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Articles 11021 through 11120 of 12047:
- Telecom Needs A Magic Bullet Solution (Indian Express, Ravi Visvesvaraya Prasad, Sep 17, 2003)
Get political interests and the plethora of opinions out of India’s most troubled industry
- Cola Jpc Settles For Tea, Places Order For Experts (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Sep 17, 2003)
Neither Coke nor Pepsi nor any other beverage (barring tepid tea) was served at the first meeting of the Joint Parliamentary Committee this afternoon investigating the issue of pesticides in soft drinks this afternoon.
- How Many Votes For A Suicide? (Indian Express, SHANTANU DATTA, Sep 16, 2003)
The land of a zillion mouse-clicks is focused on the morbid these days. Suicides among the farming community are the subject of heated debate. The Silicon Capital is also doing its bit, and studies by the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro
- Choices Before The Mobile User (Business Line, Vikrant Gandhi, Sep 16, 2003)
THE latest entrants into the mobile communications, the limited mobility service providers, have provided a new impetus to the already dynamic Indian mobile communications market.
- Rbi's Annual Report 2002-03: Positive Outlook Blurred By Concerns (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Sep 16, 2003)
Despite the pervading optimism and positive outlook for 2003-04, the RBI Report highlights the medium-term issues and concerns. The growth rate of the economy envisaged under the Tenth Plan period is beyond reach going by the current economic parameters.
- Why Silicon Valley Needs To Reinvent Itself (Business Line, Kumar Venkat, Sep 16, 2003)
It has become clear that the knowledge sector is no longer immune to job losses.
- Airport Privatisation Leaves Designers Stranded (Indian Express, Pranab Dhal Samanta, Sep 15, 2003)
The Centre may be patting its back over the decision to privatise Delhi and Mumbai airports, but it has the Airports Authority of India (AAI) running for cover from leading international architects who were invited to submit design proposals for the two a
- A Question Of Credibility (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 15, 2003)
BRITISH PRIME MINISTER Tony Blair, facing the worst political crisis of his six years in office, must draw no cheer from a parliamentary committee report that has cleared his Labour Government of the serious charge that it "sexed up" an ...
- Final Attempts To Save Cancun After South Rejects Draft (Indian Express, Navika Kumar, Sep 15, 2003)
Negotiations at Cancun headed for a breakdown after developing countries like India and Brazil rejected the World Trade Organisation draft resolution, saying it failed to address their main concerns and was heavily loaded in favour of the US and European
- Guns And Roses (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 15, 2003)
EVERY SIGN OF peace blossoming in Jammu and Kashmir leads many to forget that all rosebushes have thorns — and that a few roses do not make a summer. The resignation of State Agriculture Minister Abdul Aziz Zargar for alleged links with ...
- Waiting In The Wings (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Sep 15, 2003)
China is on the verge of becoming the third nation, after Russia and the U.S., to have the independent capability for manned spaceflight.
- Doubts About An Ally (Indian Express, Bernard-Henri Levy, Sep 15, 2003)
What’s the necessity of the US-Pak alliance? Was it necessary to continue funding Musharraf ‘s regime? Is it not possible at least to tie this aid to certain simple political conditions like that Pakistanis must give proof of a genuine effort to reform
- Another Stitch For The Mills (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 15, 2003)
THE PROPOSED REVIVAL scheme for textile units tending towards sickness is one more bail-out package from a Government which seems impervious to the moral hazard implications of throwing good money after bad. As per the latest scheme, the Rs 6,000 crore
- World Investment Report 2003 — Internal Governance Matters A Great Deal (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Sep 15, 2003)
THE World Investment Report 2003 carries forward the rich traditions of UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development) in surveying the progress of investment by transnational corporations in various countries. It notes the increasing role...
- Raining On The Economy (Indian Express, P. Chidambaram, Sep 14, 2003)
Finance Minister Jasw-ant Singh has broken his vow of silence to claim that there is a ‘feel good’ factor sweeping the country. That’s wonderful, I said to myself, but I checked myself to ask ‘Who feels good?’.
- What Set Top Box? (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Sep 14, 2003)
Here are some new truths about set top boxes without comment. The Associated Press (http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,60377,00.html) reported on September 10, 2003 from Washington that: “regulators adopted rules on Wednesday to make cable ...
- First Delhi Head Rolls In Taj Dirt: Environment Secy Told To Go And Rest (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2003)
In the latest in the Taj Corridor controversy, the Centre today put Union Environment Secretary K C Mishra, accused of fudging related files, on compulsory waiting.
- Globalisation Is A Sell-Out, Mr Shourie (Indian Express, Sitaram Yechury, Sep 12, 2003)
First in a two-part series that refutes the perception of world trade helping the common Indian
- Farming A Friendship (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2003)
The India-Israel relationship is about more than just fighting terrorism
- Where Is Manufacturing Headed? (Business Line, A. V. Ram Mohan, Sep 12, 2003)
Some years ago, there was expectation that the Indian manufacturing sector would be the world's source of components. But its impact on the international manufacturing base has been nowhere near that of Korea, Taiwan or China. And policy hurdles are large
- The Crisis Of Governance (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Sep 12, 2003)
The National Security Advisory Board — yes, it is still around and soldiering on — is currently working on governance, the appalling quality of which is arguably this country's most serious problem. The NSAB has, in fact, submitted to the Government ...
- Forensics Gets Back: Taj File Was Fudged By Secy, Minister (Indian Express, Ritu Sarin, Sep 12, 2003)
The Taj corridor case has taken another serious turn with forensic experts confirming that forgery and fraud were allegedly committed by Union Environment Secretary K C Mishra and Uttar Pradesh’s former Environment Minister Nasimuddin Siddiqui.
- India Without A Clue At Cancun (Hindu, Subramanian Swamy , Sep 11, 2003)
India has thus far made only feeble attempts to get an opportunity for professionals and semi-skilled to work anywhere in the world without visa harassment.
- Push For Labour Standards (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2003)
The World Trade Organisation's ministerial meeting at Cancun from September 10 is set to face protests from influential trade unions from developed countries, which demand linking trade issues with labour standards. The question that needs to be ...
- Friendship Occupies All The Territory (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Sep 10, 2003)
Stepping out of its decades-old lakshman rekha with Israel, Prime Minister A B Vajpayee today set the tone for a red carpet welcome for its Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, emphasising bonds in defence, agriculture and in the fight against terrorism that both
- One Area Israel Wants Less Of The Indian Govt (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Sep 10, 2003)
While the governments of Israel and India speak the same language on fighting terror, there is one area where Israel would much rather work with private companies and institutes—rather than the government: agriculture.
- Spare The Colas (Indian Express, GEORGE ISAAC, Sep 09, 2003)
The recent concern over the safety of food and drinking water is justified, but misdirected. The food and drinking water in India may be the most unsafe and contaminated in the modern civilised world but the products of the multinationals, even if they do
- Economics Of Demonstrations Against Globalisation (Business Line, V. Kumaraswamy, Sep 09, 2003)
BEGINNING with Seattle, Genoa, and the cities of Geneva, Laussanne, and Evian during the recent G-8 summit, there is an increasing wave of protests against globalisation (as indeed other local issues not subjecting themselves to democratic processes).
- Mission Iraq: Bush Leans, Gives Pm A Call (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2003)
US President George W Bush called up Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee today as Washington stepped up diplomatic efforts to secure maximum international backing for its renewed attempt at obtaining a fresh resolution from the United Nations on deploying
- Blossoming Of India-Asean Ties (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 08, 2003)
THE INDIA-ASEAN Business Summit was perhaps the right forum for Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee to articulate his views on forging closer ties with the Southeast Asian nations. Relations with the regional grouping have been cemented and ...
- Putting The Bottle First (Business Line, Sudhirendar Sharma, Sep 08, 2003)
By sidestepping the issue of consumer safety, the Government has made it clear that it favours the growing market for soft drinks in the country.
- Discriminatory Strategies (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Sep 07, 2003)
Retail investors were recently shocked to learn from the capital market regulator that many so-called mutual funds schemes had just one or two investors. A close look at the fine print reveals that the Mutual Fund (MF) industry is in fact gradually ...
- Skip Periods Sans Pregnancy (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2003)
A new birth-control pill named Seasonale promises to reduce the frequency of women’s periods, from every month to four times a year. The contraceptive pills, approved by Food and Drug Administration yesterday, aren’t a new chemical. They contain the same
- Joshi To ‘showcase’ Nda Cms On Literacy Day (Indian Express, Santwana Bhattacharya, Sep 07, 2003)
One person will be missing from Union HRD Minister Murli Manohar Joshi’s VIP guestlist for International Literacy Day celebrations on September 8.
- Stem This Alien Nation (Indian Express, P. Chidambaram, Sep 07, 2003)
I can fill this column — nay, the whole page — with names of Muslim men and women, all Indians, who have achieved distinction in different walks of life. Because, among the 110 million Muslims, there are thousands of distinguished men and women. We can...
- Homecoming (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Sep 06, 2003)
Past brings nostalgia. But it haunts the displaced. When I visited Pakistan recently, I met Islamabad billionaire Md Alvi. Now in his 70s, Alvi, left Karol Bagh when he was just 14. But he remembers every detail of the Delhi neighbourhood that constituted
- What’s In Wto For Us? (Indian Express, Gopal Krishna Agarwal, Sep 06, 2003)
During the 18th century imperialism had a physical form. Countries which had military power colonised other countries and exploited their resources. Today developed countries exercise control over poorer ones in a more subtle way. International financial
- Happy To Be Old (Indian Express, P. K. BOSE , Sep 06, 2003)
When the first grey hair appears, one tugs at it, aghast. By the next one, one feels it is high time to initiate a clandestine search for the best dye. The appearance of wrinkles under the eyes means a frantic search for the best available cream. This ...
- Positive Effects Of The Current Rally (Business Line, B. Venkatesh , Sep 05, 2003)
A DEBATE is still raging as to whether the current market rally is an asset price bubble. Whatever the outcome of the debate, the positive secondary effects of the current rally are too important to be ignored. A continual increase in asset prices could
- In The Red (Indian Express, Amrith Lal, Sep 05, 2003)
When CPI(M) members in Kerala accuse each other of being CIA agents, the party’s in trouble
- World Investment Report 2003 — A Note Of Caution To Developing Countries (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Sep 05, 2003)
AHEAD of the Fifth World Trade Organisation (WTO) ministerial, scheduled to start in Cancun (Mexico) on September 10, the UN Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad) has cautioned the developing world against investment issues being pushed into the
- No Order In Pervez’s House (Indian Express, Benazir Bhutto, Sep 05, 2003)
Musharraf rides roughshod over Parliament and manipulates the political process. Should this man be trusted with Pakistan
- U.N. Credibility At Stake (Hindu, Balakrishnan Rajagopal, Sep 05, 2003)
To prevent a bad situation from getting worse, Kofi Annan must ask the U.S. to provide a clear time frame for a pullout as well as for the transfer of authority back to the Iraqis.
- World Bank Pulls Up The Rich On Agriculture (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Sep 05, 2003)
The report urges that, if the world's poor are to be benefited in any meaningful way, the Doha Round must result in a reduction in farm protection all around the world.
- Hunger Deaths In Laloo Loyal Country (Indian Express, Varghese K George, Sep 05, 2003)
Scarred by the Bhagalpur riots, the Muslims here have for long voted Laloo Prasad’s RJD, hoping it will make a difference in their lives. But Mohammed Ehsan Ansari will tell you what they have received in return: he had to give up weaving Bhagalpur’s ...
- Make Industrial Sector The Engine Of Growth (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Sep 04, 2003)
With the business environment for the industrial sector turning favourable, it is the right time to initiate measures to make this sector an engine of growth and to raise its share in GDP. The thrust of the growth strategy should be more public and ...
- Internal Accountability (Hindu, Harish Khare , Sep 03, 2003)
Pakistan's involvement and its intractable hostility to our safety and security is an old song. But we cannot keep on wringing our hands in despair, petitioning the "international community" to do something about Islamabad.
- The World Alleges And Pak Denies It (Indian Express, Husain Haqqani, Sep 03, 2003)
Pakistan faces, once again, a barrage of allegations ranging from charges of covert support of terrorists to accusations about illegally exporting components for other nations’ nuclear and missile programmes.
- Need To Strengthen Border With China (Deccan Herald, Lt Gen (retd) B S Malik, Sep 03, 2003)
While India proved to be formidable in Sumdo Rong, China has consolidated its position in Tibet
- Cancun: Keep The Wheels Moving (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Sep 03, 2003)
With Cancun just days off, various groups of nations are sitting in conclaves to work out ways and means to ensure that the bicycle of trade negotiations does not fall, and the WTO ministerial does not end in abject failure. This would be a serious ...
- Measuring Bank Efficiency: Productivity Versus Profitability (Business Line, V. Pitre, Sep 03, 2003)
"... the driving force in the path ahead will be the immense capabilities that we possess in terms of human resource. In the years to come the `human bias' is likely to get stronger and the quality of human resource would become the cutting edge of ...
- India And Israel Need Each Other (Indian Express, BHARAT KARNAD, Sep 02, 2003)
It was only in the mid-1990s that New Delhi, realising how injurious it was proving to national interest, jettisoned its hoary, unbalanced, West Asia policy and brought its close, covert and longstanding ties with Tel Aviv, including in the military ...
- Make Wto Work, Alternative Is Worse (Deccan Herald, Emma Bonino, Sep 02, 2003)
It is in the intertest of both developing and developed countries to overcome the crisis in WTO
- Mystery Of Us Economic Growth (Business Line, V. Anantha-Nageswaran , Sep 02, 2003)
The US second quarter GDP growth, revised up to 3.1 per cent from 2.4 per cent, supposedly came from higher estimates for consumer spending, investments and a lower trade deficit. But the real news, says V. Anantha Nageswaran, is that without the defence
- Taj: Cbi Points Finger At Central Secy (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2003)
The CBI has accused Union Enviornment and Forest Ministry Secretary K.C. Mishra of tampering with files pertaining to start of work at the controversial Taj Heritage Corridor project at Agra.
- Blair In A Whirl (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2003)
Has the spin meister spun out of control? Or is Alastair Campbell, British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s director of communications, in fact doctoring the agenda to his former boss’s advantage? Campbell’s resignation is a narrative with many strands, not...
- Fraudulent Bank (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Aug 31, 2003)
On August 25, the Haryana police finally arrested one Manik Lal Maitra, a non-resident Indian (NRI) operating from Germany who was brazenly running a ‘fraudulent bank’ at Copola Towers, Rajendra Place in New Delhi without Reserve Bank permission.
- ‘sue Us If You Wish, But Sue The Regulatory Agencies Too’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2003)
What were the differences in sampling methods adopted by you and the other laboratories based on which the Centre has given a statement?
- The Spreading Tentacles Of Terror (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Aug 31, 2003)
Kashmir is just a bridgehead for a larger war on the whole of India. On the jehadis' gameplan.
- For This Mp, Jail Means 24-Hr Room Service (Indian Express, Varghese K George, Aug 31, 2003)
He holds a Mont Blanc pen, wears a steel Cartier from his collection of ‘‘five or six’’ expensive watches, white kurta-paijama and ash-coloured shoes picked up from Switzerland. Mohammad Shahabuddin sways in a revolving chair, while state minister Ejazul
- First, Liberalise The Attitude (Indian Express, P. Chidambaram, Aug 31, 2003)
The item was tucked away in the inside pages. We have yet another committee and the ever-willing Mr N K Singh will now advise the Government of India or, to be precise, the Ministry of Power on how to overcome the reluctance of private investors to ...
- Wretched Of The Earth (Indian Express, Syed Shahabuddin, Aug 30, 2003)
Muslim Indians are natural allies of others marginalised by an upper caste Hindu elite. Second in a two-part series
- September 11, August 25 (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Aug 30, 2003)
As we walk into the lobby of the Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai, Maharashtra Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde looks to his left, at the front office. We have no intention of checking in. We are merely strolling in for breakfast and Shinde somehow looks more
- Muslims Need To Establish Political Clout (Indian Express, Syed Shahabuddin, Aug 29, 2003)
Forget emotionalism. Draw up a hard-headed electoral strategy. First in a two-part series
- Strategy For India At Cancun (Business Line, P. P. Prabhu, Aug 29, 2003)
New Delhi's objective at the Cancun WTO ministerial should be to strive for an outcome that will help India obtain greater market access, and benefit from its export potential and greater participation in international trade
- Sacking A State Govt: Centre Decides To Make Its Job Tougher (Indian Express, Bhavna Vij, Aug 29, 2003)
Taking a step forward in strengthening the federal structure, the Centre today agreed to introduce safeguards in Emergency Provisions under Article 356 and promised that it will be used sparingly as a ‘‘last resort.’’ To that effect, a Bill would be draft
- Good News From Rbi: Growth Is Set To Grow (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2003)
There's good news for India Inc and stockmarkets: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has turned bullish about the economy. Upgrading the growth prospects for this year, the central bank said the 6 per cent growth forecast in real gross domestic product (GDP)
- Deploying Troops (Hindu, Chinmaya R. Gharekhan, Aug 28, 2003)
Any country acting even under a U.N. resolution will, in effect, be assisting the occupying authority in Iraq.
- Cancun: Heavy Mantle On Jaitley (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Aug 28, 2003)
At Cancun where WTO Trade Ministers meet to take stock of the headway made in the Doha Development Agenda, the Commerce Minister, Mr Arun Jaitley, faces a heavy responsibility in taking forward the achievements of his predecessor, Mr Murasoli Maran, who
- Miracle Called Atal, Illusion Named Sonia (Indian Express, Balbir K Punj, Aug 27, 2003)
The country replied to the Sonia Gandhi piloted opposition no-confidence motion many hours before the vote in the Lok Sabha.
- Beyond The Blasts (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2003)
MUMBAI CAN BE down but never out. A day after the bomb blasts shook the megapolis, the city is fast coming back to normal, with old and young crowding suburban trains and BEST buses for the long trudge to work places. The Sensex, which is more the measure
- The Hindu (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2003)
THE HINDU, FOUNDED on September 20, 1878, is the oldest surviving major newspaper of Indian nationalism, by which we mean the great socio-political movement that won freedom for India from colonial bondage and helped consolidate the gains ...
- Cbi Heat Makes Maya’s Man Sweat Over A ‘forged’ Taj File (Indian Express, Ritu Sarin, Aug 27, 2003)
Ex-Environment Minister had special status, only one to share dais with Kanshi & Maya
- Services Exports: Opportunities And Barriers (Business Line, H. A. C. Prasad, Aug 27, 2003)
THE services sector is a very important one for India. Commercial services account for some 25 per cent of India's total exports. If labour services are included, the percentage will be higher. In 2002-03, for the first time India had a positive balance
- Auto Component Industry - Time It Got Its Parts Together (Business Line, B.S. Rathor, Aug 27, 2003)
THE auto component industry is coming out of the learning curve and appears all set to step on the accelerator. But the journey was arduous, especially in dealing with a new set of original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). When in the 1990s global car
- On The Economics Of Media Diversity (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Aug 26, 2003)
Recent controversies point not just to the weaknesses inherent in India's media policy but to the complex marketplace created by the nature of expansion of the media over the last decade. In this edition of Macroscan ...
- Nukes, Missiles And Rogue States — China's Tools For Global Influence (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Aug 26, 2003)
China uses missile and nuclear transfers to Pakistan and North Korea, both widely regarded as rogue states, to keep countries that it sees as adversaries, such as Japan and India, on their toes. Given the ambivalence of the US Administrations to the ...
- Pardesi In Search Of His Roots (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Aug 26, 2003)
Its such a long journey from the South American capital of Georgetown to the backward village of Thakurain ka Purwa in the renamed Amethi constituency, but Guyana President Bharat Jagdeo hour-long sojourn in search of his roots on Sunday was not only ...
- No Free Lunch In Education (Deccan Herald, S N CHARY, Aug 25, 2003)
Capitation fees are not always collected out of 'greed'; it is in most cases the only means for colleges to survive
- Market Equanimity (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2003)
THE ONGOING RALLY in share prices has been interpreted in various, often contrary, ways. The first big question to which there has been no unanimous answer is: will the rise in the share prices — the benchmark share indices have climbed to ...
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