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Articles 9721 through 9820 of 10500:
- Militant’s Words Cost J&k Minister His Job, Mufti His Sleep (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Sep 12, 2003)
Quickly moving in for damage control in the Mufti Mohammad Sayeed coalition government, senior PDP leader and J&K Agriculture Minister Abdul Aziz Zargar resigned today after a key witness claimed that the Minister’s native residence was frequently used by
- Insider Or Outsider, Continuity Matters (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2003)
THE news of the appointment of Mr M. Venugopalan as the new Chairman and Managing Director of Bank of India was welcomed with jubilation by the staff of Bank of India as this is perhaps the first time that a person who joined that Bank as an officer has b
- Towards A More Equitable System (Deccan Herald, M Veerappa Moily, Sep 12, 2003)
At Cancun, India should try to obtain commensurate benefits against whatever concessions it may give
- Equal Rules, Unequal Players Won’t Do: Jaitley (Indian Express, Navika Kumar, Sep 12, 2003)
Taking another step forward in Cancun to get the concerns of developing countries to centrestage, India today told the WTO’s fifth ministerial meeting that equal rules could not apply to unequal players.
- India Without A Clue At Cancun (Hindu, Subramanian Swamy , Sep 11, 2003)
India has thus far made only feeble attempts to get an opportunity for professionals and semi-skilled to work anywhere in the world without visa harassment.
- Jet-Set Jaitley (Indian Express, Navika Kumar, Sep 11, 2003)
Commerce Minister Arun Jaitley is having a dream run at Cancun, positioned among the top five faces at the WTO meet.
- Banking Turnaround (Hindu, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 11, 2003)
THERE ARE A number of reasons explaining the distinct turnaround in the perception, if not in the actual performance, of public sector banks. While continuing to be the dominant force in Indian banking — their share in a quite competitive ...
- Cancun: Tentative And On Tenterhooks (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Sep 11, 2003)
The WTO Fifth Ministerial aims to set a framework for putting the Doha trade talks back on track.
- Confronting The Heavyweights (Business Line, K. Ramesh, Sep 11, 2003)
India, with relatively stronger fundamentals and macro-economic parameters, appears to be armed-to-the-teeth to canvas its own case and those of other developing nations at Cancun.
- Food Standards And Market Access — Time For A New Engagement (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 11, 2003)
The cola controversy in terms of the trade negotiations at the World Trade Organisation appears well timed.
- Free-Trade Tune Opens Wto, Jaitley To Give His Pitch Today (Indian Express, Navika Kumar, Sep 11, 2003)
With protesters being kept at bay, the Fifth Ministerial Conference of Trade Ministers under the World Trade Organisation began at the beach resort of Cancun in Mexico today.
- All The Noise In New Delhi Adds Up To Two Words: Oh Jerusalem! (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Sep 10, 2003)
Vajpayee’s gift to Sharon: replica of 1624-year-old Cochin document that gave Jews the right to own land
- Hard Realities About Soft Drinks (Indian Express, ANURADHA VASHISHT, Sep 10, 2003)
Even with zero pesticides and super-clean water, colas can prove a health menace
- At Cancun, India Emerges As Lobbyist No. 1 For South (Indian Express, Navika Kumar, Sep 10, 2003)
Two days before formal negotiations are to begin at the Fifth WTO Ministerial Conference here, India is looking for friends to help withstand pressure from developed countries like the US and those in the EU.
- Wto And Agriculture - Make Fair Costs The Basis Of Trade (Business Line, Ruddar Datt , Sep 10, 2003)
While the developed countries want unhindered access to the markets of developing countries, they go to great lengths to support their farmers. To share the benefits of globalisation equitably, developed countries must effect reductions in tariffs and sub
- Friendship Occupies All The Territory (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Sep 10, 2003)
Stepping out of its decades-old lakshman rekha with Israel, Prime Minister A B Vajpayee today set the tone for a red carpet welcome for its Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, emphasising bonds in defence, agriculture and in the fight against terrorism that both
- What Harvest Will It Be At Cancun? (Business Line, Gopal Naik, Sep 10, 2003)
The Fifth WTO Ministerial to meet in Cancun in Mexico will take forward the agenda set forth in the Fourth Ministerial at Doha in 2001. As of now, negotiations on the Agreement on Agriculture (AoA) have has not yielded any significant benefits to the ...
- One Area Israel Wants Less Of The Indian Govt (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Sep 10, 2003)
While the governments of Israel and India speak the same language on fighting terror, there is one area where Israel would much rather work with private companies and institutes—rather than the government: agriculture.
- Towards A Cancun Harvest (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Sep 09, 2003)
What suggestions do we have for our negotiators at Cancun? It is not enough to prepare the terrain in terms of the arguments used by our interlocutors in trade policy discussions — particularly since most arguments made in academic debates in India, apart
- Will World's Poor Unite (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 08, 2003)
THE PRIME MINISTER, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee's appeal to developing countries to band together at the fifth World Trade Organisation ministerial has come not a day too soon in view of the developed nations' efforts to break the ranks of the poor. The proof
- Sailing Through The Cancun Meeting (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Sep 08, 2003)
It is being assumed that there is a great battle on between the rich and the poor countries with the latter having their backs up against the wall in trying to fend off the demands of the former who have as their principal target a further opening up of
- The Right To Choices (Indian Express, Rajeev Ahuja, Sep 08, 2003)
Should a frail old woman, capable of looking after herself, suffer because of the society in which she lives? Her husband died years ago, and left a decent amount of property. After his death, both her sons divided the property equally. At that time, they
- Divine Meets The Demanding (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Sep 08, 2003)
A funny thing happened to the news channels as they chased each other’s tail around the competition circuit. They’re suffering from a mid-season identity crisis. Whenever there is a religious event, they mistake themselves for Astha Channel and broadcast
- Rbi Annual Report 2002-03: Credible And Creditable (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Sep 08, 2003)
DR BIMAL Jalan, the RBI Governor who just relinquished charge last week, and his institution have dominated the news in the last few days, mainly because of the commendable achievements of the central bank under his tutelage. Compliments to Dr Jalan's
- Wto Gridlock Likely To Remain (Deccan Herald, Ambrose Pinto , Sep 08, 2003)
The Cancun ministerial is unlikely to produce major agreements on significant new liberalisation
- Should Corporates Disclose Intentions? (Business Line, B. Venkatesh , Sep 08, 2003)
THE statement by Mr Rahul Bajaj to the press last week that Bajaj Auto may demerge into two companies has raised many an eyebrow. At the heart of the debate lies the issue of information dissemination. Should corporate intentions be disclosed to the stock
- Riding Up Swing Of Fortunes, Raja Bhaiyya Simply Can’t Help Grin (Indian Express, Amit Sharma, Sep 08, 2003)
Yesterday’s POTA accused is today a symbol of Thakur pride; Kunda’s boss says he will help Mulayam
- Undoing Coalition Mess (Indian Express, DHARAM SHOURIE, Sep 07, 2003)
France and Germany sought significant changes in the US draft resolution seeking establishment of a multinational force under US control in Iraq as the UN Security Council began discussions on it. Apart from the two countries, India, Turkey and Syria ...
- ‘singapore Issues Can Make Or Break’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2003)
The National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) has said, the Singapore issues ‘‘can make or break’’ Cancun. It has warned against taking a blind anti-West line at the meet of the World Trade Organisation. The Singapore issues pertain to trade
- Bourses Put Penny Stocks Under Scanner (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2003)
Warnings issued by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) seem to have created an impact on market participants, including the stock exchanges (SEs).
- Saffron Carpet Ready For Sharon... (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2003)
The BJP and the VHP today welcomed the visit of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and lambasted the Left parties for their criticism of the visiting dignitary. The RSS chose to keep quiet.
- No One Is Counting Them Out (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2003)
AT LEAST for the next 12 months, there will be all kinds of speculation, especially within the Democratic Party and in the media, on last-minute entrants, or last-minute forced draftees. And the more vehement the denials, the stronger will be the ...
- Your Q His A (Indian Express, RAJIV K. LUTHRA , Sep 07, 2003)
Rajiv K. Luthra is the founder and senior partner of Luthra and Luthra Law Offices. This column provides general observations on applicable laws. Due to paucity of space, it does not and cannot substitute legal advice specific to an issue. Readers are ...
- August 25, 2003: A Gateway Of India Love Story (Indian Express, Sweta Ramanujan, Sep 06, 2003)
A mother and her children are leaving Mumbai. But this is no rebuff to the city. It’s a story of love and longing in Mumbai with a happy ending in Hanover. This is about Claus Delios and Savita Yadav and how the twin blasts, which shattered so many lives,
- What’s In Wto For Us? (Indian Express, Gopal Krishna Agarwal, Sep 06, 2003)
During the 18th century imperialism had a physical form. Countries which had military power colonised other countries and exploited their resources. Today developed countries exercise control over poorer ones in a more subtle way. International financial
- Decision Time At Cancun (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2003)
THE FIFTH MINISTERIAL meeting of the World Trade Organisation, which will be held in Cancun, Mexico, next week, is the last chance for the 146 member-countries to impart a true development dimension to the Doha Development Agenda (DDA), the ...
- Wto: Sidelining Of Implementation Issues (Hindu, C. Rammanohar Reddy, Sep 06, 2003)
One set of issues of concern to the developing countries that held centre-stage in three previous ministerial meetings of the World Trade Organisation may well occupy only the sidelines at next week's conference in Cancun, Mexico.
- Drought: Farmers Commit Suicide In Karnataka (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2003)
: Five days after the state government announced a Rs 856-crore relief package for debt-ridden farmers, who are pushed to the brink by three consecutive years of drought, the spate of suicides shows no signs of abating.
- Wto Ministerial - Beat Developed Countries At Their Own Game (Business Line, Uttam Gupta , Sep 05, 2003)
India's strategy at Cancun should be to get increased market access by beating the developed countries at their own game. To start with, Indian negotiators should force the latter to drastically cut their present high levels of trade-distorting subsidies
- World Bank Pulls Up The Rich On Agriculture (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Sep 05, 2003)
The report urges that, if the world's poor are to be benefited in any meaningful way, the Doha Round must result in a reduction in farm protection all around the world.
- Madhumita: Screws Tighten On Tripathi (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2003)
The CBI’s Madhumita Shukla murder case against BSP MLA and ex-UP Minister Amar Mani Tripathi is getting stronger with the victim’s mother and sister saying that the CBI sketch of one of the killers resembled Tripathi’s former servant.
- Bright Tuesday For The Black Monday Yadav Orphans (Indian Express, Sweta Ramanujan, Sep 04, 2003)
Ma-baba hamesha bolte the padho. Apni life banao (our parents always told us to study, move ahead in life).
- Tel Aviv Will Move In Heavy Artillery On Delhi Red Carpet (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Sep 04, 2003)
When Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon arrives here on Sunday, it’s the defence and security component of his delegation that all eyes will be set on.
- Auditing: The New Untouchable (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2003)
A REPORT by The Washington Post reveals that many accounting firms are reducing the number of audits performed for public companies, and, in some cases, firms are giving up providing public company audit services altogether. The exodus from providing ...
- An Affair, Small And Private (Business Line, Mohan R. Lavi, Sep 04, 2003)
On the concept of small private company
- Milk Debate Gone Sour (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2003)
THE UNSEEMLY ROW over the proposed import of milk powder assumes importance not because it is seen as a fight between the country's two best-known dairy cooperatives, but because it has at once focussed everyone's attention on the inherent inadequacies in
- Make Industrial Sector The Engine Of Growth (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Sep 04, 2003)
With the business environment for the industrial sector turning favourable, it is the right time to initiate measures to make this sector an engine of growth and to raise its share in GDP. The thrust of the growth strategy should be more public and ...
- Scientists Are Barc-Ing Up The Banana Tree (Indian Express, Reshma Patil, Sep 03, 2003)
At nuclear lab, bananas’ new forms ripen: juice, wine and baby food
- I-T Officer In Jail For ‘non-Existent’ Case (Indian Express, Anuradha Nagaraj, Sep 03, 2003)
Magistrate who jailed tax commissioner now faces a probe
- Off With Maya Men, Say Digvijay’s Men (Indian Express, Hartosh Singh Bal, Sep 03, 2003)
Mayawati’s parting of ways with the NDA may make the Congress look at her differently. But that’s in the future. As for the present, the Digvijay Singh government has been under pressure from Congress MLAs to shunt out Dalit officials believed to be BSP
- Cancun: Keep The Wheels Moving (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Sep 03, 2003)
With Cancun just days off, various groups of nations are sitting in conclaves to work out ways and means to ensure that the bicycle of trade negotiations does not fall, and the WTO ministerial does not end in abject failure. This would be a serious ...
- The Art Of `Green' Governance (Business Line, K. P. S. Chauhan, Sep 03, 2003)
THE Government of India recently set up a National Environment Authority (NEA) and six regional authorities which are expected to start functioning within three months. The NEA will have the appellate jurisdiction to hear appeals against decisions made by
- Star Of The Sandbox (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2003)
After years of threatening glory, Indian athletics finally achieved it on Saturday night. A year before the Athens Games, Anju Bobby George’s bronze medal at the World Championships will give other Indian athletes cause for hope. The truth, though, is ...
- Masterji Meets Jim (Indian Express, Rooma Mehra, Sep 02, 2003)
I noticed him on my regular evening visits to the park. He sat with a book in a corner of a bench oblivious to the shouts of children around him. A voracious reader myself, I was curious to know what books he was reading.
- Rocca On Her Way Back To Delhi, Iraq On The Talks Table (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Sep 02, 2003)
The regional big picture — from the Middle East to China via Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan — will be on the agenda when Christina Rocca, the US pointperson for South Asia, arrives here for talks next week with the Foreign Office.
- What Lies Beneath Disputed Structure (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2003)
Extracts from the 574-page report submitted by the ASI on the excavation carried out in Ayodhya
- Make Wto Work, Alternative Is Worse (Deccan Herald, Emma Bonino, Sep 02, 2003)
It is in the intertest of both developing and developed countries to overcome the crisis in WTO
- Oil Shocks Again (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2003)
With the price of international crude surging over the past two months, it was to be expected this would have to be reflected in the domestic area in the near future. After all, with Brent prices pushing close to $30 per barrel due to a number of reasons
- Temporary Relief (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2003)
THE DRUG DEAL reached by members of the World Trade Organisation last week is but a temporary truce. Countries with conflicting interests have decided to put their differences aside for now, and seek a more permanent solution when negotiations resume to
- Fta Success Lies In Partner Choice (Business Line, S. Majumder , Sep 02, 2003)
India should not expect any big FDI flows from the proposed FTAs, as most of the countries concerned, barring Singapore and South Africa, receive FDIs rather than invest abroad.
- Tasks Before Dr Reddy At Rbi (Business Line, A. Seshan, Sep 02, 2003)
DR Y. Venugopal Reddy is taking over as Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). I had an opportunity to work with him during the tumultuous days of the Gulf Crisis in the early 1990s. He was then Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Finance. He and I
- Babri Case In Rae Bareli: Sc Says Let It Continue (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Sep 02, 2003)
The Supreme Court today kept alive the possibility of L K Advani and M M Joshi being discharged in two days by a Rae Bareli court in the Babri Masjid demolition case.
- Candor At Cancun (Indian Express, Sanjaya Baru, Sep 01, 2003)
The WTO regime is still the best bet for a rising trading nation like ours
- Day After The Great Indian Leap, Anju Has A Story To Tell (Indian Express, Norris Pritam, Sep 01, 2003)
As Anju Bobby George’s historic jump at the World Athletics Championships yesterday was repeatedly beamed on television channels, there were some precious images that the cameras failed to capture. No one saw two grown-up men crying in a modest Delhi ...
- Finally, Wto Approves Deal On Cheap Drugs (Indian Express, Navika Kumar, Aug 31, 2003)
After some hiccups on Friday, the WTO has reached an agreement on allowing poor countries of the world freedom to import cheap copies of patented drugs for mass killer diseases like AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis. The deal is expected to benefit countries
- Red Planet Inspires Kalam (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2003)
President Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam saw the red planet, Mars, at midnight on Friday from the Rashtrapati Bhavan with his team through a telescope.
- Prince Charming Enthralls Delhi Elites (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Aug 31, 2003)
From the kingdom of the gods, a people’s prince has been charming the city’s creme de la creme over the last few days, speaking softly but holding his own in rooms full of middle-aged Republican opinion.
- Shower Power (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2003)
Ample rains and a consequent rise in agricultural output have set the economy on the growth path after three unremarkable years.
- Dropouts (Indian Express, MELVYN THOMAS, Aug 31, 2003)
A pall of gloom surrounds the Institute of Our Lady Fatima where 23 children, who were killed in Thursday’s Daman-Ganga bridge collapse, used to study. Established in 1929, it is one of the oldest schools in Daman and has 2,200-odd students mourning the
- Mumbai Twin Blasts: Police Trap 2 Prime Suspects (Indian Express, J. Dey, Aug 31, 2003)
The Mumbai Police seem to be close to cracking the August-25 twin blasts case. Two persons were arrested from their hideout in the western suburb of Goregaon today in a joint operation by the Intelligence Bureau and Crime Branch.
- Mumbai On The Map (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Aug 30, 2003)
Mumbai has been to this tragic place before. But this time was different in at least one sense. This time, echoes of the twin blasts in the city travelled farther abroad than ever before. Instant empathy poured in from foreign shores. Comparisons were
- Let’s Do The Cancun (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2003)
Indian negotiators are on the right track so far in the run up to the Cancun WTO meeting
- Diplomats Will Have To Do With Made In India: Govt Cuts Their Liquor Quotas (Indian Express, Pranab Dhal Samanta, Aug 30, 2003)
The Ministry of External Affairs has put curbs on the flow of duty-free liquor into embassies. It has introduced a drastic cut of nearly 50 per cent in the duty-exempted foreign liquor quota of all diplomats across the board regardless of embassy or rank.
- When English Is Done In (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Aug 30, 2003)
Part of the problem is that English has become a victim of its own success.
- Mulayam's Task Ahead (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2003)
BY STATING THAT cases against political leaders under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) will be withdrawn immediately, the new Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Mulayam Singh Yadav, has conveyed his determination to undo one of several instances ...
- Rbi Annual Report 2002-03 - Good, But Scope For More (Business Line, A. Seshan, Aug 29, 2003)
The RBI's latest Annual Report is a mine of information and analysis, and places in the public domain important data relating to its accounts. A tad too much emphasis on models and methodology puts it at risk of being consigned to the coffee-table instead
- Strategy For India At Cancun (Business Line, P. P. Prabhu, Aug 29, 2003)
New Delhi's objective at the Cancun WTO ministerial should be to strive for an outcome that will help India obtain greater market access, and benefit from its export potential and greater participation in international trade
- From Algiers To Baghdad (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2003)
Pentagon officials are watching a 1965 classic for insight into urban terror
- Doha Round In Trouble (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2003)
WHEN MINISTERS FROM the 146 member-countries of the World Trade Organisation assemble in a fortnight's time in Cancun, Mexico, they will have the difficult task of ending the impasse in the Doha round of negotiations. The Ministerial declaration ...
- Political Factors And Indo-Pak Trade (Deccan Herald, Bidanda M Chengappa, Aug 29, 2003)
Pakistan definitely stands to gain from free trade with India but political considerations will not allow it
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