|
|
|
|
|
|
Articles 6521 through 6620 of 27558:
- Focussing On Prices (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 03, 2004)
The BJP protest in Delhi on Wednesday brings to the centrestage the issue of price rise. Is the BJP right in blaming the Congress for the upward spiral of prices?
- Global Action Against Terrorism Should Be Concerted And United (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Dec 03, 2004)
The Russian President, Vladimir Putin, is not a leader who flinches from answering difficult questions. In a written response to questions provided by The Hindu, President Putin does not believe that it is possible...
- Government Should Walk The Talk (Deccan Herald, Pradeep Kumar, Dec 03, 2004)
A study conducted by the State’s Commissioner for Disabilities shows a neglect of such issues especially in rural areas
- Horizontal Fiscal Imbalances (Business Line, N. Sreedevi, Dec 03, 2004)
The Twelfth Finance Commission (TFC) must be toiling on different criteria for the horizontal distribution of shareable tax revenue — the most crucial and critical part of the recommendations.
- Muscle Drill (Telegraph, ABHIRUP SARKAR, Dec 02, 2004)
The season of bandhs is back again. Political parties, covering virtually the whole ideological spectrum, are calling them all over the country over various issues and at the
- Wanted Watchtowers, Not Ivory Towers (Business Line, K. P. Joseph, Dec 02, 2004)
The Central and State governments together will be spending around Rs 9,00,000 crore this year. The responsibility for auditing this massive expenditure rests entirely with the Comptroller and Auditor General of India
- Seven-Year Hitch (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 02, 2004)
The decision by the two leaders of the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (Isak-Muivah) to cancel their visit to India is a disappointing development for the Naga peace process.
- Panel On Telangana (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 02, 2004)
The Centre has announced the setting up of a three-member sub-committee of the United Progressive Alliance to study the issue of the creation of Telangana, a separate state to be carved out of Andhra Pradesh.
- Poisoned Futures (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Dec 02, 2004)
The apex court's guidelines on dealing with hazardous waste are observed more in the breach.
- Pontiff In Looking Glass Land (Indian Express, T.V.R. Shenoy, Dec 02, 2004)
I have no idea if anything as materialistic as a looking-glass is available in the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham but if there is one Shri Jayendra Saraswati must feel that he, like Alice, has stepped right through into another dimension.
- Power Relief In Punjab (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 02, 2004)
The Punjab State Electricity Board, which is known to give frequent shocks to consumers, has been forced to provide relief, for a change.
- The Law On Brotherhood (Business Line, Mohan R. Lavi, Dec 02, 2004)
"Business has only two basic functions — marketing and innovation," said Peter Drucker.
- The Threat From N-Weapons (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, Dec 02, 2004)
In its historic ruling on July 8, 1996, the World Court held that countries possessing nuclear weapons had not just a “need” but an “obligation” to commence negotiations leading to nuclear disarmament.
- Uncle Sam’S Toxic Ways (Indian Express, R R SHARMA, Dec 02, 2004)
The world’s largest economy still does not believe that economic growth cannot be achieved without protecting life at the same time
- Well On Track (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 02, 2004)
The talks between the new Prime Ministers of India and China on the sidelines of the Asian Summit in Laos on Tuesday are significant and bound to bring the two countries closer.
- Commodification Of Education (Deccan Herald, SUDHA SITARAMAN, Dec 02, 2004)
In the heady aftermath of Indian independence, the idea of modernisation took on the dimensions of a national mission. It was an integral part of the Nehruvian vision of modernisation that declares stridently its intentions of building an egalitarian ...
- After Dollar Dreams, The Nightmares (Telegraph, Alok Ray, Dec 02, 2004)
Chairmen of the US Federal Reserve are highly responsible, patriotic people. They do not cry wolf, unless they see one.
- Looking East (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 02, 2004)
The just concluded third annual summit of India and the 10-member ASEAN group, where both sides entered into a historic partnership pact, reflects the growing importance of India in the geo-politics of the Asia Pacific region, one of the fastest growing e
- Acidic Birds And Metallic Fish (Indian Express, Bharati Chaturvedi, Dec 02, 2004)
India has still not learnt its lessons from the Bhopal tragedy. The poisoning of the environment by dumping toxic substances is disastrous for wildlife
- Amendments To Seed Law — Yet To Germinate Fully (Business Line, R. V. Ramana Murthy, Dec 02, 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
- Asean Accepts India As A Power (Tribune, T.R. Ramachandran, Dec 02, 2004)
Contacts established with Chinese, Japanese PMs The multi-layered exposition by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the third India-Asean summit in Vientiane in land-locked Laos fired the imagination of the 10-member grouping as well as China...
- Autonomy For Cooperatives (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 02, 2004)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh promised a constitutional amendment to promote the autonomy of the cooperative sector on the occasion of the official completion of 100 years of the movement.
- Be Aware (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 02, 2004)
World AIDS Day can only be a day of rather grim reckoning in West Bengal. The government’s latest surveys of the spread of the virus among sex workers in the state show unnaturally high prevalence in a number of areas.
- Looking Beyond Borders (Telegraph, FATIMA CHOWDHURY, Dec 02, 2004)
The role of the United Nations security council in conflict resolution often overshadows the significant efforts made by regional and sub-regional organizations in the same regard.
- About A Chap Called Alexander (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 02, 2004)
The current pointless tussle over the bisexuality of Alexander of Macedon is only the latest and cheapest tribute paid to our fascination with him.
- Get The Right Price (Business Line, SANKAR RAY, Dec 02, 2004)
With the formation of a seven-member Board for Reconstruction of Public Sector Enterprises, the market for distressed assets (DA) is set to become buoyant.
- Ethical Dilemmas In Decision-Making (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 02, 2004)
Like accountants, economy, busy as it is with the use of resources, has nothing to do with ethics. "However, the Chinese word for economy — Jing Ji (or Ching Chi) — is related to ethical value,"
- A Still Potent Idea (Deccan Herald, Balraj Puri, Dec 02, 2004)
As an author of the revised ‘Naya Kashmir’, I was pleasantly surprised over the reference to it by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at a public meeting in Srinagar last month.
- Critical Role For Non-Banking Finance Sector (Business Line, R. Vaidyanathan, Dec 02, 2004)
The architecture of the financial system has to be recast to ensure the growth of the economy along with adequate availability of credit to the fastest growing sectors of the economy.
- Helping Indian Airlines Fly High (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Dec 02, 2004)
For Indian Airlines, the route to profitability could include undertaking maintenance operations for other airlines.
- Trips: Patently Challenging (Business Line, S. Goswami, Dec 01, 2004)
There have been significant efforts to harmonise national laws on intellectual property rights through multilateral agreements. The Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights
- Laudable Move (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 01, 2004)
The Supreme Court has issued a notice to the Centre after a public interest litigation (PIL) was filed in the court seeking the expeditious trial of criminal cases against influential persons, including politicians.
- Look Beyond Figures (Telegraph, AMITAVA BANERJEE, Dec 01, 2004)
Mamata Banerjee perhaps thinks otherwise, but people with disability in India have enough reasons to celebrate World Disability Day on December 3.
- Nightwatch (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 01, 2004)
Of the few things left remarkable beneath the visiting moon, the Taj Mahal happens to be one. But looking at it in moonlight is not as simple a pleasure as it sounds like.
- Not A Core Solution (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 01, 2004)
All that can be said of the proposal initiated by the Planning Commission Deputy Chairman, Dr Montek Singh Ahluwalia, on the use of foreign exchange reserves for giving a thrust to investments in infrastructure
- Patliputra Wars (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 01, 2004)
The war of words between Laloo Prasad Yadav and Ram Vilas Paswan raises some profound constitutional issues. It is an obvious fact that exchanges between them have become unseemly
- The European Malaise (Telegraph, Ashok Ganguly, Dec 01, 2004)
Soon after the American presidential election results were announced, the British prime minister, Tony Blair, declared to his European Union colleagues that “the American people have spoken”, and it was time to restore
- Women More Vulnerable To Aids (Tribune, Neelam Sharma, Dec 01, 2004)
Have you heard me today?’’ screams this year’s slogan of the World AIDS day falling on December 1. More than one-fourth of the total 5.1 million HIV positive persons living in India are women.
- Women At Risk (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 01, 2004)
As a pandemic that has affected 39.4 million citizens worldwide, HIV/AIDS is a development challenge like no other.
- Formalising A Merger (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 01, 2004)
The formal merger of the Congress Jananayaka Peravai with the Congress marks the completion of a long-drawn process of reunification of the breakaway groups of the Congress in Tamil Nadu.
- Towards A Nanny State (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Dec 01, 2004)
There is concern that as a result of a package of proposals, unveiled recently by the Tony Blair Government, no aspect of a citizen's life will remain his private domain.
- A Mushroom Cloud Of Poison (Indian Express, GARY COHEN , Dec 01, 2004)
The Bhopal catastrophe is the Hiroshima of the chemical industry. The after-effects of the gas leak continue to maim and kill
- Innocent Victims (Hindu, David C. Mulford, Dec 01, 2004)
Protecting women and girls, like the fight against HIV/AIDS generally, is an effort in which everyone has a part to play.
- In Search Of A Creative Alternative (Telegraph, Vandana Shiva, Dec 01, 2004)
Terra Madre celebrated an honest agriculture that does not lie about prices and does not exploit the earth or its caretakers
- Dollars Dollars Everywhere But Not Very Much To Buy (Indian Express, ILA PATNAIK, Dec 01, 2004)
Holding high forex reserves is similar to holding an excess of food stocks. Forex reserves are a consequence of currency manipulation and using them for infrastructure funding will result in inflation.
- A House For Mr Pandit (Indian Express, PAWAN BALI, Dec 01, 2004)
The Prime Minister’s much awaited visit to the state finally happened, putting to rest expectations and apprehensions, but also raising new controversies.
- Amendment To Companies Act — Should Reflect The Spirit Of Times (Business Line, R. Parthasarathy , Dec 01, 2004)
That the proposed amendment of the Companies Act, 1956 envisages fewer sections, instead of more, is welcome in itself. In all other areas too
- Asbestos: Housed In Controversies (Business Line, Pratap Ravindran , Dec 01, 2004)
Are chrysotile asbestos (or white asbestos) products hazardous to health? The Chrysotile Asbestos Cement Products Manufacturers Association (CACPMA) asserts that they are not.
- East Wind (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 01, 2004)
India’s engagement with the Association of South-east Asian Nations is finally coming of age. The “ASEAN-India partnership for peace, progress and shared prosperity” agreement
- Sprinters At This Asiad (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 01, 2004)
The importance of increasing regional trade within Asia cannot be emphasised enough. At a time when regional trading agreements (RTA), such as the EU and NAFTA, have led to higher trade and investment, Asia continues to lag behind
- Flaws In Anti-Aids Fight (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 01, 2004)
It is heartening to know that Pune’s National AIDS Research Institute is closer to developing an AIDS vaccine with its trial on volunteers beginning in January next year.
- Broadcasting For People (Tribune, N. Bhaskara Rao, Dec 01, 2004)
How much concerned are we today about Public Service Broadcasting (PSB)? Of course, PSB cannot be appraised in isolation of the larger broadcast scene in the country.
- Consumers Unite! (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Dec 01, 2004)
It is a call specially directed to consumers in India, since they are often left in the lurch when they most need help.
- Can We Centre The Northeast? (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Dec 01, 2004)
The Northeast is at the center again, this time for the right reasons. The recent VVIP visit emphasised the criticality of the region as a spring board of activity for furthering India’s interests to the east
- Can Parliament Avoid A Winter Of Discord? (Business Line, R. C. Rajamani, Dec 01, 2004)
The signs are ominous. The gathering political clouds point to a winter session of Parliament not free from discord and discontent. By any reckoning
- Steep Hike (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Nov 30, 2004)
The government’s decision to increase the freight rates for key industrial inputs like coal and iron ore has come as a rude shock. Prompted by a desperate need to mop up more revenue, the Railways have in the middle of the fiscal year
- Widen The Net (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 30, 2004)
Public debate, together with access to information, is of the essence of democracy.
- Praise As The Begging Bowl (Tribune, N. S. Tasneem, Nov 30, 2004)
WHAT happens when a person is praised at his face in full view of the people? Embarrassment, of course, is there as he finds his cherished desire suddenly divested of the apparel.
- Private Eye (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 30, 2004)
Last week a Delhi teenager circulated on mobile phones sexually explicit shots of himself and a friend, sparking off a debate on technology and privacy. By most accounts
- Realising Infinite Bliss Of The Self (Deccan Herald, SWAMI GURUDASANANDA, Nov 30, 2004)
The mind has to be turned back to its source and fixed steadily therein, which is the culmination of devotion
- Rewind And Replay (Deccan Herald, N C GUNDU RAO, Nov 30, 2004)
The more things seem to have changed, the more they remain the same as regards the Kannada movement
- Shocking Incident (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Nov 30, 2004)
In yet another incident on Saturday, a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawan, S Deka, opened indiscriminate fire, killing seven of his colleagues, including a company commander, before he was killed by retaliatory fire at the ...
- Silver Surfers (Business Line, R. Sundaram , Nov 30, 2004)
THE Microsoft CEO, Mr Steve Balmer, during his recent visit to India pledged to localise software here and urged the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, to take steps to increase computer penetration in the country.
- Tackling Violence (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 30, 2004)
The centre plans to make a law to deal “effectively” with communal violence. A Bill is being drafted by the Law Ministry based on a Home Ministry paper that explains what ...
- The Battle For Ukraine (Hindu, VLADIMIR RADYUHIN, Nov 30, 2004)
By winning over Ukraine the West hopes to provoke a domino effect of regime change in other ex-Soviet states.
- Time For Media Introspection (Business Line, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Nov 30, 2004)
The credibility of the Indian electronic media took a battering because of the partisan reportage of general elections earlier this year.
- Trading With Neighbour (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 30, 2004)
DESPITE Pakistan’s reluctance to grant the most-favoured nation (MFN) status to India, trade between the two countries is growing at a fast pace.
- Unhappy Days Are Here Again (Telegraph, Nalin Verma, Nov 30, 2004)
There is little reason to suspect that the BJP will have an easy time in the forthcoming state polls in Jharkhand and Bihar
- Valid Claims (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 30, 2004)
Justice delayed is not always justice denied. By inviting Mr Shibu Soren back into the Union cabinet, the prime minister, Mr Manmohan Singh, has rectified an injustice that had been done to Mr Soren when he was asked to resign from the cabinet.
- Nuclear Challenges In Contemporary World (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Nov 30, 2004)
As disparate the nations are, so are their nuclear weapon strategies. While most abide by the rule of non-proliferation, some, despite being part of the NPT, have leaked their knowledge to suspect nations.
- Without Fear Or Favour (Hindu, Nirmala Lakshman, Nov 30, 2004)
In an age where both fear and favour play an influential role in the reporting of news, journalism that stands firm against government and corporate hegemony is the last hope of democracy.
- `Shrimp Wars' In The Making (Business Line, K.G. Kumar, Nov 30, 2004)
Last week, the Kochi-based trading and seafood company Choice announced ambitious plans to make a grand entry into the UK market with its range of branded prawns.
- Does The Un Matter? (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Nov 30, 2004)
Does the United Nations really matter when it comes to war and peace in the 21st century? To ask this question when long promised reform of the UN seems at hand
- Micro-Finance: Creating Value For The Poor (Business Line, Manoranjan Sharma, Nov 30, 2004)
In recent years, the banking sector has undergone a paradigm shift. An important element of the banking sector transformation has been the emergence of micro-financing ...
- A Grey Eminence (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Nov 30, 2004)
The story of Indian reforms has been written many times; the more often it is written, the more it will sound the same.
- Bankable Trends (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 30, 2004)
Banks, especially those in the public sector, are doing well having "significantly" cleaned up their balance-sheets even while improving the spreads.
- Bolstering Intra-Regional Trade (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 30, 2004)
Nearly two decades after its formation, the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is unable to shake off its fetters and ensure the early implementation of the
- Common Minimum Programme (Business Line, Raghu Dayal , Nov 30, 2004)
So very often the ubiquitous comrades remind the United Progressive Alliance Government to function within the Common Minimum Programme parameters.
- Diminishing Numbers (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 30, 2004)
Habitat destruction and associated degradation and fragmentation are the greatest threats to assessed terrestrial species.
- Manipur’S Middle Class Is Angry (Indian Express, PREM NARAIN, Nov 30, 2004)
The unrest in Manipur deserves special attention because, in many ways, it is very different from that prevailing in the rest of the country and presents twin challenges
Previous 100 Telugu Desam Party Articles | Next 100 Telugu Desam Party Articles
Home
Page
|
|
