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Articles 7621 through 7720 of 9936:
- Joint Venture Urea Project In Oman — Buyback Agreement Needs A Fresh Look (Business Line, Uttam Gupta , Dec 24, 2003)
To oblige lenders, who insist on a stable revenue stream, the Government has committed to buying the entire volume of urea produced each year by the joint venture project in Oman at a pre-determined price. While this has put the project in safe territory,
- A Water War Brews In Satara (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Dec 24, 2003)
Control of water resources by the government means their control by a few leaders who can continue in power. There is a temptation for these leaders to leverage water management projects electorally. Citing instances of diversion of water from one region
- Containing The Fallout (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 24, 2003)
CORNERED BY BHUTAN, the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) is threatening to hit back in the manner it knows best — vent its anger on ordinary, defenceless people. Its threat to issue "quit notices" to Bhutanese living in the Northeast ...
- Peace By Piece (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Dec 24, 2003)
As India and Pakistan enter the final week in the run-up to the SAARC summit in Islamabad, little gestures that help to significantly improve at least the bilateral atmosphere if not the substance, seem to be the order of the day. Such as the courtesy ...
- No Entry On An Open Border (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Dec 24, 2003)
Entering Raxaul in Bihar from Birganj in Nepal, one moves from the third world to the fourth. New Delhi might fancy itself as one of the world's most dynamic economies and an emerging great power. At Raxaul, you would not know. There is nothing "shining
- Myanmar To Join India War On Insurgents (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 24, 2003)
With Bhutan claiming to have demolished all 30 camps run by Indian militants on its soil in Operation All Clear, Myanmar today promised to flush out Indian insurgents and assured that it would not allow terrorists to enter its territory.
- Outsourcing To Offshoring, It Is Advantage India (Business Line, V. Sriram , Dec 24, 2003)
OUTSOURCING by the US is assuming massive proportions. The reason is "it saves money, time and frees in-house staff to do work central to the company's core mission." What is saved? Thirty-forty per cent, estimates the solutions group, Loud Cloud. Its CEO
- Securing The Northeast (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2003)
The brilliant military action by the Royal Bhutanese Army has destroyed all the 30-odd terrorist camps maintained illegally by ULFA and the other two militant groups inside Bhutan. The militants are now on the run and those not killed or captured so far
- In Denver, Madhuri Is Her Own Domestic Help (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Dec 23, 2003)
Back home in Mumbai from the US, superstar MADHURI DIXIT spoke to SHEKHAR GUPTA, Editor-in-Chief of The Indian Express, about balancing career and baby — and of a husband clueless about Hindi cinema. Excerpts from the interview telecast on NDTV 24x7’s ...
- ‘they’ll Take 1,000 Years To Find Anything Against Me’ (Indian Express, Reshma Patil, Dec 23, 2003)
In the hub of oil giants with a vast spread of offices in suburban Wadala, Progressive Petroleum Co. is a nobody.
- The Rot Within (Telegraph, SANKAR SEN, Dec 23, 2003)
R.S. Sharma’s case illustrates that corruption at the top destroys the police force’s commitment and encourages more corruption
- The Dollar Party (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2003)
MONEY, OR DOLLARS to be more precise, is the final arbiter of a country's pecking order in the mercantilist world. With slightly more than $100 billion in the books for the first time ever in the country's economic history, it will be hard for any nation,
- Terms Of Reference Of 12th Finance Commission — The Deficit In Fiscal Discipline (Business Line, Mony K. Mathew , Dec 23, 2003)
One of the views is that the emphasis on fiscal deficit reduction without paying attention to its quality has led to the Centre and the States resorting to the softer option of cutting productive capital and necessary maintenance and social sector ...
- Leveraged Living (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2003)
A RECENT EXHORTATION by a highly placed Reserve Bank of India (RBI) official to banks to be cautious in expanding their home loan portfolio is significant. Although there has been no official regulatory warning so far, it is obvious that banks ...
- Oil Psus: About Turn On Cross-Holdings (Business Line, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Dec 23, 2003)
The December 18 CCEA decision to allow oil PSUs to dilute their cross-holdings is a tacit admission that the Government had erred in its February 1998 move to allow such holdings in the first place. The Government has implicitly acknowledged that the ...
- India Shining? Indeed, In Its People! (Business Line, P.T. Jyothi Datta, Dec 23, 2003)
AT AN inter-city airport in South Africa, a photo-journalist covering the Cricket World Cup earlier this year was confronted by a charming lady who quipped: "Are you from India? Pity your boys lost in the finals!" This admiration-filled remark was indeed
- Nuclear Neighbours (Hindu, V.R. RAGHAVAN, Dec 23, 2003)
One effective institutional arrangement is the creation of a nuclear risk reduction centre each in India and Pakistan.
- Indian Students Wowed By Us College Culture (Tribune, Dhruv, Dec 23, 2003)
CLUBS are one of the greatest institutions on American college campuses. They provide a great way of getting to know people, making friends, and participating in campus life.
- Contributory Pension System: Approach With Caution (Business Line, S. Subramanyan , Dec 23, 2003)
BY 2016, the number of Indians above age 60 is expected to exceed 113 million and comprise 8.9 per cent of the population. And projections suggest that by 2026 the aged will form 13.3 per cent of the population. This has serious implications for social...
- The Migrant Effect On Punjabi Society (Tribune, K.S. Chawla, Dec 23, 2003)
THE demographic complexion of Punjab has changed sharply in the recent years with the influx of migrants from Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, besides Nepal.
- Rights And Wrongs (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2003)
When militants pretend to talk of human rights, it is usually a ploy. The United Liberation Front of Asom, which thrived on killings and abductions, is an unlikely champion of any rights whatsoever. There is a cruel irony, therefore, in its demand that...
- Growth, But It’s Jobless (Indian Express, Mani Shankar Aiyar, Dec 23, 2003)
It was reported in this paper at the time of the last Davos conference that Jaswant Singh is “bored” with his present less glamorous assignment as finance minister. That boredom was much in evidence as the union finance minister closed his eyes and affect
- Opportunity Or Threat? (Hindu, Ambrose Pinto , Dec 23, 2003)
The shifting of some technology jobs abroad fits into a well-worn historical pattern of economic change and adjustment in the United States.
- Polio War Critical, Top Panel Turns To Pm, Kalam (Indian Express, Toufiq Rashid, Dec 22, 2003)
Next six months may well decide eradication, strong govt leadership essential at all levels
- Aide Rateria Sang Before Cbi, Diary Too Was Clincher (Indian Express, Ritu Sarin, Dec 22, 2003)
: If there was one reason why the CBI didn’t wait for the forensic report on the VCD and moved to lodge an FIR in the Judeo bribery case, it was because of the former minister’s trusted aide Natwar Rateria: he sang.
- ‘that Was Illegal Gratification’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2003)
Judeo video:CBI registers case against Judeo, 3 others; Jogi, son’s homes among 17 places raided
- ‘it’s Not Just Bihar, The Rot Is Everywhere’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2003)
It is the taxpayer’s money that is being looted by the mafia. Let the NHAI stand up to periodic financial audits. If the media highlights such an audit and the follow up action, and keeps the public posted about the progress of the Golden Quadrilateral
- Santa At The Stockmarket (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2003)
As we celebrate the Sensex’s rise and rise, keep an eye on rising disparities too
- Don’t Get Cheated On The Gold That You Buy (Tribune, Pushpa Girimaji, Dec 22, 2003)
IN the last three years since the government introduced the system of hallmarking or authentication of the quality of gold jewellery, 650 jewellers in the country (out of an estimated 6 lakh ) have taken the licence from the BIS to sell hallmarked ...
- No Concern For Rajasthan’s Tribals (Tribune, Ambrose Pinto , Dec 22, 2003)
Parbati has nothing to offer to her hungry children. Her jhuggi, built of sand, stones and plastic sheets has been turned to ashes. A sack of foodgrains and a few clothes in the jhuggi have also been gutted. On the evening of August 24, a few villagers...
- Learning To Behave Like A Victor (Telegraph, Ambrose Pinto , Dec 22, 2003)
Certain images stay embedded in one’s memory. As a child reading a volume of the Book of Knowledge, there was a picture of an immaculately clad captain in uniform standing ramrod straight, hand raised in salute, going down with his ship. In the background
- Fogged Out (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2003)
IT is the same story year after year. Come winter and air travel in the country becomes a near impossibility due to fog. All along, the tantalising hope of the harassed travellers was that once state-of-the-art instrument landing system was installed, the
- Good Flagoff (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2003)
VIGYAN Rail, which was flagged off by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, is a good initiative to showcase the nation’s achievements in science and technology. Both the President and the Prime Minister can take justifiable pride in the scientific and ...
- Still Not The Perfect Shine (Telegraph, S. L. Rao, Dec 22, 2003)
At a recent conference on globalization the discussion was focussed on the “how” rather than the “what” or “why” issues that had dominated the subject until recently. The success stories of Indian companies that had begun to look at the world as the ...
- A Step Forward? (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Dec 22, 2003)
The departure from the extreme, maximal positions taken by India and Pakistan could be a helpful factor though, by itself, it would not bring an acceptable solution within sight.
- Stars Who Stood Out From Stripes (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Dec 22, 2003)
The MTV IMMIES. Some great performances but poor presentations. Cyrus Broacha and Saif Ali Khan were masters of ceremonies: Saif was perfectly suited for the part in matching trousers and jacket (that’s why it’s called a suit) but nobody laughed at his...
- Booted Out, Ulfa Says It Will Target Bhutanese In N-E (Indian Express, CP Bhambri, Dec 22, 2003)
Seven days after the Bhutanese flush-out operations caught it by surprise, the ULFA today declared Bhutan ‘‘an enemy of the people of Assam’’ and said it would soon target Bhutanese nationals in the North-East.
- Two Alone (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Dec 22, 2003)
In the week the general unleashed his goodwill offensive on the question of plebiscite in Kashmir, Britain’s FINANCIAL TIMES offered a provocative thesis. India and Pakistan have so far relied on Washington to coax and pressure them into talking, but the
- In A Legislator’s Universe (Indian Express, Ambrose Pinto , Dec 22, 2003)
Bangaru Laxman and Dilip Singh Judeo hold a very valuable lesson for our political class: the craft of graft is not be practised by greenhorns. These novices did not know that naked moolah is poison and should never be touched by one’s hands. But whereas
- Arjun Tank Nowhere In Sight (Tribune, Maj-Gen Himmat Singh Gill (retd) , Dec 22, 2003)
MAIN Battle Tank (MBT) Arjun, slated to be added to India’s armoured might at the turn of the century, appears to be having serious birth-pangs. The 57th report of the Public Accounts Committee (2003-2004) on the design and development of MBT, presented
- Take It Or Fall Behind (Telegraph, Barun De, Dec 22, 2003)
Does south Asia have genuinely independent alternatives for more self-respecting national futures
- Open Borders And Closed Minds (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Dec 22, 2003)
The recent call by the Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, for open borders in the subcontinent has generated an enthusiastic response. But on both sides of the Indo-Nepal border, one of the most open in the world, there are voices demanding its tight
- Mounting Forex To Spur Investment: Jaswant Singh (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2003)
Finance Minister Jaswant Singh has said that mounting foreign exchange reserves will added greater momentum to bolder economic reforms, enabling the country to achieve significantly high growth. It will spur investment activity and help corporate borrow
- Taliban Wants 50 Men For 2 Indians (Indian Express, Reuters, Dec 21, 2003)
The ousted Afghan Taliban militia is demanding the release of 50 imprisoned militants in return for two Indian engineers they are holding hostage, a rebel commander said on Saturday.
- Words And Whispers 2003 (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Dec 21, 2003)
Every year throws up new words or old-new words. Like shells, they gleam and resonate on the sands of a dying year. Each word colourcodes the year for you. Each embedded word waves a flag of the times.
- Msrdc’s Moves (Indian Express, DUCHETA DALAL , Dec 21, 2003)
With the Worli-Bandra link, literally stuck mid-sea, the cash-starved Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) has grandly announced another sea link to connect a suburb of Mumbai. Since the corporation finances its activities through bond
- Holding Back The Tears (Telegraph, Ambrose Pinto , Dec 21, 2003)
No matter what fate now has in store for us, the video-shot of Rahul Dravid hitting the winning runs at Adelaide is going to become an iconic one in the history of Indian cricket. It’s not so much the lunge to smack the ball away but what happens right...
- ‘ostracise The Corrupt And Unprincipled From All Spheres Of Public Life’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2003)
• The Indian Express is doing a commendable job in exposing the fake stamp paper scam as well as highlighting the death (murder) of Satyendra K Dubey. It seems that our Government is not really serious in wanting to eradicate corruption. Honesty no longer
- News Reel 14-12-03 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2003)
• Tikrit’s tyrant meets with an anti-climax as the US forces dig him out from a ‘‘spiderhole’’ in Iraq. White House hails Saddam Hussein’s capture as the moment in its war so far, but warns it might not be the end of violence in Iraq. Days after the event
- Can We Have Some Arrogance Now? (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Dec 21, 2003)
We hear the word vikas a lot since the assembly elections. Development. It’s all about vikas political pundits have taken to saying ever since their predictions for Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh were proven embarrassingly wrong. If you are...
- Preventive Intelligence (Indian Express, P. Chidambaram, Dec 21, 2003)
Among the Millennium Development, goals are the following: Goal 4: Reduce child mortality — reduce by two-third, between 1990 and 2015 under-five mortality rate. Goal 5: Improve health — reduce by three quarters, between 1990 and 2015, the ...
- God And Constitutions (Indian Express, Soli Sorabjee, Dec 21, 2003)
God and religion, especially Christianity, have become highly controversial subjects in drafting of the Constitution for the European Union (EU). The first 15 draft articles of the Constitution which were released on 6th February 2003 made no mention of
- They Have Gone To War After 138 Years, For Us (Indian Express, Ambrose Pinto , Dec 21, 2003)
This week, the govt TV channel in this Bhutanese border town has been broadcasting appeals to citizens to donate blood. Across the border, at an Indian Air Force hospital, doctors are giving blood transfusions and performing emergency surgery on Royal ...
- All Camps Taken Over, Says Bhutan (Indian Express, Samudra Gupta Kashyap, Dec 21, 2003)
Six days after the launch of Operation All-Clear, the Bhutan Royal Army today claimed it had taken over all the camps that the three Indian insurgent groups — ULFA, NDFB and KLO — had set up in its southern districts during the past decade.
- Have They Got More Than They Bargained For? (Hindu, KESAVA MENON, Dec 21, 2003)
Now that Saddam Hussein is in American hands what happens in Iraq? On the unfolding situation.
- Now Potato Dumping (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2003)
FOR the past six years potato prices have ruled low in Punjab due to excess production. Three years ago for the first time farmers came out on the roads in large numbers with their tractor-trailers and dumped potatoes in Jalandhar to protest against the
- This Woman Of Beauty Loves Her Roots (Tribune, Ela Dutt , Dec 20, 2003)
Saira Mohan, one of the hottest models in the US, is today thankful that her Indian father never objected to her missing school to follow a career in fashion.
- A $100-Billion War Chest (Hindu, C. Rammanohar Reddy, Dec 20, 2003)
Foreign exchange reserves of $100 billion may seem like an embarrassment of riches. But they will not be when capital inflows dry up and "liquidity at risk" turns into an outflow.
- In Ulfa Heartland, Few Shed Tears Over News From Bhutan (Indian Express, Samudra Gupta Kashyap, Dec 20, 2003)
Till about 10 years ago, Dibrugarh and Tinsukia, the twin industrial districts of Upper Assam, used to keep the security forces busy. Home to some of ULFA’s top leaders, the region was a nightmare for the forces. When they arrested militants, womenfolk of
- ‘award Dubey The Ashok Chakra’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2003)
Being a NRB (non-resident Bihari) I feel ashamed Satyendra Dubey was killed in his own state simply because he was honest. Such an incident lets down all right-minded residents of Bihar. It compels them to think of leaving Bihar for good. At this rate...
- ‘what Are The Issues Between Us Minus Kashmir? Even I Would Want To Ask People. Nobody Knows’ (Indian Express, Simon Denyer, Dec 20, 2003)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf told Simon Denyer of Reuters that he had "left aside" the 50-year-old demand for a UN-mandated plebiscite in Kashmir and was willing to meet India ‘‘halfway’’ in a bid for peace: Excerpts from the interview:
- Welcome, Say Delhi And Washington (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2003)
Musharraf’s UN rethink: It’s constructive to relinquish referendum demand: US State Department
- Fishing And Troubled Waters (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Dec 20, 2003)
Tamil Nadu has several security concerns about the evolving situation in Sri Lanka.
- An Indian Christmas (Indian Express, PREETHA RAJAH , Dec 20, 2003)
The front page carried a coloured photograph of the illuminated Harrods department store buzzing with Christmas shoppers: ‘‘With a month to go for Christmas, London’s West End shopping area is putting the finishing touches to Christmas decorations’’.
- Let’s Own That Whistle (Indian Express, Ambrose Pinto , Dec 20, 2003)
The death of Satyendra Dubey, a young engineer from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, and working for the National Highway Authority of India who had complained of corruption on the Golden Quadrilateral project to the Prime Minister’s Office ...
- Across The Thin Saffron Line (Telegraph, Ambrose Pinto , Dec 19, 2003)
Hinduism in Public and Private: Reform, Hindutva, Gender and Sampraday Edited by Antony Copley, Oxford, Rs 595
- The Challenge Of Spam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2003)
THE INTERNET REVOLUTIONISED the way people communicate, by making it possible to send and receive electronic mails almost instantaneously across continents. The cost to benefit ratio of e-mail made it possibly the cheapest and fastest way to ...
- Some Hope In Sight (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2003)
THE news that India could become the first country in the world to develop AIDS vaccine is heartening. Although human trials are to begin only in mid-2004, the progress made so far is encouraging. The vaccine developed by the National AIDS Research ...
- Hero On Every Turf (Telegraph, Novy Kapadia, Dec 19, 2003)
Nation’s Pride Dhanraj Pillay By K. Armugam, Field Hockey, Rs 60
- Last Salute To The Lion Of 1965 (Indian Express, Patwant Singh, Dec 19, 2003)
The death of Lieutenant General Joginder (Jogi) Singh Dhillon on November 20 at the age of 89 received no coverage in the Indian papers, although it was his inspiring generalship that helped smash the superior Pakistani armour, poised to head for the ...
- The Superstitious Mind (Tribune, Ravi Dhaliwal , Dec 19, 2003)
A few years ago an old acquaintance gave me a horseshoe. “Nail it above a wooden door and good luck will smile on you,” I was told.
- If China Can, Why Can't India? (Business Line, Gautam Murthy, Dec 19, 2003)
CHINA's economic success is stunning the world as it understands how to move with the times. It is the world's most competitive nation anddesires to modernise rapidly by attracting more foreign investment.
- Jet Set (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2003)
The Naresh Chandra committee was to draw up a road map for reforming civil aviation. Drawing on global experiences, it makes a host of recommendations and if the entire package is implemented, much more than Indian Airlines and Air India will be ...
- Not Quite Right (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Dec 19, 2003)
Let me admit at the very outset that on this count I am in a minuscule minority in Lutyens’s Delhi, in Hampstead and Islington, in Manhattan’s Upper West side and in all the watering holes of radical cosmopolitanism.
- Us Foreign Policy — Is There An India Tilt? (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Dec 19, 2003)
There has been a sea-change in the US foreign policy approach to India since the Nixon-Kissinger days. If Washington sees India as a vibrant democracy, pursuing accelerated economic growth, it views Pakistan as a problem child; it cannot afford to allow
- Outsourcing To India — No Other Option For The Us (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2003)
The products of American companies will be more expensive if outsourcing is prohibited.
- Tea Troubles (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2003)
THE TEA BOARD'S recent announcement that exports in calendar 2003 were likely to be lower by 16.7 per cent, at around 165 million kg against last year's 198 million kg, is a matter of serious concern for the industry mainly because it restricts the escape
- Bhutan Says We Have More Work To Do, Confirms 7 Soldier Deaths (Indian Express, Subrata Nag Choudhury, Dec 19, 2003)
The successes have been striking but Bhutanese government officials are being cautious as they take the next step in the crackdown. Over the past four days, the Royal Bhutanese Army is said to have over-run virtually all militant camps but officials say
- Omar Abdullah As Envoy To Us? (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2003)
THE US remains the most sought after diplomatic assignment in New Delhi. A little bird discovered this week that a high-profile candidate has joined the race for the post of Indian Ambassador in Washington. The post is due to fall vacant in March next ...
- Wife Was Honest Sarpanch So Dalit Paid With His Life (Indian Express, Ambrose Pinto , Dec 19, 2003)
For the second time in a week, Gujarat is in the news for atrocities on Dalits. If in Surendranagar, seven Dalit teachers were transferred because they objected to segregation of upper and lower caste students during mid-day meals in schools, in
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