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Articles 5121 through 5220 of 27558:
- India’S Quality Of Mercy (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Jan 11, 2005)
The quality of mercy, Shakespeare wrote, is not strained. It is twice blessed. He went on: “It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes”.
- Report On Currency And Finance 2003-2004... (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Jan 10, 2005)
We have had a profusion of progress reports on the Indian economy in recent weeks, the most recent being the Finance Minister's report on the fiscal outturn following the requirements of the Fiscal Responsibility and Budgetary Management (FRBM) Act.
- Real Crisis Management (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Jan 10, 2005)
Emergency is the time for action, not for deliberation. A Crisis Management Committee is needed not to decide what orders should be issued during the emergency but to decide what should be done in the future to handle such crises better.
- Poetry And Patriotism (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 10, 2005)
Should the word Sindh be substituted with the name of some other Indian State, say, Kashmir, in the national anthem?
- Only For The Poor (Telegraph, S. Venkitaramanan , Jan 10, 2005)
Subsidies on food, fertilizers and petro-products have been a continuing and disturbing feature of our budgets.
- Indo-Pak Peace On Right Track, Don’T Derail It Now (Indian Express, Radha Kumar, Jan 10, 2005)
Despite the sceptics who predicted the SAARC summit in Islamabad would achieve little, the summit is clearly a roaring success. SAARC has finally galvanised itself to set clear and time-bound goals for economic cooperation
- On With The Relief (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 10, 2005)
The extraordinary Jakarta summit on the tsunami disaster has provided the launch pad for a massive, coordinated international relief effort to help the victims of Nature's fury across the Indian Ocean
- North Block Bonanza (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jan 10, 2005)
You might think, particularly if you’ve been watching the ESPN-Star cricket telecast from Australia, that I am so shaken by India’s defeat in the one-dayer on Friday that I have messed up the spellings in the headline for this article.
- Resuscitating The Nsc (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Jan 10, 2005)
THE task before the Prime Minister in selecting the next National Security Adviser is first to determine whether he wants the National Security Council to function with the NSA as its Secretary or to continue with the existing system without the council e
- What’S In A Name? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 10, 2005)
No more doodles of wilting flowers on writing pads, no more fits of versifying or bouts of sulking in Kolkata. Mamata Banerjee, the newly installed minister of coal and mines, is back among the soundbites in the Capital
- New Delhi's Oil Initiative (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Jan 10, 2005)
The flight into ambition on the part of the Union Petroleum Minister should be overlooked because it is clear that his main objective is to develop an integrated Asian crude market, the centrepiece of which would be an Asian pricing system.
- Seeing Sense (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 10, 2005)
AIDS is the great leveller. Yet the right tone of political leadership is crucial for fighting the epidemic nationally. The beginnings of this were heard at last in India, after decades of denial, evasion and downright cluelessness.
- Set Sugar Free (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 10, 2005)
Alarm bells have begun to ring over the soaring sugar prices, in the cash and futures markets. The Centre is upset because of the potentially bitter political ramification.
- Showcasing Science (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 10, 2005)
The 92nd Science Congress which has just concluded in Ahmedabad, once again saw speakers reiterating their ideas and suggestions to improve the science scenario in the country.
- Some Designs Are Not For Everyone (Telegraph, SHRADHA AGARWAL, Jan 10, 2005)
I remember a time when designer clothes were available only in France and Italy. “Designer clothes” implied Versace, Gucci, Calvin Klein or any name that we pronounced wrong.
- Streamline State’S Admission Process (Deccan Herald, M. R. Narayana, Jan 10, 2005)
The year 2004-05 witnessed total chaos in admission and fee fixation in the State in the professional courses of higher education like engineering, medical, dental and the Indian system of medicine, homoeopathy, where the private sector’s (both aided and
- The Bathinda Route (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 10, 2005)
IT is hard to believe that it took the Centre and the Amarinder Singh government a couple of years to decide Punjab’s contribution in the Bathinda refinery.
- With A Little Warning (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Jan 10, 2005)
“We may have severely underestimated the level of the tsunami hazard along the margins of the Atlantic Ocean,” said an unnamed researcher at the Benfield Hazard Research Centre at University College London
- The Vaj And Shaf Show (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jan 10, 2005)
You might think, particularly if you’ve been watching the ESPN-Star cricket telecast from Australia, that I am so shaken by India’s defeat in the one-dayer on Friday that I have messed up the spellings in the headline for this article.
- Ambani Struggle: Camouflages Flare Up (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Jan 10, 2005)
The battle between the Ambani brothers has moved from thevicious and entertaining to the bizarre. December 28, the birth anniversary of the Reliance group patriarch Dhirubhai Ambani
- Matter Of Relief (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 10, 2005)
The January 5 summit of tsunami-hit nations in Jakarta testifies to the earnestness of the global community to get their act together for ensuring speedy distribution of effective relief.
- Musharraf: From Gen To President (Indian Express, Najam Sethi, Jan 10, 2005)
President Pervez Musharraf should be pleased as punch. In one month, he has had two brushes with death and lived to tell the tale.
- ‘The Other’ Comes To The Rescue (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma, Jan 10, 2005)
The tsunami catastrophe brought the world together. Yet it widened the deep blue sea dividing the Third World from the First. This is not as paradoxical as it sounds.
- 50 Lakh Indians Hiv Positive (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 10, 2005)
I believe this meeting is a sequel to the Global Media Initiative hosted by the United Nations Secretary General, Mr Kofi Annan, in January 2004 in New York.
- A People Still At Sea (OutLook, S. ANAND, Jan 10, 2005)
When Baskaran, a fisherman in Nochikuppam, Chennai, is asked what the fisherfolk normally eat for breakfast—is it gruel with dried fish?—he gets angry.
- Access To Power Provides Influence (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Jan 10, 2005)
Mr. George Bush will be sworn in on January 20 for his second term of office as President of the US. The inaugural festivities will include several lunches and dinners in the days preceding the inauguration, the actual swearing-in function, and a parade.
- Ai Mere Watan! (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 10, 2005)
When the UPA government granted dual Indian citizenship last year to persons of Indian origin settled in 16 countries, it created a piquant situation in the process where those
- Doing Justice To A Great Moment (Indian Express, Soli Sorabjee, Jan 10, 2005)
Dowry is regarded as an evil and its practice today is penalised. It was not so in the past. In 1665, the island of Bombay, then a little fishing village, changed hands as a dowry from the King of Portugal to Charles II
- Feeling Not-So-Good After All (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Jan 10, 2005)
The BJP-led NDA alliance is feeling good after winning the recent Assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh. And they want the entire nation to feel good so that they can reap the harvest in the mid-term Lok Sabha polls they are gearing
- Focus On Accelerating Growth (The Financial Express, Saumitra Chaudhuri, Jan 10, 2005)
The view from the centres of global capitalism is unsettling and so is the outlook. Structural imbalances and long-term difficulties — principally the current account and budget deficit in the US, one running above
- Forget The Extreme, Hedge For Normal Price Events (Business Line, B. Venkatesh , Jan 10, 2005)
The sharp fall in the S&P CNX Nifty on January 4 pales when compared to the 13 per cent decline on May 17, 2004. This is but yet another evidence that the distribution of asset price returns carries fat tails
- How The Pictures Lie (Telegraph, PARIMAL BHATTACHARYA, Jan 10, 2005)
Urban, upwardly-mobile families may not want girls, but that does not prove that the backward classes do
- India Should Spare More Personnel ... (Hindu, SUJATA SRINIVASAN, Jan 10, 2005)
"I think the very presence of a woman officer reduces violence ... She is a symbol of peace, life, dignity, and reconciliation ..
- More Than A Turf (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 10, 2005)
Forging political alliances can be as tricky as running them. The seat-sharing arrangement that the Congress has struck with the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha for the coming assembly elections in Jharkhand has the right mix of self-interest and the spirit of ...
- After Dixit (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 10, 2005)
The demise of Mr J N Dixit, the National Security Adviser (NSA) to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, has created a critical gap in the apex national security and foreign policy decision-making structure.
- The Poet’S Hour (Indian Express, Mohammed Wajihuddin, Jan 09, 2005)
AL-Biruni, the 11th century Arab traveller, noted that there are 88,000 hells as per the Vishnu Purana. He went on to quote different kinds of sins committed by people and the corresponding hells prescribed for them.
- Welcome To South Asia (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 09, 2005)
South Asia is so rich in its cultural mosaic and scenic beauty that it is surprising that we have paid such little attention to tourism within each of our countries as well as within the region.
- Tsunami: Us Can Do More (Tribune, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jan 09, 2005)
There is a story about a British diplomat being asked what he would like for the New Year. Being a modest man, he declined a gift but on being pressed, reluctantly agreed to a small box of preserved fruit.
- The Silvery River Without Tsunami (Tribune, Chanchal Sarkar, Jan 09, 2005)
The swish of the diesel engine was feather-soft. From my chair high on the river bank I watched the two ‘ships’ pass. One had two cars on it. People were out on deck in their best clothes.
- From Islamabad, With Care (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Jan 09, 2005)
In the coming months, officials in New Delhi and Islamabad will repeatedly refer the media to the 153 words of the joint press statement issued in Islamabad on January 6 after nail-biting suspense.
- Courage And The Courts (Indian Express, ANIL B. DIVAN, Jan 09, 2005)
The Bar and Bench at Bombay are celebrating this week the 125th year of the completion of the magnificent building housing the high court. It is with a sense of pride that every child of the Bombay Bar must recall some
- ‘Repulse The New Rome ... Jihad Is A Religious-Economic War’ (Indian Express, OSAMA BIN LADEN, Jan 09, 2005)
My message is to urge jihad to repulse the grand plots hatched against our nation, such as the occupation of Baghdad, under the guise of the search for weapons of mass destruction
- Need For A Ministry Now More Than Ever Before (Deccan Herald, M C SHANTHA MURTHY, Jan 09, 2005)
Natural calamities like earthquakes, cyclones, droughts and floods besides harbour waves (tsunami) cannot be predicted well in advance. There is need for in-depth research in this direction.
- Needed A Cohesive Military Doctrine (Tribune, Vice Admiral K.K. Nayyar, Jan 08, 2005)
A country’s military doctrine is the outcome of a number of factors, which impinge on its national security. Some of these are fixed like its geography and other vary such as the interests of its neighbours or the rest of the world.
- Squeeze Water Off Chinese Data, Add A Dash Of Guesswork (Business Line, D. Murali , Jan 08, 2005)
For those who do not know, these are just a few proverbs from China. If, as a businessman, you want to look at a big market, where the 1.3 billionth consumer was born two days ago
- Song Sung True (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 08, 2005)
The single-storeyed house is as anonymous as the colony it stands in. Banaswadi is on the extreme edge of Bangalore, and the no-frills house is seemingly off the map as well.
- Power Of Doubters And Their Fate (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Jan 08, 2005)
Most scriptural writing warns us against the pitfalls of dual thinking (dubhida) or doubt. All religions claim to hold the monopoly over knowledge and denounce doubters as renegades. It is ironic that every religion began by doubting the veracity of the o
- No Closed Doors (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 08, 2005)
The Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department’s (RDPD) recommendation that dalits be appointed as priests in temples is a welcome move and needs to be implemented with earnestness.
- Truckloads Of Confusion (Business Line, S. Sridharan, Jan 08, 2005)
There is much confusion on the liability to pay service tax on goods transport agency services. There is a lack of clarity on the person responsible to pay service tax
- Mr Dixit, I Presume (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jan 08, 2005)
The first time I met J.N. ‘Mani’ Dixit, in September 1985, I had not particularly given him a reason for me to be in his good books. I had just been arrested by the Sri Lankan military for nosing around “sensitive installations” near Trincomalee.
- Media Doesn’T Hinder (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 08, 2005)
PAKISTAN has begun responding to India's initiative to liberalise its visa regime for journalists from across the border. President Gen Pervez Musharraf is reported to have asked its High Commission in New Delhi to give multiple entry visas for Indian jou
- On Shore, But At Sea (Business Line, Joseph Prabakar, Jan 08, 2005)
The Customs Act, 1962 envisages certain specific situations and provides for remission or abatement of duty on goods lost, destroyed, damaged or pilfered before clearance from the port.
- Tackling Future Disasters (Deccan Herald, U R RAO, Jan 08, 2005)
The unprecedented giant tsunami disaster, triggered by a mega under-sea earthquake off the West Coast of Sumatra at 6.28 IST on December 26, swept past the Andaman-Nicobar Islands and delivered a lethal blow at the Coromandel east coast of India and...
- Tax Implications Of Software Sale (Business Line, H. P. Ranina, Jan 08, 2005)
Are pieces of software `goods' that can attract sales and other taxes? The Supreme Court held that software may be intellectual property but as the property contained in a medium is bought and sold, it is an article of value.
- The Buck Starts Here (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Jan 08, 2005)
They often say that Indians lack in spirit of nationalism and patriotism. In the face of the tsunami tragedy, there’s been a noticeable change in the attitude of Indians and they are not hesitant to show their kind and benevolent selves.
- Two Cheers For Ganguly (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA, Jan 08, 2005)
Bengalis have long felt a sense of victimhood, of somehow being denied or deprived by the rest of India.
- Urea Ready For More Reforms (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 08, 2005)
The fertiliser industry's latest "status paper" on urea policy is significant for it recognises the need to compete with imports without any external props.
- Wages Of Critical Neglect (Pioneer, K P S Gill, Jan 08, 2005)
Muddling through has become the essence of India's crisis management strategies, and each new challenge or disaster produces new evidence of gross incompetence, failure and institutional collapse
- Wave Of Compassion Or New Tide? (Hindu, Syed Saleem Shahzad, Jan 08, 2005)
A US-backed peace initiative in South Asia began more than a year ago. Apart from several confidence-building measures, several new ideas were floated in an attempt to resolve the half-century Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan.
- Will Nda Stay Or Fade Away? (Tribune, Satish Misra, Jan 08, 2005)
THE BJP-led NDA’s rule came to an end in May 2004 but will the NDA as a political entity survive or fade away ? Since the NDA was formed in 1998 for capturing power by the BJP and some of its ideological allies, the loss of an instrument of governance ...
- Maoist Rampage (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 08, 2005)
The killing of the Superintendent of Police of Bihar's Munger district, KC Surendra Babu, and five other policemen, in a Naxalite mine blast on Wednesday, provides yet another indication of the headway Maoist
- In Pursuit Of Corporate Governance (The Economic Times, K S MEHTA, Jan 08, 2005)
The draft Companies Bill seeks to bring about a convergence with the regulations framed by Sebi for corporate governance.
- The Aids Monster (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 08, 2005)
IT is ironical that while news about anyone suffering from some disease evokes sympathy, a similar piece of information about AIDS earns ridicule and shame. That is why the pandemic is growing exponentially.
- Asian Oil Bloc (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 08, 2005)
Given the volatility characterising the global oil market, India’s proposal to form an Asian oil bloc that would help to ensure stability, security and sustainability of the oil market in the region is a good idea.
- Justice Served (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 08, 2005)
The time: 2.30 in the afternoon on November 15, 2002. The venue: An old monument almost rubbing shoulders with Delhi Police Headquarters, in a neighbourhood housing several media establishments
- `We Have An Obligation To Help Survivors' (Hindu, Hilary Benn, Jan 08, 2005)
The terrible images of the past week have brought home our vulnerability to the forces of nature. But they have also brought out in all of us a compassion for others with whom we share this small and fragile planet
- Love Your Body, Love Yourself (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Jan 08, 2005)
The long-distance call was from Osho’s commune in Pune. On the line was the editor of Osho Times, Amrit Sadhana.
- Admin Needs More Than Minimum Attention (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Jan 08, 2005)
Tax payers have long been yearning for a helpful tax administration.. The character of Indian taxpayers is not very different from that of their counterparts abroad.
- Agent Orange From The Ocean (Indian Express, Trevor Chesterfield, Jan 08, 2005)
: In Vietnam the enemy was often unseen; unseen that is to those who were reporting a war that at that stage wasn’t really a war but a battle of attrition.
- Aids Spreading Fast In Asia (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 08, 2005)
IT is ironical that while news about anyone suffering from some disease evokes sympathy, a similar piece of information about AIDS earns ridicule and shame. That is why the pandemic is growing exponentially.
- An Aspiring Major Power Mustn't Be Petulant (The Economic Times, C. Uday Bhaskar, Jan 08, 2005)
My short response to this question is — yes. The UN Security Council membership — were it offered — even without the veto would be of use to India in advancing its core values and interests in the post 9-11 global systemic.
- A New Year Wish List (The Economic Times, Lubna Kably, Jan 08, 2005)
Happy New Year,” Zenobia Aunty wishes everyone on April 1. This is not an April Fool’s joke. This date heralds our new financial year.
- Barefoot In Jia (Indian Express, Lalit Mohan, Jan 08, 2005)
Jia, north of Nagrota in Kangra district, is one of the prettiest locations in Himachal Pradesh. Here, at the edge of a promontory, the state electricity board has constructed a rest house.
- Caste Away (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 08, 2005)
Disasters test a society in diverse ways. They take proof of the country’s preparedness to spring to the rescue of people struck by nature’s fury. In the relief and rehabilitation operations undertaken, they extract an account of the norms and principles
- Change The Mindset (Pioneer, Prem P Kapoor, Jan 08, 2005)
N Jamal Ansari puts forward a baffling and convoluted logic in his article, "Ayodhya and after" (The Pioneer, December 25). He laments that even after 12 years
- Life’S Little Joys (Deccan Herald, Sudha Narasimhachar, Jan 08, 2005)
Life is beautiful. Beautiful only for its small joys, surprises and fun. But for them, life would have become one boring, drab stretch of time. Sharing small experiences with our near and dear is one such good moment of life and that’s what my daughter
- An Asian Oil Market (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 08, 2005)
ASIAN oil consumers led by India met some top producers, including Saudi Arabia, in Delhi on Thursday to demand price stability and assured supply to prevent the recurrence of the “shock” witnessed in 2004.
- Death Of The Holiest River (Indian Express, SURESHWAR D SINHA, Jan 08, 2005)
Alarmed by various reports that all was not well in the Bhagirathi basin, members of a group of five NGOs led by Paani Morcha surveyed the area recently. The group of 25 volunteers
- In The Aftermath Of A Disaster (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Jan 08, 2005)
It is just about a fortnight since the under-water earthquake rocked the sea off the coast of Sumatra, leaving mankind to count the terrible loss of life left in the wake of the huge killer waves that hit the shoreline of the landmass surrounding the ...
- Honestly Speaking (Tribune, Anurag, Jan 08, 2005)
Honesty is the best policy. Is it ? Yes. No. Absolutely not. Views would vary. It used to be but no more so, dismiss the discerning. Some would suggest it is almost impossible to stay honest in this mad bad world.
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