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Articles 2321 through 2420 of 27558:
- America Awakened, Modi Demonised (Deccan Herald, Kancha Ilaiah, Apr 01, 2005)
Denial of a US visa to Modi should be viewed in the light of the larger campaign against minority rights’ violations.
- Reforms Overdue (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 01, 2005)
The UN needs to be re-structured to remain relevant in the post-Cold War period
- School For Joy (Deccan Herald, B. K. Chandrashekar, Apr 01, 2005)
The trimester system introduced for schools test the competency of the learner rather than the ability to memorise
- Small Investor’S Bounty (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 01, 2005)
A larger part of the IPO cake for retail investors is good
- Squeeze The Import Power (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Apr 01, 2005)
STUNG BY INDIA raising sharply the Customs duty on the palm group of oils, major producers in Asia have decided to band together to strengthen their bargaining power.
- West Bengal: The Perception And Reality (Business Line, Mohan Guruswamy, Apr 01, 2005)
MOST times, economic development is viewed in terms of industrialisation. While the latter is essential for economic transformation, it is not as if economic growth is not possible without industrialisation...
- Oil For Greasing (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Apr 01, 2005)
This newspaper can take legitimate pride that it was the first to expose, in an article "Oil as weapon of mass corruption" by the author published on October 15, 2004, the shady deals masquerading as UN Oil-for-Food programme.
- Crash At Gangoh (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 01, 2005)
FATE has intervened in a cruel way, snatching Mr O.P. Jindal and Mr Surender Singh in a plane crash which took place only days after the two were inducted into the Haryana Council of Ministers.
- Academic Emergency (Pioneer, JS Rajput, Apr 01, 2005)
Noam Chomsky wrote in 1992: "If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all." How dramatically relevant this is in the Indian educational context of recent times!
- 1,000 Women For Nobel Prize (Tribune, Nirupama Dutt, Apr 01, 2005)
WHAT would it be like if 1,000 women of different ages, religions and nationalities together receive the Nobel Prize for Peace in the coming October? This is not an idle mid-spring daydream but a possibility that women activists have been working on...
- Antique Capers (Deccan Herald, S. Subramanyan , Apr 01, 2005)
You might have to dig around a bit if you are looking for humour in archaeology
- The Speed Of Justice (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 01, 2005)
The Supreme Court has rightly extended the tenure of fast track courts by a month from April 1 and directed the Centre to explore ways to arrange funds, in the interregnum, so that they can continue for another five years.
- India, Mauritius Ink Four Pacts (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 01, 2005)
India and Mauritius on Thursday signed four agreements, including one on setting up a Joint Working Group for combating international terrorism and one on enhancing air services between the two countries.
- Diaspora And Citizenship (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 01, 2005)
To set in motion the process of granting dual citizenship to people of Indian origin, the Centre had two options.
- Child, Interrupted (Pioneer, Aarti, Apr 01, 2005)
The Supreme Court's directive to Collectors and Superintendents of Police in every district to initiate immediate steps to prevent child marriages is commendable.
- India's Energy Quest In Latin America (Hindu, R. Viswanathan , Mar 31, 2005)
Besides acquisition of oil and gas fields, India should consider buying crude oil from Latin America on a regular basis
- Punjab Drops Cess (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 31, 2005)
By withdrawing the cess on diesel and petrol, the Punjab Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, has corrected a thoughtlessly included provision in the Budget for 2005-06.
- Looking Back On The First Love (Telegraph, Gouri Chatterjee, Mar 31, 2005)
It was my first job in a newspaper. Not my first job ever so I couldn’t claim the ignorance of a trainee.
- Infrastructure Or Sez Investment? (Business Line, Vinod Mathew, Mar 31, 2005)
IT COULD be another `chicken-and-egg' story.
- The Rigours Of Silence (Telegraph, AVEEK SEN , Mar 31, 2005)
It was about 55 years ago that Sri Ramana Maharishi, the silent sage of Arunachala, left his mortal coil. What is unique about the story of Sri Ramana Maharishi lies in the fact that he was a mere lad of seventeen when he realised the Self. He came from..
- Let Discretion Be Your Tutor With This `Special' Vehicle (Business Line, D. Murali , Mar 31, 2005)
Here is an innocuous paragraph from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India's Guidance Note on Securitisation, where ``accounting in the books of the investor'' is explained:
- Search For Ways To Keep Marx Alive (Telegraph, Sumanta Sen, Mar 31, 2005)
Given the steady decline in the number of full-time workers and the apparent disinterest among its cadre, isn’t it time for the CPI(M) to decide on some new kind of action? asks Sumanta Sen
- Social Audit Of Privatisation (Tribune, B. S. Ghuman, Mar 31, 2005)
Privatisation policies have been advocated as a panacea for the poor performance of public enterprises. In the initial phase, the philosophy of privatisation was postulated as synonymous to efficiency, quality, more choices, people’s capitalism and boon..
- In Fits And Starts (Business Line, Mohan R. Lavi, Mar 31, 2005)
Mohan R. Lavi on how the draft company rules could have been more thorough
- The Peaceful Rise Of China (Pioneer, Claude Arpi, Mar 31, 2005)
The Chinese are fond of new slogans.
- Ocean Siren (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 31, 2005)
Not so long ago, Bangalore Telephones was monopolistic. A new connection necessitated monumental patience, a modicum of luck and divine providence. A privileged few jumped the queue by the grace and favour of influence. Lesser mortals remained content...
- The Silent Sage Of Arunachala (Deccan Herald, RAMNATH NARAYANSWAMY, Mar 31, 2005)
Sri Ramana Maharishi, in his immortal philosphy, described self-enquiry as the aircraft route to realising the self
- Time For Change At The Helm (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 31, 2005)
Sourav Gangguly"s Horror run with the bat in the recently concluded three-Test series against Pakistan warrants a change in the leadership of the Indian cricket team.
- Trouble Ahead (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 31, 2005)
The morning may not always show the day.
- Uncalled For Strike (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 31, 2005)
Not quite unexpectedly, traders have decided to go on a long strike in protest against the implementation of VAT.
- Up All Night (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 31, 2005)
The thought of equality is reassuring, the reality disconcertingly full of pitfalls. The Central government’s decision to remove the bar on women working on night shifts through an amendment to the Factories Act, 1948 establishes the principle of equal...
- Women At Work (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 31, 2005)
Decision on night shift is an important reform measure
- The American Offer (Tribune, K SUBRAHMANYAM, Mar 31, 2005)
The new US offer to India is not just about F/16 aircraft and nuclear power plants as portrayed in our media.
- Pok Bus: Ultras Issue Threat To Passengers (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 31, 2005)
Militants lashed out at Indian and Pakistan diplomats as well as Musharraf and accused him of working against Islam at the behest of his western masters.
- Probe Clears Annan In Oil-For-Food Controversy (Tribune, William Branigin, Mar 31, 2005)
An investigation into the U.N. oil-for-food program in Iraq has found no evidence that U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan improperly influenced the awarding of a contract to a Swiss firm that employed his son, but it faulted Annan for an "inadequate’’ ...
- Himalayan Task (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Mar 31, 2005)
Democracy in many parts of the world has come on the back of revolutions-or cruise missiles.
- Malayalam Fiction Loses Its Legend (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 31, 2005)
Vijayan’s novel Khasakinte Ithihasam (The Legend of Khasak) marks an epoch in Malayalam literary history and divides it into post and pre Khasak.
- Imf Tells India To Speed Up Reforms (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 31, 2005)
Poor infrastructure, lack of labour reforms, and inadequate loan recovery laws are few bottlenecks in the way of India becoming a better place for business.
- Andhra Violating Water Tribunal Orders: Bjp (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 31, 2005)
State BJP president Ananth Kumar said AP was diverting water when Karnataka was not able to utilise even 70 per cent of its share.
- 7 Npcb Operated Patients Turn Blind In Lucknow (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 31, 2005)
Lucknow’s King George’s Medical University has put the blame on postoperative care at community health centres where the surgeries were carried out.
- A Bowl At The Exit Gate (Business Line, N. R. Moorthy , Mar 31, 2005)
N. R. Moorthy on how the Simplified Exit Scheme is not all that simple
- Can The Bjp Afford To Backtrack? (Hindu, Harish Khare , Mar 31, 2005)
No political party that wants to rule over a continental polity can afford to be unmindful of the need to sustain its reputation for consistency, credibility, and transparency.
- A Step Forward (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 31, 2005)
The Centre’s decision to enact a law to help women work in night shifts was long overdue. It is a progressive step, aimed at removing gender discrimination in employment and making women self-reliant.
- Anti-Left Combine (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Mar 31, 2005)
The run-up to the Kolkata Municipal Corporation election has once again led to speculation over the ability of the parties opposed to the Marxists to put up an united fight. In the heavily polarised political scene of West Bengal, the Left always...
- Arms And The Ally (Pioneer, Ashish Sarkar, Mar 31, 2005)
The United States has agreed to sell F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan
- Bjp’S Somersault (Deccan Herald, G THIMMAIAH, Mar 31, 2005)
The BJP, which did the spadework for the VAT process, is now opposing it under pressure from traders
- German Economy: A Turnaround In Sight (Business Line, BATUK GATHANI, Mar 31, 2005)
With signs of recovery, the German economy could be the main beneficiary of Chancellor Schroeder's reform process that incidentally has triggered much controversy and emotional debates.
- Fund-Bank Spring Meetings — Thus Must Finance Minister Speak (Business Line, A. Vasudevan, Mar 31, 2005)
The spring meetings of the Fund-Bank are about a fortnight away, and the Finance Minister will make his customary speech. More than what he will say, A. Vasudevan suggests the areas he should touch upon covering the international monetary and financial...
- Withdraw Bodyguards To Tainted People: Patna Hc (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 31, 2005)
For the first time, the HC had a good word to say about the Bihar police. In fact, Siwan MP Shahabuddin kept away from a Laloo function apprehending arrest.
- A Heartening Response (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 31, 2005)
A SWIFT, COORDINATED response on the night of March 28 to a tsunami alert arising out of another powerful ...
- The Kofi Annan Package (Tribune, T.P. Sreenivasan, Mar 30, 2005)
The change in the back office of the UN Secretary-General since January this year has begun to make an impact...
- Troubled Times? (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Mar 30, 2005)
One of the most animated whispers on the corporate grapevine is about tensions at a large, shadowy conglomerate, whose businesses are all as public as its finances are private.
- Pakistan Star Takes Cricket Diplomacy A Step Further (Tribune, Justin Huggler, Mar 30, 2005)
WITH Pakistan’s cricket team touring India, Pakistani fans staying at Delhi to watch one of the matches, the subcontinent is abuzz with talk of cricket diplomacy. But one Pakistani cricketer appears to have taken it further than everyone else - he has...
- Making A Killing (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Mar 30, 2005)
The quintessential American arms dealer, Basil Bazarov, in the Tintin comic book, Tintin and the Broken Ear (1937), sells armaments to two warring South American countries
- Question Of Double Standards (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 30, 2005)
THERE are occasions when truth must be told to set the record straight. External Affairs Minister K. Natwar Singh found such an occasion when he was asked to address a conference on “Emerging Nuclear Proliferation Challenges” in New Delhi on Monday.
- Unacceptable (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 30, 2005)
If there is one thing that is utterly incompatible with a liberal education it is the vision of a darogah.
- Work More If You Want To Earn More (Telegraph, S. S. Chawdhry, Mar 30, 2005)
Productivity-linked wages may be one way to reconcile the desire for profits with the concern for workers’ well-being, writes S.S. Chawdhry
- Losing Kathmandu (Telegraph, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Mar 30, 2005)
The author is president, Centre for Policy Research
The political crisis in Nepal continues unabated and it seems that there is little India can do to influence the course of events.
- Annan’S Make-Believe (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Mar 30, 2005)
Given the UN’s subservience to the US, the UN Secretary General’s grandiose vision of change will stay a mirage
- When Poverty Doesn’T Count (Deccan Herald, ABRAHAM M GEORGE, Mar 30, 2005)
We need to offer realistic definitions of the poverty situation, if the issue is to be taken seriously by the Govt
- Helping War Widows (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 30, 2005)
OCCASIONAL reports of war widows being denied relief or struggling to get pension notwithstanding, the government in general and the Army in particular do take proper care of the women whose husbands lay down their lives for the country.
- Done In By Dynasty (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Mar 30, 2005)
Last year's Maharashtra polls had the NCP, the Congress's junior partner in the State, steal the show: Mr Sharad Pawar triumphed, not Ms Sonia Gandhi. This year, Bihar and Jharkhand have again put paid to the Congress's 'Sonia Shining' rhetoric.
- Budget Ignores Dalits (Tribune, Udit Raj, Mar 30, 2005)
On no occasion 119 Dalit MPs have ever debated the fund allocations made for Dalits in the Central Government Budget, and if it was done by someone, replies prepared by bureaucrats and the answer of the Finance Minister would have silenced him.
- Bad Boys’ Ban (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 30, 2005)
It is impossible to look for the unmentionable in the woodpile when most of the woodpile threatens to be unmentionable
- Retain The System (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 30, 2005)
Govt should allow fast track courts to continue
- Rights Groups Flay Indian Policy On Maldives (Deccan Herald, K S Narayanan, Mar 30, 2005)
Even as Maldivian President Gayoom rubs shoulder with Indian leaders, political activists in the island nation demand an end to the human rights violations.
- More Than A Lakh Aids Patients In India: Naco (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 30, 2005)
NACO is planning a two-year programme to deal with the problems faced by AIDS-affected children and orphans.
- Rights Record To Influence Ties With Us, Says Rice (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma, Mar 30, 2005)
The report claims that India’s human rights enforcement record has been bad and was in need of improvement, while Pakistan’s track record remained poor.
- The Rot At The Core (WhatIsIndia Publications, Prem Shankar Jha, Mar 30, 2005)
The crisis in Jharkhand is over. But the crisis it triggered in our Constitution is only just beginning.
- Gats And Freedom Online (Agence-France Presse, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Mar 29, 2005)
India must use the Internet to expand the reach of its online services and open a wider market for its professionals, who can offer their talent to overseas clients
- Vat To Do: A Corporate Guide (Agence-France Presse, Abhijeet Virmani, Mar 29, 2005)
The value-added tax regime is just days away. In most organisations, it is seen as the responsibility of the finance team, but with far-reaching implications, any successful implementation of VAT would require the participation of such departments as IT..
- ‘No One Listens To Guardian’ (Agence-France Presse, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 29, 2005)
LOK Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee does not mince words and is never found lacking in coming out with instant repartees to get across his message to the members of Parliament
- A Brand For `India Tourism' (Agence-France Presse, B.S. Rathor, Mar 29, 2005)
Tourism will arguably be one of the drivers of India's economy into the 21st Century.
- Anatomy Of A Revolution (Agence-France Presse, M.K. Bhadrakumar, Mar 29, 2005)
In Kyrgyzstan, there have been deviations from the revolutionary script choreographed in Washington and finessed in Georgia and Ukraine
- Arabs And Democracy (Agence-France Presse, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 29, 2005)
THERE IS MUCH talk of a new democratic awakening in the Arab world after the elections in Iraq. Those who think in this vein assert that several recent developments prove the proposition that the desire for a liberal political order is spreading in West..
- Crumbs For All (Agence-France Presse, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 29, 2005)
Politicians have their ways of bending laws to help themselves. What Assam’s chief minister, Mr Tarun Gogoi, has planned to reward a dozen former ministers with is nothing but a fraud on the law that deprived them of their ministerial posts.
- Silver “smuggler” (Agence-France Presse, P.M. Singh, Mar 29, 2005)
Information was scanty. A woman had crossed over from Tibet carrying a heavy load of silver.
- Euro Bungling (Agence-France Presse, Editorial, Business Line, Mar 29, 2005)
The Uncertainty over migration to superior emission-control norms from April 1 has ended with the Cabinet last week approving the implementation schedule
- Witness To Golden History (Deccan Herald, SANJANA S., Mar 29, 2005)
The Virupaksha temple which has a magnificient gopuram, is a must-visit for those who want to soak in the glory of Vijayanagara, says SANJANA S.
- Historic Step (Agence-France Presse, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 29, 2005)
The Bhutanese King’s role in ushering in a constitutional form of govt is commendable
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