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Articles 31021 through 31120 of 35809:
- The Questions Remain (Hindu, K. Srinivas Reddy, Oct 17, 2004)
Will the Government be able to convince the Maoists to give up armed struggle? Or is it just a charade being enacted by both the parties?
- On A Losing Streak (The Economic Times, R K NANDAN, Oct 17, 2004)
India's scorecard of 105 for 6 at draw of stumps on the fourth day of the first Test against Australia may have seen strong men weep in their cups.
- Just Not In Order (The Economic Times, ARVIND KALA, Oct 17, 2004)
India's collapsed justice system has several ironies. One is that while developed nations have young prime ministers and old judges, we have old prime ministers and relatively young judges.
- A Wmd Called Oil (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 17, 2004)
Exactly 31 years ago today, the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec, founded in 1960) cut oil exports to the USA and other countries
- "A First Step" (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 17, 2004)
What does the Andhra Pradesh Home Minister, K. Jana Reddy, think of the tremendous response to the rallies and meetings of the Communists Party of India (Maoists) and the CPI-ML (Janashakti) in various parts of the State?
- Stalemate In The Northeast (Hindu, M. S. PRABHAKARA, Oct 16, 2004)
As things stand, there simply is no ground for any kind of talks or even talks about talks with ULFA.
- ‘No’ To Mewat District (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 16, 2004)
It is indeed surprising how the Haryana government went ahead with its proposal of creating the district of Satyamev Puram in Mewat, despite an explicit ban on the creation of new administrative units by the Delimitation Commission.
- Narrow Outlook On Broadband (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 16, 2004)
The Broadband policy announced on Thursday, is a disappointment, coming as it does after much expectations were raised by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India recommendations on the subject.
- No Forecasts Will Shake This Govt (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Oct 16, 2004)
In one of his speeches delivered during the election campaign in Maharashtra, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had a dig at the Opposition for pinning its faith in forecasts made by astrologers and resorting to tantric practices in the hope of coming back to
- One Step Forward, Two Steps Back (The Economic Times, Vijayalakshmi Balakrishnan , Oct 16, 2004)
In his speech to the first meeting of the reconstituted Plan panel, earlier this month, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called for “a development ...
- Regulation Diet Is Not For All (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 16, 2004)
As the economy liberalises, the nature and extent of regulation, especially of natural monopolies, has come to occupy the centre stage of economic policy thinking.
- Legality Of Iraq War Does Matter (Hindu, Robin Cook, Oct 16, 2004)
It can only be a matter of time before the invasion of Iraq is challenged in court.
- The Growing Cancer (Tribune, H. K. Dua, Oct 16, 2004)
For nearly two centuries and a half India in its own ways has been contributing to richness of the English language. Over 7,000 words in the Oxford English Dictionary have been borrowed from Indian languages.
- The Rule Of Class Elimination (Business Line, R. Anand, Oct 16, 2004)
In the 1990s, taxation of salaries and perquisites was in the throes of controversy. The Department felt that there was leakage through various types of reimbursements dolled out by employers to employees.
- Via Bathinda (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 16, 2004)
The North in general and Punjab in particular is woefully short of large industry. A mega project can change the face of the state, which happens to be hamstrung by
- Significance Of Court Supervisory Powers (Business Line, H. P. Ranina, Oct 16, 2004)
A writ petition cannot generally be entertained at the show-cause notice stage unless an exceptional case is made out, for instance, that the approach of the authority is erroneous in law.
- Fencing B’Desh Border (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 16, 2004)
The Cabinet Committee on Security, which discussed the Bangladesh factor in the Northeast on Wednesday, informed the nation that the fencing work on the eastern border will be over by March 2006, as scheduled.
- At Kearney Vs Wef? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 16, 2004)
Widening inequality in society, unless effective remedial action is kicked off straight away, is the disturbing implication of the seemingly contrary ...
- Business Cycle Is `Alive And Well' And Winning Nobel Too (Business Line, D. Murali , Oct 16, 2004)
Business cycles attracted attention this week because Finn Kydland and Edward Prescott won this year's Nobel economics prize for their `highly innovative' analysis of economic policy and the driving forces behind
- Mosquito Repellent That Didn't Help A Tractor Company (Business Line, D. Murali , Oct 16, 2004)
Tractors help in ploughing. But a tax tribunal had to plough through tractors recently, when deciding the Escorts case.
- 85th Amendment On Promotions (Tribune, Maneesh Chhibber, Oct 16, 2004)
The Punjab Government, especially Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, has been repeatedly asserting that the 85th Amendment to the Constitution would be implemented soon.
- Wows For Mr Biswas (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 15, 2004)
Senior Left leaders, who disdain globalisation, should learn from Mr Kanti Biswas, the Marxist education minister of West Bengal. Mr Biswas’ recent request to ...
- Birmingham Track Ii (Tribune, Ashok K. Mehta , Oct 15, 2004)
THE Track II wallahs are way ahead of politicians and officials pursuing the composite dialogue and CBMs. Barring the complex core issue for Pakistan — Kashmir — and the less interactable but linked problem for India of cross-border terrorism
- A Rude Encounter With Crude (Business Line, D. Murali , Oct 15, 2004)
Crude is getting cruder with prices rising to such record heights this week that even small retreats give much respite to markets. Oil companies are pushing the government to allow the retail rate rocket to zoom, and
- White Elephant (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 15, 2004)
THE brouhaha over the induction of foreign consultants into the committees of the Planning Commission has deflected attention away from the fundamental question about the continued usefulness of the Commission itself.
- Business Cycles And Free Markets (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Oct 15, 2004)
The contribution of Professors Kydland and Prescott, who won the Economics Nobel this year, was to reconcile the empirical reality of recessions with the assumptions of New Classical economics.
- Transforming Lives Of Rural Women (Business Line, P. Srivatsan, Oct 15, 2004)
The Common Minimum Programme (CMP) lays emphasis on empowerment of women as an important socio-economic goal.
- World Food Day Or World Hunger Day? (Deccan Herald, MARY ROBINSON, Oct 15, 2004)
The connection between food security and AIDS is deep — malnourishment kills AIDS victims quickly
- In Search Of Residence (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 15, 2004)
I tend to rely heavily on Zenobia Aunty and her wide circle of friends to pass on interesting tips.
- Is The Fdi-Fii Distinction Relevant? (The Economic Times, RAJIV BAJAJ, Oct 15, 2004)
The economic policy reforms have been crucial in the performance of India’s economy since the 1990s.
- Where Is The Road? (Deccan Herald, S N CHARY, Oct 14, 2004)
But for some confidence-building talk, there is little in the new foreign trade policy to give exports an impetus
- Us Elections: Which Way Will Women Swing? (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Oct 14, 2004)
As the US presidential election juggernaut rolls on and the two rivals — the Republican incumbent, Mr George W. Bush, and the Democratic contender, Mr John Kerry — trade charges on a variety of issues ranging
- Signs Of A Recovery (Telegraph, S. Venkitaramanan , Oct 14, 2004)
At long last, the IMF’s World Economic Outlook is cautiously optimistic about the prospects of the global economy
- Reflections On Monetary Policy Review (Business Line, A. Vasudevan, Oct 14, 2004)
The central bank has to practise the art of the possible. The October mid-year review of Monetary Policy will continue to lay emphasis on institutional reforms.
- Joy And Despair (Telegraph, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Oct 14, 2004)
The prime minister’s visit to the United States of America has generated a great deal of misplaced euphoria about the future of Indo-US relations.
- Simplify The Tree Act (Deccan Herald, C S VEDANT, Oct 14, 2004)
Simpler norms need to be devised for determining private tree ownership, to protect individual and State interests
- Jacques Derrida, 1930-2004 (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Oct 14, 2004)
One of the most widely published and discussed philosophers of our time, Derrida, best known for his theory of deconstruction, was adulated and denigrated in equal measure.
- Fdi In Telecom (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 14, 2004)
THE bonhomie witnessed in the UPA-Left Coordination Committee meeting on Tuesday reflects the realisation on both sides that they can't do without each other.
- Filial Fickleness (Business Line, R. Sundaram , Oct 14, 2004)
How often do old parents with children in faraway places wait wistfully for telephone calls, only to be disappointed? Even worse are times when they tell others that their son from San Francisco or daughter from Dundee is due to visit them next summer
- Fiscal Gravy Train Halts (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 14, 2004)
There is nothing unusual about fiscal slippages. Thus, the news of the Centre's fiscal deficit in April-August 2004 at Rs 9,042 crore being higher than that for the corresponding previous period (as also against a budgeted increase of Rs 5,304 crore ...
- A Tale Of Three Elections (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Oct 14, 2004)
ALL eyes and ears are, of course, fixed on the mother of all elections, the one between the US President, Mr George Bush, and his Democratic challenger, Mr John Kerry, scheduled for November 2.
- Is India Facing Argentina-Like Debt Crisis?: William Pesek Jr. (Bloomberg.com, William Pesek Jr., Oct 13, 2004)
Communist. Socialist. Pro-poor. That India's five-month old government has been called these names and worse should spook bond investors. These are, after all, people who tend to panic over politicians who spend ever-increasing amounts of . . .
- Why Dharmanomics Must Reign (Business Line, Pravir Malik, Oct 13, 2004)
It has been argued that the spread of globalisation signals the end of history. Western liberal democracy shall spread across the earth resulting in the demise of mankind's ideological evolution.
- Re-Evolving The Community (Deccan Herald, K C ABRAHAM, Oct 13, 2004)
A pluralistic civil society that is autonomous of religion and state should be commited to the liberation of the oppressed
- Shells Expose Security Risk (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Oct 13, 2004)
All over India shells are found, most of them perhaps life expired ones, but quite a few live ones too. They have been located in Navi Mumbai, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Delhi, Chandigarh, Bulandshaher and other places in UP and Punjab.
- Tv News Limited In Range (Tribune, N. Bhaskara Rao, Oct 13, 2004)
The Doordashan News channel in its present avatar completes one year this month. As a 24-hour national news channel, it stands out for its overall performance. But news bulletins of neither of the news channels, including DD News, distinguish themselves a
- Us Report Opens Old Wounds (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma, Oct 13, 2004)
Sanctions hurt the poor and empower the targeted state, bringing the latter a new source of personal wealth
- Psbs Must Cash In On Product Innovation (Business Line, D. S. Gulati, Oct 13, 2004)
What PSBs usually call product development is basically re-positioning, re-packaging or re-classifying existing products. Real breakthroughs can come only with product innovation.
- Winning Ways (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 13, 2004)
In politics, as in social life, party-hopping can pay rich dividends. The important thing is to choose the right party at the right time.
- Soul-Searching Needed On Bank Impact (Business Line, K. Subramanian, Oct 13, 2004)
While the controversy over roping in foreign expertise for the mid-term Plan review has been laid to rest, it has thrown up certain questions, such as: "Who is in the driver's seat and who sets the national priorities?"
- A New Internal Security Agenda (Hindu, Harish Khare , Oct 13, 2004)
The Indian state's obligation to protect itself and its citizens has to be anchored in the democratic sentiment. There can be no basic conflict between the interests of the state and those of the citizens.
- For Whom Is The Research Anyway? (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Oct 13, 2004)
On one side there is an imposing network of laboratories and research establishments with panoply of academic achievement and recognition. On the other, mass suicides of farmers are happening that signals gross system failure of which the grand empire of
- Gimmicks For Foreign Funds (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 13, 2004)
It has been customary for chief ministers and finance ministers at the Centre, on assuming office, to make a strong pitch with foreign investors through `road-shows'.
- Ig-Nobel Record (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 13, 2004)
Leaving aside the Peace prize, as per the information available up to 2000, 631 Nobel prizes have been awarded, of which the US (242) has been the largest recipient with one prize for a million population ...
- Learning To Speak Like The Masters (Telegraph, Deep K. Datta-Ray, Oct 13, 2004)
Public schools, out of fashion in Britain, are striking fresh root in Asia, where they continue to be viewed with much appreciation and awe
- Looking For A Breakthrough (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 13, 2004)
The emergence of People's War leader Ramakrishna from the jungles to a hero's welcome marks yet another step in the Andhra Pradesh Government's progressive move towards restoring peace in the troubled parts of the State.
- Nobel Prize Winner Celebrates It With Omelette (Tribune, Alister Bull, Oct 13, 2004)
Edward Prescott, this year’s joint winner of the Nobel Prize for Economics for his work on so-called time-inconsistency was a victim of the clock when the Oslo committee called with the good news on Monday.
- A Festive Season Every Year (Telegraph, Shobita Punja, Oct 13, 2004)
It is festival time and everyone loves a good festival, I believe. While festivals and festivities are part of our living heritage, they embody many of our beliefs and customs and also our worldview.
- Not A Fit (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 12, 2004)
There are certain kinds of violence that civilized society accepts in order to be civilized. Making public the deeply private is one such.
- Press Note 18: Preventing Conflict Of Interest, Not Fdi (Business Line, K. Ramesh, Oct 12, 2004)
Press Note 18, which was issued six years ago as a necessary regulatory safeguard to avoid possible conflict of interest, is now perceived as a material obstacle in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI).
- Quotas For Companies (Telegraph, André Béteille, Oct 12, 2004)
By creating expectations about reservations in the private sector, the Congress has raised the stakes in competitive populism to new heights.
- Rhyme And Reason (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Oct 12, 2004)
The "question mark" that once plagued the Congress now hangs ominously over the Bharatiya Janata Party.
- Tap The Potential (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 12, 2004)
India must tap the unrealised potential in its trade relations with Germany
- Minorities And Backwardness (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 12, 2004)
The election commission has shown over-the-top zeal in objecting to the timing of the Union Cabinet's September 29 decision to set up a special commission for the "socially and economically" backward among religious and linguistic minorities.
- Why India Must Invest In Intellect (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Oct 12, 2004)
India's competitiveness will, in the final analysis, depend on how well the human resource compares with the best in the world. But none of India's over 200 universities and 2,400 colleges figures in the top 200 rankings.
- Bjp’S Quest For New Ideas (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Oct 12, 2004)
While Ms Uma Bharati’s recent Tiranga Yatra exercise of waving the national flag across 3,000 miles caught the eye for symbolising the intra-party struggle in the Bharatiya Janata Party among second-tier leaders, it was meant to serve a deeper purpose.
- Cultivating Berlin (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 12, 2004)
The German chancellor Mr Gerhard Schroeder's visit to New Delhi last week can be viewed as just another routine trip by the leader of an important European country, or as an eye-opener for the policy-makers
- Doing Business In Domestic Space (Deccan Herald, MADELEINE BUNTING, Oct 12, 2004)
The pervasive values of the market are corrupting not just politics and culture, but also our emotional lives
- First Sikh To Join World Bank (Tribune, Reeta Sharma, Oct 12, 2004)
This is a follow up on the life of the first Sikh selected by the World Bank in 1962 because of his extraordinary thesis in economics. Interestingly, when Dr Shamsher Singh Babra appeared for the interview, the World Bank officials were shocked to see a
- Gene Revolution And Patent Rights (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Oct 12, 2004)
In this "International Year of Rice," India is being nudged by the US and its cohortsto take up genetically modified rice to "solve the problems" on the this cereal .
- India Fends Off `Bond Vigilantes': William Pesek Jr. (Update1) (Bloomberg.com, William Pesek Jr., Oct 11, 2004)
Central bankers are paid to worry and India's has a whole lot to worry about these days.
- Kerry Must Learn From Reagan (Hindu, Tristram Hunt, Oct 11, 2004)
Mr. Kerry's challenge is to link the $200 billion expenditure on Iraq to faltering economic confidence at home.
- The Miracle And Mystery Of China (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Oct 11, 2004)
China's scorching rate of economic growth has become the stuff of legend. It has been in excess of 8 per cent for nearly two decades. China today stands near the top of the heap among the world's economies.
- Needed Change `Post' Haste (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 11, 2004)
Unpredictable change in the global economic environment is old news. Not so, however, the churn happening within organisations across all sectors.
- Not Howard's End (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 11, 2004)
Had the Iraq war been the only issue in the Australian general election, Prime Minister John Howard might well have lost his bid for another term.
- Trading In Trophies (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 11, 2004)
To promote the hunting of wildlife for trophies might appear to be reactionary in an era of enlightened conservation but two African nations have successfully proposed to do just that.
- Getting Out Of The Poverty Trap (Business Line, V. Anantha Nageswaran, Oct 11, 2004)
This article is based on two separate and very contrasting stories and the thoughts derived therefrom.
- J. R. D. Tata Letters — A Citizen, Industrialist Revealed (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Oct 11, 2004)
A collection of 300 letters written by the doyen of Indian industry, J. R. D. Tata to eminent political and economic personalities, scientists and artists of his time reveal the fascinating facets of his personality, his relationships with people ...
- "Multilateralism The Best Solution" (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Oct 11, 2004)
Sergei Lavrov looks and sounds more like a professor than a diplomat. In an exclusive interview to The Hindu, the Russian Foreign Minister spelt out his country's stand on Chechnya and its
- Dairy An Option For Rural Youth (Tribune, Gurbhagwant Singh Kahlon, Oct 11, 2004)
There is need to create such conditions as would attract rural youth to dairy farming as an independent professional activity, on their own land or panchayat land hired on a rental basis in their villages.
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