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Articles 18821 through 18920 of 20587:
- Trying Vajpayee's Shoes For Size (Asia Times, Siddharth Srivastava, Sep 17, 2004)
September 22 is going to be a very important day in the history of India-Pakistan relations. It will be the first official meeting between Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf, on the sidelines of the . . .
- Benchmark For A Bank Auditor's Knowledge About Banks (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 16, 2004)
Reddy wielded his wand a few days ago to swoosh off thousands of crores worth of liquidity from the banking system.
- 100-Day Exercise And The Congress (Deccan Herald, G S Bhargava, Sep 16, 2004)
If Manmohan Singh is able to democratise the Congress, quality would matter more than longevity of tenure
- Death Is Better Than Debt (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Sep 16, 2004)
THE number of farmers' suicides in Maharashtra is fast approaching the double century mark. The incidence of suicides is particularly high in the Vidarbha region, blessed with fertile black-cotton soil, and rivers that run with plenty of water for much of
- Understanding Mass Hysteria (Hindu, Margaret McCartney, Sep 16, 2004)
Could 'mass hysteria' explain why 55 pupils and staff from a U.K. school fell mysteriously ill last week?
- Uncle’S Feats (Tribune, D. K. Mukerjee, Sep 16, 2004)
His figure looms up through the mists of time — tall and swarthy with bulging biceps and a ripple of muscles. His very strength gave credibility to stories of his feats of strength.
- No Flapping (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 15, 2004)
Ms Uma Bharti’s ruckus dishonours far more than the tiranga. With politics severing itself completely from civilized or constitutional behaviour, it is of little import whether the national flag is being carried or hung or moved about in the proper way.
- Homo Commiticus (Telegraph, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Sep 15, 2004)
The one government announcement that is beginning to routinely elicit a big yawn is the appointment of yet another committee or commission.
- Putin In Chechen Trap (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Sep 15, 2004)
After the Beslan tragedy, Putin wants American sympathy but not interference in Russia’s affairs
- Trade In Services — It Is A Question Of Market Access (Business Line, Anil K. Kanungo, Sep 15, 2004)
India's economic strength lies in the burgeoning services sector and the realisation of potential in this area hinges on quick and viable completion of negotiations.
- Save It From Decay (Telegraph, Shobita Punja, Sep 15, 2004)
There are different degrees of conservation and a variety of interventions to choose from but each has a price tag.
- Remembering Anna (Hindu, R. Kannan, Sep 15, 2004)
C.N. Annadurai epitomised Tamil pride, personifying honesty, simplicity and caring.
- Putin In Chechen Trap (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Sep 15, 2004)
After the Beslan tragedy, Putin wants American sympathy but not interference in Russia’s affairs
- Where Are We Heading? (Tribune, S.S. Johl, Sep 14, 2004)
WE in India give a compulsive response amounting to almost an addiction to the periodic celebrations, be it days, weeks, months, years or centenaries of important events and programmes, leading to virtual nostalgia.
- A Day Of Crowded Images (Deccan Herald, A MADHAVAN, Sep 14, 2004)
The sights and sounds of a tour by car with kindred souls can be highly enlightening
- Reforms In The Power Sector (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Sep 14, 2004)
The Centre has to clearly spell out the power policy. The Tenth Plan target is to add over 41,000 MW of generation capacity and time is running out.
- Licence To Murder (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Sep 14, 2004)
The facts relating to Thangjam Ningol Manorama alias Henthoi are well known. A posse of soldiers from Assam Rifles, including Havildar Suresh Kumar, Riflemen Ajit Singh and T. Lotha and unidentified others entered the house of Thangjam Manorama, a
- A Rivalry That Is Tearing The Country Apart (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Sep 13, 2004)
Competition may be the engine of pluralist politics everywhere but here in Bangladesh, the rivalry between the ruling party and the Opposition is so personalised, intense and venomous that it is poisoning the very lifeblood of democracy.
- Investors, Frogs And Yellowstone Effect (Business Line, V. Anantha Nageswaran, Sep 13, 2004)
The current firmness in equity prices is akin to the warm glow of pleasure that a frog may feel when water begins to boil. Resistance to the fundamental deterioration through manipulation of technical indicators and through the provision of liquidity ...
- Going Back On A Big Promise (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 13, 2004)
The planning commission's allocation of Rs.2,020 crores for launching a food-for-work programme in 150 districts marks the first, even if hesitant, step in the implementation of a crucial component of the National Common Minimum Programme (NCMP) of the...
- Distress From Stress (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Sep 13, 2004)
Surprisingly, automated, touch-screen lifestyle and paperless offices have been of no help in guaranteeing a stress-free existence.
- Stock Taking By The Plan Panel (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Sep 13, 2004)
Amid all the controversy that the Planning Commission should not engage itself with multilateral development institutions such as the World Bank and the ADB in devising mid-course corrections while formulating the Mid-Term Appraisal (MTA) of the ...
- Platform Revels (Deccan Herald, N Narasimhan, Sep 13, 2004)
Politicians are some of the best teachers of how exactly you should not speak in public
- Trends In Patent And Trademark Law (Business Line, Rama Sarma, Sep 13, 2004)
THE intellectual property law confer legal exclusivity in the market place. The right to prevent copying of ideas or information is recognised and this has recently made intellectual property (IP) law somewhat esoteric and specialised.
- The Great Divide (Telegraph, Satish Nandgaonkar, Sep 12, 2004)
Lyricist Javed Akhtar decries the Beslan massacre. Journalist Sajid Rashid is attacked for his views on hardliners in his community
- Revisiting Greeneland (Telegraph, GITHA HARIHARAN, Sep 12, 2004)
I was recently invited to see a film based on Graham Greene’s The End of the Affair. I agreed because I remembered being moved by the novel as a teenage reader.
- Against The Grain (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Sep 10, 2004)
While terms of trade are tilted against agriculture, any move to help farmers is seen as harmful to the economy
- Endangered Daughters (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 10, 2004)
Punjab is arguably the most prosperous state of India and yet it continues to bear the cross of having the most skewed male-female sex ratio. The state has only 897 women for every 1000 men.
- Farmers' Distress: Causes & Cures (Hindu, M. S. Swaminathan , Sep 10, 2004)
Education, social mobilisation and regulation are necessary to arrest the expansion of the agrarian crisis.
- International Trade And Economic Growth (Business Line, S. Venu , Sep 10, 2004)
Openness to trade is not by itself sufficient to promote growth. Macroeconomic and political stability and other policies are needed as well.
- Watching Hypertension (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 10, 2004)
The revelation that there has been a sharp rise in the prevalence of high blood pressure in the United States over the last decade must prompt a closer review of the public health challenge hypertension poses worldwide.
- With Love From A Pathan (Tribune, Shubhadeep Choudhury, Sep 10, 2004)
THOUGH I am Hindu by religion, ethnically I am a Pathan,” the gentleman told me with a touch of pride in his voice. He was tall but rather on the thinner side. We were both waiting for someone in an office room.
- The Lucky Winner (Deccan Herald, NUGGEHALLI PANKAJA, Sep 10, 2004)
If you’re looking to get lucky, be sure to have your wits ready to tackle the consequences
- Zoo Deaths (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 10, 2004)
The death of three animals at Mysore zoo proves that its facilities need to be upgraded
- New Foreign Trade Policy — No Big Bang In This One (Business Line, V. Kumaraswamy, Sep 09, 2004)
The New Foreign Trade Policy, is good, but if India has delusions of leapfrogging in the global trade order, it misses too many realities.
- Cost Management Can Be More Professional (Business Line, SANKAR RAY, Sep 09, 2004)
A FEW months back, the chief technical examiner (CTE), Central Vigilance Commission, issued an office memorandum to all chief vigilance officers of public sector units (PSUs) and statutory bodies under the
- Nittoor’S Nuggets (Deccan Herald, NAVARATNA LAXMAN, Sep 09, 2004)
The fact that he was a truly noble soul was borne out in his remarkable views on life
- The Dangers Of Retirement (Hindu, Michele Hanson, Sep 09, 2004)
Why it is that so many of us remain fighting fit until we retire and then promptly descend into ill-health?
- Punjab’S First Freedom Fighter (Tribune, Madan Gopal, Sep 09, 2004)
After half a century of Independence, it is worth remembering those who set out on the road to freedom. Mrs Annie Besant in her book “How India Wrought for Freedom” has given us some facts which are not often mentioned in history books.
- Historic Declarations (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Sep 08, 2004)
Certain statements made by famous persons in certain historical contexts are indelibly etched in memory. The exclamation by King Louis IV, "L'etat c'est moi!" (The State! I am the State!) is the earliest that comes to mind.
- Give Them Access (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 08, 2004)
Even officials are unaware of special facilities for the disabled
- Changing Face Of The Global Indian (Deccan Herald, Janaki Murali, Sep 08, 2004)
The urban Indian metrosexual is busy carving a niche in the world and moulding himself as a global citizen
- Akali Dal Not Communal (Tribune, Manpreet Singh Badal, Sep 08, 2004)
Kuldip Nayar's recent indictment of the Akali Dal in these columns has hurt me. The Akali Dal is not a communal party. It has always had Hindus, Muslims and Christians as its members.
- Financing Cmp: Banking On World Bank (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Sep 08, 2004)
INDIA is desperately short of investment resources. Public investment on a massive scale is needed in key areas of economic and social development if India is to get rid of poverty in two decades while achieving higher growth rates, which would help place
- A Mega Clean-Up In Us (Business Line, A. V. Swaminathan , Sep 08, 2004)
Utility companies, municipal agencies and, lately, the Department of Environmental Quality in the US act with deep concern for ensuring unpolluted water for the citizens.
- To Will Or Not (Deccan Herald, Padma Ramachandran, Sep 08, 2004)
I would hate for people to quarrel over my earthly possessions when once I’ve left my earthly body
- Terror In Beslan — Not Justified By Any Cause (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Sep 08, 2004)
Fanaticism and fundamentalism have their limits, when these are crossed, as they were with horrific and tragic consequences in Beslan, people who rebel for a cause not only make themselves and their cause a grotesque comedy, they paint an entire community
- Psu — Paradox Or Dream? (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 08, 2004)
Going by this latest pronouncements about public sector units (PSUs), the Prime Minister qualifies eminently for the famous definition of a superior mind that can at once hold two opposing ideas in balance.
- India By Night (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 07, 2004)
After having shone for a while, India is now set to become incredible. The Central tourism minister, Ms Renuka Chowdhury, is now full of ideas about her “Incredible India” campaign to bring tourists into the country.
- How Is Indian Industry Faring? (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Sep 07, 2004)
A sharp rise in the services share in India's GDP, coming at a time when services exports are booming, has been used to argue that the country is on a new growth trajectory in keeping with global trends.
- Glitzy Ghaggar (Tribune, Anurag, Sep 07, 2004)
The havoc wrought by the swollen waters of the Ghaggar river was disproportionate to its inconsequential size and shape most months of the year. Riding on the crest of torrential rains and relying on clogged troughs, any water body would run revengeful br
- Fear And Smear (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 07, 2004)
United States President George W. Bush has apparently decided that he can secure a second term only through a campaign based on fear and smear.
- Bombay Plan And Mixed-Up Economy (Business Line, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Sep 07, 2004)
After the shift quite far to the Right under the previous BJP-led regime, the economy is seeing a shift Leftward, harking back to the Bombay Plan and the mixed economy concept of Jawaharlal Nehru. But is it moving towards a "mixed-up" economy?
- More And More Women Take To Crime (Tribune, Jupinderjit Singh, Sep 07, 2004)
Feminists are surely not going to boast about the crumbling of this male bastion. More and more women are becoming proactive in crime. Gone are the days when women were mentioned in crime stories as passive accomplices or more often as victims.
- Quota For Dalits In Private Sector (Tribune, Udit Raj, Sep 07, 2004)
The reservation in the private sector is the talk of the town. There are people who are in favour and against it. The Maharashtra government has got a Bill passed paving the way for the reservation in the private sector for the Dalits and the backward cla
- The Adc Imbroglio (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 07, 2004)
The stand-off between private telecom operators and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd over access deficit charges (ADC), if unresolved by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, can snowball into a telecommunications crisis.
- Real Diseases, Weird Cures (Deccan Herald, JAYALAKSHMI K, Sep 07, 2004)
Is exercise not better than cutting off your tummy if you are fat? Apparently not, in the consumerist world
- Rbi's Annual Report 2003-2004 (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Sep 06, 2004)
There have been suggestions that some part of the RBI's forex reserves should be placed with Indian scheduled banks, which can lend them to creditworthy Indian corporates, which are otherwise raising ECBs in the external financial markets
- Beslan Lessons (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 06, 2004)
The three-day school hostage drama in Russia came to a heart-rending end on Friday. More than 330 people died — half of them children. At least 700 others were maimed or injured when violence erupted at the school in Beslan, North Ossetia,
- Back To Academics (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 06, 2004)
Both govt and managements should think of the students for a change
- Restore Peace In Manipur Through Talks: Hemochandra Singh (Hindu, Tripti Nath, Sep 05, 2004)
I. Hemochandra Singh, MLA from Singjamei Assembly constituency in Imphal city and coordinator of the Opposition Forum, was in Delhi recently to sensitise political parties and civil society on the North-East, particularly Manipur.
- Restore Peace In Manipur Through Talks: Hemochandra Singh (Tribune, Tripti Nath, Sep 05, 2004)
I. Hemochandra Singh, MLA from Singjamei Assembly constituency in Imphal city and coordinator of the Opposition Forum, was in Delhi recently to sensitise political parties and civil society on the North-East, particularly Manipur.
- What’S The Right Price? (Telegraph, G.S. Mudur, Sep 05, 2004)
Medicines, says Ram Vilas Paswan, must be affordable to the common man. But imposing a blanket price control has its own hazards
- International Crackdown Deals Blow To Indian Rebels (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2004)
Indian commanders say they're close to wiping out long-smoldering insurgencies with Bhutan's help.
- Budget And Fiscal Consolidation (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 04, 2004)
With parliament passing the Finance Bill 2004 without a debate, the budget process that began on July 8 came to a close.
- City Under Siege (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 04, 2004)
Protests should be symbolic rather than shows of strength
- Homilies Won’T Help (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 04, 2004)
Teacher's Day, which will be observed in the country on September 5, to mark the birth anniversary of former President Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, is yet another occasion to focus on the status of teachers today.
- The Benefits Of Doubt (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Sep 04, 2004)
Most scriptural writings warn 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 ...
- Space-Age Science Policy (Tribune, Dhirendra Sharma, Sep 04, 2004)
ON May 18, 1974, the first atomic device code named “Smiling Buddha” was tested in Pokhran. As sanctions were imposed upon us, the policy of self-reliance in high-tech Engineering became necessary.
- Infrastructure Is The Key (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 03, 2004)
Within days of announcing his decision to focus on coordinated development of infrastructure, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has constituted a high-powered committee, which he himself will head.
- Give Them Dignity (Telegraph, Utpala Misra, Sep 03, 2004)
Early on August 14, we fed, bathed, clothed and walked a man to his death. This man that we killed ritually, was he an island by himself?
- Children As Hostages (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 03, 2004)
The Chechen separatists who took 400 people, including 200 schoolchildren, as hostages on Wednesday in Beslan town in the volatile republic of North Ossetia might have succeeded in re-focusing the world attention on the crisis in Russia's rebel state ...
- Will Bush Jr Be A One-Termer? (Deccan Herald, MANAS CHANDRASHEKAR, Sep 03, 2004)
The Bush-Kerry contest is so close that events between now and November could decide the result
- The Also-Ran Nation (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Sep 03, 2004)
The 28th Olympic Games are now ended. In the battle for gold medals, China has almost drawn level with the United States of America, although in the tally of medals in all categories, it has lagged behind God’s Own Country.
- Fragmented Society And Athens 2004 (Deccan Herald, S N CHARY, Sep 02, 2004)
As long as apathy, corruption and selfishness plague our society, we cannot hope to succeed in any collective effort
- Captive Audience (Deccan Herald, N Narasimhan, Sep 02, 2004)
Politicians are some of the best teachers of how exactly you should not speak in public
- Spiritual Quotient (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Sep 02, 2004)
At a conclave organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) on human resource development, the Vice-Chairman of Volvo India and former CMD of ABB, Mr K. N. Shenoy, is reported
- Grandchildren And Red Tape (Tribune, Saroop Krishen, Sep 02, 2004)
I have heard it said that in a manner of speaking grandchildren are the opposite of “red tape”. You do not know what a great boon grandchildren are until you actually get them, and what a great bane red tape is until you get entangled in it yourself.
- Science Of Choices To Tame Numbers And Noises (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 02, 2004)
What do you call "the firms and institutions that together make it possible for money to make the world go round"?
- The Doping Game (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 02, 2004)
The olympic games at Athens were notable for sporting highs and doping lows. As many as 25 athletes — sprinters and long-distance runners, cyclists, short-putters, discus-throwers, boxers, rowers, and above all, weightlifters — were found guilty of drug
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