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Articles 6921 through 7020 of 27558:
- Sex Sells, As Always (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Nov 20, 2004)
Whenever young people toying with the idea of starting a publishing house come to consult me, I tell them, “if you do not have government
- Towards Regional Cooperation (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Nov 20, 2004)
The Chief Ministers of the southern States should set up a regional council to evolve a unified approach to issues of common interest.
- Too Fond A Wish To Show On The Field (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Nov 20, 2004)
There was a time when every income-tax return used to be scrutinised by income-tax officers (ITOs). As the workload expanded rapidly, the Department began believing in the maxim, "We trust you, you trust us."
- Welcome Proposal (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Nov 20, 2004)
A portion of foreign exchange reserves can be used for infrastructure development
- The Vat And Its Centre Of Gravity (The Economic Times, V BHASKAR, Nov 20, 2004)
The momentum for implementation of VAT by all state governments has strengthened. A mistaken impression, however, lingers that VAT is purely a state issue and the ...
- Benighted State (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 20, 2004)
The recent strike by government and private doctors in Bihar once again brings to the fore the increasing lawlessness in the benighted state.
- The Pull Of Chandigarh (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 20, 2004)
While out-of-job IT professionals in America go about moaning, wearing T-shirts “I’ve been Bangalored” — we Changarhians could perhaps use the same device for a nobler cause.
- Rice And Shine (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 20, 2004)
Coming first is by now second nature to America’s chief diplomat. And it’s also clear that Condoleezza Rice is de facto member of the globe’s First Family
- Teesta Is My Heart-Throb (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Nov 20, 2004)
Like all men I admire good-looking women like Aishwarya Rai and others who became Miss India’s, Miss World’s and Miss Universe’s! I like them from a distance because I never get a chance to get close to any of them.
- In Dock With A Document Processor Off The Dockyard (Business Line, D. Murali , Nov 20, 2004)
IBM Global Services India P Ltd knocked the doors of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Bangalore
- Storm In A Tea Cup (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Nov 20, 2004)
There are some who predict the future by reading the tea leaves at the bottom of a cup.
- Software On The Goods Truck (Business Line, Mohan R. Lavi, Nov 20, 2004)
Despite the recent apex court ruling in the TCS case, there would be difficulties in distinguishing off-the-shelf-software from the rest
- The Practical Joke (Deccan Herald, G R MULKY, Nov 20, 2004)
People with a real knack for practical jokes are usually able get away with them too
- Evolving European Union (Tribune, K.K. Katyal, Nov 20, 2004)
There There is a glow in the eyes of the senior executive of the European Central Bank at Frankfurt as he reels off details of the processes leading to introduction of euro, the common currency for European Union (EU).
- Reins Are On Oil Pricing (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 20, 2004)
It is official at last that there is no system of free pricing of petroleum products. The admission, coming from no less than the Petroleum Minister, Mr Mani Shankar Aiyar, himself is significant because
- Jobless In J&k (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 20, 2004)
There are basically three types of militants in Jammu and Kashmir today. First are the foreigners trained and sent in by Pakistan.
- Goodbye, Galliwasp! (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 20, 2004)
The Vietnamese warty pig and Fernandina rice rat are back from the dead. They have been spotted again, after being written off as extinct in the mid-Nineties.
- Bjp: Back To The Basics (Hindu, K. N. Panikkar, Nov 20, 2004)
The BJP is left with no other alternative but to appeal to the RSS for succour.
- Don't Ask The Way To The Village If You Don't Want To Get There (Business Line, D. Murali , Nov 20, 2004)
The US State Department has voiced serious concern about "jailed monk's trial," informs the headline of a hot story on www.phayul.com, reporting what the now outgoing US Secretary of State Colin Powell and ...
- Disturbing Lags In Education (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 20, 2004)
The education for All global monitoring report (2005) has turned the spotlight on substantive questions of quality of teaching and learning.
- A New Recipe For Peace (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 20, 2004)
For the past several years, peacemaking in Jammu and Kashmir has resembled what Hindi-speakers would describe as a khwaabi (imaginary pulao): all the right ingredients for a ...
- Advancing An Argument On Advance (Business Line, R. Anand, Nov 20, 2004)
Accountants have grappled with expressions such as `total sales', `turnover', `gross receipts', and so on. Essentially accounting terms, these surface frequently in tax litigations as well.
- Sober Growth Prospects For Asia In 2005 (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Nov 20, 2004)
Monetary tightening, unrelenting oil price volatility and soaring US deficits all portend a significant slowdown in the dynamic East Asia.
- It On A Roll (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 20, 2004)
The biggest software company in the world ties up with the two largest players in India. A few days later the leading chip maker says it is evaluating India as a manufacturing base.
- Not An Outsider (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Nov 20, 2004)
A Singaporean friend who minces no words was blunt on the telephone. “Bush’s ‘house nigger’ has gone,” he bellowed,
- 'Home-Loan Rate Hike Is Temporary' (The Economic Times, Raja Awasthi, Nov 20, 2004)
The Delhi-based real estate group Omaxe Construction Ltd, started primarily as a construction company in 1987, has today expanded its wings to play a major role in the residential and commercial sector as well.
- Cashing In On Kashmir (The Economic Times, Narendar Pani, Nov 19, 2004)
Foreign minister Natwar Singh is probably right when he says we should not expect miracles on Kashmir from the ongoing dialogue with Pakistan.
- Change Of Tune (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 19, 2004)
Only the most obstinate of politicians will refuse to read this writing on the wall. The unequivocal public rejection of Wednesday’s Bangla bandh call may well be a turning point in the state’s politics.
- Bush-Blair Bond (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 19, 2004)
Anyone watching the US President, Mr George W. Bush, and the British Prime Minister, Mr Tony Blair, on the TV during their joint appearance before the media at the White House on November 12, would have been struck by a few interesting facets.
- Building A Modern Navy (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 19, 2004)
The chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral Arun Prakash, has said that the Indian Navy has a long way to go to become a world power and this was mainly because of the lack of finances.
- Blair’S Proximity To Bush (Tribune, K.N. Malik, Nov 19, 2004)
British Prime Minister Tony Blair has been ruminating about his country’s place in the world and its relations with its principal allies, the US and Europe.
- Bihar Basics (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 19, 2004)
Buoyed by the vote of confidence it secured from its allies in the National Democratic Alliance, the Bharatiya Janata Party has set its eyes on Bihar.
- A Compulsive Guzzler (Business Line, M. Ramesh , Nov 19, 2004)
In the not too distant past, the world feared oil prices reaching $40 a barrel. Today, it is praying that prices will come to that level.
- Fire Power (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 19, 2004)
Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee’s assurance that the Defence budget would be increased is heartening, considering that the long-delayed modernisation drive hinges squarely on it.
- Textiles, Post-Quotas — A Tangled Skein For Developing Countries (Business Line, M.R. Venkatesh, Nov 19, 2004)
The Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC) was designed essentially to correct a long-standing anomaly in the multilateral trading system.
- Why John Kerry Lost (Hindu, Bhargavi Shiva, Nov 19, 2004)
George W. Bush's re-election is a wake-up call to Democrats to strengthen and clearly define their policies on the economy and national security.
- Where Are The Toilets? (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 19, 2004)
Even though India has established itself as a major power in the comity of nations, it is a shame that most people in the country do not have toilets. This is a sad reflection on the insensitivity of successive governments and the failure of the planning
- What Colour Is Your Religion In A Dark Room? (Business Line, D. Murali , Nov 19, 2004)
Saffron splashes being all too visible on the cover pages of magazines, we had better come to terms with religion, that is busy these days litigating rather than pontificating.
- Trials Of A Pioneer (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Nov 19, 2004)
Monastic intrigues have been a source of macabre fascination for the laity. From Umberto Eco’s Name of the Rose to Dan Brown’s best-selling
- The Wilting Lotus (Tribune, Amulya Ganguli, Nov 19, 2004)
The secular camp could not have written a better script for itself. Not only has its main political opponent, the BJP, lost two elections in a row, the party has fallen into such disarray that its plight is almost embarrassing to behold.
- The Levy Will Muster Resources For Projects (The Economic Times, D S RAWAT, Nov 19, 2004)
The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham) has always supported the official initiative on the imposition of cess on petro- products in the public interest.
- Double Taxation Avoidance Agreements (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Nov 19, 2004)
There is always a trade-off between efficiency, equity and pragmatic implementation concerns, on one side, and the impact of tax policies on incentives to invest productively
- The Challenges Before Sri Vijayendra Saraswathi (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Nov 19, 2004)
There can be no doubt that the Kanchi Sankara Mutt is going through a rough patch and its followers are totally upset with the developments climaxing in the arrest of the
- Empowering Cooperatives (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 19, 2004)
It is indeed a sad commentary on the state of affairs of the cooperative movement that it requires a prime ministerial promise of a constitutional amendment to secure for cooperative institutions rights which should have
- Reaching Out (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Nov 19, 2004)
The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh’s visit to Kashmir on Wednesday and the notes of hope and commitment to peace and prosperity that he struck ....
- Public Sector Oil Companies' Merger (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 19, 2004)
Each of the Indian oil companies can emerge as a giant provided it is allowed to go full steam ahead and take competition head on with best practices, up-to-the-minute technologies and timely business intelligence.
- Privatisation Needs An Update (The Economic Times, Manoj Pant, Nov 19, 2004)
For quite some time now, economists have been shouting from the rooftops that the logic for privatisation is quite obvious: the government has no business being
- Polls In Palestine (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Nov 19, 2004)
Elections are likely to be the key to stability and unity inside the Palestinian territories.
- Policies For Development (Deccan Herald, Montek singh Ahluwalia, Nov 19, 2004)
There are many areas in our domestic policy agenda which should also receive priority attention
- Old Beliefs Die Hard (Telegraph, NEHA SAHAY, Nov 19, 2004)
A record number of babies have been born this year in Beijing: 60,000 already, despite the strict population control policy. This is the Year of the Monkey, considered lucky by the Chinese.
- Linking Trade To Human Rights (Deccan Herald, Sakuntala Narasimhan, Nov 19, 2004)
Many human rights organisations hold that diversity trade audits can be used to eliminate Dalit discrimination
- Knowledge Management: From Hoarders To Sharers (Business Line, N. Raghavendra Rao, Nov 19, 2004)
Owing to changes in the business practices of organisations, there is increased interest in `Knowledge Management'.
- Hindi Business (Deccan Herald, M K RATHISH, Nov 19, 2004)
When it comes to different languages, some people can make much ado about what’s in a name
- The Economy Will Move At Far More Cost (The Economic Times, P K SIKDAR, Nov 19, 2004)
The government is contemplating 100% increases in the cess on petrol and diesel but, given the costs of collection, it is easier to levy than to collect a cess.
- 'Indian & Nz Tech Cos Can Tie Up' (The Economic Times, SUMIT GULATI, Nov 18, 2004)
Nick Arathimos, director (East Asia), Investment New Zealand was in India recently with the business delegation accompanying the NZ prime minister on her visit to India.
- Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde, Plus A Fox Pulling A Fast One (Business Line, D. Murali , Nov 18, 2004)
"Phone records show suspect's location before millionaire's slaying," reads the headline of a story on www.wnep.com about a recent crime in New York.
- Farewell, Shobini! (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 18, 2004)
In a way, the plight of sportsmen is worse than that of extras in a film. For a few seconds they play the king, only to lead a life of penury and deprivation after that.
- Generating Demand For Reforms (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Nov 18, 2004)
Has India lost the zeal for reforms? The apparent waywardness on the reform front after the blitzkrieg of the early ’90s is making this an increasingly common question.
- Going For Gold? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Nov 18, 2004)
Looking for a good return? Do your homework well
- In Science, Fraud Is Fabrication And Falsification (Business Line, D. Murali , Nov 18, 2004)
'Breaking News' is about the ongoing investigations in a temple accountant's murder case causing much anxiety about unholy alliances, and widespread breast-beating over abrupt betrayal.
- Learning To Live With Disasters (Deccan Herald, U R RAO, Nov 18, 2004)
Space technology can provide early warnings of natural disasters to enable governments to take timely measures
- More Than A Gesture (Telegraph, SUDIPTA BHATTACHARJEE, Nov 18, 2004)
In this season of elections, another has popped up online. This one pertains to Manipur, the state Manmohan Singh is scheduled to visit on Monday.
- Nda Capitulation (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 18, 2004)
That the national Democratic Alliance is driven primarily by the interests and concerns of the Bharatiya Janata Party became clear on Monday
- Pension Needs More Attention (Business Line, SANKAR RAY, Nov 18, 2004)
The UPA Government is to introduce another Amendment Bill to the Employees Provident Fund and Misc. Provisions Act, 1952 (EPF) to make the Employees' Pension Scheme of 1995 (EPS) more subscriber-friendly.
- The Aftermath Of Arafat (Hindu, James Bennet, Nov 18, 2004)
Yasser Arafat recognised Israel's right to exist in most of historical Palestine and offered deep concessions for peace only to be misrepresented as a terrorist, say Palestinians.
- Huda’S Callous Attitude (Tribune, Subhash C. Jain, Nov 18, 2004)
The Haryana Urban Development Authority’s failure to allot land to the applicants even after six months from the last date calls for intervention by the Supreme Court. On October 31, 2004...
- Time For Peace (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 18, 2004)
It seems to be a time of new peace initiatives in the North-east. The prime minister’s promise to open peace talks with the United Liberation Front of Asom adds to this air of optimism.
- A Presidential View Of Banking (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Nov 18, 2004)
A P J Abdul Kalam’s address to the bankers' conference in New Delhi last week was a refreshing departure from the platitudes mouthed by political functionaries on such occasions.
- Wrestling With Religious Hatred (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Nov 18, 2004)
Instead of enacting a law against inciting religious hatred, the British Government should fine-tune and enforce the existing anti-racist laws.
- Why It Does Not Help To Shirk In The Name Of Sickness (Business Line, Mohan R. Lavi, Nov 18, 2004)
Section 22 of the Sick Industrial Companies Act (SICA), a favourite with many sick companies, provides that no proceedings for the winding up, execution, distress sale or the like against any of the properties of the
- Economic Growth: Savings Score Over Reforms (Business Line, R. Vaidyanathan, Nov 18, 2004)
The economic growth of the 1990s is largely attributed to the reforms by the Centre. But this is only half the story. For the real credit must go to the phenomenal rise in household savings, including of proprietorship and partnership firms.
- Uma Bharti, Bjp And Sonia (Deccan Herald, B. K. Chandrashekar, Nov 18, 2004)
The BJP has to move forward from its Sonia fixation and start looking at roti and makan issues
- Basic Instinct (Telegraph, Bhaskar Ghose, Nov 18, 2004)
British newspapers have been carrying reports of the sacking of the Conservative MP Boris Johnson as a frontbencher and spokesperson for the arts.
- The Bush Second Term (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 18, 2004)
Few countries are as cautious and pragmatic in their conduct of foreign policy as the People’s Republic of China. The Chinese have learnt the art of refraining from passing gratuitous comments on issues that do not directly affect their national interests
- Stitch In Time (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Nov 18, 2004)
With textile quotas to be abolished in world trade in about six weeks’ time, India finds itself grossly unprepared to take advantage of new opportunities that will be created.
- Progress Towards Vat (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 18, 2004)
In a deal put through recently by the Union Finance Minister, P. Chidambaram, all but three States have agreed to replace the State sales tax with the value added tax (VAT) from April 2005.
- Some Birthdays Are Not So Happy (Telegraph, Nalin Verma, Nov 18, 2004)
The contrasting plights of the BJP in Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh explain the differences in the birthday celebrations of the two states
- Shocking Apathy (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Nov 18, 2004)
The Government should facilitate the smooth functioning of fast track courts
- About Life And Death (Tribune, Trilochan Singh Trewn, Nov 18, 2004)
My colleague Virendra Singh Dhanda was an outstanding, upright officer with a keen sense of business. He was looking after procurement of equipment, including large number of cranes, lathes, boring machine, drilling machines milling machines ...
- Unified Licensing Regime Proposals (Business Line, Prabhat Dayal , Nov 18, 2004)
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is to finalise its recommendations on unified licensing regime (ULR) shortly.
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