The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, September 12, 2002

Cricket and commerce
NO DOUBT, THE prospect of a full-strength Indian team participating in the forthcoming cricket tournament in Sri Lanka would be welcomed not just by the millions of cricket lovers in the country but the marketers who must be hoping to showcase ... More

ACCOUNTANCY

Should you join the `war'
S. Ramanujam on where the Indian accountant falls short More

A premium problem
S. Murlidharan on the muddle in the share premium account More

Grass on the other side
ON AUDITORS' role in combating corruption, I fully agree that auditors in India have largely remained mute witnesses to the corporate shenanigans. But the American CAs have fared no better in this respect as the unfolding earth-shaking events in ... More

At long last

ENVIRONMENT

Earth Summit: UN up for sale!
DRINKING over 80,000 bottles of mineral water at the World Summit for Sustainable Development (WSSD), delegates from some 109 countries sought to reiterate their commitment to halve the number of people (1.1 billion) without access to drinking ... More

POLITICS

Women get short shrift in J&K polls
IN a State where one in three people suffer from neurological disorders and one in five women is a victim of domestic violence; a State that has been rocked by the worst form of violence, it is not surprising to find that women have been given ... More

AGRICULTURAL POLICY

No big deal for farmers
All parties demand vociferously better returns for farmers when in opposition and resort to brutal repression once in power... The Maharashtra Chief Minister does not wish to let go of the hen that has laid golden eggs for politicians for three deca des. He wants to continue the cotton procurement scheme without any price premium. This cannot be, says Sharad Joshi. More

LETTERS

Stepping up agricultural growth

Misinvestment?

The blame game

Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in
Subscribe to: Business Line

UTI-II sell-off by mid-2003 likely

Telecom industry has overspent, says Pitroda

`Scope for banks to cut lending rates further'

Centre rethink on dormant bourses — FMC orders closure of potato exchange

In Depth
Gender Justice

Simple Economics

Small Investor

Looking back
Sep. 1-Sep. 7
Creditable progress on external debt

The oil link — Why Bush wants to attack Iraq

Women in India: A status report

RBI Annual Report for 2002-02 — Stressing the need for social vision

Railway bifurcation: Zones of contention