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CRISIS OF CONFIDENCE
THE OFFER BY the Oriental Bank of Commerce to take over the Global Trust Bank is good news for the one million depositors of the troubled private bank but a nagging question is if the Reserve Bank of India could not have handled the crisis ...

THE RE-EMERGENCE OF BIRD FLU
AVIAN INFLUENZA HAS reared its menacing head again. It has been just a few months since the worst-ever attack of a highly virulent form of bird flu swept through poultry in eight Asian countries. Over 100 million birds died of the disease or had ...

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Drought, flood, seeds and suicides
By M.S. Swaminathan

The science and technology dimensions of the problems leading to suicides among farmers need concurrent attention along with the socio-economic and political aspects.

India and Pakistan at SAARC
By K.K. Katyal

Despite the posturing by the two neighbours during the recent SAARC meet, the bilateral dialogue goes on.

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