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Articles 8121 through 8220 of 9936:
- Unabashed Graft (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Nov 29, 2003)
For both TIME and NEWSWEEK, the acceptance of corruption was the bigger story. Are the incessant scandals making the Indian people more cynical? Or does public cynicism stem from the reaction of India’s political class to the scandals?
- Bubblegum Universe (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2003)
Censor Board chief Anupam Kher’s empire has expanded considerably. His predecessors had to satisfy their scissor-happy instincts by snipping away four-letter words in big screen releases. Kher, in contrast, will preside over a larger terrain. For, to him
- Wanted Here, Behind Bars In Portugal (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2003)
Underworld don Abu Salem, one of the prime accused in the 1993 Bombay Blast cases, and his wife Monica Bedi have been convicted by a Lisbon court for using forged documents to enter and stay in Portugal.
- A Five-Point Deprogramme (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Nov 29, 2003)
From cue cards etched in stone to de-hyping Saarc: rough primer on how to build on the current ceasefire
- Doughty Fighter And Leader Of Men (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2003)
WHATEVER BE THE result of the four-Test cricket series between Australia and India beginning on December 4 in Brisbane, this much is sure: it has already acquired the tag `historic', long before a single ball has been bowled or struck. The ...
- Counterproductive Restraints (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2003)
A NEW SET of Government guidelines seeks to discourage Indian companies from borrowing overseas. Only top rated companies that are in a position to raise money at very competitive rates in the international markets will be allowed to do so. The ...
- India, Russia To Sign Gorshkov Deal Soon (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2003)
India and Russia have decided to ink the deal for the Admiral Gorshkov aircraft carrier, paving the way for the visit of Russian Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov in two months from now.
- Law Minister Jaitley Claims Proof: Jogi & Jogi Jr Behind Video (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2003)
Three days before the polls, Union Law Minister Arun Jaitley claimed today that the BJP had collected ‘‘proof’’ which directly linked Chief Minister Ajit Jogi and son Amit Jogi to the Judeo video. But asked to explain Judeo’s acceptance of the money ...
- 'Sharing Sovereignty Is Hell Of An Enterprise': Chris Patten (Hindu, Mukund Padmanabhan, Nov 29, 2003)
AS THE European Union's Commissioner for External Relations, Chris Patten has been closely engaged with the difficult task of evolving a common foreign and security policy for the Union. Mr. Patten has served as a member of the European Commission since
- This Bank Cmd’s Head Rolls After He’s Neck-Deep In Dirt (Indian Express, Navika Kumar, Nov 29, 2003)
When N S Gujral, Chairman and Managing Director of Punjab and Sind Bank (PSB), was called in and told to go on ‘‘medical leave’’ a fortnight ago—the buzz is those were his marching orders—his vigilance file was almost one foot high.
- 12 Days, Still No Fir, If Only Cbi Lets The Law Take Its Course (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Nov 28, 2003)
Twelve days after The Sunday Express expose on Union Minister Dilip Singh Judeo, 10 full days after Prime Minister A B Vajpayee secured his resignation, a week after Judeo himself alluded to a money exchange—even invoking the Mahatma and Birla— the CBI ha
- Is Uk Slowly Slipping Into Third World Status? (Business Line, R. Sundaram , Nov 27, 2003)
IT IS amazing. For an Indian, it feels no different to be in the UK, nowadays. For instance, the litany of woes against public services seem to go on and on endlessly.
- Trimming Plrs (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 27, 2003)
BANK OF INDIA has not done anyone a favour by dropping its Prime Lending Rate to 11 per cent from 11.50 per cent as lower lending rates from banks in tandem with brutal cuts in deposit rates were long due. The PLRs of nationalised banks range between 10 p
- Trimming Plrs (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 27, 2003)
BANK OF INDIA has not done anyone a favour by dropping its Prime Lending Rate to 11 per cent from 11.50 per cent as lower lending rates from banks in tandem with brutal cuts in deposit rates were long due. The PLRs of nationalised banks range between 10 p
- Ftas And The Para-Tariff Effect (Business Line, Sanjib Pohit, Nov 27, 2003)
It is common knowledge that inadequate physical infrastructure inhibits trade. Border delays, for instance, reflect a constraint on the volume of imports/exports that can be processed in a given time-frame.
- Net Investment Ups Gold Demand In Q3 (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 27, 2003)
Total gold demand in the third quarter of this year is estimated to have increased by over five per cent year-on-year. By far the largest contributor to this increase was implied net investment, which jumped more than 150 tonnes quarter-on-quarter.
- Is Uk Slowly Slipping Into Third World Status? (Business Line, R. Sundaram , Nov 27, 2003)
IT IS amazing. For an Indian, it feels no different to be in the UK, nowadays. For instance, the litany of woes against public services seem to go on and on endlessly.
- Is Uk Slowly Slipping Into Third World Status? (Business Line, R. Sundaram , Nov 27, 2003)
IT IS amazing. For an Indian, it feels no different to be in the UK, nowadays. For instance, the litany of woes against public services seem to go on and on endlessly.
- At Last A Ceasefire (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 27, 2003)
THE FORMAL AGREEMENT between the armies of India and Pakistan to observe a ceasefire along the Line of Control, the Actual Ground Position Line in the Siachen Glacier and a segment of the international border is a positive development in itself.
- Fighting Hiv & Aids (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 27, 2003)
THE GLOBAL AIDS epidemic shows no sign of abating, according to the latest update issued by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the World Health Organisation (WHO). Globally, 40 million people are currently carrying the human i
- House Privileges And The Courts (Hindu, V.R. Krishna Iyer, Nov 27, 2003)
When life and liberty are put in jeopardy by the House on the ground of breach of privilege, the court's verdict about the privilege is final.
- Quality Of Justice Is Not Strained (Indian Express, V. R. Krishna Iyer , Nov 27, 2003)
Don’t blindly increase the strength of the judiciary. Make the process of judge selection more rigorous
- Ftas And The Para-Tariff Effect (Business Line, Sanjib Pohit, Nov 27, 2003)
It is common knowledge that inadequate physical infrastructure inhibits trade. Border delays, for instance, reflect a constraint on the volume of imports/exports that can be processed in a given time-frame.
- Eu Proposes Anti-Subsidy Duty On Indian Bed Linen (Business Line, Anna Peter, Nov 27, 2003)
The decision to impose anti-subsidy duty was passed by a majority in the European Commission, perhaps indicating the level of agreement on this matter. However, the Indian Government may respond by seeking redress at the World Trade Organisation.
- Long-Term Investment Advisory Mandates — Ifci In Talks With Overseas Funds (Business Line, Sarbajeet K. Sen, Nov 27, 2003)
"We are going slow on fresh lending. The focus is now on non-fund based activities."
- Tansi Judgement (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 26, 2003)
IT WOULD APPEAR that the Supreme Court disapproves morally of the act of the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Ms Jayalalithaa, in dealing in the land belonging to a State Government undertaking even as it acquits her of all charges of legal wrong doing.
- Politics Of Drought Favours Gehlot (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Nov 26, 2003)
ALMOST all opinion polls have placed the Congress(I) in a pretty comfortable position in Rajasthan. In the villages around Jaipur and Ajmer that this correspondent visited, the Rajasthan Chief Minister, Mr Ashok Gehlot, is looked upon as an annadata.
- Politics Of Drought Favours Gehlot (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Nov 26, 2003)
ALMOST all opinion polls have placed the Congress(I) in a pretty comfortable position in Rajasthan. In the villages around Jaipur and Ajmer that this correspondent visited, the Rajasthan Chief Minister, Mr Ashok Gehlot, is looked upon as an annadata.
- Tansi Judgement (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 26, 2003)
IT WOULD APPEAR that the Supreme Court disapproves morally of the act of the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Ms Jayalalithaa, in dealing in the land belonging to a State Government undertaking even as it acquits her of all charges of legal wrong doing.
- Ecb Curbs — A Clichéd Approach To Tackling Forex Riches? (Business Line, P. Yesuthasen, Nov 26, 2003)
ABOUT a decade and a half ago, three of us were invited to conduct a foreign exchange training programme sponsored by the central bank of a West Asian country.
- Sustaining The Centre's Myth (Hindu, Harish Khare , Nov 26, 2003)
We have heard the jarring notes from Assam to Maharashtra. These are timely reminders of the precariousness that continues to define the Centre's myth.
- Ecb Curbs — A Clichéd Approach To Tackling Forex Riches? (Business Line, P. Yesuthasen, Nov 26, 2003)
ABOUT a decade and a half ago, three of us were invited to conduct a foreign exchange training programme sponsored by the central bank of a West Asian country. Some of the speeches at the inauguration were in the local language of which we did not underst
- Ecb Curbs — A Clichéd Approach To Tackling Forex Riches? (Business Line, P. Yesuthasen, Nov 26, 2003)
ABOUT a decade and a half ago, three of us were invited to conduct a foreign exchange training programme sponsored by the central bank of a West Asian country. Some of the speeches at the inauguration were in the local language of which we did not underst
- Capitalism With A Human Face (Indian Express, Anu R Aga, Nov 26, 2003)
In the past few years there has been much talk about ‘‘corporate social responsibility’’ (CSR). It has become a leading topic at World Economic Forum meetings. Economist Adam Smith, who wrote the bible of capitalism, Wealth of Nations, more importantly a
- Two Cases, Two Judgments (Indian Express, Pallav Shishodia, Nov 26, 2003)
Some time ago, the Supreme Court declined to interfere with the disinvestment of Balco, a government company fully owned by the central government. It held that the ‘‘process of disinvestment is a policy decision involving complex economic factors’’ which
- Melting Ice (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 26, 2003)
Another welcome step forward in the slow Indo-Pak peace process
- `Cat Retest Date To Be Announced Today' — Online Tests Likely From 2005 (Business Line, Vinod Mathew, Nov 26, 2003)
THE Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA), which has taken on the lead role in resolving the impasse that has arisen after the Common Admission Test (CAT) questions were found to have been leaked, was a scene of intense deliberations on Tuesday
- Curtains On A Legal Saga (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 26, 2003)
THE SUPREME COURT'S acquittal of the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, J Jayalalithaa, and four others on all the criminal charges in the two TANSI cases (in which judgment was reserved on September 26, 2002) brings the curtain down on a seven-year legal saga th
- Branding Our Iits (Indian Express, P V Indiresan, Nov 26, 2003)
The name and money are not enough to upgrade any engineering college
- Convicted, 15 To Be Sentenced Today For Role In Gujarat Massacre (Indian Express, Ashok Bagriya, Nov 25, 2003)
In the first major conviction in a post-Godhra riot case, the Nadiad sessions court today convicted 15 persons for the massacre of 14 Muslims in Ghodasar village. The court acquitted 48 other accused.
- Murasoli Maran, 1934-2003 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2003)
FOR SOMEONE REGARDED as the quintessential backroom strategist, Murasoli Maran found himself pitch-forked on to centrestage on quite a few occasions. Television clips of an incensed Mr. Maran challenging the Tamil Nadu police during the notorious midnight
- Development Via The It Road (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Nov 25, 2003)
All efforts to build a modern India will fall flat if efforts are not made to enlist the support of the IT professional, who has demonstrated his abilities in distant shores.
- Realism On The China Border (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Nov 25, 2003)
If there was any need for more evidence to confirm that the Government is exploring an early and final settlement to the boundary dispute with China and has the political will to make the necessary political adjustments, we have it from the External Affai
- Govt Should Report On Use Of Forex Reserves: Chidambaram (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2003)
We haven't found a way to make good use of our resources. Every Government should account for what they are doing about public sector assets and forex reserves, Mr Chidambaram said.
- Trading Futures (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2003)
The CAT examination machinery must be put under the scanner to restore confidence
- Defining Rules Of Origin (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2003)
WITH THE INCREASING integration of Indian commodity markets with the global markets, following the removal of quantitative and other restrictions on foreign trade, the issue of origin certification has gained a new urgency.
- Maran: A Tough Strategist (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2003)
AFTER the end of single-party rule at the Centre in 1996 and the advent of coalition governance with multiple parties, the role of regional outfits has assumed a new meaning.
- Deceiving To Prosper? (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Nov 25, 2003)
Some amount of sharp practices has become necessary in Indian society to get ahead. People in high places practice the art of deception for monetary gain at the expense of other citizens. However, it is most disturbing that the young too need to resort to
- Cotton Prices Down On Heavy Arrivals (Business Line, Dhimant Bhatt, Nov 25, 2003)
"Export demand is mild and so is cotton mills demand locally."
- Defining Rules Of Origin (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2003)
WITH THE INCREASING integration of Indian commodity markets with the global markets, following the removal of quantitative and other restrictions on foreign trade, the issue of origin certification has gained a new urgency.
- Deceiving To Prosper? (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Nov 25, 2003)
Some amount of sharp practices has become necessary in Indian society to get ahead. People in high places practice the art of deception for monetary gain at the expense of other citizens. However, it is most disturbing that the young too need to resort to
- Development Via The It Road (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Nov 25, 2003)
All efforts to build a modern India will fall flat if efforts are not made to enlist the support of the IT professional, who has demonstrated his abilities in distant shores.
- Deceiving To Prosper? (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Nov 25, 2003)
Some amount of sharp practices has become necessary in Indian society to get ahead. People in high places practice the art of deception for monetary gain at the expense of other citizens. However, it is most disturbing that the young too need to resort to
- Maran: A Tough Strategist (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2003)
AFTER the end of single-party rule at the Centre in 1996 and the advent of coalition governance with multiple parties, the role of regional outfits has assumed a new meaning.
- For An Ocean Outlook (Hindu, B.G. Verghese, Nov 25, 2003)
India's perspective on the world is indeed changing. But the pace needs to be quickened and the ocean dimension never forgotten.
- Jaswant Urges Industry To Build On Strong Economy (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 24, 2003)
THE Union Finance Minister, Mr Jaswant Singh, today exhorted India Inc and other stakeholders in the economy to build on the strong economic fundamentals of the country, which he claimed are currently much better than in the past five decades.
- Report On Trend And Progress In Banking 2002-2003 — Revitalising Banking Through Radical Reform (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Nov 24, 2003)
THE latest review of the Trend and Progress of Banking in India, which covers the year 2002-03, is comprehensive, analytical and insightful.
- Report On Trend And Progress In Banking 2002-2003 — Revitalising Banking Through Radical Reform (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Nov 24, 2003)
THE latest review of the Trend and Progress of Banking in India, which covers the year 2002-03, is comprehensive, analytical and insightful.
- Freedom Of The Press And Beyond (Hindu, P. V. Indiresan , Nov 24, 2003)
The Hindu defeating the Tamil Nadu legislature in courts is merely one small battle in a perennial war between the people and their governments.
- Plan To Withdraw Volume Discount Scheme — Tamp Gives Kochi Port Green Signal (Business Line, P. Manoj, Nov 24, 2003)
The rates approved by the Tariff Authority for Major Ports are only the ceiling rates, the discounts representing mere floor levels. The port trusts are free to charge lower rates and offer higher rebates. As such, a separate tariff incentive scheme need
- On The Wrong Track (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 24, 2003)
THE RANSACKING OF the Railway Recruitment Board's office in Mumbai and the blockade of suburban trains at the city's nodal Churchgate station last Wednesday, by activists affiliated to the Shiv Sena deserve the most emphatic condemnation.
- The Cbi Should Be Given A Free Hand To Investigate The Fake Stamp Paper Scandal (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 24, 2003)
The decision of the Union Government to ask the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to take up the investigation into the fake stamp paper scandal, which had surfaced in several States, has come not a day too soon.
- The New Great Game (Indian Express, Sanjaya Baru, Nov 24, 2003)
APEC, ASEAN+3 and now JACIK, an alphabet soup in a changing Asia
- Destination Nowhere (Indian Express, Thomas L. Friedman, Nov 24, 2003)
Terrorists are in the fear business, every time we visibly imprison ourselves, we let them win
- Venality On Videotape (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 23, 2003)
First it was the Tehelka. Now it is the Judev video. As it were, Indian politics is still to come to terms with the interventionist potential of the 24-hour news channel. Television has already redefined, in many ways, how the leaders and political partie
- The Mask Comes Off (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 23, 2003)
Voters in Madhya Pradesh feel that the judev footage only reflects the true face of politicians, says Lalit Shastri.
- Three Fool-Proof Ways Of Cooking Ghoos (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Nov 23, 2003)
Traditional definition of bribe (or ghoos, in Hindi): A sum of money or other reward offered or demanded in order to procure an (often illegal or dishonest) action or decision in favour of the giver.
- Bull Run Confounds? (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Nov 23, 2003)
Although the bulls continue to predict a $15 billion investment in the Indian market next year, the stock market is in no mood to listen. For all of this week, the Sensex remained in correction mode, shedding nearly 500 points from a peak of 5,135.
- Brazening It Out (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Nov 23, 2003)
There is little doubt that it was primarily the Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who insisted that the man in the eye of the storm over the "cash on camera affair" must go.
- Money Matters (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 23, 2003)
Winning an election is a sure way of making those fast and vast quantities of bucks which can keep generations living in style. Neena Vyas reports.
- Less Taxing For The High Courts? (Business Line, Mohan R. Lavi, Nov 22, 2003)
Mohan R. Lavi questions the need for creation of the National Tax Tribunal
- Less Taxing For The High Courts? (Business Line, Mohan R. Lavi, Nov 22, 2003)
Mohan R. Lavi questions the need for creation of the National Tax Tribunal
- Delhi Sends An Invite To Key Kurds In Iraq Council (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Nov 22, 2003)
India has taken an unusual step in the fast-changing Iraq theatre by inviting key Kurdish leaders Jalal Talebani and Masoud Barzani, besides Adnan Pachachi, the Sunni leader who once served as the country’s foreign minister.
- Us And Them (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Nov 22, 2003)
A look at the best and worst of foreign media
- An Education For The Future (Indian Express, Azim Premji, Nov 22, 2003)
When we speak of the “quality of education”, it becomes imperative to address the important issue of “what kind of education”? Education, to my mind, is an organised system that facilitates learning so that each individual imbibes the process of understan
- Double Helix Of Education (Indian Express, Azim Premji, Nov 22, 2003)
The full text of the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Lecture delivered by Azim Premji, chairman of Wipro, this week.
- Sena Goons Follow Ulfa, Attack Rly Examinees From Bihar (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2003)
For many in Mumbai, this seems to be a replay of the Shiv Sena agitations of the Sixties and Seventies to demand reservations for ‘sons-of-the-soil’.
- Press Note 18 Must Be Scrapped (Business Line, Sharif D Rangnekar, Nov 22, 2003)
The Government needs to recognise the strength of domestic industry and stop playing to a limited audience of protection-seekers.
- Battle For The Shrunken Pie (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Nov 22, 2003)
The policy debate mostly ignored the divisive potential of fragmenting the Railways into 17 zones.
- Ajit Jogi And The Talking Mynah (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Nov 21, 2003)
A soft, thin wire mesh has been thrown around an 80 feet tall wild tree in the compound of the forest department in Jagdalpur, headquarters for the Bastar division of Chhattisgarh. This unique caged tree is the habitat for four Bastar Hill mynahs, the wor
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