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Articles 34221 through 34320 of 35809:
- Irresolute Tmc (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 10, 2002)
AFTER HAVING BEEN denied by the AIADMK the opportunity to enter the Rajya Sabha, the Tamil Maanila Congress (TMC) chief, G. K. Vasan, seems to be determined not to read the writing on the wall even now.
- An Agenda For Cultural Action - Ii (Hindu, K. N. Panikkar, Jan 10, 2002)
What is required is the creation of a counter culture through constructive undertakings, which would alter the existing public discourse generated by globalisation and communalism.
- The Law And Labour (Hindu, Supriya Roy Chowdhury, Jan 10, 2002)
The budget of 2001-02 proposed major amendments to the legal framework that has regulated industrial labour since independence. The proposed amendments were opposed by trade unions across the political spectrum.
- Free Trade Still A Long Way Off (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Jan 10, 2002)
`Regional cooperation remains only on hoardings' - this headline of a despatch on the SAARC's record in a Nepalese daily, The Kathmandu Post, may be too harsh a commentary on the working of a grouping which has several in-built handicaps.
- Hurried And Ill Considered (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 10, 2002)
THE SUDDEN TURNABOUT in the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology's stand on foreign investment in the print media would seem more the result of high pressure lobbying from both within and without and the political parties' fear.
- Power: Reforming Its Way Out Of Darkness? (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Jan 10, 2002)
EVEN though the track record of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in economic reforms is not uniformly salutary, there are specific areas.
- Irresolute Tmc (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 10, 2002)
AFTER HAVING BEEN denied by the AIADMK the opportunity to enter the Rajya Sabha, the Tamil Maanila Congress (TMC) chief, G. K. Vasan, seems to be determined not to read the writing on the wall even now.
- Fair-Weather Friendship (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 10, 2002)
If a promoter, untrammelled by pricks of conscience, sets out to seek delisting by mustering a special resolution without being bogged down by the exit problems of investors not residing within the jurisdiction of the regional stock exchange.
- Excise Sans Logic (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 10, 2002)
THE CABINET DECISION to amend the Central Excise Tariff Act and confer on the Finance Ministry the power to hike existing rates without any cap is not only an abuse of the trust placed on it by Parliament but also goes against the accepted principles.
- The Law And Labour (Hindu, Supriya Roy Chowdhury, Jan 10, 2002)
The budget of 2001-02 proposed major amendments to the legal framework that has regulated industrial labour since independence.
- Food For Peace And Development (Hindu, M. S. Swaminathan , Jan 10, 2002)
To address the substrate conditions under which violence breeds, a starting point will be the ending of poverty- induced hunger and youth unemployment.
- Hurried And Ill Considered (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 10, 2002)
THE SUDDEN TURNABOUT in the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology's stand on foreign investment in the print media would seem more the result of high pressure lobbying from both within and without and the political parties' fear.
- Kerala Unveils Harsh Steps To Overcome Financial Crisis (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 10, 2002)
Under the voluntary off-duty scheme, the employees will be given 75 per cent of their basic salary and dearness allowance in the first year and 50 per cent in the second year.
- Govt Against Bailing Out Weak Banks, Fis Often (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 10, 2002)
THE Finance Minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha, on Wednesday reiterated the Government's unwillingness to repeatedly bail out unhealthy banks and financial institutions (FIs).
- The Share And Dividend Match (Business Line, Donna Okell, Jan 10, 2002)
Shareholder value is becoming ever more important, but how do the experts identify a sound investment? Donna Okell explains the analysts' view and offers some tips to boost returns.
- Baker’s Attitude Can’t But Prejudice Indo-Uk Relations: Nehru (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 09, 2002)
The first of a two-part series from War and Diplomacy in Kashmir 1947-48 by India’s former Ambassador to China and the EU, C DASGUPTA
- To Douse The Home Fires (Telegraph, Kamalika Mukherjee, Jan 09, 2002)
“It is better to die in one go than a little everyday” had been the last few words recorded in a diary by Vijayalakshmi, a victim of domestic violence in India.
- Defy The Bully (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 09, 2002)
Fear is the secret of a successful bandh in Calcutta. A general strike is no longer the index of popular support to a cause or a particular party.
- A Distant Dream (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 09, 2002)
THE KATHMANDU SUMMIT of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) saw yet another pledge to work towards a free trade area.
- Icai Urges Tax On Farm Income (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 09, 2002)
It has been recommended that cases in which agricultural income exceeds more than Rs 2 lakh should get the accounts audited to `discourage assessees from showing taxable income as agricultural income.'
- Handshake Or Crossing Of Swords? (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jan 09, 2002)
ONCE again it is time for the media, and through it, the nation to interpret the body language, or rather, the handshakes of the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayeee, and the Pakistani President, Gen Pervez Musharraf.
- Frost At Saarc (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 09, 2002)
CONSIDERING THAT SAARC is completely dominated by the relations between its two biggest members — India and Pakistan — and these have not been too good.
- Relevance Of Gadgil's Economics (Business Line, P. R. Brahmananda , Jan 09, 2002)
Indian economics has a rich tradition. Even economists such as Lewis and Nurkse had recognised that the Indian scene had specificities and heterogeneities in its geographical, historical, political, economic and social settings.
- Frost At Saarc (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 09, 2002)
CONSIDERING THAT SAARC is completely dominated by the relations between its two biggest members — India and Pakistan — and these have not been too good.
- Tricolour Excise (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 09, 2002)
How patriotic are you, and what kind of hardships are you willing to put up with for your country?
- Handshake Or Crossing Of Swords? (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jan 09, 2002)
ONCE again it is time for the media, and through it, the nation to interpret the body language, or rather, the handshakes of the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayeee, and the Pakistani President, Gen Pervez Musharraf.
- Our Future Is In The Forests (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Jan 09, 2002)
The finance minister has been well advised to concentrate strategic thinking in the budget on agriculture.
- A Distant Dream (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 09, 2002)
THE KATHMANDU SUMMIT of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) saw yet another pledge to work towards a free trade area.
- Growing Garden (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 09, 2002)
The concept of agro economic zones was floated in the exim policy announcement of March 31.
- Relevance Of Gadgil's Economics (Business Line, P. R. Brahmananda , Jan 09, 2002)
Indian economics has a rich tradition. Even economists such as Lewis and Nurkse had recognised that the Indian scene had specificities and heterogeneities in its geographical, historical, political, economic and social settings.
- Pc Sales Forecast Scaled Down By 32 Pc (Business Line, S. Devarajan, Jan 09, 2002)
REELING under the impact of the economic slowdown, the hardware sector has scaled down its personal computer (PC) sales forecast for the current fiscal by more than 32 per cent, at 1.65 million units, over its earlier estimate of 2.45 million units.
- Tcs Clarifies (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 09, 2002)
This is with reference to the report "Churning process under way in software sector" (Business Line, December 26) which misrepresents TCS' position.
- Silk Industry Reels Under Falling Exports, China Threat (The Financial Express, Rajeev Jayaswal, Jan 08, 2002)
The Indian silk industry, which is yet to arrest the recessionary trend in exports, is fearing a Chinese onslaught after Beijing’s entry into the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
- ‘Co-Operation In Biotech And Pharmaceuticals Can Do Wonders’ (The Financial Express, HUMA SIDDQUI, Jan 08, 2002)
Expertise in sugarcane production notwithstanding, Cuba is fast catching up in other areas as well, says the Cuban ambassador Jose Eloy Valdes.
- The Bjp's Game Plan In U.P. (Hindu, Zoya Hasan, Jan 08, 2002)
The intertwined issue of temple and terror is designed to redirect the electorate's attentions from the problems of governance and economic development.
- It Slowdown Has Its Own Share Of Opportunities (The Financial Express, Ashu Kumar, Jan 08, 2002)
The temptation of freezing investments in new information technology (IT) systems and applications is hard to resist in times of economic slowdown. But then, doing this carries the risk of snipping off the vital cords essential for holding together.
- The Bjp's Game Plan In U.P. (Hindu, Zoya Hasan, Jan 08, 2002)
The intertwined issue of temple and terror is designed to redirect the electorate's attentions from the problems of governance and economic development.
- Agenda For Agricultural Reforms (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Jan 08, 2002)
AGRICULTURE continues to remain the most important sector of the economy from the perspective of employment generation and poverty alleviation and also because of its causal links with the factor and product markets.
- Budget As A Binding National Covenant (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jan 08, 2002)
IT IS Budget time again. The defining moment has arrived for the Finance Minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha. His luck will run out if he does not get his sums right this time.
- Terrorism: The Two Faces Of Us (Business Line, B. Raman , Jan 08, 2002)
IN THE early 1980s, Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) had handed over to a group of Sikh terrorists, who had hijacked a plane of the Indian Airlines (IAC).
- An Anti-Terror Dialogue (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 08, 2002)
THE PRIME MINISTER of the United Kingdom, Tony Blair, may have hoped to exert a ``calming influence'' on India and Pakistan so as to encourage them to pull back from the brink in their latest confrontation.
- Little Infrastructure (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 08, 2002)
Industrial activity is being shackled in the long term by insufficient investment in infrastructure.
- Euro’s Popularity Caught Between Cautious Brown And Impatient Blair (The Financial Express, N. Madhavan, Jan 08, 2002)
If initial euphoria is anything to go by, the successful launch of euro notes and coins may in fact catalyse the United Kigdom’s decision on whether to retain its popular pound sterling or give it up.
- An Anti-Terror Dialogue (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 08, 2002)
THE PRIME MINISTER of the United Kingdom, Tony Blair, may have hoped to exert a ``calming influence'' on India and Pakistan so as to encourage them to pull back from the brink in their latest confrontation.
- Bush Trades Texas Peace For Battle On Economy (The Financial Express, Patricia Wilson Crawford, Jan 08, 2002)
TEXAS: After 12 days in the pastoral privacy of his Texas ranch, US President George W Bush on Monday was heading for Washington and the public rough-and-tumble of an election-year debate on the economy.
- Why India Must Get Into The Equine Race (Business Line, Anil Mukhi, Jan 08, 2002)
A COUPLE of weeks ago, a momentous event took place. An Indian- bred horse, Saddle Up, became the first thoroughbred racehorse born and reared in this country to participate in an international Group 1 horse race, the pinnacle of equine achievement.
- Not-So-Great Middle-Class (Business Line, A. B. Shivkumar , Jan 08, 2002)
JUST a decade ago, major MNCs in India were going ga-ga over the size of the `Great Indian middle-class' (GIMC), and many an Indian organisation.
- Why India Must Get Into The Equine Race (Business Line, Anil Mukhi, Jan 08, 2002)
A COUPLE of weeks ago, a momentous event took place. An Indian- bred horse, Saddle Up, became the first thoroughbred racehorse born and reared in this country to participate in an international Group 1 horse race, the pinnacle of equine achievement.
- Not-So-Great Middle-Class (Business Line, A. B. Shivkumar , Jan 08, 2002)
JUST a decade ago, major MNCs in India were going ga-ga over the size of the `Great Indian middle-class' (GIMC), and many an Indian organisation.
- Agenda For Agricultural Reforms (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Jan 08, 2002)
AGRICULTURE continues to remain the most important sector of the economy from the perspective of employment generation and poverty alleviation and also because of its causal links with the factor and product markets.
- Wah Taj (Indian Express, Monirupa Bhattacharya, Jan 08, 2002)
So you see the Taj Mahal everyday?’’ People have often asked me this question on learning that I belonged to the city of Taj.
- Budget As A Binding National Covenant (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jan 08, 2002)
IT IS Budget time again. The defining moment has arrived for the Finance Minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha.
- India, Cuba Need To Go In For More Expertise Exchange Programmes (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jan 08, 2002)
India and Cuba are closely linked through ties of friendship, solidarity and mutual co-operation. Since 1960, both the countries have established diplomatic ties and have shared close and cordial relations.
- Integrate Or Perish (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 08, 2002)
The pledge taken by the leaders of the seven South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries at their 11th summit in Kathmandu to establish a South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA).
- A Fallacy (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 08, 2002)
The inflation rate, which hit 8.57 per cent last February, has been steadily coming down since then.
- Limited By Law (Indian Express, Anil Divan, Jan 08, 2002)
Over 50 years of the working of the Constitution have brought about a radical change in our democratic institutions. There is a steep fall in the values of public men.
- Terrorism: The Two Faces Of Us (Business Line, B. Raman , Jan 08, 2002)
IN THE early 1980s, Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) had handed over to a group of Sikh terrorists, who had hijacked a plane of the Indian Airlines (IAC).
- India Inc. To Focus On Sector-Specific Issues (The Financial Express, Rajeev Jayaswal, Jan 07, 2002)
India Inc. will raise sector-specific issues during its pre-Budget meeting with finance minister Yashwant Sinha on Tuesday.
- Resume The Dialogue (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 07, 2002)
THE `INFORMAL MEETING' that the leaders of India and Pakistan have engaged in with a flourish of statesmanship during the latest South Asian summit in Kathmandu assumes a salience beyond the compulsions.
- Domestic Agenda For India (The Financial Express, Pradeep Mehta, Jan 07, 2002)
• Need to set up/strengthen a fully equipped patent systems which will deal with the registration of IPRs such as patents, copy rights.
- Peace Is The Only Option (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Jan 07, 2002)
Let our leaders remember that their job as politicians is to find political solutions to intractable problems.
- Time-Out For Reforms (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 07, 2002)
IN A WAY, the Cabinet Committee on Reforms, under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister, A. B. Vajpayee, has its task cut out on more than one front.
- Resume The Dialogue (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 07, 2002)
THE `INFORMAL MEETING' that the leaders of India and Pakistan have engaged in with a flourish of statesmanship during the latest South Asian summit in Kathmandu assumes a salience beyond the compulsions.
- Lessons From Argentina Crisis (Business Line, V. Anantha-Nageswaran , Jan 07, 2002)
IN MY last column, I had written that the biggest risk to Asian bourses and perhaps to global markets could come from Japan this year.
- Corporate Tax Rate Cut, Mat Withdrawal -- Sinha Must Bite The Bullet, Say Ceos (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 07, 2002)
A MAJORITY of the respondents of a CEO snap poll conducted by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) wants the Union Finance Minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha, to reduce corporate tax rate from 35 to 30 per cent.
- Preparing For Net Future (Business Line, A. M. Sakkthivel, Jan 07, 2002)
E-COMMERCE is an evolving mantra every citizen of global business must chant to keep with it.
- Disinvestment To The Rescue? (Business Line, Amit Mitra, Jan 07, 2002)
CAN the disinvestment of Government holdings in public sector shipyards be the panacea for the ailing shipbuilding industry? This question is now haunting many in shipbuilding circles.
- Imf: It's Monetary Fratricide! (Business Line, Alex Abraham, Jan 07, 2002)
WHEN the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was established many years ago, its founding fathers enshrined within its constitution great and noble ideals and intentions.
- Economy And Elections (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Jan 07, 2002)
CURRENT conventional wisdom has it that much of the drumming up of the "conflict situation" with Pakistan is directed at whipping up support for the BJP in the Assembly elections scheduled to be held in the next few months in states such as Uttar Pradesh.
- Will Yashwant Sinha Gamble On Growth In Budget 2002-03? (The Financial Express, Chandra Shekar, Jan 07, 2002)
Finance minister Yashwant Sinha has his task cut out for himself. He has to stimulate growth of the manufacturing sector, which has been stagnating, through a set of fiscal and non-fiscal measures in the forthcoming Budget.
- At The Edge Of Default (Telegraph, S. Venkitaramanan , Jan 07, 2002)
Eminent economists had praised Argentina’s adoption of a currency board as an effective means of depoliticizing monetary policy.
- Us-64 Nav-Repurchase Price Difference -- Budgetary Grant For Uti To Bridge Gap (Business Line, Shaji Vikraman , Jan 07, 2002)
The bail-out cost to the Government for the next fiscal could work out to around Rs 6,400 crore, assuming that the net asset value of US-64 stays at the current level of Rs 6.21 in May 2003.
- Mr Yen Revisits The South Asian Crisis (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Jan 07, 2002)
As long as a financial crisis remains limited to one country or region, unaffected countries, particularly those at the centre.
- Economy And Elections (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Jan 07, 2002)
CURRENT conventional wisdom has it that much of the drumming up of the "conflict situation" with Pakistan is directed at whipping up support for the BJP in the Assembly elections scheduled to be held in the next few months in states such as Uttar Pradesh.
- Time-Out For Reforms (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 07, 2002)
IN A WAY, the Cabinet Committee on Reforms, under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister, A. B. Vajpayee, has its task cut out on more than one front.
- Peace Is The Only Option (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Jan 07, 2002)
Let our leaders remember that their job as politicians is to find political solutions to intractable problems.
- Lessons From Argentina Crisis (Business Line, V. Anantha-Nageswaran , Jan 07, 2002)
IN MY last column, I had written that the biggest risk to Asian bourses and perhaps to global markets could come from Japan this year.
- Imf: It's Monetary Fratricide! (Business Line, Alex Abraham, Jan 07, 2002)
WHEN the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was established many years ago, its founding fathers enshrined within its constitution great and noble ideals and intentions.
- Sparring At Saarc (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Jan 06, 2002)
KATHMANDU, JAN. 5. India was not surprised at the dramatic public relations exercise by the President of Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf, at the Summit of the South Asian leaders here today.
- War At What Cost? (Hindu, ALOK MUKHERJEE, Jan 06, 2002)
The Indian economy can no doubt survive a war, but the sacrifices it will have to make in terms of development will be substantial.
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