OPINION
FOREIGN RELATIONS
Moving closer to Japan
Despite his team members saying that they had nothing specific to ask or give, the Prime Minister did carry a `heavy economic agenda' to Japan. He was expected to get some positive signals from Tokyo to help India parley with the Nuclear Supplier s Group.
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EDITORIAL
Stagnation amid growth
With farm output and population growth rate almost equal, it effectively means no growth in the per capita availability of farm produce.
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AGRICULTURE
Is there hope for farmers?
Will the plight of farmers get as quick a relief as that of a minority community?
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AIRLINES
Fog and the air traffic chaos
Every year, the air traffic disruptions out of Delhi due to fog make the headlines. And every year, we hear the same statements by the civil aviation authorities. But nothing happens. Airlines are warned either by the Civil Aviation Minister or ...
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COURTS/LEGAL ISSUES
A `system' going downhill
The other day, while commenting on whether the Chief Justice of India should be covered by the judicial inquiry Bill now before Parliament, Mr Justice K. G Balakrishnan, the CJI-designate, said he would not mind if his actions were scrutinised, ...
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EDUCATION
Home-truths from PM at ISB
The most evocative part of the PM's speech is his fervent call for ``building a new India — an India, in which the urban-rural divide is no longer a visible one."
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BOOKS
Market failure versus bureaucratic failure
Indian economy is a fascinating amalgam, and if Indian Economy Since Independence offers insights into its working especially in the last half century, The India Economy is all about heresies, policies and practices. Energetic economic reads, recomme nded by D. MURALI, for the year-end.
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CARTOON
Pocket
"I feel my stocks are going to do even better! My broker has started calling my money `our money' again."
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