COLUMNS
OFFHAND
Unshackling police
The Supreme Court (SC) has struck a decisive blow for good and effective governance by its order on a public interest litigation telling the political executive at the Centre and the States in effect, "Hands off ...
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WIDE CANVAS
Fresh setback to Doha Round
It is disappointing to note that the trend of progress in the Doha Round negotiations has been reversed once again, in the process strengthening the hands of those who have always held that the Doha Round (and perhaps also the WTO) is terminally ill .
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ON THE MOVE
Tea shipments through Amingaon ICD — Brewing up an export storm
Tea shipments through Amingaon ICD
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A RINGSIDE VIEW
Mid/small-cap stocks may take centre stage
Biggest comforting factor is slide in crude and gas prices
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MUTUAL CONFIDENCE
How close you are to your fund manager?
Information usually comes by way of portfolio disclosures
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INDIA INTERIOR
A lonely battle to save Gudalur forests
Some 50 or more years ago Gudalur nursed a forest of around 80,000 acres. Today, only about 6,000 acres of forest remain.
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ERRORS & OMISSIONS EXPECTED
For that feeling of expansive lightness
About a year ago, the International Air Transport Association (www.iata.org) identified `Five challenges for a successful Indian air transport sector'. These were: "(1) enhancing safety, (2) urgent ...
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CHAT
Nimble jugglers that deceive the eye
Jogin was wondering what would happen if LIC were to be brought on par with private life insurers, as IRDA said. Sridevi was trying to project the credit offtake during the festive season. Dakshinamoorthy was searching for evidence of UAE ...
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EUROSCAPE
Continental crackdown on corporate collusion
The fight against cartels is becoming a very serious business in Europe
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JOTTINGS
Muddled thinking about language
The Karnataka Government has just announced that it has shot itself in the foot. In one fell swoop, it has withdrawn recognition to 1,400 English medium schools in the state. The professed reason is to preserve the culture of the region, ...
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PEOPLE WISE
Differentiation — the only path to managing expectations
With employee expectations reaching dizzy heights, differentiation of talent is the key. This first of a three-part series on this complex subject introduces the concept and traces its emergence as a talent management practice.
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