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Articles 28321 through 28420 of 31829:
- Paying Government And Its Staff (Business Line, R. Vaidyanathan, Jan 27, 2005)
For those paying taxes and other government dues, it is a double whammy. Most often the collection is as much on `Client' (government) as on `Own' (staff) account. To tackle this, the government should drastically reduce
- Poll Promises In Iraq (Indian Express, T.V.R. Shenoy, Jan 27, 2005)
In AD 632, the Prophet Mohammed was returning from Mecca to Medina when he had a premonition. Halting the caravan he proclaimed to the 120,000 pilgrims who were accompanying him,
- The Factory Of Death (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 27, 2005)
Just five survivors remain today from the three Soviet divisions which liberated Auschwitz concentration camp in January 1945. I am the youngest
- Towards A Strong Partnership (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 27, 2005)
China and India took a significant step towards their common objective of restoring balance in international affairs by holding their first strategic dialogue.
- Spreading Maoist Menace (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Jan 27, 2005)
Nepal's Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh YS Rajasekara Reddy seem to be afflicted by the same malady.
- Musharraf’S Compulsions (Deccan Herald, G Parthasarathy, Jan 27, 2005)
Just over a year ago the then Prime Minister, Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee and the Pakistani President, Gen Pervez Musharraf, agreed in Islamabad that following an assurance from Gen Musharraf that he would not allow Pakistan-controlled territory to be used fo
- Stampede Deaths (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 27, 2005)
Over 250 pilgrims, mostly women and children, were killed and several injured in a stampede on Tuesday at Mandradevi temple at Wai in Satara district of Maharashtra.
- A Report Card That Doesn't Impress (Business Line, Dilip Kumar Sen, Jan 27, 2005)
In theory corporate governance came as a fashion to soon become a fad and now a passion. It however appears that in India the approach which the Government has taken to instil good governance practices is
- An Island Mentality Towards The Andamans (Indian Express, HARSH MANDER, Jan 27, 2005)
Far away from Delhi, in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, the task of relief is a gigantic one, as each section of society needs sensitive handling
- An Uncertain Wait (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Jan 27, 2005)
Turkey has a long way to go before qualifying itself for EU membership. It has to bring itself in line with the democratic and institutional principles that govern European nations.
- Centrally Bungled Investigations: The Absurd Cbi (Indian Express, K N Bhat, Jan 27, 2005)
Not many believe that Veerappan was killed in an encounter as narrated by the police. Sensational crimes are handled by a few police officers handpicked by the bosses. Their major specialization is in fabricating fantastic stories and leaking them to the
- Chewing As Cultural Nationalism (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jan 27, 2005)
The latest bout of political one-upmanship, between Maharashtra deputy CM R R Patil and the state’s irrigation minister Ajit Pawar, has had a noble ending.
- Demystify Exchange Rates (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 27, 2005)
The case for understanding exchange rate movements on a day-to-day basis has become stronger in an open economy. Quite obviously, many more sections of society than those engaged in international trade and policy-makers are affected by the variations in e
- Let Tech Reduce Cost Of Regulation (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jan 27, 2005)
The principles behind Sebi’s amendments to the Sebi (Disclosure and Investor Protection) Guidelines, 2000 can very well be extended to various other issues concerning corporates and investors.
- Publishing, Us Style (Deccan Herald, Padma Ramachandran, Jan 26, 2005)
I thought writing a book was very difficult. But what is more difficult is to market the book you have written. I had a sample of this in the US recently.
- Sunset Reviews: Beyond Anti-Dumping (Business Line, M. R. Venkatesh, Jan 26, 2005)
In a Sunset Review the authorities are called upon to merely focus their inquiry on the "likelihood of continuation or recurrence" of dumping and injury in the event the measure were no longer imposed.
- The Deadly Bureaucracy In The Andamans (Indian Express, COLIN GONSALVES, Jan 26, 2005)
The civic administration in the Andamans and Nicobar islands is stalling relief measures and preventing aid from reaching those who urgently need it
- No Surprises Expected At Brazil (Deccan Herald, WALDEN BELLO, Jan 26, 2005)
Now five years old, the World Social Forum is returning to Porto Alegre, Brazil, after its big success in Mumbai, India. The mood of thousands of people expected is likely to be affected by the tsunami tragedy in Asia as well as the changed national conte
- What’S He Been Reading? (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Jan 26, 2005)
The interval between the swearing-in of an American president and his “State of the Union” address is a period of limited activity in Washington.
- Where Bush Can Tackle Tyranny (Hindu, Gary Younge, Jan 26, 2005)
If George W. Bush wanted to tackle tyranny, he could start with regimes under U.S. control. But liberty clearly has limits.
- Dressing Up For Davos (Business Line, Mohan Murti, Jan 26, 2005)
Davos is the cold snow-bound Swiss town where the annual World Economic Forum, which is "Committed to improving the state of the world," brings together everybody who is anybody in global politics, global business and global do-gooderism.
- Bush's Crash Test Economics (The Economic Times, J BRADFORD DELONG, Jan 26, 2005)
Fifteen years ago, the United States was in the midst of what you could call its ‘Age of Diminished Expectations’.
- Kathmandu Under Siege (Telegraph, G Parthasarathy, Jan 26, 2005)
Nepal’s Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Y.S. Rajasekara Reddy seem to be afflicted by the same malady. In early December 2004 Mr Deuba announced at the World Buddhist Summit at Lord Buddha’s birthplace
- Immigration Equals Prosperity And Power (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 26, 2005)
When it comes to making accurate predictions, America’s intelligence establishment has something to prove these days... Nevertheless, the US National Intelligence Council’s new document, Mapping the Global Future, has compelling things to say about the pl
- The Mayor’S Copy (Tribune, K. Rajbir Deswal, Jan 25, 2005)
SHE wrote a letter to Tony Blair of which she sent a copy to her town’s Mayor. Having gone through the strange and incoherent contents, the Mayor got suspicious and ordered a secret enquiry into the woman’s affairs. She perhaps needed help, he thought.
- No Home To Call One’S Own (Telegraph, Debabrata Mohanty, Jan 25, 2005)
Over a thousand people in Orissa have been asked to “quit India”, but the decision smells of double standards
- The Afghan Story (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Jan 25, 2005)
There was a time, not too long ago, when Afghanistan made front pages. Taliban, Bamian, Herat, and Mazar-e-Sharief had become almost household words in India
- The Future Of The Wto (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Jan 25, 2005)
The WTO is so concerned about its future that it has commissioned a special independent report to examine the possibilities and suggest reforms.
- Iraq's Flawed Election (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Jan 25, 2005)
The upcoming election in Iraq is unlikely to lead to the formation of a truly representative national assembly.
- Too Many To Blame (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Jan 25, 2005)
These are strange times across the world. The United States presidency is spending an obscene amount of money on the “anointing” of Mr Bush.
- Wisdom Of The Weak Dollar (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Jan 25, 2005)
For the US, the best possible way to knock down internal wages is to embrace a weak dollar. Also, it heals the American economy and vitalises the developing economies
- ‘Change Must Touch Common Indian’ (Tribune, Gobind Thukral, Jan 25, 2005)
AS ideas crowd his mind and momentous events about the journey of the Indian Republic fill his imagination, words, soft and chiselled, come in a slow measure. Former President K.R. Narayanan, a diplomat, a trained yogi and a man of great learning...
- Gas From Myanmar (Tribune, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jan 25, 2005)
THE most important of many reasons for welcoming the Myanmar-Bangladesh-India agreement is the impact on relations between two distant neighbours. India and Bangladesh will survive without Myanmar gas but they will not survive comfortably if, in the absen
- Doing A Shanghai (Indian Express, VRIJENDRA, Jan 25, 2005)
Make Mumbai into Shanghai’’, seems to be the new mantra of the powers-that-be in Maharashtra. The recent large-scale demolitions of slums in Mumbai are of a piece with this vision of Shanghai.
- A Glimpse Of The Lost Grandeur (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 25, 2005)
The legends may compare Balligavi to Lord Indra’s Amaravathi or Lord Kubera’s Alakavathi but reality is quite disappointing. Both the village and the temple are in ruins and not what it used to be
- Cap The Nuclear Arsenal Now (Hindu, R. Rajaraman, Jan 25, 2005)
If we in South Asia do not act now we will bequeath succeeding generations hundreds of nuclear weapons, in the shadow of whose hazards they will have to live.
- Seer’S Arrest: Not Just A Legal Issue (Deccan Herald, N Haridas, Jan 24, 2005)
The arrest of the Kanchi Shankaracharya has been played down as a mere law and order question by the Government of Tamil Nadu, ignoring its political, religious and social upshot
- Run Of Hooligans (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 24, 2005)
The violent way in which the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Hindu Jagran Vedike chose to protest the ‘Festival of Blessings’ programme by American evangelist Benny Hinn must be condemned in the strongest terms.
- The Enemy Within (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Jan 24, 2005)
Seymour Hersh’s New Yorker article about American forces carrying out reconnaissance missions in Iran to locate hidden Iranian nuclear facilities (presumably in order to destroy them all in a surprise attack) may be “riddled with errors,”
- The Man Who Oils India's Wheels (Asia Times, Ramtanu Maitra, Jan 24, 2005)
No US ambassador since John Kenneth Galbraith massaged the Indian ego more efficiently than Robert D Blackwill. The former envoy to India (2001-2003) is now reportedly
- The Tired, Retired Admiral (Indian Express, Rajiv Shukla, Jan 24, 2005)
Some facts stare you in the face. Take the Admiral Gorshkov. It’s old, retired, straight from the junkyard. Yet this ship will be commissioned in the Indian navy in mid-2008, after a payment of $ 1.5 billion (Rs 7,000 crore). Why? Only Defence Ministry of
- United States And The World (Hindu, Hamid Ansari, Jan 24, 2005)
Continuity rather than change may well be the mark of the second Bush administration's foreign policy.
- Broadbanding Your Way To .In Servers (Tribune, Roopinder Singh, Jan 24, 2005)
Computers and telecommunications have transformed the world. New words are being introduced and fresh meanings have been given to old terms. Presented here are some of the terms that the readers would be in touch with, even if they need to be clear about
- Bush Sets A Daunting Task (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma, Jan 24, 2005)
When President George Bush rang the Liberty Bell to begin his second four-year term in the White House, the world heard it. His words sounded the determination to increase the number of democracies.
- India Resists Tsunami Aid, Reveals New Identity (Boston Globe, Mannika Chopra, Jan 24, 2005)
Sitting in his dark one-room cottage, Ganesh was adamant in voicing support for India's refusal to accept tsunami relief directly from foreign governments.
- Quakes Spark Panic In Indonesia, India (CBC News, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 24, 2005)
Two strong earthquakes struck southern Asia eight hours apart on Monday, sending people fleeing in India and Indonesia for fear another tsunami could hit the countries.
- Securing Social Security Us View (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jan 23, 2005)
President George W. Bush has promised that social security reform will be a domestic priority over the next four years.
- Struggling Dinosaur (The Economic Times, ARVIND KALA, Jan 23, 2005)
IF India's telecom networks can be opened to private companies, why should our postal system remain a virtual monopoly?
- Lal Bahadur Shastri: A Unique Story Not Yet Fully Told (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Jan 23, 2005)
Without any loss of time — and also without fanfare — the committee appointed to oversee the celebrations of Lal Bahadur Shastri's centenary, headed by the Prime Minister
- Inevitable Triangle (Pioneer, MG Kapahy, Jan 23, 2005)
I agree with the editorial, "Sindh against" (January 5), that the petition in the Supreme Court for replacing the word Sind in our national anthem with Kashmir is both trivial and ludicrous.
- Democracy A Bad Word In Bihar (Tribune, Chanchal Sarkar, Jan 23, 2005)
Who will, in Bhagalpur, save the dolphins, those wonderfully intelligent water-animals of the Ganga? And save the polluted Ganga as well? Reports say that people are catching the dolphins and eating them up.
- Aids: Facing The Second Wave (OutLook, PRAMIT MITRA, Jan 23, 2005)
Eighteen years after the first AIDS diagnosis in the country, India has entered a critical period in its fight against the disease. And the country's strategy in combating the pandemic in the coming years will hold lessons not only for other
- India's Forgotten Army (The Economic Times, Raghu Krishnan, Jan 23, 2005)
I had planned to go to Orissa last winter but things didn't quite work out.
- Mega-Cities Face Mega Disasters (Tribune, David McNeill, Jan 22, 2005)
Earthquakes, floods and other natural disasters could kill millions in the world’s teeming “mega-cities” and time is running out to prevent such a catastrophe, a UN expert on emergency relief has warned.
- Mumbai's Demolition Marathon (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Jan 22, 2005)
While the Government can have a tough policy on structures built illegally on public lands, it cannot have the same attitude towards the people living in those structures
- No Smooth Sailing (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Jan 22, 2005)
Most observers of the Pakistani scene are running scared today: many expect the military establishment to order a crackdown on the mainly Bugti tribesmen in Balochistan’s Sui area where ‘miscreants’ have succeeded in damaging the gas purification plant in
- Parties In U.S., Despair Elsewhere (Hindu, Robin Cook, Jan 22, 2005)
Inauguration does not do justice to the exuberant celebrations of this week. Coronation would come closer. Washington ended Thursday with nine official balls.
- Purveyor Of Democracy (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 22, 2005)
THE extravaganza of George W. Bush's swearing in as the 43rd President of the US was unprecedented and unrelated to the ground reality.
- Should All Deductions And Exemptions Go? (Business Line, H. P. Ranina, Jan 22, 2005)
Deductions and exemptions have been the subject of much debate. Those opposed to them must realise that they are a significant part of the people's savings that form the bedrock of a nation's long-term
- Bush Raises The Banner (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 22, 2005)
Most second-term presidents in America tend to bask in the glory of their re-election and gently fade into the night. But not George W. Bush, who has unveiled a radical agenda for America and the world.
- Bush Declares War For Freedom (Tribune, K. Subramanyam, Jan 22, 2005)
Even those who dislike President George Bush have to admit that his second inaugural speech is one of the finest delivered on similar occasions. It is a declaration of war on those who oppose democracy and freedom.
- Laloo, Uninterrupted (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 22, 2005)
As a ploy, it is as disingenuous as it is tested. In Bihar, came a rare confession from Laloo Prasad Yadav, the Rashtriya Janata Dal has failed to deliver on promises of development.
- Cloning Glory (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 22, 2005)
ONE man's terrorist is another's freedom fighter. True. So, why bring in Osama bin Laden, by way of his look-alike, Maulana Meraj Khalid Noor as Mr Ram Vilas Paswan has done, into the Bihar election campaign?
- Four More Years (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 22, 2005)
US President George W Bush has started his second term in office on a belligerent note. His inaugural address has been described as the most combative speech to be delivered by an American president in 50 years.
- Powerless! (Indian Express, Ayesha Chawla, Jan 22, 2005)
It was January 19, 2005, 4 pm. Sitting in a tea room in Lausanne with friends, I experienced a power breakdown that spread from Geneva to Vevey.
- Pharma Sector — No Side-Effects Of Patent Regime (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Jan 21, 2005)
India's pharma industry is one of the most cost-effective manufacturers of generic drugs, and the overall outlook is encouraging.
- Selection Of World Bank's Chief — Time To End Western `Carve-Up' (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jan 21, 2005)
Wheels (within wheels) have begun moving in the industrial countries, especially the US, by way of setting the machinery in motion to install a person of their choice in the place of the current World Bank President
- Party At Crosspurpose (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Jan 21, 2005)
India and Pakistan seem determined to restart the cross-border bus from Munabao in Rajasthan to Khokhrapar in Sind, what with talks slated for the first week of March. Come summer, both Hindus and Muslims will get
- Hegemony, Uninterrupted (Indian Express, Kancha Ilaiah, Jan 21, 2005)
As India heads for another parliamentary election it may be useful to look at the politics of caste. The last six years of the BJP’s rule have seen the forces of Hindutva consolidating their control over institutions of Hindu spiritualism, business and ed
- Money To Burn? (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Jan 21, 2005)
If a country’s prosperity is defined in terms of the foreign exchange assets it holds, India had never had it so good. Foreign exchange holdings at this moment exceed $ 130 billion.
- No Escape From Party Poopers (Telegraph, Ashis Chakrabarti, Jan 20, 2005)
Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee’s toughest task lies in convincing middle-level CPI(M) leaders about the importance of capital
- Indo-Pakistan Peace Process (Tribune, P. C. Dogra, Jan 20, 2005)
According to Ayesha Siddiqua, a defence analyst at the Department of International Relations of Quaid-e- Azam University, “Since its creation in 1947, Pakistan’s security perception remains India-centric, dominated by an extreme sense of threat perceived
- More Flights To Us (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 20, 2005)
The civil aviation agreement recently finalised between India and the USA will be the beginning of a new era for the country’s aviation industry. The agreement, to be signed in February 2005
- Interim Report On Godhra Incident (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jan 20, 2005)
One can find fault with the timing of the release of the interim report of the Justice U. C. Banerjee Committee and the BJP can heap all the accusations it wishes on the Railway Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal
- Powell On Tsunami Aid (Tribune, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jan 20, 2005)
India’s stake in the effort to stamp out terrorism entitles it to feel perturbed at the implications of Mr Colin Powell’s linkage between relief and religion in stricken Banda Aceh where the tsunami killed over 100,000 Indonesians.
- Say Chak De Phatte To That (The Economic Times, Shubhrangshu Roy, Jan 20, 2005)
This past month I have been pumping the accelerator up and down the Grand Trunk Road to Chandigarh and beyond, to Ludhiana, taking in the sights and smells of a rich countryside
- Saying No To Aid (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Jan 20, 2005)
Many in the West were offended by India turning down offers of aid immediately after the tsunami. Is this a carryover of the colonial mentality?
- Stop This Overkill (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jan 20, 2005)
Ever since the arrest of Shri Jayendra Saraswati, the senior pontiff of the Kanchi Mutt, on a murder charge, the entire Sangh Parivar, and other Hindu religious groups in India and abroad have kept up an unrelenting
- The First & Last Don (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jan 20, 2005)
It’s exactly 400 years since the publication in Spanish in early 1605 of a book titled El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha.
- Watching The East Wind (Pioneer, Claude Arpi, Jan 20, 2005)
On April 8, 1976, another Chinese leader, Zhou Enlai, passed away. The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution had just ended. Modern China had gone through its 10 most tormented years.
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