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Articles 16321 through 16420 of 17201:
- Want It Experience? Well, Pay Up Buddy (Business Line, Bharat Kumar, Feb 01, 2002)
A FREEZE on recruitments resulting from cost cutting is often the prime challenge to a company aspiring to build software products. So what do you do? Simple: Make programmers pay you for the experience they gain in building a product.
- Qualcomm To Pick Up Stake In Reliance Telecom Venture (Business Line, G. Rambabu, Feb 01, 2002)
RELIANCE has finalised a multi-million dollar deal with technology major Qualcomm Inc, whereby the US-based pioneer of CDMA technology would pick up strategic equity stake in its telecom venture, Reliance Communications Ltd.
- Analysts See Mixed Q3 For It Sector (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 01, 2002)
THE third quarter of current fiscal is likely to be a mixed bag for the Indian IT industry, analysts said.
- Crystal-Gazing The Healthcare Scene (Business Line, K. M. Thiagarajan, Feb 01, 2002)
CAN one predict the future, especially in these `turbulent' times? Perhaps not.
- India And The Global Slowing (Hindu, Pulapre Balakrishnan, Feb 01, 2002)
The prevalent tendency to link the slowing of the Indian manufacturing sector to the recession in the U.S. economy needs to be rejected as deluding.
- Sino-Indian Ties (Hindu, Jing-dong Yuan, Jan 31, 2002)
The leaders of the two countries should have the foresight to look beyond the security prism.
- Searching For Growth (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 31, 2002)
THE EUROPEAN UNION is India's largest trading partner, but considering the history of India's economic links with the members of the E.U. the volume of two-way economic flows is a very small proportion of Europe's trade with the rest of the world.
- Asia Looking For Its Saviour (Business Line, V. Anantha-Nageswaran , Jan 31, 2002)
The continued, concerted global easing should considerably boost Asian liquidity.
- Spreading Wings (Indian Express, Ritu Sarin, Jan 31, 2002)
If There is one department that is displaying a thumbs down to the Government’s efforts of downsizing, it is the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).
- Strong Case For Enhancing India-Eu Relations (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Jan 31, 2002)
The outcome of the second India-EU summit (in New Delhi last week) should take care of the criticism that the relationship between them lacks direction.
- Talks With Pakistan, The Real ‘Test’ Ahead (Indian Express, Husain Haqqani, Jan 31, 2002)
India's decision to test the short-range, nuclear capable version of the Agni missile is hardly the kind of thing South Asia needs in these times of tension.
- Femme Fatal (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 31, 2002)
One of the most disquieting trends that surfaced in the 2001 census was the sharp decline in the sex ratio of the child population: down to 927 girls for every 1000 boys from 945 in the 1991 census.
- Fdi Flows And Cross-Border M&as (Business Line, S. Gurumurthi , Jan 31, 2002)
ACCORDING to the World Investment Report 2001 published in September by the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), global inflows of foreign direct investment (FDI) rose 18 per cent in 2000 to reach a record $1,300 billion.
- India Must Go All Out To Fight Terrorism (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Jan 31, 2002)
THE shock and outrage at the terrorist attack on Parliament, the most powerful symbol of a democratic nation, has given way to a sense of bewilderment at the ease with which the perpetrators could drive into a fortified complex.
- Study Your Competitor Before Picking A Fight (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Jan 31, 2002)
THE Taliban should have taken a few courses in competitive strategy.
- Beyond Terrorism And Recession... -- Us Looks Ahead With Hope (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Jan 31, 2002)
AMERICANS opened the New Year with a renewed sense of confidence, overcoming the traumatic experience of the terrorist attacks of 2001, and with strong expectations of economic recovery in the first half of 2002.
- Sbi `Relief Package' For Slowdown-Hit Units (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 30, 2002)
STATE Bank of India has taken the lead in providing a lifeline to weaker units hit by the current economic slowdown. The bank is offering a "relief package" to units in the worst affected sectors.
- ‘Our Know-How About Lca Avionics Is Very High, We Don’t Need Outside Help’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 30, 2002)
The US-led war on Afghanistan has once again proven the importance of air power in modern warfare.
- Out On Dolly’s Limb (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 30, 2002)
Dolly the Sheep has arthritis. And once again all’s not quite well in our brave new world.
- What About The War On Economic Front? (Pioneer, Brij Bhardwaj, Jan 30, 2002)
With the threat of war receding from the horizon, it's time to turn the attention towards economy.
- Cracking The Gene Connection (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Jan 30, 2002)
IN THE last couple of weeks, the gene has made its ubiquitous presence in the minds of men and media.
- Making It With Dolly (Telegraph, Indranil Basu, Jan 30, 2002)
From gene therapy to genetically modified foods, issues involving DNA evoke ethical rhetoric and fiercely polarized opinions.
- S&t As Drivers Of Economic Growth (Business Line, R. K. Pachauri, Jan 30, 2002)
THE official Web site of the Commonwealth Knowledge Network says the stock of science and technology (S&T) manpower in India is 6.3 million.
- After The Expose (Indian Express, Tarun J Tejpal, Jan 30, 2002)
In my 18 years in journalism, had I spent more time hanging around with politicians, and less with other kinds of achievers, I would have known better.
- ‘Ncert Has Corrected The Approach Towards The Teaching Of Civilisation’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 29, 2002)
Though the controversy over the newly-overhauled syllabi structure for schools still hasn’t simmered down, it has Human Resources Development Minister Murli Manohar Joshi’s blessings.
- Detecting Crime @ The Speed Of Light (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 29, 2002)
WITH INCREASING EVIDENCE of the abuse of the Internet by terrorist organisations, the moves to create cyber cells at the State level mark the start of a demanding and sensitive task.
- Textile Industry Must Pick Up Threads Anew (Business Line, G. K. Sundaram, Jan 29, 2002)
THE textile industry has come a long way since Independence. Capacities have grown manifold.
- Kitted Out (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 28, 2002)
The relationship between law, science and society could be fraught with problems.
- Destructive Creation (Pioneer, C K G Nair, Jan 28, 2002)
Joseph A Schumpeter, noted economist, has not been able to sleep even in his grave ever since the Public Works Departments (PWD) in India adopted him.
- Credible Capabilities (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 28, 2002)
The successful test of the surface-to-surface missile on Friday once again justifies the confidence the nation has in the scientific community.
- The Flight Of Agni (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 28, 2002)
The successful test-firing of the shorter 700-kilometre range Agni-I missile was an essential step in the implementation of India's indigenous Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP).
- Interiors And Frontiers (Indian Express, Sanjaya Baru, Jan 28, 2002)
It was my grandfather’s favourite riddle for kids. How do you make a line drawn on a sheet of paper longer without touching it again? Simple, draw a shorter line below it!
- Clean Concerns (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 28, 2002)
These are universal concerns that transcend national boundaries. International environmental norms are increasingly veering towards the dictum “think global, act national”, and supporting local initiatives on health and environmental problems.
- The Zhu Visit (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Jan 28, 2002)
It was a multi-dimensional visit by the Chinese Premier to India and the job for the two sides is to consolidate the gains through serious follow-up.
- Dx Tech Enters E-Publishing (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 28, 2002)
DX Technologies, the technological development arm of Digital Publishing Solutions, has entered the e-publishing market with its DX Publishing Suite, for content management, distribution.
- Farmer Suicides In Kerala's Rice-Bowl -- High-Input Tech Kills Agriculture (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Jan 28, 2002)
EVEN as the Food Corporation of India (FCI) godowns continue to be stacked to the ceiling and New Delhi remains directionless as regards food management, down South, in Palakkad, once Kerala's `rice bowl'.
- The U.S. And Central Asian Oil (Hindu, Qamar Agha , Jan 28, 2002)
The American "war against terrorism" has also become a battle to control the energy resources of the Central Asian region.
- From America With (Well) Love (Pioneer, Premvir Das, Jan 27, 2002)
Defence Minister George Fernandes is back from the US, where he signed a Security Agreement, obtained a 'no objection' from the Americans for the purchase of Israeli Phalcons.
- Reinventing Tradition (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 27, 2002)
Fifty-two years make India a young republic. It is fitting therefore that it faces a crisis of identity rather than the problems of middle age.
- Draconian Moves (Hindu, Kuldip Nayar, Jan 26, 2002)
POTO is a blot on the democratic escutcheon... Experience worldwide has shown that state terrorism is counter-productive.
- ‘For Anyone Who’s Interested In The World Economy, India Is The Biggest Test Case’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 26, 2002)
A couple of years ago, a curious e-mail appeared in thousands of inboxes.
- From America With (Well) Love (Pioneer, Premvir Das, Jan 26, 2002)
Defence Minister George Fernandes is back from the US, where he signed a Security Agreement, obtained a 'no objection' from the Americans for the purchase of Israeli Phalcons.
- A Vat Of Worries (Business Line, D. Sundaram, Jan 26, 2002)
THE present tax base for mobilisation of revenue is quite narrow. There is excessive dependence on the manufacturing sectors' performance for revenue mobilisation by the Centre and the States.
- Reinventing Tradition (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 26, 2002)
Fifty-two years make India a young republic. It is fitting therefore that it faces a crisis of identity rather than the problems of middle age.
- Insat-3c Launch Successful (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 25, 2002)
TELECOM satellite Insat-3C, which was launched in the early hours today from the European Kourou spacepad, is showing normal performance.
- One Year Of Trauma (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 25, 2002)
GUJARAT Chief Minister Narendra Modi is in a self-congratulatory mood. He is pleased with the progress achieved in rebuilding the earthquake-affected areas in the state.
- Betrayed By Computers (Business Line, Timeri N. Murari , Jan 25, 2002)
IT IS not easy being a terrorist nowadays, especially if you are going to be hunted down.
- `Reform Process Must Focus On Agriculture' — Mr M. Narasimham (Business Line, Ch. Prashanth Reddy , Jan 25, 2002)
MR M. Narasimham, Member, Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council and a staunch advocate of the reforms process, is credited with substantial contributions to the banking sector.
- Of Tigers And Dragons (Pioneer, Anil Narendra, Jan 24, 2002)
Last week, in a significant initiative, Chinese Prime Minister Zhu Rongji proposed that India and China work together in the Information Technology sector.
- Chinese Premier's Visit -- Caution Dilutes India's Gains (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jan 24, 2002)
IF INDIA wished, it could have reaped any number of strategic advantages from the momentous visit of the Chinese Premier, Mr Zhu Rongji.
- After The Applause, Something Else The General Needs To Hear (Indian Express, Husain Haqqani, Jan 23, 2002)
General Pervez Musharraf’s decision to withdraw state sponsorship of militant Islamists has earned him praise from world leaders.
- Lies, Damned Lies And Statistics (Telegraph, Arijit Nag, Jan 23, 2002)
Statistics and figures are an integral part of any economic analysis.
- Maintaining Growth In The Slowdown Era (Business Line, Vipin Kumar, Jan 23, 2002)
"Today we are the single largest player in the domestic market with a market share of 30-40 per cent. We face competition here mainly from imports."
- Knowledge Engineer (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jan 23, 2002)
I HAVE before me a clutch of reprints on the implications for individuals and corporations of the onset of the knowledge era.
- Technology For Clean, Efficient Vehicles (Business Line, B. S. Murthy, Jan 23, 2002)
IT IS propitious that the SAE India Mobility conference was held soon after the announcement of the governmental high-level committee's recommendations on the auto fuel policy.
- A Century Of Crises (Telegraph, Anup Sinha, Jan 23, 2002)
The 20th century witnessed unprecedented economic change. The growth of income has been phenomenal, rising from $6.4 trillion in 1950 to $35.4 trillion in 1995.
- The Karachi Connection (Pioneer, Wilson John, Jan 23, 2002)
After Kabul and Kandahar, it is time to turn to another hub of terrorism in the neighbourhood, Karachi. If one were to draw lines on a world map linking various terrorist acts, all the lines will, without fail, cross Pakistan's port town of Karachi.
- Easy Commerce (Pioneer, Shubha Singh, Jan 22, 2002)
Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji's recent visit to India was aimed at expanding the political and economic cooperation between India and China.
- Righting And Rewriting Indian History (Pioneer, Gautam Sen, Jan 22, 2002)
The on-going dispute over Indian history and the behaviour of some of its protagonists is little short of amazing.
- How’s That (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 22, 2002)
The glorious uncertainty of cricket is made ridiculous when the umpiring is incompetent.
- Opportunities, Not Threats (Indian Express, Gita Bajaj, Jan 22, 2002)
The Government of India is planning to commit the higher education sector for globalisation.
- `Distribution Is Key To Power Reforms' -- Mr Suresh Prabhu, Union Minister For Power (Business Line, Ashok Dasgupta , Jan 22, 2002)
AFTER over 10 years of tinkering with reforms, the Centre now appears to be on the right track in putting the power sector back on the rails.
- Motivational Mela (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 22, 2002)
MY recent sojourn in the US has left me disillusioned with the Indian corporate culture. Companies are not doing much to boost employee confidence. There are rarely any motivational retreats or marketing jamborees.
- Ap To Rope In Private Cos For Govt It Projects (Business Line, V. Rishi Kumar, Jan 22, 2002)
`The Government is implementing IT projects not just for the sake of IT but to make it useful for the society covering villages.'
- Hesitant Recovery On Cards In 2002? (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Jan 22, 2002)
WITH the New Year, hopes ran high that the simultaneous slowdown of the economies of Europe and the US, which characterised 2001, would end and that the global economy would be on the road to recovery.
- Aiming At The Arsenal (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 22, 2002)
Defence Minister George Fernandes returns from the United States after what has obviously been a successful visit.
- Spared For Charity (Telegraph, S. Venkitaramanan , Jan 21, 2002)
The concessions given to charitable trusts and for donations given for charity have been the focus of attention of tax reformers from time to time.
- Satish Dhawan And Science (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Jan 21, 2002)
Satish Dhawan believed that there were inherent dangers in the large-scale application of new technologies without very careful prior planning and assessments.
- Cloning Around (Indian Express, Pradeep Dutta, Jan 21, 2002)
Even as a bonny ewe in 1997, she was a celebrity. The creator of ‘Dolly’, the world’s first cloned animal, Dr Harry Griffin, assistant director of the Roslin Institute in Scotland, UK, was in country, as part of the India UK Science Festival, 2002.
- Economics: Beyond The Definition (Business Line, K. Gopalan, Jan 21, 2002)
AS EARLY as 1932, Lionel Robbins said in The Nature and Significance of Economic Science that a century earlier J. S. Mill had stated that the definition of a science had invariably not preceeded but followed the creation of the science itself.
- Tn To Target Specific It Sectors In New Policy (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 21, 2002)
THE Tamil Nadu Government will frame the proposed Information Technology (IT) policy segmenting each sector within IT such as hardware, software, IT-enabled services and IT education.
- Towards Colser Strategic Cooperation (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 21, 2002)
THE INKING OF the bilateral agreement on military information exchange underlines sharply that strategic cooperation between India and the United States is rapidly assuming a new and extremely significant dimension.
- Telecom Tariff (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 21, 2002)
The reduction in telecom tariff is not a windfall for subscribers, but a long overdue correction.
- Killing Pressure (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 20, 2002)
There are certain traits in Western Society that are seemingly exclusive to it.
- Welcome To Moscowashington (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jan 19, 2002)
As the subcontinent fetes Colin Powell, step back three decades in time, almost to date. Then get down to figuring out this funny new world.
- Never Say Quit (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 19, 2002)
He should have been worrying, not celebrating his 52nd birthday at his home in Mumbai’s Malabar Hills.
- When Some Deadly Sins Combine (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Jan 19, 2002)
There are many items on the credit side of ageing that can offset debits like physical debility and the ailments which afflict us as the years go on:
- The Fact Of The Hyphen (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jan 19, 2002)
When Afghanistan was last in the news, the military ruler of Pakistan said one thing and did another, explaining to his American mentor that “Muslims have the right to lie in a good cause.”
- Killing Pressure (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 19, 2002)
There are certain traits in Western Society that are seemingly exclusive to it.
- The New U.S. Factor (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 19, 2002)
A DEFINITIVE DE-ESCALATION of the emotionally surcharged crisis across the India-Pakistan divide and a substantive resumption of dialogue between the two countries constitute the exploratory purpose of the Powell mission to Islamabad and New Delhi.
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