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Articles 29521 through 29620 of 35809:
- Bush Sets A Daunting Task (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma, Jan 24, 2005)
When President George Bush rang the Liberty Bell to begin his second four-year term in the White House, the world heard it. His words sounded the determination to increase the number of democracies.
- Draw The World (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 24, 2005)
The enthusiasm seen in the tourism ministry, under Ms Renuka Choudhury, to promote tourism by projecting India as an ideal tourist destination is a healthy trend.
- Healing And Hurriyat (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 24, 2005)
In the course of history, there comes a time when some fundamental shifts become possible in the ongoing paradigm of events and human relations. Wisdom lies in grabbing such moments for a better future.
- India As Super Power (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 24, 2005)
THE latest Central Intelligence Agency report mentioning that India will be a super power by 2020 is more amusing than true.
- India Resists Tsunami Aid, Reveals New Identity (Boston Globe, Mannika Chopra, Jan 24, 2005)
Sitting in his dark one-room cottage, Ganesh was adamant in voicing support for India's refusal to accept tsunami relief directly from foreign governments.
- Ozone In Peril (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 23, 2005)
By all accounts, the first-ever strategic dialogue between India and China was more in the nature of a sharing of views and concerns on important issues facing them and the world, than anything else.
- Rss Has Highest Stake In Jharkhand (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Jan 23, 2005)
Of the three States going to the polls next month, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has the highest stake in Jharkhand.
- Struggling Dinosaur (The Economic Times, ARVIND KALA, Jan 23, 2005)
IF India's telecom networks can be opened to private companies, why should our postal system remain a virtual monopoly?
- Anti-Laloo Sentiment Strong In Bihar, Says Arun Jaitley (Tribune, S. Satyanarayanan, Jan 23, 2005)
The Bharatiya Janata Party, which got a severe drubbing in the last Lok Sabha elections and in the recent Assembly elections in Maharashtra, is in a bind.
- Aids: Facing The Second Wave (OutLook, PRAMIT MITRA, Jan 23, 2005)
Eighteen years after the first AIDS diagnosis in the country, India has entered a critical period in its fight against the disease. And the country's strategy in combating the pandemic in the coming years will hold lessons not only for other
- Caste In Injustice (Indian Express, Arun Shourie, Jan 23, 2005)
The rhetoric of ‘social justice’ conceals all manner of ills: pandering to sectional interests, appeasing of labour aristocracies, subsidising of dying PSUs and most crucially, robbing of the Indian state of talent by arguing against all forms of merit.
- India's Forgotten Army (The Economic Times, Raghu Krishnan, Jan 23, 2005)
I had planned to go to Orissa last winter but things didn't quite work out.
- Should All Deductions And Exemptions Go? (Business Line, H. P. Ranina, Jan 22, 2005)
Deductions and exemptions have been the subject of much debate. Those opposed to them must realise that they are a significant part of the people's savings that form the bedrock of a nation's long-term
- Customs And Duties (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Jan 22, 2005)
The second era of the great Indian economic reforms story began with Dr Manmohan Singh taking over reins as the Prime Minister and P Chidambaram as the Finance Minister.
- Bush Raises The Banner (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 22, 2005)
Most second-term presidents in America tend to bask in the glory of their re-election and gently fade into the night. But not George W. Bush, who has unveiled a radical agenda for America and the world.
- Gennext Is Gennow (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jan 22, 2005)
What do you say when a straight-sets defeat for an Indian in Grand Slam third round becomes the stuff of headlines? Or when merely a point scored in the first set lost 1-6 becomes a cause for national cheer?
- Innately Silly (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 22, 2005)
The president of Harvard University, Mr Lawrence Summers, is a bit of a silly man. He forgot who he was. His suggestion, that “innate differences” between the sexes prevent women from succeeding at the highest levels in mathematics
- Punjab’S Success Story (Tribune, S.S. Johl, Jan 21, 2005)
Economics defines land, labour, capital and management as four principal factors of production. Land and capital by themselves are inert resources. It is the management that applies appropriate doses of labour to the right mix of land and
- Selection Of World Bank's Chief — Time To End Western `Carve-Up' (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jan 21, 2005)
Wheels (within wheels) have begun moving in the industrial countries, especially the US, by way of setting the machinery in motion to install a person of their choice in the place of the current World Bank President
- Talking Down Portfolio Flows (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 21, 2005)
There are bound to be different answers to the question whether the Reserve Bank of India Governor's recent statements on portfolio flows into the stock markets were inappropriately timed.
- Why Reserves Are Not Resources (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Jan 21, 2005)
Large economies having a vigorous interface with the global economy may require large foreign currency reserves to act as stored energy that smoothen the transmission of resource power to drive the growth engine.
- The Case For Employment Guarantee (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Jan 21, 2005)
If the schemes are illusory, the National Employment Guarantee will end up being neither national, nor providing sufficient employment, nor being a guarantee.
- Hegemony, Uninterrupted (Indian Express, Kancha Ilaiah, Jan 21, 2005)
As India heads for another parliamentary election it may be useful to look at the politics of caste. The last six years of the BJP’s rule have seen the forces of Hindutva consolidating their control over institutions of Hindu spiritualism, business and ed
- Dr Joshi And His Strange Loves (Indian Express, Shubh Saumya, Jan 21, 2005)
Human Resource Development Minister Murli Manohar Joshi speaks these days like a class warrior. His campaign to belittle and bully IITs and IIMs would make a Marxist proud.
- A Reassessment Of Netaji Bose (Deccan Herald, ANIRUDHA DASGUPTA, Jan 21, 2005)
A big change has come about in the attitude of political parties towards Netaji Subhas Bose and the role he played in the nationalist movement. It was not many years ago that the Congress as the ruling party at the Centre fought shy in giving
- Need For A Mangrove Wall (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Jan 21, 2005)
Natural disasters are tragedies for the poor. But for the rich and influential, it is an opportunity — a god-sent opportunity to make more money. The killer tsunami waves that ravaged through the southern coastline open up one such great avenue.
- Money To Burn? (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Jan 21, 2005)
If a country’s prosperity is defined in terms of the foreign exchange assets it holds, India had never had it so good. Foreign exchange holdings at this moment exceed $ 130 billion.
- No Escape From Party Poopers (Telegraph, Ashis Chakrabarti, Jan 20, 2005)
Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee’s toughest task lies in convincing middle-level CPI(M) leaders about the importance of capital
- Indo-Pakistan Peace Process (Tribune, P. C. Dogra, Jan 20, 2005)
According to Ayesha Siddiqua, a defence analyst at the Department of International Relations of Quaid-e- Azam University, “Since its creation in 1947, Pakistan’s security perception remains India-centric, dominated by an extreme sense of threat perceived
- Many Different Paths To Prosperity (The Economic Times, Swaminathan S Anklesaria Aiyar, Jan 20, 2005)
Every year, the Wall Street Journal and Heritage Foundation bring out a book called The Index of Economic Freedom, the centrepiece of which is an index ranking countries
- Moderating Claims (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 20, 2005)
The hearts of India's petro product consumers expand when, in the interregnum between the announcements of price hikes, the media reports "another" oil find followed by "another" one on gas.
- Powell On Tsunami Aid (Tribune, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jan 20, 2005)
India’s stake in the effort to stamp out terrorism entitles it to feel perturbed at the implications of Mr Colin Powell’s linkage between relief and religion in stricken Banda Aceh where the tsunami killed over 100,000 Indonesians.
- Saying No To Aid (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Jan 20, 2005)
Many in the West were offended by India turning down offers of aid immediately after the tsunami. Is this a carryover of the colonial mentality?
- The First & Last Don (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jan 20, 2005)
It’s exactly 400 years since the publication in Spanish in early 1605 of a book titled El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha.
- Hope Tomorrow? (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 20, 2005)
It may or may not be a mere coincidence that Pakistan's violation of the ceasefire in force along the Line of Control in Jammu & Kashmir occurred on the same day-Tuesday-it announced its decision to seek the World Bank's arbitration on India's Baglihar hy
- A Time For Newer Things (Telegraph, Gouri Chatterjee, Jan 20, 2005)
Forgive the lowly literary devices, but it really was another sign of the times. Last week, the employees of the Times group in Mumbai bid good-bye to Pradeep Guha, the president of the organization
- Advanced Education Stumbling Along (Business Line, A. Vasudevan, Jan 20, 2005)
Advanced education is in poor shape partly because of the perception that in a country with a large number of poor, the state should focus on primary and secondary education.
- An Opportunity In Adversity (Business Line, S. Srinath, Jan 20, 2005)
The relief that came after the tsunami tragedy was as big as the wave that hit the coastal areas of the South. The noble gesture was tarnished by some complaints that the aid packages have not reached certain pockets.
- Zhao's Death Puts Hu In A Quandary (Asia Times, Tian Jing, Jan 20, 2005)
For Chinese communist leaders, a paper political epitaph is historically more durable than a gravestone - and more powerful: it has the ideological strength to make or break reputations and those of entire innocent families.
- Caution On Oilseed Imports (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 20, 2005)
The Minister for Agriculture and Food, Mr Sharad Pawar's explosive statement in Mumbai at the World Congress of International Association of Seed Crushers that there
- Egs Demands Other Reforms (Indian Express, Arvind Virmani, Jan 20, 2005)
A basic objective of economic and social policy is to ensure that all able-bodied citizens are provided a job at the prevailing market wage for unskilled work.
- Failure Of Talks (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 20, 2005)
The unprecedented peace in Andhra Pradesh, of the last eight months, is in danger of being shattered, if not already shattered with the police killing 11 Naxalites in a series of encounters since January 6 and Naxalites killing three persons in retaliatio
- Go Beyond Status Quo (Pioneer, APS Chauhan, Jan 20, 2005)
The reaction in the media to the proposal of troop pull out from Siachen was premature. Even if there were to be any agreement on the issue, its shape and modalities are yet to be worked out.
- Managing National Security (Tribune, Air Commodore Jasjit Singh (retd), Jan 19, 2005)
IF the historical record of a National Security Council (NSC) in India is any indication, it seems we are not serious about how we intend to manage our national security which undoubtedly has become increasingly complex with the passage of time.
- Murdering The Sentinels Of The Shore (Indian Express, VALMIK THAPAR, Jan 19, 2005)
God forbid if there was another tsunami wave that hit the coasts of India or a cyclone or any natural disaster. This country has created a recipe for a menu of even greater destruction. And the cooks who have originated it are our senior politicians and b
- Vat Sense (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 19, 2005)
The white paper on the State Value Added Tax (VAT) and the finance minister’s renewed commitment to the Goods and Services Tax (GST) is welcome. The move towards the State VAT has been in the works for many years.
- Pipeline Of Opportunity (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 19, 2005)
The in principle agreement arrived at earlier this month in Yangon among the Oil Ministers of India, Myanmar and Bangladesh on cooperation in gas exploration and building an overland pipeline holds ...
- A New Resolve On Reforms (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Jan 19, 2005)
Speaking in Kolkata, the Prime Minister sent a bold message to the allies to be partners in progress in creating a caring economy.
- America's Fairyland Media (Hindu, George Monbiot, Jan 19, 2005)
The U.S. media is disciplined by corporate America into promoting the Republican cause.
- Lure Of Luxury (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Jan 19, 2005)
A real estate promotional write-up in a newspaper inviting people to “live in luxury” came as a revelation. Conspicuous consumption in his country saddened the American economist Thorstein Veblen, who coined the phrase a hundred years ago.
- Knowing Global Power (Indian Express, K. Subrahmanyam, Jan 19, 2005)
When I read the report of the National Intelligence Council of CIA, ‘Mapping the global future’, which has assessed the rise of China and India as major global powers by year
- In The Pipeline (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 19, 2005)
It is always a matter of time before economic logic triumphs over political or nationalist rhetoric. So the pipeline that can now be laid to carry natural gas from Myanmar to India through Bangladesh is actually a victory for the economic argument.
- Economic Reforms At The Crossroads (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Jan 19, 2005)
What will happen by end of February 2005 is difficult to say. But it looks more or less certain that the advance of economic reforms will slow down if not halted and reversed.
- Dual Citizenship — Driven By Pride And Pragmatism (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Jan 18, 2005)
India's move to allow dual citizenship can be seen as another step ahead of an emerging global power that will allow unhindered trade in services and free the citizenry to pursue opportunities wherever they arise.
- Need For Vision And Rhetoric (Deccan Herald, PARSA VENKATESHWAR RAO JR, Jan 18, 2005)
It is not surprising that the next National Security Advisor (NSA) is expected to measure up to the tough reputations of the two predecessors – Brajesh Mishra and the late J N Dixit. But it is an unfair demand.
- Making Speed With Broadband (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 18, 2005)
For the telecom sector, price cuts, and substantial ones at that, have become a familiar routine that has seen domestic long distance and international telephone call charges dropping to just
- Leg Up For Infrastructure (Business Line, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Jan 18, 2005)
THE Planning Commission Deputy Chairman, Dr Montek Singh Ahluwalia, has said that a part of the forex reserves of $127 billion should be used to make government investments in infrastructure.
- Is Anyone Listening To Mr Stiglitz? (Indian Express, P. Chidambaram, Jan 18, 2005)
Joseph Stiglitz is in India and has been in the news. He has many distinctions to his credit. Between 1993 and 1997 he served on the Council of Economic Advisers to President Bill Clinton.
- Global B2b Mantra — On A New Learning Curve (Business Line, Vinod Mathew, Jan 18, 2005)
It is as exclusive as it can get. An international consortium of business houses joining hands in a bid to share knowledge.
- Elections In Iraq (Hindu, Hamid Ansari, Jan 18, 2005)
The strategy of the 16-party United Iraqi Alliance is to institutionalise Shia majority and defer confrontation with the U.S. to a later stage.
- Doubts And Assurances On Globalisation (Hindu, N. Ravi, Jan 18, 2005)
For long, mainstream economists dismissed any downside to free trade as far less significant than the benefits flowing from it. What Paul Samuelson's paper has done is to suggest that the critics might have a point after all.
- Broad-Banding Competition (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 18, 2005)
In the initia years of economic reform, facing up to competition was not a skill that came easily to public sector units. Long years of monopoly had blunted business instincts; customer service or acquisition was hardly a priority
- `Cut The Fat, Not The Muscle' (Business Line, Vinay Kamath, Jan 18, 2005)
India's greatest economic challenge is to rein in fiscal deficit, according to Dr Raghuram G. Rajan, Chief Economist of the IMF"It is a problem because people do not see it as a problem,"
- Regulatory Authorities — Role In A Deregulated Economy (Business Line, P. K. Doraiswamy, Jan 18, 2005)
The transition of the economy from being a regulated one to a deregulated one is a momentous step. But if a deregulated economy is not to lead to cut-throat competition or predatory exploitation of the consumer, it does need some transparent, normative re
- Signpost (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 18, 2005)
How open are India’s policies on foreign direct investment? The answer depends on the sector. In manufacturing, the policy is fairly open. But Press Note 18 requires prospective foreign investors
- India Struggles To Carve Out New U.N. Role (Toronto Star, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2005)
India's self-reliance in the tsunami disaster has shown the new face of an emerging regional power that wants to punch its weight in the United Nations — with help from Canada — says Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
- To Take On Competition, Air India Must Expand (Business Line, Tunia Cherian George, Jan 17, 2005)
The Air-India Chairman and Managing Director, Mr V. Thulasidas, looks back on an `exciting' first year at the helm.
- Handshake Freezeframed (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Jan 17, 2005)
They’re squinting hard at the road from Islamabad and it looks foggy. This week, it was the ECONOMIST’s turn to congratulate Vajpayee and Musharraf for their warm handclasp.
- Human Rights, Best Solution To Poverty (Deccan Herald, MARY ROBINSON, Jan 17, 2005)
Will 2005 be a year of breakthrough which moves us closer to realising the World Social Forum’s conviction that another world is possible? Or will it be yet another year in which the divides in our world continue to grow?
- The Budget Rolls On (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 17, 2005)
The slew of economic policy announcements on Thursday, including the liberalisation of foreign investment policy, are clearly part of what would have been “Part A” of the Union finance minister’s budget speech on February 28.
- Tackle Poverty With Growth (Tribune, Montek singh Ahluwalia, Jan 17, 2005)
IT is absolutely true that poverty has not declined as much as was targeted. But this point should be read along with the knowledge that growth has not been what it was meant to be.
- Partners, Seriously (Indian Express, G Parthasarathy, Jan 17, 2005)
Eyebrows were raised when Colin Powell recently announced that the United States had offered its “good offices” to promote reconciliation between India and Pakistan.
- Net Savvy Nation (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 17, 2005)
The launch of quick and affordable internet services across the country is a welcome, but slightly delayed, move. With public sector telecom majors, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd
- The Fine Art Of Budget-Making (Business Line, S. Venu , Jan 17, 2005)
The Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, had to do a hurried job of presenting this year's Budget on July 8, 2004, as he was called on to do so within a short period of his assuming office as Finance Minister.
- Give Full Freedom (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 17, 2005)
The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh's recent announcement that foreign investors would no longer have to secure the approval of their domestic joint venture partner for making fresh investments brings to an
- Beyond Tsunami: An Agenda For Action (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 17, 2005)
Relief is in full swing in all the tsunami-hit areas of India. Medium- and long-term rehabilitation demands three things all along the coast. First, strengthening the ecological foundations of sustainable human security.
- What Kind Of A Central Banker Do We Need? (Business Line, V. Anantha Nageswaran, Jan 17, 2005)
Examining the issues involved in a central banker's attitude towards risk and experimentation and whether there is a case for more experimentation in a developing, than in a developed
- Asian Century (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 17, 2005)
The prediction by a CIA-commissioned report that India and China will emerge as major global players by 2020 is indeed heartening. According to the report titled ‘Mapping the Global Future’
- America’S Suez Moment (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 17, 2005)
Despite its unchallenged military might, the United States has an Achilles’ heel: its economy depends on foreign capital. Though hardly anyone acknowledges this publicly, China and Japan already hold so much American debt that, theoretically
- Upa Govt Can’T Take Left For Granted, Says Abani Roy (Tribune, R. Suryamurthy, Jan 16, 2005)
The economic decisions of the UPA government have evoked much criticism from the Left parties, who have been crying foul. Statements by the government indicate that it would go ahead with the reform process and the concerns of the Left are being ignored.
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