COLUMNS
FINANCIAL SCAN
Energy policy on backburner
If oil prices continue to go up at this rate, we are looking at significant trade deficits in the coming years.
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IMPRESSIONS
Light on sound
The first thing you notice about people in Kolkata is that they talk at the top of their voices. It can be puzzling if you are a visitor. You gradually realise that they are only trying to make themselves heard ...
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DETAXFICATION
At times, music too has to face the music
"If music be the food of love, play on," urges Duke Orsino in Twelfth Night. But play, you can't with the taxman, even when the tunes are right. Take for instance a musical case the came up before ...
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E-DIMENSION
We are greying faster with far less to bank on
The UN Population Division predicts that the number of elderly in India will rise from 85 million to over 300 million in about four decades. In Ageing in India, Moneer Alam explores the phenomenon and its social and economic implications, while in Th e Ageing World, Anil Bagchi identifies ways the elderly can continue to play a productive role in society. And, finally, John A. Vincent, Chris R. Phillipson and Murna Downs in The Futures of Old Age discuss ageing in the modern world. Three books to keep your mind young, says D. MURALI
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REASSESSMENT
Charitable treatment
Far from buffeting charities, the I-T Act in fact suspends the normal rules of income computation in favour of charitable trusts so as to encourage charity.
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EAR TO THE GROUND
Polaris: Betting on performance
The Chennai-based Polaris Software Lab is witnessing huge volumes over the last couple of trading sessions. On Friday, its shares went up 9.08 per cent to Rs 90.70. The buzz in the counter is that the first quarter results, to be declared on ...
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Mah Seamless: Up on growth hopes
Shares of Maharashtra Seamless attracted significant buying interest on Friday. This mid-cap stock has risen 37.25 per cent over the last one-month, from Rs 240.65 to Rs 330.30. Dealers said the prospects for Maharashtra Seamless were good, ...
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SENSOR
Soaring crude, hike in rate by BoJ pull Sensex down
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