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Articles 20421 through 20520 of 21784:
- Chopper Crash Course (Indian Express, Amitav Ranjan, Aug 17, 2003)
Why are they in free fall? The Sunday Express finds a story of double standards and often no standards at all
- This Is India’s Moment But It’s Only A Moment, Can We Grasp It (Indian Express, Arun Shourie, Aug 17, 2003)
On the one hand, we have unbounded opportunities and incomparable advantages to seize them. On the other, there is the fate that will surely befall us if we falter. Unemployment will reach such proportions that social unrest will become unmanageable...
- Durable Bhai Sahib (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Aug 17, 2003)
Mayawati’s hard core supporters may stick with her through thick and thin, but the high profile recruits to the BSP found it difficult to adjust for long in a party where customarily everyone squats on the floor while Mayawati presides from a chair.
- ‘bring Law To Curb Pesticide Use’ (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Aug 16, 2003)
The alarming presence of hazardous pesticides in our environment poses a problem no different from such ills as fake medicines and food products. As you have said in your article, the real shock of this cola episode is the fact that now we have an ...
- Thank You, Mr Modi (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2003)
On Independence Day weekend we treasure this reminder of our fragile freedoms
- Smuggler Raj To Swaraj (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Aug 16, 2003)
Come to Mumbai’s Heera Panna. Once socialist India’s Grey Market No 1, today they give you Christian Dior — with a receipt
- Long And Short Of It (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2003)
An American research organisation has come to the conclusion that tall men get a better deal in life than their shorter cousins. Commenting on its findings Natalie Angier of The New York Times writes: “Tall men give nearly all the orders, win most ...
- Big Apple Tastes Better In The Dark (Indian Express, SUKETU MEHTA, Aug 16, 2003)
I became aware that something was wrong around four in the afternoon, as I was driving off the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. At the Flatbush Avenue intersection, the crossing guards seemed to be taking inordinately long to let my lane through, and I and all
- An Old-New World (Indian Express, Bhai Mahavir, Aug 16, 2003)
A return to Delhi after five years offers an interesting comparison of how things change. And how the more they change, the more they remain the same. My attention was drawn to the lamp post facing my house. It had the distinction of being a solitary ...
- U.S. Blackout: Lessons For India (Hindu, Anand Parthasarathy, Aug 16, 2003)
How well can today's high tech communication systems such as the Internet and mobile telephony cope with disaster situation?
- Trial By Kangaroo Courts (Indian Express, RAJEEV BAKSHI, Aug 15, 2003)
These have been very unfortunate and sad days for our civil society. Guilty even if innocent or until proved innocent is the new credo of the new breed of non-governmental organisations (NGOs), media outlets and lumpen political elements.
- Drink On India, The Law’s An Ass (Indian Express, RATNA RAJAIAH, Aug 15, 2003)
Is the ‘pesticides in Pepsi and Coke’ controversy a case of gross systemic failure or simply NGO activism gone mad
- Preparing For Cancun (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 15, 2003)
The Indian policy making system has to find a way out of the dilemmas it faces in negotiating multilateral agreements. When Pranab Mukherjee went to Marrakesh to sign on behalf of India on the Uruguay Round Agreement, the Opposition political parties in
- Bullock-Cart Diplomacy (Indian Express, M D NALAPAT, Aug 15, 2003)
If the attitude of immigration authorities worldwide to an Indian passport has changed during the past five years, the reason has nothing to do with the Vajpayee government, but is the result of the software boom. Suddenly, Indians have become chic, no
- A Non-Starter (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 15, 2003)
THE PROPOSAL BY Pakistan's President, Pervez Musharraf, that he will enforce a ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) if India meets certain conditions has been rightly dismissed by official India. Among the conditions that India has been ...
- Clear On Cancun (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 15, 2003)
THE WTO NEGOTIATIONS position paper circulated by the Centre reveals clearly the country's stand on a number of critical issues that will figure at the World Trade Organisation's Cancun Ministerial. The burden of the position paper is that the overall ...
- A Visitor With A Past (Hindu, Hamid Ansari, Aug 15, 2003)
Some in India may discover affinities with Ariel Sharon's type of politics. They would do well to examine his track record.
- Making Water Safe For Drinking (Deccan Herald, K Jayalakshmi, Aug 15, 2003)
While setting the standard for potable water, the key factors to be considered are achievability and actionability
- ‘lab Staff Goofed, Sunita Got Away’ (Indian Express, R. Ramachandran, Aug 14, 2003)
Sunita Rani has returned to the track, her coach Renu Kohli has been recommended for the Dronacharya Award but the doping controversy that haunted the athlete is far from over.
- Delhi Hc Takes Up Ferrari ‘profligacy’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2003)
The Delhi High Court today took suo motu cognizance of reports on the Rs 1.6-crore import duty exemption to cricketer Sachin Tendulkar’s Ferrari.
- Fly The Government Out Of Civil Aviation (Indian Express, VIJAY DANDAPANI, Aug 14, 2003)
July 2003 marked the centenary of the first flight of the Kitty Hawk, when the Wright brothers demonstrated that an object heavier than air could fly. While this centennial is being celebrated around the world, in India there appears to be scant ...
- No Easy Going For India In Cancun (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Aug 14, 2003)
10 million people in four African countries are facing starvation after they implemented free market reforms
- India's Economic Diplomacy (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Aug 14, 2003)
To derive the full political benefits of economic diplomacy, the leadership will have to act decisively to break the old mindset, which defines national security and trade policy in separate and narrow terms.
- Pakistan's Privileged Army - Quest For Hegemony At Home, Abroad (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Aug 14, 2003)
As it moves ahead with its "peace process", New Delhi cannot afford to ignore the pernicious role of the Pakistan army. Compulsive hostility with India is a necessary pre-requisite for the Pakistan army to retain its perks and privileges, and it is not
- Meeting The Maoists (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Aug 13, 2003)
In the heart of the Himalayas, a nation on the brink of civil war is holding its breath as King Gyanendra directs his men to return to a third round of peace negotiations with Maoist guerrillas in Kathmandu over the next few days.
- Tempers Boil Over In Ongc As Hopes Sink (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2003)
With 24 men missing at sea presumed dead, rescuers are battling poor visibility to lift the wreckage of the chartered helicopter which crashed in the Arabian Sea yesterday while ferrying offshore rig workers. Efforts are also on to trace its cockpit voice
- The Humble Protest Is Reborn, Recognise It? (Indian Express, Reshma Patil, Aug 13, 2003)
Please do not insist on making conversation.’’ This warning board seems strange at a maidan where a social crusader is protesting, what else, corruption. Nearby, a minister holds court on a red-carpetted stage. Both are on hunger strike, but it doesn’t
- Girl ‘escapes’ Her Parents, Heads Home To Canada (Indian Express, Vikas Kahol, Aug 13, 2003)
Gets HC permission, says she couldn’t adjust to India and ‘parents did not understand me’
- A Track Ii Mission To Pakistan (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Aug 13, 2003)
The warm welcome accorded to the delegation of parliamentarians and journalists on a Track II diplomacy mission to Pakistan reflects the yearning for peace of the people of both countries. Such missions are vital in carrying forward the newly-launched ...
- Test Pepsi, Get Back To Us In Three Weeks: Hc Tells Govt (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2003)
The Delhi High Court today directed the Government to conduct laboratory tests on the soft drinks of PepsiCo and submit its report within three weeks.
- Polls In Mind, Govt Herds Its Cow Bill (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2003)
The Cabinet today approved two proposals which would give the BJP much to tom-tom about in the run-up to the Assembly elections. At a hastily-called meeting, the Cabinet okayed a Bill banning cow slaughter throughout the country and another granting state
- Ask Chief Secretary, Not Me: Sharma To Cbi (Indian Express, Amit Sharma, Aug 12, 2003)
Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary D S Bagga is in a tight spot after R K Sharma, principal secretary (environment) who was suspended in the wake of the Taj Heritage Corridor controversy, accused Bagga of clearing the Agra project and making him a ‘‘scapegoat’
- Guess Who’s Getting Mea’s Giftwrapped Pack Of Dvds (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Aug 12, 2003)
India has just couriered someone a special gift. Annotated copies of the Indian Constitution, DVDs of the Legend of Bhagat Singh and Jawaharlal Nehru’s Glimpses of World History have been gift-wrapped and couriered to Tehran and Damascus.
- The Seven Year Hitch (Indian Express, Kuldip Nayar, Aug 12, 2003)
Houseboats in Srinagar give pride of place to leather-bound visitors’ books to record outpourings of impressed guests. The houseboat in which I stayed a few days ago had two entries that struck me, not for the name of the guests but for the time gap ...
- A Vasco Da Gama, In Reverse (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Aug 12, 2003)
There’s many a slip between the cup and the lip, but Shashank, the seniormost secretary in the MEA, is clearly hoping that his African journeys over the last few months will give him enough ballast to turn around the flag-embellished corner of South Block
- Governmental Audit System - A Prisoner Of Procedures? (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Aug 11, 2003)
The Prime Minister's recent criticism of the government's audit system for making the executive a prisoner of procedure should provoke introspection by the CAG's auditors.
- Sandstone Can Bind This Indo-Pak Tie (Indian Express, Pranab Dhal Samanta, Aug 11, 2003)
COMMON HERITAGE: INTACH ready to send stones for Jehangir tomb repair
- Dharma And Grog (Indian Express, Renuka Narayanan, Aug 11, 2003)
How about this story, as a ‘secular’ nightmare? Two woman friends, a Muslim and a Hindu, are conversing quietly in a corner of a smart urban drawing room in Delhi. The Muslim is an NRI who has just been to Ladakh. She is sharing her impressions with her
- Congress Lags Behind Eager Bjp (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Aug 11, 2003)
Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani has everyone guessing about what lies behind his suggestion that Lok Sabha and assembly elections should be clubbed. Vice President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat prepared the ground for the debate. Politicians rarely enunciate
- A System On Trial (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2003)
The Best Bakery case highlights the need for new changes and use of old provisions
- Another Rail Mishap, But No Casualties (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2003)
It was a miraculous escape for the passengers travelling by the New Delhi-bound Goa-Nizamuddin express, when six coaches of the train derailed near Adarki station on the Pune-Miraj section early on Sunday morning.
- Achuthan’s Order (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Aug 10, 2003)
Reports about Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) order in the Kishore Chhabria-Vijay Mallya dispute suggest that SAT has overturned the Securities and Exchange Board of India’s (Sebi) ruling against Chhabria. But the order has an interesting twist. In
- ‘bihar Blamed For Having Obc Govt’ (Indian Express, Vrinda Gopinath, Aug 10, 2003)
Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Laloo Prasad Yadav may have already begun grabbing the limelight in his visit to Pakistan, but he is certain to face a lot of curiosity there about Bihar, now a cliche for under-development, poverty, scams and crime.
- Wirelessly Wired? Not Yet (Indian Express, Ambrose Pinto , Aug 10, 2003)
WiFi may be hip and happening. But with laptop prices still high in India, there still a long way to go for the technology to realise its full potential
- It Is About Equality, Not Uniformity (Hindu, Anjali Modi, Aug 10, 2003)
The political debate... has revolved around uniformity of civil codes and has largely ignored issues of equality.
- Muted Voices Of Change (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2003)
THE WORK done by women's organisations working with Muslim women has, over the last decade, created an environment where they are asking for change. According to Hasina Khan of the Mumbai-based Awaz-e-Niswaan "70 to 80 per cent of women want a change in
- Sonia Rams Into Nda’s Records (Indian Express, Kota Neelima, Aug 10, 2003)
In a curtain-raiser of sorts for the big fight ahead, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi inaugurated the party’s election campaign at a modest rally in East Delhi this evening, a day ahead of L.K. Advani’s Parivartan Rally.
- Just One Degree Of Separation From Liberia (Indian Express, Amba Batra, Aug 10, 2003)
While Charles Taylor, Liberia’s beleaguered president, is preparing for life in exile, a college in south Delhi has reasons for concern.
- Track Ii Express Pulls Into Islamabad (Indian Express, Sagarika Ghose, Aug 10, 2003)
In Islamabad, the air is thick with mohabbat. The largest ever delegation of Indian parliamentarians (31 in all) is visiting Pakistan as part of a conference organised by the South Asia Free Media Association and although the honourable members are soft
- Generation Next Meets (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Aug 10, 2003)
The younger generation of two important political families met for the first time at a special film showing of the movie Chalte Chalte in Delhi last week. There was an instant rapport between Misa, the eldest daughter of Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi,
- Plan To Beat All Masters (Indian Express, Raju Santhanam, Aug 10, 2003)
My friend in Delhi has a new Masterplan for the National Capital. It has details not only of where one should stay, the projects that are coming up but also what one should eat, drink and see. ‘‘It is by far the most comprehensive Delhi Masterplan,’’
- Newsreel: 10.08.03 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2003)
A day after Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani moots the idea of holding synchronised elections to Lok Sabha and state Assemblies, Election Commissioner T.S. Krishnamurthy says they have not received any proposal from the Government yet. He also asserts
- Your Q, His A: Personal Law (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2003)
Rajiv K. Luthra is the founder and senior partner of Luthra and Luthra Law Offices. This column provides general observations on applicable laws. Due to paucity of space, it does not and cannot substitute legal advice specific to an issue. Readers are
- Two Celebrations (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Aug 09, 2003)
Today August 9 is the 61st anniversary of the “Quit India” movement launched in 1942 by Mahatma Gandhi. Despite my adoration for Bapu I am convinced his move was ill-conceived and untimely.
- Boycott Lunch And Dinner (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Aug 09, 2003)
You may raise some questions about our politicians’ intellect or integrity but there is no faulting their instincts. So how does the Parliament of India assert its sovereign authority the moment the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), which is now
- The Great Justice Divide (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Aug 09, 2003)
‘‘If there’s a divide here, it is between those who want to see justice done and those who don’t’’, Zaheera Sheikh, prime complainant and star witness in the Best Bakery Case, told TIME. But the magazine wasn’t persuaded by Sheikh’s unshaken faith. Its...
- Pepsi Maange A Lot: Wants Court To Gag Cse And Tell Govt Not To Act On Report (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2003)
Pepsico has filed a petition in the Delhi High Court seeking to restrain the Centre for Science and Environment and its director Sunita Narain from publishing ‘‘any unsubstantiated statements or materials against Pepsico and to forthwith withdraw all such
- Lok Sabha Polls: The Sooner The Better, Thinks Bjp (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Aug 09, 2003)
Regardless of what Chief Election Commissioner J M Lyngdoh thinks, the BJP leadership is set on holding the general elections much before schedule and may go in for Lok Sabha polls as early as November 2003.
- The Road Goes Uphill From Shimla (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Aug 08, 2003)
At Shimla the Congress ostensibly reversed the decision it had taken in Pachmarhi in September 1998. The question at Pachmarhi, as at Shimla, was: Should the Congress open up for coalitions?
- Do A Doubletake On Women’s Quota (Indian Express, Rami Chhabra, Aug 08, 2003)
For years, the main crossing adjoining the AIIMS & Safdarjung Hospitals in New Delhi suffered horrendous traffic jams and accidents. Now, the flyover has redeveloped space in ways not visualized earlier. The physical base has creatively expanded without
- Toxicola Debate: Us Embassy Cold To Pepsi & Coke (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Aug 08, 2003)
Yesterday's Parliament ban on their products may have more symbolic than substantive value but as a slew of states began sending samples for testing, a worried Coca-Cola and Pepsico started damage control. This included approaching the US Embassy for help
- How India's Fields Got `Swaraj' (Business Line, Harish Damodaran , Aug 08, 2003)
MR CHANDRA MOHAN'S name is synonymous with `Swaraj' and Punjab Tractors Ltd (PTL), which he built from the scratch to a Rs 1,300-crore-plus engineering conglomerate with a product line spanning tractors and harvester combines to engines, light commercial
- Too Soft On Drinks (Business Line, Sudhirendar Sharma, Aug 08, 2003)
THE charge that a set of soft-drinks contains a cocktail of pesticide residues may put the MNC giants in the dock, but it also exposes the inherent weakness of a system to ensure quality of products, especially those mass-consumed.
- Neocon Vs Old Con (Indian Express, Ashok Malik, Aug 07, 2003)
Is it just a fevered imagination or is there a direct correlation between Indo-Pakistani romanticism and the screeching and hollering that scuppered the idea of India sending an “occupying army” to northern Iraq? In a week when half of New Delhi seems
- Storm Over A Teacup (Business Line, R. Narayanaswamy, Aug 07, 2003)
On the tussle between Indian and international accounting firms.
- Equity Futures And Options For All (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Aug 07, 2003)
High-risk equities of high-risk firms may become higher-risk equities. The elitist criteria stipulated by India's securities market disproportionately undermines the prospects of young firms. It suppresses India's renowned flair for competitiveness ...
- Modi Note Should Go To President Kalam’s Trashcan, Says Oppn (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Aug 07, 2003)
The President, under India’s parliamentary system, has no individual discretion on matters regarding governance and administration, and therefore Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi’s letter to President A P J Kalam is nothing short of a ‘‘distasteful
- Rudy, The Sensitive: Transit Lounge For Martyrs’ Coffins (Indian Express, Pranab Dhal Samanta, Aug 07, 2003)
Earmarked shaheed sthal (martyr’s spot), a landscaped enclosure with a raised platform will come up at all airports across the country. The platform is for the coffin of a soldier being ferried home, the enclosure is for up to 60 mourners.
- On The Yellow Brick Road (Indian Express, Bibek Debroy, Aug 06, 2003)
John Loudon McAdam was born in 1756 and died in 1836. I vaguely remember reading about McAdam in school. I suspect McAdam has now moved out of school textbooks.
- Pak Discomfiture (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2003)
The bitter truth of Blackwill’s plainspeak has provoked Pakistan to take potshots at him
- India: The Emerging R&d Hub (Business Line, P. Balakrishna, Aug 06, 2003)
EVER since Texas Instruments set up a research and development centre in Bangalore in 1985, more and more foreign companies have realised the benefits of carrying out significant R&D work in India. According to a study conducted by the Administrative
- Kosovo To Delhi: Death Came A Phone Call Later (Indian Express, Amba Batra, Aug 06, 2003)
Satish Chandra Menon of BSF is first UN casualty in Kosovo in 4 years
- Banks Sans Bosses (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2003)
THE GOVERNMENT MAY not lose sleep over headless public sector banks when it is cat-napping over economic problems even a few months ahead of general elections. Allahabad Bank and Bank of India have no chairman and managing director while Andhra Bank,
- Of Ram Temple And Elections (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Aug 06, 2003)
Two statements by the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and his deputy, Mr L. K. Advani, one on building the Ram temple at Ayodhya and synchronising Lok Sabha and Assembly elections virtually set the cat among the pigeons and the Opposition party
- The Pentagon Alternative (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Aug 05, 2003)
The man who, on behalf of the US, invited India to send combat troops to Iraq, will get together with Defence Secretary Ajay Prasad this week for the annual Defence Policy Group dialogue in Washington.
- Pastmasters: The Reincarnation Story (Indian Express, Bhai Mahavir, Aug 05, 2003)
Could a child of nine become the subject of such curiosity as to attract the notice of Mahatma Gandhi? To the extent of his calling for her and constituting a group of 15 to investigate the matter? It happened 70 years ago.
- He Launched Space Tourism, He’s Ready To Take Off On Us Senate Trip (Indian Express, S. P. Singh, Aug 05, 2003)
Asian-Americans need a voice, says Chirinjeev Kathuria. Post 9/11, US media notes his ‘turban and beard’
- Maoists New Bihar Highway Roadblock (Indian Express, Navika Kumar, Aug 05, 2003)
The Golden Quadrilateral, the Prime Minister’s dream project, has run into an unexpected roadblock: Bihar’s Maoist groups have warned they will not let it pass if road contractors don’t cough up 10 per cent of the contract value as rangdari or ‘‘local tax
- Pak Has A Farewell Gift For Blackwill: He’s Biased (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2003)
Pakistan today launched a blistering attack on former US Ambassador to India Robert Blackwill for his comment that terrorist incursions into Jammu and Kashmir were still continuing, saying he seemed to be ‘‘ill-informed’’ and ‘‘prejudiced.’’
- Food For Thought (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2003)
WELFARE PROGRAMMES ARE often all too easily dismissed as "populist" schemes that are a waste of resources and only function as sources of state patronage. Such sweeping generalisations are not always based on facts. A recent study based on a ...
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