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- Political Factors And Indo-Pak Trade (Deccan Herald, Bidanda M Chengappa, Aug 29, 2003)
Pakistan definitely stands to gain from free trade with India but political considerations will not allow it
- Optimism At Rbi (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2003)
THE SMILE IS back on Mint Street with the Reserve Bank of India certain of real GDP growth this year "significantly exceeding" the first estimate of 6 per cent in April. Credit goes to good rains heralding a sharp rise in farm output which tagged on to a
- Cooperatives Spat Leaves Capital Crying For Milk (Business Line, Harish Damodaran , Aug 29, 2003)
MILK shortages in cities make news, more so when they occur in the capital of a country that prides itself as the world's leading milk producer. But if there is something that the current milk supply crisis in Delhi really exposes, it is the deep fissures
- A Battle Of Pots And Kettles (Business Line, P. R. Samanta, Aug 28, 2003)
IN THE article `Wasted Vitriolic in White Paper' (Business Line, July 24), the author, a senior partner in the Indian arm of a foreign multinational audit firm, expressed the view that the report by a group of chartered accountants in Chennai was a ...
- A Tale Of Three Cities (Indian Express, T.V.R. Shenoy, Aug 28, 2003)
I spent the best part of last week exploring the temples of the Kaveri delta. Actually, there is such a wealth of architecture in this area that ‘‘scratching the surface’’ is a better description than ‘‘exploring’’; in the few days at my disposal I could
- When Mumbai Is Wounded, India Aches (Indian Express, RAFIQ ZAKARIA, Aug 28, 2003)
Mumbai can be hurt, bombed, maimed — but never broken. It has the spirit of World War II London
- For One Delhi Evening, Poetry Over Politics (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Aug 28, 2003)
In the cynical world of realpolitik in New Delhi, maybe it’s poetry that can ensure this unprecedented alignment. Four former Prime Ministers—all bitter rivals at one time or another—have got together to host an evening in honour of their fifth ...
- Hpcl Sale: Naik Sends A Letter That Reads Put On Hold (Indian Express, Amitav Ranjan, Aug 28, 2003)
A question mark hangs over the first step in the disinvestment of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited scheduled for tomorrow when prospective bidders are expected to scrutinise the company’s assets.
- Pre-Cancun Ploughing (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2003)
IT IS INCREASINGLY clear that agriculture, which forms the backbone of the WTO negotiations, can either ruin the Cancun ministerial meeting next month or make possible the attainment of the Doha Development Agenda. No wonder the flurry of activity over...
- It Doesn’t Seem To Care (Indian Express, Amrita Shah, Aug 28, 2003)
Who are the people who died in Monday’s bomb blasts in Mumbai? When you see visuals of the empty, blood-splattered area abutting the Gateway of India, it is not hard to imagine it instantly filled with people. People whose faces you don’t usually notice.
- Thinking Big With Sri Lanka (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Aug 28, 2003)
When he calls on us to "think regionally rather than nationally," Ranil Wickremesinghe is bucking the trend in a region that has become a prisoner of debilitating ultra-nationalism.
- Seeds Of Trouble (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Aug 28, 2003)
What can only be called the blackest of Black Days proves the point that it doesn't rain but pours. On Monday, besides the most horrific and dastardly bomb blasts in Mumbai that made the citizens of that metropolis relive, albeit on a smaller scale, the
- Families Reach Out To These Orphans (Indian Express, N GANESH, Aug 28, 2003)
On Tuesday, The Indian Express captured their grieving faces on film. On Wednesday, their tragic story made headlines. Savita Yadav (15) and her siblings don’t know it yet but, just two days later, there has been a flood of responses.
- Here’s My Daily Pesticide Intake (Indian Express, Ravi Agarwal, Aug 28, 2003)
The consumer is hungry, both for safe food and water as well as for information. If anything, 2003 can be termed as a ‘‘safe food awareness’’ year. Never in the past has the increasingly powerful urban middle class been shocked as much by what it eats and
- It’s Now Mulayam & His Maths (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Aug 27, 2003)
Mulayam asked to show numbers after Maya resigns, he stakes claim
- Leander Alarm Could Be Your Wake-Up Call (Indian Express, Toufiq Rashid, Aug 27, 2003)
When doctors at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Centre concluded that Leander Paes was not suffering from a tumour but from a parasitic infection called neurocysticercosis, the tennis star’s family and his army of fans heaved a sigh of relief.
- Message In A Bottle, To A Man Who Just Flew Into Wilderness (Indian Express, S G INAMDAR , Aug 27, 2003)
In February 1968, I was a flight lieutenant on the 21st Pilot Attack Instructor (PAI) course in Jamnagar (then known as the ‘‘Armament Training Wing’’ or ATW, with Group Captain Jacky Powar as station commander).
- Better Security? Better Politics (Indian Express, Keki N. Daruwalla , Aug 27, 2003)
The debris may have been cleared from the Gateway of India and the Zaveri Bazar, but they will continue to litter the dreams of the people of this metropolis. The blame game is on already and politicians will reach out over the 50-odd corpses to grab vote
- Do Us A Favour (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2003)
Just appoint Madan Lal Khurana as the chief minister of Delhi and be done with it
- Moment Of Opportunity? (Hindu, Rajmohan Gandhi, Aug 26, 2003)
The moment that has to be seized is one where, spurred by India, the world may save itself and America from an unwise continuation of a unilateral bid by the U.S. to reorder the world.
- Nukes, Missiles And Rogue States — China's Tools For Global Influence (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Aug 26, 2003)
China uses missile and nuclear transfers to Pakistan and North Korea, both widely regarded as rogue states, to keep countries that it sees as adversaries, such as Japan and India, on their toes. Given the ambivalence of the US Administrations to the ...
- Unified Licence - Call Of The Big Players (Business Line, Krishnan Thiagarajan, Aug 26, 2003)
THE shadow boxing for the great telecom prize — a cellular market poised for explosive growth — has begun in right earnest. As expected, there has been a flurry of threats and counters of protracted litigation from the two warring camps — basic and ...
- Lonely Paper Chase (Indian Express, Kuldip Nayar, Aug 26, 2003)
During my six-year stint in the Rajya Sabha, I requested the government many times to publish the Henderson-Brooks report on the 1962 India-China war. The refusal was firm and consistent. Once, in a reply to my question in Parliament, Defence Minister
- Renaissance Man (Indian Express, Mukul Dube, Aug 26, 2003)
Professor Syed Ali Mohammed Khusro Husaini died on Sunday. The various appointments he held spanned a remarkable range: He taught economics at Osmania and other universities and he conducted and supervised research at Delhi’s Institute of Economic Growth,
- Wto Farm Talks: A New Churning (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Aug 26, 2003)
DURING the past week, the most important development that has occurred at the ongoing agriculture negotiations under the auspices of the WTO is the joining hands of member-countries such as India and China with the Cairns Group, essentially an assemblage
- Srinagar Ready For Mother Of All Meets (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Aug 25, 2003)
It is going to be a week of VVIPs in Srinagar. Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, his deputy L K Advani, 18 Union ministers and most of the chief ministers will gather here on August 27 for the first chief ministers’ conference outside Delhi.
- Iran’s Foreign Minister Meets Pm Vajpayee And Sinha (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2003)
Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi today called on Prime Minister A B Vajpayee and discussed a host of issues, including bilateral relations, developments in Iraq, situation in Afghanistan and the West Asia peace process.
- Negotiating With Pakistan (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Aug 25, 2003)
This week's talks between India and Pakistan on resuming air links between the two countries are likely to reflect the enduring complexity of Indo-Pakistan relations and the impossibility of progress even on small issues.
- Taxing The Citizen (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2003)
Govt should ignore protests of tax employees and go ahead with IT outsourcing plans
- Motion Pictures: Who Should Speak,who Should Be Seen (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Aug 25, 2003)
They say the camera does not lie. A gross falsehood: listening to the experts or the coach of the Indian hockey team on TV, watching the swaggering confidence of the players’ gait, prior to the tournament, you believed Pillay and Co., were about to lift
- No Track Circuiting, Train Collides With Stationary Engine At Shakur Basti (Indian Express, Bhavna Vij, Aug 24, 2003)
The head-on collision of a Delhi-Rohtak passenger train with a stationary engine, in the heart of the Capital, has exposed glaring loopholes in the Railways’ safety measures. Sources said though the cause would be known only after the inquiry, it appeared
- Probe Over, Probe On (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2003)
Refusing to completely exonerate the Railways from the responsibility of Howrah-New Delhi Rajdhani derailment near Rafiganj in Bihar in September last, Chief Commissioner of Railway Safety (CCRS) held the security and engineering departments of Eastern...
- Our Lady Of Diminishing Returns (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Aug 24, 2003)
Sonia Gandhi achieved an astonishing political feat last week. She became the target of her own motion of no confidence. I base this assertion on comments that drifted my way afterwards from Delhi’s drawing rooms and corridors of power. My, how confident
- Meet The Obscure Firm Which Got The Rs 175-Cr Deal To Spoil The Taj (Indian Express, Ritu Sarin, Aug 24, 2003)
From a small office in central Delhi, Ishvakoo India dreamt of changing the way Taj looked
- Divine Communication (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Aug 24, 2003)
Considering that it is the wettest monsoon in Delhi in decades and it had been raining steadily till noon on August 15, Rashtrapati Bhavan officials were apprehensive about holding the President’s At Home on Independence Day in the gardens. But when it
- ‘first Freedom For Kashmir, Peace Later’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2003)
Pakistan intends to establish peaceful relations with India but Kashmir will remain the ‘‘central bone of contention’’ until Kashmiris get ‘‘self-determination,’’ Pakistani premier Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali has said.
- How Safe Is Our Water? (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Aug 24, 2003)
Groundwater is easily polluted and restoring its quality is impossibly expensive
- Cbi Collects Ex-Minister’S Dna Sample (Indian Express, S M A Kazmi, Aug 24, 2003)
In a fresh twist in the unwed mother case, a CBI team, accompanied by doctors, took blood samples of former Uttaranchal Minister Harak Singh Rawat at his residence this evening. He was questioned by CBI officials for two-and-half hours in New Delhi ...
- ‘let This Change Be Permanent’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2003)
The Indian Express readers respond to Arun Shourie’s three-part Independence Day special on the innovative new India.
- Delhi Still Far Away From Power Seat (Indian Express, T V RAJESWAR, Aug 22, 2003)
The Union Government has announced that it proposes to bring in legislation for conferring statehood on Delhi with the provision that law and order and the Delhi Police administration would be directly under the Central Government. Additionally, the New
- Negative Peace In Sri Lanka (Deccan Herald, P. Sahadevan , Aug 22, 2003)
There are no signs of a breakthrough in the Sri Lanka-LTTE dialogue but the peace process is going on
- Madhumita Murder: Icc Chief’s Name Pops Up In Cbi Records (Indian Express, Ritu Sarin, Aug 22, 2003)
Chief executive of the International Cricket Council Malcolm Speed’s name has cropped up in the most unlikely of places: the case diary the CBI has on the Madhumita Shukla murder case.
- Cola And Pesticides: The Bigger Picture (Business Line, Alok Ray, Aug 22, 2003)
The real problem is that there are no Indian standards. In the absence of such mandatory standards, private companies would try to cut corners to maximise their bottomlines. The Government needs to involve the Indian scientific community to evolve a ...
- A Fortnight Ago, They Met; Day After Sinha Sends His Mourning (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Aug 21, 2003)
As New Delhi mourned the death of UN special envoy to Iraq Sergio Viera de Mello in Baghdad on Tuesday, officials said that none other than External Affairs minister Yashwant Sinha met the Brazilian diplomat in Turkey less than two weeks ago.
- Delhi Hijack Alarm Went Off In Gujarat Too But No One Heard (Indian Express, Pranab Dhal Samanta, Aug 21, 2003)
The sigh of relief that the Delhi-Srinagar flight wasn’t hijacked this afternoon and that the alarm ‘‘malfunctioned’’ drowned the real story: five hours earlier, the same alarm had gone off on the same aircraft when it landed in Ahmedabad and evidently,
- Remedying Techno Lethargy (Deccan Herald, S N Roy Chaudhury, Aug 21, 2003)
Efforts in the field of science and technology are largely bereft of the spirit of invention and value addition
- Laloo Show: Paswan Sore Loser (Indian Express, Arati R. Jerath, Aug 21, 2003)
Rivalries in Bihar are almost as intense as the clash of the Tamil titans. The Laloo Prasad Yadav-Ram Vilas Paswan tussle shadowed the recent visit of parliamentarians to Pakistan from the time they left Delhi.
- Conflicting Viewpoints Sans Acrimony (Hindu, K.K. Katyal, Aug 21, 2003)
"May Allah bless your efforts with success," these words, in one form or the other, were used by the public to greet us — the group of parliamentarians, journalists and experts — who visited Pakistan earlier this month.
- Unified Licence - Level-Playing Field, The Great Leveller (Business Line, Krishnan Thiagarajan, Aug 21, 2003)
HOW is the onging, unrelenting battle between the cellular and basic operators for the consumer's wallet likely to play out? If they want to avoid a further recourse to law, the warring parties — basic and cellular — will have come to the negotiating ...
- How About Eu Norms For Drinking Water? (Indian Express, BARUN MITRA, Aug 21, 2003)
Over 200 years ago, a French queen advised her citizens to eat cake when they were struggling to find bread. The present outcry against bottled soft drinks and colas is similar.
- The Urgent Need To Whittle Down (Indian Express, SURENDRA NATH, Aug 21, 2003)
India has 2.4 per cent of the land mass of the world and about 17 per cent of its population. Its population is increasing at the rate of 1.9 per cent per annum, while the world’s population is increasing at around 1.4 per cent.
- That Tightrope Called Tibet (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Aug 21, 2003)
The Dalai Lama is happy with Vajpayee’s word-play and so is Beijing. The story of confusion as triumph
- Sonia’s Rusty Utopia (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2003)
Her no-confidence motion against the NDA expressed a lack of confidence in her party’s reforms
- The Two Images Of Lahore (Hindu, K.K. Katyal, Aug 20, 2003)
Image number one. It was a nightmarish experience to drive on Lahore's Mall on August 14, Pakistan's Independence Day. The posh wide road, with four lanes and side streets, was insufficient to contain the boisterous throngs, using all means of transport
- Cricket Free Market: Singapore Shops For Young Indian Talent (Indian Express, Chandresh Narayanan, Aug 20, 2003)
What do you do when your dreams of becoming an international cricketer fall through? Become a commentator...or play for Singapore. India, famous for exporting talent in almost every walk of life, could lose promising cricketers — one Ranji player so far —
- Same Meters, Different Readings (Indian Express, Shobhit Mahajan, Aug 20, 2003)
Recently the Economist carried a news item regarding a town in Bolivia where the water supply had been handed over to an American company in a round of Fund/Bank inspired privatisation. The people of the city created such a stink that the decision was
- Which Master’s Voice? (Indian Express, B.G. Verghese, Aug 20, 2003)
Prasar Bharati celebrated a proud moment in its history earlier this month, the 60th anniversary of Broadcasting House in Delhi. Many referred to Gandhiji’s inspiring words in praise of openness and pluralism inscribed over its portal and hoped for a new
- Delhi Tightrope On Israel Red Carpet (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Aug 20, 2003)
Nervous about the possible reaction to a first-ever visit by Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon from September 9-11, India has invited Palestinian foreign minister Nabil Sha’ath to New Delhi on August 29.
- Defence Is Not Football (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2003)
National security issues should only be addressed in a non-partisan manner
- Soft-Drinks And Low-Gluten Wheat - Nourishing The Bottomline (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Aug 20, 2003)
IN THIS era of unbridled globalisation — where making a fast buck has become the market mantra — two events have cast a deep shadow on the nation. While one rocked Parliament, the other has escaped the attention of most.
- Late Showers Bring Mud In Monsoon Term (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2003)
Day one of the no-confidence debate in the Lok Sabha was full of sound and fury and although in the beginning it seemed that it would signify little, by the end of the day, it sent three key signals.
- Old Men In A Hurry (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2003)
What do you do when you’re past your prime and face political extinction? You stir the pot
- Flights Of Fancy (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Aug 19, 2003)
Throw open the doors and windows between India and Pakistan, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee said on Independence Day address. Tell that to the MEA. The latest is civil aviation teams from both countries will finally meet on August 27-28 in Islamabad
- Leave It To Laloo (Indian Express, Mani Shankar Aiyar, Aug 19, 2003)
As an extra in Laloo’s roadshow to Pakistan, I watched with fascinated interest the media focus at the New Delhi railway station turn to media frenzy as we crossed the border at Attari-Wagah, Pakistani cameramen and anchors elbowing out each other to gain
- People’s Game Breaks Class Barrier, ‘slum’ Soccer Goes National (Indian Express, DHARMENDRA JORE, Aug 19, 2003)
Nagpur to host national soccer tournament for slumdwellers; no age limit, no uniform and no size for ground
- A Number Of Positives (Hindu, K.K. Katyal, Aug 19, 2003)
Abid and Abida narrate the story of their stay in Washington in the early 1990s — how they established a feeling of togetherness, a good working relationship and, thereby, confused the United States administration. Abid Hussain, an accomplished civil
- Stymieing Rbi (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2003)
IT IS QUEER that the Government should have thought of stymieing the Reserve Bank of India by trying to enforce Parliament scrutiny on most acts of the financial regulator. New Delhi need not have plunged into the untidy piece of legislation when the ...
- Sushma Opens A Direct Lifeline With Midwives (Indian Express, Toufiq Rashid, Aug 18, 2003)
If you are a midwife working in some remote hamlet, chances are that you might not even know the name of the country’s frequently changing health minister. But all that and more is to change if a new plan by Union Health Minister Sushma Swaraj bears ...
- Kalam Makes Way For The Precedent (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Aug 18, 2003)
The poor President. His address to the nation on the eve of Independence Day is telecast live on DD and then consigned to the nether regions of bulletins on the private news channels — after a commercial break, after Sonia Gandhi, the Supreme Court, the
- Delhi Says ‘nothing Unusual’ In Kargil (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2003)
India today rejected reports of massive mobilisation by the Army near the Line of Control in the Kargil-Drass sector terming all troop movement as ‘‘normal.’’
- Mission Vidarbha: Old Horses Leave Cong, Not Many Follow (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2003)
Sounding the bugle for a separate Vidarbha state, veteran Congress leaders N K P Salve and Vasant Sathe, together with former Nagpur MP Banwarilal Purohit, today announced they were quitting the party because of the ‘‘consistent injustice meted out to ...
- Vajpayee's Pakistan Policy (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Aug 18, 2003)
Four months after launching yet another initiative towards Pakistan at Srinagar, the Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee, seems unfazed by the lack of progress on the official front with Pakistan. Patience, persistence and a series of positive gestures
- Winning Hearts With A `Japha' (Hindu, K.K. Katyal, Aug 18, 2003)
`Japha' is the Punjabi word for a tight, affectionate embrace and no one does it better than Indians and Pakistanis. This was rediscovered as we, a mixed group of parliamentarians, journalists and experts from India, entered the border at Wagah earlier
- Mnc Boss Finds His Vocation: He’s His Village Schoolmaster (Indian Express, Vijay Rana, Aug 18, 2003)
DuPont’s South Asia chief returned home to Bichaula and, in 3 yrs, transformed lives of girls from poor homes
- Another Up Love Story Dies At The Hands Of Family (Indian Express, M. V. R. RAO, Aug 17, 2003)
Gulshama, sole sister to five brothers, was the family’s darling. He, Irshad, was the village model boy; someone who made it to Delhi from the sleepy Bulandshahr hamlet and landed a decent job. They were both 19, belonged to the same community, same caste
- Police Bust Fake Delhi Exam Board (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2003)
Delhi Police today arrested two persons for running a fake education board that they reportedly claimed was parallel to the CBSE.
- Right To Strike (Indian Express, Soli Sorabjee, Aug 17, 2003)
It is indisputable that frequent and indiscriminate strikes cause serious inconvenience to the public and also impair the smooth functioning of the administration. But why do workers strike work and suffer loss of earnings during the period of strike ...
- First Time: Cbi Gets Dna, Blood Sample Of An Ex-Minister (Indian Express, Ritu Sarin, Aug 17, 2003)
For the first time in its history, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) summoned a leading politician to obtain his DNA sample. Former UP minister Amar Mani Tripathi, a prime suspect in the Madhumita Shukla murder case, was called to New Delhi early
- Here Is Iaf’s Most Wanted Aircraft (Indian Express, SAIKAT DATTA, Aug 17, 2003)
Pakistan also wants these Mirage-2000-5s, Delhi team back from recce in Qatar
- Togadia Out, Laloo Sends Giriraj Back From Airport (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2003)
After VHP general secretary Pravin Togadia, it was the turn of Acharya Giriraj Kishore, the organisation’s international vice-president, to be packed off to Delhi by Bihar soon after his arrival at Patna airport.
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