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Articles 23621 through 23720 of 27558:
- A Trickle Is No Flood (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 11, 2001)
Who cares for red carpet with all the red tape?
- Gun-Makers All (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 11, 2001)
A NATIONAL daily has called the far-reaching Cabinet decision of Wednesday as the second generation reforms.
- All’s Well That Ends Well (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, May 10, 2001)
AT A time when uncertainty hangs over the future of Enron, raising doubts about the prospect of foreign investment, it is a matter of considerable relief that the dispute in Balco has been satisfactorily resolved.
- Campaign Of Terror (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, May 10, 2001)
THE SPURT in violent attacks by the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) just before the elections is both worrying and baffling.
- A Moment On The Earth (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 10, 2001)
A CENTRAL reason contemporary environmentalists fall into the trap of imagining that there exists some ephemeral Correct Environment is fear of change.
- Dabhol Project -- Enron: A Rational Renegotiation Plan (Business Line, S. Padmanabhan , May 10, 2001)
THE MAHARASHTRA Government recently announced its plans to renegotiate the Enron-promoted Dabhol power project.
- After The Famous Win (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 10, 2001)
IT is tempting to believe that armed with a massive mandate President Mohammed Khatami will briskly restart his aborted reforms programme. He will not because he cannot.
- Wide Of The Mark (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 10, 2001)
FINANCE minister Yashwant Sinha’s proud boast of accurate fiscal marksmanship has been debunked. One of the reasons his budget came in for effusive praise was that his year-end fiscal deficit for 2000-01 was dot on target.
- Proxy For The Opposition (Telegraph, Tapas Chakraborty, May 10, 2001)
A British journalist once remarked that every politician not in government needed to be in the opposition.
- The Wave Of Rave (Indian Express, Ajit Kumar Jha, May 10, 2001)
Indian electorate ko gussa kyon aata hain? read on...
- Didi The Self-Destroyer (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 10, 2001)
MS Mamta Banerjee has only herself to blame for the electoral drubbing she and her party received in West Bengal.
- Honest Injun (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 10, 2001)
Indians have the nasty habit of frowning when they should smile upon something, of pillorying when they should applaud someone.
- Day Of Decision (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 10, 2001)
Politics will not be the same after the polls.
- The Wave Of Rave (Indian Express, Ajit Kumar Jha, May 10, 2001)
Indian electorate ko gussa kyon aata hain? read on...
- Expenditure Reform (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 10, 2001)
EXPENDITURE reform is not just a matter of slashing infructuous government expenditures.
- At Bob Jones, Students Learn To Break Bread With Christ And Political Ambition (Indian Express, Elizabeth Crowley, May 10, 2001)
Greenville, S.C.: At Bob Jones University, Tim Keesee uses familiar terms to help teach the practical side of the school’s growing political-science curriculum:
- The Wave Of Rave (Indian Express, Ajit Kumar Jha, May 10, 2001)
Indian electorate ko gussa kyon aata hain? read on...
- A Bad Precedent (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 10, 2001)
DEMOCRATIC spirit has been dangerously diluted with the installation of Ms Jayalalitha as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.
- Strategic Blunder? (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, May 10, 2001)
IT NOW APPEARS that the Government finds `strategic disinvestment' a poor strategy. While there are difficulties, it would be a folly to attribute the Government's relative lack of success to the approach.
- Selling Of Education (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 10, 2001)
THE earmarking of 17 seats for NRIs for admission to the MBBS course run by Pt B.D. Sharma Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences and three seats in Government Dental College, both in Rohtak, amounts to cost-based reservation.
- Run-Up To The Summit (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 10, 2001)
THE countdown has started for the Indo-Pakistan summit but the diplomatic temperature in the two capitals are dramatically different. It is a leisurely pace in New Delhi with only High Commissioner to Pakistan Vijay Nambiar stirring things up a bit.
- Supersonic Development (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 10, 2001)
It is rather unusual for the test flight of as advanced and path-breaking a missile as the supersonic PJ-10 to be undertaken in the kind of secrecy that marked the Pokhran explosions.
- The Trouble With Inquiry Commissions (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 10, 2001)
EVER since our independence and the horrific communal riots that accompanied it, there have been two major communal outbursts that have traumatised the nation:
- World Disappearing From View (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, May 10, 2001)
IN a democratic polity, the mainstream Press reflects a country’s pecking order in the world and its ambitions beyond its own borders.
- Trivial Pursuit (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 10, 2001)
A COMMITTEE headed by Planning Commission member Montek Singh Ahluwalia has spent considerable time, effort and taxpayers’ money to devise a way by which state electricity boards’ dues to central power utilities can be paid off.
- Bring Order On The Border (Indian Express, ANURADHA KUMAR, May 10, 2001)
Indo-Bangladesh disputes should not be allowed to fester.
- Don’t Worry, Forgive And Forget (Indian Express, Amrita Shah, May 10, 2001)
It has now become an oddly familiar sight. Every few days we see visuals of a prominent and wealthy person being led away by the police or being interrogated for some serious transgression or the other.
- While The Congress May Live To Fight Another Day... The Third Front Is Dead (Indian Express, T.V.R. Shenoy, May 10, 2001)
Later today — the tenth of May — voters in several states shall march to the booths to elect their representatives. I have no fresh insight to offer on the outcome; I agree with the conventional wisdom that the Left Front shall return to power in Kolkata.
- What The Buddha Says To Bill (Indian Express, Swami Chaitanya Keerti, May 10, 2001)
More on ‘science’ vs ‘religion’.
- A Blueprint For Global Competitiveness (The Economic Times, Arun Kumar Jain, May 10, 2001)
HOW do Indian industries compare with their Chinese counterparts when it comes to global competitiveness?
- The India-U.S. Engagement (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 10, 2001)
WHILE THE STRATEGIC expectations of India and the U.S. about each other have not yet been delineated by either side in the latest context of the External Affairs Minister, Mr. Jaswant Singh's surprise dialogue with the American President.
- From U.S. To Iran: An Indian Rope Trick? (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, May 10, 2001)
NEW DELHI, APRIL 8. From the United States to Iran! If the acme of diplomatic skill is about managing irreconcilable contradictions and profitably engaging two nations that are daggers drawn.
- The U.N., Racism And Caste - I (Hindu, Gail Omvedt , May 10, 2001)
THE WORLD Congress on Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance will be held in South Africa from August 31 to September 7.
- Restore Sanity To The System (Telegraph, Abhijit Banerjee, May 10, 2001)
Finally, we come to credit, perhaps the most significant constraint faced by small and new businesses.
- Expanding Universe (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 10, 2001)
THE INFERENCE - ONE could not be quite sure whether it amounts to a discovery which would require irrefutable proof.
- A Washington Itinerary (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , May 10, 2001)
When Brajesh Mishra, national security adviser and principal secretary to the prime minister, walked into the Central Intelligence Agency’s headquarters near Washington a few days ago for his scheduled.
- Dialogue On Jammu & Kashmir (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , May 10, 2001)
IT IS hard not to be repetitive on Jammu and Kashmir. That is because there is no marked advance in the efforts, initiated from time to time, to resolve this issue.
- Silver Lining (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 10, 2001)
The consensus seems to be that the gross domestic product growth rate this year will not touch the 6.5 or 7 per cent promised in the budget.
- The Pill Fits The Bill (Hindustan Times, Sumita Mehta, May 10, 2001)
LAST YEAR, India celebrated the birth of its billionth citizen — Baby Astha was born amid the flash of light bulbs and adulation reserved for celebrities.
- Jaswant’s Three Errors (Hindustan Times, AG Noorani , May 10, 2001)
‘A DISSENT in a court of last resort is an appeal to the brooding spirit of the law.
- Eight Per Cent Or Bust (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 10, 2001)
Economy needs better governance for higher growth.
- The Bangladesh Border Issue Should Be Handled With Utmost Care (The Financial Express, HUMA SIDDQUI, May 10, 2001)
No matter who is in power in India, it always takes a disaster of massive proportions to make the authorities concerned sit up and take notice.
- India Needs Reform Plan Instead Of A Mere Resource Plan (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 10, 2001)
Five decades of planning show alarming gaps in social attainment.
- Clever Way To Woo The Pentagon? (The Financial Express, Subhash Agrawal, May 10, 2001)
But in global media, McDonald’s won over Missiles.
- Smaller Fish Are Coping Better With The Slump (The Financial Express, P. N. Vijay, May 10, 2001)
Housewives rejoice, industry panics and politicians get squeezed.
- Creating Consumers (Business Line, K. Ramesh, May 10, 2001)
CREATING new consumers and not merely protecting them is relevant today.
- Non-Institutional Credit Agencies -- From Frying Pan Into Fire (Business Line, S. Radhakrishnan, May 10, 2001)
THERE IS a Chinese saying that many little things done in many little places by many little people will change the face of the world.
- A Shoddy Start? (Business Line, Menka Shivdasani , May 10, 2001)
WHEN was the last time you bought batteries? The last three/four times that I went to buy pencil cells for my daughter's toys, I have ended up with the ones made in China.
- Coming To Terms With Trade (Business Line, Dhanmanjiri Sathe, May 10, 2001)
THE WORLD trade in farm products is set to expand and the recent Exim Policy gives primacy to the promotion of agricultural exports.
- Gulls And Frauds (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 10, 2001)
Something must be terribly wrong with a society in which the passion for learning produces herds of gulls and frauds.
- Dumb Charade (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 10, 2001)
There is nothing better for the national morale than a show of solidarity vis-a-vis Pakistan.
- Redefine Reforms (Times of India, M.K. Venu , May 10, 2001)
Plug Holes in the Regulatory System.
- Big And Troubled (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 10, 2001)
Smaller fish are coping better with the slump.
- Dabhol Project -- Enron: A Rational Renegotiation Plan (Business Line, S. Padmanabhan , May 10, 2001)
THE MAHARASHTRA Government recently announced its plans to renegotiate the Enron-promoted Dabhol power project.
- Amusing, Vague And Ominous (Business Line, S. Murlidharan , May 10, 2001)
ANY LAW, be it economic, social or other, is a critic's delight.
- Tricky Form (Business Line, D. Murali , May 10, 2001)
NORMALLY, there is strength in numbers. But, when Chennai CAs got together, banking on such a belief, the results were not too pleasant. Reason, the monolith body ICAI played foul.
- Market Solution To A Market Situation (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , May 09, 2001)
I ALWAYS believed that I was the original author of the concept of `India' vs. `Bharat' syndrome.
- Silver Lining (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 09, 2001)
The consensus seems to be that the gross domestic product growth rate this year will not touch the 6.5 or 7 per cent promised in the budget.
- Clueless In Tamil Nadu (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 09, 2001)
Caste comes to the fore in a waveless election.
- Blind Confidence (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 09, 2001)
It is good to see confidence. The chief minister of West Bengal has it in abundance.
- Ocean Burial For Co2 (Business Line, Gargi Gurtu, May 09, 2001)
SCIENTISTS all over the world are now convinced that global warming is real and the planet is getting warmer day by day.
- The Road To Ranchi (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 09, 2001)
This might be the ultimate test of Mr Laloo Prasad Yadav’s legendary inventiveness. And he will certainly pull out all stops. Mr Yadav is about to go to jail, and if this were Beur Central Jail in Patna then there would have been nothing to worry about. B
- A Matter Of Grave Concern (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 09, 2001)
The crashing of a fighter aircraft during peace-time flying ought to be the rarest of rare occurrence. But MiG-21s have been tumbling out of the skies with such clock-work precision that the news about the catastrophe is now routinely tucked away inconspi
- Slowly But Surely (Hindustan Times, J. N. Dixit , May 09, 2001)
NEARLY SIX months have gone by since the most recent “peace initiative” taken by India to deal with the Kashmir problem, beginning with the declaration of unilateral ceasefire by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in November last year.
- Reading The Polls (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, May 09, 2001)
ALL ELECTIONS carry messages, both at the local and the national levels.
- Let’s Start With Campaign Finance Reform (The Economic Times, Jayaprakash Narayan, May 09, 2001)
FOR a few fleeting days after the Tehelka revelations, our somnolent political class actually raised some hopes of reform.
- Much Ado About Nmd (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 09, 2001)
Going beyond tailism and blind anti-Americanism.
- About Time (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 09, 2001)
THE FINANCE ministry is reportedly mooting the idea of allowing professionals to manage provident funds. Presumably, this is part of the long overdue move to reform the pension system in the country.
- The Swooning It Sector (The Economic Times, G. Anandalingam, May 09, 2001)
THE INFORMATION technology sector seems to be swooning across the globe.
- Not So Fast (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 09, 2001)
Unlimited tricks in non-tariff barriers bag.
- It’s The Crude Oil Of The 21st Century (The Economic Times, Rahul Kumar, May 09, 2001)
GIVEN the key role that microelectronics plays in information technology, it is widely viewed as the key driver of the economic fortunes of nations in the future. So, just how important is microelectronics and where does India stand in this field?
- The Theatre’s Fine, But Is The Party Breaking Up? (The Economic Times, Abheek Barman, May 09, 2001)
ON SUNDAY last, Ajit Panja, ex-minister of state for external affairs, sang a toppa — a style of singing that became popular in the late 19th and early 20th century in Bengal —
- Science Fiction Omnibus (Hindustan Times, Imtiaz Ahmad, May 09, 2001)
THERE CANNOT be anything more academically preposterous than the attempt by UGC chairman Hari Gautam to suggest that astrology is a science in the same sense as sociology or political science.
- Superpower In The Cold (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, May 09, 2001)
THE US State Department is “very disappointed” because the world’s sole superpower has just been handed a drubbing, not by ‘rogue’ States but by a group of nations represented at the UN.
- Expanding Universe (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 09, 2001)
The Interference -- one could not be quite sure whether it amounts to a discovery which would require irrefutable proof - drawn from the ``spying'' by the Hubble telescope of the most distant Supernova, the eleven-billion-year-old exploding star, that a `
- Small Step To Peace (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 09, 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.
- Jpc Ahoy! Shoot The Regulator? (The Financial Express, S. S. Tarapore, May 09, 2001)
No, strengthen the law and facilitate cleaner markets.
- Common Man Cornered (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, May 09, 2001)
A VISITATION OF the non-divine kind is on as an assorted pack of politicians wedded to weird coalitions in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Pondicherry, Assam and West Bengal dive-bombed into farms and towns of the laity to cadge for votes.
- Psus: From One Sideshow To Another (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, May 09, 2001)
WHILE evaluating the real options delivered by the 2001-02 Budget to the economy, the authors had stated that privatisation of public sector units was a very valuable real option not exercised in the initial years of economic reform.
- Pakistan Chided, But Spared (Business Line, B. Raman , May 09, 2001)
It was in 1991 that New Delhi, on the advice of Mr N. Narasimhan, the then head of the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW).
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