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Articles 31321 through 31420 of 35809:
- Foreigners Voting In U.S. Elections (Hindu, Jonathan Freedland, Sep 24, 2004)
U.S. policy now affects every citizen on the planet. So we should all have a say in who gets to the White House.
- Plan And Economy: A Directional Change (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Sep 24, 2004)
While inflation remains the big worry, most other economic indicators are strong. Industry and exports have done exceedingly well. Industry is on 7-8 per cent growth path and exports are running by over 20 per cent thus boosting growth in manufacturing.
- No Legal Right To Clean Water (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 24, 2004)
DIRTY water is the second largest cause of death in India. The public health implications of unclean water are enormous. On the one hand, water scarcity is growing; on the other, water is getting increasingly polluted, which hikes up its cost of treatment
- Kharif Shortfall (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 24, 2004)
Farmers must be protected from the vagaries of the monsoon
- Do It Together (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 24, 2004)
If the meeting of Chief Ministers and Home Ministers of the naxalite-affected States in Hyderabad is a welcome step, it was only to be expected that there would be divergent views on how to handle this major problem confronting the States in the ...
- Insurance And Rural Market (Business Line, Naren N. Joshi, Sep 24, 2004)
The insurance industry market in India was liberalised in 2000 and the first private insurance companies opened shop that November.
- Contenders In The Tender Tent Don't Pretend To Talk Soft (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 24, 2004)
Unlike soccer or rugby, cricket is often considered a gentlemen's game, where top players drink kids' beverages and talent is nurtured from a tender age.
- The Women Of The Sangh (Hindu, Jyotirmaya Sharma, Sep 24, 2004)
The Sangh relentlessly argues for the liberation, enlightenment, education and employment of Muslim women, something that it rejects in its notion of the ideal Hindu woman.
- Tried And Tested (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 24, 2004)
Robert Bruce had a point, but it seems to have inspired the wrong kind of effort. The Constitution expressly warns against discrimination on the basis of religion, since India is a secular nation.
- Research At The University Level (Deccan Herald, PARSA VENKATESHWAR RAO JR, Sep 24, 2004)
If breakthroughs are to be made in science, there is a need to involve young people in research at universities
- Religion Versus Population (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Sep 24, 2004)
Sometimes adverse or negative developments and the brouhaha they cause can be a blessing.
- Has India Found Way Out Of Infrastructure Mess?: Andy Mukherjee (Bloomberg.com, Andy Mukherjee, Sep 23, 2004)
Two years ago, P. Chidambaram joined a discussion in New Delhi entitled, ``India's Foreign Exchange Reserves: When Is Enough -- Enough?''
- Wincing That Our Bean Counters Are Going To Beijing (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 23, 2004)
On the web site www.china.org.cn, "China's Official Gateway to News & Information", I type `accountant' in the search-slit and click. Among the 150 or so finds, is a story titled "Educational Fund Looters Facing Charges" from China Daily dated ...
- Unctad's World Investment Report 2004: (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Sep 23, 2004)
Unctad's latest World Investment Report stresses that FDI in services, as in other sectors, injects financial resources into a host economy.
- Shared Concerns (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 23, 2004)
THE strategic partnership India and the US have forged was evident in the bonhomie that marked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s meeting with US President George W. Bush.
- Positive Tone (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 23, 2004)
To sustain the warmth in India-US relations, the US needs to address key Indian concerns
- Left’S Duplicity (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 23, 2004)
After the FDI controversy, the Left has raised muck again. It has now targeted the Planning Commission Deputy Chairman, Dr Montek Singh Ahluwalia, for including “outsiders” in “committees” to monitor the Tenth Plan.
- High-Value Knowledge Of Valuation For Buys (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 23, 2004)
Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder, but value rests in the hands of accountants. But to help, you'd need Enrique R. Arzac's Valuation for Mergers, Buyouts, and Restructuring, from Wiley (www.wiley.com).
- Farm Worries (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 23, 2004)
There is no need for alarm over the reports of a 10.5 per cent decline in kharif grain output this year. Year after year, the initial estimates are revised upwards by as much as two million to three million tonnes by the time the crop arrives in the marke
- Credit Delivery: Lazy Banking And Structural Problems (Business Line, R. Vaidyanathan, Sep 23, 2004)
The growth in the economy the last decade has been facilitated by the non-bank finance sector and this has not been adequately recognised. Contrarily, it has been "Lazy Banking" in the organised sector.
- A Meeting Ground In Afghanistan (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Sep 23, 2004)
There is no reason why India and Pakistan cannot construct a mutually beneficial engagement around their shared interests in Afghanistan, Central Asia, and the Persian Gulf.
- The Inhumane Face Of India's Reforms (Asia Times, Kunal Kumar Kundu, Sep 23, 2004)
With the architect of India's economic reforms, Manmohan Singh, now at the helm of the brand new coalition government that has been in power for over 100 days now, it is perhaps time to take stock of what the much-vaunted reforms have delivered.
- China Accelerates Banking Reforms (Business Line, Dharmalingam Venugopal, Sep 22, 2004)
Well before the deadline set for the full opening up of its banking sector, China has started making it easy for foreign banks to operate.
- India-Asean Fta — Small Step For A Big Stride In World Trade (Business Line, Geethanjali Nataraj, Sep 22, 2004)
An FTA with Asean will give India an opportunity to look beyond trade. This will undoubtedly bring India closer to its target of achieving 2 per cent share in global trade.
- Statue Talk (Deccan Herald, VIJI SUNDARAM, Sep 22, 2004)
Caught in varied poses, many immortal figures have been set in stone in Bangalore
- Pumping Up Hydrogen (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 22, 2004)
The spiralling cost of crude and the finite nature of fossil fuels have brought the focus sharply back on renewable energy sources such as solar, wind and hydro.
- New Helmsman (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 22, 2004)
THE first orderly generational change has taken place in China with former President Jiang Zemin handing over the chairmanship of the party’s Central Military Commission to Communist Party chief Hu Jintao.
- Mystery Of India's Growth (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Sep 22, 2004)
India's democracy has been able to stave off the social Darwinsm inherent in the neoclassical ideology which would have transformed deprivation and subordination into a policy of systematic exclusion. Probably, the mood was set by the Nehruvian allergy
- Fall From Us Favour (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma, Sep 22, 2004)
The Americans’ attitude towards Saudi Arabia and its radical Islam is undergoing a change
- Education In Pakistan (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Sep 22, 2004)
The easiest thing for the establishment is to falsify history and point fingers at the enemy outside, real or created.
- Ahead By A Short Head (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 22, 2004)
Barely four months after the 14th general election, Maharashtra is in high-stake campaign mode — presenting a challenge to the party that heads a coalition government at the Centre as well as an opportunity to its principal national rival ...
- Easy Visa (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 21, 2004)
INDIA’S decision to liberalise the visa regime for Pakistani visitors is aimed at promoting people-to-people contacts between the two countries. Journalists, academicians, doctors and those above 65 years of age will be among the beneficiaries.
- People Expect Speedy Justice: Pm (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 21, 2004)
THE Supreme Court of India is a shining symbol of the great faith our people have in our judiciary and to our great pride the Supreme Court has earned high praise all over the world.
- Contain Inflation (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 21, 2004)
Govt has to look at equipping the Indian industry to face global competition
- China Bracing For Energy Demand (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Sep 21, 2004)
More often than not, the pace of economic growth of India and China has been a topic of keen interest among intellectuals, policy-makers and even the common man.
- Economic Reform And Inflation (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Sep 21, 2004)
The Government's expectations that inflation would subside with the revival of the monsoon have been belied. Analysing the factors contributing to the current inflation
- India's Health-Care Paradox (Business Line, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Sep 21, 2004)
For a country that has not been able to eradicate many preventable diseases, India has an unusually healthy pharma industry. Most globalised of all Indian industries, the pharma sector however produces and sells huge quantities of the kinds of drugs ...
- Change Of Guard (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 21, 2004)
Hu’s position in China has been strengthened with the exit of Jiang
- Us Missile Defence Plan (Tribune, R. S. Bedi, Sep 21, 2004)
Indo-US strategic cooperation has brought the two countries closer to each other in recent years. The Bush Administration has been quite liberal in granting concessions over a range of strategic issues.
- Us Presidential Sweepstakes 2004: India Can Relax Either Way (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Sep 21, 2004)
There is no gainsaying the fact that, with the advantage of his being both the head of state and the head of government, the US President can, if he so wished, make or mar relations with any country by exercising his leverage for or against it.
- Packaging An Idea Into A Tourist Destination (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Sep 20, 2004)
I love my wine but cannot distinguish a merlot from a cabernet sauvignon. As long as one is prepared to say that the wine served has ...
- A New Edge To Gilt Trading (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 20, 2004)
Gilts trading in the country is poised to make a big leap forward. A new anonymous screen-based order matching system for the debt market, on the lines of the hugely successful one that obtains on the National Stock Exchange for equities, is all set ...
- Are Inflation Expectations Overdone? (Business Line, T. B. Kapali , Sep 20, 2004)
Arresting the rise in headline inflation is now the dominant objective of economic policy. There can, of course, be no second thoughts about the merits of maintaining stable price levels
- How To Become Good Neighbours (Tribune, M B NAQVI, Sep 20, 2004)
The Foreign Ministers of India and Pakistan met on September 5 and 6 after many years. Their agenda virtually dated back to 1997 when eight subjects were identified by the two countries’ Foreign Secretaries for negotiations.
- Us Presidential Sweepstakes — India's Interest In Outcome (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Sep 20, 2004)
It can be expected that whoever dons the presidential mantle will do nothing that detracts from the healthy respect the US has for India's democratic credentials and economic achievements.
- Northeast As A Trade Hub (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Sep 20, 2004)
It is time to shed these suspicions and discuss a detailed partnership among Northeast India, China, Myanmar and, possibly, Bangladesh.
- Saving The Steel Frame (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Sep 20, 2004)
The Indian administration system depends almost solely on direction, not inspection. It has no way of identifying and honouring outstanding contributors.
- Sethusamudram Concerns (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 20, 2004)
That a mega scheme such as the Sethusamudram Ship Canal Project (SSCP), which is bound to change the face of regional shipping and affect the lives of thousands of fishermen, should not be put through without an informed and many-sided debate is a rule of
- Making An Issue Of The Foreign Hand (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Sep 20, 2004)
The fracas about the inclusion of the ADB and the IBRD representatives in consultative bodies is, in fact, a result of a failure of communication.
- The Savarkarist Syntax (Hindu, Anil Nauriya , Sep 18, 2004)
A great danger lurks in presenting Savarkarism merely as a matter of being "different" from Gandhism.
- Maharashtra Campaign Getting Shriller (Tribune, Shiv Kumar, Sep 18, 2004)
Hindutva will jostle with a host of local issues in the forthcoming Assembly elections in Maharashtra as the opposition Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party combine unleashes a shrill campaign in the state.
- The Invisible Hand Of Market Is Still Groping (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 18, 2004)
Cricket is too serious a game to be left in the hands of umpires and players, so we have TV channels, lawyers, and so on actively involved. Similarly, we know that markets are not so wise that we could allow "the invisible hand" a free play, as major
- Crisis In Nepal (Tribune, Ashok K. Mehta , Sep 18, 2004)
Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba’s visit to Delhi last week was confirmed only a day before, due to the compound crisis created by the Maoist blockade of Kathmandu, street protests by political formations opposed to the government and the rioting ...
- Engine Of Opportunity (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 18, 2004)
Should the Government allow Suzuki Motor to float a venture for its foray into manufacture of diesel engines and additional assembly facilities for car-making when it already has a profitable venture going in the form of Maruti Udyog with a substantial
- Much Ado About The `Foreign Hand' (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Sep 18, 2004)
There is an element of high tragedy involved in the entire controversy about the Planning Commission being contaminated by the presence of consultants from the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, and other foreign agencies.
- Shedding Of A Stigma (Business Line, R. Anand, Sep 18, 2004)
Speculation is no longer seen as a dirty word in tax reforms
- Universal Education The Key (Deccan Herald, U R RAO, Sep 18, 2004)
Technology has become the key to sustainable development, social transformation and economic power
- Workers’ Wages (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 18, 2004)
The law is fine, but the problem lies in its implementation
- Iraqis Want Foreign Troops Out (Hindu, Jonathan Steele, Sep 18, 2004)
Yes, the invasion was illegal. But war crimes are still being committed.
- They're Jamming The Brakes When Montek's Pushing The Pedal (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 17, 2004)
Except serious economists, there were very few who even knew what "Plan" was currently running.
- Bangladesh Shows The Way (Hindu, Jean Dreze, Sep 17, 2004)
In India, social progress is slower and less broad-based than in Bangladesh, despite much faster economic growth.
- Basu & Bourse On Pm’S Plate (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 17, 2004)
Manmohan Singh will address the New York Stock Exchange next week, the first Indian Prime Minister to do so.
- Byrd Amendment — The Politics Of Us Trade (Business Line, K. Subramanian, Sep 17, 2004)
The Byrd Amendment, which directs the US Government to distribute the collected anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties to the companies that brought the cases in the first place, is incompatible with the WTO rules.
- Health Of United Nations (Tribune, Brig Kiran Krishan , Sep 17, 2004)
The world spotlight is on the United Nations headquarters in New York. The 59th regular session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) commenced on September 14.
- `Big Success Comes From Sound Policies, Well Applied' (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Sep 17, 2004)
It is rare to find an economist without parochial postures and rarer still to get one steeped in Western education and part of the developed world yet critical of the unjust global economic system that perpetuates trade
- Muslim Votes (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 17, 2004)
When a state government starts unfolding plans and packages, it means two things. One, the term of the present Assembly is about to end.
- Prisoner’S Dilemma (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Sep 17, 2004)
Have not the left left it a little too late? They are livid at the decision to induct representatives of the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and American consultancy
- Quota Will Harm The Economy (Tribune, Amulya Ganguli, Sep 17, 2004)
The road to hell, it is said, is paved with good intentions. So is the highway to economic ruin, especially in a country like India where politics of the most opportunistic kind rules the roost.
- Science Is Not Technology (Deccan Herald, PARSA VENKATESHWAR RAO JR, Sep 17, 2004)
If India is to make technology advancements, it has to focus on strengthening its science base too
- Freeing Up Interconnectivity — Major Challenges To Trai (Business Line, V. S. Ailawadi, Sep 17, 2004)
There is a growing feeling among industry-watchers that the light-handed approach of regulator in forbearance of tariffs has to be matched with a firm regulatory compliance and enforcement.
- Trying Vajpayee's Shoes For Size (Asia Times, Siddharth Srivastava, Sep 17, 2004)
September 22 is going to be a very important day in the history of India-Pakistan relations. It will be the first official meeting between Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf, on the sidelines of the . . .
- Naxal Menace (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 16, 2004)
THE Union Government seems to be in a piquant position on the issue of handling the problem of Naxalites in states like Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.
- 100-Day Exercise And The Congress (Deccan Herald, G S Bhargava, Sep 16, 2004)
If Manmohan Singh is able to democratise the Congress, quality would matter more than longevity of tenure
- Death Is Better Than Debt (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Sep 16, 2004)
THE number of farmers' suicides in Maharashtra is fast approaching the double century mark. The incidence of suicides is particularly high in the Vidarbha region, blessed with fertile black-cotton soil, and rivers that run with plenty of water for much of
- Haksar Is Relevant (Hindu, Harish Khare , Sep 16, 2004)
The intellectual concerns and commitments of P.N. Haksar remain relevant in these troubled and confusing times.
- Imf-Bank Annual Meetings (Business Line, A. Vasudevan, Sep 16, 2004)
India must be more proactive at the forthcoming annual Fund-Bank meet, using its membership of inter-governmental groups to promote its interests as much as those of other emerging and developing economies.
- Weapons, Gods And Naxalites (Deccan Herald, Kancha Ilaiah, Sep 16, 2004)
Organisations of the suppressed classes cannot lay down arms as long as Brahminic forces use violence
- Us Press Employs Few Non-Whites (Tribune, Gobind Thukral, Sep 16, 2004)
The world of journalism here is far whiter than the world it represents. America has 31 per cent people who are either black, Hispanics or from Asia.
- Why Change Horses Midstream (Business Line, S. Kannan, Sep 16, 2004)
The Concept Paper does not propose any path-breaking directional change to company law
- Shock Of Sox For Accountants But It Simply Loves It! (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 16, 2004)
Le Meridien Kovalam Beach Resort, Thiruvananthapuram, is where `Emerging Global Opportunities' are awaiting to latch on to CAs next week, according to a recent announcement on the ICAI's site.
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