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Articles 13121 through 13220 of 16306:
- Spoiling The Show (Telegraph, DEBAKI NANDAN MANDAL, Feb 04, 2005)
Now that the left has its way with the provident fund issue, will it stop being a hindrance to governance? Unlikely. Only a few days back, at the central committee meeting of the Communist Party of India (Marxist),
- Incentivise Crop Diversification (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 03, 2005)
Two areas that need attention in the coming Budget are crop diversification and food subsidy. Far from being mutually exclusive, these two are closely related.
- Gained In Transit (Indian Express, D.C. Pathak, Feb 03, 2005)
The smooth return of George W. Bush to the White House in the face of an Al-Jazeera telecast renewing Osama bin Laden’s threat of further attacks on the US will probably weaken the focus on the debatable issues of intelligence raised on 9/11 as also on th
- India's Media Agog Over Ads-For-Equity Gambit (Asia Times, Indrajit Basu, Feb 03, 2005)
It is a move that is being called alternately brilliant and bizarre. Some even call it a coup. Even as India's largest media company - Bennett, Coleman and Co (BCCL)
- It Industry — Indian Firm Clicks As Well As Mnc (Business Line, G. B. Prabhat, Feb 03, 2005)
A few years ago, Indian and multinational consulting firms all but ignored each other capitalising on exclusive profit sanctuaries. As the onsite-offshore model assumed gradually began to dominate
- Weak National Security System (Tribune, Maj-Gen Ashok Mehta (retd), Feb 03, 2005)
It took just three weeks and several rounds of consultations by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh with security experts to confirm Mr M.K. Narayan as the National Security Adviser (NSA).
- Benny Hinn And Dog-Girl Wedding (Deccan Herald, REUBEN DAVID, Feb 02, 2005)
I am appalled as an Indian to read of my country so deeply lost in mindless religious barbarism. While BJP leaders and Hindu seers rant and rave against a Christian prayer gathering
- Exit Of A Savant (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 02, 2005)
Even as a concept the blend of rationalism with spiritualism may sound quite contradictory. But this is precisely what epitomised the persona of Dr Hosur Narasimhaiah who is now just a memory for his innumerable admirers and traducers.
- India Beyond Delhi And Mumbai (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Feb 01, 2005)
Unlike in the US, where the metros and other cities have distinct reputations in such fields as industry, commerce, education and culture, their Indian counterparts hardly have any activity specialisation
- The Icra Online Mutual Fund Rankings 2005 (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 01, 2005)
Investors in equity found appreciation in calendar year 2004 both because of the bullish trend in the market and the superior performance of the fund managers in picking up the right stocks.
- In Pursuit Of Energy Security (Hindu, Sudha Mahalingam, Feb 01, 2005)
For ensuring energy security, all options for diversification of our fuel basket need to be pursued vigorously. This also means the process of inter-fuel substitution in industrial processes must begin now.
- Step I: Acknowledge The Crisis (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 31, 2005)
Deep crisis” are the two words Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmed Badawi used to sum up the Muslim world on Thursday...
- Hail To The Republic, But Also To Richard Gere (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Jan 31, 2005)
This may be a politically incorrect sentiment but the soldiers and the fly past on Republic Day are such a stirring sight, you want to march or fly alongside. The
- Greenspan's Choice: Party Or Pain (Business Line, V. Anantha Nageswaran, Jan 31, 2005)
The options before the Fed chief, Mr Alan Greenspan, are clear. Prolong the party and risk a bigger and longer hangover in America and, by extension, the rest of the world
- Charter For World Citizens (Indian Express, Amrita Shah, Jan 31, 2005)
On Republic Day last week, victims of a building collapse in Ahmedabad prepared to move back into their new homes four full years after the Gujarat earthquake that caused large scale devastation in the state.
- Held To Ransom (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 30, 2005)
Outrages in Laluland are par for the course. Or so one thought. With five schoolchildren kidnapped in eight days and a sixth gone missing in nine, the scandal is a gargantuan first
- From The Alpine Heights Of Davos (Indian Express, N K Singh, Jan 30, 2005)
I am once again in Davos for the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF). For more than 34 years, this Swiss Alpine ski resort has hosted the glitterati of politics and business.
- Growth With Social Justice, His Credo (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Jan 30, 2005)
THE “Young Turk” has grown old but the “fire of life” has not dimmed in him. His first reaction to conferment of Padma Vibhushan award sums up his personality: “This honour, though for an individual, is dedicated to all my friends”.
- Roam The Globe To Catch Them (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jan 30, 2005)
The rapid increase in the use of cellular telephony has also resulted in an increase in the theft of mobile handsets
- Bihar As Eternal Subsidiser Of National Elite (Indian Express, Shaibal Gupta, Jan 29, 2005)
Bihar is possibly the only state in the country where bipolar politics has not taken root, inspite of one and half decades of Laloo Prasad’s rule.
- Towards A Global Warning System (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 29, 2005)
For the last 40 years, only the Pacific Ocean has had a tsunami warning system. However, after the tsunami of all tsunamis — the monster of December 26, 2004
- The Drag Of A Vat On Freefall (Business Line, Sukumar Mukhopadhyay, Jan 29, 2005)
There is general belief amongst many economists that tax should be neutral. In theory a tax is neutral if it does not distort the free play of market.
- Roam The Globe To Catch Them (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jan 29, 2005)
The rapid increase in the use of cellular telephony has also resulted in an increase in the theft of mobile handsets
- Protein To Help Stay Lean And Mean, With Less Tax Flab (Business Line, D. Murali , Jan 29, 2005)
"Get back to mischief," instructs Pfizers's Viagra site, but what brought the company before the Authority for Advance Rulings (AAR) was not the blue diamond pill. Instead, the issue was about Protinex and Dumex,
- India Gears Up For Energy Security (Tribune, Manoj Kumar, Jan 29, 2005)
THE dangerously emerging portents of the global energy market and India’s own unique position as a major crude oil buyer have forced policymakers to redefine the contours of a new geo-political paradigm.
- Falling Off The Davos Map (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jan 29, 2005)
You have to give it to the Chinese for not beating around the bush when it comes to the big issues of their national interest. Not only did Yuan Ming, director of the Beijing-based Institute for International Relations
- Hope Floats (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 28, 2005)
While the wrath of the tsunami was saddening, it did not dishearten. This comment, at the beginning of the president’s Republic Day speech, struck the note of restrained, sober optimism that was the dominant tone throughout.
- Managing An Iim (Indian Express, Samudra Gupta Kashyap, Jan 28, 2005)
Assam and Meghalaya have locked horns over which state should get the country’s seventh Indian Institute of Management (IIM) that the Centre wants to establish in the Northeast.
- Fight For Development (Deccan Herald, LUIZ INACIO LULA DA SILVA, Jan 28, 2005)
It is essential to reform the hierarchy of multilateral institutions and strengthen democracy at the centre of power
- Stories Of Us (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 28, 2005)
Indian cinema has despaired over missed chances at a crossover film for so long that disappointment over the fate of Shwaas is understandable. It was, after all, not just the production unit of the Marathi film that had invested great hopes for
- Myths About Spirituality (Indian Express, YOGI ASHWINIJI, Jan 27, 2005)
Spirituality, as the word suggests, is a dimension which dwells in the world of the spirit, the etheric world.
- Stained Padma (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 27, 2005)
A large number of foreigners have made India their home, empathised with its people and worked shoulder-to-shoulder with Indians because they fell in love with this land.
- An Island Mentality Towards The Andamans (Indian Express, HARSH MANDER, Jan 27, 2005)
Far away from Delhi, in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, the task of relief is a gigantic one, as each section of society needs sensitive handling
- Eu With Israel (Pioneer, Priyadarsi Dutta, Jan 27, 2005)
While a raging debate over Turkey's admission in the European Union is on, has somebody thought about the possible inclusion of Israel in the EU?
- Let Tech Reduce Cost Of Regulation (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jan 27, 2005)
The principles behind Sebi’s amendments to the Sebi (Disclosure and Investor Protection) Guidelines, 2000 can very well be extended to various other issues concerning corporates and investors.
- See The Open Sky And Reach For It (Business Line, D. Murali , Jan 26, 2005)
India and the US recently revisited a 50-year old restrictive agreement, and decided to adopt an `open skies' policy in aviation "to accommodate the growing travel and trade between the two countries,"
- The Other Pervez From Pakistan (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 26, 2005)
It's easy to forget that Karachi-born Pervez Hoodbhoy (54) is a nuclear physicist when he hops around the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research auditorium switching off bulbs to screen his documentary Crossing the Lines-Kashmir
- Tsunami Rave (Indian Express, RAJU NAYAK, Jan 26, 2005)
It seems the exodus from Kerala post Tsunami has favoured Goa’s tourism. As usual it was all happening in Goa during the New Year amidst the government claiming credit for the spurt in tourism after the spectacular International Film Festival hosted by th
- Dressing Up For Davos (Business Line, Mohan Murti, Jan 26, 2005)
Davos is the cold snow-bound Swiss town where the annual World Economic Forum, which is "Committed to improving the state of the world," brings together everybody who is anybody in global politics, global business and global do-gooderism.
- Money For A Greener World (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 26, 2005)
The developed country Parties...and other Parties...shall provide new and additional financial resources to meet the agreed full costs incurred by developing country Parties in
- Tsunami: Poverty, The Epicentre Of Priorities (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Jan 25, 2005)
THE Asian tsunami has with all its catastrophic consequences pushed poverty at the centre of global concerns in 2005, giving a thrust to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, including halving of the world's poor by 2015, and progress on th
- ‘Our Computer Is Our Head And Our Gandhi Cap ... (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jan 25, 2005)
In their trademark white shirts, pyjamas and Gandhi topis, the dabbawallahs of Mumbai are a unique service which has not only attracted the attention of Forbes magazine but also of environmentalists around the world
- Alliance Of Diverse Minds (Indian Express, SONYA PHILIP, Jan 25, 2005)
It’s India’s “silent condition”. Condition, not illness — what can be called being learning disabled. Teachers know it exists among 15 to 20 per cent of their students, parents know it affects their children’s sense of self-worth because
- Victory Via Mars (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Jan 24, 2005)
As the world’s two largest democracies prepare to vote again, incumbents in India might find it useful to watch George Bush. The president of the US, fighting what has been billed as a very crucial foreign policy election,
- United States And The World (Hindu, Hamid Ansari, Jan 24, 2005)
Continuity rather than change may well be the mark of the second Bush administration's foreign policy.
- Drug Law Causes Concern (Tribune, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Jan 24, 2005)
ON December 27, the Union government promulgated an ordinance introducing a new product patent regime for pharmaceuticals by amending the Indian Patent Act of 1970 for the third time.
- Free In Private (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 24, 2005)
Anonymity can be strangely liberating. And what it liberates can be just as strangely double-edged. Call centres in India are becoming aware of an unexpected form of racism in British society.
- Entrance Tests Must Make An Exit (Indian Express, S.C. BHARGAVA, Jan 24, 2005)
The recent leakage of the CAT and other entrance papers makes it clear that there is something seriously amiss with the whole system of entrance examinations.
- India Resists Tsunami Aid, Reveals New Identity (Boston Globe, Mannika Chopra, Jan 24, 2005)
Sitting in his dark one-room cottage, Ganesh was adamant in voicing support for India's refusal to accept tsunami relief directly from foreign governments.
- Struggling Dinosaur (The Economic Times, ARVIND KALA, Jan 23, 2005)
IF India's telecom networks can be opened to private companies, why should our postal system remain a virtual monopoly?
- Tsunami: The Robots Next Time? (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 23, 2005)
Two news items deserve special attention as the world tries painfully to come to grips with life after tsunami. According to the first, eight elephants that take tourists around at Thailand's Khao Lak beach began to cry loudl
- Congress Does A Shuffle (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 23, 2005)
Many have sworn there’s a new Sonia Gandhi of late. The lady of 10 Janpath has stepped out of the fortress more than once, in full media glare, to meet with potential allies.
- The Embedded Host (Deccan Herald, KAMALA BALACHANDRAN, Jan 22, 2005)
Of late, I have been so regularly lying to my parents that my conscience does not even take notice of it any more. But one day, in just a span of three hours, I had fibbed thrice, and that was too much, even by my standards.
- Gennext Is Gennow (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jan 22, 2005)
What do you say when a straight-sets defeat for an Indian in Grand Slam third round becomes the stuff of headlines? Or when merely a point scored in the first set lost 1-6 becomes a cause for national cheer?
- Innately Silly (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 22, 2005)
The president of Harvard University, Mr Lawrence Summers, is a bit of a silly man. He forgot who he was. His suggestion, that “innate differences” between the sexes prevent women from succeeding at the highest levels in mathematics
- Pharma Sector — No Side-Effects Of Patent Regime (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Jan 21, 2005)
India's pharma industry is one of the most cost-effective manufacturers of generic drugs, and the overall outlook is encouraging.
- Out Of Jurisdiction, Again (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 21, 2005)
In yet another act completely out of jurisdiction, the Election Commission has undertaken to examine whether the release and use of the Justice U.C. Banerjee interim report on Godhra amount to a violation of the model code of conduct.
- Congress Does A Shuffle (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 21, 2005)
Many have sworn there’s a new Sonia Gandhi of late. The lady of 10 Janpath has stepped out of the fortress more than once, in full media glare, to meet with potential allies.
- Dr Joshi And His Strange Loves (Indian Express, Shubh Saumya, Jan 21, 2005)
Human Resource Development Minister Murli Manohar Joshi speaks these days like a class warrior. His campaign to belittle and bully IITs and IIMs would make a Marxist proud.
- Intellectual Tsunami (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jan 21, 2005)
It has been variously described as male chauvinism, a firestorm, a maelstrom and even an intellectual tsunami. The rather overblown ballyhoo, now raging over the Western media, has been kicked off by the
- Living With The Chandras (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Jan 21, 2005)
It's happened yet again. A window suddenly opens to a seemingly normal household and what we witness causes us to shudder in horror. So immured have we become to the routine attacks on daughters-in-law/wives
- No Escape From Party Poopers (Telegraph, Ashis Chakrabarti, Jan 20, 2005)
Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee’s toughest task lies in convincing middle-level CPI(M) leaders about the importance of capital
- Watching The East Wind (Pioneer, Claude Arpi, Jan 20, 2005)
On April 8, 1976, another Chinese leader, Zhou Enlai, passed away. The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution had just ended. Modern China had gone through its 10 most tormented years.
- An Ocean Of Ignorance (Indian Express, S.Z. QASIM, Jan 20, 2005)
Few people living away from the sea would realise the crucial role it plays in our weather system. For instance, the monsoon — on which the livelihood of millions depends — is based on the energy released by the sea
- An Opportunity In Adversity (Business Line, S. Srinath, Jan 20, 2005)
The relief that came after the tsunami tragedy was as big as the wave that hit the coastal areas of the South. The noble gesture was tarnished by some complaints that the aid packages have not reached certain pockets.
- Caution On Oilseed Imports (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 20, 2005)
The Minister for Agriculture and Food, Mr Sharad Pawar's explosive statement in Mumbai at the World Congress of International Association of Seed Crushers that there
- Cruel Witness (Telegraph, BRIJESH D. JAYAL, Jan 20, 2005)
It is premature to write on calamities even as events are unfolding. But when one is cruel witness to a comic drama being enacted by the very ones
- Egs Demands Other Reforms (Indian Express, Arvind Virmani, Jan 20, 2005)
A basic objective of economic and social policy is to ensure that all able-bodied citizens are provided a job at the prevailing market wage for unskilled work.
- Managing National Security (Tribune, Air Commodore Jasjit Singh (retd), Jan 19, 2005)
IF the historical record of a National Security Council (NSC) in India is any indication, it seems we are not serious about how we intend to manage our national security which undoubtedly has become increasingly complex with the passage of time.
- Injustice Banerjee (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 19, 2005)
What is Justice UC Banerjee trying to suggest? Does he want us to believe that on February 27, 2002, kar sevaks inside Coaches S-6 and S-7 of Sabarmati Express developed a collective suicidal urge and immolated themselves?
- A New Resolve On Reforms (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Jan 19, 2005)
Speaking in Kolkata, the Prime Minister sent a bold message to the allies to be partners in progress in creating a caring economy.
- Knowing Global Power (Indian Express, K. Subrahmanyam, Jan 19, 2005)
When I read the report of the National Intelligence Council of CIA, ‘Mapping the global future’, which has assessed the rise of China and India as major global powers by year
- Tsunami Thaws Nuclear Chill (Toronto Star, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2005)
urgent help to India's coastal nuclear installations in the wake of last month's tsunami, setting aside a 30-year ban on atomic co-operation between the two countries, Prime Minister Paul Martin has revealed.
- Making Speed With Broadband (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 18, 2005)
For the telecom sector, price cuts, and substantial ones at that, have become a familiar routine that has seen domestic long distance and international telephone call charges dropping to just
- Doubts And Assurances On Globalisation (Hindu, N. Ravi, Jan 18, 2005)
For long, mainstream economists dismissed any downside to free trade as far less significant than the benefits flowing from it. What Paul Samuelson's paper has done is to suggest that the critics might have a point after all.
- Right To Information (Indian Express, Soli Sorabjee, Jan 18, 2005)
The Freedom of Information Act has not yet been enacted. Our Supreme Court, in its celebrated judgement delivered in 1980, spelled out this right from the fundamental right of speech and expression guaranteed by Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution.
- Crisis In Balochistan (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Jan 17, 2005)
All this talk about an Iran-Pakistan-India hydrocarbons pipeline has had an unintended effect of aggravating the Balochistan crisis inside Pakistan. Baloch nationalists have long been protesting against an insensitive Centre that is insensitive to their p
- Handshake Freezeframed (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Jan 17, 2005)
They’re squinting hard at the road from Islamabad and it looks foggy. This week, it was the ECONOMIST’s turn to congratulate Vajpayee and Musharraf for their warm handclasp.
- History Has Been Made, Now Overcome It (Indian Express, SHASHI THAROOR, Jan 17, 2005)
Handshakes are not often termed ‘‘historic’’, but the one between Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf last week readily earned the adjective.
- Tackle Poverty With Growth (Tribune, Montek singh Ahluwalia, Jan 17, 2005)
IT is absolutely true that poverty has not declined as much as was targeted. But this point should be read along with the knowledge that growth has not been what it was meant to be.
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