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Articles 14121 through 14220 of 17201:
- New Challenges, Old Concerns (Pioneer, Hari Jaisingh, Jan 01, 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
- Promise To Delivery (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 01, 2005)
For West Bengal, the last year was one caught in a cusp. On one side, there was the promise of radical changes and on the other, there was the delivery of those promises.
- Our Planet, And Our Duty (Indian Express, BOB HERBERT, Jan 01, 2005)
One moment the kids were laughing and skylarking on the beach, yelling and chasing one another, sweating in the warm bright sun. The next moment they were gone.
- The Generation Ex (Times of India, Chidanand Rajghatta, Jan 01, 2005)
The migration of Indian minds to the west, particularly to the United States, came in three broad streams.
- The Conquest Of Power (Telegraph, RUDRANGSHU MUKHERJEE, Dec 31, 2004)
There are moments in contemporary affairs which are imbued with too much history. When Sonia Gandhi declined to be the prime minister of India she created such a moment.
- Thaw In Relations (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 31, 2004)
Army Chief General N C Vij’s week-long visit to China has been described as a historic one. It is for the first time in over a decade that an Indian Chief of Army Staff has visited China. But more importantly the visit is a milestone as it signals...
- While We Were Sleeping (Indian Express, BARUN MITRA, Dec 31, 2004)
Even as we struggle to come to terms with the trail of death and destruction left by the sea surges that hit our unwary shores just a day after Christmas, we need to realise that all crises opens up new opportunities.
- Warning: There Will Be (Asia Times, Eric Koo Peng Kuan, Dec 31, 2004)
Asian governments were caught totally off guard by the December 26 tsunami disaster. Now the calls are loud for the implementation in the Indian Ocean of an early warning system akin to that of the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center based in Hawaii.
- Analysing Consumer Behaviour (Business Line, Vineet Hemrajani, Dec 31, 2004)
To reap the maximum benefits from data analytics, firms have to invest in the right technology, hire the right people and develop standardised and robust processes of data collection, data retrieval, data analysis and strategy implementation.
- Can We Bridge This Gulf? (Indian Express, Jasjit Singh, Dec 31, 2004)
In the complex world of today, is it realistic to ask that the Gulf region be a nuclear weapon-free zone? If so, why? After all, the proposal for a larger Middle East as a Weapons of Mass
- Caught Unawares (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 31, 2004)
As the nation – and many of its neighbours – grieves its dead after the tsunami visitation, there is the inevitable remorse about lack of any kind of early warning.
- Consumer Credit: Boon Or Bane? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 31, 2004)
There are two ways of looking at the ongoing boom in consumer credit disbursements by commercial banks in India. At one level it has brought about a number of benefits to consumers
- Creating A Tsunami Warning System (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 31, 2004)
If there were doubts before, the tsunami of December 26, 2004 has swept them away. Over 100,000 people in a number of Asian countries have been killed by the monstrous waves, millions
- Manmohan Deputes Two Ministers To Andamans (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2004)
The Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, has deputed his Minister of State for Home, Prakash Jaiswal, and the Minister of State for Information Technology and Communications, Shakeel Ahmed, to Port Blair and Car Nicobar to oversee the relief and rescue....
- Reporting From Blogosphere (Indian Express, JOHN SCHWARTZ, Dec 30, 2004)
For vivid reporting from the enormous zone of tsunami disaster, it was hard to beat the blogs. The so-called blogosphere, with its personal journals published on the Web
- Wiggle Room In Accounting To Stage Fiscal Gimmicks (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 30, 2004)
In february, when the BJP-led NDA government was bullish about a return to power after the elections, and presented the Interim Budget, the Opposition was quick to decry it as `poll gimmicks'.
- Banking Consolidation Must Be Synergy-Driven (Business Line, Manoranjan Sharma, Dec 30, 2004)
Consolidation emerged as a defining characteristic of the modern banking world, primarily to leverage the benefits of large size, expanding and diversifying bank loan portfolios to lessen the likelihood of failure and harnessing core competencies.
- Govt Got Wind 1 Hr Before Waves Hit Chennai (Indian Express, Shishir Gupta, Dec 30, 2004)
At 7.50 am on Black Sunday, more than one full hour before the tidal waves hit the Tamil Nadu coast, the top brass of the Indian Air Force knew that the Car Nicobar Air Base had been inundated.
- India’S Pro-Active Foreign Policy (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Dec 30, 2004)
Continuity was the main theme of Indian foreign policy in the year 2004 as New Delhi stayed engaged with the world in a pro-active manner with particular focus on neighbours like Pakistan and China.
- Kalam Calls For Tsunami Warning System (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2004)
The President, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, called for a tsunami warning system along the entire Indian coastline on the lines of the one in the 27 Pacific nations, safeguarding them from distant source tsunamis.
- The Making Of The Bomb (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Dec 29, 2004)
LIKE some other stray remarks that can sometimes be more crucial than formal policy pronouncements at august forums, former Prime Minister and most respected BJP leader, Atal Behari Vajpayee’s sudden disclosure
- Nature’S Wrath Is History’S Reminder (Deccan Herald, DENNIS SMITH, Dec 29, 2004)
Scientists, like art teachers who have not mastered anatomy or drawing, often assume that what they do not know is not important. And, when it comes to earth science, what they do not know is the pattern of geologic time
- Six Questions That Don’T Go Away (Indian Express, PRASAD PARUCHURI, Dec 29, 2004)
Here are six questions that arise in the wake of the tsunami tragedy which don’t go away.
- The Trouble With Outsourcing (Business Line, K. Subramanian, Dec 29, 2004)
Information technology professionals in India greeted with jubilation the re-election of Mr George W. Bush as the US President. Their joy was in the hope that the new administration
- Tsunami Warning System (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Dec 29, 2004)
Joining the international tsunami warning system will help, but even so there will be much that has to be done within the country.
- Venture Capitalists And Biotech Sector (Business Line, Vinish Kathuria, Dec 29, 2004)
THE success of Biocon's initial public offering (IPO) was expected to kick-start the process of venture capital funding in the biotechnology sector. However, six months down the line
- Was It A Human Failure? (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Dec 29, 2004)
Whether it is natural disasters or medical emergencies... it is precious minutes that make the difference between life and death. In the recent tsunami catastrophe, those precious minutes were squandered away by ignorant bliss resulting in the loss thousa
- Search For Explanations (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Dec 29, 2004)
The New York Times, which is usually matter-of-fact and to the point, has allowed itself a bit of philosophising in its editorial on the enormous scale and sweep of the terror and tragedy of the black Sunday when the ...
- For A Development-Oriented Trips (The Economic Times, ASHOK KHEMKAL, Dec 29, 2004)
The third Patent (Amend) Bill, meant to fulfil its obligation to introduce product patent protection in drugs and medicines in compliance with Article 27.1 of the TRIPS agreement falling due on January 1, 2005
- Broadband Versus Narrow Elitism (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Dec 28, 2004)
Farming and farm-related activities are exposed to high risks and low incomes. By contrast, easy profits characterise a major part of the commerce that underpins the rural economy.
- Great Indian Sexcapade (Indian Express, G.J.V. PRASAD, Dec 28, 2004)
It is with amusement and concern that I have been forced to follow the brouhaha over and investigation into the MMS sex scandal. When it all began I was outraged by the boy’s “ungentlemanly
- Nature's Pogrom (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 28, 2004)
It will take some time before the sheer scale of Sunday's tragedy sinks in. Southern Asia felt the battering impact of an earthquake off the west coast of Sumatra, but the mourning for the dead cannot but have global dimensions.
- Sacred Science (Indian Express, DANIEL GOLEMAN, Dec 27, 2004)
Little is known about the Dalai Lama’s intense personal interest in the sciences; he has said that if he were not a monk, he would have liked to have been an engineer
- Promote Fdi For Higher Growth (Business Line, M. Y. Khan, Dec 27, 2004)
THE recent moves in opening the economy to foreign direct investment deserve fulsome praise. When an economy wants to grow at 8-9 per cent based on a savings rate of 24-25 per cent, it would surely need 5-6 per cent of GDP as foreign investment.
- Drugs, Patents And Options (Business Line, Alok Ray, Dec 27, 2004)
While economists recognise the need for continuing R&D, they feel that options other than the current patent system must be explored which can encourage research and, at the same time, keep new drugs affordable.
- Dna In The Times Of Bio-Babel (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 27, 2004)
In Genesis, the people of Babel try to build a tower to heaven. God stops the project by giving everyone a different language. They can’t communicate, so the tower is abandoned.
- Why Publish Drug Research? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 27, 2004)
The respected scientific journal Science recently published online a paper about a promising new candidate drug for tuberculosis that is now in clinical trials.
- Attracting Fdi, Chinese Style (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 26, 2004)
Time and again, successive Governments and their leaders have been shouting from the rooftops about the need to tap more Foreign Direct Investment in core sectors, above all infrastructure.
- The Institutions Of Education (Hindu, Romila Thapar, Dec 26, 2004)
The crisis of education was in part created by the collapse of those institutions that had neither the democratic nor the professional autonomy to sustain themselves against government directives. This has to be corrected. Such a correction should be ...
- Minors In Major Mess (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 25, 2004)
The Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) scandal involving schoolchildren from New Delhi has driven home a point or two about the changing moral values in urban India.
- Licence To Shoot (Indian Express, PAVAN DUGGAL, Dec 25, 2004)
Only in effectively regulating the use of hidden cameras lies the way ahead for a vibrant IT economy like ours
- Girl, Interrupted (Indian Express, Shyamola Khanna, Dec 25, 2004)
I tried very hard. I even threatened to get them arrested if they contemplated getting their little girl married. I was actually beginning to believe that I had made a dent in their psyche
- Foggy Logic (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 25, 2004)
IT’S that time of the year when fog rolls in and everything is grounded, cars, buses, trains and even airplanes that are meant to soar in the sky.
- Sex, Lies And Mms (Pioneer, K P S Gill, Dec 25, 2004)
The terrors of technology are everywhere being manifest in the most extraordinary forms. An entire nation has been taken by storm at the spectacle of a couple of schoolchildren who chose to record their "extracurricular activities"...
- Slash Duties On Manmade Fibres (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Dec 25, 2004)
Finance minister P Chidambaram’s assurance that the excise rate on man-made fibres (MMFs) will be lowered from its current 16% level brings cheer.
- Profits Beyond Piracy (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 24, 2004)
The centre's intention to enact legislation to curb optical disc piracy, revealed by the Information and Broadcasting Minister, Jaipal Reddy, at the International Film Festival of India at Goa
- Product Patents: Far From Public Good? (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Dec 24, 2004)
Unless New Delhi sees the priority of public health, both domestically and overseas — especially in countries with vulnerable economies — drug prices will rise dramatically and will not be within easy reach of the poor.
- Not The Final Over (Telegraph, UDDALAK MUKHERJEE, Dec 24, 2004)
During Australia’s recent tour in India, the batsmen of both the teams decided to “walk” without waiting for the umpire’s decision when they thought that they had nicked one to a fielder.
- Nostrum For Parliament? (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Dec 24, 2004)
The winter session of parliament is duly over. It was not as full of near-mayhem as the previous sessions had been. That is not however saying much. Marginal issues continued to receive precedence over substantive ones, and verbal
- Outward Fdi On The Go (Business Line, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Dec 24, 2004)
The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, has put all his energies in further opening the country for foreign investments in banking, insurance, telecom and civil aviation.
- Textiles And Clothing: India Must Spin A New Strategy (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Dec 24, 2004)
The textile industry has not been able to undo the damage inflicted by decades of skewed Government policy and today it finds itself quite unprepared to reap the full benefits of a quota-free regime beginning January 1, 2005.
- Charting A New Course For India's Army (Asia Times, Ramtanu Maitra, Dec 24, 2004)
On February 1, Lieutenant-General J J Singh will take over as India's new army chief. He is expected to direct the Indian army for at least three years, a tenure that is anticipated to be a period of great significance for the Indian army.
- A Breakthrough (Deccan Herald, U R RAO, Dec 24, 2004)
Only with complete autonomy can the Prasar Bharati function as a truly competent public broadcaster
- Apocalypse Tomorrow? (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Dec 24, 2004)
The last week of every year is conventionally a time for merriment which peaks on New Year's eve when the rich splurge in five star hotels, a thousand parties explode and tipsy revellers sway in lit-up downtowns where multitudes gather to ring in the new.
- Blossoming Partnership (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 24, 2004)
Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's first state visit to India could not have come at a better time. India's `Look East' policy is firmly in place. Its ties with the
- Islands In The Sun (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Dec 24, 2004)
The Maldives President, Abdul Gayoom, seems to regard Indian policies towards his regime as a protective political insurance. The time may have come to clear this misconception.
- India As Japanese See It (Tribune, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Dec 24, 2004)
Nary a word did Japan’s Ambassador, Mr Yasukuni Enoki, breathe, when speaking in Kolkata under Bengal Initiative auspices, about the far-reaching defence policy guidelines unveiled in Tokyo only a few hours before.
- Judiciary Under Trial By Sensation (Deccan Herald, N Haridas, Dec 24, 2004)
Now the news media is agog with the new Tehelka expose on Zaheera Sheikh, the super character in the Best Bakery episode. It has been made out that Zaheera accepted a huge ransom of Rs 18 lakh from BJP bigwigs in Vadodara to commit testimonial somersaults
- Is Security Is No Overhead (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 23, 2004)
Almost one in two Indian organisations are unaware of the technique used for breaching their security. This is almost double of what prevailed about a year ago
- Global Warming And Us Stance (Deccan Herald, K Jayalakshmi, Dec 23, 2004)
America appears to see politics in the action to control global warming but is the threat imagined?
- Lower Education (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Dec 23, 2004)
The Academic Ranking of World Universities for 2004 provides a reality check for all those dreams of India turning into the world's knowledge capital.
- Baazee.Com’S Run-In With The Law (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Dec 23, 2004)
Now that Avnish Bajaj, the CEO of Baazee.com, has been released on bail, let’s try and make a dispassionate study of the arrest that caused so much dismay in the corporate world.
- The Meaning Of Life (Telegraph, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Dec 23, 2004)
K. Venkatesh passed away on December 17. His poignant efforts to serve others even in death raise profound moral questions that no society will find easy to answer.
- Use And Abuse Of The Internet (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 23, 2004)
The arrest of the baazee.com chief, Avnish Bajaj, was an obvious instance of overreaction by the Delhi police: with the evidence having been crystallised already and he himself cooperating in the investigation
- Wheel Is In Experienced Hands (Pioneer, VK Grover, Dec 23, 2004)
Russian President Vladimir Putin and United States Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld were both in New Delhi this month. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was in Vientiane, Laos, interacting with South East Asian leaders.
- Opening Doors (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 23, 2004)
The phasing out of the quota regime under the Multi Fibre Agreement (MFA), scheduled to take place from January 1, 2005, is widely expected to herald a new beginning in the history of the Indian textile industry.
- Responsible Global Capitalism — Beyond The Market Construct (Business Line, S. Venu , Dec 22, 2004)
Responsible global capitalism is a system comprising individuals, private commercial corporations, NGOs, governments and supranational agencies.
- Net Value (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 22, 2004)
The Baazee.com controversy provides a revealing index of prevailing social values. Louder howls of protest greeted the arrest of the portal's CEO Avnish Bajaj than the reported on-line auction of a clip featuring sex-that too, between two Delhi Public Sch
- Closing The Digital Divide (Indian Express, Analysis, Dec 22, 2004)
People of South Asia send out this message: while seeking the dazzling fruits of globalisation, don’t forget the poor
- Junk Yard (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 22, 2004)
Antiquated is not always antique. This simple truth needs to be reiterated in India which is an antique land full of antiquated laws. One such law forbade photography in Indian airports.
- Who Paid For Aq Khan Network? (Pioneer, Wilson John, Dec 22, 2004)
A year ago, around this time, startling revelations were tumbling forth from Washington about how a Pakistani rogue nuclear scientist, Mr AQ Khan, had set up a global chain of illegal nuclear trade with branch offices in
- Why Tony Blair Will Fail (Hindu, David Hirst, Dec 22, 2004)
The United States is too partisan to see that the Palestinians cannot give more.
- The Growth Mirage (Business Line, A. V. Vedpuriswar, Dec 21, 2004)
Abundant optimism is needed while betting on the economic growth engine to touch 7-8 per cent. But misplaced optimism can be dangerous and lead to wishful thinking.
- Facts And Frictions (Indian Express, Teja Shrikant Lele, Dec 21, 2004)
English Language and Literature, Hindi Language and Literature, Sanskrit, Mathematics, Physics, Biology, Chemistry, History, Geography, Civics, Economics, Moral Science
- Stealing A March (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 21, 2004)
The opening of the new underground corridor of the Delhi Metro system from Delhi University to Kashmere Gate is yet another feather in the cap of the authorities concerned.
- Half The World To Speak English In 10 Years (Tribune, James Burleigh, Dec 21, 2004)
Half the world’s population will be speaking or learning English by 2015, researchers say. Two billion people are expected to start learning English within a decade and three billion will speak it, says a British Council estimate.
- Hey Presto, A New Macaque (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 21, 2004)
Nature's infinite Book of secrecy, to use Shakespeare's phrase, continues to yield treasures. The discovery of a primate species, Macaca munzala (the Arunachal macaque), in the ...
- Sanctity Of Ministerial Oath (Deccan Herald, N C GUNDU RAO, Dec 21, 2004)
Can Karnataka Chief Minister N Dharam Singh cope with strains in the coalition arrangement?
- In The Pipeline (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 21, 2004)
The Iranian gas offer to India through a pipeline is over 15 years old but it has not yet materialised because of the Pakistan factor
- Patents, Boon Or Bane? (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Dec 21, 2004)
Fears have rightly been expressed that the drug industry, the food-processing industry and even the software industry may face a crisis if the new WTO law governing patents is adopted from January 1, 2005.
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