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Articles 17021 through 17120 of 27558:
- Sound Economy The Only Deliverance (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Sep 10, 2001)
There are finally some signs of governance as the Cabinet is reshuffled and the Prime Minister has started talking tough on matters economic.
- Useless Surpluses (The Economic Times, Norma Louis, Sep 10, 2001)
THE DEBATE that took place on surplus food stocks (ET, September 4) generated much more heat than light on the issue of ‘poverty amidst plenty’.
- Testing Middlescence (Pioneer, Sudhansu Mohanty , Sep 10, 2001)
Two decades into bureaucracy, the Government of India in its wisdom decided that I did a Master's from a foreign university - the University of Ljubljana in the newly created state of Slovenia.
- Personal Law Reform (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 10, 2001)
THE PASSAGE OF the Indian Divorce (Amendment) Bill last week by Parliament is welcome insofar as it incorporates current norms of gender equality into the more than a century old Indian Divorce Act that governs the Christian communities in this country.
- Recipe For Economic Revival (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 10, 2001)
AT THE END of a flurry of meetings last week on how to deal with the present slump in the economy.
- Credibility, Timeliness, Adequacy Of Statistics Key To Good Policy-Making (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 10, 2001)
The industrial sector is one of the important sectors of the economy both in terms of its spread over the economy and its contribution to the generation of income, employment, and foreign exchange earnings.
- Who Does The Small Investor Turn To? (The Financial Express, Harjeet Ahluwalia, Sep 10, 2001)
The chief of a financial institution (FI) was in good spirits as he tried to woo reporters to seek a toning down of their criticism of his organisation.
- Banished (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 10, 2001)
Very few of the 430 may finally end up in Australia, if their claims to be refugees are eventually accepted as valid, but Canberra is promising that most of the “legitimate” ones will go to other countries.
- It Isn’t Just Agnihotri. Ifs Is Losing It On Many Battlefronts (The Financial Express, Rohit Bansal, Sep 10, 2001)
Incredible, but true. RSS chief KS Sudarshan has done a great favour to the Indian Foreign Service (IFS). Unwittingly though.
- Vision 2020 -- Dream Budgets And Real Nightmares (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Sep 10, 2001)
LAST February, the Finance Minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha, produced what was hailed as a `dream Budget'.
- Implementation Issues In The Wto (Hindu, Muchkund Dubey , Sep 10, 2001)
MOST OF the agreements and understandings reached during the Uruguay Round trade negotiations are unequal and unbalanced from the point of view of developing countries.
- Infosys And Microsoft - I (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 10, 2001)
INFOSYS SYMBOLISES the information technology (IT) economy in India.
- Rbi Annual Report, 2000-01 -- Spare Menu Of Solutions (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Sep 10, 2001)
THE RBI's Annual Report for 2000-01 is on expected lines and keeps up its tradition of excellence.
- Crank It Up (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 10, 2001)
WHEN THE PRIME Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, brought in McKinsey for a second opinion on the economy, he probably found that the consultant had precious little to add to what has already been said before.
- Rural Infrastructure Holds The Key (The Economic Times, Mythili Bhusnurmath, Sep 10, 2001)
FROM denial to acceptance to promises of concrete action. That‘s a long way for a government to travel in less than two months, but the Vajpayee government has done that.
- Electricity Bill: No Light At The End Of Seb Reforms Tunnel (The Economic Times, S. L. Rao, Sep 10, 2001)
AFTER almost two years of labour, over ten drafts, and extensive discussion, the central government has submitted a Bill to Parliament on electricity.
- For Whom The Wealth Tolls? (The Economic Times, U. R. Bhat, Sep 10, 2001)
DURING the go-go days of early 2000, when the stock market created new millionaires by the day, counting the billions was a front-page journalistic sport.
- Public Money, Private Gain (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 10, 2001)
THE PARADOX of food stocks being at an all-time high while people starve may be hogging the headlines, but the government seems to be blissfully unaware.
- Just Do It (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 10, 2001)
PRIME Minister Vajpayee says the government is willing to sell surplus land to raise productive capital. This is a good idea.
- 'Factor In Land As A Resource' (The Economic Times, E. Jayashree Kurup, Sep 10, 2001)
INDIAN corporates are a long way off from encashing their real estate assets.
- Sluggish Exports, Sagging Growth And Uncertain Rupee (The Financial Express, R K Roy, Sep 10, 2001)
The export slowdown of April and May dived in June and July this fiscal.
- Is Dollarisation Superior To Dual Currency Boards? (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 10, 2001)
THE 21st century policy-makers have strived to pursue development goals in an arena that has been transformed economically, socially and politically, with the help of two prime forces.
- The Poor And The Huddled Masses (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Sep 10, 2001)
The difference between “the poor, the huddled masses” of refugees and economic migrants who filled up the United States and eventually had the Statue of Liberty erected in their honour in New York harbour.
- Churning In Assam (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 09, 2001)
The AGP is down and out, but the Congress has to give a better account of itself, says Barun Das Gupta.
- Robbed Of Their Childhood (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 09, 2001)
Eighty child-couples were married amid night-long revelry in the villages of Kotar, Beda and Jeevda in Rajasthan's Pali district. But the authorities took no notice. Sunny Sebastian reports.
- Waiter, There’s A Stimulant In My Tea (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 09, 2001)
A California public interest group has sued Starbucks Corp., claiming that America’s largest coffee retailer secretly spikes its Tazo Chai Tea with ephedrine, an herbal stimulant banned in food by U.S. regulators.
- From Persecuted To Persecutor? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 09, 2001)
Is Zionism a form of racism? Kesava Menon details the conflicting standpoints.
- Hunger In A Land Of Plenty (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 09, 2001)
Even as a controversy rages over whether there were starvation deaths, what is clear is that the plight of the people of Kashipur in Orissa has worsened over the years.
- The Unbearable Lightness (The Economic Times, Manik Kher, Sep 09, 2001)
IF the slump in the economy has affected the performance of companies in the large sector, worse still is the plight of those in the small scale sector.
- Recipe For Economic Upturns Stumps All (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 09, 2001)
THE economic turnaround recipe outlined by the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) not only took Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee by surprise but also some of the ministers handling core economic ministries.
- In Self Defence (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 09, 2001)
Seems like another cultural question.
- The Different Shades Of Hatred (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 09, 2001)
Xenophobia, one of the major causes of intolerance driven by racism, and the related issue of asylum-seekers, has hardly figured at the Durban Conference, writes M. S. Prabhakara.
- Agp’s New Mahout Is An Old Party Hand (Indian Express, Samudra Gupta Kashyap, Sep 09, 2001)
He helped propel Prafulla Kumar Mahanta to power, he helped draft the party’s constitution and now, he has been called to head the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) in its darkest hour.
- Time To Tackle Starvation Deaths (Tribune, V. Eashwar Anand, Sep 09, 2001)
REPORTS of 21 starvation deaths in Kashipur block of Rayagada district in Orissa are a matter of serious concern.
- Jagmohan’s Drive Proved His Nemesis (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Sep 09, 2001)
A visibly tense Jagmohan was pacing the sprawling banquet hall of the Rashtrapati Bhavan up and down.
- Farooq’s Fears (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 09, 2001)
There is apprehension in the corridors of power that a sulking Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah might once again throw a tantrum at Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee for impressing upon the law and order machinery.
- Disquiet In Congress (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 09, 2001)
There is considerable disquiet in Congress party circles following the verdict of the Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CSFL) experts that the letter purported to have been written by the Cabinet Secretary to the PMO over Air India disinvestment.
- Humanity Denied (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 09, 2001)
The `new boat people' are seen as a `threat' to Australian society by the Government, says Amit Baruah.
- The Print Media: Distortions And New Challenges (Tribune, Syed Nooruzzaman, Sep 09, 2001)
IF the Press Council of India is to be believed, the electronic media has failed to pose a serious threat to the future of newspapers.
- Murder Weapon In Kashipur (Telegraph, MUKUL KESAVAN, Sep 09, 2001)
The deaths in Kashipur in Orissa have become a national scandal.
- Churning In Assam (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 09, 2001)
The AGP is down and out, but the Congress has to give a better account of itself, says Barun Das Gupta.
- ‘Lift India From The Despondency In (Tribune, Sardar Dayal Singh, Sep 09, 2001)
THE article has been excerpted from Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia’s address to the 1893 Lahore session of the Indian National Congress in his capacity as the Chairman of the Reception Committee.
- From Persecuted To Persecutor? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 09, 2001)
Is Zionism a form of racism? Kesava Menon details the conflicting standpoints.
- Caught Between Two Time-Streams (Tribune, Rakshat Puri, Sep 09, 2001)
TWO time-streams move in opposite directions in South Asia. One towards the past and the other towards the future. The people are bewildered, caught between political mumbo-jumbo and rituals.
- Robbed Of Their Childhood (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 09, 2001)
Eighty child-couples were married amid night-long revelry in the villages of Kotar, Beda and Jeevda in Rajasthan's Pali district. But the authorities took no notice. Sunny Sebastian reports.
- Hunger In A Land Of Plenty (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 09, 2001)
Even as a controversy rages over whether there were starvation deaths, what is clear is that the plight of the people of Kashipur in Orissa has worsened over the years.
- A Hack’s Work Is Rarely Done In... (The Economic Times, Raghu Krishnan, Sep 09, 2001)
THE problem with those who keep scribbling notes to all and sundry is that, sometimes, the wrong note goes to the wrong person!
- Keeping Out The Other (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 09, 2001)
A bitter row has broken out between Britain and France over a refugee camp near the Channel Tunnel. Hasan Suroor reports.
- The Different Shades Of Hatred (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 09, 2001)
Xenophobia, one of the major causes of intolerance driven by racism, and the related issue of asylum-seekers, has hardly figured at the Durban Conference, writes M. S. Prabhakara.
- Not Just A Whim (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 09, 2001)
THE LOGIC behind ITC’s proposal to merge ITC Bhadrachalam — the paper and paper-board subsidiary in which it holds 60 per cent — with itself may seem inexplicable at first glance.
- Constitution As Touchstone (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 08, 2001)
The rule of law is what this is all about.
- A Reluctant Stowaway (Tribune, Trilochan Singh Trewn, Sep 08, 2001)
DURING those days I used to stay in Dhanraj Mahal close to the Gateway of India and happened to have some preliminary knowledge of spoken Japanese.
- Pakistan Plan Hopes For Growth Rate Of Over 6 Pc (The Financial Express, Raja Asghar, Sep 08, 2001)
Pakistan’s military government unveiled a long-term development plan on Friday that sees the country’s troubled economy reaching an annual growth rate of more than 6 per cent over the next decade.
- Wired To Win (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 08, 2001)
Even as a thousand flashbulbs popped to capture the gorilla of a merger between Hewlett-Packard and Compaq Computer Corp earlier this week, one frame captured — rather uncannily — the essence of Carleton Fiorina.
- Education: Elusive Consensus (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 08, 2001)
THE 83rd Constitution Amendment Bill has been kept on hold for more than four years, putting the statutory milestone of time — the year 1960 — in the limbo of redundancy.
- The Internet And Democracy In China (Hindu, Sonika Gupta, Sep 08, 2001)
THE GROWTHof the Internet in the United States has been accompanied by a debate on its emancipatory potential in ushering in democracy in an authoritarian state like China.
- Upholding The Constitution (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 08, 2001)
The Constitution of India is sovereign. This allows for no ambiguity in the relationship between the Constitution and the people’s will.
- All That Prefatory Gush (Telegraph, RUKUN ADVANI, Sep 08, 2001)
Fiction writers usually thank friends, relatives and publishers in small type at the end of their books, inviting readers to move straight into the story.
- Lines With Which To Rest In Peace (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Sep 08, 2001)
Raja Ram Mehrotra is professor of English at the Benares Hindu University. He specializes in the use and misuse of English by Indians.
- Free Agri Exports (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 08, 2001)
THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS to implement the recommendation of the Group of Ministers to remove export restrictions on a number of agricultural products, including foodgrains (wheat, pulses, coarse cereals) and dairy products.
- No Partners For The Maharaja (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 08, 2001)
BOLTING FROM PROPOSALS for commercial alliances often suggest a deeper malaise.
- The Golden Cage Syndrome (Indian Express, Sunil Jain, Sep 08, 2001)
APART from a few celebrated BJP MPs such as ex-chief ministers Madan Lal Khurana and Sahib Singh Verma, and of course the residents of illegal encroachments like Sainik Farms.
- Not Just A Whim (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 08, 2001)
THE LOGIC behind ITC’s proposal to merge ITC Bhadrachalam — the paper and paper-board subsidiary in which it holds 60 per cent — with itself may seem inexplicable at first glance.
- Ration Card To Smart Card (The Economic Times, N. Vittal, Sep 08, 2001)
THE GOVERNMENT of India has declared the year 2001 to be the year of e-governance.
- Making India Proud, And How! (The Economic Times, Nitin Nohria, Sep 08, 2001)
IT WAS so unexpected that the effect it had on us was uncanny.
- Don’t Abet Rebating (The Economic Times, Muralidhar Rao, Sep 08, 2001)
APROPOS of the story “Private insurers clamp down on cut” ((ET, September 4), there is no doubt that rebating is rampant in India.
- To Outsmart China, Se Asian Nations Must Focus On Niche Areas (The Financial Express, Richard Hubbard, Sep 08, 2001)
China’s emergence as an Asian powerhouse does not spell disaster for Southeast Asia, if the region allows market forces to develop export strategies to complement the new giant in the neighbourhood, analysts said in Singapore.
- ‘We Don’t Want Capital, We Want Entrepreneurial Skills’ (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 08, 2001)
Foreign direct investment (FDI) no longer flows only from developed to developing countries.
- Railways Will Be Better Off As A Departmental Undertaking (The Financial Express, A. V. Poulose, Sep 08, 2001)
Over the last decades and more suggestions have been made in various quarters for converting the railways into a corporation.
- ‘Focus On Marketing And Distribution’ (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 08, 2001)
THE Indian food business is on the move. Rabobank is an internationally acknowledged food and agri-business knowledge-based institution.
- Sex, Bribes And Videotape (Hindu, Mukund Padmanabhan, Sep 08, 2001)
TALKING HEADS on television and commentaries in many newspapers have spent a great deal of time debating the question: was Tehelka justified in using call girls to conduct its investigation?
- Wallowing In Poverty Still In Fashion (Tribune, Tavleen Singh, Sep 08, 2001)
THIS piece started to write itself in my head in a wayside restaurant between Mumbai and Alibagh where I stopped for lunch last weekend. It was, even by dhaba standards, a poor sort of place.
- Reforms Long Overdue In The Agriculture Sector (The Economic Times, Raghuvendra Pratap, Sep 08, 2001)
INDIA'S long-term economic prospects depend heavily on the agricultural sector which contributes a quarter of the GDP and provides livelihood to two-thirds of the population.
- Not By Economics Alone (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 08, 2001)
IF the government retreats from all commercial activities and scraps all regulations on commercial activities, there is a big reward to be had: a 10 per cent economic growth.
- A Decade Of New Economic Policy (Tribune, Ranjit Singh Ghuman, Sep 08, 2001)
THERE was a major shift in India’s development strategy in July, 1991. The new strategy was termed New Economic Policy (NEP).
- Shying Away From The Ideological Fight (Hindu, V. KRISHNA ANANTH , Sep 08, 2001)
The two rising stars in the Congress - Mr. Digvijay Singh and Mr. A.K.Antony - have done it again.
- Why The Govt Should Take Shah Rukh Khan Seriously (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Sep 08, 2001)
WHILE information technology is being hyped by many as India’s key to economic emancipation — and quite rightly so — the potential of our entertainment industry is being often overlooked. Recently, I visited Japan with Shah Rukh Khan.
- Durban Diary: All The Soundbites Fit To Mouth (Indian Express, Suchita Vemuri, Sep 08, 2001)
Imagine it as a melting pot. All of humanity was here, with their stories of pain and hope. It even had its own special acoustics: all manner of voices speaking all manner of tongues.
- ‘If It Weren’t For Tehelka, We Wouldn’t Have Left Nda’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 08, 2001)
Mamata Banerjee has truly come full circle in just six months. She’s back in the NDA after walking out of the coalition just before the West Bengal Assembly elections.
- Why Sacrificing Jagmohan To Bjp’s Unholy Trinity Is A Sin Against The Nation (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Sep 08, 2001)
THERE has to be something frightfully wrong with our capital city if its most prominent losers continue to so dominate our front pages.
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