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Articles 4421 through 4520 of 27558:
- Little To Mourn For (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Jan 31, 2005)
After two weeks of dithering and delay, the Chin-ese Communist Party permitted a low-key memorial ceremony for the disgraced former premier, Zhao Ziyang, at Beijing’s Babaoshan cemetery for communist heroes this Saturday.
- Lessons In Piety (Deccan Herald, Meera Seshadri, Jan 31, 2005)
Recently, at a family gathering, a woman, after making sure that I was within earshot, took off in a singsong manner, cooing on the cardinal importance of conducting umpteen pujas, vraths, etc, which, apparently, she observed.
- Justice For The Disabled (Hindu, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 31, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has issued orders for opening all non-technical Group `A' and Group `B' Civil Services to the disabled. In addition to enforcing existing legal provisions
- Heartland Trouble (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 31, 2005)
As statements of political intent go, this one is arresting. Asked about his party’s support to the Mulayam Singh government in Uttar Pradesh — in the context of the UP Congress vociferously turning up the heat on Mulayam in Lucknow on the law and order i
- Hail To The Republic, But Also To Richard Gere (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Jan 31, 2005)
This may be a politically incorrect sentiment but the soldiers and the fly past on Republic Day are such a stirring sight, you want to march or fly alongside. The
- Greenspan's Choice: Party Or Pain (Business Line, V. Anantha Nageswaran, Jan 31, 2005)
The options before the Fed chief, Mr Alan Greenspan, are clear. Prolong the party and risk a bigger and longer hangover in America and, by extension, the rest of the world
- Check It Out (Telegraph, S. L. Rao, Jan 31, 2005)
The media in India is apparently free. But much of the large print media is concentrated in the hands of families. Many are driven by the urge to maximize profits
- Charter For World Citizens (Indian Express, Amrita Shah, Jan 31, 2005)
On Republic Day last week, victims of a building collapse in Ahmedabad prepared to move back into their new homes four full years after the Gujarat earthquake that caused large scale devastation in the state.
- Practical Move (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 31, 2005)
THE annual return that the government gives to provident fund contributors flies in the face of financial logic. While it gets only 6 or 7 per cent from the deployments of these funds, it gives out as much as 9 per cent.
- Odds Stacked Against Parrikar (Hindu, Anil Sastry, Jan 31, 2005)
After four years of political stability that injected a fresh thrust to developmental activities, there is instability again in the tiny State of Goa.
- Quest For New Un Chief (Tribune, T.P. Sreenivasan, Jan 31, 2005)
Among the many attributes that a Secretary-General of the United Nations is required to have by convention is an unusual name. From Trigvie Lie to Kofi Annan, every Secretary-General sported a name that took people time to learn, whether it is the ...
- Riding The Tiger (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 30, 2005)
The grenade attack on an Awami League rally at Habiganj, Sylhet, on Thursday, which caused the death of a former finance minister of Bangladesh, SAMS Kibria and three others, and injuries to around 150
- Waiting To Explode (Pioneer, DR Ahuja, Jan 30, 2005)
Balochistan is on the tip of a volcano. It is experiencing the worst kind of insurgency and unrest since the 1970s. The latest incident was an attack on Sui gas field which left dozens of people dead.
- Tremendous Enthusiasm For Municipal Elections (Tribune, David Devadas, Jan 30, 2005)
Kashmir has been covered under two thick blankets, one of snow and the other of security for Republic Day. With the pre-occupations caused by Id-ul Zuha thrown in, it would have been no surprise if there had been no activity surrounding the upcoming munic
- Commerce & Crisis Hit Wayanad Students (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Jan 30, 2005)
At age five, Anushree is the youngest commuter on the bus. The Class I student spends 12 hours a week this way. That too, crossing the State border twice each day.
- Right To Negative Vote (Pioneer, Hari Jaisingh, Jan 30, 2005)
Looking at India's fractured polity and the quality of persons picked up for state and parliamentary elections, I tend to endorse the support extended by the Election Commission to the petition filed before the Supreme Court
- Pipeline To Trust (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jan 30, 2005)
The most important of many reasons for welcoming the Myanmar-Bangladesh-India agreement is the impact on relations between two distant neighbours.
- "Global World Needs Rule Of Law" (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Jan 30, 2005)
The first Chilean head of state to visit India, President Ricardo Lagos, spoke to Siddharth Varadarajan of The Hindu about the anti-neoliberal mood in Latin America, the trial of the former dictator, Augusto Pinochet, and the nee d for a world that...
- Goodbye Un...For Now...? (Tribune, Kiran Bedi, Jan 30, 2005)
I spent two years with the United Nations and the time has flown. When the days were passing by, they appeared moving at a snail’s pace, for I missed my home. But now when I look back the days are going and gone! But ....only for now ...
- From The Alpine Heights Of Davos (Indian Express, N K Singh, Jan 30, 2005)
I am once again in Davos for the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF). For more than 34 years, this Swiss Alpine ski resort has hosted the glitterati of politics and business.
- Failure To Ensure Democracy And Regional Harmony ... (Tribune, Balraj Puri, Jan 30, 2005)
AS the Government of India has reopened the issue of greater autonomy for Jammu and Kashmir state, it would be worthwhile to ponder over the reasons due to which it could not be maintained.
- Dr Ambedkar And The Constitution (Indian Express, Soli Sorabjee, Jan 30, 2005)
We celebrated the 55th Republic Day and held the traditional Republic Day parade with the usual pomp. My thoughts turned to our Constitution and our founding fathers, particularly Dr B R Ambedkar, the principal architect of our Constitution.
- Corruption, Unemployment Main Issues In Polls: Jindal (Tribune, Manoj Kumar, Jan 30, 2005)
AS Haryana goes to elections on February 3, Naveen Jindal, the 35-year-old Congress MP from Kurukshetra says that corruption and widespread unemployment are the main issues in the elections.
- America’S Missionary Zeal To Impose Democracy (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Jan 30, 2005)
Iraq votes today in an election that George W Bush sees as a triumph of his foreign policy. In Davos, from where this column comes this week, there has been a puzzling absence
- Growth With Social Justice, His Credo (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Jan 30, 2005)
THE “Young Turk” has grown old but the “fire of life” has not dimmed in him. His first reaction to conferment of Padma Vibhushan award sums up his personality: “This honour, though for an individual, is dedicated to all my friends”.
- Roam The Globe To Catch Them (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jan 30, 2005)
The rapid increase in the use of cellular telephony has also resulted in an increase in the theft of mobile handsets
- Country Prisons (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jan 29, 2005)
It might seem the ultimate contradiction but recent statistics put out by the International Centre for Prison Studies (ICPS) indicate that the self-styled ‘Land of the Free’
- Bush's Vision Of Terror-Free World (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jan 29, 2005)
The US-led grand alliance against terror needs an institutional base, in the form of a Global Network for the Elimination of Terror, with Russia, China, India, Afghanistan, Pakistan and countries of the Arab world and G-7 as members
- Bihar As Eternal Subsidiser Of National Elite (Indian Express, Shaibal Gupta, Jan 29, 2005)
Bihar is possibly the only state in the country where bipolar politics has not taken root, inspite of one and half decades of Laloo Prasad’s rule.
- Beseiged, At Davos (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Jan 29, 2005)
This year at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting, did the Davos Men and Women really sound a little more beseiged?
- Balochistan On The Boil (Tribune, M B NAQVI, Jan 29, 2005)
MOST observers of Pakistani scene are running scared today: many expect the military establishment to order a crackdown on the mainly Bugti tribesmen in Balochistan’s Sui area where “miscreants” had succeeded in damaging the gas purification plant in an a
- Badlands Of Bihar (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 29, 2005)
With three Bihar school children suspected to have been abducted and a fourth reported missing, the State is once again in the news for a wrong reason
- Autonomy Needs A Decent Burial (Indian Express, Anuradha Raman, Jan 29, 2005)
The last time the BBC was in news, it was for its news. Heads rolled. Doordarshan’s News is seldom in news for its content. Officials in Doordarshan, especially those working on DD News
- A New Track (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 29, 2005)
THE disinvestment policy the UPA government unfolded on Thursday is in sharp contrast to what the BJP-led NDA regime had followed.
- Extradition Treaty (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 29, 2005)
THE India-Nepal extradition treaty, signed recently, marks the beginning of a new phase in the relations between the two countries.
- No Make-Over For Psus (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 29, 2005)
Cosmetic changes and all, public sector units will look much the same under the new disinvestment policy. The Government on behalf of the public, and not the people themselves, will continue to hold 51 per cent
- We Must Review Msp Pricing Patterns (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jan 29, 2005)
The industry perspective is that the MSP that currently obtains in Haryana and Punjab has artificially segmented India's market in agro-produce.
- Towards A Global Warning System (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 29, 2005)
For the last 40 years, only the Pacific Ocean has had a tsunami warning system. However, after the tsunami of all tsunamis — the monster of December 26, 2004
- Till Elections, Foxes Will Let Poultry Live (Business Line, D. Murali , Jan 29, 2005)
Even as the US mourns its `deadliest day' in the land that Saddam bequeathed to Bush, the world watches if Uncle Sam's election gamble in Iraq will pay off. But that may matter little to our netas who are busy
- Thy Kingdom Come (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Jan 29, 2005)
I have added two new words to my vocabulary: thearchy and millenarianism. Thearchy (as opposed to theocracy meaning government by priests) means rule by god. Millenarianism is the belief in the end of the world in our lifetime.
- The Price Of Contempt (The Economic Times, Narendar Pani, Jan 29, 2005)
The murmurs in political circles about the need to downgrade the prime minister's office (PMO) are likely to die down with the appointment of Mr M K Narayanan as the national security adviser.
- The End Of Truth (Telegraph, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Jan 29, 2005)
The timing and manner in which the judge, U.C. Banerjee, disclosed the interim findings of his inquiry into the burning of the train at Godhra have done grave harm to the cause of truth.
- The Drag Of A Vat On Freefall (Business Line, Sukumar Mukhopadhyay, Jan 29, 2005)
There is general belief amongst many economists that tax should be neutral. In theory a tax is neutral if it does not distort the free play of market.
- Roam The Globe To Catch Them (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jan 29, 2005)
The rapid increase in the use of cellular telephony has also resulted in an increase in the theft of mobile handsets
- Right Not To Vote (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Jan 29, 2005)
From the point of view of the argument that the right to vote is an extremely precious attribute of Indian parliamentary democracy and that, therefore, the right in question ought to be protected at all cost, it is easy to
- Regional Harmony Lacking (Hindu, Balraj Puri, Jan 29, 2005)
As the government of India has reopened the issue of greater autonomy for J&K state, it would be worthwhile to ponder over the reasons due to which it could not be maintained.
- Protein To Help Stay Lean And Mean, With Less Tax Flab (Business Line, D. Murali , Jan 29, 2005)
"Get back to mischief," instructs Pfizers's Viagra site, but what brought the company before the Authority for Advance Rulings (AAR) was not the blue diamond pill. Instead, the issue was about Protinex and Dumex,
- Politics Of Families (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 29, 2005)
I have written in the past about 'dynastic' control within the political system, and since political and financial control are inextricably linked, the 'virus' has spread to all political parties regardless of their size and status.
- Desperate Measures (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 29, 2005)
They are skipping lunch. They are giving chase to top politicians. They boycotted Republic Day celebrations. Their parents have been inducted for sit-ins. Bihar’s students have put the state on notice. It began with a protest against the kidnapping ...
- No People’S War (Hindu, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 29, 2005)
The abduction of 700 students and 45 school teachers by Maoists in Nepal indicates how far the rebels have moved away from articulating and defending the interests of the Nepalese people.
- Election And Iraq's Sovereignty (Hindu, Jonathan Steele, Jan 29, 2005)
Stroll, if you dare, along the Shatt al Arab, the fast-flowing waterway that connects Basra to the Persian Gulf, and you come across a sad looking park.
- New Dimension (Hindu, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 29, 2005)
The UPA government’s decision to set up a separate dedicated fund comprising proceeds from the sale of government equities in public sector undertakings (PSUs), whose earnings will finance social schemes and ailing
- Multinationals 'Dance With Myanmar Devil' (Asia Times, Marwaan Macan-Markar, Jan 29, 2005)
Rolls-Royce, a venerated name in British corporate culture, has been put in the spotlight for making a turn that a labor group calls a betrayal of its stated commitment to social responsibility.
- Msp Abolition Will Lower Grain Production (The Economic Times, T C GUPTA, Jan 29, 2005)
MSP (minimum support price) ensures food security and abolishing it will lead to a slump in foodgrain prices (especially of wheat and paddy).
- Let The World Not Lose Interest Too Fast (Indian Express, SANDHYA VENKATESWARAN , Jan 29, 2005)
After the tsunami, that the world has come together around issues beyond economic, to issues around human concern, suggests that there is, after all, a human face to globalisation.
- International Tag (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 29, 2005)
THE decision of the Union Cabinet to grant international status to the Srinagar airport sends a clear signal that the Jammu and Kashmir capital is no longer as serious a trouble spot as earlier.
- India's Us-Pakistan Suspicions Deepen (Asia Times, Sultan Shahin, Jan 29, 2005)
Two facts emerged in the space of a few days last week that have made India deeply suspicious of Washington's intentions in the region. One, US secretary of state-designate Condoleezza Rice told senators that the administration of President George W Bush
- India Gears Up For Energy Security (Tribune, Manoj Kumar, Jan 29, 2005)
THE dangerously emerging portents of the global energy market and India’s own unique position as a major crude oil buyer have forced policymakers to redefine the contours of a new geo-political paradigm.
- Go Ahead Now. Divest (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 29, 2005)
The setting up of the National Investment Fund by the Cabinet is welcome. Proceeds from all disinvestment after April 1, 2005, would go into the corpus which would be managed by public sector fund managers.
- Gandhi’S Approval For My Disapproval (Hindu, Khushwant Singh, Jan 29, 2005)
We celebrate Bapu Gandhi’s birthday (on October 2nd) and we pay homage to his memory on anniversaries of his martyrdom on January 30. Of the two, the one of greater significance is the latter, because it sums up our failures:
- Falling Off The Davos Map (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jan 29, 2005)
You have to give it to the Chinese for not beating around the bush when it comes to the big issues of their national interest. Not only did Yuan Ming, director of the Beijing-based Institute for International Relations
- `Open To All Interests, Subject To None' (Hindu, M.J. Akbar, Jan 29, 2005)
It might be of some comfort to contemporary newspaper owners to realise that the first newspaper, a weekly called Hickey's Bengal Gazette had a second name, the Calcutta General Advertiser. It was published on January 29, 1780
- On A New Track (Indian Express, Rooma Mehra, Jan 29, 2005)
Last month, my sister and I changed our evening walk track from the S-block to the R-block park. On our first day, headed towards our new destination, I mentally bid adieu to our familiar green-patch
- A New World Order? (Hindu, HAROLD A. GOULD, Jan 29, 2005)
What now appears to be the case is that George W. Bush and Osama bin Laden have become rival fanatics
- Sebi Raises The Bar (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 28, 2005)
Even if late in coming, the amendments proposed by the Securities and Exchange Board of India to the public shareholding norms are welcome as they bring greater clarity in the administration of the Takeover Code.
- Hope Floats (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 28, 2005)
While the wrath of the tsunami was saddening, it did not dishearten. This comment, at the beginning of the president’s Republic Day speech, struck the note of restrained, sober optimism that was the dominant tone throughout.
- India Connection (Deccan Herald, P RAJESHWAR, Jan 28, 2005)
Settling down in a foreign place can always be difficult — especially if one is used to the comforts of home. ‘Adjusting’ as we like to call it is not necessarily a chore or pain
- Intelligence Agencies In The Dock (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Jan 28, 2005)
SUCH things keep happening in other democracies where insiders of the intelligence establishment have been writing, for decades, books exposing the misdeeds, excesses and “dirty tricks” of the secret intelligence agencies with virtual impunity.
- Kathmandu Under Siege (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Jan 28, 2005)
If the extremist violence continues in Nepal and economic development remains on the back-seat, India may be faced with a situation of growing Maoist violence in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, coupled with a large influx of Nepalese nationals.
- Killing Of Mlas (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 28, 2005)
The ruthless killing of Allahabad MLA Raju Pal of the Bahujan Samaj Party in Uttar Pradesh and of Anantapur MLA Paritala Ravindra of the Telugu Desam in Andhra Pradesh typify the rising cult of political and faction-ridden violence today.
- Mis-Diagnosing The Disease Of The Poor (Indian Express, BARUN MITRA, Jan 28, 2005)
It’s not patents but the government hold on the healthcare sector that is preventing the poor from gaining access to medicines
- Patents Act And Access To Medicines (Deccan Herald, GOPAL DABADE, Jan 28, 2005)
Parliament, during its winter session this year, was expected to introduce the third and final amendment to the Indian Patents Act of 1970, under the TRIPS agreement.
- Good Start (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 28, 2005)
The first round of the India-China strategic dialogue provides cause for optimism. The convergence of views on key global and regional issues at the dialogue indicates that the future of the bilateral interaction is based on a sound foundation.
- Routine Pledge (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 28, 2005)
Election manifestos in India read like fairy tales. Since competitive populism is the name of the game, the parties try to outdo each other in promising the moon.
- Lawlessness In Bihar (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 28, 2005)
With the third student going missing in Patna in the last one week, and the police reaching no breakthrough in any of the three cases, the law and order situation in Bihar has only gone from bad to worse.
- Taking The Lead (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Jan 28, 2005)
In the aftermath of the December 26 tsunami that devastated communities along the coast of Tamil Nadu and in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, there has been a spirited debate over India’s disaster management capabilities.
- The Great Myth Of Marketing (Indian Express, Mahesh Bhatt, Jan 28, 2005)
A group of kids stand outside a cinema hall. They are waiting for the first show of the just released multi-star cast film, which has had an unprecedented buildup
- Unwanted Businesswomen (Indian Express, PAMELA YOUNG, Jan 28, 2005)
When I told my mother last spring that I was leaving the US to live in an Indian village for a year, she did what only mothers do best –worry.
- We Will Not Discriminate Against Ltte-Held Areas: Kadirgamar (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Jan 28, 2005)
A MONTH after the tsunami wrecked two-thirds of Sri Lanka's coastal areas, its Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lakshman Kadirgamar, is of the view that the island-nation's worst recorded natural disaster "has been a spur...
- President Speaks (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 28, 2005)
The President’s address on the eve of Republic Day this year was predominantly devoted to one subject: employment generation.
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