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Articles 5921 through 6020 of 27558:
- Promises To Fulfil (Telegraph, MAHESH RANGARAJAN, Dec 21, 2004)
The 58th birthday celebrations of the Congress president and chairperson of the ruling United Progressive Alliance, Sonia Gandhi, found her partymen in a more festive mood than at any time since the end of the Eighties.
- Thief, Thief! (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 21, 2004)
Who says MPs and other leaders live in ivory towers? They are very much human and some equally human thieves have underlined this ordinariness by doing what they – the latter, that is – normally do at mere mortals’ houses.
- The Growth Mirage (Business Line, A. V. Vedpuriswar, Dec 21, 2004)
Abundant optimism is needed while betting on the economic growth engine to touch 7-8 per cent. But misplaced optimism can be dangerous and lead to wishful thinking.
- Facts And Frictions (Indian Express, Teja Shrikant Lele, Dec 21, 2004)
English Language and Literature, Hindi Language and Literature, Sanskrit, Mathematics, Physics, Biology, Chemistry, History, Geography, Civics, Economics, Moral Science
- Manufacturing Strong Growth (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Dec 21, 2004)
Though the service sector has made a significant contribution to GDP growth, its sustainability depends on a variety of extraneous conditions. So for sustained economic growth, exports and generating jobs
- Free Trade And Environment (Deccan Herald, Sachin Chaturvedi, Dec 21, 2004)
New Delhi has suddenly signed a spurt of free trade agreements (FTAs) with several regional countries. This refers to bilateral free trade agreements with Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand that are already in place, besides others with Singapore ....
- Half The World To Speak English In 10 Years (Tribune, James Burleigh, Dec 21, 2004)
Half the world’s population will be speaking or learning English by 2015, researchers say. Two billion people are expected to start learning English within a decade and three billion will speak it, says a British Council estimate.
- Sanctity Of Ministerial Oath (Deccan Herald, N C GUNDU RAO, Dec 21, 2004)
Can Karnataka Chief Minister N Dharam Singh cope with strains in the coalition arrangement?
- Tussle For The Crown (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Dec 21, 2004)
Although Nicolas Sarkozy appears to have outmanoeuvred Jacques Chirac within France's ruling party for the moment, the President is not without a few aces of his own.
- Piper Calls The Tune (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 21, 2004)
On the face of it, India’s reported change of stance on the Iran gas pipeline, is unexceptional. We now want to make the gas pipeline deal a bilateral affair between India and Iran, thus cutting Pakistan out of the negotiation loop.
- Laloo’S Lantern, Congress Heat (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Dec 21, 2004)
The Bihar poll juggernaut is poised to roll again. For the Congress, the elections pose a dilemma. The Grand Old Party does not know quite what to do with Laloo Prasad Yadav.
- In The Pipeline (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 21, 2004)
The Iranian gas offer to India through a pipeline is over 15 years old but it has not yet materialised because of the Pakistan factor
- Patents, Boon Or Bane? (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Dec 21, 2004)
Fears have rightly been expressed that the drug industry, the food-processing industry and even the software industry may face a crisis if the new WTO law governing patents is adopted from January 1, 2005.
- One Kind Of Death Wish (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Dec 21, 2004)
Two simple things became clear while I lay in my hospital bed recovering from surgery — that all cricket teams should take to wearing white like they used to in the old days — it is so much more elegant
- Of Preventives And Cures (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 21, 2004)
A couple of weeks ago, Gordon Brown, Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, made a promise. The United Kingdom, he said, would buy up to three hundred million doses of a new malaria vaccine for the developing world.
- His Life, His Wish (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 21, 2004)
The last wish of K Venkatesh, the terminally ill 25-year-old chess enthusiast from Hyderabad, to have his life support system turned off so that he could donate his organs before they were irreparably damaged
- Slum Students Learn Vocational Skills (Tribune, Rajmeet Singh, Dec 21, 2004)
A government school in a slum area of Chandigarh is, as an experiment, providing vocational education to its students as well as dropouts under the Sarv Siksha Abhiyan. Government Girls High School in the Sector 25 Kumhar Colony imparts, in addition to r
- Nothing To Be Ashamed, Mr Singh (Pioneer, A. Surya Prakash, Dec 21, 2004)
External Affairs Minister K Natwar Singh appears to have disturbed the prevailing national consensus on foreign policy and strategic affairs by expressing "regret" over India's nuclear status and blaming the BJP-led
- ‘Change In Three Areas Would Help India’S Image (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Dec 21, 2004)
Lakshmi N Mittal has been ranked as one of the world’s richest people, with his vast steel empire producing more than 70 million tonnes of steel. Recently in the news for the extravagant wedding of his daughter in Paris, and before that his son’s ...
- A Change For The Better (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 21, 2004)
Acknowledging that change in the Earth’s climate and its adverse effects are a common concern of humankind,
- Europe Beckons (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 21, 2004)
The European Union’s decision to review its immigration policy to facilitate the entry of IT and other professionals into its 25 member-states is a major policy decision that would benefit the Indian economy.
- Amending The Patents Act (Hindu, R. Gopalakrishnan, Dec 21, 2004)
For India, the task now is to debate openly how to deal with a possible rise in the prices of newly patented drugs.
- Baazee.Com Case — Why Was Ipc Not Invoked? (Business Line, Pratap Ravindran , Dec 21, 2004)
The failure of the Delhi police to invoke Section 292 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) in effecting the arrest of Mr Avnish Bajaj, Chief Executive Officer of the auction Web site Baazee.com
- Can India Really Do Without Egs? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Dec 21, 2004)
India reduced poverty during the ’90s. However, income inequality increased within rural and urban areas; between average incomes in rural compared to urban areas; and between states.
- Can't Middle Class Pay For Lpg? Cut Subsidies, And Also Taxes (The Economic Times, J. George, Dec 21, 2004)
The scourge of “scrap trade”, reported detection of a dead lizard in the packed food served to a frequent flyer on a domestic airlines in the recent past, contaminated
- Complete The Reform Mission, Mr Speaker (Business Line, R. C. Rajamani, Dec 21, 2004)
It was an ominous return to the not-so-good old days in Parliament last week — walkouts, anger over the absence of Cabinet ministers, members trooping into the well of the House, all climaxing in the Speaker's threat to resign.
- Cyber Waves (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 21, 2004)
Ever since it first flashed in the headlines a few weeks ago in the Capital, the MMS scandal has been a reminder and a taunt. There is a growing lag between new technologies and our ability to cope with them.
- To Make 200 Million Tonnes, India Needs `Steel Vision' (Business Line, N. Ramakrishnan , Dec 21, 2004)
"We need a long-term vision for the steel industry," says Mr B. Muthuraman, Managing Director, The Tata Iron and Steel Company Ltd.
- Desperation In West Asia (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Dec 21, 2004)
in recent times has West Asia been as confused and uncertain about the future. America’s invasion and occupation of Iraq have been traumatic events while the threat of violence and terrorism is fuelled by the injustice of continuing Israeli occupation of
- Multiple Benefits (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Dec 21, 2004)
The government’s willingness to consider foreign direct investment (FDI) in retailing, albeit in a limited way, is welcome.
- Not Viable (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 21, 2004)
The United Progressive Alliance government, goaded by the national advisory council, is certain to place the rural employment guarantee bill before parliament in the winter session.
- Notes For Votes? (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 21, 2004)
The very fact that the Election Commission has spread out the forthcoming Assembly elections in Bihar and Jharkhand in three phases from February 3 to 23, against just one day in Haryana
- Ensuring Privacy (Business Line, Pratap Ravindran , Dec 21, 2004)
With Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS)-enabled mobile, phones and video phones that can transmit data via 3G becoming popular by the day, laws at federal
- Why Blame Natwar? (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 21, 2004)
The prime minister, Manmohan Singh, does a disservice to his cabinet colleagues when he refuses to defend them in public.
- Vote On Account (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 21, 2004)
Quick on the heels of the announcement of elections to the Assemblies of Bihar, Jharkhand and Haryana comes controversy. In the middle of the storm is — who else but Lalu Prasad, caught on camera distributing 100-rupee notes in a Dalit locality.
- Unnecessarily Harsh? (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 21, 2004)
The controversy triggerged by the arrest of the Baazee.com Chief Executive Officer, Mr Avnish Bajaj, for selling objectionable material through the Internet auction site exposes the lacunae in the provisions of
- Conflicting Signals (Pioneer, Sunita Vakil, Dec 21, 2004)
The Government and the security informants seem to be locked in a controversy regarding the issue of cross-border terrorism.
- Tailor Food Safety To Our Needs (The Economic Times, J. George, Dec 21, 2004)
The scourge of “scrap trade”, reported detection of a dead lizard in the packed food served to a frequent flyer on a domestic airlines in the recent past, contaminated honey supplies and many other food items in the domestic as well as international marke
- It Is Not Boom Time In India (Telegraph, S. L. Rao, Dec 20, 2004)
The Bombay Stock Exchange sensitive index last crossed 6,000 in January 2004. It has now crossed a record of 6,400.
- Human Rights (Indian Express, Renuka Narayanan, Dec 20, 2004)
The ancient Hindu lawgiver Rishi Jaimini laid down that the law of the land is greater than personal law. English law, which the Indian Penal Code follows, is rooted in the Ten Commandments.
- How Boom Can Go Bust (Business Line, Gowthaman Muruganandan, Dec 20, 2004)
With its BPO portfolio including high-end analysis work, content management and knowledge management, India is a force to reckon with in the global BPO market.
- Gambling On Guaranteed Employment (Tribune, Nirmal Sandhu, Dec 20, 2004)
IT is an ambitious project — and hugely expensive. The aim is to provide 100 days employment to one member of a rural family below the poverty line in 150 districts in the first year, raising it annually to cover 600 districts by the fourth year. Four cro
- Democracy In The Dock (Hindu, Mary Riddell, Dec 20, 2004)
Even as the Western law is sought to be imposed on Iraq, the British Government continues to flout its tenets.
- Agricultural Credit — Case For Mitigating Lending Risks (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Dec 20, 2004)
In a significant budget announcement in July 2004, the Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, promised a doubling of the flow of agricultural credit in three years.
- A Vindictive Move (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 20, 2004)
The United States has launched an ill-judged and bloody-minded campaign to deny the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Mohammed ElBaradei, a third term after his current tenure expires in 2005.
- A Promise Broken (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 20, 2004)
Parliament has gone live as promised by Somnath Chatterjee. However, the footage that reached millions of television homes as part of the new experiment did no service to the institution.
- Jobs For All (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 20, 2004)
The UPA government’s decision to provide by legislation at least 100 days of casual employment at a prescribed wage rate annually to one member of every poor rural household is a laudable step in the direction of improving the socio-economic condition of
- The Balanced Scorecard — Manufacturing Change (Business Line, A. B. Sivakumar, Dec 20, 2004)
The balanced scorecard helps organisations to accurately measure the results of their actions. The constant monitoring of efforts galvanises the whole organisation into action.
- Sex And The Cellphone Camera (Indian Express, Subimal Bhattacharjee, Dec 20, 2004)
For the last few days, the incident of the MMS pornographic images involving students of a prestigious Delhi school has captured public attention.
- 3 States, 21 Days (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 20, 2004)
The Election Commission’s announcement that elections in Bihar and Jharkhand will be conducted over three different days, spread virtually over two and a half weeks, underscores both their precariousness and their importance.
- The Late Night Shuttle (Deccan Herald, P SRINIVASAN, Dec 20, 2004)
The two-hour bullock cart ride over a bumpy country track from the village to the station to catch the late night shuttle was a veritable endurance test, a repeat of that morning’s experience in the reverse direction from the station where I had arrived b
- The Right To Protection (Business Line, Mohammed Shadaan, Dec 20, 2004)
It is that time of the year when the festive mood starts to set in. People are busy shopping or planning vacation. It is that time when gifts are exchanged between family members and friends.
- The Typewriter Of Life (Telegraph, Salman Rushdie, Dec 20, 2004)
There’s a great scene in James Ivory’s early film, Bombay Talkie, in which Jennifer Kendal as a reporter visits the set of a Bombay movie, and the set is this giant typewriter
- To The Polls (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 20, 2004)
THE election dates have such a profound bearing on the itineraries of leaders these days that the sudden announcement of the schedule for Haryana, Bihar and Jharkhand by the Chief Election Commissioner has thrown the best-laid plans of politicians out of
- Us Equities Outlook Is Weakly Positive (Business Line, V. Anantha Nageswaran, Dec 20, 2004)
The outlook for American stocks is neither exciting nor gloomy, as the prices reflect lower earnings multiples. As oil prices climb, some profit-taking can be expected early in the New Year, followed by some stability.
- State Of Disarray (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 20, 2004)
While Nepal lurches towards near-chaos, the government appears to have no clue as to how to bring the deteriorating situation under control. Last week saw the Maoists carry out one of their biggest attacks in months.
- Speaker’S Anguish (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 20, 2004)
THE Speaker of the Lok Sabha enjoys a unique position in the country. He is the custodian of the House and has the onerous responsibility of ensuring that its work is carried on smoothly.
- Socially Responsible Investing (Deccan Herald, HAZEL HENDERSON, Dec 20, 2004)
Global public opinion has the power to make or break the brands and reputations of companies
- Quest For Dignity (Deccan Herald, G R MULKY, Dec 20, 2004)
Hopes of peace in West Asia brighten as a moderate leader is set to succeed Yasser Arafat in Palestine
- Pugwash Initiative On Kashmir (Tribune, Balraj Puri, Dec 20, 2004)
Pugwash, a US-based think tank, organised an intra-Kashmir dialogue between leaders of the Indian and Pakistani parts of the state “to resolve the Kashmir issue” at Kathmandu.
- Prisons Are Fun (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 20, 2004)
The spirit of India — the sort that cannot, sadly, be “showcased” in festivals abroad — is often found in the most unusual of places. In jails, for instance. The typical Indian prison is a fascinating microcosm of the entire nation.
- Politics On Camera And Kissa Kiss Ka (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Dec 20, 2004)
Wonder if the Speaker has done us a favour by dedicating a live Parliament channel to the nation (Doordarshan). It might be instructive to watch our representatives squabble;
- Plantation Problems (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 20, 2004)
The centre finds itself on the defensive over the continued weakness in the prices of plantation crops such as coffee, tea and pepper. Some members of Parliament, especially those from Kerala, fault the liberal import policy for this.
- Palestine After Arafat (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Dec 20, 2004)
Most Palestinians appear to have concluded that their struggle for a homeland needs a new direction.
- No 100 Per Cent Guarantee (Indian Express, RAGHAV GAIHA, Dec 20, 2004)
The National Rural Employment Guarantee Bill to be tabled in Parliament has sparked a debate on the desirability and feasibility of extending the innovative Employment Guarantee Scheme (EGS) in Maharashtra to the poorest 150 districts in India.
- New Territory (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 20, 2004)
Paradoxes are hard on the brain. A culture, which has for generations believed that women themselves are property, chattel that can be owned or bought or sold or given away, might find the notion of women as equal inheritors of family property paradoxical
- Poised For Faster Growth? (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Dec 20, 2004)
On the prospects for the economy during the year, the Mid-Term Review cites the scaled-down growth range of the RBI (6 to 6.5 per cent) for 2004-05 and says that "even at a relatively lower growth rate of 6 per cent plus for the current year, India will c
- Lesson For India (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Dec 20, 2004)
THE Guardian has come out with the disturbing report that at least three million of the UK's population of 60 million are in the care of doctors who "are not fit to practise, are incompetent or just not good enough at the job"
- Bush As U.N. Peacemaker (Hindu, Simon Tisdall, Dec 18, 2004)
The Bush administration has distanced itself for the time being from congressional demands for the resignation of the United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan.
- Not A Partisan Issue (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 18, 2004)
THE Prime Minister has set at rest speculations over External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh’s off-the-cuff remark on India’s nuclear policy in Seoul.
- Peck-A-Boo (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 18, 2004)
How old are Kareena Kapoor and Shahid Kapur? How old are all the people who have been shocked or titillated by their having French-kissed, or not French-kissed, in a Mumbai restaurant?
- Points To Ponder (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 18, 2004)
Mr Somnath Chatterjee's dramatic move in reading out in the Lok Sabha a statement expressing his willingness to resign if members were "not happy" with him, has come as a bit of a surprise.
- `Interesting' Claims (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 18, 2004)
It is a strange spectacle that as responsible a member of Parliament and veteran trade union leader as Mr Gurudas Dasgupta should claim that the Prime Minister has agreed to raise the interest rate payable on provident
- A Real Cabinet At Last (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 18, 2004)
That it should have taken nearly seven months for Chief Minister Dharam Singh to have something like a real Cabinet speaks volumes of the state of affairs in Karnataka.
- A Ruling Weak And Flawed (Business Line, K. Srinivasan , Dec 18, 2004)
In the Airports Authority of India (2004 269 ITR 355) case, the Authority for Advance Rulings (AAR) held that the payment of $4,50,600 received by Innovative Solutions International
- Day Of The Declining Dollar (Indian Express, ILA PATNAIK, Dec 18, 2004)
Capital flows of roughly $2 billion per day go into the US every day, in funding the US current account deficit. This is a very big number. For example, in 2003-04, which was a good year for capital flows into India, roughly $20 billion came into India...
- Behmai Revisited (Pioneer, Abhijit C Chandra, Dec 18, 2004)
It was a carnage that shocked entire Madhya Pradesh, gave Gwalior district's Bhanwarpura hamlet a dubious prominence in police records and proved a chilling reminder of the 1981 Behmai massacre when Phoolan
- Cyrus And His Tricks (Indian Express, Rooma Mehra, Dec 18, 2004)
Sunset on Lake Sal. An hour that unfailingly heralds peace and awe if one may allow oneself the temptation to fantasise that this lake is not shrinking like the country’s other lakes
- Listen To The Pseudo-Politician (Indian Express, Amrita Shah, Dec 18, 2004)
A few days ago I was chatting with a friend, a Mumbai stockbroker. This was a man in his late thirties, sophisticated, upper class, and a fervent BJP supporter
- Thank Dear Leader For The Sunshine (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 18, 2004)
When a train carrying explosives blew up in North Korea last April, setting fire to nearby buildings, several people died trying to save portraits of their “Dear Leader”, Kim Jong Il, from the flames.
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