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Vexmati,
Part II |
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Confusion surrounds l’affaire
basmati, especially on the trademark cum geographical indications
question. India has announced that it will negotiate and try
to obtain higher standards of protection for geographical indications. |
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Davos
to Durban |
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The ongoing United Nations
conference in Durban against racism and related intolerance
has given rise to an intense debate at home, centering on whether
casteism ought to be recognised in international fora as racial
discrimination. |
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Middlemen
in the arms bazaar |
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There are indications in the
media that the government is readying itself to reverse its
earlier policy of ‘no middlemen’ in the procurement of weapons
for defence forces, writes Jasjit Singh |
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OFF
THE CUFF: Sachchidanand Shukla
Cost cutting with a difference |
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America and India, two of
the world’s largest democracies, present a contrast in more
ways than one. Yet, wasteful government expenditure is an ill
common to both. Ways of dealing with it, of course, differ.
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VIEWPOINT:
M R Mayya
Shrinking equity cult and rising uncertainties |
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Small investors have received
a severe blow by the recent amendment effected to the Securities
Contracts (Regulation) Rules, 1957 by the govt reducing the
percentage of public offer from 25% to 10% of each class or
kind of securities of a company to be eligible for listing on
a stock exchange. |
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RBI
Annual Report 2000-01: The path to durable fiscal consolidation
is through fiscal empowerment |
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Fiscal policies announced by
the Central and State Governments for 2000-02 have renewed a
commitment to stronger fiscal consolidation through expenditure
management, revenue augmentation, and restructuring of PSEs.
Fiscal stability is crucial for achieving the targets being
envisaged for the Tenth Five Year Plan (2002-07). |
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SPOTLIGHT:
Joseph Vackayil
Community grain banks can help tackle hunger |
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Hunger has moved to the centre-stage
of Indian politics in recent times with the judiciary, social
activists and the media highlighting the issue in their respective
fora. |
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100
DAYS OF RULE: Hari S Kartha
Anthony govt focuses on education, power sector |
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The UDF government in Kerala,
headed by A K Anthony, has completed 100 days in office. But
unlike all previous governments, there were no celebrations
this time. All that marked the occasion was an advertisement
in the local print media. |
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Japan’s
defence budget plans may stir fear in Asia |
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Japan said on Friday
it plans to buy a mid-air refuelling plane and boost spending
for joint research with Washington on a missile defence system
next year, in a move that could infuriate some of its Asian
neighbours, writes Teruaki Ueno
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