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Articles 9521 through 9620 of 11444:
- Towards That Elusive Understanding (Hindu, Javed M. Ansari , Dec 02, 2001)
Caution is the buzzword on the Left-sponsored Opposition unity moves.
- A Matter Of National Security (Tribune, S. K. Datta, Dec 02, 2001)
THE debate on the Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance (POTO) has been politicised.
- Terrorism As Election Fodder (Tribune, M. G. Devasahayam , Dec 02, 2001)
WITH the crucial elections to Uttar Pradesh and Punjab assemblies and the Mumbai and Delhi Municipal Corporations, fast approaching, the BJP has been on a hyperactive mode searching for issues that can enthuse people to vote for them.
- Benazir Awaits Third Chance (Tribune, Rakshat Puri, Dec 02, 2001)
TO judge from the various statements she has made, Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Benazir Bhutto’s views appear to represent the views of the “silent majority” in Pakistan.
- Osama Will Soon Be Forgotten (Tribune, Abu Abraham, Dec 02, 2001)
IT was all over before you could say ‘Osama bin Laden’. Or so it would seem. The rout of the Taliban and the fall of Kabul, followed by Kandahar and Jalalabad, came suddenly and unexpectedly.
- Education As Fundamental Right (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 01, 2001)
NOW THAT THE Lok Sabha has passed the 93rd Constitution Amendment, the desire to have the Right to Education (up to the upper primary stage) as a Fundamental Right guaranteed by the Constitution is closer to becoming a reality.
- The Taliban's Strategy (Hindu, Suba Chandran, Dec 01, 2001)
The success or failure of the Taliban would depend on how fast a broad-based Government is established in Afghanistan.
- The American Crisis Of Understanding (Tribune, Darshan Singh Maini, Dec 01, 2001)
IN a lighter vein, so characteristic of Mark Twain, the American anti-Establishment writer remarked: “It was wonderful to find America, but it would have been more wonderful to miss it”.
- Education As Fundamental Right (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 01, 2001)
NOW THAT THE Lok Sabha has passed the 93rd Constitution Amendment, the desire to have the Right to Education (up to the upper primary stage) as a Fundamental Right guaranteed by the Constitution is closer to becoming a reality.
- Nepal: Development Can End Maoism (Indian Express, Aravinda Rao, Dec 01, 2001)
NEPAL’S ruling dispensation has proclaimed an emergency as well as issued the Terrorist and Destructive Activities (Control and Punishment) Ordinance in order to contain the violence in the country.
- The Taliban's Strategy (Hindu, Suba Chandran, Dec 01, 2001)
The success or failure of the Taliban would depend on how fast a broad-based Government is established in Afghanistan.
- Education: State's Role (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Dec 01, 2001)
IN the normal course, Wednesday should have been a red-letter day in the nation's calendar as, on that day, the Lok Sabha passed the Constitutional amendment making education for children in the 6-15 age group a fundamental right.
- Hitting Consumers Below The Belt? (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Nov 30, 2001)
CHENNAI, NOV. 29. Viewed from any angle, Wednesday's revenue- raising exercise, which involved fresh levies and savings to the tune of over Rs. 4,000 crores, has been described as the ``real budget'' of the AIADMK regime.
- Reading It Right (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 30, 2001)
A Constitution bristling with fundamental rights is not always a guarantee of equity and peace.
- Writing Off Quality (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 30, 2001)
Parliament has tripped on good intentions once again — to immeasurable detriment to India’s children and, by extension, the country’s tomorrows.
- Enforce Poto Before It's Too Late (Business Line, B. Raman , Nov 30, 2001)
THE need to provide the police and the counter-terrorism (CT) agencies with adequate powers, if necessary through special legislation.
- A Policy On Illiteracy (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 30, 2001)
WAY back in 1950, the Constitution solemnly promised to make education up to the age of 14 “universal and compulsory”.
- Textbooks And Communalism (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Nov 30, 2001)
Manipulating textbooks for children is unacceptable. India has suffered enough communalism. Leave textbooks alone.
- A Twister In The Tale (Business Line, Peter Bartram, Nov 29, 2001)
WHATS the weather like? This may sound like a casual enquiry now, but it could become a loaded question over the next few years.
- Man Behind The Iron Bars (Telegraph, MADHUSHREE C. BHOWMIK, Nov 29, 2001)
Barely two days before Laloo Prasad Yadav’s ill-fated journey to Jharkhand, a soothsayer near the Patna bus-stand predicted doom.
- Pm And Parivar’s Agenda (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Nov 29, 2001)
There is nothing secret about the “secret” of the survival, over the last 44 months, of the fractious and depressingly ineffectual 24-party ruling coalition, grandiosely called the National Democratic Alliance (NDA).
- Back To Square One In Nepal (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 29, 2001)
The recrudescence of violence perpetrated by Maoist guerrillas in Nepal that claimed the lives of over 250 people in the last four days.
- Politics And Terror In Nepal (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 29, 2001)
THE INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENT seems to have encouraged the Nepalese Government to take a stern view of the Maoist rebels of the Himalayan kingdom at the present moment.
- Bring Them To Book (Business Line, S. Murlidharan , Nov 29, 2001)
SECTION 227(1A) of the Companies Act, 1956 calls upon the auditor of a company to affirm whether cash has indeed been received where shares have been proclaimed to have been allotted for cash.
- Shed Excess Baggage (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 29, 2001)
The former chief minister of West Bengal, Jyoti Basu, complained in public before the last assembly elections that he was not posted with developments on the law and order front in the Midnapore-Hooghly-Bankura belt at an appropriate time.
- Religious Intolerance A La Taliban Will Not Work In Today’s World (The Financial Express, Kuldip Nayar, Nov 29, 2001)
Comparisons are odious. Still the defeat of the Taliban may have as much effect on the world, particularly on countries neighbouring Afghanistan, as the September 11 carnage had on America and the West.
- Laloo's Gimmicks (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 29, 2001)
BY ORCHESTRATING THE public display of mass following and gathering a crowd around the CBI Special Court premises in Ranchi, the RJD chief and former Bihar Chief Minister, Mr. Laloo Prasad Yadav, has only confirmed his customary brazen behaviour.
- Salaries That Are Hard To Swallow (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Nov 29, 2001)
While much of what is happening these days in New Delhi is believed to be influenced by the impending elections in Uttar Pradesh, the news from Lucknow is about a funny legal dilemma suddenly faced by the BJP MLAs.
- Mcdonald’S Must Eat Words In Mcchina Name Battle (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Nov 29, 2001)
LONDON: McDonald’s Corp, the world’s largest restaurant company, on Tuesday lost a legal bid to stop a British-based restaurateur from using the name “McChina”.
- Necessary Evil (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 28, 2001)
Other than policy changes, budgets are about Central government revenue and expenditure, with taxation as a major component of the former.
- Non-Enforceable Duties (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 28, 2001)
THE ENFORCEABILITY OF Fundamental Duties enumerated in the Constitution, a question under the consideration of the Supreme Court.
- Haryana Yet To Implement Sc Order On Homes For Quarry Workers (The Financial Express, C. R. Rathee, Nov 28, 2001)
Migrant workers employed in the stone quarries on the Faridabad ridge in Haryana may not get a roof for their families in the foreseeable future despite the Supreme Court directive to the state government to construct dwelling units.
- Pushing The Poto (Hindu, Kuldip Nayar, Nov 28, 2001)
I THOUGHT we had closed the chapter on the right to stay free.
- Fund Diversion In Punjab (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 28, 2001)
WHILE a large number of farmers in Punjab are awaiting payments for the paddy procured by the state agencies.
- Shed The Ideological Baggage (Indian Express, Ram Punyani, Nov 28, 2001)
The CBSE has ordered the deletion of certain portions from the history books with the instruction that these should neither be taught nor discussed in the class.
- Help Them To Come To The Forefront (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 27, 2001)
The existing legislative structure will be reviewed and additional legislative measures taken by identified departments to implement the policy.
- Two Cultures And A Half (Telegraph, DIPANKAR GUPTA, Nov 27, 2001)
The distinction between faith and science is quite old. It extends back to medieval scholars who had agreed upon the fact that both were valid sources of knowledge.
- A Sorry Reflection (Telegraph, Janaki Nair, Nov 27, 2001)
The choice of glass, sometimes smoked or black, in construction which has become so widespread in Bangalore, has its own perils.
- Communalising Crafts (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 27, 2001)
THE NDA government, accused of Talibanising education, has exposed itself to another serious charge.
- Nepal Rocks Again (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 27, 2001)
Maoist insurgency is a pointer to deep popular disquiet.
- Playing Foul (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 27, 2001)
Scoring debating points cannot be a priority for governments and political parties when extremist challenges threaten civil society.
- List Of Don’ts For Mps, Mlas (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 27, 2001)
IT reads like instructions on good behaviour for children in a preparatory school along with the nature of punishment for violation.
- The Convergence Bill -- Much Ground Still Uncovered (Business Line, T. H. Chowdary , Nov 26, 2001)
THE Communications Minister, Mr Pramod Mahajan, introduced what has come to be known as Convergence Bill in the monsoon session of Parliament.
- Medical Corruption Of India (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 26, 2001)
When the president of a body, that is cranked out to be the central regulator of the medical profession in the country, is himself discovered to be corrupt, it says something about the state of the profession today.
- Strait Is The Gate (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 26, 2001)
The United States of America could be keeping its gates more vigilantly. The aftermath of terrorism is inevitably ambivalent, and the possible effects of September 11 on the US’s immigration policy could be worrying for Indians.
- A Matter Of Priority (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Nov 26, 2001)
THE Fiscal Responsibility and Managament Bill 2000, which had been referred to a parliamentary standing committee.
- Watch Out For This Poto-Hole (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 26, 2001)
By definition no law can ever be perfect or complete. Nor can it anticipate every situation.
- For The Able Only (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 26, 2001)
The ramps were removed shortly after Hawking’s departure, an insult to two deeply caring individuals.
- Nepal Towards Instability? (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 26, 2001)
THE days of the Sher Bahadur Deuba ministry in Nepal seem to be numbered with Maoist rebels killing 38 police and army personnel in a country-wide attack on the governmental authority on Saturday.
- Study Your Competitor Before Picking A Fight (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Nov 26, 2001)
THE Taliban should have taken a few courses in competitive strategy. They would have avoided the current situation of all their tough talk coming to naught.
- Significance Of Nam Today (Tribune, A.N. Dar, Nov 26, 2001)
NAM (Non-Aligned Movement) almost died recently. The new government of Bangladesh which was to host the next summit of the movement in Dhaka decided that it would not do so.
- Today’s Poto And Its Foreign And Indian Roots (Tribune, Anupam Gupta, Nov 26, 2001)
AFTER almost a month of aggressive campaigning for POTO or the Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance, 2001, a reluctant BJP climbed down last week under pressure of its allies in the NDA.
- Partitioned Spaces (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 26, 2001)
The most charitable view of the segregation of ‘‘minority handicrafts’’ at the ongoing India International Trade Fair (IITF) in New Delhi is that there is nothing more than meets the eye in the decision.
- Much Ado About Nothing (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Nov 25, 2001)
The ill-informed and prejudiced wran-gling between the ruling National Con-ference and BJP, its ally at the Centre and adversary in the State.
- Political Ex-Governors (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 25, 2001)
The suggestion of the Inter-State Council (ISC) that former governors refrain from taking part in active politics ruffled many a feather, both in the BJP and the Congress.
- War Against Terror: The Public Opinion Conundrum (Tribune, Sreeram Chaulia, Nov 25, 2001)
There is a fundamental contradiction in the renewed love fest that the present war against terrorism has contrived between the United States and its old Cold War ally, Pakistan.
- Ambedkar And Partition (Pioneer, Prafull Goradia, Nov 25, 2001)
According to Nehru, Mahatma Gandhi was a Hindu and an Indian, the greatest in many generations, and he was proud of being a Hindu and an Indian.
- Why Bush Wouldn't Condemn Pakistan (Pioneer, M L Kotru, Nov 25, 2001)
If you were one of those who watched President Mush (Musharraf) trying to steal the show from President Bush when the two went centre-stage at their New York Press conference.
- Ambedkar And Partition (Pioneer, Prafull Goradia, Nov 24, 2001)
According to Nehru, Mahatma Gandhi was a Hindu and an Indian, the greatest in many generations, and he was proud of being a Hindu and an Indian.
- A Collective Failure (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 24, 2001)
Consecutive cotton crop failure for the third year in Punjab and Haryana because of the American Bollworm has not moved any government in either of the states or the one at the Centre to take any remedial action.
- Trading Illusions (Hindu, C. Rammanohar Reddy, Nov 24, 2001)
MUCH LIKE the characters in the Japanese film classic, Rashomon, there have been as many verdicts delivered on the Doha conference of the World Trade Organisation as there were participating governments.
- Unofficial Posers (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 24, 2001)
It’s a lollipop delivery, ICC’s playing it like a googly.
- Can The Roc File A Complaint Against An Errant Company? (The Financial Express, Amit K. Vyas, Nov 24, 2001)
The Registrar of Companies (RoC) is a competent authority under Section 621 of the Companies Act 1956 (the Act) to file a criminal complaint against a company in event of defaults in complying with the provisions of the Act.
- Why Bush Wouldn't Condemn Pakistan (Pioneer, M L Kotru, Nov 24, 2001)
If you were one of those who watched President Mush (Musharraf) trying to steal the show from President Bush when the two went centre-stage at their New York Press conference.
- Men In Flannels & Men In Suits (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 24, 2001)
THE ESSENCE OF sport is the willingness to counter challenges within a set of mutually agreed-upon rules, the ability to face up to uncertainties and the courage to accept all decisions - just or unjust - in one's stride.
- Education Bill Needs A Relook If It’s To Serve Desired Purpose (The Financial Express, Shikha Chadha, Nov 24, 2001)
India tops the world in having the highest number of illiterates. Recent estimates point out that the number of children below 15 years joining the labour force varies from 17.4 million to 44 million.
- Do Our Sacrifices Count, Ask Dogras (Indian Express, Arun Sharma, Nov 23, 2001)
THEY acceded the single-largest composite state — having boundaries with China and Afghanistan — to India 55 years ago, but the Dogras have been fighting a battle for recognition of own language for 10 years.
- Not The Way To Put The House In Order (Pioneer, Ahtesham Qureshy, Nov 23, 2001)
The Union Cabinet has decided to do away with the requirement that a person should be residing in the State from where he wants to fight an election to the Rajya Sabha.
- Bjp’s New Stance (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 23, 2001)
HOME Minister L. K. Advani surprised his secular critics by unambiguously denouncing the VHP (Vishwa Hindu Parishad) for its forced entry into the makeshift structure in Ayodhya on October 17.
- Genetically Modified Plants -- Biological Intervention, The Answer (Business Line, Ashok Chaudhury, Nov 23, 2001)
GENETICALLY modified (GM) or transgenic plants will play an important role in Indian agriculture.
- Making Punishments Punitive (Business Line, Kuldip Nayar, Nov 23, 2001)
How far the corporate world is criminally responsible for its acts of omission and commission is the question awaiting the answer of the Attorney-General, Mr Soli Sorabjee.
- Cynical Politics (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 23, 2001)
THE UNION HOME Minister, Mr. L. K. Advani's response to the Ayodhya-centric concerns voiced by the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha in the context of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad.
- Search For A Suitable Head For Sebi Gets Tough (The Financial Express, Sharad Mistry, Nov 23, 2001)
Here's a golden chance for all those who love challenges and controversies, are adept at walking the tight-rope doing a fine balancing act between the strong corporate lobby and a status quo-loving finance ministry.
- Pakistan: Reaping The Whirlwind? (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Nov 22, 2001)
PAKISTAN today is in the unenviable position of having two enemies, vis-`-vis the developments in Afghanistan.
- Effective Ban On Smoking Has To Come From Within (The Financial Express, T. Bhanu, Nov 22, 2001)
We all know that soliciting in public is a punishable offence. But can one strike a hush-hush deal with a sex worker, escort her to a hotel room, or a private place and partake of her ‘service’ on offer? The answer is yes and no.
- Many Can’t Stomach Bush Ramzan Feasts (Indian Express, Hanna Rosin, Nov 22, 2001)
AS PRESIDENT Bush hosts Ramzan feasts at the White House this week to bolster Muslim support for the war on terrorism, he is shadowed by criticism of the administration’s outreach efforts to American Muslims during the past two months.
- Retrograde Act (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 22, 2001)
ALTHOUGH THE DECISION of the Supreme Court Bench to return without any comment the Resettlement (of J&K State Subjects Who Left State Before 1954 And Now Living in Pakistan).
- Poto Politics (Business Line, K. Ramesh, Nov 22, 2001)
INDIA has joined the global coalition in fighting terrorism, yet, internally, it is struggling to find support for a just and necessary legal framework to counter the same.
- Eu's Single-Market Directives -- Potion For Global Competitiveness (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Nov 22, 2001)
Europe must become a globally competitive economy built on knowledge and innovation and on a strategy of sustainable economic development.
- Business At Hand (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Nov 22, 2001)
It is hoped that the whip cracked by Lok Sabha Speaker GMC Balayogi towards the end of the Monsoon Session of Parliament will rein in the more mercurial members in the current session that was brought to order on Monday.
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