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Arrest of 14 persons for stealing documents from Union Ministries

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20-03-201537 STORIES

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Economic perspectives

Lessons in coal block auction

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Averting a Greek tragedy, for now

Letters to the Editor

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A wake-up call

Active government intervention through the public health system is necessary to control the spread of swine flu and the panic among the people about t

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The cinema child

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Japanese reactors cleared

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Scientist as an artist

The former Chairman of ISRO is an accomplished Carnatic musician and Kathakali dancer.

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‘Not a leak, but theft’

Interview with Mani Shankar Aiyar, former Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas.

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National income statistics

Rejigging statistics

The comprehensive overhaul of India’s national income statistics, which places India among the fastest-growing economies in the world, confounds econo

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For a level playing field

Corporate espionage, which has been going on for years, leads to an information asymmetry in the market, privileging a few. Which is why the leaks in

A leaf from an earlier case

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Official Secrets Act

Limits of ‘secrecy’

The debate on the use of the Official Secrets Act, 1923, to curb the flow of information continues to rage in the corridors of power.

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‘Probe must go up to the top’

Interview with Nilotpal Basu, Polit Bureau Member, Communist Party of India (Marxist).

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Land Bill hits a wall

The NDA government’s amendments to the Land Acquisition Act of 2013 through an ordinance, widely seen as an anti-people intervention, meet with stiff

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Act of cowardice

The murder of Govind Pansare in Maharashtra silenced a progressive voice against superstition, communalism and exploitation.

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Dream merchant

Daggubati Ramanaidu (1936-2015) is remembered not just for the record number of films he produced. He launched many careers, fostered film-making in H

Failed attempts at plugging leaks

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Livelihood Issues

A bank for the exploited

The Usha Multipurpose Cooperative Society, which primarily functions as a bank run for sex workers by sex workers, is completing 20 years of successfu

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Fuelled by chaos

The deadly detritus of the illegal Iraq War can be seen in Libya, Syria and Yemen in the form of the Islamic State. Only an end to war and a regional

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On the brink

The relations between India, China and Pakistan are poised on the cusp of complex and shifting equations. But India seems bent on repeating the mistak

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Driven to distress

Kerala is facing a situation where health care costs are leading more and more people, not just low-income families, to financial distress.

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Bold & different

RT, the London-based Russian state-funded broadcasting channel, is the new kid on the block that established players ridicule and fear because it does

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Sinking state

The aftermath of the regime change that the West instigated in Libya four years ago has turned into a threat to the global order.

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Idea of inclusion

The book imparts a broad prescription for the drivers of contemporary Indian society and is a valuable tool for practitioners and students of sociolog

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Ukraine on the edge again

With the failure of the two warring sides to honour the Minsk ceasefire agreements, the civil war in Ukraine is threatening to escalate into a bigger

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Writer speaks out

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Surreal nightmare

The book unravels the nature of India as a hard state and the tragedy of its victims who, like characters in Kafka’s novels, find themselves unable to

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Hill of resistance

At the annual Niyam Raja Parab, Dongria Kondhs and other tribal people renew their pledge to carry on the fight against bauxite mining in the Niyamgir

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Vector-borne disease

Ailing research

Vector-borne disease research in India has remained stagnant for decades owing to administrative apathy and lack of proper policies.

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Arrest of a former President

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Cosmos in miniature

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Corporate spies in the corridors of power

The ongoing investigation into the theft of documents from the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas reveals the ugly face of crony capitalism.

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Corporate espionage

Spooks and spies, past and present

The leakage of sensitive information days before the presentation of the Union Budget for 2015-16 brings back into focus the triangular nexus between

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Senior citizens

State of the elderly

On India’s growing population of the aged and the mounting pressures on various socio-economic fronts.

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Huge black hole

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Tackling Ebola

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Biology & Research

When is biology quantum?

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