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Articles 15221 through 15320 of 17201:
- Coai Withdraws Wll Cases From Sc (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2004)
The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) on Tuesday formally filed an application to withdraw its challenge to WLL(M) limited mobility and unified access licensing that was pending before the Supreme Court. The withdrawal was unanimous as ...
- Shakespeare Plays With Economics (Business Line, D. Sambandhan, Jan 07, 2004)
"NO HUMAN capacity ever yet saw the whole of a thing, but we may see more and more of it the longer we look," said Ruskin. This was internalised by Mr Frederick Turner, the Founder Professor of Arts and Humanities at the University of Texas, when he made
- India Can Shine If It Has A Shanghai Or Two. (Bloomberg.com, Andy Mukherjee, Jan 06, 2004)
India is shining. Or so its government proclaims in full-page newspaper advertisements nowadays.
- For Safe Food (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2004)
FOOD SAFETY AND quality standards have been crucial in international food trade; but across the world, and especially in developed economies, the rules are becoming stricter by the day. Recent episodes of food contamination have raised the level of ...
- Early Childhood Care And Education - First Steps On The Development Path (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Jan 06, 2004)
The sooner the Centre and States realise the importance of universal elementary education, the faster can a new development model be created for India, based on the blend of technical skill, superior knowledge and a population of literate Indians.
- Congress In Catch-22 Situation (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Jan 06, 2004)
NEVER before in its long history has the once venerable Congress party faced the crisis it is undergoing today. Because it is, in national terms, in danger of becoming the perennial second party. There are many reasons for the Congress predicament, but
- Rain Harvests And Water Woes (Hindu, T. N. Narasimhan, Jan 06, 2004)
Intensive rain harvesting over large areas can significantly disrupt the hydrological cycle.
- With Saris, Us Scientists Take On Cholera (Indian Express, Reshma Patil, Jan 06, 2004)
Old saris are perfect for mopping floors. But the US-based National Science Foundation (NSF) has found another more important use for them — as a preventive tool to fight cholera. And the older the sari, the better the chances of surviving the
- 1-1, 50-50, 433-10 (Indian Express, Rohit Brijnath, Jan 06, 2004)
THE FINAL EQUATION: The series is level, the Test in fine balance, Australia need runs and India wickets
- North American Firms Eye India For High-Tech Jobs (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2004)
India is likely to benefit from an exodus of high tech jobs from North America as over 6 million jobs are expected to shift overseas in a decade. ‘‘In the next decade, as many as 6 million jobs might be sent to India and other nations by US companies in
- ‘india Could Be Third Largest Stock Market By 2050’ (Indian Express, Reuters, Jan 06, 2004)
The stock markets of Brazil, China, India and Russia could be as large as the combined markets of the world’s four top economies by 2050, Standard Life Investments said on Monday. Investors fretting over likely low returns from mature economies should ...
- Us Rover Blinks, Mars In Colour (Indian Express, GINA KEATING, Jan 06, 2004)
The US Robotic probe Spirit beamed panoramic colour images of ‘‘unprecedented clarity’’ back to Earth on Sunday after establishing direct contact with NASA scientists guiding its search for ancient signs of life on Mars. The successful deployment of the
- On A Home Run (Telegraph, MAHESH RANGARAJAN, Jan 06, 2004)
The new year, 2004, will witness the fourth consecutive general elections in which Atal Bihari Vajpayee will lead the Bharatiya Janata Party and its allies into battle. No former Indian prime minister, save for Indira, the original Mrs Gandhi, has done
- India Becoming Economic Power House: Drucker (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2004)
Management guru Peter Drucker has said India is becoming an economic powerhouse very fast and its progress is far more impressive than that of China. In an interview to Fortune magazine, he said, ‘‘India is becoming a powerhouse very fast. The medical ...
- Ford Comes Up With New Versions (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2004)
Ford Motor Co unveiled its new flagship sedan, the Five Hundred, and a crossover vehicle called Freestyle—Two family-oriented vehicles aimed at helping the world’s second-largest automaker recapture a piece of the car market.
- The Joy Of Human Life (Hindu, A.P.J. ABDUL KALAM , Jan 05, 2004)
Religions are beautiful gardens. But they are islands. If we can connect all the islands with love and compassion, in a `garland project' for the new millennium, we will have a prosperous India.
- India In $100-B Forex Club Sans Export Boom! (Business Line, Harish Damodaran , Jan 05, 2004)
WITH disaggregated balance of payments data available up to September, a clear picture has now emerged as to how India has managed to pile up a $100 billion plus foreign exchange reserves kitty. Between end-March 1991 and September 2003, total forex
- Will Diversified Funds Pay In 2004? (Business Line, Nilanjan Dey, Jan 05, 2004)
DIVERSIFIED equity funds will remain the cynosure of all eyes in the early days of 2004. Their net asset values have moved up in tandem with the advancing indices and the rising trend will be sustained if the market continues to stay in the positive ...
- At Record Highs (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2004)
THE CROSSING OF several important milestones by the Indian stock markets has a significance that goes beyond the statistical and the psychological. Not that the latter is of little consequence in evaluating market performance and more ...
- Analysts See Robust Q3 Results From Tech Firms (Business Line, V. Rishi Kumar, Jan 05, 2004)
A rise in recruitment is usually a reliable indicator of volume growth. Most of the major Indian IT services companies are on a hiring spree over the last two quarters.
- After 6000, What? (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2004)
THE Bombay Stock Exchange sensex crossed the 6000 mark and closed at 6027 on January 2. Last time the sensex went beyond 6000 was on February 11, 2000. How is it different this time? First, this is one of the fastest-ever rallies in stocks. The 30-scrip
- On Saving Face (Tribune, Girish Bhandari, Jan 05, 2004)
I had been kind of clairvoyant so far as shaving systems are concerned. When I was a student, the quality of blades was appalling. The governmental euphoria of developing indigenous industrial talent meant one had to constantly tear and hack at one’s ...
- Too Easy To Manage (Telegraph, S. L. Rao, Jan 05, 2004)
The scandalous leaking of the Indian Institutes of Management admission test papers and the attempts of the ministry to gain greater control over the IIMs heighten the need for a thorough review of management education in India, its content and governance
- Reform Labour Laws, Now (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Jan 05, 2004)
India's labour laws have to work towards `drawing in' human resources — entrepreneurial talent and employees — into the market so that natural resources and savings will follow. This will boost the nation's marketable and measurable output and make India
- Science Mela (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2004)
THE Indian Science Congress (ISC), now underway in Chandigarh, encapsulates the giant strides India has made in science. Nearly 4,000 scientists representing all branches of science are taking part in the 91st session of the ISC. It is a reflection of the
- India As The Future Vaccine Hub (Tribune, N.K. Ganguly, Jan 05, 2004)
VACCINES are the desperately needed prevention tools. Owing to the enormous morbidity and mortality caused by infectious diseases, it is important that vaccines against these are made available at the earliest and at an affordable price. Efforts are being
- Pakistan: The Two-Nation Theory (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Jan 04, 2004)
ON THE plane to Pakistan, peer as hard as you like through the scratched window of PIA’s ramshackle Boeing, you still can’t see the border line that divides the democracy from the dictatorship. It’s shrouded in the fog of history, some say, others point
- 2004 Cast (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2004)
There is some solution in sight for the growing city’s constant problem. Expect a flood of cheap housing this year. There will also be more 35-40 storey buildings. Affordable housing will be this year’s chant.
Education is the other area of growth. 40
- Still At Sea (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jan 04, 2004)
The promise of this new year allows me to atone in sackcloth and ashes for an injustice perpetrated in these columns in July 2000. I mistook “a decrepit tub strewn with rubbish beyond an ancient jetty” for “India’s first floating hotel” or floatel which
- Eco-Blunder (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2004)
The vast network of canals bringing water to arid regions, thousands of tubewells sucking out groundwater, and millions of hectares of rice in northern India might have helped feed the nation. But the long-term consequences of transforming the ecology of
- Sultans Of Swing (Indian Express, Renuka Narayanan, Jan 04, 2004)
Until the 1980s, who knew peanuts about Sufi music? Except in Kashmir and Punjab, or in the inner world of baateen (esoteric) Islam, in Delhi, in Nagaur, in Lucknow, Hyderabad and Bhopal, in Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, at secret samas (Sufi musical
- India Tackles Adult Illiteracy (British Broadcasting Corporation, Richard Black, Jan 03, 2004)
Researchers in India have been giving details of a novel scheme aimed at increasing adult literacy.
- Case For Indo-Pak Missile Talks (Tribune, Ashok K Mehta, Jan 03, 2004)
CLEARLY, the motivation to acquire missiles falls under political, strategic and economic-commercial and technology-related heads. Missiles are nice to have and keep. They add to a nation’s standing and prestige. Besides the political and commercial ...
- Safta: Much Effort For Little Gains? (Business Line, Sanjib Pohit, Jan 03, 2004)
SAFTA seems set for take off, but it may not as it is modelled now, liberalising commodity trade first and then services. For, apart from India, other countries have little to gain from a trading bloc; their industries would lobby against SAFTA fearing
- Coming Soon, Radio-On-Campus From Chennai (Indian Express, Anuradha Raman, Jan 03, 2004)
Come January 15 and a little cubicle in a corner of Chennai will turn into what is being seen as the world’s smallest radio studio and the country’s first campus community radio. Anna University’s own radio station is likely to get kicking then with
- Not By Nationalism (Telegraph, Andre Beteille , Jan 03, 2004)
Sociology, as the empirical and systematic study of society and its institutions, is now widely practised in our universities and independent centres of research. It entered the university system in India in the Twenties, barely two or three decades after
- Engines Of Growth (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2004)
THE Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are regarded as the modern engines of growth. Their alumni are well placed both within the country and abroad. However, the movement to enlist their cooperation for raising funds to serve their alma mater better
- Finally, Drdo Picks Up Stress Blip On Army Radar (Indian Express, SAIKAT DATTA, Jan 02, 2004)
After conducting counter-terrorism operations for more than a decade in Jammu and Kashmir, the Army is brushing up its stress-management manuals and techniques. As part of it, the DRDO’s Psychological Research Laboratory has listed warning signals for ...
- Missiles Are Cost-Effective (Tribune, Ashok K. Mehta , Jan 02, 2004)
RECENTLY the Mountbatten Centre for International Studies, UK, hosted the first ever workshop on missile issues in South Asia that was attended by strategic experts from India, Pakistan and China, the three countries in the region with ballistic missiles.
- Grooming Customers To Be `Techno-Ready' (Business Line, Vinay Kamath, Jan 02, 2004)
COMPANIES launching high-tech gadgets need to be sensitive to the "technology-readiness profiles" of their customers before putting their products out in the market. They also need to develop marketing strategies, which evolve as a product ages in the
- How Do They Get Rich? (Hindu, Virginia Postrel, Jan 02, 2004)
The process of economic development is hard to repeat. The great mystery is why.
- Govt To Testfire Agni Iii This Year (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2004)
In a major step that will boost its missile-delivery capabilities, India is all set to testfire the 3,000-km range Agni III missile early this year. According to Dr V.K. Aatre, scientific advisor to the Defence Minister, the Defence Research and ...
- Textile Sector Emerges Flavour Of The Year (Business Line, Anna Peter, Jan 01, 2004)
FOR the textile industry, 2003 has been a year of bonuses, with some unforeseen stumbling blocks.
It started off with the Finance Ministry announcing a slew of sops for the textile industry - reducing import and excise duties and completing the ...
- New Year Pronouncements (Business Line, S. Ramachander, Jan 01, 2004)
While India will emerge stronger in 2004, it is only political will that can bring about a real change in the economy, society and politics.
- Iuc Deferred Till Feb 1, With New Numbering (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2004)
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Wednesday deferred by a month the implementation of new interconnect usage charges (IUC) regime, which will now become effective from February 1, 2004, along with a change in the numbering scheme for mobile
- Seeing Through The False Front (Telegraph, Soumitra Das, Jan 01, 2004)
The British may have bagged the Hooghly riverfront project, but for the rejuvenation plan to have relevance local sanction is a must
- Are You Neck-Deep In Numbers? (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2004)
GADGETS come with user's manual, software ships with help facility, research papers have ample footnotes, and there are commentaries for difficult poetry. However, much of company-speak is not accompanied by some help to understand. Understanding
- Toasting Time Again For All In It Sector (Business Line, V. Rishi Kumar, Jan 01, 2004)
THE year 2004 promises to be full of excitement for the technology sector where domestic players — big, small and medium and multinational corporations have struck a positive mood. Herewith a perspective on the general outlook for the sector that is
- Two-Child Norm (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2004)
THE Population Foundation of India’s concern in its annual report over spurt in female foeticide in 11 states including Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh is timely. Figures speak for themselves on the magnitude of the problem. From 945 per 1000 in 1991
- Allahabad Bank Plans Overseas Foray, Cuts Plr (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2004)
Allahabad Bank on Wednesday announced a slew of measures to expand its presence in overseas countries and also improve net asset base through combination of increased use of technology and productivity. The bank is also planning to raise Rs 200 crore ...
- Catching Seshanitis (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2003)
IT IS HARDLY a secret that the Chief Election Commissioner, J.M. Lyngdoh, is no admirer of the country's political class. His blunt manner and his plain-speaking ways have raised the hackles of politicians across the ideological divide. But Mr. ...
- Towards 2004: Nothing Much To Feel Good About (Business Line, Devinder Sharma , Dec 31, 2003)
SUMITRA Behera is one of the millions languishing in the countryside. An unknown Indian, somehow surviving against all odds, she recently figured in the news when she decided to sell her one-month-old baby for a mere Rs 10 (approximately 11 US cents).
- Asean Ties: India Must Look To The East With Greater Vision (Business Line, Gautam Murthy, Dec 31, 2003)
INDIA has moved purposefully in developing a broad economic and strategic partnership with the dynamic countries of South-East Asia.
- An Agenda For Saarc (Hindu, Kant K. Bhargava, Dec 31, 2003)
India should adopt a cooperative and magnanimous approach to important matters on the agenda of the SAARC summit.
- Little Attempt To Break The Mould (Tribune, Amar Chandel, Dec 31, 2003)
AN assessment of Bollywood's film industry during 2003 is possible only against the backdrop of the happenings of the previous year. And 2002 happened to be "annus horriblis" of Indian cinema. Films fell like nine pins, with only 10 per cent of them ...
- That Lift Which They Sing About (Telegraph, Shobita Punja, Dec 31, 2003)
There is much talk these days about the common school system, free and compulsory education and that India has not fulfilled her vow to give at least primary education to all the children in this country.
- Business Fiction (Business Line, G. S. Balakrishnan , Dec 30, 2003)
A POST-graduate student of business management sought my help for his dissertation on business fiction. Incidentally, he was curious to know, why like the abbreviation SF for Science Fiction, B F for Business Fiction was not popular.
- Emergence Of The Fractal Savant (Business Line, Pravir Malik, Dec 30, 2003)
INDIAN industry is at the crossroads. More and more Indian companies are coming into the global limelight. For instance, ONGC, Reliance, Hindustan Lever, IOC, Wipro, SBI, Infosys, ITC, Ranbaxy, and HDFC figure in a recent Business Week survey of the top
- ‘please Don’t Make This An India Vs Iit Issue’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2003)
The murder of Satyendra Dubey, whistleblower in Bihar’s Golden Quadrilateral scandal, has triggered a fire that refuses to die down. As these letters make apparent, from emotion and counter-emotion, to the evocation of old memories, the case has done it a
- Forensics Report In: Judeo Tape Is Authentic, No Doctoring Detected (Indian Express, Ritu Sarin, Dec 30, 2003)
The videotape showing former Union Minister of State for Environment Dilip Singh Judeo accepting cash, which was first published by The Sunday Express and led to his resignation and a CBI case, is authentic and not doctored in any way.
- Shareholders: Owners Or Speculators? (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Dec 29, 2003)
EVERY time, I take my ten-year old car to my mechanic to fix a problem, he will preface his diagnosis with a question, ``How long do you plan to keep this car?'' His logic is as follows: If I plan to keep it for a long time, he will recommend using good
- Lunging Lyngdoh (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Dec 29, 2003)
APPARENTLY, the privileges and immunities of his post have gone to the head of the Chief Election Commissioner, Mr J. M. Lyngdoh, to an extent that he considers moderation an over-rated virtue. From the safe sanctuary of his position as a Constitutional
- Reflections On Scoring A Century (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Dec 29, 2003)
IT HAS been a time for celebration on the BoP front as much as in the field of sports. RBI has recently reported that it has reached a level of forex reserves of $ 100 billion. This figure is magical, especially considering that a decade back India was...
- Beacons Of Excellence (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2003)
THE proposal of the University Grants Commission (UGC) to set up four National Institutes of Science across the country is welcome. The interest of students in science has slackened with the most brilliant minds going towards business and commerce fields
- Keep The Net Free (Telegraph, Subimal Bhattacharjee, Dec 29, 2003)
Keeping the cyberspace free of controls was the subject of much debate at the recent World Summit on the Information Society in Geneva, the first such gathering. Along with ensuring freedom, we also need to find ways to address the issues arising out of
- Job Creation: Not Just An Economic Problem (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Dec 29, 2003)
Even as jobs have to be created to accommodate India's ever-increasing population, technology developments are destroying existing ones. The issue, therefore, is not merely adding enough jobs but also creating replacements for those lost. As the obstacles
- Job-Oriented Study Plus Loans Needed: Kalam To Ugc (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2003)
Expressing concern over the growing unemployment and the rising cost of higher education, President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam today asked the UGC to adopt a multi-pronged strategy to make education job-oriented and accessible to all through easy bank loans.
- That Invisible Agent (Indian Express, Vinod Patney, Dec 29, 2003)
In browsing through the Internet, one came across an article titled ‘‘Err War: The Army buries its mistakes’’ by Fred Kaplan. The article speaks of ‘‘an official, unclassified, and highly critical report on the US army’s inefficient to shoddy intelligence
- Generated In Uttaranchal, It Lights Faraway Arunachal (Indian Express, S M A Kazmi, Dec 29, 2003)
Assam Rifles personnel carry back watermill power generation knowhow from Dehra Dun
- Consumer Safety Comes To The Fore (Tribune, Pushpa Girimaji, Dec 29, 2003)
TWO thousand and three was quite a significant year for the Indian consumer, with several developments providing an impetus to the growth of the consumer movement in the country. Throughout the year, issues concerning consumer safety came to the fore and
- India Unplugged (Indian Express, P. Chidambaram, Dec 28, 2003)
This is the time of the year when one makes wishes. A few weeks ago, I made two wishes and hoped that Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee would act on them. Last week I made one more wish for the Prime Minister’s birthday and I shall now add two more for
- Our Terror, Now Theirs Too (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Dec 28, 2003)
The end of the year seems always to bring either war or peace between India and Pakistan. This time it is a hesitant, nervous sort of peace that appears to be breaking out. We talk of cross-border trains and flights, instead of terrorism, and hear words
- Gujarat Knows The Pain, Lends A Hand (Indian Express, PRARTHNA GAHILOTE, Dec 28, 2003)
Govt disaster team on alert, blood on stand-by, 23-member rescue unit is ready to go
- Avoiding Future Shock (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2003)
ENABLING CITIZENS THROUGH education and skill enhancement is more critical today than at any other time. There is fairly well founded concern that in the next decade the country could find itself performing a difficult balancing act: catering to ...
- He Blew The Whistle, We Hear The Sound (Indian Express, Ambrose Pinto , Dec 27, 2003)
After the Dubey murder, the thousands of IITians working selflessly in India need to renew their pledge to their country
- Shining From Within (Indian Express, Sanjaya Baru, Dec 27, 2003)
The world wants India to rise and shine, the task at hand is at home
- Under Dangerous Siege (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2003)
THE ATTEMPT ON the life of Pervez Musharraf, the unelected President of Pakistan, the second in 10 days, is shocking for how close his would-be assassins came to accomplishing their mission. Although it is not clear yet who is responsible for the ...
- Brief Exposure (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 26, 2003)
The recent disclosures regarding Pakistan’s export of nuclear weapons technology have predictably generated international alarm. While the alleged transfer of sensitive technology seems to have taken place a few years back, concern about the safety and...
- Telecom Tussle Ends (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 26, 2003)
THE Minister for Communications and IT, Mr Arun Shourie, handed over a nice Christmas gift to the warring telecom companies. The latter responded with magnanimity and decided to end all litigation by withdrawing the cases against government policy on ...
- Half The Story (Telegraph, Ambrose Pinto , Dec 26, 2003)
Before he died, Orwell had requested that no biography of him should be written, an injunction that was broken only a few years after his death. Perhaps to forestall further distortions, his widow, Sonia, who took her duties as the keeper of the flame ...
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