The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, December 21, 2005

No small subterfuge
THE SECURITIES AND Exchange Board of India has quite rightly raised doubts about the integrity of the allotment of shares under the `retail' segment by Yes Bank from its Initial Public Offer (IPO) in July. The regulator cannot be faulted for ... More

ECONOMY

Mid-Year Review — Setting the economic priorities
THE economy appears well-set for a sustained high-growth path, judging by the average of 7 per cent recorded three years in a row (2003-06) and all indicators pointing to a continuing boom in investments and soaring ... More

PETROLEUM

Ready to pay more for potato, not petrol
THE price of onion, after hovering around Rs 25 a kg, is down to Rs 15. But that of potato has almost doubled, from less than Rs 10 a kg, in the last few days. This is no big deal, as the procurement price for these ... More

POLITICS

Of politicians who crack mirrors
Another sting operation reveals more of the seamy side of Indian politics. In the US, President Bush's ratings are at an all-time low. And it is perhaps through Harold Pinter's mirror that one can begin to understand how politicians operate with a "s eries of lies upon lies and gross manipulation of the media and, therefore, of the public". Rasheeda Bhagat comments. More

REPORTER'S DIARY
The Cabinet roulette
THE impending Cabinet reshuffle has set off speculation among mediapersons covering political beats and all eyes are on who will be the next External Affairs Minister. Given today's style of diplomacy, where ... More

IPR

What's the racemate in `Formula 1' of the pharma race?
ALMOST every court verdict creates winners and losers in equal measure. For instance, the December 16 verdict of the US District Court of Delaware has www.pfizer.com announcing as the latest news headline, ... More

INTERVIEW

`Our relationship with India transcends politics and economics' — Mr Dominique Girard, Ambassador of France in India
"I THINK India is a country that is so complex, so diversified, so rich, so paradoxical that it is a treat. There is not one day when I did not discover something I was totally ignorant of. Here, in India, when you open your eyes, you really ... More

TRENDS

Be humane, VVIPs!
RECENTLY, on behalf of a civil society organisation devoted to clean politics and good governance, I happened to write to the Chief Secretary of a State on the unconscionable delay, in violation of a High Court directive, in taking action on a ... More

LETTERS

Rubber cultivation
This is with reference to the article `Kerala's rubber revolution' (Business Line, December 19). The Rubber Research Institute of India (RRII), celebrating its golden jubilee, can take credit for the part it has played in the State's ... More

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