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Articles 6221 through 6320 of 27558:
- Responsibility (Indian Express, Renuka Narayanan, Dec 13, 2004)
Srisri Jayendra Saraswati Swamigal’s case has seen the most peculiar reactions and they are predictable from a mile away.
- Shift Them Out (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 13, 2004)
It has never been a secret that under the successive regimes of Mr Lalu Prasad Yadav and Ms Rabri Devi, jails in Bihar have become sovereign States ruled by 'imprisoned' mafia bosses.
- Get Ship-Shape (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 13, 2004)
Some 40,000 ships ply the planet's oceans, most of them crewed by the world's poor and owned by shadowy offshore companies flying flags of convenience.
- Democracy Quickening In India, Slowing In West (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 13, 2004)
Charles Taylor has been described as a leading interrogator of modernity. He sees its grandeur. And its malaise — the alienation, sense of impending social dissolution, and what he calls the ‘‘spiritual flatness’’ at the heart of the secular age.
- Enabling It Growth (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Dec 13, 2004)
Industry-specific townships could be the solution to the infrastructure constraints the information technology sector is facing.
- Flying At Last (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 13, 2004)
Bangalore’s ambitions have been grounded by a lethal combination of political apathy and administrative lacunae, as last week’s Express series, ‘Bangalore Crumbling’, had brought home to readers.
- Pakistan Becomes A Us Protectorate (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Dec 13, 2004)
Following the 9/11 commission report, the US Congress is enacting legislation to implement the recommendations of the commission. The commission in its recommendations had focussed attention on the need for the US helping Pakistan to develop a promising,
- Giving Terror A Chance (Pioneer, M. C. Joshi, Dec 13, 2004)
On December 9, Parliament repealed the Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) 2002 and passed the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Bill with Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil declaring that "those involved in terrorist activities are also our ...
- Hockey League's Designer Duds (The Economic Times, MANOJ NAIR, Dec 13, 2004)
Our own PHL is set to step out from a very imaginative package. Such innovative ideas could resurrect a sport that was at one time as popular as cricket.
- How To Develop A Superpower (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 13, 2004)
The United States’ global primacy depends in large part on its ability to develop new technologies and industries faster than anyone else.
- It Is In Giving That They Receive (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Dec 13, 2004)
While the Christmas season brings with it the feeling of generosity and of giving to others, such humanistic motivations are not sufficient for all.
- Job Schemes Must Effect Grassroots Changes (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Dec 13, 2004)
The final test of the Employment Guarantee Act will lie in the poverty alleviation it promises and the quality of assets it builds. That the assets it helps build should be maintained properly goes without saying.
- Needed, Politics Of Moderation (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 13, 2004)
There are few holidays in coalition governments and as the United Progressive Alliance completes six months in office, we would do well to look at the formations both within the ruling coalition and the Opposition.
- Once In An Epoch (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 13, 2004)
There are relatively few creative people about whom it can be said, without exaggeration, that their achievement is likely to have a following a hundred years from now.
- Exit Of A Legend (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 13, 2004)
She was the voice behind the Suprabhatham in several homes every morning. The nightingale of India who enthralled three generations of music lovers world over will sing no more.
- Civilisation Fat (The Economic Times, RAJA M, Dec 12, 2004)
AT a gym facing Mumbai's Marine Drive, pear-shaped patrons pant on imported cardio machines and tread mills while gazing city lights across the Arabian Sea bay.
- Hockey League's Designer Duds (The Economic Times, MANOJ NAIR, Dec 12, 2004)
Our own PHL is set to step out from a very imaginative package. Such innovative ideas could resurrect a sport that was at one time as popular as cricket.
- Minor Characters (The Economic Times, RAGHUKRISHNAN, Dec 12, 2004)
Raj is one of the non-VIP types I remember during a 114-month working stint in the capital city of India.
- Seizing The Moment (The Economic Times, Soumya Kanti Mitra, Dec 12, 2004)
MS Neena Gill, Labour MEP from UK and head of the European Parliament's South Asia & Saarc Delegation, has the best explanation for why EU-India relations have been upgraded to a ‘strategic’ level at the Amsterdam Nov 8 EU-India Summit.
- The Tiger Tops (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Dec 12, 2004)
The ‘Royal Bengal Tiger’, as Sourav Ganguly has been known for his aggression on the field, may not exactly be a role model for the ICC which has been fining the Indian cricket captain regularly for his team's slow over-rates in one-day internationals.
- Ec Expertise In Demand (Tribune, Ravi Bhatia, Dec 11, 2004)
THE expertise acquired by the Election Commission is in demand globally. The United Nations and the Commission Electoral Independante of Cote de’ Ivoire have signed memorandums of understanding with the Election Commission for cooperation in electoral mat
- Money Is Not A Problem (Tribune, Mohan Guruswamy, Dec 11, 2004)
ON November 17 in Srinagar the Prime Minister announced an “economic revival plan” of Rs 24,000 crore for Jammu and Kashmir. By unwrapping the package as a bold new one, the Prime Minister is guilty of some terminological inexactitude. What is new is just
- Whining India? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 11, 2004)
By any account, India is being increasingly seen across the world as a rising power. Several western observers have argued that the global power shift from West to East is under way, with China and India expected to influence the course of global events o
- When The Scales Of Justice Tilt Too Far (Indian Express, T S R SUBRAMANIAN, Dec 11, 2004)
The judicial system is in urgent need of reform. Without it India cannot become a competitive economy
- Time To Act Upon An Old Promise (Indian Express, Rajeev Ahuja, Dec 11, 2004)
Why is there a need for an Employment Guarantee Act? This is because the employment guarantee scheme called Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana, which has been in place for a while now, holds the promise to alleviate poverty if the scheme becomes widespread a
- Ten Ways To Fight The C-Word (Indian Express, ARUN DUGGAL, Dec 11, 2004)
The issue of corruption is serious, widespread and increasing by the day. Respected institutions, such as the judiciary and defence forces, which were free of it a few years ago, now seem to be getting increasingly corrupt.
- Strategic Partner? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 11, 2004)
The US Defence Secretary, Mr Donald Rumsfeld’s maiden visit to India after the President, Mr George Bush’s electoral victory, is an acknowledgement of the ‘’strategic partnership’’ that has evolved between the two countries.
- Rumour Ambushed (Tribune, Brig Harwant Singh, Dec 11, 2004)
IN 1983-85, I was posted as General Staff Officer Grade One, Operations [GSO-1 (Ops)], at HQ 8 Mountain Division at Zakhama near Kohima.
- Reining In The Military (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Dec 11, 2004)
The NHRC should step in to investigate the extent of human rights violations by the security forces in J&K
- Party And The Party (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 11, 2004)
The day after the raucous party, are some leftover questions. Like, who picks up the tab for the fun and frolic, the flamboyant sycophancy of Congress men and women?
- Parliament Live (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 11, 2004)
When he took charge as Speaker of the 14th Lok Sabha, Somnath Chatterjee, India's senior-most parliamentarian, promised to bring order and discipline to a House that seemed
- Parambikulam Panorama (Indian Express, George N Netto, Dec 11, 2004)
Within minutes of passing the flaming red signboard welcoming us to the Parambikulam Wildlife Sanctuary, we were coasting along through a dense, ominously silent teak forest extending endlessly into the distance.
- Children Of Jehad — Or Victims? (Tribune, A.J. Philip, Dec 11, 2004)
AS providence would have it, the Srinagar-based journalist did not have to search for the man who left his wife and daughters in India when he crossed the Line of Control (LoC) in pursuit of “azadi” and reached what India refers to as Pakistan Occupied ..
- More Custodial Deaths (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 11, 2004)
THE disclosure of the Punjab State Human Rights Commission that custodial deaths are on the rise and as many as 87 such deaths have taken place in the state this year till November comes as a rude shock.
- Powering Up The High-Power Committees (Business Line, Mohan R. Lavi, Dec 11, 2004)
It was pranklin Delano Roosevelt who said "We want a Supreme Court which will do justice under the Constitution, not over it. In our courts, we want a government of laws and not of men."
- Message To Rumsfeld (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 11, 2004)
THE visit of US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to New Delhi was significant for two reasons. It was the first by a senior US official after President George W. Bush was re-elected for a second term.
- Manmohan Singh In The Northeast (Hindu, Walter Fernandes, Dec 11, 2004)
The Northeast needs not more packages but serious steps towards a solution to the problems that have resulted in insurgency.
- Let Them Have Their Exits And Their Entrances (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 11, 2004)
A Mother Goose rhyme reads: "Jerry Hall, he was so small, a rat could eat him, hat and all." True, small may be beautiful, but to be small and yet survive is tough, not only for Hall but also more than half of the small players in business.
- Iron Man Rumsfeld (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Dec 11, 2004)
The timing could have been much better, but we can still see some positives out of US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld’s visit to India.
- Improve Roads (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 11, 2004)
The condition of roads is an indicator of the development of a region. It is known that in many parts of Karnataka, roads do not exist where they should and if they exist, they are in a bad condition.
- Furore Over Attachment Of Assets (Business Line, R. V. Ramana Murthy, Dec 11, 2004)
THE Andhra Pradesh Government has sought amendments to the Seed Act, 1952 in the light of the ongoing farm crisis in the State following the failure of seeds in cotton, maize and other crops (The Hindu, October 25).
- Focus On Agriculture (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Dec 11, 2004)
The latest World Employment Report (WER) brought out by the International Labour Office in Geneva has a chapter "Why Agriculture Matters",
- Unaided, Uncharitable And Unsettled (Business Line, H. P. Ranina, Dec 11, 2004)
The India-Mauritius Double Tax Avoidance Agreement is in news with the Finance Minister planning a revisit as and when it is expedient to do so having regard to economic, political and diplomatic considerations.
- Bhopal Remembered (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Dec 11, 2004)
Although in the immediate aftermath of the disaster a number of environmental laws were enacted, they are inadequate in content and implementation.
- An Embarrassment Of Birthdays (Indian Express, Amit Sharma, Dec 11, 2004)
Zindabad Soniaji!Sare bharat me hoga phir congress ka raj (Congress will again rule the country!). This was how Congressmen who assembled at Congress HQ in Lucknow celebrated the birthday of their national president
- Agriculture Is No Holy Cow (Business Line, T. N. Pandey, Dec 11, 2004)
THE one issue on which no political party wants to express a firm view is the taxation of rich agriculturists under the income and wealth tax Acts.
- Out In The Cold (Business Line, Joseph Prabakar, Dec 11, 2004)
Excise valuation based on `normal wholesale price' was in vogue till June 2000. The Government thought it fit to replace the wholesale price concept with transaction value, which is a WTO-approved method for Customs valuation.
- Where The Ribbon Got Stuck In The Old Typewriter (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 11, 2004)
We have long forgotten the old and faithful typewriters that had rollers to chug along and inked ribbons to give form to thoughts. To evoke your nostalgic memories, however, is the Kores India Ltd case that the apex court decided recently.
- Ambition Gets Asean Aggressive (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Dec 10, 2004)
Asean is now seeking Asia-wide opportunities for sustained export-led growth and the intricate web of trade accords planned will certainly lead to a significantly higher share of Asian exports in world trade in the coming decades.
- Changing Face (Deccan Herald, GAYATRI CHANDRASHEKAR, Dec 10, 2004)
The passive train traveller is the one constant feature of a London that has changed over the years
- Consumers Unite! (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Dec 10, 2004)
It is a call specially directed to consumers in India, since they are often left in the lurch when they most need help.
- Cristiano’S Last Goal (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 10, 2004)
Brazilian striker Cristiano de Lima Junior is dead and reached the final goal of mortals. What remains very much alive is the abounding speculation over the circumstances leading to his death, and whether he could have been saved.
- Dire Warning (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 10, 2004)
LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran’s bellicose message on the occasion of the organisation’s Martyrs Day does not bode well for the future of the three-year long ceasefire.
- Insurgents Target Aid Workers In Iraq (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Dec 10, 2004)
International aid workers, whose humanitarian mission afforded them protection in areas of conflict, now find that their flags offer little defence against an unprecedented spate of terrorist attacks in Iraq.
- `Logistics, India's Weakest Link In Exports' (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Dec 10, 2004)
Exporters face innumerable infrastructure bottlenecks. Inland movement of goods remains a major obstacle, as exporters are helpless in the face of high cost of transport and inter-State and intra-State barriers.
- Laloo-Paswan Spat (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 10, 2004)
Railway Minister Laloo Prasad Yadav has denied the accusations he had made against Lok Janshakti Party leader Ram Vilas Paswan.
- The Patent Controversy (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Dec 10, 2004)
By rushing through the Third Patents Amendment without proper parliamentary scrutiny, India is short changing its post-Doha obligations to both its own and the world's poor
- Musharraf’S Ploys (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Dec 10, 2004)
A whole lot of political wheeling and dealing is going on in Pakistan to prevent a revolt against the dictatorship
- Name Of The New War Is `Trade' (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 10, 2004)
The world's second largest economy, Japan, hinges its hopes on trade surplus to help in achieving growth beyond the 0.1 per cent recorded for the last quarter....
- Now For A Breakthrough (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 10, 2004)
The centre and the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Isak-Muivah) have shown commendable clear-headedness in putting aside their differences to make possible the meeting ...
- Open Those Doors (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 10, 2004)
It has by now become routine at every forum for prime ministers and finance ministers to make entreaties to foreign businessmen to invest in this country, especially in infrastructure.
- Road Block (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 10, 2004)
Talks between India and Pakistan on the opening of the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad road linking Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) with Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) have hit a roadblock.
- The Rupee And The Dollar (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 10, 2004)
On Monday, December 6, 2004, the rupee closed at an eight month high of 43.64 to the dollar. Since November, the appreciation has been 140 paise.
- When Banks Merge And Emerge Bigger (Business Line, A. S. Ramasastri, Dec 10, 2004)
Merger appears to be the buzzword in the Indian banking industry today. There have been a few mergers in the recent past, some out of compulsion and othersout of strategic planning.
- A Gleam In The Eye (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Dec 10, 2004)
It is the “in” thing currently. About everybody in the creamy layer is forecasting the rate of growth of India’s gross domestic product: the International Monetary Fund
- Issues Patently Questionable (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Dec 10, 2004)
In less than two months, India will be obliged to do the follow-up on the WTO-mandated product patent stipulations, and the Commerce Minister, Mr Kamal Nath, made a strident statement:
- Women In Love (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 10, 2004)
The Chandigarh police are in a soup. And the Amritsar police have given up. Two young women from the Sandhu Colony of Amritsar, aged 25 and 22, have not only run away together
- Change The 1945 Balance Of Power (Indian Express, KENNEDY GRAHAM, Dec 10, 2004)
The report of the UN High Level Panel on reform of the UN says that the Security Council needs to be expanded and be proactive on pre-emptive miliary strikes
- Forget Efficiency. Let’S Do It (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , Dec 10, 2004)
In the normal course, I would oppose any new government activity on the grounds that it is probably unnecessary, is likely to increase the power and the influence of an already ...
- Iraq: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Dec 10, 2004)
Since there is a total ban on reports of the inch-by-inch decimation of all life and property in Falluja (for the sake of democracy, of course).
- The Trial Of A Seer (Tribune, J. Sri Raman, Dec 10, 2004)
From the whodunit and the ‘howdunit’ to the unholy mess of it all — the arrest of Kanchi Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswati has raised a host of issues.
- Jail Houses Rock (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 10, 2004)
On Wednesday, the Patna High Court had the right idea. To source the anarchy that blows through Bihar, it sought a peep into the prisons where powerful dons and petty criminals have been housed, presumably to keep them well isolated from pursuing any misc
- Kill The New Bill (Telegraph, Gyan Pathak, Dec 10, 2004)
The Lok Sabha has finally scrapped the controversial Prevention of Terrorism Act, but made way for another controversy in the form of the unlawful activities (prevention) bill.
- Next Steps (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 10, 2004)
If Donald Rumsfeld, the US secretary of defence, has a sense of recent history, he may find it intriguing to learn that Indo-US ties got consolidated only towards the end of the second term of the Clinton presidency.
- The Callused Little Hands Of A New Economy (Indian Express, SUMA RAMACHANDRAN, Dec 10, 2004)
Child panchayats in Karnataka take up the cause of working children and help them plan their lives
- Turn Around (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 10, 2004)
The prime minister, Mr Manmohan Singh, has redeemed a pledge he made during his recent visit to Assam. His office has moved fast to invite the United Liberation Front of Asom to peace talks.
- Are You An Indian? (Indian Express, RAM SEHGAL, Dec 10, 2004)
Thirty years ago, India was synonymous with overpopulation and poverty. Today Indians stand for different things in different countries. Recently in Egypt, my wife and I were stopped by shopkeepers.
- A Pawar Highway (Indian Express, Prafulla Marpakwar, Dec 10, 2004)
On the night of November 28, NCP chief Sharad Pawar’s Landcruiser was jammed in the Kasara ghats (about 125 kms from Mumbai) for two hours.
- Corporate Governance And Central Banks (Business Line, A. Vasudevan, Dec 09, 2004)
Central banks have the incentive to adopt the international best practices of corporate governance because financial communities often perceive such methods as a prelude to making the central banks independent and accountable
- Assisting Crime Victims (Hindu, K. T. Thomas, Dec 09, 2004)
The plight of those who suffer when a crime is committed deserves more attention.
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