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Articles 11821 through 11920 of 12412:
- Keep The Net Free (Telegraph, Subimal Bhattacharjee, Dec 29, 2003)
Keeping the cyberspace free of controls was the subject of much debate at the recent World Summit on the Information Society in Geneva, the first such gathering. Along with ensuring freedom, we also need to find ways to address the issues arising out of
- Ulfa Reaches China Gate: Help, Let Us In (Indian Express, Samudra Gupta Kashyap, Dec 29, 2003)
Admitting that the Royal Bhutan Army’s crackdown had forced its cadres to retreat the wrong way north, ULFA chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa today urged China to let his men enter Chinese territory to save their lives.
- End To Telecom Tussle (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2003)
THE GOVERNMENT'S NEW package of concessions for the telecom industry should end three years of lobbying, litigation and flip-flop exercises in regulation. The stage is now set for a further acceleration in the growth of the mobile phone network ...
- India Unplugged (Indian Express, P. Chidambaram, Dec 28, 2003)
This is the time of the year when one makes wishes. A few weeks ago, I made two wishes and hoped that Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee would act on them. Last week I made one more wish for the Prime Minister’s birthday and I shall now add two more for
- He Blew The Whistle, We Hear The Sound (Indian Express, Ambrose Pinto , Dec 27, 2003)
After the Dubey murder, the thousands of IITians working selflessly in India need to renew their pledge to their country
- The Whistle Echoes (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Dec 27, 2003)
It seems Satyendra Dubey’s story touches someone new everyday. This week, the ECONOMIST retold the tale of the young engineer with the very direct gaze who lived in Bihar and was murdered for blowing the whistle on corruption in the prime minister’s pet
- Shining From Within (Indian Express, Sanjaya Baru, Dec 27, 2003)
The world wants India to rise and shine, the task at hand is at home
- Enemy Number One (Telegraph, Kaushik Roy, Dec 26, 2003)
There is a general consensus among security analysts that the post-Cold War era is witnessing a deterioration in India’s strategic environment. But scholars differ regarding the nature of security challenges that India faces. Is China or Pakistan the ...
- Five `I's For Budget 2004-05 (Business Line, V. Anantha-Nageswaran , Dec 26, 2003)
In the coming Budget, the Government ought to focus on `I's: Interest rates, Investment, Infrastructure, Information and Image. The Finance Minister who, in his previous portfolio, did a lot to enhance the country's prestige should use the Budget to ...
- Growth Of Chinese Textile Industry - Can India Weave The Same Magic? (Business Line, Ambrose Pinto , Dec 26, 2003)
CHINA and India have significant similarities. For both countries, the chief task at hand is how best to juxtapose economic development with social upliftment of the masses, who account for about 40 per cent of world's population.
- A Landmark With Challenges (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 26, 2003)
THE ACCUMULATION OF foreign exchange reserves of $100 billion is a landmark event that symbolises a sea change from an era when India had to live a hand-to-mouth existence in the external sector of its economy. During much of the first four ...
- Strong India, Strong Rupee (Indian Express, Ambrose Pinto , Dec 26, 2003)
India’s foreign exchange reserves crossed the $ 100 billion dollars mark this past week. It has been a long haul from the $ 1.2 billion India had in 1991, scraping the bottom of the barrel and being forced to pledge even its meagre gold reserves. This is
- On The Road To Islamabad (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Dec 26, 2003)
Can a major terrorist act derail this Indo-Pak peace process? Former US ambassadors Frank Wisher, Nicholas Platt and Dennis Kux, authors of the report of the Task Force on South Asia sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations and the Asia Society, were
- Industry In 2003 — Increased Efficiency, Hesitant Recovery (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Dec 25, 2003)
Three years ago, most experts had virtually given up on India's manufacturing sector because of the all-pervading pall of gloom. Today, not only is India Inc confident of taking on competition from China, the number of Indian companies wishing to set up
- The Chinese Are Changing (Telegraph, Jairam Ramesh, Dec 25, 2003)
Bonhomie between India and Pakistan is in the air yet again. Somewhat unexpectedly, the rhetoric emanating from Islamabad is subdued, moderate and even statesmanlike. Many believe that American pressure is finally paying off and that Pakistan is, at last,
- The Nuclear Axis (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 24, 2003)
America cannot continue to downplay Pakistan’s role in nuclear proliferation
- No Entry On An Open Border (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Dec 24, 2003)
Entering Raxaul in Bihar from Birganj in Nepal, one moves from the third world to the fourth. New Delhi might fancy itself as one of the world's most dynamic economies and an emerging great power. At Raxaul, you would not know. There is nothing "shining
- Outsourcing To Offshoring, It Is Advantage India (Business Line, V. Sriram , Dec 24, 2003)
OUTSOURCING by the US is assuming massive proportions. The reason is "it saves money, time and frees in-house staff to do work central to the company's core mission." What is saved? Thirty-forty per cent, estimates the solutions group, Loud Cloud. Its CEO
- A Historic High (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2003)
THE reports about India’s foreign exchange reserves exceeding the $100 billion mark immediately remind one of the days when the country under Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar was forced to pledge its gold with the Bank of England in early 1991 to ward off
- Price Of Success (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2003)
The North Block and the Reserve Bank of India have toasted India’s foreign exchange reserves crossing the $100 billion mark. These are reserves rather than forex assets, and thus include gold and special drawing rights. But SDR holdings are minimal, and
- Opportunity Or Threat? (Hindu, Ambrose Pinto , Dec 23, 2003)
The shifting of some technology jobs abroad fits into a well-worn historical pattern of economic change and adjustment in the United States.
- Good For Now (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2003)
In a situation of deadlock, if one side seems to shift a little, something is changing. That is the most positive way that Mr Pervez Musharraf’s suggestion can be viewed. He has said that Pakistan’s demand for a plebiscite in Jammu and Kashmir has been
- A Step Forward? (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Dec 22, 2003)
The departure from the extreme, maximal positions taken by India and Pakistan could be a helpful factor though, by itself, it would not bring an acceptable solution within sight.
- Two Alone (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Dec 22, 2003)
In the week the general unleashed his goodwill offensive on the question of plebiscite in Kashmir, Britain’s FINANCIAL TIMES offered a provocative thesis. India and Pakistan have so far relied on Washington to coax and pressure them into talking, but the
- Rbi Study On Fdi - Raises Questions On Quality Of Growth (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Dec 22, 2003)
INCREASED foreign direct investment (FDI) is the holy grail of today's policy-makers in developing countries. It is rightly preferred to debt flows because, apparently, it does not create servicing obligations. While this is true to a limited extent,
- Take It Or Fall Behind (Telegraph, Barun De, Dec 22, 2003)
Does south Asia have genuinely independent alternatives for more self-respecting national futures
- Open Borders And Closed Minds (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Dec 22, 2003)
The recent call by the Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, for open borders in the subcontinent has generated an enthusiastic response. But on both sides of the Indo-Nepal border, one of the most open in the world, there are voices demanding its tight
- Words And Whispers 2003 (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Dec 21, 2003)
Every year throws up new words or old-new words. Like shells, they gleam and resonate on the sands of a dying year. Each word colourcodes the year for you. Each embedded word waves a flag of the times.
- A $100-Billion War Chest (Hindu, C. Rammanohar Reddy, Dec 20, 2003)
Foreign exchange reserves of $100 billion may seem like an embarrassment of riches. But they will not be when capital inflows dry up and "liquidity at risk" turns into an outflow.
- The Challenge Of Spam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2003)
THE INTERNET REVOLUTIONISED the way people communicate, by making it possible to send and receive electronic mails almost instantaneously across continents. The cost to benefit ratio of e-mail made it possibly the cheapest and fastest way to ...
- Whose Life Is It Anyway? (Indian Express, Ambrose Pinto , Dec 19, 2003)
The tragic case of Satyendra Dubey, a young and promising life lost in the performance of his duty, poses once again the question that concerned citizens ask again and again: Are we safe in this country? Why did the system not take steps to protect the...
- If China Can, Why Can't India? (Business Line, Gautam Murthy, Dec 19, 2003)
CHINA's economic success is stunning the world as it understands how to move with the times. It is the world's most competitive nation anddesires to modernise rapidly by attracting more foreign investment.
- Not Quite Right (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Dec 19, 2003)
Let me admit at the very outset that on this count I am in a minuscule minority in Lutyens’s Delhi, in Hampstead and Islington, in Manhattan’s Upper West side and in all the watering holes of radical cosmopolitanism.
- Outsourcing To India — No Other Option For The Us (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2003)
The products of American companies will be more expensive if outsourcing is prohibited.
- Tea Troubles (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2003)
THE TEA BOARD'S recent announcement that exports in calendar 2003 were likely to be lower by 16.7 per cent, at around 165 million kg against last year's 198 million kg, is a matter of serious concern for the industry mainly because it restricts the escape
- `India Rising' - Will It Ride The Demographic Wave? (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Dec 18, 2003)
In about 50 years, India's surging population may be more a boon than a bane, if a recent Goldman Sachs projection comes true. With a surplus of working age people vis-à-vis current G-6 biggies such as the US and Japan, India could benefit fro m low ...
- Asian Balance And The Subcontinent (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Dec 18, 2003)
A creative Indian policy must aim at leveraging the rise of China and Japan and the Sino-U.S. entente to transform its own security condition in the subcontinent.
- End Of Story (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Dec 17, 2003)
Francis Fukuyama was supposed to have at least set the Yamuna on fire during his reincarnated sessions in the capital these past few days. Instead, the author of the End of History was as cold as a deflated souffle, pedantically explaining notions of ...
- A Problem Not Named (Telegraph, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Dec 17, 2003)
The deadly riots occasioned by the Railway Recruitment Board exams in Ass- am and Maharashtra, were a grim reminder of a potentially serious social crisis India might face in the near future. Amidst all the upbeat predictions being made about the India...
- With Eyes Open (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Dec 16, 2003)
Yashwant is doing his job better than Jaswant is doing his
- Development — A Reality Check (Hindu, Ambrose Pinto , Dec 16, 2003)
Manufacturing is the real engine of growth, and [in India] this sector has been lagging behind in both productivity and expansion.
- Who Is Afraid Of The Immigrant? (Tribune, A.J. Philip, Dec 15, 2003)
AS I gazed at the photograph depicting a Bihari job-seeker fleeing from the two-legged hounds who call themselves Shiv Sainiks at a railway station in Mumbai last week, I was reminded of my uncle's favourite story. After his pre-university course, he had
- Feel Good, But Not Better (Telegraph, S. Venkitaramanan , Dec 15, 2003)
India’s forex reserves must be turned into a tool to spur growth
- Destination Jobsville (Indian Express, P. Chidambaram, Dec 14, 2003)
A little over 40 million persons are registered with the employment exchanges in India. Employment exchanges are established by the State governments as a funnel through which a job-seeker will pass in order to ensure fairness and non-discrimination in...
- 50 Years Of Atoms For Peace (Hindu, M. R. Srinivasan, Dec 13, 2003)
It is an opportune moment for the U.S. to remind itself of Eisenhower's call and search seriously for ways and means to achieve a nuclear weapon free world.
- A Question Of Honour (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA, Dec 13, 2003)
Since its birth, the Indian nation-state has been challenged by rebellion and insurgency. In the late Forties, it was the Communist Party of India, who launched a countrywide insurrection claiming that the freedom we got from the British was false (in the
- Economics Of Detente (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2003)
If the Indo-Pak winter thaw can last till summer, there will be reason for hope
- Making Business Sense (Tribune, S. Zahur H. Zaidi, Dec 13, 2003)
HAVE you experienced the might of China? Silly question because all that you need to do is take a walk in any bazaar, in any part of the world. The markets are flooded with a variety of Chinese products. From toys to toiletries, we have a range of choice,
- Deserting The Workers (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Dec 13, 2003)
THE WASHINGTON POST reached faraway Little Rann of Kutch in Gujarat and came back with a story about the cruel toil of the Pagis. They are one among an estimated 25,000 families that harvest salt in barren, inhospitable places. As they work and succumb to
- Mountain Development: Rappelling Up, The Chinese Way (Business Line, Dharmalingam Venugopal, Dec 12, 2003)
Mountains occupy two thirds of China and support nearly one half of the population. Mountain regions contribute significantly to the Chinese economy accounting for 31 per cent of GDP and producing 35 per cent of grains and 54 per cent of primary ...
- The World According To Sonia (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Dec 12, 2003)
It requires no complicated analysis to conclude that Sonia Gandhi probably has the job she wants. Number 10, Janpath is any day a superior bungalow to 7, Race Course Road. Every world statesman, representative of think tanks, scholar who visits New Delhi
- Japan All Set To Woo India (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Dec 12, 2003)
After years of ignoring India, Japan is now all set to woo it. Surprised by New Delhi's big power diplomacy, its growing engagement with East Asia, and the resilience of the Indian economy, Japan is now determined to make up for the lost decade in ...
- Google R&d Search Engine Result: Bangalore (Indian Express, Ambrose Pinto , Dec 12, 2003)
Its first centre outside California to come up in India’s Silicon Valley next yr
- Look East, But Via The Northeast (Indian Express, SANJIB BARUAH , Dec 12, 2003)
Without using the Northeast as a conduit, India’s wooing of southeast Asia will fail. China offers a model
- Empire Of Spoils (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2003)
America is taking its ‘you are with us or against us’ motto too far in Iraq
- That Head Beneath The Cap (Telegraph, Kaushik Roy, Dec 12, 2003)
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- The Great Indian Tragedy (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Dec 12, 2003)
Jawaharlal Nehru was without question one of the principal architects of India’s freedom movement. While Gandhi Maharaj was the inspiring deity, Nehru was, to the millions, the prince charming. Nehru was also the independent nation’s first prime ministery
- One Bleak Tale To Tell (Telegraph, Ambrose Pinto , Dec 12, 2003)
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- Not So Happy A Birthday (Telegraph, Ambrose Pinto , Dec 11, 2003)
Today marks the second anniversary of China’s accession to the World Trade Organization when it became the 143rd member of that world body. The negotiations for the accession took fifteen long years and were marked by many twists and turns. Finally, China
- Rising Expectations (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Dec 11, 2003)
For the India-Pakistan dialogue to succeed it must entail private engagement and public agreement, backed at the highest level.
- The Budget As The Bsp Test (Indian Express, Bibek Debroy, Dec 11, 2003)
There’s a difference between packaging a promise and delivering it
- Settling A Dusty Problem (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2003)
A YEAR AGO, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) issued a report on the `Asian Brown cloud', creating the image of a vast blanket of pollution choking the Indian sub-continent. This cloud of aerosols created by human activity would, it ...
- Protect Us (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2003)
The third quarter of this year may have been good for the American economy, with a gross domestic product growth rate of 7.2 per cent and with manufacturing indices and productivity figures also perking up. But the administration in the United States of
- Touching The Horizon (Indian Express, Gopal Krishna Agarwal, Dec 09, 2003)
Gross domestic product (GDP) is the broadest measure of the health of the economy. Real GDP is defined as the total money value of final goods and services produced by labour and property located within a country during an accounting year. Gross value ...
- A New Form Of Colonialism (Business Line, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Dec 09, 2003)
Holding as much as 30 per cent of the equity capital of the 10 largest Indian companies, and nearly 20 per cent of the equity of the top 50 firms, foreign institutional investors are today responsible for determining the mood of the stock market. While...
- Election Lessons (Telegraph, Barun De, Dec 09, 2003)
The BJP’s victory shows that the electorate, concerned with more immediate issues, has chosen a party of order over one of diffuse choices
- Remember Europe (Telegraph, J. N. Dixit , Dec 09, 2003)
The last week of November witnessed important meetings between leaders of the European Union and the government of India, a major event following the Indo-European summit to which the prime minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, went last year. The president of
- Tariff Tangle (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2003)
ON THE FACE of it, the US President, Mr George Bush's decision to scrap the `safeguard duty' imposed on steel imports does demonstrate a newfound commitment to the principle of freer market access to global players in the steel industry. But, in reality,
- Why Dollar Will Remain Weak In 2004 (Business Line, V. Anantha-Nageswaran , Dec 08, 2003)
With savings not rising in the US, with America sucking in more imports than it can sell, and with foreigners showing fatigue in buying dollar assets, the bulk of the burden of reducing the US current account deficit must fall on the dollar. Which is why
- As India Inc Forays Abroad... : A New Mantra To Remember (Business Line, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Dec 08, 2003)
REMEMBER the acquisition of Tomco by Hindustan Lever? It was feared at that time that India Inc would be taken over by the MNCs. Nothing of the sort has happened. On the contrary, Indian business houses are reported to have already announced about 35 ...
- This Is Our Hell Or Heaven (Deccan Herald, Karen Armstrong, Dec 07, 2003)
Afterlife is a minority interest in the great religions. For them, this world matters more than the next
- War Risk Very High Till 2015 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2003)
The risk of war between India and Pakistan will remain fairly high over the next 15 years and both countries will continue to build up their nuclear and missile forces, a US National Intelligence Council projection for 2015 has claimed. The threat of a...
- Bpo And The Indian Economy (Hindu, C. Rammanohar Reddy, Dec 06, 2003)
All the euphoria that very easily becomes hype cannot change one thing. IT services cannot do for India what manufacturing did for China.
- There's Gain In Arresting Rupee's Gain (Business Line, Shobha Ahuja, Dec 05, 2003)
At a time when many manufacturing sectors are working hard to become internationally competitive and with the country notching higher product exports in addition to software, exchange rate management assumes special significance.
- Twenty Countries, Single Concern (Telegraph, SRINJAY CHAKRAVARTI, Dec 05, 2003)
A significant meeting of the developed and the poor nations in Morelia, a sleepy colonial city west of the Mexican capital, in October has been overlooked in this part of the world. Nevertheless, the Morelia summit of the group of 20 countries focussed on
- The Food Of Paradise (Tribune, Roshni Johar, Dec 05, 2003)
IN his travel diary entitled “Delhi — Chunking”, the author K.P.S. Menon (who was India’s first ambassador to China in 1947) narrates an interesting incident regarding not China, but the delicious Bengali sweet, the rasgulla.
- There For The Long Term (Telegraph, Achin Vanaik , Dec 04, 2003)
The US is seeking the cultural commitment of elites in west Asia
- Cancun To Geneva — Caution Should Be The Watchword (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Dec 04, 2003)
LONG before the formation of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), late President, Jules Nyrere of Tanzania, the committed socialist and visionary African leader, told the industrialised West "Do not give us `aid', instead, give our products (he meant ...
- Coping With Aids (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2003)
IT is scary. At least 40 million people are reportedly infected with the HIV virus today —most of them in Africa, Latin America and Asia. Some 4.5 million AIDS patients live in India alone; China’s figures are equally disturbing. Anti-AIDS programmes have
- Peace Initiative Is Fine (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, Dec 04, 2003)
THE resumption of overflights is merely a small step in a long journey for peace and good neighbourly relations. The litmus test of General Musharraf’s sincerity would be determined on whether he, the ISI and their favourite jihadi outfits continue using
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