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Articles 11821 through 11920 of 12047:
- Seminal Lesson On Indian Ocean (Pioneer, Ranjit B Rai and P K Jain, Nov 23, 2001)
This second opinion is sparked by the one-day seminar held at the USI on November 17 on the very relevant subject of the "Indian Ocean Rim-Strategic and Geo Political Aspects"
- Genetically Modified Plants -- Biological Intervention, The Answer (Business Line, Ashok Chaudhury, Nov 23, 2001)
GENETICALLY modified (GM) or transgenic plants will play an important role in Indian agriculture.
- Making The Market Economy Work (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Nov 23, 2001)
"WE are all socialists now." That was what was said in the heydays of socialism.
- Building New Strategic Ties (Tribune, Hari Jaisingh, Nov 23, 2001)
Moscow: "Shout for us across the Himalayas whenever you need us."
- Malegaon And Manipulation (Hindu, Jyoti Punwani, Nov 23, 2001)
MARATHI-SPEAKING HINDU and Urdu- speaking Muslim school children in Malegaon, Maharashtra, may soon become `pen friends'.
- India-Pakistan Talks: Yes, No, Maybe (Hindu, Kanti Bajpai, Nov 23, 2001)
WITH THE Northern Alliance's dramatic gains in the ground war in Afghanistan, India must turn its attention to relations with Pakistan.
- Reviving India's Economy - Iii -- India Inc. Should Get Its Act Together (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 23, 2001)
India's corporate sector has within it the repertoire of the skills necessary for a Judo strategist -- movement, resilience, balance, nimbleness and leverage -- to take on world players in whatever field.
- Poor Rating (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 22, 2001)
OKAY, the Taliban are near-destroyed and India’s stand on terrorism has been vindicated, but now what? Well, just in case you forget, here’s a timely warning from global credit-rating firm Standard & Poor’s:
- Reviving India's Economy: Judo Strategy May Pay High Dividends -- Ii (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 22, 2001)
FOR far too long, Indias policy-makers have been building their growth models on parameters applicable to industrial countries whose understanding of the economic laws was coloured by their specific contexts and cultures.
- Fdi Is Welcome In Retail Trade, But Is It Really Needed? (The Financial Express, Sachchidanand Shukla, Nov 22, 2001)
Retailing is one of the largest private industries the world over, with annual sales exceeding $6 trillion, accounting for a sizeable share in gross domestic product (GDP) besides being a major employment generator.
- All For None: None For All (Pioneer, Pankaj Dubey, Nov 22, 2001)
In discussions on the WTO, the issue of fairness is confused with evaluating benefits.
- Kbc Star Needs To Shine For Dd (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 22, 2001)
REGARDLESS of Kaun Banega Crorepati’s future on Star Plus, which of course depends entirely on Star’s intentions — anchorman Amitabh Bachchan’s contract with the channel that runs till 2003 will take care of his earnings.
- Sense On Poto (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 21, 2001)
The readiness shown by the government to have a re-look at the Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance (Poto) bodes well for its early passage.
- A Voyage And The Elusive Vision - Ii (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Nov 21, 2001)
IMAGE POLITICS is not the real answer to the difficulty that Official India encounters in acquiring a strategic vision and a roving focus to keep pace with the U.S.-led campaign against global terrorism.
- Terminator Technology In Agriculture (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Nov 21, 2001)
Seedsavers of crops worldwide have been threatened as never before.
- Eu-India Initiative For Corporate Social Responsibility (The Financial Express, Navtej Dhillon, Nov 21, 2001)
Indian and European business representatives are meeting in New Delhi today* (Wednesday) to see how best to meet their responsibilities to society at large.
- The Road From Doha To Delhi (Indian Express, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Nov 21, 2001)
TThe WTO meeting at Doha has agreed to a new round of negotiations on selected issues for the present.
- Mr Lamy, 40 Indian Parliamentarians, And The New Round (The Financial Express, Rohit Bansal, Nov 21, 2001)
On Thursday, just a day after commerce minister Murasoli Maran has finished flaunting in Parliament the trophies he got back from Doha, European Union trade commissioner Pascal Lamy will perform a delicate diplomatic task.
- Poto: Pity It Is Confrontation, Not Consensus (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Nov 20, 2001)
NEW DELHI, NOV. 19. It will be a pity that just when the country needs consensus on core issues of national interest, the ruling side and the opposition head towards a sharp confrontation.
- Business Vigilance In A Consumer Society (Business Line, A. V. Swaminathan , Nov 20, 2001)
AMERICAN business is full of peculiarities, hooked to a rolling economy and a fast changing consumer society.
- South Africa-India Bilateral Trade Picks Up Well Despite A Late Start (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Nov 20, 2001)
Bilateral trade between India and South Africa started in 1993 since earlier there were trade restrictions on account of apartheid pursued by the then South African regime.
- Democracy In Dire Straits (Tribune, Bhim S. Dahiya, Nov 20, 2001)
Whenever the thought of our democracy occurs to me, and it occurs quite often, a scene from an old Hindi movie named “Railway Platform” appears on my mind’s screen.
- Gathering Pace (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 20, 2001)
THE FLURRY OF announcements by the Minister for Disinvestment indicates that the public sector sale (PSE) programme is finally gathering steam.
- Terminator Technology In Agriculture (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Nov 20, 2001)
Seedsavers of crops worldwide have been threatened as never before.
- Poto: Pity It Is Confrontation, Not Consensus (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Nov 20, 2001)
NEW DELHI, NOV. 19. It will be a pity that just when the country needs consensus on core issues of national interest, the ruling side and the opposition head towards a sharp confrontation.
- Primitive Accumulation Versus The Rule Of Law (The Financial Express, Chanakya , Nov 20, 2001)
Some of the politicians and civil servants who made money used it to live well, fulfilling their feudal dreams. Some who knew the ropes sent the money abroad.
- Staff Agitations Put Tn On A Slippery Road (The Financial Express, Joseph Vackayil, Nov 20, 2001)
Not just something, but many things are rotten in the state of Tamil Nadu. What is surprising is that the decay has been so sudden, and the government seems clueless.
- Trade And Environment: ‘Trade Off’ At Doha Is No Loss (The Financial Express, Pradeep S. Mehta, Nov 20, 2001)
While India is rejoicing on major gains in several areas of the hard-fought agenda of the fourth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), it is a bit upset on the inclusion of environment in the Ministerial Declaration.
- The Afghan Kaleidoscope (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 20, 2001)
NOT FOR the first time nor, one suspects, the last, Afghanistan is playing a role in world history unmerited by its economic weight, unwarranted by its military power.
- Politics Of Poto (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 19, 2001)
Opposition to POTO (Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance) is building up and the Congress, which will decide its fate in the Rajya Sabha, has promised to block its passage.
- Making Money In The Great Game Of Social Advancement (The Financial Express, Chanakya , Nov 19, 2001)
You cannot walk an inch in India, it seems, without coming near the putrid smell of corruption and nepotism. Bribery seems to be all pervading. Every one complains about it.
- Feather In Mr Maran's Cap (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Nov 19, 2001)
THERE is one school of thought which holds that, after two years, the severe consequences of the Doha Declaration.
- Is Small Industry R&d-Oriented? -- Positive Evidence From Karnataka (Business Line, M. H. Bala Subrahmanya, Nov 19, 2001)
SMALL-SCALE industry (SSI) in India is now exposed to local and global competition as never before.
- Doha Ministerial: A Triumph Of Sorts? (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Nov 19, 2001)
PREDICTABLY, the fourth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) that wound up on November 14.
- Terminator Technology In Agriculture (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Nov 19, 2001)
Seedsavers of crops worldwide have been threatened as never before. A technology appropriately called the 'terminator technology', has been creating waves in agricultural circles since March.
- Feats Of Focus (Indian Express, Renuka Narayanan, Nov 19, 2001)
AS the days shorten and assorted seasonal aches afflict us, it’s normal to succumb to post-Deepavali gloom.
- Coming Soon: A Pill To Cure Forgetfulness (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 19, 2001)
You know the symptoms. You spend half an hour trying to remember where you left your half-filled trolley in the supermarket;
- Doctors Of Deception (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 19, 2001)
IT is a sad commentary on the state of higher education in the country that readymade doctoral theses are available in Chandigarh — at a paltry price of Rs 500!
- Get Out Of Poverty Syndrome (The Kashmir Times, Vinod Mehta, Nov 19, 2001)
Higher investment is only one of the preconditions for realizing a high rate of economic growth in any country.
- Clearest Voice Of Dissent (Pioneer, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Nov 18, 2001)
Professor Noam Chomsky is Professor of Linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with which he has been associated for four and a half decades.
- India Trips Rich (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Nov 18, 2001)
India's numerically impressive team (only four less than the one from the US) of officials, led from the front by Commerce and Industry Minister Murasoli Maran.
- Operation Freedom Abroad, And Assault On Liberties At Home (Indian Express, George Lardner Junior, Nov 18, 2001)
Military tribunals spark fears, on left and right, that Bush is trampling on too many rights.
- Laden's Laboratories (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Nov 18, 2001)
The reported discovery of evidence of the Al Qaida distributing to cells in its terrorist network an unknown number of CD-ROMS containing precise, deadly formulae for making chemical and biological weapons.
- Strings Attached (Hindu, Supriya Roy Chowdhury, Nov 18, 2001)
FOR a while now, the multilateral donor community has expressed concern that liberalisation policies at the State-level in India have not kept pace with the Central Government's overall drive towards economic reforms.
- Clearest Voice Of Dissent (Pioneer, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Nov 17, 2001)
Professor Noam Chomsky is Professor of Linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with which he has been associated for four and a half decades.
- India Trips Rich (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Nov 17, 2001)
India's numerically impressive team (only four less than the one from the US) of officials, led from the front by Commerce and Industry Minister Murasoli Maran.
- Laden's Laboratories (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Nov 17, 2001)
The reported discovery of evidence of the Al Qaida distributing to cells in its terrorist network an unknown number of CD-ROMS containing precise.
- Did We Succeed In Doha? (Business Line, P. R. Brahmananda , Nov 17, 2001)
THE Fourth Ministerial Conference at Doha concluded with a few surprises. The original idea was perhaps to straight away move towards a further round of discussions.
- Maran's Finest Hour -- Doha Rescues Wto From Doldrums (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 17, 2001)
LOOKING BACK as a participant in all the international organisations, including the General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs (GATT).
- Us Must Keep An Eye On Pak (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Nov 17, 2001)
HIGH time the US realised how it has been taken for a ride by Pakistan.
- George And The Jawan (Indian Express, Gaurav C. Sawant, Nov 17, 2001)
WITH the jawans he is arguably one of the most popular defence ministers.
- `Fiscal Crunch' And Bonus (Business Line, R. Sthanumoorthy, Nov 16, 2001)
THE employees of the Tamil Nadu State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) and Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation (TNCSC) are on indefinite strike in protest against the State Government's decision to offer minimum bonus of 8.33 per cent.
- Rate Cut Alone Will Not Spur Growth (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Nov 16, 2001)
DESPITE the several constraints, the RBI Governor, Dr Bimal Jalan, responded with alacrity, in the Monetary and Credit Policy to the expectations of the Finance Minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha.
- Sikdar A Bangla Bangaru? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 16, 2001)
AFTER writing about nothing but Afghanistan since September 11, I turn with some relief to a domestic issue which has been bothering me for some months.
- Trade Secret Security Can Give Corporates A Competitive Edge (The Financial Express, Ravi Singhania, Nov 16, 2001)
Trade secret is any formula, pattern or a device relating to a compilation of information which is used in business.
- Doha Resurrects Wto (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 16, 2001)
SEATTLE, the venue of last WTO ministerial conference, was a disaster. Doha, in Qatar and the host of this month’s meet, is a partial success.
- Two Good Jobs And One Bad Outcome (The Financial Express, Bibek Debroy, Nov 16, 2001)
Mike Moore must be delighted that the Doha talks haven’t collapsed.
- With Hope From Doha (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 16, 2001)
THE FOURTH WTO Ministerial conference at Doha was a success of a sort considering the fiasco at Seattle in 1999.
- Why Vajpayee, Musharraf Should Bite Into Afghan Pie (Indian Express, Rajinder Puri, Nov 16, 2001)
MY reaction to President Bush’s declaration of war against terrorism was that America could win battles but lose the war if it fights only terrorists.
- Korea Needs Expansionary Policy: Imf (The Financial Express, Kim Kyoung-Wha, Nov 15, 2001)
SEOUL: The International Monetary Fund urged South Korea on Tuesday to frame a more active policy to counter a global slowdown and to privatise state-owned banks to keep corporate reforms in place.
- Global Tobacco Control Policies Needed For A Smoke-Free World (The Financial Express, Jyoti Mehta, Nov 15, 2001)
Cigarette smoking is considered one of the most harmful of all health hazards.
- Scarring Of City Beautiful (Indian Express, Manraj Grewal, Nov 15, 2001)
IT’S a dream turned sour. But the Punjab government’s recent decision to regularise unauthorised constructions on the periphery of Chandigarh is not the first scar on the face of the City Beautiful.
- Politics Before Independence (Tribune, V. N. Datta, Nov 14, 2001)
IT was at the all-India Congress session held at Wardha on January 15, 1942, that Mahatma Gandhi designated Jawaharlal Nehru as his heir.
- Rehabilitation Of Sick Cos -- Bill Must Pass The Equity Test (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Nov 14, 2001)
PARLIAMENT will soon be scrutinising the Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2001.
- The Doha Ivory Tower (Business Line, P. R. Brahmananda , Nov 14, 2001)
THE Report on the course of world trade in 2000 presented by the WTO about the same time as the Doha ministerial meeting is a grim pointer to the probable worse tidings ahead of the world economy in the immediate future.
- Scarring Of City Beautiful (Indian Express, Manraj Grewal, Nov 14, 2001)
IT’S a dream turned sour. But the Punjab government’s recent decision to regularise unauthorised constructions on the periphery of Chandigarh is not the first scar on the face of the City Beautiful.
- How Prepared Is India To Tackle Bio-Chemical Terror? (The Financial Express, Ashok B Sharma, Nov 14, 2001)
“Though so far there has been no confirmed case of the spread of anthrax virus in the country, the threat of bio-chemical terrorism and radiological and nuclear warfare is real, not imaginary.
- Foody-Daddy (Pioneer, Sanjay K. Bose, Nov 13, 2001)
Savouring the delicacies of chaat at roadside stalls was a pleasure denied to me as a kid.
- Bin Laden’s Bluster (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 13, 2001)
BIN Laden is a maverick terrorist leader. Others of his ilk love to remain shadowy figures. He loves to talk and he has been doing a lot of boasting during the past few days.
- Potential For Swiss Investment Into India Yet To Be Fully Tapped (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Nov 13, 2001)
Switzerland has been one of the stable trading partners of India.
- The Message From Doha (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 12, 2001)
ON Sunday China’s Foreign Trade Minister handed over to WTO chief Mike Moore in Doha a document from President Jiang Zemin, thus concluding China’s 15-year quest for WTO membership.
- Global Recession Challenge -- Wake Up Call For Central Bankers (Business Line, V. Anantha-Nageswaran , Nov 12, 2001)
``The Federal Open Market Committee decided today to lower its target for the federal funds rate by 50 basis points to 2 percent.
- Corporate Diversification, Again? (Business Line, Kala Seetharam Sridhar, Nov 12, 2001)
INDIA INC. seems to have been bitten by the diversification bug. Companies are on over-drive diversifying into related and unrelated areas.
- Simple George's High Ideals (Pioneer, Joginder Singh, Nov 12, 2001)
The return of George Fernandes to the Cabinet is being frowned at, not only by the opposition parties, but also by the self-proclaimed defenders of the morality of the Nation.
- A Bird In The Bush (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 12, 2001)
It may not be in hand as yet, but it’s worth cultivating.
- Villagers See Benefits Of Urbanisation (The Financial Express, Manik Gupta, Nov 12, 2001)
It is one of the few autonomous organisations under the government that is carrying out social programmes for the uplift of the villages around it.
- They Have Only Their Chains To Lose (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Nov 11, 2001)
ALMOST every day there is a story about some unspeakable atrocity committed on a person because he or she is a Dalit.
- India Is Us Friend In Need And Deed (Indian Express, Bill Richardson, Nov 11, 2001)
WITH each passing day, the US military action in Afghanistan puts greater focus on America’s allies in South Asia.
- Mamata May Finally Make It To The Cabinet (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 11, 2001)
YET another small but significant cabinet expansion seems to be on the cards. But it is unlikely to take place before the winter session of Parliament ends. Parliament session, starting from November 19, ends on December 20.
- They Have Only Their Chains To Lose (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Nov 11, 2001)
ALMOST every day there is a story about some unspeakable atrocity committed on a person because he or she is a Dalit.
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