The Hindu Business Line : Monday, May 16, 2005

Be sure of the knowledge you use
I THINK it is time I stopped reading about the next new finding in the field of medicine and instead devoted that time to a good long walk. In any event, either those who summarise these research results do not understand it enough to explain it ... More

EDITORIAL

Widening spectrum
THE TELECOM REGULATORY Authority of India (TRAI) recommendations on allocation of additional spectrum to mobile operators are based on the right premise that mobile telephony should be encouraged at all costs. Helped largely by competitive ... More

ECONOMY

Progress card of the UPA regime
It must be said to the credit of the UPA Government that, despite the mix of political and economic philosophies that form the corpus of UPA governance, it has done a good job till now. The most important result of this has been that, to the outside world, the strong impression has been conveyed that the Indian economy means business. More

Beware the low development trap
Those responsible for Millennium Development Goals should check that they do not get into a low development trap; that they do not miss out on nourishing the brain at the top in their concern for the bruised feet below. Top-down socialism for the poo r and free markets to serve the rich may not be the best strategy of development, says P. V. Indiresan. More

FOREIGN TRADE

Cyprus: A Mediterranean beachhead for India
TAKE A test: Which capital, other than Delhi, has three major boulevards named after three political leaders of India. No guesses? Little known Nicosia — capital of Cyprus — has thoroughfares named after Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal ... More

HEALTH

Regulating medicos
EVEN advanced countries with easy access to knowledge-oriented technology and rigorous educational and training methods are getting worried about the deteriorating quality of medical professionals. So much so many of them have made it mandatory ... More

RBI & OTHER CENTRAL BANKS

Asian Monetary Fund — A monetary physician with a human face
SOME TIME back, I had commented in this column on a suggestion mooted by Mr Haruhiko Kuroda, then President-designate and now President of the Asian Development Bank, regarding the setting up of arrangements to create an Asian Currency Unit, on ... More

LETTERS

Pension woes

Fuelling partition?

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