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Articles 2321 through 2420 of 2635:
- Soft State, Soft Economy (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 12, 2001)
Lack of coherence to blame for sluggish growth.
- Doha: Pitching For A New Round May Be Practical (Business Line, Anil K. Kanungo, Oct 10, 2001)
THE DOHA Ministerial Conference is a couple of weeks away. The mood is upbeat in India and similar in the worldover.
- Final Stretch At Wto (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 09, 2001)
WITH JUST A month to go before the Doha ministerial conference of the World Trade Organisation, negotiations on the agenda for a fresh round of trade liberalisation negotiations have reached a critical stage.
- India And Bush’s Osama War (Tribune, P. Raman , Oct 09, 2001)
IT is nearly a month since the Osama terrorists hurt American pride on that Black Tuesday.
- Conflicting Perceptions (Hindu, Mollica Dastider, Oct 09, 2001)
ARE WE on the threshold of Samuel P. Huntington's ``Clash of Civilizations'', an idea invented, nurtured and propogated by a section of the U.S. foreign policy advisors since the end of the Cold War in the early 1990s?
- Draft Declaration For The Wto Ministerial Meeting In Doha (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Oct 08, 2001)
The multilateral trading system embodied in the World Trade Organisation has promoted economic growth, development and employment throughout the past 50 years.
- Imf's Cautious Optimism On World Economy (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Oct 08, 2001)
THE LATEST World Economic Outlook (W.E.O.) released by the IMF is noteworthy for its forecasts that the global economy will be 2.6 per cent this year and rise to 3.5 per cent in 2002.
- Economics: For, By And Of The People? (Business Line, K. Gopalan, Oct 06, 2001)
A SOCIETY is an organic whole, simultaneously active in various spheres, constantly getting transformed.
- Indian Ocean Rim Group: A Watered Down Version (Business Line, Gautam Murthy, Oct 05, 2001)
THE IOR-ARC (Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation), of which India is a member, was formed in March 1997 after a round of meetings called the Mauritius Initiative.
- Is Usa Worthy Of Trust Of The World? (Tribune, M.S.N. Menon, Oct 05, 2001)
NO! And twice No! Because America is a country, which has only one interest: its own. The interests of the world have been of no concern to the USA, although it claims to be the leader of the world.
- The Road To Doha Is Paved With Imponderables (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Oct 04, 2001)
URUGUAY 1986, Seattle 1999 and now Doha 2001.
- Wto Talks: Draft Draws Fire From Poorer States (The Financial Express, Robert Evans, Oct 03, 2001)
Developing countries have voiced disappointment over an outline plan from World Trade Organisation (WTO) officials aimed at getting new global trade liberalisation talks launched later this year.
- Defining Moment For Wto (Hindu, Mike Moore, Oct 03, 2001)
With the successful conclusion of negotiations on China's and Chinese Taipei's terms of entry to the World Trade Organisation, the way is clear for the WTO Ministerial Conference in Qatar in November to formally adopt the texts of the agreements.
- The Citizen And The Faithful (Hindu, Harish Khare , Oct 03, 2001)
SPARE A thought, if you will, for Mr. Amitabh Bachchan.
- The Loss Of Vision (Telegraph, SURENDRA MUNSHI, Oct 02, 2001)
Ever since the terrorist attack on critical targets in the United States, officially characterized as war against the US, a peculiar situation has emerged from the images and words that the tragedy has thrown up.
- Wto And Indian Agriculture: Trading In Food Insecurity (Business Line, Devinder Sharma , Oct 01, 2001)
FOR any tourist, Kerala is an attractive destination.
- Crime Doesn’t Pay! Nor Does Farming! (Tribune, Khushwant Ahluwalia, Oct 01, 2001)
SITTING comfortably in a bar in Delhi drinking rum with water and swallowing pork sausages on sticks, I was introduced to a rich businessman of Delhi by my host.
- Understanding Barriers To Rapid Growth And Employment Creation (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 10, 2001)
Edited excerpts of the McKinsey report that tries to find out if better economic policies can significantly improve India's economic growth.
- Implementation Issues In The Wto (Hindu, Muchkund Dubey , Sep 10, 2001)
MOST OF the agreements and understandings reached during the Uruguay Round trade negotiations are unequal and unbalanced from the point of view of developing countries.
- Keeping Out The Other (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 09, 2001)
A bitter row has broken out between Britain and France over a refugee camp near the Channel Tunnel. Hasan Suroor reports.
- The Internet And Democracy In China (Hindu, Sonika Gupta, Sep 08, 2001)
THE GROWTHof the Internet in the United States has been accompanied by a debate on its emancipatory potential in ushering in democracy in an authoritarian state like China.
- Free Agri Exports (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 08, 2001)
THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS to implement the recommendation of the Group of Ministers to remove export restrictions on a number of agricultural products, including foodgrains (wheat, pulses, coarse cereals) and dairy products.
- To Outsmart China, Se Asian Nations Must Focus On Niche Areas (The Financial Express, Richard Hubbard, Sep 08, 2001)
China’s emergence as an Asian powerhouse does not spell disaster for Southeast Asia, if the region allows market forces to develop export strategies to complement the new giant in the neighbourhood, analysts said in Singapore.
- Reforms Long Overdue In The Agriculture Sector (The Economic Times, Raghuvendra Pratap, Sep 08, 2001)
INDIA'S long-term economic prospects depend heavily on the agricultural sector which contributes a quarter of the GDP and provides livelihood to two-thirds of the population.
- A Decade Of New Economic Policy (Tribune, Ranjit Singh Ghuman, Sep 08, 2001)
THERE was a major shift in India’s development strategy in July, 1991. The new strategy was termed New Economic Policy (NEP).
- A Janus-Like Government (Tribune, Hari Jaisingh, Sep 07, 2001)
AFTER riding high on popular support, the BJP-led NDA government headed by Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee appears to have betrayed the people.
- Shanghai (Non) Surprise: It’s All About The Economy (Indian Express, Sonia Trikha, Sep 07, 2001)
ON the eve of its entry into the World Trade Organisation (WTO), China will host the Asia Pacific Economic Council (APEC) summit next month.
- Why India Should Support A New Trade Negotiating Round (The Financial Express, Pradeep S. Mehta, Sep 06, 2001)
The reverse countdown to the fourth World Trade Organisation (WTO) Ministerial Conference has begun without any agreement on the agenda.
- Watch This Space! (Tribune, S. Raghunath, Sep 05, 2001)
TEASER ads are my “bete noire”. There is something in them which isn’t quite playing cricket with a straight bat and I take particular exception to the tantalising and dangling the carrot in the whole scheme of things.
- Judges In Their Own Cause - Ii (Hindu, Prashant Bhushan, Sep 05, 2001)
IN ITS order directing issue of the second contempt notice to Arundhati Roy for her affidavit, the Supreme Court has said that she has ``imputed motives to specific courts for entertaining litigation or passing orders against her''.
- Redefining The Role Of Anti-Dumping Duties (The Financial Express, K. S. V. Menon, Sep 04, 2001)
The ministry of commerce and industry should be complimented for making available to the public the report of the working of the Directorate General of Anti-Dumping & Allied Duties (DGAD) for meaningful discussion.
- Sri Lanka’s Gm Food Ban Delayed Indefinitely (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 04, 2001)
Sri Lanka has postponed indefinitely plans to impose one of the world’s toughest bans on genetically modified (GM) food, a senior health ministry official said in Colombo on Monday.
- Gullible Consumers? (Business Line, K. Gopalan, Sep 04, 2001)
SPECIALISATION in sub-divisions of subjects such as economics, sociology, psychology and management was perhaps the most characteristic feature of the academia in the latter part of the 20th century.
- Fed On Slogans (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 04, 2001)
DESPITE being a vast country with varied resources, the Indian poor have only been fed on slogans since Independence.
- Silent Progress (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 03, 2001)
EVEN as the political relations between India and Pakistan have turned icy after the Agra summit, there has been an unmistakable increase in the warmth of the economic relations between the two countries.
- Landed In Trouble (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 03, 2001)
IT WAS very encouraging to read your editorial “Legal plunder” championing the forgotten cause of landlords (ET, August 31).
- Miles To Go Before I Wake (Indian Express, Bibek Debroy, Sep 03, 2001)
THERE is a great debate going on about the World Trade Organisation’s ministerial meeting in Doha.
- A Global Manifesto (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 02, 2001)
The chief minister of West Bengal, Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, announced a self-evident truth when he declared that the left would be lost unless it changed.
- Of Level Playing Fields In Usa, Africa And India (Tribune, Prem Kumar , Sep 02, 2001)
A friend offered a formulation: America plus Africa is equal to India. I did not follow it and wanted an elaboration. Was it about the population of India which has crossed the one billion mark?
- Ah, The Sweet Smell Of Poverty! (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Sep 01, 2001)
Forget what Dil Chahta Hai, we’re wired to rubbish the rich.
- Why India Must Go To Doha (Business Line, R. Parthasarathy , Sep 01, 2001)
THE fourth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organisation is to take place at Doha from November 9 to 13.
- Crime Of Food Surpluses (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 01, 2001)
IT HAS taken reports of starvation deaths for Parliament to wake up to the fact that there is a food crisis in the country.
- Wto Negotiations: Identify Interests Not Positions (The Economic Times, Manoj Pant, Aug 31, 2001)
THE CURRENT Indian position on the forthcoming trade negotiations at Doha seems to be the politically correct one: implementation must be on the agenda whether as part of a new round or a continuation of the Uruguay round.
- Why Non Grata? (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Aug 31, 2001)
THE practice of Governments formally declaring certain public figures of foreign origin, especially diplomats, as persona non grata, requiring them to leave the country forthwith is not in evidence these days.
- Greedy Followers (The Economic Times, Anil P. Bagarka, Aug 31, 2001)
WITH reference to the three-fold hike in the salaries of MPs (ET, August 18), where are the parliamentarians who can really claim to be the followers of the Father of the Nation?
- An Ldc Trap At Doha? (The Economic Times, Narendar Pani, Aug 31, 2001)
THE SIGNALS signals sent out by the Least Developed Country members of SAARC last week have not quite received the attention they deserve.
- Facing Up To The Facts (Hindu, Kuldip Nayar, Aug 31, 2001)
THE NATIONAL Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has come out boldly on the side of the weak and the oppressed many a time.
- Weaknesses Of Musharraf Regime (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, Aug 30, 2001)
MANY people saw the Agra Summit as a great triumph both domestically and internationally for Gen Pervez Musharraf.
- Musharraf's Pakistan, Post-Agra (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Aug 30, 2001)
Most people saw the Agra Summit as a great triumph both domestically and internationally for General Pervez Musharraf.
- Rich China, Poor Subcontinent (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Aug 30, 2001)
THE CHINESE prosper by finessing political differences. South Asians stay poor rather than compromise on principles.
- Will China Change For The Better? (The Economic Times, Prabhat Kumar, Aug 30, 2001)
CHINA’S impending accession to the World Trade Organisation has raised huge expectations that the Chinese will become more rule-bound and transparent in their behaviour.
- Bumpy Road To Doha (The Economic Times, Veena Jha, Aug 30, 2001)
SO far there is no consensus on launching a new round of trade negotiations at the Doha Ministerial Conference.
- The Exile (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 29, 2001)
There is a sense of déja vu in the government’s approach to the millennium round.
- Will Economics Bridge Strait Of Taiwan (Business Line, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Aug 29, 2001)
WILL economics drive politics across the 165-km Strait of Taiwan, often described as the world's most dangerous waterway and the last Cold War frontier?
- In The Battlefield Of Doha (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Aug 29, 2001)
THE opposing forces to meet on the battlefield of the WTO meet at Doha in November are now clearly discernible as their battalions have been arraigned by their veteran generals with decades of experience.
- Launching The Qatar Round (The Economic Times, Arvind Panagariya , Aug 29, 2001)
INDIA has expressed its clear opposition to the launch of a new round of multilateral negotiations at the forthcoming WTO ministerial in Qatar.
- Plotting An Economic 'Crisis' (Hindu, Kamal Nayan Kabra, Aug 28, 2001)
IT WOULD not be far short of foolish to turn a blind eye to the effects of conjoint bunching of various acts of agencies known to be working in tandem for the achievement of their grand projects.
- Unity On Wto Issues (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 28, 2001)
THE COMMON POSITION that the South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation has decided to take on the issues that will be deliberated at the Doha ministerial conference of the World Trade Organisation.
- Risks And Returns Of Economic Partnership With China (The Financial Express, Kalyan Raipuria, Aug 28, 2001)
China and India are poised to play a greater role in the world economy in the 21st century, which will, to a large extent, facilitated by their co-operative stands and economic partnership.
- Power Play (Pioneer, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Aug 28, 2001)
Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Murasoli Maran should be congratulated on their bold and forthright stand that a new round of trade negotiations will be acceded to only after the built-in agenda of the Uruguay round has been satisfactorily addressed.
- The Focus At Doha (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Aug 27, 2001)
VERY briefly, the debate on what stand India should take at the fourth WTO ministerial meeting at Doha.
- Rules Of Origin Shouldn’t Impinge On India’s Trade Interests (The Financial Express, K. K. Jain, Aug 27, 2001)
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) negotiations on defining the general principles and formulating the Rules of Origin of products are finally over.
- Squaring A Round (Indian Express, Sanjaya Baru, Aug 27, 2001)
LAST week turned out to be important for India’s foreign trade policy calendar.
- Doha Meet Should Kick-Off The Downsizing Of Wto (The Economic Times, V. S. Gopalakrishnan, Aug 26, 2001)
ONE hundred and forty-two nations will be taking the bumpy road to Doha for the WTO ministerial conference in November.
- Basmati Patent Row -- Focus On Expertise, Attention To Detail (Business Line, K. Ramesh, Aug 25, 2001)
THE row over the Basmati patent is confusing to the lay public and even to experts.
- Winning The Battle, Losing The War In The Global Trading Arena (The Financial Express, Pradeep S. Mehta, Aug 25, 2001)
After 50 years of patient progress and some hard negotiations, the international community has achieved its objective of a rules-based multilateral trading system.
- Doha Meet Should Kick-Off The Downsizing Of Wto (The Economic Times, V. S. Gopalakrishnan, Aug 25, 2001)
ONE hundred and forty-two nations will be taking the bumpy road to Doha for the WTO ministerial conference in November.
- Farmers' Rights: From Laws To Action (Hindu, M. S. Swaminathan , Aug 25, 2001)
ON AUGUST 9, 2001, the Lok Sabha passed ``The Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Bill''.
- India's Apartheid (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Aug 24, 2001)
IT IS no disservice to the heroic struggle in South Africa against apartheid to compare it with the struggle of Dalits and tribals to fight the cumulative injustice of centuries.
- Basmati Patent -- Going Against The Grain (Business Line, Devinder Sharma , Aug 24, 2001)
NOTWITHSTANDING the controversy, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) ruling that upholds the patent granted to the American food company, RiceTec, is in reality a `back-door' patent on basmati rice.
- Through The Third Eye (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 23, 2001)
HOW do you throw out a challenge and ensure you win? Taj Mahal tea can give you some useful tips.
- Storm In Rice Bowl (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 23, 2001)
THE basmati rice patents issue is so emotive that it can lead to a panic seizure throughout the country. There is indignation that India has been robbed of its rightful due.
- Wages Of Trade (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 23, 2001)
The fear that the functioning of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) might turn out to be detrimental to the interests of the developing nations is voiced every now and then.
- Mahathir Proposes ‘World Tax’ To Help Poor (The Financial Express, William Maclean, Aug 22, 2001)
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad proposed rich nations pay a “world tax” to help build infrastructure in poor countries and in return developing countries.
- Fatal Attraction (Hindustan Times, Brahma Chellaney , Aug 22, 2001)
According to international-relations theory, history is shaped by impersonal forces, including the perceived interests of a nation.
- A New Wto Policy (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 22, 2001)
INDIA has softened its stand on a new round of talks on global trade. Until now it was stoutly opposed to fresh negotiations until the commitments made in the earlier Uruguay round were implemented.
- An Economist For A Finance Minister? (Business Line, P. R. Brahmananda , Aug 22, 2001)
THESE days, many economists prefer to express their views on current economic affairs and policies in articles in financial newspapers. Newspapers currently do not report fully the speeches and viewpoints of economists.
- Post Wto-Entry... -- Is The Chinese Challenge Real? (Business Line, S. Majumder , Aug 22, 2001)
THE prospect of foreign investment in India is under threat in the wake of China's entry into the WTO next year.
- Patently Negligent (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 22, 2001)
THE US Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO) decision to uphold the Texas-based RiceTec Inc’s patent on a `superior strain’ of basmati rice is bound to be accompanied by much hand-wringing in India.
- ‘The States Take No Interest In Pds’ (The Economic Times, Raja Awasthi, Aug 22, 2001)
THE CENTRE spends nearly Rs 13,000 crore, annually on the public distribution system. Yet, starvation deaths are not unknown.
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