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Articles 31621 through 31720 of 35809:
- Succession War In The Bjp (Hindu, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, Aug 28, 2004)
Uma Bharti's Tiranga Yatra has exposed a power struggle in the second rung leadership of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
- U.S. Turns The Heat On Iran Now (Hindu, Jonathan Steele, Aug 28, 2004)
American claims over Iran's nuclear programme sound eerily familiar.
- Where World Is Not Fragmented By Narrow Domestic Walls (Business Line, D. Murali , Aug 28, 2004)
These days, all roads have been leading to Athens, for sports-lovers. And for economists, for whom the topic of recent discussion has been inflation, all clicks have been leading to http://eaindustry.nic.in
- “july Package” Of Wto (Tribune, J. George, Aug 28, 2004)
THE “July package” of WTO, hailed as the historic framework agreement to save the Doha mandate, has to be situated within the confines of the agriculture landscape of Haryana.
- Pharma Prices: Deregulate In Tapered Doses (Business Line, Pradeep S. Mehta, Aug 28, 2004)
Whether regulating pharma prices in a market-driven economy is correct or not continues to be a matter of debate around the world, including India.
- India's Worsening Fiscal Imbalance (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Aug 28, 2004)
While the latest RBI Annual Report highlights the real GDP growth of 8.2 per cent during the year, it does not hide its concern over the deterioration of government finances, including those of the States.
- Bench Versus Bar (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 28, 2004)
Tuesdays withdrawal of the controversial code of conduct for advocates evolved by the Madras High Court is welcome as it caused considerable consternation among the legal fraternity of the state during the past one month.
- Clinging To Identity (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Aug 28, 2004)
In the Fifties when Britain had National Service, my friends joked about the soldier who tried to get out of Sunday church service by professing Islam.
- Detente As An Imperative (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 28, 2004)
The high-level Agreement India and Pakistan reached in New York to press ahead with the process of détente in the spirit of the Islamabad joint statement of January 6, 2004 must be ...
- Fertiliser Reforms — Two Steps Forward, One Step Back (Business Line, Uttam Gupta , Aug 28, 2004)
Having initiated long-needed action to remove controls on urea pricing and distribution in 2003, why is the government now going back on that decision? Distribution controls are relevant only in a situation of shortage, which is not the case with urea.
- Guns And Peace (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 28, 2004)
IN inviting the underground Naxalites for talks on October 2, the Andhra Pradesh Government has broken new ground. The first such initiative between state authorities and Naxalite leaders, with the explicit sanction of the Union Government would be ...
- Foreign Trade Policy — Long On Intent, Short On Strategy (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Aug 28, 2004)
Though bristling with schemes and plans, the Foreign Trade Policy neither offers convincing steps to substantially cut transaction costs nor spells out international economic strategy.
- First Professional Manager Of India (Tribune, Irfan Khan, Aug 28, 2004)
Prakash Tandon passed away in Pune last week at the age of 93, missing the century. Without doubt the most celebrated Indian professional manager of the 20th century and arguably the most renowned Chairman of Hindustan Lever so far, he is an icon of ...
- Fine-Tuning Budget (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 28, 2004)
Several small changes made in the finance bill will make the provisions more effective
- Unlucky Bhutanese Refugees (Tribune, H. Bula Devi, Aug 27, 2004)
Refugees are not born; they are created. It is a man-made situation and humanity perhaps takes a toll when a man is called a refugee in his own land.
- Risks Faced By The Global Economy (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Aug 27, 2004)
Doomsayers abound in the world of the dismal science of economics. Recently, there have been many economists forecasting that the end of the world is nigh. Not all of them are credible.
- The Hub And Spoke Of Vat (Business Line, Abhijeet Virmani, Aug 27, 2004)
Implementation of the Value Added Tax regime will, in no uncertain terms, change the logistics and supply chain management scene in the country.
- Ending The Regional Drift (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Aug 27, 2004)
India might have no option but to develop a pro-active policy to encourage internal political change within the subcontinent.
- The Next Stage Of Peace Process (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Aug 27, 2004)
When tracking diplomacy, microscopic reading of joint statements often leads to a suspension of political judgment. Critics of the meeting between
- Transition Complete (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 27, 2004)
With President HU Jintao taking over as Chairman of the powerful Central Military Commission (CMC) of the Communist Party of China (CPC), the process of leadership change in China that began two years ago is now complete.
- We Can Now Cure Dutch Disease (Deccan Herald, Joseph Stiglitz, Aug 27, 2004)
For some nations, especially developing countries, natural resoures are a curse — but it need not really be so
- To Conserve Land, Go High Rise (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Aug 27, 2004)
India stands first for its people and then its land. Idealistically speaking, land (with the rivers and mountains inclusive) is a precious resource that all the people of India possess collectively.
- Right Approach (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 27, 2004)
Left extremism should be treated as a socio-economic problem
- Reversal Of Fortunes (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 27, 2004)
If a week in politics is a long time, four months could be a whole era, judging by how woebegone the Bharatiya Janata Party looks these days.
- Reservation In The Private Sector (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Aug 27, 2004)
Reservation in the private sector could stoke hope and optimism. At its worst, it will be a placebo — which is most useful in the treatment of economic disorders and ironies.
- New Foreign Trade Policy — Will There Be A Real Paradigm Shift? (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Aug 27, 2004)
The 2002-07 Export Import (Exim) Policy, coterminous with the Tenth Plan, is now being abandoned mid-way, with the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government planning to unveil a New Foreign Trade Policy (NFT) in its place.
- Acid Healing (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 27, 2004)
The simplest of ministrations could be fatal in West Bengal’s hospitals. Mr Premananda Hazra was recovering in Howrah General Hospital from transfusion after severe injuries.
- Caution On The Patent Act (Hindu, Suman Sahai , Aug 27, 2004)
The Indian law must insist that patent applications follow the protocol of the Convention on Biological Diversity.
- Are Panchayats Orphans Today? (Deccan Herald, George Mathew, Aug 27, 2004)
Seven round tables hold out hope for panchayat raj, which has been emasculated by political parties over the years
- Pm's Open Invitation (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 27, 2004)
The Economic High THE ECONOMIC HIGH point of the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh's visit to the US was his request to American corporate heads gathered at the New York Stock Exchange to invest $150 billion in the next few years in infrastructure project
- Left In A Huff (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Aug 27, 2004)
This piece is not about the merits or otherwise of formal induction of personnel of foreign agencies and consultancy organisations as members of the review committees of the Planning Commission.
- How China Keeps Defying The Doomsayers (Business Line, K. Subramanian, Aug 27, 2004)
Signs of extraordinary growth dazzle tourists, especially Indians, visiting China. They are stupefied when their buses move smoothly on interminable highways, criss-crossed by winding flyovers.
- Capital Formation And P&p Sector (Business Line, R. Vaidyanathan, Aug 26, 2004)
The share of the government in capital formation has fallen from 41 per cent to 31 per cent, showing that it still appropriates significant portion of household savings to carry on its capital formation activities, which mostly provide negative returns.
- Ensuring Speedy Justice — Filling Up Vacancies (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Aug 26, 2004)
Every one of the remedies to reduce pendency in courts is within the purview of the Supreme Court. The consequence of failure to do the best it could by way of enforcing the same criteria of good
- Wheel Deal (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 26, 2004)
Blackmail is different from protest, although the truckers on strike seem to have forgotten the distinction. Or perhaps they have not.
- They Go Strictly By The Rules (Telegraph, N.J. Nanporia, Aug 26, 2004)
If Manmohan Singh will be able to reform a bureaucracy weighed down by its inheritance and lack of pragmatism
- Monitoring Progress (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 26, 2004)
The govt has shown that infrastructure holds the key to higher growth
- Facing The Dragon (Telegraph, Chandrashekar Dasgupta, Aug 26, 2004)
New Delhi has made it clear that it does not see China as a “threat” to India. The official position reflects a correct assessment of our security environment.
- Uma Gives Bjp A New Political Tool (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Aug 25, 2004)
The Uma Bharti episode regarding the national flag may seem like yet another scene in the political theatre of the absurd but at its core lies something more serious.
- Nepal Under Maoist Siege (Tribune, S. D. Muni , Aug 25, 2004)
Nepal is under siege. The Maoist insurgents have declared an indefinite blockade of Kathmandu since August 18. Though the Nepal government claims to be confident in dealing with the situation, ordinary citizens are feeling the pressure. Prices of ...
- Oil Slick (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 25, 2004)
Oil is slippery. High oil prices only increase the slipperiness. In India, the problem of high oil prices was escalated by the prevailing high rate of import and excise duties.
- Rhetoric And Reality (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 25, 2004)
Lack of political will has adversely affected the promotion of people-to-people contacts between India and Pakistan.
- Spiralling Crisis (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 25, 2004)
The Blockade of Kathmandu Valley by Maoist guerrillas is an unprecedented show of strength by the eight-year-old insurgency.
- Banking On Unity (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 25, 2004)
BY going on strike on Tuesday, the bank employees have demonstrated their power to cripple the country’s financial sector.
- Beware Of Mergers (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 25, 2004)
The proposal to merge India's giant petroleum companies into megalithic corporations requires cautious appraisal. Mergers are, in theory, the very antithesis of competition, hence unwelcome
- Unique Space For A Relinquisher (Deccan Herald, Kancha Ilaiah, Aug 25, 2004)
By giving up power, Sonia now commands enormous power with which she can initiate a massive social reform
- Insulating Economy Against Surging Oil Prices (Business Line, C. J. Punnathara, Aug 25, 2004)
After much delay and heartburn, the Government finally reconciled itself to the inevitable: A cut in Customs and excise levies on petroleum products.
- How To Move On Slippery Ground (Telegraph, S. Venkitaramanan , Aug 25, 2004)
India’s new goal should be energy security, so that it can save itself from the pitfalls of the volatile crude oil prices
- Need For Planning Before We Build (Deccan Herald, A RAVINDRA, Aug 25, 2004)
There is need to create an independent planning agency, allowing BDA to focus on infrastructure development
- Forgetful Lapse (Deccan Herald, P SRINIVASAN, Aug 25, 2004)
Absent-mindedness is common to all, but only the ‘professors’ seem to get away with it
- Ensuring Speedy Justice — Reducing The Backlog Of Cases (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Aug 25, 2004)
Access to statistics on cases and their disposal can increase judicial efficiency and enhance the image of the judiciary in the public eye.
- Keeping Outsourcing Blues Out Of Us Election Politics (Business Line, K. Parthasarathi, Aug 25, 2004)
To remain globally competitive, the American firms willy-nilly will have to outsource their jobs. However, It would be in their interests that this sensitive issue is kept out of electoral politics.
- Living Without Oil (Hindu, George Monbiot, Aug 25, 2004)
The Age of Entropy is here. We should all now be learning how to live without oil.
- Energy Security — Devise Alternative Strategies On War Footing (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Aug 23, 2004)
The international price of crude oil has hit an all-time high of $46 to the barrel. The reasons for the increase are many and not too well understood.
- Iran And The U.S. (Hindu, Hamid Ansari, Aug 23, 2004)
Ideological imperatives notwithstanding, practical considerations are beginning to be voiced in the United States on ties with Iran.
- For The Future (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 23, 2004)
The Tata investment proposal in Bangladesh is not yet final. However, since synergies on both sides are tapped, there is no reason why it should not materialize.
- Living With High Oil Prices (Hindu, G. Ananthakrishnan, Aug 23, 2004)
Even at high production levels, the era of cheap oil may be coming to a close. Spiralling fuel prices require that public transport systems be upgraded.
- Engineering Solutions To Inflation (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Aug 23, 2004)
Conventional economic theory holds that interest rates will have to be raised to reduce money supply and curb inflation. But this is a win-lose option as it will also slow down economic growth.
- Ladakh: Gateway To Central Asia (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Aug 23, 2004)
A road to Central Asia through China? That might seem rather far-fetched, given the recent history of India-China relations.
- Congress Parivar (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 23, 2004)
THE first session of the All-India Congress Committee after the formation of the UPA – the first Congress-led coalition at the Centre – is significant in more ways than one, not all of which redound to the credit of the party.
- Fixed Maturity Plans: Managing Interest Rate Risks Through Them (Business Line, B. Venkatesh , Aug 23, 2004)
Fixed maturity plans that most fund-houses offer under their umbrella of bond funds have largely gone unnoticed. Or at least, these plans are not as aggressively marketed as the floating-rate bond funds.
- The Way To Defeat Terror (Deccan Herald, Benazir Bhutto, Aug 23, 2004)
Dictatorship and religious extremism, fuelled by inequality, must be countered by returning to democracy
- Wreckers At Work? (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Aug 23, 2004)
A part from other things, capitalism is also an enigma. It has always striven to escape from its own contradictions, and in the process, got entangled in them further.
- Resolve The Issues (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 23, 2004)
It is a matter of serious concern that disaffection within a professional community in Tamil Nadu, caused or complicated by a series of ill-considered acts by the higher judiciary, has snowballed into a State-wide protest, creating law and order
- Perverse Demand (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 23, 2004)
Truck operators’ opposition to service tax is totally unjustified
- On Savings In A Season Of Lending (Business Line, S. Sridhar, Aug 23, 2004)
Savings are one half of the raison d'etre for the existence of a bank and, hence, need to be promoted with the same gusto that marks the marketing of loan products.
- Us Actions Put Asia Into A Tailspin (Deccan Herald, BHARAT VERMA, Aug 23, 2004)
The Bush administration’s push into Iraq has fanned the jehadi fire in Asia and endangered its security situation
- Gujarat: The Wheels Of Justice Get Moving (Hindu, Jyotirmaya Sharma, Aug 22, 2004)
Faced with a hostile Centre, a determined Supreme Court, and an unforgiving set of liberal activists, the Narendra Modi regime will not have it easy in the weeks ahead
- We Will Withhold Our Guns But Not Withdraw, Says Varavara Rao (Tribune, Ramesh Kandula, Aug 22, 2004)
IN a path-breaking effort, the Congress government in Andhra Pradesh has initiated a dialogue with naxalite organisations, most prominent of whom is the People’s War.
- Wajahat: In The Eye Of The Storm (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Aug 22, 2004)
IF freedom of speech and dissent are important ingredients of democracy, one cannot take a harsh view of Wajahat Habibullah’s opinion on the Kashmir dispute which runs somewhat contrary to India’s established policy since 1972.
- The Ruins Of Victory (Telegraph, GITHA HARIHARAN, Aug 22, 2004)
To travel from Hospet village to Hampi, a distance of a mere 13 kilometres, is to leave behind the prosaic, familiar scenes of rural Karnataka.
- Striking Lawyers And Challenging Issues (Hindu, N.L. Rajah, Aug 22, 2004)
On July 30, 2004 the Madras High Court issued a judicial notification to regulate the practice of advocates before courts in Tamil Nadu.
- Pm To Chair Meet On Guru Granth Sahib Fete (Tribune, Humra Quraishi, Aug 22, 2004)
A high-power meeting will be held here on Monday under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to finalise the programme for the quadri-centennial celebrations of the holy Guru Granth Sahib.
- Difference Between East And West (Tribune, Chanchal Sarkar, Aug 22, 2004)
IF I were back in an ink-smelly newspaper office again I would commission a project for the reporters. It is: check what happens, over time, to institutions set up by private persons or groups with the intention of doing something for the public.
- An Indictment (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 22, 2004)
R.B. Sreekumar, the then Additional Director-General, Intelligence, sent a note titled "An Analytical note on current communal scenario in Ahmedabad" to two persons
- China Trade Beckons Ladakh (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Aug 21, 2004)
As the economic juggernaut in China reaches the nation's far western corners in Tibet and Xinjiang and the relations between New Delhi and Beijing improve, the long frozen Sino-Indian frontier here is coming alive.
- A Bright Young Tam Bram Lawyer (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Aug 21, 2004)
Our Tamil brethren have names a yard long and difficult for us poor northerners to pronounce. Of them Brahmins known to us colloquially as Tam Brams also have the sharpest of minds and can outsmart the rest of us, be it in science
- A Solid Case Of Fluid Laws Governing Unstable Gases (Business Line, D. Murali , Aug 21, 2004)
Excise Tribunal members in New Delhi had to contend with much gas when the Gas Authority of India Ltd (GAIL) case was before them.
- Moral Science For Those Who Can Read The Market Signs (Business Line, D. Murali , Aug 21, 2004)
Come September, trade equations will change even as markets take a few more baby-steps towards freedom. "No, we are only plunging into free-doom," protectionists would argue.
- Sobering Effect (Deccan Herald, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 21, 2004)
The duty cuts on petroleum products should help check inflation
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