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Wednesday, January 18, 2006
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Fluidity in home loan rates
IF THERE IS one signal from the banking industry that sends borrowers or depositors into a tizzy, it is talk of an increase in the cost of funds mediated through interest rate hikes. In this age of competitive business, no other issue so divides ... More

TELECOMMUNICATIONS


Lifetime worries of indefinite validity
WE ARE just past the middle of January, and the telecom regulator has been busy taking the call on one issue or the other. TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) has issued the fourth consultation paper this year, in comparison to the ten ... More

ECONOMY


What lies beneath the economy
Every economic activity in the informal sector does not always result in tax evasion. Thus, while tax evasion may be evil, all unreported incomes and assets cannot be tarred with the same brush. says T. C. A. Ramanujam. More

FOREIGN TRADE


Australia-India partnership — Natural complementarities
Energy and resources are the drivers of the India-Australia relationship, with India importing billions of dollars worth of gold and coal, apart from diamonds and food items. A number of parallels can also be drawn between the public policy debate i n India on the best way to develop its energy and mineral resources, and that faced by Australia a generation ago, says John McCarthy, highlighting various other areas in which India can be a business partner of considerable strategic importan ce. More

LIFESTYLE


Decongesting Mumbai
SUBASH Saha looks barely 18 though he claims to be 24 years old. He has been driving an autorickshaw in Mumbai during night hours for the past six years. Which means he could have started driving either at 12 or 18. In all probability, the truth ... More

RADIO/TV


TV news channels
THE number of TV channels in India has already crossed 100, that of round-the-clock news channels (both English and regional languages) alone was rushing past 30 as of August 2005. A recent survey reveals that the news genre has consistently ... More

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