OPINION
EDITORIAL
A strategic PTA
THE SIGNING OF a preferential trade agreement (PTA) between India and the Mercosur countries of South America (Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay) is no doubt an important landmark. But much effort will have to be expended to step up ...
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ECONOMY
Farm sector: Another food crisis ahead
INDIA'S agriculture sector has for long been held to be a success story. That India is able to feed itself without having to wait for the next shipload of PL480 wheat, as was the case in the 1950s and the 1960s, is a ...
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POLITICS
A spring of hope for Kashmir
Mr L. K. Advani has concluded a successful session with the Hurriyat leaders. But there is still a long way to go for lasting peace to return to the Valley even if Mr Vajpayee's popularity among Kashmiris is such that he can contest elections from th e State. The Congress appears to have no real answers but to draw from the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty — now, Priyanka and Rahul, says Rasheeda Bhagat.
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INTERVIEW
Driving on technology, competition — Interview with Mr B.V.R. Subbu, President, HMIL
From being a company whose brandhad low recall in India and with only a limited product portfolio globally, Hyundai Motor India (HMI) has become the second largest manufacturer of passenger cars in the country. It crossed the five lakh cars ...
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`All port facilities must be privatised'
THE domestic port sector has witnessed some significant developments in the last decade, especially after it was opened up for private participation, which saw the entry of global terminal operators and shipping lines. With the Government going ...
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`Banking has undergone a creditable transformation'
Mr N. Vaghul, the articulate Chairman of ICICI Bank, conducted us through a tour de force of the banking and financial sector, when we asked him to look back at the decade that just went by. He has been credited with transforming ICICI ...
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SECURITY
Police misconduct
AN Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has recently been set up in Britain under the Police Reform Act, 2002, to enforce strict observance by the police of prescribed norms of civilised and responsible ...
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