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Articles 17421 through 17520 of 27558:
- Anthony Govt Focuses On Education, Power Sector (The Financial Express, Hari S. Kartha, Sep 01, 2001)
The United Democratic Front (UDF) government in Kerala, headed by A K Anthony, has completed 100 days in office.
- Thane Events, A Reminder Of Sena's Presence (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Sep 01, 2001)
MUMBAI, AUG. 31. Mumbai has still not fully recovered from the shocking events of Sunday last in neighbouring Thane following the death of the local Shiv Sena chief, Anand Dighe.
- Jaya’s Game Is Up (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 01, 2001)
SUDDENLY, as it were, an impregnable roadblock has risen on Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa’s yearning to retain power beyond November 13.
- Age Wither (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 01, 2001)
The poet John Keats had famously observed that a thing of beauty is a joy for ever.
- Co-Operatives: First Clean The Mess, Help Can Follow (The Economic Times, Jayaprakash Narayan, Sep 01, 2001)
THE CALL of the prime minister to depoliticise, debureaucratise, democratise and professionalise cooperatives has not come a day too soon.
- Forgotten And Forgiven (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Sep 01, 2001)
Mamata Banerjee’s return to the National Democratic Alliance and Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s shrewd promise regarding the Ramjanmabhoomi controversy have answered the question that Time posed five months ago.
- ‘I Only Wanted The Afro-Asian Games Postponed’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 01, 2001)
Sports Minister Uma Bharati has been in the thick of things in recent times.
- The Burqa Wars (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 01, 2001)
It’s a grand betrayal by Kashmir’s leaders.
- A Head For History (Indian Express, George N Netto, Sep 01, 2001)
Shikar trophies in old clubs still tell fascinating tales.
- Ah, The Sweet Smell Of Poverty! (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Sep 01, 2001)
Forget what Dil Chahta Hai, we’re wired to rubbish the rich.
- Japan’s Defence Budget Plans May Stir Fear In Asia (The Financial Express, Teruaki Ueno, Sep 01, 2001)
Japan said on Friday it plans to buy a mid-air refuelling plane and boost spending for joint research with Washington on a missile defence system next year, in a move that could infuriate some of its Asian neighbours.
- Absolute Power (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 01, 2001)
A weak beginning is often a misleading omen for the future. When Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee became prime minister in 1998, he, like Indira Gandhi in 1966, did not operate from a position of strength.
- The Poll Posturing In Kashmir (Indian Express, SANKARSHAN THAKUR, Sep 01, 2001)
National attention, or at least the attention of the Atal Behari Vajpayee establishment, is now getting focused on elections in Uttar Pradesh but there is another equally if not more key election round the corner — in Jammu and Kashmir.
- Political Fare (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 01, 2001)
IT IS DIFFICULT to miss the political tinge in Wednesday's announcement by the Railway Minister, Mr Nitish Kumar, of the hard economic decision of a levy of surcharge on passenger fares.
- The Rbi Annual Report For 2000-01 -- Suffering The Curse Of Sisyphus (Business Line, P. R. Brahmananda , Sep 01, 2001)
THE Annual Report of the Reserve Bank of India for 2000-01, released on August 28, presents a comprehensive account of the economy from the RBI angle.
- Why India Must Go To Doha (Business Line, R. Parthasarathy , Sep 01, 2001)
THE fourth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organisation is to take place at Doha from November 9 to 13.
- Losing Jobs (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 01, 2001)
DRIVEN partly by competition and partly by global slowdown, public sector undertakings and private enterprises are resorting to job cuts.
- The Age Of Indifference (Indian Express, Sunil Jain, Sep 01, 2001)
SO this session of Parliament is finally over, the Opposition’s had its fun pillorying the government on Tehelka, Telecom, and a few other Things, but what was achieved?
- Disturbing Economic Situation (Tribune, Gobind Thukral, Sep 01, 2001)
PAKISTAN’S economy is in a total mess. This is hardly news. Yet the newspapers daily draw attention to this alarming situation.
- ‘India Needs Newer Tourist Destinations’ (The Economic Times, K. B. Kachru, Sep 01, 2001)
THE $31 billion Carlson Hospitality group has four flagship brands, Radisson Hotels, Regent Hotels, Country Inns and TGI Friday.
- The Million Dollar Question: B2b Or B2c? (The Economic Times, Rasesh Chasmawala, Sep 01, 2001)
INFORMATION Technology (IT), manifested primarily by the internet, provides a new medium through which businesses can advertise their presence to potential customers or contact new suppliers.
- Profits Vs Respectability (The Economic Times, R. Gopalakrishnan, Sep 01, 2001)
THERE are important voices in society which question whether business has any purpose other than to maximise profits. Milton Friedman famously proclaimed in 1963:
- Orissa’s Quibble (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 01, 2001)
Poverty-induced deaths are indeed starvation deaths.
- All New Postman (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 01, 2001)
CAN a more than 200-year old institution transform itself from a sleepy inefficient public sector monolith to a market savvy, efficient organisation?
- Paying For Safety (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 01, 2001)
BY LEVYING A surcharge to meet investments required to ensure rail safety, the Railway Minister, Mr. Nitish Kumar, has embarked on the challenging task of steering the Indian Railways (IR) from the primrose path it was set on during the past few years.
- Community Grain Banks Can Help Tackle Hunger (The Financial Express, Joseph Vackayil, Sep 01, 2001)
Hunger has moved to the centre-stage of Indian politics in recent times with the judiciary, social activists and the media highlighting the issue in their respective fora.
- Of A Govt That Can’t Protect A Hospital (Tribune, Tavleen Singh, Sep 01, 2001)
SINCE I write this having only just returned from the trashed remains of Singhania Hospital I want to make something clear at the start — there are no two sides to this story.
- Crime Of Food Surpluses (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 01, 2001)
IT HAS taken reports of starvation deaths for Parliament to wake up to the fact that there is a food crisis in the country.
- Lessons From 'Greater China' (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Sep 01, 2001)
TAIPEI, AUG. 31. Guess who is India's third largest trading partner? Greater China! That
- Shrinking Equity Cult And Rising Uncertainties (The Financial Express, M. R. Mayya, Sep 01, 2001)
Small investors have received a severe blow by the recent amendment effected to the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Rules, 1957 (SC(R)Rules) by the government reducing the percentage of public offer from 25 per cent to 10 per cent.
- The Path To Durable Fiscal Consolidation Is Through Fiscal Empowerment (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 01, 2001)
Extracts from the Reserve Bank of India’s Annual Report, 2000-01:
Fiscal Policy Issues
- Precept & Practice In Governance (Hindu, T. N. R. Rao, Sep 01, 2001)
OF LATE, the country is being treated to new nuggets of wisdom on administrative law by the Government.
- Vajpayee-Musharraf Meeting Again (Tribune, R. L. Bhatia, Sep 01, 2001)
THE decision of Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee to meet President Musharraf at the UN conference reopens the vainness of his first encounter with him.
- Septuagenarians Unite! (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 01, 2001)
THE GERONTOCRATIC nature of the Indian polity was once again revealed at the bash in Bangalore to commemorate Ramakrishna Hegde’s 75th birthday.
- Helping Build A New Nation (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 31, 2001)
Something truly remarkable is happening in a small half-island in the Pacific.
- ‘Social Security Reform Must Begin Now’ (The Economic Times, Mukul G Asher, Aug 31, 2001)
THE PROCESS of economic reforms has brought into focus the urgent need to reform the country’s social security system, particularly the pension sector.
- Fares On Track (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 31, 2001)
Now railway reform must get the green signal.
- In A State (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 31, 2001)
BELOW PAR FISCAL performance by States. That is the common theme of the parleys the States had with the Centre on their annual Plan outlays.
- It’s Our Business To Worry If Ongc Gave Rs 2,000 Cr To Ioc Last Year (The Financial Express, Rohit Bansal, Aug 31, 2001)
If mile-long queues in the national capital for compressed natural gas (CNG) are disconcerting, upheaval is just seven months away. To its utmost discredit, very little preparation is visible from Ram Naik’s petroleum ministry.
- Re-Build Confidence With A Conducive Policy Environment: Rbi (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 31, 2001)
Industrial production slowed to an annual average growth rate of 6.6 per cent in the post-reform period from 7.8 per cent in 1980s. In the first four years of the Ninth Plan period.
- No Ducking The Haemorrhage In The Financial System (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 31, 2001)
Depressed stock prices have inspired take-over forays and bids by controlling interests to up their equity stake.
- Caste And The Durban Conference (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 31, 2001)
BY SETTING ITS face against a discussion on the caste-based oppression (that haunts the political discourse in India even now) at the World Conference Against Racism in Durban, the Union Government has indeed ignited a debate.
- Us And China: Back To Courting (Business Line, B. Raman , Aug 31, 2001)
POLITICALLY hard and unyielding, but economically flexible and alluring. Those are the defining characteristics of the present Chinese leadership.
- Time To Usher In Free Decision Making (The Economic Times, Lubna Kably, Aug 31, 2001)
I CAN’T, are sad words in any language. This sentence is printed on one of the pages of a desk calendar which my father has on his table. But, perhaps sometimes it is best to say ``I can’t’’.
- G. K. Moopanar (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 31, 2001)
THE PASSING OF G. Karuppiah Moopanar, president of the Tamil Maanila Congress, but who remained at heart ``a Congressman'', has taken away from the national arena a staunch nationalist and an uncompromisingly secular leader.
- Strike Now (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 31, 2001)
Enough time has been lost in drafting policies and issuing policy statements on combating terrorism in Kashmir.
- Legal Plunder (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 31, 2001)
THE SUPREME Court of India’s verdict that landlords have no vested right to evict tenants is widely seen to have brought ‘relief’ to tenants.
- Chugging Along (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 31, 2001)
There is a quaint appositeness in the hike of rail fares a day after Ms Mamata Banerjee returned to the National Democratic Alliance.
- Chronicling A ‘Strange’ Alliance (Indian Express, Amrita Abraham, Aug 31, 2001)
An honour guard of 6-foot-2 Pakistani cavalrymen greeted John Foster Dulles on his visit to Karachi in 1953 and made an indelible impression on the US secretary of state.
- Fundamentalism Isn't Barbarism (Pioneer, Prafull Goradia, Aug 31, 2001)
The dastardly throwing of acid on young girls by militants in Kashmir is surely worse than anything that the Taliban are reported to have done.
- Will Ram Deliver? (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Aug 31, 2001)
What is Prime Minister Vajpayee's game plan in Ayodhya? With whom is he negotiating? Why such secrecy about the talks?
- The Ground Beneath Our Feet (Pioneer, R. K. Bhatnagar, Aug 31, 2001)
Geologists have warned that India is once again threatened by tremors like the one that devastated Gujarat on January 26, this year.
- In The Beginning Was The Footnote (Telegraph, RAVI VYAS, Aug 31, 2001)
Sisir Gupta, a professor of the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, used to tell the story of an MPhil candidate who, when asked to write on any three leaders of the Russian revolution.
- The Penguin Book Of Firsts (Telegraph, Matthew Richardson, Aug 31, 2001)
The penguin book of firsts by Matthew Richardson offers its readers the “amazing record of the world’s great ideas, discoveries, inventions, feats and follies”.
- That Multifaceted Thing Called Corruption (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 31, 2001)
Make it profitable to fight wrongdoing and things will fall in place.
- Little Room For Morals (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Aug 31, 2001)
There are no universal Lakshman rekhas which journalists must or must not cross.
- Amnesty Is Not The Answer (Indian Express, Sukhmani Singh, Aug 31, 2001)
The first battle paramilitary forces face is stress.
- King Maker’s Exit (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 31, 2001)
A robust common sense was what characterised.
- The Declining Parliamentary Standards (Tribune, Hari Jaisingh, Aug 31, 2001)
THE monsoon session of the Lok Sabha comes to an end today on the usual lacklustre note.
- Beant Singh: The Man Who Stemmed (Tribune, J. S. Puar, Aug 31, 2001)
IN such a gloomy scenario of chaos and blood tide, there appeared a man of conviction, the Late Beant Singh who stemmed this tide of blood and violence in Punjab with his indomitable will and steadfastness culminating in his supreme sacrifice.
- Fight Caste In Delhi, Not Durban (Pioneer, Rajinder Sachar, Aug 31, 2001)
We have witnessed a series of seminars and consultations, not with a view to draw up a programme how to eradicate discrimination against Dalits.
- A Bandh To Bandhs (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 31, 2001)
Nothing could illustrate more vividly the meaninglessness of bandhs than a Reuters photograph of a protester smashing the windscreen of a car in Patna during an NDA-bandh called on August 21.
- Quotas And Benefits (Hindu, P. V. Indiresan , Aug 31, 2001)
THERE IS much excitement about the U.N. conference on racial discrimination.
- Electricity Reforms: What Next? (Business Line, Leena Srinvastava, Aug 31, 2001)
THE reforms programme in the electricity sector was initiated largely because of the recognition of the need for large infusions of capital if power shortages were not to grow exponentially.
- Wto Negotiations: Identify Interests Not Positions (The Economic Times, Manoj Pant, Aug 31, 2001)
THE CURRENT Indian position on the forthcoming trade negotiations at Doha seems to be the politically correct one: implementation must be on the agenda whether as part of a new round or a continuation of the Uruguay round.
- We Are Not China, Mr Shourie (Business Line, Kuldip Nayar, Aug 31, 2001)
IT CANNOT be denied that China is making far more progress than India. But to make a fetish of the growth is neither here nor there.
- Why Non Grata? (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Aug 31, 2001)
THE practice of Governments formally declaring certain public figures of foreign origin, especially diplomats, as persona non grata, requiring them to leave the country forthwith is not in evidence these days.
- Advice From Distant Shores (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Aug 31, 2001)
They have a double billing, émigrés as well as economists. Safely ensconced in distant shores, they are ceaseless in their pontification.
- Greedy Followers (The Economic Times, Anil P. Bagarka, Aug 31, 2001)
WITH reference to the three-fold hike in the salaries of MPs (ET, August 18), where are the parliamentarians who can really claim to be the followers of the Father of the Nation?
- An Ldc Trap At Doha? (The Economic Times, Narendar Pani, Aug 31, 2001)
THE SIGNALS signals sent out by the Least Developed Country members of SAARC last week have not quite received the attention they deserve.
- Sino-Russian Treaty: Implications For India (Tribune, M.S.N. Menon, Aug 31, 2001)
THERE is only one country in the world which we can call a true friend of India. That country is Russia. Both sentiment and strategy have brought us together.
- Debating Starvation Deaths (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 31, 2001)
REPORTS of starvation-related deaths in Orissa were debated in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday.
- Railway Travails (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 31, 2001)
THOSE who thought that buying a ticket for travel by the Indian railways guaranted safe travel have a second think coming.
- Politics In The Three Services (Telegraph, P.K. Vasudeva, Aug 31, 2001)
Infighting between the service chiefs of the army, navy and air force over the election of the chief of defence staff has cost the services dearly.
- Business And Sustainable Development (Business Line, S. Subramanyan , Aug 31, 2001)
MANAGEMENT literature on corporate power and responsibility is growing. Commensurate with this is the increase in media and public awareness on such issues.
- Facing Up To The Facts (Hindu, Kuldip Nayar, Aug 31, 2001)
THE NATIONAL Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has come out boldly on the side of the weak and the oppressed many a time.
- Danger From Within (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 31, 2001)
Sir,- It somehow seems that Mr. S. Varadan (letter, Aug. 29) is unjustly predilected towards the security personnel. Firstly, police are for the people and not vice-versa.
- Good Start (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 31, 2001)
A quiet transition is often more reassuring than a boisterous break. In his first 100 days in office, Assam’s chief minister, Mr Tarun Gogoi, has not introduced any spectacular changes either in policy or in governance.
- Teller Of Tales: The Life Of Arthur Conan Doyle (Telegraph, Daniel Stashower, Aug 31, 2001)
Teller of tales: the life of Arthur Conan Doyle by Daniel Stashower is the award-winning biography of an extraordinary — and extraordinarily self-effacing — literary creator.
- Starting Young: The Risk Of Hiv -- And Why Early Education Is Vital (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Aug 30, 2001)
Around here, there is only football, drink and sex. When it is dark there is only drink and sex. And when the drink runs out, there is sex.
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