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EDITORIAL
Half-measures still
Why not free the industry completely and leave it to market forces to determine fuel prices? More

ECONOMY
The helmsman takes a buffeting
Can the success of Indian business make India as a whole richer, asks the latest issue of The Economist. Sure it can, says RASHEEDA BHAGAT, but only if there is a strong, effective and efficient, as well as sincere and honest government in place to e nsure equitable distribution of the fruits of a surging economy. More

POLITICS
Mr Blair's slip is showing
Sometime during the past few days, the British Prime Minister, Mr Tony Blair, is reported to have used a low-budget airline scheduled flight to return home from a holiday with his family in Tuscany, Italy. The British papers carried the news ... More

Democratic deficit
Over the years, the connotation of democracy in India has been whittled down to mere holding of periodical elections, holding sessions of national and State legislatures and passing of Budgets and assorted ... More

POWER
Are we moving in the right direction?
Renewable Portfolio Standards More

BIO-TECH & GENETICS
Giving farmers a technology choice
To address the farm sector maladies of low productivity, poor quality and falling farm incomes, another dose of technology infusion is crucial. More

STOCK MARKETS
Seven reasons for the Sensex rampage
One more day of falls. That's not how one describes the way markets moved on June 6. For, a Sensex dip that shattered the psychological five-digit mark is better clothed with words such as tanking and slipping, plunging and correcting, sliding ... More

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