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Articles 32321 through 32420 of 35809:
- The Great Thaw (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2004)
AS EXPECTED, THE SAARC summit in Islamabad became a show of India-Pakistan entente. Such concrete steps as the progress on the SAFTA (South Asian Free Trade Agreement) treaty were overshadowed by the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee's words and
- Hare And Tortoise (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jan 07, 2004)
THE old fable of the hare and the tortoise is being played out before our eyes, it seems. Ever since India liberalised, it had been fed with a heavy dose of inferiority complex with reference to China. It was assumed that China, the hare, was leaving
- Interlinking Of Rivers: Ripples Of Concern (Business Line, Sudhirendar Sharma, Jan 07, 2004)
NEVER before has any proposal won the unstinted support of the apex court, the first citizen and the chief executive of the country all at the same time. With this unprecedented backing, the Government has pressed in all available resources to steamroll
- Shakespeare Plays With Economics (Business Line, D. Sambandhan, Jan 07, 2004)
"NO HUMAN capacity ever yet saw the whole of a thing, but we may see more and more of it the longer we look," said Ruskin. This was internalised by Mr Frederick Turner, the Founder Professor of Arts and Humanities at the University of Texas, when he made
- Flying Kites And Soaring Fortunes (Business Line, Vinod Mathew, Jan 07, 2004)
THIS is the kite-flying season in Gujarat and coming right after the Navratri Global Investors' Summit of September 2003, the State is readying for yet another business summit of the Vibrant variety. But, then, vibrancy seems to be the leit motif of the
- Nothing To Worry: Karnik (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2004)
Unfazed by mounting backlash against outsourcing, Nasscom president Kiran Karnik on Tuesday said there is nothing to worry and asserted the cancelled contract of Indiana state of US would be refloated again where outside companies including TCS could bid.
- Ongc, Gail Public Issue Likely To Open On March 10 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2004)
The public offer for offloading 10 per cent equity in ONGC and Gail is likely to open on March 10. According to the tentative schedule drawn by the merchant bankers for the public issue of 14.2 crore equity shares of ONGC and 8.4 crore equity shares of
- India Can Shine If It Has A Shanghai Or Two. (Bloomberg.com, Andy Mukherjee, Jan 06, 2004)
India is shining. Or so its government proclaims in full-page newspaper advertisements nowadays.
- Fci Scheme May Push Up Wheat Price (Business Line, Dhimant Bhatt, Jan 06, 2004)
WHEAT prices in the open market are likely to rule higher in the short term, thanks to the new wheat sale scheme announced by the Food Corporation of India (FCI) from January 1, 2004, market sources have said. Wheat prices (mill quality) in the open
- Early Childhood Care And Education - First Steps On The Development Path (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Jan 06, 2004)
The sooner the Centre and States realise the importance of universal elementary education, the faster can a new development model be created for India, based on the blend of technical skill, superior knowledge and a population of literate Indians.
- Bank Reform And The Rural Sector (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Jan 06, 2004)
Internal financial liberalisation has had adverse effects upon the availability of credit for farmers, adding to the various economic sources of agrarian distress. In this edition of Macroscan, consider the main elements of banking reform over the past
- Congress In Catch-22 Situation (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Jan 06, 2004)
NEVER before in its long history has the once venerable Congress party faced the crisis it is undergoing today. Because it is, in national terms, in danger of becoming the perennial second party. There are many reasons for the Congress predicament, but
- Walking On Cloud Eight (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2004)
Anil Kumble has now become the 10th-highest Test wicket-taker after claiming 8-141 on Monday. He is now on 378 from 81 Tests. Among current players, only Shane Warne (491), Muttiah Muralitharan (485) and Glenn McGrath (430) are ahead of him. Kumble
- Rain Harvests And Water Woes (Hindu, T. N. Narasimhan, Jan 06, 2004)
Intensive rain harvesting over large areas can significantly disrupt the hydrological cycle.
- ‘india Could Be Third Largest Stock Market By 2050’ (Indian Express, Reuters, Jan 06, 2004)
The stock markets of Brazil, China, India and Russia could be as large as the combined markets of the world’s four top economies by 2050, Standard Life Investments said on Monday. Investors fretting over likely low returns from mature economies should ...
- Beyond Courtesy (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2004)
THE much-awaited meeting between Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan finally came about at the Presidential Palace in Islamabad on Monday. That they would interact for a short while on the sidelines of the 12th
- A Mullah-Military Alliance In Pakistan (Tribune, Syed Nooruzzaman, Jan 06, 2004)
GEN Pervez Musharraf has once again exposed the politicians of his country as being rank opportunists, always ready to barter their principles for political gains. He has done this by entering into a well-calculated deal with the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal
- Beyond Courtesy (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2004)
THE much-awaited meeting between Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan finally came about at the Presidential Palace in Islamabad on Monday. That they would interact for a short while on the sidelines of the 12th
- North Wind (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2004)
Bhutan’s offensive against Indian rebels has offered Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee both an opportunity and a challenge. It has broken the back as well as the morale of the militants belonging to the Kamtapur Liberation Organization. It has also gone a long
- On A Home Run (Telegraph, MAHESH RANGARAJAN, Jan 06, 2004)
The new year, 2004, will witness the fourth consecutive general elections in which Atal Bihari Vajpayee will lead the Bharatiya Janata Party and its allies into battle. No former Indian prime minister, save for Indira, the original Mrs Gandhi, has done
- Blame, But Responsibly (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2004)
Marginalization and discrimination of vulnerable groups: The fact that it is marginalized groups — sex workers, migrants, injecting drug users and men who have sex with men — who have so far been most severely affected by HIV/AIDS in south Asia has result
- Sweet Nothings (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2004)
Populism is the password to elections in India. All governments gearing up for elections announce policy packages and decisions that are thinly-veiled attempts to buy votes. No government has been free from this vice so it may seem a trifle unfair to ...
- India Becoming Economic Power House: Drucker (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2004)
Management guru Peter Drucker has said India is becoming an economic powerhouse very fast and its progress is far more impressive than that of China. In an interview to Fortune magazine, he said, ‘‘India is becoming a powerhouse very fast. The medical ...
- The Joy Of Human Life (Hindu, A.P.J. ABDUL KALAM , Jan 05, 2004)
Religions are beautiful gardens. But they are islands. If we can connect all the islands with love and compassion, in a `garland project' for the new millennium, we will have a prosperous India.
- The Perils Of Private Food Export (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Jan 05, 2004)
IT appears that the liberalisation and globalisation process is reaching a stage where it can do the most damage to the disadvantaged and under privileged in so vital a sector as food. What else can explain the decision of New Delhi to let private traders
- The Perils Of Private Food Export (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Jan 05, 2004)
IT appears that the liberalisation and globalisation process is reaching a stage where it can do the most damage to the disadvantaged and under privileged in so vital a sector as food. What else can explain the decision of New Delhi to let private traders
- Indian Counters On Song (Business Line, K.S. Badri Narayanan, Jan 05, 2004)
IT was a happy transmission from 2003 to 2004 for the equities as they witnessed sharp gains with investors' confidence brimming on various feelgood factors including signs of recovery in the US economy. The US stocks rose for a straight sixth week
- At Record Highs (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2004)
THE CROSSING OF several important milestones by the Indian stock markets has a significance that goes beyond the statistical and the psychological. Not that the latter is of little consequence in evaluating market performance and more ...
- An Esop Fable (Business Line, B. Venkatesh , Jan 05, 2004)
SEBI has sought comments from the public to amend its guidelines on Employee Stock Option Scheme (ESOPs). ESOP has been a popular form of equity-based compensation the world over. But ESOP programme may not be an optimal compensation to employees ...
- Safta: Trade Or Development? (Hindu, Nagesh Kumar, Jan 05, 2004)
To exploit SAFTA's full potential, the SAARC countries need to complement it by a customs union and then gradually move towards an economic union
- Making An India-Pakistan Deal (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Jan 05, 2004)
If the present up-beat mood here on Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's visit continues for another couple of days, it might not be entirely unrealistic to expect a broad political agreement between India and Pakistan on how to revive the peace proces
- Spreading Guru’s Message Of Compassion (Tribune, Humra Quraishi, Jan 05, 2004)
IT’S nice to watch this mother-daughter duo — writer Ajeet Caur and artist Arpana Caur — for they seem so very alike (except that both spell “Kaur” so very differently) even now when Ajeet is in her late sixties and Arpana in her late forties. They seem
- Overcoming Social Deficits (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2004)
INDIA IS DOING very well economically and is capable of becoming a developed country in the foreseeable future, perhaps even within two decades. However, there is no question of its joining the "league of developed nations" unless there is ...
- Freeing Trade (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2004)
The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation has agreed to make the south Asian free trade agreement operational from January 2006. The debate over multilateral liberalization vis-à-vis regional liberalization is clichéd. The fact remains that ...
- Year Of Some Big Decisions (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Jan 05, 2004)
History normally runs on rails, with one development following another in fairly obvious succession. It may seem like a roller-coaster ride at times, but twenty years later the outcome is just about what you would have expected at the start. Once in a ...
- Budget-Making: An Exercise In Guesstimates (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Jan 05, 2004)
IT IS that time of year when the corridors of North Block are busy with the Budget buzz. The detailed expenditure and revenue estimates would have already come in and the scrutiny of estimates with reference to actuals commenced. The first cut of estimate
- Too Easy To Manage (Telegraph, S. L. Rao, Jan 05, 2004)
The scandalous leaking of the Indian Institutes of Management admission test papers and the attempts of the ministry to gain greater control over the IIMs heighten the need for a thorough review of management education in India, its content and governance
- 6000 And Going Strong (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2004)
AS MILESTONES GO for the nation's stock market, the breaching of the 6000 mark by the Sensex — the Bombay Stock Exchange's bellwether index of equity prices — would easily rank among the more significant events in its chequered history. The palpable sense
- It’s Time To Make New Friends (Telegraph, M.R. Venkatesh, Jan 05, 2004)
The BJP’s refusal to rein in Jayalalithaa as also contradictions inherent in their coalition drove the DMK and MDMK out of the NDA
- No Choice But Limited Mobility (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2004)
In a small survey conducted among medical personnel in Sri Lanka in 1994, Bloom et al found that 75 per cent of hospital staff agreed with the statement that “AIDS patients are very infectious and should, therefore, be isolated in separate wards to reduce
- Reform Labour Laws, Now (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Jan 05, 2004)
India's labour laws have to work towards `drawing in' human resources — entrepreneurial talent and employees — into the market so that natural resources and savings will follow. This will boost the nation's marketable and measurable output and make India
- Saarc Initiative On Free Trade (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Jan 05, 2004)
In its essence, a free trade area means trading in a tariff-free environment, which should normally lead to a sharp increase in trade volume and value with the most efficient manufacturers of select products in the "area" raking in the maximum profits.
- India As The Future Vaccine Hub (Tribune, N.K. Ganguly, Jan 05, 2004)
VACCINES are the desperately needed prevention tools. Owing to the enormous morbidity and mortality caused by infectious diseases, it is important that vaccines against these are made available at the earliest and at an affordable price. Efforts are being
- Funny Bandh (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2004)
It takes a special kind of humour to find bandhs funny. Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee was seized with a sense of the absurd when contemplating the latest form of political “action” being planned by his opponent, Ms Mamata Banerjee. The leader of the ...
- Lal Badshah (Indian Express, Ashok Malik, Jan 04, 2004)
IN the telegrammatic world of newspaper headline writers, a chestnut that resurfaces periodically, especially in the murky, confusing seasons before and after an election, when coalitions are simultaneously evaporating and solidifying is ‘‘Surjeet active
- Pakistan: The Two-Nation Theory (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Jan 04, 2004)
ON THE plane to Pakistan, peer as hard as you like through the scratched window of PIA’s ramshackle Boeing, you still can’t see the border line that divides the democracy from the dictatorship. It’s shrouded in the fog of history, some say, others point
- Your Money Matters (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2004)
Money. The medium of exchange. The store of value. The fuel of our life. How will it treat us in 2004? Will interest rates rise, will home loan rates fall, will the stock markets soar, will inflation suck out more purchasing power? Some predictions.
- Still At Sea (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jan 04, 2004)
The promise of this new year allows me to atone in sackcloth and ashes for an injustice perpetrated in these columns in July 2000. I mistook “a decrepit tub strewn with rubbish beyond an ancient jetty” for “India’s first floating hotel” or floatel which
- Ideological Roadblocks On The Road (Tribune, Jasbir Singh Ahluwalia, Jan 04, 2004)
THE Hot Peace among different communities of the world, in the beginning of the 21st century, marked by its advent by the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Centre towers in New York, is, in a sense, more explosive than the earlier Cold War between nation
- Sonia, Undisturbed (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Jan 04, 2004)
Sonia, we know, answers no questions. Her biographer does not trouble her with too many
- India Tackles Adult Illiteracy (British Broadcasting Corporation, Richard Black, Jan 03, 2004)
Researchers in India have been giving details of a novel scheme aimed at increasing adult literacy.
- Heartening Developments In Saarc (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2004)
THE APPROVAL OF a draft framework treaty for a South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) to be signed at the 12th summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) in Islamabad next week is a huge morale-booster for the region. The ...
- Young Talent To Get Break At Azlan Shah (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2004)
After the highs of 2003, this year could prove to be a downer for Indian hockey unless the men’s team win a major title — either the qualifying tournament for the Olympics, the main event in Athens or, later, the Champions Trophy...
- Sluggish Growth (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2004)
AT a time when the Indian growth story is being widely celebrated, it is necessary to have a close look at the exports, which alone can decide whether growth is sustainable in the long run. After registering a 20-per cent growth in the initial years of
- Nri Implements Bill Gates’ Goals (Tribune, Ela Dutt , Jan 03, 2004)
Traditional educationists may find the radical ideas and unconventional vocabulary of Indian American Shivam Mallick Shah surprising, but these fit in well with the goals of Bill Gates and his wife Melinda. The billionaire couple has hired Harvard ...
- Indo-Pak Game Continues (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Jan 03, 2004)
ONCE more, the ante has been upped regarding efforts to normalise relations between India and Pakistan, the hope of course being that, this time, the effort will succeed.
There is nothing unrealistic about such a hope if for no other reason than the
- Case For Indo-Pak Missile Talks (Tribune, Ashok K Mehta, Jan 03, 2004)
CLEARLY, the motivation to acquire missiles falls under political, strategic and economic-commercial and technology-related heads. Missiles are nice to have and keep. They add to a nation’s standing and prestige. Besides the political and commercial ...
- To Know The Road Ahead, Ask Those Coming Back (Business Line, D. Murali , Jan 03, 2004)
WOULD you add legs to a snake after you have finished drawing it? Probably not, but that is a Chinese proverb about doing something that is totally unnecessary and thus spoiling what you have already done, and perhaps also revealing one's ignorance about
- Safta: Much Effort For Little Gains? (Business Line, Sanjib Pohit, Jan 03, 2004)
SAFTA seems set for take off, but it may not as it is modelled now, liberalising commodity trade first and then services. For, apart from India, other countries have little to gain from a trading bloc; their industries would lobby against SAFTA fearing
- They're No Country Cousins Of Commercial Banks (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Jan 03, 2004)
Do NBFCs need a level-playing field
- The Tussle Over Receipt Type (Business Line, R. Anand, Jan 03, 2004)
On the evergreen debate, capital versus revenue
- Looking Back, Looking Ahead (Hindu, C. Rammanohar Reddy, Jan 03, 2004)
It is increasingly becoming clear that without a flow of funds to the farm sector, the Indian economy will remain haunted by periodic production declines.
- Peace Common Desire In India, Says Vajpayee (Indian Express, M. ZIAUDDIN, Jan 03, 2004)
Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee has said the entire spectrum of mainstream political opinion in India is for peace, cooperation and friendship with Pakistan. In an exclusive interview with Dawn at his residence here on Thursday, the PM made it
- Economics And Emotion (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2004)
JUST AHEAD OF the second Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, the Centre has got the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2003, passed in Parliament. This enables People of Indian Origin (PIOs) in selected countries to have a dual nationality status. In doing so, ...
- It Shows Soundness And Stability Of Economy: Fm (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2004)
Buoyed by 8.4 per cent growth in the second quarter, Finance Minister Jaswant Singh said on Friday that GDP growth would be even better in the subsequent quarters and the Sensex crossing 6,000 mark on Friday reflected the strong economic fundamentals and
- Not By Nationalism (Telegraph, Andre Beteille , Jan 03, 2004)
Sociology, as the empirical and systematic study of society and its institutions, is now widely practised in our universities and independent centres of research. It entered the university system in India in the Twenties, barely two or three decades after
- On The Wings Of Cbms (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2004)
THE ongoing efforts to normalise relations between India and Pakistan provide an encouraging setting for the success of the Islamabad session of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation. The latest confidence-building measures (CBMs) announced
- 200 Years Of Turmoil (Hindu, Lydia Polgreen, Jan 03, 2004)
After 200 years of independence, Haiti remains an impoverished and troubled nation.
- Telgi’s Key Operative Arrested In Hyderabad (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2004)
A key operative in the multi-crore fake stamp paper scam Raez Quadri was arrested and remanded to police custody today. Quadri, a close associate of Abdul Karim Telgi, was nabbed by Special Investigation Team (SIT) from old city last night while he
- Promoters Using Preferential Route To Take Advantage: Sebi Panel (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2004)
The resurgence of stock markets has given ample opportunities to promoters to cash in on the stock rally. A host of promoters have come out with preferential offers to themselves to take advantage of the fast-paced rally and get shares of their companies,
- Share The Risks, Split The Spoils (Telegraph, RAVI VYAS, Jan 02, 2004)
All works of fiction that make money for the publisher and author do so only when they are published as co-editions, that is, in an identical format in a number of countries or languages. Co-editions make possible sharing of production costs and, more ...
- Target 6,000: Sensex Set To Hit Bull’s Eye (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2004)
Up by 76.51 pts to 5,915.47, best close since Feb 14, 2000. Beware, valuations already gone through the roof
- Exports See 13.7% Growth In November (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2004)
The feel-good factor for the economy continues unabated. Exports bounced back to double-digit track to register 13.74 per cent growth in November 2003, at $4.494 billion as against $3.951 billion in the same month in 2002. In rupee terms, exports stood at
- Why Interest Rates Should Go Up (Business Line, A. V. Vedpuriswar, Jan 02, 2004)
If, as policymakers claim, India is moving towards a market driven interest regime, then rates should be determined by demand and supply. Lower interest rates cannot be achieved through administrative diktats but by increasing the availability of capital
- Cement Down The Spine (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Jan 02, 2004)
In early 1991, when the ramshackle Chandra Shekhar government was at the helm, a senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader hosted a small dinner for the then party president, L.K. Advani. For the BJP, those were heady days. The Somnath to Ayodhya rath yatra of
- Economy On A Roll (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2004)
THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY of 2003-04 has well and truly taken root. The Central Statistical Organisation's estimates of the gross domestic product (GDP) in the second quarter (July-September) of the fiscal year 2003-04 establish this fact beyond any ...
- Stamping Out Stamp Scams (Business Line, S. Arvind, Jan 02, 2004)
THE latest scam to hit the country, involving the large-scale printing and sale of postal and insurance stamps, non-judicial stamp-paper, court-fee stamps, and so on, has come to light at least now only because of its all-India ramifications, the ...
- Magical Growth Rate (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2004)
THE rosy picture of the economy painted by the Central Statistical Organisation is bound to make every Indian feel proud of the country’s performance this fiscal. The economy grew by a record 8.4 per cent during the second quarter (July-September) and is
- Ready To Face Polls: Vajpayee (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2004)
With the air ringing with the talk of early Lok Sabha polls, Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee has said that he is ‘‘fit and ready’’ to face elections and confident that the people ‘‘are in a mood to give us another five years’’. The PM’s remarks, made in
- And The Empire Lives On (Telegraph, DIPANKAR DAS, Jan 02, 2004)
Early December, a high-profile East African Indian immigrant, Yasmin Alibhai Brown, stunned the world by belatedly returning the title of Member of the British Empire to the Queen. This came within days of the refusal of Benjamin Zephaniah, the dread ...
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