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Articles 11921 through 12020 of 12412:
- Look, The Elephant Gallops (Indian Express, Tarun Das, Dec 03, 2003)
This has been an incredible year for India and the pace of change has been so rapid that the world is yet to catch up with it. Most people, even supposedly well-informed public opinion builders outside India, still perceive India in the traditional way.
- Is India Really Shining? (Hindu, Mohan Guruswamy, Dec 03, 2003)
India seems to be entering the post-industrial phase without having industrialised.
- The Philosophy Of Privatisation In China (Business Line, S. Majumder , Dec 03, 2003)
While China's privatisation exercise met with quick success despite Communist rule, India's is wobbling, hamstrung by parliamentary democracy.
- When The Bosses Squabble (Telegraph, Kalyan Sanyal, Dec 03, 2003)
Invariably, whenever an important issue arises, experts and analysts immediately take their clear and well-defined stands, and then confidently pontificate. I have always envied the courage of these wise men and women because I have discovered to my ...
- Epidemics And The Public Good Approach (Business Line, S. Venu , Dec 03, 2003)
ONE of the most direct results of globalisation is how much more likely we are to share diseases, with the explosion in foreign travel. Tuberculosis has re-emerged in Western cities, cholera is in danger of once again becoming epidemic. And, then, there..
- Outsourcing For Development (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Dec 02, 2003)
UNCTAD's E-Commerce and Development Report 2003 uses India's experience to argue that the growing market for IT services and business process outsourcing offers poor countries a new development opportunity.
- Wto General Council Meeting — Pragmatism Should Dictate Approach (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Dec 02, 2003)
As the EU has spelt out its stance and offered some flexibility in the issues figuring in the modalities for negotiations of the Doha Development Agenda, India too should adopt a pragmatic "give and take" stance to gain in numerous negotiations that are l
- Compulsions Of Peace (Tribune, H. K. Dua, Dec 02, 2003)
IT would be churlish to dismiss the significance of the moves India and Pakistan have lately made bringing hope and cheer to the people on both sides of the divide.
- The Eurasian Imperative (Telegraph, Mani Shankar Aiyar, Dec 02, 2003)
While everyone in India has been obsessing with the state assembly elections, I have had a rather “European” fortnight, with a week in Germany and then a long encounter over a freewheeling dinner-seminar with the president of the European Commission ...
- Enter Galileo (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2003)
THE Prime Minister's announcement that India would be a partner in the European Union's Galileo satellite radio navigation system project, rather than just be a mere customer, is heartening. The project envisages a constellation of 30 satellites that will
- The Enemies Within (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Dec 01, 2003)
Technological might has replaced military power in the exploitation of weak nations. Large differences in wealth among nations are mainly due to the degrees of ownership of technology. It is not enough to complain and find fault with the rich nations...
- Reflections On The Mid-Year Review (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Dec 01, 2003)
THE Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act 2003 enjoins upon the Government to review every quarter the trends in receipts and expenditure in relation to the budget. The first quarterly review for April-June 2003 was presented to the Government..
- The `Feel Good Factor' And All That (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Dec 01, 2003)
That such issues as red tape, poor infrastructure and rigid labour laws should still be around even after the NDA Government has been in power for a full term should make representatives of the regime somewhat more apologetic and certainly less hectoring
- Creditworthy (Telegraph, S. Venkitaramanan , Dec 01, 2003)
The Reserve Bank of India’s review of the trend and progress of banking 2002-03 is a credible progress report on the performance of the banks and financial institutions during 2002-03. It carries forward the tradition of incisive analysis and the policy..
- Don’t Split Hair (Indian Express, John Pomfret, Nov 30, 2003)
China buys bulk of its raw stock from India, and tops global wig industry
- Us Watching China’s Success In Space (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma, Nov 30, 2003)
The United States does not like competition or potential competition in space. China has ruffled its feathers
- A Testing Time For All (Hindu, G. Ananthakrishnan, Nov 30, 2003)
The fact that students are under great stress helps touts who scout for those willing to shell out a big sum to get ahead of the others in an examination. G. Ananthakrishnan writes.
- 'Sharing Sovereignty Is Hell Of An Enterprise': Chris Patten (Hindu, Mukund Padmanabhan, Nov 29, 2003)
AS THE European Union's Commissioner for External Relations, Chris Patten has been closely engaged with the difficult task of evolving a common foreign and security policy for the Union. Mr. Patten has served as a member of the European Commission since
- Steel Tariffs: Pitting Us Against Half The World (Business Line, K. Subramanian, Nov 28, 2003)
For developing countries such as India and Brazil, the steel sector is pivotal to growth. If it slumps due to the vicissitudes of international trade, these countries would be seriously hurt.
- Aids: Act Now Or Pay Later (Business Line, Peter Piot, Nov 28, 2003)
AIDS is a problem for all. It is time to transform good words and warm sentiments into effective programmes on the ground.
- The Curse Of The K Women (Indian Express, Amrita Shah, Nov 28, 2003)
A new study uncovers how women in soap operas change a society they don’t necessarily reflect
- Political Hiccups (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Nov 28, 2003)
A pathetic pursuit of ratings, the quest for more advertising has caused TV channels, newpapers and weeklies to focus so heavily on elections in the four northern states that Mizoram seems almost outside the Indian Union.
- A People's Car For Rs 1 Lakh — Can Ratan Tata's Dream Be Realised? (Business Line, B.S. Rathor, Nov 28, 2003)
More than one-third of the global population of six billion lives in China and India. A small car project will always be viable considering the prospective market size in the region.
- For A U.N. Role In Iraq (Hindu, R. Kannan, Nov 28, 2003)
For the political process to succeed, it is important that any semblance of occupation is removed.
- Digital Divide And Poor Nations (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kant, Nov 27, 2003)
At next month’s Information Summit, poor countries cannot hope for major concessions to bridge the digital divide
- Digital Divide And Poor Nations (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kant, Nov 27, 2003)
At next month’s Information Summit, poor countries cannot hope for major concessions to bridge the digital divide
- Sustaining The Centre's Myth (Hindu, Harish Khare , Nov 26, 2003)
We have heard the jarring notes from Assam to Maharashtra. These are timely reminders of the precariousness that continues to define the Centre's myth.
- Two Ministries And A Turf War (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Nov 26, 2003)
The power principle has been in overdrive between the Ministries of External Affairs and Human Resource Development for some time now, including over the much-coveted Unesco job in Paris.
- Realism On The China Border (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Nov 25, 2003)
If there was any need for more evidence to confirm that the Government is exploring an early and final settlement to the boundary dispute with China and has the political will to make the necessary political adjustments, we have it from the External Affai
- Maran: A Tough Strategist (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2003)
AFTER the end of single-party rule at the Centre in 1996 and the advent of coalition governance with multiple parties, the role of regional outfits has assumed a new meaning.
- Maran: A Tough Strategist (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2003)
AFTER the end of single-party rule at the Centre in 1996 and the advent of coalition governance with multiple parties, the role of regional outfits has assumed a new meaning.
- For An Ocean Outlook (Hindu, B.G. Verghese, Nov 25, 2003)
India's perspective on the world is indeed changing. But the pace needs to be quickened and the ocean dimension never forgotten.
- The New Great Game (Indian Express, Sanjaya Baru, Nov 24, 2003)
APEC, ASEAN+3 and now JACIK, an alphabet soup in a changing Asia
- Spiritual Quotient And Quality Of Life (Deccan Herald, Dipankar Khanna, Nov 24, 2003)
When we operate from a high level of intellectual strength and emotional maturity, spirituality comes spontaneously
- Us Dumping Duty Fears Haunt Shrimp Market (Business Line, R. Balaji, Nov 22, 2003)
Prices for a container load of 36,000 pounds of shrimps have dropped by $36,000 in value.
- One Region, Two Rules (Indian Express, Raja Menon, Nov 22, 2003)
The US allows China access to hi-tech but says ‘no’ to India
- The Free Software Option (Hindu, C. Rammanohar Reddy, Nov 22, 2003)
The UNCTAD report suggests that there are many advantages to be had if the developing countries seriously explore the use of free or open source software as against the proprietary licence-to-use software.
- Steel War Across The Atlantic (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Nov 21, 2003)
A trade war between the EU, ready with its $2.2-billion sanctions through tariffs on select American goods, and the US is looming large and is likely to engulf other nations aggrieved over Washington's protectionism.
- `We Need To Mould Our Scientific Talent' (Business Line, Pratap Ravindran , Nov 21, 2003)
`Our research potential needs to be complemented with great determination for quality and technological perfection.'
- `We Need To Mould Our Scientific Talent' (Business Line, Pratap Ravindran , Nov 21, 2003)
`Our research potential needs to be complemented with great determination for quality and technological perfection.'
- Steel War Across The Atlantic (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Nov 21, 2003)
A trade war between the EU, ready with its $2.2-billion sanctions through tariffs on select American goods, and the US is looming large and is likely to engulf other nations aggrieved over Washington's protectionism.
- Saarc In India's Strategic Vision (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Nov 20, 2003)
At a time when much of South Asia is in foment, the SAARC summit is scheduled for January first week in Islamabad. Lest the meeting is reduced to an India-Pakistan soap opera, New Delhi has to go with a positive agenda. Top priority must be the signing of
- Saarc In India's Strategic Vision (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Nov 20, 2003)
At a time when much of South Asia is in foment, the SAARC summit is scheduled for January first week in Islamabad. Lest the meeting is reduced to an India-Pakistan soap opera, New Delhi has to go with a positive agenda. Top priority must be the signing of
- Talking The Talk (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2003)
The Simla and Lahore agreements are a good foundation to build the Indo-Pak peace initiative
- L'affaire Judev Puts Bjp In Dock (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Nov 19, 2003)
EQUITY analysts have been at pains to point out that in the current stock market rally, liquidity has been provided mainly by retail investors. While the foreign institutional investors and institutions have been mopping up blue-chips as well as mid-cap s
- L'affaire Judev Puts Bjp In Dock (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Nov 19, 2003)
EQUITY analysts have been at pains to point out that in the current stock market rally, liquidity has been provided mainly by retail investors. While the foreign institutional investors and institutions have been mopping up blue-chips as well as mid-cap s
- Export Growth On Course, Says Jaitley (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2003)
Mr Jaitley said the growth target of 12 per cent was very much in focus. He said all the economic indicators were pointing towards positive growth, and exports should thrive in this environment, even if imports become costly .
- Punishing Granny Slote (Indian Express, A. Balu, Nov 19, 2003)
It may sound fictional, but this is a true story narrated by US lawmaker Byron Dorgan in the Senate recently about Joan Slote, a 76-year-old grandmother and a champion cyclist, riding about hundred miles a week. She has pedalled through 21 countries. A fe
- A New Ball Game For India (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2003)
INDIA'S SUCCESSFUL BID to host the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi has been hailed as an extraordinary victory by sports administrators, prominent sportspersons, politicians, barons of industry and common folk alike.
- Judeo-Gate’S Missing Hero (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Nov 19, 2003)
What happens to 24-hours TV news channels when they wake up to read The Sunday Express exclusive on a VCD of Minister of State for Environment Dilip Singh Judeo accepting a bribe? Immediately, rush to get a reaction from the moustachio macho man of Chhatt
- Review Of The Economy - The Good, Bad And Ugly (Business Line, Alok Ray, Nov 18, 2003)
The global perception about India's growth potential is changing for the better. Going by the standard indicators, the economy is in good shape.
- Capital, Labour Flows And The Women Of East Asia (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Nov 18, 2003)
The past two decades have involved huge flows of capital and labour in East Asia, which has made it the most dynamic region in the world. This has had complex and rapidly changing effects on the condition of women in the region. In this edition of Macrosc
- Corruption On Camera (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 18, 2003)
IN THE FACE of another Tehelka-type exposé, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has done the right thing in obtaining the resignation of the Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests, Dilip Singh Judev, without taking cover behind the need to co
- Review Of The Economy - The Good, Bad And Ugly (Business Line, Alok Ray, Nov 18, 2003)
The global perception about India's growth potential is changing for the better. Going by the standard indicators, the economy is in good shape.
- Capital, Labour Flows And The Women Of East Asia (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Nov 18, 2003)
The past two decades have involved huge flows of capital and labour in East Asia, which has made it the most dynamic region in the world. This has had complex and rapidly changing effects on the condition of women in the region. In this edition of Macrosc
- Where Are Indo-Russian Relations Headed? (Business Line, J. Srinivasan, Nov 18, 2003)
The Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee's visit to Russia evoked much interest but nothing substantial has emerged from it. The Russian President, Mr Vladimir Putin, is all too aware that the Western world is of as much importance to his country's sec
- Where Are Indo-Russian Relations Headed? (Business Line, J. Srinivasan, Nov 18, 2003)
The Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee's visit to Russia evoked much interest but nothing substantial has emerged from it. The Russian President, Mr Vladimir Putin, is all too aware that the Western world is of as much importance to his country's sec
- Towards The Near West (Indian Express, J. N. Dixit , Nov 17, 2003)
Central Asia is once again on India’s diplomatic map
- Trai Shows The Track Ahead (Business Line, V. S. Ailawadi, Nov 17, 2003)
UNIFIED Licensing is now a reality in the Indian telecom sector even if in a limited sense. While full convergence is becoming a reality in many countries, it may take some time for it to happen in India. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has set
- China's Labour Reforms (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 17, 2003)
THE demand for a comprehensive second look at the labour scenario in India has been gaining in intensity in recent years. Associations of chambers of commerce and industry, as also foreign investors, have been urging it as a way of speeding up reforms and
- Trai Shows The Track Ahead (Business Line, V. S. Ailawadi, Nov 17, 2003)
UNIFIED Licensing is now a reality in the Indian telecom sector even if in a limited sense. While full convergence is becoming a reality in many countries, it may take some time for it to happen in India. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has set
- China's Labour Reforms (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 17, 2003)
THE demand for a comprehensive second look at the labour scenario in India has been gaining in intensity in recent years. Associations of chambers of commerce and industry, as also foreign investors, have been urging it as a way of speeding up reforms and
- Wave Of Piracy Hits Asia-Pacific Waters (Business Line, Raja Simhan T. E., Nov 17, 2003)
PIRATES are back with a bang on the high seas in Asia-Pacific, especially Indonesia, Malacca Straits, India and Bangladesh. Thanks to intense vigil by Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and India, piracy attacks were reduced in Asia in the last few years.
- Four-Fold Path To Nirvana (Indian Express, N K Singh, Nov 14, 2003)
A happy mix of economic and demographic factors means India is in the fast lane. First in a two-part series
- Take Heart, China Is No Big Deal (Business Line, M. Ramesh , Nov 14, 2003)
THE more you learn about China, the stronger is the impression that fears about long-drawn-out, intense competition from the Dragon are misplaced. China, the world's biggest enigma, may after all be no big deal.
- Take Heart, China Is No Big Deal (Business Line, M. Ramesh , Nov 14, 2003)
THE more you learn about China, the stronger is the impression that fears about long-drawn-out, intense competition from the Dragon are misplaced. China, the world's biggest enigma, may after all be no big deal.
- Bt Cotton Fiasco - Pushing Farmers Into A `Booby' Trap (Business Line, Devinder Sharma , Nov 14, 2003)
THE failure of Bt cotton, and that too in its very first year of planting is well-documented. So much so that even a Parliamentary Committee has put its stamp over the scientific blunder. According to an official report of the Andhra Pradesh Government on
- `A Segment Shift Is Happening In Car Market' (Business Line, N. Ramakrishnan , Nov 14, 2003)
You have a segment shift because people buy as much as they can afford. For the money that they could previously afford a small car, they can now buy an Ikon. Around the world as auto markets mature, you see this segment shift from one-litre cars to 1.3-
- A Segment Shift Is Happening In Car Market' (Business Line, N. Ramakrishnan , Nov 14, 2003)
You have a segment shift because people buy as much as they can afford. For the money that they could previously afford a small car, they can now buy an Ikon. Around the world as auto markets mature, you see this segment shift from one-litre cars to 1.3-
- Take Heart, China Is No Big Deal (Business Line, M. Ramesh , Nov 14, 2003)
THE more you learn about China, the stronger is the impression that fears about long-drawn-out, intense competition from the Dragon are misplaced. China, the world's biggest enigma, may after all be no big deal.
- Central Asia Is Central (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 14, 2003)
India’s renewed focus on this region makes strategic sense in terms of the future
- Bt Cotton Fiasco - Pushing Farmers Into A `Booby' Trap (Business Line, Devinder Sharma , Nov 14, 2003)
THE failure of Bt cotton, and that too in its very first year of planting is well-documented. So much so that even a Parliamentary Committee has put its stamp over the scientific blunder.
- Axis Of Evidence (Indian Express, G Parthasarathy, Nov 14, 2003)
The Beijing-Islamabad-Riyadh nuclear nexus poses new challenges
- China Orders Dengue Check On Passengers, Cargo From India (Indian Express, Toufiq Rashid, Nov 14, 2003)
It’s the SARS psychosis in reverse. Eight months after China was quarantined by the international community following the outbreak of the killer disease, Beijing has ordered mandatory screening of all passengers disembarking from India to check for dengue
- A Fight To The Death In Nepal (Asia Times, Dhruba Adhikary, Nov 14, 2003)
Anyone going through literature put out by the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) will understand that the ultimate aim of the "People's War", launched in early 1996, is to convert the Himalayan kingdom into a state run by the believers of Marxism-Leninism
- Foothold In Central Asia: India Gets Own Military Base (Indian Express, Shishir Gupta, Nov 13, 2003)
Tajikistan:10 km from Tajik capital, Indian troops, air platforms to be stationed in Ayni; MoD staff work on runway, Rs 50-cr upgrade
- Why Miracles (Indian Express, O. P. Sharma, Nov 13, 2003)
Ramakrishna Paramahansa said no
- Wto Steels Up (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 13, 2003)
THE RULING BY the World Trade Organisation dispute settlement appellate body on the US steel import duties case is a clear victory for the forces of liberalisation. It is a double-whammy for Washington, which lost also the appeal against a dispute settlem
- Wto Steels Up (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 13, 2003)
THE RULING BY the World Trade Organisation dispute settlement appellate body on the US steel import duties case is a clear victory for the forces of liberalisation. It is a double-whammy for Washington, which lost also the appeal against a dispute settlem
- 15 Going On 25 (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Nov 12, 2003)
Ten new EU members won’t resolve Doha
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