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Articles 6321 through 6420 of 27558:
- Bhoomi Puja (Indian Express, KAMALA BALACHANDRAN, Dec 09, 2004)
Commenting on the news item that a chief minister performed the Bhoomi Puja at a proposed international airport site, a friend remarked that it was an anachronistic act.
- How Many Types Of Equality? (Indian Express, Babu Joseph, Dec 09, 2004)
Contemporary political discourse is replete with references to our national ethos. On the one hand, political parties owing allegiance to the right of the centre ideology have
- Temples Of Dissent (Indian Express, S. M. A. Kazmi, Dec 09, 2004)
The Uttaranchal government has proposed a move to bring a legislation in the next Assembly session to bring the famous Char Dham temples under direct government control.
- The Buzz Over The Bus (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 09, 2004)
The differences between India and Pakistan over the travel documents required for the proposed bus service between Muzaffarabad and Srinagar exemplify contradictory views of Kashmir’s status.
- The Favourite Whipping Boy (Telegraph, Ashis Chakrabarti, Dec 09, 2004)
Is India conspiring to wipe a neighbour called Bangladesh out of the face of the earth through “desertification” of the country or
- The Number Plate Game (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Dec 09, 2004)
First the good news. Thanks to a judgment delivered last week by the Supreme Court, we will in a few months be fitting our cars — or any vehicle for that matter — with number plates that have a range of security features.
- There’S No Turning The Flow (Telegraph, SAHELI MITRA, Dec 09, 2004)
The Delhi government recently announced that it would impose a levy on groundwater. The West Bengal government too has said that it intends to pass a new law to restrict exploitation of groundwater and create new waterbodies.
- A Needless Ceiling (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 09, 2004)
Allowing foreign Institutional iinvestors to put money in corporate debt paper is welcome, even if does not go far enough. For a start, the aggregate outstanding investment of $500....
- New Image Of The Old Cheque (Business Line, M. S. Parthasarathy, Dec 09, 2004)
On October 28, 2004, , a significant piece of legislation came into effect in the US, to facilitate a major change, aided by technological developments, in the mode of collection of outstation cheques
- Will Number-Cruncher Networks Display Better Bandwidth? (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 09, 2004)
Firms of chartered accountants are available in all sizes, ranging from the `S' type having only a lone proprietor, to `XXL' such as the operations of MAF or multinational accounting firm.
- Why Dollar Is In The Doldrums (Business Line, Pratap Ravindran , Dec 09, 2004)
While a major withdrawal from the US market has not taken place so far, there is a limit to the investment by foreign banks because of the ever-increasing risk of over-exposure to a fall in the dollar.
- Unhappy Cohabitation (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 09, 2004)
The Local body election in Andhra Pradesh is turning out to be an opportunity for both the Telugu Desam Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party to review alliance options after the
- The Man Behind The Bomb (Tribune, K. S. Parthasarathy, Dec 09, 2004)
During May 1990, I attended the College on Atmospheric Boundary Layer Physics at the erstwhile International Centre for Theoretical Physics at Trieste, Italy. There I met Professor Abdus Salam, the Nobel Laureate and the then Director of the Centre.
- Stem Cells, Cloning, And Ethics (Hindu, Lewis Wolpert, Dec 09, 2004)
There is no moral justification for banning research using embryonic stem cells. It offers great hope to all those suffering from a wide variety of illnesses.
- So Far So Good (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 09, 2004)
There was bonhomie during the meetings the Prime Minister and the Home Minister had with the leaders of the National Socialist Council of India on Tuesday.
- Sea Blindness (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 09, 2004)
The Navy Week celebrations between December 4 and 11 are an occasion to focus attention on the role of the Indian Navy in the country’s defence profile
- Save The Auditors From Becoming Box-Tickers (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 09, 2004)
There used to be that once-in-a-week session that read `moral science' in school timetables. A slot essentially for storytelling, though kind teachers were not against allowing students to do their own thing.
- Quest For Permanent Seat (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Dec 09, 2004)
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s hot-paced visit to this country will be remembered as something of a landmark for two good reasons. The first is its undoubted importance in purely bilateral terms.
- What’S Left Of Bengal (Telegraph, Bhaskar Ghose, Dec 09, 2004)
The degeneration of West Bengal into one of the most backward states in India, and of Calcutta into little more than a very big mofussil city, began somewhere in the mid-Sixties. That was the time when we saw the use of “mass movements”, bandhs, hartals,
- Laloo Yadav Well Entrenched In Bihar (Tribune, Satish Misra, Dec 09, 2004)
THE Bihar assembly elections early next year are a subject of intense debate. Anyone after a visit to the state would have convincingly predicted the end of the 15-year-rule, rather misrule, of the Rashtriya Janata Dal.
- Kashmir Roadblock (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 09, 2004)
Negotiations can never bring out the desired result if either of the two parties involved has a rigid attitude. This explains why the technical-level talks between India
- Flashback Of A Flare-Up (Business Line, S. Murlidharan , Dec 09, 2004)
Intrigues make for heady stuff. Nothing ever has intrigued the nation more than the two events of recent past admittedly having nothing to do with each other
- Working Out Equations (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 09, 2004)
A process that began in 1997, with the Deve Gowda government; which gathered pace under the NDA government, and which now has the commitment of the present government in New Delhi
- Empowering The Rural Masses (Deccan Herald, KATHYAYINI CHAMARAJ, Dec 09, 2004)
It seems as though the moment which Jawaharlal Nehru had spoken about so evocatively 57 years ago, of India’s “tryst with destiny” and “the time to redeem our pledge”
- Reforming The United Nations (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 09, 2004)
The recommendations of the panel mandated to propose reforms for making the United Nations a more effective instrument of collective security might not satisfy either the countries that fret at restraints imposed by international norms or those that seek
- France Woos India And Its Markets (Deccan Herald, KATRIN BENNHOLD, Dec 08, 2004)
Since President Jacques Chirac returned from a high-profile state visit to China two months ago with more than $4 billion in contracts, his government has quietly turned its attention to Asia’s other rising giant:
- Too Rigid To Work (Telegraph, Bibek Debroy, Dec 08, 2004)
Labour-market rigidities constrain growth in employment. This argument has often been advanced by economists. In the absence of flexible labour markets in the organized sector
- Valley Of Individual Trauma (Indian Express, Humra Quraishi, Dec 08, 2004)
In J&K, there are still over 6000 ‘missing’ young men. They were taken for interrogation by security agencies. Never to return home. Needless to add this violation of human rights is just one of the factors that widens the alienation of the civilians in t
- Banking On Foreign Funds (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 08, 2004)
By going for a sponsored ADR (American Depository Receipt) issue, which will lift foreign shareholding in ICICI Bank from 70 per cent to 74 per cent, the Chief Executive
- Vultures And Values (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 08, 2004)
For long has the United States been described as a “vulture culture” which is very different from having a few culture vultures, like we do in India.
- What Price The Largesse For Kashmir? (Business Line, Mohan Guruswamy, Dec 08, 2004)
The only effective antidote to insurgency is the restoration of good government and order. With the latter largely absent in Kashmir, any new package might end up putting more good money into the hands of those who cannot deliver the goods.
- The French Socialist Vote (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 08, 2004)
France's socialist party (Parti Socialiste) has voted convincingly in favour of the European Union Constitution in last week's internal ballot.
- High-Level Exercise In Futility (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Dec 08, 2004)
The report of the body set up by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan in the hope of recovering some of the world body’s lost prestige after US President George Bush had treated it as irrelevant and launched his unlawful war on Iraq on false pretences, is out.
- No Funds For R&d (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 08, 2004)
It is a shame that the university in the IT capital of the country does not currently have funds for research and development. The state government is to blamed for this state of affairs in Bangalore University.
- Aid From Expatriates (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Dec 08, 2004)
There are more than three million persons of Indian origin who have settled down in the UK and the US, either as citizens or under the non-resident category.
- Al-Qaeda Again (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 08, 2004)
The attack by suspected militants with links to the al-Qaeda on the US consulate at Jeddah in Saudi Arabia indicates that contrary to claims by the Saudi government, the militant infrastructure and network in the kingdom remains in a position to strike ev
- A Void In The Ranks (Telegraph, Arshi Khan, Dec 08, 2004)
Yasser Arafat’s death on November 11 was a real setback to the west Asia peace process. The French president, Jacques Chirac, who went to the Paris hospital after hearing of the death
- Jerome Syndrome (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 08, 2004)
In the mess of infrastructural projects aborted by the Dharam Singh government in Bangalore can also be found the debris of what was once an administrative success story.
- Rising Cost Of Petrol (Tribune, S.K. Sharma, Dec 08, 2004)
Considerable interest has been generated among political parties, the media and the general public in petroleum products due to the rise in their prices and the subsequent rollback.
- Little Buddy (Tribune, D. R. Sharma, Dec 08, 2004)
I read somewhere that when a Jewish child finds Hebrew alphabet cast in the shape of honey cakes he begins to associate learning with sweetness.
- Democracy On Decline (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 08, 2004)
The Punjab Assembly holds fewer sessions and spends much less time on debating matters of public interest than before. These are the findings of its own secretariat.
- The Corporate Road To An Industrial Disaster (Business Line, K. Subramanian, Dec 08, 2004)
Words cannot capture the magnitude of the disaster that struck Bhopal on that fateful night of December 2, 1984. One author describes it as `the Hiroshima of chemical industry.'
- Making Food Processing Viable (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Dec 08, 2004)
In Rural India those trying food-processing with help of plant and machinery quickly realise that the `value-added' is less than the `cost-added' as all the advantage is creamed off by the equipment manufacturer.
- Constitution, Parliament, And The People (Hindu, Somnath Chatterjee, Dec 08, 2004)
Unless we eliminate the nexus between politics and crime and also between politics and religion, the country is in danger of losing its identity.
- Terror In Jeddah (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 08, 2004)
Monday’s terrorist attack on the US consulate at Jeddah shows that something is seriously wrong somewhere in Saudi Arabia.
- Overhaul The Epf Act (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 08, 2004)
The Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) board has accepted an 8.5 per cent rate of interest on the provident fund.
- Raman Loves Montek (Indian Express, Ashwani Sharma, Dec 08, 2004)
‘‘Raman Singh has neither a vision nor mission. He has ruined the state, reversing its development pace,’’ said Mohinder Karma, CLP leader. Karma’s observation may be not be wrong from the Opposition’s point of view but there are no takers in the ruling p
- British Home Secretary In The Dock (Tribune, K.N. Malik, Dec 08, 2004)
One always admired the British Home Secretary, Mr David Blunkett, a blind person, who has admirably handled two of the most important and challenging portfolios of education and home affairs.
- Bitter Medicine (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 08, 2004)
Economic development helps the people, but it does little to cure political extremists of their infantile disorders. The Maoist violence in Midnapore once again proves the point.
- Remembering Jack Gibson (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Dec 07, 2004)
IT is tragic that the most important reform of the United Nations in recent times should have come at a time its Secretary-General Kofi Annan is in America’s gun sight. Now in his final second term, the man who reached the top after the
- Roping In Ratan Tata (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 07, 2004)
Finance Minister P. Chidambaram announced on Sunday a string of decisions: an investment commission headed by Mr Ratan Tata, a roadmap to guide 74 per cent FDI in private banks by month-end
- Sc Order On Pappu (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 07, 2004)
THE Supreme Court order for a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation into the unruly behaviour of Rashtriya Janata Dal MP Pappu Yadav in Patna’s Beur Central Jail on December 1 is timely.
- The Ballooning Of Americans (Business Line, Sharad Varde, Dec 07, 2004)
America is splitting at the seams, literally. But no one seems to care. For now, big is beautiful and obesity, a business. Feeding off the fat of the land, garment companies are launching a whole new range of
- The Challenges Before Indian Banks (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 07, 2004)
The Reserve Bank of India's Report on Trend and Progress of Banking (2003-04) released recently places the major issues of Indian banking in a sound perspective.
- The Long Road To Gender Equality (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 07, 2004)
The bill proposed by the Law Minister, H.R. Bhardwaj, to amend the law to grant women equal rights to Hindu undivided family property will be a significant step in bringing the Hindu law of inheritance in accord with the constitutional principle of equali
- The Patiala Spirit (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 07, 2004)
THE ongoing Indo-Pak Punjab Games and the World Punjabi Conference that concluded at Patiala last week cannot be treated as ordinary events.
- Turning A Blind Eye (Deccan Herald, N C GUNDU RAO, Dec 07, 2004)
The status quoist elements in the polity are to be blamed for perpetuation of the regressive customs in society
- Red Crescent Over Shangri-La (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 07, 2004)
Like a severely disturbed individual, a failed state is a danger not just to itself but to those around it and beyond. That was a lesson indelibly learned on September 11th 2001. After 20 years of war
- The Price Of Rice (Business Line, K.G. Kumar, Dec 07, 2004)
Not many people may be aware that this year has been declared the International Year of Rice by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations.
- Ties Re-Defined (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 07, 2004)
The old bonhomie, based on ideological ties, between New Delhi and Moscow is a thing of the past. In the new, post-Cold War environment, hard-nosed economic and business considerations are wh
- A Wedding For The Aam Aadmi? (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Dec 07, 2004)
Orchids from Thailand, a different decor for each wedding function, fancy invitation cards, costing a couple of hundreds apiece; garments glittering with crystals
- A Space Of Delusions (Telegraph, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Dec 07, 2004)
Swapan Dasgputa’s article, “On another plane” (Dec 3), argues that “India will be better served by carving out our own definite space within Pax Americana”.
- The Us Dollar Versus The Chinese Yuan (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Dec 07, 2004)
China is under increasing pressure from the US to revalue the yuan. With the US Government unwilling or unable to halt the decline of the dollar, this is seen as the means to prevent a dollar crash that can
- Institutions Must Survive Us All (Business Line, S. Ramachander, Dec 07, 2004)
The emergence of the large, impersonal organisation built on egalitarian contracts between people is a recent development in human history, more so the 20th Century.
- Bollywood On The Beach (Tribune, Chetna Keer Banerjee, Dec 07, 2004)
Back in the 1970s, Bollywood made the nation swing to the strains of Goa with “Ghe ghe ghe…ghe re sahiba” from the blockbuster “Bobby”.
- Computers And Rural Poverty (Deccan Herald, Sudhirendar Sharma, Dec 07, 2004)
As some of the leading development protagonists wield the magic wand of information and communication technology to root out rural poverty, the poor are being targeted yet again for another round of experimentation.
- Coughing Up An Epidemic (Indian Express, MEETA LALL, Dec 07, 2004)
Tuberculosis remains a scourge in India, increasingly complicated with its partner-in-death: the HIV virus.
- Crucial Vote (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 07, 2004)
While the Ukrainian Supreme Court ruling calling for a repeat of the second round of the presidential election might end for now the massive street protests that have rocked the country over the past fortnight, the political crisis is far from over.
- Earning Trust (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 07, 2004)
Ethnic politics is primarily a quest for identity. It is understandable, therefore, why Mr Thuingaleng Muivah, general secretary of the National Socialist Council of Nagalim, wants “the uniqueness of the history of the Naga people”
- Enforcement Without The Force (Telegraph, N.R. MADHAVA MENON, Dec 07, 2004)
A responsible way to promote higher standards of policing is to professionalize the force and upgrade training
- Festival Amid The Ruins (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Dec 07, 2004)
A wonderfully sunny, early-winterish December morning in Delhi was the setting that launched the Old World Theatre Festival supported by Mahindra and Mahindra.
- From One Ancient Civilisation To Another: Stop That Bomb (Indian Express, RYAN FLOYD, Dec 07, 2004)
India could win valuable concessions if it brokers peace between Iran and the West
- Garden City Loses Bloom (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 07, 2004)
I have known BJP president L.K. Advani from the days he was in journalism. I was then information officer at the Press Information Bureau of the Government of India. He would come to my room, pick up the handout and leave quietly. His connections with the
- In A Make-Believe World (Indian Express, Kuldip Nayar, Dec 07, 2004)
I have known BJP president L.K. Advani from the days he was in journalism. I was then information officer at the Press Information Bureau of the Government of India.
- Powering Projects With Forex Reserves (Business Line, S. Padmanabhan , Dec 07, 2004)
In the power sector, the equity investment climate has always been buoyant. But the expected investment has not flowed into this area because of viability and bankability issues.
- Prabakaran's Warning — Text And Context (Hindu, V. Suryanarayan, Dec 07, 2004)
Anything the LTTE leader says has to be viewed against his uncompromising commitment to the establishment of a separate, independent state.
- Friendship Reaffirmed (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 06, 2004)
Russia and India used the opportunity presented by President Vladimir Putin's visit to sort out differences that could have damaged the time-tested and healthy relations between them.
- Weak Dollar Serves The World Right (Business Line, V. Anantha Nageswaran, Dec 06, 2004)
If American demand can be supported only by a weaker dollar, the rest of the world has no option but to play along, until the costs of that policy become intolerable. Growth has halted in Europe and in Japan.
- Software Secrets (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 06, 2004)
A company making a device based on an open code software has taken the initiative to give out its source code, the often zealously-guarded heart of any software programme
- Impoverishing The Poor (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Dec 06, 2004)
The Bank’s unswerving faith in agribusiness displaces poor farmers and will only add to burgeoning poverty globally
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