The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, July 18, 2006

EDITORIAL
A non-starter FTA
Meeting varied Asean demands without trampling some sensitive national interests will be a tall order for the government. More

AGRICULTURE
Bt cotton and the price blight
Without going into the merits or otherwise of Bt cotton to stem the bollworm problem, the price of the seeds has created a storm on the fields. More

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Why did Agni-III lose its fire?
Agni-III took off majestically as the solid propellants fired well. Yet, the missile could not go its full course. What really went wrong with it, though the Agni team seemed so sure as the simulation trials were successful? There is definitely a case for conducting more test flights of the missiles to master the technologies and prove the ruggedness of the components. More

WTO
Doha Round — Take it off the life-support system
It is preferable that the Doha Round, which contains the seed of destroying the WTO itself, is allowed to collapse and a new beginning made after a few years. More

IPR
Data Exclusivity law brooks no delay
Bringing the DE debate to a positive conclusion would be good news for India More

INTERVIEW
`India is on a roll and people are betting on it'
India has done well. Earlier there was a feeling that it had political instability; governments come and change policies. Now there is conviction that whatever the government in power, economic reforms go on. — MR GOPINATH P ILLAI, Chairman, Gateway Distriparks Ltd, Mumbai, and Institute of South Asia Studies, Singapore More

NATURAL CALAMITIES
Distress call
According to the Home Ministry, nine lakh farmers committed suicide between 1995 and 2003. And between 2001 and 2006, 5,910 farmers committed suicide in Karnataka, 1,835 in Andhra Pradesh, 981 in Maharashtra and ... More

LETTERS

Duty for the bureaucracy

Farmer distress

Mumbai blasts

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