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Articles 14021 through 14120 of 17201:
- Keep Msp Intact (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 13, 2005)
In his pre-Budget consultations on Tuesday, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram was advised to dispense with the minimum support price (MSP) for wheat and paddy.
- `We Have To Find Ways To Break Up Audit Firms' (Business Line, D. Murali , Jan 13, 2005)
IT IS the in-thing to think `out of the box'. But Vijay Govindarajan takes us into not one but three boxes. Which is how he began the hour-long chat with us a few days ago when we met VG, as he is called, in a Chennai IT company.
- The Age Of Apocalypse (AL-Ahram, Rajeshree Sisodia, Jan 12, 2005)
In Hindu mythology, Kali Yug is the apocalyptic age of darkness which sparks the annihilation of mankind. On 26 December, it seemed to many that Kali Yug had indeed descended on India -- the birthplace of Hinduism -- when an earthquake off the . . .
- Re-Engineering Capart (Hindu, Mihir Shah, Jan 12, 2005)
While "re-engineering" an institution, it must not lose its vital ethos somewhere along the way.
- Selective Morality? (Pioneer, Neha Mehta, Jan 12, 2005)
The pronouncement of guilt against the rapists of a student of Maulana Azad Medical College by a Delhi court is welcome. However, it would serve a larger purpose only if it is seen as a reminder of numerous other rape cases pending with the judiciary.
- The Agenda Is Anti-Amnesia (Indian Express, Neera Kuckreja Sohoni, Jan 12, 2005)
Sometimes you need to witness a lifetime’s journey to clear your vision. Shonali Bose provides that catalyst through her film Amu.
- Globalisation 3.0 (Indian Express, Ashok Malik, Jan 12, 2005)
Two weeks ago, amid the swirl of tsunami devastation, The Indian Express carried a piece pointing out apparent inconsistencies in BBC’s and CNN’s editorial positions (‘‘Can CNN, BBC get away with this corpse show in ‘sensitive’ Manhattan?’’ December 30...
- Access To Education: Yet To Make The Grade (Business Line, P. Srivatsan, Jan 12, 2005)
Education is the best investment. A country's economic and social progress is determined by the quality of its human resource. It is not higher education alone that is important but raising literacy levels among the
- Dalits Fight Tsunami Daily (Indian Express, Udit Raj, Jan 12, 2005)
This is in response to the expose in The Indian Express, ‘‘Tsunami can’t wash this away: hatred for Dalits’’ (IE January 7). Many justify their Hindu way of living while repeating various cliches like ‘‘Our living is simple and plain’’
- Empower The Victim (Indian Express, KUMAR M TIKU, Jan 12, 2005)
As the spotlight softens slowly on the tsunami zones, and good-natured charity gives way to the infinitesimally more challenging responsibility to stay the course, to ensure the victims reclaim a modicum of dignity that tsunami snatched from them without
- Schooling In Rural India (Hindu, Krishna Kumar, Jan 11, 2005)
One must ask why India can meet global standards in civil aviation, software, and defence, and not in its provision for rural children.
- Mad Sacred Cows (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Jan 11, 2005)
“Today, economics is separated from, and opposed to both ecological processes and basic needs. While the destruction of nature has been justified on grounds of improving human welfare
- Knowledge Reform (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 11, 2005)
The creation of a new Knowledge Commission will evoke contrary sentiments. While there is no doubt that the entire structure of education needs radical reform, India is still not as well positioned as it ought to be to benefit from a knowledge economy.
- Resuscitating The Nsc (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Jan 10, 2005)
THE task before the Prime Minister in selecting the next National Security Adviser is first to determine whether he wants the National Security Council to function with the NSA as its Secretary or to continue with the existing system without the council e
- Showcasing Science (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 10, 2005)
The 92nd Science Congress which has just concluded in Ahmedabad, once again saw speakers reiterating their ideas and suggestions to improve the science scenario in the country.
- With A Little Warning (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Jan 10, 2005)
“We may have severely underestimated the level of the tsunami hazard along the margins of the Atlantic Ocean,” said an unnamed researcher at the Benfield Hazard Research Centre at University College London
- Tsunami: Us Can Do More (Tribune, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jan 09, 2005)
There is a story about a British diplomat being asked what he would like for the New Year. Being a modest man, he declined a gift but on being pressed, reluctantly agreed to a small box of preserved fruit.
- Sonia Gets Friendly (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 09, 2005)
When Manmohan Singh went to Chennai to seal a ‘‘new relationship of trust and confidence’’ between Sonia’s Congress and Karunanidhi’s DMK. Will Congress watchers and political commentators look back at this moment as a significant milestone in the career
- Needed A Cohesive Military Doctrine (Tribune, Vice Admiral K.K. Nayyar, Jan 08, 2005)
A country’s military doctrine is the outcome of a number of factors, which impinge on its national security. Some of these are fixed like its geography and other vary such as the interests of its neighbours or the rest of the world.
- Justice Served (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 08, 2005)
The time: 2.30 in the afternoon on November 15, 2002. The venue: An old monument almost rubbing shoulders with Delhi Police Headquarters, in a neighbourhood housing several media establishments
- A New Year Wish List (The Economic Times, Lubna Kably, Jan 08, 2005)
Happy New Year,” Zenobia Aunty wishes everyone on April 1. This is not an April Fool’s joke. This date heralds our new financial year.
- Looking For A National Security Adviser (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jan 08, 2005)
The Prime Minister should look for a compatible philosophical vision of foreign policy in his next National Security Adviser.
- Fostering Innovation (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 08, 2005)
"Economic change is largely a process by which knowledge is transformed into goods and services. Creating links between knowledge generation and enterprise development is thus one of the greatest challenges facing developing countries,"
- Public Debate On Privacy (Telegraph, Sanjay Banerjee, Jan 07, 2005)
The baazee.com incident, and the one involving Kareena Kapoor and her male companion, pose vital questions already forgotten by the media — the right of privacy, freedom of expression and the archaic Indian laws on public decency and morality.
- Sack The Cops! (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 07, 2005)
The Hyderabad-based Andhra Pradesh Forensic Sciences Laboratory's finding that Anara Gupta, a former Miss Jammu and a model, had not acted in the pornographic CD sent to it by Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) Police, is a sharp slap on the latter's face.
- The President's New Year Speech (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Jan 07, 2005)
The President's New Year speech to Parliament is the Government's manifesto for the incoming year — by which it must be judged.
- Tsunami: The Robots Next Time? (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Jan 07, 2005)
Two news items deserve special attention as the world tries painfully to come to grips with life after tsunami. According to the first, eight elephants that take tourists around at Thailand's Khao Lak beach began to cry loudly
- An Angry Earth Wobbles (Asia Times, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 07, 2005)
Had it not been for the devastating Boxing Day tsunami that hit southern Asia, engulfing parts of India in its wake, 2004 might have passed off as a relatively uneventful year.
- Hail The New Textile Maharaja (Asia Times, Siddharth Srivastava, Jan 07, 2005)
Beginning this year, the world has moved from a four-decade paradigm that limited the developing countries' textile exports to advanced nations, unleashing trade worth ...
- A Square Circle (Deccan Herald, A S IYER, Jan 07, 2005)
I have wanted for many years to write this middle but could never get down to it. It is about an incident that took place years ago during my school days, and I kept telling myself,
- Jammu Police In The Dock (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 07, 2005)
Now that the Forensic Science Laboratory in Hyderabad has confirmed that the CD sent by the Jammu and Kashmir Police did not contain the pictures of the former Miss Jammu, the police establishment is in the dock.
- Save The Retailer (Tribune, Mohan Guruswamy, Jan 06, 2005)
The retail industry in India is often hailed as one of the sunrise sectors. AT Kearney, the well-known international management consultancy, recently identified India as the “second most attractive retail destination” from among 30 emerging markets.
- More Phones At Cheaper Rates (Tribune, Rajendra Prabhu, Jan 06, 2005)
The Communications and IT Ministry and the private industry are now convinced that the total telephone subscriptions can rise from the October 2004 level of 90 million to 250 million by 2007 with 60 million of it in the rural areas against 13 million now.
- Wrong, Lord Desai & Prof Sen (The Economic Times, T. K. Arun, Jan 06, 2005)
Lord Meghnad Desai thinks India is a collection of nationalities. These, he says, find political articulation through regional or caste-based parties that together detract from India’s potential for growth through exclusive focus on distribution.
- Taxing Justice? (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 06, 2005)
It is just as well that the National Tax Tribunal Bill 2004, introduced in the Lok Sabha the last session, has now been referred to the Standing Committee on Personnel
- 'Taxation Is The Bane Of Tourism' (The Economic Times, BHANU PANDE, Jan 06, 2005)
Param Kannampilly, the managing director of Concept Hospitality, which owns a chain of ecotels under the brand Orchid and Lotus Suites believes there’s a lot more the government should be doing to make 'Incredible India' a big success.
- ‘We Showed That An Indian Firm With Aspirations (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jan 06, 2005)
Grandson of legendary entrepreneur TVS Sundaram Iyengar, Venu Srinivasan famously spent eight hours a day of his school summer vacations working as a garage mechanic. Today, in a market once dominated by Bajaj Auto, TVS stands tall. Talking ...
- It’S All Relative (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 06, 2005)
In his remarkable novel Einstein’s Dreams, physicist Alan Lightman delves deep into the mind of a young Albert, struggling to catch vanishing wisps of inspiration in what he could not have possibly have known would be his annus mirabilis.
- Can Someone Answer My Questions? (Indian Express, M. G. Devasahayam , Jan 06, 2005)
Govt excuse is the disaster caught everyone by surprise. But that is what a disaster is all about
- Colonisation Of The English Language (Deccan Herald, Avijit Pathak, Jan 06, 2005)
Recently, I was in West Bengal, a state known for its elevated culture, its immense sensitivity to the literary heritage of Bengali, and its extraordinary achievements. But then, I also experienced a deep-rooted anxiety prevailing over the entire state.
- Dangerous Currents (Hindu, Maria Aurora Couto, Jan 06, 2005)
History and memory need to be recovered by both the Hindu and Catholic communities of Goa but not with crude productions that distort and telescope unrelated events to create divisive hatreds.
- Fdi In Retailing — Short-Changing The Kirana Store? (Business Line, Mohan Guruswamy, Jan 06, 2005)
The retail industry in India is often hailed as one of the sunrise sectors. AT Kearney recently identified India as the ``second most attractive retail destination'' from among 30 emergent markets.
- Us Slips In Luring The Best (Deccan Herald, SAM DILLON, Jan 05, 2005)
American universities, which for half a century have attracted the world’s best and brightest students with little effort, are suddenly facing intense competition as higher education undergoes rapid globalisation.
- Patent Ordinance And Reality Check (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Jan 05, 2005)
To meet its WTO commitment, India has brought in an ordinance to usher in the product patent regime. But of the effect on the ground things are not too clear, though the ordinance appears to create a milieu for the IT and pharma industries to grow and ...
- Neuromarketing (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jan 05, 2005)
Well, it had to happen some time: Only it has happened sooner than feared. In the beginning, there was only market research — a study of consumer behaviour through surveys of their purchases and expressed or implied preferences and choices.
- This Waiting Can Be Long (Indian Express, Harmala Gupta, Jan 05, 2005)
The advances made by medical science have not only increased life spans, it is now possible to ensure good symptom relief right till the end. Why then are we debating the right to end our lives prematurely?
- The Strain Is Showing (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 05, 2005)
The India growth story seems to have hit a writer's block. The growth rate is slipping. A rising crude import bill may explain much of the negative current account deficit.
- A Retribution For Warnings Ignored? (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Jan 05, 2005)
In less than 24 hours, the tsunami jolted awake the whole nation to the reality of its ill-preparedness to meet a major catastrophe and the inescapably global character of all technology.
- Fuel For Thought (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 05, 2005)
The road map for cleaner fuel — and, by implication, for cleaner air — will have to be redrawn with oil refiners declaring they are unable to meet the deadline for the supply of petrol and diesel that matches the required standards.
- Looking Back In Wonder (Telegraph, Deep K. Datta-Ray, Jan 05, 2005)
A tsunami-ravaged exotic Asia once again provides the backdrop to a Western adventure
- Medicines To Cost More (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 04, 2005)
From January 1, 2005, India has started recognising patents on medicines. This effectively means prices of new medicines and of those made in the last 10 years or so
- Nature Of Man (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 04, 2005)
As devastated areas struggle to face life after tsunami, stories of how animals, with the benefit of prior awareness, survived, and helped humans to do so, are surfacing along with those of miraculous escapes
- Tsunami: Asia Will Bounce Back (Asia Times, Emad Mekay, Jan 04, 2005)
The world is rallying to aid countries and lives damaged by the tsunamis that have killed more than 120,000 people in Asia and Africa, injuring three or four times as many
- A Knowledge Hub (Telegraph, Sukanta Chaudhuri, Jan 04, 2005)
At the golden jubilee celebrations of Jadavpur University, the chief minister, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, stressed the importance of academic research
- Autonomy Needed (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 04, 2005)
The dismal scenario prevailing in the sphere of higher education in the State is summed up by the disclosure made by Bangalore University Vice-Chancellor M S Thimmappa that more than 150 teaching posts, including those of 70 professors, are lying vacant a
- Bonding With Malaysia (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 04, 2005)
In May 2001, the then Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, visited Malaysia, as part of the NDA Government's "look East" policy.
- Data Protection Demystified (Business Line, Uttam Gupta , Jan 04, 2005)
The recommendations on the Third Patent (Amendment) Bill to the Government have got bogged down in controversy primarily due to a perception that once the product patent regime comes in to force
- Data Protection, Post-Haste (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jan 04, 2005)
Commerce minister Kamal Nath said recently that the government was all set to introduce a legislation for data protection.
- How Nature Changes History (Indian Express, DONALD G MCNEIL JR, Jan 04, 2005)
Two earthquakes in 1999 brought ancient enemies Greek and Turkey together as they rushed to each other’s aid. Will the tsunami bring Lankan govt and rebels to peace table?
- From It Inc To Pharma Inc (Business Line, C. Bhaktavatsala Rao, Jan 04, 2005)
If the 1990s belonged to information technology , the 21st century belongs to the pharmaceutical industry that is accelerating India's knowledge revolution.
- Feminism In The Time Of Mms (Indian Express, Amrita Shah, Jan 04, 2005)
Anybody who keeps asking — and there are many who do — why feminists oppose beauty contests should watch two film clips currently in circulation.
- Iran’S N-Ambitions (Tribune, Sudarshan Bhutani, Jan 03, 2005)
Iran’s nuclear ambitions cannot be considered separated from its relations with the United States of America. Ever since the 1979 revolution in Iran, the US has made no secret of its desire to bring about a change of regime in Teheran.
- An Exercise In Make-Believe (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Jan 03, 2005)
The Independent South Asia Commission on Poverty Alleviation has done it again. In its second report, the body — set up under the auspices of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
- For The Present And Future (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 03, 2005)
Excerpts from the 10th conference of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, December 2004
- False Alarm (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 03, 2005)
It is understandable that after the sudden and unexpected devastation wrought by the tsunami that struck Sunday before last, the authorities would not have risked the slightest chance with warnings about a second coming.
- Why Didn’T They Tilt At Windmills? (Indian Express, H.R. SURI, Jan 03, 2005)
Apropos of the news report, ‘Watershed’ (IE, December 26), while technology devised by the Himalayan Environmental Studies and Conservation Organisation (HESCO) — a voluntary organisation for generating electricity thorough watermills
- A New Year's Resolution (The Economic Times, Jeffrey D Sachs, Jan 03, 2005)
It is time for New Year’s resolutions, and this year’s are obvious. When the millennium opened, world leaders pledged to seek peace, the end of poverty, and a cleaner environment.
- The Net For India (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 03, 2005)
The newly liberalised norms for registration of `.in' Internet domain names that came into effect on January 1, 2005 represent another welcome step forward in India's quest for a national identity in cyberspace
- The `Do-Good To Feel-Good' Factor (Business Line, Yashashree Gurjar, Jan 03, 2005)
From philanthropy to social responsibility — it is a long road. And it has taken several decades to traverse from "helping" to "empowering" people.
- Operation Panic (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 03, 2005)
The Union home ministry’s Operation Panic last Thursday was the last thing the country needed as it grappled with the enormity of recovering from the tsunami disaster.
- A Wave Of Indifference (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Jan 02, 2005)
What a devastating, heartrending way for the year 2004 to end. A week since the tsunami hit and the death toll still rises and we still reel from the shock of nature’s brutal reminder that with all our technology and our scientific discoveries we are noth
- New Challenges, Old Concerns (Plain Dealer, Hari Jaisingh, Jan 02, 2005)
Yet another eventful but tsunami-struck tragic year rolls into history. And amidst the ongoing revolution of rising expectations and the lopsided response system, the people have managed to keep their hopes alive
- Early Warning System Didn’T Help In 1999 Orissa Cyclone (Telegraph, G.S. Mudur, Jan 02, 2005)
Five minutes after the earthquake off Sumatra, seismologists in at least 20 Indian stations should have known about it.
- Lessons Of History (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jan 01, 2005)
There is a story about a British diplomat being asked what he would like for the New Year. Being a modest man, he declined a gift but on
- A Happening Year (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Jan 01, 2005)
I wish my readers Merry Xmas and a happy 2005 with many Xmasses and new years to come. In my little family, we need no excuses to celebrate.
- Strengthening A Valuable Scheme (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 01, 2005)
The recent indication by the Union Labour Minister, K. Chandrasekhar Rao, that the Government is considering an increase in the monthly wage ceiling for coverage under the
- Bitter Pill (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 01, 2005)
When the Government issued an ordinance for introducing product patent regime for pharmaceutical and agro-chemicals from January 1, 2005, it implied that it would have found it difficult to have the measure passed by Parliament due to opposition from the
- The Road Ahead (Indian Express, ROBERT CHEN, Jan 01, 2005)
The astounding tragedy in the Indian Ocean is not just a human disaster of unbearable magnitude. Nor is it a matter of fate. It is the consequence of years of under-investment in the scientific and technical infrastructure needed to reduce
- Tax Holiday (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 01, 2005)
WHEN agriculture production reached a plateau in Punjab, it was obvious that the only way out of the stagnation was rapid industrialisation of the agrarian state.
- The Tsunami Learning Curve (Indian Express, VASANT GOWARIKER, Jan 01, 2005)
Amidst the trials and tribulations of thousands who were hit by the sudden tsunami, this is an attempt to look at the overall malaise rather than an isolated incident.
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