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Articles 25721 through 25820 of 27558:
- An aircraft's lightness of being (Pioneer, P.K. Vasudeva, Mar 02, 2001)
The Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) spearheaded by the Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) and 80 other organisations, which have been working for its manufacture since it conception in 1983 flew its maiden flight successfully on January 4, 2001.
- Checks and encounters (Pioneer, Chanchal Sarkar, Mar 02, 2001)
Much of Gaya (one of the oldest of British districts and still carrying traces of the irrigation system of the Magadh Empire) is a battleground where a continuous war is being fought out by a number of organisations like the MCC (Marxist Communist Centre)
- Time to correct India’s West Asia policy (Tribune, M.S.N. Menon, Mar 02, 2001)
THE horse is the only animal dearer to Allah, says the Prophet of Islam. Now that we have been gifted a horse by no less a person than Prince Abdullah, we should hope that it has brought with it the goodwill of its masters.
- Defence dilemma (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Mar 02, 2001)
What the current defence budget reveals an overall 13.8 per cent increase from the previous year's allocations and a Rs 5179.82-crore hike in Capital expenditure. What it hides is even more significant and revealing: a huge chunk of unspent money in the b
- Musharraf desperate to talk with India (Hindustan Times, Prem Shankar Jha, Mar 02, 2001)
ATAL BIHARI Vajpayee’s decision to extend the ceasefire by three months instead of one, simultaneously allowing the security forces to counter terrorism in the Valley, signals a shift in the government’s goal. From trying to get Pakistan to the negotiatin
- FLOTSAM & JETSAM: Walking through Delhi Golf Club (Hindustan Times, Bhaichand Patel, Mar 02, 2001)
ONE OF the best secrets of Delhi is the magnificent Lodi and Mughal-period monuments on the grounds of the Delhi Golf Club. If you are properly dressed and walk in full stride you will have no difficulty getting past the club’s gatekeepers in order to see
- DISINVESTMENT BLUES (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Mar 01, 2001)
This time disinvestment in BALCO and the policy as a whole being pursued by NDA Government has rocked both Houses of Parliament. Not that opposition onslaught lacks merit. It is to be seen that the targeted disinvestment in Public Sector Undertakings to t
- Command Performance (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Mar 01, 2001)
Breaking a 53-year-old taboo and marking a milestone in administrative reform comparable to the initiation of the economic reforms, the Group of Four Ministers (GOM) and the National Security Adviser have submitted their recommendations on revamping the n
- ALPHA FOR THE ATTEMPT (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 01, 2001)
There were reasons for scepticism. Last year’s budget did not augur well, nor did the railway budget. Elections are due in several states and populist pressure exists from the National Democratic Alliance allies. To cap this, several key officials in the
- Lessons from the east (Hindustan Times, MANVENDRA SINGH, Mar 01, 2001)
LEARN FROM the east’ is an adage as old as time — or at least the written word. The ‘wise man from the east’ is a part of that original maxim. Both these pearls of wisdom have, however, long since been forgotten by those who would be the principal benefic
- Scripting his best Budget yet (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Mar 01, 2001)
THE first spontaneous reaction of the corporate chieftains at the conclusion of the two-hour long Budget speech of the Finance Minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha, was to burst out clapping.
- Sunny side up (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Mar 01, 2001)
COMING AS it does after the irresponsibility of Mamata Banerjee’s Railway Budget, Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha’s Budget provides a refreshing contrast. Ms Banerjee thought about assembly elections; Mr Sinha has thought of the nation. His Budget has per
- Bangladesh High Court judgement will it help change obscurantist norms in India ? (Daily Excelsior, Fazal Mehmoo, Mar 01, 2001)
In the second week of January, a historic judgment was pronounced by the Bangladesh High Court. It was the case of a woman, Shahida Atiqa, of village Athia in Naugaon district, whose husband Saifullah had pronounced triple talaq after an argument. Not onl
- DISINVESTMENT BLUES (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Mar 01, 2001)
This time disinvestment in BALCO and the policy as a whole being pursued by NDA Government has rocked both Houses of Parliament. Not that opposition onslaught lacks merit. It is to be seen that the targeted disinvestment in Public Sector Undertakings to t
- DISPUTED TERRITORY (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Mar 01, 2001)
Home Minister L K Advani has done the right thing in setting the record straight by stating that J&K State is an integral part of India. To that extent there is simply no question of declaring it as a disputed territory. He also reiterates Government's co
- Mad mullahs again (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Mar 01, 2001)
THE TALIBAN’s image of being a medieval outfit of religious fanatics has been reinforced yet again. It has now decided to destroy all pre-Islamic statues, including the famous figures of the Buddha in Bamiyan. As it is, the statues have been damaged durin
- Simply vintage stuff (Business Line, Sarvadaman, Mar 01, 2001)
THANK you, Finance Minister, sir. It was not old wine in new bottle, it was simply vintage Bourdeaux with the optimum maturity that we all have been patiently waiting for a decade. After Dr Manmohan Singh's eye-opener in 1991, we Indians had to wait for a
- A market-oriented exercise (Business Line, Ravi Narain, Mar 01, 2001)
THIS is the fourth Budget presented by the Finance Minister and has smoothly moved the reform process forward from the steps initiated earlier. This Budget is significant, particularly in the context of the difficult circumstances in which it has been pre
- LTTE on the run in Sri Lanka (Pioneer, Ashok K Mehta, Mar 01, 2001)
A happier, though minus one eye, President Chandrika Kumaratunga was in Delhi last week to brief Indian leaders about developments in Sri Lanka and also to push SAARC forward. Her last visit was two years ago. At that time, the Sri Lankan Army (SLA) was b
- Narrows digital divide (Business Line, S. Ramadorai, Mar 01, 2001)
THE Budget is extremely well-integrated and balanced from the point of view of the information technology sector, both from the supply as well as the demand side. On the supply side, there is a definite fillip for technical education with the proposed str
- Way of all flesh (Hindustan Times, Soumya Bhattacharya, Mar 01, 2001)
SUSHMA SWARAJ and her band of nudity policemen must have been busy. Or else they wouldn’t have (shouldn’t have) missed out on this one. But it is a shame because in any case, the Information and Broadcasting Minister — who thinks that FTV is leading the c
- Little in it for North-East (Business Line, Dr. Jayanta Madhab, Mar 01, 2001)
THE Finance Minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha has presented a Budget which would definitely come as a relief to those who were expecting a harsh Budget because of the POL price hike, the Gujarat earthquake and a bad monsoon. In his own words, the Budget is one
- Culture mirror reflects inequality (Pioneer, Suhit Sen, Mar 01, 2001)
It is tempting to read social and economic disparity in cultural terms. That's more or less what the academic, social theory establishment-loosely read post-modernists-have been doing for more than a decade.
- Costly gamble (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 01, 2001)
The budget proposals tabled in Parliament on Wednesday make it clear that the government has decided to play all its trumps at one go in favour of the stock markets in a last desperate hope that the economic growth rate will pick up. The critical factors
- MR SINHA GETS A HIGH SECOND (Telegraph, SHUBHASHIS GANGOPADHYAY, Mar 01, 2001)
When P. Chidambaram presented his “dream budget” (1997), my colleague and I had predicted a high growth rate for the economy. So had many others, but later faced a serious dilemma when the government growth figures started being revised down, then up, the
- Filling of Indians (Pioneer, Sidharth Bhatia, Mar 01, 2001)
We are like the filling in a sandwich and the blacks and the whites are two slices of bread," is how a South African Indian wryly expressed the dilemma of the 1.3 million strong community, which is now pondering its own position in a democratic dispensati
- Bengal escape into magical realism (Daily Excelsior, Sondip Bhattacharya, Mar 01, 2001)
I have seen the future and it works," is the remark attributed to an enthusiastic visitor to the Soviet Union in the 1920s. A few years later, Sydney and Beatrice Webb described the USSR as a "new civilisation". In a way it was. None of the old civilisati
- Decisive Budget, Yash for Sinha (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Mar 01, 2001)
Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha has done a Houdini. All comments in the run-up to the presentation of the Union Budget for 2001-02 had emphasised the difficulties he confronted. It was said unattained targets had pushed the Finance Minister into a corner;
- Taliban to open Kabul Museum to show destruction (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2001)
KABUL: The bullet-scarred doors to the Kabul Museum are to be opened on Thursday for the first time since the reclusive leader of Afghanistan's hardline Taliban rulers ordered priceless pre-Islamic relics destroyed as offensive to Islam.
- Big Pluses, Small Minuses (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Mar 01, 2001)
The buck stops - and starts - with us. This was the central message of New Deal Sinha's Budget 2001 for the new millennium which enjoined fiscal responsibility on both the individual citizen and the government. For years, the current FM has talked the tal
- TAXIING ON THE REFORM RUNWAY (Telegraph, S. Venkitaramanan , Mar 01, 2001)
A difficult job well done. Yashwant Sinha’s budget for 2001-02 shows signs of pragmatism and a clear commitment to reforms. Overall, the finance minister has addressed all the important issues which confront the economy, but within his constraints. His pr
- ALPHA FOR THE ATTEMPT (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 01, 2001)
There were reasons for scepticism. Last year’s budget did not augur well, nor did the railway budget. Elections are due in several states and populist pressure exists from the National Democratic Alliance allies. To cap this, several key officials in the
- Where positives dominate (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 01, 2001)
IT WAS NOT exactly a facile exercise in balancing the books. What the Union Finance Minister, Mr. Yashwant Sinha, had on hand was a constellation of challenges in framing his fourth budget. A creeping sense of disquiet about the slowing down of the moment
- New security set-up (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 28, 2001)
IT is not celebration time yet for the armed forces, although the Group of Ministers (GoM) has nudged the decision-making power closer to them. The proposed Chief of Defence Staff, the seniormost of the three service chiefs, will report directly to the Pr
- Swallow the bitter pill (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Feb 28, 2001)
The Finance Minister has been talking of a hard Budget for quite some time and the Prime Minister has also endorsed his views. However, the character of the government as it is clearly indicates that it has no unity of purpose and there is no cohesion in
- N-fuel for Tarapur power plant India’s search for self-reliance (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, Feb 28, 2001)
BARELY 20 years ago, in April 1981, the then Chairman of India’s Atomic Energy Commission, Dr Homi Sethna, met American negotiators led by Assistant Secretary James Malone in Washington. Sethna was at the State Department along with the Secretary, Externa
- God of the willow (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Feb 28, 2001)
In a game of idols and icons, there will always be only one god: Don Bradman. There will never be another cricketer like him because both the times and the game have changed.
- Side-stepping CTBT (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Feb 28, 2001)
IT’S SOMETIMES funny how the world works. The CTBT has kicked up so much dust that it will now surprise many to find that it may no longer matter. For that is how it looks from the reported Russo-American effort to build pure fusion bombs. Nuclear fusion,
- Don't alleviate poverty, remove it (Pioneer, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Feb 28, 2001)
The World Bank refuses to recognise that there is a fundamental conflict between capital and labour. Cheap capital, if left free, will necessarily displace labour and create poverty.
- Bottles up (Hindustan Times, Nilanjan Banik , Feb 28, 2001)
ONE OF the contentious issues that the Finance Minister needs to decide in the present Budget is a tariff structure on the 750 out of the 1,500 odd items as part of the ongoing quota removal programme. One such important item going for ‘tariffication’ thi
- The learning curve (Pioneer, Sidharth Bhatia, Feb 28, 2001)
Depending on where one stands, South African President Thabo Mbeki is either a die-hard Stalinist of the old school and a ruthless dictatorial leader who brooks no opposition, or he is a man with a vision for his country and continent, and who is trying h
- Death and the filmmaker (Pioneer, Chiranjib Haldar, Feb 28, 2001)
Ritwik Ghatak wanted to use theatre to further the cause of revolution, but opted for cinema to express his tortured being. He was the only Indian director for whom creativity was almost a suicidal obsession.
- Self-reliance and self-respect go together (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Feb 28, 2001)
Barely twenty years ago, in April 1981, the then Chairman of India's Atomic Energy Commission Dr Homi Sethna met American negotiators led by Assistant Secretary of State James Malone in Washington.
- Choosing the Chief (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Feb 28, 2001)
The recommendation of the Group of Ministers to create a new post of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) is undoubtedly a momentous step in India's military history. If, and when, implemented, the move will catapult a traditionally conventional armed force into
- Dealing with aliens (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Feb 28, 2001)
THE SUPREME Court’s view that the illegal Bangladeshi immigrants pose a threat to India’s economy and security is a simplistic way of looking at a complex problem. For a start, it has to be remembered that all relatively affluent countries attract such pe
- Opening up the road to Mandalay (Tribune, V GANGADHAR, Feb 28, 2001)
I wonder if the famous Hollywood duo of the 1940s, Bing Crosby and Bob Hope made a film called “Road to Mandalay” in their unforgettable “Road” series of Zany Comedies. Bing and Bob starred in “Road” movies which took them to Bali, Morocco, Singapore and
- Mum’s the word (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Feb 28, 2001)
A COUPLE of days ago, Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha excused himself from answering a query about reducing the age of retirement for central government servants from 60 to 58 in the Rajya Sabha. His reason for keeping mum was that the answer would be pro
- Wait for a catch (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Feb 27, 2001)
EVER SINCE his contract with Marc ‘World Tel’ Mascarenhas expired on December 31, Sachin Tendulkar has been a free man. In the last five years, Sachin has not only matured as the world’s leading batsman, but also developed the right business instincts.
- Doles and subsidies are also paid in the USA (Tribune, P. Raman , Feb 27, 2001)
AT 10.30 a.m., leaders of Techies gathered their employees into a conference room and told them to pick from a bunch of folders the one which had their names on it. Inside the folders was either a severance package along with instructions to be out of the
- Green Revolution in Haryana A boon or bane for farmers? (Tribune, Karan Singh Dalal, Feb 27, 2001)
FOOD deficit in the sixties prompted the government to adopt a new agriculture strategy which brought about the Green Revolution. As the immediate concern of the Government was food security, the thrust of the strategy was on increasing the production of
- Goodbye, Sir Don (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 27, 2001)
GOODBYE, Sir Donald Bradman. The world of sport will never see a cricketer of your calibre. When you retired from international cricket you were four runs short of the magical average of 100 runs per innings. The game would have been beholden to you had y
- Bidder truths about disinvestment (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Feb 27, 2001)
ALMOST FROM the time that the proposal to disinvest part of the government’s shareholding in Air-India was first mooted, aviation industry insiders have been muttering that the fix was in. The end winner, they declared, would be the Tata-Singapore consort
- Benazir exposes Pak judicial corruption (Hindustan Times, Benazir Bhutto, Feb 27, 2001)
A "MIRACLE" in the form of a conscientious Pakistani intelligence bureau officer saved her from being jailed on false accusations of corruption, writes Benazir Bhutto in an exclusive article for the Hindustan Times.
- Hang on a fine balance (Hindustan Times, B.B. Bhattacharya, Feb 27, 2001)
BUDGET 2001-02 will be the last one for the Ninth Five Year Plan. The Ninth Plan originally set an ambitious growth target of 7 per cent. After poor performance in the first two years, the growth target was revised downward to 6.5 per cent. The average gr
- Bad news for Congress (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 26, 2001)
MRS Sonia Gandhi will survive the rout of the Congress in the assembly byelections in seven states. About that there should be no doubt. So what, if the Congress as a party disappears from the political horizon of the country, because of its obsession wit
- Sign of things to come (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Feb 26, 2001)
IN A country where the outcome of virtually all elections are taken seriously to discern the prevailing trends, assembly by-elections hold a special place for political pundits and parties trying to gauge the popular mood. The scrutiny will be particularl
- Bad dreams for Pakistan (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Feb 26, 2001)
PERVEZ MUSHARRAF’s reported admission to a group of visiting US Congressmen that India should appreciate his difficulties in controlling the militants underlines an unusually helpless attitude for the head of a government. With the judiciary nullifying at
- A peep into Chandrababu’s functioning His strategies and achievements (Tribune, C. Narendra Reddy, Feb 26, 2001)
MR Nara Chandrababu Naidu is one of the younger and upcoming leaders on the Indian political firmament. As the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh since September, 1995, he has emerged as a model. He has many achievements to his credit and is envied by his c
- Where do the poor live? (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 26, 2001)
THERE is a significant passage in the Economic Survey. It casts doubts on the National Sample Survey (NSS) assessment of a sharp fall in the percentage of the very poor. This despite the Planning Commission’s full-throated endorsement. The NSS says the pr
- Spiritual scientist of Dakshineswar (Pioneer, Swami Deshikatmananda, Feb 26, 2001)
Some call Sri Ramarkrishna a great saint. Some call him a Paramahansa. It is said that the swan (hansa) separates milk from watery milk and drinks the milk only. One who has given up all unreal things and experienced the Reality and is established in the
- The Security Counsel (Pioneer, Rahul Sagar, Feb 26, 2001)
To the casual observer one feature of India's strategic set-up is striking - namely, the seemingly identical composition of the various bodies that are concerned with national security.
- Names and the march of history (Pioneer, Dipankar Chakrovorty, Feb 25, 2001)
Names are important. Because they have associations. Roses are not simply roses. They also represent roses in her cheek, roses all the way, everything's roses. One's own name is important to everyone. There must be many who detest the idea of their countr
- One billion and counting (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI, Feb 25, 2001)
The headcount of India's billion-plus population is on. GARGI PARSAI on the first census of the new millennium.
- Protect domestic producers, but not at the consumers’ cost (Tribune, Sarbjit Singh, Feb 25, 2001)
THE Union Government has announced that it will bring in a “suitable legislation” to safeguard the interests of domestic producers. Even the President in his Address to Parliament dealt with the issue of free imports at length and assured that the governm
- Under the weather (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Feb 25, 2001)
The Economic Survey for 2000-2001, paints a gloomy picture of the economy. There are no doubt some areas of brightness like the marginal increase in the rate of growth for agriculture during April-December in this fiscal year compared to the corresponding
- Pervez's perfidy (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Feb 25, 2001)
Pakistan's bid to send two spy planes into Indian airspace at a time when its leader, General Pervez Musharraf, was making conciliatory noises towards this country, deserves some consideration in the aftermath of Thursday's ceasefire extension by India.
- The "official" voice of the Congress Party (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Feb 25, 2001)
WHEN Jaipal Reddy rejoined the Congress 18 months back,one question posed everywhere was: would Sonia Gandhi appoint him the party spokesman? She was, apparently, not in a hurry even though the team of her spokespersons did a shoddy job. Her party had fac
- Whither the heat and dust? (Pioneer, Shobori Ganguli, Feb 25, 2001)
Too big, too hot, too loud, too many people. These are only a few of the infuriating stereotypes the West is consciously excluding from its assessment of India in the new millennium.
- 'Judyben’ helps in weaving threads of life (Tribune, Aditi De, Feb 25, 2001)
FLASHBACK to 1970. A young American exchange student of fine arts from Wisconsin arrives in India to study advanced batik techniques, but draws a blank. Soon, she chances upon a mirrored piece of embroidery in Baroda. Enchanted, she travels to Kutch in Gu
- Yet another spectacle (Tribune, Prem Kumar , Feb 25, 2001)
WE are fond of spectacles and at times can be very imaginative and original in thinking of new ones to add to the already long list of them. And then, this one was a grand spectacle indeed. Ships and planes, submarines and helicopters, bands and parades a
- Hot and cold winds blow over South Block (Tribune, Rakshat Puri, Feb 25, 2001)
THE Vajpayee Government seems suddenly under assault from two directions that common sense does not find easy to relate to each other. It is intriguing that the assault should come almost simultaneously from the two sides.
- Performance and promise (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 24, 2001)
The Economic Survey paints not-so-rosy a picture but makes up by promising to reshape the whole structure. In this respect the annual report card, which the document really is, admits that the government’s management is pretty messy but it will be better
- Relief mapped (Pioneer, Binoy Sharma, Feb 24, 2001)
Fifty-one-year-old Ahmed Patel is already a veteran in the Congress party. He is a member of the Congress Working Committee, the party's highest policy-making body, and was also in charge of the party's purse strings for several years. Now Rajya Sabha mem
- Little to argue (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 24, 2001)
IT IS POOR consolation for the Economic Survey to boast of India being one of the fastest growing economies in the world when the real GDP growth has slipped from 6.6 per cent in 1998-99 to 6.4 per cent in 1999-2000 and to 6 per cent in 2000-01. The contr
- Rejecting the parliamentary system (Hindu, Era Sezhiyan, Feb 24, 2001)
THE NATIONAL Commission to Review the Working of the Constitution (NCRWC) has released a Consultation Paper on `Election Law, Processes and Reform Options', advocating ``a system of direct elections only at the grassroots of Indian democracy''. Regarding
- Will this Budget be any better? (Hindu, Subramanian Swamy , Feb 24, 2001)
JUST AS I had predicted in these columns last year, the 2000-01 Union Budget has flopped. The estimated 2000-01 growth rate, at 5.8 per cent, is far below the 1992-97 trend rate of 7 per cent, and much less than the Prime Minister's King Canute-like annou
- Not in poor health (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Feb 24, 2001)
EVERY YEAR, the Economic Survey focuses on the health of the economy. This year’s survey has given a rosy report card because there is no doubt that the Indian economy is doing well in the world context if the GDP growth rate is an indicator. Few countrie
- An agenda for the economy (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 24, 2001)
THE ECONOMIC SURVEY of 2000-01 predicts a difficult time for the economy in the short-term but is optimistic that growth will accelerate in the medium-term on the basis of a surge in private investment that will take place if the many reforms it suggests
- More speculation,less information (Deccan Herald, G S Bhargava, Feb 24, 2001)
Acres of newsprint were being used by Delhi-based special correspondents to speculate whether the Vajpayee government would further extend the Jammu and Kashmir ceasefire. As L K Advani pointed out more than once, ceasefire is a misnomer for the security
- The genie that cannot be bottled (Pioneer, Harminder Kaur, Feb 24, 2001)
For over a decade now Pakistan has believed that the proxy war it has been waging in Jammu and Kashmir "is bleeding India white". Many of its generals and ISI chiefs have repeatedly argued that for every dollar Pakistan spends, India has to spend $ 33. Th
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