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Expansion and expedience
THE PRIME MINISTER'S Cabinet expansion, which saw the re-entry of former Ministers Mamata Banerjee and Gingee Ramachandran, wears the unmistakable stamp of an attempt to fortify the ruling coalition. To a large extent, the compulsions behind this ...
Push for labour standards
The World Trade Organisation's ministerial meeting at Cancun from September 10 is set to face protests from influential trade unions from developed countries, which demand linking trade issues with labour standards. The question that needs to be ...


Leader Page Articles
The right to strike
By Alladi Kuppuswami

It is true that in some cases the right to strike is being misused but that is no reason why all strikes should be condemned as immoral.
Hail the conquering bunglers
By Arvind Sivaramakrishnan

The world's private sector giants are not brave mariners on the free-market ocean but frightened children hiding behind mummy state's skirts.


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