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Articles 22021 through 22120 of 25122:
- Earthquake Relief (Times of India, Aditi Kapoor, May 28, 2001)
WHEN the first rains lash the earthquake-stricken areas of rural Gujarat, many people may not be able to run for cover.
- ...And Bad (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 28, 2001)
EVEN as the met department gave us reason to hope, the news on the ground gets gloomier and gloomier.
- Arundhati Roy Talks Bluntly Of Judicial Excess (Tribune, Anupam Gupta, May 28, 2001)
“IN deciding to confront authority, one must be ready for the counterattack — for therein lies the challenge,” India’s greatest poet, Rabindranath Tagore, wrote to Bengal’s greatest writer, Sarat Chandra, in February, 1927.
- Fire In Army Ammunition Depots (Tribune, Harwant Singh, May 28, 2001)
Outbreak of fire in army ammunition depots with unerring regularity, has resulted in great financial loss to the state and caused apprehensions and misgivings in the public mind.
- Birendra's Nepal (Times of India, Dubby Bhagat, May 28, 2001)
AFTER the funeral of King Birendra Bir Bikram Shah on Saturday night, the immediate grief that swept the country turned to formal mourning and a degree of introspection. Old stories were retold.
- Enron Woos Regulators In Era Of Deregulation (The Financial Express, Bob Davis, May 28, 2001)
EVERY energy executive in America would have liked a half-hour with Vice President Dick Cheney as he fashioned the Bush administration’s national energy program.
- Imd Lacks Confidence In Predicting Normal Rains In Drought-Hit Regions (The Financial Express, Ashok B Sharma, May 28, 2001)
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has not been able to predict with confidence the possibility of a normal rainfall in the drought affected regions of the country in its recent long-range forecast for the current year’s southwest monsoon.
- Slip Through Legal Loopholes (Telegraph, Basudev Ray, May 28, 2001)
J. Jayalalitha is believed to have remarked a few days ago that she wants corruption cases against her to be handled firmly and that her immediate task would be to probe the charges of corruption against M. Karunanidhi’s son, M.K. Stalin.
- Kerala Has No Choice But To Adopt Austerity Measures (The Financial Express, P Vinod Kumar, May 28, 2001)
THE proof of the pudding lies in eating it. And the billion dollar question nagging Keralites is: will Arakkaparmbil Kurian Antony, the ‘Mr Clean’ of Kerala politics, drop his favourite ‘simplicity for publicity’ gestures and be brave enough to bite the r
- Threatened By The Economics Of Sheer Scale (Telegraph, RAHUL GHOSH, May 28, 2001)
With the quantitative restrictions on imports lifted on 715 articles, Indian industry is presently going through a rough phase.
- Poverty Is Good Business (The Financial Express, Ravi Kapoor, May 28, 2001)
What if there were no poor people in India? Well, there would be many to mourn the thriving poverty sector. The mourners would include politicians of various ideological persuasions, countless bureaucrats, representatives of myriad philanthropic agencies
- Defusing Dabhol (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 28, 2001)
In the present brouhaha over the Dabhol power project, it's all too easy to lose sight of one fact: there is life beyond Enron.
- The Rise And Decline Of The Hindu Rate Of Growth (The Financial Express, R.K. Roy, May 28, 2001)
The finance minister has been thinking aloud: GDP growth in 1999-2000 may turn out to be less than estimated (6.1 per cent) because of a decline in foodgrain output. CSO is slated to come out with a revised GDP estimate. The finance minister is keeping hi
- This Is Not Submissiveness (Telegraph, BRIJESH D. JAYAL, May 28, 2001)
The American president, George W. Bush, chose an address to the National Defence University in Washington to unveil his administration’s plans for the Nuclear Missile Defence shield.
- Shoring Up State Finances (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 28, 2001)
THE TIME HAS come to take politics out of State finances. As the new Tamil Nadu Government, headed by Ms. Jayalalitha, sets out to present its White Paper on the State's finances, it will do well to go about the task in a measured and apolitical manner, b
- The Devil’s In The Numbers (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 28, 2001)
Just how bad is the slowdown? Even as the media gets inundated with conflicting projections on the impact of the US slowdown on the Indian software industry, it is hard to separate a skein of sense from all the noise around the slowdown.
- Wrong End Of The Stick (Hindustan Times, Ravi Visvesvaraya Prasad, May 28, 2001)
India is fast emerging as a major production centre for cyberpornography. Today there are over 18,000 pornographic websites featuring Indians, up from only 4,000 at the beginning of 2001. At least 25 Indian sites feature in the top 500 list of most-visite
- Poaching On States’ Power (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 28, 2001)
IT would appear that the Group of Ministers (GoM) which authored an elaborate paper on internal security, had landed from Mars only a few weeks back. Otherwise, it would not have raked up a heated controversy which has remained dormant for some years now.
- All The World In A Basket! (Times of India, Deepak Hiranandani, May 28, 2001)
A basket, that common object of daily use, can powerfully affect the senses and mind - somewhat as the contemplation of a grain of sand can lead to insights on the nature of the world.
- The Return Of Intifada (Times of India, Sujata Ashwarya Cheema, May 28, 2001)
INTIFADA II, or al-Aqsa intifada, as the current Palestinian protests in the West Bank and Gaza Strip are popularly called, is the most serious uprising in the history of the Palestinian resistance movement against the Israeli occupation.
- Blind Confidence (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 27, 2001)
It is good to see confidence. The chief minister of West Bengal has it in abundance.
- Agra: A Failure Foretold (Hindu, Harish Khare , May 27, 2001)
NEW DELHI, JULY 17. Just before the Pakistan President, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, arrived in India, one of the intelligence agencies was asked to produce a psychological profile.
- Swadeshi Gives Way To The Reforms Juggernaut (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 27, 2001)
It is becoming clear that the Vajpayee Government will go ahead with its reforms agenda. All that the SJM, the BMS and the RSS can do is raise a shindy, reports Neena Vyas.
- The Mountains Of My Life (Telegraph, Walter Bonatti, May 27, 2001)
Walter Bonatti’s The Mountains of My Life gathers, for the first time in English, the extraordinary writings of one of the world’s greatest mountaineers.
- Still Taxiing (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 27, 2001)
INDIAN Airlines has, for once, provided a different colour to the familiar story of public sector companies steadily ceding market share to the private sector.
- Stalled At Cannes! (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 27, 2001)
I&B minister Sushma Swaraj has justified her visit to the Cannes film festival by noting that the Indian pavilion set up there for the first time has done Rs one crore worth of business even if there were no Indian entries at the festival.
- Tourism Market: A Case Of Unequal Exchange (The Economic Times, Madhu Suri, May 27, 2001)
ALARM bells should ring in the corridors of the Union finance ministry.
- Islamabad Signals (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 27, 2001)
The significance of general Musharraf's exclusive interview to this paper cannot be overstated, containing as it does refreshing new departures from earlier Pakistani formulations.
- Know Your Nature To Live Joyously (Times of India, A. S. Negi, May 27, 2001)
A zen master in Japan had two monks as his disciples. One day he asked one of them to observe fast for three days but he did not say anything to the other.
- Uncivil Rites (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 27, 2001)
To Indira Gandhi goes the dubious credit of lending to Indian political discourse the paranoid rhetoric of the `foreign hand', a spectre that has regrettably survived her.
- Trouble In Telangana (Indian Express, K. Ramakrishna, May 27, 2001)
Until a couple of months, Chandrababu Naidu seemed to have little trouble in his state.
- Not So Kind Hearts And Coronets (Telegraph, David Cannadine, May 27, 2001)
The British Empire, David Cannadine argues in his new book, “was first and foremost a class act.”
- India’s Food Revolution (Telegraph, Bibek Debroy, May 27, 2001)
M.S. Banga, chairman, Hindustan Lever Limited, delivered a talk titled “Food Revolution.
- Agra: A Failure Foretold (Hindu, Harish Khare , May 27, 2001)
NEW DELHI, JULY 17. Just before the Pakistan President, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, arrived in India, one of the intelligence agencies was asked to produce a psychological profile.
- Silly As A Wheel (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 27, 2001)
``Re-inventing the wheel'' may well be the patented practice of out-of-work politicians and career-minded mandarins.
- The Fall Guys (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 27, 2001)
The race for the top job at Unit Trust of India is on, and in many ways, it epitomises much of what has gone wrong with the Trust over the years.
- The Promise Of Equality (Hindu, Andre Beteille , May 27, 2001)
IN THE past, Indian society was unique in the extremes to which it carried the principle and practice of inequality; today Indian intellectuals appear unique in their zeal for promoting the adoption of equality in every sphere of society.
- On Changing The Course Of History (Tribune, M.S.N. Menon, May 27, 2001)
A World Bank report says that South Asia is the poorest region of the world. It was the richest for two thousand years. Who is responsible for its present debacle? Pakistan.
- Beijing's Triumph And Challenge (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 27, 2001)
FROM THE TIME of the ancient Olympics, politics and sport - always deemed to be far apart with little in common by the idealists - have indeed mixed with explosive effect.
- Using Police As Cms’ Private Army (Tribune, Hari Jaisingh, May 27, 2001)
THE barbaric show put up by the police in Chennai in the wee hours of last Saturday at the prompting of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalitha carries far darker shades than we saw during the 1975 Emergency.
- Fiscal Reform (Hindu, Amaresh Bagchi, May 27, 2001)
WHILE FEW would disagree that the economic reforms of the 1990s have changed the face of India, one area where reform efforts have stumbled and apparently fallen flat is in the fiscal sector.
- Let Them Have Temples! (Tribune, Abu Abraham, May 27, 2001)
A combination of missile technology and spirituality (our ancient remedy for all the ills of mankind) seems to be the driving force of our nation. Or at least that’s what I think.
- Two Steps Backward (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 27, 2001)
There are distressing signs that India and Pakistan are both upping the ante ahead of the forthcoming summit between general Musharraf and prime minister Vajpayee.
- How To Prevent Female Foeticide (Tribune, K.B. SAHAY, May 27, 2001)
EVER since the publication of the Census 2001 Provisional Report highlighting the decline in the child (0-6 years) sex-ratio from 945 in 1991 to 927 female child per 1000 male child in 2001.
- Saving Trust Of Uti (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 27, 2001)
OPERATION Salvage has started in the UTI with the virtual sacking of chairman P.S. Subramaniam as a prelude to revamping the board of trustees. Now the government proposes to have a nominee as it used to have until the mid-nineties.
- Preparing For Agra (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 27, 2001)
BOTH India and Pakistan are making the right moves to ensure that the mood even after the July 14 Agra Summit remains that of love and bonhomie.
- The Elusive Extra Mile To Peace (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 27, 2001)
A `POSITIVE' SPIN preferred by India to explain the slow collapse of the Agra summit.
- Home Ministry’s Order Is A Throwback To The Stalinist Era (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 26, 2001)
Explosions in ammunition dumps show MoD in a bad light.
- Unmollified Manipur (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 26, 2001)
IN its desperate search for a quick fix, the Centre has taken one half-step to muddy the Manipur situation.
- Play Straight (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 26, 2001)
Former British metropolitan police commissioner Paul Condon's findings on corruption in cricket, made public a few days ago, have failed to reveal anything more than what we already know.
- Valley’s Own Voice (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 26, 2001)
Agha Shahid Ali is an unusually gifted poet from Srinagar. He is now settled in the United States and is teaching creative writing in the University of Massachussetts.
- A Primer On Religion And Politics From Koizumi, Bush (Indian Express, S. Gurumurthi , May 26, 2001)
THE West is stunned. Almost the first act of Junichiro Koizumi, the newly elected Prime Minister of Japan was to announce that he would officially worship at the Yasukuni Shrine in central Tokyo, on August 15.
- A Gentle Way With Words (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, May 26, 2001)
A week before he died at 95, news of his precarious health began appearing in all our national dailies.
- Paying The Price (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, May 26, 2001)
THE DEMANDS OF coalition politics are understandable. But why should governance go for a toss?
- Aids To Development (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 26, 2001)
The chief minister of Andhra Pradesh seems to have hit upon a unique method of measuring development in his state.
- What The Assembly Verdicts Foretell (Telegraph, SURENDRA MOHAN, May 26, 2001)
The assembly elections for the states of Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and the Union territory of Pondicherry have caused great joy within the Congress.
- There Is No Oasis For The Elderly (Telegraph, P. S. M. Rao, May 26, 2001)
The government, following the economic reforms, has a much reduced role in the problem areas of poverty, unemployment and social security.
- Gulls And Frauds (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 26, 2001)
Something must be terribly wrong with a society in which the passion for learning produces herds of gulls and frauds.
- Uncivil Rites (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 26, 2001)
To Indira Gandhi goes the dubious credit of lending to Indian political discourse the paranoid rhetoric of the `foreign hand', a spectre that has regrettably survived her.
- Subcontinental Reality (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 26, 2001)
Economic development, not bigotry, can bring peace.
- A Washington Itinerary (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , May 26, 2001)
When Brajesh Mishra, national security adviser and principal secretary to the prime minister, walked into the Central Intelligence Agency’s headquarters near Washington a few days ago for his scheduled.
- Muslim Rishis Of Kashmir (Hindu, Gail Omvedt , May 26, 2001)
WITH THE heads of two antagonistic states having met in Agra, a limping but absolutely necessary and extended process of dialogue is going on.
- The System Is Complicit, Not Paralysed (The Financial Express, Jagadish Shettigar, May 26, 2001)
The JPC must nail the institutions that are implicated in the stockmarket scam.
- Who Won The Banana Dispute? (The Financial Express, Pradeep S. Mehta, May 26, 2001)
Last month, the eight-year old EC-US banana dispute came to a swift end with the signing of a bilateral agreement between the two parties.
- Dogfight Over Privatisation (Indian Express, Sunil Jain, May 26, 2001)
IN retrospect, it was too good to be true, the surrender too abject to be real. After his dogged resistance to privatising Air-India, suddenly aviation minister Sharad Yadav appeared to give in.
- A Bold Turnaround (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, May 26, 2001)
Resuming the bus ride to Pakistan.
- Mrigendu’s Choice (Indian Express, M. Gopal, May 26, 2001)
POLLUTION is a word I had the pleasure of not hearing for the first two decades of my existence. Not in my village where I grew up, not in the town where I studied.
- Will: Going Round In Loops (Business Line, H. Kaushal , May 26, 2001)
NEVER has a telecom issue kicked up so much dust as the case of limited mobility through wireless-in-local-loop (WiLL).
- Everyone A Spy (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 26, 2001)
Home ministry’s order is a throwback to the Stalinist era.
- A Mess Called Dvb (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 26, 2001)
Expect more power tariff hikes, unless Delhi reforms.
- 34 Years On, Liberation Is Spilt Wide Open (Indian Express, Arun Srivastava, May 26, 2001)
ON May 25 34 years ago, India witnessed a twist in the traditional communist line.
- Karunakaran Promises To Give Cochin Airport New Lease Of Life (The Financial Express, Ajayan Menon, May 26, 2001)
THE return of the United Democratic Front to power in Kerala and recent utterances by Congress leader K Karunakaran appear to be signals of giving a new thrust to activities at the Cochin International Airport at Nedumbassery.
- Institutional Reforms To Boost China’s Technology (The Financial Express, Kenneth J DeWoskin, May 26, 2001)
FROM the beginning of China’s opening to the outside world, and launch of economic reforms in the late 1970s, the acquisition and proliferation of science and technology have been durable principles of national policy.
- Banks And Fis Want Enron To Continue In Their Own Interest (The Financial Express, Raghu Mohan, May 26, 2001)
Lenders to the Dabhol Power Company (DPC) are, indeed, a curiously divided lot. Offshore bankers, cushioned by a sovereign guarantee, are all for the termination of the project.
- A Reversal Of Tactics With Pakistan (The Financial Express, Inder Malhotra, May 26, 2001)
Let us cut out the spin both sides are putting on it and look dispassionately at the main features of Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s sudden and dramatic initiative to invite Pakistan’s military ruler, General Pervez Musharraf, for talks in Delhi.
- Balancing Act (Telegraph, S. Venkitaramanan , May 26, 2001)
The planning commission has been at the receiving end of much abuse and criticism.
- Principle Of Discounting Given The Go-By? (Business Line, K. Ramesh, May 26, 2001)
THE Supreme Court is expected to have the last word in settling an issue.
- Tourism Market: A Case Of Unequal Exchange (The Economic Times, Madhu Suri, May 26, 2001)
ALARM bells should ring in the corridors of the Union finance ministry.
- Gm Revolution Vs Languid Government Policies (Business Line, Gurumurti Natarajan, May 26, 2001)
GENETIC modifications and the selection of favourable traits have been the fountainhead of agricultural advancement over thousands of years.
- The Filmy Chakkar (Tribune, K.J.S. Chatrath, May 26, 2001)
IT was hardly two months since I returned to Bhubaneswar after my last, long and lazy trip in the Garhwal Himalayas.
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