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Articles 19221 through 19320 of 20008:
- Bombay ‘hell’ Hotel: Riot Victims Check In (Indian Express, Janyala Sreenivas, Jul 19, 2003)
The one-room houses are nothing to write home about but for hundreds of riot victims who fled Naroda-Patiya and never went back, these tiny shelters built on a wasteland simply known as Bombay Hotel are the only roof over their heads.
- Soon There May Be A Reit Way To Diversify (Business Line, B. Venkatesh , Jul 18, 2003)
SEBI is planning to allow real estate mutual funds in India. These are mutual funds that invest in real estate properties. Such funds are called Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) in the US. This is a welcome measure because REITs provide retail ...
- Worse Than A Crime (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2003)
BY ORDERING THE Central Bureau of Investigation to inquire into the monumentally unwise Taj Heritage Corridor project, the Supreme Court has made one thing clear. Even if the project has been aborted, thus saving the Taj Mahal and its environs ...
- Sc Orders Cbi Probe Into Taj Whodunit (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2003)
Disregarding the Mayawati Government’s protestations of innocence, the Supreme Court today ordered a CBI probe into the recently stalled Rs 175-crore project to build entertainment parks, restaurants and shopping malls behind Taj Mahal.
- Star And Stratagem (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2003)
MANY COUNTRIES, DEVELOPED and developing, have a broadcast regulatory framework prescribed by law. India does not have any such arrangement. However, the Government has fallen into the habit of tackling media-related issues piecemeal, issuing ...
- Biodegradable Wisdom (Indian Express, Ravi Agarwal, Jul 17, 2003)
The thin plastic carry bags can be seen everywhere. They are light, fluffy, and they fly around with the breeze, littering the landscape. They can be found all along railway tracks in the countryside, on high hilltops and even in bird’s nests and cow’s
- Investment In Equity Is A Different Kettle Of Fish (Business Line, S. Murlidharan , Jul 17, 2003)
Looks at the proposals on inter-corporate investments, guarantees and loans
- Tiger Surfaces In Habitat After 20 Yrs To Be Killed By A Train (Indian Express, Anuradha Nagaraj, Jul 16, 2003)
Rajdhani Express runs over sole tiger in Kota’s ‘excellent habitat’, crushes region’s park plans
- ‘our Don In Hand, Your Dawn In Sky’ (Indian Express, Ritu Sarin, Jul 13, 2003)
That’s the barter being worked out between Emirates Airlines and New Delhi: they want extra seats, Government wants Dawood & Co
- Still Too Slow (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 10, 2003)
General gloom with patches of diffuse light. This is the picture afforded by the Human Development Report, 2003, released by the United Nations Development Programme a couple of days ago. It looks as if the millennium development goals, set up in 2000 and
- Informed To Understand (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 08, 2003)
Although most adults do not naturally think of working in collaboration with children, many have been convinced of the value of doing so, whether by public-education campaigns or more specific training. Those who live and work most closely with children
- In The Lands Of The Gods (Telegraph, Sayomdeb Mukherjee, Jul 07, 2003)
We started from Calcutta on May 6 on a really hot and humid noon. Whenever we plan a family outing, my father has problems getting leave. So when the train finally started rolling, we all sighed in relief. The next morning we arrived at Lucknow. This is
- Leg Up For Trade (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2003)
A prime ministerial visit does not directly boost trade and economic relationships between two countries. However, any improvement in the political environment (and this is implicit in some progress on the border dispute and mutual acceptance of Tibet and
- In Work And In Play (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 02, 2003)
States parties recognize that a mentally or physically disabled child should enjoy a full and decent life, in conditions which ensure dignity, promote self-reliance and facilitate the child’s active participation in the community. States parties agree
- Importance Where It Is Due (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 01, 2003)
Through participation and engagement at early ages in issues that concern children — far from promoting anarchy or disrespect for authority, or undermining parental authority — we see a generation of young people who are more respectful and concerned ...
- Dead Wood (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2003)
It is impossible to make a bench without cutting a tree. This truism could make sad sense to the green bench of the Calcutta high court. The West Bengal Trees (Protection and Conservation in Non-Forest Areas) Act, 2003, has been drafted, and is likely to
- Wise Men Ignore The Box (Telegraph, Gouri Chatterjee, Jun 26, 2003)
The contrast was too stark. The president of Pakistan bounded up the lawns of Camp David, looking debonair, confident, at ease in front of the watching world. In another corner of the globe, the prime minister of India read out a speech at the Great Hall
- Measuring The Mood (Telegraph, Ambrose Pinto , Jun 26, 2003)
Globalization can help reduce poverty but it needs to be complemented with national and international actions
- To Build A World Fit For Children (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2003)
Most of all, authentic and meaningful participation requires a radical shift in adult thinking and behaviour — from an exclusionary to an inclusionary approach to children and their capabilities — from a world defined solely by adults to one in which ...
- Is India Prepared For Guilt By Association In Iraq (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Jun 25, 2003)
Those in New Delhi who enthusiastically support the White House request for Indian troops in Iraq should have been at a hearing of the American house of representatives armed services committee last Wednesday. At least the more sensible among them would
- Sullied Wonder (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2003)
The Indian’s attitude to his own history has always been rather enigmatic. Sensitiveness towards the past or the environment is certainly not a strong point, even among those who run the country, whether politicians or bureaucrats. Looking after important
- Left In The Lurch (Telegraph, Ambrose Pinto , Jun 17, 2003)
A social democratic approach, rather than communist tokenism, could have seen the women’s reservation bill through
- Research, Evaluate And Implement (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2003)
Each party shall prohibit, or promote the prohibition of, the distribution of free tobacco products to the public and especially minors. Each party shall endeavour to prohibit the sale of cigarettes individually or in small packets which increase the
- Keep An Eye On This Trade (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 12, 2003)
Parties should be assisted in determining the point of diversion and monitor, document and control the movement of tobaccoproducts and their legal status. In addition, each party shall: (a) require that unit packets and packages of tobacco products for
- Different Beds, Same Dreams (Telegraph, Jairam Ramesh, Jun 12, 2003)
In Beijing in December 1988, the octogenarian Deng Xiaoping told the 44-year-old Rajiv Gandhi that “if there should be an ‘Asian Age’ in the next century, then it could be realized only after India and China became developed economies”. When the ...
- Advertising Is Risky Business (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2003)
A party that is not in a position to undertake a comprehensive ban due to its constitution or constitutional principles shall apply restrictions on all tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship. This shall include, subject to the legal environment
- Package Of Information (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 10, 2003)
These may include terms such as “low tar”, “light”, “ultra-light”, or “mild”; and each unit packet and package of tobacco products and any outside packaging and labelling of such products also carry health warnings describing the harmful effects of ...
- Otec Pilot Plant Takeoff To Draw Commercial Mileage (The Financial Express, M SARITA VARMA, Jun 10, 2003)
Thiruvanvanthapuram, June 9: Decks are almost cleared for the country to be the first in the world to draw commercial mileage
- Karnataka Flays Formula For Distress Season (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 10, 2003)
The Cauvery Monitoring Committee has decided to set up a technical experts’ panel to hammer out differences on the draft formula for sharing water during a distress season as Karnataka refused to accept the formula straightaway at today’s meeting as . . .
- The President Comes Calling (Telegraph, Tapas Chakraborty, Jun 09, 2003)
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has tried to ignite the Bihar debate again during his visit to the state. But are the state’s leaders interested
- Globalisation: The Great Leveller (Jayanthi Iyengar) (Business Line, Jayanthi Iyengar, Jun 09, 2003)
Business process outsourcing is the best thing that could have happened to globalisation. It is a test that the developed world will have to pass if it wants to see the continuation of free markets.
- Bhel Plans To Grow Through Acquisitions (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jun 09, 2003)
There have been conjunctures in the past when determined efforts were made to make the public sector giant, Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL), into a world class company.
- Reform In Reverse Gear? (N. Venkiteswaran) (Business Line, N. Venkiteswaran, Jun 09, 2003)
Some of the Government's recent policy announcements give the unmistakeable impression that the logic of a coherent economic philosophy has been given the complete go-by.
- Need To Manage Water (Shebonti Ray Dadwal) (The Financial Express, Shebonti Ray Dadwal, Jun 09, 2003)
Time was when water was regarded as a god-given resource, to be used freely — and thoughtlessly.
- Mismanaging Water In Farm Sector (N Chandra Mohan) (The Financial Express, N. Chandra Mohan, Jun 09, 2003)
Water resources management is one of the most important challenges confronting India.
- Restoring Splendour (Shankar Bennur) (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2003)
Work on the relocation of the Gopalakrishnaswamy Temple at the Krishnarajasagar Dam near Mysore is going on briskly.
SHANKAR BENNUR visits the site
- Teaching Life Skills To Kids (Michael Patrao) (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2003)
Training children in life skills equips them to tackle life’s hardships and contributes to the overall development of their personality,
says Michael Patrao
- Dr Gangadhara Swamiji On A Less Trodden Path (Shyam Vattam) (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2003)
A few years ago, when communal clashes erupted in Hubli City the police found it hard to control the situation.
- Study Srisi Drinking Water Project Required(balakrishna Hegde) (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2003)
Not all development projects are steps to progress. It is important to study a project before it is implemented. The project that proposes to bring drinking water to Sirsi town from the holy Aghanashini river in the Western ghats region of Uttara Kannada
- Party To A Long Term Commitment (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2003)
T he objective of this Convention and its protocols is to protect present and future generations from the devastating health, social, environmental and economic consequences of tobacco consumption and exposure to tobacco smoke by providing a framework for
- Appreciating All Efforts To Control The Disease (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2003)
Emphasizing the special contribution of nongovernmental organizations and other members of civil society not affiliated with the tobacco industry, including health professional bodies, women’s, youth, environmental and consumer groups, and academic and
- Machismo Is Not The Answer (Telegraph, BRIJESH D. JAYAL, Jun 03, 2003)
A modern combat aircraft is a demanding design, development and management challenge on whose success or failure rests not only the future of the organization developing it, but also the operational potential of the sponsoring air forces. Not surprisingly
- Engineered To Kill (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2003)
To convene, as frequently as necessary, between June 16, 2003 and the first session of the conference of the parties, meetings of the open-ended inter-governmental working group; to continue to ensure that the World Health Organization plays a key role in
- Improving Grm (The Financial Express, Dhruv, Jun 03, 2003)
Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) has done exceedingly well during the year to March 2003. Its consolidated results that include performance of Kochi Refineries and Numaligarh Refinery should be looked at rather than its standalone results.
- Cauvery Meet Put Off (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI, Jun 03, 2003)
The 17th meeting of the Cauvery Monitoring Committee, scheduled for June 6, will now be held on June 9.
- Brake On Acceleration (Telegraph, S. L. Rao, Jun 02, 2003)
At the World Bank annual development economics conference in Bangalore in May 2003 on “Accelerating Development”, the private sector and its role in development was discussed. Innovation is through new product development. Financing innovation requires
- Presidential Poll And Polemics Of Consensus (Business Line, R. C. Rajamani, Jul 11, 2002)
THOUGH any election is all about politics, the presidential poll in the country has been sought to be freed from competitive and combative vehemence of electoral politics and polemics.
- Jayalalithaa: In The Eye Of Another Storm (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jul 11, 2002)
THE Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Ms J. Jayalalithaa, is right back at the centre of another political controversy. Her government has invoked POTA (Prevention of Terrorism Act) to arrest eight MDMK functionaries for their utterances eulogising the LTTE.
- Contract Farming: Sowing Promise (Business Line, Amalendu Jyotishi, Jul 11, 2002)
AGRICULTURAL commodity production is susceptible to institutional and market failure. Contract farming is often seen as an answer to these systemic imperfections.
- Cosmology In Rigveda -- The Third Premise (Hindu, PATRIZIA NORELLI-BACHELET, Jul 11, 2002)
History is indeed recorded in the Rigveda, as well as in the Epics, but one has to use correct cosmic formulas to make this discovery, bearing in mind that the ancients were not at all concerned with keeping records for posterity as we do today.
- Time For A Reality Check (Hindu, Asma Khan, Jul 11, 2002)
Kashmir is back on the world consciousness and is the focus of major world powers. This is a welcome albeit late development; nonetheless, it encompasses great scope for ending the protracted impasse in Kashmir.
- Musharraf's Order Or Disorder? (News International, Farhan Bokhari, Apr 25, 2002)
The success of Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan's General President, at next Tuesday's referendum may already be a foregone conclusion, thanks to the widespread state-cum-'nazim' backed struggle to make his campaign anything but a failure.
- Extreme Measures (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 05, 2002)
It is always good policy to face up to a challenge rather than pretend it does not exist.
- Baker’s Attitude Can’t But Prejudice Indo-Uk Relations: Nehru (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 05, 2002)
As early as 1 February 1948, Patrick Gordon-Walker, the junior minister in the Commonwealth Relations Office, had warned that the ‘‘Indians will be mortally offended if we put forward the idea (of admitting Pakistani troops into Kashmir) publicly’’.
- Imf-World Bank Group Meetings -- Taking Over Others' Turfs (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Feb 05, 2002)
I AM reporting from virtual Washington where the meetings of the Development Committee and the International Monetary and Finance Committee, interspersed with media conferences, were held from April 25 under the aegis of the International Monetary Fund.
- Multilateral Rules On Fdi (Business Line, S. Venu , Feb 05, 2002)
THE surge of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and the associated expansion of MNC activities has transformed the world from what it was 15 years ago.
- Favourable Winds (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 05, 2002)
THE RAKESH MOHAN Committee report has sought to put wind into the sails of Indian shipping.
- Gm Revolution Vs Languid Government Policies (Business Line, Gurumurti Natarajan, Feb 05, 2002)
GENETIC modifications and the selection of favourable traits have been the fountainhead of agricultural advancement over thousands of years.
- Witness To A Decline (Indian Express, Ashwani Sharma, Feb 05, 2002)
Having worked and lived in Jammu, it is depressing for me to see what is happening to the city.
- Watch How The Money Goes (Telegraph, Sumon Kumar Bhaumik, Feb 04, 2002)
Our generation of financial market-watchers has finally found the mother of all anti-heroes.
- Nstl: Making Waves In Ship Design (Business Line, Amit Mitra, Feb 04, 2002)
NESTLING amid rich greenery, the Naval Science and Technology Laboratory (NSTL) at Visakhapatnam lies totally hidden from public gaze.
- Challenges From Doha (Business Line, V. R. Panchamukhi, Feb 04, 2002)
THE DOHA Ministerial Meeting has been a success to the extent that it came out with a declaration, which the Seattle meet held two years ago could not achieve.
- The Afghan Kaleidoscope (Business Line, Premen Addy , Feb 04, 2002)
NOT FOR the first time nor, one suspects, the last, Afghanistan is playing a role in world history unmerited by its economic weight, unwarranted by its military power.
- Victory Lies In The Air (Indian Express, H. Moolgavkar, Feb 04, 2002)
THE happenings in Afghanistan triggered by the bombings of September 11 in New York City and Washington have only gone to further confirm the potential and effectiveness of air power that had already become so clear during its application in World War II.
- Duncans Industries Revamp -- A Challenging Task Ahead (Business Line, Rabindra Nath Sinha, Feb 04, 2002)
The reorganisation involves transfer of business, dissolution of one relatively small outfit, change of name and formation of two firms for tea and fertiliser.
- Rbi's Report On Currency And Finance 2000-01 -- A Welcome Tilt Against Deflation (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Feb 04, 2002)
Unconstrained by monetarist dogma, the RBI's recent Report on Currency and Finance has been brave enough to bare the difficult choices before the country.
- Wipro Campus Recruits Told To Wait Till 2003 (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 04, 2002)
STUDENTS recruited on campus last year by Wipro Technologies, the software export arm of Wipro Ltd, may have to wait for one more year before they can join the company.
- Organisational Renewal (Business Line, A. B. Shivkumar , Feb 04, 2002)
EVERY organisation needs to `renew' itself, in as much as it needs to re-focus on its areas of strengths, exploit opportunities, and emerge as a viable entity, and to face up to every challenge.
- Mine Of Problems (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 04, 2002)
PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN mining has been disappointingly slow to happen.
- Messing Up With People's Savings (Business Line, N.A.Mujumdar, Feb 04, 2002)
IT IS indeed difficult to reconcile the monetary policy measures, announced by the RBI Governor, Mr Bimal Jalan, with the prevailing macro-economic conditions.
- Language Games (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 03, 2002)
Gently does it. Or might. Evidently, the prime minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, does not believe this as far as the politics of language is concerned.
- Stop Press (Indian Express, Janyala Sreenivas, Feb 03, 2002)
Why did the BJP government in Gujarat contemplate bringing the Press under the Consumer Protection Act?
- A Joke Called Choice (Telegraph, Bhaskar Ghose, Feb 03, 2002)
The elections in five states have once again demonstrated that democracy is alive and well in India, that the will of the people can be exercised freely to elect their representatives, some of whom will lead them to a better life.
- On The First Morning Of Ramadan (Indian Express, Syeda Saiyidain Hameed , Feb 03, 2002)
What can the Afghans expect for Iftar? Food for the lucky, bombs for the unlucky.
- Working Out A Future Programme (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 02, 2002)
The negotiations to be pursued under the terms of this declaration shall be concluded not later than January 1, 2005.
- Jack Welch, A Master Ceo (Business Line, S. Subramanyan , Feb 02, 2002)
JACK-Straight from the Gut (Warner Books 2001), by GE CEO Jack Welch, has received raving reviews.
- Gm Crops And The World Market (Hindu, Mihir Shah, Feb 02, 2002)
Most countries have imposed bans or very strict regulations on genetically-modified crops... We need to be vigilant against discredited technologies and products being sneaked in.
- Of Tall Claims And Unfulfilled Plans (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Feb 02, 2002)
PROJECTIONS have all gone awry in the final year of the Ninth Plan (2001-02) despite the best Budget the Finance Minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha, could craft for the economy.
- Brawn Worked, Now The Brain (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Feb 02, 2002)
We must thank the Pakistanis for reviving interest in a flagging story.
- Microcredit: Globalisation Unlimited (Business Line, Sudhirendar Sharma, Feb 02, 2002)
IT is a two-edged sword. While it supposedly takes the rural poor into a new domain of economic freedom, it keeps the corporate sector hopeful of exploiting this freedom.
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