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Articles 27121 through 27220 of 31829:
- An Almost Irreversible Process (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 06, 2005)
Najam Sethi, Editor-in-Chief ofThe Friday TimesandThe Daily Times, and his wife Jugnu Mohsin, Publisher and Managing Editor of the weekly newspaper, represent the independent and courageous face of Pakistani journalism
- What Is The Optimum Rate Of Tax? (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam , May 06, 2005)
A flat tax revolution is now sweeping Central and Eastern Europe. Disgusted with the oppression and unnecessary trouble that people suffer at the hands of the tax collector,
- Back From The Dead (Telegraph, NEHA SAHAY, May 06, 2005)
The entire country seems to have demonstrated against the Japanese attempt to rewrite history in their textbooks, by whitewashing the Rape of Nanjing in 1937 by their occupation troops,
- April Was Not For Fools (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 06, 2005)
After having shone for a while, India is now set to become incredible. The Central tourism minister, Ms Renuka Chowdhury, is now full of ideas about her “Incredible India” campaign to bring tourists into the country.
- End Consumption, Nurture Savings (Business Line, R. Vaidyanathan, May 05, 2005)
It is time to move away from a consumption-driven economy to a savings-nurturing society.
- University Politics Are Vicious Precisely (Business Line, D. Murali , May 05, 2005)
AFTER Tuesday's news that the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India got a sharp rebuke from the Government for lending the ICAI name to a new university,
- Reaping What It Sowed (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 05, 2005)
The suicide bombings in Iraq, Egypt and Saudi Arabia are signs of the struggle that the U.S. attempt to erect democracy in Iraq has touched off.
- Safe Roads And Sane Cities (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 05, 2005)
If an illustration were needed to demonstrate that John Galbraith's famous characterisation of India as a "functioning anarchy" still applies, it would be the roads and traffic.
- Three Words Still Mean Divorce (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 05, 2005)
There have been hundreds of unresolved murders of journalists in their line of duty around the world in the last decade. Here are details of a few of the instances, as compiled by the World Association of Newspapers to mark World Press Freedom Day, May 3:
- Nuclear Double Standards (Hindu, Simon Tisdall, May 05, 2005)
Non-weapons states accuse nuclear powers of double standards.
- Gaza Dreams Of Life After The Israelis (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 04, 2005)
For All The political strength that United States President George W. Bush gained at the end of the last electoral cycle, there are enough signs that the early months of his second term will not be trouble-free.
- Iraq's Deepening Sectarianism (Hindu, Ghaith Abdul-Ahad, May 04, 2005)
Two years ago Shia and Sunni lived happily alongside each other. Now they are divided by fear and hatred.
- Yale, India, And The Failure Of The `Global University' (Hindu, Ajay Gandhi, May 04, 2005)
Yale, through its historical amnesia about its roots in colonialism and slavery, its unethical investment policies and demeaning work culture, abrogates the responsibility it claims to bear as a global university.
- Science And The Tower Of Babel (Deccan Herald, B M Hegde, May 04, 2005)
Science has created a language barrier between the various sub-specialists, that they don’t talk anymore
- Why There Should Be A Hope In Hell (Telegraph, Bhaskar Ghose, May 04, 2005)
The success of Bhalki, a village in Bengal, shows that it is possible to follow a model of governance which is not Western, writes Bhaskar Ghose
- Why Unbundle Pseb? (Tribune, Ranjit Singh Ghuman, May 03, 2005)
Privatising or unbundling public sector enterprises/ boards in India/Punjab should be seen as a part of the policy shift made in July, 1991.
- Trade Facilitation: A Paramount Need (Business Line, Raghu Dayal , May 03, 2005)
Signalling the shift to a new paradigm of export-optimism, the annual supplement to the five-year foreign trade policy hiked the export target from $80 billion to $92 billion for 2005-06.
- Presidents Face Hard Work In Moscow (Hindu, Alexander Konovalov, May 03, 2005)
Presidents Vladimir Putin and George Bush have a range of sticky issues to sort out at their upcoming summit.
- Confusion In Indian Policy (Tribune, S. D. Muni , May 03, 2005)
India has almost blinked to the King of Nepal on the question of arms supply. These supplies were put on hold on February 1, 2005, following King Gyanendra’s coup against the democratic system and leadership.
- `We Will Turn Zero-Debt By 2005-06 End' (Business Line, Nithya Subramanian , May 03, 2005)
I do not think Max India has any business to have debt, as it is the holding company. By the end of 2005-2006, we will become a zero-debt company.
- Remembering Them On Press Freedom Day (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 03, 2005)
There have been hundreds of unresolved murders of journalists in their line of duty around the world in the last decade.
- Small Steps (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 03, 2005)
The model nikahnama is a step forward, but there is need to go further . . .
- Who Owns Groundwater? (Hindu, T. N. Narasimhan, May 03, 2005)
Water should be held in public trust for the benefit of society at large.
- A Gut Punch To The Middle (Hindu, Paul Krugman, May 03, 2005)
BY NOW, every journalist should know that you have to carefully check out any scheme coming from the White House.
- The Return Of The Swayamsevak (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 02, 2005)
The Kyoto Protocol on reduction of emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs) comes into force on February 16 under circumstances that do not reflect well on policy-makers in many countries.
- Further Reflections On The Credit Policy (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , May 02, 2005)
At First sight, the latest Credit Policy seems a "do-nothing" statement, leaving the crucial bank rate and cash reserve ratio unchanged.
- Obsessed About Colleague’S Work Ethic? (Tribune, Amy Joyce , May 02, 2005)
You noticed it one day coming into the office: The receptionist was on a personal call.
- Creativity Is In Everybody (Business Line, Vidya Hattangadi, May 02, 2005)
Creativity is a universal concept. Everybody is creative — all we have to do is remove barriers of fear, criticism and familiarity in everything we do. Creativity applies to all domains.
- Russia Bolsters Role In West Asia (Hindu, VLADIMIR RADYUHIN, May 02, 2005)
President Putin has shown that despite its limited resources Moscow will not let Washington define the political landscape of West Asia.
- Building On Heritage (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma , May 02, 2005)
As far as India is concerned, China has warmed up over the years, even modifying its stand on Kashmir
- Aid, Rewards Or Returns? (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , May 02, 2005)
Aid programmes provide lucrative careers to bureaucrats and benefits to the organisers but offer little to the poor. It would be better to have a system of performance-based rewards
- Cooperating For The Right Purposes (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 02, 2005)
India and Japan appear to be placing undue emphasis on their common quest for permanent membership in the United Nations Security Council
- India's Bill Gates (US News & World Report, A N Sudarsan Rao , May 02, 2005)
If you were the richest man in India, what kind of car would you buy? Wipro Ltd. Chairman Azim Premji is the richest man in India--worth something over $8 billion--so there was some interest in what Premji would do when he recently gave up his 1996 Ford E
- Bangalore's Big Dreams (US News & World Report, Terry Atlas, May 02, 2005)
India's major outsourcers now offer complex tech services, like design engineering
- The Snake Of Dreams (Deccan Herald, Tarun Cherian , May 01, 2005)
The book almost succeeds in being a parable for our times; almost succeeds in being a dream that helps people live.
- Ray Of Hope For Ray Fans (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, May 01, 2005)
speaks with Pam Cullen, who has closely associated with Indira Gandhi and Satyajit Ray, and even runs an organisation in memory of the film-maker genius.
- Exploring Silence (Hindu, S. DIWAKAR , May 01, 2005)
Kannada has had a rich tradition of little magazines. The latest, Deshakaala, may just become the catalyst for new literary movements,
- The Fleeting Moment (Hindu, PARTHA CHATTERJEE , May 01, 2005)
Amit Chaudhuri, in his poetry and fiction, celebrates the ordinary.
- Bang On Target (Deccan Herald, S Nanda Kumar , May 01, 2005)
It takes great courage to write a book. It takes even greater courage to write a book about an author faced with writer’s block, and peppering it with liberal dos
- Celebrating Protest (Hindu, RAJA SEKHAR VUNDRU , May 01, 2005)
Namdeo Dhasal was a pioneering poet, who inspired an entirely different literary imagination.
- The Magnetism Of Pranic Healing (Deccan Herald, Sushma Mohan, May 01, 2005)
Whether it opens up spiritual experiences, reduces stress, improves interpersonal relationships or awakens the hidden potential in one, Pranic healing could just be what you need, writes Sushma Mohan.
- Towards Speedy Justice (Tribune, Santokh Singh Sahi, May 01, 2005)
It is a pity that India has failed in its constitutional guarantee of ensuring speedy, accessible and accountable justice to its citizens.
- Dancing In Controversy (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , May 01, 2005)
India’s precious heritage of music, drama and dance is one which we must cherish and develop.
- Helmets Best Way To Prevent Fatal Head Injuries (Deccan Herald, Dr Naresh Shetty , May 01, 2005)
Road accidents are the leading cause of deaths in India. After New Delhi, Bangalore has the highest accident rate and the figure is rising rapidly thanks to the increase in the number of vehicles in the City. Add to this bad roads, indisciplined and drunk
- A Shocking Absence Of Outrage (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 30, 2005)
The gruesome attack on a woman engaged in a campaign against child marriage in Madhya Pradesh is a reminder that despite claims to being on the threshold of developed nation status, India has not been free from the worst forms of social . . .
- Sethusamudram Gets The Green Signal (Hindu, CORPORATE BUREAU, Apr 30, 2005)
The Centre has cleared the proposal to dredge a ship channel across the Palk Straits, an idea conceived 150 years ago
- Afghans On U.S. Project Shot Dead (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2005)
Man claiming to have abducted Italian aid worker in Afghanistan issues death threat
- A Fair Deal For Credit Card Users (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 30, 2005)
The enormous increase in credit card usage and the rather nebulous regulatory framework prompted the Reserve Bank of India to appoint a working group that after a study has recommended several changes.
- The Bank And The Big Bang (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Apr 30, 2005)
Privatisation of water will destroy countless small farmers. It will hand over agriculture to the rich and corporations.
- Where Left Meets Right (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA, Apr 30, 2005)
Earlier this year, I was at the Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, where I had been asked to give an after-dinner talk to the students.
- Promoting Pc Penetration (Business Line, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 30, 2005)
The timing of the recommendations of the high-power Working Committee of the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology to improve penetration of personal computers in Indian homes could not have been better.
- Now Germans Are The Gastarbeiters (Hindu, Luke Harding , Apr 30, 2005)
Rising unemployment has meant that many Germans are now "guest workers."
- Fallujah, Iraq's Very Own Guernica (Hindu, Jonathan Steele, Apr 30, 2005)
Ruined, cordoned Fallujah is emerging as the decade's monument to brutality.
- The Maharaja Grows (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Apr 29, 2005)
Ironically, economic prosperity and higher literacy levels seem to lead to mass slaughter of the girl child in India
- Post-Tsunami: Waiting For Things To Happen (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Apr 29, 2005)
Tsunami rehabilitation and reconstruction waits for land, funds, and norms.
- `Huge Potential For Japan-India Trade Ties' (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 29, 2005)
Japanese Prime MinisterJunichiro Koizumihas emphasised the importance of India and Japan working as "partners" against the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
- Power To The Chosen Few (Telegraph, Maja Daruwala & Navaz Kotwal, Apr 29, 2005)
As a public service unit supported by taxpayers, the Gujarat Electricity Board is obliged to act fairly and do little else but supply efficiently a commodity essential to life and livelihood. Yet it doesn’t seem keen on doing its duty, at least to . . .
- A Veto Proposal For Japan And India (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Apr 29, 2005)
India, Japan, and other aspirants to permanent membership of the Security Council would be naïve to imagine others would support extension of the veto power.
- The Death Of The Opposition (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 29, 2005)
The conservation of forests in catchment areas is important to curb the ongoing water crisis in the country, says PANDURANG HEGDE.
- Overboard (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 29, 2005)
It is always interesting to see how authorities react to embarrassment. A gastro-enteritis infection that was detected first last Friday had affected 1500 people by Monday in Garulia in North 24 Parganas district.
- Lost Tribe Of Israel’ In Manipur, Mizoram (Tribune, Simon Denyer, Apr 28, 2005)
All together, they dip their middle fingers into plastic cups of grape juice, calling out in Hebrew the names of the 10 plagues they believe their God sent to curse the ancient Egyptians. Plastic Israeli flags and photographs of Jerusalem adorn the chipbo
- Exits Need To Be Fixed Up (Business Line, Mohan R. Lavi, Apr 28, 2005)
Mohan R. Lavi on the need to make winding up schemes less painful.
- The Cold Wind Of Competition (Deccan Herald, Prem Shankar Jha, Apr 28, 2005)
India will have to stop being complacent and make efforts to face the new reality in the world today
- How Far Can India Travel With The U.S.? (Deccan Herald, S. Nihal Singh, Apr 28, 2005)
Non-alignment gave India room for manoeuvre at a time when the country was weak militarily and economically. India would lose its soul were it now to become a vassal of America.
- Save Our Sanctuaries (Tribune, Anurag, Apr 28, 2005)
Sir, That is an open-bill stork, pointed out our rickshaw puller-cum-guide pulling up the rickshaw aside the road. It is so called because it has an open gap in the bill believed to be handy while relishing its favourite food, snails, he surmised.
- Japan, China And A "Troubled Past" (Deccan Herald, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Apr 28, 2005)
The new row between Tokyo and Beijing over the past is a pointer to their future tussle for primacy in reshaping the global order.
- False Claims, Lying Politicians (Deccan Herald, Hywel Williams, Apr 28, 2005)
In power politics, it is the big lie that matters — the deceit that is so implausible no one thinks you could have had the cheek to invent it.
- Suicide Epidemic Among Farmers (Deccan Herald, R AKHILESHWARI, Apr 28, 2005)
Crop failures, rising health costs and daughters’ marriages have pushed farmers to the brink
- Realm Of Virtual Reality (Telegraph, Anabel Loyd, Apr 28, 2005)
At long last May 5, polling day for the 2005 UK general election, is almost upon us and the campaign boils as lukewarm as water at an extreme height.
- Ethics And Plagiarism (Hindu, Lewis Wolpert, Apr 27, 2005)
There is no moral justification for banning research using embryonic stem cells. It offers great hope to all those suffering from a wide variety of illnesses.
- Mobile (Phone) Classroom (Hindu, Gary Younge, Apr 27, 2005)
The race for the American presidency is likely to be won painfully, vote by vote and with old-fashioned canvassing.
- Can The U.N., Member States Enlarge Security? (Hindu, Anita Inder Singh, Apr 27, 2005)
Secretary-General Kofi Annan has set out a roadmap for the future.
- A Date With The Shompens (Deccan Herald, B S N Rao, Apr 26, 2005)
Shompen tribals, who did not how to use salt or condiments, relished food offered by others
- Redefining Rss (Tribune, Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay, Apr 26, 2005)
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and its affiliates remain completely oblivious of the fact that societies that refuse to accept the need to address the problem of generation gap are torn asunder.
- The Oblivious Right (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 26, 2005)
Bush and team appear out of touch with the U.S. public.
- Beyond Benchmarking (Business Line, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 26, 2005)
A recent advertisement claiming exceptional water-saving properties of a popular detergent brings into focus the need to look at locally relevant, Third World innovation with new eyes.
- Enduring Legacy Of A Visionary (Hindu, Muthusamy Varadarajan, Apr 26, 2005)
The Jaisalmer Desert Festival -- a pot pourri of music, song and dance — should become a `must see' on everyone's travel itinerary
- Chance Again (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 26, 2005)
The distance between a bipolar world and a unipolar world is not measurable in terms of ideology. In terms of chronology, the distance is no more than a few decades.
- Beyond Bandung (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Apr 26, 2005)
It will be disastrous to Indian farmers if subsidies are diverted to infrastructure as Montek suggests
- India And The Problem Of U.N. Reform (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Apr 26, 2005)
There's a lot more to discuss with Secretary-General Kofi Annan than just a permanent seat in the Security Council
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