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Articles 18421 through 18520 of 27558:
- Lessons From Erwadi (Hindu, R. Srinivasa Murthy, Aug 14, 2001)
THE ERWADI tragedy has yet again highlighted the need for organised mental health care in the country.
- Good Tidings (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 14, 2001)
The basis of the CMIE forecast is the presumed growth of agricultural production by 9 per cent over the previous year.
- Re-Orienting Farm Operations (Business Line, H. Kaushal , Aug 14, 2001)
IT is a decade ago that India adopted the concept of a market-driven economy.
- Acid Test In The Face Of Acid Attacks (Pioneer, Sandhya Jain, Aug 14, 2001)
The acid attack on four young Muslim women in Srinagar last Wednesday by an unknown militant outfit, and the swift compliance by women of all ages on the issue of wearing the chadar (head-dress) in public, has introduced a new menace in the Valley.
- Ground Realities And The Economy (Telegraph, Arupratan Ghosh, Aug 14, 2001)
India’s gross domestic product growth has slowed down substantially after having grown at an annual rate of over 7 per cent during 1994 and 1997.
- Snail's Pace (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 14, 2001)
FEBRUARY 28, 2001: ``There is urgent need to further deepen reforms to set the stage for higher growth...
- Two Cheers! Feisty Kerala Finds A Solution For Bad Image On Labour (The Financial Express, Rohit Bansal, Aug 14, 2001)
The Chinese have special export zones (SEZs) where the law on labour is a dream for new investors.
- Cycle Of Love, Hate And Deceit (Business Line, Premen Addy , Aug 14, 2001)
IT HAS long been a redeeming feature of British society that some of its patricians, contrary to revolutionary socialist creed and prophecy, have been in the vanguard of causes that many of their peers perceived as class betrayal.
- For A New Freedom Movement (The Economic Times, Sauvik Sauvik Chakraverti verti , Aug 14, 2001)
THE OTHER morning I strolled into the CR Park No. 1 market to buy some mutton.
- Separating Hope From Hype (The Economic Times, Ashima Goyal, Aug 14, 2001)
IF THIS is the age of knowledge it is also the age of analysis. Journalists, think tanks, policy makers, and academics are all explaining events and forecasting the future. But what is their primary task?
- Unhappy Tidings (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 14, 2001)
IF reports are correct, the fiscal deficit for 2001-02 could bulge out beyond what the government estimated at the beginning of the year.
- Transfer Pricing -- Case For Simpler Law (Business Line, D. S. Mehta , Aug 14, 2001)
THE variance in tax rates across different countries, prompts many corporations which operate in more than one country to shift their profits to low-tax locations.
- 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?
- Using It To Visualise... Risks In Portfolio Management (Business Line, N. Raghavendra Rao, Aug 14, 2001)
LIKE other technologies, information technology is a resource used in the processes and activities of business enterprises.
- All In The Attitude (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 14, 2001)
It would be unfair to hold the government solely responsible for the dismal situation in the agricultural sector.
- Downsizing Alone Won’t Restore Rlys’ Financial Health (The Financial Express, Jyoti Mukul, Aug 14, 2001)
When the biggest employer in the world spends a substantial portion of its revenue in paying wages and pensions and finds that this leaves it with little to put back into the revenue generating system, how does it go about belt-tightening?
- Dramatic Upswing Seen In Austria-India Bilateral Trade (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 14, 2001)
Indo-Austrian two-way trade has remained fairly balanced at around (Austrian schilling) ATS 3.4 billion (approximately $250 million) per year between 1996 and 1999.
- Lessons From The Enron Burst (Tribune, P. Raman , Aug 14, 2001)
THE Enron Power Corporation’s controversial plant at Dabhol is in deep crisis. All efforts to put life into this chronically sick project have so far proved futile.
- The Inescapable Cap (Tribune, P. H. Vaishnav, Aug 14, 2001)
THIS is the true story of a cap that refused to give me up even as I did my best to discard it. It is an old corduroy cap, purchased long ago but is still in good condition because it has not been in regular use.
- Fruits Of Economic Fundamentalism (Tribune, Sumer Kaul, Aug 14, 2001)
Seattle, Washington, Davos and now, last month, Genoa. Some 70,000 men and women from all over the western world gathered in this Italian city.
- Dress Code Panic In Kashmir (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 14, 2001)
THE Kashmir valley is in the grip of a new kind of fear. This is the result of incidents of acid attacks on women for not being burqa clad.
- Washing Dirty Linen In Public (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 14, 2001)
CERTAIN recent developments not only point to an unseemly ego clash among the various wings of the defence forces, but also have the making of an extremely embarrassing situation for the country.
- Communism And Communalism (Telegraph, Mani Shankar Aiyar, Aug 14, 2001)
The Lok Sabha is now discussing the saffronization of education, a vital national issue on which SAHMAT — the Safdar Hashmi Memorial Trust — launched a public debate a week earlier.
- Enron Imbroglio (Hindustan Times, Subodh Wagle, Aug 14, 2001)
Even while the Enron chief says that the project is here to stay, with every passing day, the controversy over the power project in Maharashtra is turning into an imbroglio.
- T.N. Govt., Police On The Mat Again (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Aug 14, 2001)
CHENNAI, AUG. 13. Barely six weeks after the `midnight arrests' of the DMK leaders, the Tamil Nadu Government and the Chennai police find themselves on the mat again.
- A Piece Of Sky (Pioneer, Rajeev Ahuja, Aug 14, 2001)
A kite had just landed on a tree in front of our house. A few urchins who had been chasing the kite had gathered around the tree and were desperately trying to unshackle it.
- Iran's Travails (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 13, 2001)
After the expected showdown between the conservatives and liberals, and eventually swallowing the bitter pill over the appointment of "politically biased" clerics in the Guardians Council.
- New Leader On The Brink Of A Slump (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Aug 13, 2001)
“I am resigned to not seeing a visible economic recovery for two or three years,” said the Japanese prime minister, Junichiro Koizumi, last month.
- Pre-Poll Drama In Up (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 13, 2001)
THE disgraceful exit of Loktantrik Congress Party (LCP) chief Naresh Aggarwal from the BJP Ministry in UP offers a great lesson: in today's coalition politics if a small fish is not careful enough about its existence.
- Maharashtra's Gram Sevak Raj (Hindu, George Mathew, Aug 13, 2001)
TIRTH(K) VILLAGE, with a population of 1,672 and 300-odd households, is 30 km from Osmanabad town in Maharashtra's Tuljapur taluka.
- The Crown Doesn’t Fit (Indian Express, Ajit Kumar Jha, Aug 13, 2001)
IN his brilliant, bitterly ironic, political satire, Raag Darbari, Hindi novelist Shrilal Shukla, describing the politics in a typical Uttar Pradesh village of Shivpalganj, ends on a pessimistic note. In the concluding chapter, Shukla writes:
- The Swami And The Commissar (Telegraph, Ashis Chakrabarti, Aug 13, 2001)
There is a striking similarity between the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and the Bharatiya Janata Party in the manner the two parties, usually at opposite ends of the political spectrum.
- Still Far Away From The Fast Track (Telegraph, R. J. Venkateswaran , Aug 13, 2001)
What is the truth about India’s economic performance and its prospects?
In this connection.
- Policies In A Morass (Telegraph, S. L. Rao, Aug 13, 2001)
International rating agencies starting with Fitch, and now Standard & Poor, no doubt to be followed by the others, have begun the new round of lowering the Indian economy’s credit rating.
- Significance Of The Nirupam Episode (Tribune, V. Gangadhar, Aug 13, 2001)
IN the USA, where democracy appears to have taken firmer roots than India, the White House aides are progressively becoming more powerful than Cabinet officials.
- Pds And India's Food Security (Business Line, M. G. Devasahayam , Aug 13, 2001)
IF WE care about true food security, an efficient and effective mechanism to reach food to all people at all times at affordable prices is an essential prerequisite.
- Box Populi (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Aug 13, 2001)
This is something which ought to have happened a long time ago.
- Another Reason For Jaya To Go (Indian Express, M. Rama Jois, Aug 13, 2001)
Last month the Supreme Court directed that the writ petition challenging the appointment of Jayalalithaa — who is not a member of the state legislature and who is also ineligible to be elected as a member of legislature, as chief minister.
- Deaf Dialogue (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 13, 2001)
The outcome of the meeting of the foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan at Colombo was predictable.
- Essay By Robert Blackwill Sees Greater Role For India In Asia (The Financial Express, HUMA SIDDQUI, Aug 13, 2001)
Robert D Blackwill, who recently took over as the 20th US ambassador to India, has been described by US President George W Bush, as a person who “will be an outstanding American ambassador to India.
- India Fashion Weak (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 13, 2001)
But, hey, smile — you’ve come some way from last time.
- Back To Future (Tribune, Manoj Kumar, Aug 13, 2001)
THE central business district of the city, glitters. You select a taxi from the fleet of Opels, Toyotas, Volvos, Mercedes, Datsuns, lining up the beautiful avenue and arrive at the shop selling the latest models of Japanese and European electronic goods.
- Act To Fill Faster (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 13, 2001)
Last Friday's strike by drivers and owners of buses, taxis and three-wheeler scooters (TSR's) running on compressed natural gas (CNG) was an act of desperation.
- Lines Of Battle (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 13, 2001)
The game always hots up when elections are in the offing.
- Every 'Unit' Of Trust Broken (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 13, 2001)
Disgust is the only sentiment I can register when I reflect on the proceedings of the Lok Sabha in the past week.
- Grandstanding General (Pioneer, Shubha Singh, Aug 13, 2001)
Media victories are ephemeral - while they provide an immediate sense of achievement, the impact fades with time.
- Holy Cow! How Could We? (Pioneer, Debraj Mookerjee, Aug 13, 2001)
The noise raised over Professor DN Jha's book, Holy Cow: Beef in Indian Dietary Traditions is predictable.
- The Way Forward On Kashmir (Hindu, Malini Parthasarathy, Aug 13, 2001)
WE SEEM to have arrived at yet another defining moment in our collective effort to persuade the people of Kashmir that their interests are best served by remaining affiliated to the Indian Union rather than anything else.
- A Sacking As A Sop (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 13, 2001)
In UP, Rajnath’s whitewash jobs may have come too late.
- Winding Up Jpc May Not Help Steel Industry (The Financial Express, Sunil Mukhopadhyay, Aug 13, 2001)
The Expenditure Reforms Committee’s (ERC) suggestion to wind up the Kolkata-based Joint Plant Committee (JPC) to cut the steel ministry’s expenditure is being seen by many in the industry as unnecessary.
- Trench War Of Angst In West Asia (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 13, 2001)
THE ISRAELI LEADER, Mr. Ariel Sharon, has once again set a callous agenda in his trench warfare that is sustained by a strong undercurrent of emotional prejudices against the Palestinians.
- Count In Public Investment To Break Out Of Recession (The Financial Express, R.K. Roy, Aug 13, 2001)
The Union Cabinet has reportedly approved a mega rural all-weather road connectivity programme to reach out to 1.40 lakh habitations. This is a centrally-sponsored public works scheme, but the responsibility for implementing it will be that of the states.
- Kashmir’s Taliban (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Aug 13, 2001)
There appear to be no limits to the extent to which fanatical groups can go in pursuit of their creed of intolerance.
- ‘There’s No Slowdown In It Investments In Karnataka’ (The Financial Express, Sunil Mukhopadhyay, Aug 13, 2001)
Karnataka, India’s leading software exporting state, does not seem to be unduly worried about the slowdown in the sector.
- Sc Cracks The Whip, Fixes Time Limit For Pronouncing Judgements (Tribune, Anupam Gupta, Aug 13, 2001)
NOTHING that the Supreme Court of India has done for the last 50 years would compare with what it did last week.
- Robbing India Of Its Future (Hindustan Times, Prem Shankar Jha, Aug 13, 2001)
Most people have dismissed Prime Minister Vajpayee’s threat to resign as a politician’s trick to bring his party and his coalition into line behind him.
- Coming Clean... (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 13, 2001)
THERE is a general misconception about the desired specifications for a clean fuel. A commercial vehicle used for city transport service, operates virtually the whole day.
- Government Should Leave Dfis Well Alone (The Economic Times, S. L. Rao, Aug 13, 2001)
THE CENTRAL and state governments own or control development financial institutions, banks, insurance companies, mutual funds, as well as others through indirect ownership.
- ‘I Have Been Asking For A Mandate To Handle Mental Asylums. Nothing Has Happened So Far’ (Indian Express, Sreelatha Menon, Aug 13, 2001)
Mental illness is the seventh and last in the disabilities listed by the People with Disabilities Act, 1995.
- Proposal To Initiate Economic Revival (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Aug 13, 2001)
THE news of financial misadventures has dominated the media in recent months.
- Making Globalisation Work For The People (The Financial Express, Bhanoji Roa, Aug 13, 2001)
Reforms since 1991 were aimed at heralding the change from smuggling to honest importing; from hawala to free foreign exchange for legitimate uses; from constraints on enterprise to facilitating private sector.
- Circle Of Unreason (Hindustan Times, Balraj Puri, Aug 13, 2001)
L.K. Advani has threatened to crush insurgency in the Valley with an iron hand.
- Vision 2020 -- Why Don't Bankers Have Self-Confidence? (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Aug 13, 2001)
IN THE US, the Savings and Loan Associations are the equivalent of the chit funds in India.
- Bailouts From The Laid-Off (The Economic Times, Soumya Kanti Mitra, Aug 13, 2001)
ENTREPRENEURSHIP has suddenly got a broader meaning amidst the premature shutdown of software and other IT-related firms in California.
- Well Begun? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 13, 2001)
FIVE probationers allotted to the Karnataka cadre from the 1999 batch of UPSC official recruits have done their bit to project the IAS as the Indian Arrogant Service, the IPS as the Indian Pompous Service and the IFS as the Indian Freebie Service.
- Yet Another August 15 (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Aug 13, 2001)
ON JULY 31, the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, told a BJP parliamentary party meeting: ``Since I am Prime Minister, I am responsible. I feel I have not been able to manage and discipline the NDA.
- Trade Pressures (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 13, 2001)
MR ROBERT ZOELLICK, Trade Representative of the new Republican Government of Mr George Bush, said in a recent interview that he ``lives in a world of practical reality''.
- 'We Target The Rate Of Inflation' (The Economic Times, Diganta Saikia, Aug 13, 2001)
DR MERVYN King, deputy governor, Bank of England speaks on various issues ranging from monetary policy management and the problems with the international financial system to the importance of coordination across different governments.
- Of Golden Womb And Lotus Blooms (Pioneer, Harish C Gaur, Aug 13, 2001)
In scriptures, terms 'self' (atman) confined within the gross body and (cosmic) 'supreme self' (Brahman) are often interchangeably used, supported by the Sruti verse:
- 20 A.P.C (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Aug 13, 2001)
AUGUST 12, 2001, marks the completion of the 20th year after personal computer's (20 A.P.C.) advent.
- Wrong Tack (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 13, 2001)
THE SECOND National Commission on Labour, which is scheduled to submit its report by mid-October, is reportedly inclining towards treating the labour force in small scale industry as distinct from that in larger units.
- Good Riddance (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 12, 2001)
Uttar Pradesh's power minister, Mr Naresh Aggarwal, has only himself to blame for his removal from the State Cabinet.
- Faith, Fetters And Fatalities (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 12, 2001)
The Erwadi tragedy and the others waiting to happen can be traced to the exploitation of `faith' and the apathy of the authorities. Ramya Kannan reports.
- Another Ghost Which Calls (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 12, 2001)
It is the UTI ghost which is stalking those hallowed corridors now. If the Tehelka gave defencewallahs nightmares about strangers, the UTI scandal is giving politicians jitters about using cell phones.
- Fair & Squire (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 12, 2001)
FROM the vanity mirror, through the looking glass and thence up, up and awaaay — right through the glass ceiling: that is how women are reported to be going, but the ascent is still all too slow.
- A Reformer's Last Chance (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 12, 2001)
Syed Mohammed Khatami, in his second and last term as Iran's President, has the opportunity, and the need, to mark out his reform agenda in full, says Kesava Menon.
- Action Please (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 12, 2001)
Erwadi should be a wake-up call to all Governments, says Kalpana Sharma.
- Sorting Out Uti Tangle, Government Way (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 12, 2001)
CONTRARY to expectations, heads in the Government did not roll for the Unit Trust of India (UTI) muddle.
- Restroom Realism (Telegraph, MUKUL KESAVAN, Aug 12, 2001)
The difference between our films and their films is realism. Even after watching a nicely mounted film like Lagaan where the costumes and props (including the English extras) don’t make you cringe.
- Let The Youth Resolve J & K Problem (Tribune, Abu Abraham, Aug 12, 2001)
IN spite of all the post-summit wringing of hands among certain commentators, I think that among the ordinary people of Pakistan and India there has been a surge of optimism and hope.
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