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Articles 16121 through 16220 of 17201:
- Why Coke, Pepsi Can Get Away (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Aug 06, 2003)
The Centre for Science and Environment’s claim that carbonated drinks sold by Pepsico and Coca-Cola have toxic ‘‘pesticide residues’’ 35 times the globally accepted level shows just one thing: food and drinking water are contaminated and authorities are
- On The Yellow Brick Road (Indian Express, Bibek Debroy, Aug 06, 2003)
John Loudon McAdam was born in 1756 and died in 1836. I vaguely remember reading about McAdam in school. I suspect McAdam has now moved out of school textbooks.
- India: The Emerging R&d Hub (Business Line, P. Balakrishna, Aug 06, 2003)
EVER since Texas Instruments set up a research and development centre in Bangalore in 1985, more and more foreign companies have realised the benefits of carrying out significant R&D work in India. According to a study conducted by the Administrative
- No Mere Dispute, It’s Aggression (Deccan Herald, N Haridas, Aug 06, 2003)
When China invaded Tibet in 1950, the world wanted Nehru to rush to the defence of the monks. But he did not
- Interlinking Problems (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2003)
THE DECADES-OLD proposal to link all of India's major rivers with one another was revived with much fanfare last year. Most political parties welcomed it then as a solution to the country's drinking water and irrigation problems. But it has not ...
- Learning Through Doing (Indian Express, VINITA DESHMUKH, Aug 05, 2003)
When concern for the poor is largely missing in today’s world, the passing away of Dr Srinath Kalbag, whose monumental contribution in making hundreds of rural youngsters, mostly school dropouts, into self-made rural entrepreneurs, is a sad event.
- Airwaves For Panchayats (Deccan Herald, Manu N Kulkarni, Aug 04, 2003)
The decision of the Ministry of Broadcasting to allow educational institutions like universities, IITs and schools to launch their own radio and broadcast educational programmes is a good step in delicensing and deregulation of the all powerful All-India
- ‘to Make Sure We Build World-Class Business, We’ll (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Aug 04, 2003)
Mukesh Ambani, Chairman of Reliance Industries, spoke to Shekhar Gupta, Editor-in-Chief of The Indian Express, at the Dhirubhai Ambani Knowledge City in Navi Mumbai. Excerpts from the interview telecast on NDTV 24x7’s Walk The Talk
- Convergence Of Gasoline, Diesel Technologies - A Vision For The Next Decade (Business Line, B. S. Murthy, Aug 04, 2003)
EVs, fuel cell and hybrid vehicles may be the buzz in the auto industry but there is no getting away from conventional gasoline and diesel technologies. The focus now, therefore is to combine the best features of the two systems to develop an engine that
- Docs Count His Last Days, He Battles Polygon (Indian Express, PETER LANDERS, Aug 04, 2003)
Cancer-stricken mathematician has a crack at riddle no one took seriously
- Murders Most Foul (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Aug 04, 2003)
WILL it be too far-fetched if I say that the US and the UK ganged up to commit murders of their own soldiers and innocent Iraqi civilians and therefore, their leaders should face trial by an International Crimes Tribunal, just as Goering, Ribbentrop and
- The James-Justice Test (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Aug 02, 2003)
How would the Best Bakery picture now look from Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s exalted perch? With smoke still rising in rioting Gujarat he had openly, and emotionally, reminded Narendra Modi on his rajdharma. His deputy, L.K. Advani, has said often that what
- Success Through Failure (Hindu, Helen Kirwan-Taylor, Aug 02, 2003)
If you want to make it to the very top today, you have to first fall flat on your face.
- Mechanistic Elitism Hurts Investors (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Aug 01, 2003)
The convergence of equity and commodity marketplaces will indeed bring significant gains from economies of scale and scope pertinent to trading and customer servicing, monitoring and regulation by SEBI. But will India's commodity producers, including mill
- Rejection Slips Only? Not Really (Indian Express, J.S. Rajput, Aug 01, 2003)
The National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT) stands for professionalism in school education planning and development. Since 1961, this institution has acquired a quiet dignity in the world of curriculum modernisation. In recent years
- Bpos And Backlash (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2003)
EVERY PASSING DAY brings news of a growing backlash in the European Union and the United States against the outsourcing of business in information technology enabled services (ITES) to India. Since it is the search to cut salary costs that is ...
- Cec Lyngdoh Gets Magsaysay For Standing Up To J&k Militants And Modi (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Jul 31, 2003)
The normally stern James Michael Lyngdoh, who’s preparing to conduct his last elections in November as he demits office of the Chief Election Commissioner in February 2004, was all smiles today when news came in that he had been awarded this year’s Ramon
- Towards More Neighbourly Ties (Indian Express, Husain Haqqani, Jul 31, 2003)
Karzai needs Pak to fight terrorism while Musharraf cannot allow Pak to be sucked into a new Afghan quagmire
- For Clean Coal (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 31, 2003)
GIVEN THAT NOT even 20 per cent of the over 350 million tonnes of coal produced in the country is washed before use, the Coal Ministry's desire to see conditions created for use of only beneficiated, or clean, coal is not going to be fulfilled in a hurry.
- Trading With Pakistan (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Jul 31, 2003)
The new debate in Pakistan on trade with India is a welcome one... Instead of waiting to see the outcome, India must seek to actively influence it.
- Motivating The Boss (Business Line, B.B. Bhattacharya, Jul 31, 2003)
MOTIVATION is a highly-discussed topic in behavioural science, and is included in most training calendars for employees. There are many definitions for it. Put simply, motivation is an urge/strong desire/motive for action.
- ‘i Never Met A Better Improviser Than Johnny’ (Indian Express, ABRAR ALVI, Jul 31, 2003)
I first met Johnny Walker on the sets of Baazi, which featured Guru Dutt, Geeta Bali, Johnny Walker, among others. There was something special about this thin, energetic fellow. His infectious humour, his presence of mind, his great witticism amazed me.
- The American Dream - Made In China (Indian Express, EDWARD BERNARD GLICK, Jul 30, 2003)
In the early 1990s, I lived and worked in Japan, and my wife and I occasionally travelled in the region. However, we refused to go to mainland China because we were still fuming over the spectacle of Chinese troops massacring Chinese students in Beijing’s
- The Noor Effect (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Jul 30, 2003)
In symbolic terms, there is little to match this story. A two-year-old girl child in dire need of heart surgery rides the first bus after the road link between Delhi and Lahore is resumed.
- As Metros Clean Up Their Air, Look Who Are Proud To Be The Dirtiest Dozen (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Jul 30, 2003)
Ahmedabad air worst; next Kanpur, Solapur, Lucknow, all waiting to be pushed, prodded
- Will The Monsoon Bring Cheer? (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2003)
THE SOUTH-WEST MONSOON, which is halfway through the four-month season, has turned in as good a performance as farmers could have wished for. Despite starting a week late, the monsoon has brought some of the heaviest and most evenly spread ...
- Beware, Big Brother Is Watching (Business Line, Jayanthi Iyengar, Jul 30, 2003)
THERE was a furore some years ago when it became public that the Internet had the capabilities to track the movement of Web-surfers and that Web site owners, including employers, could store a lot of personal information regarding the surfing habits of
- Biotechnology In India - Creating A New Market Space (Business Line, Devendra Mishra, Jul 30, 2003)
IN HIS book Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith, wrote that "a true wealth of a nation is measured not by how much gold it possesses but by what it can produce". By this yardstick biotechnology is an unprecedented revolution through which the world's hunger
- Firestorm Rising (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2003)
South Korea commemorated the fiftieth anniversary of the end of Korean War last Sunday. But the North Koreans were not participating, probably busying themselves in reprocessing plutonium for nuclear bombs.
- Generating Budgetary Resources In 21st Century (Business Line, Mukul Asher, Jul 30, 2003)
In the 21st century, the task of revenue generation will be quite complex, requiring concomitant reforms on the expenditure side and in budgeting systems, more effective use of information technology and better e-governance. India can certainly make good
- Cartagena Protocol - A Wake-Up Call For Biosafety (Business Line, Ashesh Tayal, Jul 29, 2003)
NOW that 50 countries have ratified the first international treaty on biosafety, Cartagena Protocol is all set to come into force on September 11. The protocol, once implemented sincerely, will not only save and maintain our mega biodiversities, Indians
- How Not To Measure Fdi (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Jul 29, 2003)
India needs to shed its bias towards the dollar value of FDI, and switch to the utilitarian approach. It can gain much by switching to measures of performance that include the number of `jobs', innovative leadership, methods, processes, organisation ...
- Getting Women Into Parliament - Why The Quota System Is Crucial (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jul 29, 2003)
THE Women's Reservation Bill has been put on the backburner once again with the BJP coming out with the improbable suggestion that one-third of the Lok Sabha constituencies should have two MPs — one male and one female! Extrapolating that logic, each ...
- Distinguished Dozen (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 28, 2003)
Read the Constitution to know who the 12 nominated members in the RS should be
- ‘war Against Terror Cannot Be Won Till Terror Against India Ends Permanently’ (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jul 28, 2003)
US Ambassador to India Robert Blackwill spoke to Shekhar Gupta, Editor-in-chief, The Indian Express, on the security situation in the subcontinent and the rapid advancements in the Indo-US relations. Excerpts from the interview telecast on NDTV 24x7’s ...
- Making Rural India Magnetic (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Jul 28, 2003)
The rural development model of the last 50 years has helped villages little, though governments have wasted thousands of crores of rupees on infructuous projects. If private enterprise, to develop the market, wants to make villages `attractive', it must
- Hdr 2003 And The Millennium Development Goals - Each Country To Chalk Out Own Strategy (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Jul 28, 2003)
THE Human Development Report (HDR) 2003 brought out by the UNDP has been the subject of special attention, particularly because India's rank in terms of human development indicators has hit a new low. It stands at a disgraceful 127 among 175 countries of
- The Other `E' In Education (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Jul 28, 2003)
MANAGERS are fond of using the word `strategic' as a prefix to anything they consider important. The generalized use of the word has diluted the original meaning. Similarly, the letter `e' has appeared as a generic prefix to signify some connection with
- China Gave Missile Tech To Pak And Others: Us (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2003)
Accusing China of violating missile non-proliferation, the US has said that Chinese state-owned corporations have involved in missile technology transfer activities with Pakistan, Iran, North Korea and Libya. ‘‘China has repeatedly violated assurances
- Silence Of The Dca (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Jul 27, 2003)
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) continues to be ridden with controversy over the actions of its president, R. Bhupaty. The latest twist is provided by the letters written by Sunil Bhargava, the government nominee on ICAI’s central
- Where Life Is Cheap (Indian Express, P. Chidambaram, Jul 27, 2003)
It was an obituary advertisement in the Hindu. It bore the smiling face of a young, handsome man. Head tilted to one side, happy and on top of the world. He was 27 when he died. Below the picture was the family that remembered him. Father, mother, wife.
- River Links And Judicial Chinks (Indian Express, VIDEH UPADHYAY, Jul 26, 2003)
In early May, the ministry of water resources filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court, annexing with it the resolution constituting the task force for the interlinking of rivers, a time-table for the project, other resolutions nominating part-time and
- Sky Wars (Indian Express, J.C. Malik, Jul 25, 2003)
India has become the new battlefield for global aircraft firms
- China: Opening Up To A New World (Business Line, Ranjani Karthik, Jul 25, 2003)
SINCE December 11, 2001 — a year and three months after China's accession to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) — it is apparent that the erstwhile communist economy has emerged from behind the Iron Curtain to take global competition head on. However,
- Equator Principles - Why Indian Banks Too Should Be Guided By Them (Business Line, Pratap Ravindran , Jul 25, 2003)
The Equator Principles — a voluntary set of guidelines developed for managing social and environmental issues related to the financing development projects — apply only to projects which cost $50 million or more, as those costing less represent only 3 ...
- India's Unbending Funding Problem (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Jul 25, 2003)
The probability that the unbending funding problem would become an unending funding problem is high. The problem is structural. The structural adjustment programme that began in 1991 has failed to address the issue of elitism in the government sector.
- In Ahmedabad, They Had ‘blood On Their Hands’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2003)
This could be straight out of a horror film. A red liquid oozing from the floor of kitchen, bathroom and verandah of a house in Maninagar today morning made the blood of its 14 inhabitants run cold. The liquid was later identified as human blood by ...
- Bjp Vs Sonia: The Great Indian Show (Indian Express, Swami Agnivesh, Jul 24, 2003)
The more the BJP vitiates the national discourse with non-issues, the less faith people will have in the party
- Remembering 1983 (Hindu, V. Suryanarayan, Jul 24, 2003)
The `riots', which began on the night of July 24, 1983, saw Sri Lanka go up in flames... the prolonged conflict has brutalised society.
- India To Sign Deal For Six Submarines With France (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 23, 2003)
India is all set to obtain six submarines from France, French Ambassador to India M. Dominique Girard said today. Addressing mediapersons here, the Ambassador said that India is soon going to firm up a deal with the French government to buy Scorpene ...
- Squandering All Our Capital (Indian Express, MADELEINE K ALBRIGHT, Jul 23, 2003)
Now would not be a bad time to start worrying. Tens of thousands of American troops will be in Iraq, perhaps for years, surrounded by Iraqis with guns. Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says this is not a quagmire; I pray he is right. But the practical
- Attack On Panchayati Raj (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 23, 2003)
A LITTLE OVER a decade after the 73rd and 74th Amendments to the Constitution were enacted, the dream of panchayati raj is turning sour. While in a few States — West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh are notable examples — elections have been ...
- Premji Prodding (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 23, 2003)
S.M. Krishna should have woken up to the state of Bangalore’s infrastructure much earlier
- Access Deficit Needs A New Approach (Business Line, V. S. Ailawadi, Jul 23, 2003)
ACCESS deficit charge (ADC) — the amount payable by the service provider at the caller's end to the service provider at the receiving end for accessing services rendered by the latter in domestic long-distance telephony — affects the telecom sector's grow
- A Limited Solution (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 22, 2003)
THERE IS A NEW twist to the ongoing controversy over the launch of `limited mobility services' by fixed line operators. In an attempt to resolve the three-year-long impasse between the warring factions — fixed line and mobile service providers — the ...
- Ajt: Single Or Twin-Engine? (Business Line, Prem Kumar , Jul 22, 2003)
Twin-engine trainers ensure lower peacetime attrition rate and desired safety especially when operating over densely populated areas. Consequently, the issue at stake for India would be to choose between giving its pilots the desired twin-engine trainer
- The Road To Friendship (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Jul 22, 2003)
If travel broadens the mind, there’s nothing more worthwhile than a bus or train journey to readjust the centripetal lobes. Unlike aeroplanes which simply take you from place A to B, via dressed-up duty frees, the bus/train allows the traveller to discard
- Teacher, Preacher And Geneticist (Business Line, Vanitha Srinivasan, Jul 22, 2003)
HEREDITY matters. If it were not so, there would be no arranged marriages, no patricians and plebeians, no apartheid and no ethnic cleansing. While others were debating how traits were inherited, some arguing that the father was the sole donor and the ...
- Ford Centenary: A Legacy Revisited (Business Line, Vinod Jacob, Jul 22, 2003)
THE automotive industry came into being in the 1880s and, over the decades, created a revolution of science, technology and people. Unlike the aerospace industry, the auto industry is of the masses and is, as Peter Drucker claims, "the industry of
- Economy Poised For Recovery (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Jul 22, 2003)
With the end of the Iraq war and lessening of geo-political uncertainties and stabilisation in oil prices, the volatility in international equity and financial markets is expected to be considerably reduced.
- `Chicken And Egg' Problem (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Jul 21, 2003)
Assistance from the rich is conditioned on the "governance performance" of the poor, which really is tantamount to begging the question as the poor are poor because of improper and weak governance, among other things.
- From Palampur To Raipur (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 21, 2003)
THE SOUND BITES heard from the Bharatiya Janata Party's National Executive at Raipur confirm the suspicion of its friends and foes alike: the party remains hopelessly enthralled by its own too-clever-by-half devices and formulations. The ...
- Switching Tracks? (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Jul 20, 2003)
During the recent meeting of the Samata national executive, some representatives from Jharkhand praised Laloo Prasad Yadav, who is supposed to be the party’s enemy number one. Party president George Fernandes remonstrated, but Nitish Kumar kept silent
- Mig That Crashed, Killed 2, Was Bought Second-Hand (Indian Express, Bhavna Vij, Jul 20, 2003)
IAF bought decommissioned aircraft from Ukraine; Air Chief says: ‘Not as if it’s junk’
- Railway Safety... On The Wrong Track Now (Hindu, P.K. Bhardwaj, Jul 20, 2003)
The recent spurt of accidents only reinforces concerns about how safe the country's rail network is. On the issues involved.
- Prof-Student Affairs Banned At Berkeley (Indian Express, REBECCA TROUNSON, Jul 20, 2003)
Spurred by a scandal that toppled the University of California, Berkeley’s law school dean last year, University of California on Thursday approved a policy prohibiting professors from having relationships with their students. With the new policy, the
- Post-Heroic War: Why Us Wants Our Troops (Indian Express, EJAZ HAIDER, Jul 19, 2003)
The Indian Government has finally refused to send its troops to Iraq and formally notified the Bush administration of its decision. But the issue is still open in Pakistan. The question of why the United States would want Pakistani and Indian troops in
- India’s Punch (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Jul 19, 2003)
Ouch, said the NEW YORK TIMES. India’s decision not to send troops to Iraq was a ‘‘sharp blow’’, it said, to ‘‘America’s post-war plans in Iraq’’. The paper tersely pointed out that the Bush administration had ‘‘exerted considerable pressure’’ on Prime
- Govt Floats Bold ‘hydrogen Vision’ (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Jul 19, 2003)
The Government has set up a high-powered committee and given it six weeks to finalise a ‘‘road-map’’ for the introduction of hydrogen as an alternative fuel in the country. ‘‘Inspired by the US and Iceland where vehicles fueled by hydrogen (steam is
- Development Approaches (Hindu, C. Rammanohar Reddy, Jul 19, 2003)
If the human development approach is to lead anywhere in the formulation of alternative policy perspectives, its advocates have to look at taking it further than refinement of the human development index.
- Vajpayee Visit - Foreign Policy Lessons From China (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Jul 18, 2003)
The Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee's China visit has important foreign policy lessons for India. There is in India a tendency to look at China as the greatest threat, or believe that Beijing is all goodwill. But what we need to remember is that
- `India Is One Of Three Growth Markets For Gm' - Mr Aditya Vij, President And Managing Director, General Motors India (Business Line, N. Ramakrishnan , Jul 18, 2003)
General Motors India, which till recently had products in the C segment, has, in the last few months, introduced a luxury car, a hatchback, a utility vehicle and a mid-size sedan. The company says it is working on two other programmes even as it has made
- British Companies Victims No. 1 (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2003)
MORE than half of all UK companies have been hit by economic crime, according to the latest PricewaterhouseCoopers Global Economic Crime Survey 2003.
The level of economic crime against UK companies exceeds that suffered by companies in the rest of
- Round 1 To Politics: Pm Says No To Nalco Sale (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 16, 2003)
Prime Minister A B Vajpayee virtually put the brakes on the disinvestment of NALCO by announcing at a rally here today that it would not happen but kept a window open by adding that it would not happen ‘‘for now.’’ Addressing a rally to mark the
- State Vat: Take Measures To Counter Effects (Business Line, R. Srinivasan, Jul 16, 2003)
The implementation of VAT as part of the reforms process is inevitable, though its implication for the public revenue of the States is a cause for concern. Corrective measures need to be put in place to counter the adverse impact of this tax system on the
- Sanity On Private Funding (Hindu, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Jul 16, 2003)
We need to make education broadly available, but restricting the freedoms of those who are willing to invest and willing to pay for education is self-defeating.
- Global Plus Local Equals Success (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Jul 15, 2003)
As we get into “large” projects, the issue of the global, local and national comes into focus. Take the Golden Quadrilateral, changing the face of India. These are not questions of a national project at the expense of the local in financial or real terms.
- Troops May Not Go To Baghdad But Gi Joe Is Learning Hindi (Indian Express, Reshma Patil, Jul 15, 2003)
New interest in region prompts US Defence to set up system to translate Hindi to English, search databases
- Anti-Dumping Moves Not Worth The Paper (Business Line, T. S. Viswanathan, Jul 15, 2003)
A LEADING paper mill has moved the Directorate-General of Anti Dumping claiming dumping of medium and heavy weight coated papers by European and Indonesian paper mills. The DG has launched a probe into it.
- Strong On Aluminium (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2003)
GOING BY THE recent price trends on the London Metal Exchange, the domestic aluminium industry can surely view the near-term prospects with some optimism. True, the gains on the LME are not very substantial; but the fact remains that the uptrend is ...
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