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Articles 15921 through 16020 of 20008:
- State Of Neglect (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 30, 2005)
Karnataka should get more funds for its rail projects
- Fallujah, Iraq's Very Own Guernica (Hindu, Jonathan Steele, Apr 30, 2005)
Ruined, cordoned Fallujah is emerging as the decade's monument to brutality.
- From Good To Great (Deccan Herald, Dinesh Kumar, Apr 29, 2005)
My efforts to ‘thrust’ greatness on my ‘good’ family weren’t very well received
- A Well Nuanced Credit Policy (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 29, 2005)
The credit policy statement of the Reserve Bank of India for 2005-06 follows the pattern set by the previous policies in all crucial areas.
- Employment Scheme Raises Hopes (Tribune, Bharat Dogra, Apr 29, 2005)
In recent months the debate on the employment guarantee scheme (EGS) has dominated the discussion on poverty alleviation. Earlier, the overall response to the EGS was very positive.
- Can Judicial Ascendancy Be Rolled Back? (Hindu, N. Ravi, Apr 29, 2005)
The Indian judiciary that has become self-appointing and all powerful needs to demonstrate statesmanship and restraint, and allow the executive and the legislatures the space assigned to them in the Constitution.
- A Veto Proposal For Japan And India (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Apr 29, 2005)
India, Japan, and other aspirants to permanent membership of the Security Council would be naïve to imagine others would support extension of the veto power.
- The Death Of The Opposition (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 29, 2005)
The conservation of forests in catchment areas is important to curb the ongoing water crisis in the country, says PANDURANG HEGDE.
- Right Emphasis On Growth And Liquidity (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Apr 29, 2005)
The Credit Policy Statement for 2005-06 handles well the conflicting objectives of growth and price stability with an emphasis on creating an enabling environment of benign interest rates.
- Overboard (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 29, 2005)
It is always interesting to see how authorities react to embarrassment. A gastro-enteritis infection that was detected first last Friday had affected 1500 people by Monday in Garulia in North 24 Parganas district.
- Water: How The Deal Was Done (Deccan Herald, P. SAINATH, Apr 28, 2005)
Questions are now being asked about how the Maharashtra Water Resources Regulatory Authority Bill was passed.
- Limited Access To Education (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 28, 2005)
ISLAMABAD: Higher Education Commission Chairman Dr Atta-ur-Rehman said on Tuesday the government was embarking upon the Medium-Term Development Framework (2005-10) to enhance the capacity of the existing higher education institutions.
- Power Of Public-Private Partnerships (Business Line, R. Srinivasan, Apr 28, 2005)
Given the externalities, high risks and low rates of return, infrastructure financing cannot be left solely to the private sector.
- Ozone Layer Most Fragile On Record (Deccan Herald, Paul Brown, Apr 28, 2005)
Research by Cambridge University has dashed hopes that the ozone layer is on the mend.
- Save Our Sanctuaries (Tribune, Anurag, Apr 28, 2005)
Sir, That is an open-bill stork, pointed out our rickshaw puller-cum-guide pulling up the rickshaw aside the road. It is so called because it has an open gap in the bill believed to be handy while relishing its favourite food, snails, he surmised.
- Japan, China And A "Troubled Past" (Deccan Herald, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Apr 28, 2005)
The new row between Tokyo and Beijing over the past is a pointer to their future tussle for primacy in reshaping the global order.
- Climb Every Mountain... (Deccan Herald, B V Prakash, Apr 28, 2005)
End an exhilarating trek up the not-so-famous Maradigudda hill with a little prayer at the temple at the top.
- Science Not Getting Its Due (Tribune, Dhirendra Sharma, Apr 28, 2005)
The post-modern life is now without divine intervention. All human enterprises are now directly or indirectly based on some scientific ideas.
- Suicide Epidemic Among Farmers (Deccan Herald, R AKHILESHWARI, Apr 28, 2005)
Crop failures, rising health costs and daughters’ marriages have pushed farmers to the brink
- Goodness Is In Fashion In Corporate Governance (Business Line, Kausik Datta, Apr 28, 2005)
CORPORATIONS today touch our lives, from the food we eat to the quality of air we breathe.
- Maharashtra's Coming Water Wars (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Apr 27, 2005)
A new law could put irrigation beyond the reach of most farmers in Vidharbha.
- Ethics And Plagiarism (Hindu, Lewis Wolpert, Apr 27, 2005)
There is no moral justification for banning research using embryonic stem cells. It offers great hope to all those suffering from a wide variety of illnesses.
- Beyond Benchmarking (Business Line, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 26, 2005)
A recent advertisement claiming exceptional water-saving properties of a popular detergent brings into focus the need to look at locally relevant, Third World innovation with new eyes.
- Enduring Legacy Of A Visionary (Hindu, Muthusamy Varadarajan, Apr 26, 2005)
The Jaisalmer Desert Festival -- a pot pourri of music, song and dance — should become a `must see' on everyone's travel itinerary
- Beyond Bandung (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Apr 26, 2005)
It will be disastrous to Indian farmers if subsidies are diverted to infrastructure as Montek suggests
- Un Escap Survey — Reaffirms Resilience Of Regional Economies (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Apr 26, 2005)
While assessing the impact of the tsunami and the soaring oil prices on the economies of the Asia-Pacific region, the UN ESCAP Survey contends that the impressive economic performance under conditions of generally low inflation reaffirms the resilience...
- The Hunger Game (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 26, 2005)
It is somewhat like a game of snakes and ladders. Ladders you eat, snakes you die.
- A Fight For Land (Hindu, Kristy Siegfried , Apr 26, 2005)
A community's seven-year legal fight for its ancestral territory is nearing its climax in a test of South Africa's land reform laws.
- Keeping The Peace Process On The Rails (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Apr 26, 2005)
India and Pakistan have to keep up the momentum created in New Delhi. Enlarging the constituency of peace means the two Governments must give up the temptation to score points and claim victories.
- How Computer Educates Kids (Tribune, Rajendra Prabhu, Apr 25, 2005)
OH Grandpa, you don’t know how to operate the PC?” as the elderly faced . . .
- India And The Nuclear Suppliers Group (Hindu, R. Ramachandran, Apr 25, 2005)
From the Indian perspective, maintaining a dialogue with the NSG is important to see if nuclear exports to India can be facilitated under conditions weaker than full-scope safeguards in the future. . . ,
- India On Three Wheels (The Economic Times, V RAGHUNATHAN, Apr 25, 2005)
If someone were to announce the Greatest Polluter of India award, whom would your vote go to? . . .
- Elephant And Dragon: Competing To Co-Operate (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Apr 25, 2005)
THE recently concluded four-day visit of the Chinese Premier, Mr Wan Jiabao, to India has taken the bilateral relationship between the two countries to a new high as they have agreed to forge a new "strategic co-operative partnership."
- Blinded By Negligence (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 25, 2005)
Post-operative care, hygiene and cleanliness are essential to prevent such mishaps
- Abundant Snow (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 25, 2005)
AMIDST generally depressing news about the woes of the nation and the world, the information . . .
- A Sanyasin Scorned (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 25, 2005)
THE inimitable sanyasin, Uma Bharati, who can always be counted upon to set off ripples at a time of smooth sailing...,
- 'Let Brokers Bid For Investors In Ipos' (The Economic Times, SUMIT GULATI, Apr 25, 2005)
The growing interest in primary and secondary capital markets is throwing up a huge number of issues before ...
- World Economic Outlook April 2005 (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Apr 25, 2005)
The latest World Economic Outlook is hard-hitting in pointing out the failures in the economic policies of such superpowers as the US, Europe and Japan.
- Rumbles Of Acquisitions In Europe (Business Line, Mohan Murti, Apr 25, 2005)
DASGUPTA is Director, Strategic Acquisitions. His job, which he had held for a long and trusted time, is to purchase and nurture acquisitions on behalf of his holding company, an Indian family-owned pharmaceutical conglomerate. . . .
- Transforming Rural India, The Ngo Way (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Apr 25, 2005)
WITH the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) zeroing in on rural development as one of the thrust areas to square up development deficit
- Moral Police Not Moral Policing (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Apr 25, 2005)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, and India, need policemen with moral standards and professionalism, not moral policing by the state. . . .
- Desert Rhapsody (Hindu, RAHUL CHANDAWARKAR , Apr 24, 2005)
The Jaisalmer Desert Festival -- a pot pourri of music, song and dance — should become a `must see' on everyone's travel itinerary
- Moodbidri — Woods Of Yore (Hindu, Gowri Ramnarayan, Apr 24, 2005)
A two-hour drive from Manipal, Moodbidri offers one a glimpse of Jain culture.GOWRI RAMNARAYAN
A two-hour drive from Manipal, Moodbidri offers one a glimpse of Jain culture.GOWRI RAMNARAYAN
A two-hour drive from Manipal,
- Hospital Services Performed Overseas (Washington Post, Rob Stein, Apr 24, 2005)
When patients needed urgent CT scans, MRIs and ultrasounds late at night at St. Mary's Hospital in Waterbury, Conn.,
- Japan Backs Off The Indefensible (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 23, 2005)
Japan's apology for the "tremendous damage and suffering" it caused "through its colonial rule and aggression ...
- Reducing Oil Dependence In The Future (Hindu, Sudha Mahalingam, Apr 23, 2005)
It is time we followed traditional wisdom by fully exploiting indigenous sources of energy — both commercial and non-commercial — to fuel the growth of our economy.
- Condemnable But No Case For Dismissal (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 23, 2005)
The Sabarmati Express-goods train collision near Vadodara ought to have centre-staged the challenge of railway safety but has turned into a raging political controversy.
- Slowdown In Haryana (Tribune, N.K. Bishnoi, Apr 23, 2005)
Haryana, an old success story of the Green Revolution, continues to be a relatively high per capita income state.
- Coloured People’S Gala (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Apr 23, 2005)
Scepticism about this weekend’s replay of the Bandung conference recalls the Chinese slogan,
- Mothers Of Indian Journalism (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Apr 23, 2005)
Till Independence, journalism was a male monopoly. I can’t recall a single woman who made her mark as a reporter, a correspondent or an editor of a journal.
- My Passage From Washington To New Delhi (Globalist Executive, Kaiser Zaman, Apr 22, 2005)
India and the United States are the world's most powerful and most populous democracies. And their capital cities — New Delhi and Washington, D.C. — share key traits such as extremes of wealth and poverty, power and powerlessness, tolerance and . . .
- New Exim Policy — Putting Export Growth On Higher Trajectory (Business Line, Geethanjali Nataraj, Apr 22, 2005)
The focus of the annual supplement to the NFTP (2004-09) is on liberalisation, openness, transparency and globalisation, moving away from both quantitative and qualitative restrictions, while improving the competitiveness of the economy to meet global...
- Normal Monsoon (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 22, 2005)
The agro sector must be insulated from any vagaries of the monsoon
- In Letter And Spirit (Hindu, DEEPA GANESH, Apr 22, 2005)
Ankita Pustaka is a brave and heartening Kannada publishing enterprise
- A President To Be Proud Of (Hindu, Mari Marcel Thekaekara, Apr 22, 2005)
``It feels great to get an award from your own country.. But I don't feel completely pravasi''
- Turning Bharat Into Ap (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Apr 22, 2005)
New Delhi is pursuing the same policies that wrought havoc on agriculture in Andhra Pradesh
- Poverty And Illicit Liquor (Deccan Herald, Krishna Prasad, Apr 22, 2005)
The Ugadi hooch tragedy in Nelamangala provides a reality check on prohibition and poverty. The pavlovian response to prohibition is that a blanket ban on licensed liquor vending will lead to a spurt in the illicit stuff with a corresponding danger . . .
- Brinkmanship (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 22, 2005)
China and Japan face a crisis caused by history textbooks
- Strengthen Case (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 21, 2005)
The ruling party and the Opposition should present a united front to the tribunal
- Dhaka’S Ways (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 21, 2005)
Bangladesh’s belated apologies over the savage torture and killing of Border Security Force Assistant Commandant Jeevan Kumar and the ordering of a probe into the incident, cannot be taken at face value by India.
- Planning For Realistic Growth Rates (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 21, 2005)
The Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh's recent statement that the economy will not grow by more than 7 per cent during the Tenth Five Year Plan period (2002-07) has not come as a surprise.
- Weekend For History Buffs (Deccan Herald, B.V. PRAKASH, Apr 21, 2005)
A trek around Midigeshi a hill with a fort, a mosque and several temples makes an interesting weekend Getaway.
- Concern For The Deprived Dries Up (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 21, 2005)
Farmers in Maharashtra with more than two children will be charged one and a half times more for irrigation water.
- A Pipeline That Can Promote Peace (Deccan Herald, George Perkovich and Revati Prasad, Apr 21, 2005)
A maldiagnosis of Iran’s political dynamics is behind US opposition to the gas pipeline to India via Pakistan
- Industrial Upsurge In Himachal (Tribune, Pratibha Chauhan, Apr 20, 2005)
In the past two years, more than 500 medium and large and 4,613 small units have been cleared to be set up in Himachal Pradesh after the grant of a special package by the previous NDA regime in 2003.
- Why Creativity For Managers? (Deccan Herald, RAMNATH NARAYANSWAMY, Apr 20, 2005)
Managers need to entertain a healthy disrespect for structure and an equally healthy respect for rebellion
- Will French Vote Throw Eu Into Turmoil? (Hindu, Simon Tisdall, Apr 20, 2005)
The European project could grind to a halt — at least temporarily.
- Managing The Border (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 20, 2005)
New Delhi and Dhaka should resolve their territorial problems
- New Deal For The Old (Telegraph, Uttam Sengupta, Apr 20, 2005)
Isn’t it time the government tried to find out what actually happens in old-age homes?
- The Battle For Bauxite In Orissa (Hindu, Meena Menon, Apr 20, 2005)
The people have warned of an environmental disaster with bauxite mining leading to drying of rivers, deforestation and ecological damage.
- This Plant Can Purify Water (Deccan Herald, G. Annalakshmi , Apr 19, 2005)
In the age of water-filters and aquaguards people in Tamil Nadu are still using Therran seeds for purifying their drinking water
- The Tiger’S Heritage (Deccan Herald, LATHA SENALI, Apr 19, 2005)
Little does one know about the Mysore Tiger’s love for art, which we see in the form of the famous palaces in Srirangapattana, says LATHA SENALI.
- Of Monumental Value (Deccan Herald, PRIYANKA HALDIPUR, Apr 19, 2005)
We have to do our bit to save the beauties of the past even if it means disposing that packet of chips in a garbage can, instead at the premises of cultural monument that will bear the atrocity with lips sealed, says PRIYANKA HAL
- Attack From The Larger Family (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Apr 19, 2005)
What the Congress-led coalition consciously decided not to do, lest they appear to be vindictive, the RSS has done rather emphatically.
- He Is A Giant Among Men (Deccan Herald, MAYA JAYAGOPAL, Apr 19, 2005)
Sravanabelagola is a hallowed spot for all pilgrims seeking tranquillity and one could stand for hours gazing at the magnificent statue of Bahubali
- Past And Present (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 19, 2005)
Calcutta has been called a living city. It has, just as often, been called a dying city. All marvellous old cities exist like this — between sinking and rising, continuity and change, the past and the present.
- Internal Threats (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 19, 2005)
Co-operation between states in tackling the Naxal issue is a must
- Chandigarh’S Valley Of Flowers (Tribune, Rajnish Wattas, Apr 19, 2005)
Every time I’ve the blues I go to my valley of flowers. And you don’t have to travel to Uttranchal to see it. The symphony of spring in Chandigarh’s Leisure Valley is an unforgettable feast.
- Take A Lesson From Nature (Hindu, Lucy Siegle, Apr 19, 2005)
Mother Nature has 3.8 billion years' experience of conservation; an ideal source of inspiration.
- Opportunity Cost: The Varied Implications And Complications (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Apr 19, 2005)
On April 5, we had a great visual and emotional feast — the ODI — in Visakhapatnam, the city of destiny.
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