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Articles 30321 through 30420 of 35809:
- Dignified Debates (Indian Express, Soli Sorabjee, Dec 05, 2004)
The Indo-Pak student seminar Manzar, organised by Miranda House this week at the IIC, was an enjoyable event. Three students each from the Indian and Pakistani side debated the motion
- Time To Blow The Whistle (Indian Express, N K Singh, Dec 05, 2004)
Laloo Yadav may have a populist profile but has the reputation to secure what he decides to achieve. Can he reverse the decades of neglect that he inherits in Railways?
- The Key Institutional Weaknesses (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 04, 2004)
At the third `ASEAN + India Summit' held in Vientiane, a few days ago, there was talk of `deepening' of the `partnership'.
- Life After Death (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 04, 2004)
He is not just another victim of the world’s worst industrial disaster. Even two decades on, Abdul Jabbar continues to lend his strident voice to a movement to avert another Bhopal
- Needed: Perestroika (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 04, 2004)
Relations between Russia and India are badly in need of repair and hopefully Putin’s visit contributed to this.
- Punjab Under Fiscal Stress (Tribune, Upinder Sawhney, Dec 04, 2004)
Punjab was among the first few states to enact a fiscal responsibility Act. The Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act, 2003, attests to the commitment of the Government of Punjab towards the problems of revenue and fiscal deficits and
- Towards Asean + 4? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 04, 2004)
India's look east policy, which was initiated in 1991, is all about making up for time and opportunity lost. The signing of the ASEAN-India Partnership for Peace, Progress and Shared
- Us Dollar: Hard Landing Ahead? (Business Line, Alok Ray, Dec 04, 2004)
Unless the US government changes its profligate policies, a big fall of the dollar is a real possibility. The US budget deficit this year is put at $430 billion and is expected to exceed $1 trillion by 2010.
- Porn Free (Indian Express, Mahesh Bhatt, Dec 04, 2004)
Khajuraho paintings survived because the public then was willing to ‘purchase’ what was being offered to them. Similarly, cyber porn thrives because there is a consumer waiting to click his mouse
- Corporate India (Tribune, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Dec 04, 2004)
WHAT is it about highly successful entrepreneurs who are able to judge people with brilliant instinct that they cannot come to terms with the obvious possibility of their own children or progeny tearing their legacy into shreds after they are no more?
- Dogged By Differing Definitions (Business Line, Sukumar Mukhopadhyay, Dec 04, 2004)
While the date of VAT implementation is now known, what is less known is its fundamental structure
- Down With Bandhs! (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Dec 04, 2004)
This is a critical time for West Bengal, particularly Kolkata, which is in the middle of a campaign to restore its old image of being a progressive metropolis, leading the nation from the front.
- Enable The Disabled (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 04, 2004)
On the occasion of International Day of the Disabled this year, the United Nations has drawn attention to the need to include persons with disabilities in the planning of strategies and policies that affect their lives.
- Ever Changing Situation (Deccan Herald, T SREEDHAR RAO, Dec 04, 2004)
The J&K problems have to be dealt with at two levels, by separating out Pakistan from the Hurriyat and the jehadis
- Globalisation: Need For Fairness (Hindu, Juan Somavia, Dec 04, 2004)
More fairness should be injected at all levels. That includes respecting core labour standards, promoting basic social protection, and reducing unbalanced patterns of investment and trade.
- Advances On The Mat (Business Line, R. Anand, Dec 04, 2004)
Levy of book profits tax, popularly know as the Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT), has thrown up a host of issues.
- On Another Plane (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Dec 03, 2004)
The public conduct of foreign policy tends to focus excessively on the spectacular. This is as true for India as it is for Western democracies and African potentates.
- South-South Trade Co-Operation (Business Line, S. Srinath, Dec 03, 2004)
The recently announced National Foreign Trade Policy (NFTP) 2004-2009 lays down an ambitious target of achieving an export growth rate that will enable India to account for 1.5 per cent of the world trade by 2009.
- Talk Of Court News: Who Loses And Who Wins (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 03, 2004)
These days, there is more action in courts than elsewhere, and judges seem to have the last word on almost anything. What fills the media is the "talk of court news,"
- The Cotton Calamity (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 03, 2004)
Predictably, at the 63rd plenary of the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) in Mumbai, the common refrain among many Asian and African producing countries was the adverse fallout of acute
- The Oil Price Riddle (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Dec 03, 2004)
The Bharatiya Janata Party appears to have discovered the merit of highlighting economic issues impacting the people. After the walk-out from the Lok Sabha on Wednesday
- To Fight Common Problems... (Business Line, K. Parthasarathi, Dec 03, 2004)
Over the last year India's forex reserves have grown to a staggering $123 billion, and rising. Other Asian countries too hold large reserves in relation to their GDP.
- Black Idea (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 03, 2004)
The national common minimum programme increases pressures for government expenditure and makes targets of Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act difficult to meet.
- View With Equanimity (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 03, 2004)
India's most widely watched stock index, the Bombay Stock Exchange's 30-share index, Sensex, closed at an all time high of 6234.20.
- End Game (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 03, 2004)
The Calcutta high court order against bandhs has prompted a rare moment of sympathy between two arch-enemies.
- Cracks In The Wall (Telegraph, NEHA SAHAY, Dec 03, 2004)
Since 1978, when Deng Xiaoping set China upon the road to a “socialist market economy”, the number of poor Chinese has reduced from 250 million to 29 million, says the government.
- Focussing On Prices (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 03, 2004)
The BJP protest in Delhi on Wednesday brings to the centrestage the issue of price rise. Is the BJP right in blaming the Congress for the upward spiral of prices?
- Global Action Against Terrorism Should Be Concerted And United (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Dec 03, 2004)
The Russian President, Vladimir Putin, is not a leader who flinches from answering difficult questions. In a written response to questions provided by The Hindu, President Putin does not believe that it is possible...
- Government Should Walk The Talk (Deccan Herald, Pradeep Kumar, Dec 03, 2004)
A study conducted by the State’s Commissioner for Disabilities shows a neglect of such issues especially in rural areas
- Horizontal Fiscal Imbalances (Business Line, N. Sreedevi, Dec 03, 2004)
The Twelfth Finance Commission (TFC) must be toiling on different criteria for the horizontal distribution of shareable tax revenue — the most crucial and critical part of the recommendations.
- The Law On Brotherhood (Business Line, Mohan R. Lavi, Dec 02, 2004)
"Business has only two basic functions — marketing and innovation," said Peter Drucker.
- The Spirit Of Revolution (Indian Express, Subrata Nag Choudhury, Dec 02, 2004)
CPI(M) party conferences at the field level, a mandatory, preparatory process for the party’s state conference in February and the party Congress later in April, are increasingly becoming violent.
- Uncle Sam’S Toxic Ways (Indian Express, R R SHARMA, Dec 02, 2004)
The world’s largest economy still does not believe that economic growth cannot be achieved without protecting life at the same time
- Commodification Of Education (Deccan Herald, SUDHA SITARAMAN, Dec 02, 2004)
In the heady aftermath of Indian independence, the idea of modernisation took on the dimensions of a national mission. It was an integral part of the Nehruvian vision of modernisation that declares stridently its intentions of building an egalitarian ...
- After Dollar Dreams, The Nightmares (Telegraph, Alok Ray, Dec 02, 2004)
Chairmen of the US Federal Reserve are highly responsible, patriotic people. They do not cry wolf, unless they see one.
- Looking East (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 02, 2004)
The just concluded third annual summit of India and the 10-member ASEAN group, where both sides entered into a historic partnership pact, reflects the growing importance of India in the geo-politics of the Asia Pacific region, one of the fastest growing e
- Amendments To Seed Law — Yet To Germinate Fully (Business Line, R. V. Ramana Murthy, Dec 02, 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
- Asean Accepts India As A Power (Tribune, T.R. Ramachandran, Dec 02, 2004)
Contacts established with Chinese, Japanese PMs The multi-layered exposition by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the third India-Asean summit in Vientiane in land-locked Laos fired the imagination of the 10-member grouping as well as China...
- Autonomy For Cooperatives (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 02, 2004)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh promised a constitutional amendment to promote the autonomy of the cooperative sector on the occasion of the official completion of 100 years of the movement.
- Be Aware (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 02, 2004)
World AIDS Day can only be a day of rather grim reckoning in West Bengal. The government’s latest surveys of the spread of the virus among sex workers in the state show unnaturally high prevalence in a number of areas.
- Looking Beyond Borders (Telegraph, FATIMA CHOWDHURY, Dec 02, 2004)
The role of the United Nations security council in conflict resolution often overshadows the significant efforts made by regional and sub-regional organizations in the same regard.
- Favourable Easterlies (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 02, 2004)
There are two ways of seeing the partnership accord signed between India and the Association of South-East Asian Nations in Vientiane on Tuesday.
- Ethical Dilemmas In Decision-Making (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 02, 2004)
Like accountants, economy, busy as it is with the use of resources, has nothing to do with ethics. "However, the Chinese word for economy — Jing Ji (or Ching Chi) — is related to ethical value,"
- A Still Potent Idea (Deccan Herald, Balraj Puri, Dec 02, 2004)
As an author of the revised ‘Naya Kashmir’, I was pleasantly surprised over the reference to it by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at a public meeting in Srinagar last month.
- Critical Role For Non-Banking Finance Sector (Business Line, R. Vaidyanathan, Dec 02, 2004)
The architecture of the financial system has to be recast to ensure the growth of the economy along with adequate availability of credit to the fastest growing sectors of the economy.
- Helping Indian Airlines Fly High (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Dec 02, 2004)
For Indian Airlines, the route to profitability could include undertaking maintenance operations for other airlines.
- Let There Be Justice In Bhopal! (Rediff on the Net, editoral, rediff on the net, Dec 02, 2004)
20 years ago, on this very day, the Union Carbide gas leak struck at the very heart of India.
- Omissions In The Commissions (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Dec 01, 2004)
Laws and institutions are constantly tending to gravitate. Like clocks, they must be occasionally cleansed, and wound up and set to true time.
- Not A Core Solution (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 01, 2004)
All that can be said of the proposal initiated by the Planning Commission Deputy Chairman, Dr Montek Singh Ahluwalia, on the use of foreign exchange reserves for giving a thrust to investments in infrastructure
- The European Malaise (Telegraph, Ashok Ganguly, Dec 01, 2004)
Soon after the American presidential election results were announced, the British prime minister, Tony Blair, declared to his European Union colleagues that “the American people have spoken”, and it was time to restore
- Towards Asian Community (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 01, 2004)
If it can happen in Europe it can happen in Asia too. That is why Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s idea of an Asian Economic Community
- Women More Vulnerable To Aids (Tribune, Neelam Sharma, Dec 01, 2004)
Have you heard me today?’’ screams this year’s slogan of the World AIDS day falling on December 1. More than one-fourth of the total 5.1 million HIV positive persons living in India are women.
- Women At Risk (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 01, 2004)
As a pandemic that has affected 39.4 million citizens worldwide, HIV/AIDS is a development challenge like no other.
- Towards A Nanny State (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Dec 01, 2004)
There is concern that as a result of a package of proposals, unveiled recently by the Tony Blair Government, no aspect of a citizen's life will remain his private domain.
- In Search Of A Creative Alternative (Telegraph, Vandana Shiva, Dec 01, 2004)
Terra Madre celebrated an honest agriculture that does not lie about prices and does not exploit the earth or its caretakers
- Dollars Dollars Everywhere But Not Very Much To Buy (Indian Express, ILA PATNAIK, Dec 01, 2004)
Holding high forex reserves is similar to holding an excess of food stocks. Forex reserves are a consequence of currency manipulation and using them for infrastructure funding will result in inflation.
- A House For Mr Pandit (Indian Express, PAWAN BALI, Dec 01, 2004)
The Prime Minister’s much awaited visit to the state finally happened, putting to rest expectations and apprehensions, but also raising new controversies.
- Amendment To Companies Act — Should Reflect The Spirit Of Times (Business Line, R. Parthasarathy , Dec 01, 2004)
That the proposed amendment of the Companies Act, 1956 envisages fewer sections, instead of more, is welcome in itself. In all other areas too
- East Wind (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 01, 2004)
India’s engagement with the Association of South-east Asian Nations is finally coming of age. The “ASEAN-India partnership for peace, progress and shared prosperity” agreement
- Sprinters At This Asiad (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 01, 2004)
The importance of increasing regional trade within Asia cannot be emphasised enough. At a time when regional trading agreements (RTA), such as the EU and NAFTA, have led to higher trade and investment, Asia continues to lag behind
- Broadcasting For People (Tribune, N. Bhaskara Rao, Dec 01, 2004)
How much concerned are we today about Public Service Broadcasting (PSB)? Of course, PSB cannot be appraised in isolation of the larger broadcast scene in the country.
- Can We Centre The Northeast? (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Dec 01, 2004)
The Northeast is at the center again, this time for the right reasons. The recent VVIP visit emphasised the criticality of the region as a spring board of activity for furthering India’s interests to the east
- Can Parliament Avoid A Winter Of Discord? (Business Line, R. C. Rajamani, Dec 01, 2004)
The signs are ominous. The gathering political clouds point to a winter session of Parliament not free from discord and discontent. By any reckoning
- Steep Hike (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Nov 30, 2004)
The government’s decision to increase the freight rates for key industrial inputs like coal and iron ore has come as a rude shock. Prompted by a desperate need to mop up more revenue, the Railways have in the middle of the fiscal year
- The Battle For Ukraine (Hindu, VLADIMIR RADYUHIN, Nov 30, 2004)
By winning over Ukraine the West hopes to provoke a domino effect of regime change in other ex-Soviet states.
- Trading With Neighbour (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 30, 2004)
DESPITE Pakistan’s reluctance to grant the most-favoured nation (MFN) status to India, trade between the two countries is growing at a fast pace.
- Micro-Finance: Creating Value For The Poor (Business Line, Manoranjan Sharma, Nov 30, 2004)
In recent years, the banking sector has undergone a paradigm shift. An important element of the banking sector transformation has been the emergence of micro-financing ...
- A Grey Eminence (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Nov 30, 2004)
The story of Indian reforms has been written many times; the more often it is written, the more it will sound the same.
- Bankable Trends (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 30, 2004)
Banks, especially those in the public sector, are doing well having "significantly" cleaned up their balance-sheets even while improving the spreads.
- Bolstering Intra-Regional Trade (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 30, 2004)
Nearly two decades after its formation, the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is unable to shake off its fetters and ensure the early implementation of the
- Common Minimum Programme (Business Line, Raghu Dayal , Nov 30, 2004)
So very often the ubiquitous comrades remind the United Progressive Alliance Government to function within the Common Minimum Programme parameters.
- Issues And Options (Tribune, Pran Chopra , Nov 30, 2004)
IT is just over two months ago that Mr Manmohan Singh said something in New York which hung over India for a few weeks like a shining star of hope in the context of Kashmir. Such hopes have taken wing before as well.
- Ltte's Brinkmanship (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 30, 2004)
Velupillai Prabakaran, the leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), has finally confirmed what was all along suspected: the LTTE is not interested in negotiating a
- Reserving Currency To Go Shopping Abroad (Indian Express, ILA PATNAIK, Nov 29, 2004)
Foreign exchange reserves are assets held by the central bank of a country which can be converted into internationally acceptable currency at a short notice.
- Reforms Gone Haywire (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Nov 29, 2004)
The word, “comprador”, of 16th-century vintage, has its roots in the Portuguese language. It has, however, travelled far and wide since.
- The Inanity Of It All (Deccan Herald, DAVID AARONOVITCH, Nov 29, 2004)
With Bush-bashing getting so popular, specious theories ensnare even noted writers and their gullible readers
- `You Name It, We Will Make It' (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Nov 29, 2004)
The statistical profile of Taiwan's achievements in recent times has been, to say the least, impressive. In macro terms, GDP has risen from $1.6 billion in 1952 to $48 billion in 1982 to $281 billion in 2002.
- Victims Of Insularity (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Nov 29, 2004)
Naxalites, and defiant leaders of Kashmir and the North-East complain that government has kept them poor. In truth, they are poor not because the government has given them too little but because they have had no vision.
- Working A Democracy (Hindu, R. Viswanathan , Nov 29, 2004)
The Leftist wave in South America has opened a window of opportunity for Indian business.
- Picking Pockets (Tribune, J. L. Gupta, Nov 29, 2004)
I have a family. I run a household. I drink. I smoke. I have a car. For something that costs ten, I pay thirty five. I pay tax on what I earn. Also on what I purchase with my money.
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