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Articles 22321 through 22420 of 25122:
- Aids To Development (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 22, 2001)
The chief minister of Andhra Pradesh seems to have hit upon a unique method of measuring development in his state. Mr N. Chandrababu Naidu thinks that the rise in the incidence of AIDS in Andhra Pradesh is the result of its high development profile.
- No-Frills Narayan (Times of India, Anvar Ali Khan, May 22, 2001)
YEARS ago, I saw myself as an aspiring author. And it was in that avatar that I once spent a morning with R K Narayan.
- Where Are The Jobs? (Hindu, C. Rammanohar Reddy, May 22, 2001)
ONE OF the mysteries of the experience with reforms in the past decade is the slower growth of employment alongside a more rapid growth of the Indian economy.
- It: No More Dollar Dreams (Business Line, J. Nanda Gopal , May 22, 2001)
THE loud burst of the dotcom bubble and the disconcerting slowdown of the US economy seem to have a sobering effect on India's IT babus who, till recently, had a feeling they were on the crest of a wave.
- Maoist Uprising Brings Nepal To New Crossroads (The Financial Express, Daniel Lak, May 22, 2001)
I remember reading for the first time—in early 1997—that a violent insurgency by people who called themselves Maoists had gripped the western hills of Nepal. It was an international news agency report, carried in an Indian newspaper.
- Nobody Talks To The General (Indian Express, Sonia Trikha, May 22, 2001)
The Pakistan economy, without being a willing player, is so strapped that General Musharraf will still be President when peace returns to Afghanistan!
- What Happens When Ignorance Is Bliss (The Financial Express, G. V. Ramakrishnan , May 22, 2001)
Ministry of Power ignored Planning Commission’s advice on direct sale.
- A Washington Itinerary (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , May 22, 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.
- For Australian Farm Exporters... -- India Is Big Market And A Bigger Gamble (Business Line, K. Venugopal , May 22, 2001)
THE BANKS of the Yarra river that flows lazily through Melbourne's central business district are home to flocks of sea gulls.
- Diplomacy Of Cross-Connection (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 22, 2001)
DIPLOMACY is a fine art of balancing what is conveyed and what is not conveyed.
- Wto: A New Menace (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 22, 2001)
CHINA has cleared the last obstacle to enter the WTO and it is no good news for India.
- Resetting Federal Fiscal Relations (Tribune, C. Narendra Reddy, May 22, 2001)
IT was the Punjab Chief Minister, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, who had in 1997 persuaded the compatriot from his state, Mr I.K. Gujral who was the Prime Minister for seven months, to waive all the outstanding loan the state had taken from the Centre.
- Jehad Is Bad Foreign Policy, Tell Pak (Tribune, Tavleen Singh, May 22, 2001)
DOES a military dictator stop being a military dictator if he declares himself President? Don’t bother answering that, its meant to be a rhetorical question. Suffice it to say that the ways of Pakistan are different to ours and that is that.
- Signs Of New Thinking In Press (Tribune, Gobind Thukral, May 22, 2001)
SANER voices in Pakistan are asserting and urging anyone who cares to listen to end the five-decade long Indo-Pak conflict on Kashmir.
- Gulls And Frauds (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 22, 2001)
Something must be terribly wrong with a society in which the passion for learning produces herds of gulls and frauds.
- The Failed Swayamsevaks (Hindu, Shamsul Islam , May 22, 2001)
WITH RECURRING electoral setbacks to the BJP in different parts of the country in the last one year, we have been witnessing a spate of media reports claiming that the RSS is not happy with the NDA Government led by Mr. Atal Behari Vajpaee.
- Connect To The Consumer (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, May 22, 2001)
THE ENDGAME of the unedifying Enron saga may have begun with the power company serving a preliminary termination notice to the Maharashtra State Electricity Board on the power purchase agreement (PPA).
- Crouching Dragon’s Hidden Armoury (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, May 22, 2001)
LAST MONTH’s incident involving the US reconnaissance aircraft has prompted security analysts to closely study the report, The US military’s soft ribs and strategic weaknesses, prepared by the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of China in October 2000.
- Airline Disinvestment Runs Into Rough Weather (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI, May 22, 2001)
NEW DELHI, JULY 7. From the looks of it, the disinvestment of Air
India and Indian Airlines has run into heavy turbulence.
- Time For Kutiyattam (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 22, 2001)
Will people’s recognition follow UNESCO’s recognition?
- Bird Song (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 22, 2001)
News that a Chinese mynah offered clues to her cuckolded mistress that her husband had been having a love affair while she was away on holiday.
- Enron Unplugged (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 22, 2001)
An effective dialogue can still save the Dabhol project.
- Winners Are Often Losers (Indian Express, Kuldip Nayar, May 22, 2001)
But will these two women get the message?
- Middle Path Won’t Do For Bengal’s Buddha (The Financial Express, Umesh Anand, May 22, 2001)
It needs more than average political sorcery to revive the state.
- Destination Moscow (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, May 22, 2001)
IT must feel good to party alternately in Washington and Moscow, having faced the ignominy of international isolation for about two years after the nuclear tests.
- For A Friendly Neighbourhood Trap Inspector (The Economic Times, Prabhu Ghate, May 22, 2001)
WATCHING the Tehelka tapes I found myself wondering whether technology had evolved to the point where it is now possible for any citizen to capture a bribery transaction on video.
- Fdi Reforms: Why India Still Lags (Business Line, S. Majumder , May 22, 2001)
FOREIGN direct investment flows into India have remained dismal.
- It Spearheads India’s Changed Outlook On Australia (The Financial Express, C. Sarat Chandran, May 22, 2001)
The Sydney Olympics was not merely the first major sporting event of the new century. For Australia it was an occasion to showcase its glittering new economy.
- New Demographics Force Strategy Shifts (The Financial Express, Lisa Vickery, May 22, 2001)
IN this age of target marketing, there isn’t a group of Americans that escapes sales pitches as each group has its own needs and wants.
- Are We Prepared For Stock Options? (The Economic Times, Samir K Barua, May 22, 2001)
SEBI finally took the much-awaited and expected decision to ban badla and replace it with options on individual stocks and futures on indices.
- The Predatory State...On Video (The Economic Times, Sauvik Sauvik Chakraverti verti , May 22, 2001)
MADHU Kishwar of Manushi and the Self Employed Women’s Association organised a seminar on liberty and livelihood that I was privileged to attend.
- Growth Has Slowed (The Economic Times, Shankar Acharya, May 22, 2001)
ECONOMIC growth is the principal yardstick of performance of an economy.
- Learning By Undoing (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 22, 2001)
Taxpayers will pay for government’s folly.
- Ten Steps To Give India Freedom From Hunger (The Financial Express, Joseph Vackayil, May 22, 2001)
Hunger-free India’ is still a dream. The earliest possible date for the realisation of the Gandhian dream of a hunger-free India, even now, is six years and another Five-year Plan away—in 2007.
- India May Like Bush N-Energy Policy (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, May 21, 2001)
NEW DELHI, MAY 20. After its controversial welcome to American proposals on building missile defences.
- Is Law Different For Ministers? (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , May 21, 2001)
Long after the sound and fury generated over the Tamil Nadu happenings die down, several significant questions related to the incidents will in all probability remain unanswered.
- Pmo (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , May 21, 2001)
A FURORE is raised from time to time against the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) poking its nose into proposals and activities of Ministries.
- An Elusive Defence (Indian Express, Jasjit Singh, May 21, 2001)
India and the US are on a winding road.
- Congressmen Looked At Private Investment With Suspicion. We Can’t Go Forward In The Same Manner (Indian Express, A. K. Antony, May 21, 2001)
There are ample signs already that Kerala will be seeing a more assertive and confident Arakkaparambil Kurien Antony from now on. This new avatar will not tolerate corruption among his cabinet colleagues.
- The Metro Auction (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, May 21, 2001)
Just over nine months ago, a stork by the name of HFCL-Nine Broadcasting delivered a new parcel of programmes on DD Metro. After a successful auction bid, the venture virtually owned the three-hour prime time slot between 7pm-10pm, for one year.
- Mnc Mandarins Run Nda Sarkar (Indian Express, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, May 21, 2001)
PRIME MINISTER Vajpayee is jubilant that poverty in the country has declined. He sees this as a vindication of the economic reforms pursued by his government. But he fails to mention that the same reforms have failed to produce economic growth.
- Another Outrageous Bailout For Uti? (The Financial Express, Sucheta Dalal, May 21, 2001)
Just why is investigating the institution beyond the JPC’s purview?
- National Pride As Foreign Policy (The Financial Express, Shefali Misra, May 21, 2001)
How times change. Remember when America could do no right?
- What Happened To Question No. 15? (Indian Express, Archna Jain, May 21, 2001)
What happened to Question No. 15? The disability figures in Census 2001 reflect enumerators’ bias.
- Unlikely, And Unlikely To Help (The Financial Express, Sachchidanand Shukla, May 21, 2001)
With the slowdown gathering momentum, industry is again clamouring for a cut in interest rates.
- Will Changed Patent Laws Choke Indian Drug Firms? (The Financial Express, P.K. Vasudeva, May 21, 2001)
It is well known that the developing and least developed countries have not been able to abide by the Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement of the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
- Towards Transparency (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 21, 2001)
Institutionalise the system of declaration of assets.
- What Does Us Not Having A Seat At Unhrc Indicate? (The Financial Express, Raghav Narsalay , May 21, 2001)
For the first time since the United Nations Human Rights Commission (UNHRC) was instituted under the auspices of the United Nations (UN), the United States has found itself without a seat in the former institution.
- Cii, Assocham Cut Up Over Denial Of Representation (The Financial Express, Anoop Saxena, May 21, 2001)
If you are somebody and are treated as a nobody, you tend to get very upset.
- Private Outcry, Public Defence (Hindustan Times, Jag Parvesh Chandra, May 21, 2001)
ONE OF India’s current campaigns centres around the denigration of public sector enterprises and the unqualified acceptance of the private sector. During the Sixties and the Seventies, India saw the domination of the public sector.
- It’s A Blunder To Allow Stock Options At Present (The Economic Times, L C Gupta, May 21, 2001)
AS chairman of the Sebi-appointed committee on derivatives, Dr L C Gupta, former member of the regulatory body, has reason to feel happy.
- Jayalalitha As Cm: Undesirable But Not Unconstitutional (Tribune, Anupam Gupta, May 21, 2001)
IN one of the most stunning examples in recent history of the vibrancy of Indian democracy, a democracy that celebrates its presence at the polls as dramatically as it lies dormant during the interregnum between one poll and another, AIADMK supremo.
- Labour Of Mistrust (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 21, 2001)
IT is now out in the open, the growing bitterness between the BJP-led NDA government and the RSS-affiliated Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh. It was on full view on the first day of the two-day Indian Labour Conference on Friday.
- Kashmir Agenda (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 21, 2001)
A motivated section has sought to create the impression that a clueless Centre is meandering into yet another extension of the "ceasefire" in Jammu and Kashmir only because it has no alternative.
- Can The Commonwealth Become More Responsive? (Hindu, Garimella Subramaniam, May 21, 2001)
When the Commonwealth heads of government meet in Brisbane, Australia in October to consider how to make the body relevant to the new millennium.
- The Wonder Drug That Wasn't (Hindu, C. V. Krishnaswami, May 21, 2001)
Diabetes mellitus (the adult-type or Type 2) is indeed common in our country with an age standardised prevalence of about: 2.55 per cent for all ages.
- V. P. Singh's Second Coming (Hindu, SURENDRA MOHAN, May 21, 2001)
IN 1995, Mr. V. P. Singh, former Prime Minister, announced that he was withdrawing from active politics for five years.
- The Grand Bargain At Agra (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, May 21, 2001)
WHAT WOULD it take to call the Indo-Pakistan talks at Agra a success? Depending on your perspective, the answer could be very little or a lot.
- Primary Market May Be Hit As Corporates Shift To Overseas Listings (The Financial Express, Jai Kumar N.R, May 21, 2001)
Primary market investors may face a dearth of good quality papers as large corporates are increasingly heading towards overseas capital markets.
- For That Precious Drop Of Water (Business Line, B. N. Kulkarni, May 21, 2001)
ROBERT CLARKE, in the preface to his book, Water, the International Crisis aptly states:
- There Is No Oasis For The Elderly (Telegraph, P. S. M. Rao, May 21, 2001)
The government, following the economic reforms, has a much reduced role in the problem areas of poverty, unemployment and social security.
- Aids To Development (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 21, 2001)
The chief minister of Andhra Pradesh seems to have hit upon a unique method of measuring development in his state. Mr N. Chandrababu Naidu thinks that the rise in the incidence of AIDS in Andhra Pradesh is the result of its high development profile.
- Tamil Nadu's Economic Agenda -- Time For `Power'ful Decisions (Business Line, N. Ramakrishnan , May 21, 2001)
THE AIADMK is back in power in Tamil Nadu and Ms Jayalalitha has assumed charge as Chief Minister. When she gets down to business in the next few days, she will realise that she has a heavy agenda ahead of her as far as the State's finances are concerned.
- `New Bjp' And `New Left' (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , May 21, 2001)
EVERYONE seems to be talking about a `new' this party or `new' that party these days.
- Vision 2020 -- Lure Small Enterprise To The Villages (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , May 21, 2001)
OUR maid in Delhi is illiterate but hardworking. Her services do not come cheap.
- Brand Antipathies Reflect A Pre-Reform Mind Set (The Economic Times, S. L. Rao, May 21, 2001)
THERE is now a litany for corporate reform and restructuring to make a company more competitive.
- Call His Bluff (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 21, 2001)
IF reports are to be believed, the government has once again succumbed to political blackmail.
- What The Assembly Verdicts Foretell (Telegraph, SURENDRA MOHAN, May 21, 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.
- A Paean To Plumpness (Indian Express, Renuka Narayanan, May 21, 2001)
Take a cue from Devi, women of substance!
- Balancing Act (Telegraph, S. Venkitaramanan , May 21, 2001)
The planning commission has been at the receiving end of much abuse and criticism.
- A Gentle Way With Words (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, May 21, 2001)
A week before he died at 95, news of his precarious health began appearing in all our national dailies.
- An Approach To The Tenth Plan (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , May 21, 2001)
THE Draft Approach Paper on the Tenth Plan (2002-07) has been released for public discussion.
- The Folly Of Comparing Chalk And Cheese (The Economic Times, Mythili Bhusnurmath, May 21, 2001)
THE US Fed has done it again. For the fifth time in as many months, it has cut interest rates, bringing the Fed rate (the rate at which banks lend to each other in the overnight market) down to 4.0 per cent — the lowest in the past six years.
- Why The Slowdown? (The Economic Times, Rama Bijapurkar, May 21, 2001)
THE CONSUMER goods slowdown has been a major topic of discussion, as corporate results have rolled out. It is now official.
- Cafe Tendulkar (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 21, 2001)
SOON, you can eat and drink cricket going by the news that WorldTel is working on a deal to open a chain of eateries named `Tendulkar’s’ in all cricket-playing countries.
- Out Of Control (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 20, 2001)
Extremist voices on both sides are gaining strength as violence rages in West Asia, says KESAVA MENON.
- Blind Confidence (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 20, 2001)
It is good to see confidence. The chief minister of West Bengal has it in abundance.
- Assam’s Lost Decade (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, May 20, 2001)
Any journalist of my vintage would have paid his dues somewhere in the course of a long career. I believe I paid mine as a reporter for this newspaper covering internal strife in the troubled eighties, more in the Northeast than in Bhindranwale’s Punjab.
- Scorched Earth (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 20, 2001)
For the third year running, over three crore people in 30,000 villages of Rajasthan are battling drought. Sunny Sebastian reports.
- Wheels Of Injustice (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 20, 2001)
It is not merely that a chief minister went on the rampage on the weekend in Tamil Nadu.
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