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Maharajah’s
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Disinvestment in the aviation
sector has been grounded even before take off. With the Tatas
finally giving up their bid for the national carrier Air India,
plans to privatise the airline have come a cropper. |
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Fasten
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The Supreme Court, while making
the fastening of seat belts mandatory for front seat occupants
with immediate effect, has yet again done a service to the nation. |
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Globally,
steel cos are merging to survive |
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Last week, the absurd experiment
of the financial institutions of turning entrepreneurs and supervising,
by remote control, the management of two beleaguered steel mills
came a cropper. |
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FACTUAL:
Saumitra Chaudhuri
Re-learning lessons of the nineties |
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Ten years back this day, with
the economic reforms barely six months old, how many people
believed that India could actually grow at seven per cent per
annum for three years in a row? |
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OFF
THE CUFF: Harjeet Ahluwalia
A belt for the sari? |
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The world will soon
have to reconcile itself to either spending more on acquiring
chauffeurs, or playing chauffeur to the female members in their
company whenever they drive. |
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