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Articles 29821 through 29920 of 35809:
- Turkey’S Quest For Eu Membership (Deccan Herald, RAJEN HARSHE, Jan 04, 2005)
A historic agreement between the European Union (EU) and Turkey in December has paved the way for the opening of talks on the eventual accession of Turkey to the EU as a full-fledged member.
- A Knowledge Hub (Telegraph, Sukanta Chaudhuri, Jan 04, 2005)
At the golden jubilee celebrations of Jadavpur University, the chief minister, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, stressed the importance of academic research
- Allied Assault (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 04, 2005)
The Congress made its bed with Bihar's ruling RJD. But it has difficulty lying on it each time seat-sharing becomes a prestige issue.
- Bonding With Malaysia (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 04, 2005)
In May 2001, the then Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, visited Malaysia, as part of the NDA Government's "look East" policy.
- Data Protection Demystified (Business Line, Uttam Gupta , Jan 04, 2005)
The recommendations on the Third Patent (Amendment) Bill to the Government have got bogged down in controversy primarily due to a perception that once the product patent regime comes in to force
- Delivery Mechanism In Commodity Exchanges (Business Line, A. S. Jeyakumar, Jan 04, 2005)
Deliveries are an integral part of commodity exchanges (comex). Even though they form an insignificant portion of the total volume of trade transacted on the exchange
- Iran’S N-Ambitions (Tribune, Sudarshan Bhutani, Jan 03, 2005)
Iran’s nuclear ambitions cannot be considered separated from its relations with the United States of America. Ever since the 1979 revolution in Iran, the US has made no secret of its desire to bring about a change of regime in Teheran.
- Imbalances In The Global Economy (Hindu, Heather Stewart, Jan 03, 2005)
Decline in the dollar means the challenge is how to ward off a global financial crisis.
- Guaranteeing Employment: A Palliative? (Hindu, T.N. Srinivasan, Jan 03, 2005)
Let us not kid ourselves: an employment generation programme is a palliative and not a means for poverty eradication.
- For The Present And Future (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 03, 2005)
Excerpts from the 10th conference of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, December 2004
- India’S Policy Failure In Nepal (Telegraph, Bharat Bhushan, Jan 03, 2005)
King Gyanendra subverted multi-party democracy within months of becoming the king and appears to be in pursuit of an executive monarchy.
- Beyond This Place (Telegraph, S. L. Rao, Jan 03, 2005)
Visiting Karachi, Islamabad or Muree, my preconceptions about the role of fundamentalism in Pakistan, of only burqa-clad women, hostility to India and Indians
- A Time To Mourn (Indian Express, DAVID BROOKS, Jan 03, 2005)
I have this week’s front pages arrayed on the desk around me. There’s a picture of dead children lined up on a floor while a mother wails.
- Analytical Review Of Subsidies: (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Jan 03, 2005)
In its National Common Minimum Programme (NCMP), the UPA Government had pledged that all subsidies will be targeted sharply at the poor and the truly needy
- Whine And Dine (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jan 03, 2005)
Ahso! A survey conducted by Japan’s ministry of education has revealed that more than 50% of the students interviewed did not know how to use chopsticks correctly.
- A New Year's Resolution (The Economic Times, Jeffrey D Sachs, Jan 03, 2005)
It is time for New Year’s resolutions, and this year’s are obvious. When the millennium opened, world leaders pledged to seek peace, the end of poverty, and a cleaner environment.
- Tsunami Relief Should Be Led By U.N. (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Jan 03, 2005)
Stung by criticism that its initial response to the tsunami disaster had been "stingy," the United States has moved swiftly to try and impose its "leadership" over the international relief effort underway.
- Not Ready For Greatness (Business Line, V. Anantha Nageswaran, Jan 03, 2005)
The inability to shed outmoded thoughts is the reason behind the country having taken more than two decades to marginally raise its average economic growth rate from 5.5 per cent to 6.5 per cent despite the potential to sustain double-digit growth rates.
- What The World Press Is Saying (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 03, 2005)
The tsunami will, overwhelmingly, be remembered as a catastrophic natural disaster. But it also marks a milestone in the development of the internet. At first it was total failure.
- The `Do-Good To Feel-Good' Factor (Business Line, Yashashree Gurjar, Jan 03, 2005)
From philanthropy to social responsibility — it is a long road. And it has taken several decades to traverse from "helping" to "empowering" people.
- Stay Away From The Remote Control (The Economic Times, Narendar Pani, Jan 03, 2005)
Industry leaders appear set to be more involved in urban politics this year than they have been before.
- Should We Use Millions, Not Lakhs? (The Economic Times, VIKRAM MURARKA, Jan 03, 2005)
While acknowledging that people need to know how to convert figures in lakhs and crores to millions and billions and vice versa, we also have to acknowledge
- Musharraf’S Uniform (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 03, 2005)
Thursday's televised address to his countrymen by Gen Pervez Musharraf was not surprising so far as his decision to hold the post of Chief of Army Staff along with that of President is concerned.
- Raising Returns Through Overlay Strategies (Business Line, B. Venkatesh , Jan 03, 2005)
Evaluating the performance of balanced funds is not easy. It is unfair on portfolio managers to compare such funds with diversified equity funds or an equity benchmark, both of which are fully invested in stocks.
- Rao’S Moment In Indian Politics (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Jan 03, 2005)
The death of P.V. Narasimha Rao is an occasion to evaluate the dichotomous relationship that exists between politics and governance in India.
- We The People (Plain Dealer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 02, 2005)
A thousand fissiparous tendencies cannot defeat the national solidarity India is capable of in times of national crisis. 2004 ended on a lugubrious note, as sounds of collective lamentation rent the air:
- Vat Will Bring Out Black Money: Onkar Singh (Tribune, Manoj Kumar, Jan 02, 2005)
The implementation of the Value Added Tax (VAT) system from April 1 will bring out a large portion of the black money in the economy besides enhancing the tax compliance.
- The Naturalized Violin (Telegraph, GITHA HARIHARAN, Jan 02, 2005)
December is the most musical month of the year for Carnatic music lovers in Chennai. I lived in Chennai (then Madras) for some years when I worked in a publishing house
- What To Sing For (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 02, 2005)
The end-of-the-year disaster has altered perspectives for looking at the year 2004. All human achievements seem puny in the face of nature’s fury which swept all that stood before it.
- New Challenges, Old Concerns (Plain Dealer, Hari Jaisingh, Jan 02, 2005)
Yet another eventful but tsunami-struck tragic year rolls into history. And amidst the ongoing revolution of rising expectations and the lopsided response system, the people have managed to keep their hopes alive
- Education For All Not On The Right Track (Tribune, Seema Sengupta, Jan 02, 2005)
A recently released UNESCO report on “Education For All” has highlighted India’s dismal performance in achieving the stated objective by 2015 AD.
- A Tale Of Two Indias (OutLook, C. Rammanohar Reddy, Jan 02, 2005)
2004 was, by any standards, a remarkable year for the Indian economy. On January 1, ’04, the headlines screamed about India becoming the fastest growing economy in the world.
- Lessons Of History (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jan 01, 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
- Indo-Pak Ties Need To Be Warmer (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Jan 01, 2005)
Ali Nawaz Memon is worried about visiting India. Frantically leafing through the pages of his well-travelled passport the former World Bank official pauses to scrutinise his recently acquired Indian visa.
- Imperialism Lives On (Hindu, Jeremy Seabrook, Jan 01, 2005)
For the western media, a tourist's tragedy is more important than that of the local people.
- Good Morning, It’S 2005 (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 01, 2005)
The calendar is an artificial construct but it is without doubt a useful way to mark the passing hours; to demarcate time past from time present and time future and, importantly, to imagine new beginnings.
- Living With Fear, Trauma In Emerald Isles (Tribune, Sridhar K. Chari, Jan 01, 2005)
Queues of water buckets and bins line the street-side during daytime, as anxious residents wait for water tanks to reach them. In the night, while the more hardy and less fearful don’t mind being within buildings
- `Consistency' In The Skies (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Jan 01, 2005)
The Union Civil Aviation Minister, Mr Praful Patel, should be congratulated for retaining the very scarce quality of consistency in Government policy
- What The World Press Is Saying (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 01, 2005)
The new threat, like the old one, derives from water. The tsunami that killed at least 77,000 people in the Indian Ocean basin has now put millions of others at grave risk of waterborne diseases such as cholera, hepatitis, dysentery and
- The Tsunami Test — Are `Reserves' Really `Resources'? (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Jan 01, 2005)
It is shocking that the survivors of the recent tsunami are forced to loot from one another in their struggle to survive. Cannot the vast foreign exchange reserves of the Indian Ocean rim countries be used to blunt the impact of the catastrophic tsunami?
- We The People (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 01, 2005)
A thousand fissiparous tendencies cannot defeat the national solidarity India is capable of in times of national crisis. 2004 ended on a lugubrious note, as sounds of collective lamentation rent the air:
- The Road Ahead (Indian Express, ROBERT CHEN, Jan 01, 2005)
The astounding tragedy in the Indian Ocean is not just a human disaster of unbearable magnitude. Nor is it a matter of fate. It is the consequence of years of under-investment in the scientific and technical infrastructure needed to reduce
- Tax Holiday (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 01, 2005)
WHEN agriculture production reached a plateau in Punjab, it was obvious that the only way out of the stagnation was rapid industrialisation of the agrarian state.
- The Tsunami Learning Curve (Indian Express, VASANT GOWARIKER, Jan 01, 2005)
Amidst the trials and tribulations of thousands who were hit by the sudden tsunami, this is an attempt to look at the overall malaise rather than an isolated incident.
- New Challenges, Old Concerns (Pioneer, Hari Jaisingh, Jan 01, 2005)
Yet another eventful but tsunami-struck tragic year rolls into history. And amidst the ongoing revolution of rising expectations and the lopsided response system, the people have managed to keep their hopes alive
- New Year Resolve (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 01, 2005)
The temple bells have pealed; the people have greeted one another and politicians have conveyed their message to the nation. Yet another new year is upon us.
- Maritime Counter-Terrorism (Tribune, General (Retd) V. P. Malik, Jan 01, 2005)
COINCIDING with Navy Day, the Terrorism Watch Project of the Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, organised an international workshop on Maritime Counter-Terrorism on November 29-30.
- Pie In The Sky (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 31, 2004)
The Union Cabinet’s decision to allow Indian private airlines to fly on foreign routes, barring the Gulf sector, deserves to be welcomed.
- This New Year, Give! (Tribune, Yashovardhan Saboo, Dec 31, 2004)
Last Sunday, while we savored the Christmas week-end and were planning our New Year parties, a massive earthquake sent waves of calamity around the Bay of Bengal. In a few moments, thousands perished, without warning or reprieve.
- Slavery: Yesterday, Today And Tomorrow (Deccan Herald, Alok Ray, Dec 31, 2004)
Lincoln’s approach to slavery raises not only certain ethical questions but also many parallels in today’s context
- Through A Glass, Brightly (The Economic Times, T. K. Arun, Dec 31, 2004)
Today is a special day for our company, for all of us directly associated with it and, I hope, also for those who have come here to join in as we celebrate its 50th founding day.
- Time To Be Merry (Telegraph, NEHA SAHAY, Dec 31, 2004)
“Merry Xmas!” All foreigners received this greeting from English-knowing Chinese last week — here most assume foreigners to be American. Xmas has been a major event in China’s cities for some time.
- Unemployment Guarantee Bill (Hindu, Jean Dreze, Dec 31, 2004)
The National Rural Employment Guarantee Bill, 2004, leaves labourers at the mercy of the benevolence of the state.
- Look Beyond Status Quo (Pioneer, APS Chauhan, Dec 31, 2004)
The reaction in press on the troop's pull out from Siachen had been premature. Even if there were to be any agreement on the issue, its shape is still to be worked out.
- Warning: There Will Be (Asia Times, Eric Koo Peng Kuan, Dec 31, 2004)
Asian governments were caught totally off guard by the December 26 tsunami disaster. Now the calls are loud for the implementation in the Indian Ocean of an early warning system akin to that of the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center based in Hawaii.
- Rbi's Currency And Finance Report (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Dec 31, 2004)
The apex bank does not fight shy of telling the Government that "strict adherence to fiscal rules in letter and spirit will help stabilise inflation expectations and, in turn
- Consumer Credit: Boon Or Bane? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 31, 2004)
There are two ways of looking at the ongoing boom in consumer credit disbursements by commercial banks in India. At one level it has brought about a number of benefits to consumers
- 2004: In Transit (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 31, 2004)
The more things change, the more they don't remain the same. That is the anti-climactic moral of 2004, whose end makes its beginning unrecognisable.
- Left Beset With Contradictions (Tribune, R. Suryamurthy, Dec 31, 2004)
As the country enters the New Year 2005, the Left parties, who play a crucial role in the survival of the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre, have a daunting task of re-defining their role in the future.
- Get Babudom On The Treadmill (Business Line, Raghu Dayal , Dec 31, 2004)
Despite the constant refrain that the country's flabby bureaucracy needs trimming, efforts towards this end seem to lack sincerity. The over-manned establishment, besides adding to the disguised employment, acts as a huge drain on resources
- Help! (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 31, 2004)
THE immediate response of Indian corporates towards the victims of the tsunami disaster has been positive, and prompt, with leaders among the blue-chip companies and banks offering help in cash and kind.
- In The Name Of Allah (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, Dec 31, 2004)
Sir, my secular answer to the honourable member is that where it is in the hands of Allah, we turn to Allah, where it is in the hands of man, we turn to man."
- Industrial Boom Ahead (Deccan Herald, Prem Shankar Jha, Dec 31, 2004)
The future looks good for India, on the economic front, with foreign investments higher than ever before
- Creating A Tsunami Warning System (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 31, 2004)
If there were doubts before, the tsunami of December 26, 2004 has swept them away. Over 100,000 people in a number of Asian countries have been killed by the monstrous waves, millions
- More Commitments For India, China (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Dec 30, 2004)
The rules of the game in the economic field are increasingly being changed for India, China and Brazil
- Moscow And Multipolarity (Hindu, VLADIMIR RADYUHIN, Dec 30, 2004)
Russia is building new alliances and using oil to counter the United States' attempts at regime change in its neighbourhood.
- Not A Reluctant Reformer (Hindu, C. Rangarajan, Dec 30, 2004)
How much of a reformer was P.V. Narasimha Rao? Was he a reluctant reformer or was he an enthusiastic reformer? These questions have been posed to me by several friends
- The Three Legs Of Corporatedom (Business Line, N. R. Moorthy , Dec 30, 2004)
For decades the triple issues of ownership, control and management have been bugging corporates. Questions have been raised but no adequate response has been found as to whether management can be segregated
- This Is Not Just Another Story (Telegraph, Gouri Chatterjee, Dec 30, 2004)
Barkha Dutt has it so right. She is visibly moved as she speaks about the bereft children of Nagapattinam, as she pleads with businessmen in Mumbai for help, as she shares her experiences with her colleagues in other tsunami-devastated spots in India.
- Tsunami Damage Put At Rs. 5,500 Cr. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2004)
Preliminary estimates made by industry have put the economic cost of the destruction caused by the tsunami in India at Rs. 5,500 crores.
- Wiggle Room In Accounting To Stage Fiscal Gimmicks (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 30, 2004)
In february, when the BJP-led NDA government was bullish about a return to power after the elections, and presented the Interim Budget, the Opposition was quick to decry it as `poll gimmicks'.
- Hope Floats Where All Else Drowns (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Dec 30, 2004)
The Iraq war is no more important in the global scheme of things than poverty or climate change.
- And The Houses All Fell Down (Indian Express, WAJAHAT HABIBULLAH, Dec 30, 2004)
In October ’04, I called on Narasimha Rao of an evening. We met at his home on Delhi’s Motilal Nehru Marg and I was struck by the fragility of his appearance but equally by the clarity of mind.
- Banking Consolidation Must Be Synergy-Driven (Business Line, Manoranjan Sharma, Dec 30, 2004)
Consolidation emerged as a defining characteristic of the modern banking world, primarily to leverage the benefits of large size, expanding and diversifying bank loan portfolios to lessen the likelihood of failure and harnessing core competencies.
- Bias Against The Self-Employed (Business Line, R. Vaidyanathan, Dec 30, 2004)
The policies the Government is pursuing could well render unemployable all those who are self-employed now. There appears to be an inherent bias against the self-employed
- Bittersweet Saga (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 30, 2004)
The unseemly controversy within the government over import of raw sugar and the manner of fulfilling the export obligation is in poor taste, to say the least.
- Bush Gives Aid, Not Time (Indian Express, Robin Wright, Dec 30, 2004)
The Bush administration more than doubled its financial commitment Tuesday to provide relief to nations suffering from the Indian Ocean tsunami amid complaints that the vacationing President Bush has been insensitive to a humanitarian catastrophe of epic
- How Rao Broke The Ice In J&k (Indian Express, WAJAHAT HABIBULLAH, Dec 30, 2004)
In October ’04, I called on Narasimha Rao of an evening. We met at his home on Delhi’s Motilal Nehru Marg and I was struck by the fragility of his appearance but equally by the clarity of mind.
- India’S Flawed Approach (Deccan Herald, S N CHARY, Dec 30, 2004)
Not just economic policy but political friendship with the US and other nations, is crucial for economic growth
- India’S Pro-Active Foreign Policy (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Dec 30, 2004)
Continuity was the main theme of Indian foreign policy in the year 2004 as New Delhi stayed engaged with the world in a pro-active manner with particular focus on neighbours like Pakistan and China.
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