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Articles 19921 through 20020 of 20587:
- Digitising The World Of Hunger (Deccan Herald, Shib Shankar Dasgupta, Sep 17, 2003)
Digitising the world has to be viewed on moral and ethical basis also, apart from the business angle
- Service Delivery (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Sep 17, 2003)
THE recently published review by the India Office of the World Bank on the course and content of the reforms process in India with particular reference to the achievement of the objective of reducing poverty is not exactly earth-shaking in its findings
- Cola Jpc Settles For Tea, Places Order For Experts (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Sep 17, 2003)
Neither Coke nor Pepsi nor any other beverage (barring tepid tea) was served at the first meeting of the Joint Parliamentary Committee this afternoon investigating the issue of pesticides in soft drinks this afternoon.
- Law Versus Practice (Indian Express, Suchita Vemuri, Sep 16, 2003)
The wise men in government who believe that ‘‘Indian society is intolerant to the practice of homosexuality’’ have a rude shock coming. A recent study of sexual practices in rural India by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) found that ‘‘male-to-
- How Many Votes For A Suicide? (Indian Express, SHANTANU DATTA, Sep 16, 2003)
The land of a zillion mouse-clicks is focused on the morbid these days. Suicides among the farming community are the subject of heated debate. The Silicon Capital is also doing its bit, and studies by the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro
- But Who’s Paying The Bill? (Indian Express, V. N. Kakar, Sep 16, 2003)
Whenever the seven-year-itch to breathe some fresh air away from India grips you terribly, attach yourself to the coattails of the Director General of Health Services (DGHS). Wangle a trip to some of the places he visits. He has VIP patients suffering
- Making The Literacy Dream Come True (Deccan Herald, Vatsala Vedantam, Sep 16, 2003)
Instead of resorting to populist programmes, the government should evolve a long-term literacy strategy
- Another Stitch For The Mills (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 15, 2003)
THE PROPOSED REVIVAL scheme for textile units tending towards sickness is one more bail-out package from a Government which seems impervious to the moral hazard implications of throwing good money after bad. As per the latest scheme, the Rs 6,000 crore
- India's Civil Aviation Needs Free Flight (Business Line, Danish A. Hashim, Sep 15, 2003)
THE first commercial flight in India was made on February 18,1911, when a French pilot Monseigneur Piguet flew airmails from Allahabad to Naini, covering a distance of about 10 km in as many minutes. Since then several attempts have been made to boost ...
- Monsoon Session: Dry In Business (Business Line, R. C. Rajamani, Sep 15, 2003)
EXPECTED to do a great deal of legislative business, the just-concluded monsoon session of Parliament will be best remembered for the no-confidence motion against the BJP-led NDA Government that fell through, as expected. The Congress, which sponsored the
- Desalination: Answer To Chennai's Water Woes (Business Line, M. S. Srinivasan, Sep 15, 2003)
A reliable and low-cost desalination-based water generation and distribution system has the potential to overcome the shortage, provided there is an agreement on the payment of usage charges.
- Driven To Desperation (Hindu, PARVATHI MENON, Sep 14, 2003)
There has been a spate of suicides by farmers in even fairly prosperous farming regions of Karnataka.
- Education Mess: Fazal Seeks Panel To Decide Fees (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2003)
Following students’ protest against the fee structure in private medical colleges, Maharashtra Governor Mohammed Fazal on Saturday directed the state government to immediately constitute a committee to determine a reasonable fee structure. Fazal asked the
- Sharon’s Roaring Goodbye (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Sep 12, 2003)
It is, of course, only a coincidence that the Israeli premier and an important US state department official were both in New Delhi on the second anniversary of 9/11. If observing 9/11 was a purpose, there could not have been a more appropriate guest than
- Towards A More Equitable System (Deccan Herald, M Veerappa Moily, Sep 12, 2003)
At Cancun, India should try to obtain commensurate benefits against whatever concessions it may give
- Images That Promote Fear (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Sep 12, 2003)
An event-driven media on both sides of the border does its job by reporting only the most sensational news. As a result, it fails to play a role in building greater understanding.
- Help For Senior Citizens (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Sep 12, 2003)
THIS piece is earnestly to plead for a help line for senior citizens in the form of either special police stations (as there are for women) or centres set up by voluntary organisations, or even as an activity undertaken by enterprising individuals for a
- Tamp Lines Loosened (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 11, 2003)
Most economy-watchers will see the granting of autonomy to major port trusts in the matter of fixing rates a cloud with a silver lining.
- Strategic Delusions (Hindu, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 11, 2003)
THOSE WHO CRITICISED the Government for its decision to host Israel's Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at this particular juncture stand vindicated by developments. There was always a strong possibility that terror outrages, akin to the two incidents ...
- Confronting The Heavyweights (Business Line, K. Ramesh, Sep 11, 2003)
India, with relatively stronger fundamentals and macro-economic parameters, appears to be armed-to-the-teeth to canvas its own case and those of other developing nations at Cancun.
- Corporate Perp Walks And Conference Pep Talks (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 11, 2003)
Like the proverbial bad coin, here comes that date again, to poke at forgotten memories and restore faded visuals, and stir the embers of gloom. September 11 or 9/11 has got etched into history as much as B.C. and A.D.
- The Story Of Two Sayyeds (Indian Express, Mohammed Wajihuddin, Sep 11, 2003)
The community doesn’t heed the call of the grand old man of Aligarh anymore
- Food Standards And Market Access — Time For A New Engagement (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 11, 2003)
The cola controversy in terms of the trade negotiations at the World Trade Organisation appears well timed.
- Raped, Child & Family Killed, She’S Told Take A Walk (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Sep 11, 2003)
: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and his sympathisers will find it hard to dismiss Harish Salve as a ‘‘pseudo-secularist’’ whining over the riots.
- Girl, Interrupted (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 11, 2003)
The last census had proved an eye-opener. It revealed that the sex ratio of the population in the 0-6 age group had declined in 10 years from 945 to 927 which, in turn, pointed to the widespread practice of female foeticide despite legislation banning it.
- Hard Realities About Soft Drinks (Indian Express, ANURADHA VASHISHT, Sep 10, 2003)
Even with zero pesticides and super-clean water, colas can prove a health menace
- Will Someone Get A Hospital Bed For This Akshardham Hero In Delhi? (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2003)
While the Gujarat police are having a hard time plugging the holes in their version of who are behind the Akshardham strike, few are sparing a thought for this unsung hero.
- Hail The Conquering Bunglers (Hindu, Arvind Sivaramakrishnan, Sep 10, 2003)
The world's private sector giants are not brave mariners on the free-market ocean but frightened children hiding behind mummy state's skirts.
- Friendship Occupies All The Territory (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Sep 10, 2003)
Stepping out of its decades-old lakshman rekha with Israel, Prime Minister A B Vajpayee today set the tone for a red carpet welcome for its Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, emphasising bonds in defence, agriculture and in the fight against terrorism that both
- Democracy And Adult Suffrage (Deccan Herald, R G Subramanyam, Sep 10, 2003)
There is need to formulate new norms and rules to make democracy more effective and meaningful
- Spare The Colas (Indian Express, GEORGE ISAAC, Sep 09, 2003)
The recent concern over the safety of food and drinking water is justified, but misdirected. The food and drinking water in India may be the most unsafe and contaminated in the modern civilised world but the products of the multinationals, even if they do
- Civil Society And Child Marriage (Deccan Herald, R AKHILESHWARI, Sep 09, 2003)
Girls should be taught to think beyond marriage and motherhood. Society should instill in them a sense of self-esteem
- Wto Drugs Deal: Does It Really Benefit Developing Countries? (Business Line, Ambrose Pinto , Sep 09, 2003)
The recent eleventh-hour agreement on TRIPs and public health concerns of poor countries has been hailed by some as a major breakthrough, while others argue that the resolution is purely cosmetic. In this edition of Macroscan, C. P. Chandra sekhar and ...
- Officials, Love Thy People Not Power (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Sep 08, 2003)
The Indian Government is fairly well-respected, but rated low for the quality of life it offers its citizens. Government servants in India should introspect on their performance with a degree of humility, ask of themselves where they have gone wrong, and
- Wto Gridlock Likely To Remain (Deccan Herald, Ambrose Pinto , Sep 08, 2003)
The Cancun ministerial is unlikely to produce major agreements on significant new liberalisation
- Putting The Bottle First (Business Line, Sudhirendar Sharma, Sep 08, 2003)
By sidestepping the issue of consumer safety, the Government has made it clear that it favours the growing market for soft drinks in the country.
- Car Sewa Petitions (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Sep 07, 2003)
Even after the courts settle whether or not Sachin Tendulkar has to pay Customs duty on his Ferrari, he may have to wait a while before he gets to drive his new car. The rules stipulate that foreign car models which are not generally imported have to be
- To Kill A Starving Life (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Sep 07, 2003)
Ali is a pavement vendor. He and his family wake at dawn every morning to cook massive amounts of idli-sambhar, dosas and poori-bhaji which he then transports in spotlessly clean steel containers to Marine Drive to sell. It is his only way of feeding his
- Telling Tone And Tenor (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2003)
Cussedness again marks the Gujarat govt’s counter affidavit on the riot cases
- What’s In Wto For Us? (Indian Express, Gopal Krishna Agarwal, Sep 06, 2003)
During the 18th century imperialism had a physical form. Countries which had military power colonised other countries and exploited their resources. Today developed countries exercise control over poorer ones in a more subtle way. International financial
- Our Son, The Fanatic (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Sep 06, 2003)
Is it already time for us to revisit our favourite post-9/11 boast? If you are an optimist, you might say it is still early days, or that these are mere straws in the wind. Truth to tell, straws in the wind these are and while there is still time to do...
- Wto Bares Its Heart (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Sep 04, 2003)
Uncle Sam is set to enter the WTO meet at Cancun wearing a halo. In the run-up to the biennial ministerial this month, the US suddenly gave up its longstanding objections to a humanitarian deal aimed at providing expensive life-saving drugs to poor ...
- Open A Dialogue (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2003)
THE U.S. STATE Department's expression of concern at the health of Myanmar's Nobel laureate, Aung San Suu Kyi, and the appeal to release her and all political activists in that country is expected to set off a fresh round of international ...
- Make Industrial Sector The Engine Of Growth (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Sep 04, 2003)
With the business environment for the industrial sector turning favourable, it is the right time to initiate measures to make this sector an engine of growth and to raise its share in GDP. The thrust of the growth strategy should be more public and ...
- An Anchor For The Choppy Seas Of Life (Indian Express, Madan Sabnavis, Sep 03, 2003)
General insurance should be expanded to cover "loss of employment"
- Internal Accountability (Hindu, Harish Khare , Sep 03, 2003)
Pakistan's involvement and its intractable hostility to our safety and security is an old song. But we cannot keep on wringing our hands in despair, petitioning the "international community" to do something about Islamabad.
- The Morning After (Indian Express, RATNA RAJAIAH, Sep 03, 2003)
Let your kids have it for one month, then we will drink even if someone says we’re drinking pesticide laced with coliform bacteria
- A Limited Deal On Drugs (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 03, 2003)
THE AGREEMENT AT the World Trade Organisation to make patented medicines available at affordable prices to the developing countries comes with so many conditions that it will be surprising if it does lead to drugs needed to tackle public health ...
- Cancun: Keep The Wheels Moving (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Sep 03, 2003)
With Cancun just days off, various groups of nations are sitting in conclaves to work out ways and means to ensure that the bicycle of trade negotiations does not fall, and the WTO ministerial does not end in abject failure. This would be a serious ...
- The Art Of `Green' Governance (Business Line, K. P. S. Chauhan, Sep 03, 2003)
THE Government of India recently set up a National Environment Authority (NEA) and six regional authorities which are expected to start functioning within three months. The NEA will have the appellate jurisdiction to hear appeals against decisions made by
- Poor Reception (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 03, 2003)
THE CONDITIONAL ACCESS System for viewing `pay' television channels, announced with great fanfare, has started with a whimper. Such indeed has been the opposition from forces of status quo that the implementation has been possible only in one of the four
- Temporary Relief (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2003)
THE DRUG DEAL reached by members of the World Trade Organisation last week is but a temporary truce. Countries with conflicting interests have decided to put their differences aside for now, and seek a more permanent solution when negotiations resume to
- France's Heat Wave (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Sep 02, 2003)
How is it possible that in a country that boasts of one of the most advanced healthcare systems in the world, over 10,000 people are allowed to die in a matter of days
- 'Centre Is Indifferent Towards Us. They Come Here Only When There's A Blast' (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Sep 01, 2003)
Days after the twin blasts ripped through Mumbai city, Maharashtra CM Sushilkumar Shinde spoke to Shekhar Gupta, Editor-in-Chief, The Indian Express, at the Gateway of India, one of the sites where the tragedy had struck. Excerpts from the interview ...
- Finally, Wto Approves Deal On Cheap Drugs (Indian Express, Navika Kumar, Aug 31, 2003)
After some hiccups on Friday, the WTO has reached an agreement on allowing poor countries of the world freedom to import cheap copies of patented drugs for mass killer diseases like AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis. The deal is expected to benefit countries
- Govt Wants Colas To Get A Euro Fizz (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2003)
Though the Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Sushma Swaraj announced in Parliament that the soft drinks including Pepsi and Coke were ‘‘safe’’, the government has issued a draft notification on standards to regulate pesticides and heavy metals
- Trips Empire Strikes Back (Hindu, C. Rammanohar Reddy, Aug 31, 2003)
The agreement reached yesterday at the World Trade Organisation to sew up the 2001 Declaration on Trade-related aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) and Public Health has been hailed as a humanitarian gesture that will provide expensive ...
- Feats Unlimited: Woman Sarpanchs On Feet (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2003)
She is in her mid-’30s, a mother of four and a Dalit woman sarpanch who has studied till Std V. Urmila Dhonde is proud of her background, proud of the administrative experience and insight she has gained as sarpanch over the last three years. And now she
- ‘sue Us If You Wish, But Sue The Regulatory Agencies Too’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2003)
What were the differences in sampling methods adopted by you and the other laboratories based on which the Centre has given a statement?
- Let’s Do The Cancun (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2003)
Indian negotiators are on the right track so far in the run up to the Cancun WTO meeting
- Strategy For India At Cancun (Business Line, P. P. Prabhu, Aug 29, 2003)
New Delhi's objective at the Cancun WTO ministerial should be to strive for an outcome that will help India obtain greater market access, and benefit from its export potential and greater participation in international trade
- Behind The Kumbh Melee (Indian Express, Rakshit Sonawane, Aug 29, 2003)
What happened at Nashik? Unlearnt lessons from the previous week. Tightly packed crowds. And disaster
- Sacking A State Govt: Centre Decides To Make Its Job Tougher (Indian Express, Bhavna Vij, Aug 29, 2003)
Taking a step forward in strengthening the federal structure, the Centre today agreed to introduce safeguards in Emergency Provisions under Article 356 and promised that it will be used sparingly as a ‘‘last resort.’’ To that effect, a Bill would be draft
- Repairs At The Top Of Corporate Ladder (Business Line, S. Kannan, Aug 28, 2003)
examine clauses of the Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2003 relating to directors.
- From A Sinner To A Priest (Business Line, D. Murali , Aug 28, 2003)
COMPANY failures make for great stories, though not their resurrections. That WorldCom fell like a giant stirred much dust — with all the drama of scandals such as the `$10 billion plus' accounting irregularities, firing of its top man Ebbers and so on
- Thinking Big With Sri Lanka (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Aug 28, 2003)
When he calls on us to "think regionally rather than nationally," Ranil Wickremesinghe is bucking the trend in a region that has become a prisoner of debilitating ultra-nationalism.
- Here’s My Daily Pesticide Intake (Indian Express, Ravi Agarwal, Aug 28, 2003)
The consumer is hungry, both for safe food and water as well as for information. If anything, 2003 can be termed as a ‘‘safe food awareness’’ year. Never in the past has the increasingly powerful urban middle class been shocked as much by what it eats and
- Cancun: Heavy Mantle On Jaitley (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Aug 28, 2003)
At Cancun where WTO Trade Ministers meet to take stock of the headway made in the Doha Development Agenda, the Commerce Minister, Mr Arun Jaitley, faces a heavy responsibility in taking forward the achievements of his predecessor, Mr Murasoli Maran, who
- Dust And Deception (Indian Express, Paul Krugman, Aug 27, 2003)
The 9/11 legacy: Ground Zero was a bigger source of air pollution than the authorities let on to New Yorkers
- Services Exports: Opportunities And Barriers (Business Line, H. A. C. Prasad, Aug 27, 2003)
THE services sector is a very important one for India. Commercial services account for some 25 per cent of India's total exports. If labour services are included, the percentage will be higher. In 2002-03, for the first time India had a positive balance
- Cancun: What Should Be India's Stand (Business Line, Dolly Mishra, Aug 27, 2003)
The issues that India should lay strong emphasis at the WTO meet in Cancun are food security, poverty reduction and economic growth. It is also time the developing countries united to put genuine pressure on the developed world to bring in such reforms as
- Cancun Demands Leadership (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Aug 26, 2003)
From Ahmedabad, the road to Rajkot and to Vadodara, both National Highways, now four-laned, form a cone. On the way to Rajkot, you come to Bagodra, about 60 km away. On the way to Vadodara, you cross Kheda, again around 50 km away, depending on where you
- Hunger, Cholera Hit A Dwindling Tribe (Indian Express, Ashwani Sharma, Aug 25, 2003)
• Two years ago, hungry and starved, a group of Pahari Korbas — a hill tribe of just around 32,000 — dug up a dead buffalo, cooked it and ate. Twelve died.
- The President's Dream (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Aug 25, 2003)
It is Dr Abdul Kalam's dream to create a high-quality Rurban habitat on either side of a ring road linking a loop of villages. Called PURA, its design offers many advantages: All infrastructure lengths are halved. Workplace and residences can be co-locate
- Making Our People Rich (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2003)
NEARLY six decades ago momentous things happened in both our countries. We made our people free. We established institutions and secured a system of Government where the people were able to elect the Parliament and enjoy basic democratic freedoms. This...
- Just Plain Gas? (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2003)
Is this a case of pouring cola over troubled waters? See how Parliament’s alacrity in constituting a joint committee to inquire into pesticide contamination of carbonated soft drinks has altered the dynamics at Sansad Bhavan. Just the other day, Lok Sabha
- A Memorable Disorder For The Loss Of Memory (Indian Express, CANDICE REED, Aug 25, 2003)
At my age, if you're healthy and something out of the blue hits you, amnesia is the perfect affliction"
- Our Lady Of Diminishing Returns (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Aug 24, 2003)
Sonia Gandhi achieved an astonishing political feat last week. She became the target of her own motion of no confidence. I base this assertion on comments that drifted my way afterwards from Delhi’s drawing rooms and corridors of power. My, how confident
- Express Your Voice (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2003)
P Chidambaram has rightly said that BJP do not want to discuss the real issues and that’s why they keep the Opposition busy on non-issues like Mandir and Uniform Civil Code (Back to the future, The Sunday Express, Aug 17). The Opposition must realise BJP’
- Monitoring Minimal (Hindu, Anjali Malhotra, Aug 24, 2003)
The Government's regulatory system is inadequate, says Anjali Malhotra.
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