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Articles 3821 through 3920 of 27558:
- Do Indians Continue To Trust And Rely On Their Chartered.... (Business Line, D. Murali , Feb 17, 2005)
Even as the country's major number-crunching exercise is gathering momentum in the North Block, there are some new and hot entries into the slick and slime of accounting scams.
- A Public Thinker And His Legacy (Deccan Herald, BOB HERBERT, Feb 17, 2005)
Arthur Miller, in his autobiography, Timebends, quoted the great physicist Hans Bethe as saying, “Well, I come down in the morning and I take up a pencil and I try to think...”
- Alternative Sources Needed (Deccan Herald, Prem Shankar Jha, Feb 17, 2005)
Last month the Prime minister and the Petroleum Minister, Mr Mani Shankar Aiyar, did the nation a service by warning it, at the start of the Petrotech-2005 conference in Delhi, that the days of cheap and abundant fossil energy were behind us, possibly for
- Extracting More (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 17, 2005)
In raising the Customs duty on the palm group of oils by 15 percentage points and reducing their tariff values to reflect international market conditions, the Government has in one masterstroke tried to balance the interests of oilseed growers and consume
- Kyoto — Behind And Beyond (Business Line, N. R. Krishnan , Feb 17, 2005)
The much-debated THE MUCH-DEBATED Kyoto Protocol, which seeks to limit emission of greenhouse gases that cause global warming, came into force on Wednesday. With this, one should expect the end of the debate on the need to have such a measure but....
- India's Creaking Infrastructure (Asia Times, Kunal Kumar Kundu, Feb 17, 2005)
The world's biggest passenger plane ever built, the Airbus A380, has rolled out of the Airbus Industries factory in Toulose, France.
- India Shining (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 17, 2005)
Corporate India is on a fast track of growth. The latest financial figures for nearly 1000 companies for the quarter ended December 2004 clearly indicate that the corporate sector is doing exceptionally well.
- He ‘Special Children’ Trap (Indian Express, Neera Kuckreja Sohoni, Feb 17, 2005)
Despite several development decades and plans, barriers persist in preventing the variously challenged people from accessing education and other services. Denial of basic human rights continues to isolate the challenged from governmental programmes and pu
- For A Taxpayer-Taxman Chemistry (Indian Express, Ashok Kumar Bal, Feb 17, 2005)
The notification of Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Rules 2004 pursuant to FRBM Act 2003 is a watershed event in our fiscal reform process.
- Flight Postponed (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 17, 2005)
Hastening reforms, it would appear, may require nothing more than an efficient social secretary for the minister. On Tuesday, a meeting of the Group of Ministers to finalise plans to modernise New Delhi and Mumbai airports ended abruptly
- Not A Bad Idea (Telegraph, S. L. Rao, Feb 16, 2005)
Ever since the deputy chairman of the Planning Commission floated the balloon of what the media called “using foreign exchange reserves for infrastructure investment”
- Saarc Cannot Be Used For Countervailing India... (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 16, 2005)
AS a flourishing democracy, India welcomes more democracy in our neighbourhood, but that too is something that we may encourage and promote; it is not something that we can impose upon others.
- Savings And Investment (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 16, 2005)
Recent Data from the Central Statistical Organisation (CSO) on domestic savings and investments for 2003-04 reinforce certain trends discernible in previous years.
- Simply Sania (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 16, 2005)
Tennis sensation Sania Mirza’s wresting of the WTA title in Hyderabad not only made her the first Indian woman to win the honour but has also earned her a place in the top 100 in world ranking.
- Police Itself To Blame For Bad Image (Tribune, Kuldip Nayar, Feb 16, 2005)
I am surprised at the Delhi police complaint that it was not immediately informed about the attack by the gun on Syed Abdul Rahman Geelani, Delhi University lecturer. This is a sad commentary on the credibility of the force.
- The Dollar Dilemma (Business Line, Rohit Ramachandran, Feb 16, 2005)
THE US Treasury Secretary, Mr John Snow's remark that the "US current account deficit is a shared responsibility" has thrown open a debate on what and how much should the global central banks do in the current situation.
- The Limits Of Restructuring (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 16, 2005)
Large worldwide corporates, a relatively recent species in human history, have drawn traditionally on two ancient models for their structure:
- Kyoto — Jinxed At Birth? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 16, 2005)
The Kyoto Protocol on reduction of emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs) comes into force on February 16 under circumstances that do not reflect well on policy-makers in many countries.
- Troubles In The Pipeline (Indian Express, Sudha Mahalingam, Feb 16, 2005)
Finding gas while prospecting offshore for oil is every driller’s nightmare — even if it’s better than drilling a dry hole. Offshore gas finds spell substantial investments to pipe the gas to the nearest landfall point
- Meet The Dabangs Of Indian Democracy (Indian Express, RAHUL RAMAGUNDAM, Feb 16, 2005)
In Bihar, ‘dabang’ is a phenomenon that holds democracy to ransom. Dabang is one who captures booths for political parties.
- A Three-Way Power Struggle (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Feb 16, 2005)
King Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev of Nepal may be tempting fate. The royal proclamation of February 1 pitted him against the other two political forces of his country: the political parties and the Maoist insurgent army.
- Long Way To Go (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 16, 2005)
The recently-concluded air show ‘Aero India 2005’, held at the Yelahanka Air Force Station near Bangalore, enthralled thousands of visitors with thrilling aerobatic displays.
- An Unbecoming Outburst (Tribune, S.S. Sodhi , Feb 16, 2005)
Never has the image and reputation of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana been put under such a dark cloud as by the outburst of none else than its Chief Justice B.K. Roy and that too on the eve of his transfer to Guwahati.
- Balancing Act (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 16, 2005)
As budget day nears, the United Progressive Alliance government can draw comfort from a benign macro-environment, with congratulations warranted because of the way inflation has been controlled.
- Budget: Flying And Sitting Ducks (Business Line, S. Murlidharan , Feb 16, 2005)
Budget means taxes. Every one looks at the Finance Minister to see if he escapes or falls into the net. But it is inherent to the system that some willy-nilly pay taxes
- Celebrate Love (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 16, 2005)
On February 14 every year, loved ones across the globe exchange gifts, candy and flowers, in the name of a mysterious St Valentine. The different legends surrounding St Valentine’s Day notwithstanding
- Civil Society And The State (Hindu, Harish Khare , Feb 16, 2005)
The discourse over the attack on S.A.R. Geelani has revealed a number of disturbing trends.
- Development Agenda For 2005 (Deccan Herald, STEEN JORGENSEN, Feb 16, 2005)
The gap between the rich and the poor has widened in spite of the progress made in many developing countries since the 1995 Copenhagen Summit on Social Development.
- Healthy And Growing (Telegraph, DIPANKAR DAS, Feb 16, 2005)
Earlier in February, the Indian software service industry heaved a collective sigh of relief as McKinsey Inc. laid to rest one of their deepest fears.
- In The Face Of Defeat (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 16, 2005)
Some people think before taking any precipitate action. Some reverse the order. Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala has now chosen to act under pique.
- Just Keep It Simple (Indian Express, M. Govinda Rao, Feb 16, 2005)
Almost 50 years ago, Stanley Surrey, an eminent tax expert, cautioned that in developing countries too much preoccupation with what to do (tax policy) may lead to too little attention on how to do it.
- Court Of Last Appeal (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 16, 2005)
Judging is a lonely job and, if it is done right, does not make for great popularity. It is in fact — as US Supreme Court Judge Abe Fortas observed decades ago — as near a person can get to being an island.
- Tired Out (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 15, 2005)
Marxists are never weary of talking about contradictions. But there is a tiresome fallacy in the way the Communist Party of India (Marxist) sought to see a contradiction between development and foreign investment.
- Patent Amendment Ordinance — Is It Constitutionally Valid? (Business Line, Pratap Ravindran , Feb 15, 2005)
Can the Government, by exercise of Article 123 powers, totally change the basic character and vital provisions of a model welfare legislation serving public interest and convert it into a law designed to promote and protect private interests....
- Pm’S Agenda (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 15, 2005)
The unveiling of an ambitious agenda by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for various ministries and departments identifying “thrust areas” and setting a six-month time frame for delivering results primarily seeks to convey the message that the Government mea
- Politics On The Box (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Feb 15, 2005)
With India in the throes of another round of elections, the role of television in campaigning and seeking to influence the outcome is coming into sharper focus each day.
- Post-Poll Iraq (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 15, 2005)
THE Iraqis in general should be happy with the election results. They will now have a representative government. The sapling of democracy planted after much bloodshed will, hopefully, grow stronger with people getting a government of their choice.
- Power Sector Reforms: Generating A Viable Model (Business Line, M. G. Devasahayam , Feb 15, 2005)
After a reality-check' on the power sector, the Planning Commission has admitted that though there have been a number of experiments in State electricity boards (SEBs) reform
- Regulator For Aviation (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 15, 2005)
AFTER telecom and insurance, civil aviation will have a regulator. A Bill to set up the Civil Aviation Economic Regulatory Authority will be moved in the Budget session of Parliament.
- Shia Rule In Iraq? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 15, 2005)
While the united Iraqi Alliance won the greater share of seats in the newly elected parliament, there is no guarantee that it will take over smoothly from the interim government.
- Silicon Meltdown (Telegraph, Ashok Ganguly, Feb 15, 2005)
Even though many of Bangalore’s citizens are receiving worldwide recognition, all is not well with the city
- Monuments In Obscurity (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 15, 2005)
While in search of temples belonging to the age of Hisalas, M S Dwarkinath has stumbled on a unique structure unknown to many.
- The Importance Of Subliminal Self (Deccan Herald, N SHAKUNTALA MANAY, Feb 15, 2005)
In Aurobindo’s writing, ‘consciousness’ is a key word which is frequently used. This is a self-aware force of existence. It refers to a wakeful awareness of a dynamic creative energy.
- Wait And Go For The Kill (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Feb 15, 2005)
The battle to hang on to the minimal forested spaces continues unabated. The prime minister’s office, along with the ministry of forests and environment, is desperately trying to undermine the existing laws that govern our forests by putting forth a draft
- Panchayats & Employment Guarantee (Hindu, A. Vaidyanathan , Feb 15, 2005)
There is a far greater chance that left to themselves panchayats will implement employment guarantee schemes with a greater sense of responsibility.
- Start Counting (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 15, 2005)
The election results are just a prelude to democracy in Iraq. The country remains a fractious constituency, without any neat political divisions, and trapped between occupation and insurgency.
- Budget: Will There Be An Amnesty Scheme? (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Feb 15, 2005)
While there must be every attempt to check tax evasion, there must, equally, be every attempt to stop whimsical taxation. The proposal for a blanket amnesty scheme to tap black money will be both arbitrary and whimsical.
- Need For Systemic Overhaul (Deccan Herald, N C GUNDU RAO, Feb 15, 2005)
Left-wing extremism is the jargon sought to be kept in currency with incessant efforts by the self-styled super patriots in the rightist strands of the political spectrum. The dispassionate and detached observers may have disinclination in giving any poli
- Kerala's Sandalwood Mafia (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 15, 2005)
In the face of adverse observations by the judiciary linking him to the sandalwood mafia, Kerala Forests Minister K.P. Viswanathan did the right thing in stepping down
- Diplomacy Won’T Hurt (Indian Express, Kuldip Nayar, Feb 15, 2005)
WHEN it comes to the feelings of neighbouring countries, our government is inclined to be insensitive. It behaves like any other big power which believes that equality in diplomatic jargon is all right as far as it goes
- Forgetting The Tsunami (Indian Express, Harinder Sikka, Feb 15, 2005)
The tsunami no longer occupies pride of place in terms of news. Today, our front pages and TV screen are all about state elections and the Budget.
- Growing Well (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 15, 2005)
The advance estimates of GDP growth for 2004-05 vindicate the growing all-round optimism on the economy. The Central Statistical Organisation's data released on February 7 indicate that this year the economy will grow at 6.9 per cent.
- Moving On From The Metro Mindset (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Feb 15, 2005)
If a new commission is set up to look into Centre-State relations, its mandate should be to demarcate the functions of each, empowering the States to create regions of excellence.
- Averted Showdown (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 15, 2005)
AFTER conjuring up the possibility of a showdown with the Election Commission, Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala has stepped back from the battlefront almost at the last minute.
- Kathmandu, With Clarity (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 15, 2005)
Given its geographical and political proximity to Nepal, it is inevitable that India’s stance on the royal coup in the Himalayan kingdom would have a resonance that goes far beyond South Asia.
- Morality Play Comes To Town (Indian Express, Rakesh Shukla, Feb 15, 2005)
THE continuing harassment of Anara Gupta even after the findings by the Central Forensic Lab in Hyderabad nudges us to go beyond the limited issue of whether she is the woman in the CD.
- Historic Shift (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 15, 2005)
A historic mandate for Shia political parties in Iraq’s elections will give the long-oppressed Shia majority in Iraq its first taste of power in several decades. The United Iraqi Alliance
- Bare Life (Telegraph, Ananya Vajpeyi, Feb 15, 2005)
Once again, Syed Abdul Rahman Geelani meets, before his time, in an only half-unexpected fashion, his old friend, Death.
- Russia's Foreign Policy Challenges (Hindu, Dmitry Kosyrev, Feb 14, 2005)
Russia has not yet learnt to convert its economic successes into political influence abroad.
- Romance In Changing Times (Deccan Herald, MARY BLY, Feb 14, 2005)
It was fifth-grade choir practice in the spring of 1972, and I was learning about love from a copy of Kathleen Woodiwiss’s “Flame and the Flower” that a classmate had purloined from his mom.
- Restraint Needed (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 14, 2005)
The controversy over North Korea’s nuclear weapons programme is snowballing into a crisis. After making its most explicit public assertion that it possesses nuclear weapons, Pyongyang has suspended participation in the six-nation talks on its nuclear prog
- Reading The Future In Tehran (Indian Express, K. Subrahmanyam, Feb 14, 2005)
Even as the US and Western European countries (UK, Germany and France) are discussing with Iran the need for Tehran to completely abjure its uranium fuel cycle activities
- Preferential Trade And Wto (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 14, 2005)
A report on the future of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) prepared by an eight-member independent board headed by Peter D. Sutherland, former Director-General of the WTO and its predecessor
- No Mullah Left Behind (Indian Express, Thomas L. Friedman, Feb 14, 2005)
The Wall Street Journal ran a very, very alarming article from Iran on its front page last Tuesday. The article explained how the mullahs in Tehran
- Spreading Menace (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Feb 14, 2005)
The grenade and AK-47 attack by Maoists late last Thursday night, that left six personnel of the Karnataka State Reserve Police Force dead and five critically wounded, provides yet another reminder that the challenge of Left extremism in the country needs
- When Love Dies Hard (Pioneer, Neha Mehta, Feb 14, 2005)
Couples the world over may exult today, but for Hollywood's A-list it might just be time to reflect on the trajectory of their gossamer love-lives that have fairy-tale beginnings and nightmarish ends.
- Pakistan Leaves Arms Calling Card (Asia Times, Kaushik Kapisthalam, Feb 14, 2005)
Non-proliferation experts and anti-nuclear activists have long highlighted South Asia as a "hot" theater insofar as a potential nuclear war is concerned.
- Swathe Of Sound (Indian Express, Renuka Narayanan, Feb 14, 2005)
Last week’s chance meeting with Pakistani ghazal king Ghulam Ali proved full of felicity. Though it’s pleasant to meet someone whose voice melts your blues, such encounters can be terrifyingly iffy.
- Tear-Ing Us Together (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Feb 14, 2005)
THE legal wrangle over cricket telecast rights has gone on too long (do you even remember when it began? Last August, just before the Australians kangarooed across the country).
- The Challenge Before The Pm (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Feb 14, 2005)
According to the report under Article IV Consultations between the International Monetary Fund and India, which has just been released by the IMF, the state of the Indian economy has never been as promising as it is now.
- The Korean Bomb (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 14, 2005)
THE Bush administration may have to redraw its strategy after the North Korean announcement that it has “manufactured nukes” to face the US “undisguised policy to isolate” Pyongyang.
- The Last Of The Titans (Tribune, Rupert Cornwell, Feb 14, 2005)
ARTHUR Miller was perhaps the greatest American playwright of the 20th century. Very few writers in any country at any time have so captured the universal themes of family, of the transience of success - how ordinary
- The Windsor Knot (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 14, 2005)
Prince Charles andCamilla Parker Bowles propose to get married in Windsor Castle in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, where the local council charges a fee of under 300 pounds sterling for a wedding.
- Vague Promises (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 14, 2005)
The prime minister has set out a wish list for different ministries, listing policy changes to be carried out over the next six months. This reflects commitments made in the national common minimum programme.
- Jeopardizing Peace (Asia Times, Wasbir Hussain , Feb 14, 2005)
By failing to gather the courage to tell the NSCN-IM leadership that the redrawing of the maps of the volatile region in the Northeast, the government will not only lose the Naga rebel group
- When Two Friends Meet (Hindu, Gianfranco Fini, Feb 14, 2005)
The Italy-Indian friendship is founded on a great past and aimed at a future equally full of opportunity and hope.
- Towards A Unified Vat System (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Feb 14, 2005)
The announcement made through the White Paper brought out by the government of India for introducing state-level VAT is the first step towards reforming the present tax system.
- Death Of A Playwright (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 14, 2005)
WHAT entrenches a myth more than fact is that it has to be real and true to life. Arthur Miller may not have known this at 33, in the 1940s, when he wrote Death of a Salesman — the story of Willy Loman, symbolising the American Dream turned sour.
- A Guest At The G(7) In London (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Feb 14, 2005)
India has finally made it to the august group of G(7) — the group of rich industrialised nations which controls the monetary policies of the world.
- A Time For Democracy (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Feb 14, 2005)
Democratic urges are manifesting themselves worldwide. In Iraq the voter turnout was way beyond expectations — of the Americans, the world community
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