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Articles 28421 through 28520 of 35809:
- Creating Healthy Hospitals (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 05, 2005)
INDIA ASPIRED, ON the eve of Independence, for a rights-based health system accessible to all regardless of economic status
- List, To Take Off (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 05, 2005)
Indian Airline’s proposed public offer (IPO) should revitalise the company, in ways that go beyond raising finances for the much-needed fleet expansion. . . . .
- The Arithmetic Of The Budget (Business Line, Soumya Kanti Ghosh, Apr 05, 2005)
INDIA is perhaps one of the few countries where the Budget is still looked upon as a panacea for all economic ills.
- Sharp Fall In German Investment Worrying — Chidambaram (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 05, 2005)
Sharp fall in German investment worrying — Chidambaram
- Reforms And Importance Of Trade Liberalisation (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Apr 05, 2005)
Higher growth and welfare on a sustained basis demands a lot more than just correcting a bad trade regime...
- Pakistan To Buy Chinese Frigates (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Apr 05, 2005)
ISLAMABAD, APRIL 4. On the eve of the three-day bilateral visit of the Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, Pakistan and China today concluded an agreement for the construction of four F-22P frigates for the Pakistan Navy. ..
- Sops For Separatism (Pioneer, KR Phanda, Apr 05, 2005)
Those familiar with Muslim League politics between 1906 and 1947 will not be surprised at Mr Badrul Islam's demand in his article..,
- New Eu Constitution: More Sceptics Than Supporters? (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Apr 04, 2005)
AT `InfoPoint,' the information dissemination office of the European Union located at the entrance to the EU Parliament in Brussels, you can pick up all the information you need about the EU.
- No Right To Marry For Hiv-Infected (Tribune, Sukhdarshan Singh Khehra , Apr 04, 2005)
The right to marry and start a family is one of the basic human rights available to every adult person.
- Uncertainty On Pension Authority (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Apr 04, 2005)
THE NEW PENSION fund authority, which came into existence from April 1, presides over a segment of the asset management industry whose contours can only be described as still evolving.
- The Rbi Governor's Policy Options (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Apr 04, 2005)
THE biannual monetary policy statements of the RBI Governor are eagerly awaited by the general public as windows on policy changes of the central bank.
- Spring Fever Hits The U.K. (Hindu, Arvind Sivaramakrishnan, Apr 04, 2005)
If the Labour and the Conservative Party are in disarray, the largest third party, the Liberal Democrats, appears to be incapable of cashing in.
- Poaching On Pilots (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 04, 2005)
The non-poaching agreement signed by Air Deccan and Kingfisher Airlines points to the growing shortage of trained manpower in the fast-expanding aviation sector.
- Developing Interest In Investment (Business Line, Anil K. Kanungo, Apr 04, 2005)
While a simple, transparent and investor-friendly policy regime is necessary for attracting foreign capital, the proposed Multilateral Agreement will only alter the balance of power between a developing country, and the asset holders.
- Keeping The Dialogue On Course (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 04, 2005)
FOREIGN MINISTER NATWAR Singh was not looking for any breakthrough during his recent visit to Yangon.
- Judgement Day (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 04, 2005)
There are two lonely communists in India today-Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee and CPI(M) Politburo member Biman Bose
- India And China — A Game Of One-Upmanship (Business Line, Ashish Vachhani, Apr 04, 2005)
China and India may well dominate the international economic and trading system two decades from now
- Fringe Benefit And The Multiplier Effect (Business Line, P V Indiresan, Apr 04, 2005)
Taxing fringe benefits may offer immediate small gains but larger losses later on.
- A Complex Papacy (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 04, 2005)
CARDINAL KAR0L WOJTYLA, he with the Polish name that Vatican-watchers found close to unpronounceable when his ...
- Disappointing Growth (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 04, 2005)
Policy-makers need to pay attention to farming, which is crucial to GDP growth
- Battling For A Spiritual Seat In Badrinath (Deccan Herald, Shishir Prashant , Apr 03, 2005)
The Jyotirpeeth mutt, the seat of the Badrinath Shankaracharya is in the eye of a storm.
- How To Govern Haryana Better (Tribune, M. G. Devasahayam , Apr 03, 2005)
In quick time, the Haryana government, headed by Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, a second-generation politician, has completed the first three formalities that have almost become a surrealistic ritual for any new governing dispensation.
- 'India Can Achieve 8% Growth' (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 03, 2005)
The director of research (chief economist) at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Dr Raghuram Rajan said here on Saturday that it is possible for India to achieve a growth rate of eight to ten per cent.
- The Fine Art Of Force Balance (Deccan Herald, Bidanda M Chengappa, Apr 03, 2005)
Air Chief Marshal S P Tyagi, the new Chief of Air Staff, gives priority to two things: reducing the aircraft accident rate and increasing the size of the fighter, helicopter and transport fleet. He goes about his mission in an enlightened and pragmatic ..
- So Many Degrees Of Connection (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 03, 2005)
For C F John art is more than a few strokes on the canvas. It is an active engagement with the reality. It tries to reconnect with the ‘body’ and know reality first-hand, notes JAYALAKSHMI K.
- Pm Keen To Meet Wen (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 03, 2005)
Dr Manmohan Singh, who returned from Mauritius on Saturday, said India would persuade Pakistan to encourage contact between citizens of the two countries.
- The Great Leveling (Washington Post, Thomas L. Friedman, Apr 03, 2005)
On a modern-day passage to India, Thomas L. Friedman, the foreign affairs columnist for the New York Times,
- F-16s On Radar, Let's Re-Count Dollars (Business Line, D. Murali , Apr 02, 2005)
RENU Kohli's "Liberalizing Capital Flows," from Oxford (www.oup.com) couldn't have come at a better time.
- Fair Shift (Business Line, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 02, 2005)
The Government decision to amend the Factories Act to allow women to work the night shift is a recognition of the changed realities of business operations the world over.
- Lacking Direction (Tribune, Mohan Dharia, Apr 02, 2005)
The Finance Minister has presented his Feel Good budget for 2005-2006.
- Mig-21 To Continue To Be Iaf's Mainstay (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Apr 02, 2005)
NEW DELHI, APRIL 1. Putting its trust in MiG-21 fighters, the Indian Air Force (IAF) is planning to modernise 12 of its squadrons as against the original plan of six, a senior official said here today.
- The Criteria Mania (Business Line, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 02, 2005)
The one-by-six scheme merely generates paperwork and does not widen the tax base, says T. N. Pandey
- National Milk Policy Has Failed (Tribune, Gurbhagwant Singh Kahlon, Apr 02, 2005)
Healthy human beings are the real capital of a nation
- National Milk Policy Has Failed (Tribune, Gurbhagwant Singh Kahlon, Apr 02, 2005)
Healthy human beings are the real capital of a nation.
- Stung By The West (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA, Apr 02, 2005)
Back in the 1850s, Karl Marx wrote a series of essays on the results of British rule in India
- Fuel For Arms Race (Tribune, General (Retd) V. P. Malik, Apr 01, 2005)
FIFTEEN years ago the US had promised to sell F-16s to Pakistan. Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, the company manufacturing the aircraft, took the necessary advance for it. Then there were sudden changes in the global and regional strategic environment.
- Pumping Up The Infrastructure Sector (Business Line, Subhasish Roy , Apr 01, 2005)
Faster progress on infrastructure largely depends on both effective demand for projects and proper usage of funds
- New Bank Chairmen, Thou Shall And Shalt Not... (Business Line, V. H. Ramakrishnan , Apr 01, 2005)
In the next two years, many nationalised banks will have new chairmen...
- Nothing Macho About Forex Reserves (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Apr 01, 2005)
Foreign exchange reserves play an irreplaceable role in many emerging economies
- Eagle Is Blinded (Pioneer, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 01, 2005)
No visa for Mr Narendra Modi. No entry to Maulana Kalbe Sadiq. No World Bank/IMF loans if India does not 'check' human trafficking.
- America Awakened, Modi Demonised (Deccan Herald, Kancha Ilaiah, Apr 01, 2005)
Denial of a US visa to Modi should be viewed in the light of the larger campaign against minority rights’ violations.
- Small Investor’S Bounty (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 01, 2005)
A larger part of the IPO cake for retail investors is good
- The Neocon Revolution (Hindu, Martin Jacques, Apr 01, 2005)
U.S. unilateralism was a means of breaking the old order. Now it is building new alliances.
- Up The Reform Alley (Asia Times, Udayan Bose, Apr 01, 2005)
The professor said he wanted me to speak to a group of non-resident Indian students who wanted to know from someone who has practised in India...
- West Bengal: The Perception And Reality (Business Line, Mohan Guruswamy, Apr 01, 2005)
MOST times, economic development is viewed in terms of industrialisation. While the latter is essential for economic transformation, it is not as if economic growth is not possible without industrialisation...
- Diaspora And Citizenship (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 01, 2005)
To set in motion the process of granting dual citizenship to people of Indian origin, the Centre had two options.
- Child, Interrupted (Pioneer, Aarti, Apr 01, 2005)
The Supreme Court's directive to Collectors and Superintendents of Police in every district to initiate immediate steps to prevent child marriages is commendable.
- Embracing India As A Rising Power (Christian Science Monitor, editorial, Christian Science Monitor, Mar 31, 2005)
Another type of earthquake hit the Indian Ocean area last week. It was a tectonic shift by the US to form a close strategic partnership with India, land of a billion people, nuclear weapons, and a huge Muslim population.
- India's Energy Quest In Latin America (Hindu, R. Viswanathan , Mar 31, 2005)
Besides acquisition of oil and gas fields, India should consider buying crude oil from Latin America on a regular basis
- Raising The Retail Stake (Business Line, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 31, 2005)
SEBI's MOVE TO raise the level of retail investor participatation in equity offers is indeed a welcome development
- Infrastructure Or Sez Investment? (Business Line, Vinod Mathew, Mar 31, 2005)
IT COULD be another `chicken-and-egg' story.
- Search For Ways To Keep Marx Alive (Telegraph, Sumanta Sen, Mar 31, 2005)
Given the steady decline in the number of full-time workers and the apparent disinterest among its cadre, isn’t it time for the CPI(M) to decide on some new kind of action? asks Sumanta Sen
- Social Audit Of Privatisation (Tribune, B. S. Ghuman, Mar 31, 2005)
Privatisation policies have been advocated as a panacea for the poor performance of public enterprises. In the initial phase, the philosophy of privatisation was postulated as synonymous to efficiency, quality, more choices, people’s capitalism and boon..
- In Fits And Starts (Business Line, Mohan R. Lavi, Mar 31, 2005)
Mohan R. Lavi on how the draft company rules could have been more thorough
- The Peaceful Rise Of China (Pioneer, Claude Arpi, Mar 31, 2005)
The Chinese are fond of new slogans.
- Up All Night (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 31, 2005)
The thought of equality is reassuring, the reality disconcertingly full of pitfalls. The Central government’s decision to remove the bar on women working on night shifts through an amendment to the Factories Act, 1948 establishes the principle of equal...
- Women At Work (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 31, 2005)
Decision on night shift is an important reform measure
- The American Offer (Tribune, K SUBRAHMANYAM, Mar 31, 2005)
The new US offer to India is not just about F/16 aircraft and nuclear power plants as portrayed in our media.
- Imf Tells India To Speed Up Reforms (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 31, 2005)
Poor infrastructure, lack of labour reforms, and inadequate loan recovery laws are few bottlenecks in the way of India becoming a better place for business.
- Can The Bjp Afford To Backtrack? (Hindu, Harish Khare , Mar 31, 2005)
No political party that wants to rule over a continental polity can afford to be unmindful of the need to sustain its reputation for consistency, credibility, and transparency.
- A Step Forward (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 31, 2005)
The Centre’s decision to enact a law to help women work in night shifts was long overdue. It is a progressive step, aimed at removing gender discrimination in employment and making women self-reliant.
- Arms And The Ally (Pioneer, Ashish Sarkar, Mar 31, 2005)
The United States has agreed to sell F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan
- Bjp’S Somersault (Deccan Herald, G THIMMAIAH, Mar 31, 2005)
The BJP, which did the spadework for the VAT process, is now opposing it under pressure from traders
- German Economy: A Turnaround In Sight (Business Line, BATUK GATHANI, Mar 31, 2005)
With signs of recovery, the German economy could be the main beneficiary of Chancellor Schroeder's reform process that incidentally has triggered much controversy and emotional debates.
- Fund-Bank Spring Meetings — Thus Must Finance Minister Speak (Business Line, A. Vasudevan, Mar 31, 2005)
The spring meetings of the Fund-Bank are about a fortnight away, and the Finance Minister will make his customary speech. More than what he will say, A. Vasudevan suggests the areas he should touch upon covering the international monetary and financial...
- Tipu’S Palace, Hampi Temple All Set To Get Facelift (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 30, 2005)
The contract has been given to Belgian pharma major Janssen that had earlier tried repairing Egyptian mummies and terracotta warriors of Xian in China
- Work More If You Want To Earn More (Telegraph, S. S. Chawdhry, Mar 30, 2005)
Productivity-linked wages may be one way to reconcile the desire for profits with the concern for workers’ well-being, writes S.S. Chawdhry
- Losing Kathmandu (Telegraph, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Mar 30, 2005)
The author is president, Centre for Policy Research
The political crisis in Nepal continues unabated and it seems that there is little India can do to influence the course of events.
- When Poverty Doesn’T Count (Deccan Herald, ABRAHAM M GEORGE, Mar 30, 2005)
We need to offer realistic definitions of the poverty situation, if the issue is to be taken seriously by the Govt
- Rights Groups Flay Indian Policy On Maldives (Deccan Herald, K S Narayanan, Mar 30, 2005)
Even as Maldivian President Gayoom rubs shoulder with Indian leaders, political activists in the island nation demand an end to the human rights violations.
- The Rot At The Core (WhatIsIndia Publications, Prem Shankar Jha, Mar 30, 2005)
The crisis in Jharkhand is over. But the crisis it triggered in our Constitution is only just beginning.
- If India Wants 8% Growth, It Needs Bigger Banks: Andy Mukherjee (Bloomberg.com, editorial Bloomberg.com, Mar 29, 2005)
By saying that India's 27 state-run banks will be encouraged to merge into fewer, stronger lenders, Indian Finance Minister P. Chidambaram has stirred a hornet's nest.
- If India Wants 8% Growth, It Needs Bigger Banks: Andy Mukherjee (Bloomberg.com, Andy Mukherjee, Mar 29, 2005)
By saying that India's 27 state-run banks will be encouraged to merge into fewer, stronger lenders, Indian Finance Minister P. Chidambaram has stirred a hornet's nest.
- A Brand For `India Tourism' (Agence-France Presse, B.S. Rathor, Mar 29, 2005)
Tourism will arguably be one of the drivers of India's economy into the 21st Century.
- Anatomy Of A Revolution (Agence-France Presse, M.K. Bhadrakumar, Mar 29, 2005)
In Kyrgyzstan, there have been deviations from the revolutionary script choreographed in Washington and finessed in Georgia and Ukraine
- Creating Sustainable Employment Models (Agence-France Presse, V. Kumaraswamy, Mar 29, 2005)
ONE of the few well-rounded employment guarantee models I have seen is the Panchakki water mill of Mughal vintage in Aurangabad.
- Crumbs For All (Agence-France Presse, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 29, 2005)
Politicians have their ways of bending laws to help themselves. What Assam’s chief minister, Mr Tarun Gogoi, has planned to reward a dozen former ministers with is nothing but a fraud on the law that deprived them of their ministerial posts.
- Historic Step (Agence-France Presse, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 29, 2005)
The Bhutanese King’s role in ushering in a constitutional form of govt is commendable
- Punjab Budget: Privatise To Prosper (Agence-France Presse, Nirmal Sandhu, Mar 29, 2005)
STATE budgets are usually unremarkable and stingy, crafted by unenthusiastic bureaucrats who have limited cash to play with and few avenues are left for fund raising by electoral considerations. Rising salaries, pensions and debt repayments have wrecked..
- A Promising Alternative To Drip Irrigation (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 29, 2005)
SHREE PADRE recounts the success story of five farmers who adopted a new method of irrigation which got them ever-green grape orchards and better returns.
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