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Articles 21821 through 21920 of 25122:
- Finding A Way Out Of The Limited Mobility Imbroglio (The Economic Times, V. Sridhar, Jun 04, 2001)
THE limited mobility controversy has hit a stalemate after the GoT-IT committee gave its recommendations on 27 April and referred the matter for further discussions to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India and the Telecom Dispute Settlement and Appell
- Shanghai-Five And The U.S. (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Jun 04, 2001)
THE SHANGHAI-Five, a forum led by China and Russia, is beginning to make rapid strides as a sentinel in Central Asia. Its primary purpose at the moment is to try and insulate Central Asia as also Russia and China from the negative influences of Afghanista
- Rethinking Fiscal Orthodoxy (The Economic Times, Mythili Bhusnurmath, Jun 04, 2001)
AT THE concluding session of the World Bank sponsored seminar on fiscal reforms in Delhi recently, the governor of the Reserve Bank of India set the cat among the pigeons.
- India-Pakistan Dialogue -- The Hurriyat Loses Out (Business Line, Aravind Sitaraman, Jun 04, 2001)
MOST reasonable people would agree that India must discuss its differences with Pakistan.
- India And Bush Administration -- Beyond Assumptions (Business Line, Giridhar Srinivasan, Jun 04, 2001)
SOON after Mr George W. Bush Jr. won the US elections, Indian observers proclaimed quickly that a Republican administration bodes good for India.
- In A State (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 04, 2001)
AS FAR AS reforms go, many things are disappointingly common among States: The fiscal position is anything but good, the privatisation plans are yet to get off the ground, the investment climate gets bleaker by the day. The list can go on.
- Washington Consensus Revisited (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Jun 04, 2001)
Mr JOHN Williamson, who in 1990 coined the term `Washington Consensus', has revisited the concept in an interesting article in the World Bank Research Observer, August 2000.
- Vision 2020 -- Empowering Rural India (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Jun 04, 2001)
THE ECONOMY may be growing but the environment is not; it is deteriorating. Developed countries have a phenomenon known as `jobless growth'; developing countries have their own counterpart -- environmentless growth.
- Money Talks (Hindustan Times, Jyoti Trehan, Jun 04, 2001)
Policy makers and law enforcement agencies world over have realised that one should hit at the criminals where it hurts them the most. They have thus started targeting the proceeds of crime because making money is the be all and end all for criminals and
- The Tragedy In Nepal (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 04, 2001)
THE MACABRE MASSACRE of King Birendra of Nepal and several other ranking scions of the royal order, including Queen Aishwarya, has left the constitutional monarchy of the poor Himalayan state in utter disarray.
- Turbulence Ahead (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 04, 2001)
CERTAIN RECENT DEVELOPMENTS concerning the country's international airline, Air India (AI), are disquieting.
- Neither Here Nor There (The Kashmir Times, Anuradha Bhasin Jamwal, Jun 03, 2001)
One is said to be fashionable and trendy if one brings about revolutionary changes in ones appearance. If this is the yardstick in politics too, the BJP led NDA government at the Centre, should be the trendiest of them all with a total transformation of t
- From Net To Noon Meal (Times of India, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Jun 03, 2001)
WHEN, last year, I wrote about Chennai's transformation from once conservative village to hi-tech city, my southern friends said I was glamour-struck, writers of nasty letters condemned me as a Tamil chauvinist and academics typically dismissed me. The me
- Waiting For The General (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Jun 03, 2001)
IN THE Valley of distress and discontent, the Government of India (GoI) interlocutor, Mr. K.C. Pant's ``Mission Kashmir'' has been overshadowed by the Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee's peace talks invitation to Pakistan's military ruler, Gen. Per
- After Ceasefire And Talks Initiatives Fizzled Out (The Kashmir Times, Balraj Puri, Jun 03, 2001)
The unilateral ceasefire in J&K state that the Prime Minister announced in November last had fizzled out and its final termination by the May end is only a formal recognition of the reality. For it failed in its primary objective of building a constituenc
- The Numbers Game (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Jun 03, 2001)
ON JULY 17 this year, an army of 100,000 men and women will fan out all over Sri Lanka on a mammoth operation. Armed with questionnaires, they will call at every home, bus stop, railway station and bazaar, and stop people on the streets, even beggars and
- Valley Voices (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Jun 03, 2001)
Farooq Abdullah: I am happy that an invitation for talks has been extended to Gen. Pervez Musharraf. I hope it leads to better relations between India and Pakistan, which can result in a better future for Kashmir as well. I have always maintained that onl
- India’s Pak Syndrome (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Jun 03, 2001)
Now that Gen. Musharraf has ac cepted Prime Minister’s invitation in a very mature yet friendly language, despite the unnecessary verbal hurdles raised by our ministry of external affairs, it is time that all concerned should get their acts together to re
- To The Market, To The Market (The Economic Times, Sauvik Sauvik Chakraverti verti , Jun 03, 2001)
THE SMALLEST player in the free market is the street hawker. We see them on the streets and give them custom, but we never look into how the state treats their profession.
- Will It Happen Here? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 03, 2001)
PRESIDENT Bush’s 19-year-old daughter, Jenna, is in the news because she tried to get a drink with a false ID in a country where no one below the age of 21 can legally be served alcohol. The nightclub owners called in the cops and the President’s daughter
- Divided On A Separation (Hindu, S. Nagesh Kumar, Jun 03, 2001)
TELENGANA. THE demand for Statehood for this backward region of Andhra Pradesh has risen once again. There had been a lull for years since the violent agitations of 1969-70 and 1972-73. But the creation of the three new States of Jharkhand, Chhatisgarh an
- Boring And Irrelevant (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jun 02, 2001)
That 50 per cent of Class X students from the Delhi region should have failed in the CBSE examinations is distressing enough.
- Cricket’s Road To Peace (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jun 02, 2001)
Since it will be unrealistic to expect anything more than a frank, and perhaps occasionally less than cordial, exchange of views on Kashmir — the ‘core’ issue for Pakistanis — during the Vajpayee-Musharraf summit, it may be worthwhile for those at the mee
- Participation At Gunpoint (Hindustan Times, Nandini Sundar, Jun 02, 2001)
They may be the favourite buzz-words amongst the ‘development and good governance’ set but as recent events in Dewas and Harda in Madhya Pradesh show, ‘participation’, ‘empowerment’ and ‘social capital’ are desirable only so long as they can be controlled
- Is A Factory Building Plant? (Business Line, V.K. Subramani, Jun 02, 2001)
ACCORDING to Section 43(3), `plant' includes ships, vehicles, books, scientific apparatus and surgical equipment used for business/profession.
- Convergence In Licensing (The Economic Times, N. Vittal, Jun 02, 2001)
CONVERGENCE in technology is one of the most important features of modern telecommunications. The government has recognised this and is also ready with a Convergence of Communication Bill which has been thrown open for debate.
- Wheat Export Fiasco (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 02, 2001)
THE SORRY FIGURE the country cut in the international grain marketplace following Iraq's rejection of three successive wheat consignments on grounds of quality should set alarm bells ringing in government circles, not so much for the casual, hands-off app
- A Seven-Point Strategy For Growth (Business Line, S.S. Bhandare, Jun 01, 2001)
GIVEN the present sense of widespread despondency, the political leadership will now have to display considerable alertness and sagacity to resuscitate the economy.
- The Problem Of Biopiracy (The Economic Times, Biswajit Dhar, Jun 01, 2001)
ON 1 May, the United States Patents and Trade Marks Office granted a patent to Reliv International for ``Dietary supplement for nutritionally promoting healthy joint function’’.
- Talking For Peace (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 01, 2001)
There is a noticeable lowering of temperature on both sides in Sri Lanka. Although the government has not been forthcoming on lifting the ban on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), president Chandrika Kumaratunga's reiteration of her commitment t
- Power Game (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jun 01, 2001)
WHILE IT is too early to say how the Enron controversy will end, there is little doubt that the situation is worsening by the day.
It isn’t often that a power company stops generation, but this is exactly what the Enron-operated Dabhol Power Corporati
- Unfriendly Bear-Hug (Times of India, Minhaz Merchant, Jun 01, 2001)
IS the Indian stock market today deeply undervalued, as most analysts agree? What then is its true and fair valuation? Both questions need a definitive answer in the backdrop of the current market crisis.
- Kabir's Message Of Harmony, Compassion (Times of India, SARAL JHINGRAN, Jun 01, 2001)
BHAKTI and Sufi traditions of medieval India express the profoundest and sublimest form of religion, one that is very different from contemporary forms of religion which encourage narrow parochialism, communal strife and violence.
- Manipur Masala (Hindustan Times, Rahul Karmakar, Jun 01, 2001)
A POLITICIAN in Manipur (the ‘Land of Gems’), it is said, wakes up a Congressman, lunches in the garb of a regional party, has tea as a committed Leftist and goes to bed thoroughly saffronised, to wake up the next morning as either a Congress, Samata, BJP
- Coping With A Slump (Hindustan Times, Prem Shankar Jha, Jun 01, 2001)
A FEW days ago, the Planning Commission told the government bluntly that it was not possible to achieve a nine per cent growth rate. This year’s Economic Survey told us why.
- No One Loves A Loser (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jun 01, 2001)
OF ALL the losers in the recent election, Mamata Banerjee’s predicament is perhaps the worst. It isn’t only that she lost, she has also antagonised nearly everyone with or near her — people in her own party, her allies in the Congress and her former allie
- Mr Naidu Wants More (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jun 01, 2001)
THE TELUGU Desam Party is once again making demands on the Centre. When Chandrababu Naidu puts across a case, the Vajpayee government tends to listen.
This is not surprising since the TDP stands between NDA’s uncertain grip over power and its certain ej
- Beyond Mere Buying Defence Hardware (Business Line, Prem Kumar , Jun 01, 2001)
OVER five decades of the national objective of `self-reliance' have created 40 ordnance factories, 50 R&D laboratories and a significant number of DPSUs.
- Abandoning Consistency In The Search For Peace (The Economic Times, Narendar Pani, Jun 01, 2001)
THOSE who are addicted to consistency are bound to find the Vajpayee government’s Kashmir initiative somewhat disconcerting. The initiative first appeared to be built around the cease-fire, and then the cease-fire was withdrawn.
- Resolving Conflict (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 01, 2001)
The four standard methods for dealing with conflict situations are: Conciliation, placating with gifts, sowing dissension and use of force.
- The Future Is In The Generics Business (The Economic Times, James Mathew, Jun 01, 2001)
THE INDIAN pharma industry is currently in the midst of a transition. With the deadline for the introduction of EMRs and product patent regime approaching fast, the rules of the game are all set to change. Anil Motihar, managing director of Kee Pharma, di
- Some Light At Last! (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 01, 2001)
NEW Delhi’s intervention in the tussle between Enron and the Maharashtra government is a welcome development. The government wants the Central Electricity Authority to find out whether electricity generated by Dabhol Power Company can be sold to states wh
- Musharraf: From Cia With Love? (Business Line, B. Raman , Jun 01, 2001)
SOME CIRCLES in the US see a link between the recent high-profile visit to New Delhi of the US Deputy Secretary of State, Mr Richard Armitage, the unpublicised visit of the CIA Director, Mr George Tenet, to Islamabad where he had an unusually long meeting
- Oil Bill: Unlikely Respite For India? (Business Line, S. Majumder , Jun 01, 2001)
THE world economy is teetering on the brink of a recession. Japan has for long been struggling to make a recovery but in vain. The US seems slowly slipping into a recession, the Fed Chairman, Mr Alan Greenspan's Midas touch notwithstanding.
- Mai, What Hype! (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 01, 2001)
TO SUSTAIN THE excellent export performance in 2000-01, the Export-Import Policy had several novel features such as the creation of agri-economic zones, to boost farm product exports and the Market Access Initiative. Under the latter, the Government inten
- Neither Here Nor There (The Kashmir Times, Anuradha Bhasin Jamwal, May 31, 2001)
One is said to be fashionable and trendy if one brings about revolutionary changes in ones appearance.
- World’s Highest Garbage Dump (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, May 31, 2001)
IT’S GOOD to see Mount Everest in the news again, and for all the good reasons too.
- The Making Of A Police State (Pioneer, Wilson John, May 31, 2001)
General Pervez Musharraf is working at two levels to consolidate his illegitimate rule over Pakistan.
- President Pervez (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 31, 2001)
General Pervez Musharraf's elevation to the office of the President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is the latest Act in the continuing drama of Pakistan's search for an internationally acceptable and stable political order.
- Memories Of Kathmandu (Hindustan Times, Bhaskar Ghose, May 31, 2001)
FIRST IMPRESSIONS are always the most vivid and last the longest.
- Preparing For Pervez (Pioneer, Sumer Kaul, May 31, 2001)
The haveli in Old Delhi where a certain toddler lived, ate jalebis, played with his gulel and did susu in his kachcha is being spruced up.
- Rough Sailing Ahead (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 31, 2001)
THE STEEL Authority of India's financial results for 2000-01 suggest that the company is well on its way to recovery. Even in the face of a sharp decline in domestic and international price of steel, the company has managed to reduce its net loss by over
- Fish And Chips (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 31, 2001)
An intriguing study of ancient bones of modern humans and Neanderthals who lived around 28,000 years ago.
- Reasons Of Heart (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 31, 2001)
A recently released US-based study of NRIs is bound to set our hearts aflutter.
- Cut And Thrust (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 31, 2001)
It's party time in America. Before this summer is out, millions of Americans will receive cheques of up to $600 each from the taxman - as refund of tax already paid earlier this year.
- Hawking Peace (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 31, 2001)
Whoever crafted Atal Behari Vajpayee's urbane invite to Pervez Musharraf might well be wringing his hands.
- Getting Unreal (Pioneer, Abhijit Bhattacharyya , May 31, 2001)
The Hurriyat is an "honorable", household name today, and its leaders, with or without Kashmir, have attained unmatched status thanks to the media blitz.
- Capriati's Return (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 31, 2001)
Sportsmen saying "No" to drugs has become an advertising platform to promote the good life. However, a sportsman coming back from drugs to clinch the highest honours is something more unique.
- Socio-Cultural Integration Imperative (The Kashmir Times, Dhurjati Mukherjee, May 31, 2001)
Religious intolerance has become manifest in recent times because of the tendency of certain sections of religious groups to violate the principles of civil society.
- Road To Hope, Optimism And Warmth (Pioneer, Bobby Sharma, May 31, 2001)
In a bold decision, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has invited Pakistan's Chief Executive General Pervez Musharraf for talks.
- Punish The Guilty (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 31, 2001)
It is hardly surprising that the murder of five members of a Dalit family in Hasnapur village in Uttar Pradesh's Fatehpur district on Sunday, has sent waves of shock and revulsion throughout India.
- The Road Back For Nepal (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, May 31, 2001)
NEPAL’S DESCENT into despair, anger and turmoil after the tragic events of last week was only to be expected given the high regard in which the late king was held in the country.
- Terminator Technology In Agriculture (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, May 31, 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.
- Neither Here Nor There (The Kashmir Times, Anuradha Bhasin Jamwal, May 31, 2001)
One is said to be fashionable and trendy if one brings about revolutionary changes in ones appearance.
- To Hope Or Not To Hope (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, May 31, 2001)
hope has nothing to do with hype. Compared to the high expectations raised by Vajpayee’s visit to Lahore and the media hype accompanying it the proposed New Delhi visit by Gen. Musharraf, almost a month later, is going to be a rather prosaic affair.
- A Party Adrift (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, May 31, 2001)
WHILE the ruling National Conference, the Peoples Democratic Party, the Bahujan Samaj Party, the Communist Party of India (Marxists) and the Panthers Party have asked their grass root workers to gird up their loins.
- Financial Derivatives Policy -- Time To Show Gumption (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, May 31, 2001)
IF WE were required to provide examples of the impoverishing speed at which critical macroeconomic reforms are conceived, discussed and implemented in India, we could choose four poignant examples.
- Good News For Smokers (The Economic Times, N P Mishra, May 31, 2001)
SINCE the last World No-Tobacco Day, much has happened on the tobacco scene in India. And more is likely to happen soon! If you are a smoker, you may soon have to contend with a ban on smoking signs in government offices and public places everywhere in In
- Food Security: The Need To Get Back To Basics (The Economic Times, Mohandas Moses, May 31, 2001)
THE RECENT conference of chief ministers, at which the Centre tried to sell the idea of decentralised grain procurement to the states, predictably ended in a stalemate.
- Level Of (In)competence (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 31, 2001)
THE RACE for the two posts of the deputy governor of the RBI has begun in right earnest. While the top contender for the post, traditionally reserved for an insider, is not known for his competence the governor, Dr Bimal Jalan, has two problems.
- Blame People Not Systems (Business Line, J. Nanda Gopal , May 31, 2001)
LAST fiscal, the IT sector -- recognised as the economy's No 1 growth engine -- came out with flying colours despite the US slowdown. One would like to see such impressive performance in other sectors such as tourism which, in Andhra Pradesh, has now been
- Well Begun But ... (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 30, 2001)
THE GOVERNMENT has finally agreed to the long-standing demand of the Reserve Bank of India to take over its stake in the State Bank of India. This is a welcome move, albeit more than a trifle delayed.
- One More Kashmir Summit (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , May 30, 2001)
PERHAPS it is appropriate that the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, should have invited Pakistan's chief executive, Gen Pervez Musharraf, for a dialogue.
- Take Them On (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 30, 2001)
DELHI’S traders are as usual up in arms against the government’s plans to go ahead with the Delhi Rent Amendment Bill.
- Misgivings Stay (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 30, 2001)
Mr Jaswant Singh's reiteration on Monday of the Government's stand that Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) was an integral part of India is good in so far as it goes.
- New Twist To Sensitive Cases (Hindu, V. Jayanth , May 30, 2001)
CHENNAI, JULY 16. The sudden and tragic suicide of businessman Ramesh and his family has provided a new twist to the politically sensitive cases in the State.
- The Millennium Round Won’t Help The Millions (The Economic Times, T.K. Bhaumik, May 30, 2001)
THE EUROPEAN Union has been relentless in its efforts to launch a comprehensive new round of trade negotiations in the WTO.
- Tough Talks By The Week (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, May 30, 2001)
Few can excel our leaders in talking tough and in yielding to force, especially when it threatens their chairs.
- Take Them On (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 30, 2001)
DELHI’S traders are as usual up in arms against the government’s plans to go ahead with the Delhi Rent Amendment Bill. And they have come up with a really grand reason: apparently, according to these traders, they have become the owners of the properties
- Sun's Energy (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 30, 2001)
O all learned people, fully realise your conduct towards different objects of the universe, know ye the electricity that maintains all beautiful objects.
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