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Articles 11421 through 11520 of 12047:
- The Threat Of An Industrial Recession (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Jan 22, 2002)
Recent announcements regarding trends in the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) from the Central Statistical Organisation (CSO) point to a significant slowing of growth in the registered industrial sector in India.
- Amp Sanmar Takes The Field With Steve Waugh (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 22, 2002)
AMP Sanmar Assurance Company Ltd on Monday announced its arrival on the life insurance scene in India, pinning its business hopes on the potential in small towns and villages and the brand-building effects of the captain of the Australian cricket team.
- Aiming At The Arsenal (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 22, 2002)
Defence Minister George Fernandes returns from the United States after what has obviously been a successful visit.
- Dalit Agenda And The Action Plan (Pioneer, K. S. Chalam, Jan 21, 2002)
Keeping the past experiences of the Dalit movement and the present socio-economic situation in the country, an agenda is to be prepared.
- ‘India’s Been Too Sceptical, Should Give Us The Benefit Of Doubt’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 21, 2002)
Over the past decade Fareed Zakaria has emerged as one of the premier foreign policy commentators in the United States.
- First Among Unequals (Pioneer, Digvijay Singh, Jan 21, 2002)
Dalits do not have a recorded history. A mass of 250 million outcasts comprising the untouchables and tribals are grappling with history and survival at the turn of the millennium.
- Striving To Excel In Indian And Foreign Fields (Business Line, Latha Venkataraman, Jan 21, 2002)
`Excel has not looked at capital expenditure as the major way to grow.
- Enron: Will It Re-Define Business-Govt Links (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Jan 21, 2002)
IT IS inevitable that the collapse of Enron should have created a series of aftershocks on the political and economic environment of the US.
- The Fact Of The Hyphen (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jan 19, 2002)
When Afghanistan was last in the news, the military ruler of Pakistan said one thing and did another, explaining to his American mentor that “Muslims have the right to lie in a good cause.”
- Ins Cautions Members On Lml Ads (Business Line, Sudha Menon, Jan 19, 2002)
THE Indian Newspaper Society (INS) has issued a circular to member publications and accredited advertising agencies advising them to exercise caution while accepting advertisements from scooter manufacturer LML Ltd.
- Holding Back The Give-Aways (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Jan 19, 2002)
FOR the first time in several years, a concerted effort is being made to phase out or scrap the incentive provisions in the income-tax code. First, the Parthasarathy Shome panel was set up to advise on tax policy for the Tenth Plan.
- The Unaccountables (Indian Express, Sunil Jain, Jan 19, 2002)
Scanalised by how Arthur Andersen could destroy thousands of e-mails and paper documents related to its audit of Enron and the energy major’s more than unconventional accounting methods?
- Pakistan's Defining Moment? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 18, 2002)
THE REFORM AGENDA being unveiled by the Pakistan President, Pervez Musharraf, is meticulously designed to restructure his country's society and politics.
- Burying The Zia Legacy (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 18, 2002)
BY delivering that speech last Saturday General Pervez Musharraf has embarked on a path which will conclusively end (if he succeeds, that is) the era inaugurated by General Zia-ul Haq.
- The Bend In The Sutlej (Indian Express, S. P. Singh, Jan 18, 2002)
SYL has always stood for controversy in Punjab. Now that the Supreme Court judgement has directed the Punjab Govt to complete the project in a year, political parties are rehashing their rhetoric and sharpening their knives.
- A Short-Lived Unhappy Episode (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Jan 18, 2002)
NEW DELHI, JAN. 17. It was unseemly, it was avoidable - this wrangle over the Government's plan to send all-party delegations abroad to mobilise international opinion in support of India's case against cross-border terrorism.
- Nabard Moots Bank Loans Against Godown Receipts -- Guidelines Awaiting Government Nod (Business Line, Rajalakshmi Menon, Jan 18, 2002)
COMMERCIAL banks can start funding farmers against godown or warehouse receipts, if the proposal put forth by the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) gets the nod from the Government.
- Out Of The Ashes (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Jan 18, 2002)
We have to brace ourselves for the experience. Each year, about this time, when the weather turns pleasant, expatriate economists, much like the migratory birds from Siberia, visit the country for a week or a couple of weeks.
- State Govt Cos Can Undertake Coal Mining (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 18, 2002)
UNDER the revised Coal Mining Policy, which came into existence on December 12, State Government companies or their subsidiaries can undertake mining of coking and non-coking coal or lignite reserves.
- Pakistan's Defining Moment? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 18, 2002)
THE REFORM AGENDA being unveiled by the Pakistan President, Pervez Musharraf, is meticulously designed to restructure his country's society and politics.
- Eliminate The Noise (Telegraph, Bibek Debroy, Jan 16, 2002)
At this time of the year, everyone’s mind turns towards the budget. Whatever for? As required by the Constitution, the budget is nothing but the Central government’s annual statement of revenue and expenditure.
- Rogues Have Scientists Too (Indian Express, Mini Kapoor, Jan 16, 2002)
Now that terror has been privatised, globalised, now that terrorists are gleefully visualising inventories of biological, chemical, even nuclear weapons, what new burdens must scientists bear?
- On The Missile Trail: Iran Between 1996 And 2000, Russia Was Helping Iran Realise Its Long-Range Missile Dream (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 16, 2002)
In July 1998, a congressional commission headed by Donald H. Rumsfeld, now US defence secretary, predicted that Iran might be capable of causing ‘‘major destruction’’ to the United States ‘‘within five years.’’
- Rbi Wants To Counter Slowdown By Boosting Aggregate Demand (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 16, 2002)
THE Reserve Bank of India has prescribed a combination of policy measurers to counter the current economic slowdown.
- Digvijay’s Dalit Gambit (Indian Express, Yogesh Vajpeyi, Jan 15, 2002)
The two-day conclave of Dalit intellectuals hosted by the MP CM tells the community to look beyond reservations in jobs.
- Troubled Drdo (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 15, 2002)
Two recent news items about the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), India's premier defence research institution, went unnoticed.
- Musharraf And The Art Of Persuasion (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Jan 14, 2002)
The Pakistan flag was to the left of him, the Father of the nation guarding his right shoulder. A vase of reddening roses adorned the desk.
- Vision 2020 -- Why Satellite Towns Remain Distant Dreams (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Jan 14, 2002)
LAST WEEK, when I gave a talk at IIM Calcutta, local journalists asked me what my solution was to the problems of Kolkata. High cost of real-estate is the main problem of Kolkata (and all other cities in the country).
- `Pak Must Walk The Talk' (Business Line, Sukumar Muralidharan, Jan 14, 2002)
Mr Jaswant Singh said that India would ``respond fully'' and ``resume the composite dialogue process'' if Pakistan moves purposefully towards eradicating cross-border terrorism.
- Vision 2020 -- Why Satellite Towns Remain Distant Dreams (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Jan 14, 2002)
LAST WEEK, when I gave a talk at IIM Calcutta, local journalists asked me what my solution was to the problems of Kolkata. High cost of real-estate is the main problem of Kolkata (and all other cities in the country).
- Reasons Yet Unclear (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 14, 2002)
The biggest problem by far is AIDS. For reasons as yet unclear, infection rates in southern Africa are far higher than elsewhere, but the South African government is in deep denial about it.
- The Good Scientist (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA, Jan 13, 2002)
In India’s halting march to modernity, Bengal and Bengalis were for a very long time in the forefront.
- Revolution Resurgent (Hindu, Ajay K. Mehra, Jan 12, 2002)
Without economic development, strong-arm tactics will not succeed against the naxalites even with the strongest possible anti-terror law.
- Revolution Resurgent (Hindu, Ajay K. Mehra, Jan 12, 2002)
Without economic development, strong-arm tactics will not succeed against the naxalites even with the strongest possible anti-terror law.
- Rediscovering Sinha's Gold (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Jan 11, 2002)
BUDGETS have become epochal events in India. No other country's fiscal budget stirs such expectation among its domestic households and businesses, and global investors and businesses.
- Indian S&t: Looking Ahead (Business Line, M. Somasekhar, Jan 11, 2002)
THE end of year 2001 saw two important events in the Indian science and technology arena — the exit of Dr A. P. J. Abdul Kalam from the leadership role and the formulation of a draft S&T Policy. These apart, the year was more `steady state' than big-bang.
- Hardware Assns Allege Neglect (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 11, 2002)
THE electronic hardware manufacturing industry associations have formed a joint council to work towards a favourable policy regime and draw the Government's attention to the ``gross neglect'' of this sector.
- New Golden Triangle (Business Line, Timeri N. Murari , Jan 11, 2002)
BACK in the old days when India was an exotic destination, tourists did the Golden Triangle.
- The Ark Sets Sail (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 11, 2002)
THE decision to despatch teams to explain India’s stand on both terrorism and Kashmir to the world was agreed upon a fortnight ago at an all-party meeting.
- New Golden Triangle (Business Line, Timeri N. Murari , Jan 11, 2002)
BACK in the old days when India was an exotic destination, tourists did the Golden Triangle.
- Indian S&t: Looking Ahead (Business Line, M. Somasekhar, Jan 11, 2002)
THE end of year 2001 saw two important events in the Indian science and technology arena — the exit of Dr A. P. J. Abdul Kalam from the leadership role and the formulation of a draft S&T Policy. These apart, the year was more `steady state' than big-bang.
- Rediscovering Sinha's Gold (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Jan 11, 2002)
BUDGETS have become epochal events in India. No other country's fiscal budget stirs such expectation among its domestic households and businesses, and global investors and businesses.
- Indian S&t: Looking Ahead (Business Line, M. Somasekhar, Jan 11, 2002)
THE end of year 2001 saw two important events in the Indian science and technology arena — the exit of Dr A. P. J. Abdul Kalam from the leadership role and the formulation of a draft S&T Policy. These apart, the year was more `steady state' than big-bang.
- Waste Land: A Modern Nightmare (Indian Express, Ravi Agarwal, Jan 10, 2002)
Almost a staggering one billion plastic bottles of mineral water, soft drinks and so on were used in India last year.
- The Law And Labour (Hindu, Supriya Roy Chowdhury, Jan 10, 2002)
The budget of 2001-02 proposed major amendments to the legal framework that has regulated industrial labour since independence. The proposed amendments were opposed by trade unions across the political spectrum.
- The Law And Labour (Hindu, Supriya Roy Chowdhury, Jan 10, 2002)
The budget of 2001-02 proposed major amendments to the legal framework that has regulated industrial labour since independence.
- An Epistle To Mr Advani (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Jan 09, 2002)
Dear Advaniji,
You have begun what is unquestionably the most profound and consequential interaction between our country and the United States of America.
- An Agenda For Cultural Action - I (Hindu, K. N. Panikkar, Jan 09, 2002)
Cultural action is an intervention in daily life, directed to the transformation of social consciousness... Its main agenda is to bring the individual, who is increasingly being alienated, into the social fold.
- Our Future Is In The Forests (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Jan 09, 2002)
The finance minister has been well advised to concentrate strategic thinking in the budget on agriculture.
- An Agenda For Cultural Action - I (Hindu, K. N. Panikkar, Jan 09, 2002)
Cultural action is an intervention in daily life, directed to the transformation of social consciousness... Its main agenda is to bring the individual, who is increasingly being alienated, into the social fold.
- Silk Industry Reels Under Falling Exports, China Threat (The Financial Express, Rajeev Jayaswal, Jan 08, 2002)
The Indian silk industry, which is yet to arrest the recessionary trend in exports, is fearing a Chinese onslaught after Beijing’s entry into the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
- ‘Co-Operation In Biotech And Pharmaceuticals Can Do Wonders’ (The Financial Express, HUMA SIDDQUI, Jan 08, 2002)
Expertise in sugarcane production notwithstanding, Cuba is fast catching up in other areas as well, says the Cuban ambassador Jose Eloy Valdes.
- The Bjp's Game Plan In U.P. (Hindu, Zoya Hasan, Jan 08, 2002)
The intertwined issue of temple and terror is designed to redirect the electorate's attentions from the problems of governance and economic development.
- The Bjp's Game Plan In U.P. (Hindu, Zoya Hasan, Jan 08, 2002)
The intertwined issue of temple and terror is designed to redirect the electorate's attentions from the problems of governance and economic development.
- Agenda For Agricultural Reforms (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Jan 08, 2002)
AGRICULTURE continues to remain the most important sector of the economy from the perspective of employment generation and poverty alleviation and also because of its causal links with the factor and product markets.
- Terrorism: The Two Faces Of Us (Business Line, B. Raman , Jan 08, 2002)
IN THE early 1980s, Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) had handed over to a group of Sikh terrorists, who had hijacked a plane of the Indian Airlines (IAC).
- An Anti-Terror Dialogue (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 08, 2002)
THE PRIME MINISTER of the United Kingdom, Tony Blair, may have hoped to exert a ``calming influence'' on India and Pakistan so as to encourage them to pull back from the brink in their latest confrontation.
- Euro’s Popularity Caught Between Cautious Brown And Impatient Blair (The Financial Express, N. Madhavan, Jan 08, 2002)
If initial euphoria is anything to go by, the successful launch of euro notes and coins may in fact catalyse the United Kigdom’s decision on whether to retain its popular pound sterling or give it up.
- An Anti-Terror Dialogue (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 08, 2002)
THE PRIME MINISTER of the United Kingdom, Tony Blair, may have hoped to exert a ``calming influence'' on India and Pakistan so as to encourage them to pull back from the brink in their latest confrontation.
- Why India Must Get Into The Equine Race (Business Line, Anil Mukhi, Jan 08, 2002)
A COUPLE of weeks ago, a momentous event took place. An Indian- bred horse, Saddle Up, became the first thoroughbred racehorse born and reared in this country to participate in an international Group 1 horse race, the pinnacle of equine achievement.
- Why India Must Get Into The Equine Race (Business Line, Anil Mukhi, Jan 08, 2002)
A COUPLE of weeks ago, a momentous event took place. An Indian- bred horse, Saddle Up, became the first thoroughbred racehorse born and reared in this country to participate in an international Group 1 horse race, the pinnacle of equine achievement.
- Agenda For Agricultural Reforms (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Jan 08, 2002)
AGRICULTURE continues to remain the most important sector of the economy from the perspective of employment generation and poverty alleviation and also because of its causal links with the factor and product markets.
- India, Cuba Need To Go In For More Expertise Exchange Programmes (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jan 08, 2002)
India and Cuba are closely linked through ties of friendship, solidarity and mutual co-operation. Since 1960, both the countries have established diplomatic ties and have shared close and cordial relations.
- Terrorism: The Two Faces Of Us (Business Line, B. Raman , Jan 08, 2002)
IN THE early 1980s, Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) had handed over to a group of Sikh terrorists, who had hijacked a plane of the Indian Airlines (IAC).
- Domestic Agenda For India (The Financial Express, Pradeep Mehta, Jan 07, 2002)
• Need to set up/strengthen a fully equipped patent systems which will deal with the registration of IPRs such as patents, copy rights.
- Peace Is The Only Option (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Jan 07, 2002)
Let our leaders remember that their job as politicians is to find political solutions to intractable problems.
- Time-Out For Reforms (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 07, 2002)
IN A WAY, the Cabinet Committee on Reforms, under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister, A. B. Vajpayee, has its task cut out on more than one front.
- Disinvestment To The Rescue? (Business Line, Amit Mitra, Jan 07, 2002)
CAN the disinvestment of Government holdings in public sector shipyards be the panacea for the ailing shipbuilding industry? This question is now haunting many in shipbuilding circles.
- Blair Lauds Ap On Tech Initiatives -- Inaugurates Centre For Good Governance (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 07, 2002)
THE British Prime Minister, Mr Tony Blair, on Sunday inaugurated the first-of-its-kind Centre for Good Governance (CCG), which is being positioned as a centre of excellence for the State, country and the region.
- Ethical Behaviour In The Throes Of Difficulty (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Jan 07, 2002)
LUCENT Technologies Inc., the telecommunications company, announced that it was paying two executive vice-presidents a total of $7.58 million (Rs 36 crore) as retention bonus to stay with the company.
- Strike Of Irrelevance (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 07, 2002)
A MORBID FEAR of increasingly getting irrelevant alone can explain Friday's strike by bank unions as the labour dispute at Standard Chartered Bank did not merit the shutdown of the entire banking system.
- Will Yashwant Sinha Gamble On Growth In Budget 2002-03? (The Financial Express, Chandra Shekar, Jan 07, 2002)
Finance minister Yashwant Sinha has his task cut out for himself. He has to stimulate growth of the manufacturing sector, which has been stagnating, through a set of fiscal and non-fiscal measures in the forthcoming Budget.
- Labouring Men (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 07, 2002)
Labour is in the concurrent list of the Constitution and both the Centre and the states can legislate on labour.
- King Solomon’s Mind (Indian Express, Renuka Narayanan, Jan 07, 2002)
Enshrined in the heart of the Old Testament, is a jewelled cluster comprising, in order, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and the Song of Solomon. They are numbers nineteen to twenty two in the thirty nine sections of that grand old book.
- Time-Out For Reforms (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 07, 2002)
IN A WAY, the Cabinet Committee on Reforms, under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister, A. B. Vajpayee, has its task cut out on more than one front.
- Peace Is The Only Option (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Jan 07, 2002)
Let our leaders remember that their job as politicians is to find political solutions to intractable problems.
- Ethical Behaviour In The Throes Of Difficulty (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Jan 07, 2002)
LUCENT Technologies Inc., the telecommunications company, announced that it was paying two executive vice-presidents a total of $7.58 million (Rs 36 crore) as retention bonus to stay with the company.
- Strike Of Irrelevance (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 07, 2002)
A MORBID FEAR of increasingly getting irrelevant alone can explain Friday's strike by bank unions as the labour dispute at Standard Chartered Bank did not merit the shutdown of the entire banking system.
- Capital Punishment (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 06, 2002)
When the British first came to India in the 17th century, Bengal was one of the first places they came to trade and to set up their “factories’’ (warehouses in the jargon of the time).
- Globalisation And Decentralisation (Hindu, Supriya Roy Chowdhury, Jan 05, 2002)
Where existing structures of inequality are left intact and become compounded with the disadvantages of marketisation, political empowerment is a useful slogan, not a realistic or genuine goal.
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