Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Friday, December 20, 2002
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OPINION EDITORIAL L'affaire Polaris THE ARREST OF the Polaris Software Lab chief by the Indonesian police on the basis of a complaint of fraud by an Indonesian banking customer prima facie suggests a breach of accepted norms of legal process in such matters. While the ... More ECONOMY Is Indonesia fast losing investor charm? THE detention of Mr Arun Jain, CEO of the Chennai-based Polaris Software Laboratories, by the Indonesian police has sent shock waves to the software industry in India. The high-handed manner in which Indonesian police acted on a complaint by ... More MUTUAL FUNDS 
The UTI in retrospectThe book by the first Executive Trustee of the UTI, Mr V.G. Pendharkar, offers interesting insights into the evolution of the mutual fund, the subtle power games between the Centre and the RBI, and the role of "foreign experts" and other lobbies in w eaning the UTI away from its original objectives, says N. A. Mujumdar. More POLITICS The rightward swing There is a general swing to the right, all around the world. The impetus has been given by the terrorists, whether it is 9/11, Bali, the Lok Sabha or Mauritius. The pendulum will continue to swing to the right. But, then, once it has reached its extr eme, it will start the swing back. More TERRORISM Counter-terrorism strategy SOME readers have pointed out that my earlier piece "Control mechanism to fight terrorism" (Business Line, December 2) has left out any mention of the strategy to be followed by the control mechanism to counter terrorism. An essential ... More GENDER 
The double-minority syndromeThe majority of the Muslim women who are uneducated and economically dependent are often referred to as a minority within a minority, suffering the double handicap of their gender as well as the oppression of their male-dominated religion. It is time a movement was begun to scrap the archaic laws on polygamy and talaq, and give education of Muslim women much greater importance. More INCOME TAX Kelkar recommendations will pinch, hard AT A time when the WTO commitments are having their impact on every policy of the country, it would be in the interest of the business community if the Government stood by the guiding principles of the income-tax law of equity, effectiveness, and ... More LETTERS Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
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