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Articles 7521 through 7620 of 27558:
- Taking On Nature (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Oct 29, 2004)
Democratic freedom should include the freedom to dream. There is however a problem. Some people’s dreams can turn out to be some other people’s nightmares; democratic freedom, we could be told, also includes the freedom to
- Tools In Its Reserve (Telegraph, S. Venkitaramanan , Oct 29, 2004)
In the light of the rising inflation, observers had been eagerly awaiting the Reserve Bank of India’s credit policy, released on October 26.
- The Big Picture (Deccan Herald, Pran Chopra , Oct 29, 2004)
Congress emerged from the elections with a larger image and BJP with a smaller image than warranted by facts
- The Road Ahead For Bjp (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Oct 29, 2004)
It is back to basics for the BJP. If losing the Lok Sabha elections was the first major shock, its inability to oust the Congress-NCP regime in Maharashtra has been the last straw on the camel's back for the party ...
- Not By Commerce Alone (The Economic Times, S NARAYAN, Oct 29, 2004)
Alternatives for the control over the use of natural gas are a topic of policy debate once more, with prices of crude oil ruling higher than ever before.
- Explaining The ‘Anglosphere’ (Deccan Herald, GLENN REYNOLDS, Oct 29, 2004)
George Bush’s coalition is bound by more than a common bond like the English language
- Tale From The Dark Ages! (The Economic Times, Lubna Kably, Oct 29, 2004)
Zenobia Aunty is a sound sleeper. So, it was a bit of a shock to hear her shrieks. “I must rush back to Mumbai, my flat has been provisionally attached.
- Not A Day Too Soon (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 29, 2004)
The government is reportedly considering setting up a special cell for monitoring clinical trials to ensure compliance with Good Clinical Practices (GCP).
- Managing Schools (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 29, 2004)
Quickly learning lessons from the terrible tragedy at Kumbakonam in Tamil Nadu last July when 90 young students of the Sri Krishna Primary School perished in a fire accident, both the Central and State Governments
- Judicial Commission Must For Transparency (The Economic Times, Rajindar Sachar , Oct 29, 2004)
Though in not too distant past integrity of higher judiciary level was unimpeachable, but such uprightness cannot be boasted of now.
- Investment By Commission (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 29, 2004)
Arunachal Pradesh will be the biggest beneficiary of the proposed new Investment Commission. The Investment Commission (IC) is expected, obviously enough, to do better than the India Investment Centres (IICs) now being wound up.
- How Coffee Houses Came Into Being (Tribune, Jonathan Myerson, Oct 29, 2004)
FEW enjoy their first cup of coffee. The second isn’t much better. Yet by the tenth, you’re hooked. You don’t know why — there are so many less troublesome, more varied flavours out there (tea, to name but one) but every morning, you come back to coffee.
- Help Put Erring Judges On The Right Path (The Economic Times, Kuldip Nayar, Oct 29, 2004)
This is a court of justice,” a lawyer exclaimed while arguing a case in the Supreme Court of America.
- Gaza First (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 29, 2004)
It takes a great deal of disorientation to think of Mr Ariel Sharon as the harbinger of peace. But his evident determination to start the withdrawal of Jewish settlements from the Gaza Strip forces the world to do precisely this.
- Enter, Honourable Member Arun Gawli! (Tribune, H. K. Dua, Oct 29, 2004)
NOT long ago he answered the court calls like: “Arun Gulab Gawli Hazir Ho….”. Uniformed Mumbai policemen used to escort him into the courtroom to deposit him in the dock to be cross-examined on charges of conspiring to murder and many other crimes of ...
- Disinvestment: Will New Approach Pay Off? (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Oct 29, 2004)
The Government's new approach that gradual dilution of government ownership through public offer is preferable to large-scale privatisation means that it will gradually shed small portions
- Chief Concern (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 29, 2004)
Running in the same place seems to be a very satisfying activity. Or so the smiling faces of Congress and Nationalist Congress Party leaders in Maharashtra would suggest.
- Wooing Fdi (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 29, 2004)
The challenge facing developing countries is how to attract investment in infrastructure
- Government At Last (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 29, 2004)
It must please the Congress that it fought for and retained the Chief Ministership of Maharashtra in the face of mounting pressure to yield the post to its partner, the Nationalist Congress Party.
- Maha Negotiations (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 29, 2004)
AT last, nearly a fortnight after the assembly election results, the coalition ministry for Maharashtra is in sight. The protracted ministry-making negotiation between the
- Taj Corridor Scam (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 28, 2004)
Amazingly, the CBI is taking a long time to investigate the Taj corridor case. Though it informed the Supreme Court that it had found "no evidence" against Ms Mayawati
- Quandary Of Cane, Cotton And Onion (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Oct 28, 2004)
Farmers were promised policies that eliminate price-depressing moves and lighten the burden of loans and interest. But the Maharashtra Government is trying to revive the Cotton Monopoly
- Wooing Fdi In Infrastructure (Deccan Herald, S N CHARY, Oct 28, 2004)
Raising FDI caps alone will not increase foreign investment as a safe business environment does not exist here
- Tussle Over Cm’S Chair (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Oct 28, 2004)
AT the time of writing on Wednesday evening, the squalid and painfully
prolonged standoff between the Congress and its coalition partner in Maharashtra, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), over power sharing was continuing.
- The End Of A Story? (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 28, 2004)
How does the mid-term credit policy unfolded by the RBI on Tuesday affect individuals? It may lead to an increase in interest rates for housing and consumer loans, though competition may drive banks to delay the hikes as also to keep them for the shortest
- A Number To Count On (Business Line, Krishna Sharan Mishra, Oct 28, 2004)
"Our vision: To be the most dynamic and respected regulator — globally" This is the citation which is prominently displayed on the Web site of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). Keeping to the spirit ...
- Style Over Substance (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 28, 2004)
India must put forward flexible and imaginative proposals on Kashmir
- Star Performance (Deccan Herald, SHAILAJA NIKAM, Oct 28, 2004)
Treating MGR helped me find my life’s calling, but not the compensation promised
- Round And Round They Go, Endlessly (Telegraph, Nishit Dholabhai, Oct 28, 2004)
The Centre needs to tackle the issue of integration — the main demand of the NSCN(I-M) — if there is to be lasting peace
- Not Yet Free (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 28, 2004)
The Reserve Bank of India’s mid-term review of annual policy is along expected lines, at least for macro indicators of growth and inflation. The gross domestic product growth projections for 2004-05 have been lowered.
- Musharraf’S Loud Thinking (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 28, 2004)
President Pervez Musharraf is given to springing surprises. And New Delhi cannot be faulted if it is feeling irritated or amused at what he has said at his Iftaar party.
- Life Breath For Kyoto Protocol (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 28, 2004)
Like Phoenix, The Kyoto Protocol will rise, with Duma, Russia's lower house of Parliament, ratifying the pact, and clearing the way for the long-delayed climate change treaty to come into force worldwide.
- The Power Of Weakness (Telegraph, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Oct 28, 2004)
When the history of modern international relations is written, perhaps one paradoxical lesson will stand out: we often overestimate the power of power.
- Enhancing Food Security (Deccan Herald, U R RAO, Oct 28, 2004)
Space technology can help double the country’s foodgrain production to meet the increase in demand
- General Fix-It (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 28, 2004)
Mr Pervez Musharraf likes making a mark. But the president of Pakistan never does so without a purpose, even if the purpose appears insubstantial to whoever is not in the general’s shoes.
- Global Executive (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 28, 2004)
A Predictable corollary of globalisation is the growing need to attune managerial personnel of all categories to the multifaceted and cross-cultural complexities of its challenges and demands.
- How Export Enclaves Can Deliver (Business Line, Raghu Dayal , Oct 28, 2004)
It is heartening that India aims to garner 1.5 per cent of world trade by 2009. Notwithstanding a buoyant growth rate recorded by exports in recent months, the country can ill-afford to forget that a modest target of one per cent of world trade ...
- Iran At The Crossroads (Hindu, Hamid Ansari, Oct 28, 2004)
The future of Iran may well depend on the success or failure of the efforts of a responsive society to seek a place in the sun while retaining its dignity and identity.
- Assassination Of The Mahatma (Hindu, K. N. Panikkar, Oct 28, 2004)
The real assassin was not Nathuram Godse, but Hindu communalism of which Savarkar was the most ardent ideologue and practitioner.
- Into The Easy-Hearted Man And Hugged Into Snares (Business Line, D. Murali , Oct 28, 2004)
"Before the starry threshold of Jove's court," is how John Milton's poetic masque Comus begins. Equally interesting is the verdict in the Essar Oil Ltd case that came a few weeks ago from the airy threshold of the apex court.
- A Timely Initiative (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 28, 2004)
India, Russia and China took a small but significant step towards making their combined weight count in international affairs when their Foreign Ministers met on the sidelines of the ...
- Joint Operations (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 28, 2004)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s statement, in an address to the combined commanders’ conference in New Delhi on Tuesday, about India’s readiness for joint operations with neighbours to combat insurgency, suggests a pro-active national security and foreign
- Rbi At Its Transparent Best (Business Line, A. Seshan, Oct 27, 2004)
The RBI continues the tradition of openness and transparency in conveying facts and assessment of what lies ahead.
- Running The Dawk (Telegraph, Bibek Debroy, Oct 27, 2004)
“Sesquicentenary” is quite a mouthful. That’s what the post offices are celebrating now — 150 years
- Sufi Bard (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 27, 2004)
It is an established fact that the British nicked the famous Kohinoor diamond from India. It can now be said the country lost not one but two Kohinoors to the invaders from Blighty.
- Tackling Shortage Of Water, Power (Tribune, R. N. Malik, Oct 27, 2004)
The Pong dam and Ranjit Sagar reservoirs are seldom full to the brim during the monsoon. This year the reservoirs were hardly half full. Four MAF of the Beas water has already been diverted to the Gobind Sagar reservoir to facilitate the running of
- Take On A Deeper Shade Of Green (Telegraph, Shama Parveen, Oct 27, 2004)
A large number of development projects cleared by the MoEF do not fulfil the conditions under which they were cleared...
- Targeting Inflation (Business Line, P. Mukherjee, Oct 27, 2004)
The RBI Governor, Mr Y. V. Reddy, has obviously targeted inflation in the Mid-Term Review.
- Upping Ante On Interest Rates (Business Line, Shanti Ekambaram, Oct 27, 2004)
The tension in the money market over the last few weeks on a "rate hike" was put to rest by the Reserve Bank of India with a repo rate hike of 25 bps while leaving the Bank Rate and the CRR untouched.
- Of Hedgehogs And Foxes (Hindu, Jyotirmaya Sharma, Oct 27, 2004)
The Sangh Parivar, the BJP and Mr. Advani will soon have to square the proverbial circle.
- Npt Is Of No Use (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Oct 27, 2004)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh laying the foundation for Proto-type Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) at Kalpakkam on October 23 is both an act of faith in the Indian scientific community and a challenge to international conventional wisdom.
- Difficult Choices For Pawar (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Oct 27, 2004)
Even after 10 days the Maharashtra electorate chose the Congress-Nationalist Congress Party alliance over the Bharatiya Janata Party-Shiv Sena combine in the
- A Bleak Script (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 27, 2004)
Putting behind the salad predictions of May, the Reserve Bank of India on Tuesday came up with a bleak script for the Indian economy.
- A Cautious Monetary Stance (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 27, 2004)
In recent years the Reserve Bank of India's credit policy statements and the mid-year reviews have been by design devoid of sensational announcements.
- A Review Of Hard Times (Business Line, Ajay Mahajan, Oct 27, 2004)
The Mid-Term Review of Credit Policy comes amid hard times with soaring metals and minerals prices, as reflected in the CRB Futures Price Index trading at a 23-year high, and crude hovering around $55 per barrel.
- Acquittal Mode (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 27, 2004)
Fourteen years of high-profile judicial proceedings in the St Kitts case have proved to be a wild-goose chase, with the last accused, self-styled godman Chandraswami, being discharged by court.
- Before The Die Is Cast (Telegraph, SUDIPTA BHATTACHARJEE, Oct 27, 2004)
“It’s hard work, you know.” That is not George Bush referring to his role in the Iraq war, although he used the phrase, ad infinitum, during his pre-poll debates.
- Better Chance (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 27, 2004)
The conviction of underworld don Abu Salem and his companion and Bollywood actress Monica Bedi by a Portuguese court in Lisbon is good news for India as it may help in the extradition of the much-wanted criminal.
- President Karzai (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 27, 2004)
The Afghans have finally reposed their faith in the leadership of President Hamid Karzai. As expected, he has won the October 9 elections with a comfortable majority, though the results will be declared officially in a few days.
- Mountain Rage (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 27, 2004)
Islamic fundamentalism and terrorism have been overemphasized as the main factors in all contemporary civil strife. Iraq is the most rec
- New Ally (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 27, 2004)
The visit to India by Myanmar’s top military leader, Mr Than Shwe, is significant for a variety of reasons. Although the visit may dishearten supporters of Myanmar’s pro-democracy leader...
- Bombshell For Bush: 350 Tonnes Of Explosives Go Missing In Iraq (Tribune, Rupert Cornwell, Oct 27, 2004)
In a massive pre-election embarrassment for the Bush administration, nearly 350 tons of lethal explosives — which could be used to trigger nuclear weapons — have vanished from a military facility in Iraq supposed to have been guarded by US troops.
- Moving Forward With Kyoto (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 27, 2004)
Endorsement of the Kyoto Protocol by the Russian Parliament clears the way for coming into operation of the international agreement on targeted reduction of heat-trapping
- Giving The Policy A Gilt Edge (Business Line, R. V. Joshi , Oct 27, 2004)
The RBI Mid-Term Review of the Annual Policy 2004-05 was eagerly awaited this time around, though such a policy announcement had almost
- Mid-Term Review Of Monetary Policy (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Oct 27, 2004)
The RBI makes a masterly analysis of the macro-economic developments over the last half-year. The Credit Policy is a measured response to a difficult policy challenge offered by inflationary trends
- Maintaining Momentum (Business Line, Bhaskar Ghose, Oct 27, 2004)
The Mid-Term Review of the Monetary Policy for 2004-05 was expected to be a balancing act by the Reserve Bank of India between the need to contain inflationary pressures and the requirement to ensure the
- Kerry's Not Scary (Hindu, Andrew M. Dailey, Oct 27, 2004)
Why Indian BPO partisans should stop dreading a Kerry win and worry instead about their marketing.
- In Sync With The Times (Business Line, Anil Singhvi, Oct 27, 2004)
The Mid-Term Review of the Annual Policy Statement is in line with the current developments happening in the economy.
- Food Security Of India Not Tenable (Tribune, Joginder Singh, Oct 26, 2004)
It is well known that the progress of agricultural production, particularly on the food front in the country, has been remarkable. In spite of a fast growth of population, a healthy interaction of farmers, agricultural scientists, policy planners and ...
- Unsafe In The Cocoon (Telegraph, M.R. Venkatesh, Oct 26, 2004)
To reach Veerappan, the STF had to break into the network of social, political and ideological ties that safeguarded the bandit
- Trek To Nagpur (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Oct 26, 2004)
If the Congress ran to the Nehru-Gandhi family in its hour of crisis to seek Mrs Sonia Gandhi, the Bharatiya Janata Party has opted for the tried and tested leadership of Mr L.K. Advani as it seeks a way out of its acute difficulties after the double wham
- Top Secret (Tribune, G. S. Aujla, Oct 26, 2004)
One of the most popular tools in the stock-in-trade of bureaucratic subterfuge is oft-used and frequently misused epithet “top secret” usually marked on files of restricted circulation.
- The Case For Employment Guarantee (Hindu, Jayati Ghosh, Oct 26, 2004)
Employment generation schemes can create conditions for much higher levels of economic activity and therefore growth, especially in the rural areas.
- The Biotech Track (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 26, 2004)
Hopefully, the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the Punjab Government and Canadian company Ag-West Bio Inc would give a push to biotechnology in the state.
- Telecom: Barriers Beyond The Fdi Cap (Business Line, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Oct 26, 2004)
India needs huge investments to ensure that the growth rate of the telecom sector does not slacken. Nobody can quibble with this argument.
- Empty Gift (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 26, 2004)
Three months after announcing its intentions in the Budget, the Government has raised the limit on foreign direct investment in the equity of private domestic airlines from 40 per cent to 49 per cent.
- Chaos, Murder And Mayhem In Iraq (Hindu, Haifa Zangana, Oct 26, 2004)
Kidnapping and killing is a daily reality in Iraq, but in the West the atrocities go unrecorded and the dead are unnamed.
- China's Transition: From Marx To Deng (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Oct 26, 2004)
October marked the 55th Anniversary of the founding of the Peoples Republic of China. It coincided with birth centenary of Deng Xiaoping, the architect of China's integration with the global economy.
- Heat And Dust (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 26, 2004)
Can the world be stopped from getting hotter? Not in any dramatic way, the Kyoto Protocol would be likely to suggest, but the heating can be slowed down, and — with cooperation and awareness — reduced over time.
- Competition, Regulation Must Work For User (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Oct 26, 2004)
The telecom revolution has served up competition and cut prices, but unfortunately in many a case has left the user poorly served too.
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