regime — scheduled for 2004 end — has taken a formal turn with less-developed countries such as Mauritius, Bangladesh and Nepal seeking an emergency
- Always At Your Beck And Call (Telegraph, Gargi Gupta, Sep 14, 2004)
The mobile has occasioned not only a revolution in consumer culture, but also in social behaviour
- Manmohan Singh's Pitch At The United Nations (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Sep 13, 2004)
In an unprecedented meeting next week on the margins of the annual session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, will join the leaders of Brazil, Japan and Germany to make a strong pitch for reforming the ...
- In Search Of Peace (Tribune, H. K. Dua, Sep 13, 2004)
WHILE no one had really expected that India and Pakistan would achieve dramatic results from last week’s talks between their Foreign Ministers in Delhi, it would be cynical to underplay their significance.
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