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A low-key visit
NO MOMENTOUS DECISIONS on mutual cooperation were expected during the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh's visit to Russia. After all, the occasion was the 60th anniversary of Nazi Germany's defeat in the Second World War, a commemorative event ... More

AIRLINES


Giving wing to crashing carriers
The US Bankruptcy Court approving the United Airlines plea to shift its under-funded pension plans to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation has raised the hackles of its employees. But this historic approval allows the big carriers to re-engineer themselves along the lines of the LCCs, and remain air-borne. This has important implications for India's airline industry, which is being deregulated, says G. Ramachandran. More

CORPORATE


Coal imports SAIL into trouble
RECENTLY the Director (Commercial) of Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL) was asked to go on leave pending an enquiry into alleged irregularities in spot purchase of coking coal. The story, as can be gleaned from newspaper reports on the ... More

POLITICS


Voter apathy
IT IS usual to blame the apathy of Indian citizens-cum-voters for a multitude of ills and evils pervading the political system and for the ineffectiveness of Constitutional mechanisms in dealing with them. There is enough evidence to conclude ... More

WATER


Water situation: Is Kerala in dire straits?
ON APRIL 7, the Kerala High Court allowed the cola multinational to draw 5 lakh litres of water each day from its 34-acre land in Plachimada in Kerala's Palakkad district and home to one of the company's biggest bottling plants. This area is ... More

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