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Articles 27721 through 27820 of 31829:
- Chance To Score (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Mar 19, 2005)
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has brought India's 'will-he-won't he' suspense to an end-and with patented wily flourish.
- Don't Hand Religion To The Right (Hindu, William Whyte, Mar 19, 2005)
In the United Kingdom, the secular Left must stop sniping and realise it has Christian allies.
- A Despairing Verdict (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 19, 2005)
Two hundred and eighty of the 329 dead were Canadian nationals and the incident occurred off the southwestern coast of Ireland.
- A Slap In Mr. Modi's Face (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 19, 2005)
In a singular instance of the Ides of March for the Gujarat Chief Minister, Narendra Modi, the United States has rejected his application for a diplomatic visa
- Around The World On A T-Shirt Trail (Business Line, D. Murali , Mar 19, 2005)
Year 1999. Georgetown University, US. A young woman seizes the microphone and asks the crowd of WTO-protesters: "Who made your T-shirt?"
- ``Insult To India'' (Hindu, MANAS DASGUPTA, Mar 19, 2005)
The Gujarat Chief Minister, Narendra Modi, has described the denial of a visa by the United States to him as ``an insult to the Constitution of India and its people and [a] threat to [the] sovereignty and democratic traditions of the country.''
- Gas Realities (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Mar 18, 2005)
In February, the US Ambassador in New Delhi, Mr David Mulford, had met the Petroleum Minister, Mr Mani Shankar Aiyar, to convey Washington's reservations on the proposed Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline deal.
- Getting Better (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 18, 2005)
The visit of the American secretary of state, Ms Condoleezza Rice, to India has gone along predicted lines. As expected, Washington expressed reservations about the proposed Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline because of its concerns about the political regime i
- Shaking Hands With Us (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Mar 18, 2005)
THE US Secretary of State, Dr Condoleezza Rice, during her first visit to India indicated two likely changes in the US policy towards India.
- The Softest Pillow Is A Clear Conscience (Business Line, D. Murali , Mar 18, 2005)
Conscience. I knew I'd have to come to terms with it one day or the other, and so was consciously keeping it outside this column.
- Blood On Our Hands (Telegraph, Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi , Mar 18, 2005)
While researching the AIDS epidemic in India, I met Arup and his wife Seema at a clinic in Mumbai. “We have been treated worse than street dogs,” Arup, a middle-aged man with a beard told me
- Space Security Under Threat (Deccan Herald, U R RAO, Mar 17, 2005)
Since the dawn of creation, earth's environment has been bombarded by meteoroids or “shooting stars”, ranging in size from 0.001 mm to several millimetres and travelling at speeds of over 20 km/sec.
- Home, New Home (Telegraph, Bishnupada Sethi, Mar 17, 2005)
With some more hard work, the Upper Krishna Project’s success with resettlement could be replicated in other states
- Rice Brings Reality Check On India-U.S. Ties (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Mar 17, 2005)
In publicly expressing her concerns about the Iran-India gas pipeline during her press conference here on Wednesday, the visiting United States Secretary of State
- Rice’S Agenda: To Scuttle Pipeline? (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Mar 17, 2005)
If America succeeds in putting the pipeline on hold, it will strengthen its influence in South Asia
- Stand Firm On The Iran Pipeline (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 17, 2005)
The statements of "concern" made by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on the proposed gas pipeline from Iran to India represent the first time the United States has gone public with its opposition to the energy project.
- Serving Whose Cause? (Telegraph, Sarmila Bose, Mar 17, 2005)
The reputation and career of the former Dutch prime minister, Ruud Lubbers, lies in ruins, but his forced resignation as United Nations high commissioner for refugees amidst allegations of sexual harassment has in no way advanced the cause of women.
- N Korea Hits Out At Rice (Deccan Herald, Reuters, Mar 17, 2005)
Pyongyang, cut up with the US for branding North Korea an outpost of tyranny, has ruled out nuclear talks.
- Coming Soon: Guidance Note On Accounting Of Vat (Business Line, D. Murali , Mar 17, 2005)
Felicitation functions are fertile occasions for flattery and flippant promises, and so nobody expects any truth to be told.
- India Protests Possible Sale Of Fighter Jets To Pakistan (Washington Post, Glenn Kessler, Mar 17, 2005)
Indian officials objected Wednesday to the possible U.S. resumption of F-16 fighter jet sales to Pakistan,
- Problem Of Plenty (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 16, 2005)
The foreign exchange (forex) reserves of the country experienced an unprecedented growth in the month of February 2005 when it jumped up by $ 8 billion during the month...
- Sebi Needs To Smile (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Mar 16, 2005)
The continuing flurry of initial public offers (IPOs) puts a premium on investor protection. Investors require to be educated and re-educated about the pitfalls of blindly
- Strategic Paradigm Shift (The Economic Times, K SUBRAHMANYAM, Mar 16, 2005)
In the 1960s, India was compelled to start purchasing Soviet defence equipment, for a combination of strategic reasons and non-availability of western alternatives.
- The $600 Billion Man (Hindu, Paul Krugman, Mar 16, 2005)
Republicans appear unlikely to win public support for the plan to privatise social security in the United States. But the Republicans' loss may not be the Democrats' gain.
- A Gratuitous Snub (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 16, 2005)
United States President George W. Bush begins his second term by promising to follow a multilateral approach to international affairs.
- Advanced Patriots On Offer (Tribune, Gulshan Luthra, Mar 16, 2005)
While Ms Condoleeza Rice’s talks in New Delhi are going to be wide-ranging, they can have a bearing on future defence cooperation between India and the United States.
- Choked Pipeline (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 16, 2005)
The proposed pipeline from Iran through Pakistan to India appears to have run into some trouble with the US government expressing concern over the deal India is negotiating with Iran.
- Conniving At Torture (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Mar 16, 2005)
By refusing to ratify the international anti-torture convention, the rulers in New Delhi are showing their true colours
- Despite The Distance (Telegraph, Beena Sarwar, Mar 16, 2005)
In 2004, 527 women were “assassinated” in Guatemala; this year, the figure is 238 already. It is, says the Guatemalan journalist, Marielos Monzon...
- In Asia, Rice Says North Korea More Isolated From Neighbors (Washington Post, Glenn Kessler, Mar 16, 2005)
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice asserted Tuesday that North Korea's "isolation from its neighbors has deepened" as it has bolstered its nuclear stockpile in the past year,
- Indian Media Blog Shuts Down After Legal Threats From Times Of India (Online Journalism Review, Mark Glaser, Mar 15, 2005)
Mediaah Weblog is shuttered after the Times of India threatens libel lawsuits, causing an uproar and petition in the Indian blogosphere. Can media criticism gain a foothold in the subcontinent?
- Sleep Of Unreason (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 15, 2005)
Long years back, on a fateful midnight, Jawaharlal Nehru spoke of how “when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom”. The oratorical flourish is all too well remembered. In retrospect...
- The Case For Reverse Mortgage (Business Line, Subasri Sitaraman, Mar 15, 2005)
One of the chief worries of the elderly is that they will outlive their savings, and this is especially true of the Indian middle-class, often called asset-rich but income-poor.
- Twin Treat For Architecture Lovers (Deccan Herald, V S SRINIVASA PRASANNA , Mar 15, 2005)
V S SRINIVASA PRASANNA explores the beautiful Hoysala architecture of the twin temples and discovers that the antiquities of these temples are yet to be unraveled.
- Time For Us And India To Go Steady (Deccan Herald, STANLEY A WEISS, Mar 15, 2005)
Washington can no longer take India for granted, as there are other suitiors waiting on the sidelines
- Media: ‘Faster, Looser And Cheaper’ (Tribune, James Raine, Mar 15, 2005)
Consumers confront an ever-broader river of news from myriad sources, but the standard for gathering and presenting the information tends to be “faster, looser and cheaper” than in the past, according to a survey of the news business released on Monday by
- Aerospace Command A Necessity: New Air Chief (Tribune, Gulshan Luthra, Mar 15, 2005)
Facing tough challenges of modernisation and new warfare concepts, the Indian Air Force (IAF) is looking for space-based assets to overcome the 21st century threats...
- Branding Health Tourism (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 15, 2005)
What the Union Tourism Minister, Renuka Chowdhury, outlined for promoting health tourism, and her advocacy of positioning India as a medical hub, have been on the drawing ...
- Gandhi Is Universal (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 15, 2005)
The 75th anniversary of the Dandi March has invited controversy with the Congress party politicising the commemoration of this national event.
- Media Under Threat From Business Interests (Tribune, Shakuntala Rao, Mar 14, 2005)
The Society of Professional Journalists’ ethical guidelines begin with a key principle: “Journalists should be free of obligation to any interest other than the public’s right to know.”
- Juveniles And The Death Penalty (Indian Express, Soli Sorabjee, Mar 14, 2005)
An incomprehensible feature of the US Government is its persistent reluctance to ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child, 1989.
- Governors In The Dock (Tribune, P. P. Rao, Mar 14, 2005)
The Governors of Goa and Jharkhand are caught in the storms of controversy. In Goa, even the offices of Speaker and Deputy Speaker have suffered damage.
- Are Nbfcs Being Hounded Out? (Business Line, M. Ramesh , Mar 14, 2005)
A micro-finance institution or even a non-governmental organisation can borrow money through the ECB (external commercial borrowing) route
- A New-Look Hillary Clinton (Hindu, Paul Harris, Mar 14, 2005)
A transformation is taking place in Senator Clinton as she tries to appeal to the lost Democrat middle ground in her quest for the White House.
- A Double-Edged Sword (Deccan Herald, Prem Shankar Jha, Mar 14, 2005)
If the Chinese flood of textiles exports continues to grow, there’s no guarantee India will remain unscathed
- Playing Cowboys In Basra (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Mar 14, 2005)
The British establishment still remains in denial regarding the brutalising effects of its actions in Iraq.
- Blessed With A Chance To Be Reborn (Deccan Herald, SUJOY DHAR, Mar 13, 2005)
There have been bouquets and brickbats for Zana Briski and Ross Kauffman’s ‘Born into Brothels,’ filmed on the sex workers’ children, that bagged the Oscar for Best Documentary
- Crop Diversification Need Of The Hour, Says Samra (Tribune, Sarbjit Dhaliwal, Mar 13, 2005)
Dr J.S. Samra, Deputy Director-General, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi, is a member of policy formulation panels of the Planning Commission and the Union Ministry of Rural Development.
- Medieval Views In Modern Times (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Mar 12, 2005)
For the last few months, despite being a non-believer, I have been religiously tuning into Quran TV every evening to listen to Dr Zahir Naik answering questions and carrying on his lengthy debate with a Dr William Campbell on the Bible versus
- Progressing Towards A Flat Tax? (Business Line, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Mar 12, 2005)
The main argument against flat tax is that it is socially unjust. The solution to this problem, however, is not high tax rates because the rich pay less taxes despite that.
- The Draft Patent Law (Hindu, T.N. Srinivasan, Mar 12, 2005)
Its generic manufactures are too crucial for India, and for the world, to be allowed by a misguided patent law to be wiped out.
- The Curious Relationship Between Congress And Democracy (Indian Express, N K Singh, Mar 12, 2005)
The results of the last Lok Sabha elections in 2004 and elections to some of the state assemblies thereafter, including Haryana, showed emergence of a resurgent Congress, under the leadership of Sonia Gandhi.
- ‘An Open Society And Open Economy Are The Pillars... (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 12, 2005)
The test of the vibrancy and resilience of a democracy is not just the ability to conduct elections and convene legislatures.
- Cash Is A Way Of Life (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Mar 12, 2005)
It used to be a joke in the Calcutta high court that it was a good job that Pesi Ginwala, the octogenarian barrister-at-law (Charterhouse, Balliol and Inner Temple) who has now retired to Bombay
- Cry For Mumbai, Our Little India (Indian Express, Amrita Shah, Mar 12, 2005)
Mumbai is in the news. Not like Jharkhand and Bihar and the Indo-Pak series are in the news, but in a more fundamental, a more reflective sort of way.
- One More Oil Deal (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Mar 11, 2005)
On the heels of the project to build a gas pipeline from Myanmar to India via Bangladesh, comes a deal with Venezuela by which India will operate an oilfield in the South American country and import the output.
- Living With The Pain (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Mar 11, 2005)
Terribly scarred by the Madrid train bombings of a year ago, most Spaniards are unhappy at the slow pace of the investigation.
- Tackling Cheating (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 11, 2005)
COME board examinations, reports of cheating in various centres in Punjab abound. Certain parents, local officials and teachers allegedly collude to cheat children of their education and future.
- The Post-Match Interview (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Mar 11, 2005)
Fed up with the inane questions being put to tournament winners by TV interviewers who often asked the sportsman to “Talk us through your performance,”
- The Significance Of Mr. Chavez (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 11, 2005)
The visit to India last week of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez marked an important milestone in not just New Delhi's relations with Caracas but also in the ongoing Indian effort to
- It: Look For Competitive Edge (Business Line, V. Sridhar, Mar 11, 2005)
As clients become more knowledgeable about outsourcing, competition increases and the industry matures, selling BPO services just based on economic considerations will be tougher for Indian BPO companies.
- Breaches In The Dykes (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Mar 11, 2005)
SINCE the imposition of President’s rule in Bihar —widely welcomed because of its inevitability, given the circumstances — it has been difficult to shake off two streams of thought, an ironic one about the past and a deeply depressing one about the future
- Democracy In West Asia (Hindu, Seumas Milne, Mar 11, 2005)
Managed elections are the latest device to prop up pro-Western regimes.
- `Bad' Tax, The Brazilian Malaise, Reaches India: Andy Mukherjee (Bloomberg.com, editorial Bloomberg.com, Mar 10, 2005)
The nicest thing one can say about Indian Finance Minister P. Chidambaram's recent proposal to curb tax evasion is that it's an impractical plan.
- Taking On Syria (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 10, 2005)
It was rose in Georgia, orange in Ukraine, purple in Iraq — and now it’s cedar in Lebanon. This is how Mr George W. Bush has been counting his revolutions. He missed out Afghanistan.
- Left’S Unkindly Cut (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, Mar 10, 2005)
THE Communist parties in India cannot be accused of inconsistency. They have a track record of advocating foreign and national security policies designed to make India a surrogate or protectorate of one or another external power.
- That March, 75 Years Ago (Indian Express, B.R. NANDA, Mar 10, 2005)
At midnight on December 31, 1929, as a new year dawned, the Indian National Congress unfurled the flag of independence on the banks of Ravi at Lahore.
- Vanishing Point (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Mar 10, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh recently responded to the SOS of India's endangered-and now disappearing- tigers.
- Wto Rules Cut In Us Cotton Subsidies (Tribune, Dan Morgan, Mar 10, 2005)
A Bush administration proposal that would cut billions of dollars in subsidies to big cotton growers has struck at a core GOP constituency, setting off a battle in
- The Tiger In Front (Economist, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2005)
HOME to nearly two-fifths of humanity, two neighbouring countries, India and China, are two of the world's fastest-growing economies.
- `Bad' Tax, The Brazilian Malaise, Reaches India: Andy Mukherjee (Bloomberg.com, Andy Mukherjee, Mar 10, 2005)
The nicest thing one can say about Indian Finance Minister P. Chidambaram's recent proposal to curb tax evasion is that it's an impractical plan.
- Communist Recipe For Disaster (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Mar 10, 2005)
The Communist Parties in India cannot be accused of inconsistency. They have a track record of advocating foreign and national security policies designed to make India a surrogate or protectorate of one or another
- Boss Is Not For Beating (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 10, 2005)
Rampant indiscipline in offices may get curbed somewhat with the Supreme Court coming out with certain orders recently which restrain employees from becoming a law unto themselves.
- How To Create A New Tomorrow (Business Line, Vidya Hattangadi, Mar 10, 2005)
An oft-asked question about Indians is: In spite of having such rich heritage, an abundance of natural resources and intellectual minds, why we are unable to make a difference to the world economy?
- Cloistered Justice (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2005)
Among the grounds on which free speech may legitimately be subjected to reasonable restrictions is contempt of court.
- The Lost Letter (Tribune, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Mar 09, 2005)
LET pundits and patriots gloat over India overtaking China’s growth rate, becoming a scientific superpower and challenging American technological achievements.
- Take The Jungle To The Law (Indian Express, SANJIB BARUAH , Mar 09, 2005)
When the five-member panel reviewing the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), headed by Justice B P Jeevan Reddy, visited Manipur, the majority of Apunba Lup—the coalition of organisations campaigning against the law...
- Sunrise In The Mideast? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 09, 2005)
The ripples of change are gathering momentum in the Middle East. Syria has just announced a partial withdrawal of troops to Lebanon’s Bekka Valley.
- Ultra Violent (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Mar 09, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh recently responded to the SOS of India's endangered-and now disappearing- tigers. Seemingly moved by Sariska's tragedy, he wrote to Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje
- Vanishing Wetlands (Hindu, G. Ananthakrishnan, Mar 09, 2005)
Nearly a year after he announced the Government's intention to progressively "repair, renovate and restore all water bodies that are directly linked to agriculture,"
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