The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, May 27, 2003

Corporate crimes: The noose hangs loose
THE recent landmark judgment of the Delhi High Court in the Uphar cinema fire case will cause ripples in the Indian corporate world for quite sometime to come. The fire that engulfed that cinema building seven years back killed 59 persons, ... More

EDITORIAL

Smoking out tobacco menace
THE UNANIMOUS ADOPTION of the agreed draft of a Framework Convention on Tobacco Control by the WHO member-countries in Geneva on May 20 is undoubtedly a significant development. It is reasonable to expect that the draft pact will be ratified in ... More

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Upgrading public telephone booths...
Unique solution to low telephone density
With several STD/ISD booths planning to close down because of insufficient revenues, the Task Force on IT and Software recommended several measures to prevent this, including upgrading village public telephones into Public Telecommunications Informat ion Centres, or Internet kiosks. T. H. Chowdary describes the success of the Andhra Pradesh Government's initiative which, he hopes, will be emulated across the country. More

Twined in digital networks
THE consequences of today's communication revolution are as profound as they are complex. Some of the more basic of these are felt by almost all societies, forcing governments to react. The consequences range from dependency on network ... More

ECONOMY

Is CPI a good indicator of inflation?
INFLATION is commonly defined as a general rise in prices caused by an increase in money supply and credit. Nowadays, inflation is simply seen as a rise in the Consumer Price Index (CPI). This is based on the logic that with more money chasing ... More

EDUCATION

Education financing — Worrying policy shift
The official norm of a pupil-teacher ratio of 40:1 is widely flouted. Teachers posted to rural areas lobby for transfers to urban areas. In isolated areas, single-teacher schools are often the norm, with most schools disproportionately understaffed. More

LETTERS

Regulatory exemptions

Gauging teledensity

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