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Articles 24221 through 24320 of 27558:
- Conviction Politics - I (Hindu, P. Radhakrishnan, May 01, 2001)
GOING BY its meaning, conviction is the act of convicting, to find or prove guilty of an offence or crime.
- Wah Justice! (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 01, 2001)
It is time to redefine the law of contempt.
- Markets Work Only If Laws Work (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, May 01, 2001)
CRISIS periods usually bring out the best in governance. It could be an earthquake, a cyclone, or a scam.
- Smut Cookies Don’t Crumble (Hindustan Times, Ravi Visvesvaraya Prasad, May 01, 2001)
THE CASE of a Delhi schoolboy arrested for creating a pornographic website has provided more ammunition to India’s moral busybodies who want to restrict access to the internet by adolescents.
- Shadow-Boxing (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 01, 2001)
THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF the Group on Telecom and IT on the festering Wireless in Local Loop (WiLL) technology controversy have not pleased either the basic service operators (BSOs) or the cellular mobile service operators (CMSOs).
- Say No To The Quacks (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, May 01, 2001)
BOMBAY UNIVERSITY deserves to be congratulated for rejecting the UGC’s proposal to introduce a course in astrology.
- The Election Laws (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , May 01, 2001)
THE SUSPENSE over the candidature of the AIADMK leader, Ms. Jayalalitha, ended when her nomination papers were rejected.
- Imf-World Bank Group Meetings -- Taking Over Others' Turfs (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , May 01, 2001)
I AM reporting from virtual Washington where the meetings of the Development Committee and the International Monetary and Finance Committee.
- Shared Suggestions (Indian Express, Shama Futehally, May 01, 2001)
In the last few weeks, newspapers have seen a spate of affectionate tributes to Behram Contractor.
- Jpc To Dig The Same Old Trenches Again And Again (The Financial Express, Chandra Shekar, May 01, 2001)
As time passes us by, many policies, ideas and institutions outlive their utility, specially in the area of governance.
- Multilateral Rules On Fdi (Business Line, S. Venu , May 01, 2001)
THE surge of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and the associated expansion of MNC activities has transformed the world from what it was 15 years ago.
- Financial Reform And Bank Fragility (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, May 01, 2001)
INDIA'S post-Budget stock market collapse is still taking its toll in the banking sector.
- Is Cng The Only Answer For Public Transport In Delhi? (The Financial Express, Y. Satyanarayana, May 01, 2001)
Based on a public interest litigation (PIL), the Supreme Court directed that all public transport buses in Delhi were to run only on compressed natural gas (CNG) after April 1, 2001. After a week of traffic chaos and law and order problems on Delhi roads.
- Targeted Subsidy? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 01, 2001)
THE COMBINATION of minimum support prices for farmers and a public distribution system was supposed to protect the peasantry from sudden dips in the price of their products and the poor from spikes in the same.
- A Convenient Memory (Indian Express, Mani Shankar Aiyar, May 01, 2001)
The unctuous hypocrisy of Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
- A Thief In The Night: Understanding Aids (Telegraph, Vishwas R. Gaitonde, May 01, 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.
- The Soul Of The New Consumer (The Economic Times, David Lewis, May 01, 2001)
WE LIVE in a society where common ideals and political resolve have been largely replaced by shared meanings revolving around brand names and advertising images.
- Free Trade Is Good For Third World Workers (The Economic Times, Neeraj Kaushal, May 01, 2001)
LAST week, the US lost yet another textiles trade battle at the World Trade Organisation. This is its third major defeat in textile trade wars since 1996.
- Only A Dash Of Sugar (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 01, 2001)
Much groundwork needs to be done to boost exports.
- Psu And Usp (Business Line, K. Ramesh, May 01, 2001)
UNIQUE Sale positioning (USP) is not only the general marketing technique meant for competing products, but, applies equally to sale of equity in public sector undertakings (PSUs).
- Tariff Barriers Not An Unmixed Blessing (The Economic Times, Nandini Sen Gupta, May 01, 2001)
TARIFF barriers are like hot chocolate sauce — those who need it the least, crave it the most.
- The Fairy Tale Of Good Corporate Governance (The Financial Express, G. V. Ramakrishnan , May 01, 2001)
Time to make it a reality, especially as divestment gathers steam.
- India Talks (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 01, 2001)
And gets heard, now. But gently does it.
- Barking Up The Wrong Tree (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 01, 2001)
THE DEMAND of the G-24 countries that the developed world lower its barriers to imports from developing countries was entirely predictable.
- Cutting The Tangled Enron Knot (The Financial Express, T. L. Sankar, May 01, 2001)
Dabhol Power Company’s (DPC) power purchase agreement (PPA) with Maharashtra State Electricity Board (MSEB) is likely to become arguably the most widely discussed commercial contract world wide.
- David And Goliath (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 01, 2001)
IN WHAT could go down as a classic David vs Goliath battle, the Mumbai-based pharma company, Cipla, has won the first round in its battle against some of the world’s largest drug majors.
- Rules On Small Shareholders’ Director Lack Clarity (The Financial Express, Rajesh Ralen, May 01, 2001)
The Companies (Amendment) Act, 2000 has amended Section 252(1) of the Companies Act, 1956 by adding a proviso that a public company having a paid-up capital of Rs 5 crore.
- In Defence Of The Much-Maligned Badla (The Economic Times, Rajiv Goel, May 01, 2001)
LAST Thurs-day, the risk management sub-committee met to deliberate whether deferral products like badla and ALBM should continue. The market started falling before the meeting started at 2.30 PM and continued to fall sharply the following day.
- The Road To Ranchi (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 30, 2001)
This might be the ultimate test of Mr Laloo Prasad Yadav’s legendary inventiveness.
- Ties Hot And Sour (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 30, 2001)
MANY could feel the steadily souring relations between Prime Minister Vajpayee and Opposition leader Sonia Gandhi. But on Friday they saw and heard angry words and rising temper.
- Disqualified Order On Disqualification (Hindu, Era Sezhiyan, Apr 30, 2001)
Until August 1997, the Election Commission followed the procedure that a person, convicted under one or other of the statutory provisions of disqualification and released on bail during the pendency of his appeal.
- Respect For The Earth (The Economic Times, Chris Patten, Apr 30, 2001)
TO ensure that the debate on sustainable development is as constructive as possible.
- Liquidating Badla (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 30, 2001)
THE 134 point fall in the BSE Sensex on Friday should not scare Sebi into rejecting the recommendations of its expert group on rolling settlements.
- Human Rights In The 21st Century (Hindu, G. Haragopal, Apr 30, 2001)
ANY DISCUSSION on the challenges to human rights in the 21st century will be meaningful only as a part of a historical process wherein society's search for prosperity and power or happiness and freedom remained unfulfilled desires and half-finished tasks.
- Displaced And Deprived (Hindu, Kuldip Nayar, Apr 30, 2001)
THEY ARE not refugees. They are oustees of one project or the other, a dam, a powerhouse or a mining pithead.
- Playing Spoilsport (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 30, 2001)
THE HIGH that Indian cricket achieved after coming back from the dead in the Test series against Australia to win first at Calcutta and then Chennai may have been difficult to sustain.
- Helpful, If Not Hopeful (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 30, 2001)
DAY One of President Pervez Musharraf’s visit has breathed some life into the summit meeting.
- Silver Lining (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 30, 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.
- Case For Monetary Restraint (The Economic Times, Raghbendra Jha, Apr 30, 2001)
THE `feel good’ factor generated by the Union budget and the promise of second-generation reforms has all but evaporated.
- Finance Ministers As Pseudo-Reformers (The Economic Times, S. L. Rao, Apr 30, 2001)
IN 1986 we hailed Rajiv Gandhi’s finance minister, V P Singh, as a far-sighted reformer and visionary.
- Tips For Quake-Resistant (Tribune, G.S. Dhillon, Apr 30, 2001)
THE inherent desire of every individual is that the “nest” he builds should be strong enough to withstand disasters.
- Thinking The Unthinkable About Ifci (The Economic Times, Mythili Bhusnurmath, Apr 30, 2001)
WHEN the finance ministry gets a bee in its bonnet, it’s tough to dislodge it. Nonetheless, the sheer vehemence of the opposition to its latest `bee’ — the proposal to merge IDBI and IFCI — seems to have had some effect.
- A Thief In The Night: Understanding Aids (Telegraph, Vishwas R. Gaitonde, Apr 30, 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.
- A Joke Called Choice (Telegraph, Bhaskar Ghose, Apr 30, 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.
- Loopy Suggestion? (The Economic Times, Naresh Singla, Apr 30, 2001)
YOUR leader (`Plug the loophole’, ET, April 26) suggests that theoretically Jayalalitha can be the CM of Tamil Nadu for six months without being a member of the legislature.
- Riding The Chariot Again? (Hindustan Times, Amulya Ganguli, Apr 30, 2001)
THERE IS more to L.K. Advani’s subtle change of emphasis on the tehelka.com exposé than what meets the eye.
- Right To Develop (Times of India, Andre Beteille , Apr 30, 2001)
THE prospects - and the failures - of development have haunted public-spirited Indians since the time of independence.
- Hijacked State (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Apr 30, 2001)
The age old Tamil saying, ``Who cares who rules - Ram or Ravana?'', would seem to contain some truth, after all.
- A Major Setback (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 30, 2001)
THE ALL PARTY Hurriyat Conference's `no' to the offer of talks on the Kashmir problem, not totally unexpected though, is a major setback to the ``dialogue'' process initiated by the Centre over three weeks ago.
- Ramana Maharishi, Sage Of Arunachala (Times of India, N. N. Subramanian, Apr 30, 2001)
``This Atman is not to be attained by recitation of the Vedas, nor by keen intellect, nor by often hearing scripture. He whom It chooses attains it. To him the Atman reveals its form''.
- The King's Horses (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Apr 30, 2001)
Reporting for British newspapers from South Africa, Churchill wrote:
- Parlez Vous Slowdown? (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Apr 30, 2001)
Don't blame Europe for nursing a grudge against its counterpart across the Atlantic.
- Contempt And Courts (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 30, 2001)
THE LAW OF contempt ought to be invoked extremely sparingly.
- Turkey’s Secular Polity (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 29, 2001)
TURKEY is not a multi-religious state. Yet, the zeal with which it protects its secular character, as fashioned by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, father of modern Turkey, is amazing.
- Key To Environmental Progress (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 29, 2001)
HUMANKIND, while at the root of many of the environmental challenges we face, also holds the key to environmental progress.
- The Road To Ranchi (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 29, 2001)
This might be the ultimate test of Mr Laloo Prasad Yadav’s legendary inventiveness.
- Island Of Acrimony In The Floods (Telegraph, TILAK D. GUPTA, Apr 29, 2001)
Orissa seems to be caught in a never-ending cycle of misfortune.
- To Work With Dignity And Freedom (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 29, 2001)
Most of the 36.1 million people infected with HIV are in the prime of their working lives.
- A New Helmsman Takes Over (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 29, 2001)
The task before Vietnam is to set its house in order and go in for economic modernisation, writes Amit Baruah. Is the communist party under a new chief up to the task?
- The Divide Runs Deep (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 29, 2001)
Even 30 years after independence, the struggle between secularists and fundamentalists in Bangladesh continues, says Haroon Habib.
- How Free Will The Trade Be? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 29, 2001)
The Third Summit of the Americas has set an agenda of ``free trade with democracy''. Sridhar Krishnaswami takes a look at the prospects and the problems.
- Political Mobilisation Paradigms In A Flux (Hindu, M.R. Venkatesh, Apr 29, 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''.
- How Free Will The Trade Be? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 29, 2001)
The Third Summit of the Americas has set an agenda of ``free trade with democracy''. Sridhar Krishnaswami takes a look at the prospects and the problems.
- A New Helmsman Takes Over (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 29, 2001)
The task before Vietnam is to set its house in order and go in for economic modernisation, writes Amit Baruah.
- Why Can’t We Stand Up To Pakistan? (The Economic Times, Bikram Vohra, Apr 29, 2001)
SPEAKING officially for the CBFS these past two months has been an unusual experience.
- Sankara & Ramanuja: Meaning And Being (Times of India, Pranav Khullar, Apr 29, 2001)
THE quest of the Indian mind, as it were, has been a continual thrust towards meaning and Being, nowhere better embodied than in the tremendous speculative and spiritual thought of Adi Sankaracharya and Ramanajuacharya.
- Breach Of Promise (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 29, 2001)
The crisis of political accountability in West Bengal has been confirmed again with a rather disgraceful clarity.
- The Divide Runs Deep (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 29, 2001)
Even 30 years after independence, the struggle between secularists and fundamentalists in Bangladesh continues, says Haroon Habib.
- Dung Ho! (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 29, 2001)
YOU NEVER imagined dung on the fast track, but you won’t pass it off as just as a lot of gas when dung economies get started.
- Disputing The Borders (The Economic Times, Soumya Kanti Mitra, Apr 29, 2001)
EVENTS along the Bangladesh border show yet again that for India the `Saarc process’ is as rewarding as some Goliath’s jig with a flight of gadflies. And it is no use citing intents and documents.
- A New Age-Old Question (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 29, 2001)
A government servant retires at the age of 60. This is what the fifth Pay Commission stipulated while raising the superannuation from 58 years and what the government accepted when introducing a Bill in Parliament.
- Children As Chattel (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 29, 2001)
Child adoption rackets keep coming to light every now and then.
- Not The Best Option (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 29, 2001)
THE GROUP on telecom and IT has levelled the playing field among fixed service providers and mobile operators with a vengeance.
- It’s Murder, They Said (Telegraph, MADHUSHREE C. BHOWMIK, Apr 29, 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.
- Musharraf’s Bid For Consensus (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 29, 2001)
WITH the Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy (ARD) boycotting Wednesday's meeting of political leaders convened by President Musharraf to secure their viewpoints vis-a-vis India before his visit to New Delhi.
- Voices Of Reasonableness, Radicalism From Pakistan (Tribune, Darshan Singh Maini, Apr 29, 2001)
THOUGH I’ve had no direct access to the Pakistani papers and journals, I do find some of those reproduced in part in Indian dailies.
- Budget And Beauty (Times of India, Anurag, Apr 29, 2001)
AT Budget time so many self-appointed advisers go into over drive to proclaim a host of dos and don'ts for the government of the day.
- Shabad-Kirtan: The Highway Of Bliss (Times of India, Kulbir Kaur, Apr 29, 2001)
SUCH is the extent of importance attached to the life of a householder that the sight of a sannyasi Sikh, who has renounced family life in pursuit of personal salvation, is a rare phenomenon.
- Kick-Start The Economy (Times of India, T. K. Arun, Apr 29, 2001)
Print Money, Hike the Fiscal Deficit.
- Dealing With Bangladesh (Tribune, Sumer Kaul, Apr 29, 2001)
THAT there is at last a forward movement of sorts on resolving the India-Bangladesh border dispute is welcome.
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