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Articles 21221 through 21320 of 23072:
- An Image That Many Pakistanis Resent (Tribune, Ethan Casey, Dec 05, 2003)
WHEN you are in Lahore, in the north-east of Pakistan near the Indian border and the main city of the country’s dominant Punjabi ethnic group, it’s possible to feel remote from Peshawar along the country’s north-west frontier — barely 300 km away.
- Hope In Air, Pak Team Arrives Today (Indian Express, Pranab Dhal Samanta, Nov 30, 2003)
A six-member Pakistani delegation will arrive here a day in advance for crucial civil aviation talks.
- India Back On Haute Map Of Rich Tourists (Indian Express, Vrinda Gopinath, Nov 30, 2003)
Untouched by the crushing hordes of backpackers and moksha mobs that throng the Indian landscape seeking their kitschy kismet, the global ultra-luxe tourist, has found his own pleasure haven here. India has bounced on the haute map of the jetsetting ...
- Why Poll Talk In Alwar Refers To The Asian Development Bank (Indian Express, Anuradha Nagaraj, Nov 29, 2003)
In the land where Ashok Gehlot scored his biggest victory in the run-up to these elections by arresting Pravin Togadia, drains and pipelines are the only thing that anybody is interested in. Trishuls and Togadia just don’t matter, much to the ...
- Wah, Waugh! (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 28, 2003)
Here is a great cricketer, and a great human being too
- The Curse Of The K Women (Indian Express, Amrita Shah, Nov 28, 2003)
A new study uncovers how women in soap operas change a society they don’t necessarily reflect
- Political Hiccups (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Nov 28, 2003)
A pathetic pursuit of ratings, the quest for more advertising has caused TV channels, newpapers and weeklies to focus so heavily on elections in the four northern states that Mizoram seems almost outside the Indian Union.
- Didi Kept On Hold So She Turns In Phones (Indian Express, Diptosh Majumdar, Nov 28, 2003)
PM reminder: no dial tone
- Verdict Need Not Indicate Trends In Ls Poll, Feel Bjp, Congress (Hindu, K.K. Katyal, Nov 28, 2003)
With pollsters forecasting a mixed verdict, the mainstream political parties, BJP and Congress, are wary of projecting the coming Assembly contests as a curtain raiser for the Lok Sabha elections next year.
- Rural India And Media: Emerging Permutations (Business Line, Vinod Mathew, Nov 28, 2003)
It is all about the dialectics of change in the Indian media. The novelty is that for once this change is not being triggered by anything that is happening in the urban pockets of the country.
- Is `Outsourcing' The New Virus Around? (Business Line, D. Murali , Nov 27, 2003)
`GIVE the goodies to those at home' seems to be the refrain of the day. The latest issue is that people are beginning to view outsourcing as a deadly virus. Whether you are against multinationals setting up shop here, or beat up people from other States c
- Bloated Bills At Truth's Expense (Business Line, Mohan R. Lavi, Nov 27, 2003)
On a recent instance of accounting misstatement
- Quality Of Justice Is Not Strained (Indian Express, V. R. Krishna Iyer , Nov 27, 2003)
Don’t blindly increase the strength of the judiciary. Make the process of judge selection more rigorous
- The Good Ship India (Indian Express, R P Subramanian, Nov 27, 2003)
At times of internal strife one sometimes wonders: will India ever be united? Open the atlas and look at Europe. Start at Ireland, and trace a path eastwards across the Irish Sea to England, and onwards across the Dover Straits through Belgium, the Nether
- Chaos Rules In Somalia (Hindu, Marc Lacey, Nov 27, 2003)
A decade after the U.S. withdrawal, anarchy reigns in Somalia, a reminder that the `war on terrorism' will not be over even if calm someday replaces chaos in Iraq.
- House Privileges And The Courts (Hindu, V.R. Krishna Iyer, Nov 27, 2003)
When life and liberty are put in jeopardy by the House on the ground of breach of privilege, the court's verdict about the privilege is final.
- Cut Loss: A Tool For Risk Management (Business Line, A. Purushothaman, Nov 26, 2003)
In the securities market, many dealers do not practice cut loss either because of a lack of awareness of the risk management aspect of this concept or the traditional fear of crystallising loss (applicable mainly to public sector financial institutions).
- 56 Years After Birth, Mha Hands Over Jakli To Mod (Indian Express, SAIKAT DATTA, Nov 26, 2003)
The Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry is finally coming home. An order signed and stamped recently has finally brought the regiment to the Ministry of Defence nearly 56 years after it was hastily raised to save Srinagar and other parts of the state.
- Siachen: A Step Down (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 26, 2003)
India and Pakistan should move toward ending this meaningless high-altitude confrontation
- Purposeless Visit (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 26, 2003)
POLITICAL analysts and media commentators are at a loss to figure out the exact reason why the British Prime Minister, Mr Tony Blair, chose this particular time to invite the US President, Mr George W. Bush, to come over, and that too on a State visit res
- Talking With Shah Rukh Khan (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Nov 25, 2003)
‘I am Islamic, I am a Muslim... but also a true blue Indian. And nobody can take that right away from me’
- New Germany In New Europe (Indian Express, Mani Shankar Aiyar, Nov 25, 2003)
Germans are alarmed at the cowboy politics of Bush’s America
- Our Punjab Vs Other Punjab: Cbm In Making (Indian Express, Ateet Sharma, Nov 25, 2003)
Fifty-six years after Partition, India and Pakistan finally seem ready to bury the hatchet. At least in the sports arena.
- Not Just Fire, Hold Men Too: India To Pak (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Nov 25, 2003)
Weeks before Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee travels to Islamabad to participate in the SAARC summit, India today announced it would reciprocate Pakistan’s unilateral decision to cease fire along the Line of Control by also holding its fire from Id da
- Defining Rules Of Origin (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2003)
WITH THE INCREASING integration of Indian commodity markets with the global markets, following the removal of quantitative and other restrictions on foreign trade, the issue of origin certification has gained a new urgency.
- Defining Rules Of Origin (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2003)
WITH THE INCREASING integration of Indian commodity markets with the global markets, following the removal of quantitative and other restrictions on foreign trade, the issue of origin certification has gained a new urgency.
- For An Ocean Outlook (Hindu, B.G. Verghese, Nov 25, 2003)
India's perspective on the world is indeed changing. But the pace needs to be quickened and the ocean dimension never forgotten.
- Atrophied Roots Of American Capitalism (Business Line, V. Anantha-Nageswaran , Nov 24, 2003)
From being a beacon for the free world, America could end up as an example of the anarchy that results from brute and unchecked financial Darwinism, with disclosures about the American corporate world and financial market shenanigans showing no signs of a
- Behind This Bleeding Crescent (Indian Express, Molly Moore, Nov 24, 2003)
Veysel Demirtas, his face inexpressibly sad, picked through the gaping yaw of splintered wood and glass shards that was once his small restaurant across the street from the British Consulate in the historic heart of Istanbul.
- Ses Must Marginalise Ad Hoc Solutions (Business Line, B. Venkatesh , Nov 24, 2003)
A SECTION of investors hold the National Stock Exchange (NSE) responsible for slowing down the current rally in equity prices. The reason is that the exchange, to control systemic risk, recently imposed ad hoc margins on certain broker positions in the de
- Ses Must Marginalise Ad Hoc Solutions (Business Line, B. Venkatesh , Nov 24, 2003)
A SECTION of investors hold the National Stock Exchange (NSE) responsible for slowing down the current rally in equity prices. The reason is that the exchange, to control systemic risk, recently imposed ad hoc margins on certain broker positions in the de
- Plan To Withdraw Volume Discount Scheme — Tamp Gives Kochi Port Green Signal (Business Line, P. Manoj, Nov 24, 2003)
The rates approved by the Tariff Authority for Major Ports are only the ceiling rates, the discounts representing mere floor levels. The port trusts are free to charge lower rates and offer higher rebates. As such, a separate tariff incentive scheme need
- The New Great Game (Indian Express, Sanjaya Baru, Nov 24, 2003)
APEC, ASEAN+3 and now JACIK, an alphabet soup in a changing Asia
- When Silence Breeds A Crime (Indian Express, Anita Anand, Nov 24, 2003)
In October, news of the rape of a Swiss diplomat in Delhi took over the front pages of national dailies and was all over the TV networks. Reports, features and editorials pointed out how unsafe Delhi is for women, why rapes happen, and what could be done
- Destination Nowhere (Indian Express, Thomas L. Friedman, Nov 24, 2003)
Terrorists are in the fear business, every time we visibly imprison ourselves, we let them win
- Tutu’S Thoughts ‘no Future Without Forgiveness’ (Indian Express, Renuka Narayanan, Nov 24, 2003)
Last week in Bangalore I was whisked off by Rohini and Nandan Nilekani to the home of Devaki and L.C Jain to meet Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu of South Africa. It was an unlooked-for felicity, as welcome as it was sudden.
- Firing Line: Ashok Gehlot, Cm, Rajasthan (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 23, 2003)
'Casteism? We suggested economic reservations'
- Three Fool-Proof Ways Of Cooking Ghoos (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Nov 23, 2003)
Traditional definition of bribe (or ghoos, in Hindi): A sum of money or other reward offered or demanded in order to procure an (often illegal or dishonest) action or decision in favour of the giver.
- This Pace, Make It A Habit (Indian Express, P. Chidambaram, Nov 23, 2003)
Gravitas, a gravelly voice and deliberate silence have worked well for my friend Jaswant Singh, the Finance Minister. But even Mr Singh must speak occasionally, and he has done so through his Ministry’s Mid-year Review (MYR) released a few days ago.
- Coup In Georgia Opp Storms House, President Stays Put, Declares Emergency (Indian Express, Niko Mchedlishvili, Nov 23, 2003)
OPPOSITION supporters stormed the Georgian Parliament on Saturday prompting bodyguards of President Eduard Shevardnadze, 75, to hustle the shaken veteran leader out of the chamber to safety. The President immediately declared Emergency and denied any chan
- Newsreel 16.11.03 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 23, 2003)
The historic port city of Istanbul becomes ground zero as international terror chooses it as its next target. Over 50 are dead in two days of attacks, more than 500 wounded.
- Why The Abhijit Kale Story Is Less Likely Elsewhere (Indian Express, Chandresh Narayanan, Nov 23, 2003)
The most surprising point in the Kale controversy is not that it happened, but that it took so long — more than 70 years into India’s Test history — for something like this to happen. Because the appointment and functioning of Indian cricket selectors is
- Dreadful E-Bombs Are More Sci Than Fi (Business Line, Vinson Kurian, Nov 22, 2003)
AS an increasingly wired world comes to grips with the constructive (GSM/CDMA phones) and destructive (e-bombs) abilities of digital wireless technology, experts are wondering if all the electromagnetic waves unleashed would not pose a health hazard.
- Bush And Blair And A Moment Of Truth (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2003)
George Bush and Tony Blair were united yesterday in their determination “to defeat this evil”. The prime minister was adamant that “there must be no holding back, no compromise, no hesitation in confronting this menace, in attacking it wherever and whenev
- Us And Them (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Nov 22, 2003)
A look at the best and worst of foreign media
- Judeo Video, Govt Audio (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Nov 22, 2003)
Why this spycamaraderie when none of the Govt’s Top Eleven will drink themselves silly, fondle cash in hotel rooms?
- Hurriyat Ends Friday Prayers: Yes To Talks (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Nov 22, 2003)
Using the platform of the historic Jamia mosque on the last Friday of Ramzan, the Hurriyat Conference today approached thousands of worshippers to seek ratification of its decision to talk to Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani.
- `Media Owners Must Create New Engaging Business Models' (Business Line, Rina Chandran, Nov 22, 2003)
MEDIA is getting more fragmented. There are shifts in media consumption, and consumers are seeking a more active role in creating content — so, media owners will need to get serious about commerce and consumer involvement to stay relevant and solvent.
- The Biharis Who Never Saw Bihar Until Last Night (Indian Express, Samudra Gupta Kashyap, Nov 21, 2003)
: Twenty eight-year-old Mukti Yadav has never been to Bihar. He has only seen its outline on a map of India. And that was very long ago: he was a child then, studying in an Assamese-medium school. Home has always been Assam for Mukti, a Bihari.
- Ibm, I-Flex In Global Tie-Up (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2003)
IBM and i-flex Solutions today announced a global alliance to deliver and market core banking replacement solutions to medium and large size banks worldwide.
- Sound Of Music Heiress Does An Encore (Indian Express, Sara Neufeld, Nov 21, 2003)
She was 16, going on 17. Now, at 90, Agathe von Trapp writes her autobiography
- Fire In Assam (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2003)
Militant parochialism, as seen in Assam, poses a serious threat to the nation
- The Elusive Search For Independence (Business Line, K. Srinivasan , Nov 20, 2003)
On the company law proposal on independent directors
- The Elusive Search For Independence (Business Line, K. Srinivasan , Nov 20, 2003)
On the company law proposal on independent directors
- The Wound That Refuses To Heal (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Nov 20, 2003)
Whether it was a hospital, a church, a mosque or a bank, the Israelis did not discriminate when they withdrew from Qnaytra — they bulldozed and blasted everything.
- That Slow Dance With The Jihadis (Indian Express, Husain Haqqani, Nov 20, 2003)
Pakistan’s generals expend energy muzzling popular politicians, while pretending to fight Islamists. It’s bound to backfire
- Welcome Order (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 20, 2003)
Good preventive action by the Supreme Court in Jayalalitha cases
- Douse This Fire (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 20, 2003)
Quick. If Bihar and Assam cannot control this violence, the Centre must step in
- Judeo Legacy: Lonely Nameplate, Locked Room, Sheepish Staff (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Nov 20, 2003)
Dilip Singh Judeo will surely thank the Prime Minister, his deputy and all in the BJP for rallying to his defence. But wonder what he will say to his former boss and staff when he meets them next. Because a day after the Judeo video unspooled on The Sunda
- Tariff Norms Further Relaxed For Major Ports (Business Line, P. Manoj, Nov 20, 2003)
THE Union Shipping Ministry is on a policy overdrive by imparting greater flexibility in fixing tariffs to its major port trusts to enable them compete with private operators on a level-playing field.
- Spurt In Cotton Yarn Prices Leads To Export Slowdown (Business Line, G. Gurumurthy, Nov 20, 2003)
THE runaway increase in cotton yarn prices seen in the last one month seem to be headed for a temporary halt as yarn importers from Korea and Hong Kong have stayed away from active purchases from India for now.
- Iron Man Nationalism And Polls (Indian Express, Bharat Wariavwalla, Nov 19, 2003)
Chief Ministers of Gujarat often pride themselves as Sardar Patel, the Iron Man, as he was fondly called. Perhaps Narendra Modi, too, thinks he’s another Sardar. As the BJP’s star campaigner in the coming assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan an
- Punishing Granny Slote (Indian Express, A. Balu, Nov 19, 2003)
It may sound fictional, but this is a true story narrated by US lawmaker Byron Dorgan in the Senate recently about Joan Slote, a 76-year-old grandmother and a champion cyclist, riding about hundred miles a week. She has pedalled through 21 countries. A fe
- Friendship In Deep Waters (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Nov 19, 2003)
There’s something fishy in the budding romance between India and Iran, and methinks it’s got to do with the gas pipeline that Teheran is so keen to build overland via Pakistan and into India. Of course, New Delhi has had other ideas for the longest time —
- Up In The Andes, The Incas Reclaim Their Lost City (Indian Express, John Noble Wilford, Nov 19, 2003)
Some forgotten cities in the mountains of Peru, abandoned to overgrown ruin, remained ‘‘lost’’ only because their possible significance was not fully appreciated by earlier explorers. That happened to a place known as Llactapata.
- Minority Report, Parsee Way (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Nov 19, 2003)
The community has a recipe for harmonious integration
- Capital, Labour Flows And The Women Of East Asia (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Nov 18, 2003)
The past two decades have involved huge flows of capital and labour in East Asia, which has made it the most dynamic region in the world. This has had complex and rapidly changing effects on the condition of women in the region. In this edition of Macrosc
- First Quarter Show Improves On Tight Spending, Lower Interest (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 18, 2003)
THE first quarter of 2003-04 has seen significant improvement in the performance of scheduled commercial banks over the corresponding period of the previous year despite higher provisioning thanks to containing of expenses and interest.
- Banks Recover Rs 499 Cr Via Act (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 18, 2003)
PUBLIC sector banks have recovered Rs 499.20 crore from 9,946 cases, under the Securtisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act.
- Only The First Step (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 18, 2003)
THE AIR INDIA Board's clearance last week for the acquisition of 28 aircraft marks the first step in a long-drawn programme of fleet replacement and augmentation. Coming on the heels of a more ambitious move by Indian Airlines to purchase 43 aircraft, the
- The Blessings Of Ramadan (Deccan Herald, Maijabeen Gaihlot, Nov 18, 2003)
Piety reigns and charity multiplies during Ramadan, the ninth month of lunar calendar when Muslims fast
- Treasury Gains, Major Source Of Banks' Income (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 18, 2003)
THE contribution of interest income on investments has climbed up to 36 per cent of total income in 2002-03 while the core income of banks, the interest/discount earned on advances/bills, has slid down to below 40 per cent.
- Maharaja's Choice (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 18, 2003)
FOR THE LAST several years, Air India could only window-shop for aircraft. Not since the Narasimha Rao government let it buy the Boeing 747-400s in the early 1990s has it had the official backing to buy planes outright.
- Capital, Labour Flows And The Women Of East Asia (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Nov 18, 2003)
The past two decades have involved huge flows of capital and labour in East Asia, which has made it the most dynamic region in the world. This has had complex and rapidly changing effects on the condition of women in the region. In this edition of Macrosc
- Sometimes A Poem Can Come To Life (Indian Express, K. Rajbir Deswal, Nov 18, 2003)
An English couple travelled with us on the Thiruvananthapuram Rajdhani. The U-shaped arrangement of our berths allowed us unintended access to their affairs. They appeared an attractive couple, sensitive to Indian standards when it came to displaying inti
- Maharaja's Choice (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 18, 2003)
FOR THE LAST several years, Air India could only window-shop for aircraft. Not since the Narasimha Rao government let it buy the Boeing 747-400s in the early 1990s has it had the official backing to buy planes outright.
- Grain Of Truth (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Nov 18, 2003)
Nomads nudge the world to move on
- Gujarat Bjp Exports Zaheera Nightmare For Dream Chance In Mp (Indian Express, Hartosh Singh Bal, Nov 18, 2003)
RSS takes over campaign in Bhojshala, Gujarat’s Madhu Srivastava will run it; local BJP says it’s not fair
- The Crippled Poet (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 17, 2003)
Grace that shone in Guruvayoor
- Tax Benefits: It's Win-Win For Gujarat, Reliance (Business Line, Balaji C. Mouli, Nov 17, 2003)
The prescription involved a three-way split of the CST. One-third of CST was to be absorbed by Reliance, another third as `surcharge' levied on petro-products sold in Gujarat, and another through a hike in retail prices in the rest of the country.
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