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Articles 8421 through 8520 of 27558:
- Foreign Experts — Yes Or No? (Tribune, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Sep 27, 2004)
It is common knowledge that the very survival of the United Progressive Alliance government led by Dr Manmohan Singh depends on the support from the Left.
- Transition Complete (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 27, 2004)
With President Hu Jintao taking over as Chairman of the powerful Central Military Commission (CMC) of the Communist Party of China (CPC), the process of leadership change in China that began two years ago is now complete.
- Criminal Justice Reforms Needed (Deccan Herald, Vishal Arora, Sep 27, 2004)
The legal accountability of the executive is essential for the travesty of justice for the citizens
- Contract Farming Hurts Farmers (Tribune, Sucha Singh Gill, Sep 27, 2004)
The Punjab Government launched contract farming in February, 2003 as part of diversification of agriculture in the state. This was a follow up measure of the Johl Committee report (II) submitted in October, 2002.
- China's Growth Model Slows Asia's Rise (Business Line, V. Anantha Nageswaran, Sep 27, 2004)
The biggest drawback of China's growth model on the rest of Asia is the perpetuation of the export dependent approach. It has postponed Asia's nascent search for an indigenous or domestic demand-led growth model.
- A New Beginning (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 27, 2004)
It is really "a new beginning" towards improving relations between India and Pakistan. The joint Press statement issued after Friday's one-to-one meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Pervez Musharraf in New York showed considerable
- As Defined By Three Leaders (Deccan Herald, ROGER COHEN, Sep 27, 2004)
The US, Russian and Israeli wars on terror seem similar, yet the battles they face are very different in nature
- A Study In Contrast — Punjab And Bihar (Business Line, Mohan Guruswamy, Sep 27, 2004)
Being better off does not make a State better, especially when it just means getting more than others from the Centre.
- Poetry Loses A Major Presence (Hindu, Ranjit Hoskote, Sep 27, 2004)
Arun Kolatkar sculpted poetry out of language with the chisels of surprise and epiphany.
- Bossing The Bosses (Deccan Herald, P SRINIVASAN, Sep 27, 2004)
When dealing with a boss, remember those golden words — ‘The Boss is always right’... always
- A Matter Of Perception (Telegraph, S. L. Rao, Sep 27, 2004)
Expectations and perceptions, as much as the reality of figures, are important for confidence in the economy.
- The Missing Birds (Tribune, Harish Dhillon, Sep 27, 2004)
There was a myth that I had grown up with which said that no bird ever came near a eucalyptus tree. This myth was shattered when I came to live in Mohali. There was a thick bank of eucalyptus trees just outside my house and in the evening thousands ...
- Significant Shift (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 27, 2004)
A forward looking and optimistic note in Indo-Pak ties
- Risks Faced By The Global Economy (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Sep 27, 2004)
Doomsayers abound in the world of the dismal science of economics. Recently, there have been many economists forecasting that the end of the world is nigh. Not all of them are credible.
- Pruning The Police (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 27, 2004)
The Punjab Government’s decision to prune the police force is welcome. It is, however, only a small step forward. At the last count, the state had as many as four Director-Generals of Police, 17 Additional Director-Generals of Police and 22 ...
- Losing Ground (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 27, 2004)
It is difficult to change the culture of a city by law. But the Calcutta high court is adamant. It wants the Brigade Parade Grounds to be maintained in a “condition so that parade can take place at any time of the year”.
- Pm's Open Invitation (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 27, 2004)
The economic high point of the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh's visit to the US was his request to American corporate heads gathered at the New York Stock Exchange to invest $150 billion in the next few years in infrastructure projects in India ...
- How To Make A Molehill Of A Mountain (Telegraph, Satrujit Banerjee, Sep 27, 2004)
The UPA regime’s desire to help farmers is all very well. But a return to the pre-reform days of dangling subsidies is not the answer
- Let’S Bet On The Future (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Sep 27, 2004)
Yudhoyono is actually quite a serious man who was seen by his army colleagues as efficient and incorruptible, but even his closest adviser, Muhammad Lutfi, admitted:
- Left In A Huff (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Sep 27, 2004)
This piece is not about the merits or otherwise of formal induction of personnel of foreign agencies and consultancy organisations as members of the review committees of the Planning Commission.
- Indonesians For Change (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 27, 2004)
The outcome of Indonesia's first direct presidential election is on the expected lines. The people were yearning for a change and they have voted for it.
- India, U.S. & Trade In Technology (Hindu, R. Ramachandran, Sep 27, 2004)
The just-concluded India-U.S. agreement on high-technology trade contains only cosmetic changes to the policy on dual-use items.
- A Crusader Against Social Injustice (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Sep 26, 2004)
Ask 89 bonded labourers about the joy and importance of freedom preceded by days of agony as slaves and you will listen blood-curdling tales of brutality.
- The Due Process Clause (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 26, 2004)
The importation of the "due process clause," consciously deleted at the time of framing the Constitution, has led to a decisive supremacy of the judiciary over all other branches of Government.
- The Basic Features (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 26, 2004)
A five-judge Bench of the Supreme Court in the Sankari Prasad case (AIR 1951 SC 458) unanimously held within a year of the commencement of the Constitution that Parliament had unfettered power to amend the Constitution.
- Small Family Or The Two-Child Norm? (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI, Sep 26, 2004)
In the wake of the raging controversy on the inclusion of the two-child norm in the population programme, the Central Government has stated that it is "against coercion, incentives and targets''.
- Regeneration (Telegraph, AMIT CHAUDHURI, Sep 26, 2004)
For some time now, I’ve been meaning to write about how one work of art might catalyse, and bring into existence, another.
- Pawar And The Glory (Telegraph, Satish Nandgaonkar, Sep 26, 2004)
Sharad Pawar, some say, is a man with a vision. Others think not. But everyone agrees that in plotting out an election strategy — both in Maharashtra and the BCCI — the man is indefatigable.
- Parliament And The Judiciary (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 26, 2004)
All the three wings of the state are creatures of the Constitution and are bound by it. There has to be complementarity among the constitutional institutions and no one institution can claim superiority over the other.
- Memories Of Pak Home Move Khushwant (Tribune, Humra Quraishi, Sep 26, 2004)
The haveli in which Khushwant Singh was born in Hadali village of Pakistan’s Sargodha district has become a place of importance. The village elders or the local authorities have put up a board outside the main entrance, with details of the noted writer.
- Ncp-Cong Alliance Will Win Maharashtra Polls: Tripathi (Tribune, Prashant Sood, Sep 26, 2004)
An aide of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, D.P. Tripathi, 54, brings rare academic depth to politics. A former president of Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union, Mr Tripathi later taught at Allahabad University.
- Ensuring Speedy And Affordable Justice (Tribune, Santokh Singh Sahi, Sep 26, 2004)
In his address to the conference of Chief Ministers and Chief Justices of High Courts in New Delhi very recently, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has rightly stressed the need for speedy justice to restore people’s faith in the judiciary.
- Major Hurdle Cleared (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 25, 2004)
A campaign to disseminate information about VAT should be launched
- Every Iraqi Is A Hostage Now (Hindu, Jonathan Steele, Sep 25, 2004)
The United States authorities cannot let Dr. Germ go -- she knows too much.
- Farming In A Dream World (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Sep 25, 2004)
While farmers in Europe are given state benefits, farmers in India are being left to the mercy of market forces
- Farming In Us And India — The Ground Reality On Subsidies (Business Line, Harish Damodaran , Sep 25, 2004)
A comparison of farm production costs in India with those in the US reveals that the Indian farmer is clearly cost-competitive relative to his American counterpart in virtually every item.
- Dangers Of Quota In Private Sector (Tribune, Pushpesh Kumar, Sep 25, 2004)
In his article (The Tribune, Sept 7) Udit Raj claims that in 1999 there were 481 judges in the high court and that only 15 were from the Scheduled Castes. By this he means the SCs should be recruited on the basis of percentage of their caste in the Indian
- Left In The Lurch (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 25, 2004)
What’s a political innocent doing in the Planning Commission? Many even in the Congress are wishing Montek Singh Ahluwalia had been left undisturbed in his IMF job
- Communication Gap (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 25, 2004)
The investing community in the country could have done without the ongoing controversy involving dissemination of the orders of the Securities Appellate Tribunal. The Securities and Exchange Board of India has suspended posting of these orders since
- Blowing Hot And Cold On Cold-Rolled Product (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 25, 2004)
A SIMPLE definition of temperature is that it is the degree of `hotness' of a body. Another definition is that it is a property of matter that reflects the quantity of energy of motion of the component particles.
- A Small Hope (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 25, 2004)
The Punjab Government has lifted the ban on recruitment to fill some 5,000 vacant posts. That the decision comes shortly before the two byelections in the state is not just a coincidence.
- A Perfect Evening To Remember (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Sep 25, 2004)
My notion of a perfect evening has changed over the years. There was a time when I looked forward to going to or having large parties, which started late and went on into the early hours of the morning.
- A Largesse For Deep-Pockets (Business Line, S. Murlidharan , Sep 25, 2004)
One has heard of tax holiday to specific industries. But not tax holiday for industrialists. That precisely is what Mr. P. Chidambaram's Budget 2004 has given in its avowed over zealousness to humour the capital market.
- A Controversy Ends (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 25, 2004)
The controversy over Suzuki Motor Company's announcement a week ago to invest large sums in India bypassing its successful subsidiary, Maruti Udyog Limited (MUL) has been resolved for now.
- Always In A Meeting (Tribune, Punam Khaira Sidhu, Sep 25, 2004)
Call any bureaucrat on any given day, during office hours and chances are that the PA will tell you that the public servant is in a meeting. On one occasion, a friend recounts calling at hourly intervals to be given this stock reply every time.
- U.K. Asians' No-Go Zone (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Sep 25, 2004)
A survey in Britain shows that a majority of young Asians see marrying within one's own community and religious group as the more pragmatic option.
- Shouldn't Reforms Be In Better Form? (Business Line, T. N. Pandey, Sep 25, 2004)
Since Independence, a number of tax reforms have been initiated. These include: the Direct Taxes Enquiry Committee (Indrajeet Singh Committee); THE Tyagi Committee; the Law Commission's examination of the 1922 I-T Act as amended by the 1939 Amendment Act
- Pulling A Fast One (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Sep 25, 2004)
Late in the days left to me, I have come to the conclusion that I’ve been an impostor all my life. I have written several books on religion and history of the Sikhs, published translations of hymns from the Gurbani without ever having read the ...
- Unnumbered Heads (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Sep 25, 2004)
The furore over the census figures for Indian Muslims recalls Ying Ma, a Chinese American campaigner against black militancy, describing racism as “the hate that dare not speak its name”.
- The Right Note (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 25, 2004)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's address to the 59th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York must be recognised as one of the most thoughtful, thematically interesting, and well-crafted messages delivered by a top Indian ...
- Sober, Statesmanlike (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 25, 2004)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is known for his gentle manner of speaking. But even by his standards, his speech at the United Nations on Thursday noticeably had a touch of statesmanship and sobriety.
- Sensitivity Needed (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 25, 2004)
The armed forces should now evolve as a woman-friendly organisation
- Salaried Are Not The Favourites (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Sep 25, 2004)
SALARY has a special definition in tax and the law regarding perquisites is rigidly defined. Deductions are specific to salary income. Incomes assessable under business and profession are treated in a liberal manner.
- Reservations In Private Sector (Tribune, Ellora Puri, Sep 25, 2004)
The UPA government’s decision to extend reservation to private sector, which is expected to expand, has given rise to a fierce debate in the country.
- Raja Ramanna: Architect Of N-Plan (Tribune, Shiv Kumar, Sep 25, 2004)
Raja Ramanna, an architect of India’s nuclear weapons programme, wore many hats during his lifetime. Nuclear scientist, music aficionado, minister, member of Parliament, tech entrepreneur were the many labels that sat lightly on his broad shoulders.
- We've No Faith In The World Bank But It Is Betting Much On Faith (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 25, 2004)
A quote from the Rg Veda is `Aa no bhadraah kratavo yantu vishwatah', meaning `Let noble thoughts come to us from every side'.
- A Site To Behold (Tribune, A.J. Philip, Sep 24, 2004)
A LARGE group of tall, turban-clad villagers had assembled at the Panchayat Bhavan when we reached there early that evening. The long journey from New Delhi to Jaipur and then to the Rajasthani village had taken a heavy toll on our energy.
- Foreigners Voting In U.S. Elections (Hindu, Jonathan Freedland, Sep 24, 2004)
U.S. policy now affects every citizen on the planet. So we should all have a say in who gets to the White House.
- Plan And Economy: A Directional Change (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Sep 24, 2004)
While inflation remains the big worry, most other economic indicators are strong. Industry and exports have done exceedingly well. Industry is on 7-8 per cent growth path and exports are running by over 20 per cent thus boosting growth in manufacturing.
- No Legal Right To Clean Water (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 24, 2004)
DIRTY water is the second largest cause of death in India. The public health implications of unclean water are enormous. On the one hand, water scarcity is growing; on the other, water is getting increasingly polluted, which hikes up its cost of treatment
- Kharif Shortfall (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 24, 2004)
Farmers must be protected from the vagaries of the monsoon
- In A Disturbed Neighbourhood (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Sep 24, 2004)
While New Delhi can draw satisfaction from the dialogue process with Pakistan, it cannot turn a blind eye to the troubling developments in a volatile neighbourhood.
- Extra-Judicial Killings (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Sep 24, 2004)
Can you believe that there were no custodial deaths in J & K, Nagaland and Manipur in 2003-04!
- Do It Together (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 24, 2004)
If the meeting of Chief Ministers and Home Ministers of the naxalite-affected States in Hyderabad is a welcome step, it was only to be expected that there would be divergent views on how to handle this major problem confronting the States in the ...
- Dealing With Terrorists (Tribune, Rajbir Deswal, Sep 24, 2004)
OF all the ghastly acts committed by terrorists like instantaneous killing of people, the one which affords an opportunity for negotiations should still be treated as a lesser evil as it involves damage-control efforts with a view to preventing the loss
- Pm’S Roadshow (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 24, 2004)
HOW many captains of the US industry buy the India story marketed at the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday only time will tell, but Dr Manmohan Singh did make an earnest effort.
- A Victory That Isn't (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 24, 2004)
It is difficult to share the official assessment that the Government has achieved a victory in the face-off with its Japanese partner Suzuki Motor over the latter's investment plans in India outside the Maruti fold.
- Insurance And Rural Market (Business Line, Naren N. Joshi, Sep 24, 2004)
The insurance industry market in India was liberalised in 2000 and the first private insurance companies opened shop that November.
- Contenders In The Tender Tent Don't Pretend To Talk Soft (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 24, 2004)
Unlike soccer or rugby, cricket is often considered a gentlemen's game, where top players drink kids' beverages and talent is nurtured from a tender age.
- Sweetly Spoken (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Sep 24, 2004)
The United Nations general assembly session is the time the media gets into a frenetic over-drive.
- Targeting Mufti (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 24, 2004)
THE hurling of grenades near the Deputy Commissioner’s office in Anantnag town on Tuesday is not the first attempt by terrorists to kill Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed.
- The Women Of The Sangh (Hindu, Jyotirmaya Sharma, Sep 24, 2004)
The Sangh relentlessly argues for the liberation, enlightenment, education and employment of Muslim women, something that it rejects in its notion of the ideal Hindu woman.
- Unthinkable Breaches (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Sep 24, 2004)
Two egregious breaches of security that would have been unimaginable in India in respect of Rashtrapathi Bhavan or Parliament occurred in Britain within a short span of two days this month.
- Full Of Doubt (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 24, 2004)
The most important things in life are never in black or white. The grey areas in between are invariably the crucial ones.
- Safety In Schools (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 24, 2004)
States must ensure that safety norms are followed in all private and govt schools
- Research At The University Level (Deccan Herald, PARSA VENKATESHWAR RAO JR, Sep 24, 2004)
If breakthroughs are to be made in science, there is a need to involve young people in research at universities
- Religion Versus Population (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Sep 24, 2004)
Sometimes adverse or negative developments and the brouhaha they cause can be a blessing.
- Pota Repackaged (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 24, 2004)
On the face of it the United Progressive Alliance Government has fulfilled its promise of repealing the Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA).
- Un Needs A Make-Over (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 24, 2004)
India joining hands with Japan, Germany and Brazil to make a joint bid for permanent seats in the expanded UN Security Council is a step forward.
- Windows Of Life (Deccan Herald, SMITHA MURTHY, Sep 23, 2004)
It took a perfect stranger to unlock the doors in my mind to those many unanswered questions
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