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Articles 9921 through 10020 of 27558:
- Globalisation And Social Safety Net (Hindustan Times, Suvendu Bose, Jul 28, 2004)
India is doing well economically, but what social security net is the country offering its senior citizens?
- Get An Ethical Shopping Plan (Tribune, Lucy Siegle, Jul 28, 2004)
IT WAS about five years ago that my eco conscience began to form. There was no epiphany. It was more down to the drip drip drip effect of images of melting polar icecaps, landfills spewing rubbish
- Drought-Proof The Economy (Hindustan Times, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 28, 2004)
After the lull of nearly four weeks, the revival of the South-West monsoon last weekend should bring some relief, if not cheer, to farmers and policymakers alike.
- Budget: Poor Get A Hearing (Hindustan Times, Dharmalingam Venugopal, Jul 28, 2004)
The Government's Budget may be faulted for what it has not done but it can hardly be blamed for what it has done. The Budget had a clear-cut objective
- Private-Public Partnership (Hindustan Times, B. S. Raghavan , Jul 28, 2004)
Although comparatively of recent origin, the idea of organisations in the private and public sectors collaborating to make a success of important projects has taken strong root and is paying both business and social dividends in many countries.
- The Re-Emergence Of Bird Flu (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 27, 2004)
Avian influenza has reared its menacing head again. It has been just a few months since the worst-ever attack of a highly virulent form of bird flu swept through poultry in eight Asian countries.
- Power Politics (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 27, 2004)
Instead of contracting for additional power well in time and ensuring a just and fair distribution of the available electricity among all consumers, the Haryana government has chosen to play politics
- Us Policy In South Asia (Tribune, M B NAQVI, Jul 27, 2004)
India and Pakistan looked at the recent tour of US Assistant Secretary of State Richard Armitage in bilateral terms. This is natural. But the overall impact of the US foreign policy on South Asia as a whole demands special attention.
- Trust At Stake (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 27, 2004)
GTB’s action of defrauding shareholders has damaged the image of private banks
- To Save Polity, Pm Must Assert His Authority (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jul 27, 2004)
In the few weeks Dr Manmohan Singh has been Prime Minister, he has given the impression of being a self-effacing bystander helplessly watching the happenings around him, rather than one at the helm of affairs enjoying
- Strange Bark (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 27, 2004)
Dogs bark at dogs as much as they do at strangers. However, in the season of mating, they make love without discrimination.
- The Iraq Dilemma Once Again (Deccan Herald, A MADHAVAN, Jul 27, 2004)
India's place in the world involves the difficult choice of engagement with the problem of Iraq
- Crisis Of Confidence (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 27, 2004)
The offer by the Oriental Bank of Commerce to take over the Global Trust Bank is good news for the one million depositors of the troubled private bank but a nagging question is if the Reserve Bank of India could not have handled the crisis better.
- Informed Debate, Mellowed Mood (Deccan Herald, N C GUNDU RAO, Jul 27, 2004)
From the days when a mere walk-out shocked Dewan Mirza Ismail, the legislative council has come a long way
- India And Pakistan At Saarc (Hindu, K.K. Katyal, Jul 27, 2004)
Despite the posturing by the two neighbours during the recent SAARC meet, the bilateral dialogue goes on.
- Human Development Report: The Good News And Bad News (Business Line, K. Parthasarathi, Jul 27, 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.
- How To Solve Syl Dispute (Tribune, Gurcharan Singh, Jul 27, 2004)
The competing demands of Punjab and Haryana over the waters of the Beas and the Ravi have escalated into tension after the Punjab Vidhan Sabha passed the Bill terminating the water accords with the neighbouring states.
- Fiscal Responsibility Versus Democratic Accountability (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Jul 27, 2004)
The UPA Government has notified the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act, and declared that it will abide by it. In this edition of Macroscan, C. P. Chandrasekhar and Jayati Ghosh argue
- Drought, Flood, Seeds And Suicides (Hindu, M. S. Swaminathan , Jul 27, 2004)
The science and technology dimensions of the problems leading to suicides among farmers need concurrent attention along with the socio-economic and political aspects.
- Ending India-Bangladesh Impasse (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Jul 26, 2004)
In a happy diplomatic accident, the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, will have the rare opportunity this week to interact with both the women who dominate the political landscape in Bangladesh — the Opposition leader, Sheikh Hasina, and the Prime Minister,
- Punjab Without Power (Pioneer, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 26, 2004)
THE immediate sufferers of Punjab's save-power drive are the owners of shops and commercial establishments, which have to be closed by 6 pm.
- Govt Finances: Divide To Multiply (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Jul 26, 2004)
The monsoon has been unkind. The demands of coalition partners are heavy. The Government needs all the help it can get to reduce the yawning deficit. Decentralisation of finance management will help both by amplifying incomes and by improving the efficien
- Hdr: Managing Cultural Diversity For Stability (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Jul 26, 2004)
The brainchild of two Asian economists of importance — Amartya Sen and Mahbub ul Haque — the latest UN Human Development Report (HDR) incorporates information on development indicators such as GDP
- Horrors That History Can Sober Us With (Business Line, D. Murali , Jul 26, 2004)
There are many mails that have come in response to the previous piece `If only banging our heads can make us saner...', which was about our ineptitude in handling calamities such as the one that struck in Kumbakonam.
- No Consensus (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 26, 2004)
The draft framework for WTO negotiations has come as a disappointment to poor and developing countries. As both developed and developing countries have been keen to revive multilateral negotiations for further liberalising world
- Punjab Water Imbroglio (Hindu, Ramaswamy R. Iyer, Jul 26, 2004)
With better management, Punjab, Haryana, and Rajasthan can meet their needs with much less water than they seek
- Re-Assess Water Needs (Pioneer, Ramaswamy R. Iyer, Jul 26, 2004)
THERE are three different but inter-connected ways of looking at the recent water-related developments in Punjab: as political developments, as legal questions, and as issues of water management.
- Resolving The Crisis In Traffic Management (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Jul 26, 2004)
It is said that over 200 vehicles are being registered daily in Bangalore city. For anyone who has sat for hours in a vehicle trying to get through Airport Road or Dairy Circle, the future must seem like a nightmare.
- Suicidal Matters (Business Line, K.G. Kumar, Jul 26, 2004)
THE gruesome suicide of 22-year-old Rajani S. Anand has shaken the conscience of Kerala. A student in computer engineering at the College of Engineering, Adoor, run by the Institute of Human Resource Development
- The Business Of Business Management (Pioneer, P. Lal , Jul 26, 2004)
The controversy over the fee-structure in the IIMs, and inviting the owners of a chain of dabbawalas of Mumbai to IIM, Lucknow, to address the gathering at “Manfest 2004” on micro-management remind me of what a professor on
- The Soren Drama (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 26, 2004)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has done the right thing in asking Coal Minister Shibu Soren to submit his resignation. It would have been much better had he acted earlier.
- Trust Lost (Business Line, D. Murali , Jul 26, 2004)
Excise Tribunal members in New Delhi had to contend with much gas when the Gas Authority of India Ltd (GAIL) case was before them.
- Politics Sullies Water Disputes In India (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 26, 2004)
Seven Christian missionaries were attacked allegedly by RSS workers at a Scheduled Caste colony on Saturday in Kerala, for providing material assistance to a Dalit family.
- India-Bangladesh Ties Adrift (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Jul 25, 2004)
Bangladesh is gearing itself up to host the next summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation here next January. As the foreign ministers of the SAARC review
- Left Provides Life Support To Manmohan (Tribune, Tripti Nath, Jul 25, 2004)
D. Raja, National Secretary of the Communist Party of India perhaps knew that he was a cut above the rest in his student days when he earned the distinction of being the first graduate in his village, Chiththoor in Tamil Nadu.
- Shibu Soren: A Turbulent Career (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Jul 25, 2004)
Controversies have always chased Shibu Soren, architect of the Jharkhand state. Soren’s supporters call him "Guruji". Now implicated in a 30-year-old murder case in Jharkhand, the 60-year-old Union Minister for Coal had to resign on Saturday on the advice
- Punjab’S Decision On Syl Sticks In Centre’S Throat (Tribune, Rajinder Puri, Jul 25, 2004)
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh protected his political interests by rushing through the Punjab Termination of Agreements Act (2004), abrogating water-sharing agreements with neighbouring states.
- The Sordid Cycle Has Gone On And On (Deccan Herald, M M SOMAYA, Jul 25, 2004)
An year ago, one got the feeling that Indian hockey had turned the curve and was cruising on the home stretch. The formation of a team that was solid and at the same time spectacular, a series of wins to boot and a sponsor sincerely committed to prop up
- In Search Of Safer Pastures (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 25, 2004)
The Government has decided to raise the minimum support price for the common variety of paddy by a modest Rs.10 a quintal (an increase of less than 2 per cent), but what is
- Continuing The Indo-Pak Peace Process (Tribune, Swarnjit Singh Sidhu, Jul 25, 2004)
Close on the heels of the exercise of confidence building measures between experts and foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan, the talks between External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh and his Pakistan counterpart Khurshid
- Nepal's Expanding Insurgency (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 25, 2004)
Nepal is in the grip of a Maoist insurgency that has claimed nearly 10,000 lives since 1996. On a visit to the mountain kingdom, Nirupama Subramanian found people unhappy with both the monarchy and the politicians.
- Marginal Relief Marginalised (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Jul 24, 2004)
Before budget 2004 was presented, there were eager expectations that the tax rates would be cut and the exemption limits raised.
- Gp Koirala Emphasises Restoration Of Pratinidhi Sabha (Statesman, PARMANAND, Jul 24, 2004)
Girija Prasad Koirala, the Nepali Congress president, celebrated his 80th birthday on 4 July in New Delhi’s general and political heat.
- Gender Budgeting (Hindu, Brinda Karat, Jul 24, 2004)
Gender budgeting, if it is to be useful as a tool for women's advance, has to be implemented in conjunction with an egalitarian and democratic vision.
- Gender Budgeting (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Jul 24, 2004)
So may be it's safe now to speak about the market without its leaping off a cliff, screaming. (Or maybe not quite. By close on Monday, share prices recovered nearly half the losses they logged soon after opening.)
- A Laudable Step (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 24, 2004)
THE DECISION BY the Sri Lankan Government to pay compensation to victims of the 1983 anti-Tamil riots deserves to be praised. It is long overdue. Money can never pose as compensation for victims of an atrocity.
- Disappointing Draft (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 24, 2004)
The draft framework agreement circulated to World Trade Organisation members has crystallised fears that the developed economies, mainly the US and the EU, will not recede from their stand on the
- Decongest Shimla (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 24, 2004)
Grandiose plans, launched with official fanfare, to decongest Shimla have often floundered at the implementation stage. The 1977-2000 development plan for Shimla has remained on paper.
- Does Haryana Need More Water? (Tribune, G.S. Dhillon, Jul 24, 2004)
AN impression given most often is that due to the non-completion of the SYL canal, Haryana is being “starved” of water, which is instead allowed to flow to Pakistan.
- Passing The Buck (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 24, 2004)
It has been clear from the start that what we are witnessing in Punjab is as much a political game as a water dispute. Early indications of this came from the promptness with
- Reviving An Old Ghost (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 24, 2004)
The battle for telecasting rights is not in the interest of the gentleman’s game
- Siding With Beasts In Wildlife Habitats (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Jul 24, 2004)
Recently there have been reports of leopards entering bustees on the outskirts of Mumbai and taking human lives. Elephants are known to emerge from their forests and destroy crops, hutments and trample people underfoot.
- Textiles And Apparels — Preparing For The Big Leap (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Jul 24, 2004)
The textile and apparel industry is yet to overcome some of the major challenges facing it if it has to succeed in becoming a major outsourcing centre for international retailers.
- The Colour Of Investment (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Jul 24, 2004)
The ruckus over the proposed enhancement of the foreign direct investment limit in telecommunications, civil aviation and insurance has muddied UPA relations to such an extent that an important member of the
- To All Those Missing Daughters (Business Line, D. Murali , Jul 24, 2004)
On that fateful Friday last week, the Kumbakonam calamity was already top on international news feeds, reporting of the blaze in an ill-fated girls school.
- Troubled Waters (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 24, 2004)
THE Central Government had no other option but to seek a Presidential reference on the controversial Punjab Act. The Supreme Court will in due course give its verdict on the
- Welcome Stay (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 24, 2004)
THE Andhra Pradesh High Court has rightly suspended the state's order that provided for 5 per cent reservation for Muslims in educational institutions and for government jobs.
- Writing Is A Therapy For Him (Tribune, Humra Quraishi, Jul 24, 2004)
ON August 9 the Lalit Kala Akademi will honour Dr Mulk Raj Anand. Efforts are on to get Dr Anand all the way from Khandala, where he now lives, to Delhi.
- Not Just The Centre, The Periphery, Too (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Jul 24, 2004)
It is not just happening in Lhasa, but in smaller towns and villages too. If Lhasa is bustling with construction activity and new stores are filled with electronic
- Poor Economy Threatens Berlusconi (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 23, 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.
- Budget 2004: Not The Last Word (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Jul 23, 2004)
"Balanced but hardly inspiring," said the London Economist about India's Budget. Interpreting the electoral mandate as a vote for change, the Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, quoted the ...
- Budget: Good Intentions Drained By Leaks (Business Line, Uttam Gupta , Jul 23, 2004)
A close look at the portions of the Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram's speech that capture the "human face" of the 2004-05 Union Budget brings out three points clearly.
- Caught In The Crossfire (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 23, 2004)
The Iraqi hostage crisis blurs the distinction between combatants and non-combatants
- Dexterous Moves (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 23, 2004)
Considering the delicate nature of the ruling arrangement at the Centre, the Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram's reply to the Budget debate in Parliament was vested with more than ordinary significance.
- Eyeball To Eyeball (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 23, 2004)
Finance Minister P. Chidambaram did bend a little under pressure from stock traders on Wednesday, but he stood out against the Leftists.
- Frbm Act: Will It Really End Deficits? (Business Line, M.R. Venkatesh, Jul 23, 2004)
Predatory behaviour constitutes a class of anti-competitive action where prices are set so low as to eliminate competing undertakings and, thereby, threaten the competitive process itself.
- Logic And Law Of Water-Sharing (Tribune, S.S. Johl, Jul 23, 2004)
Haryana was Punjab and so were some parts of present-day Himachal Pradesh. These areas had the riparian rights in waters of the erstwhile Punjab state. Rajasthan had no riparian right.
- Andhra Goes Ahead (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 23, 2004)
The Congress government in Andhra Pradesh has taken a bold step in going ahead with the necessary steps for holding talks with the Marxist-Leninist People's War Group.
- Pappu’S Health (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 23, 2004)
Seldom has any court of law taken a special interest in the whereabouts and welfare of a single accused. However, Pappu Yadav is not an ordinary person. The stocky individual who answers to this name is a politician from Bihar.
- Promoting Science (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 23, 2004)
In a report titled "Inventing A Better Future," the InterAcademy Council, a grouping of the world's science academies, observes that "in a world moving rapidly toward the
- Why Is Pranab Asking For More? (Deccan Herald, P. R. Chari , Jul 23, 2004)
India is the world’s third largest military spender, and most of the arms it buys may be useless in any scenario
- Why Not Populism? (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jul 23, 2004)
The intrinsic aim of populism, as understood in the US where it had its origins in the latter part of 19th century, is to support the rights and powers of the common people in their struggle with the privileged elite.
- Yarlung Tsangpo To Brahmaputra (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Jul 23, 2004)
It is a roundabout route that we have taken to Lhasa, roof of the world and capital of China's Tibet Autonomous Region.
- A Shortened Story (Tribune, Girish Bhandari, Jul 23, 2004)
INDIA and Pakistan are to develop further continental ballistic missiles, when the peace wagon has finally started rolling! “No, not ballistic missiles, you dunderhead. In today’s language CBM stands for confidence building measures. NGOs are non governme
- Act Decisively On Hostage Issue (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 23, 2004)
NEW DELHI MUST do whatever is necessary to secure the release of three Indian workers taken hostage by the Iraqi resistance as they are likely to be killed if the demands of their captors are not met.
- How To Desaffronise Education (Deccan Herald, Kancha Ilaiah, Jul 23, 2004)
India suffers from both religious and caste communalism. So education should decasteise society as a whole
- Neighbourhood Hopes (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 23, 2004)
SAARC holds out hope for regional cooperation in many fields, mainly trade
- Cpas Join Lawyers And Doctors As Defaulters (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 22, 2004)
Among the list of people who did not file tax returns for 2002 are 865 millionaires, 6,756 lawyers, 1,458 CPAs and 20,473 medical professionals, according to California's taxmen.
- Afghan Electoral Delays (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 22, 2004)
EARLIER THIS month (July), it was announced that the elections in Afghanistan were to be delayed for a second time, with the country now supposedly choosing a president in October and a new parliament next spring.
- Bush’S Electoral Compulsions (Deccan Herald, G Parthasarathy, Jul 22, 2004)
Since Bush attaches utmost importance to Pak assistance to nab Osama, the US is unlikely to do much about Kashmir
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