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Articles 18521 through 18620 of 20008:
- Reviving Civil Society (Telegraph, Bibek Debroy, Dec 23, 2003)
After the recent state-level elections, political parties have apparently realized that governance is important. More accurately, they have realized that governance is important for winning elections. Whe- ther this hypothesis is true is debatable. But...
- Good Flagoff (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2003)
VIGYAN Rail, which was flagged off by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, is a good initiative to showcase the nation’s achievements in science and technology. Both the President and the Prime Minister can take justifiable pride in the scientific and ...
- Dmk Ministers Ignore Last Minute Bjp Request, Resign (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2003)
Unmoved by conciliatory voices from the BJP camp, the two DMK ministers in the NDA Government—Environment Minister T.R. Baalu and Minister of State for Health A. Raja—called on Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee here today and put in their papers.
- Sino-American Ties (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Dec 22, 2003)
The U.S. recognises that Taiwan will become part of China under the 'one-China' principle at some stage in future; that Taiwan is not at all a sovereign state but Taiwan today is also not an administrative part of China.
- Arjun Tank Nowhere In Sight (Tribune, Maj-Gen Himmat Singh Gill (retd) , Dec 22, 2003)
MAIN Battle Tank (MBT) Arjun, slated to be added to India’s armoured might at the turn of the century, appears to be having serious birth-pangs. The 57th report of the Public Accounts Committee (2003-2004) on the design and development of MBT, presented
- Rbi Study On Fdi - Raises Questions On Quality Of Growth (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Dec 22, 2003)
INCREASED foreign direct investment (FDI) is the holy grail of today's policy-makers in developing countries. It is rightly preferred to debt flows because, apparently, it does not create servicing obligations. While this is true to a limited extent,
- In Pre-Poll Season, Dmk Sends Nda A Farewell Card (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2003)
Pullout comes, ironically, at a time when BJP wasn’t warm to Amma
- ‘what Are The Issues Between Us Minus Kashmir? Even I Would Want To Ask People. Nobody Knows’ (Indian Express, Simon Denyer, Dec 20, 2003)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf told Simon Denyer of Reuters that he had "left aside" the 50-year-old demand for a UN-mandated plebiscite in Kashmir and was willing to meet India ‘‘halfway’’ in a bid for peace: Excerpts from the interview:
- If China Can, Why Can't India? (Business Line, Gautam Murthy, Dec 19, 2003)
CHINA's economic success is stunning the world as it understands how to move with the times. It is the world's most competitive nation anddesires to modernise rapidly by attracting more foreign investment.
- Supreme Court And The Common Man (Hindu, Ambrose Pinto , Dec 19, 2003)
The Supreme Court breathed life into Article 21 of the Constitution by expanding the meaning of the words "right to life" as not mere animal existence, but as life with dignity.
- When Accounting For `Goods', Don't Ignore The `Bads' (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2003)
ACCOUNTING'S job is to measure all that goes to hit the bottomline. There is a risk, however, of missing the woods when counting the trees.
- For A Smile On India’s Face (Indian Express, A.P.J. ABDUL KALAM , Dec 18, 2003)
India dreams big, creates well, competes better. All it needs now is a conducive system, based on fairplay
- Water Problem: Don't Allow It To Precipitate (Business Line, Mathew Kurian , Dec 17, 2003)
NO ONE — not even governments, for that matter — remains complacent about a possible water scarcity that we may have to face — next season next year; may be in the next decade. The UN predicts acute and widespread water shortage the world over by 2030.
- Fractal Space: A New Dynamics Of Organisation (Business Line, Pravir Malik, Dec 17, 2003)
THUS far we have established that a specific fractal pattern, which we will term the `organisational-fractal', seems to animate all organisation, ranging from the individual human-being, to a complex corporation, to the markets or the system within which
- Cds Is Welcome But Doubts Remain (Tribune, Brig Kiran Krishan , Dec 17, 2003)
THE recent indication by Defence Minister George Fernandes that the government might soon appoint a Chief of Defence Staff has been received with a mixture of incredulity, apprehension and scepticism — incredulity that it should be happening at all after
- A Problem Not Named (Telegraph, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Dec 17, 2003)
The deadly riots occasioned by the Railway Recruitment Board exams in Ass- am and Maharashtra, were a grim reminder of a potentially serious social crisis India might face in the near future. Amidst all the upbeat predictions being made about the India...
- No More A Personal Problem (Indian Express, Ambrose Pinto , Dec 17, 2003)
Sexual harassment in the work place is an offence. It must be punished
- Case For Inter-Linking Of Rivers (Tribune, Ambrose Pinto , Dec 17, 2003)
THE proposal of the government to inter-link rivers has given rise to misgivings among the experts as well as a difference of opinion. Therefore, the whole issue needs an impassionate examination from several angles.
- Lost And Found (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2003)
History is a succession of success stories. The coalition forces in Iraq led by the United States of America scored a major success on Saturday and may have even erected a milestone in the history of Iraq. The loser was literally in a hole in a small ...
- Is Corporate Farming Really The Solution For Indian Agriculture? (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Dec 16, 2003)
Contract farming is increasingly being presented as the way out of the morass in which Indian agriculture now finds itself, and is being actively promoted by major international donor agencies, multinational companies and the Central Government. In this
- The Naval Gaze Is Hazy (Indian Express, S.C. N. JATAR , Dec 16, 2003)
None in his right senses will contest the need for an aircraft carrier for India. Regrettably, however, the question “Why Gorshkov?” remains unanswered in ‘Naval gazing into the future’ by Kailash Kohli (IE, December 13). He has not even discussed the ...
- Knowledge Is Bunkum (Tribune, Shriniwas Joshi, Dec 16, 2003)
MY son was six year old when he asked a question, “Papa, what is the length of toothpaste?” I told him, “Beta, it has weight and not length.” He said, “Your GK is poor, Papa. Come and measure two sides of the carpet in the sitting room, that is the length
- Development — A Reality Check (Hindu, Ambrose Pinto , Dec 16, 2003)
Manufacturing is the real engine of growth, and [in India] this sector has been lagging behind in both productivity and expansion.
- Consolidation In The Banking Sector (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2003)
THE RECENT ACQUISITION by the British multinational bank, HSBC, of a chunk of shares in the UTI Bank, a new generation private bank, has major implications for the Indian financial sector. Both the investing bank and the target bank have claimed ...
- When Yuan Plays Mischief... Switch To The Basket Peg (Business Line, D. Sambandhan, Dec 16, 2003)
While the free float of the yuan can wait, China should consider the option of switching over to a `basket peg' of key currencies of major trading partners. This is the second best solution to the one-dose medicine of revaluation. It is time China got out
- Delhi Metro: A Quality Project At Low Cost (Tribune, J.T. Vishnu, Dec 15, 2003)
“MY dream is to take the Metro to all the 14 cities in the country and in the next five years. I am sure the Metro will be operational in at least five cities like Chennai. Hyderabad, Bangalore, Mumbai and Ahmedabad,” observes the Chairman and Managing Di
- Bombastic Jamboree (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Dec 15, 2003)
THE UN, never at its wits' end in organising jamborees or dipping into its scant budget for chasing wild geese, went to great lengths on December 10-12 to provide a retreat at Geneva for the governments of 175 countries to ponder over measures to bridge
- Death In The Air (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2003)
Sometimes slowness is murder. The West Bengal government was still trying to haggle with the Calcutta high court for some more time to comply with the Bharat stage-II emission standard for all vehicles in the city. The court has refused to extend its dead
- Powered By Science, Special Train Today (Indian Express, Bhavna Vij, Dec 15, 2003)
The Army’s main battle tank, Arjun, will roll out of the Capital tomorrow to set out on a cross-country ride. So will its various missiles—Agni, Prithvi, Nag and Brahmos—and the multi-role Light Combat Aircraft Tejas and pilotless Nishant. Close behind
- The Message From Assembly Elections 2003 - Give The People What They Want (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Dec 15, 2003)
THE din and dust of the State elections in the heartland of India has not yet settled down. Analysts and commentators are busy explaining the rout of the Congress in most of the States.
- The Stung Never Go Unsung (Indian Express, Raju Santhanam, Dec 14, 2003)
‘‘Welcome to the first ever spy scam award. Unlike the Oscars and other such awards in India, it is always difficult to nominate the winner because the main player does not know he is ‘acting’ in front of the camera.’’
- Bitten By The Bug? (Hindu, R. Krishna Kumar, Dec 14, 2003)
There is a view that Kerala may no longer be an exception to the worsening gender bias in India.
- Hc Tightens Screws Further: Start Plan To Protect From Today (Indian Express, Varghese K George, Dec 13, 2003)
Rabri govt faces its first no-confidence motion on Dubey & DGP
- Economics Of Detente (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2003)
If the Indo-Pak winter thaw can last till summer, there will be reason for hope
- Commonwealth At Crossroads (Tribune, L. H. Naqvi, Dec 13, 2003)
52 heads failed to look beyond Zimbabwe!
- Mountain Development: Rappelling Up, The Chinese Way (Business Line, Dharmalingam Venugopal, Dec 12, 2003)
Mountains occupy two thirds of China and support nearly one half of the population. Mountain regions contribute significantly to the Chinese economy accounting for 31 per cent of GDP and producing 35 per cent of grains and 54 per cent of primary ...
- Whistles, Stings And Slapps (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Dec 12, 2003)
Corruption in India is a mega industry to which public exposés are no match. Pro-whistle blower laws need to be enacted.
- The Victorians Are Still With Us (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2003)
Regional Human Development Report: HIV/AIDS and Development in South Asia 2003 (UNDP, Rs 395) is an important and challenging document, which examines the complex interplay between disease and deprivation in specific regions of south Asia. HIV and human
- Why `Food-Less-Travelled' Is Better (Business Line, Kumar Venkat, Dec 12, 2003)
THE problem of "food miles" is emerging as one of the early consequences of increasing long-distance and international trade.
- Pm: No Remote Control In Judeo Video Probe (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2003)
ls: Vajpayee says he sent Express story to CBI; Oppn slams Govt, CBI
- India’s Degenerated Polity (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Dec 11, 2003)
Judeo and Jogi are its telling symbols
- Rising Expectations (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Dec 11, 2003)
For the India-Pakistan dialogue to succeed it must entail private engagement and public agreement, backed at the highest level.
- The Judeo-Jogi Test (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Dec 11, 2003)
The sight of Judeo accepting a bribe. The sound of Jogi offering a bribe. The Express exposed the Union minister’s shenanigans three weeks before Law Minister Arun Jaitley did the same to the officiating chief minister of Chhattisgarh. Political ...
- The Budget As The Bsp Test (Indian Express, Bibek Debroy, Dec 11, 2003)
There’s a difference between packaging a promise and delivering it
- No Bilateral Deal (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2003)
The corrupt can’t be spared
- Time To Consolidate Process (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Dec 10, 2003)
In diplomacy, process is often the product. Engagement between adversarial governments is generally seen as a mere instrument to achieve certain outcomes. But the interaction between them is a reward in itself. It allows small steps of cooperation ...
- Settling A Dusty Problem (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2003)
A YEAR AGO, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) issued a report on the `Asian Brown cloud', creating the image of a vast blanket of pollution choking the Indian sub-continent. This cloud of aerosols created by human activity would, it ...
- Get Clear About Nuclear (Indian Express, Jasjit Singh, Dec 10, 2003)
Nuclear power is the key to achieving a sustained 7 per cent growth rate
- Bush’s Sinking Ship (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Dec 10, 2003)
Coming back to Washington after a month abroad is like returning to a land which has changed beyond comprehension in so short a time. It is okay once again to poke fun at POTUS, the president of the United States. Talk show hosts like Bill Maher are no...
- Harsh Reality (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2003)
The fact that opinion polls had mentally prepared the political class for the one-sided outcome does not lessen the impact of the rout suffered by the Congress in Madhya Pradesh. In his 10 years at the helm, Mr Digvijay Singh had successfully projected a
- Remember Europe (Telegraph, J. N. Dixit , Dec 09, 2003)
The last week of November witnessed important meetings between leaders of the European Union and the government of India, a major event following the Indo-European summit to which the prime minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, went last year. The president of
- Saving Saarc (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Dec 09, 2003)
There is no ambiguity about the steps India and Pakistan need to take to save SAARC. Will they muster the required political will?
- What Those Numbers Stand For (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2003)
From the Asian Centre for Human Rights’ alternate report to India’s first periodic report for the UN committee on the rights of the child
- Tariff Tangle (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2003)
ON THE FACE of it, the US President, Mr George Bush's decision to scrap the `safeguard duty' imposed on steel imports does demonstrate a newfound commitment to the principle of freer market access to global players in the steel industry. But, in reality,
- Pak’s New India Policy? (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2003)
India’s prime minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee, has formally confirmed to Islamabad that he will attend the 12th summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation scheduled to be held in Islamabad January 4-6. This is a good beginning...
- Bjp Victory Without Hindutva Card (Tribune, Satish Misra, Dec 08, 2003)
THE raging debate after the spectacular victory of the BJP in the Hindi-speaking Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh in political circles is whether the BJP-led NDA is going to get another term at the Centre.
- Nuclearisation A Dangerous Policy (Tribune, Dhirendra Sharma, Dec 08, 2003)
DEFENCE Minister George Fernandes had recently disclosed that a nuclear command chain, including alternative “nerve centres”, had been established, giving India an effective retaliatory capability. “We have established more than one (nuclear control) ...
- A Safer World — Working Together (Hindu, Kofi A. Annan, Dec 06, 2003)
We should have learnt by now that a world of glaring inequality is never going to be fully safe, even for its most privileged inhabitants.
- Protecting Biodiversity (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2003)
TO THE GLOBAL community of biologists and naturalists, the confirmed spotting of the long legged warbler Trichocichla rufa in Fiji after it was thought extinct for nearly 110 years is as exciting a moment as some of the earliest ...
- The Judeo Episode And After (Tribune, B.G. Verghese, Dec 05, 2003)
UNTIL the advent of Mr Dilip Singh Judeo, erstwhile Minister of State for Forests and Environment, most simple people thought corruption was something to be viewed with abhorrence. No longer. None other than the Deputy Prime Minister has urged that it be
- Advantage Bjp, In Alliance Prospects (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Dec 05, 2003)
By winning in three States out of the four, which went to the polls, the BJP has gained an edge over the Congress in prospects of alliance with regional parties for the Lok Sabha elections.
- A Brutal Blow To Congress Ambitions (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2003)
WHILE CONFOUNDING MOST poll pundits, the Bharatiya Janata Party has surprised itself by wresting three out of the four Hindi-belt States decisively from its chief adversary. Contrary to popular expectation, the BJP scored an emphatic win in ...
- Divisions Over Emissions (Hindu, Andrew C. Revkin, Dec 05, 2003)
The Kyoto Protocol has been dealt a blow by Russia's threat not to ratify it.
- At Seventeen You Are Not Serious (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2003)
New writing 12 (Picador, £ 8.99) edited by Diran Adebayo, Blake Morrison and Jane Rogers is an absorbing selection of literary gobbets. The writers are mostly from Britain (“based in London or its surrounds”), but also include Ireland, South America...
- Vajpayee's Experiment With Pakistan (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Dec 04, 2003)
The best way for India to take the peace process forward is to focus on unilateral actions.
- Blasphemy Yesterday, Policy Today: Left Shows The Way With Id Cards (Indian Express, Subrata Nag Choudhury, Dec 03, 2003)
Until very recently, it would have been sacrilege to even suggest such a move in Left-ruled West Bengal. But last week, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee’s Left Front government, brushing aside objections to signal it’s aware of the dangers the state’s porous ...
- Agriculture Subsidy, French Style (Business Line, Vinod Mathew, Dec 03, 2003)
France may soon have a number of farmers opting not to cultivate, as that would be deemed a lot more profitable.
- Is Sovereignty Dead? (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Dec 03, 2003)
"...political philosophy must get rid of the word, as well as the concept, of Sovereignty... not only because (it) creates insuperable difficulties and theoretical entanglements in the field of international law, but because...this concept is ....
- Learning To Care For Their World (Telegraph, Shobita Punja, Dec 03, 2003)
In 1991, the Supreme Court, in response to a writ petition by our most eminent environment lawyer, M.C. Mehta, directed every state in India to make environment education a compulsory subject in all schools and colleges, and demanded compliance to this...
- Economy Playing Dice With Ecology (Business Line, P. Nagarajan, Dec 03, 2003)
PERHAPS we live in the best of times in this planet, from the perspective of unsurpassed scientific and technological achievements, with a dazzling array of global output. Nonetheless, we can no longer ignore the grim reality that it is also the worst of
- Epidemics And The Public Good Approach (Business Line, S. Venu , Dec 03, 2003)
ONE of the most direct results of globalisation is how much more likely we are to share diseases, with the explosion in foreign travel. Tuberculosis has re-emerged in Western cities, cholera is in danger of once again becoming epidemic. And, then, there..
- Outsourcing For Development (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Dec 02, 2003)
UNCTAD's E-Commerce and Development Report 2003 uses India's experience to argue that the growing market for IT services and business process outsourcing offers poor countries a new development opportunity.
- Truth Is Dangerous (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2003)
Unless those who speak up are protected, we will never be able to clean up our act
- Many Turns To The Truth (Telegraph, Sayantani Biswas, Dec 02, 2003)
When the West Bengal municipal (amendment) bill, 2003, was passed in the assembly way back in July to legalize water taxes in all urban areas, there was a faint apprehension that it would run into trouble. Charging user costs to a consumer is a perfectly
- Challenging Times For Free Trade (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Dec 01, 2003)
TRADE ministers from 34 countries in the North and South American continents initiated a process, on November 20, that will create a Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). Now that the speeches have been made and the flags waved, the ministers will leave
- All Set For Round One (Business Line, Rup Lal Sharma, Dec 01, 2003)
EVERY THING is set for the electoral battle in five States, including four in the Hindi heartland. The Assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, Chhatisgarh, Delhi, Rajasthan and Mizoram assume special significance as their outcome is likely to set the stage
- The `Feel Good Factor' And All That (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Dec 01, 2003)
That such issues as red tape, poor infrastructure and rigid labour laws should still be around even after the NDA Government has been in power for a full term should make representatives of the regime somewhat more apologetic and certainly less hectoring
- Voter Must Know Criminal Tendencies Of A Minister (Indian Express, T. R. Andhyarujina, Dec 01, 2003)
The video exposure of Judeo, Minister of State for Environment and Forests, accepting currency notes by way of bribe in a sting operation raises intriguing questions of the legitimacy of such an exposure. Certain facts require to be noticed. The exposure
- Creditworthy (Telegraph, S. Venkitaramanan , Dec 01, 2003)
The Reserve Bank of India’s review of the trend and progress of banking 2002-03 is a credible progress report on the performance of the banks and financial institutions during 2002-03. It carries forward the tradition of incisive analysis and the policy..
- To Stop Their Revolving Door, Call Centres Roll Out The Carpet For The Family (Indian Express, Murali K Menon, Nov 30, 2003)
Call centres are fighting their alarming attrition levels by hiring siblings, parents and children, couples. Strategy: if it’s a family, walkout less easy
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