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Articles 24021 through 24120 of 27558:
- India's Ugliness In The Kutchi Mirror (Hindu, Radhika Desai, May 04, 2001)
IF KUTCH'S earthquake took place on Republic Day, it was a fitting pathetic fallacy.
- In Search Of Peace (Indian Express, Sanjoy Hazarika, May 04, 2001)
The taxi took longer than expected to reach the agreed location in Bangkok.
- Igor Ivanov’s Delhi Visit: Engaging A New India (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, May 04, 2001)
A whirlwind of international engagement is on the cards. Brand new proposals to make up a brave, new world are on the anvil.
- Midsummer’s Nightmare (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 04, 2001)
It’s not drought but political lassitude that kills.
- Geo-Politics Of World Trade (The Financial Express, Sanjaya Baru, May 04, 2001)
Economics is making countries redefine geography and forget history.
- Getting Candid On Tv Cameras (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 04, 2001)
Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Omar Abdullah is not only sharp but also possesses a delightful sense of humour, evidenced a couple of days ago.
- Advantage Jayalalitha As Tn Poll Race Gets Set For Nail-Biting Finish (The Financial Express, N. Madhavan, May 04, 2001)
THEORITICALLY the DMK leader M Karunanidhi should be sitting pretty. His sworn enemy and AIADMK supremo J Jayalalitha has been convicted for corruption and disqualified from contesting the election.
- Allegations, Counter-Allegations Of ‘Tacit Nexus’ Confuse Kerala Electorate (The Financial Express, Hari S. Kartha, May 04, 2001)
As the countdown for the assembly elections in Kerala slated for Thursday next begins, the focus of the two rival political fronts and poll watchers is on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) which is in a frantic bid to open its account this time.
- The Monster Of Corruption Continues To Grow With Greater Intensity (The Financial Express, Uttam Gupta , May 04, 2001)
In a recent seminar held in New Delhi, management guru Shiv Khera made a startling disclosure.
- India Is Unfortunate In Its Neighbours (Tribune, M.S.N. Menon, May 04, 2001)
THE good neighbour — it does not exist. No is it, anyway, a choice open to us.
- A Test For Mamata Banerjee (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 04, 2001)
AFTER HAVING ESTABLISHED herself as the rallying point of the anti-Left Front sentiments in West Bengal, Ms. Mamata Banerjee will now face the more serious challenge of taking on the well oiled election machinery of the CPI(M)-led combine in the State.
- Pacific Blues (Indian Express, Sanjaya Baru, May 04, 2001)
The US-China face-off.
- Arroyo As Filipina Indira (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, May 04, 2001)
She is small, like a sparrow, but has a surprisingly firm grip when shaking your hand.
- Another Madras? (Business Line, Timeri N. Murari , May 04, 2001)
A PIECE of the past came my way the other day.
- Playing Second Fiddle (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 04, 2001)
INDIA'S UNCRITICAL ACCLAMATION of the new strategic `vision' of the U.S. President, Mr. George W. Bush, has only underlined the Vajpayee administration's all too eager willingness to jettison the right to strategic autonomy,
- The Wages Of Union Opportunism (The Financial Express, R. Jagannathan, May 04, 2001)
Labour will lose out if it blindly opposes globalisation and privatisation.
- Truth Versus Infiltration (Tribune, SANKAR RAY, May 04, 2001)
CENSUS data pertaining to Assam stupefied many, particularly those that let themselves be taken for a ride by the “infiltration-wallahs.”
- Rising Graph Of Economic Offences (Tribune, Hari Jaisingh, May 04, 2001)
LOOKING at the ever-rising graph of scams and scandals, we seem to be fast becoming a nation of cheats and racketeers.
- India Loves Fond Us Baby (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 04, 2001)
IN a spectacular somersault of policy, India gave up its opposition to what the USA calls national missile defence (NMD) and effusively welcomed that country’s wish to abandon a key disarmament treaty.
- Two To Tango (Times of India, Sanjoy Hazarika, May 04, 2001)
In Step with the Naga Peace Process.
- Inexplicable! (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , May 04, 2001)
IN THE Mahabharat, there is an enthralling episode in which the Pandavas, tormented by unbearable thirst, eagerly approach a pond.
- Bush Fire (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 04, 2001)
Maybe there is something that the rest of the world doesn't know, perhaps an angle that was personally conveyed to external affairs minister Jaswant Singh by US national security adviser Condoleeza Rice when she called him from Washington
- Nothing Special (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, May 04, 2001)
AT ONE LEVEL, there is nothing unusual in the US action placing India, among 16 countries, on the Special-301 `priority watch list' for `intellectual property protection' in that, first, the US Trade.
- Unemployment: The Ticking Timebomb (Business Line, K. Jacob Samuel, May 04, 2001)
WHILE the young and able-bodied are a nation's assets, the unemployed -- educated or uneducated -- are a liability.
- The Laws Of Evolution (The Economic Times, Lubna Kably, May 04, 2001)
quaint towns in Bangalore, have their fair share of tribes of tribes of monkeys. They screech, run amuck over tree tops and terraces and raid kitchens.
- Governance Beyond Corporate Boundaries (Business Line, Jyotsna Bhatnagar, May 04, 2001)
``Accountable business leadership is a vital element of modern democracy.'' -- World Bank Publication.
- Blind Spot (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 04, 2001)
YOUR summary of the genesis of the recent bank scam in `Dangerous Liaisons’ (ET, May 2) is excellent. As you say, the method employed was `alarmingly simple and unbelievably blatant’.
- Help The Big Reach Global Scales (The Economic Times, Nandini Sen Gupta, May 04, 2001)
SIAM has been at the centre of a controversy ever since the government decided to hike automobile CBU duty rates to 60 per cent.
- Shooting The Monkey (The Economic Times, Colin Turner, May 04, 2001)
IN the established global marketplace, no single company can go it alone and be successful.
- 2g Reforms, And Textiles (The Economic Times, Mahesh C. Purohit, May 04, 2001)
THE FIRST budget of Yashwant Sinha in the new millennium, makes a mark toward furthering of second-generation reforms.
- Cosmos Of An Indian Storytell (Telegraph, R. K. Narayan, May 04, 2001)
R.K. Narayan’s The Indian Epics Retold is a valuable omnibus edition of three of this important writer’s works.
- At Arm’s Length (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 04, 2001)
Why can’t the minister consult the Chief Justice of India?
- A Joke Called Choice (Telegraph, Bhaskar Ghose, May 04, 2001)
The elections in five states have once again demonstrated that democracy is alive and well in India, that the will of the people can be exercised freely to elect their representatives, some of whom will lead them to a better life.
- Silver Lining (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 04, 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.
- It’s Murder, They Said (Telegraph, MADHUSHREE C. BHOWMIK, May 04, 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.
- Bargaining Chips For Peace In A Minefield (The Economic Times, Narendar Pani, May 04, 2001)
IT HAS not taken long for K C Pant to come up against the central challenge in the peace process in Kashmir. All the parties concerned are quite aware that a decade of intensified militancy has left a deep desire for peace among ordinary Kashmiris.
- Political Turmoil Affecting Asean Economies (Hindu, Amit Baruah, May 03, 2001)
SINGAPORE, MAY 2. The dramatic events of the last few days in the Philippines and Indonesia have once again placed the focus squarely on South-East Asia and the troubles in this region.
- Eureka, The Foot-Soldier Is Back (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, May 03, 2001)
From the superstitious to the grotesque. This seems to be the order of the day in the making of education policy.
- From Bangla Border To Cbi Chief (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, May 03, 2001)
ONCE in a while even the best-run countries get taken by surprise on the wrong foot.
- Justice To Rape Victims (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 03, 2001)
THE Supreme Court's latest directive to the courts to treat the hearing of rape cases with greater sensitivity than they usually show has not come a day too late.
- A Slap On Pak Wrist (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 03, 2001)
PAKISTAN must be pleasantly surprised at the mild rebuke it got from the USA. It was expecting a thundering denunciation.
- Children's Day (Times of India, Sudha Narasimhachar, May 03, 2001)
``IN that school, we had to register the name for admission to nursery class when I was pregnant'', said Sarala. I thought she was exaggerating and laughed. As I found out later, that was the truth.
- Buddhadeb Will Tilt The Balance (Hindu, Mushirul Hasan, May 03, 2001)
KOLKATA, MAY 2. ``I would certainly vote, but my vote is a secret,'' said Abdul Ahad, a van-puller in the Muslim majority village of Mallikpur in 24 Paraganas district.
- Bureaucrat Of A Special Breed (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 03, 2001)
CERTAIN people have an uncanny knack of doing things. They are doers, and nothing else.
- The Road To Ranchi (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 03, 2001)
This might be the ultimate test of Mr Laloo Prasad Yadav’s legendary inventiveness.
- Hurriyat's Mask Comes Off (Hindu, Kuldip Nayar, May 03, 2001)
It is more than a conjecture that the All-Party Hurriyat Conference did not want to take any decision.
- Violent Imbalances (Hindustan Times, R D Sharma, May 03, 2001)
The Supreme Court has recently expressed its serious concern at the leniency shown by the Allahabad High Court in discharging the accused in a dowry torture case.
- Landing An Opportunity (The Financial Express, Sunil Jain, May 03, 2001)
Time to tackle the land-grab theory of disinvestment?
- Cag Reports Improper Use Of Mps’ Fund For Rural Development (The Financial Express, Ashok B Sharma, May 03, 2001)
Political leaders, particularly members of Parliament (MPs) cutting across party lines, are in the habit of shedding crocodile tears over the plight of farmers without deliberating on the real issues concerning the sector.
- Crisil Can Help Coop Banks Figure Out Risk Elements (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 03, 2001)
The role of rating agencies has been increasing over the years. In fact, rating agencies may be asked to play a greater role, especially in the light of recent happenings in the local financial sector.
- Study Finds Setback To Free Media (The Financial Express, Kenneth Neil Cukier, May 03, 2001)
Although the number of nations that enjoy a free press grew to an all-time high in 2000, more than one-third of the world’s population live in countries with media restrictions, according to a new study.
- Lower Procurement By Railways To Hit Wagon, Steel-Makers (The Financial Express, Sunil Mukhopadhyay, May 03, 2001)
Domestic wagon and steelmakers are visibly worried — they apprehend that the Indian Railways may not place orders for any wagons and drastically reduce orders for wheels, rails and other steel materials this fiscal as it has piled up inventory.
- Tneb Stance On Tariff Jeopardises Aban’s Project (The Financial Express, T. M. A. Raman, May 03, 2001)
Independent power producer (IPP) Aban Loyd Chiles Offshore Ltd is willing to match the lowest private power project tariff in Tamil Nadu.
- The Share Out Policy (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 03, 2001)
YOUR editorial `Good, bad or plain ugly’ (ET, April 20) clearly points out the whimsical approach of our leaders.
- Let Enron Exit (Times of India, ADITI CHATTERJEE, May 03, 2001)
FOR years, Enron tried to woo Indian policy-makers, who couldn't seem to decide whether the Dabhol project was a good idea or not.
- This Capital Flight Is Non-Stop (The Financial Express, N. Chandra Mohan, May 03, 2001)
Trends witnessed during the 1970s and 1980s continued right through the 90s as well.
- A Joke Called Choice (Telegraph, Bhaskar Ghose, May 03, 2001)
The elections in five states have once again demonstrated that democracy is alive and well in India, that the will of the people can be exercised freely to elect their representatives, some of whom will lead them to a better life.
- Insuring Better Health (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 03, 2001)
THE INSURANCE Regulatory and Development Authority’s guidelines on investment norms are in line with norms of best practice.
- Not Quite A Terrorist (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, May 03, 2001)
If India is a trifle disappointed with the continuing US reluctance to describe Pakistan as a terrorist State, it is partly because at one time the ‘failed’ State of Pakistan had come close to being branded as such.
- From Bangla Border To Cbi Chief (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, May 03, 2001)
ONCE in a while even the best-run countries get taken by surprise on the wrong foot.
- Bureaucrat Of A Special Breed (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 03, 2001)
CERTAIN people have an uncanny knack of doing things. They are doers, and nothing else.
- Demutualise Bourses First, Corporatisation Can Wait (The Economic Times, Rajeev Mukhjia, May 03, 2001)
THE EVENTS at the Bombay Stock Exchange, leading to the ouster of its president, have once again highlighted the need for a complete revamp in the functioning of the Indian stock exchanges.
- Building An Empire, Not A Community (The Economic Times, Soumya Kanti Mitra, May 03, 2001)
THE CURRENT urge for empire building in Europe rather resembles the appetite for a Chinese meal: no sooner have you done with one, you are ready for the next.
- Saffron Blues (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 03, 2001)
EVER SINCE the BJP came to power and Acharya Murli Manohar Joshi assumed charge of the Ministry of Human Resources Development, liberal apprehension about the potential saffronisation of our educational institutions has touched a new high.
- Scratch And Sniff (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 03, 2001)
LET them sniff chocolate, Marie Antoinette may have said if she had been around to be told that the bakers in Mumbai had gone on strike again.
- Asia: Freedom Of Expression At Risk (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 03, 2001)
Journalists across the world are being targeted by governments for carrying out their legitimate investigative reporting work. Amnesty International said today, ahead of World Press Freedom Day (May 3).
- ...And A Cloud (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 03, 2001)
Poor capital formation bodes ill for the future.
- Silver Lining (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 03, 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.
- Risks Of Genetic Engineering (Hindu, Debashis Banerji, May 03, 2001)
THERE IS an air of great expectation, almost euphoria, about the potential role of genetic engineering in transforming Indian agriculture.
- Budget In Retrospect (The Economic Times, Shankar Acharya, May 03, 2001)
THE BUDGET was presented just two months back. But the tumult of Tehelka, the collapse of the Nasdaq and the stock market scam have combined to make budget day seem like aeons ago.
- Yet Another Probe (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, May 03, 2001)
THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF a Joint Parliamentary Committee probe into the stock market crash and other related issues appears a case of needless intervention by Parliament into what is a common feature of securities trading the world over.
- An Upbeat Note In Indo-U.S.Ties (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 03, 2001)
THE ENCOURAGING SIGNALS that the Finance Minister, Mr. Yashwant Sinha, seems to have received now from his U.S. interlocutors point to the possibility of an early move by the Bush administration to scrap the economic sanctions still in place against India
- A Thief In The Night: Understanding Aids (Telegraph, Vishwas R. Gaitonde, May 03, 2001)
Vishwas R. Gaitonde’s A Thief in the Night: Understanding Aids is a thoroughly researched and informative book that has freed itself from many of the prejudices and reticences that dog the Indian HIV/AIDS campaign.
- Friends And Neighbours (Indian Express, J. N. Dixit , May 03, 2001)
Bangladesh mustn’t take our tolerance threshold for granted.
- Whither Agro-Development In Punjab (Business Line, K. Venkatasubramanian, May 03, 2001)
FIFTY years ago, Indian Punjab was considered the least productive part of the province.
- I Was Being Blamed For Impersonation On My Library Cards: Jasbir Singh (Indian Express, Kota Neelima, May 03, 2001)
New Delhi, May 2: Lt Colonel (retd) Jasbir Singh ‘‘finally’’ got acquitted in the Larkins spy case on Monday.
- The Great Privacy Debate (Business Line, B. Mahadevan, May 03, 2001)
A FEW days back, the postman left behind a questionnaire to be filled and returned to him.
- Rewrite The Agreement On Agriculture (Business Line, Uttam Gupta , May 03, 2001)
IN THE last six years since the World Trade Agreement (WTA) came into force, developing countries, including India, have not been able to get the desired benefit from international trade in agricultural commodities.
- The Demolition Before Liberhan (Indian Express, Amrita Shah, May 03, 2001)
Displaying his way with words, Narasimha Rao built an elaborate constitutional edifice over three hearings of the Liberhan Commission to justify his failure to save the Babri Masjid.
- Adding To The Law Pile (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, May 03, 2001)
Prabhat Agarwal says that there are already enough provisions on transfer pricing to warrant the introduction of new ones.
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