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Articles 11921 through 12020 of 12047:
- Convert The Landed (Hindu, V. KRISHNA ANANTH , Nov 11, 2001)
``The social order prescribed by the `Purusha Sukta' has never been questioned by anyone except Buddha.
- Labour Reforms: Time They Happened (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Nov 10, 2001)
THOUGH the reforming of India's labour laws and regulations is still the much-talked about component of the comprehensive economic reforms of the last decade, there has been scarcely any matching action.
- Non-Trade Issues: Let Investment Not Lock The Talks (The Financial Express, Anwarul Hoda, Nov 10, 2001)
As the Fourth Ministerial Meeting of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) gets under way at Doha, Qatar.
- A-Customed To Sin (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 10, 2001)
Why the IRS has become a green channel for crime.
- Burning Farmers' Fields - Ii (Hindu, Gail Omvedt , Nov 10, 2001)
HISTORICALLY, THERE is little evidence that Indian farmers are reluctant to innovate.
- Using The Food Mountain (Hindu, M. S. Swaminathan , Nov 10, 2001)
THE PRIME MINISTER and the Government of India are to be commended for three important recent initiatives for dealing with the mounting grain stocks in a socially and environmentally meaningful manner.
- The Meaning And Importance Of Harbinson’s Words (The Financial Express, Bibek Debroy, Nov 10, 2001)
“Then you should say what you mean,” the March Hare went on. “I do,” Alice heartily replied; “at least — at least I mean what I say — that’s the same thing you know.”
- Dna Fingerprinting: Two Sets Of Standards? (Business Line, M. Somasekhar, Nov 10, 2001)
THE lack of awareness among Government departments of each other's work is fairly common. Despite the wide use of computers, launch of websites and inter-departmental committees, this `ignorance' persists.
- Maneka’s Salvo At Sonia, Congress! (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Nov 10, 2001)
Maneka wins a libel case and fires a salvo at Sonia and a captive Congress party reacts.
- `Presidentialism' (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 09, 2001)
*THE Times of London*, in its issue of November 7, carries a commentary on the governing style of the British Prime Minister, Mr Tony Blair, and points out how.
- Oil Politics & Arab Experience (Tribune, M.S.N. Menon, Nov 09, 2001)
Nationalism is not a strong point of the Arabs. Fundamentalism is. It comes easily to them. And it explains why they have remained so backward, and why they have been a drag on the march of Islam.
- The First Month Of The War (Hindu, T. Sreedhar, Nov 09, 2001)
ANY ASSESSMENT of the U.S.-led grand alliance's month-long military operations in Afghanistan must take cognisance of three factors.
- Burning Farmers' Fields - I (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 09, 2001)
TEN YEARS ago, when the debate about GATT, patents and ``intellectual property rights'' was at its height, opponents raised a storm of fear.
- India’s Strategy: You Scratch My Back, I Scratch Yours (The Financial Express, Pradeep S. Mehta, Nov 09, 2001)
For all practical purposes, the WTO’s Doha Ministerial Conference would be the “second” after the Singapore Ministerial Conference of 1996.
- Voice The Right Farm Concerns At Doha (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Nov 09, 2001)
THAT this is no more a bipolar world is now a reality to live with. Indeed, it seems to be emerging as a `rich man's world'.
- Another Kind Of Imperialism? (Business Line, Kuldip Nayar, Nov 09, 2001)
THE Parliamentary Standing Committee for Home Affairs seldom meets outside New Delhi.
- Triumphant Return Of Khaleda Zia (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, Nov 08, 2001)
JUST over a week ago, National Security Adviser Brajesh Misra paid a brief and low-key visit to Bangladesh carrying a message of greetings from Prime Minister Vajpayee to his newly elected Bangladesh counterpart Begum Khaleda Zia.
- The Doha Imponderables (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 08, 2001)
IN THE NORMAL course, the fourth WTO Ministerial conference, starting in Doha tomorrow, should be an important date marking the progress of the world economy towards an open trading regime.
- Snapping The Soviet Link (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Nov 08, 2001)
Today's Hungary would like to forget as a bad dream the past when it was part of the eastern or the Soviet bloc.
- Time To Turn The Clock Back? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 08, 2001)
VRINDA GOPINATH looks at whether every corner of the country is in sync with Indian Standard Time.
- Return Of Khaleda Zia -- Prospects For India-Bangladesh Relations (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Nov 08, 2001)
JUST over a week ago, the National Security Adviser, Mr Brajesh Misra, paid a brief and low-key visit to Bangladesh carrying a message of greetings from the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, to his newly elected Bangladeshi counterpart.
- Life Is A Big Jumble (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 08, 2001)
The new demographics promise nothing less than a redefinition of the stages of life.
- New Labour (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 07, 2001)
But will the Congress now support labour reforms?
- The War On Television (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 07, 2001)
‘‘I will assign responsibility to every nation in this global fight against terrorism.
- The Irony Of Illegal Bt Cotton (Hindu, C. S. Prakash, Nov 07, 2001)
THE ISSUE of illegal Bt cotton making headlines in the Indian media provides some valuable lessons.
- From Marital Rape To ‘Honour Killing’ (Tribune, Hindol Sengupta, Nov 07, 2001)
American actor-playwright-poet Sarah Jones says she hears live people, their angst, pain and suffering — which she then amalgamates to write brilliant mono-act plays.
- States Not Playing The Desired Role In Furthering Reforms (The Financial Express, P. Raghavan, Nov 07, 2001)
The economic crisis experienced by the Indian government at the close of the financial year 1990-91 was the outcome of a combination of factors like weak balance of payments position.
- Ccmb's Strides In Transgenics (Business Line, V. Rishi Kumar, Nov 07, 2001)
IN THE quest for developing cost-effective and humane alternatives to using animals for scientific research, especially in drug discovery, researchers at the Hyderabad-based Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) have made a major breakthrough.
- India’s Anthrax Warrior: Unseen, Untested (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 06, 2001)
India’s battle against anthrax is being plotted in an institution which still hasn’t identified the recent mysterious fever in Siliguri.
- Us Nightmare: Broken Arrow From Pak N-Arsenal (Indian Express, Steven Mufson, Nov 06, 2001)
About two weeks after the September 11 terrorist attacks, a group of medium-level Bush administration officials met with experts on South Asia for a discussion of whether war in Afghanistan might detonate bigger problems in Pakistan.
- Indo-Russian Nuclear Cooperation (Tribune, O. P. Sabherwal, Nov 06, 2001)
EXCHANGE of information and knowhow in nuclear science and technology has been taking place between the nuclear establishments of India and Russia for two decades.
- Foreign Affairs (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Nov 06, 2001)
Prime Minister’s Vajpayee’s visit to Russia, the US and Great Britain, all in the same breath, indicates just how much the world has changed.
- The Adivasis Of Orissa (Hindu, Sanjay Kumar, Nov 06, 2001)
BIHAR IS generally considered the worst-off of India's States with little hope of things getting better.
- Bjp: Quest For Survival Strategy (Tribune, P. Raman , Nov 06, 2001)
A series of incidents in the past few weeks in the ruling BJP and the RSS parivar have led to different kinds of interpretations about the nature and extent of the increased rumblings.
- Not Quite Cricket, This (Business Line, Premen Addy , Nov 06, 2001)
WHEN the history of the present events in Afghanistan is written, there surely will be room for a footnote, or even a chapter, on the crisis of faith.
- Financing Education For All (Business Line, C. B. Padmanabhan, Nov 06, 2001)
THE universalisation of elementary education for all children up to age 14 as declared in article 45 of Indian Constitution is an important objective of educational policy.
- Contract Farming And Forward Contracts -- Way To Go, Way To Grow (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Nov 06, 2001)
Despite the corporate organisation's appearance of universal suitability, it is not the only form that zealously pursues efficiency and competitiveness.
- Ficci-Cii Perspective On Wto Strategy (The Financial Express, Rahul Bajaj, Nov 06, 2001)
After the debacle at Seattle, the Prime Minister invited the FICCI and CII to come forward with their views on India’s strategy towards trade negotiations at the World Trade Organisation.
- Food Exports And Right To Food (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Nov 06, 2001)
IT APPEARS that New Delhi is bent on pursuing a food `export' policy, throwing to the winds any semblance of economic rationality or financial prudence.
- Contentious Areas (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 05, 2001)
For example, on the issue of linking child labour and environment with trade, one needs to be mindful of the magnitude of the problem.
- Pal At The Moment Of Crisis (Telegraph, Nayan Chanda, Nov 05, 2001)
The years of indulgence towards Pakistan when it was the United States of America’s ally against the Evil Empire in Afghanistan has come back to haunt Washington.
- Us Steel Firms, Workers Seek High Import Tariffs (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Nov 05, 2001)
WASHINGTON: US steel firms and steelworkers said last week they would propose tariffs ranging from 30 to 50 per cent on steel imports to give domestic producers time to restructure.
- From Rigidity To Dereservation (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 05, 2001)
For providing a more hospitable environment for foreign direct investment, by discriminating between core and non-core FDI, India’s access to global production networks and intra-firm trade was severely restricted.
- Modernising The Dairy Industry (Business Line, Satyan Kashu, Nov 05, 2001)
THE Indian dairy industry is characterised by small, labour- intensive units and marginal growth.
- Vision 2020 -- Why Rbis Moves Wont Work (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 05, 2001)
The high transaction cost and the lack of commitment to fulfilling contracts because of the corruption in high places make a mockery of monetary policies. P. V. Indiresan explains why Dr Bimal Jalan cannot do a Greenspan.
- A Legacy Denied: All That Nehru Stood For Is Now Under Attack (Tribune, Abu Abraham, Nov 04, 2001)
IN October, we remember Gandhiji. In November, thoughts of Nehru come to mind.
- Salvaging The Wto’s Future! (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 03, 2001)
It’s so Indian, we’re concerned about saving the WTO even while we remain in deep trouble.
- Living With Her Memory (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Nov 03, 2001)
She died in the early hour of Friday, October 19. She was in the intensive care unit of the Apollo Hospital, for over a month; so her end did not come as a surprise.
- Give Musharraf His 15 Minutes (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 03, 2001)
Don't grudge him his red carpet, they'll keep pulling at it from under his feet.
- Abdullah’s Angst (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 03, 2001)
Beating one’s breast is no substitute for good governance.
- Japan Is Finally Waking Up To Missed Opportunities In India (The Financial Express, HUMA SIDDQUI, Nov 03, 2001)
The changing dynamics of India-Japan relations suggest that India is playing a “tougher” role in the relationship.
- ‘Don’t Fear A Breach. Just Don’t Sign, Mr Maran’ (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Nov 03, 2001)
Amidst uncertainty whether the World Trade Organisation (WTO) ministerial takes place at Doha, what’s certain is that Stuart Harbinson won’t win a popularity contest in Federation House, the back-glassed headquarters of FICCI.
- Economic Reforms And The Law (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 03, 2001)
REMOVING STRUCTURAL HURDLES should necessarily precede the changes planned for India's economy to move into the second stage of its reforms.
- India Inc Prefers Isolation To Mr Harbinson’s 45 Bullets (The Financial Express, Rohit Bansal, Nov 02, 2001)
A worried silence has greeted the draft ministerial text released by the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
- A Terrorism-Infested Paradise (Tribune, Hari Jaisingh, Nov 02, 2001)
THE Afghan trauma continues to intensify. So does the agony in Jammu and Kashmir.
- A Blanket Ban That Hasn’t Worked (Indian Express, Bhaskar Sinha, Nov 02, 2001)
Let people cut trees without destroying their forests.
- ‘Poto Is An Easy Way Out For Govt, There Should Be No Short-Cuts For Human Rights’ (Indian Express, Kota Neelima, Nov 02, 2001)
Justice Ranganath Misra, former Chief Justice of India and the first chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission, finds the Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance (POTO) ‘‘an easy way out’’ for law-enforcing agencies.
- A New Leader For Uttaranchal (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 01, 2001)
THE MEMBERS OF the BJP Legislature Party in Uttaranchal have ``exercised'' their ``prerogative'' in electing a Chief Minister for the second time since the State was carved out in November 2000.
- Exploring The Available Options (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 01, 2001)
The share of trade in India’s gross domestic product has been low, less than half of southeast Asia’s in the Eighties, or even China’s. Between 1977 and 1986, India’s share of world exports declined from 0.61 per cent to 0.47 per cent.
- Poll Violence (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 31, 2001)
The recently held elections to local bodies in Tamil Nadu have brought out a number of ugly features.
- Exploring The Available Options (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 31, 2001)
The share of trade in India’s gross domestic product has been low, less than half of southeast Asia’s in the Eighties, or even China’s. Between 1977 and 1986, India’s share of world exports declined from 0.61 per cent to 0.47 per cent.
- Shahi Imam, You’ve Got Mail (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 31, 2001)
The prayer call behoves you, not politics and jihad.
- Sharecroppers, Stoneless Rice And The Nobel (Hindu, Achin Chakraborty, Oct 31, 2001)
THREE AMERICAN economists, George Akerlof, Michael Spence and Joseph Stiglitz, have won the Nobel Prize in economics for their contributions to information economics.
- Bjp’s ‘Congressisation’ Problem (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Oct 31, 2001)
HOME Minister L.K. Advani’s recent warning to his partymen that they should guard against being “Congressised” comes rather late in the day.
- A Question Of Numbers (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 30, 2001)
A sense of proportion is always useful in times like these. Imagine what it would be like if the current military operations in the Persian Gulf region were taking place just a dozen years ago.
- Not Without The Muduvans (Indian Express, George N Netto, Oct 30, 2001)
Tea planting would’ve been different without this tribe.
- Death Of An It Project (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 30, 2001)
THE DEATH OF Sankhya Vahini, which is what the withdrawal of the U.S.-based IUNet implies whatever the Department of Telecom Services may claim about reviving it in another form.
- Fdi: Heeding The China Model (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Oct 30, 2001)
THE Union Commerce and Industry Minister, Mr Murasoli Maran, deftly combined industry and trade in his portfolio since his return to the Union Cabinet under the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in 1999.
- Deregulation Is The Magic Word (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 30, 2001)
Sustained poverty reduction depends on rapid growth in both quantity and quality of labour demand.
- Pipeline Project (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 29, 2001)
The ball had started rolling almost a year back when the previous US congress had recommended Bill Clinton to lift sanctions against India.
- Winnie Mandela’s Nine Lives (Telegraph, ANSU DATTA, Oct 29, 2001)
Once eulogized as “the mother of the nation”, then denounced by some as an inveterate populist and a huge embarrassment to the party.
- Gender: The Inequality (Business Line, Jasjit Kaur, Oct 29, 2001)
THE Economic Survey of 2000-01 expressed the need for the social and economic empowerment of women.
- Rourkela Steel Losses Blamed On Political Interference (The Financial Express, Sunil Mukhopadhyay, Oct 29, 2001)
Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) is again on the downhill track.
- More A Recipe For Reforms Than Economic Revival (The Financial Express, Renu Kohli, Oct 29, 2001)
Two clear strands mark the mid-term review of the monetary and credit policy recently announced by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
- Bio-Terrorism: Easier To Be Targetted Than Target (Indian Express, Richard A. Serrano, Oct 29, 2001)
In a Wisconsin courtroom a few years ago, a federal judge and two lawyers faced a bearded, long-haired figure known as the ‘‘Mad Scientist,’’ confronting then what now worries millions of Americans — the threat of biological terrorism.
- How Jp Movement Helped Bjp (Tribune, M. G. Devasahayam , Oct 29, 2001)
ADDRESSING the BJP’s golden jubilee celebrations the other day, Mr L.K. Advani indulged in a bit of hyperbole when he drew a parallel between the resurrection of Jesus Christ and the birth of the Bharatiya Janata Party in 1980;
- Wto And Social Responsibilities (Hindu, Swami Agnivesh, Oct 29, 2001)
We are getting together under the clouds of global tensions and economic uncertainties.
- What Is Wrong With The Ecb? (Business Line, V. Anantha-Nageswaran , Oct 29, 2001)
THE European Central Bank (ECB) met on Thursday and decided to leave its policy rate unchanged at 3.75 per cent.
- A Triumph For The Tribals (Hindu, Roy Mathew, Oct 28, 2001)
IT WAS an unusual agitation with an unusual beginning. Tribals from different parts of Kerala erected huts in front of the official residence of the Chief Minister, Mr. A. K. Antony, on August 30.
- The Party And The Puja (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Oct 28, 2001)
The festive chaos of the last few days might have prompted an outsider to wonder whether the same mobs that fill puja pandals also vote for the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and its allies.
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