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Articles 9621 through 9720 of 12047:
- Dangerous Currents (Hindu, Maria Aurora Couto, Jan 06, 2005)
History and memory need to be recovered by both the Hindu and Catholic communities of Goa but not with crude productions that distort and telescope unrelated events to create divisive hatreds.
- Drills For Natural Disaster Management (The Financial Express, S NARAYAN, Jan 06, 2005)
In the winter of 1977, a huge tidal wave, an aftermath of a cyclonic depression in the Bay of Bengal, struck the coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh.
- Economy On The Move (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 06, 2005)
It has been rare for the country to usher in a New Year with such optimism. The state of the economy inspires hope. Foreign institutional investors and rating agencies are upbeat on India’s future.
- Human Nature At Sea (Telegraph, Gouri Chatterjee, Jan 06, 2005)
It should have been the best of times for newsrooms across the world. A gigantic, grotesque catastrophe that had readers actually reading, viewers transfixed, blogs overwhelmed by “unique visitors”.
- Fdi In Retailing — Short-Changing The Kirana Store? (Business Line, Mohan Guruswamy, Jan 06, 2005)
The retail industry in India is often hailed as one of the sunrise sectors. AT Kearney recently identified India as the ``second most attractive retail destination'' from among 30 emergent markets.
- Make Way (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 05, 2005)
Those who want to change things should know what they are up against. Some of his comrades seem to be Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee’s worst enemies.
- Need For A Universal Egs (Hindu, Prabhat Patnaik, Jan 05, 2005)
Confining the Employment Guarantee Scheme to particular areas on the ground that they have "implementation capacity"
- Let The Rivers Of Friendship Flow (Business Line, S. Padmanabhan , Jan 05, 2005)
The project for interlinking rivers in India is so closely intertwined with Bangladesh that the time has come for both countries to finalise a long-term and massive development and disaster prevention plan.
- Deluded Into Crime Piyal Sen (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 05, 2005)
One of the cardinal legal principles applicable to every law court in India is called “mens rea” which, in Latin, means the capacity to form the intent to carry out an action.
- Nreg Bill: Fine-Tuning Will Make It Work Better (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Jan 04, 2005)
The National Rural Employment Guarantee Bill goes beyond describing a set of employment generating schemes, and goes into the nitty-gritty, listing the broad responsibilities of the officials at the district, block and panchayat levels.
- Stokes: No Longer Apple Of One’S Eye (Tribune, Ambika Sharma, Jan 04, 2005)
Samuel Evans Stokes, the pioneer of scientific horticulture in Himachal, was remembered as an emancipator of the poverty-ridden hill people a century ago. Today there is none to recall the contribution of Stokes
- Tsunami: Distorted Priorities (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Jan 04, 2005)
IT is a telling commentary on the United States’ focus on war, rather than peace, that it should have taken President George W. Bush several days publicly to react to the tsunami tragedy that engulfed India and other countries in South and South-East
- A Knowledge Hub (Telegraph, Sukanta Chaudhuri, Jan 04, 2005)
At the golden jubilee celebrations of Jadavpur University, the chief minister, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, stressed the importance of academic research
- Information: An Inviolable Right (Hindu, Nirmala Lakshman, Jan 04, 2005)
Despite the fact that there are serious attempts to muzzle the right to information by the ruling elite and powerful vested interests through the tabling of an ineffective Bill, the tide of civil resistance cannot be stemmed for long
- From It Inc To Pharma Inc (Business Line, C. Bhaktavatsala Rao, Jan 04, 2005)
If the 1990s belonged to information technology , the 21st century belongs to the pharmaceutical industry that is accelerating India's knowledge revolution.
- Ear To The Ground (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 04, 2005)
The Employment Guarantee Act (EGA) aims to provide wage employment to those sections of the population that have been left out of the development process.
- Card-Crossed! (Tribune, Bibhuti Mishra , Jan 03, 2005)
THE first greeting card I received this year was from the Chief Minister of the state! No, do not jump to conclusions. I am not showing off. However, it is true. I am not a bigwig who matters to the CM; in fact he does not know me from Adam and couldn’t c
- Guaranteeing Employment: A Palliative? (Hindu, T.N. Srinivasan, Jan 03, 2005)
Let us not kid ourselves: an employment generation programme is a palliative and not a means for poverty eradication.
- India’S Policy Failure In Nepal (Telegraph, Bharat Bhushan, Jan 03, 2005)
King Gyanendra subverted multi-party democracy within months of becoming the king and appears to be in pursuit of an executive monarchy.
- Beyond This Place (Telegraph, S. L. Rao, Jan 03, 2005)
Visiting Karachi, Islamabad or Muree, my preconceptions about the role of fundamentalism in Pakistan, of only burqa-clad women, hostility to India and Indians
- Analytical Review Of Subsidies: (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Jan 03, 2005)
In its National Common Minimum Programme (NCMP), the UPA Government had pledged that all subsidies will be targeted sharply at the poor and the truly needy
- Tsunami Relief Should Be Led By U.N. (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Jan 03, 2005)
Stung by criticism that its initial response to the tsunami disaster had been "stingy," the United States has moved swiftly to try and impose its "leadership" over the international relief effort underway.
- Vat Will Bring Out Black Money: Onkar Singh (Tribune, Manoj Kumar, Jan 02, 2005)
The implementation of the Value Added Tax (VAT) system from April 1 will bring out a large portion of the black money in the economy besides enhancing the tax compliance.
- What The World Press Is Saying (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 01, 2005)
The new threat, like the old one, derives from water. The tsunami that killed at least 77,000 people in the Indian Ocean basin has now put millions of others at grave risk of waterborne diseases such as cholera, hepatitis, dysentery and
- Strengthening A Valuable Scheme (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 01, 2005)
The recent indication by the Union Labour Minister, K. Chandrasekhar Rao, that the Government is considering an increase in the monthly wage ceiling for coverage under the
- More Than A Million Hiroshimas (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Jan 01, 2005)
Will Governments ever spend the modest sums required along the coast to protect the millions of poorer Indians dependent on the seas?
- Slavery: Yesterday, Today And Tomorrow (Deccan Herald, Alok Ray, Dec 31, 2004)
Lincoln’s approach to slavery raises not only certain ethical questions but also many parallels in today’s context
- Unemployment Guarantee Bill (Hindu, Jean Dreze, Dec 31, 2004)
The National Rural Employment Guarantee Bill, 2004, leaves labourers at the mercy of the benevolence of the state.
- Left Beset With Contradictions (Tribune, R. Suryamurthy, Dec 31, 2004)
As the country enters the New Year 2005, the Left parties, who play a crucial role in the survival of the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre, have a daunting task of re-defining their role in the future.
- Reporting From Blogosphere (Indian Express, JOHN SCHWARTZ, Dec 30, 2004)
For vivid reporting from the enormous zone of tsunami disaster, it was hard to beat the blogs. The so-called blogosphere, with its personal journals published on the Web
- The Holiday Party (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Dec 30, 2004)
Meeting Salman Rushdie on his brief visit to India earlier this month, I was struck by his almost childlike delight in becoming part of the extended Palghat Brahmin fraternity, courtesy his marriage to Padma Lakshmi.
- The Killer Brew (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 30, 2004)
The 51 Mumbai slum-dwellers who died on Monday after consuming spurious liquor did not know that the “cheap kick” they were enjoying during extended Christmas celebrations would make them sleep forever.
- Banking Consolidation Must Be Synergy-Driven (Business Line, Manoranjan Sharma, Dec 30, 2004)
Consolidation emerged as a defining characteristic of the modern banking world, primarily to leverage the benefits of large size, expanding and diversifying bank loan portfolios to lessen the likelihood of failure and harnessing core competencies.
- Bias Against The Self-Employed (Business Line, R. Vaidyanathan, Dec 30, 2004)
The policies the Government is pursuing could well render unemployable all those who are self-employed now. There appears to be an inherent bias against the self-employed
- Prognosis On The New Patents Regime (Business Line, Vivek Kaul, Dec 29, 2004)
THE INDIAN pharmaceutical industry has done well in the recent past. But will the dream run continue come 2005? What are the challenges facing Indian pharmaceutical companies in the new patents regime
- Pension: Thinking Into The Future (Indian Express, N K Singh, Dec 29, 2004)
The panic about pensions is rising around the world. The United States, Europe, Japan, China and other countries are seeing the graying of their populations, and the steady march of the demographic bulge towards pensionable age.
- The Trouble With Outsourcing (Business Line, K. Subramanian, Dec 29, 2004)
Information technology professionals in India greeted with jubilation the re-election of Mr George W. Bush as the US President. Their joy was in the hope that the new administration
- We Failed To Stitch In Time, But... (The Economic Times, Raghu Dayal , Dec 29, 2004)
A gatt derogation will finally lapse as the world rings out the MFA (Multi Fibre Arrangement) on January 1. It will free the $360-billion global textiles and apparel
- A Poor Relief Effort (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 29, 2004)
People sometimes become so close to their pets that they can go to extraordinary lengths. A Texan woman has become the first to have her pet, a cat named Nicky that died last year
- Cloning Pets (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 29, 2004)
People sometimes become so close to their pets that they can go to extraordinary lengths. A Texan woman has become the first to have her pet, a cat named Nicky that died last year
- For A Development-Oriented Trips (The Economic Times, ASHOK KHEMKAL, Dec 29, 2004)
The third Patent (Amend) Bill, meant to fulfil its obligation to introduce product patent protection in drugs and medicines in compliance with Article 27.1 of the TRIPS agreement falling due on January 1, 2005
- India Should Read Tsunamis Right (Indian Express, Arun Bapat, Dec 28, 2004)
The Asian Marine Disaster (AMD) on December 26 has no parallel in recent history. The Sumatra earthquake, with a magnitude of 8.9, is the fifth largest since 1900.
- A Tide Of E-Waste (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 28, 2004)
Computers and electronic gadgets that have reached the end of their useful life in the industrialised countries present a major environmental problem for India and other developing countries, turning up at their ports as e-waste.
- A Deft Stratagem? (Deccan Herald, N C GUNDU RAO, Dec 28, 2004)
The filling up of the long-pending vacancy in the post of the Karnataka Upalokayukta has again shifted the focus of public attention on the issue of corruption in public administration and public life.
- The Tired Old Subsidies Debate (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Dec 28, 2004)
Once again, the Finance Ministry has prepared a document which proposes that the Central Government cut explicit and implicit subsidies, without adequate attention to the possible negative implications.
- Revolutionaries Of Another Kind (Telegraph, Achin Vanaik , Dec 27, 2004)
Hugo Chavez has done much to improve the lot of poor Venezuelans but, in the process, he has also gathered many enemies
- Promote Fdi For Higher Growth (Business Line, M. Y. Khan, Dec 27, 2004)
THE recent moves in opening the economy to foreign direct investment deserve fulsome praise. When an economy wants to grow at 8-9 per cent based on a savings rate of 24-25 per cent, it would surely need 5-6 per cent of GDP as foreign investment.
- Pension: Thinking Into The Future (Indian Express, N K Singh, Dec 27, 2004)
The panic about pensions is rising around the world. The United States, Europe, Japan, China and other countries are seeing the graying of their populations, and the steady march of the demographic bulge towards pensionable age.
- A Report Rehashed (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 27, 2004)
For a document that was supposed to furnish a "detailed road map" for targeting subsidies "sharply at the poor and the truly needy," the Finance Ministry's report on Central Government Subsidies in India fall short of expectations.
- Airlines: The Turbulence Can Be Jolting (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Dec 27, 2004)
Major airlines in the US are going through some tough times. The recent round of reports on their performance has left most investors fairly gloomy about a revival of fortunes in the near future.
- Why Publish Drug Research? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 27, 2004)
The respected scientific journal Science recently published online a paper about a promising new candidate drug for tuberculosis that is now in clinical trials.
- We Were Being Sidelined In Bjp: Shastri (Tribune, S. Satyanarayanan, Dec 26, 2004)
ON December 10, 2004, Sunil Shastri, the third son of former Prime Minister (late) Lal Bahadur Shastri, made a quiet exit from the BJP to float his own political party
- Crisis Drives The Bus To Kutta (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Dec 26, 2004)
The bus journey from Mananthavady in Kerala to Kutta in Karnataka is a tense one for B.J. Mani. His colleagues are missing. In the estate where he must labour on the Karnataka side of the border, Mani won't be allowed to work without the three-man ...
- ‘I’M Absolutely Optimistic... (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Dec 26, 2004)
In an interview conducted before the general election in May 2004, former prime minister P V Narasimha Rao talked to SHEKHAR GUPTA, Editor-in-Chief of The Indian Express, about the crucial period in 1991 when he took over the reins of the country...
- It's Not Just A Long Yarn (The Economic Times, Prabhat Kumar, Dec 25, 2004)
The 40-year old multi-fibre agreement on textiles and clothing is set to expire on December 31.
- Only Motions Of Negotiating (Tribune, M B NAQVI, Dec 25, 2004)
Yet another opportunity has been missed: Two groups of Indo-Pakistani officials met in Islamabad and failed to agree on anything except to continue talking.
- When It's Society In The Boardroom (The Economic Times, Rushi C Bakshi, Dec 25, 2004)
Simply put, social sector comprises activities with primary focus to “make a better society” as against the traditionally understood for-profit activities.
- Work Is Worship (Indian Express, SIDDHARTHA AGARWAL, Dec 25, 2004)
Not only will the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act provide employment to the poor but will also boost rural welfare
- Treaty Constructions Can Be Damaging (Business Line, K. Srinivasan , Dec 25, 2004)
There can be more than one view on the question whether the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) should be the forum for a ruling on disputes about the interpretation of articles in the bilateral tax treaties that go by the
- The Mind Of The Insider (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Dec 24, 2004)
Narasimha Rao was not the most accessible or charismatic of PMs. But he was always on the job
- Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 24, 2004)
We are mute mute witnesses to witnesses turning hostile, and truth getting baked in the process. We may never come to terms with what witnesses say at different points of time
- Charting A New Course For India's Army (Asia Times, Ramtanu Maitra, Dec 24, 2004)
On February 1, Lieutenant-General J J Singh will take over as India's new army chief. He is expected to direct the Indian army for at least three years, a tenure that is anticipated to be a period of great significance for the Indian army.
- Apocalypse Tomorrow? (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Dec 24, 2004)
The last week of every year is conventionally a time for merriment which peaks on New Year's eve when the rich splurge in five star hotels, a thousand parties explode and tipsy revellers sway in lit-up downtowns where multitudes gather to ring in the new.
- India As Japanese See It (Tribune, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Dec 24, 2004)
Nary a word did Japan’s Ambassador, Mr Yasukuni Enoki, breathe, when speaking in Kolkata under Bengal Initiative auspices, about the far-reaching defence policy guidelines unveiled in Tokyo only a few hours before.
- Child’S Place (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 23, 2004)
Repetition strengthens. There can be no other logic except this belief behind the recently proposed prevention of child marriage bill, 2004, because laws for the “prevention” and “restraint” of child marriages have been in force in their various incarnati
- Zardari Drama (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 23, 2004)
Mr asif Ali zardari, husband of Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, is the victim of his belief that he can get a deal clinched with President Pervez Musharraf on his own terms.
- Third Front: A Non-Starter (Hindu, Harish Khare , Dec 23, 2004)
The third front idea promotes a certain kind of unappetising political leaders and seeks to reward their equally unhealthy impulses and interests.
- Afloat Only On Good Intentions (Indian Express, N K Singh, Dec 23, 2004)
The Pension Bill solves only part of the fiscal problem. It does not address the larger social issue
- Opportunities For Peace (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Dec 23, 2004)
Yet another opportunity has been missed: Two groups of Indo-Pakistani officials met in Islamabad last week and failed to agree on anything except to continue talking. One group discussed CBMs (confidence building measures) and the possibility of strategic
- Responsible Global Capitalism — Beyond The Market Construct (Business Line, S. Venu , Dec 22, 2004)
Responsible global capitalism is a system comprising individuals, private commercial corporations, NGOs, governments and supranational agencies.
- Misunderstanding Over Right To Strike (Tribune, Rajindar Sachar , Dec 22, 2004)
ONCE again a justifiable campaign has hardened against a judgment of the Supreme Court which has held that there is no fundamental or statutory provision empowering employees to go on strike.
- None Does Offend (Telegraph, Bhaskar Ghose, Dec 22, 2004)
There was a time when the world strove to be civilized. That meant that such qualities as truth, honesty, compassion, and all that we call “good” were considered not just desirable in themselves
- Private Sector Reservation — Make Haste Cautiously (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Dec 22, 2004)
Reservation in the private sector is a hot topic today. The Government could think of reservation in the farm sector, which is also private. There is an acute shortage of labour in many parts.
- Obstinate Image (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 22, 2004)
Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, the Chief Minister of West Bengal, has reportedly asked public relations executives present at a recent meeting organised by the Public Relations Society of India
- Hidden Costs Of Comparative Advantage (Business Line, Kumar Venkat, Dec 22, 2004)
The principle of comparative advantage works well in an ideal world where trade incurs no human or environmental costs. But in the real world, where someone has to bear every cost, global trade draws passionate grassroots opposition.
- Who Paid For Aq Khan Network? (Pioneer, Wilson John, Dec 22, 2004)
A year ago, around this time, startling revelations were tumbling forth from Washington about how a Pakistani rogue nuclear scientist, Mr AQ Khan, had set up a global chain of illegal nuclear trade with branch offices in
- Thief, Thief! (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 21, 2004)
Who says MPs and other leaders live in ivory towers? They are very much human and some equally human thieves have underlined this ordinariness by doing what they – the latter, that is – normally do at mere mortals’ houses.
- The Growth Mirage (Business Line, A. V. Vedpuriswar, Dec 21, 2004)
Abundant optimism is needed while betting on the economic growth engine to touch 7-8 per cent. But misplaced optimism can be dangerous and lead to wishful thinking.
- Manufacturing Strong Growth (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Dec 21, 2004)
Though the service sector has made a significant contribution to GDP growth, its sustainability depends on a variety of extraneous conditions. So for sustained economic growth, exports and generating jobs
- Can India Really Do Without Egs? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Dec 21, 2004)
India reduced poverty during the ’90s. However, income inequality increased within rural and urban areas; between average incomes in rural compared to urban areas; and between states.
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