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Articles 13221 through 13320 of 16306:
- Partners, Seriously (Indian Express, G Parthasarathy, Jan 17, 2005)
Eyebrows were raised when Colin Powell recently announced that the United States had offered its “good offices” to promote reconciliation between India and Pakistan.
- Net Savvy Nation (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 17, 2005)
The launch of quick and affordable internet services across the country is a welcome, but slightly delayed, move. With public sector telecom majors, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd
- Stop Blaming Them (Telegraph, A.K. Sen Sarma, Jan 17, 2005)
Post-tsunami, the media have proclaimed knowledgeably that scientists have failed the people (presumably, the communication goof-up during the 1999 super- cyclone was also their failure).
- Regional Stock Exchange Prospects (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 17, 2005)
A new share trading platform called the BSEIndonext, inaugurated recently, might at best provide a lifeline to regional stock exchanges.
- Poetry And Business (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jan 17, 2005)
We have seen a lot of incongruous stuff associated with business: Equity, environment, social responsibility and even ethics! But poetry? We had, of course, long ago a banker
- Beyond Tsunami: An Agenda For Action (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 17, 2005)
Relief is in full swing in all the tsunami-hit areas of India. Medium- and long-term rehabilitation demands three things all along the coast. First, strengthening the ecological foundations of sustainable human security.
- What Kind Of A Central Banker Do We Need? (Business Line, V. Anantha Nageswaran, Jan 17, 2005)
Examining the issues involved in a central banker's attitude towards risk and experimentation and whether there is a case for more experimentation in a developing, than in a developed
- Indian Corporate Finance Deals (Business Line, Kai Taraporevala, Jan 17, 2005)
The Year 2004 belonged to the private equity investor. Even as valuations soared and the Indian stock market reached record highs, private equity investors recovered from the shock of seeing the Left wing
- Playing Tactical Games (Indian Express, Najam Sethi, Jan 17, 2005)
Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif are not amused. President General Pervez Musharraf has usurped a key element of their political agenda — peace with India — without as much as nodding ‘‘thank you’’.
- Estranged Bedfellows (Telegraph, Avijit Ghosh, Jan 16, 2005)
Congress plus or minus Laloo. Paswan alone. BJP plus JD(U). Or whatever else works. It’s the season of shifting electoral alignments in Bihar.
- An Officer And A Gentleman (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Jan 15, 2005)
Among the least readable books I include autobiographies of retired civil servants and army officers.
- Mind Without Fear (Deccan Herald, SUJATA RAJPAL, Jan 15, 2005)
I was to be in Indonesia on 26th December, but much to the chagrin of my kids, the trip had to be cancelled due to an official engagement.
- Let Farmers Provide The Nuts And Bolts For Industry (Indian Express, RASHID K KIDWAI, Jan 15, 2005)
With the recent focus of a number of organisations working on developing sustainable enterprises in the social sector, a large opportunity exists for corporate and social sector collaboration, which could generate very large
- Primitive Wisdom Saved Them (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 14, 2005)
When the tsunami wave struck coastal India and decimated it in a matter of minutes, apprehension was that the reclusive aborigines of the Andaman and Nicobar islands were perhaps the worst sufferers considering that their islands were far closer to the Su
- Removing An Irritant (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 14, 2005)
The Prime Minister’s announcement on Wednesday to scrap the controversial Press Note 18 (PN 18) and replace it with a more liberal set of conditions, is the right step to create an investment-friendly climate in the country.
- Tsunami's Children (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 14, 2005)
More than any natural disaster before it, the December 26 tsunami was especially cruel on children. Large numbers of children perished because they could not run away from the
- Impact Of Marketisation (Deccan Herald, Supriya Roy Chowdhury, Jan 14, 2005)
In recent years, the question of labour and of the labour movement has been re-defined in many ways. As globalisation proceeds, the working classes all over the world have felt the inegalitarian impact of marketisation. Labour in developed countries...
- An Act Of God? (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Jan 14, 2005)
The little schoolboy who innocently quizzed the President, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, about God may have, unknowingly, joined a worldwide debate around one of the most profound philosophical questions raised by the tsunami disaster
- `Vat Is Equitable With Least Distortion On Resources' (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Jan 14, 2005)
As the preparatory process for Union Budget 2005-06 has already begun with the Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, holding the customary confabulations with various players of the economy
- Memories Etched On Sand (Telegraph, Debabrata Mohanty, Jan 13, 2005)
Tsunami-struck Tamil Nadu has much to learn from Orissa, which has repeatedly faced the wrath of nature
- Karachi Opens Door To Us Forces (Asia Times, Syed Saleem Shahzad, Jan 13, 2005)
Having teamed up with the US to help eliminate Taliban rule in Afghanistan, Pakistan is once again proving its worth in the "war on terror", this time in Washington's quest against Iran.
- Painful Potions (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 13, 2005)
For an Industry just grappling with the dynamics of a new product patent regime, the Centre's recent excise duty notification could not have come at a worse time.
- Virtuous Cycle In Telecom Tariffs (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 13, 2005)
With the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) reducing one of the levies on calls made to and from mobile phones, phone rates should come down from February 2005.
- For Art’S Sake (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 13, 2005)
The Supreme Court must be the most overworked institution in the country. From emissions to examinations, it has to keep a stern eye on almost every aspect of Indian life.
- How Not To Respond To A Tsunami (Indian Express, T.V.R. Shenoy, Jan 13, 2005)
Following Christiano Junior’s death the Football Federation is insisting on ambulances at all grounds. This could make more of a difference than the Government of India’s promise to establish a tsunami warning system. If that sounds cynical there is some
- Anxieties Of Control (Telegraph, NIVEDITA MENON, Jan 13, 2005)
So once again the Great Indian Value System has triumphed over sex, mobile phones, the internet and any or all possible combinations of the three.
- Competitiveness Begins At Home (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Jan 13, 2005)
The global produce economy offers India a massive opportunity. India is not a notable producer of branded goods. Its global competitiveness in the context of the majority...
- Keep Msp Intact (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 13, 2005)
In his pre-Budget consultations on Tuesday, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram was advised to dispense with the minimum support price (MSP) for wheat and paddy.
- `We Have To Find Ways To Break Up Audit Firms' (Business Line, D. Murali , Jan 13, 2005)
IT IS the in-thing to think `out of the box'. But Vijay Govindarajan takes us into not one but three boxes. Which is how he began the hour-long chat with us a few days ago when we met VG, as he is called, in a Chennai IT company.
- The Age Of Apocalypse (AL-Ahram, Rajeshree Sisodia, Jan 12, 2005)
In Hindu mythology, Kali Yug is the apocalyptic age of darkness which sparks the annihilation of mankind. On 26 December, it seemed to many that Kali Yug had indeed descended on India -- the birthplace of Hinduism -- when an earthquake off the . . .
- Re-Engineering Capart (Hindu, Mihir Shah, Jan 12, 2005)
While "re-engineering" an institution, it must not lose its vital ethos somewhere along the way.
- Selective Morality? (Pioneer, Neha Mehta, Jan 12, 2005)
The pronouncement of guilt against the rapists of a student of Maulana Azad Medical College by a Delhi court is welcome. However, it would serve a larger purpose only if it is seen as a reminder of numerous other rape cases pending with the judiciary.
- The Agenda Is Anti-Amnesia (Indian Express, Neera Kuckreja Sohoni, Jan 12, 2005)
Sometimes you need to witness a lifetime’s journey to clear your vision. Shonali Bose provides that catalyst through her film Amu.
- Globalisation 3.0 (Indian Express, Ashok Malik, Jan 12, 2005)
Two weeks ago, amid the swirl of tsunami devastation, The Indian Express carried a piece pointing out apparent inconsistencies in BBC’s and CNN’s editorial positions (‘‘Can CNN, BBC get away with this corpse show in ‘sensitive’ Manhattan?’’ December 30...
- Access To Education: Yet To Make The Grade (Business Line, P. Srivatsan, Jan 12, 2005)
Education is the best investment. A country's economic and social progress is determined by the quality of its human resource. It is not higher education alone that is important but raising literacy levels among the
- Dalits Fight Tsunami Daily (Indian Express, Udit Raj, Jan 12, 2005)
This is in response to the expose in The Indian Express, ‘‘Tsunami can’t wash this away: hatred for Dalits’’ (IE January 7). Many justify their Hindu way of living while repeating various cliches like ‘‘Our living is simple and plain’’
- Empower The Victim (Indian Express, KUMAR M TIKU, Jan 12, 2005)
As the spotlight softens slowly on the tsunami zones, and good-natured charity gives way to the infinitesimally more challenging responsibility to stay the course, to ensure the victims reclaim a modicum of dignity that tsunami snatched from them without
- Mad Sacred Cows (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Jan 11, 2005)
“Today, economics is separated from, and opposed to both ecological processes and basic needs. While the destruction of nature has been justified on grounds of improving human welfare
- Knowledge Reform (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 11, 2005)
The creation of a new Knowledge Commission will evoke contrary sentiments. While there is no doubt that the entire structure of education needs radical reform, India is still not as well positioned as it ought to be to benefit from a knowledge economy.
- Resuscitating The Nsc (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Jan 10, 2005)
THE task before the Prime Minister in selecting the next National Security Adviser is first to determine whether he wants the National Security Council to function with the NSA as its Secretary or to continue with the existing system without the council e
- Showcasing Science (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 10, 2005)
The 92nd Science Congress which has just concluded in Ahmedabad, once again saw speakers reiterating their ideas and suggestions to improve the science scenario in the country.
- With A Little Warning (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Jan 10, 2005)
“We may have severely underestimated the level of the tsunami hazard along the margins of the Atlantic Ocean,” said an unnamed researcher at the Benfield Hazard Research Centre at University College London
- Sonia Gets Friendly (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 09, 2005)
When Manmohan Singh went to Chennai to seal a ‘‘new relationship of trust and confidence’’ between Sonia’s Congress and Karunanidhi’s DMK. Will Congress watchers and political commentators look back at this moment as a significant milestone in the career
- Needed A Cohesive Military Doctrine (Tribune, Vice Admiral K.K. Nayyar, Jan 08, 2005)
A country’s military doctrine is the outcome of a number of factors, which impinge on its national security. Some of these are fixed like its geography and other vary such as the interests of its neighbours or the rest of the world.
- Justice Served (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 08, 2005)
The time: 2.30 in the afternoon on November 15, 2002. The venue: An old monument almost rubbing shoulders with Delhi Police Headquarters, in a neighbourhood housing several media establishments
- A New Year Wish List (The Economic Times, Lubna Kably, Jan 08, 2005)
Happy New Year,” Zenobia Aunty wishes everyone on April 1. This is not an April Fool’s joke. This date heralds our new financial year.
- Looking For A National Security Adviser (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jan 08, 2005)
The Prime Minister should look for a compatible philosophical vision of foreign policy in his next National Security Adviser.
- Fostering Innovation (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 08, 2005)
"Economic change is largely a process by which knowledge is transformed into goods and services. Creating links between knowledge generation and enterprise development is thus one of the greatest challenges facing developing countries,"
- Public Debate On Privacy (Telegraph, Sanjay Banerjee, Jan 07, 2005)
The baazee.com incident, and the one involving Kareena Kapoor and her male companion, pose vital questions already forgotten by the media — the right of privacy, freedom of expression and the archaic Indian laws on public decency and morality.
- Sack The Cops! (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 07, 2005)
The Hyderabad-based Andhra Pradesh Forensic Sciences Laboratory's finding that Anara Gupta, a former Miss Jammu and a model, had not acted in the pornographic CD sent to it by Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) Police, is a sharp slap on the latter's face.
- The President's New Year Speech (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Jan 07, 2005)
The President's New Year speech to Parliament is the Government's manifesto for the incoming year — by which it must be judged.
- Tsunami: The Robots Next Time? (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Jan 07, 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 loudly
- An Angry Earth Wobbles (Asia Times, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 07, 2005)
Had it not been for the devastating Boxing Day tsunami that hit southern Asia, engulfing parts of India in its wake, 2004 might have passed off as a relatively uneventful year.
- Hail The New Textile Maharaja (Asia Times, Siddharth Srivastava, Jan 07, 2005)
Beginning this year, the world has moved from a four-decade paradigm that limited the developing countries' textile exports to advanced nations, unleashing trade worth ...
- A Square Circle (Deccan Herald, A S IYER, Jan 07, 2005)
I have wanted for many years to write this middle but could never get down to it. It is about an incident that took place years ago during my school days, and I kept telling myself,
- Jammu Police In The Dock (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 07, 2005)
Now that the Forensic Science Laboratory in Hyderabad has confirmed that the CD sent by the Jammu and Kashmir Police did not contain the pictures of the former Miss Jammu, the police establishment is in the dock.
- Save The Retailer (Tribune, Mohan Guruswamy, Jan 06, 2005)
The retail industry in India is often hailed as one of the sunrise sectors. AT Kearney, the well-known international management consultancy, recently identified India as the “second most attractive retail destination” from among 30 emerging markets.
- More Phones At Cheaper Rates (Tribune, Rajendra Prabhu, Jan 06, 2005)
The Communications and IT Ministry and the private industry are now convinced that the total telephone subscriptions can rise from the October 2004 level of 90 million to 250 million by 2007 with 60 million of it in the rural areas against 13 million now.
- Wrong, Lord Desai & Prof Sen (The Economic Times, T. K. Arun, Jan 06, 2005)
Lord Meghnad Desai thinks India is a collection of nationalities. These, he says, find political articulation through regional or caste-based parties that together detract from India’s potential for growth through exclusive focus on distribution.
- Taxing Justice? (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 06, 2005)
It is just as well that the National Tax Tribunal Bill 2004, introduced in the Lok Sabha the last session, has now been referred to the Standing Committee on Personnel
- 'Taxation Is The Bane Of Tourism' (The Economic Times, BHANU PANDE, Jan 06, 2005)
Param Kannampilly, the managing director of Concept Hospitality, which owns a chain of ecotels under the brand Orchid and Lotus Suites believes there’s a lot more the government should be doing to make 'Incredible India' a big success.
- ‘We Showed That An Indian Firm With Aspirations (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jan 06, 2005)
Grandson of legendary entrepreneur TVS Sundaram Iyengar, Venu Srinivasan famously spent eight hours a day of his school summer vacations working as a garage mechanic. Today, in a market once dominated by Bajaj Auto, TVS stands tall. Talking ...
- It’S All Relative (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 06, 2005)
In his remarkable novel Einstein’s Dreams, physicist Alan Lightman delves deep into the mind of a young Albert, struggling to catch vanishing wisps of inspiration in what he could not have possibly have known would be his annus mirabilis.
- Can Someone Answer My Questions? (Indian Express, M. G. Devasahayam , Jan 06, 2005)
Govt excuse is the disaster caught everyone by surprise. But that is what a disaster is all about
- Colonisation Of The English Language (Deccan Herald, Avijit Pathak, Jan 06, 2005)
Recently, I was in West Bengal, a state known for its elevated culture, its immense sensitivity to the literary heritage of Bengali, and its extraordinary achievements. But then, I also experienced a deep-rooted anxiety prevailing over the entire state.
- Dangerous Currents (Hindu, Maria Aurora Couto, Jan 06, 2005)
History and memory need to be recovered by both the Hindu and Catholic communities of Goa but not with crude productions that distort and telescope unrelated events to create divisive hatreds.
- Fdi In Retailing — Short-Changing The Kirana Store? (Business Line, Mohan Guruswamy, Jan 06, 2005)
The retail industry in India is often hailed as one of the sunrise sectors. AT Kearney recently identified India as the ``second most attractive retail destination'' from among 30 emergent markets.
- Us Slips In Luring The Best (Deccan Herald, SAM DILLON, Jan 05, 2005)
American universities, which for half a century have attracted the world’s best and brightest students with little effort, are suddenly facing intense competition as higher education undergoes rapid globalisation.
- Patent Ordinance And Reality Check (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Jan 05, 2005)
To meet its WTO commitment, India has brought in an ordinance to usher in the product patent regime. But of the effect on the ground things are not too clear, though the ordinance appears to create a milieu for the IT and pharma industries to grow and ...
- Neuromarketing (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jan 05, 2005)
Well, it had to happen some time: Only it has happened sooner than feared. In the beginning, there was only market research — a study of consumer behaviour through surveys of their purchases and expressed or implied preferences and choices.
- This Waiting Can Be Long (Indian Express, Harmala Gupta, Jan 05, 2005)
The advances made by medical science have not only increased life spans, it is now possible to ensure good symptom relief right till the end. Why then are we debating the right to end our lives prematurely?
- The Strain Is Showing (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 05, 2005)
The India growth story seems to have hit a writer's block. The growth rate is slipping. A rising crude import bill may explain much of the negative current account deficit.
- A Retribution For Warnings Ignored? (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Jan 05, 2005)
In less than 24 hours, the tsunami jolted awake the whole nation to the reality of its ill-preparedness to meet a major catastrophe and the inescapably global character of all technology.
- Fuel For Thought (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 05, 2005)
The road map for cleaner fuel — and, by implication, for cleaner air — will have to be redrawn with oil refiners declaring they are unable to meet the deadline for the supply of petrol and diesel that matches the required standards.
- Looking Back In Wonder (Telegraph, Deep K. Datta-Ray, Jan 05, 2005)
A tsunami-ravaged exotic Asia once again provides the backdrop to a Western adventure
- Medicines To Cost More (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 04, 2005)
From January 1, 2005, India has started recognising patents on medicines. This effectively means prices of new medicines and of those made in the last 10 years or so
- Nature Of Man (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 04, 2005)
As devastated areas struggle to face life after tsunami, stories of how animals, with the benefit of prior awareness, survived, and helped humans to do so, are surfacing along with those of miraculous escapes
- Tsunami: Asia Will Bounce Back (Asia Times, Emad Mekay, Jan 04, 2005)
The world is rallying to aid countries and lives damaged by the tsunamis that have killed more than 120,000 people in Asia and Africa, injuring three or four times as many
- A Knowledge Hub (Telegraph, Sukanta Chaudhuri, Jan 04, 2005)
At the golden jubilee celebrations of Jadavpur University, the chief minister, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, stressed the importance of academic research
- Autonomy Needed (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 04, 2005)
The dismal scenario prevailing in the sphere of higher education in the State is summed up by the disclosure made by Bangalore University Vice-Chancellor M S Thimmappa that more than 150 teaching posts, including those of 70 professors, are lying vacant a
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