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Surinder Sud: The pigs are safe
Unlike bird flu that killed a large number of birds before affecting human beings, swine flu affects only humans
Bimal Jalan:Irrational expectations - Priorities for the new government
Getting ministers from various parties in the new coalition to pull in the same direction is the real challenge
Crisis in Nepal
India must encourage different parties to work together until the new Constitution is finalised, and then support the functioning of a democracy
Patent law again
The revised report of the technical expert group on patent law issues is not very different from the one that the group had to withdraw in 2007
A K Bhattacharya: The buck must stop at EC's door
We must have a system to ensure that all govt decisions, taken after notification of polls, are vetted and cleared by the EC
Follow Obama's lead
India should welcome Obama's initiative of attacking tax havens, and see what it can do - about Mauritius and others
Chinese designs
Beijing's objective on India is to confine it to South Asia, prevent its influence from spreading further, and to encircle it even within South Asia
Shyam Ponappa: RBI - A call to action
The public can only wish banks would provide more credit and at lower rates; the RBI, however, can and must ensure that they do
Arvind Singhal: Making the textile sector fashionable
The continued weak financial health of textile sector remains a big enigma
An int'l land market?
Ifpri's proposal for putting in place an internationally accepted code of conduct for foreign direct investment in agriculture, makes immense sense
Melting pot of alliances
The strange thing about this election is that the voter does not know what kind of government s/he is voting for; all party alignments seem transient
Shobhana Subramanian: Need to develop strong value proposition
Shopper's Stop has neither built scale nor a cushion to support it in a downturn