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Articles 19121 through 19220 of 21907:
- Nothing But The Ire Of The Mediocre (Indian Express, VIJAY NAMBISAN, Dec 23, 2004)
It is utterly ridiculous to ask for a moratorium on non-Kannada films, which shows a paranoia about outsiders
- Ukraine's Orange Christmas (The Economic Times, YULIYA TYMOSHENKO, Dec 23, 2004)
That Ukrainians will vote for their freedom this Christmas season is a coincidence of true perfection.
- Sex Tourism (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 23, 2004)
NATIONAL Human Rights Commission Chairperson Justice A.S. Anand’s concern about the spread of sex tourism from countries such as Thailand and Malaysia to India underscores the need for the government
- Some Light At The End Of The Tunnel (Telegraph, Anabel Loyd, Dec 23, 2004)
Despite being perceived as a failure, Orissa’s power sector reforms hold possibilities for the Centre and other states
- Opening Doors (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 23, 2004)
The phasing out of the quota regime under the Multi Fibre Agreement (MFA), scheduled to take place from January 1, 2005, is widely expected to herald a new beginning in the history of the Indian textile industry.
- Trouble Ahead For World Media (Deccan Herald, JOHANN P FRITZ, Dec 22, 2004)
A major problem for next year’s World Information Summit may be press censorship and repression
- The Poison In Food (Tribune, R. N. Malik, Dec 22, 2004)
I was shocked the other day when I saw a notice board at a water body reading “water is harmful for cattle drinking because of pesticide contamination” in the Terai area of Kashipur district.
- Habitually Subservient (Pioneer, KR Phanda, Dec 22, 2004)
The four articles on Ayodhya (Think Pad, December 4) presented four different facets of the Ayodhya problem but not one went into the root of the conflict.
- Bharati And His Copyright (Hindu, Mira T. Sundara Rajan, Dec 22, 2004)
Many problems affecting Subramania Bharati's works amount to clear violations of the author's moral rights under the Indian copyright law.
- Closing The Digital Divide (Indian Express, Analysis, Dec 22, 2004)
People of South Asia send out this message: while seeking the dazzling fruits of globalisation, don’t forget the poor
- Junk Yard (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 22, 2004)
Antiquated is not always antique. This simple truth needs to be reiterated in India which is an antique land full of antiquated laws. One such law forbade photography in Indian airports.
- Hidden Costs Of Comparative Advantage (Business Line, Kumar Venkat, Dec 22, 2004)
The principle of comparative advantage works well in an ideal world where trade incurs no human or environmental costs. But in the real world, where someone has to bear every cost, global trade draws passionate grassroots opposition.
- Why Tony Blair Will Fail (Hindu, David Hirst, Dec 22, 2004)
The United States is too partisan to see that the Palestinians cannot give more.
- The Growth Mirage (Business Line, A. V. Vedpuriswar, Dec 21, 2004)
Abundant optimism is needed while betting on the economic growth engine to touch 7-8 per cent. But misplaced optimism can be dangerous and lead to wishful thinking.
- Facts And Frictions (Indian Express, Teja Shrikant Lele, Dec 21, 2004)
English Language and Literature, Hindi Language and Literature, Sanskrit, Mathematics, Physics, Biology, Chemistry, History, Geography, Civics, Economics, Moral Science
- Manufacturing Strong Growth (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Dec 21, 2004)
Though the service sector has made a significant contribution to GDP growth, its sustainability depends on a variety of extraneous conditions. So for sustained economic growth, exports and generating jobs
- Image And Reality (Deccan Herald, Meera Seshadri, Dec 21, 2004)
Indomitable spirit. Unbridled enthusiasm. Unfettered zeal and zest. Unimpeachable sincerity. These are what one unmistakably finds in Venkatesh — endearingly called ‘Venky sir’ by students of his private tutorials in South Bangalore.
- One Kind Of Death Wish (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Dec 21, 2004)
Two simple things became clear while I lay in my hospital bed recovering from surgery — that all cricket teams should take to wearing white like they used to in the old days — it is so much more elegant
- Of Preventives And Cures (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 21, 2004)
A couple of weeks ago, Gordon Brown, Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, made a promise. The United Kingdom, he said, would buy up to three hundred million doses of a new malaria vaccine for the developing world.
- A Change For The Better (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 21, 2004)
Acknowledging that change in the Earth’s climate and its adverse effects are a common concern of humankind,
- Baazee.Com Case — Why Was Ipc Not Invoked? (Business Line, Pratap Ravindran , Dec 21, 2004)
The failure of the Delhi police to invoke Section 292 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) in effecting the arrest of Mr Avnish Bajaj, Chief Executive Officer of the auction Web site Baazee.com
- How Boom Can Go Bust (Business Line, Gowthaman Muruganandan, Dec 20, 2004)
With its BPO portfolio including high-end analysis work, content management and knowledge management, India is a force to reckon with in the global BPO market.
- Agricultural Credit — Case For Mitigating Lending Risks (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Dec 20, 2004)
In a significant budget announcement in July 2004, the Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, promised a doubling of the flow of agricultural credit in three years.
- (In)security Check (Tribune, Syed Nooruzzaman, Dec 20, 2004)
IT happens when you are too conscious of anything. Perhaps, this became the cause for my getting jolted for a few minutes at Singapore airport recently. It was not because I had with me anything objectionable so far as the security aspect of air travel is
- Sex And The Cellphone Camera (Indian Express, Subimal Bhattacharjee, Dec 20, 2004)
For the last few days, the incident of the MMS pornographic images involving students of a prestigious Delhi school has captured public attention.
- The Typewriter Of Life (Telegraph, Salman Rushdie, Dec 20, 2004)
There’s a great scene in James Ivory’s early film, Bombay Talkie, in which Jennifer Kendal as a reporter visits the set of a Bombay movie, and the set is this giant typewriter
- To The Polls (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 20, 2004)
THE election dates have such a profound bearing on the itineraries of leaders these days that the sudden announcement of the schedule for Haryana, Bihar and Jharkhand by the Chief Election Commissioner has thrown the best-laid plans of politicians out of
- Us Equities Outlook Is Weakly Positive (Business Line, V. Anantha Nageswaran, Dec 20, 2004)
The outlook for American stocks is neither exciting nor gloomy, as the prices reflect lower earnings multiples. As oil prices climb, some profit-taking can be expected early in the New Year, followed by some stability.
- Plantation Problems (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 20, 2004)
The centre finds itself on the defensive over the continued weakness in the prices of plantation crops such as coffee, tea and pepper. Some members of Parliament, especially those from Kerala, fault the liberal import policy for this.
- Of Noise, Mundane And Divine (Indian Express, E. P. Unny, Dec 20, 2004)
Chennai's morning people aren’t there at the beach on Monday. The walkers have been asked to stay away for a couple of days. We aren’t taking any chances, says a policeman, it all happened so suddenly.
- Not A Partisan Issue (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 18, 2004)
THE Prime Minister has set at rest speculations over External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh’s off-the-cuff remark on India’s nuclear policy in Seoul.
- Day Of The Declining Dollar (Indian Express, ILA PATNAIK, Dec 18, 2004)
Capital flows of roughly $2 billion per day go into the US every day, in funding the US current account deficit. This is a very big number. For example, in 2003-04, which was a good year for capital flows into India, roughly $20 billion came into India...
- Listen To The Pseudo-Politician (Indian Express, Amrita Shah, Dec 18, 2004)
A few days ago I was chatting with a friend, a Mumbai stockbroker. This was a man in his late thirties, sophisticated, upper class, and a fervent BJP supporter
- Thank Dear Leader For The Sunshine (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 18, 2004)
When a train carrying explosives blew up in North Korea last April, setting fire to nearby buildings, several people died trying to save portraits of their “Dear Leader”, Kim Jong Il, from the flames.
- The Indian Connection (Deccan Herald, JOSEPH BERGER, Dec 18, 2004)
A divide exists between Guyanese immigrants of Indian descent and their Indian brethren, in the US
- Justice In 44 Days! (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 18, 2004)
Thursday's report in The Tribune of a Chennai court judge delivering the fastest verdict in the annals of the country’s judicial history has come as a whiff of fresh air. This should serve as a unique example for all other judges and lawyers.
- Word And Action (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 18, 2004)
A brown, grimy, teak board hanging on a wall in the southwest wing of the Raj Bhavan bears the names of all governors of West Bengal since 1947.
- The Young In Pakistan Want Peace (Tribune, Chanchal Sarkar, Dec 18, 2004)
BY the time our plane took off, two hours late, for the 50-minute flight to Lahore we were handrags. For weeks Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry, Home Ministry, High Commission, Intelligence and all manner of agencies had kept us on tenterhooks with pinpricks a
- Bush's Tactics Unchanged (Hindu, Sidney Blumenthal, Dec 17, 2004)
George Bush's slash and smear campaign is trying to bring all disparate elements under U.S. control.
- With Neighbours Like These (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 17, 2004)
Bhutans's bold military action against the three separatist armed groups from India who set up as many as 30 camps on Bhutanese territory deserves to be commended for at least two reasons.
- Fatal Error (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 17, 2004)
The train accident at Mukerian in Punjab, which has resulted in the death of around 40 people, draws attention to the continuing neglect of safety measures by the Indian Railways.
- Adc: Is It Wrong Call By Trai? (Business Line, R. Krishnan , Dec 17, 2004)
Is the access deficit charge regime a case of the regulator shooting itself, and the exchequer, in the foot? The regulator admits as much but appears unable to take corrective action pleading lack of institutional structure.
- The Ticking Bomb Inside Mosque And Madrasa (Indian Express, Arun Shourie, Dec 17, 2004)
A range of authorities have pointed to the urgent danger brewing in Muslim ‘religious’ centres, the porosity of our borders and demographic threats. Yet to voice them invites the charge, ‘communal’
- Keep It Simple, Stupid (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 17, 2004)
If you find your broker throwing a kiss at the ascendant index, and taking a break to see news bulletins airing intimate video clips of K and S, you know it is time to come to terms with kiss.
- Famous Victors (Pioneer, Yogendra Bali, Dec 17, 2004)
December 16, 1971, marked the 'Victory Day' of one of the most decisive and unique battles fought by India against an aggressive neighbour, which always sought military solutions to its own domestic and international problems.
- The Sham Of It (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 17, 2004)
The subterfuges employed by NCERT to get around its own commitments are indeed disingenuous. Its director, Mr Krishna Kumar, talks of preserving NCERT's autonomy
- Attracting Fdi, Chilean Style (Hindu, Jorge Heine, Dec 16, 2004)
To attract the FDI India needs, it can follow the Chilean model of developing a public concessions system to build infrastructure.
- Afloat On A Sea Of Books (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 16, 2004)
When I read the news that Google was initiating a drive to digitise and upload to the Internet millions upon millions of books from some of the finest research libraries in the world
- The Holes In Deep Pockets (Business Line, Mohan R. Lavi, Dec 16, 2004)
Gates law says, "If there isn't a law, there will be". The Indian stock market has always been considered a goldmine for the investing masses provided one was savvy enough to do the right things at the right time.
- 'Our Roads Absorb Water Very Fast' (The Economic Times, SUROJIT MAHALANOBIS, Dec 16, 2004)
Drivers are often responsible for fatal road accidents in India. But road scientists believe most accidents can be averted if the country has proper roads.
- Waves Of Changes (Pioneer, Mukund B. Kunte, Dec 16, 2004)
The Navy celebrates December 4 each year in remembrance of the audacious attack by tiny missile boats of the 'killer' squadron in the 1971 war.
- A Film Festival, Not A Carnival (Indian Express, Pradip Biswas, Dec 16, 2004)
The 35th International Film Festival of India (IFFI), held on the sands of Panjim’s Miramar Beach, got over last week and the Union minister of information and broadcasting, Jaipal Reddy, has announced that next year’s festival, too, will be held in Goa.
- Train Of Accidents (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 15, 2004)
Tuesday's collision between two passenger trains near Mansar village in Punjab’s Hoshiarpur district on the Jalandhar-Pathankot section that claimed dozens of lives and caused injuries to many others once again brings to the fore the issue of railway safe
- Suraj Parkash — A Magnum Opus (Tribune, Harbans Singh Virdi, Dec 15, 2004)
Kavi Chooramani Bhai Santokh Singh produced the best work of his life Sri Gur Partap Suraj Granth, also known as Suraj Parkash, at the fag end of his life. It is a history of the Sikh Gurus along with Banda Singh Bahadur in a chronological order.
- Put Up A United Front (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Dec 15, 2004)
It’s not even a free trade area yet, but when it grows up it wants to be just like the European Union. The whole history of the continent is against it, of course, but then Europe’s previous history didn’t leave much room for optimism either.
- Sena-Nigans! (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 15, 2004)
The subterfuges employed by NCERT to get around its own commitments are indeed disingenuous. Its director, Mr Krishna Kumar, talks of preserving NCERT's autonomy
- No Takers For National Hockey Championship Due To Ihf Politics (Tribune, M.S. Unnikrishnan, Dec 15, 2004)
The National Hockey Championship for the Rangaswamy Cup was once the most prestigious event in the hockey calendar of the country. Many careers were made and many decimated at the altar of the National Championship.
- Combating The New Ghettos (Deccan Herald, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Dec 15, 2004)
New ghettos are cropping up around the world. They differ from the old ghettos in nature and dimension, and their number grows every day. They can be as large as a suburb, a country, a region, or a continent
- Endogenous Development Centres Hold The Key Here (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Dec 15, 2004)
In most places, the word globalisation conjures up images of businessmen and corporate consultants on six figure salaries making offers that governments cannot refuse.
- India Must Think Big, Act Fast On Latin America (Business Line, R. Viswanathan , Dec 15, 2004)
China's entry into Latin America is a win-win for both sides. Latin America has the resources China needs and China offers market and capital.
- No 11, Kotturpuram (Deccan Herald, Vatsala Vedantam, Dec 14, 2004)
The address was not imposing. Nor was the person residing in it. She owned no material possessions, laid claim to no property. She did all the household chores and was known to cook her own food.
- Non-Identical Super Twins (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 14, 2004)
It may be more than a happy coincidence that two great Indian cricket champions achieved significant personal landmarks in the first Test against Bangladesh at Dhaka recently.
- Deep Inside Jharkhand (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Dec 14, 2004)
Last week I strayed into rural Jharkhand. I took a bus far away from pucca roads, and drove miles on village paths. Then I realized the secret of Tata Motors’ success
- The Chavez Phenomenon And The U.S. (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Dec 14, 2004)
Shortly after he appeared on national television in October 2001 holding aloft bloody photographs of children killed by the U.S. bombing of Afghanistan, President Hugo Chavez Frias of Venezuela received a visit from Donna Hrinak
- Towards Saner Road Mobility (Deccan Herald, B V SHENOY, Dec 14, 2004)
Every day multitudes of motor vehicles traverse our roads, burning hydrocarbon fuels and spewing masses of noxious fumes. The streets of Bangalore are clogged with traffic.
- Treaty Shopping — Plugging The Mauritius Loophole (Business Line, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Dec 14, 2004)
The India-Mauritius Double Taxation Avoidance Treaty is under the scanner, with New Delhi keen on re-negotiating some of the controversial provisions.
- Building Mutual Faith (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Dec 14, 2004)
Peace in the subcontinent is the key to development and real growth. To achieve that we must make Saarc a body that does not permit any infiltration, of any kind, into its portals.
- A Contentious Report By Un Panel (Tribune, T.P. Sreenivasan, Dec 14, 2004)
BY an unhappy coincidence, the much-awaited UN high-level panel report on “Threats, Challenges and Change” came within hours after the Wall Street Journal carried the opinion of an influential Congressman that Mr Kofi Annan should step
- Erasing The Past (Telegraph, Barun De, Dec 14, 2004)
Park Street is now Mother Teresa Sarani. But if public memory is left to such demagogic mercy, our urban pride will wither away
- With Serious Injury To Our Conscience (Telegraph, UDDALAK MUKHERJEE, Dec 14, 2004)
Why don’t we realize that in an emergency, a few seconds can make all the difference?
- The Pieces Of Peace (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 13, 2004)
When I read the news that Google was initiating a drive to digitise and upload to the Internet millions upon millions of books from some of the finest research libraries in the world
- Road To Kabul (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 13, 2004)
Among the subjects Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistani counterpart Shaukat Aziz discussed when the latter was in New Delhi recently was transit rights for India to Afghanistan and Iran through Pakistan.
- The Song Of Dawn (Tribune, A.J. Philip, Dec 13, 2004)
WE lived at the foot of Chuttipara, a mountainous rock that spread over a square kilometre. Legend has it that Ram and Sita spent some time in a cave on this rock during their ‘vanvas’.
- Responsibility (Indian Express, Renuka Narayanan, Dec 13, 2004)
Srisri Jayendra Saraswati Swamigal’s case has seen the most peculiar reactions and they are predictable from a mile away.
- Democracy Quickening In India, Slowing In West (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 13, 2004)
Charles Taylor has been described as a leading interrogator of modernity. He sees its grandeur. And its malaise — the alienation, sense of impending social dissolution, and what he calls the ‘‘spiritual flatness’’ at the heart of the secular age.
- Flying At Last (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 13, 2004)
Bangalore’s ambitions have been grounded by a lethal combination of political apathy and administrative lacunae, as last week’s Express series, ‘Bangalore Crumbling’, had brought home to readers.
- Pakistan Becomes A Us Protectorate (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Dec 13, 2004)
Following the 9/11 commission report, the US Congress is enacting legislation to implement the recommendations of the commission. The commission in its recommendations had focussed attention on the need for the US helping Pakistan to develop a promising,
- Hockey League's Designer Duds (The Economic Times, MANOJ NAIR, Dec 13, 2004)
Our own PHL is set to step out from a very imaginative package. Such innovative ideas could resurrect a sport that was at one time as popular as cricket.
- It Is In Giving That They Receive (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Dec 13, 2004)
While the Christmas season brings with it the feeling of generosity and of giving to others, such humanistic motivations are not sufficient for all.
- Job Schemes Must Effect Grassroots Changes (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Dec 13, 2004)
The final test of the Employment Guarantee Act will lie in the poverty alleviation it promises and the quality of assets it builds. That the assets it helps build should be maintained properly goes without saying.
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