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Articles 10021 through 10120 of 12047:
- Babes In The Advertising Wood (Business Line, R. Vaidyanathan, Oct 21, 2004)
There was a news item, recently, regarding a case filed against a bottled-drink maker by a child labour activist at Hyderabad, for glorifying child labour.
- Closer Ties With Britain (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, Oct 21, 2004)
After imperial Britain packed up and left the Indian subcontinent in August 1947, Indian leaders found a ready excuse for the country’s maladies. Whenever floods, drought or famine occurred we blamed the British.
- Going Round The Evolutionary Cycle (Telegraph, Raju Mukherji, Oct 21, 2004)
It was the Britons who gave cricket its modern shape, philosophy and culture
- Fast-Forwarding Indo-Vietnamese Ties (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 21, 2004)
The historic occasion of the golden jubilee of the Nehru-Ho Chi Minh meeting in Hanoi has provided a valuable opportunity for India and Vietnam to review the whole gamut of bilateral relations so that they can be put on a fast track.
- Nobel And Consistent (Telegraph, BHASKAR DUTTA , Oct 21, 2004)
During the first fortnight in October, economists all over the world speculate on who are likely to win the Nobel prize.
- Exploitation On Tap (Hindu, George Monbiot, Oct 21, 2004)
Why is Britain using aid money to persuade South Africa to privatise its public services?
- End Of Veerappan (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 20, 2004)
Koose Munusamy Veerappan is dead. This brings to an end the nearly 20-year hunt for the brigand who killed over 120 people and 2000 elephants, and ran a flourishing racket in ivory and sandalwood from the jungles straddling Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
- Doctors With Dictionaries (Deccan Herald, MARK RICE-OXLEY, Oct 20, 2004)
A lot of South Asian interns, who have come to Britain to work, are finding it difficult to get jobs
- End Of Veerappan (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 20, 2004)
The end of forest brigand and serial killer Veerappan comes as a great relief to the Governments of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka whose police resources were put to a tough challenge, on and off, during a 20-year manhunt.
- Was The Encounter Stage-Managed? (Tribune, Arup Chanda, Oct 20, 2004)
The death of Koosai Muniasamy Veerappan (65) in an encounter with the Special Task Force of the Tamil Nadu Police last night at Papparapatti village in Dharmapuri district in Tamil Nadu has pulled the curtains on a torturous history of crime which ...
- Surly Staff (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 19, 2004)
YOU have to hand it to the immigration staff. They ill-treat everybody, from the lowly labourer returning from the Gulf to a VVIP. The latest one to partake of their brand of welcome is Mr I.K. Gujral coming back from Pakistan.
- Reliving Old Enmities (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Oct 19, 2004)
Mani Shankar Aiyar found a poem of Savarkar on the walls of the cellular jail in Port Blair. He had it removed.
- Economic Migration In Asia (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Oct 19, 2004)
While many observers continue to think of cross-border labour migration in terms of the movement of labour from the South to the North, in Asia most of the recent labour movement has been within the continent.
- All Eyes On The Carnival (Telegraph, Alok Ray, Oct 19, 2004)
Whoever is the next president, certain trends in the US will favour India
- Poll Wonders (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 18, 2004)
If the Lok Sabha elections had proved the poll pundits wrong, the Assembly results have further discredited them. The voters have pooh-poohed their calculations
- Mid-Term Appraisal Of Plan Targets (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Oct 18, 2004)
The Mid-Term Appraisal presents the Planning Commission an opportunity to tackle certain problems head-on.
- From One Job To The Next (Telegraph, S. S. Chawdhry, Oct 18, 2004)
More flexible labour laws which permit retrenchments and the use of contract labourers are needed if India is to emulate the success of the south Asian economies
- Death Of A Hero (Telegraph, RUDRANGSHU MUKHERJEE, Oct 17, 2004)
Before a phenomenon called Garfield Sobers emerged on the cricket scene, most cricket lovers would have named Keith Miller as the greatest all-rounder the game had ever seen.
- Just Not In Order (The Economic Times, ARVIND KALA, Oct 17, 2004)
India's collapsed justice system has several ironies. One is that while developed nations have young prime ministers and old judges, we have old prime ministers and relatively young judges.
- Stalemate In The Northeast (Hindu, M. S. PRABHAKARA, Oct 16, 2004)
As things stand, there simply is no ground for any kind of talks or even talks about talks with ULFA.
- Legality Of Iraq War Does Matter (Hindu, Robin Cook, Oct 16, 2004)
It can only be a matter of time before the invasion of Iraq is challenged in court.
- The Growing Cancer (Tribune, H. K. Dua, Oct 16, 2004)
For nearly two centuries and a half India in its own ways has been contributing to richness of the English language. Over 7,000 words in the Oxford English Dictionary have been borrowed from Indian languages.
- India To Make A Mark In Chip Design (The Economic Times, THOMAS P ABRAHAM, Oct 16, 2004)
STMicroelectronics, a global semiconductor leader with revenues clocking over $7 billion in 2003, has been developing and delivering semiconductor solutions and products that play a vital role in enabling today's convergence technologies.
- Business Cycles And Free Markets (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Oct 15, 2004)
The contribution of Professors Kydland and Prescott, who won the Economics Nobel this year, was to reconcile the empirical reality of recessions with the assumptions of New Classical economics.
- Transforming Lives Of Rural Women (Business Line, P. Srivatsan, Oct 15, 2004)
The Common Minimum Programme (CMP) lays emphasis on empowerment of women as an important socio-economic goal.
- Press Note 18: A Way Out Of Imbroglio (Business Line, Pradeep S. Mehta, Oct 15, 2004)
The Government is keen to scrap Press Note 18 as it believes that it is restricting fresh FDI flows. Indeed, there is merit in this, and one needs to take a dispassionate view.
- Domain Of The Immensely Small (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 15, 2004)
The Nobel prize in physics for 2004 is perhaps the last of the prizes that acknowledge significant foundational developments in the scientific understanding of three of the four fundamental interactions that govern the behaviour of all known forms of ...
- Women And Elections In Afghanistan (Hindu, Natasha Walter, Oct 14, 2004)
The United States and Britain used the oppression of Afghan women to justify their intervention. That is not how it is seen on the ground.
- Lying Comes Naturally To Human Beings (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 14, 2004)
Accounting is a profession that earns its bread from `truth'. Who else plugs `true and fair' in their finished product with as much finesse as we manage to?
- Simplify The Tree Act (Deccan Herald, C S VEDANT, Oct 14, 2004)
Simpler norms need to be devised for determining private tree ownership, to protect individual and State interests
- Fdi In Telecom (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 14, 2004)
THE bonhomie witnessed in the UPA-Left Coordination Committee meeting on Tuesday reflects the realisation on both sides that they can't do without each other.
- Us Report Opens Old Wounds (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma, Oct 13, 2004)
Sanctions hurt the poor and empower the targeted state, bringing the latter a new source of personal wealth
- For Whom Is The Research Anyway? (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Oct 13, 2004)
On one side there is an imposing network of laboratories and research establishments with panoply of academic achievement and recognition. On the other, mass suicides of farmers are happening that signals gross system failure of which the grand empire of
- Ig-Nobel Record (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 13, 2004)
Leaving aside the Peace prize, as per the information available up to 2000, 631 Nobel prizes have been awarded, of which the US (242) has been the largest recipient with one prize for a million population ...
- Learning To Speak Like The Masters (Telegraph, Deep K. Datta-Ray, Oct 13, 2004)
Public schools, out of fashion in Britain, are striking fresh root in Asia, where they continue to be viewed with much appreciation and awe
- Press Note 18: Preventing Conflict Of Interest, Not Fdi (Business Line, K. Ramesh, Oct 12, 2004)
Press Note 18, which was issued six years ago as a necessary regulatory safeguard to avoid possible conflict of interest, is now perceived as a material obstacle in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI).
- Systemic Woes Under Penumbra (Deccan Herald, N C GUNDU RAO, Oct 12, 2004)
Is the setting up of a High Court bench outside its principal seat the panacea for ills plaguing the system?
- From Strength To Strength (Telegraph, MAHESH RANGARAJAN, Oct 12, 2004)
The eclipse of the older formations that held in them the seeds of an alternative political grouping is responsible for the rise of the BSP in Maharashtra
- Gene Revolution And Patent Rights (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Oct 12, 2004)
In this "International Year of Rice," India is being nudged by the US and its cohortsto take up genetically modified rice to "solve the problems" on the this cereal .
- The Miracle And Mystery Of China (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Oct 11, 2004)
China's scorching rate of economic growth has become the stuff of legend. It has been in excess of 8 per cent for nearly two decades. China today stands near the top of the heap among the world's economies.
- 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!
- Inflation And Growth — The Policy Challenge (Business Line, Devika Mehndiratta, Oct 11, 2004)
For an economy with large unemployed resources, running a persistent current account surplus and, at the same time, raising interest rates to dampen aggregate demand and slow down economic activity, may call for simple and cautious policy solutions
- 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”.
- Singing The Wrong Tune (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 10, 2004)
Politics has a tendency to overwhelm values and integrity. Think of the young Rajiv Gandhi when he became prime minister. He was fresh, totally uncontaminated by the unseemly side of politics and eager to break from the
- Making Poor Women Self-Reliant, Her Goal (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Oct 10, 2004)
FORTY six years is a long time in one’s life and during this period Ela Bhatt totally dedicated herself to the uplift of poor rural women. Her selfless service was recognised in India and abroad and she was decorated with many prestigious
- Need For A More Humane Method Of Execution (Tribune, A.R. Wig, Oct 10, 2004)
THE execution of Dhananjay Chaterjee has shocked the liberal conscience of the urban middle classes. What has engaged the people’s attention has been the “method” or “humaneness” of capital punishment instead of the real issue in question.
- Outside The Respectable (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 09, 2004)
Sometimes, all that it takes to see through stigma and conditioning is the ability to act on the simplest human impulse. When Soorya was taken to see a shelter for HIV+ children in Chennai, what struck her before anything else was the
- 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.
- Sharing Water Resources (Hindu, T. Ramakrishnan, Oct 08, 2004)
The Ganga Water Treaty between India and Bangladesh stands out as an example on river-water sharing.
- 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.
- To Begin With A Bang (Telegraph, NEHA SAHAY, Oct 08, 2004)
Sarkari holidays are nice, but traditional folk holidays are better. This seems to be the feeling here as major holidays come close on the heels of each other.
- Moment Of Truth (Deccan Herald, SHALINI K SHARMA, Oct 08, 2004)
It’s sad how we Indians take our ‘Independence’ for granted, and the man who made it possible
- How To Lift Income By 8.9% (The Economic Times, Pradeep S. Mehta, Oct 08, 2004)
The government headed by Dr Manmohan Singh speaks about 8% growth as something to aim for and achieve over the next few years, and reforming with Mungeri Lal’s face in mind.
- Kerry’S Brain, Bush’S Heart (Deccan Herald, ANTOINE AUDOUARD, Oct 07, 2004)
What if a hi-tech surgery were performed, creating the new US President out of a merger of Bush and Kerry?
- 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.
- First Law Of Business Is To Know The Law Right (Business Line, D. Murali , Oct 07, 2004)
In mid-September, with only an hour to go before the AGM, Birla Corporation Ltd rushed to the Company Law Board (CLB) and asked if R. S. Lodha could chair the meeting.
- Teach Agriculture To Rural Students (Tribune, Inderdeep Thapar, Oct 07, 2004)
Why is it that agriculture as a subject has not been introduced at the school level? The geography of the region, with district-wise illustrations and detailed information about the types of soil, the crops which can be sown, the depth of the watertable
- World Development Report — An Agenda For Peace And Prosperity (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Oct 07, 2004)
As Economic growth is the only sustainable way to raise a society's standard of living, the wherewithal to achieve this assumes overarching priority in any development strategy.
- 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 ...
- Not By Slogans Only (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 06, 2004)
The Prime Minister has given the country a new slogan—”Rozgar Badhao”. Just as poverty did not go away long years after Indira Gandhi gave a call for “Gharibi Hatao”, employment prospects are unlikely to brighten significantly with the new slogan.
- 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
- Advantage Rebellion (Telegraph, Madhusree C. Bhowmik, Oct 05, 2004)
While the other Naxal-infested states are trying to broker peace, Jharkhand remains strangely inert
- Agrarian Crisis In Andhra Pradesh (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Oct 05, 2004)
The extensive nature of the agrarian crisis in Andhra Pradesh is now widely known. But it is not more generally recognised that what has already happened in that State is actually replicating itself to varying degrees across rural India.
- Thank You, Comrade (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Oct 05, 2004)
I wish to acknowledge my deep debt to Comrade A.P. Bardhan. Four months ago, when the news began to trickle that the NDA was going to lose, the stock market went weak in its knees.
- 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
- Press Note 18: To Withdraw Or Not? (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Oct 04, 2004)
After the issue of foreign experts in the Planning Commission consultative bodies, the next bone of contention may be the so-called Press Note 18, which denies automatic route for proposals where
- Fresh Look At Freedom Struggle (Tribune, Anita Inder Singh, Oct 04, 2004)
IN 1947 India paid the price of Partition for freedom. Dismayed at the high cost of Independence, many Indians have debated, time and again the possibility of Independence without Partition.
- 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.
- Freeing Our Heroes (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA, Oct 02, 2004)
In his autobiography, Ravi Shankar writes that “being Bengali, of course, makes it natural for me to feel so moved by Tagore; but I do feel that if he had been born in the West he would now be as revered as Shakespeare or Goethe
- Ballad Of A Thin Man (Telegraph, Bob Dylan, Oct 02, 2004)
His memoirs have found their way to the press weeks ahead of their appearance between covers. And everyone’s hoping they’ll unwrap a bit of the riddle
- A Cold Wind From The Caucasus (Deccan Herald, A MADHAVAN, Oct 02, 2004)
Neocons in the US want Russia broken up. It is in India’s interest to oppose such an eventuality
- "Nssp: U.S., India Interests In Action" (Hindu, Matthew S. Borman, Oct 02, 2004)
In the article entitled, "India, U.S. & Trade in Technology" (The Hindu, September 27), Mr. R. Ramachandran argues that the recent announcement by President Bush and Prime Minister Singh on Phase One of the U.S.-India Next Steps in Strategic
- Tony Blair's Non-Apology (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Oct 02, 2004)
Whether or not he intended it, the British Prime Minister's remarks have created a great deal of confusion.
- Scientists As Friends And Foes (Tribune, K. Subramaniam, Oct 02, 2004)
This account is about Ramanna in which he did not play any active role. At that time in 1978, I had only heard of him as the celebrated project director of Pokhran I. He had shifted to the Defence Ministry as Scientific Adviser to the Defence Minister.
- New Foreign Trade Policy — How To Avoid Another Miss (Business Line, Prabhat Kumar, Oct 01, 2004)
The new Foreign Trade Policy sets an ambitious target of doubling our share of world exports from 0.7 per cent to 1.5 per cent, within five years.
- `We Come Within Our Awful Banks Again' (Business Line, D. Murali , Oct 01, 2004)
A four-letter word of current interest is `bank'. Original civilisations flourished on riverbanks — that is, "land alongside or sloping down" the waterfront.
- End Of Textile Quota Regime (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Sep 30, 2004)
Unless huge investment and modernisation of the mills take place, and proliferation of unorganised mills is curbed, India would lose out to China in the textiles race.
- An Incomplete Prescription (Business Line, Mohan R. Lavi, Sep 30, 2004)
The Concept Paper is weak in its proposals on dealing with sickness
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