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OPINION

ECONOMY: Stimulus for fiscal incentives
Fiscal inaction may be risky. In an uncharacteristically casual statement, Mr P. Chidambaram, who recently took over as Home Minister, commented that the Indian economy is not facing a recession and that its estimated growth rate is a ...

AIRLINES: Whither aviation security?
Mumbai 26/11 has changed the lives of all those living in the unprotected world. The cocooned community of the VVIPs is, of course, oblivious to what the common man has to undergo. 10,000 NSG commandos protect a mere 250 ...

EDITORIAL: Booster shots
Perhaps the terrorist attacks on Mumbai had something to do with galvanising the government as over the weekend it administered three successive booster shots to a dispirited economy. On Friday, petrol and diesel prices were trimmed modestly ...

FOREIGN RELATIONS: Lighter moments
The joint press conference of the visiting Russian President and the Indian Prime Minister had its lighter moments, which came during signing of the 10 agreements between the two countries. After each agreement was inked, most of ...

AUTOMOBILES: US auto makers prefer Congress to the Court
The US ‘Big Three’ car makers — GM, Ford, and Chrysler — have been making a strong pitch for a rescue plan, appearing before Congress committees and releasing full page ads in newspapers to influence public ...

TERRORISM: Terrorism needs instant response
The terror attacks on Mumbai hotels and landmarks have led to universal condemnation of our politicians. A Cabinet minister at the Centre, a Chief Minister and his deputy have lost their jobs. Another Chief Minister has been compelled ...

POLITICS: Obama’s style of leadership
To become the President of the most powerful, affluent and advanced nation on earth at the young age of 47 and to make history by being the first African-American ever to win the coveted prize, and that too by scoring over heavyweights of the ...

LETTERS: Cheaper credit
This is with reference to the measures announced by the RBI on December 6 to increase the availability of cheaper ...

LETTERS: War on terror
A Chinese strategist, Sun Tzu, states that the best way of winning is to win without fighting. If terrorists are made to realise that every time India is attacked, it becomes stronger, they will lose the motive to ...


Columnists: C Gopinath Harish Bijoor G Chandrasekhar S Muralidharan Sharad Joshi Mohan Murti S Balakrishnan Bharat Savur B S Raghavan Ganesh Challa Bhanoji Rao Swati T Banusekar Ramanujam Sridhar Ranbir Ray Choudhury P.V. Indiresan P Devarajan S Muralidhar R K Raghavan B Venkatesh




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