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Low inflation, high illusion
IN THE BOOKS of the rulers inflation rate has dipped to a 20-year low at 1.5 per cent but not so for the ruled. Price tags at retail shops seem to tell a different tale, and this is confirmed by the wide variation between the wholesale and ... More

ECONOMY


Transforming Afghanistan through a peace economy
NOW that the conflict in Afghanistan has ended, the international community has acknowledged its moral obligation of bringing relief to the war-worn country. They too have a right to peace, security and dignity. It may take years to heal the ... More

POLITICS


Ayodhya again: Test of true strength
POLITICS not only makes for strange bedfellows; it also often presents the sorry spectacle of a political group being hauled over the coals by its trusted friends at the most inappropriate of times. This is what is happening between the BJP and ... More

POWER


Power needs a Pitroda
The Union Power Minister, Mr Suresh Prabhu, is certainly one of the more aware ministers. A young successful politician with a brilliant academic background and experience of the finance portfolio in a State like Maharashtra, he holds fairly ... More

TERRORISM


The Great Divide of race and religion
REPORTS of a difference of opinion between the US Secretary of State, Gen Colin Powell, and the Defence Secretary, Mr Donald H. Rumsfeld, on how the Taliban and al Qaeda prisoners should be treated could be symptomatic of a deeper international ... More

SECURITY


Comprehensive security
THE Delhi Policy Group (DPG), under the dynamic stewardship of Gen V. R. Raghavan, former Director General of Military Operations, has been doing yeoman service in promoting public awareness of the concept of a holistic approach to security. ... More

ECONOMIC OFFENCES


Letter of credit: A scam in the making?
"THIS corrupt Government must go right now,'' said the erudite spokesman of the main Opposition party on the March 20, adding that ``due to the lack, or more correctly, absence of supervision over banks, greedy and corrupt foreign financial ... More

LETTERS


  • Common man sidelined
  • Retrograde I-T provisions
  • Business idols
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