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Articles 18121 through 18220 of 21907:
- Making Sense Of Basel Ii Norms (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Mar 21, 2005)
N 1988, the Bank for International Settlement (BIS)-based Basel Committee on Banking Supervision came out with regulations regarding the capital requirements of banks.
- A Thing Of Beauty (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 21, 2005)
Small is no longer considered beautiful. Innocent of the art of public relations, the humble species remain outside the pale of self-advertising. And in the globalized milieu, the puny ones, it has been suggested, have not even the right to exist.
- Atomic Clock Ticks Down For Iran (Hindu, Simon Tisdall, Mar 21, 2005)
The United States is trying to create an environment so it can hit Iran.
- Europe’S Worry — The Declining Population (Tribune, Stephen Castle , Mar 21, 2005)
A drastic slump in birth rates combined with an ageing population will undermine Europe’s prosperity within the next 20 years unless life is made easier for parents and immigration is encouraged, according to a European Commission report
- Freak Accident (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 21, 2005)
Efforts should be made to save trees and also human lives
- From Rebel To Robber (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 21, 2005)
The implosion of the Irish Republican Army has been so sudden and complete that it seems to defy explanation
- Of Another Connecting Chord! (Tribune, Balvinder, Mar 21, 2005)
To keep looking for greener pastures is a natural “humanimal” instinct. Maybe that is why the legal licence for foreigners to work and settle permanently in the US is called “Green-card”. The card holds such a special charm that almost everyone,
- Globalisation Can Have A Human Face (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 21, 2005)
There is no use blaming global players for the weakness of globalisation. We have to blame sovereign governments
- U.S. Misled Allies About Nuclear Export (Washington Post, Dafna Linzer, Mar 20, 2005)
In an effort to increase pressure on North Korea, the Bush administration told its Asian allies in briefings earlier this year that Pyongyang had exported nuclear material to Libya. That was a significant new charge, . . .
- Ngos Lend A Hand (Deccan Herald, K S Narayanan, Mar 20, 2005)
The landless and Dalit community in Nagapattinam is appreciative of the NGOs’ rehabilitation efforts.
- From Start To Fins (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 20, 2005)
Irrawady Dolphins, a rare species, is facing an extinction threat in a Ramsar Site! This needs an urgent attention. Over the last eleven months since April, 2004 a total of 13 dolphins have died in the lake with seven deaths reported during the
- Immoral Or Natural - Divided Verdict (Deccan Herald, MANJULA SHELKE, Mar 20, 2005)
Homosexual marriages will destroy the traditional family. Emotional bonding, sexual purity and the sanctity of marriage will suffer
- A Quaint Hill Station: Matheran (Deccan Herald, R VISWANATH, Mar 20, 2005)
For those denizens of Mumbai who are tired of pollution, traffic snarls, local trains, and clutter of the town, a visit to the nearest hill station like Matheran can prove to be an ideal restorative
- Pakistan Test-Fires Shaheen Ii Missile (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 20, 2005)
Gen Musharraf, complimenting his scientists, said Pakistan’s nuclear capability was developed for its own security.
- Hinduism & Conversion (Pioneer, Shridhar Pant, Mar 19, 2005)
Ram Gopal's argument in the letter, "Regain lost glory" (March 7), that regards Hinduism as the oldest proselytising religion, is distressing. He asserts,
- Progress: Importance Of The Big Picture (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Mar 19, 2005)
The "big picture" must be given precedence in matters of economic development, the justification being the premise that no development, especially in a poor country, can be painless.
- Kanishka Tragedy Hasn't Ended (Pioneer, K P S Gill, Mar 19, 2005)
The shock and disappointment of the Canadian Supreme Court's judgement in the Kanishka bombing case, and the acquittal of the two accused on all charges, will take time to sink in.
- Don't Hand Religion To The Right (Hindu, William Whyte, Mar 19, 2005)
In the United Kingdom, the secular Left must stop sniping and realise it has Christian allies.
- Welcome Release (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 19, 2005)
NO President, certainly not Gen Pervez Musharraf, releases hundreds of prisoners of a neighbouring country on the spur of the moment or on the prodding of a visiting Chief Minister.
- Canada's Shame (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Mar 19, 2005)
Justice has been raped in Canada. These are strong words. No other description, however, would be appropriate for the shocking acquittal of the two accused in the Kanishka bombing case by a judge of the Supreme Court of British Columbia.
- ‘Red-Light’ Street Named After Gandhi (Tribune, Basildon Peta, Mar 19, 2005)
The fashion in South Africa is to rename streets, cities and towns after famous historical figures, but Durban city authorities may regret their decision to honour the memory of Mahatma Gandhi.
- A New Beginning In Manipur (Tribune, Gaurav Choudhury, Mar 19, 2005)
Manipur Governor Shivinder Singh Sidhu feels that giving out dollops of money alone will not solve the problems of insurgency afflicting the north-eastern region. A career bureaucrat and an economist
- Around The World On A T-Shirt Trail (Business Line, D. Murali , Mar 19, 2005)
Year 1999. Georgetown University, US. A young woman seizes the microphone and asks the crowd of WTO-protesters: "Who made your T-shirt?"
- European Anxieties (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 18, 2005)
Europe's ambitious stability and Growth Pact, conceived as the bedrock of the European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) and personified in the single Euro currency
- Gorby’S Glasnost (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 18, 2005)
Asked for his views on the French revolution, some 50 years back, Mao Tse-Tung retorted that it was too early to comment. Distance being critical to judge events and history
- Justice In Canada (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 18, 2005)
Twenty years of investigation and 19 months of trial have come to a naught with a Canadian judge acquitting Indian-born Ripudaman Singh Malik and Ajaib Singh Bagri in the Kanishka bombing trial on Wednesday.
- No Such Thing As Free Lunch (Business Line, S. Srinath, Mar 18, 2005)
All items covered by FBT will be affected either by VAT or service tax, which cannot be treated as input tax.
- Sartre And French Culture (Hindu, Hywel Williams, Mar 18, 2005)
Sartre barely makes the top 100 national figures in a poll, but he was the last great French intellectual.
- Separation Of Powers (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Mar 18, 2005)
While the judiciary must step in when necessary, how it does so requires craft and statesmanship. Jharkhand should not become a precedent.
- The Softest Pillow Is A Clear Conscience (Business Line, D. Murali , Mar 18, 2005)
Conscience. I knew I'd have to come to terms with it one day or the other, and so was consciously keeping it outside this column.
- Another Time, Another Man (Tribune, Sudarshan Agarwal, Mar 18, 2005)
I have had the privilege to serve as Secretary-General, Rajya Sabha, when Justice M. Hidayatullah was the Vice-President and Chairman of the Rajya Sabha. I fondly recall a few incidents
- Space Security Under Threat (Deccan Herald, U R RAO, Mar 17, 2005)
Since the dawn of creation, earth's environment has been bombarded by meteoroids or “shooting stars”, ranging in size from 0.001 mm to several millimetres and travelling at speeds of over 20 km/sec.
- Home, New Home (Telegraph, Bishnupada Sethi, Mar 17, 2005)
With some more hard work, the Upper Krishna Project’s success with resettlement could be replicated in other states
- Fair Exchange (Tribune, Raj Chatterjee, Mar 17, 2005)
He was a small, compact man, with thinning hair, a round face, a short nose and a well-trimmed, grey moustache.
- The Politics Of Development (Business Line, A. Vasudevan, Mar 17, 2005)
Development strategies and budgets reflect the political economy of the times. Political factors always influence and shape economic development strategies and the processes that follow from their adoption in any country.
- Serving Whose Cause? (Telegraph, Sarmila Bose, Mar 17, 2005)
The reputation and career of the former Dutch prime minister, Ruud Lubbers, lies in ruins, but his forced resignation as United Nations high commissioner for refugees amidst allegations of sexual harassment has in no way advanced the cause of women.
- Kanishka Bombing: Both Sikhs Acquitted (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2005)
After a two-year trial, a Canadian judge on Wednesday acquitted two Indian-born Sikhs of murder and other charges in the killing of 331 people in the bombing of an Air India plane Kanishka over the Atlantic and another explosion at Tokyo’s airport 20 year
- A Quiet Weekend Steeped In History (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2005)
A small village 100 km from Bangalore is Lepakshi in Anantapur district, famed for its temples and the monolithic Nandi statue.
- Toying With Culture And Tradition (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2005)
Indira Swaminathan has been teaching young children using traditional Indian toys she herself makes.
- In Asia, Rice Says North Korea More Isolated From Neighbors (Washington Post, Glenn Kessler, Mar 16, 2005)
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice asserted Tuesday that North Korea's "isolation from its neighbors has deepened" as it has bolstered its nuclear stockpile in the past year,
- Through The Smokescreen (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 16, 2005)
The objective of this Convention and its protocols is to protect present and future generations from the devastating health, social, environmental and economic consequences...
- Papers Out Of A Bag (Telegraph, Bibek Debroy, Mar 16, 2005)
The budget speech was a great success. The finance bill was an utter disaster.
- Judiciary Vs Parliament (Tribune, K N Bhat, Mar 16, 2005)
Mr Somnath Chatterjee, the seasoned lawyer opted for a sagacious course of a Presidential reference because he, as Speaker of the ultimate legislature — the Lok Sabha....
- Indian Media Blog Shuts Down After Legal Threats From Times Of India (Online Journalism Review, Mark Glaser, Mar 15, 2005)
Mediaah Weblog is shuttered after the Times of India threatens libel lawsuits, causing an uproar and petition in the Indian blogosphere. Can media criticism gain a foothold in the subcontinent?
- Protecting Consumers (Hindu, N.L. Rajah, Mar 15, 2005)
Changes are needed in the Consumer Protection Act and in its implementation to deal with the challenges of globalisation.
- Twin Treat For Architecture Lovers (Deccan Herald, V S SRINIVASA PRASANNA , Mar 15, 2005)
V S SRINIVASA PRASANNA explores the beautiful Hoysala architecture of the twin temples and discovers that the antiquities of these temples are yet to be unraveled.
- Yakshagana: Riding The Crest Of A New Wave (Deccan Herald, Shankaranarayana, Mar 15, 2005)
SHANKARANARAYANA analyses the new face of yakshagana and appreciates the fact that this particular form of folk art has kept itself alive by constantly reinventing itself, by roping in new ambassadors, formulating a new wave of yakshagana or conducting wo
- Not Good Enough (Telegraph, ABHIRUP SARKAR, Mar 15, 2005)
Whether we like it or not, two or three centuries co-exist side by side in our blessed land. Modern, futuristic skyscrapers have ugly shanties in their neighbourhood...
- Branding Health Tourism (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 15, 2005)
What the Union Tourism Minister, Renuka Chowdhury, outlined for promoting health tourism, and her advocacy of positioning India as a medical hub, have been on the drawing ...
- All Shook Up (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 15, 2005)
Limelight is not the best thing for everybody. The governors of two states, Goa and then Jharkhand, threw themselves into the limelight recently. The focus was not kind to them and their kind.
- Icici’S First Weather Insurance Policy (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 15, 2005)
ICICI Lombard General Insurance, has structured India’s first–ever weather insurance deal in the non-agro sector providing a unique insurance cover to a salt producing company.
- Gandhi Is Universal (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 15, 2005)
The 75th anniversary of the Dandi March has invited controversy with the Congress party politicising the commemoration of this national event.
- On Fringe Taxes And All That — Rollback Is Not A Dirty Word (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Mar 14, 2005)
The excitement about the Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram's Budget is still stoking the market, which is on a roll. But as the corporates and individuals read the fine-print, the fascination may wear off.
- Need To Clarify Grey Areas In New Anti-Defection Law (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Mar 14, 2005)
The new anti-defection law enacted by Parliament last year through the ninety-first amendment of the Constitution was lauded across the political spectrum as it ...
- Dandi Minus Gandhi (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 14, 2005)
If the re-enactment of the Dandi march 75 years after the historic event is proving to be a damp squib, it is because the present leadership just does not have the sincerity, honesty and vision of the great Mahatma.
- A Taxing Budget (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 14, 2005)
The most notable feature of the Himachal Pradesh Budget, presented on Friday, is a fairly heavy dose of taxation, which naturally will hit the ordinary citizen.
- Wto Completes A Decade (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Mar 14, 2005)
There is little doubt that, if one excludes the United Nations, the World Trade Organisation is perhaps the most important international body with a multilateral membership that has been set up after the Second World War.
- Playing Cowboys In Basra (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Mar 14, 2005)
The British establishment still remains in denial regarding the brutalising effects of its actions in Iraq.
- Right To Question And Ban Don’T Go Together (Deccan Herald, Tavleen Singh, Mar 13, 2005)
The latest victim of our twisted version of secularism has been Vinod Pandey’s film Sins. Last week the Jammu & Kashmir government banned it for fear of hurting Christian sentiments.
- Violating The Constitution In Letter And Spirit (Deccan Herald, SANDEEP SHASTRI, Mar 13, 2005)
The office of the Governor has the uncanny ability to remain shrouded in controversy even when no controversy should really exist!
- Where Dolphins Dance (Deccan Herald, PRIYANKA HALDIPUR, Mar 13, 2005)
Waking up in the morning knowing that an azure beach awaits you about fifty steps away is a divine feeling altogether. Devbagh is where that thought becomes real.
- The Culture Of Common People (Deccan Herald, M S MURALI KRISHNA, Mar 13, 2005)
M S MURALI KRISHNA writes about Bharatiya Lok Kala Mandal- a folk and tribal arts centre in Udaipur, which is making commendable efforts to keep the culture of Rajasthan alive.
- Dandi, But Where’S The Salt? (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2005)
To propagate the ideals of Gandhiji in today’s world and to focus on the person who is considered to be singularly responsible for driving the Britishers out of the country
- May The Green Force Be With You (Deccan Herald, BITTU SAHGAL, Mar 13, 2005)
In recent days I have been involved with a number of conflict resolution exercises to try win support for wildlife conservation and environmental protection.
- No Gain Without Pain (Hindu, LARRY ELLIOT, Mar 12, 2005)
The key to development in sub-Saharan Africa is partnership with the West.
- Wages Of Compliance Is Inequity (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Mar 12, 2005)
ALL along, the salaried taxpayer had to be content with standard deduction, with no special treatment either by way of tax rate concessions or by way of rebates and relief.
- At Least There’S Gandhi (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 12, 2005)
The one quiet moment in Friday’s maelstrom of parliamentary acrimony was when the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha paid rich tributes to the father of the nation on the 75th anniversary of the Dandi March.
- Cash Is A Way Of Life (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Mar 12, 2005)
It used to be a joke in the Calcutta high court that it was a good job that Pesi Ginwala, the octogenarian barrister-at-law (Charterhouse, Balliol and Inner Temple) who has now retired to Bombay
- Cry For Mumbai, Our Little India (Indian Express, Amrita Shah, Mar 12, 2005)
Mumbai is in the news. Not like Jharkhand and Bihar and the Indo-Pak series are in the news, but in a more fundamental, a more reflective sort of way.
- Economy On The Upswing (Tribune, D.N. Patodia, Mar 12, 2005)
Indian economy, for the second consecutive year, has performed well. GDP growth for the year 2004-05 has now been projected at 6.9 per cent after a record growth of 8.5 per cent in the previous year.
- Jharkhand, And Chhattisgarh Ka Ankra (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 11, 2005)
Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand have lots in common, and the recent political crisis in Ranchi has bound them even closer. The two states are geographically contiguous, were born at the same time
- The Significance Of Mr. Chavez (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 11, 2005)
The visit to India last week of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez marked an important milestone in not just New Delhi's relations with Caracas but also in the ongoing Indian effort to
- Agenda For New Haryana Govt (Tribune, R. N. Malik, Mar 11, 2005)
THE new Chief Minister of Haryana, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, faces a daunting task. Most Chief Ministers have failed to adopt a visionary approach and an agenda of development.
- Infrastructure Development — Has The Budget Done Enough? (Business Line, Ramakanta Subudhi, Mar 11, 2005)
Attempts to attract private investment in infrastructure development by way of incentives are not enough. Insufficient outlays in successive Budgets have led to poor and inadequate facilities.
- Manmohan’S Brave New World (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Mar 10, 2005)
In a remarkably forward-looking speech recently, the PM argued that foreign policy exists to push pragmatic economic goals and to build a world of open-minded pluralistic nations
- Left’S Unkindly Cut (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, Mar 10, 2005)
THE Communist parties in India cannot be accused of inconsistency. They have a track record of advocating foreign and national security policies designed to make India a surrogate or protectorate of one or another external power.
- Resolving Disputes (Business Line, K. Gopalan, Mar 10, 2005)
The sequence of `thesis-antithesis-synthesis', somewhat cyclical, is what characterises the progress of history, according to Hegel.
- That March, 75 Years Ago (Indian Express, B.R. NANDA, Mar 10, 2005)
At midnight on December 31, 1929, as a new year dawned, the Indian National Congress unfurled the flag of independence on the banks of Ravi at Lahore.
- Wto Rules Cut In Us Cotton Subsidies (Tribune, Dan Morgan, Mar 10, 2005)
A Bush administration proposal that would cut billions of dollars in subsidies to big cotton growers has struck at a core GOP constituency, setting off a battle in
- Budget: No Change In Gear Or Direction (Business Line, Dharmalingam Venugopal, Mar 10, 2005)
The Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram's Budget was clear-cut, given the current state of the economy.
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