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Articles 14721 through 14820 of 27558:
- Pointless Posturing By Icc (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 30, 2001)
ANY person who places a bet on Virendra Sehwag playing for India in the Mohali Test against England stands a good chance of becoming a millionaire.
- Removing Poverty For Real Human Development (Business Line, P. P. Sangal , Nov 29, 2001)
THE Human Development Report 2001 has highlighted the plight of the rural poor in India.
- A Twister In The Tale (Business Line, Peter Bartram, Nov 29, 2001)
WHATS the weather like? This may sound like a casual enquiry now, but it could become a loaded question over the next few years.
- A Spin Ball Called Sehwag (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 29, 2001)
Cussedness seems to have won over common sense.
- Indian Teenagers Start It At The Age Of 20 (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 29, 2001)
Indian teenagers tend to protect their virginity more than other nationals and the average age for a sexual experience in India is 20.3, according to a global survey.
- Saboteurs At Large (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 29, 2001)
Michael Mascarenhas is indeed lucky that the Central Bureau of Investigation has found nothing to indict him in the case in which he was suspended from the post of managing director of Air-India.
- Man Behind The Iron Bars (Telegraph, MADHUSHREE C. BHOWMIK, Nov 29, 2001)
Barely two days before Laloo Prasad Yadav’s ill-fated journey to Jharkhand, a soothsayer near the Patna bus-stand predicted doom.
- Copter Controversy (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 29, 2001)
The controversy about a US surveillance helicopter flying over Chennai airspace has come at a time when relations between the two countries are just coming out of a downswing.
- Pm And Parivar’s Agenda (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Nov 29, 2001)
There is nothing secret about the “secret” of the survival, over the last 44 months, of the fractious and depressingly ineffectual 24-party ruling coalition, grandiosely called the National Democratic Alliance (NDA).
- Back To Square One In Nepal (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 29, 2001)
The recrudescence of violence perpetrated by Maoist guerrillas in Nepal that claimed the lives of over 250 people in the last four days.
- Tibetans’ Number Problem (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 29, 2001)
That the Tibetan refugees in India, like any other uprooted people, yearn for going back to their homeland at the first available opportunity is well known.
- Anti-Political Politics (Hindu, Jayadeva Uyangoda, Nov 29, 2001)
LESS THAN two weeks before the December 5 parliamentary polls, Sri Lanka's two main contenders for power - the ruling People's Alliance (PA).
- Some Clarity, Please (Indian Express, J. N. Dixit , Nov 29, 2001)
The most accomplished foreign minister/diplomatist in contemporary history was Charles Maurice Tallyrand (1754-1838).
- Nam Japna Is The Key To Peace (Tribune, Onkar Singh, Nov 29, 2001)
In these troubled times of a global war on terrorism and widespread destruction of life and property, the key to peace is Nam Japna or recitation of the Divine name by the hapless mortal, thereby invoking God’s mercy to curb the beastly propensity of man.
- ‘Musharraf Weaker After Kabul’s Fall’ (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Nov 29, 2001)
Benazir Bhutto makes no secret of the fact that she wants to return to Pakistan. And wants desperately to fill the political vacuum there, particularly since General Pervez Musharraf seems to be on a weak wicket.
- The Chinese Economic Miracle (Business Line, Alok Ray, Nov 29, 2001)
BY NOW there is a general consensus that the Chinese economic performance since 1978 (when reforms officially started under Chairman Deng).
- Foundation For Foreign Funds (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 29, 2001)
THE GOVERNMENT CONTINUES to view foreign investments in the housing sector with suspicion, if the latest draft policy is any guide.
- Indo-Nepal Relations Need To Look Beyond Trade Treaty (The Financial Express, Ashok B Sharma, Nov 29, 2001)
The existing Indo-Nepal Trade Treaty expires on December 6. There is, therefore, a need to have an appropriate trade treaty.
- The Unfolding Situation In Afghanistan (Hindu, T. Sreedhar, Nov 29, 2001)
THE SPECTACULAR victory of the U.S.-led grand alliance against the Taliban-Al-Qaeda combine indicates that America has perfected the air-land battle even in as hostile a terrain as Afghanistan.
- ‘We Must Give India Mfn Status, But With A New Name’ (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Nov 29, 2001)
An avalanche of interviews has left the former prime minister nursing her throat. But how could she complain!
- Politics And Terror In Nepal (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 29, 2001)
THE INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENT seems to have encouraged the Nepalese Government to take a stern view of the Maoist rebels of the Himalayan kingdom at the present moment.
- Bring Them To Book (Business Line, S. Murlidharan , Nov 29, 2001)
SECTION 227(1A) of the Companies Act, 1956 calls upon the auditor of a company to affirm whether cash has indeed been received where shares have been proclaimed to have been allotted for cash.
- Jobs, Anyone? (Indian Express, Anuradha Raman, Nov 29, 2001)
The half-page advertisement last week in a national daily almost had everyone reaching out for their curriculum vitae.
- A Pledge For The Sake Of A Better Future (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 29, 2001)
We reaffirm the right of members under the General Agreement on Trade in Services to regulate, and to introduce new regulations on, the supply of services.
- Shed Excess Baggage (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 29, 2001)
The former chief minister of West Bengal, Jyoti Basu, complained in public before the last assembly elections that he was not posted with developments on the law and order front in the Midnapore-Hooghly-Bankura belt at an appropriate time.
- Religious Intolerance A La Taliban Will Not Work In Today’s World (The Financial Express, Kuldip Nayar, Nov 29, 2001)
Comparisons are odious. Still the defeat of the Taliban may have as much effect on the world, particularly on countries neighbouring Afghanistan, as the September 11 carnage had on America and the West.
- Should He Get The Chief’s Ticket? (Telegraph, DEBAKI NANDAN MANDAL, Nov 29, 2001)
In the major reshuffle of secretaries to the new Left Front government that came to power last July, the chief secretary and the home secretary were left out.
- Laloo's Gimmicks (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 29, 2001)
BY ORCHESTRATING THE public display of mass following and gathering a crowd around the CBI Special Court premises in Ranchi, the RJD chief and former Bihar Chief Minister, Mr. Laloo Prasad Yadav, has only confirmed his customary brazen behaviour.
- Talking Point (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 29, 2001)
There can be no meaningful dialogue without an atmosphere of trust.
- Salaries That Are Hard To Swallow (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Nov 29, 2001)
While much of what is happening these days in New Delhi is believed to be influenced by the impending elections in Uttar Pradesh, the news from Lucknow is about a funny legal dilemma suddenly faced by the BJP MLAs.
- The Most Basic Instinct (Telegraph, Bhaskar Ghose, Nov 29, 2001)
Theatre is one of those forms of expression and communication that have fascinated and intrigued people all over the world for centuries;
- New Urea Retention Prices Defy Normative Principle (Business Line, Uttam Gupta , Nov 29, 2001)
THE recent downward revision in the retention prices of 13 urea manufacturing units by the Department Fertilisers with retrospective effect from April 12000.
- Necessary Evil (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 28, 2001)
Other than policy changes, budgets are about Central government revenue and expenditure, with taxation as a major component of the former.
- Extreme Measures (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 28, 2001)
It is always good policy to face up to a challenge rather than pretend it does not exist.
- Rules And Transgressions -- Punishment Without Appeal? (Business Line, P. R. Brahmananda , Nov 28, 2001)
ACCORDING to the theory of utilitarianism, society is governed by a set of rules that are expected to yield greater utility to individuals in a society than would have been the case without the rules.
- Non-Enforceable Duties (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 28, 2001)
THE ENFORCEABILITY OF Fundamental Duties enumerated in the Constitution, a question under the consideration of the Supreme Court.
- Osama’s One Asset: Afghan Winter (Indian Express, Ajey Lele, Nov 28, 2001)
Climatic conditions are among the important factors that influence the outcome of military action, as is being borne out by USA’s military campaign currently underway in Afghanistan.
- Their Love Affair With Death (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Nov 28, 2001)
“I love death more than you love life,” said al Qaida leader, Osama bin Laden, in a recent interview, clearly convinced that this gave him moral superiority over the whole of Western civilization.
- Air War And Ground Reality (Telegraph, V. R. Raghavan , Nov 28, 2001)
The ground offensive of the Northern Alliance has quickly cleared most of Afghanistan from the control of the taliban.
- Just One Ahead (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 28, 2001)
Fukuyama fears that they are. “Certainly the group of people willing to go on suicide missions against the US is tiny.
- Contradictions In Anti-Americanism (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Nov 28, 2001)
HOW does President George W. Bush’s “war against terror” look from the Arabian Gulf? While Dubai preens itself as the modern hub of commerce and entrepot trade, it suffers from the September 11 events like the rest of the world.
- Sleep Paralysis Is Very Common (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 28, 2001)
Sleep paralysis is perhaps one of the last closet conditions. Few admit they have it for fear of being labelled mentally ill or scaring off potential friends and lovers.
- The Last Time He Handled Afghanistan, He Quit (Indian Express, William Orme, Nov 28, 2001)
The last time Lakhdar Brahimi had the job of special envoy to Afghanistan, he quit in disgust.
- Cloned Embryos (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 28, 2001)
SOON after the cloning of the sheep Dolly, the next logical step has been taken. American scientists have announced their success in producing first-ever human embryos.
- Women, Left Out In The Cold (Indian Express, Ajit Kumar Jha, Nov 28, 2001)
Its women’s wing has increased membership by the lakhs. Yet, the CPM’s decision-making body has kept women at arms’s length.
- ‘Uti’s Brand Equity Will Be Attractive If Encashed Now’ (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Nov 28, 2001)
It has been almost a month since the Malegam Committee Report was thrown open for public debate by the Board of Trustees of the Unit Trust of India (UTI).
- Haryana Yet To Implement Sc Order On Homes For Quarry Workers (The Financial Express, C. R. Rathee, Nov 28, 2001)
Migrant workers employed in the stone quarries on the Faridabad ridge in Haryana may not get a roof for their families in the foreseeable future despite the Supreme Court directive to the state government to construct dwelling units.
- Will The Benazir Charm Work? (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Nov 28, 2001)
IT IS not going to endear her to Islamabad, but Ms Benazir Bhutto, the ousted and discredited former Prime Minister of Pakistan, is doing a creditable job in New Delhi of walking the tightrope on Indo-Pak relations.
- The Endgame Begins (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 28, 2001)
All’s well that ends in a popular government in Kabul.
- Pushing The Poto (Hindu, Kuldip Nayar, Nov 28, 2001)
I THOUGHT we had closed the chapter on the right to stay free.
- My Little Acts Of Honesty (Tribune, M. K. Kohli, Nov 28, 2001)
One day, I was evaluating answer-books of a university examination. The test instalment had to be sent to the head examiner within 24 hours.
- India Has No Reason To Be Afraid Of ‘Competition’? (The Financial Express, Pradeep S. Mehta, Nov 28, 2001)
In the context of a multilateral competition policy, the Doha Ministerial Declaration notes:
- Fund Diversion In Punjab (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 28, 2001)
WHILE a large number of farmers in Punjab are awaiting payments for the paddy procured by the state agencies.
- Nepal’s (And India’s) Crisis (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 28, 2001)
IT is emergency time in Nepal, like what India went through between 1975 and 1977.
- All For Healthy Trade Relations (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 28, 2001)
The multilateral trading system embodied in the World Trade Organization has contributed significantly to economic growth, development and employment throughout the past 50 years.
- Web Of Complicities (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Nov 28, 2001)
The Central Board of Secondary Education’s recent directive to change the content of history text books in schools has once again alerted us to the ideological maliciousness.
- Shed The Ideological Baggage (Indian Express, Ram Punyani, Nov 28, 2001)
The CBSE has ordered the deletion of certain portions from the history books with the instruction that these should neither be taught nor discussed in the class.
- Making Dreams Turn Real (Tribune, Reeta Sharma, Nov 28, 2001)
For ages Mumbai has been the ultimate destination for every creative and talented person who dreamt of making a name one day on the national scene.
- Focus Shifts To Nepal (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Nov 28, 2001)
For nearly seven weeks this country's attention has understandably been focussed almost completely on the ongoing war on terrorism in Afghanistan.
- Sonia’s Comfort (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 28, 2001)
Sonia Gandhi’s comfort level with CPI(M) leader Somnath Chatterjee is growing with every Parliament session. And she’s not shy of showing it.
- Seamless Supply Chain -- Handling Materials The Smarter Way (Business Line, T. V. Hariharan, Nov 28, 2001)
WITH the end of the permit-licence raj, the endless waiting on the corridors of DGTD, CCI & E and such other power centres is now a thing of the past.
- A War Without Rules? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 28, 2001)
AMERICA'S MILITARY `CAMPAIGN' against international terror seems to have acquired the proportions of a war without rules on the rugged terrain of Afghanistan.
- Minimum Support Prices -- Reinforce, Reform And Expand (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Nov 28, 2001)
IT IS IMPORTANT to eliminate obstacles to economic growth. It is more important to reinforce policies that promote economic confidence and growth.
- Faith, Reason And Fundamentalism (Hindu, S. S. Gill, Nov 28, 2001)
EVERY RULING class re-writes history in the light of its ideological agenda, and the BJP's ongoing programme to recast the school syllabus for social sciences is no exception.
- Getting Out Of The Crunch (Telegraph, S. Venkitaramanan , Nov 28, 2001)
The future of the development financial institutions is a subject of intense debate.
- The Trade-Labour Linkage Is Not ‘Dead’ As Yet (The Financial Express, Pradeep S. Mehta, Nov 27, 2001)
“Show me one piece of evidence where any government has asked for a social clause in the WTO, except when Bill Clinton asked for such an arrangement at Seattle”, said Pascal Lamy.
- How To Overcome The Unending Recession (Tribune, R. N. Malik, Nov 27, 2001)
DESPITE the media concentration on the war in Afghanistan, the unending recession in India continues to hog the headlines. A recent World Bank report said the last thing on this issue:
- Economy: Cost Of Inaction (Tribune, P. Raman , Nov 27, 2001)
INDIAN economy is now in its worst crisis since Independence. Except inflation, every other economic indicator signals the impending disaster. Nothing is moving. No one in the industry is sure of what will happen in the coming years.
- Drop Nobel Name From Economics Prize (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 27, 2001)
As preparations to mark the 100th anniversary of the first Nobel prizes head into the final stretch, four members of the Nobel family have called for the name to be dropped from the economics prize.
- Financing Hurdles For Developing Countries (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Nov 27, 2001)
DEVELOPING countries face the grim prospects of a sharp fall in exports with increase in current account deficits, a substantial decline in private capital flows with official financing continuing at lowest levels.
- Cementing Time (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 27, 2001)
THE RECENT STRATEGIC alliance resulting from Grasim buying a 10 per cent stake in L & T carries forward the structural changes that the cementdomestic cement industry has been witnessing in the last four years or so.
- Food Distribution And Growth-Equity Linkages (Business Line, N.A.Mujumdar, Nov 27, 2001)
THE total quantity of foodgrains with the public sector soared to 62 million tonnes in June 2001, compared to 42 million tonnes a year ago.
- A Promising Future For Korea’s Positive Investment Strategy In India (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Nov 27, 2001)
In ancient times, Korean knowledge of, and linkages with, India were based on Buddhism, which travelled to Korea via China and directly. Other than that, contacts were few.
- Mischief In The Northeast (Indian Express, Mani Shankar Aiyar, Nov 27, 2001)
Arun Shourie, Minister for the Northeast, took such umbrage at my describing him as ‘minister for mischief’ that he stormed into the Lok Sabha last week denouncing me for ‘calumny’.
- Help Them To Come To The Forefront (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 27, 2001)
The existing legislative structure will be reviewed and additional legislative measures taken by identified departments to implement the policy.
- Two Cultures And A Half (Telegraph, DIPANKAR GUPTA, Nov 27, 2001)
The distinction between faith and science is quite old. It extends back to medieval scholars who had agreed upon the fact that both were valid sources of knowledge.
- Survival Kit (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 27, 2001)
The outcry that agriculture has remained tax-free and should therefore be brought into the tax-net is thus ill-founded, particularly with regard to sugarcane production.
- A Sorry Reflection (Telegraph, Janaki Nair, Nov 27, 2001)
The choice of glass, sometimes smoked or black, in construction which has become so widespread in Bangalore, has its own perils.
- Communalising Crafts (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 27, 2001)
THE NDA government, accused of Talibanising education, has exposed itself to another serious charge.
- Importance Of Being Bhutto (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 27, 2001)
MS Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan's former Prime Minister in self-imposed exile in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), knows how to remain in focus despite her dwindling popularity at home. She travels a lot, and wherever she goes she speaks what suits her audience
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