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Articles 8321 through 8420 of 27558:
- Search For An Idiom (Telegraph, Ananya Jahanara Kabir, Oct 01, 2004)
In London last year, I encountered a Bangla band somewhat different from the dime-a-dozen ones that have sprung up lately.
- Yet Another (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 01, 2004)
Nothing provokes more scepticism among ordinary Indians than the formation of a new commission.
- Remembering The Mahatma (Deccan Herald, M SANKARANARAYANAN, Oct 01, 2004)
Gandhiji will always be remembered as his public policies are discussed and debated even now
- Yuan: The Hero Turns Villain (Business Line, M.R. Venkatesh, Oct 01, 2004)
Given the large trade imbalance between the US and China, a recent US Government report argues that the yuan should be revalued upward.
- By A Faint Snick (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 01, 2004)
The Board of Control for Cricket in India has narrowly escaped a political ambush. Mr Sharad Pawar, who declared himself a candidate for the presidentship of the BCCI, has no known associations with cricket.
- What Lies Ahead (Deccan Herald, Pran Chopra , Oct 01, 2004)
There are several issues to be thought about, before reaching the next stage in the Indo-Pak talks
- Turkey's European Aspirations (Hindu, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 01, 2004)
With Turkey undertaking reforms in several spheres in order to fulfil the criteria for admission to the European Union, the West is confronted with an intriguing problem.
- Priorities In Bank Consolidation (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 01, 2004)
Financial sector consolidation in India, a perennial theme of the economic reform agenda, has gained topicality with Finance Minister P. Chidambaram and senior government officials advocating mergers between banks as a means to speed up the process.
- Thinking Aloud On Rule Without A King (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Oct 01, 2004)
It is a paradox of political life in Nepal that of all the demands raised by the Maoist insurgents in the past few years, their call for a democratically elected Constituent Assembly has proved to be the most subversive one.
- Terrorism By Ordinance (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Oct 01, 2004)
The Unlawful Activities Prevention (Amendment) Ordinance 2004 is an unsatisfactory half-hearted measure that leaves matters resolved halfway.
- Pricing Lng (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 01, 2004)
Busy days these are for those in the LNG (liquefied natural gas) business. Globally, the demand for LNG is rising with new countries joining the list of importers.
- More Security For Musharraf (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 30, 2004)
The government would import more bulletproof vehicles and jammer devices to provide foolproof security to President General Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz during their outstation movements.
- Institutional Mechanisms Do Matter (Business Line, A. Vasudevan, Sep 30, 2004)
The foreign experts issue can be solved by reconstituting the Planning Commission consultative groups with experts from the public sector or the Indian academia and other domestic activities.
- End Of Textile Quota Regime (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Sep 30, 2004)
Unless huge investment and modernisation of the mills take place, and proliferation of unorganised mills is curbed, India would lose out to China in the textiles race.
- Electronic Voting (Business Line, R. Sundaram , Sep 30, 2004)
American Presidential Elections are drawing near; campaigning has been feverish, dirty, vicious and savage and the ordinary American is taking all this in his stride.
- Change The Rules Of The Game (Telegraph, Jayanthi Iyengar, Sep 30, 2004)
Unless the obscurantist Press Note 18 is scrapped, foreign investors will continue to see the government as being partisan
- Centre’S Austerity Drive (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 30, 2004)
THE Union Government’s announcement of a 20-point austerity drive is well-intentioned. The measures, to be effective from October 1, are aimed at saving an annual expenditure of over Rs 2,000 crore.
- Better Roads (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 30, 2004)
The Union Government has cleared five road projects in Karnataka at an estimated cost of Rs 2,545 crore. Some of the roads are four-lane highways and some six-lane.
- A Close Call (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 30, 2004)
The edge in the Maharashtra polls appears to be with the Congress-NCP alliance
- President In Uniform (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Sep 30, 2004)
EVEN when, late last year, Pakistan's President and military ruler General Pervez Musharraf had solemnly committed himself to giving up his military uniform by the end of 2004 and stay only as "duly elected" President, there was widespread scepticism both
- Austerity At Last (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 30, 2004)
Sceptics may laugh off the idea of saving Rs.2,000 crores annually through the series of austerity measures announced by the Central Government on Tuesday as a drop in the ocean but the truth is that it sends out a bigger signal.
- An Incomplete Prescription (Business Line, Mohan R. Lavi, Sep 30, 2004)
The Concept Paper is weak in its proposals on dealing with sickness
- Blare Out (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 30, 2004)
Politics, in the hands of the British prime minister, Mr Tony Blair, has ceased to be the art of the possible. It has become the art of the disingenuous.
- Not Just A Sports Story (Telegraph, Gouri Chatterjee, Sep 30, 2004)
It is huge money, enormous power, blinding glamour. It provides the opium to our masses.
- Oil On A High (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 30, 2004)
In a market already stretched, very little adverse news is necessary to make it snap. Literally hit by a hurricane last fortnight, global oil prices were swept up to $50 a barrel.
- Korean Crisis (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 30, 2004)
North Korean Vice-Foreign Minister Choe Su Hon stunned the world when he disclosed in the UN General Assembly on Tuesday that his country had acquired nuclear weapons to serve as a deterrent against a possible US military strike.
- Politics Of The Moving Horse (Deccan Herald, A V S Namboodiri, Sep 30, 2004)
The BJP is unconsciously using the ashwamedha concept to build up its political strength
- Questions Of Control (Telegraph, ABHIRUP SARKAR, Sep 30, 2004)
The monster named inflation has raised its ugly head once again. It is eating up real wages and salaries, consumption baskets and, most important, the incomes of the retired who are already put at a huge disadvantage by drastic cuts in the nominal ...
- Religion Can Be A Disgrace (Deccan Herald, TONY BAYFIELD, Sep 30, 2004)
The reality of pluralism is a theological obligation to pool together resources for the good of humanity
- Terrorism Reaches The Saudi Door (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Sep 30, 2004)
One consequence of the Nine Eleven terrorist attacks on New York's World Trade Centre and the Pentagon has been the salience of Saudi Arabia in American consciousness.
- The Arc Bridge To Performance (Business Line, Ashwani Puri, Sep 30, 2004)
Asset reconstruction companies can help banks realise better value from their non-performing loans
- The Kerry-Bush Contest (Hindu, Sumana Brahman, Sep 30, 2004)
The invasion of Iraq has made the world a more dangerous place for Americans. With John Kerry's leadership, America can regain respect.
- The National Environment Policy (Hindu, N. R. Krishnan , Sep 30, 2004)
The National Environment Policy emphasises that what is good for the environment is also good for the economy and that environmental protection cannot be considered in isolation from the development process.
- One Can Smell Accountants Many A Cyber-Mile Off (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 30, 2004)
In book three of Editing and Design, a Five-Volume Manual of English, Typography and Layout, Harold Evans narrates the story of a fishmonger who had a sign that said:
- Taj Mahotsav (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 29, 2004)
Monday’s Supreme Court ruling directing the Uttar Pradesh government not to go ahead with the 350th anniversary celebrations of the Taj Mahal without the explicit clearance of the Archaeological Survey of India and the security agencies came just in time.
- Just In Defence (Telegraph, BRIJESH D. JAYAL, Sep 29, 2004)
Recent events seem to have cast a shadow on how the nation views the institution of its military. In the hierarchical divisions between the societal institutions of a democracy and its military institutions, when seeming conflicts occur, it is always the
- A Conversation In New York (Hindu, Harish Khare , Sep 29, 2004)
While the task of sending out to the Pakistani leader an unambiguous message of calm self-assurance may have been achieved, we need to summon the political self-assurance to let the democratic forces find their level in Jammu and Kashmir.
- A Man For All Seasons (Deccan Herald, Vatsala Vedantam, Sep 29, 2004)
Though a highly eminent scientist, Dr Ramanna always found time for his other varied interests
- Classed In (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 29, 2004)
“Alas, slowly will Tamil perish/ As languages of the West flourish.” This was a Tamil poet’s fear in the early 20th century. But Subramania Bharati’s apprehensions were unfounded.
- Cleaning Up (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 29, 2004)
All power corrupts, cadre power corrupts most corrosively. The Left Front government has a strange propensity to deploy cadre to handle situations that are best left to the administration.
- Communal Thuggery In Kerala (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Sep 29, 2004)
The attack on nuns attached to the Missionaries of Charity near Kozhikode is unusual, even if not unprecedented, for a State that has been relatively immune to communal violence.
- Create Awareness (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Sep 29, 2004)
It is extremely unlikely that the five veto-wielding powers will let any other country enter the Security Council
- Dastardly Attack (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 29, 2004)
The anger and apprehensions over the attack on Gurdwara Janam Asthan at Nankana Sahib in Pakistan are understandable.
- The Phantoms Of The War (Telegraph, N.J. Nanporia, Sep 29, 2004)
In the aftermath of the attack on Iraq, countless questions have been asked without acceptable answers being found for any of them.
- Festival Fiasco (Business Line, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 29, 2004)
The Taj Mahal is too precious a heritage site for mindless festivities
- Death Of A Social Crusader (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 29, 2004)
With Mulk Raj Anand’s death on Tuesday, India has lost its Charles Dickens. This is how Anand was acclaimed when his novel “Untouchable” (1935) finally appeared in print after 19 initial rejections.
- Making Research Humane (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 29, 2004)
When it comes to conducting experiments on animals, drawing the line is difficult. This applies virtually to every country independent of its scientific research ethic. India is no exception.
- Manmohan-Musharraf Meeting (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Sep 29, 2004)
Though marked by the usual rhetoric, bilateral relations between India and Pakistan did thaw out further in the warmth of the personal dynamics between Dr Manmohan Singh and Gen Pervez Musharraf.
- Military Spending (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Sep 29, 2004)
The demise of the Soviet Union raised hopes of a "peace dividend" of enormous proportions, previously spent on waging the Cold War and creating and maintaining nuclear and conventional arsenals.
- Mulk Raj Anand — A Life Well Lived (Tribune, Humra Quraishi, Sep 29, 2004)
Dr Mulk Raj Anand, has passed away leaving behind widow Shireen Vajifdar and a daughter born from his former English wife. Last week news came of his declining health.
- Population Threat To Wildlife (Deccan Herald, SANJAY GUBBI, Sep 29, 2004)
If the Govt does not pay attention to the population boom, it could prove disastrous for our natural resources
- Prime Minister's Foreign Odyssey (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Sep 29, 2004)
HE WENT. He saw. If to say he conquered will be a bit high-blown, certainly he seems to have vibed well with all those he met. He also came through as one who had done his homework well and sown high-yielding seeds for reaping a good diplomatic and ...
- Rendezvous At Roosevelt (Tribune, H. K. Dua, Sep 29, 2004)
Way back in the summer of 1972 as a young correspondent in search of a story I ran into P.N. Haksar and asked him what would happen at the talks between Indira Gandhi and Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto. This was about three or four days before the Simla Summit.
- Should We Clear The Way? (Telegraph, Shobita Punja, Sep 29, 2004)
The new director-general of the Archaeological Survey of India, C. Babu Rajeev, has a few targets to meet in his new assignment as the head of India’s largest government-run institution for heritage properties.
- Textile Troubles (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 29, 2004)
It is well-known that textile lobbies of developed economies are making a last-ditch stand to protect their turf by trying to push back the end-2004 deadline for the abolition of quota system of exports.
- The Web Of E-Governance (Hindu, G. Ananthakrishnan, Sep 29, 2004)
Can e-governance add any value if it is implemented merely as a virtual version of labyrinthine government processes?
- Water For All: Privatisation Not The Solution (Business Line, G. S. Haripriya, Sep 29, 2004)
After the Dublin Conference in 1992 proclaimed that "water has an economic value in all its competing uses and should be recognised as an economic good," multilateral institutions, such as the World Bank, have tried to commodify water across the globe.
- Wdr 2005 Advice To Govts (Business Line, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Sep 29, 2004)
The annual World Development Report for 2005 has come to the conclusion that in order to accelerate growth and reduce poverty, governments must reduce the policy risks...
- A Day In Manmohan Singh’S Village (Tribune, George Mathew, Sep 28, 2004)
IN the last two years or so I have visited Pakistan four times but my recent visit was the most memorable. Normally one gets to see cities like Lahore, Karachi, Islamabad or hill resorts like Bourban and Murree.
- Salute To My Guru (Deccan Herald, Meera Seshadri, Sep 28, 2004)
He was a living example of the unwritten fact that degrees do not make the professor
- Ramanna & The Nuclear Programme (Hindu, M. R. Srinivasan, Sep 28, 2004)
The legacy of Raja Ramanna is that he helped build up a large pool of scientists and technologists to address the country's needs of energy and national security.
- Weighing The Price Of Success (Telegraph, MAHESH RANGARAJAN, Sep 28, 2004)
The numbers may be on the side of the ruling alliance in Maharashtra, but the latter’s lacklustre performance may prove to be its undoing
- Succession War In The Bjp (Hindu, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, Sep 28, 2004)
Uma Bharti's Tiranga Yatra has exposed a power struggle in the second rung leadership of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
- Uplift The Poor (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 28, 2004)
None of the findings of the recent World Bank report on “Factors influencing successful primary school completion for children in poverty”, will come as a surprise to anyone — those in the government or those working in the social sector in the country.
- The Missing Link (Telegraph, Dipankar Dasgupta, Sep 28, 2004)
India is emerging as an IT giant even as farmers in Andhra Pradesh are ending their lives in economic despair.
- Consolidation Bug Bites The Psbs (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 28, 2004)
No sooner did the Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, suggest greater consolidation in the banking industry than public sector banks (PSBs) began announcing to the world that they are in the market for acquisitions.
- Pharma Prices: Deregulate In Tapered Doses (Business Line, Pradeep S. Mehta, Sep 28, 2004)
Whether regulating pharma prices in a market-driven economy is correct or not continues to be a matter of debate around the world, including India.
- Religious Intolerance (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 28, 2004)
Seven Christian missionaries were attacked allegedly by RSS workers at a Scheduled Caste colony on Saturday in Kerala, for providing material assistance to a Dalit family.
- Detente As An Imperative (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 28, 2004)
The high-level agreement THE HIGH-LEVEL AGREEMENT India and Pakistan reached in New York to press ahead with the process of détente in the spirit of the Islamabad joint statement of January 6, 2004 must be assessed as an excellent political outcome, given
- First Professional Manager Of India (Tribune, Irfan Khan, Sep 28, 2004)
PRAKASH Tandon passed away in Pune last week at the age of 93, missing the century. Without doubt the most celebrated Indian professional manager of the 20th century and arguably the most renowned Chairman of Hindustan Lever so far, he is an icon of moder
- Foreign Trade Policy — Long On Intent, Short On Strategy (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Sep 28, 2004)
Though bristling with schemes and plans, the Foreign Trade Policy neither offers convincing steps to substantially cut transaction costs nor spells out international economic strategy.
- How To Go On And On (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Sep 28, 2004)
And the left goes on and on with the same predictable refrain. It is behaving as if it is the leading member of the ruling coalition, as if this is its god-given last chance to shout out its rhetoric, which has hardly been heard over the last few decades.
- India In Us Eyes (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Sep 28, 2004)
THE leitmotif of India’s troubled relations with the United States since the dawn of Independence has been Washington’s unwillingness to grant New Delhi strategic and policy-making autonomy in the region, if not further afield.
- India's Worsening Fiscal Imbalance (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Sep 28, 2004)
While the latest RBI Annual Report highlights the real GDP growth of 8.2 per cent during the year, it does not hide its concern over the deterioration of government finances, including those of the States.
- Meeting Point (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 28, 2004)
The positive outcome of the meeting between India’s prime minister, Mr Manmohan Singh, and Pakistan’s president, Mr Pervez Musharraf, will be widely welcomed.
- Nihang And The Ticket Collector (Tribune, Darshan Singh Maini, Sep 28, 2004)
THE Nihangs are not often seen in cities, and we know, they are a very special tribe, with a hoary history in Sikh chronicles.
- Ideological Betrayal On Cards? (Deccan Herald, N C GUNDU RAO, Sep 28, 2004)
The politicians seem to have no scruples in making thoroughly immoral political U-turns
- Parallel Bodies And The Panchayats (Deccan Herald, LALITA CHANDRASHEKHAR, Sep 28, 2004)
The Govt should ensure that the powers of parallel bodies do not impinge on those of the local bodies
- Off Target (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 28, 2004)
Professionals get compensated according to their responsibilities and in terms of their performance. Cricketers, now that the artificial line dividing professionals and amateurs is getting blurred, have to be treated by the same yardstick as professionals
- Airports Can Be A High-Flying Business (Business Line, Pankaj Narayan Pandit, Sep 27, 2004)
After much debate, the Ministry of Civil Aviation has floated tenders for 49 per cent stake in the Mumbai and Delhi airports, and given the green signal for the Rs 1,300-crore Bangalore airport project.
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