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Articles 16221 through 16320 of 17201:
- Millennium Development Goals - Concrete Targets Needed (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Jul 15, 2003)
The Millennium Development Goals, endorsed by all members of the UN, set out a raft of time-bound and quantifiable targets ranging from halving extreme poverty to halting the spread of HIV/AIDS by 2015.
- Will Imf's Next Chief Economist Think Outside The Box? (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Jul 14, 2003)
THE International Monetary Fund has announced the forthcoming appointment of Dr Raghuram Rajan, a 40-year-old Professor of Finance at the University of Michigan, as its upcoming Chief Economist. The young economist is obviously one of the promising
- Synergy In Communications (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2003)
THE SIGNING OF an MoU between the Railtel Corporation of India (RailTel) and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) for sharing bandwidth and other telecommunications infrastructure is a significant step in the right direction. It should add value ...
- Ship Of State Sails On Mirage, Drowns In Sand (Indian Express, P. Chidambaram, Jul 13, 2003)
Unlike the Catholic faith, Hinduism does not have a Pope. Nor is there the equivalent of a parish or a jamaat. The practice of Hinduism can be a very private affair. Alternatively, it can also be a very public matter. Witness the number of people who are
- Bangalore’s Dr Sharma Waits For Young Noor (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2003)
A city-based paediatric heart surgeon awaits his two-and-a-half-year-old patient from across the border whose name he can’t immediately recall. Dr Rajesh Sharma, who claims to have operated upon 50-60 Pakistani children in the past 5-6 years, knows his
- "A People's Movement Against Violence" (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jul 13, 2003)
Interviews with the former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister, Farooq Abdullah, used to be a journalist's delight. Dramatic polemic and theatrical political gestures were abundant, peppered liberally with invective against Pakistan. The style ...
- Demographic Demonology (Telegraph, Ambrose Pinto , Jul 10, 2003)
Spectres of demographic pollution and inundation inhabit all modern right-wing ideologies. They kindle fears of conversion, miscegenation, the blurring of identities and, above all, in a democratic age where numbers matter in politics, the swamping of ...
- In Anticipation (Telegraph, Kaushik Roy, Jul 04, 2003)
The term national security has been borrowed by Indian security analysts from their American counterparts. It broadly means securing a country’s long term objectives — an amalgam of military strategy, politics, economics, diplomacy and social security.
- Dark Forebodings (Telegraph, MADHUMITA BHATTACHARYYA , Jul 04, 2003)
“When any civilisation is dust and ashes… art is all that’s left over. Images, words, music. Imaginative structures. Meaning — human meaning, that is — is defined by them.” Thus spoke Snowman — not of the carrot-nosed variety, he claims, but of the ...
- Leg Up For Trade (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2003)
A prime ministerial visit does not directly boost trade and economic relationships between two countries. However, any improvement in the political environment (and this is implicit in some progress on the border dispute and mutual acceptance of Tibet and
- Power Corrupts (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 02, 2003)
Corruption in the corridors of power has become the bane of Indian political life. Things have come to such a pass that many people believe that an honest politician is an oxymoron which has ceased to be funny. It is no longer possible to brush this ...
- Importance Where It Is Due (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 01, 2003)
Through participation and engagement at early ages in issues that concern children — far from promoting anarchy or disrespect for authority, or undermining parental authority — we see a generation of young people who are more respectful and concerned ...
- The Principal Problem (Telegraph, Dev Lahiri, Jun 30, 2003)
The choice of an academic who is not a schoolteacher as the head of Doon School prompts Dev Lahiri to explore the shortage of heads in Indian schools Only recently, Doon School, a leading public school in
- Close Your Eyes With Holy Dread (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Jun 28, 2003)
In his Life of Pi, Yann Martel has a lot to say about how to survive when ship-wrecked on the open seas. He was transporting a part of his zoo at Pondicherry to Canada when their ship ran into inclement weather and sank. Just in time, the crew were able
- For Moderns, There Is Only Trying (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2003)
On the centenary of George Orwell’s birth, it is fitting that a book should remind one of that remarkable and unforgettable last paragraph of Animal Farm, of how pigs became men and vice versa. John Gray in this very provocative but extraordinarily lucid
- How Well Do We Know Our Friends? (Telegraph, SAHELI MITRA, Jun 27, 2003)
One of the greatest thinkers of all times, Aristotle, believed, “Friendship cannot exist between adults and children because it can truly exist between equals and between those who have the wisdom and the will to rise to its demands.” Had he read Raimond
- The Absurd Reasoning (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Jun 27, 2003)
This was unavoidable. Once the campaign for reservations was extended to its illogical extreme, the Brahmins could not be left behind. If the supposedly reasonable assumption that the state should be compassionate to all is taken for granted, everything
- Imprints On The Human Face (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Jun 25, 2003)
The current US policy could take the world towards the kind of cold war George Orwell portrayed in Nineteen Eighty-Four
- One More Kargil (Telegraph, V.R. RAGHAVAN, Jun 24, 2003)
General Pervez Musharraf has threatened another Kargil if India does not engage his government on Jammu and Kashmir. That is the crux of his now famous and recent interview to a television channel. His subsequent denials, clarifications and obfuscations
- Sporting Greats Join Milkha In Chorus (Indian Express, Ateet Sharma, Jun 24, 2003)
Flying Sikh calls on Bishan Singh Bedi to join campaign to nominate sportspersons for RS
- Across Borders (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2003)
The visit of the prime minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, to China will assume real significance if it manages to inject fresh momentum into Sino-Indian relations. Relations between India and China have often shown promise, but this latent potential has
- The Outsourcing Backlash (Telegraph, Bibek Debroy, Jun 23, 2003)
Businessworld has just (June 16) done an excellent story on the outsourcing backlash India faces in the United States of America. Since 70 per cent of information technology exports are headed to the US and the share is even more for business process outs
- Revisiting Killing Fields (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jun 21, 2003)
While the high representatives of the great powers were deliberating global issues like security and terrorism in Phnom Penh, 13 million Cambodians were trying to come to grips with their own insecurities after their government succumbed to United Nations
- Financial Resource Management (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2003)
Such cooperation shall promote the transfer of technical, scientific and legal expertise and technology, as mutually agreed, to establish and strengthen national tobacco control strategies, plans and programmes aiming at, inter alia: facilitation of the
- Success Story (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2003)
Until June 19, the extent of over-subscription in the Maruti initial public offer will not be known. Per Rs 100 share, Suzuki agreed to underwrite the IPO at Rs 2,300 per share. But the Rs 100 shares were split into 20 of Rs 5 each, thus establishing the
- Freedom In Chains (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Jun 14, 2003)
Yann Martel in his delightfully readable book, Life of Pi, expresses the opinion that animals in well-maintained zoos are much better-off, healthier and live longer lives than animals in the wild. His arguments make good sense. In the wild, carnivores
- Different Beds, Same Dreams (Telegraph, Jairam Ramesh, Jun 12, 2003)
In Beijing in December 1988, the octogenarian Deng Xiaoping told the 44-year-old Rajiv Gandhi that “if there should be an ‘Asian Age’ in the next century, then it could be realized only after India and China became developed economies”. When the ...
- It Is Still Cold Beyond The Wall (Telegraph, M.L. Sondhi, Jun 10, 2003)
China must think beyond Sikkim in framing its India policy given the new warmth between India and the US
- Otec Pilot Plant Takeoff To Draw Commercial Mileage (The Financial Express, M SARITA VARMA, Jun 10, 2003)
Thiruvanvanthapuram, June 9: Decks are almost cleared for the country to be the first in the world to draw commercial mileage
- Changing Face Of Diplomacy (Upendra Choudhury) (Business Line, Upendra Choudhury, Jun 10, 2003)
The growing interest in economic diplomacy stems from increasing liberalisation and globalisation, as well as the growth of regional trading blocs.
- The President Comes Calling (Telegraph, Tapas Chakraborty, Jun 09, 2003)
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has tried to ignite the Bihar debate again during his visit to the state. But are the state’s leaders interested
- Narayan Murthy (Infosys) Bags E&y Entrepreneur Award (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2003)
MUMBAI, JUNE 8: Infosys Technologies chairman and chief mentor NR Narayana Murthy has become the first Indian recipient of the Ernst & Young World Entrepreneur Of The Year (WEOY) award.
- Company Act Helps Monopoly (Shubha Ghosh & Vidisha Barua) (The Financial Express, SHUBHA GHOSH & VIDISHA BARUA, Jun 09, 2003)
The new Competition Act of 2002, although to a certain extent in line with the agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs), is a disappointment for many
- Bhel Plans To Grow Through Acquisitions (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jun 09, 2003)
There have been conjunctures in the past when determined efforts were made to make the public sector giant, Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL), into a world class company.
- To Break The Vicious Circle (Telegraph, ABHIRUP SARKAR, Jun 06, 2003)
Yet another round of interest cuts followed the Reserve Bank of India’s recent announcement of a reduction in the bank rate. It seems that the RBI is all set to make the financial scenario in the country gradually look like an international one. The ...
- First Rumblings (Telegraph, Dayita Datta, Jun 06, 2003)
Since the advent of cable television, National Geographic and Discovery Channel have brought home to millions of viewers the destructive power of our restless planet with their coverage of the eruptions of Mount St Helens, Mount Pinatubo or the almost ...
- Teaching Life Skills To Kids (Michael Patrao) (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2003)
Training children in life skills equips them to tackle life’s hardships and contributes to the overall development of their personality,
says Michael Patrao
- Party To A Long Term Commitment (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2003)
T he objective of this Convention and its protocols is to protect present and future generations from the devastating health, social, environmental and economic consequences of tobacco consumption and exposure to tobacco smoke by providing a framework for
- Expose And Perish (Telegraph, Gouri Chatterjee, Jun 05, 2003)
Tarun Tejpal is at it again, doing what he does best — causing a sensation. This time with the mere announcement that Tehelka will rise again, and live up to its name and reputation. His bid to expose corruption in defence purchases two years ago led to
- Promises Gone Awry (Telegraph, SHAM LAL , Jun 05, 2003)
The Bush administration has got away with its invasion of Iraq in defiance of the United Nations. It is the permanent members of the security council, who denied a UN cover to what was essentially an Anglo-American operation, who have to make amends for
- The Nineties And Beyond (Telegraph, BHASKAR DUTTA , Jun 04, 2003)
The decade of the Nineties has been amongst the most eventful as far as the Indian economy is concerned. A fundamental instrument of government policy disappeared with the dismantling of the system of industrial licensing, while other radical reforms ...
- Machismo Is Not The Answer (Telegraph, BRIJESH D. JAYAL, Jun 03, 2003)
A modern combat aircraft is a demanding design, development and management challenge on whose success or failure rests not only the future of the organization developing it, but also the operational potential of the sponsoring air forces. Not surprisingly
- M&m: Upbeat On Future Prospects (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2003)
AT a post-FY03 results meeting with analysts here today the top brass of Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd (M&M), manufacturers of the Scorpio sports utility vehicle, maintained there is a future to be had as an independent small automobile company.
- Reforms And Urban Poverty (Supriya Roychowdhury) (Hindu, Supriya Roy Chowdhury, Jun 03, 2003)
Several dimensions of our economic reform model reflect the impact of an abrasive marketisation policy, entirely
- Students Turned Away From Varsities In Myanmar (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2003)
Yangon June 2. Myanmar authorities turned away students from universities on Monday, the first day of a new semester,
- Iit Graduates In The Ias (T.K. Ramachandran) (Hindu, T.K. Ramachandran , Jun 03, 2003)
The issue of IIT graduates getting into the civil services has always attracted attention and even a bit of censure. I still remember the first few days at the LBS Academy in Mussoorie in 1991:
- Sivaganga Set For A 'Paperless Collectorate' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2003)
Sivaganga June 2. The Sivaganga Collectorate took a small step towards becoming the `first paperless Collectorate in the State' with the introduction of e-governance in the administration section.
- Family Businesses Stick To Core Strengths (Business Line, Preeti Mehra, Jun 03, 2003)
For family businesses and independent business owners if it is not a season for consolidation, it must be one of venturing into allied businesses where every muscle in the organisation's belly can be leveraged to climb the growth ladder.
- Cellular War Takes New Turn (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2003)
The hot race to become market leaders in providing limited mobility services kicked off a corporate war on Monday between two private telephone companies -- Reliance and Tata Indicom -- in Andhra Pradesh.
- Blair 'Cooked Up' Intelligence On Iraq (Hasan Suroor) (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Jun 03, 2003)
Intelligence is a bit like statistics — easy to manipulate. Just as poverty levels can be made to rise or diminish using the same set of statistics depending. . .
- Presidential Poll And Polemics Of Consensus (Business Line, R. C. Rajamani, Jul 11, 2002)
THOUGH any election is all about politics, the presidential poll in the country has been sought to be freed from competitive and combative vehemence of electoral politics and polemics.
- Contract Farming: Sowing Promise (Business Line, Amalendu Jyotishi, Jul 11, 2002)
AGRICULTURAL commodity production is susceptible to institutional and market failure. Contract farming is often seen as an answer to these systemic imperfections.
- Harvesting The World Market (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 11, 2002)
When traditional export items such as gems and jewellery, textiles and engineering goods showed negative to modest growth last fiscal, agriculture and allied products registered a 3.34 per cent growth by value in 2001-02.
- Hard Bargain (Asian Age, Editorial, The Asian Age, Jul 11, 2002)
Almost all the initial promises of a serious, across-the-table political dialogue that could curb militancy in Andhra Pradesh seems to have evaporated.
- Economic Ties With Us (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Apr 25, 2002)
Pakistan and the United States have signed a memorandum of understanding to set up a joint forum following a meeting between finance minister Shaukat Aziz and the US treasury secretary Paul O'Neil.
- Air War And Ground Reality (Telegraph, V. R. Raghavan , Feb 05, 2002)
The ground offensive of the Northern Alliance has quickly cleared most of Afghanistan from the control of the taliban. The powerful air attacks could not by themselves force the taliban out of their strongholds.
- Imf-World Bank Group Meetings -- Taking Over Others' Turfs (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Feb 05, 2002)
I AM reporting from virtual Washington where the meetings of the Development Committee and the International Monetary and Finance Committee, interspersed with media conferences, were held from April 25 under the aegis of the International Monetary Fund.
- As Hong Kong To China, We See Sri Lanka To India -- Mr Milinda Moragoda, Sri Lanka's Minister For Economic Reforms (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Feb 05, 2002)
Even while in the Opposition the United National Party had strong links with India.
- Gm Revolution Vs Languid Government Policies (Business Line, Gurumurti Natarajan, Feb 05, 2002)
GENETIC modifications and the selection of favourable traits have been the fountainhead of agricultural advancement over thousands of years.
- Will: Going Round In Loops (Business Line, H. Kaushal , Feb 05, 2002)
NEVER has a telecom issue kicked up so much dust as the case of limited mobility through wireless-in-local-loop (WiLL).
- The Past Is Not Another Country (Telegraph, Nandini Chaterjee, Feb 04, 2002)
The furore over moves to rewrite the National Council for Educational Research and Training history textbooks and expunge them of passages.
- Nstl: Making Waves In Ship Design (Business Line, Amit Mitra, Feb 04, 2002)
NESTLING amid rich greenery, the Naval Science and Technology Laboratory (NSTL) at Visakhapatnam lies totally hidden from public gaze.
- Sorry State (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 04, 2002)
FEW STATES ARE in the comfort zone vis-à-vis finances. With deficits running high, their recent report cards look depressing. Its coffers empty, the Orissa Government has little breath to manage its affairs.
- The Afghan Kaleidoscope (Business Line, Premen Addy , Feb 04, 2002)
NOT FOR the first time nor, one suspects, the last, Afghanistan is playing a role in world history unmerited by its economic weight, unwarranted by its military power.
- E-Com Deals May Be Kept Out Of I-T Net (Business Line, Hema Ramakrishnan, Feb 04, 2002)
THE Budget may have some good news for the information technology sector as e-commerce transactions are set to be kept out of the income tax net in 2002-03.
- Oil Price Slump Could Help Global Economy (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Feb 04, 2002)
INTERNATIONAL oil prices fell to a new two-year low of less than $l8 a barrel on November 15, with Opec failing to win support from non-Opec producers, notably Russia.
- Sorry State (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 04, 2002)
FEW STATES ARE in the comfort zone vis-à-vis finances. With deficits running high, their recent report cards look depressing. Its coffers empty, the Orissa Government has little breath to manage its affairs.
- Silver Lining (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 03, 2002)
The consensus seems to be that the gross domestic product growth rate this year will not touch the 6.5 or 7 per cent promised in the budget.
- The Road To Ranchi (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 03, 2002)
This might be the ultimate test of Mr Laloo Prasad Yadav’s legendary inventiveness.
- Language Games (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 03, 2002)
Gently does it. Or might. Evidently, the prime minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, does not believe this as far as the politics of language is concerned.
- Stop Press (Indian Express, Janyala Sreenivas, Feb 03, 2002)
Why did the BJP government in Gujarat contemplate bringing the Press under the Consumer Protection Act?
- On The First Morning Of Ramadan (Indian Express, Syeda Saiyidain Hameed , Feb 03, 2002)
What can the Afghans expect for Iftar? Food for the lucky, bombs for the unlucky.
- Gm Crops And The World Market (Hindu, Mihir Shah, Feb 02, 2002)
Most countries have imposed bans or very strict regulations on genetically-modified crops... We need to be vigilant against discredited technologies and products being sneaked in.
- Anti-Negative Vaccine (Business Line, J. Nanda Gopal , Feb 02, 2002)
WE often hear high-level politicians saying that Indians living abroad work hard, reach enviable positions, and earn fame and fortune making the country proud.
- Sneaking Through The Barriers (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 02, 2002)
THE CONTINUED VULNERABILITY of airport security systems to the cunning of the subversive mind lay exposed yet again with the nabbing of a sneaker bomber in a U.S. bound flight from France.
- ‘Biotech Trials On Schedule, A Decision Soon’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 02, 2002)
By several indications, it appears that this year’s Union budget will focus on agriculture.
- Sullying The Pool (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 02, 2002)
The Delhi High Court has dismissed the plea of the sacked chairman of the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), M.L. Sondhi, on the ground that it was a political decision upon which it did not wish to dwell.
- Microcredit: Globalisation Unlimited (Business Line, Sudhirendar Sharma, Feb 02, 2002)
IT is a two-edged sword. While it supposedly takes the rural poor into a new domain of economic freedom, it keeps the corporate sector hopeful of exploiting this freedom.
- Cure For An Ailing Education System? (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Feb 02, 2002)
RARELY do Parliamentary Committees take up issues of genuine public interest that also exert a crucial bearing on posterity, though the country's judiciary has been active in espousing public causes.
- Terrorism: The Two Faces Of Us (Business Line, B. Raman , Feb 01, 2002)
IN THE early 1980s, Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) had handed over to a group of Sikh terrorists, who had hijacked a plane of the Indian Airlines (IAC).
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