|
|
|
|
|
|
Articles 8521 through 8620 of 27558:
- Managerial Remuneration, An Obsession In The Concept Paper (Business Line, N. R. Moorthy , Sep 23, 2004)
THE term "remuneration" has always been an anachronism. In simple terms, remuneration is a reward for services. But by assigning different meanings under various corporate and fiscal laws, the term has become complex.
- Reservations In The Private Sector (Deccan Herald, Ellora Puri, Sep 23, 2004)
The American experiment shows that reservations, while ensuring diversity, should not compromise on efficiency
- Wincing That Our Bean Counters Are Going To Beijing (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 23, 2004)
On the web site www.china.org.cn, "China's Official Gateway to News & Information", I type `accountant' in the search-slit and click. Among the 150 or so finds, is a story titled "Educational Fund Looters Facing Charges" from China Daily dated ...
- Unpaid Lawyer At The Receiving End (Business Line, Mohan R. Lavi, Sep 23, 2004)
There is an English proverb that says, "A lawyer's opinion is worth nothing unless paid for". If one considers the decision of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court in Col. R. N. Singh vs Major C. Parsad (2004 46 CCD 234 J&K)
- Unctad's World Investment Report 2004: (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Sep 23, 2004)
Unctad's latest World Investment Report stresses that FDI in services, as in other sectors, injects financial resources into a host economy.
- Solution To Kashmir Problem (Deccan Herald, S N CHARY, Sep 23, 2004)
Only if Pakistan gives up insistence on the basis of their nation — division by religion — can the issue be resolved
- Shared Concerns (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 23, 2004)
THE strategic partnership India and the US have forged was evident in the bonhomie that marked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s meeting with US President George W. Bush.
- Positive Tone (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 23, 2004)
To sustain the warmth in India-US relations, the US needs to address key Indian concerns
- Left’S Duplicity (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 23, 2004)
After the FDI controversy, the Left has raised muck again. It has now targeted the Planning Commission Deputy Chairman, Dr Montek Singh Ahluwalia, for including “outsiders” in “committees” to monitor the Tenth Plan.
- Legal Wrangling (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 23, 2004)
The battle for telecasting rights is not in the interest of the gentleman’s game
- Kharif Disappoints (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 23, 2004)
It was not unexpected, but many refused to see the unfolding reality; and now, it is official. The Government has announced a slippage in the area coverage for kharif 2004 (down 59 lakh hectares).
- Iran And Non-Proliferation (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 23, 2004)
While Iran has the the capacity to enrich uranium to weapon grade levels, it is apparently less interested in developing nuclear arms than in securing external assistance for its energy programme.
- High-Value Knowledge Of Valuation For Buys (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 23, 2004)
Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder, but value rests in the hands of accountants. But to help, you'd need Enrique R. Arzac's Valuation for Mergers, Buyouts, and Restructuring, from Wiley (www.wiley.com).
- Farm Worries (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 23, 2004)
There is no need for alarm over the reports of a 10.5 per cent decline in kharif grain output this year. Year after year, the initial estimates are revised upwards by as much as two million to three million tonnes by the time the crop arrives in the marke
- Credit Delivery: Lazy Banking And Structural Problems (Business Line, R. Vaidyanathan, Sep 23, 2004)
The growth in the economy the last decade has been facilitated by the non-bank finance sector and this has not been adequately recognised. Contrarily, it has been "Lazy Banking" in the organised sector.
- Andhra’S Free Power Fiasco (Tribune, Ramesh Kandula, Sep 23, 2004)
Andhra Pradesh seems to be going the Punjab way on the much-touted free power policy, if the former’s latest volte-face is any indication.
- A Troubled Neighbourhood (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, Sep 23, 2004)
While there has been some optimism generated by the commencement of the composite dialogue process with Pakistan, we would be deluding ourselves if we believe that there is cause for satisfaction at what is happening in our immediate neighbourhood.
- A Meeting Ground In Afghanistan (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Sep 23, 2004)
There is no reason why India and Pakistan cannot construct a mutually beneficial engagement around their shared interests in Afghanistan, Central Asia, and the Persian Gulf.
- Non-Violence As An Alternative (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Sep 23, 2004)
How effective non-violence will be in the Palestinian context is uncertain given Israel's track record.
- China Accelerates Banking Reforms (Business Line, Dharmalingam Venugopal, Sep 22, 2004)
Well before the deadline set for the full opening up of its banking sector, China has started making it easy for foreign banks to operate.
- India-Asean Fta — Small Step For A Big Stride In World Trade (Business Line, Geethanjali Nataraj, Sep 22, 2004)
An FTA with Asean will give India an opportunity to look beyond trade. This will undoubtedly bring India closer to its target of achieving 2 per cent share in global trade.
- Statue Talk (Deccan Herald, VIJI SUNDARAM, Sep 22, 2004)
Caught in varied poses, many immortal figures have been set in stone in Bangalore
- Sky Lessons (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 22, 2004)
India’s first educational satellite has potential to be an instrument of social change
- Restoring Values (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Sep 22, 2004)
A gruesome tragedy was enacted a few days ago in Chennai by four drunken youths in a car (which ominously carried the sticker "Venom Racing") chasing a young girl driving in a motorbike and running over and killing her at dead of night on one of the main
- Pumping Up Hydrogen (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 22, 2004)
The spiralling cost of crude and the finite nature of fossil fuels have brought the focus sharply back on renewable energy sources such as solar, wind and hydro.
- Nri Ministry: Diaspora's Hope Buoyed (Business Line, Gopal Sutar, Sep 22, 2004)
It is more than three months since the Government created an exclusive ministry to look after the welfare and problems of non-resident Indians.
- No Sport In Our Blood? (Tribune, Himmat Singh Gill, Sep 22, 2004)
INDIA and China together have one-third of the world’s six billion inhabitants. In the recent Olympics China carried away 23 gold, 15 silver and 12 bronze medals, and India could win just one silver.
- New Helmsman (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 22, 2004)
THE first orderly generational change has taken place in China with former President Jiang Zemin handing over the chairmanship of the party’s Central Military Commission to Communist Party chief Hu Jintao.
- Mystery Of India's Growth (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Sep 22, 2004)
India's democracy has been able to stave off the social Darwinsm inherent in the neoclassical ideology which would have transformed deprivation and subordination into a policy of systematic exclusion. Probably, the mood was set by the Nehruvian allergy
- Indian Aviation At Crossroads (Deccan Herald, A VINOD KUMAR, Sep 22, 2004)
HAL should move forward with its intentions for international collaborations in the civil aviation industry
- A Common Enemy (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 22, 2004)
Terrorism, which has spread its tentacles all over the globe, cannot be fought successfully by any country alone.
- How Open Are The Drug Trials? (Business Line, K. Parthasarathi, Sep 22, 2004)
The US Department of Health Services is to establish a registry that will ensure that the results of all clinical trials conducted in the US are available to the public on an electronic database.
- Fall From Us Favour (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma, Sep 22, 2004)
The Americans’ attitude towards Saudi Arabia and its radical Islam is undergoing a change
- Education In Pakistan (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Sep 22, 2004)
The easiest thing for the establishment is to falsify history and point fingers at the enemy outside, real or created.
- Down The Cricket Ladder (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 22, 2004)
If any further confirmation was needed that India's one-day cricketing status has hit a disquieting low, its mediocre performance in the ICC Champions Trophy provided this.
- Corruption Zindabad (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 22, 2004)
THE Punjab Roadways bus conductors deserve a “shabash” for redefining the parameters of corruption. They are at least honest enough to admit that corruption exists and have suggested a ceiling that would starve the political class to death.
- Ahead By A Short Head (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 22, 2004)
Barely four months after the 14th general election, Maharashtra is in high-stake campaign mode — presenting a challenge to the party that heads a coalition government at the Centre as well as an opportunity to its principal national rival ...
- A Satellite To Serve Students (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Sep 22, 2004)
The launch of EDUSAT could lead to a revolution in the education sector. Students in rural areas stand to benefit the most.
- Licence Fee On Tv, Radio Sets (Tribune, N. Bhaskara Rao, Sep 22, 2004)
THE idea of licence fee on TV and radio sets at the point of purchase is not new. At least twice in two decades such an idea was mooted. In fact, earlier the government was collecting licence fee on TV and radio sets through post offices, which was given
- Easy Visa (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 21, 2004)
INDIA’S decision to liberalise the visa regime for Pakistani visitors is aimed at promoting people-to-people contacts between the two countries. Journalists, academicians, doctors and those above 65 years of age will be among the beneficiaries.
- People Expect Speedy Justice: Pm (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 21, 2004)
THE Supreme Court of India is a shining symbol of the great faith our people have in our judiciary and to our great pride the Supreme Court has earned high praise all over the world.
- Contain Inflation (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 21, 2004)
Govt has to look at equipping the Indian industry to face global competition
- China Bracing For Energy Demand (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Sep 21, 2004)
More often than not, the pace of economic growth of India and China has been a topic of keen interest among intellectuals, policy-makers and even the common man.
- Defamation Litigation: A Survivor's Kit (Hindu, Subramanian Swamy , Sep 21, 2004)
The Supreme Court judgment in the Nakkeeran case is the main tool in the survival kit for honest media and other critics of politicians against libel litigation.
- Economic Reform And Inflation (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Sep 21, 2004)
The Government's expectations that inflation would subside with the revival of the monsoon have been belied. Analysing the factors contributing to the current inflation
- Foreboding Fears Linger On (Deccan Herald, N C GUNDU RAO, Sep 21, 2004)
A common ground on crucial issues has remained elusive for the two partners in the State
- India Should Change Its Nepal Strategy (Deccan Herald, ANITA CHERIA, Sep 21, 2004)
A strong Nepal will also work in India’s interest and will help in forming a stable south Asia
- India's Health-Care Paradox (Business Line, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Sep 21, 2004)
For a country that has not been able to eradicate many preventable diseases, India has an unusually healthy pharma industry. Most globalised of all Indian industries, the pharma sector however produces and sells huge quantities of the kinds of drugs ...
- Change Of Guard (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 21, 2004)
Hu’s position in China has been strengthened with the exit of Jiang
- Name Game (Tribune, Shriniwas Joshi, Sep 21, 2004)
I write my initials as S.N. One query that I generally face is: “Your name is Shriniwas but your initials are S.N.” I tell them that I had to add “N” to my initials because my brethren from Ganga-Yamuna fields started pronouncing it as “Ass” Joshi and
- Careful When You Leave A Job (Hindu, Janet Murray, Sep 21, 2004)
Mind your language in your leaving speech. You never know when you will want to come back.
- Rules For The Flag (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 21, 2004)
The supreme court's suggestion that there should be a proper national flag code implies that it would like to take a second look at the rules that apply to the display of the tricolour.
- Teaching From Space (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 21, 2004)
"Indian science and technology must make a greater difference to the lives of our people," said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar Awards ceremony recently.
- Tele-Education (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 21, 2004)
THIS is one first which India can justifiably be proud of. It has become the first country in South Asia to have an exclusive educational satellite.
- Timely Integration (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 21, 2004)
The process of appointing investment advisors to examine the synergies between Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL) and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam (MTNL), which has just been initiated by the
- Us Missile Defence Plan (Tribune, R. S. Bedi, Sep 21, 2004)
Indo-US strategic cooperation has brought the two countries closer to each other in recent years. The Bush Administration has been quite liberal in granting concessions over a range of strategic issues.
- Us Presidential Sweepstakes 2004: India Can Relax Either Way (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Sep 21, 2004)
There is no gainsaying the fact that, with the advantage of his being both the head of state and the head of government, the US President can, if he so wished, make or mar relations with any country by exercising his leverage for or against it.
- Minister’S Footwear (Deccan Herald, D V GURUPRASAD, Sep 21, 2004)
Fortunately for this cop, the minister’s slippers gave their owner the slip outside a temple
- Middle-Lane Gene (Business Line, R. Sundaram , Sep 21, 2004)
They call him Peter, though his name is Manoj Patra. It is a fashion in modern offices to give an anglicised sobriquet to blunt the rasp of strange sounding names.
- Packaging An Idea Into A Tourist Destination (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Sep 20, 2004)
I love my wine but cannot distinguish a merlot from a cabernet sauvignon. As long as one is prepared to say that the wine served has ...
- A New Edge To Gilt Trading (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 20, 2004)
Gilts trading in the country is poised to make a big leap forward. A new anonymous screen-based order matching system for the debt market, on the lines of the hugely successful one that obtains on the National Stock Exchange for equities, is all set ...
- Are Inflation Expectations Overdone? (Business Line, T. B. Kapali , Sep 20, 2004)
Arresting the rise in headline inflation is now the dominant objective of economic policy. There can, of course, be no second thoughts about the merits of maintaining stable price levels
- Battling Hiv (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 20, 2004)
Richard Feachem, Executive director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, could not have been more blunt. HIV/AIDS is "a ticking time-bomb" for India, he said at a recent press conference in New Delhi.
- Bye-Bye Pota (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 20, 2004)
THE repeal of the Prevention of Terrorism Act was a foregone conclusion when the United Progressive Alliance came to power at the Centre.
- Drive Against Terrorism (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 20, 2004)
Despite the distrust between India and Bangladesh, Dhaka seems to be now agreeing to cooperate with New Delhi in the fight against cross-border terrorism and insurgency in the Northeast.
- How To Become Good Neighbours (Tribune, M B NAQVI, Sep 20, 2004)
The Foreign Ministers of India and Pakistan met on September 5 and 6 after many years. Their agenda virtually dated back to 1997 when eight subjects were identified by the two countries’ Foreign Secretaries for negotiations.
- Index Funds Can Bond With Bonds (Business Line, B. Venkatesh , Sep 20, 2004)
Index investors will be best served if fund-houses can instead launch index funds that carry distinct style-bias.
- Maharashtra: Closer Than It Looks (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Sep 20, 2004)
The elections to the Maharashtra Assembly will be a close run race between the ruling Congress-NCP combine and the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance.
- Us Presidential Sweepstakes — India's Interest In Outcome (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Sep 20, 2004)
It can be expected that whoever dons the presidential mantle will do nothing that detracts from the healthy respect the US has for India's democratic credentials and economic achievements.
- Northeast As A Trade Hub (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Sep 20, 2004)
It is time to shed these suspicions and discuss a detailed partnership among Northeast India, China, Myanmar and, possibly, Bangladesh.
- Partners In Progress (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 20, 2004)
Indo-US relations entered a new phase on Saturday when Washington lifted the curbs on the export of equipment for nuclear facilities in India.
- Paswan Breaks Off With Laloo (Tribune, V. KRISHNA ANANTH , Sep 20, 2004)
THE political alignment in Bihar seems to be poised for a change once again. After having hedged on it for a while, Ram Vilas Paswan has now made his intentions clear: he will not be with Laloo Prasad Yadav for the February, 2005, elections for the Bihar
- Private Sector Reservation (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Sep 20, 2004)
The proposal for reservation of jobs in the private sector has understandably stirred up a controversy.
- Saving The Steel Frame (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Sep 20, 2004)
The Indian administration system depends almost solely on direction, not inspection. It has no way of identifying and honouring outstanding contributors.
- Sethusamudram Concerns (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 20, 2004)
That a mega scheme such as the Sethusamudram Ship Canal Project (SSCP), which is bound to change the face of regional shipping and affect the lives of thousands of fishermen, should not be put through without an informed and many-sided debate is a rule of
- Making An Issue Of The Foreign Hand (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Sep 20, 2004)
The fracas about the inclusion of the ADB and the IBRD representatives in consultative bodies is, in fact, a result of a failure of communication.
- The Savarkarist Syntax (Hindu, Anil Nauriya , Sep 18, 2004)
A great danger lurks in presenting Savarkarism merely as a matter of being "different" from Gandhism.
- Maharashtra Campaign Getting Shriller (Tribune, Shiv Kumar, Sep 18, 2004)
Hindutva will jostle with a host of local issues in the forthcoming Assembly elections in Maharashtra as the opposition Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party combine unleashes a shrill campaign in the state.
- The Invisible Hand Of Market Is Still Groping (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 18, 2004)
Cricket is too serious a game to be left in the hands of umpires and players, so we have TV channels, lawyers, and so on actively involved. Similarly, we know that markets are not so wise that we could allow "the invisible hand" a free play, as major
- A Narrow Escape (Tribune, Syed Nooruzzaman, Sep 18, 2004)
The efforts aimed at improving relations between India and Pakistan remind me of an interesting incident, narrated by my father, now no more. It happened soon after India was divided, resulting in the birth of Pakistan.
Previous 100 Telugu Desam Party Articles | Next 100 Telugu Desam Party Articles
Home
Page
|
|
