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Articles 11621 through 11720 of 12047:
- `Crude' Impact Of War (Business Line, Nilanjan Banik , Dec 20, 2001)
CAN you guess the likely impact of war on terrorism in Afghanistan? A rise in oil price.
- Asia Hopes To Let Good Times Roll In 2002 (The Financial Express, Jennifer Chen, Dec 20, 2001)
SINGAPORE: Asian economies are set for better times in 2002 after months of plummeting exports left many showing their worst performance in years.
- Shooting From The Lip (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 20, 2001)
THE trouble with having a press secretary who doubles up as the official spokesman of the army; a press secretary who also happens to be a major general, is that routine media briefings turn almost instantaneously into exercises in sabre rattling.
- Enough Is Enough (Pioneer, A. Surya Prakash, Dec 20, 2001)
In May, 1998, when India joined the nuclear club, US President Bill Clinton was wagging his finger before television cameras.
- Of Tall Claims And Unfulfilled Plans (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Dec 20, 2001)
PROJECTIONS have all gone awry in the final year of the Ninth Plan (2001-02) despite the best Budget the Finance Minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha, could craft for the economy.
- Chhattisgarh Villagers Look For New Pastures (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 20, 2001)
Chhattisgarh state looks like a deserted village. Majority of farmers have migrated to neighbouring areas in search of new pastures, the main reason being the end of the harvesting season.
- ‘A State That’s Patronising Terrorists Should Wake Up To The Consequences; In Any Case Its Immediate Neighbours Must’ (Indian Express, Arun Shourie, Dec 19, 2001)
• Corresponding to the four ‘‘don’ts’’ are six ‘‘do’s’’: Believe what the ideologues and organisations of the terrorists say.
- Disunited In Distress (Hindu, P. V. Indiresan , Dec 19, 2001)
This should be the time for all good men to come to the aid of the nation. That is not happening.
- This Is Not Your War (Telegraph, PARIMAL BHATTACHARYA, Dec 19, 2001)
I mpatient with the muted signals from Delhi, Mamata Banerjee recently went out into the streets with an elaborate agitation programme for her party.
- Focus On Financial Infrastructure To Propel Banking Reforms (The Financial Express, Renu Kohli, Dec 19, 2001)
The recently released Report on Trends and Progress in Banking in India, brought out by the Reserve Bank of India, identifies financial stability as the main issue of concern for policy-makers.
- Decisive Stage In Disinvestment (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Dec 19, 2001)
THE SUPREME Court has spoken. After the Balco verdict, the argument against disinvestment, or privatisation, is no longer Res Integra.
- Two Time Zones Or One? (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 19, 2001)
DEBATE has been going on right since the time of independence but there is no unanimity on whether the country should continue to have one time zone as of now or go in for two time zones.
- Cupid's Curse (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 19, 2001)
The term 'great game' has taken on ominous connotations, thanks to events in Afghanistan.
- Disunited In Distress (Hindu, P. V. Indiresan , Dec 19, 2001)
This should be the time for all good men to come to the aid of the nation. That is not happening.
- Restrain The War Mongers (Indian Express, A.J. Philip, Dec 18, 2001)
The much touted Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance (Poto) failed to avert December 13.
- Unravelling The Conspiracy (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 18, 2001)
A COUPLE OF things have become fairly clear just three days after the attack on Parliament.
- Work Culture In The Us And India -- The Difference Says It All (Business Line, A. V. Swaminathan , Dec 18, 2001)
A COMPARISON of work practices in the United States and India reveals stunning differences.
- Women Constituencies (Pioneer, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Dec 18, 2001)
The premise behind the Women's Reservation Bill is that women are an "oppressed" social group like that of caste or race, and hence they need affirmative action to compensate for the past omissions.
- When A Right Is Wrong (Indian Express, Sanjeev Kaura, Dec 18, 2001)
Phoolwanti is a Dalit sarpanch in a village in north Rajasthan. She has a 5 year 4 month old girl child. She along with six more children (two of whom are differently abled), were denied the ECCE (Early Childhood Care and Education).
- Will The New It Policy Really Benefit Kerala? (The Financial Express, Ajayan, Dec 18, 2001)
The information technology (IT) policy, which the Kerala government unveiled recently,has set a laudable minimum growth level of 100 per cent a year and lays thrust on greater private participation.
- Unravelling The Conspiracy (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 18, 2001)
A COUPLE OF things have become fairly clear just three days after the attack on Parliament.
- Abm Is Out, Arms Race Is In (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 18, 2001)
Call it the haughtiness of the super powerful or simply a case of ill timing, but the USA has reneged the 1972 anti-ballistic missile treaty when it should not have.
- Breeding Little Hawks (Hindu, Javed Jabbar, Dec 17, 2001)
Getting children to raise hands in response to one-liner questions on issues as solemn as war and peace, as life and death, epitomised the superficial yet potentially dangerous uses to which TV is put.
- Reducing Poverty By Sharing Infrastructure (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Dec 17, 2001)
ERROR is to communication engineers what poverty is to economists.
- Inequality, Globalisation And A Social Framework (Business Line, S. Venu , Dec 17, 2001)
IN 1999, the World Bank President, Mr James Wolfensohn, observed of the global financial market: `At the level of people, the system is not working'.
- Calcutta’s Mismanaged Plenty (Telegraph, Joel Ruet, Dec 17, 2001)
Mumbaikars going to Delhi are surprised to find that Delhi, unlike the rest of India, has huge power shortage.
- Developing An Objective Argument (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 17, 2001)
I remember, Mr. Chairman, one of your illustrious predecessors mentioned in a meeting in this very same hall that the concept of single undertaking had a particular connotation at the time of the Punta Declaration.
- The Lankan Fire (Pioneer, Shubha Singh, Dec 17, 2001)
Just as the newly elected Sri Lankan Prime Minister, Mr Ranil Wikremesinghe, was putting his 25-member Cabinet together, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) made their first major military attack after the elections.
- Breeding Little Hawks (Hindu, Javed Jabbar, Dec 17, 2001)
Getting children to raise hands in response to one-liner questions on issues as solemn as war and peace, as life and death, epitomised the superficial yet potentially dangerous uses to which TV is put.
- Afghanistan: Third Time Lucky? (Tribune, Pran Chopra , Dec 17, 2001)
It has been often said that Afghanistan has been ruined by tribal rivalries, ethnic antagonisms, and clash of egos between irresponsible regional warlords.
- Can One Man Carry Them All Along? (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Dec 16, 2001)
As Hamid Karzai prepares to take over the reins in Afghanistan, he faces formidable challenges from within and without.
- Tactful? Not Him (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Dec 16, 2001)
THESE ARE still early days for Mr. David Blunkett at the Home Office but he has already acquired the reputation as the most right-wing of the Prime Minister, Mr. Tony Blair's Ministers - an ``intolerant, illiberal home secretary''.
- Can One Man Carry Them All Along? (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Dec 16, 2001)
As Hamid Karzai prepares to take over the reins in Afghanistan, he faces formidable challenges from within and without.
- Causes Of The Taliban Collapse (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Dec 16, 2001)
When the war clouds first started gathering over Afghanistan following the terrorist strikes on the United States on September 11.
- Jinnah’s Role In Partition Of India: A Reappraisal (Tribune, P.K. Ravindranath, Dec 16, 2001)
While conventional wisdom and perceived understanding of history has it that almost all the principal actors on the political stage, except Mahatma Gandhi.
- Causes Of The Taliban Collapse (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 15, 2001)
When the war clouds first started gathering over Afghanistan following the terrorist strikes on the United States on September 11.
- Sezs: Hubs Of Economic Activity? (Business Line, Alice George, Dec 15, 2001)
SPECIAL Economic Zones (SEZs), introduced by the EXIM Policy 2000, may not have the desired economic results in terms of increased foreign exchange earnings and foreign investments if the fundamental issues and systemic bottlenecks are not resolved.
- “Primary” Area Of Darkness (Tribune, Sumer Kaul, Dec 15, 2001)
Great news, at last, for the millions of not-at-school children of India.
- Private B-Schools Should Focus On Faculty Development (The Financial Express, Bhanoji Roa, Dec 15, 2001)
The Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) charge some Rs 110,000 per year per student for the MBA (Master of Business Administration) degree.
- Banning Biological Weapons (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Dec 14, 2001)
It is difficult to see how any verification regime acceptable and uniformly applicable to all countries could meet U.S. requirements for reliable verification as well as its objections to intrusive inspections.
- Never Mind The Wicket, India Inc. Needs To Take The Bat And Score Runs (The Financial Express, Veeshal Bakshi, Dec 14, 2001)
For a nation which used sheer determination, will power and optimism as the most effective weapons to win its Independence, the depth of pessimism today, especially in Indian industry, over the future of the country is quite shocking.
- Self-Help, Rail Style (Tribune, S. Raghunath, Dec 14, 2001)
INDIAN Railways, faced with an acute resources crunch.
- Banning Biological Weapons (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Dec 14, 2001)
It is difficult to see how any verification regime acceptable and uniformly applicable to all countries could meet U.S. requirements for reliable verification as well as its objections to intrusive inspections.
- Chinese Challenge (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 14, 2001)
WHEN, LAST MONTH, the Doha Ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organisation approved the entry of Beijing into the world body, the French Finance Minister, Mr Larent Fabius, had said: We are talking about the WTO.
- Queen, King And Executioner (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Dec 14, 2001)
RAMADAN, the ninth month of the Islamic year, is in progress. It is a holy month that is observed with fasting from dawn to sunset.
- Reforms And Reservation (Hindu, Supriya Roy Chowdhury, Dec 13, 2001)
The tension is not between reservation and marketisation, but between positive discrimination as defined by populist politics, and the need for deep structural changes and genuine commitment to create resources for the poor.
- Bangla Gas Export To India: Economics Should Prevail Over Politics (The Financial Express, Sunil Mukhopadhyay, Dec 13, 2001)
Whether Bangladesh will finally export natural gas to India is still uncertain.
- Prayer: A Source Of Strength (Tribune, K. L. Batra, Dec 13, 2001)
GOD is omnipotent, omnipresent and omniscient. He is everywhere. He is the creator of this universe. Whosoever prays to him with devotion and sincerity is definitely answered.
- Democracy For A Price (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 13, 2001)
THE just-concluded election to the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation has inflicted a humiliating and well-deserved defeat on the outgoing SAD-BJP combine for its non-performance and the undignified conduct of its councillors.
- Reforms And Reservation (Hindu, Supriya Roy Chowdhury, Dec 13, 2001)
The tension is not between reservation and marketisation, but between positive discrimination as defined by populist politics, and the need for deep structural changes and genuine commitment to create resources for the poor.
- Worldwide Trade In Women (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Dec 13, 2001)
TRAFFICKING in women generates a whopping revenue of $ 5-7 billion a year, and women are trafficked for a variety of reasons, including prostitution.
- Should We Build? (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 12, 2001)
The Indian navy is a balanced force and must continue to remain so by maintaining the conventional deterrence through maritime diplomacy, keeping an active vigil, and by mustering a force when necessary.
- Swollen Heads (Tribune, I.M. Soni, Dec 12, 2001)
Former captain of Sri Lankan cricket team, Arjuna Ranatunga, was blamed for his “arrogance.”
- Strike The Proper Balance (Telegraph, Sarmila Bose, Dec 12, 2001)
As Afghanistan starts its reconstruction from its very own Ground Zero, there is much it could learn from the experience of India.
- No Takers (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 12, 2001)
Rather paradoxically, the Tatas dropping out of the Air India bid is good news for the government.
- Drip Irrigation -- Low-Cost Systems For Small Farmers (Business Line, Mahendra Pandey , Dec 12, 2001)
FRESH water available for human consumption and for agricultural and environmental requirements is rapidly becoming scarcer.
- Panjsher Tradition Continues (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Dec 12, 2001)
KABUL, DEC. 11. In the new interim government which is set to assume authority on December 22, the influence of the ``Panjsheris'' or leaders belonging to the Panjsher valley is perceptible.
- From Ayodhya To Dandi (Hindu, Harish Khare , Dec 12, 2001)
When Mr. Advani invokes the Dandi March symbolism for his rath yatra he is seeking moral acceptability and historic endorsement for a blatantly divisive political ploy.
- Deepening Crisis In Nepal (Tribune, T. V. Rajeswar, Dec 12, 2001)
Nepal is in serious crisis, and it had been in the making for a long time. There seems to be no immediate remedy for the problems facing the Himalayan kingdom.
- Useful Product From Oil Palm Waste (Business Line, M. Somasekhar, Dec 12, 2001)
EMPTY fruit bunches (EFB), a waste from oil palm that is routinely dumped at mill sites or burnt could be a source for conversion into useful fibres.
- From Ayodhya To Dandi (Hindu, Harish Khare , Dec 12, 2001)
When Mr. Advani invokes the Dandi March symbolism for his rath yatra he is seeking moral acceptability and historic endorsement for a blatantly divisive political ploy.
- The Nobel Centennial -- Fusing Psychology And Economics (Business Line, P. R. Brahmananda , Dec 12, 2001)
THE NOBEL Foundation has been celebrating its centennial by symposia on different subjects for which the prize is being awarded.
- The Ashok Kumar I Knew (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 11, 2001)
ASHOK KUMAR, better known as Dadamoni, died on Monday at 2:15 pm. He had his lunch and was lying in an easy chair.
- Internal Efficiency Of Primary Education (Business Line, C. B. Padmanabhan, Dec 11, 2001)
UNIVERSALISATION of elementary education for children in the age group 6-14 was a constitutional obligation that had to be accomplished by 1960.
- What Is History? (Hindu, V. KRISHNA ANANTH , Dec 10, 2001)
What the NCERT did was to replace one history with another. This goes far beyond changing `one-sided' history to one that is many sided.
- With Sky Marshals In El Al Flight (Tribune, Trilochan Singh Trewn, Dec 10, 2001)
My ship arrived in the port of Tel Aviv to pick up a cargo of oranges for Nairobi. A six-day clear stay was scheduled.
- New Comrades In Arms (Indian Express, Jasjit Singh, Dec 10, 2001)
The roots of the change go back to Jaswant Singh-Strobe Talbott talks of 1998-1999 and their importance in that the US for the first time was discussing strategic-security issues with a country which was neither an ally nor an enemy;
- What Is History? (Hindu, V. KRISHNA ANANTH , Dec 10, 2001)
What the NCERT did was to replace one history with another. This goes far beyond changing `one-sided' history to one that is many sided.
- Thinking Really Long Term (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Dec 10, 2001)
FOUNDED in 1379, the New College in Oxford, United Kingdom, was due for some repairs in the 19th century.
- How (Not) To Deliver Growth (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Dec 10, 2001)
THE Finance Minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha, has said that Indias growth in the current fiscal will not be up to the mark and that the economy can at best aim (at) a 5 per cent growth (rate).
- Shift Focus On Trouble Brewing In Neighbouring Countries (The Financial Express, Inder Malhotra, Dec 10, 2001)
In Afghanistan, things seem to be falling into place sooner than even the most optimistic leaders of the war on Al-Qaida and the Taliban had envisaged. Strategists and pundits who had talked of the war lasting years have fallen silent.
- Bharatiyar: Bard Of Freedom, Minstrel Of Human Rights (Hindu, V. R. Krishna Iyer , Dec 10, 2001)
Today is Human Rights Day. Let us remember Subramania Bharathi. Never in the contemporary history of free nations did live a celestial composer of revolutionary rage so sublime as Subramania Bharathi.
- Managing Uncertainty (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 10, 2001)
The time has come for Sri Lanka's divided ruling elite for sober reflection and careful action.
- Bharatiyar: Bard Of Freedom, Minstrel Of Human Rights (Hindu, V. R. Krishna Iyer , Dec 10, 2001)
Today is Human Rights Day. Let us remember Subramania Bharathi. Never in the contemporary history of free nations did live a celestial composer of revolutionary rage so sublime as Subramania Bharathi.
- Coup For Peace (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Dec 09, 2001)
Observers in Koenigswinter were unanimous. What Lakhdar Brahimi had helped achieve was like pulling a rabbit out of a hat.
- ‘Would You Talk Restraint If You’d Seen Jerusalem?’ (Indian Express, Sonia Trikha, Dec 09, 2001)
David Aphek, Israel’s ambassador to India is a scholar of Middle East affairs.
- Coup For Peace (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Dec 09, 2001)
Observers in Koenigswinter were unanimous. What Lakhdar Brahimi had helped achieve was like pulling a rabbit out of a hat.
- Some Solid Effort (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 09, 2001)
Love’s labour lost? Congresswallahs in Bengal and beyond, and former Congresswallahs in the Trinamool, think it is not so much affection as self-promotion that has prompted the political couple Samir and Krishna Chakraborty.
- Winds Of Change In Sri Lanka? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 08, 2001)
THE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE of Sri Lanka seems to be expanding.
- Corporate Crusaders Inc (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 08, 2001)
CORPORATE wars, we have been told by Home Minister L.K. Advani and Disinvestment Minister Arun Shourie over the last few days, are becoming so serious, they are sabotaging government decisions.
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