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Articles 19521 through 19620 of 27558:
- Abdul Sattar’s Agra Formula (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jul 24, 2001)
The President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the Prime Minister of the Republic of India,
- Set An Example (The Economic Times, T. S. Sivaramakrishnan, Jul 24, 2001)
THE newly introduced Saral forms for income tax have questions akin to the ones asked when a scrutiny occurs. People fear the latter very much as they lead to harassment and corruption.
- The Agra Syndrome (Hindu, V. R. Krishna Iyer , Jul 24, 2001)
VAJPAYEEJI, I salute the statesman in you for the factum of the summit meet but feel frustrated at your team's infantile ineptitude for the dire denouement!
- Dialogue Without Illusions (Hindu, Husain Haqqani, Jul 24, 2001)
THE AGRA summit marks the revival of a dialogue that could take a long time to conclude.
- Consensus On Pak. Policy Crumbling (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Jul 24, 2001)
NEW DELHI, JULY 23. It is a pity that the national consensus on foreign policy - on Pakistan - appears to be collapsing within weeks after it found an impressive demonstration.
- Rural Employment In The 1990s (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Jul 24, 2001)
WHEN the first results of the 55th Round of the National Sample Survey were released, it was already apparent that there had been some major shifts in patterns of employment, especially in the rural areas.
- Tapping Savings Potential Can Help Fatten Pension Kitty (The Financial Express, Harjeet Ahluwalia, Jul 24, 2001)
Pension for the growing population of Indians living beyond the age of 60 years is a concern that ought to be shared by not just the government and some existing and aspirant pension fund providers, but by every right-thinking citizen:
- From The Base To The Apex (Telegraph, S. Venkitaramanan , Jul 24, 2001)
The United Nations development programme’s latest human development report has maintained the excellent standards of its predecessors.
- Corporates Should Be More Proactive In Checking Insider Trading (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jul 24, 2001)
With decision-makers in the corporate sector getting embroiled in controversies, fear and scepticism reigns the stock market and business channels.
- Allies In Need (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 24, 2001)
The solemnisation of the alliance between the BJP and the Rashtriya Lok Dal with the induction of Mr Ajit Singh into the Union Cabinet represents a marriage of mutual need.
- Treaty In Waiting (Hindustan Times, AG Noorani , Jul 24, 2001)
‘IT SEEMS puerile to quibble over whether it is a formal offer or not.’ It is hard to believe that this was L.K. Advani’s reaction, on November 22, 1981, to Indira Gandhi’s reservations on Pakistan’s offer of a no-war pact.
- Birds Of The Same Feather (Hindustan Times, J. Sri. Raman, Jul 24, 2001)
TILL THE other day, Tamil Nadu was one state where the advent of the Sangh parivar was considered unthinkable.
- Europe Struggles To Save What Us Killed (The Financial Express, Shefali Misra, Jul 24, 2001)
The world has gone mad,” said British Prime Minister Tony Blair, pithily if plaintively. He was alluding to the fact that the Genoa G-8 meeting had been covered more for the public protests that stalked it than for its substantive agenda.
- Counter, Then Talk (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 24, 2001)
With two massacres-one of Amarnath yatris, the other of innocent civilians in Doda-and unprovoked artillery fire at the Line of Control, Pakistan has made its intentions loud and clear.
- Genoa's Three Musketeers, And... A Gen Dyer Come To Judgment! (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jul 24, 2001)
WHAT does Mr Tony Blair fancy himself to be?
- Miasma Of Misrule Overpowers All (Pioneer, Sidharth Bhatia, Jul 24, 2001)
Dramatic events make news; slow moving processes do not.
- Sachin Xi Or Indian Team? (Pioneer, Indranil Basu, Jul 24, 2001)
Time and again, the Indian cricket team has proved its almost paranoid dependence on Sachin Tendulkar.
- Redeeming Agra (Pioneer, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Jul 24, 2001)
Agra talks having led us nowhere, and it is time to develop a clear perspective on the Kashmir problem. Kautilya can be of help. Let us see what Arthashastra has to say about our present predicament.
- Women's Bill: Combat Or Capitulate (Pioneer, Ashish Talwar, Jul 24, 2001)
Women as a socio-politico group are undoubtedly the biggest losers in today's democracy.
- Oh Deer! (Pioneer, Sujan Chinoy, Jul 24, 2001)
In the early years after Independence, the Kathiawar peninsula in western India, also known as Saurashtra, boasted rich fauna.
- No Use Blaming The General (Telegraph, BHASKAR DUTTA , Jul 24, 2001)
The Agra summit has naturally generated a great deal of media attention on Pakistan.
- After Agra Comes Doda (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jul 24, 2001)
SURELY, if nothing else was expected from the Agra summit, one would have assumed that the incessant killings in Jammu and Kashmir would subside.
- Obligations Of The Rich (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 24, 2001)
GOING by the strength of the members of the rich G-8 group, one would say that those who protested against the perpetuation of the global capitalist economic order at the Italian city of Genoa.
- Intricacies Of International Diplomacy (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Jul 24, 2001)
THE Chinese lost their previous bid for the Olympics to Sydney by two votes and took care to employ the best public relations firms in bidding for the 2008 games and won handsomely.
- Summit With My Neighbour (Tribune, Rajnish Wattas, Jul 24, 2001)
EVER since our two neighbouring plots were partitioned, there has been a running dispute — now called an issue — over the kachnar trees left out on the other side of the wall.
- Economy: Clueless Pursuit (Tribune, P. Raman , Jul 24, 2001)
A prominent business editor recently lamented that Indian corporates are so frustrated that they remain utterly clueless about their investment plans for the decade.
- Barrister’S Secret Marriage (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 24, 2001)
The first Subordinate Judge of Alipore has admitted the plaint of Mirva Devi, a daughter of Mr P.L. Roy.
- Island Of Acrimony In The Floods (Telegraph, TILAK D. GUPTA, Jul 23, 2001)
Orissa seems to be caught in a never-ending cycle of misfortune. After the supercyclone of 1999 and last summer’s severe drought, this eastern state is now being ravaged by floods.
- To Work With Dignity And Freedom (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 23, 2001)
Most of the 36.1 million people infected with HIV are in the prime of their working lives.
- A Tale Of Two It Cos (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 23, 2001)
ON two consecutive days last week, two IT companies declared their quarterly results. While NIIT, the IT education giant reported a 93 per cent fall in net profit over the same period last year, Wipro declared a 97 per cent growth in net profit.
- Policy In Petridish (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 23, 2001)
THE GOVERNMENT TEAM working on a new drug policy has a thankless task.
- Rich Versus Poor (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jul 23, 2001)
Protests against the rich countries, as seen at the ongoing Group of Eight meeting in Genoa, have become a regular feature.
- Phantom Of The Railways (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jul 23, 2001)
If someone was anywhere along the 119-km stretch through which an empty passenger train rushed past in the wee hours of Thursday, chances are that he would have found nothing especially odd — except that it was moving backwards.
- Indo-Pak. Tussle Over Core Interests (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Jul 23, 2001)
CHENNAI, JULY 22. A qualitatively new diplomatic clash between India and Pakistan over their differing core interests is on the cards now.
- Breach Of Promise (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 23, 2001)
The crisis of political accountability in West Bengal has been confirmed again with a rather disgraceful clarity.
- Media And Foreign Policy (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Jul 23, 2001)
NEW DELHI, JULY 22. Is there a fundamental contradiction between the necessity of talking in secret with a foreign government on the one hand and informing one's own media about that negotiation on the other?
- Conversion As Protest? (Pioneer, Valson Thampu , Jul 23, 2001)
Reportedly a thousand members belonging to 225 Arundhadhiar families near Coimbatore decided to convert to Christianity in protest against the caste-based discrimination they were subjected to.
- Vision And Television (Pioneer, Shubha Singh, Jul 23, 2001)
The President of Pakistan, General Pervez Musharraf, came to India with a one-point agenda that revolved around the Kashmir problem and no other issue was allowed to come in its way.
- General's 'Hurt' Rings Hollow (Pioneer, Bobby Sharma, Jul 23, 2001)
President Musharraf abused Indian hospitality at Agra.
- Reach High To Taste Success (Pioneer, Joginder Singh, Jul 23, 2001)
How is it that some people achieve whatever goal they set for themselves, while others stumble and crumble at the every step?
- Collective Obsession (Telegraph, Bhaskar Ghose, Jul 23, 2001)
There is a Bengali word that isn’t easy to translate, but which very aptly describes the behaviour of the media before, during and after the visit of Pervez Musharraf to India.
- Musharraf’s Handicap (Hindustan Times, Amulya Ganguli, Jul 23, 2001)
The belief that only a BJP government in India and an army chief in Pakistan can make peace between the two countries ignores one important nuance.
- Tunnel Vision (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jul 23, 2001)
The general is getting caught in his labyrinth. If the Pakistani president persists with his Kashmir-only tunnel vision, he may find himself in a trap.
- Between Mumbai And Delhi (Hindustan Times, Bhaichand Patel, Jul 23, 2001)
As I write this, I am sitting in a splendid room in the Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai. This is not my normal lifestyle. I am here on someone else’s expense account.
- Uti Veil Ripped Off (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 23, 2001)
THE head of the former head of the UTI (Unit Trust of India) has rolled. Also those of two executive directors.
- Seshnag Death Dance (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 23, 2001)
THE death of 13 persons in a terrorist strike at Seshnag on the way to the holy Amarnath cave on Saturday is a grim reminder that security can be exceptionally tight but not foolproof.
- Talk Silently (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 23, 2001)
President Pervez Musharraf needs to make up his mind and clearly decide the objective of the dialogue process that has just been resumed between India and Pakistan.
- Kofi Annan's Second Term (Hindu, Chinmaya R. Gharekhan, Jul 23, 2001)
MR. KOFI ANNAN'S election to a second term as Secretary-General of the United Nations was expected from the first day of his first term.
- It’s Murder, They Said (Telegraph, MADHUSHREE C. BHOWMIK, Jul 23, 2001)
Titli flits around her foster home. She lurches from one room to another on unsteady legs and loves to look at the Sydney harbour from the windows of her “penthouse’’ in the Australian capital.
- The Origin Of Space, Time And The Universe (The Economic Times, Peter Atkins, Jul 23, 2001)
OUR appreciation of the nature of universe stems from our ability to notice, observe, and reflect on the things it contains.
- Time To Return To The Valley (Hindu, Muchkund Dubey , Jul 23, 2001)
THE MUCH-PUBLICISED Agra summit did not live up to the expectations and ended without producing even a bald agreed statement summarising the principal events and reiterating that the dialogue will continue.
- Bring Back Trust (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 23, 2001)
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS CONCERNING the country's largest mutual fund, the UTI, can be viewed in two ways.
- Towards New Indo-U.S. Links (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 23, 2001)
THE `STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE' that India seems to be gaining in the foreign policy calculus of the present Bush administration in Washington is gradually becoming conspicuous.
- Fdi Is No Panacea For India’s Growth Weaknesses (The Financial Express, R.K. Roy, Jul 23, 2001)
India nurses high hopes of attracting foreign direct investment (FDI). The best annual FDI inflow the country has attracted is $3.6 billion—in 1997-98.
- Senate Finance Chief Outlines Idea For Trade Bill (The Financial Express, Doug Palmer, Jul 23, 2001)
Senate finance committee chairman Max Baucus said, on Friday, he was prepared to help craft a Bipartisan Bill to give United States President George W Bush a broad new trade negotiating authority.
- Convergence Bill May Work At Cross-Purposes With Its Objective (The Financial Express, Anees Ahmed, Jul 23, 2001)
The revised draft of the Communication Convergence Bill is expected to be introduced in Parliament in the monsoon session. The revised Bill drafted by the Fali Nariman Committee on Convergence incorporates suggestions received from various quarters.
- Avoid Rushing Into Air-India Disinvestment (The Financial Express, Prabhat Kumar, Jul 23, 2001)
Disinvestment is a laudable objective. The government has been getting a meagre return on over $50 billion of investments in public undertakings made in last 50 years.
- Oh, Those Meetings! (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Jul 23, 2001)
HAVE you been to a meeting lately? Now make some important notes. Take a piece of paper and write down the following:
- Lulled By Guarantees (The Economic Times, T. N. Sethumadhavan, Jul 23, 2001)
THE FM has come up with a cure for UTI destined to cause more ills down the way; it is now clear that, despite all his posturings, UTI is a government institution.
- Referendum May Prove Divisive (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Jul 23, 2001)
COLOMBO, JULY 22. It is now becoming increasingly clear that the August 21 referendum on the need for a new constitution called by the President, Ms. Chandrika Kumaratunga, is likely to be a highly divisive exercise for Sri Lanka.
- Ready Answers To The Y V Reddy Puzzle (The Economic Times, Mythili Bhusnurmath, Jul 23, 2001)
BUREAUCRATS, we all know, will never tell you anything you don’t already know.
- From Krishna Menon To Jaswant Singh: Four Decades Of Kashmir Dialogue (Tribune, Anupam Gupta, Jul 23, 2001)
FEW summits in diplomatic history have been so one-sided, so ill-planned on the one side and so well-planned on the other, as the Indo-Pak summit at Agra.
- Tv & Net, Key Drivers Of Entertainment Industry (The Economic Times, Sudipto Dey, Jul 23, 2001)
CONSULTING major PricewaterhouseCoopers in its Entertainment & Media Outlook 2001-2005 has forecast that the industry would be globally worth $1.2 trillion by 2005, growing at 7.2 per cent compounded annually.
- Agra Could Have Been Saved (Tribune, A.N. Dar, Jul 23, 2001)
BOTH Indian and Pakistani Foreign Ministers have said that the Agra talks have not failed.
- A Rare Mix Up (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 23, 2001)
It seems a good thing that Ms J. Jayalalitha was allowed to become chief minister of Tamil Nadu.
- Opposition Essaying United Assault On Government Failures (The Financial Express, Rohit Bansal, Jul 23, 2001)
In terms of issues, there is no dearth of embarrassment staring the government in the face during the monsoon session of Parliament which begins today.
- Bank Frauds -- Where To Draw The Line (Business Line, V. Ramachandran, Jul 23, 2001)
THE three threats which have become a major nightmare for all banks, in general, and the public sector banks, in particular, are ballooning NPAs, high transaction costs and a sharp increase in the incidence of bank frauds.
- Greenspan's Testimony And After -- It Is Now All Up To Koizumi (Business Line, V. Anantha-Nageswaran , Jul 23, 2001)
MR ALAN Greenspan offers little comfort though he tried. As testimonies go, the Fed Chairman delivered one of his flattest in this author's memory.
- History To Order (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jul 23, 2001)
BAD news for South Korea and China: Japan has pointblank turned down their insistent as well as persistent pleas not to doctor history in its textbooks.
- Prairie Fire From Nepal (Business Line, B. Raman , Jul 23, 2001)
THE Maoists of Nepal, who have stepped up their attacks on the Nepalese Police since July 1.
- Focussed On Rhetoric (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 23, 2001)
FOR the most part, what General Pervez Musharraf served to the media on Friday evening in Islamabad was much the same menu as he had offered to editors in Agra earlier in the week.
- Can Koizumi Save Japan? (The Economic Times, Rudi Dombusch, Jul 23, 2001)
JAPAN now poses the great threat to world financial stability. Once again, its economy is in recession, its budget deficit huge, its public debts (including unfunded pensions) worse than anywhere else in the world.
- Human Development Report 2001 -- India Has A Lot Of Catching Up To Do (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Jul 23, 2001)
THE UNDP's Human Development Report (HDR) 2001 has maintained its tradition.
- Reforms: Stuck In The Talk Syndrome (The Economic Times, S. L. Rao, Jul 23, 2001)
ON July 24, it will be ten years since Dr Manmohan Singh introduced his first Budget. Until then, he was not known for radical ideas for reforming and restructuring the Indian economy.
- West Asia In Crisis (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 23, 2001)
The deadly game of assault and retaliation continues to spiral in West Asia.
- Crime And Punishment (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 23, 2001)
THE ARREST and subsequent remand into custody of the former UTI chairman, P S Subramanyam, for causing `wrongful loss’ to the institution raises several issues.
- Is Tony A Tory? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 22, 2001)
While pro-reformers praise Mr. Tony Blair for not pulling any punches, critics find his tone unduly aggressive. Hasan Suroor on the growing confrontation over Labour's agenda.
- Naidu Loses The Modem Link (Hindu, R. J. Rajendra Prasad , Jul 22, 2001)
The results of the local body polls in Andhra Pradesh can be seen as a verdict for change from the hi-tech approach to governance to policies focussed on farmers, Dalits and the deprived.
- The Road Stretches On From Agra (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 22, 2001)
On the Indo-Pakistan front, the emphasis now is on absorbing the lessons from Agra and finding ways to move forward, says C. Raja Mohan.
- Some Other Time, Some Other Place (Pioneer, Shobori Ganguli, Jul 22, 2001)
Why can't we be friends now ...."It's what I want. It's what you want". But the horses didn't want it, they swerved apart.
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