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Articles 19021 through 19120 of 20008:
- Russia's Economic Rebound (Hindu, VLADIMIR RADYUHIN, Sep 09, 2003)
Russia badly needs diversification to sustain high growth rates if there is a dramatic fall in oil prices once oil from Iraq hits the market.
- Will World's Poor Unite (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 08, 2003)
THE PRIME MINISTER, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee's appeal to developing countries to band together at the fifth World Trade Organisation ministerial has come not a day too soon in view of the developed nations' efforts to break the ranks of the poor. The proof
- Rbi Annual Report 2002-03: Credible And Creditable (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Sep 08, 2003)
DR BIMAL Jalan, the RBI Governor who just relinquished charge last week, and his institution have dominated the news in the last few days, mainly because of the commendable achievements of the central bank under his tutelage. Compliments to Dr Jalan's
- Sharon Charts A New Road Map Today (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Sep 08, 2003)
With the Israeli attempt to liquidate Hamas leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin in Gaza threatening to rip apart the US-backed road map, Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon prepared to leave for India on a first-ever visit which will focus on the menace of ...
- Blossoming Of India-Asean Ties (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 08, 2003)
THE INDIA-ASEAN Business Summit was perhaps the right forum for Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee to articulate his views on forging closer ties with the Southeast Asian nations. Relations with the regional grouping have been cemented and ...
- Facing Up To Corporate Responsibilities (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Sep 08, 2003)
A SIGN on the wall of the men's locker room at the Madras Boat Club would read, `When the going gets tough, the tough get going.' That is how it is with facing a crisis. That is how it must be inside Coca Cola and PepsiCo these days. And when you are an
- Putting The Bottle First (Business Line, Sudhirendar Sharma, Sep 08, 2003)
By sidestepping the issue of consumer safety, the Government has made it clear that it favours the growing market for soft drinks in the country.
- Can Democrats Take The War To Bush? (Hindu, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Sep 07, 2003)
The Democrats could make a contest of the U.S. Presidential elections
- What’s In Wto For Us? (Indian Express, Gopal Krishna Agarwal, Sep 06, 2003)
During the 18th century imperialism had a physical form. Countries which had military power colonised other countries and exploited their resources. Today developed countries exercise control over poorer ones in a more subtle way. International financial
- Developing India's Ports (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2003)
AFTER THE GRANDIOSE National Highways development plan, the Prime Minister, A.B. Vajpayee, has come up with an equally massive `Sagar Mala' programme to develop and modernise the ports. His announcement may have enhanced the feel-good factor in ...
- In The Red (Indian Express, Amrith Lal, Sep 05, 2003)
When CPI(M) members in Kerala accuse each other of being CIA agents, the party’s in trouble
- World Investment Report 2003 — A Note Of Caution To Developing Countries (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Sep 05, 2003)
AHEAD of the Fifth World Trade Organisation (WTO) ministerial, scheduled to start in Cancun (Mexico) on September 10, the UN Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad) has cautioned the developing world against investment issues being pushed into the
- Asean And Us (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2003)
Look at this relationship with a more nuanced understanding
- World Bank Pulls Up The Rich On Agriculture (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Sep 05, 2003)
The report urges that, if the world's poor are to be benefited in any meaningful way, the Doha Round must result in a reduction in farm protection all around the world.
- A Package For Bsnl (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2003)
THE FINANCIAL RELIEF granted by the Government to Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL) is best described as a compromise solution. Around end-May, the Centre appeared disinclined to granting any special relief to BSNL for the social obligation imposed on the ...
- Cms As Ceos (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Sep 05, 2003)
IT WAS the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Mr Chandrababu Naidu, who first thought of calling himself the Chief Executive Officer of the State some years ago. He was obviously keen to incorporate in the State administration the salient features of ...
- Innocence Lost (Indian Express, EMILY WAX , Sep 04, 2003)
Disarming thousands of child soldiers remains a challenge for Liberia
- Make Industrial Sector The Engine Of Growth (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Sep 04, 2003)
With the business environment for the industrial sector turning favourable, it is the right time to initiate measures to make this sector an engine of growth and to raise its share in GDP. The thrust of the growth strategy should be more public and ...
- Cancun: Keep The Wheels Moving (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Sep 03, 2003)
With Cancun just days off, various groups of nations are sitting in conclaves to work out ways and means to ensure that the bicycle of trade negotiations does not fall, and the WTO ministerial does not end in abject failure. This would be a serious ...
- The Art Of `Green' Governance (Business Line, K. P. S. Chauhan, Sep 03, 2003)
THE Government of India recently set up a National Environment Authority (NEA) and six regional authorities which are expected to start functioning within three months. The NEA will have the appellate jurisdiction to hear appeals against decisions made by
- Make Wto Work, Alternative Is Worse (Deccan Herald, Emma Bonino, Sep 02, 2003)
It is in the intertest of both developing and developed countries to overcome the crisis in WTO
- Fta Success Lies In Partner Choice (Business Line, S. Majumder , Sep 02, 2003)
India should not expect any big FDI flows from the proposed FTAs, as most of the countries concerned, barring Singapore and South Africa, receive FDIs rather than invest abroad.
- A Changed Ownership Structure May Have Bottled Cola Row (Business Line, D. Sampathkumar , Sep 02, 2003)
BY ANY reckoning the recent controversy over pesticide residue in carbonated beverages has been a public relations disaster for the cola majors. To be in the limelight and often for reasons not entirely of their choice is not something new for them...
- Taj: Cbi Points Finger At Central Secy (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2003)
The CBI has accused Union Enviornment and Forest Ministry Secretary K.C. Mishra of tampering with files pertaining to start of work at the controversial Taj Heritage Corridor project at Agra.
- The Dating Game At Ayodhya (Indian Express, R P Subramanian, Sep 01, 2003)
There’s a scientific way to determine the age of the lime-mortar found by the ASI
- A Bridge Too Misunderstood (Indian Express, Jayaraj Sivan, Sep 01, 2003)
Sri Lanka believes the proposed land bridge connecting the Rameswaram coast in India and Talaimannar in Sri Lanka is a much misunderstood project. While the project has been sought to be shot down on various grounds by Tamil Nadu politicians from Chief
- Govt Wants Colas To Get A Euro Fizz (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2003)
Though the Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Sushma Swaraj announced in Parliament that the soft drinks including Pepsi and Coke were ‘‘safe’’, the government has issued a draft notification on standards to regulate pesticides and heavy metals
- First, Liberalise The Attitude (Indian Express, P. Chidambaram, Aug 31, 2003)
The item was tucked away in the inside pages. We have yet another committee and the ever-willing Mr N K Singh will now advise the Government of India or, to be precise, the Ministry of Power on how to overcome the reluctance of private investors to ...
- Queue, Sera, Sera (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Aug 29, 2003)
It was while waiting at the Moscow airport some years back that realisation dawned. India, like Russia, has experienced its own economic revolution, even if ours has been less dramatic and more gradual. The serpentine queue at the Moscow immigration ...
- Strategy For India At Cancun (Business Line, P. P. Prabhu, Aug 29, 2003)
New Delhi's objective at the Cancun WTO ministerial should be to strive for an outcome that will help India obtain greater market access, and benefit from its export potential and greater participation in international trade
- India Must Condition Itself To Cas (Business Line, Ambrose Pinto , Aug 29, 2003)
AFTER all the hype, the Conditional Access System (CAS) that was set for release on September 1 may not make it at all. Or, so it seems with the Government putting off its implementation in Delhi till after the State Assembly elections. This gives the ...
- Bureaucracy: Flaw Is In System, Not Workers (Business Line, Devendra Mishra, Aug 29, 2003)
THE government may be the biggest industry in the world, but the statement, "I am from the government and here to help you" is still considered a bad joke. Increasingly, the people do not think that the government knows how to help or is bothered...
- When Mumbai Is Wounded, India Aches (Indian Express, RAFIQ ZAKARIA, Aug 28, 2003)
Mumbai can be hurt, bombed, maimed — but never broken. It has the spirit of World War II London
- Repairs At The Top Of Corporate Ladder (Business Line, S. Kannan, Aug 28, 2003)
examine clauses of the Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2003 relating to directors.
- Do We Need Development Finance Institutions? (Business Line, Jayanthi Iyengar, Aug 28, 2003)
TIME has come for the Government to decide whether it sees a role for development financial institutions (DFIs) in the new environment or if it would like to see them all converted into universal banks. The time has also come for the Government to make
- Good News From Rbi: Growth Is Set To Grow (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2003)
There's good news for India Inc and stockmarkets: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has turned bullish about the economy. Upgrading the growth prospects for this year, the central bank said the 6 per cent growth forecast in real gross domestic product (GDP)
- Soft-Drinks, Hard Lessons (Business Line, M. A. Venkat, Aug 28, 2003)
IS THE Government report a complete vindication of the soft-drink makers, whose products the Centre for Science and Environment said contained high levels of pesticides? Regardless of the claims and counters, the jury is still out on the issue, as a Joint
- Thinking Big With Sri Lanka (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Aug 28, 2003)
When he calls on us to "think regionally rather than nationally," Ranil Wickremesinghe is bucking the trend in a region that has become a prisoner of debilitating ultra-nationalism.
- Here’s My Daily Pesticide Intake (Indian Express, Ravi Agarwal, Aug 28, 2003)
The consumer is hungry, both for safe food and water as well as for information. If anything, 2003 can be termed as a ‘‘safe food awareness’’ year. Never in the past has the increasingly powerful urban middle class been shocked as much by what it eats and
- Miracle Called Atal, Illusion Named Sonia (Indian Express, Balbir K Punj, Aug 27, 2003)
The country replied to the Sonia Gandhi piloted opposition no-confidence motion many hours before the vote in the Lok Sabha.
- Dust And Deception (Indian Express, Paul Krugman, Aug 27, 2003)
The 9/11 legacy: Ground Zero was a bigger source of air pollution than the authorities let on to New Yorkers
- Cbi Heat Makes Maya’s Man Sweat Over A ‘forged’ Taj File (Indian Express, Ritu Sarin, Aug 27, 2003)
Ex-Environment Minister had special status, only one to share dais with Kanshi & Maya
- Services Exports: Opportunities And Barriers (Business Line, H. A. C. Prasad, Aug 27, 2003)
THE services sector is a very important one for India. Commercial services account for some 25 per cent of India's total exports. If labour services are included, the percentage will be higher. In 2002-03, for the first time India had a positive balance
- Auto Component Industry - Time It Got Its Parts Together (Business Line, B.S. Rathor, Aug 27, 2003)
THE auto component industry is coming out of the learning curve and appears all set to step on the accelerator. But the journey was arduous, especially in dealing with a new set of original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). When in the 1990s global car
- Nukes, Missiles And Rogue States — China's Tools For Global Influence (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Aug 26, 2003)
China uses missile and nuclear transfers to Pakistan and North Korea, both widely regarded as rogue states, to keep countries that it sees as adversaries, such as Japan and India, on their toes. Given the ambivalence of the US Administrations to the ...
- The President's Dream (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Aug 25, 2003)
It is Dr Abdul Kalam's dream to create a high-quality Rurban habitat on either side of a ring road linking a loop of villages. Called PURA, its design offers many advantages: All infrastructure lengths are halved. Workplace and residences can be co-locate
- Making Our People Rich (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2003)
NEARLY six decades ago momentous things happened in both our countries. We made our people free. We established institutions and secured a system of Government where the people were able to elect the Parliament and enjoy basic democratic freedoms. This...
- Making Our People Rich (Hindu, Ranil Wickremesinghe, Aug 25, 2003)
Sri Lanka and India, working as an integrated marketplace, offer strong opportunities for potential investors. Together, we can offer greater economies of scale and build a more competitive commercial environment.
- Just Plain Gas? (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2003)
Is this a case of pouring cola over troubled waters? See how Parliament’s alacrity in constituting a joint committee to inquire into pesticide contamination of carbonated soft drinks has altered the dynamics at Sansad Bhavan. Just the other day, Lok Sabha
- Express Your Voice (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2003)
P Chidambaram has rightly said that BJP do not want to discuss the real issues and that’s why they keep the Opposition busy on non-issues like Mandir and Uniform Civil Code (Back to the future, The Sunday Express, Aug 17). The Opposition must realise BJP’
- Meet The Obscure Firm Which Got The Rs 175-Cr Deal To Spoil The Taj (Indian Express, Ritu Sarin, Aug 24, 2003)
From a small office in central Delhi, Ishvakoo India dreamt of changing the way Taj looked
- Prevention The Better Cure (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2003)
THE BIG industries, which are more easily noticed and monitored, are not always the biggest polluters. By sheer numbers, small industries can create major problems. A classic example is Tirupur in Tamil Nadu, which exports some 71,000 tonnes of ...
- Hauled Up (Indian Express, SAIKAT DATTA, Aug 24, 2003)
On September 9 last year, two MiG-21s crashed, one in Rajasthan, the other in Ambala. The Indian Air Force, as is the norm, ordered an inquiry but this inquiry is turning out to be far from routine.
- How Safe Is Our Water? (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Aug 24, 2003)
Groundwater is easily polluted and restoring its quality is impossibly expensive
- Kalam’s 2nd Call In A Week: Get Real (Indian Express, Amitav Ranjan, Aug 23, 2003)
It couldn’t have been better timed. Two days after the Parliament debate on the no-confidence motion that was high on rhetoric, low on content, President A P J Abdul Kalam has sent a reminder to all Members of Parliament on what they need to do the ...
- Sc Tells Cbi Go After The Taj ‘high & Mighty,’ Get Back Fast (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2003)
In a serious setback to the Mayawati Government, the Supreme Court today directed the CBI to interrogate ‘‘four to five’’ senior state officers mentioned in the agency’s secret interim report for their alleged complicity in the unauthorised construction
- Proposal For Zero Customs Duty - With Right Environment, Industry Can Cope (Business Line, Ambrose Pinto , Aug 22, 2003)
The US' zero-for-zero Customs duty proposal envisages allowing imports at zero duty and expecting reciprocal treatment for exports. Is Indian industry prepared to face the onslaught of imports and remain successful? Sure, it can many sectors already hav
- Colas: And All Live Happily Ever After (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2003)
The Government today declared in Parliament that soft drink samples from Coca-Cola and PepsiCo that it got tested—following a High Court directive—did not contain as much pesticide residues as was alleged in a report by the Centre for Science and ...
- Cola And Pesticides: The Bigger Picture (Business Line, Alok Ray, Aug 22, 2003)
The real problem is that there are no Indian standards. In the absence of such mandatory standards, private companies would try to cut corners to maximise their bottomlines. The Government needs to involve the Indian scientific community to evolve a ...
- Pm Opening Hurriyat Door: Mufti (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Aug 21, 2003)
The Prime Minister’s Independence Day announcement that he will be in Srinagar later this month acquires a new significance with Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed saying that the Centre will soon initiate a serious dialogue process at the ‘‘highest ...
- Can A Banker Be Creative? (Business Line, K. Malikarjunan, Aug 21, 2003)
"CERTAINLY! If only he is a little somnolent!" waxes a paunchy, retired banker having nothing else to do after retirement. "In fact, such a banker can be more creative than a filmmaker. Unlike the celluloid creation, a banker's creature lurks in the stack
- Bush And Energy Politics (Hindu, Elisabeth Bumiller, Aug 21, 2003)
Although George Bush's energy policy contained recommendations to improve America's electric grid that everyone agreed on, they were lost in the shouting and have been dormant in Congress for the past two years.
- Improvident (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2003)
WITH THE EMPLOYEE Provident Fund Organisation deciding to allow its subscribers to withdraw up to 90 per cent of their accumulated balances for investment in the government-sponsored pension scheme with assured returns, the battlelines are being drawn...
- Little Utility Of Limited Liability (Business Line, Mohan R. Lavi, Aug 21, 2003)
On the limited liability partnerships in the Naresh Chandra Committee Report II
- How About Eu Norms For Drinking Water? (Indian Express, BARUN MITRA, Aug 21, 2003)
Over 200 years ago, a French queen advised her citizens to eat cake when they were struggling to find bread. The present outcry against bottled soft drinks and colas is similar.
- Terror Unleashed (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2003)
The brutal attack on UN headquarters in Iraq is a challenge not just to the US but the world
- South Asia’s Four Play (Indian Express, SHAHID JAVED BURKI, Aug 20, 2003)
The road to Indo-Pakistani cooperation flows through four key areas of the economy. For a start, New Delhi can trade its IT expertise for Islamabad’s energy
- Soft-Drinks And Low-Gluten Wheat - Nourishing The Bottomline (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Aug 20, 2003)
IN THIS era of unbridled globalisation — where making a fast buck has become the market mantra — two events have cast a deep shadow on the nation. While one rocked Parliament, the other has escaped the attention of most.
- Tdsat Judgment - Will They Converge On Compromise? (Business Line, Krishnan Thiagarajan, Aug 20, 2003)
While the immediate outcome of the TDSAT judgment may be to raise the hackles of both basic and cellular operators, in the long run, it seems inevitable that the warring parties will arrive at a compromise environment where they can compete on an equal
- Moving Towards One Europe (Business Line, R. Parthasarathy , Aug 19, 2003)
THE EU Council meeting in December 2002 at Copenhagen cleared the way for the accession of 10 countries — Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, the Slovak Republic and Slovania.
- Unified Licence: Travesty Of Justice? (Business Line, Krishnan Thiagarajan, Aug 19, 2003)
One can only hope that the introduction of the unified licence were so easy and simple. For the Government and the TRAI, it will be hard to shrug off the final TDSAT judgment and its contents as it builds up a consensus towards implementation of the ...
- From Kosovo To Iraq (Hindu, VLADIMIR RADYUHIN, Aug 18, 2003)
Any international security mission for Iraq will be under U.S. command. This would set the stage for a replay of the Kosovo scenario.
- Some Curators Change Their Frames Of Reference (Indian Express, BLAKE GOPNIK, Aug 18, 2003)
Looking for a way out from collectors wanting to possess paintings by wrapping all the gilding around it
- Half A Freedom (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Aug 17, 2003)
In keeping with the festive spirit of the 56th happy birthday of our Tryst with Destiny let me begin on happy note. The good news is that much has changed for the better since Nehru made his Freedom at Midnight speech with — as I see it — most of the good
- A Bonanza For Big Oil (Hindu, V. Sridhar, Aug 17, 2003)
George W. Bush has passed an Executive Order that effectively provides legal immunity to the oil majors for their actions in Iraq.
- Durable Bhai Sahib (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Aug 17, 2003)
Mayawati’s hard core supporters may stick with her through thick and thin, but the high profile recruits to the BSP found it difficult to adjust for long in a party where customarily everyone squats on the floor while Mayawati presides from a chair.
- ‘bring Law To Curb Pesticide Use’ (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Aug 16, 2003)
The alarming presence of hazardous pesticides in our environment poses a problem no different from such ills as fake medicines and food products. As you have said in your article, the real shock of this cola episode is the fact that now we have an ...
- Trade Is A Gender Issue (Indian Express, Sakuntala Narasimhan, Aug 16, 2003)
When a new UN task force on globalisation and trade came into being on July 23 to focus on the impact of trade and trade policies on women, most mainstream media ignored this landmark initiative. The initiative was, however, of special interest to the ...
- Trial By Kangaroo Courts (Indian Express, RAJEEV BAKSHI, Aug 15, 2003)
These have been very unfortunate and sad days for our civil society. Guilty even if innocent or until proved innocent is the new credo of the new breed of non-governmental organisations (NGOs), media outlets and lumpen political elements.
- Drink On India, The Law’s An Ass (Indian Express, RATNA RAJAIAH, Aug 15, 2003)
Is the ‘pesticides in Pepsi and Coke’ controversy a case of gross systemic failure or simply NGO activism gone mad
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