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Articles 17321 through 17420 of 20008:
- Mission Horticulture (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 06, 2004)
Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, who was in Chandigarh on Friday to open the CII’s Agro Tech fair, made two significant statements. One, a National
- Touch Of Class (Telegraph, S. L. Rao, Dec 06, 2004)
Corporate training and development is a major activity conducted by business schools, consulting firms, human resource departments of companies, management associations and others.
- The Only Show In Town (Deccan Herald, Martin Jacques, Dec 06, 2004)
The left, as history knew it, is dead but the concerns that gave rise to it remain as relevant as ever
- Report On Trend And Progress Of Banking 2003-04 (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Dec 06, 2004)
The latest report on Trend and Progress of Banking in India for 2003-04 follows the lines of its predecessors in presenting a workmanlike account of the health of the banking industry and its prospects.
- Uk Most Conducive For Indian Companies, Says Swaraj Paul (Tribune, Tripti Nath, Dec 05, 2004)
Lord Swaraj Paul, one of the most successful Indians in the UK, is the third Asian to be nominated to the House of Lords.
- Dignified Debates (Indian Express, Soli Sorabjee, Dec 05, 2004)
The Indo-Pak student seminar Manzar, organised by Miranda House this week at the IIC, was an enjoyable event. Three students each from the Indian and Pakistani side debated the motion
- Amtrax & Shatabdi: A Study In Contrast (Tribune, Kiran Bedi, Dec 05, 2004)
I went home to Delhi for Diwali holidays. During this period I also travelled to my second home, which is Amritsar. I took the train called the Shatabdi Express from Delhi.
- I’M Ready But Will They Talk To Someone As ‘Prejudiced’ As Me? (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Dec 05, 2004)
If you read this newspaper last Thursday you would have seen your humble columnist’s name splashed across this page in six columns.
- A Ticking Time Bomb? (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Dec 05, 2004)
The HIV/AIDS epidemic in India is no longer confined to high-risk groups. There are warning signs that it is women, especially the young, who are among the most vulnerable
- Life After Death (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 04, 2004)
He is not just another victim of the world’s worst industrial disaster. Even two decades on, Abdul Jabbar continues to lend his strident voice to a movement to avert another Bhopal
- Sweet Ideas (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 04, 2004)
The committee on Revitalisation of Sugar Industry, headed by the Food and Consumer Affairs Secretary, Mr S. K. Tuteja, deserves to be complimented for examining well the issues impacting the sector and making recommendations to rejuvenate it.
- Justice Denied (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 04, 2004)
It is 20 years since a lethal gas escaped from the Union Carbide Plant in Bhopal, which changed the lives of those living in the ill fated city forever for the worse.
- Woody, Ill-Seeming, Thick, Bereft Of Beauty (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 04, 2004)
There are at least two views on `visual appeal'. Thus, according to some, you can see beauty if only you see right, while for others, it is too superficial to talk about.
- Bhopal: 20 Years After (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 04, 2004)
Twenty years after the world’s worst industrial disaster at Bhopal left some 20,000 dead and one lakh suffering from chronic, untreatable diseases, relief is yet to reach
- Corporate India (Tribune, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Dec 04, 2004)
WHAT is it about highly successful entrepreneurs who are able to judge people with brilliant instinct that they cannot come to terms with the obvious possibility of their own children or progeny tearing their legacy into shreds after they are no more?
- Darkness Visible (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Dec 04, 2004)
Reports of Anil Ambani dashing to Tirupati while his mother rushed to her guru in Gujarat and of the new Union labour minister’s inaugural puja are a reminder that only a dwindling minority is concerned about the “scientific
- Down With Bandhs! (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Dec 04, 2004)
This is a critical time for West Bengal, particularly Kolkata, which is in the middle of a campaign to restore its old image of being a progressive metropolis, leading the nation from the front.
- Enable The Disabled (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 04, 2004)
On the occasion of International Day of the Disabled this year, the United Nations has drawn attention to the need to include persons with disabilities in the planning of strategies and policies that affect their lives.
- Globalisation: Need For Fairness (Hindu, Juan Somavia, Dec 04, 2004)
More fairness should be injected at all levels. That includes respecting core labour standards, promoting basic social protection, and reducing unbalanced patterns of investment and trade.
- South-South Trade Co-Operation (Business Line, S. Srinath, Dec 03, 2004)
The recently announced National Foreign Trade Policy (NFTP) 2004-2009 lays down an ambitious target of achieving an export growth rate that will enable India to account for 1.5 per cent of the world trade by 2009.
- Woman Allowed To Go Abroad For Assisted Suicide (Tribune, Robert Verkaik, Dec 03, 2004)
A travel ban on a terminally ill woman who asked her husband to help her commit suicide abroad was lifted in the High Court on Tuesday.
- Birth Of A Science City (Tribune, Reeta Sharma, Dec 03, 2004)
For a follow-up of Pushpa Gujral Science City, a trip to Kapurthala left this columnist in awe. The very first phase of the science city project is mind-boggling.
- Airport Restructuring — Obstacles To A Smooth Take-Off (Business Line, R. Krishnan , Dec 03, 2004)
In the Delhi and Mumbai airport modernisation, the crucial issue is the lack of adequate runway facilities. This cramps quick turnaround of aircraft and the problem is aggravated by the absence of parking bays.
- Face-Off (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Dec 03, 2004)
Feuds among relations and siblings involved in running family businesses are always a matter for sadness and puzzlement.
- Bhopal's Poisonous Legacy (Boston Globe, GARY COHEN , Dec 02, 2004)
Twenty years ago today, families in Bhopal, India, were awakened in the middle of the night by terrible burning in their eyes and lungs.
- Muscle Drill (Telegraph, ABHIRUP SARKAR, Dec 02, 2004)
The season of bandhs is back again. Political parties, covering virtually the whole ideological spectrum, are calling them all over the country over various issues and at the
- Out Of The Box, Into The Stadium (Indian Express, Jayaditya Gupta, Dec 02, 2004)
You'd think that Indian sport, starved as it is of good news, would embrace this development with both arms. Yet the fact that this is one of the more exciting seasons in Ranji Trophy cricket appears to have sunk without trace.
- Poisoned Futures (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Dec 02, 2004)
The apex court's guidelines on dealing with hazardous waste are observed more in the breach.
- The Law On Brotherhood (Business Line, Mohan R. Lavi, Dec 02, 2004)
"Business has only two basic functions — marketing and innovation," said Peter Drucker.
- Uncle Sam’S Toxic Ways (Indian Express, R R SHARMA, Dec 02, 2004)
The world’s largest economy still does not believe that economic growth cannot be achieved without protecting life at the same time
- More Riveting Than A Soap (Business Line, Vinod Mathew, Dec 02, 2004)
A breaking real real-life story seems set to give all the popular television soaps a run for their money.
- Acidic Birds And Metallic Fish (Indian Express, Bharati Chaturvedi, Dec 02, 2004)
India has still not learnt its lessons from the Bhopal tragedy. The poisoning of the environment by dumping toxic substances is disastrous for wildlife
- Amendments To Seed Law — Yet To Germinate Fully (Business Line, R. V. Ramana Murthy, Dec 02, 2004)
The Andhra Pradesh Government has sought amendments to the Seed Act, 1952 in the light of the ongoing farm crisis in the State following the failure of seeds in cotton
- Get The Right Price (Business Line, SANKAR RAY, Dec 02, 2004)
With the formation of a seven-member Board for Reconstruction of Public Sector Enterprises, the market for distressed assets (DA) is set to become buoyant.
- Ethical Dilemmas In Decision-Making (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 02, 2004)
Like accountants, economy, busy as it is with the use of resources, has nothing to do with ethics. "However, the Chinese word for economy — Jing Ji (or Ching Chi) — is related to ethical value,"
- Helping Indian Airlines Fly High (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Dec 02, 2004)
For Indian Airlines, the route to profitability could include undertaking maintenance operations for other airlines.
- Let There Be Justice In Bhopal! (Rediff on the Net, editoral, rediff on the net, Dec 02, 2004)
20 years ago, on this very day, the Union Carbide gas leak struck at the very heart of India.
- Mines Claim More Lives Than Firing (Tribune, Ramesh Ramachandran, Dec 01, 2004)
Wheelchair-bound Raj Kaur (50) rues the day she was reduced to a mere statistic. In April, 2002, she stepped on a mine while crossing a field in her village in Ferozepur district.
- Nightwatch (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 01, 2004)
Of the few things left remarkable beneath the visiting moon, the Taj Mahal happens to be one. But looking at it in moonlight is not as simple a pleasure as it sounds like.
- A Mushroom Cloud Of Poison (Indian Express, GARY COHEN , Dec 01, 2004)
The Bhopal catastrophe is the Hiroshima of the chemical industry. The after-effects of the gas leak continue to maim and kill
- Innocent Victims (Hindu, David C. Mulford, Dec 01, 2004)
Protecting women and girls, like the fight against HIV/AIDS generally, is an effort in which everyone has a part to play.
- In Search Of A Creative Alternative (Telegraph, Vandana Shiva, Dec 01, 2004)
Terra Madre celebrated an honest agriculture that does not lie about prices and does not exploit the earth or its caretakers
- Admission Tests (Tribune, Harish Dhillon, Dec 01, 2004)
For nine years I headed a school where, amongst other things, we tested three-year-old children for admission to Prep I. I agreed wholeheartedly with the criticism of this test.
- Amendment To Companies Act — Should Reflect The Spirit Of Times (Business Line, R. Parthasarathy , Dec 01, 2004)
That the proposed amendment of the Companies Act, 1956 envisages fewer sections, instead of more, is welcome in itself. In all other areas too
- Asbestos: Housed In Controversies (Business Line, Pratap Ravindran , Dec 01, 2004)
Are chrysotile asbestos (or white asbestos) products hazardous to health? The Chrysotile Asbestos Cement Products Manufacturers Association (CACPMA) asserts that they are not.
- Broadcasting For People (Tribune, N. Bhaskara Rao, Dec 01, 2004)
How much concerned are we today about Public Service Broadcasting (PSB)? Of course, PSB cannot be appraised in isolation of the larger broadcast scene in the country.
- Can We Centre The Northeast? (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Dec 01, 2004)
The Northeast is at the center again, this time for the right reasons. The recent VVIP visit emphasised the criticality of the region as a spring board of activity for furthering India’s interests to the east
- Rewind And Replay (Deccan Herald, N C GUNDU RAO, Nov 30, 2004)
The more things seem to have changed, the more they remain the same as regards the Kannada movement
- Unhappy Days Are Here Again (Telegraph, Nalin Verma, Nov 30, 2004)
There is little reason to suspect that the BJP will have an easy time in the forthcoming state polls in Jharkhand and Bihar
- `Shrimp Wars' In The Making (Business Line, K.G. Kumar, Nov 30, 2004)
Last week, the Kochi-based trading and seafood company Choice announced ambitious plans to make a grand entry into the UK market with its range of branded prawns.
- Micro-Finance: Creating Value For The Poor (Business Line, Manoranjan Sharma, Nov 30, 2004)
In recent years, the banking sector has undergone a paradigm shift. An important element of the banking sector transformation has been the emergence of micro-financing ...
- Common Minimum Programme (Business Line, Raghu Dayal , Nov 30, 2004)
So very often the ubiquitous comrades remind the United Progressive Alliance Government to function within the Common Minimum Programme parameters.
- Diminishing Numbers (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 30, 2004)
Habitat destruction and associated degradation and fragmentation are the greatest threats to assessed terrestrial species.
- For Better Babus, Look Beyond (Indian Express, S. S. Gill, Nov 30, 2004)
An administrator’s real education begins only after he starts dealing with people
- Uncle Tom Out Of His Cabin (Telegraph, Raju Mukherji, Nov 29, 2004)
In refusing to see the difference between “time wasted” and “time lost”, Clive Lloyd went against the spirit of cricket
- Default By Stealth: The Declining Greenback (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Nov 29, 2004)
ECONOMIC history is full of stories of rulers bringing down the value of their debt by debasing their currencies. They repay their creditors in currency of lower intrinsic value than they borrowed in.
- F-16s And Other Lethal Toys For Pakistan (Tribune, Gulshan Luthra, Nov 29, 2004)
There are clear indications that Pakistan is getting F-16 warjets, besides the eight P3C Orion Maritime Reconnaissance aircraft and a host of other weapons from the United States that would have serious implications for India and the neighbouring region.
- Never To Be Seen Again (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 29, 2004)
Trends in the status of threatened species: The Red List Indices show that the status of birds and amphibians continues to deteriorate...
- Geb Agrees To Pay Rs 84-Cr Dues To Ongc (Business Line, PRATIM RANJAN BOSE , Nov 29, 2004)
ONGC has finally made headway in recovering its dues from six State public sector undertakings and one municipal body in Gujarat. The dues have accumulated on account of supply of natural gas between 1982 and 1987 when gas marketing was directly handled b
- Summing Up Your Words, Mr Cm, ‘Slum It’ (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Nov 28, 2004)
In Mumbai’s newspapers last week appeared a full-page advertisement issued by the Maharashtra government. The dominant image in it was of a very old woman who looked
- Taking French Connection Beyond Wine & Cheese (Indian Express, N K Singh, Nov 28, 2004)
While round table conferences, strategic dialogue and visits of political dignitaries have helped mutual understanding, our relations must re-adapt to the new economic realities
- Fine-Tuning Defence Security Apparatus (Tribune, P.K. Vasudeva, Nov 28, 2004)
INDIA is facing security problems from its neighbours like Pakistan, Bangladesh and China. Besides keeping good friendly relations with them, it has to evolve a comprehensive strategy to maintain peace with them.
- Sleepless In The City (Telegraph, Vishnupriya Sengupta, Nov 28, 2004)
There are 12 hours in the waking day — but what feels like a hundred in a night for the sleepless.
- Recognise Teachers’ Worth To Suit Changing Times (Tribune, Vikram Chadha, Nov 28, 2004)
What a society values is usually reflected in its system of rewards. For instance, if the American society values the services of a doctor, lawyer or even a taxi driver, its reward system pays for their services correspondingly.
- Why My Family Are Fighting For Justice - 20 Years On (Guardian (UK), editorial, Guardian UK, Nov 28, 2004)
Twenty years ago my grandparents, Trilok Nath and Kamla Bahel, boarded a night train from the Indian city of Hyderabad to their home in Bhopal. They were lucky. It was delayed. Had the train left on time they would almost certainly have died.
- Questions Raised About Ngo Legitimacy (Tribune, Nina Puri, Nov 27, 2004)
A challenge that we need to address is whether NGO consultation enhances the credibility of international public decisions. At the turn of the century 25,000 NGOs had consultative status with the UN.
- The Marriage Season (Indian Express, Ashwani Sharma, Nov 27, 2004)
Back from an assignment, I discovered that my little daughter was in a jubilant mood. She held a wedding card in her hand which said, ‘Vaishali weds Anil’. A glance at it revealed that our neighbour’s daughter was to be a bride. “So, the marriage season i
- Callous Attitude (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Nov 27, 2004)
The callousness of the management of the Renukamba Hostel in Shikaripur in Shimoga district, which made its student residents starve and forced them to fend for themselves for a month, as reported in this newspaper on Wednesday, is shocking.
- For A Child To Be A Child Again (Indian Express, Anees Jung, Nov 27, 2004)
Today, they are unveiling a statue symbolising action against child labour in Delhi’s India Habitat Centre where no child who works can dare to tread.
- In The Closed Kingdoms Of Experts (Indian Express, VIDEH UPADHYAY, Nov 27, 2004)
On a subject like environment, is there any role for the common man in shaping policy?
- Is Pre-School Coaching Right For A Child? (Tribune, Richard Garner, Nov 27, 2004)
CHILDREN who start nursery school by the age of two are up to a year ahead in maths and English when they begin full-time schooling, a major research project shows.
- New Kashmir Idea (Tribune, Balraj Puri, Nov 26, 2004)
As an author of the revised Naya Kashmir document, I was pleasantly surprised over the reference to it by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at a public meeting in Srinagar on his maiden visit to the state on November 17.
- Slow And Steady (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 26, 2004)
If there is a single phenomenon which seems to disprove the Heraclitean dictum that one cannot step twice into the same river ("for other waters are continually flowing in"), it is that somewhat
- `Forex Reserves For Public Investment, A Sound Idea' (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Nov 26, 2004)
Analysts contend that adequate private investment will not flow to many critical infrastructure areas unless financial and regulatory constraints are addressed.
- Funeral Rites (Deccan Herald, NUGGEHALLI PANKAJA, Nov 26, 2004)
For an NRI, burying one’s progenitors back home, when the time comes, has its complications
- Home With A View (Indian Express, K. Rajbir Deswal, Nov 26, 2004)
At one point, I used to fret and fume over the fact that I was allotted a house on the first floor and was thus denied the joys of a garden.
- Myths, Old And New, Of Indian Banking (Business Line, Asuri Vasudevan, Nov 25, 2004)
A number of propositions about the banking sector have failed the empirical test. Myths abound about the sector, and Asuri Vasudevan examines a few of them, both in the pre- and post-nationalisation eras.
- Need To Act On Climate Change (Hindu, David King, Nov 25, 2004)
New evidence is emerging on almost a weekly basis to link rises in man-made carbon dioxide in the atmosphere with the real and immediate threat that global climate change presents to our environment, people and communities.
- Sharks, Rays And Chimeras (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 25, 2004)
The 2004 International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources Red List contains 15,589 species threatened with extinction.
- Terrorism Rooted In Malnutrition (Deccan Herald, SANKAR RAY, Nov 25, 2004)
Researchers see a link between malnutrition from the post-natal phase and the antisocial mindset in teens
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