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Articles 22421 through 22520 of 25122:
- Terms Of Engagement (Times of India, B. S. Malik, May 20, 2001)
POST-KARGIL, many people were of the opinion that general Pervez Musharraf was a brilliant tactician but not a good strategist.
- Relevance Of Bush’s Religious Card (Tribune, P. Raman , May 20, 2001)
GEORGE BUSH’S plans to transfer huge federal funds for social programmes and relief to religious institutions on a regular basis have run into trouble.
- Labouring Through The Campaign (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 20, 2001)
Labour looks set for a second term in office. Yet, the Tory campaign has been surprisingly competitive. HASAN SUROOR on the British poll scene.
- Moderation Is The Message (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 20, 2001)
The Basque voters have made it plain: they do not favour ETA's terror campaign nor do they approve of the Spanish Government's no-dialogue stand, writes VAIJU NARAVANE.
- How Not To ‘Maintain’ Separated Wife And Kids (Tribune, S. S. Beniwal, May 20, 2001)
THE decision of the Central Cabinet to abolish the maximum limit of Rs 500 for the quantum of maintenance allowance payable to the wife and children of a separated husband was long overdue.
- Chennai Crisis – Part Ii (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 20, 2001)
THE Centre has exercised its softest option in the unnerving Tamil Nadu problem: to recall Governor Fathima Beevi.
- Not So Kind Hearts And Coronets (Telegraph, David Cannadine, May 20, 2001)
The British Empire, David Cannadine argues in his new book, “was first and foremost a class act.”
- Never Say ‘Nebhar’ On A Sunday (The Economic Times, Raghu Krishnan, May 20, 2001)
IT WAS Judgment Sunday. The results of elections in four states with a cumulative population of 200 million people were being broadcast and telecast.
- Kaliyuga Has A Silver Lining (Times of India, PARMARTHI RAINA, May 20, 2001)
ACCORDING to Vedic scriptures, we are now living in the kaliyuga, the age of Kali.
- Sound Advice (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 20, 2001)
THE RESERVE Bank of India’s advisory group on bankruptcy law has addressed one of the most crucial issues stalling the reform process: the lack of a coherent bankruptcy law.
- Artificial Respiration Made Easy (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 20, 2001)
An Indian scientist has developed a device which makes the process of providing artificial respiration to critically ill and comatose patients almost risk free, simple and accurate.
- Artillery As A Fighting Arm (Tribune, Avinash Prem, May 20, 2001)
AT this crucial juncture where the line between conventional warfare and nuclear conflagration is blurred.
- In An Era Of Deregulation, Enron Corp Woos Us Law-Makers More Than Ever (Indian Express, Bob Davis, May 20, 2001)
Washington: 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 programme. Enron Corp. Chairman Kenneth Lay got it.
- Rebel Child In Mahathir’s Malaysia (Indian Express, Bhavana Vij, May 20, 2001)
Kuala Lumpur: Nobody would ever guess that she is the Prime Minister’s daughter. There are no security personnel hovering around. She drives her own car and talks about sex and condoms.
- India’s Food Revolution (Telegraph, Bibek Debroy, May 20, 2001)
M.S. Banga, chairman, Hindustan Lever Limited, delivered a talk titled “Food Revolution.
- Vision Inc (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 20, 2001)
In a recent speech at Wharton University (which we excerpted on June 20), Infosys chairman N R Narayana Murthy spoke of how his company followed a lofty vision, ``something larger than ourselves''.
- India’s Children: A Report Card With Red Marks (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 20, 2001)
Children: Health delivery systems still poor in rural areas, polio only bright spot.
- Crowding Out, Courtesy Aphc (Hindu, Sajid Gani Lone, May 20, 2001)
THE SIMULTANEOUS announcement of the withdrawal of the ceasefire and the invitation to General Musharraf from Mr. Vajpayee has established an unequivocal relationship between the Kashmir issue and Pakistan.
- You Can’t Be Given Goals By Anyone Else (Telegraph, Walter Bonatti, May 20, 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.
- Yoga Helps Leverage Your Personality (Times of India, R. Venkatesan, May 19, 2001)
A whole body of research indicates that the damage stress inflicts on the body is not restricted to only ulcers and heart disease, but also extends to the loss of immune function and memory.
- Flout Without Falling Out (Tribune, D. K. Mukerjee, May 19, 2001)
THE little appreciated mango and jamun trees provide the only splashes of green in the so-called and neglected green belt of our Sector.
- An Army Of Monks? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 19, 2001)
The Sri Lankan Government is promoting a recruitment drive to increase the ranks of the Buddhist clergy.
- Pragmatism Pays (Times of India, V. V. Ramanan, May 19, 2001)
THE last I visited China was in 1986, in the early days of liberalisation. Now, thanks to a business assignment, I could see for myself the dramatic changes of the last decade.
- Putting Highway Projects On Fast Track (The Economic Times, K. K. Kapila, May 19, 2001)
TRANSPORT infrastructure and services are vital for economic development, as they affect the growth and efficiency of all sectors of the economy.
- Ice For Rural Development (The Economic Times, N. Vittal, May 19, 2001)
IF THE year 2000 saw the hype about the information technology and in particular the ICE — Information Technology, Communication and Entertainment — stocks, this year has seen the melting of the ICE.
- Sound Advice (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 19, 2001)
THE RESERVE Bank of India’s advisory group on bankruptcy law has addressed one of the most crucial issues stalling the reform process: the lack of a coherent bankruptcy law.
- Private Initiatives (The Economic Times, Vishal Nathany, May 19, 2001)
NARAYANA Murthy has made a moral case for software companies to pay taxes like everyone else does, since society at large is the ultimate beneficiary.
- Us Missile Defence Plan (Tribune, R. S. Bedi, May 19, 2001)
IN a major policy speech on May 1, President Bush unveiled his National Missile Defence strategy at National University, Washington. In that he presented a fait accompli to rest of the world.
- There Is No Oasis For The Elderly (Telegraph, P. S. M. Rao, May 19, 2001)
The government, following the economic reforms, has a much reduced role in the problem areas of poverty, unemployment and social security.
- The Loc & Kashmir (Hindu, Chinmaya R. Gharekhan, May 19, 2001)
WHILE THERE might be a significant body of opinion in Pakistan especially among the establishment in favour of continuing the status quo in Kashmir.
- Heading For A Crunch (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 19, 2001)
GOVERNMENT finances have entered the zone of anaemic paleness. Tax collection is dipping, expenditure is soaring, disinvestment is a non-starter and borrowing in the first two months has already crossed the halfway target.
- Balancing Act (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 19, 2001)
The planning commission has been at the receiving end of much abuse and criticism.
- What The Assembly Verdicts Foretell (Telegraph, SURENDRA MOHAN, May 19, 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.
- New Threat From The Taliban (Hindu, T. Sreedhar, May 19, 2001)
THE TALIBAN destroyed the Bamiyan Buddhas and is now showing the world the rubble.
- Aids To Development (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 19, 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.
- Prime Cut (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 19, 2001)
Good sense and international pressure seem to be finally prevailing in Pakistan.
- Hidden Assets (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 19, 2001)
The prime minister's disclosure that since 1998 he has asked for and obtained a declaration of assets from all his ministers smacks of the kind of token ritualism that thrives in our political culture.
- Spaghetti Western (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 19, 2001)
As in our own SAARC, so too in the European Community, economic `togetherness' can often create problems of bruised national pride and sore sensibilities.
- A President’s Pet Phobias (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 19, 2001)
BY donning a third hat, that of President of Pakistan, General Pervez Musharraf has added to his country’s and his own problems.
- A Gentle Way With Words (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, May 19, 2001)
A week before he died at 95, news of his precarious health began appearing in all our national dailies.
- Tax Holiday For Whom? (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 19, 2001)
THE Centre has exempted industries in Kutch from paying excise duty for five years. The Gujarat government in a matching-show of generosity has decided not to charge sales tax on goods sold in the same territory for the same period.
- Scope Of Section 44ad Of The I-T Act (Business Line, Santanu K. Ganguli, May 19, 2001)
THE then Finance Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, introducing the Finance Act, 1994, by which Section 44AD was inserted, stated in the Budget speech:
- Feeding Superman Naidu How (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 19, 2001)
How far can budgets be stretched to please special allies?
- Opening Old Wounds (Hindustan Times, Khursheed Wani, May 19, 2001)
Two days that I would like to erase from my memory are October 31 and November l, l984. In those two days, terrible wounds were inflicted on my emotions.
- The Opening Of China Resembles Japan’s Meiji Restoration (The Financial Express, Robert Bartley, May 19, 2001)
JUNICHIRO Koizumi, Japan’s blunt-speaking new prime minister, made news at his first press conference by actually mentioning World War II.
- No Morality, No Authority (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, May 19, 2001)
Sometimes it only takes a single spark to start a forest fire. Over a month ago, I read that the term of the Press Council of India was coming to an end.
- Will Nmd Affect India’s Security Interests? (The Financial Express, G. Balachandran, May 19, 2001)
The initial Indian response to the Bush administration proposal for the National Missile Defence (NMD) system has been criticised for being too responsive to the interests of the United States, not taking into account Indian security interests.
- Jpc Musings (Indian Express, Rajiv Shukla, May 19, 2001)
It is intriguing that the government was in such a hurry to constitute a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on stock market crash when there was no great pressure from the opposition.
- The Wholly Owned Subsidiary (Indian Express, Sunil Jain, May 19, 2001)
While most respectable analysts continue to spend time cogitating over US President Bush’s National Missile Defence programme.
- Erp Helps In Getting Rid Of Red-Tapism (The Economic Times, Pooja Kothari, May 19, 2001)
THE WORLD Bank had recently invited the CMD of Eastern Software Services, Anil Bakht, to make a presentation and give a live demonstration of his company’s product `ebizframe’.
- Mists Of Kollukumallay (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 19, 2001)
Far from the madding crowd, a tea estate lost in reverie.
- Stars And Gripes (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, May 19, 2001)
Anybody who said the Indian examination system is oppressive had better come to Harvard now — it looks as if everybody has rushed indoors after a bomb alert.
- In Chennai Once, A Sweet Talk With Narayan (Indian Express, Tunku Varadarajan, May 19, 2001)
The famous old novelist, 92 years old, took the box of chocolates from my hand.
- The Bjp Has No Mandate To Rule (The Financial Express, Sitaram Yechury, May 19, 2001)
How can a party with nothing at stake in a fifth of India pretend otherwise?
- Haryana May Auction Prime Land In Delhi And Mumbai (The Financial Express, C. R. Rathee, May 19, 2001)
Haryana has finally decided to “fruitfully utilise” vacant land belonging to the state government located in and outside the Haryana, including Delhi and Mumbai.
- Stock Exchange And The Tax Law (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, May 19, 2001)
THE WAY the Indian stock exchanges operate had always bewildered the Tax Department. Short sales, bull runs, bear hugs and the deer are technical terms beyond the understanding of the average tax official.
- Re-Drafting I-T Act (Business Line, S. Santhanam, May 19, 2001)
THE Income-Tax Act is being re-drafted to make it in tune with the current circumstances. In this context, the following suggestions may be considered:
- `Fixit' Fix (Business Line, D. Murali , May 19, 2001)
MR FIXIT is an adhesive that can possibly fix anything, except, perhaps, the CE Department, Pune.
- The Wrong Medicine (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, May 19, 2001)
The BJP’s nervousness in the wake of the election results explains its decision to turn to the RSS for help.
- Why The Delay In Right To Know (Indian Express, Bharat Dogra, May 18, 2001)
FROM 1997 to 2000 laws regarding right to information have been enacted in five states — Tamil Nadu, Goa, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Karnataka. In addition, extensive work has taken place in Madhya Pradesh but the Central government has not passed it.
- Guilty Of Murdering Teacher (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 18, 2001)
A Florida teenager who shot one of his favorite teachers between the eyes after being tossed out of school for throwing water balloons was convicted of second-degree murder on Wednesday in a case that stirred protests against trying children as adults.
- Missing The Wood For The Tree (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 18, 2001)
The Left Front suffered one of its worst defeats in Kerala last week. The leader of the front, the CPI-M has concluded that defeat was the result of an alignment of the communal forces.
- Chasing A Mirage (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 18, 2001)
IT IS GOOD to be ambitious about the targets for economic growth, but such ambitions must be based on what is possible and not the impossible.
- School For Sycophants (Business Line, Timeri Murari, May 18, 2001)
SYCOPHANCY is back with a whimper. I had wondered where it had gone all these years and missed it.
- Dependent Arising: The Delusion Of `I' (Times of India, Suresh Jindal, May 18, 2001)
THE Buddha called attention to the two obvious and ubiquitous truths of suffering - that all sentient beings are born in suffering and all suffering has a cause - and he showed the path that can lead to its cessation.
- In Poor Fashion (The Economic Times, Sushil Mehra, May 18, 2001)
APROPOS of your editorial "New-Look Khadi" (ET, 16 May), I agree Gandhi was no economist, but he espoused charkha as he wanted to make this weaving facility easily available to the poor in far flung villages to augment incomes. That is still a necessity.
- Oh, For The Rainy Days (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 18, 2001)
But don’t bank too hard on the monsoon.
- Bleak House (Hindustan Times, Prem Shankar Jha, May 18, 2001)
WHEN TEHELKA’S exposure of all-pervasive corruption in arms purchases rocked the nation in March.
- Slippery In Kuala Lumpur (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 18, 2001)
Palmoil dominates the relationship.
- Workplace Don'ts (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , May 18, 2001)
MANY employees with their feet firmly on the ladder of success have found their careers ruined, and themselves out on the streets, for not observing certain elementary precautions.
- Now, Genetically Modified Athletes! (Tribune, Amar Chandel, May 18, 2001)
IF you are an athlete, what are your dreams made up of? Breaking a world record?
- The New Bhadralok At Writers’ Building (Tribune, Hari Jaisingh, May 18, 2001)
THOSE who prophesied the doom of Marxism in West Bengal, led by Ms Mamata Banerjee, have been proved wrong.
- Vietnam: Wooing Fdi And Succeeding (Business Line, Kanthi Tripathi, May 18, 2001)
IN THEIR recently-held Ninth Communist Party Congress which discussed the ten-year strategy for socio-economic development.
- Low-Power Solution (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, May 18, 2001)
THE CENTRE CONTINUES to grapple with the problems of the power sector and now the expert committee headed by Mr Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Member, Planning Commission.
- Moody Blues (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 18, 2001)
LATEST results from the Economic Times’ biannual poll of business leaders show the caution of November last year slipping gradually into dismay.
- Balancing Act (Telegraph, S. Venkitaramanan , May 18, 2001)
The planning commission has been at the receiving end of much abuse and criticism.
- Fci: De(stabilising) Food Security? (Business Line, M. G. Devasahayam , May 18, 2001)
REFERRING to the food economy and policy, the Finance Minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha, made the following observations while presenting the 2001-02 Budget:
- Perils Of The Middle Way (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 18, 2001)
THE CLASH between market and community (has) encouraged a string of attempts, none entirely convincing, to reconcile them....
- Why Can’t We Have More Transparency? (The Economic Times, Lubna Kably, May 18, 2001)
"In an era opened by mistake;
I’d rather sleep than be awake;
Indeed, at times I can’t recall;
Why ever I wake up at all."
- Exploit Outsourcing Model (The Economic Times, Prabhat Kumar, May 18, 2001)
INDIA has built a $6 billion world-class software industry, chiefly on an outsourcing business model.
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