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Articles 27521 through 27558 of 27558:
- Return of the hijacker (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 01, 2001)
THE biggest surprise about the return of Hashim Qureshi is not his decision or even the timing but the presence of immigration authorities and the police to greet him at the airport. Obviously it is not a brilliant piece of intelligence that sent them the
- What yellow teeth you have.... (Tribune, Nicci Gerrard, Dec 31, 2000)
A grandmother, is a lady with no children of her own. She likes other people’s little girls and boys. Grandmothers don’t have to do anything except to be there. They’re old, so they shouldn’t play too hard or run. Usually, grandmothers are fat, but not to
- Porous security (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 31, 2000)
By entering the Red Fort itself, the militants have proved a point: there are many chinks in the Indian security set-up's armour. GAURAV VIVEK BHATNAGAR reports on the lapses.
- Transparency aspect missing (Tribune, Humra Quraishi, Dec 31, 2000)
BEFORE I write about the rest of the ‘happenings’ of this week, so as to say, let me stress that what we urgently require is transparency, in the very functioning of the different aspects of governance. I write this after spending the last two days talkin
- Casual about corruption (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Dec 31, 2000)
Even as scandals rock the country, the French march on bravely, even cavalierly, towards the next century, taking events in their stride with habitual panache, says VAIJU NARAVANE
- Fortress India... under siege? (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Dec 31, 2000)
Obsession with external security, a weak political will, corruption and a deepening of the communal divide are among the reasons why India is vulnerable to subversion, says ATUL ANEJA.
- The ethical dilemma of genome enquiry (Daily Excelsior, Jyotshna Pandit, Dec 31, 2000)
It appears for the first time in the history of human existence that scientists have found a way to beat astrologers and prophets in telling people exactly when their lives would fall apart. While new technologies in communication and information are evol
- HAPPY NEW YEAR (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Dec 31, 2000)
Beware of the zealots ! There is ban on wishing 'Happy New Year'. It is totally foreign. It thus follows that everything associated with New Year is alien. New Year gifts; New Year greeting cards. New year parties. Even the Millennium baby is not on and s
- Putting India on world Chess map (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Dec 31, 2000)
THE tradition of chess in India goes back to the days of “Nawabs”. The game is believed to sharpen skills, enable the players to solve riddles and help them learn the technique of manoeuvrability. Some consider chess as inauspicious and a sort of addictio
- Slow road to Indo-Pak sanity (Tribune, Rakshat Puri, Dec 31, 2000)
INDIAN and Pakistani representatives are expected to meet at Islamabad in a conference under SAARC auspices to discuss a proposal for the creation of a free trade zone and eased transport links. The meeting — reported by The Hindu quoting Pakistani media
- States stretching their wings (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Dec 31, 2000)
Why should State Governments get involved in airports development when they have more pressing problems? V. JAYANTH on the new- found clamour.
- A rotten deal to ryots (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI, Dec 31, 2000)
With farm subsidy under attack, Quantitative Restrictions on imports gone and marketing facilities not yet in place, farmers are feeling insecure. GARGI PARSAI lists their woes.
- Democracy in danger (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Dec 31, 2000)
The motive for the recent bomb attacks in Indonesia is to undermine the nascent democracy, writes AMIT BARUAH.
- A beleaguered people (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Dec 31, 2000)
As the U.N. has adopted the U.S. and Russian- sponsored resolution, seeking to impose further and tougher sanctions, there seems to be no end to the Afghan tragedy. B. MURALIDHAR REDDY surveys the scene.
- Undiplomatic exit (Hindu, HAROON HABIB, Dec 31, 2000)
The Pakistan diplomat's insinuating comments on Bangladesh's independence war have further strained Dhaka-Islamabad ties. HAROON HABIB recounts what led to his inglorious departure.
- History: When the past talks to the present (Tribune, V. N. Datta, Dec 31, 2000)
THE term history is ambiguous and is open to various interpretations. It means a chronological record of important or public events or the study of the past, especially of human affairs. In other words, it means a study of past events or writings on them.
- DOUBTS AND RESERVATIONS (Telegraph, MUKUL KESAVAN, Dec 31, 2000)
The women’s bill threatens to become one of the hardy perennials of parliamentary politics. During the winter session of Parliament, the Bharatiya Janata Party, with the tacit agreement of other parties, arranged parliamentary business to make sure that t
- Modernization of College education (Daily Excelsior, S K Bhalla, Dec 31, 2000)
Dr Radhakrishnan once said "The problems facing our generation are different from those which confronted earlier generations and we have to rethink the fundamentals of our educational structure if we are to cope with the problems which are now facing us."
- Countering the regional threat triangle (Daily Excelsior, Avinash Shirodkar, Dec 31, 2000)
Indian policy-makers have been facing great challenge to construct a peace oriented but pragmatic long-term policy in an atmosphere where its neighbours Pakistan and China pose potential threat.
- A millennium seed bank (Tribune, Claudia Pritchard, Dec 31, 2000)
PLANTS have a vital role to play in the future of both human kind and the planet as sources of food, medicine and building materials and a new seed bank in a specially-built bomb-proof bunker 50 kilometres south of London, England, will go some way toward
- 2001 offers crucial test in Kashmir! (Daily Excelsior, Dr.Jitendra Singh, Dec 31, 2000)
God not only helps those who help themselves but sometimes also comes to the rescue of those of its hapless beings who are left by the mighty and the poweful to fend for themselves. This, indeed, is the moral gathered at the turn of the year when the mutu
- PAST AND FUTURE (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 31, 2000)
Contrary to popular belief, today marks the end of the millennium. As the writer, Arthur C. Clarke, said a few days ago, only an intelligent minority will be welcoming this end and celebrating the coming of the third millennium. The phrase, “intelligent m
- BJP's game plan for early U.P. polls (Daily Excelsior, Fazal Mehmood, Dec 31, 2000)
Uttar Pradesh has once again become the target of the cultural police of the Sangh Parivar. Last year they had launched a campaign against girls wearing jeans. This time round they have targeted more "un-Hindu" practices, including candles and cakes at bi
- India moves WTO (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 31, 2000)
INDIA HAS JOINED a group of countries, including Japan, Australia, Brazil, Indonesia, South Korea and the EU, in filing a complaint with the World Trade Organisation against a new US law which would award the proceeds from anti-dumping charges to the affe
- TAKING RIGHTS SERIOUSLY (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 30, 2000)
An order given by a chief minister that fetched him popularity and routine protests against this order — behind these two commonplace events lies a profound philosophical debate. This is the principal reason why the controversy raised by Mr Buddhadeb Bhat
- A peace plan for the northeast (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 30, 2000)
THE PROBLEMS OF insurgency or militancy in the northeastern States continue to disrupt normal life and development activities in the region. There has been a sudden spurt in killings in Assam, a kind of ethnic cleansing exercise. The talks with the Naga r
- Taliban: A gripping regional menace (Pioneer, S V Nair, Dec 30, 2000)
The Christmas week is agonisingly reminiscent of the hijacking of the IA flight IC-814 in December 1999, orchestrated by Pakistan-backed terrorists and co-sponsored by the Taliban.
- Rights Honourable (Pioneer, Justice Jagdish Sharan Verma, Dec 30, 2000)
"Judicial activism should improve the quality of governance"
The National Human Rights Commission Chairman, Mr Justice Jagdish Sharan Verma, was the Chief Justice of India from March 1997 to January 1998. In addition to a career marked by a pronounced
- Millionaire stone! (Pioneer, Sanjay Bhattacharya, Dec 30, 2000)
On a chilly December midnight my mother called me up to inform about my grandmom's ill health. The news jolted me from my deep slumber.
- In tax-payers' interest (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Dec 30, 2000)
The Supreme Court has, by rejecting the Revenue's demand of interest on tax determined after making additions and disallowances, bestowed relief on tax-payers, says T. C. A. Ramanujam
- INDO-NEPAL RELATIONS (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Dec 30, 2000)
It has happened so suddenly. Relationship and mutual confidence built up so assiduously stands shattered overnight. And all this because some adverse remark about Nepal and Nepalese are attributed to cine heart-throb Hrithik Roshan. He has since denied ha
- Crush insurgency (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 30, 2000)
The realignments in Manipur are indicative of the extreme fragility of the political establishment in the State.
- RESTRAIN MILITANTS (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Dec 30, 2000)
Home Minister L K Advani makes it amply clear that Pakistan shall have to restrain militant outfits let loose on the country before any bilateral dialogue can be initiated. Immediate provocation for talking tough is the statement of Pak dictator Gen Musha
- Healthcare: Action at Grassroots (Daily Excelsior, Suraj Saraf, Dec 30, 2000)
You cannot have health for all, if you do not have health from all," emphasis Dr. Halfden Mahler, former Director General WHO (1973-1988) and drafter of "Health for All by 2,000" resolution at World Health Assembly, 1977.
- Arrears in courts (Hindu, Alladi Kuppuswami, Dec 30, 2000)
IN A recent official release, it has been stated 21,567 cases are pending in the Supreme Court, out of which 8,472 cases are more than two years old and 645 cases, more than 10 years old. In the High Courts, the number is 32.04 lakhs, out of which about 1
- Civil society combats child labour (Daily Excelsior, J Niti, Dec 30, 2000)
The campaign against child labour has burgeoned into a national movement in India as civil society has joined the frontlines with the government, voluntary organisations and the corporate sector. Collectively, they are going to tackle this complex social
- Enemies of progress and modernity (Pioneer, Shobori Ganguli, Dec 30, 2000)
Recently, a quintessential young New Yorker, mixing self-righteousness with studied ignorance, remarked in a personal conversation: "We have been hearing reports about some problems in India concerning cricket match-fixing and that kind of stuff. Why don
- Nepal problem (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 30, 2000)
HERE is a case relating to Nepal, though not involving Hrithik. Santonza imported glassware for Nepal through Calcutta port. The Customs officials held up the goods alleging undervaluation, and so on. Santonza took shelter under a treaty between India and
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