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Hunger project
IN THE din of controversies over issues of little consequence, good work done quietly by dedicated bands of volunteers and organs of the civil society goes unnoticed. An example is the initiative taken by Governments of various States by means of ... More

OFF THE CUFF


Mongolia beyond Ulan Baatar
ANHIL (fragrance) more than lived up to the promise of her evocative name. She was slender, tall, bright, vivacious, bubbling with energy, with an intensity and zest that was instantly contagious even in the sub zero temperatures of Ulan Baatar ... More

WIDE CANVAS


Aspects of democracy
RECENTLY, the Pakistani strongman, Gen Pervez Musharraf, told La Figaro that "Indian democracy is just a bluff", trying to substantiate his charge by saying that there was no society as intolerant as the Indian, and that in that country ... More

A RINGSIDE VIEW


Politics, results to drive market
MARKET trends for the coming week are likely to be a function of political decisions. If political tensions increase further, markets will react accordingly. Otherwise, amendments to the Budget proposals expected to be announced in Parliament ... More

POLICY WATCH


Govt testing floating rates for gilts sale
OVER the last year or two, India's institutional lenders and banks have seen the best of their clients pre-paying the costly loans they had taken to finance their projects in the 1990s. Having borrowed at rates ranging from 16.5 to 19.5 per ... More

MUTUAL CONFIDENCE


Not enough AAA-rated papers for debt funds
A shortage of highest-rated papers seems to be creating problems for debt fund managers. For one thing, they cannot be in the comfort zone delineated entirely by Triple-A and equivalent securities. Simultaneously, they must consider instruments ... More

GLOBAL MONITOR


Gold's strong run continues
GOLD continued its strong run last week supported by mounting scale of conflict in West Asia and firm crude oil prices. Comments attributed to South Africa's AngloGold that it was aggressively unwinding its hedge books added to the sentiment. ... More

ADR WATCH


Results fail to lift Infosys in big way
THE good financial performance of Infosys for the year-ended 2001-02 helped its ADR gain marginally at the US markets during the week gone by. Further, the software consulting firm has forecaste18-20 per cent growth in its topline for the current ... More

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS


Price support likely for NY cotton
COTTON futures on the New York Cotton Exchange settled slightly lower Friday as participants mainly focused on the expiration of May options. Prices are expected to continue to trade range-bound in the short term until some market-moving ... More

Palm oil may consolidate
CRUDE palm oil futures on the Malaysia Derivatives Exchange, or MDEX, closed higher Friday following the issue of bullish crop data by the Malaysian Palm Oil Board. MPOB said on Friday that Malaysia's palm oil exports increased 33 per cent on ... More


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