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Articles 5021 through 5120 of 27558:
- Destination: Investment (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 13, 2005)
For years, India has watched while China marched away with a dominant share of world FDI flows. This country has had a long list of impediments holding back FDI. Press Note 18 symbolises India’s obstructive policies, of the sort which cater to narrow cons
- Engaging The Diaspora (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 13, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's announcement that the offer of dual citizenship will be extended to all those who migrated after January 26, 1950, that is, after India became a Republic
- How Not To Respond To A Tsunami (Indian Express, T.V.R. Shenoy, Jan 13, 2005)
Following Christiano Junior’s death the Football Federation is insisting on ambulances at all grounds. This could make more of a difference than the Government of India’s promise to establish a tsunami warning system. If that sounds cynical there is some
- Hail Mogambo! (Indian Express, Ashok Malik, Jan 13, 2005)
Just so many of us must have begun Wednesday with our one Amrish Puri moment. The actor, who passed away on January 12 at age 72, was after all something of an institution, particularly for Hindi film buffs of a certain age...
- 15 Years For A Report! Why? (Tribune, Balraj Puri, Jan 13, 2005)
January 13, 1989, was a black day in Jammu when, in anti-Sikh riots, 15 innocent Sikhs were killed in a pre-planned attack on a Gurpurb procession. The provocation to the attack was provided by a group of Sikh youngmen who had joined at the end
- Help The Poor Restrain The Rich (Hindu, George Monbiot, Jan 13, 2005)
Sweden proves neoliberals wrong about how to slash poverty.
- An Interim Relief For The Kanchi Acharya (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Jan 13, 2005)
The undertaking given by the prosecution in the Sessions Court here today that the Kanchi Sankaracharya, Sri Jayendra Saraswathi, would not be arrested till January 20 should provide a reprieve for the Acharya and his devotees.
- Anxieties Of Control (Telegraph, NIVEDITA MENON, Jan 13, 2005)
So once again the Great Indian Value System has triumphed over sex, mobile phones, the internet and any or all possible combinations of the three.
- Child’S Play (Indian Express, R. P. Subramanian, Jan 13, 2005)
Watch a toddler at play with building blocks. She picks up a red block and places it on a yellow one. After deep thought, she selects a green block and sets it down next to the yellow one. Frowning in concentration, with an occasional gurgle of contentmen
- Competitiveness Begins At Home (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Jan 13, 2005)
The global produce economy offers India a massive opportunity. India is not a notable producer of branded goods. Its global competitiveness in the context of the majority...
- De-Bureaucratise To Attract Fdi (Deccan Herald, Amitabhaghosh, Jan 13, 2005)
If you look around Mumbai, every slum dwelling has a fridge, TV or motorcycle — but no sanitation, drinking water or protection from the monsoon.
- Fake Encounters (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 13, 2005)
It is ironical that Naxalites, who can often be blamed for killing innocent persons, are protesting against the Andhra Pradesh government whom they accuse of killing their colleagues in allegedly fake encounters...
- Keep Msp Intact (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 13, 2005)
In his pre-Budget consultations on Tuesday, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram was advised to dispense with the minimum support price (MSP) for wheat and paddy.
- Go Ahead, Mumbai (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 13, 2005)
As you read this, gas cutters, crowbars, bulldozers and engineers are massing in secret somewhere in Mumbai. This is day three, round two, of the biggest attempt yet to arrest the decline of India’s financial capital.
- `We Have To Find Ways To Break Up Audit Firms' (Business Line, D. Murali , Jan 13, 2005)
IT IS the in-thing to think `out of the box'. But Vijay Govindarajan takes us into not one but three boxes. Which is how he began the hour-long chat with us a few days ago when we met VG, as he is called, in a Chennai IT company.
- Pre-Poll Coalition Confusion In Upa (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jan 12, 2005)
In the run-up to the Assembly elections in Bihar, Jharkhand and Haryana, the Congress(I) seems to be taking a leaf out of the BJP's book on how not to deal with allies.
- Plot Against Mutt (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 12, 2005)
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has never been known for restraint. Even so, she had one redeeming feature: She normally ensured she could not be tripped for her draconian actions on technical
- Paying Lip Service (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jan 12, 2005)
Two passports, one individual. Yes, now it is possible to hold an Indian passport in addition to that of your country of residence, provided you migrated outside India after January 26, 1950.
- No To Kofi (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 12, 2005)
India's stance that it has the requisite capacities and resources to deal with immediate relief, post-tsunami, has caused widespread international consternation. It somehow went against the grain, the stereotype
- Metallic Monsters Of The Highway (Indian Express, SHATRUJEET KAPUR, Jan 12, 2005)
There has been a spurt in traffic density on Indian roads in recent times. Vehicle population has grown up from 0.3 million in 1951 to over 60 million now, and so have the accidents.
- High-Octane Initiative (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 12, 2005)
The first round-table of Asian oil ministers that New Delhi hosted last week was a path-breaking initiative that sought to bring together buyers from the continent, accounting for 35 per cent of world oil consumption,
- India's Bridge To East (Pioneer, Ashok K Mehta, Jan 12, 2005)
The shock of the tsunami that flattened Thailand's beach resorts was resounding. We escaped the tragedy but could not get away from its echoes.
- Selective Morality? (Pioneer, Neha Mehta, Jan 12, 2005)
The pronouncement of guilt against the rapists of a student of Maulana Azad Medical College by a Delhi court is welcome. However, it would serve a larger purpose only if it is seen as a reminder of numerous other rape cases pending with the judiciary.
- Sugar Turns Bitter (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 12, 2005)
Despite the government claim that there are enough stocks of sugar in the country, its price has been rising continuously.
- The Agenda Is Anti-Amnesia (Indian Express, Neera Kuckreja Sohoni, Jan 12, 2005)
Sometimes you need to witness a lifetime’s journey to clear your vision. Shonali Bose provides that catalyst through her film Amu.
- The Contrarian Strikes Back (The Economic Times, Ruchir Sharma, Jan 12, 2005)
Following the riot on the global financial marketplace last week, it's worthwhile recalling what Canadian oilman, John Masters, had to say about the importance of staying ahead of the crowd:
- The Trojan Horse In Trai Territory (Business Line, D. Murali , Jan 12, 2005)
In the now raging battle between telecom companies, ADC is not aide-de-camp or automatic drip coffeemaker, but access deficit charge. But what is ADC?
- Un Sets An Example (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jan 12, 2005)
Close on the heels of publication of my article, "Safeguards must against misuse" (Business Line, January 3), arguing for safeguards against possible misuse of funds meant for the relief of tsunami victims
- Us-Pakistan: A Pampering Relationship (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Jan 12, 2005)
The symbolism of the proposed sale of F-16 aircraft by the US to Pakistan cannot be underestimated when terror is still the instrument of state policy for Islamabad.
- Vindictive? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 12, 2005)
When Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswathi was arrested two months ago, many were quick to spot political motives. In fact, the late night swoop in Andhra Pradesh by a planeload of armed commandos despatched from Tamil Nadu did seem excessive.
- Why Say No To Foreign Aid? (Tribune, Kuldip Nayar, Jan 12, 2005)
Tsunami was the worst violation of human rights which nature committed in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand and India.
- Globalisation 3.0 (Indian Express, Ashok Malik, Jan 12, 2005)
Two weeks ago, amid the swirl of tsunami devastation, The Indian Express carried a piece pointing out apparent inconsistencies in BBC’s and CNN’s editorial positions (‘‘Can CNN, BBC get away with this corpse show in ‘sensitive’ Manhattan?’’ December 30...
- Welcome Kind Of Hot Air (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jan 12, 2005)
Last week's mega liquefied natural gas (LNG) deal with Iran is welcome indeed, and we commend this first success of oil minister Mani Shankar Aiyar’s diplomatic initiatives to secure India's energy security.
- A Faint Glimmer (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 12, 2005)
Given the tortuous, frustrating and frequently-interrupted course of peace negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians, optimism about its future is something that does not come easily.
- Government’S Hypocritical Stand (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Jan 12, 2005)
While rejecting foreign aid, the Government accepts funds from foreign-aided organisations, for its relief measures
- Good Spies, Bad Spies (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Jan 12, 2005)
When Atal Bihari Vajpayee said, after one of his prime ministerial meetings with President George W. Bush, that India and the United States of America were "natural allies"
- Access To Education: Yet To Make The Grade (Business Line, P. Srivatsan, Jan 12, 2005)
Education is the best investment. A country's economic and social progress is determined by the quality of its human resource. It is not higher education alone that is important but raising literacy levels among the
- Avoidable Speculation (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 12, 2005)
When the Government is trying hard to contain inflation, the recent rise in prices of sugar is a matter of serious concern. Since the current spurt in prices has come when assembly elections in some crucial states are around the corner, the Government is
- Competition Breaks Cartels (Business Line, Pradeep S. Mehta, Jan 12, 2005)
Cartels operate across the economy, particularly in the intermediate goods and services sector. They hike production costs, thus making finished goods less competitive.
- Confused State (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 12, 2005)
The best of times can sometimes cause the worst of confusions. The Communist Party of India (Marxist) is clearly riddled with such confusions. Except in the brief and largely inglorious regime of the United Front, the party never had the
- Dalits Fight Tsunami Daily (Indian Express, Udit Raj, Jan 12, 2005)
This is in response to the expose in The Indian Express, ‘‘Tsunami can’t wash this away: hatred for Dalits’’ (IE January 7). Many justify their Hindu way of living while repeating various cliches like ‘‘Our living is simple and plain’’
- Dancing With Laloo (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 12, 2005)
There are two ways, at least, of narrating the recent tumult in Congress-RJD equations. In one version, the Congress, ever the reluctant alliance-maker, is back to its old ways, acting all Big Brother, unilaterally sewing up the seat-sharing pact
- Delayed Honour (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 12, 2005)
The exclusive list of Phalke Award winners comprises the crème de la crème of Indian cinema and the name of Mrinal Sen is a welcome addition to this pantheon. While one feels elated at the bestowing of this signal honour on the octogenarian film-maker
- Get Ready For A Repeat Performance (Telegraph, MAHESH RANGARAJAN, Jan 12, 2005)
Laloo Yadav’s victory will not only reinforce his distinctive politics, but also that which is old and needs to be replaced
- Ec Asserts (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 12, 2005)
THE Om Prakash Chautala government has only itself to blame for earning the wrath of the Election Commission of India.
- Global Economy Forecast For 2005 (Deccan Herald, Joseph Stiglitz, Jan 12, 2005)
The beginning of each year is high season for economic forecasters. With few exceptions, Wall Street economists try to give as upbeat an interpretation as the data will allow: gloom-and-doom forecasts do little to sell stocks.
- Global Economy Will Be Built By Brics (Business Line, Pratap Ravindran , Jan 12, 2005)
Over a year ago, the Goldman Sachs Economic Research Group took a look at how the world might change between now and 2050 if the BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India and China) continued to grow.
- Fundamentalism, American Style (Hindu, HAROLD A. GOULD, Jan 12, 2005)
America appears to be on the brink of descending into `authoritarianism by acclamation.'
- For That Sweet Feeling Of Home (Telegraph, SWAPAN SETH, Jan 12, 2005)
There are cities that ruffle your hair when you land in them. Cities that put their arms around your shoulder and welcome you in. There are very few cities that will still ask a 37-year-old man, “Kaise ho baba?”
- Flawed Exercise (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 12, 2005)
With less than three weeks to go before Iraq goes to the polls, the security situation in the country remains far from conducive for even a minimally free and fair vote.
- Fiscal Muscle Dystrophy (The Economic Times, M. Y. Khan, Jan 12, 2005)
Maharashtra had for long occupied pride of place among Indian states in fiscal management.
- Empowered Panchayats (Tribune, J. L. Gupta, Jan 12, 2005)
HAVE the panchayats fulfilled the promise of progress at the grassroots level? Or are these becoming a part of the petty party politics? Is the gap between promise and performance widening?
- Empower The Victim (Indian Express, KUMAR M TIKU, Jan 12, 2005)
As the spotlight softens slowly on the tsunami zones, and good-natured charity gives way to the infinitesimally more challenging responsibility to stay the course, to ensure the victims reclaim a modicum of dignity that tsunami snatched from them without
- Troubled Waters (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 11, 2005)
IT is unfortunate that the India-Pakistan talks on resolving the Baglihar dam issue has broken down. This has happened at a time when the two countries have been
- Taking Care Of Heritage (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Jan 11, 2005)
When you see television companies announcing their special programmes on the tsunami destruction questioning the ability of the authority in managing disasters
- Overlapping Faults (Economist, Amitav Ghosh, Jan 11, 2005)
Amitav Ghosh, the internationally renowned novelist, visited the Andaman and Nicobar Islands recently to see for himself how the system and ordinary people have coped with the devastation caused by the tsunami of December 26.
- Patents Ordinance 2004 — Relief For Generic Drug-Makers (Business Line, Mustafa Safiyuddin, Jan 11, 2005)
The recently amended patent legislation may be beneficial to generic drug manufacturers, who may be able to breathe easy for a few more years.
- Roots To Riches (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 11, 2005)
Nobody is quite ready to go all the way. But the right sort of gestures have to be made. This, more or less, is the official Indian attitude to dual citizenship. It is a combination of slightly forced liberalism
- Schooling In Rural India (Hindu, Krishna Kumar, Jan 11, 2005)
One must ask why India can meet global standards in civil aviation, software, and defence, and not in its provision for rural children.
- Sting In The Tail (OutLook, S. ANAND, Jan 11, 2005)
There is more trouble in the offing for the Shankara Math in Kanchipuram. Not only have the police nabbed all the conspirators in the Sankararaman murder case
- My Pet Aversion (Tribune, Raj Chatterjee, Jan 11, 2005)
I am strongly and violently allergic to cats, and I don’t mean the two-legged variety whose caustic comments about other members of their sex I find highly entertaining. My fear and dislike of cats began when, as a child
- The Fii Fest In India's Stock Markets (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Jan 11, 2005)
The week-ended January 7 witnessed what appeared to be an abrupt end to the bull run in India's stock markets. This episode once again focussed attention on the volatility in India's narrow and shallow bourses.
- The Loneliness Of Laloo Prasad (Indian Express, RAHUL RAMAGUNDAM, Jan 11, 2005)
As the Bihar elections near, the war of attrition between contending political formations has begun. Laloo Prasad Yadav, whose Rashtriya Janata Dal has ruled the state for the last 15 years
- The Rani’S Domain (Indian Express, Noel Lobo, Jan 11, 2005)
Car Nicobar has sadly been in the news in this period of mourning, specially the Air Force base there. And what of the Rani of Nancowrie? Is she safe?
- Ways To Keep White Elephants Alive (Telegraph, Satrujit Banerjee, Jan 11, 2005)
If the left is serious about saving the PSUs, it has to comply with the prescribed corporate management practices
- Where Is Prabakaran? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 11, 2005)
Even if one were to discount reports that the leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, Velupillai Prabakaran, is among the thousands dead or missing in Sri Lanka after the December
- Mad Sacred Cows (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Jan 11, 2005)
“Today, economics is separated from, and opposed to both ecological processes and basic needs. While the destruction of nature has been justified on grounds of improving human welfare
- Indo-Pak Talks Going Nowhere (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Jan 11, 2005)
Over a year has elapsed after the much-publicised January 6, 2004 accord between Indian Prime Minister A B Vajpayee and Pakistan’s General Pervez Musharraf, to resume 1997’s structured, eight-point Indo-Pakistan dialogue for normalising relations between
- The Politics Of Prognosis (Deccan Herald, PRASENJIT CHOWDHURY, Jan 11, 2005)
We all know by now, how and why the tsunami happened. The monstrosity is over for the time being, or so we hope. The disaster was something we would have loved to have had foreknowledge about
- Ageism Affects Young And Old (Hindu, Emma Lunn, Jan 11, 2005)
Prejudice against job applicants over 50 is rife, but youngsters face discrimination too.
- Lok Pal Is Not For Judges (Tribune, Rajindar Sachar , Jan 11, 2005)
A brazen-faced tactic to bury the Lok Pal Bill has been worked out by the UPA Government if the Press statement of the Law Minister represents its view. I am referring to the outrageous proposal (which has never been put forward since 1968 when this topic
- Knowledge Reform (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 11, 2005)
The creation of a new Knowledge Commission will evoke contrary sentiments. While there is no doubt that the entire structure of education needs radical reform, India is still not as well positioned as it ought to be to benefit from a knowledge economy.
- After Tsunami (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 11, 2005)
THE tsunami havoc has jolted the government to put in place a nodal agency to tackle any such threat in the future.
- Arafat To Abbas (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 11, 2005)
THE victory of former Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas in the Palestinian presidential election has been on expected lines. He had no formidable challenger in this crucial battle of the ballot.
- Asian Oil Diplomacy Initiative (Business Line, S. Narayan, Jan 11, 2005)
Petroleum purchasing and selling nations met in Delhi last week to forge an Asian market for crude and products. Discussions centred on the possibility of a price band for Asian countries, besides changing the nature of the crude purchase contracts.
- Death In Darkness (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 11, 2005)
The ghastly road tragedy, which claimed as many as 57 lives when a Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) bus bound for Chitapur in Gulbarga district from Hubli fell into the Almatti dam canal, raises many questions.
- Delivering On Doha's Promise (Economist, Editorial, Economist, Jan 11, 2005)
THE Doha trade round was supposed to be finished by now. When the world's trade ministers launched the global trade talks in November 2001
- Feed The Soil, Not The Crop (Tribune, Bhai Mahavir, Jan 11, 2005)
OUR green revolution that signified high yielding varieties, widespread use of chemical fertilisers and pesticides as well as far greater reliance on tractors and other mechanised farm implements presented an imposing paraphernalia which...
- First Success (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 11, 2005)
A comparatively peaceful election, conducted in the midst of uncertainty, violence and strife, is a rare achievement. For the Palestinians, it is a turning of sorts, given that the last presidential election was in 1996.
- Advantage Upa (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 11, 2005)
The countdown has begun for elections to the State Assemblies of Bihar, Jharkhand, and Haryana, and what better evidence of this than the hectic behind-the-scenes bargaining for seats by the major political players.
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