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Articles 18621 through 18720 of 20008:
- ‘gujarat Govt Justified Violence, We Condemned It’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2003)
Don’t you think that the present problems in Assam are a result of mass scale unemployment in the state, the reason for which is the failure of sucessive state governments to hasten economic development
- Law Minister Jaitley Claims Proof: Jogi & Jogi Jr Behind Video (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2003)
Three days before the polls, Union Law Minister Arun Jaitley claimed today that the BJP had collected ‘‘proof’’ which directly linked Chief Minister Ajit Jogi and son Amit Jogi to the Judeo video. But asked to explain Judeo’s acceptance of the money ...
- In Fast-Track City, Old-World Khurana Runs A Solitary Race (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 28, 2003)
If elections are won on favours and pavement-thumping activism, then the BJP’s candidate for chief minister of Delhi, Madan Lal Khurana, should be well ahead of his rival, Congress Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit.
- 12 Days, Still No Fir, If Only Cbi Lets The Law Take Its Course (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Nov 28, 2003)
Twelve days after The Sunday Express expose on Union Minister Dilip Singh Judeo, 10 full days after Prime Minister A B Vajpayee secured his resignation, a week after Judeo himself alluded to a money exchange—even invoking the Mahatma and Birla— the CBI ha
- A People's Car For Rs 1 Lakh — Can Ratan Tata's Dream Be Realised? (Business Line, B.S. Rathor, Nov 28, 2003)
More than one-third of the global population of six billion lives in China and India. A small car project will always be viable considering the prospective market size in the region.
- Best Of Audits Cannot Eliminate Business Failure (Business Line, D. Murali , Nov 27, 2003)
WHEN a top-secret question paper leaks, students lose trust in the exam system. Similarly, when criminals go scot-free after prolonged trial, people stop trusting the judicial system.
- Digital Divide And Poor Nations (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kant, Nov 27, 2003)
At next month’s Information Summit, poor countries cannot hope for major concessions to bridge the digital divide
- Digital Divide And Poor Nations (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kant, Nov 27, 2003)
At next month’s Information Summit, poor countries cannot hope for major concessions to bridge the digital divide
- No Separate System Yet For Bt Cotton Sale (Business Line, M.R. Subramani, Nov 27, 2003)
Workers weighing raw cotton at a ginning mill in Karhi, some 275 km from Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh. Raw cotton, including the Bt variety, bought from the markets nearby is ginned, pressed and sold off to spinning mills. Shankar-4, MCH-W, J.K.H. are some of
- Grameen Bazaars To Dot Highways (Business Line, Gaurav Rahuvanshi, Nov 27, 2003)
CITY dwellers with a penchant for a piece of ethnic and rural India in their homes may soon find such collections in shops dotting the national highways and centres of historical interest.
- Pay And Play (Deccan Herald, Suresh Menon, Nov 26, 2003)
In the movie All The President’s Men, a source advises journalist Bob Woodward: Follow the money. If the Board of Control for Cricket in India (that ‘control’ is a dead giveaway – this is what the officials think their job amounts to) is serious about cle
- Capitalism With A Human Face (Indian Express, Anu R Aga, Nov 26, 2003)
In the past few years there has been much talk about ‘‘corporate social responsibility’’ (CSR). It has become a leading topic at World Economic Forum meetings. Economist Adam Smith, who wrote the bible of capitalism, Wealth of Nations, more importantly a
- Pay And Play (Deccan Herald, Suresh Menon, Nov 26, 2003)
In the movie All The President’s Men, a source advises journalist Bob Woodward: Follow the money. If the Board of Control for Cricket in India (that ‘control’ is a dead giveaway – this is what the officials think their job amounts to) is serious about cle
- The American Civility War (Indian Express, Paul Krugman, Nov 26, 2003)
Republicans rebuke critics for being ‘impolite’ but twist truth themselves
- Breakthrough In Paddy Cultivation (Deccan Herald, Sudhirendar Sharma, Nov 25, 2003)
In his life as a progressive farmer it was the biggest surprise. As Harchand Singh explained the performance of growing paddy without the usual flooding of the fields, curious farmers from adjoining villages on the outskirts of Ludhiana watched him with r
- Breakthrough In Paddy Cultivation (Deccan Herald, Sudhirendar Sharma, Nov 25, 2003)
In his life as a progressive farmer it was the biggest surprise. As Harchand Singh explained the performance of growing paddy without the usual flooding of the fields, curious farmers from adjoining villages on the outskirts of Ludhiana watched him with r
- Security Software Market To Touch $43 M By 2007 (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2003)
A number of multinational companies such as Symantec, Trend Micro, Checkpoint and Computer Associates are already operating in India. Customers who are adopting these technologies are large enterprises with massive IT infrastructure investments, which are
- Indian Versus Indian (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 24, 2003)
Recruitment tests for a pan-Indian institution like the railways must be pan-Indian
- When Silence Breeds A Crime (Indian Express, Anita Anand, Nov 24, 2003)
In October, news of the rape of a Swiss diplomat in Delhi took over the front pages of national dailies and was all over the TV networks. Reports, features and editorials pointed out how unsafe Delhi is for women, why rapes happen, and what could be done
- Development And Democracy (Hindu, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Nov 24, 2003)
More than an institutional framework, democracy is a state of mind... a culture favouring tolerance, respect of the other and his or her differences, pluralism of opinion, freedom of expression and dialogue.
- Venality On Videotape (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 23, 2003)
First it was the Tehelka. Now it is the Judev video. As it were, Indian politics is still to come to terms with the interventionist potential of the 24-hour news channel. Television has already redefined, in many ways, how the leaders and political partie
- The Mask Comes Off (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 23, 2003)
Voters in Madhya Pradesh feel that the judev footage only reflects the true face of politicians, says Lalit Shastri.
- Three Fool-Proof Ways Of Cooking Ghoos (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Nov 23, 2003)
Traditional definition of bribe (or ghoos, in Hindi): A sum of money or other reward offered or demanded in order to procure an (often illegal or dishonest) action or decision in favour of the giver.
- Brazening It Out (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Nov 23, 2003)
There is little doubt that it was primarily the Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who insisted that the man in the eye of the storm over the "cash on camera affair" must go.
- Newsreel 16.11.03 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 23, 2003)
The historic port city of Istanbul becomes ground zero as international terror chooses it as its next target. Over 50 are dead in two days of attacks, more than 500 wounded.
- Nanda Devi’S Guardian Angel (Indian Express, S M A Kazmi, Nov 23, 2003)
Forest officer gets 44 tonnes of plastic out of reserve park
- Us And Them (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Nov 22, 2003)
A look at the best and worst of foreign media
- An Education For The Future (Indian Express, Azim Premji, Nov 22, 2003)
When we speak of the “quality of education”, it becomes imperative to address the important issue of “what kind of education”? Education, to my mind, is an organised system that facilitates learning so that each individual imbibes the process of understan
- Judeo Video, Govt Audio (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Nov 22, 2003)
Why this spycamaraderie when none of the Govt’s Top Eleven will drink themselves silly, fondle cash in hotel rooms?
- Double Helix Of Education (Indian Express, Azim Premji, Nov 22, 2003)
The full text of the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Lecture delivered by Azim Premji, chairman of Wipro, this week.
- Press Note 18 Must Be Scrapped (Business Line, Sharif D Rangnekar, Nov 22, 2003)
The Government needs to recognise the strength of domestic industry and stop playing to a limited audience of protection-seekers.
- Portuguese Sonnets (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Nov 22, 2003)
There was a time when besides our own regional languages, many Indians spoke three European languages fluently: English, French and Portuguese. We threw out the English but sensibly made their language one of our own.
- Privatisation: Perils Of Dithering (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Nov 21, 2003)
With the disinvestment target falling short by a whopping Rs 8,000 crore, it is surprising that the Government is still dithering about offering shares to the public in such major undertakings as IOC and ONGC, which can easily fetch over Rs 5,000 crore. W
- Privatisation: Perils Of Dithering (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Nov 21, 2003)
With the disinvestment target falling short by a whopping Rs 8,000 crore, it is surprising that the Government is still dithering about offering shares to the public in such major undertakings as IOC and ONGC, which can easily fetch over Rs 5,000 crore. W
- Increase Competition (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2003)
With the rupee hardening, Indian exporters need to increase their competitiveness
- Ajit Jogi And The Talking Mynah (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Nov 21, 2003)
A soft, thin wire mesh has been thrown around an 80 feet tall wild tree in the compound of the forest department in Jagdalpur, headquarters for the Bastar division of Chhattisgarh. This unique caged tree is the habitat for four Bastar Hill mynahs, the wor
- Scary Scene (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 21, 2003)
NO ONE who reads the published reports of the Supreme Court's judgment transferring the disproportionate wealth cases against Ms Jayalalithaa to Karnataka and the unusually strong words used by it to condemn the roles of the State Government and Public Pr
- Scary Scene (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 21, 2003)
NO ONE who reads the published reports of the Supreme Court's judgment transferring the disproportionate wealth cases against Ms Jayalalithaa to Karnataka and the unusually strong words used by it to condemn the roles of the State Government and Public Pr
- Scary Scene (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 21, 2003)
NO ONE who reads the published reports of the Supreme Court's judgment transferring the disproportionate wealth cases against Ms Jayalalithaa to Karnataka and the unusually strong words used by it to condemn the roles of the State Government and Public Pr
- Double Helix Of Education (Indian Express, Azim Premji, Nov 21, 2003)
As much as access impacts quality, quality impacts access
- Steel War Across The Atlantic (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Nov 21, 2003)
A trade war between the EU, ready with its $2.2-billion sanctions through tariffs on select American goods, and the US is looming large and is likely to engulf other nations aggrieved over Washington's protectionism.
- Umbrella Brands Or Independent Brands? (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2003)
THE cost of launching new brands is so high today that it is more sensible to take the umbrella brand route. But an umbrella brand can be limiting when a company wishes to move up the value chain or diversify into a different category, according to expert
- Potatoes Are Forever (Hindu, R. W. Apple Jr., Nov 21, 2003)
Burbank russets, known today to most Americans simply as Idahos, proved to be ideal for baking, mashing and for making french fries.
- Privatisation: Perils Of Dithering (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Nov 21, 2003)
With the disinvestment target falling short by a whopping Rs 8,000 crore, it is surprising that the Government is still dithering about offering shares to the public in such major undertakings as IOC and ONGC, which can easily fetch over Rs 5,000 crore. W
- Ugc And The Road Not Taken (Deccan Herald, Amrik Singh , Nov 21, 2003)
UGC has been rendered so toothless that Chhattisgarh could notify more then 50 new varsities in just one year
It has taken approximately half a century for the country to discover that the powers given to the UGC, when it was set up in 1953, were far
- Steel War Across The Atlantic (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Nov 21, 2003)
A trade war between the EU, ready with its $2.2-billion sanctions through tariffs on select American goods, and the US is looming large and is likely to engulf other nations aggrieved over Washington's protectionism.
- Why A Straitjacket For Npo Accounting (Business Line, K. Shivakumar, Nov 20, 2003)
On the lacunae in the recent guidance of the ICAI on accounting and auditing in `not-for-profit' organisations
- Saarc In India's Strategic Vision (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Nov 20, 2003)
At a time when much of South Asia is in foment, the SAARC summit is scheduled for January first week in Islamabad. Lest the meeting is reduced to an India-Pakistan soap opera, New Delhi has to go with a positive agenda. Top priority must be the signing of
- Why A Straitjacket For Npo Accounting (Business Line, K. Shivakumar, Nov 20, 2003)
On the lacunae in the recent guidance of the ICAI on accounting and auditing in `not-for-profit' organisations
- That Slow Dance With The Jihadis (Indian Express, Husain Haqqani, Nov 20, 2003)
Pakistan’s generals expend energy muzzling popular politicians, while pretending to fight Islamists. It’s bound to backfire
- Judeo Legacy: Lonely Nameplate, Locked Room, Sheepish Staff (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Nov 20, 2003)
Dilip Singh Judeo will surely thank the Prime Minister, his deputy and all in the BJP for rallying to his defence. But wonder what he will say to his former boss and staff when he meets them next. Because a day after the Judeo video unspooled on The Sunda
- Bush And A War Zone Called Ozone (Indian Express, Ajey Lele, Nov 20, 2003)
American unilateralism on environmental issues will not make it popular with the world
- Saarc In India's Strategic Vision (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Nov 20, 2003)
At a time when much of South Asia is in foment, the SAARC summit is scheduled for January first week in Islamabad. Lest the meeting is reduced to an India-Pakistan soap opera, New Delhi has to go with a positive agenda. Top priority must be the signing of
- Build Consensus On Divestment (Business Line, S. M. Dewan, Nov 19, 2003)
Once a consensus is achieved, political logjams can be averted and petitions in court that lead to delays and derailment of the development process reduced, if not eliminated. It will also improve India's image internationally.
- L'affaire Judev Puts Bjp In Dock (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Nov 19, 2003)
EQUITY analysts have been at pains to point out that in the current stock market rally, liquidity has been provided mainly by retail investors. While the foreign institutional investors and institutions have been mopping up blue-chips as well as mid-cap s
- L'affaire Judev Puts Bjp In Dock (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Nov 19, 2003)
EQUITY analysts have been at pains to point out that in the current stock market rally, liquidity has been provided mainly by retail investors. While the foreign institutional investors and institutions have been mopping up blue-chips as well as mid-cap s
- Build Consensus On Divestment (Business Line, S. M. Dewan, Nov 19, 2003)
Once a consensus is achieved, political logjams can be averted and petitions in court that lead to delays and derailment of the development process reduced, if not eliminated. It will also improve India's image internationally.
- Export Growth On Course, Says Jaitley (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2003)
Mr Jaitley said the growth target of 12 per cent was very much in focus. He said all the economic indicators were pointing towards positive growth, and exports should thrive in this environment, even if imports become costly .
- Judev Invokes The Mahatma (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Nov 19, 2003)
NEW DELHI NOV. 18. Quite unabashed by the controversy he has generated at a most unfortunate time for the Bharatiya Janata Party, Dilip Singh Judev, who has been in the eye of the political storm raging since Sunday, has now invoked the Mahatma in defence
- Money For Minister (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2003)
The Judeo episode again highlights the pervasiveness of corruption in the system
- Review Of The Economy - The Good, Bad And Ugly (Business Line, Alok Ray, Nov 18, 2003)
The global perception about India's growth potential is changing for the better. Going by the standard indicators, the economy is in good shape.
- Capital, Labour Flows And The Women Of East Asia (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Nov 18, 2003)
The past two decades have involved huge flows of capital and labour in East Asia, which has made it the most dynamic region in the world. This has had complex and rapidly changing effects on the condition of women in the region. In this edition of Macrosc
- Corruption On Camera (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 18, 2003)
IN THE FACE of another Tehelka-type exposé, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has done the right thing in obtaining the resignation of the Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests, Dilip Singh Judev, without taking cover behind the need to co
- The Government Has Acted With Commendable Swiftness On The Judeo Expose (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 18, 2003)
Dilip Singh Judeo is not likely to substitute his volleys of recrimination with expressions of remorse in a hurry. But Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has acted with admirable swiftness in banishing his tainted minister from his council and promising
- Review Of The Economy - The Good, Bad And Ugly (Business Line, Alok Ray, Nov 18, 2003)
The global perception about India's growth potential is changing for the better. Going by the standard indicators, the economy is in good shape.
- Capital, Labour Flows And The Women Of East Asia (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Nov 18, 2003)
The past two decades have involved huge flows of capital and labour in East Asia, which has made it the most dynamic region in the world. This has had complex and rapidly changing effects on the condition of women in the region. In this edition of Macrosc
- Talking With E. Sreedharan (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Nov 18, 2003)
‘I don’t budge just to please somebody else. When politicians find they can’t interfere, they respect’
- Before He Became Mos, Judeo Asked In House: Can Foreign Firms Get Mining Leases In India (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Nov 17, 2003)
IF it’s a coincidence, it’s a very very telling one.
Guess one of the questions Union Minister of State for Environment Dilip Singh Judeo asked in the Rajya Sabha on December 18, 2002, a month before he became Minister: He requested information on ‘‘c
- Frames Of Shame (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 17, 2003)
The NDA govt has many achievements to its credit, it should quickly clean this ugly blot
- Cleaning Versus Cleanability (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Nov 17, 2003)
In several ways and at a comparatively small cost, it is possible to make cities cleanable, and even cleansed of crime. However, whether a city actually gets cleaned or not - the cleanabilty - depends on political will
- Trai Shows The Track Ahead (Business Line, V. S. Ailawadi, Nov 17, 2003)
UNIFIED Licensing is now a reality in the Indian telecom sector even if in a limited sense. While full convergence is becoming a reality in many countries, it may take some time for it to happen in India. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has set
- Cleaning Versus Cleanability (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Nov 17, 2003)
In several ways and at a comparatively small cost, it is possible to make cities cleanable, and even cleansed of crime. However, whether a city actually gets cleaned or not -— the cleanabilty - depends on political will
- Party Hits Delete, Pm Pause (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Nov 17, 2003)
If he is guilty, he will have to go: PM
- Tolerance Paves The Way, Jaya (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Nov 17, 2003)
It is incomprehensible why Jayalalithaa, who is known to have national ambitions, chose to blot her copybook by attacking a national media institution like the Hindu. By that one act, she ended up uniting the media behind that organisation, as seldom befo
- Trai Shows The Track Ahead (Business Line, V. S. Ailawadi, Nov 17, 2003)
UNIFIED Licensing is now a reality in the Indian telecom sector even if in a limited sense. While full convergence is becoming a reality in many countries, it may take some time for it to happen in India. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has set
- Chinks In Dr Reddy's Armour? (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Nov 17, 2003)
Containing the appreciation of the rupee is of the highest priority, lest the crisis of the late 1980s visits us again. But rather than resort to desperate remedies, our forex abundance must be used to speed up technological investments and strengthen inf
- Chinks In Dr Reddy's Armour? (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Nov 17, 2003)
Containing the appreciation of the rupee is of the highest priority, lest the crisis of the late 1980s visits us again. But rather than resort to desperate remedies, our forex abundance must be used to speed up technological investments and strengthen inf
- Redrafted Cos Bill To Be More Liberal (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 17, 2003)
A NUMBER of measures proposing liberalisation would feature in the redrafted Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2003, which have been returned to the Department of Company Affairs, said Mr M.M.K Sardana, Secretary, DCA.
- It’S A Bubble In The Sea, Says Judeo (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 17, 2003)
As Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Dilip Singh Judeo walked into his party office in Raipur this evening, waiting partymen shouted ‘Jai Judeo’ and ‘Jai Shri Ram.’ After the press conference in which he said the VCD which shows him acce
- Caught On Tape: Union Minister Taking Cash, Saying Money Is No Less Than God (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Nov 16, 2003)
As the polls draw near, the dirt has begun to fly faster and thicker.Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Dilip Singh Judeo, considered a strong BJP chief ministerial candidate for Chhattisgarh, has been caught on camera accepting cash in a
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