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Border trade and beyond
On July 6, some 44 years after it was last used, the third and potentially most promising trading point on the Sino-Indian border will open for two-way traffic — at Nathu La in Sikkim. Once a key staging post for the movement of goods into ...

Marginal stock exchanges
A recent report by a SEBI-appointed committee on the future of the regional stock exchanges has taken an eminently practical view. There is no point in persisting with the legal recognition of those exchanges that have no potential for survival. ...

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In defence of public sector enterprises
By Ashok Parthasarathi

The Government should reiterate its commitment to a mixed economy like that in many European countries and see to it that public enterprises are given a level playing field to operate.

News Analysis
In China, a problem of plenty
By Pallavi Aiyar

Improving the quality of university education and generating enough jobs for the burgeoning number of graduates is a task of urgency.

Pay homage to Catalonia
By Simon Jenkins

The vote for devolution in Spain reveals a mature attitude to democracy.

Corrections and Clarifications
In "Will an Indian be the next U.N. chief?" (Op-Ed, June 21, 2006), the name of Sir Benegal Narasinga Rau was wrongly mentioned as Sir Benegal Narayan Rau, as readers point out. (The sentence was: "Barring the 18-year period between Dag ...

New elite of super-rich in developing nations
By Hans Kundnani

The number of high net worth individuals has grown by 19 per cent in India.

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