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Articles 14021 through 14120 of 16306:
- Us Presidential Sweepstakes 2004: India Can Relax Either Way (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Sep 21, 2004)
There is no gainsaying the fact that, with the advantage of his being both the head of state and the head of government, the US President can, if he so wished, make or mar relations with any country by exercising his leverage for or against it.
- A New Edge To Gilt Trading (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 20, 2004)
Gilts trading in the country is poised to make a big leap forward. A new anonymous screen-based order matching system for the debt market, on the lines of the hugely successful one that obtains on the National Stock Exchange for equities, is all set ...
- Partners In Progress (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 20, 2004)
Indo-US relations entered a new phase on Saturday when Washington lifted the curbs on the export of equipment for nuclear facilities in India.
- Paswan Breaks Off With Laloo (Tribune, V. KRISHNA ANANTH , Sep 20, 2004)
THE political alignment in Bihar seems to be poised for a change once again. After having hedged on it for a while, Ram Vilas Paswan has now made his intentions clear: he will not be with Laloo Prasad Yadav for the February, 2005, elections for the Bihar
- Callousness Unlimited (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 18, 2004)
If war, according to Clemenceau, is too important a matter to be left to the generals, what about the battle for the hearts and minds of a people?
- Engine Of Opportunity (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 18, 2004)
Should the Government allow Suzuki Motor to float a venture for its foray into manufacture of diesel engines and additional assembly facilities for car-making when it already has a profitable venture going in the form of Maruti Udyog with a substantial
- Universal Education The Key (Deccan Herald, U R RAO, Sep 18, 2004)
Technology has become the key to sustainable development, social transformation and economic power
- Tally Ho (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 17, 2004)
“The unspeakable in pursuit of the inedible’’ was Oscar Wilde’s memorable definition of fox-hunting.
- Burqa Is Out (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 17, 2004)
France recently passed a controversial law against the public display of religious symbols. For this reason alone the French would certainly not be amused to learn that the purdah, for long seen as a symbol of repression of women in Muslim societies ...
- `Big Success Comes From Sound Policies, Well Applied' (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Sep 17, 2004)
It is rare to find an economist without parochial postures and rarer still to get one steeped in Western education and part of the developed world yet critical of the unjust global economic system that perpetuates trade
- Linking Rivers (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Sep 17, 2004)
With admirable perseverance, the Founder-President of the Makkal Shakthi Eiyakkam (People's Power Movement), Dr M. S. Udayamurthy has convened an All-India Convention on "Re-engineering India by linking her rivers" at Chennai on September 19.
- Science Is Not Technology (Deccan Herald, PARSA VENKATESHWAR RAO JR, Sep 17, 2004)
If India is to make technology advancements, it has to focus on strengthening its science base too
- Benchmark For A Bank Auditor's Knowledge About Banks (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 16, 2004)
Reddy wielded his wand a few days ago to swoosh off thousands of crores worth of liquidity from the banking system.
- 100-Day Exercise And The Congress (Deccan Herald, G S Bhargava, Sep 16, 2004)
If Manmohan Singh is able to democratise the Congress, quality would matter more than longevity of tenure
- Haksar Is Relevant (Hindu, Harish Khare , Sep 16, 2004)
The intellectual concerns and commitments of P.N. Haksar remain relevant in these troubled and confusing times.
- Us Press Employs Few Non-Whites (Tribune, Gobind Thukral, Sep 16, 2004)
The world of journalism here is far whiter than the world it represents. America has 31 per cent people who are either black, Hispanics or from Asia.
- Shock Of Sox For Accountants But It Simply Loves It! (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 16, 2004)
Le Meridien Kovalam Beach Resort, Thiruvananthapuram, is where `Emerging Global Opportunities' are awaiting to latch on to CAs next week, according to a recent announcement on the ICAI's site.
- India, U.S. Close To Deal On High-Technology Transfers (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Sep 15, 2004)
In what could be a major diplomatic triumph for the Congress-led coalition, the Government is close to clinching a deal with the United States on the liberalisation of high-technology transfers to India.
- More Growth Doesn't Mean More Jobs (Business Line, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Sep 15, 2004)
The All India Congress Committee has resolved to increase the country's growth rate to 7-8 per cent. Economic growth is seen as the self-evident route to the creation of employment and alleviating poverty.
- Better Administration (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 15, 2004)
The programme will record all landed properties and increase revenue collection
- North Korea: In From The Cold (Hindu, Glyn Ford, Sep 15, 2004)
North Korea's regime survived the Cold War and has nuclear know-how. But it is in the West's interests to help it move towards a market economy.
- Train From Bangladesh (Telegraph, Sumit Mitra, Sep 15, 2004)
The high point of Census 2001 is the confirm- ation of the mass exodus from Bangladesh, and not the computation error
- Play With Semantics (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 15, 2004)
Among India's political parties, there is arguably none to match the quick reflexes of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Witness for instance the way the BJP, in 1998, shed its single status in favour of coalitional co-existence.
- India Sees Growth Opportunity Through Nanotech (Small Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 15, 2004)
Mention India and technology in the United States and Europe, and the response will likely include the words software services and outsourcing. But within India, nanotechnology is frequently taking a prominent role in presidential speeches.
- Banks Must Cross-Sell For Retail Asset Explosion (Business Line, J. Sethuraman, Sep 14, 2004)
Indian banking industry is chanting the retail moola(h) mantra for its tech initiatives, customer base expansion, retail asset explosion, profits, net interest margins, and so on.
- Budgets Sans Mysteries, Please (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Sep 14, 2004)
Budgets are complex documents full of mysteries and uncertainties. The Kelkar Task Force has articulated a simple and transparent tax system. It is now up to the Finance Minister to implement the recommendation, coalition dharma and all
- Push For Talks (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 14, 2004)
India should nudge the Nepal government and the Maoists to the negotiating table
- Always At Your Beck And Call (Telegraph, Gargi Gupta, Sep 14, 2004)
The mobile has occasioned not only a revolution in consumer culture, but also in social behaviour
- Investors, Frogs And Yellowstone Effect (Business Line, V. Anantha Nageswaran, Sep 13, 2004)
The current firmness in equity prices is akin to the warm glow of pleasure that a frog may feel when water begins to boil. Resistance to the fundamental deterioration through manipulation of technical indicators and through the provision of liquidity ...
- Sour Grapes Of A Deformed Culture (Telegraph, Abdel Rahman al-Rashed, Sep 13, 2004)
Not all Muslims are terrorists, but sadly, almost all terrorists are Muslims
- Trends In Patent And Trademark Law (Business Line, Rama Sarma, Sep 13, 2004)
THE intellectual property law confer legal exclusivity in the market place. The right to prevent copying of ideas or information is recognised and this has recently made intellectual property (IP) law somewhat esoteric and specialised.
- Revisiting Greeneland (Telegraph, GITHA HARIHARAN, Sep 12, 2004)
I was recently invited to see a film based on Graham Greene’s The End of the Affair. I agreed because I remembered being moved by the novel as a teenage reader.
- Diesel Engines On Vegetarian Diet (Business Line, B. S. Murthy, Sep 10, 2004)
Diesel engines, unlike their petrol counterparts, are omnivorous in fuel consumption habits and can easily run on vegetable oils without any major changes in the engine.
- A Cut Above The Rest (Tribune, Swapan Dasgupta, Sep 10, 2004)
One of the more intriguing features of the left mentality is the innate conviction of natural superiority.
- Against The Grain (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Sep 10, 2004)
While terms of trade are tilted against agriculture, any move to help farmers is seen as harmful to the economy
- Endangered Daughters (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 10, 2004)
Punjab is arguably the most prosperous state of India and yet it continues to bear the cross of having the most skewed male-female sex ratio. The state has only 897 women for every 1000 men.
- Farmers' Distress: Causes & Cures (Hindu, M. S. Swaminathan , Sep 10, 2004)
Education, social mobilisation and regulation are necessary to arrest the expansion of the agrarian crisis.
- Nehru’S Disservice To Science (Deccan Herald, PARSA VENKATESHWAR RAO JR, Sep 10, 2004)
The mediocrity of Indian scientists can be traced back to Nehru’s romantic notions about science
- Taxing Service Exports: Give Up Selective Approach (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Sep 10, 2004)
As there is no service tax on any earnings in foreign exchange for `taxable service', some exporters of services are puzzled about the new foreign trade policy's exemption from tax of services exported.
- India’S Circus In The Olympics Arena (Deccan Herald, ROOPA RAO, Sep 09, 2004)
India’s dismal Olympics performance even while its Asian neighbours excelled, speaks of a false approach
- A Tame Finish To A Game Of Same Names (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 09, 2004)
WITH one more click on www.icai.org this morning, I advanced the visitor counter to 1989245. That should be a matter of pride for those in the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, but I wonder if they are aware of possible encroachments into their
- Anguish Of A Faithful Muslim (Deccan Herald, NASSRINE AZIMI, Sep 09, 2004)
Where do Muslims turn when so many atrocities are committed under the banner of their faith?
- The Basel-Ii Blushes (Business Line, Katuri Nageswararao, Sep 09, 2004)
BANKS, being highly leveraged entities, need to guard against failures, which could cause significant distress to the economy. Basel-I norms were principally to ensure adequacy of capital of banks as a defined proportion of the risk weighted assets.
- New Foreign Trade Policy — In Step With The Times (Business Line, R. Parthasarathy , Sep 08, 2004)
In an era of globalisation, when competitiveness is the key to success in building resilience in the export industries, the trade strategy has to mesh fiscal policy with investment planning, especially focussed on export sectors.
- Will Nuclear Energy Gain Greater Acceptability? (Business Line, M. Somasekhar, Sep 08, 2004)
WILL the 21st century see an upswing in the fortunes of nuclear power? Will this clean source of electricity be able to put behind it the lingering threat of a holocaust, and power ahead?
- The New Foreign Trade Policy (Hindu, Muchkund Dubey , Sep 08, 2004)
The Government has still a long way to go towards fully integrating the trade policy with the development policy.
- The Republicans' True Colour (Hindu, Gary Younge, Sep 07, 2004)
In 2000, the Republicans paraded their diversity. But now the party is showing its true colour -- white.
- Agenda For Jobs (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 07, 2004)
Unemployment is a countrywide serious problem, but in Punjab it has been getting worse. From a 5.6 per cent unemployment rate during the decade beginning 1983, it has risen alarmingly to 7 per cent in the decade starting 1993.
- Real Diseases, Weird Cures (Deccan Herald, JAYALAKSHMI K, Sep 07, 2004)
Is exercise not better than cutting off your tummy if you are fat? Apparently not, in the consumerist world
- National Media Policy A Must (Tribune, N. Bhaskara Rao, Sep 06, 2004)
THE Minister for Information and Broadcasting announced recently in Parliament that Doordarshan was going ahead with its Direct-to-Home (DTH) service.
- Living With The Oil Crisis (Deccan Herald, A MADHAVAN, Sep 06, 2004)
Rising oil prices have once again highlighted India’s utter inability to cope with an oil crisis
- Ghastly Terror (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 06, 2004)
THE grisly pictures of naked children with blood oozing out from their tender bodies are going to haunt the victims and survivors of Russia’s hostage crisis and the conscience of the world for all times to come.
- Grandfather To The Rescue (Telegraph, S. Venkitaramanan , Sep 06, 2004)
Taxpayers may rest easy since the Kelkar task force reverses some of the Kelkar committee’s proposals on exemptions
- Congress, Trinamool Moving Closer? (Hindu, MALABIKA BHATTACHARYA, Sep 05, 2004)
A section of the Congress appears keen on forging links with the party's one-time election ally, Mamata Banerjee, according to reports reaching here.
- Show On Changing Concept Of Marriage (Tribune, Humra Quraishi, Sep 05, 2004)
INDIA Habitat Centre's Visual Arts Gallery has a week-long exhibition titled 'Marriage, marriage, marriage' It will remain open till September 8. The exhibition covers response entries received for the Sixth All-India Unnati competition on the theme
- Restore Peace In Manipur Through Talks: Hemochandra Singh (Hindu, Tripti Nath, Sep 05, 2004)
I. Hemochandra Singh, MLA from Singjamei Assembly constituency in Imphal city and coordinator of the Opposition Forum, was in Delhi recently to sensitise political parties and civil society on the North-East, particularly Manipur.
- Restore Peace In Manipur Through Talks: Hemochandra Singh (Tribune, Tripti Nath, Sep 05, 2004)
I. Hemochandra Singh, MLA from Singjamei Assembly constituency in Imphal city and coordinator of the Opposition Forum, was in Delhi recently to sensitise political parties and civil society on the North-East, particularly Manipur.
- Another Godhra Inquiry (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 04, 2004)
After the burning of a coach of Sabarmati Express at Godhra which had sparked communal violence across Gujarat in February, 2002, a statutory railway inquiry should have been ordered, which was never done.
- Entering The Environment (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA, Sep 04, 2004)
This article is about an interesting, important, but as yet little-analysed phenomenon in contemporary Indian politics — the entry into the environmental movement of the organized left.
- Should Death Penalty Die? (Tribune, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Sep 03, 2004)
Dhananjoy Chatterjee died on the gallows leaving behind one worthwhile bequest — an intense debate whether it was not time India too joined the majority of the countries of the world in abolishing capital punishment. Dhananjoy’s case opened the widest ...
- Spiritual Quotient (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Sep 02, 2004)
At a conclave organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) on human resource development, the Vice-Chairman of Volvo India and former CMD of ABB, Mr K. N. Shenoy, is reported
- Go Slow With The Reforms (Telegraph, S. Venkitaramanan , Sep 02, 2004)
The new Kelkar report makes economic sense but all stakeholders need to be consulted before it is implemented
- Trading Gets Boost (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 02, 2004)
IT is a please-all Foreign Trade Policy. Replacing the Exim Policy, it sets an ambitious agenda of doubling India’s share of global trade in five years — from 0.8 per cent to 1.5 per cent by 2009.
- Space Tech For Global Security (Deccan Herald, U R RAO, Sep 02, 2004)
There is need for greater cooperation among space powers to promote global security essential for world peace
- Science Of Choices To Tame Numbers And Noises (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 02, 2004)
What do you call "the firms and institutions that together make it possible for money to make the world go round"?
- Unwriting History (Telegraph, Sumit Mitra, Sep 01, 2004)
Arjun Singh may be looking for a vaccine to detoxify education, but the infection is already too widespread
- Pleasing Policy (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 01, 2004)
The commerce ministry was set up in the beginning of World War II to ration imports. German U-boats were sinking the British merchant fleet and shipping capacity was constrained.
- Present Continuous (Telegraph, NIVEDITA MENON, Sep 01, 2004)
A bold and challenging voice has emerged in the past few years: that of a section of the Dalit intelligentsia, most well-known among whom is Chandra Bhan Prasad.
- Rooting Out Jehadi Terrorism — A New Look For Us Intelligence? (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Sep 01, 2004)
The bipartisan National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, better known as the 9/11 Commission, recently submitted its report to the US President, Mr George W. Bush.
- Humane Face (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 30, 2004)
The CBI needs to be independent of govt interference and become people-friendly
- Unconvincing Dollar Rally (Business Line, V. Anantha Nageswaran, Aug 30, 2004)
Though the dollar rallied when spot crude oil prices pulled back by more than 10 per cent during the week ended August 27, it does not mean the currency has strengthened.
- Tech For Prompt Tax Collection (Deccan Herald, SUBRAMANIAM VINCENT, Aug 30, 2004)
The move to maintain online data of 56 cities and towns in the State will enable citizen participation in planning
- Neglect Of Alternative Medicine (Tribune, Jangveer Singh, Aug 30, 2004)
The only Government Ayurvedic College in Punjab is situated a stone’s throw from the residence of Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh in Patiala. The Chief Minister visits it to cast his vote.
- Planning For The Future (Hindu, Ashok Parthasarathi, Aug 30, 2004)
Public investment needs to be raised sharply on improving infrastructure in the rural areas in a labour-intensive manner.
- Strategic Options (Deccan Herald, B V SHENOY, Aug 30, 2004)
While getting gas through overland pipelines is cheaper, shipping LNG is a safer option
- Renewable Energy To Play Crucial Role In Meeting Energy Needs (Tribune, Manoj Kumar, Aug 29, 2004)
With rising oil import bill and growing demand for energy, India is finding it hard to meet its energy requirements. Consequently
- A Class With Visionary Team Leaders (Tribune, Kiran Bedi, Aug 29, 2004)
During my last visit to Delhi, I was invited to speak to a classroom full of practicing managers of public sector companies on the subject of visionary team leaders.
- When Kashmiris’ Faith Extends Explicitly To The Supernatural (Tribune, David Devadas, Aug 29, 2004)
A few weeks ago, a Kashmiri friend took me to a shop off the high profile Residency Road in Srinagar. It was a curio shop that sold artifacts as well as jewellery. A grey-haired gentleman in an old fashioned suit sat at the far end of the shop and my ...
- Which One Will He Shoot? (Telegraph, Ruchir Joshi, Aug 29, 2004)
There is something about arriving in New York City that is truly exhilarating. There is something about the compound smell of gasoline, pretzels ...
- Justice Anand Flays Trafficking Of Women, Children (Tribune, Humra Quraishi, Aug 29, 2004)
This week saw the release of the report of the "Action Research on Trafficking in Women and Children" by National Human Rights Commission Chairperson Justice A.S. Anand.
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