The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, January 29, 2003

India and Australia — Payoffs from closer ties
INDO-Australian relations have taken on a new meaning post-9/11. Despite past misgivings, India is recognised Down Under as economically, culturally and politically compatible. The shared British Commonwealth legacy of Parliamentary democratic ... More

EDITORIAL

Wronged
IS THE REGULATOR meant to protect the interest of the consumer of telephone services? Obviously, one would have thought. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act has also clearly set out for itself protection of consumer interest as an ... More

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Mobile war: Moving towards monopoly?
If the mobile phone is used only as a voice instrument, one may not clearly see the dominance of a particular technology, or even a service provider. But if it is seen as a convergence of voice, data and video — implying more bandwidth requirem ent, Reliance emerges the winner, say Vinish Kathuria and Rohit Singal. More

FOREX

Capital account convertibility — Why it's better for India to go slow
THE international financial system is in a state of introspection, jolted by several financial crises caused by violent capital movements over the last two decades. On their part, Indian policy-makers are also in a state of revisionism and are ... More

POLITICS

Making backward classes more equal
Given the unconscionably long time the nation took in making amends to its down-trodden castes, the Bhopal Declaration is an attempt at extending the Dalit agenda and making the backward communities more equal than the rest. But this runs the risk of provoking a strong reaction, even among many who are normally pro-under-privileged. More

Hell-bent on war
THOSE who study behaviour of governments in crises and normal times are bound to be intrigued by the kind of psychotic fixation from which both the US and the UK are suffering with reference to Iraq. They are implacably determined to effect a ... More

LETTERS

Starvation deaths

Telephone call charges

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