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Articles 17621 through 17720 of 20587:
- India Makes A Play For F-16 Fighters (Asia Times, Siddharth Srivastava, Feb 11, 2005)
It is now official: India has indicated to the United States that it is interested in purchasing advanced F-16 fighter jets for its air force, a move that has sent frissons throughout the establishments in India
- Tripped Up (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 11, 2005)
Reality often has an unpleasant link with money. For members of parliament in India, reality is obscured by the privileges of their position, and long habit erases the money connection from their sensibilities.
- We Don’T Talk Anymore (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Feb 11, 2005)
Angry voices filled television screens. Shared outrage at the abduction of school-going children in Bihar was only broken by the comment from one of the talking heads.
- Goa Mess Only A Symbol (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Feb 11, 2005)
What has gone on in Goa over the last few days is a shame not only on that tiny and notoriously unstable state but also on the country as a whole, especially on its political class.
- Globalisation, Poverty & Culture (The Economic Times, Manoj Pant, Feb 11, 2005)
Though much misused, the term globalisation has largely come to describe Indian policy since 1991.
- New Dawn With Kyoto (Hindu, Michael Meacher, Feb 10, 2005)
THERE IS a widespread view that with George W. Bush now ensconced in his second term in the White House, and with his sights fixed on his so-called "war on terror," the rest of the world's agenda has, for the time being at least, been hijacked.
- Press Note 1: Disadvantage, Domestic Partner (Business Line, K. Ramesh, Feb 10, 2005)
The Government's suggestion, in its latest Press Note 1, that `conflict of interests' clause may be introduced in the JV agreement to safeguard the interests of joint venture partners....
- The Experience Factor In Due Diligence (Business Line, SANKAR RAY, Feb 10, 2005)
If the NDA Government had followed the ground rules of due diligence, it is doubtful whether it would have considered selling Hotel Manali Ashok to Auto Impex Ltd
- Let’S Get Fiscal (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 10, 2005)
Budget day will test the reformist credentials of the Manmohan-Montek-Chidambaram team. One of the big fears caused by the Common Minimum Programme (CMP) is that there will be a sharp increase in public spending on various social programmes.
- God Knows No Gender (Indian Express, ZEENAT SHAUKAT ALI, Feb 10, 2005)
The demand of Muslim women to join congregational prayer in mosques is routinely dismissed by some conservative members of the community on the grounds that Islam holds such an act unpermissible.
- Aids And Society (Tribune, Santosh Kr. Singh, Feb 10, 2005)
When the US forces descended on Afghanistan to wage a war against terrorism, hounding Osama bin Laden and his henchmen, massive public support to this military option for peace ensued back home reflecting the shattered and devastated collective psyche of
- From Buddha, A Durga (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 10, 2005)
Though Gorkhaland National Liberation Front supremo Subhash Ghising isn’t softening his stand yet about elections in the hills, Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee gave him an ‘‘interesting’’ parting gift towards the end of their meeting in Writers’ Bu
- Hiv Vaccines - A Long Way To Go (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Feb 10, 2005)
Any vaccine must meet two daunting challenges. One is the enormous global diversity of HIV strains. The other is the rapidity with which the virus evolves within an infected person.
- The Darling Of My Habits (Tribune, Ashwini Bhatnagar, Feb 09, 2005)
MY dear departed intellectual mentor, the Great G. Bernard Shaw, once told me (it became public later, thanks to presswallahs like me) that the golden rule is that there are no golden rules.
- Another Dream Budget? (Tribune, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Feb 09, 2005)
WHEN Finance Minister P Chidambaram gets up to present the Union Budget for 2005-06 in the Lok Sabha on the last day of February, his fourth budget in the last nine years, he will have to confront certain classic dilemmas faced by all Finance Ministers.
- Vaccine On Trial (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 09, 2005)
INDIA has joined a select group of countries like the US on the forefront of the fight against AIDS by launching the clinical trial of a vaccine developed by a Pune-based institute of the Indian Council of Medical Research.
- Defeating The Anti-Defection Law (Hindu, K. V. PRASAD, Feb 09, 2005)
The decision of the Congress to reward two former Bharatiya Janata Party legislators with ministerial berths in the newly-installed Pratapsinh Rane Government in Goa is perhaps the first calculated move by a political party to circumvent...
- Cash For Class At Oxbridge (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Feb 09, 2005)
Plans by the universities of Oxford and Cambridge to cut down undergraduate places for domestic students and increase the intake of foreign candidates who pay more have stirred a controversry.
- Address Concerns (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 09, 2005)
A needless spat has arisen between India and Pakistan over the BCCI’s decision to make Ahmedabad one of the venues for the upcoming cricket series between the two countries.
- Word Of Mouth (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Feb 09, 2005)
The Washington Post publishes a contest in which readers are asked to supply alternate meanings to words.
- Politics Of ‘Criminal’ Cases (Deccan Herald, N C GUNDU RAO, Feb 08, 2005)
It is not at all a heartening feature to see the Leader of the Opposition at the receiving end and more so considering the healthy convention which confers the status of a shadow chief minister on the one who adorns the first but one seat on the first row
- Why We Are A Poor Rich Country (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Feb 08, 2005)
Often when reflecting upon India’s poverty and the needlessness of it, I remember a story the late Rangarajan Kumaramangalam liked to tell.
- The Coup In Goa (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 08, 2005)
Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil's proposal for a unified command to tackle the Naxalite menace is timely, though the idea itself is not new.
- A Guilty Past In Africa (Hindu, Ian Black, Feb 08, 2005)
Poor old leopold II. The King of the Belgians underwent one of the shortest political rehabilitations on record last week, hoisted back on to his plinth
- China's Growth Enigma (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Feb 08, 2005)
As is true currently, China's truly remarkable pace of growth for over two decades has been punctuated with concern about bouts of deflation or overheating.
- For Effective Employment Guarantee (Hindu, Anuradha Joshi, Feb 08, 2005)
THE DRAFT Employment Guarantee Act, tabled in Parliament on December 21, 2004, has generated much debate in the newspapers.
- New Realities For Ocean’S 10 (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Feb 08, 2005)
Accelerated globalisation in adversity: this could well be one of the striking consequences of the tsunami. Altruism or its exact opposite on the part of donors and administrators of aid will be spotted by recipients in distress.
- The Buck Starts Here (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Feb 07, 2005)
They often say that Indians lack in spirit of nationalism and patriotism. In the face of the tsunami tragedy, there’s been a noticeable change in the attitude of Indians and they are not hesitant to show their kind and benevolent selves.
- Smoking Out The Weed (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 07, 2005)
The King of Bhutan, Jigme Singye Wangchuk, plans to "cut down on cigarettes" as well he might. Path-breaking legislation has made the tiny Himalayan kingdom the world's first non-smoking nation.
- Swift Justice For Rape (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 07, 2005)
The public response to the rape of a Maulana Azad Medical College (MAMC) student in late 2002 was unprecedented. The fact that it took place in the heart of the Capital in daylight seemed to have touched a raw nerve and the spirited
- The Threat From Bird Flu (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Feb 07, 2005)
Might the virus be slowly gaining the ability to jump from human-to-human, the one trait it lacks for initiating a pandemic?
- Us And Iraq: Who Owes Whom? (Business Line, Pratap Ravindran , Feb 07, 2005)
It is intriguing that nobody seems to have worked out how much the US and its allies owe the people of Iraq for having caused, according to none other than the United Nations, the deaths of several hundred thousand Iraqis through the imposition...
- Transcending Rural, Urban Boundaries (Deccan Herald, SANGEETHA PURUSHOTHAMAN, Feb 07, 2005)
The peri urban interface (PUI) is a rapidly expanding, dynamic space of interaction that surrounds all our cities and lies between the rural and the urban.
- Where It Should Focus (Deccan Herald, Prem Shankar Jha, Feb 07, 2005)
As Budget day approaches, the Finance Minister is being deluged with wish lists from all sides. The Left has just presented its 12-point proposal for the Budget.
- Drifts In The Desert (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 07, 2005)
India is very rich in water resources. We get 5 per cent of the worldwide rains though we account for only 2 per cent of the total land mass. So, we should rank high in water availability but we rank a poor 133 among 170 countries in water poverty.
- Mr Dixit, I Presume (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Feb 07, 2005)
The first time I met J.N. ‘Mani’ Dixit, in September 1985, I had not particularly given him a reason for me to be in his good books.
- Punjab Economy Will Be Put On Fast Track, Says Singla (Tribune, Manoj Kumar, Feb 06, 2005)
After facing a decade-long slowdown in economic growth, Punjab is once again gearing up to become a destination for investment.
- The Land Of Penny Pinchers (Indian Express, NICHOLAS D KRISTOF, Feb 06, 2005)
So is the US ‘‘stingy’’ about helping poor countries? That accusation by a UN official, in veiled form, provoked indignation here. After all, we’re the most generous people on Earth, aren’t we?
- Consensus That Merits An Accolade (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Feb 06, 2005)
After many a winter there has taken place in the realm of foreign policy making in New Delhi something that merits an accolade.
- Stars Of India: The Bling-Bling In The Crown (Washington Post, John Lancaster, Feb 06, 2005)
They wear silk saris, well-cut Nehru jackets and incandescent smiles. They are practiced in the art of air-kissing and social banter.
- Not That Simple (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA, Feb 05, 2005)
The search for a viable national alternative to the Congress goes back more than fifty years, to the first general elections of 1952.
- Pakistan: What Lies Ahead? (Tribune, Stephen Philip Cohen, Feb 05, 2005)
Twenty years ago Pakistan was spoken of as the next major middle income country. Recently it was thought to be on the verge of collapse or rogue status, although there are signs that the downward trend in some areas is halted
- The State Of Popular Aspiration (Indian Express, Ajay Gudavarthy, Feb 05, 2005)
The demand for Telengana is paradoxical: it is being made in the name of the deprived but could end up serving only a small privileged group
- The Unbearable Lightness Of Seeing (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Feb 05, 2005)
How agonised we are about how people die. How untroubled we are by how they live.
- Trust Betrayed (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 05, 2005)
At the end of the first phase of polling in Bihar and Jharkhand and the completion of the election process in Haryana, the irony is underlined.
- Evolution Takes A Backseat (Hindu, Cornelia Dean, Feb 05, 2005)
In many schools across the United States, the teaching of evolution is discouraged so as to avoid controversy.
- Muslims Mired (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Feb 05, 2005)
Bihar's reign-man Lalu Yadav recently poohpoohed media queries about the Muslim vote's possible anti-RJD "swing". "Yeh swing kya hota hai?" he shot back bumpkin-style, adding that the Muslim's electoral change of heart was unthinkable in "Lalu rajya".
- Madame’S Two Faces (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 05, 2005)
“Where there is wine, there’s civilization,” a famous Bordeaux vigneron likes to say. But the grey laws of wholesomeness are usually at odds with such civilization.
- Treating Hiv (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 05, 2005)
The New year has begun on an encouraging note for the campaign against HIV/AIDS, with the World Health Organisation/UNAIDS reporting that its "3 by 5" initiative to help provide drugs to people living with the virus has achieved the global targets.
- Sell-Off Fund — Will It Fall Victim To Petty Politics? (Business Line, G. Ganesh, Feb 04, 2005)
The Government is seriously thinking of setting up a sell-off fund, which will be used partially for strengthening the public sector and for financing social sector programmes.
- What Will The Budget Hold? (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Feb 04, 2005)
In the run up to Budget 2005-06, the penultimate year of the Tenth Plan (2002-07), the air is thick with irrational exuberance over what it might contain for the various constituents of the economy.
- Egs As Investment, Not Welfare (Indian Express, MADAN M. JHA, Feb 03, 2005)
Amartya Sen recently expressed the hope that the diversion of funds for the employment guarantee law should not be at the cost of creating rural infrastructure, including investment in education and health.
- Intending To Outrage (Telegraph, Bibek Debroy, Feb 03, 2005)
In an earlier column, I began to talk about gender biases in Indian laws, given the background of reports submitted by the task force on women and children and the National Commission for Women
- Budget Season Or Sorrows? (Deccan Herald, L C JAIN, Feb 03, 2005)
The Budget season has begun. It is time to mind and mend our finances and minimise our sorrows. A critical input is provided by the Twelfth Finance Commission which handed over its report a few days ago to the President of India.
- Rocky Region (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 03, 2005)
What is sauce for the goose is often not sauce for the gander. That was, in effect, the conclusion of the last meeting of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation.
- No Dream Budget, Just A Credible One Please (Business Line, A. Vasudevan, Feb 03, 2005)
The political realities of coalition politics does not allow the Finance Minister to be insensitive to the viewpoints of partners and outside supporters to the government.
- Tsunami's Unpredictable Outcome: Few Injuries (Washington Post, A N Sudarsan Rao , Feb 03, 2005)
Six hours after the tsunami ravaged this coastal town, J. Radhakrishnan drove through the gates of the government hospital to lead the relief effort.
- Why I Say Yes To The No (Indian Express, SAMEER KUMAR, Feb 02, 2005)
I disagree with your contentions expressed in the editorial, ‘Nay Fever’ (IE, Jan 26). You have stated that “middle class dissatisfaction with politics should not be confused with dissatisfaction in general”.
- What Lies Beneath (Pioneer, SK Srivastava, Feb 02, 2005)
"Islam has provided women more rights than any other religion. But the ignorance among them renders it impossible to implement the above mentioned provisions...",
- Make It Less Taxing (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 02, 2005)
No law, least of all a tax legislation, is unchangeable especially in a civil society which has found its moorings in a democratic system of governance. But the amendments to the Income-Tax Act
- Deprived Of A Future (Telegraph, Amit Bhaduri, Feb 02, 2005)
The promise of guaranteeing employment to the poor was made in the common minimum programme of the United Progressive Alliance government in power.
- Let The Party Begin (Hindu, Harish Khare , Feb 02, 2005)
If the Congress leadership undertakes the task of organisational renewal, it could begin the larger process of reform of the entire party system.
- Help Them March Forward (Telegraph, Alok Ray, Feb 02, 2005)
Poverty and inequality have always been with mankind. Even if inequality, upto a point — measured in terms of income, wealth or power
- Kislay Kaushik’S Cry (Tribune, H. K. Dua, Feb 02, 2005)
ANY country which takes genuine care of its children would have felt a sense of indignation on what happened in Bihar last week. Placards in hand, in large numbers schoolchildren marched down the streets of Patna and onto Raj Bhawan to demand...
- Three Affirmative Tax Actions (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Feb 02, 2005)
The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, hates being a peripheral nibbler. He chomps his way to the core of economic issues with piercing swiftness.
- India Beyond Delhi And Mumbai (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Feb 01, 2005)
Unlike in the US, where the metros and other cities have distinct reputations in such fields as industry, commerce, education and culture, their Indian counterparts hardly have any activity specialisation
- Straight From The Heart (Tribune, V.K. Kapoor, Feb 01, 2005)
THERE was a certain elemental roughness and rawness about the audience. The atmosphere of the place was of peaceful anarchy — dilapidated buses, no toilet facilities, and tough looking people with sullen expressions going about in a slovenly and aimless
- The Icra Online Mutual Fund Rankings 2005 (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 01, 2005)
Investors in equity found appreciation in calendar year 2004 both because of the bullish trend in the market and the superior performance of the fund managers in picking up the right stocks.
- Working At It (Telegraph, ABHIRUP SARKAR, Feb 01, 2005)
Probably no piece of legislation has attracted more apprehension, cynicism or praise in the recent past than the national rural employment guarantee bill introduced in parliament last December.
- Horses Are Left Out (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Feb 01, 2005)
The splendid Beating the Retreat happened last Saturday at the spectacular Vijay Chowk in New Delhi. Sadly, Doordarshan had their worst cameraman filming this event.
- Discovering Ways To A Peaceful World (Deccan Herald, A K MERCHANT, Feb 01, 2005)
“It is the small-minded that say: This is mine and this yours. For those endowed with a larger vision, the whole world is but one family.”
- China Ahead (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 01, 2005)
The just concluded five-day Annual Meet of the World Economic Forum (WEF) held at Davos witnessed a brainstorming session on the business prospects in India and China and New Delhi’s ongoing efforts to project the country as an ideal destination for Forei
- Mutthu Taandavar (Indian Express, Renuka Narayanan, Jan 31, 2005)
In 1560, in the Tamil town of Seergazhi, a son was born to a family of temple musicians. It was a resonant old year in history: Akbar had literally thrown off his regent, Bairam Khan, and assumed full power; the Roman Catholic church was
- Thackeray Muses, And Muses Again (Indian Express, Reshma Patil, Jan 31, 2005)
On the eve of his 78th birthday, while his Sainiks planned cricket matches and cultural celebrations, Shiv Sena chief Balasaheb Thackeray decided to spring a surprise.
- Step I: Acknowledge The Crisis (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 31, 2005)
Deep crisis” are the two words Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmed Badawi used to sum up the Muslim world on Thursday...
- Preventable Deaths (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 31, 2005)
THOUGH the infant mortality rate in the country has been on the rise, the authorities have not formulated a comprehensive strategy to tackle it. The scene in Maharashtra is disturbing.
- Bihar, Now (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Jan 31, 2005)
Metropolitan India has numerous ways to swat Bihar. Take the old joke: “Yaar, we should agree to give J&K to the Pakistanis if they agree to take Bihar as well.” So static is the big picture of the state that news agencies are known to recycle old picture
- Justice For The Disabled (Hindu, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 31, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has issued orders for opening all non-technical Group `A' and Group `B' Civil Services to the disabled. In addition to enforcing existing legal provisions
- Charter For World Citizens (Indian Express, Amrita Shah, Jan 31, 2005)
On Republic Day last week, victims of a building collapse in Ahmedabad prepared to move back into their new homes four full years after the Gujarat earthquake that caused large scale devastation in the state.
- Practical Move (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 31, 2005)
THE annual return that the government gives to provident fund contributors flies in the face of financial logic. While it gets only 6 or 7 per cent from the deployments of these funds, it gives out as much as 9 per cent.
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