The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, August 17, 2005

Fixing the mobility
THE PLAN OF the Department of Telecom (DoT) to issue a directive restricting the mobility of fixed lines to customer's premises for the purposes of determining the levy of Access Deficit Charge (ADC) on private operators appears to be an ... More

ECONOMY

Miserable with money
SOCIOLOGICAL research is one area which cannot be stopped from taking up redundant posers and turning up familiar answers after elaborate theorising with an uncanny grasp of the obvious. The latest mystery that researchers have taken enormous ... More

External sector — Growing strengths, emerging challenges
The growing strength of the external sector in recent years has provided the conditions for accelerating the pace of liberalisation. Merchandise and service exports have posted robust growth, global capital has been pouring into the economy, and fore x reserves have continued to rise. Nevertheless, there are some challenges relating to external sector management in the context of the growing trade deficit, says S. D. Naik. More

Euro Zone in dire straits
THE STUNTED economic growth, the poor investment flows and the high unemployment levels (over 20 million) have prompted analysts to wonder if the gloom over the Euro Zone — comprising countries that have adopted ... More

HEALTH

Drug-resistance, a new disease?
According to FDA: "Part of the problem is that bacteria and other micro-organisms... are remarkably resilient and develop ways to survive drugs meant to kill or weaken them. This resistance... is due largely to the increasing use of antibiotics." More

INFRASTRUCTURE

If cities are not renewed they will die!
ONE OF the `Saat Sutras' that the Prime Minister reverted to in his Independence Day speech was urban renewal, the other six being agriculture, irrigation, education, health, employment and infrastructure. And ... More

POLITICS

Will King Abdullah keep Saudi economy well-oiled?
WINDS OF change are set to sweep across the dunes of Saudi Arabia. With the death of King Fahd, his half-brother Abdullah, who has taken over, is expected to fan this wind so that the desert kingdom keeps pace with an ... More

INTERVIEW

The peace dilemma in Sri Lanka — Mr Jehan Perera, Media Director, National Peace Council, Colombo
Despite the Kadirgamar assassination, the Sri Lankan government has little option except to keep engaged with the LTTE in the peace process, says Mr Jehan Perera, Media Director of the Colombo-based National Peace Council. In the long run, of ... More

LETTERS

Crop insurance

President's speech

Mumbai floods

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