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Disinvestment cover
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31-10-2014
42 STORIES
U.K. model
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
Afghanistan
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.
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
Letters to the Editor
Jayati Ghosh
A definition that works
Television
Noisy signals
Lead Story
HMT Watches to shut down
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
India-U.S.
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
India
Legal angles
India
A scheme that wasn’t
India
An upright judge
India
Under the same roof
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
O. Panneerselvam
Quiet loyalist
Hong Kong
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
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.
Reactions
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
Cover Story
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
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
Fisheries
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
Crime
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
PSU disinvestment
End of debates
The silence of the Sangh Parivar outfits and NDA constituents on the issue of PSU disinvestment is deafening.
Photography
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
Governance
Critical reports
Health Care
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
Books
Testing diplomacy
Arts & Culture
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
General Issues
Cuba: More for less
Turkey
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
West Bengal
Shadow of Islamist terror
Interview: Flavia Agnes
For a victim-centric approach
Interview with Flavia Agnes, lawyer and activist.
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
SAIL & ONGC
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
Social Issues
Positive interventions
Interview: Sitaram Yechury
‘Indian private capital has gained most from the public sector’
Interview with Sitaram Yechury, Polit Bureau member of the CPI(M).
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
Essay
Ruffling feathers
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has perpetuated the Indian bullishness in border relations with China by raising hostile questions during Chinese Preside
Books
Crises at seas
The books provoke serious thought on the neglected subject of the freedom of the high seas.
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.
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
Data Card
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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