OPINION
EDITORIAL
TRAI must cut out anomalies
THE DRAFT UNIFIED Licensing Policy of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India focusses on cutting the costs of operators significantly, but does little to encourage competitive forces in the telecom arena. No doubt, mobile operators stand to ...
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COURTS/LEGAL ISSUES
Gypsies' lawsuit against IBM: Law versus morality
THE late June decision of a Swiss appeals court to allow five gypsies to proceed with a lawsuit against IBM in Switzerland relating to the company's role during the Nazi era when the company's technology and products ...
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POWER
Power sector reforms may derail
With the State electricity boards incurring heavy losses, if the trend of the State governments offering free electricity to farmers arbitrarily by sidelining the Regulatory Commissions is not reversed soon, it will amount to short-circuiting the pow er sector reforms, says S. D. Naik.
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NEWSPAPERS & PUBLISHING
Don't `pay' for media coverage
At a time when the distance between large sections of the Indian media and the people of the country has perhaps become wider than ever before, journalists as well as their employers have to introspect yet again on the principles and norms that shoul d govern their work.
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STOCK MARKETS
Tyre stocks race ahead on price increase hopes
SHARE prices of tyre companies increased on Monday's trading on market expectation of possible hike in tyre prices. Brokers and analysts said there is a possibility of price hike on tyres shortly as the prices of most of the raw materials used ...
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WTO
WTO framework agreement: No cause for celebration
The August framework agreement on the Doha Round of trade negotiations has been hailed as historic and a victory for developing countries. The Indian delegation has echoed that assessment, even if not in terms as exuberant. C. P. Chandrasekhar and Jayati Ghosh examine the process that delivered the agreement and the agreement itself to assess whether there is a case for such sanguinity.
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LETTERS
Rising inflation
GTB shareholders
Manipur protests
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