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Articles 17821 through 17920 of 20587:
- Dropper Shopper (Tribune, Shastri Ramachandran, Jan 20, 2005)
THE importance of a drop, of whatever — oil, water or medicine — is impressed upon us from a very young age. Now, a measured drop requires a dropper. And, a dropper is rare to find, almost a precious antique.
- Egs Demands Other Reforms (Indian Express, Arvind Virmani, Jan 20, 2005)
A basic objective of economic and social policy is to ensure that all able-bodied citizens are provided a job at the prevailing market wage for unskilled work.
- For The Health Of The World’S Poor (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 20, 2005)
For an AIDS patient in a poor country lucky enough to get antiretroviral treatment, chances are that the pills that stave off death come from India. Generic knockoffs of AIDS drugs made by Indian manufacturers
- Green Pawar (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 20, 2005)
Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar’s statement that India must import more oilseeds, including genetically modified seeds that have a high oil content, is welcome.
- What The Waves Left Behind (Telegraph, Ram Ramgopal, Jan 19, 2005)
I have covered wars. I have covered situations where I have often feared for my life. In this instance, I don’t think I was scared of being killed by some random bullet or being shot at by an insurgent
- Tainted Un Can't Be Trusted (Pioneer, Kanchan Gupta, Jan 19, 2005)
The overwhelming response across the world to the stunning human tragedy wrought by nature's fury in countries along the Indian Ocean rim, from South-East Asia to Africa, on December 26 last year is truly touching.
- 2005 For Delhi-Ites (Tribune, S. Raghunath, Jan 19, 2005)
I have been gazing intently into my crystal ball in a bid to ensnare the ethereal psychic waves and find out just what 2005 has in store for the Delhi-ites. My findings.
- A New Resolve On Reforms (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Jan 19, 2005)
Speaking in Kolkata, the Prime Minister sent a bold message to the allies to be partners in progress in creating a caring economy.
- Aids: Lessons From Botswana (Tribune, Brig (retd) Charan Singh, Jan 19, 2005)
I have worked for more than 20 years in Botswana as communication adviser and have observed the AIDS phenomenon unfolding in that country right from zero to the epidemic level.
- Assembly Poll Shadow Over New Delhi (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jan 19, 2005)
Irrespective of who wins or loses the coming Assembly elections, there will be no change to the numbers in the Lok Sabha. But the chemistry of dependency at the Centre could change.
- Lure Of Luxury (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Jan 19, 2005)
A real estate promotional write-up in a newspaper inviting people to “live in luxury” came as a revelation. Conspicuous consumption in his country saddened the American economist Thorstein Veblen, who coined the phrase a hundred years ago.
- How Thought Police States Are Created (Times of India, ASHIS NANDY, Jan 18, 2005)
The future of censorship is very bright in India — in media, culture and intellectual life. Do not be taken in by political postures and academic correctness
- Palestinian-Israeli Conflict (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Jan 18, 2005)
No one will acknowledge it, but slowly and surely the Palestinians are becoming tomorrow’s Kurds — a people without a land. It is a tragic irony that the Wandering Jews have a home, thanks in the first instance to Britain as the then colonial power.
- Elections In Iraq (Hindu, Hamid Ansari, Jan 18, 2005)
The strategy of the 16-party United Iraqi Alliance is to institutionalise Shia majority and defer confrontation with the U.S. to a later stage.
- Doubts And Assurances On Globalisation (Hindu, N. Ravi, Jan 18, 2005)
For long, mainstream economists dismissed any downside to free trade as far less significant than the benefits flowing from it. What Paul Samuelson's paper has done is to suggest that the critics might have a point after all.
- A Smaller Slice Of The Cake (Telegraph, Sanjay Kumar, Jan 18, 2005)
There can be no doubt that Ram Vilas Paswan’s exit from the 2004 electoral alliance will affect the RJD’s vote share
- Regulatory Authorities — Role In A Deregulated Economy (Business Line, P. K. Doraiswamy, Jan 18, 2005)
The transition of the economy from being a regulated one to a deregulated one is a momentous step. But if a deregulated economy is not to lead to cut-throat competition or predatory exploitation of the consumer, it does need some transparent, normative re
- Right To Information (Indian Express, Soli Sorabjee, Jan 18, 2005)
The Freedom of Information Act has not yet been enacted. Our Supreme Court, in its celebrated judgement delivered in 1980, spelled out this right from the fundamental right of speech and expression guaranteed by Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution.
- India Struggles To Carve Out New U.N. Role (Toronto Star, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2005)
India's self-reliance in the tsunami disaster has shown the new face of an emerging regional power that wants to punch its weight in the United Nations — with help from Canada — says Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
- Same-Sex Marriage Debate Follows Pm To India (CBC News, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2005)
The debate over same-sex marriage followed Prime Minister Paul Martin on his overseas trip Tuesday, prompted by an edict two days earlier by the spiritual leader of Sikhism in India denouncing the practice.
- Human Rights, Best Solution To Poverty (Deccan Herald, MARY ROBINSON, Jan 17, 2005)
Will 2005 be a year of breakthrough which moves us closer to realising the World Social Forum’s conviction that another world is possible? Or will it be yet another year in which the divides in our world continue to grow?
- In A Reasoned Way (Telegraph, S. L. Rao, Jan 17, 2005)
A deluge of independent regulators is about to descend on us, apart from the financial regulators. There are now 24 or so in electricity
- Large, Economy Size (Tribune, Shriniwas Joshi, Jan 17, 2005)
THE National Center for Health Statistics in the US has issued a report that says that an average American enjoys more fast food, more television and less walking around the neighbourhood today.
- Tackle Poverty With Growth (Tribune, Montek singh Ahluwalia, Jan 17, 2005)
IT is absolutely true that poverty has not declined as much as was targeted. But this point should be read along with the knowledge that growth has not been what it was meant to be.
- Net Savvy Nation (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 17, 2005)
The launch of quick and affordable internet services across the country is a welcome, but slightly delayed, move. With public sector telecom majors, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd
- On The Story’S Edge (Indian Express, TRIVENI RANGARAJAN, Jan 17, 2005)
There is so much that Maya and I have in common. We are both in our mid-thirties, mothers of six-year-olds and single parents — Maya by choice, and I by design. Only, a yawning societal divide stands between us. Maya is a CSW from Manmad.
- The Fine Art Of Budget-Making (Business Line, S. Venu , Jan 17, 2005)
The Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, had to do a hurried job of presenting this year's Budget on July 8, 2004, as he was called on to do so within a short period of his assuming office as Finance Minister.
- Beyond Tsunami: An Agenda For Action (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 17, 2005)
Relief is in full swing in all the tsunami-hit areas of India. Medium- and long-term rehabilitation demands three things all along the coast. First, strengthening the ecological foundations of sustainable human security.
- Blasted Greens (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 17, 2005)
Apart from the courts and a lone petitioner, nobody really seems to care about what happens to the Maidan in Calcutta. When it comes to their environment, Calcuttans have been managing without health for decades
- Mrinal Da Gets Due Recognition (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Jan 16, 2005)
Mrinal Sen is 81 but the "fire of life" never dims in him. Only a couple of years ago he produced his latest film "Aamar Bhushan". Also he published his autobiography, "Always being born", only last year.
- That Intensive Zone (Indian Express, ANITA S. IYER, Jan 16, 2005)
What do you do when a dear one is in danger zone? Discuss cricket scores, exchange daily reports, and tell each other to keep the faith. My mom was in intensive care, lost somewhere amid the tubes that ran through her and the monitors that loomed over her
- Politic Saviours (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jan 15, 2005)
India’s stake in the effort to stamp out terrorism entitles it to feel perturbed at the implications of Colin Powell’s linkage between relief and religion in the stricken capital of the Indonesian province
- Show Them The Money (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jan 15, 2005)
India is among a handful of democracies that believe in total consensus and continuity in foreign policy which rarely dominates our electoral rhetoric.
- Disaster Strikes An Obscure Beauty (Tribune, Sridhar K. Chari, Jan 15, 2005)
The island of Katchal is about 425 km south of Port Blair and 150 km south of the Car Nicobar Air Force base. It is a breathtakingly beautiful place. To the Indian mainlander, to whom the remote and dispersed Andaman and Nicobar islands occupy a unique pl
- Let Farmers Provide The Nuts And Bolts For Industry (Indian Express, RASHID K KIDWAI, Jan 15, 2005)
With the recent focus of a number of organisations working on developing sustainable enterprises in the social sector, a large opportunity exists for corporate and social sector collaboration, which could generate very large
- Has The Un Arrived? (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Jan 14, 2005)
A monumental human tragedy like the one that devastated communities along the Indian Ocean rim on December 26 should not, ideally, become a trigger for settling scores. The case for restraint is all the more compelling in view of the staggering generosity
- Orderly Admissions (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 14, 2005)
FOR far too long, admissions to medical and other courses have been taking place in a haphazard manner with the education boards, state governments and college managements merrily bending rules.
- The Missing Story Of India’S Navy (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Jan 14, 2005)
Jangal mein mor nacha, kisi ne na dekha (The peacock danced gloriously in the forest, seen by nobody). Galle harbour in Sri Lanka was an unlikely place for the Indian naval officer to chant this popular film song.
- Those Dazzling Shopfronts Of Cumin And Sesame (Indian Express, RASHID K KIDWAI, Jan 14, 2005)
The corporate sector has been active in developing the hinterland surrounding their factories. A number have established schools, hospitals, places of worship and instituted water management measures.
- A Great Rush To Give (Telegraph, NEHA SAHAY, Jan 14, 2005)
The “little emperors” of China are not all that self-centred after all. Six- and seven-year-olds — single children all — are queuing up outside embassies and Red Cross centres to donate their savings to tsunami victims.
- Impact Of Marketisation (Deccan Herald, Supriya Roy Chowdhury, Jan 14, 2005)
In recent years, the question of labour and of the labour movement has been re-defined in many ways. As globalisation proceeds, the working classes all over the world have felt the inegalitarian impact of marketisation. Labour in developed countries...
- Food For Thought (Deccan Herald, Leela Ramaswamy, Jan 14, 2005)
My introduction to that delicious Bengali confection called ‘sweet dahi’ took place when I was newly married and in Kolkata for the first time. Set to creamy perfection in an earthen cup, it looked very inviting.
- ‘Our Govt Is Committed To Creating ... (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 14, 2005)
In a judicious choice of venue, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh chose Left Front-ruled West Bengal for a seminal statement on the economic goals of his government. Addressing the CII partnership summit 2005, in Kolkata on
- Be On Time (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 14, 2005)
It is only in India that as important an institution as the Supreme Court has to decide when results of school-leaving examinations should be announced.
- Fii Flows And Rbi's Dilemma (Business Line, S. Narayan, Jan 14, 2005)
The real worry for the RBI vis-ŕ-vis foreign institutional investments is that it cannot monitor capital flows, and, that it will not be able to continue with its exchange rate policy, which enables the central
- India: Outside Aid Now Welcome (CNN.com, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 14, 2005)
India says it is now willing to accept foreign aid to help rebuild from the December 26 tsunami, which killed more than 10,000 people across the country and left another 5,700 missing.
- Memories Etched On Sand (Telegraph, Debabrata Mohanty, Jan 13, 2005)
Tsunami-struck Tamil Nadu has much to learn from Orissa, which has repeatedly faced the wrath of nature
- Merit Vs Money (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 13, 2005)
A Central legislation to govern admissions and fee structures in private professional colleges across the country, as announced at the state education ministers’ meeting held in Bangalore this week, is a welcome decision.
- Settlers' Fume Over Bias (Gulf News, Neena Gopal, Jan 13, 2005)
This is the showcase relief camp in Port Blair, where about 2,000 indigenous Nicorabese have everything they can ask for.
- The Artisan As Ceo (Indian Express, RASHID K KIDWAI, Jan 13, 2005)
The need for providing employment in rural India has been expressed for a number of decades now. To provide employment, enterprise would need to be set up.
- How We Are A High-Taxed Nation (Business Line, R. Vaidyanathan, Jan 13, 2005)
Looking merely at direct taxes, it is often suggested that India is an under-taxed nation. This, says R. Vaidyanathan, does not take into account the speed money paid for government service. This rent-seeking makes the nation high-taxed.
- 15 Years For A Report! Why? (Tribune, Balraj Puri, Jan 13, 2005)
January 13, 1989, was a black day in Jammu when, in anti-Sikh riots, 15 innocent Sikhs were killed in a pre-planned attack on a Gurpurb procession. The provocation to the attack was provided by a group of Sikh youngmen who had joined at the end
- Anxieties Of Control (Telegraph, NIVEDITA MENON, Jan 13, 2005)
So once again the Great Indian Value System has triumphed over sex, mobile phones, the internet and any or all possible combinations of the three.
- De-Bureaucratise To Attract Fdi (Deccan Herald, Amitabhaghosh, Jan 13, 2005)
If you look around Mumbai, every slum dwelling has a fridge, TV or motorcycle — but no sanitation, drinking water or protection from the monsoon.
- The Age Of Apocalypse (AL-Ahram, Rajeshree Sisodia, Jan 12, 2005)
In Hindu mythology, Kali Yug is the apocalyptic age of darkness which sparks the annihilation of mankind. On 26 December, it seemed to many that Kali Yug had indeed descended on India -- the birthplace of Hinduism -- when an earthquake off the . . .
- Re-Engineering Capart (Hindu, Mihir Shah, Jan 12, 2005)
While "re-engineering" an institution, it must not lose its vital ethos somewhere along the way.
- Post Tsunami, India Inclusive (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Jan 12, 2005)
As tribes in the Andamans come in contact with organised economy, the forest area needed to ‘sustain’ them may decline
- Ideological Pamphleteers (Indian Express, GAUTAM DHEER, Jan 12, 2005)
Senior PCC leaders in the state have fallen victim to an unknown enemy. The ammunition being used: defamatory pamphlets. First, it was Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, who was the subject of these pamphlets
- India's Bridge To East (Pioneer, Ashok K Mehta, Jan 12, 2005)
The shock of the tsunami that flattened Thailand's beach resorts was resounding. We escaped the tragedy but could not get away from its echoes.
- Selective Morality? (Pioneer, Neha Mehta, Jan 12, 2005)
The pronouncement of guilt against the rapists of a student of Maulana Azad Medical College by a Delhi court is welcome. However, it would serve a larger purpose only if it is seen as a reminder of numerous other rape cases pending with the judiciary.
- Through The Third Eye (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jan 12, 2005)
Guess whose passion it is to wash dirty linen, literally? It’s none other than our censor board chairperson Sharmila Tagore.
- Access To Education: Yet To Make The Grade (Business Line, P. Srivatsan, Jan 12, 2005)
Education is the best investment. A country's economic and social progress is determined by the quality of its human resource. It is not higher education alone that is important but raising literacy levels among the
- Competition Breaks Cartels (Business Line, Pradeep S. Mehta, Jan 12, 2005)
Cartels operate across the economy, particularly in the intermediate goods and services sector. They hike production costs, thus making finished goods less competitive.
- Dalits Fight Tsunami Daily (Indian Express, Udit Raj, Jan 12, 2005)
This is in response to the expose in The Indian Express, ‘‘Tsunami can’t wash this away: hatred for Dalits’’ (IE January 7). Many justify their Hindu way of living while repeating various cliches like ‘‘Our living is simple and plain’’
- Get Ready For A Repeat Performance (Telegraph, MAHESH RANGARAJAN, Jan 12, 2005)
Laloo Yadav’s victory will not only reinforce his distinctive politics, but also that which is old and needs to be replaced
- A Decisive Mandate (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 12, 2005)
It was always on the cards that the Fatah candidate, Mahmoud Abbas, would be elected President of the Palestinian Authority.
- Empowered Panchayats (Tribune, J. L. Gupta, Jan 12, 2005)
HAVE the panchayats fulfilled the promise of progress at the grassroots level? Or are these becoming a part of the petty party politics? Is the gap between promise and performance widening?
- Schooling In Rural India (Hindu, Krishna Kumar, Jan 11, 2005)
One must ask why India can meet global standards in civil aviation, software, and defence, and not in its provision for rural children.
- My Pet Aversion (Tribune, Raj Chatterjee, Jan 11, 2005)
I am strongly and violently allergic to cats, and I don’t mean the two-legged variety whose caustic comments about other members of their sex I find highly entertaining. My fear and dislike of cats began when, as a child
- The Fii Fest In India's Stock Markets (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Jan 11, 2005)
The week-ended January 7 witnessed what appeared to be an abrupt end to the bull run in India's stock markets. This episode once again focussed attention on the volatility in India's narrow and shallow bourses.
- Feed The Soil, Not The Crop (Tribune, Bhai Mahavir, Jan 11, 2005)
OUR green revolution that signified high yielding varieties, widespread use of chemical fertilisers and pesticides as well as far greater reliance on tractors and other mechanised farm implements presented an imposing paraphernalia which...
- Dealing With Anger (Deccan Herald, M K RATHISH, Jan 11, 2005)
I was once travelling a long distance from Kannur to Bangalore by a KSRTC bus. The time was 12 o’clock, midnight. I was fast asleep, but was awakened by a big commotion.
- Real Crisis Management (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Jan 10, 2005)
Emergency is the time for action, not for deliberation. A Crisis Management Committee is needed not to decide what orders should be issued during the emergency but to decide what should be done in the future to handle such crises better.
- Only For The Poor (Telegraph, S. Venkitaramanan , Jan 10, 2005)
Subsidies on food, fertilizers and petro-products have been a continuing and disturbing feature of our budgets.
- On With The Relief (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 10, 2005)
The extraordinary Jakarta summit on the tsunami disaster has provided the launch pad for a massive, coordinated international relief effort to help the victims of Nature's fury across the Indian Ocean
- Seeing Sense (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 10, 2005)
AIDS is the great leveller. Yet the right tone of political leadership is crucial for fighting the epidemic nationally. The beginnings of this were heard at last in India, after decades of denial, evasion and downright cluelessness.
- Showcasing Science (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 10, 2005)
The 92nd Science Congress which has just concluded in Ahmedabad, once again saw speakers reiterating their ideas and suggestions to improve the science scenario in the country.
- Streamline State’S Admission Process (Deccan Herald, M. R. Narayana, Jan 10, 2005)
The year 2004-05 witnessed total chaos in admission and fee fixation in the State in the professional courses of higher education like engineering, medical, dental and the Indian system of medicine, homoeopathy, where the private sector’s (both aided and
- ‘The Other’ Comes To The Rescue (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma, Jan 10, 2005)
The tsunami catastrophe brought the world together. Yet it widened the deep blue sea dividing the Third World from the First. This is not as paradoxical as it sounds.
- 50 Lakh Indians Hiv Positive (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 10, 2005)
I believe this meeting is a sequel to the Global Media Initiative hosted by the United Nations Secretary General, Mr Kofi Annan, in January 2004 in New York.
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