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Articles 15321 through 15420 of 17201:
- Embarrassing Riches (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 26, 2003)
Haste in policy should not make waste of the forex reserves built up painstakingly
- Gifting Nuclear Knowhow (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 26, 2003)
PAKISTAN has been found to be fully involved in the game of nuclear proliferation. It should not be allowed to go scot-free by saying that all this happened because some of its nuclear scientists were driven by “personal ambition or greed”. The ...
- Winged Visitors (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 ...
- Anger Becomes Tune For Maestro Jugalbandi (Indian Express, Sabyasachi Bandopadhyay, Dec 25, 2003)
A rare shehnai-sarod jugalbandi concert before a sell-out crowd here last evening ended on an even rarer note, when two music titans of the country, Ustad Bismillah Khan and Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, clashed on stage.
- Till Health Do Us Part (Indian Express, Arati R. Jerath, Dec 25, 2003)
AIADMK supremo Jayalalithaa may be ‘‘Amma’’ for the rest of us, but not for the DMK’s A. Raja, former minister of state for health. His Amma is Sushma Swaraj. The secret came out when his boss, M. Karunanidhi, ordered he resign from the Union council of
- A Snob For The Job (Indian Express, Ashok Malik, Dec 25, 2003)
Whatever the outcome of the Boxing Day Test match in Melbourne, Indian cricket fans will look back at 2003 with a rare smugness, almost as rare, one should say, as a Rahul Dravid failure these days. Without discounting the batting achievements and the ...
- Stops Counting And Start Integrating (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 25, 2003)
IN A world of top-slots such as CEOs, CIOs, COOs and so on, the CFO has a special role. He controls the purse strings, acts as the `numbers interpreter' but there is more. His new role now is what Cedric Read and Hans-Dieter Scheuermann present in The CFO
- The Chinese Are Changing (Telegraph, Jairam Ramesh, Dec 25, 2003)
Bonhomie between India and Pakistan is in the air yet again. Somewhat unexpectedly, the rhetoric emanating from Islamabad is subdued, moderate and even statesmanlike. Many believe that American pressure is finally paying off and that Pakistan is, at last,
- A Compilation Route Instead Of A True-And-Fair Route (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 25, 2003)
ON ENGAGEMENTS to compile financial statements, the Auditing and Assurance Standards Board of the ICAI has brought out an `exposure draft'. The new ED, when finally issued as an AAS, would replace a current guidance note on the same theme, so one might...
- Deeds Of Darkness (Telegraph, Bhaskar Ghose, Dec 24, 2003)
The campaigns conducted by different political parties in the recent elections in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Delhi have brought to public notice the use of advanced electronic technology by politicians for various purposes. I am not refer
- Health Mustn’t Hinge On Wealth (Indian Express, K. SUJATHA RAO , Dec 24, 2003)
When the “buy one, take one free” sales pitch hits the market for healthcare, it is time to sit up. “Buy a heart bypass and take a week’s holiday in Goa” or “Get the second bypass at 50% discount” is no longer a joke. It is on offer today. The question is
- General Need For A Reality Check (Indian Express, Husain Haqqani, Dec 24, 2003)
That Iran and Libya have opened their WMD programmes for US inspection should tell Musharraf a few things
- Processing Opportunities (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 24, 2003)
A SURGE IN farm incomes this season, combined with the Centre's focus on agricultural development in the last two Budgets, has created a favourable climate for the nascent food processing industry to make a rich harvest. The economic advantages of value a
- Outsourcing To Offshoring, It Is Advantage India (Business Line, V. Sriram , Dec 24, 2003)
OUTSOURCING by the US is assuming massive proportions. The reason is "it saves money, time and frees in-house staff to do work central to the company's core mission." What is saved? Thirty-forty per cent, estimates the solutions group, Loud Cloud. Its CEO
- The Dollar Party (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2003)
MONEY, OR DOLLARS to be more precise, is the final arbiter of a country's pecking order in the mercantilist world. With slightly more than $100 billion in the books for the first time ever in the country's economic history, it will be hard for any nation,
- Catfish That Spoilt The Vietnamese Party (Business Line, K. Subramanian, Dec 23, 2003)
IT WAS not long ago that the heroic people of Vietnam humbled the US in a bitter war. By 1995, the relations between the two countries had been normalised. Soon, pressures were on the former communist society to adopt the `market economy' model. Vietnam,
- A Historic High (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2003)
THE reports about India’s foreign exchange reserves exceeding the $100 billion mark immediately remind one of the days when the country under Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar was forced to pledge its gold with the Bank of England in early 1991 to ward off
- Us Unpopular Among Arabs (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Dec 23, 2003)
FROM Dubai, the heart of the Arabian Gulf, the future is worrisome, somewhat confused, with no end in sight to violence and turbulence. Dubai has, of course, insulated itself remarkably from the storms raging in the region. Tourist dollars continue to ...
- Collared! (Indian Express, NIVEDITA SEN , Dec 23, 2003)
It’s a white collar disease. It doesn’t afflict the working class, or people who make use of their bodies to eke out a living, despite the numerous health and environmental hazards they are exposed to. It is only people with ‘desk jobs’ who claim to be it
- Trials Of Saddam Hussein (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Dec 23, 2003)
Colonel James Hickey, commander of the American forces that took the former Iraqi leader prisoner on December 14 , said “(Saddam Hussein) was wise not to wait too long. We were about to clear that (underground facility) in a military sort of way,” he ...
- Now, A War On E-Terror (Indian Express, Subimal Bhattacharjee, Dec 23, 2003)
With January 2004 just days away, predictions are being made for the new year — particularly for the dynamic world of information communication technology (ICT), these analyses and predictions are becoming more interesting. The big stories in 2003 have...
- Opportunity Or Threat? (Hindu, Ambrose Pinto , Dec 23, 2003)
The shifting of some technology jobs abroad fits into a well-worn historical pattern of economic change and adjustment in the United States.
- Good Flagoff (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2003)
VIGYAN Rail, which was flagged off by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, is a good initiative to showcase the nation’s achievements in science and technology. Both the President and the Prime Minister can take justifiable pride in the scientific and ...
- Still Not The Perfect Shine (Telegraph, S. L. Rao, Dec 22, 2003)
At a recent conference on globalization the discussion was focussed on the “how” rather than the “what” or “why” issues that had dominated the subject until recently. The success stories of Indian companies that had begun to look at the world as the ...
- In A Legislator’s Universe (Indian Express, Ambrose Pinto , Dec 22, 2003)
Bangaru Laxman and Dilip Singh Judeo hold a very valuable lesson for our political class: the craft of graft is not be practised by greenhorns. These novices did not know that naked moolah is poison and should never be touched by one’s hands. But whereas
- Arjun Tank Nowhere In Sight (Tribune, Maj-Gen Himmat Singh Gill (retd) , Dec 22, 2003)
MAIN Battle Tank (MBT) Arjun, slated to be added to India’s armoured might at the turn of the century, appears to be having serious birth-pangs. The 57th report of the Public Accounts Committee (2003-2004) on the design and development of MBT, presented
- Take It Or Fall Behind (Telegraph, Barun De, Dec 22, 2003)
Does south Asia have genuinely independent alternatives for more self-respecting national futures
- Open Borders And Closed Minds (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Dec 22, 2003)
The recent call by the Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, for open borders in the subcontinent has generated an enthusiastic response. But on both sides of the Indo-Nepal border, one of the most open in the world, there are voices demanding its tight
- ‘ostracise The Corrupt And Unprincipled From All Spheres Of Public Life’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2003)
• The Indian Express is doing a commendable job in exposing the fake stamp paper scam as well as highlighting the death (murder) of Satyendra K Dubey. It seems that our Government is not really serious in wanting to eradicate corruption. Honesty no longer
- Have They Got More Than They Bargained For? (Hindu, KESAVA MENON, Dec 21, 2003)
Now that Saddam Hussein is in American hands what happens in Iraq? On the unfolding situation.
- ‘award Dubey The Ashok Chakra’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2003)
Being a NRB (non-resident Bihari) I feel ashamed Satyendra Dubey was killed in his own state simply because he was honest. Such an incident lets down all right-minded residents of Bihar. It compels them to think of leaving Bihar for good. At this rate...
- Let’s Own That Whistle (Indian Express, Ambrose Pinto , Dec 20, 2003)
The death of Satyendra Dubey, a young engineer from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, and working for the National Highway Authority of India who had complained of corruption on the Golden Quadrilateral project to the Prime Minister’s Office ...
- Iraq’s Post-Saddam Era Can Now Begin (Indian Express, Thomas L. Friedman, Dec 19, 2003)
Saddam’s capture is a turning point. Suddenly even France wants to do business with the new Iraq
- If China Can, Why Can't India? (Business Line, Gautam Murthy, Dec 19, 2003)
CHINA's economic success is stunning the world as it understands how to move with the times. It is the world's most competitive nation anddesires to modernise rapidly by attracting more foreign investment.
- Leaders All (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Dec 19, 2003)
THE rapidly emerging knowledge society has thrown many of the old management nostrums into a flux, if not into disarray. The old style of management and decision-making is fast becoming anachronistic, unable to cope with the volume, variety, velocity and
- Native Son Mulayam Brings The Country To His Village (Indian Express, Vrinda Gopinath, Dec 18, 2003)
Stage set in Saifai: arts and culture from across the nation and an agriculture trade fair
- For A Smile On India’s Face (Indian Express, A.P.J. ABDUL KALAM , Dec 18, 2003)
India dreams big, creates well, competes better. All it needs now is a conducive system, based on fairplay
- Loosen Their Iron Grip (Telegraph, Ashis Chakrabarti, Dec 18, 2003)
Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee realizes the need to rein in teachers’ unions, but convincing his party colleagues will not be an easy task
- Out Of Pokharan Shadow, India, Us To Sign Hi-Tech Deal (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Dec 18, 2003)
Agreement on Friday likely on space, civilian nuclear cooperation
- Centenary Of Powered Flight (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 17, 2003)
A HUNDRED YEARS ago, a flimsy looking contraption of wooden struts covered with cloth, braced with wires and powered by a small engine driving two wooden propellers lumbered off the ground. It was airborne for just 12 seconds and travelled only ...
- How Old Is An Antique? (Telegraph, Shobita Punja, Dec 17, 2003)
The English term, “antiquity”, is derived from the Latin word “antiques” or from “antico” in Italian, which referred originally to the decorative items found in ancient Roman remains, that have captured the imagination of English art collectors in the ...
- E-Strategise And Soar (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2003)
The pole to vault over the digital divide is right here in our hands
- Is Corporate Farming Really The Solution For Indian Agriculture? (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Dec 16, 2003)
Contract farming is increasingly being presented as the way out of the morass in which Indian agriculture now finds itself, and is being actively promoted by major international donor agencies, multinational companies and the Central Government. In this
- Forging A Bond In A Government Hospital (Tribune, Usha Rai, Dec 16, 2003)
BEING in a government hospital, even if it is one of the top ones in the country, can be a nightmarish experience. Nurses are never around to help you when you need them, though they have no compunctions about waking you up at the crack of dawn to take...
- Aiims: A Look Back (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2003)
AMONG the temples of modern India which Jawaharlal Nehru designed was a centre of excellence in the medical sciences. Nehru's dream was that such a centre would set the pace for medical education and research in South-East Asia , and in this he had the...
- Changing Colours Of The Uniform (Telegraph, MADHUSHREE C. BHOWMIK, Dec 16, 2003)
Could this be the beginning of the era of the righteous? Or is khaki showing its true colour after washing off the grime in Bihar’s political badlands? It may be too early to hazard a guess, but the suspended Bihar director-general of police, D.P. Ojha
- Knowledge Is Bunkum (Tribune, Shriniwas Joshi, Dec 16, 2003)
MY son was six year old when he asked a question, “Papa, what is the length of toothpaste?” I told him, “Beta, it has weight and not length.” He said, “Your GK is poor, Papa. Come and measure two sides of the carpet in the sitting room, that is the length
- To Chase A Crooked Shadow (Telegraph, Bhaskar Ghose, Dec 15, 2003)
In what is perhaps the “late Indian stage” in our civilization, the idea is to take what you can and give back as little as possible
- Deficiencies And The Defection Law (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2003)
THE FAILURE OF the existing anti-defection law is reflected by the simple fact that it has, albeit unwittingly, promoted the very phenomenon it set out to check — political defections. As the National Commission to Review the Working of the ...
- Delhi Metro: A Quality Project At Low Cost (Tribune, J.T. Vishnu, Dec 15, 2003)
“MY dream is to take the Metro to all the 14 cities in the country and in the next five years. I am sure the Metro will be operational in at least five cities like Chennai. Hyderabad, Bangalore, Mumbai and Ahmedabad,” observes the Chairman and Managing Di
- Bombastic Jamboree (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Dec 15, 2003)
THE UN, never at its wits' end in organising jamborees or dipping into its scant budget for chasing wild geese, went to great lengths on December 10-12 to provide a retreat at Geneva for the governments of 175 countries to ponder over measures to bridge
- Information Society: Go Beyond Declarations (Indian Express, Arun Shourie, Dec 15, 2003)
As a result of detailed and intensive exchanges, valuable declarations have been agreed upon. They set out important principles. They set out a sound work programme.
- Powered By Science, Special Train Today (Indian Express, Bhavna Vij, Dec 15, 2003)
The Army’s main battle tank, Arjun, will roll out of the Capital tomorrow to set out on a cross-country ride. So will its various missiles—Agni, Prithvi, Nag and Brahmos—and the multi-role Light Combat Aircraft Tejas and pilotless Nishant. Close behind
- Check The Retail (Telegraph, CP Bhambri, Dec 15, 2003)
Rules are unquestionably important in the operations of both the legislature and the executive. Yet a set of written guidelines, like the proposed 97th amendment bill, can never take the place of good sense and ordinary decencies. Till 1985, when the ...
- Doomed In The Womb? (Hindu, Asha Krishnakumar , Dec 14, 2003)
Is the fall in the number of girl children closely linked to the declining sex ratio at birth resulting from female foeticide? On the situation in the four southern States.
- Penny Wise, Pound Foolish (Indian Express, Ritu Sarin, Dec 14, 2003)
The solution was in sight a full five years before Telgi subverted the system, causing a loss of thousands of crores to the exchequer. And as the stink of the Telgi scam spreads and news is out that among those in the dock are senior managers of the ...
- Your Q, His A (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2003)
The Chief of Naval Staff recently stated that the deal for the purchase of the Russian old aircraft carrier Gorshkov is almost finalised. But many experts say that this would be a wasteful expenditure. Do we really need an aircraft carrier? By all ...
- Bitten By The Bug? (Hindu, R. Krishna Kumar, Dec 14, 2003)
There is a view that Kerala may no longer be an exception to the worsening gender bias in India.
- Hc Tightens Screws Further: Start Plan To Protect From Today (Indian Express, Varghese K George, Dec 13, 2003)
Rabri govt faces its first no-confidence motion on Dubey & DGP
- 50 Years Of Atoms For Peace (Hindu, M. R. Srinivasan, Dec 13, 2003)
It is an opportune moment for the U.S. to remind itself of Eisenhower's call and search seriously for ways and means to achieve a nuclear weapon free world.
- Astounding Admission (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2003)
THE admission by a senior vice-president of GlaxoSmithKline that 50 to 70 per cent of the drugs are ineffective in treating the ailment for which they are prescribed is simply astounding. Was it a troublesome conscience that made Dr Allen Rose, in a ...
- Mountain Development: Rappelling Up, The Chinese Way (Business Line, Dharmalingam Venugopal, Dec 12, 2003)
Mountains occupy two thirds of China and support nearly one half of the population. Mountain regions contribute significantly to the Chinese economy accounting for 31 per cent of GDP and producing 35 per cent of grains and 54 per cent of primary ...
- Whistles, Stings And Slapps (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Dec 12, 2003)
Corruption in India is a mega industry to which public exposés are no match. Pro-whistle blower laws need to be enacted.
- Google R&d Search Engine Result: Bangalore (Indian Express, Ambrose Pinto , Dec 12, 2003)
Its first centre outside California to come up in India’s Silicon Valley next yr
- India’s Degenerated Polity (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Dec 11, 2003)
Judeo and Jogi are its telling symbols
- Slow Death Of Public Decency (Hindu, Harish Khare , Dec 11, 2003)
All this unlocking of the cupboards would not be a bad project if the idea was to cleanse politics of dirty money and rogue politicians. Unfortunately, the current itch is driven by partisanship.
- Not So Happy A Birthday (Telegraph, Ambrose Pinto , Dec 11, 2003)
Today marks the second anniversary of China’s accession to the World Trade Organization when it became the 143rd member of that world body. The negotiations for the accession took fifteen long years and were marked by many twists and turns. Finally, China
- Ease Net Access (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2003)
DIAL-UP INTERNET ACCESS has always been a frustrating experience for Indian homes and some low-end corporate users. The difficulty in establishing an Internet connection, the slow browsing because of sluggish download and the frequent disconnections are..
- The Judeo-Jogi Test (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Dec 11, 2003)
The sight of Judeo accepting a bribe. The sound of Jogi offering a bribe. The Express exposed the Union minister’s shenanigans three weeks before Law Minister Arun Jaitley did the same to the officiating chief minister of Chhattisgarh. Political ...
- Export Jobs Or Import Workers (Indian Express, Ambrose Pinto , Dec 11, 2003)
Those railing against outsourcing ignore demographic realities. The alternative is huge migration
- Settling A Dusty Problem (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2003)
A YEAR AGO, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) issued a report on the `Asian Brown cloud', creating the image of a vast blanket of pollution choking the Indian sub-continent. This cloud of aerosols created by human activity would, it ...
- Get Clear About Nuclear (Indian Express, Jasjit Singh, Dec 10, 2003)
Nuclear power is the key to achieving a sustained 7 per cent growth rate
- Why Evms Are So Dicey (Indian Express, Vivek Deshpande, Dec 10, 2003)
When a frustrated Congress was blaming its poll debacle on, among other things, the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in New Delhi, a man in his late seventies was preparing to set out on a walkathon from Kanyakumari for a cause that India’s oldest ...
- Mind That Messenger (Indian Express, Ambrose Pinto , Dec 10, 2003)
That corruption today permeates all walks of life is widely accepted. It is even tolerated as a necessary evil. What is, however, less known is that from time to time there have been individuals who have refused to join the comfortable mainstream and who
- Touching The Horizon (Indian Express, Gopal Krishna Agarwal, Dec 09, 2003)
Gross domestic product (GDP) is the broadest measure of the health of the economy. Real GDP is defined as the total money value of final goods and services produced by labour and property located within a country during an accounting year. Gross value ...
- Riots Shake Hyderabad (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2003)
HYDERABAD, which has acquired an enviable position in the world of information technology (IT), is in the news for wrong reasons. Communal elements, it seems, are busy destroying what Mr Chandrababu Naidu has achieved. Saturday’s communal riots in the ...
- Whose Intellect, What Property? (Business Line, Kanchi Kohli , Dec 09, 2003)
EVERYTHING seems up for sale today and the stakes are high! The global trade regime is ready to commodify it all as long as there is a market value, be it seeds, labour, technology and even knowledge. There is competition and the push to rise above the...
- Women In Science (Business Line, R. Sundaram , Dec 09, 2003)
IT seems obvious that in a semi-literate country such as India, it should be relatively easy for women to become politicians than top researchers in science and engineering. But it surprising that even in advanced countries, it is difficult for women to..
- Paradox Of Hunger Amid Plenty (Business Line, K. Parthasarathi, Dec 09, 2003)
The anomaly of hunger amidst the plenty signifies something basically wrong in the system. The question arises why the poor have no access to the food they sorely need.
- Positive Tones In The Telecom Sector (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Dec 09, 2003)
Though the Indian economy had undertaken comprehensive reforms it is only in telecom that the results are best visible.
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