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Friday, July 19, 2002
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New currency equations
DAYS WERE WHEN dealers shunned the rupee and the euro. Days are when forex players have no qualms trashing the dollar for the rupee and the euro, as forex markets shift preference for performers. For long the euro has been trailing the dollar and ... More

MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS & HOSPITALS


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    CORPORATE GOVERNANCE


    Does India need an equity cult?
    "Equity is soft, debt hard. Equity is forgiving, debt insisting. Equity is a pillow, debt a sword." — Bennett Stewart and David Glassman, quoted by Michael Jensen in his seminal paper, `Eclipse of the Public ... More

    RAILWAYS


    The zonal railway bazaar
    ONCE again the Railways has proved itself to be the ultimate milch cow. For the beneficiary States, the seven new zones announced by the Railway Minister, Mr Nitish Kumar, will be a perennial source of jobs, contracts, and other incomes. It is ... More

    ROADWAYS


    Running repairs
    `Chennaites do not know the difference between a tarred road and a mud road... they are just happy to see even a lane because they live in such difficult places in the city. They do not whine and make a big fuss about their roads like the people in B angalore and Hyderabad.' More

    ALTERNATIVE MEDICINES


    Osteopathy, the healing touch
    AMONG the emerging alternative systems of medicine gaining popularity, particularly in the US and Europe, is osteopathy which, its practitioners claim, is art, science and technique, all rolled into one. Bringing relief from pain and disease by ... More

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    Lafarge to build Rs 150-cr Bengal plant in two years


    Illegal border trade put at $2 billion

    `We're quite strong, but we'll have to watch out' — Mr A. Ramamurthy, current-in-charge and Managing Director, LIC

    Bank defaults mount to Rs 80,246 cr: AIBEA

    Software exports touch Rs 36,500 cr: Nasscom

    Cutflower exports regain markets Down Under

    Hacking of Indian Govt Web sites on the rise

    Post going private... in letter and spirit

    Osteopathy, the healing touch

    In Depth
    Gender Justice
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    Looking back
    Jul. 7-Jul. 13
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    HIV/AIDS in Manipur: In the `state' of despair

    What a teacher's son has taught

    Jayalalithaa: In the eye of another storm

    Making cargo `simple', British Airways way


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