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Articles 16721 through 16820 of 20008:
- Poor Diplomacy (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 05, 2005)
India’s decision to abstain from the 13th summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation (SAARC) in Dhaka next week is an ill-considered one.
- The State Of Popular Aspiration (Indian Express, Ajay Gudavarthy, Feb 05, 2005)
The demand for Telengana is paradoxical: it is being made in the name of the deprived but could end up serving only a small privileged group
- The Unbearable Lightness Of Seeing (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Feb 05, 2005)
How agonised we are about how people die. How untroubled we are by how they live.
- A Teenage Concept For The Staid Old Bank (Business Line, D. Murali , Feb 05, 2005)
A bubbly 15-year-old in the field of economics is inflation targeting. It was born in 1989 when New Zealand rewrote its Reserve Bank charter and brought in the need to make public announcement of official targets for the inflation rate.
- Floor Or Ground' Includes Floor Of The Car Or Vehicle (Business Line, D. Murali , Feb 05, 2005)
Matador foam was not too happy that the Central Excise officials were dragging the company all the way to the apex court to unseat a favourable decision of the tribunal on car seats.
- In An Undiscovered Country (Indian Express, NANDITA DAS, Feb 05, 2005)
If we switched off the TV and travelled to places where children cry themselves to sleep, cynical hearts would become awash in compassion
- Landmark Elections In J&k (Tribune, B.G. Verghese, Feb 05, 2005)
The conduct of municipal polls in Jammu and Kashmir after 27 years constitutes an important landmark. No surprise that it should have been marked by boycott and violence by some within the state and those across the border who fear democracy and represent
- Montek’S Warped Logic (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Feb 05, 2005)
At an international conference on “Policies against hunger” at Berlin in October 2004, a World Bank economist was at pains to defend the domestic subsidies being doled out to European Union farmers.
- The Decline And Decline Of Brand America (Business Line, K. Subramanian, Feb 04, 2005)
Brand creation, promotion, and positioning are the pet themes of business school analysts. Even as the literature on brand equity has grown into an industry, the subject has moved away from the confines of B-Schools.
- The Pretext Of Baglihar (Pioneer, Rai Singh, Feb 04, 2005)
India and Pakistan appear to be on collision course yet again. Besides unprovoked firing across the Line of Control, Pakistan has accused India of malafide intentions over the on-going talks on the composite dialogue.
- The Reopened Iraq Debate (Hindu, Hamid Ansari, Feb 04, 2005)
IRAQ IS back in the headlines, loaded with euphoria. The electoral exercise has been undertaken; the results have yet to be announced.
- Godhra’S Truth, Again (Indian Express, Ram Punyani, Feb 04, 2005)
Ashok Malik's attempt to find the ‘Truth about Godhra’ (IE, Feb 1), lacks any logic and merely repeats the arguments put forward by Narendra Modi’s politically motivated analysis about the Sabramati coach burning immediately after the incident.
- Congress Big Dreams (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Feb 03, 2005)
The Congress reached out to friends when the arc lights were trained on the BJP. Back in media glare, it seems unwilling to show the same warmth to them.
- Budget Season Or Sorrows? (Deccan Herald, L C JAIN, Feb 03, 2005)
The Budget season has begun. It is time to mind and mend our finances and minimise our sorrows. A critical input is provided by the Twelfth Finance Commission which handed over its report a few days ago to the President of India.
- It Industry — Indian Firm Clicks As Well As Mnc (Business Line, G. B. Prabhat, Feb 03, 2005)
A few years ago, Indian and multinational consulting firms all but ignored each other capitalising on exclusive profit sanctuaries. As the onsite-offshore model assumed gradually began to dominate
- The King Of A Jungle (Indian Express, ARAVINDA R DEO, Feb 03, 2005)
In a country beset with massive poverty the Maoists of Nepal represent mass resentment against economic exclusion. Will Gyanendra be able to address Nepal’s immense problems?
- Planned Mess (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 03, 2005)
Punjab’s 3,550 crore annual Plan — up from last year’s Rs 3,400 crore — was cleared on Tuesday. That was no news. Clearing state Plans, often hurriedly, is routine annual work for the Planning Commission.
- No Dream Budget, Just A Credible One Please (Business Line, A. Vasudevan, Feb 03, 2005)
The political realities of coalition politics does not allow the Finance Minister to be insensitive to the viewpoints of partners and outside supporters to the government.
- Weak National Security System (Tribune, Maj-Gen Ashok Mehta (retd), Feb 03, 2005)
It took just three weeks and several rounds of consultations by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh with security experts to confirm Mr M.K. Narayan as the National Security Adviser (NSA).
- Tsunami's Unpredictable Outcome: Few Injuries (Washington Post, A N Sudarsan Rao , Feb 03, 2005)
Six hours after the tsunami ravaged this coastal town, J. Radhakrishnan drove through the gates of the government hospital to lead the relief effort.
- Of Aya Rams And Gaya Rams (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 02, 2005)
The tiny state of Goa, no stranger to political flux and uncertainty, has been plunged into yet another crisis with the emergence of doubts about whether the Manohar Parrikar Government continues to enjoy a majority.
- Voyage Through Tsunami Waters (Tribune, Trilochan Singh Trewn, Feb 02, 2005)
PRIOR to my Pacific voyage from Tamano (Japan) to Santiago. (Chile) my knowledge regarding tsunami harbour waves was limited to books only. But an urge to know more remained.
- What Lies Beneath (Pioneer, SK Srivastava, Feb 02, 2005)
"Islam has provided women more rights than any other religion. But the ignorance among them renders it impossible to implement the above mentioned provisions...",
- Images And Words (Deccan Herald, SHEREEN P, Feb 02, 2005)
Until the horrible weekend in December, ‘tsunami’ was just another of those words that vaguely meant a natural disaster of some kind, with a Japanese link to it.
- Integrating Economies Into Growth (The Financial Express, Nagesh Kumar, Feb 01, 2005)
Dhaka will be hosting the 13th summit of Saarc towards the end of the week. The Islamabad summit last year adopted a landmark framework agreement on South Asian Free Trade Area (Safta).
- No Big Bang (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 01, 2005)
Mr Vijay Kelkar is no longer around in North Block. But the two Kelkar task-force reports on direct and indirect taxes and the third one on implementation of the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act argued that the roadmap for deficit-reduction
- Pf's Investing Horizon Expanded (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 01, 2005)
The Government has broken fresh ground in broad-basing the type of assets into which the long-term savings of members of the provident fund can be parked.
- Working At It (Telegraph, ABHIRUP SARKAR, Feb 01, 2005)
Probably no piece of legislation has attracted more apprehension, cynicism or praise in the recent past than the national rural employment guarantee bill introduced in parliament last December.
- Horses Are Left Out (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Feb 01, 2005)
The splendid Beating the Retreat happened last Saturday at the spectacular Vijay Chowk in New Delhi. Sadly, Doordarshan had their worst cameraman filming this event.
- Discovering Ways To A Peaceful World (Deccan Herald, A K MERCHANT, Feb 01, 2005)
“It is the small-minded that say: This is mine and this yours. For those endowed with a larger vision, the whole world is but one family.”
- China Ahead (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 01, 2005)
The just concluded five-day Annual Meet of the World Economic Forum (WEF) held at Davos witnessed a brainstorming session on the business prospects in India and China and New Delhi’s ongoing efforts to project the country as an ideal destination for Forei
- At The Cutting Edge (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 01, 2005)
Proving all apprehensions wrong, Jammu and Kashmir voters have cast their ballot in large numbers in the first phase of civic polls in Baramulla and Kupwara, held after a gap of 27 years.
- Those Unreliable, Moody Communists (Indian Express, Balbir K Punj, Jan 31, 2005)
Many breakfasts later, the Left is still acting as if they are the Opposition rather than allies of the Manmohan Singh Government
- The Great Game In Central Asia (Hindu, VLADIMIR RADYUHIN, Jan 31, 2005)
The American encouragement of velvet revolutions in the former Soviet republics poses a threat to peace and stability in Central Asia.
- The Geo-Green Alternative (Indian Express, Thomas L. Friedman, Jan 31, 2005)
One of the most striking things I’ve found in Europe these past two weeks is the absolute conviction that the Bush team is just itching to invade Iran to prevent it from developing nuclear weapons.
- Regulatory Impact Assessment — Useful Tool For Informed Debate (Business Line, Manisha Gulati, Jan 31, 2005)
Regulatory Impact Analysis is a tool that enables the systematic assessment of positive and negative impacts of proposed and existing regulations
- Mufti To Step Aside In Nov, Says Mehbooba (Tribune, Ehsan Fazili, Jan 31, 2005)
Ms Mehbooba Mufti (46) MS Mehbooba Mufti (46), president of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party and MP from the Anantnag constituency, feels that the biggest achievement of her party is that it has been consistent in its political ideology.
- Justice For The Disabled (Hindu, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 31, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has issued orders for opening all non-technical Group `A' and Group `B' Civil Services to the disabled. In addition to enforcing existing legal provisions
- Greenspan's Choice: Party Or Pain (Business Line, V. Anantha Nageswaran, Jan 31, 2005)
The options before the Fed chief, Mr Alan Greenspan, are clear. Prolong the party and risk a bigger and longer hangover in America and, by extension, the rest of the world
- Waiting To Explode (Pioneer, DR Ahuja, Jan 30, 2005)
Balochistan is on the tip of a volcano. It is experiencing the worst kind of insurgency and unrest since the 1970s. The latest incident was an attack on Sui gas field which left dozens of people dead.
- Pipeline To Trust (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jan 30, 2005)
The most important of many reasons for welcoming the Myanmar-Bangladesh-India agreement is the impact on relations between two distant neighbours.
- "Global World Needs Rule Of Law" (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Jan 30, 2005)
The first Chilean head of state to visit India, President Ricardo Lagos, spoke to Siddharth Varadarajan of The Hindu about the anti-neoliberal mood in Latin America, the trial of the former dictator, Augusto Pinochet, and the nee d for a world that...
- Corruption, Unemployment Main Issues In Polls: Jindal (Tribune, Manoj Kumar, Jan 30, 2005)
AS Haryana goes to elections on February 3, Naveen Jindal, the 35-year-old Congress MP from Kurukshetra says that corruption and widespread unemployment are the main issues in the elections.
- Growth With Social Justice, His Credo (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Jan 30, 2005)
THE “Young Turk” has grown old but the “fire of life” has not dimmed in him. His first reaction to conferment of Padma Vibhushan award sums up his personality: “This honour, though for an individual, is dedicated to all my friends”.
- Election And Iraq's Sovereignty (Hindu, Jonathan Steele, Jan 29, 2005)
Stroll, if you dare, along the Shatt al Arab, the fast-flowing waterway that connects Basra to the Persian Gulf, and you come across a sad looking park.
- New Dimension (Hindu, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 29, 2005)
The UPA government’s decision to set up a separate dedicated fund comprising proceeds from the sale of government equities in public sector undertakings (PSUs), whose earnings will finance social schemes and ailing
- Let The World Not Lose Interest Too Fast (Indian Express, SANDHYA VENKATESWARAN , Jan 29, 2005)
After the tsunami, that the world has come together around issues beyond economic, to issues around human concern, suggests that there is, after all, a human face to globalisation.
- India Gears Up For Energy Security (Tribune, Manoj Kumar, Jan 29, 2005)
THE dangerously emerging portents of the global energy market and India’s own unique position as a major crude oil buyer have forced policymakers to redefine the contours of a new geo-political paradigm.
- Hope Floats (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 28, 2005)
While the wrath of the tsunami was saddening, it did not dishearten. This comment, at the beginning of the president’s Republic Day speech, struck the note of restrained, sober optimism that was the dominant tone throughout.
- Intelligence Agencies In The Dock (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Jan 28, 2005)
SUCH things keep happening in other democracies where insiders of the intelligence establishment have been writing, for decades, books exposing the misdeeds, excesses and “dirty tricks” of the secret intelligence agencies with virtual impunity.
- Mis-Diagnosing The Disease Of The Poor (Indian Express, BARUN MITRA, Jan 28, 2005)
It’s not patents but the government hold on the healthcare sector that is preventing the poor from gaining access to medicines
- Routine Pledge (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 28, 2005)
Election manifestos in India read like fairy tales. Since competitive populism is the name of the game, the parties try to outdo each other in promising the moon.
- Taking The Lead (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Jan 28, 2005)
In the aftermath of the December 26 tsunami that devastated communities along the coast of Tamil Nadu and in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, there has been a spirited debate over India’s disaster management capabilities.
- Unwanted Businesswomen (Indian Express, PAMELA YOUNG, Jan 28, 2005)
When I told my mother last spring that I was leaving the US to live in an Indian village for a year, she did what only mothers do best –worry.
- President Speaks (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 28, 2005)
The President’s address on the eve of Republic Day this year was predominantly devoted to one subject: employment generation.
- Fatal Pilgrimage (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 28, 2005)
Huge congregations are inevitable in a country like India where religious fervour is exceptionally high and politicians thrive on huge rallies. Such mammoth gatherings merit crowd management of the highest order.
- Note These Chinese Whispers (Indian Express, BHARTENDU KUMAR SINGH, Jan 27, 2005)
Until recently, there was broad consensus among leading Sinologists that the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) was a backward army and not commensurate with China’s great power status.
- Musharraf’S Compulsions (Deccan Herald, G Parthasarathy, Jan 27, 2005)
Just over a year ago the then Prime Minister, Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee and the Pakistani President, Gen Pervez Musharraf, agreed in Islamabad that following an assurance from Gen Musharraf that he would not allow Pakistan-controlled territory to be used fo
- A Report Card That Doesn't Impress (Business Line, Dilip Kumar Sen, Jan 27, 2005)
In theory corporate governance came as a fashion to soon become a fad and now a passion. It however appears that in India the approach which the Government has taken to instil good governance practices is
- An Island Mentality Towards The Andamans (Indian Express, HARSH MANDER, Jan 27, 2005)
Far away from Delhi, in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, the task of relief is a gigantic one, as each section of society needs sensitive handling
- Litigate For A Cause (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 27, 2005)
The Supreme Court has done well to set parameters for the use of public interest litigations (PILs). The parameters come in the wake of the growing misuse of PILs and in the context of a PIL challenging a licence issued to a builder for the construction
- Punjab Going Dry (Telegraph, S.S. Johl, Jan 26, 2005)
The Bhakra hydro-electric project, along with taming the Satluj, did check floods and provide irrigation water to the state, yet when the harvested dam water is excessively carried away, it leads to a scarcity of water in the basin area.
- The Deadly Bureaucracy In The Andamans (Indian Express, COLIN GONSALVES, Jan 26, 2005)
The civic administration in the Andamans and Nicobar islands is stalling relief measures and preventing aid from reaching those who urgently need it
- Tsunami Rave (Indian Express, RAJU NAYAK, Jan 26, 2005)
It seems the exodus from Kerala post Tsunami has favoured Goa’s tourism. As usual it was all happening in Goa during the New Year amidst the government claiming credit for the spurt in tourism after the spectacular International Film Festival hosted by th
- Come On, India. Think Global (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Jan 26, 2005)
We are not a very globally savvy people. The finance minister’s announcement at the sidelines of a microfinance meeting that he had been invited to the next G-8 meet got tucked away in newspapers.
- Money For A Greener World (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 26, 2005)
The developed country Parties...and other Parties...shall provide new and additional financial resources to meet the agreed full costs incurred by developing country Parties in
- Quacks’ World (Deccan Herald, U. S. Iyer, Jan 25, 2005)
The verdict of the apex court regarding the accountability of medicos did come handy for many quacks. When I was in Chennai I had felt an excruciating pain in my left hand.
- Shocking Violence (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 25, 2005)
The manner in which seven passengers were pushed out of the Farakka Express by army jawans is shocking. Six of the seven passengers were crushed to death.
- The Republic And The World (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Jan 25, 2005)
As the nation celebrates the 55th anniversary of the Republic, the external environment has never been as favourable to independent India as it is today. Yet the nation’s foreign policy discourse is troubled by tentativeness.
- ‘Our Computer Is Our Head And Our Gandhi Cap ... (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jan 25, 2005)
In their trademark white shirts, pyjamas and Gandhi topis, the dabbawallahs of Mumbai are a unique service which has not only attracted the attention of Forbes magazine but also of environmentalists around the world
- In Cooperation With Others (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 25, 2005)
Promote sustainable management, and promote and cooperate in the conservation and enhancement... of sinks and reservoirs of all greenhouse gases not controlled by the Montreal Protocol, including biomass, forests and oceans as well as other terrestrial, c
- Alliance Of Diverse Minds (Indian Express, SONYA PHILIP, Jan 25, 2005)
It’s India’s “silent condition”. Condition, not illness — what can be called being learning disabled. Teachers know it exists among 15 to 20 per cent of their students, parents know it affects their children’s sense of self-worth because
- Gas From Myanmar (Tribune, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jan 25, 2005)
THE most important of many reasons for welcoming the Myanmar-Bangladesh-India agreement is the impact on relations between two distant neighbours. India and Bangladesh will survive without Myanmar gas but they will not survive comfortably if, in the absen
- Politics In Its Place (Hindu, Jyotirmaya Sharma, Jan 24, 2005)
There is a growing tendency among all sections in public life to evade larger political issues. If it prevails, the casualty will be the idea of India.
- Pay Up, Or Bleed (Deccan Herald, ANIL CHINTAMANI, Jan 24, 2005)
A faucet leaks, a motor packs up or a door lock has jammed. A frantic hunt for a repairman follows. Invariably, the service person you rely on is out of town
- The Man Who Oils India's Wheels (Asia Times, Ramtanu Maitra, Jan 24, 2005)
No US ambassador since John Kenneth Galbraith massaged the Indian ego more efficiently than Robert D Blackwill. The former envoy to India (2001-2003) is now reportedly
- Keep The Treasures Under Lock And Key (Telegraph, Bhaskar Ghose, Jan 24, 2005)
Protecting the nation’s heritage is a costly affair, not only in terms of the funds needed but also in the commitment it demands
- India As Super Power (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 24, 2005)
THE latest Central Intelligence Agency report mentioning that India will be a super power by 2020 is more amusing than true.
- Quakes Spark Panic In Indonesia, India (CBC News, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 24, 2005)
Two strong earthquakes struck southern Asia eight hours apart on Monday, sending people fleeing in India and Indonesia for fear another tsunami could hit the countries.
- Qualified Gains Against Terror (Pioneer, Ashok K Mehta, Jan 23, 2005)
Kathmandu is usually immersed in rumours. Last week these were mixed with damp, chill weather, bandhs over hike in petroleum prices, abduction of 14 Indian Army Gurkha soldiers on leave
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