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Articles 17521 through 17620 of 20587:
- Budget 2005 And Economic Equity (Business Line, B.S. Rathor, Feb 24, 2005)
The Budget has to juxtapose the complex functions of pursuing the `profit' idiom to create wealth for the nation and of taking a range of socio-economic benefits to the people.
- From Shyness To Social Phobia (Tribune, Peter Jaret, Feb 24, 2005)
Years ago, when parents came to him worried because their kids seemed abnormally shy, Murray Stein, a psychiatrist at UC San Diego, would tell them not to worry — that most children outgrow periods of intense shyness. “Now we’re not so quick to dismiss...
- Dropping Out Of School (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 24, 2005)
That education is the key to growth, personal and national, is now widely recognised. Parents, educated or illiterate, rich or poor, no longer need persuasion to send their children to school.
- Falling Short Of Total Revolution (Telegraph, Sumanta Sen, Feb 24, 2005)
A new government in Bihar is unlikely to effect a substantial change in the ground realities in the state
- Financing Higher Education — Law Needed On Cost-Sharing (Business Line, M. R. Narayana, Feb 24, 2005)
Financing of professional higher education (comprising modern and Indian system medicine, and engineering courses) has caught the attention of all stakeholders
- Rebuilding Lives In Andamans (Hindu, Ramachandra Ganesh Kapse, Feb 23, 2005)
Almost two months after `Black Sunday,' the Andaman &Nicobar Islands are bustling with activity.
- Rail Budget: Populism Or Pragmatism? (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Feb 23, 2005)
By all indications, the Railways Minister, Mr Lalu Prasad, may have no choice but to bite the bullet. The realities of hard finance leave him little scope to be populist or bow to pressure of coalition politics.
- Tiny Is Beautiful (Hindu, Kenneth Chang, Feb 23, 2005)
Nanoparticles offer promise in medicine for sensitive diagnostic tests and novel treatments.
- When The Cure Is Worse Than The Disease (Telegraph, Raju Mukherji, Feb 23, 2005)
Ever since its days as the Imperial Cricket Conference, the ICC (now the International Cricket Council) has been a feeble body.
- Life Under The Siege Of Snow (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Feb 23, 2005)
Life in Kashmir over the last few days disappeared under a blanket of snow. With the heaviest snowfall in recent times, several road links even in Srinagar, were blocked. Phonelines were down.
- Vicious Attack (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Feb 23, 2005)
It is doubtful whether in all the history of vituperative venting of spleen by politicians against persons holding public offices, there had been anything so venomous as the abuses flung at the Chief Election Commissioner...
- Budget Making — An Unenviable Task (Business Line, K. Parthasarathi, Feb 23, 2005)
The finance minister meets with different segments of the economy to know their mind what they expect from the Budget.
- Bulldozing Basic Rights (Indian Express, MILOON KOTHARI, Feb 23, 2005)
Compare what has occurred in Mumbai with evictions and homelessness in Kenya or Mexico City or New Delhi. Certainly, in terms of both the sheer numbers of poor people affected and the brutality of the demolitions
- Clouds Gathering For February 28 (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Feb 23, 2005)
What will the Budget that the Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, presents on February 28 look like? Will he produce another "Dream Budget"?
- Savage Garden (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 22, 2005)
It is always difficult to explain extreme forms of violence. The ghastly killing of a tea-garden owner, who was set ablaze by workers in Assam’s Golaghat district, is a case in point.
- Sense And Sensex (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 22, 2005)
The sensex, the benchmark stock market index, reached its all-time high of 6700 during intraday trading last Monday. Mercifully, there has been less hype this time than might have been expected.
- Who Will Fly Off With The Oscars? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 22, 2005)
While analysts of the Roman Catholic church have been parsing Vatican statements this month about the real state of the pope’s health
- Together, But Not There (Tribune, Ramesh Luthra, Feb 22, 2005)
Everyone at home. Still a lonely evening. It had rained heavily during the day. Fierce sleet was lashing the city now. We had made the bedrooms cosy with the blowers whirring endlessly.
- Not Faring Well (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 22, 2005)
The right way is often the most difficult way. The chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, Mr Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy, is caught in a cleft he cannot ignore without losing all credibility.
- Dawood Shifts To Retail And Tourism (Tribune, Shiv Kumar, Feb 22, 2005)
Far from the probing eyes of the media and the law enforcement authorities, the Dawood Ibrahim gang has been gradually moving into legitimate businesses in India and abroad. Investments in film distribution
- Israel Migrant Workers' Raw Deal (Hindu, Rachel Shabi, Feb 22, 2005)
Each year thousands of foreign workers are invited to Israel, lured by the promise of good jobs and a new life. The reality is grimly different.
- J And K Accession-I (Tribune, A.S. Anand , Feb 22, 2005)
ON August 15, 1947, India became independent. In accordance with the Cabinet Mission plan of May 1946 following the creation of the dominions of India and Pakistan, Kashmir bordering on both India and Pakistan had, like any other native State, three alter
- Unfulfilled Hasrat (Tribune, Iqbal Singh Ahuja, Feb 21, 2005)
It was the 50th year celebrations for the first batch of the MBBS class. I was given the responsibility of extending the Indian hospitality to those coming from far away for the “Homecoming — 2004” function in Ludhiana.
- Jaundice In Pathankot (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 21, 2005)
Punjab's image takes a beating when one comes to the basics. The state has failed to meet a primary need of the citizens: clean drinking water.
- A Green Scorecard For Nations (Hindu, G. Ananthakrishnan, Feb 21, 2005)
The Environmental Sustainability Index makes the point that sustainable economic growth actually requires the adoption of policies that aid the environment rather than destroy it.
- Calcutta Kills (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 21, 2005)
Calcutta kills little children, slowly as well as quickly. The pollution in the air and the arsenic in the water take a while.
- Down The Abyss? (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Feb 21, 2005)
Not only in India, but in the rest of the world too, those who were once fondly called city fathers are finding themselves unable to cope with the demands of urban management.
- Economy: Build Like The Ant (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Feb 21, 2005)
Ants build big hills that last and prosper for hundreds of generations but we build towns the way grasshoppers do; the type that become unliveable within one generation.
- Chancellor Gordon Brown For The World Bank? (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Feb 21, 2005)
The term of the World Bank President, Mr James Wolfensohn, is coming to an end in a few months' time. Speculation is rife that the post may be offered to Chancellor Gordon Brown of the UK...
- Union Budget: Looking Beyond (Tribune, Janak Raj Gupta, Feb 20, 2005)
The United Progressive Alliance Government is expected to set in motion a major tax reforms initiative in the Union Budget (2005-2006).
- Women’S Panel Not A Jhoom Jhooma (Tribune, Chanchal Sarkar, Feb 20, 2005)
Subhashini Ali of Kanpur was a formidable speaker when she was a CPI(M) member of the Lok Sabha. One afternoon in 1982 I heard her on the newly constituted National Commission for Women.
- High-Tech Delhi Suburb Stuck In 'Village Time Warp' (Washington Post, RAMA LAKSHMI, Feb 20, 2005)
Five years ago, Saurabh Chawla, a young corporate strategist, moved out of cramped and polluted New Delhi to the open spaces of suburban Gurgaon,
- Depth Of Depravity (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Feb 19, 2005)
Even at a time when crimes reflecting shocking depravity are no longer that rare, there are some that shake one to the core.
- Between The Lines (Pioneer, Priyadarsi Dutta, Feb 19, 2005)
In the article, "Wonder that was India" (Foray, February 6), Dina Nath Mishra criticises Amulya Ganguli for his uncharitable remarks on ancient Indian science.
- Three Keys To Direct Tax Reforms (Business Line, H. P. Ranina, Feb 19, 2005)
The tax code defies simplification, and a new one drafted with precision and simplicity is imperative. Tax administration needs toning up...
- Stifling Natural Enterprise (Pioneer, K P S Gill, Feb 19, 2005)
At the very apex of technical and technological skills, India has established itself as a world player - if not, yet, as a world power. Freed, in some measure
- Research Without Barriers (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 19, 2005)
The global movement seeking open access to credible research reports took a significant step forward when the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the United States recently unveiled its Public Access Policy that urges the scientific
- The Impossible Quadrangle (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Feb 18, 2005)
In the fourth Dr Ambirajan memorial lecture organised at Chennai on February 16 by the Public Expenditure Round Table and the Institute of Economic Education, the Chairman
- The Politics Of Aid (Tribune, Shelley Walia, Feb 18, 2005)
The growing strain on the Earth’s environment caused by global warming or the HIV/AIDS pandemic in the developing world pose a great threat to humanity. HIV alone in South Africa affects more than four million people, and 8,200 succumb to it daily around
- Major Flaws, Serious Lapses (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Feb 18, 2005)
At a time when food quality standards are acquiring an international dimension, and with food laws being re-written to conform to the needs of the food companies and agribusiness giants, the proposal to enact a Food Safety and Standards Act in 2005
- Two Ways To Cook The Books (Asia Times, Priyanka Bhardwaj , Feb 18, 2005)
Most observers of the Indian and Chinese economies have looked at foreign direct investment (FDI) figures as defined by the respective countries without looking at
- Love, Actually (Indian Express, JAYSHREE MISRA TRIPATHI, Feb 18, 2005)
The nearest our grandmothers got to saying, “I love you” in Oriya was “I like you!” And even that was said with a blush. Dad’s mother, Ma, left us too soon.
- After The Sock In The Eye (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Feb 18, 2005)
India’s garrulous foreign minister has received a sock in the eye. This gentleman, on induction in office last May, had chosen Kathmandu as his first official port of call.
- An Unhealthy Plan For The Poor (Indian Express, Balbir K Punj, Feb 18, 2005)
It is a matter of national shame that the Centre has to be reminded by an American daily about how the UPA Government has surrendered to American MNCs’ interests in drawing up the patents ordinance.
- Kyoto To New Delhi (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 18, 2005)
The Kyoto Protocol, the first legally binding environmental treaty committed to reducing greenhouse emissions, took effect on Wednesday. It has two great flaws.
- India Innovating To Thrive (Rediff on the Net, Arvind Singhal, Feb 18, 2005)
Despite the Tsunami-ravaged start, this New Year promises to be yet another landmark one for India in more ways than one.
- India's Military Hungry For More (Asia Times, Siddharth Srivastava, Feb 18, 2005)
Indian defense officials have laid out a request for a huge increase in spending on arms to New Delhi, most of which will be used to purchase state-of-the-art weaponry from suppliers around the world.
- Playing White (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 17, 2005)
Raising revenues for the country involves not merely innovative voluntary disclosure schemes that pull in some old black money, whenever a scheme is announced, but a concerted effort to create institutions, markets and incentives for a white economy.
- Passage To Kabul (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Feb 17, 2005)
External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh's visit to Kabul has once again highlighted the revival of India's ancient and warm ties with Afghanistan that were rudely sundered during
- War Of Reds (Indian Express, Manoj Prasad, Feb 17, 2005)
In Naxal-affected Palamau division, two of the main contenders in the Assembly poll fray are former ultras. Of these, ex-ultra B N Singh, contesting on a CPI(ML) ticket, is being considered a strong candidate.
- South Block's Inconsistencies (Pioneer, Claude Arpi, Feb 17, 2005)
As Nepal has been in the limelight, I read again some of the old official letters from the first Indian Prime Minister to King Tribhuvan of Nepal in the 1950s. Surprisingly
- Watching The Money Flow In (Indian Express, Gopal Krishna Agarwal, Feb 17, 2005)
Everybody agrees that there is danger in so-called “hot money”, which is essentially short-term in nature. This — constituting more than $9 billion of foreign investments in the Indian securities market
- Truth, Confessions And Videotape (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Feb 17, 2005)
Anara Gupta, beauty queen. S.A.R. Geelani, academic. Shankaracharya, spiritual leader. Vicky Thakur, suspected kidnapper. Jammu, Delhi, Chennai, Patna.
- Kyoto Is A Great Leap Forward (Tribune, Hamish McRae, Feb 17, 2005)
After seven years, huge international debate and the freezing out of George Bush’s United States from the international community, the Kyoto Protocol was formally ratified on Wednesday.
- Carrs Can Deliver (Business Line, SANKAR RAY, Feb 17, 2005)
THE Committee on Subordinate Legislation (14th Lok Sabha), in its first report submitted on December 2, 2004, has indicted the Department of Company Affairs (DCA) for lack of seriousness in applying the Cost Accounting Records Rules (CARRs).
- Dealing With Naxalism (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 17, 2005)
After Andhra Pradesh it is now Karnataka's turn to face naxalite violence. With the gunning down of forest brigand Veerappan, Karnataka Chief Minister Dharam Singh decided to re-deploy the Special Task Force (STF) for neutralising the threat from the Maoi
- Extracting More (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 17, 2005)
In raising the Customs duty on the palm group of oils by 15 percentage points and reducing their tariff values to reflect international market conditions, the Government has in one masterstroke tried to balance the interests of oilseed growers and consume
- He ‘Special Children’ Trap (Indian Express, Neera Kuckreja Sohoni, Feb 17, 2005)
Despite several development decades and plans, barriers persist in preventing the variously challenged people from accessing education and other services. Denial of basic human rights continues to isolate the challenged from governmental programmes and pu
- Development Agenda For 2005 (Deccan Herald, STEEN JORGENSEN, Feb 16, 2005)
The gap between the rich and the poor has widened in spite of the progress made in many developing countries since the 1995 Copenhagen Summit on Social Development.
- Court Of Last Appeal (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 16, 2005)
Judging is a lonely job and, if it is done right, does not make for great popularity. It is in fact — as US Supreme Court Judge Abe Fortas observed decades ago — as near a person can get to being an island.
- Moving On From The Metro Mindset (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Feb 15, 2005)
If a new commission is set up to look into Centre-State relations, its mandate should be to demarcate the functions of each, empowering the States to create regions of excellence.
- Morality Play Comes To Town (Indian Express, Rakesh Shukla, Feb 15, 2005)
THE continuing harassment of Anara Gupta even after the findings by the Central Forensic Lab in Hyderabad nudges us to go beyond the limited issue of whether she is the woman in the CD.
- A Budget For Public Governance (The Economic Times, U. R. Bhat, Feb 14, 2005)
With the process of budget-making in full swing, the national pastime these days is to give myriad suggestions to the finance minister about some aspect or the other of taxation and government finances.
- The Battle For Bihar (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Feb 13, 2005)
In Bihar, Election 2004 was a straight, clearly defined ideological contest - between the RJD-led grand alliance and a much-depleted National Democratic Alliance.
- Between India And 21st Century, A Deep Valley (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Feb 13, 2005)
When was the last time you read about Kashmir in this column? The truth is I cannot remember when I last mentioned the K word in this space because columns need to be read to survive and I find, increasingly
- Seven Reforms The Left Cannot Complain About (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Feb 13, 2005)
What is the most abiding image, echo or reflection of the reform debate since the UPA came to power?
- Giving A Big Boost To Agriculture (Tribune, A.N. Haksar, Feb 13, 2005)
EVEN after 57 years of Independence, agriculture has not received the attention it deserved. The onus is certainly on successive governments which wake up only when monsoons fail.
- Laloo Should Get Into Driver’S Seat (Indian Express, N K Singh, Feb 13, 2005)
The Indian Railways is the world’s second largest rail network, covering nearly 65,000 km, divided into three gauges of broad, meter and narrow.
- Symptoms Of Deeper Ill (Pioneer, Aarti, Feb 12, 2005)
The countrywide raids conducted by the CBI on February 1 at 249 places, leading to the detection of Rs 1.11 crore in cash and property worth Rs 10.05 crore
- The Other Border (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 12, 2005)
The prevailing situation in neighbouring Nepal has not only forced political leaders fearing arrest to take refuge in Uttaranchal but has also had an adverse impact on border trade. Uttaranchal shares a long border of more than 240 km with Nepal and a lar
- The Stench Of The Censor (Indian Express, R. K. Murthi, Feb 12, 2005)
Good times do not last forever. Nor does everyone thrive during good times. Take for example, the censor. His golden hour comes when democracy is smothered, freedom of expression stifled and the fear of draconian measures, even for minor aberrations
- Administer It Right (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 12, 2005)
To snare the big fish of the narcotics trade, the Centre spread the net on chemists and wholesalers but ended up with a catch it neither wanted nor intended: Genuine consumers.
- Behind New Europe's Facade (Hindu, Neil Clark, Feb 12, 2005)
Neo-liberalism has delivered unemployment and lower living standards for the majority in eastern Europe. But opposition is growing.
- Bollywood Caters To Urban Middle Class (Tribune, Shakuntala Rao, Feb 12, 2005)
IN a country as diverse as India, Bollywood films seem to have a universal appeal and following. However, in researching how audiences view recent Bollywood hits, I have discovered that the Indian audience is as splintered and disconnected as many other a
- Dismissal Of Democracy In Goa (Hindu, Era Sezhiyan, Feb 12, 2005)
Unless the Governor and the Speaker function justly within the powers assigned to them and cooperate with each other, it is difficult to work out successfully the legislative system.
- Growth Zones (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 12, 2005)
LAST September, on his first visit to Amritsar, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh offered a special economic zone (SEZ) for the neglected border city.
- Here’S To Budget 2005 (Indian Express, ILA PATNAIK, Feb 12, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P. Chidambaram have both promised that Budget 2005 will be a budget of tax reforms. The challenge of budget making consists of simultaneously addressing India’s fiscal crisis — which requires increased...
- Interest At Arm's Length (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Feb 12, 2005)
One of the widely used tax avoidance devices by transnational corporations is transfer pricing. Sister units, known as associated enterprises, are set up in countries that offer tax subsidies and where the taxes are low.
- King's Gambit (OutLook, Seema Sirohi, Feb 12, 2005)
Initial condemnation of the coup in Nepal from India was strong and unambiguous, but of late a policy rethink seems in the works.
- Rethink On Modern Medicine (Deccan Herald, Avijit Pathak, Feb 11, 2005)
We often experience a paradox relating to the extraordinary achievements of modern medicine. While it has equipped us with an immense efficiency to cope with physical pain and suffering...
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