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Articles 5221 through 5320 of 27558:
- Great Budget Expectations — Helping The Economy Take Wings (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jan 08, 2005)
Subject to the considerations set out earlier, what are the options before the Finance Minister? It is a constant refrain of the financial commentariat (the latest coinage signifying the commentators as a class!)
- Fostering Innovation (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 08, 2005)
"Economic change is largely a process by which knowledge is transformed into goods and services. Creating links between knowledge generation and enterprise development is thus one of the greatest challenges facing developing countries,"
- Drifts In The Desert (Indian Express, Arun Firordia, Jan 08, 2005)
India is very rich in water resources. We get 5 per cent of the worldwide rains though we account for only 2 per cent of the total land mass. So, we should rank high in water availability but we rank a poor 133 among 170 countries in water
- The Land Of Penny Pinchers (Indian Express, NICHOLAS D KRISTOF, Jan 07, 2005)
Americans give 15 cents per day per person in official development assistance to poor countries. The average American spends four times that on soft drinks daily
- Oil Pool Dynamics (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 07, 2005)
Oil, it is often said, drives politics. But the reverse is equally true: good politics can also determine the supply and price of oil. India has recently taken two laudable initiatives for the political management of oil.
- Plane Truths (Indian Express, Ashwani Sharma, Jan 07, 2005)
The state government’s two aircraft—a five-seater plane and a four-seater twin-engine helicopter—have become the bone of contention between Chief Minister Raman Singh and Governor Lt Gen (retd) K M Seth.
- Public Debate On Privacy (Telegraph, Sanjay Banerjee, Jan 07, 2005)
The baazee.com incident, and the one involving Kareena Kapoor and her male companion, pose vital questions already forgotten by the media — the right of privacy, freedom of expression and the archaic Indian laws on public decency and morality.
- Running India Into The Ground (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , Jan 07, 2005)
Some years ago, the UN and/or the World Bank told us that we had an environment problem, on the assumption that we did not know. We promptly did what we do best.
- Let The Anthem Be (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 07, 2005)
‘Jana Gana Mana’ has survived many controversies. The latest has arisen from a PIL filed in the Supreme Court for removal of the word ‘Sindh’ from the anthem.
- Running India Into The Ground (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , Jan 07, 2005)
Some years ago, the UN and/or the World Bank told us that we had an environment problem, on the assumption that we did not know. We promptly did what we do best.
- Sugar Turns Bitter-Sweet (Business Line, A. Seshan, Jan 07, 2005)
The sugar situation is full of iniquity to the consumer and the cane farmer. Sugar prices have shot up steeply. The average price in Mumbai is around Rs 22 per kg — a peak in 30 years.
- Textile Quotas Go (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 07, 2005)
The US and EU-imposed country-by-country quotas on imports of textile and clothing items came to an end on January 1, 2005.
- New Realities For Ocean’S 10 (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Jan 07, 2005)
Accelerated globalisation in adversity: this could well be one of the striking consequences of the tsunami. Altruism or its exact opposite on the part of donors and administrators of aid will be spotted by recipients in distress.
- The Legacy Of Narasimha Rao (Deccan Herald, Kancha Ilaiah, Jan 07, 2005)
When P V Narasimha Rao, the former Prime Minister of India, died I was in the US working on my post-doctoral fellowship project.
- The President's New Year Speech (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Jan 07, 2005)
The President's New Year speech to Parliament is the Government's manifesto for the incoming year — by which it must be judged.
- The Unexploited Rural Market (Business Line, K. Dadoo, Jan 07, 2005)
THE Indian marketeer has come a long way from the 1960s and the 1970s, when supply could never effectively reach demand and shortages and scarcity prevailed all over the country.
- Tsunami: The Robots Next Time? (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Jan 07, 2005)
Two news items deserve special attention as the world tries painfully to come to grips with life after tsunami. According to the first, eight elephants that take tourists around at Thailand's Khao Lak beach began to cry loudly
- Vote In Iraq (Indian Express, Thomas L. Friedman, Jan 07, 2005)
Each day we get closer to the Iraqi elections, more voices are suggesting that they be postponed. This is a tough call, but I hope the elections go ahead as scheduled on January 30.
- What Will Be Left? (Deccan Herald, TIMOTHY GARTON ASH, Jan 07, 2005)
A tsunami of human solidarity is sweeping across the surface of the globe in response to the physical tsunami that has ravaged the shores of the Indian Ocean. Every day brings a staggering upward estimate of deaths — and of aid donations.
- Why Not Mobiles For Rural India? (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 07, 2005)
Expansion of the telephone network deep into Rural India is a task that must always merit wholehearted support. With the Universal Services Obligation Fund, to which all telecom operators contribute 5 per cent of
- Media: Disturbing Shifts (Tribune, N. Bhaskara Rao, Jan 07, 2005)
President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam and Justice A.S. Anand made very pertinent observations recently at the IPI-India Award function for Excellence in Journalism.
- In Other Words.... (Tribune, Pramod K. Chaudhari, Jan 07, 2005)
Words! Only words! Barmecide of the Arabian Nights offered only wordy honey to a beggar. Have we ever reflected how many times we give wordy benefits or are given Barmecidal claptrap by the people we come across
- Needed, A Strategy (Pioneer, Prafull Goradia, Jan 07, 2005)
Apropos KPS Gill's article, "What is India's grand strategy?" (The Pioneer, December 11), India's "grand strategy" should begin with its national aspirations. Since the country has no desire to conquer alien territory, its foreign policy would be essentia
- Words Were What She Had (Indian Express, SUGUNA RAMANATHAN, Jan 07, 2005)
It is now over a month since Shama Futehally passed away. The memories continue to linger, especially of the time in the eighties spent in Gujarat, where her husband Javid Chowdhury was a civil servant.
- An Angry Earth Wobbles (Asia Times, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 07, 2005)
Had it not been for the devastating Boxing Day tsunami that hit southern Asia, engulfing parts of India in its wake, 2004 might have passed off as a relatively uneventful year.
- Need To Break Business-Politics Nexus (Tribune, Arvind Bhandari, Jan 07, 2005)
Bangaru Laxman and Jaya Jaitly, former presidents of the BJP and the Samata Party respectively, against whom cases have been registered by the CBI for taking bribes as alleged in the Tehelka sting operation, should be investigated and prosecuted. The law
- Insurance: Recovering From Tsunami's Wrath (Business Line, N. C. Vijairagavan, Jan 07, 2005)
Nature's fury has left behind an trail of death and destruction. What should assume priority now is to bring back to normal the survivors and those who have suffered economic loss.
- A Vital Task (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 07, 2005)
The wide-ranging recommendations made by the Vaidyanathan Task Force to revitalise the ailing co-operative sector in the country have come when the functioning of the co-operative institutions is causing concern.
- Chipping At Babudom (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 07, 2005)
It is a cruel paradox that even as the services sector is expanding, the archetypal symbol of service – the clerk – is threatened with extinction. The Himachal Pradesh Government too has decided to wield the axe on clerks: it has abolished 300 of these po
- Clueless (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 07, 2005)
The saddest thing about the Indian Museum’s stolen Buddha is the comedy of the aftermath. This is the comedy of belatedness, of a bemused, but concerted ineffectuality that is left with nothing much to cling to other than desperate
- Deficits Need Not Be Worrying (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 07, 2005)
Two inter-related features stand out among the data in the recently released report of the Reserve Bank of India on the country's balance of payments for the second quarter of 2004-05.
- Enter, The Market Bell Is Rung (Business Line, D. Murali , Jan 07, 2005)
After the latest crash of the Sensex, analysts are still trying to find out why the big fall happened, but many are just too resigned to attribute any sense to the mega movements.
- Industry In 2004: Manufacturing Momentum Quickens (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Jan 07, 2005)
The Indian manufacturing story, which began gradually unfolding since 2002, had witnessed a substantial improvement in efficiency but a hesitant recovery in 2003.
- Great Budget Expectations — Buoyant Mood, Congenial Setting (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jan 07, 2005)
With all systems go, powered by an enthusing confluence of favourable factors, the Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, must be a happy man ready to make Budget.
- Hail The New Textile Maharaja (Asia Times, Siddharth Srivastava, Jan 07, 2005)
Beginning this year, the world has moved from a four-decade paradigm that limited the developing countries' textile exports to advanced nations, unleashing trade worth ...
- Help Not Wanted (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 07, 2005)
Asia's tsunami has had an unlikely fallout: The bruised ego of the world's rich nations. The West's comfort level with less developed parts of the globe hits high water mark whenever the latter can be kept on dole.
- More Open Skies (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 07, 2005)
THE UNION CABINET'S decision to allow established private airlines to operate to foreign destinations with the exception of West Asia is on expected lines and represents another step towards a liberal open skies policy in the civil aviation sector.
- Most Nris Wear Loincloths, Not Suits (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Jan 07, 2005)
Yet again, on the day Gandhi came back from South Africa, India prepares to celebrate another Pravasi Bharatiya Divas. This annual function has multiple objectives:
- Framing Of Anara G. (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 07, 2005)
The Jammu and Kashmir police certainly has much to account for. With forensic experts in Hyderabad declaring that the woman in the pornographic CD is not Anara Gupta, the ‘‘ex Miss Jammu’’ the J&K police have flamboyantly flaunted
- Peering Over Great Wall (Indian Express, JIM YARDLEY, Jan 06, 2005)
China's response to the tsunami disaster shows the nation’s limitations as an aspiring superpower, despite its new and growing influence in Asia. China’s offer of aid, if slightly belated, is sizable, given its often inward-looking history.
- Preventing Political Tsunami (Pioneer, VK Grover, Jan 06, 2005)
As one sits down to put pen to paper, one cannot shake away the images of grief and the colossal tragedy which struck on the 26th of December.
- Needed: Humane Options For Orphaned Children (Hindu, Mari Marcel Thekaekara, Jan 06, 2005)
Paedophiles love disasters. It gives them the golden opportunity to pick up abandoned children easily.
- Remembering A “noorjahan” (Tribune, R.K. Kaushik, Jan 06, 2005)
JULIA Glancy, the wife of Sir Bertrand James Glancy, Governor of pre-partition Punjab from April 8, 1945 to April 7, 1946, used to be called “Noorjahan” of Punjab at that time by the Urdu press of Lahore because of her beauty, assertiveness, prudence and
- Save The Retailer (Tribune, Mohan Guruswamy, Jan 06, 2005)
The retail industry in India is often hailed as one of the sunrise sectors. AT Kearney, the well-known international management consultancy, recently identified India as the “second most attractive retail destination” from among 30 emerging markets.
- Public Institutions (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 06, 2005)
Although it is widely if not universally endorsed and admired, democracy as a political system is still on trial in many parts of the world.
- More Phones At Cheaper Rates (Tribune, Rajendra Prabhu, Jan 06, 2005)
The Communications and IT Ministry and the private industry are now convinced that the total telephone subscriptions can rise from the October 2004 level of 90 million to 250 million by 2007 with 60 million of it in the rural areas against 13 million now.
- Local Monitor (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 06, 2005)
It is prudent of the government of India not to have reacted strongly to the United States of America’s naval presence in Sri Lanka.
- Let Not Financing Be A Disaster After Rapid (Business Line, D. Murali , Jan 06, 2005)
Disaster, donations, distribution, and delay, form only a predictable combination that plays out whenever a major blow strikes.
- Knowledge At Risk If You're Asking What's Var (Business Line, D. Murali , Jan 06, 2005)
Accountants know debits and credits as much as the palm of their hands. But Moorad Choudhry's Structured Credit Products, from Wiley (www.wiley.com) belongs to a different league.
- Sex And Sensibility (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 06, 2005)
The report that, according to a recent survey, one in every five women defines herself as beautiful and is confident enough to describe herself as sexy, deserves more than passing attention.
- Tsunami And The Net (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 06, 2005)
The power of the Internet to knit people in far-flung countries into a truly global community is on display in the wake of the catastrophic tsunami.
- The Magic Formula For 2005 (The Economic Times, KIRAN KARNIK, Jan 06, 2005)
If only the last week of 2004 was a dream, a nightmare that one would wake up from to find a comfortable, unchanged normalcy.
- Wrong, Lord Desai & Prof Sen (The Economic Times, T. K. Arun, Jan 06, 2005)
Lord Meghnad Desai thinks India is a collection of nationalities. These, he says, find political articulation through regional or caste-based parties that together detract from India’s potential for growth through exclusive focus on distribution.
- Women In Islam (Pioneer, SK Srivastava, Jan 06, 2005)
The denial of minority rights has largely been blamed for the backwardness of the Muslim society. Their religious conservatism and obscurantist approach are regarded as some of the other factors.
- We Need Our Mohan Bhargavas (Indian Express, NANDITA PATEL, Jan 06, 2005)
‘Swades’ makes a strong case for patriotism seen not as Pakistan-bashing but as unabashed India-loving
- Tsunamis Won't Stop Jihadis (Asia Times, B. Raman , Jan 06, 2005)
Some security aspects of the widespread tragedy caused by the December 26 tsunamis have not received the attention they deserve.
- How To Get Back The Missing Teeth (Telegraph, Ashis Chakrabarti, Jan 06, 2005)
Only by joining or allying with the Congress can Mamata Banerjee save herself from political irrelevance
- The Political Economy Of Tsunami (Business Line, A. Vasudevan, Jan 06, 2005)
The killer tsunami has raised two important issues of rehabilitation and creating an early warning system. But both require funds. While the governments and its banks will provide crucial help
- Jamming Jails (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 06, 2005)
THE concern of the Supreme Court over the use of mobile phones by the inmates in various jails is understandable. But it is difficult to concur with the solution the court has thought of.
- Spot The Tsunami (Indian Express, R. P. Subramanian, Jan 06, 2005)
As we debate the need for a ‘‘Tsunami Early Warning System’’ (TEWS) in the Indian Ocean, it is important to understand the challenges involved.
- The Dharmaguru (Indian Express, R.D. RANADE, Jan 06, 2005)
On the subject of a Sadguru we find that there are characteristics which Kabir attributes to one... There are certain moral characteristics, there are certain physiological characteristics
- Taxing Justice? (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 06, 2005)
It is just as well that the National Tax Tribunal Bill 2004, introduced in the Lok Sabha the last session, has now been referred to the Standing Committee on Personnel
- 'Taxation Is The Bane Of Tourism' (The Economic Times, BHANU PANDE, Jan 06, 2005)
Param Kannampilly, the managing director of Concept Hospitality, which owns a chain of ecotels under the brand Orchid and Lotus Suites believes there’s a lot more the government should be doing to make 'Incredible India' a big success.
- Streamline Aid Efforts (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 06, 2005)
The tsunami disaster has brought in its wake some ugly facets of humanity to the fore. Even as philanthropists, volunteers, NGOs and aid agencies have been rushing to help survivors of the tragedy,
- America Has A Moral Obligation To (Gulf News, Colin L. Powell, Jan 06, 2005)
Now that George W. Bush has a mandate for a second term, he intends to pursue his goals for economic development with the same determination that made possible the liberation of Iraq and Afghanistan.
- ‘We Showed That An Indian Firm With Aspirations (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jan 06, 2005)
Grandson of legendary entrepreneur TVS Sundaram Iyengar, Venu Srinivasan famously spent eight hours a day of his school summer vacations working as a garage mechanic. Today, in a market once dominated by Bajaj Auto, TVS stands tall. Talking ...
- 100 Days That Will Change India (Indian Express, BUNKER ROY, Jan 06, 2005)
The father of modern Punjab, Pratap Singh Kairon, was driving to Chandigarh. A dog tried to cross the road, changed its mind, tried to scramble back and got run over. Kairon observed,”
- A Man Of Words (Tribune, A.J. Philip, Jan 06, 2005)
INITIALLY the column arrived once a week. Since the writer did not want to fold his manuscript, he always sent it in a large envelope. He also took care to send it a few days before the date of publication.
- In A Cleft Stick (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 06, 2005)
The United States thought that many of the problems it has encountered in its illegal occupation of Iraq would be solved once an elected government was installed in Baghdad.
- Allies In Lalooland (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 06, 2005)
With political parties gearing up in right earnest for the coming assembly elections in Bihar, the first round of the contest is between partners within the UPA and the NDA.
- It’S All Relative (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 06, 2005)
In his remarkable novel Einstein’s Dreams, physicist Alan Lightman delves deep into the mind of a young Albert, struggling to catch vanishing wisps of inspiration in what he could not have possibly have known would be his annus mirabilis.
- Can Someone Answer My Questions? (Indian Express, M. G. Devasahayam , Jan 06, 2005)
Govt excuse is the disaster caught everyone by surprise. But that is what a disaster is all about
- Colonisation Of The English Language (Deccan Herald, Avijit Pathak, Jan 06, 2005)
Recently, I was in West Bengal, a state known for its elevated culture, its immense sensitivity to the literary heritage of Bengali, and its extraordinary achievements. But then, I also experienced a deep-rooted anxiety prevailing over the entire state.
- Dangerous Currents (Hindu, Maria Aurora Couto, Jan 06, 2005)
History and memory need to be recovered by both the Hindu and Catholic communities of Goa but not with crude productions that distort and telescope unrelated events to create divisive hatreds.
- Disinvest Now (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jan 06, 2005)
There's a tide of foreign institutional investment which, taken at the flood, can lead on to fiscal fortune.
- Drills For Natural Disaster Management (The Financial Express, S NARAYAN, Jan 06, 2005)
In the winter of 1977, a huge tidal wave, an aftermath of a cyclonic depression in the Bay of Bengal, struck the coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh.
- Govindacharya Plans Awareness Programme (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Jan 06, 2005)
Soon after coming to power in 1998 the Bharatiya Janata Party gave up its "swadeshi" economic policy and embraced globalisation, foreign direct investment and all that goes with the World Trade Organisation regime.
- A View From The Water (Indian Express, Sagarika Ghose, Jan 06, 2005)
What better way to celebrate New Year’s Eve than in Goa? The western coast, the safer coast, where fairy lights still glitter on beach shacks while on the opposite side of the peninsula, the hydra-headed monster that rose out of the sea ten days ago conti
- Economy On The Move (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 06, 2005)
It has been rare for the country to usher in a New Year with such optimism. The state of the economy inspires hope. Foreign institutional investors and rating agencies are upbeat on India’s future.
- Human Nature At Sea (Telegraph, Gouri Chatterjee, Jan 06, 2005)
It should have been the best of times for newsrooms across the world. A gigantic, grotesque catastrophe that had readers actually reading, viewers transfixed, blogs overwhelmed by “unique visitors”.
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