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POLITICS: Power dynamics in Pakistan
Developments in Afghanistan and Pakistan will figure prominently when the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, visits the White House on November 24. The Obama Administration has handled events related to the recent re-election of Mr Hamid Karzai ...

HUMAN RESOURCES: Case for a global wage floor
The forces of globalisation have contributed to sharpening economic inequalities. The drive to compete is driving down workers’ wages to a level where they can no longer purchase the goods produced by them. While sweatshops have been on ...

COMPANY LAW: Pitfalls in transition to new legislation
India Inc today faces unprecedented changes in the legal environment. In principle, enacting a fresh Act to replace an outdated legislation is good. However, the big challenge is the smooth transition from the current Act to a new ...

BOOKS: Zero-till can add to the till
Falling costs, rising incomes. Thus reads a refreshingly reassuring section-title in an essay on zero-tillage included in MillionsFed: Proven successes in agricultural development, edited by David J. Spielman and ...

EDITORIAL: Look beyond MSP
The Centre last week completed the ritual of announcing the minimum support price (MSP) for certain rabi crops (wheat, major oilseeds and pulses) for 2009-10. The tinkering job bears little connection to market prices. There has been no ...

REGULATORY BODIES & RULINGS: A remedy not apt for the disease
The SEBI formula for an FPO, that a listed company will have to set the floor price and not the ceiling, should have been mandated for an IPO.. The Indian stock market has become the envy of even some of the developed economies. It works with ...

ACCOUNTING STANDARDS: Of ethics and regulation
Mark Twain once said: “Honesty is the best policy — when there is money in it.” Regulators have been attempting to lay down rules, regulations, policies and procedures in an attempt to turn companies honest. The ...

LETTERS: Who should bell the cat?
The editorial “Who is to push reforms?’ (Business Line, November 11) brings out the Prime Minister’s dilemma over the implementation of reforms. While Dr Manmohan Singh talks of the reforms, it is ...

LETTERS: Plan now
Many parts of Maharashtra, once one of the country’s most advanced States, are well below Bihar and Orissa as far as the human development index is concerned. Farmer suicides are of serious concern. With a disappointing monsoon, ...


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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