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Articles 11821 through 11920 of 27558:
- Starry-Eyed (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 04, 2002)
THE race is on to woo the last advertiser on earth and when Zee took the decision to uplink seven of its channels (Zee News and its Alpha family channels), it made its objective clear: to rake in the money from small-time advertisers.
- Wanted In Pakistan, A Suitable Prime Minister (Indian Express, KAMAL SIDDIQI, Feb 03, 2002)
THE biggest controversy in political circles in Pakistan today is not whether elections will be held, but who will be able to participate in them.
- Assam's Trauma (Hindu, BARUN DASGUPTA, Feb 03, 2002)
The hard reality, despite official claims that the militants' backs have been broken, is that insurgency in Assam continues to fester.
- Silver Lining (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 03, 2002)
The consensus seems to be that the gross domestic product growth rate this year will not touch the 6.5 or 7 per cent promised in the budget.
- The Road To Ranchi (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 03, 2002)
This might be the ultimate test of Mr Laloo Prasad Yadav’s legendary inventiveness.
- A Cautionary Tale (Telegraph, MUKUL KESAVAN, Feb 03, 2002)
Reading Pervez Musharraf’s famous speech well after it was delivered, I was impressed by how craven it was. Not in the sense of being a command performance ordered by the Americans;
- Language Games (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 03, 2002)
Gently does it. Or might. Evidently, the prime minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, does not believe this as far as the politics of language is concerned.
- A Joke Called Choice (Telegraph, Bhaskar Ghose, Feb 03, 2002)
The elections in five states have once again demonstrated that democracy is alive and well in India, that the will of the people can be exercised freely to elect their representatives, some of whom will lead them to a better life.
- Caste And The Durban Conference (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 03, 2002)
BY SETTING ITS face against a discussion on the caste-based oppression (that haunts the political discourse in India even now) at the World Conference Against Racism in Durban, the Union Government has indeed ignited a debate.
- Facing Up To The Facts (Hindu, Kuldip Nayar, Feb 03, 2002)
THE NATIONAL Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has come out boldly on the side of the weak and the oppressed many a time.
- Quotas And Benefits (Hindu, P. V. Indiresan , Feb 03, 2002)
THERE IS much excitement about the U.N. conference on racial discrimination.
- Globalisation And Decentralisation (Hindu, Supriya Roy Chowdhury, Feb 03, 2002)
Where existing structures of inequality are left intact and become compounded with the disadvantages of marketisation, political empowerment is a useful slogan, not a realistic or genuine goal.
- G. K. Moopanar (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 03, 2002)
THE PASSING OF G. Karuppiah Moopanar, president of the Tamil Maanila Congress, but who remained at heart ``a Congressman'', has taken away from the national arena a staunch nationalist.
- Follow The Leader Change Of Face (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 03, 2002)
The sangh parivar may not think too highly of him, but Atal Bihari Vajpayee is quite the role model for aspiring prime ministers in the Bharatiya Janata Party.
- Agriculture At Crossroads (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 02, 2002)
NEARLY THREE DECADES after the Green Revolution changed the country's ignominious ship-to-mouth existence, agriculture has again taken the centre-stage.
- Best Choice (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 02, 2002)
Diplomacy, it has famously been said, is war carried on by other means.
- Package Deal (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 02, 2002)
High tariff levels maintained by the developed countries have been causing distortions and protectionism in world agricultural trade, denying market access to developing nations.
- Bjp-Vhp `Spat' (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Feb 02, 2002)
TO MOST observers of saffron politics, the VHP's recent outburst against the BJP and the Prime Minister came as a bit of a surprise, mainly because of its virulence and timing.
- Working Out A Future Programme (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 02, 2002)
The negotiations to be pursued under the terms of this declaration shall be concluded not later than January 1, 2005.
- Jack Welch, A Master Ceo (Business Line, S. Subramanyan , Feb 02, 2002)
JACK-Straight from the Gut (Warner Books 2001), by GE CEO Jack Welch, has received raving reviews.
- Gm Crops And The World Market (Hindu, Mihir Shah, Feb 02, 2002)
Most countries have imposed bans or very strict regulations on genetically-modified crops... We need to be vigilant against discredited technologies and products being sneaked in.
- The Silent War Within (Telegraph, ANURADHA KUMAR, Feb 02, 2002)
The meeting of the prime minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, with senior leaders of the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (Isak-Muivah) on his recent visit to Japan, has been widely welcomed as a move which would take the Naga peace process further.
- Figures, Right And Wrong (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 02, 2002)
THERE ARE NO real growth numbers for the Indian economy. Or, going by the numbers put out by the Central Statistical Organisation, they probably vary with political needs.
- Positive Signs (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 02, 2002)
The WTO has also committed its members to immediate negotiations with regard to Darjeeling tea, basmati rice, and alfanso mangoes, which would guarantee India the same protection which accrues to Champagne and Scotch whiskey.
- `Crude' Impact Of War (Business Line, Nilanjan Banik , Feb 02, 2002)
CAN you guess the likely impact of war on terrorism in Afghanistan? A rise in oil price.
- Of Tall Claims And Unfulfilled Plans (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Feb 02, 2002)
PROJECTIONS have all gone awry in the final year of the Ninth Plan (2001-02) despite the best Budget the Finance Minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha, could craft for the economy.
- Phone Wars Begin (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 02, 2002)
THE PUBLIC SECTOR monopoly in domestic long-distance telephony has ended with Bharti Telesonics entry.
- Techniques Of Privatisation (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Feb 02, 2002)
IT IS admitted on all hands through a series of studies that output, profitability and efficiency increase significantly in the years after firms are privatised.
- Anti-Negative Vaccine (Business Line, J. Nanda Gopal , Feb 02, 2002)
WE often hear high-level politicians saying that Indians living abroad work hard, reach enviable positions, and earn fame and fortune making the country proud.
- Sneaking Through The Barriers (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 02, 2002)
THE CONTINUED VULNERABILITY of airport security systems to the cunning of the subversive mind lay exposed yet again with the nabbing of a sneaker bomber in a U.S. bound flight from France.
- Difficult Sail For India Inc (Business Line, D. Sampathkumar , Feb 02, 2002)
PERFORMANCE-WISE, it has been a forgettable year for the Indian corporate sector.
- Concerns For A Growing India (Telegraph, P.K. Vasudeva, Feb 02, 2002)
Indian farmers are likely to benefit from the Doha declaration that was arrived at following the World Trade Organization’s 4th ministerial conference.
- ‘Biotech Trials On Schedule, A Decision Soon’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 02, 2002)
By several indications, it appears that this year’s Union budget will focus on agriculture.
- So Many Caricatures (Indian Express, Jaya Sharma, Feb 02, 2002)
The film Bawandar chooses to depict women activists involved in the campaign for justice after the gang rape of Bhanwari Devi, the village level activist from Rajasthan, as a bunch of elite women.
- The Equality Amendment Of 2001 (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Feb 02, 2002)
Reservation is important to equality. But a system of reservation which shuts out merit candidates and virtually dashes their professional hopes is contrary to equality.
- Brawn Worked, Now The Brain (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Feb 02, 2002)
We must thank the Pakistanis for reviving interest in a flagging story.
- Microcredit: Globalisation Unlimited (Business Line, Sudhirendar Sharma, Feb 02, 2002)
IT is a two-edged sword. While it supposedly takes the rural poor into a new domain of economic freedom, it keeps the corporate sector hopeful of exploiting this freedom.
- ‘There Is No Shift In Bjp’s Position, We Only Want Govt To Put A Decisive End To Terrorism’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 02, 2002)
Pakistan-bashing has been the staple diet of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh and its re-incarnation, the Bharatiya Janata Party.
- The Good Doctors (Indian Express, Krishan Kalra, Feb 02, 2002)
Neeru Verma is a qualified pediatrician who has worked in a hospital for many years, but has given up now. Her husband, also a doctor, has a thriving practice.
- Cure For An Ailing Education System? (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Feb 02, 2002)
RARELY do Parliamentary Committees take up issues of genuine public interest that also exert a crucial bearing on posterity, though the country's judiciary has been active in espousing public causes.
- Pull Back From The Brink (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 02, 2002)
THE `DIPLOMATIC SANCTIONS' that New Delhi has imposed on Pakistan show the determination to sustain pressure on Pakistan.
- Steel Up The Ore Policy (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 02, 2002)
IT IS TO be hoped that New Delhi will formalise fresh policy directions for mining and export of iron ore well before the WTO norms that envisage lifting of quantitative restrictions on its external trading come into effect, from 2003.
- Options And Hunches (Telegraph, SHAM LAL , Feb 02, 2002)
The shrill cries for a singing response to the terrorist assault on Parliament House in the form either of hot pursuit of militants in future or of bombing raids on bases of such jihadi outfits as Jaish-e-Mohammad are easy to understand.
- Income Of Charitable Trusts -- The Exemption Dimension (Business Line, V.K. Subramani, Feb 02, 2002)
WHETHER an educational institution should file a return of income under Section 139(4A) was an issue before the Bombay High Court in Director of Income Tax (Exemptions) vs Malad Jain Yuvak Mandal Medical Relief Centre (250 HR 488).
- Twice Bitten, Never Shy? (Business Line, K. Ramesh, Feb 02, 2002)
THE saying, `once bitten, twice shy', probably, excludes politicians, who, despite being repeatedly proven wrong, still pursue their selfish goals at the cost of national interest.
- Meeting The Challenge Of Terror? (Hindu, Balraj Puri, Feb 02, 2002)
India's greatest strength is its democracy. The attack on its symbol can best be answered by renewing our faith in, and resolve to strengthen, democracy.
- Between War And Peace (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Feb 02, 2002)
The international diplomatic dimension will be as important as the military moves that India and Pakistan may make in the next few days.
- Pre-Emptive Strike (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 01, 2002)
IT must be the single most unappreciated sector in India.
- Double Injury (Business Line, D. Murali , Feb 01, 2002)
MANY know what jobs the Customs Department does. Add to that a new one: `Acting as scrap sales agent', recently performed for Ratan Kumar Saha.
- Terrorism: The Two Faces Of Us (Business Line, B. Raman , Feb 01, 2002)
IN THE early 1980s, Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) had handed over to a group of Sikh terrorists, who had hijacked a plane of the Indian Airlines (IAC).
- Transparent Dishonesty (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Feb 01, 2002)
The unsinkable Molly Brown, please move over. You have competition, the defence minister of India has proved himself equally unsinkable.
- It’s A Long March (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 01, 2002)
INDIA’S strategy is beginning to pay off although a great deal of the distance on the road to the elimination of terrorism from the region in general and Jammu and Kashmir in particular remains to be covered.
- Tit For Tat (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Feb 01, 2002)
AT ONE level, what happened in Chennai a week back should not raise any eyebrows because it was merely yet another episode of `tit for tat politics', which has increasingly come to rule the political scene in recent decades.
- Transfer Pricing -- Harassment In Store (Business Line, S. Murlidharan , Feb 01, 2002)
SECTION 92 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 has been replaced by Sections 92 to 92F through the Finance Act, 2001.
- Free Verse (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 01, 2002)
Time, and a few unsuspecting bureaucrats, have delivered Rabindranath Tagore from the clutches of proprietorship.
- Peace Talks Again (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 01, 2002)
Peace talks may take long to achieve breakthroughs, but the important thing is to ensure that they do not break down.
- Royal Touch (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 01, 2002)
That India is a paradox is a cliché which worn its usage rather well.
- New Currency (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 01, 2002)
Since the Euro transition did not happen overnight, January 1, 2002, is more of a signal and needs to be considered in the broader context of European integration.
- Mission Kashmir (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 01, 2002)
Jammu and Kashmir is labouring under many disadvantages.
- Passport To Terror (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 01, 2002)
ALL it took Aftab Ansari, alias Farhan, the Dubai-based terrorist who masterminded the recent attack on the American Center in Kolkata to procure an Indian passport for himself, was Rs 500.
- Genoa's Three Musketeers, And... A Gen Dyer Come To Judgment! (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Feb 01, 2002)
WHAT does Mr Tony Blair fancy himself to be?
- Peak Season Blues (Indian Express, Sukhmani Singh, Feb 01, 2002)
IT’S peak tourist season in old world Bikaner, but the town looks desolate and dead. The slew of heritage resorts — palaces, havelis, hunting lodges, et al, present a sombre appearance.
- Qualcomm To Pick Up Stake In Reliance Telecom Venture (Business Line, G. Rambabu, Feb 01, 2002)
RELIANCE has finalised a multi-million dollar deal with technology major Qualcomm Inc, whereby the US-based pioneer of CDMA technology would pick up strategic equity stake in its telecom venture, Reliance Communications Ltd.
- Why Saarc Does Not Spark? (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Feb 01, 2002)
KATHMANDU, JAN. 3. The failures of the South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation over the last two decades have led to agonising soul searching among sections of the intelligentsia in the subcontinent.
- Pak-Sponsored Terrorism -- Diplomacy, Not War, Is The Key (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Feb 01, 2002)
THE attack on the Parliament complex and what might have happened but for the quick response of the security guards have left the nation stunned and furious.
- Govt To Issue Ordinance On Sugar Freight Subsidy (Business Line, Harish Damodaran , Feb 01, 2002)
THE Government proposes to issue an ordinance to amend the Sugar Development Fund (SDF) Act, 1982 to enable it to reimburse expenditure on internal transport and freight charges borne by mills on export shipments of sugar.
- E-Mail Nationalism (Indian Express, Sagarika Ghose, Feb 01, 2002)
INDIA, it was once said, was nothing but a figment of the British imagination.
- Tackling Fiscal Termites (Business Line, N.A.Mujumdar, Feb 01, 2002)
IN THE area of financial sector reforms, the policy-makers appear to be more worried about form than content.
- Crystal-Gazing The Healthcare Scene (Business Line, K. M. Thiagarajan, Feb 01, 2002)
CAN one predict the future, especially in these `turbulent' times? Perhaps not.
- The `Awesome' Wedding Draws Aussies (Business Line, M. R. Subramani, Feb 01, 2002)
ONE Monsoon Wedding has done what many public relations campaigns have failed to do, at least as far as Australia is concerned.
- Rural Employment In The 1990s (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Feb 01, 2002)
WHEN the first results of the 55th Round of the National Sample Survey were released, it was already apparent that there had been some major shifts in patterns of employment, especially in the rural areas.
- India And The Global Slowing (Hindu, Pulapre Balakrishnan, Feb 01, 2002)
The prevalent tendency to link the slowing of the Indian manufacturing sector to the recession in the U.S. economy needs to be rejected as deluding.
- Argentina's Crisis (Business Line, A. Jacob Sahayam, Feb 01, 2002)
In the articles, `Argentina and India: Two sides of the same coin' (Business Line, January 5) and `Lessons from Argentina crisis' (Business Line, January 7), the authors have advocated an independent Central Bank instead of a Fiscal Responsibility Act.
- Loan Mela By Another Name (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 01, 2002)
THE CORPORATE DEBT Restructuring concept being put in place by the Finance Ministry and the Reserve Bank of India is a suspicious look-alike of the loan mela of an earlier era.
- A Leap Into Uncertainty (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam , Feb 01, 2002)
Though the gates to trading in index futures have been opened, the tax law in this regard is still nebulous.
- Textile Industry Woes (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 01, 2002)
This refers to `Textile industry must pick up threads anew' (Business Line, January 29) on the problems afflicting the cotton industry, starting from cotton cultivation, modernisation, State regulations and fiscal laws.
- Better Service From States? (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 01, 2002)
The Shome Panel is in favour of States collecting the service tax. But will this work, asks T. N. Pandey.
- Double Action (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 31, 2002)
The crackdown on a terrorist hideout in Hazaribagh was good news for the investigation into the recent attack on policemen outside the American Center in Calcutta. But it is bad news for Jharkhand.
- Reach High To Taste Success (Pioneer, Joginder Singh, Jan 31, 2002)
How is it that some people achieve whatever goal they set for themselves, while others stumble and crumble at the every step?
- Sino-Indian Ties (Hindu, Jing-dong Yuan, Jan 31, 2002)
The leaders of the two countries should have the foresight to look beyond the security prism.
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