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Articles 30221 through 30320 of 35809:
- Enabling It Growth (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Dec 13, 2004)
Industry-specific townships could be the solution to the infrastructure constraints the information technology sector is facing.
- Flying At Last (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 13, 2004)
Bangalore’s ambitions have been grounded by a lethal combination of political apathy and administrative lacunae, as last week’s Express series, ‘Bangalore Crumbling’, had brought home to readers.
- Pakistan Becomes A Us Protectorate (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Dec 13, 2004)
Following the 9/11 commission report, the US Congress is enacting legislation to implement the recommendations of the commission. The commission in its recommendations had focussed attention on the need for the US helping Pakistan to develop a promising,
- How To Develop A Superpower (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 13, 2004)
The United States’ global primacy depends in large part on its ability to develop new technologies and industries faster than anyone else.
- Job Schemes Must Effect Grassroots Changes (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Dec 13, 2004)
The final test of the Employment Guarantee Act will lie in the poverty alleviation it promises and the quality of assets it builds. That the assets it helps build should be maintained properly goes without saying.
- Needed, Politics Of Moderation (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 13, 2004)
There are few holidays in coalition governments and as the United Progressive Alliance completes six months in office, we would do well to look at the formations both within the ruling coalition and the Opposition.
- Civilisation Fat (The Economic Times, RAJA M, Dec 12, 2004)
AT a gym facing Mumbai's Marine Drive, pear-shaped patrons pant on imported cardio machines and tread mills while gazing city lights across the Arabian Sea bay.
- Seizing The Moment (The Economic Times, Soumya Kanti Mitra, Dec 12, 2004)
MS Neena Gill, Labour MEP from UK and head of the European Parliament's South Asia & Saarc Delegation, has the best explanation for why EU-India relations have been upgraded to a ‘strategic’ level at the Amsterdam Nov 8 EU-India Summit.
- Money Is Not A Problem (Tribune, Mohan Guruswamy, Dec 11, 2004)
ON November 17 in Srinagar the Prime Minister announced an “economic revival plan” of Rs 24,000 crore for Jammu and Kashmir. By unwrapping the package as a bold new one, the Prime Minister is guilty of some terminological inexactitude. What is new is just
- Whining India? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 11, 2004)
By any account, India is being increasingly seen across the world as a rising power. Several western observers have argued that the global power shift from West to East is under way, with China and India expected to influence the course of global events o
- When The Scales Of Justice Tilt Too Far (Indian Express, T S R SUBRAMANIAN, Dec 11, 2004)
The judicial system is in urgent need of reform. Without it India cannot become a competitive economy
- Time To Act Upon An Old Promise (Indian Express, Rajeev Ahuja, Dec 11, 2004)
Why is there a need for an Employment Guarantee Act? This is because the employment guarantee scheme called Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana, which has been in place for a while now, holds the promise to alleviate poverty if the scheme becomes widespread a
- Ten Ways To Fight The C-Word (Indian Express, ARUN DUGGAL, Dec 11, 2004)
The issue of corruption is serious, widespread and increasing by the day. Respected institutions, such as the judiciary and defence forces, which were free of it a few years ago, now seem to be getting increasingly corrupt.
- Manmohan Singh In The Northeast (Hindu, Walter Fernandes, Dec 11, 2004)
The Northeast needs not more packages but serious steps towards a solution to the problems that have resulted in insurgency.
- Let Them Have Their Exits And Their Entrances (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 11, 2004)
A Mother Goose rhyme reads: "Jerry Hall, he was so small, a rat could eat him, hat and all." True, small may be beautiful, but to be small and yet survive is tough, not only for Hall but also more than half of the small players in business.
- Furore Over Attachment Of Assets (Business Line, R. V. Ramana Murthy, Dec 11, 2004)
THE Andhra Pradesh Government has sought amendments to the Seed Act, 1952 in the light of the ongoing farm crisis in the State following the failure of seeds in cotton, maize and other crops (The Hindu, October 25).
- Focus On Agriculture (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Dec 11, 2004)
The latest World Employment Report (WER) brought out by the International Labour Office in Geneva has a chapter "Why Agriculture Matters",
- Unaided, Uncharitable And Unsettled (Business Line, H. P. Ranina, Dec 11, 2004)
The India-Mauritius Double Tax Avoidance Agreement is in news with the Finance Minister planning a revisit as and when it is expedient to do so having regard to economic, political and diplomatic considerations.
- Agriculture Is No Holy Cow (Business Line, T. N. Pandey, Dec 11, 2004)
THE one issue on which no political party wants to express a firm view is the taxation of rich agriculturists under the income and wealth tax Acts.
- Ambition Gets Asean Aggressive (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Dec 10, 2004)
Asean is now seeking Asia-wide opportunities for sustained export-led growth and the intricate web of trade accords planned will certainly lead to a significantly higher share of Asian exports in world trade in the coming decades.
- Human Rights: A Sad Anniversary (Deccan Herald, MARIO SOARES, Dec 10, 2004)
Without respect for human rights, the opponents of terrorism will be on the same moral level as terrorists
- `Logistics, India's Weakest Link In Exports' (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Dec 10, 2004)
Exporters face innumerable infrastructure bottlenecks. Inland movement of goods remains a major obstacle, as exporters are helpless in the face of high cost of transport and inter-State and intra-State barriers.
- The Patent Controversy (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Dec 10, 2004)
By rushing through the Third Patents Amendment without proper parliamentary scrutiny, India is short changing its post-Doha obligations to both its own and the world's poor
- Name Of The New War Is `Trade' (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 10, 2004)
The world's second largest economy, Japan, hinges its hopes on trade surplus to help in achieving growth beyond the 0.1 per cent recorded for the last quarter....
- Open Those Doors (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 10, 2004)
It has by now become routine at every forum for prime ministers and finance ministers to make entreaties to foreign businessmen to invest in this country, especially in infrastructure.
- Road Block (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 10, 2004)
Talks between India and Pakistan on the opening of the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad road linking Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) with Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) have hit a roadblock.
- When Banks Merge And Emerge Bigger (Business Line, A. S. Ramasastri, Dec 10, 2004)
Merger appears to be the buzzword in the Indian banking industry today. There have been a few mergers in the recent past, some out of compulsion and othersout of strategic planning.
- A Gleam In The Eye (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Dec 10, 2004)
It is the “in” thing currently. About everybody in the creamy layer is forecasting the rate of growth of India’s gross domestic product: the International Monetary Fund
- Issues Patently Questionable (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Dec 10, 2004)
In less than two months, India will be obliged to do the follow-up on the WTO-mandated product patent stipulations, and the Commerce Minister, Mr Kamal Nath, made a strident statement:
- Women In Love (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 10, 2004)
The Chandigarh police are in a soup. And the Amritsar police have given up. Two young women from the Sandhu Colony of Amritsar, aged 25 and 22, have not only run away together
- Forget Efficiency. Let’S Do It (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , Dec 10, 2004)
In the normal course, I would oppose any new government activity on the grounds that it is probably unnecessary, is likely to increase the power and the influence of an already ...
- Jail Houses Rock (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 10, 2004)
On Wednesday, the Patna High Court had the right idea. To source the anarchy that blows through Bihar, it sought a peep into the prisons where powerful dons and petty criminals have been housed, presumably to keep them well isolated from pursuing any misc
- The Callused Little Hands Of A New Economy (Indian Express, SUMA RAMACHANDRAN, Dec 10, 2004)
Child panchayats in Karnataka take up the cause of working children and help them plan their lives
- Corporate Governance And Central Banks (Business Line, A. Vasudevan, Dec 09, 2004)
Central banks have the incentive to adopt the international best practices of corporate governance because financial communities often perceive such methods as a prelude to making the central banks independent and accountable
- Assisting Crime Victims (Hindu, K. T. Thomas, Dec 09, 2004)
The plight of those who suffer when a crime is committed deserves more attention.
- Temples Of Dissent (Indian Express, S. M. A. Kazmi, Dec 09, 2004)
The Uttaranchal government has proposed a move to bring a legislation in the next Assembly session to bring the famous Char Dham temples under direct government control.
- The Favourite Whipping Boy (Telegraph, Ashis Chakrabarti, Dec 09, 2004)
Is India conspiring to wipe a neighbour called Bangladesh out of the face of the earth through “desertification” of the country or
- A Needless Ceiling (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 09, 2004)
Allowing foreign Institutional iinvestors to put money in corporate debt paper is welcome, even if does not go far enough. For a start, the aggregate outstanding investment of $500....
- Will Number-Cruncher Networks Display Better Bandwidth? (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 09, 2004)
Firms of chartered accountants are available in all sizes, ranging from the `S' type having only a lone proprietor, to `XXL' such as the operations of MAF or multinational accounting firm.
- Why Dollar Is In The Doldrums (Business Line, Pratap Ravindran , Dec 09, 2004)
While a major withdrawal from the US market has not taken place so far, there is a limit to the investment by foreign banks because of the ever-increasing risk of over-exposure to a fall in the dollar.
- Unhappy Cohabitation (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 09, 2004)
The Local body election in Andhra Pradesh is turning out to be an opportunity for both the Telugu Desam Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party to review alliance options after the
- Sea Blindness (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 09, 2004)
The Navy Week celebrations between December 4 and 11 are an occasion to focus attention on the role of the Indian Navy in the country’s defence profile
- Save The Auditors From Becoming Box-Tickers (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 09, 2004)
There used to be that once-in-a-week session that read `moral science' in school timetables. A slot essentially for storytelling, though kind teachers were not against allowing students to do their own thing.
- Quest For Permanent Seat (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Dec 09, 2004)
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s hot-paced visit to this country will be remembered as something of a landmark for two good reasons. The first is its undoubted importance in purely bilateral terms.
- What’S Left Of Bengal (Telegraph, Bhaskar Ghose, Dec 09, 2004)
The degeneration of West Bengal into one of the most backward states in India, and of Calcutta into little more than a very big mofussil city, began somewhere in the mid-Sixties. That was the time when we saw the use of “mass movements”, bandhs, hartals,
- Empowering The Rural Masses (Deccan Herald, KATHYAYINI CHAMARAJ, Dec 09, 2004)
It seems as though the moment which Jawaharlal Nehru had spoken about so evocatively 57 years ago, of India’s “tryst with destiny” and “the time to redeem our pledge”
- France Woos India And Its Markets (Deccan Herald, KATRIN BENNHOLD, Dec 08, 2004)
Since President Jacques Chirac returned from a high-profile state visit to China two months ago with more than $4 billion in contracts, his government has quietly turned its attention to Asia’s other rising giant:
- Too Rigid To Work (Telegraph, Bibek Debroy, Dec 08, 2004)
Labour-market rigidities constrain growth in employment. This argument has often been advanced by economists. In the absence of flexible labour markets in the organized sector
- Banking On Foreign Funds (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 08, 2004)
By going for a sponsored ADR (American Depository Receipt) issue, which will lift foreign shareholding in ICICI Bank from 70 per cent to 74 per cent, the Chief Executive
- Vultures And Values (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 08, 2004)
For long has the United States been described as a “vulture culture” which is very different from having a few culture vultures, like we do in India.
- What Price The Largesse For Kashmir? (Business Line, Mohan Guruswamy, Dec 08, 2004)
The only effective antidote to insurgency is the restoration of good government and order. With the latter largely absent in Kashmir, any new package might end up putting more good money into the hands of those who cannot deliver the goods.
- Aid From Expatriates (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Dec 08, 2004)
There are more than three million persons of Indian origin who have settled down in the UK and the US, either as citizens or under the non-resident category.
- Al-Qaeda Again (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 08, 2004)
The attack by suspected militants with links to the al-Qaeda on the US consulate at Jeddah in Saudi Arabia indicates that contrary to claims by the Saudi government, the militant infrastructure and network in the kingdom remains in a position to strike ev
- Jerome Syndrome (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 08, 2004)
In the mess of infrastructural projects aborted by the Dharam Singh government in Bangalore can also be found the debris of what was once an administrative success story.
- Rising Cost Of Petrol (Tribune, S.K. Sharma, Dec 08, 2004)
Considerable interest has been generated among political parties, the media and the general public in petroleum products due to the rise in their prices and the subsequent rollback.
- Making Food Processing Viable (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Dec 08, 2004)
In Rural India those trying food-processing with help of plant and machinery quickly realise that the `value-added' is less than the `cost-added' as all the advantage is creamed off by the equipment manufacturer.
- Orchestrating Crisis In Ukraine (Hindu, Mark Almond, Dec 08, 2004)
People power is on track to score another triumph for western values in Ukraine. Over the last 15 years, the old Soviet bloc has witnessed recurrent fairy tale political upheavals.
- Constitution, Parliament, And The People (Hindu, Somnath Chatterjee, Dec 08, 2004)
Unless we eliminate the nexus between politics and crime and also between politics and religion, the country is in danger of losing its identity.
- Overhaul The Epf Act (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 08, 2004)
The Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) board has accepted an 8.5 per cent rate of interest on the provident fund.
- Bitter Medicine (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 08, 2004)
Economic development helps the people, but it does little to cure political extremists of their infantile disorders. The Maoist violence in Midnapore once again proves the point.
- The Dollar's Fall (Rediff on the Net, editoral, rediff on the net, Dec 08, 2004)
The reaching of the milestone of $125 billion in our foreign exchange reserves was noted with much satisfaction by commentators in India. But what does the effort to increase the reserves mean in the context of the dollar's near free fall over the . . .
- Turning A Blind Eye (Deccan Herald, N C GUNDU RAO, Dec 07, 2004)
The status quoist elements in the polity are to be blamed for perpetuation of the regressive customs in society
- Ties Re-Defined (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 07, 2004)
The old bonhomie, based on ideological ties, between New Delhi and Moscow is a thing of the past. In the new, post-Cold War environment, hard-nosed economic and business considerations are wh
- A Space Of Delusions (Telegraph, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Dec 07, 2004)
Swapan Dasgputa’s article, “On another plane” (Dec 3), argues that “India will be better served by carving out our own definite space within Pax Americana”.
- The Us Dollar Versus The Chinese Yuan (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Dec 07, 2004)
China is under increasing pressure from the US to revalue the yuan. With the US Government unwilling or unable to halt the decline of the dollar, this is seen as the means to prevent a dollar crash that can
- Institutions Must Survive Us All (Business Line, S. Ramachander, Dec 07, 2004)
The emergence of the large, impersonal organisation built on egalitarian contracts between people is a recent development in human history, more so the 20th Century.
- Enforcement Without The Force (Telegraph, N.R. MADHAVA MENON, Dec 07, 2004)
A responsible way to promote higher standards of policing is to professionalize the force and upgrade training
- From One Ancient Civilisation To Another: Stop That Bomb (Indian Express, RYAN FLOYD, Dec 07, 2004)
India could win valuable concessions if it brokers peace between Iran and the West
- Powering Projects With Forex Reserves (Business Line, S. Padmanabhan , Dec 07, 2004)
In the power sector, the equity investment climate has always been buoyant. But the expected investment has not flowed into this area because of viability and bankability issues.
- Friendship Reaffirmed (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 06, 2004)
Russia and India used the opportunity presented by President Vladimir Putin's visit to sort out differences that could have damaged the time-tested and healthy relations between them.
- Weak Dollar Serves The World Right (Business Line, V. Anantha Nageswaran, Dec 06, 2004)
If American demand can be supported only by a weaker dollar, the rest of the world has no option but to play along, until the costs of that policy become intolerable. Growth has halted in Europe and in Japan.
- Impoverishing The Poor (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Dec 06, 2004)
The Bank’s unswerving faith in agribusiness displaces poor farmers and will only add to burgeoning poverty globally
- A Beijing-Delhi-Moscow Axis? (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Dec 06, 2004)
In the post-Cold War world, the rule governing the flow of long-term international relations appears to be one where politics follows economics. In the earlier dispensation
- Blending Diesel Benefits Into Petrol Performance (Business Line, B. S. Murthy, Dec 06, 2004)
Understandably, diesel (compression ignition, or CI) engines have gained significant and well-deserved attention for their superior and efficient performance at all speeds and loads....
- Growing Bond (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 06, 2004)
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to India seems to have cleared some of the doubts that had crept in regarding the future of the India-Russia relationship.
- Touch Of Class (Telegraph, S. L. Rao, Dec 06, 2004)
Corporate training and development is a major activity conducted by business schools, consulting firms, human resource departments of companies, management associations and others.
- Navy For The High Seas (Indian Express, RANJIT B. RAI, Dec 06, 2004)
This piece may read like a footnote to Navy Day but it concerns the nation at large. Every year the navy chooses a theme as its mission statement for the coming year and pursues it vigorously.
- Of Many Forked Tongues (Hindu, Jyotirmaya Sharma, Dec 06, 2004)
The BJP has begun to speak of Hindutva and Bharatiyata interchangeably to make its ideology more acceptable to allies.
- Report On Trend And Progress Of Banking 2003-04 (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Dec 06, 2004)
The latest report on Trend and Progress of Banking in India for 2003-04 follows the lines of its predecessors in presenting a workmanlike account of the health of the banking industry and its prospects.
- What Can President Bush Do In His (Tribune, Maj-Gen Himmat Singh Gill (retd) , Dec 05, 2004)
THE foreign policy contours of President Bush's second term slated for mid-January next year, are beginning to emerge in some detail.
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