The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, August 16, 2005

Ensuring energy security
IT HAS BY now become customary for the President, Mr A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, to raise, on formal occasions of state, issues of direct relevance to the country's economic progress. On the eve of the 59th Independence Day, he raised the issue of the ... More

CORPORATE

Covering one's back
THERE is an impression that it is only the government officials who record everything in writing, document every conversation with peers, bosses, politicians and outsiders, as a measure of self-protection. But such self-preservation ... More

PETROLEUM

Awaiting the oil after-shock
With headlines tracking the ever-rising price of oil, the lack of any major effect of the shock on global growth has become the subject of discussion and speculation. C. P. Chandrasekhar and Jayati Ghosh examine the factors driving the oil price and the likelihood of this increase persisting and affecting the level and distribution of global income. More

POLITICS

Sri Lanka on election mode
The Lakshman Kadirgamar killing has brought back into focus the peace process that had taken the back-seat with the imminent announcement of elections in Sri Lanka. Now all eyes are on the three main contenders — Mr Mahindra Rajapakse, Mr Ranil Wickremesinghe and Mrs Chandrika Kumaratunga — as they play their majority and minority cards to trump one another up, says Rasheeda Bhagat, who is in Colombo watching the game begin. More

INTERVIEW

`We expect Govt to implement policies within CMP parameters' — Mr Prakash Karat, CPI (M) General Secretary
AMIABLE and graceful, Mr Prakash Karat, General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), is firm in his conviction, and an ideologue steeped in the Marxist orthodoxy. Lending crucial outside support to the Congress(I)-led United ... More

IT-ENABLED SERVICES

The ever-growing impact of IT
THE RAPID growth of ITES-BPO (Information Technology-Enabled Services-Business Process Outsourcing) and the IT industry as a whole is having a deep impact on the socio-economic dynamics of India. The sector has become the biggest employment ... More

LETTERS

Energy independence
The President's advice to work on attaining energy environment-friendly independence assumes greater significance in the backdrop of crude oil touching new highs of $67 in the market. Caught between the government and the plight of PSUs, the ... More

Social freedom
This refers to the article, "Corporates go on air for a cause this Independence Day" (Business Line, Aug 15). The idea to instil a sense of social conscience that would inspire people to participate in various social and developmental ... More