The Hindu Business Line : Monday, January 07, 2008

ECONOMY
Is military rule more efficient?
In the second leg of his presidency, Dr Rajendra Prasad, in a public speech, gave vent to his distress at the degeneration that was already evident in public life, and warned that the crumbling of values and the decaying of institutions, if ... More

ENVIRONMENT
Getting real about global warming
The moral problem is that the developed world cannot tell the developing world that the rich can keep their cars and their modern lifestyles, while the poor must preferably walk or take public transport. More

FOREX
Dollar decline and solutions
Fred Bergsten, the American economist, has put forward a novel proposal to help solve the problem of the dollar. He suggests that the IMF create special drawing rights (SDRs) into which the dollars held by various countries could be deposited. More

INFRASTRUCTURE
SEZ as practical path to development
“I propose that promoters of SEZs donate one class room, one hospital bed and one small bus for each acre of land they acquire, that they also support one trainer of life skills, one doctor or nurse and one bus driver,” says P. V. INDIRES AN. More

MANAGEMENT
All in the game
We have just lost another cricket Test in Australia. Since cricket occupies such a large space in the national consciousness in India, maybe we should consider some implications for life itself from this experience. Commentators, in their ... More

WTO
Focus on services in WTO
New Delhi is doing well to bring the services negotiations into the limelight, thereby gradually turning the world’s attention towards a sector which needs a revamp if international trade is to be truly liberalised. More

LETTERS
Bio-fuel crops
This is with reference to the article “Bio-fuelling the world’s hunger” (Business Line, January 4). One appreciates his concerns to save the world from food scarcity. But, as part of an association of ... More

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