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Articles 34921 through 35020 of 35809:
- The Time Is Ripe For India To Play A Key Role In Afghanistan (The Financial Express, HUMA SIDDQUI, Dec 13, 2001)
Several news reports have confirmed the fall of Kandahar to the Southern Pashtun forces. Along with this, there are reports about the capture of the Tora Bora cave complex.
- Opening Up International Long-Distance Telephony -- For Vsnl, The Party Is Over (Business Line, T. H. Chowdary , Dec 13, 2001)
In AUGUST 2000, the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, had declared that both basic telecom (within the country) and international long distance (ILD) services would be thrown open to competition from April 1, 2001 and 2002 respectively.
- New Us Import Curbs On Steel In The Offing (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Dec 13, 2001)
THE Bush Administration plans to strengthen protection for the US steel industry with a range of stiff tariffs on l6 product lines before the end of February 2002.
- Time For Golden Opportunities (Telegraph, Bibek Debroy, Dec 13, 2001)
In the midst of this gloom and doom about the economy and lack of reforms, the national highway development project seems to be progressing well.
- Principles Of A Just War (Telegraph, W. Pal S. Sidhu, Dec 13, 2001)
The taking of innocent lives — be they American, Indian, Pakistani, Palestinian or Israeli — cannot be justified on any grounds whatsoever.
- Bureaucracy Mars Bodo Talks (Indian Express, Urkhaw Gwra Brahma, Dec 13, 2001)
There is a significant change in the course of the Bodoland movement. At present, the Centre is dealing with an underground armed outfit called Bodo Liberation Tiger (BLT). The dialogue was initiated in May 2000.
- Democracy For A Price (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 13, 2001)
THE just-concluded election to the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation has inflicted a humiliating and well-deserved defeat on the outgoing SAD-BJP combine for its non-performance and the undignified conduct of its councillors.
- Casteless Society And The India Of Our Dreams (Hindu, Swami Agnivesh, Dec 13, 2001)
The architects of the Indian Republic hoped that, as secular ethos took roots, democratic institutions spread and a secular-scientific outlook consolidated itself, the Indian society would outgrow the evil of caste system.
- Reforms And Reservation (Hindu, Supriya Roy Chowdhury, Dec 13, 2001)
The tension is not between reservation and marketisation, but between positive discrimination as defined by populist politics, and the need for deep structural changes and genuine commitment to create resources for the poor.
- Go Gasohol (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 13, 2001)
THE CENTRE SHOULD be complimented for deciding to permit blending of petrol with ethanol.
- Roots Of Recession (Business Line, S. Goswami, Dec 13, 2001)
THE anthrax scare and the Afghan war aside, the main worry is of the world slipping deeper into a recession.
- A Boost For Economic Governance (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 13, 2001)
THE SUPREME COURT judgment upholding the Government's disinvestment in BALCO sends out several salutary messages.
- Sri Lanka’s New Prime Minister (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 13, 2001)
MR Ranil Wickremesinghe’s assumption of office as Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister on December 9 marks a watershed in the annals of the strife-torn island.
- The Myth Of Brotherhood (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 12, 2001)
This Ramzan is different from the previous ones. Probably the celebration of Id-ul Fitr, a few days from now, will be equally muted.
- End Of Judicial Activism (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 12, 2001)
In a landmark judgement the Supreme Court has shrunk its jurisdiction to decide only on constitutional and statutory issues.
- Is Japan's Interest In India Waning? (Business Line, Smita Banerjee, Dec 12, 2001)
THE Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, is in Japan to hopefully bury the major irritant between the two countries - the nuclear issue. For India, Japan is an important economic ally.
- Strike The Proper Balance (Telegraph, Sarmila Bose, Dec 12, 2001)
As Afghanistan starts its reconstruction from its very own Ground Zero, there is much it could learn from the experience of India.
- No More Excuses (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 12, 2001)
The judiciary can no longer be blamed for obstructing or delaying disinvestment decisions. This was made clear in the Supreme Court’s verdict on the Bharat Aluminium Company (Balco) case on Monday.
- No Takers (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 12, 2001)
Rather paradoxically, the Tatas dropping out of the Air India bid is good news for the government.
- Stuck At The Basics (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 12, 2001)
NEARLY A DECADE after the commencement of economic reforms in the country, one sector that has not met the hopes that were raised initially is power. And, the reasons are not far to seek.
- Need To Worry, Think And Speak About Other Issues (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Dec 12, 2001)
What an ironic coincidence it is that Osama bin Laden's last, desperate hideout, being bombed incessantly by the United States-led coalition, should be called Tora Bora.
- Occasional Splashes In The Placid Pool Of Politics Do Not Last Long (The Financial Express, Kuldip Nayar, Dec 12, 2001)
Making a splash is not difficult. Benazir Bhutto did that at New Delhi.
- An Indo-Japan Core Agenda (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 12, 2001)
INDIA AND JAPAN seem inclined to evolve a core agenda of cooperation in the specific context of their search for a ``global partnership''.
- Elections In Sri Lanka -- Mandate For Peace And Economic Revival (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Dec 12, 2001)
THE real victory in Sri Lanka's recent polls seems to be for the voters.
- An Indo-Japan Core Agenda (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 12, 2001)
INDIA AND JAPAN seem inclined to evolve a core agenda of cooperation in the specific context of their search for a ``global partnership''.
- Sad Politics (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 12, 2001)
Some would say it was just a bad fall at Amritsar and isn’t the fractured femur on the mend after the operation in New Delhi?
- Need To Worry, Think And Speak About Other Issues (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Dec 12, 2001)
What an ironic coincidence it is that Osama bin Laden's last, desperate hideout, being bombed incessantly by the United States-led coalition, should be called Tora Bora.
- Stuck At The Basics (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 12, 2001)
NEARLY A DECADE after the commencement of economic reforms in the country, one sector that has not met the hopes that were raised initially is power. And, the reasons are not far to seek.
- ‘Prima Facie Evidence Is Key...We Can’t Be On A Fishing Expedition’ (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Dec 12, 2001)
His picturesque island-nation in the Indian Ocean has netted the biggest fish in India’s foreign-investment basket.
- Vietnam Formally Recognises Private Sector Equality (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Dec 12, 2001)
HANOI: Communist-ruled Vietnam’s National Assembly on Tuesday approved a constitutional amendment guaranteeing equal treatment to the private sector.
- Deepening Crisis In Nepal (Tribune, T. V. Rajeswar, Dec 12, 2001)
Nepal is in serious crisis, and it had been in the making for a long time. There seems to be no immediate remedy for the problems facing the Himalayan kingdom.
- Useful Product From Oil Palm Waste (Business Line, M. Somasekhar, Dec 12, 2001)
EMPTY fruit bunches (EFB), a waste from oil palm that is routinely dumped at mill sites or burnt could be a source for conversion into useful fibres.
- S. R. Asokan (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 12, 2001)
THE Government is increasingly looking towards the corporate sector to augment rural income and employment through agro-processing.
- The Nobel Centennial -- Fusing Psychology And Economics (Business Line, P. R. Brahmananda , Dec 12, 2001)
THE NOBEL Foundation has been celebrating its centennial by symposia on different subjects for which the prize is being awarded.
- Some Hope For Disinvestment (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 12, 2001)
THE FALTERING DIVESTMENT programme of the government may just have received a fresh lease of life from the form of the Supreme Court's judgment in the Bharat Aluminium Company (Balco) case.
- Thanks To Bin Laden (Indian Express, Devaki Jain , Dec 11, 2001)
OSAMA BIN LADEN has unleashed many havocs, some unintentionally. One such unintentional effect, which is not a havoc, is the re-appearance of the United Nations, that glorious offspring of a hoary past which had almost effaced itself.
- Naxals: Not By Ban Alone (Tribune, P. Raman , Dec 11, 2001)
It is absurd to presume that a ban on the Naxalite outfits under POTO — even if it becomes POTA — will automatically make the three dozen ultra Left groups in the country drop their arms.
- Some Thugs And Their Fantasies (Telegraph, Ravi Rajan, Dec 11, 2001)
The Bharatiya Janata Party-led government’s decision to delete sections from history textbooks has drawn many a comparison with the much-maligned taliban.
- Vajpayee-Muivah Talks (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 11, 2001)
The meeting that Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee had with NSCN leaders T. Muivah and Isak Swu in Osaka on Saturday is an unusual development and has suddenly given a much higher profile to the Nagaland issue.
- Belt Up (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 11, 2001)
ONGOING EFFORTS BY the Supreme Court aimed at tightening road safety measures across the country deserve unqualified public support considering what a nuisance driving has become these days.
- Enron Educates India (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 11, 2001)
WHEN the new US Ambassador arrived in Delhi a few months ago, his first public statement was that the future of Indo-US economic relations could be summed up in five little letters: Enron.
- Afghan Shadow On Kashmir (Hindu, Salman Haidar , Dec 11, 2001)
The Kashmir issue has moved up on the international agenda... India is likely to face strengthened calls to engage in dialogue with Pakistan about the problem.
- Afghanistan - A Cauldron (Hindu, J. Daulat Singh, Dec 11, 2001)
No Afghan regime has accepted the validity of the Durand Line... With what is being widely perceived by most Pashtuns now as Pakistan's perfidy, Pashtun irredentism could rear its head again.
- So Far So Good (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 11, 2001)
THE Naga peace talks have entered a decisive stage with Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee holding discussions with the leaders of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland at Osaka in Japan.
- Trade Balance Heavily Tilted In Tunisia’s Favour (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Dec 11, 2001)
Indo-Tunisian relations have been friendly and free of discord. Tunisian leaders acknowledge with appreciation the strong support that India extended to it in its struggle for freedom.
- Enron Collapse -- Banks, Fis Rendered Powerless (Business Line, S. Padmanabhan , Dec 11, 2001)
However, Corporate America will not shed a tear for Enrons demise. It is perhaps the most-hated company in Corporate America.
- Short-Term Ratings In India -- Case For A Downward Adjustment (Business Line, Anirban Sengupta, Dec 11, 2001)
CREDIT-RATING in India is relatively new, compared to the developed economies.
- Rourkela Steel Plant -- Passing The Loss Game (Business Line, George Thomas, Dec 11, 2001)
"I fear explanations, explanatory of things explained." -- Abraham Lincoln
- Internal Efficiency Of Primary Education (Business Line, C. B. Padmanabhan, Dec 11, 2001)
UNIVERSALISATION of elementary education for children in the age group 6-14 was a constitutional obligation that had to be accomplished by 1960.
- Operator-Driven Bourses Won’t Carry Too Far (The Financial Express, Sharad Mistry, Dec 11, 2001)
A little over two months ahead of Union Budget 2002-03, domestic bourses have once again turned vibrant.
- Free The Farmer From The Sarkar (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Dec 11, 2001)
NOW that we have negotiated a vantage position for ourselves — full credit for Murasoli Maran and his team for that — the important issue is to prepare for the negotiations in detail and for the actual trade that would follow.
- Crouching Tigers, Sleeping Dragon (Indian Express, T. N. Gopalan, Dec 11, 2001)
Now that Sri Lanka has got a new prime minister, will peace finally wash up ashore? The LTTE has already spoken its mind.
- Russian Renascence (Telegraph, Chandrashekar Dasgupta, Dec 11, 2001)
Most Indians see our close ties with Russia as a simple extension of our “traditional” relations with the former Soviet Union.
- Ailing Economy A Key Test For New Government In Sri Lanka (The Financial Express, Chamath Ariyadasa, Dec 11, 2001)
Colombo: Putting Sri Lanka’s ailing economy on a firmer footing will be one of the main challenges facing the island’s new government, economists said on Monday.
- Trade Facilitation: Time To Put Our House In Order? (The Financial Express, Pradeep S. Mehta, Dec 11, 2001)
Amidst claims by commerce minister, Murasoli Maran, that “the Singapore issues” are back at Singapore, experts have a feeling that India has only secured a “postponement” of negotiations while conceding the principle that negotiations will take place.
- Belt Up (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 11, 2001)
ONGOING EFFORTS BY the Supreme Court aimed at tightening road safety measures across the country deserve unqualified public support considering what a nuisance driving has become these days.
- Afghan Shadow On Kashmir (Hindu, Salman Haidar , Dec 11, 2001)
The Kashmir issue has moved up on the international agenda... India is likely to face strengthened calls to engage in dialogue with Pakistan about the problem.
- Afghanistan - A Cauldron (Hindu, J. Daulat Singh, Dec 11, 2001)
No Afghan regime has accepted the validity of the Durand Line... With what is being widely perceived by most Pashtuns now as Pakistan's perfidy, Pashtun irredentism could rear its head again.
- What's Behind The Shuffling Game? (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Dec 11, 2001)
CHENNAI, DEC. 10 Another significant reshuffle of officers has taken place both on the administrative side and in the police.
- Cii’s Social Summit Begins In Pune Today (The Financial Express, Rajiv Tikoo, Dec 10, 2001)
Business with responsibility seems to be the flavour of the season.
- Taliban, R.I.P. (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 10, 2001)
For the Taliban, history has come full circle. If Kandahar was their launching pad, it has now proved their graveyard. In the winter of 1994, a mysterious group that was to put the mark of Cain on the world, conquered Kandahar in southern Afghanistan.
- What Is History? (Hindu, V. KRISHNA ANANTH , Dec 10, 2001)
What the NCERT did was to replace one history with another. This goes far beyond changing `one-sided' history to one that is many sided.
- Geopolitics And Security Of Energy Routes (The Financial Express, Jasjit Singh, Dec 10, 2001)
One of the most profound impacts of the tragic terrorist attacks on the United States on 11th September and the consequential war against terrorism has been to alter once again the geopolitics of energy and its supplies from Central Asia-Iran.
- Not To Be Banked Upon (Telegraph, S. Venkitaramanan , Dec 10, 2001)
The Reserve Bank of India has come out with yet another report on the trend and progress of banking in India. The latest report keeps up the excellent tradition of its predecessors.
- New Comrades In Arms (Indian Express, Jasjit Singh, Dec 10, 2001)
The roots of the change go back to Jaswant Singh-Strobe Talbott talks of 1998-1999 and their importance in that the US for the first time was discussing strategic-security issues with a country which was neither an ally nor an enemy;
- Thoughts On The Least Developed Nations (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 10, 2001)
We underscore the urgent necessity for the effective coordinated delivery of technical assistance with bilateral donors.
- Opportunity In Afghanistan (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 10, 2001)
DEVELOPMENTS during the past few days provide proof that the new government in Afghanistan, slated to take over on December 22, has great expectations from India for the reconstruction of that war-torn country.
- What Is History? (Hindu, V. KRISHNA ANANTH , Dec 10, 2001)
What the NCERT did was to replace one history with another. This goes far beyond changing `one-sided' history to one that is many sided.
- Singapore Wage Body Backs Pay Freeze Or Wage Cuts (The Financial Express, Nao Nakanishi, Dec 10, 2001)
SINGAPORE: A government advisory body last week-end called upon most companies to freeze or cut wages to save jobs and remain viable as Singapore faced its worst recession since 1964.
- Challenge Of Cracking Underground Banking Networks (Business Line, Pratap Ravindran , Dec 10, 2001)
MUSLIM communities in various parts of the world are feeling quite put upon because of what they perceive as an attempt by some to Islamise terrorism.
- Thinking Really Long Term (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Dec 10, 2001)
FOUNDED in 1379, the New College in Oxford, United Kingdom, was due for some repairs in the 19th century.
- Irrational Exuberance All Over Again (Business Line, V. Anantha-Nageswaran , Dec 10, 2001)
THERE was unusual interest surrounding the release of November employment figures.
- How (Not) To Deliver Growth (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Dec 10, 2001)
THE Finance Minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha, has said that Indias growth in the current fiscal will not be up to the mark and that the economy can at best aim (at) a 5 per cent growth (rate).
- Boost Markets For Farm Products (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 10, 2001)
TEN YEARS AFTER the economic reforms process was kicked off, the Government seems to be waking up to the challenges posed by several entrenched, and unaddressed, issues that have stymied progress in agriculture.
- Pm’s Economic Diplomacy (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 10, 2001)
ECONOMIC diplomacy is a tricky business. It requires a keen appreciation of mutual needs and capabilities and forging a system that benefits both countries.
- Bharatiyar: Bard Of Freedom, Minstrel Of Human Rights (Hindu, V. R. Krishna Iyer , Dec 10, 2001)
Today is Human Rights Day. Let us remember Subramania Bharathi. Never in the contemporary history of free nations did live a celestial composer of revolutionary rage so sublime as Subramania Bharathi.
- Managing Uncertainty (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 10, 2001)
The time has come for Sri Lanka's divided ruling elite for sober reflection and careful action.
- Bharatiyar: Bard Of Freedom, Minstrel Of Human Rights (Hindu, V. R. Krishna Iyer , Dec 10, 2001)
Today is Human Rights Day. Let us remember Subramania Bharathi. Never in the contemporary history of free nations did live a celestial composer of revolutionary rage so sublime as Subramania Bharathi.
- Krueger Initiative On Sovereign Debt (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Dec 10, 2001)
THE NEWS that the US energy trader, Enron, had filed for protection under US bankruptcy laws hit stock markets with unprecedented force.
- A Question Of Rights (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Dec 09, 2001)
The U.S. and Britain stand accused of trying to sweep under the carpet the Mazar-e-Sharif massacre.
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