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Articles 34421 through 34520 of 35809:
- War Won’t Solve A Thing (Indian Express, Sanat Mohanty, Jan 02, 2002)
Every morning as newspapers and webzines brings more rhetoric of war between India and Pakistan, I worry whether we the people have lost our ability to think things through.
- Middle Path (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 02, 2002)
The quest for the middle ground in politics is invariably mediated by the logic and responsibility of office.
- Sharp Watch (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 02, 2002)
In the mainland states, there is opposition from taxpayers to the reckless expansion of government bureaucracy, as expansion not only means more jobs, it also means more taxes to bear the salary burden of the bloated bureaucracy.
- Poetic Justice (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 02, 2002)
The New Year has brought a gift of literary treasure into the public domain. Sixty years after his death, the works of Rabindranath Tagore, arguably India’s greatest writer of all time, shall now be unfettered by copyright laws.
- Old Threat, New Faces (Indian Express, Jasjit Singh, Jan 02, 2002)
Under Indian dissuasive strategy Pakistan has, most reluctantly and temporarily, arrested Masood Azhar, the head of Jaish-e-Mohammed, and now the head of Lashkar-e-Toiba.
- The Algebra Of Poverty -- Only The Rich Should Become Richer (Business Line, Devinder Sharma , Jan 02, 2002)
THE Finance Minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha, would like us to be part of his make-believe world.
- The Corporate Transformation (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 02, 2002)
THE RECENT TRANSFER of a 10 per cent stake in Larsen and Toubro (L&T) from Reliance to a company belonging to the A.V. Birla group has been remarkably free from the bitterness.
- All Quiet On The Ipo Front (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 02, 2002)
MOBILISATION through the IPO route was a dismal Rs 392 crore in 2001, which is moderately higher than the mop-up in 1995 which stood at Rs 314 crore.
- Uti Shocker (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 02, 2002)
AT Rs 5.81, the net asset value of US-64 has shocked even those who had been prepared for the worst.
- Reading The New Scenario (Telegraph, S. L. Rao, Jan 02, 2002)
It is again the time of the year when economists, labour leaders, captains of industry, farmer leaders and many representatives of lobbies and interest groups will troop in to “advise” the government.
- The Algebra Of Poverty -- Only The Rich Should Become Richer (Business Line, Devinder Sharma , Jan 02, 2002)
THE Finance Minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha, would like us to be part of his make-believe world.
- Uti Shocker (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 02, 2002)
AT Rs 5.81, the net asset value of US-64 has shocked even those who had been prepared for the worst.
- Argentina Implodes As Imf Looks On (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Jan 01, 2002)
THE FINANCIAL implosion in Argentina had been in the making for months as the third largest economy of Latin America desperately clung to its peso-dollar one-to-one exchange rate.
- The Jehadis Make It Worse (Hindu, Michael Krepon , Jan 01, 2002)
The latest crisis between India and Pakistan has followed a familiar pattern.
- Disturbing Dreams (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 01, 2002)
ON THE FIRST day of 2002 the Indian political economy resembles in many ways its very own famed institution, the Unit Trust of India (UTI), with a net asset value placing it somewhere at the bottom of any international league.
- Make 2002 Year Of The Common Man! (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jan 01, 2002)
OF all the public functions to which the President, or any dignitary, for that matter, had lent his presence in all the years since India became independent.
- Crude Oil: Always A Factor Of Worry (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Jan 01, 2002)
THE EMERGENCY meeting of the oil producers' cartel, Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), in Cairo just ahead of the new year brings bad tidings to developing countries dependent on imports for oil.
- Can The Us Fight An Even-Handed Battle? (Business Line, Prabhat Kumar, Jan 01, 2002)
AFTER settling the Afghanistan issue, the US is now busy drawing up plans for the second phase of the anti-terrorist campaign by targeting terrorist groups with global reach.
- Giving Diplomacy A Chance (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 01, 2002)
THE EMERGING SIGNS of a determined effort by the Government and the Opposition to join hands and give diplomacy a fair and prime chance raise hopes for a new sense of direction in New Delhi's battle against the external terrorists.
- A New Epoch Begins (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 01, 2002)
BUT FOR THE shadow cast on the world because of the menace of terrorism, the advent on the New Year Day of the Euro as a single currency in physical form throughout the 12 countries in the Euro-area.
- Abrogating The Abm Treaty (Hindu, Rajesh Rajagopalan, Jan 01, 2002)
Further development trials of ballistic missiles by the U.S. would have violated the ABM Treaty, which is one of the immediate reasons for the decision to abrogate it.
- Payment Systems -- The Monetary Policy Issues (Business Line, K. U. B. Rao, Jan 01, 2002)
THE Indian payment systems environment is set to change. Soon the Real Time Gross Settlement System' (RTGSs) will be in place.
- The Indo-Pakistan Crisis (Hindu, Rajindar Sachar , Jan 01, 2002)
Children have a right to live and grow peacefully. Rulers who refuse to ensure this deserve to be thrown in the dustbin of history.
- Enduring Century (Telegraph, RUDRANGSHU MUKHERJEE, Jan 01, 2002)
With the death of Queen Victoria early in 1901, the 19th century came to a symbolic end. With the end of the war in Afghanistan, the curtain came down on the last act of the 20th century.
- We Shall Triumph Against Terrorism (Hindu, A. B. Vajpayee, Jan 01, 2002)
``My dear fellow countrymen, joyous New Year greetings to all of you.
- The Jehadis Make It Worse (Hindu, Michael Krepon , Jan 01, 2002)
The latest crisis between India and Pakistan has followed a familiar pattern.
- Other Goals (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 01, 2002)
IAEA experts are concerned that terrorists could develop a crude radiological dispersal device using radioactive sources commonly used in everyday life.
- No War, But No Peace (Indian Express, Kuldip Nayar, Jan 01, 2002)
I have not been able to see the logic of closing all avenues of people-to-people contact between India and Pakistan. Newspapers and books are already banned. Visitors are not allowed to cross the border.
- ‘Our Common Problem Is Poverty, Terrorism Delays Its Solution. Let’s Fight It, This Is The New Year’s Challenge’ (Indian Express, A. B. Vajpayee, Jan 01, 2002)
MY dear fellow cou -ntrymen, joyous New Year greetings to all of you.
- A New Epoch Begins (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 01, 2002)
BUT FOR THE shadow cast on the world because of the menace of terrorism, the advent on the New Year Day of the Euro as a single currency in physical form throughout the 12 countries in the Euro-area.
- When Gimmickry Takes Over, All You Get Is Lemons (The Financial Express, R K Roy, Jan 01, 2002)
These days a prospective 4.5 per cent growth in GDP is considered great. It is an open question if this order of low growth will materialise.
- For Solvency And Liquidity, Uti Needs To Shed Its Crutches (The Financial Express, Sharad Mistry, Jan 01, 2002)
How the mighty are humbled by market forces can be seen from the ongoing developments at Unit Trust of India (UTI).
- Harshad, Ketan, Harshad ... (Indian Express, Sunil Jain, Jan 01, 2002)
This sounds a bit harsh, but perhaps the most final thing that’s emerged from the decade-long investigo-legal case against the original Big Bull Harshad Mehta, is his death in a jail in suburban Mumbai in the wee hours of the morning yesterday.
- Giving Diplomacy A Chance (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 01, 2002)
THE EMERGING SIGNS of a determined effort by the Government and the Opposition to join hands and give diplomacy a fair and prime chance raise hopes for a new sense of direction in New Delhi's battle against the external terrorists.
- Abrogating The Abm Treaty (Hindu, Rajesh Rajagopalan, Jan 01, 2002)
Further development trials of ballistic missiles by the U.S. would have violated the ABM Treaty, which is one of the immediate reasons for the decision to abrogate it.
- We Shall Triumph Against Terrorism (Hindu, A. B. Vajpayee, Jan 01, 2002)
``My dear fellow countrymen, joyous New Year greetings to all of you.
- Payment Systems -- The Monetary Policy Issues (Business Line, K. U. B. Rao, Jan 01, 2002)
THE Indian payment systems environment is set to change. Soon the Real Time Gross Settlement System' (RTGSs) will be in place. Simultaneously, broad shifts have been taking place in the monetary policy.
- Thailand Steps Up Efforts To Check Declining Exports To India (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jan 01, 2002)
India and Thailand have ratified an agreement to protect and promote bilateral investments.
- Can The Us Fight An Even-Handed Battle? (Business Line, Prabhat Kumar, Jan 01, 2002)
AFTER settling the Afghanistan issue, the US is now busy drawing up plans for the second phase of the anti-terrorist campaign by targeting terrorist groups with global reach.
- Panel To Supervise Investor Protection Fund Formed (Business Line, K. R. Srivats, Jan 01, 2002)
THE Central Government has constituted a 13-member committee to administer the Investor Education and Protection Fund (IE&PF).
- A Requiem For Small Savings? (Business Line, R. Y. Narayanan, Jan 01, 2002)
EVEN as the Indian middle class looks back with trepidation at the year gone by, the Budget due in the next few weeks may confirm as to whether the requiem for the voiceless and fragmented middle class has been sung.
- Rise And Growth Of The Consuming Class (Business Line, Sravanthi Challapalli Ratna Bhushan, Jan 01, 2002)
AN explosion in product range, a multitude of brands, Indian and foreign, several finance options, large one-stop shops, colourful stores and shopping a picnic, not to mention a rise in status — the consumer is having a blast.
- Crude Oil: Always A Factor Of Worry (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Jan 01, 2002)
THE EMERGENCY meeting of the oil producers' cartel, Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), in Cairo just ahead of the new year brings bad tidings to developing countries dependent on imports for oil.
- Disturbing Dreams (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 01, 2002)
ON THE FIRST day of 2002 the Indian political economy resembles in many ways its very own famed institution, the Unit Trust of India (UTI), with a net asset value placing it somewhere at the bottom of any international league.
- Argentina Implodes As Imf Looks On (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Jan 01, 2002)
THE FINANCIAL implosion in Argentina had been in the making for months as the third largest economy of Latin America desperately clung to its peso-dollar one-to-one exchange rate.
- The Indo-Pakistan Crisis (Hindu, Rajindar Sachar , Jan 01, 2002)
Children have a right to live and grow peacefully. Rulers who refuse to ensure this deserve to be thrown in the dustbin of history.
- Why Bangalore Is Counted Among Top Cities Of World (Business Line, Janaki Murali, Jan 01, 2002)
CAN Bangalore become another Austin, San Francisco or even Taipei?
- Make 2002 Year Of The Common Man! (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jan 01, 2002)
OF all the public functions to which the President, or any dignitary, for that matter, had lent his presence in all the years since India became independent.
- India Will Triumph Against Terrorism (Telegraph, A. B. Vajpayee, Jan 01, 2002)
My dear fellow countrymen, joyous New Year greetings to all of you.
- It Industry Upbeat On 2002 (Business Line, V. Rishi Kumar, Jan 01, 2002)
``In fact, recent developments have been factored in and we are seeing signs of significant recovery. In the next two quarters, we expect more positive outlook.''
- Height Of Festivity (Indian Express, Vinita Bahadur, Jan 01, 2002)
This may sound a little funny but we have actually celebrated New Year on top of the world once. In fact, we have celebrated festivals in the weirdest of places — all thanks to my husband’s job in the Air Force and fresh postings every few years.
- India's Coercive Diplomacy (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Dec 31, 2001)
NEW DELHI, DEC. 30. Coercive diplomacy has never been a characteristic feature of India's foreign policy.
- Just Analyse This (Indian Express, Ghulam Muhammed, Dec 31, 2001)
The golden age of Islam would not have been possible without madrassas.
- `Chandrika's Regime Degenerated Into An Ordinary Corrupt Regime' -- Professor Jayadeva Uyangoda, Political Science, University Of Colombo (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Dec 31, 2001)
THE ruling classes' ``insensitivity to human suffering', failure to institutionalise the peace process by involving all political parties, and hardened attitudes on both sides have taken Sri Lanka to the brink.
- Whither Environmental Protest (Hindu, Harsh Sethi , Dec 31, 2001)
The issues raised by environmental struggles remain much too important to be frittered away. This is why protest movements bear a responsibility greater than what their leaderships may realise.
- India Shouldn’t Be Hasty In Exhausting Non-Military Options Against Pak (The Financial Express, B. Raman , Dec 31, 2001)
In continuation of its earlier decision to withdraw its High Commissioner from Islamabad and to discontinue rail and road links with Pakistan.
- Cost Of An Indo-Pak War Would Be Strictly In Human Terms (The Financial Express, Jasjit Singh, Dec 31, 2001)
India and Pakistan have both mobilised their military forces. The anger levels in India after the 13th December attack on the Parliament are running high, especially as it comes after Kargil and the one on J&K legislature on October 1.
- Options In A Stalemate (Telegraph, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Dec 31, 2001)
As India struggles to formulate an appropriate response to the attack on Parliament, it is becoming increasingly clear that its options are severely limited.
- Vision 2020 -- India In 2002: Que Sera Sera? (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Dec 31, 2001)
WILL I be rich? Will I be pretty? Will I have rainbows day after day? According to the famous song, the answer is "Que sera, sera!
- Argentina: A Case Of Reckless Rectitude (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Dec 31, 2001)
OVER the last few months, the"" impending collapse of Argentina has hogged the attention of global financial markets.
- Year Of The Bear (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 31, 2001)
INVESTORS HAVE HAD two punishing years in a row. Their paper wealth has more than halved during the period.
- Punish Pakistan Hard And Decisively (Pioneer, Bobby Sharma, Dec 31, 2001)
The terrorists attack on Indian Parliament on December 13, 2001, was an attack on our national pride.
- Corporates Become More Responsible, But There Is A Long Way To Go (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Dec 31, 2001)
More corporates attend CSR programmes now
The year 2001 witnessed some changes in the attitude of the industries towards corporate social responsibility.
- Whither Environmental Protest (Hindu, Harsh Sethi , Dec 31, 2001)
The issues raised by environmental struggles remain much too important to be frittered away. This is why protest movements bear a responsibility greater than what their leaderships may realise.
- India's Coercive Diplomacy (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Dec 31, 2001)
NEW DELHI, DEC. 30. Coercive diplomacy has never been a characteristic feature of India's foreign policy. But by threatening an all-out war with Pakistan that could escalate to the nuclear level.
- Japan Pm Craves Rest Ahead Of 2002 Reform Battles (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Dec 31, 2001)
TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, who faces bruising battles next year over his structural reform efforts, on Saturday began a New Year’s vacation that he hopes will include plenty of rest.
- Uruguay, Doha, What Next? (Business Line, M. Y. Khan, Dec 31, 2001)
THE World Trade Organisation's preamble stresses on the freedom of trade across the borders to achieve resource allocation under competition and, thus, free trade is supposed to maximise the economic welfare of all countries.
- Recipe For Disaster (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 31, 2001)
The government has already announced a series of measures by way of tax concessions and excise relief to the corporate sector for “boosting” agriculture.
- Tariff Karu Kya Uski (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 31, 2001)
With six mobile telephony operators, led by Bharti Telecom's India One private STD platform, announcing a 50 per cent cut in mobile to mobile long distance tariff.
- Back To The Basics (Indian Express, Sanjaya Baru, Dec 31, 2001)
There is at least one good reason why India should not be provoked into war with Pakistan.
- `Chandrika's Regime Degenerated Into An Ordinary Corrupt Regime' -- Professor Jayadeva Uyangoda, Political Science, University Of Colombo (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Dec 31, 2001)
THE ruling classes' ``insensitivity to human suffering', failure to institutionalise the peace process by involving all political parties, and hardened attitudes on both sides have taken Sri Lanka to the brink.
- Staggering Slump (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 31, 2001)
Estimates also point to a staggering 30 to 40 per cent slump in the job market: Indian Railways, for example, is to cut down its staff strength by 300,000, the National Institute of Information Technology by 18 per cent.
- Farmers And The Power Engine (Telegraph, Devinder Sharma , Dec 31, 2001)
The finance minister, Yashwant Sinha, would like us to be part of his make-believe world. After the magical reduction in the poverty ratio from 37 per cent to 26 per cent by the planning commision.
- Phrasal Verve (Pioneer, Ramesh C Shukla, Dec 31, 2001)
While thinking about my New Year resolutions, I formulated one which has been the easiest to keep. I have been noticing for some time that Bollywood film-makers are titling their films not by words, but by phrases or even a full sentence.
- Terror Wings (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 31, 2001)
Looking back on a year when travel again became adventure.
- Paying For Profligacy? (Hindu, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Dec 30, 2001)
IF ARGENTINA in the last two weeks fit into a pattern, it was not in any serious analysis about what went wrong leading to the economic chaos and violence in the streets.
- The Opposition Does A Balancing Act (Hindu, Javed M. Ansari , Dec 30, 2001)
``POLITICAL PARTIES must not only take cognisance of public opinion, they must also reflect national sentiment,'' says a veteran Congress(I) leader.
- Better Late Than Never (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Dec 30, 2001)
The best thing about the dialogue between the junta and Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi in Myanmar is that it is taking place at all.
- Can Karzai Keep It Going? (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Dec 30, 2001)
The very fact that Hamid Karzai has taken charge and there is a Government in Kabul is an achievement.
- Inviting Trouble? (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, Dec 30, 2001)
The defection of 12 BJP MLAs to the ruling Congress(I) in Chhattisgarh has generated discontent with Mr. Ajit Jogi among sections of his partymen.
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