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Articles 24521 through 24620 of 27558:
- Defence Ministers Want Only Yes Minister! (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 23, 2001)
IN a country where there is a political spectrum covering all hues, it is not surprising that every government which comes to power favours the media groups which have been supporting it.
- The Game Of Cricket That Bowls Over Taliban (Tribune, Nadeem Yaqub, Apr 23, 2001)
WHO had ever heard of a cricket tour that lasted less than a week? Afficionados of the game might be shocked at the thought that the once-leisurely game had been turned into a fast turnover — like instant noodles.
- To Work With Dignity And Freedom (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 23, 2001)
Most of the 36.1 million people infected with HIV are in the prime of their working lives.
- A U.S.- China Tug Of War (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 23, 2001)
A REGIONAL `SUPERPOWER' like China seems determined to test the diplomatic patience and political maturity of the present Bush administration in Washington over the surreal saga of the latter's stranded spy plane.
- Competence Versus The Ias (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Apr 23, 2001)
The Government's reversal last week of the decision to appoint Mr. Hardeep Puri, currently the Indian Deputy High Commissioner in London, as the Ambassador to the World Trade Organisation reflects the clout of the Indian Administrative Service.
- A Rare Mix Up (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 23, 2001)
It seems a good thing that Ms J. Jayalalitha was allowed to become chief minister of Tamil Nadu.
- The Man Who Wears An Uneasy Crown (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Apr 23, 2001)
FIFTYONE years back a chubby four-year-old-kid was crowned King of Nepal. An attendant held the jewel bedecked crown over his head as the infant monarch stood on the saluting base.
- Seniormost Bureaucrat (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 23, 2001)
I had mentioned in one of my earlier columns about the trend here - the senior-most bureaucrat not necessarily becoming the next Cabinet Secretary unless he enjoys proximity with one of the two political camps running the show here at the Centre.
- Devyani Keeping A Low Profile (Tribune, Humra Quraishi, Apr 23, 2001)
THOUGH at present, there is nothing new to report on the Nepal developments but yes, journalists here in the city are visibly upset by Kantipur Times Editor Yubaraj Ghimire’s arrest.
- Software Salvation (Times of India, Brooks Entwistle, Apr 23, 2001)
EARLY April was a brutal time for the India technology scene.
- Collective Obsession (Telegraph, Bhaskar Ghose, Apr 23, 2001)
There is a Bengali word that isn’t easy to translate, but which very aptly describes the behaviour of the media before, during and after the visit of Pervez Musharraf to India.
- The Neighbourhood (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Apr 23, 2001)
THE RECENT clash on the Bangladesh border and the heavy loss of lives have again thrown up the multi-dimensional challenge faced by India in its dealings with the neighbourhood.
- Is Delhi A Gas Chamber (Tribune, K. T. S. Tulsi, Apr 23, 2001)
THE Yamuna enters Delhi at Wazirabad and leaves at Okhla, after travelling a distance of 25 km.
- Labour Pains (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Apr 23, 2001)
The paradox of the apathetic landslide has emerged as the big story of Britain's first millennial general election, offering a startling mismatch between public expectation and political delivery in the mother of democracies.
- Looking Alright (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 23, 2001)
Mr Tony Blair thinks his landslide victory is remarkable and historic.
- Chimp Champs (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Apr 23, 2001)
West Midlands safari park keeper Peter Montague has provided an inkling of the shape of things to come by teaching 14 seals to play football.
- It’s Murder, They Said (Telegraph, MADHUSHREE C. BHOWMIK, Apr 23, 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.
- Borderline Alertness (The Economic Times, Hanif Murad, Apr 23, 2001)
IT WAS downright disgusting to see the picture of Bangladeshi villagers carrying the body of a dead BSF jawan.
- Family Business (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Apr 23, 2001)
Industrialist M V Subbiah has stepped down as chairman of the Murugapa Group as ``part of an exercise to improve corporate governance and to transform a family-run business into a professionally managed one''.
- Nasty And Brute (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Apr 23, 2001)
IT is impossible for readers of this paper to have seen the photograph of the mutilated body of a BSF soldier on Friday and remain unaffected.
- Strategies For Development - I (Hindu, Nirupam Bajpai and Jeffrey D. Sachs , Apr 23, 2001)
IN HIS address to the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort, the Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee, announced on August 15, 2000, that the Government had set a target of doubling India's per capita income by 2010.
- Insist On A Quid Pro Quo From Eu (The Economic Times, Nidhi Nath Srinivas, Apr 23, 2001)
IT’S official now. EU is not the real kahuna.
- Silence Is Golden (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 23, 2001)
The Congress seems to have taken the adage “silence is golden” quite seriously. Of late the party spokesman’s favourite comment is “no comments”. He has been taking recourse to this rather crude stratagem of avoiding answers a little too often.
- Blood On The Border (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Apr 23, 2001)
There could have been no other end to the Indo-Bangladesh border skirmish, other than that of the restoration of the situation as it was before the Bangladesh Rifles occupied Pyrdiwah village.
- Ups Segment Is No Longer Just A Peripheral (The Economic Times, Sudha Nagaraj, Apr 23, 2001)
ROBERT S Griffith has been with American Power Conversion for the past nine years. Currently the regional director for Asia Pacific, Mr Griffith was with IBM, Canada for 25 years before joining APC.
- The Budget Will Not Kick-Start Agricultural Growth (The Economic Times, S. L. Rao, Apr 23, 2001)
THE budget has not received much detailed attention this year.
- Private Servants (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 23, 2001)
ARE THERE two standards for taxation in India?
- Breach Of Promise (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 23, 2001)
The crisis of political accountability in West Bengal has been confirmed again with a rather disgraceful clarity.
- A Strategic It Policy (The Economic Times, Prabhat Kumar, Apr 23, 2001)
THE American economy is heading towards recession and the Indian information technology sector, heavily dependent on US markets (58 per cent of its exports go to the US) is looking worried.
- Establish Saarc Parliament Like Eu (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 23, 2001)
IT became amply clear at the last meeting of the SAARC heads of government in Colombo, in the summer of 1998, that discussion of subjects on the basis of political approach and attitude may not any more easily be kept out of debate.
- Sita’s Fate (Hindustan Times, Jayashree Sengupta, Apr 23, 2001)
IT WAS a gathering of feminists, both men and women, at a book release function in Delhi:
- A Biodegradable Law (Hindustan Times, M. K. Ranjitsinh, Apr 23, 2001)
THE OXFORD Dictionary of Natural History (1985) and A Dictionary of Biology (1986) by F.W. Roberts explain terminologies like biological clock, biological control and biosphere reserves.
- A Bitter Pill (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Apr 23, 2001)
IN HIS novel about rapacious western drug companies, The Constant Gardener, John le Carré writes: “By comparison with the reality, my story (is) as tame as a holiday postcard.”
- Castes Of Mind (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Apr 23, 2001)
Given our hypersensitivity to international opprobrium, it comes as no surprise that the Indian government is trying hard to scuttle any discussion on caste-based discrimination under the auspices of the forthcoming UN-sponsored `World Conference.
- The Self-Effacing Giani Kartar Singh (Tribune, Dharam Singh, Apr 23, 2001)
This brief write-up, based primarily on an account narrated in the yet-unpublished memoirs of Giani Kartar Singh and an article by Master Tara Singh.
- Their World Is Still In Ruins (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 22, 2001)
Three months after Gujarat was devastated by an earthquake, problems remain in dealing with orphaned children and ruined villages. Manas Dasgupta reports.
- A Creeping Chill In The Valley (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 22, 2001)
There is little enthusiasm among Kashmiris about the Centre's appointment of Mr. K. C. Pant as its pointman for the State, reports Vinay Kumar.
- Their World Is Still In Ruins (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 22, 2001)
Three months after Gujarat was devastated by an earthquake, problems remain in dealing with orphaned children and ruined villages. Manas Dasgupta reports.
- Hurriyat-Speak (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 22, 2001)
``I do not believe in conditionalities, I am guided by the ground realities,'' says the Hurriyat Conference Chairman, Prof. Abdul Gani Bhat.
- Sleaze And Slander (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 22, 2001)
The recent allegation by a well-known journalist that South Africa's President, Mr. Thabo Mbeki, is a `womaniser' is of a piece with the White-controlled media's tirade against him, writes M. S. Prabhakara.
- The Heart Of Living (Tribune, V.K. Kapoor, Apr 22, 2001)
LIFE is not heroics, but small practical things that come together to give effectiveness.
- Congress Caught In Its Own Web(site) (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 22, 2001)
THE dilemma of the Congress of finding an honourable way out of the Tehelka expose is beginning to become an albatross around its neck.
- Hurriyat-Speak (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 22, 2001)
``I do not believe in conditionalities, I am guided by the ground realities,'' says the Hurriyat Conference Chairman, Prof. Abdul Gani Bhat.
- Morality Cannot Be Damned (The Economic Times, Abinash Panda, Apr 22, 2001)
THE world is in a mess/And blind with sin and woe/You show a man the truth/And he becomes your foe. -- Kabir.
- Step In Time (The Economic Times, P. D. Sampat, Apr 22, 2001)
THIS refers to the item:` Lower interest rates, but not now.’(ET on Sunday of March 18).
- We Are Different (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 22, 2001)
EVER since the idea was implemented in Europe in the 1970s when instances of acid rain were reported off and on in the industrial heartland of the Ruhr, car-free days have been considered care-free days by environmental activists and the like.
- The Game’s Up (The Economic Times, Raghu Krishnan, Apr 22, 2001)
And which game shall we call off today,’’ the minister for sportspromotion queried. ``Unless we do something like this, they’ll take us for granted and the FM may even scrap our portfolio in the next round of budgetary rationalisation,’’ she pointed out.
- Opencourseware: Mit Throws A Mighty Bolt (The Economic Times, Arkadev Chatterjea, Apr 22, 2001)
INTERNET is an interesting medium. Along with television, it is being used for `distance learning’ — students stay at home, learn at their own pace, exchange information with faculty.
- Ground Level Tension (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 22, 2001)
THE FLARE-UP on the Bangladesh border has fortunately been both brief and localised.
- Militants In Retreat? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 22, 2001)
The arrest of a key Bhindranwale aide and statements by him and others indicate that Punjab may be rid of the politics of violence, at least for now, says Sarabjit Pandher.
- Social Justice Initiative (Tribune, Shyam Ratna Gupta, Apr 22, 2001)
FOR the first time in free India, social welfare has been upgraded to a ministerial status.
- What A Cure! (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 22, 2001)
THE AMERICAN pill-popping companies have always reflected the muscle of the US economy.
- Sparring In The Skies (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 22, 2001)
Washington and Beijing will have to come to terms with the spy plane crisis.
- A Cauldron Called Lebanon (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 22, 2001)
Israel's attack on a Syrian radar post inside Lebanon ensures that the Syrians will not leave in a hurry.
- How Merciful Is The Killing? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 22, 2001)
The Dutch Parliament's nod for euthanasia re-kindles the debate about how far individuals should be allowed to control life and death. Vaiju Naravane reports.
- Go-Go Greenspan (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Apr 22, 2001)
The Reserve Bank of India may be dithering over cutting interest rates but its US counterpart, the Federal Reserve, has no such compunctions.
- Supreme Leader Of Iran (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Apr 22, 2001)
WHEN Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee met Iran's supreme leader, Ayatullah Seyed Ali Khamenei, a newspaper headline screamed: ‘‘Saffron man face to face with Ayatullah’’.
- Taste Of Official ‘Honey’ (Tribune, Swaraj Chauhan, Apr 22, 2001)
THE Tehelka revelation is yet another dramatic manifestation of an age-old malaise — the abuse of public office for private gain — that was vividly recorded by ancient India’s foremost theorist, Chanakya, in the first scientific treatise on statecraft.
- Maharaja Who Put An End To Invasions (Tribune, Humra Quraishi, Apr 22, 2001)
THE bicentennial celebrations of the coronation of Maharaja Ranjit Singh start at Vigyan Bhavan here on April 21.
- Trying To Counter The Damage (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 22, 2001)
And yet another function is to take place on April 21 evening , but because of deadline constraints I have to write about it a day prior.
- Slow & Steady Jalan (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Apr 22, 2001)
The Indian financial system is like an impatient adolescent. It wants the economy growing faster than at the currently modest 5-6 per cent rate.
- Disinvestment Blues (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 22, 2001)
Disinvestment appears to be the Achilles heel of the Vajpayee Government. Hardly has the Opposition heat died over the disinvestment of government equity in Balco, the Government has been facing criticism from within the Sangh Parivar.
- Pakistan — A Failed State? (Tribune, Rakshat Puri, Apr 22, 2001)
IS it appropriate to speak of a state as having failed? Ordinarily no. A state emerges historically to its particular identity as an evolutionary process.
- Siwan As A Metaphor For Bihar (The Economic Times, Sudhir Kumar Mishra, Apr 21, 2001)
A MYSTERIOUS silence now prevails in Bihar.
- Breaking News (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Apr 21, 2001)
THIS PAPER has been vocal about the misuse of official media by the government.
- Akal Takht On Girl-Child (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 21, 2001)
ALARMED at the increasing imbalance in the male-female ratio, as revealed by the latest census, in the region an NGO has sought the intervention of the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
- Soaped-Up Life (Times of India, Raghu Krishnan, Apr 21, 2001)
THESE days, soap gets into my eyes, especially from a Tamil TV serial called Chithi where the noble protagonist's well-behaved hubby gets tired of everyone.
- Great Leap Forward (Hindustan Times, Keshav Pradhan, Apr 21, 2001)
FOR NEPALESE communists, it’s no longer a case of one-step-forward-two-steps-back.
- Preparing For Agra (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 21, 2001)
BOTH India and Pakistan are making the right moves to ensure that the mood even after the July 14 Agra Summit remains that of love and bonhomie.
- Stopped In Her Tracks (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Apr 21, 2001)
THE FILING of papers by J. Jayalalitha from two constituencies has implications beyond her own political career.
- The Changing Face Of Truth (Hindustan Times, Khushwant Singh, Apr 21, 2001)
STATEMENTS BEING made by men and women who played leading roles in the destruction of the Babri masjid on December 6, 1992 before the Liberhan Commission make strange reading.
- Don’t Kill The Girl Child (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Apr 21, 2001)
FATWAS ARE often retrogressive in their sweep and intent.
- Saving Trust Of Uti (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 21, 2001)
OPERATION Salvage has started in the UTI with the virtual sacking of chairman P.S. Subramaniam as a prelude to revamping the board of trustees. Now the government proposes to have a nominee as it used to have until the mid-nineties.
- On Changing The Course Of History (Tribune, M.S.N. Menon, Apr 21, 2001)
A World Bank report says that South Asia is the poorest region of the world. It was the richest for two thousand years. Who is responsible for its present debacle? Pakistan.
- Using Police As Cms’ Private Army (Tribune, Hari Jaisingh, Apr 21, 2001)
THE barbaric show put up by the police in Chennai in the wee hours of last Saturday at the prompting of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalitha carries far darker shades than we saw during the 1975 Emergency.
- Ground Level Tension (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 21, 2001)
THE FLARE-UP on the Bangladesh border has fortunately been both brief and localised.
- Priorities Before Pant Are Clear-Cut (Tribune, D.C. Pathak, Apr 21, 2001)
THE course of unilateral ceasefire maintained by India in Jammu and Kashmir during these five months had looked uncertain.
- How To Prevent Female Foeticide (Tribune, K.B. SAHAY, Apr 21, 2001)
EVER since the publication of the Census 2001 Provisional Report highlighting the decline in the child (0-6 years) sex-ratio from 945 in 1991 to 927 female child per 1000 male child in 2001.
- In The Name Of Good Diplomacy (Hindu, Achin Vanaik , Apr 21, 2001)
CONSIDER THE following behaviour by the overwhelming majority of our strategic community!
- We Are Different (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 21, 2001)
EVER since the idea was implemented in Europe in the 1970s when instances of acid rain were reported off and on in the industrial heartland of the Ruhr, car-free days have been considered care-free days by environmental activists and the like.
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