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Articles 17321 through 17420 of 20587:
- Snub For Governor (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 11, 2005)
Wednesday's Supreme Court ruling advancing the vote of confidence of the Shibu Soren government in Jharkhand from March 15 to 11 is apt and timely. Significantly...
- Agenda For New Haryana Govt (Tribune, R. N. Malik, Mar 11, 2005)
THE new Chief Minister of Haryana, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, faces a daunting task. Most Chief Ministers have failed to adopt a visionary approach and an agenda of development.
- Breaches In The Dykes (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Mar 11, 2005)
SINCE the imposition of President’s rule in Bihar —widely welcomed because of its inevitability, given the circumstances — it has been difficult to shake off two streams of thought, an ironic one about the past and a deeply depressing one about the future
- Budget And Textiles — Could Have Been A Better Weave (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Mar 11, 2005)
The Budget has provided incentive packages to improve the cost-competitiveness and profitability of all segments of the textile industry.
- Budget: Promoting A Socially Just Growth (Business Line, Shobha Ahuja, Mar 11, 2005)
The Finance Minister has presented a Budget that favours investment, job creation, social welfare, and rural and urban development.
- Involving Constitutional Offices In Partisan Politics (Hindu, Harish Khare , Mar 11, 2005)
On May 30, 1996 this newspaper published on the front page a super-exclusive, report entitled, "A Confrontation Avoided."
- Is Gender Budgeting Justified... (The Economic Times, LEKHA S CHAKRABORTY, Mar 11, 2005)
The Budget 2005-06 sees a clear shift of the economy's commanding heights from dams and industries to soft sectors like health and education.
- Infrastructure Development — Has The Budget Done Enough? (Business Line, Ramakanta Subudhi, Mar 11, 2005)
Attempts to attract private investment in infrastructure development by way of incentives are not enough. Insufficient outlays in successive Budgets have led to poor and inadequate facilities.
- Farewell To Humour (Indian Express, George N Netto, Mar 11, 2005)
The former British tea planters of Munnar were sticklers for farewell parties — rollicking affairs, disastrous for both health and purse, that often extended well into the wee hours.
- Drug Abuse: Asia On A New High (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Mar 11, 2005)
The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), a quasi-judicial body monitoring the implementation of the United Nations (UN) international drug control convention
- Reach Out To The Young (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 10, 2005)
As the survey was conducted in rural areas (villages) in the district and urban areas were not included in the survey, the findings are applicable only to rural areas of Dhanbad district.
- The Challenge Ahead (Telegraph, BHASWATI CHAKRAVORTY, Mar 10, 2005)
No one would have remarked if they saw a seven-year-old girl working as a servant in the house next door. Only when her employer’s dog bit her to....
- The Tiger In Front (Economist, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2005)
HOME to nearly two-fifths of humanity, two neighbouring countries, India and China, are two of the world's fastest-growing economies.
- How To Create A New Tomorrow (Business Line, Vidya Hattangadi, Mar 10, 2005)
An oft-asked question about Indians is: In spite of having such rich heritage, an abundance of natural resources and intellectual minds, why we are unable to make a difference to the world economy?
- Funding Infrastructure (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Mar 10, 2005)
Any list of hurdles to the country's economic growth is sure to have poor infrastructure at the top.
- Future Of Books In The Age Of The Web (Hindu, Caroline Michel, Mar 10, 2005)
Books will confound all predictions and survive the electronic age in much the same form in which they exist today and have existed for hundreds of years.
- Governor Habiba (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 10, 2005)
President Hamid Karzai’s selection of Ms Habiba Sorabi as the new Governor of Bamiyan province of Afghanistan is a landmark development in a society where women had virtually no rights till a few years ago.
- Sex Queries In Pak School Survey Spark Protests (Tribune, Muhammad Najeeb, Mar 09, 2005)
A “health survey” by a prominent private educational board in Pakistan, questioning students about sex and drinking habits, is being protested against and termed “un-Islamic”.
- Two Contrasting Reports (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Mar 09, 2005)
I have received two annual reports on the state of human rights. One is by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on India and the other by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan.
- Vanishing Wetlands (Hindu, G. Ananthakrishnan, Mar 09, 2005)
Nearly a year after he announced the Government's intention to progressively "repair, renovate and restore all water bodies that are directly linked to agriculture,"
- Career Sense On Campuses (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Mar 09, 2005)
The campus recruitment season is in full swing. The wheel having gone full circle, it is boom-time in jobs and salaries yet again.
- Gender Justice (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 09, 2005)
International Women’s Day is an occasion for celebration and reflection — celebration of the significant achievements of women around the world and reflection on the immense task that remains to be done to achieve gender equality and justice.
- Oil A Tool To Achieve Equality: Chavez (Hindu, PARVATHI MENON, Mar 09, 2005)
"Mr. President, what is the secret of your energy," asked a journalist at the end of a long press conference in Bangalore
- Killing Her Softly (Indian Express, Harmala Gupta, Mar 09, 2005)
While it is the larger tragedies that capture the public imagination, we tend to overlook the numerous quieter tragedies that decimate people’s lives.
- Human Rights In India, Pakistan (Tribune, Kuldip Nayar, Mar 09, 2005)
I have received two annual reports on the state of human rights. One is by the National Human Rights Commission on India and the other by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan on its own country.
- Not Yet Free To Choose (Tribune, Ruchika M. Khanna, Mar 08, 2005)
For centuries women in Haryana have been relegated to a third grade in the social hierarchy — much after the male members and their high yielding cattle. Though one of the richest states in the country
- New Ways, New Life (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2005)
Balu came to Bangalore from Tiruvanmalai, Tamil Nadu, a few years back. Farming did not yield enough to support his family of five. So he moved to Bangalore and found a job here as a painter.
- Money For Schools (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 08, 2005)
Akshara Dasoha, the mid-day meal programme for school children, is no doubt a wonderful idea to attract children of underprivileged sections of society to schools. But that is not enough.
- Two-Day Meet On Rights Of Muslim Women (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2005)
A two-day South regional consultative meet on ‘Muslim woman and her Rights’ will be held on March 10 and 11 in Bangalore under the aegis of the Karnataka State Women’s Commission.
- Money For Schools (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 08, 2005)
Akshara Dasoha, the mid-day meal programme for school children, is no doubt a wonderful idea to attract children of underprivileged sections of society to schools. But that is not enough. Children need a congenial atmosphere to study.
- Rolling Back The Daily Tsunami (Deccan Herald, THORAYA AHMED OBAID, Mar 08, 2005)
Terrible disasters bring great responses. We saw that in the global outpouring of generosity after last December’s tsunami. But for some people — the very poor fifth of the world’s people who live on a dollar a day or less
- The World Where Compassion Makes A Difference (Deccan Herald, L SUBRAMANI, Mar 08, 2005)
The couple were unknown to us, Brigitte Harder explains. Her animated face tells us that she is reliving the excitement she felt four years ago when, returning home one day she turned on her answer machine and found a request from an unknown donor ...
- A Global Village Of Health And Care (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2005)
SABITH KHAN speaks to Khurshid Alam, Commissioner of Health with the UK government who feels that as walls tumble down and countries become part of the global village, it is important to share knowledge and information.
- An Occasion To Mourn (Tribune, Usha Rai, Mar 08, 2005)
We should stop celebrating Women’s Day. In fact, it should be a day of national mourning. We should collectively hang our heads in shame. Or maybe we should observe two minutes’ silence today for all the lives that have been snuffed out in their mother’s
- Getting Connected (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 08, 2005)
Wiring up communities with the most modern communication networks and expanding access to computers and the Internet have been central to the effort to leapfrog
- Copycats, Beware The Doghouse (Business Line, Mustafa Safiyuddin, Mar 08, 2005)
The tide is turning against counterfeiters and infringers. Until now they were undeterred, given the inability of genuine branded product manufacturers to cause them financial damage
- Budget 2005-06: Stage-Managed Humaneness (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Mar 08, 2005)
Budget 2005-06, it is claimed, has substantially increased allocations for growth and human development, even while continuing with tax reform and ensuring fiscal prudence.
- States And Their Finances (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Mar 07, 2005)
Opinion is divided on the benefits to the States from the Twelfth Finance Commission recommendations. But there is no getting away from the need for fiscal discipline.
- Review Policy On The Aged (Tribune, M. M. Sabharwal, Mar 07, 2005)
The national policy on older persons, covering almost all the aspects which affect older persons, was announced in January 1999, the year declared by the United Nations as the “International year of Older Persons”.
- Not Alliance Arithmetic Alone (Hindu, Yogendra YadavandSanjay Kumar, Mar 07, 2005)
A cohesive and more inclusive UPA alliance was likely to have secured a majority in Jharkhand. But the Assembly election results also suggest a disenchantment....
- The Great Economic Wall Of China Going Higher (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 07, 2005)
This week’s Economist magazine asserts that, despite the similarities between India and China and the great strides both have made in reducing poverty since liberalising and reforming their economies, the tiger in front is Chinese.
- The Great Jugglery Act (Business Line, K. Parthasarathi, Mar 07, 2005)
Like a trapeze artist in a circus, the Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, had to reconcile diverse and sometimes conflicting needs such as pushing reforms to their logical end and even while conforming to an election manifesto going under the name of th
- The Politics Of Budget-Making (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Mar 07, 2005)
For long the Budget has generally been a populist sell-out. The country has suffered because political fortunes in India have had little or nothing to do either with fiscal prudence or economic progress.
- To Have And To Hold (Deccan Herald, DAVID BROOKS, Mar 07, 2005)
Separate bank accounts for husband and wife? Seems like more of a real estate concern than a family?
- Twelfth Finance Commission's Report .. (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Mar 07, 2005)
THE Twelfth Finance Commission (TFC) under Dr C. Rangarajan's Chairmanship has submitted its recommendations to the Government . They have been accepted and incorporated in the latest Union Budget
- Nap Time At The Workplace (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Mar 07, 2005)
I promised the salesperson behind the counter in the jewellery shop on Mada Street near the Kapaleeswarar Temple in Chennai that I would be back the next morning to buy the item I was interested in.
- West Discovers A New India (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma, Mar 07, 2005)
For the last few days, an e-mail circulating among professional Indians in America carries the headline: “India: The Next Knowledge Superpower”. It leads the NewScientist cover story on India’s advances in science and technology.
- Cm To Discuss Naxal Issue With Students, Intellectuals (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 07, 2005)
The government will hold talks with students and intellectuals about the Naxal problem shortly, Chief Minister Dharam Singh said here on Sunday.
- In Defence Of The Ltte (Deccan Herald, CLIFFORD MARTIS, Mar 07, 2005)
Don’t worry, I am not writing about politics. I am writing about a simple, day-to-day matter — the Letter To The Editor. The LTTE has many merits. It is a fine way of expressing public opinion on various matters.
- Iits To Admit More Pure Science Undergraduate Students (Deccan Herald, KALYAN RAY, Mar 07, 2005)
From the 2006 academic sessions, all the seven Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) may admit more undergraduate students in pure science disciplines like physics, chemistry, mathematics and biology.
- Of Kotas And Quotas (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 06, 2005)
I recently attended the regional seminar on national tribal policy that was held in Ooty. When I was leaving the venue, a tribal man asked me if he could speak to me. I was delighted, and I agreed.
- Debate Needed On Governor’S Powers, Says Rajnath Singh (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 06, 2005)
THE installation of the Shibu Soren ministry in Jharkhand by Governor Syed Sibtey Razi has hit the national headlines, bringing to the fore the issue of flagrant abuse of powers by partisan Governors.
- Avenues Of Prosperity (Deccan Herald, ABHA SHARMA, Mar 06, 2005)
Until a few years ago, she was like any other “bahu” of the village, wearing a long “ghunghat”, discharging household duties obediently. She could have never dreamed of any other role for herself.
- Fine Print Of Chidambaram’S Mindset (Deccan Herald, Tavleen Singh, Mar 06, 2005)
It happens that on the morning after the budget just about when corporate India read the small print on the fringe benefit tax I ran into a close associate of Sonia Gandhi.
- It’S Popping Up Everywhere (Deccan Herald, BALA CHAUHAN, Mar 05, 2005)
In the last one month the State Excise registered more than 20 cases against farmers found growing poppy - a crop banned under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985. Maximum cases are from Kolar (12), followed by Tumkur, Mandya and Bida
- Panchayats Keep Watch On Schools (Tribune, Chitleen K. Sethi, Mar 05, 2005)
THE World Bank report, “Resuming Punjab’s Prosperity” makes a startling revelation: on any given day 36 per cent of Punjab ‘s government primary school teachers are absent. This rate is well above the 25 per cent rate for all India.
- Loss For Karnataka (Deccan Herald, G THIMMAIAH, Mar 05, 2005)
The finance commissions which report once in five years and disappear leave behind financial instability for many state governments through their recommendations.
- Real Estate: Norms Issued On 100% Fdi (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 05, 2005)
The Union Commerce and Industry has notified the guidelines for the 100 per cent foreign direct investment under the automatic route for the construction industry.
- Third Phase Of Aids Programme To Be Launched Next Year (Deccan Herald, KALYAN RAY, Mar 05, 2005)
With the second phase of the national AIDS control programme coming to a close this year, the Centre is all set to undertake a thorough review of the programme so that the third phase may commence from April, 2006.
- Writer’S Bond (Tribune, Rajnish Wattas, Mar 05, 2005)
NOT having fulfilled my lifelong desire to be a celeb writer; I haven’t done too badly as a fan. My passion to communicate with literary idols — perhaps, stems from the secret hope that some talent would pass on! While the latter is yet to happen
- Icra Concerned With State’S Fiscal Health (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 05, 2005)
Icra, the leading credit rating agency has shown concern about the fiscal health of the Karnataka government and has said the ratings given by it for some of the debt instruments....
- Budget: Helping Mutual Funds Unlock Value (Business Line, Pankaj Razdan, Mar 05, 2005)
The Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, in his Budget 2005, has attempted to gear all the engines of the economy to assume full speed.
- Fringe At The Core (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Mar 05, 2005)
In a speech that ran to 184 paragraphs, the discussion of the Fringe Benefit Tax (FBT) lay at the fringes.
- Hiv: Needle Exchanges Work (Hindu, Mike Trace, Mar 04, 2005)
Does anyone remember the AIDS and drugs panics of the mid-1990s? We would guess that even those who were interested in drugs and health policy at the time will only have a
- Towards A Landscape Of Social Cohesion (Indian Express, SAM MILLER, Mar 04, 2005)
Look today at the urban wasteland that Connaught Place has become after seven at night. It was designed, sensibly as a mixed commercial and residential area
- Millions Of Indians Await Benefits Of Globalisation (Business Line, Jessica Einhorn, Mar 04, 2005)
Does India need globalisation? There are plenty of experts to tell all who listen that globalisation opens up tremendous potential for growth and poverty alleviation,
- Through The Smokescreen (Indian Express, Harsh A. Desai, Mar 04, 2005)
If you see smoke curling up from below your dining table, panic not. It’s probably nothing serious. Just your next door neighbour having a quiet smoke at a place where he feels reasonably secure.
- Vendor Of Treats (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , Mar 04, 2005)
Some 35 years ago, I decided that it was fashionable to develop a disdainful attitude towards certain novelists. I was so much in love with Raskolnikov kissing the asphalt on the street and with chapters with titles like
- Where Did Laloo Lose His Way? (Indian Express, Mohammed Wajihuddin, Mar 04, 2005)
Pampering your sala (wife’s brother) is part of Indian tradition. So each time Laloo Prasad Yadav gave in to the demands of his brothers-in-law — Sadhu and Subhash
- High On Hillary (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Mar 04, 2005)
It was a pleasure to meet Hillary Clinton at a recent meeting she had with a group of young MPs. She was her usual warm and friendly self, trying to establish a personal rapport with everyone.
- Central Asian States — I: Alert China Ups The Ante (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Mar 04, 2005)
It is only of late that the Central Asian States have come into the limelight, and their ability to make a big difference to the security and economies of the rest of the world have aroused interest.
- Of Biharis, Dons And Limousine Liberals (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 04, 2005)
It was great to read your rather optimistic account of Bihar. Being a Bihari myself, I would definitely like to believe your analysis. However, I’m not sure if Bihar’s populace would share your assessment.
- Double Talk On Rural Growth? (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Mar 04, 2005)
Finance Minister P Chidambaram’s promise of fulfilling the ‘Bharat Nirman’ vision outlined by the President, Mr Abdul Kalam, while addressing Parliament the other day, seems to be a step in the right direction. Going by the past experience only time will
- Musharraf’S Trial By Sui Gas (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Mar 03, 2005)
The fall-out from the rape of a lady doctor by an army captain two months ago is still scorching Pakistan. President General Pervez Musharraf is trying to be a little discreet with words after his much-derided statement about the Baloch tribals not knowin
- Still Waiting For The Big Push (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Mar 03, 2005)
In defeating the NDA last year, the electorate wanted a change in the direction of the economy and not the continuation of anti-social reforms with a `human face.
- Royally Unhealthy (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 03, 2005)
Even as the Vasundhara Raje Government was still struggling to come to terms with the criticism after polo player Shivraj Singh, a member of the erstwhile royal family, had to be flown to Mumbai for treatment due to lack of basic facilities in Jaipur, the
- Twilight Of A Pontiff (Indian Express, RALF DAHRENDORF, Mar 03, 2005)
He may be seen as anti-modern and anti-Enlightenment, but Pope John Paul II symbolises heroism and human potential
- Dealing With Poverty Globally (Hindu, Gerard Errera, Mar 03, 2005)
Global taxation such as on air-travel or financial transactions could finance the fight against world poverty.
- Governor's Hand On Soren Crown (Indian Express, Diptosh Majumdar, Mar 03, 2005)
Sibtey Razi ignores NDA’s 41, swears-in UPA govt, rebel Marandi is deputy CM; BJP flies MLAs to Delhi after airport drama
- Evolving A Policy For Voluntary Sector (Deccan Herald, Manu N Kulkarni, Mar 03, 2005)
After Independence we have seen the emergence of basically five types of NGOs: (a) contractor type of NGOs who basically do the work for a quoted price like executing watershed projects or running working women’s hostel
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