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Articles 18721 through 18820 of 27558:
- Brain Dead (Hindustan Times, Indrajit Hazra, Aug 08, 2001)
A sure method to douse the spirits of the fiery liberal who never misses an opportunity to take up a ‘worthy’ cause is to give him a guided tour of Eastern India’s oldest mental asylum, Mankundu Mental Hospital, in West Bengal.
- Multiple Borehole Logger From Ngri (Business Line, M. Somasekhar, Aug 08, 2001)
IN THE search for underground minerals with potential economic value and for sources of water, a wide range of tools and methods have been developed.
- Selling Beauty Myth To Men (Tribune, Rachel Shabi, Aug 08, 2001)
THIS is a man talking: “I’m always on a diet; I can’t eat sweets or alcohol; I’m at the gym four times a week. It requires a lot of discipline and sacrifice, but it’s a matter of priorities and what’s important to you.”
- Pau: How The Story Of Politicisation Began (Tribune, Kartar Singh Ghai, Aug 08, 2001)
PUNJAB Agricultural University (PAU) came into being in December, 1962, to serve the rural people and ameliorate their economic conditions.
- Sum(m)it, Semantically (Tribune, Anurag, Aug 08, 2001)
OUR daft, sorry, deft diplomats bent over backwards to make the world believe that the much hyped Agra summit was not all about pits.
- Human Beings As Mobile Commodities (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 08, 2001)
The trafficking of people for prostitution and forced labour is one of the fastest growing areas of international criminal activity and one that is of increasing concern to the United States administration, congress and the international community.
- Where We Are Is Hell (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 08, 2001)
India demands very strong nerves — which is often a pithier phrase for a horrifically numbed public conscience.
- Vajpayee And Nehru (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Aug 08, 2001)
The brief drama over the Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee's offer of resignation is now generally treated as closed.
- Ayatollah’s Chess Game (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Aug 08, 2001)
It has been a few weeks since Syed Mohammed Khatami was re-elected president of Iran, this time defeating rivals from the ranks of the hardline Shia clerics by an even bigger margin than when he was first elected.
- Why Government Institutions Cannot Have Good Governance (The Economic Times, Janmejaya Sinha, Aug 08, 2001)
Will power is trying not to do something you really want to do," said Frog.
- The New Axis (Hindustan Times, Bhishma Narayan Singh, Aug 08, 2001)
I visited China recently on the invitation of the government of China. India and China, the two largest developing countries, share a lot of common interests.
- The Ways Of The Future (Telegraph, ANSU DATTA, Aug 08, 2001)
The hullabaloo in south Asia over the Agra summit just about coincided with that of a much bigger, continental summit in the Zambian capital, Lusaka, at which a “new African initiative” was initiated early July.
- With Finances In The Red, Antony Seeks To Reform Kerala Economy (Indian Express, N. Madhavan, Aug 08, 2001)
On his first visit to Delhi after assuming office, Kerala Chief Minister A.K. Antony has his task cut out for him. With the state’s coffers virtually empty and little further scope for resource mobilisation to finance public investment.
- Misplaced Euphoria (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Aug 08, 2001)
It has become a cliché to say nowadays that relations between India and the United States have been transformed beyond recognition.
- Fiddling With Education (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 08, 2001)
Saffronisation is not the only problem.
- The Politics Of Choice (Indian Express, Neera Kuckreja Sohoni, Aug 08, 2001)
Why must a few appropriate decision-making on behalf of all Indian women?
- Sena Story (Indian Express, Arati R. Jerath, Aug 08, 2001)
If firebrand Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Nirupam had any illusions about his popularity in his own party, they were dispelled forever last week.
- Private Fund Flow Holds The Key To Infrastructure Growth (The Financial Express, P Vinod Kumar, Aug 08, 2001)
When N Rangachary, chairman, Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (Irda) revealed that there are funds galore, but few takers in the infrastructure sector, at a recent seminar on ‘Opportunities in Infrastructure’ in Chennai.
- Feeding On Interest Income As Bread And Butter May Land Banks In A Soup (The Financial Express, Raghu Mohan, Aug 08, 2001)
Particularly trying times are ahead for banks. For the time being, let us set aside non-performing loans, the general sluggishness in the economy, and focus on the one aspect that many feel is a reason to cheer: softer interest rates.
- What’s Behind Vajpayee’s Volte-Face On Musharraf? (The Financial Express, Kuldip Nayar, Aug 08, 2001)
If a Prime Minister says he is not under pressure and then goes on to offer his resignation within 24 hours, what should people infer? Hardliners in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have been needling Atal Bihari Vajpayee for a long time.
- Infotech Act Silent On Ipr Infringement (The Financial Express, P.K. Vasudeva, Aug 08, 2001)
The mushrooming of Internet companies has unfolded a world of information for consumers.
- A Lapse Of Sanity (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 08, 2001)
ERWADI'S TRAGIC VICTIMS tell the tale of all that is wrong with India's system to take care of the mentally ill.
- Scripting The Bjp Meltdown (Hindu, Harish Khare , Aug 08, 2001)
IT WAS left to the little-known Mr. Rashid Alvi of the Bahujan Samaj Party to put his finger on the nature of the increasingly irreversible meltdown of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
- 'We Need To Think Global' (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 08, 2001)
DUE to the new economy and an environment of IPO-made millionaires, the path to success in life seems to be business.
- Madness And Civilisation (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Aug 08, 2001)
If words fail to describe the horrifying tragedy in Tamil Nadu’s Ervadi village, then perhaps it only means that even words have lost their ability to stir the national conscience.
- Oh, For Some Mandi Bonds (The Economic Times, Nidhi Nath Srinivas, Aug 08, 2001)
WAKING up to the importance of rural marketing, the government has been advised to invest a humongous Rs 2,68,742 crore over the next decade to ensure that grains, fruits and vegetables move from farm to face cheaply and profitably.
- New Management (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Aug 08, 2001)
THERE have been New Deal, New Frontiers, New Labour -- why not New Management?
- Vajpayee's Moment For Introspection (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Aug 08, 2001)
CALL it drama or real fatigue-cum-frustration, the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee's threat to quit the country's top job has created jitters in many quarters, including the BJP itself.
- Un Report And India -- `New', `Old' And A Confused Economy (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Aug 08, 2001)
THE 4.1 per cent negative growth logged in exports in June and a meagre 1.76 per cent growth in the first quarter (April-June) of this fiscal testify to the troubles of the manufacturer-exporters in penetrating the foreign market.
- Consolidation's In! (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 08, 2001)
CONSOLIDATION, long anticipated, has finally arrived in India's telecom market.
- A Lamp Of Learning? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 08, 2001)
A HUGE controversy is raging in Indian academia about the alleged 'saffronisation of education'.
- Transparency In Procurement (The Economic Times, P. P. Prabhu, Aug 08, 2001)
IN THE run up to the next Ministerial meeting of WTO scheduled in November 2001, at Doha, the developed countries, especially the EU.
- Responsibility Must Include Powers And Discretion (Business Line, P. R. Brahmananda , Aug 08, 2001)
THE travails of the public financial sector are slowly coming to surface. The UTI case is the beginning of the exposure of the public to the long-accumulating ills of the operations of the Indian public financial sector system.
- Cash Glut, Rate Cut (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 08, 2001)
IT is a kind of distress sale in the banking sector. The SBI started it late last week by reducing interest rate on short-term loans by 0.5 per cent.
- The Brain Is Behind Stammering (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 08, 2001)
Stammering, long thought to be caused by emotional factors, has been linked to physical abnormalities in the brain for the first time, it has been disclosed.
- Co-Operative, Not Corporate, Agriculture (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Aug 07, 2001)
THE just concluded agriculture committee meeting of the principal party in governance at New Delhi recommending ``contract farming'' is ominous.
- Now It’s Mumbai Crisis (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 07, 2001)
A political crisis is brewing in Maharashtra involving all four major parties – the Congress, the breakaway Nationalist Congress Party, the Shiv Sena and the BJP.
- W(i)ll Paswan's Dream Come True? (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Aug 07, 2001)
FOR the feisty Communications Minister, Mr Ram Vilas Paswan, any overt attack on his pet subjects, such as providing rural people with Wireless in Local Loop (WLL) telephone at inexpensive rates, is to be met with equal vehemence.
- Code Of Conduct For Whom? (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 07, 2001)
PRIME Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee's threat to resign forced the National Democratic Alliance partners to temporarily fall in line.
- Nda Code: Skirting Real Issues (Tribune, P. Raman , Aug 07, 2001)
BY no stretch of imagination can one conclude that last week’s uneasy peace or the proposal for a code of conduct will end all of the NDA’s internal tussles.
- Bihar Suffers Through It All (Telegraph, TILAK D. GUPTA, Aug 07, 2001)
Dogged by several Central Bureau of Investigation cases and encircled by rival political heavyweights baying for their blood, the Laloo Yadav-Rabri Devi duo continues to move on.
- A Horrendous Episode (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 07, 2001)
THE GUNNING DOWN of 15 persons by unidentified militants on August 3 night in Jammu and Kashmir, coming as it did in less than a fortnight of an equally horrendous episode, is a cause for grave concern.
- To Be An Engineer In Punjab (Tribune, Kanwer Inder Singh Khurana, Aug 07, 2001)
THE so-called people-friendly government of Punjab has surpassed all other states of India in making the engineering degree a distant dream for normal students.
- Damaging Politics Of Power Sector (Tribune, C. Narendra Reddy, Aug 07, 2001)
THE reforms in the power sector initiated in a couple of states are facing stiff resistance from the public.
- Pre-Natal Scanning Techniques Have A Role To Play In Falling Sex Ratio (The Financial Express, Joseph Vackayil, Aug 07, 2001)
Privatisation, globalisation and modern technology may be considered welcome developments in the economic sphere, but their impact on India’s socio-cultural milieu is fast becoming a cause for concern.
- Shocking Lack Of Buyers (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 07, 2001)
THE EDITORIAL 'Shock therapy' (ET, August 1) suggests that Enron's boss Kenneth Lay applied such therapy to Maharashtra's government by stating that his company has given up on India and is willing to pull out of Dabhol Power Company.
- No Monopolies Please, We Are Consumers (Indian Express, Rajiv Ahuja, Aug 07, 2001)
Many shopkeepers charge more than the maximum retail price printed on the pack, auto or taxi drivers refuse to take you unless you pay the price they ask for (the scenes outside pre-paid counters are well known).
- When Uti Fell Down And Broke Its Crown... (The Financial Express, Virendra Verma, Aug 07, 2001)
The Unit Trust of India (UTI), the “trusted” fund of the country, is once again in turmoil after a gap of almost two and half years with its flagship scheme, Unit Scheme 1964 (US-64).
- Hiroshima Haunts (Hindustan Times, Ashok Ashta, Aug 07, 2001)
The US Deputy Secretary Armitage’s recent visit to Delhi also took him to Tokyo, where it created a media reaction.
- To Realize The Dream Of Total Literacy (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 07, 2001)
The adoption of the 1968 [education] policy, which was based on the recommendations of the education commission (1964-66), marked a significant step in the history of education in post-independence India.
- Political Parties Fish For Issues As Poll Fever Begins In Up (The Financial Express, Devsagar Singh, Aug 07, 2001)
With assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh round the corner, political parties are vying with each other in raising issues of their choice.
- Our Singing, Their Singing (Telegraph, CYRIL ARIJIT GHOSH, Aug 07, 2001)
To many of us the sight of Nicole Kidman swooning to the song, “Diamonds are a girl’s best friend”, interspersed with the popular Hindi track, “Chhamma Chhamma”, in the new film, Moulin Rouge.
- Agony And Apathy (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 07, 2001)
INDIA'S CHALLENGE IN moderating the consequences of natural disasters has come under yet another serious test in Orissa, which has been a continued victim of nature's fury.
- The Dalai Lama’s Mistake (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Aug 07, 2001)
As the massacre in Doda has again shown, the militants have intensified their efforts to refocus international attention on Kashmir in the aftermath of the Agra setback.
- Saarc: Inside & Outside (Hindu, Anil Nauriya , Aug 07, 2001)
CHINA IS reported to have expressed a desire to join the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC).
- Constitutionally Unsound (Hindustan Times, AG Noorani , Aug 07, 2001)
President Chandrika Kumaratunga has wantonly plunged Sri Lanka into a constitutional crisis of incalculable consequences.
- Higher Judicial Appointments - Ii (Hindu, V. R. Krishna Iyer , Aug 07, 2001)
THE JUDICIAL takeover - critics may call it a quasi-coup - of the power of appointment of judges has landed the law in an imbroglio and magnified the dilatory methodology.
- Contingency Plan Needed To Tackle Drought (The Financial Express, Ashok B Sharma, Aug 07, 2001)
Government and policymakers should lose no time and spin into action to prepare region-wise contingency plans to meet the threat of emerging drought in large tracts of the country due to deficient rainfall.
- Don’t Talk Down The Economy (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Aug 07, 2001)
No economic fundamental has worsened, then why are we so depressed?
- Settle It (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 07, 2001)
THE MADRAS High Court has asked the telecom dispute settlement appellate tribunal to expedite its decision on the controversy surrounding the use of wireless in local loop by basic services providers for limited mobility.
- Paris, Milan... Mumbai? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 07, 2001)
GLOBALLY, fashion is big business. But not in India, where despite the Rs 40,000 crore turnover estimated by FICCI, the fashion industry is still at a nascent stage.
- The Consumption Trap (Business Line, Kumar Venkat, Aug 07, 2001)
DESPITE serious energy shortages in the US, the American public has not appeared willing to sacrifice environmental concerns for increased energy supplies.
- Brain Drain (Business Line, C. V. Aravind, Aug 07, 2001)
THE news is alarming, to say the least. A recent survey has revealed that `brain drain' costs India around $2 billion a year.
- That's The Way The Cookie Crumbles (The Economic Times, Shubham Mukherjee, Aug 07, 2001)
THE GOVERNMENT has been tinkering with the food processing sector for a long time but only on a piecemeal basis. But a full fledged new policy has yet to see the light of day.
- Peace Assurances (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 07, 2001)
THE assurance given by Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee to a group of 300 "Muslim clergy, academics, lawyers and others" that the peace process initiated by him would continue is a welcomeiteration of a rather repetitive but genuine stand.
- Resist A Wto Framework On Investment (The Economic Times, Nagesh Kumar, Aug 07, 2001)
DEVELOPED countries have been constantly trying to widen the scope of WTO regime on investment beyond the provisions of TRIMs Agreement.
- Monsoon Hopes (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 07, 2001)
THE MIXED-BAG that India Meteorological Department's mid-season review of south-west monsoon covering rainfall during June-July.
- Militant Morale (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 07, 2001)
Sunday’s ambush by Bodo militants in Assam’s Bongaigaon district , in which eight jawans of the Central Reserve Police Force and two civilians were killed.
- Lessons From The Uti (Telegraph, BHASKAR DUTTA , Aug 07, 2001)
For several weeks now, the Unit Trust of India has been hogging the headlines, and not just in the financial dailies. This is not at all surprising because the UTI is a household name in India.
- Tapping The Telecom Scam (Indian Express, Vrinda Gopinath, Aug 07, 2001)
Sukh Ram is back in news — and in the courts — as charges are framed against the former union minister in the six year-old telecom scandal.
- Burdened And Depleted (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 07, 2001)
Meanwhile, burdened with a huge population, Bihar languishes in poverty and backwardness.
- Advani The Arsonist (Indian Express, Mani Shankar Aiyar, Aug 07, 2001)
RUMOURS that the government is planning to name former Lok Sabha speaker Purno A. Sangma as its special emissary for talks with the different factions of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland and other insurgent organisations is threatening to light.
- Co-Operative, Not Corporate, Agriculture (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Aug 07, 2001)
THE just concluded agriculture committee meeting of the principal party in governance at New Delhi recommending ``contract farming'' is ominous.
- As Downturn Hits Sail, It’s Time To Focus On Improving Bottomline (The Financial Express, Sunil Mukhopadhyay, Aug 07, 2001)
The increase in first quarter (April-June 2001) losses of Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) by 63 per cent to Rs 376 crore compared to previous fiscal’s first quarter loss of Rs 231 crore has not taken anybody by surprise.
- Flip-Flop On Sangma (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 07, 2001)
Does the Centre have a clue about the Northeast?
- Securing Creditors (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 07, 2001)
THE DRAFT Bill, somewhat ponderously titled `Creation and Enforcement of Security Interest by banks and financial institutions' plugs a long-standing loophole in existing statutes.
- `Kept In The Dark': How? (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 06, 2001)
IIF THE UTI crisis spotlights the problems of the country's financial sector, politicians are regaling its people with extraordinary stories -- the unsolved puzzle of UTI investments.
- Code Of Opportunism (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Aug 06, 2001)
Whenever rules of behaviour are framed for a group, whether in politics or business or any other profession, it underlines a critical situation.
- An Apple A Day (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 06, 2001)
Doctors in the UK are prescribing an apple a day, or least some form of fruit and veg, to help keep patients away from life threatening conditions.
- Wrong Prescription (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 06, 2001)
NDA needs coordination more than a code of conduct.
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