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Articles 15821 through 15920 of 27558:
- Time For Good Riddance (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 01, 2001)
THE chief of the UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP), Maj-Gen Hermann Loidolt, has said goodbye to international decorum and personal propriety by making uncivil comments in respect of Kashmir.
- Will Fiscal Expansion Help? (Business Line, S.S. Bhandare, Nov 01, 2001)
THE APPALLING terrorist attack on the United States has sent shock waves across the world.
- Exploring The Available Options (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 01, 2001)
The share of trade in India’s gross domestic product has been low, less than half of southeast Asia’s in the Eighties, or even China’s. Between 1977 and 1986, India’s share of world exports declined from 0.61 per cent to 0.47 per cent.
- Uti Privatised? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 01, 2001)
A good idea but cleaning up markets will take a lot more.
- The General Feels The Pain (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 01, 2001)
As the US warplanes attack the Taliban.
- Pointless Talk (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 01, 2001)
The call of the Pakistan president, Mr Pervez Musharraf, for the resumption of the India-Pakistan dialogue cannot be taken very seriously.
- ‘Changing Cms Is Like Passing The Baton In A Relay Race. It Can Be For The Pm As Well’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 01, 2001)
Jana Krishnamurthy became the BJP president by default, thanks to the Tehelka tapes. But the unassuming Tamil lawyer was quick to find his feet.
- Heart Is Where The Homeland Is (Telegraph, ANURADHA KUMAR, Nov 01, 2001)
For two decades or more, different adivasi groups in Kerala have petitioned and agitated for the return of their land that had been taken over by the new settlers and non-tribals.
- Peace Moves At Panchvati (Indian Express, Arati R. Jerath, Nov 01, 2001)
WHAT’S in a name, one could ask. But Panchvati, the newly constructed auditorium complex at Race Course Road named after Ram’s home-in-exile, seems to have changed the atmospherics between Vajpayee and his estranged Sangh parivar members.
- Kashmir: Why Is Delhi Becoming Shrill? (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Oct 31, 2001)
OBVIOUSLY inspired by the Americans flexing their muscles in Afghanistan, both the Home Minister, Mr L. K. Advani, and surprisingly, the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, are speaking the language of war vis-a-vis Kashmir.
- Poll Violence (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 31, 2001)
The recently held elections to local bodies in Tamil Nadu have brought out a number of ugly features.
- Voters, Not Robots (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 31, 2001)
Don’t change the character of the Upper House.
- Power Shock In Himachal (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 31, 2001)
THE 15 per cent power tariff hike in Himachal Pradesh announced by the state electricity regulatory commission on Monday against the 30 per cent increase sought by the HPSEB will hurt the domestic consumer more than the corporate user.
- Dialogue Helps, But... (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 31, 2001)
SHOULD India and Pakistan hold talks on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session to begin soon in New York? The question is being discussed again after President Pervez Musharraf has expressed his desire “to pick up the threads left at Agra”.
- Diluting Mlas’ Rights (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 31, 2001)
INDIA is taking the wrong route to electoral reforms. Now the emphasis is on stripping the voters, even if they are honourable members of Vidhan Sabhas, of their right to vote according to their choice.
- Exploring The Available Options (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 31, 2001)
The share of trade in India’s gross domestic product has been low, less than half of southeast Asia’s in the Eighties, or even China’s. Between 1977 and 1986, India’s share of world exports declined from 0.61 per cent to 0.47 per cent.
- When Terror Takes The Hawala Route (Indian Express, Ritu Sarin & Sunil Jain, Oct 31, 2001)
Discovered by the US, rediscovered in India: after gangsters, exporters and expatriates, terrorists are lining up to raise funds through the “efficient, cost-effective and private” illegal parallel banking system.
- Terrorists Or Scriptwriters? (Indian Express, Sonia Trikha, Oct 31, 2001)
THIS may come as a surprise to Ariel Sharon but Indian air force base at Avantipora is used to hide Israeli planes in Srinagar.
- Heart Is Where The Homeland Is (Telegraph, ANURADHA KUMAR, Oct 31, 2001)
For two decades or more, different adivasi groups in Kerala have petitioned and agitated for the return of their land that had been taken over by the new settlers and non-tribals.
- Perils Of Dithering (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 31, 2001)
To prevent Talibanisation of Pakistan, the Taliban must go.
- Prodding People To Improve Productivity (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Oct 31, 2001)
FINANCIAL engineering and restructuring have been regarded by many as showy shuffles and superficial manoeuvres that fail to improve the core of corporate business affairs.
- Family Member (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 31, 2001)
The Tribune has been our addiction. It is like a family member. Its growth makes us happy.
- Who Only Stand And Wait (Telegraph, J. N. Dixit , Oct 31, 2001)
Pakistan has again trounced India diplomatically and politically by joining the anti-terrorist campaign of the United States of America.
- Shahi Imam, You’ve Got Mail (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 31, 2001)
The prayer call behoves you, not politics and jihad.
- Sharecroppers, Stoneless Rice And The Nobel (Hindu, Achin Chakraborty, Oct 31, 2001)
THREE AMERICAN economists, George Akerlof, Michael Spence and Joseph Stiglitz, have won the Nobel Prize in economics for their contributions to information economics.
- Pointless Talk (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 31, 2001)
The call of the Pakistan president, Mr Pervez Musharraf, for the resumption of the India-Pakistan dialogue cannot be taken very seriously.
- Liberal, Secular (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 31, 2001)
In my professional life as a journalist, I know of the esteem in which The Tribune is held.
- Remembering Indira Gandhi (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Oct 31, 2001)
On Indira Gandhi's Seventeenth death anniversary, there are intimations of a perceptible change for the better in the public opinion about her.
- The Court And The Political Order (Hindu, Harish Khare , Oct 31, 2001)
TOMORROW THE country will have a new Chief Justice when Mr. Justice A. S. Anand leaves office after a three-year innings.
- In The Shadow Of A Heinous Crime (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 31, 2001)
PAKISTAN'S CIVIL SOCIETY faces a qualitatively new challenge in the aftermath of the gruesome murder of 16 worshippers and a security guard at a church at Bahawalpur in the country's premier province of Punjab on Sunday.
- Universal Prescription (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 31, 2001)
The impending merger of ICICI with its own banking affiliate ICICI Bank, is certain to set off a wave of consolidation within the financial services industry.
- Pakistan Says Debt Relief Will Give Fiscal Space (The Financial Express, Sabyasachi Mita, Oct 31, 2001)
HONG KONG: Pakistan is seeking to convert bilateral debt owed to Paris Club creditors to easier terms and stretch it out over a longer period to provide the economy with some breathing room, its finance minister said on Tuesday.
- In Walled City, Open House On Hawala (Indian Express, Dalip Singh, Oct 31, 2001)
VERY, very long ago, it was the crucible for Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib’s imagination. Today, the bustling blind alley of Balliraman in old Delhi’s Walled City is a favoured hunting ground of hawaladars, as hawala operators are also known.
- Time To Drive Out Satans From The Temples Of Modern India (The Financial Express, Chandra Shekar, Oct 31, 2001)
When you buy petrol, you think you are paying for the cost of fuel and taxes levied by an elected government.
- Kashmir: Why Is Delhi Becoming Shrill? (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Oct 31, 2001)
OBVIOUSLY inspired by the Americans flexing their muscles in Afghanistan, both the Home Minister, Mr L. K. Advani, and surprisingly, the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, are speaking the language of war vis-a-vis Kashmir.
- The Long Journey From Joi Bangla To Zia’s Bangla (The Financial Express, Kuldip Nayar, Oct 31, 2001)
Even if history repeats itself, it is nowhere so true as in Bangladesh. One of the two women, Khaleda Zia and Sheikh Hasina Wajed, alternately come to head the country and indulge in the same rhetoric, make the same promises and weave the same dreams.
- Highly Retrograde (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 31, 2001)
THE UNION CABINET'S decision to initiate a statute change to dispense with the `domicile' qualification for election to the Rajya Sabha is a highly retrogressive one and, worse, it seeks to undermine its Constitution-endowed distinctive character.
- Reputed Daily (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 31, 2001)
The Tribune Group of newspapers has gained tremendous popularity among the people by its unbiased reporting and upholding the rich literary and cultural values of the country.
- Changeover (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 30, 2001)
The Bharatiya Janata Party is determined to get its act together in its most prized states.
- Panic Envy (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 30, 2001)
Terrorists of the ilk of the al Qaida cannot make nuclear weapons on their own, lacking the specialized scientific personnel and the sophisticated equipment that would be needed.
- A Question Of Numbers (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 30, 2001)
A sense of proportion is always useful in times like these. Imagine what it would be like if the current military operations in the Persian Gulf region were taking place just a dozen years ago.
- `Independent Kashmir Not Feasible' -- Syed Ali Shah Geelani, President, Jamaat-E-Islami (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Oct 30, 2001)
DETERMINING their fate through a referendum is the only way to solve the Kashmir problem, says the President of the Jamaat-e-Islami, Syed Ali Shah Geelani.
- The Post-Wtc Peacenik: Soft Words, Softer Stick (Indian Express, Elizabeth Mehren, Oct 30, 2001)
As never before, their dance cards are full. Scholars of peace and diplomacy say that with little effort — and no exaggeration — they could schedule three speaking engagements per night.
- Agriculture Sector In Pakistan Sinks Due To Drought Impact (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Oct 30, 2001)
KARACHI: Pakistan’s key agriculture sector contracted by 2.1 per cent in fiscal 2000-01 (July-June) against an expansion of 6.1 per cent the previous year due to a severe drought, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said on Monday.
- A Blow To Human Rights (Hindu, K. G. Kannabiran, Oct 30, 2001)
The Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance 2001 (POTO) has notified all the militant organisations we have been hearing about all these years operating in Jammu and Kashmir.
- Implementation Ideas For The Foreign Investment Promotion Board (The Financial Express, Rohit Bansal, Oct 30, 2001)
“I’m a big eater, I can only talk over lunch,” declares Hans Christoph von Rohr, 64, as he piles heaps of potato, cheerfully explaining his job as founder chairman of The New German Lander Industrial Investment Council GMBH.
- The Failure Of Indian Diplomacy (The Financial Express, Chanakya , Oct 30, 2001)
Here we are. The whole world knows that Pakistan had nurtured the Taliban.
- This Is No Vietnam (Indian Express, Mini Kapoor, Oct 30, 2001)
These are the days of the ventriloquist. A month and more after a multinational alliance of 19 kamikaze artistes edited the New York City skyline, they have acquired an army of translators.
- Norway And India Share A Lot, But Trade Yet To Reach The Desired Level (The Financial Express, HUMA SIDDQUI, Oct 30, 2001)
For Norway, India is still an untapped market. With over 60 joint ventures in India, it is willing to invest more in this country.
- Death Of An It Project (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 30, 2001)
THE DEATH OF Sankhya Vahini, which is what the withdrawal of the U.S.-based IUNet implies whatever the Department of Telecom Services may claim about reviving it in another form.
- No Islam This (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 30, 2001)
Murderous hordes cannot be allowed right of way in Pakistan.
- Change Of Guard In Bangladesh - Ii (Hindu, Muchkund Dubey , Oct 30, 2001)
ANOTHER MAJOR concern in India is that the BNP's accession to power would adversely affect Indo-Bangladesh relations.
- ‘Us Shouldn’t Hit Where It Hurts Us’ (Indian Express, Husain Haqqani, Oct 30, 2001)
The US must not waver from its avowed target — bringing global terrorism to heel — and its awoved enemy — bin Laden and the Al Qaeda network — if it wants to win the battle of the Muslim mind.
- ‘India Still Miles Away From Making Housing Constitutional Right’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 30, 2001)
He has several path-breaking judgements to his name and credit, on issues as diverse as housing and homosexuality.
- `Independent Kashmir Not Feasible' -- Syed Ali Shah Geelani, President, Jamaat-E-Islami (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Oct 30, 2001)
DETERMINING their fate through a referendum is the only way to solve the Kashmir problem, says the President of the Jamaat-e-Islami, Syed Ali Shah Geelani.
- By George, He Got It Right (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 30, 2001)
Introspection has saved the raksha mantri from himself.
- Indian Textile Industry Fears Ec-Type Us Trade Package For Pak (The Financial Express, Ajit Kumar V, Oct 30, 2001)
The Indian textile industry is apprehensive about the United States extending an European Commission (EC)-like trade package to Pakistan. Going by all available indications, their fear does not seem unfounded.
- Beyond Clones Of Osama (Hindu, Pran Chopra , Oct 30, 2001)
IT IS an irony of our times that the greatest military alliance put together against the kind of terrorism that has swept across the world from Afghanistan has America at its head and Pakistan as its forward base.
- Great Expectations (Business Line, R. Sundaram , Oct 30, 2001)
IN THE aftermath of the Black Tuesday, first, Mr Brijesh Mishra, the man for all seasons from our PMO, goes to the US. Not to be outdone, the country's Cabinet Minister with the drawl follows. Only, the purpose is not clear.
- Creepy Move (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 30, 2001)
THE SEBI DECISION to raise the limit for creeping acquisition from 5 per cent of the paid-up capital to 10 per cent is a setback to enhanced corporate control.
- Abu Salem's Escape (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 30, 2001)
IT IS DISTRESSING that one of the most notorious figures of Mumbai's underworld has been permitted to escape after being detained, possibly as a result of official bungling.
- Relevance Of Pm’s Russian Visit (Tribune, P. Raman , Oct 30, 2001)
MR Atal Behari Vajpayee will be on a four-day visit to Russia beginning Sunday next. From Moscow, he will go to the USA for talks with President George Bush.
- New Great Game In Afghanistan (Tribune, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Oct 30, 2001)
TWO men who need watching so far as Afghanistan’s post-war future is concerned are the errant and enigmatic Foreign Minister, Maulawi Wakil Ahmad Muttawakil, and Commander Jalaluddin Haqqani.
- Cotton Is Not For Burning (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 30, 2001)
COTTON growers in Punjab and Haryana are protesting against the loss of their crop to the American bollworm and demand Rs 10,000 an acre as compensation from the Centre.
- Christians’ Killings: The Lessons (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 30, 2001)
THE shocking massacre of 18 innocent Christians in Pakistan's Bahawalpur on Sunday provides yet another proof of dehumanisation of society in that country.
- Quest For The Moderate Taliban (Telegraph, MANVENDRA SINGH, Oct 30, 2001)
At first it was l’affaire Muttawakil, and now it is the name of Haqqani that is doing the rounds.
- Where It Now Stands (Telegraph, MAHESH RANGARAJAN, Oct 30, 2001)
The 50th anniversary of the foundation of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh was a time to celebrate the ascendancy of the Hindutva movement in the polity.
- Clean-Shaven Nationalism Needs A Beard (Indian Express, Ashok Lal, Oct 30, 2001)
What’s the difference between being terrorised by Shiv Sena or Dawood, Bush or Osama?
- Cotton And A Tale Of Two Cities (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Oct 30, 2001)
The genetic cotton seed issue is creating a furore in Gujarat in particular and western India in general. Behind it is a tale of two cities.
- Fdi: Heeding The China Model (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Oct 30, 2001)
THE Union Commerce and Industry Minister, Mr Murasoli Maran, deftly combined industry and trade in his portfolio since his return to the Union Cabinet under the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in 1999.
- Deregulation Is The Magic Word (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 30, 2001)
Sustained poverty reduction depends on rapid growth in both quantity and quality of labour demand.
- India’s Debt Burden (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 30, 2001)
INDIA is one of the most indebted countries in the world – it owes in all about $ 100.3 billion at March end this year.
- Smile Awhile (Tribune, Raj Chatterjee, Oct 30, 2001)
SOME people have an odd sense of humour. Take, for instance, the DVB which initials stand for the Delhi Vidyut Board, direct descendant of DESU or the Delhi Electric Supply Undertaking all of whose faults it has inherited, and some more.
- No Time For Peace (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 30, 2001)
Talking to insurgents can sometimes be as tortuous for a government as fighting them.
- Change Of Guard In Bangladesh (Hindu, Muchkund Dubey , Oct 29, 2001)
THE WAY the recent parliamentary elections were conducted in Bangladesh once again confirmed its position as one of the largest functioning democracies of the world. On the basis of my observance of the 1996 elections.
- D-School Bottomline, Despite Being Under The Indian State (The Financial Express, Rohit Bansal, Oct 29, 2001)
No one remembers when the main gates of Delhi School of Economics were opened last. Perhaps, that wasn’t too long after 1948, when economist VKRV Rao conceived the school!
- Pipeline Project (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 29, 2001)
The ball had started rolling almost a year back when the previous US congress had recommended Bill Clinton to lift sanctions against India.
- Friends, Maybe Only For Now (Telegraph, N K Pant, Oct 29, 2001)
It is strange that while taking tough and controversial decisions in national interest, governments often conveniently sweep the usual procedural, legal and ethical formalities under the carpet.
- Winnie Mandela’s Nine Lives (Telegraph, ANSU DATTA, Oct 29, 2001)
Once eulogized as “the mother of the nation”, then denounced by some as an inveterate populist and a huge embarrassment to the party.
- Who Wants Charity? (Indian Express, Sanjaya Baru, Oct 29, 2001)
Demand markets, attract investment, forget aid.
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