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Briefing

Over a temple for Sita
Controversy surrounds a temple built in Nuwara Eliya, a Tamil-dominated plantation area in Sri Lanka, at the site believed by some people to be ...

Striking a balance
A Supreme court order asserts the ecosystem values of the Narayan Sarovar sanctuary in the Kutch region of Gujarat. PRITHI NAMBIAR ...

Emerging battle lines
In the context of the widening gap between nuclear weapons states and the gathering forces of non-nuclear weapons states, the NPT Review ...

State of despair
Kerala is something of a role model in welfare-oriented development, and yet the State has been reporting one of the highest suicide rates in ...

Courts and contempt powers
A case for a new approach in India to the law of contempt. A. G. NOORANI IN every democratic country governed by the rule of law, ...

At a crossroads
As India and China complete 50 years of diplomatic exchange and advance the process of 'normalisation', both share the view that this process ...

Clinton's visit
As expected, there was a lot of excitement over Clinton's visit to the subcontinent ("Clinton's yatra", April 14). The visit is a ...

The message of panchayati raj
Using the radio and the theatre as cost-effective communication vehicles, a research project in Mysore district disseminates information on, ...

A retrograde step
WITH elections to the upper two tiers of the panchayati raj system - the taluk and zilla panchayats - approaching, the Karnataka ...

New Economy and all that
It is a perilous balancing act between the trappings of the 'new economy' and the realities of the 'old' that India is being led towards. What ...

Defending the new thrust
Murasoli Maran, Union Minister for Commerce and Industry, has had a hectic time since he assumed the dual portfolio last October. He walked in ...

The fragile world of finance
While the government is fussing over shoring up this fragile factor, attention continues to be diverted from the real economy and the measures ...

The cost of integration
As the Indian economy becomes more integrated with the U.S. economy, it also becomes more vulnerable to the profit-driven movement of ...

Changing the rules of the game
The Exim Policy document spells a whole new set of priorities and leaves a trail of anomalies. SUDHA MAHALINGAM THE Exim Policy ...

Livelihood issues
The liberalisation of the import regime is certain to affect the livelihood of large numbers of primary commodity producers. V. SRIDHAR ...

Another round for Laloo Prasad
The RJD-led government in Bihar secures a breather after a court grants bail to Chief Minister Rabri Devi in a case against Laloo Prasad Yadav, ...

Changing the rules of the game
The Exim Policy document spells a whole new set of priorities and leaves a trail of anomalies. SUDHA MAHALINGAM THE Exim Policy ...

Livelihood issues
The liberalisation of the import regime is certain to affect the livelihood of large numbers of primary commodity producers. V. SRIDHAR ...

Clinton's visit
As expected, there was a lot of excitement over Clinton's visit to the subcontinent ("Clinton's yatra", April 14). The visit is a ...

The message of panchayati raj
Using the radio and the theatre as cost-effective communication vehicles, a research project in Mysore district disseminates information on, ...

A retrograde step
WITH elections to the upper two tiers of the panchayati raj system - the taluk and zilla panchayats - approaching, the Karnataka ...

Another round for Laloo Prasad
The RJD-led government in Bihar secures a breather after a court grants bail to Chief Minister Rabri Devi in a case against Laloo Prasad Yadav, ...