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Articles 13621 through 13720 of 17201:
- Energising Power Sector (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Mar 14, 2005)
Nuclear power and wind energy: Two sides of the same coin as power generation goes. The first is slowly gaining currency in India but still has a lot of detractors mainly on account of the opacity of safety issues.
- Bihar May Get A Government But What About Governance? (Indian Express, N K Singh, Mar 14, 2005)
Bihar has gone under President’s rule and the initial statements by the Governor strike the right chord. No one knows if any subsequent permutation combination will yield a viable ...
- Rewind The Tape, Please (Business Line, V. Anantha Nageswaran, Mar 14, 2005)
Taxing foreign money, as was suggested by the RBI Governor, may, after all, be a good idea. India may not really be able to prevent such hot monies coming and leaving at short notice.
- Playing Cowboys In Basra (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Mar 14, 2005)
The British establishment still remains in denial regarding the brutalising effects of its actions in Iraq.
- This Is A Beginning: Tushar (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2005)
Tushar Gandhi, is one of the people responsible for the re-enactment of the Dandi March. For months he has been trying to ensure that no stone is left unturned in making the march a success and to spread the Mahatma’s message.
- Crop Diversification Need Of The Hour, Says Samra (Tribune, Sarbjit Dhaliwal, Mar 13, 2005)
Dr J.S. Samra, Deputy Director-General, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi, is a member of policy formulation panels of the Planning Commission and the Union Ministry of Rural Development.
- Iran Snubs Us Incentives, To Pursue N-Plan (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2005)
The nuclear technology will only be used for peaceful purposes and “we will not give up our legitimate right”, asserts Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman.
- No Gain Without Pain (Hindu, LARRY ELLIOT, Mar 12, 2005)
The key to development in sub-Saharan Africa is partnership with the West.
- The Draft Patent Law (Hindu, T.N. Srinivasan, Mar 12, 2005)
Its generic manufactures are too crucial for India, and for the world, to be allowed by a misguided patent law to be wiped out.
- Lost Horizon (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 12, 2005)
The Dalai Lama, in a statement issued on Thursday in Dharamsala in Himachal Pradesh, has reiterated his commitment to seek autonomy for Tibet within China.
- ‘An Open Society And Open Economy Are The Pillars... (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 12, 2005)
The test of the vibrancy and resilience of a democracy is not just the ability to conduct elections and convene legislatures.
- Easing Ecbs (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Mar 12, 2005)
Hopefully, the review of the regime for corporate access to external commercial borrowings would lead to a more liberal framework as, by the Government's own admission, it is too restrictive.
- One More Oil Deal (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Mar 11, 2005)
On the heels of the project to build a gas pipeline from Myanmar to India via Bangladesh, comes a deal with Venezuela by which India will operate an oilfield in the South American country and import the output.
- Tackling Cheating (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 11, 2005)
COME board examinations, reports of cheating in various centres in Punjab abound. Certain parents, local officials and teachers allegedly collude to cheat children of their education and future.
- A Theatre Of Mistaken Missiles (Indian Express, KARTIK BOMMAKANTI, Mar 11, 2005)
India’s policy needs to be attuned to the political realities of South Asia’s strategic context, instead of serving as an extension of US security policy
- It: Look For Competitive Edge (Business Line, V. Sridhar, Mar 11, 2005)
As clients become more knowledgeable about outsourcing, competition increases and the industry matures, selling BPO services just based on economic considerations will be tougher for Indian BPO companies.
- Budget And Textiles — Could Have Been A Better Weave (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Mar 11, 2005)
The Budget has provided incentive packages to improve the cost-competitiveness and profitability of all segments of the textile industry.
- End Of Golden Era? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 11, 2005)
Is it the end of the road for the royal metal that has held sway over millions since time immemorial? Perhaps. We could soon be scraping the insides of our planet for traces of gold.
- Taking On Syria (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 10, 2005)
It was rose in Georgia, orange in Ukraine, purple in Iraq — and now it’s cedar in Lebanon. This is how Mr George W. Bush has been counting his revolutions. He missed out Afghanistan.
- Cyber Laws Inadequate (Tribune, Jasmeet K. Egan, Mar 10, 2005)
India is fast emerging on pornographic websites. At the beginning of 2001 there were 4,000 such websites featuring Indians, whereas today the number is more than 18,000.
- Dismembering Truth (Hindu, Jyotirmaya Sharma, Mar 10, 2005)
A half-hearted attempt at bringing about reconciliation between communities based on mendacity and self-deception will not help assuage the feelings of the victims of the Gujarat riots.
- Future Of Books In The Age Of The Web (Hindu, Caroline Michel, Mar 10, 2005)
Books will confound all predictions and survive the electronic age in much the same form in which they exist today and have existed for hundreds of years.
- Resource-Based Products — Is Anti-Dumping Duty Justifiable? (Business Line, T. S. Viswanathan, Mar 09, 2005)
By getting a resource-based product at a price less than its production cost, surely the importing nation is profiting.
- Two Worlds (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 09, 2005)
THERE is a sharp divide between men and women. And women are not only segregated from the male species but are also further subdivided into two worlds of their own.
- Price Of Infrastructure Investment (The Economic Times, G. Anandalingam, Mar 09, 2005)
If we want to engage the private sector in infrastructure projects, there should be sufficient thought given to how it can actually realise profits from such venture which will be politically palatable to the people of India.
- Career Sense On Campuses (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Mar 09, 2005)
The campus recruitment season is in full swing. The wheel having gone full circle, it is boom-time in jobs and salaries yet again.
- Oil A Tool To Achieve Equality: Chavez (Hindu, PARVATHI MENON, Mar 09, 2005)
"Mr. President, what is the secret of your energy," asked a journalist at the end of a long press conference in Bangalore
- Not Yet Free To Choose (Tribune, Ruchika M. Khanna, Mar 08, 2005)
For centuries women in Haryana have been relegated to a third grade in the social hierarchy — much after the male members and their high yielding cattle. Though one of the richest states in the country
- New Ways, New Life (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2005)
Balu came to Bangalore from Tiruvanmalai, Tamil Nadu, a few years back. Farming did not yield enough to support his family of five. So he moved to Bangalore and found a job here as a painter.
- Satellite Lessons Reach Rural Kids (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2005)
The State Government, along with the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro), would try to extend satellite-based education programme to all primary schools in backward districts like Bidar, Gulbarga and Raichur, said Chief Minister N Dharam Singh ...
- Dividends From A Measured Approach (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 08, 2005)
The Reserve Bank of India unveiled a roadmap for foreign banks in India on budget day. Its contours do not cover the entire gamut of banking sector reforms
- Inter-Agency Drawl Threatens Internal Security (Deccan Herald, Bidanda M Chengappa, Mar 08, 2005)
What is worrisome is the lack of intelligence exchange between Delhi police and their counterparts in States on the threat perception of the LeT.
- The Time Is Ripe For Indian Idols (Indian Express, NANDITA PATEL, Mar 08, 2005)
Amit Sana or Abhijeet Sawant, one thing is for certain: the reason Indian Idol has outdone similar singing contests is that in transforming a hitherto passive, spectatorial format into an active
- An Occasion To Mourn (Tribune, Usha Rai, Mar 08, 2005)
We should stop celebrating Women’s Day. In fact, it should be a day of national mourning. We should collectively hang our heads in shame. Or maybe we should observe two minutes’ silence today for all the lives that have been snuffed out in their mother’s
- Battle Ground Parliament (Business Line, R. C. Rajamani, Mar 08, 2005)
That a huge amount of money is being spent to run a single day of Parliament may have pricked the conscience of some in the beginning.
- Novel Project (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 07, 2005)
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed for a project that would demonstrate the feasibility of 24 hours of water supply all seven days a week in the perennially water starved Hubli-Dharwad, Gulbarga and Belgaum cites.
- The Politics Of Budget-Making (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Mar 07, 2005)
For long the Budget has generally been a populist sell-out. The country has suffered because political fortunes in India have had little or nothing to do either with fiscal prudence or economic progress.
- Nap Time At The Workplace (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Mar 07, 2005)
I promised the salesperson behind the counter in the jewellery shop on Mada Street near the Kapaleeswarar Temple in Chennai that I would be back the next morning to buy the item I was interested in.
- West Discovers A New India (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma, Mar 07, 2005)
For the last few days, an e-mail circulating among professional Indians in America carries the headline: “India: The Next Knowledge Superpower”. It leads the NewScientist cover story on India’s advances in science and technology.
- Join Hands And Move Forward (Tribune, Gopal Krishan, Mar 07, 2005)
THE preparation of the State Development Report of Punjab and subsequently that of Himachal Pradesh by the faculty of the Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial Development (CRRID), Chandigarh, as an assignment from the Planning Commission was a rich
- Budget's Investment Focus Can Propel Economy (Business Line, M. Y. Khan, Mar 07, 2005)
The Budget is multi-dimensional, as far as over-all impact is concerned, and has given top priority to development and growth of the rural sector.
- Arms Sales Begin At Home (Indian Express, Thomas L. Friedman, Mar 07, 2005)
For the life of me, I simply do not understand why President Bush is objecting to the European Union’s selling arms to China, ending a 16-year embargo. I mean, what’s the problem?
- China Continues To Pump Up The Military Budget (Tribune, MARK MAGNIER, Mar 07, 2005)
In a move likely to spur further concern in foreign capitals, China announced on Friday that its military budget would grow 12.6 per cent this year, the latest in a string of double-digit increases.
- Bajaj To Unveil 3 Scooter Models (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 07, 2005)
The country’s second largest two-wheeler maker, Bajaj Auto, plans to launch three advanced scooter models in the year 2006 while its 100 cc scoterette “Wave” would be launched next month.
- Iits To Admit More Pure Science Undergraduate Students (Deccan Herald, KALYAN RAY, Mar 07, 2005)
From the 2006 academic sessions, all the seven Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) may admit more undergraduate students in pure science disciplines like physics, chemistry, mathematics and biology.
- Western Hypocrisy In Tsunami Aid (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Mar 06, 2005)
WE had Shakespeare’s “Tempest” at school and the tsunami recalled some lines:
“Full Fathom five thy father lies;
Of his bones are coral made;
Those are pearls that were his eyes;
- Tech Education And Research: Iits Show The Way (Tribune, Dharam Vir, Mar 06, 2005)
THE Indian Institutes of Technology have emerged as one of the most prominent success stories of Independent India.
- The Invisible ‘Kick’ Spawning Poppy (Deccan Herald, BALA CHAUHAN, Mar 06, 2005)
Pricing of opium is based on the purity and consistency of morphine. Presently the procurement price fixed by the government per kg ranges from Rs 600-1,200.
- Fine Print Of Chidambaram’S Mindset (Deccan Herald, Tavleen Singh, Mar 06, 2005)
It happens that on the morning after the budget just about when corporate India read the small print on the fringe benefit tax I ran into a close associate of Sonia Gandhi.
- It’S Popping Up Everywhere (Deccan Herald, BALA CHAUHAN, Mar 05, 2005)
In the last one month the State Excise registered more than 20 cases against farmers found growing poppy - a crop banned under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985. Maximum cases are from Kolar (12), followed by Tumkur, Mandya and Bida
- Pak Nuke Scientist’S Daughter Elusive (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Mar 05, 2005)
ISI agents are interested in Dr A Q Khan’s daughter as she possesses proof of Pakistani military’s involvement in selling nuclear technology to other countries.
- Old Orders Crumble (Indian Express, CRAIG NELSON, Mar 05, 2005)
The people of the Middle East, where demands for freedom have often been ruthlessly crushed, are awakening to an unaccustomed sound these days: the crumbling of old orders.
- ‘There Is Confusion In The House Of Democracy’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 05, 2005)
The question is: What is so good about democracy? This deserves urgent revisiting, argues John Keane, professor of Politics at the University of Westminster, because in our times there is no great public discussion about it.
- Giving India Inc The Edge (Business Line, H. P. Ranina, Mar 05, 2005)
The Budget proposals will give a fillip to investments in industry and spur economic growth. The competitive edge of the manufacturing sector will undoubtedly be sharpened.
- Towards A Landscape Of Social Cohesion (Indian Express, SAM MILLER, Mar 04, 2005)
Look today at the urban wasteland that Connaught Place has become after seven at night. It was designed, sensibly as a mixed commercial and residential area
- Towards A World Information Society (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Mar 04, 2005)
The Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) meeting of the World Summit on Information Society concluded in Geneva last week. At issue is how to address the growing digital divide among nations
- Walk The Talk (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 04, 2005)
The immediate impression about the Union Budget 2005-06 was that Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram has given priority to the agricultural sector.
- Central Asian States — I: Alert China Ups The Ante (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Mar 04, 2005)
It is only of late that the Central Asian States have come into the limelight, and their ability to make a big difference to the security and economies of the rest of the world have aroused interest.
- A Poor Harvest For Agriculture (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Mar 04, 2005)
The Finance Minister's second Budget for 2005-06 holds out an olive branch to the rural sector. The neglect of this sector was one of the reasons for the rout of the National democratic Alliance in the last general elections;
- Double Talk On Rural Growth? (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Mar 04, 2005)
Finance Minister P Chidambaram’s promise of fulfilling the ‘Bharat Nirman’ vision outlined by the President, Mr Abdul Kalam, while addressing Parliament the other day, seems to be a step in the right direction. Going by the past experience only time will
- Failed Harvest (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Mar 04, 2005)
Presenting the maiden Budget of the United Progressive Alliance Government last July, the Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, had referred to the New Deal promised by the Prime Minister for Rural India.
- Plan For Regional Satellite Navigation System (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Mar 03, 2005)
India is planning a regional satellite navigation system, similar to the Global Positioning System (GPS) of the United States.
- The Budget And The Blind Men (Indian Express, Jasjit Singh, Mar 03, 2005)
The defence budget and people’s assessment of it brings to mind the old story of the elephant and the blind men: each perception depends upon its peculiar location.
- Centre Of Excellence (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 02, 2005)
The budget bonanza of Rs 100 crore for the Indian Institute of Science may have come as a surprise to the institute, but IISc is a natural choice, given the fact that it is the Indian institution with the highest ranking among the top 500 in the world.
- Defence Needs More Funds (Tribune, Jasjit Singh, Mar 02, 2005)
At the outset, the government must be congratulated for restoring to the defence budget the sanctity of its key function: that of sound expenditure control and management.
- Budget: The Playmaker's Play (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Mar 02, 2005)
The Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, has become the playmaker that he had in mind. He has delivered an acceptable Budget, which has adopted a holistic approach to growth.
- Some Bold Innovations (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Mar 02, 2005)
So much has been said from the minute the Budget has been presented. Any more on the numbers and expenditure allocations (which have their usual share of populism) would only mean diminishing returns
- Pc For Fm (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 02, 2005)
The Budget is like a bikini. What it bares is beguiling, but what it conceals is vital. Once this principle is grasped, then the bulls, especially of the stock-market variety, wouldn’t go on a rampage without pausing for reflection.
- Apparel Park Draws Major Players (Deccan Herald, DEEPA BALAKRISHNAN, Mar 02, 2005)
A whopping Rs 142.4 crore is likely to be invested by 27 garment firms and mills at the Apparel Park being set up near Doddaballapur on the outskirts of the city.
- Budget: Pharma Gets No Medicine (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 02, 2005)
Union finance Minister P Chidambaram’s budget speech has failed to boost the pharmaceutical industry albeit the proposal to reduce the customs duty on nine specified machinery used in pharmaceuticals and biotechnology sectors
- Chinese Hedge To Indian It (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 02, 2005)
SOME of the world’s top banks have begun developing software in China, eyeing the country as a potential hedge against overdependence on India.
- States To Decide Location Of Educational Bodies: Sc (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 02, 2005)
Barring the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), the states have full powers to decide the location of a new educational academy being set up in their territories, the Supreme Court (SC) has ruled in a recent judgement.
- Just A Balancing Act (Telegraph, Udayan Bose, Mar 02, 2005)
This is one of the dangers of the modern media. They will hype a topic way beyond its own capacity and then make the end result look pale and insipid.
- Peace, Or A Mirage? (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Mar 01, 2005)
THE bomb blast in Tel Aviv was a sobering correction to exaggerated hopes of peace breaking out in West Asia. There are many ways of looking at the central Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
- That's It For Now (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Mar 01, 2005)
THE Budget pushes ahead with the Government's all-inclusive vision of development. The attempt to focus on creating world-class infrastructure that is critical for the sustained growth of knowledge-based industriesis laudable.
- The Spanish Dancer (Tribune, Sreedhara Bhasin, Mar 01, 2005)
Today when I was getting ready in the morning to go to work, I opened the almirah and reached out to the shelf where I keep my perfumes. My hand touched a rounded white bottle of hard ceramic — Anais Anais.
- Union Budget 2005-06: Positive Approach To Fiscal Consolidation (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Mar 01, 2005)
The Finance Minister has delivered a Budget that favours investment, job creation, minority welfare as well as rural and urban development.
- Holistic Formula For Growth And Investment (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Mar 01, 2005)
Mr Chidambaram deserves to be applauded for the ingenuity with which he has brought about a dynamic equilibrium in "an inclusive Budget" among three sets of imperatives: Addressing the concerns
- Banking On All Sections (Indian Express, K V KAMATH, Mar 01, 2005)
The Union Budget is a clear articulation of national priorities, with a range of focused measures targeted at stimulating growth in various sectors of the economy.
- Expectations Met In Fair Measure (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 01, 2005)
If expectations from Mr. P. Chidambaram's second budget were rather high, he seems to have met them in a fair, even if not full, measure.
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