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Best of a bad bargain

Allahabad court verdict on Ayodhya maps the way even for SC

Smita Purushottam: China goes hi-tech, IPR infringements and all

China has suddenly emerged as a technological power by fair means and foul; India also needs to adopt a holistic technology upgradation policy

Sreelatha Menon: Teaching them how to fish

NGO Access is empowering villagers by organising them into producer companies and getting them a good price for their produce

Amitabh Kundu: Disaster, catastrophe, or minor glitches?

Having accepted responsibility for the Games, we have no excuse for our performance so far

Hot flows, cold comfort

Time to correct appreciating rupee, rising CAD

Coastal zone regulation

Need to protect both seashore ecology and economy

Sanjaya Baru: The return of VER?

India must remain alert to US reuse of anti-Japan protectionist armoury against China

Rotation of Auditors may ensure Independence

Transaction value under excise law may be unsettling the settled

Tribunal's order becomes law if not challenged by Revenue

Figures cannot be modified after acceptance of tender

Exporters breathe easy as CBEC eases shipping bill norms

Taking banking to people

RBI takes a hesitant step towards financial inclusion

Madhukar Sabnavis: Breaking clutter

Brand marketers are using various innovations to get consumer attention

Jamal Mecklai: OTC FX market - falling behind the curve

If the global FX market has been growing steadily, how come the Indian rupee market is not?

Hard-selling the games

T N Ninan: Equality or fairness?

Comparisons are made between the wealth of a few and the country's GDP but this is like comparing apples and (say) rivers

Indira Rajaraman: Remembering Gandhiji

The world is still unequal and there is much both North and South can do to banish poverty

Sunil Sethi: Negotiating the turns in Berlin

K Natwar Singh: UNSC - An unfair arrangement

China will, in the foreseeable future, not agree to have India or Japan as veto-wielding permanent members