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Articles 22321 through 22420 of 27558:
- Mending Fences (Business Line, R. Sundaram , Jun 05, 2001)
``BETWEEN two hills, two villages, two friends, the barbed wire runs which neither argues nor explains''. These lines from Memorial for the City by W. H. Auden sum up the miserable plight of thousands living in the border areas all over the world, includi
- Complain And Be Damned (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Jun 04, 2001)
ABOUT 60 residents of Bahota village and adjoining villages in Marmat area of Doda district have migrated to Doda township following a reign of terror let loose by the security forces.
- Himalayan Challenge (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 04, 2001)
The shock and outrage over the killing of King Birendra and his family members and the outbursts of grief by the hundreds of thousands who thronged the funeral procession attests to the monarchy's strong, unifying hold over the Nepalese people.
- Calamity In A Royal Family (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jun 04, 2001)
The tragic assassination of virtually the entire royal family in Nepal is all the more poignant because of the trivial reason behind the shocking act.
- Flight Of Capital (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 04, 2001)
Air-India's long list of problems seems to go on forever. The check-list includes personality clashes, corruption charges against the managing director and other office-bearers, controversy over bilateral rights, a tug-of-war to retain ground handling rig
- Birendra's Nepal (Times of India, Dubby Bhagat, Jun 04, 2001)
AFTER the funeral of King Birendra Bir Bikram Shah on Saturday night, the immediate grief that swept the country turned to formal mourning and a degree of introspection. Old stories were retold.
- Beyond Materialism: A Spiritual Longing (Times of India, Homayun Taba, Jun 04, 2001)
IT is strange, yet not so strange, that so much preoccupation with spiritual matters goes on among corporate citizens. In two decades of organizational consultancy with companies of all sizes and types, I have come across more philosophers here than withi
- First There Was A Dream (Hindustan Times, M.V. Kamath, Jun 04, 2001)
India and Pakistan have more shared values than France and Germany ever had. If after fighting three major wars between 1870 and 1945, France and Germany could get together in the EU, then there is every reason why India and Pakistan should come together
- In Defence Of Track Two Diplomacy (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Jun 04, 2001)
As India and Pakistan prepare for the much sought-after engagement between the Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee, and the Chief Executive, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, there is renewed energy in the so-called ``Track Two'' talks between the two sides.
- When Neighbours Meet (Hindu, K.K. Katyal, Jun 04, 2001)
Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee, was backed by national consensus, with the mainstream formations, the Congress(I), the Left parties and the representatives of the third force, hailing his initiative to invite Pakistan's military ruler, Gen. Perv
- Kathmandu Killings & India (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Jun 04, 2001)
THE cold-blooded elimination of vir-tually the entire family of Nepal, on the night of Friday the 1st of June--in many ways similar to that of Sheikh Mujib and his family at Dhaka on 15 August 1975--leaves a few questions unanswered and many threatening p
- Finding A Way Out Of The Limited Mobility Imbroglio (The Economic Times, V. Sridhar, Jun 04, 2001)
THE limited mobility controversy has hit a stalemate after the GoT-IT committee gave its recommendations on 27 April and referred the matter for further discussions to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India and the Telecom Dispute Settlement and Appell
- Shanghai-Five And The U.S. (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Jun 04, 2001)
THE SHANGHAI-Five, a forum led by China and Russia, is beginning to make rapid strides as a sentinel in Central Asia. Its primary purpose at the moment is to try and insulate Central Asia as also Russia and China from the negative influences of Afghanista
- Rethinking Fiscal Orthodoxy (The Economic Times, Mythili Bhusnurmath, Jun 04, 2001)
AT THE concluding session of the World Bank sponsored seminar on fiscal reforms in Delhi recently, the governor of the Reserve Bank of India set the cat among the pigeons.
- Let Callers Pay (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 04, 2001)
IF Mumbaikars are anything to go by, India is ready for further reforms in telecom policy. Hutchison and BPL, the two cellular operators in Mumbai, report airtime use of 375 to 400 minutes per consumer every month.
- Dabhol Power Project: What Next (Business Line, S. Padmanabhan , Jun 04, 2001)
ENOUGH HAS been said about the past. Whatever the blunders committed by the political parties, the fact remains that the Dabhol power project has not gone away.
- India-Pakistan Dialogue -- The Hurriyat Loses Out (Business Line, Aravind Sitaraman, Jun 04, 2001)
MOST reasonable people would agree that India must discuss its differences with Pakistan.
- India And Bush Administration -- Beyond Assumptions (Business Line, Giridhar Srinivasan, Jun 04, 2001)
SOON after Mr George W. Bush Jr. won the US elections, Indian observers proclaimed quickly that a Republican administration bodes good for India.
- In A State (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 04, 2001)
AS FAR AS reforms go, many things are disappointingly common among States: The fiscal position is anything but good, the privatisation plans are yet to get off the ground, the investment climate gets bleaker by the day. The list can go on.
- Washington Consensus Revisited (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Jun 04, 2001)
Mr JOHN Williamson, who in 1990 coined the term `Washington Consensus', has revisited the concept in an interesting article in the World Bank Research Observer, August 2000.
- Vision 2020 -- Empowering Rural India (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Jun 04, 2001)
THE ECONOMY may be growing but the environment is not; it is deteriorating. Developed countries have a phenomenon known as `jobless growth'; developing countries have their own counterpart -- environmentless growth.
- Where Has The River Gone? (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jun 04, 2001)
A nation’s essence is defined by its rivers. A centuries-old civilisation nourished by life-giving river-systems, that is what India is proud of. But where have all the rivers gone?
- Money Talks (Hindustan Times, Jyoti Trehan, Jun 04, 2001)
Policy makers and law enforcement agencies world over have realised that one should hit at the criminals where it hurts them the most. They have thus started targeting the proceeds of crime because making money is the be all and end all for criminals and
- Turbulence Ahead (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 04, 2001)
CERTAIN RECENT DEVELOPMENTS concerning the country's international airline, Air India (AI), are disquieting.
- Neither Here Nor There (The Kashmir Times, Anuradha Bhasin Jamwal, Jun 03, 2001)
One is said to be fashionable and trendy if one brings about revolutionary changes in ones appearance. If this is the yardstick in politics too, the BJP led NDA government at the Centre, should be the trendiest of them all with a total transformation of t
- Where There's A Wills (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 03, 2001)
Whatever it may do to consumers, smoking is certainly not injurious to ITC's health. The company's net profit in 2000-01 topped Rs 1,000 crore, and while it is cagey about providing details, industry watchers aver that a very substantial chunk would have
- End Results (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 03, 2001)
Social critic Ivan Illich argued how the imposition of a system of compulsory, mass schooling in modern society had the inevitable consequence of stigmatising those who failed to attend a formal school, as not just uneducated but, by implication, ignorant
- Is Govt. Clipping Ai's Wings? (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI, Jun 03, 2001)
Is the Government acting against the interests of Air India and Indian Airlines by giving away all the capacity entitlements under bilateral air services agreements to mega carriers such as the United Airlines, the British Airways, Lufthansa and Singapore
- From Net To Noon Meal (Times of India, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Jun 03, 2001)
WHEN, last year, I wrote about Chennai's transformation from once conservative village to hi-tech city, my southern friends said I was glamour-struck, writers of nasty letters condemned me as a Tamil chauvinist and academics typically dismissed me. The me
- Waiting For The General (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Jun 03, 2001)
IN THE Valley of distress and discontent, the Government of India (GoI) interlocutor, Mr. K.C. Pant's ``Mission Kashmir'' has been overshadowed by the Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee's peace talks invitation to Pakistan's military ruler, Gen. Per
- After Ceasefire And Talks Initiatives Fizzled Out (The Kashmir Times, Balraj Puri, Jun 03, 2001)
The unilateral ceasefire in J&K state that the Prime Minister announced in November last had fizzled out and its final termination by the May end is only a formal recognition of the reality. For it failed in its primary objective of building a constituenc
- The Numbers Game (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Jun 03, 2001)
ON JULY 17 this year, an army of 100,000 men and women will fan out all over Sri Lanka on a mammoth operation. Armed with questionnaires, they will call at every home, bus stop, railway station and bazaar, and stop people on the streets, even beggars and
- Ugly In Oldham (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Jun 03, 2001)
WITH SOME exaggeration, last week's racial violence in Oldham, a deprived Asian-dominated town in the north of England, has been described as Britain's worst in 15 years. Public memory is short - barely five years ago there were equally, if not more, seri
- Valley Voices (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Jun 03, 2001)
Farooq Abdullah: I am happy that an invitation for talks has been extended to Gen. Pervez Musharraf. I hope it leads to better relations between India and Pakistan, which can result in a better future for Kashmir as well. I have always maintained that onl
- India’s Pak Syndrome (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Jun 03, 2001)
Now that Gen. Musharraf has ac cepted Prime Minister’s invitation in a very mature yet friendly language, despite the unnecessary verbal hurdles raised by our ministry of external affairs, it is time that all concerned should get their acts together to re
- To The Market, To The Market (The Economic Times, Sauvik Sauvik Chakraverti verti , Jun 03, 2001)
THE SMALLEST player in the free market is the street hawker. We see them on the streets and give them custom, but we never look into how the state treats their profession.
- Will It Happen Here? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 03, 2001)
PRESIDENT Bush’s 19-year-old daughter, Jenna, is in the news because she tried to get a drink with a false ID in a country where no one below the age of 21 can legally be served alcohol. The nightclub owners called in the cops and the President’s daughter
- Powerful Suggestion (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 03, 2001)
IT’S time the government reconsidered its archaic rule mandating sale of power by independent power producers to the concerned electricity board. IPPs must be allowed to sell power to anybody who is willing to purchase it for distribution or retail sale.
- Dr Reddy’s Prescription (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 03, 2001)
AT A time when a majority of the pharma companies are struggling to evolve a survival strategy for the product patent regime, the Hyderabad-based Dr Reddy’s Laboratories has already put in place a successful business model.
- Divided On A Separation (Hindu, S. Nagesh Kumar, Jun 03, 2001)
TELENGANA. THE demand for Statehood for this backward region of Andhra Pradesh has risen once again. There had been a lull for years since the violent agitations of 1969-70 and 1972-73. But the creation of the three new States of Jharkhand, Chhatisgarh an
- Give Him Back His Bike (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jun 02, 2001)
In the ancient bylanes in the walled city of the Indian capital, there is much activity these days.
- Boring And Irrelevant (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jun 02, 2001)
That 50 per cent of Class X students from the Delhi region should have failed in the CBSE examinations is distressing enough.
- Cricket’s Road To Peace (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jun 02, 2001)
Since it will be unrealistic to expect anything more than a frank, and perhaps occasionally less than cordial, exchange of views on Kashmir — the ‘core’ issue for Pakistanis — during the Vajpayee-Musharraf summit, it may be worthwhile for those at the mee
- Participation At Gunpoint (Hindustan Times, Nandini Sundar, Jun 02, 2001)
They may be the favourite buzz-words amongst the ‘development and good governance’ set but as recent events in Dewas and Harda in Madhya Pradesh show, ‘participation’, ‘empowerment’ and ‘social capital’ are desirable only so long as they can be controlled
- Tail Wags The Head (Business Line, S. Murlidharan , Jun 02, 2001)
FOR THE last few years, the rate of corporate tax has been steady, if one ignores the surcharge: 35 per cent on total income of the domestic companies and 48 per cent on the total income taxable in India of the foreign companies.
- Look East, Look Asean (Business Line, Gautam Murthy, Jun 02, 2001)
THE Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee's recent Malaysian visit and the earlier South-East Asia tour come more than five years after the visit to the region by the former Prime Minister, Mr P. V. Narasimha Rao.
- Sore About Stories (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Jun 02, 2001)
UNACCOUNTED cash and unproved credit often prove to be the bane of the Income-Tax (I-T) Department.
- It’s Not As Scary A Provision As Is Made Out To Be (The Economic Times, A.N. Prasad, Jun 02, 2001)
THE FINANCE Act of 2001 has a new section (14 A), which says that any spending on income that is already tax exempt, cannot be used to get relief off against other taxable income.
- Convergence In Licensing (The Economic Times, N. Vittal, Jun 02, 2001)
CONVERGENCE in technology is one of the most important features of modern telecommunications. The government has recognised this and is also ready with a Convergence of Communication Bill which has been thrown open for debate.
- Wheat Export Fiasco (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 02, 2001)
THE SORRY FIGURE the country cut in the international grain marketplace following Iraq's rejection of three successive wheat consignments on grounds of quality should set alarm bells ringing in government circles, not so much for the casual, hands-off app
- A Seven-Point Strategy For Growth (Business Line, S.S. Bhandare, Jun 01, 2001)
GIVEN the present sense of widespread despondency, the political leadership will now have to display considerable alertness and sagacity to resuscitate the economy.
- The Problem Of Biopiracy (The Economic Times, Biswajit Dhar, Jun 01, 2001)
ON 1 May, the United States Patents and Trade Marks Office granted a patent to Reliv International for ``Dietary supplement for nutritionally promoting healthy joint function’’.
- Talking For Peace (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 01, 2001)
There is a noticeable lowering of temperature on both sides in Sri Lanka. Although the government has not been forthcoming on lifting the ban on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), president Chandrika Kumaratunga's reiteration of her commitment t
- Power Game (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jun 01, 2001)
WHILE IT is too early to say how the Enron controversy will end, there is little doubt that the situation is worsening by the day.
It isn’t often that a power company stops generation, but this is exactly what the Enron-operated Dabhol Power Corporati
- Unfriendly Bear-Hug (Times of India, Minhaz Merchant, Jun 01, 2001)
IS the Indian stock market today deeply undervalued, as most analysts agree? What then is its true and fair valuation? Both questions need a definitive answer in the backdrop of the current market crisis.
- Wto Seconds (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 01, 2001)
Montek Singh Ahluwalia and Hasubhai Dave have very little in common - certainly not their views on India's economic reforms.
- Manipur Masala (Hindustan Times, Rahul Karmakar, Jun 01, 2001)
A POLITICIAN in Manipur (the ‘Land of Gems’), it is said, wakes up a Congressman, lunches in the garb of a regional party, has tea as a committed Leftist and goes to bed thoroughly saffronised, to wake up the next morning as either a Congress, Samata, BJP
- Coping With A Slump (Hindustan Times, Prem Shankar Jha, Jun 01, 2001)
A FEW days ago, the Planning Commission told the government bluntly that it was not possible to achieve a nine per cent growth rate. This year’s Economic Survey told us why.
- No One Loves A Loser (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jun 01, 2001)
OF ALL the losers in the recent election, Mamata Banerjee’s predicament is perhaps the worst. It isn’t only that she lost, she has also antagonised nearly everyone with or near her — people in her own party, her allies in the Congress and her former allie
- Beating The Odds! (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 01, 2001)
IT’S one of those delicious ironies of life. May 31 was `World No Tobacco Day’. It was also the day reports of cigarette major ITC Ltd’s crossing the milestone of Rs 1,000 crore net profits hit the newsstands.
- Mr Naidu Wants More (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jun 01, 2001)
THE TELUGU Desam Party is once again making demands on the Centre. When Chandrababu Naidu puts across a case, the Vajpayee government tends to listen.
This is not surprising since the TDP stands between NDA’s uncertain grip over power and its certain ej
- Beyond Mere Buying Defence Hardware (Business Line, Prem Kumar , Jun 01, 2001)
OVER five decades of the national objective of `self-reliance' have created 40 ordnance factories, 50 R&D laboratories and a significant number of DPSUs.
- Abandoning Consistency In The Search For Peace (The Economic Times, Narendar Pani, Jun 01, 2001)
THOSE who are addicted to consistency are bound to find the Vajpayee government’s Kashmir initiative somewhat disconcerting. The initiative first appeared to be built around the cease-fire, and then the cease-fire was withdrawn.
- Resolving Conflict (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 01, 2001)
The four standard methods for dealing with conflict situations are: Conciliation, placating with gifts, sowing dissension and use of force.
- The Future Is In The Generics Business (The Economic Times, James Mathew, Jun 01, 2001)
THE INDIAN pharma industry is currently in the midst of a transition. With the deadline for the introduction of EMRs and product patent regime approaching fast, the rules of the game are all set to change. Anil Motihar, managing director of Kee Pharma, di
- Some Light At Last! (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 01, 2001)
NEW Delhi’s intervention in the tussle between Enron and the Maharashtra government is a welcome development. The government wants the Central Electricity Authority to find out whether electricity generated by Dabhol Power Company can be sold to states wh
- Oil Bill: Unlikely Respite For India? (Business Line, S. Majumder , Jun 01, 2001)
THE world economy is teetering on the brink of a recession. Japan has for long been struggling to make a recovery but in vain. The US seems slowly slipping into a recession, the Fed Chairman, Mr Alan Greenspan's Midas touch notwithstanding.
- Mai, What Hype! (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 01, 2001)
TO SUSTAIN THE excellent export performance in 2000-01, the Export-Import Policy had several novel features such as the creation of agri-economic zones, to boost farm product exports and the Market Access Initiative. Under the latter, the Government inten
- Neither Here Nor There (The Kashmir Times, Anuradha Bhasin Jamwal, May 31, 2001)
One is said to be fashionable and trendy if one brings about revolutionary changes in ones appearance.
- World’s Highest Garbage Dump (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, May 31, 2001)
IT’S GOOD to see Mount Everest in the news again, and for all the good reasons too.
- The Making Of A Police State (Pioneer, Wilson John, May 31, 2001)
General Pervez Musharraf is working at two levels to consolidate his illegitimate rule over Pakistan.
- Memories Of Kathmandu (Hindustan Times, Bhaskar Ghose, May 31, 2001)
FIRST IMPRESSIONS are always the most vivid and last the longest.
- Preparing For Pervez (Pioneer, Sumer Kaul, May 31, 2001)
The haveli in Old Delhi where a certain toddler lived, ate jalebis, played with his gulel and did susu in his kachcha is being spruced up.
- Rough Sailing Ahead (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 31, 2001)
THE STEEL Authority of India's financial results for 2000-01 suggest that the company is well on its way to recovery. Even in the face of a sharp decline in domestic and international price of steel, the company has managed to reduce its net loss by over
- Fish And Chips (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 31, 2001)
An intriguing study of ancient bones of modern humans and Neanderthals who lived around 28,000 years ago.
- Reasons Of Heart (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 31, 2001)
A recently released US-based study of NRIs is bound to set our hearts aflutter.
- Dung-Ho (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 31, 2001)
Salaries are never enough, and employees often unhappily compare what they get for their labour, with crap.
- Cut And Thrust (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 31, 2001)
It's party time in America. Before this summer is out, millions of Americans will receive cheques of up to $600 each from the taxman - as refund of tax already paid earlier this year.
- Hawking Peace (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 31, 2001)
Whoever crafted Atal Behari Vajpayee's urbane invite to Pervez Musharraf might well be wringing his hands.
- Defence Diplomacy (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 31, 2001)
The visit to Moscow by Jaswant Singh has further reinforced the defence relationship between India and Russia and arguably taken it to a level higher than what it was in the erstwhile Soviet era.
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