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Articles 35321 through 35420 of 35809:
- Travails Of An Intellectual (Indian Express, Atul Chaturvedi, Nov 23, 2001)
FRANCE has a problem with its writers and intellectuals — there are simply too many of them.
- Floating Rates (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 23, 2001)
THE CENTRE SHOULD easily complete its borrowing programme this year and if possible exceed it.
- Genetically Modified Plants -- Biological Intervention, The Answer (Business Line, Ashok Chaudhury, Nov 23, 2001)
GENETICALLY modified (GM) or transgenic plants will play an important role in Indian agriculture.
- Making Punishments Punitive (Business Line, Kuldip Nayar, Nov 23, 2001)
How far the corporate world is criminally responsible for its acts of omission and commission is the question awaiting the answer of the Attorney-General, Mr Soli Sorabjee.
- Making The Market Economy Work (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Nov 23, 2001)
"WE are all socialists now." That was what was said in the heydays of socialism.
- Search For A Suitable Head For Sebi Gets Tough (The Financial Express, Sharad Mistry, Nov 23, 2001)
Here's a golden chance for all those who love challenges and controversies, are adept at walking the tight-rope doing a fine balancing act between the strong corporate lobby and a status quo-loving finance ministry.
- Building New Strategic Ties (Tribune, Hari Jaisingh, Nov 23, 2001)
Moscow: "Shout for us across the Himalayas whenever you need us."
- The Evil Empire And The Crusader-Turned-Gladiator (The Financial Express, Ravi Kapoor, Nov 23, 2001)
With the government announcing the sale of CMC Ltd and HTL Ltd in October and hotels of India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) and Hotel Corporation of India this month, the privatisation process is at the threshold of the take-off stage.
- Malegaon And Manipulation (Hindu, Jyoti Punwani, Nov 23, 2001)
MARATHI-SPEAKING HINDU and Urdu- speaking Muslim school children in Malegaon, Maharashtra, may soon become `pen friends'.
- India-Pakistan Talks: Yes, No, Maybe (Hindu, Kanti Bajpai, Nov 23, 2001)
WITH THE Northern Alliance's dramatic gains in the ground war in Afghanistan, India must turn its attention to relations with Pakistan.
- China, Japan Fail To Make Progress On Trade Row (The Financial Express, Bill Savadove, Nov 23, 2001)
BEIJING, NOV 22: Japan and China met on Thursday to try to resolve a festering trade dispute over Chinese agricultural products for the fourth time in a month, but cut off talks after just three hours without making progress.
- India Slow To Rise To Wind Power Potential (The Financial Express, Joseph Vackayil, Nov 23, 2001)
Rising temperature and changing climate are leading countries to adopt green methods for generating power.
- Reviving India's Economy - Iii -- India Inc. Should Get Its Act Together (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 23, 2001)
India's corporate sector has within it the repertoire of the skills necessary for a Judo strategist -- movement, resilience, balance, nimbleness and leverage -- to take on world players in whatever field.
- Leveraging On History (Business Line, Lee D. Parker, Nov 22, 2001)
WE LIVE and work in an age where change is highly valued and the future is our governing professional and corporate orientation.
- Poor Rating (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 22, 2001)
OKAY, the Taliban are near-destroyed and India’s stand on terrorism has been vindicated, but now what? Well, just in case you forget, here’s a timely warning from global credit-rating firm Standard & Poor’s:
- Pakistan: Reaping The Whirlwind? (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Nov 22, 2001)
PAKISTAN today is in the unenviable position of having two enemies, vis-`-vis the developments in Afghanistan.
- Win-Win At Doha (Hindu, Amit Dasgupta, Nov 22, 2001)
SELF-INTEREST motivates all negotiations, but good negotiators know that the only successful strategies are those that strive for win-win solutions.
- Shots & Holes (Indian Express, Anupreeta Das, Nov 22, 2001)
ASSAM’S vitamin A drive seems to have gone horribly wrong.
- Eu's Single-Market Directives -- Potion For Global Competitiveness (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Nov 22, 2001)
Europe must become a globally competitive economy built on knowledge and innovation and on a strategy of sustainable economic development.
- Rural Credit -- Over To Private Sector (Business Line, Sudhirendar Sharma, Nov 22, 2001)
AT A recent national summit on Public-Private Partnership for Rural Prosperity, the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, has given a desperate call to the industry to join the Government in economic revival of the countryside.
- Reviving India's Economy: Judo Strategy May Pay High Dividends -- Ii (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 22, 2001)
FOR far too long, Indias policy-makers have been building their growth models on parameters applicable to industrial countries whose understanding of the economic laws was coloured by their specific contexts and cultures.
- Fdi Is Welcome In Retail Trade, But Is It Really Needed? (The Financial Express, Sachchidanand Shukla, Nov 22, 2001)
Retailing is one of the largest private industries the world over, with annual sales exceeding $6 trillion, accounting for a sizeable share in gross domestic product (GDP) besides being a major employment generator.
- Business At Hand (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Nov 22, 2001)
It is hoped that the whip cracked by Lok Sabha Speaker GMC Balayogi towards the end of the Monsoon Session of Parliament will rein in the more mercurial members in the current session that was brought to order on Monday.
- Pakistan's Debacle In Afghanistan (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Nov 22, 2001)
Speaking on Pakistan's independence day on August 14, General Pervez Musharraf proclaimed: "The Taliban are the dominant reality in Afghanistan and the international community should engage.
- Poverty Of Programmes (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 22, 2001)
Everyone knew that all poverty alleviation programmes are ineffective, if not a hoax, and the beneficiaries are middlemen and very junior local officials. No, says a top Planning Commission official.
- Campaign Against Taliban, Al-Qaeda (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, Nov 22, 2001)
Speaking on Pakistan’s independence day on August 14 less than a month before the horrendous terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, General Pervez Musharraf proclaimed:
- Chaos Continues In North East (The Kashmir Times, Arun Nehru, Nov 21, 2001)
The North East contin-ues in the chaos, which has entered political life as Meghalaya goes the Manipur way, and the fact remains that ideology (long gone), political parties (extinct) are long forgotten.
- Europe's 'General' Views On Nine-Eleven (Pioneer, Ashok K Mehta, Nov 21, 2001)
Strange are the ways of the world, even stranger the ways of warfare, especially George Bush's first war of the 21st century.
- Bt Or Not Bt: That Is The Question (Pioneer, V. Shruti Dev, Nov 21, 2001)
Much furore has been created over the decision of the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC), a body under the Central Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF).
- Radical Changes In Suffrage (Pioneer, Anuradha Bhattacharjee, Nov 21, 2001)
Bangalore is witnessing some hectic campaigning by 'hooch queen' Marimuttu. A veteran of 27 cases, she is harbouring political ambitions inspired by the late Bandit Queen Phoolan Devi.
- Terminator Technology In Agriculture (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Nov 21, 2001)
Seedsavers of crops worldwide have been threatened as never before.
- Unfair! (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 21, 2001)
Here is Dalmiya’s chance to stand up for Indian players.
- When Elephants Fight, The Grass Gets Trampled (Business Line, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Nov 21, 2001)
WHEN elephants fight, runs an old saying, it is the grass that is trampled.
- Eu-India Initiative For Corporate Social Responsibility (The Financial Express, Navtej Dhillon, Nov 21, 2001)
Indian and European business representatives are meeting in New Delhi today* (Wednesday) to see how best to meet their responsibilities to society at large.
- Much Ado About Nothing (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Nov 21, 2001)
The ill-informed and prejudiced wran-gling between the ruling National Con-ference and BJP, its ally at the Centre and adversary in the State.
- The Fight For Human Rights Has To Include The Excluded (The Financial Express, Kuldip Nayar, Nov 21, 2001)
Kabul fell one day after some 500 men and women from South Asia, at a meeting in New Delhi, adopted a statement on the sovereignty of Afghanistan.
- Reviving India's Economy: Time To Think Of Offbeat Recipes -- I (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 21, 2001)
THERE has been no letup in the bad news on the economic front. India, in common with the rest of the world, is face to face with the spectre of a recession -- a word that nobody dares even to breathe.
- The Mess In Afghanistan (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Nov 21, 2001)
IF TRUTH be told, despite the success of the US-led coalitions attack on Afghanistan, the fall of Kabul.
- Divali Minus Crackers (Tribune, Iqbal Singh Ahuja, Nov 20, 2001)
“Hi Doc! How are you?, enquired my friend Satish. “What a paradox? “I thought. A non-medico enquiring about a doctor’s health. Before I could come out of his kind gesture — he blurted: “Doctor, tum bimaar nahi hote.”
- Poto: Pity It Is Confrontation, Not Consensus (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Nov 20, 2001)
NEW DELHI, NOV. 19. It will be a pity that just when the country needs consensus on core issues of national interest, the ruling side and the opposition head towards a sharp confrontation.
- Young India Takes The Reins (Tribune, P. Raman , Nov 20, 2001)
A decade ago it was fashionable to deride the CPM for its gerentocratic leadership. In those days, the party politburo’s average age was as high as 75 plus.
- Business Vigilance In A Consumer Society (Business Line, A. V. Swaminathan , Nov 20, 2001)
AMERICAN business is full of peculiarities, hooked to a rolling economy and a fast changing consumer society.
- Jayalalitha’s Terms Of Engagement (Indian Express, B. S. Nagaraj, Nov 20, 2001)
After enduring separation pangs, the AIADMK seems to getting close to the BJP all over again. Is an alliance afoot?
- Yesterday’s Dream Machines (Indian Express, Shymola Khanna, Nov 20, 2001)
On the 8th of October, as the Indian Air Force celebrated its 69th anniversary, the Hunter flew for the last time.
- South Africa-India Bilateral Trade Picks Up Well Despite A Late Start (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Nov 20, 2001)
Bilateral trade between India and South Africa started in 1993 since earlier there were trade restrictions on account of apartheid pursued by the then South African regime.
- Democracy In Dire Straits (Tribune, Bhim S. Dahiya, Nov 20, 2001)
Whenever the thought of our democracy occurs to me, and it occurs quite often, a scene from an old Hindi movie named “Railway Platform” appears on my mind’s screen.
- A Vvip Village Called Bathindi (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Nov 20, 2001)
Mahatma Gandhi saw the vision of new India in the villages of the country.
- View From The Fringes (Indian Express, Kuldip Nayar, Nov 20, 2001)
There is an adage that those who control Kabul rule Afghanistan.
- Challenges From Doha (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 20, 2001)
THE DOHA Ministerial Meeting has been a success to the extent that it came out with a declaration, which the Seattle meet held two years ago could not achieve.
- Terminator Technology In Agriculture (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Nov 20, 2001)
Seedsavers of crops worldwide have been threatened as never before.
- Poto: Pity It Is Confrontation, Not Consensus (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Nov 20, 2001)
NEW DELHI, NOV. 19. It will be a pity that just when the country needs consensus on core issues of national interest, the ruling side and the opposition head towards a sharp confrontation.
- All That The Pakistani Can’t Leave Behind (Indian Express, Khaled Ahmed, Nov 20, 2001)
The attitude of the expatriate Pakistani tends to be more extreme than Pakistan’s domestic opinion.
- Primitive Accumulation Versus The Rule Of Law (The Financial Express, Chanakya , Nov 20, 2001)
Some of the politicians and civil servants who made money used it to live well, fulfilling their feudal dreams. Some who knew the ropes sent the money abroad.
- Messing Up With People's Savings (Business Line, N.A.Mujumdar, Nov 20, 2001)
IT IS indeed difficult to reconcile the monetary policy measures, announced by the RBI Governor, Mr Bimal Jalan, with the prevailing macro-economic conditions.
- Oil Price Slump Could Help Global Economy (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Nov 20, 2001)
INTERNATIONAL oil prices fell to a new two-year low of less than $l8 a barrel on November 15, with Opec failing to win support from non-Opec producers, notably Russia.
- Mine Of Problems (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 20, 2001)
PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN mining has been disappointingly slow to happen.
- The Afghan Kaleidoscope (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 20, 2001)
NOT FOR the first time nor, one suspects, the last, Afghanistan is playing a role in world history unmerited by its economic weight, unwarranted by its military power.
- Made In Pakistan (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 20, 2001)
Atal Behari Vajpayee, 77, just couldn’t decide on the right kind of jacket for himself.
- Making Money In The Great Game Of Social Advancement (The Financial Express, Chanakya , Nov 19, 2001)
You cannot walk an inch in India, it seems, without coming near the putrid smell of corruption and nepotism. Bribery seems to be all pervading. Every one complains about it.
- Feather In Mr Maran's Cap (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Nov 19, 2001)
THERE is one school of thought which holds that, after two years, the severe consequences of the Doha Declaration.
- Is Small Industry R&d-Oriented? -- Positive Evidence From Karnataka (Business Line, M. H. Bala Subrahmanya, Nov 19, 2001)
SMALL-SCALE industry (SSI) in India is now exposed to local and global competition as never before.
- Scrap The Pds! (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 19, 2001)
THE NEWS of the Centre considering the discontinuation of foodgrains procurement will gladden those who had been watching the alarming proportions this indefensibly costly racket had assumed over the years.
- Why India Is Insulated From Oil Shock (Business Line, S. Majumder , Nov 19, 2001)
IN THE fluid world situation, especially vis-a-vis the Afghan war, the oil-producing nations are in two minds about cutting production to raise prices.
- Cut Diesel Price (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 19, 2001)
THE PETROLEUM MINISTER, Mr Ram Naik, last week handed out an assurance that the Government would not increase prices of petro-products till March next year.
- Doha Ministerial: A Triumph Of Sorts? (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Nov 19, 2001)
PREDICTABLY, the fourth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) that wound up on November 14.
- Vision 2020 -- Making A Beeline In Wrong Direction? (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Nov 19, 2001)
MAKING a beeline is a well-known expression. It emphasises the way bees go straight to their goal.
- Every 8th Person In Bangalore Is Diabetic (Tribune, Editorial, Washington Post, Nov 19, 2001)
The consequences of rapid and mindless urbanisation are more prominent in Third World countries than elsewhere.
- Terminator Technology In Agriculture (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Nov 19, 2001)
Seedsavers of crops worldwide have been threatened as never before. A technology appropriately called the 'terminator technology', has been creating waves in agricultural circles since March.
- The Road From Doha (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 19, 2001)
THE WORLD TRADE Organisation's meeting at Doha has been quickly followed by claims and counter-claims about what the agreement on a negotiating agenda means for India.
- Including The Excluded (The Kashmir Times, Kuldip Nayar, Nov 19, 2001)
Kabul, fell one day after some 500 men and women from South Asia adopted at a meeting in New Delhi a statement on the sovereignty of Afghanistan. It was a premonition or wishful thinking on their part.
- The Challenges In J&k (Hindu, Balraj Puri, Nov 19, 2001)
THE WORLD, they say, changed on September 11. How does the change affect the situation in Jammu and Kashmir?
- An Opportunity For India (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Nov 19, 2001)
THE DEVELOPMENTS in, and in relation to, Afghanistan have overtaken the outcome of the Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee's trip abroad, not particularly shining in any case.
- ‘Political Issues Will Take Precedence Over Economy In The Winter Session’ (Indian Express, Arati R. Jerath, Nov 19, 2001)
Former Lok Sabha Speaker Shivraj Patil’s chief asset for his new role as Deputy Leader of Opposition in place of Madhavrao Scindia is his sound grasp of parliamentary rules and procedures.
- Get Out Of Poverty Syndrome (The Kashmir Times, Vinod Mehta, Nov 19, 2001)
Higher investment is only one of the preconditions for realizing a high rate of economic growth in any country.
- A Vvip Village Called Bathindi (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Nov 19, 2001)
Mahatma Gandhi saw the vision of new India in the villages of the country.
- Caught In The Quicksand (Hindu, Muralidhar Reddy, Nov 18, 2001)
``NEVER IN the field of human conflict have so many experts of the highest renown been so thoroughly wrong.
- Darling Of The West (Hindu, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Nov 18, 2001)
FROM being a nation shunned to a ``frontline'' ally and a coveted guest at the high table in Downing Street, and at Waldorf Astoria across the Atlantic...
- Timely Concern (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 18, 2001)
THE concern voiced by Abu Abraham in his article “A legacy denied: All that Nehru stood for is now under attack” (Nov 11) is timely.
- Re-Inventing A Political Buddha (Pioneer, Priyadarsi Dutta, Nov 18, 2001)
Through some of his dulcet poems Rabindra Nath Tagore brought Buddha and Shivaji closer to every Bengali's heart.
- Clearest Voice Of Dissent (Pioneer, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Nov 18, 2001)
Professor Noam Chomsky is Professor of Linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with which he has been associated for four and a half decades.
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