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Articles 14121 through 14220 of 27558:
- On Balance, Musharraf Loses (Indian Express, J. N. Dixit , Dec 13, 2001)
Two visual clippings on CNN broadcast over the last week brought out the confusing and critical predicament in which Pakistan finds itself in, two months after the US-led military campaign commenced against the Taliban and the Al-Qaeda.
- Kabul, Colombo, Kathmandu And Dhaka (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Dec 13, 2001)
OVERWHELMING concentration on Afghanistan may be understandable, given the profound significance and consequences of September 11, but it is not the wisest policy for India.
- A Rear-View Drive (Business Line, R. Srinivasan, Dec 13, 2001)
FOR all the sophistication and advances that the US has made in every field of science and technology, an archaic accounting practice is increasingly triggering off corporate bankruptcies and lawsuits in that country.
- Bangla Gas Export To India: Economics Should Prevail Over Politics (The Financial Express, Sunil Mukhopadhyay, Dec 13, 2001)
Whether Bangladesh will finally export natural gas to India is still uncertain.
- Park Culture (Business Line, M. Somasekhar, Dec 13, 2001)
THE Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Mr N. Chandrababu Naidu, has a talent for innovative ideas.
- Leveraging On Capacity (Business Line, S. Murlidharan , Dec 13, 2001)
DIG trenches only to fill them up! Behind the surface joviality, this Keynesian precept is pregnant with grave implications.
- Air India -- Bailout Instead Of Disinvestment? (Business Line, Ashwini Phadnis, Dec 13, 2001)
WITH the Air India (AI) disinvestment coming to a grinding halt, it is time for some serious introspection by the authorities and those at the helm of affairs at the airlines.
- The Time Is Ripe For India To Play A Key Role In Afghanistan (The Financial Express, HUMA SIDDQUI, Dec 13, 2001)
Several news reports have confirmed the fall of Kandahar to the Southern Pashtun forces. Along with this, there are reports about the capture of the Tora Bora cave complex.
- Opening Up International Long-Distance Telephony -- For Vsnl, The Party Is Over (Business Line, T. H. Chowdary , Dec 13, 2001)
In AUGUST 2000, the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, had declared that both basic telecom (within the country) and international long distance (ILD) services would be thrown open to competition from April 1, 2001 and 2002 respectively.
- A Rewarding Visit (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 13, 2001)
THE Prime Minister’s visit to any country is planned well in advance and meticulously scripted.
- New Us Import Curbs On Steel In The Offing (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Dec 13, 2001)
THE Bush Administration plans to strengthen protection for the US steel industry with a range of stiff tariffs on l6 product lines before the end of February 2002.
- Time For Golden Opportunities (Telegraph, Bibek Debroy, Dec 13, 2001)
In the midst of this gloom and doom about the economy and lack of reforms, the national highway development project seems to be progressing well.
- Principles Of A Just War (Telegraph, W. Pal S. Sidhu, Dec 13, 2001)
The taking of innocent lives — be they American, Indian, Pakistani, Palestinian or Israeli — cannot be justified on any grounds whatsoever.
- Concerns, Problems And Proposals (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 13, 2001)
We would also like to have some indications as to what the phrase “further focussed analytical work” means.
- Loose Ends (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 13, 2001)
WHEN time stares in the face, truths could emerge. With an approaching deadline, the ICAI president, Mr N. D. Gupta, makes a few admissions:
- Bureaucracy Mars Bodo Talks (Indian Express, Urkhaw Gwra Brahma, Dec 13, 2001)
There is a significant change in the course of the Bodoland movement. At present, the Centre is dealing with an underground armed outfit called Bodo Liberation Tiger (BLT). The dialogue was initiated in May 2000.
- Opposition Denied Space (Hindu, Kuldip Nayar, Dec 13, 2001)
It is rowdy, ugly. It offends good taste. The scenes in Parliament these days are exasperating even to its members.
- Tamil Nadu's Revenue Arrears (Hindu, Era Sezhiyan, Dec 13, 2001)
Apart from the uncontrolled growth of revenue expenditure, there has been a grave deterioration in tax collection.
- Reforms And Reservation (Hindu, Supriya Roy Chowdhury, Dec 13, 2001)
The tension is not between reservation and marketisation, but between positive discrimination as defined by populist politics, and the need for deep structural changes and genuine commitment to create resources for the poor.
- A Severe Indictment (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 13, 2001)
ALREADY UNDER A murky cloud following the Tehelka exposure, Mr. George Fernandes and his Defence Ministry have been virtually drowned by evidence, which strongly suggests that emergency purchases made for the Kargil.
- Worldwide Trade In Women (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Dec 13, 2001)
TRAFFICKING in women generates a whopping revenue of $ 5-7 billion a year, and women are trafficked for a variety of reasons, including prostitution.
- Go Gasohol (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 13, 2001)
THE CENTRE SHOULD be complimented for deciding to permit blending of petrol with ethanol.
- Roots Of Recession (Business Line, S. Goswami, Dec 13, 2001)
THE anthrax scare and the Afghan war aside, the main worry is of the world slipping deeper into a recession.
- A Boost For Economic Governance (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 13, 2001)
THE SUPREME COURT judgment upholding the Government's disinvestment in BALCO sends out several salutary messages.
- Sri Lanka’s New Prime Minister (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 13, 2001)
MR Ranil Wickremesinghe’s assumption of office as Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister on December 9 marks a watershed in the annals of the strife-torn island.
- Arafat, The Great Survivor (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 13, 2001)
Mr Yasser Arafat has roamed the world for decades wearing a trademark black-and-white headdress shaped in the map of Palestine with one ambition in mind — to establish an independent state for his people.
- The Myth Of Brotherhood (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 12, 2001)
This Ramzan is different from the previous ones. Probably the celebration of Id-ul Fitr, a few days from now, will be equally muted.
- What India Wants Clarified (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 12, 2001)
Obviously, we are not yet clear as to whether these three expectations would be realized; however, we do hope we can realize these expectations.
- The End Of Wisdom, Not History (Indian Express, Ratna Rajiah, Dec 12, 2001)
I Don't think they really need to worry about what’s in those history textbooks. As long as history lessons are as excruciatingly boring as they are, no child remembers very much of them anyway.
- Until Palestinians Get Their Homeland (Indian Express, ARVIND KALA, Dec 12, 2001)
For years Washington didn’t heed Indian protests that our troubles in Kashmir are sustained by foreign Islamic warriors.
- Swollen Heads (Tribune, I.M. Soni, Dec 12, 2001)
Former captain of Sri Lankan cricket team, Arjuna Ranatunga, was blamed for his “arrogance.”
- Teach More (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 12, 2001)
Truant teachers make an interesting paradox. But West Bengal seems to have fostered such a phenomenon.
- In A Sea Of Financial Trouble (Telegraph, Mukund B. Kunte, Dec 12, 2001)
The acquisition of another aircraft carrier for the Indian navy and the controversy over “White or Black” Gorshkov couldn’t have been better timed.
- Is Japan's Interest In India Waning? (Business Line, Smita Banerjee, Dec 12, 2001)
THE Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, is in Japan to hopefully bury the major irritant between the two countries - the nuclear issue. For India, Japan is an important economic ally.
- Strike The Proper Balance (Telegraph, Sarmila Bose, Dec 12, 2001)
As Afghanistan starts its reconstruction from its very own Ground Zero, there is much it could learn from the experience of India.
- Dividing The Booty (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Dec 12, 2001)
Amidst the euphoria over Hamid Karzai’s Himachal connections and the visits by the interior and foreign ministers-designate, Yunis Qanuni and Abdullah Abdullah, to New Delhi, Indians have overlooked one major development in Afghanistan:
- No More Excuses (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 12, 2001)
The judiciary can no longer be blamed for obstructing or delaying disinvestment decisions. This was made clear in the Supreme Court’s verdict on the Bharat Aluminium Company (Balco) case on Monday.
- Clueless In Japan (Indian Express, Arati R. Jerath, Dec 12, 2001)
The varied ethnic facial features of the Indian delegation amazed the Japanese.
- No Takers (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 12, 2001)
Rather paradoxically, the Tatas dropping out of the Air India bid is good news for the government.
- A Coffin Scam! (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 12, 2001)
The nature of the irregularities committed in clearing certain defence deals mentioned in the Comptroller and Auditor-General's report would fill any normal person with a sense of revulsion. How low can human beings fall?
- Stuck At The Basics (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 12, 2001)
NEARLY A DECADE after the commencement of economic reforms in the country, one sector that has not met the hopes that were raised initially is power. And, the reasons are not far to seek.
- Disturbing Offshoot (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Dec 12, 2001)
THE terrorist acts of September 11 have had a disturbing offshoot:
- Afghanistan: A Cauldron - Ii (Hindu, J. Daulat Singh, Dec 12, 2001)
India must now be in the vanguard of international efforts for relief and reconstruction in Afghanistan.
- A Separatist Couple Turns Provider (Tribune, Reeta Sharma, Dec 12, 2001)
Kanwar Singh Dhami and his wife, Kulbir Kaur, had demanded a separate state of Khalistan for which they were tried in courts and the husband was held guilty under TADA.
- Need To Worry, Think And Speak About Other Issues (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Dec 12, 2001)
What an ironic coincidence it is that Osama bin Laden's last, desperate hideout, being bombed incessantly by the United States-led coalition, should be called Tora Bora.
- Occasional Splashes In The Placid Pool Of Politics Do Not Last Long (The Financial Express, Kuldip Nayar, Dec 12, 2001)
Making a splash is not difficult. Benazir Bhutto did that at New Delhi.
- Drip Irrigation -- Low-Cost Systems For Small Farmers (Business Line, Mahendra Pandey , Dec 12, 2001)
FRESH water available for human consumption and for agricultural and environmental requirements is rapidly becoming scarcer.
- Elections In Sri Lanka -- Mandate For Peace And Economic Revival (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Dec 12, 2001)
THE real victory in Sri Lanka's recent polls seems to be for the voters.
- Panjsher Tradition Continues (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Dec 12, 2001)
KABUL, DEC. 11. In the new interim government which is set to assume authority on December 22, the influence of the ``Panjsheris'' or leaders belonging to the Panjsher valley is perceptible.
- Sad Politics (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 12, 2001)
Some would say it was just a bad fall at Amritsar and isn’t the fractured femur on the mend after the operation in New Delhi?
- Need To Worry, Think And Speak About Other Issues (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Dec 12, 2001)
What an ironic coincidence it is that Osama bin Laden's last, desperate hideout, being bombed incessantly by the United States-led coalition, should be called Tora Bora.
- Afghanistan: A Cauldron - Ii (Hindu, J. Daulat Singh, Dec 12, 2001)
India must now be in the vanguard of international efforts for relief and reconstruction in Afghanistan.
- From Ayodhya To Dandi (Hindu, Harish Khare , Dec 12, 2001)
When Mr. Advani invokes the Dandi March symbolism for his rath yatra he is seeking moral acceptability and historic endorsement for a blatantly divisive political ploy.
- Stuck At The Basics (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 12, 2001)
NEARLY A DECADE after the commencement of economic reforms in the country, one sector that has not met the hopes that were raised initially is power. And, the reasons are not far to seek.
- ‘Prima Facie Evidence Is Key...We Can’t Be On A Fishing Expedition’ (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Dec 12, 2001)
His picturesque island-nation in the Indian Ocean has netted the biggest fish in India’s foreign-investment basket.
- Vietnam Formally Recognises Private Sector Equality (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Dec 12, 2001)
HANOI: Communist-ruled Vietnam’s National Assembly on Tuesday approved a constitutional amendment guaranteeing equal treatment to the private sector.
- Deepening Crisis In Nepal (Tribune, T. V. Rajeswar, Dec 12, 2001)
Nepal is in serious crisis, and it had been in the making for a long time. There seems to be no immediate remedy for the problems facing the Himalayan kingdom.
- Useful Product From Oil Palm Waste (Business Line, M. Somasekhar, Dec 12, 2001)
EMPTY fruit bunches (EFB), a waste from oil palm that is routinely dumped at mill sites or burnt could be a source for conversion into useful fibres.
- Bricks From Marble Dust (Business Line, M. Somasekhar, Dec 12, 2001)
Scientists at the Roorkee-based Central Building Research Institute (CBRI) have found a useful application for wastes generated in the marble industry.
- Make Or Break (The Financial Express, Mimmy Jain, Dec 12, 2001)
Marriages, they say, are made in heaven, but I have always had feelings of immortality, and done my best to help heaven along in the right direction whenever it seemed to be faltering.
- From Ayodhya To Dandi (Hindu, Harish Khare , Dec 12, 2001)
When Mr. Advani invokes the Dandi March symbolism for his rath yatra he is seeking moral acceptability and historic endorsement for a blatantly divisive political ploy.
- S. R. Asokan (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 12, 2001)
THE Government is increasingly looking towards the corporate sector to augment rural income and employment through agro-processing.
- The Nobel Centennial -- Fusing Psychology And Economics (Business Line, P. R. Brahmananda , Dec 12, 2001)
THE NOBEL Foundation has been celebrating its centennial by symposia on different subjects for which the prize is being awarded.
- Some Hope For Disinvestment (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 12, 2001)
THE FALTERING DIVESTMENT programme of the government may just have received a fresh lease of life from the form of the Supreme Court's judgment in the Bharat Aluminium Company (Balco) case.
- Second Strike Ability (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 12, 2001)
In the last decades of the 20th century, especially during the Cold War, submarines certainly served as the optimum multi-mission platform.
- Thanks To Bin Laden (Indian Express, Devaki Jain , Dec 11, 2001)
OSAMA BIN LADEN has unleashed many havocs, some unintentionally. One such unintentional effect, which is not a havoc, is the re-appearance of the United Nations, that glorious offspring of a hoary past which had almost effaced itself.
- Vision Gone Sour (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 11, 2001)
RECENT REPORTS ON the domestic civil aviation industry are interrelated and can alter its dynamics fundamentally.
- Streamlining Traffic (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 11, 2001)
The increasing number of road accidents, which daily claim more human lives than perhaps militancy, shows that Indians by and large are careless drivers and need to be given basic lessons in road safety.
- Musharraf’s Equations With Usa (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Dec 11, 2001)
IF consistency is the virtue of fools, politicians are wise men and women.
- Naxals: Not By Ban Alone (Tribune, P. Raman , Dec 11, 2001)
It is absurd to presume that a ban on the Naxalite outfits under POTO — even if it becomes POTA — will automatically make the three dozen ultra Left groups in the country drop their arms.
- Hazards Of War Reporting (Tribune, Pritam Bhullar, Dec 11, 2001)
The Afghanistan war has yet again proved that journalists run a great risk to their lives while reporting from the front. For, nine foreign journalists were killed in Afghanistan until November 19.
- Some Thugs And Their Fantasies (Telegraph, Ravi Rajan, Dec 11, 2001)
The Bharatiya Janata Party-led government’s decision to delete sections from history textbooks has drawn many a comparison with the much-maligned taliban.
- Vajpayee-Muivah Talks (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 11, 2001)
The meeting that Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee had with NSCN leaders T. Muivah and Isak Swu in Osaka on Saturday is an unusual development and has suddenly given a much higher profile to the Nagaland issue.
- Belt Up (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 11, 2001)
ONGOING EFFORTS BY the Supreme Court aimed at tightening road safety measures across the country deserve unqualified public support considering what a nuisance driving has become these days.
- Enron Educates India (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 11, 2001)
WHEN the new US Ambassador arrived in Delhi a few months ago, his first public statement was that the future of Indo-US economic relations could be summed up in five little letters: Enron.
- Afghan Shadow On Kashmir (Hindu, Salman Haidar , Dec 11, 2001)
The Kashmir issue has moved up on the international agenda... India is likely to face strengthened calls to engage in dialogue with Pakistan about the problem.
- Afghanistan - A Cauldron (Hindu, J. Daulat Singh, Dec 11, 2001)
No Afghan regime has accepted the validity of the Durand Line... With what is being widely perceived by most Pashtuns now as Pakistan's perfidy, Pashtun irredentism could rear its head again.
- Loneliness Of Jaswant Singh (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Dec 11, 2001)
SO why is External Affairs minister Jaswant Singh feeling so lonely and left out these days, just when a rare, Indian foreign policy initiative — this time on Afghanistan — seems to be at last going somewhere?
- Fort With A Chequered History (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Dec 11, 2001)
BALA HISAR FORT (KABUL), DEC. 10. The Bala Hisar Fort overlooks the southern gates of Kabul. Perched on the edge of the Sher Darwaz mountain, the battle-scarred citadel has a chequered history.
- So Far So Good (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 11, 2001)
THE Naga peace talks have entered a decisive stage with Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee holding discussions with the leaders of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland at Osaka in Japan.
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