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SEBI raises the bar
EVEN IF LATE in coming, the amendments proposed by the Securities and Exchange Board of India to the public shareholding norms are welcome as they bring greater clarity in the administration of the Takeover Code. But to make it really effective, ... More

PHARMACEUTICALS


New patent regime a bad medicine?
THE Indian pharma sector to a very large extent succeeded in the past because of the "reverse engineering" manufacturing culture which resulted in the production of several "generic" drugs, which are cheap variants of ... More

POLITICS


Callousness unending
THE attempt at self-immolation by a former government employee at the venue of the Republic Day parade at Bhubaneshwar captures all that is wrong with the attitude of the administrative class. As if in a flash, it ... More

TERRORISM


Kathmandu under siege
If the extremist violence continues in Nepal and economic development remains on the back-seat, India may be faced with a situation of growing Maoist violence in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, coupled with a large influx of Nepalese nationals. New Delhi wi ll have to imaginatively handle the pressing issues of improving the standards of governance in Nepal and in some of its neighbouring Indian States, says G. Parthasarathy, who also draws a parallel between the Maoist menace in Nepal with the Naxalite problem in Andhra Pradesh. More

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