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Articles 24821 through 24920 of 27558:
- Warning Bells For Anc (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 15, 2001)
Unless the ANC sets its own house in order, it will continue to be beset by forces opposed to change. M. S. PRABHAKARA on the travails of South Africa's ruling party.
- India's E-Vangelist (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Apr 15, 2001)
Nasscom stands for the National Association of Software and Service Companies, but for most people, it meant simply Dewang Mehta, populariser nonpareil. Lobbying the government, liaising with industry, organising a high-powered networking event...
- The Stray Pixels (Times of India, Vinay Kamath, Apr 15, 2001)
THE geek have become meek. The revolution is an evolution.
- In Nepal, Every God Has His Day (Times of India, Dubby Bhagat, Apr 15, 2001)
ON September 1, 2001, the Virgin Goddess of Kathmandu, in a tradition that goes back some three hundred years, will anoint the King of Nepal with vermillion on his forehead allowing him yet another year to rule.
- Unholy Musings (Times of India, Vijayalakshmi Balakrishnan , Apr 15, 2001)
CRISP copies of the Lalita Sahasranamam in English, Sanskrit and Tamil were efficiently circulated amongst all the people who had congregated in the basement of the Ramanathans.
- Female Infanticide And Falling Status Of Women (Tribune, D. R. Chaudhry, Apr 15, 2001)
PATRIARCHY in social organisation has been the dominant reality to define the nature of gender relations in human society that rendered it male-dominated in most parts of the world since the dawn of human civilisation.
- Pipe Of Peace (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Apr 15, 2001)
The declaration issued during Atal Behari Vajpayee's visit to Teheran signals to the world that India and Iran, together with other concerned countries of the region, are resolved to contain jehadi terrorism centred in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
- Hey Guys, Vat’s The Way To Go (The Economic Times, Mohit C Purhoit, Apr 15, 2001)
ALTHOUGH World Trade Organisation prohibits quantitative restrictions of quotas, licenses, or canalisation to be used in multilateral trade, the GATT provides exception to this principle on grounds of balance of payment.
- Return To Sender (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Apr 14, 2001)
IT IS no secret that democracy evolves at its own pace in different climes in keeping with the peculiarities of individual cultures.
- Blind Confidence (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 14, 2001)
It is good to see confidence. The chief minister of West Bengal has it in abundance.
- It’s Not Just Manipur (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 14, 2001)
WHEN Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee became Prime Minister for the first time he coined the highly evocative expression "the dharma of coalition politics".
- Diplomacy Of Cross-Connection (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 14, 2001)
DIPLOMACY is a fine art of balancing what is conveyed and what is not conveyed.
- Converge To Untangle (Hindustan Times, Ravi Visvesvaraya Prasad, Apr 14, 2001)
THE COMMUNICATION Convergence Bill 2000, which ought to have been passed last year, is now expected to be introduced in Parliament in the first week of May.
- The Buck Keeps Rolling (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Apr 14, 2001)
WHEN LAWYERS avoid a clarification on a judgment, it means that the ambiguity suits their purpose.
- Unsafe Buildings (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 14, 2001)
ALMOST every year with the onset of the monsoon, there is some hullabaloo about unsafe buildings, old and new, and then everybody keeps quiet.
- Resetting Federal Fiscal Relations (Tribune, C. Narendra Reddy, Apr 14, 2001)
IT was the Punjab Chief Minister, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, who had in 1997 persuaded the compatriot from his state, Mr I.K. Gujral who was the Prime Minister for seven months.
- Wto: A New Menace (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 14, 2001)
CHINA has cleared the last obstacle to enter the WTO and it is no good news for India.
- Unholy Musings (Times of India, Vijayalakshmi Balakrishnan , Apr 14, 2001)
CRISP copies of the Lalita Sahasranamam in English, Sanskrit and Tamil were efficiently circulated amongst all the people who had congregated in the basement of the Ramanathans.
- In Nepal, Every God Has His Day (Times of India, Dubby Bhagat, Apr 14, 2001)
ON September 1, 2001, the Virgin Goddess of Kathmandu, in a tradition that goes back some three hundred years, will anoint the King of Nepal with vermillion on his forehead allowing him yet another year to rule.
- The Stray Pixels (Times of India, Vinay Kamath, Apr 14, 2001)
THE geek have become meek. The revolution is an evolution.
- Spy Plane Compromise (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 14, 2001)
IT was a befitting Easter gift for the families of the 24-member crew of the US spy plane detained in China. After 11 days of detention, the crew members are now back in the USA.
- From Crisis To Crisis (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 14, 2001)
THE Centre has buried an avoidable controversy by dropping its plan to merge the two paddy grades.
- Stars Don’t Talk (Hindustan Times, Khushwant Singh, Apr 14, 2001)
WHEN MURLI Manohar Joshi first announced his proposal to introduce astrology as a course of study at the university level.
- Silver Lining (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 14, 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.
- Dumb Charade (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 14, 2001)
There is nothing better for the national morale than a show of solidarity vis-a-vis Pakistan.
- Mcdonald’s In Beef Soup (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 14, 2001)
McDonald's, the multi-national fast food chain, may indeed have been guilty of wilfully misleading vegetarian customers about the beef tallow in the oil used for making French fries.
- Wto: Institutionalising Double Standards (The Economic Times, Raatnakar Adhikari, Apr 14, 2001)
THE HISTORY of international economic policy making is replete with instances of double standards. The Bretton Woods institutions are a prime example.
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Sleeping Elephant (The Economic Times, Vinnie Mehta, Apr 14, 2001)
ON AN official visit to India earlier this year, Li Peng, Chairman of the People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China graciously complimented India for its, ``edge over China, especially in the software sector’’.
- India’s Food Revolution (Telegraph, Bibek Debroy, Apr 14, 2001)
M.S. Banga, chairman, Hindustan Lever Limited, delivered a talk titled “Food Revolution — A Win Win for Farmer and Consumer” at the annual general meeting on June 22.
- Small Step To Peace (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 14, 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.
- How Uk Was Turned Around (The Economic Times, S. J. Masty, Apr 14, 2001)
MAKING his first major speech on privatisation recently, Andhra Pradesh chief minister Chandrababu Naidu told 100 of India’s top civil servants that only privatisation can cure.
- The Anatomy Of Corruption (Hindu, K. T. Thomas, Apr 14, 2001)
NO ONE has really defined the word ``corruption'' because it is not possible to contain all its ramification within a definition.
- `We View Investment As A Two-Way Thing’ (The Economic Times, Soumya Kanti Mitra, Apr 14, 2001)
Tony Collingridge heads the Asia Pacific-Team of Invest UK, the official agency for attracting FDI into the UK.
- After The Qrs (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 14, 2001)
IN THE fortnight since the last of the quantitative restrictions (QRs) were removed there has been a pathetic display of the Indian craving for all things ``phoren''.
- Aids To Development (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 14, 2001)
The chief minister of Andhra Pradesh seems to have hit upon a unique method of measuring development in his state.
- Gulls And Frauds (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 14, 2001)
Something must be terribly wrong with a society in which the passion for learning produces herds of gulls and frauds.
- ‘Fundament’al Rights (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 14, 2001)
CIVIC services are going from bad to worse.
- A Washington Itinerary (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Apr 14, 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.
- To Work With Dignity And Freedom (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 13, 2001)
Most of the 36.1 million people infected with HIV are in the prime of their working lives.
- An Embarrassing Expose (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 13, 2001)
IT IS AN embarrassment the Congress(I) and its Government in Karnataka, headed by Mr. S. M. Krishna, could well have done without.
- Stir In The Grassroots (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Apr 13, 2001)
THAT THE panchayati raj elections are being held at all in Bihar — after 23 long years, a record of sorts — is something to rejoice.
- The Road To Ranchi (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 13, 2001)
This might be the ultimate test of Mr Laloo Prasad Yadav’s legendary inventiveness.
- A Conflict Continues (Hindu, Chinmaya R. Gharekhan, Apr 13, 2001)
A TRAGEDY on a huge scale is being played out in West Asia. Scores of innocent civilians are being killed, many more are being maimed and everyone is getting bruised mentally and psychologically.
- Run Khatami, Run! (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Apr 13, 2001)
TEHERAN, APRIL 12. Will he or won't he? The big political question debated in Iran is whether the hugely popular Syed Mohammed Khatami will again run for President in the elections slated for early June.
- Court Of Hope (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Apr 13, 2001)
The Madras high court's refusal to entertain convicted AIADMK Leader J Jayalalitha's plea to be allowed to contest the coming elections to the Tamil Nadu assembly comes at a time of grave doubts about where our corruption-tainted polity is headed.
- The Cng Changeover (Hindu, P. V. Indiresan , Apr 13, 2001)
THE KIND of tussle that has erupted between the Supreme Court and the Delhi Government was long in coming but considering the proclivities of both politicians and the Judiciary that was inevitable.
- It’s Murder, They Said (Telegraph, MADHUSHREE C. BHOWMIK, Apr 13, 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.
- A Rare Mix Up (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 13, 2001)
It seems a good thing that Ms J. Jayalalitha was allowed to become chief minister of Tamil Nadu.
- Silver Lining (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 13, 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.
- Breach Of Promise (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 13, 2001)
The crisis of political accountability in West Bengal has been confirmed again with a rather disgraceful clarity.
- Shards Of Ice (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Apr 13, 2001)
ANOTHER SHARP fall in the Sensex was hardly warranted in the already depressed stock market.
- A Joke Called Choice (Telegraph, Bhaskar Ghose, Apr 13, 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.
- Perils Of Diplomatic Dinner Parties (Hindustan Times, Bhaichand Patel, Apr 13, 2001)
THE BAD news this week is that the new French ambassador in New Delhi is serving Indian food at his diplomatic parties.
- French Connection (Times of India, K. Subramaniam, Apr 13, 2001)
THE mid-60s was high season for middlemen in defence deals. It was early October, 1965.
- “Kharkoo” In The Net (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 13, 2001)
WASSAN SINGH Zaffarwal is a faded memory, but a very painful memory. Many have forgotten him simply because remembering him means reliving the terror days of the Khalistan movement when fear reigned and bloodletting was routine.
- Collective Obsession (Telegraph, Bhaskar Ghose, Apr 13, 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.
- Where Is Indian Intelligence? (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 13, 2001)
THE crude bomb found in a parking lot near North Block in Delhi has again exposed the inefficiency of the intelligence agencies. The improvised explosive device was placed inside a lunch box.
- Exploring New Way-Outs In Kashmir (Tribune, Hari Jaisingh, Apr 13, 2001)
WHITHER Kashmir? The problem has been with us for the past 53 years and no one has yet provided a reasonable answer to this question. This, in a way, sums up the tragedy of the state.
- American Chop Suey (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Apr 13, 2001)
EVEN IF the US did finally avoid using the ‘A’ word, all its regrets along with the frequent use of the word ‘sorry’
- A Congruence Of Interests (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 13, 2001)
THE TEHERAN DECLARATION, enunciated by the Iranian President, Syed Mohammed Khatami, and the Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee, is being portrayed by them as the virtual manifestation of a timely strategic handshake.
- Imports And Being Earnest (Hindustan Times, Prem Shankar Jha, Apr 13, 2001)
Tehelka’s exposure of corruption in defence deals, and the NDA’s.
- Strength Of Sikhs In Iran Falling (Tribune, T.R. Ramachandran, Apr 13, 2001)
Teheran: The resident Indian community in this country predominantly comprises Sikh families, mostly in business, who have faced the vicissitudes of the Iranian Revolution of 1979 with an element of stoic realism.
- The “Gracious Gesture” And The Grim Warning (Tribune, M.S.N. Menon, Apr 13, 2001)
MR JASWANT Singh is overwhelmed by the “gracious gesture” of President Bush. Was he conscious that he was representing India? No one can be “gracious” to us. We are not “inferior”.
- Import Liberalisation Process (Tribune, Balraj Mehta, Apr 13, 2001)
THE import liberalisation process in India is complete with the announcement of the official import-export policy this year.
- The Road To Ranchi (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 12, 2001)
This might be the ultimate test of Mr Laloo Prasad Yadav’s legendary inventiveness.
- Speaking In Tongues (Times of India, Rashmee Z Ahmed, Apr 12, 2001)
LONDON: Like vegetarianism and the campaign for oceanic biodiversity and the Kyoto Protocol, Amitav Ghosh's fight for our organic local linguistic link to the past is a magical thing.
- Revitalising The Indian Railways (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 12, 2001)
NEVER BEFORE HAS the need to revitalise the Indian Railways (IR) assumed greater importance as in its present state of rapidly declining financial health.
- Kerala Conundrums (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 12, 2001)
THE CONGRESS(I) HIGH command could not have bargained for worse.
- Discovering The Divine In Man (Tribune, Mohinder Pal Kohli, Apr 12, 2001)
Way back in 1953, when I scribbled an inadequate critique of the poetry of Sant Bur Singh Bir (1905-1995) entitled, The Celestial Singer, my adolescent pride was flattered by its reception.
- American Desi (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Apr 12, 2001)
Bill Clinton is of course a charmer, but there is a great deal of truth in what he said during his latest visit to this country.
- Check It Out! (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 12, 2001)
You may be aware that after IT now India is moving towards biotechnology. According to one research India will merge as a super power in IT and medical research by 2025.
- Bahadur Shah Zafar’s “Dastar Khwan” (Tribune, R. S. Dutta, Apr 12, 2001)
The last Mogul emperor, Bahadur Shah Zafar, was the king of Delhi in name only. The real governance was in the hands of Britishers.
- Ranjit Singh’s Place In History (Tribune, Amrik Singh , Apr 12, 2001)
In 1799 Ranjit Singh captured Lahore. Two years later, in 1801 on the Baisakhi day to be precise, he held some kind of a coronation. Indeed it could not be described as one for, according to the Sikh tradition, he could not be the sovereign.
- Massacres In Nepal (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 12, 2001)
Nepal is in the throes of violence the like of which it has not seen before. Maoist rebels have launched daring attacks on security forces, killing at least 71 police officers in the past one week.
- Old Ties, New Thrust (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 12, 2001)
India is rejigging its old relations with Iran to face today’s problems.
- India And The Islamic World (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Apr 12, 2001)
THE PRIME Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee's on-going visit to the Islamic Republic of Iran brings into bold relief one of the more exciting aspects of India's current foreign policy.
- An Asian Consensus (The Economic Times, Indira Rajaraman, Apr 12, 2001)
POLITICAL turbulence of the kind we have recently witnessed has to be factored in as a routine expectation, unpredictable only in its timing.
- Case Of Missing Courts (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 12, 2001)
The tendency of the judiciary to drag its feet in deciding cases results in justice being denied to the aggrieved parties.
- Front-Load Power Reform (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 12, 2001)
THE REPORTED advice of the Godbole Committee, set up to review the power purchase agreement with Dabhol Power Company, makes sense.
- Blame Investment Bankers, Not Manipulators, For Volatility (The Economic Times, T.T.Ram Mohan, Apr 12, 2001)
HELL hath no fury like a finance ministry scorned by the market.
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