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Articles 1621 through 1720 of 2635:
- Iran Snubs Us Incentives, To Pursue N-Plan (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2005)
The nuclear technology will only be used for peaceful purposes and “we will not give up our legitimate right”, asserts Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman.
- The Draft Patent Law (Hindu, T.N. Srinivasan, Mar 12, 2005)
Its generic manufactures are too crucial for India, and for the world, to be allowed by a misguided patent law to be wiped out.
- Economy On The Upswing (Tribune, D.N. Patodia, Mar 12, 2005)
Indian economy, for the second consecutive year, has performed well. GDP growth for the year 2004-05 has now been projected at 6.9 per cent after a record growth of 8.5 per cent in the previous year.
- Ftas — Adding To `Spaghetti Bowl Of Tariffs' (Business Line, Soumya Kanti Ghosh, Mar 12, 2005)
It is difficult to say whether or not FTAs promote global trade, but surely there are important issues that need to be sorted out in the quest for free trade.
- Wto Rules Cut In Us Cotton Subsidies (Tribune, Dan Morgan, Mar 10, 2005)
A Bush administration proposal that would cut billions of dollars in subsidies to big cotton growers has struck at a core GOP constituency, setting off a battle in
- A Green Budget With A Blueprint (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Mar 09, 2005)
The best part of the Budget is to begin for the country — a transition to a modern fiscal state. The Kelkar tax reforms leading to a tax payer transparent, non-discriminatory regime have been given more than just lip sympathy
- Global Agri-Trade Can Reduce Poverty (The Economic Times, JOACHIM VON BRAUN, Mar 09, 2005)
The current round of WTO negotiations, known as the Doha round, provides an opportunity for India to improve the lives of its impoverished farmers and consumers.
- The Great Economic Wall Of China Going Higher (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 07, 2005)
This week’s Economist magazine asserts that, despite the similarities between India and China and the great strides both have made in reducing poverty since liberalising and reforming their economies, the tiger in front is Chinese.
- Millions Of Indians Await Benefits Of Globalisation (Business Line, Jessica Einhorn, Mar 04, 2005)
Does India need globalisation? There are plenty of experts to tell all who listen that globalisation opens up tremendous potential for growth and poverty alleviation,
- Double Talk On Rural Growth? (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Mar 04, 2005)
Finance Minister P Chidambaram’s promise of fulfilling the ‘Bharat Nirman’ vision outlined by the President, Mr Abdul Kalam, while addressing Parliament the other day, seems to be a step in the right direction. Going by the past experience only time will
- Abetting Greater Investment (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Mar 02, 2005)
The massive investment in infrastructure will make India a preferred-investment destination. The importance given to higher education and the establishment of a world-class university at
- Upa, Come Out From The Cold (Indian Express, Kuldip Nayar, Mar 02, 2005)
A Representative from a third world country impressed his counterparts with the way he would vote at meetings of the WTO. Every time he said ‘‘yes’’ or ‘‘no’’, he turned out to be absolutely right from the point of view of the developing and underdevelope
- Tariffs: A Balancing Act Ahead (Business Line, Manasi Phadke, Feb 26, 2005)
Will he, won't he? Whether the Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, can deliver a Dream Budget yet again, and take the economy to new heights is the question.
- Bush And Putin: A Tad Cooler To Each Other (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 26, 2005)
In some ways, it is still possible to sustain the illusion that these "two leaders of great nations" (Bush) are equal: their agreements on nuclear security and Russia’s attempt to join the WTO are both important.
- Accept Vat (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 25, 2005)
It is quite unfortunate that when the stage is almost set for introduction of the Value Added Tax (VAT) from April 1 there should be fresh opposition to it in the form of protests by traders.
- Crop Diversification Is A Necessity (Tribune, Dr K.S. Aulakh, Feb 25, 2005)
PROF H.S. Shergill in his article “Punjab should stick to wheat, paddy” in The Tribune dated February 18 has opposed the plans of reducing area under paddy and wheat as, according to him, it is most economical and the falling watertable is not really a se
- Budget Session — Will Pending Bills Get Time? (Business Line, R. C. Rajamani, Feb 25, 2005)
There is a large backlog of Bills that have a bearing on economy as well the nation's polity. Though both the Houses are yet to come out with the agenda of business
- Countries Are Not Merely Economies (The Economic Times, Arun Maira, Feb 25, 2005)
Countries are not merely economies, corporations are not merely profit-making machines, and citizens are not merely consumers.
- Tiny Is Beautiful (Hindu, Kenneth Chang, Feb 23, 2005)
Nanoparticles offer promise in medicine for sensitive diagnostic tests and novel treatments.
- You Have It Or You Don’T (Telegraph, Naresh Kumar, Feb 23, 2005)
The press has exhausted all superlatives and one journalist has even described Sania Mirza’s recent victory at the $140,000 WTA Hyderabad Open as being “as significant as Newton’s theory of gravity”.
- Saluting The Great Indian Village (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2005)
Like the Great Indian Family, the Great Indian village too has been an ideal that we never stop dreaming about. SHREE PADRE explores Balasandra - a village which connects the idea with reality.
- Between The Lines (Pioneer, Priyadarsi Dutta, Feb 19, 2005)
In the article, "Wonder that was India" (Foray, February 6), Dina Nath Mishra criticises Amulya Ganguli for his uncharitable remarks on ancient Indian science.
- Punjab Should Stick To Wheat, Paddy (Tribune, H.S. Shergill, Feb 18, 2005)
Confusion over reduction in the area under wheat and paddy continues. There is continuous refrain from some economists for a massive shift of area from wheat and paddy to alternative crops.
- The Politics Of Aid (Tribune, Shelley Walia, Feb 18, 2005)
The growing strain on the Earth’s environment caused by global warming or the HIV/AIDS pandemic in the developing world pose a great threat to humanity. HIV alone in South Africa affects more than four million people, and 8,200 succumb to it daily around
- An Unhealthy Plan For The Poor (Indian Express, Balbir K Punj, Feb 18, 2005)
It is a matter of national shame that the Centre has to be reminded by an American daily about how the UPA Government has surrendered to American MNCs’ interests in drawing up the patents ordinance.
- Bridging The Rural-Urban Divide (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Feb 18, 2005)
The Council for Advancement of People's Action and Rural Technology aims to encourage and promote voluntary action for the implementation of projects meant to increase rural prosperity, with an emphasis on using technology to make a difference.
- Kyoto — Behind And Beyond (Business Line, N. R. Krishnan , Feb 17, 2005)
The much-debated THE MUCH-DEBATED Kyoto Protocol, which seeks to limit emission of greenhouse gases that cause global warming, came into force on Wednesday. With this, one should expect the end of the debate on the need to have such a measure but....
- Kyoto — Jinxed At Birth? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 16, 2005)
The Kyoto Protocol on reduction of emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs) comes into force on February 16 under circumstances that do not reflect well on policy-makers in many countries.
- Preferential Trade And Wto (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 14, 2005)
A report on the future of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) prepared by an eight-member independent board headed by Peter D. Sutherland, former Director-General of the WTO and its predecessor
- Farm Policy — A Twisted Tale (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Feb 09, 2005)
The United Progressive Alliance (UPA), as the National Common Minimum Programme states categorically, stands for economic reforms with a human face, whatever it means.
- Round And Round (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 08, 2005)
All indications point to a bleak outlook for the ongoing Doha Round of multilateral negotiations. The strongest confirmation of this came at the Davos World Economic Forum where the World Trade
- Telecom: Beyond The Fdi Cap Hike (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Feb 08, 2005)
With the latest sectoral cap of FDI hike, though laced with riders, only foreign equity firms with deep pockets may want to bet on domestic telecom companies
- Year Of Physics (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Feb 07, 2005)
The UN has declared 2005 as the World Year of Physics in commemoration of the first path-breaking paper published by Albert Einstein in 1905 on the electro-dynamics of moving bodies.
- Montek’S Warped Logic (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Feb 05, 2005)
At an international conference on “Policies against hunger” at Berlin in October 2004, a World Bank economist was at pains to defend the domestic subsidies being doled out to European Union farmers.
- The Decline And Decline Of Brand America (Business Line, K. Subramanian, Feb 04, 2005)
Brand creation, promotion, and positioning are the pet themes of business school analysts. Even as the literature on brand equity has grown into an industry, the subject has moved away from the confines of B-Schools.
- Peer Review Can Work If It Doesn't Simply Scratch (Business Line, D. Murali , Feb 02, 2005)
Peer review is much in the news. For instance, Uganda plans to implement African Peer Review Mechanism or APRM of the New Partnership for Africa's Development a.k.a. Nepad.
- Deprived Of A Future (Telegraph, Amit Bhaduri, Feb 02, 2005)
The promise of guaranteeing employment to the poor was made in the common minimum programme of the United Progressive Alliance government in power.
- China Ahead (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 01, 2005)
The just concluded five-day Annual Meet of the World Economic Forum (WEF) held at Davos witnessed a brainstorming session on the business prospects in India and China and New Delhi’s ongoing efforts to project the country as an ideal destination for Forei
- "Global World Needs Rule Of Law" (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Jan 30, 2005)
The first Chilean head of state to visit India, President Ricardo Lagos, spoke to Siddharth Varadarajan of The Hindu about the anti-neoliberal mood in Latin America, the trial of the former dictator, Augusto Pinochet, and the nee d for a world that...
- From The Alpine Heights Of Davos (Indian Express, N K Singh, Jan 30, 2005)
I am once again in Davos for the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF). For more than 34 years, this Swiss Alpine ski resort has hosted the glitterati of politics and business.
- The Price Of Contempt (The Economic Times, Narendar Pani, Jan 29, 2005)
The murmurs in political circles about the need to downgrade the prime minister's office (PMO) are likely to die down with the appointment of Mr M K Narayanan as the national security adviser.
- The Drag Of A Vat On Freefall (Business Line, Sukumar Mukhopadhyay, Jan 29, 2005)
There is general belief amongst many economists that tax should be neutral. In theory a tax is neutral if it does not distort the free play of market.
- Msp Abolition Will Lower Grain Production (The Economic Times, T C GUPTA, Jan 29, 2005)
MSP (minimum support price) ensures food security and abolishing it will lead to a slump in foodgrain prices (especially of wheat and paddy).
- Mis-Diagnosing The Disease Of The Poor (Indian Express, BARUN MITRA, Jan 28, 2005)
It’s not patents but the government hold on the healthcare sector that is preventing the poor from gaining access to medicines
- Patents Act And Access To Medicines (Deccan Herald, GOPAL DABADE, Jan 28, 2005)
Parliament, during its winter session this year, was expected to introduce the third and final amendment to the Indian Patents Act of 1970, under the TRIPS agreement.
- New Patent Regime A Bad Medicine? (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Jan 28, 2005)
The Indian pharma sector to a very large extent succeeded in the past because of the "reverse engineering" manufacturing culture which resulted in the production of several "generic" drugs
- Sunset Reviews: Beyond Anti-Dumping (Business Line, M. R. Venkatesh, Jan 26, 2005)
In a Sunset Review the authorities are called upon to merely focus their inquiry on the "likelihood of continuation or recurrence" of dumping and injury in the event the measure were no longer imposed.
- No Surprises Expected At Brazil (Deccan Herald, WALDEN BELLO, Jan 26, 2005)
Now five years old, the World Social Forum is returning to Porto Alegre, Brazil, after its big success in Mumbai, India. The mood of thousands of people expected is likely to be affected by the tsunami tragedy in Asia as well as the changed national conte
- The Future Of The Wto (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Jan 25, 2005)
The WTO is so concerned about its future that it has commissioned a special independent report to examine the possibilities and suggest reforms.
- Victory Via Mars (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Jan 24, 2005)
As the world’s two largest democracies prepare to vote again, incumbents in India might find it useful to watch George Bush. The president of the US, fighting what has been billed as a very crucial foreign policy election,
- An Absorbing Frolic (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Jan 24, 2005)
Old notions die hard; but they still deserve to die. The revolution, the adage says, devours its children. It should be the other way round: it is the children who devour the revolution.
- Drug Law Causes Concern (Tribune, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Jan 24, 2005)
ON December 27, the Union government promulgated an ordinance introducing a new product patent regime for pharmaceuticals by amending the Indian Patent Act of 1970 for the third time.
- Pharma Sector — No Side-Effects Of Patent Regime (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Jan 21, 2005)
India's pharma industry is one of the most cost-effective manufacturers of generic drugs, and the overall outlook is encouraging.
- For The Health Of The World’S Poor (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 20, 2005)
For an AIDS patient in a poor country lucky enough to get antiretroviral treatment, chances are that the pills that stave off death come from India. Generic knockoffs of AIDS drugs made by Indian manufacturers
- Human Rights, Best Solution To Poverty (Deccan Herald, MARY ROBINSON, Jan 17, 2005)
Will 2005 be a year of breakthrough which moves us closer to realising the World Social Forum’s conviction that another world is possible? Or will it be yet another year in which the divides in our world continue to grow?
- Indian Corporate Finance Deals (Business Line, Kai Taraporevala, Jan 17, 2005)
The Year 2004 belonged to the private equity investor. Even as valuations soared and the Indian stock market reached record highs, private equity investors recovered from the shock of seeing the Left wing
- Targeting Food Subsidies Again (Hindu, Madhura Swaminathan, Jan 14, 2005)
Ending open-ended procurement and making all PDS grain available at the APL price, with a subsidy to the poor through food coupons
- Anxieties Of Control (Telegraph, NIVEDITA MENON, Jan 13, 2005)
So once again the Great Indian Value System has triumphed over sex, mobile phones, the internet and any or all possible combinations of the three.
- The Trojan Horse In Trai Territory (Business Line, D. Murali , Jan 12, 2005)
In the now raging battle between telecom companies, ADC is not aide-de-camp or automatic drip coffeemaker, but access deficit charge. But what is ADC?
- Globalisation 3.0 (Indian Express, Ashok Malik, Jan 12, 2005)
Two weeks ago, amid the swirl of tsunami devastation, The Indian Express carried a piece pointing out apparent inconsistencies in BBC’s and CNN’s editorial positions (‘‘Can CNN, BBC get away with this corpse show in ‘sensitive’ Manhattan?’’ December 30...
- Delivering On Doha's Promise (Economist, Editorial, Economist, Jan 11, 2005)
THE Doha trade round was supposed to be finished by now. When the world's trade ministers launched the global trade talks in November 2001
- The Last Of The Ics Greats (Indian Express, Mani Shankar Aiyar, Jan 10, 2005)
My guru in the civil service is no more. K.B. Lall passed away on January 8, at the age of 88. It marks the end of an era, for he was the last of the ICS Greats.
- Great Budget Expectations — Helping The Economy Take Wings (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jan 08, 2005)
Subject to the considerations set out earlier, what are the options before the Finance Minister? It is a constant refrain of the financial commentariat (the latest coinage signifying the commentators as a class!)
- The President's New Year Speech (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Jan 07, 2005)
The President's New Year speech to Parliament is the Government's manifesto for the incoming year — by which it must be judged.
- Hail The New Textile Maharaja (Asia Times, Siddharth Srivastava, Jan 07, 2005)
Beginning this year, the world has moved from a four-decade paradigm that limited the developing countries' textile exports to advanced nations, unleashing trade worth ...
- Knowledge At Risk If You're Asking What's Var (Business Line, D. Murali , Jan 06, 2005)
Accountants know debits and credits as much as the palm of their hands. But Moorad Choudhry's Structured Credit Products, from Wiley (www.wiley.com) belongs to a different league.
- Govindacharya Plans Awareness Programme (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Jan 06, 2005)
Soon after coming to power in 1998 the Bharatiya Janata Party gave up its "swadeshi" economic policy and embraced globalisation, foreign direct investment and all that goes with the World Trade Organisation regime.
- Patent Ordinance And Reality Check (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Jan 05, 2005)
To meet its WTO commitment, India has brought in an ordinance to usher in the product patent regime. But of the effect on the ground things are not too clear, though the ordinance appears to create a milieu for the IT and pharma industries to grow and ...
- Textile Quota Is Now History (Business Line, D. Murali , Jan 05, 2005)
A couple of days before Christmas, there was a communiqué from the Central Board of Excise and Customs advising Customs field formations about the end of "the textile quota regime" on January 1
- A Retribution For Warnings Ignored? (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Jan 05, 2005)
In less than 24 hours, the tsunami jolted awake the whole nation to the reality of its ill-preparedness to meet a major catastrophe and the inescapably global character of all technology.
- Medicines To Cost More (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 04, 2005)
From January 1, 2005, India has started recognising patents on medicines. This effectively means prices of new medicines and of those made in the last 10 years or so
- New Vistas (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 04, 2005)
With the onset of 2005, two significant developments in the world of commerce and industry open themselves to India. Both are connected with the new world trade order under the aegis of the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
- Stokes: No Longer Apple Of One’S Eye (Tribune, Ambika Sharma, Jan 04, 2005)
Samuel Evans Stokes, the pioneer of scientific horticulture in Himachal, was remembered as an emancipator of the poverty-ridden hill people a century ago. Today there is none to recall the contribution of Stokes
- Data Protection Demystified (Business Line, Uttam Gupta , Jan 04, 2005)
The recommendations on the Third Patent (Amendment) Bill to the Government have got bogged down in controversy primarily due to a perception that once the product patent regime comes in to force
- More Commitments For India, China (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Dec 30, 2004)
The rules of the game in the economic field are increasingly being changed for India, China and Brazil
- Banking Consolidation Must Be Synergy-Driven (Business Line, Manoranjan Sharma, Dec 30, 2004)
Consolidation emerged as a defining characteristic of the modern banking world, primarily to leverage the benefits of large size, expanding and diversifying bank loan portfolios to lessen the likelihood of failure and harnessing core competencies.
- Patenting A Law (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 29, 2004)
The Patent (Third) Amendment ordinance clears the air on one of the most contentious issues in recent years: the changeover in our patent regime.
- Patently Unfair (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 29, 2004)
On paper, the UPA seems to have had a few good reasons for taking the ordinance route to a new patents regime. One, India-a WTO member and signatory to the Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) agreement-could not renege on compliance by Janu
- Prognosis On The New Patents Regime (Business Line, Vivek Kaul, Dec 29, 2004)
THE INDIAN pharmaceutical industry has done well in the recent past. But will the dream run continue come 2005? What are the challenges facing Indian pharmaceutical companies in the new patents regime
- The Trouble With Outsourcing (Business Line, K. Subramanian, Dec 29, 2004)
Information technology professionals in India greeted with jubilation the re-election of Mr George W. Bush as the US President. Their joy was in the hope that the new administration
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