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OPINION

FOREIGN RELATIONS


Myanmar — Gateway to S-E Asia
Rather than joining a Western chorus of condemnation of Myanmar, India would do well to cooperate with Asian powers to encourage Yangon to move towards a more representative government. With New Delhi engaging Yangon economically and diplomatically, relations have vastly improved. Myanmar may have much to offer India, especially the North-East States, says G. PARTHASARATHY. More

EDITORIAL


Picking the postal bill
Ostensibly, Indian Post Office (Amendment) Bill is to make the courier industry more rule-based, but the anxiety to protect and subsidise the Postal Department is all too apparent. More

AGRICULTURE


Agriculture: Flowering China, withering India
A paradigm shift is necessary if India is to find itself in the world agriculture roadmap. It can learn from China. More

COMMODITIES


Connecting the 3 Cs
The emerging equation is the rising commodity prices, mainly due to China on a buying spree as it invests in urban development and infrastructure, and the impact of all this on currency; in the current Indian context convertibility. More

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY


The hi-tech disc war that bytes
There are differences in the compression technologies used in both the formats but the consumers may not experience significantly different viewing pleasure between the two. More

POLITICS


Reforms sway to election winds
If political (or fiscal) expediency pushed the Tamil Nadu government to take the steps it did in the early part of its tenure, for the same reason that it went back on all of them. Fortuitously, the State was helped by buoyant commercial tax revenues , which was because of the growth in the economy. All this only goes to show that there is no real commitment to reforms. More

SHIPPING


TIPPING POINT
DP World triggers a trend
DP World being stymied by US Congress means that many deals involving American assets and bidders, say, from West Asia, South Asia and China may not go through. More

FOODS & FOOD PROCESSING


PERSPECTIVE
No wholesome fare, this
The Food Safety Bill must undergo scrutiny of agricultural and animal scientists, health professionals, nutritionists and food technologist without any further delay. More

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