Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Friday, May 05, 2006 |
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OPINION FOREIGN RELATIONS Dangers of Saltoro pull-back There are indications that New Delhi is negotiating with Pakistan to pull back Indian forces from the strategic heights of Saltoro Range and establish an extensive demilitarised zone. But there should be no question of a pull-back from positions of s trategic advantage, unless foolproof mechanisms are devised to ensure prevention of a Kargil-type intrusion by Pakistan, says G. PARTHASARATHY. More AIR CARGO Export infrastructure yet to take off It is inevitable that as the cost of air transport plunges there will be an increasing shift of high-value low-bulk commodities from international sea-lanes to global air routes. But does the country possess the infrastructure to meet the potential a ir cargo export boom? The air cargo boom portends a fundamental shift in the Indian export profile, even as the traditional export sector has been metamorphosing to meet the changing global demand. More EDITORIAL Cement worries Should the Government intervene to correct prices when the rise is due to a demand-supply mismatch in construction boom? More FOREIGN TRADE Foreign Trade Policy needs FDI flavour It is time for the Foreign Trade Policy to adopt a new strategy in the wake of a dramatic change in the global trade pattern. The decade-old area- and product-specific trade matrix needs a re-look. More POLITICS Reservation blues The issue of reservations in educational institutions and the private sector has so caught everybody's imagination that some reporters have started seeing ghosts where none exist. A news agency report on a CII conference this week had the invitee ... More IPR
Plagiarism: A form of intellectual property violationOne of the posters in Kaavya's Opal is said to be, "If from drink you get your thrill, take precaution write your will." On page 35 of Salman Rushdie's Haroun, a 1990 children's novel, one of the warnings is, "If from speed you get ... More GOVT BONDS The `when issued' market The RBI opens an avenue for Government Securities trading in a bearish environment More ALTERNATIVE MEDICINES Ayurveda and yoga, not IT Most Indians think it is the IT success story that has created mind space for India in the global arena, but that may not be totally true. A colleague just back from Germany found that young Germans at the Hannover Technology Fair associated ... More PEOPLE Galbraith: Scholarly and witty too If a poll were to be taken of people who were highly scholarly and at the same time witty, Prof J. K. Galbraith would top the charts and for good reasons. He wrote incisively on a range of subjects, from economics to art and from politics to ... More
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