OPINION
EDITORIAL
Bankable trends
BANKS, ESPECIALLY THOSE in the public sector, are doing well having "significantly" cleaned up their balance-sheets even while improving the spreads. The Reserve Bank of India's Report on Trend and Progress of Banking in India, 2003-04 is ...
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AQUACULTURE
`Shrimp wars' in the making
LAST week, the Kochi-based trading and seafood company Choice announced ambitious plans to make a grand entry into the UK market with its range of branded prawns. The company, which claims to have exported $40 million worth of prawns to the US ...
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ECONOMY
Common Minimum Programme — Will Manmohan-Chidambaram duo play the magic flute?
SO VERY often the ubiquitous comrades remind the United Progressive Alliance Government to function within the Common Minimum Programme parameters. One constant refrain is the understanding and efficacy of the ...
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Micro-finance: Creating value for the poor
IN RECENT years, the banking sector has undergone a paradigm shift. An important element of the banking sector transformation has been the emergence of micro-financing (MF) as an innovative savings and loan mechanism ...
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RADIO/TV
Time for media introspection
The credibility of the Indian electronic media took a battering because of the partisan reportage of general elections earlier this year. If the television media is indeed to play a more proactive role in the country's political life, a serious intr ospection is called for.
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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Nuclear challenges in contemporary world — Deterrence, disarmament and proliferation
As disparate the nations are, so are their nuclear weapon strategies. While most abide by the rule of non-proliferation, some, despite being part of the NPT, have leaked their knowledge to suspect nations. A threshold state, India is conscious about not proliferating. Yet its concerns and compulsions are not well understood. G. Parthasarathy wonders if New Delhi has a strategy to ensure that its interests are taken care when the NPT is reviewed next year.
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E-COMMERCE & E-BUSINESS
Silver surfers
THE Microsoft CEO, Mr Steve Balmer, during his recent visit to India pledged to localise software here and urged the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, to take steps to increase computer penetration in the country. ...
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LETTERS
Taxing sports bodies
Budget secrets
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