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Articles 14221 through 14320 of 17201:
- Of Preventives And Cures (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 21, 2004)
A couple of weeks ago, Gordon Brown, Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, made a promise. The United Kingdom, he said, would buy up to three hundred million doses of a new malaria vaccine for the developing world.
- Baazee.Com Case — Why Was Ipc Not Invoked? (Business Line, Pratap Ravindran , Dec 21, 2004)
The failure of the Delhi police to invoke Section 292 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) in effecting the arrest of Mr Avnish Bajaj, Chief Executive Officer of the auction Web site Baazee.com
- Can't Middle Class Pay For Lpg? Cut Subsidies, And Also Taxes (The Economic Times, J. George, Dec 21, 2004)
The scourge of “scrap trade”, reported detection of a dead lizard in the packed food served to a frequent flyer on a domestic airlines in the recent past, contaminated
- Complete The Reform Mission, Mr Speaker (Business Line, R. C. Rajamani, Dec 21, 2004)
It was an ominous return to the not-so-good old days in Parliament last week — walkouts, anger over the absence of Cabinet ministers, members trooping into the well of the House, all climaxing in the Speaker's threat to resign.
- Cyber Waves (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 21, 2004)
Ever since it first flashed in the headlines a few weeks ago in the Capital, the MMS scandal has been a reminder and a taunt. There is a growing lag between new technologies and our ability to cope with them.
- To Make 200 Million Tonnes, India Needs `Steel Vision' (Business Line, N. Ramakrishnan , Dec 21, 2004)
"We need a long-term vision for the steel industry," says Mr B. Muthuraman, Managing Director, The Tata Iron and Steel Company Ltd.
- Unnecessarily Harsh? (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 21, 2004)
The controversy triggerged by the arrest of the Baazee.com Chief Executive Officer, Mr Avnish Bajaj, for selling objectionable material through the Internet auction site exposes the lacunae in the provisions of
- Tailor Food Safety To Our Needs (The Economic Times, J. George, Dec 21, 2004)
The scourge of “scrap trade”, reported detection of a dead lizard in the packed food served to a frequent flyer on a domestic airlines in the recent past, contaminated honey supplies and many other food items in the domestic as well as international marke
- Indian Court Grants Bail In Sex Video Case (CNET.com, Dinesh C Sharma, Dec 21, 2004)
Avnish Bajaj, chief executive officer of eBay Indian subsidiary Baazee.com was released on bail by local courts Tuesday, the company said.
- How Boom Can Go Bust (Business Line, Gowthaman Muruganandan, Dec 20, 2004)
With its BPO portfolio including high-end analysis work, content management and knowledge management, India is a force to reckon with in the global BPO market.
- The Balanced Scorecard — Manufacturing Change (Business Line, A. B. Sivakumar, Dec 20, 2004)
The balanced scorecard helps organisations to accurately measure the results of their actions. The constant monitoring of efforts galvanises the whole organisation into action.
- Sex And The Cellphone Camera (Indian Express, Subimal Bhattacharjee, Dec 20, 2004)
For the last few days, the incident of the MMS pornographic images involving students of a prestigious Delhi school has captured public attention.
- The Typewriter Of Life (Telegraph, Salman Rushdie, Dec 20, 2004)
There’s a great scene in James Ivory’s early film, Bombay Talkie, in which Jennifer Kendal as a reporter visits the set of a Bombay movie, and the set is this giant typewriter
- Reality Bytes (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 20, 2004)
When cyber space and reality collide, it is the real world that dominates, as the individuals allegedly involved in the making, transmission and selling of an explicit video-clip of two Delhi school students have found out.
- Plantation Problems (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 20, 2004)
The centre finds itself on the defensive over the continued weakness in the prices of plantation crops such as coffee, tea and pepper. Some members of Parliament, especially those from Kerala, fault the liberal import policy for this.
- A Real Cabinet At Last (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 18, 2004)
That it should have taken nearly seven months for Chief Minister Dharam Singh to have something like a real Cabinet speaks volumes of the state of affairs in Karnataka.
- Fuel For Taps (Hindu, R. Ramachandran, Dec 18, 2004)
Looking for alternative sources of low-enriched uranium or switching to a first-ever fully mixed oxide loaded reactor are options to keep the Tarapur Atomic Power Station running.
- Prospects For Peace, Post-Arafat (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Dec 18, 2004)
It appears that once the new Palestinian President is elected, moves will commence for an Israeli withdrawal from Gaza. For any peace process to be sustainable, the Palestinian Authority should quell terrorist violence and adopt democratic governance
- The Forces Of Insecurity (Indian Express, Arun Shourie, Dec 18, 2004)
Well-trained commando units are not used to fight terrorists, instead they are used to guard VIPs. The police lack the equipment, strategy or the morale to effectively combat criminal mafias
- In Harmony (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Dec 18, 2004)
Nary a word did Japan’s ambassador, Yasukuni Enoki, breathe, when speaking in Calcutta under Bengal Initiative auspices, about the far-reaching defence policy guidelines unveiled in Tokyo only a few hours before.
- Welcome Dd Direct (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 18, 2004)
With its new Direct-to-Home (DTH) service, Prasar Bharati has switched on a new and refreshingly different option for the television viewer. By keeping the offering free of monthly charges...
- Reliance And Lg: A Tale Of Two Successions (Business Line, Vinod Mathew, Dec 17, 2004)
Both the Indian and Korean giants are second-generation Asian companies that set store by corporate governance and Western management philosophies.
- Back To Fantasy (Deccan Herald, DINYAR T DASTOOR, Dec 17, 2004)
Every individual has his own concept of a treasure trove. With some, it is finding wads of currency notes stuffed in mattresses, with others it’s discovering sparkling gems in antique chests.
- Re-Engaging Organised Religion (Hindu, N. Ravi, Dec 17, 2004)
The travails of the Kanchi Mutt should prompt deep reflection on the part of religious leaders in general on how best to manage the temporal affairs of the institutions they run.
- Colin Powell's `Command'ments On Leadership (Business Line, R. Devarajan, Dec 17, 2004)
Gen Colin Powell is far from the common and conventional prototype military hero. He does not wear his heart on his sleeve. The fact that he has achieved the kind of matinee-idol fame (which has made it difficult for him to go out in public) is more an em
- The Ticking Bomb Inside Mosque And Madrasa (Indian Express, Arun Shourie, Dec 17, 2004)
A range of authorities have pointed to the urgent danger brewing in Muslim ‘religious’ centres, the porosity of our borders and demographic threats. Yet to voice them invites the charge, ‘communal’
- How To Grow Leaders (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Dec 17, 2004)
The title may suggest that unlike money, leaders grow on trees, and are there for the plucking. Is it true? May be it is. The blitz or blizzard of papers and articles on leadership that the Harvard Business Review ...
- From Crutches To Physiotherapy (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, Dec 17, 2004)
The All India SC&ST Confederation's rally at Delhi's Ram Lila Maidan in support of reservation in private sector, judiciary and armed forces portends major economic and social upheaval.
- Why A Steel Regulator Makes Little Sense (Business Line, Pradeep S. Mehta, Dec 17, 2004)
The proposal to set up a steel regulator is mainly in response to the lobby of the builders who face a double-whammy due to the moves of both the cement and the steel industry.
- Spans Of Safety For Oregon Bridges (Business Line, A. V. Swaminathan , Dec 16, 2004)
The Oregon rebuilding of bridges is a warning signal for India where a large number of bridges, under the control of the Highways Department and the Railways, are in bad shape and require renovation before it becomes too late.
- Collision Course (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 16, 2004)
Another rail accident, another statistic. But Tuesday's disaster near Jalandhar in which at least 37 died and 70 others were injured, should not be treated by the familiar broad brush with which observers paint Indian Railways' frequent accidents.
- Inhuman Error (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Dec 16, 2004)
We agree with the railway minister that the Tuesday's horrifying train accident was brutal murder. But why blame only those directly responsible for yet another ‘human error’? We hold the entire Railways top brass culpable.
- Fdi In Retail Sector — A Trade Policy For Trade (Business Line, R. Vaidyanathan, Dec 16, 2004)
The pan-chewing, dhoti-clad, English-ignorant retail trader should not be seen as `inefficient' and `cost ineffective' who needs to be bleached by globally-accepted detergents.
- Palestinians After Arafat (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, Dec 16, 2004)
During a cold dreary Moscow morning in 1971, I was one of the few persons present when Nikita Khrushchev was buried. Khrushchev’s son delivered a poignant eulogy for his late father.
- Peace Prospects, Post-Arafat (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Dec 16, 2004)
During a cold dreary Moscow morning in 1971, I was one of the few persons present when Nikita Khrushchev was buried. I was carrying a message of condolences from Mrs Indira Gandhi for Mrs Khrushchev.
- Defence Procurement — Importance Of `Preferred Supplier' Clause (Business Line, Prem Kumar , Dec 16, 2004)
In modern warfare, `speed' is the key to success in operational ventures. Defence procurement methods need to be optimised to ensure that requisite materials reach where they are required on time.
- 'Our Roads Absorb Water Very Fast' (The Economic Times, SUROJIT MAHALANOBIS, Dec 16, 2004)
Drivers are often responsible for fatal road accidents in India. But road scientists believe most accidents can be averted if the country has proper roads.
- Lessons To Learn (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 16, 2004)
BY all accounts, Tuesday’s train accident in Punjab’s Mukerian was one of the worst in recent times. As accidents have become frequent, there is need for
- Us Machinations (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 16, 2004)
The US is once again pursuing its narrow national interests by trying to prevent the present International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director-General, Mr Mohammed ElBaradei, from getting a third term in office.
- A Place In The World (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Dec 15, 2004)
Two unrelated events, separated by several weeks, have reinforced the perception that India’s place in the world in the new millennium is full of promise
- No Business (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 15, 2004)
Things have indeed come to a fine pass when the government has to be reminded that the job of the legislature is to legislate after debating on the proposed laws.
- Way To Go: Growth Plus Egalite (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Dec 15, 2004)
There are three serious issues being raised in the winter seminar season in Delhi. The first is whether India grew faster in the nineties as compared to the eighties.
- Why `She' Still Remains Unwanted (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Dec 15, 2004)
A conference on sex selection diagnosis and female foeticide in Goa last week brought to light the disturbing proof of India holding one half of its population
- Mid-Year Economy Review: Exuberance Subdued By Politics (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Dec 14, 2004)
In accordance with the remit of the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (FRBM) Act 2003, the Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, laid a report of Mid-Year Review of the Economy
- Preserving Proprieties (Hindu, Ramaswamy R. Iyer, Dec 14, 2004)
There are many questions on the role of the President and the Supreme Court vis-à-vis the project for interlinking rivers.
- Deep Inside Jharkhand (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Dec 14, 2004)
Last week I strayed into rural Jharkhand. I took a bus far away from pucca roads, and drove miles on village paths. Then I realized the secret of Tata Motors’ success
- Towards Saner Road Mobility (Deccan Herald, B V SHENOY, Dec 14, 2004)
Every day multitudes of motor vehicles traverse our roads, burning hydrocarbon fuels and spewing masses of noxious fumes. The streets of Bangalore are clogged with traffic.
- Private Sector Job Reservation — Striking The Middle Path (Business Line, P. K. Doraiswamy, Dec 14, 2004)
The principle of job reservation for certain categories cannot, per se, be faulted by anyone with a social conscience. But there are problems in applying such a policy in the private sector.
- Bharat Ratnas, From Missile To Music (Business Line, R. C. Rajamani, Dec 14, 2004)
MANY Indian homes wake up to the sweet strains of "Kausalya Supraja Rama" and "Shuklambaradaram Vishnum", rendered with matchless melody and devotion by M. S. Subbulakshmi.
- Fast Retraction (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 14, 2004)
THE mystery of actress Smriti Irani’s somersault over her threat to go on a fast-unto-death to demand the resignation of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has not yet been solved.
- Beyond Nuclear Stability (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Dec 14, 2004)
As India and Pakistan start talks on nuclear and conventional military confidence-building measures this week in Islamabad, part of the attention of the negotiators should be riveted on those outside the room
- Autonomy For Kashmir (Tribune, H. K. Dua, Dec 13, 2004)
With the militants having unleashed a wave of violence and killings in the Valley, the nation was facing a serious situation in Kashmir. Besides deploying the security forces in numbers, the Union government did not know what else to do.
- An Enviable Record (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 13, 2004)
To suggest that there was a certain inevitability about Sachin Tendulkar equalling Sunil Gavaskar’s record for the most Test centuries might be stating the obvious. After all, when he made his international debut as a doe-eyed teenager
- Seeking Outside-The-Box Solutions (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Dec 13, 2004)
All the misalignments retarding industrial growth are well known. Yet, nobody wants to correct the existing set-up to improve efficiency.
- The Confusion Continues (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 13, 2004)
There is an urgent need for policy that will bring order and clarity to the admissions process for technical education in the country.
- The Possibilities Of Biotechnology (Deccan Herald, C. S. Prakash, Dec 13, 2004)
Agriculture forms the backbone of Karnataka’s economy, employing much of its population. Modern scientific approaches to improve agriculture can help revitalise farming in our state by enhancing crop productivity; cut down the use of chemical inputs on th
- China’S Growing Influence (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma, Dec 13, 2004)
While the US government was cautioning the European Union against lifting the 15-year arms sales embargo against China, America’s technology giant IBM was selling its non-lethal personal computer business to a Chinese company.
- Enabling It Growth (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Dec 13, 2004)
Industry-specific townships could be the solution to the infrastructure constraints the information technology sector is facing.
- How To Develop A Superpower (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 13, 2004)
The United States’ global primacy depends in large part on its ability to develop new technologies and industries faster than anyone else.
- Lethal Words (Deccan Herald, SHARBELLE FERNANDEZ, Dec 13, 2004)
Resisting the urge to gossip is like extinguishing a raging fire, where the sparks could otherwise fly
- Seizing The Moment (The Economic Times, Soumya Kanti Mitra, Dec 12, 2004)
MS Neena Gill, Labour MEP from UK and head of the European Parliament's South Asia & Saarc Delegation, has the best explanation for why EU-India relations have been upgraded to a ‘strategic’ level at the Amsterdam Nov 8 EU-India Summit.
- When The Scales Of Justice Tilt Too Far (Indian Express, T S R SUBRAMANIAN, Dec 11, 2004)
The judicial system is in urgent need of reform. Without it India cannot become a competitive economy
- Strategic Partner? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 11, 2004)
The US Defence Secretary, Mr Donald Rumsfeld’s maiden visit to India after the President, Mr George Bush’s electoral victory, is an acknowledgement of the ‘’strategic partnership’’ that has evolved between the two countries.
- Puzzling Over Sedna (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 11, 2004)
More than 225 years ago, the known size of the solar system was dramatically doubled by the discovery of the planet Uranus by the astronomer William Herschel.
- Let Them Have Their Exits And Their Entrances (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 11, 2004)
A Mother Goose rhyme reads: "Jerry Hall, he was so small, a rat could eat him, hat and all." True, small may be beautiful, but to be small and yet survive is tough, not only for Hall but also more than half of the small players in business.
- Bhopal Remembered (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Dec 11, 2004)
Although in the immediate aftermath of the disaster a number of environmental laws were enacted, they are inadequate in content and implementation.
- Checking Martian Health Threat (Hindu, Seth Shostak, Dec 10, 2004)
Just as the plague came to Europe from Asia's distant habitats so too might Nasa unwittingly import extraterrestrial pathogens from Mars for which we have no defence, fear scientists.
- The Patent Controversy (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Dec 10, 2004)
By rushing through the Third Patents Amendment without proper parliamentary scrutiny, India is short changing its post-Doha obligations to both its own and the world's poor
- Name Of The New War Is `Trade' (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 10, 2004)
The world's second largest economy, Japan, hinges its hopes on trade surplus to help in achieving growth beyond the 0.1 per cent recorded for the last quarter....
- A Gleam In The Eye (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Dec 10, 2004)
It is the “in” thing currently. About everybody in the creamy layer is forecasting the rate of growth of India’s gross domestic product: the International Monetary Fund
- Issues Patently Questionable (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Dec 10, 2004)
In less than two months, India will be obliged to do the follow-up on the WTO-mandated product patent stipulations, and the Commerce Minister, Mr Kamal Nath, made a strident statement:
- Corporate Governance And Central Banks (Business Line, A. Vasudevan, Dec 09, 2004)
Central banks have the incentive to adopt the international best practices of corporate governance because financial communities often perceive such methods as a prelude to making the central banks independent and accountable
- Bhoomi Puja (Indian Express, KAMALA BALACHANDRAN, Dec 09, 2004)
Commenting on the news item that a chief minister performed the Bhoomi Puja at a proposed international airport site, a friend remarked that it was an anachronistic act.
- New Image Of The Old Cheque (Business Line, M. S. Parthasarathy, Dec 09, 2004)
On October 28, 2004, , a significant piece of legislation came into effect in the US, to facilitate a major change, aided by technological developments, in the mode of collection of outstation cheques
- The Man Behind The Bomb (Tribune, K. S. Parthasarathy, Dec 09, 2004)
During May 1990, I attended the College on Atmospheric Boundary Layer Physics at the erstwhile International Centre for Theoretical Physics at Trieste, Italy. There I met Professor Abdus Salam, the Nobel Laureate and the then Director of the Centre.
- Save The Auditors From Becoming Box-Tickers (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 09, 2004)
There used to be that once-in-a-week session that read `moral science' in school timetables. A slot essentially for storytelling, though kind teachers were not against allowing students to do their own thing.
- France Woos India And Its Markets (Deccan Herald, KATRIN BENNHOLD, Dec 08, 2004)
Since President Jacques Chirac returned from a high-profile state visit to China two months ago with more than $4 billion in contracts, his government has quietly turned its attention to Asia’s other rising giant:
- Wanted: Jawaharlal 2005 (Indian Express, Sagarika Ghose, Dec 08, 2004)
The year of The Great Political Turnaround is drawing to a close. A few months ago the BJP was the invincible party of India Shining.
- No Funds For R&d (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 08, 2004)
It is a shame that the university in the IT capital of the country does not currently have funds for research and development. The state government is to blamed for this state of affairs in Bangalore University.
- Rising Cost Of Petrol (Tribune, S.K. Sharma, Dec 08, 2004)
Considerable interest has been generated among political parties, the media and the general public in petroleum products due to the rise in their prices and the subsequent rollback.
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