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Articles 13721 through 13820 of 27558:
- Nathpa-Jhakri Asked For It (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 21, 2001)
CONVENTIONAL industrial wisdom is that one should work like mad today because tomorrow never comes.
- Divestment Vis-A-Vis National Interest (Business Line, Kuldip Nayar, Dec 21, 2001)
THE DISINVESTMENT Minister, Mr Arun Shourie, is a conscientious person. But like an evangelist he knows no bounds. He must succeed, whatever the cost.
- ‘Three Pms Couldn’t Have Been Wrong In Inducting Me’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 21, 2001)
With assembly elections just two years away, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot is a man in a hurry.
- Unhappy Ending (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 21, 2001)
THERE’S another reason to adjourn Parliament. For all these years, the nation has helplessly witnessed repeated adjournments of the House due to dissent and disruption.
- History: Servitude Or Freedom? (Pioneer, S. P. Gupta, Dec 21, 2001)
In recent weeks, a lot of class-room like definitions and purpose of "history" have been given by eminent historians like Professors Romilla Thapar, Bipan Chandra, Satish Chandra and others.
- A Defensive Offer Of Truce? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 21, 2001)
THE LIBERATION TIGERS of Tamil Eelam seem to have taken tactical cognisance of the present international discourse against the politics of terrorism.
- Poll Fever And Rhetoric (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 21, 2001)
WITH ONLY A couple of months left before parties plunge into campaign mode in three States - Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Uttaranchal - where Assembly elections are due before March 2002.
- The India-Sri Lanka Equation (Hindu, V. Suryanarayan, Dec 21, 2001)
Bilateral relations can be put on a secure footing if Colombo and New Delhi are determined to tackle certain important issues, which unfortunately have not received adequate attention.
- Decking Up For Saarc Summit (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Dec 21, 2001)
KATHMANDU, DEC. 20. As the sound of war drums gets louder in New Delhi and Islamabad, all you can hear in Nepal's capital is men working through the night to give it a rapid facelift.
- Red Wine Prevents Fat Intake (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 21, 2001)
Weight-watchers who insist on a tumbler of water with a meal rather than a couple of glasses of red wine might not be helping the cause after all.
- A War Of Imagery (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 21, 2001)
FOUAD AJAMI, American of Muslim Lebanese origin, winner of the MacArthur Award, Professor of International Affairs at Princeton and Johns Hopkins University.
- ‘We Need Proactive State Govts To Implement Track-Ii Reforms’ (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Dec 21, 2001)
One of the few professional managers to be elected as president of an apex industry body, K K Nohria wants Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Assocham) to encash on its unique advantage of having as members a large number of regional and trade.
- Eternal Poser (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Dec 21, 2001)
AT A workshop on leadership for the branch managers of a major public sector corporation, a perceptive participant asked me to touch on a question for which there has as yet been no definitive or satisfactory answer.
- Joshi’s History (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 21, 2001)
MURLI MANOHAR JOSHI’S jaw is getting the better of him. As the union minister of Human Resource Development, he is required to conduct himself as a national leader.
- The Anc-Sacp Alliance (Hindu, M. S. PRABHAKARA, Dec 21, 2001)
A telling indication of the continued political importance of the South African Communist Party is the hostility its alliance with the ANC generates in the right wing.
- Argentina’s Covertibility Czar Domingo Cavallo Bows Out Amidst Riots (The Financial Express, Brian Winter, Dec 21, 2001)
Buenos Aires, Argentina: Not even the raw energy of Domingo Cavallo, one of the emerging market world’s most well-known and creative economists, could slay the overwhelming pessimism of Argentina’s three-year recession.
- Corporate Lending Requires A Paradigm Shift (The Financial Express, D. K. Goswami, Dec 21, 2001)
The corporate lending scene has undergone radical changes in the last three decades although these are still inadequate to cope with the tumult.
- Safeguarding The Validity Of Business Innovations (The Financial Express, Manali Rohinesh, Dec 21, 2001)
Patents are being sought after like never before. But patenting “business methods” are a relatively new phenomenon and many patent offices have limited experience in dealing with them.
- The India-Sri Lanka Equation (Hindu, V. Suryanarayan, Dec 21, 2001)
Bilateral relations can be put on a secure footing if Colombo and New Delhi are determined to tackle certain important issues, which unfortunately have not received adequate attention.
- A Defensive Offer Of Truce? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 21, 2001)
THE LIBERATION TIGERS of Tamil Eelam seem to have taken tactical cognisance of the present international discourse against the politics of terrorism.
- International Financial System And G-20 (Business Line, A. Vasudevan, Dec 21, 2001)
THE International Monetary and Financial System (IMFC, formerly known as the Interim Committee) met in the middle of November to discuss the problematic international finance issues.
- Calling All Cynics... (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 20, 2001)
REMEMBER the time not so long ago when, at 16 rupees a minute, cellular telephony was dismissed as a rich man’s toy, and allowing global majors in this area just ‘proved’ foreign investment wasn’t going to come in areas of real interest to the country?
- Between War And Peace (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Dec 20, 2001)
The international diplomatic dimension will be as important as the military moves that India and Pakistan may make in the next few days.
- 2001: The Year In Retrospect (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Dec 20, 2001)
Human beings invariably shed their innocence and grow up before they reach the age of 50.
- India Must Grab Japan’s Offer On Developing Rural Tourism (The Financial Express, Ashok B Sharma, Dec 20, 2001)
One of the major gains of Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s recent visit to Japan was Tokyo’s willingness to be a partner in developing rural tourism in the country. India should seize this opportunity and launch a special project on rural tourism.
- Double Standards (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 20, 2001)
Those unfamiliar with the history of contemporary diplomacy might have found the United States' rapidly shifting stand on India's response to the Pakistan-engineered attack on Parliament House on December 13, rather confusing.
- Time To Get Over The Fiscal Deficit Obsession (The Financial Express, P Vinod Kumar, Dec 20, 2001)
The wheel has turned full circle for the Indian economy. When the country bit the structural adjustment bullet following the balance of payments (BoP) crisis in 1990-91, a bitter pill it has to swallow.
- Rich Nations Should Go Easy On Anti-Dumping In The Times Of Recession (The Financial Express, T. S. Vishwanath , Dec 20, 2001)
Is recession the world over forcing developed countries like the United States to become more protectionist or are developing countries resorting to mass-scale dumping to overcome the problem of shrinking global markets?
- `Crude' Impact Of War (Business Line, Nilanjan Banik , Dec 20, 2001)
CAN you guess the likely impact of war on terrorism in Afghanistan? A rise in oil price.
- Asia Hopes To Let Good Times Roll In 2002 (The Financial Express, Jennifer Chen, Dec 20, 2001)
SINGAPORE: Asian economies are set for better times in 2002 after months of plummeting exports left many showing their worst performance in years.
- Counter-Terrorism Operations Need Better-Equipped Security Forces (The Financial Express, HUMA SIDDQUI, Dec 20, 2001)
Having seen television images of the shoot-out in Parliament on December 13, doubts were raised about the inadequate armament and equipment with the security forces.
- So Many Caricatures (Indian Express, Jaya Sharma, Dec 20, 2001)
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.
- Art? Exhibitionism? A Joke? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 20, 2001)
LAST week I was invited to watch a little known local artist ‘‘paint while he danced’’.
- Make Haste Slowly (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 20, 2001)
I was in Mumbai on Friday, March 12, 1993. In case you have forgotten, it was the day the Memons rocked the city with fifteen massive explosions.
- Techniques Of Privatisation (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Dec 20, 2001)
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.
- Shooting From The Lip (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 20, 2001)
THE trouble with having a press secretary who doubles up as the official spokesman of the army; a press secretary who also happens to be a major general, is that routine media briefings turn almost instantaneously into exercises in sabre rattling.
- Anti-Negative Vaccine (Business Line, J. Nanda Gopal , Dec 20, 2001)
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.
- Mission Kabul (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Dec 20, 2001)
A NEW chapter in the history of Afghanistan begins on December 22, when a new interim administration led by Hamid Karzai takes control of the old country.
- India Should Make Diplomacy, Not War (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 20, 2001)
The world seems to agree on one point in relation to South Asia: nuclear-armed India and Pakistan should not be allowed to go to war.
- Shabad In Shimla (Indian Express, Lorenzo Amberg, Dec 20, 2001)
A FEW weeks ago, my wife and I had just about one hour to discover the Mall in Shimla before opening an exhibition on the Swiss Alps in that charming hill-station.
- Looking Beyond Security (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 20, 2001)
IF THE WORRISOME sabre-rattling in some quarters is discounted, the country's twin response to December 13 has been largely appropriate - steps have been taken to upgrade security in Sansad Bhavan.
- Phone Wars Begin (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 20, 2001)
THE PUBLIC SECTOR monopoly in domestic long-distance telephony has ended with Bharti Telesonics entry.
- Gm Crops And The World Market (Hindu, Mihir Shah, Dec 20, 2001)
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.
- Crooked As Crows (Pioneer, Sandeep Silas, Dec 20, 2001)
Miffed about a hue and cry over something petty and ignitable, I sat in disgust under the mango tree in our lawn.
- Distress Deaths (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 20, 2001)
THE CONTINUING SPATE of suicides among farmers in Karnataka is a manifestation in the most brutal manner of the increasingly volatile socio-economic dynamics of the agriculture sector in contemporary times.
- Row Over State Burial (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 20, 2001)
Thirty-eight years after independence the Kenyan government is under pressure to give a man the British colonial government hanged in 1958 for terrorism a state burial.
- Distress Deaths (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 20, 2001)
THE CONTINUING SPATE of suicides among farmers in Karnataka is a manifestation in the most brutal manner of the increasingly volatile socio-economic dynamics of the agriculture sector in contemporary times.
- Between War And Peace (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Dec 20, 2001)
The international diplomatic dimension will be as important as the military moves that India and Pakistan may make in the next few days.
- Gm Crops And The World Market (Hindu, Mihir Shah, Dec 20, 2001)
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.
- Best Choice (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 20, 2001)
Diplomacy, it has famously been said, is war carried on by other means. When the prime minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, announced in Parliament that efforts should be made to avert a war, he had in mind only the military aspect of it.
- Concerns For A Growing India (Telegraph, P.K. Vasudeva, Dec 20, 2001)
Indian farmers are likely to benefit from the Doha declaration that was arrived at following the World Trade Organization’s 4th ministerial conference.
- Options And Hunches (Telegraph, SHAM LAL , Dec 20, 2001)
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.
- A Bend In The River (Pioneer, Anuradha Dutt, Dec 20, 2001)
On December 5, the day preceding the ninth anniversary of the demolition of the Babri Masjid at Ayodhya, Hindu belief suffered a serious blow.
- Enough Is Enough (Pioneer, A. Surya Prakash, Dec 20, 2001)
In May, 1998, when India joined the nuclear club, US President Bill Clinton was wagging his finger before television cameras.
- Positive Signs (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 20, 2001)
The WTO has also committed its members to immediate negotiations with regard to Darjeeling tea, basmati rice, and alfanso mangoes.
- Towards Preserving Peace (Tribune, V. N. Datta, Dec 20, 2001)
Throughout ages, there is hardly a prophet or saint who has not condemned violence and war and preached the gospel of peace, amity and goodwill.
- Cell Phone Bonanza (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 20, 2001)
Users of cellular phones are set to reap a rich harvest of competition. Private cellular operators have announced that they are cutting STD charges on mobile-to-mobile calls by 50 per cent with effect from January 26.
- Looking Beyond Security (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 20, 2001)
IF THE WORRISOME sabre-rattling in some quarters is discounted, the country's twin response to December 13 has been largely appropriate - steps have been taken to upgrade security in Sansad Bhavan.
- Of Tall Claims And Unfulfilled Plans (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Dec 20, 2001)
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.
- Jack Welch, A Master Ceo (Business Line, S. Subramanyan , Dec 20, 2001)
JACK-Straight from the Gut (Warner Books 2001), by GE CEO Jack Welch, has received raving reviews.
- The Silent War Within (Telegraph, ANURADHA KUMAR, Dec 20, 2001)
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.
- Unity Wins The Day (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 20, 2001)
Reason – egged on by a grim realisation – returned to national politics and a strong sense of unity emerged at the end of the two-day debate in the Lok Sabha on the December 13 terrorist attack.
- Media Co-Opted By Propaganda (Pioneer, Vijay Upadhyay, Dec 20, 2001)
When the 9-11 attacks on the WTC killed thousands, the world press was ringing words like 'disaster', 'tragedy', 'terrorism', 'strikes', etc.
- Working Out A Future Programme (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 20, 2001)
The negotiations to be pursued under the terms of this declaration shall be concluded not later than January 1, 2005.
- Rumble In Jungle (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 20, 2001)
Barely has the sense of outrage at the killing of two elephants in the Rajaji National Park last week subsided that, in another incident, in the neighbouring Corbett Tiger Reserve, a tigeress has been found dead under mysterious circumstances.
- Package Deal (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 20, 2001)
High tariff levels maintained by the developed countries have been causing distortions and protectionism in world agricultural trade, denying market access to developing nations.
- Making Sense Of Dec 13 (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 19, 2001)
IF there was disquiet in both government and Opposition circles over the scheduled discussion in Parliament on the December 13 attack, it was allayed to a great extent by Union Home Minister L.K. Advani’s suo motu statement in the Lok Sabha yesterday.
- Washington’s Betrayal (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 19, 2001)
IT is time for a little exercise in semantics. George W. Bush’s grand War Against Terror had better be rechristened forthwith.
- The Afghan Way Of War (Indian Express, Ajai Shukla, Dec 19, 2001)
BY the time the Northern Alliance captured Mazar-e-Sharif and Kabul, many analysts had begun to question the effectiveness of the American air campaign, waxing lyrical about the resilience of the hardy Afghans and the fanaticism of Al-Qaeda warriors.
- A Goodbye To Global Security? (Indian Express, Manpreet Sethi, Dec 19, 2001)
IT may seem quite preposterous to link India with the anti-ballistic missile (ABM) treaty.
- Strike Cautiously (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 19, 2001)
There was nothing more audacious and alarming, as Home Minister Lal Krishna Advani said in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday, than the attack on the Parliament House by terrorists trained and funded by Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence.
- A Response, Both Measured And Robust (Indian Express, T. Purushotam, Dec 19, 2001)
EVEN after the latest attack on India’s Parliament, the very symbol of the country’s democratic and liberal ideals, Pakistan is peddling a set of platitudes for the benefit of the international community.
- Special To The Express (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 19, 2001)
The assault has two prongs. On the one hand violence and terror: these aim at tiring out the victims by inflicting death and carnage.
- Our Mindset The Biggest Lapse (Pioneer, M. C. Joshi, Dec 19, 2001)
The hour after 11:40 am on December 13, was a grave hour for the Indian State.
- Terror Band On The Run (Pioneer, Ashok K Mehta, Dec 19, 2001)
Now that the last bastion of the Al Qaida, Tora Bora, has fallen, the days of Osama bin Laden and Mullah Omar are numbered.
- ‘A State That’s Patronising Terrorists Should Wake Up To The Consequences; In Any Case Its Immediate Neighbours Must’ (Indian Express, Arun Shourie, Dec 19, 2001)
• Corresponding to the four ‘‘don’ts’’ are six ‘‘do’s’’: Believe what the ideologues and organisations of the terrorists say.
- Disunited In Distress (Hindu, P. V. Indiresan , Dec 19, 2001)
This should be the time for all good men to come to the aid of the nation. That is not happening.
- Pakistani Connection (Pioneer, J Mohan Malik , Dec 19, 2001)
Myanmar's military junta, known as the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC), has granted sanctuary to two Pakistani nuclear scientists following a telephone call from General Pervez Musharraf.
- Stepping Up International Pressure On Pakistan (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 19, 2001)
INDIA'S MORAL AUTHORITY to prepare for prudent action against the terrorist threats to its democratic and secular polity should not be put to risk by rhetoric of the kind that the Union Home Minister, Mr. L. K. Advani, resorted to in the Lok Sabha on Tue.
- This Is Not Your War (Telegraph, PARIMAL BHATTACHARYA, Dec 19, 2001)
I mpatient with the muted signals from Delhi, Mamata Banerjee recently went out into the streets with an elaborate agitation programme for her party.
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