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Articles 13821 through 13920 of 27558:
- Sleeping With The Stars (Tribune, G. K. Sharma, Dec 19, 2001)
AS a child I loved Summer Nights. For one solid reason. Never mind even if it was warm.
- Afghan War And American Gains (Tribune, T. V. Rajeswar, Dec 19, 2001)
THE first war of the new millennium, “Operation Enduring Freedom”, has led to many new paradigms and milestones.
- A Sobering Survey Of Drinking Habits (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 19, 2001)
We use a household survey conducted by India’s National Council of Applied Economic Research in 1993-94.
- Drugs For Aids (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 19, 2001)
THERE IS ONE thing common to South Africa and India which neither country can be proud of.
- Distress Sale Of Cotton (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 19, 2001)
THERE seems to be no end to the woes of cotton growers. First, the crop suffered an attack of American bollworm which has become an annual occurrence.
- Embarrassment Of Riches (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 19, 2001)
IN TWO MONTHS foreign exchange reserves could touch $50 billion going by the present inflow of a billion dollars a month.
- Crop Damage, Low Offtake Add To Cotton Growers’ Woes In 3 States (The Financial Express, C. R. Rathee, Dec 19, 2001)
HISAR: Cotton-growers, under the World Bank-aided intensive cotton development project (ICDP), in Hisar, Sirsa, Fatehabad and Bhiwani districts of Haryana, Mansa, Muktsar, Faridkot and Ferozepur districts of Punjab.
- Exasperation Playing A Key Role In The South Asian Drama (The Financial Express, Kuldip Nayar, Dec 19, 2001)
People in South Asia are angry and anguished. They react in the same way. When they go to the polls, they are reluctant to return those in power. They don’t want to put their faith in one political party. They prefer a coalition.
- Focus On Financial Infrastructure To Propel Banking Reforms (The Financial Express, Renu Kohli, Dec 19, 2001)
The recently released Report on Trends and Progress in Banking in India, brought out by the Reserve Bank of India, identifies financial stability as the main issue of concern for policy-makers.
- Pak-Sponsored Terrorism -- Diplomacy, Not War, Is The Key (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Dec 19, 2001)
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.
- The `Britasian' Psyche (Business Line, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Dec 19, 2001)
IT IS surprising that the British Home Secretary should even have to advise Asian immigrants to learn English.
- Fr Index (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Dec 19, 2001)
THE Public Expenditure Round Table (PERT), a Chennai think-tank specialising on issues relating to pruning government expenditure and getting the maximum output and return from every rupee spent.
- Decisive Stage In Disinvestment (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Dec 19, 2001)
THE SUPREME Court has spoken. After the Balco verdict, the argument against disinvestment, or privatisation, is no longer Res Integra.
- Hot Pursuit Put On Hold (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 19, 2001)
FIRST two healthy developments. The BJP-led alliance government has put on hold its earlier idea of hot pursuit and attacking terrorist bases in Pakistan-occupied territory.
- Two Time Zones Or One? (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 19, 2001)
DEBATE has been going on right since the time of independence but there is no unanimity on whether the country should continue to have one time zone as of now or go in for two time zones.
- Royal Touch (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 19, 2001)
That India is a paradox is a cliché which worn its usage rather well.
- Uttaranchal Introduces Para-Gliding To Attract Tourists (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 19, 2001)
WITH a picturesque landscape ranging from lush green valleys to enigmatic mountain ranges, Uttaranchal is all set to tap its rich natural resources to attract foreign tourists.
- Looking At Prabhu For More Power (Pioneer, Shibani Dasgupta, Dec 19, 2001)
National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), the country's premier power generation and distribution channel, has approached the Centre for a budgetary support of Rs 18,000 crore to finance its plans to add generation capacity of 40,000 mw by 2012.
- Sick And Hungry (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 19, 2001)
According to the World Health Organization, 250 million cases of water-related diseases arise annually and result in 5 to 10 million deaths.
- Enough Is As Good As A Feast (Telegraph, Jaydev Jana, Dec 19, 2001)
Nutritional security is one of the integral factors determining sustainable food security.
- Forgotten Amendments (Telegraph, Tapas Majumdar, Dec 19, 2001)
The new Constitution (93rd amendment) bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha a fortnight back and passed unanimously the same day after only a couple of hours’ discussion.
- Drugs For Aids (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 19, 2001)
THERE IS ONE thing common to South Africa and India which neither country can be proud of.
- Peace Talks Again (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 19, 2001)
Peace talks may take long to achieve breakthroughs, but the important thing is to ensure that they do not break down.
- 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.
- 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.
- Election Nearing (Pioneer, Ramesh C Shukla, Dec 19, 2001)
For some strange reason, this year's Delhi Gymkhana elections campaign left me in a pensive mood, and sent me travelling to the past. Gone are the days of canvassing conclaves where one could get chai-samosa, if not actually whiskey-kebabs.
- ‘We Would Welcome Further Removal Of Qrs And Import Duties’ (The Financial Express, HUMA SIDDQUI, Dec 18, 2001)
Whil e Solvakia’s main effort is to belong the European family of countries, it sees a lot of business promise in India, says the country’s Ambassador, Ladislav Volko.
- Restrain The War Mongers (Indian Express, A.J. Philip, Dec 18, 2001)
The much touted Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance (Poto) failed to avert December 13.
- Healthy Children And Piped Water (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 18, 2001)
Children’s health improves on average as a result of policy interventions that expand access to piped water. However, the gains largely bypass children in poor and poorly educated families.
- Blocked To Flotsam (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 18, 2001)
So why do states still clamour for change? Perhaps because on several occasions the president has acted without informing the chief minister.
- Dealing With December 13 (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Dec 18, 2001)
If the Government needs to avoid utterances of the type made by Mr. Advani - that there was no security lapse - the Congress(I) could do without some of the noises emanating from its camp.
- Maoists In Nepal (Hindu, Sangeeta Thapliyal, Dec 18, 2001)
India should be cautious while dealing with Nepal. Any kind of military or material support from India becomes an emotive issue in Nepal and can be misinterpreted as interference.
- What If Osama Were Caught In India? A Debate Would Explode: Should He Be Tried Under Evidence Act? Poto? (Indian Express, Arun Shourie, Dec 18, 2001)
The technology of inflicting large-scale violence is becoming easier to obtain, and — per quotient of lethality — less and less expensive. This in turn yields three lemmas:
- Living On A Prayer (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 18, 2001)
On Monday as an extremely trying Ramadan month drew to a close and Eid celebrations commenced, Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf must surely have grabbed the opportunity to offer a very special, heartfelt prayer.
- I For Indoctrination (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 18, 2001)
December 13, as September 11, as indeed so many days that have passed unmarked on the calendar, when innocents have fallen to the terrorist’s bullet, hammer home a realisation: this challenge will not be met by the military strategy alone.
- Diversity Through Subaltern Prism (Pioneer, Syed Ali Mehdi, Dec 18, 2001)
There has been a tendency among scholars of Muslim history to view it as a biography of caliphs, sultans, shahs and shaykh al-Islams:
- Clear Evidence (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 18, 2001)
There is no ambiguity in the accusation this time. India has clear evidence of Pakistans Inter Services Intelligence's (ISI's) role in masterminding the horrendous attack on Parliament House.
- Yashwant Sinha’s Hidden Agenda (Indian Express, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Dec 18, 2001)
While addressing the World Economic Forum, Yashwant Sinha has outlined six areas on which he would lay thrust in the coming days. These reflect the interests of the bureaucracy and foreign investors more than that of the economy.
- Special To The Express (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 18, 2001)
Temporary expedients will boomerang: giving handsome amounts to the SULFA cadre, giving them jobs, allowing them to retain weapons — these steps have resulted in Assam now having not one set of extortionists — ULFA — but two.
- Sign Language (Indian Express, Janaki Ganesh, Dec 18, 2001)
The municipal corporations of various cities and towns across the country probably feel that they have discharged their responsibilities quite well by putting up the standard signs which proclaim certain areas to be ‘‘horn free zones’’.
- Unravelling The Conspiracy (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 18, 2001)
A COUPLE OF things have become fairly clear just three days after the attack on Parliament.
- Work Culture In The Us And India -- The Difference Says It All (Business Line, A. V. Swaminathan , Dec 18, 2001)
A COMPARISON of work practices in the United States and India reveals stunning differences.
- Sri Lanka's Political Experiment (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 18, 2001)
THE DIFFICULT CHOICE made by the Sri Lankan President, Ms. Chandrika Kumaratunga, to personally relinquish her powerful portfolios, defence and finance, has certainly facilitated the relatively smooth formation of a new Government.
- High Living, Simple Thinking (Business Line, K. Gopalan, Dec 18, 2001)
EVER since the times of Upanishads, simple living and high thinking has been a basic tenet of all religious writings.
- Dealing With December 13 (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Dec 18, 2001)
If the Government needs to avoid utterances of the type made by Mr. Advani - that there was no security lapse - the Congress(I) could do without some of the noises emanating from its camp.
- Maoists In Nepal (Hindu, Sangeeta Thapliyal, Dec 18, 2001)
India should be cautious while dealing with Nepal. Any kind of military or material support from India becomes an emotive issue in Nepal and can be misinterpreted as interference.
- Women Constituencies (Pioneer, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Dec 18, 2001)
The premise behind the Women's Reservation Bill is that women are an "oppressed" social group like that of caste or race, and hence they need affirmative action to compensate for the past omissions.
- Hunt The Hunter (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 18, 2001)
The terrorist attack on Parliament on December 13 has presented the country with major security challenges.
- Germans Crowd Banks For New Coins (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Dec 18, 2001)
BERLIN: Germans crowded into banks on Tuesday to get their hands on starter kits of the euro coins, swapping their cherished deutschemarks for the new european currency.
- When A Right Is Wrong (Indian Express, Sanjeev Kaura, Dec 18, 2001)
Phoolwanti is a Dalit sarpanch in a village in north Rajasthan. She has a 5 year 4 month old girl child. She along with six more children (two of whom are differently abled), were denied the ECCE (Early Childhood Care and Education).
- India's Corporate Economy -- Fallen Between Two Stools (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Dec 18, 2001)
GROWTH is uniquely dependent on household savings. Long-term investments are aggregated from household savings that flow in trickles.
- ‘Dsp Has Started Reaping The Benefits Of Modernisation’ (The Financial Express, S. K. Bhattacharyya, Dec 18, 2001)
Durgapur Steel Plant (DSP) in West Bengal, one of the four integrated steel plants of government-owned Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL), is struggling hard to come out of the red.
- India Must Go All Out To Fight Terrorism (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Dec 18, 2001)
THE shock and outrage at the terrorist attack on Parliament, the most powerful symbol of a democratic nation, has given way to a sense of bewilderment at the ease with which the perpetrators could drive into a fortified complex.
- Script Kiddies Behind ‘Goner’ Worm Or... (The Financial Express, Prashant Bakshi, Dec 18, 2001)
The creators of the most recent worm on the Internet — ‘Goner’ (also called Pentagone)— have apparently been traced to a northern city in Israel.
- India Must Go All Out To Fight Terrorism (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Dec 18, 2001)
THE shock and outrage at the terrorist attack on Parliament, the most powerful symbol of a democratic nation, has given way to a sense of bewilderment at the ease with which the perpetrators could drive into a fortified complex.
- History Meets Dharma In Politics (Pioneer, Sandhya Jain, Dec 18, 2001)
An inscrutable destiny, Mahakaal, has presented modern India with a strange paradox.
- Destination China (Business Line, M. P. Suresh, Dec 18, 2001)
WITH China becoming a full member of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), it is all set to improve its trading profile by adopting pragmatic foreign trade policies and transforming its domestic sector.
- Ruffled Allies Add To Woes (Tribune, P. Raman , Dec 18, 2001)
The promised Cabinet expansion is going to be the immediate casualty of the Vajpayee government’s confrontation with the unified Opposition and the resultant troubles.
- Bt Cotton Fiasco -- Stepping Onto A Booby Trap (Business Line, Devinder Sharma , Dec 18, 2001)
"ISN'T it like sending a soldier to the battle front and then ask him not to use the latest sophisticated assault rifle,'' a British radio journalist asked me the other day.
- Slovakia Sees Vast Scope For India In Its Economy And Trade (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Dec 18, 2001)
Following the division of former Czechslovakia into two independent states in 1992— Czech and Slovak—development of global co-operation has been one of the essential activities undertaken by Slovakia.
- Human Development: A Touch Slow (Business Line, Ruddar Datt , Dec 18, 2001)
IN INDIA, the basic purpose of planning is to improve peoples choices and their well-being. The country has been categorised by the Human Development Report 2001 as a medium-human development country.
- Restraint Is The Word (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 18, 2001)
December 13 terrorist attack was a direct challenge to Indian nationhood. The parliamentary complex, the symbol of the nation’s democracy, was made a target by audacious militants.
- Fragile Edifice (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 18, 2001)
Corruption is so routine in the country at all levels that one report more or less hardly causes a ripple. And the reports keep coming.
- Yet To Be Governed By Good Sense (Telegraph, NIRMALENDU BIKASH RAKSHIT , Dec 18, 2001)
Disgruntled states have for years demanded a change in the Constitution concerning the appointment of governors.
- Joy For Govt, But.... (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 18, 2001)
BY ANNOUNCING A special interim dividend of 750 per cent (Rs75 per share), the VSNL board has completed the process of stripping the company's reserves on behalf of the Government.
- Shaking The Symbols (Telegraph, MANVENDRA SINGH, Dec 18, 2001)
Two almost simultaneous events last week are certain to shake the contours of India’s national security perceptions and preparations.
- Phenomenon Of Micro-Politics (Tribune, Bhim S. Dahiya, Dec 18, 2001)
Although privatisation is a key concept in the present-day form of democracy and it is a crucial component of the larger contemporary phenomenon called liberalisation, when it is put into practice in the sphere of politics it does tend to erode.
- A Cheaper Fuel (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 18, 2001)
In a suo motu statement in the Lok Sabha last week, Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Ram Naik announced the government’s decision to allow the mixing of petrol with ethanol, a renewable indigenous fuel.
- Hunt The Hunter (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 18, 2001)
The terrorist attack on Parliament on December 13 has presented the country with major security challenges.
- Untruth Of Textbook History (Pioneer, Sima Yadav, Dec 18, 2001)
For several months now, the media have been chock-a-block with articles and invectives about the school History curriculum and textbooks.
- Will The New It Policy Really Benefit Kerala? (The Financial Express, Ajayan, Dec 18, 2001)
The information technology (IT) policy, which the Kerala government unveiled recently,has set a laudable minimum growth level of 100 per cent a year and lays thrust on greater private participation.
- Unravelling The Conspiracy (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 18, 2001)
A COUPLE OF things have become fairly clear just three days after the attack on Parliament.
- Abm Is Out, Arms Race Is In (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 18, 2001)
Call it the haughtiness of the super powerful or simply a case of ill timing, but the USA has reneged the 1972 anti-ballistic missile treaty when it should not have.
- Civil Servants Bribed With Sex Trips (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 18, 2001)
Twelve civil servants in Hong Kong were arrested for allegedly accepting bribes from government contractors with free sex trips to China and Macau, anti-corruption investigators have said.
- A Matter Of Rights (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 17, 2001)
BY CALLING FOR a focus on the human rights of the weaker sections, the President, Mr. K. R. Narayanan, has made a timely intervention in the country's social discourse.
- Cool Minds Vs Hot Heads (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 17, 2001)
Some within the BJP, we are told, have urged the Vajpayee government to assume a more pro-active stance against terrorism.
- Lashkar, Jaish: Pak’s Ghosts In The Machine (Indian Express, Khaled Ahmed, Dec 17, 2001)
For the first time the government’s reference to ‘extremist religious elements’ has become clear to the people of Pakistan.
- Breeding Little Hawks (Hindu, Javed Jabbar, Dec 17, 2001)
Getting children to raise hands in response to one-liner questions on issues as solemn as war and peace, as life and death, epitomised the superficial yet potentially dangerous uses to which TV is put.
- Risk Versus Gain (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 17, 2001)
Pyramid schemes are as old as the hills. B pays Rs 100 to A, who has recruited him. B then goes out and recruits ten more people, each of whom pays B Rs 100.
- Those Unsettling Compulsions (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Dec 17, 2001)
The 'Iftar' season is on and now we will also have birthday bashes, besides numerous other parties. Christmas and New Year are around the corner and we will witness new acts of political gymnastics.
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