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- Travails Of A Surplus Economy (Business Line, S.S. Bhandare, Aug 16, 2001)
IT IS amazing how, over the last decade, the economy has transformed into `a surplus economy'.
- Sound Proposals (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 16, 2001)
SEBI'S advisory committee on derivatives has proposed a set of measures to improve liquidity in the markets.
- Treating Infertility And Handling Trauma (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Aug 16, 2001)
WORLD over, there is a lot of wrong perceptions on infertility and the various lines of treatment available for it.
- The Conference Board Challenge To Business (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 16, 2001)
ADVERTISING can and does create new markets. It can do this more rapidly, more intensively, and less expensively than any other method of selling the consumer...
- A New Problem Point (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 15, 2001)
IT is a bitter and bloody battle between two parties of the same blood line in distant Tamil Nadu.
- Whither The Dollar? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 15, 2001)
AMERICA’S current account deficit is ballooning, making the US the world’s largest external debtor (only, of course, in absolute terms, as the United States is far from the worst performer if the trade deficit is measured as a share of GDP).
- Tamil Nadu: In Search Of A Sane Politics (Indian Express, T. N. Gopalan, Aug 15, 2001)
Welcome to Tamil Nadu, where politics of vanity and vendetta is reaching intolerable levels.
- Imf To Review Sri Lanka For Changes To Loan Programme (The Financial Express, Reuters, Aug 15, 2001)
The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF’s) Sri Lanka representative said on Tuesday it was reviewing its programme in the country in the light of current economic and political problems.
- Full Disclosures -- Corporate Governance Or Fad? (Business Line, Ashish Aggarwal, Aug 15, 2001)
WHAT started as a corporate fad in the second half of the 1990s, has now crystallised into corporate governance.
- Three Disputed, Powerful Words (Telegraph, Firoz Bakht Ahmed, Aug 15, 2001)
The Muslim personal law board has finally considered bringing in some drastic changes in laws pertaining to talaq in a single sitting, mehr and polygamy.
- Tamil Nadu's Theatre Of The Absurd (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Aug 15, 2001)
THE DMK-AIADMK theatre of the absurd is becoming increasingly bizarre.
- Minority Bashing Once Again (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Aug 15, 2001)
Just before Independence Day when special security arrangements have been made to protect prominent leaders from terrorist attacks, those in power give few signs of being concerned about the enemy within.
- Drug Therapy (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 15, 2001)
Meanwhile, progress continues to be made in drug therapy for heart failure, although drugs have significant limitations for late-stage heart patients, doctors said.
- Story Of Indigenous Stents (Business Line, M. Somasekhar, Aug 15, 2001)
AN Indian company has developed a balloon-mounted stent that promises to help heart patients get rid of blockages in their arteries.
- Eloquence With Daggers Drawn (Pioneer, Wilson John, Aug 15, 2001)
Pervez Musharraf is quite adept at speaking his heart out, at least what is convenient to his ideology-a single-minded obsession to rule Pakistan with an iron hand.
- The Gods Are Happy (Indian Express, Reshma Patil, Aug 15, 2001)
The numbers pitter patter to a lucky 13. For the rainman chasing a monsoon excess by five per cent over normal to date, there’s special reason to claim so far so good.
- How The Government Turned A Pipeline Into A Pipe Dream (The Economic Times, Abheek Barman, Aug 15, 2001)
HO ho ho ho — that just about summarises the reaction in December 1999, when I wrote about the prospect of building a pipeline to carry natural gas from Iran through Pakistan to India.
- Plastic Hardship (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 15, 2001)
THE PRESENT income tax return form’s columns for details of credit cards and bank accounts can cause hardship to assessees.
- China, A Key Software Market: Karnik (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 15, 2001)
COME September, Kiran Karnik will take charge at Nasscom as president, at a time when the Rs 37,700-crore Indian software industry is facing a slowdown -- its first ever.
- Patients In Need (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 15, 2001)
Nearly one in five Americans — or 61 million people — have some form of cardiovascular disease, according to the latest government figures, and up to 3 million suffer from heart failure where the heart muscle loses some of its ability to pump blood.
- 54 Years After Independence: An Open Society, Nothing More (The Financial Express, Kuldip Nayar, Aug 15, 2001)
As India enters its 55th year of Independence, it can proudly take credit for sustaining an open society. But there is no other achievement without blemish.
- I-Day Musings: Have We Run Dry? (Tribune, Anurag, Aug 15, 2001)
“I have run dry. There is no message at all. If it is bad, let it be so.” So said Gandhiji when asked for a message on the historic occasion of “Transfer of Power” on Aug 15, 1947.
- Time To Shelve A New Wto Round (The Economic Times, Raatnakar Adhikari, Aug 15, 2001)
STAKES are high at the Doha ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organisation. Members are yet to agree on some of the major issues, but the time is running out.
- Building Up Logistic Support For Army (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 15, 2001)
THE recent announcement by the government to revamp the national security structure has brought into sharp focus the urgent requirement of restructuring the existing logistic infrastructure in the Army.
- Hindustantimes.Com - The Big Idea (Hindustan Times, K. Madhavan, Aug 15, 2001)
In the Bofors case, on August 8, 2001, the Supreme Court has ordered that the three Hinduja brothers would play, so long as the trial of the case continues.
- To Know Is To Be (Hindustan Times, Romila Thapar, Aug 15, 2001)
Education is related to the social structures that it endorses or wishes to change.
- Learning To Trust Is Key To Competition (The Financial Express, Pradeep S. Mehta, Aug 15, 2001)
The disagreement between the United States and the European Union (EU) on the GE-Honeywell merger is all the evidence one needs of a competition policy being both intensely important and highly controversial.
- For A ''Swarna'' Andhra Pradesh (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 15, 2001)
THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S call to the Government of Andhra Pradesh to pursue fiscal reforms and to take measures to reduce the burden on the exchequer caused by losses by the public sector.
- A Loss Of Faith (Hindu, P. V. Indiresan , Aug 15, 2001)
SINCE LIBERALISATION, stock market scams have been erupting at regular intervals.
- Autonomy Of Scholarship And The State (Hindu, Itty Abraham, Aug 15, 2001)
THE RECENT decision by the Supreme Court to dismiss the PUCL writ petition contesting the Government's move to put new restrictions on international academic conferences is indeed a disappointment.
- Contested Cosmopolitans (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA, Aug 15, 2001)
I have now had the privilege of writing for The Telegraph for nearly ten years, but nothing I have previously published in these columns has quite evoked the response that my last essay, “Rooted cosmopolitans” (July 22), did.
- The Rating Downgrade (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 15, 2001)
LAST TUESDAY, STANDARD & Poor, a leading international rating agency lowered India's sovereign long-term local currency rating from the existing BBB to BBB-.
- Nation Turns 54 (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 15, 2001)
India has much to be proud of as it completes 54 years of existence as an independent country.
- Zealously Guarding Their Turf (Telegraph, Radhika Ramaseshan, Aug 15, 2001)
It is all a matter of perspective. The Bharatiya Janata Party-Shiv Sena relationship has turned acrimonious not because the former suddenly feels embarrassed by Hindutva or regards Sharad Pawar as a more reliable ally.
- Bleak House (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 15, 2001)
India, it could be argued, has missed many trysts with destiny. One need not go back to the days of Jawaharlal Nehru and his grandiose dreams for the nation.
- A ‘Legitimate’ Sort Of Violence (Indian Express, Anjali Modi, Aug 15, 2001)
CHENNAI Police Commissioner, K Muthukaruppan told a national TV station that the police had used ‘‘water canons, tear gas and rubber bullets’’ against protesting DMK supporters.
- Oasis Of Peril (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 15, 2001)
One common frailty that afflicts rulers is that they speak, hear or see no evil about their own reign.
- The White Night (Pioneer, G. K. Sharma, Aug 15, 2001)
Nights are usually termed black in people's mind but I had a unique experience of witnessing 'the white night' in Leningrad (now known by its old name of St Petersburg) in Russia of Soviet era.
- House Of Noise (Pioneer, S. S. Banyal, Aug 15, 2001)
How our Hon'ble members of Parliament are bleeding the country white is an interesting story.
- Time To Reckon (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 15, 2001)
However, Islamic law provides that Muslim women can also seek divorce, first, through mutual agreement or khulaa and, second, through a court of law.
- Mind Games In Maharashtra (Indian Express, Smruti Koppikar, Aug 15, 2001)
ALL those who second-guessed the divorce between the BJP and Shiv Sena would have been surprised at the enduring quality of their relationship.
- Tale Of The Tricolour (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 15, 2001)
Celebrate Shantabai as she unfurls the flag.
- Mos Worries (Indian Express, Arati R. Jerath, Aug 15, 2001)
Digvijay Singh isn’t the only Minister of State to be sidelined by his Cabinet Minister.
- Fundamental Mistake, Historical Blunder (Tribune, V.S. Dharma Kumar, Aug 15, 2001)
“A fundamental mistake”. That was how Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad, the greatest of India’s Muslim leaders, described the Partition of India on October 23, 1947. Many in both countries today agree that Partition was a historical blunder.
- Criminals Holding Democracy To Ransom (Pioneer, Ahtesham Qureshy, Aug 15, 2001)
Yes, Advaniji, you are right. The real problem is not the killing of Phoolan Devi, a sitting MP, but that of criminalisation of politics.
- A Matter Of Faith (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 15, 2001)
TODAY'S is a red letter day in the history of free India. Independence symbolises the will of people.
- Indian Peace-Keepers And The Hezbollah (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 15, 2001)
After their somewhat politicised and controversial withdrawal last year from Sierra Leone, Indian peacekeepers with United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) were last month in a spot.
- The Nation As Fortress (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 15, 2001)
WHAT is the value of freedom that is denied to the people in the name of security? Security for whom against what?
- Tryst With Disorder (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Aug 15, 2001)
AUGUST 15 is not the Independence Day as is commonly supposed.
- Toward Minimalist Governance (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 15, 2001)
The tenth five year plan (2002-07) is being prepared against a backdrop of high expectations arising from some aspects of the recent performance.
- Powering Reforms (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 15, 2001)
BY SIGNING AN agreement with a consortium of financial institutions led by the Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI), the Chandrababu Naidu Government in Andhra Pradesh has yet again signalled its commitment to reforms in the power sector.
- Exit Policy For Agriculture (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Aug 15, 2001)
THE first generation economic reforms launched by Dr Manmohan Singh completely bypassed agriculture.
- West Asia In A Simmer (Business Line, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Aug 15, 2001)
WITH Palestine suicide bombers striking in Haifa and Jerusalem, and Israel carrying out target assassinations and seizing the Palestinian office.
- Heart Pump (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 15, 2001)
An implantable heart pump is under study to determine whether the device, the size of a human heart which boosts the heart’s ability to pump blood, can be used in lieu of a donor heart or only as a temporary bridge to a transplant.
- Don’T Pop The Cork (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 15, 2001)
DATA on India’s merchandise trade for 2000-01 shows exports of non-traditional agricultural items (or agri-based items) registering huge percentage increases.
- Macro Dimensions Of Uti Fiasco (Business Line, N.A.Mujumdar, Aug 14, 2001)
THE FIASCO of the Unit Trust of India (UTI) raises the much broader question: Have financial crises of this nature become systemic?
- Toxins That Endanger Posterity (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 14, 2001)
In a review of the scientific evidence on contaminants and human health, a branch of the United States Public Health Service recently concluded that polychlorinated biphenyls and dioxins are responsible.
- By George, It’s Amma! (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 14, 2001)
THE gospel according to Mr George Fernandes always makes interesting reading. He is an honest soul, and much of what he says on important national issues comes straight from the heart.
- Management Strategy For Internet Age (The Economic Times, Philip S. Thomas, Aug 14, 2001)
THE biggest change brought about by the internet seems to have been in the area of consumer behaviour.
- Us-64 And Markets: Unstable Equilibrium (The Economic Times, Samir K Barua, Aug 14, 2001)
IN MY last article (ET, July 31), I had advocated an entirely different approach to deal with the US-64 crisis, based on the use of call options.
- The Air’s Cleaner But There’s No One To Breathe It In Ghost Town Mavoor (The Financial Express, Ajayan Menon, Aug 14, 2001)
No longer is there the Picasso imagery of a wounded horse by a poisoned river refusing to drink as in his Guernica. The river Chaliyar is regaining its pristine glory, no longer polluted by the Mavoor Grasim Industries.
- More To It Than Monica (Indian Express, Sonia Trikha, Aug 14, 2001)
CIRCA 2003. Alfred Knopf has just released Bill Clinton’s memoirs. They are titled Whatever and we are all reading it over a weekend. The whole memoir.
- Tamil Nadu's Aggressive Police (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 14, 2001)
THE WORST FEARS of violence and blood-letting on the occasion of the DMK's anti-police rally in Chennai on Sunday have indeed come true, and regrettably so.
- Wealth Is Health At The Top (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 14, 2001)
PEOPLE who rise to positions of power may reap more than a corner office with a view. According to recent study findings, men and women in high-level jobs outlive their rank-and-file counterparts.
- The Polity (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Aug 14, 2001)
IN THE midst of fast changing political developments, at times with sudden, unexpected twists, there is a danger of people and parties losing sight of the direction the polity is heading in.
- Coloured Curriculum (Hindustan Times, Romila Thapar, Aug 14, 2001)
Let me begin by asserting that those who do not understand the past, or refuse to understand it, invariably end up by misunderstanding the present and are unable to move forward into the future.
- Jaswant Becomes A Swayamsevak? (Hindu, Harish Khare , Aug 14, 2001)
NEW DELHI, AUG. 13. The old adage says ``a picture is worth a thousand words''.
- Blind Spot For Tourism (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Aug 14, 2001)
That India’s foray into the world of tourism has been dismal is no surprise.
- Unscientific Maths? (Hindu, S. G. Dani, Aug 14, 2001)
Important words, like other important things, are often vulnerable to misuse by elements inclined to derive undeserved benefits from their glory.
- Mandalising The Gun (Indian Express, Yogesh Vajpeyi, Aug 14, 2001)
Vendetta and caste feuds have been the bane of banditry in the badlands of Central India for centuries.
- Fever Pitch In Tamil Nadu (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 14, 2001)
Will someone please differentiate policing from politics?
- Job Placements, Nda Style (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 14, 2001)
The truth and nothing but the truth from St George.
- India Won’t Be “Steamrollered” Into New Round (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 14, 2001)
India hardened its line against a new round of global trade talks on Monday, accusing developed countries of trying to set an agenda that insults poor countries by ignoring their concerns.
- Wages Of Vendetta (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 14, 2001)
Sunday's violence in Tamil Nadu, which claimed five lives and left scores, including journalists, wounded, should not cause any surprise.
- No Entry (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 14, 2001)
Blind obduracy is no new thing with the taliban in Afghanistan.
- Politics Of Excess (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Aug 14, 2001)
If the UTI scam represents shady deals and the Manipur crisis administrative bungling, the events in Tamil Nadu highlight the most vicious aspects of provincial politics.
- Unjust Peace (Pioneer, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Aug 14, 2001)
The United Nations has declared 2001-10 as the decade of peace and non-violence.
- Addressing Terror (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 14, 2001)
Terrorism is not about killing alone; it is about controlling people through fear. Killing is only a part of the modus operandi to instill fear.
- Zimbabwe’s Macbeth (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Aug 14, 2001)
Is it terrible guilt for bringing his country to the brink of anarchy, or a chemical imbalance in his cerebral cortex that has made President Robert Mugabe see the ghost of a former rival?
- More Egg On Our Face (Telegraph, Bibek Debroy, Aug 14, 2001)
From November 9-13, the fourth ministerial conference of the World Trade Organization will be held in Doha, Qatar.
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