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Articles 23021 through 23120 of 27969:
- Progressing Towards A Flat Tax? (Business Line, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Mar 12, 2005)
The main argument against flat tax is that it is socially unjust. The solution to this problem, however, is not high tax rates because the rich pay less taxes despite that.
- The Draft Patent Law (Hindu, T.N. Srinivasan, Mar 12, 2005)
Its generic manufactures are too crucial for India, and for the world, to be allowed by a misguided patent law to be wiped out.
- The Curious Relationship Between Congress And Democracy (Indian Express, N K Singh, Mar 12, 2005)
The results of the last Lok Sabha elections in 2004 and elections to some of the state assemblies thereafter, including Haryana, showed emergence of a resurgent Congress, under the leadership of Sonia Gandhi.
- ‘An Open Society And Open Economy Are The Pillars... (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 12, 2005)
The test of the vibrancy and resilience of a democracy is not just the ability to conduct elections and convene legislatures.
- Cash Is A Way Of Life (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Mar 12, 2005)
It used to be a joke in the Calcutta high court that it was a good job that Pesi Ginwala, the octogenarian barrister-at-law (Charterhouse, Balliol and Inner Temple) who has now retired to Bombay
- Cry For Mumbai, Our Little India (Indian Express, Amrita Shah, Mar 12, 2005)
Mumbai is in the news. Not like Jharkhand and Bihar and the Indo-Pak series are in the news, but in a more fundamental, a more reflective sort of way.
- One More Oil Deal (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Mar 11, 2005)
On the heels of the project to build a gas pipeline from Myanmar to India via Bangladesh, comes a deal with Venezuela by which India will operate an oilfield in the South American country and import the output.
- Living With The Pain (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Mar 11, 2005)
Terribly scarred by the Madrid train bombings of a year ago, most Spaniards are unhappy at the slow pace of the investigation.
- Tackling Cheating (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 11, 2005)
COME board examinations, reports of cheating in various centres in Punjab abound. Certain parents, local officials and teachers allegedly collude to cheat children of their education and future.
- The Post-Match Interview (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Mar 11, 2005)
Fed up with the inane questions being put to tournament winners by TV interviewers who often asked the sportsman to “Talk us through your performance,”
- The Significance Of Mr. Chavez (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 11, 2005)
The visit to India last week of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez marked an important milestone in not just New Delhi's relations with Caracas but also in the ongoing Indian effort to
- It: Look For Competitive Edge (Business Line, V. Sridhar, Mar 11, 2005)
As clients become more knowledgeable about outsourcing, competition increases and the industry matures, selling BPO services just based on economic considerations will be tougher for Indian BPO companies.
- Breaches In The Dykes (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Mar 11, 2005)
SINCE the imposition of President’s rule in Bihar —widely welcomed because of its inevitability, given the circumstances — it has been difficult to shake off two streams of thought, an ironic one about the past and a deeply depressing one about the future
- Democracy In West Asia (Hindu, Seumas Milne, Mar 11, 2005)
Managed elections are the latest device to prop up pro-Western regimes.
- `Bad' Tax, The Brazilian Malaise, Reaches India: Andy Mukherjee (Bloomberg.com, editorial Bloomberg.com, Mar 10, 2005)
The nicest thing one can say about Indian Finance Minister P. Chidambaram's recent proposal to curb tax evasion is that it's an impractical plan.
- Taking On Syria (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 10, 2005)
It was rose in Georgia, orange in Ukraine, purple in Iraq — and now it’s cedar in Lebanon. This is how Mr George W. Bush has been counting his revolutions. He missed out Afghanistan.
- Left’S Unkindly Cut (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, Mar 10, 2005)
THE Communist parties in India cannot be accused of inconsistency. They have a track record of advocating foreign and national security policies designed to make India a surrogate or protectorate of one or another external power.
- That March, 75 Years Ago (Indian Express, B.R. NANDA, Mar 10, 2005)
At midnight on December 31, 1929, as a new year dawned, the Indian National Congress unfurled the flag of independence on the banks of Ravi at Lahore.
- Vanishing Point (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Mar 10, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh recently responded to the SOS of India's endangered-and now disappearing- tigers.
- Wto Rules Cut In Us Cotton Subsidies (Tribune, Dan Morgan, Mar 10, 2005)
A Bush administration proposal that would cut billions of dollars in subsidies to big cotton growers has struck at a core GOP constituency, setting off a battle in
- The Tiger In Front (Economist, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2005)
HOME to nearly two-fifths of humanity, two neighbouring countries, India and China, are two of the world's fastest-growing economies.
- Communist Recipe For Disaster (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Mar 10, 2005)
The Communist Parties in India cannot be accused of inconsistency. They have a track record of advocating foreign and national security policies designed to make India a surrogate or protectorate of one or another
- Boss Is Not For Beating (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 10, 2005)
Rampant indiscipline in offices may get curbed somewhat with the Supreme Court coming out with certain orders recently which restrain employees from becoming a law unto themselves.
- How To Create A New Tomorrow (Business Line, Vidya Hattangadi, Mar 10, 2005)
An oft-asked question about Indians is: In spite of having such rich heritage, an abundance of natural resources and intellectual minds, why we are unable to make a difference to the world economy?
- Cloistered Justice (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2005)
Among the grounds on which free speech may legitimately be subjected to reasonable restrictions is contempt of court.
- The Lost Letter (Tribune, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Mar 09, 2005)
LET pundits and patriots gloat over India overtaking China’s growth rate, becoming a scientific superpower and challenging American technological achievements.
- Take The Jungle To The Law (Indian Express, SANJIB BARUAH , Mar 09, 2005)
When the five-member panel reviewing the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), headed by Justice B P Jeevan Reddy, visited Manipur, the majority of Apunba Lup—the coalition of organisations campaigning against the law...
- Sunrise In The Mideast? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 09, 2005)
The ripples of change are gathering momentum in the Middle East. Syria has just announced a partial withdrawal of troops to Lebanon’s Bekka Valley.
- Ultra Violent (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Mar 09, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh recently responded to the SOS of India's endangered-and now disappearing- tigers. Seemingly moved by Sariska's tragedy, he wrote to Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje
- Vanishing Wetlands (Hindu, G. Ananthakrishnan, Mar 09, 2005)
Nearly a year after he announced the Government's intention to progressively "repair, renovate and restore all water bodies that are directly linked to agriculture,"
- President's Rule In Bihar: (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Mar 09, 2005)
Mr Lalu Prasad's body language and calmness and his refusal to take the battle of Bihar to its roads, indicate that he has perhaps been offered some sop by the Congress High Command.
- Before Old Soldiers Fade Away (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Mar 09, 2005)
The Communist Parties in India cannot be accused of inconsistency. They have a track record of advocating foreign and national security policies designed to make India a surrogate or protectorate of one or another
- Oil A Tool To Achieve Equality: Chavez (Hindu, PARVATHI MENON, Mar 09, 2005)
"Mr. President, what is the secret of your energy," asked a journalist at the end of a long press conference in Bangalore
- Us Sent Hundreds Of Terror Suspects To Foreign Prisons (Tribune, Rupert Cornwell, Mar 08, 2005)
The CIA has transferred an estimated 100 and 150 terrorist suspects to foreign countries for questioning — and, it is widely alleged, torture — since rules governing the American policy of rendition...
- Rolling Back The Daily Tsunami (Deccan Herald, THORAYA AHMED OBAID, Mar 08, 2005)
Terrible disasters bring great responses. We saw that in the global outpouring of generosity after last December’s tsunami. But for some people — the very poor fifth of the world’s people who live on a dollar a day or less
- Satellite Lessons Reach Rural Kids (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2005)
The State Government, along with the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro), would try to extend satellite-based education programme to all primary schools in backward districts like Bidar, Gulbarga and Raichur, said Chief Minister N Dharam Singh ...
- The Iraqis' Daily Struggle (Hindu, Haifa Zangana, Mar 08, 2005)
Despite the election, ordinary Iraqis face a daily struggle to survive attacks, kidnappings, killings.
- The Time Is Ripe For Indian Idols (Indian Express, NANDITA PATEL, Mar 08, 2005)
Amit Sana or Abhijeet Sawant, one thing is for certain: the reason Indian Idol has outdone similar singing contests is that in transforming a hitherto passive, spectatorial format into an active
- An Occasion To Mourn (Tribune, Usha Rai, Mar 08, 2005)
We should stop celebrating Women’s Day. In fact, it should be a day of national mourning. We should collectively hang our heads in shame. Or maybe we should observe two minutes’ silence today for all the lives that have been snuffed out in their mother’s
- Balle-Balle At Mohali (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Mar 08, 2005)
While the Indian and Pakistani teams slug it out at Mohali, the Punjabis and their many brethren from across the border will have a ball inside and outside the cricket stadium.
- Getting Connected (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 08, 2005)
Wiring up communities with the most modern communication networks and expanding access to computers and the Internet have been central to the effort to leapfrog
- Case Of, And For, Private Universities (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Mar 08, 2005)
The Supreme Court declaring over a hundred `universities' in Chattisgarh null and void has brought into focus the mockery being made of the rules and guidelines of the University Grants Commission.
- Budget: On The Soft Trial (Business Line, Pratap Ravindran , Mar 08, 2005)
The Finance Minister seems to have decided, at least for now, to allow "software export" firms to stay in the business of money laundering by leaving them alone...
- Which Way Will Tehran Go? (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 07, 2005)
Even as the United States struggles to fix the troubled reconstruction of Iraq, the next big national security crisis has already descended on Washington.
- Providing For The Future (Hindu, Jay Bhattacharjee, Mar 07, 2005)
Any restructuring of the Indian provident fund system should not follow discredited models. Many powerful forces are advocating changes that would suit them rather than the country's employees.
- Syria Under Pressure (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 07, 2005)
Syria is under increasing pressure to withdraw its troops from Lebanon after Saudi Arabia and Egypt joined the West and Russia in asking it to do so.
- The Great Economic Wall Of China Going Higher (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 07, 2005)
This week’s Economist magazine asserts that, despite the similarities between India and China and the great strides both have made in reducing poverty since liberalising and reforming their economies, the tiger in front is Chinese.
- The Politics Of Budget-Making (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Mar 07, 2005)
For long the Budget has generally been a populist sell-out. The country has suffered because political fortunes in India have had little or nothing to do either with fiscal prudence or economic progress.
- Nap Time At The Workplace (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Mar 07, 2005)
I promised the salesperson behind the counter in the jewellery shop on Mada Street near the Kapaleeswarar Temple in Chennai that I would be back the next morning to buy the item I was interested in.
- West Discovers A New India (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma, Mar 07, 2005)
For the last few days, an e-mail circulating among professional Indians in America carries the headline: “India: The Next Knowledge Superpower”. It leads the NewScientist cover story on India’s advances in science and technology.
- Arms Sales Begin At Home (Indian Express, Thomas L. Friedman, Mar 07, 2005)
For the life of me, I simply do not understand why President Bush is objecting to the European Union’s selling arms to China, ending a 16-year embargo. I mean, what’s the problem?
- China Continues To Pump Up The Military Budget (Tribune, MARK MAGNIER, Mar 07, 2005)
In a move likely to spur further concern in foreign capitals, China announced on Friday that its military budget would grow 12.6 per cent this year, the latest in a string of double-digit increases.
- Green Signal To Bt Cotton (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 07, 2005)
After prolonged waffling, the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) has cleared six varieties of genetically modified cotton for cultivation in Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan. The decision, though belated, is welcome.
- Western Hypocrisy In Tsunami Aid (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Mar 06, 2005)
WE had Shakespeare’s “Tempest” at school and the tsunami recalled some lines:
“Full Fathom five thy father lies;
Of his bones are coral made;
Those are pearls that were his eyes;
- Political Spat Over Bangla Settlers (Deccan Herald, S T BEURIA, Mar 06, 2005)
Political parties in Orissa are up in arms against each other over the sensitive issue of Bangladeshi infiltrators already a major topic of discussion in different circles in the state since the Naveen Patnaik administration’s decision to serve
- The Invisible ‘Kick’ Spawning Poppy (Deccan Herald, BALA CHAUHAN, Mar 06, 2005)
Pricing of opium is based on the purity and consistency of morphine. Presently the procurement price fixed by the government per kg ranges from Rs 600-1,200.
- The Wave And What Caused It (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 06, 2005)
The Congress sweep came not so much by snatching votes directly from the INLD or through alliance arithmetic as by capitalising on a strong wave of resentment against the Chautala regime's perceived authoritarianism, nepotism and corruption.
- Not So Fishy After All (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 06, 2005)
Does it sound incredible when “Prasad” is given first to a dog? Can one think of a lunch with fish roasted in fire served lavishly in a temple?
- ‘We Can’T Create Da Vinci And Picasso Anymore’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 06, 2005)
A chance meeting with Sundaram Tagore during his maiden visit to Bangalore is a pleasant preserve that memory would like to revist now and then.
- Avenues Of Prosperity (Deccan Herald, ABHA SHARMA, Mar 06, 2005)
Until a few years ago, she was like any other “bahu” of the village, wearing a long “ghunghat”, discharging household duties obediently. She could have never dreamed of any other role for herself.
- Clinging On To The Ropes Of Culture (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 06, 2005)
Come February and Bhubaneswar is all agog with a unique festival dedicated to the martial art traditions of India.
- Litmus Test For Shibu Soren (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Mar 06, 2005)
Shibu Soren’s love for his progeny over his long-time political associates and his lust for power has destroyed his father figure image among the tribals and created a sharp wedge in the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha.
- A Career Of Internationalism And A Passion For A Homeland (Washington Post, Matt Schudel, Mar 06, 2005)
When Raj Krishna brought his family to Washington in 1969, people from India were a rare sight. There was just one Indian restaurant and a single Indian-goods store.
- It’S Popping Up Everywhere (Deccan Herald, BALA CHAUHAN, Mar 05, 2005)
In the last one month the State Excise registered more than 20 cases against farmers found growing poppy - a crop banned under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985. Maximum cases are from Kolar (12), followed by Tumkur, Mandya and Bida
- Old Orders Crumble (Indian Express, CRAIG NELSON, Mar 05, 2005)
The people of the Middle East, where demands for freedom have often been ruthlessly crushed, are awakening to an unaccustomed sound these days: the crumbling of old orders.
- More Sophistry? (Hindu, Hamid Ansari, Mar 05, 2005)
The argument that institutional reforms in the Palestinian structure should precede the end of occupation is pernicious and reminiscent of the logic of colonialism.
- India Keen On Stake In Venezuelan Oil Fields (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 05, 2005)
India is keen on taking stake in oil and gas fields of Venezuela and is exploring the possibility of importing crude oil from the Latin American country, Petroleum Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar said on Friday.
- They Also Serve Who Remove Doubts (Business Line, D. Murali , Mar 05, 2005)
There is an Explanation that Finance Bill, 2005 introduces in the service tax law. And it reads thus:
- ‘There Is Confusion In The House Of Democracy’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 05, 2005)
The question is: What is so good about democracy? This deserves urgent revisiting, argues John Keane, professor of Politics at the University of Westminster, because in our times there is no great public discussion about it.
- Bush In Europe (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 05, 2005)
The United States and the European Union sought to put their differences over issues pertaining to West Asia behind them during President George W. Bush's recent trans-Atlantic visit.
- Change In Egypt (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 05, 2005)
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s recent decision to amend the 1971 Constitution and facilitate direct multi-party presidential elections this year is a major political development.
- Holding Back Nanavati (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Mar 05, 2005)
Justice Nanavati was asked to look into the widespread violence against the Sikhs which had taken place over 21 years ago and had taken a toll of over 10,000 innocent Sikh lives.
- Giving India Inc The Edge (Business Line, H. P. Ranina, Mar 05, 2005)
The Budget proposals will give a fillip to investments in industry and spur economic growth. The competitive edge of the manufacturing sector will undoubtedly be sharpened.
- Hiv: Needle Exchanges Work (Hindu, Mike Trace, Mar 04, 2005)
Does anyone remember the AIDS and drugs panics of the mid-1990s? We would guess that even those who were interested in drugs and health policy at the time will only have a
- Millions Of Indians Await Benefits Of Globalisation (Business Line, Jessica Einhorn, Mar 04, 2005)
Does India need globalisation? There are plenty of experts to tell all who listen that globalisation opens up tremendous potential for growth and poverty alleviation,
- Through The Smokescreen (Indian Express, Harsh A. Desai, Mar 04, 2005)
If you see smoke curling up from below your dining table, panic not. It’s probably nothing serious. Just your next door neighbour having a quiet smoke at a place where he feels reasonably secure.
- Towards A World Information Society (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Mar 04, 2005)
The Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) meeting of the World Summit on Information Society concluded in Geneva last week. At issue is how to address the growing digital divide among nations
- High On Hillary (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Mar 04, 2005)
It was a pleasure to meet Hillary Clinton at a recent meeting she had with a group of young MPs. She was her usual warm and friendly self, trying to establish a personal rapport with everyone.
- Of Biharis, Dons And Limousine Liberals (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 04, 2005)
It was great to read your rather optimistic account of Bihar. Being a Bihari myself, I would definitely like to believe your analysis. However, I’m not sure if Bihar’s populace would share your assessment.
- Brave, Young And Muslim (Indian Express, Thomas L. Friedman, Mar 04, 2005)
The last couple of years have not been easy for anyone, myself included, who hoped that the Iraq war would produce a decent, democratising outcome.
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