The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, August 30, 2006

FOREIGN RELATIONS
Trouble in the neighbourhood
Sandwiched between conflict zones in Sri Lanka and Pakistan, India has to achieve the right balance in neighbourly priorities — deciding how far to go in dealing with the Tamil Tigers while leaving Pakistan strictly alone to tackle its problems . RASHEEDA BHAGAT on the turmoil in the sub-continent. We don't need to play the Good Samaritan supporting the "aspirations" of the Balochis. More

EMPLOYMENT
Jobs more important than growth
Employment creation will more certainly induce growth than the latter generating jobs. The Government should make employment generation, rather than growth, its focus. More

EDITORIAL
Borrowed glory?
Corporates may be sanguine because of the easy access to cheap global funds, but inflationary trends could spoil the party. More

AGRICULTURE
Needed, macro-remedies for agriculture
Without the much-needed investment in agriculture, and given the growing indebtedness of farmers, farmer suicides could become an epidemic across the country. More

AIRLINES
Wet lease for those wet behind the ears
Airline industry jargon can be notoriously difficult to understand. For instance, code shared flights aren't about secrets a la Da Vinci, as much as APEX fare isn't the highest. In all probability, you may toss in sleep if told about ghost ... More

POLITICS
Guidelines for the media
These days everyone in the Capital is talking about the proxy war between the Congress party and the BJP, the two outfits focusing, respectively, on the December 1999 Kandahar episode — where terrorists were bartered for hijacked passengers ... More

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Science and politics
One can only hope the Prime Minister and his aides would have learnt the lessons from the nuclear deal turmoil that threatened to create a chasm between the political and scientific establishments. The consultative process had been stood on its ... More

LETTERS

Implementing bans

Non-fuel retailing

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