New Delhi pushes for a `balanced' agenda
On the eve of the third ministerial conference in Seattle by the month-end, the positions taken by several developed countries individually and in groups indicate they are bound to raise non-trade issues such as labour and environment.

We can turn around sick fertiliser units -- Prabhu
Less than a month after taking charge, the minister for chemicals and fertilisers Suresh Prabhu seems to have things well under control. He is busy preparing a long-term policy for both fertilisers and chemicals and is confident of presenting it within a few months.

Pawar calls for reforms with `human face'
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar on Sunday said that there would be no going back on the economic reform process launched in 1991 but emphasised the need for an "human face" while implementing it.


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