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Articles 8721 through 8820 of 27558:
- To Ignite Growth, Put The Smile Back On Smes (Business Line, N. Seshadri Kumar , Sep 15, 2004)
The time is ripe not only for a quick revival of small and medium enterprises, badly affected by the open-door policy, but also for newer ones to bloom.
- Those Three (Deccan Herald, APARNA MOHILE, Sep 15, 2004)
Their friendship symbolised everything that is called ‘national integration’
- Now A Who’S Who Scam! (Tribune, S. Raghunath, Sep 15, 2004)
It was a con game, plain and simple and I fell for it headlong. The letter was post-marked Aligarh and it introduced to me an outfit with the grandiloquent name of Directories International (DI).
- Serious Charge (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Sep 15, 2004)
A serious accusation has been levelled against the UPA Government at the Centre by Mr L. K. Advani that it is not paying adequate attention to national security.
- Remembering Anna (Hindu, R. Kannan, Sep 15, 2004)
C.N. Annadurai epitomised Tamil pride, personifying honesty, simplicity and caring.
- Quota Concerns (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 15, 2004)
The move to re-think the termination of the textile quota regime — scheduled for 2004 end — has taken a formal turn with less-developed countries such as Mauritius, Bangladesh and Nepal seeking an emergency
- Putin In Chechen Trap (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Sep 15, 2004)
After the Beslan tragedy, Putin wants American sympathy but not interference in Russia’s affairs
- Politics On The Decline (Tribune, Rajindar Sachar , Sep 15, 2004)
The politics in India is falling to lower and lower nadir. The blame, of course, has to be shared both by the government and the Opposition.
- Play With Semantics (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 15, 2004)
Among India's political parties, there is arguably none to match the quick reflexes of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Witness for instance the way the BJP, in 1998, shed its single status in favour of coalitional co-existence.
- The First Journey To The Front (Tribune, B K Karkra, Sep 14, 2004)
I joined the Army in the wake of the Chinese aggression in 1962. I belonged to the very first batch of the Emergency commissioned officers that had to be rushed to the border by cutting down on their training.
- Where It Pinches (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 14, 2004)
Shaming the shameless is a tough job. The Rajya Sabha member of parliament, Mr Fali Nariman, has decided to take on the job, by proposing that the allowances of MPs be cut during the time the house is adjourned and proceedings disrupted.
- Where Are We Heading? (Tribune, S.S. Johl, Sep 14, 2004)
WE in India give a compulsive response amounting to almost an addiction to the periodic celebrations, be it days, weeks, months, years or centenaries of important events and programmes, leading to virtual nostalgia.
- The Patent Divide (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 14, 2004)
The government's over-arching theme of `reforms with a human face' will be on test when resolving the contentious issues in the Third Amendment to the Patents Act 1970.
- Banks Must Cross-Sell For Retail Asset Explosion (Business Line, J. Sethuraman, Sep 14, 2004)
Indian banking industry is chanting the retail moola(h) mantra for its tech initiatives, customer base expansion, retail asset explosion, profits, net interest margins, and so on.
- Washington Is In A Fix (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Sep 14, 2004)
The central US dilemma in Iraq is gradually sinking in in America’s corridors of power. The Bush administration’s salvation lies in pulling its troops out of Iraq. On the other hand, an early withdrawal of forces can only be on humiliating terms.
- A Day Of Crowded Images (Deccan Herald, A MADHAVAN, Sep 14, 2004)
The sights and sounds of a tour by car with kindred souls can be highly enlightening
- Advani’S Dilemma (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 14, 2004)
IT is indeed doubtful whether the BJP has come to terms with its defeat in the Lok Sabha elections. The party was so confident of a victory that when the Congress surged ahead of it and formed a government with the support of its allies and the Left, all
- Afghan Elections: Karzai Vs Qanuni? (Deccan Herald, SREEDHAR, Sep 14, 2004)
His links with Pakistan put interim President Karzai at a disadvantage against education minister Qanuni
- Back To Directed Credit (Business Line, A. Seshan, Sep 14, 2004)
The Finance Minister's advice to bankers to trim excess investments in government securities and lend more to agriculture, small industries and infrastructure has serious implications.
- Budgets Sans Mysteries, Please (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Sep 14, 2004)
Budgets are complex documents full of mysteries and uncertainties. The Kelkar Task Force has articulated a simple and transparent tax system. It is now up to the Finance Minister to implement the recommendation, coalition dharma and all
- Environment And State Rights (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 14, 2004)
It was only to be expected that the Environment and Forest Ministers from various States should have opposed the Centre's move to arrogate to itself the power to grant environmental clearance for projects.
- Federer The Sorcerer (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 14, 2004)
Once Every Generation, a popular sport gets to witness the flowering of a champion whose exploits not only cause history to be re-written but, more significantly, turn sport into super-sport.
- Hurtling From Crisis To Crisis (Deccan Herald, N C GUNDU RAO, Sep 14, 2004)
The state govt has tied itself up in knots and seems to have created more problems than solutions
- Inflation Remains A Problem (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 14, 2004)
Despite feeble regulatory steps, rising inflation remains the number one worry of the UPA government.
- Push For Talks (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 14, 2004)
India should nudge the Nepal government and the Maoists to the negotiating table
- Always At Your Beck And Call (Telegraph, Gargi Gupta, Sep 14, 2004)
The mobile has occasioned not only a revolution in consumer culture, but also in social behaviour
- Keep `Foreign Hand' At Arm's Length From Plan Panel (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Sep 14, 2004)
The induction of representatives of foreign agencies into the Planning Commission is surprising and seems ill-advised. And justifying the move on the grounds that these members would only be called upon to guide and advise
- Risks For Women At The Top (Hindu, Andrea Wren, Sep 14, 2004)
As the familiar glass ceiling for women becomes the scary-sounding 'glass cliff', beware the perilous promotion.
- Reforms In The Power Sector (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Sep 14, 2004)
The Centre has to clearly spell out the power policy. The Tenth Plan target is to add over 41,000 MW of generation capacity and time is running out.
- Money Matters (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 14, 2004)
THE media for livening up their news space makes up half the stories about Laloo Prasad Yadav and the remaining come straight from the horse's mouth.
- Money Brake (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 14, 2004)
The Reserve Bank of India has now done something about inflation, after having taken note of it in the annual report. For the week ending August 28, the point-to-point wholesale price index inflation rate is 8.33 per cent.
- Limited Room For Mullahs, Military But Not Mastans (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Sep 14, 2004)
If Bangladesh were Pakistan, the irrational enmity between Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and Awami League (AL) leader Sheikh Hasina might well have led to the Army and the Islamist parties
- Licence To Murder (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Sep 14, 2004)
The facts relating to Thangjam Ningol Manorama alias Henthoi are well known. A posse of soldiers from Assam Rifles, including Havildar Suresh Kumar, Riflemen Ajit Singh and T. Lotha and unidentified others entered the house of Thangjam Manorama, a
- A Rivalry That Is Tearing The Country Apart (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Sep 13, 2004)
Competition may be the engine of pluralist politics everywhere but here in Bangladesh, the rivalry between the ruling party and the Opposition is so personalised, intense and venomous that it is poisoning the very lifeblood of democracy.
- Manmohan Singh's Pitch At The United Nations (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Sep 13, 2004)
In an unprecedented meeting next week on the margins of the annual session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, will join the leaders of Brazil, Japan and Germany to make a strong pitch for reforming the ...
- In Search Of Peace (Tribune, H. K. Dua, Sep 13, 2004)
WHILE no one had really expected that India and Pakistan would achieve dramatic results from last week’s talks between their Foreign Ministers in Delhi, it would be cynical to underplay their significance.
- It Is Bush's Turn Now (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2004)
Democrats have seized upon emerging revelations in the mainstream media to turn the spotlight on Mr. Bush's Vietnam service record.
- Investors, Frogs And Yellowstone Effect (Business Line, V. Anantha Nageswaran, Sep 13, 2004)
The current firmness in equity prices is akin to the warm glow of pleasure that a frog may feel when water begins to boil. Resistance to the fundamental deterioration through manipulation of technical indicators and through the provision of liquidity ...
- Index Funds Do Not Really Lower Risks (Business Line, B. Venkatesh , Sep 13, 2004)
The Pension Fund Regulation and Development Authority (PFRDA) has suggested in its draft proposal that pension funds should only invest in index funds. The reason is that non-index funds run active risk.
- It Is Putin’S War (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Sep 13, 2004)
What would we do without Richard Perle, everybody’s favourite neo-conservative? It was he who came up some years ago with the notion that we must “de-contextualize terrorism”.
- Going Back On A Big Promise (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 13, 2004)
The planning commission's allocation of Rs.2,020 crores for launching a food-for-work programme in 150 districts marks the first, even if hesitant, step in the implementation of a crucial component of the National Common Minimum Programme (NCMP) of the...
- Costly Lapse (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 13, 2004)
Political capital is sought to be made out of the mistaken conclusions the census made
- Child Marriages (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 13, 2004)
NO purpose would be served by expressing surprise or shock over reports of child marriages in free India. The questionable custom continues to enjoy social sanction in parts of Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and several other states. In ancient India,
- Right In Place (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 13, 2004)
There is one way to know if a struggle is bringing positive results. When it is suddenly time to change direction — or to enlarge its bounds.
- Census Follies (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 13, 2004)
Flasehoods and Tendentious allegations are a dime a dozen in politics. It is hardly surprising that statistics — this time in the form of the First Report on Religion Data of Census 2001 — have become a weapon in the hands of political parties with a ...
- Tasks Before The Twelfth Finance Commission (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Sep 13, 2004)
The Chairman of the Twelfth Finance Commission, Dr C. Rangarajan, has come out with a characteristically clear outline of the challenges that face the Commission.
- Pseb Losses Not Due To Thein Dam (Tribune, Harpal Singh, Sep 13, 2004)
This refers to the article “Why PSEB is in a financial mess” written by Harbans Singh (July 28). The present financial status of the Punjab State Electricity Board has been attributed by Harbans Singh, a former Chairman of the PSEB to two major factors...
- The Roots Of Rage (Telegraph, S. L. Rao, Sep 13, 2004)
After forty years of insurgency by a few, Manipur is now boiling. The rage is universal, among young and old and especially among women.
- Neutrality As Virtue (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Sep 13, 2004)
Governance has to spring from political enlightenment. Neutrality cannot be a virtue.
- Stock Taking By The Plan Panel (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Sep 13, 2004)
Amid all the controversy that the Planning Commission should not engage itself with multilateral development institutions such as the World Bank and the ADB in devising mid-course corrections while formulating the Mid-Term Appraisal (MTA) of the ...
- Sour Grapes Of A Deformed Culture (Telegraph, Abdel Rahman al-Rashed, Sep 13, 2004)
Not all Muslims are terrorists, but sadly, almost all terrorists are Muslims
- Shakespeare: The Man And The Lover (Tribune, Darshan Singh Maini, Sep 13, 2004)
IN his most insightful lecture on “Shakespeare, the Man”, the poet’s greatest critic, A.C. Bradley, gives us a fairly full picture of Shakespeare’s personal life, inclinations and allergies, views and vision.
- Russia Spars With The West (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma, Sep 13, 2004)
With looming nuclear terrorism, Mr Bush has to keep hugging Mr Putin as a comrade-in-arms
- Rbi's Gentle Squeeze (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 13, 2004)
With price indices continuing to climb, the Reserve Bank of India had the choice of leeching out excess funds from the system or marking up the Bank Rate to make lending dearer across the system.
- Playing For Pride And Passion (Telegraph, Uttam Sengupta, Sep 13, 2004)
India’s dismal showing in Athens was not surprising. But a sporting boom appears to be round the corner
- Trends In Patent And Trademark Law (Business Line, Rama Sarma, Sep 13, 2004)
THE intellectual property law confer legal exclusivity in the market place. The right to prevent copying of ideas or information is recognised and this has recently made intellectual property (IP) law somewhat esoteric and specialised.
- The Great Divide (Telegraph, Satish Nandgaonkar, Sep 12, 2004)
Lyricist Javed Akhtar decries the Beslan massacre. Journalist Sajid Rashid is attacked for his views on hardliners in his community
- An Election Without Issues (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Sep 12, 2004)
The coming Maharashtra Assembly elections are being keenly watched for a number of reasons. First, they are the first major electoral battle since the change of Government at the Centre.
- Geelani, Backed By Militants, May Toughen Tactics (Tribune, David Devadas, Sep 12, 2004)
Most analysts described Pakistan Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri’s visit to New Delhi last weekend as a tepid success but I fear the truth is that the two nations’ relations have regressed over the past few months.
- Long On Policy Announcements, Short On Implementation (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Sep 12, 2004)
A certain amount of sparring, even bickering, between the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance Government and the Left Front that supports it "from outside" is built into the situation.
- Media And Society: Who Wins The Blame Game? (Tribune, Mohanmeet Khosla, Sep 12, 2004)
IT is said that the concept of the good old days is a mirage — they seem 'good' only because they have spent so much time in the editing.
- Revisiting Greeneland (Telegraph, GITHA HARIHARAN, Sep 12, 2004)
I was recently invited to see a film based on Graham Greene’s The End of the Affair. I agreed because I remembered being moved by the novel as a teenage reader.
- Striving To Restore Sanskrit Glory (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Sep 12, 2004)
Rare are persons like Prof Govind Chandra Pande. He is historian, philosopher, Sanskrit scholar, poet and linguist combined in one. He is, perhaps, the only scholar who has vowed to restore the pristine glory of Sanskrit, fast vanishing as the classical
- After Killing Children (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 12, 2004)
How much smaller did the militants want them to be? As the images of cowering, traumatized, wounded and dead children from the desecrated school in Beslan go out into the world, this is perhaps the only question that seems relevant.
- We Should Not Become Victims Of Money, Says Narayana Murthy (Tribune, Sridhar K. Chari, Sep 12, 2004)
IN a country that is still groping for the right economic models to optimise the wealth creating potential of its people and the right attitudes towards business, wealth creation, governance, and social responsibility
- Diesel Engines On Vegetarian Diet (Business Line, B. S. Murthy, Sep 10, 2004)
Diesel engines, unlike their petrol counterparts, are omnivorous in fuel consumption habits and can easily run on vegetable oils without any major changes in the engine.
- Kashmir: Why Not A Jointly Owned Demilitarised Area? (Business Line, Sridhar Jagannathan, Sep 10, 2004)
Kashmir has been very difficult local, regional and global problem, causing three major wars and endless strife between India and Pakistan. Apart from the huge sums spent by both countries there is the loss of
- A Paradigm Shift (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 10, 2004)
Islamabad's decision to move away from the long-hardened position that it would not develop a meaningful relationship with India until the Jammu and Kashmir issue is resolved must be heartily welcomed.
- A Cut Above The Rest (Tribune, Swapan Dasgupta, Sep 10, 2004)
One of the more intriguing features of the left mentality is the innate conviction of natural superiority.
- Against The Grain (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Sep 10, 2004)
While terms of trade are tilted against agriculture, any move to help farmers is seen as harmful to the economy
- Endangered Daughters (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 10, 2004)
Punjab is arguably the most prosperous state of India and yet it continues to bear the cross of having the most skewed male-female sex ratio. The state has only 897 women for every 1000 men.
- Farmers' Distress: Causes & Cures (Hindu, M. S. Swaminathan , Sep 10, 2004)
Education, social mobilisation and regulation are necessary to arrest the expansion of the agrarian crisis.
- Indescribable Barbarity (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Sep 10, 2004)
The world has lived with terrorism for many years now, and has seen the many forms of brutality it takes.
- International Trade And Economic Growth (Business Line, S. Venu , Sep 10, 2004)
Openness to trade is not by itself sufficient to promote growth. Macroeconomic and political stability and other policies are needed as well.
- More Important That A Proposition Be Interesting Than True (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 10, 2004)
Now that the Employees Provident Fund Organisation is thinking about investing in equities, people may be too worried about the safety of their PF monies to think of any hike in interest rates. In the end, we may come
- Nehru’S Disservice To Science (Deccan Herald, PARSA VENKATESHWAR RAO JR, Sep 10, 2004)
The mediocrity of Indian scientists can be traced back to Nehru’s romantic notions about science
- Other’S Pride (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 10, 2004)
Belonging is always a dicey business. Vijai Singh, who has just emerged as the world’s number one golfer, in legal terms does not belong to India. He is a native of Fiji.
- Player Of The Year (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 10, 2004)
The awards are a shot in the arm for a team that is trying to regain its momentum
- Watching Hypertension (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 10, 2004)
The revelation that there has been a sharp rise in the prevalence of high blood pressure in the United States over the last decade must prompt a closer review of the public health challenge hypertension poses worldwide.
- India Shines, At Last (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 10, 2004)
But for Major Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore's silver medal the Athens Olympics were a fiasco for the bloated Indian contingent. Even the cricket season did not start on a happy note for India.
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