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Articles 10921 through 11020 of 27558:
- Away With The Critics (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2003)
The trouble is not just what Jayalalithaa does, it is also that she gets away with it
- New Delhi, New Voter (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Nov 08, 2003)
In Raipur, they throw free schoolbags at you; in the capital, lower SPM levels
- Ganesh Cafe: Little India On The Seine (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2003)
If everything goes to plan, the owner of the Ganesh Cafe, halfway down rue Jarry in Paris’s Indian district, could soon be sitting on a fortune. Over in Montmartre, the proprietors of an unremarkable cafe that was made famous by the film Amelie recently s
- Politics Is Not A Cantonment (Indian Express, Najam Sethi, Nov 08, 2003)
The generals in Pakistan have usurped public space and silenced their rivals. This is just not tenable
- Opening Access To Science (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2003)
Since the first scientific journal appeared in French in 1665, the publication of scientific journals has become an industry in its own right. Scientists scramble not just to be the first to publish a discovery, but also to have their work ...
- Early Elections & Tdp Calculations (Hindu, Jyotirmaya Sharma, Nov 08, 2003)
Chandrababu Naidu's main strength remains the lack of cohesion within the Congress, which is the main opposition in Andhra Pradesh.
- Amma Has Freedom To Press — Hard (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2003)
The Hindu: Citing privilege, House orders arrest of 6 journalists, MLA
- Chandrababu Wants To Logout And Reboot (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Nov 08, 2003)
Decision likely as early as today
- Accused In Dowry Death, Officer Gets Bail & His Govt Job (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Nov 08, 2003)
Women’s group says this violates Government rules, officer says it doesn’t
- Peace Through The Looking Glass (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2003)
"THE RULE IS," the Queen told Alice in Lewis Carroll's classic, Through the Looking Glass, "jam tomorrow, and jam yesterday — but never jam today." To anyone who has been following the peace process in Jammu and Kashmir since ...
- Is The Euphoria Justified? (Hindu, C. Rammanohar Reddy, Nov 08, 2003)
There is simply no case for crowing about the performance of the Indian economy in 2003-04.
- Other Headlines (Deccan Herald, Kushwant Singh, Nov 08, 2003)
I belong to a generation which witnessed the rise of Nazism in Germany and the resurgence of anti-Semitism across Europe, the United States and indeed among white nations of the world. In many European countries, particularly Russia and Poland, Jews were
- Peace Should Stay: Anxious India To Lanka (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2003)
Chandrika calls up Vajpayee
- Outsource Or Perish! (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 07, 2003)
OUTSOURCING is being viewed by politicians, legislators, media and the public in the US as an unmitigated evil. Even academics who ought to know better have been denouncing it as the cause of layoffs of American personnel by corporates and erosion of grow
- Choked Wetland Gets Lease Of Life In Chennai (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Nov 07, 2003)
This story might have its beginning in politics but might end up in resurrecting a dying wetland screaming for intervention. Environment Minister T R Baalu has put pressure on arch rival J Jayalalitha’s Tamil Nadu government to clean its act on the Pallik
- Global Beauty: Mix West And Sadda Punjab (Indian Express, Sujeet Rajan, Nov 07, 2003)
Saira Mohan has been on 50 magazine covers; Newsweek is the latest
- Gsp Of A Different Kind (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Nov 07, 2003)
The idea is that better market access for GSPs should lead to women's economic and social empowerment over the long haul.
- Shrug Off The Cold War, This Is A New World (Indian Express, Atal Behari Vajpayee, Nov 07, 2003)
Pragmatism on the China front, infotech companies as a force multiplier. On security, think out of the box
- What The Credit Policy Has Ignored (Business Line, V. Kumaraswamy, Nov 07, 2003)
The Credit Policy lacks action or pronouncement. Last year's GDP growth was sub-5 per cent and now there are projections for 7 per cent. The monsoon has been good; this could not have been built into the April planning. The stock market surged and forex r
- For A Chief Of Baghdad (Indian Express, Thomas L. Friedman, Nov 07, 2003)
The military process in Iraq is overwhelming the political one
- War On Terror: The Us Dilemmas (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Nov 07, 2003)
Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan... all represent the difficult challenges facing the US diplomacy in the world today, according to a recent report by a Task Force co-sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations and the Asia Society in New York. G. P arthasar
- The Trinity Issues (Hindu, M. R. Srinivasan, Nov 07, 2003)
Relations between India and the U.S. need to be based on a sympathetic understanding of each other's concerns and not against the backdrop of international rules of conduct which are breached whenever necessary.
- Dalits And The Horizontal Ladder (Deccan Herald, Kancha Ilaiah, Nov 07, 2003)
In the 1984 elections, Kanshi Ram played the game of defeating the otherwise winnable Congress candidates in UP. In the name of Bahujan rhetoric he organised Dalits into an electorally confident group. Slowly in many constituencies, apart from Dalits, he
- Did Blair Back Bid To Bug Mission, Asks Pak (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2003)
Pakistan today asked Britain if the reported move by intelligence agency MI5 to bug its High Commission here had the backing of Prime Minister Tony Blair’s government.
- Marrakesh To Cancun... Darwinism In Trade Talks (Business Line, Devendra Mishra, Nov 07, 2003)
THE transformation of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) into a new avatar in 1995 — the World Trade Organisation — marked a paradigm shift. GATT was primarily about negotiating market access for traded goods. But the WTO's extension into n
- Abolish Army Cantonments (Indian Express, Archana Joglekar, Nov 07, 2003)
Remnants of colonial rule, they have long outlived their utility
- My Festival, Our Festivities (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Nov 07, 2003)
Sehr’’ means the crack of dawn. ‘‘Sehri’’ is the meal before the ‘‘Fajir’’ prayer at dawn to enable one to keep body and soul together during the day’s fast in the month of Ramadan. Fasting ends after the ‘‘Azaan’’ or the call to prayer at ‘‘Maghrib’’, ju
- On Borrowed Prescriptions (Indian Express, Harmala Gupta, Nov 07, 2003)
We await a campaign against cancer grounded in Indian realities
- The Woman Who Defeated Vajpayee (Indian Express, Sagari Chhabra, Nov 07, 2003)
Subhadra Joshi fought for freedom, for religious peace, for a value system slipping by
- Setback For Reform As Calcutta Hc Stays Tax Tribunal (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Nov 07, 2003)
Within a week of being slammed by the apex court for appointing a bureaucrat as chairman of the Competition Commission, the Centre today suffered another setback on the reforms front as the Calcutta High Court stayed the operation of an ordinance setting
- Dalits And The Horizontal Ladder (Deccan Herald, Kancha Ilaiah, Nov 07, 2003)
In the 1984 elections, Kanshi Ram played the game of defeating the otherwise winnable Congress candidates in UP. In the name of Bahujan rhetoric he organised Dalits into an electorally confident group. Slowly in many constituencies, apart from Dalits, he
- Iran's Sensible Decision (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2003)
IRAN HAS AVERTED a conflict with the United Nations Security Council by meeting a deadline set by the International Atomic Energy Agency. The IAEA had called upon Iran to suspend efforts to enrich uranium, permit intrusive and short-notice ...
- All In The Family (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2003)
Check the list of candidates: succession continues to knock out competition
- Andhra Pradesh In Election Mode (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2003)
ALL SIGNALS FROM Andhra Pradesh say early Assembly polls. It is clear now that no sooner had Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu got over the shock of the claymore mine attack on him at Tirupati than he began to think elections. The leading factor ...
- Lotteries: Regressive Taxation? (Business Line, Pratap Ravindran , Nov 07, 2003)
Do lotteries constitute a regressive form of taxation that ruins the poor? Those who play them are generating funds for projects that benefit the public, without tax rates having to be hiked. But, as most lotteries are played by people who can least affor
- The Divided Island (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2003)
Sri Lanka should know that it won’t be able to handle security challenges without consensus
- That Anywhere Feeling (Indian Express, Amrita Shah, Nov 06, 2003)
In its last issue, the newsmagazine The Week, carried an extended desi travelogue: an account of ‘‘ten fun cities for the traveling male.’’ It does seem odd for a magazine to focus solely on the male traveler when there is a surge in women traveling for w
- A Media Farce In Two Acts (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Nov 06, 2003)
In Britain's competitive media environment, obsessed with personalities, selection and presentation of news is becoming an increasingly arbitrary exercise.
- Sri Lanka In Crisis Again (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2003)
SRI LANKA's TWO-year-old cohabitation experiment now stands at the edge of collapse. The responsibility for precipitating the crisis lies not with President Chandrika Kumaratunga, as Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has alleged, but with his ...
- Dawood Packs Bags, Moves To Pak Capital (Indian Express, K J M Varma, Nov 06, 2003)
He’s winding up Karachi operation, says report; panic in Pak over Muttawakil-CBI talks
- Chandrika Declares Emergency (Indian Express, Scott McDonald, Nov 06, 2003)
Adviser says truce with Tigers stands, LTTE denies rumours that North-South highway’s closed
- Accept Rupee Appreciation Gracefully (Business Line, K. Abraham Varkey, Nov 06, 2003)
While the rupee's rise has helped some exporters to rein in costs and increase their competitiveness in the global market, in general, profit margins have eroded. Indian importers, borrowers of foreign currency and the consumer have, however, all gained.
- A Paradigm Shift Called Kanshi Ram (Deccan Herald, Kancha Ilaiah, Nov 06, 2003)
Kanshi Ram suffered a brain stroke on September 15 when he was travelling from Rajahmundry to Hyderabad. Since then he has remained immobile. For a few days he lost his speech but gradually regained his speech. Now both for the reasons of stroke and also
- `We And The Americans Are Looking In The Same Direction' (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Nov 06, 2003)
In the midst of chaos that is Baghdad today, its Deputy Mayor for Technical Affairs, Mr Faris Alasam, retains his calm and sense of humour. In an interview to Business Line in his office in Baghdad, he was optimistic about Iraq's future, but said the Amer
- Train To The Roof Of The World (Indian Express, Ching-Ching Ni, Nov 06, 2003)
A railroad to Lhasa from China has meant more jobs for the Chinese, few for Tibetans
- Landmark Bill Today, Leaves Out Your Maid (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Nov 06, 2003)
Unorganised Sector Workers’ Bill takes care of 122 sectors but not domestic helps
- With Sensex Over 5,000, Dalal Street Days Get Longer And Longer (Indian Express, George Mathew, Nov 06, 2003)
3 years of listless markets had put small broking firms out of business but fortunes reversed in last 6 months
- Sri Lanka: Uncertainty Over Issues Of Governance (Hindu, V. S. Sambandan, Nov 06, 2003)
By asserting her constitutional powers, the Sri Lankan President, Chandrika Kumaratunga, has jolted the ruling United National Front (UNF) into reviewing the status of the island's first real cohabitation government. Tuesday's rapid developments are lik
- Past Imperfect, Present Tense (Indian Express, Raghav Gupta, Nov 06, 2003)
Iraq’s problems have more to do with Saddam’s legacy than with Bush’s intervention
- Tracking Fii Activity (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2003)
THE SECURITIES AND Exchange Board of India has made a good beginning in improving disclosures on investments by foreign institutional investors. Its latest study shows there is no reason to be concerned about the quality of the FII inflows, 85 per cent of
- Corporate Governance — Govt Should Set Example (Business Line, Jayanthi Iyengar, Nov 06, 2003)
Instead of trying to put in place an arms-length relationship between outside directors and the managements of companies that pick up their tabs, the government, by leaving certain slots open, signals that it is above the law and upholds corporate non-gov
- Viruses Are Getting Under The Skin Of Regulators (Business Line, Paul Gosling, Nov 06, 2003)
THE Securities and Exchange Commission in the US could be required to monitor listed companies' exposure to software contamination as part of their regulatory function, under proposals reportedly being considered by the White House.
- Now, Who's Running For Cover? (Business Line, D. Murali , Nov 06, 2003)
IN A WORLD that has got addicted to accountant-bashing, we are so used to seeing CAs run for cover. But they are now getting ready to take the wraps off a new line of education that is all about covers, and can, for a change, make the others run for cover
- An Exercise In Futility? (Business Line, S. Murlidharan , Nov 06, 2003)
The very idea of human resources accounting is preposterous and chimerical
- Where India Scores Over China (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Nov 06, 2003)
THE World Economic Forum has once again published its annual report on Global Competitiveness, the fundamental objective of which is to "evaluate the economic competitiveness of a large sample of countries". In the latest report - for 2003 - 102 countries
- Fission And Fusion (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2003)
THE LEADERS WHO were part of the Janata Party experiment in the post-Emergency period have been part of an endless cycle of squabbling among themselves and coming together to form new political formations. The merger of the Samata Party and the ...
- Business Of Nations (Indian Express, L K Advani, Nov 06, 2003)
Corporate India has helped the country shed its third world tag
- Giving Peace A Second Chance (Indian Express, Arati R. Jerath, Nov 06, 2003)
The Defence Ministry took the unprecedented step last weekend of going to the press twice, on consecutive days, with details of Vajpayee’s address to the Corps Commanders. Yesterday’s news is rarely recycled like this but the ministry’s public relations d
- Babus And The Ballot (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2003)
The bureaucracy and the polity are separate entities: the CEC’s useful reminder
- A Paradigm Shift Called Kanshi Ram (Deccan Herald, Kancha Ilaiah, Nov 06, 2003)
Kanshi Ram suffered a brain stroke on September 15 when he was travelling from Rajahmundry to Hyderabad. Since then he has remained immobile. For a few days he lost his speech but gradually regained his speech. Now both for the reasons of stroke and also
- India And Sino-Pak. Ties (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Nov 06, 2003)
In the past India had tried, without much success, to keep China out of the subcontinent. If India can now think out of the box, leveraging Chinese power to restrain Pakistan becomes an interesting option.
- Jogi State Worse Than Gujarat: Cec (Indian Express, Ashwani Sharma, Nov 05, 2003)
Says officials are more partisan; and he’s less confident
- Multi-Task Managers (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 05, 2003)
A SERIOUS drawback of management education imparted by business schools throughout the world is the compartmentalised approach to the various disciplines such as economics, marketing, finance, trade, investment and the like. In fact, it is not unusual for
- Tomorrow: Decision On Safety Net (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2003)
Central status for Allahabad university also on anvil
- Opaque Delivery Of Subsidies (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2003)
THE DECISION TO ask the public sector oil companies to bear the burden of the subsidy on LPG and kerosene is a shortsighted move, made quite obviously with an eye on the coming State Assembly elections. Last month the Petroleum Minister, Ram ...
- India's Bleeding Head Wound (Hindu, Subramanian Swamy , Nov 05, 2003)
A workable solution to the Kashmir dispute must begin with an ambience for peace and the two countries cutting down rhetoric, and increasing normal diplomatic and political relations.
- Pappapatti: Constitutional Issues (Hindu, Mani Shankar Aiyar, Nov 05, 2003)
The need now is to base reservation for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes of seats and posts in Panchayati Raj institutions on the pattern indicated in the Constitution.
- Chandrika Strikes Back (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Nov 05, 2003)
For long in corrosive cohabitation with Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe, President Chandrika Kumaratunga today dropped a thunderbolt on her island nation when she fired his key ministers, ordered troops out, blocked all roads leading to Colombo and su
- Commission And Omission (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2003)
THE SUPREME COURT'S scathing observations on the appointment of a top-ranking bureaucrat as chairperson of the Competition Commission of India (CCI) have resulted in the Centre scrambling for cover. Deepak Chatterjee, who was scheduled to retire ...
- After 16 Months In Prison, Vaiko Rues The Day He Supported Pota (Indian Express, Jayaraj Sivan, Nov 05, 2003)
Sixteen months is a long time, longer if it is in the loneliness of a prison cell. ‘‘It has given me enough time for introspection. Two major mistakes I committed in my political career were supporting POTA in Parliament and aligning with the AIADMK in th
- Are Dams A Boon Or A Bane? (Deccan Herald, R G Subramanyam, Nov 05, 2003)
In recent years there has been a sustained campaign against the construction of dams in general, and those on the Narmada in the States of Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat in particular. The movement is spearheaded by the likes of Medha Patkar and Arundhati Roy
- `Plantation Sector Needs Structural Change' (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Nov 05, 2003)
"The new thinking is that the plantation sector, comprising the farm and manufacturing segment, should be prepared for a structural change in the 21st century. This means that productivity levels should be linked to the labour employed and marketing strat
- Partnerships With Defence Firms — Hal Buffeted By Approval Process (Business Line, Gopal Ratnam, Nov 05, 2003)
WHEN the United States imposed economic and military sanctions following India's nuclear tests in May 1998, the state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL) was forced to return three US-made engines for its prototype Advanced Light Helicopter project.
- Look Beyond Yuan Revaluation (Business Line, Dharmalingam Venugopal, Nov 05, 2003)
China has to evolve its own market-related exchange rate in keeping with its growing economic stature. It is too big an economy to keep its currency pegged to the dollar. Before doing that it has to raise its financial, legal and corporate systems to acce
- Blame Not The Rupee (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2003)
WITH THE MID-TERM Review of Credit and Monetary Policy coming close on the heels of the release of trade data that revealed a slower export growth of 10 per cent (in dollar terms) in the first half of this fiscal, compared to 18 per cent in the correspond
- Key To The Kiss Of The Spiderwoman (Indian Express, Donald G. Mcneil, Nov 05, 2003)
Whether it’s spiders or human beings, they both play the mating game alike
- Staying The Course (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2003)
In his first monetary and credit policy statement the RBI governor shows he is in charge
- The Horror Still Haunts (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2003)
Naina Sahni’s murder marked the beginning of India’s disenchantment with its ruling class
- Poison Myths (Indian Express, Anil Chamadia, Nov 05, 2003)
There’s no correlation between religion and population growth
- A Vote For Continuity (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 04, 2003)
THE RBI GOVERNOR, Y.V. Reddy's first review of the annual monetary and credit policy was widely expected to emphasise continuity, in both style and substance. The expectation has not been belied. Under his predecessor, Bimal Jalan, the policy ...
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