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Articles 20221 through 20320 of 20587:
- Broader Base (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2003)
Is the bullish trend in the stock market likely to continue? The answer is probably yes. With the timely arrival of the monsoons, the earlier Indian meteorological department forecast leaning towards below-normal rains has been discounted. Consequently,
- Measuring The Mood (Telegraph, Ambrose Pinto , Jun 26, 2003)
Globalization can help reduce poverty but it needs to be complemented with national and international actions
- A Touch Of Flu (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2003)
The West Bengal health minister is sounding very relieved. The children in Murshidabad are dying of nothing other than influenza. At least, so says the oracle from Pune. And looking back to his own experience as a doctor — never mind if that was well over
- Wanted: Twenty20 Vision (Indian Express, Sandeep Dwivedi, Jun 22, 2003)
The men at Lord’s are trying to save English cricket. The BCCI has a similar problem
- The Fallen Wives Of God (Telegraph, Ambrose Pinto , Jun 20, 2003)
The act of definition is a powerful tool in both understanding a social phenomenon as it is in atomizing it. When law backs the process of defining a social process, the effects can be far-reaching. The obliteration of the devadasis, a community of ritual
- Not To Forget The Protocol (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2003)
Settlement of disputes: in the event of a dispute between two or more parties concerning the interpretation or application of this convention, the parties concerned shall seek through diplomatic channels a settlement of the dispute through negotiation or
- Officious (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2003)
There is nothing official about it. That is the pronouncement of the Union ministry of external affairs on the proposed trip to the United States of America by the chief minister of Rajasthan, Mr Ashok Gehlot, and his 14-member delegation. Invited as ...
- Caught In A Vicious Trap (Telegraph, SANKAR SEN, Jun 19, 2003)
Not much is being done about women and children being brought into the flesh trade in India from Nepal and Bangladesh
- Success Story (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2003)
Until June 19, the extent of over-subscription in the Maruti initial public offer will not be known. Per Rs 100 share, Suzuki agreed to underwrite the IPO at Rs 2,300 per share. But the Rs 100 shares were split into 20 of Rs 5 each, thus establishing the
- Save The Children (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2003)
It is easy for children to die, in large numbers, in West Bengal. The state’s death zones are sometimes graced by the chief minister’s official concern, but the health minister is not usually seen in these places. One mystery illness, two weeks, around 40
- Time For Tea (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2003)
Labour militancy never solves an industrial problem. There are scores of examples to show how it can sound the death knell of an industry. The recent killing of three tea garden executives by enraged workers in Assam has ominous portents for the industry.
- Left In The Lurch (Telegraph, Ambrose Pinto , Jun 17, 2003)
A social democratic approach, rather than communist tokenism, could have seen the women’s reservation bill through
- Cartels Of Cooperation (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2003)
Each party shall endeavour to: (a) establish progressively a national system for the epidemiological surveillance of tobacco consumption and related social, economic and health indicators; (b) cooperate with competent international and regional inter...
- Buying Behaviour (Telegraph, S. L. Rao, Jun 16, 2003)
Purchases by households of cassette recorders fell in 1998-99 and have been falling sharply since 1996-97; that of table fans has been relatively static since 1994-95; that of motor cycles has been growing faster than scooters, but more scooters were ...
- Research, Evaluate And Implement (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2003)
Each party shall prohibit, or promote the prohibition of, the distribution of free tobacco products to the public and especially minors. Each party shall endeavour to prohibit the sale of cigarettes individually or in small packets which increase the
- Our Bowl, Their Pot (Telegraph, GITHA HARIHARAN, Jun 15, 2003)
We don’t have to look for inspiration elsewhere, at the American melting pot, for example, with its reluctant multiculturalism. We have our own overflowing, piquant salad bowl. Our biggest strength is the Great Indian Experiment, a unique experiment in
- Child’s Play? If Only (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2003)
The best place to find top sportsmen is in schools. But, as Ajit Bezbaruah finds out, that’s one place almost completely off the sports radar, though some effort is now being made
- Freedom In Chains (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Jun 14, 2003)
Yann Martel in his delightfully readable book, Life of Pi, expresses the opinion that animals in well-maintained zoos are much better-off, healthier and live longer lives than animals in the wild. His arguments make good sense. In the wild, carnivores
- Behind The Scene (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2003)
Peace is hard work, and the prime minister is willing to take it on. That is the clearest signal to have been received so far from the rather hush-hush talks being held between Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee and the Sankaracharya of Kanchi, in the hope of ...
- Advertising Is Risky Business (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2003)
A party that is not in a position to undertake a comprehensive ban due to its constitution or constitutional principles shall apply restrictions on all tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship. This shall include, subject to the legal environment
- Package Of Information (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 10, 2003)
These may include terms such as “low tar”, “light”, “ultra-light”, or “mild”; and each unit packet and package of tobacco products and any outside packaging and labelling of such products also carry health warnings describing the harmful effects of ...
- Indian Airlines: To Get It Off Ground (Danish A. Hashim) (Business Line, Danish A. Hashim, Jun 10, 2003)
The state-owned Indian Airlines is on the verge of completing 50 years of its journey.
- Bonds Of Debt-- Plight Of State Government Bonds (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jun 10, 2003)
Banks and mutual funds, which are the biggest players in the debt market, are very clear about their investment preferences.
- Clear Those False Notions First (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2003)
In setting and implementing their public health policies with respect to tobacco control, parties shall act to protect these policies from commercial and other vested interests of the tobacco industry in accordance with national law. The parties shall ...
- Mortal Fears (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2003)
State-sponsored terror could be of many unexpected kinds. It would not be unduly sensationalist to talk in such terms about the kind of violence West Bengal’s government hospitals regularly administer to those who are forced to avail themselves of their
- Pm To Visit China During Month End (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2003)
With less than two weeks for Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee’s proposed visit to China,
- Globalisation: The Great Leveller (Jayanthi Iyengar) (Business Line, Jayanthi Iyengar, Jun 09, 2003)
Business process outsourcing is the best thing that could have happened to globalisation. It is a test that the developed world will have to pass if it wants to see the continuation of free markets.
- Lessons From Us Profligacy On Fiscal Resp (S. Venkitaramanan) (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Jun 09, 2003)
The US' huge fiscal imbalance, highlighted in a recent study, is a standing example of the power of politics over economics.
- Bhel Plans To Grow Through Acquisitions (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jun 09, 2003)
There have been conjunctures in the past when determined efforts were made to make the public sector giant, Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL), into a world class company.
- Need To Manage Water (Shebonti Ray Dadwal) (The Financial Express, Shebonti Ray Dadwal, Jun 09, 2003)
Time was when water was regarded as a god-given resource, to be used freely — and thoughtlessly.
- Meeting India’S Need For Justice (Surendra Nath) (The Financial Express, SURENDRA NATH, Jun 09, 2003)
Over time, courts in India have picked up an unenviable record of delays, with trials in cases involving even serious offences taking years.
- Guiding The Young Mind: Suicide Among Children (Avinash Kalla) (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2003)
When eight-year-old Arihant Jain refused to go back to his boarding school in Dehradun, his parents thought their young son was having problems adjusting to hostel life and things would settle down soon.
- Teaching Life Skills To Kids (Michael Patrao) (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2003)
Training children in life skills equips them to tackle life’s hardships and contributes to the overall development of their personality,
says Michael Patrao
- Dr Gangadhara Swamiji On A Less Trodden Path (Shyam Vattam) (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2003)
A few years ago, when communal clashes erupted in Hubli City the police found it hard to control the situation.
- Party To A Long Term Commitment (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2003)
T he objective of this Convention and its protocols is to protect present and future generations from the devastating health, social, environmental and economic consequences of tobacco consumption and exposure to tobacco smoke by providing a framework for
- Appreciating All Efforts To Control The Disease (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2003)
Emphasizing the special contribution of nongovernmental organizations and other members of civil society not affiliated with the tobacco industry, including health professional bodies, women’s, youth, environmental and consumer groups, and academic and
- Past Rebuke (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2003)
It has begun to look as if West Bengal is past rebuke when it comes to public health. When the World Health Organization named the state recently as among the top in the global polio menace list — second only to Uttar Pradesh and worse than Bihar — the
- Engineered To Kill (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2003)
To convene, as frequently as necessary, between June 16, 2003 and the first session of the conference of the parties, meetings of the open-ended inter-governmental working group; to continue to ensure that the World Health Organization plays a key role in
- Record Blood Donation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2003)
Hundreds of people in Mumbai today made their way into the Guinness Book by donating a record 5,500 units . . .
- Improving Grm (The Financial Express, Dhruv, Jun 03, 2003)
Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) has done exceedingly well during the year to March 2003. Its consolidated results that include performance of Kochi Refineries and Numaligarh Refinery should be looked at rather than its standalone results.
- Iit Graduates In The Ias (T.K. Ramachandran) (Hindu, T.K. Ramachandran , Jun 03, 2003)
The issue of IIT graduates getting into the civil services has always attracted attention and even a bit of censure. I still remember the first few days at the LBS Academy in Mussoorie in 1991:
- Coke To Raise Investment In Tn (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2003)
CoCa-Cola Company has said that it will increase its investment in Tamil Nadu and probably put up one or two more plants (bottling plants) next year.
- G-8 Evinces Interest On Graft In Developing Nations (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Jun 03, 2003)
Prime Minister A B Vajpayee said today that the leaders of the seven wealthiest countries and Russia at the G-8 (Group of Eight) at Evian wanted to know why the developing countries are not tackling the endemic problem of “corruption” that is undermining
- Family Businesses Stick To Core Strengths (Business Line, Preeti Mehra, Jun 03, 2003)
For family businesses and independent business owners if it is not a season for consolidation, it must be one of venturing into allied businesses where every muscle in the organisation's belly can be leveraged to climb the growth ladder.
- Budget Class Hotels Thriving In Kovai (Business Line, R. Y. Narayanan, Jun 03, 2003)
Business class hotels in the medium budget category were still having good occupancy rate in the city despite the industrial recession.
- Astrazeneca To Start $10-Million Bangalore Tb Research Facility (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2003)
The Indian arm of AstraZeneca said on Monday that it expects to reach the first milestone in developing an anti-tuberculosis drug by 2006 and a fully developed drug by 2010.
- Presidential Poll And Polemics Of Consensus (Business Line, R. C. Rajamani, Jul 11, 2002)
THOUGH any election is all about politics, the presidential poll in the country has been sought to be freed from competitive and combative vehemence of electoral politics and polemics.
- Discrimination At Work (Hindu, Andre Beteille , Jul 11, 2002)
Legitimate discrimination on the basis of ability and performance is obstructed by the pervasive suspicion that all discrimination, at least in India, is at bottom and by its nature invidious.
- Cabinet Reshuffle -- Check, Checkmate (Business Line, Harihar Swarup , Jul 11, 2002)
Establishing Mr L. K. Advani's supremacy both in the government and the party, and the indication that the BJP would henceforth adopt hard line functioning, were obviously the twin objectives of the recent Cabinet and organisational changes.
- Letting Kashmir Simmer (National Post, Editorial, National Post, Jul 08, 2002)
Following a brief period of what seemed like progress, relations between India and Pakistan over Kashmir have returned to their normal state of brewing animosity.
- The Moderate Deputy Pm (Hindustan Times, Vir Sanghvi, Jul 06, 2002)
As reshuffles go, it is hard to deny that last week’s effort was a bit of a dud.
- Pakistan Cannot Expect The Support Of India's Muslims (Independent (UK), M.J. Akbar, May 30, 2002)
A revealing but rarely revealed fact is that Muslims in the rest of India give no support whatsoever to the separatist insurgency in the Muslim-majority valley of Kashmir, that charming bit of paradise that could trigger off history's first nuclear war.
- The Lost Year (Hindu, C. Rammanohar Reddy, Feb 05, 2002)
If only the Government had not been burdened by the orthodoxy against public spending, 2001 could have been very different.
- Double Fault (Business Line, D. Murali , Feb 05, 2002)
TWENTY days after Gandhiji's birthday, not many years ago, a police inspector of Chalakudy intercepted Rajendra Prabhu (RP) and recovered 30 gold biscuits of foreign markings from his car.
- Extreme Measures (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 05, 2002)
It is always good policy to face up to a challenge rather than pretend it does not exist.
- Corporates: On The Fine Line Of Ethics (Business Line, Pratap Ravindran , Feb 05, 2002)
THE outgoing chief of the Securities and Exchange Board (SEBI), Mr D. R. Mehta, in the swan-song interviews he has been giving the media in the last few months, has sought to explain his lack of success in regulating the capital market satisfactorily.
- Imf-World Bank Group Meetings -- Taking Over Others' Turfs (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Feb 05, 2002)
I AM reporting from virtual Washington where the meetings of the Development Committee and the International Monetary and Finance Committee, interspersed with media conferences, were held from April 25 under the aegis of the International Monetary Fund.
- Multilateral Rules On Fdi (Business Line, S. Venu , Feb 05, 2002)
THE surge of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and the associated expansion of MNC activities has transformed the world from what it was 15 years ago.
- As Hong Kong To China, We See Sri Lanka To India -- Mr Milinda Moragoda, Sri Lanka's Minister For Economic Reforms (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Feb 05, 2002)
Even while in the Opposition the United National Party had strong links with India.
- Gm Revolution Vs Languid Government Policies (Business Line, Gurumurti Natarajan, Feb 05, 2002)
GENETIC modifications and the selection of favourable traits have been the fountainhead of agricultural advancement over thousands of years.
- Witness To A Decline (Indian Express, Ashwani Sharma, Feb 05, 2002)
Having worked and lived in Jammu, it is depressing for me to see what is happening to the city.
- To Believe It Or Not (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 04, 2002)
If it is eventually found that the Enron management had deliberately misinformed investors about Enron’s future, and had bailed itself out by offloading its shares while the price was still respectable, no one would be surprised.
- Challenges From Doha (Business Line, V. R. Panchamukhi, Feb 04, 2002)
THE DOHA Ministerial Meeting has been a success to the extent that it came out with a declaration, which the Seattle meet held two years ago could not achieve.
- A War Of Imagery (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 04, 2002)
FOUAD AJAMI, American of Muslim Lebanese origin, winner of the MacArthur Award, Professor of International Affairs at Princeton and Johns Hopkins University, distinguished Arabist, has taken time off to be a professional television watcher.
- What An Ashram! (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 04, 2002)
WHEN Chandra Shekhar undertook the Kanyakumari-New Delhi padayatra in the early eighties, it suddenly metamorphosed his image as a political leader.
- Sorry State (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 04, 2002)
FEW STATES ARE in the comfort zone vis-ŕ-vis finances. With deficits running high, their recent report cards look depressing. Its coffers empty, the Orissa Government has little breath to manage its affairs.
- The Afghan Kaleidoscope (Business Line, Premen Addy , Feb 04, 2002)
NOT FOR the first time nor, one suspects, the last, Afghanistan is playing a role in world history unmerited by its economic weight, unwarranted by its military power.
- Rbi's Report On Currency And Finance 2000-01 -- A Welcome Tilt Against Deflation (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Feb 04, 2002)
Unconstrained by monetarist dogma, the RBI's recent Report on Currency and Finance has been brave enough to bare the difficult choices before the country.
- Will Musharraf Endure? (Business Line, B. Raman , Feb 04, 2002)
FOR nearly two months now, there have been no major public demonstrations in Pakistan over the US-led `war' against terrorism in Afghanistan and over the co-operation extended to this `war' by Gen Pervez Musharraf.
- Identifying Dangers Near And Far (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 04, 2002)
Explanation 2. “Women’s or children’s institution” means an institution, whether called an orphanage or a home for neglected women or children or a widows’ home or an institution called by any other name.
- Gm Crops And The World Market (Hindu, Mihir Shah, Feb 02, 2002)
Most countries have imposed bans or very strict regulations on genetically-modified crops... We need to be vigilant against discredited technologies and products being sneaked in.
- Anti-Negative Vaccine (Business Line, J. Nanda Gopal , Feb 02, 2002)
WE often hear high-level politicians saying that Indians living abroad work hard, reach enviable positions, and earn fame and fortune making the country proud.
- The Good Doctors (Indian Express, Krishan Kalra, Feb 02, 2002)
Neeru Verma is a qualified pediatrician who has worked in a hospital for many years, but has given up now. Her husband, also a doctor, has a thriving practice.
- Cure For An Ailing Education System? (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Feb 02, 2002)
RARELY do Parliamentary Committees take up issues of genuine public interest that also exert a crucial bearing on posterity, though the country's judiciary has been active in espousing public causes.
- Options And Hunches (Telegraph, SHAM LAL , Feb 02, 2002)
The shrill cries for a singing response to the terrorist assault on Parliament House in the form either of hot pursuit of militants in future or of bombing raids on bases of such jihadi outfits as Jaish-e-Mohammad are easy to understand.
- Income Of Charitable Trusts -- The Exemption Dimension (Business Line, V.K. Subramani, Feb 02, 2002)
WHETHER an educational institution should file a return of income under Section 139(4A) was an issue before the Bombay High Court in Director of Income Tax (Exemptions) vs Malad Jain Yuvak Mandal Medical Relief Centre (250 HR 488).
- Pre-Emptive Strike (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 01, 2002)
IT must be the single most unappreciated sector in India.
- Free Verse (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 01, 2002)
Time, and a few unsuspecting bureaucrats, have delivered Rabindranath Tagore from the clutches of proprietorship.
- Genoa's Three Musketeers, And... A Gen Dyer Come To Judgment! (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Feb 01, 2002)
WHAT does Mr Tony Blair fancy himself to be?
- Pak-Sponsored Terrorism -- Diplomacy, Not War, Is The Key (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Feb 01, 2002)
THE attack on the Parliament complex and what might have happened but for the quick response of the security guards have left the nation stunned and furious.
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