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Articles 9821 through 9920 of 27558:
- Terrorism And Regional Economics (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 03, 2004)
Compared with the often-tense atmosphere at meetings of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, which invariably became a prisoner of India-Pakistan equations
- The Bjp And Its Middle Course (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Aug 03, 2004)
Caught between the call of the Sangh Parivar and the threat of the National Democratic Alliance crumbling if it were to return to a "hard Hindutva" path ...
- The Message From Geneva (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 03, 2004)
THE dominant concern at the just-concluded WTO ministerial summit in Geneva was to reach a settlement of sorts. A failure, as witnessed at the last of round of talks
- Why Do The Rich Not Take Unctad Seriously? (Business Line, Pradeep S. Mehta, Aug 03, 2004)
EVER since the World Trade Organisation came into being in 1995, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad) has been under attack from the rich countries for doing excellent work for the developing countries in the international ...
- Rains Are Here, At Last! (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 03, 2004)
THE news of widespread rain in the region may bring some cheer to the grim faces of farmers. The kharif crop cannot be fully redeemed.
- Problems Before The Pm (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Aug 03, 2004)
Conventional wisdom has it that a new government is assessed on its performance after the first 100 days. Yet the coming to power of a Congress-led coalition relying on outside support is a circumstance unique enough to bend the rule.
- A Government Settles In (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Aug 02, 2004)
The shape of the new Government's agenda is getting clear - and so is the nature of change and continuity.
- Cutting Our Noses… (Tribune, Pran Chopra , Aug 02, 2004)
THE early years of Indian Independence gave us the priceless gift of federalism, without which "India" might have remained a dream.
- `Our Challenge Is To Mechanise Small Farms' (Business Line, N. Ramakrishnan , Aug 02, 2004)
At a time when tractor manufacturers should be celebrating, they are looking up to the skies. The handsome growth in sales in the first quarter of this year — nearly 48 per cent — was followed by a slump post-Budget.
- A Step Forward (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 02, 2004)
Trade and economic development, terrorism and tourism are among the several issues on which BIMSTEC members have pledged to co-operate in the coming years.
- When Information Entertains (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 02, 2004)
Right now, people in America are unwilling to escape into the world of fantasy and want to confront the harsh facts
- A Communist Rishi (Hindu, Gopal Gandhi, Aug 02, 2004)
A tribute to Hiren Mukherjee, lifelong Communist, accomplished Parliamentarian and scholar, who passed away on July 30.
- What’S Uncle Sam Up To? (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Aug 02, 2004)
The American effort is to absorb both India and Pakistan in its power system by managing their rivalry.
- Cold Shoulder (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 02, 2004)
Sometime ago, the Samajwadi Party threatened to turn "watchdog" over the conduct of the Union Government. In doing so, it signalled that it was fed up with the UPA big brother's no-holds-barred attacks on its UP citadel.
- The Wages Of Neglect (Hindu, PRAFULLA DAS, Aug 01, 2004)
Eleven children died in just over a month for lack of proper health care in an Adivasi hamlet in Orissa.
- Target Approach To Family Planning Won’T Work (Tribune, Usha Rai, Aug 01, 2004)
With several state governments advocating a target-driven approach to family planning and the public being wooed with incentives to go in for sterilisations, health activists fear a return to an Emergency-like situation.
- New Srinagar Flyover Revives The Memory Of The Bakshi Rule (Tribune, David Devadas, Aug 01, 2004)
The pride and pleasure among Kashmiris over the flyover that was inaugurated in the heart of Srinagar has to be seen to be believed. That it has become something of a status symbol is an indicator of the nature of the Kashmir problem: it is as much
- Degeneration Of Politics (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Aug 01, 2004)
Seven years ago when this country celebrated the golden jubilee of its Independence the world applauded it for being the only one in the Third World to have made a success of parliamentary democracy.
- Life On The Fringes (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Aug 01, 2004)
Maharashtra's poor public healthcare and highly skewed distribution of wealth lies at the root of the current crisis highlighted by malnutrition deaths among Adivasis
- Lamba: Champion Of Solar Energy (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Aug 01, 2004)
Comments of two farmers from Punjab best sum up the remarkable achievement of Hemant Lamba, a young Indian executive, who has won the prestigious Green Oscar Award.
- Hardly Hospitals (Hindu, Meena Menon, Aug 01, 2004)
Government hospitals in rural areas struggle to serve the target population.
- An Open Letter To All Indians Anywhere (Tribune, Kiran Bedi, Aug 01, 2004)
Watching Americans celebrate their Independence Day on July 4 was an experience of sorts for me. It naturally made me compare how we celebrate our own Independence Day back home.
- Npas: Why The Undue Anxiety? (Business Line, M. Sitarama Murthy, Jul 31, 2004)
If not for the accelerated provisions made to bring down the non-performing assets (NPAs) below the 3 per cent mark to comply with the last minute diktat of the Reserve Bank of India for declaring dividends, the profits of many banks would have been ...
- Zero-Error Voters’ List (Tribune, V. Eshwar Anand, Jul 31, 2004)
AN accurate and updated voters’ list has long eluded the world’s largest democracy. The problem has only worsened after every Assembly and Lok Sabha election.
- Pot Calling The Kettle Black (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Jul 31, 2004)
Two topics which generated much heat and hangama in Parliament caused me much amusement. One was the opposition’s denunciation of ‘tainted ministers’ in the treasury benches.
- Concessions Come With A Price (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Jul 31, 2004)
Taxing capital gains has always posed problems and given rise to controversies. There is a school of thought that argues that capital gains are artificial and not real.
- What Price Nri Deposits? (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 31, 2004)
A recent report of the Reserve Bank of India on the external liabilities of scheduled commercial banks places in the right perspective the debates on NRI (non-resident Indian) deposit schemes
- Leap Into Time (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 31, 2004)
Blackholes may have more information to reveal than science knows about them
- May Ambiguity Cease In Cess Accounting (Business Line, R. Anand, Jul 31, 2004)
Listed companies have to mandatorily publish quarterly accounts in accordance with the clause 41 of the Listing Agreement.
- Mind Your K’S And Q’S (Tribune, Saroop Krishen, Jul 31, 2004)
THE British rulers never missed an opportunity to proclaim that Hindi is the language of the Hindus and Urdu of the Muslims. In fact that was a major plank in their policy of divide and rule and they liked to make the maximum use of it.
- Nariman’S Bill (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 31, 2004)
EMINENT jurist and Member of Parliament (Nominated) Fali S. Nariman’s introduction of the Judicial Statistics Bill, 2004, in the Rajya Sabha assumes special significance in the context of the huge backlog of cases and the courts’ inability to ensure ...
- Nda's Boycott `Tamasha' (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Jul 31, 2004)
There is little doubt that by boycotting all parliamentary committees (including the all-important standing committees), the Opposition will only be rendering itself enfeebled in the the job of keeping the UPA Government on its toes.
- Waiting For Rain (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 31, 2004)
The country is likely to face a monsoon deficiency leading to a host of problems
- Bush, Blair: Without Friends In The World (Tribune, K.N. Malik, Jul 31, 2004)
There is no doubt that the three recent reports, one investigating the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the other two — the US congressional report and the UK’s Butler report — were given fudged intelligence.
- Pity The Man Who Wins (Hindu, LARRY ELLIOT, Jul 31, 2004)
Given the state of the American economy, it would be better for John Kerry if he lost the presidential election.
- Was Iraq A Mutual Charade? (Hindu, HAROLD A. GOULD, Jul 31, 2004)
Saddam Hussein's bluff proved to be so successful that it set him up for George W. Bush's counter-charade.
- The Soren Show (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 31, 2004)
MR Shibu Soren's antics over the past fortnight following the issuance of a non-bailable warrant of arrest in a three-decade-old murder case were neither amusing nor acceptable.
- The Elusive Me (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 31, 2004)
India could consider fighting terrorism with international co-operation
- The Collapse Of Green Revolution (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Jul 31, 2004)
The harmful combination of chemical outputs with water-guzzling crops has played havoc with agriculture
- The Challenge Of Mass Hunger (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 31, 2004)
The spate of hunger-related deaths reported across different States is now a national scandal; this can no longer be dismissed as an aberration or a passing seasonal setback.
- Problems A Tonne In Tonnage Tax (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jul 31, 2004)
The flip side of being a journalist is that at any gathering or party you will find at least a few people who seem to think that you are responsible for all the ills of the media and will take you to task for that.
- Privatisation Is At Sea, Let's Push It To The Ocean (Business Line, D. Murali , Jul 31, 2004)
From the heights that privatisation was taken to, we now see it wallowing in the chasms of uncertainty.
- Reengineering Idbi (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 30, 2004)
The uncertainty over the banking status of IDBI is over even as it comes at the cost of losing a quality institution like IDBI Bank.
- A Fishy Business (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 30, 2004)
The FTP has a roadmap for the growth of the country’s economy
- A Gay Drama In New York (Tribune, Darshan Singh Maini, Jul 30, 2004)
MY two-year stint at New York University (1988-90) was in many ways full of events and surprises, for New York, also called “the Big Apple” by the Americans, appears to be perpetually on show, what with bands and banners and buntings
- Corporates To Better Village Life (Deccan Herald, ANIL CHAKRADEO, Jul 30, 2004)
Corporates can be involved in rural development by offering them income tax incentives
- Detoxify Education (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 30, 2004)
President A P J Abdul Kalam’s suggestion regarding the setting up of a standing council for school text books merits serious consideration.
- A Cloud Over Civilisation (Deccan Herald, J K GALBRAITH, Jul 30, 2004)
Corporate power is the driving force behind US foreign policy — and the slaughter in Iraq
- Karzai's Gambit (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 30, 2004)
Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai ran a political risk when he refused to take Vice-President and Defence Minister Mohammed Qasim Fahim as his running mate for elections to be held on October 9.
- Lopsided Development Of Agriculture (Tribune, Gurbhagwant Singh Kahlon, Jul 30, 2004)
THE key to economic development in Punjab is agriculture. Crops and livestock cannot exist in isolation and, therefore, have to be developed side by side. In many developed countries, animal farming dominates the agricultural scenario as it
- Monsoon Anxieties (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 30, 2004)
India has to brace itself to deal with the caprices of the 2004 monsoon. After an early onset and reasonably good rainfall in June, the monsoon's progress has been uneven during the agriculturally crucial month of July.
- Salaried Middle-Class — Provident Fund No Longer A Lifeguard? (Business Line, R. Y. Narayanan, Jul 30, 2004)
Even as a decision on the interest rate on provident fund (PF) contribution is proving elusive (the decision has been postponed to August 9 after the PF trustees, at their July 20 meeting, could not arrive at a
- The Furies Come To Life (Hindu, M. S. PRABHAKARA, Jul 30, 2004)
For years, public opinion in the Northeast has protested against the Armed Forces Special Powers Act but to no avail.
- Pw: Government Shedding Its Soft Approach? (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Jul 30, 2004)
The issue is not whether the Bahujan Samaj Party will get any seats at all. The question is whom will it hurt more.
- The Threat Of Transnational Terrorism (Hindu, Alexander Downer, Jul 29, 2004)
Long-term success in the fight against terrorism will depend on winning the battle of ideas.
- Role Abandonment (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 29, 2004)
NDA boycott of parliamentary committees is an extension of its ongoing campaign
- Probe Must (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 29, 2004)
The State Government should agree to a CBI inquiry into the BMIC project
- Predatory State, Pauper Households (Hindustan Times, R. Vaidyanathan, Jul 29, 2004)
The uncertainties of the future faced by households are aggravated by the profligate and predatory state, which furiously taxes the same hapless households both as direct taxes and also recently as service taxes.
- Petro Pricing, Beyond Politics (Hindu, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 29, 2004)
With the process of aligning petroleum product prices to costs becoming so sensitive to the point of even threatening the survival of the government, the Centre's latest decision to allow public sector oil
- Lower Is Better (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 29, 2004)
Clinical guidelines issued recently in the United States on the management of cholesterol levels have been tightened in two broad ways.
- J.R.D. Tata — The Humane Entrepreneur (Hindustan Times, T. Damu , Jul 29, 2004)
A hundred years ago on July 29 was born one of the heroes of Indian industrial revolution — Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata.
- India And China: A Shifting Paradigm (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Jul 29, 2004)
Until recently politics had been in command of Sino-Indian ties. Now economics has begun to drive the relationship.
- Hostage Taking As Psychological War (Deccan Herald, Sudha Ramachandran, Jul 29, 2004)
Hostage taking is psychologically deadly but counter-productive if used indiscriminately
- Disruptive Opposition (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 29, 2004)
The National Democratic Alliance's decision to boycott all parliamentary committees marks a new low, even measured by the rather lax standards of legislative decorum in India.
- A Few Urgent Items For The Accountants' Agenda (Hindustan Times, D. Murali , Jul 29, 2004)
Shibu Soren has gone underground but the issues that occasioned such an inconvenience for him and everybody else are still alive.
- The Spirit Of The 20th Century (Deccan Herald, A V S Namboodiri, Jul 29, 2004)
Neruda captured the blood on the 20th century’s streets, soaked his words in it and recreated them into flowers of fire
- Farm Risk Management — Solution In Search Of Problems (Hindustan Times, B. S. Murthy, Jul 28, 2004)
AS MANY as 1100 farmers committed suicide. This is not about Andhra Pradesh or any part of India. These tragic suicides occurred in the most developed country in the world.
- Ministerial Misconduct (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 28, 2004)
HERE is a minister of near bankrupt Punjab, admitted to the PGI, Chandigarh, with a fractured arm, flying off to his village, Dhaliwal, near Jalandhar, in a helicopter to celebrate his 70th birthday.
- Why Pseb Is In A Financial Mess (Tribune, Harbhajan Singh, Jul 28, 2004)
The present financial woes of the Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) are caused primarily by two major factors: (i) free supply to the agricultural sector and (ii) the Thein Dam project: The responsibility for the financial mess rests entirely on the
- Why Derail Lalu's Godhra Probe? (Hindustan Times, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jul 28, 2004)
Trust the Bihar strongman and Railway Minister, Mr Lalu Prasad, to know how to rattle the BJP and its allies.
- Whales Win A Reprieve (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 28, 2004)
Environmentalists worldwide must feel a sense of relief and achievement that a proposal to lift the ban on hunting of whales for commerce was defeated at the annual conference of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) held recently in Sorrento, Italy.
- The Untapped Connotations (Deccan Herald, PARSA VENKATESHWAR RAO JR, Jul 28, 2004)
There is need to open up the literary treasures in Tamil, a living classical language, to the world at large
- The Poor Have No Candidate (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 28, 2004)
The Kalashnikovs have taken a backseat for now. With players on both sides deciding to sit across the negotiating table, a new chapter in revolutionary and counter-revolutionary strategies has begun.
- State Budget Breaks New Ground (Deccan Herald, M. R. Narayana, Jul 28, 2004)
The new State budget tries to bridge the gap between allocations and requirements in school education
- Sea Tigers — Threat To Indian Security (Hindu, V. Suryanarayan, Jul 28, 2004)
India should work with the objective of neutralising the Sea Tigers at the earliest.
- Schools Fail Fire Test (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 28, 2004)
Most schools in India have not taken the requisite steps to ensure the safety of the children studying there, although the Kumbakonam fire in which 90 children died should have stirred them to act.
- Revolutionary Changes (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 28, 2004)
The Kelkar report has tried to address core issues in fiscal management
- Move For Quota In Private Sector (Tribune, Amulya Ganguli, Jul 28, 2004)
THE misuse by the political class of one of the positive aspects of modern governance — affirmative action in favour of the underprivileged — is a distressing feature of India’s post-1947 history.
- Bimst-Ec Meet In Bangkok: Making Free Trade Agreements Work (Hindustan Times, K. Venugopal , Jul 28, 2004)
Leaders from six nations of the South Asian region, forming the BIMST-EC group, meet in Bangkok this week to discuss how they can enlarge trade and economic cooperation.
- Kelkar's `Grand Bargain' (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 28, 2004)
Two years ago, Vijay Kelkar, Adviser to the Union Finance Minister, recommended a bold — some called it impractical — plan to overhaul the Centre's tax regimes.
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