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Articles 22721 through 22820 of 27558:
- Marketing 2g Reforms (The Economic Times, Vikram S Mehta, May 26, 2001)
IT IS now almost a decade since the phrase `economic reforms’ entered the official vocabulary.
- Turning To Musharraf (Hindu, Balraj Puri, May 26, 2001)
THE UNILATERAL ceasefire announced by the Centre in Jammu and Kashmir had fizzled out and its final termination by May-end is only a formal recognition of the reality.
- The Spell Of The Veil (Hindu, C. V. Gopalakrishnan , May 25, 2001)
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, MAY 24. The dress code enforced by the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, a part of which is the veiling of women, has a long history of fierce support and an equally determined opposition in the Islamic countries.
- Music Dissolves All Divisions (Times of India, Lama doboom Tulku, May 25, 2001)
AS I looked into my calendar for the year, I found I was visiting so many countries to attend festivals of sacred music. My mind looked back.
- Political Mobilisation Paradigms In A Flux (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 25, 2001)
CHENNAI, MAY 24. While several readings of the DMK's defeat in the Assembly polls have attributed it mainly to the AIADMK front's ``alliance arithmetic''.
- More Than His Legend (Indian Express, Atul Chaturvedi, May 25, 2001)
Dylan creates trends and then walks away.
- The Leopard's Spots (Business Line, Timeri N. Murari , May 25, 2001)
THE other day I read that a leopard had fallen into a well and was trapped there.
- Condon, Cricket, Corruption (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 25, 2001)
At last the International Cricket Council has got a report which it should treat as the Bible for guiding players, administrators and umpires away from the path of "cricket sins".
- Balancing Power And Accountability (Tribune, Hari Jaisingh, May 25, 2001)
The Jayalalitha episode has thrown up a number of fundamental politico-electoral, legal and constitutional issues which require both short-term and long-term responses for the growth of democracy on healthy lines.
- Insecurity Council (Times of India, Sonia Jabbar, May 25, 2001)
JUSTIFYING increases in defence spending, our leaders suggest that anything less would pose a grave threat to national security.
- Lake Woebegone (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 25, 2001)
Operation Ulsoor Lake is a welcome initiative in the effort to reverse the environmental degradation of Bangalore.
- A Career Sleuth With Long Experience (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 25, 2001)
The elevation of K.P. Singh as the next Intelligence Bureau chief in succession to Shyamal Ghosh brings to the fore a career sleuth with more than a quarter century in the IB.
- Defusing Dabhol (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 25, 2001)
In the present brouhaha over the Dabhol power project, it's all too easy to lose sight of one fact: there is life beyond Enron.
- There Is No Oasis For The Elderly (Telegraph, P. S. M. Rao, May 25, 2001)
The government, following the economic reforms, has a much reduced role in the problem areas of poverty, unemployment and social security.
- A Gentle Way With Words (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, May 25, 2001)
A week before he died at 95, news of his precarious health began appearing in all our national dailies.
- Balancing Act (Telegraph, S. Venkitaramanan , May 25, 2001)
The planning commission has been at the receiving end of much abuse and criticism.
- Reformed Security Set-Up (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 25, 2001)
SECURITY and intelligence go hand in hand. In fact, intelligence is one of the main ingredients of security.
- Do We Know America Well Enough? (Tribune, M.S.N. Menon, May 25, 2001)
NOW that we are hailed as a “great power” do we know how to play the part?
- Kashmir Flip-Flop (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, May 25, 2001)
ALL GOVERNMENTS work in mysterious ways. So it is not surprising that no political analyst of consequence had predicted the nature of the government’s astonishing new Kashmir initiative.
- Aids To Development (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 25, 2001)
The chief minister of Andhra Pradesh seems to have hit upon a unique method of measuring development in his state. Mr N. Chandrababu Naidu thinks that the rise in the incidence of AIDS in Andhra Pradesh is the result of its high development profile.
- What The Assembly Verdicts Foretell (Telegraph, SURENDRA MOHAN, May 25, 2001)
The assembly elections for the states of Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and the Union territory of Pondicherry have caused great joy within the Congress.
- Battle For The Mind (Indian Express, Ajai Shukla, May 25, 2001)
The endgame in Kashmir.
- Let 'Em All Fly (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, May 25, 2001)
IT HAS BEEN reported that the Ministry of Civil Aviation is unlikely to accord approval for new private airlines to start operations in the country.
- Attaboy, Godbole (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 25, 2001)
AFTER an initial fit of pique directed at NCP boss Sharad Pawar, Madhav Godbole has decided to stay on with the committee that will renegotiate the deal that the Dabhol Power Company has with the Maharashtra State Electricity Board.
- Separate Prison Cells For Prostitutes, Heat Is On (Indian Express, Kota Neelima, May 25, 2001)
A recommendation for separate prisons for prostitutes made by none other than the chairperson of the National Commission for Women (NCW) has triggered off a controversy among women’s groups.
- Why Is It Centre Versus State? (Business Line, Kuldip Nayar, May 25, 2001)
IN THE first three decades since Independence, elections to the Lok Sabha and the State Assemblies were held simultaneously.
- How To Make Bureaucracy Work Effectively (Business Line, S. Subramanyan , May 25, 2001)
LAST fortnight, a Select Committee of British Parliament published a report on its civil services.
- Trips And The Drug Regime (Business Line, B. J. Krishnan, May 25, 2001)
THIRTY-nine multinational pharmaceutical companies recently filed a law suit against the South African Government in the Pretoria High Court.
- It For Women (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , May 25, 2001)
ARE women keeping out of the exciting prospects opened up by information technology (IT)? Is there a sort of gender divide developing within the digital divide?
- Untenable Palm Lines (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 25, 2001)
THE PRIME Minister’s remarks in Malaysia were to the effect that India will review its high duties on palm oil. But trade relations within the WTO framework need to go beyond protocols, and be based on multilateral trading terms.
- National Missile Defence -- Right Question, Wrong Answer (Business Line, B. Raman , May 25, 2001)
NOT only to the rest of the world, but even to many in the US, the over-enthusiasm of the Bush Administration for the National Missile Defence (NMD) and the Theater Missile Defence (TMD) project is a mystery. Why?
- The Route Not Taken (Indian Express, Sonia Trikha, May 25, 2001)
ON the 50th anniversary of what China calls the ‘‘peaceful liberation’’ of Tibet, Beijing has called for reopening of Tibet’s largest land port in Yardong with India.
- One Country, Polls Apart (Hindustan Times, Mohit Sen, May 25, 2001)
THE RESULTS of the recently held assembly elections have not been a surprise. With some variations in the magnitude of the shift in votes and seats, the winners and losers are the expected ones.
- The Tamil Nadu Verdict (Hindu, P. V. Indiresan , May 25, 2001)
THE DUST is slowly settling on the election battle in Tamil Nadu.
- Babus Selling Movies In Cannes (Hindustan Times, Bhaichand Patel, May 25, 2001)
INDIAN FILMS were again ignored by the Cannes Film Festival which concluded this week. Not one film in the competition from the world’s largest film producing country.
- Generally Speaking (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 25, 2001)
Indo-Pak talks must not end up as talks about talks.
- India's Response To The Nmd (Hindu, Achin Vanaik , May 25, 2001)
WHEN GOVERNMENTS adopt a particular course of action, rationalisations and justifications offered by them and their acolytes must be separated from the more accurate and deeper analysis of why such a course has been adopted.
- Condon, Cricket, Corruption (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 25, 2001)
THE MOST COMMENDABLE aspect of Sir Paul Condon's interim report on cricket match-fixing is that it has not fought shy of holding the game's administrators responsible for failing to check the menace.
- A Welcome Initiative (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 25, 2001)
DRAMATIC INVITATION to Pakistan's Chief Executive, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, for parleys is welcome and is reflective of the Vajpayee administration's apparent decision to think afresh about ways to address the widening estrangement on the bilateral front.
- Reform Needs Leadership, Consensus Will Follow (The Financial Express, Montek singh Ahluwalia, May 25, 2001)
Joining the Union ministry of finance as an economic advisor in 1980 after a decade at the World Bank, Montek Singh Ahluwalia soon moved to the centre stage of policy making.
- No Rate Cut Without Fiscal Responsibility (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 25, 2001)
After a decade of economic reforms, the fiscal deficit is back to being 10 per cent of GDP. This is the combined figure for centre and states.
- Era Of The Econocrats (The Financial Express, Sanjaya Baru, May 25, 2001)
Big picture development economists yield field to sector specialists in government.
- The Chickens Come Home (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 25, 2001)
Accountability before any new UTI bailout.
- Butchers Of Bamiyan (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 25, 2001)
The Taliban is madness masquerading as Islam.
- Agriculture Price Policy In An Open Economy (The Economic Times, Manoj Pant, May 25, 2001)
NEXT year, major agricultural states like Uttar Pradesh and Punjab are due to go to the polls.
- Ascent Of Advani (Indian Express, Harish Gupta, May 25, 2001)
EVER since the lunch that Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee had with Home Minister L K Advani at his Pandara Road residence, things have never been the same. Advani seems to have considerably cheered up.
- Invite Musharraf But No Cricket (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, May 25, 2001)
EYEBROWS may be raised that neither the hurried response to the NMD project nor issuing an invitation to General Pervez Musharraf and calling off the cease-fire in Kashmir has been preceded by a sufficient debate.
- Welcome Invitation (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 25, 2001)
THE GOVERNMENT’S decision to invite Pakistan’s Chief Executive, General Pervez Musharraf, for talks is a welcome step, even if it does not hold out any promise of substantial progress towards peace between the two south Asian neighbours.
- High Cost Recession (The Economic Times, Narendar Pani, May 25, 2001)
IT DOES not require great insight to recognise the role that global trends have played in the current economic slowdown.
- Privatise And Depoliticise Uti (The Economic Times, Yassir A Pitalwalla, May 25, 2001)
THE OVER Rs 6,000 crore gap between the sale price of units of Unit Scheme 1964 (US-64) and the net asset value (NAV) of the scheme’s units has now raised the prospects for another bailout of the country’s largest mutual fund by the government of India.
- Erp Will Continue To Be A Focus Area (The Economic Times, Manisha Shigh, May 25, 2001)
CHENNAI-based Polaris Software has been doing phenomenally well for the last few years.
- Musharraf Visit Must Be Used Constructively (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , May 25, 2001)
NEW DELHI, MAY 24. It is a long jump by India to have decided to invite the Pakistan Chief Executive, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, here for talks with the Prime Minister, Mr. A.B. Vajpayee.
- New Cross-Currents In West Asia (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 24, 2001)
A COLLECTIVE SHOW of political unity by the Arab states over the basic Palestinian question is their direct answer to Israel's act of sending F-16 combat aircraft on a bombing mission.
- Riding The Brand Wagon (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 24, 2001)
HINDUSTAN Lever is in for tough times. Competition is heating up all round.
- Consolidators: The Commercial Issues (Business Line, David Moodie, May 24, 2001)
MR BRENDT Munro is a director and partner in Brisbane firm Ashley & Munro, specialising in corporate financial management, corporate taxation and corporate services.
- Finance Act 2001 -- Economic Consequences For India Inc (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, May 24, 2001)
THE Finance Act 2001 has had a serious impact on the structure of corporate finance.
- Elections In Iran (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 24, 2001)
YESTERDAY the process of electing a new government was completed in Britain. Today it is the turn of Iran to undertake a similar exercise. The contrast in the values the two countries share is instructive.
- Does The Voter Have A Choice? (Indian Express, Amrita Shah, May 24, 2001)
THERE would be a lot of takers for this particular sentiment at the moment in India.
- Myanmar's Custodian Of The Buddhist Way (Times of India, Thelma Menezes, May 24, 2001)
SOME years ago, I made a trip to Yangon to visit members of my family.
- Linking India, Pak Through Music (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , May 24, 2001)
MUSIC and poetry transcend the barriers of caste, creed and religion and cut across divide between people.
- Power Reforms Electrocuted (Business Line, P. Raman , May 24, 2001)
NO ONE expected that the fast-track Dabhol power project, promoted by the US utility giant Enron, and once a model for an efficient power regime, would so suddenly become a bitter pill for all the players concerned.
- Peace And Prosperity In The Pipeline? (Tribune, Rakshat Puri, May 24, 2001)
REPORTS indicate that among the important subjects for discussion between Pakistan's military ruler Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee when they meet in July will be the pipeline to be laid for bringing Iranian gas to India.
- Ah, For Confusion! (Tribune, Prem Kumar , May 24, 2001)
WE in this country love confusion. And the ruling class, being the true representatives of the people, that is us, love it all the more. It is only natural that we are fond of creating a situation to our liking.
- Us Search For Strategic Primacy: Bush Missile Defence (Tribune, Bharat Wariavwalla, May 24, 2001)
STRATEGIC primacy is what the USA under George Bush Jr. aspires to. In his speech before the national Defence College on May 1 he sketched a hazy design of American primacy.
- India’s Inverted Pyramid (Indian Express, Rajinder Puri, May 24, 2001)
In which direction is India headed? When I was a child, the nation was partitioned.
- Gee, Mantriji (Times of India, Anvar Ali Khan, May 24, 2001)
AN interesting guessing game is to try and figure out who exactly the mantri in Ji Mantriji is.
- Nmd Yes, Abm Also Yes (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 24, 2001)
INDIAN diplomatic tradition shuts out playing from both sides of the court. It is often loud and blunt but never the sly wink-and-nod variety.
- Taxing Patience (The Economic Times, Shishir Kant Jain, May 24, 2001)
THIS is apropos of the finance minister’s statement that he was considering introducing a new income-tax law to replace the present Income-tax Act, 1961 in order to simplify matters.
- Malaysian Internet Firms Worry About Censorship (The Financial Express, Chen May Yee, May 24, 2001)
A Malaysian government statement suggesting that it might renege on a promise not to police the internet is sowing confusion among Internet-based businesses.
- Correcting Impressions (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 24, 2001)
The talk about the Vajpayee Government being dictated by US interests with regard to the dialogue with Pakistan did not last long as the Prime Minister himself dispelled the impression.
- Women In The Corporate World -- The Success Stories (Business Line, Menka Shivdasani , May 24, 2001)
A FEW years ago, I met a soft-spoken, self-effacing woman -- the sort who wouldn't be given a second glance on the street.
- Brokers Sulk As Markets Modernise (The Financial Express, P. N. Vijay, May 24, 2001)
But they can be winners once they understand the options market.
- Sermons And Sneers From Mahathir (The Financial Express, Subhash Agrawal, May 24, 2001)
It is sad that Mr Vajpayee’s trip to Malaysia will be remembered as a fiasco only because of the failed attempt to bring back Ottavio Quattrocchi.
- Import Curbs Remain On Many Agricultural And Ssi Goods (The Financial Express, P.K. Vasudeva, May 24, 2001)
INDIA has still retained import curbs on as many as 518 items on safety and security considerations in this year’s Export-Import (Exim) Policy effective from April 1, 2001.
- More Rigour Needed On Bank Appointments (The Financial Express, Harjeet Ahluwalia, May 24, 2001)
A great deal of stress is being laid nowadays on “integrity” and “responsibility” when it comes to top-level appointments in banks.
- Set Up Small Grain Banks At Panchayat Levels (The Financial Express, Ashok B Sharma, May 24, 2001)
It is high time that the Centre introduced a system of panchayat level grain procurement and distribution and formation of small grain banks at the grassroots levels.
- Restore Sanity To The System (Telegraph, Abhijit Banerjee, May 24, 2001)
Finally, we come to credit, perhaps the most significant constraint faced by small and new businesses.
- Pakistan Welcomes Talks On Kashmir (Washington Post, Pamela Constable, May 24, 2001)
The government's surprise invitation to Pakistan's military ruler to visit India for talks on the disputed territory of Kashmir has received a cautious welcome from Pakistan, making it likely that the leaders of the world's two newest nuclear powers will
- Indian It & Japan’s I-Mode (The Economic Times, P. S. Thomas, May 24, 2001)
IN January 2001, Fortune magazine named K Tachikawa (61), the president of DoCoMo, NTT’s mobile communication subsidiary, as the Asian Businessman of the Year 2000.
- In Memory Of A Soldier And A Braveheart (Indian Express, General (Retd) V. P. Malik, May 24, 2001)
SUDHIR Kumar would have been 33 years old on May 24 this year. Balraj Kakkar, my ADC (Security), recommended him to me as his own relief before quitting the Army.
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