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Articles 9321 through 9420 of 27558:
- The Dirty War For Colombian Oil (Hindu, Isabel Hilton, Aug 21, 2004)
Trade unionists are the prime target of the U.S.-funded 18th Brigade as Colombia's oil pipeline is paid for in blood and dollars.
- The Forgotten Agenda (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 21, 2004)
The United Progressive Alliance Government has unfortunately not shown that it is serious about redeeming the important pledge made in the Common Minimum Programme to enact a national employment guarantee law.
- The Price Hang (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Aug 21, 2004)
The formation of the Cabinet Committee on Prices is the clearest indication that the price issue has become an important matter for the Manmohan Singh Government.
- The Sociology Of Suicide (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA, Aug 21, 2004)
The taking of one’s own life is the most private of acts, but, as the great French sociologist Emile Durkheim pointed out, the incidence of suicide varies widely across societies and historical periods.
- What's Been Earned By The Unearned (Business Line, S. Murlidharan , Aug 21, 2004)
DAY traders and futures and options (F&O) operators have almost been let off from the proposed securities transactions tax (STT).
- When Family Turns To Murder (Telegraph, FATIMA CHOWDHURY, Aug 21, 2004)
The term, “honour killing” denotes an age-old custom in which a woman, supposed to have brought shame and dishonour on her relatives, is killed by member(s) of her family.
- Focus On Education (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 21, 2004)
President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam's call to step up the national expenditure on education from 4 per cent to 6 or 7 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product and, among other things, go in for a ...
- Refined Uncertainty (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 21, 2004)
THE much-delayed refinery project at Bathinda faces uncertainty again. Hope had resurfaced last week when the Punjab Finance Minister made the startling claim that HPCL would complete it on Punjab's terms.
- Fertilisers Impasse (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 21, 2004)
The stand-off between the fertiliser industry and the government on the issue of pricing of inputs needs to be resolved before it can inflict further damage on the farm sector.
- Is Indian Tiger Catching Up With Chinese Dragon? (Business Line, M. Somasekhar, Aug 20, 2004)
The Chinese never say no to a business proposition. And if they agree to do something, they usually complete the task. On the other hand, when Indians agree to do something, they do not always finish the job.
- Wto Framework Accord — Implications For Domestic Agenda (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Aug 20, 2004)
It is important for India to make a careful study of the implications of the WTO framework accord for its domestic agenda and prepare to face the challenges, which are especially formidable for the country's farm and manufacturing sectors
- Catch Them Young (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 20, 2004)
ON the face of it, the Union Government's proposal to introduce a new recruitment system for civil services with a view to catching the country's future administrators young and training them for a specialised cadre deserves appreciation.
- `Sovereignty' In Occupied Iraq (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 20, 2004)
The situation in Iraq borders on the surreal. Over a 1000 delegates congregated in Baghdad to elect a legislative body that will oversee the functioning of the interim government until elections are held early next year.
- A Medal For India (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 20, 2004)
The next few days will tell whether there are any more medals to be won
- A Temporary Solution (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 20, 2004)
The tax cuts on a number of petroleum products will, at least for now, meet the intended objective of avoiding the inevitable increase in the retail prices of these products and
- Darfur: Enough Imperial Crusades (Hindu, Peter Hallward, Aug 20, 2004)
The alternative to armed intervention in Darfur is not passive resignation, but support for an African Union-led solution.
- Delayed Duty Cuts (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 20, 2004)
CONSIDER the impact of the rising global oil prices: the Centre stands to lose Rs 2,500 crore this fiscal after it slashed customs and excise duties on petro products on Wednesday.
- Deplorable Indeed (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 20, 2004)
The Kannada film industry should learn to function in a level-playing field
- Environment-Friendly Policies Needed (Deccan Herald, PANDURANG HEGDE, Aug 20, 2004)
There is need to reverse the country’s policy on natural resources pursued during the NDA rule
- Future Of The Commodity Futures Market (Business Line, A. S. Jeyakumar, Aug 20, 2004)
The Indian commodity futures market has had a long and chequered history. Despite the huge potential, this market has not performed as expected.
- Odd Man Out (Deccan Herald, SUBRAMANYA PATTABHI, Aug 20, 2004)
Not being able to keep pace in my new surroundings, I soon withdrew into a world of my own
- Pakistan’S Search For Ideology (Tribune, M B NAQVI, Aug 20, 2004)
Pakistan celebrated its Independence Day on August 14 as usual. Mid-August is the period throughout South Asia to take stock of things, ponder over the nation's present situation and prospects.
- Redistributing The Oil Burden (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 20, 2004)
The reduction in Customs and excise duties on petrol, diesel, kerosene and cooking gas, effected by the Government on Wednesday, welcome as it is, was also probably inevitable.
- Reject It Outright (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Aug 20, 2004)
It is difficult to make any sense out of the puzzling behaviour of associations and trade unions of employees of the organised sector.
- Reservations In Private Sector (Deccan Herald, M Veerappa Moily, Aug 20, 2004)
India ought to have an affirmative policy of the kind that America has for the private sector
- The Manipur Crisis (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Aug 20, 2004)
Amidst all their trials and tribulations, the people of the North-East do not want military rule. That is enough justification to repeal the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act.
- Us Changes Posture On Nato (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Aug 20, 2004)
President Bush, speaking at a forum of veterans of foreign wars at Cincinnati, Ohio, on August 16, made far-reaching proposals related to future US foreign and strategic policies.
- Why Worry Over The Indo-Thai Fta? (Business Line, S. Majumder , Aug 20, 2004)
With the India-Thailand free trade agreement (FTA) to be launched on September 1, domestic industries, especially auto-parts and electronics, seem to be a worried lot.
- Free Power — Catch-22 Situation For Maharashtra Farmers (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Aug 20, 2004)
Farm power bills have caused tragedies in rural life for decades. They are now giving rise to a comic situation in Maharashtra.
- What Is Not Ethical Consumerism (Hindu, Julian Baggini, Aug 19, 2004)
Ethical consumerism should be about using our purchasing power to make the world a better place. Feeling pure will not help the world's poor.
- After The Red Fort Speech (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Aug 19, 2004)
IN the eyes of most people, barring incorrigible cynics, Dr Manmohan Singh’s maiden speech from the ramparts of the Red Fort on Independence Day was both worthy of the great national event and typical of the man delivering it.
- An Olive Branch That Extends To Oil (Business Line, D. Murali , Aug 19, 2004)
For days, our Ministers have been putting their heads together and toiling with oil in closed rooms. And, quite dazed, we anxiously await announcements of duty cuts that are supposed to mollify us.
- Consent Is Bone Of Contention (Business Line, N. R. Moorthy , Aug 19, 2004)
"GIVE a dog a bad name and hang it" is an old adage. This is exactly what the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is doing in the garb of ensuring that the regulatory provisions are complied with. SEBI, it is
- Flat Feat (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 19, 2004)
There is an unthinking link still made between sports and national pride. Sports is perhaps the only sphere of human achievement in the postmodern age where it is not politically incorrect to feel some sort of patriotic afflatus.
- Gender Imbalance In West Bengal (Tribune, Jayati Ghosh, Aug 19, 2004)
The recent West Bengal Human Development Report 2004 focuses on two major public initiatives that have characterised the state in the past 26 years: land reforms and decentralisation.
- Goalposts Are Moving But It Is Riskier To Do Nothing (Business Line, D. Murali , Aug 19, 2004)
Business is busy-ness is how my teacher of `fundamentals of business organisation' defined the word to begin with.
- Indefinitely In Force (Telegraph, V.R. RAGHAVAN, Aug 19, 2004)
The author is former director general military operations, and currently director, Delhi Policy Group
- There Are No Good Assassins (Telegraph, Uttam Sengupta, Aug 19, 2004)
Only the poor and the illiterate are given capital punishment. The rich get away with milder sentences for similar crimes
- Us Turning A Blind Eye To Nukes (Deccan Herald, Jonathan Power, Aug 19, 2004)
The Bush administration might be reacting too late to an emergent nuclear programme in Saudi Arabia
- Let Democracy Not Fail The Poor (Hindu, Amarjeet Sinha, Aug 19, 2004)
The real challenge of making democracy work lies in letting the poorest households determine the course of their lives.
- Monsoon Sensitivity In Kasauli (Tribune, Baljit Malik, Aug 19, 2004)
Dusk in Kasauli. A profusion of dahlias splashed on the hillside. Droplets of rain sparkling diamond-like in their corollas. A green canopy of fragrant pines giving Kasauli its unique sub-Himalayan vegetation. Old fashioned cottages, veiled by
- Oil Barrels That Went Missing And A Director Tired Of Lying (Business Line, D. Murali , Aug 19, 2004)
A few days back, there was a story in www.timesonline.co.uk about Shell director Van de Vijver who complained that he was "tired of lying" about the state of the company's oil and gas reserves.
- Profound Indictment (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 19, 2004)
If a final and comprehensive indictment of the Narendra Modi Government in Gujarat regarding its complicity in the post-Godhra riots was ever needed, it has come in the form of the Supreme Court's order on Tuesday.
- Regulating Medical Clinics (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 19, 2004)
Considering the list of economic activities now subject to a regulatory regime, the case for such a framework for clinical establishments is indeed very strong.
- Silver For India (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 19, 2004)
Independent India has finally managed an individual silver medal in the Olympic Games. Major Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore's achievement in Athens on Tuesday, in the double trap
- Inflation Dynamics: Why Fight Shy Of It? (Business Line, A. Vasudevan, Aug 19, 2004)
It is time it was realised that inflation could be volatile, more than growth. And it is also time the current and expected inflation rates are tracked.
- Sterling Performance (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 19, 2004)
To sustain the high growth rate of exports, the country needs to tap new markets
- Revolution In A Shopping Mall (Tribune, S. L. Rao, Aug 18, 2004)
Distributive inequity characterizes economic growth in India from the Eighties till now, though even those below the “poverty line” are found to
- Vote For Bad Or Terrible? (Hindu, George Monbiot, Aug 18, 2004)
Those who insist Ralph Nader supporters should vote John Kerry are holding back U.S. democratisation.
- India-Japan Ties (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 18, 2004)
The swiftness with which Japan has set about wooing the United Progressive Alliance Government is a measure of the importance it attaches to developing relations with India.
- Inflation Overhang — No Room For Complacency (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Aug 18, 2004)
Despite warning signals, the RBI did not see any immediate effect of the high money supply on inflation, little realising that there is always a time lag between the burgeoning of money supply and rise in the rate of inflation.
- Portrayal Of Conviction (Tribune, Harkishan Singh Surjeet, Aug 18, 2004)
THOSE who lived in Lahore during the pre-partition days felt nostalgic on witnessing the coverage which the media gave to the city at the time of the cricket matches.
- Punishment Against The Tide (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Aug 18, 2004)
Public opinion against capital punishment is gathering momentum in India and may lead to a de facto abolition of it
- Iaf Needs At Least 300 Aircraft (Tribune, Gulshan Luthra, Aug 18, 2004)
THE Indian Air Force is roaring for jetspeed at the Ministry of Defence for new aircraft simply because most of its MiG series of combat aircraft are coming to the end of their lives.
- Guarding The Guard (Deccan Herald, M K RATHISH, Aug 18, 2004)
Getting caught off-guard by your own guard, taking pot-shots at you, can be quite unpleasant
- Shadow-Boxing In Bpo Taxation (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 18, 2004)
The latest draft circular on taxation of business processes outsourced by a non-resident entity is disappointing.
- Plans For A Town (Telegraph, Shobita Punja, Aug 18, 2004)
Gujarat received its first World Heritage Site nomination this year when UNESCO declared Champaner one of India’s best preserved examples of an authentic medieval city
- The Origins Of Terror (Tribune, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Aug 18, 2004)
The carnage billed as the war to end all wars, which began 90 years ago this month, bears a profound responsibility for the world as it is today.
- The Stuff Of Life: Crick's Legacy (Business Line, Vanitha Srinivasan, Aug 18, 2004)
LAST month, Francis Crick, who helped discover the structure of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), died of colon cancer in San Diego, US.
- Punjab Arts Council Denied Funds (Tribune, Parbina Rashid, Aug 18, 2004)
NOTHING seems to be going right for the Punjab Arts Council. The bad spell that started seven years ago with the council losing its corpus funds in the Punwire disaster has been getting more pronounced with each passing year.
- Wto Framework For Global Trade (Business Line, R. Parthasarathy , Aug 18, 2004)
All direct farm subsidies given by developed countries to their farmers, as opposed to multi-purpose subsidies, should be clearly identified and targeted for elimination within a specified time-frame.
- Go Arjun, Go (Hindu, Harish Khare , Aug 18, 2004)
The RSS-Arjun Singh battle should embolden the liberal community to rediscover its voice and its faith in Nehruvian values.
- Cowardly Attack (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 18, 2004)
The explosion that killed 16 children in Assam on Independence Day must rank as one of the most barbaric among the countless atrocities committed by the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA).
- Corn And Porn (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 18, 2004)
Pornography makes some people horny. Others, like Salman Rushdie, get corny about it. One could have let this one too from Midnight's (most famous) child pass, because it is that time of the year when Midnight's Children tend to get a bit touched;
- Challenges Before Indian Polity (Tribune, Zoya Hasan, Aug 18, 2004)
The overall argument advocated here has been framed by the idea that the 2004 verdict is a mandate for tolerance, secularism, and inclusiveness delivered by a discerning electorate.
- Capacity Constraints Keep Crude Prices High (Business Line, S. Dinakar, Aug 18, 2004)
Despite supply well above demand, the lack of spare production capacity to take care of any demand spikes or supply disruptions continues to keep oil prices high.
- Caesar's Wife (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Aug 18, 2004)
IT WAS frankly surprising to find a number of civil society organisations joining the National Advisory Council (NAC) constituted, with Ms Sonia Gandhi as the chairperson enjoying the status of a Union Cabinet Minister ...
- Boat Tragedies (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 18, 2004)
These recur frequently only because there are no proper bridges across the rivers
- Big Mistake (Deccan Herald, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 18, 2004)
The Maldives govt cannot hope to silence demands for democracy forever
- Aids: Conferences And Concrete Action (Deccan Herald, Manu N Kulkarni, Aug 18, 2004)
For countries like India, AIDS is no longer a Western disease — it now calls for multisectoral response
- Act Of Force (Tribune, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 18, 2004)
It must be an abnormal situation when a democratic state is perceived as an instrument of force. The continuing violence in Manipur may easily blur the distinction between perception and reality.
- India In 1865 (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Aug 18, 2004)
George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode, Printers to the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, printed in 1867 a Statistical Abstract Relating to British India ...
- `Need For Farmer-Oriented Marketing' (Hindu, G. Venkataramani, Aug 18, 2004)
The National Commission on Farmers (NFC), an advisory body, has identified key areas to be addressed and chalked out short and long-term measures for
- Independent Interpretation (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 18, 2004)
DRY days are no longer dry, thanks to an "independent," though confusing, interpretation of the law. This Independence Day, those who needed to imbibe the spirits
- Revisiting The Edible Oil Policy (Business Line, Bipul Chatterjee, Aug 17, 2004)
India is the world's largest consumer of edible oils, importing approximately 50 per cent of its requirement. Until 2003, higher import duties on refined edible oils hiked the prices of imported products to a higher level than the domestic product.
- End Of Pota (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 17, 2004)
The new legislation should not turn out to be merely old wine in a new bottle
The controversial Prevention Of Terrorism Act (POTA), which has been in force for the last three years, will be buried even before it lapses later this October.
- Free To Kill (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 17, 2004)
Those who trade in terror can only be enemies of freedom. There is thus a dark symbolism in the Assamese rebels once again drenching an Independence Day celebration in blood.
- Lifeline For Fm Radio (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 17, 2004)
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)'s recommendation for a shift to a revenue-sharing arrangement and greater operational flexibility should provide a lifeline to the FM radio business.
- Look Beyond India For Sourcing And Markets (Business Line, M. Ramesh , Aug 17, 2004)
Mr R. Seshasayee, the 56-year-old Managing Director of Ashok Leyland Ltd, feels that the commercial vehicle industry in the country will have to face up to competition from abroad, especially from China and Thailand.
- Making A Martyr Of A Rapist (Deccan Herald, PRASENJIT CHOWDHURY, Aug 17, 2004)
Rather than conduct a debate on the ethical necessity of capital punishment, the media took to sensationalism
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