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Editorials
Signpost in space
THE SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH of the communications and meteorological satellite, Insat-3A, on board a European Space Agency rocket is an important signpost for at least two reasons. First, it will greatly augment the country's own satellite-based ...
A new date for VAT
WHEN THE DECISION to further postpone the VAT regime was announced at the start of the new financial year, there was hardly any surprise. Neither were the two earlier deferrals surprising. The announcement of a new date was widely anticipated ...


Leader Page Articles
MACROSCOPE
U.S. economy, oil contracts & war
By C. Rammanohar Reddy

It was in the U.S.' interest to end the first experiment of a switch to the euro in oil contracts. Its invasion of Iraq has accomplished that.
The battle begins now
By Amit Baruah

America's 'victory' will not bring peace to Iraq. At best, it will administer a sullen population, one that may be as unhappy under a retired American general as under Saddam Hussein.
WAR ANALYSIS
New face of war
By V.R. Raghavan

War has many faces. The ugly face of war is often portrayed with the picture of soldiers mowed down by machine guns and fallen like sheaves of corn. The valorous face has the soldier or his leaders leading the battle charge in the face of fire. ...


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