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- Message From Sinai (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 11, 2004)
THE killing of over 30 innocent persons, most of them Israelis in Egypt’s Sinai peninsula on Friday, shows that terrorists can strike anywhere in West Asia.
- Not Howard's End (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 11, 2004)
Had the Iraq war been the only issue in the Australian general election, Prime Minister John Howard might well have lost his bid for another term.
- The Hard Facts (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Oct 11, 2004)
Whither optimism in the face of two Nuclear Deterrents sitting cheek by jowl in the Indian sub-continent?
- Wordsmiths Lose Their Hammers (Deccan Herald, JOHN O’FARRELL, Oct 11, 2004)
London will be full of unemployed journalists as an era of outsourcing of journalism has begun!
- J. R. D. Tata Letters — A Citizen, Industrialist Revealed (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Oct 11, 2004)
A collection of 300 letters written by the doyen of Indian industry, J. R. D. Tata to eminent political and economic personalities, scientists and artists of his time reveal the fascinating facets of his personality, his relationships with people ...
- "Multilateralism The Best Solution" (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Oct 11, 2004)
Sergei Lavrov looks and sounds more like a professor than a diplomat. In an exclusive interview to The Hindu, the Russian Foreign Minister spelt out his country's stand on Chechnya and its
- Graded Chaos (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 11, 2004)
The education sector in West Bengal is beyond ideal solutions. The latest progressive idea waiting to be tested out in secondary schools under the West Bengal board is the introduction of grades.
- Increasing Interest In Gas Pipeline (Tribune, Bhabani Sen Gupta, Oct 11, 2004)
Distressingly, though not surprisingly, the importance of an oil and gas pipeline, connecting Iran to India through the territory of Pakistan has received marginal attention in the discussions on the normalisation of India-Pakistan relations.
- Business With Pakistan (Telegraph, S. L. Rao, Oct 11, 2004)
The prime minister, Manmohan Singh, said after his one-on-one meeting with the president of Pakistan, General Pervez Musharraf, that he thought “we can do business with him”.
- Rebel Threat In Sugar Heartland (Hindu, Javed M. Ansari , Oct 10, 2004)
If you want to see the power of the Indian politician — good and bad — you must come to the vast sugar heartland of Western Maharashtra.
- Taking Over Tide Country (Telegraph, Debashis Bhattacharyya, Oct 10, 2004)
The ecologically fragile Sundarbans is already gasping for breath. And experts warn it may soon be delivered its coup de gráce.
- Never At Home (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 09, 2004)
It takes more than a fondness for painting, farming and horse-riding to manage this ministry. And Shivraj Patil may find that out to his cost
- Prize And Prejudice (Tribune, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 09, 2004)
Every now and then along comes a writer who makes us sit up by challenging the way we see the world. While some would welcome being shaken out of their complacency, the general tendency is a disinclination to be stirred by the new and unfamiliar;
- Spare The Goose (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 09, 2004)
The government wants to collect more tax and has given further penal powers to tax officials, who, in turn, are scrutinising the tax returns of top corporates and individual taxpayers to identify incremental tax potential.
- Unequal Npt (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 09, 2004)
Dr Manmohan Singh’s assertion that India will not sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty is consistent with the position held by the country all along.
- Why Phukan Panel Was Removed (Deccan Herald, N Haridas, Oct 09, 2004)
The Tehelka portal’s methods were not only unethical from a journalistic standpoint, but were also illegal
- Holding Out Carrots (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 09, 2004)
Finance minister P Chidambaram, while addressing investors in New York city, has brushed aside Kerry’s outcry against offshoring as a pre-poll rhetoric!
- Caught Between (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Oct 09, 2004)
In Britain, one might be forgiven for imagining that the invasion and occupation of Iraq produced no casualties until the militants seized a 62-year-old British engineer, Kenneth Bigley.
- Clarity Sacrificed For Brevity (Business Line, S. Murlidharan , Oct 09, 2004)
THE Finance Minister deserves compliments for bringing gifts from non-relatives into the income-tax net. This long-overdue amendment is being criticised in some quarters as being unwarranted.
- Considered Decision (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 09, 2004)
India could consider fighting terrorism with international co-operation
- Considered Decision (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 09, 2004)
India could consider fighting terrorism with international co-operation
- Democrats Bounce Back (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 09, 2004)
With less than a month to go before the presidential election in the United States, Democratic candidate John Kerry at last got his act together and demonstrated that he can be a strong
- Clarity Sacrificed For Brevity (Business Line, S. Murlidharan , Oct 09, 2004)
THE Finance Minister deserves compliments for bringing gifts from non-relatives into the income-tax net. This long-overdue amendment is being criticised in some quarters as being unwarranted.
- Saving Society From Oppression (Tribune, Kuldip Nayar, Oct 08, 2004)
Over the years, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has emerged as an independent body for the protection of individuals’ rights against the excesses the state and its instruments like the police commit in the name of law and order.
- Rethinking The Us' Offshoring Conundrum (Business Line, Kumar Venkat, Oct 08, 2004)
As technology companies stake out market positions in the fast-growing economies of China and India, it makes perfect sense for them to simultaneously use the highly skilled low-cost labour available in those countries to develop some of the products.
- Transatlantic Dogfight On Aircraft Subsidies (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Oct 08, 2004)
The 2003 Cancun Ministerial of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) floundered in the face of the developed countries' stubborn refusal to prune their massive agricultural subsidies that distort the global grain market.
- Out Of Order (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 08, 2004)
The United States Ambassador to India, David C. Mulford, has overstepped his diplomatic role by writing directly to the Assam Chief Minister offering assistance from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to investigate the recent bomb attacks in ...
- Small Is No Longer Beautiful! (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 08, 2004)
Ever since it was published in 1973, economist Schumacher’s treatise of Small is beautiful has been cited to justify appropriate technology for Third World development in the form of everything from bullock-carts to drip-irrigation.
- Stories That Scots Coined (Tribune, Saroop Krishen, Oct 08, 2004)
Over the ages Scotsmen have acquired the reputation of being — to put it mildly — rather over-careful about their money. What is not so well known, however, is that taking advantage of the popularity of stories about that propensity of theirs — and of the
- Throwing The Baby With Bath Water (The Economic Times, Manoj Pant, Oct 08, 2004)
Over the past two weeks or so the issue of foreign consultants in the Planning Commission has been an issue for debate, both in the print and visual media.
- States’ Rights (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 08, 2004)
Suddenly defenders of India’s national security and sovereignty have become dime a dozen. The offer of the ambassador of the United States of America in New Delhi to Mr Tarun Gogoi, the chief minister of Assam, that help from the...
- Nhrc Has Begun To Assert Itself (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Oct 08, 2004)
State govts prefer their own Human Rights Commission and resent the authority of the NHRC
- New Issues In Non-Proliferation: Self-Reliance, The Only Answer (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Oct 08, 2004)
American non-proliferation policies are arbitrary. Pakistan and China have been found to have transferred enrichment technology and equipment and weapons designs to Libya, Iran and North Korea.
- Mess On The Ground (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Oct 08, 2004)
Despite pious proclamations to the contrary, political discourse in a media-driven society invariably centres on personalities. Consequently, governments and their ...
- Death, Karma And Rebirth (Deccan Herald, R G Subramanyam, Oct 08, 2004)
We cry over the death of a near and dear one, even though our turn to die is only a matter of time
- Quota — An Idea Whose Time Has Come (Business Line, D. Murali , Oct 08, 2004)
Quota is "an idea whose time has come", according to Dr Manmohan Singh, though the private sector may never come to terms with ``job reservation for the weaker sections'', law or no law.
- Visa Issues (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 08, 2004)
The filling up of the annual quota of 65,000 H1B visas on the opening day is a reflection of the outsourcing momentum the Indian software companies have seen over the past six months.
- 'In France, You Can Buy Everything' (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 07, 2004)
Clara Gaymard, ambassador at large for international investment and president, Invest In France Agency, was in India recently.
- 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.
- In Favour Of Diversity (Telegraph, Ellora Puri, Oct 07, 2004)
There is a lesson for India in the two US rulings which show that the American private sector supports reservation
- Us Just Wants Karzai To Win (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Oct 07, 2004)
Since the US-led invasion in 2001 and the resultant fall of the Taliban government in Kabul, the American presence has been ubiquitous in Afghanistan.
- 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.
- Village Energy Security (Hindu, Indrani Bagchi, Oct 07, 2004)
In India, non-conventional energy resources remain untapped in the absence of policy directions.
- 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 ...
- Remote Control (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Oct 07, 2004)
The United Progressive Alliance government will soon have to make some hard choices on Nepal.
- Pangs Of Parting (Deccan Herald, AMBIKA ANANTH, Oct 07, 2004)
A writer-mother can make your parting, when the time comes, a very sweet and wordy one
- A Universe Where It's Talk @ Fancy (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 07, 2004)
Across America, the business models that have worked for decades for the incumbent phone companies are beginning to unravel.
- 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.
- Maharashtra Assembly Polls — Advantage, Congress-Ncp (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Oct 06, 2004)
The opinion polls give the Congress-NCP alliance more than an edge in the ensuing Maharashtra Assembly elections. If the combine wins the election, it would be in defiance of the anti-incumbency factor and would only strengthen and further stabilise the
- Mr. Indonesia (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 06, 2004)
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was confirmed the winner of Indonesia's long-drawn presidential election after the counting of votes was completed in all parts of the vast archipelago.
- Is Pota Really Dead? (Tribune, Rajindar Sachar , Oct 06, 2004)
A rose will smell the same by any name while the Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) 2004 will stink by any other name. I am reminded of this by the cosmetic exercise of the UPA government in purporting to repeal POTA, but ironically providing at the same
- Sorry, You're Not Part Of The Plan (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Oct 06, 2004)
The debate over the composition of the Planning Commission panels was really a battle over the direction of the economy. And the outcome suggests the electorate's concerns do not count.
- 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
- Edusat — A Teacher In The Sky (Deccan Herald, U R RAO, Oct 06, 2004)
In the absence of adequate faculty, Edusat is a tool of education to help in the transformation of society
- `Regulated Tariffs More Important Than Pipeline Competition' (Business Line, PRATIM RANJAN BOSE , Oct 06, 2004)
The adoption of a well-defined tariff methodology will promote healthy competition among gas marketing entities, and consumers would then have the option of sourcing gas from different locations or producers through the common grid.
- A Choice For The Tv Viewer (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 06, 2004)
The recommendations of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India on distribution of television channels can improve choice for consumers.
- 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
- Afghans Fed Up With Civil War (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Oct 06, 2004)
Amid warnings of violence in Afghanistan’s first presidential elections, human rights groups are adding their concerns to the growing morass of anxiety — that conditions for a free and fair election simply do not exist.
- America Is At War With Itself (Hindu, Gary Younge, Oct 05, 2004)
If Americans choose George W. Bush over John Kerry, it will be from fear, a lack of choice - and a preference for power over safety.
- Young Women Turn Child Saviours (Tribune, Usha Rai, Oct 05, 2004)
They are called shishu rakshaks or child saviours of Orissa, which has the country’s highest infant mortality rate — 85 per 1,000 live births. Each village nominates its three best "bahus" for ensuring child survival.
- How The British Left India (Tribune, Anita Inder Singh, Oct 05, 2004)
By the end of World War II the British had realised that they would not be able to hold out against a possible Congress-led mass movement. In fact, Lord Wavell, then Viceroy, advised the Cabinet early in 1946 that the British should withdraw from India by
- Sebi Rulings: Case Of Inexplicable Inconsistency (Business Line, Dinesh Narayanan, Oct 05, 2004)
Inconsistencies in approach while making judgments can seriously impair SEBI's reputation as a fair regulator.
- Stalemate In Nepal (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 05, 2004)
As it ponders over the possibility of another ceasefire in the country's eight-year-long war against Maoist insurgents, the Government of Nepal can be forgiven for being especially cautious.
- 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?
- Halt The Slaughter (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 05, 2004)
The world has not done enough to stop the ethnic cleansing in Sudan
- 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.
- Beyond The Terror (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 05, 2004)
The devastating bomb blast at Dimapur railway station in Nagaland and the series of terrorist explosions in Dhubri, Darrang and Kokrajhar districts of Assam over the weekend are perhaps the clearest indication that the National Democratic Front
- Cleansing Public Life (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 04, 2004)
If Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's assurance that quick and effective action will be taken to establish a Lok Pal is greeted with a touch of scepticism, it is because similar promises have been heard a number of times before.
- Do Violations Of Business Ethics Deserve Crime Status? (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Oct 04, 2004)
Most newspapers have a junior reporter on the `crime beat.' She is the one who reports on those car thefts, break-ins and murders as part of what is happening in the city. Reading those reports makes us squirm and complain that crime is increasing, but
- Grey Makes Vulnerable (Telegraph, SANKAR SEN, Oct 04, 2004)
Close monitoring by the police is needed to help prevent crimes against the growing numbers of the elderly in India
- Preachers’ Profligacy (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 04, 2004)
The Govt preaches austerity but doesn’t practise it within its own precincts
- The Continuing Oil Shock (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 04, 2004)
The Central Government has asked the oil marketing companies not to increase the retail prices of petroleum products.
- Waiting For A Surprise (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Oct 04, 2004)
American intelligence sources are leaking hair-raising tales of Iran’s alleged nuclear weapons programme. Norman Podhoretz, editor of Commentary, and godfather of the neo-conservatives, says, “I am not advocating the invasion of Iran at this moment ...
- Will America Heed The Message? (Hindu, Hamid Ansari, Oct 04, 2004)
The brother of Morocco's King has publicly faulted the United States' policy on Iraq and the Middle East. Have Arab rulers given up on Mr. Bush?
- Uneasiness About The `Hindu' Tag (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Oct 03, 2004)
When an angry mob attacked and burnt a historic mosque in the heart of the city on September 1 last, many here wondered how such an incident could have occurred in a high security zone so close to the Royal Palace and Army headquarters.
- Remembering Shastri (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Oct 03, 2004)
Like the guy in the famous Mae West song, the Manmohan Singh Government has taken its time to decide on a yearlong celebration of the centenary of Lal Bahadur Shastri, the country's second Prime Minister.
- Evms Are Convenient But They Are Not Tamper-Proof (Tribune, Jagjit Puri, Oct 03, 2004)
I had the opportunity of working as the Election Commission’s Observer in many elections in Punjab, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh.
- Back With A Bang (Telegraph, Amit Roy, Oct 03, 2004)
He is a scientist and — unusually — he also writes. And just when science seemed to be going out of academic fashion, Simon Singh has hit home with his new book on creation.
- An Election Too Close To Call (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Oct 03, 2004)
Like the guy in the famous Mae West song, the Manmohan Singh Government has taken its time to decide on a yearlong celebration of the centenary of Lal Bahadur Shastri, the country's second Prime Minister. Even if belated, the decision merits a hearty ...
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