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Articles 16321 through 16420 of 27558:
- India In Strategy Vacuum (Business Line, P. Krishna Rao, Oct 19, 2001)
EVEN as Afghanistan is pounded by US warplanes, there is consternation in India that its viewpoint on Kashmir has not been adequately endorsed by the American and British leadership.
- Will Aec Shock Ahmedabad Power-Users? (Business Line, Vinod Mathew, Oct 19, 2001)
AHMEDABAD Electricity Company (AEC), arguably the costliest power utility in the country, seems all set to take the tariff for the domestic consumer beyond Rs 5 per unit.
- Finding Expression, At Last -- Voice Of Afghan Women (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Oct 19, 2001)
THE BBC on Tuesday reported two interesting media stories from Afghanistan.
- Privatising Rural Prosperity (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 19, 2001)
AFTER NEARLY FIVE decades of state mandated development planning, vast sections of the population, especially those in the rural areas, continue to lead a life of abject poverty.
- The Unkind Cut For The Middle-Class (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Oct 19, 2001)
IT IS hard times for the middle-class. First came the announcement that administered interest rates will be cut 150 basic points.
- Boosting Economy -- Export Thrust, Rate Cut Won't Help (Business Line, A. S. Firoz, Oct 19, 2001)
WHETHER the RBI would cut interest rates in its forthcoming Credit Policy, a certainty till a few days back, is now under a cloud, as the Finance Minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha, seems to have seen the limitations of this measure as an economy booster.
- Cmie Slashes Export Growth Forecast From 7% To 1% This Fiscal (The Financial Express, P Vinod Kumar, Oct 19, 2001)
Union commerce minister Murasoli Maran seems to be a die-hard optimist. “There is no need to revise our target”, Mr Maran was quoted as saying at the Economic Editors Conference held in New Delhi the other day.
- The Feint In Policy Debate Is A Matter Of Interest (The Financial Express, R K Roy, Oct 19, 2001)
A decade ago, under Fund-Bank inspiration, the policy of keeping the interest on government borrowings on the low side drew severe flak.
- Afghanistan Looks To Its Once And Future Ruler (Indian Express, Tina Susman, Oct 18, 2001)
Former king Mohammad Zahir Shah’s exit from his land was followed by a run of instability and blood-letting that still hasn’t stopped. Yet, many Afghans don’t seem enthused by his return.
- We Live Under Masks (Tribune, V.K. Kapoor, Oct 18, 2001)
IN life we deal with momentum perceptions, skill levels, with logic, hope and emotion.
- Don’t Shoot Down Al-Jazeera, Its Message Makes It Worth The Watch (Indian Express, S. Abdallah Schleifer, Oct 18, 2001)
WHY is Al-Jazeera, the 24-hour all-news satellite television channel transmitting from Qatar — a small, relatively obscure Gulf Emirate — so powerful that it is becoming a player in the war in Afghanistan?
- Tada By Another Name (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 18, 2001)
There is no substitute to meticulous policing.
- A King In Demand (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 18, 2001)
Contrary to the tide of history that has made monarchs an almost extinct species, the exiled 87-year-old king of Afghanistan, Zahir Shah, has suddenly found himself being called in from the cold.
- Muslim Rage Is For Real (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 18, 2001)
THE ‘‘Muslim rage’’ goes unnoticed unless expressed stridently.
- Vandalism At The Taj (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 18, 2001)
THE ACTS OF vandalism perpetrated on the premises of the Taj Mahal last Sunday by some elements of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, which have prompted judicial intervention, are extremely disturbing for two reasons.
- Loss Of Leverage For India (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Oct 18, 2001)
It was a painful experience - during a recent visit abroad, especially the four weeks in the U.K. after September 11 - to find India almost completely missing in the media focus on terrorism or the debates on diverse issues arising out of it.
- Caste, Race And Sociologists - I (Hindu, Gail Omvedt , Oct 18, 2001)
The Durban conference has brought forward the barrenness of contemporary social sciences, especially sociology, in providing genuine intellectual input on the issue of caste and race.
- Stirring The Communal Cauldron (Hindu, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Oct 18, 2001)
A SERIES of recent events ought to awaken all those who had been lulled into complacency by the fact that the BJP appeared to have been acting as if it were a moderate party at the centre of the ideological spectrum.
- The Terrorism Ordinance (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 18, 2001)
THE UNION CABINET'S approval of the promulgation of an ordinance to combat terrorism paves the way for the law enforcing agencies to be armed with additional powers to tackle the scourge.
- India’s Edible Oil Imports May Slow Down In Near Term (The Financial Express, Atul Prakash, Oct 18, 2001)
Mumbai: Edible oil imports into India, the world’s largest buyer, are likely to fall in the short term as new crop arrivals offset higher demand, a leading industry official said on Wednesday.
- How Free Will The Competition Commission Be? (The Financial Express, Pradeep S. Mehta, Oct 18, 2001)
In late 1998, when firms of Pakistan increased the price of cement bags by about 75 per cent overnight, the Monopoly Control Authority (MCA) of Pakistan investigated and discovered a cartel.
- Tea Industry In Crisis: Has Corporate Farming Failed? (The Financial Express, Ashok B Sharma, Oct 18, 2001)
The domestic tea industry is in the midst of a crisis with exports falling in the face of increasing global demand, decline in profit levels and large accumulation of stocks.
- What Is Faith? (Indian Express, Lata Mani, Oct 18, 2001)
FAITH comes gradually to most people. It is rather like a day dawning. Light begins to disperse the darkness, and over the course of a few hours dispels it altogether.
- Does Us Have The Medicine? (Business Line, Menka Shivdasani , Oct 18, 2001)
STAND down, India and Pakistan, especially India because you are no use to us, while Pakistan is, even if it is aiding and abetting what you ill-informed people call terrorists in Kashmir.
- Pervez Musharraf’s Next Year (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Oct 18, 2001)
ON October 12, when the ongoing U.S.-led bombing of the Taliban in Afghanistan was in its fifth day, Pakistan’s military ruler and self-appointed President, General Pervez Musharraf, celebrated the second anniversary of his coup.
- Tada In New Garb (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 18, 2001)
PARENTS of most pre-school children have had this experience. Whenever they tell the young ones that they are short of money, the innocent reply is: "Why don't we print more notes?"
- Sinha Is Pessimistic (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 18, 2001)
IT does not come easy to Union Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha to admit problems in his Ministry’s working.
- Welcome To The Land Of The Politically Unequal (Telegraph, Sanjay Kumar, Oct 18, 2001)
There has been a lot of hullabaloo and endless controversy whenever the bill for the reservation of seats for women in the legislature has been introduced in Parliament.
- Fatal Flaw In The High Command (Telegraph, P.K. Vasudeva, Oct 18, 2001)
The attacks on civilians by militants have made the lives of the Kashmiri people insecure.
- Snags And Contradictions (Telegraph, SHAM LAL , Oct 18, 2001)
Never before has America been in the grip of such fear and panic.
- Shah Bano Law Revisited (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 18, 2001)
FOR an extremist like Shahi Imam supporting the jehad call, we are lucky that there is also a moderate like Shabana Azmi opposing it.
- Questionable Package (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 18, 2001)
There is now a warlike situation in the state. In other words, the counter insurgency is on the verge of taking the shape of guerrilla warfare.
- Strategic Partner (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 18, 2001)
The secretary of state of the United States of America, Mr Colin Powell has performed a balancing act during his visits to India and Pakistan.
- The Learning Organisation: Getting Business Value From Knowledge (The Financial Express, Alok Khandelwal, Oct 18, 2001)
“An organization...learns faster and better than competitors through benchmarking...through sharing and implementing best practices...by learning from experience, and through continuous learning and personal growth.”
- High-Flying Plans (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 18, 2001)
On paper, the “proactive package” announced by the government for Kashmir looks effective. But in actual practice, it is only another piece of rhetoric.
- His Crusade Is For Rights Of Arrested (Indian Express, Maureen Tkacik, Oct 17, 2001)
Inside a small mosque in the San Diego suburb of La Mesa, near where a group of men have set aside their shoes for evening prayer, attorney Randall B. Hamud has left what amounts to both a business card and a sign of the times.
- Action Where It Matters Most (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 17, 2001)
Support community activities such as dissemination of IEC material, including leaflets and posters, and promotion of folk jatras, songs and dances to promote healthy mother and healthy baby messages.
- Both Judge And Jury (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 17, 2001)
Commission of Inquiry? Call it De-commission of Inquiry.
- Global Defence Spending Set To Increase (The Financial Express, Ranjit B Rai and P K Jain, Oct 17, 2001)
The dastardly unconventional attacks of September 11 in the United States killed over 6,000 innocents in New York and caused losses of billions of dollars the world over.
- A Rich Language, Though Unknown (Telegraph, Sudhir Kumar Mishra, Oct 17, 2001)
After Jharkhand, the neglect of Maithili and Mithilanchal once again seems have become a major political issue, not only in Bihar, but also in Jharkhand.
- Heart Of The Money Matter (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Oct 17, 2001)
A key missing link in India’s post-September 11 dealings with the Bush administration has been the will and the wherewithal to aggressively pursue joint efforts to cap the money trail from rich Islamic states.
- Time To Act (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 17, 2001)
Terrorists or militants are a constant threat even to a country where they have bases for their subversive activities.
- India And Pakistan Should Stop Playing Politics On The Hoof (The Financial Express, Kuldip Nayar, Oct 17, 2001)
This is the worst of times. This is also the best of times. Both New Delhi and Islamabad should utilise the opportunity to come closer.
- How This War Has Entered My Life (Indian Express, Seema Alavi, Oct 17, 2001)
AS an adolescent, I lived in the liberal atmosphere of Lucknow’s service gentry society.
- Border Skirmish Or Tension? (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 17, 2001)
THERE is more to the Indian shelling across the border in two sectors across the Kashmir valley than meets the eye. It could be a routine local affair, an assertive commander repaying Pakistan firing in kind.
- Hindus In Bangladesh (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 17, 2001)
REPORT of attacks on Hindus in pockets of Bangladesh should not be treated as an internal problem of that country.
- India’s Strained Foreign Policy (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Oct 17, 2001)
JAWAHARLAL Nehru, the architect of India’s foreign policy, based it on the three pillars of socialism, nonalignment and secularism. Socialism, in particular the communist variant of it, is now in almost universal disrepute.
- Need For Restraint (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 17, 2001)
THE INTENSIVE SHELLING of some Pakistani military positions by the Indian Army on Monday night has exposed the fragility of the Vajpayee administration's strategic thinking on the Kashmir issue in the present volatile international situation.
- Identifying Real Backwards And Dalits (Tribune, Pradeep Kumar, Oct 17, 2001)
A report of the Social Justice Committee set up by the UP Government to identify castes among the backwards and the Dalits who have actually cornered major benefits of the reservation policy in the last few decades.
- Look Beyond Wagah And Up (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 17, 2001)
We have more Muslims than Pakistan, sell this to Powell.
- A New Digital Sign Language Makes An Entry (The Financial Express, Anamika, Oct 17, 2001)
The rapid development of information and communication technologies over the past decade has revolutionised both business and individual practices.
- Diseased War (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 17, 2001)
The danger of biological weapons being used by terrorist groups is no longer a figment of the imagination of science fiction writers.
- Global Coalition Later, Home Front Now (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Oct 17, 2001)
THE latest statement from the Osama bin Laden network, the al Qaeda which has not been refuted puts on record what the rest of Indians had suspected and Kashmiris had always known.
- Personal Secretariats (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 17, 2001)
IN any organisation, irrespective of whether it is part of government or private or public sector, the personal secretariat of its head occupies a pivotal position.
- Can Economics Blend Identities And Avoid Clashes? (Business Line, P. R. Brahmananda , Oct 17, 2001)
THE Nobel Committee, in awarding the literature prize to Sir Vidyadhar Naipaul, has referred appreciatingly to his portrayal of suppressed civilisations.
- One Grand Conspiracy (Hindu, Harish Khare , Oct 17, 2001)
THE ENGLISH language does not provide us with a word that would do for ``murder of republican virtues''.
- Pro-Active Firing (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 17, 2001)
Troubled times do not mean Pakistan can take advantage.
- Shepherding The Media (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 17, 2001)
REPORTING A WAR throws up several challenges to the media. More than during normal times two basic attributes are put to ruthless examination with every military escalation:
- 'Restoration Of King George' (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Oct 17, 2001)
As a subject of heated discussion, it has overtaken the war in Afghanistan, the U.S. Secretary of State, Gen. Colin Powell's visit to the sub-continent, the latest fashion show in the capital and even the newest romance in Bollywood.
- A New Wto Round Now Almost Certain (Hindu, C. Rammanohar Reddy, Oct 17, 2001)
CHENNAI, OCT. 16. The message from last weekend's `informal ministerial' meeting of the World Trade Organisation in Singapore is that the launch of a new round of negotiations is now almost a certainty.
- Clueless Despite The Clues (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 17, 2001)
Had the CIA and FBI looked more closely, they would have found clues to prevent September 11 in the rubble of the recent bombings of the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania and the USS Cole
- Civil Liberties Endangered (Hindu, Rajindar Sachar , Oct 17, 2001)
IN THE aftermath of the terrorist attacks in the U.S., the Union Home Ministry is thinking of quietly slipping in by ordinance the Prevention of Terrorism Bill, 2000.
- Cave-Bound, Generally Speaking (Indian Express, Harinder Sikka, Oct 17, 2001)
General Pervez Musharraf would have learnt by now that it is not easy to live by the sword.
- Still Under A Cloud (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 16, 2001)
THE RE-INDUCTION OF Mr. George Fernandes as the Defence Minister, without waiting for the findings of the Venkataswami Commission currently going into the defence purchases-related Tehelka expose.
- How Terrorists Slipped Through The Cracks In Us Intelligence (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 16, 2001)
The first of this two-part series retraces the path taken by of Al Qaeda operatives as they entered the United States, destruction on their mind and bombs and blueprints for spectacular attacks in their baggage.
- On The Rampage (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 16, 2001)
THAT today's youth are tomorrow's leaders is a statement repeated at least a million times by mike-happy politicians of all hues and kinds. In a way, they are right as well.
- Guru Tegh Bahadur's Martyrdom (Hindu, Satish Chandra, Oct 16, 2001)
RECENTLY, A section among the Sikhs has been led to believe that the account in the NCERT's textbook, Medieval India, meant for class XI has cast serious aspersions on the patriotism of Guru Tegh Bahadur and has presented facts in a distorted manner.
- Shanghai Greets With A Smile, Hides Inconveniences (The Financial Express, Tiffany Wu, Oct 16, 2001)
Shanghai greeted a week of Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation (Apec) meetings on Monday with smiles despite the significant inconveniences imposed by a massive security operation made even tighter since the September 11 attacks in the US.
- Now For The Booster Dose (Telegraph, Ashis Chakrabarti, Oct 16, 2001)
Among the many failures of the left’s long rule in West Bengal, those in education and healthcare have been the most glaring.
- Why The Media Loves A Good Fundamentalist (Indian Express, Rajdeep Sardesai, Oct 16, 2001)
A FEW days after the September 11 attacks, the Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid held a press conference to express his solidarity with the Taliban and Osama bin laden, who he said were being unjustly blamed for the terror campaign.
- On Permanent Alert (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 16, 2001)
These are difficult times for the easily terrified.
- Outright Mischief (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 16, 2001)
Al-Qaeda’s reference to Kashmir is a self-serving exercise.
- Emerging Dilemmas In Afghanistan (Hindu, V. R. Raghavan , Oct 16, 2001)
THE MILITARY campaign in Afghanistan has commenced on expected lines and is proceeding rapidly towards dilemmas instead of victory.
- Ways To Keep Poverty At Bay (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Oct 16, 2001)
ONE thought that chronic hunger in some sections of the population was a peculiarly Indian problem. Not so. It is still an Asian malaise, not just a South Asian malaise.
- Indo-Italian Trade Ties Move Toward Non-Traditional Items (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Oct 16, 2001)
Italy is the fifth largest economy in the world which is marked by a strong services and industrial sector and predominance of dynamic family-owned small and medium enterprises. It’s foreign trade value is estimated at $440 billion.
- Poverty Of Effort (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 16, 2001)
It is now known that 60 lakh tons of foodgrains are rotting in the Food Corporation of India granaries.
- Germs Of War (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 16, 2001)
THE LATEST THREATS of possible, but not yet definitively established, connections between germs and terror tactics should not be allowed to cloud logical reasoning and the preparedness of public health authorities across the world.
- Exports: Needed, Urgent And Committed Policy Action (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Oct 16, 2001)
EXPORT as an engine for growth, export-led growth and `export or perish' with their intense connotations might have sounded serious mottos to developing countries intent on increasing their share of export in global trade.
- Capital Market: A Pervading Sense Of Despair (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Oct 16, 2001)
AFTER nearly a decade of reforms and furious efforts by policy-makers to put in place international best practices, the Indian capital market presents a dismal picture.
- Not An Excess Of Activity At All (Telegraph, NIRMALENDU BIKASH RAKSHIT , Oct 16, 2001)
In a momentous judgment, the Supreme Court has recently shown that it is duty-bound to take sides with the poor people and it can rigorously direct the ruling authorities to take proper measures in the interests of the underprivileged.
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