The Hindu Business Line : Friday, November 14, 2008

GOVERNMENT

HUMAN RESOURCES: Pension option: Actuaries’ report lifts staff hopes
Chennai, Nov. 13 About 2.6 lakh employees of public sector banks are likely to get a second chance to opt for pension instead of a lumpsum payment at the end of the service. This likelihood emerges from the expenditure estimates submitted by ...

FOREIGN RELATIONS: Indo-Japan ties: Future perfect?
The Japanese have time and again proved that they are hard bargainers. They move with calibrated caution on foreign policy and revel in wearing down those who negotiate with them until they substantially achieve what ...

FOREIGN RELATIONS: Gas and more from Qatar
West Asia is important to India, as it is to the rest of the world, because of its role as the planet’s oil and gas supplier. It is from this perspective that the recent visit of the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, to Oman and Qatar ...

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