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Articles 24621 through 24720 of 27558:
- Online Quotes Help Reduce Corruption (The Economic Times, Rohit Gera, Apr 21, 2001)
INDIACONSTRUCTION.COM, India’s first B2B portal dedicated to the construction industry, has successfully completed a year of operations, with revenues growing 40 per cent month-on-month since November 2000 and now surpassing expenses.
- Opencourseware: Mit Throws A Mighty Bolt (The Economic Times, Arkadev Chatterjea, Apr 21, 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.
- Education For Fundamentalism (Hindu, K. N. Panikkar, Apr 21, 2001)
THE EDUCATION system in India, caught within the vicious web of fundamentalism and globalisation, is rapidly changing, both in its structure and content.
- The Hindu On Indiaserver.Com : Consistent And Educative (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 21, 2001)
THE RBI UNDER Governor Dr. Bimal Jalan has by design converted the previously high-profile bi-annual monetary and credit policy announcements into non-events.
- Equality — A Dream Forever (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 21, 2001)
“BY the end of 2001, there will be more billionaires, but many millions upon millions will be poorer than they were at the end of 2000. Liberty of sorts-yes, fraternity of sorts-yes. Equality-no.
- Reluctant Divinity (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Apr 20, 2001)
Sachin Tendulkar has gently and gracefully side-stepped an Australian player's tribute that "he is a god in India, and that people believe good luck shines in his hand".
- Victor's Justice (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Apr 20, 2001)
The arrest by the authorities in Belgrade of Yugoslavia's former president, Slobodan Milosevic, is a logical consequence of everything that has happened in that country since its break-up in 1991.
- More Than Technology (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Apr 20, 2001)
A Bharat Ratna may not be too small an award for the ISRO's successful launch of the Geosynchronous Space Launch Vehicle.
- A Neglected Minority (Hindu, V. Suryanarayan, Apr 20, 2001)
THE COMMUNAL clashes between ethnic Indians and Malays in early March, which took a toll of six lives and left a number of people wounded, have sent shock waves throughout Malaysia.
- Impasse In Parliament (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Apr 20, 2001)
THERE IS an impasse in Parliament. The Tehelka exposure revealed rampant corruption in defence deals. The trail spread in many different directions.
- A New Crisis On The Border? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 20, 2001)
THE UNCOMMON FEROCITY of the latest clash between some units of the Bangladesh Army as also Bangladesh Rifles.
- Reassuringly Boring (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 20, 2001)
THE monetary policy announced by the Reserve Bank of India for the first half of the current fiscal contains no surprises.
- Spirit Of Learning (Times of India, J.S. Rajput, Apr 20, 2001)
EDUCATION policies the world over explicitly indicate that no one should be deprived of this basic human privilege because of social, economic, political, cultural or religious considerations.
- Angel Of Nagpur” Launches Appeal In Britain (Tribune, Shyam Bhatia, Apr 20, 2001)
A 29-year-old Englishwoman, known as the “Angel of Nagpur” who has sacrificed everything to help lepers of the Indian city, has launched an appeal for funds to help victims of the disease in Britain.
- Just Keep Rollin’ Along (Hindustan Times, Bhaskar Ghose, Apr 20, 2001)
MANY DECADES ago I sat in the officers’ gallery of the Lok Sabha, a naive, eager young under-secretary in the information and broadcasting ministry.
- Douse The Fire (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Apr 20, 2001)
THE DEATH of as many as 16 BSF personnel as a result of firing by the Bangladesh Rifles in a border area in Assam is an unusual and highly regrettable incident.
- Kashmiri Sufism Is Indian In Spirit (Times of India, Sultan Shahin, Apr 20, 2001)
Nund Rishi Sheikh Nooruddin's message was not confined to Hindus and Muslims alone.
- Big Leap In Space (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 20, 2001)
THE sense of euphoria in the country following the success of the geosynchronous satellite launch vehicle GSLV-D1 on Wednesday is understandable. It is a historic achievement indeed.
- Mechanics Of The Mind (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Apr 20, 2001)
SCIENCE FICTION has talked about it much before the literary genre even got its name.
- Unbearable Lightness Of Doublespeak (Hindustan Times, Ram Punyani, Apr 20, 2001)
THE RECENT deposition of L.K. Advani before the Liberhan Commission (April 10-11, 2001) is an exercise in sophisticated hypocrisy. It is a subtle assertion meant not only to defend the indefensible act of the Babri masjid demolition.
- Poem That Einstein Wrote (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 20, 2001)
“Oh my! That Johnnie boy!/So crazy with desire/While thinking of his Dollie/His pillow catches fire.” Believe it or not, Einstein himself wrote this poem in 1900, to Mileva Maric.
- India’s Ties With Iran: Building On (Tribune, M.S.N. Menon, Apr 20, 2001)
CIVILISATIONAL link between India and Iran — that is what has been in focus throughout Mr Vajpayee’s visit to Iran.
- Seeing Punjab In A New Perspective (Tribune, Hari Jaisingh, Apr 20, 2001)
THOSE who have personally experienced terror-stricken Punjab and other parts of the region bleeding at the hands of the trigger-happy during the militancy-infested days of the eighties and the early nineties will hardly welcome the return of Wassan Singh.
- Not A Quiet Border Now (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 20, 2001)
SUDDENLY the border with Bangladesh has exploded into shooting, killing and high voltage tension.
- Dangerous Portents In West Asia (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 19, 2001)
ISRAEL'S FORCED WITHDRAWAL from a re-occupied pocket of Palestinian territory has not really defused the new escalation of hostilities in West Asia.
- U.S.-China Military Brinkmanship (Hindu, V. R. Raghavan , Apr 19, 2001)
THE STANDOFF between the U.S. and China over the spy plane incident is revealing in the approaches they have taken on finding a solution to an awkward incident.
- Akali Alchemy (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Apr 19, 2001)
THE ‘ARREST’ of absconding Sikh terrorist Wassan Singh Zaffarwal introduces a new complication in Akali politics.
- The Road To Ranchi (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 19, 2001)
This might be the ultimate test of Mr Laloo Prasad Yadav’s legendary inventiveness.
- What Consensus? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 19, 2001)
THE DIATRIBE launched against the government by the Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh leader, Dattopant Thengadi, may be regarded as just another instance of the factional fights within the sangh parivar and the BJP, but that would be to miss the point.
- Climbing Mount Improbable (Hindustan Times, Brahma Chellaney , Apr 19, 2001)
FRANCIS BACON said, “Men in great place are thrice servants: servants of the sovereign or State; servants of fame; and servants of business.”
- Beyond The Tehelka Horizon (Hindustan Times, Karan Singh, Apr 19, 2001)
FOR THE last 25 years there have been growing indications that corruption has invaded all aspects of our public life.
- Kashmiriyat: Gift Of Rishi-Sufi Order (Times of India, Sultan Shahin, Apr 19, 2001)
BORN in the sandy dunes and hills of Arabian Desert 14 centuries ago, Islam has spread throughout the world. It now claims almost two billion followers.
- The Qasim Factor In Kashmir (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 19, 2001)
AFTER a long gap former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Syed Mir Qasim is in the news.
- Oil's Not Well (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 19, 2001)
THERE has been a significant slowdown in the consumption growth of petroleum products pan-India, for a whole year now.
- Vocationalise Learning (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 19, 2001)
IT USED to be assumed that education was a passport to employment — but no longer. Statistics reveal that the higher the education, the greater are the chances of being unemployed in India.
- Politics Takes Further Nosedive (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Apr 19, 2001)
LONG years ago I had learnt the hard way how foolish it is to believe that “things are so bad that they cannot possibly get worse”. Sadly, they do, more often than not.
- Tax Freedom Day (The Economic Times, Parth J Shah, Apr 19, 2001)
NOTHING in life is more certain than death and taxes. Death, however, comes once, taxes every year. How many days of the year does an average citizen work to pay for government expenditures?
- Lok Pal Is Coming? (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 19, 2001)
THE report that the Union Cabinet has at last given the go ahead to the introduction of the Lok Pal Bill in the Lok Sabha will need to be taken with a heavy dose of salt.
- The Need To Level The Tax-Paying Field (The Economic Times, Soumya Kanti Mitra, Apr 19, 2001)
WTO means many things to many people, but the major development is that membership of the WTO has put what used to be the sheltered non-exporting sectors on par with exporting ones.
- Plane Truths (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 19, 2001)
THE Comptroller and Auditor-General’s report has said in so many words what was already being alleged in whispers:
- Children Without Identities (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 19, 2001)
An increase in overseas adoptions has provoked demands to prevent a new generation of “children without identities”- young people deprived of contact with their cultures.
- The U.N.'S Future Political Role (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Apr 19, 2001)
THE RISE and decline of the United Nations as the world's premier institution, especially so in the early 1990s, have already defined a truly dramatic cameo during the ongoing phase of post- Cold War uncertainties in global politics.
- The Rupee's Lurch And Larger Concerns (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 19, 2001)
WITH THE RUPEE lurching below the Rs. 47 mark against the dollar after a long period of relative stability, there has been a revival of interest in the currency market.
- On Track With Teheran (Times of India, R. K. Pachauri, Apr 19, 2001)
PRIME MINISTER Vajpayee's visit to Iran lends substance to aspirations for a close relationship between the two countries which is based as much on historical factors as mutual interest defining the future.
- Misrule Of Law (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Apr 19, 2001)
Would there be another 50-year-old democracy in the world where Parliament has been rendered dysfunctional by its honourable members?
- Cisco's Morphons (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Apr 19, 2001)
Early this year, when Cisco's chief executive officer John Chambers came calling, Indian journalists plied him with questions about how the global tech wreck would affect his company.
- A Thief In The Night: Understanding Aids (Telegraph, Vishwas R. Gaitonde, Apr 19, 2001)
Vishwas R. Gaitonde’s A Thief in the Night:
- Don’t Blame Sebi For Failure Of Corp Governance (The Economic Times, Bodhisatva Ganguli, Apr 19, 2001)
THE LATEST scam to hit the Indian capital markets has led to a demand for action against the financial regulators. In particular the position of Sebi chief D R Mehta seems to be particularly threatened.
- A Joke Called Choice (Telegraph, Bhaskar Ghose, Apr 19, 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, Apr 19, 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.
- Undermining The Office Of Speaker (Hindu, Harish Khare , Apr 19, 2001)
NEW DELHI, APRIL 18. It is unfortunate enough that the Congress should continue to persist with a strategy that is calculated to demean and eventually delegitimise the very institution of Parliament.
- Aids To Development (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 19, 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.
- The Ownership Solution (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 18, 2001)
A MORE sustainable balance must be struck among the diverse needs that underlie human motivation.
- Music Dissolves All Divisions (Times of India, Lama doboom Tulku, Apr 18, 2001)
AS I looked into my calendar for the year, I found I was visiting so many countries to attend festivals of sacred music.
- Ms Congeniality (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Apr 18, 2001)
As the saying goes: better late than never.
- Bangaru’s Red Herring (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Apr 18, 2001)
Bangaru Laxman is not the first person to express concern about the subterfuge that is involved in the manner in which political parties collect money.
- Balancing Power And Accountability (Tribune, Hari Jaisingh, Apr 18, 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.
- Diatribe Of The Diehards (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Apr 18, 2001)
The vitriolic language which RSS leader Dattopant Thengadi used while addressing a rally of the Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh, of which he is also a leader, is noteworthy for more than one reason.
- Whose Flag Is It Anyway? (Hindustan Times, Indrajit Hazra, Apr 18, 2001)
Think of the national flag, and you are bound to conjure up nothing less than grand images.
- Up, Up And Away (Hindustan Times, Prakash Chandra, Apr 18, 2001)
Barring any more hiccups, the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV)-D1 should finally be launched on Wednesday.
- A Hollow Threat (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 18, 2001)
IT is a family fight, one branch of the Sangh Parivar taking on the more powerful one in a public show of pique.
- Do We Know America Well Enough? (Tribune, M.S.N. Menon, Apr 18, 2001)
NOW that we are hailed as a “great power” do we know how to play the part?
- Testing Times (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 18, 2001)
The Indian bureaucracy is charmingly innocent, charming for those who take it for a willing ride.
- Condon, Cricket, Corruption (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 18, 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".
- Insecurity Council (Times of India, Sonia Jabbar, Apr 18, 2001)
JUSTIFYING increases in defence spending, our leaders suggest that anything less would pose a grave threat to national security.
- Showman’s Gone. Show Must Go On (The Economic Times, Shubhrangshu Roy, Apr 18, 2001)
DEAD men don’t talk. So it’s perhaps natural for us mere mortals to let emotions take over where there’s need for rational evaluation.
- New Man In Pmo (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 18, 2001)
All eyes are now riveted on Prodipto Ghosh, who is being pulled out of the Asian Development Bank in Manila to work as additional secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office.
- Reformed Security Set-Up (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 18, 2001)
SECURITY and intelligence go hand in hand. In fact, intelligence is one of the main ingredients of security.
- There Is No Oasis For The Elderly (Telegraph, P. S. M. Rao, Apr 18, 2001)
The government, following the economic reforms, has a much reduced role in the problem areas of poverty, unemployment and social security.
- `Cruise Holidays Are Becoming Popular’ (The Economic Times, Arshdeep Sehgal, Apr 18, 2001)
NISHITH Saxena, country manager of Princess Cruises, is enthusiastic about the immense potential for cruises in India and reflects on how India is being taken seriously by cruise companies.
- The Other Front (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 18, 2001)
The NDA leaders are not too worried about its biggest possible challenger, namely, the People’s Front.
- Looms Of Death (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 18, 2001)
THE CRUEL COLLAPSE of support systems for the country's economically-weaker sections cannot be manifest in a more tragic manner than in the continued resort to suicides by weavers in Andhra Pradesh.
- What The Assembly Verdicts Foretell (Telegraph, SURENDRA MOHAN, Apr 18, 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.
- Balancing Act (Telegraph, S. Venkitaramanan , Apr 18, 2001)
The planning commission has been at the receiving end of much abuse and criticism.
- Aids To Development (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 18, 2001)
The chief minister of Andhra Pradesh seems to have hit upon a unique method of measuring development in his state.
- Lake Woebegone (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Apr 18, 2001)
Operation Ulsoor Lake is a welcome initiative in the effort to reverse the environmental degradation of Bangalore.
- Kanpur Riots, A Wake-Up Call (Hindu, Ashgar Ali Engineer , Apr 18, 2001)
COMMUNAL RIOTS in Kanpur should not be taken lightly. They should be treated as a wake-up call by all committed secularists.
- Shadows On Indo-Us Ties (The Economic Times, Swaminathan S Anklesaria Aiyar, Apr 18, 2001)
EXTERNAL affairs minister Jaswant Singh has visited the United States of America, held an unscheduled meeting with President George W Bush, and returned home exuding confidence about the future of Indo-US relations.
- Stalling Parliament (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 18, 2001)
THE FLEETING HOPE that Parliament, which has been disrupted for days over the impasse relating to the Tehelka tapes expose, would recommence normal business has been abruptly dashed.
- Indian Stock Exchanges: A Time To Survive (The Economic Times, Janmejaya Sinha, Apr 18, 2001)
STOCK exchanges in India are going through difficult times.
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