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Articles 15921 through 16020 of 17201:
- All The Noise In New Delhi Adds Up To Two Words: Oh Jerusalem! (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Sep 10, 2003)
Vajpayee’s gift to Sharon: replica of 1624-year-old Cochin document that gave Jews the right to own land
- Hard Realities About Soft Drinks (Indian Express, ANURADHA VASHISHT, Sep 10, 2003)
Even with zero pesticides and super-clean water, colas can prove a health menace
- Will Someone Get A Hospital Bed For This Akshardham Hero In Delhi? (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2003)
While the Gujarat police are having a hard time plugging the holes in their version of who are behind the Akshardham strike, few are sparing a thought for this unsung hero.
- Fractals And The Future Of Organisations (Business Line, Pravir Malik, Sep 10, 2003)
Fractal patterns, which repeat themselves on an ever-larger scale, are widely present in natural phenomena. If nature employs fractal structures in building much of the physical universe, is a similar structure being unconsciously employed in the ...
- For 20 Years, India’s Hawk-Eyed View (Indian Express, S G INAMDAR , Sep 10, 2003)
The air force needs the AJT to bridge a crucial gap in a fighter pilot’s ‘stage 3’ training
- Democracy And Adult Suffrage (Deccan Herald, R G Subramanyam, Sep 10, 2003)
There is need to formulate new norms and rules to make democracy more effective and meaningful
- What Harvest Will It Be At Cancun? (Business Line, Gopal Naik, Sep 10, 2003)
The Fifth WTO Ministerial to meet in Cancun in Mexico will take forward the agenda set forth in the Fourth Ministerial at Doha in 2001. As of now, negotiations on the Agreement on Agriculture (AoA) have has not yielded any significant benefits to the ...
- One Area Israel Wants Less Of The Indian Govt (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Sep 10, 2003)
While the governments of Israel and India speak the same language on fighting terror, there is one area where Israel would much rather work with private companies and institutes—rather than the government: agriculture.
- Economics Of Demonstrations Against Globalisation (Business Line, V. Kumaraswamy, Sep 09, 2003)
BEGINNING with Seattle, Genoa, and the cities of Geneva, Laussanne, and Evian during the recent G-8 summit, there is an increasing wave of protests against globalisation (as indeed other local issues not subjecting themselves to democratic processes).
- Towards A Cancun Harvest (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Sep 09, 2003)
What suggestions do we have for our negotiators at Cancun? It is not enough to prepare the terrain in terms of the arguments used by our interlocutors in trade policy discussions — particularly since most arguments made in academic debates in India, apart
- Maneaters Of The Desert (Indian Express, Shelley Walia, Sep 09, 2003)
Israeli democracy is a facade. For non-Jews it is an unequal, unjust society
- Should Banks Trade In Shares? (Business Line, R. Viswanathan , Sep 09, 2003)
Trading in shares by banks is close to speculation or gambling and the risks could, thus, be enormous. This calls for deeper scrutiny both by banks and the RBI, besides SEBI, lest the economy is visited yet again by another scam, with huge losses for the
- Socialites Cheered At Party But I’m Still Socialist: Mulayam (Indian Express, Amit Sharma, Sep 09, 2003)
With Mayawati staying away to let her truncated flock sulk on the benches and Kunda’s Raja Bhaiyya announcing it was celebration time, there was very little work for Mulayam Singh Yadav in the House today.
- Wto Drugs Deal: Does It Really Benefit Developing Countries? (Business Line, Ambrose Pinto , Sep 09, 2003)
The recent eleventh-hour agreement on TRIPs and public health concerns of poor countries has been hailed by some as a major breakthrough, while others argue that the resolution is purely cosmetic. In this edition of Macroscan, C. P. Chandra sekhar and ...
- Rbi Annual Report 2002-03: Credible And Creditable (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Sep 08, 2003)
DR BIMAL Jalan, the RBI Governor who just relinquished charge last week, and his institution have dominated the news in the last few days, mainly because of the commendable achievements of the central bank under his tutelage. Compliments to Dr Jalan's
- Facing Up To Corporate Responsibilities (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Sep 08, 2003)
A SIGN on the wall of the men's locker room at the Madras Boat Club would read, `When the going gets tough, the tough get going.' That is how it is with facing a crisis. That is how it must be inside Coca Cola and PepsiCo these days. And when you are an
- Putting The Bottle First (Business Line, Sudhirendar Sharma, Sep 08, 2003)
By sidestepping the issue of consumer safety, the Government has made it clear that it favours the growing market for soft drinks in the country.
- Discriminatory Strategies (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Sep 07, 2003)
Retail investors were recently shocked to learn from the capital market regulator that many so-called mutual funds schemes had just one or two investors. A close look at the fine print reveals that the Mutual Fund (MF) industry is in fact gradually ...
- ‘terrorists Are Recruiting Youth Deeply Hurt By Gujarat’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2003)
As a politician who has changed colours from the Shiv Sena to the NCP, what makes you think you are secular? If Bal Thackeray had made you the chief minister, would you have still been Secular? Aslam Khan
- You Need To Play It Again, Sam (Indian Express, Kota Neelima, Sep 07, 2003)
Cong sits on Sam Pitroda’s key proposal: send fossils home, remove party brokers
- Up, Up To The Upper House (Indian Express, Raju Santhanam, Sep 07, 2003)
“I am a journalist who always opposed any kind of emergency whether in India or at home imposed by my dictatorial wife,’’ I wailed.
‘‘That’s not good enough,’’ said my ‘‘connected’’ friend taking a second look at my application for a nomination to
- Mp Sex Scandal: Bjp Demands Fir Against Cong Spokesperson (Indian Express, Hartosh Singh Bal, Sep 07, 2003)
In the first political fallout of allegations of sexual exploitation that surfaced recently, the BJP has demanded that an FIR be registered against Congress spokesperson and former bureaucrat Man Dahima on these charges. The charges surfacing as they do,
- Stem This Alien Nation (Indian Express, P. Chidambaram, Sep 07, 2003)
I can fill this column — nay, the whole page — with names of Muslim men and women, all Indians, who have achieved distinction in different walks of life. Because, among the 110 million Muslims, there are thousands of distinguished men and women. We can...
- Our Son, The Fanatic (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Sep 06, 2003)
Is it already time for us to revisit our favourite post-9/11 boast? If you are an optimist, you might say it is still early days, or that these are mere straws in the wind. Truth to tell, straws in the wind these are and while there is still time to do...
- Miracle Medicine Or Mirage Again? (Deccan Herald, P R Parthasarathy , Sep 05, 2003)
Will our law-makers enact the necessary legislation based on Malimath’s recommendations on perjury?
- World Investment Report 2003 — A Note Of Caution To Developing Countries (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Sep 05, 2003)
AHEAD of the Fifth World Trade Organisation (WTO) ministerial, scheduled to start in Cancun (Mexico) on September 10, the UN Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad) has cautioned the developing world against investment issues being pushed into the
- Asean And Us (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2003)
Look at this relationship with a more nuanced understanding
- Hunger Deaths In Laloo Loyal Country (Indian Express, Varghese K George, Sep 05, 2003)
Scarred by the Bhagalpur riots, the Muslims here have for long voted Laloo Prasad’s RJD, hoping it will make a difference in their lives. But Mohammed Ehsan Ansari will tell you what they have received in return: he had to give up weaving Bhagalpur’s ...
- The Arab Idol (Indian Express, Thomas L. Friedman, Sep 05, 2003)
American dream: Giving Iraq democracy and changing Arab cultural certitudes
- Nuclear Escalation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2003)
THE FIRST MEETING of the Nuclear Command Authority (NCA) has decided to develop India's weapons programme further. This will take the country another step down the dangerous path of acquiring and assembling weapons of mass destruction that will ...
- Make Industrial Sector The Engine Of Growth (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Sep 04, 2003)
With the business environment for the industrial sector turning favourable, it is the right time to initiate measures to make this sector an engine of growth and to raise its share in GDP. The thrust of the growth strategy should be more public and ...
- Good Cop, Good Cop (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 03, 2003)
Success should lead to success in fighting terrorism but there’s no room for complacency
- Scientists Are Barc-Ing Up The Banana Tree (Indian Express, Reshma Patil, Sep 03, 2003)
At nuclear lab, bananas’ new forms ripen: juice, wine and baby food
- The World Alleges And Pak Denies It (Indian Express, Husain Haqqani, Sep 03, 2003)
Pakistan faces, once again, a barrage of allegations ranging from charges of covert support of terrorists to accusations about illegally exporting components for other nations’ nuclear and missile programmes.
- Cancun: Keep The Wheels Moving (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Sep 03, 2003)
With Cancun just days off, various groups of nations are sitting in conclaves to work out ways and means to ensure that the bicycle of trade negotiations does not fall, and the WTO ministerial does not end in abject failure. This would be a serious ...
- Measuring Bank Efficiency: Productivity Versus Profitability (Business Line, V. Pitre, Sep 03, 2003)
"... the driving force in the path ahead will be the immense capabilities that we possess in terms of human resource. In the years to come the `human bias' is likely to get stronger and the quality of human resource would become the cutting edge of ...
- The Art Of `Green' Governance (Business Line, K. P. S. Chauhan, Sep 03, 2003)
THE Government of India recently set up a National Environment Authority (NEA) and six regional authorities which are expected to start functioning within three months. The NEA will have the appellate jurisdiction to hear appeals against decisions made by
- Md, Ma, Mba: The New Degrees Of Terror (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 03, 2003)
Gujarat cited as reason by many arrested and they aren’t exactly madarsa products
- India And Israel Need Each Other (Indian Express, BHARAT KARNAD, Sep 02, 2003)
It was only in the mid-1990s that New Delhi, realising how injurious it was proving to national interest, jettisoned its hoary, unbalanced, West Asia policy and brought its close, covert and longstanding ties with Tel Aviv, including in the military ...
- Make Wto Work, Alternative Is Worse (Deccan Herald, Emma Bonino, Sep 02, 2003)
It is in the intertest of both developing and developed countries to overcome the crisis in WTO
- Mystery Of Us Economic Growth (Business Line, V. Anantha-Nageswaran , Sep 02, 2003)
The US second quarter GDP growth, revised up to 3.1 per cent from 2.4 per cent, supposedly came from higher estimates for consumer spending, investments and a lower trade deficit. But the real news, says V. Anantha Nageswaran, is that without the defence
- Fta Success Lies In Partner Choice (Business Line, S. Majumder , Sep 02, 2003)
India should not expect any big FDI flows from the proposed FTAs, as most of the countries concerned, barring Singapore and South Africa, receive FDIs rather than invest abroad.
- A Changed Ownership Structure May Have Bottled Cola Row (Business Line, D. Sampathkumar , Sep 02, 2003)
BY ANY reckoning the recent controversy over pesticide residue in carbonated beverages has been a public relations disaster for the cola majors. To be in the limelight and often for reasons not entirely of their choice is not something new for them...
- Tasks Before Dr Reddy At Rbi (Business Line, A. Seshan, Sep 02, 2003)
DR Y. Venugopal Reddy is taking over as Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). I had an opportunity to work with him during the tumultuous days of the Gulf Crisis in the early 1990s. He was then Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Finance. He and I
- Taj: Cbi Points Finger At Central Secy (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2003)
The CBI has accused Union Enviornment and Forest Ministry Secretary K.C. Mishra of tampering with files pertaining to start of work at the controversial Taj Heritage Corridor project at Agra.
- The Dating Game At Ayodhya (Indian Express, R P Subramanian, Sep 01, 2003)
There’s a scientific way to determine the age of the lime-mortar found by the ASI
- Govt Wants Colas To Get A Euro Fizz (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2003)
Though the Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Sushma Swaraj announced in Parliament that the soft drinks including Pepsi and Coke were ‘‘safe’’, the government has issued a draft notification on standards to regulate pesticides and heavy metals
- Feats Unlimited: Woman Sarpanchs On Feet (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2003)
She is in her mid-’30s, a mother of four and a Dalit woman sarpanch who has studied till Std V. Urmila Dhonde is proud of her background, proud of the administrative experience and insight she has gained as sarpanch over the last three years. And now she
- Mumbai Spirit (Indian Express, Soli Sorabjee, Aug 31, 2003)
Mumbai again has been the target of terrorism. Blood-thirsty murderers in the recent bomb blasts have killed over fifty innocent civilians and injured many more. But they dismally failed to kill the spirit of Mumbai.
- Let’s Do The Cancun (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2003)
Indian negotiators are on the right track so far in the run up to the Cancun WTO meeting
- Hanuman Meets Seeta (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2003)
Truly has the Upper House of Parliament touched celestial heights
- Non-Proliferation Problems (Hindu, M. R. Srinivasan, Aug 29, 2003)
Given the policies the U.S. is pursuing unilaterally, the world will have to prepare itself to face a highly unstable nuclear future.
- Danger From Elbowing Out American Workers (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Aug 29, 2003)
IN A context in which legislatures of some States in the US have sought to ban offshore outsourcing and engagement of non-American workers and immigrants, it is not surprising that the suicide at California of an employee of the Bank of America following
- India Must Condition Itself To Cas (Business Line, Ambrose Pinto , Aug 29, 2003)
AFTER all the hype, the Conditional Access System (CAS) that was set for release on September 1 may not make it at all. Or, so it seems with the Government putting off its implementation in Delhi till after the State Assembly elections. This gives the ...
- Bureaucracy: Flaw Is In System, Not Workers (Business Line, Devendra Mishra, Aug 29, 2003)
THE government may be the biggest industry in the world, but the statement, "I am from the government and here to help you" is still considered a bad joke. Increasingly, the people do not think that the government knows how to help or is bothered...
- Left & The Struggle Against Bjp (Deccan Herald, Ranen Sen, Aug 28, 2003)
The Left parties should not hesitate to join hands with the Congress to fight the Sangh Parivar
- From A Sinner To A Priest (Business Line, D. Murali , Aug 28, 2003)
COMPANY failures make for great stories, though not their resurrections. That WorldCom fell like a giant stirred much dust — with all the drama of scandals such as the `$10 billion plus' accounting irregularities, firing of its top man Ebbers and so on
- Soul Searcher (Business Line, Peter Switzer, Aug 28, 2003)
On how critical it is to be ethical — especially for CAs
- Soft-Drinks, Hard Lessons (Business Line, M. A. Venkat, Aug 28, 2003)
IS THE Government report a complete vindication of the soft-drink makers, whose products the Centre for Science and Environment said contained high levels of pesticides? Regardless of the claims and counters, the jury is still out on the issue, as a Joint
- Here’s My Daily Pesticide Intake (Indian Express, Ravi Agarwal, Aug 28, 2003)
The consumer is hungry, both for safe food and water as well as for information. If anything, 2003 can be termed as a ‘‘safe food awareness’’ year. Never in the past has the increasingly powerful urban middle class been shocked as much by what it eats and
- Cancun: Heavy Mantle On Jaitley (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Aug 28, 2003)
At Cancun where WTO Trade Ministers meet to take stock of the headway made in the Doha Development Agenda, the Commerce Minister, Mr Arun Jaitley, faces a heavy responsibility in taking forward the achievements of his predecessor, Mr Murasoli Maran, who
- Leander Alarm Could Be Your Wake-Up Call (Indian Express, Toufiq Rashid, Aug 27, 2003)
When doctors at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Centre concluded that Leander Paes was not suffering from a tumour but from a parasitic infection called neurocysticercosis, the tennis star’s family and his army of fans heaved a sigh of relief.
- Miracle Called Atal, Illusion Named Sonia (Indian Express, Balbir K Punj, Aug 27, 2003)
The country replied to the Sonia Gandhi piloted opposition no-confidence motion many hours before the vote in the Lok Sabha.
- Beyond The Blasts (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2003)
MUMBAI CAN BE down but never out. A day after the bomb blasts shook the megapolis, the city is fast coming back to normal, with old and young crowding suburban trains and BEST buses for the long trudge to work places. The Sensex, which is more the measure
- Dream On, For The Future (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Aug 27, 2003)
Words slide, slip, perish, decay with imprecision, but some continue to assail the amnesia of time. Among the famous words of the last century that continue to have a rare resonance in this one, are those from Martin Luther King’s ‘I have a Dream’ oration
- The Hindu (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2003)
THE HINDU, FOUNDED on September 20, 1878, is the oldest surviving major newspaper of Indian nationalism, by which we mean the great socio-political movement that won freedom for India from colonial bondage and helped consolidate the gains ...
- Cbi Heat Makes Maya’s Man Sweat Over A ‘forged’ Taj File (Indian Express, Ritu Sarin, Aug 27, 2003)
Ex-Environment Minister had special status, only one to share dais with Kanshi & Maya
- Cancun: What Should Be India's Stand (Business Line, Dolly Mishra, Aug 27, 2003)
The issues that India should lay strong emphasis at the WTO meet in Cancun are food security, poverty reduction and economic growth. It is also time the developing countries united to put genuine pressure on the developed world to bring in such reforms as
- Auto Component Industry - Time It Got Its Parts Together (Business Line, B.S. Rathor, Aug 27, 2003)
THE auto component industry is coming out of the learning curve and appears all set to step on the accelerator. But the journey was arduous, especially in dealing with a new set of original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). When in the 1990s global car
- Protectionism, Free Market And Global Regulator (Business Line, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Aug 27, 2003)
EVEN as the world strives to open up, economies continue to practice protectionism in myriad ways. One strident voice against this form of protectionism is that of Prof Raghuram Rajan, International Monetary Fund's new Chief Economist, who opposes the ...
- Behind The Terrorist Strikes (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2003)
TWO TERRORIST BOMB strikes in the heart of Mumbai on Monday have taken a terrible human toll and sent a shiver through the country. They are a challenge to civilised India and the very concept of Indian nationhood. Nine bombings in as many ...
- India, With A Can-Do Spirit (Indian Express, R A MASHELKAR, Aug 26, 2003)
From launching satellites to cracking illiteracy: a nation held back by self-doubt
- Market Equanimity (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2003)
THE ONGOING RALLY in share prices has been interpreted in various, often contrary, ways. The first big question to which there has been no unanimous answer is: will the rise in the share prices — the benchmark share indices have climbed to ...
- Dangerous Medicine (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2003)
SPURIOUS OR COUNTERFEIT drugs are a public menace. They are mostly ineffective and can cause grievous injury or even death. The existence of spurious drugs in India is well known, although not the precise extent. The Government has decided to ...
- Soon: A Hot, Upscale Residency Called Dharavi (Indian Express, Manju Mehta, Aug 25, 2003)
Asia’s biggest slum to become an urban sprawl with housing complexes, supermarkets
- A Market For Terrorism Information (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Aug 25, 2003)
IT WOULD probably go down as the shortest-lived idea in the US. Within 24 hours of its being made public, everyone important in both the political parties was scrambling to announce that it was `ghoulish' and the proposal was buried. The irony is that it
- Unified Licence - Fairness Alone Can Redeem The Government (Business Line, Krishnan Thiagarajan, Aug 25, 2003)
The unified licence proposal can be used as a plank to settle all the long-pending issues before TRAI and the government.
- Making Our People Rich (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2003)
NEARLY six decades ago momentous things happened in both our countries. We made our people free. We established institutions and secured a system of Government where the people were able to elect the Parliament and enjoy basic democratic freedoms. This...
- Just Plain Gas? (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2003)
Is this a case of pouring cola over troubled waters? See how Parliament’s alacrity in constituting a joint committee to inquire into pesticide contamination of carbonated soft drinks has altered the dynamics at Sansad Bhavan. Just the other day, Lok Sabha
- Prevention The Better Cure (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2003)
THE BIG industries, which are more easily noticed and monitored, are not always the biggest polluters. By sheer numbers, small industries can create major problems. A classic example is Tirupur in Tamil Nadu, which exports some 71,000 tonnes of ...
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