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Articles 14621 through 14720 of 17201:
- Making Contract Farming A Success (Tribune, Sharanjit S. Dhillon, Oct 21, 2004)
The Government of India’s National Agricultural Policy envisages that private sector participation will be promoted through contract farming and land leasing arrangements to allow accelerated technology transfer, capital inflow and assured market for...
- Closer Ties With Britain (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, Oct 21, 2004)
After imperial Britain packed up and left the Indian subcontinent in August 1947, Indian leaders found a ready excuse for the country’s maladies. Whenever floods, drought or famine occurred we blamed the British.
- Going Round The Evolutionary Cycle (Telegraph, Raju Mukherji, Oct 21, 2004)
It was the Britons who gave cricket its modern shape, philosophy and culture
- Fast-Forwarding Indo-Vietnamese Ties (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 21, 2004)
The historic occasion of the golden jubilee of the Nehru-Ho Chi Minh meeting in Hanoi has provided a valuable opportunity for India and Vietnam to review the whole gamut of bilateral relations so that they can be put on a fast track.
- Bush Versus The Nobel Laureates (Hindu, Andrew C. Revkin, Oct 20, 2004)
This year, 48 Nobel laureates dropped all pretence of non-partisanship as they signed a letter endorsing Senator John Kenry for President.
- The New Hindu Growth Rate! (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Oct 20, 2004)
Ironically, economic prosperity and higher literacy levels seem to lead to mass slaughter of the girl child in India
- Broadband In Sight (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 20, 2004)
A 24-hour Internet access at speed will seem like a dream come true to a majority of Net users in India, thanks to the new policy announced by the Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Mr Dayanidhi Maran.
- Not A Very Different Ball Game (Telegraph, Raju Mukherji, Oct 20, 2004)
When was cricket first played? This question has not yet been clearly answered. Based on assumptions, historians of cricket have all informed the world that the game of cricket began in the south of England in the 14th century.
- Old Party (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 20, 2004)
Failure seldom makes a virtue of tolerance. Mr M. Venkaiah Naidu has only himself to blame if he did not expect to be sacked by the Bharatiya Janata Party after it lost the Maharashtra polls.
- Top Three States - A Socio-Economic Comparison (Business Line, Jeevan Prakash Mohanty, Oct 20, 2004)
The Assembly election in Maharashtra is crucial for its possible ramifications on national politics. The election is being fought on several issues.
- Whither The Technological Development Plan? (Business Line, Rishikesha T. Krishnan, Oct 19, 2004)
The Tenth Plan (2002-07) does not look at the role of government in the upgradation of technological capabilities or in addressing the technological challenges ahead.
- Self-Reliance In National Defence (Hindu, C. Manmohan Reddy, Oct 19, 2004)
Building self-sufficiency in critical areas of technology is a matter of long-term national policy.
- Economic Migration In Asia (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Oct 19, 2004)
While many observers continue to think of cross-border labour migration in terms of the movement of labour from the South to the North, in Asia most of the recent labour movement has been within the continent.
- Rising Costs Of Transport (Tribune, Ravinder N. Batta, Oct 19, 2004)
WHILE the importance of transport in a growing economy cannot be overstated, there are related costs that need to be kept in view by policy-makers. Such costs are usually external to those who make use of transport and are often unaccounted for.
- Connecting Rural India (Hindu, M. S. Swaminathan , Oct 18, 2004)
The task of taking the benefits of the Internet and the space age to the country's 600,000 villages can be achieved by bringing about synergy between technology and public policy.
- Significance Of China's Economy To Global Growth (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Oct 18, 2004)
It should come as no surprise that China is a dominant player in the world economy today. A huge economy that has maintained a consistent
- Sweet Sadness (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Oct 18, 2004)
Within the space of a fortnight, two front-ranking French citizens have shuffled off their mortal coils.
- Narrow Outlook On Broadband (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 16, 2004)
The Broadband policy announced on Thursday, is a disappointment, coming as it does after much expectations were raised by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India recommendations on the subject.
- Regulation Diet Is Not For All (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 16, 2004)
As the economy liberalises, the nature and extent of regulation, especially of natural monopolies, has come to occupy the centre stage of economic policy thinking.
- Software Big Bang (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 16, 2004)
Large IT companies have performed well, reinforcing India’s strength in the field
- At Kearney Vs Wef? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 16, 2004)
Widening inequality in society, unless effective remedial action is kicked off straight away, is the disturbing implication of the seemingly contrary ...
- Broadband And Bottlenecks (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 16, 2004)
Broadband connects over 120 million Internet users worldwide to an online universe of rich content.
- Broader Broadband Vision (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 16, 2004)
The new broadband policy wants to give the masses access to convergent communications.
- Of Names And Name-Calling (Deccan Herald, MAYA JAYAPAL, Oct 16, 2004)
By using animal names for human beings in a derogatory manner, we are degrading these life forms too
- India To Make A Mark In Chip Design (The Economic Times, THOMAS P ABRAHAM, Oct 16, 2004)
STMicroelectronics, a global semiconductor leader with revenues clocking over $7 billion in 2003, has been developing and delivering semiconductor solutions and products that play a vital role in enabling today's convergence technologies.
- A Rude Encounter With Crude (Business Line, D. Murali , Oct 15, 2004)
Crude is getting cruder with prices rising to such record heights this week that even small retreats give much respite to markets. Oil companies are pushing the government to allow the retail rate rocket to zoom, and
- Business Cycles And Free Markets (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Oct 15, 2004)
The contribution of Professors Kydland and Prescott, who won the Economics Nobel this year, was to reconcile the empirical reality of recessions with the assumptions of New Classical economics.
- Transforming Lives Of Rural Women (Business Line, P. Srivatsan, Oct 15, 2004)
The Common Minimum Programme (CMP) lays emphasis on empowerment of women as an important socio-economic goal.
- The Tehelka Commission (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Oct 15, 2004)
The reliance on Commissions of Inquiry is misplaced. Increasingly, they are instruments of intimidation.
- The Regulatory Static (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 15, 2004)
With the Telecom Regulatory of India dropping radio paging from its quarterly report on the telecom sector, the industry has for all practical purposes ceased to exist.
- Is The Fdi-Fii Distinction Relevant? (The Economic Times, RAJIV BAJAJ, Oct 15, 2004)
The economic policy reforms have been crucial in the performance of India’s economy since the 1990s.
- Domain Of The Immensely Small (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 15, 2004)
The Nobel prize in physics for 2004 is perhaps the last of the prizes that acknowledge significant foundational developments in the scientific understanding of three of the four fundamental interactions that govern the behaviour of all known forms of ...
- Where Is The Road? (Deccan Herald, S N CHARY, Oct 14, 2004)
But for some confidence-building talk, there is little in the new foreign trade policy to give exports an impetus
- Us Elections: Which Way Will Women Swing? (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Oct 14, 2004)
As the US presidential election juggernaut rolls on and the two rivals — the Republican incumbent, Mr George W. Bush, and the Democratic contender, Mr John Kerry — trade charges on a variety of issues ranging
- Lying Comes Naturally To Human Beings (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 14, 2004)
Accounting is a profession that earns its bread from `truth'. Who else plugs `true and fair' in their finished product with as much finesse as we manage to?
- Jacques Derrida, 1930-2004 (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Oct 14, 2004)
One of the most widely published and discussed philosophers of our time, Derrida, best known for his theory of deconstruction, was adulated and denigrated in equal measure.
- Information Security In The Matrix Of Mahabharata (Business Line, D. Murali , Oct 14, 2004)
THE Global Information Security Survey 2004 from Ernst & Young has startling things to convey. Such as: That only one in five felt that their companies looked at information security as a CEO-level priority; that three out of four did not think that their
- Why Dharmanomics Must Reign (Business Line, Pravir Malik, Oct 13, 2004)
It has been argued that the spread of globalisation signals the end of history. Western liberal democracy shall spread across the earth resulting in the demise of mankind's ideological evolution.
- Re-Evolving The Community (Deccan Herald, K C ABRAHAM, Oct 13, 2004)
A pluralistic civil society that is autonomous of religion and state should be commited to the liberation of the oppressed
- Thought @ The Speed Of Government (Business Line, K. Venugopal , Oct 13, 2004)
Vividly, and anecdotally, long-time journalist and recently-turned politician, Mr Arun Shourie, captures the sloth in government in his 18th book.
- Tv News Limited In Range (Tribune, N. Bhaskara Rao, Oct 13, 2004)
The Doordashan News channel in its present avatar completes one year this month. As a 24-hour national news channel, it stands out for its overall performance. But news bulletins of neither of the news channels, including DD News, distinguish themselves a
- Psbs Must Cash In On Product Innovation (Business Line, D. S. Gulati, Oct 13, 2004)
What PSBs usually call product development is basically re-positioning, re-packaging or re-classifying existing products. Real breakthroughs can come only with product innovation.
- Soul-Searching Needed On Bank Impact (Business Line, K. Subramanian, Oct 13, 2004)
While the controversy over roping in foreign expertise for the mid-term Plan review has been laid to rest, it has thrown up certain questions, such as: "Who is in the driver's seat and who sets the national priorities?"
- U.S. Security Plan Rests On Hope (Hindu, Peter Galbraith, Oct 13, 2004)
America does not have the troops to deal with North Korea and Iran.
- Oh! My Child (Deccan Herald, BEENA RANI GOEL, Oct 13, 2004)
In hoping for returns from child-rearing, some parents lose out on its true significance
- The Follow-On Trap (Telegraph, Ruchir Joshi, Oct 13, 2004)
This column is being written after the second day’s play in the Bangalore test. Having wagered with one of my Australian cricketing mates that India was going to win this series
- For Whom Is The Research Anyway? (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Oct 13, 2004)
On one side there is an imposing network of laboratories and research establishments with panoply of academic achievement and recognition. On the other, mass suicides of farmers are happening that signals gross system failure of which the grand empire of
- Ig-Nobel Record (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 13, 2004)
Leaving aside the Peace prize, as per the information available up to 2000, 631 Nobel prizes have been awarded, of which the US (242) has been the largest recipient with one prize for a million population ...
- A Festive Season Every Year (Telegraph, Shobita Punja, Oct 13, 2004)
It is festival time and everyone loves a good festival, I believe. While festivals and festivities are part of our living heritage, they embody many of our beliefs and customs and also our worldview.
- Press Note 18: Preventing Conflict Of Interest, Not Fdi (Business Line, K. Ramesh, Oct 12, 2004)
Press Note 18, which was issued six years ago as a necessary regulatory safeguard to avoid possible conflict of interest, is now perceived as a material obstacle in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI).
- Tap The Potential (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 12, 2004)
India must tap the unrealised potential in its trade relations with Germany
- Why India Must Invest In Intellect (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Oct 12, 2004)
India's competitiveness will, in the final analysis, depend on how well the human resource compares with the best in the world. But none of India's over 200 universities and 2,400 colleges figures in the top 200 rankings.
- Bjp’S Quest For New Ideas (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Oct 12, 2004)
While Ms Uma Bharati’s recent Tiranga Yatra exercise of waving the national flag across 3,000 miles caught the eye for symbolising the intra-party struggle in the Bharatiya Janata Party among second-tier leaders, it was meant to serve a deeper purpose.
- Gene Revolution And Patent Rights (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Oct 12, 2004)
In this "International Year of Rice," India is being nudged by the US and its cohortsto take up genetically modified rice to "solve the problems" on the this cereal .
- The Miracle And Mystery Of China (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Oct 11, 2004)
China's scorching rate of economic growth has become the stuff of legend. It has been in excess of 8 per cent for nearly two decades. China today stands near the top of the heap among the world's economies.
- Needed Change `Post' Haste (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 11, 2004)
Unpredictable change in the global economic environment is old news. Not so, however, the churn happening within organisations across all sectors.
- The Truth Is Out There (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 11, 2004)
Much like files marked for the bin or gadgets which have outlived their useful tenure, there are proteins in the body which become useless, sometimes even before serving their term.
- Trading In Trophies (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 11, 2004)
To promote the hunting of wildlife for trophies might appear to be reactionary in an era of enlightened conservation but two African nations have successfully proposed to do just that.
- J. R. D. Tata Letters — A Citizen, Industrialist Revealed (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Oct 11, 2004)
A collection of 300 letters written by the doyen of Indian industry, J. R. D. Tata to eminent political and economic personalities, scientists and artists of his time reveal the fascinating facets of his personality, his relationships with people ...
- "Multilateralism The Best Solution" (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Oct 11, 2004)
Sergei Lavrov looks and sounds more like a professor than a diplomat. In an exclusive interview to The Hindu, the Russian Foreign Minister spelt out his country's stand on Chechnya and its
- Death For Daughters (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 11, 2004)
Recently, a father in Kauli village near Patiala shot dead his one-month-old second daughter and buried her body in the nearby fields. The killing of daughters, both born and unborn, is all too common in Punjab, a state that has the lowest adverse male...
- Business With Pakistan (Telegraph, S. L. Rao, Oct 11, 2004)
The prime minister, Manmohan Singh, said after his one-on-one meeting with the president of Pakistan, General Pervez Musharraf, that he thought “we can do business with him”.
- Rebel Threat In Sugar Heartland (Hindu, Javed M. Ansari , Oct 10, 2004)
If you want to see the power of the Indian politician — good and bad — you must come to the vast sugar heartland of Western Maharashtra.
- Need For A More Humane Method Of Execution (Tribune, A.R. Wig, Oct 10, 2004)
THE execution of Dhananjay Chaterjee has shocked the liberal conscience of the urban middle classes. What has engaged the people’s attention has been the “method” or “humaneness” of capital punishment instead of the real issue in question.
- Remembering Mulk, The Pioneer (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Oct 09, 2004)
Way back in the 1940s a few friends with literary ambitions formed a circle which met once a week to read poems and stories we had written. It was a mutual admiration society where glasses of whisky were refilled at the end of each recitation.
- Whom To Disqualify (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 09, 2004)
Politics, they say, is the art of the possible. Possible, however, is not necessarily plausible.
- Caught Between (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Oct 09, 2004)
In Britain, one might be forgiven for imagining that the invasion and occupation of Iraq produced no casualties until the militants seized a 62-year-old British engineer, Kenneth Bigley.
- Rethinking The Us' Offshoring Conundrum (Business Line, Kumar Venkat, Oct 08, 2004)
As technology companies stake out market positions in the fast-growing economies of China and India, it makes perfect sense for them to simultaneously use the highly skilled low-cost labour available in those countries to develop some of the products.
- Small Is No Longer Beautiful! (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 08, 2004)
Ever since it was published in 1973, economist Schumacher’s treatise of Small is beautiful has been cited to justify appropriate technology for Third World development in the form of everything from bullock-carts to drip-irrigation.
- For Front-Loaded Tariffs (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 08, 2004)
There is a fundamental flaw in the draft norms for tariff-based competitive bidding announced by electricity regulator CERC.
- New Issues In Non-Proliferation: Self-Reliance, The Only Answer (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Oct 08, 2004)
American non-proliferation policies are arbitrary. Pakistan and China have been found to have transferred enrichment technology and equipment and weapons designs to Libya, Iran and North Korea.
- Death, Karma And Rebirth (Deccan Herald, R G Subramanyam, Oct 08, 2004)
We cry over the death of a near and dear one, even though our turn to die is only a matter of time
- `Nobel' Heroes Of The Dismal Science (Business Line, A. Seshan, Oct 08, 2004)
It is Nobel season. The Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel or, in short, the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics for 2004 will be announced on October 11.
- Visa Issues (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 08, 2004)
The filling up of the annual quota of 65,000 H1B visas on the opening day is a reflection of the outsourcing momentum the Indian software companies have seen over the past six months.
- We Need The Panel, Only If It Reinvents Itself (The Economic Times, R K PACHAURI, Oct 08, 2004)
The Planning Commission served an important purpose when the government pursued a development philosophy of command and control, with the commanding heights of the economy essentially in government hands.
- Nation Without Toilets (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 07, 2004)
Fiftyseven years after Independence, Union Minister of State for Urban Employment and Poverty Alleviation Selja’s statement that over 70 crore Indians do not have access to proper toilet facilities does not come as a surprise.
- Makeover Of India Post (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 07, 2004)
The postal services need to capitalise on their large reach and network
- Kerry’S Brain, Bush’S Heart (Deccan Herald, ANTOINE AUDOUARD, Oct 07, 2004)
What if a hi-tech surgery were performed, creating the new US President out of a merger of Bush and Kerry?
- India-U.S. Nuclear Ties (Hindu, M. R. Srinivasan, Oct 07, 2004)
For the U.S. to build a thriving high technology business with India that is mutually beneficial, it will have to erase the prevailing perception that it is an unreliable partner.
- In Favour Of Diversity (Telegraph, Ellora Puri, Oct 07, 2004)
There is a lesson for India in the two US rulings which show that the American private sector supports reservation
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