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Articles 19221 through 19320 of 21681:
- Fuel For Taps (Hindu, R. Ramachandran, Dec 18, 2004)
Looking for alternative sources of low-enriched uranium or switching to a first-ever fully mixed oxide loaded reactor are options to keep the Tarapur Atomic Power Station running.
- Prospects For Peace, Post-Arafat (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Dec 18, 2004)
It appears that once the new Palestinian President is elected, moves will commence for an Israeli withdrawal from Gaza. For any peace process to be sustainable, the Palestinian Authority should quell terrorist violence and adopt democratic governance
- Repeated Gaffes (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 18, 2004)
The External Affairs Minister, Mr Natwar Singh’s articulation of a position that is a clear deviation from India’s position on the nuclear weapons issue was very improper. In an interview with a South Korean daily
- The Young In Pakistan Want Peace (Tribune, Chanchal Sarkar, Dec 18, 2004)
BY the time our plane took off, two hours late, for the 50-minute flight to Lahore we were handrags. For weeks Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry, Home Ministry, High Commission, Intelligence and all manner of agencies had kept us on tenterhooks with pinpricks a
- Wanted: White Paper On Nuclear Policy (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Dec 18, 2004)
It does not reflect great credit to our system of policy making that the Prime Minister had to say that a statement attributed to the Foreign Minister on nuclear policy was not a statement on foreign policy.
- Trial By Public Opinion (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Dec 18, 2004)
No sooner is a celebrity charged with a crime than the media and politicians take it upon themselves to be arbiters of his fate. The police and the judiciary are shoved into the background and these self-appointed judges pronounce their verdicts to the pu
- To Thine Own Self Be True (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Dec 18, 2004)
We set up lofty ideals for ourselves only to compromise with them to save our skins. The commonest example is the resolve never to tell a lie — and then lie like troopers to get out of awkward situations.
- Pokhran Poser (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 17, 2004)
Understandably, eyebrows have been raised in Parliament and outside over Foreign Minister Natwar Singh's reported statement in Seoul asking North Korea and South Korea not to follow India's example and become nuclear powers
- The Ticking Bomb Inside Mosque And Madrasa (Indian Express, Arun Shourie, Dec 17, 2004)
A range of authorities have pointed to the urgent danger brewing in Muslim ‘religious’ centres, the porosity of our borders and demographic threats. Yet to voice them invites the charge, ‘communal’
- Famous Victors (Pioneer, Yogendra Bali, Dec 17, 2004)
December 16, 1971, marked the 'Victory Day' of one of the most decisive and unique battles fought by India against an aggressive neighbour, which always sought military solutions to its own domestic and international problems.
- How Not To Dialogue (Deccan Herald, Balraj Puri, Dec 17, 2004)
Apart from people-to-people contacts, there is need for internal dialogue to resolve the Kashmir issue
- Collision Course (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 16, 2004)
Another rail accident, another statistic. But Tuesday's disaster near Jalandhar in which at least 37 died and 70 others were injured, should not be treated by the familiar broad brush with which observers paint Indian Railways' frequent accidents.
- Pak-Centric Perceptions (Deccan Herald, PARSA VENKATESHWAR RAO JR, Dec 16, 2004)
There is an essential asymmetry between India and Pakistan, which strategists in the two countries often ignore. As a consequence, whenever Pakistan gets a fresh supply of sophisticated weapons as has happened recently, India gets prickly
- Palestinians After Arafat (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, Dec 16, 2004)
During a cold dreary Moscow morning in 1971, I was one of the few persons present when Nikita Khrushchev was buried. Khrushchev’s son delivered a poignant eulogy for his late father.
- Peace Prospects, Post-Arafat (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Dec 16, 2004)
During a cold dreary Moscow morning in 1971, I was one of the few persons present when Nikita Khrushchev was buried. I was carrying a message of condolences from Mrs Indira Gandhi for Mrs Khrushchev.
- Myanmar's Manoeuvre (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 16, 2004)
In extending the imprisonment of Aung San Suu Kyi by one more year, Myanmar's ruling generals have left no doubt about their intention to tighten their grip on the country.
- Kashmir In Kathmandu (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 16, 2004)
The four-day deliberations on the Kashmir crisis in Kathmandu assume significance in many ways. It was not just a gathering of nearly 60 thinking individuals, including Kashmiri separatist leaders
- The “watan” Factor (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 16, 2004)
Sisghtseeing can be exhausting. We were on the eleventh day of our land tour that covered — starting from Paris — Bonn, Berlin, Prague, Salzburg and Munich. We had made advance hotel bookings for the first 10 days and left the remaining days open-ended.
- Between Mnna And Nssp (Pioneer, Ashok K Mehta, Dec 15, 2004)
US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's flying visit to Delhi last week has restarted the controversy over the sale of US weapons to Pakistan. Every time India and Pakistan are about to acquire new weapons, a big shindig is raised by the other side on how
- A Sweet Evening (Tribune, Kanchan Mehta, Dec 15, 2004)
Oh God, I am a victim of various fears — with or without reason. Till recently, I had a phobia about Pakistanis. I would dread a Pakistani as a wild creature. I invariably found them rebellious, defiant and combative.
- Sombre Notes (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 15, 2004)
Understandably, eyebrows have been raised in Parliament and outside over Foreign Minister Natwar Singh's reported statement in Seoul asking North Korea and South Korea not to follow India's example and become nuclear powers.
- A Place In The World (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Dec 15, 2004)
Two unrelated events, separated by several weeks, have reinforced the perception that India’s place in the world in the new millennium is full of promise
- Musharraf’S New Strategy (Tribune, M B NAQVI, Dec 15, 2004)
News, newspaper columns and drawing room gossip normally sustain Pakistani politics. These are now being used to sidetrack and divide the Opposition. The Opposition is making preliminary moves to start a mass agitation.
- M(p)tv. Enjoy! (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 15, 2004)
There are those who cavil about the waste of finite resources entailed in the latest TV serial in town. Others dread its soporific properties which have the potential to put an entire nation of continental proportions to sleep.
- Bring Back The Old Sting (Telegraph, Rajashri Dasgupta, Dec 15, 2004)
It is time for the feminist movement to revisit some issues and think of strategies to make health a fundamental right
- Non-Identical Super Twins (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 14, 2004)
It may be more than a happy coincidence that two great Indian cricket champions achieved significant personal landmarks in the first Test against Bangladesh at Dhaka recently.
- Building Mutual Faith (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Dec 14, 2004)
Peace in the subcontinent is the key to development and real growth. To achieve that we must make Saarc a body that does not permit any infiltration, of any kind, into its portals.
- December Brings Another Reminder (Indian Express, Murlidhar C. Chandare, Dec 14, 2004)
December is a special month in the history of a world that has witnessed some horrific scenes of blood-letting. It was on December 10, 1948, that United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in a bid to make the world
- F-16 Sale Endangers Peace Process (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Dec 14, 2004)
New Delhi’s apprehensions about the proposed sale of U.S. defence equipment to Pakistan have become cause for considerable strain in an otherwise robust U.S.-India relationship.
- Beyond Nuclear Stability (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Dec 14, 2004)
As India and Pakistan start talks on nuclear and conventional military confidence-building measures this week in Islamabad, part of the attention of the negotiators should be riveted on those outside the room
- Change At The U.N. (Hindu, Chinmaya R. Gharekhan, Dec 13, 2004)
Reform is necessary but should not be undertaken under threat from one or more states.
- Autonomy For Kashmir (Tribune, H. K. Dua, Dec 13, 2004)
With the militants having unleashed a wave of violence and killings in the Valley, the nation was facing a serious situation in Kashmir. Besides deploying the security forces in numbers, the Union government did not know what else to do.
- An Enviable Record (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 13, 2004)
To suggest that there was a certain inevitability about Sachin Tendulkar equalling Sunil Gavaskar’s record for the most Test centuries might be stating the obvious. After all, when he made his international debut as a doe-eyed teenager
- Road To Kabul (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 13, 2004)
Among the subjects Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistani counterpart Shaukat Aziz discussed when the latter was in New Delhi recently was transit rights for India to Afghanistan and Iran through Pakistan.
- The Wizard Of Spin (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 13, 2004)
Some two months ago, when Anil Kumble became the second Indian bowler, after the legendary all-rounder Kapil Dev, to capture 400 wickets in Test cricket, there were nice and encouraging words.
- Pakistan Becomes A Us Protectorate (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Dec 13, 2004)
Following the 9/11 commission report, the US Congress is enacting legislation to implement the recommendations of the commission. The commission in its recommendations had focussed attention on the need for the US helping Pakistan to develop a promising,
- Hockey League's Designer Duds (The Economic Times, MANOJ NAIR, Dec 13, 2004)
Our own PHL is set to step out from a very imaginative package. Such innovative ideas could resurrect a sport that was at one time as popular as cricket.
- Hockey League's Designer Duds (The Economic Times, MANOJ NAIR, Dec 12, 2004)
Our own PHL is set to step out from a very imaginative package. Such innovative ideas could resurrect a sport that was at one time as popular as cricket.
- Ec Expertise In Demand (Tribune, Ravi Bhatia, Dec 11, 2004)
THE expertise acquired by the Election Commission is in demand globally. The United Nations and the Commission Electoral Independante of Cote de’ Ivoire have signed memorandums of understanding with the Election Commission for cooperation in electoral mat
- Money Is Not A Problem (Tribune, Mohan Guruswamy, Dec 11, 2004)
ON November 17 in Srinagar the Prime Minister announced an “economic revival plan” of Rs 24,000 crore for Jammu and Kashmir. By unwrapping the package as a bold new one, the Prime Minister is guilty of some terminological inexactitude. What is new is just
- Whining India? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 11, 2004)
By any account, India is being increasingly seen across the world as a rising power. Several western observers have argued that the global power shift from West to East is under way, with China and India expected to influence the course of global events o
- Treading On Bombs (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 11, 2004)
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan is right in welcoming the progress in clearing anti-personnel mines in recent years, even as these weapons continue to exact a heavy civilian toll.
- Strategic Partner? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 11, 2004)
The US Defence Secretary, Mr Donald Rumsfeld’s maiden visit to India after the President, Mr George Bush’s electoral victory, is an acknowledgement of the ‘’strategic partnership’’ that has evolved between the two countries.
- Reining In The Military (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Dec 11, 2004)
The NHRC should step in to investigate the extent of human rights violations by the security forces in J&K
- Children Of Jehad — Or Victims? (Tribune, A.J. Philip, Dec 11, 2004)
AS providence would have it, the Srinagar-based journalist did not have to search for the man who left his wife and daughters in India when he crossed the Line of Control (LoC) in pursuit of “azadi” and reached what India refers to as Pakistan Occupied ..
- Message To Rumsfeld (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 11, 2004)
THE visit of US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to New Delhi was significant for two reasons. It was the first by a senior US official after President George W. Bush was re-elected for a second term.
- Iron Man Rumsfeld (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Dec 11, 2004)
The timing could have been much better, but we can still see some positives out of US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld’s visit to India.
- `Logistics, India's Weakest Link In Exports' (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Dec 10, 2004)
Exporters face innumerable infrastructure bottlenecks. Inland movement of goods remains a major obstacle, as exporters are helpless in the face of high cost of transport and inter-State and intra-State barriers.
- Musharraf’S Ploys (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Dec 10, 2004)
A whole lot of political wheeling and dealing is going on in Pakistan to prevent a revolt against the dictatorship
- Road Block (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 10, 2004)
Talks between India and Pakistan on the opening of the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad road linking Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) with Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) have hit a roadblock.
- Iraq: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Dec 10, 2004)
Since there is a total ban on reports of the inch-by-inch decimation of all life and property in Falluja (for the sake of democracy, of course).
- Next Steps (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 10, 2004)
If Donald Rumsfeld, the US secretary of defence, has a sense of recent history, he may find it intriguing to learn that Indo-US ties got consolidated only towards the end of the second term of the Clinton presidency.
- The Buzz Over The Bus (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 09, 2004)
The differences between India and Pakistan over the travel documents required for the proposed bus service between Muzaffarabad and Srinagar exemplify contradictory views of Kashmir’s status.
- The Man Behind The Bomb (Tribune, K. S. Parthasarathy, Dec 09, 2004)
During May 1990, I attended the College on Atmospheric Boundary Layer Physics at the erstwhile International Centre for Theoretical Physics at Trieste, Italy. There I met Professor Abdus Salam, the Nobel Laureate and the then Director of the Centre.
- Kashmir Roadblock (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 09, 2004)
Negotiations can never bring out the desired result if either of the two parties involved has a rigid attitude. This explains why the technical-level talks between India
- France Woos India And Its Markets (Deccan Herald, KATRIN BENNHOLD, Dec 08, 2004)
Since President Jacques Chirac returned from a high-profile state visit to China two months ago with more than $4 billion in contracts, his government has quietly turned its attention to Asia’s other rising giant:
- Wanted: Jawaharlal 2005 (Indian Express, Sagarika Ghose, Dec 08, 2004)
The year of The Great Political Turnaround is drawing to a close. A few months ago the BJP was the invincible party of India Shining.
- What Price The Largesse For Kashmir? (Business Line, Mohan Guruswamy, Dec 08, 2004)
The only effective antidote to insurgency is the restoration of good government and order. With the latter largely absent in Kashmir, any new package might end up putting more good money into the hands of those who cannot deliver the goods.
- Remembering Jack Gibson (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Dec 07, 2004)
IT is tragic that the most important reform of the United Nations in recent times should have come at a time its Secretary-General Kofi Annan is in America’s gun sight. Now in his final second term, the man who reached the top after the
- The Patiala Spirit (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 07, 2004)
THE ongoing Indo-Pak Punjab Games and the World Punjabi Conference that concluded at Patiala last week cannot be treated as ordinary events.
- A Wedding For The Aam Aadmi? (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Dec 07, 2004)
Orchids from Thailand, a different decor for each wedding function, fancy invitation cards, costing a couple of hundreds apiece; garments glittering with crystals
- A Space Of Delusions (Telegraph, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Dec 07, 2004)
Swapan Dasgputa’s article, “On another plane” (Dec 3), argues that “India will be better served by carving out our own definite space within Pax Americana”.
- From One Ancient Civilisation To Another: Stop That Bomb (Indian Express, RYAN FLOYD, Dec 07, 2004)
India could win valuable concessions if it brokers peace between Iran and the West
- Prabakaran's Warning — Text And Context (Hindu, V. Suryanarayan, Dec 07, 2004)
Anything the LTTE leader says has to be viewed against his uncompromising commitment to the establishment of a separate, independent state.
- India Shifts Gear On Iraq Policy (Asia Times, Editorial, Asian Times, Dec 07, 2004)
India's relations with Iraq appear poised for transformation, with Iraq's interim foreign minister, Hoshiyar Zebari, scheduled to visit New Delhi this month.
- Drifting Backwards (Tribune, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Dec 06, 2004)
Reports of Anil Ambani dashing to Tirupati while his mother rushed to her guru in Gujarat and of the new Union Labour Minister’s inaugural puja are a reminder that only a dwindling minority is concerned about the “scientific temper” that inspired the....
- Navy For The High Seas (Indian Express, RANJIT B. RAI, Dec 06, 2004)
This piece may read like a footnote to Navy Day but it concerns the nation at large. Every year the navy chooses a theme as its mission statement for the coming year and pursues it vigorously.
- Time To Get Serious On Kashmir (Hindu, Howard B. Schaffer, Dec 06, 2004)
New Delhi and Islamabad need to agree on concrete steps that could change the situation on the ground in Kashmir.
- What Can President Bush Do In His (Tribune, Maj-Gen Himmat Singh Gill (retd) , Dec 05, 2004)
THE foreign policy contours of President Bush's second term slated for mid-January next year, are beginning to emerge in some detail.
- Dignified Debates (Indian Express, Soli Sorabjee, Dec 05, 2004)
The Indo-Pak student seminar Manzar, organised by Miranda House this week at the IIC, was an enjoyable event. Three students each from the Indian and Pakistani side debated the motion
- Darkness Visible (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Dec 04, 2004)
Reports of Anil Ambani dashing to Tirupati while his mother rushed to her guru in Gujarat and of the new Union labour minister’s inaugural puja are a reminder that only a dwindling minority is concerned about the “scientific
- Ever Changing Situation (Deccan Herald, T SREEDHAR RAO, Dec 04, 2004)
The J&K problems have to be dealt with at two levels, by separating out Pakistan from the Hurriyat and the jehadis
- Filth In God’S Abode (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Dec 04, 2004)
The arrest of the seer of Kancheepuram brings to light once more the sordid goings-on in places of worship.
- On Another Plane (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Dec 03, 2004)
The public conduct of foreign policy tends to focus excessively on the spectacular. This is as true for India as it is for Western democracies and African potentates.
- The Oil Price Riddle (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Dec 03, 2004)
The Bharatiya Janata Party appears to have discovered the merit of highlighting economic issues impacting the people. After the walk-out from the Lok Sabha on Wednesday
- Tough Task For Musharraf (Tribune, M B NAQVI, Dec 03, 2004)
Pakistan politics is always interesting. To start with, political initiative continues to be held by President Gen Pervez Musharraf. Reports are that the six parties’ religious alliance, the MMA, is trying to snatch this initiative.
- No Cleaner Man Than L K Advani (Indian Express, Balbir K Punj, Dec 02, 2004)
The fracas over a recent letter issued by the BJP president’s daughter-in-law and its subsequent use by the RJD is a shocking manifestation of media and political irresponsibility
- The Balle-Balle Bridge (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 02, 2004)
Punjab, Punjabi and Punjabiyat may achieve what the foreign offices in India and Pakistan cannot
- The Threat From N-Weapons (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, Dec 02, 2004)
In its historic ruling on July 8, 1996, the World Court held that countries possessing nuclear weapons had not just a “need” but an “obligation” to commence negotiations leading to nuclear disarmament.
- Asean Accepts India As A Power (Tribune, T.R. Ramachandran, Dec 02, 2004)
Contacts established with Chinese, Japanese PMs The multi-layered exposition by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the third India-Asean summit in Vientiane in land-locked Laos fired the imagination of the 10-member grouping as well as China...
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