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Articles 4121 through 4220 of 4401:
- Defence Forces Deserve Izzat In Society (Pioneer, Bobby Sharma, Nov 23, 2001)
The Services of yore were known for eschewing profligacy and ostentation. Their institutions exuded awe-inspiring elegance, dignity and simplicity.
- Reviving Afghan Relations (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 23, 2001)
INDIA'S decision to station in the Afghan capital medical and paramedical personnel and set up a liaison office can be considered a good beginning to reconstruct its Afghan policy.
- Floating Rates (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 23, 2001)
THE CENTRE SHOULD easily complete its borrowing programme this year and if possible exceed it.
- From Devastation To Devastation (Indian Express, Bharat Dogra, Nov 22, 2001)
PERHAPS the worst aspect of the recent repeated bomb attacks on Afghanistan is that these bombs are falling on a land that has already been devastated by over two decades of civil war and three years of drought.
- Reviving India's Economy: Judo Strategy May Pay High Dividends -- Ii (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 22, 2001)
FOR far too long, Indias policy-makers have been building their growth models on parameters applicable to industrial countries whose understanding of the economic laws was coloured by their specific contexts and cultures.
- Should Octroi Go? (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 22, 2001)
The Punjab and Haryana High Court, in a ruling on Monday, cleared the way for the Punjab Government to abolish octroi.
- Terminator Technology In Agriculture (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Nov 21, 2001)
Seedsavers of crops worldwide have been threatened as never before.
- Democracy In Dire Straits (Tribune, Bhim S. Dahiya, Nov 20, 2001)
Whenever the thought of our democracy occurs to me, and it occurs quite often, a scene from an old Hindi movie named “Railway Platform” appears on my mind’s screen.
- National Games In Punjab (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 20, 2001)
The first National Games of the millennium opened in Ludhiana on Monday. For the next 10 days athletes from across the country will rekindle the spirit of competition and sportsmanship through healthy and fair competition.
- Terminator Technology In Agriculture (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Nov 20, 2001)
Seedsavers of crops worldwide have been threatened as never before.
- Scrap The Pds! (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 19, 2001)
THE NEWS of the Centre considering the discontinuation of foodgrains procurement will gladden those who had been watching the alarming proportions this indefensibly costly racket had assumed over the years.
- Terminator Technology In Agriculture (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Nov 19, 2001)
Seedsavers of crops worldwide have been threatened as never before. A technology appropriately called the 'terminator technology', has been creating waves in agricultural circles since March.
- In The Grip Of 'Islamophobia' (Pioneer, Sidharth Bhatia, Nov 13, 2001)
The Germans have an apt word for it-schadenfruede-which means a sense of gloating over someone else's misery and misfortune.
- Turn The Spotlight On The East (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Nov 13, 2001)
In the eighties, Indian agriculture was doing well, particularly in the eastern states.
- Bloodshed In Bangladesh (Pioneer, Rai Singh, Nov 13, 2001)
Sandhya Jain's article 'What about atrocities on Bangla Hindus?'
- A Licence To Kill (Indian Express, Sudhir Vohra, Nov 13, 2001)
If hills have been denuded, you can plant trees. But how do you save a city scarred forever.
- Why Are Bjp’s Allies Like Lambs? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 12, 2001)
The BJP is behaving as if it is running a one-party government.
- Myth And Reality Of The `Powerful' Farmer (Business Line, Harish Damodaran , Nov 12, 2001)
The farming community is often pilloried for being the main stumbling block behind power sector reforms.
- Burning Farmers' Fields - Ii (Hindu, Gail Omvedt , Nov 10, 2001)
HISTORICALLY, THERE is little evidence that Indian farmers are reluctant to innovate.
- Using The Food Mountain (Hindu, M. S. Swaminathan , Nov 10, 2001)
THE PRIME MINISTER and the Government of India are to be commended for three important recent initiatives for dealing with the mounting grain stocks in a socially and environmentally meaningful manner.
- Voice The Right Farm Concerns At Doha (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Nov 09, 2001)
THAT this is no more a bipolar world is now a reality to live with. Indeed, it seems to be emerging as a `rich man's world'.
- Anandgarh & Sainik Farms (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 09, 2001)
THERE is nothing common between Anandgarh in Punjab and the Sainik Farms township in Delhi.
- Another Kind Of Imperialism? (Business Line, Kuldip Nayar, Nov 09, 2001)
THE Parliamentary Standing Committee for Home Affairs seldom meets outside New Delhi.
- Complex Regulations Cutting Deep Into Trade Reform (The Financial Express, Sunil Kumar, Nov 08, 2001)
When confidence levels are down, even the best get the blues. Thus as the last vestige of quantitative restrictions (QRs) and the import-licensing regime was removed in April 2001, it was not the opening of the economy that was celebrated.
- Where Have All The Pandits Gone? (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Nov 07, 2001)
WHENEVER you travel to Kashmir and write about the alienation evident in the people of the Valley, the question that comes up is: `Where are all the Kashmiri Pandits?' Have they become refugees in their own land?
- States Not Playing The Desired Role In Furthering Reforms (The Financial Express, P. Raghavan, Nov 07, 2001)
The economic crisis experienced by the Indian government at the close of the financial year 1990-91 was the outcome of a combination of factors like weak balance of payments position.
- Reality Check For Us (Business Line, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Nov 07, 2001)
IN MOSCOW today, the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and the Russian President, Mr Vladimir Putin, will no doubt reflect that four weeks into the undeclared war on Afghanistan.
- Food Exports And Right To Food (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Nov 06, 2001)
IT APPEARS that New Delhi is bent on pursuing a food `export' policy, throwing to the winds any semblance of economic rationality or financial prudence.
- A Marketing Story (Telegraph, S. L. Rao, Nov 05, 2001)
The Indian economy has since the Eighties moved out of the 3.5 per cent “Hindu” rate of growth of the Fifties and Sixties. But this growth tapered off after 1996-97.
- Political Solution Remains Elusive (Tribune, Raman Mohan, Nov 04, 2001)
THIRTY-five years ago, Haryana was born on November 1 with the congenital problem of acute thirst.
- Punjab And Haryana River Waters Dispute, Not A Drop Of Water To Spare (Tribune, G.S. Dhillon, Nov 04, 2001)
THE current water dispute between Punjab and Haryana have views wide apart. Whereas Haryana lays claim to some 3.5 MAF of water, Punjab says that there is ‘not a drop of spare water’ and so nothing can be given to Haryana.
- White House Wants Congress To Boost Trade With Pakistan (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Nov 03, 2001)
WASHINGTON: The White House told lawmakers it may seek to cut tariffs on Pakistani products for up to three years as part of a package to reward Islamabad for helping in the war on terrorism, sources close to the issue said on Friday.
- Pitch For Pithead Power (Business Line, S. Padmanabhan , Nov 03, 2001)
IT IS ten years since the new power policy was announced. Hailed as a revolutionary step, the policy attracted many foreign companies, and a large number of MoUs were signed.
- `Don't Think Kashmir Has Only Political Problems' (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Nov 02, 2001)
PROBLEMS ofmilitancy and violence aside, Kashmiris are facing many day-to-day problems such as shortage or rice and power, says the CPI-(M) MLA, Mr M. Y.
- `Don't Think Kashmir Has Only Political Problems' (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Nov 02, 2001)
PROBLEMS ofmilitancy and violence aside, Kashmiris are facing many day-to-day problems such as shortage or rice and power, says the CPI-(M) MLA, Mr M. Y. Tarigami.
- ‘Poto Is An Easy Way Out For Govt, There Should Be No Short-Cuts For Human Rights’ (Indian Express, Kota Neelima, Nov 02, 2001)
Justice Ranganath Misra, former Chief Justice of India and the first chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission, finds the Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance (POTO) ‘‘an easy way out’’ for law-enforcing agencies.
- Gm Cotton: To Kill Or Not To Kill (Business Line, Vinod Mathew, Nov 01, 2001)
THE cotton growers of Gujarat may be excused if they feel caught in the freeze frame of a surrealistic movie that has suddenly taken a sinister turn.
- Teaching And Research (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 01, 2001)
INDIA'S POOR record in literacy and primary education is nothing short of a scandal. Despite the many problems with which it started at Independence, a country with India's material and intellectual resources could have done better.
- Gm Cotton: To Kill Or Not To Kill (Business Line, Vinod Mathew, Nov 01, 2001)
THE cotton growers of Gujarat may be excused if they feel caught in the freeze frame of a surrealistic movie that has suddenly taken a sinister turn.
- Will Fiscal Expansion Help? (Business Line, S.S. Bhandare, Nov 01, 2001)
THE APPALLING terrorist attack on the United States has sent shock waves across the world.
- Kashmir: Why Is Delhi Becoming Shrill? (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Oct 31, 2001)
OBVIOUSLY inspired by the Americans flexing their muscles in Afghanistan, both the Home Minister, Mr L. K. Advani, and surprisingly, the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, are speaking the language of war vis-a-vis Kashmir.
- Innovative Sales Can Face-Lift The Economy (The Financial Express, Bhanoji Roa, Oct 31, 2001)
Reserve Bank Governor Bimal Jalan has given us a multi-pronged monetary package.
- Kashmir: Why Is Delhi Becoming Shrill? (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Oct 31, 2001)
OBVIOUSLY inspired by the Americans flexing their muscles in Afghanistan, both the Home Minister, Mr L. K. Advani, and surprisingly, the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, are speaking the language of war vis-a-vis Kashmir.
- Agriculture Sector In Pakistan Sinks Due To Drought Impact (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Oct 30, 2001)
KARACHI: Pakistan’s key agriculture sector contracted by 2.1 per cent in fiscal 2000-01 (July-June) against an expansion of 6.1 per cent the previous year due to a severe drought, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said on Monday.
- Beyond Clones Of Osama (Hindu, Pran Chopra , Oct 30, 2001)
IT IS an irony of our times that the greatest military alliance put together against the kind of terrorism that has swept across the world from Afghanistan has America at its head and Pakistan as its forward base.
- Farm Stakes (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 29, 2001)
WITH KHARIF 2001 foodgrains and commercial crops production improving over the previous year and the prospects for the ensuing rabi (summer) harvest looking bright.
- Disturbing Fallout (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 27, 2001)
WHILE American fighter jets are pounding military installations of the Taliban and Osama bin Laden's Al-Qaeda network in Operation Enduring Freedom, some bombs are also falling in civilian areas.
- It Is A Free-For-All Country (Business Line, Timeri N. Murari , Oct 27, 2001)
WERE broke. The Centres broke and most of the States are broke. For the last 54 years, weve led the life of profligates.
- New Deconstruction (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 27, 2001)
And what about that moment of decision when the omnipotent being subjected the entire world to floods that lasted for forty days and forty nights?
- Anthrax Scare Makes Us Rush To Labs (Indian Express, Rosie Mestel, Oct 26, 2001)
Long before anthrax set off scares and brisk Cipro sales across the US, a handful of scientists worked in relative obscurity to grasp how the tiny bacterium wreaks its havoc on the human body. They have made big strides.
- New Deconstruction (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 26, 2001)
And what about that moment of decision when the omnipotent being subjected the entire world to floods that lasted for forty days and forty nights?
- Eu Unveils Plan For Kyoto Pollution Market (The Financial Express, Alister Doyle, Oct 25, 2001)
The European Commission proposed a first international market in the right to pollute on Tuesday as part of a UN plan to combat global warming that has been shunned by the United States.
- Waging War On Bureaucratic Terrorism (Business Line, V. Anantha-Nageswaran , Oct 24, 2001)
Truth, tolerance, justice, a sense of lifes beauty and a near-violent rejection of their opposites - the system itself must be forced to reflect these virtues, or it had no business. -- John le Carre in The Constant Gardener.
- Eye In The Sky (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 24, 2001)
THERE IS JUSTIFIABLE pride among Indian space scientists in the latest success achieved from the country's spaceport, Sriharikota.
- No Point Just Keeping Up With Joneses (Business Line, P. R. Brahmananda , Oct 23, 2001)
ACCORDING to the Finance Ministry, the index of industrial production during April-July 2001-2002 increased just 2.3 per cent, compared to 5.9 per cent during the previous similar period.
- Looking For Derivative Growth (Business Line, S. Mahalingam, Oct 23, 2001)
It has not been our practice in the software services industry, traditionally a cash surplus industry, to pay attention to the credit policy of the Reserve Bank of India.
- No Point Just Keeping Up With Joneses (Business Line, P. R. Brahmananda , Oct 23, 2001)
ACCORDING to the Finance Ministry, the index of industrial production during April-July 2001-2002 increased just 2.3 per cent, compared to 5.9 per cent during the previous similar period.
- Gathering Gloom (Hindu, Supriya Roy Chowdhury, Oct 21, 2001)
DURING 1999-2001, 110 farmers committed suicide in Karnataka.
- Nowhere People (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Oct 21, 2001)
THE FACTS and figures on the plight of the Afghans make chilling reading.
- Gathering Gloom (Hindu, Supriya Roy Chowdhury, Oct 21, 2001)
DURING 1999-2001, 110 farmers committed suicide in Karnataka.
- A Language For Indians (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Oct 20, 2001)
I am entirely in favour of making English an Indian language on our terms. Maul it, misuse it, mangle it out of shape but make it our own bhasha.
- A Prize For Nobility (Indian Express, K. K. Khullar, Oct 20, 2001)
NEWS of V.S. Naipaul’s Nobel Prize transported me back to school where a prize was given to a student every year for nobility. It was called the Noble Prize.
- Fast-Modernising, Present Day Beijing Holds Many A Lesson For India (The Financial Express, M. A. K. Swain, Oct 19, 2001)
The recent visit to China by a group of members of Parliament, members of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and trade union leaders gave an insight into the changes taking place in present day China.
- World Faces Biggest Challenge Since Cold War: Study (The Financial Express, Paul Majendie, Oct 19, 2001)
LONDON: The US-led coalition against terrorism faces the world’s most daunting challenge since the Cold War, a leading think-tank said on Thursday.
- Pilgrim Of The Swara (Indian Express, Renuka Narayanan, Oct 19, 2001)
DR Raghava Menon, one of India’s best-known music critics, died last Tuesday in New Delhi.
- Boosting Economy -- Export Thrust, Rate Cut Won't Help (Business Line, A. S. Firoz, Oct 19, 2001)
WHETHER the RBI would cut interest rates in its forthcoming Credit Policy, a certainty till a few days back, is now under a cloud, as the Finance Minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha, seems to have seen the limitations of this measure as an economy booster.
- Dreams And Interest Rates (Business Line, C. J. Punnathara, Oct 19, 2001)
VELYAMMACHI, the matriarch of the house, woke with a start. Angel Gabriel had confided to her in her dreams that interest rates would drop.
- Capital Market: A Pervading Sense Of Despair (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Oct 16, 2001)
AFTER nearly a decade of reforms and furious efforts by policy-makers to put in place international best practices, the Indian capital market presents a dismal picture.
- For Whom The State Acts (Telegraph, Bibek Debroy, Oct 16, 2001)
The government is meant to be for the people. But it is understandable that there should be serious doubts on this score.
- Diagnosing A Sick System (Tribune, D. R. Chaudhry, Oct 16, 2001)
TWO news items appeared prominently on the front page of The Tribune on September 10.
- Sharing Of Distress (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 15, 2001)
THE BLAND `DIRECTIVE' the Cauvery River Authority issued to Karnataka after its October 10 meeting - that it ``ensure inflows at Mettur as stipulated by the Tribunal'' in its interim order - has obviously not come up to the expectations of Tamil Nadu.
- Backwards Into The Future (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 13, 2001)
Punjab opposing the WTO policy on constitutional grounds shows how low the state has sunk.
- Vijay Goel Comes A Long Way (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 11, 2001)
As the Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office, Mr Vijay Goel has come a long way.
- Treading More Cautiously (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 11, 2001)
THE UNITED NATIONS Secretary-General, Mr. Kofi Annan, has aptly assessed the worldwide mood of dismay over the killings of four U.N.-contracted civilian workers during the ongoing American aerial and missile attacks on Afghanistan.
- The End Of Pakistan's Great Game? (Hindu, KESAVA MENON, Oct 10, 2001)
``WON'T ALL of Afghanistan's problems be solved if it becomes a part of Pakistan?''
- Air Raid On Afghanistan (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 09, 2001)
IT is war and this time in the immediate neighbourhood of India. There may be fallouts, unpredictable and totally unacceptable to this country.
- Aik Lamhe Ka Sultan (Tribune, Dharam Bir Sharma, Oct 09, 2001)
IT was the year 1950. The Bhakra Control Board had convened a high level Indo-Pak meet of senior officers to settle the river water dispute. The venue was Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi.
- Pushing 2-G Reforms (Business Line, J. Nanda Gopal , Oct 09, 2001)
THE CII, FICCI and other major various industry organisations have been pressing for speedy adoption of second generation reforms which among other things seek to amend labour laws.
- The Ups And Downs Of The Poverty Graph (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 08, 2001)
The historical evidence, across countries, in India over time, and across Indian states suggests that the major factors in reducing poverty.
- Unsettling Event (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 08, 2001)
Confused thinking makes for bad politics. And it poses a serious hindrance to effective action.
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