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Articles 29121 through 29220 of 35809:
- Historic Treaty (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 18, 2005)
After much wrangling and behind-the-scenes negotiations for over seven years, the Kyoto Protocol finally came into effect on Wednesday, with 141 countries ratifying it, making it a major achievement for environmentalists.
- India Innovating To Thrive (Rediff on the Net, Arvind Singhal, Feb 18, 2005)
Despite the Tsunami-ravaged start, this New Year promises to be yet another landmark one for India in more ways than one.
- India's Military Hungry For More (Asia Times, Siddharth Srivastava, Feb 18, 2005)
Indian defense officials have laid out a request for a huge increase in spending on arms to New Delhi, most of which will be used to purchase state-of-the-art weaponry from suppliers around the world.
- Playing White (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 17, 2005)
Raising revenues for the country involves not merely innovative voluntary disclosure schemes that pull in some old black money, whenever a scheme is announced, but a concerted effort to create institutions, markets and incentives for a white economy.
- Passage To Kabul (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Feb 17, 2005)
External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh's visit to Kabul has once again highlighted the revival of India's ancient and warm ties with Afghanistan that were rudely sundered during
- Murder Of Abhi Verma (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 17, 2005)
The crudeness of the kidnapping and subsequent murder of Hoshiarpur schoolboy Abhi Verma is hard to believe. The despicable act has raised a couple of questions
- South Block's Inconsistencies (Pioneer, Claude Arpi, Feb 17, 2005)
As Nepal has been in the limelight, I read again some of the old official letters from the first Indian Prime Minister to King Tribhuvan of Nepal in the 1950s. Surprisingly
- Temptations To Resist, Challenge To Meet (Business Line, A. Vasudevan, Feb 17, 2005)
As the Budget-making gathers momentum, the Finance Minister must not announce actions or policy intentions on areas that do not strictly fall under the category of fiscal policy.
- Vibrant Economic Zone (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 17, 2005)
India has done well to stress co-operation and collaboration with its neighbours in its vision for a new South Asia. Coming just days after its decision to stay away from the SAARC summit at Dhaka ruffled feathers in the region
- Watching The Money Flow In (Indian Express, Gopal Krishna Agarwal, Feb 17, 2005)
Everybody agrees that there is danger in so-called “hot money”, which is essentially short-term in nature. This — constituting more than $9 billion of foreign investments in the Indian securities market
- Justice As Self-Purification (Hindu, Jyotirmaya Sharma, Feb 17, 2005)
The report on the anti-Sikh riots offers the Congress a chance to reinvent itself.
- Kyoto Is A Great Leap Forward (Tribune, Hamish McRae, Feb 17, 2005)
After seven years, huge international debate and the freezing out of George Bush’s United States from the international community, the Kyoto Protocol was formally ratified on Wednesday.
- Crumbling Bastion (Pioneer, Subodh Kumar, Feb 17, 2005)
An ideal state gives equal opportunity to every section of society. In this respect, Bihar is way behind its counterparts in the country. Its intra-regional differences are characterised by disparity at the levels of literacy, density of population...
- Dealing With Naxalism (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 17, 2005)
After Andhra Pradesh it is now Karnataka's turn to face naxalite violence. With the gunning down of forest brigand Veerappan, Karnataka Chief Minister Dharam Singh decided to re-deploy the Special Task Force (STF) for neutralising the threat from the Maoi
- Extracting More (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 17, 2005)
In raising the Customs duty on the palm group of oils by 15 percentage points and reducing their tariff values to reflect international market conditions, the Government has in one masterstroke tried to balance the interests of oilseed growers and consume
- Kyoto — Behind And Beyond (Business Line, N. R. Krishnan , Feb 17, 2005)
The much-debated THE MUCH-DEBATED Kyoto Protocol, which seeks to limit emission of greenhouse gases that cause global warming, came into force on Wednesday. With this, one should expect the end of the debate on the need to have such a measure but....
- India's Creaking Infrastructure (Asia Times, Kunal Kumar Kundu, Feb 17, 2005)
The world's biggest passenger plane ever built, the Airbus A380, has rolled out of the Airbus Industries factory in Toulose, France.
- India Shining (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 17, 2005)
Corporate India is on a fast track of growth. The latest financial figures for nearly 1000 companies for the quarter ended December 2004 clearly indicate that the corporate sector is doing exceptionally well.
- For A Taxpayer-Taxman Chemistry (Indian Express, Ashok Kumar Bal, Feb 17, 2005)
The notification of Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Rules 2004 pursuant to FRBM Act 2003 is a watershed event in our fiscal reform process.
- Flight Postponed (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 17, 2005)
Hastening reforms, it would appear, may require nothing more than an efficient social secretary for the minister. On Tuesday, a meeting of the Group of Ministers to finalise plans to modernise New Delhi and Mumbai airports ended abruptly
- Deal To Run Buses In Kashmir Bolsters India-Pakistan Talks (Washington Post, John Lancaster, Feb 17, 2005)
India and Pakistan agreed Wednesday to run buses across the cease-fire line that divides the Himalayan province of Kashmir,
- Saarc Cannot Be Used For Countervailing India... (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 16, 2005)
AS a flourishing democracy, India welcomes more democracy in our neighbourhood, but that too is something that we may encourage and promote; it is not something that we can impose upon others.
- Savings And Investment (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 16, 2005)
Recent Data from the Central Statistical Organisation (CSO) on domestic savings and investments for 2003-04 reinforce certain trends discernible in previous years.
- Taken Young (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 16, 2005)
A particular form of sexual brutality has been recurring over the last few months in mofussil Bengal. The female victims are all minors, usually schoolgirls, and they have been raped, sometimes gang-raped, and some of them have then been brutally killed.
- The Discovery Of Democracy? (Hindu, David Reznik, Feb 16, 2005)
The growth of true democracy in Palestine has been stunted by a preoccupation with Western democratic technique.
- The Dollar Dilemma (Business Line, Rohit Ramachandran, Feb 16, 2005)
THE US Treasury Secretary, Mr John Snow's remark that the "US current account deficit is a shared responsibility" has thrown open a debate on what and how much should the global central banks do in the current situation.
- Kyoto — Jinxed At Birth? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 16, 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.
- Balancing Act (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 16, 2005)
As budget day nears, the United Progressive Alliance government can draw comfort from a benign macro-environment, with congratulations warranted because of the way inflation has been controlled.
- Development Agenda For 2005 (Deccan Herald, STEEN JORGENSEN, Feb 16, 2005)
The gap between the rich and the poor has widened in spite of the progress made in many developing countries since the 1995 Copenhagen Summit on Social Development.
- Healthy And Growing (Telegraph, DIPANKAR DAS, Feb 16, 2005)
Earlier in February, the Indian software service industry heaved a collective sigh of relief as McKinsey Inc. laid to rest one of their deepest fears.
- Tired Out (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 15, 2005)
Marxists are never weary of talking about contradictions. But there is a tiresome fallacy in the way the Communist Party of India (Marxist) sought to see a contradiction between development and foreign investment.
- Pm’S Agenda (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 15, 2005)
The unveiling of an ambitious agenda by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for various ministries and departments identifying “thrust areas” and setting a six-month time frame for delivering results primarily seeks to convey the message that the Government mea
- Power Sector Reforms: Generating A Viable Model (Business Line, M. G. Devasahayam , Feb 15, 2005)
After a reality-check' on the power sector, the Planning Commission has admitted that though there have been a number of experiments in State electricity boards (SEBs) reform
- Regulator For Aviation (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 15, 2005)
AFTER telecom and insurance, civil aviation will have a regulator. A Bill to set up the Civil Aviation Economic Regulatory Authority will be moved in the Budget session of Parliament.
- Shia Rule In Iraq? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 15, 2005)
While the united Iraqi Alliance won the greater share of seats in the newly elected parliament, there is no guarantee that it will take over smoothly from the interim government.
- Panchayats & Employment Guarantee (Hindu, A. Vaidyanathan , Feb 15, 2005)
There is a far greater chance that left to themselves panchayats will implement employment guarantee schemes with a greater sense of responsibility.
- Budget: Will There Be An Amnesty Scheme? (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Feb 15, 2005)
While there must be every attempt to check tax evasion, there must, equally, be every attempt to stop whimsical taxation. The proposal for a blanket amnesty scheme to tap black money will be both arbitrary and whimsical.
- Need For Systemic Overhaul (Deccan Herald, N C GUNDU RAO, Feb 15, 2005)
Left-wing extremism is the jargon sought to be kept in currency with incessant efforts by the self-styled super patriots in the rightist strands of the political spectrum. The dispassionate and detached observers may have disinclination in giving any poli
- Fantasy (Tribune, Raj Chatterjee, Feb 15, 2005)
George Orwell had this to say to aspiring novelists: “Good novels are not written by orthodoxy-sniffers, nor by people who are conscience-striken by their own unorthodoxy. Good novels are written by people who are not frightened.”
- Growing Well (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 15, 2005)
The advance estimates of GDP growth for 2004-05 vindicate the growing all-round optimism on the economy. The Central Statistical Organisation's data released on February 7 indicate that this year the economy will grow at 6.9 per cent.
- Moving On From The Metro Mindset (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Feb 15, 2005)
If a new commission is set up to look into Centre-State relations, its mandate should be to demarcate the functions of each, empowering the States to create regions of excellence.
- Historic Shift (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 15, 2005)
A historic mandate for Shia political parties in Iraq’s elections will give the long-oppressed Shia majority in Iraq its first taste of power in several decades. The United Iraqi Alliance
- Russia's Foreign Policy Challenges (Hindu, Dmitry Kosyrev, Feb 14, 2005)
Russia has not yet learnt to convert its economic successes into political influence abroad.
- Preferential Trade And Wto (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 14, 2005)
A report on the future of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) prepared by an eight-member independent board headed by Peter D. Sutherland, former Director-General of the WTO and its predecessor
- No Mullah Left Behind (Indian Express, Thomas L. Friedman, Feb 14, 2005)
The Wall Street Journal ran a very, very alarming article from Iran on its front page last Tuesday. The article explained how the mullahs in Tehran
- Spreading Menace (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Feb 14, 2005)
The grenade and AK-47 attack by Maoists late last Thursday night, that left six personnel of the Karnataka State Reserve Police Force dead and five critically wounded, provides yet another reminder that the challenge of Left extremism in the country needs
- Pakistan Leaves Arms Calling Card (Asia Times, Kaushik Kapisthalam, Feb 14, 2005)
Non-proliferation experts and anti-nuclear activists have long highlighted South Asia as a "hot" theater insofar as a potential nuclear war is concerned.
- The Challenge Before The Pm (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Feb 14, 2005)
According to the report under Article IV Consultations between the International Monetary Fund and India, which has just been released by the IMF, the state of the Indian economy has never been as promising as it is now.
- When Two Friends Meet (Hindu, Gianfranco Fini, Feb 14, 2005)
The Italy-Indian friendship is founded on a great past and aimed at a future equally full of opportunity and hope.
- A Budget For Public Governance (The Economic Times, U. R. Bhat, Feb 14, 2005)
With the process of budget-making in full swing, the national pastime these days is to give myriad suggestions to the finance minister about some aspect or the other of taxation and government finances.
- A Guest At The G(7) In London (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Feb 14, 2005)
India has finally made it to the august group of G(7) — the group of rich industrialised nations which controls the monetary policies of the world.
- A Time For Democracy (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Feb 14, 2005)
Democratic urges are manifesting themselves worldwide. In Iraq the voter turnout was way beyond expectations — of the Americans, the world community
- An Untenable Theory (Tribune, Amulya Ganguli, Feb 14, 2005)
PROFESSOR Emeritus of the London School of Economics, Lord Meghnad Desai, has returned to his old theme. He has again called upon the Congress and the BJP to form a coalition because he believes that this unusual combination is the only way in which the I
- Bank On Reform (Indian Express, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 14, 2005)
The prime minister and finance minister appear to be on the verge of a deal with Left parties to allow greater FDI in banking. Foreign companies directly help by investing in India, generating employment and introducing better practices.
- Dangerous Transactions (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Feb 14, 2005)
In the week in which North Korea declared it had produced nuclear weapons, intends to go on producing them, and will not talk anymore, Time profiled the ‘‘Merchant of Menace’’.
- Whither Clarity? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 14, 2005)
The scenario on the Naxalite problem front in the State is threatening to turn grimmer than ever and the key reason for this is the muddled thinking on the part of the powers that be and their ham-handed approach to the issue.
- Cpi(m) Puts Centre On Notice (Hindu, Marcus Dam, Feb 14, 2005)
The recently-concluded 21st State Conference of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) in West Bengal gave notice to the United Progressive Alliance Government at the Centre on the continuing "absence of evidence" of implementation
- Is Valentine’S Day Part Of Globalisation: Shiv Visvanathan (The Economic Times, SHIV VISVANATHAN, Feb 14, 2005)
Globalisation has few rituals and festivals to mark its events, the rhythms and transitions of its history.
- Green Darkness (Indian Express, VISSA VENKATA SUNDAR, Feb 14, 2005)
The Kyoto Protocol on global warming comes into force on February 16 and this may be the time to glance at the Sundarban islands, which are a World Heritage Site, yet where global warming is pushing a delicate ecosystem to the brink
- Fear Not The Fed (Business Line, V. Anantha Nageswaran, Feb 14, 2005)
Financial markets do not have to fear the Fed. Mr Alan Greenspan has decided that the process of reversal of the US current account deficit is well under way and that there is no need to do anything drastic.
- The Casual Moment (Telegraph, AMIT CHAUDHURI, Feb 13, 2005)
I always find it a bit surprising when I hear the directors and producers of Hindi films say, “This one is very good — it’s almost as good as Hollywood.”
- The Battle For Bihar (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Feb 13, 2005)
In Bihar, Election 2004 was a straight, clearly defined ideological contest - between the RJD-led grand alliance and a much-depleted National Democratic Alliance.
- Can The King Save The Monarchy? (Telegraph, Ashis Chakrabarti, Feb 13, 2005)
It’s an old palace ploy, they say. By pitting noble notions of democracy against the crime of insurgency, Nepal’s King Gyanendra is simply flexing the muscles of his own sovereignty.
- Giving A Big Boost To Agriculture (Tribune, A.N. Haksar, Feb 13, 2005)
EVEN after 57 years of Independence, agriculture has not received the attention it deserved. The onus is certainly on successive governments which wake up only when monsoons fail.
- Laloo Should Get Into Driver’S Seat (Indian Express, N K Singh, Feb 13, 2005)
The Indian Railways is the world’s second largest rail network, covering nearly 65,000 km, divided into three gauges of broad, meter and narrow.
- Preventing Tsunami Tragedies (Indian Express, Soli Sorabjee, Feb 13, 2005)
Extensive deaths and destruction caused by the Asian tsunami have imparted urgency to devise measures to prevent such tragedies.
- Pipeline Or Pipe Dream? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Feb 12, 2005)
India’s huge energy needs have converted what was once unthinkable into policy. The Cabinet has authorised the petroleum ministry to start negotiations on not just one but two pipelines running through Pakistan, India’s traditional foe.
- Needed, A Better Ideal Than Asean Rates (Business Line, Sukumar Mukhopadhyay, Feb 12, 2005)
Reform is quite indefinable. Each political party has its own agenda of reform.
- Looking Beyond Procurement (The Economic Times, Narendar Pani, Feb 12, 2005)
If finance minister Chidambaram’s comments to the parliamentary consultative committee of his ministry this week are any guide, the Budget could see a major initiative on the food subsidy.
- Is Poverty The Best Policy? (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Feb 12, 2005)
The poor are engaged in a struggle within the hierarchies of poor countries. When the prospects of their succeeding in this struggle are bleak, they willingly accept poverty.
- Worth Striving For More Humane World (Business Line, D. Murali , Feb 12, 2005)
It is not only terrorism or war that threatens us, but also `economic ruin and global warming', explains the intro to Paul Rogat Loeb's The Impossible Will Take a Little While, from Basic Books (www.basicbooks.com) .
- Nuclear North (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Feb 12, 2005)
North Korea's declaration on Thursday that it had nuclear weapons does not come as a thundering surprise. There had been enough indications for several years now that it either had them
- A Landmark Victory In Thailand (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 12, 2005)
With the landslide victory of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's Thai Rak Thai party, electoral history has been rewritten in Thailand.
- Behind New Europe's Facade (Hindu, Neil Clark, Feb 12, 2005)
Neo-liberalism has delivered unemployment and lower living standards for the majority in eastern Europe. But opposition is growing.
- Larger Than All The Rest (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Feb 12, 2005)
The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation often seems to have no more to offer than poverty and politics. But the abrupt cancellation of last weekend’s summit — not directly India’s doing, but the inevitable outcome of Manmohan Singh’s refusal
- Fuelling Peace (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 12, 2005)
The Manmohan Singh Government's decision to examine favourably the possibility of transporting Iranian natural gas to India via a pipeline traversing Pakistani territory represents the welcome triumph of sound economics over dubious diplomacy.
- Growth Zones (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 12, 2005)
LAST September, on his first visit to Amritsar, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh offered a special economic zone (SEZ) for the neglected border city.
- Here’S To Budget 2005 (Indian Express, ILA PATNAIK, Feb 12, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P. Chidambaram have both promised that Budget 2005 will be a budget of tax reforms. The challenge of budget making consists of simultaneously addressing India’s fiscal crisis — which requires increased...
- King's Gambit (OutLook, Seema Sirohi, Feb 12, 2005)
Initial condemnation of the coup in Nepal from India was strong and unambiguous, but of late a policy rethink seems in the works.
- On Strikes As A Weapon (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Feb 12, 2005)
In recent months, the West Bengal Chief Minister, Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharya, has made it clear that he will brook no opposition in the implementation of his one-point programme — rapid economic development (or resurgence) of the State.
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