The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, January 29, 2005

No make-over for PSUs
COSMETIC CHANGES AND all, public sector units will look much the same under the new disinvestment policy. The Government on behalf of the public, and not the people themselves, will continue to hold 51 per cent stake in listed and unlisted ... More

POLITICS

Right not to vote
FROM THE point of view of the argument that the right to vote is an extremely precious attribute of Indian parliamentary democracy and that, therefore, the right in question ought to be protected at all cost, it is easy ... More

Till elections, foxes will let poultry live
EVEN as the US mourns its `deadliest day' in the land that Saddam bequeathed to Bush, the world watches if Uncle Sam's election gamble in Iraq will pay off. But that may matter little to our netas who are busy ... More

TAXATION

Bias in bourse cards
REGIONAL stock exchanges lost their importance because of the emergence of the National Stock Exchange and online trading. And, as a result, the value of stock exchange membership cards, over the past few years, have ... More

Protein to help stay lean and mean, with less tax flab
"GET back to mischief," instructs Pfizers's Viagra site, but what brought the company before the Authority for Advance Rulings (AAR) was not the blue diamond pill. Instead, the issue was about Protinex and ... More

The drag of a VAT on freefall
Sukumar Mukhopadhyay on the myth that VAT is tax neutral More

Sticklish issues
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TERRORISM

Bush's vision of terror-free world — Institutional base is imperative
The US-led grand alliance against terror needs an institutional base, in the form of a Global Network for the Elimination of Terror, with Russia, China, India, Afghanistan, Pakistan and countries of the Arab world and G-7 as members. This network mus t draw up properly meshed strategies and action plans, and review the nature and adequacy of their implementation. This will instill a sense of accountability, provide the needed impetus and enhance the degree of effectiveness in combating terrorism worldwide, says B. S. Raghavan. More

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