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Articles 14521 through 14620 of 27558:
- Up Politics -- Yet Another Act In Theatre Of Absurd? (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Dec 05, 2001)
The Congress(I) President, Ms Sonia Gandhi, and the Samajwadi Party Chief, Mr Mulayam Singh Yadav There are no permanent friends or foes in politics.
- The Textbook Controversy (Hindu, Achin Vanaik , Dec 05, 2001)
THAT THE BJP-RSS can do what it is doing to school textbooks and garner support for this from some professionals.
- The Challenger: Nice Smile, Better Pr (Indian Express, Dayan Candappa, Dec 04, 2001)
COLOMBO: Former Prime Minister and leader of the Opposition Ranil Wickremesinghe is an unlikely veteran of the tough and dangerous world of Sri Lankan politics.
- Let Everyone Find His Level (Indian Express, R. C. Hansoti, Dec 04, 2001)
The Supreme Court judgement to consider only merit in admission to super specialities in medicine and engineering to prevent deterioration in the standards of competence in these fields tackles only the tip of the iceberg.
- The House Needs New Rules (Indian Express, Kuldip Nayar, Dec 04, 2001)
It is not a handout. Nor is it a PR exercise. I can reaffirm after completing two-thirds of my term in the Rajya Sabha that Parliament is the nation’s commitment to resolving differences peacefully and democratically.
- Sound, Fury And Significance (Hindu, Sudhanshu Ranade , Dec 04, 2001)
It is odd that the discussion on revising history textbooks has stirred up debate on such abstruse questions as whether it is true that Guru Tegh Bahadur (or the Jats or Shivaji) engaged in loot or plunder.
- Fight The Menace (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 04, 2001)
MARX AND MAO are hung upside down in their erstwhile places of worship.
- Swearing By Economic Reforms (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 04, 2001)
THE CURRENT RECKONING is that the Indian economy will hardly be able to achieve a 5 per cent GDP growth during 2001-2002.
- `Financial Reforms Have Worked, But Rigidities Persist' (Business Line, P. Devarajan, Dec 04, 2001)
Dr Yaga Venugopal Reddy is the only central banker who comes out of his chamber to escort visitors with a warm laugh and a big hullo.
- Fao Urges Poor Nations To Boost Organic Food Sales (The Financial Express, David Brought, Dec 04, 2001)
ROME: The United Nations food body urged poor nations on Monday to boost exports of organic produce to take advantage of booming markets in developed countries.
- Cloning Human Embryos (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 04, 2001)
THE STUNNING ANNOUNCEMENT that a small Massachusetts-based biotech company cloned human embryos has evoked a predictable storm of protest.
- From Agra To Kathmandu (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Dec 04, 2001)
PROVIDED THE Maoists' revolt in Nepal does not come in the way of the SAARC Summit, a meeting between the Prime Minister, Mr. A. B. Vajpayee, and the Pakistani ruler, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, on its sidelines in Kathmandu is a certainty.
- Big Jolt To Peace Efforts (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 04, 2001)
THE spate of suicide bombings in Israeli towns by Hamas activists have posed a major threat to the latest American efforts to help end the Palestinian-Israeli tangle.
- Institution Of Government Audit (Tribune, Dharam Vir, Dec 04, 2001)
THE Geneva-based Transparency International rates India at 72 out of 91 countries in its Corruption Perception Index 2001 and that makes it the 20th most corrupt nation today.
- Brew That Kills (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 04, 2001)
It's a measure of the lack of effective deterrent against bootleggers and their thriving nexus with the law-enforcers that Tamil Nadu has been struck by the third major liquor tragedy in the last two months with a cumulative loss of nearly 100 lives.
- Sensitising Officials - Ii (Hindu, P. Radhakrishnan, Dec 04, 2001)
AS THE effective implementation of the measures of the first two categories (political and educational reservation) is a necessary (though not sufficient) condition for actualising the measures of the third (job reservation).
- Vajpayee’s Fairy Tales (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 04, 2001)
No, Union Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha has not gone delusional.
- Will Doha Open Window For Non-Trade Issues? (Business Line, Sandeep Singh, Dec 04, 2001)
INDIA has reasons to celebrate after securing major gains in the hard fought agenda of the fourth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organisation.
- What Next After Doha? (Business Line, K. Prabhakaran Nair, Dec 04, 2001)
WHEN the curtain fell on the WTO Ministerial at Doha, there were mixed feelings.
- `Financial Reforms Have Worked, But Rigidities Persist' (Business Line, P. Devarajan, Dec 04, 2001)
Dr Yaga Venugopal Reddy is the only central banker who comes out of his chamber to escort visitors with a warm laugh and a big hullo.
- Leveraging India's Tourism Potential (Business Line, Gautam Murthy, Dec 04, 2001)
INDIA, once considered the land of ``snake charmers'' is today known in the West as a land of ``mouse movers'' with proven prowess in information technology.
- Time Ripe For Opening Defence Industry To Private Players (The Financial Express, Ranjit B Rai and P K Jain, Dec 04, 2001)
The Indian Navy knows it has a friend in George Fernandes, who is back as defence minister.
- Sunset For Enron, Sunrise For Maharashtra (The Financial Express, Kandula Subramaniam, Dec 04, 2001)
PENNSYLVANIA: Newspaper headlines over the past two days are related to the collapse of Houston-based energy giant Enron.
- A Classroom Of One’s Own (Indian Express, Megha Bahree, Dec 04, 2001)
Education matters. I was surprised to see the thousands who had camped at Delhi’s Ram Lila grounds on November 30.
- Strengthening The Basmati Case (Business Line, P. Krishna Rao, Dec 04, 2001)
THERE are conflicting reports on the 'success' of the Indian Government in protecting Basmati from patent piracy.
- Sinha’s Nightmares (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 04, 2001)
FINANCE Minister Yashwant Sinha, a born-again optimist and the original feel-good-factor votary, is under intense work place stress. He admits that the government faces a full-blown fiscal crisis.
- Sensitising Officials - Ii (Hindu, P. Radhakrishnan, Dec 04, 2001)
AS THE effective implementation of the measures of the first two categories (political and educational reservation) is a necessary (though not sufficient) condition for actualising the measures of the third (job reservation).
- Us Ignores Pak Hand (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Dec 04, 2001)
Scores of Pakistanis, both commissioned and irregular soldiers, are said to have been amongst the many Arabs and Afghans killed in last week’s revolt by Taliban prisoners in the Kala-i-Jangi prison near Mazar-i-Sharif.
- Anything To Win Up (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 04, 2001)
THE Bharatiya Janata Party is literally leaving no stone unturned for winning the assembly elections due in Uttar Pradesh in February next year.
- From Agra To Kathmandu (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Dec 04, 2001)
PROVIDED THE Maoists' revolt in Nepal does not come in the way of the SAARC Summit, a meeting between the Prime Minister, Mr. A. B. Vajpayee, and the Pakistani ruler, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, on its sidelines in Kathmandu is a certainty.
- Northeast Muddle (Telegraph, Mani Shankar Aiyar, Dec 04, 2001)
G eorge Fernandes’ re-induction into the cabinet have implications beyond the Tehelka tapes, extending to the future of the Northeast.
- Karthi’s Winter Bundobust (Tribune, K. Rajbir Deswal, Dec 04, 2001)
THE onset of winter once again brought alive in my memory my friend Karthikeyan, a cool guy who worked in my office.
- Sound, Fury And Significance (Hindu, Sudhanshu Ranade , Dec 04, 2001)
It is odd that the discussion on revising history textbooks has stirred up debate on such abstruse questions as whether it is true that Guru Tegh Bahadur (or the Jats or Shivaji).
- Depths And Surfaces (Telegraph, AVEEK SEN , Dec 04, 2001)
Writing to his brother, Theo, in the early 1880s, Vincent Van Gogh describes himself as “very hard at work” on a series of heads of “the people”.
- Trade Debate (Business Line, K. Ramesh, Dec 04, 2001)
THE Commerce Minister, Mr Murasoli Maran, and his team deserve credit for their efforts at the Fourth Ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organisation in Doha.
- Cloning Human Embryos (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 04, 2001)
THE STUNNING ANNOUNCEMENT that a small Massachusetts-based biotech company cloned human embryos has evoked a predictable storm of protest.
- Swearing By Economic Reforms (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 04, 2001)
THE CURRENT RECKONING is that the Indian economy will hardly be able to achieve a 5 per cent GDP growth during 2001-2002.
- Indo-Canadian Ties Grow From Peacekeeping To Deepening Trade (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Dec 04, 2001)
India and Canada have enjoyed a wide-ranging and broad-based relationship ever since 1947, when India gained independence.
- A Bigger Challenge For Pm (Tribune, P. Raman , Dec 04, 2001)
NO one can any more ignore the strong political undercurrents taking shape in the past few weeks.
- Red Terror (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 04, 2001)
In the land of its origin, Maoism today is not only discredited but also discarded by the Chinese Communist party.
- The Ltte’s War Of Words (Indian Express, T. N. Gopalan, Dec 04, 2001)
Two speeches from the Tamil Tigers camp, one by its London spokesman, the other by its supreme leader, have put Sri Lanka’s spin doctors in a spin.
- Take Full Account Of Each Other’s Needs (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 04, 2001)
In the period until the fifth session, further work in the working group on the relationship between trade and investment will focus on the clarification of scope and definition; transparency.
- Prawns And Other Similarities (Indian Express, Sunil Jain, Dec 03, 2001)
Apart from innumerable mouth-watering varieties of his favourite fish delicacies, when he visits Japan later this week, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee will have several other reasons to feel completely at home.
- Let Quality Prevail (Indian Express, A.J. Philip, Dec 03, 2001)
The Central government has been clever enough not to tie itself in knots while granting children in the 6-14 age group the fundamental right to education under the Constitution (93rd) Amendment Bill, 2001.
- Tickets To Ride (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 03, 2001)
Let no one say the Congress cannot move with the times.
- For An Intolerant Secularism (Hindu, DIPANKAR GUPTA, Dec 03, 2001)
SECULARISM HAS been identified for too long with warm hearts, and soft shoulders. It is about time to break this image as it does not seem to have done much good for the cause of secularism anyway.
- Pwg's Discredited Means (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 03, 2001)
THE MINDLESS AND brutal attacks by naxalites of the People's War Group (PWG) last Thursday on the milk processing unit owned by members of the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Mr. N. Chandrababu Naidu's family.
- Sensitising Officials - I (Hindu, P. Radhakrishnan, Dec 03, 2001)
AS INDIAN society entered into a covenant with itself to be secular, democratic, and egalitarian, encumbered by a heavy socio-cultural baggage of a rigidly caste-based hierarchical structure.
- Gaddafi's Son Comes Calling (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Dec 03, 2001)
NEW DELHI, DEC. 2. Guess who is in the capital this week? Besides a host of American officials who will be here to discuss cooperation in defence, there is one `Engineer' Saiful Islam Muammar Al-Gaddafi.
- War Against People (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 03, 2001)
The recent maelstrom of violence unleashed by the People’s War Group (PWG) in Andhra Pradesh seems to have caught the Chandrababu Naidu government not just unprepared, but totally clueless.
- Back To Cricket (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 03, 2001)
THE LATEST POSITIONS taken by cricket's administrators mark a welcome climb-down from the entrenched positions that threatened to tear the game along its seam.
- Pakistan And Northern Alliance: New ‘Friends’, Older Adversaries (Indian Express, Khaled Ahmed, Dec 03, 2001)
The entry of the Northern Alliance into Kabul has unleashed fears in Pakistan.
- Poto And The Jurisprudence Of Hue And Cry (Tribune, Anupam Gupta, Dec 03, 2001)
“It may be......the duty of a citizen,” said Chief Justice Marshall of the United States, “to accuse every offender, and proclaim every offense which comes to his knowledge;
- A Code For Mps And Mlas (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Dec 03, 2001)
THERE can be no two views on the need to ensure that proceedings in the nations legislatures should be toned up in the sense that members should give a far better account of themselves than has been the case till now.
- For An Intolerant Secularism (Hindu, DIPANKAR GUPTA, Dec 03, 2001)
SECULARISM HAS been identified for too long with warm hearts, and soft shoulders.
- Cricket Short-Changed (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 03, 2001)
There is nothing much to celebrate. Yes, the International Cricket Council and the Board of Control for Cricket in India have reached an agreement that would allow the first of the three Test cricket series between India and England to commence at Mohali.
- Terror Days In Andhra (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 03, 2001)
Naxalites have resumed the violent campaign in Andhra Pradesh with a repackaged plan and heightened ferocity. Their attacks in the past weeks and days proclaim this.
- Assembly Session Or Choreographed Theatre (Tribune, Ram Verma, Dec 03, 2001)
The winter session of the Haryana Assembly opened on November 7 and concluded on November 8. Short and sour, not sweet. Assembly sessions have become a ritual like the Dasehra festival providing fun and fireworks.
- Looking Back In A Lot Of Anger (Telegraph, Monobina Gupta, Dec 03, 2001)
“It’s time to get angry again. In the Female Eunuch I argued that every girl child is conceived as a whole woman, from the time of her birth to her death she is progressively disabled.” — Germaine Greer; The Whole Woman.
- After 17 Years Of Gas Leak Disaster (Tribune, N. D. Sharma, Dec 03, 2001)
Some people are endowed with unbelievable capacity for turning their failures and lapses into an instrument of refurbishing their public image. Few can rival Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijay Singh in this respect.
- A Laymans Look At Us Recession (Business Line, A. V. Swaminathan , Dec 03, 2001)
MISFORTUNES seem to be dogging the American economy.
- The Politics Of Food -- Keeping The Other Half Hungry (Business Line, Devinder Sharma , Dec 03, 2001)
SOME months ago, a few hundred people in the US mostly agricultural scientists signed an AgBioWorld Foundation petition appealing to the seed multinational giant Aventis CropScience to donate some 3,000 tonnes of genetically-engineered experimental rice.
- Vision 2020 -- Why India Has No Silicon Valleys (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Dec 03, 2001)
THE pioneers of the Silicon Valley took a conscious decision not to build closer than 400 feet from the highway.
- Caution, Development In The Making (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 03, 2001)
Modalities for the further commitments, including provisions for special and differential treatment, shall be established no later than 31 March 2003.
- Beggars Form A Union, Demand Free Meals (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 03, 2001)
A newly-formed union of beggars in Raipur has demanded they should be provided free meals at public functions. They have asked the government to register their names in the “below poverty line” list so that they can get some benefit from society.
- Is Paper Manufacturing Feasible In India? (Business Line, T. S. Vishwanath , Dec 03, 2001)
PAPER mills in India manufacture approximately 350 grades of paper, ranging from writing, printing, kraft and poster to coated art paper, newsprint and laser printing.
- Pwg's Discredited Means (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 03, 2001)
THE MINDLESS AND brutal attacks by naxalites of the People's War Group (PWG) last Thursday on the milk processing unit owned by members of the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Mr. N. Chandrababu Naidu's family.
- Growing Trade Potential Calls For Direct Air Link With China (The Financial Express, Rupali Mukherjee, Dec 03, 2001)
While China may soon become a preferred trade destination for India Inc, designated air carriers of both the countries are yet to explore the market potential in that country.
- ‘Engage Early And Vigourously, And Seek Market Access’ (The Financial Express, Rohit Bansal, Dec 03, 2001)
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) expert seems to be in love with India’s forts.
- Japan Joins Community Initiatives In India (The Financial Express, Indu Bhan, Dec 03, 2001)
Last week, the embassy of Japan awarded an assistance of $1,92,531 to three Indian non-governmental organisation (NGOs) to support various projects.
- Back To Cricket (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 03, 2001)
THE LATEST POSITIONS taken by cricket's administrators mark a welcome climb-down from the entrenched positions that threatened to tear the game along its seam.
- Raise Liquidity, But Don’t Make Markets More Risky (The Financial Express, Deena Mehta, Dec 03, 2001)
Individual stock futures, introduced in Indian stock markets recently, are said to be substitutes of badla or Automated Lending and Borrowing Mechanism (ALBM)/Borrowing and Lending Security Scheme (BLESS).
- Unequal Growth Trends In Global Economy (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Dec 03, 2001)
WHY do some countries grow fast and some others lag behind? This question has intrigued economists for long.
- Pakistan And Northern Alliance: New ‘Friends’, Older Adversaries (Indian Express, Khaled Ahmed, Dec 03, 2001)
The entry of the Northern Alliance into Kabul has unleashed fears in Pakistan.
- A Mine Of Problems (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 03, 2001)
UNRESTRICTED ENTRY OF the private sector in coal mining, it appears, is not going to be a reality in the near future.
- Other Side Of Diplomacy (Telegraph, S. L. Rao, Dec 03, 2001)
Like so many of the institutions of the government of India, our foreign service is also modelled on that of the British.
- Reserved Rungs (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 03, 2001)
Amending the Constitution is one thing, turning a provision on its head is quite another.
- The Other Side (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 03, 2001)
The recent visit of the former prime minister of Pakistan, Ms Benazir Bhutto, to India, not surprisingly, generated considerable public and media interest.
- Gaddafi's Son Comes Calling (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Dec 03, 2001)
NEW DELHI, DEC. 2. Guess who is in the capital this week? Besides a host of American officials who will be here to discuss cooperation in defence, there is one `Engineer' Saiful Islam Muammar Al-Gaddafi.
- Sensitising Officials - I (Hindu, P. Radhakrishnan, Dec 03, 2001)
AS INDIAN society entered into a covenant with itself to be secular, democratic, and egalitarian, encumbered by a heavy socio-cultural baggage of a rigidly caste-based hierarchical structure.
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