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Articles 7921 through 8020 of 27558:
- The Tehelka Commission (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Oct 15, 2004)
The reliance on Commissions of Inquiry is misplaced. Increasingly, they are instruments of intimidation.
- The Differentiation Needs To Be Removed (The Economic Times, K VIJAYAN, Oct 15, 2004)
The distinction between FII and FDI seems to be a hangover from the days when Swraj Paul shook corporate czars of the license permit raj by trying to annex their fiefdom, which they controlled with minuscule stakes.
- World Food Day Or World Hunger Day? (Deccan Herald, MARY ROBINSON, Oct 15, 2004)
The connection between food security and AIDS is deep — malnourishment kills AIDS victims quickly
- In Search Of Residence (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 15, 2004)
I tend to rely heavily on Zenobia Aunty and her wide circle of friends to pass on interesting tips.
- Censoring Kher (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 15, 2004)
AS if the removal of Governors on a change of government was not unseemly enough, the Congress-led alliance has gone a step further and removed Anupam Kher as Chairman of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC).
- Press Note 18: A Way Out Of Imbroglio (Business Line, Pradeep S. Mehta, Oct 15, 2004)
The Government is keen to scrap Press Note 18 as it believes that it is restricting fresh FDI flows. Indeed, there is merit in this, and one needs to take a dispassionate view.
- Outcome In Arunachal (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 15, 2004)
THE Congress victory in the Arunachal Pradesh Assembly elections does not come as a surprise. The credit for its success should necessarily go to Chief Minister Gegong Apang.
- Moments To Cherish (Deccan Herald, S R MUKUND, Oct 15, 2004)
It is those small pleasures, however mundane, that make life worth living
- Is The Fdi-Fii Distinction Relevant? (The Economic Times, RAJIV BAJAJ, Oct 15, 2004)
The economic policy reforms have been crucial in the performance of India’s economy since the 1990s.
- Incompatible Marriage (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 15, 2004)
All marriages of convenience come under pressure as soon as interests diverge. No surprise then that the Congress and the Telangana Rashtra Samiti are at each other's throats over
- Historic Process (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 15, 2004)
The willingness of the govt and the PW to work out their problems is a step forward
- Hanging Is Out Of Date (Tribune, Subhash C. Jain, Oct 15, 2004)
Arguments for and against Dhananjoy Chatterjee, who was recently executed, reflected desperation, for, policy decisions on such a vital issue could not be taken on the basis of an individual case.
- Exchanges Must Compete (The Economic Times, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 15, 2004)
The Demutualisation Ordinance, though much delayed, is welcome. It clears the way for the transformation of the country’s beleaguered stock exchanges from member-owned organisations to corporatised entities.
- Election Without Groundwork (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Oct 15, 2004)
The Afghan presidential election will change nothing and disillusion the people about democracy
- Domain Of The Immensely Small (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 15, 2004)
The Nobel prize in physics for 2004 is perhaps the last of the prizes that acknowledge significant foundational developments in the scientific understanding of three of the four fundamental interactions that govern the behaviour of all known forms of ...
- Respect The Voter (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 15, 2004)
Afghans have spoken in favour of democracy and their choice must be respected
- Iraq Survey Group's Chance Discovery (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 15, 2004)
The Iraq Survey Group has stumbled on a shocking collusion among the Iraqi regime, UN officials, and contractors in more than 40 countries, including the permanent members of the Security Council
- Serious Concerns (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 14, 2004)
Developing countries are battling several public health issues with scarce resources
- Women And Elections In Afghanistan (Hindu, Natasha Walter, Oct 14, 2004)
The United States and Britain used the oppression of Afghan women to justify their intervention. That is not how it is seen on the ground.
- Where Is The Road? (Deccan Herald, S N CHARY, Oct 14, 2004)
But for some confidence-building talk, there is little in the new foreign trade policy to give exports an impetus
- Us Elections: Which Way Will Women Swing? (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Oct 14, 2004)
As the US presidential election juggernaut rolls on and the two rivals — the Republican incumbent, Mr George W. Bush, and the Democratic contender, Mr John Kerry — trade charges on a variety of issues ranging
- The Millstone Of Bad Loans Weigheth (Business Line, SANKAR RAY, Oct 14, 2004)
About two years back, the former Finance Minister, Mr Jaswant Singh, had described the non-performing assets of some Rs 83,000 crore in banks as "loot, and not debt", while replying to a query in the Rajya Sabha.
- Slippery Future (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 14, 2004)
India faces a gloomy future on the oil front as international prices are on the rise
- Signs Of A Recovery (Telegraph, S. Venkitaramanan , Oct 14, 2004)
At long last, the IMF’s World Economic Outlook is cautiously optimistic about the prospects of the global economy
- Saarc Writers Conference (Tribune, Nirupama Dutt, Oct 14, 2004)
The focus of this literary meet was on that irregular triangle that forms the central peninsula of Southern Asia. Here nestle the seven sibling countries in close togetherness yet with a distinct cultural identity.
- Reflections On Monetary Policy Review (Business Line, A. Vasudevan, Oct 14, 2004)
The central bank has to practise the art of the possible. The October mid-year review of Monetary Policy will continue to lay emphasis on institutional reforms.
- Lying Comes Naturally To Human Beings (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 14, 2004)
Accounting is a profession that earns its bread from `truth'. Who else plugs `true and fair' in their finished product with as much finesse as we manage to?
- Just Two (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 14, 2004)
Can “national interest” override private choice? It can, in Haryana and in a few other Indian states. The Supreme Court has now upheld the Haryana assembly’s legal competence to enact a law that could disqualify a member of the municipality if he or ...
- Joy And Despair (Telegraph, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Oct 14, 2004)
The prime minister’s visit to the United States of America has generated a great deal of misplaced euphoria about the future of Indo-US relations.
- Batch Of ’89 (Tribune, Parag Jain, Oct 14, 2004)
TIME has mellowed not only the visages but also responses and attitudes. The boisterous — almost animal — catcalls and yelling of yesteryears have given way to a more sober though still warm back slapping.
- Simplify The Tree Act (Deccan Herald, C S VEDANT, Oct 14, 2004)
Simpler norms need to be devised for determining private tree ownership, to protect individual and State interests
- An Experiment In Democracy (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 14, 2004)
The first presidential election in Afghanistan's history is back on course with the candidates contesting against the incumbent Hamid Karzai giving up their demand for the polls to be annulled.
- Jacques Derrida, 1930-2004 (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Oct 14, 2004)
One of the most widely published and discussed philosophers of our time, Derrida, best known for his theory of deconstruction, was adulated and denigrated in equal measure.
- Fdi In Telecom (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 14, 2004)
THE bonhomie witnessed in the UPA-Left Coordination Committee meeting on Tuesday reflects the realisation on both sides that they can't do without each other.
- Fiscal Gravy Train Halts (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 14, 2004)
There is nothing unusual about fiscal slippages. Thus, the news of the Centre's fiscal deficit in April-August 2004 at Rs 9,042 crore being higher than that for the corresponding previous period (as also against a budgeted increase of Rs 5,304 crore ...
- George Bush, You Are Fired (Telegraph, Gouri Chatterjee, Oct 14, 2004)
Bob Botfeld is a computer systems engineer who gave up his cushy job in a New York firm six months ago, to devote all his energies to “the most important election” of his 50-something life.
- Hindi-English Bhai Bhai (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 14, 2004)
It is by now accepted wisdom that the diversity of India is best represented by a government that is itself an alliance of divergent political, cultural, and linguistic currents.
- Human Rites (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 14, 2004)
Even as everyone was preoccupied with who got which Nobel Prize for what, and some rued that Indians are nowhere in the reckoning for worthy international recognition, our very own Amma - the 'Revolutionary Leader' Dr J Jayalalithaa - has
- Icon Of Doubt And Interpretation (Telegraph, Jacques Derrida, Oct 14, 2004)
An author is dead as soon as he writes a text. The text lives and is open to reading and interpretation.
- Information Security In The Matrix Of Mahabharata (Business Line, D. Murali , Oct 14, 2004)
THE Global Information Security Survey 2004 from Ernst & Young has startling things to convey. Such as: That only one in five felt that their companies looked at information security as a CEO-level priority; that three out of four did not think that their
- It Amounts To Censorship (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 14, 2004)
Although Although the government has tried to wash its hands off the controversy over the decision of Doordarshan to withdraw a film on Jayaprakash Narayan which was to be telecast on his birthday on Monday, doubts linger.
- A Tale Of Three Elections (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Oct 14, 2004)
ALL eyes and ears are, of course, fixed on the mother of all elections, the one between the US President, Mr George Bush, and his Democratic challenger, Mr John Kerry, scheduled for November 2.
- Why Dharmanomics Must Reign (Business Line, Pravir Malik, Oct 13, 2004)
It has been argued that the spread of globalisation signals the end of history. Western liberal democracy shall spread across the earth resulting in the demise of mankind's ideological evolution.
- Rain Struck Now (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 13, 2004)
Untimely rain has damaged paddy — harvested, standing in the fields or lying in the mandis. Apart from Punjab and Haryana, reports of ruin have poured in from Himachal Pradesh as well.
- Re-Evolving The Community (Deccan Herald, K C ABRAHAM, Oct 13, 2004)
A pluralistic civil society that is autonomous of religion and state should be commited to the liberation of the oppressed
- Shells Expose Security Risk (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Oct 13, 2004)
All over India shells are found, most of them perhaps life expired ones, but quite a few live ones too. They have been located in Navi Mumbai, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Delhi, Chandigarh, Bulandshaher and other places in UP and Punjab.
- Tainted Allotments (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 13, 2004)
The brazen allotment of petrol pumps, LPG and kerosene outlets to friends and relatives was one of the most sordid sagas of political patronage authored by the NDA government.
- Thought @ The Speed Of Government (Business Line, K. Venugopal , Oct 13, 2004)
Vividly, and anecdotally, long-time journalist and recently-turned politician, Mr Arun Shourie, captures the sloth in government in his 18th book.
- Trade Sans Quotas (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 13, 2004)
The 30-year-old textiles quota regime under which the developed countries, the United States and the countries of the European Union, practised discrimination against major textile ...
- Tv News Limited In Range (Tribune, N. Bhaskara Rao, Oct 13, 2004)
The Doordashan News channel in its present avatar completes one year this month. As a 24-hour national news channel, it stands out for its overall performance. But news bulletins of neither of the news channels, including DD News, distinguish themselves a
- Us Report Opens Old Wounds (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma, Oct 13, 2004)
Sanctions hurt the poor and empower the targeted state, bringing the latter a new source of personal wealth
- Psbs Must Cash In On Product Innovation (Business Line, D. S. Gulati, Oct 13, 2004)
What PSBs usually call product development is basically re-positioning, re-packaging or re-classifying existing products. Real breakthroughs can come only with product innovation.
- Soul-Searching Needed On Bank Impact (Business Line, K. Subramanian, Oct 13, 2004)
While the controversy over roping in foreign expertise for the mid-term Plan review has been laid to rest, it has thrown up certain questions, such as: "Who is in the driver's seat and who sets the national priorities?"
- U.S. Security Plan Rests On Hope (Hindu, Peter Galbraith, Oct 13, 2004)
America does not have the troops to deal with North Korea and Iran.
- Attention Needed (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 13, 2004)
Depression, a major cause of mental illness needs to be addressed seriously
- A New Internal Security Agenda (Hindu, Harish Khare , Oct 13, 2004)
The Indian state's obligation to protect itself and its citizens has to be anchored in the democratic sentiment. There can be no basic conflict between the interests of the state and those of the citizens.
- For Whom Is The Research Anyway? (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Oct 13, 2004)
On one side there is an imposing network of laboratories and research establishments with panoply of academic achievement and recognition. On the other, mass suicides of farmers are happening that signals gross system failure of which the grand empire of
- Gimmicks For Foreign Funds (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 13, 2004)
It has been customary for chief ministers and finance ministers at the Centre, on assuming office, to make a strong pitch with foreign investors through `road-shows'.
- Ig-Nobel Record (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 13, 2004)
Leaving aside the Peace prize, as per the information available up to 2000, 631 Nobel prizes have been awarded, of which the US (242) has been the largest recipient with one prize for a million population ...
- Learning To Speak Like The Masters (Telegraph, Deep K. Datta-Ray, Oct 13, 2004)
Public schools, out of fashion in Britain, are striking fresh root in Asia, where they continue to be viewed with much appreciation and awe
- Looking For A Breakthrough (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 13, 2004)
The emergence of People's War leader Ramakrishna from the jungles to a hero's welcome marks yet another step in the Andhra Pradesh Government's progressive move towards restoring peace in the troubled parts of the State.
- Nobel Prize Winner Celebrates It With Omelette (Tribune, Alister Bull, Oct 13, 2004)
Edward Prescott, this year’s joint winner of the Nobel Prize for Economics for his work on so-called time-inconsistency was a victim of the clock when the Oslo committee called with the good news on Monday.
- A Festive Season Every Year (Telegraph, Shobita Punja, Oct 13, 2004)
It is festival time and everyone loves a good festival, I believe. While festivals and festivities are part of our living heritage, they embody many of our beliefs and customs and also our worldview.
- Key Concern (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 13, 2004)
Nobel prize for an environmental activist breaks new ground
- There Is Only One Fashion (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Oct 12, 2004)
Sabyasachi Mukherjee returned to India after a successful fashion show in Milan and said, very aptly, that there is no infrastructure in India for fashion. He is right.
- Not A Fit (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 12, 2004)
There are certain kinds of violence that civilized society accepts in order to be civilized. Making public the deeply private is one such.
- Press Note 18: Preventing Conflict Of Interest, Not Fdi (Business Line, K. Ramesh, Oct 12, 2004)
Press Note 18, which was issued six years ago as a necessary regulatory safeguard to avoid possible conflict of interest, is now perceived as a material obstacle in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI).
- Quotas For Companies (Telegraph, André Béteille, Oct 12, 2004)
By creating expectations about reservations in the private sector, the Congress has raised the stakes in competitive populism to new heights.
- Rhyme And Reason (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Oct 12, 2004)
The "question mark" that once plagued the Congress now hangs ominously over the Bharatiya Janata Party.
- Victory For Afghans (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 12, 2004)
Saturday's peaceful presidential elections in Afghanistan, the first such exercise in this landlocked country, marked a turning point in its history.
- Tap The Potential (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 12, 2004)
India must tap the unrealised potential in its trade relations with Germany
- Too Many Hitches (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 12, 2004)
Delays in the defence five-year plan have affected its upgradation programmes
- Multilateral Funding — Whither The Management Consultant? (Business Line, Suvendu Bose, Oct 12, 2004)
Given the right environment, management consultants will indeed be seen to play a key role in putting India firmly on a sustainable growth path and in actively supporting its march to achieving developed country status by 2020.
- Why India Must Invest In Intellect (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Oct 12, 2004)
India's competitiveness will, in the final analysis, depend on how well the human resource compares with the best in the world. But none of India's over 200 universities and 2,400 colleges figures in the top 200 rankings.
- Systemic Woes Under Penumbra (Deccan Herald, N C GUNDU RAO, Oct 12, 2004)
Is the setting up of a High Court bench outside its principal seat the panacea for ills plaguing the system?
- Breathtaking (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 12, 2004)
Calcuttans will simply have to learn to live with it, and to die of it. The West Bengal government is either too inept to ever meet the national vehicular emission standards, which came into effect from October 1, or it could not care less.
- My Athletic Debut (Deccan Herald, D A SAIT, Oct 12, 2004)
As you start getting older, the more you begin to inch along the yards
- Make Or Break Time In Vidharbha (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Oct 12, 2004)
The issue is not whether the Bahujan Samaj Party will get any seats at all. The question is whom will it hurt more.
- Bjp’S Quest For New Ideas (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Oct 12, 2004)
While Ms Uma Bharati’s recent Tiranga Yatra exercise of waving the national flag across 3,000 miles caught the eye for symbolising the intra-party struggle in the Bharatiya Janata Party among second-tier leaders, it was meant to serve a deeper purpose.
- Cultivating Berlin (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 12, 2004)
The German chancellor Mr Gerhard Schroeder's visit to New Delhi last week can be viewed as just another routine trip by the leader of an important European country, or as an eye-opener for the policy-makers
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