OPINION
EDITORIAL
Insure guarantee
THE PROPOSAL TO do away with sovereign guarantee of sums assured under policies issued by the Life Insurance Corporation of India may not be such a great move, even if it is a long way from becoming a reality. The new Government taking over after ...
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AGRICULTURE
National Commission on Farmers, at last
Nearly six months after the Prime Minister made the announcement, the National Commission on Farmers has been set up to prepare the road map for sustainable development of agriculture and optimising its contribution to growth and development of the e conomy, particularly improving the income and standard of living of farmers. But how much headway will it make, wonders Sharad Joshi.
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FOREIGN TRADE
India-EU trade links: Stronger the better
It is imperative that India continues to strengthen its trade relations with the EU and, at the same, explore the possibility of a free trade agreement with it so as to gain, at least to some extent, preferential and duty-free access to the European market.
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RADIO/TV
CAS: The loose links
THE much-reviled CAS (Conditional Access System) is off the air, much to the relief of the people of Chennai and parts of Delhi. In fact, had Chennai instituted an award for a service causing the highest customer ...
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LABOUR REFORMS
Globalisation blues
THE International Labour Organisation (ILO) is the latest to join in the agonisation that nowadays invariably accompanies the very mention of globalisation. The credit or the opposite for this must go to the tens of ...
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INTERVIEW
'Conversion in Pakistan is very rare' — Fr Anthony Lobo, Bishop, Islamabad-Rawalpindi Diocese
Bishop Anthony Lobo of the Islamabad-Rawalpindi diocese has always lived in Pakistan. Discussing in an interview with Business Line the condition and status on Christians, the opportunities open to and the discrimination against them, he says ...
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VIRUSES
How to survive malware attacks
THE first virus of the new year had arrived. MyDoom, also called Novrag, was detected by the Computer Emergency Response Team/Coordination Centre (CERT/CC) (http://www.cert.org) at ...
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LETTERS
Disinvestment proceeds
Extravagant bashes
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