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22-03-2013
43 STORIES
Science & Technology
Shrinking transistors
Direct cash transfers
Cash for vote?
The government’s headlong rush to Aadhaar-linked payments for welfare schemes is bound to lead to their disruption and the exclusion of people who nee
Meghalaya & Nagaland
Incumbents win
The Congress increases its tally in Meghalaya but is one seat short of the halfway mark, while the NPF’s proactive role on the vexed Naga issue helps
Hyderabad blasts
Clue hunt
The police and other investigating agencies are yet to make a breakthrough in the investigation into the twin blasts that rocked Hyderabad.
Books
Enriching study
Historical perspectives on the aesthetic expressions and visual culture of the Jainas.
Maha Kumbh
The mother of all melas
The Kumbh Mela at Prayag, hosting the largest gathering of human beings on the planet, is as fabulous a spectacle as can be.
Science & Technology
Asymptomatic malaria in West Bengal
Science & Technology
Low radiation risk in Fukushima
The Maldives
In a mess in Male
India is caught unawares as former Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed takes refuge in the Indian High Commission in Male.
Science & Technology
White dwarfs
Samuel Abraham
Books
Devaluation and growth
An in-depth examination of the effect of devaluation of currency on exports, trade and economic growth.
Maha Kumbh
Immersed in faith
Letters
Letters
Sashi Kumar
Cross media currents
What emerges from TRAI’s “Consultation Paper on Issues relating to Media Ownership” is that the media need to be mapped so that there is a clear pictu
K.Satchidanandan
Songs from the underworld
Namdeo Dhasal, whose poetry is open to the beauty as well as the brutality of life, is a pioneer not only of Dalit poetry but also of contemporary Ind
Essay
Crisis of the Indian Bar
The defence lawyer is as integral to the judicial process as the judge and the prosecuting lawyer; to prevent legal representation for a person accus
Pakistan
Fear of genocide
The murderous campaign against Shias gains momentum, with outlawed Sunni outfits demanding that they be declared non-Muslims.
Defence scam
Flying into fog
The probe into the AgustaWestland helicopter scam by a Joint Parliamentary Committee seems all set to follow the path of the other defence deal probes
Ecuador
Correa’s hat-trick
Rafael Correa gets a sweeping mandate for a third consecutive term in the presidential and parliamentary elections in Ecuador.
Migrant labour
The other half
A new study focusses on the explosive growth of domestic migrant labour in Kerala and says the situation is bound to throw up serious social problems
Lead Story
Wages of neoliberalism
The Economic Survey’s response to the problems of the Indian economy is “structural reforms”, which translate into reducing the fiscal deficit by sh
Lead Story
Bad economics, worse politics
The UPA government's last full Budget before the next general election reflects its unthinking adherence to a kind of ideology that makes no economic
Cauvery waters dispute
Sigh of relief
The 30-year-long dispute between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu over the sharing of the Cauvery waters comes to a formal closure with the Centre gazetting
Lead Story
Mixed bag
Pawan Kumar Bansal’s Railway Budget hopes to make long-term gains through short-term pains. But to meet the Railways’ growth projections, the economy
India
Tamil Nadu: A case for curbs on acid sale
Editorial
Editorial: No respite from the crisis
Science & Technology
Earth’s new radiation belt
India
West Bengal: Bandh supporters face attacks
Astrophysics
Looking beyond Chandrasekhar
A new finding provides the theoretical basis for the existence of progenitor white dwarfs that can breach the Chandrasekhar limit.
Lead Story
‘Fiscal discipline will keep us going’
Interview with Vijaya Kanth, Financial Commissioner, Indian Railways.
India
U.N. Report: Neglecting the elders
India
Karnataka: ‘Ambedkar’ to be moved
Bangladesh
Surge of hope
A mass uprising in Dhaka sees the young generation swearing by a democratic society where religion is a private pursuit.
IIPM controversy
Cyber crackdown
The blocking of a large number of URLs containing allegedly defamatory content against the IIPM raises concerns about the frequent use of interim inju
Lead Story
Women’s Budget?
Many of the policies implicit or explicit in this fiscal statement have implications that are unfavourable to most women.
Science & Technology
Black hole spins super fast
Tripura elections
Invincible Left
The CPI(M)-led Left Front wins power in Tripura for the fifth consecutive time by an overwhelming majority.
World Affairs
Season of discontent
Two years after the “Arab Spring” revolutions, political turmoil and uncertainty prevail in Tunisia and Libya.
Labour Issues
Strike option
UID project
Dispelling the haze
That the lawmakers of the country have found themselves in a haze of incomprehension about the UID project, which is being promoted as a “game changer
General Issues
Simmering discontent
Data Stories
Wrestling for life
A look at how wrestling has fared in the Olympics in the light of the IOC’s decision to drop the sport from the Games from 2020.
Archive
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Movie trailers: The unofficial manifestos of our time
Viral fever: The curious spectacle of campaign films
‘There is a groundswell of support for the RJD’: Tejashwi Yadav
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Close encounters with the third kind
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