The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, July 24, 2002

Fall guys
IF REPORTS APPEARING in sections of the press are anything to go by, the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) has been less than fair in its somewhat harsh assessment of the role played by some of the key players in the events leading up to the ... More

ENVIRONMENT

Community-conservation initiatives in South Asia — Tackling bio-diversity issues
EVEN as rampant destruction of environment in its varied forms and associated effects continue to rise, there have been practices among Asian communities where the people themselves have protected and nurtured territories containing wild and ... More

POLITICS

State elections — Where Gujarat and Kashmir are on level
ONE of the greatest ironies in our political set-up is that it is the politicians themselves who, most often, are trapped in the webs they weave. It is thus that both the major players on the political stage — the BJP and the Congress(I) ... More

Smelling rats!
THE new Finance Minister, Mr Jaswant Singh, reportedly smelt a rat the moment he entered his spacious office. The Central PWD officials who dismantled the wooden panel on his orders were rewarded with not one, but two stinking dead rats. Mr ... More

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Management practices — Blend old and new
IN THE early 1940s, an elderly industrialist remarked thus: "When we approached the public, investors reposed confidence in us through their investments. Therefore, it is their company. We are only the trustees. Hence, bearing in mind their ... More

RAILWAYS

New Railway zones — Setback to reforms and efficiency
THE fierce battle between Ms Mamata Banerjee and Mr Nitish Kumar over the bifurcation of the Eastern Railway zone in Kolkata to create a new East Central zone at Hajipur, Bihar, has taken an ugly turn. The issue has now become a Bihar versus West ... More

LETTERS

Losing power investors

Investors will benefit

Bad debts

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