OPINION
FOREIGN RELATIONS
Prospects for peace, post-Arafat
It appears that once the new Palestinian President is elected, moves will commence for an Israeli withdrawal from Gaza. For any peace process to be sustainable, the Palestinian Authority should quell terrorist violence and adopt democratic governance . India may have no direct role in pushing forward the peace initiatives nor can it pretend to contribute significantly in economic terms to the West Asian peace process, says G. Parthasarathy.
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EDITORIAL
`Interesting' claims
IT IS A strange spectacle that as responsible a member of Parliament and veteran trade union leader as Mr Gurudas Dasgupta should claim that the Prime Minister has agreed to raise the interest rate payable on provident fund accumulations beyond ...
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POLITICS
The UPA's travails
THERE are times when the morning's papers makes one think about the future of the United Progressive Alliance Government at the Centre, not whether it will stand or fall but whether Dr Manmohan Singh will continue to be ...
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TAXATION
In deification of definitions
There is a greater need for more statutory definitions, says Sukumar Mukhopadhyay
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High-sea argument runs aground
T. C. A. Ramanujam looks at an AAR decision on the taxation of turnkey contracts
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A ruling weak and flawed
Aren't payments made for India, payments made by India, asks K. Srinivasan
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Spared from spread-over
R. Anand on a recent Tribunal ruling on the allowability of product launch expenditure
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Tax straw on the camel's back
Mohan R. Lavi on the return of service tax on goods transport
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BOOKS
Get busy on a few world problems
WHAT are the ten most serious challenges we all face? Climate change, communicable diseases, conflicts, access to education, financial instability, governance and corruption, malnutrition and hunger, migration, ...
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