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Articles 25021 through 25120 of 27558:
- Silver Lining (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 09, 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.
- The U.N., Racism And Caste - I (Hindu, Gail Omvedt , Apr 09, 2001)
THE WORLD Congress on Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance will be held in South Africa from August 31 to September 7, marking the culmination of the International Year of the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
- `Indian Tractor Market Is Largest In The World’ (The Economic Times, Neena Prui, Apr 09, 2001)
INDIA has achieved the distinction of being the biggest tractor market in the world. Yet, the industry is currently in a slump.
- From U.S. To Iran: An Indian Rope Trick? (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Apr 09, 2001)
From the United States to Iran! If the acme of diplomatic skill is about managing irreconcilable contradictions and profitably engaging two nations that are daggers drawn, India will be demonstrating some of that capability this week.
- Weak Gesture (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 09, 2001)
THE GOVERNMENT’S offer of talks on the Kashmir issue with all groups ``desirous of peace’’ including militants is long overdue.
- Dialogue On Jammu & Kashmir (Hindu, K.K. Katyal, Apr 09, 2001)
IT IS hard not to be repetitive on Jammu and Kashmir. That is because there is no marked advance in the efforts, initiated from time to time, to resolve this issue.
- Power Projections (Times of India, K. Subramaniam, Apr 09, 2001)
Reports in the US media speak of defence secretary Donald H Rumsfeld unveiling a new defence policy intended to implement the Republican party's campaign platform.
- A Thief In The Night: Understanding Aids (Telegraph, Vishwas R. Gaitonde, Apr 09, 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.
- Shrimad Rajchandra, Great Jain Thinker (Times of India, Niranjan S Mehta, Apr 09, 2001)
Today is the 100th anniversary of Shirmad Rajchandra's departure from his physical body. He was a profound Jain thinker of the 19th century.
- Out Of Character (Hindustan Times, Soumya Bhattacharya, Apr 09, 2001)
At one of Vikram Seth’s readings in Kolkata a few years ago, a young man had inquired whether one of the protagonists in Seth’s novel, The Suitable Boy, was based on the writer himself.
- Poor Logic: The Buck Stops At Us All (Tribune, Amar Chandel, Apr 09, 2001)
GOD, it is said, loves the poor. Our leaders too are gods - at least demi-gods. So, they too adore the poor. Whatever they do is for the sake of the poor - even robbing them.
- Southern Sunshine (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Apr 09, 2001)
``Look South'', exhorted the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), while hosting an international tourism conference and exhibition on South India recently at Kochi, Kerala.
- Noise From Within (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Apr 09, 2001)
Whenever complaints are made about the appointment of saffron enthusiasts to academic bodies, the standard reply from official apologists is that the practice has not changed, only the ideological colour of the new members.
- Hypocrisy Is Our Great National Vice (Tribune, Abu Abraham, Apr 09, 2001)
A former Editor of Punch, William Davis, once told me a story he had picked up in Mumbai.
- Protein-Rich Maize To Be Available (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 09, 2001)
WITH the Indian Council of Agricultural Research deciding to entrust indigenous seed companies with the task of multiplying “parent” lines for the Quality Protein Maize (QPM) hybrids, farmers will be able to grow the maize by the next Rabi season.
- Remember To Forget (Hindustan Times, Anand K.Sahay , Apr 09, 2001)
A troubling aspect of the Tehelka episode is the dissonance between the treatment meted out to the officials — civil as well as military — and the politicians facing humiliation on account of their unseemly conduct.
- Kashmir Talks With A Difference (Tribune, Pran Chopra , Apr 09, 2001)
HALF-way through the three-month “ceasefire” announced by Prime Minister Vajpayee at the end of February, the Government of India has offered a basis on which both sides can hold fire for much longer while talks proceed for something more lasting.
- Cursing The Corrupt (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Apr 09, 2001)
In this day and age when you can swipe your attendance on a gizmo which wishes you a happy birthday, an agency report that the mayor of Bangkok is sending handwritten curses to corrupt civic officials sounds old-fashioned.
- A Joke Called Choice (Telegraph, Bhaskar Ghose, Apr 09, 2001)
The elections in five states have once again demonstrated that democracy is alive and well in India.
- Customary Graft (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Apr 09, 2001)
Following the arrest and suspension of B P Verma, chairman of the Central Board of Excise and Customs, questions have been raised about the procedures of appointment to such a high post.
- Bill introduced in U.S. to lift sanctions (Hindu, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Apr 08, 2001)
WASHINGTON, APRIL 7. Formal legislation has been introduced in the House of Representatives calling for the lifting of sanctions against India and Pakistan which were imposed in the wake of the Pokhran tests of 1998.
- Taliban a threat to region: Masood (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 08, 2001)
BRUSSELS, APRIL 7. The Belgian Foreign Minister, Mr. Louis Michel, pledged today to send more humanitarian aid to Afghanistan and put pressure on Pakistan to stop supporting the country's radical Taliban ruling movement.
- LTTE sets pre-condition (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Apr 08, 2001)
COLOMBO, APRIL 7. Just when it seemed that Norway 's efforts to facilitate peace talks in Sri Lanka were succeeding, the LTTE has suddenly hardened its position, declaring that it will not participate in the negotiations till the government lifts the ban
- Clear Disadvantage (The Economic Times, A. Jacob Sahayam, Apr 08, 2001)
THIS is in response to the news item titled `FIR ignores RBI role in reversing debit entry (ET on Sunday of 1 April).
- Reining in the bull (Hindu, Oommen A. Ninan, Apr 08, 2001)
Whether the BSE directors had used their recourse to price sensitive information or not for transactions in the market, having had direct access to the data was in direct violation of SEBI rules, observes Oommen A. Ninan.
- Driven into a corner (Hindu, ALOK MUKHERJEE, Apr 08, 2001)
The largescale manipulation of the market by the broker-banker cartel that is alleged to have taken place leaves very little for the Finance Ministry to defend itself with, says Alok Mukherjee.
- The right to know (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Apr 08, 2001)
The campaign in Rajasthan has demonstrated that people need to understand how the system works, and is distorted, and they need be given the power to hold public officials accountable, writes KALPANA SHARMA.
- Guidelines on credit policy to be revised (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 08, 2001)
NEW DELHI, APRIL 7. Following wide-spread criticism of the loopholes in the banking system leading to the recent securities scam and the crash in the stock market, the Government today decided to unveil new guidelines on banks' exposure to capital markets
- Promises to keep (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 08, 2001)
The administration at hill stations and resorts face a common problem - that of satisfying the never ending stream of VIPs. MARI MARCEL THEKAEKARA uses the annual flower show at Ooty as a base from which to examine the issue.
- The Days Of Wine, Roses... And Poses (The Economic Times, Raghu Krishnan, Apr 08, 2001)
IT was placement day at the IIM (International Institute of Management).
- Earth spirituality: A new eco-social paradigm (Hindu, Siddhartha, Apr 08, 2001)
Misuse of the earth and its resources has led to the present civilisational crisis. Mankind now faces problems like poverty, pollution, drought, famine ... the list is endless. Reiterating our commitment to the earth and nurturing the bonds that connect m
- The gamble that didn't come off (Hindu, Sudhanshu Ranade , Apr 08, 2001)
A HUGE museum is reported to have come up at Kurukshetra; the site of the Mahabharat war. But, clinging as tightly as we do to our illusions, we are likely to find only stories there, not history. Stepping out from the museum into the blinding light of da
- Counting women (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Apr 08, 2001)
THE women of India have been counted - but apparently, they still do not count enough. Even as declining population growth rates and increasing literacy rates are being lauded with the preliminary results of the 2001 Census being announced, the depressing
- Feel of the unexpected (Hindu, Anjali Sircar, Apr 08, 2001)
Reflections of her environment and the people around her typify Anupam Sud's work. ANJALI SIRCAR profiles the artist.
- Arty goddesses - II (Hindu, Vikram Chadha, Apr 08, 2001)
Art grows from desire and artists, both men and women, have eroticised their relationship with language in complicated ways. Such genderising need not always mean evil intent, says VIKRAMCHANDRA in this concluding part of his two-part rejoinder to Rajeswa
- Go-by to global warming (Hindu, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Apr 08, 2001)
The more the Bush team talks about sound environmental policies, the more exposed it is getting on the shallow grounds it is treading, finds Sridhar Krishnaswami.
- India, U.S. agree on defence cooperation (Hindu, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Apr 08, 2001)
WASHINGTON, APRIL 8. The visiting Minister for External Affairs and Defence, Mr. Jaswant Singh, and the U.S. Secretary of State, Gen. Colin Powell, in addition to proliferation, trade and regional issues also discussed Indonesia, Sri Lanka and ``quite a l
- Bush to work closely with India (Hindu, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Apr 08, 2001)
WASHINGTON, APRIL 7. The Minister of External Affairs and Defence, Mr. Jaswant Singh, has said he is more than satisfied with the talks he has had in Washington and doubted if anything more could have been achieved given what took place during his interac
- Stock scam: Loopholes in trading mechanism (Hindu, K.T.Jagannathan, Apr 08, 2001)
CHENNAI, APRIL 7. The big bull is behind the bars. The huge bear is pushed into oblivion. And as always happens, the small investor is the unsuspecting victim of the crossfire. As history revisits Indian bourses, one is not sure if anyone has learnt the l
- 'Juice business in India is complicated' (Hindu, C. R. L. Narasimhan, Apr 08, 2001)
The fruit juice business, as Mr. Abhay Manglik, country director of Tropicana Beverages Company, calls it, is tough. ``The market is tough and mostly because of the weather India is a tough country for that kind of product.'' Making this point recently in
- Paper Tigers (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 08, 2001)
THE ISSUE of the Reserve Bank of India appointing its nominees on the boards of public sector banks re-surfaced once again.
- Historian dead (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 08, 2001)
NEW DELHI, APRIL 7. The noted historian and former Director of the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library (NMML), Prof. Ravindra Kumar, died here on Friday after a brief illness. He was 68. He is survived by two daughters.
- Retrial of case against Benazir ordered (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Apr 07, 2001)
ISLAMABAD, APRIL 6. The Pakistan Supreme Court today set aside the verdict of a lower court against the former Prime Minister, Ms. Benazir Bhutto, in a corruption case, and ordered a retrial.
- UNESCO chief calls on Musharraf (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Apr 07, 2001)
ISLAMABAD, APRIL 6. The UNESCO chief, Mr. Koichiro Matsuura, today called on the Pakistani military ruler and Chief Executive, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, and discussed ways to `engage' the Taliban regime in Afghanistan in the wake of the recent destruction of
- Paper Tigers (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 07, 2001)
THE ISSUE of the Reserve Bank of India appointing its nominees on the boards of public sector banks re-surfaced once again.
- Tehelka: Missing The Donkey (The Economic Times, N. Vittal, Apr 07, 2001)
THERE is a well-known story about Mullah Naseeruddin. The Mullah used to be a smuggler and the customs authorities also knew that he was smuggling but they could not identify what was being smuggled.
- Sleaze `Promoted’ (The Economic Times, Sourav Misra, Apr 07, 2001)
THIS has reference to the various CBI raids and arrests of officials and exporters — including B P Verma, CBEC chairman.
- `Have A Date With Nature And Herbs’ (The Economic Times, N. Chidambaram, Apr 07, 2001)
WE provide you everything swadeshi in God’s own country and you will see that, to your surprise, you return healthier and slimmer, says C K Chandrappan, the chairman of the Kerala Tourism Development Corporation.
- Communal Virus (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Apr 07, 2001)
WHEN WE gained our freedom from the British in August 1947, I hoped that the one thing that would never happen again was Hindu-Muslim riots.
- A Tale Of Two Scandals (Hindustan Times, Vir Sanghvi, Apr 07, 2001)
POLITICIANS OPERATE on the assumption that the public has a short memory.
- Urea Decontrol - Chasing A Mirage (The Economic Times, Uttam Gupta , Apr 07, 2001)
UREA decontrol has been talked about ever since the beginning of the '90s when the process of economic reforms started.
- Norms flouted at King Institute: report (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 07, 2001)
NEW DELHI, APRIL 6. An inspection report on the functioning of the King Institute of Preventive Medicine, Chennai, reveals shocking state of affairs at the premier institution where 200- odd horses died during 1999 and 2000.
- Balco revisited (Hindu, Rahul P. Dave, Apr 07, 2001)
A PANELIST in a television programme recently expounded the view that the government of the day could, presumably by executive action, privatise any government company without taking any kind of approval or passing any legislation. Not only is this an err
- Insensitive decision (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 07, 2001)
THE UNITED STATES finds itself almost entirely alone after its decision to withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse gases (GHGs). But that is unlikely to make a difference to its decision because in less than three months the Bush Presidency has sho
- Silence Of The Monologue (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Apr 07, 2001)
THE CENTRE’s decision to name an interlocutor for conducting a dialogue with the Kashmiri leaders must be welcomed as a step towards resolving the stalemate.
- Fmcgs And Targeted Marketing On The Web (The Economic Times, Sidharth Rao, Apr 07, 2001)
UNTIL recently, FMCGs have been reluctant to embrace the web as a legitimate advertising and marketing vehicle and the majority of current online marketing spending has come from internet-only ventures.
- Musharraf rejects Lahore process (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 07, 2001)
NEW DELHI, APRIL 6. The Pakistan Chief Executive, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, has virtually rejected the Lahore process stating it did not address the main issue of Kashmir.
- A new ``dialogue counter'' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 07, 2001)
THE ONE POSITIVE aspect of the Government of India's open and broadspectrum `invitation' for talks to peace-desiring sections of Jammu and Kashmir is that it is the Atal Behari Vajpayee administration's first attempt to inject crucial political content in
- Friends Indeed (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Apr 07, 2001)
IF THE BJP has called off its campaign on the Tehelka issue, it cannot be because the party feels that it has successfully made its point.
- BJP, Cong. welcome talks package (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2001)
NEW DELHI, APRIL 5. The Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress today welcomed the decision of the Centre to initiate talks in Jammu and Kashmir even as reports from Srinagar indicated that the Hurriyat had rejected the dialogue offer insisting on its old
- Chattisgarh ready to pay Rs. 552 cr. for BALCO shares (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2001)
NEW DELHI, APRIL 5. The Chattisgarh Government has told the Supreme Court that the Centre had grossly undervalued the assets of the Bharat Aluminium Company (BALCO) while disinvesting 51 per cent of the shares in favour of Sterlite Industries Ltd. for Rs.
- Cold Rolled Markets (The Economic Times, M. K. Moitra, Apr 06, 2001)
DISMANTLING of trade barriers and lowering of tariff has been an integral component of the economic reforms/liberalisation policy initiated in 1991.
- Walk On The Wild Side (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Apr 06, 2001)
IN INDIA, the last 200 years have been marked by social and economic watersheds that have not just changed but reconstituted human-land relationships.
- Rude Awakening (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 06, 2001)
FACED with the prospect of the Reserve Bank of India withholding approval for the UTI-GTB merger — at least on terms earlier agreed upon — the Global Trust Bank has opted to play safe. It has walked out of the merger.
- Faustian Bargain (The Economic Times, Narendra S Porwal, Apr 06, 2001)
THE PROPOSAL to introduce a code of ethics for legislators is a welcome initiative (`And now, ethics code for `party with a difference’’, ET, March 30).
- Click And Mortar, Caught In The Act (The Economic Times, Lubna Kably, Apr 06, 2001)
ZENOBIA Aunty has decided not to use her e-mail, as a mark of protest. I doubt this abstinence will serve any purpose other than adding to my cellular phone bill.
- Yield Nothing (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 06, 2001)
CHHATTISGARH chief minister Ajit Jogi has apparently indicated his willingness to discuss a solution to the Balco stand-off with the Union government.
- Indian offer holds no hope: Pak. (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Apr 06, 2001)
ISLAMABAD, APRIL 5. Pakistan today called the latest policy statement made by New Delhi on Kashmir as an effort to separate the All- Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) from Pakistan and said it did not hold out a promise.
- Govt. throws the Kashmir talks door wide open (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2001)
NEW DELHI, APRIL 5. The Government today offered a broad-based dialogue on ``peace, and how it may be attained'' in the troubled State of Jammu and Kashmir in a bid to get out of the dead-end the Kashmir peace process had reached. In spite of several exte
- `Softswitch Offers Integrated Network Tools’ (The Economic Times, Prasenjit Bhattacharya, Apr 06, 2001)
THE $31-billion Alcatel is re-positioning it as a company that drives the internet economy, rather than being just a telecom player.
- JPC - lifeline for a stalemated Lok Sabha? (Hindu, S. Swaminathan, Apr 06, 2001)
The Tehelka.com revelations, apart from causing grievous injury to the Vajpayee Government's moral credibility, have also brought the 13th Lok Sabha to a log-jam. However hard the Government tried to defuse the orchestrated demand of the Opposition for it
- One Loopy Logic (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Apr 06, 2001)
SINCE HE assumed office in 1998, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has strived hard to resolve critical issues concerning telecom.
- A case for Honge oil as substitute for diesel (Hindu, S. K. Ramoo, Apr 06, 2001)
BANGALORE, APRIL 5. The Sustainable Transformation of Rural Areas (SuTRA), a programme unit of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, has lately done commendable groundwork and research to demonstrate the potential of Honge oil as an effective
- Chaos in Delhi (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Apr 06, 2001)
WHO IS to blame for the chaos in Delhi? Is it the fault of the Supreme Court? Or the Government of Delhi? The facts might illumine the indictment. The Supreme Court is simply trying to enforce its order of July 28, 1998. The date is important. Almost thre
- India not under pressure on Kyoto Protocol: Jaswant (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2001)
STOCKHOLM, APRIL 5. The External Affairs Minister, Mr. Jaswant Singh, has said India is not under pressure from the United States to ``contribute'' to the implementation of the Kyoto Protocol by cutting green house gas emissions that are believed to cause
- RSS - a danger to Hinduism (Hindu, Rajindar Sachar , Apr 06, 2001)
TO SAY the RSS is a danger to Hinduism may sound paradoxical, but I am not saying it in levity but in all seriousness.
- Lift sanctions, 47 Congressmen tell Bush (Hindu, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Apr 06, 2001)
WASHINGTON, APRIL 5. Forty-seven U.S. law-makers, Republicans and Democrats in the House of Representatives, have written to the President, Mr. George Bush, saying that as the economic sanctions imposed on India three years ago have not served to advance
- Koujalgi sees BJP hand, not to quit (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2001)
BANGALORE, APRIL 5. Putting on a brave face, the KPCC President, Mr. V.S. Koujalgi, on Thursday refuted the allegation of bribe- taking against him, saw no reason for his resignation and added that he could not be compared with the former BJP President, M
- Ready for Kashmir-centred talks? (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Apr 06, 2001)
NEW DELHI, APRIL 5. India today declared its readiness to engage Pakistan on the long-standing dispute over Jammu and Kashmir and called on Islamabad to facilitate the resumption of dialogue by putting an end to cross-border terrorism.
- Relevance of Mahavira's teachings today (Hindu, P. S. Surana, Apr 06, 2001)
CHENNAI, APRIL 6. The new age might have given us a whole lot of comforts, but we have lost something much more precious - peace of mind. The need of the hour all over the world is peace since life and strife go hand in hand, at various levels. We experie
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