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Articles 31421 through 31520 of 35809:
- Kasuri And Ghulam Ali In India (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Sep 15, 2004)
Within a week of the Foreign Ministers of India and Pakistan, Mr Natwar Singh and Mr Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri, meeting in New Delhi for another round of Indo-Pak dialogue
- More Growth Doesn't Mean More Jobs (Business Line, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Sep 15, 2004)
The All India Congress Committee has resolved to increase the country's growth rate to 7-8 per cent. Economic growth is seen as the self-evident route to the creation of employment and alleviating poverty.
- An Evening Of Surprises (Tribune, Mary Dejevsky, Sep 15, 2004)
In the middle of the Beslan crisis, Vladimir Putin took time to welcome Western journalists to his Moscow residence.
- North Korea: In From The Cold (Hindu, Glyn Ford, Sep 15, 2004)
North Korea's regime survived the Cold War and has nuclear know-how. But it is in the West's interests to help it move towards a market economy.
- Train From Bangladesh (Telegraph, Sumit Mitra, Sep 15, 2004)
The high point of Census 2001 is the confirm- ation of the mass exodus from Bangladesh, and not the computation error
- Ad Hoc Measures (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 15, 2004)
Government should strike at the root cause to contain inflation
- Will Opec Restore Stability To Oil Market? (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Sep 15, 2004)
The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries is meeting in Vienna at a time when crude prices are on a high with the ability to affect the stability of markets and impact world economic growth, especially developing countries such as India that ...
- Trade In Services — It Is A Question Of Market Access (Business Line, Anil K. Kanungo, Sep 15, 2004)
India's economic strength lies in the burgeoning services sector and the realisation of potential in this area hinges on quick and viable completion of negotiations.
- To Ignite Growth, Put The Smile Back On Smes (Business Line, N. Seshadri Kumar , Sep 15, 2004)
The time is ripe not only for a quick revival of small and medium enterprises, badly affected by the open-door policy, but also for newer ones to bloom.
- Remembering Anna (Hindu, R. Kannan, Sep 15, 2004)
C.N. Annadurai epitomised Tamil pride, personifying honesty, simplicity and caring.
- Play With Semantics (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 15, 2004)
Among India's political parties, there is arguably none to match the quick reflexes of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Witness for instance the way the BJP, in 1998, shed its single status in favour of coalitional co-existence.
- India Sees Growth Opportunity Through Nanotech (Small Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 15, 2004)
Mention India and technology in the United States and Europe, and the response will likely include the words software services and outsourcing. But within India, nanotechnology is frequently taking a prominent role in presidential speeches.
- Where Are We Heading? (Tribune, S.S. Johl, Sep 14, 2004)
WE in India give a compulsive response amounting to almost an addiction to the periodic celebrations, be it days, weeks, months, years or centenaries of important events and programmes, leading to virtual nostalgia.
- Washington Is In A Fix (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Sep 14, 2004)
The central US dilemma in Iraq is gradually sinking in in America’s corridors of power. The Bush administration’s salvation lies in pulling its troops out of Iraq. On the other hand, an early withdrawal of forces can only be on humiliating terms.
- A Day Of Crowded Images (Deccan Herald, A MADHAVAN, Sep 14, 2004)
The sights and sounds of a tour by car with kindred souls can be highly enlightening
- Afghan Elections: Karzai Vs Qanuni? (Deccan Herald, SREEDHAR, Sep 14, 2004)
His links with Pakistan put interim President Karzai at a disadvantage against education minister Qanuni
- Back To Directed Credit (Business Line, A. Seshan, Sep 14, 2004)
The Finance Minister's advice to bankers to trim excess investments in government securities and lend more to agriculture, small industries and infrastructure has serious implications.
- Budgets Sans Mysteries, Please (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Sep 14, 2004)
Budgets are complex documents full of mysteries and uncertainties. The Kelkar Task Force has articulated a simple and transparent tax system. It is now up to the Finance Minister to implement the recommendation, coalition dharma and all
- Hurtling From Crisis To Crisis (Deccan Herald, N C GUNDU RAO, Sep 14, 2004)
The state govt has tied itself up in knots and seems to have created more problems than solutions
- Inflation Remains A Problem (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 14, 2004)
Despite feeble regulatory steps, rising inflation remains the number one worry of the UPA government.
- Push For Talks (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 14, 2004)
India should nudge the Nepal government and the Maoists to the negotiating table
- Keep `Foreign Hand' At Arm's Length From Plan Panel (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Sep 14, 2004)
The induction of representatives of foreign agencies into the Planning Commission is surprising and seems ill-advised. And justifying the move on the grounds that these members would only be called upon to guide and advise
- More Friend Than Foe (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Sep 14, 2004)
Why has the Congress given a rather inconsequential politician like Uma Bharti this lease of political life? She would have been deemed a failure as chief minister of Madhya Pradesh within another year and would have disappeared from the public space
- Limited Room For Mullahs, Military But Not Mastans (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Sep 14, 2004)
If Bangladesh were Pakistan, the irrational enmity between Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and Awami League (AL) leader Sheikh Hasina might well have led to the Army and the Islamist parties
- Licence To Murder (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Sep 14, 2004)
The facts relating to Thangjam Ningol Manorama alias Henthoi are well known. A posse of soldiers from Assam Rifles, including Havildar Suresh Kumar, Riflemen Ajit Singh and T. Lotha and unidentified others entered the house of Thangjam Manorama, a
- India's Poor Bring Back Gandhi Clan (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2004)
In a stunning turnaround, India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party accepted defeat Thursday, opening the way for the Congress party to return to power for the first time in eight years.
- A Rivalry That Is Tearing The Country Apart (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Sep 13, 2004)
Competition may be the engine of pluralist politics everywhere but here in Bangladesh, the rivalry between the ruling party and the Opposition is so personalised, intense and venomous that it is poisoning the very lifeblood of democracy.
- In Search Of Peace (Tribune, H. K. Dua, Sep 13, 2004)
WHILE no one had really expected that India and Pakistan would achieve dramatic results from last week’s talks between their Foreign Ministers in Delhi, it would be cynical to underplay their significance.
- Investors, Frogs And Yellowstone Effect (Business Line, V. Anantha Nageswaran, Sep 13, 2004)
The current firmness in equity prices is akin to the warm glow of pleasure that a frog may feel when water begins to boil. Resistance to the fundamental deterioration through manipulation of technical indicators and through the provision of liquidity ...
- Going Back On A Big Promise (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 13, 2004)
The planning commission's allocation of Rs.2,020 crores for launching a food-for-work programme in 150 districts marks the first, even if hesitant, step in the implementation of a crucial component of the National Common Minimum Programme (NCMP) of the...
- Distress From Stress (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Sep 13, 2004)
Surprisingly, automated, touch-screen lifestyle and paperless offices have been of no help in guaranteeing a stress-free existence.
- Beg Or Borrow (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 13, 2004)
Beggars are natural objects in the third-world cityscape. Light charity or looking away are the usual options in dealing with them. So, thinking of them as individuals with pasts and futures, and therefore as active agents in their own economic uplift
- Census Follies (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 13, 2004)
Flasehoods and Tendentious allegations are a dime a dozen in politics. It is hardly surprising that statistics — this time in the form of the First Report on Religion Data of Census 2001 — have become a weapon in the hands of political parties with a ...
- Tasks Before The Twelfth Finance Commission (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Sep 13, 2004)
The Chairman of the Twelfth Finance Commission, Dr C. Rangarajan, has come out with a characteristically clear outline of the challenges that face the Commission.
- Pseb Losses Not Due To Thein Dam (Tribune, Harpal Singh, Sep 13, 2004)
This refers to the article “Why PSEB is in a financial mess” written by Harbans Singh (July 28). The present financial status of the Punjab State Electricity Board has been attributed by Harbans Singh, a former Chairman of the PSEB to two major factors...
- Neutrality As Virtue (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Sep 13, 2004)
Governance has to spring from political enlightenment. Neutrality cannot be a virtue.
- Stock Taking By The Plan Panel (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Sep 13, 2004)
Amid all the controversy that the Planning Commission should not engage itself with multilateral development institutions such as the World Bank and the ADB in devising mid-course corrections while formulating the Mid-Term Appraisal (MTA) of the ...
- Rbi's Gentle Squeeze (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 13, 2004)
With price indices continuing to climb, the Reserve Bank of India had the choice of leeching out excess funds from the system or marking up the Bank Rate to make lending dearer across the system.
- Protect Nature (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 13, 2004)
The NEP should address serious concerns of environmentalists
- Trends In Patent And Trademark Law (Business Line, Rama Sarma, Sep 13, 2004)
THE intellectual property law confer legal exclusivity in the market place. The right to prevent copying of ideas or information is recognised and this has recently made intellectual property (IP) law somewhat esoteric and specialised.
- Long On Policy Announcements, Short On Implementation (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Sep 12, 2004)
A certain amount of sparring, even bickering, between the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance Government and the Left Front that supports it "from outside" is built into the situation.
- Media And Society: Who Wins The Blame Game? (Tribune, Mohanmeet Khosla, Sep 12, 2004)
IT is said that the concept of the good old days is a mirage — they seem 'good' only because they have spent so much time in the editing.
- We Should Not Become Victims Of Money, Says Narayana Murthy (Tribune, Sridhar K. Chari, Sep 12, 2004)
IN a country that is still groping for the right economic models to optimise the wealth creating potential of its people and the right attitudes towards business, wealth creation, governance, and social responsibility
- A Cut Above The Rest (Tribune, Swapan Dasgupta, Sep 10, 2004)
One of the more intriguing features of the left mentality is the innate conviction of natural superiority.
- Against The Grain (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Sep 10, 2004)
While terms of trade are tilted against agriculture, any move to help farmers is seen as harmful to the economy
- Farmers' Distress: Causes & Cures (Hindu, M. S. Swaminathan , Sep 10, 2004)
Education, social mobilisation and regulation are necessary to arrest the expansion of the agrarian crisis.
- International Trade And Economic Growth (Business Line, S. Venu , Sep 10, 2004)
Openness to trade is not by itself sufficient to promote growth. Macroeconomic and political stability and other policies are needed as well.
- Nehru’S Disservice To Science (Deccan Herald, PARSA VENKATESHWAR RAO JR, Sep 10, 2004)
The mediocrity of Indian scientists can be traced back to Nehru’s romantic notions about science
- Watching Hypertension (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 10, 2004)
The revelation that there has been a sharp rise in the prevalence of high blood pressure in the United States over the last decade must prompt a closer review of the public health challenge hypertension poses worldwide.
- The Chechens' American Friends (Hindu, John Laughland, Sep 10, 2004)
The Washington neocons' commitment to the war on terror evaporates in Chechnya, whose cause they have made their own.
- Taxing Service Exports: Give Up Selective Approach (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Sep 10, 2004)
As there is no service tax on any earnings in foreign exchange for `taxable service', some exporters of services are puzzled about the new foreign trade policy's exemption from tax of services exported.
- Preaching Vs Implementing Best Practices (Business Line, Pratap Ravindran , Sep 10, 2004)
Though the World Bank asserts that assisting India with best practice knowledge and financing for development are central to the Bank group's mission, doubts persist about the Bank's adherence to its own social and environmental policies.
- Gold, Savings And P&p Sector — Foolish Governments, Smart Women (Business Line, R. Vaidyanathan, Sep 09, 2004)
With the government unable to provide social security to all its citizens, most self-employed groups face a huge challenge of protecting their future. They have turned to gold the most liquid, portable, and easy to transfer asset.
- Engaging Pakistan (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Sep 09, 2004)
It would be unwise for New Delhi to assume, in the wake of the successful first round of talks with Pakistan, that it can delay or avoid engaging Islamabad on Kashmir.
- The Basel-Ii Blushes (Business Line, Katuri Nageswararao, Sep 09, 2004)
BANKS, being highly leveraged entities, need to guard against failures, which could cause significant distress to the economy. Basel-I norms were principally to ensure adequacy of capital of banks as a defined proportion of the risk weighted assets.
- Surrender Is Not An Option (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, Sep 09, 2004)
No terrorist attack in recent times has evoked greater horror, condemnation and revulsion than the attack in the small town of Beslan, located in Russia’s Caucasian region, bordering Georgia. Over one thousand schoolchildren and their parents were held
- Step By Step (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 09, 2004)
NO dramatic results were expected when External Affairs Minister K. Natwar Singh and Pakistan Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmood Kasuri held their talks as part of the composite dialogue process on September 5 and 6.
- Punjab’S First Freedom Fighter (Tribune, Madan Gopal, Sep 09, 2004)
After half a century of Independence, it is worth remembering those who set out on the road to freedom. Mrs Annie Besant in her book “How India Wrought for Freedom” has given us some facts which are not often mentioned in history books.
- Whiff Of Fresh Air (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 09, 2004)
Six years after he was stripped of his Deputy Prime Ministership and tried for corruption and sodomy, Malaysia's Anwar Ibrahim has been set free by a 2-1 judgment of the Federal court quashing his conviction in the sodomy case.
- Australia Says Not Intimidated By Jakarta Blast (Suedostasienportal, Reuters, Sep 09, 2004)
Australia would not be intimidated by a powerful car bomb that killed at least eight people outside its Jakarta embassy on Thursday, Prime Minister John Howard said.
- India And Nepal's Insurgency (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Sep 08, 2004)
The survival of democracy in Nepal is important to India. But only that country's democratic political leadership can ensure it.
- Changing Face Of The Global Indian (Deccan Herald, Janaki Murali, Sep 08, 2004)
The urban Indian metrosexual is busy carving a niche in the world and moulding himself as a global citizen
- Avoidable Growth (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 08, 2004)
The utility of religion-based census aside, the figures of “growth” and “decline” of religions as contained in the latest census report confirm certain postulates.
- Akali Dal Not Communal (Tribune, Manpreet Singh Badal, Sep 08, 2004)
Kuldip Nayar's recent indictment of the Akali Dal in these columns has hurt me. The Akali Dal is not a communal party. It has always had Hindus, Muslims and Christians as its members.
- New Foreign Trade Policy — In Step With The Times (Business Line, R. Parthasarathy , Sep 08, 2004)
In an era of globalisation, when competitiveness is the key to success in building resilience in the export industries, the trade strategy has to mesh fiscal policy with investment planning, especially focussed on export sectors.
- Financing Cmp: Banking On World Bank (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Sep 08, 2004)
INDIA is desperately short of investment resources. Public investment on a massive scale is needed in key areas of economic and social development if India is to get rid of poverty in two decades while achieving higher growth rates, which would help place
- Useful Pointers (Business Line, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 08, 2004)
Census on religious communities should not be used by parties to stoke divisiveness
- Bjp’S Nationalism (Tribune, J. Sri Raman, Sep 08, 2004)
A brief quiz may help understand better the Bharatiya Janata Party’s idea of “nationalism”, its newest mascot. Your timer starts now. “It is ideology alone, which sparks enthusiasm in party workers and reinforces their commitments to idealism.
- Useful Pointers (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 08, 2004)
Census on religious communities should not be used by parties to stoke divisiveness
- Will Nuclear Energy Gain Greater Acceptability? (Business Line, M. Somasekhar, Sep 08, 2004)
WILL the 21st century see an upswing in the fortunes of nuclear power? Will this clean source of electricity be able to put behind it the lingering threat of a holocaust, and power ahead?
- Tread With Caution (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 08, 2004)
THE India-Pakistan composite dialogue process is moving slowly but surely and on positive lines. This is clear from the ministerial-level talks held in New Delhi. On the whole, the discussions were constructive.
- The New Foreign Trade Policy (Hindu, Muchkund Dubey , Sep 08, 2004)
The Government has still a long way to go towards fully integrating the trade policy with the development policy.
- Where Exactly Is The Problem? (Deccan Herald, TRILOCHAN SASTRY, Sep 08, 2004)
Farmers’ cooperatives outside government and political control should be encouraged and loans given to them
- Fear And Smear (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 07, 2004)
United States President George W. Bush has apparently decided that he can secure a second term only through a campaign based on fear and smear.
- Disempowered State (Deccan Herald, N C GUNDU RAO, Sep 07, 2004)
The corruption and bungling in the power sector account for much of the State’s fiscal weakness
- Bombay Plan And Mixed-Up Economy (Business Line, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Sep 07, 2004)
After the shift quite far to the Right under the previous BJP-led regime, the economy is seeing a shift Leftward, harking back to the Bombay Plan and the mixed economy concept of Jawaharlal Nehru. But is it moving towards a "mixed-up" economy?
- Art Of Alliance (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 07, 2004)
Few would dispute Atal Bihari Vajpayee's adroit navigation of the multi-party coalition spearheaded by the Bharatiya Janata Party over six years in office
- Look West, Pm! (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Sep 07, 2004)
The day Manmohan Singh was chosen to be the PM, he met journalists. On September 4 he did it again — as soon as he had got over the Parliament session.
- Pulling Off The Shuffle (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Sep 07, 2004)
The latest comic strip that tells us what the present priorities of the BJP/NDA are, is really quite funny… Atalji taking step after painfully slow step followed by all his sycophantic band of fawning attendants doing the BJP shuffle, looking for a
- Quota For Dalits In Private Sector (Tribune, Udit Raj, Sep 07, 2004)
The reservation in the private sector is the talk of the town. There are people who are in favour and against it. The Maharashtra government has got a Bill passed paving the way for the reservation in the private sector for the Dalits and the backward cla
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