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Articles 35121 through 35220 of 35809:
- `Bright Future For Indian Banking' (Business Line, Rajalakshmi Menon, Dec 05, 2001)
IT HAS been ten years since it was recognised that the banking industry cannot continue to drive the economy by merely collecting deposits and lending to predetermined borrowers at predetermined rates.
- Curbs On Ocbs (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 05, 2001)
THE BAN IMPOSED on overseas corporate bodies (OCBs) from investing in portfolio schemes by the Reserve Bank of India does not come as a surprise at all.
- Grab The Idea! (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Dec 05, 2001)
IN the wake of the rapid downward slide in the economy of advanced countries, and true to its reputation as a path-setter.
- Compatibility In Recycling Plastics (Business Line, Mahendra Pandey , Dec 05, 2001)
ALL synthetic products affect the environment over their life-cycles, from the point of manufacturing to disposal as waste. Plastic products are no exception.
- The Best Bet For Pakistan Today Is Democracy (The Financial Express, Satish Kumar, Dec 05, 2001)
Pakistan has gone through various phases of political instability and systemic changes in its chequered history of 54 years.
- Right To Food And Public Accountability (Hindu, Jean Dreze, Dec 05, 2001)
IN THE month of October, Surguja district in Chhatisgarh looks like a land of milk and honey. Endless waves of green fields, lush forests and clear streams give an impression of natural abundance.
- `Bright Future For Indian Banking' (Business Line, Rajalakshmi Menon, Dec 05, 2001)
IT HAS been ten years since it was recognised that the banking industry cannot continue to drive the economy by merely collecting deposits and lending to predetermined borrowers at predetermined rates.
- Up Politics -- Yet Another Act In Theatre Of Absurd? (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Dec 05, 2001)
The Congress(I) President, Ms Sonia Gandhi, and the Samajwadi Party Chief, Mr Mulayam Singh Yadav There are no permanent friends or foes in politics.
- The Textbook Controversy (Hindu, Achin Vanaik , Dec 05, 2001)
THAT THE BJP-RSS can do what it is doing to school textbooks and garner support for this from some professionals.
- The Challenger: Nice Smile, Better Pr (Indian Express, Dayan Candappa, Dec 04, 2001)
COLOMBO: Former Prime Minister and leader of the Opposition Ranil Wickremesinghe is an unlikely veteran of the tough and dangerous world of Sri Lankan politics.
- Let Everyone Find His Level (Indian Express, R. C. Hansoti, Dec 04, 2001)
The Supreme Court judgement to consider only merit in admission to super specialities in medicine and engineering to prevent deterioration in the standards of competence in these fields tackles only the tip of the iceberg.
- Fight The Menace (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 04, 2001)
MARX AND MAO are hung upside down in their erstwhile places of worship.
- Swearing By Economic Reforms (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 04, 2001)
THE CURRENT RECKONING is that the Indian economy will hardly be able to achieve a 5 per cent GDP growth during 2001-2002.
- `Financial Reforms Have Worked, But Rigidities Persist' (Business Line, P. Devarajan, Dec 04, 2001)
Dr Yaga Venugopal Reddy is the only central banker who comes out of his chamber to escort visitors with a warm laugh and a big hullo.
- Sensitising Officials - Ii (Hindu, P. Radhakrishnan, Dec 04, 2001)
AS THE effective implementation of the measures of the first two categories (political and educational reservation) is a necessary (though not sufficient) condition for actualising the measures of the third (job reservation).
- Vajpayee’s Fairy Tales (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 04, 2001)
No, Union Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha has not gone delusional.
- What Next After Doha? (Business Line, K. Prabhakaran Nair, Dec 04, 2001)
WHEN the curtain fell on the WTO Ministerial at Doha, there were mixed feelings.
- `Financial Reforms Have Worked, But Rigidities Persist' (Business Line, P. Devarajan, Dec 04, 2001)
Dr Yaga Venugopal Reddy is the only central banker who comes out of his chamber to escort visitors with a warm laugh and a big hullo.
- Leveraging India's Tourism Potential (Business Line, Gautam Murthy, Dec 04, 2001)
INDIA, once considered the land of ``snake charmers'' is today known in the West as a land of ``mouse movers'' with proven prowess in information technology.
- Sunset For Enron, Sunrise For Maharashtra (The Financial Express, Kandula Subramaniam, Dec 04, 2001)
PENNSYLVANIA: Newspaper headlines over the past two days are related to the collapse of Houston-based energy giant Enron.
- Sinha’s Nightmares (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 04, 2001)
FINANCE Minister Yashwant Sinha, a born-again optimist and the original feel-good-factor votary, is under intense work place stress. He admits that the government faces a full-blown fiscal crisis.
- Sensitising Officials - Ii (Hindu, P. Radhakrishnan, Dec 04, 2001)
AS THE effective implementation of the measures of the first two categories (political and educational reservation) is a necessary (though not sufficient) condition for actualising the measures of the third (job reservation).
- Trade Debate (Business Line, K. Ramesh, Dec 04, 2001)
THE Commerce Minister, Mr Murasoli Maran, and his team deserve credit for their efforts at the Fourth Ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organisation in Doha.
- Swearing By Economic Reforms (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 04, 2001)
THE CURRENT RECKONING is that the Indian economy will hardly be able to achieve a 5 per cent GDP growth during 2001-2002.
- A Bigger Challenge For Pm (Tribune, P. Raman , Dec 04, 2001)
NO one can any more ignore the strong political undercurrents taking shape in the past few weeks.
- Red Terror (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 04, 2001)
In the land of its origin, Maoism today is not only discredited but also discarded by the Chinese Communist party.
- Prawns And Other Similarities (Indian Express, Sunil Jain, Dec 03, 2001)
Apart from innumerable mouth-watering varieties of his favourite fish delicacies, when he visits Japan later this week, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee will have several other reasons to feel completely at home.
- Sensitising Officials - I (Hindu, P. Radhakrishnan, Dec 03, 2001)
AS INDIAN society entered into a covenant with itself to be secular, democratic, and egalitarian, encumbered by a heavy socio-cultural baggage of a rigidly caste-based hierarchical structure.
- Terror Days In Andhra (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 03, 2001)
Naxalites have resumed the violent campaign in Andhra Pradesh with a repackaged plan and heightened ferocity. Their attacks in the past weeks and days proclaim this.
- After 17 Years Of Gas Leak Disaster (Tribune, N. D. Sharma, Dec 03, 2001)
Some people are endowed with unbelievable capacity for turning their failures and lapses into an instrument of refurbishing their public image. Few can rival Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijay Singh in this respect.
- A Laymans Look At Us Recession (Business Line, A. V. Swaminathan , Dec 03, 2001)
MISFORTUNES seem to be dogging the American economy.
- Caution, Development In The Making (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 03, 2001)
Modalities for the further commitments, including provisions for special and differential treatment, shall be established no later than 31 March 2003.
- Art Of Selling Nothing (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Dec 03, 2001)
WHILE on the one hand enormous amounts are dished out to advertisers, marketing executives and salespersons for pushing up sales by hook or by crook.
- Is Paper Manufacturing Feasible In India? (Business Line, T. S. Vishwanath , Dec 03, 2001)
PAPER mills in India manufacture approximately 350 grades of paper, ranging from writing, printing, kraft and poster to coated art paper, newsprint and laser printing.
- ‘Engage Early And Vigourously, And Seek Market Access’ (The Financial Express, Rohit Bansal, Dec 03, 2001)
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) expert seems to be in love with India’s forts.
- Japan Joins Community Initiatives In India (The Financial Express, Indu Bhan, Dec 03, 2001)
Last week, the embassy of Japan awarded an assistance of $1,92,531 to three Indian non-governmental organisation (NGOs) to support various projects.
- Raise Liquidity, But Don’t Make Markets More Risky (The Financial Express, Deena Mehta, Dec 03, 2001)
Individual stock futures, introduced in Indian stock markets recently, are said to be substitutes of badla or Automated Lending and Borrowing Mechanism (ALBM)/Borrowing and Lending Security Scheme (BLESS).
- Unequal Growth Trends In Global Economy (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Dec 03, 2001)
WHY do some countries grow fast and some others lag behind? This question has intrigued economists for long.
- Other Side Of Diplomacy (Telegraph, S. L. Rao, Dec 03, 2001)
Like so many of the institutions of the government of India, our foreign service is also modelled on that of the British.
- The Other Side (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 03, 2001)
The recent visit of the former prime minister of Pakistan, Ms Benazir Bhutto, to India, not surprisingly, generated considerable public and media interest.
- Sensitising Officials - I (Hindu, P. Radhakrishnan, Dec 03, 2001)
AS INDIAN society entered into a covenant with itself to be secular, democratic, and egalitarian, encumbered by a heavy socio-cultural baggage of a rigidly caste-based hierarchical structure.
- A New Sun On The Horizon (Telegraph, Ashok Kapur, Dec 03, 2001)
Japan is a rising and a pivotal force in Asian strategic affairs.
- Police Play Party-Pooper (Hindu, Radha Venkatesan, Dec 02, 2001)
Chennai's Police Commissioner invokes concern for culture to shut down the city's discotheques. But there are suspicions of political motives.
- Polls And Polarisation (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Dec 02, 2001)
Judging from the run-up, the December 5 elections may leave Sri Lanka more polarised than before along political and communal lines.
- Police Play Party-Pooper (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 02, 2001)
Chennai's Police Commissioner invokes concern for culture to shut down the city's discotheques. But there are suspicions of political motives.
- Opposition Langar (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 02, 2001)
The dinner hosted by senior CPI (M) leader Somnath Chaterjee for the Opposition party leaders in Lok Sabha was the toast of political circles in the past week and for a number of reasons. It is rarely that a CPI (M) leader hosts a dinner.
- Delete And Control - The Parivar's Mantra (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 02, 2001)
Freedom of thought is not something the BJP/Sangh Parivar is big on... It wants believers not thinkers. Anjali Mody on the changes in the school history syllabus.
- Not Everything’s Fair (Indian Express, Husain Haqqani, Dec 02, 2001)
The Western powers are in Afghanistan to eliminate terrorism. But they must control Alliance forces.
- Delete And Control - The Parivar's Mantra (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 02, 2001)
Freedom of thought is not something the BJP/Sangh Parivar is big on... It wants believers not thinkers. Anjali Mody on the changes in the school history syllabus.
- Terrorism As Election Fodder (Tribune, M. G. Devasahayam , Dec 02, 2001)
WITH the crucial elections to Uttar Pradesh and Punjab assemblies and the Mumbai and Delhi Municipal Corporations, fast approaching, the BJP has been on a hyperactive mode searching for issues that can enthuse people to vote for them.
- Benazir Awaits Third Chance (Tribune, Rakshat Puri, Dec 02, 2001)
TO judge from the various statements she has made, Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Benazir Bhutto’s views appear to represent the views of the “silent majority” in Pakistan.
- The Ltte's New Dilemma (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 01, 2001)
THE INTERNATIONAL `CAMPAIGN' against terror has caught the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in a very awkward posture.
- The Taliban's Strategy (Hindu, Suba Chandran, Dec 01, 2001)
The success or failure of the Taliban would depend on how fast a broad-based Government is established in Afghanistan.
- Rightsizing Government (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 01, 2001)
TO encourage the staff to take up self-employment ventures, the Punjab Government has offered to send them on paid leave for at least three years which can be extended to five years. If they fail, they can return to their job with all benefits intact.
- The American Crisis Of Understanding (Tribune, Darshan Singh Maini, Dec 01, 2001)
IN a lighter vein, so characteristic of Mark Twain, the American anti-Establishment writer remarked: “It was wonderful to find America, but it would have been more wonderful to miss it”.
- Hot Poto-Ato (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 01, 2001)
IT is fear of the police misusing the Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance, 2001 (Poto), that had fuelled much of the public disquiet about the proposed legislation.
- The Ltte's New Dilemma (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 01, 2001)
THE INTERNATIONAL `CAMPAIGN' against terror has caught the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in a very awkward posture.
- When In Doubt, Delete It Out (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 01, 2001)
I AM so sorry to have to begin this with an apology to Mike Denness.
- Nepal: Development Can End Maoism (Indian Express, Aravinda Rao, Dec 01, 2001)
NEPAL’S ruling dispensation has proclaimed an emergency as well as issued the Terrorist and Destructive Activities (Control and Punishment) Ordinance in order to contain the violence in the country.
- The Taliban's Strategy (Hindu, Suba Chandran, Dec 01, 2001)
The success or failure of the Taliban would depend on how fast a broad-based Government is established in Afghanistan.
- All Dressed Up And Waiting For Tourists (Tribune, Tavleen Singh, Dec 01, 2001)
THE palaces of Rajasthan, usually bursting with foreign tourists when winter comes, are nearly empty this year.
- Drag Pakistan To Wto; It’s The Only Road To Mfn (The Financial Express, Rohit Bansal, Dec 01, 2001)
Benazir Bhutto is under fire at home for ‘betraying’ Pakistan’s agenda on Kashmir. This is predictable enough, given the nation’s phobia with India. Hardline commentators in Pakistan have been losing no time trashing her intent.
- Will Tn's Mini-Budget Pay Off? (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Dec 01, 2001)
THE AIADMK Government in Tamil Nadu must be credited with having the political courage to embark on wide-ranging reforms to put public finance in order and improve the State economys medium-term growth prospects.
- Afghanistan Without Taliban Shadow (Tribune, Hari Jaisingh, Nov 30, 2001)
TIME often comes to the aid of the timid. Whether we like it or not, such has been the case of India.
- On The Road (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 30, 2001)
There was a significant jump in productivity in the United States of America in the Nineties, and estimates by the Institute of International Economics show that 50 per cent of this was due to efficiency gains resulting from openness.
- Hitting Consumers Below The Belt? (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Nov 30, 2001)
CHENNAI, NOV. 29. Viewed from any angle, Wednesday's revenue- raising exercise, which involved fresh levies and savings to the tune of over Rs. 4,000 crores, has been described as the ``real budget'' of the AIADMK regime.
- Textbooks Matter (Indian Express, Ashok R. Chandran, Nov 30, 2001)
The social impact of school history books is significant.
- A Nation In Transition (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Nov 30, 2001)
In a system as closed as Saudi Arabia’s, if someone in authority comes forward and outlines a vision of the future in the modern idiom, two conclusions are inescapable:
- We're Nesting Now (Business Line, Timeri N. Murari , Nov 30, 2001)
RECENTLY, I came across an interesting word now being used quite frequently in England.
- French To Ditch Franc With A Casual Shrug (The Financial Express, Paul Carrel, Nov 30, 2001)
PARIS: When they trade in their francs for euros next year, the French will be giving up more than 600 years of history — and many will simply respond with a Gallic shrug.
- Let's Continue To Fight Against Aids (Hindu, Kofi A. Annan, Nov 30, 2001)
Every day, more than 8,000 people die of AIDS. Every hour, almost 600 people become infected. Every minute, a child dies of the virus.
- Implications Of The Competition Bill (Business Line, M. R. Narayana, Nov 30, 2001)
THE structural adjustment programme under the economic reforms since July 1991 and Indias membership to the WTO have exposed economic agents to domestic and global competition.
- Austerity & Adversity (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 30, 2001)
GIVEN THE RECENT trends in public finance and economic policy, the austerity and the revenue-raising measures by the Tamil Nadu Government signal a bold and timely departure from the primrose path of fiscal complacency.
- Tamil Nadu's `Mini-Budget': Will It Revive Fiscal Health? (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Nov 30, 2001)
The cash-strapped Tamil Nadu Government has announced a hefty but essential mini-Budget.
- A Policy On Illiteracy (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 30, 2001)
WAY back in 1950, the Constitution solemnly promised to make education up to the age of 14 “universal and compulsory”.
- No More Great Games (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Nov 30, 2001)
It was a television clip which put this week’s Afghanistan talks in Bonn so appropriately into context.
- A Populist Decision (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 30, 2001)
THE Punjab Government has finally decided to scrap octroi from December 1.
- Removing Poverty For Real Human Development (Business Line, P. P. Sangal , Nov 29, 2001)
THE Human Development Report 2001 has highlighted the plight of the rural poor in India.
- Pm And Parivar’s Agenda (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Nov 29, 2001)
There is nothing secret about the “secret” of the survival, over the last 44 months, of the fractious and depressingly ineffectual 24-party ruling coalition, grandiosely called the National Democratic Alliance (NDA).
- Back To Square One In Nepal (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 29, 2001)
The recrudescence of violence perpetrated by Maoist guerrillas in Nepal that claimed the lives of over 250 people in the last four days.
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