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Burden on States

The oil price hike burdens already strained State finances and threatens to jeopardise welfare programmes run by State governments.

Fudging facts

The problems in petroleum pricing stem from a flawed method, and will cause immense harm to the oil companies and endanger energy security.

False notes

Recent events in the markets confirm the suspicion that the stock market tail is wagging the economy dog as never before.

Indications are that the policy on spectrum allocation, instead of using the opportunity to lay down transparent guidelines, may yield to pressures from the telecom lobbies.-A. ROY CHOWDHURY

Spectrum war

An unprecedented number of applications have been filed for mobile phone licences amidst fears about spectrum shortage.

RIL Chairman Mukesh Ambani with Minister for Power Sushil Kumar Shinde.-RAMESH SHARMA

Stepping on the gas

The governments approval of Reliances pricing formula for gas from the Krishna-Godavari basin triggers a major controversy.

A demonstration by members of the Joint Forum of associations and unions of executives and non-executives of BSNL, Karnataka Circle, in Bangalore on July 11.-K. GOPINATHAN

Cross talk

The decision to whittle down the size of BSNLs tender for mobile phone equipment could prove costly for the company.

Retail invasion

Big Business is taking control of the supply chain in India, and there is growing unease among people who depend on retailing for livelihoods.

Asim Ghosh of Hutchison Essar and Analjit Singh of Max New York Life Insurance arrive at North Block in New Delhi on April 26 to meet the Finance Secretary.-KAMAL NARANG

Over the cap

Mobile giant Vodafone's takeover of Hutchison Essar gets mired in allegations that the foreign holdings in HEL exceed the 74 per cent FDI cap.

Paul Wolfowitz at a news conference on the final day of the World Bank-International Monetary Fund spring meeting in Washington on April 15.-YURI GRIPAS/REUTERS

War in the Bank

Revelations of President Paul Wolfowitz's outrageous favours to his girlfriend ignite a "civil war" in the World Bank.

P. Raja Goundan, who heads the ICF, says the organisation's main strength is its human resource.-M. VEDHAN

'We can adapt'

Interview with P. Raja Goundan, General Manager, ICF.

Workers fixing the top of a coach at the Integral Coach Factory in Perambur, Chennai.-PHOTOGRAPHS: K. PICHUMANI

On the fast track

The ICF's ability to change with the times and to meet new demands is the key to its success.

Feel-good train

Railway Budget 2007-08 draws all-round cheer, but the claim of a turnaround appears too good to be true.

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