OPINION
WEST BENGAL
Conserving Kolkata's heritage
On one of the numerous bandh days which this city (Kolkata) has had in the recent past, this correspondent took a short walk in the Dalhousie Square (now BBD Bagh) area and its neighbourhood in the winter sun, camera in hand to take shots of ...
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EDITORIAL
Monopoly in the pipeline
The city gas business is best left free for any player, with a strong regulator ensuring order.
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ECONOMY
Nothing conventional about globalisation
As society seeks to choose how it will engage with external trends, it cannot, for very long, hold back those changes that have become inevitable without raising the walls of inefficiency.
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Revisiting the debate on fiscal purity
Backed by a wealth of data and analytic insights, a recent set of articles by a group of economists exposes the fault-lines in the traditional approach to fiscal consolidation. Perhaps a radical relook at the concepts they present may help clarify se veral issues that threaten to impede the country's growth.
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INFRASTRUCTURE
Should colour of money matter?
Policy-makers of India should study the Chinese model to see whether it could bring a substantial part of the unaccounted money into productive channels.
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SHIPPING
`Growth of cargo from hinterland has been encouraging'
Though hinterland traffic has grown, satisfaction can happen only when the Cochin Port becomes a mega port and DP World Cochin Container Terminal is the preferred port of choice from the hinterland beyond the southern boundaries.
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Making safe the supply chain
Irrespective of the type of facility or mode of transport, they are all potential targets for criminals and terrorists, who look at the supply chain either as the means to move illicit material around the world or as a way of achieving publicity. Som e even view supply chain vehicles as weapons, says the Lloyd's Register Group, in its latest report. More companies are expected to implement supply chain security schemes, and many are now seeking independent verification of compliance with th e required standards.
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EDUCATION
Crisis in higher education
Amidst euphoria about the economy, the stock market and industrial growth, this year-end story strikes a discordant note. After months of working with developers in Bangalore a US-based software executive is ready to bolt for greener pastures, ...
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There Is Always An Alternative
India's academics should overcome the `There Is No Alternative' psyche and realise that problems, however complex, can be subdivided into binary choices. This, they well know, is what all digital computation is about but appear reluctant to use to s olve the problem of quotas, says P. V. INDIRESAN.
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LETTERS
Nuclear power
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