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Articles 13921 through 14020 of 17201:
- Myths About Spirituality (Indian Express, YOGI ASHWINIJI, Jan 27, 2005)
Spirituality, as the word suggests, is a dimension which dwells in the world of the spirit, the etheric world.
- Stained Padma (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 27, 2005)
A large number of foreigners have made India their home, empathised with its people and worked shoulder-to-shoulder with Indians because they fell in love with this land.
- 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
- Eu With Israel (Pioneer, Priyadarsi Dutta, Jan 27, 2005)
While a raging debate over Turkey's admission in the European Union is on, has somebody thought about the possible inclusion of Israel in the EU?
- 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.
- See The Open Sky And Reach For It (Business Line, D. Murali , Jan 26, 2005)
India and the US recently revisited a 50-year old restrictive agreement, and decided to adopt an `open skies' policy in aviation "to accommodate the growing travel and trade between the two countries,"
- The Other Pervez From Pakistan (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 26, 2005)
It's easy to forget that Karachi-born Pervez Hoodbhoy (54) is a nuclear physicist when he hops around the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research auditorium switching off bulbs to screen his documentary Crossing the Lines-Kashmir
- Tsunami Rave (Indian Express, RAJU NAYAK, Jan 26, 2005)
It seems the exodus from Kerala post Tsunami has favoured Goa’s tourism. As usual it was all happening in Goa during the New Year amidst the government claiming credit for the spurt in tourism after the spectacular International Film Festival hosted by th
- 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.
- Money For A Greener World (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 26, 2005)
The developed country Parties...and other Parties...shall provide new and additional financial resources to meet the agreed full costs incurred by developing country Parties in
- Tsunami: Poverty, The Epicentre Of Priorities (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Jan 25, 2005)
THE Asian tsunami has with all its catastrophic consequences pushed poverty at the centre of global concerns in 2005, giving a thrust to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, including halving of the world's poor by 2015, and progress on th
- ‘Our Computer Is Our Head And Our Gandhi Cap ... (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jan 25, 2005)
In their trademark white shirts, pyjamas and Gandhi topis, the dabbawallahs of Mumbai are a unique service which has not only attracted the attention of Forbes magazine but also of environmentalists around the world
- Alliance Of Diverse Minds (Indian Express, SONYA PHILIP, Jan 25, 2005)
It’s India’s “silent condition”. Condition, not illness — what can be called being learning disabled. Teachers know it exists among 15 to 20 per cent of their students, parents know it affects their children’s sense of self-worth because
- Victory Via Mars (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Jan 24, 2005)
As the world’s two largest democracies prepare to vote again, incumbents in India might find it useful to watch George Bush. The president of the US, fighting what has been billed as a very crucial foreign policy election,
- 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.
- Drug Law Causes Concern (Tribune, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Jan 24, 2005)
ON December 27, the Union government promulgated an ordinance introducing a new product patent regime for pharmaceuticals by amending the Indian Patent Act of 1970 for the third time.
- Free In Private (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 24, 2005)
Anonymity can be strangely liberating. And what it liberates can be just as strangely double-edged. Call centres in India are becoming aware of an unexpected form of racism in British society.
- Entrance Tests Must Make An Exit (Indian Express, S.C. BHARGAVA, Jan 24, 2005)
The recent leakage of the CAT and other entrance papers makes it clear that there is something seriously amiss with the whole system of entrance examinations.
- 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.
- 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?
- Tsunami: The Robots Next Time? (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 23, 2005)
Two news items deserve special attention as the world tries painfully to come to grips with life after tsunami. According to the first, eight elephants that take tourists around at Thailand's Khao Lak beach began to cry loudl
- Congress Does A Shuffle (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 23, 2005)
Many have sworn there’s a new Sonia Gandhi of late. The lady of 10 Janpath has stepped out of the fortress more than once, in full media glare, to meet with potential allies.
- The Embedded Host (Deccan Herald, KAMALA BALACHANDRAN, Jan 22, 2005)
Of late, I have been so regularly lying to my parents that my conscience does not even take notice of it any more. But one day, in just a span of three hours, I had fibbed thrice, and that was too much, even by my standards.
- Gennext Is Gennow (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jan 22, 2005)
What do you say when a straight-sets defeat for an Indian in Grand Slam third round becomes the stuff of headlines? Or when merely a point scored in the first set lost 1-6 becomes a cause for national cheer?
- Innately Silly (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 22, 2005)
The president of Harvard University, Mr Lawrence Summers, is a bit of a silly man. He forgot who he was. His suggestion, that “innate differences” between the sexes prevent women from succeeding at the highest levels in mathematics
- 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.
- Out Of Jurisdiction, Again (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 21, 2005)
In yet another act completely out of jurisdiction, the Election Commission has undertaken to examine whether the release and use of the Justice U.C. Banerjee interim report on Godhra amount to a violation of the model code of conduct.
- Congress Does A Shuffle (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 21, 2005)
Many have sworn there’s a new Sonia Gandhi of late. The lady of 10 Janpath has stepped out of the fortress more than once, in full media glare, to meet with potential allies.
- Dr Joshi And His Strange Loves (Indian Express, Shubh Saumya, Jan 21, 2005)
Human Resource Development Minister Murli Manohar Joshi speaks these days like a class warrior. His campaign to belittle and bully IITs and IIMs would make a Marxist proud.
- Intellectual Tsunami (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jan 21, 2005)
It has been variously described as male chauvinism, a firestorm, a maelstrom and even an intellectual tsunami. The rather overblown ballyhoo, now raging over the Western media, has been kicked off by the
- Living With The Chandras (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Jan 21, 2005)
It's happened yet again. A window suddenly opens to a seemingly normal household and what we witness causes us to shudder in horror. So immured have we become to the routine attacks on daughters-in-law/wives
- 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
- 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.
- An Ocean Of Ignorance (Indian Express, S.Z. QASIM, Jan 20, 2005)
Few people living away from the sea would realise the crucial role it plays in our weather system. For instance, the monsoon — on which the livelihood of millions depends — is based on the energy released by the sea
- An Opportunity In Adversity (Business Line, S. Srinath, Jan 20, 2005)
The relief that came after the tsunami tragedy was as big as the wave that hit the coastal areas of the South. The noble gesture was tarnished by some complaints that the aid packages have not reached certain pockets.
- Caution On Oilseed Imports (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 20, 2005)
The Minister for Agriculture and Food, Mr Sharad Pawar's explosive statement in Mumbai at the World Congress of International Association of Seed Crushers that there
- Cruel Witness (Telegraph, BRIJESH D. JAYAL, Jan 20, 2005)
It is premature to write on calamities even as events are unfolding. But when one is cruel witness to a comic drama being enacted by the very ones
- Egs Demands Other Reforms (Indian Express, Arvind Virmani, Jan 20, 2005)
A basic objective of economic and social policy is to ensure that all able-bodied citizens are provided a job at the prevailing market wage for unskilled work.
- Managing National Security (Tribune, Air Commodore Jasjit Singh (retd), Jan 19, 2005)
IF the historical record of a National Security Council (NSC) in India is any indication, it seems we are not serious about how we intend to manage our national security which undoubtedly has become increasingly complex with the passage of time.
- Injustice Banerjee (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 19, 2005)
What is Justice UC Banerjee trying to suggest? Does he want us to believe that on February 27, 2002, kar sevaks inside Coaches S-6 and S-7 of Sabarmati Express developed a collective suicidal urge and immolated themselves?
- A New Resolve On Reforms (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Jan 19, 2005)
Speaking in Kolkata, the Prime Minister sent a bold message to the allies to be partners in progress in creating a caring economy.
- Knowing Global Power (Indian Express, K. Subrahmanyam, Jan 19, 2005)
When I read the report of the National Intelligence Council of CIA, ‘Mapping the global future’, which has assessed the rise of China and India as major global powers by year
- Tsunami Thaws Nuclear Chill (Toronto Star, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2005)
urgent help to India's coastal nuclear installations in the wake of last month's tsunami, setting aside a 30-year ban on atomic co-operation between the two countries, Prime Minister Paul Martin has revealed.
- Making Speed With Broadband (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 18, 2005)
For the telecom sector, price cuts, and substantial ones at that, have become a familiar routine that has seen domestic long distance and international telephone call charges dropping to just
- Doubts And Assurances On Globalisation (Hindu, N. Ravi, Jan 18, 2005)
For long, mainstream economists dismissed any downside to free trade as far less significant than the benefits flowing from it. What Paul Samuelson's paper has done is to suggest that the critics might have a point after all.
- Right To Information (Indian Express, Soli Sorabjee, Jan 18, 2005)
The Freedom of Information Act has not yet been enacted. Our Supreme Court, in its celebrated judgement delivered in 1980, spelled out this right from the fundamental right of speech and expression guaranteed by Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution.
- Crisis In Balochistan (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Jan 17, 2005)
All this talk about an Iran-Pakistan-India hydrocarbons pipeline has had an unintended effect of aggravating the Balochistan crisis inside Pakistan. Baloch nationalists have long been protesting against an insensitive Centre that is insensitive to their p
- Handshake Freezeframed (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Jan 17, 2005)
They’re squinting hard at the road from Islamabad and it looks foggy. This week, it was the ECONOMIST’s turn to congratulate Vajpayee and Musharraf for their warm handclasp.
- History Has Been Made, Now Overcome It (Indian Express, SHASHI THAROOR, Jan 17, 2005)
Handshakes are not often termed ‘‘historic’’, but the one between Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf last week readily earned the adjective.
- Tackle Poverty With Growth (Tribune, Montek singh Ahluwalia, Jan 17, 2005)
IT is absolutely true that poverty has not declined as much as was targeted. But this point should be read along with the knowledge that growth has not been what it was meant to be.
- Partners, Seriously (Indian Express, G Parthasarathy, Jan 17, 2005)
Eyebrows were raised when Colin Powell recently announced that the United States had offered its “good offices” to promote reconciliation between India and Pakistan.
- Net Savvy Nation (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 17, 2005)
The launch of quick and affordable internet services across the country is a welcome, but slightly delayed, move. With public sector telecom majors, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd
- Stop Blaming Them (Telegraph, A.K. Sen Sarma, Jan 17, 2005)
Post-tsunami, the media have proclaimed knowledgeably that scientists have failed the people (presumably, the communication goof-up during the 1999 super- cyclone was also their failure).
- Regional Stock Exchange Prospects (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 17, 2005)
A new share trading platform called the BSEIndonext, inaugurated recently, might at best provide a lifeline to regional stock exchanges.
- Poetry And Business (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jan 17, 2005)
We have seen a lot of incongruous stuff associated with business: Equity, environment, social responsibility and even ethics! But poetry? We had, of course, long ago a banker
- Beyond Tsunami: An Agenda For Action (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 17, 2005)
Relief is in full swing in all the tsunami-hit areas of India. Medium- and long-term rehabilitation demands three things all along the coast. First, strengthening the ecological foundations of sustainable human security.
- What Kind Of A Central Banker Do We Need? (Business Line, V. Anantha Nageswaran, Jan 17, 2005)
Examining the issues involved in a central banker's attitude towards risk and experimentation and whether there is a case for more experimentation in a developing, than in a developed
- Indian Corporate Finance Deals (Business Line, Kai Taraporevala, Jan 17, 2005)
The Year 2004 belonged to the private equity investor. Even as valuations soared and the Indian stock market reached record highs, private equity investors recovered from the shock of seeing the Left wing
- Playing Tactical Games (Indian Express, Najam Sethi, Jan 17, 2005)
Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif are not amused. President General Pervez Musharraf has usurped a key element of their political agenda — peace with India — without as much as nodding ‘‘thank you’’.
- Estranged Bedfellows (Telegraph, Avijit Ghosh, Jan 16, 2005)
Congress plus or minus Laloo. Paswan alone. BJP plus JD(U). Or whatever else works. It’s the season of shifting electoral alignments in Bihar.
- An Officer And A Gentleman (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Jan 15, 2005)
Among the least readable books I include autobiographies of retired civil servants and army officers.
- Mind Without Fear (Deccan Herald, SUJATA RAJPAL, Jan 15, 2005)
I was to be in Indonesia on 26th December, but much to the chagrin of my kids, the trip had to be cancelled due to an official engagement.
- Let Farmers Provide The Nuts And Bolts For Industry (Indian Express, RASHID K KIDWAI, Jan 15, 2005)
With the recent focus of a number of organisations working on developing sustainable enterprises in the social sector, a large opportunity exists for corporate and social sector collaboration, which could generate very large
- Primitive Wisdom Saved Them (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 14, 2005)
When the tsunami wave struck coastal India and decimated it in a matter of minutes, apprehension was that the reclusive aborigines of the Andaman and Nicobar islands were perhaps the worst sufferers considering that their islands were far closer to the Su
- Removing An Irritant (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 14, 2005)
The Prime Minister’s announcement on Wednesday to scrap the controversial Press Note 18 (PN 18) and replace it with a more liberal set of conditions, is the right step to create an investment-friendly climate in the country.
- Tsunami's Children (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 14, 2005)
More than any natural disaster before it, the December 26 tsunami was especially cruel on children. Large numbers of children perished because they could not run away from the
- The Great Wall Of Shopping (Asia Times, Pepe Escobar, Jan 14, 2005)
This boardwalk advertisement greets at least half a million passers-by every day on Nanjing Dong Lu, Shanghai's premier commercial thoroughfare, where almost 40 years ago hordes of vigilant Red Guards waved Mao Zedong's Little Red Book.
- Impact Of Marketisation (Deccan Herald, Supriya Roy Chowdhury, Jan 14, 2005)
In recent years, the question of labour and of the labour movement has been re-defined in many ways. As globalisation proceeds, the working classes all over the world have felt the inegalitarian impact of marketisation. Labour in developed countries...
- ‘Our Govt Is Committed To Creating ... (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 14, 2005)
In a judicious choice of venue, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh chose Left Front-ruled West Bengal for a seminal statement on the economic goals of his government. Addressing the CII partnership summit 2005, in Kolkata on
- An Act Of God? (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Jan 14, 2005)
The little schoolboy who innocently quizzed the President, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, about God may have, unknowingly, joined a worldwide debate around one of the most profound philosophical questions raised by the tsunami disaster
- `Vat Is Equitable With Least Distortion On Resources' (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Jan 14, 2005)
As the preparatory process for Union Budget 2005-06 has already begun with the Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, holding the customary confabulations with various players of the economy
- Memories Etched On Sand (Telegraph, Debabrata Mohanty, Jan 13, 2005)
Tsunami-struck Tamil Nadu has much to learn from Orissa, which has repeatedly faced the wrath of nature
- Karachi Opens Door To Us Forces (Asia Times, Syed Saleem Shahzad, Jan 13, 2005)
Having teamed up with the US to help eliminate Taliban rule in Afghanistan, Pakistan is once again proving its worth in the "war on terror", this time in Washington's quest against Iran.
- Painful Potions (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 13, 2005)
For an Industry just grappling with the dynamics of a new product patent regime, the Centre's recent excise duty notification could not have come at a worse time.
- There Is No Core Issue (Indian Express, Premvir Das, Jan 13, 2005)
During a recent visit to India, many retired military officers of Pakistan, known “hawks” when in uniform, said retirement had transformed them and they now realised human values and aspirations were more important.
- Virtuous Cycle In Telecom Tariffs (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 13, 2005)
With the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) reducing one of the levies on calls made to and from mobile phones, phone rates should come down from February 2005.
- For Art’S Sake (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 13, 2005)
The Supreme Court must be the most overworked institution in the country. From emissions to examinations, it has to keep a stern eye on almost every aspect of Indian life.
- How Not To Respond To A Tsunami (Indian Express, T.V.R. Shenoy, Jan 13, 2005)
Following Christiano Junior’s death the Football Federation is insisting on ambulances at all grounds. This could make more of a difference than the Government of India’s promise to establish a tsunami warning system. If that sounds cynical there is some
- Anxieties Of Control (Telegraph, NIVEDITA MENON, Jan 13, 2005)
So once again the Great Indian Value System has triumphed over sex, mobile phones, the internet and any or all possible combinations of the three.
- Competitiveness Begins At Home (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Jan 13, 2005)
The global produce economy offers India a massive opportunity. India is not a notable producer of branded goods. Its global competitiveness in the context of the majority...
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