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Articles 17721 through 17820 of 20587:
- Commerce & Crisis Hit Wayanad Students (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Jan 30, 2005)
At age five, Anushree is the youngest commuter on the bus. The Class I student spends 12 hours a week this way. That too, crossing the State border twice each day.
- "Global World Needs Rule Of Law" (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Jan 30, 2005)
The first Chilean head of state to visit India, President Ricardo Lagos, spoke to Siddharth Varadarajan of The Hindu about the anti-neoliberal mood in Latin America, the trial of the former dictator, Augusto Pinochet, and the nee d for a world that...
- Goodbye Un...For Now...? (Tribune, Kiran Bedi, Jan 30, 2005)
I spent two years with the United Nations and the time has flown. When the days were passing by, they appeared moving at a snail’s pace, for I missed my home. But now when I look back the days are going and gone! But ....only for now ...
- From The Alpine Heights Of Davos (Indian Express, N K Singh, Jan 30, 2005)
I am once again in Davos for the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF). For more than 34 years, this Swiss Alpine ski resort has hosted the glitterati of politics and business.
- Beseiged, At Davos (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Jan 29, 2005)
This year at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting, did the Davos Men and Women really sound a little more beseiged?
- Balochistan On The Boil (Tribune, M B NAQVI, Jan 29, 2005)
MOST observers of Pakistani scene are running scared today: many expect the military establishment to order a crackdown on the mainly Bugti tribesmen in Balochistan’s Sui area where “miscreants” had succeeded in damaging the gas purification plant in an a
- Badlands Of Bihar (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 29, 2005)
With three Bihar school children suspected to have been abducted and a fourth reported missing, the State is once again in the news for a wrong reason
- A New Track (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 29, 2005)
THE disinvestment policy the UPA government unfolded on Thursday is in sharp contrast to what the BJP-led NDA regime had followed.
- Rallying Around (Indian Express, S. M. A. Kazmi, Jan 29, 2005)
Spate of rallies and dharnas by almost all the opposition parties during the just concluded Assembly session indicated that state assembly elections are not far away. The main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has got a shot in the
- Protein To Help Stay Lean And Mean, With Less Tax Flab (Business Line, D. Murali , Jan 29, 2005)
"Get back to mischief," instructs Pfizers's Viagra site, but what brought the company before the Authority for Advance Rulings (AAR) was not the blue diamond pill. Instead, the issue was about Protinex and Dumex,
- Desperate Measures (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 29, 2005)
They are skipping lunch. They are giving chase to top politicians. They boycotted Republic Day celebrations. Their parents have been inducted for sit-ins. Bihar’s students have put the state on notice. It began with a protest against the kidnapping ...
- New Dimension (Hindu, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 29, 2005)
The UPA government’s decision to set up a separate dedicated fund comprising proceeds from the sale of government equities in public sector undertakings (PSUs), whose earnings will finance social schemes and ailing
- Go Ahead Now. Divest (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 29, 2005)
The setting up of the National Investment Fund by the Cabinet is welcome. Proceeds from all disinvestment after April 1, 2005, would go into the corpus which would be managed by public sector fund managers.
- Falling Off The Davos Map (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jan 29, 2005)
You have to give it to the Chinese for not beating around the bush when it comes to the big issues of their national interest. Not only did Yuan Ming, director of the Beijing-based Institute for International Relations
- On A New Track (Indian Express, Rooma Mehra, Jan 29, 2005)
Last month, my sister and I changed our evening walk track from the S-block to the R-block park. On our first day, headed towards our new destination, I mentally bid adieu to our familiar green-patch
- Hope Floats (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 28, 2005)
While the wrath of the tsunami was saddening, it did not dishearten. This comment, at the beginning of the president’s Republic Day speech, struck the note of restrained, sober optimism that was the dominant tone throughout.
- Mis-Diagnosing The Disease Of The Poor (Indian Express, BARUN MITRA, Jan 28, 2005)
It’s not patents but the government hold on the healthcare sector that is preventing the poor from gaining access to medicines
- Patents Act And Access To Medicines (Deccan Herald, GOPAL DABADE, Jan 28, 2005)
Parliament, during its winter session this year, was expected to introduce the third and final amendment to the Indian Patents Act of 1970, under the TRIPS agreement.
- Routine Pledge (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 28, 2005)
Election manifestos in India read like fairy tales. Since competitive populism is the name of the game, the parties try to outdo each other in promising the moon.
- Lawlessness In Bihar (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 28, 2005)
With the third student going missing in Patna in the last one week, and the police reaching no breakthrough in any of the three cases, the law and order situation in Bihar has only gone from bad to worse.
- Spare Us This Illiteracy, Please (Indian Express, RUKMINI PILLAI, Jan 28, 2005)
This is in response to ‘She battled inside her head and outside’ (Sunday Express, January 23). It was tragic to hear of the death of Parveen Babi who battled schizophrenia for years.
- Taking The Lead (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Jan 28, 2005)
In the aftermath of the December 26 tsunami that devastated communities along the coast of Tamil Nadu and in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, there has been a spirited debate over India’s disaster management capabilities.
- President Speaks (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 28, 2005)
The President’s address on the eve of Republic Day this year was predominantly devoted to one subject: employment generation.
- New Patent Regime A Bad Medicine? (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Jan 28, 2005)
The Indian pharma sector to a very large extent succeeded in the past because of the "reverse engineering" manufacturing culture which resulted in the production of several "generic" drugs
- ‘Hotel Journalism’ Dictates Iraq Coverage (Tribune, Robert Fisk, Jan 28, 2005)
“Hotel journalism” are the only words for it. More and more, Western reporters in Baghdad are reporting from their hotels rather than the streets of Iraq’s towns and cities.
- Compass Needle On West Asia (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Jan 28, 2005)
The appointment of Chinmoy Gharekhan as special envoy to West Asia has come at a time when the Arabs were beginning to wonder if New Delhi has any views on the extraordinary events taking place in that part of the world.
- Fatal Pilgrimage (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 28, 2005)
Huge congregations are inevitable in a country like India where religious fervour is exceptionally high and politicians thrive on huge rallies. Such mammoth gatherings merit crowd management of the highest order.
- Myths About Spirituality (Indian Express, YOGI ASHWINIJI, Jan 27, 2005)
Spirituality, as the word suggests, is a dimension which dwells in the world of the spirit, the etheric world.
- Parenting: Importance Of Talk (Hindu, Joanna Moorhead, Jan 27, 2005)
The most important thing you can do for your children is to talk to them, even when they are too young to answer back.
- Perception Blues (Business Line, A. B. Sivakumar, Jan 27, 2005)
Given the present complexities of most Indian organisations, a recurring problem that haunts most HR (human resource) professionals is `perception'. In a layman's language, perception refers to one's world view — that is, the world as he/she sees it.
- Stained Padma (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 27, 2005)
A large number of foreigners have made India their home, empathised with its people and worked shoulder-to-shoulder with Indians because they fell in love with this land.
- A Report Card That Doesn't Impress (Business Line, Dilip Kumar Sen, Jan 27, 2005)
In theory corporate governance came as a fashion to soon become a fad and now a passion. It however appears that in India the approach which the Government has taken to instil good governance practices is
- An Island Mentality Towards The Andamans (Indian Express, HARSH MANDER, Jan 27, 2005)
Far away from Delhi, in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, the task of relief is a gigantic one, as each section of society needs sensitive handling
- An Uncertain Wait (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Jan 27, 2005)
Turkey has a long way to go before qualifying itself for EU membership. It has to bring itself in line with the democratic and institutional principles that govern European nations.
- Centrally Bungled Investigations: The Absurd Cbi (Indian Express, K N Bhat, Jan 27, 2005)
Not many believe that Veerappan was killed in an encounter as narrated by the police. Sensational crimes are handled by a few police officers handpicked by the bosses. Their major specialization is in fabricating fantastic stories and leaking them to the
- Fiscal Checks Bypassed Affect Financial Health (Business Line, N. Sreedevi, Jan 27, 2005)
Concerned over the deteriorating fiscal situation, the Government introduced the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (FRBM) Bill in December 2000. The revised version of the same (based on the recommendations of the Standing Committee) became...
- Perchance To Be Sacked (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jan 26, 2005)
The foundation of health, it is can be said, is sleep. The avid slumberer would second that, perhaps with a yawning nod.
- Social Security Reforms In The Us (Business Line, Alok Ray, Jan 26, 2005)
A debate is raging in the US over the implications of the social security reforms. Privatisation of the system would aggravate the fiscal crisis, unless taxes are raised and/or promised benefits are cut.
- The Deadly Bureaucracy In The Andamans (Indian Express, COLIN GONSALVES, Jan 26, 2005)
The civic administration in the Andamans and Nicobar islands is stalling relief measures and preventing aid from reaching those who urgently need it
- Challenges In 2005 (Deccan Herald, Alok Ray, Jan 26, 2005)
Inequality and poverty (amidst plenty) are the two biggest ongoing challenges before mankind. How is the situation today? Without going into detailed numbers, you can visualise the extent of inequality across nations by an analogy or an image.
- Come On, India. Think Global (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Jan 26, 2005)
We are not a very globally savvy people. The finance minister’s announcement at the sidelines of a microfinance meeting that he had been invited to the next G-8 meet got tucked away in newspapers.
- Dressing Up For Davos (Business Line, Mohan Murti, Jan 26, 2005)
Davos is the cold snow-bound Swiss town where the annual World Economic Forum, which is "Committed to improving the state of the world," brings together everybody who is anybody in global politics, global business and global do-gooderism.
- Bush's Crash Test Economics (The Economic Times, J BRADFORD DELONG, Jan 26, 2005)
Fifteen years ago, the United States was in the midst of what you could call its ‘Age of Diminished Expectations’.
- New Republic (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 26, 2005)
The life of a republic is nothing without challenges. The Indian republic, immediately after its birth, was faced with the daunting task of making itself a major player in the community of nations.
- Hundreds Die In Temple Stampede (Washington Post, John Lancaster, Jan 26, 2005)
More than 200 Hindu pilgrims, many of them women and children, were killed in a stampede and fire while visiting a temple in western India on Tuesday, authorities said.
- The Mayor’S Copy (Tribune, K. Rajbir Deswal, Jan 25, 2005)
SHE wrote a letter to Tony Blair of which she sent a copy to her town’s Mayor. Having gone through the strange and incoherent contents, the Mayor got suspicious and ordered a secret enquiry into the woman’s affairs. She perhaps needed help, he thought.
- Quacks’ World (Deccan Herald, U. S. Iyer, Jan 25, 2005)
The verdict of the apex court regarding the accountability of medicos did come handy for many quacks. When I was in Chennai I had felt an excruciating pain in my left hand.
- She Knew The Risks (Indian Express, JOSEPH A. ARROYO, Jan 25, 2005)
I read Mahesh Bhatt and Kabir Bedi and other film personalities on Parveen Babi’s sudden death. They recapture true images of her unique personality.
- Timely Move (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 25, 2005)
The Securities and Exchange Board of India’s (Sebi) recent decision to tighten the creeping acquisition route available to promoters of listed companies is a welcome move.
- Inner-Party Democracy (Deccan Herald, N C GUNDU RAO, Jan 25, 2005)
The recent happenings in the State unit of the Janata Dal (Secular) may prompt one to wonder whether there are re-invigorated efforts by some members in that political entity to prove that the malapropism, Jagada Dal, coined against their party, was not t
- ‘Our Computer Is Our Head And Our Gandhi Cap ... (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jan 25, 2005)
In their trademark white shirts, pyjamas and Gandhi topis, the dabbawallahs of Mumbai are a unique service which has not only attracted the attention of Forbes magazine but also of environmentalists around the world
- ‘Change Must Touch Common Indian’ (Tribune, Gobind Thukral, Jan 25, 2005)
AS ideas crowd his mind and momentous events about the journey of the Indian Republic fill his imagination, words, soft and chiselled, come in a slow measure. Former President K.R. Narayanan, a diplomat, a trained yogi and a man of great learning...
- Keep The Treasures Under Lock And Key (Telegraph, Bhaskar Ghose, Jan 24, 2005)
Protecting the nation’s heritage is a costly affair, not only in terms of the funds needed but also in the commitment it demands
- Draw The World (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 24, 2005)
The enthusiasm seen in the tourism ministry, under Ms Renuka Choudhury, to promote tourism by projecting India as an ideal tourist destination is a healthy trend.
- Drug Law Causes Concern (Tribune, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Jan 24, 2005)
ON December 27, the Union government promulgated an ordinance introducing a new product patent regime for pharmaceuticals by amending the Indian Patent Act of 1970 for the third time.
- Entrance Tests Must Make An Exit (Indian Express, S.C. BHARGAVA, Jan 24, 2005)
The recent leakage of the CAT and other entrance papers makes it clear that there is something seriously amiss with the whole system of entrance examinations.
- Aids: Facing The Second Wave (OutLook, PRAMIT MITRA, Jan 23, 2005)
Eighteen years after the first AIDS diagnosis in the country, India has entered a critical period in its fight against the disease. And the country's strategy in combating the pandemic in the coming years will hold lessons not only for other
- No Smooth Sailing (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Jan 22, 2005)
Most observers of the Pakistani scene are running scared today: many expect the military establishment to order a crackdown on the mainly Bugti tribesmen in Balochistan’s Sui area where ‘miscreants’ have succeeded in damaging the gas purification plant in
- Old Habits Die Hard (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA, Jan 22, 2005)
One day in the nineteen seventies, Leonid Brezhnev was in a town on Lake Baikal, attending a Politburo meeting.
- Should All Deductions And Exemptions Go? (Business Line, H. P. Ranina, Jan 22, 2005)
Deductions and exemptions have been the subject of much debate. Those opposed to them must realise that they are a significant part of the people's savings that form the bedrock of a nation's long-term
- Liberating The Prisoners (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Jan 22, 2005)
A mother of three, with another in her womb, is convicted for being an accomplice with her paramour in the murder of her husband.
- Customs And Duties (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Jan 22, 2005)
The second era of the great Indian economic reforms story began with Dr Manmohan Singh taking over reins as the Prime Minister and P Chidambaram as the Finance Minister.
- Where The Assessee Won Because The Taxman Slept On (Business Line, D. Murali , Jan 22, 2005)
This is not about Sarabhai vs Sarabhai, a TV sitcom, but about Sarabhai M. Chemicals vs Commissioner of Central Excise, Vadodara, a case that occupied the Supreme Court recently.
- A Shaft Of Sunlight (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Jan 22, 2005)
These days without fail, the papers are full of news stories which invariably suggest that there is a devaluation in standards relating to human behaviour.
- From Aryana To Afghanistan (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Jan 22, 2005)
Aryana was the original name of Afghanistan. If I was to draw up a list of the most unfortunate nations of the world, Afghanistan would be on the top. I went there three times over 30 years ago to do a booklet on the work of UN agencies
- Gennext Is Gennow (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jan 22, 2005)
What do you say when a straight-sets defeat for an Indian in Grand Slam third round becomes the stuff of headlines? Or when merely a point scored in the first set lost 1-6 becomes a cause for national cheer?
- The Wonder Drug (Tribune, Raj Kadyan, Jan 21, 2005)
It was 1976. We were taking part in a high-level Army exercise in Punjab. Some staff officer with a spiteful sense of humour had codenamed the exercise ‘Summer Holiday’. While there was plenty of summer, but holiday?
- Pharma Sector — No Side-Effects Of Patent Regime (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Jan 21, 2005)
India's pharma industry is one of the most cost-effective manufacturers of generic drugs, and the overall outlook is encouraging.
- `Wherever Sorrow Is, Relief Would Be' (Business Line, D. Murali , Jan 21, 2005)
THE tsunami toll has crossed two lakh. Almost in every nook of the world, there are efforts to mobilise resources for the relief of the affected people, reminding one of a line in the New Testament: "Every man according to his ability, determined to send
- Money To Burn? (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Jan 21, 2005)
If a country’s prosperity is defined in terms of the foreign exchange assets it holds, India had never had it so good. Foreign exchange holdings at this moment exceed $ 130 billion.
- Living With The Chandras (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Jan 21, 2005)
It's happened yet again. A window suddenly opens to a seemingly normal household and what we witness causes us to shudder in horror. So immured have we become to the routine attacks on daughters-in-law/wives
- What’S The Line? (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 20, 2005)
What is this government’s official line on homosexuality? Many Indians, whatever their sexual orientation, might wish to have a clear answer to this question with increasing urgency.
- Moderating Claims (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 20, 2005)
The hearts of India's petro product consumers expand when, in the interregnum between the announcements of price hikes, the media reports "another" oil find followed by "another" one on gas.
- Interim Report On Godhra Incident (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jan 20, 2005)
One can find fault with the timing of the release of the interim report of the Justice U. C. Banerjee Committee and the BJP can heap all the accusations it wishes on the Railway Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal
- Powell On Tsunami Aid (Tribune, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jan 20, 2005)
India’s stake in the effort to stamp out terrorism entitles it to feel perturbed at the implications of Mr Colin Powell’s linkage between relief and religion in stricken Banda Aceh where the tsunami killed over 100,000 Indonesians.
- Saying No To Aid (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Jan 20, 2005)
Many in the West were offended by India turning down offers of aid immediately after the tsunami. Is this a carryover of the colonial mentality?
- Watching The East Wind (Pioneer, Claude Arpi, Jan 20, 2005)
On April 8, 1976, another Chinese leader, Zhou Enlai, passed away. The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution had just ended. Modern China had gone through its 10 most tormented years.
- Zhao's Death Puts Hu In A Quandary (Asia Times, Tian Jing, Jan 20, 2005)
For Chinese communist leaders, a paper political epitaph is historically more durable than a gravestone - and more powerful: it has the ideological strength to make or break reputations and those of entire innocent families.
- Caution On Oilseed Imports (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 20, 2005)
The Minister for Agriculture and Food, Mr Sharad Pawar's explosive statement in Mumbai at the World Congress of International Association of Seed Crushers that there
- Cruel Witness (Telegraph, BRIJESH D. JAYAL, Jan 20, 2005)
It is premature to write on calamities even as events are unfolding. But when one is cruel witness to a comic drama being enacted by the very ones
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