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Articles 21521 through 21620 of 21907:
- First Blood (Pioneer, Anil Narendra, Dec 27, 2001)
If September 11 was a turning point in the modern history of America, December 13 could well prove to be so for India.
- Working For Peace (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 27, 2001)
THE SHRILL AND threatening campaign spearheaded by the Vajpayee administration which suggests an outbreak of war with Pakistan must end.
- Working For Peace (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 27, 2001)
THE SHRILL AND threatening campaign spearheaded by the Vajpayee administration which suggests an outbreak of war with Pakistan must end.
- Argentina On The Brink Of Disaster (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 27, 2001)
The resignation of Argentine President Fernando De la Rua following widespread riots in protest against the economic policies of the government marks the end of an ignominious chapter in the annals of this financially-crippled nation.
- Enemy Of The State Is Al Qaeda, Not Osama Bin Laden (The Financial Express, Prashant Bakshi, Dec 27, 2001)
As the mission of smoking out Osama bin Laden from the Tora Bora caves proved unsuccessful, the million dollar ($25 million, to be precise) question regarding the nemesis of the world’s most wanted man, still remains unanswered.
- ‘Pak’ Soldier’s Endless Wait For Pension (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 27, 2001)
THIS is the extraordinary story of an ordinary soldier on the Indo-Pak border near Ladakh and a fascinating tale of a father who asked his son to fight for an army on whom he had once trained his guns.
- Foundation For The Future (Telegraph, N.R. MADHAVA MENON, Dec 27, 2001)
Foreign direct investment is a term usually associated with trade and development in the economic sphere.
- Mining The Depths Of Decline (Telegraph, Sudhir Kumar Mishra, Dec 27, 2001)
The coal sector in India is reported to have been under tremendous pressure during the last one decade or so.
- Salt Loss (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 27, 2001)
The improvement of public health in India can never be a simple story.
- New Homes For Old Xmas Gizmos (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 27, 2001)
Australians were urged not to simply dump their old computers and mobile phones if they received new ones during this Christmas season.
- Beware The General Across The Border (Pioneer, Wilson John, Dec 26, 2001)
Let us not underestimate Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf.
- The Shadow Of War (Indian Express, KAMAL SIDDIQI, Dec 26, 2001)
GETTING into Pakistan has never been as difficult. Most international airlines have suspended their flights, with only Pakistan International Airlines, the national carrier, and a handful of others connecting the country with the rest of the world.
- Tossing The Coin (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 26, 2001)
WITH the New Year comes the Euro, the new currency of life in the European Union.
- Not By Debt Alone (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 26, 2001)
Euro-the about to be official currency of Europe-will not be the only new arrival in the monetary world. If things happen as promised, Argentina, will soon have its new currency, the Argentino.
- Whither Peace In Sri Lanka? (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Dec 26, 2001)
THIS Christmas will be a memorable one for Sri Lanka, or so hope its people.
- ‘We Are More Concerned With Revenue Deficit Than Fiscal Deficit’ (The Financial Express, Sanjaya Baru, Dec 26, 2001)
It is not often that an interview is spread over 10 days.
- Protecting The Young (Telegraph, ANURADHA KUMAR, Dec 26, 2001)
Last year in December, a Swiss couple was arrested after activists belonging to the Forum Against Child Sexual Exploitation tipped off the Mumbai police about their involvement in a possible child abuse racket.
- Peso Passions (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 26, 2001)
That Argentina has defaulted on external debt worth $155 billion — the largest single default in history — is not surprising.
- Elusive Peace In W. Asia (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 25, 2001)
Everybody yearns for peace, and so do the Palestinians and the Israelis. Yet peace is nowhere in sight in that sensitive region. The reason is that both sides find it difficult to make compromises.
- Foreign Builders Are Coming (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 25, 2001)
THE housing scene in the country is set to undergo a sea change following the government's decision to allow 100 per cent foreign direct investment in real estate. Construction activity, which has been sluggish for long, should get a major fillip.
- Response To Pakistan's Terrorism (Hindu, V. R. Raghavan , Dec 25, 2001)
There are leverages available to India in the economic, political and societal arenas that are potentially as and perhaps more effective than the military ones.
- A Nation On The Edge: Abort, Retry, Escape (Indian Express, Najam Sethi, Dec 25, 2001)
PAKISTAN’S military leaders have had a propensity for adventure unmatched by other dependent states in the modern age.
- ‘Bilateral Trade Has Not Touched The Real Potential’ (The Financial Express, HUMA SIDDQUI, Dec 25, 2001)
While there is enough scope for furthering trade, priority needs to be given to consolidation, says the Algerian ambassador to India, Adbelrim Belarbi.
- Christmas Past (Indian Express, George N Netto, Dec 25, 2001)
YOU know Christmas is round the corner in Munnar when you wake up in the morning to find your bedroom window frosted, your lips chapped and your extremities benumbed by the cold.
- Shadow Boxing In Tn (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 25, 2001)
The battle between the ruling AIADMK and the DMK in Tamil Nadu has assumed a new dimension, this time over the removal from the Marina beachfront in Chennai of the statue of the second century symbol of Tamil womanhood, Kannagi.
- Spit And Polish (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Dec 25, 2001)
IN my next birth, ambassador K S Bajpai is once known to have famously remarked, I would like to be born as the Pakistani high commissioner to India.
- Response To Pakistan's Terrorism (Hindu, V. R. Raghavan , Dec 25, 2001)
There are leverages available to India in the economic, political and societal arenas that are potentially as and perhaps more effective than the military ones.
- This Is Where The Terrorists Work (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 25, 2001)
“Infrastructure facility” means any publicly or privately owned facility providing or distributing services for the benefit of the public, such as water, sewerage, energy, fuel or communications.
- Why The Global Economy Is Limping (Telegraph, Alok Ray, Dec 25, 2001)
Seldom do the three major economic areas in the world experience recession (meaning close to zero or negative growth) at the same time.
- The Politics Of War (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 25, 2001)
AS this might be the last Christmas of peace and goodwill on our benighted subcontinent, before we go hurtling down to the disaster which overcame Europe through the first half of the last century.
- Babus Beyond Belief (Pioneer, C K G Nair, Dec 25, 2001)
The boss revolved in his high-back chair and laughed loud enough to shake me and my over-sized ego. Just like Gabbar Singh.
- Is This A Place In Time Warp? (Pioneer, Anuradha Bhattacharjee, Dec 25, 2001)
After virtual call cards (VCC) were introduced some months ago, BSNL sent its subscribers in Noida a mailer listing eighteen authorised agents.
- Peace, Through War (Indian Express, Abhisel Sarda, Dec 25, 2001)
CAN war bring peace? In fact, only war can bring peace. History tells us war has brought peace to most of the regions where it was fought. World War II brought peace to most of Europe and America.
- The Pakistan Conundrum (Hindu, Amitabh Mattoo, Dec 24, 2001)
In the long term, the only hope is that the Pakistani state and society, through introspection, or other means, will move away from its anti-Indian identity.
- Good Ending (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 24, 2001)
People’s initiatives can go a long way in influencing perceptions and decisions of political leaders.
- Global Inequalities (Telegraph, S. Venkitaramanan , Dec 24, 2001)
An article by William Easterly and Ross Levine in a recent issue of the World Bank Economic Review discusses what we have learnt from a decade of empirical research on growth.
- Democrat Into Dictator (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Dec 24, 2001)
“Last week we could not afford bread. This week we cannot get bread,” said a Zimbabwean worker last October, after President Robert Mugabe imposed price cuts on basic foods.
- How To Delight The Tourist (Business Line, Alex Abraham, Dec 24, 2001)
SEMINARS, conventions, papers, and forums on the topic of leveraging India's tourism potential abound.
- Sock Value (Pioneer, Sunil Kapoor , Dec 24, 2001)
Boys inevitably end up in their father's shoes but for once I found myself in my son's socks.
- Aftershocks From Enron's Collapse (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Dec 24, 2001)
FOR THE last few years, Enron Corporation has been in the centre-stage of Indias financial news. The future of Dabhol Power Corporation is in doubt, with suitors for its assets still unsure of its revival prospects.
- Words Over Troubled Waters (Telegraph, Jack Fairweather, Dec 24, 2001)
David Blunkett, the British home secretary, recently posed the question, “How do they [immigrants] avoid a conflict between embracing the history and identity of someone born abroad and identifying with Britain.
- The Pakistan Conundrum (Hindu, Amitabh Mattoo, Dec 24, 2001)
In the long term, the only hope is that the Pakistani state and society, through introspection, or other means, will move away from its anti-Indian identity.
- Tasks Before Karzai Regime (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 24, 2001)
This is the beginning of a new era in war-torn Afghanistan.
- Global Inequalities (Telegraph, S. Venkitaramanan , Dec 24, 2001)
An article by William Easterly and Ross Levine in a recent issue of the World Bank Economic Review discusses what we have learnt from a decade of empirical research on growth.
- Good Ending (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 24, 2001)
People’s initiatives can go a long way in influencing perceptions and decisions of political leaders.
- The Right(s) Approach To Globalisation (Pioneer, Joginder Singh, Dec 24, 2001)
Income inequality is growing, as are the number of people in abject poverty.
- Realistic Expectations Best For Optimism In 2002 (Business Line, Anantha Nageshwaran, Dec 24, 2001)
PERHAPS, the traditional good feeling that one has towards the end of the year as the festive season approaches got the better of my cautious instincts.
- 2001 Set To Be Second Warmest Year Ever (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 24, 2001)
The year 2001 is the second warmest in world history. According to data available till date, the average temperature during 2001 was 14.42 degrees.
- Feeling The Heat (Hindu, VLADIMIR RADYUHIN, Dec 23, 2001)
RUSSIA HAS emerged as the biggest winner in the global war on terrorism.
- How Relevant Is Yasser Arafat In West Asia? (Tribune, V. Gangadhar, Dec 23, 2001)
SEVERAL months before the September 11 tragedy of the Twin towers, Pakistan President Gen Pervez Musharraf was living dangerously.
- Feeling The Heat (Hindu, VLADIMIR RADYUHIN, Dec 23, 2001)
RUSSIA HAS emerged as the biggest winner in the global war on terrorism.
- Orphanages Doing Their Bit (Tribune, David Devdas, Dec 23, 2001)
MANZOOR looks like a little angel in his neat, gray phiran (the loose garment that is almost a badge of Kashmiri culture). He is neatly scrubbed and his cheeks glow through his shy smile.
- The Tough, Not The Rough, Road (Pioneer, Shobori Ganguli, Dec 23, 2001)
Fifty four years and four wars later, "war" and "peace" continue to dominate the verbal exchange between India and Pakistan, neither country's foreign policy ever exploring an eminently possible middle ground.
- Yassin: Hamas’ Spiritual Leader & Scholar-Activist (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Dec 23, 2001)
IF Osama bin Laden created Al-Qaeda, the sprawling terror network through which he exploited the borderless globe, Sheikh Ahmed Yassin founded Hamas which raised a band of young men who blow themselves up for a cause.
- Zionist Ideology Behind It All (Pioneer, N. Jamal Ansari, Dec 23, 2001)
Peace in the Middle East once again came under threat when Israeli helicopter gunships fired missiles at the doorsteps of Yasser Arafat.
- Act For Parliament (Pioneer, Rajeev Deshpande, Dec 23, 2001)
Ever since he has arrived on the Capital's political scene, M Venkaiah Naidu has made a mark for himself.
- Sikh Education For Britons (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 22, 2001)
A Sikh group in London has launched a new programme to educate the British about the community’s history and culture.
- Zionist Ideology Behind It All (Pioneer, N. Jamal Ansari, Dec 22, 2001)
Peace in the Middle East once again came under threat when Israeli helicopter gunships fired missiles at the doorsteps of Yasser Arafat.
- The Manwho Could Be King (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 22, 2001)
As a savaged and brutalised Afgha-nistan gently rolled into the year 1992, glimpses of peace and hope were starting to peek through the gunpowder-drenched air of Kabul.
- Wake Up, “Sitting Ducks”! (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 22, 2001)
AT a time when the country is reeling under the shock of terrorist attacks on Parliament and the Red Fort, there is a need for the display of steely resolve and determination by powers that be.
- Punishing Innocent Citizens (Tribune, Tavleen Singh, Dec 22, 2001)
IF you had read about my brother-in-law in the newspapers last week you would have thought he was a CIA agent or if not a spy then some other kind of very dangerous foreigner.
- New Great Guessing Game: Where’s Osama? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 22, 2001)
WHEN Osama bin Laden seemed to melt into the snow-capped mountains of in eastern Afghanistan more than a week ago, many speculated that he had made a simple escape, taking an obvious route.
- As Hong Kong To China, We See Sri Lanka To India -- Mr Milinda Moragoda, Sri Lanka's Minister For Economic Reforms (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Dec 22, 2001)
Even while in the Opposition the United National Party had strong links with India.
- Act For Parliament (Pioneer, Rajeev Deshpande, Dec 22, 2001)
Ever since he has arrived on the Capital's political scene, M Venkaiah Naidu has made a mark for himself.
- On The Brink, Watch Your Step (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 22, 2001)
FORTY EIGHT hours from now, when Maulana Masood Azhar celebrates the second anniversary of the IC-814 hijack that made him a free man again, he would have a very special cause for satisfaction.
- In Search Of The Thermidor (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Dec 22, 2001)
KATHMANDU, DEC. 21. Political life has been on a fast track in Nepal. The acceleration of history over the last decade has shaken this once tranquil Himalayan Kingdom to the core.
- ‘Our Govt’s Performance Has Been Better Than Congress’ (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Dec 22, 2001)
He’s a chief minister in a hurry. Less than two-and-a half months after donning the mantle in Gujarat, that too at a crucial time when the ruling BJP has just about a year to shed the image of a non-performing government.
- Chennai Women Make A Beeline For New Look (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 22, 2001)
The women of Chennai are busy learning the trendy hair cuts and designs these days.
- In Search Of The Thermidor (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Dec 22, 2001)
KATHMANDU, DEC. 21. Political life has been on a fast track in Nepal. The acceleration of history over the last decade has shaken this once tranquil Himalayan Kingdom to the core.
- The Tough, Not The Rough, Road (Pioneer, Shobori Ganguli, Dec 22, 2001)
Fifty four years and four wars later, "war" and "peace" continue to dominate the verbal exchange between India and Pakistan, neither country's foreign policy ever exploring an eminently possible middle ground.
- Credulous Politics And Our Soft State (Pioneer, V. K. Grover, Dec 21, 2001)
The gruesome attack on the parliament building on December 13 showed what we have known all along.
- The Anc-Sacp Alliance (Hindu, M. S. PRABHAKARA, Dec 21, 2001)
A telling indication of the continued political importance of the South African Communist Party is the hostility its alliance with the ANC generates in the right wing.
- ‘Three Pms Couldn’t Have Been Wrong In Inducting Me’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 21, 2001)
With assembly elections just two years away, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot is a man in a hurry.
- History: Servitude Or Freedom? (Pioneer, S. P. Gupta, Dec 21, 2001)
In recent weeks, a lot of class-room like definitions and purpose of "history" have been given by eminent historians like Professors Romilla Thapar, Bipan Chandra, Satish Chandra and others.
- Poll Fever And Rhetoric (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 21, 2001)
WITH ONLY A couple of months left before parties plunge into campaign mode in three States - Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Uttaranchal - where Assembly elections are due before March 2002.
- The India-Sri Lanka Equation (Hindu, V. Suryanarayan, Dec 21, 2001)
Bilateral relations can be put on a secure footing if Colombo and New Delhi are determined to tackle certain important issues, which unfortunately have not received adequate attention.
- ‘We Need Proactive State Govts To Implement Track-Ii Reforms’ (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Dec 21, 2001)
One of the few professional managers to be elected as president of an apex industry body, K K Nohria wants Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Assocham) to encash on its unique advantage of having as members a large number of regional and trade.
- Joshi’s History (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 21, 2001)
MURLI MANOHAR JOSHI’S jaw is getting the better of him. As the union minister of Human Resource Development, he is required to conduct himself as a national leader.
- The Anc-Sacp Alliance (Hindu, M. S. PRABHAKARA, Dec 21, 2001)
A telling indication of the continued political importance of the South African Communist Party is the hostility its alliance with the ANC generates in the right wing.
- Corporate Lending Requires A Paradigm Shift (The Financial Express, D. K. Goswami, Dec 21, 2001)
The corporate lending scene has undergone radical changes in the last three decades although these are still inadequate to cope with the tumult.
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