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Articles 19421 through 19520 of 25064:
- Cmp Elements In Sharp Focus (Business Line, Shanti Ekambaram, Mar 05, 2005)
The Finance Minister has achieved the fine balance between political and economic compulsions. The Budget did not have any big-bang announcements. Nor did it have any major negatives.
- Hooda For Haryana (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 05, 2005)
THE Congress won a record number of seats in Haryana. But that did not allow it the luxury of installing a new government quickly, with that honour stolen by Jharkhand
- Giving India Inc The Edge (Business Line, H. P. Ranina, Mar 05, 2005)
The Budget proposals will give a fillip to investments in industry and spur economic growth. The competitive edge of the manufacturing sector will undoubtedly be sharpened.
- Towards A Landscape Of Social Cohesion (Indian Express, SAM MILLER, Mar 04, 2005)
Look today at the urban wasteland that Connaught Place has become after seven at night. It was designed, sensibly as a mixed commercial and residential area
- 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,
- Throw Open The House (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 04, 2005)
Amid the tumult set off by Governor Syed Sibtey Razi, as weighty constitutional and political issues thicken the air, a conviction is settling in: Parliament will remain paralysed by developments in Jharkhand.
- Jharkhand And Bihar: Post-Poll Political Brinkmanship (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Mar 04, 2005)
While the Election Commission can claim with justifiable pride that this has been the fairest election ever in Bihar, and hence a triumph for democracy, post-election develop- ments
- Vendor Of Treats (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , Mar 04, 2005)
Some 35 years ago, I decided that it was fashionable to develop a disdainful attitude towards certain novelists. I was so much in love with Raskolnikov kissing the asphalt on the street and with chapters with titles like
- Walk The Talk (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 04, 2005)
The immediate impression about the Union Budget 2005-06 was that Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram has given priority to the agricultural sector.
- A Poor Harvest For Agriculture (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Mar 04, 2005)
The Finance Minister's second Budget for 2005-06 holds out an olive branch to the rural sector. The neglect of this sector was one of the reasons for the rout of the National democratic Alliance in the last general elections;
- 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
- Failed Harvest (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Mar 04, 2005)
Presenting the maiden Budget of the United Progressive Alliance Government last July, the Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, had referred to the New Deal promised by the Prime Minister for Rural India.
- Maunam Vyakhyanam (Indian Express, Bhai Mahavir, Mar 03, 2005)
The world is endlessly heading towards speed — bullet trains and supersonic planes wherein coffee does not spill and in which a child can “easily make his house of cards”.
- Plan For Regional Satellite Navigation System (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Mar 03, 2005)
India is planning a regional satellite navigation system, similar to the Global Positioning System (GPS) of the United States.
- Poverty And Pride, Side By Side (Indian Express, SAM MILLER, Mar 03, 2005)
There’s a growing international consensus that the world’s megacities must be places of diversity. Yet the South Delhi elite who sweep past in air-conditioned cars ignore what lies beyond their gated colonies
- Royally Unhealthy (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 03, 2005)
Even as the Vasundhara Raje Government was still struggling to come to terms with the criticism after polo player Shivraj Singh, a member of the erstwhile royal family, had to be flown to Mumbai for treatment due to lack of basic facilities in Jaipur, the
- Twilight Of A Pontiff (Indian Express, RALF DAHRENDORF, Mar 03, 2005)
He may be seen as anti-modern and anti-Enlightenment, but Pope John Paul II symbolises heroism and human potential
- The Budget And The Blind Men (Indian Express, Jasjit Singh, Mar 03, 2005)
The defence budget and people’s assessment of it brings to mind the old story of the elephant and the blind men: each perception depends upon its peculiar location.
- Governor's Hand On Soren Crown (Indian Express, Diptosh Majumdar, Mar 03, 2005)
Sibtey Razi ignores NDA’s 41, swears-in UPA govt, rebel Marandi is deputy CM; BJP flies MLAs to Delhi after airport drama
- The Tiger In Front (Economist, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 03, 2005)
India can learn much from China's breakneck economic expansion. But it has valuable lessons for China, too, argues Simon Long (interviewed here)
- Defence Needs More Funds (Tribune, Jasjit Singh, Mar 02, 2005)
At the outset, the government must be congratulated for restoring to the defence budget the sanctity of its key function: that of sound expenditure control and management.
- Enduring Bonds (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Mar 02, 2005)
Financially ingenious, while being politically astute, the budgethas sought to tread new ground in individual taxation, infrastructure funding and the sweep of measures for rural India.
- In Clint Eastwood’S Shadow (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 02, 2005)
Write about what you know” is the advice creative writing teachers used to give first-time writers. One wishes someone had given it a little earlier to Francis Xavier Toole, who died in 2002 at age 72 after just one book.
- A Straight Bat Approach (Business Line, Ajit Ranade, Mar 02, 2005)
Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram's budget is a little like gulli cricket — it has stuck to the mid-on and mid-off, defined by compulsions of coalition dharma,
- Cash Flows (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 02, 2005)
A day after the euphoric 144-point rise in the Sensex that followed the unveiling of Budget 2005, there is some return to sobriety. One set of traders had pushed up prices in their rush to cover short positions on Budget day and another set of investors h
- Budget: The Playmaker's Play (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Mar 02, 2005)
The Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, has become the playmaker that he had in mind. He has delivered an acceptable Budget, which has adopted a holistic approach to growth.
- Behind Trader Resistance To Vat (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 02, 2005)
One of the main factors behind the opposition to the introduction of the State-level value added tax (VAT), arising from trading sections, is that while most States switched over to a
- Lessons From The Poll Verdict (Hindu, Harish Khare , Mar 02, 2005)
The new Indian voter has rejected those political leaders and parties that refuse to practise the idiom of modern organisation and remain indifferent to the demands of good governance.
- 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
- Turn To Page Three. Linger Awhile (Indian Express, Amrita Shah, Mar 02, 2005)
Imagine a cigarette being unravelled. The paper coming apart. The filter dropping off — an ineffectual stub. The tobacco spilling out, in smelly, sticky brown flakes.
- Vanishing Girls (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 02, 2005)
A seminar in Bangalore on declining sex ratios has drawn attention to the low conviction rate of those carrying out sex determination tests on the foetus. According to a health official just 23 cases have been registered so far against doctors conducting
- Day Later, India Inc Nurses A Budget Hangover On Fringes (Indian Express, DEV CHATTERJEE, Mar 02, 2005)
FBT Howls as corporates realise they need to pay tax from April 1 on fringe benefits to employees
- Naxals Kill 8, Mutilate 2 In Ruthless Bloodbath (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 02, 2005)
In a bloodbath let loose by Maoists in Kurnool district, eight men were killed and the limbs of two men were hacked, who are now in a serious condition.
- Tax On Fringe Benefits To Range From 3-30 Pc (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 02, 2005)
Under the new tax, transport services for workers and staff and canteen services in an office or factory would be outside its purview.
- Just A Balancing Act (Telegraph, Udayan Bose, Mar 02, 2005)
This is one of the dangers of the modern media. They will hype a topic way beyond its own capacity and then make the end result look pale and insipid.
- India's Supply-Side Budget Is A Wake-Up Call: Andy Mukherjee (Bloomberg.com, editorial Bloomberg.com, Mar 01, 2005)
Indian Finance Minister P. Chidambaram has amply rewarded investors who bet that he would cut taxes in the face of a stubbornly high fiscal deficit, if for no other reason than to live up to his reputation as a supply-sider.
- Stage-Managed By Army (Tribune, M B NAQVI, Mar 01, 2005)
IT could only have happened in Pakistan politics. A blazing row broke out last week inside the Cabinet of Dr. Arbab Ghulam Rahim, the Sindh Chief Minister. Dr. Ghulam Rahim has accused his Revenue Minister, Imtiaz Shaikh, of corruption and misuse
- Promises Still To Keep (Indian Express, Sitaram Yechury, Mar 01, 2005)
Budget 2005-06 represents a welcome shift from the past, in the sense that there has been a greater emphasis on employment generation and development of infrastructure, especially in rural areas
- A Growth-Friendly Budget (Deccan Herald, Prem Shankar Jha, Mar 01, 2005)
The Budget presented by Mr Chidambaram was cautious to the point of being timid. But the virtue of a major policy pronouncement can often lie not in what it does but what it does not do.
- The Spanish Dancer (Tribune, Sreedhara Bhasin, Mar 01, 2005)
Today when I was getting ready in the morning to go to work, I opened the almirah and reached out to the shelf where I keep my perfumes. My hand touched a rounded white bottle of hard ceramic — Anais Anais.
- Sailing On Buoyancy (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 01, 2005)
While presenting his second Budget for 2005-06 for the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, Finance Minister P Chidambaram had to make sure that he did not upset the applecart of a booming economy and at the same time kept the allies happy by inc
- Embracing Aam Aadmi (Indian Express, S NARAYAN, Mar 01, 2005)
The Finance Minister needs to be complimented on an extremely fine balancing act between the need to push through reforms and to further the mandate of the CMP.
- Here, A Star Was Born (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2005)
Devanahalli is a small town on the outskirts of Bangalore. The town shot into fame the day it was chosen for the construction of International Airport.
- Indian Culture Is A Hybrid Culture (Indian Express, YASHDEEP SRIVASTAVA, Mar 01, 2005)
Jaithirth Rao’s article (‘Our legacy of modernity’, IE Feb 18) raised some interesting points. The role of modernity and its tensions with tradition have occupied architects and urbanists for years.
- Holistic Formula For Growth And Investment (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Mar 01, 2005)
Mr Chidambaram deserves to be applauded for the ingenuity with which he has brought about a dynamic equilibrium in "an inclusive Budget" among three sets of imperatives: Addressing the concerns
- Going For Growth (Indian Express, H R RANINA, Mar 01, 2005)
The Finance Minister needs to be congratulated for giving a big push to his reform agenda despite the political and economic constraints which he faces.
- Forward Movement In Social Spending (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Mar 01, 2005)
Budget 2005-06 was the first major test for the Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, to demonstrate his commitment to the National Common Minimum Programme.
- A Friendly Budget (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 01, 2005)
Mr P. Chidambaram’s is not a dream budget, but he has thoughtfully extended a friendly hand to a large section of society: the jobless, the salaried class, women, senior citizens, farmers, dalits, adivasis, minorities and business bigwigs.
- Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star (Deccan Herald, B P PREMAKUMAR, Mar 01, 2005)
This well maintained temple in Arsikere is just a stone's throw from the main road, and a visit to this rare architectural splendour is richly rewarding
- Contouring New Growth Paradigm (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Mar 01, 2005)
India now has the potential to grow at a high trajectory and change the destiny of over a billion people— one-sixth of humanity.
- Chidambaram, On Balance (Indian Express, Arvind Virmani, Mar 01, 2005)
When Dr Manmohan Singh became prime minister last year, the middle class by and large was very happy that an educated professional had taken charge of the Government of India.
- Building From Brass-Tacks (Business Line, Sunil Mittal, Mar 01, 2005)
With the presentation of the 2005 Union Budget, a silent revolution is on its way. Sectors that are crucial to the country's growth such as agriculture are in for a complete overhaul
- The Bigger Crime Of Crime Reporting (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Feb 28, 2005)
TV News crime reporting and crime shows deserve today’s Oscar. Sansani (Star News), Dial 100 (NDTV India), Aaj Tak’s Jurm, or Sony’s Crime Patrol make CID look like children playing cops and robbers.
- A Pop Culture Coup For The Kgb (Tribune, Peter Finn, Feb 28, 2005)
The intrepid Russian spy, saving the Motherland if not the world, has come in from the cold. Not since his heyday in the 1960s and ’70s, when espionage novels and movies grabbed the imagination of a teen-age Vladimir Putin
- Budget For Securities (Indian Express, VIJAY KELKAR, Feb 28, 2005)
Where do we go next in Indian finance? We have been converting 23 per cent investment into 6 per cent growth. A better financial sector will raise this conversion rate, by allocating resources more efficiently.
- Defence Budget: Some Worries (Indian Express, Gurmeet Kanwal, Feb 28, 2005)
The emergence of Bangladesh as the new hub of Islamic terrorism, the political uncertainty in Nepal and the spread of Maoist militancy across several states, have added new challenges to India’s traditional security threats.
- Feeling Is Seeing (Tribune, A.J. Philip, Feb 28, 2005)
THREE years ago when my laptop conked out, I thought of going in for a desktop. I was weighing the pros and cons of buying a branded product, when a friend volunteered to assemble one for me.
- Growth And Equity (Deccan Herald, J D AGARWAL, Feb 28, 2005)
The presentation of the Union Budget evokes much interest on the part of countrymen, media and the government as it affects the lives of the people. It brings cheers to some and pinches the pockets of some others.
- Work’S A Four-Letter Word For Some (Deccan Herald, PATRICK BARKHAM, Feb 28, 2005)
It is supposedly your most dynamic decade, when you leap up the career ladder as older colleagues count down the days to receiving their carriage clock.
- Pipelines Or Pipe-Dreams? (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Feb 28, 2005)
New Delhi has indulged in two notable flip-flops in its relations with Pakistan in recent days. After initially insisting that passports would be required for travel across the LOC in the proposed Srinagar-Muzzafarabad bus service
- Can Chidambaram Be Santa Claus Tomorrow? (Indian Express, N K Singh, Feb 27, 2005)
On Budget eve, an astrologer rather than an analyst would be more helpful in predicting outcomes. This is particularly so when a new security paranoia has reportedly gripped the Budget-making exercise.
- The One-Man Centre (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Feb 26, 2005)
It could only happen in Sindh. A blazing row is raging inside the Sindh Ministry. Chief Minister Arbab Ghulam Rahim has accused his Revenue Minister, Imtiaz Shaikh, of corruption and misuse of authority.
- Survey This Shift (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 26, 2005)
The Indian economy is on a high of the business cycle. Indian firms are on the verge of a new surge in investment. But you would not know any of this, if you read the just-released Economic Survey.
- Mind Your Tongue (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 26, 2005)
THE Supreme Court ruling that an employee can be removed from service for using foul words against his superiors adds a whole new dimension to the term “language skills”.
- The India Story: Growth Sans Human Development (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Feb 26, 2005)
Over the past two years, there has been a growing optimism about the medium and long-term outlook for the Indian economy.
- Tiger, Tiger Burning Bright: Only In Forests Of Government Files (Indian Express, VALMIK THAPAR, Feb 26, 2005)
The world of the tiger in India is enveloped in a crisis. For me it is a crisis of governance. Inept decision making, lack of vision, lack of field craft, lack of commitment to field protection have all become a part of the recipe that stirs the cauldron
- An Economists' Wish List (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 26, 2005)
If the pre-budget Economic Survey laid before Parliament by Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram is quite upbeat on the economy, it also marks a break from the traditional reticence
- Little Of Promise (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 26, 2005)
Had indeed the ruling class in New Delhi any real passion in pursuing economic reforms, by now Economic Surveys, presented ahead of Union Budgets, should have turned redundant.
- Stirrings In A Hopeless Land (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Feb 26, 2005)
Nobody goes to Bihar too often. Actually, nobody goes there unless he or she has to. No surprise then that for all but one member of our group of Limousine Liberals
- 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.
- Buying Us Aircraft (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Feb 26, 2005)
India has sent out requests for information (RFI) to various leading aircraft manufacturers in the world as a preliminary step to float tenders to purchase 126 multi-role combat aircraft.
- How Not To Conduct Publicly (Pioneer, Hari Jaisingh, Feb 26, 2005)
While the nation awaits the people's verdict in the three crucial State Assembly elections in Bihar, Jharkhand and Haryana, certain disturbing trends in the polity cannot be lost sight of. I have in mind the vicious attack
- Final Proof: Global Warming Is A Man-Made Disaster (Tribune, Steve Connor, Feb 26, 2005)
Scientists have found the first unequivocal link between man-made greenhouse gases and a dramatic heating of the earth’s oceans. The researchers — many funded by the US government
- Focus On Growth (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 26, 2005)
THE annual Economic Survey makes projections that the government often fails to implement. Bringing the fiscal deficit down to 4.4 or 4.3 per cent of the GDP is a promise unkept year after year by an over-spending government.
- A Tip For Pc (Indian Express, R. K. Murthi, Feb 26, 2005)
I wouldn't like to be in PC’s shoes. Not even for a million dollars. "Who is P.C?" a squeaky voice disturbs my train of thought. "PC, my friend," adds the voice
- Sweet Thames Flow Softly (Indian Express, PRARTHNA GAHILOTE, Feb 25, 2005)
It rises and falls, a velvety black spread of silk, with the London Eye on one side and the Big Ben on the other. After, sundown, when the overcast skies turn a deeper shade, day activities are put to rest.
- Railways: Too Much On The Track (Business Line, R. C. Acharya, Feb 25, 2005)
The Indian Railways appears to have hit a roadblock of sorts in its headlong rush to modernise and upgrade technology in all areas, including the vital track maintenance.
- On Unconscionable Dropout Rates (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 25, 2005)
At a time when there is a great deal of buzz about India taking off as a "knowledge-based economy and society," Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's admission that the dropout rate in schools
- Netaji Beyond Taihoku Aircrash (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, Feb 25, 2005)
The de-classified Soviet archives may or may not be the Holy Grail of Netaji's "disappearance" mystery. But why is the Justice MK Mukherjee Commission's access to it being curtailed by not allowing it an extension?
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