The Hindu Business Line : Monday, March 24, 2008

EDITORIAL
Expectations from Asean
Asean will have to offer more than it has put on the table, especially on reciprocal concessions, if the FTA is to see the light of day. More

BUDGET
Budget: What could have been done differently
A bigger public investment in infrastructure and social services would have made a greater impact on the economy than the across the board cut in the Cenvat rates. More

ENVIRONMENT
Medical waste, now a ‘burning issue’
The key to minimisation and effective management of health-care waste in Europe is segregation and identification of the waste. Appropriate handling, treatment and disposal of waste by type reduces costs and does much to protect public health. More

FINANCIAL MARKETS
Black Monday and beyond
As the Indian market indices fell, they took a heavy toll on investors’ wealth. Now the question is ‘what next?’ Much depends on what happens in the US, says S. VENKITARAMANAN. More

HUMAN RESOURCES
Impressing in interviews
This is the season of interviews for the All-India and Central Services. Coaching institutions have started preparing thousands of aspirants who have cleared the hurdle of written examinations. Retired officials belonging to these Services are ... More

PEOPLE
TRIBUTE
‘Call me Chippy’
It was spring of 1968. In Bombay. Our first meeting. All of 40 years ago. The Indian Engineering Association (IEA), one of the CII’s two predecessor bodies, was falling apart. East and West were fighting. East Controlled IEA, West wanted to ... More

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