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Articles 19321 through 19420 of 25064:
- Overseas Adventures Of A Cop (Tribune, S. Zahur H. Zaidi, Mar 11, 2005)
I am on a year-long assignment with the UN, in Europe. My friends back home consider me lucky to be away from the rut. They say, on my return I’ll have a lot of money and great experience.
- Patriarch As Rebel (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 11, 2005)
In one of those classic coincidences that occasionally enliven Indian politics, both the BJP and the Congress are presently engaged in tamping down rebellion in the ranks fomented by regional party patriarchs.
- Priorities Make Clever Politics (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Mar 11, 2005)
Is Jayalalithaa attempting something in Tamil Nadu that should be noted? Is she positioning herself as a Brahmin playing backward caste politics?
- Boeing: Bingo! It’S Bill Again (Indian Express, STEVEN PEARLSTEIN, Mar 11, 2005)
A question that will be played out in ethics classes at business schools for years to come is whether Boeing, one of the largest government contractors, struggling to get out from under an ethics cloud
- Breaches In The Dykes (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Mar 11, 2005)
SINCE the imposition of President’s rule in Bihar —widely welcomed because of its inevitability, given the circumstances — it has been difficult to shake off two streams of thought, an ironic one about the past and a deeply depressing one about the future
- Budget: Promoting A Socially Just Growth (Business Line, Shobha Ahuja, Mar 11, 2005)
The Finance Minister has presented a Budget that favours investment, job creation, social welfare, and rural and urban development.
- Infrastructure Development — Has The Budget Done Enough? (Business Line, Ramakanta Subudhi, Mar 11, 2005)
Attempts to attract private investment in infrastructure development by way of incentives are not enough. Insufficient outlays in successive Budgets have led to poor and inadequate facilities.
- Heretical Thoughts (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Mar 11, 2005)
Old timers who have lived in both colonial India ruled by the British and free India ruled by Indians are filled with heretical thoughts.
- Manmohan’S Brave New World (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Mar 10, 2005)
In a remarkably forward-looking speech recently, the PM argued that foreign policy exists to push pragmatic economic goals and to build a world of open-minded pluralistic nations
- That March, 75 Years Ago (Indian Express, B.R. NANDA, Mar 10, 2005)
At midnight on December 31, 1929, as a new year dawned, the Indian National Congress unfurled the flag of independence on the banks of Ravi at Lahore.
- The Challenge Ahead (Telegraph, BHASWATI CHAKRAVORTY, Mar 10, 2005)
No one would have remarked if they saw a seven-year-old girl working as a servant in the house next door. Only when her employer’s dog bit her to....
- 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
- The Tiger In Front (Economist, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2005)
HOME to nearly two-fifths of humanity, two neighbouring countries, India and China, are two of the world's fastest-growing economies.
- Thou Shalt Not Do What's Not Permitted (Business Line, D. Murali , Mar 10, 2005)
IN the Disciplinary Section of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), the telephone never stops ringing.
- Time To Bridge The God Gap (Telegraph, Gouri Chatterjee, Mar 10, 2005)
With the Page 3 revolution in the bag, will the media turn to the almighty next? It would be a stroke of genius if we could expiate our untold sins and enhance our bottom-lines all at the same time.
- How To Create A New Tomorrow (Business Line, Vidya Hattangadi, Mar 10, 2005)
An oft-asked question about Indians is: In spite of having such rich heritage, an abundance of natural resources and intellectual minds, why we are unable to make a difference to the world economy?
- Funding Infrastructure (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Mar 10, 2005)
Any list of hurdles to the country's economic growth is sure to have poor infrastructure at the top.
- Future Of Books In The Age Of The Web (Hindu, Caroline Michel, Mar 10, 2005)
Books will confound all predictions and survive the electronic age in much the same form in which they exist today and have existed for hundreds of years.
- The Lost Letter (Tribune, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Mar 09, 2005)
LET pundits and patriots gloat over India overtaking China’s growth rate, becoming a scientific superpower and challenging American technological achievements.
- Sex Queries In Pak School Survey Spark Protests (Tribune, Muhammad Najeeb, Mar 09, 2005)
A “health survey” by a prominent private educational board in Pakistan, questioning students about sex and drinking habits, is being protested against and termed “un-Islamic”.
- Unavoidable, For A While, In Bihar (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 09, 2005)
It must appear odd that any State can be brought under President's Rule by political consensus. That events have raced towards such a denouement in post-election Bihar is thanks to another seeming contradiction: the reluctance of the State's political par
- Vanishing Wetlands (Hindu, G. Ananthakrishnan, Mar 09, 2005)
Nearly a year after he announced the Government's intention to progressively "repair, renovate and restore all water bodies that are directly linked to agriculture,"
- Wielding The Chinese Arm With The Indian Head... (Business Line, Mohan Padmanabhan, Mar 09, 2005)
Doing business with China is an art and, once it takes off, can be a win-win situation for both Indian and Chinese entrepreneurs. Instead of expecting the Chinese to invest in India, it is safer and more
- 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
- Budget: Another Political Statement? (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Mar 09, 2005)
The UPA Government is going the way of Nehru in 1951 and Indira Gandhi in the 1960s. Dangling carrots is the name of the game. The government makes promises
- 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.
- Oil A Tool To Achieve Equality: Chavez (Hindu, PARVATHI MENON, Mar 09, 2005)
"Mr. President, what is the secret of your energy," asked a journalist at the end of a long press conference in Bangalore
- Intelligence Demands Distance (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Mar 09, 2005)
Who does the director of the Intelligence Bureau (IB) report to? Technically, the home ministry, but a succession of IB directors have zealously established a special status through ...
- New Ways, New Life (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2005)
Balu came to Bangalore from Tiruvanmalai, Tamil Nadu, a few years back. Farming did not yield enough to support his family of five. So he moved to Bangalore and found a job here as a painter.
- The Travesty Of Women’S Empowerment (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2005)
When the 73rd amendment was made to the Indian Constitution, there were joyful squeals and applauses from women’s rights groups.
- Seeds Of Trouble (Hindu, S. Bala Ravi, Mar 08, 2005)
The new Seeds Bill now before Parliament has several farmer-unfriendly provisions and could also lead to theft of the country's biodiversity.
- For Fiscal Rectitude (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Mar 08, 2005)
The recommendations of the Twelfth Finance Commission (TFC) come at a crucial time when the finances of the State governments are manifestly in dire straits because of sluggish non-tax revenues
- The Time Is Ripe For Indian Idols (Indian Express, NANDITA PATEL, Mar 08, 2005)
Amit Sana or Abhijeet Sawant, one thing is for certain: the reason Indian Idol has outdone similar singing contests is that in transforming a hitherto passive, spectatorial format into an active
- Balle-Balle At Mohali (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Mar 08, 2005)
While the Indian and Pakistani teams slug it out at Mohali, the Punjabis and their many brethren from across the border will have a ball inside and outside the cricket stadium.
- Battle Ground Parliament (Business Line, R. C. Rajamani, Mar 08, 2005)
That a huge amount of money is being spent to run a single day of Parliament may have pricked the conscience of some in the beginning.
- Getting Connected (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 08, 2005)
Wiring up communities with the most modern communication networks and expanding access to computers and the Internet have been central to the effort to leapfrog
- Case Of, And For, Private Universities (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Mar 08, 2005)
The Supreme Court declaring over a hundred `universities' in Chattisgarh null and void has brought into focus the mockery being made of the rules and guidelines of the University Grants Commission.
- Budget 2005-06: Stage-Managed Humaneness (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Mar 08, 2005)
Budget 2005-06, it is claimed, has substantially increased allocations for growth and human development, even while continuing with tax reform and ensuring fiscal prudence.
- Providing For The Future (Hindu, Jay Bhattacharjee, Mar 07, 2005)
Any restructuring of the Indian provident fund system should not follow discredited models. Many powerful forces are advocating changes that would suit them rather than the country's employees.
- Secular=communal (Indian Express, Sagarika Ghose, Mar 07, 2005)
Let's glance at the recent ‘‘secular’’ events in the life of the Indian republic. Congress General Secretary Margaret Alva in Panaji, blithely ignoring the controversial sacking of the BJP government
- 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.
- The Great Jugglery Act (Business Line, K. Parthasarathi, Mar 07, 2005)
Like a trapeze artist in a circus, the Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, had to reconcile diverse and sometimes conflicting needs such as pushing reforms to their logical end and even while conforming to an election manifesto going under the name of th
- Those Reality Poll Shows (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Mar 07, 2005)
It’s Reality TV time and no, we speak not of the Indian Idol final. At the Railway Budget, Laloo Prasad Yadav, in a daisy yellow sleeveless sweater, proclaimed to the retreating NDA
- Nap Time At The Workplace (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Mar 07, 2005)
I promised the salesperson behind the counter in the jewellery shop on Mada Street near the Kapaleeswarar Temple in Chennai that I would be back the next morning to buy the item I was interested in.
- West Discovers A New India (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma, Mar 07, 2005)
For the last few days, an e-mail circulating among professional Indians in America carries the headline: “India: The Next Knowledge Superpower”. It leads the NewScientist cover story on India’s advances in science and technology.
- Join Hands And Move Forward (Tribune, Gopal Krishan, Mar 07, 2005)
THE preparation of the State Development Report of Punjab and subsequently that of Himachal Pradesh by the faculty of the Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial Development (CRRID), Chandigarh, as an assignment from the Planning Commission was a rich
- Budget's Investment Focus Can Propel Economy (Business Line, M. Y. Khan, Mar 07, 2005)
The Budget is multi-dimensional, as far as over-all impact is concerned, and has given top priority to development and growth of the rural sector.
- Mockery Of Democracy (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 07, 2005)
The Union Cabinet has done well to impose President’s rule in Goa after the recently sworn in Pratapsinh Rane government won a trust vote in the state assembly in a very dubious manner with the help of a partisan pro-tem Speaker.
- Arms Sales Begin At Home (Indian Express, Thomas L. Friedman, Mar 07, 2005)
For the life of me, I simply do not understand why President Bush is objecting to the European Union’s selling arms to China, ending a 16-year embargo. I mean, what’s the problem?
- China Continues To Pump Up The Military Budget (Tribune, MARK MAGNIER, Mar 07, 2005)
In a move likely to spur further concern in foreign capitals, China announced on Friday that its military budget would grow 12.6 per cent this year, the latest in a string of double-digit increases.
- Gold Futures: Jewel In A Portfolio (Business Line, B. Venkatesh , Mar 07, 2005)
Budget 2005-06 has proposed the introduction of gold exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Gold has always been an attractive investment because it has a weak relationship with equity.
- Is The Party Over? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 07, 2005)
The political party is dead! This proposition may appear a trifle exaggerated. But, as the events of the last few weeks have shown, it is far closer to the truth than we care to acknowledge.
- Lightning Strikes At Raj Bhavans (Indian Express, SUBHASH C KASHYAP, Mar 07, 2005)
Jharkhand case shows why Sarkaria Commission suggested governors be eminent persons not closely connected with politics, at least in recent years
- Green Signal To Bt Cotton (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 07, 2005)
After prolonged waffling, the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) has cleared six varieties of genetically modified cotton for cultivation in Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan. The decision, though belated, is welcome.
- Hooda For Haryana (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 07, 2005)
If the results of the recent Assembly elections did little for the self-image of the Congress in Bihar and Jharkhand, it was an embarrassment of riches for the party in Haryana.
- Reaching The Soul Of India (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 06, 2005)
Karnataka’s 12th century mystic poet Akka Mahadevi is the source of inspiration for a 29-year-old Spanish dancer who is attracting rave responses in London and Spain for her renditions of Bharatnatyam and Kathakali.
- Of Kotas And Quotas (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 06, 2005)
I recently attended the regional seminar on national tribal policy that was held in Ooty. When I was leaving the venue, a tribal man asked me if he could speak to me. I was delighted, and I agreed.
- Not So Fishy After All (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 06, 2005)
Does it sound incredible when “Prasad” is given first to a dog? Can one think of a lunch with fish roasted in fire served lavishly in a temple?
- ‘We Can’T Create Da Vinci And Picasso Anymore’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 06, 2005)
A chance meeting with Sundaram Tagore during his maiden visit to Bangalore is a pleasant preserve that memory would like to revist now and then.
- Avenues Of Prosperity (Deccan Herald, ABHA SHARMA, Mar 06, 2005)
Until a few years ago, she was like any other “bahu” of the village, wearing a long “ghunghat”, discharging household duties obediently. She could have never dreamed of any other role for herself.
- Centre, Rbi Promise Softer Interest Rates (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 06, 2005)
The Union Finance Ministry and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will work together to ensure price stability and benign interest rates in the economy, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said on Saturday.
- Clinging On To The Ropes Of Culture (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 06, 2005)
Come February and Bhubaneswar is all agog with a unique festival dedicated to the martial art traditions of India.
- Fine Print Of Chidambaram’S Mindset (Deccan Herald, Tavleen Singh, Mar 06, 2005)
It happens that on the morning after the budget just about when corporate India read the small print on the fringe benefit tax I ran into a close associate of Sonia Gandhi.
- Fighting Against All Odds (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 06, 2005)
Late S V Ramaswamy of Railways and his late wife Namagiriammal did not feel miserable when their son was born physically handicapped. They took it up as a challenge to make him able and confident.
- Many-Splendoured Getaway (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 06, 2005)
Kumaon, a land resplendent in awesome natural splendour is a jewel of the glittering Himalayan necklace. Extending from the northern end of the Ganga plains right upto Tibet
- A Career Of Internationalism And A Passion For A Homeland (Washington Post, Matt Schudel, Mar 06, 2005)
When Raj Krishna brought his family to Washington in 1969, people from India were a rare sight. There was just one Indian restaurant and a single Indian-goods store.
- It’S Popping Up Everywhere (Deccan Herald, BALA CHAUHAN, Mar 05, 2005)
In the last one month the State Excise registered more than 20 cases against farmers found growing poppy - a crop banned under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985. Maximum cases are from Kolar (12), followed by Tumkur, Mandya and Bida
- More Sophistry? (Hindu, Hamid Ansari, Mar 05, 2005)
The argument that institutional reforms in the Palestinian structure should precede the end of occupation is pernicious and reminiscent of the logic of colonialism.
- Money For Guns (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 05, 2005)
The Rs 83,000 crore defence budget has seen a Rs 6000 crore increase over last year’s allocation and is impressive in absolute terms.
- Kaun Banega Indian Idle? (Indian Express, RAVINDER KAUR, Mar 05, 2005)
According to the Economic Survey (’04-’05), there are 4 crore job-seekers and 70 per cent of them are educated. Many scholars have argued that the world is going through a period of jobless growth, when the economy grows but no new jobs are created.
- The Importance Of Being A Jat (Deccan Herald, Rajesh Deol, Mar 05, 2005)
The catapulting of Bhupinder Singh Hooda to the post of Haryana Chief Minister in dramatic circumstances in New Delhi on Friday has been welcomed with much enthusiasm and cheer in the Jat belt of the State.
- The Numbers Don't Add Up (Hindu, Subramanian Swamy , Mar 05, 2005)
Budget 2005 has actually aggravated the economic situation and taken the country closer to the brink of disaster.
- Third Phase Of Aids Programme To Be Launched Next Year (Deccan Herald, KALYAN RAY, Mar 05, 2005)
With the second phase of the national AIDS control programme coming to a close this year, the Centre is all set to undertake a thorough review of the programme so that the third phase may commence from April, 2006.
- Hooda Haryana Cm (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 05, 2005)
With veteran leader Bhajan Lal, reportedly done in by a hidden-camera VCD showing him frolicking with dance girls at an undisclosed location
- ‘There Is Confusion In The House Of Democracy’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 05, 2005)
The question is: What is so good about democracy? This deserves urgent revisiting, argues John Keane, professor of Politics at the University of Westminster, because in our times there is no great public discussion about it.
- A Race To The Bottom (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 05, 2005)
It has been a competitive debasement of values in Goa over the last four weeks, with not just the Congress and the BJP but the two constitutional functionaries
- Bbc: Governors To Go But Licence Fee Stays (Tribune, Ciar Byrne, Mar 05, 2005)
THE BBC has been told to stop chasing ratings and making copycat programmes as part of wide-ranging government proposals for the future of the broadcaster.
- Budget: Helping Mutual Funds Unlock Value (Business Line, Pankaj Razdan, Mar 05, 2005)
The Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, in his Budget 2005, has attempted to gear all the engines of the economy to assume full speed.
- Central Asian States — Ii: India Has A Lot Of Catching Up To Do (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Mar 05, 2005)
India should not be shy of proposing and launching bold measures to ameliorate the lot of the Central Asian states and arguing their case before regional and international fora.
- Holding Back Nanavati (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Mar 05, 2005)
Justice Nanavati was asked to look into the widespread violence against the Sikhs which had taken place over 21 years ago and had taken a toll of over 10,000 innocent Sikh lives.
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