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Articles 15621 through 15720 of 17201:
- Express Your Voice (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 09, 2003)
With regard to P Chidambaram’s Our other northern neighbour, I have some questions to ask. You observe that ‘‘The Maoists are reported to be receiving help from China.’’ Can you give any reliable information indicating that China is helping the Nepal Maoi
- Live And Inclusive (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2003)
Don’t blame Harry Potter alone for this headache. Plug into the latest cricket match
- Opening Access To Science (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2003)
Since the first scientific journal appeared in French in 1665, the publication of scientific journals has become an industry in its own right. Scientists scramble not just to be the first to publish a discovery, but also to have their work ...
- Shrug Off The Cold War, This Is A New World (Indian Express, Atal Behari Vajpayee, Nov 07, 2003)
Pragmatism on the China front, infotech companies as a force multiplier. On security, think out of the box
- The Trinity Issues (Hindu, M. R. Srinivasan, Nov 07, 2003)
Relations between India and the U.S. need to be based on a sympathetic understanding of each other's concerns and not against the backdrop of international rules of conduct which are breached whenever necessary.
- Marrakesh To Cancun... Darwinism In Trade Talks (Business Line, Devendra Mishra, Nov 07, 2003)
THE transformation of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) into a new avatar in 1995 — the World Trade Organisation — marked a paradigm shift. GATT was primarily about negotiating market access for traded goods. But the WTO's extension into n
- Iran's Sensible Decision (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2003)
IRAN HAS AVERTED a conflict with the United Nations Security Council by meeting a deadline set by the International Atomic Energy Agency. The IAEA had called upon Iran to suspend efforts to enrich uranium, permit intrusive and short-notice ...
- Andhra Pradesh In Election Mode (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2003)
ALL SIGNALS FROM Andhra Pradesh say early Assembly polls. It is clear now that no sooner had Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu got over the shock of the claymore mine attack on him at Tirupati than he began to think elections. The leading factor ...
- Battling Alzheimer's (Hindu, Anahad O Connor, Nov 07, 2003)
Studies on Alzheimer's suggest that the benefits of a non-pharmacological approach should not be overlooked.
- Plastic To Petrol? Nagpur Formula Gets It Just Right (Indian Express, Amitav Ranjan, Nov 06, 2003)
IOC tests confirm couple’s claim; Rs 7.8-cr plant to be set up
- Tracking Fii Activity (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2003)
THE SECURITIES AND Exchange Board of India has made a good beginning in improving disclosures on investments by foreign institutional investors. Its latest study shows there is no reason to be concerned about the quality of the FII inflows, 85 per cent of
- Viruses Are Getting Under The Skin Of Regulators (Business Line, Paul Gosling, Nov 06, 2003)
THE Securities and Exchange Commission in the US could be required to monitor listed companies' exposure to software contamination as part of their regulatory function, under proposals reportedly being considered by the White House.
- Where India Scores Over China (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Nov 06, 2003)
THE World Economic Forum has once again published its annual report on Global Competitiveness, the fundamental objective of which is to "evaluate the economic competitiveness of a large sample of countries". In the latest report - for 2003 - 102 countries
- Multi-Task Managers (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 05, 2003)
A SERIOUS drawback of management education imparted by business schools throughout the world is the compartmentalised approach to the various disciplines such as economics, marketing, finance, trade, investment and the like. In fact, it is not unusual for
- Partnerships With Defence Firms — Hal Buffeted By Approval Process (Business Line, Gopal Ratnam, Nov 05, 2003)
WHEN the United States imposed economic and military sanctions following India's nuclear tests in May 1998, the state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL) was forced to return three US-made engines for its prototype Advanced Light Helicopter project.
- Thinking As Doing (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2003)
When a monkey in North Carolina remotely operated a robotic arm 600 miles away in MIT’s lab, it extended the scope of communication like never seen before. Having implanted tiny electrodes in the primate’s brain and recorded the activity, the scientists w
- Key To The Kiss Of The Spiderwoman (Indian Express, Donald G. Mcneil, Nov 05, 2003)
Whether it’s spiders or human beings, they both play the mating game alike
- Cancun Collapse And Food Sovereignty (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 04, 2003)
Third World food security is at stake.Unless the developed countries agree to reasonable negotiations, agriculture must be kept out WTO By T N Prakash Kammardi
- Cancun Collapse And Food Sovereignty (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 04, 2003)
Third World food security is at stake.Unless the developed countries agree to reasonable negotiations, agriculture must be kept out WTO By T N Prakash Kammardi
- Lessons From Track Two (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Nov 04, 2003)
As India embarks upon a new peace initiative with Pakistan, the experience of an Israeli professor who has led various experiments in Track Two or ‘Citizens Diplomacy’ worldwide might be instructive. Edy Kaufman, a professor at Hebrew University and in th
- A Storm In A Sunspot (Indian Express, Ajay Lele, Nov 04, 2003)
One thing is sure, space is no cake walk
- Technology Is A Culture (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Nov 04, 2003)
There are some people who act as if economic policies, and particularly technological change, which is spawning some of our great success stories is possible, as it were, in a vacuum of cultural beliefs. Technology is not just about biotech seeds, compute
- Unified, But Not Fully Untangled (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2003)
IT IS TOO early to say if the Union Cabinet's approval of the Unified Licensing Regime for basic and cellular services signals an end to the festering litigation over limited mobility in the telecom sector. The Cabinet decision goes along with the recomme
- Unified, But Not Fully Untangled (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2003)
IT IS TOO early to say if the Union Cabinet's approval of the Unified Licensing Regime for basic and cellular services signals an end to the festering litigation over limited mobility in the telecom sector. The Cabinet decision goes along with the recomme
- Dwelling In Malady (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Nov 03, 2003)
Symptoms of urban illness have been observed for quite sometime, but were largely ignored as mostly the poor were affected and that was easier to blame it on higher powers. Attempts have begun to remedy the urban malady. On a three-pronge strategy to mak
- Dwelling In Malady (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Nov 03, 2003)
Symptoms of urban illness have been observed for quite sometime, but were largely ignored as mostly the poor were affected and that was easier to blame it on higher powers. Attempts have begun to remedy the urban malady. On a three-pronge
- Dwelling In Malady (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Nov 03, 2003)
Symptoms of urban illness have been observed for quite sometime, but were largely ignored as mostly the poor were affected and that was easier to blame it on higher powers. Attempts have begun to remedy the urban malady. On a t hree-pronge strategy to ma
- Foreign Policy Needs Reforms, Says Pm, Think Out Of Old Box (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2003)
‘Iraq debaters in Cold War time warp... let’s be pragmatic and solve China border dispute’
- Fashioning A Comeback (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Nov 02, 2003)
Shahnawaz Hussain went into deep depression when he was first transferred from the high profile Civil Aviation Ministry to the less visible Ministry of Textiles. The general consensus in the media was that he had been demoted. Officials in his new ministr
- India Is A Model For Our Present Age: Hungarian Pm (Hindu, Amar Kumar Sinha, Nov 02, 2003)
ON THE eve of his official visit to India, the Hungarian Prime Minister gave an interview to
- A Law Like This (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Nov 01, 2003)
A look at the best and worst of foreign media
- Telecom Tangle (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 01, 2003)
In a competitive market, corporates should anticipate changed business conditions
- Nuclear Bridge Over The Persian Gulf (Indian Express, Manpreet Sethi, Oct 31, 2003)
Tehran’s ambitions can’t be dismissed. Addressing them will set precedents for other nuclear wannabes
- Assessing Risk (Hindu, Sagar Dhara, Oct 31, 2003)
Public discussion revolves around concentration levels of pollutants and not the risk they cause.
- Dr Mahathir Made The Right Call (Business Line, V. Anantha-Nageswaran , Oct 31, 2003)
IT IS nearly two weeks since the APEC summit ended. In the media world, that is a long time ago. The event is all but forgotten. It was a forgettable event except for those who dressed up in colourful shirts to pose for pictures.
- Mindwar Versus Bodywar (Indian Express, M D NALAPAT, Oct 30, 2003)
Some things the US in Iraq can learn from India
- Bull In Accounting Shop (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2003)
MS JANE MUTCHLER is bullish on accounting, and sees a bright silver lining on the corporate scandals of the last couple of years. She is the Director of the School of Accountancy at Georgia State University, and the president-elect of the American Account
- How Fair Is The Trai Price? (Business Line, Krishnan Thiagarajan, Oct 30, 2003)
Neither the march of technology argument nor the purported aim of ensuring a litigation-free environment entirely justifies TRAI's recommendation for the unification of basic and cellular services alone. This and the issue of additional entry fee appear t
- Transparency Is A Two-Way Street (Business Line, D. Murali , Oct 30, 2003)
THIS being the election year for chartered accountants, it is quite possible that many candidates for the councils (both central and regional) weave recent issues into their campaigns. But if the past is any indication, there is little relationship betwee
- Sorry To Be The Party Pooper (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Oct 29, 2003)
Will ‘Shining India’ ever breach the feel good/feel bad divide?
- Why Ali Is The Greatest (Indian Express, Jayaditya Gupta, Oct 29, 2003)
Sport doesn’t often make good film. Perhaps because great sporting moments are better than anything cinema can offer, it’s the little moments, those that don’t figure top of the mind, that offer a chance to shine (Chariots of Fire, is one such). One film,
- A Universe Of Infinite Universes (Indian Express, Dennis Overbye, Oct 29, 2003)
A new theory that looks physics, feels philosophy has cosmologists arguing
- A Way Out Of Telecom Mess (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2003)
THE TELECOM REGULATORY Authority of India's proposals for sorting out the mess in mobile and wireless telephony have few surprises, but the recommendations for a movement to a unified licence regime have some rough edges that the Government needs ...
- India Bans Diabetic Drug, 32 Years Late (Indian Express, Toufiq Rashid, Oct 29, 2003)
US study: drug behind alarming number of heart diseases
- Digi-Governance (Business Line, R. Sundaram , Oct 28, 2003)
SCEPTICS have always looked upon the idealistic view of Jeffersonian democracy as unworkable. They point out that democracies are nothing but rule of the elite in which an apathetic majority is ruled by self-aggrandising plutocracies, where vested interes
- Fdi As Propeller Of Growth (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Oct 28, 2003)
FDI flows remain one of the most dynamic constituents of the global economy. They are less volatile than portfolio flows and can make domestic firms more competitive. But given their inherent threat to local firms, and the cultural and social tensions tha
- Epidemiology Intelligence (Hindu, T. Jacob John, Oct 28, 2003)
Outbreaks of known diseases occur frequently but public health authorities fail to predict, prevent or interrupt them.
- Strategic Defence Review (Hindu, C. Manmohan Reddy, Oct 28, 2003)
A central tenet of a strategic approach is the need to integrate all land, sea and air surveillance assets regardless of which service actually controls or operates individual systems.
- In The Unreal World Of Models (Business Line, S. Venu , Oct 28, 2003)
IN 2001, Dr George Akerlof of the University of California won the Nobel prize for economic science along with Drs Michael Spence and Joseph Stiglitz for his contribution to the concept of asymmetric information.
- Dissent In Dadar Has Just Gone Global (Indian Express, Sonu Chhina, Oct 27, 2003)
Packaged as counter to WEF in Davos, stage being set for WSF in Mumbai
- From Bhai, With Love (Indian Express, Raja Menon, Oct 27, 2003)
India must urgently augment its punch against terrorists
- Tricks And Treats (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2003)
It’s election time and every politician is busy cooking up new ways to rake in the votes
- Bill Gates Flogs A Dead Horse (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Oct 27, 2003)
A premier agricultural research body’s misplaced priorities are increasing rather than decreasing hunger in the world
- Unsettled Frontiers (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2003)
We need steady, even if slow, progress in addressing the border dispute with China
- This Man Will Feather Your Retirement Nest (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Oct 27, 2003)
Govt turns to social security expert Mukul Asher to head Provident Fund revamp
- Management Of India's Forex Reserves (Business Line, V. Anantha-Nageswaran , Oct 27, 2003)
It is a matter of pride that India has moved from being a country that faced a BoP crisis to one that has official foreign exchange reserves of nearly $90 billion. The RBI has done an admirable job of managing the country's external liquidity and debt pos
- Bill Gates Flogs A Dead Horse (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Oct 27, 2003)
A premier agricultural research body’s misplaced priorities are increasing rather than decreasing hunger in the world
- The Imperative Fractal Journey (Business Line, Pravir Malik, Oct 27, 2003)
To the degree that an organisation centred at the physical level can call on attitudes and strategies from higher levels in the fractal journey, it will function more successfully than an organisation that perceives and acts solely from a brick-and-mortar
- Home Wanted Rs 500 Bills Out, Finance Says No Need (Indian Express, Bhavana Vij, Oct 26, 2003)
Officials at Home ministry fear forgers have mastered the technology of making counterfeit Rs 500 notes
- Law & Commerce: And The Twain Shall Meet (Indian Express, P. Chidambaram, Oct 26, 2003)
SEBI, TRAI, TAMP, SERC, MRTP — what have these in common? They are the new regulators in a liberal and competitive economy. Many more are on their way. They have also another feature in common, and that is they have generally failed to inspire confidence
- This Man Has Been Asked To Feather Your Retirement Nest (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Oct 26, 2003)
Government turns to social security expert, Singapore professor Mukul Asher, to head Provident Fund revamp
- Dissent In Dadar Just Went Global (Indian Express, Sonu Chhina, Oct 26, 2003)
Packaged as a counter to the World Economic Forum in Davos, stage being set for World Social Forum in Mumbai
- He Helps Robots Spot The Difference Just Like Us (Indian Express, Sweta Ramanujan, Oct 26, 2003)
Indian heads think-tank at MIT, is named as key innovator in technology of future
- A Watchdog Weighed Down (Hindu, Anjali Modi, Oct 26, 2003)
The National Human Rights Commission is caught in a dysfunctional relationship with government and state.
- In Sofia, Kalam Meets Kalki, Kids Ask Him For Cds (Indian Express, Samar Halarnkar, Oct 25, 2003)
President gets Slavic attention and respect
- Iran Makes Its Move (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2003)
The world community needs to re-examine the nuclear non-proliferation regimes objectively
- This Diwali, Heart Of Darkness Is Bright & Shining (Indian Express, Varghese K George, Oct 25, 2003)
Ex-Leftist, builder-turned-activist, revived water system have brought revolution
- Sindhis As An Indo-Pak Bridge (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Oct 24, 2003)
A few hundred Sindhis, all Hindus, who had gathered in Jodhpur for an extraordinary meeting earlier this week must be rubbing their eyes with disbelief at the announcements made by External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha to clear the Indo-Pak air. They h
- Leaving On A Jet Plane (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2003)
As the age of the Concorde and supersonic travel ends, why speed is not always sound
- Home Wants Rs-500 Bills Out, Finance Says No Need (Indian Express, Bhavana Vij, Oct 24, 2003)
Worried over reports of large-scale circulation of Rs 500 counterfeit notes, the Home Ministry this month approached the Finance Ministry to discontinue the denomination but its request has been turned down on the ground that this can cause public panic.
- Rape: National And International (Deccan Herald, Valson Thampu , Oct 23, 2003)
The rape of a Swiss embassy staffer must be condemned. At the same time, we cannot gloss over other rapes in the country
- Rape: National And International (Deccan Herald, Valson Thampu , Oct 23, 2003)
The rape of a Swiss embassy staffer must be condemned. At the same time, we cannot gloss over other rapes in the country
- India-Thailand Fta: Who Is The Real Gainer? (Business Line, S. Majumder , Oct 23, 2003)
Thailand is one-tenth the size of India. While the goal of any FTA is market enlargement and improvement of the investment environment, how can India gain from Thailand which competes with it?
- October Spring (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Oct 23, 2003)
• PM Vajpayee’s daring gambit on poll-eve
• A dozen radical proposals to the General
• Talks with Hurriyat raised to level of DPM
Let Srinagar bus to Muzaffarabad
- Moderate Medium, Extreme Message (Indian Express, Daniel Drezner, Oct 23, 2003)
Mahathir sums up the Muslim world’s paradox. Western learning is fine, not western liberalism
- A New Asian Economic Integration (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Oct 22, 2003)
India's compulsions of integrating with Asean have assumed a new urgency with the recent failure of the WTO Ministerial at Cancun and the threat issued by the US of bypassing WTO for bilateral trading arrangements. Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee pushing the idea
- Big Change In The Air (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2003)
The aviation sector seems to finally be emerging from a timewarp
- Why Is This A Very Happy Diwali? Top Answer Is Reforms (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2003)
There’s something deeper to the optimism than the rain god, write Advisor to Finance Minister Vijay Kelkar and Ajay Shah, Consultant, Dept of Economic Affairs
- Carbon Credit: Valuable Virtual Commodity (Business Line, Deepak Mawandia, Oct 22, 2003)
THOUGH the Kyoto Protocol has still not entered into force, and Russia is, as usual sending conflicting signals, the carbon market has begun developing in earnest.
- Unified Licence Regime — Raising A Spectrum Of Issues (Business Line, Jayanthi Iyengar, Oct 22, 2003)
THE Telecom Regulatory Authority (TRAI) is to make its final recommendation to the Group of Ministers (GoM) on Telecom. Central to these recommendations would be an attempt to resolve the two-year-long battle between the cellular and basic operators by re
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