OPINION
FOREIGN RELATIONS
The `feel good' in foreign policy
Not just at home, the Government wants "feel good" on the external front too. Leading the list of "achievements" in foreign policy is undoubtedly the entente the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, has achieved with the Pakistani President, Gen Pervez Musharraf. But it would be premature to count our chickens before they are hatched vis-à-vis the concerns on terrorism, says G. Parthasarathy.
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EDITORIAL
Bird flu threat
COMING MONTHS AFTER the SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) epidemic hit some of the Asian economies, the avian influenza, a highly pathogenic virus is currently spreading at unprecedented speed across Asia. It is posing a serious threat to ...
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AGRICULTURE
Farm sector on the dole
THE state's diminishing interest in the agriculture sector can be seen in the decline of its share in the outlays since the Fourth Plan. The share of agriculture and irrigation in that Plan's outlay, which was almost ...
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ECONOMY
Population problems
A SCHOOL in North-East Thailand grows frogs to feed hungry students. A poor Brazilian is reported to have started eating cats. In North Korea, during famines, people make dark brown noodles out of grass and leaves with ...
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ACCOUNTANCY
This SAT can't stand
IT IS reported that the two-member board of the Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT), comprising Dr B. Samal and Mr N. L. Lakhanpal, has started taking up appeal matters and passing orders, including interim ones, ...
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Pandora's box in IP Marg
THERE can be two views on whether the first woman was named Pandora. She was made in heaven, so the fables say. 0 Every god contributed something to perfect her: Venus gave her beauty, Mercury persuasion, Apollo ...
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Playroom in a CPA office
WOOING customers away from the giants of the tax preparation industry is never easy, but one creative CPA in Tennessee is hoping toy trains, Teletubbies and teddy bears will give him an edge. Mr Stephen Nestor, with ...
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BOOKS
If only touching up X-rays could mend fractures
FIGHT fire with water, ruse with counter-ruse, and trick with a better trick. But what do you do if accountants play their dirty games and financial reports are full of frauds you know are there in the hiding? Howard ...
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