The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, October 10, 2006

TERRORISM
President sets an ominous precedent
Did the President, in taking the unprecedented step of meeting the wife, son and mother of one sentenced to death for mounting a murderous attack on Parliament, act as per his own judgment and discretion or after getting a nod from the Prime Minister or the Government? More

DISINVESTMENT
Divestment — Debated and delayed
The disinvestment fiasco is the result of the failure to engage in a policy debate on the place of PSUs in the economy and the government's commitment to the public sector as such. More

HUMAN RESOURCES
Career, from big to small
Rolling stone gathers no mass is a trite expression. But in the current knowledge era, stagnation may make you redundant and a candidate for exit door. Or the alternative is one of continuing in the larger space and of course losing your ... More

LABOUR REFORMS
PERSPECTIVE
Preventing child labour, not by law alone
From today, October 10, the employment of children below 14 years of age as domestic servants or in the hospitality sector, including restaurants, dhabas, tea shops, hotels and resorts, stands banned. This ban is under the Child Labour ... More

BOOKS
Caught between two trajectories
Will we get an answer to the question, whether it is better to be smart than stupid? Is globalisation the cause of greater inequality? Is there a common cause for all our ills? Exploring these and more questions are four books to last you the whole week, says D. MURALI. More

Author of the `island parable' and other Golden Rules
Economic policy-making is the art of balancing, or making trade-offs. How should inflation and unemployment be balanced against each other? What trade-off should be made between the consumption of current and future generations? Policy-makers ... More

LETTERS

Language politics

Tax relief and shipping

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Top Stories
Drug cos bet on India, China: E&Y

G-secs back in favour with banks

Govt may favour direct import of gold, silver

Record GSM subscribers in September

Glitter in gold may be short-lived

Oilmeals export up 26 pc in H1

Child labour ban takes effect today

Gas pricing: Govt panel flooded with divergent views

Looking back
Oct. 1-Oct. 7
Public health spending and outcomes in States

Runners vs travellers