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Articles 9121 through 9220 of 27558:
- Peace In Space (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 28, 2004)
India, along with France and Britain, has supported a joint initiative by China and Russia to prevent an arms race in outer space, at the 66-member Conference on Disarmament (CD) at Geneva on Thursday.
- Ramanna & The Nuclear Programme (Hindu, M. R. Srinivasan, Aug 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.
- Religion, Politics And Modern State (Tribune, Ram Punyani, Aug 28, 2004)
Last two decades have witnessed a constant invocation of religion in the arena of politics. From George Bush’s crusade against terrorism to Osama bin Laden’s jihad against the “greatest Satan”, US, to our own home-bred Hindutva ideology which
- Rubber Price Swings (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 28, 2004)
Rubber prices have of late become a matter of concern for both domestic producers and user industries. Earlier this week, when the market ripples reached the Lok Sabha, the Commerce Minister
- Lessons To Be Learnt On Hostage Crises (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Aug 28, 2004)
We should have learnt a few lessons on how to deal with people when some of our fellow countrymen or women are abducted and held as hostages by their kidnappers.
- Succession War In The Bjp (Hindu, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, Aug 28, 2004)
Uma Bharti's Tiranga Yatra has exposed a power struggle in the second rung leadership of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
- The Imperatives Of Right Governance (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Aug 28, 2004)
Newspapers have been full of reports about the fleeting episode in the Prime Minister's office in Parliament on Wednesday, the central allegation being that Dr Manmohan Singh behaved "uncivilly" with an NDA
- The Service Load On Truckers' Back (Business Line, S. Sridharan, Aug 28, 2004)
It has been reported that the Finance Ministry has offered to shift the responsibility of collection and payment of service tax to the consignors in the organised sector and make the goods transport agents liable ...
- Trampling Upon Truth (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Aug 28, 2004)
There are things in life which we accept as gospel truths without ever questioning their veracity. Two such are that truth always triumphs (satyamev jayate) and honesty is the best policy.
- U.S. Turns The Heat On Iran Now (Hindu, Jonathan Steele, Aug 28, 2004)
American claims over Iran's nuclear programme sound eerily familiar.
- Where World Is Not Fragmented By Narrow Domestic Walls (Business Line, D. Murali , Aug 28, 2004)
These days, all roads have been leading to Athens, for sports-lovers. And for economists, for whom the topic of recent discussion has been inflation, all clicks have been leading to http://eaindustry.nic.in
- Why Rubbish A `Standard' For The Salaried (Business Line, T. N. Pandey, Aug 28, 2004)
The Kelkar suggestion to eliminate standard deduction for salaried assessees is flawed
- Some Reprieves Are Too Short-Lived (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Aug 28, 2004)
There are many instances where the Budget takes back the very advantages that courts bestow on assessees
- “july Package” Of Wto (Tribune, J. George, Aug 28, 2004)
THE “July package” of WTO, hailed as the historic framework agreement to save the Doha mandate, has to be situated within the confines of the agriculture landscape of Haryana.
- A Baffling Performance (Hindu, Harish Khare , Aug 28, 2004)
When the former Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, agreed on Thursday to go out and bat against the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, he instantly validated
- Pharma Prices: Deregulate In Tapered Doses (Business Line, Pradeep S. Mehta, Aug 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.
- An Indian Non-Debate (Deccan Herald, Raja Menon, Aug 28, 2004)
Indians need to understand that there is no yardstick to judge the ethics of American unilateralism in Iraq
- India's Worsening Fiscal Imbalance (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Aug 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.
- Bench Versus Bar (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 28, 2004)
Tuesdays withdrawal of the controversial code of conduct for advocates evolved by the Madras High Court is welcome as it caused considerable consternation among the legal fraternity of the state during the past one month.
- Clinging To Identity (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Aug 28, 2004)
In the Fifties when Britain had National Service, my friends joked about the soldier who tried to get out of Sunday church service by professing Islam.
- Consolidation Bug Bites The Psbs (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 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.
- Detente As An Imperative (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 28, 2004)
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 ...
- Forgotten Hostages (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 28, 2004)
THE families of three drivers held hostage in Iraq are a harried lot. The lives of their near and dear ones hang in the balance and that is the only thing they know for sure.
- A Smear Campaign (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 28, 2004)
The war imposed on Vietnam by the United States was evil because horrendous suffering was inflicted on the people of South East Asia by a superpower for neo-colonial reasons.
- Fertiliser Reforms — Two Steps Forward, One Step Back (Business Line, Uttam Gupta , Aug 28, 2004)
Having initiated long-needed action to remove controls on urea pricing and distribution in 2003, why is the government now going back on that decision? Distribution controls are relevant only in a situation of shortage, which is not the case with urea.
- Foreign Trade Policy — Long On Intent, Short On Strategy (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Aug 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.
- First Professional Manager Of India (Tribune, Irfan Khan, Aug 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 ...
- Fine-Tuning Budget (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 28, 2004)
Several small changes made in the finance bill will make the provisions more effective
- India In Us Eyes (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Aug 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.
- Who Should Regret? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 27, 2004)
It is the NDA which owes an apology to the nation for its conduct in Parliament
- Unlucky Bhutanese Refugees (Tribune, H. Bula Devi, Aug 27, 2004)
Refugees are not born; they are created. It is a man-made situation and humanity perhaps takes a toll when a man is called a refugee in his own land.
- The Missing Birds (Tribune, Harish Dhillon, Aug 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.
- Risks Faced By The Global Economy (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Aug 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.
- Who Should Regret? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 27, 2004)
It is the NDA which owes an apology to the nation for its conduct in Parliament
- The Hub And Spoke Of Vat (Business Line, Abhijeet Virmani, Aug 27, 2004)
Implementation of the Value Added Tax regime will, in no uncertain terms, change the logistics and supply chain management scene in the country.
- Ending The Regional Drift (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Aug 27, 2004)
India might have no option but to develop a pro-active policy to encourage internal political change within the subcontinent.
- Gentlemen And Patriots (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Aug 27, 2004)
From all accounts, the Union petroleum minister, Mani Shankar Aiyar, is both a happy and troubled man these days.
- Transition Complete (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 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.
- Unwarranted (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Aug 27, 2004)
One does not have to be a supporter of the so-called Hindu Right to feel thrilled at the very mention of the name of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, famously known as Veer Savarkar.
- Climb Every Wall (Telegraph, NEHA SAHAY, Aug 27, 2004)
Olympic fever has gripped China. Prime-time viewing is now the Athens Show. Go shopping in the evenings and all you see are the Olympics.
- We Can Now Cure Dutch Disease (Deccan Herald, Joseph Stiglitz, Aug 27, 2004)
For some nations, especially developing countries, natural resoures are a curse — but it need not really be so
- To Conserve Land, Go High Rise (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Aug 27, 2004)
India stands first for its people and then its land. Idealistically speaking, land (with the rivers and mountains inclusive) is a precious resource that all the people of India possess collectively.
- Right Choice, Baby (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 27, 2004)
What is a problem of plenty in one place could be one of poverty elsewhere. One more illustration of this comes from Singapore, which has declared baby-making a national priority.
- Right Approach (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 27, 2004)
Left extremism should be treated as a socio-economic problem
- Reservation In The Private Sector (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Aug 27, 2004)
Reservation in the private sector could stoke hope and optimism. At its worst, it will be a placebo — which is most useful in the treatment of economic disorders and ironies.
- Pruning The Police (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 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 ...
- Poetry Loses A Major Presence (Hindu, Ranjit Hoskote, Aug 27, 2004)
Arun Kolatkar sculpted poetry out of language with the chisels of surprise and epiphany.
- New Foreign Trade Policy — Will There Be A Real Paradigm Shift? (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Aug 27, 2004)
The 2002-07 Export Import (Exim) Policy, coterminous with the Tenth Plan, is now being abandoned mid-way, with the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government planning to unveil a New Foreign Trade Policy (NFT) in its place.
- Moment Of Reckoning (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 27, 2004)
The assassination attempt on the Bangladesh Opposition leader, Sheikh Hasina Wajed, was a grave assault on the country's democracy.
- Caution On The Patent Act (Hindu, Suman Sahai , Aug 27, 2004)
The Indian law must insist that patent applications follow the protocol of the Convention on Biological Diversity.
- Are Panchayats Orphans Today? (Deccan Herald, George Mathew, Aug 27, 2004)
Seven round tables hold out hope for panchayat raj, which has been emasculated by political parties over the years
- Pm's Open Invitation (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 27, 2004)
The Economic High 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 project
- Airports Can Be A High-Flying Business (Business Line, Pankaj Narayan Pandit, Aug 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.
- Left In A Huff (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Aug 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.
- How China Keeps Defying The Doomsayers (Business Line, K. Subramanian, Aug 27, 2004)
Signs of extraordinary growth dazzle tourists, especially Indians, visiting China. They are stupefied when their buses move smoothly on interminable highways, criss-crossed by winding flyovers.
- Improving Standards Of Governance (Tribune, Gurmeet Kanwal, Aug 27, 2004)
THE Central Government is considering a proposal to select aspiring IAS and allied services candidates after the 12th standard with a view to catching them young for a career in the civil service.
- India, U.S. & Trade In Technology (Hindu, R. Ramachandran, Aug 27, 2004)
The just-concluded India-U.S. agreement on high-technology trade contains only cosmetic changes to the policy on dual-use items.
- Indonesians For Change (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 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.
- Apples In A Jam (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 27, 2004)
Normally, a bumper apple crop is followed by a lean season. But Himachal Pradesh has had good yield for the third year in a row. Still, the growers may not have much to cheer if the truck operators' strike gets prolonged.
- Capital Formation And P&p Sector (Business Line, R. Vaidyanathan, Aug 26, 2004)
The share of the government in capital formation has fallen from 41 per cent to 31 per cent, showing that it still appropriates significant portion of household savings to carry on its capital formation activities, which mostly provide negative returns.
- A Bread And Butter Issue (Telegraph, Gouri Chatterjee, Aug 26, 2004)
He was of course a stickler for routine and this was a habit that went back to his struggling teenage days. But that was not the only reason that drove this former colleague, now happily retired in the hills, to the neighbourhood bazaar every single ...
- Ensuring Speedy Justice — Filling Up Vacancies (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Aug 26, 2004)
Every one of the remedies to reduce pendency in courts is within the purview of the Supreme Court. The consequence of failure to do the best it could by way of enforcing the same criteria of good
- A Slimming Exercise Or Simply Weight Shifting? (Business Line, N. R. Moorthy , Aug 26, 2004)
The concept paper on the Companies Bill, 2004 is like curate's egg — good in parts.
- A Taxing Strike (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 26, 2004)
To appease the striking transporters, there is an ominous proposal from the Finance Ministry to shift their service tax liability on to consignors, thus turning the whole concept of service tax on its head.
- A Veritable Code For Dark Times (Deccan Herald, Jonathan Freedland, Aug 26, 2004)
The modern world is a terrifying place. Small wonder adults are taking refuge in fantastical and mystical novels
- Saving In Inflationary Times (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 26, 2004)
There are a number of reasons as to why savers as a class need at least policies to protect their returns if not new incentives to save.
- Wto: The Dope Trick (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Aug 26, 2004)
At the WTO, India and Brazil, along with developed countries, forced an inequitous framework on developing nations
- Wheel Deal (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 26, 2004)
Blackmail is different from protest, although the truckers on strike seem to have forgotten the distinction. Or perhaps they have not.
- View And Review (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 26, 2004)
Quite expectedly, the Supreme Court has dismissed the review petition of Punjab seeking reconsideration of its order asking the Centre to construct the unfinished portion of the Sutlej Yamuna Link (SYL) canal.
- Unsafe In Himachal Pradesh (Tribune, Pratibha Chauhan, Aug 26, 2004)
THE recent acid attack on a 19-year-old Shimla girl has served another reminder of the rising incidence of crime against women in Himachal Pradesh.
- To Write A Good Opinion, You Need The Right Mental Attitude (Business Line, D. Murali , Aug 26, 2004)
Finished product of an audit is an opinion, clean or qualified, adverse or disclaimer. There is a standard lingo for opinions that is spoon-fed to CAs, and one can churn opinions year after year from a boilerplate file stored in
- They Go Strictly By The Rules (Telegraph, N.J. Nanporia, Aug 26, 2004)
If Manmohan Singh will be able to reform a bureaucracy weighed down by its inheritance and lack of pragmatism
- The Due Process Clause (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 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.
- Sensitive Santro (Deccan Herald, SHARADA PRAHLADRAO, Aug 26, 2004)
Although it may not be much to look at, its owners guard it jealously, with their lives
- Depression Deaths (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 26, 2004)
Youngsters showing signs of depression should be given professional attention
- Saint Of The Dispossessed (Hindu, Navin Chawla, Aug 26, 2004)
The miracle was Mother Teresa's life itself. She epitomised goodness and faith, reached out without being judgmental, sought no explanations, only tried to comfort and offer succour.
- Parliament And The Judiciary (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 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.
- Monitoring Progress (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 26, 2004)
The govt has shown that infrastructure holds the key to higher growth
- Hubli Histrionics (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 26, 2004)
The mega sound effects surrounding the surrender of Uma Bharti before a Hubli court were not unexpected given the Bharatiya Janata Party's talent for making a production of the smallest event.
- Gun Culture (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 26, 2004)
Bangaladesh is in the grip of a culture of violence. The latest proof is Saturday's grenade attack on a rally in Dhaka resulting in the death of 20 persons.
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