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Articles 19021 through 19120 of 21784:
- India Considers Historic Rewrite (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 16, 2004)
In the past five years, Indian schoolchildren of all faiths have learned quite a bit about the culture of the Hindu majority.
- Spreading The Message Of Prevention (San Francisco Chronicle, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 06, 2004)
It's 9 in the evening at R.P. Star's, a truck stop on Highway 45 south of this seacoast city, and the drivers are pulling over their rigs for a bite to eat, a cup of tea and perhaps a little sex for money with the women in the bushes.
- India Is Overeager To `Prove' Insider Trading: Andy Mukherjee (Bloomberg.com, Andy Mukherjee, Jun 29, 2004)
Investors may not have grasped fully the problems that await them if a former fund manager loses his appeal next month against a five-year trading ban slapped on him by India's stock market regulator.
- Namesake’S Woes (Deccan Herald, MALATHI RAO, Jun 26, 2004)
Sharing the same name with a murder victim could get you mixed up in the tragedy
- Punjab Finances In Disarray (Tribune, P. P. S. Gill, Jun 25, 2004)
Punjab continues to be an enigma. It knows what is wrong with its body politic and economy and is aware of its stalled industrial and agricultural production and productivity.
- India's Refugee Law And Policy (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Jun 25, 2004)
South Asia requires India to take the lead to devise a policy consistent with the region's needs and the capacity to absorb refugees under conditions of global equity.
- When Neighbours Talk (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Jun 25, 2004)
In India-Pakistan talks, "fixing" is legitimate, even necessary, to keep the dialogue process on track.
- Is Taxing E-Commerce Feasible? (Business Line, Kala Seetharam Sridhar, Jun 25, 2004)
The Common Minimum Programme adopted by the United Progressive Alliance attempts to reconcile economic reform with the concerns of the Left.
- India's Gandhi Must Burn Mother-In-Law's Recipe: Andy Mukherjee (Bloomberg.com, Andy Mukherjee, Jun 22, 2004)
Since last month's surprise change in India's federal government, the Mumbai stock exchange Sensitive Index has shed 13.6 percent in dollar terms, more than any other benchmark equity index in the world.
- Investment In Peace (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 22, 2004)
BY all accounts, the two-day India-Pakistan talks on nuclear confidence-building measures (CBMs) ended on Sunday on a positive note.
- Sheer Numbness (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Jun 22, 2004)
Whatever its statements for the record, the Bharatiya Janata Party has been amply demonstrating that it is at sea in coping with its unexpected defeat in the general election.
- When Losers Are Victors (Tribune, A.J. Philip, Jun 21, 2004)
AS a cub reporter in the early seventies, I found it quite thrilling interviewing Mr P.M. Sayeed, who had just been elected for the first time from Lakshadweep. And a few years ago, when he visited our village as the chief guest at a church's centenary...
- A Last Opportunity (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Jun 21, 2004)
The visit of American Under Secretary of Commerce, Ken Juster, to Bangalore and New Delhi this week will be one of the last opportunities to make something out of the ambitious plan announced by the two sides
- Kalam Doesn’T Believe In Summer Break (Tribune, Humra Quraishi, Jun 20, 2004)
THE long-awaited civil investiture ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan will be finally held on June 30. Many of the who’s who (bestowed with the Padma Shris, Padma Bhushans and more) who were on vacation to far-flung places at this time of the year are ...
- Montek Is Back At Yojna Bhavan (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Jun 20, 2004)
THE new Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission, Montek Singh Ahluwalia, reversely ties his turban — the top fold goes to the left instead of the usual right to left. This had remained a mystery for sometime.
- Not Left Out (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 20, 2004)
"Power without responsibility. This is a canard spread by bourgeois commentators and superficial television journalism, which seeks to tar all parties with the same brush," says the Communist Party of India (Marxist) Polit Bureau member, Prakash Karat.
- Taking Care Of Women In Distress (Tribune, Kiran Bedi, Jun 20, 2004)
Below is an email I received from an Indian woman, married to an Indian residing in the United States. Her case is not the first one of its kind I have come across here. In fact it is indicative of a deep malaise and needs a coordinated response ...
- Descent Of A Cherub (Tribune, D. R. Sharma, Jun 19, 2004)
DEFYING the doctor’s calculations and our own arithmetic he busted the date-chart and arrived to surprise and delight us. After checking with the gynaecologist our son had flown to Delhi for a business meeting and asked us to be in Mumbai in a week ...
- Reduce Nuclear Risk With Pakistan (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 19, 2004)
The Nuclear weapons in the hands of India and Pakistan have made the region a much more dangerous place is in the nature of an axiom that only advocates of the discredited doctrine of deterrence will bother to contest.
- Road Map For Kashmir (Tribune, K. Subramaniam, Jun 19, 2004)
The talks between the central leadership and various Kashmiri dissident groups are expected to begin shortly. There is an expectation on the part of Pakistanis of progress on the Kashmir issue in the forthcoming meeting among the foreign ministers ...
- The Power Of Steam (Business Line, Surendra Bhargava, Jun 19, 2004)
That energy can be of any form — mechanical, electrical, wind or thermal — is the crux of a recent tax tribunal decision
- Airports, Airlines And Reform (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 19, 2004)
The Civil Aviation Ministry seems to be the venue for the new Government to demonstrate that reform will continue and, perhaps, with greater vigour than was the case with the previous government.
- Village Included In Metro Is Still `Rural' (Business Line, D. Murali , Jun 19, 2004)
Maradu village, Kanayannur taluk, Ernakulam district, was where Karunya Matha Social Centre ran an SSI unit assembling electronic voltage stabilisers.
- Debate On Reform And Development (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Jun 18, 2004)
Reforms in India have failed to focus on the end objectives of development, namely, reduction of poverty and improvement in the quality of life of bulk of the population.
- Dissolving Cauvery Tensions (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 18, 2004)
There is a déjŕ vu to the Southwest monsoon turning out to be the saviour in the running dispute between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu over the sharing of the Cauvery waters.
- Politics And Rajya Sabha Nominations (Hindu, K. V. PRASAD, Jun 18, 2004)
What were the compulsions behind the Congress president, Sonia Gandhi's decision to nominate three senior leaders for the coming biennial elections to the Rajya Sabha even though they were rejected by the people in the recent Lok Sabha elections?
- Pakistan And China: The Manmohan Singh Approach (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Jun 18, 2004)
The President, Dr A. P. J. Abdul Kalam's address to the joint session of Parliament and the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh's recent remarks indicate that New Delhi is perhaps finding the recipe to make foreign policy seem less Pakistan-centric.
- The Track To Success (Hindu, K.K. Katyal, Jun 18, 2004)
Given the complexities of the India-Pakistan relationship, back-channel diplomacy needs to be employed on a sustained basis.
- Needed, Many More Irmas (Business Line, Vinod Mathew, Jun 18, 2004)
The Union Ministry of Human Resource Development is understood to have recently lectured the dons of the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) — Ahmedabad, Bangalore and Calcutta — on the advisability of their helping the government set up one new IIM...
- G-8 Beckons (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 15, 2004)
The move by the Group of Eight nations to include India and China as members underscores the coming of age of the Asian giants.
- Unctad: For A New Agenda (Business Line, Dipankar Dey, Jun 14, 2004)
With protests against globalisation rising all around, and widespread discontent against the WTO, particularly among the developing countries, people are looking for a suitable alternative.
- Fighting Aids (Tribune, Rami Chhabra, Jun 14, 2004)
The UK’s prestigious Economist magazine provided unprecedented four-page coverage to India (April 17) — not because of the then forthcoming elections, but “the subject not figuring in election issues” and proposed as the new government’s ...
- Failed By Fallacies (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Jun 14, 2004)
Though the previous government left the economy in fairly good shape, it did not get the mandate to rule because of increasing rural-urban, rich-poor disparity and rising unemployment, particularly among the educated.
- ‘Taint-Free’ Judeo (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 14, 2004)
There is an old apocryphal story about a preacher who would pronounce harsh judgements on the residents of his village if they so much as missed keeping a fast.
- Kashmir: Process Is The Product (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Jun 14, 2004)
As India and Pakistan launch this week a round of comprehensive talks on all bilateral issues, including Jammu and Kashmir, expectations of an early movement have already begun to rise around the world. But there is a danger that these unrealistic hopes
- National Election Study 2004 (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 13, 2004)
Unless otherwise indicated, all the information used in this article draws upon the National Election Study [NES], 2004 carried out by the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), Delhi.
- Urban India More Polarised (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 13, 2004)
An argument that Verdict 2004 involved a contest between the haves and the have-nots comes up against a standard objection.
- This Doc’S First Love Is Green Activism (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Jun 13, 2004)
Like many in Dr Manmohan Singh’s Cabinet, Health Minister R. Anbumani, is not a member of the either House of Parliament but qualifies to get a berth in the Union Council of Ministers by virtue of being the son of Dr R. Ramdoss, the founder of the...
- New Iraqi Regime Only Interim, Not Sovereign (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Jun 13, 2004)
The United Nations Security Council, in Resolution 1546, describes the new dispensation that will take over Iraq by June 30, as the "sovereign interim Government of Iraq".
- Vip Burden (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 12, 2004)
The "friendly neighbourhood cops" you see everywhere are rarely there for your benefit - unless you happen to be a VIP. Most of their ilk are engaged in the service of the netas or their own superiors.
- Don't Vacillate On Iraq (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 12, 2004)
If External Affairs Minister K. Natwar Singh's statement at a joint press conference in Washington with U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell can be taken as a guide to the latest twist in official thinking, the United Progressive Alliance
- Avoiding Policy Capers (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Jun 12, 2004)
By every account, including the initial shock to the stock market by statements made by a couple of Marxist functionaries, there is much to cheer regarding the "functioning" of the United Progressive Alliance Government the past three weeks.
- Laloo Yatra (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 12, 2004)
Mr Laloo Prasad Yadav's decision to introduce kulhars for serving tea on the vast rail network was just a down-to-earth beginning of a fascinating journey. His media adviser has released figures to show that the decision to use clay cups would provide...
- Flame Of Discord (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 12, 2004)
Running is both our national industry and pastime. Politicians run everything. People are kept running from pillar to post. Film stars run around trees. Sponsors are always running after stars.
- A Solution At The Iims (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 11, 2004)
With the change in government in New Delhi, the controversy about fee revision at the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) appears to be heading towards a solution.
- The Airport Controversy (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 11, 2004)
After the initial faux pas of announcing without adequate consultation changes in the norm for foreign direct investment in building new airports, the Minister of State for Civil Aviation, Praful Patel, appears to be heading in the right direction.
- Taming Of Pathans (Tribune, R.K. Kaushik, Jun 11, 2004)
This incident took place in Peshawar in the summer of 1942. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan was the Supreme Leader of Khudai Khidmatgars also called “Red Shirts”. They were a force to reckon with.
- Cmp: Will It Work? (Business Line, V. Anantha Nageswaran, Jun 10, 2004)
The Common Minimum Programme (CMP) was unveiled on a Thursday and the stock market, quite deservedly, gave it a - 223-point thumbs-down on Friday. One wishes the message had been stronger.
- The Essential Areas (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 09, 2004)
In his address to Parliament on Monday, President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has said that Dr Manmohan Singh’s government will spend 6 per cent and 2-3 per cent of the GDP on education and health respectively.
- Spare The Rod (Tribune, Raj Chatterjee, Jun 09, 2004)
The peace of the evening is rudely disturbed by the screech of tyres as a high-powered sports car takes a sharp turn on the tarred road.
- Revisiting Kargil (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 09, 2004)
Five years after the end of the Kargil war, a chairborne brigade has charged into action, ready to relive the murderous battles of that 1999 campaign.
- The Challenges Ahead (Hindu, R.K. Raghavan, Jun 09, 2004)
Shivraj Patil starts with a clean image and we can expect him to fulfil his new role of stewarding what is generally looked upon as a political task with great aplomb.
- Tough Get Going (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2004)
The BJP's list of new office bearers has received some bad press as an exercise in chopping without changing. Party President M Venkaiah Naidu need not worry, though.
- The Essential Areas: Money Needed For Education And Health (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2004)
In his address to Parliament on Monday, President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has said that Dr Manmohan Singh’s government will spend 6 per cent and 2-3 per cent of the GDP on education and health respectively.
- Revisiting Kargil (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2004)
FIVE YEARS AFTER the end of the Kargil war, a chairborne brigade has charged into action, ready to relive the murderous battles of that 1999 campaign.
- The Challenges Ahead (Hindu, R.K. Raghavan, Jun 09, 2004)
Shivraj Patil starts with a clean image and we can expect him to fulfil his new role of stewarding what is generally looked upon as a political task with great aplomb.
- The Essential Areas (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 09, 2004)
In his address to Parliament on Monday, President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has said that Dr Manmohan Singh’s government will spend 6 per cent and 2-3 per cent of the GDP on education and health respectively.
- Money Needed For Education And Health (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2004)
In his address to Parliament on Monday, President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has said that Dr Manmohan Singh’s government will spend 6 per cent and 2-3 per cent of the GDP on education and health respectively.
- Kashmir Calling (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 08, 2004)
Happily, the change of government in New Delhi has had no negative impact on the ongoing dialogue between the Centre and the Kashmiri separatists. The process set in motion by the previous government is expected to continue at its own momentum with ...
- Friendship Can Never Be A One-Way Street (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, Jun 03, 2004)
THERE were some interesting nuances in the approach of major political parties to the situation in West Asia during the recent general election.
- Mr Singh's History (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2004)
We beg your pardon Mr Arjun Singh, but if the textbooks published by the Delhi State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) constitute "secular" learning, then secularism itself is in deep trouble.
- The New Cji Is Sensitive To Problems Of The Needy (Tribune, S.S. Negi , Jun 03, 2004)
Mr Justice R C Lahoti, who took over as Chief Justice of India (CJI) on June 1, is considered by legal experts as “conservative” in matters of interpretation of law, yet competent, sharp and sensitive to problems of the poor and the needy.
- Banish Corporal Punishment (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2004)
THE STATE HUMAN Rights Commission's recommendation to the Tamil Nadu Government to retain corporal punishment in the statute book is a retrograde move that contravenes its own mandate under the 1993 Act.
- Killing The Innocent (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 01, 2004)
Saudi Arabia's security forces demonstrated some tactical expertise in rescuing expatriates held hostage by a group of terrorists in a residential complex in the city of Al Khobar.
- Honourable Members! (Tribune, H. K. Dua, Jun 01, 2004)
Over the years standards of various institutions, including Parliament, have seriously declined causing considerable concern among the people about their health and ability to handle national affairs.
- Who Is The Real Manmohan Singh? (Business Line, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Jun 01, 2004)
Praised by supporters as a man with determination and unquestioned personal integrity, Dr Manmohan Singh's journey from economist to politician as been long and eventful.
- Electoral Reforms Are Urgent (Tribune, B.G. Verghese, May 31, 2004)
THE polls are over. Some win; some lose. All are accountable. Unfortunately, in the aftermath of elections not all candidates appear to render their accounts of election expenditure and fewer still take note of the returns made or not made.
- ‘I Want To Build A Great Airport In Delhi’ (Tribune, Gaurav Chaudhury, May 31, 2004)
Telecom conglomerate Bharti Enterprises recently joined the elite club of billion dollar companies. Its founder, Chairman and group Managing Director, Mr Sunil Bharti Mittal, has often been credited by many as being one of the principal personalities ...
- Cohabitation In Karnataka (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 31, 2004)
WITH the swearing in of Mr N. Dharam Singh as the new Chief Minister of Karnataka, the Congress is bound to feel elated over the final outcome of the fortnight-long suspense and hectic negotiations between the Congress and the Janata Dal (Secular) to ...
- Wages Of Unemployment (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , May 31, 2004)
More than failing the farmers, the NDA fell because unemployment became excessive. But tackling rural and urban joblessness requires a broad-spectrum approach that goes beyond ideological purity. Needed are less simplistic and more comprehensive ...
- Singh Sworn In As India Pm (CNN.com, Correspondent or Reporter, May 22, 2004)
India's newly appointed prime minister, Manmohan Singh, was sworn in Saturday evening, marking the first time a non-Hindu has led the country.
- Is Manmohan Singh Right For India's Top Job?: Andy Mukherjee (Bloomberg.com, Andy Mukherjee, May 20, 2004)
It was the autumn of 1970, and the Delhi School of Economics was abuzz with left-wing fervor.
- Singh: Reform With 'Human Face' (CNN.com, Correspondent or Reporter, May 20, 2004)
In his first address to the Indian nation, prime minister-elect Manmohan Singh said the country needed reform but with a "human face."
- Man Behind India's Economic Boom Named Prime Minister (San Francisco Chronicle, Correspondent or Reporter, May 20, 2004)
Manmohan Singh, the architect of India's economic boom, was named prime minister of the world's largest democracy on Wednesday -- a magnanimous act of patriotism and just plain street smarts by Sonia Gandhi, the Italian-born leader of his party.
- Gandhi Says She Will Not Become Prime Minister (Sydney Morning Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2004)
Sonia Gandhi announced yesterday she will not become prime minister of India.
- Gandhi Rejects Office Of Prime Minister (The Scotsman, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2004)
The post of prime minister has never been my aim. My aim has always been to protect the secular foundations of our nation. I request you to accept my decision, and I will not revert" - Sonia Gandhi, Congress party president
- Indian Stocks Drop On Concern Asset Sales May Slow (Update2) (Bloomberg.com, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2004)
India's benchmark stock index plunged as much as 17 percent, causing trading to be halted twice for the first time ever, on concern a Congress party- led government that depends on communist parties will reverse policies that spurred the fastest . . .
- Behind The Surprise In India (Washington Post, Jim Hoagland, May 16, 2004)
That question is code for this scribe's personal and disappointed reaction to the defeat of Atal Bihari Vajpayee's coalition government in India just as it threatened to become an important U.S. partner and a major player in global economics and politics.
- India's Election Is Wake-Up Call For Markets: William Pesek Jr. (Bloomberg.com, editorial Bloomberg.com, May 14, 2004)
Atal Bihari Vajpayee's election slogan was ``India Shining.'' The millions who don't feel part of the magic retorted with their own: ``We won't feel ignored.''
- Vajpayee’S Gamble Fails (Arab News, Correspondent or Reporter, May 14, 2004)
Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee’s gamble to call early elections backfired as Indians voted his right-wing coalition out of power.
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