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Articles 10121 through 10220 of 27558:
- Syl: Time To Rectify Past Mistakes (Tribune, Himmat Singh Gill, Jul 17, 2004)
In view of the ongoing water war in which some of the northern states have been drawn into, consequent to Punjab passing the Bill terminating the water sharing accords, let’s all very honestly have another look at the merits and demerits of this issue.
- The Sindhis, A ‘Vanishing’ People (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Jul 17, 2004)
I have a large number of Sindhi friends — a few Muslims but mostly Hindus and Sikhs who migrated from Pakistan after partition.
- Fits And Starts In Gift Tax (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Jul 17, 2004)
The Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, said in Parliament that tax evasion is on the rise. Every time somebody is caught with unaccounted income or wealth, the standard explanation is that it is either a credit or a gift from somebody.
- A Severe Indictment (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 17, 2004)
As the World Bank’s report has confirmed it, Punjab has been a victim of poor governance. Its decline started in the nineties and still continues.
- A Sure Way To Securities Revenue (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jul 17, 2004)
The shock waves generated by the murder of Satyendra Dubey who blew the whistle on corruption in the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) forced the Government to promise to enact a law protecting
- Bane Of Ad Hocism (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 17, 2004)
Annulment of the CET seat selection process has put students in a quandary
- Budget 2004 — Wait For The Next (Hindu, C. Rammanohar Reddy, Jul 17, 2004)
The contents and approach of Budget 2004 are a far cry from the unique model of economic reform that Manmohan Singh said the UPA would offer to the world.
- Budget 2004-05 — Ploughing A Difficult Furrow (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Jul 17, 2004)
The Budget, despite its limitations, has been welcomed for the primacy it gives for equity while industry also gives credit to Mr P. Chidambaram for what he could do in the circumstances.
- Essays In Honour Of Manmohan, The Professor (Business Line, D. Murali , Jul 17, 2004)
Last week, the Finance Minister presented the first Budget of the new government, factoring in all that is dear to the Prime Minister.
- A Fractious War On Aids (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 17, 2004)
In another kind of global war there seems to be a growing chasm between the policies being unilaterally pursued by the United States and the perceptions of the international community.
- Falling Short On Reason (Business Line, T. N. Pandey, Jul 17, 2004)
The Budget proposals on capital gains are not well conceived
- India's Inherent Strength (Pioneer, Hari Jaisingh, Jul 17, 2004)
What is the vitality of India? How is it to be viewed in today's regional and global perspective? These questions evoked animated discussions among 50 scholars drawn from India ...
- Reality Bites (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 17, 2004)
As a Finance Minister concerned with projecting his Budget as investor-friendly, Mr P Chidambaram did the right thing by announcing hikes in FDI caps in telecom, civil aviation and insurance.
- The Human Under-Development (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 17, 2004)
The just-released Human Development Report places India at 127 out of 177 countries ranked by the United Nations on a combination of income and social parameters.
- Right To Work For Aids Patients (Tribune, Aditi Tandon, Jul 17, 2004)
There is positive news about HIV/AIDS. The National AIDS Control Organisation has recommended free medical treatment to persons living with HIV/AIDS in six states — Maharsahtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Nagaland and Manipur.
- Kohli In Custody (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 17, 2004)
The nation is bound to heave a sigh of relief following Thursday’s arrest of Maninderpal Singh Kohli, accused of rape and murder of 17-year-old British schoolgirl, Hannah Foster, along the Indo-Nepal border in North Bengal.
- Neglected Sportspersons (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 17, 2004)
A peep into the living conditions of sportspersons at New Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium will reveal a lot about the status of sports in India. They are all members of the athletic team, who have qualified for the Athens Olympics.
- Republic Of Bihar (Pioneer, Kumud L Das, Jul 17, 2004)
That Biharis are born with the highest emotional quotient in India was proved on May 22, 2004. Eleven ministers sworn-in from Bihar turned most Biharis and non-resident Biharis (NRB) settled in Delhi emotional.
- Values And Heritage (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 16, 2004)
The times are a changing. Our myths are no more made up of Ph.Ds. Scholarship is out of fashion. A seminal work on history or a provocative sociological insight is less attractive than a pamphlet for a slogan contest that promises the reward of a weekend
- Terror In Schools (Hindu, Chris McGreal, Jul 16, 2004)
In Ramallah, the woman with dyed-blond hair, haute couture suits and an apparent penchant for an expensive lifestyle is seen above all as having betrayed her husband by having decamped to Paris at the beginning of the intifada.
- Reducing Poverty — Choosing The Right Technologies (Business Line, Kumar Venkat, Jul 16, 2004)
Thirty years after the publication of E. F. Schumacher's celebrated book, Small is Beautiful, which proposed matching the cost and scale of technologies to the people and resources of developing nations, a basic question remains
- Putting Basel Ii Pillars In Place (Business Line, Dharmalingam Venugopal, Jul 16, 2004)
Basel II norms, to be implemented from 2007, has been evolved to reinforce the structural soundness of banks, particularly the international outfits.
- Punjab Slowdown Dismays World Bank (Tribune, P. P. S. Gill, Jul 16, 2004)
Hold your breath! Here is a warning: the World Bank has forecast a gloomy future for Punjab. And if its current growth slowdown persists for another decade, by the end of it Punjab would no longer be the most prosperous state in the country.
- Ptu’S Job Carnival (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 16, 2004)
THE three-day “career carnival” organised by Punjab Technical University in Jalandhar was revealing in more than one way. This was the first attempt by the university to arrange jobs for its students and it left many disappointed.
- Making The Cess Work (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Jul 16, 2004)
Among Eurpeans, it is a resounding 'Yes' for America and 'No' for George W. Bush.
- Globalisation And Blake’S Big Brother (Deccan Herald, LARRY ELLIOT, Jul 16, 2004)
The triumph of the multinational corporation has spawned a pallid, deracinated culture
- Don’T Ignore Urban Development (Deccan Herald, A RAVINDRA, Jul 16, 2004)
There is a need to view urbanisation as an instrument of agricultural and rural development
- From Green To Hyderabad Blues (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, Jul 16, 2004)
One small step for man on moon was a giant leap for mankind. "Secularists" might be dismissive of five per cent reservation in education and employment for Muslims in Andhra Pradesh.
- Heading For Change (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 16, 2004)
With over two-thirds of the votes in Indonesia's first direct presidential elections already counted, the results may be known in the next few days.
- Goodbye Mrs Staines! (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 16, 2004)
Had Gladys Stuart Staines left in January 1999 when her husband and two little sons were burnt to death in what President K.R. Narayanan described as mankind's blackest deed, it would have been painful but understandable.
- Missing Child (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 16, 2004)
Discarded by her parents a new-born baby stood little chance in life, but even in death there was no one to protect her from the beady eyes of crows.
- Reforms Take Back Seat In Andhra (Tribune, Ramesh Kandula, Jun 22, 2004)
From Ferraris to farmers is the paradigm shift the new Congress government led by Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy has brought about in its over one month in power in Andhra Pradesh.
- Fighting Aids (Tribune, Rami Chhabra, Jun 14, 2004)
The UK’s prestigious Economist magazine provided unprecedented four-page coverage to India (April 17) — not because of the then forthcoming elections, but “the subject not figuring in election issues” and proposed as the new government’s ...
- One For The Road: Another Kind Of Exclusion Politics (Tribune, Sridhar K. Chari, Jun 13, 2004)
Irrespective of the party you support, and laudable though the voters’ independence and the “democratic success” of the recent electoral exercise are, there is one thing that is worrying.
- Urban India More Polarised (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 13, 2004)
An argument that Verdict 2004 involved a contest between the haves and the have-nots comes up against a standard objection.
- Cmp: What Face The Reforms? (Hindu, Sharad Joshi , Jun 09, 2004)
The new Government's Common Minimum Programme promises reforms with a human face. But this is easier said than done, as implementation would encounter problems political and fiscal. Sharad Joshi examines the CMP, putting it in historical perspective.
- World's Enemy (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2004)
The 22 heads of State and Government who gathered at Arromanches, France, on Sunday, did more than observe the 60th anniversary of one of the most remarkable military feats of our time-the 'D-Day' landing of the allied forces on Normandy beach.
- Primary Education: Low Coverage, Poor Quality (Hindu, Ambrose Pinto , Jun 09, 2004)
The really critical aspect of the Indian public education system is its low quality. Even in educationally advanced States, an unacceptably low proportion of children who complete all grades of primary school have functional literacy.
- Tough Get Going (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2004)
The BJP's list of new office bearers has received some bad press as an exercise in chopping without changing. Party President M Venkaiah Naidu need not worry, though.
- The Essential Areas: Money Needed For Education And Health (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2004)
In his address to Parliament on Monday, President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has said that Dr Manmohan Singh’s government will spend 6 per cent and 2-3 per cent of the GDP on education and health respectively.
- Deliver On Promises (Pioneer, M K Dhar, Jun 09, 2004)
The United Progressive Alliance Government has been voted to power on a wave of mass discontent among the unemployed and rural voters.
- Revisiting Kargil (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2004)
FIVE YEARS AFTER the end of the Kargil war, a chairborne brigade has charged into action, ready to relive the murderous battles of that 1999 campaign.
- The Challenges Ahead (Hindu, R.K. Raghavan, Jun 09, 2004)
Shivraj Patil starts with a clean image and we can expect him to fulfil his new role of stewarding what is generally looked upon as a political task with great aplomb.
- The Essential Areas (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 09, 2004)
In his address to Parliament on Monday, President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has said that Dr Manmohan Singh’s government will spend 6 per cent and 2-3 per cent of the GDP on education and health respectively.
- Populism Versus Responsibility (Hindu, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jun 09, 2004)
With the Railways Minister planning a populist Rail Budget, the divestment agenda hamstrung by the Left and power sops being doled out to farmers and domestic consumers in some States
- The Bjp's Past Is Not Its Future (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jun 09, 2004)
Hindutva once paid electoral dividends because it answered the needs of the moment. And that moment has passed.
- Ronald Reagan’S Legacy: Bush Draws Sustenance (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma, Jun 09, 2004)
There are parallels that can be noticed between many policies and actions of Reagan and Bush
- Security Scenario The Upa Has Its Loose Cannon (Statesman, Keith Flory, Jun 09, 2004)
The budget, scheduled for early next month, could serve as one indicator.
- It Should Not Be Allowed To Die (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2004)
Petty minds will question the motive for including the promotion of Urdu in the President's Address to the joint session of Parliament and the government’s intention to declare it a classical language.
- Disinvestment By Another Name? (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2004)
THE NEW GOVERNMENT'S initial views on the public sector sale programme were both so strong and negative that many, and not just those in the stock market, had reason to fear that a sea-change in policy was in the offing.
- Musharraf Doctrine (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2004)
LIKE the Monroe doctrine, we now have the Musharraf doctrine.
- Pakistan Caught In Violence (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2004)
Should India join the efforts for the Iranian natural gas pipeline via Pakistan?
- Pot On The Boil In Pakistan (Pioneer, Wilson John, Jun 09, 2004)
In the study, Karachi: A Terror Capital in the Making, I also pointed out another alarming phenomenon in Karachi in the aftermath of the American onslaught on the Taliban and the Al Qaeda hideouts in Afghanistan.
- Gas Pipeline Again: Security Guarantees Can Help (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2004)
Should India join the efforts for the Iranian natural gas pipeline via Pakistan?
- Regional Trade Blocs Revisited (Hindu, R. Parthasarathy , Jun 09, 2004)
The emergence of information and communication technologies have helped spread production and service networks beyond the confines of national boundaries or trade blocs.
- Dealing With Oil Prices (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2004)
THE MODEST SLIDE in world crude prices this week does not signal a reversal of the trend of the past six months.
- The Bjp's Past Is Not Its Future (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jun 09, 2004)
Hindutva once paid electoral dividends because it answered the needs of the moment. And that moment has passed.
- The Oil Xenophobia (Hindu, S. Majumder , Jun 09, 2004)
WITH global oil prices shooting up, there is all-round fear that petrol and diesel prices will go up and the subsidy burden for kerosene and LPG will swell.
- Money Needed For Education And Health (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2004)
In his address to Parliament on Monday, President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has said that Dr Manmohan Singh’s government will spend 6 per cent and 2-3 per cent of the GDP on education and health respectively.
- A Common And Minimum Address (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2004)
A PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS to the joint session of Parliament is expected to lay down the short-to-medium-term legislative and executive priorities of the government.
- 14th Lok Sabha: Mix Of Youth And Experience (Business Line, R. C. Rajamani, Jun 07, 2004)
AFTER the spell of politics and polemics, post Verdict 2004, issues of governance should be coming back in focus with the President scheduled to address the joint session of Parliament today (Monday, June 7).
- Funding The Cmp (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2004)
TO SPREAD THE benefits of growth more equitably and improve the quality of public services, the Common Minimum Programme promises to effect a major increase in government spending.
- Domestic Politics And West Asia (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Jun 03, 2004)
The recent general election threw up some interesting aspects of major political parties' approach to the situation in West Asia.
- Friendship Can Never Be A One-Way Street (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, Jun 03, 2004)
THERE were some interesting nuances in the approach of major political parties to the situation in West Asia during the recent general election.
- Mr Singh's History (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2004)
We beg your pardon Mr Arjun Singh, but if the textbooks published by the Delhi State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) constitute "secular" learning, then secularism itself is in deep trouble.
- She Stoops To Conquer? (Pioneer, Harish C Gaur, Jun 03, 2004)
All along Ms Gandhi was projected to occupy the coveted post, being the president of the Congress.
- The New Cji Is Sensitive To Problems Of The Needy (Tribune, S.S. Negi , Jun 03, 2004)
Mr Justice R C Lahoti, who took over as Chief Justice of India (CJI) on June 1, is considered by legal experts as “conservative” in matters of interpretation of law, yet competent, sharp and sensitive to problems of the poor and the needy.
- End Of Bjp-Aiadmk Tango (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2004)
It was a short-lived affair, more a dalliance than an alliance, between two mismatched partners.
- Banish Corporal Punishment (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2004)
THE STATE HUMAN Rights Commission's recommendation to the Tamil Nadu Government to retain corporal punishment in the statute book is a retrograde move that contravenes its own mandate under the 1993 Act.
- Alas, Bhandari But Crying Foul Is Poor Consolation (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2004)
Having lost an election for the first time in 30 years, Sikkim PCC chief Nar Bahadur Bhandari is trying to justify a personal disaster by questioning the government's wisdom in introducing electronic voting machines two years in advance, keeping them in t
- Narendra Modi As Super Scapegoat (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 31, 2004)
While the bharatiya Janata Party still swears by Hindutva, as is evident from L.K. Advani's statement on Friday, there is serious rethinking about the current worth of Moditva.
- India's Election Is Wake-Up Call For Markets: William Pesek Jr. (Bloomberg.com, editorial Bloomberg.com, May 14, 2004)
Atal Bihari Vajpayee's election slogan was ``India Shining.'' The millions who don't feel part of the magic retorted with their own: ``We won't feel ignored.''
- Changing Priorities (Business Line, Sanjeet K. Jha, May 14, 2004)
The outcome of the General Elections 2004 has taken most, if not all, by surprise. In the last few days the possibility of a hung Parliament was gaining ground. However, the magnitude of reversal of fortunes of the Congress alliance was unexpected.
- Micro-Level Reality Blanks Macro Illusions (Business Line, Ajit Ranade, May 14, 2004)
THE verdict was dramatic and stunning. Who would have expected that the `feel-good' factor would sour so decisively for the ruling alliance? If the exit polls got it wrong, it was not in the direction, but only in the magnitude
- Democracy, The Winner (Business Line, Pradip Shah, May 14, 2004)
WITH no single party emerging the clear winner, there is understandably some anxiety on the governance front. Some of our citizens who were `feeling good' may now be `feeling bad'.
- Advances Against Shares - Dividing The Multiplier Effect (Business Line, A. Seshan, Jan 08, 2004)
The latest raising of minimum margin from 40 per cent to 50 per cent on advances against shares means that the potential value of the multiplier is reduced from 2.5 to 2. One good aspect of the measure is that, unlike in the past instances, the rise in
- Sharing River Waters (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2004)
THE BROAD AGREEMENT reached between Tamil Nadu and Kerala to revise the Parambikulam-Aliyar inter-State water accord, which lapsed in 1988, clearly signals that the best way forward in resolving such disputes lies in negotiation and conciliation, ...
- Cummins India To Be Made Sourcing Hub For Parent (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2004)
THE Rs 2,000-crore Cummins operations in India, with nine companies in its fold, could soon be developing as a sourcing hub for both products and services for the $ 5.9-billion Cummins Inc, Ms Jean Blackwell, Chief Financial Officer and Chief of Staff,
- Bill Of Wrongs In The Right Place? (Business Line, D. Murali , Jan 08, 2004)
THERE is sufficient rancour among accountants, for varied reasons though. For some, bitterness is due to the Bill of wrongs in the right place, even as there are a few who think that at last the Government has done something right though the timing ...
- An Onerous Responsibility (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Jan 08, 2004)
Pakistan and India have taken on an onerous responsibility to address their differences. The joint press statement issued by the two sides on Tuesday has fundamentally altered the political landscape in both countries. The process of reversing the
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