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Articles 20021 through 20120 of 27558:
- The Competition Law (The Economic Times, Pallavi Shroff, Jul 14, 2001)
THE Cabinet decision on approving the draft Trade Related Competition Bill is indeed a major step taken by the Vajpayee government. In adopting and accepting a law in line with international standards, it has demonstrated its commitment to reforms.
- Kashmir: The Disinvestment Option (The Economic Times, Shubhrangshu Roy, Jul 14, 2001)
HOW silly can it get? When Prime Minister Vajpayee chats up the General this Sunday in Agra, he will take with him half his jing-bang Cabinet.
- 'There'll Be A Shakeout In The B2b Space' (The Economic Times, Manisha Shigh, Jul 14, 2001)
ALTHOUGH passing through a period of disillusionment, e-business is far from dead. So forecasts Gartner Consulting, the leading US-based IT advisory firm.
- Whither Accountability (The Economic Times, Bidyut Chatterjee, Jul 14, 2001)
THIS refers to the news 'Bankers fear govt probe of UTI decisions may turn into a witch-hunt' (ET, July 11). This response of the banking community, specifically the top management, is not unusual.
- Competition Law Should Have Special Provision To Check Cartels (The Financial Express, Ujjwal K Chowdhury, Jul 14, 2001)
In what amounts to a slap in the face for the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission (MRTPC), India’s cement cartel, aka the Cement Manufacturers’ Association, has hiked prices by almost 20 per cent, the highest one-off hike in recent times
- Money For Safety (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 14, 2001)
THE GREEN SIGNAL recently shown by the Prime Minister to the Railways' demand for a Rs 17,000-crore non-lapsable safety fund should prove a boon to the beleaguered organisation if the constitution of the fund is hassle-free.
- Split Wide Open! (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 14, 2001)
THE self-acclaimed craziest city in the world and the craziest tennis player in the world partied together Wednesday night to celebrate the latter’s winning the men’s singles title at Wimbledon, despite being the first wild-card entry to do so.
- Us House Backs Limited Drug Import Plan (The Financial Express, Adam Entous, Jul 13, 2001)
Under pressure from consumers to rein in sky-high prescription drug prices, the US House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to let Americans import less expensive medicines from Europe and elsewhere by mail order.
- The Libertarian Reader (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 13, 2001)
IN the political sphere, representative government is the corollary of the supremacy of the consumers in the market. Officeholders depend on the voters as entrepreneurs and investors depend on the consumers.
- Private Power Projects -- Third-Party Sales: A Viable Option? (Business Line, S. Padmanabhan , Jul 13, 2001)
INDEPENDENT power producers (IPPs) have been demanding that they be allowed to sell power to third parties -- large consumers -- directly, instead of selling to the electricity boards.
- Enemies In Wait (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 13, 2001)
According to the Congress, the ruling coalition is busy with its internal squabbles instead of caring for the suffering people. Floodwaters have damaged crops covering about two lakh hectares of land as well as thousands of dwellings.
- Island Of Acrimony In The Floods (Telegraph, TILAK D. GUPTA, Jul 13, 2001)
Orissa seems to be caught in a never-ending cycle of misfortune.
- To Work With Dignity And Freedom (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 13, 2001)
Most of the 36.1 million people infected with HIV are in the prime of their working lives. The effects are momentous — not just on workers and their families, but on enterprises and entire national and regional economies.
- Sri Lanka's Concerns And Choices (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 13, 2001)
THE DIVIDING LINE between constitutional choices and political concerns is becoming increasingly blurred in Sri Lanka.
- Developing Nations Need To Do Their Bit For Growth (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jul 13, 2001)
The primary responsibility for achieving growth and equitable development lies with the developing countries themselves.
- Transferring Risk To Capital Market -- An Alternative To Reinsurance (Business Line, B. Venkatesh , Jul 13, 2001)
COMPANIES are gung-ho about privatisation of the insurance market. More than half a dozen companies are offering or proposing to offer consumers various insurance products.
- Marriage Movement (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jul 13, 2001)
IT IS only to be expected that in a country like the US where 43 per cent of the marriages end in divorce, 50 per cent of the couples cohabit before marriage, if they marry at all.
- Everyone’ll Benefit From A New Round Of Trade Negotiations (The Economic Times, Mark Vaile, Jul 13, 2001)
IN November, representatives from the 141 members of the World Trade Organisation will meet in Doha, Qatar to consider the launch of a new round of global trade negotiations.
- A Wave Of Peace (Hindustan Times, Riyaz Punjabi, Jul 13, 2001)
Two major issues have raised the popular concern ahead of the forthcoming summit.
- Collective Obsession (Telegraph, Bhaskar Ghose, Jul 13, 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.
- A Tea Bag Too Many (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jul 13, 2001)
From the look of it, the Pakistan High Commission will be saddled with unused tea bags after Saturday’s party for General Musharraf.
- West Bengal -- Revival Hinges On Service Sector Growth (Business Line, S. Majumder , Jul 13, 2001)
EXPECTATIONS are running high in West Bengal. The public mood has changed dramatically with the communist party changing tack from ideology to economy after winning the Assembly elections and coming back for its sixth term.
- Private Power Projects -- Third-Party Sales: A Viable Option? (Business Line, S. Padmanabhan , Jul 13, 2001)
INDEPENDENT power producers (IPPs) have been demanding that they be allowed to sell power to third parties -- large consumers -- directly, instead of selling to the electricity boards.
- The Declining Fortunes Of Air-India (The Economic Times, Abhijit Bhattacharyya , Jul 13, 2001)
NO sensible person questions the proposal to disinvest Air-India. It is overdue.
- Under The Shadow Of Suspicion (Hindustan Times, Madhavrao Scindia, Jul 13, 2001)
The world community and all right-thinking people in India and Pakistan have rightly welcomed the resumption of talks between the two hostile neighbours in South Asia.
- Sweeping People Under The Welcome Mat (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jul 13, 2001)
Being a good host may involve pulling out all stops to welcome a special guest.
- `Net Has Also Revolutionised Business Frauds’ (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 13, 2001)
HACKING, virus attack, digital signatures. The issues of e-security are many and complex, but their effective implementation is paramount to the success of e-business.
- Us Isolated On Its Stand On ‘Access To Medicines’ At Trips Meet (The Financial Express, Anju Ghangurde, Jul 13, 2001)
The European Commission (EC)’s tacit approval of the stand taken by the Africa Group at the recent TRIPS Council meeting marks an epoch-making change in the attitude of the developed world towards the developing world.
- Stronger Commodity-Supplying Sectors Can Help Restore Economic Balance (The Financial Express, S. R. Kasbekar, Jul 13, 2001)
A decade of reforms gives one a feeling of deja vu that the Indian economy has, at last, entered the ‘post-industrial phase’ by piercing through the infamous ‘Hindu rate of growth.’
- Tackling Transfer Pricing (The Economic Times, Amaresh Bagchi, Jul 13, 2001)
THIS year’s Union budget has amended the Income Tax Act to introduce new provisions enabling tax administration to deal with the phenomenon of transfer pricing.
- A Rare Mix Up (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 13, 2001)
It seems a good thing that Ms J. Jayalalitha was allowed to become chief minister of Tamil Nadu.
- Islam In The Information (Tribune, M.S.N. Menon, Jul 13, 2001)
ARE Islamic societies ready to take advantage of the information age? Perhaps not. More so, Pakistan. Its education is dominated by the fundamentalists.
- Technological Fixes (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 13, 2001)
IN MORE THAN a decade of publication, the annual Human Development Report of the United Nations Development Programme.
- Naga Ceasefire And Manipur (Hindu, Radhabinod Koijam, Jul 13, 2001)
THE RECENT ceasefire with Naga militants announced by the Government of India without territorial limits caused a massive outburst of anger in Manipur.
- Smoking The Peace Pipe (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 13, 2001)
Times change. Till just the other day we were being told that the Kashmir problem could be resolved.
- An Impractical Solution (Tribune, Raj Chatterjee, Jul 13, 2001)
KARGIL, and the events following it across our northern border, not to speak of the recent communal rioting in Kanpur, impelled me to delve into my box of newspaper clippings from which I drew out two articles.
- Indo-Pak Summit There Is Life Beyond Terrorism (Tribune, Hari Jaisingh, Jul 13, 2001)
AS President Pervez Musharraf lands on Indian soil tomorrow, there are mixed feelings about the Agra summit.
- It’s Murder, They Said (Telegraph, MADHUSHREE C. BHOWMIK, Jul 13, 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.
- Wanted: A Civilised Civil Service (Tribune, N. Krishna, Jul 13, 2001)
WHEN Singapore, tiny city state with just three million population, without any natural resources, but with a sizable Tamil population, produced four billionaires (Singapore has one of the maximum bank deposit rate per person also).
- 'No Hurriyat, No Sincerity' (Hindu, Abdul Ghani Lone, Jul 13, 2001)
The raging controversy over the meeting of the Pakistan President, General Musharraf, and the Hurriyat is a part of a disinformation campaign aimed at projecting the Hurriyat as an impediment to the upcoming summit.
- Breach Of Promise (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 13, 2001)
The crisis of political accountability in West Bengal has been confirmed again with a rather disgraceful clarity.
- 'Other' Income (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 13, 2001)
AUCTIONS of operating licences for a fourth cellular phone player in 17 telecom circles could throw up nearly Rs 2,000 crore.
- Beyond The Us-64 Conspiracy (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jul 13, 2001)
WHATEVER ELSE the Agra Summit may or may not be able to achieve, it has certainly distracted attention from the enormity of the crime of the US-64 over which Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee's Finance Minister has presided.
- A President’s Coup (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 13, 2001)
SRI LANKAN politics is in turmoil. President Chandrika Kumaratunga has prorogued Parliament and called a referendum.
- Toxic Metals In Food (Tribune, Y. P. Gupta, Jul 12, 2001)
CERTAIN metallic contaminants — arsenic, mercury, nickel, lead, antimony, cadmium, chromium etc — in different foodstuffs accumulate in body tissues and thereby produce illness.
- To Work With Dignity And Freedom (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 12, 2001)
Most of the 36.1 million people infected with HIV are in the prime of their working lives.
- Island Of Acrimony In The Floods (Telegraph, TILAK D. GUPTA, Jul 12, 2001)
Orissa seems to be caught in a never-ending cycle of misfortune.
- Enemies In Wait (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 12, 2001)
According to the Congress, the ruling coalition is busy with its internal squabbles instead of caring for the suffering people. Floodwaters have damaged crops covering about two lakh hectares of land as well as thousands of dwellings.
- It’s Murder, They Said (Telegraph, MADHUSHREE C. BHOWMIK, Jul 12, 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.
- Ubiquitous Killers (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 12, 2001)
GLOBAL EFFORTS AT arms control and disarmament are set to widen further in the years ahead with the United Nations placing the problem of spread of small arms and light weapons on the international agenda.
- Half-Measures On Pds (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 12, 2001)
THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT has finally taken a decision to facilitate a lowering of the mountain of grain with the Food Corporation of India, but the question is whether the package that has been announced is one that does too little too late.
- Rural Incomes Vs Industry Demand -- The Blurry Beanstalk (Business Line, S.S. Bhandare, Jul 12, 2001)
AS FAR as Budget 2001 goes, the Finance Minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha, has, given the constraints, done what best he could -- granting additional reliefs worth Rs 1,000 crore and making minor modifications to the Finance Bill.
- Vat Countdown (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 12, 2001)
A THREE-WEEK DEADLINE is ticking for States and Union Territories which have been delaying two things: The implementation of uniform floor rates of sales tax, and the withdrawal of sales tax incentives for industrial investment.
- Extending The Learning Curve -- How B-Schools Benefit By Sharing Knowledge On The Web (Business Line, A. V. Vedpuriswar, Jul 12, 2001)
DEVELOPMENT and sharing of knowledge have been a continuous process ever since man learnt to speak and write.
- How The Web Is Getting Richer (The Economic Times, Sidarth Rao, Jul 12, 2001)
DIG into a rediff headline and watch the right corner space and you will find one of the better battles that portals are fighting against sluggish ad sales.
- Debenture-Holders In The Dock (Business Line, N. Sridharan, Jul 12, 2001)
THE Companies Amendment Act, 2000 has, in addition to the existing Section 117 on debentures, added three more Sections -- 117A, 117B and 117C.
- Vajpayee-Musharraf Meet -- Media In Overdrive (Business Line, Menka Shivdasani , Jul 12, 2001)
THE Vajpayee-Musharraf summit is on everybody's lips and it has not even begun. Ms Zain Verjee, CNN's new Q&A presenter, is in India for the big event, so Ms Tumi Makgabo is filling in for her and mercifully talking about something else -- sex.
- Negotiating Kashmir (Hindu, Navnita Chadha Behera, Jul 12, 2001)
THE PRIME Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee's invitation to Pakistan's General Pervez Musharraf to ``walk the high road to peace'' reflected the vision of a statesman and an astute leadership.
- Need For A Realistic Approach (Hindu, Riyaz Punjabi, Jul 12, 2001)
IT IS well accepted that one should not expect miracles from the forthcoming Agra Summit between Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee and Gen. Pervez Musharraf.
- Agra, Just A Beginning (Hindu, Malini Parthasarathy, Jul 12, 2001)
For those of us who have been unswerving in expressing our belief these last two years, that there is no other possible course in relation to Pakistan except to resume an engagement of its leadership and its people.
- Chandrika Ties Opposition's Hands (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Jul 12, 2001)
COLOMBO, JULY 11. In proroguing Parliament and announcing a referendum, the Sri Lankan President, Ms. Chandrika Kumaratunga, has not only disarmed the Opposition, but virtually tied their hands.
- T Rex (Business Line, D. Murali , Jul 12, 2001)
THE ancient profession of accounting has at last turned its attention to an ancient occupation -- agriculture.
- Policeman's Lot (Business Line, C. V. Aravind, Jul 12, 2001)
THAT the arrest of the former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Mr M. Karunanidhi, and two Union Ministers, Mr Murasoli Maran and Mr T. R. Baalu has shown the Tamil Nadu Police in a bad light is putting it mildly.
- Collective Obsession (Telegraph, Bhaskar Ghose, Jul 12, 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.
- India And Pakistan Try Again (Washington Post, Editorial, Washington Post, Jul 12, 2001)
Few people expect a breakthrough on Kashmir anytime soon. Mr. Musharraf so far seems bent on reaching a settlement on Pakistan's terms.
- Breach Of Promise (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 12, 2001)
The crisis of political accountability in West Bengal has been confirmed again with a rather disgraceful clarity.
- A Rare Mix Up (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 12, 2001)
It seems a good thing that Ms J. Jayalalitha was allowed to become chief minister of Tamil Nadu.
- Online Discussion On Summit Agenda Offers Slew Of Suggestions (The Financial Express, HUMA SIDDQUI, Jul 12, 2001)
Will something big emerge out of General Musharraf’s visit to India it or is too much being made out of the summit? Whatever be the outcome, New Delhi and Pakistan must strive for meaningful stabilisation of a difficult and uneasy strategic relationship.
- Dark Shadow Over Agra Parleys (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Jul 12, 2001)
BOTH the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee, and Pakistan’s military ruler, General Pervez Musharraf, have made it impossible for me to stick to my resolve to give the Agra summit.
- Pm’s Wideranging Consultations (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 12, 2001)
PRIME MINISTER Atal Behari Vajpayee has been having intense consultations over the last fortnight with a wide spectrum of public opinion on how to put the bedevilled Indo-Pak relations on an even keel.
- Inching Towards Progress (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 12, 2001)
SLOW and steady wins the race. However, it does not require a high degree of common sense to understand that slow and unsteady ends up nowhere.
- The Energy Crisis (Tribune, J. D. Sharma, Jul 12, 2001)
POWER cuts normally appear with the onset of summer. Why in a country like India where everything is in surplus power cuts are exceeding. Various organisations have organised seminars on “how to manage energy crisis.”
- Urban Woman Has No Time To Eat (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 12, 2001)
AT one time, elaborate meals used to be savoured at leisure by entire families without a care for calories or diet control.
- Income Tax Exemptions (The Economic Times, Indira Rajaraman, Jul 12, 2001)
AN income tax has been in force in India ever since 1886, but it is not leviable on all income recipients. Income sourced from agriculture is not taxable under the centrally levied income tax, although it is taxable by state governments.
- Take Into Confidence (Hindustan Times, Rudranath Sanyal, Jul 12, 2001)
All confidence building measures (CBMs) are sensitive moves that can spark off chain reactions at various levels.
- Kashmir: To The Summit Without Sherpas (Business Line, B. Raman , Jul 12, 2001)
PROACTIVE on Jammu & Kashmir (J&K), reactive on other issues.
- Flying Start (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 12, 2001)
Through The Third Eye.
- Don’t Encourage Misallocation Of Scarce Economic Resources (The Economic Times, Yassir A Pitalwalla, Jul 12, 2001)
POPULAR politics is not always good economics. What else could explain the decision of the Union ministry of finance to assign an agency like the Central Bureau of Investigation.
- The Orwellian World Of Muslims (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jul 12, 2001)
Is the Islamic world in an introspective mood?
- Food For Thought (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jul 12, 2001)
The huge stocks of unsold foodgrains have forced the government to effect a 26 per cent cut in the issue price of rice and wheat sold through the public distribution system to those above the poverty line, thereby showing a deplorable bankruptcy of ideas.
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