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Articles 20521 through 20620 of 27558:
- Winners All (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 03, 2001)
IF WE had gone by the judgement of the 100 or so CEOs polled for the ET Awards, N R Narayana Murthy or Infosys would have bagged practically all the awards for this year.
- Economy Disinterest (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 03, 2001)
ON ANY SCALE of earnestness to battle a slowdown, the US is surely scoring more points than India with Washington unveiling huge tax cuts to back Fed's easing of interest rates.
- India’s Food Revolution (Telegraph, Bibek Debroy, Jul 03, 2001)
M.S. Banga, chairman, Hindustan Lever Limited, delivered a talk titled “Food Revolution — A Win Win for Farmer and Consumer” at the annual general meeting on June 22. This deserves wider dissemination.
- Sowing Wind, Reaping Whirlwind (Business Line, Premen Addy , Jul 03, 2001)
THE midsummer silly season and the rioting season are as one.
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The Badla Is Dead, Long Live The Badla! (The Economic Times, Samir K Barua, Jul 03, 2001)
AN ERA came to a close on the Indian bourses on June 29, 2001. After ruling the markets for over a hundred years, badla faded away into oblivion.
- Ornamentalism: How The British Saw Their Empire (Telegraph, David Cannadine, Jul 03, 2001)
The British Empire, David Cannadine argues in his new book, “was first and foremost a class act.”
- No Excuse For Unconscionable Excesses (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jul 03, 2001)
The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Ms Jayalalithaa, no doubt, expects the people of India, in general, and Tamil Nadu, in particular, to take in their stride the excesses committed in the course of arresting the former Chief Minister, Mr M. Karunanidhi.
- Globalisation And Public Goods (Business Line, S. Venu , Jul 03, 2001)
COME weekend and it is time to go shopping. People hustle through crowded bazaars and air-conditioned supermarkets, bags filled with various goods.
- Kaliyuga Has A Silver Lining (Times of India, PARMARTHI RAINA, Jul 03, 2001)
ACCORDING to Vedic scriptures, we are now living in the kaliyuga, the age of Kali.
- Vision Inc (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 03, 2001)
In a recent speech at Wharton University (which we excerpted on June 20), Infosys chairman N R Narayana Murthy spoke of how his company followed a lofty vision, ``something larger than ourselves''.
- Relevance Of Bush’s Religious Card (Tribune, P. Raman , Jul 03, 2001)
GEORGE BUSH’S plans to transfer huge federal funds for social programmes and relief to religious institutions on a regular basis have run into trouble.
- Artillery As A Fighting Arm (Tribune, Avinash Prem, Jul 03, 2001)
AT this crucial juncture where the line between conventional warfare and nuclear conflagration is blurred,
- Chennai Crisis – Part Ii (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 03, 2001)
THE Centre has exercised its softest option in the unnerving Tamil Nadu problem: to recall Governor Fathima Beevi.
- How Not To ‘Maintain’ Separated Wife And Kids (Tribune, S. S. Beniwal, Jul 03, 2001)
THE decision of the Central Cabinet to abolish the maximum limit of Rs 500 for the quantum of maintenance allowance payable to the wife and children of a separated husband was long overdue.
- Demutualisation Is Not The Answer (The Financial Express, M. R. Mayya, Jul 03, 2001)
The knee-jerk reaction of the regulators to hasten demutualisation of stock exchanges as a solution to periodical scams is the result of confused thinking.
- Action Replay At Oliver Road (Hindustan Times, V. Gangadhar, Jul 03, 2001)
THE ONGOING melodrama in Tamil Nadu is integral to the ‘revenge theme’ glorified in Tamil history and culture. The only difference is that the characters now are from real life.
- Breakdown Of Decency (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jul 03, 2001)
IF THE Centre seems to be in a dilemma about how to react to the Tamil Nadu developments, it is because the Constitution never envisaged a situation where a chief minister will act in violation of all norms of decency.
- Short On Facts (The Economic Times, Venugopal Sharma, Jul 03, 2001)
THIS refers to the report `The fat lady is munching on’ (ET, June 27) in which a number of out of context, misinformed comments have been made on the Indian Economic Service.
- Murder Most Foul (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Jul 03, 2001)
UNIDENTIFIED ASSAILANTS murdered in cold-blood an elderly couple in broad daylight in posh Trikuta Nagar Colony on Sunday.
- A Cost-Benefit Mismatch, This Summit (The Financial Express, Prakash Shah, Jul 03, 2001)
Pakistan’s dictator General Pervez Musharraf should normally be a worried man. His unconstitutional takeover of the presidency has found few takers.
- Tactical Overkill (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 03, 2001)
THE CENTRE'S DECISION to recall the Tamil Nadu Governor, Ms. Fathima Beevi, ostensibly for her ``failure'' to give an ``objective and independent assessment''.
- Pak Under Strict Imf Scrutiny After Data Misreporting Episode (The Financial Express, HUMA SIDDQUI, Jul 03, 2001)
The day General Pervez Musharraf took over as Pakistan’s president, a critical news item got buried in the local press in Islamabad—that a team comprising the International Monetary Fund (IMF),
- Will Railtel Be Able To Live Up To Its Lofty Aims? (The Financial Express, Jyoti Mukul, Jul 03, 2001)
It reads like a familiar story. More so in a post-1991 economy. A government project, touted to give revenues to a sinking public sector company, lies in limbo for years together.
- Separation Of Telengana Is No Solution To Its Backwardness (The Financial Express, G. M. Rama Rao, Jul 03, 2001)
A separate state for Telengana region in Andhra Pradesh has again raised its ugly head after more than three decades since its first appearance.
- The Bitter Truth About Sugar Exports (The Economic Times, Nidhi Nath Srinivas, Jul 03, 2001)
THOUGH Indian sugar exports are now free, the outflow has yet to become significant. The industry blames the always-too-low world prices for their inability to sell.
- Crowding Out, Courtesy Aphc (Hindu, Sajad Gani Lone, Jul 03, 2001)
THE SIMULTANEOUS announcement of the withdrawal of the ceasefire and the invitation to General Musharraf from Mr. Vajpayee has established an unequivocal relationship between the Kashmir issue and Pakistan.
- Carte Blanche? (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jul 03, 2001)
The Trips (Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights) agreement of the Uruguay Round (1986-94) was the most controversial of the World Trade Organisation agreements, with controversies spanning genetic engineering, plant and seed varieties,
- The Power Of The Image (Hindustan Times, Vir Sanghvi, Jul 03, 2001)
THE PUBLIC outrage caused by the video footage of M. Karunanidhi being manhandled by the Chennai police, demonstrates the extent to which television is increasingly setting the agenda.
- Tamil Nadu's Shame (Hindu, P. Radhakrishnan, Jul 03, 2001)
THE CRUDE and cruel post-midnight police swoop on the former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK president, Mr. M. Karunanidhi.
- Countering Global Economic Slowdown (Business Line, Vivek Uniyal, Jul 03, 2001)
FALTERING growth in the US, Japan and the OECD nations and the spectre of recession have triggered speculation on or whether or not the trough is in sight.
- Gehlot Govt Needs To Shake Itself Up On The Economic Front (The Financial Express, M. P. Jain, Jul 03, 2001)
On December 1, 1998, when Ashok Gehlot took over power from Bhairon Singh Shekhawat in Rajasthan, the general feeling even in the ruling Congress party was that his term may not even last a year.
- Big Task , Small Talk (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Jul 03, 2001)
Paradoxically while the coming Vajpayee-Musharraf summit.
- Dark Shadow Over Agra Summit (The Kashmir Times, Inder Malhotra, Jul 03, 2001)
Both: Prime Minister: 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.
- Terminator Technology In Agriculture (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Jul 03, 2001)
Seedsavers of crops worldwide have been threatened as never before. A technology appropriately called the 'terminator technology', has been creating waves in agricultural circles since March.
- Small Step To Peace (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 03, 2001)
The tremendous attention that the forthcoming Atal Bihari Vajpayee-Pervez Musharraf summit meeting has attracted is reflective of the growing constituency for peace in India and Pakistan.
- Providence At Work (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jul 03, 2001)
Those who have the misfortune of visiting the Provident Fund office will bear us out that it can be quite an experience.
- Moo-Moo Music (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 02, 2001)
When scientists in England's Leicester University recently played slow music for 12 hours in a cow-shed the milk yield from the resident cows rose, on an average, by 0.73 litres per day.
- The Dabhol Controversy Revisited (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Jul 02, 2001)
THE Dabhol Power Project has been a subject of controversy ever since it started.
- Muslim Teacher ‘Can’t Cover Head’ (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 02, 2001)
A German court has barred a Muslim woman teacher from covering her head with a traditional scarf in classrooms, in a ruling that could impact on the country’s advocacy of religious freedom.
- Amma's Revenge (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 02, 2001)
The timing and manner of former Tamil Nadu chief minister M.Karunanidhi's arrest will confirm the worst fears of the media and the public about Ms Jayalalitha's second term in office.
- Blind Confidence (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 02, 2001)
It is good to see confidence. The chief minister of West Bengal has it in abundance.
- Terminator Technology In Agriculture (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Jul 02, 2001)
Seedsavers of crops worldwide have been threatened as never before. A technology appropriately called the 'terminator technology', has been creating waves in agricultural circles since March.
- Long Distance Runner (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jul 02, 2001)
SO WHAT’s the big deal that Fidel Castro fainted, or appeared to faint, while addressing a 60,000 strong rally?
- Badla Versus Options (The Economic Times, Rajendra Kumar Aggarwal, Jul 02, 2001)
THIS is in response to the article `Living with (limited) Options’ (Investor Guide, 25 June -1 July 2001). I disagree with the writer on his opening statements ``Stock Options, as we believe, is just a variant of badla.
- A Clear Signal To Jayalalithaa (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Jul 02, 2001)
CHENNAI, JULY 1. With the decision to recall the Tamil Nadu Governor, Ms. Fathima Beevi, the NDA Government at the Centre has not only tried to please its constituent, the DMK, but sent out a clear signal to the Chief Minister, Ms. Jayalalithaa.
- The Islamic Concept Of Reincarnation (Times of India, Sultan Shahin, Jul 02, 2001)
THAT reincarnation is a Hindu belief is well known. But it is not as well known that belief in reincarnation is central to Islam as well.
- Ornamentalism: How The British Saw Their Empire (Telegraph, David Cannadine, Jul 02, 2001)
The British Empire, David Cannadine argues in his new book, “was first and foremost a class act.”
- The Rise Of Unreason: Don’t Blame The Stars (The Economic Times, S. L. Rao, Jul 02, 2001)
THE COMMON educated man seems to be more liberal and with more common sense than many scientists, communists, intellectuals and such-like people.
- Mediation: Effective Alternative To Dispute Resolution (Business Line, Sanhita Chakraborty, Jul 02, 2001)
THE QUEST for the ideal recovery system is endless.
- India’s Food Revolution (Telegraph, Bibek Debroy, Jul 02, 2001)
M.S. Banga, chairman, Hindustan Lever Limited, delivered a talk titled “Food Revolution — A Win Win for Farmer and Consumer” at the annual general meeting on June 22.
- Vision 2020 -- Poison As A Remedy (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Jul 02, 2001)
IT IS strange but it is a fact: All remedies are poisons!
- Developing Countries Must Resist A New Wto Round (The Economic Times, Nagesh Kumar, Jul 02, 2001)
GIVEN their past experience with the Uruguay round, developing countries do not look forward to a new round of trade negotiations with great enthusiasm.
- Battling The Pandemic (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 02, 2001)
THE FIRST-EVER meeting of the United Nations that was devoted to discussing a public health issue has concluded with the adoption of a Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS.
- Badla’s Last Bow (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 02, 2001)
THE much-awaited day has finally arrived. Today, for the second time, and hopefully the last, badla takes a bow from the Indian market.
- Nothing Private About It (The Economic Times, Mythili Bhusnurmath, Jul 02, 2001)
IF THE early years of the 1990s were the years of initial public offerings and rights issues, the closing years of the last decade and the opening year of the new century will probably go down as the period when private placement came into its own.
- Terminator Technology In Agriculture (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Jul 02, 2001)
Seedsavers of crops worldwide have been threatened as never before. A technology appropriately called the 'terminator technology', has been creating waves in agricultural circles since March.
- `We Just Don’t Do Body Shopping’ (The Economic Times, Manisha Shigh, Jul 02, 2001)
THE US-based $10.5 billion Computer Sciences Corp has entered India, courtesy the $600-million merger of Mynd Corp with Computer Sciences Corporation.
- Lacklustre Bidding (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 02, 2001)
TO AUCTION the fourth cellular licence, the government has developed a sophisticated, three part bidding process which is likely to go through without accusations of favouritism or foul play.
- Microsoft, New Economy And Loss Of Monopoly (Tribune, Anupam Gupta, Jul 02, 2001)
JUST a year after he had received the biggest rebuff of his career from a little-known district judge, putting his whole business empire in jeopardy, the world’s richest man, Mr Bill Gates,
- General Musharraf’s Self-Coronation (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Jul 02, 2001)
PERHAPS inevitably General Musharraf’s sudden decision to crown himself as his country’s President has got inextricably intermixed with the summit at Agra between him and the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee.
- Changing History (Times of India, K. Subramaniam, Jul 02, 2001)
GENERAL Musharraf has publicly stated that he is hopeful of changing history with his visit to India.
- Batata Masala (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 02, 2001)
BPL Communications and the Birla-Tata-AT&T combine (Batata) are coming together to form a Rs 9990 crore entity in what will be the biggest merger in India's corporate history.
- Paranoia At Poes Garden (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jul 02, 2001)
TAMIL NADU under J. Jayalalitha has come to represent the most reprehensible brand of politics in the country.
- What Trust? (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 02, 2001)
LIBERALISATION, WHICH BROUGHT a great deal of competition in its wake, has shown no mercy to public entities long used to thriving in a protected regime.
- Heil Fuhrer Jayalalitha! (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 02, 2001)
IN this ancient land of the most populous democracy, there is a dark area of pure despotism.
- Who Said Charity Begins At Home? (The Financial Express, Benn J Kochuveettill, Jul 02, 2001)
This is not about whether the National Sample Survey’s claim of a 10 per cent decline in the below poverty level population is contestable or not.
- Good News Comes In Threes (The Financial Express, Shefali Misra, Jul 02, 2001)
It never rains but it pours. At the time of the conclusion of the Uruguay Round trade agreement it seemed there could be no good word for the developing world on intellectual property rights (IPR).
- Ten Years After (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jul 02, 2001)
For a week now we have run a series of essays, and interviews with key policy makers, offering an assessment of the impact of the policies of economic liberalisation and fiscal stabilisation launched by the Congress party government a decade ago.
- The Dabhol Controversy Revisited (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Jul 02, 2001)
THE Dabhol Power Project has been a subject of controversy ever since it started.
- Bop Crisis Of 1990-91: Overcoming The Forex Constraint (The Financial Express, C. Rangarajan, Jul 02, 2001)
While recalling past significant events, it is not uncommon to recall a poet’s words”: Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive, But to be young was very heaven!
- Slow And Not So Steady (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jul 02, 2001)
THE CENTRAL Statistical Organisation’s revelations on the economic slowdown contrast sharply with the optimism shown by the Planning Commission in its approach paper to the tenth plan.
- Is This A Democracy Or A Police State? (Hindustan Times, H. L. Kapoor, Jul 02, 2001)
IT’S AN irony that we feel proud of being the largest democracy when the police and government can almost always violate our constitutional rights. What happened with M. Karunanidhi in Chennai on Saturday is outrageous.
- Big Task , Small Talk (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Jul 02, 2001)
Paradoxically while the coming Vajpayee-Musharraf summit has generated a euphoria in both the countries a trivial issue like the invitation to Hurriet leaders by the Pakistan high commission at the high tea being hosted for the visiting Pakistan President
- Murder Most Foul (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Jul 02, 2001)
UNIDENTIFIED ASSAILANTS murdered in cold-blood an elderly couple in broad daylight in posh Trikuta Nagar Colony on Sunday.
- Dark Shadow Over Agra Summit (The Kashmir Times, Inder Malhotra, Jul 02, 2001)
Both: Prime Minister: Atal Behari Vajpayee and Pakistan’s military ruler.
- Holding Gun To Government (Business Line, R. Sundaram , Jul 02, 2001)
REACTING to the recently-announced opening up of Defence production to the private sector, the Bharat Mazdoor Sangh (BMS), which has reportedly 60,000 members among the workers in the Ordnance Factories, has called for an `indefinite' strike there.
- Gushing Bush (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jul 02, 2001)
THE US President, Mr. George W. Bush, has been drawing plenty of flak from even those members of the US Congress and the sections of the media.
- An Economy In Trouble (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 02, 2001)
THERE IS NO end to the flow of negative news on the economy.
- Summit Expectations (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Jul 02, 2001)
EVEN AT the risk of sounding repetitive, the need for guarding against high expectations from the India- Pakistan summit needs to be stressed.
- Why Are We Still Poor? (Hindu, Bhanu Pratap Singh , Jul 02, 2001)
SOMETIME BACK, the Government of India had announced that there had been a 10 per cent decline in the incidence of poverty in the country from about 36 per cent in 1993-94 to 26 per cent in 1999- 2000.
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