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In the U.K., larceny by design

The 35-year-old “U.K. model” of privatisation provides important lessons about the true intent of the sale of a mind-boggling range of public assets t

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A deal and doubts

After a flawed election process, a U.S.-brokered power-sharing deal produces a “win-win” result for both presidential candidates, Ghani and Abdullah.

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Clean India Mission

Beneath the hype

The Prime Minister launches the Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan, or Clean India Mission, with much fanfare but there is little evidence that the government is

Letters to the Editor

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A definition that works

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Noisy signals

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HMT Watches to shut down

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Political Corruption

Source of the wealth

The judgment in the disproportionate wealth case against Jayalalithaa says the Chief Minister was the real source of the wealth and delineates the way

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Hand in hand

Narendra Modi’s sublime gifts to Barack Obama and the two leaders’ visit to the Martin Luther King, Jr memorial was ironically followed by a renewal o

Legal angles

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A scheme that wasn’t

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An upright judge

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Under the same roof

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G. Bhavani Singh

Blowing hot and cold

Special Public Prosecutor G. Bhavani Singh’s actions and statements have been contradictory and controversial. As such his appointment, too, has seen

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O. Panneerselvam

Quiet loyalist

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Short-lived storm

The Occupy Central Movement in Hong Kong fails to go the full distance. While the Western media laud the protesters for their lily-white idealism, the

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Jayalalithaa's bail plea

The law on course

With the Karnataka High Court denying bail to Jayalalithaa, her only hope of securing bail is through a special leave petition in the Supreme Court.

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The day after

AIADMK activists stage bizarre acts of protest across Tamil Nadu after Jayalalithaa’s conviction on September 27 and the rejection of her bail plea on

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The mega sale

The Modi sarkar is all set to unleash a privatisation drive that will result in the sale of valuable public assets. The exercise defies economic log

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Disinvestment move

Privatising profits

The privatisation move comes against the backdrop of a Supreme Court judgment against mala fide and arbitrary allocation of natural resources to priva

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Deep distrust

Fishermen’s associations protest against an expert committee’s recommendation for a revision of the guidelines for deep-sea fishing in the Exclusive

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Troubling gaps

The crucial gaps in the investigation and trial of the Nithari case that have come to light are expected to have some impact when the Supreme Court he

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PSU disinvestment

End of debates

The silence of the Sangh Parivar outfits and NDA constituents on the issue of PSU disinvestment is deafening.

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Colonial gaze

“Drawn from Light”, an exhibition of photographs from the 19th and early 20th centuries by British and Indian photographers, shows how the new medium

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Critical reports

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Unfair practice

Growing corruption and malpractices in the medical field raise the question whether measures like regulation and audit of medical practice will have t

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Testing diplomacy

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Images of history

Rahaab Allana, curator of the “Drawn from Light” exhibition, says the photographs featured are marked by a creative tension between universal aspects

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Cuba: More for less

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Playing with fire

Turkey decides to send its troops inside Syria and Iraq to fight the jehadis even as evidence emerges that a blowback from its earlier actions promoti

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Shadow of Islamist terror

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Interview: Flavia Agnes

For a victim-centric approach

Interview with Flavia Agnes, lawyer and activist.

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Public sector equity

An obsession to sell

The government is in a hurry to sell public sector equity, instead of borrowing, to fund its expenditures, thus losing an income greater than the inte

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Twin targets

Two of India’s biggest public sector companies, SAIL and ONGC, are on the disinvestment block at prices that raise doubts about the timing and the int

Positive interventions

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Interview: Sitaram Yechury

‘Indian private capital has gained most from the public sector’

Interview with Sitaram Yechury, Polit Bureau member of the CPI(M).

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Elections/Haryana

Surprises in store

In Haryana, the electorate is reluctant to re-elect the Congress, and the Modi wave of the Lok Sabha elections has disappeared. This situation may thr

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Ruffling feathers

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has perpetuated the Indian bullishness in border relations with China by raising hostile questions during Chinese Preside

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Crises at seas

The books provoke serious thought on the neglected subject of the freedom of the high seas.

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Elections/Maharashtra

Anybody’s guess

Maharashtra faces a multi-cornered contest for the 288 Assembly seats. There are no clear favourites, but the State may throw up a few surprises.

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Gender violence

Helping hand

In collaboration with the Maharashtra government, Rahat, an organisation working for victims of sexual assault, guides them through the traumatic proc

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Climate change and insurance

Low insurance penetration in India is the key reason why loss of life and property on account of climate change disasters remain unmitigated.

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