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Unfair claims
THE DEFERRAL OF the hike in motor insurance tariff the IRDA is a welcome step. By making car and two-wheeler owners pay substantially more — even up to 100 per cent — the insurance companies were hoping to make up for the losses they ... More

BUDGET


Budget and communal disturbances
NORMALLY, critics of the Budget concentrate on three issues — tax proposals, expenditure control, and the fiscal deficit. It is unthinkable for Budget-makers to ponder how they can minimise communal disturbances of the type we are having in ... More

SHIPPING


The Dubai Ports Authority: Creating competitive advantage
MANY people credit the foundation of Dubai's success to the vision of its late ruler, Sheik Rashid. In keeping with its ancient tradition as a key port in the Gulf region, Sheik Rashid in 1969, gave instructions for a four-berth deep-water ... More

SUGAR


New era for the sugar industry -- Would futures trading help?
SUGAR is among the last in a shrinking list of agriculture commodities that have been targeted by the Central Government for deregulation and decontrol. The policy of deregulating and decontrolling the sugar industry was given a discernible ... More

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT


FDI in the print media
THERE is one view which holds that the politicians of this country actually do not want the media to be "stronger" than it is today, which is why the parliamentary standing committee on information and technology does not want FDI to be allowed ... More

INTERVIEW


`Put a stop to domestic violence' — Dr Sarah Matthew, President, Feminist Assn. for Social Action
Any domestic violence law should ideally put a stop to violence, give protection against future abuse and use punitive measures to combat continued domestic violence. What renders women powerless now is that in the absence of legislation defining a m arital household, a woman is forced to endure repeated domestic violence so as not to be thrown out of the house. More

BOOKS


Cost of success
MUST success cost so much? That was the title of a book by Paul Evans and Fernando Bartalome that caused a stir some 20 years ago. The thrust of the book was that those who reach the pinnacle of success inevitably pay a high, and sometimes ... More

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