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Articles 3521 through 3620 of 4401:
- Why Indian Milk Yield Is So Low (Tribune, Gurbhagwant Singh Kahlon, Nov 27, 2004)
INDIA ranks first in the buffalo and cattle population, second in goats and third in the sheep population in the world. This huge livestock population is, however, unable to yield 250 gms milk per person per day.
- Need To Act On Climate Change (Hindu, David King, Nov 25, 2004)
New evidence is emerging on almost a weekly basis to link rises in man-made carbon dioxide in the atmosphere with the real and immediate threat that global climate change presents to our environment, people and communities.
- 1971: Lest We Forget (Hindu, R. Hariharan, Nov 25, 2004)
Both India and Bangladesh are guilty of not working towards building a win-win relationship due to their internal and external political preoccupations.
- Road Talk (Deccan Herald, SHARADA PRAHLADRAO, Nov 24, 2004)
Conversations become interesting if you talk about the roads and potholes in the city. Some get agitated and others are resigned to back aches. Switch on to Radio City and all that you hear is about traffic jams in the city.
- Man With The Magic Wand (Telegraph, Sushil Khanna, Nov 24, 2004)
Shaukat Aziz has been able to resurrect the Pakistan economy. But will Shining Pakistan be as good a mirage as India Shining
- For Peace And Progress (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 23, 2004)
During his tour of North-Eastern states, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh struck a much-needed note of intimacy with the estranged sections.
- Pms In Valley (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Nov 22, 2004)
Britain's Financial Times homed in on the contrast between two prime ministers in Kashmir. For the paper, the difference between Manmohan Singh’s November 17 speech and Atal Behari Vajpayee’s address to the rally in Srinagar 18 months ago was unambiguous:
- Is It Saura, Or Are You Happy To See Me? (Telegraph, SREYASHI DASTIDAR, Nov 22, 2004)
Some myths take very, very long to explode. Take the myth about Calcutta being the most sporting cricket-venue anywhere in the world.
- Prince And The Showboy (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 21, 2004)
Light, as one of Walter Bagehot’s memorable injunctions warned, destroys the magic of royalty. Charles, the prince of Wales, has allowed in too much light for royalty to maintain its dignity in the modern world.
- Old Beliefs Die Hard (Telegraph, NEHA SAHAY, Nov 19, 2004)
A record number of babies have been born this year in Beijing: 60,000 already, despite the strict population control policy. This is the Year of the Monkey, considered lucky by the Chinese.
- Learning To Live With Disasters (Deccan Herald, U R RAO, Nov 18, 2004)
Space technology can provide early warnings of natural disasters to enable governments to take timely measures
- Bush Second Term — The Emerging World Order (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Nov 17, 2004)
From pragmatic double-speak and open welcome to horror, the re-election of Mr George Bush has drawn diverse responses across the world. While there is scope for strategic cooperation with the US, New Delhi will have to learn to manage its differences with
- Strategic Issues In Product Recall (Business Line, A. V. Vedpuriswar, Nov 17, 2004)
Whether or not to recall the product depends on the nature of the defects and whether the problems can be attended on-site.
- Smile In Place (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 17, 2004)
In India, the ruling party’s agenda often becomes the government’s business. The distinction between partisan and administrative priorities gets even more blurred if elections are round the corner.
- Trouble With Sustainability (Business Line, Kumar Venkat, Nov 16, 2004)
It is all too common for discussions on sustainability to focus entirely on how to make our resource consumption more efficient, and very little on how people can work and earn a living without destroying the world.
- Food For Work (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 16, 2004)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's inauguration of the National Food for Work Programme in 150 drought-affected districts on Sunday assumes special significance because it is said to be an improvement over all other programmes in the past four decades.
- Inertia Is Hallmark Of Approach (Deccan Herald, N C GUNDU RAO, Nov 16, 2004)
The State fails to utilise the full AIBP fund allocation, even as the pace of implementation of the project remains sluggish
- Confusing Signals To Farmers (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 15, 2004)
There have been few surprises in the new rabi price policy announced by the Government. The minimum support price (MSP) for wheat has been raised to Rs.640 a quintal, ten rupees more than the previous price.
- Overdue Reforms In The Criminal Justice System (Tribune, R.R. Varma, Nov 14, 2004)
The criminal justice system is under severe strain. Organised law invaders like terrorists, separatists, mafias and tax thieves are spreading their activities.
- Coming Closer (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 11, 2004)
That New Delhi figures in the Brussels' world view was underscored by the Indo-European Union Summit in The Hague deciding to expedite the pact for India joining the EU's Galileo global positioning system.
- India's Communists Want Farmers To Be Taxed: Andy Mukherjee (Bloomberg.com, Andy Mukherjee, Nov 10, 2004)
Cricket is India's national passion. Drought its perennial reality. And a tax on farmers is simply a no-no.
- Ground Beneath Their Feet (Telegraph, Prerna Sarcar Winter, Nov 10, 2004)
A national law for refugees will help the government differentiate them from migrants and serve security needs
- Inter-Linking Of Rivers — Untested Hype, Unresolved Issues (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 10, 2004)
The project to interlink six major rivers promises to remain bedevilled for a considerable time by unresolved engineering, operational and financial issues.
- Citizen-Hostile (Business Line, Ishita G. Tripathy, Nov 10, 2004)
As agriculture evolved into a more productive activity, it became more energy-intensive too. In the process of this transformation, the varieties of crops chosen, though high-yielding, were found to be prone to epidemic diseases.
- Paralysis Setting In (Deccan Herald, N C GUNDU RAO, Nov 09, 2004)
Any further delay in forming a full-fledged ministry will affect the pace and quality of administration
- Cauvery: Disappointments, Appeals (Hindu, Ramaswamy R. Iyer, Nov 09, 2004)
The lower riparian has rights and unless the upper riparian is prepared to accept this, there can be no resolution of the dispute.
- Why Bush Win Will Please Osama (Hindu, Robin Cook, Nov 08, 2004)
All the checks and balances that the founding fathers constructed to restrain presidential power are broken instruments.
- Sops For Myanmar (Tribune, Suhas Chakma, Nov 08, 2004)
The recent visit of Myanmar’s Head of State, Senior General Than Shwe to New Delhi has raised the question whether India has thrown into disarray the long-standing international efforts to bring national reconciliation and restore democracy in that countr
- Russia's Mixed Blessing (Hindu, VLADIMIR RADYUHIN, Nov 08, 2004)
Migrant labour helps alleviate an acute demographic crisis and sustain economic growth, but also creates ethnic and social tensions.
- Vilasrao Bounces Back To Mantralaya (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Nov 07, 2004)
FOR almost a year Vilasrao Deshmukh sat in a secluded corner of the AICC office at 24, Akbar Road, New Delhi. His tiny room, unlike those of other office-bearers, was not crowded.
- Real Estate Of Things (Telegraph, Debashis Bhattacharyya, Nov 07, 2004)
With his thatch of hair and a hint of a moustache, Tridib Mitra — in a gaudy T-shirt and patched jeans — looks every inch a teenager; the proverbial unkempt boy next door.
- Old Order Changeth (Deccan Herald, P SRINIVASAN, Nov 04, 2004)
At the rate things are going, today’s future citizen could be tomorrow’s employer
- Outrageous Behaviour (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 04, 2004)
Tuesday’s disturbances in the Orissa Assembly, in which Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik was injured, are a matter of shame.
- Food For All, And More To Spare (Telegraph, Prasanta K. Ray, Nov 03, 2004)
The food processing industry needs to be encouraged if India is to make a dent in the world market for food products
- When Chandigarh Was Young (Tribune, Saroop Krishen, Nov 02, 2004)
I have lived in Chandigarh since the 1950s and the current debate about the threat to the future of the city has taken my mind back to what things were like at that time.
- Oil Price Hike: A Blessing In Disguise (Business Line, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Nov 02, 2004)
THE Finance Ministry is worried about the impact of the price of oil. It has cut the import duty on oil to soften the impact of the price rise.
- Does Your Vote Really Count? (Deccan Herald, SUBRAMANIAM VINCENT, Nov 02, 2004)
The responses of India and the US to their electoral problems have been very different
- Capacity Building Among Farmers (Business Line, Editorial, Economic Times, Nov 01, 2004)
For Banks, Agricultural credit is the flavour of the season. Conscious of the need to ensure consistent growth in lending to the farm sector, the new Government since the day it assumed office has been working on a package of measures.
- Feasts Of Colour, Bangs And Razzmataz (Tribune, Chanchal Sarkar, Oct 31, 2004)
1984” wasn’t just George Orwell’s novel’s famous title, it was also the year of Bob Geldof’s Ethiopia Rock Concert. What was almost unmanageable in that pop concert was not the millions in currencies that rolled in, often flooding the 200 lines set up for
- Horror Of Horrors (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 30, 2004)
Ram Gopal Varma may just have scared himself into a fit. A slew of successful films notwithstanding, his latest venture simply gave up the ghost
- Indira Gandhi — 20 Years On (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Oct 30, 2004)
Indira Gandhi looms large in India's consciousness, just as she had dominated the national stage for two decades irrespective of whether she was in power or out of it.
- Taking On Nature (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Oct 29, 2004)
Democratic freedom should include the freedom to dream. There is however a problem. Some people’s dreams can turn out to be some other people’s nightmares; democratic freedom, we could be told, also includes the freedom to
- Now For The Final Award (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 28, 2004)
With the Supreme Court dismissing the Karnataka petition seeking the reconstitution of the Cauvery Waters Tribunal (CWT), the decks have been cleared for the tribunal to go ahead and complete its work quickly.
- Rbi At Its Transparent Best (Business Line, A. Seshan, Oct 27, 2004)
The RBI continues the tradition of openness and transparency in conveying facts and assessment of what lies ahead.
- Running The Dawk (Telegraph, Bibek Debroy, Oct 27, 2004)
“Sesquicentenary” is quite a mouthful. That’s what the post offices are celebrating now — 150 years
- Tackling Shortage Of Water, Power (Tribune, R. N. Malik, Oct 27, 2004)
The Pong dam and Ranjit Sagar reservoirs are seldom full to the brim during the monsoon. This year the reservoirs were hardly half full. Four MAF of the Beas water has already been diverted to the Gobind Sagar reservoir to facilitate the running of
- Moving Forward With Kyoto (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 27, 2004)
Endorsement of the Kyoto Protocol by the Russian Parliament clears the way for coming into operation of the international agreement on targeted reduction of heat-trapping
- The Case For Employment Guarantee (Hindu, Jayati Ghosh, Oct 26, 2004)
Employment generation schemes can create conditions for much higher levels of economic activity and therefore growth, especially in the rural areas.
- Heat And Dust (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 26, 2004)
Can the world be stopped from getting hotter? Not in any dramatic way, the Kyoto Protocol would be likely to suggest, but the heating can be slowed down, and — with cooperation and awareness — reduced over time.
- Keeping Cool (Business Line, R. Sundaram , Oct 26, 2004)
The leaders of nations are always comfortable in tackling the familiar and easy items on the anti-terror agenda such as invading the privacy of individuals, incarcerating so-called suspects so on.
- `Mild Approval' Wins The Day (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 24, 2004)
Voters were almost equally divided on whether the economic condition of the State under the Sushilkumar Shinde Government had improved or deteriorated
- Collapse Of A Flyover (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 23, 2004)
While Panipat badly needs a flyover on the Sher Shah Suri Marg cutting through the city, the one it had on the road to Rohtak collapsed suddenly on Thursday morning.
- Revitalise Rural Credit Thru Nabard (Business Line, V. Jagan Mohan , Oct 22, 2004)
The huge gap in rural credit still exists in spite of a wide rural credit structure. Therefore, the time has come to leverage Nabard's formidable financial strength to revitalise the rural credit structure.
- A Kerry In Every Bush (Telegraph, Gouri Chatterjee, Oct 21, 2004)
In Bush-land, where “you are either with us or against us,” it all depends on which paper you are reading, which channel you are watching, which website you are scrolling down.
- Closer Ties With Britain (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, Oct 21, 2004)
After imperial Britain packed up and left the Indian subcontinent in August 1947, Indian leaders found a ready excuse for the country’s maladies. Whenever floods, drought or famine occurred we blamed the British.
- Exploitation On Tap (Hindu, George Monbiot, Oct 21, 2004)
Why is Britain using aid money to persuade South Africa to privatise its public services?
- Doctors With Dictionaries (Deccan Herald, MARK RICE-OXLEY, Oct 20, 2004)
A lot of South Asian interns, who have come to Britain to work, are finding it difficult to get jobs
- Generally Speaking (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 19, 2004)
WHEN a former Deputy Chief of Army Staff argues in public that the induction of women in the Army’s officer cadre does not augur well for the force, one cannot but sit up.
- Not Tuned To Change (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Oct 19, 2004)
This election in Maharashtra has once again seen the BJP/Sena leadership spouting abusive comments about the politicos they were opposing.
- Remarkable Triumph (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 18, 2004)
The congress-Nationalist Congress Party alliance has pulled off a superlative victory in the Maharashtra Assembly election, overcoming seemingly insurmountable odds — medium-scale rebellion ...
- Women Officers In The Army (Tribune, Raj Kadyan, Oct 18, 2004)
We were raising the National Security Guard (NSG) in the mid-eighties. There was a sudden need to train officers of an elite intelligence service officered by the IPS. The joint secretary of the department and I, as the Chief Instructor of the NSG ...
- Significance Of China's Economy To Global Growth (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Oct 18, 2004)
It should come as no surprise that China is a dominant player in the world economy today. A huge economy that has maintained a consistent
- Historic Process (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 15, 2004)
The willingness of the govt and the PW to work out their problems is a step forward
- Simplify The Tree Act (Deccan Herald, C S VEDANT, Oct 14, 2004)
Simpler norms need to be devised for determining private tree ownership, to protect individual and State interests
- Rain Struck Now (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 13, 2004)
Untimely rain has damaged paddy — harvested, standing in the fields or lying in the mandis. Apart from Punjab and Haryana, reports of ruin have poured in from Himachal Pradesh as well.
- For Whom Is The Research Anyway? (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Oct 13, 2004)
On one side there is an imposing network of laboratories and research establishments with panoply of academic achievement and recognition. On the other, mass suicides of farmers are happening that signals gross system failure of which the grand empire of
- Key Concern (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 13, 2004)
Nobel prize for an environmental activist breaks new ground
- Basking In Glory (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 11, 2004)
The completion of 72 years by the Indian Air Force (IAF) on October 8 has turned the focus on the splendid history of the IAF and on its service to the nation during war and peace.
- Engaging North-East Militants (Telegraph, Bharat Bhushan, Oct 11, 2004)
Two questions are being asked in the Indian establishment in the wake of the recent series of bomb blasts in Assam and Nagaland.
- Saffron Siblings Vs Congress Parivar (Tribune, Shiv Kumar, Oct 09, 2004)
The theme song of the moment in Maharashtra’s assembly poll, scheduled for October 13, is the shrill notes of despair emanating from the camps of the challenger and the defender alike.
- Extrapolating The Growth Estimates (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 09, 2004)
Recently released economic data for the first quarter of the fiscal year give room for optimism. According to preliminary estimates of the Central Statistical Organisation (CSO), the Gross Domestic Product grew by 7.4 per cent during
- Adb's Country Strategy And Programme 2005-07 (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Oct 09, 2004)
The 2005-07 India lending programme of the Asian Development Bank is focussed on building infrastructure, the lack of which has hobbled the various sectors and is responsible for the high inter-regional disparities.
- Sharing Water Resources (Hindu, T. Ramakrishnan, Oct 08, 2004)
The Ganga Water Treaty between India and Bangladesh stands out as an example on river-water sharing.
- Death, Karma And Rebirth (Deccan Herald, R G Subramanyam, Oct 08, 2004)
We cry over the death of a near and dear one, even though our turn to die is only a matter of time
- Quota — An Idea Whose Time Has Come (Business Line, D. Murali , Oct 08, 2004)
Quota is "an idea whose time has come", according to Dr Manmohan Singh, though the private sector may never come to terms with ``job reservation for the weaker sections'', law or no law.
- Teach Agriculture To Rural Students (Tribune, Inderdeep Thapar, Oct 07, 2004)
Why is it that agriculture as a subject has not been introduced at the school level? The geography of the region, with district-wise illustrations and detailed information about the types of soil, the crops which can be sown, the depth of the watertable
- Maharashtra Assembly Polls — Advantage, Congress-Ncp (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Oct 06, 2004)
The opinion polls give the Congress-NCP alliance more than an edge in the ensuing Maharashtra Assembly elections. If the combine wins the election, it would be in defiance of the anti-incumbency factor and would only strengthen and further stabilise the
- Still A Long Shot (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 06, 2004)
Had the India Meteorological Department been a bookmaker, it would have lost a packet. In April it predicted that rainfall in this year's southwest monsoon from June 1 to September 30 would be normal, in fact, 100 per cent of the long-term average.
- The Contest In Vidharbha (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 03, 2004)
The Vidharbha region will be crucial to determining the battle for Maharashtra.
- Marathwada Matters (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 03, 2004)
While the Congress- NCP alliance is clearly worried about the Marathwada region, it will not be smooth sailing for its rivals either.
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