COLUMNS
OFFHAND
Cleansing by stings
When, some years ago, TV channels were all ablaze with the visuals of a sting operation mounted by Tehelka exposing the large-scale pay-offs in defence deals indulged in by some high officers of the Armed Forces ...
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ON THE MOVE
Signals still unclear on issues of bilateral trade
Indo-Nepal rail pact
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A RINGSIDE VIEW
It's cautious optimism, but liquidity holds the key
FIIs were net buyers worth Rs 548.57 cr while MFs remain sellers
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MUTUAL CONFIDENCE
Time for short-term funds?
Debt products help in spreading risk over assets other than equity
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ADR WATCH
Patni Computer steals the limelight
Majority of Indian counters end on weak note
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VISION 2020
End the `Dollar Auction' approach
Rather than beggar other departments, it would be best to experiment and innovate so that the country can have 10 per cent growth and its farmers can enjoy "inclusive growth". Outlining a plan, P. V. INDIRESAN says that a shortcoming of the Eleventh Plan Approach Paper is that it makes no provision for experiments with untried ideas. The Eleventh Plan Approach Paper must check how good new ideas are and correct teething problems that inevitably accompany these ideas.
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SAY CHEEK
`Research abstract' may sound like double jeopardy
It is advisable for lay people to read up, at least occasionally, what erudite researchers are working on.
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RANDOM WALK
A smart revival?
The controversial Smart City project proposed for Kochi seems to have risen from the ashes like Phoenix. But only responsible leadership will see it through.
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CHAT
You shall have your desires with interest
Are banks being treated like oil companies, wondered Jogin? Why should people kill each other, Sridevi asked herself, while participating in voluntary work at a camp for Lebanon returnees? And Dakshinamoorthy was weighing the pros and cons of ...
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JOTTINGS
Theatre in the corporate world
This week Chennai celebrates once more The Hindu Metro Plus festival, now with participants even from far away Singapore. The festival, organised tastefully and on a considerable scale, also has incentives for the young aspirants through ...
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STICKLISH SINGLES
Cartoon
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AMERICAN PERISCOPE
Welcome, the old world order
It is ironic that even the leaders who call for the new world order and who, one would think, have the power to make it happen, are complicit in perpetuating the old world. From the various pulls and pressures around the world, mainly by the US and Russia, one wonders if the Cold War has indeed ended.
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