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AS we go to press, the Fourth Session of the Ministerial Meeting of WTO at Doha is reaching its concluding stages. There are, as yet, conflicting reports regarding the outcome of the meeting. Three drafts … Read more

The twin processes of “Globalisation” and “Liberalisation” have seen its wake an orchestrated campaign designed to showcase the merits of Multinational companies. What is glossed over is the gory face of a number of these … Read more

THE media and most MPs from all parties barring the Left and its ally, the RJD, were agog with US President Clinton’s visit to India. The visit seems to have inspired such a gleam in … Read more

WITH all the hoopla over Clinton’s visit, not a word has been said by India regarding the various technological sanctions that the US has imposed on India. The BJP government, busy as it is in … Read more

(A Workshop on WTO Arrangements and People’s Concerns was organised in New Delhi recently. The workshop was organised by the National Working Group on Patent Laws in the background of the forthcoming meeting at Seattle, … Read more

The BJP led Government has promulgated an Ordinance on the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) that creates two bodies instead of one, reconstitutes the authority in terms of members and removes the telecom regulator … Read more

The BJP government has offered a bail out package to the basic services providers, the circle cellular operators and the metro cellular operators. The package offers conversion of the two years license fees to an … Read more

Microsoft Corporation, owned by the information technology baron Bill Gates, has decided to release modified versions of its Windows 98 operating system and other software to comply with a recent court order. A Washington Court … Read more

Even after two months of announcing of the new Telecom Policy, the actual policy contours remain totally unclear.  While the basic thrust of the policy has been indicated — henceforth even the basic Telecom services … Read more

The Government has at last released the long awaited guidelines on Private sector entry in Telecom. The private sector can now provide a competitive network to the existing Department of Telecom’s  (DOT) network under an … Read more

On Shri Narasimbha Rao’s visit to the United States, he carried a gift – a New Telecom Policy which would allow multi-nationals and private investors in the basic telecom services in India. This  opening of … Read more

A few years back, there was a revolt of the indigenous people in Chiapas, Mexico. When the Mexican Government moved in with the army and started a very repressive campaign, the Zapatistas, the group behind … Read more