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Articles 10921 through 11020 of 12047:
- Trains, Buses Diverted To Keep Out Kar Sevaks (Indian Express, Amit Sharma, Oct 13, 2003)
As the Sabarmati Express pulled in at the Ayodhya railway station this evening, very few got off. And not a single one from S-6, the infamous Godhra coach. In the near empty coach, a passenger said police in Jhansi forced people off the train. He was not
- Intelligence At A Premium? (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Oct 13, 2003)
The controversies surrounding the Blair Government's Iraq policy have stripped the intelligence establishment of its mystique.
- Industrial Policy Options — Going Beyond Mere Reforms (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Oct 13, 2003)
I RECENTLY came across a seminal contribution to the ongoing debate on economic reforms in India, written by a bright economist, Dr R. Nagaraj of Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research.
- New World Disorder (Deccan Herald, LARRY ELLIOT, Oct 13, 2003)
It’s 30 years since oil prices soared and monetarism triumphed - and there could be more upheaval to come
- New World Disorder (Deccan Herald, LARRY ELLIOT, Oct 13, 2003)
It’s 30 years since oil prices soared and monetarism triumphed - and there could be more upheaval to come
- After The Battle In Iraq .... Is The War On Asian Currencies Right? (Business Line, V. Anantha-Nageswaran , Oct 13, 2003)
Given the US focus on Asian currencies, if the yen strength persists, the risk of a currency war rises, with pressure on China to do something. The Bank of Japan would be forced into aggressive intervention. Central banks would race to destroy the value o
- Multi-National Force To Move To Interior Afghanistan (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Oct 12, 2003)
NATO, which has the responsibility for the International Security Force in Kabul, will soon move to main provincial centres and other areas in the interior according to information received here. With that, the external security presence in A
- Astrological Falsehoods (Deccan Herald, Kushwant Singh, Oct 11, 2003)
Some weeks ago one of our leading national dailies carried the findings of a group of scientists who examined the claims made by astrologers about their ability to forecast future events. They scrutinised thousands of biodatas of people born on the same..
- Astrological Falsehoods (Deccan Herald, Kushwant Singh, Oct 11, 2003)
Some weeks ago one of our leading national dailies carried the findings of a group of scientists who examined the claims made by astrologers about their ability to forecast future events. They scrutinised thousands of biodatas of people born on the same d
- In The Land Of Pure, Law Is On Trial (Indian Express, Najam Sethi, Oct 11, 2003)
Pakistan’s justice system, based on blind enforcement of Islamic provisions, outdoes even Arab countries
- Pressure On Asian Currencies (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2003)
GOVERNMENTS OFTEN BEND economic theory to justify policy decisions that they feel will advance their economic interests. A good example is the argument the United States has been advancing in its attempts to pressure China to make its renminbi ...
- Appointments & Disappointments (Hindu, V. R. Krishna Iyer , Oct 10, 2003)
Every judge must be an activist who shares the vision, the mission and the passion of the Constitution.
- The Message From Manuke (Indian Express, Sadhna Mohan, Oct 10, 2003)
A village in Punjab shows how the spread of AIDS can be contained
- At Big B B-Day, Look Who’s Company (Indian Express, Shradha Sukumaran, Oct 10, 2003)
ABCL’s new avatar AB Corp headed by ex-IAF officer
- A Neighbour’S Paranoia (Indian Express, Jasjit Singh, Oct 10, 2003)
Pakistan’s search for parity with India is leading it up a blind alley
- Regional Trade Agreements — The Right Way To Go For India (Business Line, M. Ramesh , Oct 09, 2003)
BY SIGNING the Free Trade Agreement with Thailand, and announcing that it is working on another one with Singapore, India has indicated to the world that it has at last abandoned its anti-bilateralism, anti-regionalism stand, and joined the RTA bandwagon.
- Making Services Work For Poor (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Oct 09, 2003)
Broad improvements in human welfare will not happen till poor people receive wider access to affordable services in health, education, water, sanitation and electricity, warns WDR 2004. Rightly concluding that no one size fits all, it describes eight, and
- How American States Tax Services (Business Line, S. Venu , Oct 08, 2003)
Service tax in the US is levied at the State level. In India, it is levied at the Centre, and plans are afloat to extend it to the States.
- Transesterification — The Magic Solution For Bio-Diesel (Business Line, B. S. Murthy, Oct 08, 2003)
THE recent press report regarding the automobile giant DaimlerChrysler and the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) joining hands for a five-year partnership project to develop bio-diesel from the seeds of the jatropha plant must gladden..
- Gujarat’s Gaurav (Indian Express, B.G. Verghese, Oct 08, 2003)
The state requires remorse and justice to be vibrant again
- Bobby Ready To Change Diapers And Louisiana (Indian Express, Navika Kumar, Oct 08, 2003)
In-laws ecstatic: how whizkid is expecting his 2nd kid and the top job
- Retirement Blues (Business Line, G. S. Balakrishnan , Oct 07, 2003)
OVER the months, by sheer coincidence, I happened to read articles titled "Retirement Blues", "The trauma of retirement" and "Retire and Rust"? Which boiled down to S. Syndrome (superannuation syndrome), a recent coinage describing the physical and mental
- Polls December 1: Gehlot Scrambles A Sop (Indian Express, Anuradha Nagaraj, Oct 07, 2003)
To beat conduct code, Gehlot rushes in with a 7% DA hike
- Urban Amenities, Rural Ambience (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Oct 06, 2003)
The President may be an evangelist for PURA and the Prime Minister may want 5000 of these urbanised rural settlements, but for that the Government needs to reinvent itself. PURA requires the cooperation of various ministries, and policy changes to infuse
- 100 Per Cent Reservations Anyone? (Indian Express, Rakshit Sonawane, Oct 06, 2003)
The move of the BJP-led NDA government towards legislating a separate quota for the economically backward among the “forward” castes by amending the Constitution represents one step forward, two backwards.
- We Influential People (Hindu, Timeri N. Murari , Oct 06, 2003)
Political influence is the most powerful and the most coveted of all influences. It distorts, twists and mangles all the laws of our land, making them meaningless
- Bobby Jindal One Step Away From Us Poll History (Indian Express, Scott Gold, Oct 06, 2003)
Touting Republican values, he defies Indian label and is favourite in the race
- World Economic Outlook — Lesson Of Growth Without Inflation Ignored (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Oct 06, 2003)
THE International Monetary Fund brings out its World Economic Outlook (WEO) twice every year, once in April and the second time in September. These coincide with the semi-annual meetings of Finance Ministers and central bankers, hosted by the Bretton Wood
- A Warning On Global Economy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2003)
THE UNITED NATIONS Conference on Trade and Development is less sanguine than the International Monetary Fund about the outlook for the global economy. While the IMF's World Economic Outlook is confident about an acceleration in global ...
- Confluence Of Artists Gives Final Touch To Finale (Indian Express, K. Shivakumar, Oct 05, 2003)
THE countdown has begun. With just two days left for the grand finale — the Vijayadashmi procession — the premises of the Mysore Palace has transformed into a melting pot of skilled labours, artists and petty businessmen from different states.
- Blast: Pwg Stuffed Iron Balls In Mines (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2003)
Probably for the first time, the People’s War Group (PWG) used orange-sized iron balls as projectiles in the claymore mines which they set off in the assassination attempt on Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu at Tirupati on Wednesday.
- Class Apart (Indian Express, Diptosh Majumdar, Oct 05, 2003)
Govt’s alternate schools flavour of season even in ‘Naxal-ruled’ villages
- Mission Kashmir For Literacy Drive Comes 15 Years Late (Indian Express, Diptosh Majumdar, Oct 04, 2003)
For the first time in 15 years of the National Literacy Mission, the Centre and the Jammu and Kashmir government have come together to implement the scheme of adult education in the state. After preliminary rounds of meetings with a very enthusiastic ...
- Spinning Out Of Blair’s Control (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2003)
He knew what he had to do. Tony Blair entered the arena where, by his own admission, Labour’s ‘‘journey to government began’’ — the Bournemouth conference centre where Neil Kinnock famously faced down the Militant Tendency nearly 20 years ago — with a ...
- `No Standards World-Wide For Pesticide Residues In Soft-Drinks' (Business Line, Ameer Shahul, Oct 03, 2003)
IN RESPONSE to the article "Killing pests or poisoning people?" by Ameer Shahul (Business Line, September 2), Mr Sanjiv Gupta, President and Chief Executive Officer of Coca-Cola India, writes
- The All-Important Fdi Flow Factor (Business Line, K. Ramesh, Oct 03, 2003)
FOREIGN direct investment as an important factor of the economy cannot be disputed, although it has become fashionable for many experts to make endless comparison with China, being the significant beneficiary of FDI in the region and, that India too ...
- A Corporate Body Over Board (Business Line, K. Subramaniam, Oct 03, 2003)
IT WAS the darling of the politicians and business houses. It held sway for two decades. Suddenly, its death has been announced. This is the legacy of the overseas corporate body (OCB).
- Leaders In Focus (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Oct 03, 2003)
The importance of political leadership remains undiminished in the emerging era of e-governance in East Asia.
- Perverse Logic (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 03, 2003)
IT WAS really a treat to watch the British Prime Minister, Mr Tony Blair, deliver his keynote address at the annual Labour Conference held at Bournemouth. Treat, because it packed a lot of punch and took his critics head on with impressive eloquence and..
- Dubai Storekeeper Reveals Let Link (Indian Express, S. Ahmed Ali, Oct 03, 2003)
Patane, fourth man, completes conspiracy picture
- Let's Start From The Scratch (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Oct 02, 2003)
Cheap credit, SMP/SAP, crop insurance, free power... Agriculture policy-making has been reduced to tinkering with an eye on votes. It is time the slate of farm policies was wiped clean for a new draft with a new architecture and a new ambition
- Ban On Strikes: A Judicial Excess? (Hindu, V.R. Krishna Iyer, Oct 02, 2003)
Within socially sensitive bounds and liberal legal limits, the right to strike has a permissible home in Indian jurisprudence.
- Maha Mess (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2003)
Solapur shows that the Congress-NCP alliance is going nowhere
- Cancun Collapse: Opportunities And Threats (Business Line, Pradeep S. Mehta, Oct 01, 2003)
Can the developing countries sustain the solidarity they forged at Cancun? In that lies the answer to the future of the WTO and what it stands for — equitable trade. The developing countries can do it if they first start trading among themselves more
- The Consistency Of Inconsistency (Indian Express, Swami Agnivesh, Oct 01, 2003)
We love Atal Behari Vajpayee because he is a simple man. He is too human to be complicated. Being so very human, he is also a divided man. K.N. Govindacharya should not have rubbished Atal’s human-ness as a mukhota or mask. He may have had a point, but...
- Tangles Unlimited (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 30, 2003)
PREDICTABLY, THE MAJORITY verdict of the Telecom Disputes Settlement Appellate Tribunal on the vexatious technology interface issue has once again left both parties claiming victory.
- Deprive The Villains Of Their Heroin (Indian Express, BULBUL ROY MISHRA, Sep 30, 2003)
Several hundred tonnes of opium gets refined into heroin in secret, makeshift laboratories in Afghanistan and neighbouring Pakistan. It then finds its way to the West.
- World Bank-Imf Review: Will Asia Lead The World Growth Charge? (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Sep 30, 2003)
The global economy may be on a rebound but it is not yet time for cheer because of underlying risks of the large fiscal and current deficits the US has run up and the imbalances in growth and distribution of reserves. Emerging Asia has a big role to play.
- Blair Faces Hard Labour (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Sep 26, 2003)
The Labour party's own rank and file is in revolt against the Prime Minister, Tony Blair's policies.
- Look Who Goes To Israel Every Year (Indian Express, APARNA CHANDRA, Sep 26, 2003)
The farmers of Maharashtra didn’t need Chandrababu Naidu to tell them Israel was the Promised Land. Long before the Government task force decided to tap the country’s knowhow, thousands from the state have been making the trip to Israel to learn about its
- What Next, After Cancun? (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Sep 26, 2003)
While many experts had predicted that the Cancun negotiations would fail over the question of agricultural subsidies, they actually collapsed because of the insistence of developed countries to bring on board the Singapore issues. However, the ministerial
- Bpcl, Hpcl: Sc Quoted ‘learned’ Expert, Skipped His Contrary View (Indian Express, Navika Kumar, Sep 25, 2003)
Last week when the Supreme Court asked the government to go back to Parliament and get its approval for disinvesting HPCL and BPCL, it cited an excerpt from a World Bank publication, The Privatization Challenge, to buttress its verdict. Perhaps, the apex
- Govt Sets Up A New Think Tank To Work Out Phase 2 Reforms (Indian Express, Ambrose Pinto , Sep 25, 2003)
Not letting the Supreme Court order on the two oil PSUs derail the reforms process, the North Block is drawing up a broad framework on how to proceed with the next phase of policy reforms.
- Where Competition Ends And Collective Conscience Begins (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Sep 25, 2003)
THE commitment of the business community to lend a new dimension to development by embracing the principles of responsibility and obligation to society and humanity can be traced to the UN's Global Compact initiative notwithstanding the Enron and World...
- Showcasing Gujarat, The Vibrant Way (Business Line, Vinod Mathew, Sep 24, 2003)
FINALLY, Vibrant Gujarat, the latest in the long running saga of international investor meets featured in various parts of the country, is just around the corner. While the last one to make a big hurrah in this direction was the Global Investor Meet (GIM)
- He Sells Sea Shells Out Of Museum (Indian Express, Vijay Singh, Sep 24, 2003)
This little private marine museum tucked away in a corner of Diu used to be known for its collection of corals and rare sea shells. Last week, wildlife authorities raided the building to uncover a huge business in the smuggling of exotic marine species
- A Chinese 'Invasion' (Hindu, VLADIMIR RADYUHIN, Sep 23, 2003)
The Chinese have emerged as the fastest growing ethnic minority in Russia.
- Politicians And Real Issues (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Sep 22, 2003)
Politicians believe that they will prosper forever by targeting outdated issues such as reservation. What they have not realised is that election gimmicks yield fruit only once. However, they are not solely to blame. Those who parade as pro-poor intellect
- Amarmani’s Dna Test Lands Him In Cbi Net (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2003)
Ending days of speculation, the CBI today arrested former Uttar Pradesh minister Amarmani Tripathi for his alleged role in the Madhumita Shukla case. But he later complained of chest pain and had to be hospitalised.
- Real Software Of The Workplace (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Sep 22, 2003)
WORK scheduling in retail businesses can create a lot of heartburn for both the manager and the employee. The manager would like to maximise efficiency by making full use of the employees' time in deciding who will do what and when. Meanwhile, the ...
- Fishing In Troubled Waters (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Sep 22, 2003)
The problems of the Indian fishing community are almost a mirror image of the Pakistani fishermen's experiences of recent years.
- Mod Refuses To Appoint Navy Chief’s Choice As Cids (Indian Express, SAIKAT DATTA, Sep 21, 2003)
By appointing Vice-Admiral Raman Puri as Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (CIDS) and pushing for a top naval brass reshuffle, the Defence Ministry seems to have over-ruled Navy Chief Admiral Madhavendra Singh who was apparently not in favour of such an
- Getting New Teeth (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Sep 21, 2003)
Ever since the demise of FERA, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has been chafing at the inadequacy of its powers. The mandate to administer the Prevention of Money Laundering Act will however give it back some of its lost teeth and track down cases such
- Well, This Is No Surprise: 4 Indians In Mit Future List (Indian Express, Samar Halarnkar, Sep 21, 2003)
A Delhi university dropout, mridangam-playing prof among those chosen by MIT as faces of the future
- Sahib Singh Wanted To Visit Serbia To Meet Fellow Jats (Indian Express, Amitav Ranjan, Sep 21, 2003)
If you thought Haryana would be the right place to hold a world Jat conference, you were far off the mark. Union Labour Minister Sahib Singh Verma thinks Belgrade is the suitable venue. The reason: ‘Most inhabitants of the Serbian capital are Jats.’
- Reforms, ‘via Bathinda’ (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Sep 20, 2003)
While some of the more unabashed supporters of economic reforms may now be blaming the Supreme Court for spoiling the party and even puncturing the bull balloon on the stock markets, the truth is that real opposition to all deregulation and privatisation
- Rusty Steel Frame (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2003)
Moral of the Taj Heritage Corridor scam: Babus must acquire stronger spines
- As Pressure Builds To Re-Open Case, Someone Re-Opens Best Bakery (Indian Express, SYED KHALIQUE AHMED, Sep 20, 2003)
Zaheera’s estranged sister-in-law returns to clear the debris, fit a door, start a new life amid shadow of death
- Is Modernisation Of Tn's Ginneries Viable? (Business Line, M. B. Lal, Sep 19, 2003)
THE Government of India offers subsidy of up to Rs 27 lakh to every newly set up or modernised composite ginning and pressing (G&P) factory through Mini Mission IV of the Technology Mission on Cotton (TMC), a scheme launched in February 2000. The TMC ...
- Indian Railways: Time To Improve Standards (Business Line, Poonam Madan Sarmah, Sep 19, 2003)
CARRYING an average 13 million passengers in 8,250 passenger-trains daily, the Indian Railways is one of the world's largest transporters of passenger traffic. But despite such phenomenal dependence by the travelling public on this critical service, its
- Monument And Folly (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2003)
OVER THE LAST few months, the Supreme Court has set the pace and the broad direction of the inquiry into the irregularities relating to the Taj Heritage corridor project. The most recent, and possibly the most dramatic, example of this is the ...
- China: The Gen-Next Export Destination? (Business Line, S. Majumder , Sep 19, 2003)
MORE than a threat, China has emerged a saviour to South-East Asian nations, especially those hit by the currency turmoil. There was a fear that with the entry of cheap Chinese-made goods into the global market, the recovery efforts of these economies ...
- Back To The Future — Q4 To Look Like Q2 (Business Line, Anantha Nageshwaran, Sep 19, 2003)
THE US Federal Reserve Open Market Committee (FOMC) left the target for the federal funds rate unchanged at 1 per cent. It was not a surprise. Their communication too was quite similar to the one that they released after the August meeting minutes. The...
- Us' Concern Over Job Outsourcing - Old-World Style Protectionism (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Sep 19, 2003)
There is continuing debate in the US on how liberal it should be with visas for foreign workers and the effects of job outsourcing. For India, a major issue of concern is the US' moves through law to cap the number of visas for foreign workers and
- Two Fugitives And Their Undying News Video Show (Indian Express, Ambrose Pinto , Sep 18, 2003)
Forget the written word, the spoken word is making itself heard now — more so than ever in Iraq and Afghanistan. And the spoken word is itself raising a lot of questions.
- China And India — A Study In Contrast: Perspectives In Economic Growth (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Sep 18, 2003)
While the contrasts between the two countries are stark, it may be too early to write off India as a "lumbering giant" which has lost the race to the "Crouching Tiger". India's stable financial system and the better-organised legal machinery may still ...
- The Fast Breeder Reactor (Hindu, M. R. Srinivasan, Sep 17, 2003)
India is the only country in the world that is committed to using thorium as a nuclear fuel and has, over the years, accumulated considerable knowledge on the various steps involved in thorium utilisation.
- Justice Done (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 17, 2003)
THE CONVICTION OF Rabindra Kumar Pal — - better known by the assumed name of Dara Singh — and 12 others for the gruesome murder of the Australian missionary, Graham Stuart Staines and his two sons in Orissa, is indeed a cause for ...
- The Shrinking Vision (Indian Express, T. F. Thekkekara, Sep 17, 2003)
Long ago, Dronacharya demanded Eklavya’s thumb as gurudakshina because he was not a prince, only a poor Bhil boy who excelled in archery. We continue to tacitly endorse an educational system where you can make it only if you have the right connections and
- Inside Iran, A Persian Paradox (Indian Express, Jasjit Singh, Sep 17, 2003)
There are civilisations and there are states, but there are few civilisational states, and even fewer civilisational nation-states. India and China represent the latter, and so does Iran which has undergone some remarkable changes in the past quarter ...
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