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Articles 17921 through 18020 of 20587:
- Access To Power Provides Influence (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Jan 10, 2005)
Mr. George Bush will be sworn in on January 20 for his second term of office as President of the US. The inaugural festivities will include several lunches and dinners in the days preceding the inauguration, the actual swearing-in function, and a parade.
- How The Pictures Lie (Telegraph, PARIMAL BHATTACHARYA, Jan 10, 2005)
Urban, upwardly-mobile families may not want girls, but that does not prove that the backward classes do
- Tsunami: Us Can Do More (Tribune, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jan 09, 2005)
There is a story about a British diplomat being asked what he would like for the New Year. Being a modest man, he declined a gift but on being pressed, reluctantly agreed to a small box of preserved fruit.
- ‘Repulse The New Rome ... Jihad Is A Religious-Economic War’ (Indian Express, OSAMA BIN LADEN, Jan 09, 2005)
My message is to urge jihad to repulse the grand plots hatched against our nation, such as the occupation of Baghdad, under the guise of the search for weapons of mass destruction
- Power Of Doubters And Their Fate (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Jan 08, 2005)
Most scriptural writing warns us against the pitfalls of dual thinking (dubhida) or doubt. All religions claim to hold the monopoly over knowledge and denounce doubters as renegades. It is ironic that every religion began by doubting the veracity of the o
- Swift Justice For Rape (Indian Express, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 08, 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
- Mr Dixit, I Presume (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jan 08, 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. I had just been arrested by the Sri Lankan military for nosing around “sensitive installations” near Trincomalee.
- The Buck Starts Here (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Jan 08, 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.
- We'll Be Jumping The Gun If We Buy The Idea (The Economic Times, B CHELLANEY, Jan 08, 2005)
India has not been offered a permanent seat on the UN Security Council, with or without veto power.
- The Aids Monster (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 08, 2005)
IT is ironical that while news about anyone suffering from some disease evokes sympathy, a similar piece of information about AIDS earns ridicule and shame. That is why the pandemic is growing exponentially.
- Justice Served (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 08, 2005)
The time: 2.30 in the afternoon on November 15, 2002. The venue: An old monument almost rubbing shoulders with Delhi Police Headquarters, in a neighbourhood housing several media establishments
- `We Have An Obligation To Help Survivors' (Hindu, Hilary Benn, Jan 08, 2005)
The terrible images of the past week have brought home our vulnerability to the forces of nature. But they have also brought out in all of us a compassion for others with whom we share this small and fragile planet
- Aids Spreading Fast In Asia (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 08, 2005)
IT is ironical that while news about anyone suffering from some disease evokes sympathy, a similar piece of information about AIDS earns ridicule and shame. That is why the pandemic is growing exponentially.
- Fostering Innovation (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 08, 2005)
"Economic change is largely a process by which knowledge is transformed into goods and services. Creating links between knowledge generation and enterprise development is thus one of the greatest challenges facing developing countries,"
- Drifts In The Desert (Indian Express, Arun Firordia, Jan 08, 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
- The Land Of Penny Pinchers (Indian Express, NICHOLAS D KRISTOF, Jan 07, 2005)
Americans give 15 cents per day per person in official development assistance to poor countries. The average American spends four times that on soft drinks daily
- New Realities For Ocean’S 10 (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Jan 07, 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 Unexploited Rural Market (Business Line, K. Dadoo, Jan 07, 2005)
THE Indian marketeer has come a long way from the 1960s and the 1970s, when supply could never effectively reach demand and shortages and scarcity prevailed all over the country.
- Great Budget Expectations — Buoyant Mood, Congenial Setting (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jan 07, 2005)
With all systems go, powered by an enthusing confluence of favourable factors, the Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, must be a happy man ready to make Budget.
- Peering Over Great Wall (Indian Express, JIM YARDLEY, Jan 06, 2005)
China's response to the tsunami disaster shows the nation’s limitations as an aspiring superpower, despite its new and growing influence in Asia. China’s offer of aid, if slightly belated, is sizable, given its often inward-looking history.
- Public Institutions (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 06, 2005)
Although it is widely if not universally endorsed and admired, democracy as a political system is still on trial in many parts of the world.
- Let Not Financing Be A Disaster After Rapid (Business Line, D. Murali , Jan 06, 2005)
Disaster, donations, distribution, and delay, form only a predictable combination that plays out whenever a major blow strikes.
- The Magic Formula For 2005 (The Economic Times, KIRAN KARNIK, Jan 06, 2005)
If only the last week of 2004 was a dream, a nightmare that one would wake up from to find a comfortable, unchanged normalcy.
- Wrong, Lord Desai & Prof Sen (The Economic Times, T. K. Arun, Jan 06, 2005)
Lord Meghnad Desai thinks India is a collection of nationalities. These, he says, find political articulation through regional or caste-based parties that together detract from India’s potential for growth through exclusive focus on distribution.
- Women In Islam (Pioneer, SK Srivastava, Jan 06, 2005)
The denial of minority rights has largely been blamed for the backwardness of the Muslim society. Their religious conservatism and obscurantist approach are regarded as some of the other factors.
- When Public Servants Are Corrupt (Tribune, P. P. Rao, Jan 06, 2005)
CORRUPTION has assumed alarming proportions. The epidemic has spread to the judiciary to some extent. The Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947, miserably failed to prevent or check corruption.
- Jamming Jails (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 06, 2005)
THE concern of the Supreme Court over the use of mobile phones by the inmates in various jails is understandable. But it is difficult to concur with the solution the court has thought of.
- 'Taxation Is The Bane Of Tourism' (The Economic Times, BHANU PANDE, Jan 06, 2005)
Param Kannampilly, the managing director of Concept Hospitality, which owns a chain of ecotels under the brand Orchid and Lotus Suites believes there’s a lot more the government should be doing to make 'Incredible India' a big success.
- Three ‘R’S (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 06, 2005)
Humanitarian experts speak of the two waves of any disaster. The first, of course, is the tragedy itself; the second is the aftermath which, if mishandled, could wreak lasting damage.
- 100 Days That Will Change India (Indian Express, BUNKER ROY, Jan 06, 2005)
The father of modern Punjab, Pratap Singh Kairon, was driving to Chandigarh. A dog tried to cross the road, changed its mind, tried to scramble back and got run over. Kairon observed,”
- Drills For Natural Disaster Management (The Financial Express, S NARAYAN, Jan 06, 2005)
In the winter of 1977, a huge tidal wave, an aftermath of a cyclonic depression in the Bay of Bengal, struck the coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh.
- A View From The Water (Indian Express, Sagarika Ghose, Jan 06, 2005)
What better way to celebrate New Year’s Eve than in Goa? The western coast, the safer coast, where fairy lights still glitter on beach shacks while on the opposite side of the peninsula, the hydra-headed monster that rose out of the sea ten days ago conti
- Homeless And Alone (Business Line, R. Sundaram , Jan 06, 2005)
It is more than a week since the killer tsunami struck many nations of Asia. Indonesia, the worst hit, Sri Lanka, India (including Andaman Islands) Thailand Myanmar Malaysia and even Kenya and Somalia were affected.
- Patent Ordinance And Reality Check (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Jan 05, 2005)
To meet its WTO commitment, India has brought in an ordinance to usher in the product patent regime. But of the effect on the ground things are not too clear, though the ordinance appears to create a milieu for the IT and pharma industries to grow and ...
- This Waiting Can Be Long (Indian Express, Harmala Gupta, Jan 05, 2005)
The advances made by medical science have not only increased life spans, it is now possible to ensure good symptom relief right till the end. Why then are we debating the right to end our lives prematurely?
- The Tsunami Relief Effort (Hindu, Mari Marcel Thekaekara, Jan 05, 2005)
A question many of us ask is: Does India need outside help in a disaster? Technically I would say no. We have the expertise, certainly.
- In Fond Memory (Deccan Herald, SANDHYA VASUDEV, Jan 05, 2005)
She would respond to any name we tiny siblings would call her. She was ‘Paachi’ to my elder sister, ‘Chappi’ to my brother, ‘Achhi’ to my small sister and ‘Nakmi’ to me, until we were able enough to address her by her dignified name ‘Lakshmi’.
- It Is For Us (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 05, 2005)
The National Road Safety Week has been inaugurated with symbolic fanfare. The objective of the Safety Week (January 3 to 9) is to raise awareness of the dangers on the road and how to be safe, and to encourage all road users to take care.
- Deluded Into Crime Piyal Sen (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 05, 2005)
One of the cardinal legal principles applicable to every law court in India is called “mens rea” which, in Latin, means the capacity to form the intent to carry out an action.
- Medicines To Cost More (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 04, 2005)
From January 1, 2005, India has started recognising patents on medicines. This effectively means prices of new medicines and of those made in the last 10 years or so
- Nreg Bill: Fine-Tuning Will Make It Work Better (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Jan 04, 2005)
The National Rural Employment Guarantee Bill goes beyond describing a set of employment generating schemes, and goes into the nitty-gritty, listing the broad responsibilities of the officials at the district, block and panchayat levels.
- Stokes: No Longer Apple Of One’S Eye (Tribune, Ambika Sharma, Jan 04, 2005)
Samuel Evans Stokes, the pioneer of scientific horticulture in Himachal, was remembered as an emancipator of the poverty-ridden hill people a century ago. Today there is none to recall the contribution of Stokes
- Uncertain Certainties (Gulf News, M.J. Akbar, Jan 04, 2005)
It is natural: in the first week of January every right-thinking Indian wants to know what will happen in the coming year.
- To Go Or Not To Go Is The Question (Hindu, Carl Wilkinson, Jan 04, 2005)
As the extent of the devastation wreaked by the tsunami unfolds, many are having to decide whether going ahead with planned holidays will help or hinder the local people.
- Tsunami: Asia Will Bounce Back (Asia Times, Emad Mekay, Jan 04, 2005)
The world is rallying to aid countries and lives damaged by the tsunamis that have killed more than 120,000 people in Asia and Africa, injuring three or four times as many
- Trust In A Time Of Trouble (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Jan 04, 2005)
The last week has been grim, truly grim. A natural disaster of enormous magnitude swallowed up thousands of people and rendered hundreds of thousands homeless.
- A Knowledge Hub (Telegraph, Sukanta Chaudhuri, Jan 04, 2005)
At the golden jubilee celebrations of Jadavpur University, the chief minister, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, stressed the importance of academic research
- Delivery Mechanism In Commodity Exchanges (Business Line, A. S. Jeyakumar, Jan 04, 2005)
Deliveries are an integral part of commodity exchanges (comex). Even though they form an insignificant portion of the total volume of trade transacted on the exchange
- Information: An Inviolable Right (Hindu, Nirmala Lakshman, Jan 04, 2005)
Despite the fact that there are serious attempts to muzzle the right to information by the ruling elite and powerful vested interests through the tabling of an ineffective Bill, the tide of civil resistance cannot be stemmed for long
- From It Inc To Pharma Inc (Business Line, C. Bhaktavatsala Rao, Jan 04, 2005)
If the 1990s belonged to information technology , the 21st century belongs to the pharmaceutical industry that is accelerating India's knowledge revolution.
- An Exercise In Make-Believe (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Jan 03, 2005)
The Independent South Asia Commission on Poverty Alleviation has done it again. In its second report, the body — set up under the auspices of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
- Guaranteeing Employment: A Palliative? (Hindu, T.N. Srinivasan, Jan 03, 2005)
Let us not kid ourselves: an employment generation programme is a palliative and not a means for poverty eradication.
- Beyond This Place (Telegraph, S. L. Rao, Jan 03, 2005)
Visiting Karachi, Islamabad or Muree, my preconceptions about the role of fundamentalism in Pakistan, of only burqa-clad women, hostility to India and Indians
- Analytical Review Of Subsidies: (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Jan 03, 2005)
In its National Common Minimum Programme (NCMP), the UPA Government had pledged that all subsidies will be targeted sharply at the poor and the truly needy
- A New Year's Resolution (The Economic Times, Jeffrey D Sachs, Jan 03, 2005)
It is time for New Year’s resolutions, and this year’s are obvious. When the millennium opened, world leaders pledged to seek peace, the end of poverty, and a cleaner environment.
- Tsunami Relief Should Be Led By U.N. (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Jan 03, 2005)
Stung by criticism that its initial response to the tsunami disaster had been "stingy," the United States has moved swiftly to try and impose its "leadership" over the international relief effort underway.
- What The World Press Is Saying (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 03, 2005)
The tsunami will, overwhelmingly, be remembered as a catastrophic natural disaster. But it also marks a milestone in the development of the internet. At first it was total failure.
- The `Do-Good To Feel-Good' Factor (Business Line, Yashashree Gurjar, Jan 03, 2005)
From philanthropy to social responsibility — it is a long road. And it has taken several decades to traverse from "helping" to "empowering" people.
- Seeking The Hand Of God In The Waters (Indian Express, JOSE ANTONIO VARGAS, Jan 03, 2005)
Let's turn to history. The date: Nov. 1, 1755. The time: past 9 am on All Saints’ Day, a Catholic holiday. The scene: Lisbon, the devoutly Catholic capital of the devoutly Catholic Portuguese empire, shook — first a big earthquake
- Relief Funds: Safeguards Must Against Misuse (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jan 03, 2005)
In the wake of calamities, any number of public-spirited institutions, voluntary organisations and citizens' groups spring into action to collect money and relief items.
- A Wave Of Indifference (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Jan 02, 2005)
What a devastating, heartrending way for the year 2004 to end. A week since the tsunami hit and the death toll still rises and we still reel from the shock of nature’s brutal reminder that with all our technology and our scientific discoveries we are noth
- A Tale Of Two Indias (OutLook, C. Rammanohar Reddy, Jan 02, 2005)
2004 was, by any standards, a remarkable year for the Indian economy. On January 1, ’04, the headlines screamed about India becoming the fastest growing economy in the world.
- The Spin That Helped Bush Into A Doosra Term (Business Line, D. Murali , Jan 01, 2005)
The film Fahrenheit 9/11 depicts the US President, Mr George Bush, as doing nothing but watching kindergarten children several minutes after he was informed of the WTC attacks.
- Lessons Of History (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jan 01, 2005)
There is a story about a British diplomat being asked what he would like for the New Year. Being a modest man, he declined a gift but on
- Living With Fear, Trauma In Emerald Isles (Tribune, Sridhar K. Chari, Jan 01, 2005)
Queues of water buckets and bins line the street-side during daytime, as anxious residents wait for water tanks to reach them. In the night, while the more hardy and less fearful don’t mind being within buildings
- Figuring The Tsunami (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 01, 2005)
As the world rallies to help those affected by the earthquake and tsunamis in Asia, comparisons may help illustrate the force of the tidal waves and the resulting enormity of the crisis:
• The earthquake that caused the tidal waves measured 9.
- 2004: A Watershed In Our History (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Jan 01, 2005)
The year 2004 ushered in changes important enough to be recorded in the history of our country. With the defeat of the parties belonging to the Sangh Parivar in the General Election in May, the danger of India losing its secular character and becoming a H
- `Consistency' In The Skies (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Jan 01, 2005)
The Union Civil Aviation Minister, Mr Praful Patel, should be congratulated for retaining the very scarce quality of consistency in Government policy
- What The World Press Is Saying (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 01, 2005)
The new threat, like the old one, derives from water. The tsunami that killed at least 77,000 people in the Indian Ocean basin has now put millions of others at grave risk of waterborne diseases such as cholera, hepatitis, dysentery and
- The Tsunami Test — Are `Reserves' Really `Resources'? (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Jan 01, 2005)
It is shocking that the survivors of the recent tsunami are forced to loot from one another in their struggle to survive. Cannot the vast foreign exchange reserves of the Indian Ocean rim countries be used to blunt the impact of the catastrophic tsunami?
- Strengthening A Valuable Scheme (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 01, 2005)
The recent indication by the Union Labour Minister, K. Chandrasekhar Rao, that the Government is considering an increase in the monthly wage ceiling for coverage under the
- Bitter Pill (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 01, 2005)
When the Government issued an ordinance for introducing product patent regime for pharmaceutical and agro-chemicals from January 1, 2005, it implied that it would have found it difficult to have the measure passed by Parliament due to opposition from the
- The Road Ahead (Indian Express, ROBERT CHEN, Jan 01, 2005)
The astounding tragedy in the Indian Ocean is not just a human disaster of unbearable magnitude. Nor is it a matter of fate. It is the consequence of years of under-investment in the scientific and technical infrastructure needed to reduce
- Reflections On Disaster (Indian Express, Harinder Sikka, Jan 01, 2005)
Calamities will happen. But what is shocking is that as a nation, we are repeatedly caught off guard and lose lives and property due to mismanagement, lethargy and a couldn’t-care-less approach
- More Than A Million Hiroshimas (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Jan 01, 2005)
Will Governments ever spend the modest sums required along the coast to protect the millions of poorer Indians dependent on the seas?
- Maritime Counter-Terrorism (Tribune, General (Retd) V. P. Malik, Jan 01, 2005)
COINCIDING with Navy Day, the Terrorism Watch Project of the Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, organised an international workshop on Maritime Counter-Terrorism on November 29-30.
- The Disaster Of Calamity Discussions (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 31, 2004)
Currently, the most confusing word for our leaders is `calamity'. On one side, the PM prays, as in King Henry VI, "free my country from calamity," and says that the recent tsunami "is a national calamity"...
- This New Year, Give! (Tribune, Yashovardhan Saboo, Dec 31, 2004)
Last Sunday, while we savored the Christmas week-end and were planning our New Year parties, a massive earthquake sent waves of calamity around the Bay of Bengal. In a few moments, thousands perished, without warning or reprieve.
- Through A Glass, Brightly (The Economic Times, T. K. Arun, Dec 31, 2004)
Today is a special day for our company, for all of us directly associated with it and, I hope, also for those who have come here to join in as we celebrate its 50th founding day.
- While We Were Sleeping (Indian Express, BARUN MITRA, Dec 31, 2004)
Even as we struggle to come to terms with the trail of death and destruction left by the sea surges that hit our unwary shores just a day after Christmas, we need to realise that all crises opens up new opportunities.
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