The Hindu Business Line : Monday, June 22, 2009

OPINION

EDUCATION: The politics of education
A couple of medical colleges in Tamil Nadu have been caught red-handed taking unauthorised money from applicants for admission. There is nothing really new about their story which is known to happen in many (if not in most) private ...

EDUCATION: Deemed University concept needs right direction
The ongoing issue with regard to certain deemed universities must not hijack a sound concept envisaged by Dr S. Radhakrishnan. Based on the Dr Radhakrishnan Committee’s report, provisions were made in the University Grants Commission Act, ...

EDITORIAL: The inflation paradox
For the first time in three decades headline inflation fell to below zero in a scenario that has an air of unreality about it. One would ordinarily expect such a dip in the inflation rate to be a matter of celebration for consumers and the ...

WTO: Long road ahead for BRIC
An important issue facing the international economy today — particularly in the wake of the first summit of BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) at Yekaterinburg in the Urals — is the precise role the emerging economic giants will ...

LETTERS: RTI Act
The news of the Centre’s move to amend the RTI Act to exclude all file notings other than those dealing with social and developmental issues, access to pending policy decisions, cabinet documents is shocking and a matter of serious ...

LETTERS: Put to productive use
The editorial “In a Royal Mess” (Business Line, June 20) highlights the plight of Air India. The problem with Air India is that it is not operating on sound commercial principles. In the name of public service, ...

EVENTS: Maharaj? Really?
Feudalism dead? Not if you happen to be from Gwalior. Jyotiradiyta Scindia, ‘royal’ descendent of Ranoji Shinde, founder of the Scindia dynasty, insists on being called ‘Maharaj’ by his camp-followers. His father was ...

Columnists: • C Gopinath • Harish Bijoor • G Chandrashekhar • S Murlidharan • Sharad Joshi • Mohan Murti • S Balakrishnan • Bharat Savur • B S Raghavan • Ganesh Challa • Bhanoji Rao • Swati • T Banusekar • Ramanujam Sridhar • Ranabir Ray Choudhury • Rasheeda Bhagat • P.V. Indiresan • P Devarajan • S Muralidhar • R K Raghavan • B Venkatesh • S Venkitaramanan

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