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Articles 11321 through 11420 of 27558:
- A New Asian Economic Integration (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Oct 22, 2003)
India's compulsions of integrating with Asean have assumed a new urgency with the recent failure of the WTO Ministerial at Cancun and the threat issued by the US of bypassing WTO for bilateral trading arrangements. Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee pushing the idea
- The General In The Jig-Saw (Indian Express, J. N. Dixit , Oct 22, 2003)
To further Indo-US ties, we need to first understand Pak-US ties
- Big Change In The Air (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2003)
The aviation sector seems to finally be emerging from a timewarp
- Canada Calling (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Oct 22, 2003)
Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien arrives in New Delhi later this week and so what if he’s perceived as a sort of lame duck back home. With Chretien promising to retire in February, a succession race within his Liberal Party has Finance Minister Paul
- The First Ones Who Sang In The Daler Scandal (Indian Express, Manraj Grewal, Oct 22, 2003)
Four of a family paid Shamsher aide; one complained, then blew the lid
- Private Airlines Get First Window In Foreign Skies (Indian Express, Pranab Dhal Samanta, Oct 22, 2003)
All Indian airlines, not just Indian Airlines, can fly to Lanka
- Why Is This A Very Happy Diwali? Top Answer Is Reforms (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2003)
There’s something deeper to the optimism than the rain god, write Advisor to Finance Minister Vijay Kelkar and Ajay Shah, Consultant, Dept of Economic Affairs
- Jobs, Medical Aid Thrust Areas In Marad Package (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2003)
Job creation, infrastructure expansion, medical aid and water and power supply are the thrust areas in the massive Marad development package of which a draft was prepared today. The draft, evolved at a meeting of senior officers of various government depa
- Carbon Credit: Valuable Virtual Commodity (Business Line, Deepak Mawandia, Oct 22, 2003)
THOUGH the Kyoto Protocol has still not entered into force, and Russia is, as usual sending conflicting signals, the carbon market has begun developing in earnest.
- Pota Weapon To Get A Safety Catch (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2003)
Review panel can over-rule states
- Diplomacy In A Cage (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2003)
Denial of visas: who is the ministry of external affairs afraid of anyway
- Following The (Business Line, George Ninan, Oct 22, 2003)
IN Patrick O'Brian's nautical yarn, the Mauritius Command, fourth in the Aubrey-Maturin series, our heroes set off to take Mauritius thereby making the Indian Ocean safe for the English East India Company. The Mauritius influence on the Indian economy app
- Opening Up The Skies (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2003)
WHETHER IT WAS planned or spontaneous, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's limited open skies offer to the designated airlines of ASEAN countries has set the ball rolling. The Civil Aviation Minister, Rajiv Pratap Rudy, has announced a limited ...
- Dawood's Connections (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2003)
DAWOOD IBRAHIM KAKSAR'S freedom to move from one sanctuary to another will be restricted with the United States Treasury Department designating him a terrorist. However, the Treasury Department's decision might not deprive Dawood of the ability ...
- Gandhi On Secular Law And State (Hindu, Anil Nauriya , Oct 22, 2003)
Gandhi and Nehru had differences. But they had strong mutual synergies on vital issues.
- Cornering Heathrow? (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2003)
AN AIRPORT SLOT provides a carrier with the right to take off/land from the facility. Air India and several foreign airlines are believed to be upset that British Airways, the dominant airline in London's Heathrow, continues to buy up the limited number o
- Where Are The Schools I Sanctioned, Joshi Asks Mulayam Singh Yadav (Indian Express, Dmitry Shlapentokh , Oct 22, 2003)
Eager that his pet programme, Sarva Shikha Abhiyan (SSA), is implemented in right earnest in his home state, Uttar Pradesh, Union Human Resource Development Minister, Murli Manohar Joshi shot off a letter to the state’s new chief minister, Mulayam Singh Y
- Forging An Alliance (Hindu, Tony Smith, Oct 22, 2003)
Argentina and Brazil were determined to maintain the alliance of developing countries and to continue pressing for more equitable trade for farmers.
- Unified Licence Regime — Raising A Spectrum Of Issues (Business Line, Jayanthi Iyengar, Oct 22, 2003)
THE Telecom Regulatory Authority (TRAI) is to make its final recommendation to the Group of Ministers (GoM) on Telecom. Central to these recommendations would be an attempt to resolve the two-year-long battle between the cellular and basic operators by re
- Neoliberalism, Investment And Growth In Latin America (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Oct 21, 2003)
The recent experience of most economies in Latin America contradicts the argument that neoliberal market-oriented policies are necessary for increasing investment and growth, even if they may have harmful effects on distribution and social sectors. In thi
- India Opens Pursestrings For Rs 50 Cr More To Iraq (Indian Express, Shishir Gupta, Oct 21, 2003)
India is set to put in an additional $10 million (around Rs 50 crore) for reconstruction and humanitarian efforts in Iraq. The announcement will be made at the donors’ conference in Madrid this week. With this, India’s contribution in post-war Iraq will b
- Stemming The Dollar Tide (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 21, 2003)
IF THE RESERVE Bank of India is for stemming dollar inflows, it should have done away with the interest rate differential between Non-Resident (External) Rupee deposits and Libor (London inter-bank offered rate). It could have gone bolder by fixing the in
- Track One May Be Frozen With Pak, Mea Says No To Even Track Two (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Oct 21, 2003)
The Ministry of External Affairs has disallowed the highly prestigious Pugwash organisation, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1995, to host a workshop on ‘‘South Asian Security’’ later this month, where participants from India and Pakistan were invited.
- Govt To Raise Poll Expense Ceiling (Indian Express, Amitav Ranjan, Oct 21, 2003)
Cabinet expected to hike limit from Rs 6 lakh to Rs 10 lakh for Assembly elections
- Assam Bjp Gets New Chief, To Whip Up Anti-Influx Stir (Indian Express, Samudra Gupta Kashyap, Oct 21, 2003)
The newly-elected president of BJP’s Assam unit, Indramani Bora, who took over on Monday said the party would renew its pledge to get the controversial Illegal Migrants (Determination by Tribunals) Act, saying infiltration of Bangladeshis was the most imp
- Iraq: No Material Change (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 21, 2003)
THE UNITED STATES has agreed to alter the profile of its unjust occupation of Iraq under the pressure of overall circumstances. A new resolution, 1511 (2003), `unanimously' adopted by the United Nations Security Council on October 16, emphasises ...
- Funding Higher Education (Hindu, Amrik Singh , Oct 21, 2003)
The basis for the grant should be the total income of the college. While about half the students should pay the full fee, others would be subsidised from the amount thus saved by the State Government.
- Npas: Not A Complete Write-Off (Business Line, T. S. Viswanathan, Oct 21, 2003)
MUCH has been written about the banking sector's non-performing assets. A fair estimate from the banking sector reveals that around Rs 75,000 crore — or the equivalent of around $16 billion — of debt could be bad and doubtful.
- Where Has The Girl Child Gone? Latest Data Tells Grim Story (Indian Express, Toufiq Rashid, Oct 21, 2003)
Punjab, Delhi, Haryana and Gujarat are worst offenders
- Rerun In Temple Town (Indian Express, Kuldip Nayar, Oct 21, 2003)
Why all this activity in Ayodhya seems so familiar
- General Council Meeting Of Wto — Picking Up The Threads From Cancun (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Oct 21, 2003)
It is time India took a pragmatic view of the emerging situation in the international trading arena, in general, and at the WTO, in particular. The two-day General Council meeting of the WTO beginning today in Geneva is thus crucial for India to watch the
- A Saint For The World To Cherish (Indian Express, Navin Chawla, Oct 21, 2003)
Mother Teresa stood out not merely for her compassion but for being just so non-judgmental
- Censorship Of Internet (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 21, 2003)
THE BLOCKING OF an internet discussion group of a little-known Meghalaya separatist organisation has exposed mindless official ineptitude. The Government of India's directive to all internet service providers (ISPs) in the country to block access ...
- Mulayam And Friends (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 21, 2003)
It would take more than photo-ops with businessmen to turn Uttar Pradesh around
- Tempering Of The Temple Man (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Oct 21, 2003)
Is Swami Chinmayanand the VHP’s BJP man or the BJP’s VHP man
- Ltte And Muslims (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Oct 21, 2003)
At the heart of the problem is the LTTE's view of itself as the absolute ruler of the north-east.
- Beating About The Bush (Business Line, K. Ramesh, Oct 21, 2003)
THE deposed Iraqi chief, Mr Saddam Hussein, poses "danger to the world" is the latest invention of the US President, Mr George Bush.
- Doing Business In Rich And Poor Countries (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Oct 20, 2003)
Businessmen around the world face — and complain about — the different policy regimes, especially when it comes to questions of starting a business. But doing business in poor countries, which score poorly in regulation, credit delivery and infrastructure
- Labour Reforms (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 20, 2003)
ONE SUSPECTS THAT the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, was only indulging in a bit of diplomatic double-speak when he spoke of the need to bring in changes to the labour laws so that they become instruments "for speedy employment generation in all
- National Judicial Commission (Hindu, V. R. Krishna Iyer , Oct 20, 2003)
The bill to constitute a National Judicial Commission is a good beginning, but falls short of sensitive specifications, purposeful guidelines and popular expectations from such a Commission.
- Development Key, All Others Can Wait: Pm (Indian Express, Hartosh Singh Bal, Oct 20, 2003)
Skips Ayodhya at Uma rally, tells voters to look around, judge; attacks Cong for slowing growth
- A 'Crisis' Deftly Defused (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 20, 2003)
THE LATEST ROUND of Ayodhya-centred mobilisation spearheaded by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad has made one thing clear to political India. It is that, in India's most populous State and also elsewhere, the Ramjanmabhoomi movement does not evoke ...
- Politics Of Common Civil Code (Deccan Herald, Vishal Arora, Oct 20, 2003)
It is possible that a common civil code could become a stick in the hands of communal organisations
- Hr Department: A New Agenda (Business Line, S. Sudarshan, Oct 20, 2003)
THE HISTORY of the human resource (HR) departments in India has been reactive rather than pro-active. The HR department has always looked outside for recognition.
- New Phase Of Wto Consultations (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Oct 20, 2003)
The new phase of consultations in Geneva with the objective of arriving at agreed modalities of negotiations in the different spheres will be markedly different from other negotiations in that "the process in Geneva will have to be supplemented by direct
- Growing Success In Remote Sensing (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 20, 2003)
REMOTE SENSING IS one of the success stories of the Indian space programme. From a situation in the 1970s when remote sensing was virtually unheard of in this country, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has engineered a remarkable ...
- Pura And The Government Input (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Oct 20, 2003)
While the private sector must build on the PURA concept, the foundation itself needs to be laid by the government, especially by allocating resources. For this, it can re-look at various existing programmes and re-allocate resources for PURA. For this the
- Petrifying Prospect (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 20, 2003)
THE faint-hearted are advised to keep away from the just published Times Atlas of the World which grimly details the ravages being wrought by exploding population. The most conspicuous of them is the bursting of the cities at their seams.
- The Demographic Advantage (Hindu, N. Vittal, Oct 20, 2003)
We should think of a strategy to replicate success stories with the focus on productive employment opportunity for the youth.
- Mulayam Too Has A Vision, With A Little Help From Friends (Indian Express, Raman Kirpal, Oct 20, 2003)
Barely two months in power and fresh from calming Ayodhya, Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav on Sunday packaged a major corporate deal to chart a new roadmap for Uttar Pradesh.
- A Pawarpoint Presentation (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Oct 20, 2003)
Only the politically naive would believe that Sharad Pawar’s seemingly innocuous comment about the “imported leadership” of the Congress was made casually. The NCP had made sure the electronic media was there to cover it even though Pawar’s observation wa
- No Screen Savers (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 20, 2003)
Before formulating responses to party workers’ e-mails, Congress must strive for coherence
- Vigilance Or Violence (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 20, 2003)
The attack outside the J&K chief minister’s house was a serious security lapse
- Ramming It All Down The Tube (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Oct 20, 2003)
Friday’s news. It’s like a film reel in delirium. It breaks free of the rotating spool and spins out of control onto the floor. Somewhere in the jumble, you’ll see kar sevaks rush forward in hundreds, policemen in hundreds run after them; a loudspeaker ho
- In Land Of Indian Stereotypes, Kalam Talks Change (Indian Express, Samar Halarnkar, Oct 20, 2003)
Expats can’t help talk cutback in work visas as ethnic rightsizing begins
- Ic-814: Cbi Gets To Man Who Was The Go-Between (Indian Express, Ritu Sarin, Oct 20, 2003)
Team meets Muttawakil in Kandahar, back
- Onion Prices To Rocket This Diwali (Indian Express, Rakshit Sonawane, Oct 20, 2003)
This Diwali, it won’t just be the rockets going up. There’s grim news from the country’s onion bowl: prices of onions are all set to climb dizzying heights for a while.
- Business Corruption And Individual Values (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Oct 20, 2003)
THE survey results on corruption released annually by Transparency International generate the usual comments on which countries have improved their ranking and which have not. The perception of corruption is now so widespread that the organisation's 2002
- Your Q His A (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2003)
Now that the UN Security Council has unanimously approved another resolution on Iraq should we agree to send our troops to assist in stabilisation of Iraq
- Beg Or Borrow (Indian Express, Richard Simon, Oct 19, 2003)
Congress okays $87 bn for Iraq, Afghanistan, with conditions
- Express Your Voice (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2003)
This refers to Contempt of Quote (The Sunday Express, Oct 12). Advani’s trial by media in the Babri Masjid demolition case continues relentlessly. However, the interpretation of facts leaves a lot to be desired. Anju Gupta, who was in charge of Advani’s s
- Choosing Targets (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2003)
THREE DAYS after the abortive attempt on the life of the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, N. Chandrababu Naidu, the People's War (PW) extremists carried out a successful attack on another target in Guntur district. This time, their victim was not a ...
- And The Nominees For Best Use Of The Internet Are... (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Oct 19, 2003)
India’s e-industry takes another step forward when, over the next few days, the work of eight of the best networks, services and applications come up for scrutiny before a grand jury sitting in Dubai that will decide on nominations to the UN World Summit
- Sterilisation Gets A Good Name, That Too In Haryana (Indian Express, Toufiq Rashid, Oct 19, 2003)
Chautala’s unique scheme: get sterilised, we pay Rs 500 per month until your daughter turns 20, Rs 200 if it’s a son
- October Revolution, 2003 (Indian Express, P. Chidambaram, Oct 19, 2003)
How many in this century remember V I Lenin? Lenin believed and declared that two ‘E’s were imperative for the building of a modern and a mighty state — Education and Electricity. He was absolutely right. Though communism collapsed by the end of the last
- Dealing With The Danger (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Oct 19, 2003)
New Delhi's role is considerably less interventionist than in other violence-scarred regions
- Neighbour Retaliates (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Oct 19, 2003)
The Indian government has not taken kindly to the news that some Pakistanis have illegally occupied 63 Clifton in Karachi, the Indian consul general’s residence until it was closed down in 1992 after a Pakistani mob stormed the building in the wake of the
- No Precedents Guard This Ceremony (Indian Express, Raju Santhanam, Oct 19, 2003)
It was with some difficulty that I was able to speak to a member of the President’s elite bodyguard. The spokesman was lost deep in thought.
- News Reel 12.10.03 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2003)
India's most-wanted becomes the world’s wanted as the United States blacklists fugitive Mumbai underworld don Dawood Ibrahim. In a huge embarrassment to Pakistan, the US Department of Treasury lists his location as Karachi and publicises his Pakistan Pass
- White Hand On Our Nuke Button? (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Oct 19, 2003)
As a steadfast member of the school of political thinking that totally opposes foreign prime ministers for India I never fail to take up the issue whenever it slips back into the news.
- Rbi Cuts Rate Ceiling On Expat Deposits (Indian Express, Reuters, Oct 19, 2003)
The Reserve Bank of India cut on Saturday the ceiling on interest on bank deposits offered to expatriates, which analysts said was to curb debt creating inflows and slow the rise in the foreign exchange reserves.
- Do See The Other Side: India Slams Oic On J-K (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2003)
India today lashed out at the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) for its reaffirmation of Pakistan’s viewpoint on Jammu and Kashmir and also criticised the lack of objectivity it displayed while passing a resolution on the matter. Calling the resolu
- Mother Fever (Indian Express, Daniel Williams, Oct 19, 2003)
It's unlikely that the late Mother Teresa ever wore a sari with a slit up the front. But in a Rome theatre this week, she is not only so adorned but also belting out pop tunes to standing-room-only crowds. The show, Mother Teresa — The Musical, is part of
- Forex Kitty Swelling: Touches $90 Bn (Indian Express, Reuters, Oct 19, 2003)
India’s foreign exchange reserves surged to a record $90.35 billion, thanks to heavy central bank intervention in the currency market.
- Bjp Strikes Balance: Sp Can Stay, Let Vhp Play (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2003)
With UP Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav having acquitted himself rather well over the VHP’s Sankalp Sabha programme, it was obviously time for the BJP to come to his defence today.
- Do Nothing, Risk Nothing, Hopefully (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Oct 19, 2003)
With the crucial ‘‘semi-final’’ round of Assembly elections less than six weeks away, the Congress is trying hard to come out of the blue phase it is stuck in, but as of now the party leadership appears bereft of any action plan but one — keep things in l
- Come Clean, Ec Tells Food Processing Ministry (Indian Express, Santwana Bhattacharya, Oct 19, 2003)
The otherwise low-profile Food Processing Ministry has caught the glare of the Election Commission. And all for ignoring its ban on advertisements announcing the Centre’s achievements, projects and programmes in the election-bound states.
- Swaraj Saviour To Docs With Russian Stamp (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2003)
Adding more bitterness to the already soured relations between the Union Health Ministry and the Medical Council of India (MCI), Health Minister Sushma Swaraj announced today that doctors, who have graduated from recognised Russian medical colleges before
- An Insidious Campaign (Hindu, K. Srinivas Reddy, Oct 19, 2003)
From being confined to isolated backward pockets of Andhra Pradesh and Bihar, the naxalites have spread their network across several States
- Welcome, And Come Via Mauritius (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Oct 18, 2003)
The message is loud and clear. India has come of age as a destination for international investments and it will not be squeamish any longer about a sharp practice called treaty shopping. In a judgment delivered last week, the Supreme Court blew away the c
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