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Articles 19121 through 19220 of 20008:
- Clear On Cancun (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 15, 2003)
THE WTO NEGOTIATIONS position paper circulated by the Centre reveals clearly the country's stand on a number of critical issues that will figure at the World Trade Organisation's Cancun Ministerial. The burden of the position paper is that the overall ...
- Making Water Safe For Drinking (Deccan Herald, K Jayalakshmi, Aug 15, 2003)
While setting the standard for potable water, the key factors to be considered are achievability and actionability
- Changing Corporate Genetic Codes (Business Line, A. B. Shivkumar , Aug 15, 2003)
ALMOST a decade after it was first published in 1994, the path-breaking book "Competing for the future", by Gary Hamel and C. K. Prahalad, is the guiding principle behind many a strategy in hundreds of organisations round the world.
- With Caution To Cancun (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Aug 14, 2003)
URUGUAY 1986, Seattle 1999, Doha 2001 and now Cancun 2003. The World Trade Organisation (WTO) seems to be inching forward on a tortuous path which may end in despair for the developing world as a whole with the possible exception of China.
- Light In A Bushel (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Aug 13, 2003)
I CAME across some days ago, and that too quite by accident, references to the good work being done by the Indian Federation of the United Nations Association (IFUNA) and its Tamil Nadu chapter (TUNA). IFUNA and its State affiliates function under the ...
- Cancun Ministerial - Rough Edges And Loose Ends (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Aug 13, 2003)
Trade experts contend that the Cancun Ministerial may turn out to be an eventful affair if attention is focussed on access to medicine, special and differential treatment for developing countries and liberalisation of agricultural trade so as to lessen
- Alien Tort Legislation In The Us - Why It Should Not Be Tampered With (Business Line, Pratap Ravindran , Aug 13, 2003)
THE Centre, after over a decade of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Bhopal, declaring him a proclaimed absconder and issuing a non-bailable warrant of arrest against him in the Bhopal gas tragedy case, has finally initiated certain preliminary moves ...
- Test Pepsi, Get Back To Us In Three Weeks: Hc Tells Govt (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2003)
The Delhi High Court today directed the Government to conduct laboratory tests on the soft drinks of PepsiCo and submit its report within three weeks.
- Growth Under Political Control (Deccan Herald, Ambrose Pinto , Aug 12, 2003)
The ideal combination of freedom and efficiency which people in Hong Kong want is also sought elsewhere in China
- Ask Chief Secretary, Not Me: Sharma To Cbi (Indian Express, Amit Sharma, Aug 12, 2003)
Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary D S Bagga is in a tight spot after R K Sharma, principal secretary (environment) who was suspended in the wake of the Taj Heritage Corridor controversy, accused Bagga of clearing the Agra project and making him a ‘‘scapegoat’
- On This Bountiful Breeze (Indian Express, Bharat Dogra, Aug 12, 2003)
Although the cause of alternative, renewable sources of energy — such as wind energy — has been enthusiastically advocated by environmentalists for long, mainstream opinion has been that these sources combined together can at best play only a marginal
- Public Apathy To Pesticide Poisoning (Deccan Herald, Binu S Thomas, Aug 11, 2003)
It is necessary to put in place a strict and effective food safety regime in the country, and the people should demand it
- It Is About Equality, Not Uniformity (Hindu, Anjali Modi, Aug 10, 2003)
The political debate... has revolved around uniformity of civil codes and has largely ignored issues of equality.
- Muted Voices Of Change (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2003)
THE WORK done by women's organisations working with Muslim women has, over the last decade, created an environment where they are asking for change. According to Hasina Khan of the Mumbai-based Awaz-e-Niswaan "70 to 80 per cent of women want a change in
- Newsreel: 10.08.03 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2003)
A day after Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani moots the idea of holding synchronised elections to Lok Sabha and state Assemblies, Election Commissioner T.S. Krishnamurthy says they have not received any proposal from the Government yet. He also asserts
- Two Celebrations (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Aug 09, 2003)
Today August 9 is the 61st anniversary of the “Quit India” movement launched in 1942 by Mahatma Gandhi. Despite my adoration for Bapu I am convinced his move was ill-conceived and untimely.
- A Separate Harvest (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2003)
There is more good news from the "real" economy, the production sectors, even as the fiscal numbers look worrisome. The economy is growing despite poor governance and in the face of fiscal misgovernance, especially in the states, thanks to a good monsoon
- Boycott Lunch And Dinner (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Aug 09, 2003)
You may raise some questions about our politicians’ intellect or integrity but there is no faulting their instincts. So how does the Parliament of India assert its sovereign authority the moment the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), which is now
- Musharraf Has A Vision For Tomorrow, A Mirage For Today (Indian Express, Najam Sethi, Aug 09, 2003)
General Pervez Musharraf’s tour de force with Lahore editors last Monday spanned a framework of geo-economics, geo-politics and geo-strategy in which he outlined his vision of Pakistan as a country that was ‘‘secure’’, ‘‘stable’’, ‘‘democratic’’ and ‘‘
- Pepsi Maange A Lot: Wants Court To Gag Cse And Tell Govt Not To Act On Report (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2003)
Pepsico has filed a petition in the Delhi High Court seeking to restrain the Centre for Science and Environment and its director Sunita Narain from publishing ‘‘any unsubstantiated statements or materials against Pepsico and to forthwith withdraw all such
- America’s Three Power Pioneers (Indian Express, RAY HOUSTON, Aug 08, 2003)
History boils down to names, dates and places, a fairly uninteresting assembly of data points best put to use for a multiple-choice final exam. But in the hands of some contemporary historians, such as James M. McPherson (Princeton) and Niall Ferguson
- Supreme Court Strikes (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2003)
IT WOULD BE no exaggeration to state that the Supreme Court's decision in the Tamil Nadu Government staff strike case has largely gone the State Government way. True, the Court has not upheld as valid the orders issued under the Tamil Nadu Essential ...
- Gas Pricing - Decontrol User Industries First (Business Line, Uttam Gupta , Aug 08, 2003)
Before deregulating gas prices, the Government should consider the interests of major user industries such as power and fertilisers, which are yet to be fully liberated from control. Also, the price of domestic gas should not be linked to the price of
- Corporate Irresponsibility (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2003)
MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES HAVE been put in the dock once again by the Centre for Science and Environment: its laboratory tests have revealed that the soft drinks marketed by these firms contain pesticide residues well in excess of European Union ...
- It's Social Aspects (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Aug 08, 2003)
ANY new technology inevitably brings in its wake social costs and consequences. Information technology (IT) is no exception. However, there has as yet been no definitive work on its social aspects and their precise implications and ramifications.
- Too Soft On Drinks (Business Line, Sudhirendar Sharma, Aug 08, 2003)
THE charge that a set of soft-drinks contains a cocktail of pesticide residues may put the MNC giants in the dock, but it also exposes the inherent weakness of a system to ensure quality of products, especially those mass-consumed.
- Democracy Versus Demography (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Aug 08, 2003)
To deny the right to be elected undermines Indian democracy to create two classes of people on a suspect classification based on the number of children a person has.
- Driven By A Global Race (Business Line, Ambrose Pinto , Aug 07, 2003)
On what should be the focus of Accounting Standards.
- The Big Bang (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2003)
The anniversary of Hiroshima, where the first nuclear bomb was dropped on August 6, 1945, has invited progressively less attention worldwide. It is possible that we are all becoming more cynical, or at least less sensitive, to the death and destruction
- Storm Over A Teacup (Business Line, R. Narayanaswamy, Aug 07, 2003)
On the tussle between Indian and international accounting firms.
- Cola Toxins: Full Flow In India, Tight Leash Abroad (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Aug 07, 2003)
Zero pesticide residues were found in Coke and Pepsi samples taken in the US, said the Centre for Science and Environment yesterday. One reason could be that the use of four carcinogenic pesticides singled out by the CSE is severely ‘‘restricted,’’ one
- Cold Drinks, Hard Facts (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2003)
Laxity is toxic: Cola companies need to read the fine print and clean up
- Towards Optimal Infant Feeding (Deccan Herald, Asha Benakappa, Aug 07, 2003)
Food, health and care are necessary for the growth of the child, and breastfeeding alone provides for all these elements
- Greenpeace For Closure Of Kerala Coca-Cola Plant (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2003)
International environment campaigner Greenpeace has demanded closure of the Coca-Cola plant at Plachimada in Palakkad district claiming that the sludge from the plant was found to contain hazardous heavy metal contents and for violation of ground water an
- Why Coke, Pepsi Can Get Away (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Aug 06, 2003)
The Centre for Science and Environment’s claim that carbonated drinks sold by Pepsico and Coca-Cola have toxic ‘‘pesticide residues’’ 35 times the globally accepted level shows just one thing: food and drinking water are contaminated and authorities are
- Dear Mr President... (Indian Express, Narendra Modi, Aug 06, 2003)
Dear Mr President... Text of Gujarat CM Narendra Modi’s letter to President A P J Abdul Kalam urging him to direct compilation of details of convictions and acquittals in all major group clashes and communal riots in India since Independence and
- Sc Directs Tn To Reinstate Staff, Process To Start Today (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2003)
Though the Supreme Court has directed the Tamil Nadu government to reinstate 8,063 government employees and teachers who had merely participated in the strike, the process of reinstatement is likely to begin only tomorrow.
- Don't Short-Change Small Shareholders (Business Line, Subramanyan Sundaresan, Aug 06, 2003)
"SMALL investors may lose direct access to markets" says a report (Business Line, July 18). This reported move, apart from being retrograde, does not say much of the `vision' of the authorities concerned and needs to be opposed strongly. The Chairman of
- Interlinking Problems (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2003)
THE DECADES-OLD proposal to link all of India's major rivers with one another was revived with much fanfare last year. Most political parties welcomed it then as a solution to the country's drinking water and irrigation problems. But it has not ...
- ‘to Make Sure We Build World-Class Business, We’ll (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Aug 04, 2003)
Mukesh Ambani, Chairman of Reliance Industries, spoke to Shekhar Gupta, Editor-in-Chief of The Indian Express, at the Dhirubhai Ambani Knowledge City in Navi Mumbai. Excerpts from the interview telecast on NDTV 24x7’s Walk The Talk
- Strike: Tn Builds Case, Gets Report From Dists (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2003)
With the Supreme Court directing the Tamil Nadu government to ‘dispassionately’ consider reinstating dismissed employees, the government is planning to reinstate those who had FIRs against them under Section 4 of ESMA.
- Bollywood Connection (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Aug 03, 2003)
Ketan Parekh, the face of Scam 2000 was always a hero to Bollywood. He was the toast of their parties and helped many production houses pocket a few hundred crore rupees at hefty premia from the public or the Unit Trust of India (UTI).
- Not Tired, Or Retired (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Aug 03, 2003)
Ever since he snubbed Venkaiah Naidu promising that he was neither tired nor retired, Prime Minister Vajpayee seems to be re-invigorated. The latest evidence of the PM’s toughness was the way the normally-pugnacious Mayawati hastily backed down on her
- Iim Comes To Freshen North Block Air (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Aug 02, 2003)
In his quest for a qualitative change in governance in today’s complex and competitive environment, Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani has roped in two top management gurus from Ahmedabad to train senior bureaucrats in the fine art of leadership.
- Region Wrongs And Regional Rumblings (Deccan Herald, Kripa Sridharan, Aug 01, 2003)
The military junta in Myanmar proves to be a thorn in the side of ASEAN
- Rejection Slips Only? Not Really (Indian Express, J.S. Rajput, Aug 01, 2003)
The National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT) stands for professionalism in school education planning and development. Since 1961, this institution has acquired a quiet dignity in the world of curriculum modernisation. In recent years
- For Clean Coal (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 31, 2003)
GIVEN THAT NOT even 20 per cent of the over 350 million tonnes of coal produced in the country is washed before use, the Coal Ministry's desire to see conditions created for use of only beneficiated, or clean, coal is not going to be fulfilled in a hurry.
- Detested Abroad, Unpopular At Home (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jul 31, 2003)
Amid growing disillusionment in Britain with the new Tony Blair, and mounting criticism by the Americans of their President pushing them into an unnecessary war, Washington think-tanks are suggesting the involvement of Iraqi people in the clean up, while
- ‘i Never Met A Better Improviser Than Johnny’ (Indian Express, ABRAR ALVI, Jul 31, 2003)
I first met Johnny Walker on the sets of Baazi, which featured Guru Dutt, Geeta Bali, Johnny Walker, among others. There was something special about this thin, energetic fellow. His infectious humour, his presence of mind, his great witticism amazed me.
- As Metros Clean Up Their Air, Look Who Are Proud To Be The Dirtiest Dozen (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Jul 30, 2003)
Ahmedabad air worst; next Kanpur, Solapur, Lucknow, all waiting to be pushed, prodded
- `Gains From Demerger In Next Few Years' (Business Line, P.T. Jyothi Datta, Jul 30, 2003)
POISED to kick-off a restructuring process in its overseas businesses, Dabur India Ltd is bullish on what lies ahead. Having recently undertaken restructuring in its domestic operations — with its FMCG and pharma business set to chart their own respective
- Biotechnology In India - Creating A New Market Space (Business Line, Devendra Mishra, Jul 30, 2003)
IN HIS book Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith, wrote that "a true wealth of a nation is measured not by how much gold it possesses but by what it can produce". By this yardstick biotechnology is an unprecedented revolution through which the world's hunger
- Maya Jaal (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2003)
It was a tawdry sight as Mayawati’s flock forces successive adjournments in the Lok Sabha, baying for Union minister Jagmohan’s scalp. The climax of a sorry drama starring a misconceived project and a government on the run.
- Generating Budgetary Resources In 21st Century (Business Line, Mukul Asher, Jul 30, 2003)
In the 21st century, the task of revenue generation will be quite complex, requiring concomitant reforms on the expenditure side and in budgeting systems, more effective use of information technology and better e-governance. India can certainly make good
- Terror And Trade On Sinha's Agenda (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Jul 29, 2003)
In their first act of concrete political cooperation in decades, India and Australia are all set to pool their resources in the war against terrorism. When the External Affairs Minister, Yashwant Sinha, arrives here next month, he will formalise a ...
- Cartagena Protocol - A Wake-Up Call For Biosafety (Business Line, Ashesh Tayal, Jul 29, 2003)
NOW that 50 countries have ratified the first international treaty on biosafety, Cartagena Protocol is all set to come into force on September 11. The protocol, once implemented sincerely, will not only save and maintain our mega biodiversities, Indians
- A Strategy For Cancun (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Jul 29, 2003)
As we go into the ministerial meeting in Montreal and the Cancun negotiations, the strategy India must follow becomes an urgent concern. Every major actor at the WTO has well-defined strategies based on work and discussion. If there is one in India, it is
- Maya Wants Jagmohan Demolished (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 29, 2003)
‘Blaming us is a conspiracy, why was ASI sleeping?’ Jagmohan replies: wait for CBI
- Gaali Danda (Indian Express, Krishan Kalra, Jul 29, 2003)
Who says India doesn’t excel in sports. We’ve shown our prowess in cricket, billiards, chess, shooting, hockey — and now football. We’ve had our share of glory in mountaineering and swimming. We could do well in kabaddi and kho-kho, if these become ...
- Divided By The Indian Ocean (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Jul 28, 2003)
As the clear blue waters of the Indian Ocean wash the shores of this city on a sun-drenched winter day, a tinge of regret tugs at your heart. For, India is conspicuous by its absence in what has become a welcoming home for its people, business and ...
- Making Rural India Magnetic (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Jul 28, 2003)
The rural development model of the last 50 years has helped villages little, though governments have wasted thousands of crores of rupees on infructuous projects. If private enterprise, to develop the market, wants to make villages `attractive', it must
- Hdr 2003 And The Millennium Development Goals - Each Country To Chalk Out Own Strategy (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Jul 28, 2003)
THE Human Development Report (HDR) 2003 brought out by the UNDP has been the subject of special attention, particularly because India's rank in terms of human development indicators has hit a new low. It stands at a disgraceful 127 among 175 countries of
- ‘harassed’ By Boss, Woman Sues Oracle (Indian Express, Sujeet Rajan, Jul 27, 2003)
A 33-year-old Indian woman, working as a systems programmer at Oracle, California, has filed a suit against the company alleging she was sexually assaulted by her former male supervisor and the company did nothing to help or protect her.
- Forest Out Of Bound For Vvips, Tourists In Veerappan Season (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2003)
The Karnataka government has banned foreign tourists, VVIPs and VIPs from visiting jungle lodges and guest houses in forests around HD Kote taluk for a month, in the wake of information that forest brigand Veerappan was planning to abduct some eminent ...
- Bleeding Heart, Jerking Knee (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jul 26, 2003)
In the normal course, the Supreme Court would make news if it came up with a radically new interpretation of the Constitution. This is an unusual occasion when it — in this case, the chief justice himself — has made headlines for merely re-stating one of
- Rebuilding Russia's Global Role (Hindu, VLADIMIR RADYUHIN, Jul 26, 2003)
Constructive engagement is the watchword of Mr. Putin's doctrine... He has skilfully used Russia's geopolitical and economic position to enhance its strategic value for the West.
- China: Opening Up To A New World (Business Line, Ranjani Karthik, Jul 25, 2003)
SINCE December 11, 2001 — a year and three months after China's accession to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) — it is apparent that the erstwhile communist economy has emerged from behind the Iron Curtain to take global competition head on. However,
- Equator Principles - Why Indian Banks Too Should Be Guided By Them (Business Line, Pratap Ravindran , Jul 25, 2003)
The Equator Principles — a voluntary set of guidelines developed for managing social and environmental issues related to the financing development projects — apply only to projects which cost $50 million or more, as those costing less represent only 3 ...
- On Tarmac (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2003)
THE KEY TO flying is to defy gravity. If the country's airport projects are yet to take off, it is more financial gravity than physical. While the Bangalore project is flying into uncertainty over financial closure, those in New Delhi and Mumbai face
- Is Taj Damaged? Reply In November (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Jul 24, 2003)
While the controversy over the Taj Heritage Corridor is far from over, the Centre has decided to ‘‘wait and watch’’ on what damage the semi-constructed corridor will have on the monument. The reason: the Central Water and Power Research Station that
- Idbi: Yielding To Bureaucratic Pressures (Business Line, N.A.Mujumdar, Jul 24, 2003)
With net non-performing assets as high as 14 per cent and fresh lending tapering off because of resource constraint, the IDBI may be said to have become dysfunctional. It is against this broad canvas that the various proposals to restructure IDBI need to
- Railway Safety Plan: Buck Stops Nowhere (Indian Express, Bhavna Vij, Jul 22, 2003)
Old plans never die. In the narrow-gauge corridors of the Rail Bhavan, they just get reborn with less teeth. The 60-page draft of the new Railway Corporate Safety Plan (2003-2013) is nothing but an abridged and a much watered down version of an
- Tamil Nadu's Assault On Elitism (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Jul 21, 2003)
WHEN "Tilting Tamil Nadu towards prosperity" was written at the time of the Tamil New Year in 2002, there was unbounded hope that the State Tamil Nadu will be transformed into India's foremost State (Business Line, April 16, 2002). The hope was founded on
- `Chicken And Egg' Problem (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Jul 21, 2003)
Assistance from the rich is conditioned on the "governance performance" of the poor, which really is tantamount to begging the question as the poor are poor because of improper and weak governance, among other things.
- The Strategy Of Collaboration (Business Line, R. Devarajan, Jul 21, 2003)
WHOEVER you are, whatever your management function, it is not possible for you to accomplish all your tasks and goals by yourself. You need the assistance of other people such as customers, suppliers, colleagues, superiors, and subordinates.
- Mortgage-Backed Securities - Lower Prepayment Risk For Home Loan Cos (Business Line, B. Venkatesh , Jul 21, 2003)
THE Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and SEBI are considering developing a secondary mortgage market in India. This measure will be advantageous to the home-loan companies and the investors. Here is why. Creating MBS: Home-loan companies create mortgage
- Millennium Goals A Dream, Time To Wake Up (Indian Express, P. Chidambaram, Jul 20, 2003)
As you read this on a Sunday morning, a child is born in a remote village in Rajasthan. She — a girl child — is one among thousands of children born at the very moment she emerged from her mother’s womb. If she survives, and she has a 90 per cent chance
- Post-Heroic War: Why Us Wants Our Troops (Indian Express, EJAZ HAIDER, Jul 19, 2003)
The Indian Government has finally refused to send its troops to Iraq and formally notified the Bush administration of its decision. But the issue is still open in Pakistan. The question of why the United States would want Pakistani and Indian troops in
- India’s Punch (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Jul 19, 2003)
Ouch, said the NEW YORK TIMES. India’s decision not to send troops to Iraq was a ‘‘sharp blow’’, it said, to ‘‘America’s post-war plans in Iraq’’. The paper tersely pointed out that the Bush administration had ‘‘exerted considerable pressure’’ on Prime
- Govt Floats Bold ‘hydrogen Vision’ (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Jul 19, 2003)
The Government has set up a high-powered committee and given it six weeks to finalise a ‘‘road-map’’ for the introduction of hydrogen as an alternative fuel in the country. ‘‘Inspired by the US and Iceland where vehicles fueled by hydrogen (steam is
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