COLUMNS
OFFHAND
Military spending
THE demise of the Soviet Union raised hopes of a "peace dividend" of enormous proportions, previously spent on waging the Cold War and creating and maintaining nuclear and conventional arsenals. Every think tank became ...
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FINANCIAL SCAN
Forex-funding of growth projects doesn't really help
INDIA'S forex reserves hit a peak of $120 billion and have stayed more or less flat since - probably because of rising US interest rates, dollar-rupee forward premium and crude prices adding to the import bill. Of course, our kitty is just ...
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REFLECTIONS
He placed facts in poetic order, leaving rest to reader
"Jejuri is among the finest poems written in India in the last 40 years" apart from being a hit with the public."
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DOWN TO EARTH
Plan panel: An empire sans a mission?
The Planning Commission, right since its unconstitutional creation, has sought for advice from abroad, rather selectively. While the foreigners might sway their opinion, nothing binds the Government or the Planning Commission to accepting any of thei r recommendations.
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EAR TO THE GROUND
Mercator Lines buoyed by VLCC rates
THE stock of the shipping company, Mercator Lines, hit a 52-week high on the bourses in an otherwise weak market. Brokers said that the stock, which was trading at circuit, ended the day 10 per cent higher at Rs 489.10 with around 1.5 lakh ...
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SENSOR
Pharma stocks in limelight
MARKETS continued their downward trend on Tuesday, as both the benchmark indices, Sensex and Nifty, closed the day on a negative note. The 30-stock Sensex was down 49.2 points (0.89 per cent) to 5462.61 points. The slightly broad-based S&P ...
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