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Articles 28021 through 28120 of 35809:
- Monetary Policy: Transparent And Responsible (Business Line, R. Devarajan, May 03, 2005)
Management as an art and a science has been defined as "getting things done by other people".
- Patent Law : Whither The Incentive To Innovate (Business Line, Uttam Gupta , May 03, 2005)
There can be no better way of safeguarding national interest than creating an environment in which innovations can happen.
- Who Owns Groundwater? (Hindu, T. N. Narasimhan, May 03, 2005)
Water should be held in public trust for the benefit of society at large.
- India, China: Top Powers By 2020 (Deccan Herald, Raja Menon, May 03, 2005)
Whether the two countries’ present relationship continues to remain peaceful only time will tell
- India And Bangladesh Must Talk It Out (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 03, 2005)
The killing of a Border Security Force officer by the Bangladesh Rifles on the Tripura border is a reminder that India's relations with its eastern neighbour demand urgent attention.
- The Return Of The Swayamsevak (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 02, 2005)
The Kyoto Protocol on reduction of emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs) comes into force on February 16 under circumstances that do not reflect well on policy-makers in many countries.
- Why Panic About What Vat Will Do To Prices (Business Line, R. Sthanumoorthy, May 02, 2005)
A changeover to VAT does not result in any sustained increase in the price level. In most of the cases, it had caused a one-time initial rise in prices, which is reported to be happening in the States which switched to VAT on April 1.
- Globalisation Requires Local Citizenship Behaviour Too (Business Line, C. Gopinath , May 02, 2005)
As local communities in developing countries rush to attract factories to their neighbourhoods in the name of globalisation. . . ,
- Towards ‘larger Freedom’ (Tribune, Kofi Annan , May 02, 2005)
Over the decades, India has made an enormous contribution to the United Nations, through the efforts of its government, and the work of Indian scholars, soldiers and international civil servants.
- Creativity Is In Everybody (Business Line, Vidya Hattangadi, May 02, 2005)
Creativity is a universal concept. Everybody is creative — all we have to do is remove barriers of fear, criticism and familiarity in everything we do. Creativity applies to all domains.
- Russia Bolsters Role In West Asia (Hindu, VLADIMIR RADYUHIN, May 02, 2005)
President Putin has shown that despite its limited resources Moscow will not let Washington define the political landscape of West Asia.
- A Notable Step Forward On Vat (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 02, 2005)
The agreement reached by 21 States, which have adopted the value added tax (VAT) regime in place of State sales tax,
- Little Beyond Platitudes (Business Line, Editorial, The Hindu, May 02, 2005)
BY ALL ACCOUNTS, the Japanese Prime Minister, Mr Junichiro Koizumi's maiden visit to India has not broken any new ground in any direction.
- Building On Heritage (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma , May 02, 2005)
As far as India is concerned, China has warmed up over the years, even modifying its stand on Kashmir
- Aid, Rewards Or Returns? (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , May 02, 2005)
Aid programmes provide lucrative careers to bureaucrats and benefits to the organisers but offer little to the poor. It would be better to have a system of performance-based rewards
- Rising Sun On Ties (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 02, 2005)
The two countries should look forward to strengthening their bilateral trade...
- Cooperating For The Right Purposes (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 02, 2005)
India and Japan appear to be placing undue emphasis on their common quest for permanent membership in the United Nations Security Council
- India's Bill Gates (US News & World Report, A N Sudarsan Rao , May 02, 2005)
If you were the richest man in India, what kind of car would you buy? Wipro Ltd. Chairman Azim Premji is the richest man in India--worth something over $8 billion--so there was some interest in what Premji would do when he recently gave up his 1996 Ford E
- Through The Viewfinder (Hindu, r kRITHIKA, May 01, 2005)
Wildlife, feature films, current affairs, Alphonse Roy's camera has panned them all. A freewheeling chat with the ace cinematographer
- Creating His Own Muse (Hindu, Nacy Adajana, May 01, 2005)
The body, as represented in D. Ebenezer Sunder Singh's paintings, has homed itself in many avatars. A review of his works that were on display in New Delhi recently
- Versatile Pioneer (Hindu, SELINE AUGUSTINE, May 01, 2005)
Through this biography Sita Anantha Raman reclaims a humanist space for Madhaviah,
- The East As A Career (Telegraph, AMIT CHAUDHURI, May 01, 2005)
At readings by Indian writers in English, two related questions, or some version of them, will invariably be asked by a member of the audience,
- Sethusamudram Gets The Green Signal (Hindu, CORPORATE BUREAU, Apr 30, 2005)
The Centre has cleared the proposal to dredge a ship channel across the Palk Straits, an idea conceived 150 years ago
- Governance Reform For India's Forests (Hindu, Mihir Shah, Apr 30, 2005)
The Scheduled Tribes (Recognition of Forest Rights) Bill 2005 reaches out to the Adivasi communities and seeks to make them active protectors of the forest, while strengthening their livelihood possibilities.
- Growth Rate Scaled Down (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2005)
Cabinet approves mid-term appraisal of Tenth Plan
- Lifetime Achievement Award For Krishnaswamy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2005)
Ninth recipient over the last four decades and the first from Afro-Asian continents
- Cabinet Approves New Map Policy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2005)
Defence and open series to be released
Though as a rule the use of maps is governed by a system of registration, there will now be no such requirement for maps up to a scale of 1:1 million.
- Rain-Flap In Heaven (Deccan Herald, RAJEN HARSHE, Apr 30, 2005)
India has a stake in protecting the political stability of Sudan, to safeguard its oil investments
- The Bank And The Big Bang (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Apr 30, 2005)
Privatisation of water will destroy countless small farmers. It will hand over agriculture to the rich and corporations.
- Rbi Upbeat On Growth (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 30, 2005)
The Reserve Bank of India’s annual monetary policy statement on Thursday raised the key reverse repo rate by 0.25 per cent to 5 per cent.
- Price Stability (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 30, 2005)
Credit policy aims to contain inflation while boosting economic growth
- Where Left Meets Right (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA, Apr 30, 2005)
Earlier this year, I was at the Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, where I had been asked to give an after-dinner talk to the students.
- It’S The Pits (Tribune, Lt-Col S.P. Singh (retd), Apr 30, 2005)
The arrest of Lt-Col S.P. Singh (retired) for demanding and obtaining bribe has shocked the nation. As the District Sainik Welfare Officer at Bathinda, his job was to ensure that ex-servicemen and their families received their rightful dues in time.
- Benign Towards Banking (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam , Apr 30, 2005)
Tax reforms are touching banking companies, says T. C. A. Ramanujam
- Fallujah, Iraq's Very Own Guernica (Hindu, Jonathan Steele, Apr 30, 2005)
Ruined, cordoned Fallujah is emerging as the decade's monument to brutality.
- Give Them Their Dignity (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 29, 2005)
Rape has long been used by society to subjugate women
- The Maharaja Grows (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Apr 29, 2005)
Ironically, economic prosperity and higher literacy levels seem to lead to mass slaughter of the girl child in India
- A Well Nuanced Credit Policy (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 29, 2005)
The credit policy statement of the Reserve Bank of India for 2005-06 follows the pattern set by the previous policies in all crucial areas.
- China's Grand Strategy (Deccan Herald, G Parthasarathy, Apr 29, 2005)
The euphoria over a possible boundary pact is misleading. China is in cahoots with Pakistan to undermine India
- Employment Scheme Raises Hopes (Tribune, Bharat Dogra, Apr 29, 2005)
In recent months the debate on the employment guarantee scheme (EGS) has dominated the discussion on poverty alleviation. Earlier, the overall response to the EGS was very positive.
- `Huge Potential For Japan-India Trade Ties' (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 29, 2005)
Japanese Prime MinisterJunichiro Koizumihas emphasised the importance of India and Japan working as "partners" against the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
- Can Judicial Ascendancy Be Rolled Back? (Hindu, N. Ravi, Apr 29, 2005)
The Indian judiciary that has become self-appointing and all powerful needs to demonstrate statesmanship and restraint, and allow the executive and the legislatures the space assigned to them in the Constitution.
- Reflects Buoyancy In Economy (Business Line, K. Cherian Varghese , Apr 29, 2005)
Conditions of stability in the fiscal system help sustain the momentum of growth in the economy.
- Slack Season (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 29, 2005)
Typically, the Reserve Bank of India’s Macroeconomic and Monetary Development Report is synchronized with the annual policy statement, or the slack season credit policy.
- A Cry In The Wilderness (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Apr 29, 2005)
The pattern is getting stylized. Every few months, state chief ministers are called in in New Delhi to discuss national security,
- Opportunity Missed (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Apr 29, 2005)
THE RESERVE BANK of India Governor, Dr Yaga Venugopal Reddy, could have done better in the slack season Credit Policy than marking up the reverse repo rate (the return banks earn on funds parked with the RBI against securities from the central bank). . .
- Banks Asked To Refocus On Deposit Mobilisation (Business Line, A. Seshan, Apr 29, 2005)
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has released its Annual Monetary and Credit Policy Statement for 2005-06. It is on expected lines except for the hike in the reverse repo rate.
- Right Emphasis On Growth And Liquidity (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Apr 29, 2005)
The Credit Policy Statement for 2005-06 handles well the conflicting objectives of growth and price stability with an emphasis on creating an enabling environment of benign interest rates.
- More Inward-Looking Than Warranted (Business Line, Bhaskar Ghose, Apr 29, 2005)
In its Annual Monetary Policy Statement for 2005-06, the Reserve Bank of India has recognised the importance of a number of reform-related issues.
- A Slick Balancing Act (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2005)
The Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, on Thursday urged bank employees to shun their fears over mergers and said consolidation among banks would create more jobs.
- Exits Need To Be Fixed Up (Business Line, Mohan R. Lavi, Apr 28, 2005)
Mohan R. Lavi on the need to make winding up schemes less painful.
- How Far Can India Travel With The U.S.? (Deccan Herald, S. Nihal Singh, Apr 28, 2005)
Non-alignment gave India room for manoeuvre at a time when the country was weak militarily and economically. India would lose its soul were it now to become a vassal of America.
- Limited Access To Education (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 28, 2005)
ISLAMABAD: Higher Education Commission Chairman Dr Atta-ur-Rehman said on Tuesday the government was embarking upon the Medium-Term Development Framework (2005-10) to enhance the capacity of the existing higher education institutions.
- Power Of Public-Private Partnerships (Business Line, R. Srinivasan, Apr 28, 2005)
Given the externalities, high risks and low rates of return, infrastructure financing cannot be left solely to the private sector.
- Japan, China And A "Troubled Past" (Deccan Herald, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Apr 28, 2005)
The new row between Tokyo and Beijing over the past is a pointer to their future tussle for primacy in reshaping the global order.
- Suicide Epidemic Among Farmers (Deccan Herald, R AKHILESHWARI, Apr 28, 2005)
Crop failures, rising health costs and daughters’ marriages have pushed farmers to the brink
- Goodness Is In Fashion In Corporate Governance (Business Line, Kausik Datta, Apr 28, 2005)
CORPORATIONS today touch our lives, from the food we eat to the quality of air we breathe.
- Don't Get Swept By Merger Mania (Business Line, D. Murali , Apr 28, 2005)
SOUTH or West is where there is anticipation of `at least one big-ticket bank merger' this year, even as Kingfisher man Mr Vijay Mallya is busy grooming his son Siddharth to enter the company and completing the merger of his spirits companies.
- No Firm Policy (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 28, 2005)
The makers of India’s foreign policy are congenitally confused about what should be India’s role in the neighbourhood.
- Round Peg In A Round Hole (Telegraph, Gouri Chatterjee, Apr 28, 2005)
Newsrooms across the country are buzzing with the rumour. Jojo is changing his DNA. He has resigned.
- The Colour May Bleed At Times (Telegraph, Sumanta Sen, Apr 28, 2005)
For quite some time now, there has been talk about “hardliners” and “softliners” in the Communist Party of India (Marxist).
- On `Money Trail' And Savings Rate (Business Line, A. Vasudevan, Apr 28, 2005)
Little attention has been paid to the reported high saving/investment rate and the proposed tax on cash withdrawals in excess of Rs 10,000 from banks. Both are quirks, the first of statistics and the second of the political economy, says A. Vasude van. .
- Needed, A Fresh Initiative In Kashmir (Hindu, Firdous Syed, Apr 27, 2005)
The country has to demonstrate that it cares and can embrace those willing to mend their ways.
- Arms Supply To Nepal Will Be Gross Folly (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 27, 2005)
The United Progressive Alliance Government's decision to resume the supply of arms "in the pipeline" to the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) is a betrayal of the Nepalese political parties struggling for the restoration of democracy.
- Can The U.N., Member States Enlarge Security? (Hindu, Anita Inder Singh, Apr 27, 2005)
Secretary-General Kofi Annan has set out a roadmap for the future.
- Redefining Rss (Tribune, Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay, Apr 26, 2005)
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and its affiliates remain completely oblivious of the fact that societies that refuse to accept the need to address the problem of generation gap are torn asunder.
- The Oblivious Right (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 26, 2005)
Bush and team appear out of touch with the U.S. public.
- Chance Again (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 26, 2005)
The distance between a bipolar world and a unipolar world is not measurable in terms of ideology. In terms of chronology, the distance is no more than a few decades.
- Beyond Bandung (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Apr 26, 2005)
It will be disastrous to Indian farmers if subsidies are diverted to infrastructure as Montek suggests
- Un Escap Survey — Reaffirms Resilience Of Regional Economies (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Apr 26, 2005)
While assessing the impact of the tsunami and the soaring oil prices on the economies of the Asia-Pacific region, the UN ESCAP Survey contends that the impressive economic performance under conditions of generally low inflation reaffirms the resilience...
- A Fight For Land (Hindu, Kristy Siegfried , Apr 26, 2005)
A community's seven-year legal fight for its ancestral territory is nearing its climax in a test of South Africa's land reform laws.
- Of Fanciful Flying Machines (Business Line, A. V. Swaminathan , Apr 26, 2005)
The stiff competition between Boeing Company of the US and Airbus Industrie of Europe has been a long story of neck-to-neck racing, with both seeking supremacy in the airplane manufacturing industry.
- Asia-Africa Bonds (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 26, 2005)
The two-day gathering of over 100 Asian and African leaders at Bandung (Indonesia) that ended on Sunday underlined the growing expectations from India in the Afro-Asian context.
- Investment Deficit (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 25, 2005)
There are unmistakable signs of a pick-up in investment. Many hotel chains, telecom service providers and handset manufacturers, to name a few, have announced investment plans recently.
- Feel-Good Forecast (Business Line, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 25, 2005)
Because It Is not often that the country's agricultural sector receives . . .
- How Computer Educates Kids (Tribune, Rajendra Prabhu, Apr 25, 2005)
OH Grandpa, you don’t know how to operate the PC?” as the elderly faced . . .
- Elephant And Dragon: Competing To Co-Operate (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Apr 25, 2005)
THE recently concluded four-day visit of the Chinese Premier, Mr Wan Jiabao, to India has taken the bilateral relationship between the two countries to a new high as they have agreed to forge a new "strategic co-operative partnership."
- An Eye-Opening British Election (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 25, 2005)
Prime Minister Tony Blair and the British Labour Party are blessed in having an opposition party whose basic programme...
- World Economic Outlook April 2005 (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Apr 25, 2005)
The latest World Economic Outlook is hard-hitting in pointing out the failures in the economic policies of such superpowers as the US, Europe and Japan.
- Whither India-Pakistan Relations? (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Apr 25, 2005)
While the Indo-Pak peace process is a cumulative result of the efforts by the present Congress-led Government, the BJP-led regime...
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