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Articles 35721 through 35820 of 35809:
- Rev Up The Policy (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 01, 2001)
THE DRAFT OF the long-awaited auto policy will shortly go before the Union Cabinet for a final decision.
- `We Are Not Sold To India Or Pakistan' -- Mr Abdul Gani Lone, Former Chairman, All Party Hurriyat Conference (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Nov 01, 2001)
For Mr Abdul Gani Lone, former chairman of the All Party Hurriyat Conference, Kashmiris have reached a point of no return.
- Revised Draft Wto Ministerial Declaration For The Doha Meet (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Nov 01, 2001)
24. In the light of the increasing application of these instruments by Members, we agree to negotiations aimed at clarifying and improving disciplines under the Agreements on Implementation of Article VI of the GATT 1994.
- Don't Take Russia For Granted (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Nov 01, 2001)
NEW DELHI, OCT. 31. As the Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee, heads for Moscow, Washington and London at a critical moment in world affairs, India needs to consolidate the diplomatic gains in the last three years.
- External Sector: Emerging Challenges (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 01, 2001)
There is no room for complacency as the external sector now faces new challenges because of the slowdown of the domestic and world economies.
- Boosting Indo-German Ties (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 01, 2001)
GERMANY'S READINESS TO assume a bigger global role was in full evidence during the Chancellor, Mr. Gerhard Schroeder's two-day visit to India when he proved an impeccable spokesman of the U.S.-led alliance against terror.
- Will Fiscal Expansion Help? (Business Line, S.S. Bhandare, Nov 01, 2001)
THE APPALLING terrorist attack on the United States has sent shock waves across the world.
- Challenges Ahead (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 01, 2001)
PUNJAB and Haryana happily celebrate the anniversaries of their statehood today. It is a historic occasion for the two states which have had the distinction of several firsts — some laudatory and some not so flattering.
- Uti Privatised? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 01, 2001)
A good idea but cleaning up markets will take a lot more.
- The General Feels The Pain (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 01, 2001)
As the US warplanes attack the Taliban.
- Hatred Cannot Resolve Any Conflict (Indian Express, Parimal Y. Mehta, Nov 01, 2001)
To regard the church killings as the beginning of a crusade is to misread the event.
- Peace Moves At Panchvati (Indian Express, Arati R. Jerath, Nov 01, 2001)
WHAT’S in a name, one could ask. But Panchvati, the newly constructed auditorium complex at Race Course Road named after Ram’s home-in-exile, seems to have changed the atmospherics between Vajpayee and his estranged Sangh parivar members.
- Innovative Sales Can Face-Lift The Economy (The Financial Express, Bhanoji Roa, Oct 31, 2001)
Reserve Bank Governor Bimal Jalan has given us a multi-pronged monetary package.
- When Terror Takes The Hawala Route (Indian Express, Ritu Sarin & Sunil Jain, Oct 31, 2001)
Discovered by the US, rediscovered in India: after gangsters, exporters and expatriates, terrorists are lining up to raise funds through the “efficient, cost-effective and private” illegal parallel banking system.
- Terrorists Or Scriptwriters? (Indian Express, Sonia Trikha, Oct 31, 2001)
THIS may come as a surprise to Ariel Sharon but Indian air force base at Avantipora is used to hide Israeli planes in Srinagar.
- Perils Of Dithering (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 31, 2001)
To prevent Talibanisation of Pakistan, the Taliban must go.
- Prodding People To Improve Productivity (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Oct 31, 2001)
FINANCIAL engineering and restructuring have been regarded by many as showy shuffles and superficial manoeuvres that fail to improve the core of corporate business affairs.
- Who Only Stand And Wait (Telegraph, J. N. Dixit , Oct 31, 2001)
Pakistan has again trounced India diplomatically and politically by joining the anti-terrorist campaign of the United States of America.
- Sharecroppers, Stoneless Rice And The Nobel (Hindu, Achin Chakraborty, Oct 31, 2001)
THREE AMERICAN economists, George Akerlof, Michael Spence and Joseph Stiglitz, have won the Nobel Prize in economics for their contributions to information economics.
- Remembering Indira Gandhi (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Oct 31, 2001)
On Indira Gandhi's Seventeenth death anniversary, there are intimations of a perceptible change for the better in the public opinion about her.
- The Court And The Political Order (Hindu, Harish Khare , Oct 31, 2001)
TOMORROW THE country will have a new Chief Justice when Mr. Justice A. S. Anand leaves office after a three-year innings.
- Universal Prescription (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 31, 2001)
The impending merger of ICICI with its own banking affiliate ICICI Bank, is certain to set off a wave of consolidation within the financial services industry.
- Pakistan Says Debt Relief Will Give Fiscal Space (The Financial Express, Sabyasachi Mita, Oct 31, 2001)
HONG KONG: Pakistan is seeking to convert bilateral debt owed to Paris Club creditors to easier terms and stretch it out over a longer period to provide the economy with some breathing room, its finance minister said on Tuesday.
- The Long Journey From Joi Bangla To Zia’s Bangla (The Financial Express, Kuldip Nayar, Oct 31, 2001)
Even if history repeats itself, it is nowhere so true as in Bangladesh. One of the two women, Khaleda Zia and Sheikh Hasina Wajed, alternately come to head the country and indulge in the same rhetoric, make the same promises and weave the same dreams.
- Not Without The Muduvans (Indian Express, George N Netto, Oct 30, 2001)
Tea planting would’ve been different without this tribe.
- Agriculture Sector In Pakistan Sinks Due To Drought Impact (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Oct 30, 2001)
KARACHI: Pakistan’s key agriculture sector contracted by 2.1 per cent in fiscal 2000-01 (July-June) against an expansion of 6.1 per cent the previous year due to a severe drought, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said on Monday.
- The Failure Of Indian Diplomacy (The Financial Express, Chanakya , Oct 30, 2001)
Here we are. The whole world knows that Pakistan had nurtured the Taliban.
- Norway And India Share A Lot, But Trade Yet To Reach The Desired Level (The Financial Express, HUMA SIDDQUI, Oct 30, 2001)
For Norway, India is still an untapped market. With over 60 joint ventures in India, it is willing to invest more in this country.
- Change Of Guard In Bangladesh - Ii (Hindu, Muchkund Dubey , Oct 30, 2001)
ANOTHER MAJOR concern in India is that the BNP's accession to power would adversely affect Indo-Bangladesh relations.
- ‘Us Shouldn’t Hit Where It Hurts Us’ (Indian Express, Husain Haqqani, Oct 30, 2001)
The US must not waver from its avowed target — bringing global terrorism to heel — and its awoved enemy — bin Laden and the Al Qaeda network — if it wants to win the battle of the Muslim mind.
- ‘India Still Miles Away From Making Housing Constitutional Right’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 30, 2001)
He has several path-breaking judgements to his name and credit, on issues as diverse as housing and homosexuality.
- By George, He Got It Right (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 30, 2001)
Introspection has saved the raksha mantri from himself.
- Creepy Move (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 30, 2001)
THE SEBI DECISION to raise the limit for creeping acquisition from 5 per cent of the paid-up capital to 10 per cent is a setback to enhanced corporate control.
- Relevance Of Pm’s Russian Visit (Tribune, P. Raman , Oct 30, 2001)
MR Atal Behari Vajpayee will be on a four-day visit to Russia beginning Sunday next. From Moscow, he will go to the USA for talks with President George Bush.
- New Great Game In Afghanistan (Tribune, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Oct 30, 2001)
TWO men who need watching so far as Afghanistan’s post-war future is concerned are the errant and enigmatic Foreign Minister, Maulawi Wakil Ahmad Muttawakil, and Commander Jalaluddin Haqqani.
- Where It Now Stands (Telegraph, MAHESH RANGARAJAN, Oct 30, 2001)
The 50th anniversary of the foundation of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh was a time to celebrate the ascendancy of the Hindutva movement in the polity.
- Clean-Shaven Nationalism Needs A Beard (Indian Express, Ashok Lal, Oct 30, 2001)
What’s the difference between being terrorised by Shiv Sena or Dawood, Bush or Osama?
- Fdi: Heeding The China Model (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Oct 30, 2001)
THE Union Commerce and Industry Minister, Mr Murasoli Maran, deftly combined industry and trade in his portfolio since his return to the Union Cabinet under the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in 1999.
- Deregulation Is The Magic Word (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 30, 2001)
Sustained poverty reduction depends on rapid growth in both quantity and quality of labour demand.
- D-School Bottomline, Despite Being Under The Indian State (The Financial Express, Rohit Bansal, Oct 29, 2001)
No one remembers when the main gates of Delhi School of Economics were opened last. Perhaps, that wasn’t too long after 1948, when economist VKRV Rao conceived the school!
- Withdrawal Symptoms (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 29, 2001)
The US had put an embargo on the sale of GE 404 jet engines, which were to be fitted into the LCA.
- Pipeline Project (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 29, 2001)
The ball had started rolling almost a year back when the previous US congress had recommended Bill Clinton to lift sanctions against India.
- Who Wants Charity? (Indian Express, Sanjaya Baru, Oct 29, 2001)
Demand markets, attract investment, forget aid.
- Fiscal Stimulus Needed For Growth (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Oct 29, 2001)
THE Mid-year Monetary and Credit Policy is a valiant attempt at making money cheaper and increasing liquidity in the hope of seeing an upturn in industrial output and keeping the economy on track to ensure at least 5 per cent growth this year.
- Civil Society And Small Families (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 29, 2001)
A committee of international and Indian experts, voluntary and non-government organizations and government may be set up to regularly review and recommend specific incorporation of the advances in contraceptive technology.
- World In Disarray (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 29, 2001)
THE terrorists of the world must be doing what cricket players do when they make a catch or bowl a batsman out:
- Gender: The Inequality (Business Line, Jasjit Kaur, Oct 29, 2001)
THE Economic Survey of 2000-01 expressed the need for the social and economic empowerment of women.
- Farm Stakes (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 29, 2001)
WITH KHARIF 2001 foodgrains and commercial crops production improving over the previous year and the prospects for the ensuing rabi (summer) harvest looking bright.
- Call Waiting (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 29, 2001)
After having been stuck, reforms seem to be inching forward on three fronts.
- More A Recipe For Reforms Than Economic Revival (The Financial Express, Renu Kohli, Oct 29, 2001)
Two clear strands mark the mid-term review of the monetary and credit policy recently announced by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
- Vajpayee's Us Trip Best Shelved (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 29, 2001)
ALL INDICATIONS are that the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayees projected meeting with the US President, Mr George W. Bush, in Washington, on November 9 will end up in a big letdown for India.
- War Plans Go Awry (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 29, 2001)
THREE weeks on, the American bombing of Afghanistan has raised several disturbing questions.
- Two Years Of Nda Rule (Hindu, Harkishan Singh Surjeet, Oct 29, 2001)
IT IS two years since this edition of the Vajpayee Government came into office. The CPI(M) had warned that the formation of a BJP-led Government poses a threat to national unity and to the secular fabric of our country.
- How Jp Movement Helped Bjp (Tribune, M. G. Devasahayam , Oct 29, 2001)
ADDRESSING the BJP’s golden jubilee celebrations the other day, Mr L.K. Advani indulged in a bit of hyperbole when he drew a parallel between the resurrection of Jesus Christ and the birth of the Bharatiya Janata Party in 1980;
- Of Latest Interest (Telegraph, S. Venkitaramanan , Oct 29, 2001)
In formulating the mid-term credit policy for the last year, 2000-01, I recall that Bimal Jalan had ruled out, in advance, any changes in bank rate and cash reserve ratio.
- Wto And Social Responsibilities (Hindu, Swami Agnivesh, Oct 29, 2001)
We are getting together under the clouds of global tensions and economic uncertainties.
- Majoritarian Prescriptions (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 29, 2001)
THE RSS CHIEF has done it again.
- The Cost Of Aping First World Central Banking Style (The Financial Express, R.K. Roy, Oct 29, 2001)
Pressing down interest rates is an article of faith with our policy makers.
- Re-Charting Ties With Japan (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 29, 2001)
JAPAN'S POLITICAL DECISION to send its former Prime Minister, Mr. Yoshiro Mori, to New Delhi at this time is as important as Tokyo's parallel announcement about suspending its economic sanctions in relation to India and Pakistan.
- What Is Wrong With The Ecb? (Business Line, V. Anantha-Nageswaran , Oct 29, 2001)
THE European Central Bank (ECB) met on Thursday and decided to leave its policy rate unchanged at 3.75 per cent.
- Sudershan's Advice (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 29, 2001)
Sir, - The RSS chief, Mr. Sudershan, has advised the Christians to ``reinterpret their scriptures'' and replace their church leaders who are ``conflict mongers'' (Oct. 27).
- Doubting Dragon (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Oct 28, 2001)
THE KEY word for China is ``temporary''. As American forces begin operations in Afghanistan through Pakistan and Central Asia, China, while extending support to the ``war'' against terrorism, is concerned about the nature and outcome of this conflict.
- Mixed Mandate (Hindu, SURESH NAMBATH, Oct 28, 2001)
FOR THOSE who were claiming that Tamil Nadu was going the Bihar way, the election to the local bodies was only another pointer.
- Rampaging Youth (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 28, 2001)
For the BJP that takes pride in talking about its disciplined cadres, the conduct of its student wing is more than shocking.
- Canadian Musings On Coastal Heroe (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Oct 28, 2001)
You read a good novel, you want to read others written by the same author and find out more about him or her.
- The Party And The Puja (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Oct 28, 2001)
The festive chaos of the last few days might have prompted an outsider to wonder whether the same mobs that fill puja pandals also vote for the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and its allies.
- Wef On Asia To Eye Stalled Growth (The Financial Express, Andrea Ricci, Oct 27, 2001)
HONG KONG: Less than two months ago, the World Economic Forum (WEF) released a preliminary programme for its East Asia summit that asked the question, “How deep is the economic downturn in Asia?”
- Trust Us, Trust Yourself, Americans Telling India (The Financial Express, Rohit Bansal, Oct 27, 2001)
Is this a ‘global’ war against terrorism going on in Afghanistan?
- Future Of Pakistan’s Nuclear Weapons... (The Financial Express, Jasjit Singh, Oct 27, 2001)
The world changed in many fundamental ways on September 11, 2001, the ramifications of which are not entirely clear as yet.
- What Will Galvanise Mr Sinha? (Business Line, Kuldip Nayar, Oct 27, 2001)
I HAVE never found the Finance Minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha, facing facts.
- How A Single Coup Changed 50 Years Of Mideast History (Indian Express, Ahmed Bouzid, Oct 27, 2001)
Imagine if August 19, 1953, had come and gone, uneventfully. Imagine if Operation Ajax, coordinated by the British MI6 and the American CIA, which toppled the flourishing democracy in Iran of Mohammed Mossadeq, had never left the drawing board.
- Falling Savings Ratios -- Why Not A Small Policy U-Turn? (Business Line, P. R. Brahmananda , Oct 27, 2001)
MONETARY policy in Indian conditions should properly have a number of non-conflicting objectives.
- A Post-Taliban World Order (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Oct 27, 2001)
A WORLD free from the politics of terrorism is said to be the creative objective of a long international `campaign' that ostensibly began with America's ongoing military offensive against Afghanistan.
- Long Live The Bengali! (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Oct 27, 2001)
THE Durga Puja is an annual visitation which, in normal circumstances, should reek of repetition and stagnation.
- A Question Of Autonomy (Hindu, C. Rammanohar Reddy, Oct 27, 2001)
ISSUES RELATING to the World Trade Organisation are not the only ones that matter for Indian economic policy-making; for that would imply that the blame for all that is wrong at home has to be placed at the door of the WTO.
- Not Such An Enigma (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Oct 27, 2001)
The Nobel awards are these days a much depreciated currency.
- Building Women’s Capacities: Interventions In Gender Transformation (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 27, 2001)
Building women’s capacities: Interventions in gender transformation edited by Ranjani K. Murthy looks at the actualities of Indian women’s “capacity-building”.
- New Deconstruction (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 27, 2001)
And what about that moment of decision when the omnipotent being subjected the entire world to floods that lasted for forty days and forty nights?
- Forsaking Paradise:stories From Ladakh (Telegraph, Abdul Ghani Lone, Oct 27, 2001)
Forsaking paradise: Stories from ladakh by Abdul Ghani Sheikh is an absorbing collection of tales, translated and introduced by Ravina Aggarwal.
- Silver Lining Amid Recession Clouds (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 26, 2001)
AS the gathering world recession, given impetus by the September 11 atrocities, scythes down established companies, there are those managing to reap a sometimes grisly benefit.
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