The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, November 28, 2007

EDITORIAL
Empower them to compete
Dilution of government holdings and quick adoption of Basel II norms will enable PSBs to meet the twin objectives North Block has set them. More

INSIGHT
Every person to his phobia
Each person has his own pet phobia. He tries to keep it under wraps to the maximum extent possible, carrying the secret to the funeral pyre or the grave, as the case may be. The reluctance to admit it comes out of its being an utterly ... More

HORTICULTURE/FRUITS & VEGETABLES
Tough questions on tear-jerker
The flare-up in onion prices across the country during the festival time and just prior to that last month is still is people’s minds, as indicated by a pointed question by senior BJP leader Prof Vijay Kumar Malhotra in the Lok Sabha on ... More

PHARMACEUTICALS
Irrational drugs — Living with the menace
Even as the law against irrational Fixed Dose Combinations has been around since 1988, precious little has been done to prevent the proliferation of absurd FDCs. The nation is paying the price for belated action, says P. A. FRANCIS. More

COTTON
Of Bt cotton and the criticism against it
India has recently replaced the US as the world’s second largest producer of cotton. If only India had shed its reservations against Bt cotton earlier, and more farmers had started using the seed, it could have achieved this status some time a go. More

COMMODITY MARKETS
Why not hedge away oil price shocks?
The sharp rise in oil and other commodity prices over the past several months and its possible adverse impact on inflation/inflation expectations has been a matter of deep concern to governments and policy makers the world over. This concern has ... More

INTERVIEW
‘Full benefits from the merger in 2008-09’
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LETTERS

Pricing petro products

Power generation

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