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Articles 18621 through 18720 of 20587:
- Ntpc Soars High (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 19, 2004)
The initial public offer of the Government-owned electricity generating company, National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd. (NTPC), has evoked a tremendous response from investors of all categories.
- Reliving Old Enmities (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Oct 19, 2004)
Mani Shankar Aiyar found a poem of Savarkar on the walls of the cellular jail in Port Blair. He had it removed.
- Economic Migration In Asia (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Oct 19, 2004)
While many observers continue to think of cross-border labour migration in terms of the movement of labour from the South to the North, in Asia most of the recent labour movement has been within the continent.
- All Eyes On The Carnival (Telegraph, Alok Ray, Oct 19, 2004)
Whoever is the next president, certain trends in the US will favour India
- Cambodian Drama (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 19, 2004)
The father of independence from France in 1953, flamboyant monarch, political expedient who took his country to the edge of destruction by his decision to join hands with Pol Pot
- Mid-Term Appraisal Of Plan Targets (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Oct 18, 2004)
The Mid-Term Appraisal presents the Planning Commission an opportunity to tackle certain problems head-on.
- Hungry To Bed (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 18, 2004)
Does it at all make sense to talk of the “rights” of a hungry child in India? For most of their legal childhood, children have no voice in the Indian political system, and children from disadvantaged families are twice removed from the democratic process.
- Remarkable Triumph (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 18, 2004)
The congress-Nationalist Congress Party alliance has pulled off a superlative victory in the Maharashtra Assembly election, overcoming seemingly insurmountable odds — medium-scale rebellion ...
- Women Officers In The Army (Tribune, Raj Kadyan, Oct 18, 2004)
We were raising the National Security Guard (NSG) in the mid-eighties. There was a sudden need to train officers of an elite intelligence service officered by the IPS. The joint secretary of the department and I, as the Chief Instructor of the NSG ...
- Connecting Rural India (Hindu, M. S. Swaminathan , Oct 18, 2004)
The task of taking the benefits of the Internet and the space age to the country's 600,000 villages can be achieved by bringing about synergy between technology and public policy.
- John Kerry For President (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 18, 2004)
This is The New York Times' editorial endorsement of the Democratic challenger, John Kerry, for the American presidency.
- Significance Of China's Economy To Global Growth (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Oct 18, 2004)
It should come as no surprise that China is a dominant player in the world economy today. A huge economy that has maintained a consistent
- Sweet Sadness (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Oct 18, 2004)
Within the space of a fortnight, two front-ranking French citizens have shuffled off their mortal coils.
- War, Peace And The People (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 17, 2004)
When the representatives of the Andhra Pradesh Government and Maoist leaders sat across the table in Hyderabad on October 15 to discuss peace, it was in recognition of the truth that they had to respect the people's wishes.
- Just Not In Order (The Economic Times, ARVIND KALA, Oct 17, 2004)
India's collapsed justice system has several ironies. One is that while developed nations have young prime ministers and old judges, we have old prime ministers and relatively young judges.
- The Growing Cancer (Tribune, H. K. Dua, Oct 16, 2004)
For nearly two centuries and a half India in its own ways has been contributing to richness of the English language. Over 7,000 words in the Oxford English Dictionary have been borrowed from Indian languages.
- Broadband And Bottlenecks (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 16, 2004)
Broadband connects over 120 million Internet users worldwide to an online universe of rich content.
- Ending Justice! (Tribune, Vepa Rao, Oct 16, 2004)
The panchayat members took their bath, wore new kurtas and pyjamas, and came to the Big Tree. They bowed reverently, and took their seats under it. An able, dashing official was assisting them.
- Just Friends (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 16, 2004)
The police are human, they are allowed to make mistakes. They might, by mistake — or mistaken good intentions — confine the minor victim of a reported rape in the police station for two days instead of the alleged rapist.
- A Rude Encounter With Crude (Business Line, D. Murali , Oct 15, 2004)
Crude is getting cruder with prices rising to such record heights this week that even small retreats give much respite to markets. Oil companies are pushing the government to allow the retail rate rocket to zoom, and
- Why Can’T Dm Take Action? (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 15, 2004)
THE trauma Sonia of Asanda has been subjected to is not likely to have an early end. The television channels are now chasing her story.
- Transforming Lives Of Rural Women (Business Line, P. Srivatsan, Oct 15, 2004)
The Common Minimum Programme (CMP) lays emphasis on empowerment of women as an important socio-economic goal.
- The Tehelka Commission (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Oct 15, 2004)
The reliance on Commissions of Inquiry is misplaced. Increasingly, they are instruments of intimidation.
- World Food Day Or World Hunger Day? (Deccan Herald, MARY ROBINSON, Oct 15, 2004)
The connection between food security and AIDS is deep — malnourishment kills AIDS victims quickly
- Historic Process (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 15, 2004)
The willingness of the govt and the PW to work out their problems is a step forward
- Iraq Survey Group's Chance Discovery (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 15, 2004)
The Iraq Survey Group has stumbled on a shocking collusion among the Iraqi regime, UN officials, and contractors in more than 40 countries, including the permanent members of the Security Council
- Serious Concerns (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 14, 2004)
Developing countries are battling several public health issues with scarce resources
- Us Elections: Which Way Will Women Swing? (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Oct 14, 2004)
As the US presidential election juggernaut rolls on and the two rivals — the Republican incumbent, Mr George W. Bush, and the Democratic contender, Mr John Kerry — trade charges on a variety of issues ranging
- Together Apart (Deccan Herald, SUBRAMANYA PATTABHI, Oct 14, 2004)
An eternal pessimist, I am happily married to an optimist, which is the secret of our bond
- Signs Of A Recovery (Telegraph, S. Venkitaramanan , Oct 14, 2004)
At long last, the IMF’s World Economic Outlook is cautiously optimistic about the prospects of the global economy
- Lying Comes Naturally To Human Beings (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 14, 2004)
Accounting is a profession that earns its bread from `truth'. Who else plugs `true and fair' in their finished product with as much finesse as we manage to?
- Just Two (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 14, 2004)
Can “national interest” override private choice? It can, in Haryana and in a few other Indian states. The Supreme Court has now upheld the Haryana assembly’s legal competence to enact a law that could disqualify a member of the municipality if he or ...
- Batch Of ’89 (Tribune, Parag Jain, Oct 14, 2004)
TIME has mellowed not only the visages but also responses and attitudes. The boisterous — almost animal — catcalls and yelling of yesteryears have given way to a more sober though still warm back slapping.
- Jacques Derrida, 1930-2004 (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Oct 14, 2004)
One of the most widely published and discussed philosophers of our time, Derrida, best known for his theory of deconstruction, was adulated and denigrated in equal measure.
- Is India Facing Argentina-Like Debt Crisis?: William Pesek Jr. (Bloomberg.com, William Pesek Jr., Oct 13, 2004)
Communist. Socialist. Pro-poor. That India's five-month old government has been called these names and worse should spook bond investors. These are, after all, people who tend to panic over politicians who spend ever-increasing amounts of . . .
- Re-Evolving The Community (Deccan Herald, K C ABRAHAM, Oct 13, 2004)
A pluralistic civil society that is autonomous of religion and state should be commited to the liberation of the oppressed
- Us Report Opens Old Wounds (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma, Oct 13, 2004)
Sanctions hurt the poor and empower the targeted state, bringing the latter a new source of personal wealth
- Attention Needed (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 13, 2004)
Depression, a major cause of mental illness needs to be addressed seriously
- A New Internal Security Agenda (Hindu, Harish Khare , Oct 13, 2004)
The Indian state's obligation to protect itself and its citizens has to be anchored in the democratic sentiment. There can be no basic conflict between the interests of the state and those of the citizens.
- Donkey Work (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 13, 2004)
Three hundred donkeys and 5,000 mobile phones. These were the essentials, together with Russian jeeps, helicopters and a cargo plane, that the UN had to organize for the Afghan elections.
- For Whom Is The Research Anyway? (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Oct 13, 2004)
On one side there is an imposing network of laboratories and research establishments with panoply of academic achievement and recognition. On the other, mass suicides of farmers are happening that signals gross system failure of which the grand empire of
- Gimmicks For Foreign Funds (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 13, 2004)
It has been customary for chief ministers and finance ministers at the Centre, on assuming office, to make a strong pitch with foreign investors through `road-shows'.
- Not A Fit (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 12, 2004)
There are certain kinds of violence that civilized society accepts in order to be civilized. Making public the deeply private is one such.
- Multilateral Funding — Whither The Management Consultant? (Business Line, Suvendu Bose, Oct 12, 2004)
Given the right environment, management consultants will indeed be seen to play a key role in putting India firmly on a sustainable growth path and in actively supporting its march to achieving developed country status by 2020.
- Minorities And Backwardness (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 12, 2004)
The election commission has shown over-the-top zeal in objecting to the timing of the Union Cabinet's September 29 decision to set up a special commission for the "socially and economically" backward among religious and linguistic minorities.
- Breathtaking (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 12, 2004)
Calcuttans will simply have to learn to live with it, and to die of it. The West Bengal government is either too inept to ever meet the national vehicular emission standards, which came into effect from October 1, or it could not care less.
- Gene Revolution And Patent Rights (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Oct 12, 2004)
In this "International Year of Rice," India is being nudged by the US and its cohortsto take up genetically modified rice to "solve the problems" on the this cereal .
- Kerry Must Learn From Reagan (Hindu, Tristram Hunt, Oct 11, 2004)
Mr. Kerry's challenge is to link the $200 billion expenditure on Iraq to faltering economic confidence at home.
- Not Howard's End (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 11, 2004)
Had the Iraq war been the only issue in the Australian general election, Prime Minister John Howard might well have lost his bid for another term.
- The Onset Of Age (Tribune, Harish Dhillon, Oct 11, 2004)
IT came quite suddenly. I was chewing a pan when I felt a hard, irregular object in my mouth. I thought it was a piece of betel nut. But when I took the object out of my mouth and held it in the palm of my hand.
- Getting Out Of The Poverty Trap (Business Line, V. Anantha Nageswaran, Oct 11, 2004)
This article is based on two separate and very contrasting stories and the thoughts derived therefrom.
- J. R. D. Tata Letters — A Citizen, Industrialist Revealed (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Oct 11, 2004)
A collection of 300 letters written by the doyen of Indian industry, J. R. D. Tata to eminent political and economic personalities, scientists and artists of his time reveal the fascinating facets of his personality, his relationships with people ...
- "Multilateralism The Best Solution" (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Oct 11, 2004)
Sergei Lavrov looks and sounds more like a professor than a diplomat. In an exclusive interview to The Hindu, the Russian Foreign Minister spelt out his country's stand on Chechnya and its
- Business With Pakistan (Telegraph, S. L. Rao, Oct 11, 2004)
The prime minister, Manmohan Singh, said after his one-on-one meeting with the president of Pakistan, General Pervez Musharraf, that he thought “we can do business with him”.
- Where Security Is Offensive And Obnoxious (Tribune, Kiran Bedi, Oct 10, 2004)
AS the United Nations General Assembly met here at the United Nations in the third week of September, one got to see how threatened the VIPs feel. Every year it’s getting costlier in terms of human and technological resources.
- Maharashtra: The Last Lap (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Oct 09, 2004)
The Maharashtra Assembly election is still one that could be lost by the Congress rather than won by the Shiv Sena-BJP combine.
- Outside The Respectable (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 09, 2004)
Sometimes, all that it takes to see through stigma and conditioning is the ability to act on the simplest human impulse. When Soorya was taken to see a shelter for HIV+ children in Chennai, what struck her before anything else was the
- Aids Orphans (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 09, 2004)
According to U.N. estimates, 11 million children in sub-Saharan Africa have lost at least one parent to AIDS. Aid agencies say extended family networks of uncles, aunts and grandparents are increasingly overwhelmed, leaving orphans to fend for themselves.
- Beware Of Guests (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 09, 2004)
The spate of killings by insurgents in the Northeast has brought into sharp focus the unhealthy role of Bangladesh in this ugly scenario. Leaders of the insurgent outfits operating in the Northeast have shifted to Bangladesh, particularly after the ...
- Adb's Country Strategy And Programme 2005-07 (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Oct 09, 2004)
The 2005-07 India lending programme of the Asian Development Bank is focussed on building infrastructure, the lack of which has hobbled the various sectors and is responsible for the high inter-regional disparities.
- Rethinking The Us' Offshoring Conundrum (Business Line, Kumar Venkat, Oct 08, 2004)
As technology companies stake out market positions in the fast-growing economies of China and India, it makes perfect sense for them to simultaneously use the highly skilled low-cost labour available in those countries to develop some of the products.
- Chandigarh A City Beautiful? (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 08, 2004)
Experts say Chandigarh is the topmost livable city in the country, but then what do the residents make of their assertion that the quality of its air is increasingly getting poor?
- Pm On Quota (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 08, 2004)
Heartening that the news about the IAF acquiring more multi-role fighter aircraft in the near future is, the few that are in the pipeline may not be enough to fulfil the needs of the Force.
- Nation Without Toilets (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 07, 2004)
Fiftyseven years after Independence, Union Minister of State for Urban Employment and Poverty Alleviation Selja’s statement that over 70 crore Indians do not have access to proper toilet facilities does not come as a surprise.
- Village Energy Security (Hindu, Indrani Bagchi, Oct 07, 2004)
In India, non-conventional energy resources remain untapped in the absence of policy directions.
- What Is It To Be Normal? (Telegraph, Abhijit Bhattacharyya , Oct 07, 2004)
T wo tales from two different cities recently sparked off a lot of controversy. One pertained to the country’s defence, the other to its civil administration.
- The Kiss Of The Fitness Centre (Telegraph, SATADRU OJHA, Oct 07, 2004)
It doesn’t take much to realize that fitness ads are a reworking of the frog-prince fable
- Pangs Of Parting (Deccan Herald, AMBIKA ANANTH, Oct 07, 2004)
A writer-mother can make your parting, when the time comes, a very sweet and wordy one
- Another Growth Portent (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 07, 2004)
That there has not been a single default in Crisil's rated portfolio of more than 500 companies in the first six months of the current fiscal, a first in the last 10 years, is indicative of a vastly improved financial health of corporate India.
- Pardon Him, Sir! (Tribune, Vepa Rao, Oct 06, 2004)
Most Hon’ble Sir,
My friend in the death-row needs your help. The media has already done most of the job, sir — it has shown even his undergarments, explained his philosophy behind the way he bathes, and why he prefers small onions to big ones.
- Maharashtra Assembly Polls — Advantage, Congress-Ncp (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Oct 06, 2004)
The opinion polls give the Congress-NCP alliance more than an edge in the ensuing Maharashtra Assembly elections. If the combine wins the election, it would be in defiance of the anti-incumbency factor and would only strengthen and further stabilise the
- Edusat — A Teacher In The Sky (Deccan Herald, U R RAO, Oct 06, 2004)
In the absence of adequate faculty, Edusat is a tool of education to help in the transformation of society
- `Regulated Tariffs More Important Than Pipeline Competition' (Business Line, PRATIM RANJAN BOSE , Oct 06, 2004)
The adoption of a well-defined tariff methodology will promote healthy competition among gas marketing entities, and consumers would then have the option of sourcing gas from different locations or producers through the common grid.
- Agrarian Crisis In Andhra Pradesh (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Oct 05, 2004)
The extensive nature of the agrarian crisis in Andhra Pradesh is now widely known. But it is not more generally recognised that what has already happened in that State is actually replicating itself to varying degrees across rural India.
- Technocrats Ignore Political Realities (Business Line, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Oct 05, 2004)
Running a country is different from running a corporation. The crucial difference is politics. Politics is about power relationships; it is about economic ideology as well. Technocrat Dr Montek Singh Ahluwalia could have avoided the foreign experts ...
- Young Women Turn Child Saviours (Tribune, Usha Rai, Oct 05, 2004)
They are called shishu rakshaks or child saviours of Orissa, which has the country’s highest infant mortality rate — 85 per 1,000 live births. Each village nominates its three best "bahus" for ensuring child survival.
- India As Dustbin (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 05, 2004)
Once again, India’s import regulatory mechanism stands exposed. Whether it is the disease-infected blood or live missiles and bombs, anything can be brought into this country.
- Different Strokes On Bpo Taxation (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 05, 2004)
The latest government circular on taxation of business process outsourcing seeks to reassure foreign entities having such captive operations in India that their global profits are not under the taxman's gaze.
- Bhopal Bonanza (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 05, 2004)
It could be made to look like a bonanza. The last part of the compensation money for survivors of the Bhopal gas tragedy will be paid in soon. Most of the 105,000 survivors are pitifully poor, or have been impoverished by the medical costs of the tragedy.
- Press Note 18: To Withdraw Or Not? (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Oct 04, 2004)
After the issue of foreign experts in the Planning Commission consultative bodies, the next bone of contention may be the so-called Press Note 18, which denies automatic route for proposals where
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