The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, December 09, 2003

AIDS scare is for real
IT IS EASY to be cynical of the fuss made about Acquired-Immune Deficiency Syndrome, especially around the World AIDS day on December 1. The sight of many celebrity campaigners for HIV/AIDS may lead people to trivialise the issue. However, ... More

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Positive tones in the telecom sector
Though the Indian economy had undertaken comprehensive reforms it is only in telecom that the results are best visible. More

ECONOMY

Paradox of hunger amid plenty
The anomaly of hunger amidst the plenty signifies something basically wrong in the system. The question arises why the poor have no access to the food they sorely need. More

GENDER

Women in science
IT seems obvious that in a semi-literate country such as India, it should be relatively easy for women to become politicians than top researchers in science and engineering. But it surprising that even in advanced ... More

STOCK MARKETS

A new form of colonialism
Holding as much as 30 per cent of the equity capital of the 10 largest Indian companies, and nearly 20 per cent of the equity of the top 50 firms, foreign institutional investors are today responsible for determining the mood of the stock market. Whi le SEBI suspects that a fifth of the funds brought in by FIIs could be "hot" money, it cannot easily establish this, let alone nail those guilty of such transactions, says Paranjoy Guha Thakurta. More

IPR

Whose intellect, what property?
EVERYTHING seems up for sale today and the stakes are high! The global trade regime is ready to commodify it all as long as there is a market value, be it seeds, labour, technology and even knowledge. There is ... More

HUMAN RESOURCES

Employee relations — Why it should be kept alive
THE scene is an aspiring human relations (HR) professional's campus interview. The first question asked is "So, why did you choose HR?" Pat comes the reply, "I love interacting and being with people." Over a year ... More

LETTERS

Rural insurance

Election results

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