The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, November 23, 2005

Iran-India: Critical times?
IS IRAN, as the Western media would have us believe, really mired in religious fanaticism and intolerance? It did not appear so when, on September 17, the young President, Mr Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, addressed the 60th session of the United Nations ... More

EDITORIAL

The Bihar mandate
THE NITISH KUMAR-LED National Democratic Alliance has won a decisive mandate from the Bihar public, ending, in the process, the 15-year-long sway of Mr Lalu Prasad over the State. Has Mr Lalu Prasad paid the ultimate electoral price for ... More

ECONOMY

The looming demographic deficit crisis
CHANGE, at varying intensity in different time-frames, is a fundamental aspect of human population all over the world. Demography is the study of populations, their size, composition, spatial distribution, and the interconnected causes and ... More

POLITICS

Parliament faces a winter of discord
At least 50 legislative measures are scheduled for introduction or consideration in the winter session of Parliament, opening today. But this appears a tall order, given the confrontationist mood of the Opposition. R. C. Rajamani says that it may be safe to bet that once again matters political rather than legislative will dominate the proceedings. Paradoxically, it is going to be a hot winter of polemics and politics. More

BANKING

Is there a law governing electronic fund transfers?
ON MONDAY, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) commenced the live operation of the National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT). Though currently only eight banks are on the NEFT network and there is only one settlement a day, the system assures instant ... More

HUMAN RESOURCES

Retention Club to counter attrition
RETENTION of talent is the single biggest challenge facing corporates world over. Things are especially bad in most of the happening sectors in India. This includes the various facets of Information Technology — whether it is software ... More

SECURITY

Data protection — A win-win for all stakeholders
With data protection in place, we will not only avoid all the pitfalls of the present regulatory environment, but also reap a host of potential benefits for the economy and society. It will be a win-win for all. More

TRENDS

Spade by another name
JOHN Knox who said, "I have learned to call wickedness by its own terms: A fig, a fig, and a spade a spade", (translating an old Latin proverb ficus ficus, ligonem ligonem vocat), will, in these days of `political correctness' in the use ... More

LETTERS

Child labour
Often one hears reports of voluntary organisations aiding the rescue of child labourers. Recently the Labour Department, the Delhi police and `Pratham', an NGO, rescued about 500 children from illegal zari units in Delhi. Rescuing children ... More

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