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Articles 17421 through 17520 of 20008:
- Ways Of The Railways (Tribune, S. Raghunath, Nov 25, 2004)
Indian Railways, faced with an acute resource crunch, is engaged in an exercise to think of ways and means to raise the wind and one of the ideas that is being taken a long, hard look at the highest ministerial circles is to ask bulk customers to provide
- Chautala Vs Centre (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 25, 2004)
With a Congress-led government at the Centre, the going has got tougher for Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala. First blow came after the Centre declared Chautala’s much-touted goodwill visit to Pakistan to bring holy waters from the village of
- In The Pipeline: Growth (Indian Express, S NARAYAN, Nov 25, 2004)
The Iran-India pipeline proposal — in hibernation for over eight years — received a fillip in New York in September when the Indian prime minister and Pakistan president agreed to move the project ahead.
- 1971: Lest We Forget (Hindu, R. Hariharan, Nov 25, 2004)
Both India and Bangladesh are guilty of not working towards building a win-win relationship due to their internal and external political preoccupations.
- Connect To `Connected Thinking' On Standards (Business Line, D. Murali , Nov 25, 2004)
When money travels at the speed of electronic pulses on the wire, will it be right to confine your accounting knowledge to the country's borders?
- A Powerless Weapon (Telegraph, Ashis Chakrabarti, Nov 25, 2004)
The popular mood is against bandhs. Parties that hope to survive have to reflect this change in their strategies
- The Eclipse Of Management Doctrine (Business Line, R. Devarajan, Nov 24, 2004)
Management as an art and a science has been defined as "getting things done by other people".
- No One Taken In By Us Lies (Deccan Herald, RANA KABBANI, Nov 24, 2004)
The graves of Fallujah tell the real story of the US occupation of Iraq and the present situation in that country
- Road Talk (Deccan Herald, SHARADA PRAHLADRAO, Nov 24, 2004)
Conversations become interesting if you talk about the roads and potholes in the city. Some get agitated and others are resigned to back aches. Switch on to Radio City and all that you hear is about traffic jams in the city.
- The Quality Of Mercy Is Not Strain’D (Indian Express, R P SINGH, Nov 24, 2004)
Any person is presumed to be innocent until proven guilty. A natural corollary to this basic principle of jurisprudence is that an accused has a right to be treated with dignity during the trial as well as the investigation preceding trial.
- The Rise Of Condi Rice (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Nov 24, 2004)
THE world has greeted with trepidation the naming of America’s first black woman Secretary of State, Ms Condoleezza Rice, to head the State Department. She climbs into the oversized shoes of Mr Henry Kissinger in jumping from the office...
- Tourism & Corbett Park: Not Wild About The Idea (Indian Express, S M A Kazmi, Nov 24, 2004)
An ambitious tourism project promoted by the Uttaranchal government on the periphery of the world famous Corbett National Park has run into trouble.
- "Fast-Breeder Reactors More Important For India" (Hindu, T.S. Subramanian, Nov 24, 2004)
Embargoes have only increased India's self-reliance in the nuclear field, says Anil Kakodkar, Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission and Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy.
- Discerning The Data (Business Line, K. Gopalan, Nov 24, 2004)
Even as economists such as Mr Lester Thurow of the US express doubts about the veracity of the data regarding the growth of the economies of Japan and China, the basis on which the related figures are arrived at itself is questioned in some other quarters
- Does The Room Have A View? (Indian Express, MOHAN K. TIKKU, Nov 24, 2004)
I don't want one more bed- room added to my home,” Israeli writer Amos Oz once argued, while opposing his government’s policy of building housing settlements on occupied lands leading to even more bloodshed
- The Right Choice, Baba! (Tribune, Vepa Rao, Nov 24, 2004)
NO!” I said firmly, “I shall not accept governorship.” But the veteran politician’s voic from Delhi persisted: “Please don’ break my heart. Think again — it’s after all a big state where I hope to become the chief in the coming elections.
- Red Chillies Rubbed Into The Eyes... (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 23, 2004)
Twenty years ago we had never heard of Union Carbide. We did not know what it made, or that it produced anything that could harm us.
- The Continuing Possibilities Of Land Reform (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Nov 23, 2004)
Land reforms are typically thought of only in terms of land redistribution, which is seen as politically too difficult to attempt. But there are a range of other measures which are very important in ensuring not only better equity in agriculture but also
- A Stake In The Future (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 23, 2004)
The world conservation Congress, a summit for governments and civil society, has got under way in Bangkok at a time when competitive pressures on natural resources are at a new high and biodiversity is under unprecedented threat.
- Fast-Food Forward — The American Way (Business Line, Sharad Varde, Nov 23, 2004)
The suv cruised at a steady 75 kmph and I was snatching a snooze when the excited shrill of a 16-year-old from the back roused me with a start.
- India-Pakistan Pm Meet (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 23, 2004)
It is clear that the Pakistani team is coming prepared to discuss a wide range of issues. However, the outcome of this meeting will depend on whether both sides are approaching it with a determination to muster the will to succeed...
- Our Own Discovery Channel (Tribune, Usha Bande, Nov 22, 2004)
WHEN the open space around our building was sold, we raved and ranted — any construction would be too near our house, obstruct our sunlight, block ventilation, it would mean no ground for the children and so on.
- Shareholder Of An Unlisted Company — Tough Luck! (Business Line, Bharat Banka, Nov 22, 2004)
For deserving entrepreneurs, India has remained a capital-starved nation despite enough capital floating around in the system. It is a classic case of `water everywhere but not a single drop to drink'.
- Why China Wins The Fdi Race (Business Line, S. Majumder , Nov 22, 2004)
Much hope is being placed on the Investment Commission — the newly approved foreign direct investment promotion body — and reforms in the telecommunications and insurance sectors to enhance FDI flows into the country.
- Tests Of Faith (Indian Express, Renuka Narayanan, Nov 22, 2004)
When life goes off the rails, as the law of averages arranges for each one of us, great or small, the scriptures recommend concentration on God.
- Electric Truths (Telegraph, L. Rao, Nov 22, 2004)
Support and incentives to farmers are not unique to India. In the United States of America and the European Union, there are even incentives to farmers not to produce and to keep land fallow.
- A Commendable Move (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Nov 22, 2004)
Deal with auto drivers sternly if they err but provide them good working conditions
- After The Earth Rocked In Bhuj (Indian Express, Amrita Shah, Nov 22, 2004)
It has been nearly four years since the Gujarat earthquake. Yet in central Kutch, which suffered the worst of the ravages, the effects are still very much in evidence.
- Aversion To Adaptation (Deccan Herald, A SADANANDA PAI, Nov 22, 2004)
Mr Das was a compounder, nurse, half-baked doctor — all rolled into one. We, as children in the 1930s, used to be amused by his numerous peculiarities like thick lips, two missing teeth, harsh voice but witty words, laddoo tipped nose on which rested his
- Don’T Throw In The Towel Yet (Indian Express, Thomas L. Friedman, Nov 22, 2004)
Of all the images I saw on a short visit to Iraq last week, two stand out in my mind. One was a display that the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, in the Sunni Triangle, prepared for the visiting chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen Richard Myers
- The Road To Mumbai (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Nov 22, 2004)
Thirty years ago when I shifted from Bombay — it had not yet been re-christened Mumbai — to Delhi I drew much sympathy for moving from India’s urbs prima to a backwater.
- Electric Truths (Telegraph, S. L. Rao, Nov 22, 2004)
Support and incentives to farmers are not unique to India. In the United States of America and the European Union, there are even incentives to farmers not to produce and to keep land fallow.
- Employment As A Social Responsibility (Hindu, Jean Dreze, Nov 22, 2004)
An Employment Guarantee Act places an enforceable obligation on the state and gives bargaining power to the labourers. It creates accountability.
- Healing The Healers (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 22, 2004)
After making their point, doctors in Bihar have done well to withdraw their strike protesting the brutal killing of an eminent surgeon, Nand Kishore Agarwal, by extortionists on November 12.
- Going Beyond Words (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 22, 2004)
One of the outcomes of the visit of the prime minister, Manmohan Singh, to The Hague for the India-European Union summit earlier this month was that the two entities entered into a “strategic partnership.”
- Going Beyond Words (Telegraph, Bharat Bhushan, Nov 22, 2004)
One of the outcomes of the visit of the prime minister, Manmohan Singh, to The Hague for the India-European Union summit earlier this month was that the two entities entered into a “strategic partnership.”
- Making World A Better Place To Live In (Tribune, Sitakant Mahapatra, Nov 21, 2004)
AN issue that is being hotly debated these days is the changing focus of culture and development. A host of parameters have entered into the debate as to what
- Sex Sells, As Always (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Nov 20, 2004)
Whenever young people toying with the idea of starting a publishing house come to consult me, I tell them, “if you do not have government
- Rice And Shine (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 20, 2004)
Coming first is by now second nature to America’s chief diplomat. And it’s also clear that Condoleezza Rice is de facto member of the globe’s First Family
- Teesta Is My Heart-Throb (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Nov 20, 2004)
Like all men I admire good-looking women like Aishwarya Rai and others who became Miss India’s, Miss World’s and Miss Universe’s! I like them from a distance because I never get a chance to get close to any of them.
- The Practical Joke (Deccan Herald, G R MULKY, Nov 20, 2004)
People with a real knack for practical jokes are usually able get away with them too
- Goodbye, Galliwasp! (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 20, 2004)
The Vietnamese warty pig and Fernandina rice rat are back from the dead. They have been spotted again, after being written off as extinct in the mid-Nineties.
- Sober Growth Prospects For Asia In 2005 (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Nov 20, 2004)
Monetary tightening, unrelenting oil price volatility and soaring US deficits all portend a significant slowdown in the dynamic East Asia.
- Dangerous Move (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Nov 19, 2004)
The green signal for oil drilling in Alaska may spell an ecological disaster
- Building A Modern Navy (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 19, 2004)
The chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral Arun Prakash, has said that the Indian Navy has a long way to go to become a world power and this was mainly because of the lack of finances.
- Blair’S Proximity To Bush (Tribune, K.N. Malik, Nov 19, 2004)
British Prime Minister Tony Blair has been ruminating about his country’s place in the world and its relations with its principal allies, the US and Europe.
- Textiles, Post-Quotas — A Tangled Skein For Developing Countries (Business Line, M.R. Venkatesh, Nov 19, 2004)
The Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC) was designed essentially to correct a long-standing anomaly in the multilateral trading system.
- What Colour Is Your Religion In A Dark Room? (Business Line, D. Murali , Nov 19, 2004)
Saffron splashes being all too visible on the cover pages of magazines, we had better come to terms with religion, that is busy these days litigating rather than pontificating.
- Policies For Development (Deccan Herald, Montek singh Ahluwalia, Nov 19, 2004)
There are many areas in our domestic policy agenda which should also receive priority attention
- Old Beliefs Die Hard (Telegraph, NEHA SAHAY, Nov 19, 2004)
A record number of babies have been born this year in Beijing: 60,000 already, despite the strict population control policy. This is the Year of the Monkey, considered lucky by the Chinese.
- Linking Trade To Human Rights (Deccan Herald, Sakuntala Narasimhan, Nov 19, 2004)
Many human rights organisations hold that diversity trade audits can be used to eliminate Dalit discrimination
- Knowledge Management: From Hoarders To Sharers (Business Line, N. Raghavendra Rao, Nov 19, 2004)
Owing to changes in the business practices of organisations, there is increased interest in `Knowledge Management'.
- Hindi Business (Deccan Herald, M K RATHISH, Nov 19, 2004)
When it comes to different languages, some people can make much ado about what’s in a name
- Learning To Live With Disasters (Deccan Herald, U R RAO, Nov 18, 2004)
Space technology can provide early warnings of natural disasters to enable governments to take timely measures
- More Than A Gesture (Telegraph, SUDIPTA BHATTACHARJEE, Nov 18, 2004)
In this season of elections, another has popped up online. This one pertains to Manipur, the state Manmohan Singh is scheduled to visit on Monday.
- About Life And Death (Tribune, Trilochan Singh Trewn, Nov 18, 2004)
My colleague Virendra Singh Dhanda was an outstanding, upright officer with a keen sense of business. He was looking after procurement of equipment, including large number of cranes, lathes, boring machine, drilling machines milling machines ...
- Bush Second Term — The Emerging World Order (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Nov 17, 2004)
From pragmatic double-speak and open welcome to horror, the re-election of Mr George Bush has drawn diverse responses across the world. While there is scope for strategic cooperation with the US, New Delhi will have to learn to manage its differences with
- Beyond Protocol (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Nov 17, 2004)
Sonia Gandhi should have gone to Cairo for the funeral service of Yasser Arafat. There are relationships between leaders that transcend protocol or clinical diplomatic dissection.
- The Challenge Before Africa (Deccan Herald, WANGARI MAATHAI, Nov 17, 2004)
The devastation that HIV/AIDS is wreaking in Africa in the midst of abject poverty is of a scale found nowhere else
- Respect The Boundary (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 17, 2004)
The recent protests in northern Sri Lanka against encroaching Indian fishermen highlight a problem that has eluded a solution despite the excellent ties between New Delhi and Colombo.
- Protecting Local Cultures (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Nov 17, 2004)
While nations should not be closed to other cultures, they must safeguard their cultural diversity too
- For Fair Trade Agreements (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Nov 17, 2004)
The Indo-Thai free trade agreement (FTA) is yet to take off, save on 82 items, because of technical hitches over rules of origin (RoOs).
- From Confrontation To Cooperation (Hindu, Michael Krepon , Nov 17, 2004)
An exit strategy out of the Kashmir impasse might be found through measures that are expressly designed to increase the well being of those who live on both sides of the divide.
- Corporate Governance For Pses (The Economic Times, S. M. Dewan, Nov 17, 2004)
Issues of corporate governance for PSEs are beginning to be seriously looked at by the UPA.
- Punishment Coming (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Nov 16, 2004)
As a captain, Ganguly has to set an example and only got what he deserved
- Pm Sets The Real Pace (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 16, 2004)
The Prime Minister is a person who not only knows where he is going but has the courage to proclaim his convictions and the decisiveness to do what he regards as imperative to take the nation forward to its rightful destiny.
- Trouble With Sustainability (Business Line, Kumar Venkat, Nov 16, 2004)
It is all too common for discussions on sustainability to focus entirely on how to make our resource consumption more efficient, and very little on how people can work and earn a living without destroying the world.
- Outsourcing: Win-Win For All (Business Line, P. K. Goyal, Nov 16, 2004)
In the post-WTO (World Trade Organisation) era, trade barriers are falling as member-nations open out to free market. Goods and services have started moving from one nation to another more freely.
- Market On The Move (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 16, 2004)
As Equity prices move up towards the record highs that were set early this year, higher input and financing costs are casting a shadow on corporate profitability from the second half of 2004-05.
- A Man For All Seasons (Hindu, Soli Sorabjee, Nov 16, 2004)
The one essential quality that distinguishes V.R. Krishna Iyer from his judicial brethren and puts him in a class of his own is compassion. A tribute on his ninetieth birthday.
- Drawing Down Troop Levels (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 16, 2004)
The Manmohan Singh Government's decision to reduce the level of troops deployed in Jammu and Kashmir will give a huge boost to both the now-stalled official talks with the All-Parties Hurriyat Conference and the ongoing composite dialogue process with Pak
- Food For Work (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 16, 2004)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's inauguration of the National Food for Work Programme in 150 drought-affected districts on Sunday assumes special significance because it is said to be an improvement over all other programmes in the past four decades.
- Inertia Is Hallmark Of Approach (Deccan Herald, N C GUNDU RAO, Nov 16, 2004)
The State fails to utilise the full AIBP fund allocation, even as the pace of implementation of the project remains sluggish
- It's Literally Fishing In Troubled Waters (Business Line, K.G. Kumar, Nov 16, 2004)
IN recent weeks, there have been reports of Indian fishermen getting arrested for crossing the maritime borders of neighbouring countries such as Pakistan and Sri Lanka and even from as far away as Oman in the Gulf region.
- Escape From Unholy Brotherhood (The Economic Times, Pradeep S. Mehta, Nov 15, 2004)
One has to view the Naresh Chandra Committee's report on reforming the aviation sector in India through the lens of competition.
- Half-Yearly Review Of Central Finances (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Nov 15, 2004)
ONCE every month, the Finance Ministry issues a useful review of the state of Central public finance and the economy. The latest review for October 2004 covers the half-year April 1, 2004 to September 30.
- To Be Resorted To In The Rarest Of Rare Cases (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Nov 15, 2004)
The Indo-Thai free trade agreement (FTA) is yet to take off, save on 82 items, because of technical hitches over rules of origin (RoOs). It is imperative that RoOs
- A Reality Check On Perceptions (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Nov 15, 2004)
A writer, Ron Suskind, wrote about a conversation he had with an unnamed advisor to the US President, Mr George W. Bush, in an article published in The New York Times on October, 17.
- Banking Reforms (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Nov 15, 2004)
There are daunting challenges facing the banking industry today
- Oil-Rich, Corruption-Riven (Business Line, Pratap Ravindran , Nov 15, 2004)
The TI Corruption Perceptions Index 2004, which ranks countries by perceived corruption, terms oil-rich Angola, Azerbaijan, Chad, Ecuador, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Libya, Nigeria, Russia, Sudan, Venezuela and Yemen the most corrupt nations.
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