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Articles 14721 through 14820 of 16306:
- Towards The Near West (Indian Express, J. N. Dixit , Nov 17, 2003)
Central Asia is once again on India’s diplomatic map
- Cleaning Versus Cleanability (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Nov 17, 2003)
In several ways and at a comparatively small cost, it is possible to make cities cleanable, and even cleansed of crime. However, whether a city actually gets cleaned or not - the cleanabilty - depends on political will
- Trai Shows The Track Ahead (Business Line, V. S. Ailawadi, Nov 17, 2003)
UNIFIED Licensing is now a reality in the Indian telecom sector even if in a limited sense. While full convergence is becoming a reality in many countries, it may take some time for it to happen in India. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has set
- China's Labour Reforms (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 17, 2003)
THE demand for a comprehensive second look at the labour scenario in India has been gaining in intensity in recent years. Associations of chambers of commerce and industry, as also foreign investors, have been urging it as a way of speeding up reforms and
- Cleaning Versus Cleanability (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Nov 17, 2003)
In several ways and at a comparatively small cost, it is possible to make cities cleanable, and even cleansed of crime. However, whether a city actually gets cleaned or not -— the cleanabilty - depends on political will
- Trai Shows The Track Ahead (Business Line, V. S. Ailawadi, Nov 17, 2003)
UNIFIED Licensing is now a reality in the Indian telecom sector even if in a limited sense. While full convergence is becoming a reality in many countries, it may take some time for it to happen in India. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has set
- China's Labour Reforms (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 17, 2003)
THE demand for a comprehensive second look at the labour scenario in India has been gaining in intensity in recent years. Associations of chambers of commerce and industry, as also foreign investors, have been urging it as a way of speeding up reforms and
- Redrafted Cos Bill To Be More Liberal (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 17, 2003)
A NUMBER of measures proposing liberalisation would feature in the redrafted Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2003, which have been returned to the Department of Company Affairs, said Mr M.M.K Sardana, Secretary, DCA.
- Higher Education: Perilous Prospects (Hindu, K. N. Panikkar, Nov 17, 2003)
What is undesirable is the concept of self-financing as practised today, as it represents a clear shift towards commercialisation.
- Initiative With The Incumbent (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 16, 2003)
The BJP is Delhi is handicapped by the absence of any major election issue, says SUJAY MEHDUDIA.
- Blues In Brick & Mortar (Indian Express, P. Chidambaram, Nov 16, 2003)
I recall the old adage ‘Time is money’. In India, thanks to an archaic system of governance ‘‘more time is more money.’’ This explains why there are unconscionable delays in implementation - be it policies, programmes or projects. By one account that I re
- Blackwill Successor Brings Economics To The High Table (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Nov 15, 2003)
Resume: CSFB, Latin American reforms
- Define `Good Life' Before Economics Helps You Get There (Business Line, D. Murali , Nov 15, 2003)
NEWSPAPER and magazines can make a story of almost anything — be it a gaffe or a disaster, an event or a non-event. Thus, when a former correspondent of The Economist sits down to study `a boring, uninteresting, unclear and dismal science' that is too ful
- India As A Global Brand (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Nov 15, 2003)
THE "India as a global brand" concept has been hogging the headlines in recent days. In fact, the idea has been strenuously promoted by important industrialists who are in the forefront of Indian business today.
- Why Most E-Government Projects Fail (Business Line, Ashok Vardhan Shetty , Nov 15, 2003)
The simplistic assumption that e-governance is all about technology, and not reform, is one of the main reasons why many an e-government project fails. Only countries strong in governance and committed to reform can hope to succeed in their e-government e
- India As A Global Brand (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Nov 15, 2003)
THE "India as a global brand" concept has been hogging the headlines in recent days. In fact, the idea has been strenuously promoted by important industrialists who are in the forefront of Indian business today.
- Why Most E-Government Projects Fail (Business Line, Ashok Vardhan Shetty , Nov 15, 2003)
The simplistic assumption that e-governance is all about technology, and not reform, is one of the main reasons why many an e-government project fails. Only countries strong in governance and committed to reform can hope to succeed in their e-government e
- It Spend To Rise 4 Pc In Us Next Year: Forrester (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 15, 2003)
Indian vendors could go in for branding as it is a big thing in the US.'
- Sri Lanka's Executive Presidency (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Nov 15, 2003)
The President is a fixed executive, not removable while in office, except for specific reasons outlined in the Constitution, and not dependent on any majority in Parliament.
- Energising Ties (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 15, 2003)
Indo-Russian cooperation on nuclear energy is a step toward the future
- Meeting Of Minds (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 15, 2003)
There is greater potential for co-operation and joint action between India and Russia
- Define `Good Life' Before Economics Helps You Get There (Business Line, D. Murali , Nov 15, 2003)
NEWSPAPER and magazines can make a story of almost anything — be it a gaffe or a disaster, an event or a non-event. Thus, when a former correspondent of The Economist sits down to study `a boring, uninteresting, unclear and dismal science' that is too ful
- Reforming India Into A Powerhouse (Indian Express, N K Singh, Nov 15, 2003)
Economic reforms and growth feed on each other. Concluding a two-part series
- World Kayoes American Sports Myth (Indian Express, Mike Penner, Nov 15, 2003)
The US baseball team fails to qualify for the Olympics. Its athletes win medals, lose dope tests. Is Uncle Sam a has-been?
- Advani Pitches Hard For E-Governance (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 14, 2003)
THE Deputy Prime Minister, Mr L.K. Advani, regretted that the country lagged behind in its overall electronic governance performance.
- Four-Fold Path To Nirvana (Indian Express, N K Singh, Nov 14, 2003)
A happy mix of economic and demographic factors means India is in the fast lane. First in a two-part series
- Coal Equity Most Cost-Effective, Says Plan Panel (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 14, 2003)
THE Planning Commission has told the Union Government that it should look for equity in coalmines abroad, in addition to its ongoing oil equity forays. Although India is buying equity in oil and gas fields abroad, estimates show coal may be the most cost-
- Bt Cotton Fiasco - Pushing Farmers Into A `Booby' Trap (Business Line, Devinder Sharma , Nov 14, 2003)
THE failure of Bt cotton, and that too in its very first year of planting is well-documented. So much so that even a Parliamentary Committee has put its stamp over the scientific blunder. According to an official report of the Andhra Pradesh Government on
- `A Segment Shift Is Happening In Car Market' (Business Line, N. Ramakrishnan , Nov 14, 2003)
You have a segment shift because people buy as much as they can afford. For the money that they could previously afford a small car, they can now buy an Ikon. Around the world as auto markets mature, you see this segment shift from one-litre cars to 1.3-
- A Segment Shift Is Happening In Car Market' (Business Line, N. Ramakrishnan , Nov 14, 2003)
You have a segment shift because people buy as much as they can afford. For the money that they could previously afford a small car, they can now buy an Ikon. Around the world as auto markets mature, you see this segment shift from one-litre cars to 1.3-
- Charity In The Name Of Science (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Nov 14, 2003)
Development of S&T in the Third World is not linked to charity efforts which actually strengthen the IPRs of MNCs
- Bt Cotton Fiasco - Pushing Farmers Into A `Booby' Trap (Business Line, Devinder Sharma , Nov 14, 2003)
THE failure of Bt cotton, and that too in its very first year of planting is well-documented. So much so that even a Parliamentary Committee has put its stamp over the scientific blunder.
- Charity In The Name Of Science (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Nov 14, 2003)
Development of S&T in the Third World is not linked to charity efforts which actually strengthen the IPRs of MNCs
- Sharon And The House Of Saud (Indian Express, Thomas L. Friedman, Nov 14, 2003)
Israel and Saudi Arabia have to do a deal to neutralise in-house conflict mongers
- As Screws Tighten, Police Chief Tells Cm: Let Me Go (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 14, 2003)
Amidst a swirl of rumours that he proceeded on leave after being blamed for ‘‘acts of commission and ommission’’ in the Telgi scam, beleaguered Mumbai Police Commissioner R S Sharma today asked the chief minister to relieve him of his charge.
- Natco To Challenge Grant Of Exclusive Rights To Novartis Cancer Drug (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 13, 2003)
NATCO Pharma Ltd has decided to challenge the decision of the Controller-General of Patents and Trademarks of India granting exclusive marketing rights to Novartis India for its anti-cancer drug in the country.
- Bihar Needs A Bihari Pill (Indian Express, Manoje Nath, Nov 13, 2003)
Look at points of light in heart of darkness
- When Babus Decide Cases (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Nov 13, 2003)
While the government is forging ahead with its October 31 decision to introduce a unified licence in the telecom sector, the Supreme Court has admitted a petition that indirectly seeks to roll back the whole initiative. For all their reservations about it
- M.P. Mulls Organic Tag For Nigerseed To Boost Exports (Business Line, M.R. Subramani, Nov 13, 2003)
Nigerseed is grown in about five lakh hectares in M.P. with production around 2.5 lakh tonnes. At least 75 per cent of this is exported to European countries.
- Keanu Reeves, Dictionary Writer (Indian Express, John Woestendiek, Nov 13, 2003)
‘Matrix’ is part of our vocabulary. Even if no one knows what the word means
- Unified Licence: Caught In Cross-Connections (Business Line, Krishnan Thiagarajan, Nov 13, 2003)
While TRAI's recent recommendations on the unified licence regime for basic and cellular services pave the way for consolidation in the sector, its haste in pushing through the new regime leaves unresolved several issues, such as guidelines on intra-circl
- Unified Licence: Caught In Cross-Connections (Business Line, Krishnan Thiagarajan, Nov 13, 2003)
While TRAI's recent recommendations on the unified licence regime for basic and cellular services pave the way for consolidation in the sector, its haste in pushing through the new regime leaves unresolved several issues, such as guidelines on intra-circl
- They Are Private And Different (Business Line, Lakshmi Balaraman, Nov 13, 2003)
Private companies should not be put through the rigours of public companies
- They Are Private And Different (Business Line, Lakshmi Balaraman, Nov 13, 2003)
Private companies should not be put through the rigours of public companies
- Taking Reforms To The Grassroots (The Financial Express, S. S. Tarapore, Nov 12, 2003)
Committees, working groups need to adopt a collaborative rather than a confrontationist approach
- Global It Bounces Back (Asia Times, Indrajit Basu, Nov 12, 2003)
While a long, rough two-year ride for the global information technology industry appears to be just about over, the implications for the United States are ominous. Commercial activity is picking up strongly in the US, and job data is starting to come arou
- First Brahmos Launch From A Mobile Complex (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2003)
BrahMos, the supersonic cruise missile jointly developed by India and Russia, was launched for the fifth time from the Interim-Test-Range at Chandipur-on-Sea, 13 km from Balasore, Orissa. The flight was successful and met all the mission objectives.
- Celestial Sindbad (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2003)
The electromagnetic postcards sent back by the Voyager 1 spacecraft from the edge of our solar system bear both good news and bad.
- 'We Can Supply Power To India Via China’ (The Financial Express, Shebonti Ray Dadwal, Nov 10, 2003)
India and Kyrgyztan have stressed the importance of enhancing trade and investment ties so as to raise current bilateral trade levels.
- Shining Light (Hindustan Times, V Kaushik, Nov 10, 2003)
C.V. Raman was the exception and won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1930 for the work he carried out mostly in Calcutta, for what is famously known as the Raman Effect.
- Climate Change: Think Out Of The Box (The Financial Express, Robert O. Blake, Nov 10, 2003)
For too long, the debate on climate change has been deadlocked. It’s time to move beyond that.
- 'Guns No Solution, Flexibility Is Key' (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 09, 2003)
Neither you nor any of your present crop of Hurriyat leaders were part of the 1989 movement. Now, how can you claim to legitimately represent the Kashmiri struggle in talks with the Centre
- Express Your Voice (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 09, 2003)
With regard to P Chidambaram’s Our other northern neighbour, I have some questions to ask. You observe that ‘‘The Maoists are reported to be receiving help from China.’’ Can you give any reliable information indicating that China is helping the Nepal Maoi
- Live And Inclusive (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2003)
Don’t blame Harry Potter alone for this headache. Plug into the latest cricket match
- Opening Access To Science (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2003)
Since the first scientific journal appeared in French in 1665, the publication of scientific journals has become an industry in its own right. Scientists scramble not just to be the first to publish a discovery, but also to have their work ...
- Shrug Off The Cold War, This Is A New World (Indian Express, Atal Behari Vajpayee, Nov 07, 2003)
Pragmatism on the China front, infotech companies as a force multiplier. On security, think out of the box
- The Trinity Issues (Hindu, M. R. Srinivasan, Nov 07, 2003)
Relations between India and the U.S. need to be based on a sympathetic understanding of each other's concerns and not against the backdrop of international rules of conduct which are breached whenever necessary.
- Marrakesh To Cancun... Darwinism In Trade Talks (Business Line, Devendra Mishra, Nov 07, 2003)
THE transformation of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) into a new avatar in 1995 — the World Trade Organisation — marked a paradigm shift. GATT was primarily about negotiating market access for traded goods. But the WTO's extension into n
- Iran's Sensible Decision (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2003)
IRAN HAS AVERTED a conflict with the United Nations Security Council by meeting a deadline set by the International Atomic Energy Agency. The IAEA had called upon Iran to suspend efforts to enrich uranium, permit intrusive and short-notice ...
- Andhra Pradesh In Election Mode (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2003)
ALL SIGNALS FROM Andhra Pradesh say early Assembly polls. It is clear now that no sooner had Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu got over the shock of the claymore mine attack on him at Tirupati than he began to think elections. The leading factor ...
- Plastic To Petrol? Nagpur Formula Gets It Just Right (Indian Express, Amitav Ranjan, Nov 06, 2003)
IOC tests confirm couple’s claim; Rs 7.8-cr plant to be set up
- Tracking Fii Activity (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2003)
THE SECURITIES AND Exchange Board of India has made a good beginning in improving disclosures on investments by foreign institutional investors. Its latest study shows there is no reason to be concerned about the quality of the FII inflows, 85 per cent of
- Viruses Are Getting Under The Skin Of Regulators (Business Line, Paul Gosling, Nov 06, 2003)
THE Securities and Exchange Commission in the US could be required to monitor listed companies' exposure to software contamination as part of their regulatory function, under proposals reportedly being considered by the White House.
- Where India Scores Over China (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Nov 06, 2003)
THE World Economic Forum has once again published its annual report on Global Competitiveness, the fundamental objective of which is to "evaluate the economic competitiveness of a large sample of countries". In the latest report - for 2003 - 102 countries
- Multi-Task Managers (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 05, 2003)
A SERIOUS drawback of management education imparted by business schools throughout the world is the compartmentalised approach to the various disciplines such as economics, marketing, finance, trade, investment and the like. In fact, it is not unusual for
- Partnerships With Defence Firms — Hal Buffeted By Approval Process (Business Line, Gopal Ratnam, Nov 05, 2003)
WHEN the United States imposed economic and military sanctions following India's nuclear tests in May 1998, the state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL) was forced to return three US-made engines for its prototype Advanced Light Helicopter project.
- Thinking As Doing (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2003)
When a monkey in North Carolina remotely operated a robotic arm 600 miles away in MIT’s lab, it extended the scope of communication like never seen before. Having implanted tiny electrodes in the primate’s brain and recorded the activity, the scientists w
- Key To The Kiss Of The Spiderwoman (Indian Express, Donald G. Mcneil, Nov 05, 2003)
Whether it’s spiders or human beings, they both play the mating game alike
- Cancun Collapse And Food Sovereignty (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 04, 2003)
Third World food security is at stake.Unless the developed countries agree to reasonable negotiations, agriculture must be kept out WTO By T N Prakash Kammardi
- Cancun Collapse And Food Sovereignty (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 04, 2003)
Third World food security is at stake.Unless the developed countries agree to reasonable negotiations, agriculture must be kept out WTO By T N Prakash Kammardi
- Lessons From Track Two (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Nov 04, 2003)
As India embarks upon a new peace initiative with Pakistan, the experience of an Israeli professor who has led various experiments in Track Two or ‘Citizens Diplomacy’ worldwide might be instructive. Edy Kaufman, a professor at Hebrew University and in th
- A Storm In A Sunspot (Indian Express, Ajay Lele, Nov 04, 2003)
One thing is sure, space is no cake walk
- Technology Is A Culture (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Nov 04, 2003)
There are some people who act as if economic policies, and particularly technological change, which is spawning some of our great success stories is possible, as it were, in a vacuum of cultural beliefs. Technology is not just about biotech seeds, compute
- Unified, But Not Fully Untangled (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2003)
IT IS TOO early to say if the Union Cabinet's approval of the Unified Licensing Regime for basic and cellular services signals an end to the festering litigation over limited mobility in the telecom sector. The Cabinet decision goes along with the recomme
- Unified, But Not Fully Untangled (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2003)
IT IS TOO early to say if the Union Cabinet's approval of the Unified Licensing Regime for basic and cellular services signals an end to the festering litigation over limited mobility in the telecom sector. The Cabinet decision goes along with the recomme
- Dwelling In Malady (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Nov 03, 2003)
Symptoms of urban illness have been observed for quite sometime, but were largely ignored as mostly the poor were affected and that was easier to blame it on higher powers. Attempts have begun to remedy the urban malady. On a three-pronge strategy to mak
- Dwelling In Malady (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Nov 03, 2003)
Symptoms of urban illness have been observed for quite sometime, but were largely ignored as mostly the poor were affected and that was easier to blame it on higher powers. Attempts have begun to remedy the urban malady. On a three-pronge
- Dwelling In Malady (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Nov 03, 2003)
Symptoms of urban illness have been observed for quite sometime, but were largely ignored as mostly the poor were affected and that was easier to blame it on higher powers. Attempts have begun to remedy the urban malady. On a t hree-pronge strategy to ma
- Foreign Policy Needs Reforms, Says Pm, Think Out Of Old Box (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2003)
‘Iraq debaters in Cold War time warp... let’s be pragmatic and solve China border dispute’
- Fashioning A Comeback (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Nov 02, 2003)
Shahnawaz Hussain went into deep depression when he was first transferred from the high profile Civil Aviation Ministry to the less visible Ministry of Textiles. The general consensus in the media was that he had been demoted. Officials in his new ministr
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