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Articles 29721 through 29820 of 35809:
- 50 Lakh Indians Hiv Positive (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 10, 2005)
I believe this meeting is a sequel to the Global Media Initiative hosted by the United Nations Secretary General, Mr Kofi Annan, in January 2004 in New York.
- Feeling Not-So-Good After All (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Jan 10, 2005)
The BJP-led NDA alliance is feeling good after winning the recent Assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh. And they want the entire nation to feel good so that they can reap the harvest in the mid-term Lok Sabha polls they are gearing
- Focus On Accelerating Growth (The Financial Express, Saumitra Chaudhuri, Jan 10, 2005)
The view from the centres of global capitalism is unsettling and so is the outlook. Structural imbalances and long-term difficulties — principally the current account and budget deficit in the US, one running above
- How The Pictures Lie (Telegraph, PARIMAL BHATTACHARYA, Jan 10, 2005)
Urban, upwardly-mobile families may not want girls, but that does not prove that the backward classes do
- The Poet’S Hour (Indian Express, Mohammed Wajihuddin, Jan 09, 2005)
AL-Biruni, the 11th century Arab traveller, noted that there are 88,000 hells as per the Vishnu Purana. He went on to quote different kinds of sins committed by people and the corresponding hells prescribed for them.
- Welcome To South Asia (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 09, 2005)
South Asia is so rich in its cultural mosaic and scenic beauty that it is surprising that we have paid such little attention to tourism within each of our countries as well as within the region.
- Tsunami: Us Can Do More (Tribune, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jan 09, 2005)
There is a story about a British diplomat being asked what he would like for the New Year. Being a modest man, he declined a gift but on being pressed, reluctantly agreed to a small box of preserved fruit.
- From Islamabad, With Care (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Jan 09, 2005)
In the coming months, officials in New Delhi and Islamabad will repeatedly refer the media to the 153 words of the joint press statement issued in Islamabad on January 6 after nail-biting suspense.
- Courage And The Courts (Indian Express, ANIL B. DIVAN, Jan 09, 2005)
The Bar and Bench at Bombay are celebrating this week the 125th year of the completion of the magnificent building housing the high court. It is with a sense of pride that every child of the Bombay Bar must recall some
- ‘Repulse The New Rome ... Jihad Is A Religious-Economic War’ (Indian Express, OSAMA BIN LADEN, Jan 09, 2005)
My message is to urge jihad to repulse the grand plots hatched against our nation, such as the occupation of Baghdad, under the guise of the search for weapons of mass destruction
- Needed A Cohesive Military Doctrine (Tribune, Vice Admiral K.K. Nayyar, Jan 08, 2005)
A country’s military doctrine is the outcome of a number of factors, which impinge on its national security. Some of these are fixed like its geography and other vary such as the interests of its neighbours or the rest of the world.
- Squeeze Water Off Chinese Data, Add A Dash Of Guesswork (Business Line, D. Murali , Jan 08, 2005)
For those who do not know, these are just a few proverbs from China. If, as a businessman, you want to look at a big market, where the 1.3 billionth consumer was born two days ago
- Mr Dixit, I Presume (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jan 08, 2005)
The first time I met J.N. ‘Mani’ Dixit, in September 1985, I had not particularly given him a reason for me to be in his good books. I had just been arrested by the Sri Lankan military for nosing around “sensitive installations” near Trincomalee.
- In Pursuit Of Corporate Governance (The Economic Times, K S MEHTA, Jan 08, 2005)
The draft Companies Bill seeks to bring about a convergence with the regulations framed by Sebi for corporate governance.
- Asian Oil Bloc (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 08, 2005)
Given the volatility characterising the global oil market, India’s proposal to form an Asian oil bloc that would help to ensure stability, security and sustainability of the oil market in the region is a good idea.
- In The Aftermath Of A Disaster (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Jan 08, 2005)
It is just about a fortnight since the under-water earthquake rocked the sea off the coast of Sumatra, leaving mankind to count the terrible loss of life left in the wake of the huge killer waves that hit the shoreline of the landmass surrounding the ...
- Great Budget Expectations — Helping The Economy Take Wings (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jan 08, 2005)
Subject to the considerations set out earlier, what are the options before the Finance Minister? It is a constant refrain of the financial commentariat (the latest coinage signifying the commentators as a class!)
- Fostering Innovation (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 08, 2005)
"Economic change is largely a process by which knowledge is transformed into goods and services. Creating links between knowledge generation and enterprise development is thus one of the greatest challenges facing developing countries,"
- Drifts In The Desert (Indian Express, Arun Firordia, Jan 08, 2005)
India is very rich in water resources. We get 5 per cent of the worldwide rains though we account for only 2 per cent of the total land mass. So, we should rank high in water availability but we rank a poor 133 among 170 countries in water
- The Land Of Penny Pinchers (Indian Express, NICHOLAS D KRISTOF, Jan 07, 2005)
Americans give 15 cents per day per person in official development assistance to poor countries. The average American spends four times that on soft drinks daily
- Sugar Turns Bitter-Sweet (Business Line, A. Seshan, Jan 07, 2005)
The sugar situation is full of iniquity to the consumer and the cane farmer. Sugar prices have shot up steeply. The average price in Mumbai is around Rs 22 per kg — a peak in 30 years.
- Textile Quotas Go (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 07, 2005)
The US and EU-imposed country-by-country quotas on imports of textile and clothing items came to an end on January 1, 2005.
- The Legacy Of Narasimha Rao (Deccan Herald, Kancha Ilaiah, Jan 07, 2005)
When P V Narasimha Rao, the former Prime Minister of India, died I was in the US working on my post-doctoral fellowship project.
- Why Not Mobiles For Rural India? (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 07, 2005)
Expansion of the telephone network deep into Rural India is a task that must always merit wholehearted support. With the Universal Services Obligation Fund, to which all telecom operators contribute 5 per cent of
- Needed, A Strategy (Pioneer, Prafull Goradia, Jan 07, 2005)
Apropos KPS Gill's article, "What is India's grand strategy?" (The Pioneer, December 11), India's "grand strategy" should begin with its national aspirations. Since the country has no desire to conquer alien territory, its foreign policy would be essentia
- Insurance: Recovering From Tsunami's Wrath (Business Line, N. C. Vijairagavan, Jan 07, 2005)
Nature's fury has left behind an trail of death and destruction. What should assume priority now is to bring back to normal the survivors and those who have suffered economic loss.
- Casting For Gain (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 07, 2005)
In many parts of India, caste groups masquerade as political parties. Elections, therefore, become battles on caste rather than on political lines.
- Deficits Need Not Be Worrying (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 07, 2005)
Two inter-related features stand out among the data in the recently released report of the Reserve Bank of India on the country's balance of payments for the second quarter of 2004-05.
- Enter, The Market Bell Is Rung (Business Line, D. Murali , Jan 07, 2005)
After the latest crash of the Sensex, analysts are still trying to find out why the big fall happened, but many are just too resigned to attribute any sense to the mega movements.
- Industry In 2004: Manufacturing Momentum Quickens (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Jan 07, 2005)
The Indian manufacturing story, which began gradually unfolding since 2002, had witnessed a substantial improvement in efficiency but a hesitant recovery in 2003.
- Great Budget Expectations — Buoyant Mood, Congenial Setting (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jan 07, 2005)
With all systems go, powered by an enthusing confluence of favourable factors, the Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, must be a happy man ready to make Budget.
- Help Not Wanted (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 07, 2005)
Asia's tsunami has had an unlikely fallout: The bruised ego of the world's rich nations. The West's comfort level with less developed parts of the globe hits high water mark whenever the latter can be kept on dole.
- More Open Skies (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 07, 2005)
THE UNION CABINET'S decision to allow established private airlines to operate to foreign destinations with the exception of West Asia is on expected lines and represents another step towards a liberal open skies policy in the civil aviation sector.
- Most Nris Wear Loincloths, Not Suits (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Jan 07, 2005)
Yet again, on the day Gandhi came back from South Africa, India prepares to celebrate another Pravasi Bharatiya Divas. This annual function has multiple objectives:
- Peering Over Great Wall (Indian Express, JIM YARDLEY, Jan 06, 2005)
China's response to the tsunami disaster shows the nation’s limitations as an aspiring superpower, despite its new and growing influence in Asia. China’s offer of aid, if slightly belated, is sizable, given its often inward-looking history.
- Remembering A “noorjahan” (Tribune, R.K. Kaushik, Jan 06, 2005)
JULIA Glancy, the wife of Sir Bertrand James Glancy, Governor of pre-partition Punjab from April 8, 1945 to April 7, 1946, used to be called “Noorjahan” of Punjab at that time by the Urdu press of Lahore because of her beauty, assertiveness, prudence and
- Save The Retailer (Tribune, Mohan Guruswamy, Jan 06, 2005)
The retail industry in India is often hailed as one of the sunrise sectors. AT Kearney, the well-known international management consultancy, recently identified India as the “second most attractive retail destination” from among 30 emerging markets.
- Let Not Financing Be A Disaster After Rapid (Business Line, D. Murali , Jan 06, 2005)
Disaster, donations, distribution, and delay, form only a predictable combination that plays out whenever a major blow strikes.
- Sex And Sensibility (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 06, 2005)
The report that, according to a recent survey, one in every five women defines herself as beautiful and is confident enough to describe herself as sexy, deserves more than passing attention.
- Lip Service (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 06, 2005)
Teachers must look dull: that alone would convey the misery of their profession. The impulse behind the circular for teachers in Bonhooghly Girls’ High School could have had no other source but this belief.
- The Magic Formula For 2005 (The Economic Times, KIRAN KARNIK, Jan 06, 2005)
If only the last week of 2004 was a dream, a nightmare that one would wake up from to find a comfortable, unchanged normalcy.
- Wrong, Lord Desai & Prof Sen (The Economic Times, T. K. Arun, Jan 06, 2005)
Lord Meghnad Desai thinks India is a collection of nationalities. These, he says, find political articulation through regional or caste-based parties that together detract from India’s potential for growth through exclusive focus on distribution.
- Women In Islam (Pioneer, SK Srivastava, Jan 06, 2005)
The denial of minority rights has largely been blamed for the backwardness of the Muslim society. Their religious conservatism and obscurantist approach are regarded as some of the other factors.
- When Public Servants Are Corrupt (Tribune, P. P. Rao, Jan 06, 2005)
CORRUPTION has assumed alarming proportions. The epidemic has spread to the judiciary to some extent. The Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947, miserably failed to prevent or check corruption.
- We Need Our Mohan Bhargavas (Indian Express, NANDITA PATEL, Jan 06, 2005)
‘Swades’ makes a strong case for patriotism seen not as Pakistan-bashing but as unabashed India-loving
- Tsunamis Won't Stop Jihadis (Asia Times, B. Raman , Jan 06, 2005)
Some security aspects of the widespread tragedy caused by the December 26 tsunamis have not received the attention they deserve.
- The Political Economy Of Tsunami (Business Line, A. Vasudevan, Jan 06, 2005)
The killer tsunami has raised two important issues of rehabilitation and creating an early warning system. But both require funds. While the governments and its banks will provide crucial help
- 'Taxation Is The Bane Of Tourism' (The Economic Times, BHANU PANDE, Jan 06, 2005)
Param Kannampilly, the managing director of Concept Hospitality, which owns a chain of ecotels under the brand Orchid and Lotus Suites believes there’s a lot more the government should be doing to make 'Incredible India' a big success.
- America Has A Moral Obligation To (Gulf News, Colin L. Powell, Jan 06, 2005)
Now that George W. Bush has a mandate for a second term, he intends to pursue his goals for economic development with the same determination that made possible the liberation of Iraq and Afghanistan.
- ‘We Showed That An Indian Firm With Aspirations (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jan 06, 2005)
Grandson of legendary entrepreneur TVS Sundaram Iyengar, Venu Srinivasan famously spent eight hours a day of his school summer vacations working as a garage mechanic. Today, in a market once dominated by Bajaj Auto, TVS stands tall. Talking ...
- 100 Days That Will Change India (Indian Express, BUNKER ROY, Jan 06, 2005)
The father of modern Punjab, Pratap Singh Kairon, was driving to Chandigarh. A dog tried to cross the road, changed its mind, tried to scramble back and got run over. Kairon observed,”
- Disinvest Now (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jan 06, 2005)
There's a tide of foreign institutional investment which, taken at the flood, can lead on to fiscal fortune.
- Govindacharya Plans Awareness Programme (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Jan 06, 2005)
Soon after coming to power in 1998 the Bharatiya Janata Party gave up its "swadeshi" economic policy and embraced globalisation, foreign direct investment and all that goes with the World Trade Organisation regime.
- A View From The Water (Indian Express, Sagarika Ghose, Jan 06, 2005)
What better way to celebrate New Year’s Eve than in Goa? The western coast, the safer coast, where fairy lights still glitter on beach shacks while on the opposite side of the peninsula, the hydra-headed monster that rose out of the sea ten days ago conti
- Economy On The Move (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 06, 2005)
It has been rare for the country to usher in a New Year with such optimism. The state of the economy inspires hope. Foreign institutional investors and rating agencies are upbeat on India’s future.
- Growth Pangs (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 06, 2005)
If India were political Utopia, Lord Meghnad Desai's recipe for accelerated growth-the BJP and the Congress joining hands to form a 'grand coalition'-may have clicked.
- For A Long-Term Solution (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Jan 06, 2005)
Any rehabilitation scheme for fisherfolk affected by the tsunami can be worked out only through democratic consultation and the participation of the fisherfolk themselves in the decision-making process.
- Fdi In Retailing — Short-Changing The Kirana Store? (Business Line, Mohan Guruswamy, Jan 06, 2005)
The retail industry in India is often hailed as one of the sunrise sectors. AT Kearney recently identified India as the ``second most attractive retail destination'' from among 30 emergent markets.
- Ega: Needed, A Govt Guarantee Act (Indian Express, Zoya Hasan, Jan 06, 2005)
In the past few months, there has been considerable discussion on the Employment Guarantee Act (EGA). Assuring the basic needs of the vulnerable has come to the forefront after a decade of identity politics that pushed livelihood issues into the backgroun
- Make Way (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 05, 2005)
Those who want to change things should know what they are up against. Some of his comrades seem to be Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee’s worst enemies.
- Us Slips In Luring The Best (Deccan Herald, SAM DILLON, Jan 05, 2005)
American universities, which for half a century have attracted the world’s best and brightest students with little effort, are suddenly facing intense competition as higher education undergoes rapid globalisation.
- Patent Ordinance And Reality Check (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Jan 05, 2005)
To meet its WTO commitment, India has brought in an ordinance to usher in the product patent regime. But of the effect on the ground things are not too clear, though the ordinance appears to create a milieu for the IT and pharma industries to grow and ...
- Need For A Universal Egs (Hindu, Prabhat Patnaik, Jan 05, 2005)
Confining the Employment Guarantee Scheme to particular areas on the ground that they have "implementation capacity"
- Political Realities And Double Speak (Business Line, R. Sthanumoorthy, Jan 05, 2005)
What drives political parties to speak in two voices when it comes to execution of hard economic decisions and what implication does it have in implementing such decisions?
- A Wave To Drown The Tsunami (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jan 05, 2005)
Amid the deep gloom of tsunami devastation, as one watched the almost surreal scenes of thousands of dead and lakhs rendered homeless or reduced to penury, there were a few silver linings too.
- Let The Rivers Of Friendship Flow (Business Line, S. Padmanabhan , Jan 05, 2005)
The project for interlinking rivers in India is so closely intertwined with Bangladesh that the time has come for both countries to finalise a long-term and massive development and disaster prevention plan.
- Agent Of Change (Telegraph, MAHESH RANGARAJAN, Jan 05, 2005)
P.V. Narasimha Rao’s manner of leaving had all the hallmarks of his long, tempestuous political life. He left on the eve of the 80th birthday of the man he called his life-long friend and adversary
- Cause For Concern (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 05, 2005)
The report indicating that there may be a shortfall of 15 to 17 per cent in the targeted foodgrain output during the rabi season in the State this year is certainly a cause for concern.
- Does The Deccan Need More Water? (Deccan Herald, SUBRATA SINHA, Jan 05, 2005)
The river-linking project would lead to degradation of land and adversely affect the rural majority
- Medicines To Cost More (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 04, 2005)
From January 1, 2005, India has started recognising patents on medicines. This effectively means prices of new medicines and of those made in the last 10 years or so
- Rebels, Not Criminals (Indian Express, Kuldip Nayar, Jan 04, 2005)
I have gone through the gist of talks between the government of Andhra Pradesh and the Naxalite groups in the state. The two sides were proceeding well and the ceasefire was holding firm.
- Rao, The Prophet Of Boom (Pioneer, A. Surya Prakash, Jan 04, 2005)
The ups and downs in former Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao's political career reminds us of an age-old truth - that destiny plays a crucial role in the lives of individuals and nations.
- Nreg Bill: Fine-Tuning Will Make It Work Better (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Jan 04, 2005)
The National Rural Employment Guarantee Bill goes beyond describing a set of employment generating schemes, and goes into the nitty-gritty, listing the broad responsibilities of the officials at the district, block and panchayat levels.
- New Vistas (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 04, 2005)
With the onset of 2005, two significant developments in the world of commerce and industry open themselves to India. Both are connected with the new world trade order under the aegis of the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
- Nature Retaliates (Deccan Herald, N C GUNDU RAO, Jan 04, 2005)
A heightened vigil is needed in the State, especially in the coastal regions, in the wake of the tsunami tragedy
- Stokes: No Longer Apple Of One’S Eye (Tribune, Ambika Sharma, Jan 04, 2005)
Samuel Evans Stokes, the pioneer of scientific horticulture in Himachal, was remembered as an emancipator of the poverty-ridden hill people a century ago. Today there is none to recall the contribution of Stokes
- To Go Or Not To Go Is The Question (Hindu, Carl Wilkinson, Jan 04, 2005)
As the extent of the devastation wreaked by the tsunami unfolds, many are having to decide whether going ahead with planned holidays will help or hinder the local people.
- Tsunami: Asia Will Bounce Back (Asia Times, Emad Mekay, Jan 04, 2005)
The world is rallying to aid countries and lives damaged by the tsunamis that have killed more than 120,000 people in Asia and Africa, injuring three or four times as many
- Ukrainian Drama (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 04, 2005)
Viktor Yanuk Ovich's decision to resign as the Prime Minister of Ukraine after his defeat in the repeat presidential election brings the political uncertainty in the former Soviet republic a step closer to resolution.
- Winner All The Way (Telegraph, Amitabh Mattoo, Jan 04, 2005)
India’s foreign policy and strategic community has never been short of talent. But there are few, in recent years
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