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Articles 17721 through 17820 of 20008:
- Hot Falls & Shahrukh Khan (The Economic Times, RAGHUKRISHNAN, Oct 17, 2004)
One day, they will have a warm waterfall and I will stand under it for hours.
- Bush, Blair Should Find New Epithets To Flog (Tribune, Chanchal Sarkar, Oct 17, 2004)
WHAT a raft of elections we’ve just had — and all apparently to solidify democracy. For most of them even Lithuania perhaps America and Britain take the credit — making the world, they say, a “safer place”, clearing the air of the pollution emitted ...
- It Is A Matter Of Concern For All Bangaloreans (Deccan Herald, DR SURESH BALAKRISHNAN, Oct 17, 2004)
It would be naïve to take a parochial view and dismiss today's controversy about industry participation in IT.com as one that concerns only some IT companies and the government.
- Regulation Diet Is Not For All (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 16, 2004)
As the economy liberalises, the nature and extent of regulation, especially of natural monopolies, has come to occupy the centre stage of economic policy thinking.
- The Growing Cancer (Tribune, H. K. Dua, Oct 16, 2004)
For nearly two centuries and a half India in its own ways has been contributing to richness of the English language. Over 7,000 words in the Oxford English Dictionary have been borrowed from Indian languages.
- Birmingham Track Ii (Tribune, Ashok K. Mehta , Oct 15, 2004)
THE Track II wallahs are way ahead of politicians and officials pursuing the composite dialogue and CBMs. Barring the complex core issue for Pakistan — Kashmir — and the less interactable but linked problem for India of cross-border terrorism
- A Rude Encounter With Crude (Business Line, D. Murali , Oct 15, 2004)
Crude is getting cruder with prices rising to such record heights this week that even small retreats give much respite to markets. Oil companies are pushing the government to allow the retail rate rocket to zoom, and
- Business Cycles And Free Markets (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Oct 15, 2004)
The contribution of Professors Kydland and Prescott, who won the Economics Nobel this year, was to reconcile the empirical reality of recessions with the assumptions of New Classical economics.
- Transforming Lives Of Rural Women (Business Line, P. Srivatsan, Oct 15, 2004)
The Common Minimum Programme (CMP) lays emphasis on empowerment of women as an important socio-economic goal.
- The Differentiation Needs To Be Removed (The Economic Times, K VIJAYAN, Oct 15, 2004)
The distinction between FII and FDI seems to be a hangover from the days when Swraj Paul shook corporate czars of the license permit raj by trying to annex their fiefdom, which they controlled with minuscule stakes.
- In Search Of Residence (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 15, 2004)
I tend to rely heavily on Zenobia Aunty and her wide circle of friends to pass on interesting tips.
- Is The Fdi-Fii Distinction Relevant? (The Economic Times, RAJIV BAJAJ, Oct 15, 2004)
The economic policy reforms have been crucial in the performance of India’s economy since the 1990s.
- Historic Process (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 15, 2004)
The willingness of the govt and the PW to work out their problems is a step forward
- Iraq Survey Group's Chance Discovery (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 15, 2004)
The Iraq Survey Group has stumbled on a shocking collusion among the Iraqi regime, UN officials, and contractors in more than 40 countries, including the permanent members of the Security Council
- Serious Concerns (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 14, 2004)
Developing countries are battling several public health issues with scarce resources
- Together Apart (Deccan Herald, SUBRAMANYA PATTABHI, Oct 14, 2004)
An eternal pessimist, I am happily married to an optimist, which is the secret of our bond
- Reflections On Monetary Policy Review (Business Line, A. Vasudevan, Oct 14, 2004)
The central bank has to practise the art of the possible. The October mid-year review of Monetary Policy will continue to lay emphasis on institutional reforms.
- Simplify The Tree Act (Deccan Herald, C S VEDANT, Oct 14, 2004)
Simpler norms need to be devised for determining private tree ownership, to protect individual and State interests
- Information Security In The Matrix Of Mahabharata (Business Line, D. Murali , Oct 14, 2004)
THE Global Information Security Survey 2004 from Ernst & Young has startling things to convey. Such as: That only one in five felt that their companies looked at information security as a CEO-level priority; that three out of four did not think that their
- Rain Struck Now (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 13, 2004)
Untimely rain has damaged paddy — harvested, standing in the fields or lying in the mandis. Apart from Punjab and Haryana, reports of ruin have poured in from Himachal Pradesh as well.
- Soul-Searching Needed On Bank Impact (Business Line, K. Subramanian, Oct 13, 2004)
While the controversy over roping in foreign expertise for the mid-term Plan review has been laid to rest, it has thrown up certain questions, such as: "Who is in the driver's seat and who sets the national priorities?"
- U.S. Security Plan Rests On Hope (Hindu, Peter Galbraith, Oct 13, 2004)
America does not have the troops to deal with North Korea and Iran.
- For Whom Is The Research Anyway? (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Oct 13, 2004)
On one side there is an imposing network of laboratories and research establishments with panoply of academic achievement and recognition. On the other, mass suicides of farmers are happening that signals gross system failure of which the grand empire of
- Gimmicks For Foreign Funds (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 13, 2004)
It has been customary for chief ministers and finance ministers at the Centre, on assuming office, to make a strong pitch with foreign investors through `road-shows'.
- Learning To Speak Like The Masters (Telegraph, Deep K. Datta-Ray, Oct 13, 2004)
Public schools, out of fashion in Britain, are striking fresh root in Asia, where they continue to be viewed with much appreciation and awe
- Key Concern (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 13, 2004)
Nobel prize for an environmental activist breaks new ground
- Quotas For Companies (Telegraph, André Béteille, Oct 12, 2004)
By creating expectations about reservations in the private sector, the Congress has raised the stakes in competitive populism to new heights.
- Multilateral Funding — Whither The Management Consultant? (Business Line, Suvendu Bose, Oct 12, 2004)
Given the right environment, management consultants will indeed be seen to play a key role in putting India firmly on a sustainable growth path and in actively supporting its march to achieving developed country status by 2020.
- Breathtaking (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 12, 2004)
Calcuttans will simply have to learn to live with it, and to die of it. The West Bengal government is either too inept to ever meet the national vehicular emission standards, which came into effect from October 1, or it could not care less.
- Bjp’S Quest For New Ideas (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Oct 12, 2004)
While Ms Uma Bharati’s recent Tiranga Yatra exercise of waving the national flag across 3,000 miles caught the eye for symbolising the intra-party struggle in the Bharatiya Janata Party among second-tier leaders, it was meant to serve a deeper purpose.
- First Sikh To Join World Bank (Tribune, Reeta Sharma, Oct 12, 2004)
This is a follow up on the life of the first Sikh selected by the World Bank in 1962 because of his extraordinary thesis in economics. Interestingly, when Dr Shamsher Singh Babra appeared for the interview, the World Bank officials were shocked to see a
- Gene Revolution And Patent Rights (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Oct 12, 2004)
In this "International Year of Rice," India is being nudged by the US and its cohortsto take up genetically modified rice to "solve the problems" on the this cereal .
- India Fends Off `Bond Vigilantes': William Pesek Jr. (Update1) (Bloomberg.com, William Pesek Jr., Oct 11, 2004)
Central bankers are paid to worry and India's has a whole lot to worry about these days.
- Kerry Must Learn From Reagan (Hindu, Tristram Hunt, Oct 11, 2004)
Mr. Kerry's challenge is to link the $200 billion expenditure on Iraq to faltering economic confidence at home.
- Needed Change `Post' Haste (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 11, 2004)
Unpredictable change in the global economic environment is old news. Not so, however, the churn happening within organisations across all sectors.
- Trading Charge (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 11, 2004)
Pavements are for everything but walking. Calcutta has never been kind to pedestrians, and the wide, even pavements once laid out along its broader streets have been subjected to various unhappy fates long since.
- Trading In Trophies (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 11, 2004)
To promote the hunting of wildlife for trophies might appear to be reactionary in an era of enlightened conservation but two African nations have successfully proposed to do just that.
- Delivery Woes (Deccan Herald, V VIKRAM, Oct 11, 2004)
A neutral listener could discern some link out of a cacophony of conversations in an office
- Greening Of The Nobel (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 11, 2004)
The meek may not inherit the earth, but they have inherited the headlines, and now the Nobel Prize for Peace. The Norwegian Nobel Committee's choice of Kenya's Wangari Maathai for this year's Peace Prize is a ringing affirmation of the inextricable bond
- Dairy An Option For Rural Youth (Tribune, Gurbhagwant Singh Kahlon, Oct 11, 2004)
There is need to create such conditions as would attract rural youth to dairy farming as an independent professional activity, on their own land or panchayat land hired on a rental basis in their villages.
- Engaging North-East Militants (Telegraph, Bharat Bhushan, Oct 11, 2004)
Two questions are being asked in the Indian establishment in the wake of the recent series of bomb blasts in Assam and Nagaland.
- We Will Strengthen A-I, Ia To Compete Better: Praful Patel (Tribune, Girja Shankar Kaura, Oct 10, 2004)
HE is on a tightrope walk. On one side is the constant probing from the Left parties which have their own constituency to cater and, on the other, is the immediate ...
- Taking Over Tide Country (Telegraph, Debashis Bhattacharyya, Oct 10, 2004)
The ecologically fragile Sundarbans is already gasping for breath. And experts warn it may soon be delivered its coup de gráce.
- In Hitchcock’S Shoes (Deccan Herald, N C SHIVARAM, Oct 09, 2004)
My admiration for Hitchcock’s works have resulted in his plots becoming too real for me
- Lahore Retains Its Grandeur (Tribune, Tarlochan Singh, Oct 09, 2004)
Recently, I got an invitation to accompany Mr O.P. Chautala, Chief Minister of Haryana, to visit Sodhara village in Gujranwala district where Bhai Kanhaiya, a disciple of Guru Gobind Singh, was born about 325 years ago.
- Aids Orphans (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 09, 2004)
According to U.N. estimates, 11 million children in sub-Saharan Africa have lost at least one parent to AIDS. Aid agencies say extended family networks of uncles, aunts and grandparents are increasingly overwhelmed, leaving orphans to fend for themselves.
- C.K. Prahalad Is Now A Seeker At The Bottom Of The Pyramid (Business Line, D. Murali , Oct 09, 2004)
YOU know C. K. Prahalad as the professor who has helped leading companies of the world to make more profits. Now, in his new book, The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid, from Wharton School and
- Compete Or Perish (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Oct 09, 2004)
THE controversy over the continuance of Press Note 18 is welcome because it has focussed attention on an issue which has become fundamental in the current regime of economic liberalisation.
- Adb's Country Strategy And Programme 2005-07 (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Oct 09, 2004)
The 2005-07 India lending programme of the Asian Development Bank is focussed on building infrastructure, the lack of which has hobbled the various sectors and is responsible for the high inter-regional disparities.
- Sharing Water Resources (Hindu, T. Ramakrishnan, Oct 08, 2004)
The Ganga Water Treaty between India and Bangladesh stands out as an example on river-water sharing.
- Throwing The Baby With Bath Water (The Economic Times, Manoj Pant, Oct 08, 2004)
Over the past two weeks or so the issue of foreign consultants in the Planning Commission has been an issue for debate, both in the print and visual media.
- New Issues In Non-Proliferation: Self-Reliance, The Only Answer (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Oct 08, 2004)
American non-proliferation policies are arbitrary. Pakistan and China have been found to have transferred enrichment technology and equipment and weapons designs to Libya, Iran and North Korea.
- Make Them Service Centres (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 08, 2004)
At a time when the Department of Posts, now popularly known as Indiapost, is celebrating its 150th anniversary, there is a real opportunity to take stock and see how the huge network of
- Death, Karma And Rebirth (Deccan Herald, R G Subramanyam, Oct 08, 2004)
We cry over the death of a near and dear one, even though our turn to die is only a matter of time
- Chandigarh A City Beautiful? (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 08, 2004)
Experts say Chandigarh is the topmost livable city in the country, but then what do the residents make of their assertion that the quality of its air is increasingly getting poor?
- How To Lift Income By 8.9% (The Economic Times, Pradeep S. Mehta, Oct 08, 2004)
The government headed by Dr Manmohan Singh speaks about 8% growth as something to aim for and achieve over the next few years, and reforming with Mungeri Lal’s face in mind.
- We Need The Panel, Only If It Reinvents Itself (The Economic Times, R K PACHAURI, Oct 08, 2004)
The Planning Commission served an important purpose when the government pursued a development philosophy of command and control, with the commanding heights of the economy essentially in government hands.
- Nation Without Toilets (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 07, 2004)
Fiftyseven years after Independence, Union Minister of State for Urban Employment and Poverty Alleviation Selja’s statement that over 70 crore Indians do not have access to proper toilet facilities does not come as a surprise.
- Us Just Wants Karzai To Win (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Oct 07, 2004)
Since the US-led invasion in 2001 and the resultant fall of the Taliban government in Kabul, the American presence has been ubiquitous in Afghanistan.
- Teach Agriculture To Rural Students (Tribune, Inderdeep Thapar, Oct 07, 2004)
Why is it that agriculture as a subject has not been introduced at the school level? The geography of the region, with district-wise illustrations and detailed information about the types of soil, the crops which can be sown, the depth of the watertable
- Us Knowhow Policy Discriminatory (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, Oct 07, 2004)
Unlike in the Clinton Administration, the nuclear nonproliferation mandarins in the Bush Administration have never embarked on a crusade to “cap, roll back and eliminate” India’s nuclear weapons programme.
- When Boardrooms Bode Doom... (Business Line, D. Murali , Oct 07, 2004)
What are the values and qualities that directors must possess? How to develop an environment in the boardroom to encourage scepticism and serious discussion?
- World Development Report — An Agenda For Peace And Prosperity (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Oct 07, 2004)
As Economic growth is the only sustainable way to raise a society's standard of living, the wherewithal to achieve this assumes overarching priority in any development strategy.
- Making Heritage Each Day (Telegraph, Shobita Punja, Oct 06, 2004)
One of the great things about heritage conservation is that it offers an opportunity to be creative, inventive and innovative. Imagine any one of our 3,700 cities and towns of India. Every building, road and structure that we put on the earth’s surface to
- Not By Slogans Only (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 06, 2004)
The Prime Minister has given the country a new slogan—”Rozgar Badhao”. Just as poverty did not go away long years after Indira Gandhi gave a call for “Gharibi Hatao”, employment prospects are unlikely to brighten significantly with the new slogan.
- Sorry, You're Not Part Of The Plan (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Oct 06, 2004)
The debate over the composition of the Planning Commission panels was really a battle over the direction of the economy. And the outcome suggests the electorate's concerns do not count.
- India’S Vehicle For Military Deterrence (Deccan Herald, RAJIV NAYAN, Oct 06, 2004)
If India intends to create a credible deterrence to China, it should develop a 3,000 km plus range missile launcher
- Bright City, Fading Lights (Telegraph, Tapas Chakraborty, Oct 06, 2004)
The 350th anniversary celebrations of the Taj are yet another occasion for the Uttar Pradesh government to score a political point
- Agrarian Crisis In Andhra Pradesh (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Oct 05, 2004)
The extensive nature of the agrarian crisis in Andhra Pradesh is now widely known. But it is not more generally recognised that what has already happened in that State is actually replicating itself to varying degrees across rural India.
- Baby With Bathwater (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 05, 2004)
The Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission, Dr Montek Singh Ahluwalia, in a fit of peeve over the criticism on the induction of representatives of foreign consultancy firms and multilateral lending institutions into the consultative committees ...
- Beyond The Khyber Pass (Hindu, M.K. Bhadrakumar, Oct 05, 2004)
Pakistan has long involved itself in Afghanistan's affairs. How will it now deal with the move towards democratic pluralism?
- Halt The Slaughter (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 05, 2004)
The world has not done enough to stop the ethnic cleansing in Sudan
- Different Strokes On Bpo Taxation (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 05, 2004)
The latest government circular on taxation of business process outsourcing seeks to reassure foreign entities having such captive operations in India that their global profits are not under the taxman's gaze.
- Clinking Cacophony (Tribune, K. Rajbir Deswal, Oct 05, 2004)
It may sound absurd but England, France and Germany pounded the peace in my humble household and the happiest guy in the entire episode was from Almora.
- Bhopal Bonanza (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 05, 2004)
It could be made to look like a bonanza. The last part of the compensation money for survivors of the Bhopal gas tragedy will be paid in soon. Most of the 105,000 survivors are pitifully poor, or have been impoverished by the medical costs of the tragedy.
- Search For A New Political Culture (Deccan Herald, K C ABRAHAM, Oct 04, 2004)
Can the plurality of religious and secular faiths, through dialogue, help create a common culture?
- The Other Side Of Assets (Telegraph, S. Venkitaramanan , Oct 04, 2004)
The annual report of the Reserve Bank of India for 2003-04 covers the financial performance of the central bank during the period, besides giving an exhaustive review of macroeconomic developments in the country during the year.
- Rebel Trouble (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 03, 2004)
Rebellion is the norm in the Congress-NCP camp in western Maharashtra, says Arunkumar Bhatt.
- Marathwada Matters (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 03, 2004)
While the Congress- NCP alliance is clearly worried about the Marathwada region, it will not be smooth sailing for its rivals either.
- Left Manoeuvre (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 03, 2004)
Mr Manmohan Singh has held on to the baby but has thrown out the bathwater as well as the bathtub that held the water.
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